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Drunk drivers beware CHECKSTOPS PLANNED FOR THIS WEEKEND

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer City RCMP plan several major CheckStops as the festive season unfolds.

Acting traffic services Sgt. Slavica Doktor said on Tuesday that they don’t like to give people any kind of warning, but want drivers to know they will be out over the coming weeks, including this weekend.

“We do what we can with manpower and we have had some shortages in traffic (services),” said Doktor.

In light of a recent fatal collision involving an alleged drunk driver, the manager of one local taxi company has called for more CheckStops in Red Deer.

John Whittingham, manager of Alberta Gold Taxi, told the Advocate that he wanted to see more police CheckStops.

Doktor said part of what determines how many CheckStops take place is provincial funding, and this year the local traffic services unit received six CheckStop days out of the funding.

“That makes a huge difference because then you’re able to get a lot of people to come out, which makes it a successful CheckStop,” said Doktor.

“We do smaller ones with the members available, but the smaller numbers mean you get less drivers and one of the members out there usually ends up being the breath tech, so that takes two people off the road, so they are time consuming.”

Around the holiday season, Doktor said they try to do more CheckStops and will have more officers on the road to cope with the increase of partiers and revellers. Of the six CheckStops that local RCMP have for the year, three are set to take place between now and the end of the year, with the first one set for this weekend.

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Denise and Roland Sidler who farm west of Bowden are living with 15 puppies and two proud Bernese Mountain Dog parents, Dakota and Branco. On Oct. 10, Dakota gave birth to the unusually large litter of pups. The first two pups were born at home while the 13 others were born through a C-section done at the Innisfail Veterinarian Clinic with the help of Dr. Steffan DeGraf.

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Patients discharged from hospital too soon: Corney

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre’s higher rate of urgent re-admissions likely means patients are being discharged too soon, says a local Friends of Medicare member.

According to Canadian Institute for Health Information, the rate of return at Red Deer’s hospital within 30 days of discharge held steady for 2011-12 at nine per cent, while the rate for both Canada and

Alberta was 8.7 per cent, or one in 12 patients.

“Maybe we could save problems for the patients, and also the system, if we gave them a little more time to recover,” said Brenda Corney, chairperson of Friends of Medicare Red Deer chapter, on Tuesday.

The new statistics available on the institute’s interactive website — www.OurHealthSystem.ca — provides a snapshot of health systems in Canada.

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Measles immunization clinic slated for Lacombe

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe is one of two communities where measles clinics will be held due to a lower measles immunization rate and a strong travel pattern to southern Alberta where an outbreak occurred in October.

Last week Alberta Health Services announced clinics will be held in Lacombe and Two Hills, both located in AHS Central Zone.

In 2012, Lacombe had an 83.84 per cent immunization rate for children by age two for their first dose of measles vaccine. In Two Hills the rate was 66.18.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, one of the medical officers of health with AHS Central Zone, said Lacombe’s immunization rate isn’t dramatically different than many communities in Central Zone, but the city does have the other risk factor — the travel pattern.

The immunization rate for Lacombe was 83.84 per

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The rate for Red Deer north was 73.07 per cent, Red Deer east was 72.80, and Red Deer southwest was 68.39. Sylvan Lake was at 74.39. Innisfail was 83.93 per cent. Rocky Mountain House was at 85.43.

Ponoka was 74.87.

“We’re doing our best to prevent it from spreading so we’re trying to focus our efforts on where it would be most likely to pop up,” Hinshaw said on Tuesday.

About one in three people with measles will have one or more complications including diarrhea, ear infections (which can lead to permanent hearing loss), pneumonia, encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and seizures.

A very rare but fatal disease of the brain and spinal cord, called sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis, can also develop months to years after measles infection.

Measles can also lead to death.

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under five years of age and individuals 20 years of age and older.

She said there are no cases of measles in Lacombe and people should not be concerned about visiting the city.

As of Tuesday morning there were 28 cases in the province, all in Southern Alberta.

She said immunization is focused on children because they can get the sickest.

