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‘Nowhere near’ Alberta sales tax

BY LAUREN KRUGEL THE CANADIAN PRESS

ECONOMIC SUMMIT

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Alison Redford says a sales tax isn’t on the agenda, even though many of the panellists at an economic summit that her government convened Saturday said it could be

one solution to the province’s fiscal woes.

“Oh, I don’t think we’re anywhere near that at all. I think the fact that people are beginning to talk about it as an idea is a really important thing,” Red-

ford told reporters after the day-long event.

“Ideas are important, but no need to jump the gun on that.”

By law, Albertans would need to vote on a provincial sales tax through a referendum.

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Photographer puts stamp on Canada CANADA POST CHOOSES ONE OF HIS IMAGES FOR CANADIAN FLAG SERIES

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF For more than four years Tim Van Horn has traveled across the country on project to take portraits of 36,000 Canadians.

With these portraits he hopes to piece together a mosaic of the Canadian flag.

On top of the main project he also does a day-in-the-life look at Canada.

And it was through this part of his journey that he happened on one of Canada’s newest stamps.

“While Canada Post was doing a search for their Canadian flag series of postage stamps, which came out in January, they found my ice fishing shack,” said Van Horn.

He was near Port Perry, Ontario on Lake Skugog when he saw an ice fishing village and couldn’t resist driving out and having a look at what was going on.

In the village one shack in particular stood out.

The shack had a large Canadian flag painted on it, so Van Horn took a picture of it.

“Nobody was home when I knocked so I just did a picture of the shack on its own,” said Van Horn.

He never found the people who owned the shack.

CANADIAN MOSAIC ‘I’M THRILLED TO PIECES TO INCLUDE THAT WITH SOME OF MY SUCCESSES IN MY CANADIAN MOSAIC PROJECT.’ — RED DEER PHOTOGRAPHER TIM VAN HORN

“I’m thrilled to pieces to include that with some of my successes in my Canadian mosaic project,” said Van Horn.

The stamp is one of 10 on Canada Post’s Canadian Pride Flag series, which is currently available through Canada Post.

“This mosaic project is all about bringing thousands and thousands of locations together into one visual,” said Van Horn.

“Into one collection of portraits. It’s my mandate to go to as many places as possible.”

Since 2008, he has been on the road, living in a van and discovering Canada.

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Photo contributed by TIM VAN HORN

Parkvale resident Tim Van Horn has traveled Canada for more than years, taking thousands of pictures. One of his photos was chosen to be put on a stamp. He had a suit made of the stamp to mark this achievement.

Volunteer excursion a forever memory ALBERTANS HELP WITH ‘DENTAL BRIGADE’ DEEP IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS OF NICARAGUA

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF

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Joyce Hurl teaches a young girl how to finger weave in San Andres, Bosawas, Nicaragua. Hurl, along with other family members, took part in a dental brigade in Nicaragua from Jan. 19 to Feb. 2 and facilitated by Alberta-based organizations Change for Children and Kindness in Action.

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A Central Alberta family will forever remember their volunteer trip deep in the tropical forests of northern Nicaragua.

Joyce Hurl and brother Denis Smith, along with other family members, took part in a dental brigade from Jan. 19 to Feb. 2 and facilitated by Alberta-based organizations Change for Children and Kindness in Action.

In addition to helping dentists in makeshift clinics, Hurl taught hand-weaving to children while Smith shared his skills as a handyman to keep generator-powered equipment running smoothly in the clinics.

They and other family members participated in the inauguration of a school for which they raise $12,000 towards.

Their money was used to construct one classroom in honour of Hurl’s and Smith’s late sister Olive Chatenay and her daughter Tammy McFadden, 42, both of whom died of cancer.

The entire school cost $58,000 in materials and as Hurl notes, the villagers built the school themselves.

They just wanted to be fed rice and beans for doing the work.

Smith, a farmer who lives west of Pen-

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hold, had been to the area in 2011 as well.

He remembers how his late sister Olive had travelled in 2009 to the region of the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, a hilly tropical forest designated in 1997 as a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

The volunteer trip was a highlight of her life before she passed away of cancer about a year later. McFadden died about a year after.

The family created a memorial fund in the name of both women, with money going towards a school.

“When I went down there two years ago, we told (the village) they were getting the school,” said Smith, 59.

The school has about 250 students. It’s been open for a while.

Smith can’t wait to go back with the dental brigade, which usually goes down every couple of years.

Hurl, a retired nurse, helped sterilize equipment and do other supports for the dentists. Her daughter and several other relatives also came along.

There were so many highlights it’s hard to choose one, she added.

“We were doing dentistry with the indigenous peoples in the villages,” said Hurl, 67.

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Pilot backyard chicken coops still cracking

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF For nearly a year Charity Briere has enjoyed fresh eggs from her backyard.

She is one Red Deer resident who is part of a pilot project that began in earnest in February 2012 to see how urban chicken farms would work.

City council approved a pilot project looking into urban chickens at a meeting in late Febrary 2012.

Briere’s four chickens live in a coop in the backyard of her Parkvale home.

They produce two to four eggs a day Adrienne Tetz, co-founder of the Red Deer chapter of Canadian Liberated Urban Chicken Klub (CLUCK), said she and members of CLUCK have spent the past year supporting urban farmers and educating other people.

“It’s been really successful. We don’t know of any complaints about it,” said Tetz.

They know of 15 or 16 quiet chicken operations in the city, but they admit there could be more.

“If we don’t know about it then it’s working,” said Briere.

“We’re not hearing word about it being smelly, noisy or chickens running loose.”

Briere’s neighbours all know about her farm and she said they are curious and interested.

When she went away from Christmas a neighbour came over and took care of the chickens.

“She took better care of them then I would,” said Briere. “She was checking on them almost every hour and showed her family about it because she thought it was so neat.”

Briere chose to raise urban chickens for many reasons. As a mother she would like to be able to provide food for her family as simply and cleanly as possible.

“I think this really is one of the biggest things you

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TRAVEL: By truck, canoe “So we were seven hours by four-wheel-drive truck and 11 hours by dugout canoe from Managua, Nicaragua...and I worked my butt off because everything is on a cliff.”

The Bosawás is all volcanic mountain and travel is by river, she said. The villages are built up in the cliffs because otherwise in the rainy season, they would all flood, Hurl said.

“So you climb the cliffs, the mud paths —they climb them like goats or deer,” said Hurl. “They run up them with a five-gallon bucket on their head or whatever they had. And we struggled up, but it was awesome.”

In this remote region, the people generally live the same way they have in the last 400 years or so.

The people are so wonderful and live such a wonderful life, she said.

Without the high school, the students would have to travel the same way back to go to school in Managua, the capital. A plaque of donors, including the Chatenay and Smith families, is now on the school.

“Now pretty much anyone that wants to go to high school can,” said Hurl. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

PHOTOS: All cultures here “I’ve found that Canadians are very liberal and open-minded for the most part,” said Van Horn. “We have all the world’s cultures here. I kind of think as a Canadian as a world citizen.”

While Van Horn said there are many qualities that unite the country, it is a large space to unite people. “The space divides us,” said Van Horn. “It’s a massive country. I don’t think people have any idea how big it is out here. It is ginormous.

“It’s the space I’m trying to bridge, I’m trying to bring this country together through this crisscrossing of the landscape.”

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Adrienne Tetz, left, and Charity Briere look at chickens in Briere’s backyard coup. The two are part of a city pilot project to see how urban chicken farms would work. The project was approved in February, 2012. could do,” said Briere.

“I’m a big gardener, but you can’t necessarily grow protein.”

But the chickens help with her composting, which is a part of her gardening.

“It’s fun too,” said Briere.

“It actually brings me a lot of happiness just seeing them out my window and they’re doing their silly little chicken things. The kids get such a kick out of it.”

Day to day raising the chickens involves feeding and watering them as well as collecting the eggs and watching them in case something is wrong.

While it is a lot of fun for Briere and her family, she said it is a lot of work and responsibility.

Though Briere lives in Parkvale the urban chicken farms are spread throughout the city including Morrisroe, Mountview, Anders, Anders on the Lake, Woodlea and Clearview.

As well as providing food for the families both Briere and Tetz said they are good teaching tools for

kids as they teach responsibility, food and nutrition and knowing how food is produced.

“My daughter, every day when she gets off the bus home from school, she stops and checks for eggs,” said Briere.

“She gets excited and comes in the door and says ‘Mom there are two eggs.’”

They do have recommendations for urban chicken farmers who want their own startup, including proper coop construction, no roosters, at least four months old, at most four to six chickens per property and maintained well.

“We also recommend people talk to their neighbours and be really open about it as well and get feedback from them as well,” said Tetz.

Though they have yet to sit down with city administration and discuss how the pilot project went, they would like to do that soon and submit their recommendations.

By 2017, Canada’s 150th birthday, Van Horn hopes to have 0.1 per cent of the population of the country represented on the mosaic.

But this mission costs money and Van Horn is running low on funds. People can sponsor a kilometre by visiting his website, www.canadianmosaic.ca.

seeing stronger economic growth.

Danielle Smith, leader of the right-wing opposition Wildrose Party, said she was disappointed to see how much revenues dominated the day’s discussion, whether it was through taxes or debt. Some panellists said low interests rates make borrowing money a good option.

“I’m very worried that what we’re going to see is laying the table to try to soften the ground for tax increases in future years. I don’t think that’s what Albertans want,” she said.

“I don’t think that’s what they voted for in the last election.”

NDP Leader Brian Mason said the economic summit did little to address the underlying issues plaguing the province.

“We didn’t learn what it was that created the dependence on royalty revenue in the first place, which was of course cuts to income tax for the wealthy and for corporations. That never really came up. We were just into a sales tax all of a sudden,” he said.

“My sense from that was that those panels were stacked with people who wanted to have a sales tax. It was not unanimous but pretty close and nobody talked about a progressive income tax, nobody talked about making sure that the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share.”

Derek Fildebrandt, Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said spending has increased 25 per cent over the last decade, adjusted for inflation and population growth, even though revenues have increased 21 per cent over that same time period.

“It is precisely our unwillingness as a province to hold spending increases to a reasonable level that has resulted in expenditures outgrowing revenues,” he said.

Tom Flanagan, a University of Calgary political science professor who led the Wildrose campaign in the last election, said spending cuts are something concrete that can be done today, and that revenue is more of a long-term matter.

In order to be politically palatable, those cuts would have to take place across the board, Flanagan said when panellists were pressed on what spending they’d target.

TAX: Looking forward Alberta has prided itself for decades on being the only province not to have a sales tax and Albertans were amongst the most angry when the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney brought in a federal sales tax in the 1990’s; two Tory MPs from Alberta left the Conservative caucus in protest.

Redford’s government has said it faces a $6-billion oil and gas revenue shortfall, mainly due to the inability for Alberta crude to access markets that will pay the best price.

The economic summit, Redford said, was not meant to deal with the upcoming March 7 budget, but have a more forward-looking view.

Among the business people, economists and academics in favour of bringing a sales tax to Alberta were George Gosbee, CEO of investment firm AltaCorp Capital, and University of Calgary tax expert Jack Mintz.

“It’s my view that we don’t have a cost problem, we have a revenue problem,” Gosbee, who said spending cuts would be “draconian.”

Gosbee said he’s also in favour of bringing back health care premiums.

Mintz said Alberta’s challenge has more to do with spending than it does revenue, but that it has a “tax mix problem” as well.

He said the province relies too much on “harmful and volatile” sources of revenue.

Mintz advocates switching from income to consumption-based taxes, whether that’s through user fees, excise taxes or a sales tax.

“Many Albertans believe that having no sales tax is a tax advantage. It is the opposite. Not having a sales tax is a disadvantage in today’s global economy,” he said.

He added U.S. state governments that have low income taxes but have a sales tax, such as Texas, are

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Forestry truce stymied INDUSTRY, CONSERVATIONISTS FIGHT BUREAUCRACY

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A moose calf rests after being pulled from the icy waters of Adams Lake on Friday.

Moose pulled from hole in lake ice A moose calf’s struggle to get out of a Central Alberta lake ended happily Friday.

Colleen Baradoy first saw the calf about 10 a.m. when she mistook it for a large bird feeding on a carcass from her home overlooking Adams Lake south of Raven.

She thought little of it until around noon and after using binoculars to confirm it was a moose, she and her hired house painter Harvey Von Hollen called the Medicine River Wildlife Centre.

“It’s the first I’ve ever seen an animal drop into the ice,” she

said.

“It looks exactly like an ice fishing hole. It must have a spring underneath.”

The centre’s Adam Finch responded by coming out with ropes and after lassoing the struggling ungulate, the trio hoisted her out.

“It was crazy to be that close and to have her trust us,” said Baradoy.

“She was in quite a bit of shock.

It was too slippery to get off the ledge with her hooves. She was probably in the ice and water at least five hours.”

Finch decided not to take the calf to the centre and hopes other moose will care for her despite there being only her tracks to the ice hole.

“She may die due to stress. She can hide and meet up with the rest of her group.”

Baradoy and neighbours are keeping their eyes on the calf to ensure no predators take advantage as she rests along the lake’s shoreline.

“She looked good when we left her there. It was quite an experience.”

Blizzard blasts into Newfoundland

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A winter storm that hammered the Maritimes was swirling east across Newfoundland on Sunday bringing high winds and heaps of snow.

Environment Canada metereologist Jeremy March said central Newfoundland has already been hit with 33 centimetres of snow, and can expect up to another 20 cm as snow continues to blow in.

St. John’s is digging out from 23 cm of snow that fell Sunday morning, and March said the area is forecast to get more snow and freezing rain as the storm pushes through.

Wind gusts of more than 100 kilometres an hour were expected to pummel the country’s easternmost province after ripping through parts of the Maritimes Saturday.

March said Nova Scotia got some of the worst winds, with many places seeing winds upwards of 140 km/h.

A spot just east of Yarmouth in the province’s west was hit by extreme gusts that reached 164 km/h, which is category 2 hurri-

cane wind, March noted.

The system is a hybrid of a storm that dumped 20 to 40 cm of snow in southern Ontario on Friday and a low pressure system that raged up the U.S. eastern seaboard, March said.

“The two in combination became a really intense low (system) just off the coast of Massachusetts... that did a lot of damage across the New England states.

Eventually it pushed a ton of snow and wind across the Maritimes and now it’s in Newfoundland,” he said.

Two weather systems joining forces does not generally happen throughout the year, but is far from rare in the winter, March said.

“Living in Eastern Canada, we’re always prone to getting these big storms.”

Several flights were cancelled at St. John’s International Airport while Marine Atlantic has suspended ferry service between North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Port aux Basques, N.L. About a dozen flights were called off at Halifax International Airport, while trips arriving at

Toronto’s Pearson International Airport to St. John’s, Halifax and Moncton, N.B., on Sunday morning were scuttled.

March says the Newfoundland blizzard should be the last gasp for the hybrid storm.

Nova Scotia Power said more than 20,000 customers were without electricity at one point on Saturday, but by early Sunday morning all but a handful had been reconnected.

In southern Ontario, the weekend of clear skies that followed Friday’s snow day is expected to be replaced by a new system bringing warmer temperatures and rain — potentially freezing rain in some central areas — later Sunday.

It should then bring a “mixed bag” of precipitation into the province’s east on Monday, March said.

“In the middle of winter you can expect anything,” he said.

Temperatures ranging up to 5 C may help melt the snow, but memories of Ontario’s wintry blast — in many places the biggest single dump of snow in several years — will linger.

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Around 5.30 pm on Friday Rimbey fire officials responded to a report of a train and car collision on Chubb Road just north of Highway 53. The vehicle, a Chevrolet was badly damaged but witnesses said the driver walked away.

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OTTAWA — Far from the loud Parliament Hill battle between Conservatives and environmentalists, a group of forest industry executives and conservationists are quietly forging agreements that will permit an increase in logging while also protecting endangered caribou and fragile ecosystems.

But they say they’re being stymied by bureaucracy.

“Our patience is wearing thin,” said Anna Baggio, director of conservation planning for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. “We just need them to say ‘yes’ and then everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.”

She has been working for more than two years with forestry executives, First Nations, mayors and other conservationists in northeastern Ontario, crafting a plan that would set aside 800,000 hectares of the Abitibi River forest for caribou, but allow 2.2 million hectares to stay open to forestry.

The Ontario pact is the most advanced of several that are in the works under the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, announced with great fanfare in 2010.

The provincial government gave its support to the northeastern Ontario plan last June, with Natural Resources Minister Michael Gravelle publicly praising it.

All sides called it a “breakthrough” for a type of collaboration that would serve as a model for forests across the country — and possibly for the Alberta oilsands one day too.

Since then, proponents say concrete action on the plan has been waylaid by holdups within the provincial government.

At the same time, the federal government is quietly expressing some concerns about whether such agreements are compatible with its Species At Risk Act. Although Environment Canada says it favours such cooperative conservation plans, a spokesman said the department will withhold judgment on the northeastern Ontario plan until the province has finished with its own analysis.

“The framework’s goals are in line with and reflective of the cooperation and consultation requirements set out in SARA for the development of recovery strategies and action plans under SARA,” said Mark Johnson. “Until Ontario completes its review of the plan, it would be premature for Environment Canada to offer comment.”

In Alberta, negotiations between forestry companies and conservationists to protect disappearing caribou herds in that province are nearing a conclusion and are likely to produce a final plan this spring, said Janet Sumner, executive director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.

“We’re fairly close,” she said.

But oil and gas development has a far larger impact on caribou habitat than forestry in that province. And Sumner believes the oil and gas industry is ready to look at the “social license” gained by the forestry industry, and join, or perhaps replicate, their work.

“Everybody is desperate for a good idea.”

In the meantime, Greenpeace — whose stamp of approval on the forestry products in question carries a great deal of weight in export markets — has pulled out. Lack of concrete results and a conviction that Resolute Forest Products Inc. (TSX: RFP) was not living up to its side of the agreement led the environmental activist group to break away.

“It really lacks a lot of legitimacy,” said forest campaign co-ordinator Richard Brooks.

After two and a half years of difficult work with the very companies that had been their target of protest for so long, “you’ve got nothing to show,” Brooks said. “I think it shakes the agreement to its very foundation.”

The conservationists and forestry companies who have now decided, after much soul-searching, to remain in the pact are determined to make it work. But the pressure to show concrete results is mounting, and explains the frustration in Ontario with the provincial government.

“I hope that when these conversations come together, we’ll see the endorsement of this plan,” said Mark Hubert, vice-president of environmental leadership for the Forest Products Association of Canada. “We all wish things were moving more quickly.

It’s the most comprehensive agreement of its kind in the world.”

Ontario, however, is non-commital about when such an endorsement will come. A spokeswoman for Gravelle would only say that the delays were for “technical” reasons.

“Collective, collaborative and creative participation is how progress is made,” Gravelle said in an emailed statement.

For environmental economist Stewart Elgie from the University of Ottawa, it’s not surprising that government would be the last hold-out.

Under the Canadian Boreal Forest Initiative, conservationists can win by reviving caribou habitat.

Companies can win by continuing with or ramping up production while enjoying the stamp of approval from environmentalists that opens doors to valuable export markets.

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Brash Brazeau’s crash SENATOR WITH HISTORY OF BAD BEHAVIOUR WAS OVERDUE TO BE KICKED OUT OF TORY CAUCUS Patrick Brazeau awoke one morning just before Christmas in 2008 to the news that he had won the lottery.

On Thursday, he sat in a Gatineau, Que., jail cell, the latest example of someone who had cash-for-life sprinkled upon his lucky shoulders, only to sprint to a spectacular crash and burn.

When your riches come in a ticket spit out of a machine at the corner store, character and TIM maturity play HARPER no part.

But in this case, Prime Minister Stephen Harper sought out the young, brash aboriginal leader, making him, at 34, the youngest Canadian senator ever, looking at a salary of more than $130,000 and theoretical job security for more than four decades.

The question that must be asked in this latest disgraceful chapter in Senate history is how did Brazeau’s number ever come up?

There is nothing in the realm of hindsight in raising the question on the day Brazeau was booted from the Conservative caucus, facing charges in connection with a domestic disturbance.

Not content with the windfall provided by Harper, Brazeau immediately announced he would continue his sixfigure job as head of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, until he was persuaded that such unseemly doubledipping was officially discouraged.

When he was appointed that morning, along with 17 others in a mid-prorogation patronage frenzy, the Conservative government already knew thenIndian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice had received letters from aboriginal leaders in this country questioning the membership and spending of the organization Brazeau headed.

The prime minister’s office knew this former model and martial arts expert was facing a charge of sexual harassment.

Kory Teneycke, Harper’s spokesperson, said the prime minister was aware of the allegations and said Harper was “proud” to appoint Brazeau since there was no finding of misconduct.

Days later, news emerged of a troubling audit of CAP by Health Canada leading then Opposition leader Michael Ignatieff — 12 days after Brazeau’s swearing-in — to question whether he was “Senate material.’’

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Smith reported that the new senator, who drove a Porsche SUV, was behind in child support payments. The PMO, by then, was hiding behind its “private matter” shield, but Brazeau was already displaying his penchant for blaming everyone but himself.

In that case, the stories were being spread by his enemies in the aboriginal leadership, he said.

In the ensuing years, each time he displayed a stunning lack of judgment or acted in his typically boorish and bullying manner, he took to blaming the messenger.

When Canadian Press reporter Jennifer Ditchburn reported on Brazeau’s woeful attendance record in the Senate — he was within days of being fined for his absences at the time — he took to Twitter to slag the reporter.

“Change the D to a B in your last name and we’re even! Don’t mean it but needs saying,” the juvenile Brazeau told Ditchburn on Twitter.

In recent weeks, Brazeau must have seen it all coming apart.

The Star caught him mocking Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence at a Conservative fundraiser and CTV Ottawa bureau chief Robert Fife found Brazeau was allegedly gaming the system, illegally claiming his father’s house as his primary residence so he could pocket a housing allowance.

On Wednesday night, hours before police responded to the disturbance at Brazeau’s home, Fife reported that the senator had allegedly listed his mailing address as that of his ex-father-inlaw’s house to gain an aboriginal tax exemption and Brazeau predictably branded Fife a racist.

If he did anything to help his colleagues on Thursday, Brazeau temporarily took the heat off two other senators facing allegations of the same housing scam, Liberal Mac Harb and Conservative Mike Duffy, another proud member of lottery day, 2008, last seen schlepping through the kitchen of a Halifax hotel, a former journalist fleeing reporters.

Somehow, Brazeau seemed to

think he could simply brazen his way through all this as charge was heaped upon charge, complication was piled upon complication and his enemies proliferated.

He has invited Canadians to once again heap scorn upon a discredited institution. In this case, Canadians have no one to blame but Harper.

Brazeau could have remained a yappy, self-promoter on the fringe had he not been tapped by a prime minister whose office either didn’t do its homework or didn’t care. He’s now an independent senator sitting in the lock-up and smart money says he’ll soon be an ex-senator.

On Wednesday night he boasted that if anyone thought there was any substance to the CTV news report they could find him in Parliament on Thursday. Reporters found him, but the only interview he was giving was to a Gatineau detective.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at tharper@thestar.ca.

Science isn’t just for scientists A 14-year-old boy in Donetsk, Ukraine, recently made a fascinating discovery halfway around the world and 894 metres under the sea. Kirill Dudko was watching Neptune Canada’s live-stream footage of the ocean floor near Vancouver Island on his computer when he saw a creature with a “nose and moustache” eat a hagfish. It seemed unusual, so he contacted Neptune scientists, who checked the footage and identified an elephant seal.

It was unusual. Predators normally spit out the eel-like hagfish or avoid them altogether because they excrete foul slime when threatened.

DAVID Scientists had never before SUZUKI seen an elephant seal eat one, and may not have noticed this evidence had it not been for Kirill. They believe the seal quickly slurped up the hagfish before it could release its slime.

Like many “citizen scientists,” Kirill played an important role in advancing our understanding of the world. It takes a lot of study and training to become a scientist, but with some knowledge of scientific method, anyone can practise science.

Citizen science is not a new concept. The Audubon Society started its Christmas bird count in 1900.

As the society explains, from Dec. 14 to Jan. 5, tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas

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Thanks to the Internet, citizen science is a more powerful tool than ever before. Some projects are passive, such as Seti@home, where people set their home computers to search for signs of extraterrestrial life when they aren’t using them. Others take a bit more effort. The Louisiana Bucket Brigade provides tool kits and training for people who live near oil refineries and chemical plants to take air samples for lab analysis.

