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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A cut in the hours at Red Deer’s landfill is one of the few service reductions suggested in the 2013 operating budget.

On the third day of the $284-million budget deliberations, city council agreed to close the landfill at 6:30 p.m., an hour earlier in the summer months, to save $55,000 a year.

A vote of 5-4 was the closest in the dozen or so items discussed during the four-hour council debate.

Councillors Cindy Jefferies, Frank Wong, Buck Buchanan, Lynne Mulder, Tara Veer and Mayor Morris Flewwelling supported cutting the hours. “I think if there are 10 to 15 people showing up at this time to use the service if we nudge them to an earlier hour it would save a substantial amount of money over the course of the year,� said Coun. Cindy Jefferies. “Sometimes we have to make those tough decisions. Some times we try to reduce lane swimming and to me that would be more important than an hour at the landfill.�

Coun. Dianne Wyntjes did not support the change in service because she said the city prides itself on providing service and she expects there will be pushback from the community.

Coun. Chris Stephan said the landfill is a self-supporting utility and in the end it is not a cost-saving he thought was worth the reduction. “We know it is used in that hour,� said Stephan. “It may not be the highest used but I am sure we will hear from some of the people who it will affect.�

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Lacrosse enthusiast Janelle Sullivan is preparing to open her new store, Slash Lacrosse, on Friday. The No. 11, 6200 67A St. business will specialize in lacrosse equipment and clothing — and fill a void in Central Alberta’s rapidly growing lacrosse community, says Sullivan, who has played locally for the past 12 years. Please see related story on page C5.

MĂŠtis applaud court ruling

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF About 4,000 registered MĂŠtis in the Red Deer area should be celebrating their new status as “Indiansâ€? after Tuesday’s Federal Court ruling.

After a 13-year legal battle, the court ruled that MĂŠtis and non-status Indians are indeed “Indiansâ€? under a section of the Constitution Act, and fall under federal jurisdiction.

But Raye St. Deny, executive director of Shining Mountains Living Community Services, said she is waiting for the federal government to follow through on its responsibilities.

The federal government has already said it would appeal the decision, she said. “It’s not going to change anything right away. I hope it will in the future for our kids and grandkids,� St. Deny said on Wednesday.

MÊtis Nation of Alberta says the ruling means all aboriginal peoples in Canada — MÊtis, Inuit and Indians — are now understood to be a federal responsibility. Until this decision, Canada only admitted that Indians, Inuit and MÊtis north of the 60th parallel were its responsibility.

But it does not mean MĂŠtis are Indians culturally, socially or politically.

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RCMP hunting for teen for role in murder ing a significant issue,� said Supt. Warren Dosko, head of city RCMP, at a Tuesday morning press conference.

The public is advised not to approach Bird and immediately call RCMP or Adam Bird local police.

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The order was granted under Section 110(4) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, which stipulates offenders and suspects under 18 cannot normally be identified publicly. Under the special court order, Bird’s name can be used only for five days, rfiedler@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sarson, of no fixed address, was found dead in a vehicle in an alley of the 3700 block off Ross Street shortly around 5 a.m. on Jan. 1. Police were responding to a disturbance complaint when they discovered the body. “We know this was not a random act and the subjects were known to each other,� said Dosko.

Bird is known to Red Deer RCMP. Dosko said information suggests Bird may be in B.C., but RCMP aren’t ruling out he may still be in Alberta.

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The Town of Rocky Mountain House has passed a $15.5-million operating budget that will see the typical taxpayer facing about a 2.7 per cent increase in their municipal bill.

A resident paying $3,000 in property taxes last year can expect to pay another $81.30 this year, says a news release from the town.

Those numbers assume the province’s school requisition — which is about 30 per cent of the total property tax bill — remains the same. The school requisition won’t be known until the spring.

The capital budget this year will be $6.5 million.

Some of the items in the capital include: ● Upgrades to Curtis Field and West Central Practice Field ● Twin arena upgrade and expansion ● Voyageur arena board and glass replacement ● Traffic signals at Hwys 11 and 42 ● Main Street reconstruction detailed design

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Using the skate technique, Jackson Corry, 13, works to catch up to Owen Pimm, 11, who is using a double polling, classic technique in the tracks set around the playing field at Great Chief Park on Wednesday. The two skiers were taking part in the first day of Jackrabbit Ski Lessons in Red Deer for this season. The group meets each week over the next two months working on skiing technique through drills, games and skiing activities.

Redford welcomes probes into government, PC party CONFLICT OF INTEREST ALLEGED OVER GOVERNMENT LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST BIG TOBACCO

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Premier Alison Redford says she welcomes investigations by the ethics commissioner and Elections Alberta into the conduct of her government and her party.

Earlier this week the ethics

commissioner revealed details of its probe into a conflict of interest allegation involving Redford over a government lawsuit filed against Big Tobacco.

Alberta’s opposition parties allege that Redford awarded the lawsuit contract to a group of law firms that included

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BUDGET: Policing debate is slated for today Stephan said council is looking at its waste management as a whole and there are probably some inefficiencies that can be looked at and there could be more cost savings in the future that does not reduce operational hours.

Council moved quickly through the City Manager, Corporate Services, Development Services and Planning Services budget items.

There were no major changes to the draft budget except for a $5,000 reduction to funding requested by the Red Deer Airport. Administration recommended the one-time funding of $190,550 but council voted to reduce the funding to keep it in line with what council has paid in previous years.

Veer said it’s important to continue to support the airport on one-time funding because of the overall goal of financial sustainability and independence of the airport.

“I don’t think we’re there yet so we do have to continue to make some provisions,” said Veer.

Some of the initiatives surrounding the downtown were discussed including the feedback on the Ross Street Patio. In the coming months, council may decide to extend the summer time patio experiment to a year-long project.

Veer said she was pleased with the first day of debate. Veer, who is a third-term councillor, said council has to be cautious and mindful of the bigger picture when going through the budget.

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her former husband, Robert Hawkes, when she was justice minister.

The Elections Alberta investigation is reviewing campaign donations made by Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz last year to the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta.

The Opposition has been calling for the investigation since last fall after media reports indicated the PCs accepted a single $430,000 donation when the legal limit for a single donation is $30,000.

Elections Alberta has named a retired Queen’s Bench judge and two indepen-

“This budget does see some increases in user fees and charges,” said Veer. “I think we often have to be innovative and creative in how we budget and not just rely on user fee increases and tax increases because that is an easy route for us to take.”

Veer said council has to be careful they are not putting future councils in a position where service level are not sustainable.

The budget as it stands projects a 3.91 property tax increase and a 6.5 per cent jump in Electric Light and Power rates. Among the increases are the wastewater rates which may rise to 3.1 per cent and water rates that may rise 3.2 per cent ($2 per tonne increase). Garbage and yard waste collection may go up 1.3 per cent for residential and 5. 2 per cent for multi-family and commercial users. The rate increases will come back to council for a bylaw change once the operating budget is approved.

City council will enter into day four of the budget deliberations on Thursday. Staffing for policing is expected to be a highly debated item.

Other Day 3 budget line items: ● Hiring of a Riverlands Project Manager ($76,000 in 2013; $83,000 in 2014 and $12,000 in 2015) was widely supported by councillors. Coun. Paul Harris said this was a big leap forward in developing the area west of Gaetz Avenue. City Manger Craig Curtis said it was key to the planning and economic future of the city. ● Introduction of a 24/7 Communications phone line that would allow the city to be more connected with residents in event of an emergency. The price tag on the service is $11,000. One person will be on standby to update social media sites including Facebook and Twitter and to send out media releases. ● Visitors to city hall will no longer be offered pop and juice in the meeting rooms. Council agreed to eliminate the drinks for a cost savings of $3,000. ● The Collicutt Centre’s east and west soccer turf

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dent investigators to conduct the probe.

“My point is this is exactly what should happen and they are independent reviews,” Redford said Wednesday.

“I am not going to comment on them any further. We will look forward to the results of them.”

will be upgraded a year sooner. City council agreed to amend the 2013 Capital Budget by $111,000 for a total of $211,000 with funds to come from the Capital Projects Reserve fund. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

MÉTIS: Have waited a long time for recognition The ruling came after the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and several Métis and non-status Indians took the federal government to court in 1999, alleging discrimination, and argued they are entitled to some or all of the same rights and benefits as on-reserve First Nations members.

St. Denys said Métis have waited a long time for recognition that removes the differences between aboriginal groups.

“Usually people say aboriginal and First Nations as if they’re two separate things. This has clarified that we are all aboriginal people. There is no lesserthan status,” St. Deny said.

Métis elder Cora Fedyk said she really isn’t interested in labelling people.

“To me, I think of everyone as a brother and sister. That’s the way I look at it,” said Fedyk, 82, while visiting the Red Deer Native Friendship Centre on Wednesday.

“We are all people. We are all equal. My mind is open.”

Fedyk said she has always felt at home at the local friendship centre where aboriginal peoples share their culture.

“I’m kind of happy we’re all together.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Community praying for whales

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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A killer whale surfaces through a small hole in the ice near Inukjuak, in Northern Quebec, on Tuesday. to the surface in the opening — and sometimes rocketing half their bodies straight up out of the hole as they took in oxygen.

Curious locals who didn’t make Tuesday’s trip gathered at a community centre that night to watch videos of the scene.

“Our people asked for a prayer for these killer whales,” said Inukpuk, whose village is home to 1,800 people.

“Our local people are very much concerned.”

One woman who made the journey to the gap in the ice said even a curious polar bear approached the hole amid the orcas’ commotion. Siasie Kasudluak said the bear was eventually shot by a hunter and the meat was shared among locals.

The trapped orcas, meanwhile, appeared to be in distress and the people were ill-equipped to help out. Time also appeared to be running out, as the hole seemed to be shrinking in the -30 C temperature, Kasudluak said.

“It was amazing, but they needed air and it’s very touching,” said Kasudluak, who stood on the ice with close to 50 other people from Inukjuak.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen, but we would love to see them free.”

Another woman who saw the animals up close said the orcas appeared to cycle around the opening in an at-

Plagiarism confession shocks school board DISCIPLINARY MEASURES DISCUSSED

TORONTO — A plagiarism scandal has forced Canada’s largest school board to consider taking action against its top educator as public outrage over the incident prompted some to call for his resignation.

The Toronto District School Board said Wednesday it will discuss possible disciplinary measures against its education director, Chris Spence, after he admitted to plagiarizing parts of an opinion piece published in a major Toronto newspaper.

The board’s chair, Chris Bolton, said Spence’s confession came “as a great shock and a surprise” and trustees have not yet had the chance to formally weigh their next steps.

“I haven’t had the opportunity to discuss it with them as a group and I need to get a sense of what they’re thinking to know how to go forward at this point,” he said.

Word of the infraction spread quickly Wednesday after Spence posted a letter of apology on the board’s website, saying he was “ashamed and embarrassed” by his behaviour and vowing to make amends.

A spokesman for the school board said Spence would not comment further.

Many condemned his actions on social media, pointing to his duty as an educator to uphold the rules of academia. Some praised him for taking responsibility for his actions, while others pushed for his resignation — or his termination.

“Of course Chris Spence must be fired from TDSB,” read one message posted on Twitter.

“Academics who plagiarize generally get fired,” read another.

Laura Murray, an English professor at Queen’s University and an expert on plagiarism issues, said Spence’s misconduct is unacceptable and “undermines the values” that educators try to instil in students.

But while the school board must speak out strongly against it, she said firing Spence — or demanding he step down — does nothing to prevent plagiarism from recurring.

“The school board might decide that because academic integrity is a central value of their organization, that he can’t be considered to be doing his job if he plagiarizes — that’s the debate that they’ll have to have,” she said.

Toronto students caught plagiarizing automatically receive a failing grade on the assignment, but Murray said there isn’t a clear equivalent for adults found guilty of the same breach.

“Something should happen, but what? I don’t know,” she said.

In his letter, Spence said the punishment imposed on students isn’t nearly strict enough in his case.

As an educator, he said he “should know better” than to cite other people’s work without attribution — something he said happened five times in the op-ed he penned for the Toronto Star.

“I can provide excuses for how and why this happened — that I was rushed, that I was sloppy, that I was careless — but that’s all they would be: excuses,” he wrote.

“There is no excuse for what I did,” he added.

He pledged to take “real and meaningful steps” to learn from and make up for his misbehaviour, including taking a journalism ethics class and ensuring his apology is permanently displayed.

But it’s unclear whether there will be consequences beyond his self-imposed penance.

lowed by the animals.

Inukpuk believes the recent sudden drop in temperature caught the orcas off guard, leaving them boxed in under the ice.

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) says the Northwest Atlantic/Eastern Arctic population of killer whales was designated as a species of “special concern,” according to its website. The special concern tag means the species may become threatened or endangered due to biological characteristics and other threats.

COSEWIC estimates the population has fewer than 1,000 mature adults and says it’s likely the actual number is smaller than 250.

The region’s limited orca population could be one reason why killer whale is not part of the diet in Inukjuak, where people hunt wildlife like beluga and polar bear for food.

Another reason could be the taste, the mayor said.

“We hear they’re not good to eat and their blubber and skin are not good to eat,” said Inukpuk, adding that it’s not in the community’s interest to kill the orcas.

“We just want to make sure that they’re safe and hopefully we can find means to get them safe.”

Judge certifies class-action lawsuit against lottery corporation

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Two problem gamblers who enrolled in a program that barred them from government-run casinos can go ahead with a class-action lawsuit to try to get their winnings back, says a B.C. Supreme Court judge.

In a ruling released Wednesday, Judge John Savage said the proceedings could resolve common issues raised by Michael Lee and Hamidreza Haghdust who argue the British Columbia Lottery Corp. “wrongfully withheld” approximately $42,000 and $35,000 they won, respectively, while participating in the voluntary self-exclusion program.

The program allows problem gamblers to register so they’re barred from the corporation’s facilities for a specific period of time.

While he didn’t rule on the substance of the lawsuits, Savage also said an identifiable class of two or more people exists, and a plaintiff is available to represent the interests of the class.

“A class proceedings is the preferable procedure for the fair and efficient resolution of these common issues,” he

said.

According to the court document, the men have problems controlling their gambling urges, and each registered for the program, with the first one-year term beginning in 2006 and the second three-year term beginning in 2007.

Both signed the voluntary-exclusion form, which at the time did not include any provisions that notified registrants they would forfeit any winnings, according to Savage’s ruling.

Despite signing the forms, the men continued to gamble at corporation facilities, with Haghdust losing about $200,000 and Lee losing about $30,000.

On Sept. 25, 2009, Haghdust won a $15,000 jackpot at a Coquitlam, B.C., casino, and on June 15, 2010, he won $20,028 at a casino in Vancouver.

Meantime, Lee won a $42,484 jackpot at a casino in Duncan, B.C., on Jan. 10, 2010.

Even before he won his first jackpot, Haghdust was excluded from corporation facilities nine separate times, states the court document, and between Aug. 6, 2010 and the expiry of his second exclusion term, he was removed from corporation facilities five more times.

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Marina Lacasse, who estimated the hole was slightly larger than a pickup truck, also said the creatures would pop up for breaths and then disappear under the ice for several minutes, probably in a frenzied search for open water.

“It was kind of hard to see whether the whales would find the open water because I think it’s frozen all the way now,” said Lacasse, who noted that one of the killer whales appeared to be bleeding.

Locals returned to the site Wednesday to see if they could remove some of the ice from the edge of the hole — or carve a new opening — with chainsaws, chisels and snowmobiles, the mayor said.

But Inukpuk fears such an undertaking so close to the stressed beasts could be dangerous.

“At times they are in a panicked state where the ice around them is moving,” said Inukpuk, who hadn’t yet visited the site himself.

“But one thing we know is that any species that we encounter here — especially large species like a polar bear — if we agitate them, then they get ferocious.”

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MONTREAL — A community in the Far North is praying Mother Nature will help free a pod of killer whales trapped under sea ice after it was informed an icebreaker would not be coming to the rescue.

Video footage taken by people in the Quebec village of Inukjuak showed the massive animals thrusting themselves skyward through an opening in the ice as they gasped for air from their blowholes.

Locals say about a dozen orcas gathered around the hole — which was slightly bigger than a pickup truck — amid their desperate bid to take in oxygen.

Mayor Peter Inukpuk urged the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on Wednesday to send an icebreaker as soon as possible to smash nearby floes to help the mammals reach open water.

But Inukpuk told The Canadian Press later in the day that the DFO informed him the icebreakers were too far from the area for such a mission.

Now, he’s hoping a strong wind will come out of the east to push the floating ice far away enough from shore to free the killer whales.

“But that is (an) act of God and not in our control,” Inukpuk said.

“For me, anything that can help. I’m trying to look left and right and finally I went upstairs.”

The cornered animals, first seen Tuesday, appeared to have less energy by late Wednesday, said Tommy Palliser, who visited the orcas on both days. He also said the hole seemed to be a little bit smaller after some shifting ice moved in.

Locals planned to gather Wednesday night to discuss the next steps, while the mayor expected to talk with the DFO on Thursday.

In a brief statement Wednesday, the federal department said it was assessing the situation with partners and experts in the region. It’s unclear if any DFO action will be taken.

“Situations where marine mammals are trapped by the ice are not unusual in the North,” DFO spokeswoman Nathalie Letendre wrote in an email.

Inukpuk said it was on Tuesday that a hunter from his village first spotted the pod of trapped orcas at the hole, which is some 30 kilometres from town. Inukjuak, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, is about 1,500 kilometres north of Montreal.

Word of the unusual spectacle spread quickly though the village, prompting dozens of locals to make the one-hour snowmobile ride Tuesday to the scene.

They snapped photos and shot video footage of the killer whales bobbing

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Northern lakes a signpost A study published this week has concluded that oilsands development in Northern Alberta is gradually poisoning at least six lakes in region.

That news may come as a shock to some Albertans. We have been told for years by industry and government that the hydrocarbons found in rivers and lakes near oilsands development are the product of naturally eroding bitumen deposits, not the oilsands themselves.

But the latest research leaves little doubt that government and industry got it wrong.

Published in the U.S. journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study examined the levels of toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in core samples from the sediment of six lakes in the oilsands region.

It concluded that the levels of these hazardous, cancer-causing substances were between 2.5 and 23 times what they were before oilsands development began in the late 1960s. The chemical makeup of the toxic hydrocarbons also changed over time, indicating they were the product of industrial development.

John Smol, a biologist at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., and coauthor of the study, says the research shows conclusively that the contamination cannot be attributed to natural causes.

These lakes are the proverbial canary in the coal mine, and these canaries are starting to look a little worse for wear.

Government and industry are quick to point out that overall toxin levels remain low and their overall impact remains negligible.

Adam Sweet, spokesman for federal Environment Minister Peter Kent, tries to reassure Albertans that, with the possible exception of one lake in the region, NE20, the contaminants are all well within Canadian guidelines.

Fair enough. The canaries are still alive. We can go about our business.

However, the study is a snapshot of the toxic hydrocarbons deposited in the lakes over the past 50 years, when oilsands development was in its infancy. By most accounts, oilsands develop-

ment is expected to more than double by 2025.

That rapid development, coupled with changes made by the Conservative government to environmental protection and assessment, which would allow that development to occur more quickly and with less oversight, doesn’t bode well for the lakes in the oilsands region. As the co-authors of the study repeatedly remind us, “the trajectory (of the contamination) is not good.” In layman’s terms, things are going to get worse before they get better.

How will Albertans react now that we no longer have Mother Nature to blame for the poisons leaching into our water bodies in Northern Alberta?

David Schindler and his colleagues at the University of Alberta were among the first to suggest that oilsands development was releasing contaminants into the air and water that were considered hazardous to fish.

He says the latest research highlights the need to ensure that the monitoring programs now being set up remain independent of government.

That’s a good place to start. The province’s record for monitoring how oilsands development affects lakes

and rivers in the region has been woeful at best.

Does anyone remember the Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program, which Schindler called a disgrace, a tragic waste of money beyond redemption?

But monitoring will only go so far.

If Albertans are the environmental stewards we claim to be, then we need to take the study for what it is: a call to action.

Oilsands development is gradually poisoning water bodies in the region, that much is certain. If nothing changes, the level of cancer-causing toxic hydrocarbons in the sediment will continue to increase and, most likely, cause the overall health of those ecosystems and the people who rely on them to deteriorate.

Developing an independent program to monitor those changes is a good first step.

Developing programs and policies to limit or even halt the contamination entering the water will take a great deal more courage.

Here is hoping we find that courage before the canary is dead.

Cameron Kennedy is an Advocate editor.

the riches beneath the Canadian terrain.

Harper has oil he wants to move and minerals he wants to extract. He has staked Canada’s economic future on this. Without a more equitable arrangement with First Nations, this strategy will fail.

First Nations populations need proper education and the jobs that will flow from that. A younger generation, understandably frustrated, cannot be further marginalized, and Harper needs them to be part of his economic solution — not working against him.

As 2013 dawns, the two sides are suddenly symbiotic.

This is a file for Harper, who has shown he likes to take control of the bigger challenges to his government.

Everyone else on his side Friday will be window dressing.

Of the many theories and trial balloons floated in search of a solution to this latest iteration of aboriginal

discontent, the most intriguing I have heard involved Harper appointing a special envoy to negotiate the many hurdles between First Nations and a government now seen as the enemy.

Harper would be wise to choose a representative to handle negotiations, issue by issue, going forward from Friday’s meeting, someone from outside cabinet who would report to only him and would be beholden to no one else.

Names have been floated. Former Indian affairs minister Jim Prentice is one, but a man who may harbour leadership ambitions may not be eager for such a loaded file.

Senator Hugh Segal is one of the nation’s best progressive thinkers.

Stephen Lewis may be 75 year old, but shows no sign of slowing down.

Former prime ministers Paul Martin, whose championing of native rights may put him at odds with the pragmatic thinking in the prime minister’s office, and Joe Clark have been

mentioned.

But maybe the man for the job is already in Harper’s office.

Nigel Wright, Harper’s chief of staff, is still technically on leave from Onex Corp., but it is a leave he has extended.

Wright has a solid reputation as a man who can get things done, a man who leaves his ideology at the door if a deal can be struck.

But the Friday meeting must also make one thing clear.

Who is speaking for First Nations in this country?

It is not Spence. There is no shortage of those in the Idle No More movement who have publicly stated that Shawn Atleo and the Assembly of First Nations do not speak for them.

If the government is to start a dialogue with clear goals, it must know who it is dealing with on the other side of the table.

Tim Harper is a syndicated national affairs writer for the Toronto Star.

OURVIEW CAMERON KENNEDY

A chance to get it right, no thanks to Spence Theresa Spence was never a good fit as the public face of aboriginal discontent in this country.

The Attawapiskat chief essentially hijacked the Idle No More movement that had begun about a month before she started drawing the wrong type of attention to her fast on Victoria Island.

TIM Her demands HARPER began shifting and there were already questions about spending and accountability in her James Bay community.

Television clips of her hopping in a car for a nap and a shower at a nearby hotel provided ammunition for her enemies on the right and the parade of opposition MPs and former prime ministers to her teepee began draining attention from a larger issue.

It culminated with an unsurprising leak of a damning audit showing a lack of accountability with taxpayers funds; a leak that just as predictably became fodder for her supporters who accuse the government of a smear campaign.

All of this is a sideshow. This was never only about Attawapiskat, certainly never all about Spence.

Instead, a Friday meeting between Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a handful of key cabinet ministers and a delegation of First Nations leaders must move beyond the conflicting layers of this saga because the stakes are huge.

They are huge for both sides and there is reason for hope because both sides need the other.

Harper may not be looking for a legacy but he has been pushed to a place in which such a legacy could be forged, or his well-honed reputation as the reliable, steady hand on an economy that has held firm as all hell breaks loose around him could be trashed.

Likewise, native leaders need to prove that they are indeed capable of representing their constituency and can make strides in protecting treaty rights, safeguarding the environment on their traditional lands and garnering their fair share of revenues from

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National Chief Shawn Atleo, of the Assembly of First Nations, chokes back tears during a news conference with the parents of Summer “CJ” Morningstar Fowler, of the Gitanmaax First Nation near Hazelton, B.C., in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday December 12, 2012. politicians and hashed out workable solutions to First Nations problems.

Harper’s government proved a tougher nut to crack, and Atleo spent much of his first term as national chief prying open doors and establishing a relationship that he hoped would lead to productive discussions.

Harper’s apology for residential schools and then the high-profile Crown First Nations Gathering a year ago in Ottawa spoke to the efforts on both sides to set out a practical path forward that would pave the way towards more self-sufficiency, better education and economic development on reserves.

But the optimism within the AFN and its chiefs crumbled after last January’s summit. Large groups of First Nations spoke out against the Atleo-

Harper co-operation on education reform. First Nations advocacy groups saw their funding slashed dramatically in the federal budget. And by the time the AFN’s elections for the next national chief rolled around in July, Atleo was under fire for being too cosy with the Harper government.

He mustered a solid win, assuring key groups of chiefs that he just needed more time to show positive results.

As summer turned to fall, however, Atleo’s support among regional chiefs was faltering quickly. Harper had legislated major changes to environmental oversight and resource development without consulting First Nations; the education initiative with the federal government imploded; and soon, Atleo was issuing public warnings of massive unrest unless Ottawa started

Stranded hunters rescue pilot of sinking chopper

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ARVIAT, Nunavut — A pair of seal hunters waiting to be plucked to safety after becoming stranded on ice in Canada’s Arctic had to literally leap into action and become the rescuers themselves Wednesday when the chopper sent to retrieve them broke through the ice.

Capt. Jill Strelieff, public affairs officer for 1 Canadian Air Division in Winnipeg, said as the aircraft started sinking into the water, the already freezing hunters made their way through the frigid water to pull the pilot to safety.

All three men were taken to hospital and treated for hypothermia, but are listed in good condition. High winds made the temperature feel in the range of -50C. The drama on the west shore of Hudson Bay began to unfold Tuesday

night when the search was launched after the hunters didn’t return home as scheduled.

Charlotte St. John said she was immediately worried for her brother Joe Karetak and his son Joe Jr., better known by his traditional name, Nepyok.

“Everybody knows all the seal hunters have to be back before dark, just for safety sake,” St. John said.

At first, her uncle went out looking and found their abandoned snowmobile and sled. A small boat they had taken to retrieve their kill was gone.

She said local searchers tried to get the men by boat. “There’s a lot of slush and the boats — they’d been trying all day to get to them — their engines freeze up.”

