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Stop ignoring suicide: youth FACEBOOK GROUP DEDICATED TO SIX ‘YOUNG LIVES’

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer youth are saying it’s time to discuss the elephant in the room that is being ignored — suicide.

A Facebook group page, Suicide Awareness Red Deer, it’s #timeforchange, had over 5,400 members as of early Thursday evening and was gaining new members by the hour.

The social media page, started recently, is dedicated to six “young lives”.

“We have lost six lives in the past year in Red Deer ALONE,” the page says.

Members on the page are sharing their stories of pain, inspiration and hope to bring awareness to the problem and prevent more suicides.

‘THEY’VE CREATED A WONDERFUL FORUM FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES, AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, TO UNDERSTAND THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.’ — CINDY JEFFERIES

The intention is to raise money for an awareness campaign, with any remaining profit donated to Suicide Information and Education Services of Red Deer.

Red Deer City Councillor Cindy Jefferies, who heard about the group this week, said Thursday that one of her sons, who is still in high school, would

come home and tell her another student had died.

“With each one you kind of think: What is going on? It just seems there’s more and more. It makes you wonder if there isn’t something more going on that we’re missing,” Jefferies said.

“I’m concerned that as a community we need to change. We need to do something different and we need to try and address some of the concerns our teenage population is facing.”

The Facebook page shows leadership from Red Deer youth, which is critical, Jefferies said.

“I think that they’ve created a wonderful forum for people to share their stories, and for those who are listening, to understand things in a different way.”

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Margaret Flaws wipes away tears as she’s serenaded by Fran lavoie, Keith Bohlken, David Crozier-Smith and Jeff Challoner at Tom Bast Sports Thursday.

The men were one of two Wild Rose Harmonizers quartets that made about 25 stops to sings to people on Valentine’s Day. Flaws’ surprise session was paid for by her sweetheart, Bob.

City wins national award Red Deer eyes hosting stage for bike lanes project of cycling race The City of Red Deer has pedalled its way through local controversy to earn a national award for its bike lane pilot project.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities recognized the city for its work in the transportation category of its 2013 Sustainable Communities Awards in Windsor, Ont., on Wednesday.

“I think it’s a little bit ironic that we have some negative reaction in our own community against the bike lanes but at the same time there is some recognition from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, so it is interesting,” said Coun. Dianne Wyntjes, who is at the conference with Councillors Buck Buchanan and Paul Harris.

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Wyntjes said the bike lanes are still a pilot project and there is still work to be done once the snow melts. She said council will continue to listen to the community about potential options for the pilot. She noted education for cyclists and pedestrians needs to be a key component of conversations in coming months.

The city received an overwhelming response of some 3,000 surveys, letters, petitions and emails supporting and opposing elements of the two-year pilot.

Following concerns over traffic chaos and safety, council decided to remove the designated bike lanes on 55th Street and 40th Avenue north of 52nd Street; and 59th Avenue north of 70th Street; and revert the roads to their original configurations last September.

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer may be gearing up to host the best in the professional cycling world.

The Tour of Alberta: Alberta’s Pro-Cycling Festival, a six-stage cycling race, will make history as the newest pro-cycling event on the international cycling circuit in September.

Red Deer city council will consider on Tuesday whether to submit a letter of intent to host the finish of the third stage of the world-class cycling event on Sept. 5.

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Izaak Geluk of the Foothills Speed Skating Marathon Association drives a Zamboni on the speedskating oval on Sylvan lake Thursday. He’s readying the track for the new 24-hour relay that begins Sunday at 2 p.m. The fundraiser for the Children’s Wish Foundation is still taking pledges and donations online at www.childrenswish.ca/en-ab/events, or www.slimarathon.webs.com.

Republicans delay vote on Hagel nomination

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Republican senators delayed former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be President Barack Obama’s next secretary of defence at least temporarily Thursday, in a bold, rare exercise of the Senate’s power to block one of the president’s choices for his cabinet.

Republicans denied they were rejecting Hagel’s nomination, insisting instead that they need more time to get more information on last year’s attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Several took to the Senate floor Thursday and said that

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SUICIDE: Prevention As teens, they understand their world and the issues they face, like cyber bullying, in a way that adults don’t, she said.

“I think there is a lot of pressure to succeed.

There are so many choices as far as careers and opportunities before you, and just being a teenager. We all know from having been teenagers it’s not an easy time in your life.

“I understand our teen suicide rates in Alberta are higher than most places in Canada. That’s a concern. It does make you question whether our fast pace of life and strong economic activity has taken away from some of the things we need to be paying attention to,” Jefferies said.

Greg Hall, principal of Notre Dame High School, said there has been a lot of support coming forward from students across the city on the issue of suicide prevention.

“Hunting Hills, Thurber, Notre Dame, etcetera, kids are really together on this, that this is a significant community issue,” Hall said.

“Our Notre Dame grad service project this year is on suicide education and prevention.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Hagel ultimately will be confirmed.

The successful Republican effort to block a vote on Hagel leaves one of the most contentious nominations of the Obama presidency in limbo, although the White House expressed confidence that the former Republican senator would eventually win Senate confirmation.

Obama reacted immediately, accusing Republicans of playing politics with the nation at war.

Republicans had been blocking the confirmation of their former colleague and Vietnam veteran, saying they wanted more details from the White House on the events surrounding the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi last September. the fall of 2013 after receiving the green light in 2011.

Opponents didn’t like the cost of the program and some felt there wasn’t enough public consultation.

Ryan Handley started a petition calling on city council to halt the pilot program, stop spending money on the existing bike lanes and to remove bike lanes on streets with severe traffic issues due to loss of entire lanes and loss of off-street parking in front of residences.

“It’s good that we are being looked at as a city that is being progressive,” said Handley.

“The actual problem I had with the bike lanes was that they moved ahead with such a small representation from the community. Looking at the bike lanes over the winter, driving around town all winter I have seen one person driving on the bike lanes.

I still think they weren’t such a good idea with our community.”

Handley said he is baffled about council’s decision-making saying if city council used the same logic that they used for the bike lanes there would be a plebiscite on the fall civic ballot asking citizens if they wanted to move to a ward system.

Raymond Louie, third vice-president of Federation of Canadian Municipalities, congratulated the winners in each of the six categories — brownfields, energy, neighbourhood development, transportation, waste and water.

“The communities we celebrate (Wednesday night) completely debunk the idea that environmental sustainability and economic development are mutually exclusive,” said Louie.

The City of Toronto and Toronto Transit Commission was also recognized under the transportation category for a terminal project. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

MOBILE, Ala. — This is not at all how it looked in the brochure: Pulled by a tugboat at a maddeningly slow pace, the cruise ship Carnival Triumph finally drew nearer to port Thursday as miserable passengers told stories of overflowing toilets, food shortages, foul odours and dangerously dark passageways.

The ship was expected to arrive about midnight, and officials said it would take passengers — carrying their own luggage, with only one functioning elevator on the ship — up to five hours to disembark.

Once off the ship, most passengers will head on another journey, this time via bus.

Carnival said passengers had the option of a seven-hour bus ride to the Texas cities of Galveston or Houston or a two-hour trip to New Orleans.

The company said it had booked 1,500 hotel rooms in the Louisiana city, and passengers staying there would be flown Friday to Houston.

“I can’t imagine being on that ship this morning and then getting on a bus,” said Kirk Hill, whose 30-year-old daughter, Kalin Christine Hill, is on the cruise.

“If I hit land in Mobile, you’d have a hard time getting me on a bus.”

On Thursday night, dozens of chartered buses — with markings from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas — had gathered in Mobile.

Carnival said it will cover transportation costs.

Earlier Thursday — four days after the 893-foot ship was crippled by an engine-room fire in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico — the more than 4,200 passengers and crew members suffered another setback with towline issues that brought the vessel to a dead stop for about an hour just when it was getting close to port.

Frustrations with the cruise line simmered on and off the ship, as passengers and their relatives questioned why it had taken so long to get back to dry land. The ship left Galveston a week ago.

As the vessel drew within cellphone range, passengers vented their anger.

Renee Shanar, of Houston, was on board with her husband, who she said has heart trouble. They were told they will be among the first to disembark, she said.

“I don’t believe them; they’ve been lying to us from the beginning,” Shanar said.

TOUR: Letter of intent recommended City administration is recommending sending a letter of intent setting out the general terms and conditions and the allocation of $77,000 towards the expenses related to the cycling event.

As a stage finishing community, Red Deer would host the cycling teams and support teams. The city would be on the hook for $45,000, as well as cover the cost of the city services necessary to operate the event. A free festival would also take place during the day.

The Tour of Alberta is expected to generate $30 million to $35 million in economic activity for Alberta and roughly $650,000 in Red Deer.

The official route is expected to be released at the end of February.

According to the council report, the race would begin in Edmonton on Sept. 3 and end in Calgary on Sept. 8.

The third stage may begin in Devon, along the North Saskatchewan river valley, then go through Leduc, Millet, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka and then on to downtown Red Deer.

The Tour of Alberta requires a letter of intent by Wednesday.

More than 150 elite athletes in 16 cycling teams and up to eight international pro teams, including some who compete in the Tour de France or Giro d’Italia, are expected to participate. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s municipal affairs minister says while next month’s provincial budget will be difficult, the days of off-loading all the pain onto towns and cities are over.

“We’re not going to put all the pain on their backs,” said Doug Griffiths following a speech to members of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association at a downtown hotel Thursday.

“It was so easy before in previous budgets when you found a (revenue) low, you just cut all infrastructure from the province and you cut funding for the municipalities,” he said. “Then you could continue to fund health care and education.”

But Griffiths said the budget will reflect the reality that growth pressures faced by the province are matched in towns and cities.

“The investments that they’re going to need to make are just as critical,” he said.

Premier Alison Redford’s government will deliver its 2013-14 budget on March 7.

Redford has warned Albertans it will be a holdthe-line document or worse, given that falling oil prices are expected to cut $13 billion in expected oil and gas revenues to about $7 billion.

The province is trying to keep the operating side of the budget in balance while taking on debt to pay for some infrastructure projects.

The Opposition Wildrose party says that is reckless, given that Alberta already spends 50 per cent more per capita on infrastructure than similar provinces. The party is urging Redford to prioritize projects and draw some out over longer timelines.

That’s not the answer, said Griffiths. He told AUMA members that with 100,000 people moving to Alberta every year, a go-slow plan would just penalize families and “balance the books on the backs of kids that need schools (and) communities that need health care.”

Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith’s party is proposing a 10-year plan that would deliver $48 billion in capital spending while avoiding long-term debt and making sure municipalities are paid first.

Redford’s plan is simply not working, said Smith, who was also at the event.

“Every time this government puts something in the budget, it seems like the municipalities have to wait on pins and needles to see whether it’s going to

get clawed back the next year,” said Smith.

“I don’t think that’s fair to our mayors. I don’t think it’s fair to our municipalities. And that’s why we think it can be done differently.”

AUMA president Linda Sloan said predictable funding is the key.

“A large number of municipalities now rely on borrowing to do the infrastructure renewal,” she said.

“The grants are just not flexible and have not always been sustainable.”

In a speech to AUMA members, Sloan pointed out Alberta has a $24-billion infrastructure deficit in a province that has 10 of Canada’s 15 fastest-growing communities.

Sloan said the oilsands region of Wood Buffalo has seen a 42 per cent population bump in the last five years. There was $180 million worth of new construction in Lloydminster alone last year.

Liberal critic Laurie Blakeman says Griffiths’ department is failing because of unequal funding formulas and policies that penalize the two-thirds of the population who live in Calgary and Edmonton.

“Edmonton and Calgary should have much more decision-making powers. They’re carrying most of the load of what the provincial government used to provide,” said Blakeman.

Redford herself was to have spoken to AUMA members, but had to cancel due to illness.

Griffiths said Redford has been fighting the flu.

Griffiths’ speech was part of an ongoing government information campaign to let Albertans know that the price spread between the North American benchmark for oil and what Alberta is getting for its oilsands product has wreaked unexpected havoc on the provincial bottom line.

Critics have countered that the Tories under Redford and under former premier Ed Stelmach have simply been bad money managers for relying too heavily on the roller-coaster prices of oil to pay for day-to-day operations.

Their case got a boost from an unexpected quarter Thursday. Former Alberta Tory finance minister Ted Morton, in a Calgary newspaper editorial, said Redford’s plan to take on debt while continuing to pump the ground dry of oil is a recipe for disaster.

“No family or business can simultaneously sell assets and borrow at the same time, at least not for long,” wrote Morton.

Couple charged in child’s death targeted over belief in natural medicine: family

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS RAYMOND — A relative of an Alberta couple charged after a toddler died of meningitis thinks the family’s belief in nutritional supplements is behind an “overzealous” prosecution.

David and Collet Stephan have been charged with failing to provide the necessities of life for their 19-month-old son, Ezekiel.

The child died nearly a year ago and RCMP charged the couple this week. The 29-year-old man and 32-year-old woman, from the town of Glenwood, are to appear in Lethbridge court in May. “Whatever’s going on here stinks,” the man’s brother Brad Stephan said Thursday. “I don’t see anybody else getting charged for having meningitis.

“I almost have to wonder if we don’t have an officer somewhere or someone just acting overzealous ...

We just feel this is just really over the top and we’re not understanding why.”

It’s unclear whether Mounties are alleging the couple didn’t act quickly enough to get their son

proper medical treatment. The RCMP have simply said the boy fell ill in February 2012 and it wasn’t until March 13, when he stopped breathing, that his parents called for an ambulance.

Family said officers questioned the couple for hours after they arrived at Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary. The boy was placed on life-support machines and died five days later.

An autopsy confirmed he had a bacterial infection that spread into his bloodstream and lungs, causing meningitis, Brad Stephan said. Meningitis symptoms, such as fever and rash, can at first appear mild but quickly escalate. The condition can be fatal within a few hours.

Brad Stephan said the couple loved their son.

They simply didn’t know he was so sick.

The curly-haired tyke had developed a cough but he appeared to be getting better. Hours before he stopped breathing, he was an active little boy, said his uncle.

“He was playing with his dad. He was eating. Everything seemed good.”

Woman accused of killing son suffering with depression, says husband

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The husband of an Edmonton woman charged in the death of their seven-year-old son says his wife has been suffering with severe depression for the last two years.

Florentino Jajoy said Thursday in a written statement that his wife, Nerlin Sarmiento, loved their son, Omar, and that she was under treatment and on medication.

Police were called to an apartment on the south side of Edmonton on Tuesday morning.

Results of an autopsy have not been released, although police at one point said the boy appeared to have drowned.

Investigators said in a release that they believe they have enough evidence to show the death was premeditated.

Sarmiento, who is 32, is to appear in court Friday on a charge of first-degree murder.

“As a family, our opinion is that she is innocent because she was not responsible for her actions,” Jajoy said in the statement.

“She is a loving mother, wife and daughter who put her children’s needs before her own.”

The couple also have a 10-year-old daughter.

“The media have made many versions of the story but as a family that has to go through this day to day, we are certain that Nerlin Sarmiento loved her son Omar and that she was not in her right state of mind and lost sight of herself under her prescribed medication.”

He also said she got the wrong treatment “considering her fragile and vulnerable state.

Jajoy said the province and the medical system failed his family and they did not “receive enough professional support from the medical institutions...”

“She is a loving mother, wife and daughter who put her children’s needs before her own.”

He ended his statement with: “Omar Jajoy, we love you and will remember you for the rest of our lives.”

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EDMONTON — Alberta cabinet ministers are praising U.S. President Barack Obama’s remarks on climate change and say his state of the union address shows the Americans are catching up to what the province has already done.

“After years of being out front alone on this in Alberta, now we have a president very strongly signalling that the opportunity is in front of the American people to move aggressively on these files,” Intergovernmental Relations Minister Cal Dallas said Thursday. “We know that what’s been handed to us by the indications from the president’s address is that our largest trading partner is prepared to move with us.”

Still, provincial environment officials have been asked to speed up work on oilsands monitoring. As well, a “renewal” of Alberta’s climate change strategy — possibly including a higher price on carbon — is expected soon.

“I’ve asked our staff to come back with some draft ideas on a renewed climate change strategy,” said Environment Minister Diana McQueen. “I’m hoping it’s shortly.”

Obama used Tuesday’s state of the union speech to promise action on climate change, either through market-based solutions or regulation. U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson later said that message was meant as much for Canada as it was for the United States.

The statements came at a nervous time for Alberta, as the U.S. State Department led by pro-environment Senator John Kerry considers whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline is considered crucial to move more oilsands bitumen to markets, but is bitterly opposed by American environmentalists as long-term infrastructure that will lock the U.S. into high-carbon fuels.

Several anti-Keystone demonstrators were arrested Wednesday in a protest at the White House.

But Dallas said Obama’s remarks sparked no alarms around Alberta’s cabinet table. He pointed out Alberta has invested heavily in carbon capture and remains the only North American jurisdiction that prices carbon emissions.

If the Americans want to move faster, that means Alberta can too, he said.

“We can continue to push the bar and do it in a manner that doesn’t jeopardize the opportunity to continue these technological investments because our industry will continue to be competitive.”

Still, he’s aware that’s not how Alberta is often seen. He said the government is considering another high-level trip to Washington to make its case.

“We’re taking a look at that, in the context that I regularly do that,” Dallas said. “Is (Premier Alison Redford) likely to engage again in the United States prior to a decision? I think that’s more than likely.”

Meanwhile, McQueen said she has asked the committee setting up the governance system for the new oilsands environmental monitoring effort to move up its timetable.

“I’ve asked them to move more aggressively on it.

I’d like to have something by summer.”

McQueen said she’s given her staff a clean slate to update the climate change strategy.

“I’ve given them the freedom toartistryingold.ca come back with what they may think may work best to reach our targets.”

Officials are, however, likely to recommend a higher price on carbon emissions than the current $15 a tonne, widely considered to be too low to make a difference.

“That was certainly always something that was on the books, that we would progress to a higher amount. That I would expect would be one of the options that they would bring forward.”

Opposition Wildrose party Leader Danielle Smith called the remarks from Obama and Jacobson a “challenge” to Canada. $ 00 She said Alberta could reduce its carbon emissions and improve its environmental image with practical methods such as encouraging the shift to natural gas from coal for power generation. The “obsession” with the oilsands is unfair, she said.

Coal-fired power plants are by far Alberta’s largest source of greenhouse gases.

“Some of the biggest strides we’d be able to make would be moving from coal to natural gas,” Smith said.

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Seeing through the smoke E-CIGARETTES COULD HELP SMOKERS, BUT CANADA IS SLOW TO ALLOW NICOTINE IN THE DEVICES For many people, there’s nothing like that buzz first thing in the morning of drawing off a freshly-lit cigarette while enjoying that first cup of coffee.

But it can be a deadly ritual.

Inhale and exhale and you have exposed yourself to upwards of 4,000 harmful chemicals — at least 70 are known to cause cancer — in a single puff.

Endless educational camRICK paigns, nonZEMANEK smoking laws and bylaws and dire warnings printed on the pack of smokes alert users, again and again, to the dangers of smoking.

But despite the obvious, smokers keep flicking that lighter, because they’re addicted to nicotine.

But the real devils inside a pack of smokes are the 70 known cancercausing carcinogens. And despite the millions upon millions of dollars spent

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on studying the harmful effects of tobacco, studies tend not to examine the long-term effects of nicotine addiction.

Kicking the habit is a never-ending battle for some. But is the federal government doing everything it can to help smokers?

Not based on the delays related to the e-cigarette. The e-cigarette is a small cigarette-shaped canister used to simulate the sensation of smoking.

Batteries in the canister heat up fluidfilled cartridges, then give off, after a puff, a vapour. They come in many flavours — but all are void of nicotine.

Nicotine canisters are illegal in Canada for the e-smoke, but can be purchased in the U.S. over the Internet, and that is causing a flap among health authorities.

So how is that we have legalized nicotine-laced gum, patches and a mouth spray containing concentrated nicotine in liquid form to help kick the habit?

And why has Health Canada not acted on this issue? After all, these devices have been around for 10 years and are increasing in popularity.

The New Brunswick Lung Association’s Barbara Walls points out that one ingredient used in a vapour-only cigarette is propylene glycol, which

may cause liver and kidney damage.

But the same ingredient is found in toothpaste and deodorant. And a single ingredient pales compared to all the harmful chemicals found in cigarettes.

Anti-smoking advocate David Sweanor believes tobacco-free e-cigarettes should be encouraged as an alternative to the real stuff. “Using electronic cigarettes, using smokeless tobacco, anything that you can get away from the smoke, is going to greatly reduce your risk of death. Cigarettes are an incredibly deadly delivery system,” said Sweanor, a former longtime legal counsel for the Non-Smoker Rights Association.

David Hammond, a health educator at the University of Waterloo, told Canadian Press: “These (e-smokes) are now becoming a mainstream product” that will soon pose significant challenges for tobacco control advocates, the public health community and government regulatory bodies. “It’s something that whether public health advocates want to deal with it or not, they have to deal with it.”

Hammond said he believes “the five million smokers in Canada deserve to receive more support when they’re trying to quit, as most of them are. It is a

beast for many people to quit smoking and this product could potentially help a fair number of them.”

Surely the delay in legalizing these devices is not economic, although the suspicious among us would point to the windfall that governments now receive from smokers.

According to the Physicians For A Smoke-Free Canada, tax revenue from tobacco sales in 2011-2012 totalled $7.4 billion. In Alberta, it was $896 million. Alberta Health Services reports that $4.4 billion is spent each year on health care for smoking-related illnesses in Canada. In Alberta, it’s about $470 million.

In other words, the federal government is almost $4 billion ahead in tobacco taxes. The provincial government is up about $426 million.

It should never be about money, of course. It should be about quality of life, and the length of life, enjoyed by all Canadians.

And we should be giving smokers a fighting chance to enjoy the same quality of life as every other Canadian.

That means allowing the use of nicotine in e-cigarettes.

Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

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Highway counts make no sense Re: Hwy 791 upgrading dropped from province’s plan (Feb. 8, 2013) I was interested to read the article in your newspaper recently with regards to the province’s decision to drop the upgrading of Hwy 791 from its threeyear plan.

However, as I read Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood’s comments with regards to the traffic counts on a portion of this road, I was confused. I have had several communications with various county staff and with Mayor Wood himself regarding the traffic concerns on this road. When I first moved to Red Deer County, the section of the road in question was not gravel. However, in July 2011, Red Deer County downgraded the road to gravel. When I enquired of Red Deer County staff for the reason behind the decision to downgrade a road that had such a high volume of traffic, staff confirmed at that time that the traffic count was over 600 vehicles per day.

I then requested a copy of the Red Deer County policy regarding road enhancement. This policy states that “Road enhancements will be determined on the basis of the following factors: 1) Average number of vehicles per day (a) 200 or greater – priority for hard surfacing.”

Given Red Deer County’s own policy, I was confused why they would downgrade a road to gravel at a time when county staff confirmed that the vehicle count on this road was over 600 per day. I thought perhaps Mayor Jim Wood could explain why the policy did not appear to apply to this particular road. In August 2011, Mayor Wood offered this explanation: “While this particular road may experience vehicle counts of 600 or more at this time, we expect that number to decrease significantly when Hwy 791 is in full operation in the near future.”

Given the nature of politics, I still could not understand how Red Deer County could justify downgrading this section of road to gravel when it had such a high volume of traffic, simply because Red Deer County hoped that the province would upgrade this road sometime in the future. In September 2011, after one particularly dangerous experience when my windshield was once again cracked by flying rocks sprayed by one of the hundreds of cattle liners and service vehicles which travel this road, I again communicated my concerns to Red Deer County.

In response to my concerns, in October 2011, I received an email communication from Red Deer County staff that a vehicle count had just been taken (over the September long weekend) and that the count was determined to be 249 vehicles per day.

So it was with great interest (and a good deal of confusion) that I read the article in the Feb. 8 edition of the Red Deer Advocate. My understanding is that Red Deer County administration now acknowledges that the average vehicle count per day on this particular gravel road, for which Red Deer County is now appealing to the province for funding to upgrade, is “about 600 vehicles a day.” Am I to understand that in July 2011, the traffic count on this road was 600 vehicles per day, then in October 2011 the traffic count dropped to 249 vehicles per day, and has now again climbed to 600 vehicles per day? Or am I to understand that a taxpayer is provided different information by Red Deer County than that used to support funding applications to the province?

Doris J. MacKinnon Red Deer County

Carney can’t stop economic spiral Will Mark Carney succeed?

When he leaves the Bank of Canada and takes over as governor of the Bank of England, Mark will receive a pay package of £800,000. This will ensure that unlike the vast majority of people in the U.K. and Canada, he will not have to worry about his retirement.

He has, of course, obtained this new position be-

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cause of a reputation based on a Canadian economy that is perceived as being strong but which is in fact falling into the same spiraling decline as the world economy as a whole.

It must, however, be recognized that the economy and the banking system of the U.K. are most definitely in a more perilous state than the Canadian model, even without taking into account the overall crises in Europe.

The following is an interesting quote from an economist writing for the British newspaper The Guardian about the recent economic summit in Davos, Switzerland.

“Businesses will only invest if they perceive growing demand for their goods and services. But the dilemma for CEOs gathered in Davos is that the policies they have championed in the past — fiscal austerity, weaker trade unions, aggressive cost cutting — have hammered consumer spending. In the past, spending could be supported by rising household debt, but the banks don’t want to lend and consumers don’t want to borrow.”

