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Fekete tragedy led to change

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Saturday marks 10 years since the Fekete murder-suicide, a tragedy in Red Deer that changed the way Albertans respond to domestic violence.

On Sept. 28, 2003, Josif Fekete gunned down his wife Blagica and their three-year-old son in a Red Deer apartment building, before turning the shotgun on himself.

Recommendations from the 2005 Fekete fatality inquiry resulted in community organizations working with domestic violence victims to partner closely with the criminal justice system, police and corrections.

“I think the biggest change has been the collaborative partnerships that have been created. That collaborative process has allowed us to work together as a co-ordinated team to identify high-risk cases and begin to strategize and case manage to mitigate the risk,” said Ian Wheeliker, executive director of the Central Alberta Women’s Shelter, on Thursday.

“Each month we’re looking at an average of six high-risk cases.”

Some of high-risk cases are under scrutiny for months and cases judged to be lower risk also get a second, careful look, he said.

A monitored exchange and safe visitation program was also developed at Central Alberta Women’s Outreach to improve the safety of any children involved.

But Wheeliker said only a limited number of families can participate in the program and more should be done to co-ordinate the protection of children by getting family and criminal courts to work together.

Or better yet, he suggested, unify those courts into one court for domestic violence cases. After all, family court is where child custody and visitation are determined.

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Don Hannah of Red Deer peers under the hood of Greg Gorson’s 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Coupe at the Cruise Night event at Parkland Mall on Thursday. The season finale of the Thursday night show and shine brought in hundreds of vintage and late model vehicles and hundreds more spectators who enjoy getting close to the vehicles of their dreams. Cruise Night ran every Thursday through the summer months, drawing almost 600 vehicles on one of the best nights.

PST stands for ‘Political Suicide Tax’

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF There is zero appetite in Alberta for a provincial sales tax, despite recent suggestions by a tax expert that it would lure investment and benefit businesses, says a small business advocate.

“In theory, consumption taxes are more efficient and less distorting than taxes on income and capital,” said Richard Truscott, Alberta director for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).

“In theory, you could do a tax reform that was revenue neutral. But we live in the world of political realities,” said Truscott.

“There’s a reason why people in Alberta call the PST the political suicide tax.

“There’s no absolutely no political interest to bring in a PST or an (harmonized sales tax) or any sales tax.”

But just to be sure the idea doesn’t catch on in Edmonton, the CFIB launched a campaign last week to draw attention to the negative impact any provincial sales tax would have on small businesses and consumers.

Truscott said there is no support for such a tax to be found among Albertans, and especially small business owners.

While the number crunching done

by University of Calgary tax expert Jack Mintz suggests a 13 per cent harmonized sales tax — based on a five per cent GST plus an eight per cent provincial sales tax — could allow personal income-tax exemptions to be raised and corporate tax rates rolled back, small business income taxes would remain untouched under the plan.

“That means a small business would effectively see a net tax increase under his proposal.”

But the biggest stumbling block to any tax changes — even if the province promises they will be revenue neutral — is deep seated distrust in the government.

“Quite frankly, the taxpayers and business owners don’t trust the government to take the money out of one pocket with the promise they’ll put more money back in the other,” he said.

Truscott said tax reform discussions take the focus away from the more important issue: government spending.

“The provincial government has grown from a $20-billion enterprise to a $40-billion enterprise in a span of decade. And the politicians can’t seem to restrain themselves. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Sudden outburst of robberies prompts review of employee safety

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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The Fas Gas location at 43 Street and 55 Avenue in Red Deer remained closed on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 12, after a clerk was shot in the head during an armed robbery the previous night.

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With a store clerk who was the victim of an armed robbery recovering in hospital from a shotgun blast and another cashier recently receiving a death threat after thefts from the same store, concerns are growing about the safety of those who work at such stores.

Three times in two weeks, Fas Gas locations in Alberta have been the target of armed robberies, with two resulting in injuries. In Red Deer, the same West Park Fas Gas location was the scene of two incidents two weeks apart.

Red Deer RCMP said Jayson Arancon Reyes was shot in the face by a person with a sawed-off shotgun after he gave money to a suspect on Sept. 11.

Then late Tuesday evening, the store was the scene of another armed robbery. Two suspects stole lighters

and then one, as he was leaving, drew a baton from his sleeve and threatened to kill a clerk. No one was injured and no money was taken.

A third incident took place at a Fas Gas in Okotoks on Sept. 20. A suspect stabbed the clerk as the employee was working behind the counter.

Buck Buchanan, a retired RCMP officer and owner manager of X-Cops, a private security company, was at the scene of the West Park Fas Gas shooting after the incident. While biohazard crews were cleaning up the store, he was looking to see if the suspect would return to the scene of the crime.

He said the best way to deter someone from attempted to rob a gas outlet or convenience store is to have two people working at the same time.

“The best way is the manpower way,” said Buchanan. “But that also becomes the cost way, too.”

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Montreal police interested in sovereign renter

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Police in Montreal say they have been in contact with their Calgary counterparts regarding a self-proclaimed sovereign citizen who is said to have a history of claiming rental properties as “embassies” and refusing to leave.

Andreas Pirelli, 48, who sources have confirmed also goes by Mario Antonacci, was charged with pushing a landlady down a flight of stairs in Montreal in 2007. An arrest warrant was issued in May 2010 when he failed to show up during his trial.

Pirelli resurfaced in Alberta this week, when senior Rebekah Caverhill went public with her twoyear battle to get him out of her Calgary rental duplex. She says he identified himself as a follower of the Freemen-on-the-Land movement, claimed the property as an embassy, changed the locks and placed a lien on the home.

“The Montreal police is in contact with the Calgary police regarding Mr. Antonacci, since we have events here linked to him,” confirmed Marie-Elaine Ladouceur, a Montreal police spokeswoman in an email to The Canadian Press.

Quebec’s office of public prosecutions said the Montreal trial continued without the accused and the Crown completed presenting its evidence. JeanPascal Boucher, a spokesman for the Crown, said his office is aware of reports out of Calgary this week, but is waiting for more information.

“The authorities will ensure that the warrant is enforceable anywhere in Canada,” Boucher said.

Calgary police spokesman Michael Nunn says they have been in touch with authorities in Montreal.

The Montreal trial involved an alleged assault on a woman, Jocelyne Malouf, who said she allowed Antonacci to house-sit a home rent-free for five months while its occupant was out of the country.

Malouf told The Canadian Press she had problems when asking him to leave.

“He was trying to keep the apartment for him without paying nothing,” she said.

She alleges he threw her down a flight of stairs breaking her pelvis, arm, wrist and ankle. Malouf said she was then picked up and thrown onto the street.

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Artist Brian McArthur helps Ecole Camille J. Lerouge Grade 8 student James Cole with his tile at the school on Thursday. This week and next, students, staff and support members will get the opportunity to create a clay tile that depicts an element of their faith that will be part of a tile sculpture. The sculpture will contain about 1,000 handmade tiles and hang in the foyer of the school when completed. McArthur and partner Dawn Detarando of Voyager Art and Tile will then glaze and assemble the piece, creating a sunrise with the words Let Your Light Shine and Laisse Brille Ta Lumière, which is the school’s logo.

Alberta’s population surpasses four million

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON, B.C. — Alberta’s population has topped four million people for the first time.

Statistics Canada says as of July 1, the number of

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“I often see cases where I have grave concerns for the children and the victim because there’s been a lack of information shared between the criminal court and the family court.”

More education must also be done to reach out to young families in conflict before abuse and violence can start and before the cycle continues to the next generation, he said.

“It has to be a collaborative project. It’s got to include multiple agencies in the community and the school divisions have to be major stakeholder in the process.”

Wheeliker said the Red Deer RCMP’s Domestic Violence Unit has responded to more than 9,000 calls since it was created after the fatality inquiry.

Calls to the police plateaued at about 150 per month so the number of high-risk files may have plateaued as well, he said.

“We have made significant improvements. The domestic violence court program and the creation of police units have definitely enhanced the safety of victims.

“Can we guarantee there’s not going to be another tragedy? No. We’re not at that point. I don’t know honestly if we’ll ever be able to guarantee that.”

But as Saturday approaches, it’s important to “keep the Feketes in our thoughts and in our prayers” and to let the community know that there has been positive change since the tragedy, he said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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He also suggested placing a glass barrier between the cashier and customer, even though it could negatively impact the customer experience.

“What you do on one hand on the security side you deteriorate on the other side with your customer interaction,” said Buchanan.

“We so much as Canadians want to still be able to have that interaction with people. You go to some bigger American cities and you just don’t get that experience.”

Some convenience and gas stores have employees stand on an elevated platform. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design concepts suggest an elevated employee gives customers confidence in safety and increases employee control in the store.

The Fas Gas in West Park is one of the company’s newer designed gas stations and features a central kiosk with a complete view of the store.

“The safety and security measures we have in place follow industry standards and those are based primarily on 20 years of research into convenience store safety,” said Tom McMillan, Parkland Fuel Corp. spokesperson.

According to one study on convenience store safety done in 2000, commissioned by the U.S. National Association of Convenience Stores, having two staff on at all times does not necessarily decrease the risk of injury. In some cases, robbery incidents declined, but injury rates did not. Instead, it was likely both would be injured in a violent robbery, the study said.

“We have to let our health, safety and environment guys go in and do their analysis,” said McMillan. “If we do make changes to our policies and procedures there are some pretty huge implications for the retailers working the stores.

“We’re probably weeks away from making recommendations internally about what to do. Then in

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terms of committing to an action plan going forward, I don’t know what the timeline is on that. We’ve had so much happen in such a quick period of time.”

Video surveillance is one tool store owners can use, by letting people know they’re being watched shouldn’t be a secret.

“Anything that puts a face on a bad guy needs to be advertised,” said Buchanan, suggesting a huge sign informing people they are being recorded by video cameras.

“Most of the people committing robberies are doing them because they think they aren’t going to get caught. Anything you can do to spin the dial in your favour as a business saying someone is front and centre on our video.”

But even then some people will attempt to steal.

Buchanan said addiction can lead people to think about their next fix and not the consequences of their actions.

“In some instances the only thing between them and their next hit is you,” said Buchanan. “If that’s the case they have to go through you to meet their needs.”

Two people have been arrested in relation to the shooting incident. Jeffrey Lyle Geary, 31, of no fixed address, faces charges of attempted murder and robbery with a weapon charges. Eric Michael Ayotte, 29, of no fixed address, is charged with using a sawed-off shotgun to commit a robbery.

Police are looking for two people in relation to the most recent robbery. A male suspect is described as Caucasian between the ages of 20 and 25, wearing a ball cap and dark jacket. He has a thin beard along the jaw line and circular tattoos bordering his face. The second suspect is described as a female aboriginal between the ages of 25 and 30 with dark hair, wearing a camouflage jacket and thick rimmed glasses.

If anyone has information about this incident, they are asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-3435575 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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people living in the province reached 4,025,074.

That is up 3.4 per cent over one year — the largest increase in Canada.

Statistics Canada says Alberta’s population growth is largely due to international and interprovincial migration.

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ALBERTA Starcheski puts real estate job on hold to enter mayoral race

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Melesa Starcheski believes building the community you want means getting involved.

“I feel like I can make a difference in Sylvan Lake,” said Starcheski, who announced this week that she will run for mayor in Sylvan Lake.

She is facing incumbent Mayor Susan Samson and Coun. Sean McIntyre.

Starcheski, who has lived in Sylvan Lake for eight years, said she is putting her real estate job on hold until the race is over so she can devote all her energies to the election.

She decided to run because Melesa Starcheski she feels those who want to make change need to get involved.

“I don’t think it’s right to complain unless you’re willing to do something.”

Among the issues that are of concern to local residents is health care. Starcheski believes Sylvan Lake needs a hospital.

Starcheski’s campaign is built on taking a positive attitude towards the town’s future.

“Let’s dare to dream and let’s make our dreams come true. Let’s have the best Sylvan possible.”

Starcheski is throwing herself into gathering as much information as she can to best understand local concerns as she builds her platform.

“Right now, I’m researching the issues and meeting with any citizens who want to talk to me about them.

“And then I am, of course, researching solutions.”

Sylvan Lake is a growing community and that will mean being ready, she said.

Red Deer is a good example of a community that has planned for growth in an organized fashion, she said.

“I really think it’s important for the town to preplan, and accept growth and desire growth.

“I just think we need to accept it, believe in it and get ready for it.”

Starcheski is married with a son and daughter in high school. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Province to thin trees around towns to prevent wildfires

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The money will also be used to expand air tanker operations. The other $7 million will be used for hazardous fuel reduction programs in forested areas near communities.

The total funding request is estimated at $705 million. More funds will be sought in future budgets.

The province will also seek to hike fines beyond the $5,000 limit for those whose negligence causes fires.

The committee has suggested some firefighting jobs be expanded to year-round to help with the hazardous fuel reduction program.

There will be a renewed push to use more alternative communication methods like texting and other social media.

The government has already accepted a committee recommendation to better communicate during emergencies.

The committee has urged a straight-line reporting relationship in the forestry division of the sustainable resources department to better and more quickly ensure everyone knows who is in charge of what.

“People did great work on the ground (in the Slave Lake fire),” said McQueen.

“But we can do a better job to make sure in Edmonton and on the ground there’s a better (communication) connection.

“We’ve done a lot of work on that (already).”

EDMONTON — Alberta will begin thinning trees around forest-enclosed communities as a way to prevent the wildfires that devastated homes and business in Slave Lake in 2011.

“The commitment I am announcing today is first and foremost an investment in protecting human lives and property,” Diana McQueen, the minister in charge of sustainable resource development, told reporters on a conference call Thursday.

“It also confirms our pledge of continued investment in healthy forests by reducing wildfire threats.”

McQueen announced the province is accepting eight more recommendations from an independent panel struck to review the circumstances around three fires that swiftly swooped in on Slave Lake and surrounding communities on May 15, 2011.

The fires destroyed more than 560 homes and businesses, burned 22,000 hectares, forced 10,000 to flee, and caused more than $700 million in insurable losses.

Accepting the eight recommendations means the province has now signed on to all 21 recommendations put forward by the panel last year, ranging from front-line prevention to better communications, and ways to get damaged communities back up and running.

McQueen said the province will allocate an additional $18 million in this year’s budget for the new initiatives.

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The government will spend $11 million to expand firefighting operations, increase the number of firefighters and implement specialized firefighting crews along the lines of U.S. Hotshot program.

The Hotshot crews are 20-person teams of elite firefighters trained in more complicated fire suppression situations with the physical stamina to work longer in remote areas with less logistical support.

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EDMONTON — A University of Alberta research group says the provincial government is under-reporting workplace injuries.

The Parkland Institute says the government only notes injuries that result in lost or reduced work — about 53,000 cases in 2009.

But the institute says the actual number of people who get hurt is about 10-times higher than that.

The institute says these numbers would be lower if Alberta required businesses to establish joint employee-employer safety committees.

Brookes Merritt, a spokesman for Alberta Human Services, says the province disputes the report’s injury numbers, saying there is no evidence that they are so high.

Youth faces drug charges after other youths hospitalized ST. ALBERT — RCMP have arrested an Edmonton-area youth on drug charges after an investigation into two other boys who were sent to hospital in medical distress.

Police say the 14-year-old and 16-year-old who were sent to hospital had taken a synthetic form of marijuana known as K2 or Spice.

They have since been discharged from hospital.

RCMP say a 16-year-old boy has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and breach of probation.

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The strangest of bedfellows HARPER AND FORD ARE BETTING ON EACH OTHER They are, on the surface, the Canadian political odd couple.

There’s our buttoned-down prime minister, the risk averse, purveyor of the bland, Stephen Harper. And there’s Toronto’s dishevelled, risk-happy, erratic mayor, Rob Ford.

Stylistically, they are poTIM lar opposites.

HARPER Harper would treat a meeting with a voter in an unscripted moment as a crisis. Ford ditches his aides and wanders into crowds at a Saturday night street festival on the Danforth.

Harper works hard to avoid overexposure. Ford has his own open line show.

The prime minister seeks political advantage in a squeaky clean image, proudly denying marijuana use in his younger years while Ford laughs, and, without missing a beat, agrees he smoked “a lot.’’

Yes, opposites attract, but this bromance is built on political philosophy and political expediency.

This week’s subway funding announcement, spread over two days for maximum media exposure, is a victory for the suburbs over the city for two men whose support grows the farther they are from the urban core.

Two other things Ford and Harper have in common — their names are usually spit out in contempt in downtown Toronto and neither much cares.

They have enjoyed a bear-hugging, bass-hooking, subway-funding relationship since the days before Harper’s 2011 election, when Ford gave him a loud, full-throated endorsement at a suburban rally on election eve.

Now they are banking on each other and the early votes are in.

Harper has signalled he believes in a Ford re-election in 2014 and he’s quite happy to help him, as long as the mayor lends him the support Harper will need to keep and grow his suburban beachhead the following year in the 2015 election campaign. The next federal election could indeed hinge on the Greater Toronto Area and 905 suburbs that slavishly back Ford. The prime minister and his finance minis-

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ter, Jim Flaherty, have clearly decided that the scandal-prone, gaffemeister mayor will not have another nuclear misstep between now and voting day in 2014.

This is not merely Conservatives deciding Ford is safe. This is a full-out plan to embrace Toronto’s stumbling mayor.

Harper, in a so-called “photo op” with a municipal politician on a Sunday, all pictures, no questions from reporters, is not a typical page from the prime minister’s playbook.

Harper and Flaherty get a two-fer in one fell swoop, not only helping Ford with the subway announcement, but undermining the provincial Liberals as well, providing a potential bump for their other ally in Toronto, provincial Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak.

So what if this feeds distrust between the federal government and the government of the largest province?

This is all about politics.

And if the subway extension is slat-

ed to please voters in a part of Toronto where NDP MP Olivia Chow has support as a potential mayoral challenger to Ford? Well, that’s a little gravy on the subway train for both men.

Regardless of the merits or demerits of the subway extension, this is the best $660-million down payment on political success Harper and Flaherty could make.

“You have our money, let’s get this subway built,’’ Flaherty declared.

Flaherty never wavered in his support of Ford, no matter what video, boorish behaviour or disjointed logic was coming from City Hall.

The finance minister is “very close” to the Ford family and held personal talks with the mayor during his summer of turmoil. Flaherty, of course, served alongside the mayor’s father at Queen’s Park and gave Ford a key early endorsement in the 2010 campaign, long before Harper was attending the Ford barbecue or fishing with him on Harrington Lake.

Flaherty, as the Greater Toronto Ar-

ea minister, likes to tout up to $4.5 billion spent on Toronto infrastructure, including the expansion of GO Transit, the renovation of Union Station and the Sheppard East light rail line, and he would object to any suggestion that the Harper government favours suburban projects in enclaves worth mining for Conservative votes.

But those announcements paled in comparison to this extravaganza, Ford gazing in wonderment Sunday, Harper at his side, squeezing through the subway turnstiles with Flaherty and Conservative MP Roxanne James, embracing Flaherty with a thumb’s up.

“I want to sincerely, sincerely thank Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty,’’ Ford gushed.

If the players in this game of subway politics have it figured correctly, Ford will get his chance to deliver his thank you in the fall of 2015.

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

Controlling soaring public sector pension costs LESSONS FROM THE SASKATCHEWAN NDP

BY MARK MILKE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Canadians routinely hear about alleged growing divides in Canadian society. But here is one rift that often goes unmentioned: the divide between the pension benefits of public sector employees and everyone else.

Such inequality incurs real costs, where ordinary taxpayers pay ever more for above-market, guaranteed pension benefits that ever fewer in the private sector possess.

Consider some facts. In 2011, 87 per cent of public sector employees were enrolled in registered pension plans. That was up from 75 per cent in 1978 (the earliest year for which this statistic is available).

In comparison, just 24 per cent in the private sector had such plans, and that was down from 35 per cent in 1978.

That trend line reveals one divide. Here’s another: the type of pension plan offered to government/ public sector employees and those in the private sector. In 2011, of those in the public sector with a pension plan (i.e., most), 94 per cent were in a defined benefit plan. (Defined benefit plans promise certain retirement benefits regardless of the return on invested contributions.) That has barely changed from 99 per cent in 1974.

In the private sector, just 52 per cent of enrollees were in a defined benefit plan in 2011 (down from 88 per cent in 1974). The rest are in either defined contribution plans or in some hybrid combination.

Or look at the raw numbers: Three million public sector workers were enrolled in defined benefit plans in 2011, a doubling from the 1.5 million work-

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ers who had such plans in 1974 (the lowest year).

Meanwhile, the number of private sector enrollees in defined benefit plans sat at just 1.5 million in 2011, down from a high of 2.4 million in 1990. Talk about ships passing in the night.

The private sector has moved away from guaranteed levels of retirement benefits for a simple reason: It is impossible to guarantee exact benefits 30 or 50 years out.

That only continues in the public sector because the public treasury can be raided to make up shortfalls.

For example, in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2006, the provincial government topped up the Teachers’ Pension Plan with a $2-billion cash injection; in 2007, it deposited $982-million in that province’s Public Service Pension Plan.

In Alberta, the province placed a supposed onetime extra payment of $60 million in the Teachers’ Pension Plan in 2002; in 2009, the province made another special deposit, of $1.2 billion.

Even where such extra payments from taxpayers have not occurred, such as in British Columbia, the contribution rates for public sector pension plans have continually risen over the past decade, this to pay for previously promised benefits, and the bill ends up with taxpayers.

In short, defined benefit plans pose a problem when the actuarial assumptions behind such plans are off. When that happens, taxpayers pay.

Is there a way to bridge this pension divide between the private and public sectors?

The 1970s-era Saskatchewan NDP government under Premier Allan Blakeney did just that. In 1977, the NDP government thought it was a good idea to limit the risk delivered to future taxpayers courtesy

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As of 1977, the New Democrats grandfathered existing employees — they could keep their defined benefit plan or move into the new defined contribution plan.

And new public sector employees were automatically enrolled in defined contribution plans that, by design, do not create unfunded liabilities, but which anyway deliver retirement income.

Such a reform was more than fair. It makes sense to ask the government sector to be content with the combination of pension contributions plus investment returns. That is how most of us will fund our retirement.

Decades later, here’s the result of Saskatchewan’s reforms: That province’s auditor general has observed that future cash flows needed to fund defined benefit pension plans will continue to increase until 2021.

Then, such needed cash flows will decline and be on a path to permanently extinguish Saskatchewan’s obligations to long-ago closed public sector pension plans.

Blakeney’s NDP government was thoughtful, prudent, and far-sighted. Since 1977, Saskatchewan, has avoided the trap whereby imaginary gains and assumptions inherent in defined benefit plans force taxpayers to later make up for such early and often incorrect assumptions. The Saskatchewan NDP model of pension reform was a tremendous accomplishment worthy of emulation by other governments.

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Tories order veterans charter review

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Harper government plans to launch an extensive review of its oft-maligned new veterans charter barely two years after the last major overhaul became law.

Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino made the surprise announcement on Thursday, just days ahead of a new report which is expected to show that the marquee legislation is leaving some of the most seriously wounded ex-soldiers out in the cold.

“We have already made dramatic improvements, and will continue to strive for enhancements, to ensure that the tools and assistance relied upon by Canada’s veterans remain as effective, efficient and accessible as possible,” Fantino said in a written statement.

The country’s veterans ombudsman is expected to table the exhaustive analysis of the charter next week — something that could spell trouble for a government that has staked its political credibility on supporting soldiers.

Fantino said the review will look at the treatment of the charter’s treatment of the most seriously injured as well as enhancements that were part of the 2011 overhaul, which sprinkled more money and support for the most severe cases.

It will also examine support for the families of veterans.

The review will be undertaken once Parliament resumes on Oct. 16, and Fantino called on the opposition to work with him to make changes.

“I look forward to working with my parliamentary colleagues to consider responsible changes in order to reach a common goal of better serving those who served Canada.”

The review is an about-face for the Conservatives, who stated in the aftermath of the last overhaul that no additional changes would be considered until the mandatory five-year review in 2016.

But since then, veterans from the mission in Afghanistan launched a lawsuit challenging the charter and characterizing it as unfair and discriminatory. A Federal Court judge recently rejected arguments by government lawyers who wanted to have the case

thrown out.

Since it was unanimously implemented by Parliament in 2006, the charter has been a lightning rod for ex-soldiers, who’ve seen the decades-old pension for life system replaced with a workers compensationstyle approach of lump-sum awards and allowances.

Lawyers for the veterans argued that the federal government has a sacred obligation to care for those injured overseas — something the Justice Department attorneys denied in their written submission.

Three years ago, a previous study by the veterans ombudsman found that the lowest ranking, most severely disabled soldiers and their families were the biggest losers under the new charter.

The detailed actuarial report, commissioned by former ombudsman Pat Stogran, found senior officers, the ones at the highest end of the pay scale, benefited the most from the new system.

As a result, the Conservatives introduced a series of changes and allowances meant to offset the effect of the charter, but left the basic pillar of lump-sum payments in place.

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Greenpeace activists jailed in Russia TWO CANADIANS AMONG THOSE INVOLVED IN ARCTIC PROTEST

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MURMANSK, Russia — A Russian court on Thursday jailed the U.S. captain of a Greenpeace ship along with a photographer and several activists, including two Canadians, who were part of a 30-member team protesting near an oil platform in the Arctic last week.

The Russian Coast Guard disrupted an attempt by the activists on Sept. 18 to scale the Russian Arctic platform. Russian authorities seized Greenpeace’s ship, the Arctic Sunrise, the next day and towed it with the 30 activists aboard to Murmansk.

No charges have been brought against any of the activists, and several activists’ cases are still being considered by the court. Judges have been deciding whether to jail each activist pending the investigation. Russian authorities are looking into whether they could be charged with piracy, among other offences.

The court on Thursday denied bail and sanctioned a two-month jail term for Russian photographer Denis Sinyakov and Greenpeace spokesman Roman Dolgov, also from Russia.

It handed out similar terms to the ship captain, Pete Willcox of the United States; Canadian crew member Paul Douglas Ruzycki; boat mechanic Jonathon Beauchamp of New Zealand; Francesco Pisanu

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A police officers guards the U.S. captain of the Greenpeace ship ‘Arctic Sunrise’, Peter Willcox in a court room in Murmansk, Russia, on Thursday. of France and Gizhem Akhan of Turkey. Some other activists were jailed only for three days pending the probe.

Ruzycki, of Port Colborne, Ont., was serving as the ship’s chief mate when it was seized last Thursday.

Montrealer Alexandre Paul, 35, was also on board.

Russia’s Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said some of those jailed could be released before two months are up as investigators clarify what roles they played in the protest.

Although Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the activists aren’t pirates, he defended their detention.

The detained activists are from 18 countries, including Russia, and a long detention or trials could draw unwelcome international attention to Russia’s tough policy against protests.

Greenpeace’s executive director, Kumi Naidoo, said in an emailed statement that “the Russian authorities are trying to scare people who stand up to the oil industry in the Arctic, but this blatant intimidation will not succeed.”

The platform, which belongs to an oil subsidiary of the state gas company Gazprom, is the first offshore rig in the Arctic. It was deployed to the vast Prirazlomnoye oil field in the Pechora Sea in 2011, but its launch has been delayed by technological challenges. Gazprom said earlier this month it was to start pumping oil this year, but no precise date has been set.

The Arctic Sunrise sails under the Dutch flag. The Netherlands has asked Russia to release the ship and its crew immediately, explain the legal basis for its actions and any charges against the activists.

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Woman ‘humiliated’ during exam, court martial hears

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GATINEAU, Que. — A former military medical technician left women feeling uncomfortable and even “humiliated” after he touched or looked at their breasts during physical examinations, a court martial heard Thursday.

The second day of a court martial for James Wilks, a petty officer second class who is now retired, featured the testimony of several women who described similar experiences of having their breasts and nipples fondled during exams.

Their identities are protected under a publication ban.

One of the women said Wilks ordered her to expose her breasts so he could touch them during a physical exam.

She said he spent a minute or two touching her breasts before ordering her to pull up her hospital gown and get off the examination table.

The woman choked up several times and dabbed her eyes with tissues as she spoke.

She described how Wilks then told her to bend over and touch her toes while she was wearing only the gown and her underwear.

She said he ordered her to keep her hands on her toes when she tried to keep her loose-fitting underpants from slipping. Wilks pulled up her underpants and held her gown as she was bent over, the court martial heard.

“I was humiliated,” she said.

She told the court martial Wilks was “very firm” and didn’t give her the impression a breast exam was optional. She described him as “intimidating.”

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Former military medical technician James Wilks, a petty officer second class who is now retired, leaves court during a break at his court martial in Gatineau, Que., on Wednesday.

A female chaperon was in the room when the examination began, but left with the woman’s consent.

Maj. David Hodson, who is representing Wilks, accused the witness of fabricating the episode.

Wilks faces 26 sexual assault and breach of trust charges involving 16 women over a six-year span.

The charges allege inappropriate medical exams at Ontario military recruitment sites in Thunder Bay and London from 2003 to 2009.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

Another woman told the court martial Wilks told her to change into a T-shirt and shorts. She said she

was told to keep her underwear on but to remove her bra.

She said Wilks asked her to lie back on an examination table. She was not asked to remove her shorts or shirt. The woman said Wilks conducted a breast exam over her T-shirt.

“The reason why it stuck with me is because his touch was so different, and it was unlike any breast examination I’ve ever received,” she said.

“There was no way he could have been feeling for lumps or any abnormalities in my chest, because he did not cover my chest, he would play with my nipples.”

The whole time, Wilks kept repeating “I must do this. It’s part of the medical examination,” she said.

Another woman told the court martial that Wilks had her change into a hospital gown wearing only her underwear and bra underneath. She said he kept staring between her legs while he examined her joints.

“It felt really uncomfortable,” she said.

The woman also said Wilks told her to bend over and touch her toes while she wore only her undergarments and a hospital gown, which was open at the back, as he stood behind her and watched.

The court martial is expected to take three weeks.

Wilks also faces separate civil lawsuits that claim the military didn’t act on reports about his alleged conduct.

Three women filed statements of claim with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice alleging that Wilks sexually assaulted them during physical exams for recruits at National Defence installations in Ontario.

A fourth woman last year filed a similar civil claim against Wilks.

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‘Holistic’ legislation coming in the fall to stop cyberbullying: MacKay WINNIPEG — Justice Minister Peter MacKay says the Tories will introduce new legislation in the fall to fight cyberbullying.

MacKay was at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection in Winnipeg to make a donation to mark the birth of Prince George.

MacKay says the whole nation has been touched by the death of a 15-year-old Saskatchewan boy who was apparently driven to suicide because of bullying.

The teen’s mother, Kim Loik says she wants to see Ottawa bring in national anti-bullying legislation.

MacKay says she won’t have long to wait.

He says the governing Conservatives will bring in “holistic” legislation which will include greater public education and changes to the Criminal Code.

Government defends security certificate process OTTAWA — The federal government says suspected terrorists and spies detained under national security certificates do not have a right to full disclosure of information in the case against them.

The federal arguments, filed in advance of a high court hearing next month, are a staunch defence of

the controversial security certificate process — a rarely used immigration tactic that critics say is tantamount to a secret trial.

The Supreme Court proceeding will decide just how open the process should be when the government wants to deport a non-citizen who is branded a threat to national security.

The high court agreed last year to hear a challenge of the security certificate system from Algerian refugee Mohamed Harkat.

It will also review key issues related to evidence in the case of Harkat, arrested in Ottawa more than a decade ago under a certificate.

In a submission to the Supreme Court, Harkat’s lawyers argue the process is unconstitutional because it does not provide the person named in a certificate enough information about the allegations they face.

Feds confirm Mafia boss got undeserved tax cheque for $381,737 MONTREAL — The federal government has confirmed that a former Mafia don was given an undeserved cheque for $381,737.

A spokesman for Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay says the unwarranted tax refund has since been recovered and he suggested Thursday that federal employees responsible could face punishment.

The statement came after a published report that the Canada Revenue Agency gave the sincedeceased Nick Rizzuto that refund when, in fact, he owed the taxman $1.5 million.

Rizzuto had just been arrested as part of a sweeping police operation in November 2006 and sent to prison. The elderly Mob boss was eventually released, and was murdered in his kitchen in 2010.

Enquete, an investigative program on Radio-

Canada, says Rizzuto received a cheque dated Sept.

13, 2007 for more than $381,000. A photo of a cheque worth $381,737 made out to Rizzuto was posted on Radio-Canada’s website on Wednesday.

“As has been reported in the media, the income tax refund that was incorrectly sent to Rizzuto has been recovered in its entirety,” said an emailed statement from Findlay spokesman Alex Seguin.

“This Government considers any misconduct by tax officials unacceptable. Those responsible for misconduct must be held accountable. We are acting to hold people accountable.”

Radio-Canada, the French-language CBC network, quoted Jean-Pierre Paquette, a former Canada Revenue Agency auditor, as saying he told the Rizzuto family not to cash the cheque and that he even went to Rizzuto’s home to get the cheque.

Paquette said he believes the cheque was probably the work of a corrupt civil servant.

Canadians choosing wireless phones over traditional landlines, CRTC says OTTAWA — The CRTC says Canadians continue to abandon traditional landlines in favour of wireless.

The national telecom regulator says the number of residential phone subscribers decreased by 2.1 per cent to 11.9 million in 2012.

It says Canadians have dropped more than a million telephone lines in the last five years, while wireless subscriptions rose by 5.8 million in the same period.

The numbers are from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s annual communications monitoring report, which provides a snapshot of communications in Canada.

