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Planning key to preventing drunk driving This is the eighth in a series of Red Deer Advocate stories on the impact of impaired driving on our community, and the various efforts to put an end to the carnage caused by drunk drivers.

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF As the debate about how to deal with impaired driving continues to focus on increased punishment, questions remain about how these situations could be prevented.

While new legislation deals with increased penalties based on a driver’s level of intoxication, there is also the aspect of how an intoxicated person could be prevented from getting behind the wheel.

One solution is to have someone sober drive them home.

When Red Deer Mayor Morris Flewwelling was still a city councillor, he and his wife were involved in a business that would have a person drive an impaired person home in the impaired person’s car, for a fee.

He said he would be dispatched to a drinking establishment and a person would be waiting there. Flewwelling would drive them home and his partner would follow.

“Many people who work in the oilpatch in Central Alberta depend on, absolutely on their driver licence,” said Flewwelling. “If they had a couple of drinks, they weren’t going to run the risk of losing their licence.”

Flewwelling did this for about a year but stopped when he decided to run for mayor.

Ray Oldenburg, a sociology professor emeritus from the University of West Florida, wrote in his book The Great Good Place that, “‘Gasoline and alcohol don’t mix,’ says the American slogan. Of course they do. Our urban planners mix them all the time and in great doses. See the zoning codes for confirmation.”

Over the last five years in Alberta, there have been 41,466 convictions for impaired driving, as well as 42,762 immediate 24-hour suspensions, accord-

Coming Saturday Students Against Drinking and Driving is on the front line of youth educational programs to eliminate impaired driving. ing to the provincial government.

In 2010, 1,384 people were injured and 96 were killed as a result of impaired driving.

But what if a person didn’t have to rely on a vehicle, their own or a taxi or bus, to get to and from a drinking establishment?

Dave Reid, the publisher and cofounder of Urban Milwaukee, wrote about using urban planning and municipal regulation as a tool to prevent impaired driving.

“There are simpler things, like density allows people to walk from place to place, or catch a cab or even catch a bus as opposed to when things are more spread out,” said Reid.

He cites a suburb of Milwaukee where a bylaw requires the number of parking spots to be based on the number of bar stools. “It’s almost inherently saying they expect you to drive to the bar,” said Reid. “Zoning laws like that should probably be re-evaluated.”

Urbanists, like Reid, have cited the separation of zones as a factor in creating a driving distance between pubs and residential neighbourhoods.

“Having the mixes of uses . . . in some of our neighbourhoods they have their little tavern still in the neighbourhood, which allows people to walk to it,” said Reid.

“That’s a land-use issue where a lot of zoning wouldn’t allow that. It can be very much this is a residential neighbourhood, this is an industrial area. By allowing the mixing, you have the ability to walk to things.”

However, in the older city of Milwaukee are established mixed use neighbourhoods that have the integration of drinking establishments into neighbourhoods, as well as higher density because it is a larger urban centre.

“A lot of our neighbourhoods, there

is a tavern in the neighbourhood,” said Reid. “Or you can walk to the various districts we have.”

Reid said a few years ago in that Milwaukee suburb, an impaired driving crash caused community outrage, and the outrage was focused on the bar and bartenders at an establishment that wasn’t within walking distance of a residential neighbourhood.

“To me they should look in the mirror,” said Reid. “It’s right there in their policy that the city expects people should drive to that bar. There wasn’t really any re-evaluation there.”

Although Red Deer does have several neighbourhood pubs, such as Chillabongs, East 40th Avenue Pub, Local’s Pub, State and Main and Just Don’s bar and grill, for example, there is a concentration of bars in a small area downtown.

Flewwelling said the creation of the neighbourhood pubs in the city’s various neighbourhoods has been a conscious decision.

“Some of these are designed more for a walk over to the pub and then walk home,” said Flewwelling.

Some years ago, a number of bars were permitted in the downtown area, but Flewwelling said this had negative consequences. “The bars all dumped out at the same time and you had many people trying to get home at the same time and you had fights in the street and other misdemeanors,” said Flewwelling.

As a result of this negative experience, council created a bylaw where every new drinking establishment had to be built a certain distance away from existing drinking establishments.

However, these bars are a different type of establishment. Pubs focus on food and beverage while the downtown locations offer events, concerts and shows.

“Doing neighbourhood pubs as opposed to large drinking establishments in the city centre is certainly one of the ways that everyone can walk home,” said Flewwelling.

In Red Deer, the public transit system shuts down a little after 11 p.m., but last call and the exodus of revellers from the bars do not usually take

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Extended transit hours could help get impaired people home without them getting behind the wheel, but the idea hasn’t found much traction.

“I think the idea would be great, but I don’t think there would be enough uptake,” said Flewwelling. “We’d almost have to test it.”

The mayor did say the city has taxi and limousine service and the bus does run until 11:30 p.m.

“But 11:30 p.m. things are just starting to get going,” Flewwelling said.

“It’s usually after midnight that transportation becomes a serious problem.”

The wait for a cab after the bar closes can be long as many people are attempting to get cabs simultaneously.

That’s when buses or even a free shuttle service are available in other communities.

For example in Kelowna, B.C., the McCulloch Station Pub offers a shuttle service for groups of six or more people, as long as it is reserved 24 hours in advance.

Another pub, the Loghouse in Victoria, B.C., offers free shuttle service for a five-km radius around its pub. The shuttle runs once an hour on Fridays and Saturday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

In Oakland, Calif., the public transit operates a free shuttle bus on Friday and Saturday evenings through an area with a higher number of drinking establishments. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Symphony employees vote to strike

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A near unanimous vote has put the union representing close to 130 employees at a Red Deer seniors living facility in a strike position.

On Wednesday, licensed practical nurses, health-care aides and support staff at Aspen Ridge — represented by the Alberta Union of Public Employees — voted in favour of strike action.

AUPE president Guy Smith said on Thursday that the employees are committed to giving families 72-hour notice prior to any strike action at the Symphony Senior Living facility at 3100 22nd St. “It’s not the preferred approach by any means,” said Smith. “We would much prefer to get a negotiated agreement and we will continue negotiations with the employer. But I think the message is very clear that the workers’ frustration level is at the point they will take strike action if necessary.”

In a statement, Kim Van Dam, Sym-

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A bus leaves the Symphony Aspen Ridge seniors building Thursday. A near unanimous vote has put the union representing close to 130 employees at the facility in a strike position. phony Senior Living vice-president of operations, said from Toronto that they are not surprised there has been a vote approving strike action.

“This is a common outcome and it does not mean there will be a strike,” she said.

“We think a strike is not in the interest of our employees.”

The two sides have been negotiating an agreement since 2011 and Van Dam said there has been much progress

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Smith said the sticking point in the negotiations so far has been salaries.

“Symphony, a company out of Ontario, has made it clear they want to maintain a 30 to 40 per cent profit margin to make their operation viable,” said Smith, adding the employer refuses to pay staff the industry standard wages.

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“Such a pay increase would be unreasonable for most businesses and we need to protect our residents from cost increases,” she said.

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Lacombe police make major drug bust

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe police made their second drug bust in four days on Thursday, marking the start of a major crackdown this year.

Insp. Steve Murray said residents ranked drug crime as their top enforcement priority in a survey undertaken last year.

That drugs were a problem in the community was backed up by a spike in theft-related crimes.

“We had a real horrible rash of thefts from motor vehicles last year — car prowlings — and way more property crime than Lacombe is accustomed to.

“Through our own investigations, we realized that so much of this is tied into the drug trade.”

Murray said the force is making tackling the local drug trade its “No. 1 priority” this year.

“We’re serious about this. The community has had enough. We as a police service have had enough.

“And we’re going to get you.”

In the latest drug bust, police executed a search warrant at a house in the southeast part of Lacombe and uncovered about $30,000 worth of cocaine, marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms (magic mushrooms) and GHB, which is more commonly known as the date rape drug.

Also seized were three imitation handguns, an imitation shotgun, four machetes and about $1,000 in cash.

Police say there was evidence that drugs were being manufactured and packaged at the house for street-level distribution.

As evidence of the sophistication of the operation, the home’s doors were fortified and monitored by surveillance cameras.

Murray was reluctant to describe in detail the protection measures taken.

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Lacombe police executed a search warrant at a house in the southeast part of Lacombe and uncovered about $30,000 worth of cocaine, marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms (magic mushrooms) and GHB, which is more commonly known as the date rape drug. Also seized were three imitation handguns, an imitation shotgun, four machetes and about $1,000 in cash.

“Suffice it to say the occupants had put some effort into making sure people didn’t get in easily who weren’t invited in,” he said.

Kyle James Bracken, 21, of Lacombe has been charged with production of a controlled substance, possession of the proceeds of crime, five counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, and nine counts of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace.

He also faces charges of voyeurism and possession of child pornography

Murder victim identified

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer City RCMP have released the name of the man who died from gunshot wounds in Eastview on New Year’s Day. Lloyd Robert Sarson, 25, of no fixed address, was found in a vehicle in an alley of the 3700 block of Ross Street shortly after 5 a.m. on Tuesday.

RCMP say their investigation so far suggests the homicide was not a ran-

BRIEF Privacy czar rules speed-dating company wrong to give out email EDMONTON — Alberta’s privacy commissioner has ordered a speed-dating company to tighten its training after a woman complained her email address was given to a smitten suitor she wasn’t interested in.

In a seven-page ruling released Thursday, the commissioner’s office detailed how the unnamed woman attended a speed-dating event organized by FastLife International in December 2010.

The dating service brings as many as a dozen romantic hopefuls together briefly. They are each asked afterwards whether anyone caught their interest. If two people pick each other, contact details are shared through the company.

The privacy commissioner’s report says the woman didn’t pick anyone after the event she attended. But a few days later, two emails appeared in her inbox from a man who was there.

The man said he had obtained her email from FastLife, so the woman complained to the commissioner. An investigation began in December 2011.

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ed a 20-year-old Lacombe man after $27,000 worth of cocaine and marijuana was seized from a local motel room.

He faces various weapons and drugs charges. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Wildrose party proposes lottery scheme to help fund arenas EDMONTON — Alberta’s Wildrose party has come up with a lottery scheme that it hopes will skate around the politics of funding new NHL hockey arenas in Edmonton and Calgary.

The idea is to use the Oilers and Flames brand and expand a digital lottery game called Keno into 1,000 bars and pubs across the province.

Much of the proceeds would help pay for the new facilities.

Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith said about

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SYMPHONY: Prepared in the event of a strike “As most residents at Aspen Ridge do not receive any government funding, Aspen Ridge is not in the same market as other facilities with which AUPE is bargaining.”

Symphony receives some funding from Alberta Health Services as well as from the residents.

The union members, if they choose to strike, will offer life and limb support to residents in cases of emergencies. Smith said, while they are mindful of the care that residents at the facility require, it is on the employer to come up with a contingency plan for the residents’ care.

In the statement, Symphony said they are fully prepared in the event of a work stoppage to ensure there is no interruption in services to residents.

The company also owns and operates Symphony Senior Living Inglewood in Red Deer but that facility is not affected by the dispute. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Bracken is in custody and is to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Jan. 10.

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Friday, Jan. 4, 2013

Pressure grows on PM At first glance, Chief Theresa Spence — the hunger-striking Attawapiskat leader who has become the de facto face of the Idle No More movement — and Gabriel NadeauDubois — the fiercely articulate Quebec student leader who was cast in a similar role last spring — have little in common.

But first impressions are CHANTAL often misleadHEBERT ing.

Yes, Spence is as soft-spoken as NadeauDubois was fiery and yes, their causes could not be more different. She is starving herself in the name of one of the poorest constituencies in the country.

By virtue of their education opportunities, the students who NadeauDubois led in a crusade against higher tuition fees last year make up the most privileged contingent of Quebec youth.

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But like Nadeau-Dubois, Spence has attained a stature emblematic of a larger struggle, and in this, they are flip sides of the same coin. It is one that has the demonstrated potential to alter the power equation between governments and the governed.

A year ago today, the student crisis that was about to take Quebec and its Liberal government by storm was not on anyone’s radar.

Most of the early 2012 political analysis focused on Opposition Leader Pauline Marois’ uphill battle to hang on to her job.

If the proposition had been put to the Quebec punditocracy or its ruling political class that a trio of student leaders was about to accomplish what a decade of Parti Québécois attacks on Premier Jean Charest had failed to achieve and mobilize the street against his government, it would almost certainly have been shrugged off.

Fatigue with Charest’s three-term government played a large part in the making of Quebec’s printemps érable.

But the movement also featured a more fundamental rejection of the system itself.

To this day, a disquieting number of its participants believe that the traditional democratic channels — includ-

ing the ballot box — have failed them.

That feeling has long been widespread among Canada’s First Nations.

Over the past decade, it has spread to ever-expanding pockets of politically engaged Canadians.

It does not help that so many of them have consistently failed to find an effective opposition outlet for their aspirations.

Charest’s government was the main target of the student strife that eventually festered into the pot-banging Quebec maple spring, but the province’s season of social unrest was also part of a larger grassroots pattern from which stems the Occupy movement on the global scene and, on the national stage, the momentum-gathering Idle No More movement.

It may not move the 99 per cent of Canadians that the Occupy movement claims to speak for, but the Idle No More spirit has the capacity to resonate with the more than 60 per cent of voters who consistently opt for federal options other than the Conservative party.

On the societal role of government, the gap between the various non-Conservative constituencies in this country has always been smaller than the gap between those who support the current

government and those who don’t.

The ranks of those who sympathize with the activist goals of the Idle No More movement stretch from Joe Clark, a former Tory prime minister on whose foreign affairs watch Canada embraced free trade with the United States, to the likes of Peter Julian, a former executive of the nationalist Council of Canadians, who is now energy critic for the NDP. Against significant odds, social peace has mostly prevailed since Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to power.

But his government has hardly gone out of its way to expand its tent.

If anything, it has been more content than its predecessors to draw lines in the sand between its tent and the comparatively smaller ones of its squabbling rivals.

A risk in that approach is the number of people who feel left out in the cold tends to keep growing.

On that basis, the Idle No More movement — if left unattended — could snowball into the biggest challenge Harper has encountered since he was first elected as prime minister seven years ago.

Chantal Hébert is a syndicated national affairs writer for the Toronto Star.

Solution waiting in the wings FIRST NATIONS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP ACT COULD STILL BE ENACTED Attawapiskat band Chief Theresa Spence is in the fourth week of her hunger strike protesting the terrible living conditions on her reserve.

Meanwhile, the Idle No More movement is growing among people tired of the bureaucratic stalemate of governance on reserves. That process looks a lot like way the Occupy movement grew.

Spence wants a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to begin a wider conversation about conditions on Canada’s 625 reserves.

There’s no meeting yet, but that doesn’t mean Harper’s government has been idle on the native affairs portfolio. Beyond the foolishness of lumping his total program into one omnibus bill (which impacts industrial development on waterways on — and off — reserves) legislation has been waiting in the wings that could break the cycle of poverty for First Nations people.

If they chose to make use of it.

It’s called the First Nations Property Ownership Act, and it’s been a years-long project of former Kamloops band chief Manny Jules.

A recent article in Forbes magazine deploring poverty GREG on American reserves menNEIMAN tions Jules and the act as a potential saviour for natives in the U.S. That article suggested the act could have been passed here by the end of 2012.

Well, 2012 has come and gone and the First Nations Property Ownership Act has still to make it to the order paper. But that doesn’t mean discussion hasn’t already been taking place.

Briefly described, the act would transfer ownership of reserve land to the band councils on those reserves where members express a desire to gain land titles. Currently, the Crown is the title-holder of all reserve lands.

The issue of ownership became the first agent of the grief that has grown on our reserves since the Indian Act was passed way back in 1876.

Culturally and historically, native property is collectively owned. Except for a few exceptions, individual band members cannot buy, mortgage, improve or sell property on the reserves without permission.

Collective ownership worked fine when all of Canada was native land, but as soon as settlers arrived with laws and papers delineating who owns what, that system could not survive.

Now, it turns out that when everyone owns the reserve, nobody does. And people with no property rights have a difficult time moving out of extreme poverty.

As Jules told reporters: “Because of the Indian Act, we’ve been legislated out of the economy.”

Under the act he’s promoting, participating bands would have a hybrid of powers most us associate with municipalities, provinces and the federal government.

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It’s about self-determination; the new act would give bands the power over schools, hospitals — and most importantly — zoning regulations. If someone wants to develop land for housing or build an industry based on the reserve’s resources, they would no longer have to have everything cleared by bureaucrats in Ottawa who (as title owners) are more concerned with liability issues than progress.

There are fears that if individuals owned reserve property, they could sell it to people off reserve, and eventually the last bastions of native land would be cut away piecemeal.

But white people already own 100 per cent of the reserves.

These owners — the Crown — has allowed the sale of billions of dollars worth of Canadian property to foreigners. But we are still sovereign Canada, and foreign owners must act in accordance with Canadian law.

Under the new act, reserve land would always be reserve land, and whoever owned it would be under the laws governing that reserve.

Right now, we are told that 85,000 new houses are needed on Canada’s reserves. The federal budget only allows for the building of 2,200 per year. There is no hope for a housing solution for the current population, much less for growth.

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I worked darn hard to make sure I never missed a mortgage payment, through good times and bad.

I looked at the annual statements every year to see how much my equity grew, and how much was still held by the bank.

I borrowed money to improve my house, and did whatever it took to pay that back, too, because I knew that some day the house would be mine, together with the equity it represented.

The right to own property put me on the path to contributing membership in my community, someone with a stake in its future. It made me a full citizen. A taxpayer.

I cannot imagine a life of communal ownership, where I could not even buy a working toilet for a house I could not own.

There is a lot of apprehension, fear of change, among native people and their leaders over anything that looks like the First Nations Property Ownership Act. But it’s got to be part of the conversation, should Harper ever meet with Spence. For her sake, and for all native people in Canada, I hope the conversation begins soon.

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Chief steadfast about meeting AFTER 24 DAYS, HUNGER STRIKER SPENCE WANTS ACTION FROM OTTAWA WITHIN 72 HOURS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Efforts to broker a solution to end a 24-day-old hunger strike by Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence have foundered.

First Nations leaders had initially proposed a Jan. 24 meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnson, and took their proposal to Spence’s teepee on Thursday afternoon.

But Spence told the aboriginal leaders Thursday that her failing health means she can’t wait that long for assurances that her concerns about treaty rights will be addressed.

“She remains committed, she remains strong and she remains steadfast in what she is setting out to do,” said Stan Louttit, grand chief of the Mushkegowuk Council, which includes the Attawapiskat First Nation.

“She is determined that a meeting with the prime minister is paramount and of utmost importance immediately.”

Spence has been subsisting mainly on fish broth since Dec. 11, huddling in a tent on frozen Victoria Island on the Ottawa River, just beyond Parliament Hill.

Spence has no problem with First Nations leaders meeting with Harper in a few weeks time, Louttit said, but she wants to be included in a preliminary meeting well before then.

“I think what is required for the life of these individuals here, for the life of the chief, is that there needs to be a meeting with the prime minister soon, within the next two or three days. Her life is on the line,” said Louttit.

“From a human perspective and as a leader of this nation, he has a duty — a moral duty as a father and a husband — to listen and be able to meet with Chief Spence so that she can finish what she has set out to do.”

Louttit and other top Ontario chiefs travelled to Ottawa to strategize with Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo on Thursday in hopes of clarifying Spence’s demands and laying the groundwork for a compromise that would end her hunger strike.

But before their discussions began, Atleo issued an early-morning news release urging Harper and Johnston to meet with him and others on Jan. 24 — the one-year anniversary of Harper’s summit with chiefs.

“First Nations across this country have been voicing concern and frustration with a broken system that does not address long-standing disparities between First Nations and the rest of Canada,” Atleo said in the statement.

“There is no excuse for inaction either by First Nations leadership or by Canada.”

A meeting with chiefs to mark the one-year anniversary of the Crown First Nations Gathering would have given Harper a graceful way to diffuse the conflict, but even before Harper had a chance to say yes or no to the invitation, Spence had declared it a non-starter.

A spokesman for Harper never did give a straight answer.

“We will reply to Chief Atleo in due course. The

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National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Shawn Atleo brushes off questions from reporters as he makes his way to a meeting with Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence on Victoria Island in Ottawa on Thursday. Spence is in her fourth week of a hunger strike calling on Harper to meet and discuss First Nations issues. government remains willing to work with the First Nations leadership to deliver better outcomes for First Nations communities,” spokesman Carl Vallee said in an email.

Government insiders say they are struggling to figure out exactly what Spence wants. And First Nations leaders have also recognized that they need to hash out a coherent list of expectations that would help the public make sense of the hunger strike as well as the Idle No More grassroots protests that have spread across the country and beyond.

“We have to co-ordinate the messaging,” said Chief Isadore Day of the Serpent River First Nation in northern Ontario.

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OTTAWA — At least 146 military families have suffered severe financial hardship because National Defence and the federal Treasury Board differ in their interpretation of an assistance program, federal documents show.

The disagreement involves a home-equity assistance program available to members of the military who move frequently and run the risk of taking a bath on sales of their properties.

Compensation is supposed to be available when a member is required to transfer and sells a home in a depressed housing market, but the two departments are at odds over the definition of market.

Internal records show that between 2007 and 2010, 146 applications involving tens of thousands of dollars each were rejected by the Treasury Board, despite having the support of National Defence.

Military officials have been arguing for years without success for the policy to be tweaked.

The controversy surfaces just weeks after Defence Minister Peter MacKay forced an end to a similar dispute between his department and Treasury Board, when the agency that controls federal purse strings held up improved insurance payouts to reservists who lose limbs on duty.

It also comes just days after MacKay capped rent increases for newer members of the military, who live on bases across the country.

New Democrat defence critic Jack Harris the situation is shocking and must be demoralizing for those in those in uniform.

“The soldier has no choice but to move,and he’s taking a loss that’s been imposed on him by the military,” Harris said Thursday.

“They have a policy that says he’s to be reimbursed, yet he’s not.

This is incompetence in following through on a policy that, first of all, makes sense, that has an element of justice in it because of the demands of the military.”

He said he believes situations like this “stick in the craw of members of the military, who are constantly being told by the politicians on the government side of the House that, ’We support our troops.”’

But Harris added: “When the rubber hits the road on a cash thing

like this, they fail to follow through.”

National Defence was asked for comment in midDecember and did not respond until late Thursday after the story appeared online.

In an email, spokeswoman Laura MacIntyre restated the government’s policy and hinted about potential changes, but said she couldn’t talk about them because of cabinet secrecy.

In the meantime, MacIntyre said the government could only offer advice to financially strapped families.

“Resources are available to CF members to assist them in making educated decisions when purchasing or selling a home,” she wrote.

Since 2009, Treasury Board has imposed a strict interpretation on who can qualify for full home equity assistance.

The documents show defence officials expressing concern about the “high rate” of rejections.

It all hinged on the definition of a “depressed market,” where the two government departments have differing interpretation of what constitutes a community.

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HALIFAX — A navy warship that had recently undergone a $21.7 million refit in Ontario suffered damage to its hull while it was being towed back to Halifax, the military said Thursday.

HMCS Athabaskan drifted for several hours off eastern Cape Breton last Friday after the tow line broke, said Capt. Doug Keirstead of the Royal Canadian Navy in Halifax.

Keirstead said there is damage to the hull behind the ship’s identifying numbers, though he declined to say what the damage was and how it came about.

“At this point all I can say is that we are aware that there is damage visible,” Keirstead said in an interview.

During the tow, the destroyer came into Sydney, N.S., harbour last Thursday, and then was towed out on Friday evening despite forecasts of a major storm.

Cmdr. Matthew Coates, the deputy chief of surface operations for the East Coast navy, said the decision to proceed was taken by the towing company, though navy officers were on board.

“You look at the weather conditions and at that time it was deemed appropriate they could conduct the tow,” Coates said.

He said the navy will review whether the decision

to continue the voyage was prudent.

“You never know when you need to learn from lessons, whether good, bad or indifferent, and therefore it’s due diligence on our part to look at processes and see if it happened appropriately,” Coates said.

He also declined to elaborate on the extent of the damage.

“The initial assessment is that it’s not significant damage, but we need to allow the experts to do that assessment,” he said.

Jean-Philippe Brunet, a spokesman for the Group Ocean Inc. towing firm, said that the captain of the tug made the decision to tow HMCS Athabaskan around the shoals of Scatarie Island on Friday night.

Brunet said the navy officers on board were consulted about the decision.

“The navy was aware that it was kind of late in the year to do it, but it was not dangerous to do the towing,” he said.

“The weather was OK. There was a window of 40 hours to do it and the weather was OK.” But he said the waves and winds turned out to be rougher than expected.

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VANCOUVER — The British Columbia and federal governments have been ordered to pay a portion of the legal costs incurred by a First Nation that won a partial land claim victory last year — the latest development in a two-decade old battle that has since moved onto the Supreme Court of Canada.

The B.C. Court of Appeal issued a ruling last June that granted the Tsilhqot’in First Nation broad rights to hunt, trap and trade in what it considers its traditional land, but the decision also rejected the Tsilhqot’in’s claim to aboriginal title.

The case is now the subject of an appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada, which has yet to decide whether to hear the case, but in the meantime the B.C. Court of Appeal awarded the First Nation legal costs for the appeal.

The case dates back to the early 1990s, when the Tsilhqot’in first began using the courts and a blockI’m hearing in the street is it’s high time it’s been reBY THE CANADIAN PRESS ade to stop logging operations in the area, setting off moved from the landscape of Elliot Lake.” a complex legal odyssey that has bounced between City officials expect the work to take up to 60 days. courts and spawned appeals and cross-appeals.

ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. — Wrecking crews have beRob deBortoli, the town’s chief administrative The B.C. Supreme Court earlier ordered the gun to demolish the Elliot Lake mall where two officer, said the demolition crew must follow strict two provincial and federal governments to pay the people died and around 20 were injured when part provincial guidelines. Also, because most of the maTsilhqot’in’s legal bills, in advance, for the trial in of its roof collapsed. that court. The Appeal Court’s latest decision, issued “It’s bittersweet,” Mayor Rick Hamilton said in a terial will be recycled, workers will have to take the Thursday, adds to that bill, though the running total telephone interview with The Canadian Press when time to sort the debris.

“The demolition will be very controlled, meanwasn’t immediately clear. asked Thursday about reaction to the work in the ing that the mall will be dismantled in a systematic, A lawyer for the First Nation, James Nelson, said small northern Ontario town. in an interview that a formula outlined in provincial “The mall has always had a close relationship to piece-by-piece process and there should not be any legislation will determine the exact amounts to be many of the people who lived (and) who were raised risk associated with any of the material from that paid for the appeal, but that hasn’t been worked out here but at the same time it’s a fresh start as well. site making its way out of the property,” deBortoli yet.

It’s left a lot of bad memories and by and large what said.

The Tsilhqot’in, whose traditional territory is near Williams Lake, B.C., is a collection of six ® bands, including the Xeni Gwet’in band, which is at the heart of the case.

A forestry company attempted to secure access to two areas where the Xeni Gwet’in claimed aboriginal title.

The Tsilhqot’in staged a blockade in May of 1992 to prevent forestry work. The blockade ended with a promise from then-premier Mike Harcourt to prevent further logging without the Xeni Gwet’in’s consent.

The B.C. government turned much of the area into a provincial park in 1994, but the rest of the land remains in dispute.

A trial began in November 2002 and continued for nearly five years, hearing evidence that the Tsilhqot’in have been in the area for more than 250 years.

But the trial also heard the Tsilhqot’in were “semi-nomadic” and had few permanent encampments.

The B.C. Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that the Tsilhqot’in did not have aboriginal title over the entire area, but the court also said the Tsilhqot’in had rights to hunt and to trade skins and pelts to support a “moderate livelihood.”

The Tsilhqot’in and both governments each filed appeals of various aspects of that ruling, but the Appeal Court dismissed all three appeals in its decision last year.

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Two northern Ontario men charged in wild game sausage attack

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 A7 sages stolen.