Finally, a rescue crew in a military Hercules spotted the men about 4 a.m. and dropped them a radio and other supplies, she said.

Strelieff said on Wednesday, the

military called in a civilian chopper pilot and asked him to go pick up the men.

Fears were briefly heightened when there were reports of a crash, but Strelieff said that’s not what happened.

“There actually wasn’t a crash,” she said.

“A civilian chartered helicopter, a Bell Jet ranger from a local company, was going to rescue the two. When he landed on the ice floe, the weight of the aircraft broke through the ice and the two hunters were able to pull the pilot from the aircraft.”

Strelieff said a large CC-130 Hercules aircraft from CFB Trenton was on hand and was able to parachute in two rescue technicians. The group of five then waited while a helicopter was dispatched from CFB Cold Lake in Alberta.

It managed to land safety and transported the entire group to shore.

McGuinty vows to ends teachers’ ‘illegal strike’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ontario’s beleaguered premier is promising to stop an “illegal strike” by thousands of public elementary teachers who plan to walk out Friday to protest their controversial new contracts.

The teachers are no longer in a legal strike position now that the cash-strapped province has imposed new two-year collective agreements, Premier Dalton McGuinty said late Wednesday.

“To withdraw your services from our schools and your students is illegal,” he said in a hastily-called news

conference. “If you feel your dissatisfaction has not been heard, I assure you it has.”

“But let’s agree to have this matter settled in court and not in our schools,” McGuinty added. “Let’s leave our students out of it.”

The government will apply for a cease-and-desist order from the Ontario Labour Relations Board in an effort to avert a strike that would close primary schools across the province, he said.

But the outgoing premier wouldn’t say whether he’d go after teachers who walk off the job in court.

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The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario insists it’s not a strike, but a one-day political protest that’s protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

“This has nothing to do with revenge or anger,” said ETFO president Sam Hammond. “This has to do with principled positions in terms of democracy in this province and in this country.”

The Liberals argue that it’s an illegal strike under Bill 115, the controversial anti-strike law.

Canada urged to stay the course in Haiti

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA, Ont. — The U.S. State Department and the United Nations chided Canada’s international co-operation minister Wednesday over his controversial remarks about re-tooling aid to impoverished Haiti.

Julian Fantino told a Montreal newspaper last week he wanted to freeze aid to Haiti, only to have his department, the Canadian International Development Agency, backtrack to explain it was conducting a thorough review of Canada’s $1-billion contribution to the Caribbean country.

One of the U.S. State Department’s top Haiti officials said it sees Canada as a valued partner in the country and doesn’t want it to change any of its programs.

“Haiti is not going to become a middle-income country overnight,” Eileen Wickstrom Smith, a senior official in the U.S. State Department’s Haiti office, said Wednesday.

“We continue our strong partnership with the government of Haiti and the people of Haiti, and we would like to see the Canadian government continue its programs. We think they’ve been an important contributor, and we would like them to stay that way.”

A senior Haiti official from the United Nations Development Program said there’s more going on in Haiti than Fantino may have seen on his recent first trip to the country.

“We are saddened actually that Canada, a they are reviewing their support,” said Jessica Faieta, a deputy director for the UNDP’s Latin American bureau.

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OTTAWA — The abrupt postponement Wednesday of an Assembly of First Nations news conference spoke volumes about the turmoil and mistrust that underlies planning for Friday’s meeting between aboriginal leaders and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

National Chief Shawn Atleo is tiptoeing through a minefield as he tries to negotiate a list of demands that must at once satisfy angry chiefs, win over the reluctant Conservative government and keep restless grassroots protests relatively peaceful.

Wednesday’s cancellation — the array of chiefs who have been meeting all week to hammer out concrete proposals simply need more time, so they delayed the event until Thursday — was no surprise to those familiar with the complexity of First Nations issues.

Two large groups of chiefs, elders and advisers have been formed, one to deal with treaty and aboriginal rights, and another to deal with economic development. They had hoped to narrow down their grievances and then bring the two groups together to form a consensus on how to present their concerns.

With so many disparate views in the meeting rooms, and a concerted drive to present Harper with an effective, united front, “it was a little bit ambitious to get it all rolled up” by midafternoon Wednesday as hoped, Manitoba Grand Chief Derek Nepinak said in an interview.

“First Nation planning discussions and dialogue continue today. It is essential that this important dialogue continues,” Atleo said in a statement.

The national chief’s calm and steady manner betrays little of the storm that has besieged Atleo for more than a year.

When he was first elected national chief in 2008, it was on his strength as a negotiator, someone who had respectfully commanded the attention of B.C.

to make changes.

“When our people see no movement from the government to work with us, when they see backsliding, undermining and continuing threats and pressures on an already burdened population, the flames only grow stronger,” Atleo said in an October speech at Ryerson University in Toronto.

“Our people will not stand for it.

Rightly so, there is growing anger and frustration.”

Strong words from a normally understated man that went unheeded until December, when chiefs gathered in Ottawa for annual meetings got fed up and marched spontaneously into the parliament buildings.

The quick but aggressive confrontation boiled over into grassroots protests across the country under the Idle No More banner, and into the potent protest launched Dec. 11 by Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence, who is eating only fish broth inside her camp on a small island in the Ottawa River, upstream from Parliament Hill.

“Our people are saying, ‘Just a minute here.’ We want development, but not at any cost,” said Grand Chief Edward John of the First Nations Summit in B.C. With the federal government determined to ram through legislation and attract $650-billion in investment for natural resources at a record pace, John said First Nations are now ready to exercise whatever muscle they have to control the process.

“Now, our people are standing up and our people are engaged,” he said.

On Friday, Atleo has a second chance to deliver. But now, with protesters and chiefs at his back, the stakes are higher than a year ago and the expectations more diverse.

“The national chief is a pretty progressive guy ... but his neck is kind of hanging over a bit on this one,” said Mark Quinn, a former chief of staff to Robert Nault, who was Indian Affairs minister under Jean Chretien.

“He hasn’t been able to deliver.”

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Black ice blamed for crash that killed nine SEATTLE — Black ice, not driver fatigue, was responsible for a deadly bus crash that killed nine people in Oregon, says the lawyer for the Vancouver tour company operating the vehicle.

One day after the U.S. Department of Transportation pulled Mi Joo Tour & Travel Ltd.’s authority to operate south of the border, company lawyer Mark Scheer held a press conference in Seattle, Wash., explaining why the tragedy occurred near the northeast Oregon community of Pendleton.

Nine people died and 38 were injured Dec. 30 when the tour bus travelling westbound in the left lane of Interstate 84, hit a concrete barrier, veered across both westbound lanes and went through the guardrail, plunging about 60 metres down an embankment. “Black ice was a significant factor in the cause of the accident,� said Scheer Wednesday evening. “It appears that the area in question near Pendleton, Ore., ... has a history of traffic incidents, and there were other accidents in the area close to this one involving black ice on Dec. 30, 2012.�

Magnotta preliminary hearing set to go March 11 MONTREAL — A shackled Luka Rocco Magnotta remained impassive as he made his first court appearance since last June on a firstdegree murder charge in the gruesome slaying of a Montreal university student.

Magnotta kept his eyes on the ground when not looking at the Crown or the judge as lawyers set the stage Wednesday for a preliminary hearing that will begin March 11.

The hearing, which will determine whether the 30-year-old Ontario native is sent to trial, is scheduled to last at least two weeks and possibly resume in June.

Magnotta is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying and dismemberment of Chinese engineering student Jun Lin last May.

Internet pharmacy pioneer jailed WINNIPEG — One of the pioneers of the Canadian Internet pharmacy industry has been sentenced to four years in prison by a Miami court.

Andrew Strempler started the first large Internet pharmacy in Canada, in 2001, out of Minnedosa, Man. He was sentenced for three counts of mail fraud from 2005 and 2006.

Strempler pleaded guilty to misrepresenting the country of origin on the labels of prescription drugs sold into the United States.

Strempler was once profiled by the New York Times as a “rich man� who went out of his way not to disguise his wealth.

The story described how at the age of 30 he had two Dodge Vipers, a Jaguar and a yellow Lamborghini with a license plate that read “RX Boss.�

The article reported that Strempler’s Internet pharmacy filled a gap in the U.S. health system by providing low-cost drugs obtained in the cheaper Canadian health-care system.

However, he sold his business in 2006 and by 2009, Strempler had struck his name from a provincial pharmacy registry and had to pay $7,500 to stay charges against him at a disciplinary hearing at the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association.

Vancouver riot hero honoured for bravery ‘WHAT WOULD YOUR GRANDMOTHER THINK?’: WOMAN ASKED WOULD-BE BOMBER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Ignoring a sea of taunts and threats of violence, Victoria Pearson waded into the 2011 Stanley Cup riot and appealed to the conscience of one wildeyed young man stuffing a handkerchief into the gas tank of a parked car. “Do you think your grandmother would be proud of you right now?� she asked the stranger.

He paused, then sheepishly moved away, becoming one among a horde of nameless rioters Pearson, 29, prevented from torching a block of cars for at least half-an-hour the night Vancouver descended into lawlessness after the hometown hockey team lost the big game.

The Vancouver woman was among 17 civilians and eight medical professionals awarded Wednesday for acts of bravery on June 15, 2011 when a melee broke out among thousands of people gathered for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup. Vancouver’s police chief and mayor handed out certificates of merit on behalf of the Vancouver Police Board to members of the group, as an announcer described heroic tales of individuals standing up to the mob in the midst of mayhem.

Two police constables who demonstrated their devotion to duty were also honoured

with a Chief Constable Commendation.

An indelible sense of right and wrong and a refusal to be swept up in a crowd gone mad were qualities that set the honoured civilians apart, Paul Patterson, senior director of the force’s public affairs office, told hundreds of guests gathered for the ceremony. “They showed the world that when things look their worst, all is not lost,� he said. “Their individual stories of compassion and courage are inspiration for anyone facing overwhelming odds.�

Pearson, who stands five-foot-two, believes her height and sex actually shielded her from being victimized for a period of time during the riot, where she defended property while watching police officers and large men get roughed up in the fray.

She only became more resolute as people jeered at her to let them set the cars alight, reasoning insurance would pay for the damage. “It wasn’t my car and it’s not about the insurance, it’s about Canadian values and what we stand for,� she said in an interview at the ceremony. “In that moment I just thought it was really important to step up and let people know that what they were doing wasn’t right. “It was the job of everyone there to stand up and be more than a bystander and rep-

resent what it is they want to see in our society.�

Pearson didn’t let up until she was rammed in the back of the head with a table and then punched in the mouth by a woman dressed all in black.

Malcolm Chrystal became a human shield when one of a trio of men covering their mouths with bandannas charged a photojournalist.

Chrystal, 46, was thrown backwards over a bicycle rack and glass bit into his arms and face. “Your heart’s racing too fast, you don’t feel any hurt,� he said in reflection.

Perhaps he became part of the problem by staying to guard his streets, he said, but he doesn’t regret his actions. “I felt compelled to stay. They were breaking my city,� he said, adding he believes the police did everything they could. “The mentality of the crowd was just so stupid. I’m actually disheartened by the number of people who chose to walk by when I was trying to help.�

Chris Ivany was rammed through a telecommunications store window after he grabbed a two-by-six piece of lumber and stood on the wood to prevent the men from further smashing in the building.

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Snafu over fishing Redford clarifies tax stand rules means some fines may be repaid ‘ALL OPTIONS CONSIDERED’ BUT SHE OPPOSES TAX HIKE

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MEDICINE HAT — The Alberta government will be practicing its own catch and release program after a federal amendment to provincial fishing regulations inadvertently landed innocent anglers with fines.

Since 2004, the Alberta Fishery Regulations — which falls under federal jurisdiction on national waterways — included offences for the use of barbed hooks for fishing.

But a Sept. 22, 2011, federal amendment to the regulation left out reference to the formally prohibited lures.

The omission went unnoticed for a year resulting in an estimated 600 anglers in the province being charged under the old statute with fines of between $100 and $200.

Alberta Justice has now revoked all warrants issued from unpaid fines, revoked current cases before the courts and is now embarking on dealing with wrongful convictions.

Brendan Cox of Alberta Justice said once the paperwork is done, the province

Illnesses overloading hospitals THE CANADIAN PRESS Hospitals in Calgary and Edmonton are struggling to cope with a double whammy of both flu and norovirus cases that has led to patients being put in hallways and some surgery postponements.

An Alberta Health Services spokesman said the occupancy rate in hospitals in Calgary and Edmonton is well over 100 per cent on the units which account for most patients.

“What we do is maximize our bed space as best we can and that does include over-capacity spaces in hallways when required so that patients can get the care that they need,” said Dr. Francois Belanger, senior vice-president and medical director for Calgary.

Belanger said outbreaks in continuing care facilities and on other wards has limited the ability to move patients around.

There were nine surgeries postponed in Calgary on Tuesday. Two of 246 surgeries scheduled for Wednesday were put off.

“It’s less than one per cent so it’s really a minor fraction of our business,” Belanger said.

“The postponements occur only on elective surgeries. All other urgent surgeries go forward.”

Alberta Health Services is attempting to free up beds by providing more home care so that patients can be discharged quicker. It is also sending stable out-ofprovince patients back home and opening temporary beds where possible.

“We are doing all we can to ensure Albertans continue to have access to the health care they need,” said Belanger.

Health officials are urging Albertans not to tax the already crowded emergency rooms by coming in with something that could be treated at home with bed rest.

“Emergency departments will never turn away those who need treatment,” said Dr. William Dickout, medical director for Edmonton.

“We are looking to Albertans to educate themselves on the options available for their care to ensure they get the care they need quickly, and also to help reduce the pressures on our ERs during this season.”

can start repaying the fines.

Cox said it will be several weeks before the application is completed, a court date is set and a repayment process developed.

“We’re asking people to have some patience and we’re taking the necessary steps to make sure nobody is missed,” said Cox. As for what caused the exclusion of the barbed hook regulation, Cox said, “when the federal government was making its amendments, barbed hooks was inadvertently dropped. . .It was essentially a miscommunication.”

He added a Crown prosecutor notified officials to the omission in the amendment when preparing for a case against an angler.

Cox and Alberta Environment spokeswoman Carrie Sancartier both now say the provincial regulation against barbed hooks no longer exists.

“We certainly encourage people to use barbless hooks because there are benefits.

It helps maintain health fish stocks for current and future anglers,” said Sancartier.

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capacity to export to the U.S. and other countries.

The deficit forecast for this fiscal year is between $2.3 billion and $3 billion.

Other than tobacco taxes, Albertans haven’t faced a tax increase since 2002 when the government hiked medicare fees, which have since been eliminated. A modest liquor tax increase in 2009 was cancelled after a few months.

The government actually lowered Alberta’s flat income tax rate to 10 per cent in 2001.

Most people in the province haven’t faced an income tax increase in decades.

Jack Mintz, a University of Calgary public policy expert, said the Alberta government is boxing itself into a corner by eschewing taxes as a way of dealing with its financial problems. He said natural gas and oil prices show no signs of recovering.

Mintz said without a sales tax or increasing other taxes and user fees the Redford government must either make big spending cuts or run larger deficits.

“I think the biggest mistake would be to hope for the best and just run large deficits and

start piling up debt,” Mintz said. “Albertans, if they are going to be honest with themselves, will see that they have a fiscal plan that is in shambles.”

Mintz said there are no easy answers to the financial challenges the Redford government faces. He said the decisions the government will make in its upcoming budget will have implications for years.

In November, Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner reiterated the government will take on more debt to pay for schools, roads and other infrastructure to meet the demands of a province that is expected to grow to five million people in the next two decades.

Wildrose party finance critic Rob Anderson said Alberta has a spending problem, not a revenue problem, and called for cuts to expenditures.

Anderson said tax hikes shouldn’t even be up for discussion around the cabinet table.

He said most people in the province wouldn’t stand for it.

“I think Albertans are not in favour of it in any shape or form,” he said.

Redford would not say when her government will present its upcoming budget.

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EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Alison Redford is ruling out tax increases as her government grapples with plummeting energy revenues and another looming deficit.

Redford clarified her position on taxes Wednesday after a key member of her staff said the province was considering all its options, include tax hikes, as it prepares its upcoming budget.

“We know that this sudden drop in oil revenue has meant that we need to put all options on the table. It is part of what we are talking about as ministers,” Redford said.

“Caucus and I are discussing it. My preference is clear. I don’t want to see new taxes.”

The premier, speaking at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, said Albertans faces difficult times and hard choices.

She said the cost of public sector salaries is growing and some Albertans support the idea of tax hikes.

But Redford said she stands by her commitment made during provincial election to hold the line on taxes. “Tax revenue will not be increased in this budget,” she said.

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The bug is winning

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TREATMENT FAILURES IN GONORRHEA CASES CAST OMINOUS SHADOW OVER FUTURE

BY HELEN BRANSWELL THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO, Ontario — The last oral antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea failed to cure the infection in about seven per cent of tested cases in a study in Toronto, a figure the authors of the work called “relatively high.”

The report, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is believed to be the first from North America of treatment failure with the antibiotic, cefixime. And it is the latest reminder that in the battle with this sexually transmitted infection, the bug is winning — and fast.

It raises concerns that convenient approaches for treating gonorrhea may soon be out of reach — a development that could lead to fewer people undergoing successful treatment for the infection.

The lead author, Dr. Vanessa Allen, said Ontario is mulling over following the lead of the United States and Europe and recommending that doctors routinely treat gonorrhea with an injectable antibiotic rather than the current pill.

But she said there has been pushback from clinicians, who fear there will be consequences of making treatment more onerous.

“The last thing we want ... is for people not to come in and get diagnosed and treated. And in that way, it really is ... a struggle,” said Allen, a medical microbiologist and infectious diseases consultant with Public Health Ontario, the province’s public health agency.

“It’s a tradeoff between trying to make it the most accessible care and the most effective.”

Though unwelcome, the results are not a surprise. A strain of gonorrhea that has shown reduced susceptibility to cefixime has been making its way around the globe.

Since the medical community first started using antibiotics to treat gonorrhea in the 1940s, the bacteria have progressively worked their way through class after class of the precious drugs.

Allen said the Toronto findings are likely not unique to the city. Most clinics that treat gonorrhea don’t take samples of bacteria from patients to see if they are resistant or susceptible to the drugs, so the full picture of how far the resistant strain has spread is not known.

British Columbia has also seen a few such cases, though they have not yet published findings in a medical journal, said Dr. Linda Hoang, a medi-

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Preventing a sexually transmitted disease, such as gonorrhea, is easier than treating an infection after it occurs. cal microbiologist with the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control.

Hoang said BCCDC would not classify the two or three cases it has seen as treatment failure, because the infections were eventually cleared using a higher-than-standard dose of cefixime.

Still, she said the Ontario report is a reminder that public health authorities needs to take action to protect the few antibiotics left that can cure this infection, which can cause infertility and even death in some cases.

“It would be a major concern to have untreatable gonorrhea,” Hoang said from Vancouver.

“So we want to be proactive. And before this gets totally out of hand we want to make sure that the focus is on prevention and good surveillance.”

In this study, Allen and colleagues looked at data on 291 gonorrhea patients who sought treatment at a Toronto clinic that takes samples to test if the bacteria causing the infection is susceptible to cefixime. The clinic also requires patients to come back a few weeks later to do a test to see if they are cured.

Only 133 patients came back. Of them, 13 still had gonorrhea. In nine

cases, it was determined that the reason for the persistent infection was that cefixime had not cleared the infection.

All nine people were eventually cured. Six were successfully treated with an injectable antibiotic, ceftriaxone, and the remaining three were cured with a double dose of oral cefixime.

Because of the spread of this resistant strain, many jurisdictions including the United States and Britain have moved away from using cefixime for gonorrhea.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control, for example, recently changed its recommendations, advising doctors to treat with injectable ceftriaxone in combination with either azithromycin or doxycycline, both of which are oral antibiotics.

The Public Health Agency of Canada is working on updating its guidance to Canadian doctors.

Allen said Ontario is leaning towards a variation of the U.S. guidance.

“We’re strongly looking at ceftriaxone and azithromycin given these failures with cefixime,” she said, but noted Public Health Ontario is going to

consult with service providers before making any move.

Shifting to an injectable drug as the first line treatment for gonorrhea will create lots of challenges, Allen admitted.

For instance, currently when a person tests positive for gonorrhea, some clinics offer what’s called “expedited partner therapy.” Instead of requiring the person’s sexual contacts to come in for testing, the person is given antibiotics for the partner or partners too.

“But if you can’t give a pill, that whole program is threatened,” Allen said.

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Drugs, such as lousyLDL-cholesterol-lowering statins, cool off inflammation. It is more than 40 percent of their beneficial effect.

And so can do-it-yourself behavior like being physically active (in reasonable amounts, not more than two hours at a time), quitting smoking, avoiding secondhand smoke, getting a flu shot and losing belly fat.

But don’t stop there.

Here are five feelgood, drug-free strategies proven to douse inflammation’s slow burn: Dive into a bowl of berries, cherries or both.

Raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and cranberries contain polyphenols that shut down inflammatory signals triggered by chemicals in your body.

Add tart cherries they boost antioxidant levels inside your cells (as physical activity does) — and that cools down inflammation.

Pair citrus and dark chocolate. Flavonones in oranges and grapefruit can reduce inflammation enough to help lower your risk of stroke by 19 percent.

Just a few bites of very dark chocolate (70 percent cocoa that’s low in added sugar) can chill out the fire within, too.

Why not pair a square with berries or citrus for a sophisticated, inflammation-soothing dessert?

Grill salmon or trout,

or pop some walnuts, and take a supplement.

Regularly getting good omega-3 fats (in fish and supplements) can reduce inflammation levels by 10 percent or more.

And the omega-9s in olive oil also cool inflammation.

If you’re not eating fish at least twice a week (and even if you are), we recommend taking 600 milligrams of DHA omega-3 fatty acids daily (900 mg for age 50 or older) and, based on incoming data, maybe 420 mg of omega-7 daily, too. (Speaking of supplements, get a daily dose of 1,000 IU of vitamin D-3; 1,200 IU for age 60 or older.)

Chill out with meditation. We started our daily meditation practices to ease stress, then found out it reduces inflammation.

It will quell yours, too. Sit in a comfortable chair in a quiet room, close your eyes, follow your breath — in, out, in, out — as you tense and relax each body part from toe to head.

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Gingivitis, gum disease that leads to inflammation, starts simmering within days when you take a break from flossing. Floss every day, and see your dental professional regularly to maintain a sexy, healthy smile.

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Fake poop could replace real stuff for fecal transplants ‘REPOOPULATE’ TO TREAT C. DIFFICILE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Researchers have created a synthetic “poop” aimed at treating recurrent infections of C. difficile, a toxin-producing bacterium that causes severe and often debilitating diarrhea.

The fake stool, dubbed “RePOOPulate,” is intended to replace donated human stool used in fecal transplants, a treatment that’s been successful in overcoming intractable cases of C. difficile infection.

Clostridium difficile can take hold when a person is exposed to the highly contagious bacteria while taking antibiotics for another infection.

Because those drugs destroy healthy, protective bacteria in the gut, C. diff is allowed to overpopulate the large intestine.

C. diff is typically treated with a different antibiotic, but can rebound once treatment stops, leading to chronic rounds of re-infection and retreatment.

The disease can lead to severe and life-threatening inflammation of the colon.

Fecal transplants have been successful in knocking out C. difficile by repopulating a person’s colon with donated healthy bacteria, but the “ick” factor makes it difficult for patients to accept.

“The problem is, of course, that fecal transplants are kind of primitive and disgusting,” said Emma Allen-Vercoe, a microbiologist at the University of Guelph who led development of the synthetic poop.

“Patients don’t like it. A lot of them will put up with it because they’re desperate ... and donors are not terribly keen usually.”

The artificial stool is made up of 33 different bacterial strains initially derived from donor stool and grown in the Robo-gut, a lab system designed by Allen-Vercoe that mimics conditions in a human’s large intestine.

“It looks a little like a vanilla milkshake,” she said of the preparation of bacterial matter in a thick saline solution.

“And it doesn’t smell nearly as bad as poop, I must say.”

The synthetic stool is given to a patient using a colonoscopy, the

same way a fecal transplant is performed.

But the “ecosystem,” as it’s formally known, doesn’t have to be screened first for infectious diseases as donor stool would and is therefore safer, she said.

“The idea was we would be able to make an ecosystem that was reproducible, so it could be made for a large number of people and provided off the shelf,” said Allen-Vercoe.

“And (it’s) obviously palatable, much more palatable than stool, and also easier to make to control.”

In a study published Tuesday in the journal Microbiome, Allen-Vercoe and collaborators describe testing RePOOPulate in two patients with chronic C. difficile infections who had previously failed to respond to several rounds of antibiotics aimed at getting rid of the C. diff.

After treatment with the fake poop, both elderly women were symptomfree within three days and tested negative for C. diff six months later, said coauthor Dr. Elaine Petrof, an infectious disease specialist at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., who performed the transplants.

Petrof said later testing of stool samples from the women showed that some features of the synthetic stool had stabilized and persisted in their colons.

What was even more surprising was that the two patients had subsequently taken antibiotics for other infections, but neither had developed recurrent C. difficile as a result.

While the study is small, with only two patients, the results appear promising as a potential way to stop the “revolving door” of infection, treatment and reinfection that not only severely disrupts patients’ lives, but can also permanently destroy their health, Petrof said.

Dr. Andrew Simor, an infectious diseases specialist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, said the idea of creating bacteria-rich artificial stool is not a new idea, “but I think it’s a great idea.”

Simor, who was not involved in the research, said the work is a step in the right direction, but at this point is only a proof-of-principle and needs much further testing to make sure it is safe as well as effective.

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At one point of my life I was very There is an endless grim list of reasick. Because my kidneys were failing, sons people fear drinking water from I was not allowed to drink water. Once the tap. every three hours, I was offered an ice Do people the water consider unsafe chip. to drink because it is not being cared The melting sweet, cool water in for in manner that sustains health? my mouth was divine bliss. My body’s Remember, health is the greatest thirst was very great. blessing. All the wealth in the world The body cannot live beyond 2 to 3 will not save someone who has lost days without water. It is not surprising their health. Perhaps it is time to take that the space exploration is focused a stand and demand pristine waters on finding planets with water. for life. Now, as refuge from the chaos Water equals life. of the modern world, I will go sit and In herbal medicine water is essen- sip a cup of herbal tea. tial for drawing the medicinal constituents out of plants and carrying them Herbs for Life is written by Abrah into the body. Both water based herbal Arneson, a local clinical herbalist. It is teas and soups have been used since intended for information purposes only. before written history to improve the Readers with a specific medical problem wellness in humans. should consult a doctor. For more inAlthough many favour capsules formation, visit www.abraherbalist.ca. when taking plant medicine these days, Arneson can be reached at abrah@shaw. my preference remains herbal tea. ca.