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Extremists attack Kenyan border towns

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya — The Islamic extremist group that killed scores of people at a Nairobi mall has attacked two Kenyan towns near the Somali border, killing three people. The leader of the Somali group affiliated with al-Qaida said the attacks will continue until Kenyan troops are withdrawn from Somalia.

The leader of al-Shabab said in a message that there is no way Kenya can “withstand a war of attrition inside your own country.”

“Make your choice today and withdraw all your forces,” said Ahmed Abdi Mohamed Godane, who goes by his nom de guerre Mukhtar Abu Zubayr, in a new statement posted on the Internet late Wednesday. “Otherwise be prepared for an abundance of blood that will be spilt in your country, economic downfall and displacement.”

Al-Shabab said the Nairobi mall attack was not only directed at Kenya, but was also “a retribution against the Western states that supported the Kenyan invasion and are spilling the blood of innocent Muslims in order to pave the way for their mineral companies,” according to the statement.

Al-Shabab attacked Nairobi’s upscale Westgate mall Saturday and held it for four days in a siege in which at least 67 people were killed. Forensic experts from around the world, including the U.S., Britain, Germany and Canada, continued their work Thursday reconstructing events in the crime scene including by carrying out fingerprint, DNA and ballistic analysis.

Early Thursday, al-Shabab fighters attacked the border town of Mandera, killing two police officers, injuring three others and destroying 11 vehicles, said regional police chief Charlton Mureithi.

Wednesday night, al-Shabab attacked the border town of Wajir, 390 kilometres southwest of Mandera.

One person was killed and four wounded after a gunman opened fire and threw grenades.

Kenya has suffered many such attacks by al-Shabab along its 682-kilometre border with Somalia but they take on new significance following the Westgate Mall attack.

At the city morgue in central Nairobi where bodies recovered from the mall have been taken, families wept as they waited to collect the bodies of their loved ones, and several expressed frustration about how long the process was taking.

Peter Mwalaia said he had been waiting to collect the body of his relative since Wednesday, while others had been waiting as long as Saturday.

“We have been waiting for the body . . . to transfer it to a mortuary that is closer to our place but we have not been allowed,” he said. “We have been told that the body has not been cleared by the government.”

Experts from the U.S., Germany, and the international police agency Interpol were seen entering and leaving the facility, along with local workers in white coveralls and rubber boots.

Two British pathologists were working with their Kenyan counterparts inside performing autopsies, a senior morgue official said.

Bullets and shrapnel being removed from the corpses are being turned over to police as evidence, chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor told the AP. “A lot of them died from bullet wounds — the body, the head, all over,” he said. “Some also died from grenades, shrapnel.”

He refused to say how many bodies were in the morgue but did say that he was told to expect more — though would not say how many.

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The doctor in charge of the main hospital in the area said the facility doesn’t even have an X-ray machine or a laboratory and that supplies of crucial medicines were running low, as the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude 7.7 quake climbed to 355 with nearly 700 people injured.

Survivors complained that aid was not reaching remote areas.

“We don’t even have tents to cover my kids,” said Haji Wajd Ali, who lives in the village of Labach, where every other house was destroyed.

“There are no shops. There is no food. There is no water,” he said as temperatures reached 38 degrees Celsius during the day.

Labach lies just a few kilometres outside the capital of Awaran district, one of the poorest in Baluchistan.

In the town of Awaran, about 100 people demonstrated around the district office to call attention to the plight of those still waiting for help. The quake flattened wide sections of the district, leaving hundreds of people crushed or injured beneath the crumbled piles of mostly mud brick houses.

Helping the residents has been made even harder by the danger from Baluchistan separatists who have been battling the Pakistani government for years.

The militants fired two rockets Thursday at a helicopter carrying top Pakistani officials in charge of relief operations, but missed their target, said the deputy district commissioner, Abdur Rasheed. The helicopter was carrying the head of the country’s National Disaster Management Authority, a Pakistani Army general in charge of relief operations and other officials.

In another incident about 20 kilometres north of the town of Awaran, militants fired at Frontier Corps troops involved in relief operations, said a military official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give information to reporters. None of the troops was wounded.

Earlier Thursday, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told members of parliament that security problems were making it difficult for rescuers to reach some areas.

There is strong resentment in Baluchistan against the central government, which many residents contend exploits the southwestern province’s oil, natural gas and mineral deposits but fails to reinvest in the desperately poor region. The province is Pakistan’s largest, making up around 40 per cent of the country’s territory, but also its least populated, with only 9 million people.

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War crimes court upholds U.S. wildlife officials testing warlord’s conviction python trap in Everglades LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands — More than a decade after fuelling a murderous campaign of terror in Sierra Leone by supplying rebels with arms, Charles Taylor was definitively convicted and imprisoned Thursday for 50 years, in a ruling that finally delivered justice for victims.

The appeals chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone upheld the 65-year-old former Liberian president’s conviction on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including terrori s m , m u r d e r , Charles Taylor rape and using child soldiers.

Taylor is the first former head of state convicted by an international war crimes court since the Second World War and Thursday’s confirmation was welcomed as underscoring a new era of accountability for heads of state.

“This is a historic and momentous day for the people of Sierra Leone and the region,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement.

“The judgment is a significant milestone in international criminal justice, as it confirms the conviction of a former head of state for aiding, abetting and planning war crimes and crimes against humanity.”

Stephen Rapp, the ambassador for war crimes issues at the U.S. Department of State and former prosecutor at the Sierra Leone court, said the ruling “sends a clear message to all the

world, that when you commit crimes like this, it may not happen overnight, but there will be a day of reckoning.”

However, it also appeared to establish dueling sets of jurisprudence at two international courts on opposite sides of The Hague on the question of when senior officials can support one side in another country’s civil war — an issue world leaders must consider if they mull over arming rebels in Syria.

The Sierra Leone appeals panel rejected a controversial February ruling by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which said that to prove a leader has aided and abetted a crime, the assistance has to be specifically directed at committing a crime.

In that case, the former chief of staff of the Yugoslav national army was acquitted of aiding and abetting atrocities by Bosnian Serb forces even though he had sent them arms and other supplies.

Taylor’s case appeared to swing the pendulum back toward a lower burden of proof for prosecutors.

His lawyer complained that the two rulings have created “entirely chaotic jurisprudence” at international tribunals.

If Taylor had been prosecuted by the Yugoslav tribunal, “I dare say the outcome would have been different, and that courthouse is less than 10 kilometres away from this courthouse,” Morris Anyah said.

But international law expert Michael Scharf of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, said the ruling Thursday “righted the ship” after the Yugoslav court had made prosecuting leaders who support rebels much more difficult.

Anyah also complained that Taylor had been prosecuted because of a lack of friends in high places, again referring to Syria.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — Federal wildlife officials alarmed by an infestation of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades have tried radio tracking collars, a massive public hunt and even snake-sniffing dogs to control the invasive species.

Now there’s talk of snaring the elusive pythons in specially designed traps.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture received a patent in August for a trap that resembles a long, thin cage with a net at one end for the live capture of large, heavy snakes.

Researchers say Burmese pythons regard the Everglades as an all-youcan-eat buffet, where native mammals are easy prey and the snakes have no natural predators. The population of Burmese pythons, which are native to India and other parts of Asia, likely developed from pets released into the wild, either intentionally or in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

Wildlife officials are racing to control the python population before it undermines ongoing efforts to restore natural water flow through the Everglades. According to a study released last year, mammal sightings in the Everglades are down sharply in areas where pythons are known to live.

A field station for the National Wildlife Research Center, which falls under the USDA, is preparing to test the trap in a natural enclosure that contains five pythons.

Over the coming months, the researchers will try baiting the traps with the scent of small mammals such as rats, and they will try camouflaging them as pipes or other small, covered spaces where pythons like to hide, said John Humphrey, a biologist at the research centre. Future tests may use python pheromones as bait.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines — Philippine troops took custody of at least 45 more Muslim rebels — all exhausted and low on ammunition — and six combatants were killed Thursday as a guerrilla siege that has dragged for three weeks in a southern city continued to crumble, officials said.

The Moro National Liberation Front rebels either surrendered or were captured in pockets during clashes in coastal communities they began occupying on Sept. 9 after government troops foiled their plan to take over the Zamboanga city hall, military spokesman Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala said.

Troops need to completely clear the coastal communities of rebels before they can declare the guerrilla siege that began Sept. 9 over, Zagala said.

The main target is top rebel commander Habier Malik and an unknown number of his followers, he said.

“They have essentially been defeated,” Zagala said. “They have no more bullets, food and the willingness to fight but we have to clear the area to

there’s still more to be tested,” Humphrey said. “This is just one of your tools that you have to put together with other things to get the problem solved.”

The trap was developed to catch exotic snakes without ensnaring smaller, lighter native species, Humphrey said.

The 5-foot-long (1.5-meter-long) trap is made from galvanized steel wire with a tightly woven net secured to one end. Two separate triggers need to be tripped simultaneously for it to close, which should keep it from snapping shut on such native snakes as the eastern diamondback rattlesnake or the water moccasin.

“The largest native snakes are generally somewhat smaller than the youngest of the pythons,” Humphrey said. “That was the impetus of the design.”

The longest python ever caught in Florida was more than 18 feet (5 metres), found in May beside a rural Miami-Dade County road.

Humphrey developed the trap in collaboration with Wisconsin-based Tomahawk Live Trap, which is working on a licensing agreement to sell the traps along with other snake-handling equipment such as tongs, hooks and secure bags.

It’s not clear where exactly the traps would be deployed, or whether they would be effective in an area as vast as Florida’s Everglades.

Everglades National Park alone encompasses 1.5 million acres (600,000 hectares), and all but roughly a hundred thousand acres of that is largely inaccessible swampland and sawgrass, vital breeding grounds for a variety of protected species.

It might not make sense, or even be possible, to place and monitor traps in hard-to-reach swamplands, said park spokeswoman Linda Friar.

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At least 23 soldiers and police have been killed and 180 others wounded.

Most of about 200 hostages have escaped or have been rescued.

Two marines and a navy special forces member were killed in fierce clashes Thursday while three rebels died as troops, backed by helicopter gunships, attempted to clear a mangrove and the last few blocks of houses and buildings where rebel holdouts were believed to be hiding.

The more than 300 rebels involved in the standoff belong to a Moro National Liberation Front faction led by Nur Misuari. They signed a 1996 autonomy deal but refused to lay down their arms and later accused the government of reneging on a commitment to develop long-neglected communities.

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Surgery helps common arthritis-related spinal disease DECOMPRESSION SURGERY PREVENTS PARALYSIS: STUDY

BY SHERYL UBELACKER THE CANADIAN PRESS Decompression surgery is a safe, effective means of treating a common but often misdiagnosed disease of the spine that can lead to paralysis, a Canadian-led international study concludes.

The condition — known by the unwieldy name of cervical spondylotic myelopathy, or CSM — is estimated to affect about 20 per cent of Canadians, usually after age 50.

About 10 per cent of those patients require surgery to alleviate progressively worsening symptoms.

“Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is the commonest cause of spinal cord impairment in the world, and it’s a complication of arthritis,” said Dr. Michael Fehlings, a neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital, who led the study.

“If patients have arthritis, they may very well have this in the neck and it’s very, very common,” he said. “People will typically present with pain in the neck, but they may not necessarily be aware that they’re at risk of developing paralysis.”

CSM, which can occur in anyone but is particularly prevalent in people of Asian and South Asian descent, results from the narrowing of the spinal canal, creating pressure on the spinal cord. The condition can cause neck stiffness,

arm pain and numbness in the hands.

In an estimated 30 to 50 per cent of cases, the condition gets progressively worse. Left untreated, CSM can affect the limbs, impairing the ability to walk or perform everyday tasks and eventually leading to paralysis.

“It can affect bladder and bowel function, it causes terrible pain, people lose their hand function, they lose their independence, they lose the ability to walk, they can develop all sorts of terrible complications,” said Fehlings, medical director of the hospital’s Krembil Neuroscience Centre.

Henry Wang’s symptoms began in early 2009, with numbness in the pinky finger of his left hand and his baby toe. The tingling and needle-like pain then spread up his left side to the neck; his hand started cramping and his legs began to feel heavy, impeding his ability to jog or play recreational sports.

“The symptoms certainly spread very quickly,” Wang, 53, said from his home in Pickering, Ont., just east of Toronto.

His family doctor and a specialist were baffled by what was causing his symptoms, even after an MRI scan.

“It was definitely not an enjoyable time,” said the computer consultant. “Daily activities were becoming difficult and the numbing sensation I was experiencing made it hard

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“Because I wasn’t sure what was happening, I gave up any activity where falling could be a risk. This condition was really affecting my quality of life.”

Wang was eventually diagnosed with CSM, caused in his case by a hardening of ligaments that had narrowed his spinal canal and were pressing on his spinal cord.

In late 2009, with 60 per cent compression of his cord, Wang underwent a decompression operation performed

by Fehlings, who was heading the 12-centre North American clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of the surgery.

“What was amazing about it was right after surgery ...

I didn’t feel any symptoms,” said Wang. He was back at work in two weeks, although physicians warned him that over time some symptoms could recur due to the extent of damage to his spinal cord.

That’s why, said Fehlings, it’s important that doctors and the public become more aware of CSM and seek treatment sooner rather than later.

“Time is spine,” he said.

“And once you lose it, you lose it.”

Based on the study published Wednesday in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, which evaluated post-surgical function and quality of life for 278 patients with mild, moderate or severe CSM, Fehlings said spinal decompression is a safe and effective means of alleviating symptoms.

The study showed the surgery improved health quality of life scores, often dramatically, comparable to those of cataract surgery or hip replacement.

“So in other words, it’s a game-changing degree of improvement,” he said, but stressed that the surgery has the greatest impact for patients in the earlier, milder stages of CSM. The more severe you are at the outset, the less optimal the degree of recovery, although all patients do show evidence of recovery.”

Yet Fehlings said cervical spondylotic myelopathy is not on the public’s radar nor that of many health providers.

Indeed, CSM has too often been misdiagnosed as carpal

tunnel syndrome when a patient has numbness and clumsiness in both hands, even though the repetitive strain injury typically occurs only in one hand.

“It’s important for the public and primary-care practitioners to know this because (CSM) is a very common and reversible cause of spinal cord impairment,” he said.

“It’s a preventable cause of paralysis, so instead of people ending up in a nursing home and unemployed, they continue to be productive citizens, continue to be independent.

It makes the difference between somebody ending up in a wheelchair ... and somebody enjoying a highly productive life with excellent quality of life.”

Wang is relieved to know the surgery has halted the steady progression to paralysis he was facing, a prospect he called of “very high concern.”

“There was no other option for me but to have the surgery.

If I hadn’t had it, I don’t know what state I would be in right now.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEMUS POINT, N.Y. — Increasingly popular bathroom wipes — pre-moistened towelettes that are often advertised as flushable — are being blamed for creating clogs and backups in sewer systems around the nation.

Wastewater authorities say wipes may go down the toilet, but even many labeled flushable aren’t breaking down as they course through the sewer system.

That’s costing some municipalities millions of dollars to dispatch crews to unclog pipes and pumps and to replace and upgrade machinery.

The problem got so bad in this western New York community this summer that sewer officials set up traps — basket strainers in sections of pipe leading to an oft-clogged pump — to figure out which households the wipes were coming from.

They mailed letters and then pleaded in person for residents to stop flushing them.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A new study is rewriting the history of the very origins of life on Earth.

Sean Crowe, an assistant professor in earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences at the University of British Columbia, and researchers from the University of Copenhagen’s Nordic Centre for Earth Evolution, looked at three-billion-year-old soil from South Africa — the oldest soil left in the world today.

The Earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago and, until now, scientists believed that oxygen began accumulating in the planet’s atmosphere about 2.3 billion years ago.

Using advanced technology, Crowe and the other scientists studied the chemical composition of the soil and used mathematical models to determine that trace amounts of oxygen began to appear three billion years ago — 700 million years earlier than believed.

Crowe, the co-lead author of the study, was not available for an interview Wednesday but said in a statement that this event permanently altered the planet.

“This evolutionary event forever changed the composition of the atmosphere, supported the expansion of aerobic life, and charted a course for the ultimate evolution of animals including humans,” said Crowe, who is currently in Indonesia.

That formative event is referred to by scientists as the Great Oxygenation Event.

The oxygenation of Earth — the spark for evolution — is believed to be owed to cyanobacteria, microbes that consume carbon dioxide and release oxygen, or photosynthesize.

Oxygen built up in the atmosphere, and today is comprised of 20 per cent oxygen.

Lasse Dossing, the other lead author of the study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, said advances in technology that allowed them to explore the planet’s geological history are “truly remarkable.”

“Technology similar to that used in our study, could provide a powerful tool to search for oxygen and signs of life on planets such as Mars,” Dossing said.

several kinds of wipes and sent them through the sewer for a mile to see how they would break up. They didn’t.

Those labeled flushable, engineer Frank Dick said, had “a little rips and tears but still they were intact.”

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, which serves Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland, has also spent more than $1 million over five years installing heavy-duty grinders, while the Orange County, Calif., Sanitation District, in a single year recorded 971 “de-ragging” maintenance calls on 10 pump stations at a cost of $320,000.

Clogging problems in Waukesha, Wis., prompted the sewer authority there to create a “Keep Wipes out of Pipes” flier. And Ocean City, Md., and Sitka, Alaska, are among cities that have also publicly asked residents not to flush wipes, regardless of whether they are labeled flushable.

The problem got worldwide attention in July when London sewer officials reported removing a 15-ton “bussized lump” of wrongly flushed grease and wet wipes, dubbed the “fatberg.”

your hair without water, so why clean your bum that way?”

Manufacturers insist wipes labeled flushable aren’t the problem, pointing instead to baby and other cleaning wipes marked as nonflushable that are often being used by adults.

“My team regularly goes sewer diving” to analyze what’s causing problems, said Trina McCormick, a senior manager at Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Cottonelle. “We’ve seen the majority, 90 per cent in fact, are items that are not supposed to be flushed, like paper towels, feminine products or baby wipes.”

Wastewater officials agree that wipes, many of which are made from plastic, aren’t the only culprits but say their problems have escalated with the wipes market.

Vancouver, Wash., sewer officials say wipes labeled as flushable are a big part of a problem that has caused that city to spend more than $1 million in the last five years replacing three large sewage pumps and eight smaller ones that were routinely clogging.

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Rebels bring Dixon home MAKE TRADE WITH VICTORIA ROYALS FOR RED DEER PRODUCT, ASSIGN FESER TO CAMROSE KODIAKS

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Red Deer Rebels had one player coming and one going Thursday, both of whom were members of the 2012 Telus Cup champion Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs.

The Rebels acquired defenceman Kolton Dixon, 18, of Red Deer from the Victoria Royals for a conditional WHL bantam draft pick and bid adieu to Scott Feser, another Red Deer product, reassigning the 18-year-old forward to the Camrose Kodiaks of the AJHL. The six-foot-four, 185-pound Dixon played with both the Royals (39 games) and the AJHL Okotoks Oilers (13 games) last season. Brent Sutter expects him to play a significant role with the Rebels, who host the Regina Pats tonight.

“It’s a situation where we’re trying to upgrade our team and we felt we needed to continue to develop our younger kids while upgrading our back end,” said the Rebels general manager/head coach. “We’re adding depth to our team with a guy we feel can step in and be a top-five defenceman for us and push our top four guys.

He’s raw, but he’s tough and he’s a great skater. He’s an upgrade to our team.”

The conditional draft pick owed to the Royals will depend on whether Dixon is still with the Rebels at a certain point of the season.

Dixon picked up two assists and 47 penalty minutes with the Royals last winter and had two goals and three points — as well as 60 PIMs — with Okotoks.

Meanwhile, Feser became a numbers victim as both his age and the Rebels’ depth up front worked against him.

He sat out both of Red Deer’s season-opening wins over the Kootenay Ice last week and wasn’t tickled with the notion of being a part-time player.

“Scott and I have had discussions over the past week,” said Sutter, who described Feser as someone who could serve as anywhere from a 10th to 14th forward with the Rebels.

“It’s always hard for players to accept certain roles and on our team and this is the role he was going to have . . . there would be nights he’d be in the lineup and play significant minutes and there would be nights he would not be dressed,” he continued.

“We have 16- and 17-yearold players who have pushed ahead of him right now. We won both of our first two regular season games with our younger kids playing well and we weren’t going to take them out.”

Sutter tried to find Feser a spot with another WHL team, but had no success.

“This has nothing to do with Scotty. He’s a great kid but it came down to him just not being happy in his role,” said Sutter. “He wanted to play and I tried to do what I could within our league, but right now the interest isn’t there.

“Now he can go to Camrose and play a significant role with that team and I support that.”

Feser played nine games with the Rebels as a 16-yearold in 2011-12, recording two assists, and split last season between the Rebels and the Kodiaks.

He had a goal and five helpers in 31 games with Red Deer and put up 17 points (7-10) in 23 AJHL games.

Feser will stay on the Rebels’ 50-man protected list and could be recalled at any point this season. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

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Former Red Deer Midget Optimist Rebels Chief Kolton Dixon was acquired by the Red Deer Rebels through a trade with the Victoria Royals on Thursday.

Eskimos’ Reilly running to stardom

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly makes a run against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers during first half action in Edmonton, on September 14. Growing up, Reilly learned one ironclad rule at his father’s knee: real quarterbacks stay in the pocket and throw.

EDMONTON — Growing up, Mike Reilly learned one ironclad rule at his father’s knee: real quarterbacks stay in the pocket and throw. They do not gambol about the gridiron like Bambi on a sugar rush.

So much for fatherly advice.

Twenty years later, Pat Reilly and his wife Rhonda will head north to Edmonton to watch their son Mike quarterback the Edmonton Eskimos against the Toronto Argonauts at Commonwealth Stadium Saturday.

They’ll watch a 28-year-old who has become a local folk hero for his willingness to run, throw, and take hellacious hits to lift the 3-9 team off the mat.

“I’ve made peace with it (the running),” Pat Reilly laughed in an interview from the family home in Kalispell, Mont. “But I’d still trade running yards for passing yards any day of the week.”

Mike Reilly’s running has made him a potent double threat. He is ranked second in league passing with 3,085 yards and 20 TDs, and is fifth amongst all the league’s rushers with 530 yards.

After years of bouncing around practice rosters in the NFL and backing up Travis Lulay in B.C., Reilly got his chance to lead a team this past off-season when he was acquired in a trade by the Eskimos.

He has more than exceeded expectations.

The Eskimos are on a two-game win streak after starting the season 1-9 and, given the wacky world of the CFL, are still in the hunt for a cross-over playoff spot.

Paradoxically, before the win streak, Reilly’s legend grew with each successive loss as fans marvelled at his ability to drag himself to his feet after getting destroyed by a defensive end.

But ask Reilly about the hits and his eyes glaze over.

“That’s how I’ve always looked at

football. It’s a man’s game. There’s no room here for people that are soft,” he said in an interview.

It was his dad, he said, who not only worked all day then drove him to practice at night and coached his football team, but taught him the difference between pain and injury. “(He taught me to) get up every single play. No matter how hard I got hit,” said Reilly.

“My dad didn’t want to hear it. He’s old school. He wasn’t going to let me come out of a game just because something hurt.”

Pat said he knew Mike was something special in high school in Kennewick, Wash. In Mike’s Grade 11 year, he was the team’s entire offence: the quarterback, punter and placekicker.

But in one game, with a playoff berth on the line, Mike was in such severe pain with a high-ankle sprain be could barely walk.

So they worked out a plan. During the game Mike took the snaps, threw and kicked as best he could, then, when the defence took over, hobbled over to the training room, lay down and kept his head out the door to watch the game while trainers worked on his ankle with ultrasound.

When it was time for the offence, he’d put on his shoe, hobble over and get back to work.

“He is without a doubt of all the kids I’ve ever coached the toughest kid I’ve ever seen,” said Pat. Young Mike, he said, was a boy in constant motion. His room was covered in posters and pictures of his hero, legendary Miami Dolphin quarterback Dan Marino, but the boy was rarely around long enough to enjoy them.

Mike started out with a paper route but by age eight he was running his own lawn mowing service, complete with business cards, said Pat. A year later, he’d expanded into snow clearing. After that it was a sports trading card business.

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49ers get back to winning ways with rout of Rams

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 49ers 35 Rams 11 ST. LOUIS — Missing some of their biggest stars, the San Francisco 49ers put their foot down. They put the St. Louis Rams back in their place, too.

Colin Kaepernick threw two touchdown passes, Frank Gore had his first 100-yard game of the season and the defence stepped up in a 35-11 victory Thursday night.

“We know the talent we have on this team,” Kaepernick said. “We know what we’re capable of.”

Anquan Boldin had five catches for 90 yards and a touchdown, and Gore had 153 yards on 20 carries and a 34-yard score for San Francisco (2-2), which was outscored 46-10 the previous two games. NaVorro Bowman had two of the 49ers’ five sacks with a strip leading to Anthony Dixon’s fourth-quarter scoring run.

“If we keep playing, our offence will come around

sooner or later,” Bowman said.

The Rams (1-3) had an overtime win and tie against San Francisco last year, and took the early lead Thursday before falling flat.

Greg Zuerlein banged in a 40-yard field goal off the right upright to end a nine-game scoring drought in the first quarter, but the 49ers answered with 28 straight points.

“Tomorrow’s going to be a pretty tough day in the film room,” Rams quarterback Sam Bradford said.

“The good news is we have 10 days, 11 days until we play again and there’s going to be ample time to get that corrected.”

St. Louis was held to 188 total yards and was completely stuffed on the run, with 18 yards on 19 carries.

“That’s what we do,” said safety Donte Whitner, who had an interception in the end zone. “We stop the run first, then we stop the pass and then we get away with wins.”

The 49ers came close to a Super Bowl title in Feb-

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ruary and regained their footing against the team that gave them the most trouble last season. Minus cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha and linebackers Patrick Willis and Aldon Smith, they quieted a raucous, hopeful crowd, sending all but a few thousand home early.

“We’re going to have to get tough in here,” Rams defensive end Chris Long said. “We’re going to have to hold each other accountable and make plays and dig our way out of this hole because nobody’s going to do that for us.”

Kaepernick had no touchdown passes and four interceptions the previous two weeks and completed fewer than 50 per cent of his passes. He was 15 for 23 for 167 yards.

Boldin had a monster debut with the 49ers after helping the Ravens beat San Francisco in the Super Bowl, but had been quiet along with the rest of the offence the previous two weeks.

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Gaudet growing into bigger role

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Brandon Underwood prefers life on the west coast.

The native of San Marcos, Brandon Calif., will suit up Underwood with the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds this season after manning a top-four position on the Red Deer Rebels blueline in 2012-13. The six-foot-three, 230-pound rearguard scored two goals and added eight assists in 67 games in his lone season with the Rebels. He also had 97 minutes in penalties and plays a physical style that the UBC coaching staff is confident will prove effective in CIS play.

WHO’S HOT Spokane Chiefs RW Mitch Holmberg is off to a torrid start with a league-best Mitch 12 points — Holmberg including six goals — in three games. The 20-year-old from Sherwood Park is in his fifth season with the Chiefs and is on pace to easily eclipse his 2012-13 totals of 39-41-80 in 66 games.

WHO’S A SINNER Regina Pats Tye Hand has racked up a league-high 21 minutes in penalties in three games.

The 18-yearTye Hand old native of Yellowknife, N.W.T. is in his second season with the Pats and last season rang up 58 PIMs in 31 outings.

THEY SAID IT “We have to keep it in perspective.

Those are tough holes to fill. But injuries provide Dave Lowry opportunities.

Successful teams have players (who step up and) assume those minutes (of playing time) Right now, we have guys who are not helping themselves.”

— Victoria Royals head coach Dave Lowry, to Cleve Dheensaw of the Victoria Times Colonist, following a 6-2 homeice loss Tuesday to the Spokane Chiefs in which the Royals were missing four core players.

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Brady Gaudet arrived in Red Deer with the reputation of being an offensive-minded defenceman.

One year later, he’s convinced he’s become more. Much more.

“I’ve think I’ve taken a lot of strides in the right direction,” Gaudet said Thursday. “I’m a more rounded player now, not just an offensive or good-skating D-man. I’ve been able to add a lot of things to my game since I’ve come to Red Deer. I’ve been able to play a lot more on the special teams and in all kinds of situations.

“That’s where my game has really evolved . . . I’ve now kind of an all-situation guy, not just a one-dimensional player.”

The 19-year-old rearguard, acquired last October from the Kamloops Blazers, credits a combination of added experience and coaching for making him a better player.

“The more you play the better you’re going to get, that’s just how it is,” said Gaudet.

“And (Rebels associate coach) Jeff Truitt was amazing for me last year. He understood what I was going through being new to the team and he spent a lot of time with me.

“He was phenomenal in that regard and has been this season as well. And having Steve (newly-hired assistant coach O’Rourke) on board is great as well, he’s right there when you need anything. When you have a coaching staff you can fire questions at and always get an honest opinion and have them always right there by your side . . . that’s huge to have.”

Gaudet, the Blazers’ firstround pick — 10th overall — in the 2009 WHL bantam draft, seemed genuinely happy to have a change of address last

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One year after the Red Deer Rebels acquired Brady Gaudet, the 19 year-old defenceman has seen his game evolve to that he has grown out of the reputation of being just offensive-minded. fall. His positive outlook hasn’t subsided.

“A lot of people are afraid of change but I think it’s one of the best things that can happen,” he said. “It’s a clean slate for everyone and a chance for a player to work with new coaches. Jeff saw me play two games when I arrived and said ‘OK, this is what we’re going to do’.

We changed up a few things and he pointed out to me what I needed to do to become a better player. It’s just been slight adjustments here and there.”

Gaudet is one of three alternate captains this season, joining Lukas Sutter and Brooks Maxwell. It’s a privilege he doesn’t take lightly.

“It is nice, it gives you a pretty good feeling knowing that the younger players can come to

you in different situations,” he said. “Just knowing that you’re relied upon in those situations of trust and that you have the trust of the coaching staff is special.

“It’s an honour to be able to wear a letter and represent the team, especially a team like this.”

The Redvers, Sask., product is high on the Rebels’ potential this season, especially with the return of CHL goaltender of the year Patrik Bartosak.

“A lot of teams struggle with their goaltending but we’ve been able to build a team from the goaltending on out,” said Gaudet. “When you have a good guy in the paint and can build a strong ‘D’ corps around him and have some forwards who can score, you’re in good shape.

“The optimism is very high here, not just with everyone on the team but also with the fans.

We have a well balanced team.”

The Rebels, of course, will be that much stronger if defenceman Mathew Dumba is returned by the Minnesota Wild, a movement that likely won’t happen for at least another month, if at all.

“That’s a big question mark — what’s happening with Dumba, and obviously none of us know at this point,” said Gaudet. “Right now you just kind of count him out of the picture and if and when he does come back it’s a huge bonus. That way you’re not counting on him, you’re not using his absence as an excuse.

“It will be a huge bonus if he does come back. If not, then great for him and we’ll still just be the team we started with.

That’s kind of the way we have to look at it.”

Gaudet, who last season put up 20 points (5-15) in 53 games with Red Deer and had a goal and an assist and was a plus-4 in last weekend’s 4-2 and 6-3 wins over Kootenay, will be back in uniform tonight when the Rebels host the Regina Pats.

The Pats, after dropping two games to Swift Current to open the season, scored a convincing and somewhat eyebrow-raising 6-0 win over the host Edmonton Oil Kings Wednesday night.

“That’s a pretty big statement win for them, especially getting it in Edmonton,” said Gaudet.

“They (Pats) must have been pretty gung-ho.”

The Regina victory also reminded the Rebels that no team in the league can be taken for granted, Gaudet noted.

“The parity is pretty good throughout the league,” he said.

“We’re definitely going to have to come prepared to play Friday.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

Acquiring family wasn’t personal Kootenay Ice general manager Jeff Chynoweth “I’m not sure if our guys thought it was going to be insists that he didn’t trade for his son for the sole an easy night. We didn’t have a good game all around reason of bringing him home. right from start to finish. We talk about playing 60 “If I didn’t think he could help our hockey team hard minutes to win and I thought we played 60 minI wouldn’t have made the trade,” Chynoweth told utes and didn’t do anything.”

Trevor Crawley of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman after acquiring his son, ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ryan, from the Tri-City Americans Wednesday.

One season after playing 63 games with “Ryan will complement our existthe Everett Silvertips and two years after being age group of 1995-born players. He ing selected in the first round of the bantam adds versatility playing either wing or draft, Ty Mappin of Big Valley is no longer in centre, and is one of only three leftthe club’s immediate plans. shot forwards on our team.”

The ‘Tips reassigned Mappin to a yet to be The Americans received a determined Alberta Junior League team this fifth-round pick in the 2014 or 2015 week after he was held pointless in four preWHL bantam draft for the younger season games. Mappin notched five goals and Chynoweth, who never imagined he’d 12 assists last season, respectable numbers be wearing an Ice jersey this season, for a 16-year-old rookie but not good enough GREG or ever. to keep his job this fall.

MEACHEM “It’s a different feeling, for sure,” “It’s one of those things where we had 16 he said. forwards and had to make a decision,” GM “I didn’t see it coming, but I’m exGarry Davidson told Nick Patterson of the cited to come back and I’m excited to Everett Herald. “And I think he was a little play, I think it’s going to be fun to play concerned about what his role would be this for the team I grew up watching.” year as well. I think he was comfortable with going Chynoweth, 18, was selected by the Everett Sil- somewhere where he’ll play a lot.” Davidson said the vertips in the second round of the 2010 bantam draft door wasn’t closed on Mappin returning to Everett in and was dealt to the Americans last season. In 107 the future. We want him to develop and work his way career WHL games, he has totalled three goals and back here.”