Provincial police in Parry Sound say the man picked up the sausages Dec. 30 at a wild game dinner at the local community centre before making his way over to a Don Cherry’s Sports Grill for a drink.

They say that while later walking home the man was followed and attacked by another man who had also been at the restaurant, with the packaged meat allegedly stolen during the altercation.

Police say their investigation of the sausage incident led them to the home of a third man, who they say was seen wearing blood-stained clothes while cooking a sausage.

They say both men were arrested and the package of sausages was seized at the scene.

MONCTON, N.B. — A Roman Catholic diocese in PARRY SOUND, Ont. — Fresh charges have been New Brunswick should have notified police immelaid after police say a northern Ontario man was hit diately when it heard last year that two priests were in the face and had his package of wild game saualleged to have sexually abused children, say two lawyers who have represented victims of abuse by clergymen.

Robert Talach and John McKiggan say the Archdiocese of Moncton had a responsibility to refer the matter to the RCMP once it became aware of the accusations.

“You name me any other institution, school board, a daycare, or a boys’ home that would not immediately react with disgust and outrage and drag the information down to the police station before the end of that same day,” Talach said Thursday from his London, Ont., office.

But a spokesman for the archdiocese said it is up to the alleged sex abuse victims to report their allegations to the police.

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Ontario Liberals impose contracts on teachers TORONTO — Students across Ontario face more uncertainty when they head back to class next week, after the province’s cash-strapped Liberals outraged unions by forcing two-year contracts on 126,000 public school teachers and education workers.

But Education Minister Laurel Broten said she will soon repeal the same controversial antistrike law that gave her government the power to impose the collective agreements, which cut benefits and freeze the wages of most teachers.

Union leaders whose members have staged one-day strikes and cut out extracurricular activities in protest of the law wouldn’t say what action they’d take in the weeks ahead. But they warned it won’t be “business as usual.”

Using “unprecedented, autocratic” legislation to dictate contracts, then promising to repeal the anti-democratic law is a “disgraceful misuse of government power,” said Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.

Labour groups across Canada are disturbed by what’s unfolding in Ontario, said Hammond, whose union is the largest teacher’s federation in the country.

“They are all worried about what’s happening and will be even more so concerned with what’s happened today,” he said. “Every working person in this province should be alarmed by the steps taken by this minister of education today.”

Oregon police release the names of two more bus crash victims VANCOUVER — A U.S. citizen and a visitor from Korea are the latest victims to be identified

by Oregon’s medical examiner following a fatal tour-bus crash in the state on Sunday.

Nine people died and 38 were injured when the bus owned by Vancouver’s Mi Joo Tour & Travel crashed through a guardrail along Interstate 84 and plunged down an embankment.

The Oregon State Police say 63-year-old Chun Ho Bahn of Bothell, Wash., and 61-year-old Ae Ja Kim of Gangwon province, South Korea, were among the nine killed.

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CHIEFS CLOSE IN ON REID Andy Reid was in deep negotiations with the Kansas City Chiefs to become their next coach, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. The two sides were working out the details and Reid had cancelled plans to interview for other openings, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Philadelphia Eagles fired Reid on Monday, the same day the Chiefs parted ways with coach Romeo Crennel. The Chiefs have a connection with Reid through team president Mark Donovan, who spent six years as the Eagles’ senior vice-president of business operations.

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● WHL: Vancouver at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, 8:15 p.m., Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Sylvan Lake, 8:30 p.m.

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AMERICANS DOMINATE IN SEMIFINAL AS CANADA WON’T PARLAY NHL LOCKOUT INTO GOLD MEDAL AT WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS UFA, Russia — An NHL lockout has helped lift Canada to gold at past world junior hockey championships.

But not this time.

Canada dominated en route to gold in 1995 and 2005 when the NHL also locked out its players.

Another labour stoppage this year, meant coach Steve Spott had most of the country’s top 19-year-old talent available to him, minus a forward and defenceman injured before the tournament.

But bronze is the best this Canadian team can do after a 5-1 loss to the United States in Thursday’s semifinal.

The Americans and defending champion Sweden will play for gold, while Canada takes on Russia for bronze Saturday in Ufa. The Swedes edged the hosts 3-2 in a shootout in the other semifinal.

Canada must find solace in extending its run of medals in this tournament to 15 consecutive years.

“We’ve got to come home with a medal,” captain Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. “It’s not the one we want to come home with, but we’ve got to do it for our country.”

Canada beat both the U.S. and Russia en route to finishing first in its pool at 4-0 and earning the bye to the semifinal. But for the second straight year, Canada failed to parlay the bye into a berth in the goldmedal game because of a semifinal loss.

“For it to happen again, it’s pretty heartbreaking,” said second-year forward Mark Scheifele.

The International Ice Hockey Federation is doing away with the bye starting in 2014, so the tournament will feature four quarter-finals instead of two.

Playing a quarter-final doesn’t seem to be an impedi-

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Canada’s players watch as Team USA celebrates a goal during first period in the semi-final of the IIHF World Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia on Thursday. ment to gold. Three of the last five champions played a quarter-final and the U.S. could do that this year too.

So while the Americans flexed their goal-scoring muscles in a 7-0 win over the Czech Republic in Wednesday’s quarter-final, the Canadians vowed after their practice the same day they couldn’t have a slow start Thursday.

They then went out and did just that. The firepower that Canada purportedly had up

front did not fire.

Scheifele, Jonathan Huberdeau and Ryan Strome would probably have joined Nugent-Hopkins in the NHL this season if not for the lockout. All four were held off the scoresheet.

When Spott chose his 23 players at selection camp in Calgary last month, he said he did so with speed in mind.

It was the Americans who made Canada look like they were standing still for two peri-

ods Thursday.

Led by swift Calgary Flames prospect John Gaudreau and American captain Jake McCabe, the U.S. beat Canada to the puck at both ends of the ice for 40 minutes to build a 4-0 lead.

Unlike last year’s 6-5 semifinal loss to Russia in Calgary, where Canada scored four third-period goals, this Canadian team didn’t rally to make it close.

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Usmanee ready for his biggest fight RED DEER BOXER PUTS UNDEFEATED MARK ON THE LINE IN THE FEATURE BOUT OF TELEVISED CARD TONIGHT, WINNER GET’S TITLE SHOT

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF When he steps into the ring tonight Arash Usmanee knows he’ll be in for his biggest fight since starting his professional boxing career in 2009.

The 30-year-old from Red Deer puts his 20-0-0 pro record on the line against Cuban native Rances Barthelemy, now of Miami, who sports a 17-0-0 mark with 11 knockouts.

The super featherweight contest will be the feature bout on the Friday Night Fights card at the Magic City Casino in Miami, Fla., and will be shown live on ESPN 2 and rebroadcast on TSN 2 Saturday.

“This is what I’ve been training for all my career, this is a big part of it

(my career),” said Usmanee following a press conference in Miami. “I would say this will be my biggest challenge so far.”

The winner will be No. 2 in the WBC rankings.

“This is big in both of our careers,” added Usmanee. “A major step up as the winner is No. 2 in the world and possibly gets a title shot.”

Usmanee admits he’s especially excited.

“Why shouldn’t I be as this is what it’s all about and I want to grasp the opportunity.

Usmanee knows a little bit about his opponent as the two were sparring partners prior to turning pro.

“I kind of regret mentioning that as it was a long time ago and I expect a different guy in front of me and I’m sure he does as well. Four or five years in boxing is a long time and we change a lot.”

Barthelemy is four years younger and three inches taller than the five-foot-eight Usmanee.

“He’s a tall guy and I’m not used to that, but I’m very adaptable and after a couple of rounds I’ll be used to him,” he said. “But you never know what will happen. You go

in expecting one thing and preparing for that and it may change. But I feel we’re prepared for him.”

The fact is Usmanee has been preparing for this fight since moving to Montreal, which was an important step in his career.

“If you follow my career you can see the difference since I moved to Montreal,” said Usmanee, who still calls Red Deer home.

“I do, but my boxing family is in Montreal. In fact they call me the Universal Kid as I have family all over the place.”

Usmanee was born in Afghanistan before moving to Canada when he was three.

Usmanee, who had a 142-20 record as an amateur and won the Canadian title four times, is also excited about the fight being showed in Canada on Saturday.

“I hope my fans and family and people in Red Deer enjoy it . . . I want everyone to enjoy it,” he said. “The fight being shown on ESPN is big. The next step is HBO. Once you’re fighting there it’s a major step up.

“This is the second biggest and a major step for both of us . . . neither one of us can let this opportunity pass.” drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Oregon running back De’Anthony Thomas, right, is tackled by Kansas State linebacker Arthur Brown during the first half of the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football game, Thursday, in Glendale, Ariz.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Oregon’s DeAnthony Thomas raced 94 yards for a touchdown on the opening kickoff.

The fifth-ranked Ducks barely looked back after that.

Triggered by Thomas’ attention-grabbing return, Oregon raced past No. 7 Kansas State 35-17 Thursday night at the Fiesta Bowl in what may have been coach Chip Kelly’s final game with the Ducks.

“Our focus was on this game tonight,” Kelly said. “If for some reason, someone wanted to talk to me, it’s because of those players over there. We have an unbelievable team, an unbelievable program and any success is because of those guys.”

Teams that had that national title aspirations end on the same day, Oregon and Kansas State ended up in the desert for a marquee matchup billed as a battle of styles: The fast-flying Ducks vs. the execution-is-everything Wildcats.

With Kelly reportedly talking to several NFL teams, Oregon (12-1) was too much for Kansas State and its Heisman Trophy finalist, Collin Klein. The Ducks tried to turn the game into a track meet, and it worked from the start.

Thomas followed his before-everyone-sat-down kickoff return with a 23-yard touchdown catch, finishing with 195 total yards. Kenjon Barner ran for 143 yards on 31 carries and scored on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Marcus Mariota in the second quarter. Mariota later scored on a 2-yard run in the third quarter, capped by an obscure 1-point safety that went in the Ducks’ favour.

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Better late than never CHRIS NEISZNER

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

WHO’S HOT Edmonton Oil Kings C Henrik Samuelsson had recorded at least one point in each of his last eight games heading into Thursday’s contest against the host Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Samuelsson had 45 points (22g,23a) and sat 17th in league scoring prior to Thursday.

WHO’S IN A HURRY? Tri-City Americans C and Red Deer native Justin Feser has opened the scoring in six of the 38 games he’s played this season, a league-leading mark shared by two other players. The 20-year-old captain of the Americans is 19th in league scoring with 44 points (21-23).

THEY SAID IT “It’s a whole team effort in order for us to win. We really don’t have that superstar who can put the game on his back. But I think that’s one of our strengths because everybody knows they have a role and they have a key part in us winning. I think other teams are a little scared of that, to be honest.� — Colton Sissons, captain of the sizzling Kelowna Rockets (27-10-1-1 and 9-1-0-0 in their last 10 games), to the Kelowna Daily Courier.

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Red Deer’s Scott Feser surveys the action while taking a shift during a recent Rebels game.

RED DEER’S SCOTT FESER HAS REBOUNDED FROM A ROCKY TRAINING CAMP AND IMPRESSED DURING HIS RECENT CALL-UP TO THE REBELS, NOW HIS GOAL IS TO STAY WITH THE TEAM

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR He arrived somewhat behind schedule; now it’s just a matter of whether or not local product Scott Feser will stay with the Red Deer Rebels for the remainder of the WHL season.

After scoring 18 goals and collecting 40 points in 34 Alberta Midget Hockey League games last winter and helping the Red Deer Optimist Rebels capture the Canadian midget AAA hockey championship in April, Feser appeared to be a good bet to crack the WHL Rebels’ lineup last fall. Adding to the likelihood of his sticking around was the fact he played nine games with the Rebels last season.

But the 17-year-old forward was on the outside looking in following a lacklustre training camp and a quiet preseason (no points and a minus-7 rating in four games) and was reassigned to the Camrose Kodiaks of the AJHL Oct. 12. He was summoned by the Rebels last month and in six games with

the big club has a goal and one assist. “Making this club was kind of my mindset after the year I had in midget. We had a lot of success as a team last season and I had some individual success,� Feser said Thursday. “But for whatever reason things just weren’t up to speed in training camp.

That happens . . . you just have to take what you’re given. I thought I did well in Camrose. I thought I did what I needed to do.�

Feser worked a regular shift with the Kodiaks while notching seven goals and adding 10 assists in 23 games. “It’s all about confidence and it’s tough to build up that part of your game when you’re hanging around the team and not in the lineup,� said Feser, who was in that situation with the Rebels through the first three weeks of the regular season. “Even in practice you just don’t have that feeling that you belong. “Going to Camrose and getting some ice time . . . I was able to regain my confidence.

When you’re playing you’re contributing and feeling much more confident in your

Wallin enjoying life away from hockey Jesse Wallin has been living but the two have yet to discuss a life of leisure since being dis- the matter. missed as head coach of the Red “We haven’t sat down and Deer Rebels in mid-November. talked yet. I ran into Brent just Until now, that is. before Christmas and he was “I’m building an outdoor busy, he has a lot going on,� rink, in my back said Wallin. “At some yard,� he said Thurspoint we’ll probably day. “It’s a busy sit down and discuss little project, more it.� work that I thought.

Wallin, who But it’s fun work. I’m wouldn’t confirm that enjoying it.� he’s leaning towards Wallin is also rejoining the club enjoying the opporin a yet-to-be-detertunity to share basimined capacity, has cally all of his waklooked at other aving minutes with his enues. family. “I’ve been explor“It’s been really ing, looking into difgood. I’ve just been ferent things,� he GREG spending time with said. “There are some MEACHEM my wife and my options out there but kids,� he said. “I’m I haven’t made any spending lots of time firm decisions yet.� at the rink with my � Regina Pats GM boy’s hockey and my daughter Chad Lang was less than imis into horseback riding so I’ve pressed — and more than surbeen out to the barn with her a prised — with comments from lot. It’s just been a lot of good new Red Deer Rebels forward quality family time.�

Dominik Volek that appeared Wallin even slipped on a pair in the Advocate last week. of downhill skis in the Nakiska Volek was a member of the area in December.

Pats last winter but decided to “I’d done that once or twice stay overseas this season before as a kid. The last time was prob- being dealt to Red Deer Dec. 12 ably 20 years ago,� he said. “I’m for centre Marc McCoy, import just kind of experiencing life winger Filip Vasko and a fifthright now.� round bantam draft pick. ReWhile he wouldn’t admit as turning to Regina was never an much, Wallin sounded almost option, Volek told Danny Rode relieved to be, well . . . relieved of the Advocate. of his Rebels coaching duties. “I liked the junior fans, but Owner/president/general I wasn’t happy in Regina,� said manager/head coach Brent Sut- Volek. ter has invited Wallin to return “I asked to change the billet to the Rebels in another role, and nothing. The coach wasn’t

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playing me and some of the promises they made they didn’t come through with, so I didn’t have a lot of interest in coming back this year.�

Lang was surprised and, according to Greg Harder of the Regina Leader Post, skeptical of Volek’s comments. The Pats GM has always maintained that there were no signs that Volek was unhappy in Regina until the team was informed last summer that Volek would be joining a junior team in Sweden. “To be brutally honest this is the first I’ve heard of it,� Lang told Harder. “It’s a bit shocking if those are the comments he made in the fact that he sat down with us at the end of the year and expressed how much he appreciated everything, the opportunity, how much he liked his current situation. For him to say (what he told the newspaper), it’s, one, shocking, two, disappointing. We’ll take the high road. We could throw a lot of dirty laundry too. There’s no point even making a comment on it. He’s with another team right now. We got what we wanted in return and we’ll move forward.�

On the move: The Kamloops Blazers got a jump on the Jan. 10 trade deadline Wednesday by acquiring overage power forward Kale Kessy from the Vancouver Giants, who in return received 18-year-old winger Rob Trzonkowski and a fifth-round pick in the 2015 bantam draft.

Kessy, who struggled with onice discipline and received nu-

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by Phoenix in the fourth round of the 2011 NHL entry drat but has yet to sign a pro contract. Bonner feels that Kessy’s chances of inking a pro pact will improve while playing for the post-season bound Blazers . . . Defenceman Alex Theriau limped away from the Regina Pats earlier this week, his sore hip preventing him from performing at his best. The 20-yearold decided his junior hockey days were over due to a hip that grew weaker with each passing day. “It was tough,� Theriau told the Regina Leader Post. “It was something I talked about with my family a lot over the (Christmas) break. I thought I would come back after the break and see if the rest had done me well but it wasn’t quite enough. It was inevitable. I had to make the decision.� Theriau underwent hip surgery last spring while a member of the Medicine Hat Tigers, who then released him in October. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

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Chris Neiszner played four seasons with the Red Deer Rebels — starting in 2011 — and collected 103 points (51g,52a) in 286 regular-season games and seven goals and 20 points in 61 playoff contests. The centre from Craik, Sask., was signed as a free agent by the Calgary Flames and started his brief pro career in 2005 with the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL and Omaha Knights of the AHL. Neiszner also played one season in France and closed out his play-for-pay career with the Wranglers and Texas Stars of the AHL (three games) in 2010. Neiszner joined the Rebels coaching staff later that year and was an assistant for two seasons before leaving the club last summer. The 28-year-old is currently the Hockey Alberta Central region coordinator and the top scorer in the Chinook League with 10 goals and 18 points in 12 games with the Bentley Generals.

abilities and that’s made me feel more comfortable here.�

The level of play in the AJHL — albeit not equal to the WHL — helped Feser find the second gear that was missing prior to his reassignment. “There’s some good players in that league. The size of the players and the gap between the top-end and lower-end guys are the biggest differences (between junior A and major junior),� said Feser. “But it’s still a good brand of hockey and a step up from midget. I have to be proud of the success I had in Camrose.�

Feser may be contributing more to the Kodiaks in the near future. He’ll stay with the Rebels for at least the next few games — including home-ice engagements with the Vancouver Giants and Moose Jaw Warriors tonight and Saturday and a Sunday date with the host Kootenay Ice — and his immediate future with the WHL club will be decided next week. “Unfortunately everything is up in the air right now because of our injury status, plus we’re waiting for guys to get back from the World Under 17 Challenge and the world juniors,� said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, who has to finalize his roster by next Thursday, the WHL trade deadline. “We’ll have a better feel at that point of what direction we’re moving for the remainder of the season.�

For now, Feser is enjoying the moment. “It’s good to be back (with the Rebels), but I don’t know if my time in Camrose is done yet,� he said. “If I get to stay here, great, but going back to Camrose wouldn’t be a bad thing. It would be a chance to get more opportunities and more ice time and keep developing. Right now, I’m just taking it day by day.�

Feser notched his first-ever WHL goal in last Sunday’s 6-5 loss to the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings. It was his 15th game with the Rebels, including the nine contests he played last season. “It’s been kind of a longer process with me here, so to get that one at home was special,� he said. “To do it here in front of a bunch of friends and family members just made it that much more exciting.�

Clearly, Sutter would be comfortable with keeping Feser on the roster for the rest of the season. “He’s played really well for us since we recalled him,� said the Rebels bench boss. “The biggest thing with him now is that he’s just a little more mature, a little more confident. “His development and progression has been good and that was the reason we sent him to Camrose. We knew he’d have good coaching there with Boris (Rybalka) and that he’d develop the way we would like him to while helping their hockey team at the same time.� gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Players vote on ‘disclaimer’ again TAKING ANOTHER VOTE SHORTLY AFTER DEADLINE PASSES, TALKS MOVE FROM BOARDROOM TO COURTROOM

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW YORK — Less than a day after letting a self-imposed deadline pass to declare a “disclaimer of interest,” NHL players began voting to restore their executive board’s authority to dissolve the union.

A 48-hour period for the NHLPA’s membership to cast ballots opened at 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, according to a source.

The first vote, held over five days last month, passed overwhelmingly.

Should at least two-thirds of players return a positive vote again and the NHLPA decide to notify the league it is disclaiming, it would open the door for players to file antitrust lawsuits.

The opening of a new disclaimer vote was part of a busy Thursday that saw much more action away from the bargaining room than in it. The NHLPA also filed its statement of defence with the district court in New York, arguing that the lawsuit filed by the NHL last month should be dismissed because it was brought forward for “strategic reasons.”

“The NHL is using this suit in an attempt to force the players to remain in a union,” it claimed.

The league had asked the court to

rule on the legality of the lockout in a move considered to be a pre-emptive strike to a potential “disclaimer of interest” declaration from the NHLPA. The union had until Jan. 7 to make a response and elected to file its paperwork with the court a few days early.

Against that backdrop, the sides only met in small groups on Thursday — a departure from the frequent large group sessions they held in recent days. NHLPA special counsel Steve Fehr led a group of players and staff into an early afternoon meeting while an even smaller group returned in the evening to discuss the pension plan.

Both the league and union spent time meeting independently with U.S. federal mediator Scot Beckenbaugh, who rejoined talks this week, and were scheduled to gather together with him again on Friday morning.

A good stretch of bargaining this week has produced some progress toward ending the labour dispute, including an apparent agreement between the sides to allow each team up to two compliance buyouts prior to the 2013-14 season.

Those would allow teams to terminate player contracts without being penalized against the salary cap, although the buyout amounts would count against the players’ overall share in revenue.

The sides had also discussed a 20 per cent yearly salary variance in contracts, an improvement from the NHL’s

previous demand of 10 per cent.

However, the salary cap range for the 2013-14 season — the first full one under the new CBA — remained a significant hurdle, according to sources. The union is seeking a $65-million cap and a $44-million floor while the league has proposed an upper limit of $60 million and a lower limit of $44 million.

The biggest concern for the NHLPA is that lowering the cap from its current position of $70.2 million while transitioning to a 50-50 split of revenue will force a huge dispersal of players throughout the league.

“It’s an arbitrary number that they’ve come up with,” Canucks forward Manny Malhotra said Thursday in Vancouver. “Logistically, there’s no sense to lowering it that much. We’ve come off our stance (of $67.5 million) and offered a $65-million cap to bring that number down. But a $60-million cap would just mean guys who ordinarily wouldn’t be bought out or traded would be bought out or traded.

“So you’re messing not just with the system, but you’re messing with guys’ lives. Guys have to move around, move families around, that normally wouldn’t have to. It’s really a non-starter for us. It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.”

There is also lingering disagreement over who would shoulder the financial liability in a switch to a defined benefit pension plan for players.

“It’s a very complicated issue,” commissioner Gary Bettman said early Thursday morning. “The number of variables and the number of issues that have to be addressed by people who carry the title actuary or pension lawyer are pretty numerous and it’s pretty easy to get off track.

“But that’s something that we understand is important to the players and if we can get the issues resolved we’re hopeful we can satisfy the players on that issue but that’s still a work in progress.”

With no agreement in sight, the financial losses are mounting for both sides.

The league was hoping a 52-game schedule could be squeezed in if a deal was reached this week and training camps opened over the weekend.

Bettman has set a deadline of Jan. 11 to preserve a 48-game season, the minimum he says the NHL is willing to consider playing.

The difference in those two potential formats alone would cost the average player $120,000, based on an average yearly salary of $2.4 million and the gap between their projected prorated salaries.

The combined loss of 60 extra events in buildings around the league would be even more for owners.

Clearly, it’s something for both to think about. But with the lockout about to reach its 111th day, there was still no deal yet in sight.

Rebels White going through a tough season

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Royals 10 Rebels White 5 It’s been a tough season for the Red Deer Rebels White.

The Rebels sit last in the Ram South Division of the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League with a 4-16-3 record following a 10-5 loss to the Calgary Royals at the Arena Thursday.

“It has been tough, but the kids have to understand they have to be accountable for 60 minutes . . . they have to have a work ethic,” said Rebels head coach Stan Krawiec. “A few of the kids are in their first year at this level and they have to understand they have to work for 20 minutes, then another 20 minutes and then another 20 minutes.

“They have to play for keeps. Every team that comes in here is playing that way, with a purpose and a goal.

That’s how it is.”

MAJOR BANTAM HOCKEY It’s been tough on the players and the coaches.

“It’s been tough for myself,” said Krawiec. “We have players will all the tools, but it’s been tough at times for them to stay motivated as it’s not the results they expected. But we have to just keep working.”

On Thursday, the Rebels went into the game shorthanded with two of their six defencemen out — Landon Mackenzie, with an eight-game suspension, and six-foot-two, 200-pound Andrew Davis, with the flu — plus Krawiec lost forward Louis Leclerc with an injury in the first period.

That left him with four defencemen and eight forwards.

“With two defencemen out it puts a lot on the other four guys and they get a lot of ice time and tire mentally which leads to mistakes,” said Krawiec.

Plus he ran into some penalty trouble and at one time in the third period had two of his rearguards in the box.

“We ask our defencemen to play a tough, strong game and it does result in some penalties. And when you’re shorthanded it does hurt.”

The Rebels do have a handful of affiliated players, but they were unavailable Thursday.

The Rebels have five players who have played in the league before in Matt Krawiec and Mackenzie, who were with the Rebels White, and Tyler Steenbergen, Tyler Graber and Tyler Wall, who were with the Rebels Black.

The Rebels have only two 13-year-old players in defenceman Domenic Schmiemann and goaltender Dawson Weatherill. The rest are all 14.

What they do have is one of

the premier forwards in the league in Steenbergen, who scored three times Thursday, giving him 27 goals and 18 assists on the season.

“Tyler is a third-year player as he played as an underage, and he’s a coach’s dream,” said Krawiec. “He gives it 100 per cent in practice and the games. He’s a good leader on and off the ice. That’s why he’s the captain.”

He’s also someone who will draw a lot of attention when it comes to the Western Hockey League bantam draft.

“I’m not a scout, but from what I’ve seen he’s comparable to the other top-end kids in the league,” said Krawiec.

Steenbergen will get a chance to show his skill up against the other top players Jan. 12 when he competes for the South in the AMBHL Allstar game at the Arena. The

game goes at 2 p.m. and also includes forward Jeffrey de Wit and defenceman TJ Brown from the Rebels Black.

The Rebels fell into a 5-1 hole in the first period Thursday before outscoring the Royals 3-1 in the second period to make a game of it. They trailed 7-5 at one point in the third period before they seemed to tire.

Kyle Cornford and Josh Bussard also scored for the Rebels. Lane Congdon started in goal, making 18 saves in the first period. Weatherill came on to start the second period and faced 35 shots. The Rebels had 33 shots on the Royals Caiden Kreitz. ● The other defenceman on the team are Colby Sissons and Jared Wright while Reed Engman, Tanner Zentner and Zane Bennett round out the forwards . . . The Rebels host Airdrie Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Arena. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Timberwolves 101 Nuggets 97 DENVER — Not even a sprained finger to their All-Star forward could spoil this win for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

And it definitely made up for the clunker they turned in the night before — as much as it can, anyway.

J.J. Barea scored 12 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter while Kevin Love sat on the bench with an injured finger, lifting Minnesota to a 101-97 win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night.

The Timberwolves were playing for the second straight night, but fatigue hardly appeared to be a factor as they handed the Nuggets a rare home loss.

“Awesome,” Barea said. “We came in ready today.”

The Nuggets? Not so much.

Denver looked lethargic two days after snapping the Los Angeles Clippers’ 17-game winning streak.

That bothered coach George Karl — a lot.

“We gave one away tonight,” said Karl, whose team drops to 10-2 at home this season. “It wasn’t our defence, it was our lackadaisical effort, our urgency, like this game doesn’t mean as much as the Clippers game.”

The contest went back and forth in the final quarter before Luke Ridnour gave the Timberwolves the lead for good on a 3-pointer with 2:43 remaining. Barea then followed with another 3 to cement the win.

“It was good to hit some shots. We’ve been struggling to hit shots as a team,” Ridnour said. “To be able to get going like that feels good.”

Especially with Love only able to watch after leaving with a sprained finger on his right hand in the third quarter. Love broke the same hand in October, missing the opening nine games of the season, and has struggled to get on track with his jumper ever since.