Herbal teas, when made with properly dried plants, feel nourishing, warming, and soothing.

Someone told me today that drinking her tea Powered by makes her feel cared for.

Central Alberta’s A good cup of herbal tea can be an oasis of calm on career site of choice. a busy day.

Just as the ice chips were moments of bliss during a sever illness.

The healing effect of the tea is in both the water and medicine it carries from the plant.

I feel quite moved by First Nations Chief Theresa Spence request for Personal Lines Advisor dialogue with the Prime Minister before his govDo you want to work for an organization that puts FUN ernment passes the OmniÀrst? As one of Alberta’s Top 55 employers we are looking bus bill C-45 that reduces for a FUN, DRIVEN, and ENTHUSIASTIC Personal Lines the protection on thouAdvisor to join our team! sands of waterways across The successful applicant will enjoy meeting new people, Canada. be able to multi-task in a fast paced environment and The First Nation’s rebe a strong team player. Computer skills are a must. All fer to water as “Grandcandidates with 1+ years of insurance experience and a mother” because it is both the source and support Level 1 General Insurance License will be considered. for life. By thinking of waPlease forward your resume to: ter in this manner, water becomes a companion, a ion@rogersinsurance.ca member of one’s commuMOONEY INSURANCE AGENCY LTD. nity or even family.

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Is your body doing the slow (invisible) burn that fires up cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and brain drain — and even increases wrinkles and hurts your sex life?

You can’t really feel inflammation until its damage is obvious, but the answer could be “yes” if you’ve got a wide waistline, a stressed-out schedule, a taste for fast and processed foods or a neglected container of dental floss in your bathroom cabinet.

If you’re mumbling, “Yikes, that’s me!” don’t panic ... yet.

The pay-attention-tothis news: You get a doover!

It’s true that inflammation makes cancerstopping genes (you have ‘em) impotent, leading to the development of new cancer; plus, it fuels existing small cancers and the buildup of heartmenacing plaque in artery walls.

But you can turn off inflammation, and that’s key to controlling those gene switches, beating cancer and dodging heart disease.

So, what’s inflammation and how can you control it?

Inflammation is an immune-system reaction designed by Mother Nature to protect your body.

How? By getting the warriors of the immune system (your T-cells) marching off to war against invading disease-causing bugs and other cell-damaging intruders.

But excess body fat, stress, major-ager foods like sugars and bad fats, simmering infections or even more candles on your birthday cake can cause the immune system to boost inflammation and keep it boosted.

(And some people have a genetic predisposition to it.)

As a result, your bloodstream gets overloaded with inflammatory chemicals that can do serious damage, messing with the way your body processes blood sugar; dislodging plaque that lines your arteries, caus-

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Photo by BOB SCAMMELL/freelance

Care to stay home and fish? Guide Dwayne Schafers with a Red Deer tailwater brown trout in early January.

Got cabin fever? Try fishing The early start to winter causes exhibitors might tempt some to early on-set cabin fever, which try resorts where salt water flats has not yet morphed into serious fly fishing is featured: Turneffe shack-nasties.

Flats, Belize, Tarpon Town, westBut outdoors people are al- ern coast, Yucatan, and Palometa ready looking for antidotes, cures, Club, Punta Allen, Mexico, which even, because they suspect we bills itself as “#1 Permit Lodge in aren’t even half done yet with win- the World.” ter.

There does not seem One of the best winto be a separate booth ter diversions I know, for Cuba, in my opinand the absolute best ion, the best salt water $3 value in this modern fly fishing destination world, is the Willow there is, but exhibiValley Trophy Club’s tor, Country Pleasures Trophy Day, just two books trips to Las Jardays away, on January dines de La Reina and 12 at the Community Cayo Largo, both in Hall in Pincher Creek.

Cuba, with Avalon, the The crowds are huge, principal outfitter in the stories great and Cuba. the display of Alberta There is a great deal trophy big game, game of information on the birds and fish is AlberExpo, its presenters BOB ta’s best. and exhibitors, at its SCAMMELL The Western Canada website, www.flyfishinFly Fishing Exposition gevents.com. runs January 25 – 27 at Fly Fishing Canada Spruce Meadows Equiplex, Cal- announces that the 11th Canadian gary.

Fly Fishing Championship and This annual event provides Al- Conservation Symposium will be berta’s best chance for a fly fisher held in Calgary and vicinity, Sept. to experience all the possibilities 23rd to 27th and team and indiof the sport. vidual registrations are being acThere will be continuous semi- cepted now. nars and shows by 15 experts from It is a good way to find out just near and far on all aspects of fly how good you are, and perhaps tying and fishing. Of particular earn the chance to fish for your personal interest would be sev- country at the Commonwealth eral presentations by Rick Hae- and/or world Fly Fishing Champifle, author of several books on the onships. Additional information is aquatic entomology of western available on-line at www.flyfishNorth America. ingcanada.net.

My last and most lasting fly fishNo matter how rough the wining niche, salt water fly fishing, ter, some Alberta anglers combat is popular with Albertans, par- cabin fever simply by going fishticularly Calgarians, and the ex- ing, and I don’t mean solid water position has brought in Chico Her- angling, or ice fishing, where the nandez, Salt Water Columnist for dark and tedium in those tents Fly Rod & Reel Magazine, to make and shanties can turn mere cabseveral presentations on many as- in fever into serious shack naspects of fly fishing the salt. ties, leading some sufferers to self There will be more than 60 medicate with strong potions. “trade” exhibitors, offering a reNo, I mean fly or spin fishing on markable opportunity for begin- those parts of rivers and streams ners and veterans alike to view in Alberta that don’t freeze in win– even try out – what’s new in this ter. still-popular and ever-evolving So far, I have been hearing sport. from readers who have been fishCabin-fevered Albertans fre- ing the North Raven River, the quently head south for winter Red Deer below Dickson Dam, rehab-R&R , and at least three and the Bow through and below

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Calgary. So far, I am hearing nothing from the Crowsnest; probably it’d those barn-roller winds.

Forty six straight years, now, I have enjoyed myself at the annual conference of the Alberta Fish and Game Association, Alberta’s largest and most geographically diverse conservation organization.

This year will be easy, because the conference is being held Feb. 21-23 at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel five minutes from my house.

Guests are welcome at the conference, and every year I hear both guests and delegates marvel at how much they learn at the sessions and how it energizes them to engage with the serious fish and wildlife conservation issues that plague this province.

I am particularly looking forward to hearing our new Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Hon. Diana McQueen try to explain why the combining of the departments is sustainable, and why, after 100 years, the Fish and Wildlife Division has been wiped out.

Of course, everyone wants to know why her department has been waging an unholy helicopter holocaust and poison bait war on wildlife, and when, if ever, it will end.

Speaking of which, SRD now claims that their poison sign mentioned in last week’s column, means they have poison baits all around, but not actually in the Natural Area south of Winfield, where the sign was posted.

How comforting. Still, the sign serves as a perfect tombstone for one of the worst years for Alberta fish and wildlife I can recall. One cabin fever remedy might be to join with people protesting helicopter strafing and poison baiting of wildlife, particularly because of the collateral kill of “innocent” wildlife and domestic animals.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@ telusplanet.net.

Seed catalogue have been arriving in the mail enticing people to order seed to start their beddingout-plants.

Before placing a seed order take some time to decide if you have the time, dedication, materials and climate to start and grow seeds successfully.

It takes time, commitment and timing to produce healthy bedding-out-plants.

Seeds must be planted and tended for at least six weeks before they can be placed outside.

If plants are started too early they will become overgrown, leggy and produce fewer flowers.

The initial planting of the seeds takes time as does the daily ritual; of watering, ferLINDA tilizing and making sure all TOMLINSON the plants are healthy. If extra time is available, look for fresh viable seed.

Fresh or viable seed is vital to germination.

Always purchase seed from a reputable dealer.

Given a choice, choose a seed package with clear, detailed instructions on the back.

If it is impossible to follow the planting instructions, do not purchase the seed.

The cultural conditions needed to insure the seeds germinate can vary in temperature, amount of light and time required. If the required conditions can not be met, chances are that the seeds will not germinate.

Without proper lighting plants will grow tall and spindly.

South and west windows provide enough light and work well if the temperatures can be kept low. Grow or florescent lights are often used by gardeners that do not have use of a greenhouse.

Grow lights work best when they are adjustable and move upwards as the crop grows.

Lights that are far away encourage plants to grow upward quickly.

Plants that grow slowly have stronger stems and are less likely to fall over.

Temperature needs vary between plants. Choose seeds and plants with similar requirements unless there is more than one growing room.

Plants will not be healthy if they are grown in a too hot or too cold climate.

Plants that are not grown in optimum conditions are often of poor quality.

Any container can be used for growing seedlings as long as the container is clean, has drainage holes and can hold a quantity of soil.

When using old or recycled containers, wash them thoroughly and dip them into a five per cent bleach solution. Dirty or unsterilized containers can contain viruses and diseases that kill seedlings.

Once a disease starts it must be eradicated or it can spread quickly from container to container.

For the same reasons be sure to use sterilized soil or a soil-less mix.

Most commercial mixes fit into either of these categories.

Special mixes that are recommended for starting seeds are also available.

The materials used in these mixtures are finer making it easier for the seeds to reach the surface.

Starting bedding plants from seed can be economical if a large number of one variety of plant is needed.

If only a few plants are needed the seeds and other materials can cast more than eight plants.

Growing plants from seed can be a rewarding experience.

Be sure that all cultural requirements: light, temperature, soil are met before starting. Otherwise the outcome will be less than desirable.

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Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at www.igardencanada.com or your_garden@hotmail.com

Finding out about climate change ‘sin of omission’ “...whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”

— James 4:17 It’s called a sin of omission. Like when I was slightly shorter than I am now, and I simply said “yes” when Santa asked me if I had been a good boy.

Of course I was a good boy...on those days when I happened to be a good boy.

Santa didn’t have to know about those frequent dustups with my sister or about the quarters taken out of my mom’s purse.

You see, Santa didn’t specifically ask if I had been a bad boy, so I cleverly dodged a bullet.

So, children are pretty smart. But so are adults. And I’d like to tell you about one particular genius that I ran into recently. He wrote an article in a trade publication EVAN that landed on my desk back BEDFORD in November.

The publication was from the American Public Works Association, and the article was called The sky is not falling. It was about climate change.

Get it? Sky not falling? Chicken Little? 189 years

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of climate science is all one big lie?

But like a little boy on Santa’s lap, the author only told part of the story.

He chatted a bit about the variability of the last three winters in the U.S., as if to say that wide temperature swings over the short term prove that nothing can be proven.

He left out the part about the U.S. being only a small part of the planet. He left out the part about thermometers being recorded daily all over the world for well over a hundred years.

And he left out the part about how temperatures can be averaged over many, many days and many, many years (maybe he didn’t do too well in his college statistics course).

He wrote about the power of the sun to vary the climate, but then omitted the fact that there hasn’t been even a moderate correlation between its variance over the last 100 years and the overall climate.

He wrote about the increasing level of moisture in the atmosphere, correctly stating that it would create more clouds to reflect energy back into space.

However, he omitted to say that the increased moisture would also act to trap heat, just as we know that cloudy nights are warmer nights.

He wrote about climate change “theory”, implying that therefore we shouldn’t worry about it. But he omitted similar stuff about “electro-magnetic theory” and “gravitational theory”.

That was convenient, since if we omitted all of the electro-magnetic theory from our lives, then we

would have to omit every bit of our high-tech gadgetry and our household appliances and our cars and our...well, you get the idea.

So I wrote to this author, asking about all the omissions. (Let’s call him Jon, since that’s his name anyways). He wrote back and reminded me that “...

Sandy and Katrina cannot be contributed to climate change...” (I think he meant “attributed”, but oh well). He was right, of course. Any single weather event can’t be attributed to climate change. That’s what the climate scientists have been telling us for many years.

But what Jon omitted to say was that climate scientists have a very good analogy for that phenomenon. And since Jon is a meteorologist, you would think that he might have heard about it.

The analogy for a CO2 turbo-charged climate is a baseball player on steroids. Any single home-run cannot be attributed to the steroids. However, the steroids can definitely be said to increase the chances of a home-run.

Do you think that Jon just forgot to tell that to his readers? Perhaps. But maybe he also thinks that his readers aren’t any smarter than Santa Claus. Or maybe he thinks that his readers (like Santa Claus) will never find out about his sins of omission.

Evan Bedford is a local environmentalist. Direct comments, questions and suggestions to wyddfa23@telus.net.

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Jim Wilson of Red Deer returns a shot as he plays an afternoon game of Tennis at the Red Deer Tennis Club Dome across from the Arena this week. The Red Deer Tennis Club has a variety of programs, classes and playing times available. To register on-line go to reddeerlooknbook or in person at the Recreation Centre, Collicutt Centre or Dawe Recreation Centre.

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Friday ● Scrabble is offered at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre on Fridays at 1 p.m. for a cost of $1. Phone 403-343-6074. ● Free 90 day activity program — Join the Red Deer Primary Care Network three month Trek around the virtual location of the Hawaiian Islands as a free and fun way to keep your New Years resolution. Watch the video 23 and 1/2 hours on You Tube and go to www.reddeerpcn.com or call 403-343-9100 for more information and to register for this free way to log your activity. Trek officially starts on Jan. 11, but registration is open until the end of March. ● Lindsay Thurber’s Take Note Jazz Choir presents All the Lonely People — featuring 6 Minute Warning, and Alberta band. Students will be performing a variety of songs at the Red Deer College Arts Centre on Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from Lisa Friesen at 403-872-7325. This is a big fundraiser for the choir trips and various other activities. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House card games: Cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Jan. 10; Whist every Friday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Jan. 18; 500 every Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Jan. 28; Fun Contract Bridge every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Games cost $3. Tournaments cost $6. Phone 403-346-4043. ● Red Deer Legion Branch #35 year round events: carpet bowling on Mondays at 9:30 a.m., and on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.; Singles Bridge on Thursdays at 1 p.m. (all levels welcome, including beginners); Cribbage on Mondays at 7 p.m.

(Except holidays) and on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.; and meat draws on Fridays at 5 p.m., and Saturdays at 4 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Central Alberta Theatre (CAT) presents Culture Shock — a fast paced story about a young Newfoundlander bored with life. Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 10 to 19 and Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 at Nickel Studio, 2nd floor Red Deer Memorial Centre. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available through the Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre, www.blackknightinn.ca or 403-755-6626 or 1-800-661-8793.

Saturday ● Air Force Association of Canada 703 Wing members meet at noon every second Saturday of the month at the ABC Country Restaurant for a luncheon and business meeting. Next meeting is Jan. 12. The local association provides a forum for serving former participants in military and civil aviation, to preserve and perpetuate the traditions of the Royal Canadian Air Force and to advocate a proficient and well equipped air force in Canada.

Contact Al at 403-341-3253, or email to amlow@ shaw.ca. ● Red Deer Skating Club is hosting a synchronized skating competition on Jan. 12 and 13 at the Enmax Centrium. Raffle tickets. Red Deer skaters will also be attending the Centennial Winter Skate from Feb. 1 to 3 in Sylvan Lake at the Medican Multiplex and Sylvan Lake Arena, as well as the Fun On Ice Competition March 16 in Red Deer.

For more information call 403-396-9009. ● The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates Red Deer Centennial with the opening of the exhibit Red Deer Sport History — impact sport has on Red Deer — on Jan. 12 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Free admission and cake. For more information contact Debbit at debbie@ashfm.ca or visit www.ashfm.ca or call 403-341-8614. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House musical jam session are held the second Saturday of each month at 1:30 p.m. Next session is Jan. 12. Admission $2.50. Phone 403-346-4043. ● Family Drop-In Storytime is offered on Saturdays at 11 a.m. in the children’s department at the downtown branch of Red Deer Public Library.

Songs, finger plays, crafts and more geared to three to six year olds. Children under three welcome with an adult. Phone 403-346-4576. ● Children’s Chess Club — at the Red Deer Public Library Downtown — will be held Jan. 12 and 26 from 2 to 3 p.m. Meet new friends and join in for an hour of instruction and fun.

Phone 403-346-4688. ● Science Saturday Surprise! Chill out! will be held at the Dawe branch of the Red Deer Public Library on Jan. 12 from 2 to 3 p.m. for ages seven and up. Discover the science of ice and snow with chilling experiments and activities. Weather permitting, some activities may take place outdoors, so dress appropriately. Phone 403-341-3822.

Sunday ● Lacombe Legion Breakfast is offered on the second Sunday of each month from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. No breakfasts will be held in July and Aug. or Nov. Phone 403-782-6441. Next breakfast is Jan. 13. ● Lacombe Kozy Korner weekly music is offered Sundays, 2 to 4 p.m. Come to play, sing or listen. Admission is $2 and includes coffee and cookies. Call Jack at 403-782-3525.

Monday ● Ponoka T.O.P.S. meets on Mondays at Ponoka United Church. Weigh in is held from 6:30 to 7 p.m., with the meeting to follow from 7 to 7:45 p.m. Please use the south entrance. Contact Cheryl at 403-348-9893, or Betty at 403-783-2248. ● Techno Teens — For teens ages twelve and up. If you love technology, this club is for you. Bring your mobile device and learn about apps, photography, social media and more. Jan. 14 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. the Red Deer Public Library Dawe branch.

Phone 403-341-3822 for more information. ● Red Deer and area Toastmasters welcomes new guests to regular meetings on the following days and times: Sunrise meets Tuesdays at 7:15 a.m. at The Hub on Ross, phone Robin at 403 343 7899, email robinhmckay51@shaw.ca or barbcd@shaw.ca; Kitowin meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. in room 2402 at the Red Deer College, phone Mike at 403-740-0770, or email to mjbertin@hotmail.com, Dream Catchers meet on Thursdays at 1 p.m. at Cosmos Centre, phone Christine at 403-343-0715, or email to dreamcatcherstm@cosmosreddeer.org; Sylvan Slick Speakers meet on Mondays at the Alliance Community Church in Sylvan Lake at 7 p.m., phone Ian at 403-887-0968 or email to oostindie@ telus.net. Check out www.toastmasters.org for information. ● Spirit Seekers Youth Program is offered Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. for youth aged 13 to 24 years old. Looking for fun, friends, or aboriginal culture or connections?

Join in the activities, leadership development, swimming, movies, bowling, sledding, food, special events, and much more. Phone 403-340-0020, or email youth@rdnfs.com. ● Fit Body Boot Camp Red Deer will participate in the national 1,000 lb. Meltdown Challenge to Fight Obesity, starting in Jan. Local participants will have a goal to lose 1,000 pounds in 28 days. The cost is $49 for the 28 day program.

All proceeds raised will go to Red Deer Firefighter’s Children Charity. For more information visit www. fitbodybootcamp.com/1000PoundMeltdown.html or contact Cabel McElderry at 403-341-4041 or cabel@personaltrainingreddeer.com.

Tuesday ● Dances held at Senior Citizens Downtown House, 5414 - 43 St., Red Deer, Tuesday nights at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $6.00. Lunch is provided by donations. Jan. 15 music provided by Frisky & Friends.

For more information call 403-346-4043. ● Lego Builders Wednesdays will take place on Jan. 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Dawe branch of the Red Deer Public Library. Enjoy a free build LEGO activity using Brick Builders. For ages six and up. Under six, bring an adult. Phone 403341-3822. ● Central Alberta Cystic Fibrosis Chapter meets the third Tuesday of every month at Bethany Care CollegeSide on the second floor at 7 p.m. No meetings in July and Aug. Phone 403-347-5075. ● Lacombe and District Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at La-

combe Memorial Centre. Phone Pamela at 403782-5061 or email pamela.d.neumann@gmail.com. ● Stettler TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Tuesday at St. George’s Anglican Church. Weigh-in from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. with the meeting to follow at 6:30 p.m. Call Gail at 403-7422626, or Brenda at 403-742-6087. ● Overeaters Anonymous meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Mighty Fortress Lutheran Church, 51 Alford Ave. This 12-step program of recovery is for individuals experiencing difficulty with overeating.

No dues or fees. See www.oa.org, or phone Phyl at 403-347-4188. ● Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S.) Innisfail meets every Tuesday in the basement of the Innisfail United Church. Weigh-in from 12:30 to 1 p.m., with meeting beginning at 1 p.m. Call Rose at 403-227-6903 or Elsie at 403-227-3508. ● Spruce View Drop-in Centre activities: Tuesday — line dancing, 10 a.m. to noon, and Bridge 1 to 4 p.m.; first and third Wednesdays — West Country Ink, and fourth Wednesday — cribbage, 2 p.m.; first Thursday — general meeting at 2 p.m.; Friday, homeschoolers time out for parents and children; fourth Saturday — potluck dinner at noon. Coffee every morning at 7:30 a.m. For more information, call Lorna Jean at 403-227-7211. ● Wild Rose Harmonizers, Central Alberta men’s barbershop chorus invite men of any age to sing with them. They meet on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Davenport Church of Christ. For more information visit www.harmonizers.ca. ● Celiac Support Group meets in the coffee lounge at the south location of Sobeys Inc. on the third Tuesday of every month starting at 7 p.m. The next meeting will be on Jan. 15. See www.celiac. ca, or contact Fay at 403-347-3248, or Clarice at 403-341-4351 or email Red Deer Celiacs @yahoo. ca. ● ART101 Visiting Lecture will be held at the Margret Parson’s Theatre of the Red Deer College on Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. In under 90 minutes, eleven different artists will speak as each member of the RDC Visual Art Faculty and Staff presents their individual artistic practices in this Pecha Kucha style lecture night. For more information visit www.rdc.ab.ca or call Robin at 403-342-3187.

Wednesday ● 500 at Senior Citizens Downtown House, 5414 - 43 St., Red Deer, Mondays and Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $3. Tournament Jan. 28 for cost of $6. For more information call 403-3464043. ● Fireside Readers will meet on Jan. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Waskasoo Meeting Room of the Downtown Red Deer Public Library. The book for this meeting is Alone in the Classroom by Elizabeth Hay. Phone 403-346-2100. ● Central Alberta Historical Society meeting will be Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Snell Auditorium, Red Deer Downtown Library. The topic is The (Bronze) Ghost Whisperer, with speaker Pat Matheson, City of Red Deer Public Art Co-ordinator. The Ghost Sculptures each tell an interesting story. Everyone welcome. For more information call Iris at 403-340-2588. ● Sit and Be Fit exercise program is held on Wednesdays starting at 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. A $2 dropin fee applies. Phone 403-343-6074. ● Personal And Social Transformation Action (PASTA) Players meet on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Hub. Persons aged 12 years and up invited to explore theatre. Free to join. No experience required. Phone 403-340-4869. ● Friendship Circles will be offered by The Canadian Mental Health Association on Wednesdays 3:30 to 5 p.m. at 5017 50th Ave. Call CMHA for more information at 403-342-2266, or email to education@reddeer.cmha.ab.ca. ● Norwegian Laft Hus Society Museum fall and winter hours are Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Check out the unique log house with the sod roof in Heritage Park, which houses a collection of objects on the history and culture of the Norwegian Canadians. ● Golden Circle Ho-Downers are a fun band of seniors who entertain other seniors in nursing homes, lodges and by special request. Practices

are held on Wednesdays starting at 2 p.m. Everyone welcome. For more information call Bea at 403-346-5802. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Badlanders II is on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403342-0035. ● Alberta Health Services offers two-day safe food handling courses on Jan. 16 and 23 at Johnstone Crossing Community Health Centre or on March 6 and 13 at iHotel on 67 St. All courses run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and cost $125. To register, call 1-877-360-6366 ext. 1. A provincial safe food handling certificate will be issued at the end of the course.

Thursday ● Model Club, Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch, Jan. 19, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. for children ages nine years and up. Space is limited so call 403-346-4688 by Jan. 17 to register. ● Philosopher’s Cafe — Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Red Deer College Library. This months topic is Soul vs. Cybernetics, facilitated by RDC Philosophy instructor Guillermo Barron. Encourages open, meaningful, respectful dialogue on the topic. Open to the entire RDC and Central Alberta community.

Admission is free and refreshments will be served.

Pre-registration is not required. Call 403-342-3152 for more information. ● Red Deer Justice Film Festival will take place Jan. 17 to 19 at the Red Deer College Margaret Parsons Theatre. Enjoy ten powerful documentary films that will foster awareness of injustices and indignities suffered around the world. Each film will be followed by a discussion and the opportunity to connect wit a variety of associated organizations who will have their display in the NGO village.

On Thursday, Jan. 17: 6 p.m. — War in the Mind (feature film), with speaker Marvin Westwood, professor in Counseling Psychology at UBC; at 8:15 — The Health Care Movie, with speaker Dr. E. Lundall; on Friday, Jan. 18: 6 p.m. — Spoil, with speaker Greg Neiman; at 7:30 p.m. — Payback, with speaker Blerta Luipi; On Saturday, Jan. 19: 11 a.m. — Brooks-the City of 100 Hellos, with speaker Brandy Yanchyk; at 1:15 p.m. — Sarabath, with speaker Dr. Susan Jacoby, Assistant Professor of Midwifery at MRU; at 3 p.m. — Harvest, with speaker Devin Yeager; at 5 p.m. _ The Prosecutor, with speaker Sharon Crooks, BA,LLB,LLM; at 6:30 p.m. — The Fourth World, with speaker Alma Funk; and at 8 p.m. — Happy. Admission is free, sponsors welcome. For more information visit www.justicefilmfestival.ca or contact Karen Horsley at klhorsley@gmail.com. ● Red Deer Art Club has ongoing painting sessions every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. Everyone is welcome. These sessions are free time and offer opportunity to meet artists in the community.

For more information call Elise at 403-346-5645 or Lucille at 403-309-2130. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, Jan. 17, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Country Express. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403-346-3896. ● After School Club invites teens and tweens to come to the Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library for games, crafts, movies, music and more after school every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Program length will vary by activity. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Red Deer and District Garden Club meets on Jan. 17 at Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 7 p.m.