10 assists.

Mappin played with the Red Deer midget AAA “I’m a hard working two-way forward, I can play Optimist team as a 15-year-old in 2011-12. in the offensive and defensive zones,” he told Crawley. “I can play all three forward positions and pretty ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ much do whatever I can to help the team win.”

The Medicine Hat Tigers added a bonus weapon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ to their back end this week, landing American rearguard Tommy Vannelli.

Regina Pats rookie head coach Malcolm CamThe 18-year-old rearguard had committed to his eron posted his first victory Wednesday in surprising home state University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, fashion as his troops spanked the host Edmonton Oil but opted for the major junior ranks when he was seKings 6-0. lected by the St. Louis Blues in the second round of The victory was the first of the season for the Pats this year’s NHL entry draft. who dropped both ends of a home-and-home series “We feel fortunate,” Tigers head coach Shaun with the Swift Current Broncos last weekend.

Clouston told Darren Steinke of the Medicine Hat “The guys played real well,” Cameron told Greg News, adding that he doesn’t expect Vannelli to imHarder of the Regina Leader-Post. “It feels good. We mediately be an impact player in the WHL probably should have got something the other night “I think everybody involved knows there is going in Swift Current but to win it with a real great team to be some work. It doesn’t just happen. This player effort top to bottom is real satisfying and gratifying has a lot of tools and is a very skilled player. Now, it for the players.” is up to us to work together to develop that.”

Oil Kings bench boss Derek Laxdal, not surprisVannelli, six-foot-two and 175 pounds, played high ingly, was less than impressed with his club’s efforts. school hockey last season before joining the Hockey “It was a very good lesson, if you don’t show up, USA development program and helping his country you don’t win, it’s pretty simple,” Laxdal told Derek win silver at the world under-18 championship last Van Diest of the Edmonton Sun. “We got embar- spring while scoring two goals and adding an assist rassed in our own building tonight and we haven’t in seven games. see that here in a while. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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SCOUTING REPORT Rebels vs. Regina Pats Tonight, 7 p.m., Centrium The Pats come into Red Deer with a 1-2-0-0 record, their lone win being a 6-0 shocker over the host Edmonton Oil Kings Wednesday. Former Rebels Marc McCoy and Stephen Hak were factors in the contest, with McCoy scoring his first goal and recording his second point and Hak, making his first appearance of the regular season, picking up an assist in a plus-2 performance . . . Calgary Flames prospect Morgan Klimchuk is the Pats’ leading scorer with two goals and four points. Fellow left wingers Chandler Stephenson and Geordie Maguire (each with 2g,1a) are next in line with three points, as is Russian D Dmitry Sinitsyn (1-2) . . .

Pats netminder Dawson MacAuley turned aside 34 shots to record the shutout at Edmonton, improving his goalsagainst average to 2.99 and his save percentage to .904. MacAuley, 19, back-stopped the Yorkton Terriers to the SJHL championship last spring.

Injuries: Regina — D Griffin Mumby (upper body, day to day); C Braden Christopher (upper body, day to day).

Red Deer — None.

Special teams: Regina — Power play 17.6 per cent, 14th overall; penalty kill 70.6, 17th. Red Deer — Power play 22.2 per cent, 12th overall; penalty kill 85.7 per cent, eighth.

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● High school football: Sylvan Lake at Lindsay Thurber, 4:30 P.M., Great Chief Park; Stettler at Rocky Mountain House, 4:30 p.m.; Hunting Hills at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer Parkland at Lacombe, 6 p.m.

WHL: Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College hockey: Camrose Augustana at RDC, 7:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Flames at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Saturday

● College golf: ACAC championship at Olds Central Highlands. ● Peewee football: Red Deer Hornets at Red Deer Steelers, 10:30 a.m., Great Chief Park; Sylvan Lake at Olds, 11 a.m.; Lacombe at Stettler, 1 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Royals at Red Deer Black, 11 a.m., Arena; Calgary Bisons at Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam football: Ponoka at Lindsay Thurber, 1 p.m., Great Chief Park; Stettler at Lacombe, time TBA; RV Rage at Innisfail, 2:30 p.m.; Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, 3:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● College soccer: Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 2 p.m., men at 4 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Steel Kings, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge at Sylvan Lake, 6:15 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m., Saddledome (The Drive). ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Airdrie at Ponoka, 8 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Lacombe at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday

● College golf: ACAC championship at Olds Central Highlands. ● College soccer: Lethbridge at RDC, women at noon, men at 2 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Midget AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 3 p.m., Arena; Okotoks at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL—Announced the retirement of commissioner Bud Selig in January 2015. Suspended Milwaukee OF Carlos Gomez and Atlanta OF Reed Johnson one game and fined them and Atlanta 1B Freddie Freeman and Atlanta C Brian McCann undisclosed amounts for their actions during Wednesday’s game.

American League DETROIT TIGERS—Placed SS Danny Worth on the 60-day DL. Reinstated SS Jhonny Peralta from the restricted list.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Transferred LHP Brett Cecil to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Ryan Langerhans from Buffalo (IL).

National League CHICAGO CUBS—Placed C Welington Castillo on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sept. 20.

NEW YORK METS—Transferred RHP Matt Harvey to the 60-day DL. American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS—Exercised 2014 options on RHPs Morgan Coombs, Ian Durham, Marco Gonzalez, Stephen Hiscock, Will Krout, Kyle Lindquist and Billy Spottiswood; LHPs Chuck Fontana, Matt Jernstad, Alain Quijano and Estevan Uriegas; C Craig Maddox; INFs Ryan Brockett, Brian Kolb, Nick Liles, Zac Mitchell and Danny Pulfer; and Cristian Guerrero, Adam Klein, Drew Martinez and OF Mike Massaro.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW YORK KNICKS—Named Steve Mills president and general manager. Reassigned Glen Grunwald to adviser.

FOOTBALL National Football League GREEN BAY PACKERS—Promoted Cathy Dworak to director of community outreach and player/alumni relations.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS—Assigned C Riley Sheahan and RW Teemu Pulkkinen to Grand Rapids (AHL). Recalled C Luke Glendening and RW Tomas Jurco from Grand Rapids.

FLORIDA PANTHERS—Signed G Tim Thomas to a one-year contract. Loaned D Mike Mottau to San Antonio (AHL). Recalled G Michael Houser from San Antonio.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned Fs Mike Blunden, Martin St. Pierre, Christian Thomas, Nick Tarnasky and Patrick Holland and D Magnus Nygren, Darren Dietz and Greg Pateryn to Hamilton (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS—Agreed to terms with C Derek Stepan on a two-year contract.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned Fs Andy Miele and Jordan Szwarz to Portland (AHL). Released F Gilbert Brule.

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE—Released D Drew Daniels, David MacDonald and Martin Schumnig.

ECHL STOCKTON THUNDER—Agreed to terms with F Andrew Clark.

Western Hockey League VICTORIA ROYALS—Acquired D Jake Kohlhauser from Vancouver for a conditional draft pick.

COLLEGE LONG BEACH STATE—Named Kari LaPlante women’s assistant basketball coach and Tipesa Moorer director of women’s basketball operations.

RUTGERS—Named Tim Robbins volunteer assistant lacrosse coach. Announced the NCAA has granted a legislative relief waiver for men’s basketball F Johnathan Moore to play immediately this season.

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Hockey WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF Medicine Hat 2 2 0 0 0 12 Prince Albert 2 2 0 0 0 12 Swift Current 2 2 0 0 0 10 Red Deer 2 2 0 0 0 10 Brandon 2 2 0 0 0 9 Edmonton 2 1 1 0 0 7 Regina 3 1 2 0 0 10 Calgary 1 0 1 0 0 3 Moose Jaw 2 0 2 0 0 4 Kootenay 2 0 2 0 0 5 Saskatoon 2 0 2 0 0 6 Lethbridge 2 0 2 0 0 3

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Tri-City 6 Portland 2 GA 3 6 4 5 4 9 10 7 9 10 12 12

Pt 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Spokane 3 3 0 0 0 18 5 6 Kelowna 2 2 0 0 0 10 4 4 Seattle 2 2 0 0 0 10 3 4 Portland 3 1 1 0 1 14 12 3 Everett 1 1 0 0 0 8 3 2 Tri-City 3 1 2 0 0 9 10 2 Prince George 3 1 2 0 0 7 18 2 Vancouver 3 1 2 0 0 4 11 2 Victoria 4 1 3 0 0 8 16 2 Kamloops 2 0 2 0 0 4 10 0 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 Tuesday’s results Spokane 6 Victoria 2

Wednesday’s results Regina 6 Edmonton 0 Seattle 6 Vancouver 0 Spokane 6 Victoria 1 Friday’s games Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Everett at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Tri-City at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Washington Columbus New Jersey Pittsburgh Carolina Philadelphia N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders

6 6 6 7 6

4 4 2 3 2

1 2 1 3 4

1 0 3 1 0

9 8 7 7 4

21 18 18 22 16

15 13 20 22 16

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 6 3 0 3 9 20 18 8 4 3 1 9 21 22 6 4 2 0 8 16 11 6 3 2 1 7 20 20 5 2 3 0 4 11 18 6 1 4 1 3 13 19 4 1 3 0 2 8 13 5 1 4 0 2 10 17

Saturday’s games Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Regina at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 6 4 0 2 10 24 16 Minnesota 5 4 1 0 8 14 9 Chicago 5 3 0 2 8 16 14 St. Louis 5 2 2 1 5 16 18 Nashville 6 2 3 1 5 11 19 Winnipeg 7 1 3 3 5 14 22 Colorado 5 2 3 0 4 11 16

Sunday’s game Lethbridge at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 7 5 1 1 11 26 18 Calgary 7 4 2 1 9 25 21 San Jose 4 3 0 1 7 13 7 Phoenix 6 3 2 1 7 17 20 Anaheim 6 3 3 0 6 13 15 Los Angeles 5 2 2 1 5 14 14 Vancouver 5 1 4 0 2 11 18 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 6 5 1 0 10 19 17 Tampa Bay 6 5 1 0 10 22 15 Toronto 6 4 1 1 9 19 16

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Wednesday’s Games Buffalo 3, Columbus 0 Washington 4, Nashville 1 Ottawa 5, Montreal 2 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 1 Minnesota 3, St. Louis 1 Phoenix 3, Calgary 2, OT Thursday’s Games New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 1 Carolina 2, Columbus 1 Montreal 3, Ottawa 1 Tampa Bay 3, Florida 2, OT Boston 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Dallas 5, Colorado 1 N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver, late Friday’s Games Buffalo at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m.

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

Toronto at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Dallas vs. Edmonton at Oklahoma City, OK, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg vs. Boston at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers vs. Los Angeles at Las Vegas, NV, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Detroit at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Florida, 5 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Colorado vs. Los Angeles at Las Vegas, NV, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Football Toronto Hamilton Montreal Winnipeg

CFL East Division W L T 8 4 0 6 6 0 4 8 0 2 10 0

GP 12 12 12 12

West Division GP W L T x-Calgary 12 9 3 0 B.C. 12 8 4 0 Saskatchewan 12 8 4 0 Edmonton 12 3 9 0 x — clinched playoff berth.

PF 354 316 285 251

PA 315 329 349 368

Pt 16 12 8 4

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 3 0 0 1.000 59 Miami 3 0 0 1.000 74 N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 55 Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 65

PF 373 325 376 294

PA 301 302 282 328

Pt 18 16 16 6

Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

W 2 2 2 0

L 1 1 1 3

South T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .667 .667 .000

PF 70 68 60 28

PA 82 48 56 92

Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh

W 2 2 1 0

L 1 1 2 3

North T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .667 .333 .000

PF 75 71 47 42

PA 64 64 64 76

Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

W 3 3 1 1

L 0 0 2 2

West T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .333 .333

PF 127 71 78 57

PA 71 34 81 67

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 2 1 0 .667 83 Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 79

PA 55 86

WEEK 14 Friday, Sept. 27 B.C. at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 28 Calgary vs. Hamilton (at Guelph, Ont.), 4 p.m.

Toronto at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 29 Saskatchewan at Montreal, 11 a.m.

WEEK 15 Friday, Oct. 4 Hamilton at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Saskatchewan at B.C, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5 Montreal at Edmonton, 1:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Calgary, 4:30 p.m.

National Football League

PA 34 53 50 73

N.Y. Giants Washington

0 0

3 3

New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay

W 3 1 1 0

0 0

.000 .000

54 67

115 98

L 0 2 2 3

South T Pct 0 1.000 0 .333 0 .333 0 .000

PF 70 68 71 34

PA 38 36 74 57

Chicago Detroit Green Bay Minnesota

W 3 2 1 0

L 0 1 2 3

North T Pct 0 1.000 0 .667 0 .333 0 .000

PF 95 82 96 81

PA 74 69 88 96

Seattle San Francisco St. Louis Arizona

W 3 2 1 1

L 0 2 3 2

West T 0 0 0 0

PF 86 79 69 56

PA 27 95 111 79

Pct 1.000 .500 .250 .333

Thursday San Francisco 35, St. Louis 11 Sunday, Sep. 29 N.Y. Giants at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Seattle at Houston, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Arizona at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Baseball x-Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto

x-Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago

L 63 69 76 77 87

Monday, Sep. 30 Miami at New Orleans, 6:40 p.m.

NFL Odds (Odds supplied by Western Canada Lottery Corp.; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Sunday Chicago at DETROIT 1.5 48.5 BALTIMORE at Buffalo 3.5 44.5 Arizona at TAMPA BAY 2.5 40.5 PITTSBURGH at Minnesota 1.5 42.5 INDIANAPOLIS at Jacksonville 8.5 42.5 SEATTLE at Houston 2.5 43.5 CINCINNATI at Cleveland 5.5 41.5 NY Jets at TENNESSEE 3.5 39.5 WASHINGTON at Oakland 3.5 45.5 Philadelphia at DENVER 10.5 58.5 DALLAS at San Diego 2.5 47.5 New England at ATLANTA 0.5 49.5 NY Giants at KANSAS CITY 4.5 44.5 Monday Miami at NEW ORLEANS 6.5 47.5

Soccer

American League East Division W 96 90 83 82 72

Chicago at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at London, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 2:05 p.m.

Washington at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

Dallas at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Denver, 2:25 p.m.

New England at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Carolina, Green Bay

Pct .604 .566 .522 .516 .453

GB — 6 13 14 24

Central Division W L Pct 93 66 .585 89 70 .560 84 75 .528 66 93 .415 62 97 .390

GB — 4 9 27 31

West Division W L Pct x-Oakland 94 65 .591 Texas 88 71 .553 Los Angeles 78 81 .491 Seattle 70 89 .440 Houston 51 108 .321 x-clinched division

GB — 6 16 24 43

Wednesday’s Games L.A. Angels 3, Oakland 1 Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 2 Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 3 Baltimore 9, Toronto 5 Texas 7, Houston 3 Detroit 1, Minnesota 0 Boston 15, Colorado 5 Seattle 6, Kansas City 0 Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Yankees 0 Baltimore 3, Toronto 2 Texas 6, L.A. Angels 5 Cleveland 6, Minnesota 5 Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Friday’s Games Boston (Buchholz 11-1) at Baltimore (Feldman 5-5), 5:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 12-9) at Toronto (Dickey 13-13), 5:07 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 13-8) at Miami (Koehler 4-10), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 17-7) at Texas (Ogando 7-4), 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 10-5) at Minnesota (P.Hernandez 3-2), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Shields 12-9) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 11-13), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Undecided) at Houston (Oberholtzer 4-4), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (Colon 17-6) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 129), 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 2 Milwaukee 4, Atlanta 0 Miami 3, Philadelphia 2 Boston 15, Colorado 5 San Diego 12, Arizona 2 San Francisco 6, L.A. Dodgers 4

Saturday’s Games Cleveland at Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R MiCabrera Det 146 548 103 Trout LAA 154 583 108 Mauer Min 113 445 62 ABeltre Tex 157 616 86 Cano NYY 158 597 80 DOrtiz Bos 135 508 80 Donaldson Oak 155 571 88 TorHunter Det 143 602 90 Loney TB 154 535 53 VMartinez Det 157 603 68

H 189 189 144 195 187 156 174 183 162 182

Thursday’s Games San Diego 3, Arizona 2, 11 innings Milwaukee 4, N.Y. Mets 2 Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 1 L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, late Pct. .345 .324 .324 .317 .313 .307 .305 .304 .303 .302

Home Runs CDavis, Baltimore, 52; MiCabrera, Detroit, 44; Encarnacion, Toronto, 36; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 34; ADunn, Chicago, 33; AJones, Baltimore, 32; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 31.

x-Atlanta Washington New York Philadelphia Miami

National League East Division W L Pct 94 65 .591 84 75 .528 73 86 .459 72 87 .453 59 100 .371

GB — 10 21 22 35

z-St. Louis z-Pittsburgh z-Cincinnati Milwaukee Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 94 65 .591 91 68 .572 90 69 .566 72 87 .453 66 93 .415

GB — 3 4 22 28

West Division W L Pct x-Los Angeles 91 67 .576 Arizona 80 79 .503 San Diego 75 84 .472 San Francisco 73 85 .462 Colorado 72 87 .453 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division

GB — 11 16 18 19

Friday’s Games Detroit (Porcello 13-8) at Miami (Koehler 4-10), 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 11-10) at N.Y. Mets (C.Torres 4-5), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 9-11) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 11-11), 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 14-7) at Atlanta (Medlen 1412), 5:30 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 9-11) at St. Louis (Lynn 1410), 6:15 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 7-9) at Arizona (Corbin 147), 7:40 p.m.

Colorado (McHugh 0-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 15-9), 8:10 p.m.

San Diego (B.Smith 1-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 3-6), 8:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 11:05 a.m.

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

Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 6:10 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Cuddyer Col 128 480 74 CJohnson Atl 140 507 53 MCarpenter StL 154 616 125 McCutchen Pit 155 575 95 FFreeman Atl 144 539 87 Werth Was 127 456 82 Craig StL 134 508 71 YMolina StL 133 499 66 Tulowitzki Col 123 435 71 Votto Cin 159 573 100

H 161 164 198 183 171 144 160 157 136 174

GF GA 47 36 43 28 46 42 37 36 41 33 36 43 37 39 36 39 25 44 19 48

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 15 8 5 50 38 28 Real Salt Lake 14 10 6 48 53 39 Portland 11 5 13 46 45 31 Los Angeles 13 10 6 45 46 36 Colorado 12 9 9 45 37 31 Vancouver 11 10 8 41 42 38 San Jose 11 11 8 41 31 41 FC Dallas 10 9 10 40 40 42 Chivas USA 6 16 8 26 29 54 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday’s Games Vancouver 3, Montreal 0 Sporting Kansas City 2, Toronto FC 1 Columbus 3, Chicago 0 New England 2, D.C. United 1 Houston 5, Chivas USA 1 San Jose 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Los Angeles 1, Seattle FC 1, tie Sunday’s Games New York 1, FC Dallas 0 Friday, Sept. 27 Philadelphia at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m.

Pct. .335 .323 .321 .318 .317 .316 .315 .315 .313 .304

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Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets 1, Cincinnati 0 St. Louis 4, Washington 1

Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts New York 15 9 6 51 Sporting KC 14 9 6 48 Montreal 13 9 6 45 Houston 12 10 7 43 New England 11 11 7 40 Chicago 11 12 6 39 Philadelphia 10 10 9 39 Columbus 11 14 5 38 Toronto FC 4 15 11 23 D.C. 3 20 6 15

Saturday, Sept. 28 D.C. United at Toronto FC, 11 a.m.

Real Salt Lake at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

Houston at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 29 Los Angeles at Portland, 1:30 p.m.

Columbus at FC Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Seattle FC, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Chivas USA, 9 p.m.

Home Runs Goldschmidt, Arizona, 36; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 34; Bruce, Cincinnati, 30; DBrown, Philadelphia, 27; CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; JUpton, Atlanta, 26; Zimmerman, Washington, 26.

MLS goals leaders 1.Marco Di Vaio, Montreal 2.Camilo Sanvezzo, Van. 3. Mike Magee, Chicago 4. Robbie Keane, L.A. 5. Diego Fagundez, N.E.

3 Westcoast Son (C. Brown) 4 Two Pack Habit (T. Redwood) 5 Outlawpocketrocket (J. Campbell) 6 Conspirator (P. Davies) 7 Blue Star Cavalier (K. Ducharme) 8 Jacksons Spin (P. Giesbrecht) 9 Cool Eyes (D. Monkman Jr) Second Pace, purse $3,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Lefty Malone (J. Gagne) 2 Timely Promise (J. Campbell) 3 Little Bit Faster (T. Redwood) 4 Broadies Dancer (P. Davies) 5 Justabitcrazy (G. Hudon) 6 Modern Cowboy (T. Cullen) 7 Blasty Cam (G. Clark) 8 Cams Wizard (T. Cullen) 9 Whosurhero (J. Jungquist) ae Rays High Noon (K. Hoerdt) Third Pace, purse $3,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Cinderella Smiles (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Whitehouse Secret (K. Ducharme) 3 Regal Sage (K. Clark) 4 Nitrous Force (T. Cullen) 5 Crimson Promise (J. Campbell) 6 Hollywood Breeze (G. Hudon) 7 Kim Chee (T. Redwood) 8 Crown And Ginger (To Be Announced) 9 Doda Gig (P. Davies) ae Crafty Cracker (J. Campbell) Fourth Pace, purse $4,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Concorde (J. Glen) 2 National Debt (K. Hoerdt) 3 Jet Tracker (J. Campbell) 4 Life On Homicide (J. Jungquist) 5 Bettor In The Bank (K. Clark) 6 Gotta Bad Attitude (G. Clark) 7 Tatsu (J. Gagne) 8 Cabo Real (T. Cullen) 9 The Big Heist (R. Goulet) ae Rascal Shark (R. Hennessy) Fifth Pace, purse $8,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Cowboy Caper (K. Hoerdt) 2 Cenalta Power (R. Grundy) 3 Revoler (J. Campbell) 4 Sixdaysontheroad (J. Jungquist) 5 Timberline Court (G. Hudon) 6 Smooth Criminal (W. Tainsh Jr) 7 Flak Jacket (J. Gray) Sixth Pace, purse $2,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Queens Heritaj (J. Gagne) 2 Fortunate Design (K. Clark) 3 G I Joan (J. Campbell) 4 Cantcatch P (J. Gray) 5 Dudes Bonnie (R. Goulet) 6 Fancy Camelot (T. Cullen) 7 Dewinton Destroyer (K. Dressler) 8 No Limit For Mjjz (P. Giesbrecht) 9 Baja Beach (P. Davies) ae Samnmadie (G. Clark) Seventh Pace, purse $5,600 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Pedal Steel (G. Hudon) 2 Aerial Time (P. Giesbrecht)

3 Senga Nanjeing (R. Grundy) 4 Outlaw Falcon (J. Glen) 5 American Venture (K. Clark) 6 Lisvinnie (R. Hennessy) 7 Beren Hanover (B. Clark) 8 Im A Wildcat (T. Redwood) Eighth Pace, purse $18,767 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Son Of Anarchy (R. Hennessy) 2 Get Thereovernight (K. Clark) 3 Sonic Spark (G. Hudon) 4 Oh Yeah (P. Giesbrecht) 5 My Boss (K. Hoerdt) 6 Comes Home First (J. Marino) 7 Sotally Tober (J. Gray) Ninth Pace, purse $18,767 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Timewalker (G. Hudon) 2 Donttelldaddy (J. Marino) 3 Outlaw Blueporsche (C. Kolthammer) 4 Shyloh Changerluck (J. Jungquist) 5 Senga Smyre (R. Grundy) 6 Incognito Cowboy (K. Clark) 7 T Js Tiger (T. Redwood) Tenth Pace, purse $19,067 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Pass The Port (P. Davies) 2 Outlaw Gunpowder (C. Kolthammer) 3 Cigar Party (K. Clark) 4 Outlaw Last Chance (J. Campbell) 5 Jack Of Diamonds (T. Cullen) 6 Brendon Ridge (T. Redwood) 7 Blue Eyed Cowboy (W. Tainsh Jr) 8 Presidential Pass (R. Hennessy) Eleventh Pace, purse $3,700 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Eternal Grace (J. Marino) 2 Outlaw Star Maker (D. Mcleod) 3 Market For Romance (K. Ducharme) 4 Apalamine (K. Hoerdt) 5 Glitteronthebeach (T. Cullen) 6 Liz Lover (J. Jungquist) 7 Whos In The Hat (P. Davies) 8 Brave Rustler (P. Giesbrecht) 9 Carro Avro (G. Hudon) ae Minettaszoombyyall (C. Brown) Twelfth Pace, purse $3,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Wannabe Cowboy (R. Grundy) 2 Remarkable Cam (J. Campbell) 3 Somethinsgoinon (K. Clark) 4 Western Chrome (R. Goulet) 5 Arroway (J. Gray) 6 Red Star Chance (D. Mcleod) 7 Ru Kidn (J. Jungquist) 8 Cenalta Spirit (W. Tainsh Jr) 9 Terrorizer (P. Giesbrecht) Thirteenth Pace, purse $6,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Bachelor Pad (G. Hudon) 2 Hilldrop Shady (P. Giesbrecht) 3 Outlaw Beacon (J. Campbell) 4 Outlawdangruswatrs (J. Gray) 5 Tip Top Tap (R. Hennessy) 6 Blue Star Admiral (W. Tainsh Jr) 7 Playbook (K. Clark) 8 Gable Blue Chip (J. Gagne) 9 Loneridge Shannon (T. Cullen) ae Acesndeuces (P. Davies)

18 16 16 13 11

Alberta Downs Entries Saturday Post time: 1:15 p.m.

First Pace, purse $3,700 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Flight Seargent (J. Campbell) 2 Outlawcoltfortyfor (R. Goulet) 3 Too Young Man (P. Davies) 4 Blue Star Charger (K. Clark) 5 Kg Rowan (J. Jungquist) 6 Notacent Tobemade (G. Schedlosky) 7 Brandon Bey V (T. Cullen) 8 Blue Star Quest (T. Redwood) Second Pace, purse $3,500 (EX, TR, W4).

1 Arctic Flame (W. Tainsh Jr) 2 Sealedwithapromise (J. Gray) 3 Red Star Jenny (K. Hoerdt) 4 Gottaluckydeal (P. Giesbrecht) 5 Overnight Success (T. Cullen) Third Pace, purse $3,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Miss Reserve (P. Davies) 2 Artxzipit (T. Cullen) 3 Westwood Chaos (J. Jungquist) 4 Hf Nancys Babygirl (T. Redwood) 5 Jennas Ideal (P. Giesbrecht) 6 Artninspiration (To Be Announced) 7 Dickies Motel (J. Campbell) 8 Sweetycamtoplay (G. Hudon) 9 Westcoast Royal (C. Brown) ae Sing Like An Angel (P. Giesbrecht) Fourth Pace, purse $2,400 (EX, PX, SF, TR, W4).

1 Cheswick (J. Jungquist) 2 Wrangler Hitech (K. Clark) 3 Modern Man (C. Brown) 4 Psymadre (T. Redwood) 5 Payoff (P. Giesbrecht) 6 My World (K. Hoerdt) 7 Art By Dylan (G. Hudon) 8 Domino Theory (T. Cullen) 9 Saltwater Cowboy (J. Campbell) ae Katies Gun (P. Giesbrecht) Fifth Pace, purse $5,600 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Clearly Best (K. Dressler) 2 Cenalta Fireworks (R. Goulet) 3 Shark Festival (K. Clark) 4 American Passion (G. Hudon) 5 Keystone Maddie (P. Giesbrecht) 6 Barona Lilac (J. Campbell) 7 Emotions Run Wild (K. Hoerdt) 8 Contesta Hanover (B. Clark) 9 Kiss My Crouper (R. Grundy) Sixth Pace, purse $5,200 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Just Saucy (K. Hoerdt) 2 Camifasolasi Do (J. Gagne) 3 Tap Out (J. Jungquist) 4 Born With A Grin (J. Campbell) 5 Cloud Nine (G. Hudon) 6 Popcorn (J. Gray) 7 Arctic Pine (W. Tainsh Jr) Seventh Pace, purse $2,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR, W4).

1 Caracas (D. Monkman Jr) 2 Rose Of Dawn (G. Hudon) 3 Shynaway (W. Tainsh Jr) 4 Barona Java (P. Giesbrecht)

5 Me Myself And I (P. Davies) 6 Gts Lady Katy (T. Cullen) 7 Im The Reason (J. Campbell) 8 Ruths Shadylady (J. Jungquist) 9 Wrangler Diva (C. Brown) ae Comeshomeearly (J. Campbell) Eighth Pace, purse $18,767 (EX, SF, TR, W4).

1 Free N Flashy (T. Cullen) 2 Blue Monday (C. Kolthammer) 3 Triple Action (P. Giesbrecht) 4 Jadens Wish (K. Clark) 5 Modern Dance (K. Hoerdt) 6 Merlins Rocket (T. Redwood) 7 Paper Trail (J. Campbell) Ninth Pace, purse $18,467 (EX, SF, TR, W4).

1 Make Three Wishes (K. Clark) 2 Kinda Funky (G. Hudon) 3 Blue Star Escape (K. Hoerdt) 4 Marilyn Merlot (R. Hennessy) 5 Barona Malibu (J. Gagne) 6 Nighttraintovegas (J. Campbell) Tenth Pace, purse $18,767 (EX, SF, TR, W4).

1 Sweet Sugar (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Laughing Stock (B. Clark) 3 Rebeccas Lust (J. Jungquist) 4 Mystic Return (K. Clark) 5 War Feather (J. Gray) 6 Burner Baby (C. Kolthammer) 7 Smilys Amira (R. Goulet) Eleventh Pace, purse $8,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Thats Witty (D. Monkman Jr) 2 Gts Jerilyn (J. Campbell) 3 Feelin Flush (T. Cullen) 4 As Seely Promised (T. Redwood) 5 A Special Lady (P. Davies) 6 Credit Card Junkie (K. Clark) 7 Blue Star Beauty (W. Tainsh Jr) Twelfth Pace, purse $3,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Attitude Adjuster (H. Haining) 2 Shaker Boy (J. Campbell) 3 Da Terror (T. Cullen) 4 Slender Pride (P. Giesbrecht) 5 Masada Rocks (K. Hoerdt) 6 Jellos Fellow (W. Tainsh Jr) 7 Cenalta Octane (K. Clark) 8 One Tuff Cowboy (J. Gray) Thirteenth Pace, purse $2,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Alcars Britefriday (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Frisco (T. Cullen) 3 Outlaw I See Red (J. Gray) 4 Howdidchado (J. Campbell) 5 Farm Team (K. Clark) 6 Bomber Brown (To Be Announced) 7 Nevermissabeat (R. Grundy) 8 Total Rhythm (T. Redwood) 9 Kg Cody (J. Jungquist) ae Skirmish (P. Giesbrecht) Entries Sunday Post time: 1:15 p.m.

First Pace, purse $3,200 (EX, PX, SF, TR, W4).

1 Swing Away (J. Gray) 2 Minettas Leader (T. Cullen)

B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Sept. 27, 2013

Woodland a threat to win RDC CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER LOOKING FOR ANOTHER STRONG SHOWING HEADING INTO ACAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF The RDC men’s cross-country running team isn’t as deep as last year, but they do have an ace up their sleeve.

Defending champion Devin Woodland is back and is a definite threat to finish in the medals at the ACAC championship, which is hosted by Concordia University College, Oct. 26 in Edmonton.

“Devin is in his fourth year and is one of the top runners in the conference,” said RDC head coach Brian Stackhouse. “He won the high school senior championship when he was in Grade 12 in Three Hills and has been near the top every year in college.”

Woodland, who transferred from Grande Prairie prior to last year, went into last year’s ACAC final ranked just behind Solomon Ngetich, who is one of the string of runners from Kenya to attend the college.

However Woodland and RDC teammate Kieran McDonald took advantage of the cooler weather and finished onetwo ahead of the Lethbridge star.

“Lethbridge has another strong Kenyan runner (Edwin Kaitany) this year and it will be interesting how he runs once the weather gets colder,” said Stackhouse, who doesn’t have McDon-

RDC cross-country runner Devin Woodland is a threat to win another ACAC championship at Oct. 26 in Edmonton. ald this year after he moved to the University of Alberta.

Woodland is the only returnee on the men’s team while Stackhouse has four runners back on the women’s side — Laura Friesen, Anna Duda, Catherine Alcorn and Sidney Moss.

The men’s team has only had four runners for the first two ACAC Grand Prix meets of the season.

Noah Arychuk of Rocky Mountain House, who placed ninth in last year’s high school provincials, has been the second best runner for the men with Tyler Nelson and Kevin Buckel and Kyle Friesen also on the roster.

“Noah has been solid for us, but when it comes to the team standings we’re a little thin when it gets to our fourth runner and down,” said Stackhouse, who expects the team to finish around sixth.

Meanwhile, Jordanna Cota of Hunting Hills, is the leading runner on the women’s team. Cota, who placed in the medals at the high school provincials, has placed in the top 10 in her first two ACAC races.

“Most of our women fit in the midpack except for Jordanna,” said Stackhouse.

Cota would like to follow in former RDC star Jodi Nesbitt’s (nee Sanguin) footsteps, something that excites Stackhouse.

“Jodi was a special athlete and I’m pleased to see Jordanna wanting to follow in her footsteps, but they are big footsteps.”

Like Nesbitt, Cota is from Red Deer and is in nursing, which could keep her at RDC for four to five years.