On the play in which he was injured, Love appeared to be sliding past a Nuggets player in the lane when he suddenly clutched at his hand before heading into the training room. Love had 12 points and 17 rebounds in nearly 24 minutes.

He later returned to the bench to support his teammates.

“He said he could have played, but he couldn’t shoot,” coach Rick Adelman said.

The Nuggets may have been more flustered by the loss of Love than the Timberwolves. The quickness of Ridnour and Barea gave Denver fits.

“I think Minnesota at times plays better without Love,” Karl said. “They’re kind of a machine-like offence. They give guys different opportunities. But they’re pretty good.”

No one more than Barea, who found his touch late in the game.

“I got on a good rhythm there and kept attacking,” he said. “It worked out for us.”

Did it ever and makes what happened in Utah all the more puzzling. The Timberwolves were blown out 106-84 in a rather uninspiring effort.

“You’re going to have a couple of games a year like we did in Utah,” Ridnour explained. “You just don’t want to have too many of them. Fortunately, everybody bounced back today. We got a big win in a

really tough place to play.”

Despite the loss, it was a big night for the usually modest Andre Miller, who scored the 15,000th point of his career on a mid-range jumper in the first quarter. He became only the eighth player to reach that scoring plateau while also compiling 7,500 career assists. Oscar Robertson, Gary Payton, John Stockton, Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash also accomplished the feat.

In typical Miller fashion, the 36-year-old downplayed the approaching milestone before the game.

“A big individual accomplishment ... I try not to dwell on it,” said Miller, who finished with 11 points and 10 assists. “I never even thought about it. It’s good to get it over with.”

Miller started the game in place of Ty Lawson, who’s still recovering from a strained left Achilles tendon. Lawson sat out Tuesday when the Nuggets beat the Clippers and has been bothered by tightness in the tendon for the past week.

The speedy point guard provided a spark off the bench against Minnesota — the first time in nearly two years that Lawson entered a game as a reserve.

He and Kosta Koufos each finished with 16 points for Denver.

The Timberwolves were without point guard Ricky Rubio, who has been dealing with back spasms and remained in Minnesota during the two-game swing through Utah and Denver. The team is being cautious with Rubio, who is coming back from a torn ACL in his left knee. Minnesota hopes to have Rubio back Saturday against Portland.

NOTES: The Pepsi Center hasn’t been kind to Love, who sustained a mild concussion and neck strain after a hit to the head in a game against Denver last April. ... The Timberwolves had six players score in double figures. Alexey Shved also had 17 points. ... Denver is 4-13 this season when allowing 100 or more points. ... Asked about the chances of the Denver Broncos making the Super Bowl, Karl said, “I like them.”

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Prince Albert 39 24 12 0 3 137 Saskatoon 39 20 18 0 1 134 Swift Current 41 17 19 3 2 121 Moose Jaw 39 14 18 3 4 98 Regina 40 15 21 2 2 105 Brandon 40 14 22 2 2 115 Central Division GP W LOTLSOL Edmonton 39 26 8 2 3 Calgary 39 25 10 1 3 Red Deer 41 22 16 2 1 Lethbridge 42 19 18 1 4 Medicine Hat 39 17 20 2 0 Kootenay 38 13 24 1 0

GF 143 129 115 132 132 94

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Kamloops 41 27 10 2 2 149 Kelowna 39 27 10 1 1 164 Victoria 36 19 15 0 2 108 Prince George 37 12 20 1 4 95 Vancouver 38 10 28 0 0 104

GA 114 133 115 125 146 170 GA 94 101 122 128 143 132

GA 112 96 117 133 156

Pt 51 41 39 35 34 32 Pt 57 54 47 43 36 27

Pt 58 56 40 29 20

U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 38 32 5 1 0 172 82 65 Spokane 37 24 12 1 0 147 114 49 Tri-City 38 21 14 1 2 117 107 45 Seattle 38 16 19 2 1 118 145 35 Everett 40 15 23 0 2 97 141 32 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.

Wednesday’s results Medicine Hat 5 Prince Albert 2 Kootenay 4 Red Deer 1 Calgary 10 Brandon 2 Kamloops 4 Vancouver 2 Kelowna 4 Victoria 2 Thursday’s result Edmonton 4 Lethbridge 0 Friday, Jan. 4 Moose Jaw at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Seattle at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Swift Current at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Regina, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

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

Saturday, Jan. 5 Medicine Hat at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.

Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Spokane at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

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

Friday’s game Fifth Place Czech Republic vs. Switzerland, 6 a.m.

Saturday’s games Bronze Medal Canada vs. Russia, 2 a.m.

Gold Medal Sweden vs. U.S., 6 a.m.

Wednesday’s result Fort McMurray 2 Drumheller 1 (SO)

RELEGATION BRACKET GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt Finland 2 2 0 0 0 13 1 6 Slovakia 2 1 1 0 0 7 4 5 Germany 2 0 0 1 1 1 10 1 Latvia 2 0 0 0 2 4 10 0 Note: lowest-ranked team to be relegated to Division One; three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/shootout loss, which is registered in the respective OTW or OTL columns.

Thursday’s result Slovakia 5 Latvia 3 Friday’s games Latvia vs. Germany, 2 a.m.

Finland vs. Slovakia, 6 a.m.

US 5 Canada 1 First Period 1. US, McCabe 2 (Reilly, Barber) 7:18 2. US, McCabe 3 (Grimaldi, Trochek) 16:02 Penalties - None.

Second Period 3. US, Gaudreau 6 (McCabe, Gibson) 2:58 4. US, Vesey 1 (Gaudreau, Miller) 12:44 Penalties - Nugent-Hopkins Cda (slashing) 6:48, Murphy US (tripping) 9:46, Reinhart Cda (high-sticking) 14:20, Camara Cda (high-stick) 18:54.

Third Period 5. Canada, Rattie 3 4:03 (sh) 6. U.S., Gaudreau 7 (Vesey, Miller) 5:41 Penalties - Sheifele Cda (kneeing), Sieloff US (handling the puck) :48, Canada bench minor (too many men, served by Ritchie) 2:57, Gaudreau US (high-sticking) 9:55, Camara Cda (high-sticking) 15:56, Danault Cda (kneeing) 18:58, Reinhard Cda (cross-checking) 20:00 Shots on goal US 12 12 16 — 42 Canada 8 10 16 — 34 Goal (shots-saves) - US: Gibson (W, 4-2): Canada: Subban (L, 4-1, 12-16), Binnington (Second 12:44, 25-26).

Power plays (goals-chances) - US: 0-6; Canada: 0-2.

Attendance — 4,781 (8,250) at Ufa, Russia.

2013 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP At Ufa, Russia

Thursday’s results Canmore 3 Calgary Canucks 2 (OT) Sherwood Park 5 Olds 3 Friday’s games Drumheller at Bonnyville, 7 p.m.

Lloydminster at Camrose, 7:30 p.m.

Spruce Grove at Grande Prairie, 7:30 p.m.

Drayton Valley at Whitecourt, 7:30 p.m.

Okotoks at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

Brooks at Fort McMurray, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games Brooks at Bonnyville, 7 p.m.

Olds at Canmore, 7 p.m.

Calgary Canucks at Okotoks, 7 p.m.

Spruce Grove at Grande Prairie, 7:30 p.m.

Drumheller at Lloydminster, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary Mustangs at Camrose, 7:30 p.m.

Whitecourt at Drayton Valley, 7:30 p.m.

GF 123 123 113 147 117 111 111 101

GA 101 97 115 138 101 120 123 156

Pt 54 50 48 46 46 46 40 28

South Division GP W L OTL GF

GA

Pt

IIHF WORLD UNDER-17 CHALLENGE At Drummondville and Victoriaville, Que. All Times Eastern PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt Sweden 5 5 0 0 0 30 14 15 Russia 5 3 0 1 1 28 25 10 Pacific 5 2 2 0 1 27 26 9 Finland 5 2 0 1 2 25 23 7 Western Cda 5 1 0 1 3 13 21 4 Group B GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt U.S. 5 3 1 0 1 28 17 11 Quebec 5 3 0 0 2 15 16 9 Ontario 5 2 0 1 2 35 16 7 Atlantic Cda 5 1 0 0 4 12 31 3 Slovakia 5 0 0 0 5 6 30 0 Note: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime win and one for an overtime loss.

Thursday’s results At Drummondville, Que. Seventh Place Finland 8 Atlantic Canada 2 Semifinal Sweden 6 Quebec 4 At Victoriaville, Que. Ninth Place Western Canada 4 Slovakia 1 Fifth Place Pacific Canada 7 Ontario 6 Semifinal Russia 6 U.S. 4 Friday’s games At Drummondville, Que. Bronze Medal Semifinal Losers, 1 p.m.

At Victoriaville, Que. Gold Medal Semifinal Winners, 5:30 p.m.

Football Military Bowl At Washington San Jose State 29, Bowling Green 20 Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Cincinnati 48, Duke 34 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Baylor 49, UCLA 26

NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 5 Cincinnati at Houston, 2:30 p.m. (NBC) Minnesota at Green Bay, 6 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 6 Indianapolis at Baltimore, 11 a.m. (CBS) Seattle at Washington, 2:30 p.m. (FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 12 Baltimore, Indianapolis or Cincinnati at Denver, 2:30 p.m. (CBS) Washington, Seattle or Green Bay at San Francisco, 6 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 13 Washington, Seattle or Minnesota at Atlanta, 11 a.m. (FOX) Baltimore, Indianapolis or Houston at New England, 2:30 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 20 AFC, TBA (CBS) NFC, TBA (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 27 At Honolulu AFC vs. NFC, 5 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3 At New Orleans AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 4 p.m. (CBS) NFL Odds (Favourties capitalized, odds from SportsBetting.ag) Saturday Cincinnati at HOUSTON Minnesota at GREEN BAY Sunday Indianapolis at BALTIMORE SEATTLE at Washington

Odds

O/U

4.5 7.5

43 46

6.5 3

46.5 46

College Football FBS Bowls Thursday, Dec. 27

Friday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Ohio 45, Louisiana-Monroe 14 Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10, OT Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31 Saturday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Rice 33, Air Force 14 Pinstripe Bowl At New York Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14 Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco Arizona State 62, Navy 28 Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Texas 31, Oregon State 27 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Michigan State 17, TCU 16 Monday, Dec. 31 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt 38, N.C. State 24 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech 21, Southern Cal 7 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17 Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta

STORIES FROM B1

LOSS: Came out hot Ty Rattie’s short-handed goal early in the third might have provided the spark, if Gaudreau didn’t then score his second of the game and Canada didn’t take two minor penalties in the last five minutes.

“They came out hot. We came out not so hot,” Rattie said.

Canada had beaten the U.S. 2-1 in pool play despite missing two forwards because of suspensions.

Spott wanted his team to generate more even-strength scoring chances in the medal round with 13 forwards in the mix, but the Canadians didn’t have the puck on their sticks very much against the U.S. “We feel our preparation was right,” Spott said. “Why we were flat today, that’s something we’ll have to address.

“Maybe we should have gone in before the game and kicked up a little bit more of a storm, but we haven’t done that yet. We haven’t had to so we didn’t want to go in there today and do anything different to alarm the kids or get them on edge. Maybe that’s something if you go back in time, you’d do different.”

Defenceman Dougie Hamilton and forward Boone Jenner were also candidates to play in the NHL this season. Canada had six players returning from the team that won bronze in 2012 and an NHL player in Edmonton’s NugentHopkins.

It begs the question: What would this Canadian team have looked like if not for the lockout?

With all the best 19-year-olds available to him, Spott named 17-year-old forwards Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin to this team and moved Drouin to the top line for the last two games.

That may speak to the talent level of the two NHL draft prospects, but also signals a lack of talent depth among Canadian players born in 1993.

Canada lost defenceman Ryan Murphy, the

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 22 10 .688 — Brooklyn 17 15 .531 5 Philadelphia 15 18 .455 7 1/2 Boston 14 17 .452 7 1/2 Toronto 12 20 .375 10

Miami Atlanta Orlando Charlotte Washington

Indiana Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland

Clemson 25, LSU 24 Tuesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas Oklahoma State 58, Purdue 14 Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Northwestern 34, Mississippi State 20 Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Georgia 45, Nebraska 31 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. South Carolina 33, Michigan 28 Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14 Orange Bowl At Miami Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10 Wednesday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Louisville 33, Florida 23 Thursday, Jan. 3 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 6:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday, Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 6 p.m.

(FOX) Saturday, Jan. 5 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), 11 a.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Jan. 7 BCS National Championship At Miami Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 6:30 p.m.

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No. 2 pick in this year’s NHL draft, to a shoulder injury prior to selection camp.

After naming forward Charles Hudon to the team, Spott sent him home from training camp in Finland with a back injury and hastily summoned Mark McNeill from the Prince Albert Raiders.

Canada’s travel to the tournament was the most arduous since Moscow hosted the event in 2001.

BOWL: Let down Even Oregon’s defence got into the act, intercepting Klein twice and holding him to 30 yards on 13 carries.

“We got beat by a better team tonight, combined by the fact that we let down from time to time,” Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said Whether Kelly leaves Eugene or not, he had a good run, leading the Ducks to four straight trips to BCS bowls, the last two wins.

“It’s amazing,” said Barner, a senior. “Just to go out like this, the Fiesta Bowl with my teammates, the coaching staff, I couldn’t be happier.”

Last year’s Fiesta Bowl was an offensive fiesta, with Oklahoma State outlasting Stanford 41-38 in overtime. The 2013 version was an upgrade: Nos. 4 and 5 in the BCS, two of the nation’s best offences, dynamic players and superbly successful coaches on both sides.

Oregon has become the standard for go-gogo football under Kelly, its fleet of Ducks making those shiny helmets — green like Christmas tree bulbs for the Fiesta Bowl — and flashy uniforms blur across the grassy landscape.

Their backfield of Thomas, Barner and Mariota made up a three-headed monster of momentum, each one capable of turning a single play into a scoring drive of 60 seconds or less.

Mariota has been the show-running leader, a question mark before the season who ably ran Oregon’s high-octane offence as the first freshman quarterback to start for the Ducks since Danny O’Neil in 1991.

Oregon won the Rose Bowl for the first time in 95 years last season and was in position for a spot in the BCS title game this year before losing a heartbreaker to Stanford on Nov. 17.

Southeast Division W L Pct 22 8 .733 20 10 .667 12 20 .375 8 23 .258 4 26 .133

GB — 2 11 14 1/2 18

Central Division W L Pct 19 13 .594 17 13 .567 16 14 .533 12 22 .353 7 26 .212

GB — 1 2 8 12 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 26 9 .743 Memphis 20 9 .690 Houston 18 14 .563 Dallas 13 20 .394 New Orleans 7 25 .219

Sunday’s game Fort McMurray at Sherwood Park, 2:15 p.m.

Thursday Summary

AJHL North Division GP W L OTL Spruce Grove 39 24 9 6 Grand Prairie 37 24 11 2 Bonnyville 40 20 12 8 Whitecourt 38 19 11 8 Drayton Valley 39 21 14 4 Fort McMurray 40 21 15 4 Sherwood Park 38 18 16 4 Lloydminster 40 11 23 6

Sunday, Jan. 6 Vancouver at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Red Deer at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 6 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 6 p.m.

Brooks 36 35 1 0 189 67 70 Camrose 39 23 13 3 116 100 49 Drumheller 38 19 15 4 116 106 42 Okotoks 37 20 15 2 107 104 42 Cal. Mustangs 40 14 21 5 120 143 33 Olds 42 15 24 3 125 153 33 Canmore 37 13 19 5 94 133 31 Cal. Canucks 40 13 24 3 98 154 29 Note: Two points for a win, one for an overtime loss.

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET Thursday’s results Semifinals U.S. 5 Canada 1 Sweden 3 Russia 2 (SO)

Oklahoma City Denver Minnesota Portland Utah

L.A. Clippers Golden State

GB — 3 6 1/2 12 17 1/2

Northwest Division W L Pct 24 7 .774 18 16 .529 15 14 .517 16 15 .516 16 17 .485

GB — 7 1/2 8 8 9

Pacific Division W L Pct 25 8 .758 22 10 .688

GB — 2 1/2

L.A. Lakers Sacramento Phoenix

15 12 12

16 20 21

.484 .375 .364

9 12 1/2 13

Wednesday’s Games Sacramento 97, Cleveland 94 Toronto 102, Portland 79 Indiana 89, Washington 81 Chicago 96, Orlando 94 Memphis 93, Boston 83 Miami 119, Dallas 109, OT Houston 104, New Orleans 92 Brooklyn 110, Oklahoma City 93 San Antonio 117, Milwaukee 110 Phoenix 95, Philadelphia 89 Utah 106, Minnesota 84 Golden State 115, L.A. Clippers 94 Thursday’s Games New York 100, San Antonio 83 Minnesota 101, Denver 97 Friday’s Games Cleveland at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Washington, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Portland at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Boston, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Miami, 6 p.m.

Houston at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games Boston at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Indiana, 5 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Portland at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Denver, 7 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with OF Nick Swisher on a four-year contract. Designated OF Thomas Neal for assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Blaine Boyer on a minor league contract.

TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jason Frasor on a one-year contract. Designated C Eli Whiteside for assignment.

American Association AMARILLO SOX—Released C Patrick Arlis, C Tyler Goodro, OF Danny Gallinot, LHP Trent Lare, RHP Wes Littleton, OF Jake Luce, OF Derrick Pyles and INF Garrett Rau. Traded RHP Chad Povich to Laredo for future considerations.

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS—Traded OF/1B Marcos Rodriguez to Amarillo for OF Tim Alberts.

BASKETBALL NBA Development League ERIE BAYHAWKS—Traded F Mychel Thompson and G Donald Sloan to Sioux Falls, who sent G Andrew Goudelock to Rio Grande Valley and a 2013 second-round draft pick to Erie. Rio Grande Valley sent F Mike Singletary to Erie.

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed DL Kendrick Adams, TE Dan Gronkowski and DB Kent Richardson to reserve/future contracts.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed LS Travis Tripucka to a reserve/future contract.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed RB Jon Hoese, NT Johnny Jones and WR Isaiah Williams to reserve/future contracts.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Reinstated CB Brandon Browner from the suspended list.

Rebels vs.

Vancouver Giants Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Centrium The Giants are coming off a 4-2 home-ice loss to Kamloops Thursday and are 2-8-00 in their last 10 games. Vancouver occupies 10th place in the Western Conference and fifth spot in the B.C. Division with a 10-28-0-0 record . . . RW Jackson Houck leads the Vancouver points parade with 33 (8g,25a). Overage LW Trevor Cheek has 31 points, including a team-leading 17 goals. D Brett Kulak, a Calgary Flames prospect, is third in team scoring with six goals and 20 points, although C Cain Franson — with 13 goals and 18 points in just 27 games — would likely be in the top three if he’d been healthy the entire season . . . The Giants are riding a pair of rookie netminders in Payton Lee (610-0-0 won-loss record, 3.00 GAA, .901 save percentage) and Tyler Fuhr (3-8-0-0, 4.84, .826). Seldom used veteran G Liam Liston left the club last

LOCAL

BRIEFS Grizzlys downed

by Crusaders OLDS — Arthur Gordon scored twice Thursday to lead the Sherwood Park Crusaders to a 5-3 Alberta Junior Hockey League win over the Olds Grizzlys.

Andrew Taverner, Nicholas Jones and Stefan Bazar, who snuffed a late Grizzlys rally with an empty-net goal in the final minute, also tallied for the Crusaders before 462 fans at the Sportsplex.

Landon Kletke notched a first-period goal for Olds, which got third-period markers from Matthew Marcinew and Blair Oneschuk to cut the visitors’ lead to 4-3.

Sherwood Park was up 3-1 after one period and 4-1 after 40 minutes. The Crusaders were one-for-six on the power play and got a 27-save outing from Matt Tompkins.

Grizzlys starting netminder Jake Tamagi stopped four of seven shots before being replaced by Ethan Jemieff, who made 16 saves. The Grizzlys, who were zero-for-three with a man advantage, host the Oko-

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed S Sean Baker, LS Andrew DePaola, TE Drake Dunsmore, LB Joe Holland, TE Zach Miller, DE Ernest Owusu, T Mike Remmers, CB James Rogers, DB Nick Saenz and QB Adam Weber.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed S Devin Holland to a reserve/future contract.

Canadian Football League HAMILTON TIGER-CATS—Named Orlondo Steinauer defensive co-ordinator.

SASKETCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS— Announced the resignation of special teams coordinator Craig Dickenson.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed PK Justin Palardy to a contract extension. Re-signed DB Johnny Sears.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ST. LOUIS BLUES—Reassigned F Jay Barriball from Peoria (AHL) to Bloomington (CHL).

American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS—Loaned D Brendon Nash to San Antonio.

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE—Loaned D Jason DeSantis to Hamilton.

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS—Signed LW Scott Howes to a professional tryout contract. Assigned LW Wade MacLeod to Evansville (ECHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS—Signed G Drew MacIntyre. Acquired F Matt Pope from South Carolina to complete an earlier trade and loaned him to Hershey (AHL).

Western Hockey League EVERETT SILVERTIPS—Traded F Trent Lofthouse to Victoria for a 2014 Bantam Draft sixthround pick.

VICTORIA ROYALS—Traded G Jared Rathjen to Vancouver for a 2013 Bantam Draft eight-round pick.

Scouting report week.

Injuries: Vancouver — LW Marek Tvrdon (upper body, indefinite). Red Deer — D Riley Boomgaarden (lower body, indefinite), D Brady Gaudet (upper body, day-to-day), LW Jesse Miller (upper body, indefinite), D Cody Thiel (upper body, indefinite).

Special teams: Vancouver — Power play 15.7 per cent, 18th overall; penalty kill 74.0 per cent, 19th; Red Deer — Power play 16.6 per cent, 17th overall; penalty kill 86.3 per cent, third. toks Oilers tonight at 7:30 p.m.

Red Deer Ringette hosting annual tourney this weekend The Red Deer Ringette Association will host it’s 29th annual Friends on Ice tournament this weekend.

Play opened today in six arenas with the finals set for Sunday.

The tournament includes 62 teams — 42 from out of town — in 13 divisions. All the teams except for the Regina Rough Ringers, who are in the U14 B division, are from Alberta.

The U6 division, which consists of the Red Deer Dragons and Lacombe Lightning Bolts, is the youngest division with the Masters, which has the Red Deer Confusion, Brooks Oil Ringers, Calgary Ice Breakers and Mustang Sally, is the oldest.

Action in the U10 division began today at 7:45 a.m. at the Kin City Arena A. Games also go at Kin City B, the Collicutt Centre, the Kinex and the Dawe Centre with a handful of games in Penhold during the weekend.

Finals in all the divisions go at the Kin City Arenas or the Collicutt Centre.

The U6 and U9 divisions will be strictly round-robin play.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 B5

Texans facing Bengals once more BAD FINAL MONTH OF SEASON PUTS HOUSTON IN SAME SPOT THEY WERE LAST SEASON, HOSTING CINCINNATI IN A WILD-CARD GAME

NFL PLAYOFFS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — The Houston Texans were looking forward to enjoying a bye this week before beginning their work in the playoffs as the AFC’s top seed.

Instead, a terrible month in which they lost three of four games dropped the Texans to the third seed.

It has them in the exact same spot as year ago, hosting the Cincinnati Bengals in a wild-card playoff game Saturday.

The Texans wasted little time this week lamenting their missed opportunities, though, instead focusing on their next task.

“Would we like to be in a different situation?

Yeah, but at the same time, it’s the playoffs. It’s the start of the playoffs. Everything you’ve done up to this point, it doesn’t really matter,” Houston’s Andre Johnson said. “It only matters what you do now ... we just have to take advantage of the opportunity we have now.”

They’ll face a Cincinnati team that enters Saturday having won three in a row and seven of its last eight games. The Bengals are in the playoffs for consecutive seasons for the first time since 1981-82.

Their last playoff win came Jan. 6, 1991 against the Oilers, the team the Texans replaced in Houston.

Cincinnati offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth said he isn’t worried about the more than 20-year streak of playoff futility.

He wants to focus on the improvement this young team has made.

“Last year, we did what it took to get into the playoffs when a lot of people predicted us to be 0-16,” Whitworth said. “This year, we got back in to the playoffs when a lot of people didn’t think we could.

We’re here. The next step is winning a playoff game.

Hopefully, we can let that be a chip on our shoulder.”

Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was sacked four times and threw three interceptions in last year’s 3110 post-season loss to the Texans. Houston defensive end J.J. Watt returned one of those interceptions 29 yards for a touchdown that gave the Texans a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

Dalton, who grew up in suburban Houston, believes he’s grown since that game and learned from the mistakes he made.

“I definitely feel like I’m a better quarterback this year,” he said. “I’ve got more control of the offence.

There’s a lot more stuff that I’m doing at the line of scrimmage, and making checks and doing different things this year than I was doing last year. But that’s helped me become a better player.”

Another player who has certainly improved in Year 2 is Watt. The defensive end led the NFL with 20 ½ sacks this season, has 107 tackles, including 39 for losses, 16 passes defended and has forced four fumbles.

Bengals coach Marvin Lewis got creative this week when asked how he planned to stop Watt.

“I wrote a letter to the commissioner to petition for 13,” Lewis joked. “I figure if we put a guy on each side of him and a guy in front of him, we’ve got a good opportunity.”

Then Lewis got serious.

“He’s been an incredible player and he’s fun to watch if you’re not preparing to play the Texans,” Lewis said. “He’s a great model for young players to look at and be like. He really is something.”

Houston defensive co-ordinator Wade Phillips, who has been coaching in the NFL since 1976, couldn’t say enough about Watt’s performance this season.

“This is the best defensive line play of anybody since I’ve been in football,” Phillips said. “He is by far the best defensive player. He should obviously be the defensive player of the year in the league.”

The AFC South champion Texans are also in the playoffs for the second straight year, the only two times in franchise history. Houston lost to the Ravens in the second round after beating the Bengals last January.

The Texans believe that experience will help them this time.

“I feel like we’ve come a long ways,” Watt said.

“Obviously, this isn’t new to us. This is something we’ve been through before. We’re excited. We can’t wait. We had a taste of the playoffs last year and we’re really excited to get back in it this year and to go to work.”

Third-string quarterback T.J. Yates was behind centre last year after injuries knocked out Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart. Now, Schaub, a nine-year veteran, will get his first post-season start.

He’s looking to bounce back from a tough month in which he threw three interceptions with just one touchdown pass. He’ll try to do it with two big weapons in Johnson and Arian Foster. Johnson led the AFC with a career-high 1,598 yards receiving, and Foster finished second in the AFC in rushing with 1,424 yards.

“They have three or four guys who have been playmakers in this league for a while,” Bengals cornerback Leon Hall said of the Texans. “It starts with Foster. Obviously, they have Johnson outside.

It starts with knowing that we have to stop the run.

If you don’t stop the run, you’re on your heels for the rest of the game.”

Schaub and Houston’s offensive line will have their hands full with a defence that boasts two solid pass-rushers in tackle Geno Atkins and end Michael Johnson. The pair has combined for 24 sacks this season, and the Texans have given up three or more sacks in each of the last three games.

“Pressure and those types of things, we have our work cut out for us,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “We’re going to have to play better than we have the past few weeks.”

Packers and Vikings familiar with each other DIVISIONAL FOES WILL PLAY EACH OTHER FOR THIRD TIME IN FIVE WEEKS, THIS TIME THE STAKES ARE HIGHER

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s not just wild-card weekend in Minnesota and Green Bay. It’s Groundhog Day. Six days after facing off in the regular-season finale, and five weeks after their first meeting of the season, the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers are at it again Saturday night.

This is no yawner of a sequel, though, not when the stakes are win or winter vacation.

“Like I tell the team, it doesn’t matter who comes out of that tunnel, I don’t care what colour they have on,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said.

“It’s about fundamentals, matchups, and that’s what we’re focused on. We’re playing at home, it’s going to be a great environment. ... The Vikings obviously have done a great job to get into the tournament, and we respect that, but this is a different deal.