Immunization clinics in Lacombe will be open on Thursday and on Nov. 21, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at Lacombe Community Health Centre, 5010 51 St. Immunization is available to children age 12 months to 17 years who have not yet received measles vaccine, or children age four to 17 years who have not had a second dose of measles vaccine to be fully protected.

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There will be 10 or more RCMP officers at these larger CheckStops. Doktor said they will notify tow truck companies ahead to get them prepared.

There will also be smaller CheckStops run by the local RCMP and more members will be on the road looking for impaired drivers during the holiday season.

“We know that as we get closer to Christmas people partake a little more so we spend more time patrolling and impaired driving becomes our focus,” said Doktor.

Impaired drivers are arrested through other means as well.

“A lot of our calls are from the public and we take those very seriously,” said Doktor. “If someone thinks a driver is drunk, then they probably are.”

Doktor said they have seen steady impaired driving numbers all year in Red Deer, with Friday nights consistently the worst.

“It’s a little disappointing,” said Doktor. “We’ve had a few alcohol-related fatals this year. Weekends are the worst, but we still pick up drunk drivers Monday nights.

“Fridays are our worst day, usually with our traffic guys alone it is two to three people a night.”

And every time they have to take an impaired suspect back to a detachment it takes officers off the road. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Court upholds order for neighbour to sell condo

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A woman’s home may be her castle, but British Columbia’s Appeal Court says she still must play nice with the neighbours.

The province’s highest court has upheld a rare judgment that ordered a Vancouver-area woman to sell her condo after years of complaints and unpaid strata fines.

The B.C. Supreme Court issued a ruling earlier this year that ordered Rose Jordison to sell her suite in a Surrey strata development following an avalanche of complaints about the behaviour of the

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Christine Wilson snaps a picture outside Eastview Middle School of her children Bowin, Marcus and Elara and their friend Connor Still and a snowman they helped to build after school Tuesday.

Warm daytime temperatures have made for ideal snowman making conditions, which are forecast to continue until Friday.

Corney said Red Deer’s hospital is short on beds.

One reason is the number of hospital patients waiting for long-term care beds.

“I think one of the changes we need to take a look at is the provision of long-term care beds. It costs a lot less to keep someone in a long-term care facility than it does to keep them in hospital.”

Canadian Institute for Health Information says re-admissions to hospitals across Canada costs more than $1.8 billion a year.

She said the cost of re-admission can amount to more than keeping people in a hospital bed a little longer.

Corney is also concerned that the average cost of an acute care hospital stay in Red Deer is $5,800, compared to the national average of $5,335.

Alberta has the highest hospital costs among the 10 provinces at $6,631.

Administration costs are included in the cost of care, she said.

“We know in Alberta our costs are top heavy and I think that was probably a factor.”

Canadian Institute for Health Information says the biggest costs are staff salaries at 72 per cent, and drugs and medical supplies, at less than 10 per cent.

Corney said it’s good these health statistics are available to the public because a lot of health data is kept secret.

“You have to FOIP (freedom of information request) it and then you get these pages of blacked out stuff. I think the more information we have available, the better decisions we can make and the more that people are accountable. Figures are

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Corney said the data gives Albertans the chance to know the strengths and weaknesses of their health-care systems. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

CLINIC: Great chance to prevent spread Measles symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose or red eyes, and a red blotchy rash that appears three to seven days after fever starts. The rash typically begins behind the ears and on the face, spreading down to the body, and finally to the arms and legs.

Hinshaw said now would be a really good time for people to find out if their children, and themselves, are up-to-date on immunizations.

“Right now we’ve been given a great opportunity to prevent spread.”

Measles is extremely contagious as it spreads easily through the air. Anyone with measles symptoms should stay home, avoid contact with others, and call Health Link Alberta at 1-866-408-5465 before visiting any hospital, clinic, physician, or emergency department.

Calling ahead before seeking treatment can help reduce the potential risk of spreading measles to others.

For more information on measles, and the ongoing measles outbreak, visit http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/9255.asp or call Health Link Alberta. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Jordison appealed, arguing the court did not have the power to interfere with her property rights.