The latest figures show that consumer debt in Canada has now reached an average of 163.4 per cent of annual income — approximately the same level that was reached by U.S. households just prior to the financial collapse in 2008.

This is the real legacy of Mark Carney and it does not bode well for the British.

The U.K. economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2012 with manufacturing being hit by a decline of 0.9 per cent as the U.K. heads for a triple dip recession.

What we all face, along with Carney, is not a normal crisis, not a cyclical crisis where the economy goes down and then recovers. This is a fundamental crisis of the whole system.

Keith Norman Wyatt NDP Innisfail

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Military jury clears exsoldier of manslaughter

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SHILO, Man. — A retired Manitoba warrant officer has been found not guilty of manslaughter in a 2010 training accident in Afghanistan that killed a fellow soldier.

Paul Ravensdale has been convicted of four of the five other charges, the most serious being unlawfully causing bodily harm. The other convictions are on two counts of breach of duty and one count of negligent performance of military duty.

He was acquitted on a second charge of negligent performance of military duty.

Ravensdale was leading a test of anti-personnel mines in February 2010 when one misfired and sent hundreds of steel ball bearings in the wrong direction.

The ball bearings killed Cpl. Josh Baker and injured four others.

The prosecution had argued that Ravensdale ignored safety rules and allowed soldiers to stand too close to the mine, but the defence said Ravensdale was simply following plans approved by his superiors.

During Ravensdale’s court martial in Shilo, Man., the military panel, which is akin to a jury in a civilian trial, was presented with two very different pictures of how he acted on the weapons range near Kandahar city three years ago.

Prosecutor Maj. Tony Tamburro painted him as a weapons expert who behaved recklessly by allowing soldiers to stand too close to the C-19 antipersonnel mines without being shielded or in a dugout.

The operating manual for the mines, as well as Canadian Forces training safety rules, require people to be 100 metres behind C-19s unless they are shielded. Video played at the court martial showed some soldiers much closer than that and with nothing protecting them.

Ravensdale also flouted rules that require soldiers to first train on inert weapons before attempting a live exercise, Tamburro said.

Ravensdale’s lawyer, Maj. PhilippeLuc Boutin, said no one could have predicted the mine would act the way it did. He said the 100-metre limit is designed to protect people from minor injuries that might be caused by stones or other debris being kicked up by the blast.

Boutin also pointed to testimony from witnesses who said Ravensdale had told them to stay behind a row of light armoured vehicles.

The court martial heard some stood between vehicles or on top of them and Ravensdale gave the order to fire anyway.

Boutin laid blame on Ravensdale’s superiors who approved of his plans for the training exercise and burdened him with being both the officer in charge of the test and the safety officer on the weapons range that day.

Military rules require the two tasks be assigned to separate people.

Ravensdale did not testify at his court martial and his lawyer did not call any witnesses. In an interview with a military investigator days after the accident, Ravensdale said he had no idea what went wrong and that “all hell broke loose.”

No-brainer: Quebec government cancels hypothetical zombie attack

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

“It’s not the zombie theme that’s important here — it was circumstantial,” Bergeron said in an interview.

The idea of a zombie apocalypse even made its way to the House of Commons on Wednesday, where the NDP asked the Conservatives about the country’s level of zombie preparedness. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird assured that “Canada would never be a safe haven for zombies.”

A civil servant with Quebec’s civil security department said earlier this week that the zombie exercise, used in the United States and elsewhere in Canada in recent years, is designed to get officials to think outside the box.

MONTREAL — The zombie apocalypse has been cancelled.

The Quebec government has stepped in to scrub plans for a zombiethemed emergency training exercise.

Participants at an annual symposium on civil security had been planning to use a hypothetical living-dead attack to test emergency preparedness.

Such a theme has been used elsewhere. The logic behind it is to use something that could never actually occur, as opposed to a flood or an ice storm, because that way emergencypreparedness officials might think of new problems and solutions.

News of the plan had elicited considerable guffaws this week, along with some complaints about wasteful government spending.

The provincial cabinet has stepped in. Public Security Minister Stephane Bergeron announced on Thursday that he has ordered a change of plans. The new scenario will simulate a flood.

“I thought . . . the theme of the workshop had taken on a greater importance than its goal and that it was better to change it,” Bergeron said in a statement.

He said he took the decision “so as not to undermine the real purpose of the activity, which is (does and remains a very important exercise for civil security.”

Bergeron said he needed to act to preserve the credibility of the symposium and decided to avoid controversy by changing the theme.

He noted the zombie workshop was just one of two dozen subjects on the schedule.

tion to the appropriate police so that they can investigate it,” he told the House of Commons on Wednesday.

“Just get on and do it.”

In an interview, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP is well-placed to conduct an impartial probe of the allegations.

“The CPC, for goodness sakes, is an independent, arm’s-length body that would investigate those things. So I find it very troubling that we’re unable to advance on that.”

Paulson said senior force members in British Columbia met with Human Rights Watch staff earlier this week and will do so again Friday.

“We tried to get them to understand that there is a public interest in having these handled by the justice system.”

Muscati said Human Rights Watch tried to brief Harper and three mem-

bers of cabinet — Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan and Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose — in advance of the report’s release, but they were rebuffed.

Ambrose is also the minister of state for the status of women.

The RCMP commissioner took exception to the human rights organization likening the aboriginal women who came forward to people victimized by brutal Middle Eastern regimes.

“We disagree on their assessment that we’re Libya or Syria in terms of having people afraid (of) retribution,” Paulson said.

“I think the systems are clearly present to reassure people.

“There’s no evidence to conclude that a complainant would be at risk from making a complaint against a police officer.”

RCMP watchdog urges changes to handling of harassment complaints THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The RCMP must take “swift and effective action” on complaints of workplace bullying and harassment to restore the shaken confidence of both members and the public, says the watchdog that oversees the national police force.

In a report Thursday, the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP recommended fundamental changes to the way in which internal grievances about harassment are handled by the Mounties.

It called for a more independent process, strict timelines for responding to accusations and forcewide training on the issue.

The commission said its investigation did not point to a systemic problem of sexual harassment within the police force, despite intense publicity about difficulties and grievances.

However, the report said the simple perception of a pattern of poor treatment of employees is enough to rattle public confidence and tarnish the force’s reputation.

In their own report,

focusing on women in the RCMP, the Mounties said Thursday they would examine the commission’s recommendations and implement them “as appropriate.”

“Harassment has no place in the RCMP,” the force said, pledging “zero tolerance” and outlining steps taken to date.

The Mounties also signalled a desire for a broad “reconciliation campaign” to heal rifts with employees who have suffered harassment.

“I’d like to get this all behind us,” RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said in an interview.

The commission’s investigation — which included a statistical review, interviews with members and public submissions — found the RCMP was “probably no better nor no worse than most other large organizations” on the issue of harassment, said Ian McPhail, interim chairman of the complaints body.

“The fact is, of course, that — as our national police force — it’s got to be better,” he said in an interview.

“And harassment of any sort is just not ac-

ceptable.”

Several female RCMP officers have come forward with complaints since Cpl. Catherine Galliford went public in 2011 with allegations of harassment within the force in British Columbia.

Men have also complained of abusive behaviour and intimidation.

The investigation found that from February 2005 through mid-November 2011, 718 harassment complaints were filed by employees, representing 2.5 per cent of all staff.

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OTTAWA — The human-rights watchdog that documented allegations of police abuse against aboriginal women in British Columbia is taking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to task for telling victims to just “get on” with reporting the abuse.

Samer Muscati, a Canadian researcher who was involved in compiling the report released Wednesday, said Harper missed the whole point — that aboriginal women and girls are often too traumatized to co-operate with police.

“Those comments ignore the fear of reprisal those victims have,” Muscati told The Canadian Press in an interview Thursday.

“The comments don’t address the core issue of the lack of security that prevents indigenous women and

girls from filing complaints of police abuse.”

The report, from a New York group called Human Rights Watch, accuses RCMP officers of abusing aboriginal women and girls in northern B.C., and also includes an allegation of rape.

The alleged incidents were uncovered as part of a broader investigation into charges of systemic neglect of missing and murdered aboriginal women along B.C.’s Highway 16, nicknamed the “Highway of Tears.”

Harper said the government has asked the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP to look into the allegations, but he urged those connected with the report to simply come forward and tell police their story.

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MacKay confirmed the extension to March 15 outside of the House of Commons on Thursday following question period.

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DePape gelling with Rebels

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SENATORS LOSE KARLSSON Erik Karlsson’s season is over. The Ottawa Senators defenceman had surgery Thursday morning after his Achilles tendon was cut Wednesday during a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Senators general manager Bryan Murray says Karlsson’s surgery went well and the defending Norris Trophy winner’s tendon was 70 per cent cut.

Karlsson’s recovery time is expected to be at least three-to-four months. Karlsson was injured while being checked by Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke, who was not disciplined by the league. The loss of Karlsson is a huge blow to Ottawa (7-5-2) which is already minus star forward Jason Spezza, who is out indefinitely.

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● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament. ● Midget AAA girls hockey: Red Deer vs.

Calgary Bruins, first game, best-of-three AMMFHL South Division quarter-final, 7 p.m., Kin City. ● 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.

With the exception of the two goaltenders and hockey operations assistant Davis Claffey, Jordan DePape was alone on the Centrium ice Thursday.

But he’ll be skating alongside his new teammates as early as next week.

“I’m skating and shooting on my own until about the 21st, then I’ll start jumping in with the boys in practice. There will be no contact, I’ll just be doing the drills,” he said.

DePape underwent shoulder surgery in November and the 20-year-old forward was added to the Rebels roster on Jan. 10 when it became clear that he would be available for duty by mid-March.

The Winnipeg native was early into his third season with the Kamloops Blazers when he suffered a shoulder injury and was basically told his junior career was over. But he was on the operating table just a week later, giving him the time to heal and rehab and ultimately return to action this season.

DePape, who was dropped from the Blazers’ protected list last fall, should be ready to play in a month’s time.

“That’s sounds about right. I can start up with contact the first week of March and then hopefully a week or a week after than I can start playing,” Jordan DePape he said.

Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter said that DePape will likely play the Rebels’ final two regularseason games — a home-and-home with the Edmonton Oil Kings March 15-16 — as preparation for the playoffs.

DePape should slot in as a top-six forward upon his return. He scored 21 goals in 54 regular-season games in 2010-11, put up 14 points (6-8) in 14 games last season before suffering a previous shoulder injury — which also required surgery — and

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James scores 39 as Heat pound Thunder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Heat 110 Thunder 100 OKLAHOMA CITY — LeBron James had 39 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, and the Miami Heat trampled the Oklahoma City Thunder 110-100 in a Thursday night showcase before the All-Star break.

Chris Bosh chipped in 20 points and 12 rebounds as the Heat won their sixth straight against the Thunder dating to last year’s NBA Finals. Miami swept the season series after winning on its home court on Christmas Day, following up after taking the last four games of the Finals.

James was in position to continue his NBA record run of games with at least 30 points and 60 per cent shooting to seven, but missed from a couple steps beyond the 3-point line as the shot clock ran down with just over a minute left.

That dropped him to 14 for 24 in the game, or 58 per cent. James had said before the game that he didn’t care if the

streak continued, as long as Miami kept winning.

“I’m not conscious about it. I’m just playing,” James said at shootaround. “I’m just going out and playing my game. I’m not conscious about the shots that I take. The shots that I take are good shots. ... If a guy is off of me, I shoot.

If he’s on me, I drive. If one of my teammates is open, I pass the ball. It’s simple.”

Kevin Durant had 40 points and eight rebounds, but missed his first seven shots as Oklahoma City fell hopelessly behind. Russell Westbrook had 26 points and 10 assists, with six turnovers.

Dwyane Wade had 13 points and eight assists for the Heat before fouling out with 3:29 to play.

Miami never trailed and widened its lead to as much as 79-56 when James put back a missed jumper by Bosh with 5:07 left in the third quarter.

That matched the largest deficit of the season for the Thunder, who also were down 23 in a home

loss against Brooklyn last month.

Durant had a driving two-handed dunk and a runner as Oklahoma City got the deficit down to 108-100 in the final minute, but was never really in striking distance.

Oklahoma City fell to 23-4 at home and suffered back-to-back losses for only the second time all season — with the Heat responsible for the second loss on both occasions. The defeat also dropped the Thunder (39-14) to even in the loss column with Miami (3614) as the two potentially jockey for home-court advantage if there’s a Finals rematch.

San Antonio has the best record in the league, and is the only team ahead of Miami and Oklahoma City. The Thunder had matched a franchise record by winning four straight games by at least 20 points before getting thumped at Utah on Tuesday night, and couldn’t keep up as Miami won its seventh straight game for the first time this season.

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contributed seven goals and 13 points in 11 playoff games last spring.

“It will be important for me to get at least a couple of games in (before the playoffs), if I can,” he said. “But I don’t want to risk it. I’m going to be skating here a long while and getting back into shape, so that shouldn’t be too much of an issue. But it will be important for me to get into those two games against Edmonton just to get my timing back and get ready for the playoffs.”

DePape arrived in Red Deer Sunday and immediately started to mix with his new teammates.

“I’m settling in a lot more quickly than I expected, actually,” he said. “I got in Sunday and started to gel with the guys. I’m still working on a few of the names and faces but it’s coming together pretty quickly and it’s a great organization.”

It so happened that DePape arrived on the same day that Kale Williams — the son of Rebels vice-president of marketing and sales Dean Williams and a close friend of the players — passed away at the age of 17.

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Former Red Deer Midget Rebel and SAIT Trojan Suze Vanderlinde takes a face off against RDC Queen Jessica Anderson during the hard fought game between the two teams at RDC, Thursday. RDC won 2-1 in overtime.

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Queens 2 Trojans 1 (OT) RDC Queens head coach Trevor Keeper would have preferred a little easier victory, but he took the positive out of a 2-1 overtime win over the SAIT Trojans in Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League play at the Arena Thursday.

“It was a good situation for us going into the playoffs,” he said.

“We wanted to win, but we didn’t want it to be easy either.

SAIT played us hard, although we outshot them 33-13, they made a game of it and took it into overtime.”

Keeper hopes his troops will use that as a learning experience.

“We haven’t been into overtime that often this season and most times overtime is a mental hurdle, no matter if you’re confidence and have the gas peddle down or you’re tentative and nervous.”

It was only the second overtime game of the season for the Queens. The first was a 3-2 loss to NAIT last week.

“We certainly needed another overtime game,’ added Keeper, who said that could be

a major part of the playoffs.

“And they’re not five minutes. They can go on and on and you need to stay focused and have confidence to do that. We did tonight and got a simple shot in on goal and Laura (Salomons) scored on the rebound.”

Salomons found herself all alone in front of SAITs netminder Hannah Brock and whipped a quick shot to the stick side at 3:13 to keep the Queens small hopes of finishing first alive.

The Queens moved to within one point of the league-leading NAIT Ooks, who have two games remaining against the Grant MacEwan Griffins. The Queens face SAIT again tonight in Calgary.

The overtime loss did give the Trojans a small chance of making the playoffs as they could still tie Grant MacEwan for third place if they beat the Queens.

If RDC finishes second they’ll open the best-of-three semifinal against the third-place team next Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Arena. The second game will be on the road with the third, if necessary, Feb. 24 at noon at the Arena.

The first-place team receives a bye.

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CHARLES INGLIS

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Charles Inglis joined the Red Deer Rebels in December of 2011, coming over in a trade with the Prince George Cougars. Through 36 games to the end of the season he accumulated 26 points, including 10 goals. This season, Inglis had 14 points, including a team-leading 11 goals, when Brent Sutter replaced Jesse Wallin as head coach and promptly released the 20-year-old forward for personal reasons. Inglis, a Winnipeg native who was selected fourth overall by the Saskatoon Blades in the 2007 bantam draft and whose best WHL season was 201011 when he scored 32 goals with the Cougars, is now a member of the Whitecourt Wolverines of the Alberta Junior League. In 14 games with the junior A club, he has 5 goals and 13 points, along with 73 minutes in penalties.

WHO’S HOT Portland Winterhawks C Brendan Leipsic is riding a league-best 11-game point streak dating back to Jan 23. During that span he has rung up 25 points (10-15) and has also established a current eight-game goal streak, with eight markers dating back to Jan. 30. The 18-year-old Winnipeg native is the WHL’s leading scorer with 101 points, including a league-best 61 assists.

THEY SAID IT “He reminds me of Pronger in how he passes the puck and sees the game. And there are times I think he thinks the game like a Lidstrom. I know those are huge names.

If he gets anywhere close to that, it will be something. But he’s been great for us. As good as he is on the ice, he’s even better off. He’s handled everything amazingly well.” — Portland Winterhawks acting coach and former NHL player Travis Green, to Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province, on ‘Hawks outstanding defenceman Seth Jones.

A change is better than a rest, so when Mac Engel learned he was no longer in the Spokane Chiefs’ plans, he was only too willing to move to another team in order to stay in the Western Hockey League.

“There just wasn’t a spot for me in Spokane. They had the goalie they wanted there in (Eric) Williams and a young guy coming up, so I was the odd guy out,” Engel said Wednesday morning at the Centrium, while preparing to stop pucks for the Prince George Cougars in an evening game versus the host Red Deer Rebels.

“I got a fresh new start in Prince George. It’s a great organization with great people running it and the guys in the room are unbelievable. I love playing with the Cougars. It’s going well for me this season.”

A Red Deer product who was the starting netminder for the midget AAA Optimist Rebels during the 2009-10 campaign, Engel was listed by the Chiefs and made the WHL squad the following season. He posted a 2.30 goals-against average as a back-up in his rookie season and last winter had a 2.69 GAA as Spokane’s starter.

Yet the Chiefs deemed him expendable last fall and told him to go home and wait for a trade. The Cougars came calling in mid-October and Engel was off to Prince George in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2014 bantam draft.

Engel, who stopped 31 shots in Wednesday’s 4-1 loss to the Rebels, sees himself as not only the Cougars’ regular starter, but a mentor to 17-year-old teammate Brent Zarowny.

“He’s going to be a good netminder for this team, he has a bright future,” Engel said of Zarowny. “He’s very good goaltender, and with him working with me and us working together and pushing each other . . . it’s made us a lot better as individuals and has also helped the team.”

Engel, as his numbers would indicate — disregarding his current 3.31 GAA with a struggling team — has progressed through each of his three WHL seasons.

“I’ve improved in different areas. I worked with (goalie coach and Red Deer native) Dennis Sproxton for a couple of years in Spokane and he helped me a lot,” said the 19-year-old.

“I give him a lot of credit. We

worked on quicker movements, getting my feet moving and tracking the puck. We also spent time on making sure I was always ready to play . . . always focused and not letting things bother me.

“That’s always my goal now, to zone out all the distractions and focus on winning the game at hand.”

The Cougars are also zoning in on securing the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference. Heading into tonight’s meeting with the host Medicine Hat Tigers, Prince George sits two points back of the eighth-place Seattle Thunderbirds and five points in arrears of the Everett Silvertips, who occupy seventh spot.

“That’s the focus of our team right now,” said Engel. “This is a huge road trip for us and we’re trying to get every point we can down the stretch.

We’re trying to catch Seattle and get that last playoff spot or even move up higher Photo contributed into seventh. Mak- Red Deer native Mac Engel has been enjoying his time with the Prince George ing the playoff is every team’s goal Cougars since being traded there by the Spokane Chiefs last fall. Engel is hoping and it’s right there to return to the team next season and help mentor the team’s other goalie. within our grasp. for another year of development for the RDC Kings, who will be We’re going to do everything in our power the rest would be big for me as well,” back in the ACAC men’s league said Engel. next fall? of the season to get that spot.”

“The team has really helped “That could always be an opEngel, who was named third star of the game when Prince me out a lot, especially the tion, staying in my hometown George downed the Rebels 3-1 new (head) coach. Mark Holick for a bit,” he said. “But I might Jan. 19 at the Centrium, could works us hard and every day be looking to get out there and return to the Cougars next sea- he demands the best from ev- find something new. That would son as a 20-year-old if team erybody. A full year of playing probably be a bigger goal for management decides he’s wor- under him wouldn’t hurt me at me, to play somewhere else, get away from home and pursue my thy of filling one of the three all.”

In the event that Engel career with no distractions. allotted overage berths.

“The main goal is to move on Another option would be doesn’t get a pro opportunity to turn pro, providing he gets or said opportunity doesn’t pan in hockey and I’m just working a free-agent offer. He insisted out, he’ll have his WHL educa- as hard as I can right now with tion scholarship funds to fall my team to get that playoff spot he’d be open to either avenue.

“Of course I want to move on back on. In that case, would he and go as far as we can.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. and get to that next level, but at some point consider returncoming back to Prince George ing to Red Deer and playing com

Matter of time for Kuemper to get his shot in the NHL When Darcy Kuemper was crowned as years trying to emulate his game, so yeah it the premier major junior hockey goalten- was pretty cool.” der in the country in 2011, it seemed just a Kuemper denied Daniel Sedin on a matter of time that he would be playing for third-period breakaway, a stop that perpay at the highest level. haps told him he’s capable of playing fullThat time arrived Tuesday as Kuemper time in the NHL. At the very least, the save turned in a rather impressive effort with told him he’s not very far away. the Minnesota Wild in his first“It’s pretty surreal,” he said. ever NHL start, a narrow 2-1 loss “Guys you’ve been watching as to the Vancouver Canucks. a fan, to be out there playing The former Red Deer Rebels against them, it’s a childhood netminder turned aside 28 shots dream come true.” and was a three-star selection, For the six-foot-four stopper, not too shabby considering the it’s onwards and upwards. circumstances.

“Just to get your feet wet, and Kuemper, who will celebrate see that you can play at that levhis 23rd birthday in May, was el, it gives you so much more to summoned from the Houston strive for,” he said. “Obviously Aeros — the Wild’s American I’ve got a lot to work on but I Hockey League affiliate — on know I can hang in there, so it’s Monday, but had no idea he’d be just about trying to get better GREG the man of the hour a day later. and stay here full time.”

MEACHEM “It was a shock but I was very Wild head coach Mike Yeo excited,” the Saskatoon-born was clearly impressed with the goalie told the Canadian Press. rookie.

“I was excited to get the oppor“I thought he was very good tunity and it has been a lifelong dream of and it’s not an easy game to throw him inmine to play in the NHL. So to get that ex- to,” Yeo told the Canadian Press. “I give him perience was awesome.” a lot of credit. He looked confident, made Kuemper also got a pep talk from Ca- saves, and played the puck well. It was a nucks veteran netminder Roberto Luongo good showing for him.” during the pregame warm-up. Well, sort of. ● The Regina Pats are sinking fast, kind “We were stretching there at the red- of like a famous Tragically Hip song. line, and (Luongo) tapped me on the pads “Like everybody else, frustration is proband said ‘good luck, play your game’,” said ably the easiest word to use,” Pats GM Chad Kuemper.

Lang suggested to Greg Harder of the Re“So that kind of helped calm me down gina Leader-Post. too, that was awesome of him. He is one guy The Pats rang up five wins in succesI’ve been watching for the past five or six sion to start the New Year, but have since

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suffered eight consecutive losses and have dropped 12 of their last 14 games. As a result, they are now 13 points back of a playoff berth.

“Going into the trade deadline (on Jan. 10) we were a couple points out of a playoff spot. Coming out of it, we just couldn’t get on track,” said Lang.

The collapse, he suggested, was due to three main factors.

“One was injuries, which people don’t want to talk about anymore, but the reality is we’re over 285 man games lost this year,” he said.

“Coming out of the Christmas break, we really struggled to capitalize on (scoring) chances and we ran into a stretch where our power play struggled. Those three things really resulted in us going in the opposite direction we wanted to.”

Still, Lang feels that the Pats have performed better than their results have shown.

“Have we played up to our capability?

No, not 100 per cent,” he said.

“Yet, given those (aforementioned) challenges, I still thought our players did compete hard. Defensively we gave ourselves a chance, yet we couldn’t score (losing seven one-goal games in the past month). They always say it’s a game of inches. Unfortunately things weren’t going our way from Christmas on.” ● Saskatoon Blades forward Brenden Walker is the WHL player of the week. The overage winger collected nine points, including four goals, and was a plus-six in four Saskatoon victories. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Kuchar has easy time at Riviera

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Coming off a three-week break, Matt Kuchar might not remember golf feeling this easy.

He opened with three straight birdies, all of the putts inside 3 feet. He finished with back-to-back birdies at Riviera, holing a 25-foot putt on the 18th hole for a 7-under 64 that gave him a one-shot lead over Sergio Garcia on Thursday in the Northern Trust Open.

Garcia, making his PGA Tour debut after two tournaments in the Middle East, finished with two birdies over the last three holes even though he could barely see. Fog dropped in at Riviera over the final two hours after a day of warm sunshine, and Garcia could barely see the landing area in the fairway or the flags on the green.

No matter. He closed with an 8-iron to 6 feet on an elevated green at No. 9 for his seventh birdie.

Brandt Jobe, returning from a serious neck injury last summer, put his experience to use on the course he played more times than he can remember while at UCLA. He ran off four straight birdies late in his round, only to close with a bogey on the 18th to finish at 66.

Conditions have rarely looked this good at Riviera, from the firm grass below the feet and the magnificent, sunfilled sky above them — at least until the last couple of hours.