Some, like the American Gut project, are highly interactive, requiring participants to provide detailed information about their diet and send in stool, oral or skin samples. In return for that and varying levels of monetary donations, researchers give participants information about their bodies and the microbial life inside them. The research is designed to “help shape a new way of understanding how diet and lifestyle may contribute to human health through each person’s suite of trillions of tiny microbes.”

Some initiatives require only simple observation.

In a recent column, we mentioned RinkWatch, which asks people to send information about outdoor skating rinks to researchers at Ontario’s Wilfrid Laurier University to help track the impacts of climate change. The David Suzuki Foundation has also in-

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On its website, Scientific American describes a range of citizen science projects designed to do everything from tracking animals in Africa’s Serengeti to analyzing historical patterns in human DNA to studying the ways people play with their dogs.

Beyond providing valuable research, citizen science is a fun way for people to engage with nature and learn about the world and their place in it. Participating in the bird count, for example, is a good way for individuals and families to enjoy time outside in winter.

Citizens can also enjoy the results of the research.

Do you want to know what an indigo-banded kingfisher or a forest elephant sounds like? Cornell University’s Macaulay Library is “the world’s largest and oldest scientific archive of biodiversity audio and video.” Thanks to contributors worldwide, site visitors can hear sounds made by three quarters of the Earth’s birds, as well as a large number of insects, mammals, fish and amphibians. And anyone can add to the collection.

Some citizen scientists get involved for fun. Others have a general interest in science or a particular research area. Kirill Dudko plans to become a marine biologist. Regardless of their reasons or level of involvement, all citizen scientists help us gain a better understanding of the world and our place in it.

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Canada in danger of losing animal parts trade fight

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada is in danger of losing a major international battle over its management of polar bears with former allies reversing their position and supporting a proposed ban on cross-border trade in parts of the animals.

At stake is a growing and lucrative business for Inuit hunters, who sell the skins as a byproduct of their traditional hunt. A defeat would also be a “warning” to Canada’s self-image as a responsible steward of the mighty Arctic predator.

Early next month, countries from around the world will meet in Bangkok to consider changes to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Among the proposals is one from the United States that would place polar bear hides, heads or other parts in the same category as elephant ivory, forbidding their cross-border sale.

Canada fought off a similar proposal in 2010 with help from the European Union, which voted in a bloc to defeat it.

Now, major countries, including the United Kingdom and Netherlands, have announced they support a ban.

Russia, which has polar bears, also agrees with the U.S. Germany, Austria, Belgium and Poland are on-side with the change. Former opponents of the tougher rules, such as Spain, Greece and France, are now undecided.

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A polar bear mother and her two cubs walk along the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man. Canada is in danger of losing a major international battle over its management of polar bears as former allies reverse their position on a proposed ban on cross-border trade in parts of the animals.

Meetings last week intended to develop a united EU position ended in deadlock.

The best Canada can now hope for is for the EU to abstain, said Dan Ashe,

a director with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

“We have enough votes that the EU can’t oppose (our proposal). There aren’t enough votes left for the EU to

get to a position of opposition.”

An official with the European Commission confirmed early Sunday the body “is still finalising its position.”

Canada — the only country that allows trade in polar bear parts — has long maintained that bear populations are healthy and remain at between 20,000 and 25,000.

Canadian officials say the real threat to the bears is climate change, not international trade.

They say restricting commerce wouldn’t reduce the number of bears killed because a ban wouldn’t affect traditional or sport hunts. “(The U.S. proposal) would have no conservation benefit, but would harm the livelihoods of our Inuit peoples,” an Environment Canada spokeswoman said in an email.

Canada points out that environmental groups, including the World Wildlife Fund, oppose the proposal. So do international wildlife monitoring organizations.

While Ashe agrees about the source of the real threat, he says the growing market for polar bear hides and other products is adding another stress by encouraging hunters to kill more.

“What we’ve seen is the harvest of bears has been going up and the trade has been going up.

“When we create markets for rare animals, history tells us that ultimately those markets are difficult to stop once they are established and people are making money. I think that’s what we’ve been seeing with polar bears.”

Gays, blacks nixed as images on Canada’s new plastic bank notes held principles,” Harrison said that focusgroups were given “the freedom to generate the widest possible range of ideas.”

The Strategic Counsel reports and image lists from 2008 contain other sometimes surprising elements that did not make the grade: ● Images of hockey were rejected by some as they would “glorify a violent sport.” ● Suggested military images sparked controversy arising from Canada’s role in Afghanistan, and from some people’s preference for peacekeeping over warfare.

The Vimy Ridge memorial, which was the image chosen for the $20 note, was seen as “sufficiently distant in time.” ● A suggestion to depict ice wine was rejected by some because “alcohol should not be

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Harrison referred to “the Bank’s long-held principles for bank note design, one of which is to avoid depicting any particular ethnic group when including people as representative images of a theme on a bank note.”

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney within days apologized for the incident, saying the design process would be reviewed “in light of these events. ... Our bank notes belong to all Canadians.”

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The Bank of Canada considered celebrating gay marriages, black hockey players, and turban-wearing RCMP officers on its new plastic bank notes — but eventually nixed them all in favour of the more traditional images of a train, a ship and a monument.

Internal documents show that focus groups and a Bank of Canada team reviewed a series of currency images intended in part to reflect the diversity of Canada’s population, particularly the country’s varied ethnic character.

Images that were considered included a Chinese dragon parade, the swearing in of a new citizen, Toronto’s annual Caribbean festival, children of different ethnic backgrounds playing hockey or building a snowman, and a person in a wheelchair playing basketball.

The image catalogue was drawn up in 2008 by The Strategic Counsel, a market research firm hired for $476,000 to help the Bank decide how to illustrate its new series of polymer $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills. The first note, the $100, began circulating in November 2011.

Drawing on focusgroup discussions and workshops with Canadians in six cities, the consultant found strong support for themes of “diversity, inclusiveness, acceptance of others/ multiculturalism.” Eventually, 41 image ideas covering several themes were tested and given scores.

Among the highestrated images were those of children of different ethnic backgrounds building a snowman; faces of individuals from different cultures celebrating Canada Day; an image of a hand of many colours; and children of different ethnic backgrounds playing hockey.

These selections were then presented by the Bank of Canada team to officials at Finance Canada for further vetting.

Many images proposed at the start of the process did not make the cut. Rejected were illustrations of a gay marriage, an RCMP officer wearing a turban, and “hockey with a twist ... with a black player.”

The reasons for early rejection are not clear in the heavily censored documents, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. The images that were finally approved for the reverses of the five new bills — the last two denominations, the $5 and $10, are being released later this year — lack

reference to Canada’s diversity of ethnicity, culture and colour.

The final images that were chosen all appear in the original 2008 lists.

The $5 note will show robotic arms built for space programs and the $10 note, a train. The $20 note depicts the Vimy Ridge memorial in France, while the $50 has a picture of an icebreaker. The Queen and prime ministers occupy the fronts of the notes.

An earlier, uncirculated version of the $100 note, illustrating the theme of medical innovations, showed a female medical researcher with distinctly Asian features.

But later focus groups raised questions about her ethnicity, prompting the bank to erase the Asian features in favour of a Caucasian-looking woman. When The Canadian Press broke the

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Chinese New Year’s fireworks muted amid air pollution concerns

In this photo taken on 00:13 a.m. on Sunday, smog covers the downtown area of Zhushan County, central China’s Hubei Province, after residents around the area set off fireworks to celebrate the arrival of Chinese Lunar New Year. Setting off fireworks is a tradition in China during the Spring Festival, which result in air pollution in varying degrees, Xinhua said.

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BEIJING — The annual Lunar New Year fireworks barrage in Beijing was notably muted following government appeals to reduce the smoky celebrations after air pollution rose to near catastrophic levels over recent weeks.

The holiday was also being celebrated in Vietnamese and Korean communities, and in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, streams of residents offered flowers and bowed deeply before giant statues of national founder Kim Il Sung and his son and late leader Kim Jong Il. In Jakarta, Indonesia, where Chinese cultural observances had been suppressed before 1998, ethnic Chinese flocked to the city’s oldest temple Sunday to pray for health and success.

China’s capital saw almost twice the number of smoggy days as usual in January, with levels of small particle air pollution going off the charts at times.

That prompted calls for restraint, along with a reduction in the number of licensed fireworks sellers and the amount of fireworks on sale.

The fusillades that began on Lunar New Year’s eve on Saturday night started later than usual but still grew to furious intensity at midnight.

They also died out earlier than usual on Sunday morning, and relatively few explosions were heard during the day.

Setting off fireworks to celebrate renewal and ward off evil spirits is a traditional part of the celebration that marks China’s most important family holiday.

Sales of fireworks from Tuesday to Saturday fell 37 per cent over the same period last year, from 410,000 cartons to just 260,000, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing figures from the city government. The city authorized 1,337 fireworks stands this year, down from 1,429 last year, and allowed 750,000 cartons of fireworks to go on sale,

$1 million reward offered for info on fugitive ex-cop THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Seeking leads in a massive manhunt, Los Angeles authorities on Sunday put up a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Christopher Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings.

LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the reward at a news conference at Los Angeles Police Department headquarters.

“Hopefully, the reward will motivate people that may be involved with assisting him or might be reluctant to talk to us to call us and to put an end to this,” Sgt. Rudy Lopez said ahead of the announcement.

Meanwhile, authorities said camping gear was found along with weapons inside Dorner’s burned-out pickup truck.

The vehicle found Thursday in the ski resort town of Big Bear was so charred that investigators couldn’t be more specific about the nature of its contents, Lopez said.

SWAT teams with air support and bloodhounds fanned out for the fourth day to search for Dorner, who has vowed revenge against several former LAPD colleagues whom he blames for ending his career.

down from 810,000.

The Beijing Daily, the city government’s official newspaper, carried appeals last week for residents to hold off on fireworks celebrations, saying not doing so would significantly worsen levels of PM2.5 particle pollution forecast to be in the hazardous zone. City environmental bureau readings showed levels well above 200 in most parts of the city Sunday, dangerous but still well below readings of more than 700 seen last month, when Beijing experienced 23 days of smog, up from 10 the previous January.

Beijing was largely helpless in the face of the January smog, while schools cancelled outdoor activities, some factories closed and government cars were ordered off the streets. Scores of people, especially the young and elderly, were treated at hospitals for respiratory problems, elevated blood pressure and heart complaints.

Last year’s fireworks display created a thick haze that sent 2.5 microgram pollution levels as high as 1,500.

Beijing on Saturday night also saw just 25 injuries and 83 fire emergencies related to fireworks, down almost 29 per cent and 45 per cent, respectively, from last year.

Beijing permits fireworks displays over a 16-day period surrounding the Lunar New Year, but largely restricts them to suburban areas outside the densely populated city centre.

The holiday will continue through the week, with government and businesses shut down and millions of Chinese travelling to their home towns to visit family.

Many foreign residents also leave the city, taking the opportunity to enjoy warmer weather in Southeast Asia or travel to Japan and South Korea for skiing holidays.

Chinese leaders have made few public appearances in recent days, although state broadcaster CCTV said new Communist Party leader Xi Jinping visited Saturday with policemen, subway construc-

tion workers, taxi drivers and street cleaners in Beijing to thank them for their service.

Premier Wen Jiaobao, who has made a point of spending the holiday eve with workers and the poor, celebrated the last such occasion of his term in office with victims of earthquakes and landslides in western China, CCTV said. Wen steps down in March.

The holiday took on a strong political flavour in North Korea, where current leader Kim Jong Un, the son of Kim Jong Il, who died in December 2011, recently marked his second year in office.

“My longing for our great leader and general has grown stronger as I visited their statues,” Pyongyang resident Kim Son Sil told The Associated Press at Mansu Hill, which overlooks the city.

“After this Lunar New Year’s Day, I will work harder, true to the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.” Crowds of children also packed a Pyongyang plaza and played traditional Korean games and watched singing and dancing performances, with the capital’s streets covered in snow that had fallen Saturday.

Along North Korea’s border with China last week, impoverished residents could be seen returning home by bicycle ferry and oxcart. North Korea’s economy is on the brink of collapse, and the country remains dependent on China for food and fuel supplies.

At Jakarta’s 350-year-old Buddhist temple, Vihara Dharma Bhakti, thousands of celebrants from the Indonesian capital and surrounding regions prayed before burning incense sticks and performed other rituals.

“Our hope for this new year is for our health, wellbeing and success to be even better than last year,” worshipper Nio Ju-ie said.

The Lunar New Year could be celebrated only in private under Gen. Suharto’s brutal 32-year dictatorship, but the occasion is now a national holiday in Indonesia, honouring the country’s small but highly influential Chinese community.

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Rebels finish trip with a loss DAISUKE MATSUZAKA

DICE-K GETS A SHOT WITH INDIANS With at least one spot open in his rotation, new Indians manager Terry Francona will give a pitcher he knows well a shot to win a starting job.

Japanese right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka has agreed to a minor league contract with Cleveland. Matsuzaka, who pitched for Francona with the Boston Red Sox, must pass a physical for the deal to be finalized.

The Indians’ pitchers and catchers reported to camp in Goodyear, Ariz. on Sunday, with physicals scheduled to take place Monday.

The 32-year-old Matsuzaka has won 50 major league games since signing a $52 million, six-year contract with Boston as free agent in 2007.

Dice-K went 33-15 with a 3.72 ERA in 61 starts for Boston in 2007-08.

Tuesday

● Senior high basketball: Sylvan Lake at Lindsay Thurber, Innisfail at Rocky Mountain House, Hunting Hills at Ponoka, Lacombe at Stettler; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Blackfalds, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday

● JV basketball: Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, Stettler at Rocky Mountain House, Lacombe at Camrose, Ponoka at Wetaskiwin; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Prince George at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium.

Thursday

● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills at Notre Dame; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena.

Friday

● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament. ● WHL: Victoria at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Buffaloes at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

GET FOUR OUT OF POSSIBLE SIX POINTS AS TEAM GOT BETTER AS TRIP WENT ON

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Blazers 5 Rebels 3 Rebels 6 Thunderbirds 3 The Red Deer Rebels concluded a threegame Western Hockey League road trip on a losing note Saturday, but GM/head coach Brent Sutter said his team performed like a winner.

“I thought our game got better and better as the trip went on,” Sutter said Sunday.

“We weren’t great in Prince George (in a 4-3 shootout win Wednesday over the Cougars), but then we played much better in Seattle (in a 6-3 win Friday) and the game in Kamloops was probably our best game as far as paying attention to detail and doing things well.”

Despite turning in a determined effort against the Blazers, the Rebels came out on the wrong side of a 5-3 count. JC Lipon snapped a 2-2 tie with his second goal of the evening and 30th of the season in the second period and Red Deer was never able to get back on even terms.

“We made a couple of mental mistakes in the second period and then we seemed to run out of gas,” said Sutter, who watched his squad surrender a goal to Marek Hrbas five minutes after Lipon’s second marker.

Despite playing their third game in four nights with extended travel, the Rebels sucked it up during the second intermission and rebounded somewhat in the final frame.

“I really liked the way the kids responded in the third period. We talked about not

letting (fatigue) be an excuse for us going into the third period and we seemed to find another gear and made it interesting,” said Sutter. “It went right down to the wire and we had an opportunity with goalie pulled and just didn’t make the play happen.

“But overall we got four of six points on the trip and that’s huge.”

Rhyse Dieno, Wyatt Johnson and Dominik Volek scored for the Rebels. Volek’s goal at 18:12 of the third period cut the Blazers’ lead to 4-3, but Brendan Ranford notched an empty-net marker at 19:58.

Chase Souto also beat Rebels netminder Patrik Bartosak, who finished with 29 saves.

Cole Cheveldave turned aside 24 shots for the Blazers.

Bartosak was named second star of Friday’s outing at Seattle, where he made 45 saves against the Thunderbirds.

“He played really well the entire trip,” said Sutter, who went with his No. 1 stopper in all three games.

Dieno paced the Rebels with three goals, including an empty-netter, while first star

Mathew Dumba had a goal and an assist.

Rounding out the Red Deer attack were Tyson Ness and Brooks Maxwell with a goal apiece.

Riley Sheen, Robert Lipsbergs and Andrew Johnson potted power-play goals for Seattle. Brandon Glover stopped 33 shots in the T-Birds net.

“We got into penalty trouble. They had seven power plays, including one long five-on-three during which they had eight shots,” said Sutter. “Five-on -five we did a pretty good job. Their (T-Birds’) power play is good, they move the puck well and they got some quality shots. But is always the case, your best penalty killer has to be your goaltender and (Bartosak) certainly was that.”

The Rebels, who sit fifth in the Eastern Conference — one point back of Saskatoon and five up on Swift Current and Lethbridge, who are tied for sixth — host Prince George Wednesday and entertain the Victoria Royals Friday.

“As the season winds down every game becomes a big game, in fact the biggest game to date,” said Sutter. “We need to keep pushing, we have goals we want to reach and we want to keep getting better every game.

“We’re coming off a successful trip and now it’s just a matter of moving forward.

We have nine of our last 15 (regular-season) games here and we have to take advantage of home ice.” ● Rebels forward Matt Bellerive suffered an injury to his left wrist/arm Saturday and sat out the third period, but Sutter suspects he’ll be ready for Wednesday’s contest.

“He should be fine. I think he experienced a bit of a stinger,” said Sutter. “If this had been the playoffs he probably would have returned in the third.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Oilers snap skid with win over Jackets

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oilers 3 Blue Jackets 1 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Devan Dubnyk held things down on his end of the ice, and his Edmonton Oilers teammates took advantage of just enough opportunities to end their five-game losing streak.

Magnus Paajarvi scored a goahead short-handed goal with 3:10 remaining and Dubnyk made 39 saves to lift Edmonton past the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Sunday night.

“You need a goalie to steal one for you once in a while,” Edmonton coach Ralph Krueger said. “We were really flat as a team and he was just world class and outstanding all the way through. He stuck with it even after it was 1-1. He was our leader today in every category.”

Sam Gagner added an empty netter — Edmonton’s second goal on just three third-period shots — and assisted on the game-winner. Ales Hemsky scored in the first period for the Oilers, who still have earned points in four of their last six.

“A little more work than usual,” said Dubnyk, who tracked the puck well all game, particularly on Columbus’ seven power plays. “But that’s how you have to win games sometimes. That’s my job to stop whatever comes at me.”

Gagner also gave all the credit to the game’s No. 1 star.

“We were pretty flat for most of the night coming off a backto-back,” he said referring to Saturday’s 2-1 loss in Detroit.

“We just didn’t have our legs for whatever reason. Dubbie was unbelievable for us. He made some great saves and really kept us in it.”

R.J. Umberger finally scored his first of the season to tie it in the third for Columbus, which

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Edmonton Oilers’ Ales Hemsky gets airborne in front of Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Sergi Bobrovsky and Jack Johnson in an NHL game in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday. lost its third straight despite outshooting the Oilers 40-14 overall and 15-3 in the third period.

“Tonight was definitely our highest-scoring chance game that we created,” Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards said. “The goalie was the difference in the game.”

Dubnyk seemed poised for his fifth career shutout until Umberger broke through. He stepped around Hemsky and Gagner before scoring with a low shot from the slot at 9:43 Edmonton didn’t have a shot at that point of the period and Columbus continued to press. Four minutes later, Matt Calvert skimmed a shot off the

right post and Nick Foligno did the same not long after that on a man-advantage.

But moments later, on the same power play, the Oilers found room heading the other way. Down the left wing, Gagner dished the puck to Paajarvi, who netted a high wrister for his first over the shoulder of Sergei Bobrovsky.

“We stuck to it,” Paajarvi said. “When we have a chance on the PK we want to go. I tried to scream as much as I could. I don’t know if he heard me, but great pass, great vision.”

Gagner capped off the scoring with his fourth with 13 seconds left.

Jordan Eberle thought he

gave the Oilers a two-goal cushion at 9:18 of the second period on an odd play that was ruled a no-goal on the ice and upheld a video review. After rookie Nail Yakupov blocked Bobrovsky’s clearing attempt behind the goal, the puck ramped off James Wisniewski’s stick and over the net to Eberle, who batted it in.

Dubnyk was spectacular in the first period, making several pad saves before Hemsky capitalized on a giveaway by Wisniewski. Taylor Hall intercepted the breakout pass in the low slot. The puck caromed toward Bobrovsky, who swiped at it, but the puck bounced off Hall and Bobrovsky then came to Hemsky for an easy one-timer.

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BY AL CAMERON CANADIAN CURLING ASSOCIATION A cross-country day of provincial finals has nearly completed the field for the 2013 Tim Horton’s Brier March 2-10 at Rexall Place in Edmonton.

Seven finals were staged on Sunday to fill out a field that already included 2006 champion Jean-Michel Ménard of Quebec (St-Romuald), Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories/Yukon (Yellowknife), James Grattan of New Brunswick (Oromocto) and Saskatchewan’s Brock Virtue (Regina).

Red Deer native Chris Schille throws second strones for Virtue’s Saskatchewan champs.

The group that qualified on Sunday includes some of the biggest names in the sport.

The home team will be Edmonton’s Kevin Martin, who, along with his Saville Sports Centre foursome, won his record 12th Alberta championship by beating defending champion Kevin Koe of the Glencoe Club in Calgary 5-4 in an extra-end final at Leduc.

Martin will attempt to be the first player

to skip five Brier champions; he currently shares the record of four with fellow Albertan Randy Ferbey and Saskatchewan’s Ernie Richardson.

He will also try to be the first player to skip Brier champions in three different decades.

Meanwhile, defending Brier and world champion Glenn Howard from the Coldwater and District Curling Club captured his eighth consecutive Ontario championship by beating Joe Frans’s team from the Bradford Curling Club 7-5. Howard will be bidding for his fifth Brier title in his 15th appearance, which breaks the record for most appearances at the Brier that he had shared with his brother Russ.

In Manitoba, two-time world champion Jeff Stoughton won his 10th trip to the Brier. Stoughton’s team from the Charleswood Club in Winnipeg beat Sean Grassie from the Deer Lodge Club, also in Winnipeg, 7-4 in the championship final in Neepawa.

Stoughton will be taking aim at his fourth Brier championship.

And in the Newfoundland/Labrador Tankard at the St. John’s Curling Club, 2006

Olympic gold-medallist Brad Gushue of the Bally Haly Curling Club in St. John’s capped an unbeaten run with an 8-2 win over Colin Thomas of the host club. It will be Gushue’s 10th trip to the Brier.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Brad Jacobs of the Soo Curlers Association in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., clinched his fourth consecutive Northern Ontario title. Jacobs, who’ll be participating in his seventh Brier (including once as an alternate), made an open hit for one in the 10th end to beat Robbie Gordon of Sudbury 6-5 in the final at Nipigon.

At Truro, Paul Flemming from the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville qualified for his sixth Brier out of Nova Scotia.

Flemming scored one in the 10th end for an 8-7 win over defending champ Jamie Murphy, also from the Lakeshore Club.

In Parksville, Andrew Bilesky of the Royal City club in New Westminster earned his first Brier Purple Heart, beating former Brier and world champion Brent Pierce, also of New Westminster, 7-4.

Weather issues have delayed the conclusion of the Prince Edward Island Tankard at Crapaud until Tuesday at the earliest.

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Hockey

Basketball GA 119 177 152 170 170 156 195 193 173 205 198 231

Pt 87 67 76 64 63 59 59 57 54 46 45 44

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt dx-Portland 56 45 8 1 2 255 123 93 dx-Kelowna 58 41 13 3 1 251 148 86 Kamloops 57 37 15 2 3 209 156 79 Victoria 55 32 19 1 3 184 180 68 Spokane 56 32 22 2 0 207 178 66 Tri-City 55 31 21 1 2 179 167 65 Everett 57 21 31 1 4 135 204 47 Seattle 57 19 32 5 1 165 233 44 Prince George 56 17 31 2 6 147 201 42 Vancouver 55 14 41 0 0 150 236 28 d — division leader. x — clinched playoff berth.

Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

Saturday’s results Kootenay 4 Moose Jaw 0 Regina 7 Brandon 3 Saskatoon 5 Lethbridge 2 Swift Current 3 Prince Albert 0 Calgary 4 Seattle 3 (OT) Kamloops 5 Red Deer 3 Portland 5 Kelowna 1 Spokane 5 Tri-City 2 Vancouver 4 Prince George 1

Sunday’s Games Detroit 3, Los Angeles 2 Edmonton 3, Columbus 1 Boston 3, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, Tampa Bay 1 New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 3, Nashville 0 Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Carolina at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s summaries

No Scoring Penalties — Smyth Edm (hooking) 14:48, Cleary Det (interference) 18:43.

Second Period 1. Detroit, Datsyuk 4 (Brunner, Zetterberg) 8:33 (pp) 2. Edmonton, J.Schultz 4 (Eberle, Hartikainen) 17:55 (pp) Penalties — Detroit bench (too many men, served

by Tootoo) 0:38, Yakupov Edm (unsportsmanlike conduct) 1:21, Whitney Edm (elbowing) 6:32, Potter Edm (delay of game) 8:04, Abdelkader Det (holding) 13:14, Hall Edm (tripping) 14:14, Zetterberg Det (hooking) 16:34.

Third Period 3. Detroit, Kronwall 1 (Datsyuk, Zetterberg) 6:08 (pp) Penalties — Andersson Det (hooking) 1:51, Kindl Det (high-sticking) 2:44, VandeVelde Edm (hooking) 5:34, Zetterberg Det (hooking) 12:31, Franzen Det (closing hand on puck) 17:27, Paajarvi Edm (hooking) 19:34.

Shots on goal Edmonton 8 10 6 — 24 Detroit 9 13 8 — 30 Goal — Edmonton: Khabibulin (L,0-1-0); Detroit: Howard (W,5-4-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Edmonton: 1-8; Detroit: 2-7.

Attendance — 20,066 (20,066).

Monday’s game Portland at Vancouver, noon Tuesday’s games Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Regina 6 p.m.

Swift Current at Saskatoon 6:05 p.m.

Calgary at Tri-City 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Medicine Hat at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Victoria at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Prince George at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s game Everett at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s summary Blazers 5, Rebels 3 First Period 1. Kamloops, Souto 12 (Cross) 0:22 2. Red Deer, Dieno 21 (Maxwell, Elson) 13:46 Penalties — Hamilton RD (holding) 5:43, Lipon Kam (double high-sticking) 17:43.

Second Period 3. Kamloops, Lipon 29 (Willick, Ranford) 2:01 4. Red Deer, Johnson 9 (Elson) 6:55 (sh) 5. Kamloops, Lipon 30 (Ully, Needham) 11:38 6. Kamloops, Hrbas 5 (Lipon, Ranford) 16:46 Penalties — Rehill Kam (roughing) 3:57, Fafard RD (hooking) 6:23, Thiel RD (roughing), Rehill Kam (double roughing) 12:30.

Third Period 7. Red Deer, Volek 8 (Johnson, Dieno) 18:12 8. Kamloops, Ranford 15 (Lipon, Hrbas) 19:58 (en) Penalties — Doetzel RD (tripping) 3:05, Smith Kam (tripping) 7:20.

Shots on goal Red Deer 10 10 7 — 27 Kamloops 11 12 11 — 34 Goal — Red Deer: Bartosak (L,23-12-4); Kamloops: Cheveldave (W,27-12-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Red Deer: 0-5, Kamloops: 0-3.

Attendance — 4,727 at Kamloops, B.C. National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 12 8 1 3 19 33 24 Pittsburgh 13 8 5 0 16 41 32 N.Y. Rangers11 6 5 0 12 29 27 Philadelphia 12 5 6 1 11 29 33 N.Y. Islanders11 4 6 1 9 32 37

Boston Ottawa Toronto Montreal Buffalo

GP 10 12 12 11 13

Northeast Division W L OT Pts 8 1 1 17 6 4 2 14 7 5 0 14 6 4 1 13 5 7 1 11

GF GA 29 21 31 23 34 31 31 30 39 46

Tampa Bay Carolina Winnipeg Florida Washington

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts 11 6 5 0 12 10 5 4 1 11 11 5 5 1 11 11 4 6 1 9 12 3 8 1 7

GF GA 43 32 28 30 30 37 25 40 30 41

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 12 10 0 2 22 42 25 Detroit 12 7 4 1 15 33 32 Nashville 12 5 3 4 14 24 26 St. Louis 11 6 4 1 13 38 36 Columbus 12 3 7 2 8 24 39 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts 11 7 2 2 16 12 5 4 3 13 11 5 5 1 11 9 3 4 2 8 10 4 6 0 8

No Scoring Penalties — Campbell Bos (instigator, fighting, minor-major-misconduct), Kaleta Buf (fighting, major) 8:59, Hodgson Buf (slashing) 19:57.

Second Period 1. Boston, Marchand 6 (Ference) 7:10 2. Buffalo, Ennis 5 (Stafford) 18:01 Penalties — Ott Buf (unsportsmanlike conduct) 2:04, Sulzer Buf (cross-checking) 3:24, Boston bench (face-off violation, served by Marchand) 10:32, Weber Buf (tripping) 15:41.

Third Period 3. Boston, Bergeron 2 (Bourque, Peverley) 7:52 (pp) 4. Boston, Lucic 3 (Krejci, Seidenberg) 19:11 (en) Penalties — Weber Buf (delay of game) 7:24, Ference Bos (high-sticking) 19:25.

Shots on goal Boston 16 10 13 — 39 Buffalo 13 5 8 — 26 Goal — Boston: Khudobin (W,2-0-0); Buffalo: Miller (L,5-5-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Boston: 1-5; Buffalo: 0-3.

Attendance — 18,869 (19,070).

Oilers 1 at Red Wings 2 First Period

Sunday’s results Kelowna 3 Everett 2 Medicine Hat 3 Kootenay 2 Swift Current 3 Edmonton 1 Victoria 5 at Spokane 3

Vancouver Edmonton Minnesota Calgary Colorado

New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 4, Carolina 3, OT Detroit 2, Edmonton 1 Winnipeg 1, Ottawa 0 Buffalo 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Washington 5, Florida 0 Toronto 6, Montreal 0 Minnesota 2, Nashville 1, OT Vancouver 5, Calgary 1 Tampa Bay at Boston, ppd., snow

GF GA 33 24 28 30 24 29 25 33 21 26

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 11 8 2 1 17 39 31 San Jose 11 7 2 2 16 34 22 Dallas 12 6 5 1 13 26 28 Phoenix 12 5 5 2 12 32 33 Los Angeles 10 3 5 2 8 22 31 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Canucks 5, Flames 1 First Period 1. Calgary, Stempniak 5 (Stajan, Comeau) 18:18 Penalty — Tanguay Cal (tripping) 6:28.

Second Period 2. Vancouver, Burrows 3 (H.Sedin, D.Sedin) 8:34 3. Vancouver, Schroeder 1 (Edler, Burrows) 9:01 (pp) 4. Vancouver, Bieksa 2 (D.Sedin, H.Sedin) 17:37 Penalties — Tanguay Cal (hooking) 0:26, Lapierre Vcr (holding the stick) 2:48, Cervenka Cal (hooking) 8:49, Hudler Cal (tripping) 11:03, Higgins Vcr (holding) 14:00.

Third Period 5. Vancouver, Higgins 2 (Lapierre, Bieksa) 1:18 6. Vancouver, Schroeder 2 (Raymond, Tanev) 15:41 Penalty — Stajan Cal (hooking) 4:41.

Shots on goal Calgary 11 9 14 — 34 Vancouver 7 15 9 — 31 Goal — Calgary: Irving (L,1-1-0); Vancouver: Schneider (W,4-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 0-2; Vancouver: 1-5.

Attendance — 18,910 (18,910) at Vancouver.

Sunday’s summaries Oilers 3 at Blue Jackets 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Hemsky 5 (Hall) 13:58 Penalties — Edmonton bench (too many men, served by Yakupov) 4:16, Smyth Edm (hooking) 5:54, Wisniewski Clb (holding) 9:43, Smyth Edm (slashing) 19:01.

Second Period No Scoring Penalties — Dorsett Clb (slashing) 4:02, Hall Edm (interference) 6:03, Dubinsky Clb (holding stick) 10:36, Hartikainen Edm (tripping) 15:09, Prospal Clb (high-sticking) 16:28.

Third Period 2. Columbus, Umberger 1 (Tyutin, Dubinsky) 9:43 3. Edmonton, Paajarvi 1 (Gagner, Smid) 16:50 (sh) 4. Edmonton, Gagner 4 (Nugent-Hopkins) 19:47 (en) Penalties — Fistric Edm (cross-checking) 7:13, Smyth Edm (slashing) 15:15.

Shots on goal Edmonton 7 4 3 — 14 Columbus 13 12 15 — 40 Goal — Edmonton: Dubnyk (W,5-3-3); Columbus: Bobrovsky (L,2-3-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Edmonton: 0-4; Columbus: 0-7.

Attendance — 14,364 (18,144).

Kings 2 at Red Wings 3 First Period 1. Detroit, Datsyuk 5 (Zetterberg, Kronwall) 5:44 (pp) 2. Detroit, Brunner 6 (Zetterberg, White) 17:28 3. Los Angeles, Kopitar 4 (Scuderi, Voynov) 19:19 Penalties — Kronwall Det (high-sticking) 3:11, Williams LA (interference) 4:44, Kopitar LA (tripping) 8:17.

Second Period No Scoring Penalties — Datsyuk Det (holding) 0:35, Cleary Det (hooking) 9:47.

Third Period 4. Los Angeles, Martinez 1 (Clifford) 19:07 5. Detroit, Ericsson 2, 19:55 Penalties — Martinez LA (high-sticking) 10:14, Brown LA (tripping) 15:51.

Shots on goal Los Angeles 15 23 9 — 47 Detroit 11 9 11 — 31 Goal — Los Angeles: Quick (L,3-4-2); Detroit: Howard (W,6-4-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Los Angeles: 0-3; Detroit: 1-4.

Attendance — 20,066 (20,066).

Saturday’s Games Phoenix 1, San Jose 0, SO Anaheim 6, St. Louis 5, SO

Bruins 3 at Sabres 1 First Period

Lightning 1 at Rangers 5 First Period 1. N.Y. Rangers, Hagelin 2 (Nash, Girardi) 0:31 2. N.Y. Rangers, Callahan 3, 15:13 Penalties — Crombeen TB (high-sticking) 11:16, Thompson TB (holding) 15:42.

Second Period 3. N.Y. Rangers, Hagelin 3 (Staal) 9:58 4. Tampa Bay, Lecavalier 5 (Hedman, Killorn) 14:42 Penalties — Ta.Pyatt NYR (high-sticking) 4:10, Killorn TB (high-sticking) 12:04.

Third Period 5. N.Y. Rangers, Asham 1 (McDonagh) 12:22 6. N.Y. Rangers, Nash 3 (Hagelin, Girardi) 19:51 Penalty — Kreider NYR (hooking) 17:49.

Shots on goal Tampa Bay 6 10 4 — 20 N.Y. Rangers 15 8 9 — 32 Goal (shots-saves) — Tampa Bay: Garon (L,1-2-0) (19-16), Lindback (9:58 second)(13-11); N.Y. Rangers: Lundqvist (W,5-5-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Tampa Bay: 0-2; N.Y. Rangers: 0-3.

Attendance — 17,200 (17,200).

Devils 3 at Penguins 1 First Period 1. New Jersey, Clarkson 8 (Henrique) 13:06 Penalties — Carter NJ (fighting, major), Bortuzzo Pgh (fighting, major) 0:04, Gionta NJ (interference) 13:50, Volchenkov NJ (delay of game) 18:45.

Second Period 2. New Jersey, Kovalchuk 4 (Matteau) 11:27 3. New Jersey, Clarkson 9 (Elias, Zidlicky) 13:20 (pp) Penalties — Neal Pgh (cross-checking) 12:09, Gionta NJ (slashing) 19:48.

Third Period 4. Pittsburgh, Neal 8 (Kunitz, Malkin) 0:15 (pp) Penalties — None Shots on goal New Jersey 4 13 6 — 23 Pittsburgh 10 5 9 — 24 Goal — New Jersey: Hedberg (W,2-0-1); Pittsburgh: Vokoun (L,3-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — New Jersey: 1-1; Pittsburgh: 1-3.

Attendance — 18,658 (18,387).

Blackhawks 3 at Predators 0 First Period No Scoring Penalties — None Second Period 1. Chicago, Kruger 2, 6:14 2. Chicago, Toews 6 (Keith, Hossa) 7:20 Penalties — Shaw Chi (fighting, major), Clune Nash (fighting, major) 2:41, Kostitsyn Nash (hooking) 3:27, Kruger Chi (tripping) 9:31, Erat Nash (tripping) 10:24.

Third Period 3. Chicago, Kane 9 (Bolland, Rozsival) 4:27 Penalties — None Shots on goal Chicago 10 10 7 — 27 Nashville 3 4 10 — 17 Goal — Chicago: Crawford (W,7-0-2); Nashville: Rinne (L,4-3-3).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Chicago: 0-2; Nashville: 0-1.

Attendance — 17,113 (17,113).

AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Portland 46 27 17 1 1 132 135 Providence 45 26 16 0 3 118 116 Worcester 46 22 18 1 5 116 130 Manchester 47 21 22 2 2 127 125 St. John’s 50 21 26 1 2 115 148

Springfield Connecticut Albany Bridgeport Adirondack

Northeast Division GP W LOTLSOL 45 28 11 3 3 49 22 21 4 2 45 20 16 1 8 45 21 19 2 3 46 19 24 2 1

GF GA 151 107 144 152 120 123 138 146 112 135

Pt 62 50 49 47 41

Binghamton Syracuse W-B/Scranton Hershey Norfolk

GP 46 46 47 48 47

East Division W LOTLSOL 28 13 1 4 26 14 2 4 25 19 2 1 23 19 3 3 20 24 2 1

GF GA 140 110 152 134 115 109 122 117 115 139

Pt 61 58 53 52 43

WESTERN CONFERENCE North Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Abbotsford 49 26 16 3 4 113 106 Lake Erie 48 24 17 2 5 143 143 Toronto 45 25 16 2 2 148 122 Rochester 44 25 16 2 1 156 132 Hamilton 46 16 24 1 5 98 147

Pt 59 55 54 53 38

Grand Rapids Chicago Milwaukee Peoria Rockford

Midwest Division GP W LOTLSOL 47 27 16 2 2 44 23 16 3 2 45 20 19 3 3 47 20 21 4 2 48 22 24 1 1

GF GA 152 131 120 118 116 128 117 146 143 150

Pt 58 51 46 46 46

Texas Charlotte Houston Okla. City San Antonio

GP 48 49 49 47 48

South Division W LOTLSOL 28 13 4 3 28 16 2 3 24 18 4 3 23 18 2 4 21 23 0 4

GF GA 138 122 150 127 133 132 151 156 118 129

Pt 63 61 55 52 46

Sunday’s results Abbotsford 1 Lake Erie 0 (SO) Connecticut 7 St. John’s 3 Texas 3 Toronto 2 Adirondack 6 Syracuse 1 Albany 3 Binghamton 2 (SO) Charlotte 2 San Antonio 1 Milwaukee 1 Peoria 0 Norfolk 4 Hershey 3 (SO) Providence 3 Manchester 2 Springfield 3 Portland 0

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Southeast Division W L Pct GB 34 14 .708 — 27 22 .551 7 15 36 .294 20 14 35 .286 20 11 39 .220 24 Central Division W L Pct 31 20 .608 30 20 .600 25 24 .510 20 32 .385 16 35 .314

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GB — 1/2 5 11 15

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 40 12 .769 — Memphis 32 18 .640 7 Houston 28 25 .528 12 Dallas 22 28 .440 17 New Orleans 17 34 .333 22

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Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 39 12 .765 — Denver 33 19 .635 6 Utah 28 24 .538 11 Portland 25 26 .490 14 Minnesota 18 30 .375 19

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Saturday’s Games Denver 111, Cleveland 103 Philadelphia 87, Charlotte 76 Dallas 116, Golden State 91 Detroit 105, Milwaukee 100 Sacramento 120, Utah 109 Sunday’s Games L.A. Clippers 102, New York 88 Miami 107, L.A. Lakers 97 Memphis 105, Minnesota 88 Boston 118, Denver 114,3OT Toronto 102, New Orleans 89 Orlando 110, Portland 104 Oklahoma City 97, Phoenix 69 San Antonio 111, Brooklyn 86 Sacramento 117, Houston 111 Monday’s Games Minnesota at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Boston at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Indiana, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Washington at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Denver at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Portland at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Utah, 7 p.m.

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

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

Golf PGA-Pebble Beach Sunday Pebble Beach, Calif.

Purse—US$6.5 million Par—72 Final Round Brandt Snedeker, $1,170,000 66-68-68-65 Chris Kirk, $702,000 71-68-64-66 Kevin Stadler, $338,000 69-69-69-65 Jimmy Walker, $338,000 68-71-67-66 James Hahn, $338,000 71-65-66-70 Jason Day, $234,000 68-68-70-67 Fredrik Jacobson, $209,625 71-66-70-67 Patrick Reed, $209,625 68-69-67-70 Patrick Cantlay, $175,500 66-70-72-67 James Driscoll, $175,500 72-67-67-69 Retief Goosen, $175,500 71-68-67-69 Justin Hicks, $131,625 71-68-70-67 Aaron Baddeley, $131,625 69-71-69-67 Bryce Molder, $131,625 71-72-69-64 Richard H. Lee, $131,625 68-71-66-71 John Merrick, $94,250 68-67-74-68 William McGirt, $94,250 72-69-67-69 Charlie Wi, $94,250 70-70-68-69 Hunter Mahan, $94,250 66-69-73-69 Ted Potter, Jr., $94,250 67-67-73-70 Sean O’Hair, $94,250 70-67-70-70 Cameron Tringale, $65,000 71-71-70-66 Jordan Spieth, $65,000 70-70-68-70 Kevin Na, $65,000 68-72-68-70 Robert Garrigus, $65,000 71-69-66-72

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Luke Guthrie, $51,025 Webb Simpson, $51,025 Russell Knox, $47,125 Billy Horschel, $47,125 Heath Slocum, $36,205 Scott Brown, $36,205 Bob Estes, $36,205 Jim Furyk, $36,205 Matt Every, $36,205 Doug LaBelle II, $36,205 Alistair Presnell, $36,205 Brian Stuard, $36,205 Matt Jones, $36,205 Greg Owen, $36,205 Ryuji Imada, $24,700 Jason Bohn, $24,700 Bill Lunde, $24,700 Kelly Kraft, $24,700 Brad Fritsch, $24,700 Kevin Streelman, $24,700 Lee Westwood, $18,428 Brendon de Jonge, $18,428 Tim Clark, $18,428 Jeff Maggert, $18,428 Scott Gardiner, $15,184 Brian Harman, $15,184 Mike Weir, $15,184 Josh Teater, $15,184 Vijay Singh, $15,184 Peter Tomasulo, $15,184 Pat Perez, $15,184

68-70-69-72 71-71-65-72 64-73-71-72 70-71-67-72 69-71-71-70 72-68-69-72 69-71-72-69 75-69-68-69 67-70-71-73 69-75-69-68 68-72-68-73 69-72-72-68 69-72-72-68 65-75-73-68 65-73-73-71 71-70-71-70 71-70-68-73 69-71-72-70 69-73-71-69 69-69-75-69 68-70-73-72 67-71-73-72 76-67-70-70 67-73-73-70 73-69-68-74 68-73-70-73 75-65-71-73 70-72-68-74 72-72-66-74 71-75-66-72 69-69-74-72

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Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with RHP Anthony Carter, INF Jonathan Diaz, INF-OF Mark Hamilton, INF Lyle Overbay and OF Ryan Sweeney on minor league contracts.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Named Steve Lubratich director of pro scouting and Dave Miller, Michael Calitri and Bryan Corey pro scouts. Promoted Victor Wang to assistant director of pro scouting and Trey Hendricks to pro scout. Named Bo Hughes a national crosschecker and Carlos Muniz and John Heuerman area scouts. Promoted Scott Barnsby to a national crosschecker, Paul Cogan to scouting advisor/crosschecker and Jason Smith to west coast srosschecker. Promoted Jason Lynn to assistant director, international scouting, Antonio Caballero to Venezuelan scouting supervisor and Allen Lin to Pacific Rim scouting supervisor. Named Clinton Matsuzawa area scout in Japan, Luis Camacho and Rafael Cariel area scouts in Venezuela, Arnold Elles area scout in Colombia and Daniel Kim area scout in South Korea. Agreed to terms with DH/1B Jason Giambi on a minor league contract.

National League CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with RHP Armando Galarraga on a minor league contract.

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with C Rod Barajas on a minor league contract.

CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with OF

Scott Hairston on a two-year contract. Designated OF Tony Campana for assignment.

FOOTBALL National Football League NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Named Rob Ryan defensive co-ordinator and Stan Kwan assistant special teams coach.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS—Reassigned D Jordan Hendry and D Sami Vatanen to Norfolk (AHL). Recalled G Jeff Deslauriers from Norfolk. Reassigned G Marco Cousineau to Norfolk from Fort Wayne (ECHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Assigned D David Savard to Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS—Assigned F Antoine Roussel to Texas (AHL).

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Reassigned D Matt Irwin to Worcester (AHL).

BUFFALO SABRES—Activated D Robyn Regehr from injured reserve. Waived F Matt Ellis.

DETROIT RED WINGS—Placed G Joey MacDonald on waivers.

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Activated G Jaroslav Halak from injured reserve.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled F Alex Killorn from Syracuse (AHL). Reassigned F Dana Tyrell to Syracuse.

BENTLEY GENERALS One way or the other, the Chinook Hockey League champions will be crowned Wednesday at Bentley.

The Generals will host the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs in the third and deciding game of the best-of-three league final at 8:30 p.m.

The Chiefs forced the decisive contest as Blake Grenier turned aside 42 shots in a 4-2 win Saturday over visiting Bentley. Travis Yonkman faced 21 shots in the Generals net.

Bryan Forslund, Jamie Marshall, Trevor Kordyban and Brian Woolger each notched a goal for Fort Saskatchewan,

which led 1-0 after one period, 2-1 after two frames and then scored twice in the final two minutes to pull out the decision.

Replying for Bentley were Curtis Austring and Dustin Sproat.

The Generals opened the best-of-three set with a 4-1 Friday at home, getting goals from Chris Neiszner, Joe Vandermeer, Keenan Desmet and Jeremy Colliton. Aaron Agnew had the lone goal for the Chiefs.

Dan Bakala turned aside 20 shots in the Bentley net. Jim Watt made 28 saves for the visitors.

ren Bettenson, Sydnie Bray, Aislin Borle and Meghan Mckim. Kadence Roberge was the victorious keeper.

Bettenson, Hailey Cartwright and Alex Fortney were the Red Deer snipers versus Inter. Roberge took the loss in net.

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Flames falter against red-hot Canucks CANUCKS ROOKIE SCHROEDER SCORES FIRST TWO NHL GOALS IN SATURDAY NIGHT MATCHUP Raymond shot into the net.

“Anyone can go there,” Schroeder said about doing the dirty work in front of the net. “It’s whether you want to or not.

“That’s what you have to do to stay in the lineup and produce.”

Schroeder’s play drew praise from Burrows, who is no stranger to crashing and banging.

“Jordan has been playing so well for us, not only offensively but defensively,” said Burrows, who collected his third goal of the year.

“He’s been really reliable. Finally tonight he gets rewarded with some bounces going his way.”

Schroeder had scored the winner in a 2-1 shootout victory against the Chicago Blackhawks Feb. 1 but that didn’t officially count as a goal.

Cory Schneider, making his second consecutive start in net for Vancouver, stopped 33 shots.

Irving, filling in for the injured Miikka Kiprusoff, made his first ever backto-back start. He stopped 26 shots.

Calgary coach Bob Hartley was frustrated with the loss after seeing the Flames earn road victories in Detroit and Columbus.

“It’s a great trip but an awful way to end this trip,” he said.

“It’s sad because you are playing the Vancouver Canucks, arch rivals, division rivals, and you play a great first period and suddenly the game is over.”