“She could transfer to the University of Calgary, but competing at the college level is right for her now and

Porter hoping Team Alberta experience translates into scholarship

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF The exposure Brady Porter received by playing for Team Alberta in the Tournament 12 baseball tournament at the Rogers Centre last week should go a long way toward him receiving a baseball scholarship to the States.

But the 19-year-old from Red Deer, isn’t spending a lot of time thinking about it.

“Not at all, but my coach (Todd Hubka at the Prairie Baseball Academy in Lethbridge) is looking into it and I’ll know more by the end of the season,” said Porter, who is in his third and last year with the PBA program. He is taking general studies at Lethbridge College.

“He said there was some interest from teams my first year there, but he’s looking after that.”

Porter played on the junior varsity team his first season at PBA and was the starting second baseman with the varsity team last year. It was during that time when he caught the attention of Team Alberta head coach Mike Johnson of Edmonton.

Johnson contacted Hubka about Porter playing for Alberta at the Tournament 12, which was put together by Roberto Alomar and the Toronto Blues Jays to display the talents of up and coming players from across Canada.

“It was a great experience, especially to get to play in the Rogers Centre and in front of so many

Brady Porter scouts,” said Porter during a telephone interview from Lethbridge.

“I was nervous for the first couple of games, but then settled down and just decided to take it as any other game.”

Porter played third and first base and didn’t commit an error.

He finished the tournament with a .231 batting average, below his normal average, but drove in six runs in the four games.

Alberta missed the playoffs when they dropped a 12-11 decision to Quebec White in their final round-robin game and finished at 2-2.

“We hit the ball and should have won with 11 runs, but that’s baseball. Our pitching struggled a bit,” said Porter, who had three RBIs against Quebec.

Porter, who moved to Red Deer from Grande Prairie in Grade

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REILLY: Rocket launcher After school it was always sports: baseball, basketball, football.

He was an excellent student, a math geek who would stay up all night if necessary to work out a thorny question.

His SAT scores were off the charts and he graduated with a 4.0 GPA at Central Washington University, leaving with a degree in mechanical engineering. Ivy League schools were chomping to sign the egghead kid with the rocket arm.

It’s an arm that looks more like a rocket launcher than a catapult.

Pat says that is a result of Mike’s days as a catcher in baseball, when it was all about the quick release to get the ball to second base to nab a would-be base stealer. Watch Mike today, he said, and you’ll see he brings the ball up to his ear and let’s fly, rather than bringing the arm back.

Mike wasn’t a running quarterback in high school, but became one in college. He wasn’t running to daylight. He was running for his life.

“We had an all-freshman offensive line that had never played at the college level, so out of necessity I learned really fast I could get out of the pocket and make things happen,” said Mike.

As the line improved, Mike continued to run more as a weapon and less out of desperation.

“That’s where I learned I had the ability (to run). I found out the hard way.”

Pat said Mike has always been able to think the game and recall the minutest details of every play.

“He’ll tell you what the receivers ran all the way down to the pressure that was coming and what he did wrong or what he did right,” he said.

“And he would go through pretty much the whole game.”

Reilly’s current head coach, Kavis Reed, agrees.

Reed said as the season has progressed Reilly has taken a more active role in play calling and game planning.

Between games, Reed said, Reilly is constantly knocking at the coaches’ door, suggesting plays or bouncing ideas. On road trips he pinballs among the receivers on the airplane, talking strategy.

“I (finally) told him: ’Don’t text me (with play

5, grew up playing baseball and hockey in Red Deer.

He played two years of midget hockey with the Red Deer Elks while also playing baseball with the Red Deer midget AAA Carstar Braves.

“I was more into hockey and didn’t take baseball seriously until I got here (PBA),” he said.

“They showed a lot of interest in me.”

The PBA Dawgs won the Canadian College Baseball Conference title last year and will host this year’s championship., The CCBC also consists of the University of Calgary Dinos, Thompson Rivers University of Kamloops, the Okanagan Academy from Kelowna and Vancouver Island University from Nanaimo.

Porter, who hit .400 for PBA last year, played summer baseball with the Innisfail Indians of the Parkland Baseball League. He didn’t think about playing for the Red Deer Riggers.

“I wanted to work full time and take it easy after playing a lot during the winter,” he said. “We practice six days a week here and after the season is over it’s nice to have some time off.”

Porter gives credit to the Red Deer Minor Baseball Association for where he is today.

“My dad and grandfather played baseball, so it was a family tradition and Red Deer had an excellent program, which worked well for me. It gave me an opportunity to move on.” drode@reddeeradvocate.com

suggestions) after 10 o’clock,” Reed laughed. “He’s always thinking football. I don’t think he has a social life.”

For all the pounding Mike has taken, Pat Reilly said he’s never seen his son take a major seasonending, writhing-on-the-field type injury.

That doesn’t mean there aren’t tense moments when Mom and Dad watch Mike on TV and he takes a body-bending helmet to the sternum.

When that happens Rhonda will yell “Michael!” at the TV set. It’s a cry that is half-concern and halfrebuke.

“What is Mike supposed to do?” Pat will say to her. Sometimes you have to sit in the pocket to take the hit.

“She struggles with that. And that’s being a mom,” said Pat. Pat said he respects and accepts Mike taking a hard hit from a good player, but admits, “When the day comes I don’t see him get up it’s probably going to hit me pretty hard.”

Mike does have one visible injury, a slight bend to his nose. Pat said that came in childhood when a buddy errantly swung a 9-iron and drilled Mike in the beak, leaving blood, stitches and bent cartilage.

That just adds to the curious legend of Mike Reilly: the man who, to paraphrase the movie “North Dallas Forty,” has left pieces of himself on football fields from here to Pittsburgh.

And the one lasting injury he gets?

From golf.

NFL: Disgusting He had two highlight catches in the second quarter, a 42-yarder despite Cortland Finnegan getting flagged for holding, and a 20-yard score capped by a dive into the end zone after barely avoiding the sideline.

Gore more than doubled his output from the first three weeks and got a lot more work, too, after totalling just 11 carries last week. Four days earlier, DeMarco Murray burned them for 175 yards in Dallas’ 31-7 win.

“It’s disgusting,” Long said. “It really is just disgusting.”

The Rams have trailed by double digits in every game, making up an 11-point deficit against Arizona in the opener but not gaps of 21 and 24 points against Atlanta and Dallas, and were down by 25 in the

she gets to stay at home. Down the road you never know.”

There are also several other strong first-year runners on the women’s team including Emily Maplethorpe and Robyn Hebert from Wetaskiwin and Samantha Debree from Lacombe.

“Those three, along with Jordanna, could be our top four runners, or four of our top six,” said Stackhouse, who likes the way Friesen, who is the team captain, and Duda have competed so far. Catherine can fit in there, but she’s been battling some injuries.

Other women on the team include Brianna Green of Ponoka, Nicole Wilson of Red Deer and Rachel Sherban of Red Deer, who will likely compete in the indoor track season.

“Overall I’m pleased with what we have,” said Stackhouse.

“We have some good recruits and good vets, who will compete at a high level. But it will be tough this year as there’s 11 colleges and several of them are really good.”

Stackhouse feels the women’s team will be at least fifth in the rankings. ● The third and fourth Grand Prix races go Oct. 5 at Concordia and Oct. 12 in Camrose . . . The Canadian championship is Nov. 9 in Etobicoke, Ont. . . .

Nesbitt, Lori Leduc, Duda and Kevin Soley are assistant coaches. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Bombers haven’t given up on playoffs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers may be 2-10, but veteran receiver Terrence Edwards insists they haven’t given up hope of getting into the playoffs.

“That’s CFL football, you’re not out of it until you’re out of it,” he said Thursday, as the Bombers prepared to host the 8-4 B.C. Lions.

The Lions can lock up a playoff spot in the West with a win over Winnipeg. But they can also do it if Edmonton loses at home to Toronto.

With Montreal at 4-8, and having lost a game to Winnipeg, the Bombers playoff hopes in the East may be slim but they’re still mathematically alive.

“We’ve still got the chance to get into the playoffs, we’ve just got to play like did in the first half of last weekend and I think the wins will take care of themselves,” said Edwards.

With Max Hall at quarterback, the Bombers dominated over three quarters against Edmonton last week, but they blew a 27-14 lead in the fourth, where Hall was hurt, to let the Eskimos score 13 unanswered points. Edmonton (3-9) walked out with a 35-27 win. The Bombers are starting Hall again and, after Justin Goltz flopped as Hall’s replacement last week, Jason Boltus sits in the No. 2 spot on this week’s depth chart.

“I feel great, I feel real confident,” said Hall. “I did some good things in that game and I made two or three pretty big mistakes in that game that hurt us.”

He said his weren’t the only mistakes that cost the team the win but eliminating the errors is key if the Bombers want to turn things around this week.

“If we can eliminate the big mistakes and play four quarters of football, I mean we can play with anybody in the league.”

The Lions will start Thomas DeMarco in place of an injured Travis Lulay. A pair of former Bomber quarterbacks will back him up: Buck Pierce is No. 2 on the Lions’ depth chart and Joey Elliott is No. 3.

Winnipeg coach Tim Burke agrees it feels a little odd to see two players who he coached so recently on the other side of the field.

“That just shows you how few quarterbacks can play at this level,” he said. “The teams that are doing really well have really good quarterbacks and the teams that are struggling are teams that haven’t got established quarterbacks.

“Not only is it hard to have a No. 1 who’s really good, now it’s hard to find a backup who can get you out of a game with a win as well.”

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St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford is sacked

by San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks during an NFL game Thursday, in St. Louis. fourth quarter against San Francisco.

They got hit by injuries, too, the worst of them when rookie safety T.J. McDonald was carted off with a leg injury in the second half.

Bradford was 19 for 41 for 202 yards and an interception and has been sacked 11 times the last two games after the Rams allowed none the previous four games.

After mustering just 25 yards in the first quarter, the 49ers took a noisy crowd out of it in the second, averaging more than 11 yards per snap while piling up 176 yards and two touchdowns. Kaepernick was 8 for 12 for 104 yards in the half, all but 11 of those yards in the second quarter.

The Rams went for it on third-and-1 from the 49ers 34 and Whitner’s diving interception on a tipped ball in the end zone set up an eight-play, 80-yard drive capped by Gore’s 34-yard run on third-and-1 in the final minute that made it 14-3.

The San Francisco defence took Gore off the hook for getting stripped by rookie Alec Ogletree and a turnover, forcing St. Louis into a three-and-out.

Davis, who had been questionable with a because of a hamstring injury, broke open for an easy catch in the left side of the end zone to push the lead to 21-3.

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Flood effort fuels Flames’ playoff hopes

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The quick restoration of their home arena after massive flooding is a message for the rebuilding Calgary Flames.

Less than three months after the Elbow River destroyed everything below the eighth row of seats in the Scotiabank Saddledome, the arena was not only operational again, but the affected areas are bright and polished for the 2013-14 NHL season.

A team that hasn’t made the NHL playoffs in four seasons can use that effort to inspire their own turnaround.

“For the players, we saw what happened and the way the city came together and the team that helped repair this arena,” Flames centre Matt Stajan said.

“For sure, that’s something we can use and can try do the same sort of thing, try and come together quickly and make it work.”

When general manager Jay Feaster

could finally bring himself to say the word “rebuild” in July, he also said “the rebuild doesn’t have to take forever when you get a group of guys who are committed to the program.”

For the first time in almost a decade, the Flames open a season without goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff and longtime captain Jarome Iginla.

Iginla, a 30-goal-or-more man for 11 of his 16 seasons in Calgary, was traded to Pittsburgh in March. He has since signed with Boston.

Kiprusoff, who played over 70 games in seven seasons while a Flame, retired during the off-season.

The team’s identity was tied to those two stars for so long, the Flames seem a much different hockey team even though the club has retained several veterans.

“It feels different this year,” acknowledged new captain Mark Giordano. “We don’t have the go-to superstar, the go-to guy.

“We have a lot of guys who have to have great years for our team to be good, but the work we’re putting in, the work ethic you see here, it’s a fresh look.”

Head coach Bob Hartley has yet to coach Calgary for a full season because his first with the Flames was shortened by the lockout. Calgary finished 13th in the Western Conference at 19-25-4.

Feaster, Calgary’s GM since 2011, will now answer to Brian Burke as the new vice-president of hockey operations.

The Flames open the regular season Oct. 3 in Washington followed by a stop in Columbus before their home-open-

Jets aiming for playoffs now that they are out West

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priority for the Jets.

With Ron Hainsey gone, the Jets’ top three blue-liners remain Dustin Byfuglien, Zack Bogosian and Tobias Enstrom.

Byfuglien reported to camp trimmer than he’s looked in years. He has the power, size and shot to make a huge difference on both sides of the puck.

Besides those three, Mark Stuart is steady and Grant Clitsome has earned regular ice time since he was claimed on waivers last year. But where others will fit in seems uncertain.

The Jets signed free agent Adam Pardy in July. Pardy spent part of last season with the Buffalo Sabres and before that was with the Calgary Flames.

Zach Redmond played mostly in the AHL last season and Paul Postma finally saw more ice time with the Jets than their farm team.

Redmond is the favourite to get sent back to the minors because he won’t have to clear waivers.

Last year’s top draft pick Jacob Trouba looks like he may be sticking around.

Swiss product Reto Berra showed promise in the pre-season, but admitted he needs seasoning in North American hockey.

The Flames also have as insurance 33-year-old Joey MacDonald, who was Kiprusoff’s backup the final weeks of last season.

Calgary is flush with cap space, particularly now that Kiprusoff’s contract is off the books. The team has $13 million to work with, according to capgeek.com, which is second only to the New York Islanders.

The Flames need more depth at centre and didn’t buy it in the off-season.

Veteran forwards Stajan, Mike Cammalleri, Jiri Hudler, Lee Stempniak, Mikael Backlund and Curtis Glencross are expected to lead the offence. Cammalleri, in the final season of a contract that counts $6 million against the cap, and Stempniak led the Flames in points last season with 32 apiece.

Giordano, O’Brien, Russell, T.J. Brodie, Dennis Wideman and Chris Butler will patrol the back end. Winning games will require airtight execution of systems at both ends of the ice.

“We can’t afford to have one-trick ponies on this team this year,” Hartley said.

Calgary has spent to the cap limit and not made the playoffs with expensive names like Dion Phaneuf, Robyn Regehr, Bouwmeester, Iginla and Kiprusoff in the lineup, so a different approach is underway.

How much patience Flames fans will have for a rebuilding season depends on whether they see a realistic post-season future or not.

Future is now for young Oilers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — When new Edmonton Oilers head coach and fitness devotee Dallas Eakins warned journalists there would no more donuts at the snack table, the joke became he didn’t want anyone to focus on the hole at centre.

But that is exactly what the Oilers face as they begin their quest in 2013-14 to return to the playoffs.

No. 1 centre Ryan NugentHopkins, coming off a surgically repaired left shoulder, is not expected back until November.

No. 2 centre Sam Gagner is out for two months after Vancouver Canuck Zack Kassian smashed his jaw and unhinged his teeth with an errant stick last Saturday.

Taylor Hall, the team’s top scorer from last season, has been moved from left wing to centre and, at least in the early going, will shoulder much of the team’s hopes and expectations down the middle.

Hall, the 2010 first-overall pick, finished ninth in league scoring last season with 16 goals and 50 points in 45 games.

He leads a talented core of scoring talent featuring Gagner, Nugent-Hopkins, puck wizard Nail Yakupov, and Jordan Eberle.

Hall, Nugent-Hopkins, Gagner and Eberle are all locked up under contract until 2015 or longer, but the future is now.

Eakins, coming off four successful years coaching the Toronto Marlies of the AHL, said his bedrock beliefs are fitness, attention to detail, and competing.

Compete, compete, compete.

“You guys are going to get sick and tired of me saying it’s (all about) the competition, the compete,” Eakins warned reporters

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“You can bring sandpaper (grit to your game) and be a skill player at the same time.”

Eakins, 46, was hired in June by new general manager — and former Oiler player and coach —Craig MacTavish.

MacTavish interviewed Eakins for an assistant coach job but was so smitten with Eakins’ philosophy that he hired him almost on the spot, sacking head coach Ralph Krueger via Skype.

MacTavish has since delivered some bodies to help Eakins, starting with shifty left-winger David Perron from the St. Louis Blues.

Perron, 25, has been a star scorer this pre-season after chafing for years under the defence-first philosophy in St. Louis.

Centre Boyd Gordon, acquired from Phoenix for his defensive and face-off skills, may see added ice time and take on a more offensive role given the injuries down the middle.

Pleasant surprises at camp has been the play of returning veteran forwards Ryan Smyth and Ales Hemsky. The pair have flanked Hall to become the most effective line in the pre-season.

Toughness became an issue in the Vancouver game, which also saw Hall take an illegal head shot

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from Canuck Dale Weise. Within days, MacTavish remedied that by acquiring fist-swinging man-mountain Steve MacIntyre off waivers from Pittsburgh.

“You need a deterrent, especially with our team,” said MacTavish, referring to the six-footfive, 271-pound MacIntyre, now on his second go-round with the Oilers.

The defence, long considered the team’s Achilles heel, was overhauled yet again.

It will now be led by Andrew Ference. The 34-year-old former Stanley Cup winner in Boston signed a four-year deal and may be Eakins’ pick in the coming days to become captain to replace the departed Shawn Horcoff.

Ference joins rising stars Jeff Petry and Justin Schultz on the blue-line along with the reliable Ladislav Smid.

In goal Devan Dubnyk emerged as a solid No. 1 last year. Jason LaBarbera will be the backup, replacing the departed Nikolai Khabibulin.

The X-factor for the season remains Eakins.

Eakins has been nothing short of a hit with fans given his democratic, meritocratic, commonsense approach to the game.

His philosophy is simple: at the NHL level the line between winning and losing often hinges on mistakes, and most mistakes are mistakes caused by fatigue. So the team that finds the slight edge in fitness wins the day.

He is organized. Six weeks before training camp the players received letters on what they will be doing each day.

Nothing is left to chance. He ordered pictures of Oiler stars from the past removed from the dressing room to be replaced with pictures of the current team.

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WINNIPEG — A realigned and highly competitive Central Division may cut travel time for the Winnipeg Jets, but it does little for their goal of making the playoffs.

The Jets (Atlanta Thrashers until 2011) haven’t made the playoffs since 2007. They were swept in the first round of their one and only appearance.

They led the Southeast Division for a time last season but stumbled down the stretch as the Washington Capitals surged past and into the playoffs. Only the division leader qualified.

Three of the teams in their new division made the playoffs in 2013 and one — the Chicago Blackhawks — won the Stanley Cup. How will the Jets cope with competition like that?

“Short answer, probably play simple hockey,” says captain and last season’s team scoring leader Andrew Ladd.

“I think a lot of times we get ourselves into trouble when we’re trying to do too much offensively and make the extra play and it ends up turning and going the other way and we’re playing defence the whole game.”

Ladd says the Jets, still a relatively young team by comparison, do have speed.

“Right from the back end up,” he said. “I think when our D are getting involved in the play and helping us out, and we’re using our speed to transition and get pucks deep and outwork teams, is when we’re at our best.”

Coach Claude Noel also likes the size and speed the Jets bring to their new conference, but says they have to get their goal differential down to succeed.

“I think that the Western Conference is a conference that’s got size and speed . . . I think for our team we’ve got size, we’ve got speed,” he said.

“I think one of the areas we have to get better clearly is going to be our checking game. We have to get better at our goal differential. (It) has to really be on the right side of the ledger.”

Last season, the Jets had a minus-16 goal differential. All 17 teams above them, with the exception of the Minnesota Wild (minus-5), were on the plus side or, at worst, even. Other numbers were just as unflattering.

Their power play was the worst in the league and their penalty killing was near the bottom as well.

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er Oct. 6 against Vancouver. Calgary’s pre-season record was 4-2-1.

The team’s renovation began with Iginla’s departure followed closely by the trade of defenceman Jay Bouwmeester to St. Louis. Defenceman Cory Sarich and winger Alex Tanguay were dealt to Colorado in the summer.

Czech forward Roman Cervenka headed to the KHL instead of returning to Calgary for a second season.

The Flames needed to get younger and bigger, said Feaster.

He got forward David Jones and defenceman Shane O’Brien in the trade with the Avalanche. He moved draft picks to acquire three Alberta-born players: defenceman Kris Russell from St. Louis, forward T.J. Galiardi from San Jose and forward Corban Knight from Florida.

Knight was assigned to the AHL’s Abbotsford Heat on Thursday along with forwards Max Reinhart and Michael Ferland.

The Iginla and Bouwmeester deals yielded a pair of first-round draft picks at this year’s draft in addition to Calgary’s No. 6 selection, which the club used on forward Sean Monahan.

The former Windsor Spitfire will start the season with the Flames, while forwards Emile Poirier (22nd) and Morgan Klimchuk (28th) were returned to their junior teams.

Karri Ramo emerged from training camp the frontrunner to succeed fellow Finn Kiprusoff as Calgary’s starting goaltender. The 27-year-old spent the past four seasons in the KHL, but has 48 games of previous NHL experience with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Canucks aim for playoff A year after lockout, NHL gets success under Tortorella back to normal with full schedule

“I’m thinking it’s going to be a great year, not just for me but for the whole team,” he said. “We’re going to prove a lot of people wrong — all those doubters out there. We’re going to make them eat their words.”

He and other Canucks have welcomed the harsh criticism that Tortorella is expected to dish out.

“I don’t think anyone in that locker-room will say they’ll play their best for 82 straight games,” said Kesler. “But I believe he’s going to do a good job when we’re all in that lull. He’s such an intense, passionate guy that he’s going to go in there and motivate us — get that spark, get that fire, get that energy —so we go out and compete every night.”

But heading into a season that will include a reduced salary cap and divisional realignment, the Canucks face a battle to prove their critics wrong. While general manager Mike Gillis pledged to hit the reset button after the Canucks were swept by the San Jose Sharks last spring, only one significant change occurred as Schneider was traded for the ninth overall draft pick that landed Bo Horvat. The 18-year-old centre is a candidate to make the team, but could need more seasoning with the OHL’s London Knights.

Winger Hunter Shinkaruk, Vancouver’s other first-round choice (24th overall) this year, is also vying for a spot along with 2012 firstround pick Brendan Gaunce and 2011 first-rounder Nicklas Jensen, who is currently injured.

Injuries to Booth and Jordan Schroeder and Kassian’s fivegame suspension, incurred in the pre-season, could enable Horvat and Shinkaruk to stay up to nine

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

THE CANADIAN PRESS A little over a year ago, Jordan Eberle packed his things and drove from his summer home in Calgary to Edmonton like any other season, but there was one major difference.

“Obviously, I didn’t know where I was playing,” the Oilers forward said.

The uncertainty of the lockout “overwhelmed everything,” in the words of NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr. For players, not having a target date to shoot for a year ago made for a unique challenge.

“You didn’t know what was going to happen,” Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask said. “You just didn’t want to burn yourself out by working out.”

Those worries and so many others are gone.

The 2013-14 NHL season features full training camps and exhibition schedules and, most importantly, an 82-game season that feels much more familiar than the 48-game sprint of last season.

“This is a little bit more back to normal,” New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist said. “After a long summer, you’re excited to be back on the ice and get ready and start playing again. The same feeling you had last summer, it was just you never got the chance to start on time. That was disappointing, but we moved past that now and I think everybody’s just happy to be back and preparing for a new season. I think both players and hopefully fans feel the same way.”

Harmony returned to hockey not too long after the acrimonious lockout ended in January. Fehr was not surprised that the focus shifted quickly from boardroom monotony to intense focus on the ice.

“Obviously we didn’t like the timing of the start of the season, but we had, by every measure, a spectacular season once we started to play,” commissioner Gary Bettman said.

A memorable Stanley Cup final between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Bruins closed out the spectacular season that almost wasn’t.

It was the mostwatched final on record, and other ratings and attendance figures made the lockout seem like a distant memory.

“It’s almost like it was forgotten about a week after you start playing,” NHL executive vice president and director of hockey operations Colin Campbell said. “I don’t think the word lockout really was uttered the last three or four months once we started playing again.”

Naturally the lockout and the ensuing collective bargaining agreement set the tone for not just last season but the foreseeable future.

An even split of hockey-related revenue between the owners and players set the salary cap at $64.3 million, making for plenty of roster questions in the closing days of the pre-season.

Realignment into four divisions and a new playoff format emphasizing division play and rivalries adds a layer of unpredictability to the proceedings.

The Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets’ move to the Eastern Conference could displace one or more playoff teams there, while the Winnipeg Jets got a geographic gift with their shift to the Western Conference.

“I think the first year we were in Winnipeg it was kind of a whirlwind figuring out where you’re going to live and getting your bearings around town,” Jets cap-

tain Andrew Ladd said.

“And last year with the lockout-shortened year, we had such a short training camp. To get a great chance to get situated with how we want to play, it’ll just be nice to have a normal year.”

After a season NBC sports analyst and former NHL coach Pierre McGuire likened to a “drag race,” players might have to pace themselves more this season.

That’s due in part to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, which will interrupt the season but also showcase the league’s top talent for the fifth time.

But most aren’t worried about returning to an 82-game marathon.

“It’s back to your old ways. It’s what you’re used to,” Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said.

“You’re just used to that routine as a hockey player.”

It won’t be back to the same, old routine for the Ottawa Senators and Daniel Alfredsson after their surprising divorce.

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VANCOUVER — The eruption is expected to occur almost any day now.

Observers are wondering how long it will take fiery new Canucks coach John Tortorella to do a Mount Vesuvius impression as a new era begins in Vancouver. It’s just a matter of time, they feel, before he spews the kind of rage that eventually got him fired from his previous job with the New York Rangers.

Tortorella’s explosive temper is just one of the hot topics circulating in Canucks camp as the 2013-14 NHL season approaches.

Many are questioning whether he can reinvigorate a team that made first-round playoff exits the past two springs.

Other prominent storylines include goaltender Roberto Luongo’s return to No. 1 status following Cory Schneider’s trade to New Jersey; a healthy Ryan Kesler’s play after two injury-plagued seasons; perennial scoring leaders Daniel and Henrik Sedin’s production; winger Zack Kassian’s potential increased role; highly-paid, enigmatic winger David Booth’s recovery from injuries and inconsistency; and backup netminder Eddie Lack’s promotion to the NHL from the minors.

Tortorella’s task is to win with the same veteran core that reached the 2010-11 Stanley Cup finals but has faltered amidst high expectations since then. Kesler admits that he has not been good enough the past two seasons, but takes exception with people who question whether the Canucks are on a downward spiral.

games before they must go back to junior or have their entry-level contracts kick in.

Meanwhile, journeyman forward Mark Santorelli appears to have found a new home after impressing in exhibition games, and former Los Angeles Kings winger Brad Richardson joins the Canucks after signing as a free agent in the summer.

Additions on defence could include Frank Corrado, who played with the Canucks late in the regular campaign and playoffs last season, and former Montreal Canadiens defenceman Yannick Weber.

But barring any unforeseen hot streaks or injuries to key players, the newcomers will play minor roles as veterans bear the biggest burden.

“Obviously, the success of the season depends on your best players playing their best,” said defenceman Kevin Bieksa. “Injuries factor into that. Sometimes, there’s things out of your control.

But when there isn’t and everyone’s healthy and able to play the full season, we need the most out of everyone. We need (Kesler) going, we need (Luongo) back to form and the (Sedin) twins, obviously, doing their thing. All the defencemen have to play well. Our role players are going to have to be contributing. It’s a tough league, and it’s hard to win night in and night out.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Orioles 3 Blue Jays 2 BALTIMORE — In a season marked by inconsistent performances and injuries, the Toronto Blue Jays could always count on Mark Buehrle to take the mound when it was his turn to start.

Buehrle’s 33rd and final outing of 2013 ended abruptly Thursday night when he was struck by a line drive, and the left-hander took the loss in Baltimore’s 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

The injury wasn’t serious, and Buehrle fully intends to add to his impressive run of 429 consecutive starts without going to the disabled list when he returns next April.

Buehrle (12-10) left with a bruised right calf after he got in the way of a line drive off the bat of Steve Pearce.

Buehrle wanted to continue, but manager John Gibbons figured the pitcher had done enough this season, his 13th straight with more than 200 innings.

“I said, ’Hey at least let me finish the inning,”’ Buehrle said. “He pretty much didn’t even listen to me. He said ’You’re done. Good year. Get out of here.”’

Buehrle allowed three runs and eight hits in 3 1-3 innings, his shortest outing since Sept. 4, 2011, against Detroit.

Asked how he felt, Buehrle replied, “Good. Got six months to recover so it doesn’t really matter.”

Miguel Gonzalez pitched seven innings of two-hit ball and Matt Wieters homered and drove in two runs for the Orioles, who won the season series 109. Baltimore is 13-5 at Camden Yards against the Blue Jays since the start of the 2012 season.

Gonzalez (11-8) allowed one unearned run, struck out five and walked one. The only hits were a single by Kevin Pillar in the third inning and a double by J.P. Arencibia in the seventh.

Gonzalez retired 13 straight batters at one point. It was the first game this season in which the right-hander didn’t give up a run.

His effort almost went for naught.

Tommy Hunter took over in the eighth and yielded two singles before Brett Lawrie snapped an 0-for-18 skid with an RBI double. Hunter then struck out Moises Sierra and Anthony Gose with runners on second and third.

“We had a shot,” Gibbons said. “If we get a little contact there, they’re playing the infield back and that gives us that run. At least we tie it anyway.

But that didn’t happen.”

Jim Johnson got three outs for his AL-leading 48th save.

The Blue Jays turned three double plays and Chad Jenkins allowed just one hit in 3 1-3 innings of relief. But it wasn’t enough to prevent Toronto from absorbing its sixth loss in nine games.

Jenkins’ outing was the highlight of the night for Toronto.

“Jenkins came in and looked great again,” Gibbons said. “He’s done a nice job this year, he really has.”

Toronto got a first-inning run without benefit of a hit. Munenori Kawasaki walked and hustled around the bases to score from first on a dropped fly ball by left fielder Jason Pridie.

Wieters tied it in the second, hitting a curveball into the seats in left field for his 22nd home run.

In the Baltimore third, Brian Roberts singled and scored on a double by Nick Markakis, who moved up on an infield hit and came home on a fly ball

by Wieters.

Ovechkin named first Russian torch bearer on road to Sochi Olympics THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — The 2014 Winter Olympics are Alex Ovechkin’s showcase, and he’ll be the first Russian to carry the torch toward Sochi.

Ovechkin will travel to Greece this weekend and take the torch after it’s ignited in Olympia. He’s set to return to Washington on Sunday and then practise with the Capitals on Monday.

They travel to Chicago later Monday and open the season Tuesday against the Blackhawks.

“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and something I will never forget,” Ovechkin said in

a statement released by the team. “I would like to thank the Washington Capitals organization and all of my teammates for their support in enabling me to travel to Greece prior to the regular season.”

There was concern about timing, given that the Capitals start the regular season on the road. Ovechkin will miss their final pre-season game Saturday, but his schedule does not have him in danger of being out for the opener.

“This is a huge honour and we are so proud, and excited for Alex and his family,” Capitals owner Ted Leonsis said in the statement. “This is a very special event and we

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NHL: Intangibles Alfredsson left his team of 17 seasons to sign a one-year deal with the Red Wings, leaving behind him his identity as the face of the franchise and some hard feelings.

“Losing a guy like Alfie in the dressing room, you don’t replace his intangibles, but we knew the day would come,” new Senators captain Jason Spezza said. “We didn’t think he’d be moving on, we thought he’d be retiring, so we were prepared for that day, just didn’t know that it would come in this fashion.”

The Senators and Red Wings are now Atlantic Division rivals, so they’ll meet four times this year, starting Oct. 23 in Detroit. There will be plenty of intradivision play in the Metropolitan, Central and Pacific, but the aspect that seems to excite players most is being able to see every other NHL team at least twice.

“I like it. For me, personally, we get to go play every team, whereas the last couple years that I’ve played in the league you only go to certain places once every two years,” Eberle said. “I think it’s great for the fans.”

Just having a full 82-game season without the strife of the lockout is great for the sport. The sour taste from 3 ½ months without hockey faded fast.

“When labour disputes end, when lockouts end, things tend to bounce back pretty quickly,” Fehr said. “The product is so good, and so people want to bounce back.”

The result is what appears to be a healthy league with no work stoppages on the horizon.

“I think it’s in a really good place,” Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. “The lockout was pretty ugly and not something that anyone really wanted to go through, but I think coming out of it and seeing the way everything went basically in the second half of that year, it was great. I think

are thrilled that he was recognized for his past achievements and his dedication to his craft and his country.”

Ovechkin and other Russian stars said numerous times before the NHL agreed to send players to Sochi that they would go anyway. Leonsis even went so far as to declare he would let his captain go.

That’s a moot point after an agreement was reached.

“I’m very excited,” Ovechkin said earlier this month at the league’s player media tour in Newark, N.J. “I’m going to play at home in front of Russian fans, family.

It’s going to be fun, it’s going to be cool.”

the game’s in a good place, and we continue to try to get better.”

Improvement is constant, whether it’s in the form of realignment or rule changes, like the grandfathering in of visor usage or the implementation of shallower nets. Players now get extra penalties for taking their helmets off to fight, something Bettman said was done in the name of player safety.

The NHL hopes to capitalize even more on the love of outdoor games this season with six total, from the Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium between the Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs Jan. 1 to “Stadium Series” ones at Yankee Stadium in New York, Soldier Field in Chicago, BC Place in Vancouver and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

From the season openers Oct. 1 through the end of the Stanley Cup final, the calendar is pretty packed.