It felt like a working vacation, and it’s the latter Kuchar knows so well.

After opening with three straight weeks on the PGA Tour, which featured a pair of top 10s, he spent a week in Palm Springs and then took his family to Hawaii for paddle boarding, snorkeling, just about everything where an ocean is involved.

Getting back to golf, he worked with swing coach Chris O’Connell and felt just as good as he did before his break.

“I think it was Monday we put in a good day of work and I said, ’I need to get out and play.’ We went over to L.A. Country Club, played the North Course. I was excited about the things we were working on and excited how I was hitting the ball. ... I think the hot

start was certainly a great way to get the round going.”

It was a great day for scoring, and Kuchar had plenty of company.

James Hahn, the 31-year-old rookie who shared the 54-hole lead last week at Pebble Beach, and David Lynn of England were at 67. Disney winner Charlie Beljan chose to finish in the fog after play was suspended. He closed with a bogey and had a 67. He had seven birdies.

Eighteen players failed to finish the round, not unusual for this tournament.

They were to return Friday morning to finish, and then immediately start the second round.

The group at 68 included Lee Westwood and 53-year-old Fred Couples, a two-time winner of this event who feels rejuvenated when he plays at Riviera. Also at 68 was Fredrik Jacobson, the last man in the 64-man field at the Match Play Championship. With a good week, he won’t have to face Rory McIlroy in the first round next week.

Couples played the final Champions Tour event last year and the season opener this year, along with a two-day exhibition. He hasn’t practiced much in between.

“So it’s surprising, but again, I can figure my way out around this course,” Couples said.

He made clean, powerful contact for so much of the day, even producing the longest drive of his group on the par-5 17th over Westwood and Bubba Watson. Couples was pin-high on the hole for a simple up-and-down, the start of three straight birdies.

“It’s kind of a golf course that if you play well, you can shoot a decent score,” Garcia said. “But if you are not on, you can struggle quite a bit.”

Watson struggled.

For the first time in nearly three years — dating to a second-round 73 in the 2010 Honda Classic — the Masters champion failed to make a single birdie. He had a 76.

Phil Mickelson also is trying to regain some form just two weeks after his record performance to win the Phoenix Open. He had said it was imperative to be in the fairway to approach the small

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Matt Kuchar waves after making a birdie on the 10th green during the first round of the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles Thursday. greens of Riviera, and three fairways was not the blueprint he had in mind.

Mickelson didn’t hit a fairway until his 11th hole. Even so, he scratched out a 71 and felt he was only a round away from getting back into the mix.

“A mini-victory,” he said of his round at even par.

The surprise might have been Jobe, who discovered nerve blockage in his neck that became so bad he couldn’t close his hands around the club after playing the AT&T National last summer at Congressional. What followed was six months of rest and therapy and, after missing the cut at Torrey Pines, Jobe ran off six birdies at Riviera.

Jobe is on a major medical exemption, and he has to earn $303,178 in 10 events to keep full status the rest of

NHL ROUNDUP

Tavares scores shootout winner as Islanders take battle of New York

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLANDERS 4 RANGERS 3 SO NEW YORK — John Tavares scored one of the Islanders’ three-second period goals and then netted the winner in a shootout as New York broke a fivegame losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.

Tavares followed Frans Nielsen’s goal in the opening round of the tiebreaker with one of his own, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped Marian Gaborik and Rick Nash to give the Islanders the elusive win. They had dropped eight straight at Madison Square Garden, including a loss there last week.

The Rangers squandered a 2-0 lead and had their three-game winning streak snapped.

Dan Girardi and Gaborik staked the Rangers to the lead in the first period against Nabokov. Carl Hagelin tied it in the second.

Martin Biron gave Rangers workhorse goalie Henrik Lundqvist a break by making just his second start of the season. Biron was touched for goals by Colin McDonald, Tavares and Brad Boyes in the second when the Islanders grabbed the lead.

Nabokov made 36 saves through overtime, and Biron had 28.

CAPITALS 4, LIGHTNING 3 TAMPA, Fla. — Eric Fehr scored two goals, Mathieu Perreault had three assists and Washington beat Tampa Bay for its third straight win.

Troy Brouwer and Jay Beagle had the other Capitals goals.

Martin St. Louis, Teddy Purcell and Nate Thompson scored for the Lightning, who have lost six in a row (0-5-1). Tampa Bay backup goalie Mathieu Garon got the start in place of Anders Lindback, who is ill.

Garon finished with 35 saves.

HURRICANES 3, MAPLE LEAFS 1 RALEIGH, N.C. — Joe Corvo had a goal and an assist, and Carolina won its third consecutive game by beating Toronto.

Jussi Jokinen scored the go-ahead goal and Jeff Skinner had two assists for Carolina.

Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, and his brother Eric Staal extended his point streak to an NHL-leading 11 games with an assist on Corvo’s goal, the first of three for the Hurricanes in the second period.

Nazem Kadri scored for Toronto, which had its four-game winning streak snapped.

Dan Ellis made 22 saves for the win. Ben Scrivens stopped 30 shots for the Maple Leafs.

Bourque’s winner came on a tip-in just in front of the net.

The puck drifted in front of the crease and Shawn Matthias couldn’t clear it for Florida. Instead, it bounced off goalie Jose Theodore’s pad and Bourque poked it in.

Carey Price made 26 saves for his 17th career shutout and second against the Panthers.

The Canadiens won their second straight on the road.

Theodore stopped 31 shots against his former team but the Panthers lost their third in a row.

PREDATORS 3, COYOTES 0 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pekka Rinne made 19 saves for his second consecutive shutout to lead Nashville over Phoenix.

Gabriel Bourque, Nick Spaling and Mike Fisher had the goals for the Predators.

Rinne has shutouts in three of his past four starts and has not allowed a goal in his last 137 minutes, 41 seconds of action.

Bourque scored the game’s first goal at 2:40 of the third period.

AVALANCHE 4, WILD 3, SO ST. PAUL, Minn. — Milan Hejduk and Matt Duchene scored in the shootout to lift Colorado over Minnesota.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu in the shootout to get the win.

Hejduk beat Niklas Backstrom with a backhand move and Duchene beat the Wild goalie with a wrist shot.

Hejduk, Duchene and Aaron Palushaj scored in regulation for Colorado, which ended a three-game slide. It was the first shootout of the season for the Avalanche.

Parise, Koivu and Mike Rupp scored for Minnesota, which managed three goals for the first time in seven games.

the year.

“I’ve still got a lot of work to do to get to where I want to be, but my situation, every round counts,” he said. “So this is a good start to the week. Hey, I’d love to have a good week and get this thing wrapped up and be able to move on and have a normal life out here. But the reality is, you’ve really got to take it one day at a time. I’ve been out there and played enough that it’s not the end of the world if you have a bad day.”

Four players withdrew, including Sean O’Hair, who had an 83, and Cameron Beckman, who had an 80. Steve Marino was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. He had a 78.

Ben Crane checked in with an 80. Geoff Ogilvy, who ended last year at No. 51 in the world, had a 76 for his eighth straight round without breaking par.

Canadian Lavigne wins World Cup snowboarding bronze

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — Canadian snowboarder Ariane Lavigne made her debut on the World Cup podium Thursday.

The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., dominated both her runs against Valeriya Tsoy of Kazakhstan to capture a bronze medal in the women’s parallel giant slalom.

The competition is being held on the same course that will be used at the Sochi Olympics a year from now.

Former world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Marion Kreiner of Austria edged Amelie Kober of Germany by four-hundredths of a second to claim her third career World Cup victory.

Andreas Prommegger led an Austrian 1-2 in the men’s event.

Prommenger dominated both runs in the final over Ingemar Walder to score his third World Cup victory this season. Rok Flander of Slovenia was 0.35 seconds ahead of Switzerland’s Kaspar Fluetsch in the small final for third.

Not only had Lavigne never been on the podium, she had never finished in the top 16 at a World Cup event. “I knew it could happen,” she said.

“In all the last races I was so close.”

It all came together Thursday. She eliminated 2010 Olympic champion Nicolien Sauerbreij of the Netherlands in the quarter-finals “It’s been a great day,” she said. “I’m really happy with the riding. I’m happy with the results. It feels good. It feels really good.”

Parallel slalom events are scheduled for Friday. Lavigne is hoping for another good ride on the course she hopes to be competing on a year from now.

“It’s a great opportunity to be here in Sochi to get to know the course,” she said. “Hopefully I can do even better tomorrow.”

Prommegger leads the parallel giant slalom standings after three events by 610 points over Roland Fischnaller of Italy.

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W LOTLSOL GF dx-Edmonton 58 41 12 2 3 220 d-Prince Albert 58 32 21 2 3 186 Calgary 57 37 16 1 3 202 Saskatoon 56 32 21 0 3 204 Red Deer 58 30 22 4 2 167 Medicine Hat 58 29 26 2 1 198 Swift Current 58 27 25 3 3 168 Lethbridge 59 25 25 2 7 181 Kootenay 57 27 28 2 0 154 Moose Jaw 57 19 29 3 6 146 Regina 57 20 31 3 3 148 Brandon 58 20 34 2 2 155

GA 119 182 154 171 171 196 164 195 174 199 209 234

Pt 87 69 78 67 66 61 60 59 56 47 46 44

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt dx-Portland 57 46 8 1 2 263 126 95 dx-Kelowna 58 41 13 3 1 251 148 86 x-Kamloops 57 37 15 2 3 209 156 79 Victoria 56 32 20 1 3 185 186 68 Spokane 56 32 22 2 0 207 178 66 Tri-City 56 31 22 1 2 181 173 65 Everett 57 21 31 1 4 135 204 47 Seattle 57 19 32 5 1 165 233 44 Prince George 57 17 32 2 6 143 205 42 Vancouver 56 14 42 0 0 153 244 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.

Wednesday’s results Medicine Hat 3 Brandon 0 Prince Albert 3 Swift Current 1 Kootenay 5 Victoria 1 Red Deer 4 Prince George 1 Calgary at Spokane, Late Kamloops at Vancouver, Late Thursday’s game Everett at Kelowna, Late Friday’s games Kootenay at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Prince George at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

Swift Current at Regina, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 16 Kootenay at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Victoria at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Prince George at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

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

Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

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

Sunday, Feb. 17 Regina at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Victoria at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Vancouver at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 13 8 2 3 19 35 28 Pittsburgh 14 9 5 0 18 45 34 N.Y. Rangers13 7 5 1 15 36 34 Philadelphia 14 6 7 1 13 34 40 N.Y. Islanders13 5 7 1 11 40 46

Boston Montreal Ottawa Toronto Buffalo

GP 11 13 14 14 14

Northeast Division W L OT Pts 8 1 2 18 8 4 1 17 7 5 2 16 8 6 0 16 5 8 1 11

GF GA 32 25 36 33 35 27 40 36 39 48

Carolina Tampa Bay Florida Washington Winnipeg

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts 13 8 4 1 17 13 6 6 1 13 13 4 6 3 11 14 5 8 1 11 12 5 6 1 11

GF GA 41 37 49 40 30 47 40 49 32 40

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 13 10 0 3 23 44 28 Nashville 14 7 3 4 18 28 26 Detroit 13 7 4 2 16 36 36 St. Louis 13 7 5 1 15 43 43 Columbus 13 4 7 2 10 30 41

Vancouver Minnesota Edmonton Calgary Colorado

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts 12 8 2 2 18 14 6 6 2 14 13 5 5 3 13 11 4 4 3 11 12 5 6 1 11

GF GA 35 25 30 36 29 34 33 39 27 32

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 12 9 2 1 19 42 33 San Jose 13 7 3 3 17 36 29 Dallas 14 7 6 1 15 34 36 Phoenix 14 6 6 2 14 35 38 Los Angeles 11 4 5 2 10 26 32 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 2 St. Louis 4, Detroit 3, OT Calgary 7, Dallas 4 Thursday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO Colorado 4, Minnesota 3, SO Carolina 3, Toronto 1 Washington 4, Tampa Bay 3 Montreal 1, Florida 0, OT Nashville 3, Phoenix 0 Friday’s Games Boston at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

San Jose at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Columbus at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Florida, 1 p.m.

Ottawa at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s summaries Avalanche 4 at Wild 3 (SO) First Period No Scoring Penalties — None Second Period 1. Colorado, Palushaj 1 (Jones, Stastny) 2:38 2. Minnesota, Parise 7 (Koivu, Heatley) 8:52 3. Colorado, Hejduk 2 (McGinn, Barrie) 17:26 (pp) Penalties — Bordeleau Col (roughing) 10:14, Konopka Min (roughing) 16:23.

Third Period 4. Minnesota, Rupp 1 (Granlund) 2:30 5. Minnesota, Koivu 3 (Heatley, Suter) 11:56 6. Colorado, Duchene 4 (Parenteau, O’Brien) 12:42 Penalty — Parise Min (high-sticking) 18:53.

Overtime No Scoring Penalties — None Shootout Colorado wins 2-0 Colorado (2) — Hejduk, goal; Duchene, goal.

Minnesota (0) — Parise, miss; Koivu, miss.

Shots on goal by Colorado 5 15 11 1 — 32 Minnesota 11 8 7 3 — 29 Goal — Colorado: Giguere (W,2-0-0); Minnesota: Backstrom (L,5-4-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Colorado: 1-2; Minnesota: 0-1.

Attendance — 18,822 (17,954).

Coyotes 0 at Predators 3 First Period No Scoring Penalties — Halischuk Nash (hooking) 6:28, Moss Pho (tripping) 13:09, Erat Nash (holding) 17:46.

Second Period No Scoring Penalty — Ellis Nash (interference) 15:19.

Third Period 1. Nashville, Bourque 3 (Erat, Weber) 2:40 (pp) 2. Nashville, Spaling 3 (Halischuk, Wilson) 9:38 3. Nashville, Fisher 2 (Ellis, Erat) 18:16 Penalties — Boedker Pho (hooking) 1:21, Gaustad Nash (hooking) 19:30.

Shots on goal Phoenix 7 6 6 — 19 Nashville 6 14 9 — 29 Goal — Phoenix: M.Smith (L,4-4-1); Nashville: Rinne (W,6-3-3).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Phoenix: 0-4; Nashville: 1-2.

Attendance — 17,113 (17,113).

Capitals 4 at Lightning 3 First Period 1. Washington, Brouwer 7 (Perreault, Backstrom)

Rebels vs. Victoria Royals Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Centrium The Royals are coming off a 5-1 loss Wednesday to Kootenay but are 6-3-0-1 in their last 10 games and occupy fourth place in the Western Conference with a 32-20-1-3 record. The Royals were in sixth spot in the conference when they fell 3-2 to the Rebels in a shootout during their first visit to the Centrium Dec. 14. The Rebels and Royals have tangled on three occasions since Victoria re-entered the league at the start of the 201112 season, with the clubs splitting a two-game weekend series in the B.C. capital in November of 2011 . . . LW Alex Gogolev is the Royals’ top forward and leading scorer with 65 points (20-45) in 49 games and is currently out with a lower body injury. Nex in line are C Brandon Magee (28-23-51), LW Jamie Crooks, whose 42 points include a team-leading 28 goals, RW Ben Walker, who has 40 points (16-24) and is a team-best plus15, and C Steven Hodges (23-14-

2:40 (pp) 2. Tampa Bay, St. Louis 4 (Pouliot, Lecavalier) 8:23 Penalties — Hedman TB (hooking) 1:42, Green Wash (holding), Hendricks Wash (unsportsmanlike conduct), Aulie TB (roughing) 9:07.

Second Period 3. Washington, Fehr 2 (Perreault, Ward) 5:09 Penalties — None Third Period 4. Washington, Fehr 3 (Perreault, Carlson) 2:22 5. Washington, Beagle 1 (Schultz, Kundratek) 7:29 6. Tampa Bay, Purcell 3 (Stamkos) 12:02 7. Tampa Bay, Thompson 3 (St. Louis) 16:47 Penalty — Carlson Wash (interference) 9:29.

Shots on goal Washington 12 13 14 — 39 Tampa Bay 6 12 12 — 30 Goal — Washington: Holtby (W,4-4-0); Tampa Bay: Garon (L,1-3-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Washington: 1-1; Tampa Bay: 0-2.

Attendance — 19,204 (19,204).

Canadiens 1 at Panthers 0 (OT) First Period No Scoring Penalties — Bourque Mtl (goaltender interference) 1:35, Gudbranson Fla (hooking) 4:18, Kuba Fla (high-sticking) 15:00.

Second Period No Scoring Penalty — Gudbranson Fla (interference) 11:21.

Third Period No Scoring Penalty — Gorges Mtl (tripping) 12:57.

Overtime 1. Montreal, Bourque 4 (Galchenyuk) 2:10 Penalties — None Shots on goal Montreal 11 10 9 2 — 32 Florida 6 7 13 0 — 26 Goal — Montreal: Price (W,8-3-0); Florida: Theodore (L,4-5-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Montreal: 0-3; Florida: 0-2.

Attendance — 17,021 (17,040).

Islanders 4 at Rangers 3 (SO) First Period 1. N.Y. Rangers, Girardi 1 (Hagelin, Nash) 3:36 2. N.Y. Rangers, Gaborik 7 (Richards, Callahan) 11:28 Penalties — Boulton NYI (fighting, major), Asham NYR (fighting, major) 5:25.

Second Period 3. N.Y. Islanders, McDonald 2 (Cizikas) 0:29 4. N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 8, 6:45 5. N.Y. Islanders, Boyes 4 (Visnovsky, Strait) 7:25 6. N.Y. Rangers, Hagelin 5 (Gaborik, Staal) 11:14 (pp) Penalties — Boulton NYI (tripping) 3:06, Nielsen NYI (face-off violation) 4:33, Strait NYI (interference) 9:43, Hagelin NYR (interference) 14:45.

Third Period No Scoring Penalty — Finley NYI (high-sticking) 2:14.

Overtime No Scoring Penalties — None Shootout N.Y. Islanders wins 2-0 N.Y. Islanders (2) — Nielsen, goal; Tavares, goal.

N.Y. Rangers (0) — Gaborik, miss; Nash, miss.

Shots on goal N.Y. Islanders 6 14 7 4 — 31 N.Y. Rangers 11 12 12 4 — 39 Goal — N.Y. Islanders: Nabokov (W,5-5-1); N.Y. Rangers: Biron (L,1-0-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — N.Y. Islanders: 0-1; N.Y. Rangers: 1-4.

Attendance — 17,200 (17,200).

Maple Leafs 1 at Hurricanes 3 First Period No Scoring Penalties — Orr Tor (fighting, major), Westgarth Car (fighting, major) 2:05, Semin Car (slashing) 10:27.

Second Period 1. Carolina, Corvo 2 (E.Staal) 6:06 2. Toronto, Kadri 4 (Phaneuf, Grabovski) 7:51 (pp) 3. Carolina, Jokinen 2 (Skinner, Corvo) 12:58 (pp) 4. Carolina, J.Staal 2 (Skinner, McBain) 15:09 Penalties — Sanguinetti Car (interference) 6:28, McClement Tor (tripping) 12:31, Riemsdyk Tor (tripping) 19:03, Phaneuf Tor (roughing) 20:00.

Third Period No Scoring Penalties — None Shots on goal Toronto 8 10 5 — 23 Carolina 8 13 12 — 33 Goal — Toronto: Scrivens (L,2-3-0); Carolina: Ellis (W,3-1-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Toronto: 1-2; Carolina: 1-3.

Attendance — 18,680 (18,680).

37) . . . Import Patrik Polivka is 16th among WHL goaltenders with a 3.01 goals-against average. He possesses a save percentage of .900 . . . Royals D Kolton Dixon, listed as day-today with a lower body injury, and C Logan Fisher are Red Deer product who helped the Optimist Rebels win the Telus Cup championship last April.

Injuries: Victoria — D Kolton Dixon (lower body, day-today), LW Alex Gogolev (lower body, two weeks), C Luke Harrison (upper body, indefinite), RW Trent Lofthouse (upper body, 3-5 weeks), C Logan Nelson (lower body, day-to-day). Red Deer — LW Jesse Miller (upper body, indefinite), LW Cory Millette (upper body, indefinite).

Special teams: Victoria — Power play 22.8 per cent, second overall; penalty kill 79.8 per cent, 12th. Red Deer — Power play 17.1 per cent, 16th overall; penalty kill 84.6 per cent, fourth.

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REBELS: Tough “My sympathy goes out to everyone involved. That’s extremely tough,” said DePape. “I didn’t really know Kale, but from what I hear he was a great kid and just listening to some of the guys talk about him and tell stories . . . it brought tears to my eyes.

But we’re going to get through it as a team and as a family. Even though I’m new to it, I’m still part of it.”

DePape was in the Centrium stands Wednesday as the Rebels defeated the Prince George Cougars 4-1. He enjoyed the view.

“I thought it was a great game. I thought we played a full 60-minute game, that we didn’t take a minute off,” he said. “We had a lot of chances in the offensive zone and the power play was really clicking. I already knew this team has a great penalty kill and you see that last night.

“When I was at home I watched a few games on TV and on my computer so I knew what some of the guys were all about. The team looks pretty good.”

DePape flew to Kamloops Thursday evening to take part in a fundraiser today for juvenile diabetes research. He’ll be back in Red Deer Saturday.

“Being a diabetic myself, I’ve given back to the community the last few years in Kamloops,” said DePape, who was diagnosed with juve-

nile diabetes at the age of 13.

“I became close to a lot of people with diabetes in the community. It’s really important for me to go back there one last time and say a final goodbye in a good way.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

RDC: Home plate One of the things the Queens have been working on of late is reducing shots from the slot, or home plate as they call it.

“We worked in practice on our defensive zone coverage in the home plate area,” said Keeper. “We did a lot of drills on keeping the shots out of that area and we did a good job tonight. We allowed one in the first period, four in the second and three in the third.”

What the Queens did have trouble with was solving Brock.

“She played really well and frustrated some of our shooters. But she made great saves and it was key for us to keep getting shots on net and keeping our eyes up so we made good high shots on the rebounds rather than shovelling it back into her.”

Rachael Hoppins opened the scoring for RDC at 16:31 of the second period on the power play while Mackenzie Duncan evened the count at 5:54 of the third period on a screened shot from the point that gave goaltender Camille Trautman no chance. It was also a power play marker.

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Golf PGA-Northern Trust Scores Thursday At Riviera Country Club Course Los Angeles Purse: $6.6 million Yardage: 7,349; Par: 71 (35-36) First Round Matt Kuchar 31-33 Sergio Garcia 31-34 Brandt Jobe 33-33 David Lynn 33-34 James Hahn 33-34 Charlie Beljan 33-34 Pat Perez 35-33 Jim Furyk 34-34 Lee Westwood 33-35 Fred Couples 34-34 Fredrik Jacobson 33-35 Tim Herron 33-35 Robert Streb 32-36 John Merrick 33-35 Sang-Moon Bae 35-33 Bob Estes 33-35 Ben Curtis 33-35 John Rollins 35-34 Michael Block 33-36 Greg Chalmers 33-36 Greg Owen 35-34 Luke Donald 36-33 Charl Schwartzel 35-34 Peter Hanson 33-36 Marc Leishman 35-34 Angel Cabrera 32-37 Ryan Moore 34-36 Bill Haas 37-33 Y.E. Yang 34-36 Trevor Immelman 35-35 Jimmy Walker 32-38 Brian Davis 31-39 Josh Teater 34-36 Ricky Barnes 34-36 Nicolas Colsaerts 35-35 Matt Every 35-35 Seung-Yul Noh 34-36 Ernie Els 33-37 Webb Simpson 37-33 Hunter Mahan 34-36 Justin Leonard 34-36 Brendan Steele 36-34 Bo Van Pelt 37-33 Andres Romero 35-36 Jason Kokrak 35-36 David Mathis 35-36 Casey Wittenberg 36-35 Chad Campbell 33-38 Phil Mickelson 34-37 Keegan Bradley 33-38 K.J. Choi 34-37 George McNeill 35-36 Stewart Cink 34-37 Ted Potter, Jr. 35-36 Jerry Kelly 34-37 Rory Sabbatini 35-36 Ryo Ishikawa 35-36 John Mallinger 36-35 Adam Scott 35-36 Mark Wilson 37-34 Retief Goosen 33-38 Brendon de Jonge 37-34 Graham DeLaet 36-36

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Polutnik to be inducted to Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame Red Deer’s Rick Polutnik is one of three individuals and two teams that will be inducted in the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame, June 15 at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel.

Polutnik will join long-time Calgary Canucks head coach Don Phelps and official John Jacobs in the builder category, while the 1980-81 SAIT Trojans will be indicated in the achievement category and the 1947 Edmonton Flyers in the pioneer category.

Polutnik is a founding member of the Hockey Canada’s National Coach Mentorship program and currently serves as coach mentor/ambassador

● In other RDC news former basketball Queens head coach Dawn Smyth has made it official, she won’t be returning.

Smyth was given a year sabbatical to work with Canada Basketball with the stipulation that the position would be available if she decided to return for the 2013-14 season.

However, Smyth was presented with a permanent contract offer by Canada Basketball last week and she told RDC earlier this week she has accepted it and won’t be returning.

According to college policy they will have to advertise the position.

However, Mike Woollard took over the Queens this season and is the likely candidate to remain as the head coach.

Smyth is the director of coaching education and development for the Canadian association, a job which takes her across the country to work with coaches.