But the Appeal Court issued a unanimous decision on Tuesday that said provincial legislation permits a court-ordered sale in such extreme cases.

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A Bernese mountain dog, Dakota, may be the most prolific mother of her breed in the world after giving birth to 15 little black, brown and white puppies on Oct. 10.

“She had two puppies by herself, and then for three hours nothing, so we rushed to Innisfail Vet Clinic and they made an X-ray and they said maybe seven more to come. And then after a C-section there were 15 live puppies. It’s amazing,” said Denise Sidler, who breeds the dogs with husband, Roland, west of Bowden.

The couple have bred the dogs for years, with 11 pups considered a large litter and five to nine offspring considered average. The 15, all healthy and now weighing around four kilograms, shocked Denise and other breeders she has contacted in Canada and Switzerland, where the breed originates.

She said the veterinary staff in Innisfail did an excellent job in birthing the whole litter, as with C-section births it is normal for two or three of the puppies to die in the process.

For the last month, the young pups have been providing the Sidlers with a rousing early morning wake-up call, said Denise.

“They all want to be fed and then it gets really noisy,” she said with a laugh.

In the olden days in Switzerland, the dogs were used to transport milk cans on wagons and were good at rounding up cattle. Nowadays, Denise said they perform well in obedience and show circuits and are a patient dog that provide good companionship for those with disabilities.

While not one of the more common breeds in Canada, the Sidlers have had no trouble selling the puppies at a $1,700 price tag. Buyers have been secured for all but three of the pups, which can formally be sold once they are eight weeks old on Dec. 5.

The Sidlers had the fecund father, Branco vom Zurihorn, imported from their home country of Switzerland nearly two years ago.

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A ‘horrific series of crimes’ CROWN WANTS LIFE FOR KILLER WHO ESCAPED WHILE ON DAY PASS, TAKING PEOPLE HOSTAGE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — William Bicknell vowed he wasn’t going back to prison.

The convicted killer made his escape while on an escorted pass from Drumheller Institution in southern Alberta in March 2011. On the ride back from visiting his sister in Edmonton, he feigned a heart attack, pulled out a knife and overpowered the lone guard who was driving.

At various times over the next 10 days, Bicknell held the guard and three other people William Bicknell hostage in their homes.

His run for freedom eventually ended in a car chase and gun battle with RCMP. He was shot twice in the head, but survived.

On Tuesday, the 45-year-old pleaded guilty to 14 charges, including unlawful confinement, escaping

lawful custody, robbery and weapons offences.

He appeared in court on closed-circuit TV from a prison cell in Quebec. Court heard he is in solitary confinement. “I truly believed I was going to be murdered,� guard Darryl Steeves told the judge in a victim impact statement.

Steeves said he has witnessed riots, murders and beatings in prison but never felt such loss of control as when Bicknell overtook him that day. Now, Steeves said, he’s known as the guard who let an inmate get away. And he feels responsible for the trauma the other hostages had to endure.

The Crown, calling it a “horrific series of crimes,� asked that Bicknell receive a life sentence on all charges, with no chance at parole for 10 years. The defence told the judge Bicknell hadn’t physically hurt his victims and suggested a 14 to 16-year term.

Justice Eric Macklin said he would decide Wednesday.

Court heard how Bicknell had already been serving a life sentence after being convicted in 2003 of second-degree murder for the beating death of a woman from British Columbia.

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Bicknell killed the woman with a bat.

Nicknamed “Tiny,� Bicknell was described at the time of his escape as weighing 460 pounds and standing roughly six-foot-six tall. When he was granted the day pass, he was matched up with 58-year-old Steeves — an experienced guard but one who was much smaller at five-foot-five and 170 pounds.

Bicknell had made up his mind that he wasn’t going to stay behind bars. He had a plan.

He wasn’t in handcuffs as he rode in the front passenger seat of the prison van on the way back from the visit. He complained of chest pains and numb arms, so the guard pulled over. Bicknell got out, pulled a knife, ordered Steeves into the back and put him in cuffs.