This sessions topic is on wildflowers of ireland, presented by Don Wales. For more information call Noreen at 403-346-7728, or 403-357-4071. ● Randi Boulton Singers perform every Thursday at The Hub from 4 to 5:30 p.m. New singers welcome. Phone 403-340-4869. ● Central Alberta Prostate Awareness and Support Group meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Gaetz Memorial United Church in the parlour. The next meeting is Jan. 17. This group has experience and information to share. Knowing about the prostate, symptoms of prostate cancer, and other prostate diseases can save your life. Men and spouses are welcome.

Phone 403-350-5511.

Listings open to cultural/non-profit groups. Fax: 341-6560; phone: 314-4325; e-mail: editorial@reddeeradvocate.com by noon Thursday for insertion following Thursday.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 B5 Alliance Church. Presented by City Chapel and Lacombe Free Reformed Church. Theme is No Compromise - Standing For The Truth Of God’s Word. Free tickets available online from Brown Paper Tickets or $5 at the door. Bring a bag lunch, tea and coffee will be served. Visit www.ligonier.org/ events/2013-national-conference or www.citychapel.ca for more information. ● Watercolour class with Sonja Zacharias at the Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Jan. 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $75, includes supplies and lunch.

To register phone 403-782-3402. ● Martha Hall Findley lunch, Jan. 24 at It’s All Greek To Me, 37 St. and Gaetz Ave., Red Deer.

For more information contact Garfield Marks at 403-340-2854 or gjmarks@telusplanet.net. ● Senior Citizen Downtown House Ukraine supper will be held Jan. 18 at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $12. Tickets are now available. Phone 403-3464043. ● Senior Citizen Downtown House Cribbage Tournament and Potluck will take place Jan. 20.

The cost is $8. Pre-register by Jan. 18. Phone 403346-4043. ● The Red Deer Symphony Orchestra returns with Michael Hope’s newest show — Croonermania! This bold and sassy tribute to the Golden Age of Pop will take place Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. at the Red Deer College Arts Centre. Tickets are available through the Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre, 403-755-6626 or 1-800-661-8793, or online at www.bkticketcentre.ca. ● The Red Deer Festival of Performing Arts welcomes participants to enter this year’s festival, which is scheduled from April 22 to 26. Entry deadline is Jan. 31. The festival syllabus, addendum, and entry information are available at www.reddeerkiwanisfestival.org or are available at the Red Deer College Arts Centre security desk or at 53rd Street Music. For more information call 403-3564900 or email continuingeducation@rdc.ab.ca. ● Red Deer College Theatre Productions presents Bram Stoker’s Dracula on Feb. 7 to 16 on the Mainstage, Arts Centre. Tickets are available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, www.bkticketcentre.ca, 403-755-6626, or 1-800-661-8793. ● Kvitka Red Deer Ukrainian Dance Club MALANKA New Year’s Eve Supper and Dance will take place Jan. 19 at Festival Hall. Cocktails are at 6 p.m., supper is at 6:45 p.m. and show and dance to follow. Music by Northern Kings. Door prizes. Tickets are $45 each until Jan. 14, or $50 after. Fore more information or to get your tickets call Catherine at 403-343-2850 or Irene at 403-

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Alberta Sports Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the 2012/2013 Alberta Sports Hall of Fame induction. Nominations are accepted until Jan. 31 at 4:30 p.m. Guidelines can be found at www.ashfm.ca or by calling Debbie at 403-3418614. ● Robbie Burns’ Night Supper — hosted by the Red Deer Legion Pipe Band — Jan. 19 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 35, Red Deer.

Cocktails from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by a traditional Robbie Burns supper, Turkey, mashed potatoes, turnip, peas and carrots, gravy and haggis. Cash bar. Enjoy Highland Dancers, piping in the Haggis, Red Deer Legion Pipe Band, and more. Tickets are available from any Pipe Band member or the front desk of the Legion for $30 per person and should be purchased in advance. For more information call the Legion at 403-342-0035 or Arnie MacAskill at 403-782-7183. ● Fit Body Boot Camp Red Deer will participate in the national 1,000 lb. Meltdown Challenge to Fight Obesity, starting in Jan. Local participants will have a goal to lose 1,000 pounds in 28 days. The cost is $49 for the 28 day program.

All proceeds raised will go to Red Deer Firefighter’s Children Charity. For more information visit www. fitbodybootcamp.com/1000PoundMeltdown.html or contact Cabel McElderry at 403-341-4041 or cabel@personaltrainingreddeer.com. ● FLK Taoist Chi — experience a relaxing, holistic, low impact exercise at Cronquist Business Park, Bay C16, 5580 45 St. Beginner classes run Monday to Friday Jan. 14 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. or Monday to Wednesday 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday to Thursday 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Continuing classes: These year-round sessions are for those who have completed beginning classes.

Participate in the class of your choice. Contact 403-346-6772 for more information and to register.

Classes also available in Lacombe, Rocky Mountain House and Innisfail. ● Ligonier 2013 National Conference Simulcast, showing Feb. 21 - 23, 2013, at Deer Park

● Grief Support Group meets at St. Mary’s Church for six consecutive weeks commencing Thursday, Jan. 17. For more information or to register, call 403-347-3114. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre offers classes in January as follows: Brain Gym, Mondays for 6 weeks, Jan. 14 - Feb. 25, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Members pay $40, non-members pay $60; Beginner Tai Chi, Mondays for 10 weeks, Jan.14 - March 25, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Members pay $20, non-members pay $45; Move and Groove 50+, Tuesdays for 12 weeks, Jan. 15 - April 2, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Members pay $20, non-embers pay $45. For any of the above classes please register at the front desk at 4620-47A Ave., Red Deer.

For more information call 403-343-6074. ● Red Deer College Music Concert Series presents Faculty Jazz Cabaret on Jan. 12, and Ruston Vuori Piano Recital on Jan. 27, both in Studio A at 7:30 p.m. on Mainstage, Arts Centre. Tickets are available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, www.bkticketcentre.ca, 403-755-6626, or 1-800-661-8793. ● Reading for a Change Bookclub will be offered by Red Deer Public Library on Jan. 8 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Waskasoo Kiwanis Room at the downtown branch to discuss The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Phone 403-347-2100. ● Red Deer Aboriginal Employment Services provides assistance to Aboriginal People including resumes, cover letters, research, and job postings. For more information call 403-3587734 or drop in to #202, 4909 48 Street, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed noon to 1 p.m. or see www. rdaes.com ● Ball Room Dance Social at Ponoka Moose Lodge will be offered on the second Friday of each month. Features waltz, rumba, cha cha, tango, foxtrot, swing, and jive with DJ music. Light snacks provided. Open bar. Cost is $10 for Moose members and $12.50 for non-members. Contact Fred or Jean for information at 403-783-8587, or see www.

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346-5712. ● Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery Centennial Club Fundraising Campaign is now on.

Be one of 100 distinguished individuals or companies to make a $2,013 donation in support of the new history exhibition opening at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery on March 25, 2013. Donors will be featured prominently on the donor wall in the exhibition, and receive a special invitation to the Centennial Club reception, enjoy of sneak peak and more. See www.reddeermuseum.com, email to museum@reddeer.ca, or phone 403-309-8405. ● Homebound Readers’ Service is a personalized service offered by the Red Deer Public Library to members who cannot visit the library due to age, illness or disability. For more information call Adult Services at 403.-342-9110 or go to www. rdpl.org ● Blackfalds Farmers’ Market now runs Thursdays from 3 to 7 p.m. outdoors at the Multiplex. New vendors are being sought. The Valentines Trade-show and Marketplace is on Feb. 2 from 12 to 4 p.m.; the Easter Trade-show and market will be on Mar. 11 from 12 to 4 p.m.; and the Mothers’ and Fathers’ Day show will be on April 27 from 12 to 4 p.m. The cost for these specialty markets will be $40 for a six foot table, or $45 for power or requested wall location. Please contact Tristina at 403-302-7935 to reserve a table. www.

BlackfaldsAgSociety.com ● SCORE in Sylvan Lake this winter. Sylvan Lake Pond Hockey — experience hockey the way it was meant to be played, Mar. 1 to 3. Early bird cost is $450, if paid in full by Jan. 31, or $550 after.

Participants must be 18 years or older. Visit www. sylvanlakepondhockey.ca for more information. ● Fulfil your love of singing by joining the Red Deer Chamber Singers. Their repertoire consists of a diverse selection of choral arrangements, including classical, folk, and pop. You will receive training from seasoned professionals to enhance your vocal technique. Spring concert to take place the last week in May. For more information call Sadie at 403-347-5166. ● Town and Country Dance Club will offer social dance lessons starting Jan. 22. Learn to foxtrot, polka, waltz and more. Basic Social Dance is at 7 p.m. and A Step Above Basics is at 8:15 p.m. Classes run for six weeks at the Bower-Kin Community Centre. $40 per person. For more information and to pre-register call Doug or Doris at 403-728-3333 or Lorlie at 403-309-4494 or email townandcountrydance@shaw.ca.

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Rebels bucked by Broncos STEVE NASH

NASH GETS ASSIST 10,000 Steve Nash further cemented his standing as one of the best point guards of all time on Tuesday night.

The Victoria native earned his 10,000th career assist in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 125112 loss to the Houston Rockets. Nash found Antawn Jamison on a pick-and-roll with seconds left in the first half to reach the milestone. He’s only the fifth player to hit the mark, joining John Stockton, Jason Kidd, Mark Jackson, and Magic Johnson. Nash now has a total of 10,005 assists over his 17-year NBA career.

“I have to step outside of this frustration and say congrats to (at)SteveNash 10,000. Amazing accomplishment Wish we could have gotten u theW,” tweeted teammate Kobe Bryant.

Today

● Senior high basketball: Innisfail at Notre Dame, Sylvan Lake at Lacombe; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer TBS at Lacombe, 7:15 p.m.

LATE POWERPLAY GOAL PUTS GAME OUT OF REACH DESPITE GOOD EFFORT

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Broncos 5 Rebels 2 SWIFT CURRENT — Despite the return of No. 1 netminder Patrik Bartosak, the Red Deer Rebels’ post-Christmas slide continued Wednesday.

However, Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter wasn’t bemoaning a lack of effort on behalf of his charges.

“It’s a disappointing way to lose. The game is 3-2, we’re right there and then we take two penalties in a row. We shoot ourselves in the foot over the last 11 minutes of the game,” said Sutter, following a 5-2 WHL loss to the Swift Current Broncos before 1,923 fans at the Credit Union i-plex.

Sutter was referring mostly to a Broncos’ power-play goal by recently-acquired (from the Lethbridge Hurricanes) Jay Merkley at 10:12 of the final frame with Rebels captain Turner Elson and defenceman Brandon Underwood off for tripping and cross checking, respectively.

The Broncos then got an empty-net goal from Colby Cave at 18:50 to seal the deal.

“We did some pretty good things tonight,” said Sutter. “We had some quality scoring chances, but we never capitalized on some great opportunities. But we were making a push and playing well in the third when we gave them a five-on-three and they scored.”

Adam Lowry, who opened the scoring for the hosts with his 28th of the season midway through the first period, Rich-

ard Nedomiel and Reece Scarlett also tallied for the Broncos.

Matt Bellerive potted both Red Deer goals, in the first and second periods.

Bartosak, who Sutter said “played well” finished with 33 saves, while Eetu Laurikainen made 34 stops for Swift Current.

“It’s a consistency thing, it’s about playing hard for 60 minutes,” said the Rebels bench boss.

“We’ve had some good periods over the last six to eight games but we’ve also taken our foot off the pedal and not stuck with the urgency we’ve needed.

Tonight was a better game in

that respect, we were more engaged tonight.

“When you’re going through what we’re going through right now you have to be disciplined and tonight we shot ourselves in the foot.”

The Rebels continue their three-game road trip with a Friday engagement with the Saskatoon Blades, then conclude the jaunt Saturday versus the Prince Albert Raiders. ● Just 24 hours short of today’s WHL trade deadline, Sutter picked up 17-year-old forward Hunter Smith Wednesday.

Smith was selected by Brandon in the ninth round of the

Owners ratify, Bettman apologizes

Friday

● College basketball: Lethbridge at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Peewee AA hockey: Innisfail at Sylvan Lake, 6 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. (The Drive). ● AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● Major bantam female hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Kin City B. ● Midget AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Pro Stitch, 7:45 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Three Hills, 8 p.m.; Banff Academy at Stettler, 8 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Innisfail at Sylvan Lake, 8:30 p.m.

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Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, in New York. NHL owners ratified the tentative labor deal on Wednesday. All that now remains is player approval to finally start the hockey season.

BETTMAN SAYS HE IS SORRY ABOUT LOCKOUT, PROCESS KEEPS MOVING AS PLAYERS EXPECTED TO RATIFY THEIR PART OF AGREEMENT BY SATURDAY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Saturday

● Minor midget AAA: Rockyview at Red Deer IROC, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● College basketball: Lethbridge at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● Peewee AA hockey: Foothills at Lacombe, 1:45 p.m.; Sylvan Lake at Innisfail, 3:40 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Alberta League all-star game, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Major bantam female hockey: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Kin City B. ● Bantam AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Steel Kings, 5:30 p.m., Kin City A; Cranbrook at Lacombe, 5:45 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. (The Drive). ● AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Medicine Hat at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Coaldale at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Badlands at Innisfail, 8 p.m.; Cranbrook at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m.

2010 WHL bantam draft and was a late cut of the Wheat Kings last fall. He was set to join the Estevan Bruins of the SJHL when he was traded to a team in the northern part of the province, a move that prompted him to instead suit up with his hometown Carlyle Cougars, a senior team with which he scored two goals and collected four points in nine games.

Smith, six-foot and 183 pounds, served as the captain of the Moose Jaw midget AAA Generals last season and had five goals and 20 points in 44 regular-season games and three goals and four points in five playoff contests.

“We feel it’s worth taking a shot and giving him a chance,” said Sutter, after listing Smith.

“He knows there are no guarantees and yet we have room to do this with Jesse Miller out (with a concussion) for a long period of time.

“Instead of trading something away for maybe the same type of player, we get him for nothing and go through the process with him. We have to get him into game shape and up to the tempo of playing major junior hockey, but everyone we’ve talked to, including (current Rebels) Devan Fafard and Cory Milllete who have played with him, say he’s a tough, character kid who plays hard every night.”

Meanwhile, netminder Grant Naherniak rejoined the midget AAA Generals Wednesday after being with the Rebels the past three weeks. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

NEW YORK — With the third lockout on his watch finally nearing its end, Gary Bettman appeared a humble and apologetic man.

The NHL commissioner told fans, players and sponsors that he was sorry the start of the season was delayed by more than

three months.

The apology came in the form of an unexpected “personal statement” delivered to reporters Wednesday after he announced that owners had unanimously voted in favour of ratifying the new collective bargaining agreement.

“To the players who were very clear they wanted to be on the ice and not negotiating

labour contracts, to our partners who support the league financially and personally, and most importantly to our fans, who love and have missed NHL hockey, I’m sorry,” said Bettman. “I know that an explanation or an apology will not erase the hard feelings that have built up over the past few months but I owe you an apology nevertheless.”

It was the first public sign the NHL was ready to start rebuilding an imagine tarnished by more labour disputes over the last 20 years than any of the other North American pro sports leagues.

This was Bettman as he’s rarely seen.

Standing behind a podium in the same hotel where he had a notorious blow-up during a press conference last month, the contrite commissioner took his medicine. It might have been his only choice.

Bettman was publicly labelled everything from a “cancer” to an “idiot” by players during the course of negotiations that stretched over six months.

“As commissioner of the National Hockey League, it sometimes falls upon me to make tough decisions that disappoint and occasionally anger players and fans,” he said.

“This was a long and extremely difficult negotiation — one that took a lot longer than anybody wanted. I know it caused frustration, disappointment and even suffering to a lot of people who have supported the National Hockey League in many different ways.”

The players aren’t expected to start their own ratification vote until Friday. It will be conducted electronically over two days and needs majority support from the roughly 740 union members to pass.

If all goes to plan, the process would be completed by Saturday and training camps would open around the league on Sunday.

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Burke bounced as Maple Leafs’ GM

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Brian Burke’s colourful tenure as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs was never short on drama.

So it only seemed fitting his departure from the team would shock the entire hockey world.

The Leafs dropped the bombshell Wednesday, announcing they had relieved the fiery Burke of his duties as president and general manager and replaced him with his right-hand man, Dave Nonis.

While the Leafs had never reached the playoffs during Burke’s four seasons at the helm, the timing of the move was surprising given it comes just days before the start of the lockout-shortened season.

But Tom Anselmi, the president of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment, said the decision had been talked about for

months following an extensive review of the hockey club by Anselmi and the new ownership group. MLSE was officially taken over by Rogers and BCE in August.

“The news is coming as a shock but I don’t think the decision has happened overnight,” Anselmi told a packed, hastily assembled news conference at the Air Canada Centre. “It’s a conversation that’s been ongoing and we came to a decision.

“Once we got to that decision I’m a firm believer it’s only fair to make the decision and move forward.”

Anselmi said Burke, 57, will remain with the team as a senior adviser. The decision caught even Nonis by surprise. The 46-year-old native of Burnaby, B.C., was with Burke on Tuesday night watching the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs edge the Toronto Marlies 2-1.

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Basketball GA 129 136 123 160 145 184

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Kelowna at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Portland at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Victoria at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Kootenay at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Pt 53 43 43 40 35 32

Sunday’s games Seattle at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.

Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.

Wednesday summaries

Central Division GP W LOTLSOL Calgary 43 29 10 1 3 Edmonton 41 27 9 2 3 Red Deer 45 23 18 2 2 Lethbridge 45 21 18 1 5 Medicine Hat 42 19 20 2 1 Kootenay 41 16 24 1 0

GF 153 149 127 145 142 103

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Kelowna 42 30 10 1 1 182 Kamloops 43 28 11 2 2 156 Victoria 39 20 16 1 2 116 Prince George 41 12 24 1 4 105 Vancouver 43 11 32 0 0 116

GA 112 96 138 136 148 136

GA 103 116 128 154 181

Pt 62 59 50 48 41 33

Broncos 5 Rebels 2 First Period 1. Swift Current, Lowry 28 (Lernout) 10:12 2. Red Deer, Bellerive 10 (Johnson, Fleury) 11:56 Penalties - Gaudet, RD (hooking) 3:52; Cave SC (hooking) 14:18.

Second Period 3. Swift Current, Nedomlel 1 7:54 4. Swift Current, Scarlett 6 (Moser, Black) 13:16 5. Red Deer, Bellerive 11 (Hamilton, Volek) 17:16 Penalties — Heatherington SC (tripping) 9:32; Nedomlel SC (checking from behind) 17:51.

Third Period 6. Swift Current, Merkley 15 (Lowry, Gordon) 10:12 (pp) 7. Swift Current, Cave 10 (Gordon) 18:50 (en) Penalties — Elson RD (tripping) 8:46; Underwood RD (cross-checking) 9:54.

Shots on goal Red Deer 7 17 12 — 36 Swift Current 10 15 18 — 38

Pt 62 60 43 29 22

U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 41 35 5 1 0 186 89 71 Spokane 41 27 13 1 0 162 123 55 Tri-City 41 23 15 1 2 125 115 49 Seattle 42 16 23 2 1 125 164 35 Everett 42 16 24 0 2 103 148 34 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.

Goal— Red Deer: Bartosak (L, 17-8-2); Swift Current: Laurikainen (W, 14-15-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Red Deer: 0-3; Swift Current: 1-3.

Attendance — 1,923 at Swift Current, Sask.

Hitmen 6 Warriors 4 First Period 1. Calgary, Zgraggen 2 (Helgesen, Hurley) 11:42 2. Calgary, Brassart 15 (Sylvester) 14:42 3. Moose Jaw, Bell 2 (Hansen) 17:08 Penalties — Bell MJ (hooking) 15:01, Jones Cal (high-sticking) 19:54, Eberle MJ (high-sticking) 19:54.

Second Period 4. Calgary, Macek 22 (Roach) 0:06 5. Moose Jaw, Messier 7 (Kirsch, Brown) 4:46 (pp) 6. Moose Jaw, Kirsch 14 (Point) 5:22 (pp) 7. Calgary, Roach 10 (Macek) 11:11 Penalties — Fioretti MJ (roughing) 0:00, Hurley Cal (roughing) 0:00, Sylvester Cal (holding) 0:51, Messier, MJ (interference) 2:21, Zgraggen Cal (slashing) 4:40, Chase Cal (interference) 5:19, Zgraggen Cal (roughing) 10:01, Eberle MJ (roughing) 10:01, Chase (hooking) 13:46.

Third Period 8. Calgary, Brassart 16 (Sylvester, Zgraggen) 12:48 9. Moose Jaw, Doucette 2 (Eberle, Bell) 18:24 10. Calgary, Sylvester (Macek) 18:33 Penalties — none.

Shots on goal Calgary 14 7 12 — 33 Moose Jaw 11 12 9 — 32

Tuesday’s results Calgary 7 Brandon 2 Kootenay 2 Edmonton 1 Medicine Hat 4 Vancouver 0 Portland 6 Prince George 4 Spokane 4 Seattle 3 Wednesday’s games Calgary 6 at Moose Jaw 4 Regina 4 at Prince Albert 9 Red Deer 2 at Swift Current 5 Vancouver 4 at Lethbridge 7 Tri-City 3 at Kamloops 1 Prince George 0 at Portland 3 Victoria 1 at Kelowna 6 Seattle 1 at Spokane 4 Thursday’s games No Games Scheduled.

Friday’s games Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Regina, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Spokane at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

Victoria at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Goal— Calgary: Shields (13-16), Driedger (14:38 second period, 15-16) (W, 23-7-1); Moose Jaw: Wapple (L, 4-11-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 0-2; Moose Jaw: 2-4.

Attendance — 3,647 at Moose Jaw, Sask.

Saturday’s games Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Raiders 9 Pats 4 First Period 1. Regina, Stevenson 12 2:57 (sh) 2. Regina, Scheidl 23 (Jobke, Stephenson) 4:31

3. Prince Albert, Vandane 6 (Braid) 7:55 4. Regina, Stephenson 9 (Klimchuk) 9:05 5. Prince Albert, Conroy 18 (Bardaro, Busenius) 17:32 (pp) 6. Prince Albert, Winther 15 (Morrissey, Busenius) 19:22 (pp) Penalties - Stephenson Reg (closing hand on puck) 2:13, D’Amico Reg (interference) 5:34, Sylvegard Reg (interference) 16:16, Scheidl Reg (charging) 19:16, McNeill PA (roughing) 19:57.

Second Period 7. Prince Albert, McNeill 14 (Winther) 9:16 8. Prince Albert, Morrissey 9 (Conroy, Vanstone) 11:11 9. Regina, Klimchuk 22 (Scheidl, Stephenson) 16:04 Penalties - Morrissey PA (holding) 4:03, Williams Reg (holding) 11:33, Ruopp PA (slashing) 14:00, Braid PA (high-sticking) 18:48.

Third Period 10. Prince Albert, Bardaro 17 (Draisaitl, McNeill) 3:37 11. Prince Albert, Perreaux 8 (Ruopp) 6:55 (sh) 12. Prince Albert, Danyluk 5 (Vandane, Braid) 10:46 13. Prince Albert, Draisaitl 10 (Busenius, Ruopp) 15:30 Penalties - Vanstone PA (interference) 6:26, Christoffer Reg (boarding) 8:22, Ruopp PA (roughing) 8:22, Ouellette Reg (inter. on goaltender) 11:23, Braid PA (holding) 13:16, Henry Reg (cross checking) 16:19, Knutsen PA (cross-checking) 16:30.

Shots on goal Calgary 14 7 12 — 33 Moose Jaw 11 12 9 — 32 Goal — Regina, Hewitt (L, 11-16-1); Prince Albert: Siemens (7-4), Desautels (W, 2-3-0) (9:05 of First, 20-19).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Regina: 0-7; Prince Albert: 2-7.

Referees — Patrick Gagnon, Curtis Howe.

Linesmen — Jason Bourdon, Derek Craig.

Attendance — 2,707 at Prince Albert, Sask.

Hurricanes 7 Giants 4 First Period 1. Lethbridge, Duke 3 (Pilon, Erkamps) 1:12 2. Lethbridge, Laurencelle 4 (Erkamps, Watson) 5:40 3. Lethbridge, Sofillas 1 (Harper, Erkamps) 6:03 4. Lethbridge, Henry 1 (Johnston, Duke) 8:04 (pp) 5. Lethbridge, Duke 4 10:50 (sh) 6. Vancouver, Houck 11 (Morrison, Kulak) 14:28 (pp) Penalties - Kulak Van (holding) 6:45, Franson Van (roughing) 9:43, Ramsay Let (unsportsmanlike conduct, match-attempt/injure) 9:43, Johnston Let (delay of game) 14:02.

Second Period 7. Vancouver, Leone 1 (Franson, Geertsen) 7:57 8. Vancouver, McEvoy 1 (Morrison, Kieser) 13:30 9. Vancouver, Ast 5 (Franson, Morrison) 17:25 (pp) Penalties - Leone Van (tripping) 9:23, McEvoy Van (roughing) 16:51, Wong Let (roughing, boarding) 16:51.

Third Period 10. Lethbridge, Yakubowski 24 (Laurencelle, Blomqvist) 6:43 11. Lethbridge, Yakubowski 25 18:56 (en) Penalties - Kieser Van (slashing) 0:27.

Shots on goal Vancouver 12 10 10 — 32 Lethbridge 12 8 11 — 31 Goal — Vancouver: Rathjen (L, 2-4-0); Lethbridge: Rimmer (W, 18-17-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Vancouver: 2-3; Lethbridge: 1-3.

Attendance — 3,599 at Lethbridge, Alta.

Transactions

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 23 11 .676 — Brooklyn 20 15 .571 3 Boston 18 17 .514 5 Philadelphia 15 22 .405 9 Toronto 13 22 .371 10

Miami Atlanta Orlando Charlotte Washington

Indiana Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended N.Y. Knicks F Carmelo Anthony one game for confronting Kevin Garnett after Monday’s game.

MIAMI HEAT — Signed F Jarvis Varnado to a 10-day contract.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS — Recalled G Nolan Smith and G Will Barton from Idaho (NBADL).