“I work coaching camps in an effort to build higher level coaches,” she explained in a telephone interview from Yellowknife. “I worked with the Canadian team at the World U17 championship and at training camps we hold for senior to cadet.: She also does scorekeeping for the NBA’s Toronto Raptors.

“That’s a lot of fun,” she said, adding that she also misses RDC. “I definitely miss the people and the relationships I build with the players,” she said. “You never forget those relationships. I was there (at RDC) a couple of days ago and I do miss that atmosphere.” drode@reddeeradvocate.com

to Slovakia.

The last two decades has seen him coach at every level of the game from minor, through college, to the national and junior women’s teams.

Polutnik spent 20 years as a volunteer and staff member of Hockey Alberta and is president of Teamworks Canada Incorporated, an organization that aims to improve the training, development, coaching and mentoring for organizations and teams.

During his career Polutnik won five provincial championships and two gold and two silver medals at the world championships.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to terms with LHP Rafael Perez on a minor league contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with LHP Charlie Furbush and RHP Hector Noesi on one-year contracts.

National League CINCINNATI REDS—Named Miguel Cairo special assistant to the general manager.

COLORADO ROCKIES—Acquired INF Reid Brignac from Tampa Bay for cash considerations and a player to be named.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Signed general manager John Mozeliak to a three-year contract extension through 2016. Exercised the 2014 option on manager Mike Matheny.

American Association GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS—Traded LHP Alain Quijano to Gary SouthShore for RHP Marshall Schuler.

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS—Signed RHP Paul Burnside.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Signed INF Brad Payne.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES—Signed RHP Matt Rusch.

Atlantic League SUGAR LAND SKEETERS—Signed RHP Julian Tavarez, RHP Greg Aquino, INF Josh Pressley and INF Ofilio Castro.

Can-Am League QUEBEC CAPITALES—Signed RHP Dustin Crensahw.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS—Released CB Terrence McGee. Signed QB Aaron Corp and OL Hutch Eckerson.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Agreed to terms with QB Dennis Dixon on a two-year contract.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Re-signed S Rafael Bush, TE Michael Higgins and G Eric Olsen.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS—Assigned D Jamie Oleksiak to Texas (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Returned C Andrei Loktionov to Albany (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Acquired G Cedrick Desjardins from Montreal for G Dustin Tokarski. Assigned F Pierre-Cedric Labrie and D Brendan Mikkelson to Syracuse (AHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Placed F Manny Malhotra on injured reserve.

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS—Announced RW Andrej Nestrasil was reassigned to the team from Toledo (ECHL).

NORFOLK ADMIRALS—Signed F Brayden Irwin to a professional tryout contract.

PROVIDENCE BRUINS—Announced D Ryan Button was reassigned to the team from South Carolina (ECHL).

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE—Acquired D Zach Miskovic from Chicago.

ECHL GWINNETT GLADIATORS—Announced G Mike Lee was reassigned to the team from Portland (AHL).

READING ROYALS—Announced F David Marshall was loaned to Binghamton (AHL). Claimed F Jim McKenzie off waivers.

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Romero and Janssen happy with progress TORONTO BLUE JAYS PITCHERS ARE REHABBING WELL AFTER POST-SEASON SURGERIES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS DUNEDIN, Fla. — The sun was nowhere to be seen Thursday and eavestroughs carved puddles into the gravel at rainy Florida Auto Exchange Stadium by early afternoon.

Of course, most Blue Jays players had left by then.

While there is a spring plan to build for the regular season, a newcomer might be forgiven for thinking the early days of baseball pre-season are like daycare for pro athletes. Where else can you go to work and have your choice of two kinds of bubble gum (Double Bubble and Bazooka) plus an array of sunflower seeds — including a dill pickle variety?

Still, it was a good day’s work for pitchers Casey Janssen and Ricky Romero.

Both threw from the practice mound, taking another step in their comeback from off-season surgery.

For rehabbing pitchers, making it to the mound only comes after seemingly endless tossing sessions on level ground.

“It was fun to be on a mound and throwing downhill again,” said Janssen, a reliever who had shoulder surgery in November.

“Any time you get a chance to get up on that mound and see a catcher, it feels good,” said Romero, a left-handed starter who had his elbow cleaned out in October and had platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections in both knees.

The 31-year-old Janssen, who took over as closer after Sergio Santos had shoulder surgery in July, converted 22 of 25 save opportunities and finished a fine season with a 1-1 record and 2.54 earned-run average.

He is being monitored closely to ensure he does not come back from surgery too fast. He estimated Thursday he was throwing at 70 to 80 per cent of what he is capable of.

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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Ricky Romero pitches in the bullpen during baseball spring training in Dunedin, Fla., on Thursday.

Janssen threw about 20 pitches.

He’ll take the mound again Sunday.

But previously he had, in essence, just been tossing the ball — lengthening the distance and pace over time.

“Today the catcher kind of felt close,” he said. “And I’m not saying I was popping the glove but I definitely could see a light at the end of the tunnel.”

Manager John Gibbons and other coaches watched from behind the mound at the Jays’ training complex.

“Looked good,” he said of Janssen.

Decision on NHL players going to 2014 Olympics not expected this week

“He wasn’t cutting it loose but there were no limitations. ... That’s a big step, that’s good for his confidence.

Janssen expects to see game action in the first or second week of March (the first pre-season game is Feb. 23) “if all goes well.”

“We’re going to take it slow and make sure it’s right,” he said.

Janssen had been working through shoulder issues for most of last season.

He had hoped rest might take care of things but eventually opted for surgery, to avoid the issue dragging on

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NEW YORK — A decision on whether NHL players will head to the 2014 Sochi Olympics isn’t likely this week, but a first day of discussions went well.

Talks between the NHL, the NHL players’ association, and officials from the International Ice Hockey Federation and the International Olympic Committee stretched into Thursday night as the parties worked toward getting NHL players back to the Olympics for a fifth straight time. There are obstacles in the process, but the sides will get back together on Friday to talk some more.

“We had good discussions,” NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press in an email Thursday. “We expect to continue tomorrow.”

While the NHL and the players might want to participate in the Olympics again, they have to figure out if it makes sense for them to interrupt another season to make it possible.

“I don’t expect any resolution or decisions this week,” Daly said.

In these negotiations, the NHL and the players’ association appear to be aligned in their position.

The Sochi Games are one year away. While a final decision isn’t required this week, one will have to be reached in the near future. It is believed hockey federations will need to know

by May what players will be available for their teams. The current discussions are being held between NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr, IIHL President Rene Fasel and officials from IOC. After enduring a long lockout that produced a shortened regular season this year, the NHL is weighing whether it is worth shutting down the game for more than two weeks next season to allow its players to go to Russia for the Olympics.

The time difference will force the games to be played at off hours in North America, and the NHL would like to receive concessions from the IOC .

into the season.

“I think my body told me this was the right move,” he said.

Santos, meanwhile, threw Wednesday and had some pop in his arm judging from the thud with which the ball landed in the catcher’s mitt.

Romero had a roller-coaster year in 2012. Named opening day pitcher for the second consecutive season, he raced out to an 8-1 record but eventually tied a franchise record with 13 straight losses. He finished with a 9-14 record and 5.77 ERA in 33 starts.

With the surgery, he had plenty of time in the off-season to ponder a rotten year. Asked how that felt, he replied “Like crap,” and laughed.

The 28-year-old Romero looked crisp Thursday, however. He had thrown off a high school mound a few times before camp.

“I really liked what Ricky was doing,” said Gibbons. “Looked like the old (Ricky).

“I didn’t see him last year when he had his struggles. But I’ve seen him when he’s really good when I was in Kansas City. You know what? He’s a pretty good pitcher. He’s done a lot of good things at this level. It’s going to be a good bounceback year for him Romero, suggesting that the inability to fix the issues last season caused his problems to snowball mentally, says he is entering this season with “a clean mind.” But he is not blaming last year’s problems on his health, saying he was able to pitch.

“I’m not going to put (out) any excuses,” he said. “I had a bad year and that’s all there is to it. At one point, everybody has to get over it. I’m not going to be the last pitcher to struggle. I’m sure there’s going to be plenty more.

You just move on.”

But he said he noticed he was not recovering as well between starts in 2012 and he said he decided to get it checked out at the end of season when he couldn’t rotate it.

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B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Feb. 15, 2013

Daytona 500 kicks off with playful media day

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brad Keselowski strolled through the Daytona 500 Club with his cellphone in one hand and a half-empty bottle in the other.

Nope, not beer. Not this time.

Keselowski was drinking orange juice Thursday at Daytona 500 Media Day, which officially kicked off Speedweeks. Still, the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion was his usual, laid-back, outspoken self, offering up some of the best one-liners during a daylong event filled with playful jokes, repetitive questions, canned answers and optimistic outlooks for the upcoming season.

For Keselowski, it wasn’t all that different from his last moment in the spotlight. He just didn’t have a little buzz going.

“If you drink enough orange juice, you can drink a lot of beer,” said Keselowski, who memorably chugged away in Victory Lane after clinching his first Cup championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November.

Three months later, he was fielding questions about defending his title, tweeting from his race car — which he famously did during last year’s Daytona 500 — the budding relationship between competitors Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and his plan to purchase a tank.

“There is just something very rootsy about it,” Keselowski said. “A man should own a tank.”

Where would he put it?

“Right in my driveway,” he said.

The tank talk was just one of the many topics addressed by the 50-plus drivers who took part in the eight-hour event at Daytona International Speedway.

No surprise, the Patrick and Stenhouse saga — they announced they were dating last month — took centre stage.

“It some respects, it’s just a relationship,” fivetime champion Jimmie Johnson said. “Clearly, there’s more to it. It doesn’t hurt anything. It will keep people looking and watching and curious as to what that dynamic is on the track, I’m sure. ... We’ll all be watching with great curiosity.”

Patrick and Stenhouse were open about their relationship, clearly ready for all the ribbing. They shared Valentine’s Day plans with reporters. He called her “hot.” She joked about what would happen if he wrecked her on the track.

“He better have a really good, ’I’m sorry,”’ Patrick said with a wink.

Four-time series champion Jeff Gordon was fielding questions of his own after filming a “Harlem Shake” video at his race shop — even climbing atop a race car to dance — and the evidence is now online.

“One of the best times I’ve ever had,” Gordon said. “Certainly the best time I ever had in my race shop with my guys in there. Luckily it was quick so it didn’t take them away from their jobs too long because there’s a lot going on at the shop. I’m a little embarrassed at my dancing, but it was still worth it.

It was a great time.”

Not everyone had a blast at media day.

Juan Pablo Montoya stared down a reporter who insinuated that the driver might hit another jet dryer this season. Montoya slammed into a dryer during

last year’s Daytona 500, setting off a fiery explosion that halted the race.

“People are dumb enough to think I hit the thing on purpose, like I really want to try and kill myself,” Montoya said later. “It is kind of crazy. That was a freak accident, and in a way, I was very, very lucky to walk away from that one. Not only myself, but the guy driving the jet dryer. To walk away with nothing out of that it was a miracle. I was glad it was over.”

Joey Logano, Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch talked about being with new teams. Kyle Larson, Dylan Kwasniewski, Ben Kennedy and Ryan Blaney looked and sounded every bit like eager youngsters. Austin Dillon wore a black cowboy hat to the event. Dave Blaney donned a pink firesuit.

Two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip, meanwhile, unveiled a green-and-white car to honour and raise funds for Sandy Hook Elementary School. Waltrip was set to drive the No. 30 Toyota in a one-race deal. Instead, he will be behind the wheel of No. 26 to honour the victims of the Dec. 14 massacre in Newtown, Conn., where 20 first-graders and six adults were gunned down.

Waltrip met with families from the area recently.

“I left there three hours later, but part of me is still there,” he said. “There’s no doubt about that. I didn’t have that same feeling before I got there. I was sad, I was hurt, I was sorry, but it wasn’t personal.

That day, it became personal.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. praised NASCAR for taking steps to mandate baseline concussion testing for drivers in 2014. Earnhardt missed two races following a concussion last season, knocking him out of contention for the championship.

Double-amputee Olympic star Pistorius charged in slaying of model girlfriend

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PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter dubbed the Blade Runner, was charged Thursday in the Valentine’s Day slaying of his girlfriend at his upscale home in South Africa, a shocking twist to one of the feel-good stories of last summer’s Olympics.

Pistorius buried his face in the hood of his workout jacket as officers escorted him from a police station after his arrest in the shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp, a 30-year-old model who had spoken out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women.

Police said she was shot four times in the predawn hours at Pistorius’ villa in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria. Officers found a 9 mm pistol inside the home and arrested Pistorius on a murder charge.

What sparked the shooting remained unclear, but police said they had received calls in the past about domestic altercations at the home of the 26-year-old athlete, who has spoken publicly about his love of firearms.

A police spokeswoman, Brigadier Denise Beukes, said the incidents included “allegations of a domestic nature.”

“I’m not going to elaborate on it, but there have been incidents,” Beukes said. She said Pistorius was home at the time of Steenkamp’s death and “there is no other suspect involved.”

Pistorius made history in the London Games when he became the first double-amputee track athlete to compete in the Olympics. He didn’t win a medal but did make the semifinals of the 400 metres and became an international star.

Thursday, companies quickly removed billboards and advertising featuring Pistorius, a national hero in South Africa who also inspired fans worldwide with the image of his high-tech carbon-fiber blades whipping through the air.

Kenny Oldwage, Pistorius’ lawyer, told reporters the athlete was “emotional” after his arrest, “but he is keeping up.” He said he planned to seek bail for Pistorius at a preliminary hearing Friday.

Pistorius has had troubles in the past in his personal life, which often featured fast cars, cage fighters and women.

In February 2009, he crashed a speedboat on South Africa’s Vaal River, breaking his nose, jaw and several ribs and damaging an eye socket. He required 180 stitches to his face. Witnesses said he had been drinking, and officers found alcoholic beverages in the wreckage, though they did not do blood tests.

In November, Pistorius was involved in an altercation over a woman with a local coal mining millionaire, South African media reported. The two men involved the South African Police Service’s elite Hawks investigative unit before settling the matter.

Pistorius’ father, Henke Pistorius, said Thursday: “We all pray for guidance and strength for Oscar and the lady’s parents.”

A spokeswoman for Pistorius at Fast Track, an international sports marketing agency in London, said the athlete was assisting with the investigation and there would be no further comment “until matters become clearer.”

Kesler to return to Canucks lineup tonight THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Ryan Kesler no longer has to worry about wearing a grey jersey in practice.

After having discarded the grey duds that signal an injured player, he is slated to put on a regular Canucks jersey Friday as Vancouver (8-2-2) hosts the Dallas Stars (76-1).

Barring an unexpected change, Kesler will play for the first time since the opening round of last spring’s playoffs.

He spent the off-season and NHL lockout recu-

perating from shoulder and wrist injuries that bothered him last season and required surgery.

“My jersey colour changed, and I felt good out there,” said Kesler after practice Thursday.

Kesler wore a blue jersey after instead of the grey one that had warned players not to hit him. The discarding of the grey jersey signalled that he has been cleared for contact. Coach Alain Vigneault confirmed he was also medically cleared to play a game.

“There’s all indication that he’s ready to go,” said Vigneault.

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SHREK JOURNEY Journey to a land Far Far Away to enjoy a Shrek interactive extravaganza at the Dawe Branch of the Red Deer Public Library on Feb. 21. All ages are welcome to participate in redonkeylous games and catastrophic experiments. There will be treats, party favours and more.

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Rail traffic to jump RAIL YARD BEING ADDED AT NOVA CHEMICALS AT JOFFRE

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Rail traffic at the Nova Chemicals complex in Joffre will be boosted by about 30 per cent as part of a proposed polyethylene plant expansion.

A rail yard with room for 450 cars will be added on the west side of the existing yards, which will also be expanded to make room for almost 100 more cars.

The additional rail traffic created means Nova will have to drop a self-imposed 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew in its rail yards. The curfew was put in place to keep noise down at night.

Rick Van Hemmen, Nova’s Joffre site leader, said the company does not know yet how much extra activity will be created and how much former curfew time will be needed to move rail cars around.

The company said it is well aware that keeping noise down is important to neigh-

bours and the company will do as much as it can to limit the impact, especially during usual sleeping hours.

One of the key considerations for choosing the rail yard site was that it is further from neighbouring residents.

More details on traffic flows and movements in the new yards will come as plans proceed.

The Nova complex sees about 10,500 hopper cars and 7,500 tank cars a year. About 4,400 to 5,400 more cars will be added after the expansion.

Van Hemmen was before Lacombe County council on Thursday to discuss rezoning 100 acres of agricultural land to heavy industrial to make way for the rail yards.

The $30-million project is part of a $750-million to $900-million expansion to a polyethylene plant on site.

The new polyethylene reactor will produce about 950 million to 1.1 billion pounds of low-density polyethylene a year — boost-

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The public is welcome to hear two speakers talking about controversial issues in education. Creating a Great School for All, An Evening with Alfie Kohn and Pasi Sahlberg, will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Red Deer College’s Fine Arts Centre. The speakers will give international perspectives on how we ensure Alberta continues to be one of the best education systems in the world.

They will talk on various topics: How much homework is too much? Too much testing in schools?

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There is limited seating. Doors will open with a cash bar at 6:30 p.m. The presentation begins at 7 p.m. and the program ends at 8:30.

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Subdivision ‘loophole’ left open

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

SWEETHEART SOCIAL Daddy/Daughter Sweetheart Social for dads and daughters, aged five to 14, will be held at the Golden Circle on Feb. 23.

The social includes a full-course buffet dinner, photo booth and activities. Shalom Counselling Centre is hosting the social.

Tickets are $35 per person. For information or tickets, call 403342-0339. Shalom Counselling Centre is a Christian ministry and registered charity that operates under the direction of an interdenominational board of directors. The Golden Circle is located at 4620 47A Ave. in Red Deer.

ing total plant production by about 40 per cent.

Nova’s board is expected to give the project the green light next month and construction would start in the spring for completion by the end of 2015.

Coun. Rod McDermand, who attended the meeting through teleconferencing, questioned how much of the 100 acres would be taken out of agricultural production when the rail yards are built.

Van Hemmen said about 20 acres are needed for the yards, but there will also be a little more land put aside to create a larger wetlands area.

However, if approved, all 100 acres would be zoned industrial and could one day be put to that use, he added.

Council gave first reading to the rezoning bylaw and set a public hearing for March 14. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Steve Silvernagle of Red Deer County has his mule deer antlers measured by Dale Peters at the Moose Hall Wednesday. Hunters brought their trophies to be measured at the evening sponsored by the Red Deer Fish and Game Club.

An effort to close a loophole that was being used to get around agriculture subdivision rules in Lacombe County failed to pass council on Thursday.

Politicians were divided over the proposal to change the Municipal Development Plan to make it tougher for those trying to create agricultural subdivisions for small farm operations such as tree farms.

It came to light that of the 26 subdivisions granted since 2007 so people could set up tree farms, only four ever took root — two of which had already been tree farms before subdivision was granted.

In some cases, those involved applied for an agricultural subdivision — which must be a minimum 10 acres in size — if they didn’t qualify for a smaller acreage, or wanted more than the four acres allowed for acreage subdivisions.

Planning staff also found it telling that a dozen properties were sold once subdivision was approved.

To close the loophole, it was proposed that agricultural operations must be established for three years and operating at 50 per cent capacity before subdivision would be approved.

But some county residents said the changes went too far and would restrict the creation of small farm operations and the opportunities to give young farmers a start.

The three-year requirement would also cause financing hassles and there should be other ways to determine whether a small farm operation is established, some said.

Coun. Brenda Knight doubted the new measures would fix the problem.

“If you think you’re going to close loopholes, you’re not,” she said. The county would just see more people applying for the four-acre subdivisions, she predicted.

Coun. Paula Law agreed that might be the case, but said she would rather see four acres taken out of agricultural production than 10 acres.

The proposed amendments were lost on a tie 3-3 vote. Reeve Ken Wigmore and Councillors Cliff Soper and Law voted in favour.

Councillors Keith Stephenson, Dana Kreil and Knight voted against. Coun. Rod McDermand was absent. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

IMPAIRED DRIVING CASE Council to consider permanent options for urban chickens Judge decides

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Backyard chickens may be here to stay.

On Tuesday, Red Deer city council will consider starting a formal urban chicken project, a bylaw to allow up to four chickens per household, a bylaw that prohibits backyard chickens or explore legal options to allow chickens as a permitted accessory use.

The urban chicken issue was put on council’s plate following an Advocate article about a Red Deer family who raised chickens in their backyard in October 2011. Council approved a pilot in February 2012, allowing a handful of residents to assess the issues and impacts of urban chickens in the backyards of city homes.

Since council approved the pilot, the city has received little opposition to allowing the backyard coops.

The Red Deer chapter of Canadian Liberated Urban Chicken Klub (CLUCK) has spent the past year supporting urban farmers and educating others.

Charity Briére, a member of CLUCK,

said in a letter in the council report that there has been a surge in interest, online membership and feedback over the year.

But she says they do not know yet how many active chicken coops are in the city. She estimated there are 20 to 30 coops.

“The fact that so few coops are known is telling of the nature of welltended urban hens and their coops,” she says. “They are quiet, clean and make subtle neighbours.”

CLUCK has partnered with Olds College to teach a course on urban hen-keeping later this year.

City administration is recommending turning the urban chicken project into a formal pilot, to run until March 31, 2014.

Staffers would report back to city council in February 2014 with the outcomes and for further direction.

Under the pilot, residents will be permitted to keep background chickens but must register the chickens with the Inspections and Licensing Department. Roosters would not be permitted. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

trial to continue

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF A Court of Queen’s Bench justice has ruled that there is enough evidence to continue a trial involving a man charged with impaired driving causing death after his friend was killed in December 2006.

Defence lawyer Bob Sawers of Calgary called for dismissal of the charge against Preston Clifford Hanson, 26.

His friend Nathan Michael Medwid, 19, died after being ejected from his car after it rolled four times on Hwy 20, about five km north of Sylvan Lake early on Dec. 5, 2006.

Sawers argued the

Crown’s case was entirely circumstantial on whether Hanson was the driver of the vehicle that night.

Justice Monica Bast said on Thursday that while there was no direct evidence or physical evidence on who the driver was, there was still enough background evidence in regard to this.

The men went to a Red Deer bar on the night of Dec. 4, 2006, court has heard.

Medwid left the bar at one point and was sleeping in the front of the car with it running.

But no one saw who had climbed into the car to drive away, Bast said.

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CheckStop results in drug seizure An unmistakable odour led to an unexpected drug bust for the Three Hills RCMP during a checkstop near Elnora on Monday.

At about 10:30 p.m., a vehicle traveling south of Hwy 21 entered the checkstop area, where an RCMP member noticed the smell of marijuana coming from the cab.

Members conducted a search of the cab and found a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police say.

A search of the trunk revealed a large bag of marijuana weighing 239 grams, with an estimated street value of about $2,400.

The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle was arrested for possession of

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Marijuana and drug paraphernalia seized by Three Hill RCMP near Elnora on Monday. marijuana.

A 26-year-old from man from Drumheller was charged with one count of possession of marijuana over 30 grams and was issued a 24-hour suspension for driving under the influence of a drug. The suspect vehicle was seized and towed.

The male was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in Drumheller provincial court on April 3.

Sylvan Lake recognized for making waves Sylvan Lake is making waves.

The resort town was recognized as the 2013 RVWest Reader’s Choice Award for Favourite Lake or Waterfront Destination.

Now in its seventh year, the awards are chosen by readers. Businesses and destinations were nominated in more than 40 categories. The full list will be published in the March/April edition of the magazine and on its website (www.rvwest.com).

Mayor Susan Samson said residents of Sylvan Lake have always known how amazing the community is and the privilege to live next to the lake but it is rewarding to know others recognize this.

Bail denied for accused in drug case Bail was denied on Thursday morning for a Red Deer man accused of failing to comply with conditions in connection with a major drug bust in June 2011.

A bail hearing was held in Red Deer provincial court for the man, who was ordered not to consume alcohol as part of his conditions.

Christopher Vanoverbeke, 30, was charged on June 29, 2011, with drug possession for the purpose of trafficking, three counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, and single counts of possession of property obtained by crime, and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking.

Expert warns about body lice found in Edmonton

Penguin dies at Calgary Zoo after surgery to remove large stick

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A penguin at the Calgary Zoo has died after swallowing a large stick it found in its exhibit.

Fiona, an adult Gentoo penguin, died in December, about eight days after she had surgery to remove the 25-centimetre stick.

Zoo curator Jamie Dorgan says the penguin seemed to be recovering well from surgery, but eight days after the operation, they found it dead in a holding room where it was being kept during recovery.

He says penguins are curious and may have thought the stick was nesting material.

Dorgan says staff do check the exhibit before letting out the birds and that day was no exception.

He called it — quote — “flukey”, adding the zoo didn’t put out a news release at the time because officials don’t consider the death to be anything out of the ordinary.

“We don’t put out a press release for every animal death. We are a large zoo, we have a lot of animals, all kinds of comings and goings, births, deaths, acquisitions...

“We’ve been incredibly lucky to get through a full year with 46 birds and this is the first death we had.

Penguins have an average life span of somewhere

— ZOO CURATOR JAMIE DORGAN

around 20 years; realistically, we should be over the years seeing an average of two penguins dying a year as we go along. Statistically that’s the way it is.”