“This is what everybody’s been fighting for, and this is what we’re excited about.”

Minnesota (10-6) and Green Bay (115) split their first two meetings, with the Vikings’ victory last Sunday in Minneapolis giving them the last wild-card spot. It also dropped the Packers from the No. 2 to the No. 3 seed, and forced the NFC North champs to work a weekend they were hoping to have off.

At least neither team had to scramble to dig up film or scouting reports.

As division rivals, the Packers and Vikings already know plenty about each other. After playing twice in December, they know each other so well they could probably call each other’s plays. There won’t be any big surprises, no new wrinkles to the offence or defence that the other hasn’t already seen.

“So much familiarity with the team that we are playing because of the number of times we have played them in the last month and a half,” Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said. “So not a whole lot that needs to be discussed as far as getting motivated to play this game.”

The Vikings game plan will be simple: Give the ball to Adrian Peterson and get out of the way.

That’s the plan pretty much every week, but particularly against Green Bay. He’s rushed for 409 yards in their two games, more than some running backs manage in 16, and is averaging a whopping 7.4 yards per carry. He had the longest run of his career, 82 yards for a touchdown, in the Dec. 2 game, and a career-high 34 carries on Sunday.

Peterson has gained more yards against Green Bay (1,442 in 12 games) than any other team, and he chews up the Lambeau Field grass as easily as the Metrodome turf.

“It’s just the rivalry,” he said.

“There’s more emphasis on that game because we know that’s a team that we

have to beat in order to accomplish our goals we’ve set forth.”

Yeah, but the Packers had a goal last weekend, too, and that didn’t help against Peterson.

“We had the right calls, we just need to be a little smarter as far as where we fit and then a little more accountable and reliable as far as what we do,” Packers linebacker Clay Matthews said. “There were a couple of times where, perhaps playing somebody else, we could fall inside somebody else’s gap. With this team, they’ll make you pay and that’s exactly what happened.

“It was a good test and obviously we’ll come back here ready.”

Now, having the Vikings come to Lambeau for the playoffs would seem an advantage for the Packers. Minnesota hasn’t won in Green Bay since 2009, the last year the Vikings made the playoffs, and the Packers have won 20 of their last 22 games at home.

But the Packers have lost their last two home playoff games, including last year to the Giants when they were the NFC’s No. 1 seed.

“It’s not something we’ve thought about or really talked about since probably April,” Aaron Rodgers said.

“We want to be playing the right way obviously. We had a good stretch there.

We won nine out of 11 games and played a lot of really good opponents, tough opponents, tough games on the road.

“I like the way we’re playing,” he added.

“I think we have the right mindset, a good group of leaders in this locker room and a lot of guys who’ve won a lot of regular season, a lot of post-season games. We’re excited about our team and excited about our opportunity in front of us.”

Especially since Green Bay’s highpowered offence is finally at full strength.

The Packers’ top four receivers — Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, James Jones, Randall Cobb — have played less than three full games together this season, with Jennings (torn groin muscle), Nelson (hamstring) and Cobb (ankle) missing a total of 13 games. But all are healthy now, and the Vikings got an idea of how tough it will be to contain them last week, when the Packers piled up 405 yards of offence and scored 34 points.

Expect this week to bring more of the same.

“We’ll tweak our offence, they’ll tweak their defence. Each team’s going to look at what transpired on Sunday and try to make some adjustments to make sure they’re better than they were on Sunday,” Green Bay offensive co-ordinator Tom Clements said. “Playing outside, it can be a different type of game depending on what the weather’s like. But it’s still going to be a battle.

They’re a good defence, we’re a good offence. They run the ball on offence, we’ve got to play on defence.

“It’s the same type of game. Just different location.”

Wild-card ride to Super Bowl not far-fetched says history will trudge onto the tundra to face rushing king Adrian Peterson, who ran around, through and over them for 199 yards to get the Vikings into the playoffs.

The Vikings had no chance for a bye; they never really were in the chase for the NFC North title. They’re just glad to be in the tournament, knowing that the Steelers, Colts, Packers and Giants (twice) recently covered the lengthier route to the NFL championship.

“The cool thing about the playoffs is that once you get in anything can happen,” defensive end Jared Allen said. “You see it happen all of the time, teams make runs and end up winning the Super Bowl.”

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That’s a long time without a break.

“Of course I appreciate the bye. It’s the shortest route to get where we want to go,” Denver linebacker Von Miller said.

“We definitely want to take advantage of this bye week, we’re resting our bodies and going over some stuff that we did well, some stuff that

we did bad during the season.

“It’s just trying to finetune this ship before we get ready to try to make one of the biggest runs of the season.”

Yes, the bye affords them a chance to get healthier, particularly the 49ers, who are concerned about star defensive lineman Justin Smith’s partially torn left triceps.

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NFL teams have no fear of playing in the wild-card round.

Recent history shows the playoff bye isn’t such a big deal anymore.

In six of the last seven years, one of the Super Bowl participants didn’t get a bye to begin the post-season. And five of those teams wound up winning the NFL title.

So Green Bay’s blowing the bye by losing to Minnesota last Sunday might not be such a setback. Same for Houston, which had an even bigger fall, fumbling away home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs as well as the week off, by losing three of its last four.

Of course, Texans coach Gary Kubiak recognizes the week-toweek nature of pro football, and how things can change quickly in seven days — and last for a month, right to a championship.

“That’s life, and that’s part of football,” Kubiak said. “How’d you play last week? How have you played the last few weeks? What have you done lately? That’s our world. We understand that, and it hasn’t been good the last few weeks, so hopefully we get it better.”

Nobody knows how to achieve that improvement more than the Packers. Two years ago,

they barely squeezed into the Super Bowl chase, then raced to three road victories and, finally, a title win over Pittsburgh.

“I’d have preferred a week off, to be honest with you,” Packers receiver Jordy Nelson said.

“But we put ourselves in this situation throughout the whole year. It’s not just this last game.

“This last game had a lot riding on it for us, so ... we’re going to go play. Whatever it takes, we just have to win from here on out.”

That begins Saturday night at Lambeau Field against Minnesota. Had the Packers beaten the Vikings last Sunday, they would be sitting at home this weekend watching the Bears play at San Francisco. Instead, they

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Big-time college football is an arms race of sorts, and the Crimson Tide weren’t investing like the competition — like LSU had while winning a national title under Saban, for example.

When it came time to hire another coach in 2006, Alabama courted Saban and Steve Spurrier.

Spurrier wasn’t interested and Saban had an NFL season to finish. When the Tide was turned down by Rich Rodriguez, who opted instead to stay with West Virginia, it was rock bot-

hired away from Washington State, Price was fired after a night of drunken partying became public.

Alabama reverted back to old form, going with one of its own in former Tide quarterback Mike Shula. Like DuBose, he wasn’t up to the task. On top of everything else, the NCAA slammed Alabama, wiping all its victories from the 2005 and ’06 seasons off the books.

Meanwhile, over the years, Alabama had fallen behind others in the Southeastern Conference when it came to fa-

gave him the power and support to run the program the way he wanted, not the way it had been run before.

“Alabama finally hired someone who has not afraid to tell everybody to get out of the way,” Finebaum said.

For Notre Dame, it is a similar tale. Lou Holtz won that championship in 1988 and made the Fighting Irish a regular title contender, but by the end of his tenure, Notre Dame started to slip and the people in charge were resistant to the types of changes needed to keep up with

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“It was the darkest moment I can ever remember in Alabama history,” Finebaum said.

“Alabama fans gave up that day.”

As it turned out, it was one of the best things to ever happen to Alabama.

“You’ve got to have some luck,” Stallings said.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — There were some dark days at Notre Dame and Alabama, dark years really, during which two of college football’s proudest programs flailed and foundered.

Notre Dame won the national championship in 1988, then spent much of the next two decades running through coaches — four if you count the guy who never coached a game — and drifting between mediocre and pretty good.

Alabama won the national championship in 1992, then spent the next 15 years running through coaches — four if you count the guy who never coached a game — and drifting between mediocre and pretty good.

As the 21st century dawned, the Fighting Irish and the Crimson Tide were old news, stodgy remnants of a glorious past, not moving fast enough to keep up with the times, and searching for someone to lead them back to the top.

“It parallels Notre Dame to a tee,” said Paul Finebaum, who has covered Alabama as a newspaper reporter and radio show host for more than 30 years.

“The attitude was ’We’re Alabama. We don’t have to do what others are doing. We’ll win because of our tradition.’ Finally everyone passed Alabama.”

And Notre Dame.

Then along came Nick Saban and Brian Kelly to knock off the rust, fine tune the engines and turn the Crimson Tide and Fighting Irish into the sharpest machines in college football again.

No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama meet Monday night in Miami in a BCS championship between two titans not all that far removed from tough times.

“The pendulum swings,” said former Alabama coach Gene Stallings, the last Tide coach before Saban to bring home a national title.

“You don’t stay good forever. You don’t stay bad forever.”

Of course, Alabama and Notre Dame fans aren’t real comfortable with the first part of that statement.

The Crimson Tide and Fighting Irish were perennial national championship contenders for decades.

For Alabama, replacing Bear proved difficult.

Paul Bryant won six national championships in 25 years as the coach in Tuscaloosa, and when he stepped down the Crimson Tide felt compelled to bring back one of his boys to replace him. Ray Perkins was hired away from the New York Giants, and spent four years at Alabama before going back to the NFL. Alabama tried going outside the family and hired Bill Curry. He lasted three years, before leaving for Kentucky.

“You follow somebody like Coach Bryant, it’s an extremely difficult situation,” Stallings said.

Stallings played for Bryant at Texas A&M, coached under him at Alabama and even sounded a bit like the Bear with his baritone drawl. He found success and relative peace in seven seasons as coach of the Tide.

“I told Coach Bryant stories. I wasn’t in competition with Coach Bryant,” Stallings said. “I think that’s one of the reasons I was, quote, accepted by the Alabama people.”

After Stalling left in 1996, things started to get ugly at Alabama. School leaders tried again to keep their most highly prized job in the family, hiring Mike DuBose, a former defensive lineman for Bryant. That didn’t work, so Alabama swung the other direction by hiring Dennis Franchione, who skipped town after two seasons for Texas A&M, and Mike Price, who brought a whole new level of embarrassment to Alabama.

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the competition.

The Irish promoted Bob Davie to take over for Holtz.

In five seasons he never won more than nine games and went 0-3 in bowls. Davie, now the coach at New Mexico, doesn’t make excuses for his record at Notre Dame, but he does note that the school has been willing to make the type of changes in recent years that he sought back in the late 1990s.

“Their facilities have gone from being poor to cutting edge in college football,” he said.

“Their salaries for coaches are competitive with everybody in the country.”

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Caine picks up another assist at Worlds LONDON, Ont. — Red Deer’s Kelsie Caine picked up an assist as Canada west downed Russia 7-1 to win bronze at the World U19 Ringette Championship Thursday.

Meanwhile, Canada East beat Finland 6-2 in the gold medal game.

Dalhousie women’s hockey team suspended over hazing HALIFAX — Officials at Dalhousie University in Halifax have suspended the women’s hockey team for the rest of the season after an investigation revealed that a recent hazing ritual involved excessive drinking, intimidation and humiliation.

University spokesman Charles Crosby issued a brief statement Thursday saying many of the team’s players were “put in harm’s way” both physically and psychologically during a private house party in September.

Crosby says an investigation by the vice-president of student services started after a first-year athlete approached the team’s coach with concerns about the treatment of new players.

Though no one was physically hurt, Crosby says the incident represents a serious breach of the university’s expectations.

He confirmed that the team captains have been removed from their positions and all but the first-year players have been suspended for the remainder of the 2012-13 season, which has made it impossible for the team to continue playing.

team. Vanderbeek was close to refinancing the nearly $80 million in debt during the playoffs last season.

The team’s run to the Stanley Cup final — where it lost to Los Angeles in six games — generated roughly $32 million in revenues and Vanderbeek’s financial footing also improved with the Prudential Center emerging as one of the country’s top revenue-producing facilities in recent years.

“Today’s announcement is good news for Devils fans though I fully recognize fans’ frustration with the work stoppage,” Vanderbeek said in a statement.

“Our future is now secure and we can be confident of continued on-ice success. Our team has gone to the Stanley Cup final five times in the last 17 years and following the most recent run to the final last year, we are excited about our future — for Jersey’s team and Prudential Center, home to the 2013 NHL Draft.”

Swisher officially signs with Indians CLEVELAND — Nick Swisher is officially with the Cleveland Indians.

Swisher passed his physical Thursday and signed the four-year, $56 million, free-agent contract he agreed to last month. The 32-year-old Swisher, who spent the past four seasons with the New York Yankees, will be introduced at a news conference later at Progressive Field. Swisher’s deal includes a vesting option based on plate appearances for 2017.

After trading Shin-Soo Choo last month, the Indians were desperate for a proven right fielder. They pursued Shane Victorino at the winter meetings, but after he signed with Boston, the Indians turned their attention to Swisher, who batted .272 with 24 homers and 93 RBIs last season.

A switch-hitter, Swisher should provide power and versatility to new man-

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 B7 ager Terry Francona’s lineup. The In- utes to win her quarterfinal, breaking dians only hit 136 homers last season.

Pervak’s serve seven times.

Pervak had opened the tournament with an upset win over former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, but didn’t have anything left to trouble Azarenka after Lindsey Vonn is feeling better and coming off back-to-back matches dehas returned to Europe and started cided in third-set tiebreakers. training again as she prepares to reMeanwhile, Serena Williams had a turn to the World Cup circuit this tough win over the woman she’s premonth after an unscheduled midsea- dicting will one day top the rankings, son break. setting up a semifinal match against Rainer Salzgeber, the racing di- current No. 1 Victoria Azarenka. rector of Vonn’s equipment supplier The reigning Wimbledon, U.S. Open Head, tells The Associated Press that and Olympic champion showed plenty the four-time overall winner arrived in of emotion on key points in a heavyAustria on Wednesday and began light hitting duel with Fed Cup teammate training on Thursday.

Sloane Stephens on Thursday before Salzgeber says Vonn is planning to winning 6-4, 6-3. start racing again in the downhill and Olympic and U.S. Open champion super-G in St. Anton, Austria, on Jan. Andy Murray was pushed before win12-13.

Vonn has not raced since falling in ning his opening match 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 the opening run of a giant slalom in against Australian qualifier John MillCourchevel, France, on Dec. 16. After man, who finished last year ranked No. that race, the American announced 228. The third-ranked Murray, the deshe was going home to fully recover fending Brisbane champion, clutched from an intestinal illness that landed at his stomach after missing a forehand in the third game of the second set and her in the hospital in November. later had to save four set points before Millman tied the match at one set apiece. Murray recovered from his lapse, got the only break in the deciding third set and finished off by holding serve at love. He’ll meet Istomin.

BRISBANE, Australia — Canada’s Milos Raonic was knocked out of the Brisbane International early.

Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., was the No. 2 seed but fell to unranked Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-3, 6-4 in NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony the men’s second round on Thursday.

Raonic wasn’t the only victim of an scored 23 points, J.R. Smith kept up his upset after Denis Istomin of Uzbeki- surge with 20 and the New York Knicks stan scored a 7-5, 7-5 win over former snapped the San Antonio Spurs’ sevengame winning streak with a 100-83 vicNo. 1 Lleyton Hewitt.

On the women’s side, top-ranked tory Thursday night.

Steve Novak added 15 points and Victoria Azarenka wasted no time in a 6-1, 6-0 win over Kazakh qualifier Kse- Tyson Chandler had 10 points and 14 nia Pervak, setting up a possible semi- rebounds to help the Knicks bounced final showdown with Serena Williams back from consecutive losses by dominating the final period against the at the Brisbane International.

Azarenka, the reigning Australian Spurs, who may have run out of gas in Open champion, needed only 68 min- their second game in two nights.

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“We just played with a lot of speed and intensity and we controlled the play,” said forward Jessica Campbell, who had one assist.

Brigette Lacquette and Laura Fortino had the other goals while Christina Kessler earned the shutout. Shot totals weren’t immediately available.

Sweden played Germany in the late game.

Canada was coming off an 8-1 rout of Germany in an exhibition game on Wednesday. Canada’s next contest is against Finland on Saturday.

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He returned for the final month of the season after the only DL stint in his career. Frasor said he feels good, which he said was confirmed by the extensive physical he underwent Wednesday including X-rays and an MRI. Frasor was traded from Toronto to the Chicago White Sox midway through the 2011 season, but was dealt back to the Blue Jays at end of that year. He is 26-31 with 26 saves and 3.77 ERA in 525 career games, including 20 with the White Sox.

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LIGHT SWITCH In an effort to encourage residents to switch to more energy efficient Christmas lights, the city is offering residents a way to get rid of their old lights. Until Jan. 10, residents can go to the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, 6300 45th Ave., to recycle their old lights in exchange for a new set of LED lights. An average home operating six strings of incandescent Christmas lights for about six hours a day consumes 78 kWh of energy over the holiday season. By replacing the old incandescent lights with the same number of LEDs, a house would use only about five kWh for a month. The exchange is open to Red Deer residents only. Call the Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 403-3462010 or the City of Red Deer’s environmental initiatives section at 403-342-8750, or visit the website at www.reddeer.ca/ environment.

Zombie author starts young DELBURNE RESIDENT WRITES ‘WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT BEST’

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF At 18, D.J. Kowalenko has put pen to paper and written about what he knows best — zombies and adventure.

“I just like writing books,” said Kowalenko, who lives in Delburne.

“I play a lot of action/adventure games and watch zombie movies and kind of just wrote it out.”

Kowalenko aut h o r e d t h e n o v e l , D.J. Kowalenko Drake Halberd and the Veil of the Dead, a story about a treasure hunter trying to stay alive while getting to the bottom of a zombie up-

rising conspiracy.

The young author got help from a couple of editors and worked through the novel with them.

“I would spend an hour or two writing at one time,” said Kowalenko.

“It depends on how much of a writing mode I was in right then.”

The book was released in September and he said sales have been steady and the feedback positive.

“A lot of people have really liked it, from what I’ve heard,” said Kowalenko. “They want a sequel, that’s for sure.”

He already has a story in mind for a sequel and is planning to continue writing about the lead character, Drake Halberd.

Future storylines could include aliens, world-devouring mystical beings, mercenaries and soldiers.

Kowalenko said his favourite part of the book was the humour he managed to work into the zombie uprising story.

“I tried to use some of my own kind of humour in it and maybe some people will laugh at it,” said Kowalenko.

Although he managed to get his first book published at 18, being an author is something Kowalenko would like to make a career out of.

“I’m all in.”

He has already had one book signing at the Delburne library and has another planned for Jan. 19 from noon to 4 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library’s Waskasoo Room, at 4818 49th Ave. The novel is available in both book ($8.95) and ebook ($3.99) form through the website www.drakehalberd.com.

Although the book is not available in Red Deer, it can be purchased through the book’s website, the publisher’s website at www.iuniverse.com or through Barnes and Noble. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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WATER MANAGEMENT Learn more about managing local water resources at a breakfast meeting coming up in Red Deer. The Red Deer River Watershed Alliance, involved in stewardship throughout the river basin, will hold an Ambassador Breakfast at the Quality Inn North Hill in Red Deer on Jan. 18.

Breakfast goes from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. and will include discussions and updates on the program. Admission is $15 per person. Please reserve a spot by Jan. 16 by emailing info@rdrwa. ca or by calling 403-3407379.

ARTS FESTIVAL DEADLINE A deadline of Jan. 31 has been set for entries to the 2013 Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts, a joint project of the Red Deer Kiwanis Club and Red Deer College. The annual competition, now in its 50th year, is open to people aged five to 25 in a broad spectrum of disciplines, spanning musicians, singers, speakers and thespians.

Participants may go on to compete at the Provincial Music Festival and may also take part in the Performers Showcase Concert.

This year’s festival runs from April 22 to 26 at the Red Deer College Arts Centre and the Living Stones Church. Details and entries are available online at www. reddeerkiwanisfestival. org, 53rd Street Music at 4902 53rd St. or at the Arts Centre security desk.

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by RANDY FIEDLER/Advocate staff

Matthew Hansen, 6, plays a marble game on the Red Deer Curling Centre’s new dance floor at the grand opening Thursday.

Curling rink renos thrill $8.8-MILLION EXPANSION EXCEEDS CLUB’S EXPECTATIONS

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Curling Centre has plenty to brag about.

An $8.8-million expansion and renovation project increased the number of curling sheets to 12 from eight, offers a 350-seat lounge, meeting rooms, and more.

“It’s exceeded our expectations,” said curling club president Scott Dickson on Thursday, when the centre celebrated its official grand opening as one of Red Deer’s centennial projects.

“It looks pretty impressive. People come in and go, ‘Wow, that’s a big space.’ ” He said the curling centre has already grown by about 200 members thanks to the upgrades, with 17 adult leagues and four junior leagues.

Last year, the curling centre

had 1,200 members.

Work began on the 57-year-old facility, located at 4725 43rd St., in mid-February and it reopened in early November. Almost 38,000 square feet were added to the building.

Upgrades to the first floor viewing area and second floor lounge/ viewing area provide enhanced visibility with wall-to-wall windows to the ice.

Cameras over the ends allow people to see exactly where the rocks land on television monitors in viewing areas.

The new efficient ice-making plant makes it a top curling facility for players, Dickson said.

“The ice is fantastic.

“This is world curling championship ice all the time. Arena ice.”

And the activity doesn’t have to stop in the spring now that the sand floor beneath the ice has

been upgraded to concrete.

“We do hope to utilize it as a trade show floor space. It’s going to be very versatile. We’ve got the huge end door so we can get vehicles through.”

He said Red Deer Public Market held in the curling rink parking lot on Saturdays throughout the summer is expected to be a draw for trade shows by providing a ready-made audience.

Mac Houston of Red Deer, who was watching seniors playing in the Pioneer League on Thursday afternoon, said renovations have made the curling centre into a marvelous building.

“I would say it’s likely one of the best rinks in Canada,” Houston said.

“It’s exceptional upstairs,” said Albert Buckland of Red Deer. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Central Albertans give blood in record numbers

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Flu sufferers over the holiday season could have avoided their aches and pains if only they had been immunized.

“Fortunately for us this time the strains out there are very similar to the antigens in the vaccine so the vaccine is a very good match for the strains circulating,” said Dr. Ifeoma Achebe, a chief medical officer of health for Alberta Health Services Central Zone, on Thursday.

“People could still benefit from vaccination if they haven’t been immunized yet.”

As of Dec. 15, almost 48,000 Central Albertans were immunized, which is a very low rate, she said.

And Achebe said she can’t predict if it will be a short or long season.

“This year, the flu season came a bit earlier and we’re seeing a lot of cases.”

In the Central Zone, 141 cases of flu have been confirmed since Aug. 29.

Achebe said people with flu symptoms should stay home to prevent further spread of the virus.

Immunization is available at Red Deer Johnstone Crossing Community Health Centre, at 300 Jordan Parkway. For an appointment, call 403356-6300.

Visit www.albertahealthservices.ca/influenza.asp or call Health Link Alberta at 1-866408-5465 (LINK) for more information on the flu. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Photo by RANDY FIEDLER/Advocate staff

Deputy fire chief Greg Adair smiles while giving blood with RCMP Insp. Warren Dosko during the 11th annual Siren For Life campaign at Canadian Blood Services Thursday.

Central Albertans gave blood in record numbers last month.

“We beat our goal and set a new record for new donors,” said Tanya Paul, community development co-ordinator in the Canadian Blood Services’ Red Deer clinic.

The goal of 960 units for December was beaten with 1,080 units and 128 new donors gave compared to 110 in December 2011.

The good news came as the 11th annual Sirens For Life campaign kicked off on Thursday with City of Red Deer deputy fire chief Greg

Adair and RCMP Supt.

Warren Dosko on hand to donate.

RCMP officers and Red Deer Emergency Services workers are co-operating again this year to try to bring in 340 units of blood, the equivalent of saving 911 lives, said Paul.

The Red Deer clinic located at No. 5 5020 68th St. looks to bring at least 900 units monthly.

Appointments can be made by calling 1-888236-6283 and more information is available online at www.bloodservices.ca.

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‘The Safest School in America’ CONNECTICUT STUDENTS FACE FIRST CLASSES SINCE SCHOOL SHOOTING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONROE, Conn. — Classes resumed Thursday for the students of the Newtown, Connecticut, school where a gunman last month burst in and killed 20 children and six adults before killing himself in the second largest school shooting in U.S. history.

With their school still being treated as a crime scene, the more than 400 students of Sandy Hook Elementary School attended classes in a neighbouring town.

Returning students, teachers and administrators were met by a large police presence outside their new school, an overhauled middle school that had been shuttered for nearly two years. Several officers guarded the entrance and checked IDs of parents dropping off children.

Law enforcement officers guarding the new school called it “the safest school in America.”

The school district said parents who wanted to be close to their children were welcome to visit and stay in classrooms or an auditorium throughout the day.

Newtown Superintendent Janet Robinson said officials would do their best to make the students feel at ease.

“We will be doing a normal day,” she said.

The gunman, Adam Lanza, killed his mother at their Newtown home before driving to the school. He had no known connection to the school, and police haven’t released any details about a motive.

On Wednesday, the students and their families were welcomed at an open house at their new school, which was renamed as the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Students received gift boxes with toys inside and shared joyful reunions with teachers.

Teams of workers, many of them volunteers, prepared the school and even raised bathroom floors so the smaller elementary school students can reach the toilets. The students’ backpacks and other belongings that were left behind following the shooting were taken to the new school to make them feel at home.

Students found the same chairs and desks, when possible. Their classroom walls were painted the same colours and hung with the same pictures. Other details, such as the location of bookshelves and cubby holes, were replicated as much as possible.

Several signs welcoming the Sandy Hook students to their new school were posted along the road leading to it in a rural, mostly residential neighbourhood.

One said “Welcome Sandy Hook Elementary Kids,” while a similar sign added “You are in our prayers.”

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A bus traveling from Newtown, Conn., to Monroe stops in front of 26 angels along the roadside on the first day of classes for Sandy Hook Elementary School students since the Dec. 14 shooting, in Monroe, Conn., Thursday. Chalk Hill School in Monroe was overhauled especially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting.

Sarah Caron, 32, whose son was at the school on the day of shooting, said he knows what happened and has undergone counselling. She said her 5-yearold daughter, Paige, attends afternoon kindergarten at the school and has been dealing with nightmares about “snakes and bears and coyotes.”

“She wasn’t at school that day but was with me when we went to look for William at the firehouse,”

Caron said. “Unfortunately, she heard more about it than I wish she did.”

Intellectually, Caron said, she knows her children will be very safe at their new school.

“But, emotionally,” she said. “It’s very hard to turn off the little ’What if?’ that kind of hangs on and says, ‘Well, you know what, December 14th started out as a normal day, too.”

Five men charged with rape Airstrikes on and murder of woman on bus suburbs blunt rebels’ push SYRIA

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BEIRUT — Twin airstrikes by government jets on a large, rebel-held suburb of Damascus on Thursday sheered the sides off apartment towers and left residents digging through rubble for the dead and wounded.

The bombing of Douma came amid a wave of attacks on rebellious districts of the Syrian capital, part of the government’s efforts to keep rebel fighters out of President Bashar Assad’s seat of power.

Late Thursday, a car bomb exploded at a gas station inside the city itself, killing at least nine people, activists said.

Douma, the largest patch of rebel-held ground near Damascus, illustrates why the opposition’s advance on the capital has bogged down. Despite capturing territory and setting up committees to provide basic services, the rebels lack the firepower to challenge Assad’s forces and remain helpless before his air force.

That stalemate suggests the war will not end soon.

The U.N. said Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have been killed since March 2011 — a figure much higher than previous opposition estimates.

Rebels took control of Douma, a suburb of some 200,000 located nine miles (15 kilometres) northwest of Damascus, in mid-October 2011, after launching attacks on military posts throughout the city, activists said.