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Houston 2B Jonathan Singleton 50 games after a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Palmer, C Eliezer Alfonzo, C Ramon Castro, INF Alfredo Amezaga, INF Brian Barden, INF Omar Luna, INF Dallas McPherson and OF Jerome (Jeremy) Moore on minor league contracts.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned RHP Arcenio Leon outright to Nashville.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Traded OF Quincy Latimore to Cleveland for RHP Jeanmar Gomez.

Frontier League FRONTIER LEAGUE — Declared RHP Jonathan Kountis a free agent.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Named Zach Borowiak hitting coach. Signed INF Vladimir Frias to a contract extension.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Named Eric Coleman pitching coach and Dave Garcia hitting coach.

RIVER CITY RASCALS — Traded RHP Tony Marsala to Wichita (AA) for future considerations.

Received 3B Steve Carrillo from Wichita for a player to be named.

ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS — Signed LHP Andrew Armstrong, RHP Cody Hallahan, C Greg Van Horn and INF Trevor Whyte to contract extensions and RHP Jon Gulbransen.

Oklahoma City Denver Portland Utah Minnesota

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

Central Division W L Pct 21 14 .600 19 14 .576 18 16 .529 13 23 .361 9 28 .243

GB — 1 2 1/2 8 1/2 13

Northwest Division W L Pct 27 8 .771 21 16 .568 19 15 .559 19 18 .514 16 16 .500 Pacific Division W L Pct 27 8 .771 22 11 .667 15 20 .429 13 22 .371 12 25 .324

GB — 7 7 1/2 9 9 1/2 GB — 4 12 14 16

FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Named David Gettleman general manager.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed TE Brody Eldridge to a reserve/future contract.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed P T.J. Conley and CB Greg McCoy to reserve/future contracts.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Named Tom Telesco general manager.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed DE Chris Clemons and PK Steven Haushka on injured reserve. Signed DE Patrick Chukwurah and PK Ryan Longwell.

Canadian Football League MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Signed PK William Dion to a three-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Fired general manager Brian Burke.

American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Agreed to

terms with F Jack Combs and F Chad Costello on contracts through the remainder of the season.

CONNECTICUT WHALE — Signed F Shayne Wiebe.

HERSHEY BEARS — Loaned F Alex Berry and F Matt Pope to Reading (ECHL).

PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Recalled F Justin Courtnall from South Carolina (ECHL). Signed F Tyler McNeely and D Eric Baier to professional tryout agreements.

TORONTO MARLIES — Signed D Corey Syvret to a professional tryout agreement.

WORCESTER SHARKS — Signed F Pat Rissmiller and D Michael Wilson to professional tryout agreements.

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Utah F Brad Mills seven games and Las Vegas LW Adam Huxley three games and fined them, and Utah assistant coach Greg McCauley, undisclosed amounts.

BAKERSFIELD CONDORS — Traded F Zach Cohen to Greenville for the rights to D T.J. Faust and future considerations.

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Traded the rights to D Colten Hayes to Stockton for F Phil Mangan.

STOCKTON THUNDER — Agreed to terms with C Ryan Green.

SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. UNITED — Signed F Rafael.

FC DALLAS — Signed D London Woodberry.

Agreed to terms with D Stephen Keel.

Wranglers beat Thunder Trent Hermary, Chance Abbott and Jared Kambeitz each scored twice as the Blackfalds Wranglers doubled the visiting Airdrie Thunder 6-3 in Heritage Junior B Hockey League action Tuesday.

Thomas Isaman stopped 36 shots for the winners, who held a 46-39 advantage in shots. The clubs split eight minor penalties.

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NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 5 Houston 19, Cincinnati 13 Green Bay 24, Minnesota 10 Sunday, Jan. 6 Baltimore 24, Indianapolis 9 Seattle 24, Washington 14 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 12 Baltimore at Denver, 2:30 p.m. (CBS) Green Bay at San Francisco, 6 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 13 Seattle at Atlanta, 11 a.m. (FOX) Houston at New England, 2:30 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 20 NFC, 1 p.m. (FOX) AFC, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)

NFL Injury Report NEW YORK — The National Football League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT - Definitely will not play; DNP - Did not practice; LIMITED - Limited participation in practice; FULL - Full participation in practice): BALTIMORE RAVENS at DENVER BRONCOS — RAVENS: DNP: RB Vonta Leach (knee, ankle), RB Bernard Pierce (knee), G Jah Reid (toe). LIMITED: LB Dannell Ellerbe (ankle). FULL: WR Anquan Boldin (shoulder), WR Tandon Doss (ankle), LB Adrian Hamilton (illness), LB Ray Lewis (triceps), LB Albert McClellan (shoulder), DE Pernell McPhee (thigh), DT Haloti Ngata (knee), S Bernard Pollard (chest), S Ed Reed (shoulder), CB Jimmy Smith (abdomen), LB Terrell Suggs (Achilles, biceps), G Marshal Yanda (shoulder). BRONCOS: DNP: CB Tracy Porter (concussion). FULL: S Mike Adams (knee), T Ryan Clady (shoulder), T Orlando Franklin (knee), WR Trindon Holliday (ankle), G Chris Kuper (ankle), S Jim Leonhard (thigh), WR Matthew Willis (knee).

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Meanwhile, the Notre Dame Cougars swept a doubleheader from the West Central Rebels in Rocky Mountain House, winning the girls’ contest 60-51 and the boys’ game 57-51.

Rachel Edge and Paige Watson had 13 points each for the Cougars, who ran their record to 3-2 in the girls’ division.

Mike Malin had 20 points for the Notre Dame boys, who sport a 5-0 record.

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GB — 3 1/2 12 14 1/2 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 28 10 .737 — Memphis 22 10 .688 3 Houston 21 15 .583 6 Dallas 13 22 .371 13 1/2 New Orleans 10 25 .286 16 1/2

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Southeast Division W L Pct 23 10 .697 20 14 .588 12 23 .343 9 25 .265 5 28 .152

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Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

The Notre Dame Cougars, with Joe McQuay draining nine points, dumped the Ponoka Broncs 72-23 in JV boys basketball action Wednesday.

Four other players — Keegan MacDonald, Kenneth Villaluz, Theoren Gill and Jake Dahl — each scored eight points.

Matt Klemec scored 12 points for the Broncs.

Meanwhile, the Notre Dame girls downed Ponoka 44-28, getting eightpoint efforts from each of Angela Menjivar and Jonna Suerte.

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Tuesday’s Games Brooklyn 109, Philadelphia 89 Indiana 87, Miami 77 Houston 125, L.A. Lakers 112 Minnesota 108, Atlanta 103 Milwaukee 108, Phoenix 99

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Raptors roll over 76ers NHL: Everyone lost

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Raptors 90 76ers 72 TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan and Amir Johnson scored 19 points apiece Wednesday to lead the Raptors to a 90-72 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers that ended Toronto’s two-game slide.

Ed Davis added 17 points for the Raptors (13-22), Jose Calderon had 14 points to go with 11 assists and Landry Fields grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds and added 10 points. Johnson had a team-high 12 boards.

Thaddeus Young and Jrue Holiday had 16 points each to top the Sixers (15-22).

Neither team could muster much energy through what was mostly a pedestrian affair. The Sixers had an excuse, coming off a 109-89 loss to the Brooklyn Nets the previous night in Philly. The Raptors hadn’t played since losing 104-92 to Oklahoma City at home on Sunday — with a day off and day of practice in between.

The frustration on the part of the Raptors was clear. Calderon’s body language told part of the story, while DeRozan hollered at himself as he walked back to the bench after being blocked.

Toronto led for most of the game in front of 15,629 fans at Air Canada Centre and took a 71-61 advantage into the fourth.

The Sixers pulled to within six points midway

through the quarter, but that was as close as the visitors would come, as Davis and Johnson teamed up to score what looked to be the Raptors’ final five buckets of the game. Fields scored on Toronto’s final possession to earn the double-double.

The game was the beginning of a key stretch for the Raptors, which sees them play nine of 10 games against Eastern Conference opponents. Toronto began the night two games behind Philly for ninth in the East.

The Raptors were short on bodies once again due to injury. Rookie Terrence Ross missed the game after spraining his ankle on Sunday. Andrea Bargnani, who missed his 11th game, and Jonas Valanciunas (his seventh) have no timelime for a return, while Linas Kleiza sat out his fourth straight game.

Fields, who started in place of Mickael Pietrus, grabbed seven boards in the first quarter, helping the Raptors to an early 10-point lead but the Raptors held just a 24-21 edge going into the second.

Toronto led for all of a dreary second quarter, but never by more than nine points and took a 42-40 lead into the halftime break.

Calderon scored 10 points on 5-for-6 shooting in a third quarter that saw the Sixers pull even four times. The Raptors used a 15-6 run to take a 12-point lead and led 71-61 with a quarter left to play.

Note: The Raptors host Charlotte on Friday then wrap up their homestand against Milwaukee on Sunday.

Nobody going to Hall of Fame this year BASEBALL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out everybody else.

For only the second time in four decades, baseball writers failed to give any player the 75 per cent required for induction to Cooperstown, sending a powerful signal that stars of the Steroids Era will be held to a different standard.

All the awards and accomplishments collected over long careers

by Bonds, Clemens and Sosa could not offset suspicions those feats were boosted by performance-enhancing drugs.

Voters also denied entry Wednesday to fellow newcomers Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza and Curt Schilling, along with holdovers Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell and Lee Smith.

Among the most honoured players of their generation, these standouts won’t find their images among the 300 bronze plaques on the oak walls in Cooperstown, where — at least for now — the doors appear to be bolted shut on anyone tainted by PEDs. “After what has been written and said over the last few years I’m not overly surprised,” Clemens said in a statement he posted on Twitter.

Bonds, Clemens and Sosa retired after the 2007 season. They were eligible for the Hall for the first time and have up to 14 more years on the writers’ ballot.

“Curt Schilling made a good point, everyone was guilty. Either you used PEDs, or you did nothing to stop their use,” Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt said in an email to The Associated Press after this year’s vote was announced. “This generation got rich. Seems there was a price to pay.”

makes it difficult.”

There have been calls for the voting to be taken away from the writers and be given to a more diverse electorate that would include players and broadcasters.

The Hall says it is content with the process, which began in 1936.

“It takes time for history to sort itself out, and I’m not surprised we had a shutout today,” Hall President Jeff Idelson said. “I wish we had an electee. I will say that, but I’m not surprised given how volatile this era has been in terms of assessing the qualities and the quantities of the statistics and the impact on the game these players have had.”

Bonds, baseball’s only seventime Most Valuable Player, hit 762 home runs, including a record 73 in 2001. He was indicted on charges he lied to a grand jury in 2003 when he denied using PEDs but a jury two years ago failed to reach a verdict on three counts he made false statements and convicted him on one obstruction of justice count, finding he gave an evasive answer.

“It is unimaginable that the best player to ever play the game would not be a unanimous firstballot selection,” said Jeff Borris of the Beverly Hills Sports Council, Bonds’ longtime agent.

Clemens, the only seven-time Cy Young Award winner, is third in career strikeouts (4,672) and ninth in wins (354). He was acquitted last year on one count of obstruction of Congress, three counts of making false statements to Congress and two counts of perjury, all stemming from his denials of drug use.

“To those who did take the time to look at the facts,” Clemens said, “we very much appreciate it.”

Sosa, eighth with 609 home runs, was among those who tested positive in MLB’s 2003 anonymous survey, The New York Times reported in 2009. He told a congressional committee in 2005 that he never took illegal performanceenhancing drugs.

Biggio, 20th on the career list with 3,060 hits, appeared on 68.2 per cent of the 569 ballots, the highest total but 39 votes shy. The three newcomers with the highest profiles failed to come close to even majority support, with Clemens at 37.6 per cent, Bonds at 36.2 and Sosa at 12.5.

Other top vote-getters were Morris (67.7), Jeff Bagwell (59.6), Piazza (57.8), Tim Raines (52.2), Lee Smith (47.8) and Schilling (38.8).

“I’m kind of glad that nobody got in this year,” Hall of Famer Al Kaline said. “I feel honoured to be in the Hall of Fame. And I would’ve felt a little uneasy sitting up there on the stage, listening to some of these new guys talk about how great they were. ... I don’t know how great some of these players up for election would’ve been without drugs. But to me, it’s cheating.”

At ceremonies in Cooperstown on July 28, the only inductees will be three men who died more than 70 years ago: Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, umpire Hank O’Day and barehanded catcher Deacon White. They were chosen last month by the 16-member panel considering individuals from the era before integration in 1947.

“It is a dark day,” said Jose Canseco, the former AL MVP who was among the first players to admit using steroids. “I think the players should organize some type of lawsuit against major league baseball or the writers. It’s ridiculous. Most of these players really have no evidence against them.

They’ve never tested positive or they’ve cleared themselves like Roger Clemens.”

It was the eighth time the BBWAA failed to elect any players. There were four fewer votes than last year and five members submitted blank ballots.

“With 53 per cent you can get to the White House, but you can’t get to Cooperstown,” BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack O’Connell said. “It’s the 75 per cent that

Martin making comeback at Continental Cup Kevin Martin’s draw weight is not usually a problem.

But the defending Brier champion plans to make some adjustments at the World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling, which starts Thursday and runs through the weekend in Penticton, B.C. “I can’t throw (the rock) real hard,” said Martin, who will return to the ice after being sidelined in mid-December with hernia surgery. “But, otherwise, I feel tremendous. My hip hasn’t felt this good in years.”

The 46-year-old Edmonton skip is among some of the world’s top men’s and women’s curlers assembled for the unique competition that pits a Canadian and American squad — Team North America — against Europeans in a format similar to golf’s Ryder Cup.Events include traditional men’s and women’s team matches as well as doubles, singles and skins competitions.

While events are the same as in past years, the scoring system has changed. The two sides will compete for a maximum of 60 points, with the first team to reach 30.5 declared the winner.

Last year, Team Europe prevailed 235-165 in Langley, B.C, had 400 points available. The se-

ries, which began in 2002 but has not been played every year, is tied 2-2.

“I really like this format,” said Martin, who expects to compete in a traditional men’s match as well as men’s doubles, adding it’s entertaining for the fans.

Team North America’s lineup includes reigning

world champion Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., who competed in last year, and U.S. champion Heath McCormick.

Thomas Ulsrud of Norway, Niklas Edin of Sweden and Tom Brewster of Scotland head the European men’s contingent.

Martin, the 2010 Olympic gold medallist, is

looking forward to facing Uhlsrud after beating him in the final at the Vancouver Games.

On the women’s side Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones, a four-time Canadian champion who won a world title in 2008, will also return to the ice after taking time off to deliver her first child.

FIRED: Shock “I came in (Wednesday) morning and was informed of the decision,” a solemn Nonis said. “This is a shock for a lot of people.”

The daunting task of ending hockey’s longest playoff drought now lies with Nonis, a close friend and protege of Burke’s.

One of his first priorities will be to sort out the club’s goaltending situation. Rumours that the Leafs are in talks with the Vancouver Canucks to acquire Roberto Luongo have been floating around for several months. There was talk Wednesday that a potential Luongo deal may have been a factor in Burke’s dismissal.

Anselmi said that wasn’t the case.

“No, no, not at all,” he said.

Nonis said he couldn’t discuss any pending transactions.

“First of all, it doesn’t help get a deal done and second of all we’re not permitted to do so,” said Nonis. “Players that under contract to other clubs remain off limits in terms of commenting.”

Ironically, Nonis replaced Burke as Vancouver’s GM in 2004 and acquired Luongo from the Florida Panthers two years later.

Vancouver GM Mike Gillis was shocked to hear of Burke’s firing but added he doesn’t believe it will have any impact on a potential Luongo deal.

“Not in my mind, no,” he said.

Gillis expects things will heat up on the Luongo front once the collective bargaining agreement is fully ratified. The owners approved it Wednesday and players are slated to vote in the coming days.

“The window (to speak with other GMs) wasn’t open until (Wednesday),” he said. “Until the players vote on it, that’s when I think the activity will pick up.”

Burke, meanwhile, didn’t return an email from The Canadian Press. But there’s no doubt the outspoken GM’s dismissal came as a shock to just about everyone in hockey.

“I know Burkie well. We were talking yesterday about hunting,” said Washington Capitals GM George McPhee.

“I don’t know what happened. It is too bad.”

Burke’s son, Patrick, also spoke about his father on his Twitter account.

“Brian Burke did more charity/community work than any GM in NHL history. And the Burke family will always, always be proud of that fact,” Patrick Burke tweeted.

Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul had no idea it was coming and said the players are partly to blame.

“At the end of the day, it’s our responsibility,” Lupul told reporters outside the Leafs practice facility. “He put faith in us and we didn’t get the job done last year and now he’s paying the price.”

During Burke’s reign, Toronto was 128-135-42 and finished a disappointing 13th in the Eastern Conference last season. They haven’t made the postseason since 2004 and own the NHL’s longest playoff drought.

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Bettman wouldn’t give details about what the league would do to make it up to the fans, but said there are plans in the works. Out of respect for the player vote, he wouldn’t answer any specific questions about the labour process either.

“In the end, neither side got everything it wanted and everyone lost in the short term,” said Bettman.

“But the NHL gained a long-term agreement that’s good for players and good for teams, and should guarantee the future success of NHL hockey for many years to come. It will help the game to grow, ensuring greater economic stability for all of our teams.”

There have been a number of calls for Bettman’s job since the tentative deal was reached on Sunday morning. But the commissioner made it clear that he intends to celebrate his 20th anniversary in the role on Feb. 1 and remain in office long beyond that.

As for the various reports, Bettman called them “nothing more than unfounded speculation.”

“I’m looking forward to continuing to grow this game both on and off the ice as we have over the last 20 years,” he said.

“I think the opportunities are great and I’m excited to be a part of them.”

Perhaps to try and stem the tide, the owners gave Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly a vote of confidence on Wednesday. Jeremy Jacobs, chairman of the NHL’s board of governors, made a rare public statement prior to Bettman’s appearance at the podium.

“Gary and Bill have the complete and unconditional support of the board as well as our gratitude,” said Jacobs.

The NHL is targeting a 48-game season beginning Jan. 19, which leaves no time for teams to squeeze in any exhibition games. The schedule is expected to be released in the coming days.

There was a feeling of relief among governors in the days after the sport avoided cancelling another season because of a labour dispute.

“It’s a great deal for hockey,” said Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis. “It’s great that we’re back playing.”

Added Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman: “I think it was extremely important to get a deal done and not miss the entire season.”

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CANCER STUDY The Tomorrow Project returns to Red Deer from Jan. 14 to 17 in search of residents to join the long-term research study into the causes of cancer.

By 2013, researchers want to enrol 50,000 Albertans, age 35 to 69, who have never had cancer. So far, more than 31,000 people have joined the project, including 1,017 from Red Deer.

A temporary study centre will be set up at Westerner Park. For more information, visit www.in4tomorrow. ca or call toll-free 1-877-919-9292. The Tomorrow Project is a research initiative of Alberta Health Services, Cancer Care.

OFFICIALS CONCERNED ONUS BEING PLACED ON MUNICIPALITIES

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

‘DIRT’ CONSTRUCTION See how dirt, sand and other soils can be used to construct buildings on Wednesday. Evonne and Robert Smulders of Sage Permaculture in Black Diamond will discuss the construction of an Earthbag building in California. Earthbag construction uses inexpensive materials stacked in bags similar to that of military bunkers and temporary flood-control dikes.

The event sponsored by ReThink Red Deer runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Margaret Parsons Theatre at Red Deer College. Admission is $5 or pay what you can with proceeds to the Sustainable Red Deer Society. More information is available online at www. rethinkreddeer.ca.

VISITING ARTIST Come out for a night of art and stories. Eleven artists are taking part in the first ART101 Visiting Artist Lecture Series on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Red Deer College’s Margaret Parsons Theatre.

Everyone is welcome.

Each member of the Red Deer College Visual Art faculty and staff presents their individual artistic practices in this Pecha Kucha style lecture night. The entire talk will be under 90 minutes. Each artist has only six minutes and 40 seconds to present 20 images of their work.

CORRECTION An Advocate story on Wednesday on the city being fined for a PCB leak contained an incorrect address. The leak was located at a transformer site at 3907 55th Ave.

GIVE US A CALL The Advocate invites its readers to help cover news in Central Alberta.

We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages.

We strive for complete, accurate coverage of Central Alberta and are happy to correct any errors we may commit.

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City of Red Deer Recreation Parks and Culture dept. employee Cal Cupples bleeds the water out of a hose after flooding the rink at the Eastview Estates shelter Wednesday afternoon. A return to more winter like conditions are expected through the rest of this week with snow and colder temperatures forecasted.

Court of Appeal continuing work into Delburne murder The Alberta Court of Appeal is continuing the process of appeal for a man found guilty of murdering his estranged wife in Delburne nearly three years ago.

The case of Brian Volker was spoken to in the Calgary courthouse on Tuesday.

Shortly after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his 44-year-old wife Debi on Feb. 23, 2009, Volker began appealing his sentence and conviction.

Volker, 52, was sentenced in April 2011 to life in prison with no chance at parole for 23 years.

He was also convicted of break and enter, committing assault with a weapon, and four counts of breaching conditions of a release from custody.

Debi Volker was found shot in the head in the bedroom of her home after she left him.

She was a teacher’s assistant at the local school.

Her children — aged 11, 14 and 16 at the time of her death — all testified at the trial.

The next court appearance in the Alberta Court of Appeal is on May 14 at 10 a.m. in Calgary.

Proposed changes to provincial regulations around oilpatch emergency response has raised concerns at Mountain View County council.

Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board is updating Directive 071: Emergency Preparedness and Response Requirements for the Petroleum Industry and has asked for public feedback.

Council recently reviewed proposed regulatory changes and was not reassured by what it saw in a section that deals with requirements for oil and gas companies to obtain emergency contact information for those living within the emergency planning zone (EPZ) around oil and gas installations.

“Directive 71 from our perspective takes a lot of the onus of oil companies and puts it on municipalities,” said Reeve Bruce Beattie.

“We’re not in favour of that.”

Beattie said in the past it has always been the role of companies to be responsible for the emergency response plan and ensure they are aware of all landowners and residents, including renters, in the area around an oil and gas facility.

“We, as a municipality, we keep track of residences.

“But we don’t keep track of who’s living in buildings, who’s living in a rental property, that type of thing,” he said.

Ultimately, municipalities are responsible for emergency response, but Mountain View County doesn’t have the resources — or perhaps not even the authority — to collect

that kind of information, he added.

“Presently, the companies do. So we think it’s a step backward in terms of public safety.”

ERCB spokesman Bob Curran said they will review all of the responses after the deadline for feedback ends on Tuesday.

“Once we have all feedback in hand, we will review it and determine if changes are required,” he says in an emailed reply to a request for comment on the county’s concerns.

“It would be inappropriate to comment on any feedback until that process is complete.”

Sundre Petroleum Operators Group (SPOG), which represents more than two dozen oil and gas companies in the area, also has expressed reservations with the proposed directive.

SPOG points out in a written summary of comments going to the ERCB that the directive notes provincial legislation assigns to a municipality the authority and responsibility for all aspects of emergency response within its jurisdiction.

However typically, municipalities do not have the knowledge or experience with oil and gas operations to “deal appropriately with incidents within the EPZ,” says SPOG’s comments.

Emergency planning and response should fall on the oil and gas company and the municipalities can help out through mutual aid agreements, the group says.

SPOG also noted that municipalities don’t collect the resident information necessary to send out tax notices and the amount of contact information available was spotty.

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Kart racer’s move ‘chance of a lifetime’ PARKER THOMPSON MOVING TO ITALY FOR COMPETITION

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A chance of a lifetime awaits a Red Deer teenager as he moves to Italy to purse his dream.

Parker Thompson, 14, finished third in the junior category at the 2012 Rotax World Finals of go-karting in Portimao, Portugal.

Now, he has been invited by Energycorse to joining their team and relocate to their Parker home base of Bergamo, Thompson Italy. “ T h e whole reason I’m going is because the competition is just so much denser over there,” said Thompson.

“You need to go over there to get to where I want to go, which is Formula One. If I want to go to F1, you have to go over and kart in Europe.”

Thompson will share a flat with other drivers, all older than the teenager.

The flat is located next to the racing company’s factory. He said he will be the only member

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Parker Thompson in one of his races. of the team from North America.

“It’s a factory team so they develop the chassis as well as running their own chassis,” said Thompson.

With the move comes a busy schedule of 20 races all over Europe next year, and one in Las Vegas.

On top of the new surroundings, new teammates, flatmates and language, Thompson will have to learn to race with a new chassis, different materials and a new tire.

He is switching from the Rotax engine package to the KF3,

which is 125-cc and goes five to 10 mph faster than the engine he used to place third in the world.

“It’s going to be a huge learning curve, but honestly I think when it comes down to it I have a lot of testing before my first race, so I think that will help out, and our goal is to go for first,” said Thompson.

“As always.”

Thompson said the fact he will have to move away from his family on Monday has made the process difficult.

“It’s taking it’s toll now,” said Thompson.

“It’s saddening in a way, but at the same time my family and I know this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and in order to pursue my racing career, this is what has to be done.”

While he is living in Italy, Thompson will keep up with his education using St. Gabriel online school through the Red Deer Catholic School District.

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BRIEFS Olds RCMP hunt bank robber Olds RCMP are searching for a lone male who robbed the town’s CIBC bank on Tuesday.

He entered the bank about 2 p.m. and demanded cash. No weapons or firearms were used and there were no injuries.

The man is believed to have escaped in a waiting vehicle after leaving the bank.

The suspect is described as in his late 20s to early 30s, 1.78 to 1.83 metres tall (five foot 10 inches to six feet), 82 to 91 kg in weight (180 to 200 pounds), brown hair with a scruffy face and wearing a grey hoodie.

Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call Olds RCMP at 403-556-3324.

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Former Fields workers sentenced Former staff who pleaded guilty to defrauding the Red Deer Fields store have each been given a two-year sus-

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Using a bucket left truck a City of Red Deer Recreation Parks and Culture employee trims branches from an elm tree along 40th Avenue on Tuesday. pended sentence.

Bernadette Couturier, 43, Tara Munro, 32, and Marlina House, 25, were charged with a variety of fraud and theft charges following an investigation at the store, which was closed in late May 2012.

Red Deer City RCMP were asked to step in after an internal investigation revealed that a large volume of merchandise had been pilfered and that false refunds had been made on a variety of occasions.

The offences occurred during a period starting in December 2011 and running through to early May 2012.