The zoo’s penguin exhibit opened in February 2012.

The zoo has experienced several animal deaths in recent years including a hippo, wild goat, capybara and stingrays.

In December, two employees were disciplined after a great grey owl died.

It happened while the workers were transferring it from one holding area to another and the bird flew into a gate.

The zoo said an investigation showed the workers did not take reasonable precautions to ensure the owl’s safety.

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Hanson said a woman he met that night was driving them home but took off and he didn’t know where she was, Bast said.

He went in out and consciousness before the ambulance arrived, but then was unconscious, he claimed.

The car was owned by Medwid, said Bast.

Bast said it was later revealed during police investigation that Hanson lied about the woman because he wanted to protect himself and his friend and at the time he didn’t know that this friend had died.

But there was also information that Hanson was found with the car key in his pocket. He turned off the car after the collision.

Defence witness Jessica Dawn Lee, who was married to Hanson’s brother Brian at the time of the crash, testified that she told the young men when they were heading out that night to give them a call if they

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had been drinking and needed a ride home.

“They knew someone would come and get them,” said Lee, 28, of Calgary.

The trial was to resume today at 10 a.m., at which time the defence may or may not call more evidence.

Final arguments from the Crown and defence would be held on Tuesday. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

EDMONTON — An infectious disease expert is speaking out about a rare outbreak of body lice in Edmonton.

Dr. Stan Houston says the lice found on a patient should raise alarm bells because it is an indication that some people are living in really awful conditions.

Houston, a University of Alberta professor, says body lice are usually seen in only the most severe situations, such as refugee camps or among street children in Africa.

He has asked Alberta’s Medical Officer of Health to take measures to prevent the lice from spreading.

Houston says some lice can transmit several lifethreatening bacterial infectious diseases.

The group Public Interest Alberta says body lice are an indication that some people aren’t getting the help they need from social service programs.

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TRIAL: To resume today

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

‘WE’VE BEEN INCREDIBLY LUCKY ...THIS IS THE FIRST DEATH WE HAD (THIS YEAR). . . STATISTICALLY THAT’S THE WAY IT IS.’

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Red Deer City RCMP seized drugs with an estimated street value of about $150,000.

The majority of drugs were discovered in a storage locker, police said.

Police found more than one kg of marijuana, a quantity of psilocybin (magic mushrooms), about 2,500 tablets of ecstasy, plus a large amount of MDMA, which is the active ingredient in ecstasy.

More than $4,800 in cash was also seized.

Vanoverbeke was let go on cash bail following his 2011 arrest, along with co-accused Nigel Eatmon, 27, of Red Deer.

Eatmon was also charged with drug possession for the purpose of trafficking, three counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, one count of possession of a controlled substance, and one count of possession of property obtained by crime.

Vanoverbeke will head to trial from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 in connection with the drug charges.

Eatmon will be at a pre-trial conference on July 30.

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For the first time ever, Western Hockey League rivals Red Deer Rebels and Lethbridge Hurricanes take the battle from the ice to the clinic to see who can bring in the most blood donations in February.

As of Feb. 14, the Rebels have 91 blood donations while the Hurricanes have 93.

With the halfway mark of the campaign reached, residents in Red Deer are being asked to turn up the heat and show support for their home team by donating blood on behalf of the Rebels, to show Lethbridge which city has the most dedicated fans.

People have the chance to win a Rebels Prize Pack consisting of an autographed 2012-13 Rebels jersey, a four-pack of tickets to an upcoming home game and Rebels and Canadian Blood Services swag.

Call 1-888-2-DONATE or visit blood. ca to book appointment.

Clinic hours are Mondays from 3 to 7 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It’s also open on Family Day, Monday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Red Deer blood services location is at is Bay 5, 5020 68th St.

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Canada’s growth to pick up IMF SAYS ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPECTED TO RISE IN 2013

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund says Canada’s economic growth is expected to pick up again later in 2013, but noted that high household debt and high housing prices leave the country vulnerable.

The IMF estimates that growth should be around 2.5 per cent by 2014-15 following a slowdown in the Canadian economy last year.

It notes that consumption and house purchases are expected to contribute less to growth than in the past as households pay down debt and housing prices cool off.

On the positive side, the international agency says business investment and exports will benefit from an expected stronger U.S economy.

But near-term risks remain high from uncertainty on American fiscal policy, turbulence in Europe and lower commodity prices.

The International Monetary Fund cites in its annual staff report on Canada that the country’s financial markets have benefited from improved global conditions.

The country’s banks are well capitalized and profitable, the IMF says, but remain exposed to possible spill overs from “distress” in the global financial markets.

The IMF said Canada could face some risk that would lower growth.

“While high household debt and still elevated house prices leave Canada more vulnerable to external shocks, a less gradual unwinding of domestic imbalances than in staff forecasts could also lead to lower growth,” it said in a report on Thursday.

“Private consumption and residential investment are expected to contribute less to growth than in the recent past,” the report said.

The IMF said the housing market cooled off somewhat last year, albeit from very high levels, and the uncertain environment weighed on business investment.

The agency noted that federal and pro-

vincial governments moved ahead with plans to return to balanced budgets, so fiscal policy also held growth in check last year.

“At the same time, weak external demand and the strong currency depressed exports,” said the report.

The IMF noted that Canada is targeting a balanced budget by mid-decade and net debt, at around 34.5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product, is below most of its international peers.

Outgoing Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has said while the export sector may pick up, the Canadian domestic economy is losing steam, particularly in the housing sector. Carney has said that is the reason he believes interest rates will need to stay low for a long time.

For the economy to grow as the Bank of Canada anticipates — by two per cent this year and 2.7 per cent next year — Carney has said exports must return to pre-recession levels and business investments must expand.

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Target looking to fill staffing needs with job fairs next week

HONDA ACCORD WIN CAR OF THE YEAR AWARD, HYUNDAI SANTA FE GETS BEST SUV TORONTO — The Honda Accord has won the coveted 2013 car of the year award from Canadian automobile journalists. The midsized family sedan beat out finalists the Porsche Boxster and Hyundai Elantra GT to pick up the top prize, awarded Thursday by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada in Toronto.

Honda Canada President Takashi Sekiguchi credited the victory to the Japanese automaker’s push to improve the Accord.

The Hyundai Sante Fe beat out rival the Ford Escape to grab the best utility vehicle award, while the sleek Porsche 911 Carrera S netted best design honours.

Gov. says new cars will need shoulder belts for rear seat OTTAWA — All new cars built in Canada as of September 2015 will come equipped with shoulder safety belts for the rear centre seat, a change that’s part of an alignment of auto safety regulations in Canada and the United States. New crash test standards are also being adopted that could both improve automotive safety and save car makers millions of dollars, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Thursday as she took part in announcing the changes.

“Seat belts do save lives,” Aglukkaq said.

“Improving (seat belts) based on new tests and whatnot is important and we need to continue to do that.”

On top of adding a mandatory requirement for lap and shoulder seat belts in the rear centre seat, new crash test standards are being adopted.

Car makers will have to use female and child-sized dummies in their crash tests, says Transport Canada.

Those tests must also be conducted at higher speeds for front-end crashes and improvements will be required in air bag deployment testing.

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Specialist Anthony Confusione, right, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday. Renewed worries about Europe overshadowed an encouraging U.S. jobs report, and stocks flipped between slight gains and losses on Thursday.

MPC OK’s plan for industrial park Red Deer’s municipal planning commission has given a thumbs-up to a proposed industrial area structure plan for a quarter section in Queens Industrial Park.

The commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend to city council that it approve the draft Queens Business Park SE 36 Industrial Area Structure Plan. That plan would cover 160.6 acres on the west side of Hwy 2 and 0.8 km south of Hwy 11A, and which is part of the land annexed by the city from Red Deer County in November 2007.

Currently, a large part of the area is being farmed, with Allan Dale Trailers and RVs operating along Hwy 2.

The Queens Business Park SE 36 Industrial Area Structure Plan would designate

QUEENS INDUSTRIAL PARK much of the area for light industrial development. The land along Hwy 2 would be zoned direct control and earmarked for vehicle and machinery dealerships.

The north end of the quarter section would be developed first, said Orlando Toews, a senior planner with the city. The next phase would cover the land along Hwy 2, with development of the remainder of the parcel to follow that.

The land north of the plan area is already being developed by the city.

Toews told the commission that the plan would facilitate economic development, create new industrial land and improve access to existing

businesses to the south.

Peter Holloway, a citizen representative on the commission, expressed concerns about businesses backing onto Hwy 2 storing material that might detract from the view from the busy highway.

But Toews pointed out that this area would be subject to higher development standards because it’s within the major entry area covered by the city’s land use bylaw.

He added that the dealerships expected to locate in this area would want to enhance their highway appeal.

Area structure plans provide the framework for rezoning, subdivision and development of the lands they cover

Target Corp. is taking aim at the local labour market, with a series of job fairs planned over the next two weeks.

The United States retailer, which is preparing to open a store in Red Deer as part of its expansion into Canada, is now recruiting supervisory staff. Daily job fairs are scheduled for the Red Deer Lodge Feb. 19 to 28, excluding Sunday, Feb. 24.

The company said in a release that it is looking for a “sales floor team leader, guest service team leader, backroom team leader and more.”

“The team leader is the person who manages and provides direction to the team members who are in those respective areas,” explained Tamar Nersesian, a public relations officer with Target.

They will also help interview applicants for other positions, and train those hired.

Nersesian said recruitment of nonsupervisory staff will also be done via local job fairs, although the timing of these has not yet been announced.

“In total, we’re looking to hire between 150 and 200 team members per store,” she said.

Target said previously that Red Deer will be among its first wave of 48 Canadian stores, with these expected to open this spring. Nersesian said on Thursday that the company has not yet issued a more specific timeline.

However, renovations to the premises in Bower Place Shopping Centre that Target plans to occupy have been ongoing since Zellers closed there in November. The City of Red Deer has issued a building permit for $7.1 million worth of work there.

Target has indicated that it plans to open 125 to 135 stores in Canada over the next few years.

Its upcoming job fairs at the Red Deer Lodge will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with the exception of Feb. 21 (11 a.m. to 8 p.m.), Feb. 23 (6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) and Feb. 27 (8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.) Prospective employees are asked to complete an online application in advance, with these available at target. ca/careers.

Town of Rimbey gets airport from province for $1

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The Town of Rimbey should soon be able to add “airport” to its list of assets.

The town recently struck a deal to purchase the Rimbey Airport from the province for $1. It’s completed the necessary documents and sent them to Alberta Transportation, and is now waiting to hear back, said Rimbey chief administrative officer Tony Goode.

Located on 60 acres of land about four km north of town in Ponoka County, the airport consists of a 2,950-foot turf runway with landing lights, a terminal building and three privately owned hangars.

“We’ve picked up for a dollar, 60 acres of land that the town can make use of now and in the future when it best suits us as a municipality,” said Rimbey Mayor Sheldon Ibbotson.

The facility has been maintained by the town since the 1980s, said Goode.

When someone inquired a few years ago about buying a lot to build a hangar, town officials verified that the property was be-

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Hangars at the Rimbey Airport are quiet during the winter months but sees lots of traffic during the summer. The Town of Rimbey struck a deal with the province to get the land for $1. ing leased from the province. However, that lease expired last fall, and the Alberta government agreed to sell it for the token amount.

Ibbotson and Goode think the associated land will provide Rimbey with development opportunities.

“We’ve had actually a number of inquiries looking for lots out there to build hangars,” said Goode.

Ibbotson added that the airport might also be a desirable place for an industrial business to operate.

“Now we have the opportunity to do whatever makes sense to us — maintain it as it is or look for further possibilities.”

That could include promoting the facility’s aviation opportunities, said Goode.

“A number of people have told me this is probably one of the best grass runways in the province.

“Now that we’re going to own it outright, we’ll have more flexibility in what we can do.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Former RIM CEO Balsillie no longer owns BlackBerry shares

MARKETS COMPANIES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OF LOCAL INTEREST Thursday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Thursday as energy stocks backed off amid data that showed worsening economic conditions in Europe and earnings disappointments.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 53.49 points to 12,721.79 while the TSX Venture Exchange was down 7.72 points to 1,196.56.

The Canadian dollar was ahead 0.06 of a cent at 99.88 cents US. U.S. indexes were mixed after Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office, said the eurozone economy shrank by 0.6 per cent in the final quarter of 2012 from the previous three-month period. T he decline was bigger than the 0.4 per cent drop expected by markets and represented the biggest fall since the first quarter of 2009 when the global economy was in its deepest recession since the Second World War. The Dow Jones industrials was off 9.52 points to 13,973.39 , the Nasdaq composite index was up 1.78 points to 3,198.66 and the S&P 500 was up 1.05 points to 1,521.38.

The eurozone has now contracted for three straight quarters, weighed down by weak, debt-laden countries such as Greece and Spain, where governments have been aggressively increasing taxes and cutting spending.

Especially worrisome was worsening conditions in Europe’s biggest economy.

The German economy shrank by a quarterly rate of 0.6 per cent in the fourth quarter as demand for its exports fell.

There was also major acquisition activity in the U.S. Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway and investment company 3G are buying food giant Heinz in a deal valued at $23.3 billion, excluding debt.

Heinz shareholders will receive $72.50 in cash for each share of common stock they own, a 20 per cent premium to Heinz’s closing price of $60.48 on Wednesday.

The energy sector led decliners, down 1.6 per cent while the March crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 30 cents to US$97.31 a barrel.

Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) posted a net loss of C$118 million or 16 cents per share, a big turnaround from the year-earlier profit of $266 million or 35 cents per share. Cash

flow fell to $697 million or 92 cents per share, down from $851 million or $1.12 per share. Cenovus shares declined 81 cents to $31.79.

Gas giant Encana Corp.

(TSX:ECA) reported a fourth-quarter loss of $80 million, an improvement over a shortfall of $476 million a year ago. Encana expects its oil and natural gas production in 2013 to be between 50,000 to 60,000 barrels per day and capital investment to be about $3 billion to $3.2 billion.

But that’s below an earlier forecast of 60,000 to 70,000 bpd. And its previous target for capital investment had been $4 to $5 billion and its shares fell $1.28 or 6.57 per cent to $18.20.

Utilities also contributed to the poor TSX showing as Just Energy Group (TSX:JE) dropped 71 cents or 8.47 per cent to $7.67.

The stock has been under pressure since last Friday, with its stock plunging 13 per cent that day after the natural gas and electricity retailer slashed its dividend, missed analyst revenue expectations, and announced that it wants to put in place a shareholder rights plan.

The tech sector was the leading sector, about 1.25 per cent with BlackBerry (TSX:BB) up $1.05 or 7.5 per cent to C$15.05, a day after dropping more than eight per cent as the sheen continued to wear off from the company’s smartphone product launch two weeks ago. Shares had been negative earlier in the session when it was revealed that former CEO James Balsillie no longer owns a stake in the company.

The rest of the sector was mixed with Constellation Software (TSX:CSU) down $3.54 or 2.94 per cent to $117.

The gold sector was up about 0.4 per cent as April bullion surrendered early gains and moved down $9.60 to US$1,635.50 an ounce, its lowest close since Aug. 20.

The base metals sector was ahead 0.11 per cent while copper for March delivery on the Nymex was unchanged at US$3.74 a pound.

Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX:TRQ) gave back 13 cents to C$7.40.

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 32.44 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.51 First Quantum Minerals . 20.18 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 34.67 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 11.01 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 70.62 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 8.34 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.84 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.72 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 34.20 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 25.20 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 35.55 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 47.26 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.82 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 48.38 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 31.18 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.47 Canyon Services Group. 10.80 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.79 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 18.20 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.17 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 88.52

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Thursday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,721.79 down 53.49 points TSX Venture Exchange —

American Airlines, US Airways to merge

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — US Airways CEO Doug Parker has landed the big merger he sought for years. Now the soon-to-be CEO of the new American Airlines has to make it work.

Planes need painting. Frequent flier programs have to be combined. And the new airline will still be weak in Asia and need to win back business travellers who have been drifting away to other airlines.

The two airlines announced an $11 billion merger Thursday that will turn American into the world’s biggest airline, with some 6,700 daily flights and annual revenue of roughly $40 billion. It’s a coup for Parker, who runs the much-smaller US Airways and has long pursued a deal like this one with the strong belief that airlines would have a better shot at consistent profits if they bulk up through mergers.

The latest deal will mean that the four biggest U.S. airlines are all the product of mergers that began in 2008. Those deals bring benefits, but they also show that putting together two airlines smoothly is not easy.

Some of the work on the latest combination has already been done. Pilots form both airlines have agreed to the outlines of a deal that should make it much easier to get a final, joint contract. And Parker is inclined to use American’s computer systems such as those that track reservations and passenger information, he said on a conference call. He said past mergers have shown that it’s easier to use the bigger airline’s technology, because then fewer people at the smaller airline need to learn it.

Noting those factors, JP Morgan analyst Jamie Baker predicted a “relatively smooth” transition.

The combined carrier is going to be called American Airlines and be based in Fort Worth. The deal is expected to close by the end of September, as part of American’s emergence from Chapter 11 protection.

Even after that, travellers on American and US Airways won’t notice immediate changes. It likely will be months before the frequent-flier programs are combined and years before the two airlines are fully integrated.

Parker sought a merger almost as soon as American parent AMR Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2011.

As Parker pushed ahead, creditors forced AMR’s management to consider the value of a merger compared with a plan for an independent American.

Eventually they concluded that the best return for stakeholders, and the best chance to compete with bigger rivals United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, came from a merger.

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TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Thursday at 1,196.56, down 7.72 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 163.21 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: March ’13 $3.90 higher $632.50; May ’13 $2.40 higher $617.60; July ’13 $2.60 higher $603.70; Nov. ’13 $2.90 higher $555.80; Jan. ’14 $3.00 higher $552.90; March ’14 $3.00 higher $551.00; May ’14 $3.00 higher $548.90; July ’14 $3.00 higher $547.00; Nov. ’14 $3.00 higher $535.80; Jan ’15 $3.00 higher $535.80; March ’15 $3.00 higher $535.80.

Barley (Western): March ’13 unchanged $241.50; May ’13 unchanged $242.50; July ’13 unchanged $243.00; Oct. ’13 unchanged $243.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $243.00; March ’14 unchanged $243.00; May ’14 unchanged $243.00; July ’14 unchanged $243.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $243.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $243.00; March ’15 unchanged $243.00.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 387,660 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 387,660.

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TORONTO, Ontario — Jim Balsillie once re-mortgaged his house to help build the BlackBerry company, but by the end of last year, the smartphone maker’s former co-CEO had cleaned out any shareholder stake he still owned.

A document filed with U.S. regulators shows that Balsillie, once the company’s third-largest stakeholder, no longer held shares in Research In Motion (TSX:BB) by Dec. 31 of last year.

Balsillie owned more than 26 million shares of the company at the end of 2011, according to filings obtained through DisclosureNet.com.

The documents don’t reveal how much he got for his stock, or when the shares were sold, but it illustrates how quickly Balsillie shed his stake in the company he was leading just months earlier.

The stock had a market value of just under $15 a share at the end of 2011, making Balsillie’s personal stake worth nearly $400 million at that time.

In January 2012, Balsillie resigned from the co-CEO position, alongside co-founder Mike Lazaridis. While both men took director roles at that time, Balsillie completely exited the company, formerly named Research In Motion, hardly two months later.

The two men pocketed a combined $12 million when they stepped down as

co-CEOs. Balsillie joined the former RIM in the early 1990s when it was a startup company with a mixed bag of sales hits and flops. He invested $250,000 of his own money by re-mortgaging his house, and within a few years, the company launched its first sales success, a clamshell wireless handheld pager that eventually evolved into the BlackBerry. The enthusiastic co-CEO is credited for bringing the BlackBerry into the mainstream. He touted the device on Wall Street and handed it out for free at select technology conferences.

Within several years, the smartphone had revolutionized how people communicated.

Balsillie is also blamed in part for the slow reaction to an onslaught of competitors, in particular Apple’s iPhone, and a series of network outages that bruised the company’s reputation.

Some analysts criticized his decision to pursue a National Hockey League team when the BlackBerry was facing some of its greatest challenges.

When Balsillie left the company last year, the BlackBerry maker was in the middle of the most uncertain period in its history.

The latest generation of the company’s smartphones had already been delayed, and there was concern from some analysts that the company might have to dig into its $2-billion cash reserve to survive the rest of 2012.

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Way-out-there names sought for Pluto’s two tiniest moons

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Want to name Pluto’s two tiniest moons? Then you’ll need to dig deep into mythology.

Astronomers announced a contest Monday to name the two itty-bitty moons of Pluto discovered over the past two years.

Pluto is the Roman equivalent of the Greek’s Hades, lord of the underworld, and its three bigger moons have related mythological names: Charon, the ferryman of Hades; Nix for the night goddess; and the multi-headed monster Hydra.

The two unnamed moons — up to 20 miles (32 kilometres) across — need similarly shady references.

Right now, they go by the bland titles of P4 and P5.

Online voting will last two weeks, ending Feb. 25.

Twelve choices are available at the website http:// www.plutorocks.com.

Among the choices: Hercules, the hero who slew Hydra; Obol, the coin put in the mouths of the dead as payment to Charon; Cerebrus, the three-headed dog guarding the gates of the underworld; Orpheus, the musician and poet who used his talents to get his wife, Eurydice, out of the underworld only to lose her by looking back: Eurydice; and Styx, the river to the underworld.

Early this week, Styx and Cerebrus were leading.

The vote tally is updated hourly.

“The Greeks were great storytellers, and they have given us a colorful cast of characters to work with,” said Mark Showalter, senior research scientist at SETI Institute’s Carl Sagan Center in Mountain View, California.

He and other astronomers who discovered the two mini-moons using the Hubble Space Telescope will make the winning selections.

Write-in name suggestions are welcomed, but they need to come from Greek or Roman mythology and deal with the underworld.

The name for the planetoid, or dwarf planet near the outer fringes of the solar system came from a

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This file image provided by NASA from its Hubble Space Telescope shows Pluto and three of its five moons. Astronomers announced a contest to name the two tiny moons of Pluto discovered over the past two years. little English girl. Pluto’s discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh, liked that the first two letters were the same as the initials of late American astronomer Percival Lowell.

Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 using the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is en route to Pluto, arriving in 2015 on the first robotic flyby ever of the planetoid.

The winning moon names will need final approval by the International Astronomical Union.

Hopefully, there won’t be any conflicts like when the name Nix was picked. The night goddess actually is spelled Nyx, but an asteroid already had the moniker so the proper spelling for the moon had to be nixed.

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LONDON — When it comes to mating, guppies treasure their ugly friends — because they look so good by comparison.

An article published Wednesday by Britain’s Royal Society says that male guppies prefer to associate with their drab-colored counterparts when females are around.

“Males actively choose the social context that maximizes their relative attractiveness,” the article said. Or, as lead author Clelia Gasparini put it, “If you are surrounded by ugly friends, you look better.”

Gasparini and her colleagues at Italy’s University of Padua built their theory on a kind of guppy dating game. An aquarium was set up with one female in partition on either end. Guppy bachelorette No. 1 had two attractive, brightly-colored males placed on either side of her.

Guppy bachelorette No. 2 was stuck with uglier, drab-colored fish.

When a male guppy was put in the middle of the tank, and given the choice of which female to sidle up to, Bachelorette No. 2 was the more popular pick, with male guppies spending about 62 per cent of their time hanging around her side of the aquarium.

What’s more, the researchers found that the time guppies spent with bachelorette No. 2 correlated with their unattractiveness. The uglier the guppy, the less likely it was that he would hang around the brightly colored fish placed next to bachelorette No. 1.

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Development Officer Approvals On February 12, 2013, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Westlake 1. W Savoury – a 0.46 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to proposed detached garage, to be located at 6265 Cronquist Drive.

2. C Lien – a 2.68 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to proposed detached garage, to be located at 53 Wade Close.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on March 1, 2013. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403342-8399.

The City of Red Deer invites interested parties to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the purchase of its 2013 stockpile of asphalt millings located at The City of Red Deer Civic Yards, 7721 - 40 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta.

Interested applicants must submit their EOI by 4 p.m. on February 28, 2013.

For more information, visit www.purchasingconnection.ca.

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Black Press, an independently owned newspaper company is looking for a full time Sales Representative for our new Lacombe paper.

Must be a professional, task-oriented, energetic individual.

The ideal candidate will possess a solid background in customer service. Marketing or sales experience is a definite asset but not imperative. The ability to multi-task and attention to detail is key. Strong written, computer and verbal communications skills are an absolute must.

This full time, Sales Representative position is a base plus commission position.

Interested candidates should forward their resume in confidence to: Email: publisher@reddeerexpress.com Or mail to:

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LOT SALE FOR THE PURPOSES OF: SOCIAL CARE FACILITY

#121 5301 43 Street, Red Deer, Alberta • T4N 1C8 Attention: Publisher

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In accordance with The City of Red Deer Neighbourhood Planning and Design Guidelines & Standards (2008) and the approved Garden Heights Area Structure Plan, the property within legal land description Lot 30, Block 3, Plan 112 5834 and located within the new Garden Heights neighbourhood, is available for sale as a site for the possible development of a Social Care Facility.