Less than a week later, the rebels had taken over a half-dozen checkpoints and government buildings, said activist Mohammed Saeed. The army withdrew from others.

“Since then, the city has been totally liberated,” he said. “There are no government troops left, but we still suffer from regime airstrikes almost every day.”

Today, those entering Douma must pass through rebel checkpoints at the city’s main entryways. Rebels with camouflage vests and Kalashnikov rifles zip about on motorcycles, communicating by walkietalkie. Some belong to the security brigade, an improvised police force to catch looters that works with a judicial council of Muslim clerics and lawyers who run a prison.

In November, residents formed a civilian council to provide services for the estimated one-third of Douma’s residents who have not fled the violence.

The council oversees committees for medical issues, bakeries, media relations and other tasks, said its head, Nizar Simadi. A former cleaner at city hall runs a cleanup crew that helps remove rubble from the streets after shell attacks and airstrikes.

The city’s electricity went out in November — activists accuse the government of cutting it in revenge — but former electric company employees have strung in power from nearby areas still on the government network, returning power to some of the city.

Douma has more than a dozen rebel brigades, and the city’s fighters have joined battles in many other areas around the capital. Most of their support comes from wealthy Syrians abroad who send money to buy arms, said the head of one rebel brigade, the Douma Martyrs, who goes by the name Abu Waleed.

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NEW DELHI — Five men accused of raping a university student for hours on a bus as it drove through India’s capital were charged Thursday with murder, rape and other crimes that could bring them the death penalty.

The attack on the 23-year-old woman, who died of severe internal injuries over the weekend, provoked a fierce debate across India about the routine mistreatment of females and triggered daily protests demanding action.

There have been signs of change since the attack.

Rapes, often ignored, have become front-page news, politicians have called for tougher laws, including the death penalty and chemical castration for rapists, and the government is examining wide-scale reforms in the criminal justice system’s handling of sexual assaults. Activists say the tragedy could mark a turning point for women’s rights.

In a nation where court cases often linger for years, the government set up a special fast-track court Wednesday to deal with crimes against women, and that is where the charges against the five men were filed Thursday evening. The government said it planned to open four more such courts in the city.

Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan filed a case of rape, tampering with evidence, kidnapping, murder and other charges against the men. The charge sheet was not released and he asked for a closed trial. A hearing was set for Saturday.

The men charged were Ram Singh, the bus driver; his brother Mukesh Singh, who cleans buses for the same company; Pavan Gupta, a fruit vendor; Akshay Singh, a bus washer; and Vinay Sharma, a fitness

trainer. They did not appear in court. Authorities have said they would push for the death penalty for the men.

The victim’s father said he supported the death penalty.

“The toughest and the harshest punishment should be given,” he said, adding that he thought a new law should be named after his daughter.

A sixth suspect, listed as a 17-year-old, was expected to be tried in a juvenile court, where the maximum sentence would be three years in a reform facility. Police also detained the owner of the bus on accusations he used false documents to obtain permits to run the private bus service.

The Bar Association said its lawyers would not defend the suspects because of the nature of the crime, but the court was expected to appoint attorneys to defend them.

“Strict, strict, strict punishment should be given to them,” said Ashima Sharma, an 18-year-old student attending a protest Thursday. “A very strict punishment ... that all men of India should be aware that they are not going to treat the women like the way they treated her.”

The woman was attacked Dec. 16 after boarding the bus with a male companion after watching an evening showing of the movie “Life of Pi” at an upscale mall. The vehicle was a charter bus that illegally picked up the two passengers, authorities said.

The pair were attacked for hours as the bus drove through the city, even passing through police checkpoints during the assault. They were eventually dumped naked on the side of the road.

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Toronto leads growth ON MANUFACTURING SECTOR, CONDOS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto ranked as the fastest growing economy in the country last year, but a new study from CIBC suggests Canada’s biggest city will be hard pressed to maintain that growth trajectory.

The report on the economic strength of major Canadian cities, released Thursday, found Toronto ranked tops amongst its peers in the first nine months of 2012, helped by a recovery in the manufacturing sector and a surge in condo sales.

But those two factors could also be significant pressures on future growth in 2013.

“The coming year... will pose a major challenge to the city’s ability to maintain its current economic momentum,” said Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at the

bank.

Tal said several factors could pressure Toronto’s growth, including a softening housing market, the end of many infrastructure stimulus projects by both federal and provincial governments and a slower pace of growth in the manufacturing sector.

Toronto has held the peak position in the CIBC report for two years.

The city’s growth momentum is partly from its broad economy, which covers many sectors, Tal said.

“Given that our index measures momentum as opposed to a level of activity, Toronto’s ability to maintain momentum for such a long period is impressive,” he added.

Second place was Calgary, boosted by new residents to the city and its healthy jobs market. The report found that consumer spending in Calgary has been strong,

with retail sales up nine per cent over the past year.

Regina came in third place, driven by very strong population growth that makes it the fourth fastest growing city in the country with one of the country’s lowest unemployment rates.

“The city’s robust population growth has spurred housing market activity, with housing starts rising by a strong 80 per cent yearover-year in the third quarter,” Tal said.

“Regina is also supported by an improving manufacturing sector, with activity in 2012 estimated to outpace the national average for the second year in a row.”

Ranked lower on the list were Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton, coming in fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.

Ottawa came in seventh while Quebec was 11th place for economic growth.

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Home sales plunge in oncehottest market Vancouver home sales fell sharply in December and new listings plummeted as the cooling of what was once the country’s hottest real estate market continued.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said Thursday home sales in December totalled 1,142, down 31.1 per cent compared with a year ago and down 32 per cent from November 2012.

The MLS home price index composite benchmark price for residential properties in the region was also lower, down 2.3 per cent from a year ago.

Housing sales in Canada have cooled since changes in the borrowing rules by the federal government, aimed at discouraging homebuyers from borrowing too much, kicked in last summer.

The easing on the. Last month, the Canadian Real Estate Association cut its sales forecast for 2012 and 2013.

Q4 delivers surge in IPOs A surge in Canadian initial public offerings in the fourth quarter bodes well for 2013, according to international consulting firm PwC. It says $1.3 billion worth of equity was issued during the last three months of 2012 by newly public companies.

The Toronto Stock Exchange accounted for 12 new issues in 2012, worth a total of $1.7 billion. The affiliated TSX Venture Exchange, which is also owned by TMX Group (TSX:X), had 44 IPOs in 2012 with $107 million of proceeds in total.

PwC says the fourthquarter breathed life into what had been a lacklustre year for IPOs, one of the ways that companies raise money from investors.

In all there, there were 62 IPOs in 2012 delivering $1.8 billion in new equity, compared with 61 IPOs and $2 billion of new equity in 2011.

— The Canadian Press

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An a.j. interiors crew works inside the new Canadian Brewhouse in Clearview Market Square Thursday.

Clearview Ridge getting a pub CANADIAN BREWHOUSE TO OPEN IN CLEARVIEW MARKET SQUARE

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Clearview Ridge residents are within two weeks of sipping a cold brew at their neighbourhood pub.

The Canadian Brewhouse is scheduled to open in Clearview Market Square by mid-January, said Andrew McCready, the Edmonton company’s business development manager.

Workers are putting the finishing touches on the 16,500-squarefoot premises at 2 Conway St., and three-quarters of the more than 40 people expected to work at the pub have been hired, said McCready.

The Canadian Brewhouse will not be a nightclub, he said. Operating from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., seven days a week, it’s expected to conduct a busy lunch and dinner trade.

“Most of our places do as much, if not more, food sales as alcohol sales.”

The Red Deer pub will be The Canadian Brewhouse’s ninth lo-

cation. There are three outlets in Edmonton, plus others in Sherwood Park, Camrose, Grande Prairie, Lloydminster and Spruce Grove.

The concept originated in Edmonton in 2002, said McCready, although most of the growth has occurred in the past five years.

“We’ve been looking at Red Deer for a long time.

“It’s very much an under-served market.”

Clearview Ridge should be a particularly good location, added McCready, noting the rapid residential development in the area.

The pub’s decor and menu will have a distinct Canadian flavour, he said. The former will include a totem pole and inukshuk; the latter Montreal smoked meat sandwiches and poutine.

“It’s a very unique pub concept, focusing on Canadiana.”

The beer selection will include 24 choices of draught, and even more bottled brands.

Customers should feel comfortable whether wearing a tie or blue

jeans, said McCready.

But the pub will have a strong sports focus, with large TV monitors throughout.

“Our number 1 mission is to be the best place in town to watch the game.”

Meanwhile, other stores continue to open at Clearview Market Square. The Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust, CIBC and Servus Credit Union have all been operating for some time, with Your Independent Grocer — which includes a liquor store and a gas bar — open since late November.

Also now in business is Subway, Fabutan, The Co-operators, Pita Pit and Pet Planet, with Clearview Medical & Walk-in Clinic scheduled to open next Wednesday.

Other businesses there will include Shoppers Drug Mart, Starbucks, Body Garage fitness centre, H&R Block, Taco Time, a dentist, a veterinarian and a spa.

Melcor Developments Ltd. is developing Clearview Market Square. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Automakers post best year since 2002 CANADIANS BUY 1.68 MILLION VEHICLES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Automakers reported their best sales year in a decade as Canadians bought nearly 1.68 million new vehicles in 2012, up almost six per cent for the year.

According to data compiled

by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc., car sales totalled 759,795 for the year, while light truck sales amounted to 915,880.

The results compared with 693,735 cars and 891,784 light trucks in 2011.

DesRosiers said the results fell short of the 1.7 million vehicles sold in 2002, but noted that sales that year were boosted by Americans taking advantage of a strong U.S. dollar and buying cars in Canada.

“Most importantly, the Canadian market still hasn’t reached its potential,” the automotive consulting firm said in a analysis of the sales results.

“We believe that 2013 should

see increased light vehicle sales, potentially surpassing the exportinflated 2002 high water mark.

All that’s needed is a two or three per cent increase, which could be provided by a combination of pent-up demand from the recessionary markets of 2009-11 plus regular growth in the market’s absolute size.”

However DesRosier noted the weak finish to 2012 raised some concerns. The industry saw 156,852 sales in December, up from 150,053 a year ago, as a 0.2 per cent drop in car sales was more than offset by an 11 per cent gain in light truck sales.

However, several automakers reported weaker sales in December compared with a year ago including Ford, General Motors and Toyota.

The Big Three U.S. automakers accounted for about 44 per cent of the 2012 sales, down from about 47 per cent in 2011.

Ford Motor Co. of Canada claimed the top sales in Decem-

ber, capping a third consecutive year as the best selling automaker in the country.

The U.S. automaker said it sold 16,874 vehicles in December, down from 19,381 in the final month of 2011, but enough to make it the best selling brand for the month.

For the full year, Ford sold 276,068 vehicles, up slightly from 275,978 in 2011.

“We are optimistic as the Canadian industry continues to grow,” said Dianne Craig, president and CEO at Ford of Canada.

Meanwhile, Chrysler Canada said Thursday that it sold 14,756 vehicles in December, up one per cent from the 14,628 vehicles it sold in December 2011. Sales for all of 2012 rose six per cent to 243,845 vehicles from 230,992 in 2011.

General Motors Canada rounded out the big U.S. automakers with 14,623 vehicles sold in December, down from 18,282 a year ago. Sales for the year totalled 226,825, down 242,830 in 2011.

IROC Energy Services Corp. (TSXV: ISC) announced on Thursday that its chief financial officer, Ryan Michaluk, is no longer with the company.

It said in a release that Brian Peters is IROC’s new CFO. A chartered accountant, Peters previously served as CFO of oilfield fluid hauling contractor EnerMAX Services Inc. He was also CFO of Pure Energy Services Ltd. and Technicoil Corp.

Details concerning Michaluk’s departure from the company were not provided.

IROC is an oilfield services company that operates under the business names Eagle Well Servicing, Aero Rental Services and Helix Coil Services. Its headquarters are in Red Deer.

Dairy seminar returning The Western Canadian Dairy Seminar returns to Red Deer March 5 to 8, with a roster of international speakers to address a variety of industry issues.

Now in its 31st year, the seminar will look at international dairy prospects, disease treatments, production practices and other topics. It will offer a pre-conference workshop for nutritionists and a producer workshop on dairy cattle welfare.

The Western Canadian Dairy Seminar is designed for producers, extension specialists, researchers and industry representatives. The cost of registration is $250 until Feb. 5, and $300 thereafter.

For further information, go to the seminar website at www.wcds.ca or contact conference coordinator Joanne Morrison at 780-492-3236 or by email at wcds@ualberta. ca.

Co-op reports $8.8-B in sales Federated Co-operatives Ltd. has reported record sales of $8.8 billion for its 2012 fiscal year, an increase of seven per cent from 2011.

This translated into net earnings from operations of $827 million for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31.

Of its net earnings, $527 million is being returned to Federated Co-op’s 230 retail ownermembers in the form of a patronage allocation.

The remainder will be retained to fund future growth and meet capital requirements.

Federated Co-op’s retail owner-members have more than 1.5 million individual co-op members across Western Canada. Federated Coop is based in Saskatoon.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 100.92 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 80.35 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.99 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.84 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.59 Cdn. National Railway . . 90.63 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 104.99 Cdn. Satellite . . . . . . . . . . 6.15 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 71.93 Capital Power Corp . . . . 23.14 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.89 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 33.15 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 43.02 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 25.46 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.58 General Motors Co. . . . . 29.82 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 18.80 Research in Motion. . . . . 11.35 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.84 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 41.42 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 65.08 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 15.40 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 47.13 Consumer5.35 Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.35 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 68.25 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.64 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.64 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 11.90 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040

Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.33 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 48.50 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.80 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 19.90 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 34.08 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.74 First Quantum Minerals . 21.91 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 35.22 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.71 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 74.46 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 9.32 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.49 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.99 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 36.93 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 23.67 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 30.99 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 42.55 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.66 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 45.57 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 29.54 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.27 Canyon Services Group. 11.32 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 33.48 CWC Well Services . . . . . 0.66 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.62 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.08 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 88.55 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 36.31 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.24

Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.37 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.43 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 2.25 Nexen Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.73 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.93 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.95 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . . 1.46 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.51 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 33.43 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.66 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.27 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.09 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 52.00 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 61.38 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 57.34 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.80 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 29.20 Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . 29.09 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 24.53 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 42.14 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 64.09 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 13.94 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 77.33 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.44 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 60.70 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 27.01 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.37

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Thursday amid doubts about how long the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep up its stimulus programs aimed at supporting what is still a fragile economic recovery.

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 70.33 points at 12,470.44, led by a loss of almost three per cent in the gold sector, while the TSX Venture Exchange eased 13.67 points to 1,226.17.

The Canadian dollar lost 0.29 of a cent to 101.21 cents US. New York markets also closed in the red after the latest minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting showed that policymakers expressed broad support for the Fed’s plan to buy bonds to support the U.S. economy.

But there was a split among its members over how long to continue the bond purchases. Some of its 12 voting members thought they would continue through this year, while others thought they should be slowed or stopped before the end of 2013.

Those governors were concerned that the continued bond purchases, known as quantitative easing, would destabilize the economy.

The Dow Jones industrials closed down 21.19 points to 13,391.36.

The Nasdaq composite index slipped 11.69 points to 3,100.57 and the S&P 500 was down 3.05 points to 1,459.37.

Indexes had been largely little changed until the release of the Fed minutes mid-afternoon, holding onto solid gains racked up in a relief rally Wednesday sparked by a last-minute deal to avert big tax hikes and spending cuts in the United States.

But there had been little enthusiasm to extend Wednesday’s advances as the deal between the White House and Congress left unresolved several budget measures, mainly government spending cuts.

A last-minute deal by U.S. lawmakers late Tuesday triggered a global market rally on Wednesday even while traders worried that U.S. budget talks could pose a threat to risk appetite for months.

For one thing, while the New Year’s Eve deal settled tax rates it only postponed automatic spending cuts to defence and domestic programs for two months. And it didn’t include any significant deficit-cutting agreement.

Indexes had found early buoyancy from positive jobs data ahead of Friday’s non-farm payrolls report for December.

Payroll firm ADP reported that the U.S. private sector created 215,000 jobs last month. Economists forecast that Friday’s government report would show the American economy added 150,000 jobs in December.

Worries about further political wrangling pushed the U.S. dollar higher against many currencies, helping to depress some commodity prices, which also racked up solid gains Wednesday. That is because a stronger greenback makes it more expensive for holders of other currencies to buy oil and metals, which are dollar-denominated.

February bullion lost $14.20 to US$1,674.60 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, pushing the gold sector down about 3.5 per cent. Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) faded $1.73 to C$35.22 while Iamgold Corp.

(TSX:IMG) lost 63 cents to $11.

The base metals sector was off 1.08 per cent with March copper down two cents at US$3.72 a pound.

Thompson Creek Metals (TSX:TCM) fell 23 cents to C$4.07 while Taseko Mines (TSX:TKO) slipped 11 cents to $3.07.

The consumer staples sector declined 0.76 per cent with drugstore chain Jean Coutu Group (TSX:PJC.A) down 26 cents to $14.50.

Tech stocks also stalled as Research In Motion Ltd. (TSX:RIM) moved down 22 cents to $11.35.

The energy sector was slightly higher as the February crude contract shed 20 cents to US$92.92 a barrel. Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) gained 33 cents to C$29.54 while Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM) climbed 16 cents to $11.66.

U.S. retailers reported weak sales as shoppers held out for deep discounts. Revenue in stores open at least one year rose 4.1 in December at Macy’s. But the figure grew less than the company expected during the combined two-month November and December period, the key holiday shopping months, and Macy’s lowered its fourth-quarter guidance.

TSX Venture Exchange — 1,226.17 down 13.67 points TSX 60 — 715.37 down 3.25 points Dow — 13,391.36 down 21.19 points S&P 500 — 1,459.37 down 3.05 points Nasdaq — 3,100.57 down 11.69 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 101.21 cents US, down 0.29 of a cent Pound — C$1.5908, down 1.02 cents Euro — C$1.2897, down 0.93 of a cent Euro — US$1.3054, down 1.31 cents Oil futures: US$92.92 per barrel, down 20 cents (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,674.60 per oz., down $14.20 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $31.636 oz., down 12.2 cents $1,017.10 kg., down $3.92

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Thursday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,470.44 down 70.33 points

Horse conference coming The annual Horse Breeders and Owners Conference will take place next week in Red Deer.

Running from Jan. 11 to 13, it will feature internationally recognized speakers who will discuss topics of interest to horse owners, breeders and professionals.

The conference will begin with a reception at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel on Friday evening, with sessions beginning the next morning.

Cost to register is $105, plus $90 for each additional registrant from the same farm or company. For more information go to www.albertahorseindustry.ca and select Conference.

Direct marketing workshops Introductory workshops into directmarket fruit and vegetable production will be held at five locations in Alber-

TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Thursday at 1,226.17, down 13.67 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 141.6 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA Canola: Jan ’13 $1.10 higher $604.30; March ’13 $1.90 lower $585.50; May ’13 $2.30 lower $578.70; July ’13 $3.00 lower $574.90; Nov. ’13 $2.50 lower $535.90; Jan. ’14 $2.90 lower $537.40; March ’14 $2.90 lower $537.40; May ’14 $2.90 lower $535.30; July ’14 $2.90 lower $532.40; Nov. ’14 $2.90 lower $534.40; Jan ’15 $2.90 lower $534.40.

Barley (Western): March ’13 unchanged $247.00; May ’13 unchanged $248.00; July ’13 unchanged $248.50; Oct. ’13 unchanged $248.50; Dec ’13 unchanged $248.50; March ’14 unchanged $248.50; May ’14 unchanged $248.50; July ’14 unchanged $248.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $248.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $248.50;March ’15 unchanged $248.50.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 235,240 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 235,240.

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ta, including Lacombe on Jan. 22.

The workshops are designed to provide industry-specific information and data to Albertans interested in the horticulture industry. Participants will learn about resources and support networks available to new producers.

Topics to be discussed will include trends and opportunities in fruits and vegetables, marketing channels, key production considerations (land, water, equipment and labour), cost of production examples and data, producer experiences, regional rules and requirements, and basics of business planning.

For more information about the Lacombe workshop, contact Lacombe County at 403-782-6601.

PUBLIC NOTICE PROPOSED ROGERS WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SITE 120 METER GUYED STRUCTURE

• Wireless communications self-support structure, 120 meters high, occupying a ground compound area of 40000 sq. m. • Location: approximately 550m southeast of the intersection of Highway #21 & 28th Avenue. • Lat: N 52° 11’ 05.7“ Long: W -113° 14’ 20.9“ • Portion of NW 16-37-23 W4M • The facility will include (1) mechanical radio equipment shelter and fencing around the base of the tower. The structure will provide wireless voice and data services for the area of Delburne.

ANY PERSON may make a written submission to the individuals listed below by close of business day on February 4, 2013 with respect to this matter.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE as the approval of this site and its design is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Government of Canada through Industry Canada. Red Deer County acts as a commenting body to Industry Canada and the applicant. For more information contact the Industry Canada office at 1-800-556-1349.

PLEASE FORWARD ALL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL: ROGERS: c/o Fraser Shand, Site Acquisition Specialist, Standard Land Company Inc., Suite 1300, 734 - 7 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3P8 Tel: (403) 265-1116, Fax: (403) 265-1118, E-mail: commentsab@standardland.com MUNICIPAL CONTACT: Red Deer County – Land Use Authority, Matthew Pawlow, Planner Planning and Development Services Red Deer County, 8106 Range Road 275 Red Deer County Alberta, T4S 2L9, Telephone: 403-350-2170 Email: m.pawlow@rdcounty.ca

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A new BlackBerry smartphone is headed to U.S. stores later this month, but it’ll look especially familiar to most users.

Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) said Thursday it will launch the BlackBerry Curve 9315, a slightly updated version of the keypad phones already on the market, in the United States.

The launch is exclusively through U.S. carrier T-Mobile, and a release date is set for Jan. 23.

The model has already been released in other regions, including Europe, Asia and Latin America.

One of the major differences between this phone and other BlackBerry devices available in the U.S. is the a dedicated BBM button, which allows users to open the company’s popular chat application with the touch of a button.

The BBM button has been a popular feature on models sold outside North America, and the company has put an increasing amount of focus on the exclusivity features of the chat system. “We’ve gotten some great response

on the product worldwide and we wanted to bring a variant to the U.S. market,� said Richard Piasentin, vice president and manager of U.S. sales marketing and operations.

In November, the company updated BBM chat to make it capable of handling voice calls over Wi-Fi networks.

The BlackBerry Curve 9315 runs on RIM’s existing BlackBerry 7 operating system and also features an FM tuner to listen to radio stations without using mobile phone data.

BlackBerry Curves are considered “entry level� devices by the company, which means they’re marketed to new smartphone users and consumers on a budget.

The phone is sold for a lower price than other BlackBerry models.

RIM is putting the finishing touches on its BlackBerry 10 operating system and a new slate of high-end touchscreen and keypad smartphones that are expected to hit stores early this year, after numerous delays.

The updated phones are considered by industry observers to be a last ditch effort by RIM to recover its eroding market share in key markets like North America and Europe.

RIM shares ended Thursday down 22 cents to $11.35 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Natural disasters cost insurers $65 billion last year, led by Sandy

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN — Natural disasters cost insurers $65 billion last year, with the United States accounting for ninetenths of the bill and Superstorm Sandy prompting payouts of $25 billion, a leading insurance company said Thursday.

However, Munich Re AG said that the total insured losses worldwide were down from a record $119 billion in 2011, when devastating earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand cost the industry dear.

The company said total economic costs in 2012 from natural disasters worldwide — including uninsured losses — amounted to $160 billion, compared with the previous year’s $400 billion.

Sandy, which battered eastern coastline areas at the end of October, killed at least 125 people in the United States and 71 people in the Caribbean.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were the hardest-hit U.S. states.

Munich Re estimated insured losses from Sandy at $25 billion and total losses at $50 billion, though it cautioned that the figures are “still subject to considerable uncertainty.�

That made it the year’s most costly disaster — but several other events in the U.S. meant that the country accounted for 90 per cent of insured costs and 67 per cent of overall losses, the company said.

Over the past decade the well-insured U.S. on average accounted for 57 per cent of insured losses and 32 per cent of overall costs every year.

The lengthy drought that seared swathes of the United States last summer produced 2012’s second-biggest insurance bill.

Munich Re said the insured losses, being picked up by a public-private crop insurance program, totalled be-

tween $15 billion and $17 billion — most of the $20 billion worth of overall crop losses.

That was the biggest loss in U.S. agricultural insurance history, comparing with average insured losses of about $9 billion a year, Munich Re said.

Severe storms and tornadoes in March, late April, June and July completed Munich Re’s list of the five costliest disasters for insurers in 2012, each costing $2.5 billion.

Back-to-back earthquakes in northern Italy last May caused total losses of $16 billion, but only one-tenth of that was covered by insurance. Deadly flooding in China in July caused damage worth $8 billion, but only a small fraction of that — $180 million — was insured.

Munich Re board member Torsten Jeworrek said in a statement that last year’s heavy losses from weather-related disasters in the U.S. “showed that greater loss-prevention efforts are needed.� “It would certainly be possible to protect conurbations like New York better from the effects of storm surges,� he added, without specifying how. “Such action would make economic sense and insurers could also reflect the reduced exposure in their pricing.�

The head of the company’s risk research unit, Peter Hoeppe, said that while it isn’t possible to attribute any single event to climate change, studies suggest that Sandy and the drought are “the type of events we can expect to contend with more often in the future.�

Munich Re’s main business is reinsurance, which means offering backup policies to companies that write primary insurance policies. Reinsurance helps spread risk so that the system can handle large losses from natural disasters.

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App to track debris from tsunami COASTBUSTER APP URGES THE PUBLIC TO BECOME ‘CITIZEN SCIENTISTS’ AND HELP TRACK WRECKAGE

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The Coastbuster app for the Android operating system. The new app is encouraging members of the public to become “citizen scientists” and help track Japanese tsunami wreckage as it arrives.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — With more than a million tonnes of debris from the Japanese tsunami floating toward North American shores and beaches, a new app is encouraging members of the public to become “citizen scientists” and help track the wreckage as it arrives.

Some of that debris, washed out to sea in March 2011 after a magnitude-9.0 earthquake triggered a massive tsunami, has already washed up along the West Coast of Canada and the United States, but the bulk of the wreckage is yet to come.

When it does, researchers at the University of Victoria want anyone who happens upon a piece of the wreckage to pull out their smartphone, snap a photo and record what they see using a new app called Coastbuster.

“It allows any managers, whether it’s local government, provincial or state government, to actually begin to plan how they’re going to clean it up,” says Kate Moran, president of Ocean Networks Canada, a research group based at the university.

Ocean Networks developed the free Coastbuster app, which is currently only available on Android phones, though an iPhone version is in the works.

The app allows users to take a photo of large debris on the coastline, especially items they believe may be from the Japanese tsunami.

They can then describe the item, its composition and its size using a short form before sending it back to Ocean Networks.

The information then goes into a database that can be accessed by local governments and the U.S.based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The photos are also posted to a special Flickr feed for the app.

Moran says the information will allow governments to co-ordinate local clean-up efforts, as well as help identify potential invasive species that may have hitched a ride on the debris.

Researchers also hope the data will tell them more about ocean currents.

“These data are important for understanding ocean circulation and current patterns, because these big large things have a certain buoyancy and are sitting in the water column at a certain depth, and you begin to understand how it got here and what path it took,” she says.

The tsunami, which left more than 18,000 people dead or missing, washed about five million tons of debris into the ocean.

Most of that sank immediately, but an estimated 1.5 million tonnes did not.

Scientists still aren’t sure how much remains afloat after nearly two years.

Reports of tsunami debris began early last year, but it’s difficult to confirm whether something actually came from the Japanese tsunami.

As of Dec. 13, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had received 1,432 debris reports.

Of those, only 17 have been confirmed to have come from the tsunami.

Those reports are expected to increase in the coming months.