Bicknell drove to a bank machine and withdrew cash from the guard’s accounts. He next stopped at a storage unit and grabbed eight long-barrelled guns and ammunition.

He headed to the Vegreville area where he grew up and forced his way into the house of Gerald Gutoski, 58, a farmer he knew from years before.

He left the guard with Gutoski and took off in the farmer’s car after telling the pair to wait a couple of hours before calling police. The guard waited a few minutes, ran to a neighbour’s and called 911.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Ottawa has earmarked $2.8 billion to pay for Alberta’s flood recovery costs.

Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney told reporters Tuesday the amount is 90 per cent of the $3.1 billion in claims that Alberta submitted following devastating floods that hit southern Alberta in June.

The federal government reimburses provinces for up to 90 per cent of approved claims under the disaster assistance agreement between Ottawa and the provinces. “Big picture? This is going to be a huge, huge federal fiscal commitment to post-flood reconstruction efforts in Alberta and the $2.8 billion I do not anticipate that will be the end of it,� Kenney said. “I do anticipate Alberta will be coming back with additional information and eligible expenses and we’re prepared to respond to those accordingly.�

Severe flooding in southern Alberta forced thousands of people from their homes and devastated the Town of High River. Calgary and some other communities also suffered serious damage.

Kenney says the number isn’t written in stone. “I want to be clear — the final amount spent by the federal government could be more and it could be less. This final amount will not be known until all the recipients have been counted.�

The total price tag for June’s floods is more than $6 billion. The insurance industry is expected to cover another $1.7 billion of the costs.

Kenney said that Alberta will receive a “substantial�, initial cash payment from the federal government in the current year — before the end of March. “I can’t give you a precise date or precise figure but what this does demonstrate is we are keeping our commitment, we are complying with the spirit and the letter of the disaster assistance arrangement and at the end of the day, the federal government will end up paying for the vast majority of flood relief costs,� Kenney said.

Alberta indicated earlier this year it would also ask Ottawa to help pay for flood prevention projects in addition to the costs of the flood damage. Kenney said that wouldn’t be covered under the disaster assistance plan. “There’s no 90 per cent formula for funding the flood mitigation infrastructure,� he said. “If Alberta would like federal participation in the costs of future flood mitigation infrastructure, then it will have to include that in their submission for the renewed Building Canada Fund.�

Alberta Premier Alison Redford said the province was pleased with the amount Ottawa is giving. “This continues to be a work in progress, but in terms of where we are right now, we’re satisfied with the response from the federal government,� Redford said late Tuesday from Washington.

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Julianne Harvey, left, get a push on a swing from her daughter Ava, centre, 10, and son William, 7, at a park near their home in Crossfield this week.

Sundre flood mitigation study funded

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The province has agreed to fund an engineering study looking into ways to reduce the risk of flooding near Sundre.

Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development approved spending up to $50,000 on engineering work and a cost benefit analysis for proposed flood mitigation measures, such as berms or dredging.

Mountain View County and Town of Sundre representatives have lobbied for provincial funding to build berms upstream of the town to prevent the Red Deer River over-spilling its banks.

The danger of serious flooding has increased in the last couple of years because the river has altered course and is several hundred metres closer to lowlying areas in the county southwest of the town.

Town interim chief administrative officer Doug Wright said Calgary-based engineering consultants McElhanney has been awarded the contract and work is underway.

Consultants will have to work quickly because the deadline is the end of January for the municipalities to apply for provincial funding to undertake flood

mitigation projects. The province would approve any proposed work through a separate application.

Under a provincial flood mitigation program, the province covers 100 per cent of approved project costs up to $2 million and 75 per cent of additional costs.

Also under review by the province is a town proposal that a study be done to see if there is anything that could be done to manage the Red Deer River’s headwaters to prevent flooding downstream.

Sundre town Coun. Myron Thompson, among others, has called for an upstream dam to control the amount of water flowing down the river during spring runoff or severe weather events.