Couturier, Munro and House all pleaded guilty to multiple charges of theft under $5,000 and fraud under

$5,000 in Red Deer provincial court on Oct. 19.

They returned for sentencing on Tuesday. Each was given a 24-month suspended sentence and will remain on probation for that time.

Fields announced early in 2012 that it was shutting down operations.

Three remain in custody after drug raid Three men co-accused in connection with a drug raid at one of their homes remain in custody pending further court appearances.

Benjamin Bjarnason, 25, Devon Watson, 27, and Chase Calihoo, 24, were

Aide to ex-premier Klein sought extra care for own ill child, inquiry hears CALGARY — A health supervisor says she used to receive calls from top brass to check on VIP patients and was once asked to help out a member of former premier Ralph Klein’s inner circle.

Janice Stewart told Alberta’s queue-jumping inquiry Wednesday that she refused to help the Klein aide on medical grounds and balked at the VIP-care directives for ethical reasons.

“If I didn’t know the (VIP patient) personally, I really didn’t feel it appropriate (to go visit them).

“And I firmly believe that people’s health concerns are a private matter,” Stewart testified.

Stewart is the executive director of surgery at the Rockyview Hospital in Calgary.

A decade ago, she was director of home-care services for the now-disbanded Calgary health region.

Her job included deciding whether some ill children on ventilators should be cared for around the clock at their homes by a nurse — based on a belief that patients recuperate faster in familiar surroundings.

Stewart said that at the time a member of then-premier Klein’s office approached the head of the health region, Jack Davis, to expedite such care for his ill child.

“It was as a result of his relationship with Ralph Klein that I understood he approached Jack Davis personally and asked if he could do something to try and get this to happen,” said Stewart.

The child’s condition in the intensive care ward was too unsafe for home care, she said, so she refused to authorize it.

Davis did not push her to change her mind, she testified.

She said she couldn’t remember the name of the Klein aide.

Stewart said it was one example of requested favouritism that occurred in the Calgary region.

That region and eight others were merged in 2008 into the current Alberta Health Services superboard.

She testified that when she ran the cardiac unit at the Foothills Hospital, starting in 2005, she would often get calls from a regional vice-president alerting her to prominent patients.

“It was a fairly common practice at that time,” she testified.

“There was no policy around it.

There were no memos. There was nothing in writing. It was usually just a phone call to say, ’Just wanted to give you a heads-up (that) soand-so has been admitted to one of your units.”’

Stewart said she remembered the names of the VIPs, but commission head John Vertes didn’t direct her to divulge them. He said it wasn’t relevant to her testimony.

She said there was no direction to provide preferential care.

“It was just (supposed to be) a courtesy call to say ’hello’ and ’How were things going?”’

But she said while no direction was given to provide preferential care, she suggested to Vertes that her simply going to visit the patient would allow for that.

“What if they (the VIP patient) said (to you), ‘I’ve got this complaint. I’ve got that complaint. I want this. I want that.’ What would you do?” Vertes asked her.

“If we had any complaints we would have dealt with those as they came up,” said Stewart.

“I would have done the same if I had gone to visit one of these (VIP) patients.”

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QUEUE-JUMPING INQUIRY She said the phone calls stopped when the region was folded into the superboard.

The inquiry, now into its third week of testimony, has already heard evidence of a similar unofficial “say hi” VIP policy in the one-time Capital Health Region in Edmonton.

Staffers have said that around 2007-08 they received directives from then-region CEO Sheila Weatherill’s office to meet with VIP patients, track their treatment and report back to Weatherill Brigitte McDonough, the former head of critical care at the University of Alberta Hospital, testified last month that it irritated her and front-line staff to have to do such checks.

She said she was never asked to do anything more than “say hi” or give “an extra smile.”

McDonough said she did it without question because that was what Weatherill wanted.

“When Sheila wanted something, you jumped,” said McDonough.

Weatherill’s testimony on Monday, however, suggested that any jumping was strictly optional Weatherill told the inquiry she would pass on word of prominent patients to her senior staff without instructions on what they should do with the information.

She said her executives were free to pass on the information or ignore it altogether.

And there was no expectation that they would get back to her to report what had been done, she said.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is backtracking on proposals to change the way resource companies consult with aboriginals on development projects.

A government spokesman says a provincial plan to manage talks between companies and First Nations has been pulled.

Kevin Zahara (zahHEHR-ah) of Aboriginal Relations acknowledges that the proposal was widely opposed by ab-

original leaders.

First Nations are legally entitled to be consulted on development and all sides agree that better ways to work together would reduce expensive and time-consuming court challenges.

Zahara says the government will try again with new proposals in the spring.

He adds that it’s too soon to tell how a recent court decision granting constitutional rights to Metis and non-status aboriginals may affect the talks.

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RESPONSE: Information not always correct For instance, when SPOG requested landowner contact information after the Plains Midstream Canada spill last June, only 98 of the 332 records provided by the county included phone numbers and 32 other numbers were not in use or incorrect.

SPOG also saw problems with a requirement that only phone numbers and physical location of a residence or other development be required in the emergency planning zone.

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Calihoo, represented by Edmonton lawyer George Collins, returns to court on Friday morning and Bjarnason, who appeared by closed-circuit TV from the Red Deer Remand Centre, is to address bail on Jan. 29.

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Red Deer Public Schools is holding an information night for its Spanish bilingual program offered to kindergarten and Grade 1 students.

The meeting will run at G.H. Dawe School on Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. for parents considering enrolling their child or children in the program.

The program would be in its second year of operation when it gets underway for the 2013-2014 year.

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Star Wars mounts Dark Horse WRITER BRIAN WOOD AND DARK HORSE COMICS BEGINS NEW MONTHLY SERIES ous different ways,” Wood said. “The rebellion is in need of a home base, Darth Vader is dealing with serious disapproval from the Emperor for having failed to stop the Death Star’s destruction — he’s actually been demoted!”

Leia has lost her home world. Luke lost his family. Han and Chewie have seen their smuggling business hurt by their association with the rebels.

“Everyone has suffered enormous losses,” Wood said.

Wood said the challenge for the series is keeping track of all the story possibilities, given the established mythology of the Star Wars universe and the sheer number of characters.

“It’s a big cast! The droids, Ben Kenobi is there, all of the Empire, too. It’s a very large cast so that’s kind of a tricky thing,” he said.

And most readers already know what happened to the characters, good and bad.

“It’s writing the story knowing what the audience knows but what the characters don’t. Obviously, Luke and Leia don’t know they’re related — I can’t ignore that,” Wood said.

“It’s a very enjoyable challenge walking that line,” he said.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — There’s excitement brewing for fans of the original Star Wars trilogy.

Writer Brian Wood and Dark Horse Comics began a new monthly series Wednesday that focuses on Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo and Chewbacca, along with R2D2 and C3P0, as they seek to establish a foothold for the rebellion in the aftermath of the Death Star’s destruction.

Wood, whose previous comics include the acclaimed DMZ and Northlanders at Vertigo and the ongoing The Massive at Dark Horse, called the new series about the classic Star Wars characters the only such series he could write.

“I know the original trilogy best,” he explained, noting that George Lucas’ creation has spawned its own universe of expanded characters, books, comics and more.

Disney has already announced plans to revive the Star Wars franchise after the events of Return of the Jedi in 2015.

Milwaukie, Ore.-based Dark Horse has been publishing Star Wars comics for more than 20 years.

Woods called the new series — illustrated by Carlos D’Anda — a way to examine the events that transpired between the end of the first film, Star Wars: A New Hope and the second film, The Empire Strikes Back, by detailing

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The new Star Wars comic is displayed at Fat Jackís Comicrypt, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Philadelphia. Writer Brian Wood, artist Carlos D’Anda and Dark Horse Comics launch a new monthly series Wednesday that focuses on Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo and Chewbacca, as well as droids R2-D2 and C3P0, as they seek to establish a foothold for the rebellion in the aftermath of the Death Star’s destruction. the next, furtive steps for the rebellion and the Empire’s efforts to stop it from spreading.

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Michael Moore talks gun control after elementary school massacre

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Michael Moore at the National Board of Review Awards gala in New York. More than a decade has passed since the controversial gun control documentary “Bowling for Columbine” was released and Moore says we’ve yet to make any strides toward ending violence in schools.

NEW YORK — More than a decade has passed since Michael Moore released his pro-gun control documentary Bowling for Columbine, and the director says he’s saddened that the nation has not made enough strides toward ending violence in schools.

“I never thought I would have to, a decade later, stand here and say that that film of mine did no good. That to me is personally heartbreaking,” Moore said Tuesday night while on the red carpet at National Board of Review Awards.

His 2002 documentary, which won an Academy Award, was inspired by the 1999 Columbine High School shootings in Colorado.

Moore says he has no interest in making a film about last month’s shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and six

adults dead.

“No, I’ve made the film I wanted to make with ’Bowling for Columbine.’ Every word in stands true to this day, which is the saddest thing,” he said.

The Sandy Hook tragedy has reignited the national debate on guns; President Barack Obama has appointed Vice-President Joseph Biden to help come up with a solution.

The Fahrenheit 9-11 filmmaker said that certain weapons need to be banned, and gun ownership should always require a license.

“The short term solution is we have to ban the assault weapons, ban the semiautomatic weapons, ban the magazines that can hold more than ten bullets. That’s it.

That should be the bottom line of what we need to start with,” he said.

“We should be licensing everybody with a gun. I have to have a license for my dog. I have to have a license for my car. If you’re going to do my hair later you have to

have a license ... We don’t require a license to own a firearm?”

He also said America’s violence issue runs much deeper than gun control laws.

“We are a violent people,” said Moore.

“We as Americans believe it’s OK to kill people. We believe it’s OK to invade a country that had nothing to do with 9-11. We think it’s OK to invade a country where we think Osama Bin Laden is and he’s in the other country. So we just go in and we just kill. And we have the death penalty, we sanction it. Not talking about the insane people now.

“We’re talking about out government which is of, by and for the people — says it’s OK to kill people. So why is it a surprise when the unhinged, who live in the same society, go ‘I feel like killing some people today?’ I think we need to take a look at ourselves.”

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Sandra Djwa’s bio on poet P.K. Page on short list TORONTO — The late poet and artist P.K. Page didn’t want anyone to write her biography.

But she changed her mind in December 1996, when her authorfriend Sandra Djwa agreed to tell the story.

“People generally don’t really think about mortality until they get into their 80s, and P.K. was 80, she had just published her collected poems, she was gathering together her fiction,” the Vancouver-based Djwa recalled in a telephone interview.

“I think she had thoughts of mortality and so she was more willing to entertain the thought of a biography, even though she is such a very private person.”

It seems the decision was worth it.

On Wednesday, Djwa’s book Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page (McGill-Queen’s University Press) was heralded as a “compelling and necessary biography” as it made the short list for the $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction.

The other four finalists include Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars (Allen Lane) by Ottawa historian Tim Cook, who won the Charles Taylor prize in 2009 for Shock Troops.

Also on this year’s short list is Saskatchewan-born Ross King for Leonardo and The Last Supper (Bond Street Books), which won a Governor General’s Literary Award in November.

Ontario native Andrew Preston is a contender for Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (Knopf Canada).

And Carol Bishop-Gwyn of Toronto is a finalist for The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca (Cormorant Books), about the late founder of the National Ballet of Canada.

Djwa’s book — the first full-length biography of Page — is the result of a friendship that began in April 1970.

broadcaster and Senator Florence Bird, authors Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro, filmmaker Atom Egoyan, and late poet F.R. Scott.

This year’s Charles Taylor Prize finalists were chosen from a field of 129 books submitted by 43 publishers from around the world.

The winner — decided by jurors Susanne Boyce, Richard Gwyn and Joseph Kertes — will be announced on March 4 in Toronto.

Last year’s winner was Toronto author Andrew Westoll for The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery.

CHARLES TAYLOR PRIZE That’s when Page (her first initials stand for Patricia Kathleen) gave her first public poetry reading ever to Djwa’s poetry class at Simon Fraser University, where Djwa is professor emeritus of English.

Over the ensuing years, they visited each other in their respective cities (Djwa in Vancouver, Page in Victoria).

“She was a real pioneer, one of our first true moderns and such a fine poet,” Djwa, 73, said Wednesday from a hotel room just before doing a guest lecture at the University of Victoria.

Born in 1916 in England, Page and her family moved to Canada three years later and she eventually taught herself poetry before writing plays and other literature, and creating visual art.

As Djwa puts it, Page “spent all of her life wanting to know more.”

“I think the greatest impact of writing the biography was simply I began to recognize just how difficult it was even for an extraordinarily talented young woman to find her way in the world of letters,” said Djwa.

“A young woman of Page’s family was expected to contract a good marriage, and what she did was try to teach herself to write poetry. It was a remarkable struggle and she had military discipline. She worked at it and she had an extraordinary influence on the next group of writers that followed.”

A big source of Page’s inspiration was her Aunt Bibbi, who studied in the 1890s under Bertrand Russell but could not obtain a degree because women weren’t allowed to do so at the time.

“When P.K. went to London to stay with her aunt, her aunt immediately did everything she could to give her bright niece every advantage, the advantages she could not have,” said Djwa.

“So really, what you’re seeing is two

generations of women in the same family probably with similar intelligences but the younger woman had the opportunity to practise her art.”

Djwa had access to Page’s diaries and letters as she write the biography for over a decade.

She also journeyed to parts of Canada, Brazil, Mexico and England to speak with Page’s friends, family members and colleagues.

Among those who told Djwa of their relationship with Page was the late

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Home starts show improvement RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION STARTS BEAT 2011 TALLY

BY ADVOCATE STAFF It took a last-month flurry of residential construction activity, but Red Deer builders have topped their 2011 housing start tally.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported on Wednesday that work commenced on 53 home in Red Deer during December.

That was 13 more than in the final month of 2011, and meant that the 2012 tally of 568 exceeded the previous year’s total by 13.

Starts on single-detached homes increased to 326 last year, as compared with 295 in 2011.

However, the number of starts on other types of housing decreased to 242 from 260.

In December, there were 30 single-detached starts in Red Deer, up from 11; and

23 starts on other types of housing, down from 29.

The two per cent increase in housing starts in Red Deer last year was modest compared to other Central Alberta communities. The city of Lacombe saw its 2012 total nearly double to 209 from 105, while housing starts in Sylvan Lake were up 49 per cent, to 207 from 139.

Among the biggest urban centres in Alberta, Medicine Hat saw the greatest yearover-year jump in housing starts — at 89 per cent.

The Calgary and Edmonton metropolitan areas were both up 38 per cent in 2012, and the city of Grande Prairie climbed 33 per cent Housing starts in Lethbridge dropped by 14 per cent in 2012, while in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo they were down 18 per cent.

CMHC said the pace of housing starts nationally slowed by 1.7 per cent last month.

But that was less than analysts had expected, with average starts for 2012 up 11.4 per cent from 2011 and the highest level since 2007.

On Tuesday, Canada’s leading bankers judged the country’s real estate market as “relatively solid” despite the slowdown and concerns about overbuilding in the condominium segment, forecasting that 2013 would see a “soft landing” in the market.

But December’s relatively strong numbers gave skeptics more reason to warn of a future reckoning.

David Madani of Capital Economics said Canada’s real estate market is exhibiting the same cracks as the United States before the 2007 crash.

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Tourism spending up in Q3 OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says tourism spending rose 1.0 per cent in the third quarter of 2012, following a 0.1 per cent increase in the previous quarter.

The agency says higher tourism spending by Canadians at home more than offset a decline in spending by international visitors.

It says tourism spending in Canada has risen every quarter since the second quarter of 2009.

Spending rose 11.6 per cent over this period.

Tourist spending by Canadians at home rose 1.6 per cent in the third quarter, following a 0.4 per cent increase in the previous quarter.

Davos group sees risks The widening income gap between the rich and poor and burgeoning government deficits are the risks most likely to have a global impact over the next decade, according to experts surveyed by the World Economic Forum. Climate change, water shortages and aging populations rounded out the WEF’s top five risks. The experts surveyed for the forum’s annual risk report also warn that factors could combine to produce problems. These combinations included climate change putting a heavy burden on a global economy and a declining economy in turn hurting efforts to fight global warming.

Correction A story in Saturday’s Advocate about information sessions related to the open wheat and barley market contained an incorrect date. The session scheduled for Lacombe will take place on Feb. 14.

Anyone interested in attending the session can pre-register by calling the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Ag-Info Centre at 1-800-3876030.

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Janelle Sullivan is busy setting up her store at 6200 67A Street in Red Deer. Slash Lacrosse catering to all things Lacrosse will open Friday.

Lacrosse enthusiasts now have a local shop to get their gear SLASH LACROSSE OPENING

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Janelle Sullivan has played lacrosse for a dozen years.

On Friday, her enthusiasm for the sport will move from fields and arenas to a north Red Deer strip mall.

That’s where Sullivan is opening Slash Lacrosse, a store that will specialize in equipment and clothing for her favourite game.

She explained that local options are currently limited to generic, entry-level gear in general sporting goods stores.

“We’re trying to strive for the higher-end stuff, because we do have a lot of good lacrosse players in Red Deer who end up going to the States or to Edmonton of Calgary to play more competitively.”

While Slash Lacrosse will carry the major brands coveted by experienced players, it will also serve the needs of new entrants to the sport, said Sullivan.

That will include basic

starter packages.

“We want to draw in younger players who haven’t tried it out, and still be affordable for them and their families,” she said.

The store will also sell sports therapy products like braces and wraps, which Sullivan said would be suitable for athletes in other sports.

Now in her mid-20s, Sullivan has seen phenomenol growth in lacrosse since she joined the sport as a girl.

Children’s, youth and adult teams now exist in Red Deer and elsewhere in Central Alberta.

“There are teams all over in the little towns outside of Red Deer,” said Sullivan, who is on the executive of the Red Deer Major Lacrosse Association.

Many players travel to Calgary, Edmonton or elsewhere to get the equipment they need — including sticks, helmets, mouthguards, shoulder pads, kidney pads, slash guards for arms, gloves and runners. Sullivan felt it was time to offer a local option.

In addition to carrying

high-quality products, Slash Lacrosse will also have the expertise to help the uninitiated, she said.

“All of my staff have played lacrosse for many years, so they’re all going to be able to answer anybody’s questions.”

The store will operate out of 1,824-square-foot premises at No. 11, 6200 67A St. — near Heritage Lanes bowling alley.

It will be open Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Those hours will be extended in the spring when the new lacrosse season gets underway.

Sullivan even plans to take Slash Lacrosse on the road, selling equipment at tournaments in the area.

She’s optimistic local players will support the store, noting that she’s had a good response to the store’s Facebook page. hrichards@reddeeradvocate. com

Progress Energy picks TransCanada for $5-billion natural gas pipeline project

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Liquefied natural gas will be a “major driver” of TransCanada Corp.’s growth in the years ahead, CEO Russ Girling said Wednesday as the pipeline giant announced a new, $5-billion project to connect northeastern B.C. gas to Asia via the West Coast.

The Calgary-based company (TSX:TRP) announced Wednesday that it will design, build, own and operate the proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project for Progress Energy, which is now a subsidiary of Malaysian state-owned firm Petronas.

TransCanada will also spend as much as $1.5 billion to extend an existing trans-

mission line to serve Progress and other gas suppliers in northeastern B.C. “I think what we’ve determined in North America is that we have more resources than we’re going to need for our own consumption and the focus therefore has turned to export markets,” Girling said in a phone interview from Prince George, B.C. “Western Canada has one of the largest and best deposits of shale gas in North America and it has a great opportunity to capture a significant share of the growth in the global LNG market by putting these kinds of projects together.”

The trend, he said, is “pretty darn exciting” for British Columbia and Canada.

“I don’t think that we’ve

seen yet the total magnitude of the LNG opportunity for B.C. or for Canada yet,” Girling added.

“That will come as we see these various companies develop the resource and we have a better view of just how big the resource is. I think it’s going to be bigger than most people think.”

Progress is proposing to build a facility on Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, B.C., where natural gas will be chilled into a liquid state, enabling it to be shipped by tanker to lucrative markets across the Pacific.

This is the second such project to be awarded to the pipeline giant in the past year.

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BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Citing concerns about the creation of a “Vegas north,” Red Deer’s municipal planning commission on Monday pulled the plug on an electronic reader board sign proposed for a business near Gaetz Avenue.

Tom Bast Sports was seeking to install a dynamic sign on its premises at 6013 48th Ave. The sign, which would measure about 2.4 metres by 1.4 metres, would comply with Red Deer’s land use bylaw.

But city administration urged the commission to reject the application, pointing out that the sign would be visible from busy Gaetz and 49th avenues.

In July 2010, city council passed a resolution allowing new dynamic signs on busy arterial routes only at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel, the Red Deer Lodge and the Black Knight Inn. It directed administration to prepare a development vision for Gaetz Avenue, with that vision to include a policy on dynamic signs.

That vision has yet to be finalized.

Although Tom Bast Sports is in Riverside Light Industrial Park and about 40 metres from 49th Avenue and 150 metres from Gaetz Avenue, some members of the commission felt allowing the installation of a dynamic sign there would be contrary to council’s intent.

Coun. Cindy Jefferies said council wanted to restrict dynamic signs until the vision for Gaetz Avenue was completed.

She added that the signs can be distracting, and detract from the aesthetics of the city.

In the case of the Tom Bast Sports sign, it would also be near an area where the city plans to plant a row of trees as part of Red Deer’s centennial celebrations.

Coun. Buck Buchanan also said he was reluctant to approve the application before a formal Gaetz Avenue vision was in place.

Jim Marke, a citizen representative on the commission, said he felt dynamic signs were “ugly and totally unnecessary.”

“Does the City of Red Deer really want to become a mass of moving signs or dynamic signs along any of our roads? We’re going to end up looking like Vegas north if it’s taken to its logical extreme.”

Larry Thomsen, another citizen representative, said he also disliked dynamic signs but Tom Bast Sports’ proposal met the technical requirements of Red Deer’s land use bylaw. He added that the sign would be relatively small, screened by existing trees and not in the line of vision of motorists on 49th and Gaetz avenues.

“I don’t see any clear reason, under existing policy, why it should be rejected.”

Citizen representative Peter Holloway also argued that the sign wouldn’t be distracting, because it would be some distance from 49th and Gaetz avenues.

The commission voted 4-2 in favour of denying the application. Thomson and Holloway were the dissenters. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Shaw Communications reports better-than-expected Q1

MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

CALGARY — Shaw Communications Inc. posted higher quarterly results Wednesday that beat analyst expectations, with the strongest performance coming from its media division.

The Calgary-based company (TSX:SJR.B), which also raised its dividend, reported $235 million, or 50 cents per share, in net income in the three months ended Nov. 30, the first quarter of its 2013 fiscal year. That’s up from $202 million, or 43 cents per share, a year earlier.

The results beat consensus estimates compiled by Thomson Reuters, with earnings per share about four or five cents per share above expectations, depending on the method used for calculating profit.

Combined revenue from the company’s cable, Internet, media and other businesses was $1.32 billion, up three per cent from $1.28 billion a year earlier.

Subscriber numbers, however, weren’t as rosy, with the company reporting 24,000 fewer cable additions

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Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.29 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 48.22 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.57 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 20.60 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 33.20 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.97 First Quantum Minerals . 20.59 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 35.42 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.90 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 72.25 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 9.21 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.94 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.97 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 36.86 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 23.56 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 30.95 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 42.41 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.08 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 45.51 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 29.18 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.09 Canyon Services Group. 11.16 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 33.47 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.640 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.42 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.30 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 88.14 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 36.48 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.18

Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.90 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.24 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 2.37 Nexen Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.70 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.97 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.79 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . . 1.44 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.42 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 33.27 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.79 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.06 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.21 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 52.46

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market yielded a small gain Wednesday as resource stocks largely failed to benefit from a positive earnings report and outlook from aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 17.43 points to 12,522.24 while the TSX Venture Exchange was up 3.74 points at 1,229.11.

The Canadian dollar was off 0.1 of a cent at 101.25 cents U.S. amid data showing slightly fewer housing starts last month.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported that December housing starts came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 197,976, down slightly from 201,376 in November but still higher than the 195,000 that economists had expected.

U.S. stock markets were positive after Alcoa reported better than expected revenue and predicted a seven per cent increase in demand this year, slightly better than the six per cent increase in 2012.

Alcoa is viewed as a bellwether for the overall economy since its products are used in everything from cars to aircraft to appliances. Its shares erased early gains, dipping two cents to US$9.08 in New York.

The Dow Jones industrials gained 61.66 points to 13,390.51, the Nasdaq rose 14 points to 3,105.81 and the S&P 500 index added 3.87 points to 1,461.02.

The TSX gold sector was down about 0.65 per cent as February bullion lost $6.70 to US$1,655.50 an ounce. Kinross Gold (TSX:K) faded 18 cents to C$9.21 and Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) declined 39 cents to $35.42.

Gold and the companies that mine it have suffered in recent days because of uncertainty about whether the U.S. Federal Reserve might end its stimulus program of bond buying in the second half of 2013. Minutes from the Fed’s latest policy meeting showed a split over how long to continue the purchases amid concerns that they could destabilize the economy.

The bond buying, known as quantitative easing, has supported bullion prices because of worries the program would drive inflation higher.

The metals and mining sector was down 0.4 per cent while March

copper on the New York Mercantile Exchange gave up early advances to close unchanged at US$3.67 a pound. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) gained 66 cents to C$36.86.

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) sent its $5.1-billion takeover offer for Inmet Mining Corp.

(TSX:IMN) directly to the copper miner’s shareholders. The company increased its offer last month to $72 per Inmet share, half in cash, half in stock.

First Quantum shares dipped 95 cents to $20.59, while Inmet stock was unchanged at $72.25.

HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM) fell 50 cents to $10.90 as it said it expected to spend about $163 million this year on the Lalor mining project near Snow Lake, Man. Lalor is forecast to cost $704 million to complete.

HudBay also plans to spend $901 million in 2013 on the Constancia mine in Peru. The two projects comprise the bulk of HudBay’s 2013 capital investment budget of $1.24 billion.

The telecom sector was also a weight on the TSX with BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) down 48 cents to US$42.10.

The energy component was slightly higher while oil shed early gains after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a 1.3-million-barrel climb in crude supplies for last week, short of the the 1.5-millionbarrel gain that economists expected.

But gasoline inventories jumped 7.4 million barrels, much higher than the 2.6 million that had been forecast.