Notes: The Flames were also playing without centres Mikael Backlund (knee) and Mike Cammalleri (hip), plus forward Sven Baertschi (hip). ... Canucks’ general manager Mike Gillis said in an interview Friday that unless he gets the right offer for goaltender Roberto Luongo he is prepared to keep both Luongo and Schneider for the remainder of the season. ...David Booth, who has missed the entire season with a groin injury, skated with the Canucks Saturday morning. Ryan Kesler, recovering from both shoulder and wrist surgery, has been skating for a week.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canucks 5 Flames 1 VANCOUVER — A big grin stretched across Jordan Schroeder’s face as he poised for photographs in the Vancouver Canucks’ dressing room Saturday night holding both pucks from his first two NHL goals.

As the camera flashed someone asked Schroeder if he’d give one puck to his father and the other his mother.

“No, these will both be for me,” said the 22-year-old rookie.

For a player who always seems just thrilled to be part of the team it was a glimpse into the determination that got the undersized centre into the NHL. Schroeder gave the Canucks the lead on a second-period power play, then added another goal in the third period as Vancouver defeated the Calgary Flames 5-1. His first goal came in the second period just 27 seconds after Alex Burrows had tied the game 1-1.

“It’s kind of a weight off your shoulders,” said Schroeder, the 2009 firstround draft pick who has played nine games as a Canuck. “You’re gripping your stick pretty tight.

“There’s excitement, relief. You want to get that first one so bad. To be able to get two in one night is always good.”

Add in the two assists he has this season and Schroeder has four career points. That leaves him just 751 behind Canuck captain Henrik Sedin.

“It’s a start,” laughed Schroeder.

Sedin, who had two assists in the win, is now just one point behind former captain Markus Naslund’s franchise-leading total of 756 points.

Typically, Sedin was more interested in praising Schroeder’s accomplishment rather than talking about the milestone he’s close to achieving.

“The second (goal) is usually the toughest one to get,” said Sedin, who has 171 goals and 584 assists in 12 years as a Canuck. “It’s nice to get it out of the way in one game. It’s great

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Vancouver Canucks Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows celebrate Kevin Bieksa’s goal past Calgary Flames goalie Leland Irving and defenceman Jay Bouwmeester during the second period of action at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C. Saturday. for him.”

Chris Higgins and Kevin Bieksa also scored for the Canucks who won their fifth consecutive game. Vancouver improved its record to 7-2-2.

Lee Stempniak scored for the Flames, who saw a two-game winstreak snapped. Calgary dropped to 3-4-2.

“They worked harder than us and we weren’t very good, we weren’t very sharp,” Calgary captain Jarome Iginla said in a quiet Flames’ dressing room.

“They had too many point-blank chances. It was a game that we obliviously wanted but not as much as them.

They deserved it.”

What the five-foot-eight, 175-pound Schroeder lacks in size he compensates for with speed and the ability to go to the net.

On his first goal he was standing in the slot and re-directed a Alex Edler shot past Calgary goaltender Leland Irving. He used his speed on the second goal, directing the rebound of a Mason

Snedeker continues hot play with win at Pebble Beach Pro-Am PGA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Brandt Snedeker didn’t have to take a back seat to anyone at Pebble Beach.

A runner-up to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson each of the last two weeks, Snedeker finished off a record performance Sunday with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot victory over Chris Kirk in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Snedeker holed a 10-foot birdie on the 17th hole, and then tapped in for par to finish at 19-under 267. That broke the tournament record by one shot held by Mickelson (2007) and Mark O’Meara (1997), who each had a 20-under 268 when Poppy Hills was still in the rotation.

The hottest player in golf, Snedeker finally has a trophy to show for it.

“Feels great to finish one,” he said. “The last two weeks, playing great but running into two Hall of Famers, really motivated me to go out and prove that I can handle the lead.”

In five starts this year, he already had a win, two second-place finishes and a third. He never had much of a chance against Woods at Torrey Pines or Mickelson at the Phoenix Open, who each had big leads going into the final round.

Snedeker was tied with James Hahn, a 31-year-old rookie from the Bay Area, and seized control with an eagle and three birdies on the opening seven holes.

Snedeker responded to his only bogey, a threeputt at No. 9, by rolling in birdie putts on the next two holes.

He took a long gaze out at the Pacific while waiting on the 18th tee at Pebble Beach, perhaps reflecting on an amazing ride over the last six months — winning the Tour Championship to capture the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize, his first Ryder Cup team, and a blazing start to the new season.

Snedeker goes to No. 4 in the world, the highest ranking of his career and second only to Woods among Americans.

“Kind of crazy to think what’s happened,” he said.

He now heads off to a vacation on Maui before returning for the stretch run leading to the Masters.

Winning a major is the next step for Snedeker, a 32-year-old from Nashville who has emerged as a veritable threat wherever he plays with a confident putting stroke and a dramatic increase in hitting fairways off the tee.

Hahn wound up with a 2-under 70 and tied for third with Jimmy Walker (66) and Kevin Stadler (65). The day wasn’t a total loss for Hahn. He previously tied for fourth at the Humana Challenge, and his tie for third gets him into Riviera next week. He hasn’t missed a cut this year and is already 11th in the FedEx

Cup standings.

Ottawa’s Brad Fritsch shot a 69 to finish at 4 under in a tie for 40th, while Mike Weir (73) of Brights Grove, Ont., was two shots back in a tie for 50th.

The only drama on a pristine day on the Monterey Peninsula came from Patrick Reed.

His 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole gave him a tie for seventh with Fredrik Jacobson, and kept Jacobson from qualifying for the Match Play Championship by 0.0002 points.

The final spot in the 64-man field based on the world ranking instead goes to Shane Lowery of Ireland, who did not play this week.

The only disappointment for Snedeker was

having to settle for par on the final hole, and watching his amateur, Toby Wilt, graze the edge of the cup with his final putt. That means he had to share first place in the pro-am with Michael Letzig and John Erickson. Wilt, an investor from Nashville, Tenn., endowed a golf scholarship at Vanderbilt, and Snedeker was the first recipient.

Snedeker has come a long way and might just be getting started. This was the fifth win of his career.

Mickelson, the defending champion, hit two more balls in the ocean on the 18th hole, but at least this time he didn’t slip on the rocks.

He closed with a 72 and tied for 60th.

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Brandt Snedeker poses with his trophy on the 18th green of the Pebble Beach Golf Links after winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament Sunday. Snedeker won the tournament after shooting a 7-under-par 65 to finish at total 19-underpar.

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Rebels closing in on first MAJOR MIDGET HOCKEY GABRIELLE WADDELL

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Red Deer speed skater Gabrielle Waddell placed second in the 500-metre B final and sixth overall in a World Cup meet in Germany during the weekend.

She also placed eighth in the 1,500m A final.

The previous weekend, Waddell won a bronze medal in the 500m A final of a World Cup competition in Russia.

THIS WEEK Wednesday

● JV basketball: Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, Stettler at Rocky Mountain House, Lacombe at Camrose, Ponoka at Wetaskiwin; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Prince George at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium.

Thursday

● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills at Notre Dame; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena.

Friday

● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament. ● WHL: Victoria at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Buffaloes at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Three Hills, 8 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Cranbrook at Sylvan Lake, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Elks, 8 p.m., Kin City A; Lacombe at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m., Multiplex.

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 7 Bobcats 0 The Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs are close to where they want to be heading into the Alberta Midget Hockey League playoffs.

The Rebels are closing in on first place overall and are also finding their scoring touch, which was evident during the weekend as they downed the Calgary Flames 6-2 Saturday and the Lloydminster Bobcats 7-0 Sunday at the Arena.

‘We’ve been playing stronger and stronger since Christmas,” said Rebels head coach Doug Quinn. “We did have a bit of letdown last weekend against Grande Prairie, but that came after a two week break and we were a little rusty. This weekend we were playing really well.”

The fact the Rebels found their scoring touch is the biggest improvement as the season wore on.

“It was a long time coming, but we’ve worked on a lot of things in practice, such as moving the puck and being more creative and it’s starting to pay off,” added Quinn.

The Rebels final two goals against the Bobcats gave an indication as to how their scoring has come around. Trey DeGraaf scored his second goal of the game, and the Rebels sixth, as he grabbed a rebound and calmly pulled the puck around goaltender Cade Spencer and tucked it into the open net. Jacob Schofield also scored his second of the game, and put a lid on the scoring, when he cut across in front of Spencer and put a backhand high to the stick side just under the bar.

“We didn’t see a lot of that earlier, although we had plenty of shots in good shooting areas,” said Quinn. “But we were a bit tight and didn’t capitalize. Since Christmas there’s been better puck movement and our forwards are creating quality opportunities and capitalizing on them.”

Netminder Matt Zentner, who suffered an injury during the Mac’s tournament, is starting to get back on track and recorded the shutout, making 27 saves.

“He had a couple of injuries and we’re happy to see him back to the level he was at before,” added Quinn. “Today he had a really, really strong game.”

The Rebels are close to being 100 per cent healthy, although defenceman Kaleb Denham left midway through the first pe-

MINOR HOCKEY Minor midget AAA The Red Deer IROC Chiefs earned a single point in weekend action, skating to a 3-3 draw Sunday with the visiting Airdrie/Cochrane Avalanche.

Tyler Graber, Riley Mathies and Andrew Perry scored for the Chiefs, while Dalyn Haire made 21 saves.

On Saturday, IROC travelled to Calgary and fell 5-4 to the Blazers. Perry, Ty Wagar, Ryley Smith and Nick Knezacek provided the Chiefs goals, with losing netminder Carson Franks making 30 saves.

Meanwhile, the Red Deer Northstar Chiefs posted a pair

Photo by Carson Papke/Advocate staff

Lloyminster Bobcats’ Ryley McNeil tried to check Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs Jordan Steenbergen off the puck during a Alberta Midget Hockey League game Sunday, at the Arena. The Rebels won the game 7-0. riod Sunday with a slight shoulder injury.

“He just got back from an injury, then was suspended for a game for a hit from behind, then this,” said Quinn. “Hopefully it’s not that serious. Other than that we have the normal bumps and bruises.”

Then Rebels have clinched first place in the South Division with two games in remaining. They need a win next weekend, or a loss by the Edmonton Boston Pizza Athletics, to clinch first place overall.

“It would be nice to finish first, but at the end of the day it doesn’t mean much if you don’t do anything in the playoffs,” said

of home-ice shutouts, knocking off the Calgary Rangers 5-0 and the Calgary Stampeders 3-0.

Brody Dirk stopped 37 saves against the Rangers, while Layne Bensmiller fired three goals and Brenden Baker potted a pair.

Baker, Chad Gross and Anthony Neurauter were the Northstar snipers in the win over the Stamps. Branden Bilodeau turned in a flawless 31-save performance.

Major midget female Beck Davidson erupted for three goals Sunday to lead the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs to a 6-3 win over the visiting Highwood Raiders.

Also scoring for the Chiefs were Taylor Hall, Krista Wilson

Quinn. “But home ice could make a difference between winning and losing, so it would be nice to finish first overall.”

Jordie Lawson, Rory Davidson and Dustin Gorgi added single goals against the Bobcats.

Lawson, Jordan Steenbergen, Ryker Leer, Davidson, Schofield and Jack Goranson scored against the Flames. Jayden Sittler made 23 saves in goal.

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and Presley Hollman. Winning goalie Aly Andersen made 23 saves.

The host Chiefs were 4-3 losers to the Spruce Grove Saints Saturday, getting goals from Hall, Hollman and Wilson. Nisa Bartlett stopped 24 shots in the Sutter Fund net.

Major bantam The Red Deer Rebels White split a pair of weekend games, falling 6-4 to the visiting Calgary Bisons and winning 6-3 at Okotoks.

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Major bantam female Shealee Dolan recorded a hat trick as the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs downed the visiting Calgary Outlaws 3-2 Sunday.

Sutter Fund netminder Al-

exandra Galenzoski made 18 saves.

Bantam A The Red Deer Frontier Chiefs were 0-3 during the weekend, losing 8-3 and 5-1 to the Forestburg Thunderstars in a home-and-home set and falling 8-0 to visiting Sylvan Lake.

Liam Stalwick, Tristyn Zarubiak and Carson Stuve were the Frontier marksmen versus the visiting Thunderstars, while Brett Martens and Nolan MacGregor combined for 20 saves.

Zarubiak was the lone Chiefs sniper at Forestburg, where Martens and MacGregor combined to turn aside 24 shots.

Brett Martens made 39 saves against Sylvan Lake.

Saturday

● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament. ● Peewee AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Parkland, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Okotoks at Lacombe, 1:45 p.m. ● Major bantam female hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Kin City B. ● Bantam AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Steel Kings, 5:30 p.m., Kin City A. ● Junior women’s hockey: Banff at Central Alberta Amazons, 5:30 p.m., Penhold. ● Midget AA hockey: Bow Valley at Innisfail, 5:50 p.m.; Calgary Gold at Lacombe, 8:15 p.m.; Calgary Blackhawks at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday

● Bantam AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Ramada, 1:45 p.m., Kin City A; Lacombe at Innisfail, 2:10 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Lacombe, 2 p.m.; Wheatland at Sylvan Lake, 2:45 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Leduc at Red Deer, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: High River at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Foothills at Red Deer, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

Raiders get pair of medals at home tourney The host Lindsay Thurber Raiders captured a pair of medals in their annual LTCHS senior basketball tournament during the weekend.

The Raiders won silver on the boys’ side and bronze in the girls’ division.

The Raiders lost 76-55 to Lester B Pearson of Calgary in the boys’ final after beating St. Paul 8847 in the quarter-finals and W.P. Wagner of Edmonton 77-66 in the semifinals.

Pearson downed Webber Academy of Calgary 90-67 in the semifinals after beating Salisbury of Sherwood Park 115-42 in the quarter-finals.

Webber Academy defeated Hunting Hills 7669 in their first game.

Hunting Hills then beat Salisbury 105-42 and Brooks 83-67 in the consolation final.

On the girls’ side, Camrose defeated Bishop Carroll 70-46 in the final. Bishop Carroll downed LTCHS 60-51

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Lindsay Thurber Raider Greg Chauvet covers St. Paul Saint Dylan Machura during the opening game of the 31st LTCHS Annual Senior Varsity Basketball Tournament at Lindsay Thurber on Friday. in the semifinals while Camrose stopped Hunting Hills 67-49.

LTCHS got past Hunting Hills 53-44 to take third place.

Earlier LTCHS defeated St. Paul 73-26 and

Hunting Hills downed Salisbury 49-34.

Salisbury won the consolation title with a 59-39 win over St. Paul.

The Hunting Hills tournament goes this weekend.

The Red Deer Vipers ran into a hot netminder Saturday and suffered a 5-0 Heritage Junior B Hockey League loss to the host Strathmore Wheatland Kings.

Richie Hubbell stopped all 43 shots he faced while Andrew Bergman contributed two goals and Ross Fox had a goal and two assists. Brenden Mandrusiak made 24 saves at the other end.

In another Saturday contest, the host Three Hills Thrashers blanked the Stettler Lightning 3-0 as Michael Neumeier, Cameron Braun and Tom Vanderlinde supplied the goals and Devon Dell blocked 33 shots for the shutout. Simon Thieleman also stood tall for the Lightning with a 47-save outing.

The Lightning also came out on the short end of a 2-1 count Friday at High River, where the host Flyers fired 33 shots at Thieleman while giving up 32. Alex Pronchuk scored both High River goals, with Landon Potter accounting for the lone Stettler marker.

Also on Friday, Three Hills got a third-period goal from Tyrel Severtson — his second of the

game — and edged the visiting Blackfalds Wranglers 3-2.

Vanderlinde also tallied for the Thrashers.

Scoring for the Wranglers were Landon Wolitski and Jared Ramstead.

Dell stood out for Three Hills with a 46-save performance.

Layne Swier blocked 31 shots at the other end.

Boorse finishes 0-3 at juveniles INNISFAIL — The Red Deer foursome skipped by Mikayla Boorse went 0-3 in the Southern Alberta Curling Association juvenile women’s playdowns during the weekend.

Boorse opened with an 8-3 loss to Nicole Larson of Hanna, then fell 11-1 and 7-5 to McKenna Jones of Calgary and Kathleen Steele of Okotoks.

The Jones foursome and an Airdrie rink skipped by Dacey Brown will represent SACA in the provincial championship March 1-3 at Sylvan Lake.

Wells downs Tagish Wells Furniture downed the Tagish Lakers 58-48 in a Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association game Sunday.

David McComish led the winners with 25 points.

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Queens wrap up first with win over Olds

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Queens 3 Broncos 0 Olds College Broncos head coach Chris Wandler still has some ties to Red Deer College and Queens head coach Talbot Walton.

After all Wandler was an assistant coach with Walton for over a decade. “It’s always nice to come back here,� he said. “I enjoy playing them as they’re the top team in the conference and it shows where we’re at. It also shows we still have some growing to do. “We’re not that far off, but there are little things getting in our way and if we knock those off we’ll be fine.�

The Queens, 18-2, wrapped up first place in the Alberta Colleges Women’s Volleyball League with a 2624. 25-21, 25-15 victory over the Broncos, who finished the regular season at 12-8.

The Broncos controlled play for the first half of the opening set, leading 15-10 and 17-14 before the Queens found their rhythm. “The first two sets we were right there, but little mental mistakes got in the way of our performing,� said Wandler. “We made some errors, but we kept fighting, especially in that first set,� said Walton, who believed a questionable call went against them as they led 23-21 in the opening set. “A few of us saw it that way, but it went that way and we stayed composed,� said Walton. “We found a way to score when we needed to.�

Overall the Queens were the better team, but they had to work for what they got. “When playing a team that’s throwing their arms out and making some digs that don’t look pretty you need to be careful with the ball or you lose a little of your edge and get into a hitting situation yoy don’t want to be up against. We were forced into some of those scenarios and they put pressure on us,� said Walton.

The Queens will go into the ACAC finals — Feb. 22-24 at RDC — riding an 18 game winning streak.

They lost their first two games of the season 3-2 to Grant MacEwan. “If we would have prepared a little longer we may have had a different results that first weekend, but we’re happy to be where we are,� said Walton. “It was a bit stressful for the girls and the coaching staff at times in that we had to keep winning, but in the end it was worth it.�

Brooke Sutter finished 16 kills, 11 digs, an ace and a stuff block for RDC while Amber Adolf had seven kills and 10 digs, Karissa Kuhr seven kills, eight digs, four blocks and an ace. Libero Maddi Quinn had 14 digs and setter Kirsten Sorensen nine digs.

Former Queen Telaina Snider had 14 kills and eight digs for Olds while Shael Bourne had 10 digs.

Kings 3 Broncos 0 The Kings went into their meeting with the lastplace Broncos, knowing they only had to be steady to pull out a victory.

RDC ATHLETICS Kings 97 Broncos 69 OLDS — The RDC Kings got off to a slow start, but dominated the second half in their Alberta College Men’s Basketball League meeting with the Olds Broncos Saturday.

The Kings outscored the Broncos 54-29 over the final 40 minutes, and rolled to a 97-69 victory. “It was a slow start, but we broke out of our scoring slump as the game wore on,� said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger, who saw the team hit 11 threepoint baskets — three each by Jacob Cusumano, Ashaunti Hogan and Mari Peoples-Wong.

Peoples-Wong finished with 20 points while Hogan had 15 and Cusumano 13. Rob Pierce was the player of the game with 26 points and 10 boards.

Mitch Smith had 14 points and Matt Deng and Ibrahim Aden 11 each for Olds.

Broncos 112 Queens 48 Despite the fact the Broncos ran up the score against a short-handed RDC Queens, head coach Mike Woollard wasn’t

about to get upset. “We’re a young team with three starters out and a fourth who shouldn’t have been playing, but we have to play at that level, and that means getting more depth as we go along,� he said. “You could say what goes around comes around and all that, but we have to be better.

They’re a good team and preparing for the playoffs. Right now we’re banged up and that’s what happens.�

The Queens were without Amrei Bondzio, Desirae Paterson and Dedra Janvier while Sarah Williamson is on the limp and wouldn’t have played if the others could have.

Miranda Honey had 13 points and Kaitlin Bracko 12 for RDC while Olds guard and league scoring leader Jylisa Williams had 52.

The RDC teams finish their regular season with two games in Medicine Hat next weekend.

NAIT 6 Queens 3

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Red Deer College Queen Amber Adolf hammers down a spike on a pair of Old College Bronco defenders during the matchup between the two teams at Red Deer College, Saturday. “Our guys came out strong in that first set as they felt they had something to prove after a poor third set last night (a 3-0 win at Olds),� said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “But it’s hard to sustain that level when the other team doesn’t bring back any energy. We did an OK job tonight and took care of business and that’s what this weekend was all about. We just wanted to make sure we weren’t sliding heading into the playoffs.�

The Kings recorded a 25-13, 25-18, 25-21 victory to finish the regular season at 19-1 and go into the provincials on Feb. 22-24 in Fort McMurray ranked No. 1. “We’ll bring in the alumni sometime in the next couple of weeks to help us stay sharp,� said Schulha, who was pleased to finish first. “That was one of goals done with the next two come quickly. Hopefully we’re up to the task and I think we are.�

The Kings only loss was in Medicine Hat. “That was probably good for us. It made us continue to look after our side,� said Schulha.

The RDC Queens chances of finishing first in the Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League all but went out the window with a 6-3 loss to the NAIT Ooks in Edmonton Saturday.

The Ooks moved three points up on the Queens with two games remaining for both teams. The Queens face SAIT Thursday at the Arena and Friday in Calgary. Natasha Steblin had both goals for RDC while Rachael Hoppins added a single marker.

Queens netminder Camille Trautman finished with 16 saves while the Queens had 29 shots on goal. “It was a game where we’d have all kinds of pressure and they’d come back and score.

We’d have more pressure and then they’d come back and score,� said Queens head coach Trevor Keeper. “It was unfortunate, but we have to figure out a way to be better in the playoffs.�

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three members of the Elite Speed Track Club competed at the Alberta Indoor Games in Edmonton during the weekend.

Eric Lutz of the ESRD won the 600m midget men’s title in one minute 30.75 seconds and was second in the 1,000m in 2:44.76.

Jordanna Cota, also on the ESRD was second in the open women’s 3,000m in 10:57.81 and fourth in the 1,500m Matt Van Mulligen was 15th in the open men’s 1,500m.

For RDC, Kieran McDonald was fifth in the open men’s 3,000m and sixth in the 1,500m.

Anna Duda, competing in the master’s women’s 35-49 year-old division, was second in the 300m in 48.93 seconds.

Kyle Nielsen was 16th in the open men’s 300m and Jenna Ronnie 12th in the open women’s 600m.

Kailey Fauville placed fourth in the senior women’s shot put. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Tim Finnigan had 15 kills, three aces, four digs and a block for RDC while Braden O’Toole added 11 kills, two aces, two digs and two blocks. Chris Jones had three kills and nine digs and setter Travis Czainski five digs.

Czainski played the match and was named the RDC player of the match with starting setter Sam Brisbane watching. As well starting middle Chris Osborn also saw limited playing time on the right side.

Tyler Olson, Damon Holmen and Lachie Pollock had five kills each for Olds. � A number of athletes were honoured by the RDC clubs as it could be their final regular season matches at home . . . Sorensen, Leanne Price, Dani Van Alstyne, Sutter and Sidney Ponto were recognized on the women’s team . . . Czainski, Trent Schmidt, Patrick McIntyre, Jordan Gardiner and Chris Jones were honoured on the men’s side . . .

There is a chance some of those honoured may return . . . “If they don’t we didn’t want them to leave without being recognized,� said Schulha. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Jemieff solid in net as Grizzlys maul Canucks OLDS — The Olds Grizzlys got power-play goals from Blair Oneschuk and Cale Brown en route to a 5-1 Alberta Junior Hockey League win over the Calgary Canucks Saturday.

Brandon Clowes, Damien Kulynych and Landon Kletke also tallied for the Grizzlys in front of 519 fans at the Sportsplex. Ty Morgan potted a man-advantage goal to open the scoring for the visitors.

Ethan Jemieff stopped 24 shots for the winners, who led 2-1 after one period and 3-1 after 40 minutes. Canucks netminder Colin Cooper made 31 saves.

The victory was the second in succession for the Grizzlys, who toppled

the visiting Canmore Eagles 5-2 Friday before an audience of 447.