Moran says her group hopes to use the app as a model for other projects that could rely on the public to report what they see.

“If there was a change of species on the coast, you get could citizen scientists to help document that change,” she says.

A group of volunteers on Vancouver Island that surveys debris on the region’s beaches plans to use the Coastbuster app during its monthly beach cleanups.

Cara Lachmuth, who is a member of the Vancouver Island chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, says she hopes the Coastbuster app encourages the public not only to pay attention to beach debris, but also clean it up when they see it.

“I think a lot of the time people feel really disempowered and this is such an easy way to get involved and see what’s happening to our coasts,” says Lachmuth.

Lachmuth says her group has come across debris with that appears Japanese, but it’s not clear whether any of that is from the tsunami.

Last year, volunteers with the group found a refrigerator with Japanese writing on Vargas Island, off the western side of Vancouver Island near Tofino, but determined it had been there for three years.

“We’ll find a toothbrush with Japanese writing on it, and we do try to get these things translated to make sure they’re Japanese, but stuff has always been coming over from Asia and it’s really hard to say, ‘It’s from the tsunami.”’

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Municipal Planning Commission Decisions On December 19, 2012 the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decision for development permit application: Permitted Use Approval Vanier East neighbourhood Larkaun Developments Ltd - A relaxation of .81m to the minimum rear yard and the site coverage of 7.61m2 to a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage to be located at 220 Vancouver Crescent, zoned R1.

Discretionary Use Approval Vanier neighbourhood Vanier Woods Development Corp. - A relaxation of a front yard setback relaxation from 7.5 metres to 2.13 metres on Lot 77, to a proposed condominium to be located at 151 Vanier Drive.

Vanier Woods Development Corp. - A relaxation of a front yard setback relaxation from 7.50 metres to 2.24 metres on Lot 78 to a proposed condominium to be located at 151 Vanier Drive.

You may appeal discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative & Governance Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on January 18, 2013. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

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Jim Claggett, left, and Michael Sutherland rehearse a scene from the Central Alberta Theatre production of Culture Shock.

Head west, young man!

CENTRAL ALBERTA THEATRE REPRISING POPULAR CULTURE SHOCK

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

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Does the past predict the future? Central Alberta Theatre is counting on it with the reprise of the popular Canadian comedy Culture Shock.

Brian Spencer directed the Lorne Elliott play, about a bored Newfoundlander who heads west to see the rest of the country, about seven years ago.

Culture Shock was then staged not by CAT but as a fundraiser for the non-profit Central Alberta Residents Society, which helps the mentally disabled. It proved a big success.

Spencer recalled thousands of dollars were raised as word of mouth spread about the “laugh-a-minute” slapstick comedy. Soon it was completely sold out and “a lot of people who wanted to come and see it couldn’t get tickets,” he recalled.

Well, here’s a second chance.

Central Alberta Theatre is doing a new version of Culture Shock, with Spencer once again in the director’s chair. It runs from Jan. 10 to Feb. 2 at the Nickle Studio, upstairs at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre.

Local actors Paul Sutherland and his real-life dad, Michael Sutherland, are again assuming the roles of feckless son, Hillyard Philpott ,and his eye-

What: Central Alberta Theatre presents Culture Shock, a Canadian comedy by Lorne Elliott When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10 to 12, Jan. 17 to 19, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 Where: Nickle Studio, upstairs at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre Tickets: $28.70, rush seating. Doors open at 7 p.m. Cash bar. ball-rolling father.

Hillyard is a lad from Newfoundland who’s weary of life in his outport. Unemployed since accidentally blowing up the local fish plant, Hillyard hits the road seeking fame and fortune. He’s armed only with his wits — which is a problem, since Hillyard is near witless.

Trouble finds him in Montreal, where the hitchhiker is picked up by escaped convicts Jean and his brother Réjean.

The duo are kind of like “Darryl and my other brother Darryl” from the old Newhart TV series, said Spencer, with a chuckle. A closer comparison might be to characters from the movie Dumb and Dumber —

only with Quebeçois accents.

One thing leads to another and suddenly Hillyard is disturbed to discover his own family members drawn to a legally dubious scheme.

“The comedy just zips out of one scene and into another,” said Spencer, who added the 90-minute play that was once taped for CBC broadcast is so comical and his cast so seasoned, that his job has been a cinch. “It’s not much of a brainer for me to just sit there and watch and have a good laugh.”

The only hitch has been getting all the busy actors at the same rehearsals.

Spencer said Paul and Michael Sutherland have had hectic schedules as both were involved with different plays — as was Tim Newcomb, who plays Réjean. (Brother Jean is being played by Blaine Newton while Jim Claggett takes on the role of Cyril the mailman.)

But the veteran cast is doing great, he added. “I’ve just been keeping the pace up” of various scenes, as well as reining in actors when they go off on improvised tangents. “Sometimes I have to tell them to stick to the script.”

Spencer promises plenty of belly laughs and no moral whatsoever. “There’s nothing deep at all. You just get guffaws all around.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Playbook a good kind of mood swing JENNIFER LAWRENCE, BRADLEY COOPER MAKE A WINNING PAIR IN THE HEARTFELT COMEDY Silver Linings Playbook Three and a half stars (out of four) Rated: 14A Stop that snickering! There’s nothing really wrong with Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper).

In Silver Linings Playbook, a very funny movie about being a little crazy, Pat isn’t just looking on the bright side.

He’s a regular ray o’ sunshine, as long as you don’t rile him.

He’s taken up running and lost a pile of weight. He’s working on winning back his wife, who left Pat and now has a restraining order against him.

“I’m remaking myself,” he tells everybody.

PETER Who would doubt him? Just HOWELL because he nearly killed the man he caught naked with his spouse. Just because he trashes his shrink’s office after hearing his wedding tune My Cheri Amour in the waiting room.

People leap to conclusions about Pat. So what if he spent eight months in a Baltimore psychiatric institute, where he learned he’s “undiagnosed bipolar with mood swings?” Can’t everybody see he’s OK now?

“I’m not the explosion guy. My father is the explosion guy.”

Yes, Pat Sr. (Robert De Niro) does have his mood swings, too. Especially when his beloved Philadelphia Eagles fail on the gridiron, which happens too often. Good thing his devoted wife (Jackie Weaver) keeps him supplied with a constant supply of beer and homemade Italian snacks.

And what’s with this strange girl, Tiffany (Jennifer

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Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in a scene from Silver Linings Playbook.

Lawrence)? Why does she keep following Pat around his Philly neighbourhood? A recent widow — her police officer husband died — she’s been bingeing on one-night stands. Maybe she’s the one who’s nuts, although she doesn’t think so, either.

“I was a big slut,” she says, “but I’m not any

more.”

Writer/director David O. Russell has his work cut out for him making sense of this crew, let alone winning our sympathies.

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SHE’S DONE IT BEFORE

First Friday to feature diverse array of works

BY ADVOCATE STAFF From portraits to line drawings to photography — a diverse array of artworks will be displayed in Red Deer during the First Friday gallery openings for January.

The Red Deer College Library will be open until 6 p.m. today, with three gallery spaces showing different exhibits.

Red Deer artist Elena Rousseau’s elegant drawings of the human form will hang until Jan. 9 in the Four Corners Gallery in the Importance of Line exhibit.

Portraiture by the Alberta Society of Artists will be displayed until Jan. 21 in The Panels gallery, while smallscale works by past RDC artists in residence will be showing in the PortHole Gallery until Jan. 11. This space is located just outside the library’s front doors.

Our Surroundings is the name of a photo exhibit in the Marjorie Wood Gallery in the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. The photographs were taken by

students in classes offered through Red Deer Culture Services. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today.

Examples of artworks that can be signed out by the public through the Red Deer Public Library’s Art Lending Program are showing in the Borrowing Art exhibit in the Kiwanis Gallery in the library. The gallery run by the Red Deer Arts Council will have an opening reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today.

Diverse works created by various artists through the Art from the Streets program will be displayed at 4935-51st St. A reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today.

The Hub on Ross is showing Alberta Roots, heritage and cowboy art

by Christina Drader until Jan. 31. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today.

Tickets can be purchased at the door for a 7 p.m. concert at The Hub

by The Original Caste, the band best known for the 1970s hits One Tin Soldier and Mr. Monday. Admission is $15 a person or $30 per family, cash only.

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Vivian Bennett’s She’s Done It Before is one of several large acrylic on canvas pieces currently on exhibit at Alberta Art and Drafting Supplies located at 4711-49 Ave. in Red Deer. Alberta Art and Drafting Supplies features many artists through the year with an ever changing display of work.

EXHIBITS RED DEER GALLERIES ● Borrowing Art: The Red Deer Public Library Art Lending Program — Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library present this art lending program in the Kiwanis Gallery of the Red Deer Public Library from Jan. 3 to Feb. 19. The First Friday opening is Jan. 4 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Borrow original, framed artwork in a variety of two-dimensional media by local artists with your library membership.

For details contact Diana at the Red Deer Art Council, 403-348-2787, Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ● The Importance of Line by Elena Rousseau will be featured at Red Deer College Library Four Corners Gallery until Jan. 9. ● Small Scale Work by Past Artists in Residence will be on display at RDC Library at PortHole Gallery located just outside the library front doors until Jan. 11. ● Alberta Roots by Christina Drader will

be on display at The Hub during the month of January. Drader’s collection features prairie heritage and cowboy art.

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career and recently launched another act with “The Bravest Man in the Universe,” the Damon Albarn-produced comeback album that recently made several best-of lists.

Alzheimer’s is a degenerative brain disease characterized by memory loss.

It’s the latest health problem for the 68-year-old singer, who’s also been fighting cancer and other maladies.

Womack says he’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s NEW YORK — Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member told the BBC in a recent interview the diagnosis comes after he began having difficulty remembering his songs and the names of people he’s worked with.

A spokeswoman did not immediately reply to a message left by the Associated Press.

The soul singer has cut a wide path through the music business as a performer and songwriter in his 50-year

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PLAYBOOK: Film has a heart You think his characters are bipolar? Russell’s screenplay, adapted from Matthew Quick’s 2008 novel, veers from brow-furrowing drama to screwball comedy, sometimes within the same scene.

A story about serious mental health and family challenges slowly but surely becomes a grinner about a dance contest, the outcome of which you end up actually caring about.

You don’t begrudge or judge these mood swings, not like you might have with I Heart Huckabees, the last film Russell wrote as well as directed. That one was zany just for the sake of zaniness.

Silver Linings Playbook actually does have a heart. It doesn’t mock mental illness; it questions our rigid definitions of “normal” and “sane.” Russell learned something about people making The Fighter, an Oscar-nominated picture about overcoming personal issues that also included some boxing.

This new one, also Academy bound,

● The Centrium will host The Tragically Hip with special guests the Arkells on Jan. 22. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. All ages show. Tickets go on sale from Livenation.com, Ticketmaster, and Rogers Wireless Box Office, and charge by phone at 1-855-985-5000.

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— STAN COLLENDER SPOKESMAN FOR AL-JAZEERA

Current TV was in 60 million homes.

In 2010, the network’s managing director, Tony Burman, blamed a “very aggressive hostility” from the Bush administration for reluctance among cable and satellite companies to show the network.

Even so, Al-Jazeera has garnered respect for its ability to build a serious news product in a short time. But there may be a culture clash at the network.

Dave Marash, a former “Nightline” reporter who worked for Al-Jazeera in Washington, said he left the network in 2008 in part because he sensed an antiAmerican bias there.

Current, meanwhile, began as a groundbreaking effort to promote user-generated content. But it has settled into a more conventional format of political talk television with a liberal bent. Gore worked on-air as an analyst during its recent election night coverage.

Former New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Cenk Uygur are currently its lead personalities. Current signed Keith Olbermann to be its top host in 2011 but his tenure lasted less than a year before it ended in bad blood on both sides.

Current has largely been outflanked

by MSNBC in its effort be a liberal alternative to the leading cable news network, Fox News Channel.

Current hired former CNN Washington bureau chief David Bohrman in 2011 to be its president. Bohrman has pushed the network to innovate technologically, with an election night coverage that emphasized social media conversation.

Current TV, founded in 2005 by former vice-president Gore and Joel Hyatt, is expected to post $114 million in revenue in 2013, according to research firm SNL Kagan.

Madonna fan gets probation for offence NEW YORK — A former firefighter with a crush on Madonna has been sentenced to three years’ probation for resisting arrest outside the singer’s New York City apartment building.

Robert Linhart was convicted in November after being twice arrested in September 2010.

The judge on Wednesday also ordered Linhart to attend anger management sessions. has a cast shooting sparks. Cooper has never been funnier or more vulnerable. Lawrence demonstrates her comic chops, having already proven her dramatic skills in A Winter’s Bone and The Hunger Games. A scene where she deflates De Niro’s pomposity is worthy of Kate Hepburn. She and Cooper make a great couple, sassy and sexy.

And what lightning bolt struck De Niro? He’s actually been on a roll lately, including a solid previous teaming with Cooper for Limitless, that suggests he’s tired of phoning it in — or maybe just of people accusing him of phoning it in. He digs into this funny and rich role of a dad who loves too much, especially if it has anything to do with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Weaver is grand, too, and so are supporting players that include Chris Tucker (where you been, man?), Anupam Kher, John Ortiz and Julia Stiles, as the enablers and disablers who cross paths with our silver linings searchers.

Silver Linings Playbook isn’t perfect — the ending is untidy — but it may just be the year’s best comedy. People who attended TIFF already know this, because they gave it the fest’s audience award.

You must see it. Otherwise people will think you’re crazy.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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LOS ANGELES — Al-Jazeera, the Pan-Arab news channel that struggled to win space on American cable television, has acquired Current TV, boosting its reach nearly nine fold to about 40 million homes. With a focus on U.S. news, it plans to rebrand the left-leaning news network that co-founder Al Gore couldn’t make relevant.

The former vice-president confirmed the sale Wednesday, saying in a statement that Al-Jazeera shares Current TV’s mission “to give voice to those who are not typically heard; to speak truth to power; to provide independent and diverse points of view; and to tell the stories that no one else is telling.”

The acquisition lifts Al-Jazeera’s reach beyond a few large U.S. metropolitan areas including New York and Washington, where about 4.7 million homes can now watch Al-Jazeera English.

Al-Jazeera, owned by the government of Qatar, plans to gradually transform Current into a new channel called Al-Jazeera America by adding five to 10 new U.S. bureaus beyond the five it has now and hiring more journalists.

Al-Jazeera spokesman Stan Collender said there are no rules against foreign ownership of a cable channel — unlike the strict rules limiting foreign ownership of free-to-air TV stations. He said the move is based on demand, adding that 40 per cent of viewing traffic on Al-Jazeera English’s website is from the U.S. “This is a pure business decision based on recognized demand,” Collender said. “When people watch AlJazeera, they tend to like it a great deal.”

Al-Jazeera has long struggled to get carriage in the U.S., and the deal suffered an immediate casualty as Time Warner Cable Inc., the nation’s secondlargest cable TV operator, announced it is dropping Current TV due to the deal.

“Our agreement with Current has been terminated and we will no longer be carrying the service. We are removing the service as quickly as possible,” the company said in a statement.

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BY ERIC BRACE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Flashback: A 16-year-old kid sits at a table by the back wall of the original Birchmere music hall, tucked between body shops and transmission joints. It’s 1976 and it’s a Thursday night. One of many on which this teenager somehow persuaded his parents to give him the car so he could cross the Potomac River to go see his favorite band. The low ceilings amplify the clatter of plates of burgers and pitchers of beer. The lights go down and the chattery hubbub turns into whistles and cheers. “Ladies and gentlemen, the Seldom Scene!”

And there they are, striding to the stage — John Duffey, Ben Eldridge, Tom Gray, John Starling. And finally, taking the far right side of the stage with his Dobro, Mike Auldridge, a Kensington native who died of cancer Saturday at age 73. He holds the Dobro tight to his chest as he steps to the mike and sings with Duffey and Starling in perfect three-part harmony. “Way down in the Blue Ridge Mountains/ way down where the tall pines grow/ lives my sweetheart of the mountains/ she’s my little Georgia rose.”

No instruments yet, as their voices wrap up the word “rose,” putting a little bend in the middle of its one syllable. Then holy bluegrass hell breaks loose as Eldridge uncorks his banjo, Gray slaps his upright bass, Starling swipes his flatpick across his old Martin guitar, Duffey squeezes sparks from his mandolin (teeny in his thick-armed embrace) and Auldridge holds his Dobro resophonic guitar horizontally now, across his waist, running the steel bar up and down the neck with his left hand, picking at the strings with the fingers and thumb of his right. It’s a glorious sound, and the kid doesn’t know it at the time but it’s a sound that’s changing the world of bluegrass.

All he knows is that it’s changing him, making him want to be up on that stage, singing those harmonies, playing those instruments. Most of all he wants to be Mike Auldridge, with the long angled sideburns, the pressed jeans (creased down the middle, please) overpolished slant-heeled boots, the easy Paul Newman smile, the Steve McQueen cool.

That kid was me, and I can conjure those Thursday nights at the Birchmere in a flash, and often do when I ponder the whys of having chosen a life of making music rather than writing about it (which I once did in these very pages). I blame the Seldom Scene above all other influences, and I blame Mike above all the members of the Scene. On my first day of college, I heard a banjo being played down the dormitory hallway. I followed the sound and quickly formed a band with the banjo’s owner, with me singing and playing guitar. Thus began my quest to find the magic the Scene whipped up every Thursday night at the Birchmere, their seemingly effortless blend of virtuosity, showmanship, comedy, aching ballads and barreling instrumentals, and their ability to leave everyone wanting more, even at the end of a long night of music.

When Starling left the band and the 19-year-old me heard they were auditioning new singers, I fantasized about being up on that stage, Duffey and Eldridge to my right, Gray behind me, Auldridge to my left. It didn’t happen. I didn’t even try. The band went on without me, through various incarnations (with Eldridge continuing to lead a version today). So imagine my joy nearly 25 years years later as I stood on the stage of the Birchmere (the current, bigger one, but still) and got to play and sing with Mike Auldridge standing on my left. We called ourselves the Skylighters, and we were up there with two bandmates from my group, Last Train Home (Jim Gray and Martin Lynds), and legendary bluegrass mandolinist Jimmy Gaudreau.

I looked over at the man with the Dobro and grinned like the kid I somehow still was. His sideburns had become a trim white beard; his playing was even better and more elegant than decades before.

That all happened after I’d run into Auldridge at the Birchmere one night when he was playing with

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Musician Mike Auldridge posed at his Silver Spring, Md., home in 2011 with his instrument of choice, a Dobro, which he is renowned for playing. Auldridge, a founding member of the Seldom Scene bluegrass band, died of cancer on Dec. 29. He was 73.

Emmylou Harris. I introduced myself and he said he knew of my music and my writing. I was flattered.

I was nervous. I was talking to one of my heroes.

“Maybe you’d be up for playing a show with me sometime?” Did I really say that? I sure did. Did he really say, “Sure, man, that would be fun. Just give me a call”? He sure did.

I did call him, and he was eager to play. I learned that above anything else, Mike was a musician who wanted to make music. So when we both could, we did. First with the Skylighters, then, after I moved to Nashville, we made a record called “Master Sessions” with my friend and duo partner Peter Coo-

phrases that can’t make it into a newspaper. He would explode in his contagious laugh even as he was dishing on his musical comrades. He talked of the fraught time when he was leaving the Scene and forming Chesapeake. Of his dislike of strange foods in strange lands, and how he loved being home. He admitted to his attack of nerves when the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe (famous for his antipathy toward the Dobro), invited him to play on a recording session. He asked about Nashville and wondered if he shouldn’t have moved down there in the ‘80s, when former Washington talent such as Ricky Skaggs and Jerry Douglas were making their mark on the bluegrass and country music scene there.

He admitted that Lloyd Green was his musical hero and that making a record with him had been a dream come true, but that it also made him feel “like a nervous schoolgirl.”

As the cancer spread, Mike talked about the frustration he felt as it became harder to do things he’d always done.

In one of his last performances, earlier this year with Vince Gill at the Birchmere, Mike asked Gill if it would be OK to sit while he played. Gill called for six more stools onstage so the whole band could sit down that night. Although his body was giving out, Mike kept living life in a big way. He was ecstatic about traveling to see his first grandchild in September. That same month he finished a resophonic guitar summit album with Douglas and Rob Ickes. He was humble in October upon receiving the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship grant, but happy while playing at the awards ceremony concert.

When I wrote to ask him to join me in the recording studio earlier this year, he wrote back describing his radiation treatments, his chest pain and his general fatigue. Then: “But I’m not complaining. I can still pick and still have the passion light on ‘high’ so all is (almost) well. Let’s do it. Tell me where and when.”

When I wrote to ask him to join me in the recording studio earlier this year, he wrote back describing his radiation treatments, his chest pain and his general fatigue. Then: “But I’m not complaining. I can still pick and still have the passion light on ‘high’ so all is (almost) well. Let’s do it. Tell me where and when.” per, where Auld-ridge and pedal-steel legend Lloyd Green were the titular masters. But more than the music-making, it was the hanging out with the man I could now call Mike that was so fun. The music journalist in me would question him about his life and his musical history, and he would happily oblige me with tales and anecdotes. By then I had learned how Mike had transformed his instrument from a littleregarded side note in bluegrass music into a stunningly beautiful voice in its own right, and he has influenced everyone who ever picked up a Dobro. (In a noisy bar on the coast of Brittany one night years ago, I heard a French bluegrass band that featured a Dobro player. During a break between sets I talked to him and told him I was from Washington. “Ah, you must know Mike Auldridge, yaiss? Ee ees zee best, non?”)

Mike peppered his easy conversation with salty

What women want: female film jurists conflicts — nor should they.

I can easily see Kathryn Bigelow or Angelina Jolie, who is set to direct her second war film, throwing their ballots behind hard-nosed combat pictures.

But when juries select movies, they’re signaling not just which movies are good but what kind of stories are important.

These are signals that can affect what kinds of movies are deemed viable — or even canonical — in the future. Wanting diverse perspectives participating in that decision is important not just because it affects the outcome of one competition or one year’s worth of movies.

This week, the National Film Registry inducted 25 new films, but just three of them — A League of Their Own, Samsara and The Matrix — were directed by women, and the latter was co-directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski.

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WASHINGTON — When the Sundance Film Festival announced in late November the 16 dramatic features that would compete for its top award in 2013, it quietly did something that few other companies or festivals in its industry manage to achieve: It managed to reach gender parity, with eight of those films directed by women.

This was particularly notable given that in 2012, only three of the 16 entries were directed by women.

Sundance seemed to have figured out that not only was a diversity of perspectives something its attendees wanted, but — contrary to the claims that are constantly made in the entertainment industry that it’s hard to find women to staff television writing rooms or to direct features — it was relatively easy to find those new perspectives if you decided to go looking for them.

But it isn’t just the number of women in competition who matter: It’s who’s sitting at the judges’ table.

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ANOTHER TOURNAMENT WIN

HOROSCOPE Friday, Jan. 4 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: If you find yourself fuelled up with a sudden burst of energy and a go-getter attitude then be grateful to Mars, the planet which gives us stamina and Jupiter, the planet of abundance are both very generous to each other today. This is a wonderful time to enrol in a fitness class or renew your membership at your local gym. Whatever makes you move and pump up your blood, ASTRO will certainly boost you up. You got DOYNA the right tools for it: a great motivation!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, the year ahead will focus on professional partnerships that might not always go as you had planned. It would be easier for you to accept such surprising occurrences if you try to keep an open-minded spirit. You will need to learn the balance between your career and your family life.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): During this time you are gifted with the opportunity in becoming one of those people that seems to be highly in demand. You relate easily to others, you are welcoming and your popularity might create some new fans along the way.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You find yourself stuck or having to deal with some partnership responsibilities which weigh heavily on your shoulders. Displaying your core feelings and emotions don’t seem to flow too easily at this time.

Romance might seem too somber today.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Fun doesn’t seem to be a twoway street today. It is possible you might have to go ahead and benefit in your free time all by yourself. You are very comfortable in your own skin, enjoying your own company.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Leave your sweetheart’s unresponsive attitude aside for now since your wants and needs do not seem to be on the same wavelength. Help and good karma may come to you in unapparent ways. Accept these spiritual gifts that are being offered to you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Work may tire you down and lower your vitality while communication with others doesn’t seem to flow without difficulty. This is a testing time which will offer you many opportunities for advancement and growth. Do not be resistant to change: be open-minded.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your financial situation can make you cranky. You may have spent more than you have anticipated. Reaching this comfort level will show others your leadership skills, your generosity and your ability to take charge of the small details.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your sweetheart will show a side in them which may leave you quite dazed. A change in their attitude will change your humor. Your survival tip would be to initiate a get-together with your friends and let yourself embark into a whole new journey.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Past matters or disclosures involving an ex will remind you of some painful yet memorable souvenirs you had once shared together. Nostalgia will kick in and a somber mood might prevail in today’s predisposition.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This is a golden day for you. Your peers align with you and give you a boost in your confidence. Your hopes and dreams seem promising and hopeful. You are eager to initiate on those future ideas and an established plan.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Professional obligations and domestic needs will require a lot of compromise today. A matter at home or relating to your parents will upset you and perhaps, get mixed up with your social standing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You need more freedom of thought and only within these parameters will you be able to excel in presenting your case. Feeling trapped in your own life education can cause you some blockages. Your creativity is your best alliance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are feeling daring and more of a risk-taker right now. You seek closure with that special someone and you are not afraid to go beyond the invisible. Blissful moments can give you major satisfaction.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

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Dear Annie: My sister-in-law, “Nina,� is my hus- kid eat nothing for dinner but be the first in line for band’s only sibling. She is divorced with grown chil- dessert. dren.

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Midwest Cook Nina frequently pops in at our home, Dear Midwest: These are things the parso I make polite chitchat and then proents should be teaching their children, but ceed to go about what I was doing and let obviously, they are sleeping on the job. her visit with my husband. I don’t want to If the parents are not present, you may prevent him from having a relationship educate the children. If the children are with his sister. your relatives, you may also correct them, Apparently, this is the wrong approvided the parents do not object. proach, because Nina now tells my husHowever, if they are other people’s chilband she “has no idea what she ever dren and the parents are present, you may did to me� and doesn’t understand why say the first part, but not the rest.

I “hate� her. He sticks up for me, but it Dear Annie: This is in response to MITCHELL puts him in a tough spot. “Curled,� whose ex-husband barely sees & SUGAR I should also mention that in the past his older kids now that he’s remarried and three months, my sister died, my children has a baby. left for college, and I had to move my I would highly recommend that the mother into a senior center and sell her writer and any couples with similar issues house. look at family mediation programs.

I do not hate my sister-in-law, but clearly, I have Many are low-cost or free. other priorities at this time.

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In addition, mediation You should not have to jump through hoops to can also allow parents an please someone who isn’t interested. You have opportunity to understand enough to deal with. how their behavior may Dear Annie: My husband and I were raised to be affecting the children. eat dinner with our families. We ate what Mom preShe can call her lopared, or we went without. cal family court to learn We have continued this tradition with our three more. — Las Vegas children. With the exception of sauerkraut and BrusAnnie’s Mailbox is writsels sprouts, they will eat any food put in front of ten by Kathy Mitchell and them.

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Story of characters stands out The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A memoir of friendship, community and the uncommon pleasure of a good book

By Wendy Welch St. Martin’s Press

‘THE STORY OF ACQUISITIONS AND MISHAP ARE GREAT, BUT THE STORIES OF THE CHARACTERS WHO BECOME FRIENDS IS EVEN BETTER.’ Jack put up a sign that said, “Used bookstore opening soon” and began building shelves and making repairs.

Small town America, like small town anyplace does not react well to uppity strangers coming to town and changing things. So, besides preparing their “mansion” and gathering stock, they had to win over the townsfolk.

This is the a funny story of the wooing of the townspeople and the gathering together of books and book lovers.

They bought the place in July with plans to open in October. Culling of their personal library began immediately, so there would be some offerings on the shelves on opening day.