Details as to eligibility, conditions of sale, prices, etc. may be obtained from: City of Red Deer Land & Economic Development Department 403-342.8106 or Liz Soley directly at 403.356.8940 If this site is not purchased for the purpose listed above by February 28, 2014 it will alternatively be developed for low density residential uses in accordance with the approved Garden Heights Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan.

City of Red Deer administration offices will be closed on: Monday, February 18

Competition closing date: February 28, 2013 Only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

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TRANSIT Transit Service will operate on the Sunday / Holiday schedule. First bus from the City Centre Terminal is 8:45 AM. Last bus from the City Centre Terminal is 6:45 PM.Transit Administration Offices and Customer Service are closed.There is NO SERVICE on Route 12 / 12A Gasoline Alley / Springbrook.

Transit schedule information can be found on-line at www.reddeer.ca/transit Red Deer Transit Action Bus: Limited Action Bus service will be provided. Action Bus phone lines are closed.

RECREATION FACILITIES Collicutt Centre Monday, February 18 - OPEN 11am to 5pm GH Dawe Community Centre Monday, February 18 - OPEN 11am to 5pm Michener Aquatic Centre Saturday, February 16 - CLOSED Sunday, February 17 - CLOSED Monday, February 18 - CLOSED

Black Press, an independently owned newspaper company is looking for an experienced, full time Reporter/ Photographer for our new Lacombe paper.

The successful applicant must possess strong writing and organizational skills. You will be required to work independently and with limited supervision. You must be well versed in CP style. As well, a reliable vehicle is a must.

This Reporter position will include covering local news, City council, sports and community events on a schedule that will include some evenings and weekends.

Remuneration will be based on experience.

Interested candidates should forward their resume in confidence to: Email: publisher@reddeerexpress.com Or mail to:

Recreation Centre Saturday, February 16 - CLOSED Sunday, February 17 - CLOSED Monday, February 18 - CLOSED Riverbend Golf and Recreation Area Clubhouse Monday, February 18 - OPEN Clubhouse – OPEN 9am to 5pm Park – OPEN 9am to 9pm

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TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD ORCHESTRA’S LATEST ALBUM HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE OUTDOORS

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF He’s canoed on remote Canadian lakes, tried organic cattle farming in the Kootenays and tilled the soil with a horse-drawn plow in Romania.

It’s no big surprise to anyone familiar with accordionist Ian Griffiths or his Victoria-based band, The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, that the group’s latest “gypsy-roots-bluegrass” album is heavily influenced by the outdoors.

In fact, the title to the 2012 CD Follow my Lead, Lead Me to Follow occurred to Griffiths as he was canoeing one summer on a lake near Quesnel, in British Columbia’s interior.

Griffiths recalled paddling at the front of the boat while the group’s drummer, Paul Wolda, paddled at the rear. “I realized that if I wanted to lead, I would have to follow what he was doing at the back,” recalled Griffiths, who plays at the FarSide Bar and Grill at Red Deer College with the rest of the band on Tuesday.

“The whole idea of leading and following is like give and take: there needs to be consent in both

roles.”

C a n o e Song on the new album, which was created over nine painstaking months in Toronto, was inspired by that same expedition on Bowron Lake. At the end of a long day, Griffiths and Wolda stumbled upon an abandoned trapper’s cabin in the woods, where they spent the night.

“I lay there and looked at the silhouette of the trees and I felt like it was my ancestors looking down on me,” recalled Griffiths.

When he later described this scene to his parents, the 28-year-old was startled to learn that, not only had his dad come across that same cabin on Bowron Lake, but his aunts and uncles and grandparents had also found shelter there in years past.

“It was an amazing coincidence. I didn’t know that my dad had even gone there! It made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck,” said Griffiths.

The Hinton native didn’t set out to be a musician. He moved to Victoria to take Spanish and Environmental Studies at university. But one thing led to another and from studying Spanish, Griffiths drifted into learning the flamenco guitar in Spain.

Upon returning to Victoria, he began attending open-mic jam sessions in a basement club, where he met Wolda, who played with an African hand-drumming ensemble.

Noticing a lot of other guitarists at the jam, Griffiths taught himself to play the accordion, starting on a kid-sized one he’d picked up in Barcelona. “You had to smile when you played. It only had major chords,” he recalled.

By 2006, Griffiths and Wolda had joined up with bassist Peter Mynett and guitarist Kurt Loewen, who’s now one of the group’s main songwriters, and The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra was born.

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Side Effects ranks among Soderbergh’s best Side Effects 3.5 stars (out of four) Rated: 14A Steven Soderbergh is going out with a blast with Side Effects.

The hitherto unstoppable director is calling this his final theatrical feature as he contemplates early retirement at age 50, capping a remarkable film career that began in 1989 with sex, lies and videotape.

Normally this might imply exhaustion, and a movie without much energy or purpose. On the contrary, Side Effects is a cracking thriller that PETER ranks amongst Soderbergh’s HOWELL best, featuring electric performances by Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Channing Tatum.

You may see it referred to elsewhere as a “psychological thriller,” and there are mind games in there worthy of Polanski, Hitchcock or De Palma. But there’s no need to qualify the ride guided by Soderbergh, who once again also does his own cinematography and editing under the pseudonyms Peter Andrews and Mary Ann Bernard.

There’s an almost documentary focus in Side Effects on the antidepressant pills that give the title part of its meaning, which screenwriter Scott Z. Burns (who previously penned Soderbergh’s Contagion and The Informant!) roots in medical fact, headline intensity and narrative briskness.

The over-prescribing of drugs such as Zoloft, Prozac and Wellbutrin is a growing concern, with fears being expressed by medical, legal and social authorities that these powerful chemicals are creating a dangerously zombified citizenry.

The medical alert message certainly comes through. But it’s clear from the suspenseful opening depiction of a blood-spattered New York apartment kitchen that this is no mere public service announcement.

Rewind three months, and Soderbergh’s voyeuristic lens focuses on Rooney Mara’s Emily Taylor, 28, who has the big fearful eyes of a Tim Burton cre-

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Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum appear in a scene from Side Effects. ation. Her money-man husband Martin is just getting out of jail, where he’s been for the past four years on an insider-trading rap.

Their happy reunion is muted by Emily’s continuing anxiety, which threatens to submerge her. Never fear, drugs are here, delivered via the pink pill of a new antidepressant called Ablixa, prescribed by kindly psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Banks (Jude Law).

Banks is an ambitious man, one who isn’t averse to accepting cash from Big Pharma when a new drug needs testing. He doesn’t need any convincing about the benefits of antidepressants. He administers them to his own wife (Vinessa Shaw), telling her they’ll “just make it easier to be who you are.”

The good doctor genuinely cares about his patients, going so far as to make a personal visit to Emily’s former therapist, Dr. Victoria Siebert (Catherine Zeta-Jones).

Siebert looks over her severe black eyeglasses at Banks and considers that yes, it might be good for Emily to have a man as a therapist, and also for her to start taking Ablixa.

Ablixa is supposed to have calmer side effects than other drugs Emily has tried, but the product is not as advertised.

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Thoughts of Mexico, an acrylic painting by Judy Weismiller Berger, is on exhibit in a display of her work titled Art from the Heart. Several examples of her work are on display at the Hub on Ross Art Gallery located in downtown Red Deer at 4936 Ross St.

EXHIBITS RED DEER GALLERIES ● When the City Isn’t Looking: Photographs by Bill Peters, Calgarian artist. This exhibit will be on display at the Kiwanis Gallery of the Red Deer Public Library from Feb. 26 to April 28. For more information call the Red Deer Arts Council at 403-348-2787 or visit www.reddeerartscouncil.ca ● Red Deer College Visual Art Faculty and Staff Exhibition — Conversations with the Collection — features new work to be exhibited beside pieces from the Red Deer College Permanent Art Collection at the library until March 28. ● Art from the Heart by Judy Weismiller Berger will be featured at The Hub until Feb. 28. ● Celebrating Alberta by Members of the Alberta Society of Artists will be on display at the Marjorie Wood Gallery at Kerry Wood Nature Centre until March 12. Phone 403-346-2010. ● The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates Red Deer Centennial with the opening of the exhibit Red Deer Sport History. Take a look at over 100 years Sports History and discover the impact that sport had on Red Deer and its citizens. For more information contact Debbie at debbie@ashfm.ca or visit www. ashfm.ca or call 403-341-8614. ● Borrowing Art: The Red Deer Public Library Art Lending Program — Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library present this art lending program in the Kiwanis Gallery of the Red Deer Public Library until Feb. 19. Borrow original, framed artwork in a variety of two-dimensional media by local artists with your library membership. For details contact Diana at the Red Deer Art Council,

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LIVE DATES ● Elks Lodge presents Stephen Fearing on March 7 as part of his cross-Canada tour. ● Farside Bar and Grill welcomes Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra on Feb. 19. ● The Vat welcomes Shane Philip tonight. Legendary punk band D.O.A. is here as part of their farewell tour on Feb. 21. See Boombox Saints on Feb. 23. ● The Centrium presents Billy Talent on March 19 with guests Ottawa indie-rockers Hollerado, Sum 41, and Indian Handicrafts. On April 17 punk/emo rock band from Vancouver — Marianas Trench — performs. Special guests are Down With Webster, and Anami Vice.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and show gets going at 7 p.m. Ticket sales are through Livenation.com or from Ticketmaster. Ticket prices are $29.50 and $45 (plus FMF and service charges). Reserved seating for this all ages show.

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Move over, zombies — serial killers are TV’s new “It” girl.

Serial-killer characters — long used as chum for feeding voracious story-line beasts such as Law & Order, CSI, Criminal Minds, Bones, NCIS and The Mentalist — have emerged as hot new stars of crime dramas for networks looking to “grab people by the shoulders and force them to watch,” as NBC programming honcho Jennifer Salke put it.

Problem is, there’s now such a crush of serialkiller dramas, it’s hard to get noticed.

In addition to Showtime’s preexisting Dexter, there’s Fox’s newly added The Following, BBC America’s Ripper Street, NBC’s coming Hannibal, CW’s coming Cult, A&E’s Bates Motel, and one or two others we’re probably forgetting in the crush.

FX thinks it has the answer: a border-hopping serial killer.

The NewsCorp cable network has ordered The Bridge, which is based on a Scandinavian series about a serial killer working on both sides of the Danish/Swedish border.

For FX, the show will be geographically adjusted and the killer will split his time between El Paso and Juarez, Mexico.

Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) plays Detective Sonya Cross, who, naturally, has an undiagnosed disorder on the autism spectrum.

Demian Bichir (Weeds) is the family-man homicide investigator for the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, who’s one of the last good men in a corrupt and apathetic police force outgunned by powerful drug cartels.

The pilot’s been penned by two vets of CBS’s Cold Case: Meredith Stiehm and Elwood Reid.

“For years, networks having been trying [to] develop a drama series set on the U.S.-Mexican border without any success,” FX President John Landgraf said in Tuesday’s announcement.

“I’m thrilled to say that Meredith Stiehm and Elwood Reid have become the first to crack that creative code, and they have done so magnificently,” he continued modestly. “There have been great films set in that world — No Country for Old Men and Lone Star come to mind — but never a great TV series.

This one is special.” ★★★ Jenni Rivera’s reality series will debut its third season on NBCUniversal’s mun2 network in April, just several months after the performer died.

New episodes of I Love Jenni will include footage shot in the weeks before she was killed in a plane crash in northern Mexico; subsequent episodes will show her grieving family, including Rivera’s children — Chiquis, Jacqui, Michael, Jenicka and Johnny — and her sister Rosie. ★★★

Trio of new shows fail to brighten dull midseason Midseason hopes usually die right about now, as viewers realize once again that February truly is the pits of television. (That’s okay; February can be the pits just about everywhere, in all things.) The new series have been dreary, lately. Things will get a little worse before they get better.

Case in point: ABC’s mystery puzzler Zero Hour, premiering Thursday, wastes no time putting your brain in a blender for its cancel-me conspiracy smoothie.

Anthony Edwards, a stranger to series TV since he left ER years ago, cashes out his retirement dignity as Hank Galliston, the editor of Modern Skeptic, a magazine that debunks urban legends, myths and quack science. The first clue that something is wrong here is that Modern Skeptic has a fancy New York loft office with a full staff.

Hank’s wife, Laila (Jacinda Barrett), runs an antique clock repair and refurbishment shop, because that’s what gorgeous women do. During a lovey-dovey lunch break spent with Hank browsing a Brooklyn art market, Laila buys an intricate and mysteriouslooking clock. Later that afternoon, she calls Hank in a panic — someone has broken into her shop and [click].

She’s been taken, in the Liam Neeson sense of the word. With help from his dullard editorial assistants, Hank launches his own investigation, in a Da Vinci Code sense of the word, as he uncovers little riddles and clues contained in the clock Laila purchased.

An FBI agent (Carmen Ejogo) joins the hunt, in the hands-on-sexy-hips sense of the word, and they trot off to the Arctic, where they find a Nazi U-boat frozen in ice. In the pilot episode (the only one critics got to see), viewers learn that Zero Hour has to do with a holy brotherhood of apostles reincarnate, who last tangled with the antichrist (or perhaps antichrists, plural) during the rise of the Third Reich.

For you to accuse me of spoilers by telling you any and all of the above, there would actually have to be something to spoil. Zero Hour was rancid when it got here. The dialogue is stilted and almost entirely expository. The plot is like receiving a colouring book that’s already been coloured. The grand mystery

here fails to ignite interest.

For a brief bit, I tried to enjoy Zero Hour as accidental camp, something so bad that it’s actually entertaining. That didn’t work either.

Also Thursday, AMC forges further into reality programming with two new series. One is called Freakshow (premiering at 9:30 p.m.), about a crew of circus folk who live in California, which looks about as interesting as it did back in the grungy ‘90s of Lollapalooza, the last time we were fascinated by hipster human oddities. I’ll pass, thanks.

Following that, Immortalized is a half-hour competition series that pits taxidermists against each other in a fight to the death, by which I mean the main attractions (the critters) are already dead. It seems as though taxidermy has been having a trend moment while nobody cared, existing somewhere in the cultural territory between your uncle’s trophy den and the art of Damien Hirst.

Immortalized divides its competitors into “traditionalists,” who aim for lifelike preservation, and “rogues,” who concern themselves with artistic depictions of mutations and animalistic encounters. They are judged by two experts, including Paul Rhymer, who was a Smithsonian taxidermist for 25 years.

It’s sad to see a subject as intriguing as taxidermy get stuffed with so many outdated tropes of television contests. Bombastic music cues and promises of excitement fail to persuade the viewer that Immortalized isn’t just a dead skunk in the middle of February’s road, stinkin’ up to high heaven.

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The United States has already had a stab at making an Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton bioflick, resulting in the hash that was Lifetime’s Lindsay Lohan “comeback” vehicle, Liz & Dick.

Now, the Brits will show us how it’s done.

BBC Four has announced plans to produce a flick called Burton and Taylor that will star Helena Bonham Carter as Liz and Dominic West as Burton.

This movie will zoom in on the twice-married/ twice-divorced couple’s 1983 restaging of Noel Coward’s Private Lives, which marked the first time the mercurial couple co-starred on stage; the ill-fated run lasted 63 performances.

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Jamie Fox and Leonardo DiCaprio appear in a scene from Django Unchained. am no longer willing to support it in films.”

It seems that Mr. Hoagland wasn’t alone. There are myriad variables at work whenever box-office numbers are in play — it could be that audiences simply think Cruise, Schwarzenegger and Stallone have outlived their credibility as action heroes. But another possible takeaway from the past six weeks’ worth of action flicks is that, when it came to screen violence, we accepted it in a universe of fables and flagrantly outlandish B-movies and rejected it in more realistic stories. Ritualized aggression may not faze us in the realm of imaginative play. But realworld body counts — even if they’re only enacted onscreen — have swiftly lost their entertainment value.

It might be wishful thinking, but I’d like to think that audiences can tell the difference between escapist fantasy and the kind of brutal realism — or realistic brutalism — that doesn’t just fetishize guns and bloody violence but normalizes them. They can tell, as Mr. Hoagland wrote in a more recent e-mail, when “they are being played for chumps.”

Audiences can also tell whether they’re being respected or coerced. The Oscar-nominated CIA thriller Zero Dark Thirty opened like gangbusters here in January, when its top-performing theatres were (surprise, surprise) in Northern Virginia locations convenient to military, intelligence and policymaking personnel. Despite premature criticism from politicians, journalists and activists who took issue with the film’s depiction of torture and its role in the search for Osama bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty has found a large and receptive audience of viewers who

presumably can judge for themselves whether waterboarding or old-fashioned intelligence-gathering proved more crucial in the hunt.

The debates about violence — whether vigilante or state-sanctioned — come down to one conclusion: that in a world of proliferating media, the ability to decode what movies say and how they say it has never been more important. Media literacy has now become as important as the three R’s. We still have a long way to go in making media literacy an everyday part of school curricula and living-room conversations. But generations raised on a steady diet of visual information have proved remarkably astute in sifting through movies, their messages and the moments when they go too far.

We don’t possess granular information on how subtly audiences processed the lurid revisionism of Django Unchained or whether they emerged from Zero Dark Thirty believing that torture has a justified place in American foreign policy.

But the box-office figures do suggest that audiences are far more sophisticated and discerning than pundits — and movie studios — often give them credit for.

It will take more long-range data to detect a bona fide post-Newtown trend: Die Hard Another Day opens in a few days, and this summer will see its usual complement of shoot-’em-up spectacles. But over these past few weeks, at least for a moment, American filmgoers seemed willing to send Hollywood their own message: This time it really is different. We’ve finally had it with being played for chumps.

maining on her “Born This Way Ball” tour schedule.

She postponed four dates on Tuesday after telling fans in a tweet she’d hurt herself some time ago, but hid the injury from her staff. Over the last month, the injury became worse and she said she was unable to walk following a performance Monday in Montreal.

Fans who have already bought tickets will receive a refund.

sandy-coloured design of Harry in flight with a purplish-blue street setting by graphic novelist Kazu Kibuishi. The GrandPre illustrations will still be used for hardcovers and mass market paperbacks.

The new edition of Sorcerer’s Stone is scheduled for September, the 15th anniversary of Potter’s debut in the U.S.

Lady Gaga cancels rest of tour due to injured hip; will need surgery

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NASHVILLE — Lady Gaga has cancelled the rest of her tour dates due to a hip injury.

A Wednesday news release from Live Nation Global Touring says Lady Gaga has a tear in her right hip that will require surgery to repair, followed by a recovery period.

The pop star had 21 dates through March 20 re-

NEW YORK — The Harry Potter books are getting a makeover.

Scholastic Inc. announced Wednesday that new covers have been commissioned for U.S. trade paperback editions of J.K. Rowling’s blockbuster series. The first new cover, for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, replaces Mary GrandPre’s iconic

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TEQUILA: Recruited a fiddler from Cape Breton The group recently recruited Cape Breton fiddler Jacques Mindreau, who brings an East Coast vibe to the band’s music. “He’s classically trained, so has a different flair,” said Griffiths, who still predicts the band’s outdoors-related themes likely won’t change.

“We’re pretty heavily inspired by the wilderness, partly because we tour so much and spend so much time in rural areas — which is the majority of Canada.”

Griffiths is also a proponent of organic produce, having worked on farms in Romania, Australia, Hawaii and Nepal. He even unsuccessfully attempted an organic livestock operation for a few years in the Kootenays. “My idea of making money has been being a musician and a farmer” — possibly the two most difficult undertakings, he said with a laugh.

But the band continues to support the cause by occasionally inviting organic food sellers to set up

at their concerts. The orchestra has also taken a vocal stand on environmental issues and conducts free music workshops for at-risk kids.

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REVIEW: Twitchy nature of the film keeps you on edge She develops a raging sex drive, which Martin enjoys, but also a propensity to sleepwalk, which he doesn’t. At this point it’s best to abruptly end the plot summary, but that’s in keeping with the twitchy nature of the film, which keeps us on edge as to what might happen.

Whatever you go in thinking about Side Effects, you’re not likely to leave the theatre with those same thoughts. Es-

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pecially after the story jumps down an entirely different rabbit hole, and then another, and the medical, legal and moral morass of the chemical culture is fully brought to bear.

This is the fourth straight genre picture Soderbergh has directed in just over two years, following Contagion, Haywire and Magic Mike, as he has profitably dallied in the multiplex on his professed way out of theatrical filmmaking (there’s still TV for him, including his upcoming Liberace biopic).

It’s a shame to see Soderbergh leave filmmaking when he’s on such a roll. But he’s leaving us a lot to remember him by, not least of all being Side Effects.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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In theatres, the movies might look the same. But perhaps now we see them differently.

After the gun massacre in Newtown, Conn., in December, the ground shifted for good. Assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and background checks became a permanent part of the conversation, as did movies and video games. Everyone — even movie fans — seemed willing to re-examine the American obsession with violence and a popular culture addicted to aggression, senseless gunplay and reckless notions of rough justice.

Then, the blood-spattered spaghetti Western Django Unchained opened — on Christmas Day, of all times, not even a week after Jack Reacher arrived in theatres, its first-person perspective of a sniper recalling the events of mid-December with a repellent shudder.

In successive weeks, theatres were awash in a sea of unbridled carnage and ballistic mayhem, as Gangster Squad, Parker, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Bullet to the Head and Stand Up Guys blasted their way onto neighborhood screens. In the most perverse coincidence of the season, The Last Stand, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and an enormous machine gun, arrived the very day that the Aurora Century 16 in Colorado reopened after a mass shooting there in July.

“This time it’s different?” Hollywood seemed to taunt. “Prove it.”

And we did. Sort of.

Consider: Django Unchained was an instant hit, becoming the most successful movie of Quentin Tarantino’s career. But in short order, Gangster Squad, The Last Stand, Parker, Bullet to the Head and Stand Up Guys tanked. Only Hansel and Gretel — like Django, an outlandish exercise in artistic license, in this case making a Grimms’ fairy tale even grimmer — proved successful, while its slightly more realistic, and far more cynical, brethren hit the deck like so many carnival-range rabbits.

The sight of such icons as Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise and Sylvester Stallone trying to look tough while wielding their high-caliber phallic symbols wasn’t just a ridiculous burlesque of macho posturing. After Newtown, it was downright distasteful. As reader Peter Hoagland wrote in an e-mail in December, he wasn’t sure where the post-Newtown conversation about gun violence was going, “but I for one

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HOROSCOPE Friday, Feb. 15 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Alex Borstein, 42; Christopher McDonald, 58; Jane Seymour, 62 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: This will be a calm day where we will feel comfortable and at ease within familiar places. It is not unlikely that we will tend to spend more time within our own households. A tendency towards self-indulgence should be carefully watched over.

Also, the cosmos are encouraging ASTRO us to focus on our future goals with DOYNA tremendous stamina and drive.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, you will have a great sense of direction in the upcoming months. You will manifest a powerful need and desire to construct a rock-solid foundation for your home base. A strong family basis can be built on practical and concrete grounds.

Emotionally, you will be very balanced and down to earth.

Your attitude towards life will hold a clear purpose and a stable underpinning. Your family life will be stunningly gratifying and fostering.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are contemplating a move for your next course of action. Your intentions are clear, decisive and straightforward. You want to succeed and that is also obvious to others as well. Nothing seems to stand in your way of victory.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Simplicity and a comfortable environment will greatly appeal to your senses. Yet, that doesn’t mean that you will lack the ambition to accomplish something within your professional sphere. Your concentration is resilient and purposeful.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today you are inclined towards private matters. You appear much more sensitive and sympathetic towards the needs of others. You find yourself more sentimental or simply more nostalgic about your past.

Your general state is on the dreamy side.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your altruistic and humanitarian nature is activated at this point. You show a greater involvement in charitable organizations or you simply have the need to help the needy. Your efforts will be such that others will naturally be drawn to your caring personality.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you are in the creative field, this day will enlighten you with ingenious thoughts and ideas. Be watchful over money you lend to others or in relations to your insurance policy. A random examination can turn into interesting discoveries.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo relies on logic and facts, but today you may benefit from a bolt of deep intuition that is almost psychic. You have an atypical gift that allows you to tap into people’s motives and intentions. What a blessing!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If financial burdens weigh heavily on your shoulders, do not get lost in anguish. Focus on the road ahead and work diligently towards your aims. Prioritize your lifestyle by considering the dearest people in your life.

This should boost up your motivation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An activity that you start now will give you rewarding results. A sense of connectedness between you and dear ones will eliminate the distance that has been mounted lately. You are more than ready to make that romantic bold move. Yes, you are extremely daring today!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have an urge to complete mundane tasks today and you are pleasantly surprised to find out that your peers and your co-workers are more cooperative than usual. You will also want to do a random medical check up for your peace of mind.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You won’t have any trouble expressing your feelings to a loved one today. In fact, you are full of vigour and you seek to nurture your emotions through writing or through some other means of communication. Creative writing is your forte point today.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your mind wanders through fantasy land. You present a greater necessity to express your innermost feelings in very delicate and gentle ways. Your psychic abilities enable you to see through people.

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quire passion for each other, only a commitment to the stability of the relationship. But you cannot do it alone. Please continue with counseling. If your wife wants to work on the marriage, she will come along and make the necessary effort. But if she is unwilling, the counselor will help you forge your own path.

Dear Annie: Would you please define “immediate family”? My granddaughter is MITCHELL getting married in May. She & SUGAR is inviting “immediate family only,” thus excluding my daughter (her aunt) and my daughter-in-law’s sister.