“We have a lot of fun things happening this year with the (outdoor stadium) series and Winter Classic and Olympics,” Lundqvist said.

Bruins centre Patrice Bergeron, well-known for playing through a broken rib and punctured lung in last season’s Cup final, reflected on last year’s playoffs as a chance for fans to re-engage with the sport because so many of the series were captivating. From Jan. 19 through the end of June, and then a busy summer that included the Phoenix Coyotes being sold and Ilya Kovalchuk bolting for the KHL, it was quite the sprint.

The expectation is that the sport will grow exponentially in years to come. Fehr, who saw Major League Baseball bounce back from its strike in 1994 to go on to “unparalleled and unprecedented highs,” hopes that’s in the cards for the NHL. “It would certainly be nice,” he said.

“I now understand why people watch hockey games. It’s fabulous, and hopefully we’ll be able to, over time, make that known in a fashion that perhaps hockey hasn’t so far to all those fans out there that still aren’t ardent followers.”

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Colquitt family business has been good CRAIG COLQUITT HANDS DOWN FAMILY BUSINESS TO SONS DUSTIN AND BRITTON, NFL’S RICHEST PUNTERS ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Craig Colquitt, who won two Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s, feels like he handed down a family business to his sons Dustin and Britton.

The brothers each signed off-season deals with the Chiefs and Broncos, respectively, that made them the highest-paid punters in the NFL at nearly $4 million a year — about 45 times as much as their father ever earned in the pros.

The Colquitts are to punting what the Mannings are to passing, and this first family of punters had an inauspicious start — a safety on the patriarch’s very first punt at the University of Tennessee in 1975.

Craig was 21, having worked at a department store for two years after high school, and the Volunteers were playing Maryland.

Punting from his end zone, “I was so nervous, the ball hit my hands, hit my facemask and went straight up,” Craig recounted. “And just as I grabbed it I could see this guy coming off my right side. So, I fell down and he fell on top of me.”

Time to go back to stocking shelves, he thought.

“I really wanted to run out the back of the stadium because I figured this is the end for me,” Craig said.

George Cafego, Tennessee’s renowned kicking coach, instead greeted him with a hearty, “Great job!”

Those two words would be repeated many times over the next three seasons as Craig, driven by Cafego’s vote of confidence, rewrote the school record book, averaging 42.5 yards per punt — a mark that would be bested by three more Colquitts.

His nephew, Jimmy, averaged 43.9 yards from 1981-84. Dustin averaged 42.567 from 2001-04 and Britton, 42.569 from 2005-08.

After Craig’s senior year in 1977, Chuck Noll personally worked him out before drafting him in the third round.

By 1979, he had two Super Bowl rings.

He averaged 41.3 yards in six seasons in the pros, earning $85,000 in his final year in 1984, before settling down with his wife, Anne, to raise a family in Tennessee.

He made a brief return to the NFL in 1987 when the players went on strike. He was in financial straits at the time and the chance to get back into the game — and more importantly, to earn an $8,000 weekly paycheque — spurred him to cross the picket line.

In his one game with the Indianapolis Colts, he had the only blocked punt of his pro career.

That was the low point of an otherwise joyful journey across America’s football fields.

Looking back, Craig, who’s now a sales rep for a janitorial company in Nashville, said that safety he took as a sophomore in college was the turning point in his life.

“This was my opportunity to get a scholarship and take the financial burden off my parents,” he said.

“So, I really saw a lot of things go through my head that were all negative. It could have been a calamity and it wasn’t. It was a great experience.”

Had he been benched, he doubts he would have passed punting onto his sons.

He didn’t push them, though.

After his playing career, Craig ran a punting and kicking camp and Britton helped him out but Dustin didn’t.

“I was swimming in the pool when they were punting,” Dustin said.

“He wanted us to be two things, holy and happy, and that was good enough for him.”

Two weeks before Dustin’s senior year in high

Famed sport photographer Denis Brodeur passed away FATHER OF NEW JERSEY DEVILS GOALTENDER MARTIN BRODEUR

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Denis Brodeur, the father of star goalie Martin Brodeur who enjoyed a lengthy career as one of Canada’s most successful sports photographers, has died at age 82.

He shot the Montreal Canadiens for several decades, first as a newspaper man and then as the team’s official photographer.

Brodeur was one of two photographers to capture the iconic image of Paul Henderson celebrating the winning goal of the 1972 CanadaSoviet summit series. In 2006, he sold his archive of 110,000 photos to the National Hockey League for US$350,000.

“My sympathies to the family of Denis Brodeur, the celebrated photographer who helped so many Canadians discover hockey,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a French-language message on social media.

Fellow photographers reminisced Thursday about a gentlemanly colleague who went out of his way to help others.

“In a cut-throat business, he was a true class act,” said Ryan Remiorz, a photographer for The Canadian Press who first met Brodeur while shooting Montreal Expos games in 1979. He said his veteran colleague was always willing to

share advice or help with organizing logistics.

“He was already a legend before I showed up.”

The elder Brodeur’s career extended beyond hockey. He was also the official photographer for the Montreal Expos and shot numerous local sporting events and pro wrestling, sometimes bringing his children along with him.

He would also bring his family to Florida every year for spring training.

They made the lengthy drive down to Florida because Mireille Brodeur, Martin’s mother, didn’t like flying.

In Florida, the family would rent a motel room.

Photographers recalled visits to that motel, where Denis would set up a makeshift darkroom and Mireille cooked for the family on a hot plate.

The Brodeurs’ closeknit relationship included rare family bonds, on and off the ice.

Before his media career, Denis Brodeur was also a goalie who won an Olympic medal, like his son.

He backstopped the Canadian team that won the bronze at the 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo games. The younger Brodeur had the words “Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956,” and “Salt Lake City 2002,” inscribed on his New Jersey Devils mask in honour of the fatherson Olympic medals.

school, the football coach told him his kicker had gotten hurt and he also needed a punter.

“And he knew nothing about punting,” Craig said.

So, Dad and baby brother gave him a crash course, and Dustin, who’s left-footed and right-handed, which complicated matters, quickly caught on.

Craig was always a mixture of Coach and Dad to his boys.

“When the kid’s trying to get up the steps, you’ve got to push them a little bit. Yeah, there was a little bit of that, a little parenting, but nothing like if you don’t do this, you’re not eating today,” Craig said.

“We did not live through our children. We lived with our children.”

Britton said his father never pressured them to follow in his footsteps.

“It was the opposite. He didn’t let us play football until high school. That was the rule. He taught us before that, and so it might look like it but I think he was just preparing us,” Britton said, “and I think he knew that soccer was going to train us up, too.”

Britton, who always wanted to play football, said Dustin’s real reason for shunning the sport was “he didn’t like tight pants. And then at his very first game, some girl whistled at him and said, ‘Nice butt.’

And after the game, he told my dad, ‘OK, I think I can do this.”’

Good thing, because Dad was surreptitiously preparing him all along.

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In this Oct. 10, 2010 photo, Kansas City Chiefs’ Dustin Colquitt punts during an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts. The Colquitts are to punting what the Mannings are to passing, and this first family of punters had an inauspicious start, a safety on the patriarch’s very first punt at the University of Tennessee in 1975.

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Selig to walk away in January 2015 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S MALIGNED COMMISSIONER SAYS HE PLANS TO RETIRE AFTER 22 YEARS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Bud Selig said Thursday he plans to retire as baseball commissioner in January 2015 after a term of more than 22 years marked by robust growth in attendance and revenue along with a cancelled World Series and a drug scandal.

The 79-year-old Selig said in 2003 that he would retire in 2006 but has repeatedly accepted new contracts.

Some owners — even his wife — have been skeptical in the past that he really would do it, but this marked the first time he issued a formal statement that he intends to step down from the sport’s top job. “I look forward to continuing its extraordinary growth and addressing several significant issues during the remainder of my term,� he said.

Selig said he will soon announce a transition plan that will include a reorganization of central baseball management.

He said he will leave on Jan. 24, 2015, which would mark the secondlongest term for a baseball commissioner behind Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who served from November 1920 to November 1944.

Selig’s tenure included splitting each league into three divisions in-

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In this Jan. 17, 2008, photo, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig speaks to reporters during a news conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Selig said in a formal statement Thursday, that he plans to retire in January 2015. stead of two, adding wild cards and additional rounds of playoffs, expansion to Arizona and Tampa Bay, instituting instant replay, starting the World Baseball Classic, launching the Major League Baseball Network and central-

izing the sport’s digital rights under MLB.com. “The game has grown under him tremendously. He’s made every effort to try to clean the game up,� New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “He’s left his mark on the game.

There’s no doubt about it.�

Selig bought the Seattle Pilots in bankruptcy court in 1970 and moved the team to Milwaukee. He became a leading owner by the early 1980s in his role as chairman of the Player Relations Committee, which determined labour policy.

He was part of the group that forced Fay Vincent’s resignation and took over as acting commissioner on Sept.

9, 1992, in his role as chairman of the executive council.

While he presided over a 7 ½-month strike in 1994-95 that led to the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years, MLB and its players have had labour peace since.

Although he repeatedly said he would not take the job full time, he was formally elected commissioner July 9, 1998. He turned running the Brewers over to his daughter Wendy, but the Selig family did not sell the franchise until 2005.

Selig agreed to a new contract in 2001. He first announced his planned retirement in 2003, telling a group

from Associated Press Sports Editors he would leave when his current term expired at the end of 2006. “For a guy who took it in Sept. 9, 1992, and I told my wife it was two-tofour months — 14 years later ... I think that will be enough. There’s no question, because there are other things I really would like to do.�

Asked again if this was his final term, Selig responded; “Oh, there’s no question.�

He then agreed to new contracts in 2004, 2008 and 2012.

Selig was at the helm while baseball was criticized for being slow to react to the rise of performance-enhancing drugs. Management didn’t have a drug agreement with its players from October 1985 until August 2002, and drug testing with penalties didn’t start until 2004. Selig has repeatedly defended his record, saying baseball acted as fast as it could in a matter that was subject to bargaining with players.

Owners have repeatedly praised his financial stewardship, which has led to record franchise values as shown by the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012. MLB revenues, which totalled $1.7 billion in 1992, are projected to top $8 billion this year, and the average player salary has tripled under his tenure to more than $3 million.

Video game simulation has Blues winning Stanley Cup CROSBY PREDICTED TO WIN HART TROPHY Minnesota in five games, Los Angeles in six and Chicago in six. Pittsburgh made it by defeating the Islanders in seven games, Montreal and Boston.

According to the simulation: � Sidney Crosby won the Hart Memorial Trophy after leading the league with 109 points (41 goals and 68 assists). � Tampa forward Steven Stamkos picked up the Rocket Richard Trophy as top goal-scorer with 64. � Tampa’s Jonathan Drouin claimed the Calder Memorial Trophy as top rookie. � Boston’s Tuukka Rask won the Vezina as top goalie.

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General Manager Canalta Hotels is currently seeking a General Manager for the Ramada in Olds, Alberta.

Applicant must have prior supervisory or management experience. The job will require a person with a strong sales interest and/or background. Other assets include excellent organizational skills, communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to motivate and coach staff members. We are looking for a kindhearted person who is responsible, reliable, and self motivated, with a passion for hospitality and customer service. We offer a competitive salary, beneďŹ ts package, training and development plans, RRSP plan, and an experienced support structure.

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with previous management, hospitality or retirement experience with a passion for caring for Seniors.

The candidate must have strong leadership, and ďŹ nancial management skills with experience in quality assurance and regulatory compliance.

He / She must have the ability to handle multiple priorities, possess good judgement and budgetary capabilities.

Origin’s operating philosophies are underpinned by principles that deliver great customer service in a fun environment, therefore the ideal candidate must create a strong morale and spirit in his/her team; celebrate successes; and promote open communication among the team.

To apply for this position, please submit your resume to kmcgregor@origin.ca To ďŹ nd out more about Origin, visit our website at www.originway.ca Thank you for your interest.

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TORONTO — It could be a season to remember for the St. Louis Blues, according to a video game simulation of the 2013-14 NHL campaign.

The EA Sports “NHL 14� simulation had the Blues winning their first ever Stanley Cup by dispatching the Pittsburgh Penguins four games to two.

Defenceman Alex Pietrangelo won the Conn Smythe Trophy.

The defending champion Chicago Blackhawks won the Presidents’ Trophy with 108 points, only to fall to the Blues in the Western Conference final.

Vancouver (fourth in the West), Edmonton (eighth in the West), Montreal (sixth in the East) and Toronto (seventh in

the East) all made the playoffs.

Winnipeg was 12th and Calgary 14th in the West while Ottawa, missing out on the playoffs by three points, was ninth in the East.

Only Montreal advanced out of the first round of the playoffs among Canadian teams.

The Habs beat Detroit in six games before losing to Pittsburgh in five.

The Bruins ruined Toronto’s season again, dispatching the Leafs in five games.

The Penguins finally stopped the Boston charge in the Eastern final, winning four games to three.

In the West, Vancouver lost to San Jose in seven games while Chicago swept Edmonton in four.

St. Louis advanced to the Cup final by beating

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Due to our expanded facilities and an ever increasing work load, we have immediate openings for the following positions:

Cobalt Controls offers top rated pay, incentives & bonus incentives to the right candidate. Cobalt Controls is a growing company local to Central Alberta with many promising upcoming endeavors. BeneďŹ ts, bonuses, wages or salaries can be discussed upon conďŹ rmation of interviews based on forwarded resumes.

Subcontractors are welcome to apply. Only those chosen will be contacted. Please send resumes in conďŹ dence to:

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rate from 4.5 per cent to five per cent.

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Quantities and/or selection of items may be limited and may not be available in all stores. No rainchecks. No substitutions on clearance items or where quantities are advertised as limited. Advertised pricing and product selection (flavour, colour, patterns, style) may vary by store location. We reserve the right to limit quantities to reasonable family requirements. We are not obligated to sell items based on errors or misprints in typography or photography. Coupons must be presented and redeemed at time of purchase. Applicable taxes, deposits, or environmental surcharges are extra. No sales to retail outlets. Some items may have “plus deposit and environmental charge” where applicable. ®/™ The trademarks, service marks and logos displayed in this flyer are trademarks of Loblaws Inc. and others. All rights reserved. © 2013 Loblaws Inc. * we match prices! Applies only to our major supermarket competitors’ flyer items. Major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us based on a number of factors which can vary by store location. We will match the competitor’s advertised price only during the effective date of the competitor’s flyer advertisement. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES (note that our major supermarket competitors may not). Due to the fact that product is ordered prior to the time of our Ad Match checks, quantities may be limited. We match identical items (defined as same brand, size, and attributes) and in the case of fresh produce, meat, seafood and bakery, we match a comparable item (as determined solely by us). We will not match competitors’ “multi-buys” (eg. 2 for $4), “spend x get x”, “Free”, “clearance”, discounts obtained through loyalty programs, or offers related to our third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners etc.).

We reserve the right to cancel or change the terms of this program at any time.

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WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional equipment. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offers. Offers may be cancelled at any time without notice. Dealer order or transfer may be required as inventory may vary by dealer. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. For factory orders, a customer may either take advantage of eligible Ford retail customer promotional incentives/offers available at the time of vehicle factory order or time of vehicle delivery, but not both or combinations thereof. †Ford Employee Pricing (“Employee Pricing”) is available from July 3, 2013 to September 30, 2013 (the “Program Period”), on the purchase or lease of most new 2013/2014 Ford vehicles (excluding all chassis cab, stripped chassis, and cutaway body models, F-150 Raptor, Medium Trucks, Mustang Shelby GT500 and all Lincoln models). Employee Pricing refers to A-Plan pricing ordinarily available to Ford of Canada employees (excluding any CAW-negotiated programs). The new vehicle must be delivered or factory-ordered during the Program Period from your participating Ford Dealer. Employee Pricing is not combinable with CPA, GPC, CFIP, Daily Rental Allowance and A/X/Z/D/F-Plan programs. *Purchase a new 2013 Focus S 4-door/2013 Fusion SE/2013 Escape SE AWD with 2.0L engine/2013 F-150 Super Cab XLT 4x4 with 5.0L engine/2013 F-150 Super Crew XLT 4x4 with 5.0L engine $16,779/$24,339/$29,164/$29,226/$31,720 after Total Price Adjustment of $870/$1,750/$3,235/$11,673/$11,079 is deducted. Total Price Adjustment is a combination of Employee Price Adjustment of $620/$1,130/$2,485/$4,423/$3,829 and Delivery Allowance of $250/$0/$750/$7,250/$7,250. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Total Price Adjustment has been deducted. Offers include freight and air tax of $1,650/$1,650/$1,700/$1,700/$1,700 but exclude optional features, administration and registration fees (administration fees may vary by dealer), fuel fill charge and all applicable taxes. Delivery Allowances are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. **Until September 30, 2013, receive 1.99%/2.99%/3.49% annual percentage rate (APR) purchase financing on a 2013 Focus S 4-door/2013 Fusion SE/2013 Escape SE AWD with 2.0L engine for a maximum of 84 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Purchase financing monthly payment is $214/$355/$392 (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $99/$164/$181 with a down payment of $0/$1,000/$0 or equivalent trade-in. Cost of borrowing is $1,209.67/$2,190.67/$3,749.47 or APR of 1.99%/2.99%/3.49% and total to be repaid is $17,988.67/$25,589.67/$32,913.47. Offers include a Delivery Allowance of $250/$0/$750 and freight and air tax of $1,650/$1,650/$1,700 but exclude optional features, administration and registration fees (administration fees may vary by dealer), fuel dill charge and all applicable taxes. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Manufacturer Rebate deducted. Bi-Weekly payments are only available using a customer initiated PC (Internet Banking) or Phone Pay system through the customer’s own bank (if offered by that financial institution). The customer is required to sign a monthly payment contract with a first payment date one month from the contract date and to ensure that the total monthly payment occurs by the payment due date. Bi-weekly payments can be made by making payments equivalent to the sum of 12 monthly payments divided by 26 bi-weekly periods every two weeks commencing on the contract date. Dealer may sell for less. 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Offers include freight and air tax of $1,700 but exclude optional features, administration and registration fees(administration fees may vary by dealer), fuel fill charge and all applicable taxes. Additional payments required for PPSA, registration, security deposit, NSF fees (where applicable), excess wear and tear, and late fees. Some conditions and mileage restrictions apply. Excess kilometrage charges are 12¢per km for Fiesta, Focus, C-Max, Fusion and Escape; 16¢per km for E-Series, Mustang, Taurus, Taurus-X, Edge, Flex, Explorer, F-Series, MKS, MKX, MKZ, MKT and Transit Connect; 20¢per km for Expedition and Navigator, plus applicable taxes. Excess kilometrage charges subject to change, see your local dealer for details. 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Only one (1) offer may be applied towards the purchase or lease of one (1) Eligible Vehicle, up to a maximum of two (2) separate Eligible Vehicle sales per Costco Membership Number. Offer is transferable to persons domiciled with an eligible Costco member. Offer is not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, the Commercial Upfit Program or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). 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Qualifying customers will receive $1,000 (the “Incentive”) towards the purchase or lease of an Eligible Vehicle, which must be delivered and/or factory-ordered from your participating Ford or Lincoln dealer during the Program Period. Each customer will be required to provide proof of their Insurance Claim in order to be eligible for the Incentive. Limit of one (1) Incentive per Eligible Vehicle sale and up to a maximum of two (2) separate Eligible Vehicle sales if valid proof is provided that the customer has two (2) separate Insurance Claims on two (2) separate vehicles. Offer is transferable only to persons living in the same household as the eligible customer. This offer is not combinable with CPA, GPC, Daily Rental Allowances, CFIP, or Commercial Upfit Incentive Program incentives. Taxes payable before Incentive is deducted. 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FRONT It will be a wedding weekend in Red Deer, with a trio of nuptial events.

On Saturday, The Wedding Industry Experts Awards ceremony will take place at iHotel 67th Street.

Attendees are expected to include Renée Strauss of Slice TV’s Brides of Beverly Hills, Jane Dayus-Hinch of Slice TV’s Wedding SOS, and Gay Derk, president of Derks Fine Group of Companies and The Bridal Fantasy Group. On Sunday, With This Ring Bridal Gala will return to Westerner Park, between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Fashion shows are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., and bridal gifts and prizes will be presented.

Advance tickets for With This Ring Bridal Gala are $8 and can be purchased online at www.bridalgala. ca; Admission at the door will be $12. Also taking place on Sunday will be the Bliss Bridal Show at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel in the 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. event, with bridal stylist Strauss on hand.

Tickets are $10 in advance (blissweddingfair.ca) and $20 at the door.

LARGE ITEM PICK-UP The Town of Sylvan Lake will pick up the large items that homeowners no longer want for a three-day period. Twice a year, the community’s public works department provides residents the opportunity to dispose of their unwanted furniture and appliances at no charge. The items should be placed where garbage is normally collected, with a limit of three items per household. The next scheduled pickup is on Oct. 1, 2 and 3. Items must be pre-registered for pickup by 4 p.m. today.

People can register by calling the public works department at 403-8872800. Items that can be collected include stoves, washing machines and sofas. Items not collected include construction debris, automotive parts, appliances that contain Freon, liquids or any loose debris.

SENATOR TO SPEAK Alberta Senator Doug Black will speak about Senate reform in Sylvan Lake on Saturday. Black will address the Summit of the Progressive Conservative Youth of Alberta. He speaks at 7:20 p.m. at a banquet in the Sunset Room at the Best Western Plus Chateau Inn at 5027 Lakeshore Drive. Black will outline his plan to improve the Senate’s relationship with Canadians. Black will also suggest reforms to give the Senate legitimacy and accountability.

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer parent is disappointed that her young son is banned from wearing his Hobbit costume to school on Halloween.

Toni-Lee Johnstone learned this week that her son Bodhi, five, and the rest of the student body at G.H. Dawe Community School will not take part in what she calls a valuable childhood experience.

Expressing her disappointment, Johnstone wrote a letter to the school questioning the long-standing stance on prohib-

iting Halloween costumes. (costumes). It’s tough enough Spirit Day on Oct. 31 at the The school has been ban- getting some kids to school school. Buruma said the longning costumes for more than 15 on the day let alone with cos- standing practice was discussed years. at the recent “There’s a school council variety of conmeeting. cerns,” said He said there Bruce Buruma, are also other the director of dress up days like community rePajama Day at lations for Red schools throughDeer Public out the year.

Schools.

“Just because — BRUCE BURUMA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS y o u ’ v e a l w a y s “There’s reFOR RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOLS done something ligious and cultural aspects that way doesn’t that go to it. mean it’s the right There’s definitely the soci-eco- tumes.” Buruma said students way,” said Johnstone. momic factors that come into are invited to wear blue, orange play. Not all kids can afford and purple on what is called Please see COSTUME on Page C2

‘THERE’S RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL ASPECTS THAT GO TO IT. THERE’S DEFINITELY THE SOCI-ECOMOMIC FACTORS THAT COME INTO PLAY.’

KIN CITY

SCHOLARSHIPS

Work goes on for new rink floor

Stantec boosts RDC fund

KIN CITY A RINK UNDERGOING REPAIRS

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Skaters are only a few months away from hitting the ice at the Kinsmen A rink in Morrisroe.

Shelly Gagnon, the city’s Recreation, Parks and Culture Department manager, said the replacement of the concrete slab (floor) and the corresponding ice-making system work is right on schedule.

The opening target date is January.

City council gave the green light to the much-needed $1.58 million project in April and the work got underway a few weeks later.

“So far everything is going right on schedule,” said Gagnon.

“We’re very pleased to announce we do not have any setbacks.”

Gagnon said the project is much bigger than a simple floor replacement and includes replacing ice-making system within the concrete.

Gagnon said the project is slightly ahead of schedule but they do not want to make the call yet that it may open before January.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Kin-City Arenas facility operator Sheldon Fandrey sprays water on the one of the goal lines in the Kin City B arena Thursday. City parks workers will have the ice in by next Monday. The Kin City A arena is undergoing repair and is scheduled to be operational in January.

“Hopefully we’ll have some good news for the groups in a few weeks,” said Gagnon.

The arena’s typical ice season is August to March and it is rented from April to July for dry ac-

tivities. User groups shifted their schedules and found other ice surfaces to make up for the ice shortfall. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Board looking at efficiency options With enrolment numbers slowly trending downward as the province’s rural population diminishes, Clearview School Division is looking at a few options to create a more efficient rural division.

Over the next few months, division administration will be studying the idea of the four-day school week for the large, rural division.

The board asked for information on the shorter week school structure as a possible cost-saving option for the division.

CLEARVIEW SCHOOL DIVISION There were about 25 schools in the province on a four-day week in 2009, according to an Edmonton Public School Division document.

Reed Ranch School in Olds and Our Lady of the Mount Pleasant School in Camrose are two schools that operate on the schedule.

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Stantec has boosted its investment in local post-secondary education to $250,000.

The engineering and architecture consulting firm donated $100,000 during the 10th annual Red Deer College Kings and Queens Scholarship Breakfast in March.

The money went to the college’s Athletics Leadership Fund, which helps student athletes focus on their studies and sports.

On Wednesday, the company announced it was donating another $150,000.

The college’s Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing will receive $100,000. The centre is the home of the newly named Stantec CAD Lab, where sophisticated prototyping and design technology is used to turn ideas into real products.

The remaining $50,000 is earmarked for the Stantec Consulting Ltd. Endowment, which will provide $1,500 Stantec Engineering Technology Scholarships to a pair of students each year beginning this fall.

“We recognize that Red Deer College is the heart of our community, building the foundation for Red Deer and Central Alberta’s long-term success and prosperity,” says Stantec vice-president and regional leader Russ Wlad, in a statement.

College president Joe Ward says, “Their support will have a substantial impact on our student athletes, our learners, and enhance our ability to provide innovative technology and applied research opportunities to our communities.”

Building relationships essential, says Baker

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

CIVIC ELECTIONS

City council candidate Bettylyn Baker says building relationships is essential for Red Deer’s future.

Baker is a former teacher and is the owner of Learning Links, a home-based business dealing with vision for adults and children with learning disabilities.

“My platform is basically to maintain community,” said Baker. “Balance with budget and social.

Building relation- Bettylyn Baker ships is key because without those we have nothing in Red Deer.”

Baker said the challenges ahead for Red Deer include ensuring infrastructure is in

place, maintaining balance of services and working with other municipalities and the province.

She says she has board experience to offer the city. She is the chairperson of the Red Deer Native Friendship Society board.

In the past, she has sat on the Catholic Social Services boards locally and provincially.

She is an active volunteer at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

“It’s a beautiful city and need to make sure we maintain a combination of business, arts, family, social,” said Baker. “All of those things combined to keep it the vibrant community that it is.”

Baker has lived in Red Deer since 1986.

She is the mother of three. In 2004, she unsuccessfully ran for the Red Deer Catholic Regional School board.

Baker said her passionate and commitment for Red Deer and relationship building sets her apart from the other candi-

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

dates.

“I am passionate and caring,” said Baker. “I am honest and I shoot from the hip.

I am pretty up front. If I have a question, I will be ask it.”

Baker is not using any signs or brochures during her campaign for environmental reasons. She will be at the upcoming Red Deer Public Markets.

Other council hopefuls are Jerry Anderson, Terry Balgobin, Bob Bevins, Buck Buchanan (incumbent), Matt Chapin, Stephen Coop, Garry Didrikson, Serge Gingras, Calvin Goulet-Jones, Tanya Handley, Paul Harris (incumbent), David Helm, Lloyd Johnson, Ken Johnston, Tim Lasiuta, Lawrence Lee, Dan McKenna, Victor Mobley, Dennis Moffat, Dawna Morey, Lynne Mulder (incumbent), Ben Ordman, Janella Spearing, Troy Wavrecan, Jonathan Wieler, Frank Wong (incumbent), Dianne Wyntjes (incumbent), Darren Young and Calvin Yzerman.

The five-way mayoral race includes Councillors Cindy Jefferies and Tara Veer and newcomers William Horn and Chad Mason. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Teens charged after collision with police car

Father of longboard rider who became ill continues ride On Sept. 7, Brandon Harrison’s dream of riding his longboard across Canada came to a tragic halt in Red Deer when he suffered a stroke that left him unable to carry on.

Now, his father Michael Floyd is picking up where his son left off.

Floyd will continue the crossCanada trek that began on May 14.

He will be joined by Ian Brown, from Edmonton, winner of the 2013 ROGUE downhill race.

Floyd and Brown will depart from Laggan’s Deli in the Village at Lake Louise at 11 a.m. today and they hope

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COSTUME: Best interest for everybody involved “Sometimes it’s important to question the purpose behind your policy and what’s really in the best interest of everybody that is involved.”

Johnstone said Halloween is a time for children to have fun and express their creativity.

She said she has great memories of dressing up for school and she wanted her son to have the same experience.

Johnstone said Halloween is a day where children get to express themselves through their costume in a way they don’t normally get to.

“I know it’s not the end of the world but it’s one of those experiences from childhood,” said Johnstone.

Johnstone said she understands now that the school had banned costumes for a long time but she is not convinced it is the right decision.

Now she must tell her son, who was looking forward to showing his classmates his Hobbit costume, that it won’t happen.

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools also leave it up to individual schools to determine guidelines for Halloween.

In the St. Patrick’s Community School, which shares a common area at northside complex, students are

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

City of Red Deer firefighter Jason Venema sprays down a brush fire Wednesday south of Parkland Mall Wednesday. The afternoon blaze, burning in the bush on the hillside south of the mall damaged some power poles in the area but emergency response crews were able to bring the fire under control before it got too large. to reach Victoria within three weeks.

Brandon, 20, and his father, began the journey together in St. John’s, Nfld., on May 14.

They covered over 5,400 km in 115 days and had about 1,000 km to go when Brandon suffered a brain aneurysm.

He is recovering in a Calgary hospital and hopes to be strong enough to complete the journey himself sometime next year.

After beating cancer at the age of two and surviving a stroke at the age of 15, Harrison and his father created Long For Life, a non-profit organization that supports charitable initiatives to fight cancer, heart and stroke disease through the sport of long-

boarding.

Two Alberta party leaders from opposite sides of the spectrum are touring Alberta, debating each other, and they have a date set for Red Deer.

Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith and NDP Leader Brian Mason have had two spirited debates at the University of Alberta and Medicine Hat College.

“The response to these debates

that we’ve gotten from students across Alberta has been tremendous and it’s exciting to see more postsecondary institutions getting on board,” said Smith.

Topics the leaders discuss include revenue and expenses, the economy, public service delivery and the overall political landscape in Alberta.

The two will debate at Red Deer College on Thursday at 7 p.m. in room 2501.

Tickets cost $15 or $10 for members of the Red Deer Political Science Student Society.

For more information, contact Bailey Daines at 587-377-0858 or by email at bailey.daines@rdc.ab.ca.

invited to participate in a friendly Halloween costume competition.

Principal Margaretrose Willms said students may dress in orange and black, costumes or not at all on Oct. 31.

Students who choose to dress up must follow rules including no masks and no weapons.

Costumes must not restrict movement and costumes that portray evil, dark or questionable characters are not allowed. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

not notice much difference this year, the board has appointed a single principal to cover both the elementary and middle schools.

Bailey said a vacancy came open and rather than fill the position with another principal this year, the board

will wait to see if grade configuration will change before deciding on any new hire.

Preliminary enrolment estimates for the division show it totalling 2,446 students, a number which includes pupils at eight colony schools.

SCHOOLS: Looking at configurations While schools within the Fort McMurray Catholic division operate on a four-day school week, the city’s public board considered the idea earlier this year before it was rejected.

Another board recommendation was to look at the grade configurations at schools in Stettler.

At present, the town’s school administration entities — all in the same building — are pre-kindergarten to Grade 5, Grade 6 to 8, and Grade 9 to 12.

“The purpose of the study is to analyze potential benefits and implications of various pre-K to Grade 12 configurations to best meet the educational needs of Stettler and surrounding communities,” said superintendent John Bailey.

Throughout the year, the division will examine literature around various grade configurations and seek community input.

While Bailey said parents should

Smith, Mason tour Alberta in series of debates

Red Deer College Thanks

For Their $250,000 Donation Stantec’s contribution supports RDC’s Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing, Athletics Leadership Fund and student scholarships.

RDC proudly announces the Stantec CAD Lab in honour of their commitment to RDC, its learners and the communities we serve.

“We recognize that Red Deer College is the heart of our community, building the foundation for Red Deer and central Alberta’s long term success and prosperity. Stantec is very proud to have such a strong relationship with RDC students, staff and executive.”

– Russ Wlad Vice President and Regional Leader, Stantec

Building Communities Through Learning and RDC Fund Development: The continued growth of RDC hinges on significant investments from government, as well as major commitments from community partners, corporations, foundations and individual donors and philanthropists.

As we celebrate our 50th anniversary, we are mindful of the organizations and individuals that have helped us develop into a leading post-secondary institution in Alberta.

We invite you to get involved as we build communities through learning...

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Two young teenagers are facing charges after nearly colliding head-on with a police car early Thursday morning.

Red Deer RCMP say police officers went to stop a vehicle for a traffic infraction at a roadside stop near 71st Street in Red Deer around 2:45 a.m. on Thursday.

Police say the driver of the vehicle did not respond to them and kept driving. At one point, the driver turned the car around and drove towards the police vehicle.

Three youth occupants who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act were arrested without incident.

The female driver of the vehicle is a 15-year-old Red Deer teenager.

She is charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer, two counts of assault with a weapon, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, flight from police and operating a vehicle without a valid driver’s licence.

The male passenger, a 14-year-old youth from Blackfalds, is charged with take motor vehicle without consent, and failing to stop for police.

The two police officers suffered minor injuries.