Wendy and Jack were both bibliophiles but had no experience with retail anything. Now they had to advertise and acquire and sell.

They were both friendly informed conversationalists, and good listeners, and customers came to see.

Officially named Tales of the Lonesome Pine Used Books, the store featured craft evening classes of this and that. They introduced “musical evenings” and more people came to drink tea and eat shortbread and to buy.

The story of acquisitions and mishap are great,

This is a true story of a couple, well travelled and educated, who dreamed of owning a bookstore, somewhere in a nice old house in small town America.

The dream had been nurtured and enlarged through PEGGY discussion late at night, or FREEMAN while driving or just about any time. It would be a bookstore housing used books (mainly because they had a good supply themselves) where the hardwood floors creaked, the coffee was always hot, and the cat purred in a sunny window. They had the cat and one day they found the house.

Big Stone Gap, Va., in the Appalachians is home to a dying coal industry, the economy is in the basement, but the house fit perfectly with the dreams of Wendy and Jack Welch. It was a five-bedroom, threebath (one working) 103-year-old Edwardian mansion.

(The floor creaked alarmingly). Perfect!

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but the stories of the characters who become friends is even better. There is the Vietnam vet who liked to bend Jack’s ear, the short man known as “Wee Willie” who buys a lot of books every week and Lulu, who discovers used books in barns and attics, some slightly mouseeaten: all good people.

The personalities of Jack and Wendy are a gift to the people of Big Gap. They are open-minded, tolerant and very kind people. Wendy tells tales of great kindness shown to her and Jack once the town knew and accepted them.

Later in the book, they leave the Lonesome Pine in good hands and drive across America to check other used book stores. It’s an eye-opening trip.

Wendy wraps up the book by recommending titles, a habit no book seller/book lover can control; they know and they just have to tell.

Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

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LADD Margaret (Peggy) 1922-2013 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing o f o u r b e l o v e d m o t h e r, grandmother and great grandmother, Peggy Ladd (formerly of Red Deer). Peggy passed away on January 1st, 2013 at the age of 90 years, while under the wonderful care of the nurses and staff at the Bentley Care Centre.

After selling her home in Upper Fairview in 2003; she resided at the Pines Lodge until 2008. She then moved to Masterpiece Senior Living before finally moving to the Bentley Care Centre in February 2012.

Peggy is survived by her four children, Bonnie (Daniel) Watt of Kamloops, Larry (Diana) Ladd of Edmonton, Judy (Ronald) Glover of Kamloops, Allen (Jean) Ladd of Gull Lake, fourteen grandchildren, and twenty-three great grandchildren, sister-in-laws, Lois Hyland, and Shirley (Rosaire) Parenteau, as well as, numerous nieces and nephews.

Peggy was predeceased by her parents Andrew and Jean McBain, her husband Judd in 1995, brothers Bill and Andy McBain, Sisters Mamie Maine, Jessie Meaver, and Betty Knight, grandson Justin Ladd, niece Marlene Norman, and brother-in-laws Lionel Hyland and Burrel Ladd.

Peggy touched and impacted the lives of anyone she encountered; she adopted both young and old into her extended family. Peggy was loved and admired by everyone who was blessed to have had her in their lives.

Peggy’s children would like to thank the staff at the Bentley Care Centre for the extra special care she received in her last year. Peggy loved each of these ladies dearly as she shared her special kisses; which have been fondly named “Peggy Kisses”.

We love you Mom, Fly with the Angels.

DERKATCH Dixie Lynn (nee Dorosh) 1953 - 2012 Dixie passed away with family by her side on Wednesday, December 19, 2 0 1 2 a t t h e To m B a k e r Cancer Centre at the age of 59 years. She will be sadly missed but lovingly remembered by one daughter, Sylvia Marie (Chris) Calvé and their three children: Colby (Chelsey), Bailey and Leigha; one son Michael Derkatch and his three c h i l d r e n : A s h l e y ( To n y ) McLeod, Jared and Paige McLeod; two great grand children Oakley and Jagger; two sisters, Pearl (Art) Freeman and Elsie Dorosh; one brother Fred Dorosh as well as other extended family and friends. Dixie is predeceased by her parents Fred and Mary Dorosh; three brothers: Mervin, James and Gerald; three sisters: Ellen, Sylvia and Geraldine. A Memorial Service will be announced in the near future.

Memorial donations in Dixie’s memory may be made directly to Potter’s Hands Ministries, 4935 - 51 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2A8 or the Canadian Cancer Society, Suite 200, 325 Manning Road NE, Calgary, AB T2E 2P5. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca

A Memorial Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel (4820-45 Street, Red Deer) on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 2 p.m.

In Lieu of flowers Memorial Tributes in Peggy’s honor may be made directly to the Alzheimer’s Society, 104 - 4805 - 48 Avenue Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 3T2, or to a charity of your choice.

THOMPSON Nellie Irene (neé Crutcher) 1923 - 2012 Mrs. Nellie Irene Thompson of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Hospice on the evening of Monday, December 31, 2012 at the age of 89 years.

Nellie will forever be lovingly remembered by her children; Tom (Cathy), Susan (Bob), Heather (Bernie), Athenia Anne (Myles) and Sharon (Harvey). Nellie will also be greatly missed and loved by 13 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and 1 great-great granddaughter, her brother and sisters and their families and many extended family and wonderful friends. Nellie was predeceased by her parents, husband Tom, infant daughter Anne, and many other family members. A memorial service with friends and family will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #35, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, January 5, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 2S6.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting: www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to Craig Kanngiesser EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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HARTLEY James David (JD) Hartley of Alix, AB passed away unexpectedly January 1, 2013.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, he lived throughout western Canada with the majority of time in Central Alberta / Alix area. A Welder/Fabricator by trade, JD’s passion was motorcycles and riding, as he was an enthusiast for his entire life. JD is survived by his mother Dorothy, Sister Brenda, Brothers Brant and Justin and Justin’s family, Nancy, Kayla and William.

There will be no service at this time; a memorial will be held in spring. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe & Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

DALTON Cicely Eileen 1922 - 2012 Mrs. Cicely Dalton of Innisfail, Alberta passed away at the Innisfail Health Care Centre on December 31, 2012 at the age of 90 years. A Funeral Service will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #104, Innisfail, Alberta on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Memorial tributes may be made directly to the M.S. Society of Alberta or to S.T.A.R.S. Air Ambulance.

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SEIBERT, Irma Elizabeth 1927-2013 Irma Elizabeth passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the age of 85 years. Irma is survived by her sister, Carole Sullivan, her niece, Pamela (Malcom) Nelson, her nephew, Craig (Jeanne) Sullivan, and great niece, Elizabeth Materi, all of Washington State, also her niece, Jeanette (Ron) Cleveland, great nephew, Kurt (Nicole) Cleveland, all of California, and great nephew, Cody (Chelsi) Cleveland and great, great niece, Payten Cleveland of Pennsylvania, plus numerous cousins in Canada and United States. Irma was predeceased by her beloved husband, Al (George) Seibert, her parents; Joseph and Elizabeth Anton of Medicine Hat, her sister, Emelie (Roy) Trebble, and her brother, George J. Anton of Red Deer, her sister, Henrietta (John) Elkins of Port Orchard, Washington, and her nephew and good friend, Gary Thiesson of Medicine Hat. Born on July 17, 1927, Irma lived her early years on the family farm west of Medicine Hat. In 1940, the family moved to Medicine Hat where Irma completed her education and eventually became employed in the bookkeeping field. In 1949, Irma was united in marriage with Al Seibert. They lived in Calgary until 1953 when Mr. Seibert was transferred to Edmonton where they lived for 8 years both employed in the Office Management and Accounting field. In 1961, Mr. Seibert was again transferred, enforcing a move back to Calgary where they lived until their retirement. Their interest and love of horses prompted the purchase of land in the Cottonwood Garrington district north-west of Olds. They happily adapted to the country lifestyle caring for their horses, growing hay and oats for them, enjoying horse-back riding, gardening vegetables and flowers, and socializing with their good neighbors. They eventually became involved in the thoroughbred horseracing business and under their company and stable name “Cottonwood Holdings Ltd.”, raced their horses on the Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg thoroughbred Racing Circuit, enjoying much excitement and considerable success.

Mr. Seibert passed away in 1990, Irma then moved to Red Deer where she lived until her death. Irma travelled extensively and while enjoying her travels, was always glad to come home a very proud Canadian. She loved and appreciated GOOD MUSIC, often spending hours listening to her favorites in classical, contemporary, and the Big Bands!

As well, the challenge of cross-word puzzles was a great pass-time as well as keeping her mind in tune. Irma leaves a legacy of dignity, a warm sense of humor, precious memories of her enduring love and care of her family, and her great joy in visiting with family and friends. A Graveside service will be held on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 10 a.m. where she will be laid to rest beside her husband in the Olds Cemetery.

Funeral Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel (4820-45 Street, Red Deer) on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 1 p.m. If desired, memorial tributes in her honor may be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4R 3S6 or to the Stars Ambulance Foundation, 1441 Aviation Park N.E., Box 570, Calgary, Alberta T2E 8M7. 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.

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COLE Jack E. Nov. 13, 1917 to Dec. 20, 2012 Jack Cole of Red Deer formally from Sylvan Lake passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on December 20, 2012 at the age of 95. Jack is lovingly remembered by his sons Bob (Judy) and Barry (Janet); grandsons Cory, David, and Evan; great grandsons Cody and Kestyn; and his partner for the past 15 plus years I r e n e Wa r d i l l . J a c k w a s predeceased by his wife Bernice; parents Charles and Mable Cole; sisters Erlene, Josephine, Francis and brothers Bill Dale and LaVerne. Jack was a World War II veteran as a wireless instructor in the Canadian Air Force. After the war Jack and Bernice moved to Sylvan Lake in 1946 to open up a butcher shop with brother LaVerne, later building a new grocery and meat store on Main Street Sylvan Lake in the early 60’s and sold in the late 60’s. After selling out, he worked for Bloome’s Hardware and Sylvan L a k e Ve n d o r s . H e w a s approached by Horne and Pitfield and subsequently hired as a meat supervisor and retiring in 1980. After retirement Jack and Bernice spent many years in Mesa, Arizona until Bernice became ill and passed away. Jack and Irene spent some years travelling and spending time in Lake Havasu until Jack could not travel anymore.

Irene spent many hours at Mitchener Extendicare taking care of Jack and was very devoted to him. We would like to thank her for her love, devotion, and care of Dad. A memorial service for Jack was held at the Chapel of the Sylvan Lake Funeral Home 5019- 47A Ave Sylvan Lake, AB on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made in Jack’s name to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) #4 5015-48 Street Red Deer, Alberta T4N 1S9 “Life’s Work Well Done” SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151

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KOCHER Lyle Alton 1918 - 2013 It is with great sadness that our family announces the passing of Lyle Alton Kocher of Red Deer, AB. He passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on January 1, 2013 at the age of 9 4 y e a r s . Ly l e w a s t h e youngest of six born at Clive, AB on the family farm to Mildred and Willis Kocher.

Lyle will be deeply missed by his wife of 67 years, Sylvia; daughters Sandra Nugent (Pat), and Lori Anne Kocher; sons John (Anneli), Peter (Patty MacNaughton), and Mark (Kluane Dobson); his grandchildren Richard Crozier, Zina (Ian Houghton), Michael, Kye, Ben and Anna. He is also survived by a large extended family of in-laws, nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was predeceased by his daughter, Susan Crozier.

Lyle attended Olds Agricultural College before proudly serving in WWII (from 1942 - 1944) with the Canadian Forces in northern Africa and Italy. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for almost 70 years and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. He enjoyed watching and participating in many sports particularly hockey, curling and baseball.

Lyle was a lifelong learner who influenced many with his warm smile, infectious laugh and quirky sense of humour.

He experienced a variety of occupations including farming in the Clive District and as a real estate agent in Red Deer and enjoyed working as a volunteer at Sunnybrook Farm Museum.

The family wishes to express its appreciation to the staff on Unit 33 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital for the excellent care he was given.

A service in celebration of Lyle’s life will take place at Eventide Funeral Chapel (4820-45 Street, Red Deer) on Friday, December 4, 2013 at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Sunnybrook Farm Museum 4701 - 30 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 5H7, to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, #202, 5913 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4C4, or to a charity of your choice.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to Craig Kanngiesser EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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Peggy was born on July 30, 1922 at Irma, Alberta. Her family moved to Mulhurst at Pigeon Lake where she grew up. It was there she met, fell in love and married the love of her life, Judd Ladd on May 3rd.

1941. They raised four children together, moving to Calmar in 1949, then to Red Deer in 1955. While in Red Deer, Peggy joined the work force. She began her career at Kresge’s as Head Floor Supervisor. When the Hudson Bay Co. opened she moved into the positions of Sales Manager and Store Manger for 25 years before she retired in 1984.

Peggy was blessed with many friends and was adored for her great sense of humor. After retirement, she spent many hours enjoying her back deck, walking Bower Pond trails, golfing and spending time with her friends at the Oil Wives Club. She especially enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren whom she loved dearly.

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WEDDELL Jean Mary 1920-2013 Jean Mary (Cranston) Weddell died early on January 1st, two hours into her 93rd birthday.

Jean was Regina’s New Year’s baby of 1920, first child of Andrew and Ruth Cranston.

Twin brothers, Tom and Jim, joined the family in 1924.

Her mother Ruth died a short time afterward. After high school, Jean moved to Toronto to pursue her education.

She graduated from the University of Toronto School of Nursing in 1942. While a nursing student, she met the love of her life and future husband of 60 years, John Weddell; they were married in June of that year. After the war, Jean and John settled in Red Deer where John practiced family medicine with the Parson’s Clinic for the next 46 years. Jean lived a very full life which included raising her family of four, gardening, gourmet cooking, painting, weaving, skiing, travelling, supporting the arts community and many volunteer activities. Jean also resumed her nursing career after the nest had emptied by taking a refresher course and working at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. Jean was predeceased by her two brothers, Tom and Jim Cranston and her husband, John. She is survived by her four children; David (Bette), Peter (Barb), Rob (Carol) and Susan (Cal Johnson), seven grandchildren; Jon (Angie), Jeremy (Lisa), Jennifer (Pat), Andrew (Zoe), Nancy (Andrew), Jeff and Emily and seven great grandchildren; Finn, Caroline, Mabel, Clark, Annie, Jasper and Isabel, with one more expected in March! Jean was a very positive, energetic person, always interested in getting involved in the next event, large or small and making friends along the way. “GiGi” will be sorely missed by her family and her many friends, particularly her fellow residents at Symphony, Aspen Ridge. A gathering of friends and family to celebrate Jean’s life will take place on Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Gaetz United Church, Ross Street and 48th Avenue, Red Deer. In lieu of flowers, Jean’s charity of choice would have been the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com

Clerical

In Memoriam

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

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

Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages.

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

GREYWOLF ENERGY SERVICES LTD. is now hiring experienced Well Testing Operators, Night Supervisors, and Day Supervisors.

We are one of the largest testing companies in North America.

We pay top wages, have an excellent benefits package, and an RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan) program.

GORDON SHOEMAKER 1932 - 2011 To hear your voice, and to see your smile, To sit and talk awhile To be together in the same old way Would be our greatest wish today.

Gone, but not forgotten, Dearly missed by Your Family

Candidates must have H2S, First Aid training, and the ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening. A valid class five driver’s licence with a clean driver’s abstract is an asset.

Central Area Assistant Manager, Fracturing —Red Deer Canyon Services Group Inc., is a publicly traded (FRC-T) Western Canadian oilfield service company that provides specialized fracturing and well stimulation services. Our mission is to provide leading edge well stimulation and cementing technology to all of our customers. Canyon provides its services with a focus on both conventional and unconventional reservoirs, including natural gas from fluid sensitive, low pressure formations, shales, and tight gas.

Southern Alberta residents, submit resumes to: Email: jliesemer@ greywolfsystems.ca Fax: 1-866-211-0338

The "Canyon Team" proudly offers strong leadership, a wealth of operational experience, sound engineering, and a solid support team.

Central Area Assistant Manager, Fracturing Reporting to the Central Area Manager, this position assists with day-to-day operational activities of the branch, including budgeting, people management, equipment allocation, repair and maintenance and policies and procedures.

Births

Key Responsibility Areas: Assist Division Manager with budgetary development and carrying out decisions regarding spending, invoice approvals. With approval from Base Manager, assist with implementation of significant spending decisions.

Assist Base Manager with various projects including effective delivery of budgets and schedules. Assist Divisional Managers as required with all field project operations in the region. Make project based decisions in Base/Divisional Manager's absence.

Ensure appropriate inventory levels, as determined by the Base Manager, are maintained. Acts as liaison with other locations regarding equipment updates and modifications, ensuring they are consistent across the company. Work with Maintenance Manager and Shop Foreman in the coordination of all R/M. Complete necessary documentation to track recorded problems and progress. Accompany, or act on behalf of Base Manager, in facility inspections and coordination of deficiency improvements.

Participate in the creation of company policies and procedures and their implementation at the base. Represent the company in a professional manner at all times.

Offers support to the Base Manager to develop a long term strategy for continues success.

Actively lead employee performance management strategies at the base.

“oh goody, when?”

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30, 2013

“Babies On Parade” In the Red Deer Advocate If you would like your baby featured in this very special section, a great keepsake, look for forms in the Red Deer Advocate & Life Papers, or call 403-309-3300 for more info

Closing Date: Jan 31, 2013 or until the position is filled Apply to: hr@canyontech.ca Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time. If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you.

HOW TO APPLY email: hr@canyontech.ca | fax: (403) 356-1146 | website: www.canyontech.ca

279024A5

“oh baby ... we’re on parade!”...

The successful candidate will have: 5 years previous experience in leadership and management training.

5 years of progressive industry related experience.

Effective written and oral communication skills, Competent with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Demonstrated ability to work and make decisions both independently and in a team environment.

Experience managing employee performance through feedback and support as employees strive to achieve their performance expectations.

Demonstrated ability to proactively anticipate and prevent problems.

Proven and effective people management skills.

Northern Alberta residents, submit resumes to: Email: mstoddard@ greywolfsystems.ca Fax: 780-539-0946 JOURNEYMEN MECHANICS/ MILLWRIGHTS & APPRENTICES wanted for service of natural gas compressors & engines in OLDS, DRUMHELLER and/or STETTLER area.

Position closing date 01/27/13 Please email resume to AmandaS@ flomaxcompression.com or fax to (403) 823-9923 LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 NEW Red Deer Based busy & growing oilfield trucking company looking for exp. winch truck drivers. Successful candidates will receive top wages & benefits.

Valid Class 1 licence is necessary & oilfield tickets is an asset. Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug & alcohol screen test.

Please forward all resumes to danacg@shaw.ca TEAM Snubbing now hiring operators and helpers. Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 E3

820

PRESSURE TRUCK / HOT OILERS

Field experience is an asset, but we will provide new employees with hands on training in the field.

Minimum requirements include a clean driver’s abstract and Class 3Q drivers license. Email or fax an application along with an abstract to: Email: dshannon@ 1strateenergy.ca Fax: 403-887-4750 Successful applicants will be contacted for an interview - please do not call the office Safety tickets and Standard first aid and H2S are required.

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

RATTRAY Reclamation is currently looking for exp’d Class 1 drivers, laborers and backhoe operators with a valid Class 1 license for the Lacombe and Central Alberta areas.

Preferences will be given to those who hold current safety tickets such as H2S Alive, First Aid and Ground Disturbance Level II certification as well as a clean drivers abstract. Drug and Alcohol policy in affect. We offer competitive wages, benefits and a safety bonus program. Work consists of oilfield reclamation and lease construction as well as many other tasks. Please fax resume to 403-934-5235 or email to drattray@rattrayrec.com No phone calls please.

Road Train Oilfield Transport Ltd

is looking for journeyman picker operator.Top wages/ benefits. Safety tickets req’d.

Fax or drop off resume 403-346-6128 No phone calls.

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

TANKMASTER RENTALS requires CLASS 1 BED TRUCK Operators for Central Alberta. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

WE are looking for Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick and Floor hands for the Red Deer area.

Please contact Steve Tiffin at stiffin@galleonrigs.com or (403) 358-3350 fax (403) 358-3326

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced F/T Servers.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Professionals

810

Parkinson Alberta Society Fund development & Volunteer Coordinator (Red Deer & area) P/T permanent position - 15 hrs./week Closing: Until suitable candidate is chosen.

Details: BFoxall@ parkinsonalberta.ca

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Sales & Distributors

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for a well experienced F/T SERVER Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Sales & Distributors

830

NOMADS Clothing Store in Sylvan Lake is looking for P/T & F/T SALES PEOPLE. days, eves and wknds avail.

Contact Steph or Mark , . 403-887-3119

830

RV & MARINE The RV and Marine season is fast approaching and we are looking for some new lifestyle specialists to help us grow...

SALES PROFESSIONAL

850

Are you looking to potentially make an income well above average with no limits?

Work in a great team environment?

Excellent beneďŹ t package and winter holidays?

If so... please apply in conďŹ dence to: Ryan McDonald or Dan Randal Phone: 403-347-3300 Fax: 403-347-3388

Trades

850

APPLY NOW 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.( $35.00/hr +) Transmission and electrical an asset.

Training provided .

Apply to confidential email: bert.rumsey@telus.net

Is accepting applications for a JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC based out of the red deer location. Successful candidate will be responsible for the maintenance of ready mix concrete trucks and equipment for our central Alberta operations including Red Deer, Lacombe, Ponoka and Olds. Knowledge of hydraulics and welding is an asset. We offer competitive wages, excellent benefits and training opportunities.

Pre-employment screening is mandatory. Please fax resume to 403-346-6721 or e-mail to cliebrecht@ lehighcement.com

In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking quailified individuals for * QC INSPECTOR * TECH ILLUSTRATOR * MECH ENGINEER * ELEC. ENGINEER * MACHINIST

Truckers/ Drivers

860

CLASS 3 WATER HAULER needed. Only those with Drilling Rig Water Hauling experience need apply.

Need H2S & First Aid tickets.TOP WAGES PAID Fax clean drivers abstract and resume between the hours of 9 am to 6 pm to: 403-746-3523 or call 403-304-7179

F o r c o m p l e t e j o b Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds TECHNICAL Sales Expert descriptions, please required at Digitex refer to our website at Canada Red Deer, AB. www.sparteksystems.com Twelve month assignment.

Applicants please forward Working hours of 40 hours resume to: keri.lee@ per week or more. sparteksystems.com Required competencies: or fax to 403-887-4050 Must have several years Please state which position experience in technical you are applying for in your sales of Canon digital cover letter.

EXPERIENCED business equipment and Vacuum & Water software in a business to CELEBRATIONS EXPERIENCED repair Truck operators business sales environment.

HAPPEN EVERY DAY person req’d for local truck req’d. to start immed.

Must be an expert at IN CLASSIFIEDS company.

Work involves CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q understanding customer all aspects of heavy truck All oilfield safety tickets needs, experienced in and trailer repair and disSTAIR MANUFACTURER req’d. Clean drivers drafting and completing manteling. Must be Req’s F/T workers to build abstract. Must comply with contracts for selling Canon physically fit.

HD Mechanstairs in Red Deer shop. drug and alcohol policy. equipment, previous Metal Form MUST HAVE basic carReferences Req’d. supervisory experience of ic or equivelant experience Industries (2006)Inc We offer competitive pentry skills.

Salary based Exc. salary & benefits. technical sales staff, be on skill level. Benefits Fax resume to: proficient at large account wages, benefits weekends a custom metal fabrication business in Innisfail has an off. Fax resume to avail. Apply in person at 403-742-5376 selling strategies. employment opportunity 1-855-784-2330 or call 100, 7491 Edgar hartwell@telus.net Must have completed for a Fabricator.

Prefer1-877-787-2501 Industrial Bend. email: Canon corporate account ence will be given to earl707@telus.net. and/or RONCO OILFIELD HAULtraining, product & solution First Choice Collision ING, Sylvan Lake based someone with shear and fax 403-347-7913 selling and be an expert in Seeking Journeyman or Rig Movers/Heavy Haulers brake experience. The corporate sales training 2nd /3rd year apprentices. seeking Winch tractor successful applicant will and solution selling.

Positions for body, prep driver, pilot car driver and receive full time employTruckers/ Person must be expert in and refinishing technicians Swampers. Top wages ment, Mon. to Fri. 8:00 to technical training of clients Drivers needed for our car and and benefits. email: 4:30. We offer employee to use Canon products. light truck division. Top tom@roncooilfield.ca benefits and work environHourly wage CAD $26.44 BUSY CENTRAL AB wages, bonus programs fax: 403-887-4892 ment with plenty of variety. plus commission. company req’s exp’d. Class and benefit package. Fax Apply in person with reDuties would include: 1 drivers to pull decks. resumes to sume 5 km. west of Promote sales to existing Assigned truck, exc. wages Misc.

(403) 343-2160; e-mail Innisfail on Highway #54, clients, identify and solicit and benefits pkg. Paid choice2@telusplanet.net Help fax resume to potential clients, assess extras. Family orientated. or drop off in person @ #5, 403-227-4831 or email to clients’ needs and Resume and abstract fax 7493, 49th Avenue metform@ resources to recommend to 403-784-2330 or call Crescent, Red Deer. metalformalberta.com the appropriate products.

1-877-787-2501 Provide input into product GLASS INSTALLER Mon,. - Fri,. 8 a m to 6 pm WESTAR MASONRY ADULT & YOUTH design where goods or required in Sylvan Lake, is currently looking for CARRIERS services must be tailored AB. Only experienced CLASS 1 driver with fluid SKILLED MASONRY to suit clients’ needs; NEEDED need apply. hauling experience, local LABORERS develop reports and Salary depending on exp., runs. 403-373-3285 or fax Contact Conrad at for delivery of proposals as part of sales full benefit package. resume and copies of all 403-340-1145, Flyers presentation to illustrate Must have driver’s license. Fax: 403-342-6670 or email: valid tickets to benefits from use of good Call 403-588-6451 or fax Red Deer Express 403-986-2819 westar_masonry@yahoo.ca or service and estimate resume to: 403-887-4433. & Red Deer costs of installing and HVAC SERVICE TECH Life Sunday in maintaining equipment or Misc. for busy shop.

Experience service. Candidate must in all aspects of furnaces and Help prepare and administer MOUNTVIEW air conditioners. Strong sales contracts, consult WEST LAKE trouble shooting skills an with clients after sale to asset. For confidential WEST PARK resolve problems and to interview phone Brad provide ongoing support.

403-588-8399 or fax ADULT or YOUTH Must be able to troubleCall Karen 403-309-8302 or email shoot technical problems CARRIERS NEEDED for more info brad@comfortecheating.com related to Canon photo403-314-4317 copier equipment, printers, INDUSTRIAL sandblaster For delivery of scanners, etc. and train Fax resume 403-340-3800 Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in Something for Everyone customers’ staff in the Everyday in Classifieds QUALIFIED operation and maintenance DEER PARK of Canon photocopier ELECTRICIANS TOO MUCH STUFF? Dempsey St. area equipment.

Let Classifieds NEEDED $45.00/mo.

Be able to supervise the help you sell it. activities of other technical ALSO True Power Electric sales specialists as Dempsey St. Requires needed. Send resumes to: Dumas Crsc. & Residential exp. only mvandale@digitex.ca or Competitive wages Duffy Close area fax to 403-309-3384 ADULT CARRIERS & benefits. $88.00/mo.

NEEDED Fax resume to: ALSO 403-314-5599 for early morning

860

Trades

850

1ST or 2ND year.

ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE

Fax resume 403-347-5745

Trades

LEAD ESTIMATOR

This individual will be a dynamic self-starter that will oversee and ensure the Company’s project estimates, quotations, and proposals are completed on time and are in compliance with our clients’ requirements. This individual will coordinate and lead the estimating team, and be responsible for ensuring the project start up coordination with the project management & operations teams. • This individual has a minimum of 7 years of estimating and/or combined project management experience in an industrial services or construction background, preferably related to the oil & gas or energy sector. • This individual has an understanding of construction drawings, unit rate contracts, project costing, and has experience in material and subcontract procurement. You will have knowledge and experience in various industrial RFQ & RFP processes including understanding contract terms and conditions. • This individual will work with the estimating team providing leadership, input, and advice in creating and administering appropriate estimating systems, procedures, and plans in helping the Company achieve continued growth. • Ethical business practices are of the utmost importance to the Company. This individual will share these ethical principles. • Post-secondary education in an engineering or related technologist ďŹ eld would be considered an asset however all candidates with aligning experience and values would be considered. • Knowledge of estimating speciďŹ c software (systems and procedures) would be considered an asset. • Excellent analytical, administrative, and organizational skills are a must. • Excellent compensation program available to the selected candidate.

Please submit your resume to hr@coppsinc.ca 279294A4-6

810 The Company (Copp’s Services Inc.), is a progressive and growing industrial services company and is looking for a Project Manager to be an integral part of their team.

PROJECT MANAGER

Duston St. Donnelly Crsc., area Densmore Crs. Dale Close $270.00/mo.

ALSO Doran Crsc.

Dunn Close $50.00 /mo.

ALSO Doran Crsc., Doan Ave. area $53.00/mo.

NEEDED immed. Journeyman electrician for the AG industry. Competitive wages and benefits.

Please forward resume to info@prolineinc.ca

850

Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment for international clients.

EASTVIEW 100 ADVOCATE $525/MO. $6300/YR 2 HRS./DAY

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.

With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities to achieve your career goals.

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking -

B PRESSURE WELDERS AN UP TO DATE ALBERTA “B� PRESSURE CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED. PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE WITH VESSEL EXPERIENCE This is a full-time permanent shop position with competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

Please Fax resume to 403-227-7796, or Email to hr@bilton.ca

delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in

LANCASTER Lenon Close, Lacey Close, Landry Bend area $76/mo.

ALSO Logan Close Lee St. & Lawrence Crsc. area $158/mo.

We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people.

LANCASTER AREA 77 papers $412/mo.

850

ROSEDALE AREA 72 papers $386/mo.

DEER PARK Dempsey St. area 79 papers $423/mo.

ALSO Davison Dr. area 101 papers $541/mo.

NGC is a young, dynamic, company providing Parts and Service for the Natural Gas Compression Industry. We have an immediate opening for the following:

APPRENTICE FIELD MECHANIC r $BOEJEBUF NVTU CF QSFQBSFE GPS 0O $BMM XPSL BOE B XPSL SFMBUFE MJGFTUZMF r 1SFGFSFODF XJMM CF HJWFO UP DBOEJEBUFT XJUI ,OPXMFEHF BOE FYQFSJFODF JO UIF (BT Compression Industry is an asset r $BOEJEBUF NVTU WBMVF UIF DVTUPNFS BT B QBSUOFS JO CVTJOFTT r $BOEJEBUF NVTU CF BCMF UP XPSL BT QBSU PG UIF UFBN

ALSO Clearview Ridge Timberlands area 59 papers $376/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

Our Core Purpose is to “Service our Customers�

Our Core Values are: “Integrity�,“Respect�,“Dependability� and “Striving to Improve�

CIRCULATION

If you are interested in joining our company, please reply with your resume to:

Service Runner (Part Time)

NGC COMPRESSION SOLUTIONS

This individual will be a dynamic self-starter that will oversee and ensure the Company’s project contract(s) are completed and are in compliance with our clients’ requirements. This individual will coordinate the implementation of our projects, work with the contract administration team, and be responsible for ensuring the administration of project billing and document control for all project contracts. • This individual has a minimum of 7 years of contract administration and/or project management experience in an industrial services or construction background, preferably related to the oil & gas or energy sector. • This individual has an understanding of unit rate contracts and has experience in material procurement and project costing. You will have extensive knowledge and experience in various commercial contracts including understanding contract terms and conditions. • This individual will be responsible for project / contract management including client communication, project progress monitoring and reporting, change order control, payment applications, contract document control, supplier performance, and contract closeout. • This individual will work with the contract administration team providing leadership, input, and advice in creating and administering appropriate systems, procedures, and plans in helping the Company achieve continued growth. • This individual will coordinate project requirements with the engineering, quality control, contract management, and operations teams. • Ethical business practices are of the utmost importance to the Company. This individual will share these ethical principles and have the ability to apply sound judgement in identifying and resolving contract disputes. • Post-secondary education would be considered an asset however all candidates with aligning experience and values would be considered. • Excellent analytical, administrative, and organizational skills are a must. • Excellent compensation program available to the selected candidate.

Please submit your resume to hr@coppsinc.ca 279258A4-6

Mail: PO Box 2511, Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0 Fax: (403) 823-9590 Email: kit.clark@ngc-ltd.com Please note that only those being requested for interviews will be contacted

JOURNEYMEN FIELD TECHNICIAN • Candidate must possess valid Millwright or Heavy Duty or Commercial Transport or Automotive Mechanic. • Candidate must value the customer as a partner in business • Candidate must be able to work alone or as part of the team.

Submit resume, indicating “Service Runner Position�, along with your drivers abstract immediately to: careers@ reddeeradvocate.com or mail to: Human Resources 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 or fax to: 403-341-4772

Our Core Purpose is to “Service our Customers�

Our Core Values are: “Integrity�,“Respect�,“Dependability� and “Striving to Improve�

If you are interested in joining our company, please reply with your resume to:

NGC COMPRESSION SOLUTIONS Please note that only those being requested for interviews will be contacted

Do You: - Want extra income - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hours per week) As part of our customer service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to delivery newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers. A delivery vehicle is provided.

Hours of shifts are Monday through Friday 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. or longer, and/or afternoon shifts Monday to Friday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m..

Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m.-11 a.m. or longer

NGC is a young, dynamic, company providing Parts and Service for the Natural Gas Compression Industry. We have an immediate opening for the following:

Mail: PO Box 2511, Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0 Fax: (403) 823-9590 Email: kit.clark@ngc-ltd.com

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

For delivery of Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m.

Mon. through Fri. & 8:00. .am. on Saturday in

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Trades

GRANDVIEW 75 Advocate $393/month $4725/yr.

1-1/2 hrs. per day

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info 279834A4-8

The Company (Copp’s Services Inc.), is a progressive and growing construction and industrial services company and is looking for a Lead Estimator to be an integral part of their team.

Professionals

850

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC

800

Oilfield

Trades

880

If you are a proven sales professional or even who knows and loves dealing with people we would love to hear from you. Campers, Boaters, Fishermen, Hunters and all around outdoor people always welcome!

Also Required: Detailers Parts & Service Counter Person

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

Trades

880

279910A4,5

We are a growing company searching for experienced hot oiler operators / pressure truck operators/drivers in our Central Alberta location.

830

279506L12

800

Oilfield

Sales & Distributors

279507L12

800

Oilfield

Restaurant/ Hotel

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only selected candidates will be contacted.

E4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 4, 2013

880

CARRIERS NEEDED 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 Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Good communication, skills both verbal and written. Must have effective time management skills and able to multi task in a fast paced environment.

Experience preferred, but will train suitable applicant.

Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

880

Misc.

Help

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for In Town of Trochu Morning Delivery 1 hour per day 6 days per week No collection No Sundays 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

Employment Training

900

OILFIELD SERVICES INC.

offers a variety of

SAFETY COURSES to meet your needs.

Standard First Aid , Confined Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire Training are courses that we offer on a regular basis.

As well, we offer a selection of online Training Courses.

For more information check us out online at www.firemaster.ca or call us at 403 342 7500.

You also can find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs.

SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“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

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com WHOLESALE FIREPLACE Sub-contract installers req’d for fireplace installations( possible $50/hr.+) Call John 780-993-2040 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Employment Training

ADVANCE NOTICE BUD HAYNES ANTIQUE AUCTION Jan. 19 @ 11 am Preview: 9 am Bay 4, 7429 49 Ave R.D. Snack bar avail.

-Part 3 Ron & Late Clara Dancer of Calgary Collection & guest consigners.

Rare Mahogany American style desk; Ant. walnut floor model radio; Coal oil lamps & parts; Selection: Cranberry Royal Doulton Belleek; New sterling silver flatware; & still unpacking.

Ph: 403-347-5855 www.budhaynesauctions.com

Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are for all Albertans

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EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1650

Farmers' Market

BROWN EGGS AND LAMB now has free range pork : gourmet hams and sausage. Great selection of warm woolies.

Phone 403-782-4095 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

Firewood

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1760

Misc. for Sale

12 PC Royal Albert dishes from England. Val-Dor brand.

Incl. cake plate, lrg platter, cream & sugar, gravy boat, etc. $2000 Firm. 403-309-3045 18” CREE native shield $40; 18” Blackfoot shield $40; 403-347-7405

SATELLITE 1/2 TON chain hoist, like new $40; Bayco 3/4 “ gas nozzle with 14’ hose, $50, call 403-728-3375

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Pets & Supplies

CLEARVIEW TOWNHOUSE

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

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Horses

HORSES WANTED: broke, un-broke, or unwanted. 403-783-0303 WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

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Acreages/ Farms AQUARIUM

BABY BUNNIES, (3) FREE. 403-782-3130

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1 1/2 blocks west of mall, 3 bdrm. bi-level, blinds, lg. balcony, 4 appls, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000 Avail. Feb. 1 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

60 gal. tank with black storage cabinet.

Complete with: Cichlids, all accessories, decorations and food.

New Fluval 405 filter, canopy with lights, & heater all replaced within the last year. $500. FIRM 403-346-7778 or 403-506-7117 Red Deer

Condos/ Townhouses

32 HOLMES ST.

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

10-12 HOUSE plants $10-$40 403-342-4572

RESPONSIBLE couple for semi furn. house, large yard, in the country, 12 miles SE of RD , ref’s a must. Call 403-886-4185

Nicely kept 2 storey 3 bdrm, 1.5 baths, 5 appls. Part fin. bsmnt. Fenced yard. Close to shopping/recreation.

No pets, N/S. AVAIL NOW! Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Nicole 403-318-4225

HALMAN Heights

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 avail. Jan 2 403-304-7576 or 347-7545 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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

Condos/ Townhouses

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SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Riverside Meadows

Avail Feb 1, 3 bdrm, 1 bath 4-plex, 4 app, $875 + 25% water, 100% gas & pwr, $825 SD, No pets, N/S PM31 6014B 58A St Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca

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2 BDRM. adult bldg, free Riverfront Estates laundry, very clean, quiet, Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, lrg. suite, Avail Jan. 15 bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, $850/mo., S.D. $650. blinds, large balcony, Call 403-304-5337 no pets, n/s, $1195 or $1220 along the river.

ADULTS ONLY SD $1000. avail.

Avail Feb 1, 1 bdrm, 1 Jan. 2 bath suite, 2 appl, laundry 403-304-7576 347-7545 in bldg, No pets, N/S, $700 + p w r, $ 7 0 0 S D P M ROYAL OAKS CONDO! 242-301 - Sim Mgmt & ReGround floor suite w/ walk- alty 403-340-0065 ext 412 out patio- Facing ravine! www.simproperties.ca Close to Hospital. 2 lrg.

LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. bdrms., 2 baths & 5 appls.

SUITES. 25+, adults only Undergound parking. n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Avail NOW. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 OPPOSITE HOSPITAL Nicole 403-318-4225 Large 2 bdrm. apt., balcony No pets. $775. avail. Jan. 1.

403-346-5885

Manufactured Homes

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Kyte/Kelloway Cres. Newly Reno’d Mobile Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Avail. Immed.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Sharon 403-340-0225 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

RIVERSIDE APT.

2 & 3 bdrm apt. w/balcony, fridge, stove dishwasher.

Starting @ $995 + elect.

Family friendly. AVAIL NOW! Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Lucie 403-396-9554

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Houses/ Duplexes

3 BDRM. Michener Hill, 5 appls, fenced yard, n/s, $1150/mo. 403-357-2001

4200 43 STREET

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1710

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

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Dogs

HUSKY WOLF PUPS!!

1st shots, yr. gaurantee.

403-506-3395, 749-2924

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Sporting Goods

8” JIFFY ice auger $250; 2 pop up fishing tents $75/ea.; 2 man ice fishing tent $100; weight lifting BED ALL NEW, Queen Orthopedic, dble. machine $300; treadmill pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr. $ 3 5 0 ; s t a t i o n a r y b i k e Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325. $250 403-346-4674 302-0582 Free Delivery WANTED BED: #1 King. extra thick Permission to hunt cow/elk orthopedic pillowtop, brand from Jan. 3 - 20th, 2013 in new, never used. 15 yr. zones 322 & 221. warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice Contact Aaron @ $545. 403-302-0582.

403-860-6475

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Newly Renovated Mobile Home

1500-1990

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A MUST SEE! Only

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

$

20,000with Intro

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable 279426C30

FREE Cable 2 & 3 bedroom modular/mobile homes

Your Rental Key to Houses, Condos, Suites & More

CALL CLASSIFIEDS 403-314-4397 TO ADVERTISE HERE

4200 43 STREET

RIVERSIDE APT.

Enjoy the WHOLE house!

2 bdrm 2.5 baths. 6 appls Great yard & STORAGE/ GARAGE Part fin. bsmnt.

Avail NOW.

2 & 3 bdrm apt. w/balcony, fridge, stove dishwasher.

Starting @ $995 + elect.

Family friendly. AVAIL NOW!

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Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Lucie 403-396-9554

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Lucie 403-396-9554

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CLEARVIEW TOWNHOUSE

ROYAL OAKS CONDO!

Nicely kept 2 storey 3 bdrm, 1.5 baths, 5 appls. Part fin. bsmnt. Fenced yard. Close to shopping/recreation.

No pets, N/S. AVAIL NOW!

Ground floor suite w/ walk-out 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

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Nicole 403-318-4225

Starting at

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

/month

Sharon (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

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KENTWOOD

Avail Feb 1, 2 bdrm, 2 bath bi-level Ω duplex w/ finished bsmt, 5 appl, $1300 + util, $1250 SD, No pets, N/S PM 222 27 Kentwood Dr - Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca

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HIGHLAND GREEN

Avail Feb 1, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, cover carport, 5 appl, $1025 including water, $975 SD, small pet is okay w/ fee, N/S PM561 L2 6547 59 Ave - Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca

On the Carribean Sea, located in Honduras Canadian development. $249,900.00 cdn.

(780) 989-3122 casa77@shaw.ca www.casa77honduras.blogspot.com

The

3 BDRM Townhouse, 4 blocks from Glendale School at 265 Glendale Blvd., 5 appls + centra-vac, new carpets, lino, paint, stove, fridge, & dishwasher, 1 Ω baths plus toilet and sink in laundry room in basement.

Heated garage for 1 vehicle & street parking for 2 more.

Avail. to families only, n/s, no pets. Jan. 1st. $1500 rent/d.d. Ph: 403-341-4627 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Sharon (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

BLACKFALDS

Avail now, 2 bdrm, 1 bath house, 2 appl, large yard, $1,100 + util, $1,050 SD, N/S, small dog ok fee, PM 562 ~ 5207 Wilson St ~ Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 ~ www.simproperties.ca

Condos/ Townhouses

$

900

7 ACRES, all utilities, road, quonset, greenhouse, antique home $353,000. 20 min. to Red Deer, great for horses, 403-227-5132

QUIET EAST SIDE w/GARAGE Main floor, mature location close to bus, shopping and schools. Newly painted, new flooring throughout, insuite laundry, 4 appls, shared utils, lease avail. $1375, ref’s, n/s, 403-302-7400

with Laminate Flooring, new carpet, newly painted

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

TROPICAL HOME

NEWER 3 bdrm 1/2 Duplex Feb. 1 $1300 391-6923

Renter’s Special

Misc.

Help

1900

Travel Packages

Enjoy the WHOLE house!

2 bdrm 2.5 baths. 6 appls AFFORDABLE Great yard & STORAGE/ Homestead Firewood Cats GARAGE Part fin. bsmnt.

Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. Avail NOW. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 HOUSE cat to give away, Lucie 403-396-9554 BIRCH or Pine 347-7211 declawed front paws, call bluegrassnursery.com 403-728-3151 BLACKFALDS Avail now, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, SIAMESE 2 a ppl $1,100 + util, Poplar. Can deliver ALSO BELINESE $1,050 SD, N/S, small pet 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 (3) KITTENS FOR SALE ok with fee, PM 562 5207 $60 each obo.

Wilson St - Sim Mgmt & Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner 403-887-3649 Realty 403-340-0065 ext BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / 412 www.simproperties.ca del. Lyle 403-783-2275

CLASSIFICATIONS

Auctions

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Manufactured Homes

stuff

Household Furnishings

ELECTRICAL panel 10x28 w/Square D forward and Clothing reverse control, breaker box and reset switch, 11’ FUR coat, muskrat, long, o f 2 2 0 w i r e , $ 2 0 0 . size 10-12 ladies, very 403-728-3375 g o o d c o n d , $ 1 5 0 FUR and porcupine quills, 403-346-0093 3” high x16’ asking $150, 403-347-7405

Household RED DEER WORKS Furnishings

FREE

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

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Household Appliances 278950A5

Misc.

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classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

880

Contractors

1100

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

COUNTERTOPS

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 RICK’S 30 yrs., ref’s: taping texture 403-864-6540

is expanding its facility to double production.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

Escorts

- Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers

BRING in the New Year with a Bang. 403-550-0470

EDEN 279425A2-31

Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403-885-5516 or e-mail: k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca.

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Escorts

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PRETTY & PLAYFUL 403-848-2300

Handyman Services

1200

BUSY B’S HANDYMAN SERVICES LTD. Res/Comm.Reno’s, repair and more. Give us a buzz @ 403-598-3857 Free quotes. WCB, insured.

GRANT’S HOME REPAIR If it needs to be fixed, replaced or painted, I do it all.

Reasonable rates.

Call anytime. 403-596-9161

Massage Therapy

1280

* NEW * Executive Touch.

Relaxation massage for men. 5003A - Ross St. Mon - Fri 9 am -6 pm & Sat. 10am - 3 pm 348-5650

Massage Therapy

1280

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels.

Open New Years Eve and New Years Day 403-986-6686

Misc.

Services

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

NEW HOURS Asian Relaxation Massage Open 6 days a week starting from 9 am. 587-377-1298

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PAINTING BY DAVE Interior, Exterior, New Construction. Comm/Indust.

2 Journeyman w/over 50 yrs exp. %15 discount for seniors. Free estimates.

All work guaranteed.

403-307-4798 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Seniors’ Services

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ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small reno’s or jobs, such as, new bathroom sink, toilets or safety bars in bath tubs. Call James 403- 341-0617

FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal.

No household appliances 403-396-8629

HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 Better For Cheaper with a Low Price Guarantee. helpinghandshomesupport.com

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Serving central Alberta.

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Painters/ Decorators

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and will serve alongside Britain, a permanent member with veto power.

Britain asserted control of the south Atlantic islands by placing a naval garrison there in 1833. Britain and Argentina fought a brief war in 1982 after Argentina invaded the islands. More than 900 people died, most of them Argentines.

Cameron rebuffed the Argentine president’s demand that the islands be handed over.

“The future of the Falkland Islands should be determined by the Falkland Islanders themselves, the people who live there,” the British prime minister said.

He said Kirchner should pay heed to the result of a referendum to be held on the islands this year, noting that whenever the islanders “have been asked their opinion, they say they want to maintain their current status with the United Kingdom.”

The government of the Falklands Islands attacked Kirchner’s letter as “historically inaccurate,” saying that its relationship with the U.K. is “by choice” and based on shared ideals of “democracy, freedom and self-reliance.”

The islands have a right, enshrined in the U.N. charter, to determine their own future and have exercised that to retain links with the U.K, the government said in a statement.

LONDON — Argentina’s president called on Britain on Thursday to relinquish control of the Falkland Islands, accusing London of taking part in an act of “blatant colonialism” in claiming the wind-swept archipelago.

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner published an open letter in the Guardian newspaper urging Prime Minister David Cameron to honour U.N. resolutions which she says backs her case for the return of the islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas. She has made several similar demands in the past.

“180 years ago on the same date, January 3rd, in a blatant exercise of 19th-century colonialism, Argentina was forcibly stripped of the Malvinas Islands, which are situated 14,000 kilometres (8,700 miles) away from London,” she says in the letter, copied to U.N Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Argentina’s U.N. Ambassador MarDia Cristina Perceval delivered the letter Thursday to U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson.

“The secretary-general’s offer of good offices ... remains to resolve this dispute if both parties are willing to engage,” U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

Argentina joined the U.N. Security Council on Jan. 1 for a two-year term

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NEW YEAR SPECIAL RISER HOMES

SUITES FOR RENT THREE HILLS Affordable housing for low income, single adults of any age, F/S, water/sewer included. $400/mo, $400 DD.Further information & applications available at www.studiosalberta.com or by calling 1-888-963-5698

BLACKFALDS: 2 bdrm. 2 bath, dbl. att. garage. $325,000.

2 bdrm. 2 bath. $297,900.

Inclds. all fees.

Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

Roommates Wanted

Condos/ Townhouses

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3090

2 BDRM. bsmt, shared kitchen, prefer employed or student. Avail. immed.

403-342-7789, 358-0081

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160 ACRES Hwy. 53 RR40 8 miles west of Rimbey, pavement to land, 85% trees, asking $300,000 250-494-7877

5030

www.garymoe.com

has relocated to

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On the Carribean Sea, located in Honduras Canadian development. $249,900.00 cdn.

(780) 989-3122 casa77@shaw.ca (www.casa77honduras. blogspot.com)

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ROOM $600. Blackfalds.

All incld’d, furn. 588-2564 ROOM for rent $500./mo.

Call 403-352-7417 ROOM in Westpark, n/s, no pets. Furnished. TV & utils incl. 403-304-6436

Cars

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Many upgrades. $240,000 incl. all fees.

Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

Acreages

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Builders terms or owner will J.V. with investors or subtrades who wish to become home builders. Great returns. Call 403-588-8820

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SUV's

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is due to be sworn in for a new term in less than a week and his closest allies still aren’t saying what they plan to do if the ailing leader is unable to return from a Cuban hospital to take the oath of office.

Chavez hasn’t been seen or heard from since his Dec. 11 cancer surgery, and speculation has grown that his illness could be reaching its final stages.

The president’s elder brother Adan and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello joined a parade of visitors who saw Chavez in Havana this week, and then returned to Caracas on Thursday along with Vice-President Nicolas Maduro.

“In the past hours, we’ve been accompanying President Hugo Chavez and taking him the courage and strength of the Venezuelan people,” Maduro said on television. Appearing next to Cabello visiting a governmentrun coffee plant in Caracas, he said they had been with Chavez together with the president’s brother, his sonin-law Jorge Arreaza, Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez and Attorney General Cilia Flores.

Chavez’s health crisis has raised contentious questions ahead of the swearing-in set for Jan. 10, including

Public Notices

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NOTICE TO: JASON PARKS and PROFAB CORPORATION WAJAX GP HOLDCO INC. has filed an Application in Court of Queen’s Bench Action No. 1201 - 05291 for Summary Judgment to be heard on February 5, 2013.

This application is made against you. You are each a respondent.

You have the right to state your side of this matter before the Court.

To do so, you must be in Court when the application is heard as shown below: Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Time: 10:00 AM Where: Calgary Court Centre, 601 - 5th Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta Before: Master in Motions Court

Contract (1 yr. full time) Term Position

The Piper Creek Foundation is a non-profit senior’s housing organization. We operate 3 lodges and 7 apartment buildings within the City of Red Deer and are currently recruiting for a contract 1 yr. Full Time Term Administration Support position.

Minimum Qualifications: • Proficient use to MS Office (Word, Access, Excel and Outlook) • Strong organizational, and communication skills (written and verbal) are a must.

• Knowledge of accounting practices including Accounts Payable & Receivable • Knowledge of payroll practices is an asset.

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WARNING

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If you do not come to Court either in person or by your ROOMS FOR RENT, lawyer, the Court may give the close to uptown. Employed applicant(s) what they want gentleman Rent $425/mo, s.d. $250, 403-350-4712 in your absence. You will be CLASSIFICATIONS bound by any order that the 5000-5300 Trucks Court makes. If you want to Warehouse Manufactured take part in this application, Space Homes you or your lawyer must BRAND new 9900 sq. ft.

Cars attend in Court on the date MUST SELL ready for lease fall 2012 on

By Owner $7,000. and at the time shown at the Golden West Ave 358-3500 Sharon 403-340-0225 beginning of the form. If you intend to rely on an affidavit Mobile New Executive or other evidence when 2011 GMC SIERRA 1500 Lot 3 bdrm. 2 bath HOME SLT 4X4, sunroof, htd. the application is heard or in Red Deer. Immediate lthr., 61,557 kms $33,888 LACOMBE new park, considered, you must reply by possession 10 yr warranty.

348-8788 Sport & Import animal friendly. Your mobile Own it for $1345/mo. OAC giving reasonable notice of the 2011 CADILLAC CTS 4 or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

403-346-3100, 347-5566 AWDCoupe nav full load, 1 material to the applicant(s).

Excellent 1st time home 7 ACRES, all utilities, road, quonset, greenhouse, antique home $353,000. 20 min. to Red Deer, great for horses, 403-227-5132

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buyers. 403-588-8820

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

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FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

Cottages/Resort Property

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2000 OLDS INTRIGUE green, 4 dr. $2000 obo KIMBERLY ski hill condo 403-347-5306 1/8 title share, offers at $28,000, 6 or 7 weeks per 1999 Ford Taurus, $500, year, pre-selected in early 2 4 5 , 0 0 0 K m , V 6 , r u n s fall for following yr, condo good, new snow tires, fees, utils, and taxes incld. 403-346-1471 for 2013. 403-227-1603 or 357-2491

2010 GMC 3500 HD 4x4 Duramax Dually, leather nav dvd 54,000 km $49,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

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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

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WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

RENTALS www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

SIMPLE!

SHOPPING

It’s simple to run a Garage Sale Ad in the Red Deer Advocate and make quick cash. Phone Classifieds 309-3300.

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VACATIONS www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

COMPUTER REPAIR

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www.albertacomputerhygiene.com

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AB, Computer Hygiene Ltd. 896-7523

Design/hosting/email $65/mo.

Barristers & Solicitors Attention: Katharine Zhang 2800, 801 - 6th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2P 4A3 Telephone: (403) 267-8400 Fax: (403) 264-9400

Responsibilities will include but not be limited to: • Perform visual inspections on all assemblies at various checkpoints in the production process • Layout & fit-up checks, final checks on tanks and vessels • Witness tests of Spooling and Vessels • Liaise with 3rd party inspectors

We offer competitive wage and benefits packages Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Please forward your resume via fax to (403) 227-7796 or e-mail to hr@bilton.ca 30518A4-8

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REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

REAL ESTATE

QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR

Preference will be given to those with experience in a fast paced, manufacturing environment. Knowledge of ASME and CSA codes is an asset.

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519

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whether the inauguration could legally be postponed, whether Supreme Court justices might travel to Havana to administer the oath of office, and, most of all, what will happen if Chavez can’t begin his new term.

The main fault lines run between Chavez’s backers and opponents.

But while the president’s allies so far appear united, analysts have speculated that differences might emerge between factions led by Maduro, Chavez’s chosen successor, and Cabello, who is thought to wield power within the military and who would be in line to temporarily assume the presidency until a new election can be held.

Standing together on Thursday, Maduro and Cabello said they are more united than ever.

“We’ve sworn before commander Hugo Chavez, and we’ve ratified the oath today before commander Chavez, that we’re going to be united, together with our people, with the greatest loyalty,” Maduro said.

He and Cabello dismissed rumours of divisions waiting to erupt, calling such talk lies cooked up by their adversaries.

“They’re going to spend 2,000 years waiting for that to happen,” Cabello said, urging Venezuelans: “Don’t fall for the opposition’s rumours.”

“We aren’t going to betray the nation,” Cabello added.

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