This is going to cause a lot of hurt feelings and might even create a split in the family. I am invited, but not my male friend of 14 years. I have talked to my son, the father of the bride, but he does not want to get involved.

Our side of the family is not as large as the groom’s. My ex-husband (the grandfather) will not be attending. Why can’t my daughter take his place?

What about my daughter’s husband? My relationship with my granddaughter is very close, so I don’t understand this, and it’s causing tremendous stress.

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Please advise. — Gram Dear Gram: “Immediate family” refers to the bridal couple’s parents and siblings. (If the bride and groom have children, they would also be part of the immediate family.) Grandparents are usually included as “immediate family,” but not aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws or other relatives. Your companion of 14 years should be invited because the two of you are an established couple. If your daughter is invited, her husband should be, as well.

Your granddaughter gets to determine her side of the wedding list. Although we understand how painful this is for you, as long as ALL aunts, uncles and cousins are excluded, it is equitable.

Dear Anne: The replies to “Your Husband,” who made excuses for his extramarital adventures, left out a third option besides suffering with no sex and having affairs. Masturbation can keep those guys who feel they will die of frustration from wandering.

I used to think of masturbation as cheating on my wife, but no longer. After 50 years, we are still partners in every other way, and we still hold hands in bed. I am not looking for a replacement “as long as we both shall live.” — Old Codger 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.

QUALIFIED FOR SUMMER GAMES A pair of athletes out of the Special Olympic Swim Club of Red Deer have qualified for the Canada Summer Games.

Elliot Moskowy, 21, right, and Hidde Geurts, 17, qualified out of the 2013 Speedo Alberta Senior Championships in Lethbridge. Only two male and two female athletes from Special Olympics Swim Alberta were able to qualify for the games, which will be held in Sherbrooke, Que., in August.

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CHURCHILL Lois 1924-2013 Lois Churchill died Wednesday, February 13, 2013 after a short illness. Lois Mildred Longmire was born in Rumsey on June 17, 1924. She leaves to mourn three children; Marilyn Churchill (John Kennelly), David (Jocelyn) Churchill and Donna (Ken) Cameron, seven beloved grandchildren and six wonderful great-grandchildren.

Lois was predeceased by her husband, Stanley in 1986, her sister, Marian Davis in 2004 and her brother, Frank in 1936. With the support and encouragement of her mother, Frankie, Lois attended the University of Alberta at St. Stephen’s College where she proudly earned a Bachelor of Education. Lois taught Home Economics for a few years in Wetaskiwin in the late 1940’s, and that was where she met Stan. Stan and Lois were married in 1950. They raised their family together in Red Deer and in Edmonton until Stan’s early death in 1986.

Returning to Red Deer, Lois lived in the home she and Stan had built on Michener Hill. While raising her family, Lois was very active in Choir and in the United Church Women’s groups at Gaetz United Church in Red Deer and Strathearn United Church in Edmonton. Lois was a warm and loving mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother, an extraordinary knitter and a skilled seamstress.

She had amazing luck with games and rarely lost at Scrabble, even after her memory began to fail. Lois was always interested in the lives of her extended family and loved talking with them.

Her family loved her tenacity in continuing to cheer on the Edmonton Oilers and the Edmonton Eskimos. Lois enjoyed sharing memories of her childhood and then building the ‘new’ cabin at Sylvan Lake with Stan, Marian and the family. Lois lived her last seven years at Aspen Ridge where she met old friends and made new ones with residents and staff. The family wishes to thank the Aspen Ridge staff and the home support staff of D’sant Direct Care and Services who provided loving care for Mom in her last years. A Funeral Service will take place at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer, on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at the Red Deer Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family invites friends to donate to the charity of their choice.

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SEWELL Craig Stewart 1955 - 2013 It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Craig Stewart Sewell of Red D e e r, A l b e r t a o n F r i d a y, February 8, 2013 at the age of 57 years. Craig was born on November 3, 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta. He is lovingly remembered by his brother Kyle and Barb Sewell, nephews; Rob Sewell, Kent and Anna Sewell, Gavin and Michele Sewell, great niece and nephews; Olivia, Dylan and Cohen, as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Craig was predeceased by his father and mother, Robert and Isabella Sewell. The kindest, gentlest soul you will ever meet, we miss you Craig. A memorial service for Craig will be held at Kyle’s home, 28 Addinell Avenue, Red Deer, on Sunday February 17, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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GRANT 1968 - 2013 Nancy Maude Grant of Red Deer sadly passed away at the Red Deer Hospice after a brave struggle with cancer on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at the age of 44 years. Nancy is survived by her two children, Lukas and Emilie; her sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. She was predeceased by her parents Elvira and Garnet Grant, and five siblings. Nancy will be forever in our hearts. A private memorial service will be held.

Memorial donations can be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 - Arnot Avenue, Red Deer AB T4R 3S6. Condolences to Nancy’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca Bruce MacArthur MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Red Deer 587-876-4944

Obituaries SWORDH Julianna 1933 - 2013

A day where words are not enough....incomprehension and disbelief to say the least.

A day like today when a son and only child, has to write his mothers obituary.

Regrettably, it must be done so on behalf of myself only, I will say this... Julianna (mom) passed away recently on Saturday, February 9th, 2013 between the hours of 3:30 and 4:00 that morning at the RDRH in Unit 31. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to those in Unit 31 and the ER for the care and compassion expressed by those who assisted my mother in her greatest time of need. I wish to especially thank “Liz” in Unit 31 for her compassion and for being with my mother in her final moments, thank-you so much. To Loretta, Ruby and Phyllis from Waskasoo Towers....thank-you on behalf of mom and myself for all the heart-warming support you gave Julia when she needed it the most; helping her with the little things, checking up on her and giving me updates when she was ill. I also would like to sincerely thank the staff in Unit 3200 at Michener Extendicare for the care and emotional support given to my mother on a continuous basis, the time and patience provided thank-you. Mom was full of life, she had a sense of humour and enjoyed the little trips I took her on, especially for “Flapper Pie” at Glenn’s or having coffee at Tim Horton’s ....even Waves Coffee House at Sylvan. She loved to travel and actually flew to Europe to see me which was amazing considering her anxiety of flying. She moved to Vancouver B.C., then to Vernon back to Vancouver then to Red Deer in 1997 to be with me. My mother loved country music, nature shows, Young and the Restless, Days of Our lives, figure skating and hockey to name a few. She disliked Turkey, Liver and fish. Mom, you will be deeply missed by all and especially by me...the love for you is infinite and it breaks my heart to be writing this obituary... you always said to me, “What would I do without you?” No mom, I should be asking that question....and now you are gone. You will always be with me regardless of where you are......you are at peace now and with Uncle Tom, Mathilda, Elsie and Lloyd.... thank-you to all friends and family for your overwhelming support and acts of kindness...I cannot thank-you enough....and to Parkland Funeral Home... thank-you so much Joelle for your support during this difficult time of need...and most of all...thank-you for listening... also one more very important note, it will be my mom’s birthday on February 19th, she would have been 80 years young....so please if you wish to celebrate in your hearts....give a toast to Julia...Happy Birthday mom... may you receive heartfelt wishes and an infinite amount of love from all those who were near and dear to you....rest well mom, love always your one and only son, Ken. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

Died: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 peacefully at home.

Born: July 20th, 1995 in Red Deer. Kale was a grade 12 student at Notre Dame High School. Kale was a well loved, dynamic young man, who took pride in his extensive family and many friends. He was passionate about everything that was important to him, and never loved part way. He loved you with every inch of his heart.

He cared about everything and anyone that touched his life, and always took the time to talk to the people he met...whether they were 2 or 99. He could turn a 5 minute encounter into a life-long friendship. Kale was a gifted people person that made a lasting impression on everyone that he met, and could always get a laugh. His infectious smile would open the door, his attention to style would reel you in, and his personality kept you wanting DARLING more. His favorite thing, Norman “Roy” outside of his family and Roy passed away peacefully friends, was hockey. He was at the age of 81 at the Bethany never blessed with the ability Care Center in Sylvan Lake to play, but his knowledge on February 11, 2013. He and passion for the game was predeceased by his wife were second to none. He Eileen; first daughter Donna; followed the game religiously, p a r e n t s E d n a a n d L l o y d and volunteered year after Darling; brothers Morgan and year with his friends’ teams Donny; mother-in-law and as a Junior Trainer. The father-in-law Lydia and Abel players and the coaches Jarvin. He will be missed by welcomed his presence in his daughter Gale and her the dressing room, because husband Randy; granddaughter his spirit and energy made Loni; son Bob and his wife them all better. Kale was Donna; grandsons Denny, taken from us too soon! He is Chris and Brant; sister Betty s u r v i v e d b y h i s p a r e n t s , Butner. Many thanks to the Dean and Nicole Williams, staff at Gull Landing, Harvest his sister Ciara, brothers Meadows and Bethany as Kobe and Ridley, father Gary w e l l a s t h e D o c t o r s a n d Lewis and his step mother nurses that cared for Roy. Camille, sisters Ruby and A Celebration of Roy’s life Violet, great grandfather Les will be held at St. Paul’s McBride, great grandmother Presbyterian Church, Eckville, Eva Grant, great grandmother Agatha, Grandparents John AB on Tuesday, February, a n d C a r o l y n e W i l l i a m s , 19, at 2:00 P.M. Cremation Dianne Bradley, Errol and e n t r u s t e d t o t h e R o c k y Mavis Lewis. His uncles and Mountain Crematorium. As aunts Cary and Geta Grant, an expression of sympathy J i m a n d C o r i B u s s a r d , memorial donations may be D a r r e n a n d K a t h e r i n e made in Roy’s name to the Williams, Rick and Natalie Alzheimer’s or the Diabetes H a w k e s , R o b a n d K a t h y Foundations.

Grant. His cousins Josh and SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY Jade Bussard, Grier and FUNERAL HOMES AND Maguire Grant, Spike Hawkes, Card Of Thanks CREMATORIUM, Tessa and Dylan Grant, and many, many more extended your Golden Rule Funeral DEAS family and friends. Memorial Homes, entrusted with the Thank you to all the first Service will be held on Friday, arrangements. responders that assisted February 15, 2013 at 11 a.m.

403-887-2151 John and I in our time of need. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church A special thank you to (6 McMillan Avenue, Red Rick and Julie for all their Deer). In lieu of flowers or help as well. As well as the cop. gifts, donations can be made to the Notre Dame Grad Service Project. Please contact Shannon Nivens at s n i v e n s @ r d c r d . a b . c a o r Funeral Directors 403-342-4800. Condolences & Services may be forwarded to the Engagements family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to Rebekah Sealock “In Your Time of Need....

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GORDON Shirley 1927 - 2013 On February 11, 2013, Shirley Gordon of Red Deer passed away with family by her side.

She now reunites with her husband, Jack, and will be missed by her son, Terry Red Deer (Shirley Jr.); five daughters, Debbie, Diane (Don) Clark, Joanne, Gail (Brent) Zimmerman www.simplycremations.com and Lynn (Don) McGarvey; as well as fourteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Shirley grew up near Medicine Hat with her sisters, Vivian Stuber and Blanche French.

She moved to Taber to work DEAS at the Bank of Commerce John Edward where she met Jack in the Aug. 10, 1949 - Feb. 11, 2013 1508766 Alberta Ltd. MCINTOSH - ANDERSON town’s boarding house. They John passed away peacefully Diane and Scott McIntosh of married in 1948 and together at the Royal Alex Hospital in Edmonton.

He is predeceased Fort Simpson NT are pleased they moved from Taber to to announce the engagement Hardisty, Olds, Wetaskiwin by his father, John A. Deas of their daughter and finally to Red Deer in Sr.; his sister, Heather Tagg Taylor Dr. ˜ Red Deer Terri Lynn McIntosh to 1968. Shirley’s six children and nephew Troy Deas. He Nicholas Aaron Anderson, kept her very busy cooking is survived by his loving wife, “ONLY locally owned & son of meals, sewing clothes, knit- Dianna (Carter); mother, Martha Deas; brother, Dave Fran Hanson of Calgary and ting mittens, doing mounds of operated Funeral Home Deas; sister Bonnie Mieir; Ross Hanson of Red Deer. laundry and leading Brownie in Red Deer” troops. When the last of her stepdaughter Jennifer McKinnon; children became teenagers, sons, John Deas Jr. and www.parklandfuneralhome.com 36617B3-L28 she returned to school earning Sean Deas. as well as six grandchildren.

John will be a teachers’ aid certificate at Red Deer College. She s a d l y m i s s e d b y n i e c e s , continued to care for children n e p h e w s a n d c o u n t l e s s at Fairview Elementary School friends he made over the for many years. When she years. A celebration of life Card Of Thanks found occasional moments to ceremony will be held at herself she enjoyed swimming, the Alix Hall on Saturday, curling, playing cards, tea February 23, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. with friends, and collecting jokes for the Horizon Village newsletter that she edited for In Memoriam more than a decade. We invite family and friends to a HARRY BRANNEN The Red Deer Regional Health Foundation is so very memorial tea at the Black 1926 - 2009 thankful for all memorial donations. All gifts are greatly Knight Inn, 2929 50th Avenue, appreciated and help all Central Alberta residents while Red Deer on Monday, February Gone from us, 25, 2013 from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. at the Red Deer Regional Hospital.

But leaving memories We ask that donations in Death can never take away, 3942 50A Ave., Shirley’s memory be made to Memories that will always linger the Alzheimer’s Society of Red Deer AB T4N 4E7 While upon this earth we stay.

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ANGELA GRETER Terry and Darlene Greter are proud and happy to announce that after many years of hard work and schooling their youngest daughter, Angela has graduated from the University of Guelph.

She graduated with a Master of Science in Animal Science in 2010. In December 2012, Angela graduated with a Ph.D (Doctor of Philosophy) in Animal Welfare and Behavior.

Her family wishes her well in all her future endeavors.

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Mrs. Edith Reay long time resident of the Willowdale District passed away at the Innisfail Rosefield Centre on February 9, 2013 at the age of 99 years. Edith is survived by her son Lorne (Bev), grandchildren Colleen ( R a n d y ) H o v e y, K a r e n (Evan) Osmond and Murray (Laurie) Reay, great grandchildren Jodi and Sean Hovey, Megan and Bradley Osmond, Jared, Justin and Chance Reay and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband W.M. (Len) in 1993.

Friends are invited to join the family for a time of fellowship a t t h e Va l l e y C e n t r e Community Hall on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made to the Stollery Childrens Hospital or the charity of one’s choice.

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Fax or drop off resume 403-346-6128 No phone calls.

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Safety Coordinator - Watts Projects Inc. is a progressive Oilfield Construction Company based in Red Deer and I s l o o k i n g t o f i l l t h e Edson serving Alberta and following position: Saskatchewan. We are hiring a Safety Coordinator to manage the Health & FIELD SAFETY Safety Program, the OFFICER position will coordinate The successful applicant with the HSE Manager. will have a NCSO designaThe Candidate would be tion and will have: responsible for a * Actual hands on oilfield combination of field safety construction experience. & safety administration * Good computer skills. activities. Safety Tickets * Extensive travel is required and Alberta required.

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Office experience and computer skills are required, MS Office. If you enjoy working hard and having fun, then please apply to info@ chandlerconsulting.net or fax 343-6874.

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SAVANNA Well Servicing is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join our growing company. The following opportunities are available in Alberta and Saskatchewan as well as long term local work.

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs.

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Savanna offers competitive rates and a comprehensive benefits package effective on your first day of work.

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Chandler Consulting Inc. is now seeking an RN interested in part time contract work. Position is related to workplace health assessments, training provided.

Must live in Red Deer and have own transportation.

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TANKMASTER RENTALS requires CLASS 1 BED TRUCK Operators for Central Alberta. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

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We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

BARDEN Oilfield Hauling Ltd. is looking for ticketed picker operators, exp’d Texas bed operators and exp’d. Swampers. All applicants must possess all oilfield tickets and positive attitude. Email or fax your resume to: bardentrucking@telus.net 403 341 3968

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MCDONALD’S Restaurants in Gasoline Alley (East and West) are now hiring full time TEAM LEADERS (Food Service Supervisors). Starting wage is between $11.05 to $13.00 per hour, depending upon previous experience and/or equivilent education. All restaurants are 24 hours so applicants must be willing to work flexible shifts, weekend, evenings and late nights.

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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

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

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Restaurant/ Hotel

Now Hiring Our Red Deer based company requires a

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This permanent, full-time position requires a valid class 5 license with air brake endorsement for delivery of our shoring equipment to various Äeld locations primarily in Alberta.

GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION

Viking Projects Ltd. is located in Lacombe Alberta and services all of Western Canada. We specialize in a variety of pipeline, facility and reclamation services.

• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

Apply in person at any location or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

We are looking for

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that work well in a team environment.

H2S, CSTS/PST, First Aid, and Ground Disturbance Valid driver’s licence an asset Please reply with resume to:

Email: reception@vikingprojects.ca Fax: 403-782-6856 3412 53rd Ave, Lacombe, AB T4L OB5 Phone: 403-782-2756 Website: www.vikingprojects.ca

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Viking Projects Ltd. offers competitive wages, WHMIS and TDG tickets done in house.

Safety Tickets required:

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PART-TIME SALES STAFF

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INSTRUMENTATION JOURNEYMEN

Our ideal candidate must be 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 extensive benefits package. Individuals interested in a rewarding career with ABB Ber-Mac please forward resumes & queries to 403-357-3736 or: careers.ber-mac @ca.abb.com

Trades

SIGN INSTALLER req’d for local sign shop..

Must have at least 5 yrs exp. with sign fabrication & installation, and be able to work independently or as part of a team. Valid driver’s license a must.

Computer skills an asset.

Wage to be negotiated.

Apply by fax 403-341-4014 or email only: office@questsigns.ca.

STUCCO Labourers.

Needed Immed. Exp’d but will train. Drivers License pref’d. 403-588-5306

Truckers/ Drivers

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

Business Opportunities

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, & Welding an asset. Email: Del.trynchuk@cea-air.com Fax: 403-348-8765

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.

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Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time.

Landscaper/laborer

We are currently looking for an energetic, positive, reliable, mature and skilled individual to fill this position.

If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you. Now hiring Canyon Champions for the following positions:

JOB REQUIREMENTS:: * No formal education req`d * 44 hrs. per wk with some wknds. * Heavy lifting, running equip., yard maintenance, lawncare, snow removal.

Wage $25.hr.

Expected start date: ASAP Those interested please email resume to: resumes@ newcartcontracting.com or fax to 403-729-2396.

Class 1 Driver / Operators: Nitrogen, Fracturing Supervisors: Nitrogen, Coiled Tubing, Cement & Acid, Fracturing

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Paid technical and leadership training Career advancement opportunities

How to apply: email: hr@canyontech.ca fax: (403) 356-1146 website: www.canyontech.ca

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We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted.

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ACADEMIC Express Adult Education and Training

• GED classes evening HEAVY DUTY TECHNICIAN and days (Coach exp preferred) Prairie Bus Lines is seeking • Women in the Trades a heavy duty MECHANIC. Successful applicants will • Math and Science in possess a current the trades journeyman ticket, a current class 3 or 2 drivers license, Gov’t of Alberta Funding may and have strong analytical be avail. and troubleshooting skills.

A desire to work in a safety403-340-1930 mandatory shop, and the www.academicexpress.ca ability to work on both highway coaches and school buses.

Prairie Bus Lines offers a competitive wage and ADULT or YOUTH benefit package.

CARRIERS Please submit your resume NEEDED to Malcolm Malin.

Fax 403-342-2199 or email For delivery of malcolm@prairie.pwt.ca Flyers, Express and PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET is currently accepting resumes for SERVICE ADVISOR POSITION. Must have good communication skills and have the ability to work independently or with a group..

Excellent company benefits.

Please submit resume in person along with wage expectations to Joey.

Sunday Life in Deer Park Doran Crsc.

Dunn Close $68/mo.

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ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in EASTVIEW 100 ADVOCATE $525/MO. $6300/YR 2 HRS./DAY GRANDVIEW 75 Advocate $393/month $4716/yr.

1-1/2 hrs. per day WESTLAKE 75 Advocate $393/month $4716/yr.

1-1/2 hrs. /day Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

Carriers Needed For 4 days/wk Flyers & Sun. Life IN GLENDALE Gunn St. & Goodacre Cl.

Lancaster Area West half of Lampard Crsc. & Leung Close $85/mo.

PINES Patterson Cres. & Pamley Ave. Piper Dr. & Pennington Cres.

Rosedale West end of Reichley St. & Reighley Close $68/mo.

Pallo, Payne & Parsons Cl. Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

Michener East of 40th North of Ross St. Michener Green Cresc. area. $268/mo.

Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Good communication, skills both verbal and written. Must have effective time management skills and able to multi task in a fast paced environment.

Experience preferred, but will train suitable applicant.

Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

Pidherney’s is growing and requires experienced Truck drivers to work with our team:

• Water Truck Driver to work up North • Class 1 Drivers • Lowbed Drivers with Class 1 Top wages paid based on experience Assigned units Scheduled days off Valid safety tickets an asset

Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

TO LIST YOUR WEBSITE CALL 403-309-3300 ASSOCIATIONS

Why Canyon? f Dynamic and rapidly growing company f Premium compensation package f New equipment

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Join Distinctly Tea in the high growth & high margin retail loose leaf tea industry. Steve@fylypchuk.com

Blue Grass Sod Farms, Box 11, Site 2, RR #1, Red Deer, Alberta F/T farm equipment technician req’d with exp.

SHOP FOREMAN repairing farm equipment.

Pressure Piping & Steel $31 hr, 44 hrs week, dental fabrication shop & health benefits avail.

Only experience personnel Email resume to debbie. need apply lefeuvre@bg-rd.com or fax -Journeyman Pipefitter 403-342-7488 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 BUSY Clive area HD truck- ordering, handling & receiving ing company seeking F/T -Competitive Wage & apprentice technician.

Candidates will be req’d. to Benefits Please apply to info@ perform repairs and maindynamicprojects.ca or fax tenance of highway 403-309-3471 tractors and trailers as well as dismantling salvage units. Competitive wages and benefits. Fax resume Truckers/ 403-784-2330 or call Drivers 403-784-2501 for more info

D. LESLIE WELDING LTD. We are currently resume for B Pressure, Journeyman and Contract Welders. Valid safety tickets req’d. Rig welding exp. asset. Fax your resumes to: 403-729-2771 or send by email to: dlesliewelding @hotmail.com

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DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

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Applicant Requirements: f Self-motivated f Willing to work flexible hours f Safety—focused

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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

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Experience is an asset but we are willing to train.

We are looking for motivated applicants meeting these criteria: - Enjoys challenges - Is dependable and responsible - Communicates well with others - Follows instructions - Is not afraid to ask questions

Trades

FUTURE AG INC. WESCLEAN - Red Deer We are looking for customer your Central Alberta Case service/inside sales.

IH Agricultural Equipment Duties/responsibilities: dealer is looking for a full time assist phone customers, 3rd year Apprentice write up orders, invoicing and/or Journeyman customers, assist managParts Person ers/sales rep, assist walk for their Rimbey location. in customers and general Farming background office duties. Competitive an asset. wage along with full benefits. Resumes to Job duties and mdoll@wesclean.com responsibilities include: or fax 403-347-8803, • Assist customers and ATTN. MIKE answer customers inquiries • Read and interpret parts diagnostics & diagrams Trades • Use of computerized inventory system • Order and receive parts for customers • Excellent communication skills • Customer service experience A growing, well established • Experience with computerized inventory ASME fabrication facility system Is hiring for the position of • Experience with Mechanical Designer Agricultural equipment / Drafter • Must be reliable, highly Skilled and adept in organized & team oriented pressure vessel and piping design.

We offer a competitive pay Candidate can demonstrate scale, exemplary benefits proficiency with AutoCAD/ package, annual work boot AutoCAD Inventor, reimbursement, RRSP compress and has proven plan, sick days, monthly record of successful projects. bonus and continuous Strong computer skills and professional training in a technical aptitude is req’d. positive environment.

We offer above industry wages and comprehensive Forward your resume to: benefit package.

Future Ag Inc. Please email resumes to Attn: Paula Martin careers@fusionpro.ca Box 140 or fax 403-347-7867 Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 Fax: 403-843-2790 Email to paulam@futureag.ca

ARMOR INC is looking for licensed diesel and suspension mechanic for light duty performance shop.

Diesel and transmission exp. preferred.

Bring resume to: 106 -6439 67 St. RD Phone 403-346-9188 or emal donavan@armorinc.ca

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Please drop off resumes at 6740 65 Avenue, Red Deer, AB email cgust@badgerinc.com fax to 403-343-0401

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The ideal applicant will be physically Ät, able to perform multiple tasks, work well alone, and have experience in the oil and gas industry.

Forklift training, safety tickets, loading, hauling, and picker experience are deÄnite assets.

Training may be available for the right applicant.

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ABB has an immediate opening at one of our ALBERTA locations for an

SHORING INVENTORY ASSISTANT for our Trenching Safety division.

Sales & Distributors

SERVICE TECH req’d F/T to troubleshoot & repair mechanical & electrical commercial cleaning equipment.

Strong communication skills, basic computer skills req’d, team player, clean driving record, good time management for in shop & mobile services.

Van & tools supplied.