Oneschuk led the Grizzlys with a goal (shorthanded) and a pair of assists. Also connecting for Olds were Bart Moran (power play), Dylan Hubbs, Matthew Marcinew and Reid Wilson.

Riley Point and Jeremy Gordon responded for the Eagles, who got a 31-save effort from Cam Barnes. Jemieff blocked 24 shots for the win.

Olds returns to action this Friday versus the host Okotoks Oilers. The Grizzlys’ final two home games are scheduled for Feb. 26 and March 1 against the Drumheller Dragons and Calgary Mustangs.

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Canadians top podium at Four Continents FIGURE SKATING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OSAKA, Japan — Canadians Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford captured their first international pairs title, winning gold at the Four Continents figure skating championships Sunday.

Duhamel, from Lively, Ont,. and Radford, from Balmertown, Ont., weren’t pleased with their score of 199.18 points, but it was enough to top teammates Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch.

They became the first Canadians to claim this title since Jamie Sale and David Pelletier in 2002.

“We are disappointed,” Duhamel said. “We know we are capable of skating much better. We want to show an improved long program at the world championships. We felt confident going in but once the music started it just became a struggle.”

Duhamel and Radford, who skated to “Angel,” had to fight for their landings on their side-by-side triple Lutzes.

Moore-Towers, from St. Catharines, Ont., and Moscovitch, from Waterloo, Ont., scored 196.78 They won Sunday’s free skate but couldn’t overtake Duhamel and Radford, who built up a lead in winning the short program.

“We are improving each time out and that’s what’s motivating us,” Moore-Towers said.

U.S. champions Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir were third with 170.10 points.

Canada’s two-time world ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir lost to American rivals Meryl Davis and Charlie White for the second consecutive competition.

Virtue and Moir had a strong start to their sizzling “Carmen” program, but had to stop about three minutes in when Virtue felt a cramp in her leg.

The Canadians were able to resume a couple of minutes later.

“I just had some cramp in my legs to deal with. I’m glad we collected our-

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Winners Meagan Duhamel, centre foreground, Eric Radford, centre back row, second-placed, Kirsten Moore-towers, foreground left, Dylan Moscovitch, left back row, of Canada and third-placed Marissa Castelli, foreground right, and Simon Shnapir of U.S. pose for photographers after the awarding ceremony of pairs event of the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Osaka, western Japan, Sunday. selves and kept pushing through the program,” Virtue said.

Davis and White scored 187.36. Virtue, from London, Ont., and Moir, from Ilderton, Ont., leaders after the short dance, scored 184.32.

“Tessa and I feel like as a team we have a lot of positive things this week, especially in our short dance,” Moir said. “In the free dance, we were able to execute a lot of the elements that we’ve been struggling with in practice and a little bit at the national championships. Obviously there are a couple of things we want to work on going into the world championships.”

Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States were third with

160.42 points.

Piper Gilles of Toronto and Paul Poirier of Unionville, Ont., were fifth while Nicole Orford of Burnaby, B.C., and Thomas Williams of Okotoks, Alta., finished sixth.

Two-time world champion Mao Asada won the women’s singles title, leading a Japanese sweep of the podium.

After re-introducing her trademark triple Axel in Saturday’s short program, Asada was downgraded on the jump in Sunday’s free skate but was solid in her other elements to finish with 205.45 points. Akiko Suzuki was second with 190.08 points while Kanako Murakami finished third with 181.03.

“The short program exceeded expectations and the free met my expectations,” said Asada, who skated to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. “I am happy I was able to challenge the triple Axel and that has given me confidence.”

Asada had been struggling with the triple Axel since the Vancouver Olympics but was able to win four events this season without it. She pulled it off to perfection on Saturday when she finished first in the short program. Despite being downgraded on the jump Sunday, Asada said she plans to attempt it at the world championships in London, Ont., next month.

“I plan to include it at the worlds and hope to build on the success I’ve had here,” Asada said.

Canadian champion Kaetlyn Osmond of Marystown, N.L., was seventh, Amelie Lacoste of Delson, Que., finished ninth, while Julianne Seguin of Longueuil, Que., was 11th.

“It was definitely a great experience here and I learned a lot from this competition,” said the 17-year-old Osmond.

“There were a couple of mistakes but for me it was still a great preparation for the world championships.”

The Four Continents is the last major event before the March 11-17 worlds where Asada will renew her rivalry with South Korean skater Kim Yu-na.

Suzuki, who was second after the short program, turned in a strong performance to music from Cirque du Soleil. She under-rotated a double Axel on her second element and was deducted points on a triple Lutz but was solid otherwise to hold on to second place ahead of Murakami, who won her first medal at a senior international Skating Union event.

Murakami was downgraded on a triple flip earlier in her routine but had no major mistakes in the free skate.

“I missed out on a podium at last year’s Four Continents because of a poor free skate so I was thinking about that today,” Murakami said. “It’s great to see a Japanese sweep of the podium.

Christina Gao of the United States finished fourth while China’s Li Zijun was fifth.

Roughnecks get win over Rush Man U pads their lead atop Premier League

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BARCELONA, Spain — Manchester United opened a season-high, 12-point lead in the English Premier League, defeating Everton 2-0 Sunday on goals by Ryan Giggs and Robin van Persie.

The 40-year-old Giggs beat American goalkeeper Tim Howard in the 13th minute at Old Trafford to become the only person to score in every season of the Premier League, which began in 1992-93. Van Persie scored in first-half stoppage time, his league-high 19th goal this season.

Seeking to extend its record for league titles to 20, Manchester United (21-3-2) has 65 points, while defending champion Manchester City (15-3-8) has 53 following Saturday’s 3-1 loss at Southampton.

“We’ve got to win our games regardless of what happens with City and if we concentrate on our own games, we’ll be OK,” United manager Alex Ferguson said.

United plays at Real Madrid on Wednesday in the second round of the Champions League.

“I was going to make about seven changes to the game but when I saw yesterday’s result, I changed that because we knew if we got a result it would put us in a fantastic position,” Ferguson said.

Everton (10-4-12) is sixth with 42 points, six behind fourth-place Tottenham for the final Champions League berth. Also Sunday, Aston Villa climbed out of the relegation zone by beating West Ham 2-1 and Christian Benteke’s penalty kick in the 74th minute and Charles N’Zogbia’s goal on a free kick in the 78th. Ashley Westwood had an own goal past American goalkeeper Brad Guzan in the 87th for Aston Villa (5-12-9), which ended an eight-match winless streak and climbed out of the relegation zone.

Lionel Messi extended his Spanish league record by scoring in his 13th straight match, and Barcelona routed visiting Getafe 6-1.

Andres Iniesta passed for Alexis Sanchez for the opening goal in the sixth minute, and Messi scored in the 13th off another move started by Iniesta. Messi’s goal was his league-leading 35th in the league this season and 46th in all competitions. It was the 299th of his Barcelona career in all competitions.

David Villa, Cristian Tello, Iniesta and Gerard Pique scored second-galf goals for Barcelona (20-1-2).

It opened a 12-point lead over second-place Atletico Madrid (16-4-2), which played later at Rayo Vallecano. Defending champion Real Madrid (14-5-4) is 16 points back.

Mario Balotelli converted an 82nd-minute penalty kick for his third goal in two games, giving AC Milan a 1-1 tie at Cagliari. Balotelli, who scored twice in his debut last weekend following his transfer from Manchester City, scored after he was fouled by Davide Astori. Victor Ibarbo had put the hosts ahead in the 45th minute when he headed in Daniele Conti’s free kick. AC Milan (12-7-5) is fourth with 41 points, one point ahead of Inter Milan (12-7-4), which played Chievo Verona in a late game.

Ninth-place Roma (10-10-4) lost 3-1 at Sampdoria in its first match since Aurelio Andreazzoli replaced Zdenek Zeman on an interim basis.

Defender Pavel Krmas scored on a header off a corner kick in the 87th minute to give Freiburg a 1-0 victory over Fortuna Duesseldorf and move his team up to fifth in the Bundesliga.

Andre-Pierre Gignac scored on a spectacular strike in the 52nd minute, and Marseille salvaged a 1-1 draw with Evian in the French league despite finishing two men short. Marseille defender Kassim Abdallah was ejected in the 56th for fouling Saber Khlifa, leading to Yannick Sagbo’s penalty kick in the 59th. Marseille’s Jordan Ayew was sent off in the 74th for his second yellow card.

Marseille (13-7-4) is third with 43 points, eight behind Paris Saint-Germain (15-3-6).

though different types of games, both were really, really good games and very entertaining,” said Keenan. “Both goalies tonight were stellar. We had really good chances early in the game when we were really executing our offence well and (Mike) Poulin was really good.”

The game’s first goal didn’t come until 9:14 of the first quarter when Davis put a high shot past Poulin.

By that same point in the game a week ago, seven goals had already been scored.

“When you battle that hard and play with that much heart and intensity, you’re going to win a lot of games,” Keenan said. “It’s tough to go in and tell them that tonight though, when they lose by one, but it’s the truth.”

Down 2-0, Calgary finally got on the scoreboard at 6:52 of the second quarter on a spectacular goal by Dickson, who swung in off the side boards and fired a shot behind Bold as he dove across the front of the net.

The story of the first half was a seven-minute penalty kill by the Roughnecks in which they held Edmonton to just one goal.

It started off as a major penalty for an illegal body-check on Jon Harnett, but grew from five to seven minutes when a minute into the penalty, while Harnett was in the penalty box, he was assessed an extra two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Bold, who was pulled a week ago after giving up nine goals on 16 shots, stopped the first 14 shots he faced and finished with 44 saves on the night. Poulin had 45 stops.

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Roughnecks 9 Rush 8 CALGARY — Curtis Dickson would love to play the Edmonton Rush every week.

Dickson scored four goals including the game-winner with 39 seconds remaining as the Calgary Roughnecks continued its domination of the Rush with a 9-8 National Lacrosse League victory on Saturday night.

“It’s an easy game to get up for, it’s the Battle of Alberta, it’s a West Division opponent, and we play those guys four times a year. It’s a lot of fun out there,” said Dickson, who has scored 25 of his 79 career goals in 10 games against Edmonton.

“I’ve been lucky enough to have continued success against these guys and hopefully I can keep rolling against the rest of the league.”

Calgary has won 12 consecutive regular season games against the Rush and 17 of its last 18 meetings.

“We’ve lost a couple overtime games in there, it always seems to come down to late in the game,” said Edmonton coach Derek Keenan.

“Tonight, we did a good job defensively in the fourth quarter but Dickson did a really good job of finding some shooting lanes for himself.”

Dickson’s winning goal came on a long shot that beat goaltender Aaron Bold through the pads.

It came on the heels of goals 1:16 apart from Mark Matthews and Ryan Ward as the Rush battled back to tie it 8-8.

“When Curtis puts the work

boots and hard hat on and battles in the trenches, he’s pretty tough to stop one-on-one,” Roughnecks coach Curt Malawsky said. “Dickson’s a competitor, he likes the competition. Every time we play these guys, it’s a full-out war that could go either way. Glad we were on the right end of the stick tonight.”

Also scoring for Calgary (4-2) was Greg Harnett with his first career goal, Joe Resetarits, Mike Carnegie, Shawn Evans and Jeff Shattler.

Leading the way for Edmonton (1-4) was Jarrett Davis with three goals. Matthews scored twice with Curtis Knight and Ryan Dilks also scoring.

It was the first home win of the year for Calgary, which has won four straight to take over first place in the West Division. Edmonton remains last with a big weekend coming up in which they host Washington on Friday night and play in Denver on Saturday night.

“There’s a little more urgency to win now,” said Davis. “Next weekend, we have two big games back-to-back. We really want to make sure that we win both of them. If we put ourselves behind too early in the season, we will be playing catch up the rest of the year and that’s not the position we want to be in.”

In the second of the home-andhome series, the game before 10,002 at the Scotiabank Saddledome was very different than last Saturday night when the two rivals hooked up in a wild game in Edmonton, which ended 18-15 in favour of Calgary.

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PRAYER BREAKFAST A New York City firefighter who helped with rescue efforts during Hurricane Sandy and 9/11 will speak at the 2013 Lacombe Leadership Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Feb. 21. Gene Philcox inspires all ages by talking about what he had to do under the most severe of emergencies and how communities can work together through adversities. The prayer breakfast takes place from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at Lacombe Memorial Centre. Tickets are $25 each and can be ordered online at www. lacombe prayerbreakfast.ca or by calling 403-7822910 or 403-318-6271.

LOTS OR ROCKS AT LACOMBE For 11 days at the Lacombe Centre Mall, 35,000 pounds of rocks, minerals, fossils, jewelry and crystals will be on display.

From Feb. 21 to March 3, the display, which includes naica mine selenite crystals, black amethyst, victoria stone, dinosaur footprints, fossilized megalodon teeth and botryodial fluorite, will take up over 10,000 square feet at the mall at 5230 45th St. Included in the show is an interactive attraction aimed at children, who can try their hand at the excavation station.

Admission is free for the show, which will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, call Stella Cappis at 403-7891308.

CHEESE AND CHOCOLATE Cheese and chocolate are on offering on a day meant to be shared with that special someone at the Golden Circle. The cheese and chocolate social at the senior’s resource centre in Red Deer, at 4620 47A Ave. People are asked to buy tickets, which cost $10 each, ahead of time, the event starts at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, at the front desk of the Golden Circle.

CORRECTION A photo caption in Thursday’s Advocate did not name the woman who was preparing a display at the Red Deer Public Library. The woman pictured on Page A2 is Ann Harmon, a reader services assistant at the library.

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St. Dominic goes online A BLENDED LEARNING PROJECT

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF St. Dominic Catholic High School students in Rocky Mountain House will receive online instruction through an innovative three-year pilot project.

The blended learning project will allow students to benefit from the guidance and support of experienced, highly-motivated teachers and interactions with other students.

The complementary online activities with St. Gabriel Online School enhance student learning even further.

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools district spokeswoman Jeanne Davis said she believes the learning model is unique to Central Alberta.

The teacher no longer stands up in front of the classroom to instruct. Rather, the teacher starts the class by saying what

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DISTRICT SPOKESWOMAN JEANNE DAVIS will be done and should be achieved by the end of the lesson that day.

“And then they’ll say, ‘We’re going to go online and some of you may want to watch the video, some of you may want to work on hands-on problems,’ ” said Davis.

The teacher is there to help with any questions. There may be a couple of teachers, in fact, in case the students are working on different modules, said Davis.

The whole idea is the student is learning at their own pace

and the teacher is overseeing the learning, she added.

“But the teacher is not delivering the course content face-toface,” said Davis.

“The teacher will actually evaluate students and be way more able to assess comprehension now.

“They don’t feel they have to go forward because there’s so much to cover and leave other students behind.”

Davis predicted this will happen eventually in every school.

Some institutions, including University of Lethbridge, are al-

ready using this blended learning model.

The board of trustees gave its support to the program that was launched at the Grade 9 to 12 St. Dominic Catholic High School, which has almost 200 students.

Students in Grade 10 to 12 will participate.

Board chair Adriana La Grange said the board believes this high-quality teaching method with cutting-edge technology will better address the needs of each student.

“We see this as a unique opportunity to leverage technology in our school and personalize learning for each student,” said school principal Pat Hughes.

“Students receive immediate feedback, which helps them drive their own learning and ultimately acquire the skills they need to be college and career ready.” ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

Creating your own wedding NOT EVERYONE GETS MARRIED IN A CHURCH

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Not everyone who gets married does it in a church, with a priest in a religious ceremony.

For those who choose to go a different route there are people like Dr. Mark Ryan, a marriage commissioner in Red Deer and Central Alberta.

Ryan has been a wedding commissioner for six years and in that time has performed nearly 350 weddings of all types with all kinds of unique people and formats.

“It was a way to continue to work with people in an atmosphere that was really fun,” said Ryan.

“Marrying somebody is an exciting thing to do.”

Ryan said the bride and groom aren’t the only ones with nervous energy in the wedding, he feels it to when he is performing the ceremony.

“The neat thing about a civil wedding is that the bride and groom can create their own wedding. They can make it however they want,” said Ryan.

Recently he was in conversation with two separate couples who are planning weddings.

One is having the traditional wedding in a hall in front of hundreds of people, but the other wedding is a little unconventional.

“They live on a farm and they’re going to have hay bales for everyone to sit on and he and his groomsmen are going to arrive on quads,” said Ryan.

“They’re going to come up some embankment on quads.

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Dr. Mark Ryan, a marriage commissioner officiates a wedding in Sylvan Lake in 2011. Since becoming a marriage commissioner in 2007 Ryan has performed about 350 weddings.

‘THE NEAT THING ABOUT A CIVIL WEDDING IS THAT THE BRIDE AND GROOM CAN CREATE THEIR OWN WEDDING. THEY CAN MAKE IT HOWEVER THEY WANT.’ — DR. MARK RYAN, MARRIAGE COMMISSIONER

“She’s going to arrive in a horse and carriage. They can all be so different.”

Last summer he officiated a wedding with an Alice in Wonderland theme. Ryan dressed up as the Mad Hatter to preside over the wedding.

Ryan said this summer is looking particularly busy. August is the month that books up first and already he is set to preside over 15 weddings. He even has some Satur-

days where he will officiate five different weddings.

Marriage commissioners are appointed by the minister and are separate from justices of the peace. If someone wants to contact a marriage commissioner they can go through the Government of Alberta website, www.alberta.ca, and can find one in their area. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Thompson has steep learning curve on way to WSK victory

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s kart racing phenom, Parker Thompson, set the bar pretty high in his first race with his new team, Energycourse.

He became the first Canadian to ever podium in the WSK Master Series in Muro Leccese, Italy.

The week was a tough one for Thompson as he had to learn a lot of new things, including a new chassis, new tires and a new engine. As well it was his first time on the track.

“It was hard for me to adapt to all these new variables,” said Thompson.

“We qualified in 26th on Friday, which was pretty disappointing.

“There was a 70 car field, I wanted more than that.”

This meant he went into his first heat at the back of the pack, but moved his way up and finished second in the

KART RACING first heat.

He followed that up with a fifth place finish in the second heat, a seventh in the third heat and an eighth in the fourth heat.

Because of these results he went into the pre-final in third place and moved up into second at the end of the race.

But because there were two pre-finals he was slotted in the fourth spot for the final.

“We were on the outside because we were an even number and that was tough being on the outside, but we made it through the first corner,” said Thompson.

“From there we picked our way up into a podium position and finished third.”

He said his new team was pretty happy with the 14-year-old Thompson.

“Coming into the weekend there was a

lot of pressure,” said Thompson.

“A lot of people saw I got third at the grand finals and now coming in to a new team, moving to Italy. They expect you to do well and if you don’t do well there is pressure.”

With the win at the start of the season Thompson said it also helps his team plan and know what they have to work with going into other races.

He hopes he can only get better, adapting more and more every race.

“Even on a good weekend third is really good,” said Thompson.

“So having the rough weekend at the start and pulling through at the end was very good.

“Our definite goal is going for championships and wins now.”

Thompson came back to Canada last week to do a couple of exams and to see family, but he

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Red Deer native Parker Thompson finished third in a WSK Master Series, a first for a Canadian. The 14-year-old moved to Italy in January to pursue his career in Formula One, but to get there he is starting in kart racing. flew back to Italy Sunday night and on Tuesday he will get in a kart and start testing for a race in Italy the next weekend.

He has races set every single weekend for the next two months. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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SURVIVORS; STUDY SHOWS NEED FOR DEPRESSION TREATMENT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS One in 12 stroke survivors thought about suicide or that they would be better off dead, a troubling federal survey reveals. That’s more than those with other health problems such as heart attacks or cancer, and it suggests that depression after stroke is more serious than many had realized.

“It was surprising” and shows a need for more treatment, said the study’s leader, Dr. Amytis Towfighi of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. “When patients have their depression treated they’re more motivated to take their medication, do therapy and live a full life.”

The study was discussed Thursday at an American Stroke Association conference in Honolulu.

More than six million Americans have had a stroke; about 800,000 occur each year in the U.S. Studies suggest that up to a third of stroke survivors develop depression, but few have looked at suicidal thoughts — one sign of how serious it is.

“It’s not necessarily active suicidal thoughts with a plan, but perhaps wishing you hadn’t survived the event,” Towfighi explained.

She used the National Health and Nutrition Surveys, a government project that gives checkups and questionnaires to a representative sample of adults. More than 17,000 people were surveyed from 2005 through 2010. They included 678 who had suffered a stroke; 758 who had had a heart attack; 1,242 with cancer, and 1,991 with diabetes. Researchers don’t know how long ago these problems occurred of if people were still being treated for them.

They were asked a question that many studies use to gauge suicidal thinking: “Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself?”

About 8 per cent of stroke survivors reported such thoughts, compared to 6 per cent of heart attack survivors, five per cent of those with diabetes and 4 per cent with cancer. Suicidal thoughts were more likely in people who scored high on depression tests, were younger, overweight, less educated, poor, female or unmarried.

About half of Americans older than 50 have varicose veins — veins that are swollen and often can be seen bulging beneath the skin. They often are colored dark purple or blue and found most often on the backs of the calves or the inside of the leg.

For most, varicose veins are chiefly a cosmetic problem. But if they are accompanied by other symptoms, such as leg pain when standing for a prolonged period, swelling of the feet, ankles or legs, itching over the vein or if the skin changes color or gets drier, thinner or develops scales, it could be a sign of a serious ailment.

About 40 percent of women and 25 percent of men in their 50s have varicose veins, and about 70 percent of women and 40 percent of men in their 70s have them.

The job of veins is to return blood to the heart so it can be recirculated. To do this, the veins in the legs have to work against gravity. Muscle contractions in the lower leg act as pumps. Tiny valves in the veins open to send blood to the heart, then close to keep blood from flowing back downward. Varicose veins occur when these valves weaken, causing blood to pool in the legs. The veins appear blue because they contain blood that has released its oxygen.

With age, veins lose elasticity and valves weaken. A tendency to develop varicose veins can run in families. Some people are born with fewer valves in their veins, valves that don’t work properly or abnormalities in the vein wall that cause the valves to leak.

“The most important predictor is genetic,” said Dr. Ellen Dillavou, director of venous services and vascular surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “On top of genetic, if you have multiple pregnancies, or you have to stand for long periods of time, that can push you closer (to having varicose veins).”

If both parents have varicose veins, “there is almost a 75 percent chance their children will develop them, too,” said Dr. Satish Muluk, a vascular surgeon at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

Pregnancy increases the flow of blood in the body but decreases the flow upward from the legs to the pelvis. Pressure is placed on the legs by the child growing in the uterus. The hormones estrogen and progesterone have a relaxation effect, which can weaken vein walls.

People who stand or sit for long periods of time are at greater risk.

Those who are overweight and don’t exercise increase their risk.

Exercise is important, Dillavou said, because “the veins themselves don’t have any muscles in them. The muscles squeeze the veins and push the blood.”

The stronger the muscles are,

the more effective they are at pumping blood back to the heart.

Wearing compression stockings also helps. They squeeze the leg, which reduces the amount of blood in and pressure on the legs.

Don’t try to choose a pair yourself.

You should seek a doctor’s help in determining how much pressure should be applied to your leg.

Only about 10 percent of those afflicted seek medical treatment for them. If varicose veins are unsightly only, that’s OK. But anyone with symptoms -- especially swelling of the leg, flaking or itching skin, or skin ulcers near the ankle — should see a doctor. The ulcers, a possibly serious condition, can be caused by fluid leaking into the skin tissue when blood backs up instead of returning to the heart.

A coalition of professional groups has prepared a self-assessment test accessible at www.RethinkVaricoseVeins.com.

Southern diet of fried foods tied to higher stroke risk

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Deep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks like sweet tea and soda were more likely to suffer a stroke, a new study finds.

It’s the first big look at diet and strokes, and researchers say it might help explain why blacks in the Southeast — the nation’s “stroke belt” — suffer more of them.

Blacks were five times more likely than whites to have the Southern dietary pattern linked with the highest stroke risk. And blacks and whites who live in the South were more likely to eat this way than people in other parts of the country were. Diet might explain as much as two-thirds of the excess stroke risk seen in blacks versus whites, researchers concluded.

“We’re talking about fried foods, french fries, hamburgers, processed meats, hot dogs,” bacon, ham, liver, gizzards and sugary drinks, said the study’s leader, Suzanne Judd of the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

People who ate about six meals a week featuring these sorts of foods had a 41 per cent higher stroke risk than people who ate that way about once a month, researchers found.