February crude drifted five cents lower to US$93.10 a barrel. Pacific Rubiales Energy (TSX:PRE) ran ahead $1.16 to C$23.15 while Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) advanced 20 cents to $29.90.

Industrials led TSX advancers, up per cent with Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) ahead 98 cents to $108.35 while Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B) climbed four cents to $3.90.

Dow — 13,390.51 up 61.66 points S&P 500 — 1,461.02 up 3.87 points Nasdaq — 3,105.81 up 14 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 101.25 cents US, down 0.10 of a cent Pound — C$1.5828, down 0.11 of a cent Euro — C$1.29, down 0.06 of a cent Euro — US$1.3061, down 0.19 of a cent Oil futures: US$93.10 per barrel, down five cents (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,655.50 per oz., down $6.70 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $31.012 oz., down 5.7 cents $997.04 kg., down $1.83

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 62.19 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 57.62 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.87 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 29.31 Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . 29.47 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 24.70 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 41.90 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 65.76 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 14.13 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 77.68 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.70 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 60.95 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 27.72 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.20

STARTS: Above annual growth While lower, December’s starts were still well above the annual growth requirement needed to accommodate population growth.

Meanwhile, resales of existing properties in Toronto have fallen 19.5 per cent from a year ago, while Vancouver’s crash has been worse, down 31.1 per cent from last year. “The upshot is that too many housing units have and are still being built, excesses that will eventually upset the balance of demand and supply,� Madani warned. “We will stand by our long held view that home prices are likely to fall by around 25 per cent over the next year or two.�

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney has long voiced concerns that Canadians are borrowing too much to enter the housing market, primarily because low interest rates makes ownership affordable even with inflated home prices.

The worry is once the correction comes — whether soft or hard — Canadians will find themselves with record levels of debt and depreciating assets, which could slow consumer spending not just in real estate but across the

TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Wednesday at 1,229.11, up 3.74 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 149.35 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Jan ’13 $6.80 lower $604.00; March ’13 $6.80 lower $582.70; May ’13 $4.90 lower $575.30; July ’13 $4.50 lower $571.10; Nov. ’13 $3.50 lower $533.60; Jan. ’14 $3.80 lower $533.90; March ’14 $3.80 lower $533.90; May ’14 $3.80 lower $531.80; July ’14 $3.80 lower $528.90; Nov. ’14 $3.80 lower $530.90; Jan ’15 $3.80 lower $530.90.

Barley (Western): March ’13 $4.00 lower $243.00; May ’13 $4.00 lower $244.00; July ’13 $4.00 lower $244.50; Oct. ’13 $4.00 lower $244.50; Dec ’13 $4.00 lower $244.50; March ’14 $4.00 lower $244.50; May ’14 $4.00 lower $244.50; July ’14 $4.00 lower $244.50; Oct. ’14 $4.00 lower $244.50; Dec. ’14 $4.00 lower $244.50; March ’15 $4.00 lower $244.50.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 299,800 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 299,800.

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VAN SLYKE - Floyd 1926-2013 Floyd Van Slyke died January 6, 2013 at the age of 86 years. Floyd was born in Heisler, Alberta on July 15, 1926 to John and Ruth Van Slyke. He moved with his family to the Blindman Valley in 1944, finishing his Grade 12 in Red Deer. In 1949, he married Laura Schmidt, and they farmed and raised their family in the Poplar Ridge area. Floyd remained involved in the farm for the remainder of his life, even after moving into Red Deer in the early ‘80s. Floyd’s life was enriched by interests and activities connected to the farm and beyond, notably involvement in Co-ops, provincial, national and international egg marketing organizations, the National Farmers’ Union, support for Canadian public health care, the Council of Canadians, and in these last years, writing his poetry.

Each journey brought more treasured people into his life.

Through the Collegeside Gardens community of staff and residents, Floyd enjoyed more wonderful friendships. Floyd is survived by his son Larry, daughter, Wendy (Buzz), grandson, Carver (Alyssa) and great-grandson, Ethan; wife, Ilene of Calgary and her family; brothers, Orville (Betty), and Roger (Martha); and Jean, his very special friend, companion and supporter in this last year. Floyd will also be remembered by nieces, nephews, cousins, and an extensive circle of family and friends. Floyd was predeceased by his wife, Laura in 1980, his brother, Gilbert (Gib) in 2001 and many other family and friends who were important in his life. The family is deeply grateful for the care Floyd received at Maple Cottage in his last couple of weeks. He was shown kindness and compassion, was cared for with respect for his dignity.

They honoured his gentle nature and enjoyed his sense of humour. The staff at Red Deer Hospital Units 22 and 32 are also sincerely appreciated for the care they provided.

Floyd’s life will be remembered and celebrated at the Black Knight Inn (2929 50th Avenue, Red Deer) on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 2 p.m. For those who choose to make memorial donations, Floyd requested the following options: Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, #202, 5913- 50 Ave. Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4C4, Canadian Diabetes Association, 6-5015 48th St. Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1S9, and Canadian Cancer Society, 4730A Ross St., Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1X2.

He will be missed.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to Rebekah Sealock EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

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PEEBLES ~ Joy Mary July 15, 1928 ~ January 8, 2013 On January 8, 2013, Joy passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 84 years with family at her side. Joy was predeceased by her beloved husband, Billy in 2007, by her infant daughter, Allison in 1955 and her mother and father, James and Lucy Stevenson. Joy was born Joyce Mary Stevenson on a farm near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Throughout her life, she would speak fondly of her home province. Joy attended the Academy of Sion in Rosetown, Saskatchewan. After graduating from St. Paul’s Hospital and University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1951, Joy moved to Calgary and taught nursing at Holy Cross Hospital. It was in Calgary where she met and married Billy in 1953 before moving with Billy and their young family to Red Deer in 1963. Once all of the children were in school, Joy returned to her profession of Nursing in 1972, first at Red Deer General Hospital and later as the Director of Nursing at Michener Centre until her retirement in 1989. Throughout her life Joy was an active member of the Catholic Women’s League, Highland Dancing Association, canvased for numerous charities and volunteered at Michener Centre. Joy is survived by her loving children, Leslie Leedholm, Scott Peebles, Mary (Roger) Swainson, Roxanne (Tony) Wood, Jim (Shelley) Peebles and Andy Peebles, 14 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A funeral to celebrate Joy’s life will be held on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Ave., Red Deer. Special heartfelt thanks to the staff at Community Care Cottages in Edmonton for their exceptional and compassionate care of our Grannie. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Alberta Cancer Foundation or the Salvation Army. Services provided

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TURGEON ~ Donald George 1963 - 2012 It is with great sadness that the family of the late Donald George Turgeon announce his passing on December 25th, 2012 at the age of 49 years. Donald is survived by his mother, Patricia Sheaves of Red Deer, AB; step-father, Alex Sheaves of Red Deer, AB; his brother, Rheal (Pam Ranger) Turgeon of Kamloops, B.C.; sister, Helen Turgeon of London, ON and aunt, Lena Wilberforce of Kirkland Lake, ON. Donald was predeceased by his bother, Paul Turgeon in May 2010, and his father, Oniel Turgeon in 1972 as well as many friends. A Memorial Mass will be held on Monday, January 14, 2013 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church (6 McMillan Ave, Red Deer, AB) at 1:00 p.m. with reception to follow.

SHEAVES - Patricia 1933-2013 It is with great sadness that the family of Patricia (Pat) Sheaves announce her passing on Monday, January 7, 2013 after a long battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Alex; her son, Rheal (Pam Ranger) Turgeon of Kamloops, B.C.; her daughter, Helen Turgeon of London, ON; one sister, Lena Wilberforce of Kirkland Lake, ON; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pat was predeceased by two sons, Donald Turgeon in December 2012, Paul Turgeon in May 2010; by her first husband in 1972, and also by her parents, Paul and Beatrice Lariviere of Kirkland Lake, ON. A Memorial Mass will be held on Monday, January 14, 2013 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church (6 McMillan Ave, Red Deer, AB) at 1:00 p.m. with reception to follow. For those who desire, Memorial Donations can be made in Pat’s name to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting: www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by emailing eventide@arbormemorial.com.

Arrangements entrusted to Valeri Watson EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45th Street, Red Deer.

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industry/

good benefit plan. Preference to ticketed personnel & experience in residential installations.

Call Brad @ 403-588-8399 or email: Brad@ComfortecHeating. com EXPERIENCED repair person req’d for local truck company. Work involves all aspects of heavy truck and trailer repair and dismanteling. Must be physically fit. HD Mechanic or equivelant experience We offer competitive wages, benefits weekends off. Fax resume to 1-855-784-2330 or call 1-877-787-2501 F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

First Choice Collision Seeking Journeyman or 2nd /3rd year apprentices.

Positions for body, prep and refinishing technicians needed for our car and light truck division. Top wages, bonus programs and benefit package. Fax resumes to (403) 343-2160; e-mail choice2@telusplanet.net or drop off in person @ #5, 7493, 49th Avenue Crescent, Red Deer.

860

APPLIANCE DELIVERY DRIVER

* QC INSPECTOR * TECH ILLUSTRATOR * MECH ENGINEER * ELEC. ENGINEER * MACHINIST

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! F o r c o m p l e t e j o b descriptions, please You can sell your guitar refer to our website at for a song... www.sparteksystems.com or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Applicants please forward and we’ll sell it for you! resume to: keri.lee@ sparteksystems.com or fax to 403-887-4050 Please state which position you are applying for in your cover letter.

Is accepting applications STAIR MANUFACTURER for a Req’s F/T workers to build JOURNEYMAN HEAVY stairs in Red Deer shop.

DUTY MECHANIC MUST HAVE basic carbased out of the red deer pentry skills. Salary based location. Successful on skill level. Benefits candidate will be avail. Apply in person at responsible for the 100, 7491 Edgar maintenance of ready mix Industrial Bend. email: concrete trucks and earl707@telus.net. and/or equipment for our central fax 403-347-7913 Alberta operations including Red Deer, WELDER needed for Lacombe, Ponoka and Lacombe shop and Olds. Knowledge of portable work. Not your hydraulics and welding typical Mon. - Fri. job. is an asset. We offer Benefits after 3 months. competitive wages, Great pay for right excellent benefits and individual who is willing to training opportunities. show up and work hard.

Pre-employment screenSerious inquiries only. ing is mandatory. Please Please call 403-318-9445 fax resume to 8-4:30 Mon. - Fri. 403-346-6721 or e-mail to cliebrecht@ Welder/Fabricator lehighcement.com Req’d Westwinn /KingFisherBoats in Vernon, BC ($17 - $26/hr)

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Carpenters & Carpenter helpers.

Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

Trades

Truckers/ Drivers

In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking quailified individuals for

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Process Operator

850

Misc.

Help

880

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC

NOW HIRING G.M. tech or ASEP. With good communications skill and work ethics to work with award winning G.M. dealership in Lacombe Alberta.

Good hrs & bonus. for production.

Transmission and electrical an asset.

Training provided .

Apply to confidential email: bert.rumsey@telus.net P/T Safety Consultant/ Tired of Standing?

Coordinator. Must have Find something to sit on valid safety tickets, in Classifieds principles of health and safety and train the trainer CLARK BUILDERS requires LABOURERS & would be an asset.

Please fax resume to CARPENTERS 403-348-8109 or email: for projects in the Red kayla@furixenergy.com Deer area.

Must have commercial QUALIFIED construction experience.

ELECTRICIANS Contact us at: 1-877-416-6815 NEEDED email:careers@ clarkbuilders.com True Power Electric fax: 1-888-403-3051 Requires Residential exp. only CURRENTLY SEEKING Competitive wages Heavy Duty & benefits.

Mechanic Fax resume to: CVIP license a must 403-314-5599 .Manufacturing and Hydraulic system experience Red Deer Windows an asset. Good hours, & Doors LTD competitive wage & benefit Req’s a F/T Installer. package. Fax resume to: Installation exp. is an 403-309-3360. asset. Very competitive wages. Email resume derry@rdwd.ca or call 403-348-6433

DOW CANADA of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta has an IMMEDIATE opening for a:

Trades

•

5+ years fabrication/ welding in manufacturing, Self-motivated team player, • Excellent mechanical aptitude, • Demonstrated problem solving.

• Journeyman welder considered an asset.

Apply recruiting@ kingfisherboats.com All applications are reviewed however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

•

Truckers/ Drivers

Family owned & operated, Trail Appliances continues to grow and due to this, we are looking to expand our delivery department. Trail offers excellent training and a competitive compensation and benefit plan.

We are currently looking for an experienced Delivery Driver to work out of our Red Deer Warehouse.

The ideal candidate will: * be able to maneuver merchandise in excess of 100 lbs * possess exceptional customer service skills * enjoy working within a diverse team * hold a valid driver’s license and a clear drivers abstract Launch your career with a well known and respected company. Become a part o f t h e s u c c e s s f u l Tr a i l team by applying in person to: Colin Parsons in person at #6 4622 61 Street in the Riverside Industrial District, Red Deer. Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

BUSY CENTRAL AB company req’s exp’d. Class 1 drivers to pull decks.

Assigned truck, exc. wages and benefits pkg. Paid extras. Family orientated.

Resume and abstract fax to 403-784-2330 or call 1-877-787-2501 Mon,. - Fri,. 8 a m to 6 pm

CLASS 1 or 3 Drivers needed Please fax or email your driver’s advstract, references and resume to: Mike.castilloux@ lafarge-na.com 403 347 8060(fax)

EXPERIENCED

LOCAL FREIGHT COMPANY Is Looking For:

CLASS 1 DRIVER

CITY P & D, Some out of town trips.

Monday to Friday.

PLEASE FAX RESUME TO: 403-347-6110 CLASS 1 DRIVER Must have super B exp., all oilfield tickets, hauling NGL, & clean abstract.

Fax 403-347-2940 Attn: Bill

850

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Adams Close/ Adair Ave. BOWER AREA Baile Cl. /Boyce St. Beatty Crs./Barrett Dr. Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St INGLEWOOD AREA

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

860

B&R ECKEL’S TRANSPORT

CARRIERS NEEDED

Vacuum & Water Truck operators req’d. to start immed.

CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q All oilfield safety tickets req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with drug and alcohol policy.

References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-742-5376 hartwell@telus.net RONCO OILFIELD HAULING Sylvan Lake based Rig Movers/Heavy Haulers seeking pilot car driver and Swampers.Top wages and benefits. email: tom@roncooilfield.ca fax: 403-887-4892

880

Misc.

Help

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Adult Education Good communication, and Training skills both verbal and written. Must have effective Winter time management skills • C o m m u n i t y S u p p o r t and able to multi task in a Worker program fast paced environment.

• GED classes evening Experience preferred, but and days will train suitable applicant.

Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 Spring • Women in the Trades TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds 403-340-1930 help you sell it. www.academicexpress.ca

ACADEMIC Express

ELECTRICIANS Accepting applications for local Red Deer work.

Journeyman, Apprentices and Foremans Apply by Fax

403-346-0550

Truckers/ Drivers

860

Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment and is currently seeking a full-time, permanent

MAINTENANCE FOREMAN

TANK TRUCK DRIVER

Responsibilities will include but not be limited to: • Actively manage, maintain and participate in the Preventative Maintenance Program • Install, trouble-shoot, modify, repair, test, calibrate, commission and maintain all production and nonproduction equipment

GREAT WAGES, EXCELLENT BENEFITS, $1000.00 SIGNING BONUS, $1000.00 ANNUAL SAFETY BONUSES, $1000.00 REFERRAL BONUSES.

• Provide technical recommendations for any equipment issues. Advise necessary upgrades to machines to extend equipment life and increase reliability.

Northwest Tank Lines seeks an experienced Company Tank Truck Driver We haul Natural Gas Liquids, Molten Sulphur and other dangerous goods.

Journeyman ticket in HD Mechanics, Electrician, Welder or related trade is an asset. Preference will be given to those with experience in a manufacturing facility.

The ideal candidate will be experienced, motivated, and have an uncompromising commitment to safety.

We offer competitive wage and benefits packages

Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Please Fax resume to 403-227-7796, or Email to hr@bilton.ca

Misc.

Help

SEEKING: 3-5 Years’ experience in tank truck driving or a related field. B-Train Experience is a must.

Email your resume and a recent abstract to careers@nwtl.ca, or fax them to (403) 250-7801.

EDMONTON – RED DEER – INNISFAIL – RMH

880

FURIX Energy Inc. is looking for an

Experienced Coater

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d LEASE and FLOORHAND Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

830

Dow is an Equal Opportunity Employer ELECTRICAL - Q2 Kitchen Helper Electrical Contractors Ltd $11/hr is accepting To clean kitchen following applications for Electrical safety and hygiene Apprentices, standards. Clean utensils, Beginner to 4th Year. cutlery, crockery and Please fax resume to glassware items.

403-343-7952, or email to Clean floors. admin@q2electric.com.

Assist in prep.

EXP’D framer req’d.

All positions are Own vehicle a must.

Shift Work & Weekends.

403-350-5103 Fax resume 780-702-5051 EXPERIENCED furnace HOLIDAY INN service & replacement EXPRESS persons required.

HOLIDAY INN All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employRed Deer South, The successful applicant ment drug screen. We Gasoline Alley will have a NCSO designaoffer exceptional wages Is Seeking tion and will have: and benefits for exceptionFRONT DESK CLERK * Actual hands on oilfield al people. Fax resume and construction experience. abstract to 403-314-2340 * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Good computer skills. or email to safety@ * Check in/out Guests * Extensive travel is providencetrucking.ca * Balance cash out required. & Attend to guest needs * Excellent people skills. $ 14.00/hr * H2S Alive and First Aid. HOUSEKEEPING ROOM * Certified D&A tester, ATTENDANT an asset. * Clean and vacuum rooms * Drivers License, with public areas pool etc. clean Abstract. * Replenish amenities, * Must relocate to Hinton. linens & towels Road Train Oilfield * Adhere to Holiday Inn “NO SAFETY COPS Transport Ltd safety standards WANTED” is looking for journeyman $ 14.00/hr We want to build a safety picker operator.Top wages/ All positions are culture, NOT enforce one. benefits. Safety tickets req’d.

Shift Work & weekends Fax or drop off resume Fax resume Please submit resume to 403-346-6128 No phone calls.

780 - 702-5051 hr@alstaroc.com or fax to 780- 865- 5829 Please quote job # 67950. on your resume.

JAGARE ENERGY PRODUCTION TESTING now hiring Day Supervisors, Night Operators, and Helpers. RSP’s and benefits pkg. incentives.

Email resumes to: jagare2@gmail.com or mikeg@jagareenergy.com

Sales & Distributors

280408A7-20

The Rocky PCN requires the services of a 1.0 FTE Registered Nurse and a Licensed Practical Nurse in a 0.4 FTE to support the Chronic Disease Management Program.

See our website at rockymedical.com/pcn for full listing We thank all those who apply, however only those who will be offered an interview will be contacted.

800

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced F/T Servers.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

Sales & Distributors

830

1693338 ALBERTA LTD o/a Xtreme Pinook Hiring Salespersons Store at Parkland Mall Red Deer, AB. Good English and communication skills, customer service oriented. F/T, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $14.00 hourly E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com

for internal coatings.† $30-40/hour dependent upon experience.† Please fax (403)348-8109 or email laurie@furixenergy.com

FURIX Energy Inc. is looking for an

Experienced Sandblaster.

$20-25/hour dependent upon experience. Please fax (403)348-8109 or email laurie@furixenergy.com

GLASS INSTALLER

required in Sylvan Lake, AB. Only experienced need apply.

Salary depending on exp., full benefit package.

Must have driver’s license.

Call 403-588-6451 or fax resume to: 403-887-4433.

Central Alberta’s Largest INDUSTRIAL sandblaster Car Lot in Classifieds Fax resume 403-340-3800

is expanding its facility to double production.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

- Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403-885-5516 or e-mail: k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca.

279425A2-31

Registered Nurse & Licensed Practical Nurse

Oilfield

280668A9-15

790

281017A15

Medical

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 D3

880

ROSEDALE AREA 72 papers $386/mo.

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Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

Requires F/T mature career oriented help.

Must be avail. eves and wknds. Please send resume to: htglanes@telus.net or apply in person

ALSO Clearview Ridge Timberlands area 59 papers $376/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

Start your career!

See Help Wanted Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

900

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem)

920

Career Planning

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Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Join The Fastest Growing Mobile Tire Service Company!!

6+ Full-Time Labourers Req’d Immed. For Fast Paced, Progressive Assembly Line Operations.

Carpentry,Wood-Working, & Electrical Skills Would Be An Asset.

2 Full-Time Administrative Assistants Req’d Immed.

For Fast Paced Office Operations.

Experience Would Be An Asset.

Please Reply With Your Resume To: tamara@gotire.com

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Auctions

For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

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!!

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

LANCASTER Lenon Close, Lacey Close, Landry Bend area $76/mo.

ALSO Logan Close Lee St. & Lawrence Crsc. area $158/mo.

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

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. $268/mo.

Good for adult with small car.

Misc.

Help

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Farmers' Market

BROWN EGGS AND LAMB now has free range pork : gourmet hams and sausage. Great selection of warm woolies.

Phone 403-782-4095 FREE range naturally raised turkey, gov’t. inspected, skinless, boneless turkey breast $5.99/lb, turkey breast steaks $5.99/lb, ground turkey $5.99/lb, drumsticks avail. $10/pkg.

Germane Market Gardens, Gail 403-843-6864

1660

Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 BIRCH or Pine 347-7211 bluegrassnursery.com

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Household Appliances

1710

KENMORE - Heavy duty dual action topload washer.

Needs belt. Kenmore heavy duty dryer. All in good shape. White. $150 for both. 403-347-2374

EXPERIENCED PARTS PERSON

PORTABLE elec. heater (110v) w/remote, LED display (temp/timer) safe for children $200 403-314-2026

for our office in Rocky Mountain House.

Household Furnishings 280023A11

Pidherney’s offers competitive wages and benefits.

1810

BABY BUNNIES, (3) FREE. 403-782-3130

1830

Cats

BEAUTIFUL KITTENS TO GIVE AWAY TO LOVING HOMES 6 weeks old.

Great as pets or mousers.

Please call 403-348-5345 or cell: 587-876-4356

1840

Dogs

FREE TO good home 3 yr old rag doll type house cat, beautiful with lots of personality, also free to good home kittens 4 mos. old, call 403-786-8691

1860

Sporting Goods

FIGURE skates: ladies size 7 w/blade guards, like new $35; men’s hockey shin-guards, like new $20; cross country ski boots ladies size 6, $20, men’s size 9 1/2 $20 403-986-2004

1870

Collectors' Items

1720

LARGE china cabinet, top section glass, lower section oak w/4 doors and shelving $150, 403-986-6566 SOLID oak gossip bench w/glass door book storage $175; 5 metal frame stacking chairs $25 403-314-2026

1900

Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Pasture/Land Wanted

2180

WANTED - PASTURE LAND TO RENT OR LEASE. Required for 2 Load Pastures to 1000 Head Pastures. Area: Alberta & Saskatchewan.

Term: May to September, 2013. Please contact Ed 403-546-2278 Ext 3.

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rentals

BALLOON RIDES

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES

www.air-ristocrat.com Gary 403-302-7167

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BUILDERS

PET ADOPTION

www.reddeerspca.com Many Pets to Choose From

www.fantahomes.com 403-343-1083 or 403-588-9788 www.masonmartinhomes.com Mason Martin Homes 403-342-4544 www.truelinehomes.com True Line Homes 403-341-5933 www.jaradcharles.com BUILDER M.L.S

www.homesreddeer.com Help-U-Sell Real Estate5483

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 403-346-7273 www.albertanewhomes.com Stevenson Homes. Experience the Dream.

www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES www.ultralife.bulidingonabudjet.com MLM’ers attract new leads for FREE!

CLUBS & GROUPS www.writers-ink.net Club for writers - meets weekly

60 PEACOCK FEATHERS $1.50 each 7 Company’s Coming Cookbooks, $3 each.

5 Books - Chicken Soup for the Soul, $3 each.

4 Cup Electric Coffee Pot, $3.

Large Glass Bowl w/12 large artificial plastic vegetable, $20.

Call 403-346-2231

Only

RENTALS

SHOPPING www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854

HEAVY DUTY TOW STRAPS. 403-323-7702

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.

4020

Houses For Sale

Newly Reno’d Mobile 5 BDRM. house 3 baths, FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Sharon 403-340-0225

dbl. att. garage, immed. possession 403-588-6363

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s Suites phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer 2 BDRM. with balcony, no www.homesreddeer.com kids/pets, $725.00 rent/s.d, call 403-227-1844.

PENHOLD, 4 bdrm., 2.5 A Great Location bath, totally reno’d home Adult Bldg. 1 bdrm. unit. on large 60 x 140’ lot, Heat/Water/parking incl’d $294,000. 403-304-9699 Call 403-342-2899 GLENDALE 2 bdrm. $825, D.D. $825, 1 BDRM., Acreages $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

3060

4050

QUIET LOCATION 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg.

Heat/water/parking incl.

Call 403-342-2899

RIVERSIDE APT.

7 ACRES $353,000. 20 min. to Red Deer 403-227-5132

4090

3080

CLEARVIEW TOWNHOUSE

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.

403-304-7576 / 347-7545

2 BDRM. bsmt, shared kitchen, prefer employed or student. Avail. immed.

403-342-7789, 358-0081 ROOM $600. Blackfalds.

All incld’d, furn. 588-2564 ROOM for rent $500./mo.

Call 403-352-7417 ROOMS FOR RENT, close to uptown. Employed gentleman Rent $425/mo, s.d. $250, 403-350-4712

3150

Garage

3190

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homes

ROYAL OAKS CONDO!

Ground floor suite w/ walkout patio- Facing ravine!

Close to Hospital. 2 lrg. bdrms., 2 baths & 5 appls.

Undergound parking.

Avail NOW. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Nicole 403-318-4225 SYLVAN: 2 bdrm., 1 1/2 baths, 5 appls. Avail Now. $1250. + gas & electric.

403-341-9974

3040

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

MUST SELL! Montana lakefront property only $3600. 2 deeded timeshare weeks. 2 bedroom lakefront unit. Travel anywhere worldwide. Best you can own! Original cost over $20,000. Widow must sell.

Only $3600 gets both.

(406)261-8066

Businesses For Sale

4140

HEAVY DUTY REPAIR SHOP located by Sylvan Lake. Well established, turn-key operation with exc. customer base.

Facility licence for CVIP. 2000 sq. ft. bay leased.