The investigation is continuing with the assistance of a RCMP collision analyst.

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Banks expect things to improve STILL SOME RISKS BUT LESS SIGNIFICANT Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

BY ROMINA MAURINO THE CANADIAN PRESS

Work along Broadway Avenue in downtown Blackfalds has begun as part of the town’s Downtown Revitalization Plan. A variety of street improvements are being completed, with new design guidelines for buildings also now in place as well.

Economists at Canada’s leading banks presented a cautiously optimistic outlook Thursday, suggesting many of the headwinds that have battered the economy are starting to ease.

“There’s still some risks out there but I’d argue they’re less significant than in the past and in that environment we should see some better growth numbers,” Royal Bank (TSX:RY) chief economist Craig Wright said after an event at the Toronto Region Board of Trade.

But while concerns about the eurozone crisis and the U.S. fiscal cliff have eased, uncertainty south of the border remains, along with nervousness over the conflict in Syria and the future of the housing sector.

With consumer spending improving and the housing market appearing set to cool, not collapse, there are signs of an upswing.

“The economies that will succeed going forward are the ones that can attract private capital and talented people to join their economies to slow down the impact of an aging population,” said National Bank economist Stefane Marion.

Marion said Canada, and Ontario in particular, need to become more competitive in their manufacturing when compared with jurisdictions like Mexico, which is seeing an influx of investment in the auto sector.

“I think there are ways to put policies in place to better leverage the North American framework to try to get a production process that is extremely competitive versus the rest of the world,” he said.

While the outlook for Ontario is brightening for next year, Marion said the performance of the country’s most populous province won’t be “stellar.”

Anything above two per cent growth for the advanced economies, he added, should be viewed as good news.

“From a cyclical basis I think Ontario is well positioned going into next year, however, from a structural basis, don’t be fooled,” he said.

“We have a lot, a lot, of challenges.”

TD Bank (TSX:TD) raised its outlook for Canadian economic growth for the third quarter Wednesday to 2.3 per cent in the July-September period compared with a June forecast for growth of two per cent, saying consumer spending will be the driving force.

The bank still expects full-year growth will be 1.7 per cent in 2013 and 2.4 per cent in 2014.

RBC put growth for this year slightly higher, at 1.8 per cent, and 2.8 per cent next — figures Wright said are a bit above the consensus but “not particularly robust.”

Economists agree exports and business spending will have to pick up before the country sees more steady growth.

The Canadian economy grew by 1.7 per cent in the second quarter as flooding in Alberta and a construction strike in Quebec took a toll, and while most economists expect some bounce back in the third quarter, the extent and timing remains uncertain.

The Bank of Canada estimated in July that the economy would grow by 3.8 per cent in the third quarter.

Blackfalds downtown revitalization gets underway

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR After years of talking about downtown revitalization, the Town of Blackfalds is putting its money where its mouth is.

Curbing is being replaced and “bumpouts” added to help slow traffic flows, crosswalks resurfaced to more clearly delineate pedestrian paths, landscaping upgraded and deep services redone.

Meanwhile, a town-owned commercial building on Broadway Avenue is about to receive a makeover, and a giant electronic sign

that will advertise local events and attractions is going up near the entrance to the downtown.

It’s all part of Blackfalds’ Downtown Revitalization Plan, which was adopted by council two

ager.

The plan seeks to accomplish this by making that section of town more appealing to pedestrians, shoppers and visitors. This includes adopting consistent design standards for downtown buildings.

“There’s a colour palette to choose from; there’s a materials palette to choose from, so it won’t all look like a big cookie-cutter — BLACKFALDS MAYOR MELODIE STOL — all the same — but everyone is tryyears ago. ing to come up with this common “We wanted to keep the down- theme,” said Blackfalds Mayor town a viable area,” explained Melodie Stol.

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‘THERE’S A MATERIALS PALETTE TO CHOOSE FROM... EVERYONE IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH THIS COMMON THEME.’

Entrepreneurs appear optimistic Alberta entrepreneurs remain optimistic, based on the results of the latest survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

The national association, which represents small and medium-sized businesses, said on Thursday that a September survey of its Alberta members resulted in a confidence index of 71.6 out of a possible 100.

That marked a 2.1 point improvement over August and a nearly five-point jump since July.

“Alberta’s entrepreneurs are clearly feeling more optimistic than they were just a couple of months ago,” said Richard Truscott, CFIB’s Alberta director.

“Obviously, that’s good news for our economy and our province.”

The national confidence level was calculated at 64.6, with Newfoundland leading the provinces at 72.2.

Saskatchewan trails Alberta with a 70.7 index level, followed by British Columbia (67.9), Ontario (63.6), Nova Scotia (61.6), Manitoba (60.7), Quebec (59.2), New Brunswick (55.5) and Prince Edward Island (47.6).

The percentage of Alberta business owners who described the general state of health for their business as “good” in September was up a point, to 49 per cent. Only seven per cent described conditions as “bad,” down two points from August.

CFIB “The one fly in the ointment is hiring expectations,” said Truscott.

“A declining percentage of business owners said they plan to hire additional staff in the next few months.

In fact, 25 per cent of respondents said they were planning to hire full-time staff in the next three months, down three points from August and six points from July. Nine per cent are predicting a reduction in their workforce, up three points over last month.

“It may reflect some seasonality, since we’ve seen similar declines during September in previous years — or it could mean, quite frankly, that more entrepreneurs are becoming frustrated in trying to find qualified workers and have simply given up.”

Thirty-five per cent of the entrepreneurs questioned said that a shortage of skilled labour is limiting their sales or production growth. That’s down two point from August, but 11 points higher than any other concern identified.

The CFIB said index levels normally range between 65 and 75 when the economy is growing at its potential.

Canada won’t take no for answer on Keystone HARPER SHARPENS SALES PITCH FOR THE CONTROVERSIAL CROSS-BORDER ENERGY PROPOSAL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW YORK — Canada “won’t take no for an answer” from the U.S. when it comes to the Keystone XL pipeline, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday as he sharpened his sales pitch for the controversial cross-border energy proposal.

The logic in support of the project going ahead is “overwhelming,” and governments at all levels on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are endorsing it, Harper told a high-powered business audience in New York.

“My view is that you don’t take no for an answer,” Harper said. “We haven’t had that. If we were to get that, that won’t be final. This won’t be final until it’s approved and we will keep pushing forward.”

In his strongest rhetoric on the

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much-maligned project to date, Harper also dismissed the divide between his government and the White House over projections of how many jobs Keystone XL will create.

“It’s just politics,” Harper told the audience at the Canadian American Business Council event. There is no real “plan B” for Canada should U.S. President Barack Obama turn down the pipeline, he added.

“The logic here is overwhelming,” Harper said.

“I remain an optimist that, notwithstanding politics, that when something is so clearly in everybody’s interest — including our interest as Canadians, but the national interest of the United States — I’m of the view that it has to be approved.”

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preventing government scientists from publicly criticizing the project, which is designed to ferry oilsands bitumen from northern Alberta all the way to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Harper is bent on ensuring public ignorance by keeping scientists who receive government funding from sharing information, especially climate change research, wrote Verlyn Klinkenborg, a member of the newspaper’s editorial board.

Harper has been pushing the Obama administration to approve the Keystone project, insisting that it will create thousands of jobs on both sides of the border.

But American critics of the proposal, including within the White House, have significantly played down the economic benefits of the plan.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 93.41 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.00 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.00 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.55 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.00 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market eked out a small gain Thursday, well off morning highs as gold stocks moved sharply into negative territory.

At the same time, traders were trying to gauge the likelihood of a U.S. federal government shutdown and the economic fallout from such an event.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 4.91 points to 12,841.62.

The Canadian dollar was unchanged at 96.96 cents US. U.S. indexes were also off the best levels of the session. The Dow industrials gained 55.04 points to 15,328.3, the Nasdaq was ahead 26.33 points to 3,787.43, and the S&P 500 index rose 5.9 points to 1,698.67 as two financial deadlines for the U.S. government loom.

Congress needs to pass a funding bill to keep the federal government operating after Oct. 1, when its new fiscal year starts. And the U.S. borrowing limit needs to be raised before Oct. 17.

The Dow and the S&P 500 had fallen for five trading days before the slight revival on Thursday.

Markets are nervous as investors remember the summer of 2011 when a similar situation roiled markets at a time when Europe’s debt crisis was flaring and prompted Standard & Poor’s to strip the U.S. of its triple A credit rating.

There was good news on the U.S. housing front as a report showed that average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell this week to 4.32 per cent, their lowest in two months. The decline follows the Federal Reserve’s decision last week to hold off slowing its monthly bond purchases.

Commodity prices were generally higher and the base metals sector rose 0.75 per cent as December copper gained three cents to US$3.31 a pound. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) rose 71 cents to C$29.29.

The energy sector was ahead 0.5 per cent as the November crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange moved up 37 cents to US$103.03 a barrel. Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) was 24 cents higher to C$37.33.

A Norwegian energy firm, Statoil, is estimating that an untapped oil field off Canada’s east coast contains between 300 and 600 million barrels of recoverable oil, making it one of the biggest discoveries in recent years. Calgary-based Husky Energy

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.95 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.40 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.64 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.62 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.95 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 19.08 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.10 First Quantum Minerals . 19.30 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.48 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.71 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.17 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 32.57 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.78 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 29.29 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 26.03 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 64.21 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 49.47 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.98 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 56.35 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.60 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.16 Canyon Services Group. 11.66 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.12 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.790 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 17.84 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.83 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 87.07 (TSX:HSE), another major producer in Newfoundland’s current offshore oilfields, is Statoil’s partner in the area, with a 35 per cent working interest in three discoveries. Husky shares were ahead $1.20 to $30.26.

Telecoms also supported the TSX. Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B) and U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp. say they will offer Canadians a high-speed Internet access in their vehicles. The cost of the project, pricing for the services and dates for the rollout weren’t included in a joint statement issued by the companies, which have two of North America’s largest telecommunications networks. Rogers was ahead 18 cents to $45.09.

The gold sector fell about two per cent as bullion prices headed lower with the December contract in New York down $12.10 to US$1,324.10 an ounce. Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) faded 36 cents to C$26.48.

Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) said the Supreme Court of Chile has upheld rulings that require the miner to complete a water management system for the Pascua-Lama mining project to the satisfaction of the country’s environment ministry before resuming construction. Barrick has submitted a plan that estimates completion of the water management system by the end of 2014. Its shares were 21 cents lower to $19.08.

BlackBerry (TSX:BB) had another losing session. Its shares drifted four cents lower to $8.22 on the TSX after one of its smartphone suppliers, Jabil Circuit, said it was moving ahead with plans to end its partnership agreement, raising new questions about whether the Canadian company will soon exit the handset business.

Its shares had headed higher in the morning following a six per cent slide Wednesday after Fairfax Financial chief executive Prem Watsa said that he has every intention of completing the acquisition of the smartphone maker. Fairfax (TSX:FFH) has proposed to take the company private with a consortium of unnamed financiers for US$9 per share.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Wednesday.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,841.62 up 4.91 points TSX Venture Exchange — 948.13 up 0.44 point TSX 60 — 737 up 1.49 points

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 48.71 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.61 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 30.26 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 45.54 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.10 Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.52 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.570 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.25 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 37.33 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.73 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.98 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.89 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 56.70 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 68.33 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.70 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.40 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 31.44 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.14 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 48.56 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 61.28 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.35 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 85.85 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.62 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 66.40 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 33.02 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.30

Dow — 15,328.30 up 55.04 points S&P 500 — 1,698.67 up 5.90 points Nasdaq — 3,787.43 up 26.33 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 96.96 cents US, unchanged Pound — C$1.6539, down 0.47 of a cent Euro — C$1.3904, down 0.46 of a cent Euro — US$1.3482, down 0.45 of a cent Oil futures: US$103.03 per barrel, up 37 cents (November contract) Gold futures: US$1,324.10 per oz., down $12.10 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.309 per oz., down 13.4 cents $749.38 per kg., down $4.31 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Thursday at 948.13, up 0.44 point. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 136.04 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’13 $1.70 lower $483.20; Jan. ’14 $2.10 lower $492.50; March ’14 $2.10 lower $500.20; May ’14 $2.10 higher $506.30; July ’14 $2.20 lower $512.20; Nov. ’14 $2.50 lower $504.20; Jan ’15 $2.50 lower $506.20; March ’15 $2.50 lower $505.20; May ’15 $2.70 lower $505.00; July ’15 $2.70 lower $505.00; Nov. ’15 $2.70 lower $505.00.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’13 unchanged $158.30; Dec ’13 unchanged $161.30; March ’14 unchanged $163.30; May ’14 unchanged $164.30; July ’14 unchanged $164.30; Oct. ’14 unchanged $164.30; Dec. ’14 unchanged $164.30; March ’15 unchanged $164.30; May ’15 unchanged $164.30; July ’15 unchanged $164.30; Oct. ’15 unchanged $164.30.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 496,220 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 496,220.

BlackBerry handset manufacturer begins talks to wind down partnership THE CANADIAN PRESS The future of BlackBerry’s handset business was in question ahead of the company’s latest financial results due Friday, after one of its smartphone suppliers said it’s in talks to end a partnership agreement with the Canadian company.

The chief executive of Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE:JBL) told analysts in a conference call that Jabil is reconsidering how much BlackBerry will contribute to its financial results next year.

The Waterloo, Ont.based company is scheduled to report its secondquarter financial results early Friday, which could give further insight into how badly it has suffered in the latest round of smartphone wars.

Already the company has said it expects to post nearly $1 billion in losses related to poor sales of its latest BlackBerry devices.

BlackBerry (TSX:BB) has always declined to outline its relationships with manufacturers, though Wistron of Taiwan is considered the other major supplier of BlackBerry 10 devices.

BlackBerry has only said it plans to reduce the number of smartphones it sells, and focus exclusively on selling to business users, not shutter its hardware division entirely, which makes the comments from Jabil chief executive Mark

Mondello a surprise.

“We are in discussions right now on how we are going to wind down the relationship,” Mondello said late Wednesday, breaking with Jabil’s usual practice of declining comment on specific customers.

“BlackBerry has been a great partner over the past six to seven years and we believe that they will offer their typical high integrity co-opera-

tion as we navigate this probable disengagement in the coming months,” he added.

Jabil is factoring in a combination of income loss and the financial hit that would be felt on the company’s infrastructure, Mondello said.

The manufacturer said the timing for any decision was uncertain, but that it was likely to happen “in the coming months.”

BLACKFALDS: Wants to set example Other design features, like signage, are also covered in the plan.

The town doesn’t expect downtown property owners to immediately renovate their buildings to comply with the new standards, said Stol.

“When they are ready to do their facades, they’ll have something to go to.”

The town wants to set an example with its own downtown building.

“We will be re-facing it in the front, in accordance with our guidelines, and doing some painting in it and fixing it up,” said Stol.

A further incentive for downtown property owners is a grant program that was established through a $5,000 donation from consulting firm Stantec Inc., which helped develop the Downtown Revitalization Plan.

The town has kicked in a further $5,000, with the money available to businesses that renovate their buildings to comply with the new guidelines.

The electronic sign, which will measure three metres by 1.8 metres, is slated to go up on the west side of Hwy 2A — next to Park Street.

“That’s really the en-

try feature to our downtown,” said Stol, adding that Park Street is also the main connection to the growing commercial area east of Hwy 2A. The sign will display a steady stream of messages about Blackfalds activities and amenities, which officials hope will prompt highway travellers to stop and support local businesses.

“We know that community events are really a strong factor in economic development and economic growth,” said Stol.

More projects are planned for the future, including work on a vacant town-owned lot in the downtown.

“Within the next year, we’re going to be looking at paving that as additional parking,” said Topolnitsky.

Further landscaping and other improvements are also proposed, with this work to spread out from the downtown.

Stol said the revitalization plan was developed following studies and consultations involving local residents and business owners.

The current work poses an inconvenience to those using the downtown, she acknowledged.

But weather permitting, that should end soon.

“We hope to be out of people’s way as quickly as possible.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

PIPELINE: Studied for 5 years Supporters of Keystone XL, including Harper himself, tout it as a major step towards making North America self-sufficient when it comes to energy, eliminating the need to import oil from overseas countries that are politically unstable and less environmentally responsible.

Opponents, however, see the plan as an environmental catastrophe in the making.

They worry about bitumen leaking into ecologically sensitive areas.

They also argue that Canada’s oilsands are major producers of greenhouse gases and urge less production there, not more.

The Keystone XL proposal has been under study for five years, caught in a maelstrom of clashing political, economic and environmental interests.

Harper also spoke over the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to congratulate her on her victory in Germany’s Sept. 22 federal election.

A spokesman said the two leaders spoke about the desire to complete a Canada-EU trade agreement.

Rogers-Sprint partnership aims to keep people connected while on the road THE CANADIAN PRESS High-speed Internet access will be the next option for new vehicles, as wireless in Canada makes the move from homes to cars.

Toronto’s Rogers and U.S. wireless carrier Sprint are teaming up to bring wireless service to automakers, potentially reaching more than one million Canadians who buy new vehicles each year, Rogers said Thursday.

Canadians at home are keen users of all types of wireless devices, from cellphones to tablets to cameras, said Mansell Nelson, vicepresident of advanced business solutions at Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B), the country’s largest wireless provider.

“Why can’t I connect them while I’m in my car?” said Nelson.

Under the agreement, automakers deploying Sprint’s Velocity platform - developed specifically for the auto in-

it will add to the cost of a vehicle or Internet packages.

Several automakers, such as GM, are already experimenting with Internet connectivity in vehicles and are advertising their plans to ramp up the offering in next year’s models.

But it’s not an option that will appeal to all drivers, said technology analyst Duncan Stewart .

“Given how many people have smartphones already, how really necessary is this?” said Duncan, the head of research for technology, media and telecommunications at Deloitte Canada.

dustry — would use Rogers’ wireless networks, including its high-speed Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network.

Drivers with the option could then use a touchscreen on the dashboard to access weather or accident alerts, and receive customized packages of news and sports.

Internet accessibility could also open the possibility of passengers watching TV on demand while they travel, said Nelson.

The wireless option is expected to be available in mid-2014 in Canada, but there are no details yet on which auto brands will offer it, or how much

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 87.66 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.46 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.30 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.22 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.83 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.46 Cdn. National Railway . 104.08 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 129.48 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 35.35 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.61 Cervus Equipment Corp 21.05 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 39.99 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 42.96 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.77 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.41 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.95 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.95 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.47 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 41.48 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 54.34 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 34.94 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.41 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 45.35

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SCIENCE

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 2013

Global warming likened to smoking

BY SETH BORENSTEIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Top scientists from a variety of fields say they are about as certain that global warming is a real, man-made threat as they are that cigarettes kill.

They are as sure about climate change as they are about the age of the universe. They say they are more certain about climate change than they are that vitamins make you healthy or that dioxin in Superfund sites is dangerous.

They’ll even put a number on how certain they are about climate change. But that number isn’t 100 per cent. It’s 95 per cent.

And for some non-scientists, that’s just not good enough.

There’s a mismatch between what scientists say about how certain they are and what the general public thinks the experts mean, experts say.

That is an issue because this week, scientists from around the world have gathered in Stockholm for a meeting of a U.N. panel on climate change, and they will probably issue a report saying it is “extremely likely” — which they define in footnotes as 95 per cent certain — that humans are mostly to blame for temperatures that have climbed since 1951.

One climate scientist involved says the panel may even boost it in some places to “virtually certain” and 99 per cent.

Some climate-change deniers have looked at 95 per cent and scoffed. After all, most people wouldn’t get on a plane that had only a 95 per cent certainty of landing safely, risk experts say.

But in science, 95 per cent certainty is often considered the gold standard for certainty.

“Uncertainty is inherent in every scientific judgment,” said Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist Thomas Burke.

“Will the sun come up in the morning?” Scientists know the answer is yes, but they can’t really say so with 100 per cent certainty because there are so many factors out there that are not quite understood or under control.

George Gray, director of the Center for Risk Science and Public Health at George Washington University, said that demanding absolute proof on things such as climate doesn’t make sense.

“There’s a group of people who seem to think that when scientists say they are uncertain, we shouldn’t do anything,” said Gray, who was chief scientist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the George W. Bush administration. “That’s crazy.

We’re uncertain and we buy insurance.”

With the U.N. panel about to weigh in on the effects of greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of oil, coal and gas, The Associated Press asked scientists who specialize in climate, physics, epidemiology, public health, statistics and risk just what in science is more certain than human-caused climate change, what is about the same, and what is less.

They said gravity is a good example of something more certain than climate change. Climate change “is not as sure as if you drop a stone it will hit the

Earth,” Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer said.

“It’s not certain, but it’s close.”

Arizona State University physicist Lawrence Krauss said the 95 per cent quoted for climate change is equivalent to the current certainty among physicists that the universe is 13.8 billion years old.

The president of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, Ralph Cicerone, and more than a dozen other scientists contacted by the AP said the 95 per cent certainty regarding climate change is most similar to the confidence scientists have in the decades’ worth of evidence that cigarettes are deadly.

“What is understood does not violate any mechanism that we understand about cancer,” while “statistics confirm what we know about cancer,” said Cicerone, an atmospheric scientist.

Add to that a “very high consensus” among scientists about the harm of tobacco, and it sounds similar to the case for climate change, he said.

But even the best study can be nitpicked because nothing is perfect, and that’s the strategy of both to-

bacco defenders and climate deniers, said Stanton Glantz, a medicine professor at the University of California, San Francisco and director of its tobacco control research centre.

George Washington’s Gray said the 95 per cent number the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will probably adopt may not be realistic. In general, regardless of the field of research, experts tend to overestimate their confidence in their certainty, he said.

Other experts said the 95 per cent figure is too low.

Jeff Severinghaus, a geoscientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said that through the use of radioactive isotopes, scientists are more than 99 per cent sure that much of the carbon in the air has human fingerprints on it. And because of basic physics, scientists are 99 per cent certain that carbon traps heat in what is called the greenhouse effect.

But the role of nature and all sorts of other factors bring the number down to 95 per cent when you want to say that the majority of the warming is humancaused, he said.

Since 1994, The Red Deer Regional Health Foundation has been proud to work with all Central Albertans to fund healthcare equipment and programs not currently funded by government.

We are pleased to continue this work on your behalf.

By providing funding, the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation: • Supports the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and other healthcare facilities in the Central Zone.

• Improves the ability of health care professionals to see more patients, more quickly, and with the best care possible.

• Provides opportunities for attracting and retaining highly qualified specialists in Red Deer, which in turn is an important component of improving patient access to specialty care.

How Your Support Makes a Difference

OUR FOUNDATION IS YOU! PLEASE DONATE TO YOUR HOSPITAL.

In 2013, The Red Deer Regional Health Foundation will provide funding for many small and large projects in the Central Zone. Here are a few of the ways we will put your donation dollars to work:

YES! I want to support the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre through the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation.

• Renovations to the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Unit, helping kids between the ages of 4 and 17.

• Purchase of a new imaging unit for Diagnostic Imaging & Urology – the first kind within Alberta Health Services • Creation of a Care-By-Parent Suite in the Pediatric Unit that will allow a parent to stay on the unit while the child is in the Hospital • Furniture for the Adult Mental Health Unit • Scholarships for students in health care programs in the Central Zone • Enhancements to NICU – labour and delivery • Equipment to improve patient care in Gastroenterology • And many more!

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• Organize a benefit event – from a bake sale to a gala event, your time and efforts DO make a difference • Donate a product or service to one of our events • We gratefully accept bequests and memorial donations • Donate your small change to our “Penny Drive” • Attend our events

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Roku unveils new streaming boxes in Canada

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — When Google unveiled its $35 Chromecast device to help consumers get web content on their TVs, it was perceived as bad news for competitors selling similar but more expensive products, including one of the market leaders, Roku.

But Roku welcomes the competition, according to director of product management Lloyd Klarke, a Canadian working for the California-based company.

“Our sales have actually gone up since their launch,” claimed Klarke during a visit to Toronto to promote a new line of Roku devices officially announced Wednesday.

“Every time a positive review goes (out on) streaming, our sales go up.”

Roku just launched three different streaming devices that connect to a TV via an HDMI cable and play web content. The most expensive, the Roku 3 which sells for $110, was released earlier this month.

On Wednesday, the company started taking pre-orders for the Roku 1 and Roku 2.

The Roku 1 sells for $70 and can stream content from more than 500 channels at up to 1080p high definition quality.

For $90, the Roku 2 has upgraded dual-band WiFi hardware and its remote has a built-in headphone jack to facilitate late-night viewing.

The Roku 3 has the features of the Roku 2 plus an Ethernet port for wired Internet access and a USB port to load files into the device. The remote is also motion responsive, similar to Nin-

tendo’s Wii Remotes, and consumers can download video games to play with their Roku including “Angry Birds Space.”

If the product line isn’t already a little confusing, consumers might still find some older Roku units in stores — the Roku 2 XS and the Roku 2 XD. Klarke said he thinks consumers appreciate choosing from a range of devices that offer slightly different feature sets.

“We’ve had three selections for a while now and customers self-select depending on whether they want to save a bit of money, whether they want to go for that one extra feature or the fully loaded product,” he said.

“Sales between each of the three products are almost even but if anything people tend to buy the most expensive one the most.”

One of the main reasons to purchase a Roku is to easily get Netflix streaming on a TV, and that feature alone may be worth the purchase price for some consumers.

Roku boasts it also has more than 500 other channels of streaming content available, but in reality, relatively few are worthy of note. Vevo has a channel to stream music videos and concerts, the National Film Board of Canada has free films available to watch, Crackle is like a free Netflix (with far less good content) and the subscription services NHL Gamecenter and MLB.TV can be loaded through a Roku. Unfortunately, there’s no app for YouTube.

None of the Roku boxes have a web browser, so users can’t visit the websites of TV networks to stream content available there.

2013 GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE OF ELECTION AND ADVANCE VOTE RED DEER RESIDENTS THE CITY OF RED DEER,THE RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #104, THE RED DEER CATHOLIC REGIONAL DIVISION #39, PROVINCE OF ALBERTA Notice is hereby given that: 1. An ELECTION for The City of Red Deer, The Red Deer Public School District #104 and The Red Deer Catholic Division #39 will be held on for the filling of the following offices: OFFICES TO BE FILLED MAYOR of The City of Red Deer COUNCILLORS of The City of Red Deer TRUSTEES of The Red Deer Public School District #104 TRUSTEES of The Red Deer Catholic Regional Division #39, Red Deer area

NUMBER: 1 8 7 5

2. A Vote of the Electors Will be held on the following QUESTION: Do you want the city of Red Deer divided into wards? _____ Yes, I want to be able to vote for the Council candidates who run in the area I live in (my ward). _____ No, I want to keep voting for Council candidates for the whole city, not just the area where I live.

Voting will take place on

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Voting Subdivisions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Voting Subdivisions Johnstone Crossing Community Health Centre Kentwood Alliance Church Glendale School Normandeau School Gateway Christian School - Pines Campus Oriole Park School G.H. Dawe Community School Fairview Elementary School Memorial Festival Hall Red Deer Museum - Stewart Room West Park Middle School Ecole La Prairie Bower-Kin Community Centre G.W. Smith Elementary School Mountview School Grandview Elementary School Michener Centre Theatre Clearview Ridge @ Balmoral Bible Chapel Garden Heights @ Balmoral Bible Chapel Clearview Community Centre Joseph Welsh Elementary School St. Thomas Aquinas School Anders @ St. Elizabeth Seton School Anders South @ Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Living Stones Church Timberlands @ Balmoral Bible Chapel Rosedale @ Balmoral Bible Chapel Davenport Church of Christ Holy Family School Hunting Hills High School Vanier Woods @ Notre Dame High School Advance Vote - Red Deer Museum- Stewart Room

Address 300 Jordan Parkway 4 Kennedy Drive 6375 - 77 Street 61 Noble Avenue 8 Page Avenue 5 Oldbury Street 56 Holt Street 30 Fairbank Road 4214 - 58 Street 4525 - 47A Avenue 3310 - 55 Avenue 4810 - 35 Street 85 Boyce Street 17 Springfield Avenue 4331 - 34 Street 4515 - 43 Avenue 51A Street - 38A Avenue 55 Street/ Hwy 11A - East of 30 Avenue 55 Street/Hwy 11A - East of 30 Avenue 93 Cornett Drive 4401 - 37 Avenue 3821 - 39 Street 35 Addinell Avenue 18 Selkirk Boulevard 2020- 40 Avenue 55 Street East of 30 Avenue 55 Street East of 30 Avenue 68 Donlevy Avenue 69 Douglas Avenue 150 Lockwood Avenue 50 Lees Street 4525 - 47A Avenue

INSTITUTIONAL VOTES: 34(I-1) 34(I-2)

34(I-3) 34(I-4) 34(1-5)

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Red Deer Regional Hospital Bethany Collegeside Gardens at Collegeside Symphony Seniors Living at Aspenridge West Park Lodge Extended Care Michener Village Harmony Care Pines Lodge Parkvale Lodge Piper Creek Lodge Victoria Park Gracious Retirement Living Waskasoo Towers Symphony Seniors Living at Inglewood Legacy Estates Redwoods Retirement Residence

3942-50A Avenue 99 College Circle 99 College Circle 3100 – 22 Street 5715-41 Street Crescent 3815-51A Street 200 Inglewood Drive 52 Piper Drive 4277-46A Avenue 4820-33 Street 9 Avery Street 4810-54 Street 10 Inglewood Drive 56 Carroll Crescent 6 Daykin Street

ADVANCE VOTING will take place: 32

Red Deer Museum & Art Gallery Stewart Room # 4525- 47A Avenue Red Deer, Alberta

Saturday, October 5 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Friday, October 11 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Saturday, October 12 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Friday, October 18 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Saturday, October 19 10:00 am to 8:00 pm

All voting stations are accessible If you have any questions, please contact Legislative Services, The City of Red Deer, at 342-8132 or check for your voting station online at www.reddeer.ca/election.

DATED at The City of Red Deer in the Province of Alberta, this 27th day of September, 2013.

FRIEDA MCDOUGALL RETURNING OFFICER

NEW

MARKING OF BALLOTS: As the ballots will be counted by an automated ballot counting machine, you are required to complete the oval beside the name of the person(s) for whom you wish to vote or beside your selection of yes or no on the question. Example:

ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE: 1.

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A list of voters is not prepared.

Every voter shall make a statement in the prescribed form that he/she is eligible to vote as an elector A person is eligible to vote if the person: (a) is at least 18 years old, (b) is a Canadian Citizen, and (c) has resided in Alberta for the 6 consecutive months immediately preceding Election Day (since April 21, 2013) and the person’s place of residence is located in the area on Election Day. An elector is eligible to vote only at the Voting Station for the voting subdivision in which the elector’s place of residence is located on election day.

With the regard to the election of Catholic School Trustees an elector is an individual residing within the boundaries of the separate school district who is of the same faith as those who established the district.

NEW VOTER IDENTIFICATION: In order to vote an elector must produce one piece of authorized Identification that

LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

establishes both the elector’s name and current address. For more information and a list of authorized identification, please visit The City’s website at: www.reddeer.ca/election

BOOKS

The Burgess Boys

By Elizabeth Strout Random House Publishing

If you have ever lived in a small town, then the beginning of this book will speak to you in a special way. A mother and a daughter, both widowed now and vacationing in New York, fill their time with reminisces about folks in their small town of Shirley Falls, Maine.

These two have many conversations about “the BurPEGGY gess kids.” Even their reguFREEMAN lar phone calls to each other while they were both home feature a memory that involved that family.

For one thing, the mother taught the Burgess kids in Sunday School, long ago. How they turned out, famous and infamous, held lots of fodder for chit chat.

“There were the twins, Bob and Susan, and then there was the eldest, Jim. He was handsome and a football player, but serious too. Bob was kind, but he got teased at school because he’s seen a psychiatrist, a rare thing in that time.” The school kids said, “he had to see a doctor for mentals.” Kids have always been mean that way. Susan’s husband left her and she had that “nutty son.”

Mr. Burgess, their father had died when the kids were just young, an accident that was assimilated into the town’s history and only discussed quietly among adults.

Shirley Falls has changed a lot since the Burgess kids were young, for one thing there are immigrant Somalis living there. Some folks don’t like it, but at least there are young kids, and every town needs kids to survive. Somalis are Muslims, of course ,and some town folks mutter about that.

Now Jim is the member of a law firm in New York.

He’s well known in the media, he married money and he’s left Shirley Falls far behind.

Bob works for legal aid, and for reasons not immediately clear is heartily disliked by his brother Jim. The most pathetic character in this novel is Zachary, 14, son of Susan, whose father lives in Australia and seldom phones.

Zachary, who knows nothing about Somalis or Muslims, takes it into his head, as a prank, to throw a pig’s head into the mosque during Ramadan. He didn’t specifically look for a pig’s head, it happened to be at the butchers. He stored it in his mother’s freezer and then, bloody and ghastly, defiled the mosque. No one knows who did it, but 2,000 Somalis are deeply offended.

The police of Shirley Falls are a bit out of their

FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 2013 league, as national news agencies arrive to report.

Jim says Zachary must turn himself in because “Burgess men are not fugitives.”

Kids, you know, drive too fast in cars, find the wrong friends and generally mess up, but Zachary is in deep trouble. This is described as a hate crime

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — He has won a Pulitzer, teaches Americans how to write at MIT and his Spanishsprinkled stories have been acclaimed in the United States. But Junot Diaz, who arrived from the Dominican Republic at the age of six, says he has never stopped feeling like an immigrant.

And he thinks the idea of immigration reform is as romantic as the coming of Jesus.