In contrast, people whose diets were high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fish had a 29 per cent lower stroke risk.

“It’s a very big difference,” Judd

said. “The message for people in the middle is there’s a graded risk” — the likelihood of suffering a stroke rises in proportion to each Southern meal in a week.

Results were reported Thursday at an American Stroke Association conference in Honolulu.

The federally funded study was launched in 2002 to explore regional variations in stroke risks and reasons for them. More than 20,000 people 45 or older — half of them black — from all 48 mainland states filled out food surveys and were sorted into one of five diet styles: —Southern: Fried foods, processed meats (lunchmeat, jerky), red meat, eggs, sweet drinks and whole milk.

—Convenience: Mexican and Chinese food, pizza, pasta.

—Plant-based: Fruits, vegetables, juice, cereal, fish, poultry, yogurt, nuts and whole-grain bread.

—Sweets: Added fats, breads, chocolate, desserts, sweet breakfast foods.

—Alcohol: Beer, wine, liquor, green leafy vegetables, salad dressings, nuts and seeds, coffee.

“They’re not mutually exclusive” — for example, hamburgers fall into both convenience and Southern diets, Judd said. Each person got a score for each diet, depending on how many meals leaned that way.

Over more than five years of followup, nearly 500 strokes occurred. Researchers saw clear patterns with the Southern and plant-based diets; the

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other three didn’t seem to affect stroke risk.

There were 138 strokes among the 4,977 who ate the most Southern food, compared to 109 strokes among the 5,156 people eating the least of it.

There were 122 strokes among the 5,076 who ate the most plant-based meals, compared to 135 strokes among the 5,056 people who seldom ate that way.

The trends held up after researchers took into account other factors such as age, income, smoking, education, exercise and total calories consumed.

Fried foods tend to be eaten with lots of salt, which raises blood pressure — a known stroke risk factor, Judd said. And sweet drinks can contribute to diabetes, the disease that celebrity

chef Paula Deen — the queen of Southern cuisine — revealed she had a year ago.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, drugmaker Amgen Inc. and General Mills Inc. funded the study.

“This study does strongly suggest that food does have an influence and people should be trying to avoid these kinds of fatty foods and high sugar content,” said an independent expert, Dr. Brian Silver, a Brown University neurologist and stroke centre director at Rhode Island Hospital.

“I don’t mean to sound like an ogre.

I know when I’m in New Orleans I certainly enjoy the food there. But you don’t have to make a regular habit of eating all this stuff.”

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AMR, US Airways continue merger talks DALLAS — The boards of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways have pushed back meeting on plans to consider a final merger, Associated Press sources say. A source close to the matter says the AMR board wants to meet in person, and that the US Airways board would only meet after the AMR board approves a deal. The source requested anonymity because the talks are private. It is not clear when the two boards would finally meet. People familiar with the matter say negotiations are continuing. They say issues being hammered out include AMR CEO Tom Horton’s exact title and role in the combined company.

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Oilpatch poised for change ERNST & YOUNG REPORT SEES FLURRY OF ’FOR SALE’ SIGNS THROUGHOUT OILPATCH

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Ernst & Young foresees a lot of “for sale” signs being posted on energy assets around the world — and Canada’s oilpatch is no exception.

The global advisory firm found 37 per cent of oil and gas respondents it surveyed globally are either in the process of selling assets or plan to do so over the next two years.

Barry Munro, who heads up Ernst & Young’s Canadian oil and gas group, said Canadian oilpatch companies face their own unique set of challenges

that have made capital costlier and harder to come by.

Those headwinds include difficulty in getting crude oil to market amid pipeline bottlenecks, stubbornly low natural gas prices, rising costs and regulatory delays.

Shedding non-core properties is one way for companies to raise enough capital to survive, and is often a more attractive option than raising equity and diluting stock prices or loading on debt.

Though the survey’s results weren’t broken up by country, Munro said he has a good idea

what kinds of conversations are happening around boardroom tables in downtown Calgary.

“I think that virtually every energy company is thinking about whether they should be buyers or sellers of either specifics assets or the whole company,” Munro said in an interview.

“Most companies in the energy business today would be concerned about their access to fairly priced capital.”

Two big oilpatch names set to report their year-end earnings this week have been active in the divestiture game.

Talisman Inc. (TSX:TLM), which reports Wednesday, has been looking to better-focus its globe-spanning portfolio under new CEO Hal Kvisle.

Low natural gas prices have been particularly tough on Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA), because that’s where virtually all of its focus lies. The company, which reports Thursday, has been shedding billions in non-core assets to shore up its finances.

Both have also been selling down part-interests in assets through joint-ventures.

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Canadians can air cellphone issues MONTREAL — The hot-button issues the Canadians have with cellphone contracts — roaming fees, ability to unlock handsets and three-year contracts — will get another opportunity to be heard this week. The CRTC will hold a week of public hearings starting Monday on its proposed wireless code. The regulator is aiming for a set of national standards for the content and clarity of cellphone contracts.

In the lead-up to the hearings, Canadians have again made it clear they don’t want three-year contracts offered by wireless carriers. The CRTC has said it heard a lot of “anger” from Canadians about threeyear contracts when it was putting together the draft version of the national code for wireless services, released last month.

Horsemeat scandal grows Europe’s horsemeat scandal is spreading and threatening crossborder tensions, as France says Romanian butchers and Dutch and Cypriot traders were part of a supply chain that resulted in horsemeat disguised as beef being sold in frozen lasagna around the continent.

No one has reported health risks from the mislabeled meat, but it has unsettled consumers across Europe. Accusations are flying. In France, the foreign minister called it “disgusting,” and consumer safety authorities increased inspections of the country’s meat business, from slaughterhouses to supermarkets.

Romania’s president is scrambling to salvage his country’s reputation. A Swedish manufacturer is suing a French supplier central to the affair.

The motivation for passing off horsemeat as beef appeared to be financial, and authorities are concentrating on pursuing anyone guilty of fraud in the affair.

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planted in 2012 compared to 2011, 13 per cent less corn was harvested.

Availability of locally produced corn is vital for ethanol plants since having it shipped in is too expensive. To make matters worse, the drought hit hardest in many of the top corn-growing states.

Six of the 20 ethanol plants that stopped production are in Nebraska, two in Indiana, and two in Minnesota. Ten states have seen one plant affected. Cooper said the 20 plants employ roughly 1,000 workers combined, but it wasn’t known how many have been laid off.

Valero Energy Corp., idled three plants last year — in North Linden, Ind., and Albion, Neb., in June; and in Bloomingburg, Ohio, in December.

Five plants ceased production in January alone — Abengoa plants in the Nebraska towns of York and Ravenna; a White Energy plant in Plainview, Texas; an Aemetis facility in Keyes, Calif.; and POET Biorefining’s mid-Missouri plant in Macon.

The production stoppages are cutting into ethanol production.

Earnings reports from the Canadian resource sector will help set the tone for trading on the Toronto stock market amid a very light week for economic news in Canada and the U.S. Expectations are muted for the resource sector, reflecting a lacklustre global economic recovery that has not been kind to energy and mining stocks.

“I think there’s no reason why you need to be aggressive owners of any of the big energy names.

I think you could see the same thing for gold too, more so probably for gold than energy,” said John Stephenson, portfolio manager at First Asset Funds Inc. The TSX finished last week little changed, up a slight 0.25 per cent to preserve a solid gain during January that saw the market rise by two per cent. New York indexes have also largely moved sideways since racking up a strong advance last month where the Dow industrials ran ahead about six per cent.

In the energy sector, traders will take in earnings from Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) on Thursday.

Cenovus is expected to suffer from the same malady affecting other big oil companies: a huge price differential between Western Canadian Select crude from the oilsands and West Texas Intermediate, a U.S. light oil benchmark priced at Cushing, Okla.

Heavy crude, like that produced in the oilsands, has historically traded at a discount to WTI. But recently, that price gap has at times widened to roughly $40 as pipeline bottlenecks prevent growing oilsands production from getting to the most lucrative markets.

“I think in time obviously this will improve, I think this pricing differential will close as it is temporary in nature and because of many temporary factors,” added Stephenson.

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Passengers wait to board an Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft parked at the new Concourse A of Dubai airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday. Dubai’s airport authorities say a purposebuild concourse for Airbus’ A380 aircraft is fully open after weeks of phased-in operations. The aircraft is a double-decker that seats 525 people and is so large some airports have to be adjusted to accommodate it. The 20-gate concourse, which hosted its inaugural flight on Jan. 2, is part of a wider $7.8 billion expansion plan for Dubai’s international airport, which seeks to become the world’s busiest by 2015.

Corn shortage fuels ethanol plant concern 20 IDLED FACILITIES UNLIKELY TO REOPEN FOR MONTHS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS — The persistent drought is taking a toll on producers of ethanol, with corn becoming so scarce that nearly two dozen ethanol plants have been forced to halt production.

The Renewable Fuels Association, an ethanol industry trade group, provided data to The Associated Press showing that 20 of the nation’s 211 ethanol plants have ceased production over the past year, including five in January.

Most remain open, with workers spending time performing maintenance-type tasks.

But ethanol production won’t likely resume until after 2013 corn is harvested in late August or September.

Industry experts don’t expect a shortage — millions of barrels are stockpiled and the remaining 191 plants are still producing. Still, there is growing concern about what happens if the drought lingers through another corn-growing season.

“There’s a lot of anxiety in the industry right now about the drought and a lot of folks watching the weather and hoping and pray-

ing this drought is going to break,” said Geoff Cooper, vice-president for research and analysis for the Renewable Fuels Association.

“If we get back to a normal pattern and normal corn crop, then I think the industry is in good shape,” Cooper said.

“But if this drought persists and it has the same effect on this coming corn crop, then we’ve got a problem.”

America’s ethanol industry has taken off in the past decade.

Plants in 28 states produce more than 13 billion gallons of ethanol each year, Cooper said. By comparison, in 2002, the industry produced 2.1 billion gallons. Today, roughly 10 per cent of the U.S. gasoline supply is made up of the biofuel.

Roughly 95 per cent of U.S. ethanol is made from corn. The National Corn Growers Association estimates that 39 per cent of the U.S. corn crop is used in ethanol production.

Corn producers had high hopes going into 2012. Record harvests were predicted.

Then the weather dried up. The drought began before planting and never stopped.

Even though more acres were

RRSP strategies for life’s stages TALBOT BOGGS

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With more and more evidence that Canadians are not financially preparing for retirement, the need to start saving earlier in life and put in place sound financial registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) strategies are becoming increasingly important.

A recent annual survey by BMO Financial Group found that the number of Canadians who have an RRSP is increasing.

Unfortunately, most are not contributing anywhere near the maximum they can.

The report found that 67 per cent of Canadians have an RRSP, up six per cent from 2011, and 72 per cent expect to contribute the same amount as they did last year.

However, the annual contribution last year was only $4,670 — about 21 per cent of the annu-

al allowable contribution room — and industry reports now suggest that total unused RRSP contributions will hit $1 trillion by 2018.

“The trend is encouraging, but it is not moving fast enough,” said Steve Shepherd, vice-president and investment strategist with BMO Global Asset Management.

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RRSP: Young people don’t start early enough Only 49 per cent of younger Canadians between the ages of 18 and 34 plan to open an RRSP in the next five years, and a little over half of that age group plan to, or have been making contributions toward their RRSPs. Only 30 per cent know the size of their annual RRSP contribution limit.

Young people in their 20s often make the mistake of not investing because they don’t feel they have enough money at that stage in their lives to make it worthwhile.

“Forty per cent don’t feel they have enough saved to invest,” said Shepherd. “But it’s important to get into the savings habit, even if it’s only $50 a month, because what’s important in investing is how long you’re in the market. The sooner you get started, the better.”

A portfolio at that stage of life could typically be more heavily weighted to long-term equities, but the decision often will be determined by an individual’s risk tolerance.

Given the current low interest rate environment, long-term returns can be a lot higher than what you can get from fixed income, overcoming inflation and still providing a real return.

“In the 20s a lot of people might have a figure in mind that they need for retirement, but as their lifestyle builds, by the time they hit 55 they realize that figure won’t do and they should have been saving more and should have tweaked their plan,” said Bill Jack, Toronto regional director with Investors Group. “A plan has to be fluid and change over time.”

In their 30s and 40s, people tend to get married, have children, buy a house or condo, and one of the spouses or partners may leave the work force, resulting in higher household debt and lower income.

In this stage of life there may be more opportunities to save through other options like the tax-free savings account and registered education and registered disability savings plans.

“These are all available, but you need to have a sound budget,” said Shepherd. “A portfolio would typically become more conservative with less volatility but still with some growth — perhaps about 55 per cent in equities and 45 per cent in fixed income, including about 25 to 30 per cent in bonds.”

Portfolios during the 50s and 60s would typically become more balanced, shifting away from volatility and equities and more into fixed income. A lot of people make the mistake of just looking at what kind of returns they think they will need in retirement without factoring in other influences, such as inflation.

“People may have been saving when interest rates were high and inflation low, but what if inflation goes up to five or six per cent a year?” said Shepherd. “When you factor that into retirement, it can really erode your income’s buying power.”

Shepherd said at this stage of life people need to think very hard about what rates of return they think they’ll need, be conservative but still keep their portfolio diversified enough to provide some growth to counteract inflationary pressures.

After age 65, the primary financial focus generally is on generating a steady income stream and protecting it from the ravages of inflation and taxes.

As salary or wages decrease or stop, investments must produce sufficient income to help supplement government and private pension benefits and other income.

As an investment strategy, a retiree’s portfolio should place a greater emphasis on income-generating stocks and bond funds and annuities. However, growth stocks and mutual funds should not be entirely discounted. Growth-type investments still can serve a useful purpose in the battle against inflation.

Shepherd suggests laddering fixed income investments over a five-year period to help reduce interest rate risk, and consider an allocation in higher-yielding corporate bonds, as well as real return bonds to address inflation risk.

Options for investors seeking a simpler way to manage such asset allocation decisions are managed portfolios of exchange traded funds and mutual funds like the BMO Life Stage Class funds, which become more conservative over time as they approach maturity.

And seek the help of a professional adviser.

“Studies have shown that investors who work with an adviser get three to six times more in investment capital,” said Jack. “The reason is that they make you go through the exercise of setting goals and then ensure checks and balances are in place to help you get there.”

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Geese fly by the East Kansas Agri-Energy ethanol plant in Garnett, Kan. that suspended production last year.

Corn growers had high hopes going into the 2012 planting season but the drought that began last spring hit the corn crop hard. As a result, corn prices skyrocketed and corn has become scarce in some regions, forcing 20 ethanol plants around the country to halt production. Most are not expected to resume production until after 2013 corn is harvested in late August or September.

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

OILPATCH: Firms eager to divest Talisman recently inked a deal with China’s Sinopec in the North Sea. Late last year Encana did a deal with PetroChina to develop land in Alberta’s Duvernay region.

While firms are eager to divest it’s not a sure thing that there’s a willing buyer at the other end, or that the path toward a deal closing will be smooth.

On a global basis, the survey found 45 per cent of respondents reported an increase in the level of buyer scrutiny.

Ernst & Young advises companies to prune their portfolios on a regular and structured basis, instead of reactively going to market with assets every time there’s a financial crunch.

Firms should also approach the “full range” of buyers and not engage in what Munro calls the “cross-town M&A (mergers and acquisitions)” of yore when sellers could find buyers within a small radius of Calgary’s downtown core.

As evidenced by China’s CNOOC Ltd.’s $15.1-billion offer to buy Nexen Inc. (TSX:NXY) last year, along with a number of other deals, it’s key to think global, Munro said.

“It’s not just about putting up a for sale sign and thinking the world’s going to come to you,” he said.

Sellers should also make a specific case for how their properties are poised to grow. Uttering the phrase “resource play” — industry jargon for a large resource that’s technically challenging to exploit — isn’t going to cut it. There needs to be a firm handle on costs and timelines of development.

ETHANOL: Plenty of stock The 770,000 gallons per day produced in the last full week of January were the fewest since the U.S. Energy Information Administration began tracking weekly data in June 2010.

That’s not much of an issue for consumers, at least for now, because there are plenty of stockpiles of ethanol. Purdue University agriculture economist Chris Hurt said the nation has more than 20 million barrels of ethanol in stock, slightly more than a year ago, largely because Americans are driving less and driving more fuel-efficient cars. Cooper said, though, that stockpiles are expected to dwindle in the spring and summer as demand picks up and plants remain idled.

Hurt said the ethanol industry needs an end to

the drought, a strong corn crop and a drop in corn prices. Corn futures were $5.51 a bushel in May, before the drought’s impact took hold. Prices rose to a peak of $8.34 per bushel in August and were $7.46 per bushel last week.

“I cannot see any profitability in this industry until we get lower corn prices, and it’s going to take a reasonable-sized U.S. crop,” Hurt said.

Officials at the nation’s leading ethanol makers — Archer Daniels Midland and POET — declined to speculate about whether additional plants will close. POET spokesman Matt Merritt said producing ethanol at Macon became cost-prohibitive because of the lack of available Missouri corn, and shipping it in was simply too expensive.

Cooper said most of the idled plants expect to restart production — just not anytime soon. Corn is expected to remain scarce and expensive at least until the 2013 crop is harvested, starting in late August and into September.

Cooper believes ethanol production won’t resume at most plants until then.

For now, many of the plants remain open with workers doing maintenance or helping to modernize the facilities while they wait for production to resume, Cooper said.

MARKETS: Not pretty “But it’s not shaping up to be pretty.”

Analysts expect Cenovus to post net earnings per share of 39 cents, up four cents from a year ago. Revenue is forecast at $4.366 billion.

Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM) and gas producer EnCana (TSX:ECA) also report results this week.

Canada’s biggest gold producer also reports earnings on Thursday. Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) is expected to report adjusted earnings per share of US$1.04, down from $1.17 a year ago, reflecting problems across the whole sector.

“It’s cost, cost, cost and cost — it is the only issue,” added Stephenson.

“What are the big costs? Energy and labour. And those are going higher. Not to mention royalties, and other things but costs are going higher and I think the other thing gold companies have to confront is that the investment community is overwhelmingly bearish on gold companies.”

Traders will also hear from Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSX:AEM) and Kinross Gold (TSX:K) this week.

Pipeline company TransCanada will hand in results on Tuesday. The company is trying to get approval from U.S. authorities to build its Keystone XL pipeline, a huge undertaking that would ship oilsands crude from Hardisty, Alberta to the U.S. gulf coast.

But the project has been the target of fierce opposition from environmental groups and TransCanada has had to redraw the proposed route of the pipeline across Nebraska to avoid the sensitive Sandhills region of the state.

Solar power boom fuels increase in hazardous waste SAN FRANCISCO — Homeowners on the hunt for sparkling solar panels are lured by ads filled with images of pristine landscapes and bright sunshine, and words about the technology’s benefits for the environment — and the wallet.

What customers may not know is that there’s a dirtier side.

While solar is a far less polluting energy source than coal or natural gas, many panel makers are nevertheless grappling with a hazardous waste problem.

Fueled partly by billions in government incentives, the industry is creating millions of solar panels each year and, in the process, millions of pounds of polluted sludge and contaminated water.

To dispose of the material, the companies must transport it by truck or rail far from their own plants to waste facilities hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of miles away.

The fossil fuels used to transport that waste, experts say, is not typically considered in calculating solar’s carbon footprint, giving scientists and consumers who use the measurement to gauge a product’s impact on global warming the impression that solar is cleaner than it is.

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would take one to three months of generating electricity to pay off the energy invested in driving those hazardous waste emissions out of state,” said Dustin Mulvaney, a San Jose State University environmental studies professor who conducts carbon footprint analyses of solar, biofuel and natural gas production.

The waste from manufacturing has raised concerns within the industry, which fears that the problem, if left unchecked, could undermine solar’s green image at a time when companies are facing stiff competition from each other and from low-cost panel manufacturers from China and elsewhere.

“We want to take the lessons learned from electronics and semiconductor industries (about pollution) and get ahead of some of these problems,” said John Smirnow, vice-president for trade and competitiveness at the nearly 500-member Solar Energy Industries Association.

The increase in solar hazardous waste is directly related to the industry’s fast growth over the past five years — even with solar business moving to China rapidly, the U.S. was a net exporter of solar products by $2 billion in 2010, the last year of data available.

The nation was even a net exporter to China.

New companies often send hazardous waste out of their plants because

they have not yet invested in on-site treatment equipment, which allows them to recycle some waste.

Nowhere is the waste issue more evident than in California, where landmark regulations approved in the 1970s require industrial plants like solar panel makers to report the amount of hazardous materials they produce, and where they send it. California leads the consumer solar market in the U.S. — which doubled overall both in 2010

and 2011.

The Associated Press compiled a list of 41 solar makers in the state, which included the top companies based on market data, and startups. In response to an AP records request, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control provided data that showed 17 of them reported waste, while the remaining did not.

The same level of federal data does not exist.

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From left, Zachary Quinto, as Spock, Benedict Cumberbatch as John Harrison, and Chris Pine as Kirk, in a scene in the film, “Star Trek Into Darkness.” The film was one of several upcoming films to receive spotlight treatment with an ad that aired during Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013.

Frank Ocean, fun. win first Grammys

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A room full of engineers, computer whizzes and technicians brought the crew of the Starship Enterprise down to Earth for a night at the Sci-Tech Oscars.

Zoe Saldana and Chris Pine hosted the annual awards dinner in which the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences beams its spotlight on the latter half of its name.

“We’re truly humbled, by all means, man. We can fly into space because of you,” Saldana told honorees at the event Saturday night.

The “Avatar” and “Star Trek” star pumped her fist and shouted “WETA!” before the first of two teams from the New Zealand-based special effects house, which worked on “Avatar,” took the stage.

Pine and Saldana took turns attempting to describe technical accomplishments like “pose space deformation” and “wavelet turbulence.”

Pine allowed that one software innovation was too complex for “dumb actors” to fully compre-

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It was a mostly rare brush with Hollywood glitz for the 26 men who received plaques, certificates and one statuette on a stage adorned with four large Oscar statues.

Steve LaVietes, a backend pipeline architect at Sony Pictures Imageworks, said he often had to “dispel the misconceptions of friends and family members about our glamorous lifestyle.

“Mostly because we sit in the dark typing and drawing diagrams on whiteboards.”

“Just for tonight we can let that slide because what’s more glamorous than the crew of the Starship Enterprise?” he said.

He was being recognized for work on Katana, software used in “The Amazing SpiderMan” and “Paranorman” that allows artists to make changes efficiently to large computer graphics scenes.

Richard Mall, honoured for creating the Matthews Max menace arm rig used to place lighting in hard-to-reach spots on sets, choked up after thanking his parents.

LOS ANGELES — Critically lauded R&B crooner Frank Ocean won his first-ever Grammy trophy Sunday night, while a spry Justin Timberlake returned to the stage after years away for a stylized take on two new songs.

The 25-year-old Ocean entered the Grammy Awards with six nominations for his ambitious, contemplative debut commercial release “Channel Orange,” and he picked up his first award for best urban contemporary album early in the show.

“I hear ... the way you disarm audiences is by picturing them naked, but I don’t want to do that,” the L.A.-based singer said softly.

“I want to say thank you to my mother for being the best,” he added, as his teary-eyed mom was captured clapping along.

In other news, the Grammys seemed to lose Canadian Carly Rae Jepsen’s number, as her earworm smash Call Me Maybe was overlooked for both song of the year and pop solo performance.

Fun.’s irrepressible anthem We Are Young instead took top song trophy, and soon-to-be 31-year-old frontman Nate Ruess had a clever crack ready.

“Oh God. I don’t know what I was thinking writing the chorus for this song — if this is in HD, everyone can see our faces and we are not very young,” said Ruess, whose band performed Carry On amid an impressive fake downpour.

“We’ve been doing this for 12 years and I’ve just gotta say that we could not do this without the help of all the fans we’ve had keeping us afloat....

“I guess we’ve felt like your best-kept secret. So thank you guys so much.”

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Meanwhile, Adele — who swept all six categories in which she was nominated last year — won pop solo vocal performance for her Set Fire to the Rain.

In other performances, two generations of British singer/songwriters — Elton John and 21-year-old Ed Sheeran — meshed smoothly on the latter’s tender hit The A Team, while innovative R&B crooner Miguel wowed with a truncated take on his Adorn, which won a Grammy earlier in the day.