The town has also applied for provincial funding to cover the cost of responding to last June’s flooding and repairing damage.

The bill came in at just under $130,000, including $54,000 for emergency operations and about $53,000 for damage to Greenwood Park. Repairing erosion damage to 10th Street, wastewater pump repairs and water treatment plant work round out the bill. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Third Hobbema shooting suspect identified RCMP have identified a third suspect in the shooting death of a 23-year-old Hobbema woman in 2011.

Wacey Applegarth, 20, was arrested without incident on Friday in Calgary, where he had been living since moving from Hobbema. He has been charged with first-degree murder along with Shelby Minde, 20, and Randall Omeasoo, 21.

Minde was arrested last Wednesday and Omeasoo the following day.

All three were scheduled to appear in Wetaskiwin provincial court Tuesday morning.

Insp. Charles Wood said the three were arrested following a 26-month investigation that was headed by a team of investigators from Calgary RCMP major crimes unit.

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LITTER: One-in-a-million chance Dakota came from Heidiland Kennel, also based

Investigators are not looking for any other suspects in the death of Chelsea Yellowbird. She was found with gunshot wounds in a Samson townsite residence on Sept. 5, 2011. The woman was taken to a Wetaskiwin hospital, where she died of her injuries.

Wood credited the Hobbema community for its role in providing information to police. “We received tremendous support from the community,� he said, adding “numerous� tips came in. “We have put tremendous effort locally into building trust in the community.�

Chelsea Yellowbird was the aunt of Ethan Yellowbird, a five-year-old killed in a shooting on July 11, 2011. Chelsea was at the house next door to Ethan’s the night she was shot.

Police said the two incidents were treated as separate investigations. in the Bowden area. Denise said because of the Csection birth, the chances of Dakota having a litter next year are 50/50, but the couple has another female who will hopefully be ready to deliver in 2014.

And when that happens, Denise said a smaller set of siblings will suffice. “(It’s a) one-in-a-million chance to have 15. When we have six, it will be good. As long as they are healthy, then you’re happy. I don’t expect again to have so many. It’s a wonder.� mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Assess first, then help CANADIANS MUST RESPOND TO TRAGEDY IN PHILIPPINES IN A WAY THAT MAKES THE MOST OF OUR EFFORTS It was a long weekend Monday, so Canadians had time to pause, and honour our military services and remember their sacrifices in battle. But the day also allowed us time to try to comprehend the magnitude of superstorm Yolanda, which devastated the Philippines over the weekend.

And, as always happens in these events, to examine Canada’s response to an international crisis.

There has been a lot of GREG pressure, both NEIMAN internally and externally, for Canada to do more, faster, to aid the millions of people suddenly placed in horrific conditions in the wake of the storm.

Yolanda, known as Haiyan in the rest of Asia, was the strongest storm ever recorded to make landfall. Winds reaching 275 km/h pushed a storm surge or seawater more than four metres high far inland, while torrential rains simply washed entire forests and the land holding them down toward the sea.

Almost 10 million people are directly affected.

In some places, there is no longer a town or city, much less the expectation of road access, communications or even electricity. It is reported that, days after the fierce winds and rains struck, bodies are hanging from trees or floating in brackish water.

There is no way yet to even begin counting the dead, although a figure of 10,000 killed has been the most oftenquoted so far. But that could be just from one major city, Tacloban, a provincial capital that was described by military spokesmen as now resembling a garbage dump, with people crawling through it.

Guiuan, a city of 40,000, is reported to be essentially destroyed. Cebu and Baco are reported as 80 per cent under water.

Since the Philippines is not a contiguous country, but a string of 7,000 islands holding about 97 million people, it is extremely difficult just to assess damage, much less mount a militarystyle aid campaign.

So let’s not be too hard on our fed-

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eral government for not rushing to be first on the scene. When you’re talking about thousands of islands, where is the scene, anyway?

First off, Canada has pledged $5 million in direct aid to the Philippine government. In addition, the government had promised to match the donations Canadians make, dollar for dollar, to registered charities working on disaster relief there.