“Well, I am not a believer so I don’t know!” he said with skepticism.

“I hope he comes for whoever believes in him. And it’s the same thing (with immigration reform),” he added.

“I haven’t seen much either from our political leadership or from our president. ... I don’t know, to me, when I see it, I’ll believe it. I can simply say that what I’ve seen most concretely is an immense hostility toward immigrants and an immense disrespect for everything that we do for this country.”

Diaz, who received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2008 for his debut novel The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and who teaches creative writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is promoting the Spanish and paperback editions of his most recent book, This Is How You Lose Her,

a collection of short stories about love, sex and estrangement that, like his previous work, gives a look inside the immigrant experience.

“I’m not certain that anyone stops being an immigrant. With that said, I certainly never stopped being one,” Diaz said.

“I think most people have very little experience about the internal lives of immigrants and the reality of immigration. We have a lot of myths about it, and boy do we love our myths. We assume that immigration is a deficiency that can be overcome, that there’s some strange advance that one makes where one sheds this inadequacy to attain some sort of national purity.”

The author, 44, also said that the rush to “overcome the immigrant” is a reflection of how immigrants and the process of immigration make people uncomfortable, something that is also reflected in a term he finds “sloppy”: Spanglish.

Asked what he thought about what some Spanish scholars fear is the deformation of the language in the United States, he said he’s more interested in the fact that today the U.S. has a massive bilingual community that is constantly replenished with the arrival of new immigrants in a way not seen in recent history.

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The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, September 30, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor at City Hall. If you want your letter or petition included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services

by Friday, September 27, 2013. You may also submit your letter or petition at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Development Officer Approvals On September 24, 2013, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Garden Heights 1. DaVinci Group Inc. – a 30.3 m2 relaxation to the maximum floor area, a 0.39 metre relaxation to the minimum front yard setback, a 0.12 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the house and a 0.78 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the deck, to a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 22 Grove Close.

Rezoning Laredo Phase 3 Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/Z-2013 City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw related to the Laredo Phase 3 subdivision.

This bylaw proposes to correct an oversight from an August 2013 amendment that erroneously rezoned four (4) lots as R1 Residential Low Density. As per the adopted Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP) the four (4) lots should be R1A – Residential SemiDetached Dwelling as per the map below.

Inglewood 2. Barrier Free Planning and Design Inc. – a 38.36 m2 rear addition to an existing single family dwelling, located at 44 Ireland Crescent.

Sunnybrook 3. Bowood Inc. – a 101.08 m2 front garage addition and a rear screened porch addition to an existing single family dwelling, located at 8 Savoy Crescent.

Discretionary Use Riverlands 4. Carstar Red Deer – a 74.32 m2 temporary tent structure, until December 31, 2013, to be located at 4517 54 Avenue.

5. Red Deer Rhythmic Gymnastics – a gymnastics school, to be located at 5571 45 Street.

6. Imagine Day Spa – a day spa, to be located at G1 5550 45 Street.

Riverside Heavy 7. Global Tubing – an above ground tank for the storage of diesel fuel, to be located at 7754 47 Avenue Close.

Sunnybrook South 8. Living Stones Church – 3 modular classroom additions to the existing church, located at 2020 40 Avenue.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on October 11, 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 403-342-8399.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, September 30, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor at City Hall. If you want your letter or petition included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services

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Gambit pays off with a hit ONE BAD SON’S SCARECROWS HITS NO. 5 ON THE CHARTS AFTER THE BAND WENT OUT OF ITS WAY TO GET THE SONG PLAYED ON THE RADIO

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

Frustrated with the lack of radio interest in One Bad Son’s third album, the enterprising band decided to show up at various rock stations in Western Canada to play their song Scarecrows in person.

Sometimes that meant driving 20 hours to play a four-minute tune on air, recalled the group’s drummer Kurt Dahl. “But it paid off.”

The Vancouver-based group that performs with Crash Karma on Friday, Oct. 4, at The Vat in Red Deer, reaped big radio success with Scarecrows, which went to No. 5 on the charts.

“Finally we began being treated like we were a real deal band,” said Dahl.

He cautioned, however, that One Bad Son already had two albums under its belt before trying this gambit to promote the group’s self-titled release.

“Radio doesn’t want random guys showing up to play at their stations. We had been dealing with

these people for the past eight years, so we had some respect and they knew us by name.”

The extra effort helped the musicians, originally from Saskatoon, get their music broadcast across the country by radio stations that are generally partial to playing classic rock hits from the 1960s to the ’90s.

“I’m a big fan of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Pearl Jam,” said Dahl, who understands why this timeless music will never die. At the same time, he knows it can be a struggle for newer groups to try to pull some air time away from legendary bands.

“Right now Stairway to Heaven is more competition for us than anything the Sheep Dogs might release,” said Dahl, who believes new artists have to respond by “making exceptional music. ...

“You have to keep pushing yourself and asking: are you really making the kind of music you want to be making?” It’s easy to sound just like your last album, he added, “but then you are just repeating yourself.

“It’s harder to push away from that and try something new — because it may suck. But real art is all

about doing something unique,” he added.

Dahl, who graduated from law school before joining the band, mixes both worlds by being a music industry lawyer when he isn’t playing with One Bad Son. In October, his focus will be exclusively on the group — also consisting of vocalist Shane Volk, guitarist Adam Hicks, and bassist Adam Grant (Granny) — during an exhaustive tour from Peterborough, Ont., to Vancouver.

After it wraps, Dahl said his bandmates will begin working on their next album.

While the last release spawned the singles Scarecrow, It Ain’t Right and the latest, Retribution Blues, Dahl said “with the next album, we’re going to push ourselves to make the greatest album we’ve ever made.”

Tickets for the 9 p.m. show (doors open at 8 p.m.) are $20 in advance from The Vat or 53rd Street Music, or $25 at the door. For more information, call 403-346-5636. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

RDSO to open season with sunny, uplifting program

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer Symphony Orchestra will strike up some bold Beethoven and melodious Mendelssohn works for its season-opening concert on Saturday, Oct. 5.

As Central Alberta sinks deeper into autumn, the RDSO will perform a program of sunny, uplifting music — “nothing too mournful,” promised music director Claude Lapalme. In fact, the Bold and Beethoven concert at the Red Deer College Arts Centre could provide a pick-me-up for the spirits, courtesy of Felix Mendelssohn’s Overture to Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8.

Pianist Corey Hamm will also be the featured soloist on two very different shorter works — Idée Fixe, by contemporary Canadian composer Jordan Noble, and Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra by Gabriel Fauré, a French romantic.

Lapalme describes the Noble composition as atmospheric and textural, rather than melodic. “It has some very nice orchestral colours.” But because it forces audience members to “think more,” it’s being balanced with Fauré’s Fantasy, which is “a very lovely piece by a composer whose work is always appreciated.”

He believes Hamm, a founding member of Hammerhead Consort, one of Canada’s most unique chamber music ensembles, will put on a real crowdpleasing performance. Not only is the Edmonton native who teaches piano at University of British Columbia, a bright, energetic player, but Lapalme said

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Pianist Corey Hamm will be the featured soloist for the RSDO’s season-opening concert on Saturday, Oct. 5.

He will perform two very different shorter works — Idée Fixe, by contemporary Canadian composer Jordan Noble, and Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra by Gabriel Fauré, a French romantic. he’s also a survivor.

The pianist was stricken with a neurological condition called musician’s focal dystonia, or the loss of fine muscle co-ordination in his hands. Typically, fingers will either curl into the palm or extend outward without control, but Hamm managed to overcome the condition with physical therapy.

While “it used to be the end of your career,” Lapalme said Hamm and other musicians are proving it’s no longer a life sentence.

This concert will begin with the RDSO tackling Mendelssohn Overture, which was written in 1826, very early in the composer’s career.

Lapalme said the German composer was only 17 when he composed this “incredible music, which is extraordinarily evocative of sprites and spirits” to go along with a stage production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The RDSO’s busy violin section will depict both the delicate fluttering of fairies’ wings, as well as the

comical clumsiness of the donkey-headed Bottom character in this difficult work for a full orchestra.

Beethoven fans might notice this is the third time the RDSO is performing his eighth symphony.

Lapalme admitted it’s a favourite, even though it’s not at all turbulent, the emotion most often associated with Beethoven.

“It’s extremely light, energetic and very playful.”

The symphony has none of Beethoven’s slow movements “that can break your heart.” Instead Lapalme said it offers an old-fashioned minuet as a third movement, as well as a jokey second movement that imitates a metronome.

“There’s a tick-tock sound, and the whole movement is under four minutes — it’s incredibly short and meant to be humorous.”

Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert are $54.75 ($52.75 students/seniors and $39.25 youths/first four rows) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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City Centre Stage is one of the newest additions to the Red Deer gallery scene. The Maureen Enns piece entitled Australian Sturts, Desert Series, 1987 is on display in the foyer of the new performing arts venue in downtown Red Deer.

EXHIBITS RED DEER GALLERIES ● A Friend to All: A Celebration of Girl Guides in Central Alberta will be open at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery from Sept. 14 to Nov. 11. Partnering with current and former Girl Guides and Guiders, this exhibition features archival photographs and memorabilia highlighting the guiding experience in the region and celebrates 100 years in Alberta. The opening reception and tea will be Sept. 15 starting at 2 p.m. Phone 403-309-8405. ● The Fort Revisited: Artifacts from Fort Normandeau will be presented at Marjorie Wood Gallery at Kerry Wood Nature Centre until Sept. 29. This historical exhibit features notable panels removed from Fort Normandeau in preparation of the Fort’s renovation, on display in an evolving artistic format. There will be a First Friday reception on Sept. 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. Phone 403-346-2010. ● Connections: Fibre Art by Dawna Dey Harrish will be displayed at Kiwanis Gallery at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch until Oct. 6. Phone 403-346-2100. The Opening Reception will be on Sept. 6 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. as part of First Fridays. ● Peace in Art, a collection of works by the artists of the Hub on Ross, will be on display throughout Sept. All pieces will be for sale, with earnings going to assist Family Services of Central Alberta. For more information, call the Hub at 403340-4869. ● Radical Nature, presented by the In-Definite Arts Society of Calgary will be displayed until Sept. 30 at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. ● James Agrell Smith: A Broader Picture — Drawings, Paintings and Original Prints, will be on display at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery until Nov. 11. Reception and

curator talk on Sept. 29, 2 p.m. ● 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 403-3418614.

LIVE DATES ● The Centrium presents The Band Perry on Jan. 15, 2014 as part of their We Are Pioneers World Tour. Tickets available at livenation.com. ● The Scott Block Theatre presents Kim Wempe, performer, singer/songwriter on Nov. 16. ● The Memorial Centre presents Great Big Sea on Oct. 28, with doors opening at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. Tickets are sold out. John McDermott will be at the Memorial Centre on April 4 as part of his Twentieth Anniversary Tour. Tickets available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, 403-755-6626. ● The Vat presents Cancer Bats and Bat Sabbath perform on Oct. 3. Tickets and tour details at www.cancerbats. com, followed by Crash Karma on Oct. 4. The Motorleague has added Nov. 12 as one of their upcoming tour dates in support of their new album Acknowledge, Acknowledge. Special guests will be The Balconies.

To have your establishment’s live bands included in this space, fax a list to Club Dates by 8 a.m. on Wednesday to 403-341-6560 or email editorial@reddeeradvocate.com.

Hit reality TV food competition show filmed in New Orleans and kitchen and modest places such as Cafe Reconcile, which grew in popularity after Hurricane Katrina when its kitchen was spared flooding.

Cafe Reconcile was among the first restaurants to reopen after the 2005 storm. It’s also been celebrated for its mission to train high school students in at-risk neighbourhoods for work in the restaurant industry.

It serves up New Orleans specialties such as red beans and rice and gumbo.

Several contestants walked the carpet among the veteran chefs but it remained unclear who would survive the first cut.

The screening stopped short of revealing who would be eliminated.

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans’ po-boy shops, gourmet restaurants and suburban bayou-side eateries are the backdrop for the country’s search for its next Top Chef.

Bravo’s 11th season of the hit reality TV food competition show was filmed in and around the city. On Wednesday, some of New Orleans’ own top chefs walked a red carpet for a special pre-premiere screening of the show, which debuts on the cable network channel Oct. 2.

Chef Emeril Lagasse, who returns this season as a judge, said the season is sure to be different from any other.

“It’s going to be a very interesting season because I think a lot of this new talent maybe haven’t worked with alligator, maybe haven’t worked with turtle,” he said. “The culture and cuisine here is over 200 years old. You can’t say that about a lot of cities. It’s really amazing.”

Chef John Besh, who also served as a guest judge on two of this season’s episodes, praised his home state and the show’s coming season.

“What we have here is really special,” said Besh, who owns several New OrTickets available at leans restaurants, including Restaurant August and Domenica. “We have the only indigenous urban cuisine in the country, and to share it with an audience of millions is really special.”

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NEW YORK — Michael J. Fox returns to television this week on NBC’s The Michael J. Fox Show playing a character, Mike Henry, very similar to Michael J. Fox, who works for a network, NBC, very similar to NBC. Henry is a beloved television personality, a former news anchor at NBC’s New York affiliate, who retired five years ago after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. As the show begins, he’s a stay-at-home dad micro-managing the lives of his wife (Betsy Brandt, who also plays Marie on Breaking Bad — it is spiritually restorative to see her in happier circumstances), his sister, and his three children when NBC tries to woo him back to the job. “We need you,” his former colleague Harris (The Wire’s Wendell Pierce, sly as ever) tells him. “No one’s watching the news anymore. We got beat by a show called Color Splash last night. That’s literally watching paint dry.”

Long beleaguered, NBC’s primetime series have not yet been toppled by a show about paint drying, but zombies, vampires, duck warblers, medical investigators and pretty much every other member of television’s vast menagerie have beaten NBC in the ratings. Last winter it came in fifth during sweeps, behind not just CBS, ABC and Fox, but also Telemundo. The NBC of The Michael J. Fox Show may need Mike “guaranteed ratings” Henry, but not nearly as badly as the real NBC needs Michael J. Fox. NBC has been struggling since Friends ended nearly a decade ago. In that time it has been home to a number of best-ever sitcoms, like 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation and Community, that are all essentially niche products: three times more people watch Duck Dynasty than Parks. NBC’s previous attempts to draw a bigger audience have failed. A sitcom starring Dane Cook was pulled before it ever reached the air, and its multicamera sitcoms Whitney and Guys With Kids should have been. The other new comedy on its fall schedule, Sean Saves the World, starring Will & Grace’s Sean Hayes, is a dud. In the context of all this flailing, The Michael J. Fox Show is a kind of victory: a show with broad appeal led by a still sparkly and high-strung Fox that is pretty good, a shade too predictable and manipulative to be excellent, but neither excruciating nor embarrassing.

It seems like a hit.

Like ABC’s Modern Family, The Michael J. Fox Show has cribbed enough, tonally and stylistically, from more adventurous sitcoms to look and feel up to date, freeing it up to revisit standard sitcom tropes with aplomb. Fox is a single-camera comedy without a laugh track. It has a “mockumentary” element, the ultimate “quality sitcom” cliché. It is, as all the ratings jokes suggest, reflexively meta and knowing. In the pilot, Mike complains, “I know if I come back NBC’s gonna milk it by showing me in slow-mo with lame uplifting music in the background.” When exactly such a video plays later, the song used is Enrique Iglesias’ Hero and the joke is insulated just enough from its own cheesiness to elicit laughs. And the show is edgy enough not to treat Fox’s Parkinson’s like a sacred cow, an elephant in the room, or any other sort of special animal. The pilot ends with Mike tremblingly holding up a plate of food before his wife Annie grabs it and says, “Can you not make this a personal triumph, we’re starving.”

Plot-wise, however, Fox is old-school. In the second episode, Mike develops a crush on his upstairs neighbour (played by Fox’s real life wife Tracy Pollan). When Annie asks him about it, instead of copping to the attraction, he insists that it doesn’t exist.

Annie gets mad, not because he’s attracted to another woman, but because he’s lying about it, a storyline that my Slate colleague Dana Stevens correctly ID’d as having previously appeared in The Every Sitcom Ever Show. Also from Every Sitcom Ever, the scene in which Annie and Mike’s attempts to have sex are interrupted by every single one of their children, until Annie falls instantaneously to sleep.

This combination of familiar plots, knowing wit, and contemporary aesthetic makes for extremely effective, if not at all original, television. Fox is an oldfashioned show, powered along by simple stories, a loving family, and the still-palpable charm of Alex P. Keaton, but it looks great, moves along at a clip, has a welcome self-awareness and a surprisingly prickly sense of humor.

The Michael J. Fox Show serves up an undiminished Michael J. Fox in a trendy package: it’s not great, but for NBC, it might be just right.

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CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 3D (G) CLOSED CAPTIONED, NO PASSES FRI 5:20, 7:45, 10:10; SAT-SUN 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10; MON-THURS 7:30, 9:50

THE FAMILY (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE,BRUTAL VIOLENCE) FRI 4:10, 6:50, 9:40; SAT-SUN 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40; MON-THURS 6:35, 9:25

RUSH (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE) CLOSED CAPTIONED, NO PASSES FRI 4:30, 7:30, 10:30; SAT-SUN 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30; MON-THURS 7:15, 10:15

DON JON (18A) (SEXUAL CONTENT) NO PASSES FRI 5:40, 8:00, 10:20; SAT-SUN 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20; MON-THURS 7:45, 10:05

RUSH (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE) STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING, NO PASSES WED 1:00

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WE’RE THE MILLERS (14A) (SEXUAL CONTENT,CRUDE COARSE LANGUAGE) FRI 4:15, 6:55, 9:35; SAT-SUN 1:35,

THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (PG) SAT 11:00

PLANES (G) SAT-SUN 12:40

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 D3

Agents of SHIELD a canny cash grab

BY WILLA PASKIN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES NEW YORK — Blessed with spectacular powers and physiques, superheroes have a firm handle on bad guys, psychologically distressing back-stories and, above all, the summer movie season.

But this fall, instead of gracefully decamping for their ice castles and underground lairs and patiently awaiting their season of cultural omnipresence, they are stubbornly sticking around.

Starting this week, ABC began airing Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, a spinoff from last year’s The Avengers, the third-highest-grossing movie of all time.

Due to the movie’s success and the involvement of Joss Whedon, who directed and wrote the film and the first episode of SHIELD, the show has already amassed more than a million fans on Facebook before airing even once.

The series is as dull, small-minded, and mercenary as its cinematic progenitor was entertaining, attention deficit-proof, and mercenary, but it has a built-in audience. What’s that on your TV? Not a bird or a plane, but a canny cash grab.

SHIELD begins some months after the climactic fight from The Avengers, in which a giant green man and his pals kept a bunch of aliens from laying complete waste to New York City, giving the citizens of the world a peek into the universe’s crazy side.

In the battle’s aftermath, SHIELD’s Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg, reprising his role from various Marvel films) sets out to assemble a team to contend with odd supernatural cases and to mentor newly minted superheroes. The team members, all highly trained but not superhuman themselves, include two techsavvy British chatterboxes, the stoic Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen), a confident female hacker named Skye (Chloe Bennet), and the loner Ward (Brent Dalton), who may, actually, have a special gift: an uncanny ability to resemble talking cardboard. These fine folks are not just Agents of SHIELD, but also the Catalogue Model Team, striking fear into the hearts of people with anything other than perfectly bland and symmetrical faces everywhere.

Whedon wrote the pilot, but the whole project feels more Whedon-ish than Whedon-esque. “With great power comes a ton of weird crap you are not prepared to deal with,” Skye tells Mike Peterson (J. August Richards), a laid-off factory worker and single dad who is struggling with his new powers.

The joke has all the classic Whedon insouciance, but is diminished as variations on it keep getting repeated. The pilot continually tells the audience that the agents will be contending with the strange, while showing us banal sights — heroes running into burning buildings, flying cars — we’ve seen many times over. The robotization of Whedon’s verbiage doesn’t stop there: “It means someone really wanted to spell out SHIELD,” Ward jokes about the provenance of SHIELD’s acronym, which stands for “Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.” But in his mouth these words, not very many by Whedon’s standards, sound like they’re being emitted by a weakly charged Roomba.

Agents of SHIELD feels like it has taken its new “small” screen surroundings too literally. The show has an opportunity to get into the details, politics, and character development that necessarily get excised from a two-hour movie, but forgoes it to be a slightly cheeky procedural instead. The light tone of The Avengers made it a great antidote to absurdly dark superhero films like The Dark Knight, but Agents of SHIELD is just Bones without the romance, CSI with alien artifacts, not blood spatter. The shame is that a series about a band of heroes trying to hunt down more potential heroes could be the perfect antidote to TV’s own overly dark cliché: the anti-hero.

But instead it resists the call, too self-serious to be really goofy, and yet too fan-boyish to rescue even one hour of television from mediocrity.

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Agents of SHIELD has an opportunity to get into the details, politics and character development that necessarily get excised from a two-hour movie, but forgoes it to be a slightly cheeky procedural instead.

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HBO said Wednesday that De Niro is taking on the role of a New York City attorney handling a murder case in the miniseries Criminal Justice.

Gandolfini had played the attorney in the pilot episode. The star of The Sopranos died in June at age 51 after suffering a heart attack.

Criminal Justice was one of Gandolfini’s last projects. Another is the film Enough Said, which is now in theatres.

An air date for Criminal Justice hasn’t been announced.

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston to guest star on How I Met Your Mother LOS ANGELES — CBS says Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston is coming back to How I Met Your Mother.

Cranston will reprise his role as Hammond Druthers, who was Ted’s old boss until he had a meltdown, the network said Wednesday. Ted is played by series star Josh Radnor.

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EAST 40TH PUB presents

HOULE (nee CHOONG) Kim Lan Houle (nee) Choong of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2013 at the age of 77 years. She was born in Tapah, Malaysia on May 29, 1936.

She is survived by her beloved husband of 23 years, Andre Joseph Houle. Kim, beloved mother of Daniel Choong and Lillian Grant, who also survive her, came to Calgary, Canada in the 1960’s to start a new life in a strange country covered in snow, with little more than her zest for life and fearless personality. Her passion was delighting those around her with her culinary talent; the most memorable way she demonstrated her affections.

She loved to travel and show off pictures of her beautiful grandchildren, Jasper and Jack, who will both hold her closely in their hearts always.

Kim wanted a simple and intimate farewell. She will be cremated Saturday September 28, 2013 at the Red Deer Funeral Home Crematorium in Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. She will be fondly remembered by immediate family and her dearest friends.

Her remains will ultimately be returned to her place of birth to rest in peace with her parents and siblings in Malaysia.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

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DUFFY John Passed away September 24, 2013 aged 70 years at Red Deer. Predeceased by his parents John and Marjorie and stepson Cst. Anthony Gordon. Survived by his wife Doreen Duffy, stepson Jason Gordon and son Edward Duffy.

Send donations if desired to Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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MURIEL P. RICHARDSON Dec. 23, 1935 - Sept. 27, 1984

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JONES (NEE THACKER) Travis and Paige and big sisters† Prezlie and Londyn are proud to announce the arrival of† Phoenix Randy Lloy, born on†August 16, 2013.

Proud grandparents are Dennis and Janice Worobetz and†Randy and Shelley Jones.

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Reward $100.

Phone 403-340-1668 LOST: MEN’S GOLD & DIAMOND RING Gold spells out Dad. Very sentimental.

If found, please call 403-597-3738 ORANGE M. tabby, large cat, long tail, lost from 43 Ave. in Grandview on Sept. 13. Tattoo in ear, friendly and curious, name is Permit, his person is a little girl and she is devastated. If found, call or text 403-588-6555

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Central AB Life Publication date: THURS. OCT. 17 Deadline is: FRI. OCT. 11, 5 p.m.

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19 AYERS AVE. Sept. 28, Sat. 9 - 6 DOWNSIZING Precious Moments, books, LP`s, dble. bed frame, maple, Elementary school posters, child`s stroller, winter tires & rims, household, yard & garden items..

Bower 64 BAIRD ST. Sept. 28 & 29 Sat. & Sun. 8 - 5 Tools, camping stuff, household misc.

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Red Deer Life Sunday Publication date: SUN. OCT. 13 Deadline is: FRI. OCT. 11, 2 p.m.

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Friends and associates both professional and personal are invited to stop by and give Steve one last handshake for old times’ sake. 1 pm to 5 pm on Sunday, September 29, 2013.

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POULIN Rene Poulin passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Wednesday, September 25, 2013. Rene was 57 years old.

He is survived by his wife, Rhonda Miller; 3 children, Jennifer Poulin Bellanger (Ryan), Justin Poulin and Jason Poulin; his mother, Denise Poulin; 3 brothers, Etienne (Lynn), Germaine and Gilbert (Lorraine); 3 sisters, Madeline (Roger), Laureane (Denis) and Lucy (Ivan); and his very good friend, Guy Boivin. A private family service will be held. For those wishing to pay their respects to Rene’s family, there will be an Open House from 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer, Alberta.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

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CROSWELL Kenneth Hollis 1942-2013 Kenneth Hollis Croswell of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at his home on Friday September 20th, 2013 at the age of 71. Ken was born in Radway, Alberta and resided in Red Deer until his passing.

He was loved by all who knew him. Ken will be missed for his teasing, sense of humor and his smile. Ken is survived by his daughter Kelly Tisdale and son Darren (Val) Croswell, brother Roger (Betty) Croswell, Barry (Jamie) Croswell, Terry (Rhonda) Croswell and sister Bev (Bob) Sinclair. He is also survived by his step children Dean and Roxy Hudema, grandchildren Meaghan Tisdale (Henry), Mark Tisdale, Kira Croswell, Kayla Hudema and numerous nieces and nephews.

Ken was predeceased by his father William Croswell, mother Phyllis Croswell and sister Sylvia Beckley. A celebration of Ken’s life will be Friday September 27th, 2013 at 1:00 pm at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 45th Street, Red Deer, Ab. Family and friends are welcome to come and celebrate his life. Donations may be made to the Diabetes Association, 6-5015 48th Street, Red Deer, Ab, T4N 1S9.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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Highland Green MOVING SALE. Tons of great stuff must go. Check us out at 71 Howarth St. Sat. Sept. 28, 9-5, Sun. 9-4

Johnstone Park 56 JONES CRES. Sat. Sept. 28 & 29, 10-4 Misc. Household items, tools, baby boy clothes and more.

Mountview 3702 43 AVE. Sept. 28 & 29 Sat. & Sun. 9 - 4 MOVING SALE Something for Everyone

Oriole Park 56 OAKFIELD CLOSE Sept. 27 & 28 Fri. 10-6 & Sat. 10-4 MULTI family - Tools, toys, pets stuff, clothes all sizes, home decor & jewelry.

Vanier Woods 37 VICTOR CL. Sept. 26, 27 & 28 Thurs. & Fri., 12-5, Sat. 10-3 MULTI FAMILY Something for Everyone!

West Lake SUPER GARAGE SALE 163 WYNDHAM CRES. Sept 27, 28 & 29 Fri. 12-7, Sat. 8-6, Sun.9 -2 We are Downsizing Everything extra must go!

Furniture, water cooler, office supplies & much, much more.

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A single man, with his 9 yr. old son has been burnt out of house & home in Lacombe.

Donations may be made to help this young man and his son at the Royal Bank in Lacombe.

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

IMMIGRANT FAMILY looking for Canadian friends, to know more about the country. Reply to Box 1059, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

HR / Payroll Administrator If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 scornell@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad.

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We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

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P/T required for small oilfield service company in Lacombe. Send resume to scottk@ratracer.ca MORTAGE Administrator no exp. necessary M - F. 10 - 5, $14/hr to start.

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Howard & Company Real Estate Appraisers requires a permanent F/T or P/T office assistant. Please send resumes to: davidhorn@ howardandcompany.com or drop off at Unit 906, 2nd Floor Parkland Mall.

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JUST CUTS is looking for F/T HAIRSTYLIST No clientele necessary.

Call Jen at 403-340-1447 or Christie 403-309-2494 NEW IMPRESSIONS SALON & SPA Seeking F/T Hair Stylist Drop off resume to 190 Northey Ave.

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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.

Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

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Badger Daylighting LP. is North America’s largest provider of non-destructive excavating services.

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 lstouffer@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad.

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Candidates must be uent with Excel, Word and Microsoft Ofce applications. Applicants should have experience in operating a multi-line telephone system and completing daily deposits.

Good oral, listening and written communication prociency, excellent interpersonal expertise, good organizational and time management skills are an essential part of this position. The successful applicant will enjoy a full compliment of company benets as well as remuneration.

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Ste. Rose General Hospital is a fully Accredited, 26-bed acute care hospital.

Our Foundation provides free rent for one year (including utilities, cable & internet).

We invite all interested applicants to submit applications, including résumé and references to: Human Resources Ste Rose General Hospital P.O. Box 60, Ste. Rose du Lac, MB R0L 1S0 Phone: (204) 447-4344 FAX: (204) 629-3458 E-mail: jsaquet@prha.mb.ca

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$2500 Bonus Every 100 days

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

FULL-TIME PERMANENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE

at our Red Deer facility

Please e-mail resumes to jwinter@badgerinc.com.

Oilfield

Fluid Experts Ltd.

Fluid Experts of Red Deer is seeking experienced

Class 1 Operators

to haul clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry. Home every night, company benefits with exceptional pay structure. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision.

Compensation based on experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

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Oilfield

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

HSC and Safety Coordinator If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 scornell@1strateenergy.ca

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Experienced Oilfield Construction Labourers Journeyman Picker Operator (Class 1)

TEAM Snubbing Services now hiring experienced operators Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com fax 403-844-2148

CLASS 1 DRIVER needed for small acid hauling company based out of Red Deer. Drivers need 3 years previous oil field hauling experience and should live within 1/2 hour of Red Deer. We offer safety training and benefits as well as job bonuses.

Please email resume and abstract to info@marvantransport. com fax to 403-346-9488 or call direct 403-396-3039

Oilfield

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Our Frac Flowback Division in Blackfalds, Alberta is seeking dynamic and motivated individuals for the following positions:

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS

requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided.

Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB.

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**FMC Technologies Canada Ltd. is formerly known as Pure Energy Services Ltd.**

To apply for the above positions, in confidence, please email or fax your resume and a copy of a current drivers abstract. We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted.

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.

We are looking for:

PIPELINE PERSONNEL and HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS Viking Projects Ltd. offers competitive wages, WHMSI and TDG tickets done in house.

Safety Tickets required: - H2S, CSTS/PST, First Aid, and Ground Disturbance - Valid driver’s licence an asset

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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BENEFITS AFTER 6 MONTHS Apply in Person!!

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds GOLDEN DRAGON RESTAURANT HIRING Waitress & Dishwasher.

For application please call 403-348-0081 or apply with-in.

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ORIGINAL Joe’s Restaurant & Bar is hiring experienced Line Cooks, starting wage $13 - $16/hr based on exper. We offer competitive wages with tips and a benefit package after 3 months. We also have opportunities to move up quickly! Please apply in person after 2:00 pm.

Pho Thuy Duong Vietnamese Restaurant hiring F/T kitchen help. $12./hr. Open avail.. Eves. & weekends. Please drop resume at Bay #4, 5108 52 St.

QUEENS DINER REQ’S P/T DISHWASHER Hours are Mon.- Fri. 6:30-4 & Sat. 8-2:30 pm Drop off resume any time after 1 & before 4, Mon-Fri. 34 Burnt Basin St, Red Deer Fax: 403-347-2925 email: accuracyonlineoffice @gmail.com RAMADA INN & SUITES REQUIRES ROOM ATTENDANTS. Exp. preferred.

Only serious inquiries apply.

Rate $13.50/hr.

Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433 RED DER BINGO CENTRE IS NOW HIRING CONSCESSION COOKS 2 positions avail. 35-40 hrs/wk. Exp. pref. Must be 18 yrs or older. Email: ognib@telus.net or apply in person to 4946 53 Ave. Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

TAP HOUSE NORTH

(formerly Sam’s Cafe) is now taking applications for experienced SERVERS, BARTENDERS, DISHWASHERS AND COOKS. Bring resume to 7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS must be avail. nights and weekends. Must have: • 2-3 yrs. post secondary education.

• 2-5 yrs. training • 2-5 yrs. on-the-job exp.

• Provide references

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T DISHWASHER F/T COCKTAIL SERVER and DININGROOM SERVER Must have experience!

Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for a well experienced F/T BARTENDER. GOOD WAGES. Must have Ref’s & Exp. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time cooks. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm.

Sales & Distributors

830

CUSTOM Energized Air is a leader in compressed air technology and requires an

Outside Sales Rep

for our solutions driven sales team. Experience in air compressors and pneumatics a definite asset. Base + commission + mileage + benefits. For Red Deer & area. Apply: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com

ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com

NOW HIRING AT ALL LOCATIONS

...Join our Team!

FLURRIES SHEEPSKIN is looking for 5 SALES REPS, selling shoes & apparel, at our Parkland Mall. 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10/hr. + bonus & comm. F/T Position. No exp. req’d. Email Flurriesrd@gmail.com

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MUCHO BURRITO $11.33/Hr - Cust Serv EMAIL -MUCHOREDDEER @HOTMAIL.COM

FOR ALL POSITIONS. MUST BE AVAIL. ON WEEKENDS.

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email: hr@canyontech.ca fax: (403) 356-1146 website: www.canyontech.ca

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DENNY’S IS NOW HIRING

Please reply with resume to:

How to apply:

Immediate Opportunity.

This position is responsible for ABSA drawings & shop layout drawings for truck mounted vacuum systems using Autodesk Inventor.

Production Bonuses Comp. wages & benefits.