During that lengthy pre-telecast, Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and Skrillex won three The material for this publication will be provided by Grammys each while students in Central Alberta, so don’t miss this opportunity Jay-Z, Kanye West, Esperanza Spalding, Gotye to showcase tomorrow’s creative leaders! and Chick Corea all won two awards apiece.

Meanwhile, Toronto To participate, please call: rapper Drake finally claimed his first Grammy out of 12 nominations.

The 26-year-old born Aubrey Graham took pbeardsworth@reddeeradvocate.com his inaugural hardware in the best rap album category, with his moody sophomore hit Take Care emerging triumphant.

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“I kind of just built something in my garage,” Mall said. “I’m a little nervous because as a key grip for 36 years, if I see a camera in front of me, I’m in the wrong place.”

Visual effects supervisor Bill Taylor noted in receiving one of the night’s top honours that the green- and bluescreen pioneer Petro Vlahos, a two-time Oscar winner, was near death.

“He created the whole of composite photography as we know it at this time,” Taylor said of Vlahos, who he described as a mentor. “Whenever you

see Mary Poppins dancing with penguins, when you see Pi in a boat in the middle of the ocean ... you are seeing ... Vlahos’ genius at work.”

Saldana, who danced to the house band during lulls in the presentation, was the lone woman on stage. Many of the winners noted long hours spent away from families and thanked their wives for support of what Drew Olbrich of PDI/DreamWorks termed “all my geeky endeavours.”

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Adult children sponge from father Dear Annie: When I married “Joe” three years ago, I moved into his home with my preteen daughter. Joe has two older children and a teenage son. I agreed that the youngest son would stay with us during the week and live at his mother’s on the weekends. Since then, however, his teenage son has decided to stay with his mother, which is fine. However, now the older son and daughter are living with us.

Joe’s daughter has stolen my daughter’s clothes and personal belongings. She denies it, and Joe believes her, even though it was obvious that she went through my daughter’s things while we were out of the house.

His son is married with a toddler and twins on the way.

He cannot keep a job, does drugs and was evicted from their apartment. His family moved in with us three months ago. His wife is due any day. She will go to her mother’s when the babies are born, but her mother doesn’t like my stepson, so he has to stay here. He refuses to get a job and expects his father to MITCHELL pay for everything. & SUGAR Annie, this is causing a huge strain on our marriage and is affecting my health. I have tried talking to Joe, but he says, “I can’t throw my son out to live on the street.” I don’t know how much longer I can tolerate this rude young adult man who refuses to follow our house rules. Any ideas? — Not What I Agreed To Dear Not: We understand how difficult it is to throw your kids out when they have no means of support, but this is unfair to you and everyone else. Joe’s kids will never learn to stand on their own if they rely on Dad to pay their way through life. Tell Joe that the situation is untenable and you want him to come with you for counselling. Go alone if you must.

You have some major decisions to make.

Dear Annie: I am a 20-year-old guy. I have few friends, and girls barely speak to me. They certainly don’t give me a chance to take them out. I am a nice guy with a big heart, and I care about people. I will treat a girl with respect.

Where can people my age hang out to meet each other? It seems there are no activities for our age group. I am too young for nightclubs, and the church groups in my area are for teenagers. There are no places to go dancing or mingle with others just to hang out and listen to a DJ or a band. Any suggestions? — Venting Dear Venting: Look for all-ages music venues, and keep in mind that some clubs do allow underage young adults and place a stamp or wristband to indicate “no liquor.” If there is a college in your area, you can audit a class and check what activities are going on. There may be no restrictions on attending even if you aren’t a student. You also could sign up for a weekend or evening class at the park district, as long as it’s something that truly interests you. If you like a particular band (or artist or TV show), you might find others online who share your enthusiasm.

Also, look for friends at your job, and please don’t exclude older workers who may have kids your age.

We’re sure our readers will have other suggestions for us to pass along.

Dear Annie: There is one route you didn’t mention for “Not Anti-Social or Addicted to the Internet,” the 56-year-old man who wants friends.

Many churches (such as ours) have men’s groups, gatherings, breakfasts and service projects (such as Habitat for Humanity, mission trips, etc.) that would love to have more manpower. It is a great way to find friendships and a sense of purpose, and it has eternal benefits besides. — Thankful Wife of a Fulfilled Husband Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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About 75 per cent of 12-to-17-year-olds have phones, according to a Pew Internet and American Life Project study.

A few things to consider before getting your child a cellphone SHARON KENNEDY WYNNE SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE I know, I know, I’m about to get pummeled with outrage from readers telling me that no 12-year-old needs a cellphone. I get it. You lived through your childhood without a cellphone, and kids these days can do the same.

But the truth is, about 75 per cent of 12-to-17-yearolds have phones, according to a Pew Internet and American Life Project study.

It’s not just that kids want one; a lot of us parents want them to have them so we can reach them more easily.

They also are excellent discipline tools. Got a kid getting acting up? Threaten to take away his cellphone and watch him turn into an angel. Want to teach a kid money skills? Let her earn the money she needs to pay for her cellphone or those extra texting minutes she wants.

Metro PCS recently sent me these four tips for parents to consider when buying a cellphone:

Look at the big-picture costs While some parents opt for discounted phones to save up-front costs, they are usually paired with pricier plans that can add up over time. Paying a little more up-front for a phone usually equals big savings in the long run: Lower-rate plans save close to $2,000 over a two-year period.

Find the right plan First-time cell users are likely to text frequently (the Pew study also shows that one in three teens sends 3,000 texts a month). By opting for a pay-inadvance plan, parents know what costs to expect and won’t be surprised by overage charges at the end of the month. Bonus: Pay-in-advance phones can be taken away as punishment when necessary without worry of being bound to a monthly contract and paying for a service that isn’t being used.

up in philosophical and spiritual thoughts right now.

Once you rediscover the meaning of your life, you strongly desire to act upon it. You are living inside your own divine journey.

LEO (July 23Aug. 22): These days you are more ASTRO likely to get lost DOYNA into subjects that are considered taboo or that are not easy to put into words. You manifest an interest in the hidden facets of existence and are fond of this wave of energy that carries you away from life.

Determine which features matter most It’s important for parents to talk to their child about which features or services they’ll use the most.

For instance, parents could opt for a phone with a QWERTY keyboard for text-happy users, or select a device with strong audio and visual capabilities for those who love videos and entertainment.

Research parental controls Once settled on a carrier and phone, parents can consider apps, services and programs that give insight into what their kids are doing on the phone.

Whether regularly checking browser history or automatically looking through text recipients, there are a number of tools available to help parents monitor what kids are doing. Apps can also help keep track of where children are, at all times.

And here are my tips for parents buying a phone for a kid for the first time: Be prepared for the worst. It is highly likely the phone will get lost, broken or maybe even stolen because kids tend to be careless. Don’t buy a phone you can’t afford to lose. My son’s first phone was a prepaid phone that only cost about $20. When he jumped into a pool with it in his pocket, it didn’t cost much to replace (and he was the one who had to raise the money to replace it).

Let them earn a better phone. Set an amount of time, like the first year or six months, and if in that time the phone has been well taken care of and no house rules have been broken, talk about getting a better one.

Go with prepaid. Kids often don’t realize that going over their minutes or texting will result in big charges. If you do a prepaid plan, you protect yourself.

Get the passwords. Talk ahead of time about your rules for phone use and what will happen if they are broken. Get their passwords and let them know you will be checking texts for signs of bullying or other inappropriate behavior. And do check.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are not being totally objective right now in terms of your partnership. It won’t hurt you if you let out your innate feelings towards your mate.

Open up your heart and shed some tears if you feel like it. It’s okay to be vulnerable sometimes.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There’s a lot on your mind now and you seem to lack the proper guidance in life. It seems that there is so much to be done and nothing seems too clear. Your focus will turn mainly towards certain health related issues.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The inner amorous quality will resurface today in you.

You might be tempted to write a love poem or simply, share your feelings with a loved one.

You crave closure and you seek out to be recognized for your loving efforts.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Try not to get too wrapped up in your own feelings today. Domestic issues might prove too hard

to handle at times, but this is just part of life.

Handle what you can for now and do not be on the defensive side.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A heart to heart conversation doesn’t have to be a two way thing today. Share your side of the story and remain pleased that you have done your part. Relief is one of the greatest assets one can have.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You manifest a more spiritual approach to your net worth. Avoid any types of spending. You will realize that your real worth is what truly lies within you and not what is in your bank account.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You have a strong drive and impetus to act upon your desires right now. A powerful wave of energy will guide you mystically towards your own ideals in your life. Possibilities are endless.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

Monday, Feb. 11 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Taylor Lautner, 23; Damian Lewis, 42; Jennifer Aniston, 44 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: This will be an emotionally loaded day as the Moon in Pisces connects with both Mars, the initiator and with Mercury, the spokesperson of the solar system. We will be inclined towards speaking up our minds and to freeing our thoughts in a rather bold manner. However, we should we watchful over rash decision-making. Financial gains and reciprocal kindness might prove a bit too challenging for us today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, the forthcoming year will teach you how to reassess your set of values especially in situations when you hold money and when you don’t. Fluctuations in your income will vary considerably and you might be prone to bad habits when it comes to spending. On a more psychological level, you will maintain a strong psyche and preserve a strong focus when it comes to your upcoming professional aspirations.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are going through a lot of probing moments, analyzing and over-rationalizing your life. Negative or pessimistic thoughts might take over your thinking which might be blocking you from seeing the positives.

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JAHRAUS Edwin William Sept. 7, 1927 - Feb. 6, 2013 Edwin Jahraus passed away peacefully at the Lacombe Community Health Care C e n t r e o n W e d n e s d a y, February 6th at the age of 85 years. Ed was predeceased by his wife Helen in 2003 after 53 years of marriage.

He is survived by their three children, Garth (and Denise), Laura (and John Reichert), Keith (and Bev); four grandchildren, Chris Reichert, Stacy Reichert, Ami (and Corey Rintoul) and Trevor Jahraus; and one great grandchild, Jake Rintoul. He is also survived by his wife Barbara of the Lacombe Lodge. Ed was born in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan to parents William and Christina Jahraus, and grew up in the Rocky Mountain House district, with his brother Harold and three sisters, Edna, Lauretta and Alice. He attended school in Red Deer and the U of A, teaching school in Brooks, before moving to Bentley in 1956, and later to Lacombe. Ed was a teacher, farmer, minor hockey coach, golfer and curler. He was an avid bocci a n d h o r s e s h o e p l a y e r, a bowler, a gardener and a card player. He was dedicated faithfully to his church and active in each of the communities where he had resided. He had earned a Lacombe Ambassador honor, and had participated in provincial Seniors Games.

Funeral service will be held Thursday, February 14th at 1:00 p.m. at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe, AB. Interment will take place prior to the service at Alto Rest Cemetery in Red D e e r. I n l i e u o f f l o w e r s , donations in memory of Ed may be made to Kozy Korner or to the Alzheimer Society.

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MULLIN Gary Lyle Mullin went to be with his Lord and Savior on February 6, 2013. He died peacefully at the U of A Hospital in the arms of his wife and three children. Gary was born on December 5, 1955 and was 57 years old at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife Kathy; children Erin Mullin, Shea and Karen Mullin and Kevin and Teri Mullin and grandchildren Gabriella, Ethan, Liam, Eamon, Amelia and Elijah. He is also survived by his sister Sandra and her husband Sam Bahler and brother Robert and his wife Mary Lou Mullin. He also enjoyed being Uncle Gary to all of his lovely nephews, nieces, great nephews and great nieces. He will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends.

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Serious applicants please provided resumes and references via email to office@craigpatersonlaw.com or via fax to 403-783-2012 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Clerical

720

REGISTRY AGENT - CSR Work for a company that gives you respect, recognizes your achievements and supports your efforts to succeed. We require customer-minded people that are motivated, reliable and quick learners. Deliver resumes to: One Stop Licence Shop #7-5105 76A Street Close or e-mail to: cherdav@telus.net

Dental

740

BUSY Dental Office requires Dental Hygienist for full time schedule.

Bus: 403-845-3200 Fax: 403-845-4440 SUNDRE DENTAL CLINIC Come work with us!

We are looking for an RDA II to come, and join our practice part-time.

Our office is newly renovated, which is located in rural Alberta.

The successful candidate must be great with people and a team player.

Please fax resume to 403-638-3604 or e-mail to sundent2@telus.net or drop off resume.

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

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D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Feb. 11, 2013

H2S Alive, First Aid and an In-House Drug & Alcohol test are pre-requisites.

Please submit email to hr@alstaroc.com or fax to 780- 865- 5829 PLEASE QUOTE JOB # 68630 ON RESUME

WANTED

EXPERIENCED

CLASS 3

VAC/steamer Truck driver AND Swamper. Lacombe area, HOME EVERY NIGHT. Fax resume to 403-704-1442

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced P/T Servers.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

X-STATIC

IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR

P/T EXPERIENCED DOOR SECURITY PERSONNEL

Apply in person after 3 pm.

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

Zubar Production Services

is currently taking resumes for experienced Assistant Operators Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420.

Must have all valid tickets.

Professionals

810

SENIOR EHS ADVISOR •

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Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Sales & Distributors

830

830

is currently looking for a Technical Individual to fill the role of

INSIDE SALES

Duties will include, taking calls from customers, quotes, entering orders and technical assistance.

The individual will also be responsible for maintaining our high level of customer service.

We offer a competitive wage, benefits and a RRSP plan. Please forward resume to resume@ nexusengineering.ca

Trades

850

F/T Apprentice Welder must have vessel and piping experience.

Email resume to Darryl@furixenergy.com or fax 403-348-8109

First Choice Collision Seeking Journeyman or 2nd /3rd year apprentices.

Positions for body, prep and refinishing technicians needed for our car and light truck division. Top wages, bonus programs and benefit package. Fax resumes to (403) 343-2160; e-mail choice2@telusplanet.net or drop off in person @ #5, 7493, 49th Avenue Crescent, Red Deer.

FURIX Energy Inc. is looking for F/T Journeyman Pipe-Fitter. Will consider 2-3 year apprentice fitters.

Competitive wages & benefits. Consists of some field work. Fax resumes to 403-348-8109 or call Darryl @ 403-396-2104.

No calls after 9 pm.

FUTURE AG INC. your Central Alberta Case IH Agricultural Equipment dealer is looking for a full time

3rd year Apprentice and/or Journeyman Parts Person for their Rimbey location.

Farming background an asset.

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GENIVAR is committed to the principles of employment equity.

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NOW HIRING

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PART-TIME SALES STAFF

820

All Shifts

Must be enthusiastic, hardworking, flexible and positive. You must have a passion for Fabrics, Sewing, Crafts and Home Decor.

Basic sewing skills are a must.

Apply in person to: #2, 2119 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer or Fax resume to: 403.346.4320

Job duties and responsibilities include: Assist customers and answer customers inquiries Read and interpret parts diagnostics & diagrams Use of computerized inventory system Order and receive parts for customers Excellent communication skills Customer service experience Experience with computerized inventory system Experience with Agricultural equipment Must be reliable, highly organized & team oriented

We offer a competitive pay scale, exemplary benefits package, annual work boot reimbursement, RRSP plan, sick days, monthly bonus and continuous professional training in a positive environment.

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RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. F/T front desk agents. Flexibility req’d.

Shift work including. wknds and eves. Incentive and bonus programs.

Starting rate at $12/hr.

Exp. not essential Drop off resume to 6853 - 66 Street or fax 403-342-4433 or email: info@ ramadareddeer.com

Trades

850

Apprentice 1st or 2nd year required for an oilfield service company. We offer competitive wages and benefits. Fax resumes to 403-347-3443 or email to judy.hum@powerstroke.ca HEAVY DUTY TECHNICIAN (Coach exp preferred) Prairie Bus Lines is seeking a heavy duty MECHANIC. Successful applicants will possess a current journeyman ticket, a current class 3 or 2 drivers license, and have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

A desire to work in a safetymandatory shop, and the ability to work on both highway coaches and school buses.

Prairie Bus Lines offers a competitive wage and benefit package.

Please submit your resume to Malcolm Malin.

Fax 403-342-2199 or email malcolm@prairie.pwt.ca MiLo Electric & Plumbing Ltd requires Journeyman and Apprentice Plumbers immediately for full time, local commercial work.

Excellent pay and benefits.

Fax resume to 403-3414721 or email: miloelectric@telus.net

Furix Energy Inc. is looking for a Coating-Installer.

Must have minimum 5 years’ experience with Devoe products. Painting ABB has an immediate experience required. Fullopening at one of our ALBERTA locations for an time position w/benefits.

INSTRUMENTATION F a x r e s u m e s t o 403-348-8109 or call DarJOURNEYMEN ryl @ 403-396-2104. No Our ideal candidate must be calls after 9 pm. a team player, committed to safety, and have experience in the Oil & Gas plant construction. H2S Alive and CSTS safety tickets are mandatory. ABB offers competitive wages and an Furix Energy Inc. is looking SECURITAS CANADA for a F/T Journeyman extensive benefits Instrumentation Technipackage. Individuals Hiring Immediate interested in a rewarding cian. Competitive rates & FT & Casual career with ABB Ber-Mac benefit packages. Fax reEMR or EMT please forward resumes & sumes to 403-348-8109 or D a r r y l @ Security Personnel queries to 403-357-3736 c a l l 403-396-2104. or: careers.ber-mac for Dispatching No calls after 9 pm. @ca.abb.com Position ARMOR INC is looking for Securitas Canada is looking licensed diesel and susfor qualified Security pension mechanic for light Staff for a Petro-Chemical duty performance shop. plant outside of Red Deer.

Diesel and transmission exp. preferred.

Furix Energy Inc. is looking Minimum Qualification: Bring resume to: for F/T Contract B-Pres106 -6439 67 St. RD s u r e W e l d e r s o r F / T * Alberta Security License *EMR- ACP certified Phone 403-346-9188 B-Pressure Welders. *Class 4 license or emal Indoor shop work in Red *Bondable donavan@armorinc.ca Deer. Competitive rates & *Good interpersonal skills benefit packages. *Good communication skills Fax resumes to *Computer knowledge, 403-348-8109 or call previous emergency Darryl @ 403-396-2104. experience, previous No calls after 9 pm. security experience, client interaction experience an asset

830

Restaurant/ Hotel

F/T Skilled Labourer must have tank dressing and testing experience.

Email resume to Darryl@furixenergy.com or fax 403-348-8109.

NEXUS Engineering

Custom Energized Air Req’s MECHANIC exp’d In air compressors, dryers, Control systems, electrical A/C D/C circuits, 1-3 ph.

Piping, fabrication, & SALES PERSON Welding an asset. Email: An eye for design and Del.trynchuk@cea-air.com colour is a definite asset.

Fax: 403-348-8765 Experience in retail sales D. LESLIE WELDING LTD. floor covering industry We are currently resume is a plus, but we will train for B Pressure, the right candidate. The and Contract Journeyman successful applicant will be Welders.

Valid safety ticka motivated, careerets req’d. Rig welding exp. minded individual with asset. Fax your resumes excellent people skills.

Opportunity for professional to: 403-729-2771 or send by email to: dlesliewelding & financial growth is @hotmail.com available.

Please fax resume attn: Louis Hamonic, Manager, 403-347-8824 or email: lhamonic@jordans.ca

Please apply online: careers.genivar.com; job #27-0412

850

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC

JORDANS FLOOR COVERINGS IN RED DEER has an opening for a full time

Graduate of a diploma or certificate program from a post secondary & accredited institution.

A professional designation such as CHSC, CRSP, CIH, CSP, NCSO. Minimum of 8 years experience in Canada.

Familiarity with Alberta Start your career!

Workplace Safety, the See Help Wanted OH&S Act, regulations Central Alberta’s Largest and Codes.

Car Lot in Classifieds Self motivated team player with the ambition to grow professionally.

Good verbal & written English communications Sales & Distributors skills are critical.

Experience working for a consulting engineering company will be an asset.

Trades

Forward your resume to: Future Ag Inc. Attn: Paula Martin Box 140 Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 Fax: 403-843-2790 Email to paulam@futureag.ca

wegotservices

WHY SECURITAS: *Extended Health and welfare plan *Above average wages *Fully Paid uniform *All training time paid *Dedicated quality group. *Room to learn and grow.

How to apply: Apply on line at: http://www.securitas. com/ca/enca/Career/ On this web site you can click on “On line Application” and submit it to the Edmonton Branch.

Email: Dillicj@Novachem.com Fax: 403-314-8475 Integrity - Vigilance Helpfulness

SHOP FOREMAN

Pressure Piping & Steel fabrication shop Only experience personnel need apply -Journeyman Pipefitter preferred -Must be able to organize men and projects -Background & experience with Acorn Piping program Understanding and implementation of QC for structural & Piping -Oversee all material ordering, handling & receiving -Competitive Wage & Benefits Please apply to info@ dynamicprojects.ca or fax 403-309-3471 STUCCO Labourers.

Needed Immed. Exp’d but will train. Drivers License pref’d. 403-588-5306

Truckers/ Drivers

860

BRICAR CONTRACTING LTD. now hiring Class 1 drivers for local oilfield and commercial hauling. **Position Filled** CLASS 1 drivers req’d to pull flat deck, exc. wages, safety bonuses, benefits.

We run the 4 western provinces. Please contact 1-877-787-2501 for more info or fax resume and abstract to 403-784-2330

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

EXPERIENCED

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

COUNTERTOPS

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Escorts

1165

EMBRACE your fantasies & indulge your senses, discover & explore us. mydiamondgirls.org 403-550-0732

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.

Health Care

1210

FOOT CARE Handled With Care Licensed, mobile foot care.

Call 403-350-7595

Massage Therapy

1280

ASIAN Executive Touch Exclusive for men. Open 10 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 403-348-5650

Gentle Touch Massage

4919 50 St. New staff. Daily Specials. New rear entry, lots of parking. 403-341-4445

Massage Therapy

1280

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels.

403-986-6686

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal.

No household appliances 403-396-8629

Valentine’s Special

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346 JUNK REMOVAL, Yard/ Garden Serv. 588-2564

Misc.

Help

880

860

LOCAL ACID Transport company looking for exp’d’ F/T Class 1 truck driver & pressure truck operator.

Top wages and exc. benefit pkg.

Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766 NEED experienced Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

Misc.

Help

880

ACADEMIC Express Adult Education and Training

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GED classes evening and days

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Women in the Trades

•

Math and Science in the trades Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be avail.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

ADULT Carriers Needed For Early morning delivery of the Red Deer Advocate 6 days/wk in NORMANDEAU & GLENDALE area.

Misc.

Help

Piper Dr. & Pennington Cres.

Pallo, Payne & Parsons Cl. Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

LANCASTER AREA 77 PAPERS $412/MO.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

EASTVIEW 100 ADVOCATE $525/MO. $6300/YR 2 HRS./DAY

Huntwood Custom Cabinets

is currently seeking the following positions, to start immediately:

GRANDVIEW 75 Advocate $393/month $4716/yr.

1-1/2 hrs. per day

Cabinet Installers

Min. 2 yrs experienced installer contractors for the Red Deer Location. Supply your own liability insurance, tools, and reliable vehicle.

WESTLAKE 75 Advocate $393/month $4716/yr.

1-1/2 hrs. /day

Field Service Technician

At least 2 yrs. qualified experience including cabinet repair, finished carpentry and working with various finishes. Huntwood offers excellent compensation, great benefit program and signing and performance bonuses. Please drop resumes Attn: Debbie to Huntwood Showroom, Bay 4, 6782 50th Ave Red Deer, T4N 4E1. or email: dhenderson@ huntwood.com

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Cust Service/Office/Ship/ Rec fast paced Mon-Fri 8-4 Apply @ Grand Central Stitchin 7, 7439 49 Ave Cr

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Help

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

880

Red Deer WAL-MART South & North Locations are hiring for various positions.

Please apply at

www.yourwalmartcareer.ca UNC

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RV MECHANIC Duties include:

Attributes:

• All aspects of RV Service work • Seasonal extended hours • Customer interaction

• • • •

• • • • •

Previous experience Organized & Reliable Outgoing Physically fit Mechanically inclined

This is a career position.