Competitive wages with full benefit package.Resumes to mdoll@wesclean.com or fax 403-347-8803, ATTN. MIKE

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SHOPPING www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854

VACATIONS www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

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Huntwood Custom Cabinets

CARRIERS NEEDED

is currently seeking the following positions, to start immediately:

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

Min. 2 yrs experienced installer contractors for the Red Deer Location. Supply your own liability insurance, tools, and reliable vehicle.

ANDERS AREA Adams Close/ Adair Ave. Ainsworth Crsc.

Allsop Ave. BOWER AREA Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St

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 **** POSITION FILLED *******

INGLEWOOD AREA

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NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

LANCASTER AREA Lagrange Crsc

TURPLE BROS. LTD.

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Cabinet Installers

Field Service Technician

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THE TASTY BAKERY PACKAGING & COUNTER SALES P/T OPPORTUNITY No early mornings, No late nights No Sundays, Apply in person at: Bay #1, 2319 Taylor Drive (directly behind Nutters)

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Attention to detail, multitask oriented, strong communication & superior organizational, time management & problem solving skills required. † Remuneration based on education and experience.

Excellent benefits. † APPLY NOW! Email resume to careers@chatters.ca Fax resume to 1-888-409-0483 Online @ www.chatters.ca

Employment Training

OILFIELD SERVICES INC.

offers a variety of

SAFETY COURSES to meet your needs.

Standard First Aid , Confined Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire Training are courses that we offer on a regular basis.

As well, we offer a selection of online Training Courses.

For more information check us out online at www.firemaster.ca or call us at 403 342 7500.

You also can find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs.

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403.341.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem)

Cust Service/Office/Ship/ Rec fast paced Mon-Fri 8-4 Apply @ Grand Central Stitchin 7, 7439 49 Ave Cr 309 3300.

Central Alberta LIFE The newspaper far mers look to for best values in: *Farm Machinery, *Feed & Grain, *Livestock, *Trailers, *Supplies & *More.

CHECK US OUT CALL 309-3300

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

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APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

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

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1 day per wk.

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at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Auctions

880

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

BUD HAYNES

SPRING FIREARMS AUCTION Sat., March 2 @ 9 am Bay 4, 7429 49 Ave R.D. Estate: George Huebner of Sask. & Estate: George Stawn of Cochrane.

Over 500 items.

Taking consignments.

Ph: 403-347-5855 www.budhaynesauctions.com

is expanding its facility to double production.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

Clothing

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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- Batch Plant Operator - Carpenters/Woodworkers - General Labourers

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

COUNTERTOPS

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 FNT CONSTRUCTION WE DO DECKS,,FENCES, RENOS,WINDOWS AND DOORS.LICENSED AND INSURED.VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED.403-304-0727

Escorts

1165

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Escorts

1165

ULTIMATE COMPANIONSHIP

A break away from your regular routine. Come warm up in a private room, never rushed, no large agency fees. Best body rub in Red Deer. Very private. Satisfaction guaranteed. Paris/ Cheyanne. Located in south end of Red Deer 403-307-4144 403-986-7399

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.

HANDYMAN PLUS Painting, laminate, tile, mud/ tape, doors, trim, Call 403-358-9099

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

Massage Therapy

1280

CINDY’S Western & Chinese Traditional Massage, micro computer diagnosis. Insurance avail.

New girls coming. 4606 48 Ave. 8 a.m.- 9:30 p.m. 7 days a wk. 403-986-1691

HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269 LINDA’S CHINESE MASSAGE

Valentine’s Special

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 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels.

403-986-6686

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

BARELY used treadmill, first $200 takes 403-347-8604

1660

TREADMILL Sportcraft TX 2.5, $200. ....SOLD!!!.....

Firewood

AFFORDABLE

WOMEN’S clothing, lined lace jacket with button front and short sleeves, flowing A-line long skirt, size 12, 5’4”, $90, 403--227-2653

Auctions

Misc.

Services

1290

FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal.

No household appliances 403-396-8629

7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Health & Beauty

1700

PRONTO M-91 Sure Stop power wheel chair, brand new, 24 V, top of line chair, $4500 403-845-3292 403-895-2337

Household Appliances

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 BBQ (Patio Chef) c/w propane tank, cover, like new $100 403-314-2026 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

Household Furnishings

1720

Queen Orthopedic, dble. pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr.

Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325.

302-0582 Free Delivery BED: #1 King. extra thick orthopedic pillowtop, brand new, never used. 15 yr. warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice @ $545. 403-302-0582.

COUCHES: $30/ea obo.

- 4 seater, burnt orange, and a loveseat, blue-green.

Both in good cond.

As well as a free entertainment center.

403-986-0996 SOLID wood table and 4 chairs, table 38” square, custom made $200 403-314-2026

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

4 BELLS, wedding theme, Christmas theme, angell blowing trumpet theme, silver metal, PEI with lady slipper emblem, $40/total, 403--227-2653

1760

10-12 HOUSE plants $5-$30, 403-342-4572 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 MEN’S FOOTWEAR 9-1/2 1 pair brown suede, slip on, winter boots, very good cond. asking $75; Dockes Rockport, black, Oxfords w/laces, waterproof, $75 in exc. cond. 403-227-2653 PEACOCK feathers (50) $1.50 each 403-346-2231

1530

Painters/ Decorators

1310

A COUPLE OF PAINTERS

Call for all your painting requirements. 15 yrs. exp.

Kory at 403-347-9068

Seniors’ Services

1372

ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small jobs, around the house such as roof snow removal, bathroom fixtures, painting or flooring Call James 403- 341-0617 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

3030

45+ ADULT condo in Lacombe, newer 1 bdrm. + den, 1 bath, insuite laund r y, e l e c . f i r e p l a c e , 5 appls., storage locker, all utils incl. except cable and phone, n/s, no pets, $1100/mo., $1000 d.d., call 403-885-2583

1900

Travel Packages

2 ONE week time shares, sleeps 4, $5000 in St. Petersburg, Florida 403-746-3604 TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

HORSES WANTED: broke, un-broke, or unwanted. 403-783-0303 WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

INNISFAIL

Avail now, 1 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appl, adult only condo, $1400 + pwr, $1350 SD, No pets, N/S, PM 516 404, 5205 Woodland Rd - Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca LUXURY main Flr. 1 bdrm. adult condo., #117-6 Michener Blvd. avail. Mar. 1, bright, airy, spacious, 6 appls., underground parking, $1300. rent/d.d. utils. incld. Call Angie 403-343-2588 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

Riverside Meadows

Avail Mar 1, 2 bdrm, 1 bath condo suite, 3 appl, $850 + pwr, $800 SD, No pets, N/S, PM 470 302, 5502 58A St - Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 4 1 2 - w w w. s i m p r o p e r ties.ca

Riverside Meadows

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

LARGE 3 BDRM. duplex, in Anders, $1450/mo. d.d., $1000, incl. utils., avail.

March 1, 403-358-8670

Avail now, 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath townhouse, end unit, 5 appl, $1100 + util, $1050 SD, No pets, N/S PM 43 9, 5943 - 60A St - Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca

Manufactured Homes

3040

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Mauricia 403-340-0225

3050

NEWER Adult 1/2 Duplex 4 Plexes/ in Inglewood, 1200 sq. ft., 6 Plexes 3 bdrms. 6 appls. 2 car parking. N/S, no pets, utils.

NORMANDEAU not incld., $1200 rent, $1100 s.d. Avail. March 1. Avail Mar 1, 3 bdrm, 1 bath 4-plex, 4 appl, $925 + 403-340-0363 heat, pwr & 25% water, SYLVAN, avail .immed. 2 $875 SD, No pets, N/S, units. 2 bdrm. + hide-a- PM 559 6711D 59 Ave Sim Mgmt & Realty bed, incl., cable, dishes, bedding, all utils. $1000 403-340-0065 ext 412 -$1400/mo. 403- 880-0210 www.simproperties.ca

Manufactured Homes

3040

Newly Renovated Mobile Home

with Laminate Flooring, new carpet, newly painted

A MUST SEE!

Only

$

20,000with Intro

$

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable Sharon (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

279426C30

SHEET METAL EQUIPMENT • SHOP TOOLS • VEHICLES • TOYS

Renter’s Special

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd, 2013 @ 10AM MONTGOMERY AUCTION SALES CENTER 26514 TWP 400, Blackfalds, AB 1 Mile North of Blackfalds, Alberta, 2 Miles East on Lakeside Sargent Road Selling for Estates, Corporate, Personal Clients Sheet Metal Fabricating Equipment, Vehicles & ATV’s, Commercial Storage Buildings, Building Supplies, Livestock Squeeze & Saddles, Lawn Equipment, Meat Equipment, Skidded Commercial HD Reverse Osmosis Water System, Toys & Dolls, Canoe, Stationary Pump Engine, Antique Telephones, Commercial Photography Equipment, Large Quantity of Shop Tools & Misc See Website for Complete List

FREE Cable 2 & 3 bedroom

modular/mobile homes in pet friendly park

Auctioneers & Sales Management DON MONTGOMERY ICCA Auctioneer 403-885-5149 • 1-800-371-6963 Box 939, Blackfalds, AB

SERVICE VEHICLES • TOOLS • INVENTORY

$

Bay #1, 7460- 49 Ave., RED DEER, AB, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013 @6PM VEHICLES 2002 Ford Econoline E250 Cargo

Van – AT/V8, Roof Rack, Tool Boxes, 2000 Chevy Express ¾ Ton Cargo Van – AT/V8, Roof Rack, 1988 Cadillac Sedan Deville, AT/V8, 230,000 Km

SHOP & SERVICE TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

Ridgid Plumbing Tools, Drain Cleaning Augers, Bomag Jumping Jack, Chop Saws, Propane Space Heater, Gen Set, Propane Tiger Torches, Air Compressor, Welder, Numerous Small Tools, Greenlee Metal Stud Punch, Laser Circular Saw, Plumbers Torches, Ridgid Truck Vise, Fiberglass Step Ladders, Greenlee Fish Tapes, Tool Boxes, 3 Ton Hyd. Floor Jack. Several Recip. Saws, Vises, & More

INVENTORY & OTHER PCV, & ABS Fittings,

Copper Fitting & Copper Pipe, Black Pipe & Fitting, Gas Valves, Domestic Plumbing Fixtures, Gas Valves, Furnace Filters, Domestic Light Bulbs, Etc. Office Desk & Chair, Shelving, Racks, Counters, Etc

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Chris is relocating and no

longer needs these assets. This is a short auction.

Please be on time.

VIEWING: 3PM TILL 6PM DAY OF AUCTION REMOVAL: BY FRIDAY, FEB 22 @3 PM 10% BUYERS FEE www.montgomeryauctions.com

Auctioneers & Sales Management DON MONTGOMERY ICCA Auctioneer (403) 885-5149 1-800-371-6963

Starting at

950

/month

Mauricia (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

MECHANICAL INC

JUNK REMOVAL, Yard/ Garden Serv. 588-2564

Condos/ Townhouses

BRADFORD Exchange CLEAN & BRIGHT Plates, Wolf & Eagle series, Wolf Pups, Puppies, HOME IN CLEARVIEW Wild Animals, all have cer- 3 bdrms, 1,5 bath, In-suite tificates, $12/ea, must buy laundry. Bsmt, yard, 5 appl, NO PETS. Avail NOW. whole set 403-885-5720 $1350 & UTIL, SD $1350 Hearthstone 403 314 0099 or 403-396-9554

1710

C.SIMMONS

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

1870

Collectors'

Homestead Firewood Items Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry.

www.montgomeryauctions.com

Gentle Touch Massage

4919 50 St. New staff. Daily Specials. New rear entry, lots of parking. 403-341-4445

1590

1860

Sporting Goods

Subject to Additions & Deletions Cash/C/Card 10% Buyers Fee Lunch Available Viewing: Fri. Feb. 22 9AM – 4PM. Removal by Wed. Feb. 27 @ 3PM

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

1630

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Is taking resumes for: * Accessories Dept. with experience in clothing.

F/T positions avail. * 2nd or 3rd. yr. motorcycle mechanic Please forward resume to HR Department Fax: 403-341-4910

TRAINING CENTRE

For afternoon delivery once per week

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Tour These Fine Homes North Red Deer

4210

OPEN HOUSE SAT . 2-4 6220 ORR DR. UNIT 2 $247,000, Re/Max, central ab MARGARET COMEAU 403-391-3399

South Red Deer

4270

OPEN HOUSE SUN. FEB 17 2-4 44 BETTENSON ST. Re/Max, central ab MARGARET COMEAU 403-391-3399

South Red Deer

4270

Outstanding Value at $353,333

Dream by the fireplace

5 bdrm. 3 baths , family walk out, 26x26 heated garage. backs onto a park in Bower.

OPEN HOUSE SUN. FEB. 17 2-4 44 BETTENSON ST. Re/Max, central ab MARGARET COMEAU 403-391-3399

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 E5

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

Suites

3060

homes

ORIOLE PARK

Avail Mar 1, 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath 4-plex, 4 appl, new paint, $950 25% water, 100% pwr & gas, $900 SD, N / P, N / S P M 5 0 6 4 2 D Onaway Ave - Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 4 1 2 - w w w. s i m p r o p e r ties.ca

Suites

3060

1 BDRM. BRIGHT APT. AT 51 AVE.

1 bath, coin-op laundry.

Top floor w/balcony.

No pets. $795& Elect; SD $795; Avail MARCH 1st.

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

INNISFAIL

Avail Mar 1, 2 bdrm, 1 bath suite, 2 appl, laundry in the bldg, $725 + pwr, $675 SD, No pets, N/S, PM 34 303, 5604 50 Ave - Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca LACOMBE, BRAUNFEL HOUSE. 1 bdrm., avail.

Mar. 1, no pets, n/s, no children, rent $700. All utils. pd. **RENTED** 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

WELL KEPT SUITE IN CARRIE APT.

2 bdrm, 1 bath. w/ balcony.

2 appls, coin-op laundry.

NO PETS, Avail NOW! $995 & Elect., SD $995 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554

Rooms For Rent

3090

FURN. room, all utils. and cable incld, $425/mo.

403-506-3277

Mobile Lot

3190

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820

SUNNYBROOK

2 bdrm. apt. avail. Feb 15 & Mar 1. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

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MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Mauricia 403-340-0225

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Houses For Sale

4020

1/2 DUPLEX, $239,000 New Oriole Park. Call or Text 403-350-8132

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

HANDYMAN SPECIAL Bi-level fully dev. + sunroom. 6 bdrms., 3 bath + more. Assest $265,710, asking $239,900!!

Penhold. Call John at Coldwell Banker 403-348-3339

Mason Martin Homes has

8 Brand New Homes starting at $188,900 Call for more info 403-588-2550

RISER HOMES

BLACKFALDS: 2 bdrm. 2 bath, dbl. att. garage. $325,000.

2 bdrm. 2 bath. $297,900.

Inclds. all fees.

Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

The

Rent Spot

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

~ 1 ONLY RISER HOMES DON’T MISS OUT!

3 bdrm., 2 bath townhouse in Lacombe. Walk-out, front att. garage.

Many upgrades. $240,000 incl. all fees.

Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

MUST SELL

By Owner.

Mauricia 403-340-0225

CLEAN & BRIGHT HOME IN CLEARVIEW

1 bath, coin-op laundry. Top floor w/balcony. No pets. $795& Elect; SD $795; Avail MARCH 1st.

3 bdrms, 1,5 bath, In-suite laundry. Bsmt, yard, 5 appl, NO PETS. Avail NOW. $1350 & UTIL, SD $1350

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 403-396-9554 www.hpman.ca

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 403-396-9554 www.hpman.ca

5030

New Executive

Income Property

4100

BRAND NEW SECONDARY SUITE HOME. 403-588-2550

Cars

2004 TOYOTA Celica GT lthr., sunroof, $9888 3488788 Sport & Import

2004 PONTIAC Grand Am GT FWD, $4888 348-8788 Sport & Import

7620-50 Ave. Sport & Import

2003 BMW 3 series 325xi htd. lthr., sunroof, $10,888 348-8788 Sport & Import 2009 FORD SHELBY GT 500, 16163 kms, $42,888, 348-8788 Sport & Import

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 403-396-9554 www.hpman.ca

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519 2008 GMC SLE 4x4 1/2 ton, 208,000 kms, near perfect cond, $13,000 403-845-3292 403-895-2337

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

50 BUCKS CASH for complete scrap vehicles 403-302-1848 A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519

2002 BMW X5 $10888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Money To Loan

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2008 CIVIC, 99,000 km, 8 tires, 2yr warranty. New windshield. 403-340-3249

4430

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

SIMPLE!

It’s simple to run a Garage Sale Ad in the Red Deer Advocate and make quick 2007 GMC 2500 SLE turbo cash. Phone Classifieds 309-3300. diesel, $25888 348-8788 Sport & Import

At www.garymoe.com

has relocated to

Public Notice

#6000 2007 FORD F-150 XLT 4X4, 107115 kms, $14,888 Public Notices ..................6010 Special Features ..............6050 348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 SAAB 9-3 Aero,V-6 turbo, 54,031 kms $18,888.

403-348-8788 Sport & Import

Public Notices 279139

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SUV's 2007 BMW 335i htd. lthr., sunroof, $19888 7620 -50 Ave., Sport & Import

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2010 TOYOTA Sienna CE 2009 FORD F-150 Platinum 7pass., rear air, $13888 4X4, htd./cool lthr., $23888 348-8788 Sport & Import 348-8788 Sport & Import

REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for 2008 DODGE 2500 HD complete cars. 304-7585 2008 MERCEDES BENZ 1 9 9 0 D O D G E S p i r i t crew cab s/b, 183,000 kms E300 4-matic, nav., sunroof, 120,000 orig. kms, runs FULLY SERVICED WANTED FREE REMOVAL $13,500 403-346-9816 77001 kms, $26,888. great, good shape $1550 res & duplex lots in Lacombe. of unwanted cars and 348-8788 Sport & Import obo 403-342-0260 Builders terms or owner trucks, also wanted to will J.V. with investors or 2008 HYUNDAI Accent, buy lead batteries, subtrades who wish to become 2 dr. auto., low kms., like call 403-396-8629 home builders. Great new. $6800. 403-782-0444 returns. Call 403-588-8820 days, 403-782-6314 eves.

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5070

2011 DODGE Ram Laramie 2500 4X4, hemi, DVD, pwr. boards,htd. lthr., tonneau cover, $38,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Auto Wreckers

5040

5000-5300

2 bdrm, 1 bath. w/ balcony.

2 appls, coin-op laundry.

NO PETS, Avail NOW! $995 & Elect., SD $995

2010 GMC 3500 HD 4X4, sunroof, htd. lthr., long box, 118393 kms, SOLD!!! Sport & Import

2009 MAZDA 3 GS FWD, $ 11 8 8 8 1 0 4 4 6 3 k m s ,

4160

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WELL KEPT SUITE IN CARRIE APT.

Vans Buses

2010 MAZDA 3 GT FWD, 33,986 kms, $15,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

4130

Lots For Sale

5050

5030

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

Trucks

1995 GMC SHORT BOX, step side, $7000, 403-505-6240

3 bdrm. 2 bath HOME in Red Deer. Immediate possession 10 yr warranty.

Own it for $1245/mo. OAC 403-346-3100, 347-5566

4400-4430

1 BDRM. BRIGHT APT. AT 51 AVE.

Cars

4090

FINANCIAL

CALL CLASSIFIEDS 403-314-4397 TO ADVERTISE HERE

5020

Manufactured Homes

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Your Rental Key to Houses, Condos, Suites & More

Antique & Classic Autos

COLLECTOR CAR Auction & Speed and Custom Show. Featuring Ian Roussel, from Car Warriors & Big Schwag.

Mar 15th - 17th. Westerner Park, Red Deer. 150,000 sq.ft. indoor show.

Exhibitors space still avail.

Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event.

Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGauctions.com

2005 HONDA Accord EX-L FWD,64981 kms, $11888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2005 BMW X5 4.4i htd. lthr.pano roof, $16888 3488788 Sport & Import

2010 FORD Expedition Eddie Bauer 4X4, lthr., 8 passenger, $28,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2009 HONDA CR-V lthr., sunroof, nav., $23888 348-8788 Sport & Import

6010

Notice of Hearing for Permanent Guardianship Order to Trisheena Simon Take notice that on the 27th day of February 2013 at 9:30 a.m., at Calgary Family Court, Courtroom #1205, 601 - 5th Street SW, Calgary, Alberta, a hearing will take place.

A Director under the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act will make an application for: Permanent Guardianship Order; of your child born on July 2, 2010. If you wish to speak to this matter in court, you MUST appear in court on this date. You do have the right to be represented by a lawyer. If you do not attend in person or by a lawyer, an Order may be made in your absence and the Judge may make a different Order than the one being applied for by the Director. You will be bound by any Order the Judge makes.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The last completed book we are likely to get from Maurice Sendak remembers a man he often insisted was the real genius of the family, his brother Jack.

Sendak died last May at age 83 after years of health problems, but had managed to finish My Brother’s Book, published this week.

Admirers of Where the Wild Things Are and other Sendak stories will recognize its themes of danger, flight and fantasy, captured in a dreamyscary swirl that demonstrates Sendak’s debt to William Blake.

Brothers Guy and Jack are blasted apart by a fiery star, Jack to “continents of ice” and Guy into the “lair of a bear” who attempts to choke Guy and devour him. Guy enrages the bear by asking him a riddle and is flung upon a “couch of flowers/in an ice-ribbed underworld.” Inside a greenish curtain of blossoms, he spies the nose of Jack and bites it to make sure he has found him. “And Jack slept safe/Enfolded in his brother’s arms/And Guy whispered ’Good night/ And you will dream of me.”’

Tony Kushner, a close friend, says that Sendak spoke often of his brother, who died in 1995, and longed to see him again — in whatever picture of the afterlife the skeptical author might have drawn in his mind. The brothers had worked on art projects since they were kids and Maurice illustrated two children’s books by Jack, whom Maurice described as “much more talented” during a 2011 interview with The Associated Press.

“I don’t think Maurice really believed that,” Kushner, the awardwinning playwright and Oscar-nominated screenplay writer for Lincoln, said during a recent telephone interview. “Mastery is not just native talent. Mastery is also discipline and hard work and mastery of an art form.

Maurice believed that to become a great artist you have to work very, very hard. Jack, for whatever reason, couldn’t quite pull himself together to do that.”

My Brother’s Book is based on Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale, a bittersweet story of loss and reunion so personal to Sendak that the author sobbed throughout a production Kushner took him to years ago, the playwright says. The book includes a foreword

by Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt, who likens Sendak’s work to Shakespeare’s vision of “unpathed waters, undreamed shores.”

According to Kushner, Sendak wrote the text in the late 1990s and kept it in a drawer along with other possible projects.

As his health declined, Sendak began thinking more about his legacy.

He was well aware of the story of Verdi, whose masterpiece Falstaff premiered when the composer was 80.

“And that became an intimidating factor for him (Sendak). He was putting a lot of pressure on himself to make a masterpiece at the end.”

Biography tells interesting story of Olds College instructor Bend Like the Willow: A Tale of an Arab Promise

By Susan Glasier $24.75

he pursues this new girlfriend. She is very innocent.

Her mother has told her many times to be a good girl, but has clearly not been specific enough.

This is a very readable biogAlthough her parents have raphy of a young naive American travelled throughout the girl, who left home to go to Uniworld, they are quite intolerversity in Tucson in 1962 and, ant and have often told their through innocence and happendaughter who would be a stance, fell in love with an Alge“suitable” friend. rian Muslim student.

Now, when Susie finds she Susan’s mother had always is pregnant, her parents, albeen a “take-charge” type. Somethough upset, make the best one who, having missed out on of the situation and grudgingmany opportunities in her own ly accept Mo as a son-in-law. life, wants Susan to be popular Mo is, first and foremost, and successful at university. Suan Algerian. His country and san is bookish and a good stuits troubled politics are what dent but socially unprepared is important. for the freedom involved in life He has come to an AmeriPEGGY on campus. Her roommate is can university to train in agriFREEMAN the complete opposite of Susan; culture, and his plan is to go she invites Susan to the bar and back home following graduashe warns her about the “brown tion. boys” who sit in a certain area in There are many books writthe lounge. ten about unsuccessful cross-culture marOf course Susie does meet one of those riages, with details of abuse by husbands. “brown boys,” named Mohamed Chaabane. This is not that kind of story. Mo is educat“Mo” believes, from the talk of his friends, ed and he loves Susie. that all American girls are of easy virtue, so He wins the affection of her parents. He

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puts no pressure on her to become Muslim or to wear the veil. He prides himself on being modern.

Susie gives birth to a girl and a boy, the university study is finished and it is time for the family to go to Algeria. Susan’s parents are sad but resigned. It is time to go “home.”

The author goes back into history and relates the story of Mo’s family. Susan and the children become part of this large clan.

There are uncles and cousins and exotic food and big parties. She is mostly accepted by the family. Many times she must “bend like a willow.”

When war breaks out in June 1967, Susan and the children fly home to America, but they plan to go back to Mo again. Her mother, however, is not finished running her life and they cannot return.

Susan and her children eventually moved to Canada, where she was employed as an instructor at Olds College.

This very long but interesting book was written largely for her children but is well worth reading. It can be purchased for $24.75 from www.ShopPagemaster.ca.

Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

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