Long term employment Please email resume to hr@rebelvac.ca Or fax to: 403-314-2249

Restaurant/ Hotel

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced P/T Servers.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

The hourly rate will be $13.10.

Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161

REBEL METAL FABRICATORS DRAFTSPERSON

Please apply online at: www.pure-energy.ca Fax: 403.237.9728

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Why Canyon? f Paid technical and leadership training f Career advancement opportunities f RRSP matching program f Dynamic and rapidly growing company f Premium compensation package f New Equipment

810

EXPANDING accounting office is accepting resumes for skilled accounting technicians. Positive attitude, ethics, and good work habits are essential.

Experience and education are an asset. Please forward your resume to info@mcgillco.ca. Thank you to all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you.

Applicant Requirements: f Self-motivated f Willing to work flexible hours f Safety-focused f Team orientated f Clean drivers abstract

WE are looking for Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick and Floor hands for the Red Deer area.

Please email: jwalsh@galleonrigs.com or Fax (403) 358-3326

Professionals

Join our award winning team and grow with us!

You Posses: • A valid class 5 license (considered an asset) • Current First Aid and H2S certification • Ability to pass pre-employment testing

Class 1 Drivers/Operators – all Divisions Bulk Transport Drivers Supervisors—Coiled Tubing, Cement and Acid Journeyman Heavy Equipment Technician

JOIN OUR FAST GROWING TEAM!!

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

We Offer: • A competitive total compensation which includes, salary, group insurance and retirement savings plans • Flexible shift schedules • All necessary training to be successful • Opportunities for career progression

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(2-4yrs experience)

Instream Integrity Inc. is currently looking for a full time pipeline integrity technician (this position includes monitoring pig progress in pipelines, AGM placement as well as extensive travel). Must be 21 years of age with a clean drivers abstract.

Position available immediately. Please send resume to Kelly@instreamintegrity. com

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

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Phone/Fax: 403-347-2118

(5- 10yrs experience)

Night Supervisors

Competitive Wages, Benefits, Retirement and Alstar Oilfield is looking for Saving Plan! highly motivated individuals to join our Team in Hinton.

QUALIFICATIONS: Alstar has been serving the oil and gas construction • M u s t b e a b l e t o industry since 1969.

Provide own work truck Please Apply at • Leadership and Superwww.alstaroilfield.com visory skills- mentor Career Section and train crew • Strong Computer Skills “Committed to enriching the • O p e r a t e 5 0 0 0 p s i lives of our workforce, while 10,000 psi (sweet and Providing quality energy Sour wells) construction solutions” • Collect Data - pressure, rates, temperatures • Assist in Rig in and Rig out of equipment • Tr a v e l t o a n d f r o m locations across Western Canada SERVICE RIG Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd REQUIREMENTS: is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND Locally based, home every • Va l i d 1 s t A i d , H 2 S , Driver’s License required! night! Qualified applicants • M u s t b e w i l l i n g t o must have all necessary submit pre access fit valid tickets for the position for duty test, as well as being applied for. drug and alcohol Bearspaw offers a • Travel & be away from very competitive salary home for periods of time 21/7 and benefits package • A b i l i t y t o w o r k i n along with a steady changing climate work schedule. conditions Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources website: Email: www.cathedralenergyservices.com hr@bearspawpet.com Methods to Apply: Fax: (403) 258-3197 or HRCanada@ Mail to: Suite 5309, cathedralenergyservices.com 333-96 Ave. NE pnieman@ Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 cathedralenergyservices.com Your application will be Central Alberta’s Largest kept strictly confidential.

Car Lot in Classifieds

Please specify position when replying to this ad.

Restaurant/ Hotel

KITCHEN HELPERS PRODUCTION For (Thai Cuisine) TESTING wage $12 hr. Please apply Experienced Oilfield PERSONNEL REQ’D in person w/resume to: BLACKJACK LOUNGE Construction #1, 6350 - 67 St. Day Supervisors Lead Hands

Day and Night Supervisors • Previous experience is required

Now hiring the following positions in Fracturing, Nitrogen, Coiled Tubing and Cement & Acid:

800

Do you have a Desire to be Part of a Growing Company...

Operators • Previous experience is an asset, but not necessary

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.

Oilfield

Is looking for F/T SALESPERSON. Mon. - Fri. 8-5. Job requirements will be: quoting jobs, dealing with walk in clients, phone sales, scheduling and customer service. Very competitive wages and benefit package. Fax resumes to: 403-343-1325

830

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d.

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to premierjobrd@gmail.com

850

Trades

BRAATT CONST.

Of Red Deer is seeking exp’d. carpenters for the agricultural industry. Must have drivers license. Call Brad 403-588-8588 CHILES SANDBLASTING & PAINTING REQ’S I Labourer & 1 Prepper, exp. would be an asset, must have own transportation. Wage is $15 - $18/hr.

Please submit resume by fax: 403-340-3800 DUE TO A LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS,

PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET

is currently seeking JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS & SERVICE ADVISORS. We offer competitive wages, a great working environment, and a great benefit package.

Please email resume to Joey Huckabone joey@pikewheatonchev.ca EXP’D Siding installer with truck & tools. New const. $100 per sq. We pay comp. 403-347-2522

F/T PAINTER

Commercial/Residential Experience required.

Vehicle required.

Contact Drew at CCL 403-596-1829 F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca FRAMING CREW WANTED to frame two 1000 sq.ft. cottages at Pine Lake.

Call Wayne MacKay 403-352-5476 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

JEETS PLUMBING & HEATING 1st or 2nd Year Apprentice.

Competitive wages. Fax resume: 403-356-0244 JOURNEYMAN H.D. MECHANIC req’d immed. for very busy heavy equip. sales lot in Innisfail.

Wage range $25. - $35/hr depending on exp.

Preference will be given to those with previous equipment rental service, lifts and off road construction equipment experience. Fax resume to 403-227-5701 or email: bouvier9@telus.net

LINE LOCATING ASSISTANT REQUIRED

Central Line Locating req’s a locator assistant. No experience necessary, willing to train. Must be physically fit. Working varied hours. Send resumes to: office@ centrallinelocating.com Fax 403-747-3535 Office: 403-747-3017 Local company looking for experienced residential and commercial service technician with current Alberta gas/plumbing ticket. Benefit package after 3 months, wages based on experience. Email: info@serviceplumbing.ca or fax to (403) 342-2025

Trades

850

LOCAL certified trailer manufacturer looking to fill the following positions: Lead Frame Foreman Framer helpers with experience Journeyman Carpenters Carpenter helpers with experience General Tradesmen with experience in various aspects of construction industry.

Indoor, year-round work, top wages and top benefit packages.

Please email resume to inquiries@sheltersrus.ca or call Alex between the hours of 8AM-8PM Monday to Friday 403-350-7086

850

Trades

Shipper / Receiver

AES INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD. looking for an energetic/ enthusiastic individual for our receiving department.

Fax resume to 403-342-0233 SHOP PERSONNEL Req’d immed. Reliable HD mechanics, apprentices and shop hands for Alix area shop. Successful applicant will be physically fit (heavy lifting occurs on a daily basis) mechanically inclined with working knowledge of the tools used in the trade. Reliable transportation is also req’d as there is no public transit. Set Mon.-Fri. 8:30-5:00 work week (evenings, weekends, and holidays off). Competitive pay, health benefits, and stable year round work with no layoffs. Please fax resume to 403-784-2330

LPS Crane Services is looking for: Journeyman Crane Operators, Boom Truck Operators and Apprentices. We are a growing company wanting hardworking motivated individuals who are looking for a safe, exciting career with opportunities to advance. We offer a competitive compensation package with Group Health and Dental benefits. Must have a valid Drivers TRUE POWER ELECTRIC license. Please email Requires resume to admin@lpscrane.ca MECHANICS req’d for busy transmission shop.

Allison Transmissions exp. an asset but will train.

Exc. wages and benefits available. Fax resume to: 403-885-2556 Micron Industries is a licensed inspection facility in Red Deer specializing in cryogenic tank repairs, currently seeking a Mechanic with HD, Hydraulic and Hose crimping experience. Must have their own tools.

Weekdays 7:00 to 4:30.

Excellent working conditions & benefits after 3 months. Fax resume to (403) 346-2072 or email admin@micronindustries. ca OWEN OIL TOOLS Required Immediately Experienced CNC Operators/Machinists and Production Workers willing to work various shifts. We offer: RESPECT, Full Benefit package and competitive salary.

Please e-mail resume to Jim Nowicki at Jim.Nowicki@corelab.com Pro-Water Conditioning in Lacombe seeks a highly motivated individual to install and service water treatment equipment, pumps and pressure systems. Experience with Auto Trol and Fleck is an asset. Resumes to lori7151@me.com

QUALIFIED JOURNEYMAN 2rd and 4th yr.

ELECTRICIANS

With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-314-5599 Wanted experienced only, industrial preppers, painters and coaters for full time positions. Also looking for a full time experienced yard person with forklift ticket. Fax resume to 403-346-0626 or email to nancy.hacoatings @gmail.com

REQ’D IMMEDIATLEY. 3rd. yr. power lineman or journeyman power lineman for rubber glove work. $44/hr. + benefits. Fax resume to 403-348-5579

For shop position for National Coil Tubing Manufacturing Company.

Tig exp. REQUIRED. 8-5:30. Some OT. 9 days on, 5 days off. Shift negotiable.

Salary based on experience & qualification.

Email resume, complete with references to: dbraun@tenaris.com

WELDERS WANTED For Oilfield Manufacturing Facility

B PRESSURE

2nd & 3rd Year Apprentice We are looking for friendly, motivated, energetic, goal orientated team players to join our fast paced growing team!

Vessel experience is an asset.

Please forward your resume to Fax: 403-347-7867

Truckers/

860

NEED experienced Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Part time weekdays.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

LIMO

Arrow Limousine.

Qualified local p/t drivers for eves/wknds. We will train. N/S vehicles. Drug testing mandatory. Patience a definite asset 403-346-0034

Cleaning

1070

P/T CLEANING HELP REQUIRED Afternoons to Evenings, Sunday-Thursday.

Call 403-318-7625 VINYL SIDING CLEANING Eaves Trough Cleaned, Windows Cleaned. Pckg.

Pricing. 403-506-4822

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

RENOVATIONS, bsmt. dev., bathrooms, drywall & taping, ceramic tile, hardwood floor. decks, complete garage pckgs. Call for an estimate.

587-679-5732

Handyman Services

Massage Therapy

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

1200

ATT’N: Looking for a new sidewalk, help on small jobs around the house, such as small tree cutting, landscaping, painting or flooring?

Call James 403-341-0617

1280

Ironman Scrap Metal Recovery picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles & industrial. Serv-

ing central AB. 403-318-4346

Moving & Storage

(FOR MEN)STUDIO 5003A-50 st. Downtown 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 403-348-5650

Decorators

MASSAGE

Seniors’ Services

International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Executive Touch Massage (newly reno’d) Painters/

FANTASY

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Support Ltd. for SENIORS. Companionship, cleaning, cooking - in home, in facility.

We are BETTER for CHEAPER! Call 403-346-7777

Tired of Standing?

VII MASSAGE Find something to sit on #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. in Classifieds Pampering at its Eavestroughing BEST! Window 403-986-6686 Cleaning EVESTROUGH / WINDOW Come in and see CLEANING. 403-506-4822 why we are the talk VELOX EAVESTROUGH WINDOW CLEANING. of the town.

Cleaning & Repairs.

Outside / Inside / Both. www.viimassage.biz Reasonable rates. 340-9368 403-506-4822

1130

PINES Piper Dr. & Pardue Cl. Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info Start your career!

See Help Wanted

CARRIERS NEEDED

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Abbott Close Allan St. Allan Close

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk (Reliable vehicle needed) EASTVIEW AREA 60 papers $32/mo.

MICHENER AREA 134 papers $793/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA 67 papers $360/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

LANCASTER AREA Long lose Law Close/ Lewis Close Langford Cres.

Addington Drive SUNNYBROOK AREA

1420

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Help

880

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

Please call Quitcy at 403-314-4316

CLEARVIEW AREA Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $180/mo.

ALSO Castle Cres., Clark Cres. & Crawford St. $141/mo.

CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Crossley St., Connaught Cres. & Cooper Close area $192/mo.

DEERPARK AREA Denovan Cres., Dickenson Cres & Davison Dr. Area $201/mo.

MOUNTVIEW AREA Spruce Drive & Springbett Dr. AND 43A Ave. between 37 St. & 39 St. and 43 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St. $180/mo ALSO 42 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St. AND 41 Ave. between 36 to 38 St. $196/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA Roche St. & 3 Blocks of Roland St. $54/mo.

ALSO East half of Robinson Cres., Revie Cl. & Reinholt Ave. $84/mo.

ALSO Richards Cr. & Cl., Russell Cres. & Ray Ave. $120/mo.

TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

WESTPARK AREA

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Course begins September 30, 7 p.m.

10 positions avail.

Contact Nathen @ 403-307-1025 For more details.

DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 F/T or P/T Seamstress needed for busy alteration shop ASAP. Must have sewing exp. Please drop off resume to Gloria’s Alterations in Bower Mall.

FURNACE DUCT CLEANING TECH. Ground floor opportunity.

Good salary. 403-506-4822 GENERAL MAINTENANCE person req’d. Exp. a must.

Please email resume to: lsservices@live.com IMMED. POSISTION for F/T owner/operator Courier. for local delivery company.

Small pick-up or mini van would be the ideal vehicle.

Reply w/resume by fax: 403-342-7636 or email denw70@hotmail.com

Employment Training

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

(across from Totem)

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1500-1990

Auctions

1530

ANTIQUE AUCTION SUN. OCT. 6 @ 1 PM. @MOOSE HALL 2 miles south of Ponoka on Hwy. 2A Furniture, lamps, coins, trunks, Medalta crocks and much much more. Check out our website.

In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS 403-304-4791

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

www.bigstrapperauctions.net

EquipmentHeavy

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

To deliver 1 day a week in OLDS

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

Homestead Firewood Birch, Spruce, Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 AFFORDABLE

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Homestead Firewood

Now Hiring Customer Service Representative Act as first line of support for all distribution related functions for Chatters Salons Place salon orders document accordingly, issue credits, track discrepancies, communicate promotions, updates, weekly presells, store challenges & store input with appropriate personnel Communications with district managers, salon owners & managers, Chatters Distribution & Chatters Canada personnel Excellent customer service, communication, organizational, time management & interpersonal skills required

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

DEALER COURSE

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE

CLASSIFICATIONS

For afternoon delivery once per week

Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

900

stuff

Submit resume, indicating “Service Runner Position”, along with your drivers abstract immediately to: careers@ reddeeradvocate.com or mail to: Human Resources 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 or fax to: 403-341-4772

Currently seeking RELIABLE newspaper carriers for morning delivery in WESTPARK & WESTLAKE AREAS

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

As part of our customer service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to delivery newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers. A delivery vehicle is provided.

Hours of shifts are Monday through Friday 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. or longer, and/or afternoon shifts Monday to Friday 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. or longer

VANIER AREA

Employment Training

❏ H2S Alive (ENFORM) ❏ First Aid/CPR ❏ Confined Space ❏ WHMIS & TDG ❏ Ground Disturbance ❏ (ENFORM) B.O.P. ❏ D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

Do You: - Want extra income - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hours per week)

BOWER AREA

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

INNISFAIL

Service Runner (Part Time)

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only selected candidates will be contacted.

880

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of

CIRCULATION

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the

Visser St. Vanson Close

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CATHOLIC Social Services is offering a rewarding opportunity for individuals or families living within the Red Deer region who are willing to open their homes to children and youth with developmental disabilities.

As a Host Home provider, you will provide room and board, supervision, care and personal development in a safe, nurturing environment on a shortterm or extended basis.

A current criminal record check, child intervention check and driver’s license are required.

The successful candidate will receive training, support and remuneration.

If you would like to make a difference in the life of a child, please contact a Service Coordinator 403 347 8844. Ext. 2954

Sherwood Cres./ Stanhope Ave.

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Fairbanks Rd, Fir St. & Fox Cres.

ALSO Fairway Ave. & Freemont Cl. ALSO Farrell Ave., Flagstaff Cl. & Fountain Dr.

WELDER REQUIRED

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

UPPER FAIRVIEW

• Women in Trades • Math and Science in the Trades • GED preparation Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

Competitive wages.

Apply in person or fax resume to 403-885-5231.

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

1165

880

in

Isherwood Close Inglis Cres.

Iverson Close

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Escorts

THREE Class 3 w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for new contract.

Email resume to canpak@xplornet.ca or call 403-341-9300

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

FALL START

services 1010

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

F/T MEAT CUTTER

WE ARE GROWING, NOW HIRING

wegot

Accounting

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

880

INGLEWOOD AREA

Required Immediately Drivers PARTS MAN

Parts man required for rapidly expanding HD Parts Supply Store.

Must be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment.

Have experience in the heavy truck/trailer industry.

Must possess strong customer service skills.

Above average wages, benefits package.

Apply with resume @ Artic Truck, Email: ron.cain@nfleetsolutions.com Fax: 403-348-5198

DRIVER req’d. for city & rural deliveries, must be able to work alone and with others. Duties incl. driving, shipping/receiving and customer service.

Class 3 with air ticket and abstract is req’d. Drop resume off at Weldco #11, 7491 49th Ave. or fax to 403-346-1065. No phone calls please. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Academic Express

2nd, 3rd Yr.

Production Bonuses Comp. wages & benefits.

Long term employment Please email resume to shop@rebelvac.ca Or fax to: 403-314-2249

860

CLASS 1 FLAT DECK Duane’s Trucking Ltd is seeking exp’d Class 1 drivers. Working knowledge of load securement is crucial as we only transport 53’ flat deck trailers throughout the western provinces (BC, AB, SK, MB) Successful candidate will also be up to date with Federal HOS, have to have ability to maintain LEGAL log books, be polite, punctual and courteous as well as respectful to company equipment. We offer steady year round work with no lay offs, a company benefits package, competitive pay and achievable drivers incentive bonuses.

Please fax resume with a recent CDA to 403-784-2330

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Help

REBEL METAL FABRICATORS MIG WELDERS APPRENTICES

Truckers/ Drivers

278950A5

Sales & Distributors

Benefits, competitive wage, perks Apply with resume to: careers@chatters.ca Fax (403)347-7759 Online at www.chatters.ca SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Birch, Spruce, Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275 SEASONED BIRCH 403-350-1664 SPLIT Dry Firewood. Delivery avail (403)845-8989

Garden Supplies

1680

IN the field, currently growing: Ornamental grasses incl.

Karl Foerster. 6’ tall, 3-5 gallon sizes. $15-20/ea.

Pick up only. 403-550-0020

Household Appliances

1710

FRIDGE. Estate, white with top freezer. Good cond. $195. 403-986-2114

Household Furnishings

1720

FRENCH Provincial couch $250; loveseat $200; chair $150 or $500 for set obo, ombre rose color w/wood trim, 2 lazy boy wall hugger recliners, $150/ea, obo, burgandy, call Carol 403-343-8189 SMALL MICROWAVE OVEN $10.

Celebrate your life 2 DINING ROOM with a Classified CHAIRS $30.

SMALL DESK $20.

ANNOUNCEMENT SMALL DRESSER $20.

403-346-0674 TABLE & Chairs, wooden dining table & 4 chairs. $500. 403-350-0035 UPPER & LOWER 6’ WAREHOUSE HELP BANK OF DABINETS WANTED w/counter top. Nice finish, For Oilfield or can be painted/stained.

Manufacturing Facility Exc. cond. Suitable for JUNIOR WAREHOUSE/ cabin or garage. $200.

SHIPPER & RECIEVER 403-347-4727 Experience and WANTED knowledge is an asset.

Antiques, furniture and We are looking for friendly, estates. 342-2514 motivated, energetic, goal orientated team players WOOD / PLASTIC To join our fast paced WARDROBE growing team!

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16d x 30w x 60h, $40.

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WINDOW CLEANER Hours vary. Exp. pref.

Drivers license an asset.

Call 403-506-4822

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3 BI-FOLD doors for 24” opening, 2 doors for 30” opening with hardware $20/ea; Canada hockey bag with wheels $20 403-346-9311 ALLIED FLOATING TANK DE-ICER, 1500 Watt. $15.

W.P. Brown Speedy Sprayer Compressor.

For fish pond. $20.

403-340-1644 BROIL KING NATURAL GAS BBQ w/cover, $75.

COUCH/SOFA BED, clean & exc. cond. $125.

403-352-8811 DECK SET W/5 CHAIRS & TABLE w/GLASS TOP, $85.

8’ CACTUS, 25 yrs old, $50.

3 MATCHING WOOL ACCENT CARPETS, will sell separately, or $45 for all 3. (Valued at $400).

COMMERCIAL OFFICE CHAIR, good cond., $20.

403-352-8811 GUN STORAGE CABINET 80”h x 24”w x 10”d, $60.

COOEY 12 gauge shotgun, model 840, incl. case & 2 boxes of shells. $95.

BELL Express Vu Satellite Dish, 22” dual LBN, $45.

403-352-8811 HOUSEPLANTS TO GIVE AWAY Huge spider plant, Swedish ivy, wandering jews.

403-358-5599

Misc. for Sale

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OUTDOOR WILLOW BASKETS & CHAIRS. Ideal for holding a 10” flower pot. $25 each.

4 chairs & 2 baskets.

403-346-7825 SNOWTHROWER Electric Murray 12 AMP/20”.

Asking $75.

Call 403 358-3073

ZERO Halliburton Large Aluminum suitcase $100.

OFFICE CHAIR $15.

2 BURNER Propane Camp Stove $15.

403-340-1644

Pet Services

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AT RUFF N TUMBLE DOGGIE DAYCARE AND KENNELS we provide play and socialization for your pet that will leave them happy and satisfied at the end of the day!

Daycare and overnight stays available.

Please contact us for booking a stay or play day!

Phone 403-782-5322.

ruffntumblekennels.ca ruffntumble@live.ca

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Cats

(2) BURMAN kittens. $40/ea.

403-887-3649

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Dogs

F1 & F1B LABRA DOODLE & GOLDEN DOODLE puppies. Visit www.furfettishfarm.ca text 306-521-1371 or call 403-919-1370

Condos/ Townhouses

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DOWNTOWN CONDO 1 bdrm, 1 bath, 4 appl, $925 + pwr, $875 SD, No Pets, N/S Avail Oct 1 ~PM 576~ 203, 4904 - 54 St. 403-340-0065 ext 412 Sim Mgmt & Realty www.simproperties.ca

DOWNTOWN CONDO SUITE

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KENTWOOD CONDO 1 bdrm, 1 bath, 680 sq ft, elevator, balcony, $925 + pwr, $875 SD, No Pets, N/S, Avail now ~PM 578~ 217, 80A Kelloway Cres.

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LEGACY ESTSATE: Best Adult Retirement Community 60+. 1 Bdrm. luxury condo unit. $800 + utils.

Call John 403-302-4444

RIVERSIDE MEADOWS Townhouse-Condo 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 5 appl, $1125 + util, $1075 SD, No Pets, N/S, Avail Oct 1 ~PM 43~ 9, 5943 - 60A St. 403-340-0065 ext 412 Sim Mgmt & Realty www.simproperties.ca

Homes

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WILDLIFE mounts. Deer, Newly Reno’d Mobile a n t e l o p e a n d m o o s e . FREE Shaw Cable + more $300-$400/ea. Red Deer $950/month 403-314-2026 Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

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Suites

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1 BDRM apt. at the rear side of 4616-44St., 1/2 block from farmers market, for Nov. 1st. Quiet bldg & avail. to over 50 non smoker, non partier & no pets.

Laundry on site. $750/mo/s.d 403-341-4627

FREE LAUNDRY

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

SMALL SQUARE HAY and straw 403-340-3061

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 WILL do Custom Baling.

JD round net or string wrap.

403-342-0891 or 340-9111

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MORRISROE MANOR

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Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

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3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 40 tenants.

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DELBURNE HOUSE WITH GARAGE

4 bdrm, 3 bath, 3 appl, 2200 sq ft, bsmt, fireplaces, deck, fenced yard, $1650 + uti, $1600 SD, N/S, dog ok w/ fee, Avail now ~PM 540~ 2018 - 18 Ave. 403-340-0065 ext 412 Sim Mgmt & Realty www.simproperties.ca

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SYLVAN LAKE 1/2 DUPLEX W/GARAGE 3 bdrm, 4 bath, 1714 sq ft, large lot, deck, 5 appl, $1645 incl water, $1595 SD, N/S, No Pets, Avail now ~PM 579~ 16 Westwood Court. 403-340-0065 ext 412 Sim Mgmt & Realty www.simproperties.ca

Condos/ Townhouses

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2 BDRM. APT. CONDO Call 1-403-462-9999

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Cars

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MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

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New in Sylvan Lake

3 bdrm/2 bath NEW LAEBON home is sure to please.

Open concept floor plan. $299,900 Call Jennifer 403-392-6841

NEW PARK

Phase III MacKenzie Ranch, Lacombe $450 per pad rent.

Also spec model for sale. 3 bdrm., 2 bath. Under $100,000 403-588-8820

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SUV's

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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MUST SELL

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Lots For Sale

LARGE LOTS

Residential & duplex. $100,000 down. Builder terms. MacKenzie Ranch Phase III Lacombe Phone 403-588-8820

RISER HOMES BLACKFALDS

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

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BENTLEY HOUSE FOR SALE, 4622 49 Ave. Ready for occupancy.

Call 403-877-5052

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Laebon Homes 346-7273

ANNUAL OCTOBER SPECIAL IS READY! 3 bdrms. 2.5 baths, front att. garage. 2 storey.

Indoor/outdoor fireplace, hardwood, tile, house-wide deck & many more upgrades.

Please phone Lloyd at 403-391-9294 for all the details. $397,900 incl. legal fees, appls., GST, front sod & tree.

4160

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 4400-4430

Money To Loan

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Private Mortgages Our Rates start at 8%. We lend on Equity. Bus. For Self & Bruised Credit Ok. Ron Lewis 403 819 2436

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Trucks

Condos/ Townhouses

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2004 MUSTANG Convertible 91,500 kms. $9,900. obo 40th Anniversary Edition in exc. cond. V-6 p. driver seat, p. windows, p. locks, air cond, p. mirrors, tilt steer, frnt & rear disc brakes, good tires.

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2006 PONTIAC Grand Prix 85,000 km. Immaculate.

Remote start, newer tires. $9500 403-302-1300

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LIFESTYLE HOROSCOPE Friday, Sept. 27 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Gwyneth Paltrow, 41; Tamara Taylor, 43; Avril Lavigne, 29 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon continues its passage through sensitive sign of Cancer.

Go through you’re a family photo album by the fireplace and let it reawaken some childhood memories. Commemorate the good old times by sharing past stories while having supper with your family or during a reunion with your nearest ASTRO and dearest. The Moon opposes DOYNA Pluto denoting a tendency to waste our good energy into something that is not worth our attention, nor time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, a career change may ask you to make some scarifies on the domestic front. If you don’t know which road to take, follow your gut instinct as it will be sharply developed this year. Past memories may resurface into your present. Don’t rush into anything major, if you are hesitant. Small steps taken with precaution are much more worth than rushing for the sake of making a decision.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Peer pressures can be a tough battle to fight sometimes. Instead of letting it all out on loved ones, focus on things that really preoccupy your mind.

With your help and investment, your partner’s finances could improve greatly.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The sky suggests that it is your duty to insist on opening up serious conversations with your partner. These talks should be based on the sharing of each other’s role and responsibilities.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Recognize the opportunities that can be derived from a potential investment or a mutual merging of forces. A lot can be gained through partnership and long-term commitments. Your total devotion is required.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A push-pull interaction between you and another significant someone can trigger in you feelings of anger or the need to control their lives. Hidden feelings and personal concerns may resurface now. Don’t let these conflicts act as a catalyst for major life changes.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may have to get in touch with yourself and seek peace and forgiveness from a mistake from the past. You have the capacity and the power to not let this negativity get the best of you. Know when to disconnect yourself from the unnecessary strain.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep your eyes wide open for a possible opportunity in terms of an investment. You could put your entire eggs in the same basket and still benefit from this speculation. The chance seems quite rare and could require a massive adjustment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Whichever way you were moulded into will pretty much be shown now. Your past might have to be left behind in order to forge a new direction in life.

The amount of emotional support you used to have once will change radically.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Someone may try to alter or repress against a belief of yours not in favour of your own will.

As strongly as you feel about your opinions, others will feel just as strongly about theirs. This may find you defending and battling endlessly.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Cooperation is a must if you want to reach some kind of middle ground when sharing your own assets and belongings. You may be forced to give more and receive less in the end.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): New responsibilities that present themselves to you now will be handled with utter discipline and dedication. You realize the potential there is to gain from hard work and decisions based on logic rather than emotion.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today, it is way too easy to lose your cool, but especially, to lose yourself in the process.

Others may complain and expect some kind of assistance from your part. Lend a shoulder to lean on, but don’t make their problems into your own.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An acquaintance may persuade you into doing something which you are not entirely in accordance with. He or she may share an opinion related to your current love choice and convince you otherwise.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Sask. man’s 3D printer kickstarter campaign making waves THE CANADIAN PRESS A Saskatchewanbased entrepreneur is quickly becoming a Kickstarter celebrity with his pitch to build a $100 3D printer.

Recently, Rylan Grayston, 28, of Yorkton, Sask., posted his plea for $50,000 to help manufacture his so-called Peachy Printer, which would be not only inexpensive but easy to use. It would also be designed to work as a 3D scanner.

Grayston said the money would help improve the printer’s prototype, enhance its software, and would facilitate a bigger production run to get the price down to the $100 mark.

His pitch clearly connected with the crowdfunding community at Kickstarter.

He reached his $50,000 goal in a little over a day and has since signed on more than 2,700 backers who have pledged more than $365,000 in funding.

And he still has three and a half weeks to recruit more supporters.

Grayston said he was pushed to build his own 3D printer because he couldn’t afford the $3,500 price tag for the model he wanted. He then set out to make it as cheap as possible.

“I had read in some forums somebody had said, ‘When the technology gets cheaper one day

it’ll be only $100,’ and a whole bunch of people then argued that would never happen,” he said.

“It took me an entire year of building printers and throwing them in the garbage when I realized there was a better way to do it. I’ve thrown away a lot of printers.”

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Red Deer College student association president Martin Cruz, Rebecca Tootoosis, student association operational vice-president, and Red Deer College president Joel Ward, among others, take a look at the new mural unveiled this week. The mural, located in the hallway between the library and the gymnasiums, depicts 50 years of Red Deer College in the community.

Man thinks wife’s communications with male friends has gone too far Dear Annie: My wife of 25 years connection to the other person at feels that emailing and texting the expense of the marriage. male friends is nothing to be conOften, the person involved decerned about. nies that it is any kind of affair, By accident, I discovered she claiming it’s “only friendship.” had visited one of these men when But healthy friendships do not inshe was supposed to volve secrecy and lies be at her girlfriend’s and do not threaten for the weekend. the marriage.

She swears nothPlease go back to ing happened. But I counseling. Your wife checked her laptop needs to understand and found photohow her actions ungraphs of the two of dermine your trust, them. and you both must When I asked work on ways to put about the pictures, your marriage back she claimed she was together. planning to send Dear Annie: My them to me but never friend and I enjoy got around to it. writing letters and We went for counreceiving things via MITCHELL seling after the weekregular mail. & SUGAR end trip, and things For my birthday, calmed down for a she told me to watch while. She ceased the mailbox because communication with she was sending me that guy, as far as I can tell. But something.

I recently found email evidence Well, long story short, nothing that she is still communicating arrived. I did get cards from other with the other guy she knew from people in the mail. high school.

She also has my email address, T h e y c l o s e t h e i r e m a i l s but no birthday greetings came with “love you bunches” or that way, either. “xxxoooxxx,” and I found one that I don’t know what to do. Do I said, “Good night, Sexy.” mention that nothing ever came in My wife has no idea how much the mail, or should I let it go? this drives me crazy. She sees She’s always good about sendnothing wrong with this commu- ing Christmas presents, and I send nication. her things in the mail, as well, but Could you expound on this type this has me perplexed. — Mailbox of affair and the potential harm it Mary can cause? What should we do? — Dear Mary: Since this friend Emotionally Drained specifically told you to watch the Dear Drained: An emotional af- mailbox, it means something was fair is one of emotional, rather either lost in the mail or she forthan physical, intimacy. got to send it.

There is no sex. However, there If the former, she probably is is deception, betrayal, intimate wondering why you haven’t said communication (texts, emails, anything. If the latter, she is likely phone calls) and an emotional embarrassed.

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How good a friend? If you can casually say that whatever she meant to send never arrived, do so. Otherwise, say nothing.

If she wonders why you haven’t acknowledged a card or gift, she will ask.

Dear Annie: This is for “R,” whose mother is type AB and whose grandmother is type O. A person with Group O blood does not carry either the A gene or the B gene. Therefore, none of that person’s biological children can be AB. However, your advice about everyone involved getting tested was right on.

As a person who performs blood typing, I can attest to the fact that I have surprised a few people who thought they were one type when in fact they were another.— Jacksonville, Fla. Dear Fla.: Thanks for correcting us.

You are right that a Type O cannot produce a Type AB. But in exceedingly rare circumstances, an individual’s blood type can change. (This most commonly occurs after a bone marrow transplant).

Mom could have been adopted, or more likely, either Mom or Grandma is mistaken about their blood type.

Our main concern is the granddaughter’s desire that Grandma be unrelated. But even if Mom were adopted, Grandma still raised her.

As far as we’re concerned, that makes her the mother.

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.