Salary based on experience and ability Company benefits Top industrial wage for right person

E-mail bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: (403) 346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn Bill/Service

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ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

DEER PARK Dempsey St. area 79 papers $423/mo.

ALSO Davison Dr. area 101 papers $541/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

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

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in DEER PARK * Dempsey St. area $61.00/mo. * Dempsey St. Dumas Crsc. & Duffy Close area $94.00/mo. * Dunham Crsc Dandell Close area $141/mo. * Donnelly Crsc.

Densmore & Denmark area $170.00/mo. * Doran Crsc.

Dunn Close $68/mo. * Dixon Crsc. area $121/mo. * 2 blks of Duston St. & Dale Close $90/mo. * Dowler St. Detlor Close & Dillion Close $134/mo. * Dawson St. & 1 blk of Davison Dr. $82/mo.

Doran Crsc.

Doan Ave area $72/mo.

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

Lancaster Area West half of Lampard Crsc. & Leung Close $85/mo.

Michener East of 40th North of Ross St. Michener Green Cresc. area. $268/mo.

Good for adult with small car.

GLENDALE Gunn St. & Goodacre Cl.

880

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

ALSO 4 days a week Flyers & Sun. Life in

PINES Patterson Cres. & Pamley Ave.

880

BEN

’S

PARTS

PERSON DUTIES INCLUDE: ATTRIBUTES: - Outgoing - Customer Service - Organized Rep - Mechanically Inclined - Receiving - Computer Proficient - Shipping - Previous Experience a - Inventory Control Must • Willing to train or apprentice successful candidate.

• Full-time position.

• Must be able to work weekends.

Apply by: Email: bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: 403-346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn Bill in Service

A COUPLE OF PAINTERS

Call for all your painting requirements. 15 yrs. exp.

Kory at 403-347-9068

Seniors’ Services

1372

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

309 3300.

LINDA’S CHINESE MASSAGE Bring loved one & the 2nd person is 1/2 price.

Open daily 9 am-9 pm.

403-986-1550 #3 4820-47 Ave 4 therapists, Insurance receipts

Moving & Storage

Vacuum & Water Truck operators req’d. to start immed.

CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q All oilfield safety tickets req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with drug and alcohol policy.

References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-742-5376 hartwell@telus.net

Truckers/ Drivers

285296B19

1349300 AB LTD O/A TROCHU GAS & SNACKS WANTED full time service station attendant,food counter attendant,retail store supervisor & food service supervisor.wage SAFETY from$11.50/hour for PROFESSIONAL service station attendant.

Alstar is looking for a $11.50/hour for food Safety Professional to help counter attendant.$16.00/ expand our safety program hour for retail store through projects and auditing. supervisor.$14.00/ Minimum requirements hour for food service include: supervisor. APPLY IN * CRSP sungmina74@gmail.com * 5 + years’ experience in or MAIL po box488 trochu Oil & Gas as a Safety ab t0m 2c0 Professional 1442968 AB LTD O/A * Strong Safety program RIMBEY GAS & SNACKS development - skills & WANTED experience Full Time Food Counter * Excellent computer skills Attendant & Food Service * Internal and external Supervisor. Wage from auditing experience $11.50/hour for Food * Strong interpersonal Counter Attendant. $14.00/ skills hour for Food Service * Attention to detail; must Supervisor. $16.00/hour be very organized for Retail Store Supervisor. * Requires little supervision; APPLY IN works well in a team sungmina@hotmail.com or environment FAX 403-843-3871 OR MAIL: PO BOX 2069 Weekends Off 5134 50 AVE RIMBEY AB T0C 2J0 RELOCATION TO HINTON MANDATORY

Sales & Distributors

285128B12

820

285126B6-12

Restaurant/ Hotel

Central Alberta LIFE The newspaper farmers look to for best values in: *Farm Machinery, *Feed & Grain, *Livestock, *Trailers, *Supplies & *More.

CHECK US OUT CALL 309-3300

is expanding its facility to double production.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

- Batch Plant Operator - Carpenters/Woodworkers - General Labourers 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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RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 D3

880

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880

880

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stuff

Huntwood Custom Cabinets

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

is currently seeking the following positions, to start immediately:

Cabinet Installers

For delivery of Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m.

Mon. through Fri. & 8:00. .am. on Saturday in

Min. 2 yrs experienced installer contractors for the Red Deer Location. Supply your own liability insurance, tools, and reliable vehicle.

DEER PARK Dempsey St. area 79 papers $423/mo.

ALSO Davison Dr. area 101 papers $541/mo.

At least 2 yrs. qualified experience including cabinet repair, finished carpentry and working with various finishes. Huntwood offers excellent compensation, great benefit program and signing and performance bonuses. Please drop resumes Attn: Debbie to Huntwood Showroom, Bay 4, 6782 50th Ave Red Deer, T4N 4E1. or email: dhenderson@ huntwood.com

LANCASTER AREA 77 PAPERS $412/MO.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Field Service Technician

Looker Office Furniture is looking for an OFFICE FURNITURE INSTALLER If you have a clean drivers licence, are hard working, flexible and have a positive attitude this job could be for you.

Team work and a great work ethic is a must! This full-time position is for install and delivery of commercial furniture.

Please email resume to ac@lookeroffice.ca or drop off a resume to # 3- 7429 50th Ave Red Deer

CARRIERS NEEDED

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

For afternoon delivery once per week

ANDERS AREA

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Auctions

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

BOWER AREA Baile Cl. /Boyce St. Beatty Crs./Barrett Dr. Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com Position: Caretaker Location: Eastview and Annie L. Gaetz Start Date: To be determined Hours: Monday-Friday 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. A current criminal record check is required for all new employees. Be advised that only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Applications should be forwarded by 12 noon on Friday, February 22, 2013 to Red Deer Public School District No. 104, 4747 53 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2E6 Fax:403-342-3780 or email: humanresources @rdpsd.ab.ca Position: Caretaker Location: Hunting Hills High School Start Date: To be determined Hours: 4 p.m.-12:00 a.m. MondayFriday. A current criminal record check is required for all new employees. Be advised that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Applications should be forwarded by 12 noon on Friday, February 22, 2013 to Red Deer Public School District No. 104, 4747 53 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2E6 Fax:403-342-3780 Email:humanresources @rdpsd.ab.ca

LANCASTER AREA

SUNNYBROOK AREA Scott St./Somerset Close.

Sunnyside Crsc.

P/T OPPORTUNITY No early mornings, No late nights No Sundays, Apply in person at: Bay #1, 2319 Taylor Drive (directly behind Nutters)

X-STATIC

P/T EXPERIENCED DOOR SECURITY PERSONNEL

Apply in person after 3 pm.

Career Planning

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Employment Training

LEATHER MOTORCYCLE JACKET, GREEN CUSTOM MADE Men’s S - M. $150. obo.

403-302-4422

Computers

1600

COMPUTER/BRIEF CASE on wheels. As new. $80. obo 403-302-4422

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

1710

APARTMENT sized counter top GE dishwasher Works good. $125 obo. 403-347-0104 APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

920

DISH WASHER, Inglis, white, $100. Good working condition 403-356-9276, 896-9276 STOVE, Kenmore w/hood fan, white. $150.

MICRO WAVE, Kenmore, white, both in good working condition, $50.

403-356-9276, 896-9276

RED DEER WORKS Household

Please contact QUITCY

Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc

1590

BBQ (Patio Chef) c/w propane tank, cover, like new $100 403-314-2026

IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR

1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

VANIER AREA

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

PACKAGING & COUNTER SALES

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

Lancaster Drive Lindsay Ave. Lagrange Crsc

Clothing

Household THE TASTY BAKERY Appliances

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

Isbister Close Issard Close

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

INGLEWOOD AREA

1530

Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

FREE

for all Albertans

900

Furnishings

1720

BED ALL NEW,

Queen Orthopedic, dble. pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr.

Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325.

302-0582 Free Delivery BED, twin with headboard, box spring & mattress.

Good condition. $75.

403-227-2653 BED: #1 King. extra thick orthopedic pillowtop, brand new, never used. 15 yr. warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice @ $545. 403-302-0582.

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

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TABLE & 4 CHAIRS. $30.

403-343-6306

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

2 JVC stereo speakers $15. Call 403-728-3485

Misc. for Sale

1760

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DUVET, twin size, white with poly fill. Exc. cond. $20. 403-227-2653 GOSSIP bench (oak) 34 1/2”lx16 1/2”dx 25”h, attached cubical w/stained glass $175; 5 stacking chairs metal, all $25 403-314-2026

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REAL ESTATE

SMALL Home Safe, like new. Approx. 2’x2’x2’. $65.

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RENTALS www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

Sporting Goods

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Collectors' Items

VACATIONS www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

COMPUTER REPAIR

WEB DESIGN

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CLUBS & GROUPS

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

BLACKFALDS 3 bdrm. house, 2 appls, avail. Mar 1. $900 + utils. $900 DD 403-885-1871

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

Homey Townhouse in Clearview

2 bdrms & den, 1.5 bath, Balcony 5 appl, In-suite laundry. NO PETS. Avail MARCH 1st. $1095 & Elect.& Gas, SD $1095.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554

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 March 1st.

403-304-7576 / 347-7545

1870

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3060

Suites

Beautifully Reno’d Apt. in Hawkwood

Close to downtown! 2 bdrm, 1 bath. 2 appls, coin-op laundry. NO PETS, Avail NOW! $1025 & Elect., SD $1025 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403 396 9554 GLENDALE 2 bdrm. $825, D.D. $825, N/S, no pets, no partiers, avail immed.

1-403-200-8175 LACOMBE, BRAUNSEL HOUSE. 1 bdrm., avail.

Mar. 1, no pets, n/s, no children, rent $700. All utils. pd. 403-782-2681 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/ onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat and hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

QUIET LOCATION 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg.

Heat/water/parking incl.

Call 403-342-2899

SUNNYBROOK

2 bdrm. apt. avail. Feb 15 & Mar 1. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

Wanted Tenant Large 1 bdrm. adult suite.

Heat/water/parking incl’d.

Call 403-342-2899

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

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4090

Manufactured Homes

MUST SELL

By Owner $7,000.

Sharon 403-340-0225

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. & March 1.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

LUXURY CONDO In Royal Oaks at 39 St.

Adult only, 2 bdrms, 2 baths, Balcony, In-suite laundry. U/G Parking, Storage, No pets. $1295 & Elect; SD $1295; Avail MARCH 1st.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554 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

WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000.

Avail. March 1.

403-304-7576, 347-7545

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

ORIOLE PARK

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975 rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. Now or Mar. 1.

Call 403-304-5337

Manufactured Homes

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

2007 14 x 40 SRI 2 bdrm.

Park model at Gleniffer Lake Resort & Country Club, bunk house and golf cart incld, will consider trade on newer Class A diesel motorhome.

403-813-6089

4160

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2 BDRM. bsmt, shared kitchen, prefer employed or student. Avail. immed.

403-342-7789, 358-0081 FURN. room, all utils. and cable incld, $425/mo.

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SUV's

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2010 FORD Expedition Eddie Bauer 4X4, lthr., 8 passenger, $28,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

3190

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2009 HONDA CR-V lthr., sunroof, nav., $23888 348-8788 Sport & Import

FINANCIAL

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4430

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LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Sharon 403-340-0225

MORTGAGES AVAIL.on all types of real estate including raw land and acreages. Bruised credit and self employed welcome. Fast approvals Ron Lewis 403-819-2436

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2006 Escalade ESV Platinum Edition 22” Foose Rims one owner $24,888 Sport & Import 348- 8788

Trucks

5050

2010 HONDA Pilot EX-L, 46,058 KMS, Very clean, Asking $32,999, No accidents. 403-872-6939

5000-5300

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Antique & Classic Autos

5020

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Vans Buses

5070

4040

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GLASS & Brass Coffee table. $50.; 403-343-8439 inclds. utils., avail. Apr. 1.

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LUANN Feb. 11 1869 — Patrick James Whelan is hanged in Ottawa before a crowd of 5,000 people for the murder of Thomas D’Arcy McGee. Whelan denies he did the crime. It was the second last public execution in Canada.

1922 — Frederick Grant Banting announces the discovery of insulin, used to treat diabetes, at the University of Toronto; with colleagues C.H. Best, J.B. Collip and J.J.R.

Macleod.

1984 — Wayne Gretzky sets a National Hockey League short handed season scoring record of 11 goals.

1978 — A Pacific Western Airlines aircraft crashes at Cranbrook, killing 43 people. A snowplow was on the runway during the jet’s landing.

1963 — A shoot-out between loggers and independents sees three Kapuskasing, Ont., loggers killed and nine wounded.

1907 — The Supreme Court of Alberta is founded, in Edmonton.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 D5

A crowning achievement for kids’ dental care MARK GLOVER SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Two California dentists claim they have the most revolutionary development in children’s dental care “since fluoride.”

Jeffrey Fisher and John Hansen started EZ-Pedo Inc. in 2010, and today produce thousands of ceramic dental crowns for children.

The crowns are made of zirconia, colored and polished to resemble healthy teeth. That’s a departure from the long-standing industry norm -- metal crowns, typically made of stainless steel.

Last year, EZ-Pedo sold nearly 40,000 crowns to 650 pediatric dentists throughout the United States, and to various international locales. It’s ramping up an office in Germany to handle manufacturing and distribution throughout Europe.

The partners guess that they have about 10 percent of the nation’s pediatric crown market and hope eventually to claim 50 percent.

Fisher, 39, provides office-based general anesthesia for pediatric dentistry. Hansen, 45, is a specialist in cosmetic dentistry. Both work in the Sacramento area.

Their venture began with a nasty fall.

Photo by SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE In 2004, Hansen’s 3-year-old son, John Paul, fell Jeffrey Fisher and John Hansen started EZ-Pedo Inc. in 2010, and today produce thousands of ceramic dental in the bathtub and seriously injured four of his front teeth. Hansen sent his son to a pediatric dentist crowns for children. to have the boy’s smile reconstructed and was stunned to learn that there were no aesthetically pleasing crowns like those typically customcrafted for adults.

Hansen said the crowns placed on his son’s teeth were bulky, didn’t match in color and showed metal at the gum line when the boy smiled.

When John Paul needed more work done, Hansen called Fisher, with whom he had previously worked, to see if he would provide the anesthesia. and currently under new ownership and management, is From there, Hansen offering the following career opportunities based in our head and Fisher got to talking office in Red Deer, Alberta. about better restorative options for children’s teeth.

In 2006, they began an exhaustive process that included interviews with scores of pediatric dentists and numerous tests of potential ceramic mateFor more information please see career opportunities rials. They went through - Red Deer - on our Websites: 15 design revisions in three years. www.westwardparts.com Ultimately, they filed www.spraytecsprayers.com an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Resumes can be mailed or dropped off at: Administration for pre6517 - 67th St.,Red Deer, Ab. T4P 1A3 market clearance of their crowns. The FDA cleared or e-mailed to Human Resources: them for use in 2009.

HR@westwardparts.com The zirconia crowns Gain the training, experience and safety are first milled in a custickets to help you secure work as a heavy tom-made machine. About equipment operator.

35 to 50 crowns placed in a This 9 week course will provide you with disc can be shaped simul205 hours of equipment training on 5 taneously. different pieces of equipment. Student From there, the crowns Housing is available and Personal are smoothed, polished, Black Press, an independently owned newspaper company Protection Equipment and supplies are put through a staining is looking for an experienced, full time Reporter/ provided for each student. solution, hardened in a 4,000-degree chamber, Photographer for our new Lacombe paper.

Apply Today! microblasted and glazed.

The successful applicant must possess strong writing Equipment Training: Workers hand-paint the final glazes to match existROCK YOUR WORLD and organizational skills. You will be required to work Excavator, Grader, Dozer, Loader, ing teeth.

AND BECOME A HEAVY independently and with limited supervision. You must be Articulated Rock Truck There are 96 shapes EQUIPMENT OPERATOR well versed in CP style. As well, a reliable vehicle is a must. and up to six sizes for Safety Ticket Training: Ongoing Weekly Intakes each specific tooth, Program Runs: January 28 – March 31, 2013 This Reporter position will include covering local news, First Aid, Ground Disturbance PST, from baby to preteen.

For more information, contact WHMIS, OSSA, H2S Alive City council, sports and community events on a schedule EZ-Pedo’s crowns also Métis Training to Employment Services: are designed to provide that will include some evenings and weekends. proper spacing in the 1-888-48-MÉTIS www.metisemployment.ca Remuneration will be based on experience. ever-changing mouths of growing kids.

Interested candidates should forward their resume in Ceramic crowns are helping parents make betconfidence to: ter decisions, says Brian Email: publisher@reddeerexpress.com Banks, who’s completing his residency at Primary Or mail to: Children’s Medical Center Red Deer Express in Salt Lake City. #121 5301 43 Street, “A lot of parents didn’t like the silver option and Red Deer, Alberta • T4N 1C8 would sometimes decide Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures Attention: Publisher on extraction instead,” custom oilfield equipment for international clients. We operate seven Banks said. “Taking teeth Competition closing date: February 28, 2013 manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people. out creates other probOnly those chosen for an interview will be contacted. lems,” such as improper With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities spacing or youngsters havNo phone calls please. to achieve your career goals. ing a hard time eating.

Demand for crowns is If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals Reporter ad.indd 1 not likely to ebb. Despite 07/02/13 9:45 AM in your field, we are currently seeking: the proliferation of fluoride and dental sealants over the years, tooth decay among children has Black Press, an independently owned newspaper company proved a stubborn foe. is looking for a full time Sales Representative for our As recently as 2007, a The Desktop Administrator is responsible for the daily support and tasks related to desktop computer and peripheral hardware, software technologies, asset management U.S. Centers for Disease new Lacombe paper. and supporting end users in day to day operations.

Control and Prevention Duties: Must be a professional, task-oriented, energetic individual. report warned that tooth · Provide technical support for desktop systems software, hardware and peripherals, decay in baby teeth was The ideal candidate will possess a solid background in including printers, phones, handhelds and remote laptops in a Windows (XP, 7, 2008, increasing among chilcustomer service. Marketing or sales experience is a exchange 2010) environment. dren ages 2 to 5 years. · Install, confi gure, troubleshoot and resolve hardware, software and connectivity issues. definite asset but not imperative. The ability to multi-task Tooth decay “remains · Provide daily Active Directory administration of users, desktops and file/folder permissions. a problem for some raand attention to detail is key. Strong written, computer and · Responsible for user setups, moves and system permissions. cial and ethnic groups, · Administer system and software updates to desktops and laptops. verbal communications skills are an absolute must. many of whom have more · Responsible for creating and maintaining documentation of support processes. treated and untreated · Maintain and update the ticket tracking, asset management and inventory tracking systems.

This full time, Sales Representative position is a base plus tooth decay compared · Improve the desktop computing environment and processes by proactively researching, commission position. with other groups,” said testing and recommending improvements and efficiencies.

Bruce Dye, an epidemiQualifications: Interested candidates should forward their resume in ologist and lead author of · 3-5 years’ experience required with certification/diploma in related field. · Must have experience and knowledge of troubleshooting Microsoft Office MS Word, MS the 2007 CDC report. In a confidence to: Excel, MS Access, MS Power Point and Outlook. separate report released · Strong ability to prioritize work appropriately, be flexible and be well organized.

Email: publisher@reddeerexpress.com in May 2012, Dye said · Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

20 percent of American Or mail to: · Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. children ages 5 to 11 had · First-rate customer service skills.

Red Deer Express untreated cavities. · Familiarity with VMware environment an asset.

A just-released report #121 5301 43 Street, by the Pew Center said This is a full-time permanent position with competitive starting Wages and benefits Red Deer, Alberta • T4N 1C8 most states are not doing packages including Health and RRSP programs.

Attention: Publisher enough to provide children with access to dental Competition closing date: February 28, 2013 Please Fax Resume To: 403-227-7796 sealants to prevent tooth Only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. decay, driving up health Please Email Resume To: hr@bilton.ca care costs.

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D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Feb. 11, 2013

Too much debt can be bad for your love life

Photo by Advocate news services

Just as banks and other financial institutions shy away from people who have bad credit, a recent survey found that heavy debt also is a major turnoff in romantic relationships.

TIM GRANT SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE

‘Money and credit is a proxy for someone’s trustworthiness and overall responsibility.’

Well-behaved kids rewarded at restaurant

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Rod Oszust, General Sales Manager, and the entire team at Southside Dodge would like to congratulate these top three performers for the year 2012.

Their continued dedication and commitment to customer satisfaction makes this accomplishment possible.

Jim Bakker New Vehicle Sales

Rob Stubbing Pre-owned Vehicle Sales

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Just as banks and other financial institutions shy away from people who have bad credit, a recent survey found that heavy debt also is a major turnoff in romantic relationships.

That’s certainly food for thought as we approach another Valentine’s Day. Most women would dump a partner who racked up mountains of debt and either could not pay bills or had lied about being able to pay routine living expenses, they told researchers in a scientific, nationally representative poll of 1,000 U.S. adults.

Some 70 per cent of women expressed that sentiment.

Men are more tolerant of partners with financial trouble and would not be so quick to end a relationship over money and debt issues. Only 37 per cent of men in the survey commissioned by CreditCards.com said they would call off a relationship with someone deeply in debt.

“It has a lot to do with being trustworthy and open, and women place a higher value on openness and transparency within a relationship,” said Ben Woolsey, director of marketing and research at Creditcards.com, an Austin, Texas-based credit-cardcomparison company.

“Money and credit is a proxy for someone’s trustworthiness and overall responsibility,” he said.

“How people handle it and value it is very central to someone’s character.”

Study after study has shown that financial matters are the No. 1 cause of divorce and marital stress. The CreditCards.com poll once again confirms that when financial troubles enter a relationship through the front door, love will often run out the back.

CreditCards.com commissioned Germany-based GFK Roper to survey 500 adult men and 500 women between Jan. 11 and Jan. 13 by telephone.

The survey also asked respondents if they would stop seeing someone with a criminal record.

Seventy perc ent of women said they would. Again, men did not feel as strongly — 60 per cent would have problems being in a romantic relationship with someone who had been on the wrong side of the law.

Overall, 53 percent of those surveyed believe the statement “a partner with debt is a turnoff.”

More women (57 per cent) feel this way than men do, but 48 per cent of men also are not inclined to jump into a relationship with an indebted partner.

Women also felt more strongly about knowing their partner’s credit score -- 57 percent -- before falling head over heels in love. But 47 percent of men also agreed that before they get serious with someone, they would like to know that person’s credit score.

“For a relationship to thrive,” Woolsey said, “partners must tell the truth about money and handle it responsibly.”

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SEATTLE — To Laura King, her three children were acting normal while enjoying dinner at an Italian restaurant in their hometown in Washington state.

But staffers of the restaurant Sogno di Vino in Kingston were so impressed with her children’s table manners during their Feb. 1 dinner that they thanked her kids and gave the family of five a bowl of ice cream.

It wasn’t until King got home that that she noticed a $4 “well behaved kids” discount on her receipt to cover the dessert. A friend posted a picture of the receipt on the website Reddit, and the story took off.

“The server said staff didn’t even know there were kids at the table,” said King, whose children are 2, 3, and 8 years old.

King said it’s been entertaining to see all the attention her story has gotten, and she plans to dine at Sogno di Vino again soon.

Sogno di Vino owner Rob Scott said servers have the discretion to offer a discount to customers, adding that this wasn’t the first time well-behaved kids have been rewarded. What was different this time was that one of the staffers wrote it out in the receipt.

“It was just an act of kindness,” Scott said.

Scott said the restaurant was packed the night Laura’s family came in, which can be challenging to families with small children. But he said he was impressed with the way the family was interacting with each other and that even the 2-year-old on a high chair seemed to be having a good time.

Rowdy children are an issue all restaurant customers have encountered at one point or another, Scott said.

“You can tell when a (family) had a rough ride to the restaurant,” Scott said. “There tends to be sometimes activities where children get out of the chair or stand on chairs or get loud, as they get loud, it upsets other patrons, and they paid for a baby sitter.”

Scott said he’s been asked if he would charge more to customers who have unruly children. That’s not something he does, he said.

“Everybody in my generation was raised to behave in restaurants,” he said. “That parenting skills have been forgotten in some cases.”

King said she has worked in the restaurant industry before and knows that families aren’t the easiest customers to serve. She said that at the restaurant, her kids apply the table etiquette used at her dining table.