Would like to make a quick sale. 403-887-5114

4160

Lots For Sale

FULLY SERVICED res & duplex lots in Lacombe.

Builders terms or owner will J.V. with investors or subtrades who wish to become home builders. Great returns. Call 403-588-8820 SYLVAN LAKE - Pie lot, Well priced. Good location.

403-896-3553

Manufactured Homes

3040

Renter’s Special FREE Cable 2 & 3 bedroom modular/mobile homes in pet friendly park

20,000with Intro

$

Starting at

849

$

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable

$

/month

Sharon (403) 340-0225

Sharon (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

4130

3090

Rooms For Rent

Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse HEATED garage, 20x26, in 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, West Park, $250/mo., concrete patio, blinds, Michael 403-845-0203 front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Mobile Avail. Immed.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545 Lot SOUTHWOOD PARK LACOMBE new park, 3110-47TH Avenue, animal friendly. Your mobile 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm. generously sized, 1 1/2 Excellent 1st time home baths, fenced yards, buyers. 403-588-8820 full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets.

MOBILE HOME PAD, in www.greatapartments.ca Red Deer Close to Gaetz, Riverfront Estates 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Sharon 403-340-0225 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

A MUST SEE!

www.lansdowne.ca

279426C30

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, ELECTRICAL panel 10x28 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980 w/Square D forward and COUNTERTOPS reverse control, breaker Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 box and reset switch, 11’ DALE’S Home Reno’s of 220 wire, $200.

Free estimates for all your 403-728-3375 reno needs. 403-506-4301 FUR and porcupine quills, OVERHEAD DOORS & 3” high x16’ asking $150, operators installed 391-4144 403-347-7405

www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

3030

3040

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U.S. researchers cite gun violence as contributing factor to shorter lives

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The United States suffers far more violent deaths than any other wealthy nation, due in part to the widespread possession of firearms and the practice of storing them at home in a place that is often unlocked, according to a report released amid a fierce debate over gun control in the country.

The findings, released Wednesday by two leading U.S. health research institutions, took on urgency because the report comes less than a month after the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

The tragedy has fired up both sides of the gun control debate in a way that other recent mass shootings in the U.S. could not. President Barack Obama promised swift action to curb gun violence and vowed his administration would not shy away from an issue that is one of the most divisive in the country.

Trying to keep up the momentum before the shock over the massacre fades, Vice-President Joe Biden heard Wednesday from representatives of victims groups and gun-safety organizations. The talks were part of a series of meetings the vice-president is holding this week in an effort to build consensus around proposals to curb arms violence. He will meet Thursday with the powerful National Rifle Association and other gun-owner groups, who are digging in against tighter gun restrictions.

Obama, after remaining largely silent on gun control after previous mass shootings, demanded change and tasked Biden with heading a commission to come up with recommendations on gun policy by the end of this month.

“Every once in a while, there’s something that awakens the conscience of the country, and that tragic event did it in a way like nothing I’ve seen in my career,” Biden said at the White House, referring to the Newtown shootings. “The president and I are determined to take action.”

Against that backdrop, the report from the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine found that gun violence was a contributing factor to lower U.S. life expectancy compared to other wealthy countries.

The NRA, the country’s most powerful gun lobby, did not immediately return calls seeking comment about the report, but in the past gun-rights advocates have fought any suggestion that firearms ownership has public health implications, and they have won cuts in the government’s budget for such research.

The United States has about six violent deaths per 100,000 residents.

None of the 16 other countries included in the review came anywhere close to that ratio. Finland was closest to the U.S. ranking with slightly more than two violent deaths per 100,000 residents.

For many years, Americans have been dying at younger ages that people in almost all other wealthy countries. In addition to the impact of gun violence, Americans consume the most calories among peer countries and get involved in more accidents that involve alcohol. The U.S. also suffers higher rates of drug-related deaths, infant mortality and AIDS. The result is that the life expectancy for men in the United States ranked the lowest among the 17 countries reviewed, at 75.6 years, while the life expectancy for U.S. women ranked second lowest at 80.7 years. The countries reviewed included Canada, Japan, Australia and much of Western Europe.

The nation’s health disadvantages have economic consequences. They lead to higher costs for consumers and taxpayers as well as a workforce that remains less healthy than that of other high-income countries.

“With lives and dollars at stake, the United States cannot afford to ignore this problem,” the report said.

The researchers reviewed an array of studies over the years. They estimated that homicide and suicide to-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Student Sophie Bell 9, joins Los Angeles area clergy, religious leaders and citizens join in an interfaith candlelight prayer vigil to end to gun violence outside Los Angeles City Hall Dec. 19. gether account for about a quarter of the years of life lost for U.S. men compared to those in those peer countries.

Homicide, they noted, is the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults aged 15-24. The large majority of those homicides involve firearms.

The researchers said there is little evidence that violent acts occur more frequently in the United States than elsewhere. It’s the lethality of those attacks that stands out.

“One behaviour that probably explains the excess lethality of violence and unintentional injuries in the United States is the widespread possession of firearms and the common practice of storing them (often unlocked) at home. The statistics are dramatic,” the report said.

For example, the United States has the highest rate of firearm ownership among peer countries — 89 civilianowned firearms for every 100 Americans, and the U.S. is home to about 35 to 50 per cent of the world’s civilianowned firearms, the report noted.

In attempting to explain why Americans are so unhealthy, the researchers looked at three categories: the U.S. health care system, harmful behaviours and social and economic conditions.

Researchers noted that the U.S. has a large uninsured population compared to other countries with comparable economies, and more limited access to primary care. And although the income of Americans is higher on average than that of other wealthy countries, the United States also has a higher level of poverty, especially among children.

Researchers said American culture probably plays an important role in the life expectancy rates falling short of other wealthy countries.

“We have a culture in our country that, among many Americans, cherishes personal autonomy and wants to

limit intrusion of government and other entities on our personal lives,” said Dr. Steven H. Woolf of Virginia Commonwealth University, who served as chairman for the study panel.

Those values are frequently cited among gun advocates, who consider arms ownership a basic right enshrined in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Many argue that the crimes of some should not force law-abiding citizens to give up guns, and fear that attempts to restrict ownership of even the most high-powered weapons could be a stepping stone to eventually banning all arms. The NRA insisted after the Connecticut shooting that the answer to gun violence was arming more “good guys” and putting an armed security officer in every school.

A coalition of conservative and gunrights groups is organizing a “Gun Appreciation Day” to coincide with the weekend of Obama’s inauguration, calling on people to visit gun stores, gun ranges and gun shows with U.S. flags and “Hands off my gun” signs.

Obama hopes to announce his administration’s next steps to tackle gun violence shortly after he is sworn in for a second term on Jan. 21.

Obama wants Congress to reinstate a ban on military-style assault weapons, close loopholes that allow gun buyers to avoid background checks and restrict high-capacity magazines.

A day ahead of a meeting with the NRA, Biden signalled that the administration is mindful of political realities that could imperil sweeping gun control legislation, and is willing to settle for something less. He said the administration is considering its own executive action as well as measures

by Congress.

“I want to make it clear that we are not going to get caught up in the notion that unless we can do everything, we’re going to do nothing,” Biden said at the White House.

Mexico enacts law to help victims of crime help with costs of medical and psyciatric care

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto enacted a law Wednesday mandating that the state help victims of crime and their relatives with payments and social services.

The law requires local and federal authorities to compensate victims by covering their health and psychiatric care costs.

It also mandates the creation of a relief fund and a national registry of crime victims.

“With this law, the Mexican state hopes to give hope and to comfort the victims and their families,” Pena Nieto said. “There are thousands of people who, unfortunately, have lost a loved one.”

The law says the funds will come from the lower house budget but doesn’t set

‘With this law, the Mexican state hopes to give hope and to comfort the victims and their families.’

— Enrique Pena Nieto Mexican president

out how much money will be assigned to helping crime victims and their relatives.

The ratification of the law was one of the main demands of civil groups urging the government to do more to help the thousands of victims of drug-related violence.

It goes into effect in 30 days.

According to some statements by the current Mexican administration, at least 70,000 people were slain between 2006 and 2012 as the government of then President Felipe Calderon battled drug traffickers.

The law was approved by Congress last April but Calderon filed an appeal with the Supreme Court to stop the bill. On his first day in office Dec. 1, Pena Nieto said he would stop the appeal and enact the law.

He said the law recognizes victims’ rights and it forces authorities to respect them.

“It is the beginning of a whole network of protection by the Mexican state to the victims,” Pena Nieto added.

Javier Hernandez Valencia, the representative in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for

Human Rights, applauded the new law.

“It is a necessary step, meaningful and of full legitimacy, and it’s on the path to give Mexicans a state policy and effective mechanisms to ensure their rights when faced with excruciating pain and a precarious situation,” Hernandez said.

Critics say there are weaknesses in the law that can jeopardize its compliance.

Alejandro Marti, a businessman who founded the civil organization Mexico SOS after his son was kidnapped and murdered, pointed out the law is aimed only at victims of federal crimes, leaves out civil society participation, and does not define who is a victim.

“We know that any law can be improved, but we are concerned that this regulation does not try to meet human rights objectives,” Marti said.

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Dozens injured after N.Y. ferry hits dock

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A high-speed ferry loaded with hundreds of commuters from New Jersey crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan on Wednesday during the morning rush hour, seriously injuring 11 people, including one who suffered a severe head wound falling down a stairwell.

Scores of people who had been standing, waiting to disembark, were hurled to the deck or launched into walls by the impact, which came after the catamaran Seastreak Wall Street slowed following a routine trip across New York Bay and past the Statue of Liberty, passengers said.

“We were pulling into the dock. The boat hit the dock. We just tumbled on top of each other. I got thrown into everybody else. ... People were hysterical, crying,” said Ellen Foran, of Neptune City, N.J. The crash, which ripped open a small part of the hull like an aluminum can, happened at 8:45 a.m. at a pier near the South Street Seaport, at Manhattan’s southern tip. Around 70 people suffered minor injuries, and for nearly two hours paramedics treated bruised and dazed passengers on the pier. Firefighters carried several patients on flat-board stretchers as a precaution. Other patients left in wheelchairs.

The cause of the crash was under investigation.

The ferry, built in 2003, had recently undergone a major overhaul that gave it new engines and a new propulsion system, but officials said it was too soon to tell whether they played any role in what happened.

Dee Wertz, who was on shore waiting for the ferry, saw the impact. She said that just moments before the ferry hit, she had been having a conversation with a ferry employee about how the boat’s captains had been complaining lately about its manoeuvrability.

“He was telling me that none of these guys like this boat,” she said. “It was coming in a little wobbly.

It hit the right side of the boat on the dock hard, like a bomb.”

James Barker, the chairman of the ferry’s owner, Seastreak LLC, said at a news conference hours after the crash it was “a terrible day for all of us.”

“We are simply shocked and stunned that this happened,” he said, adding that the company would work with investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to determine what went wrong.

“Our priority continues to be the people who are injured.”

About 330 passengers and crew members were aboard the ferry, which had arrived from Atlantic Highlands, a part of the Jersey Shore still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Passenger Frank McLaughlin, whose home was filled with 5 feet of

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Victims of the Seastreak Wall Street ferry accident are aided by rescue personnel, Wednesday, in New York.

The ferry, rear, from New Jersey made a hard landing at the dock as it pulled up to lower Manhattan during Wednesday morning rush hour, injuring as many as 50 people, at least one critically, officials said. water in the late October storm, said he was thrown forward and wrenched his knee.

“We come in and do this every day, and so it just kind of glides in,” he said.

“It came in hard, and it was just a huge impact as we hit.”

Some passengers were bloodied when they banged into walls and toppled to the floor, he said.

New York City’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, said the ferry was coming in at 10 to 12 knots, or about 12 to 14 mph, when it struck one slip and then hit a second.

After the impact, the boat was able to dock normally. Wertz, who saw the crash from the dock, said passengers raced off once the ramp was down.

“I think people just wanted to get the heck off the boat as soon as they could,” she said.

Police said the boat’s crew passed alcohol breath tests given after the crash. Crew members also took drug tests, the results of which weren’t immediately available.

Officials identified the captain as Jason Reimer, an experienced seaman. In a 2004 profile in Newsday, Reimer said he had joined Seastreak as a deckhand in 1997 and became a captain three years later at age 23. Barker called him “a great guy.”

The NTSB said it had yet to interview the captain.

The Seastreak Wall Street has been in minor accidents before. Coast Guard records said the ferry hit a cluster of fender piles while docking in 2010, punching a small hole in the ship’s skin. In 2009, it suffered another tear on the bow after another minor docking collision. No one was injured in either of those mishaps.

Chilling photos presented of theatre shooting suspect

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The photos were chilling and enigmatic, just like their subject. In the pictures, taken on his IPhone hours before the Aurora movie theatre massacre, accused gunman James Holmes mugs for the camera, sticks out his tongue and smiles as he holds a Glock under his face and displays his arsenal arrayed on his bed.

Prosecutors who displayed the pictures at a hearing that ended Wednesday argued the photos display “identity, deliberation and extreme indifference.”

Holmes’ attorneys — who have been setting up an insanity defence and said they might present testimony about the defendant’s mental health — decided not to call any witnesses.

A judge is due to rule by Friday whether prosecutors presented enough evidence to justify Holmes standing trial for more than 160 felony counts stemming from the July 20 attack, which killed 12 people and injured 70.

Holmes, 25, may enter a formal plea that day.

The three-day hearing occurred as the nation still recovers from the shock of last month’s shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that killed 20 children and six adults. It wrapped up just as the Colorado Legislature

began its session and pledged to tackle gun violence, and Vice-President Joe Biden met with families of victims as part of the White House’s own gun control push.

Prosecutors presented the most detailed description of the attack and Holmes’ alleged months of preparation. But they never addressed the mystery of why Holmes opened fire six weeks after leaving a neuroscience graduate program.

Legal experts say evidence against Holmes is so strong that the case may end in a plea deal. That would make the hearing the only detailed presentation of the evidence that victims, their families and the public will hear.

Holmes sat impassively through much of the proceedings, watching intently as a surveillance video showed him entering the theatre lobby. Family members, who had a better view of Holmes’ face than the media did in the packed courtroom, said he smiled multiple times, especially when the photos were shown.

“He’s not crazy, he’s evil,” said Tom Teves, whose 24-year-old son Alex was killed in the attack. “He’s an animal.”

Prosecutor Karen Pearson argued that Holmes meticulously planned the attack, starting with the online purchase of two tear gas canisters on May 10, followed by buying online 6,295 rounds of ammunition, and body ar-

mour, as well as going to local sporting goods stores to purchase an assault rifle, shotgun and two Glock pistols. He bought his ticket for opening night of “The Dark Knight Returns” nearly two weeks before the attack and visited the theatre early, photographing the layout.

He rigged an elaborate booby-trap system in his apartment with three different triggers, hoping the detonation would distract police from the carnage he planned a few miles away, investigators testified. The trap was never sprung.

About six hours before the attack, Holmes took a series of photos on his phone. In one he wears black contact lenses and a black stocking cap, with two tufts of his dyed-red hair sticking out like a pair of horns. In another he holds a pistol beneath his face, twisted into a grin. In a third, much of his arsenal — the assault rifle and shotgun, magazines for ammunition, tactical gear and bags to carry rounds — is displayed on a red sheet on his bed.

When Holmes burst into the theatre and opened fire just after midnight July 20 there were as many as 1,500 people crowded into the seats and in the auditorium next door, prosecutors said. Some of Holmes’ bullets pierced the wall and injured people in the adjacent theatre. Holmes fired about 70 rounds, many of which apparently hit

Iranians held by Syrian rebels freed FIRST MAJOR PRISONER SWAP OF CIVIL WAR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAMASCUS, Syria — Rebels freed 48 Iranians on Wednesday in exchange for more than 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, held by Syrian authorities — a deal struck after rare negotiations involving regional powers Turkey, Qatar and Iran.

It was the first major prisoner swap since the uprising began against President Bashar Assad nearly 22 months ago.

Iran is one of Assad’s main allies, and the Iranians, who were seized outside Damascus in August, were a major bargaining chip for factions trying to bring down his regime in the civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people.

The exchange also highlighted the plight of tens of thousands of detainees languishing in Syrian prisons, many of whom were picked up at street protests and have not been heard of since.

The group of 48 Iranians arrived Wednesday at the Sheraton hotel in several vans escorted by Syrian security forces. Looking disheveled but healthy, they were greeted by Iran’s ambassador in Damascus, Mohammad Riza Shibani, and several Iranian clerics who distributed a white flower to each of the men, some of whom broke down in tears.

“The conditions placed (by the captives) were difficult, but with much work ... we succeeded in securing this release,” Shibani told reporters. “I hope such tragedies will not be repeated.”

He said their release was a result of elaborate and “tough” negotiations, but did not elaborate. The Syrian government, which rarely gives details on security-related matters, had no official comment and it was not clear what prompted the exchange.

Rebels claimed the captives were linked to Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard, but Tehran has denied that, saying the men were pilgrims visiting Shiite religious sites in Syria. But U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland described most of the Iranians as “members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard,” calling it “just another example of how Iran continues to provide guidance, expertise, personnel, technical capabilities to the Syrian regime.”

The rebels had threatened to kill the captives unless the Assad regime halted military operations against the opposition. It was not clear what prompted the government to negotiate the exchange, but opposition leaders said the Assad regime felt obligated to please its Iranian backers.

“The Iranian hostages had become an embarrassment to the regime,” said Bassam al-Dada, a Turkeybased co-ordinator with the rebel Free Syrian Army.

“Iran was pushing for a solution and Assad could not afford to cross his Iranian master,” he said.

Kamer Kasim, an analyst at the Ankara-based International Strategic Research Organization, linked Assad’s agreement to the swap to Damascus’ desire not to be seen as the intransigent party, after it rejected U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi’s peace deal.

He said Iran has long been pressing for the release, and Syria was eager to maintain good relations with Tehran.

“The Iranian government supports the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad, and its possible refusal of the exchange deal might have harmed this relationship,” Kasim said.

A spokesman for a Turkish Islamic aid group that helped co-ordinate the release said the regime had agreed to release 2,130 people in exchange for the Iranians.

multiple people, and was only prevented from shooting more because his rifle jammed, prosecutors said.

“He didn’t care who he killed or how many he killed, because he wanted to kill all of them,” Pearson said Wednesday.

The hearing is a legal formality to establish the prosecution’s case. Defence attorneys rarely mount a fullblown case during such hearings, preferring to save their witnesses for the trial. Defence attorney Tamara Brady offered a limited, but notable, preview when she questioned an ATF agent who had listed Holmes’ extensive online purchases.

Brady asked whether any Colorado law prevented “a severely mentally ill person” from buying the ammunition, body armour and handcuffs that Holmes purchased online. The answer: No. Holmes had seen a psychiatrist at the University of Colorado, Denver.

There was no testimony about his year at the school during the hearing. He left the neuroscience graduate program after failing a key exam.

If Holmes is found sane, goes to trial and is convicted, his attorneys can try to stave off a possible death penalty by arguing he is mentally ill. Prosecutors have yet to say whether they will seek the death penalty. They will have 90 days from Holmes’ arraignment to hold Holmes for trial to decide.

Giant squid captured on video in ocean depths for first time near Japan

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO — After years of searching, scientists and broadcasters say they have captured video images of a giant squid in its natural habitat deep in the ocean for the first time.

The three-metre invertebrate was filmed from a manned submersible during one of 100 dives in the Pacific last summer in a joint expedition by Japanese public broadcaster NHK, Discovery Channel and Japan’s National Museum of Nature and Science.

NHK released photographs of the giant squid this week ahead of Sunday’s show about the encounter.

The Discovery Channel will air its program on Jan. 27.

The squid, which was inexplicably missing its two longest tentacles, was spotted in waters east of Chichi Island about 1,000 kilometres south of Tokyo, NHK said. The crew followed it to a depth of 900 metres. Little is known about the creature because its harsh environment makes it difficult for scientists to conduct research. Specimens have washed ashore on beaches but never before have been filmed in their normal habitat deep in the ocean, researchers say.

Japanese zoologist Tsunemi Kubodera, who was on board the submersible at the time of the encounter, was able to lure the giant squid with a one-metre-long diamond squid.

All the lights from the submersible were turned off while they waited. At a depth of 640 metres, the giant squid appeared and wrapped its arms around the bait, eating it for over 20 minutes before letting go.

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Husband won’t take responsibility for emotional affair Dear Annie: Two years ago, I caught tomers, vendors and employees who my husband having an emotional affair have to wait for me to get back to take with a friend of ours. care of their needs.

Even though we went through counI have siblings and an elderly selling and he told me he was no lon- mother who all live nearby. Because ger in contact with her, he lied. He they think I “don’t work,” I am the one continued to lie for almost a year, even called upon to take Mom to doctor apduring our counselling sessions. pointments and run errands for her. In In one session, he tried addition, I am asked by famto blame me for his actions, ily and friends to care for and after six months, he children who are home sick still refused to take any reor cannot get to their regusponsibility for the affair. lar child care provider.

This whole thing has Taking time from my job made me not trust him. I puts me behind, and I ofrecently saw an email to ten have to work evenings an ex-girlfriend from high and weekends to catch up. school. He said he wished These days, more and more he had been a better perpeople are working from son, and that he would be home. Please tell others to looking for a woman like be respectful. — Work-ather. He says they were just Home USA MITCHELL reminiscing about the past.

Dear Work: Working from & SUGAR I believe he is up to his old home often gives others the ways. I know he wouldn’t impression that you don’t like it if the tables were actually work or that your turned. Am I wrong to be time isn’t that important. upset and ready to divorce him? — Dis- And while it may give you more flexappointed and Heartbroken ibility with your hours, it is still the Dear Disappointed: You aren’t wrong same number of hours, which would to be upset, but whether or not to di- require working evenings and weekvorce him is a more difficult choice. ends to make up time spent doing othMen often don’t realize how hurtful er things during the day. an emotional affair can be. They don’t It would help for you to set boundunderstand that it is still a betrayal, aries. If you can manage to do these and consequently, they don’t always favors without resentment, go right do the necessary work to heal the mar- ahead. But if you don’t want to babysit riage from what they justify as a harm- little Johnny, say, “So sorry, but I’m less flirtation. working and can’t take care of him.

Right now, your husband cannot be You’ll have to make other arrangetrusted to be faithful or honest. He ments.” If you say it enough times, they won’t change unless he recognizes and will get it. admits that his behaviour is wrong.

Dear Annie: This is in response to Please go back to your counsellor on “Never the Better Offer,” whose mothyour own and discuss what you can er skips family gatherings because she live with, whether you believe your would rather stay home by the phone husband will grow up anytime soon, waiting for a better offer from a potenand what the best course of action is tial date. for you.

If Mom does not have a cellphone, Dear Annie: I am part of a family they should give her one as a gift and business, and I work from an office in pay for a year’s service. Then Mom will my home. I get dressed for work every no longer have an excuse for missing day, the same as those who work out- out with family and friends, because side the home. I am as important to our she will still get her calls and can eascompany as everyone else. If I’m not in ily arrange for a short-notice date. — my office, I miss phone calls from cus- Mollie

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SUN SIGNS Thursday, Jan. 10 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: George Foreman, 64; Rod Stewart, 68; William Sanderson, 69 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: A conglomerate of planets is piling up in the sky today and for the next few days in the sign of Capricorn. There’s no question that much of our focuses will be channelled towards success and moving up the ladder. A businesslike attitude will get us almost anywhere. It’s the main approach to remaining determined, strong-minded and unwavering. Venus glides smoothly with Neptune giving us this tolerable intuition and compassion towards others. Art in all its forms appeal greatly to us; be it the cinema, galleries, creative writing or whatever shakes our imagination.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, expect a fully packed year ahead!

Prepare yourself for loads of activity and lots of action for the next months. You will act straightforwardly and extremely determined in putting your thoughts into action and ensuring that you will accomplish them all at any cost.

Take a deep breath and dive into a whole new season that is awaiting for you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are down to business and there’s no time for procrastination. Whether you had started a new career or a new venture, you are devoted one hundred percent into it. There’s nothing stopping you right now.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Travelling for business is more likely in the store for you for the next days. You will develop a huge desire for a new hopeful and a more an idealistic future, seeing it all

further in that relationship.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): After prolonged periods of time mingling around, now is your time to withdraw yourself and work behind the scenes. A welldeserved pause will do wonders to your inner peace and your psyche.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You develop blissful and charming relationships with your friends. You are well received in their circle and seen as someone who maintains their tact and diplomacy. Enjoy your stance.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

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A regular to the Mackay window feeder, this blue jay is one of five that lord over the unshelled peanuts offered daily.

Amazon offering shipping deal $79 PER YEAR FOR TWO-DAY SERVICE TO CANADA THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Amazon is bringing its unlimited, two-day shipping service to Canada.

The world’s largest online retailer says starting today, Amazon Prime will be on offer to Canadian customers for an annual fee of $79.

The service is already available in the U.S. and six other countries.

Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN) says the two-day shipping guarantee will be offered in most of Canada.

Some areas will also get the option of upgrading to one-day shipping for an additional fee starting at $3.99 per item.

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through rose-colored glasses.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Affairs of your career life is not a picture that appears to be fully painted. It seems that a few colors are missing from considering it completely done. Or, perhaps, it is meant to be like that. The answer is definitely unclear.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are feeling amorous and you are not afraid to put your emotions on display.

You relate very well with a romantic partner, or even a business alliance. If you are consulting any professional right now, the relationships should go pretty smoothly.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your mind is sound and your staying power keeps you going through your ongoing activities. You feel extremely determined to produce results and to accomplish whatever requires your undivided attention.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Relationship issues persist and the lack of clarity it bears feels almost draining to your well-being. It’s not an easy time to relate to your significant other when things are cloudy and lack a clear direction.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Things seem to be peaceful and serene at home or even at work. You are in your element today feeling in control of your senses and which definitely gives you that inner peace you longed for.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Stop obsessing about things you cannot control.

Sometimes, we have to cut ties with our past and we need to move on. Otherwise, you’ll end up biting more than you can chew. The decision is yours.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): The path to your well-being is closer than you have thought. You are longing for that security and sense of comfort in order to feel complete. Also, you know that tremendous work awaits for you in order to get there.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Endeavours that promise solid results and a stable relationship is what the sky holds for you. You value trustworthiness and reliability within all your relations and this is what you will get. Perhaps it’s time to go a step

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