As of Monday (situations can change quickly in events like this) Canada is also ramping up its first response team, the Interdepartmental Strategic Support Team. They are the first on the ground, ahead of Canada’s betterknown DART, or Disaster Assistance Response Team.

Even though news crews can instantly bring us video of people pleading for food, water and shelter (who wouldn’t, in such a situation?) the Canadian response is more likely to do lasting good.

In a lot of places, there is no func-

tional society remaining. Looters have stripped the stores, and local military attempting to bring a first wave of aid to some regions are worried about attacks by mobs. The country is under martial law, but that only applies when the martial is present.

Richard Gordon, the head of the Philippine Red Cross, said the situation in the country is “absolute bedlam.”

So in order to not make the relief program more complicated than it already is, a first wave of cash for local authorities to be able to get themselves back up and running is a good step.

Sending in an professional assessment team, while DART gets packed up and ready, will help ensure that Canadian aid arrives in a place where it can be made quickly effective. There’s no point in landing a fleet of heavy aircraft on one island and then asking “What do we do now?”

Meanwhile, Canada’s substantial Filipino population — make that all

Canadians — do not need to wait.

Probably the easiest and most effective way for the rest of us to “do something” is to simply go to www.redcross. ca/typhoon. You can donate to the relief effort, knowing that every $1 you give is turned into $2 by the federal Philippine Crisis Matching Fund.

And that the Red Cross will efficiently turn your donations into real aid.

Canada’s experience helping in the humanitarian efforts following Haiti’s massive earthquake in 2010 informs us that this new effort will carry some extra tactical complications.

So, good marks to the federal government for what it has done so far.

The world is watching to see how the situation develops, and we will try to do this right.

The rest is up to us.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

Gauging progress of Iran nuclear talks What will the Middle East look like after Iran and the great powers that are negotiating over Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons ambitions — the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) — sign a deal that ends the confrontation? It’s time to ask the question, because there is going to be a deal.

It didn’t get signed in Geneva last weekend, but it came close. The only foreign minister at the Geneva talks on Friday was Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, but progress was so rapid that by Saturday almost all the foreign ministers of the “P5+1” — American, British, French, German and Russian — dropped whatever they were doing and flew in for the grand finale. Only the GWYNNE Chinese foreign minister was DYER absent.

The grand finale has been postponed. There were just too many details to clear up in a single weekend, and a couple of sticking points that have yet to be resolved.

But the date for the next meeting has already been set (20 November), and nobody went away angry. “We are all on the same wavelength,” said Zarif. “There is a deal on the table and it can be done,” said British Foreign Secretary William Hague.

There are “still some gaps” between Iran and some of the other countries present, Hague said, but “they are narrow gaps. You asked what went wrong. I would say that a great deal went right.” Even French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, the one who apparently dropped a last-minute monkey-wrench in the works, said that “we are not far from a agreement

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with the Iranians, although we are not there yet.”

Fabius’s demands were that the reactor in Arak, now nearing completion, should never be activated, as it would produce plutonium as a byproduct, and that Iran’s store of uranium enriched to medium level (20 per cent pure) should be brought back down to five per cent to move it farther away from weapons-grade (90 per cent). Introduced into the talks at a late stage, his demands brought the proceedings to a temporary halt.

All the other Western powers closed ranks and insisted that these were joint demands, but they were not part of the original draft agreement. Speculation was rife that France was acting on behalf of its customers (for French weapons) on the Arab side of the Gulf, notably in the United Arab Emirates, who view the deal under discussion with just as much horror as Israel does. But France can only delay things: the deal is going to happen.

One immediate consequence of the deal will be that Israel has to stop threatening to attack Iran. The threat was always 90 per cent bluff — Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s own military chiefs would probably refuse to obey him if he ordered such an attack without American support — but now it will be simply ridiculous. Which will swing the spotlight back to Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.

Iran’s economic isolation will also end, although it may take several years to unwind all the economic sanctions. The gradual return of prosperity in Iran will make the current Islamic regime more secure (which may be the main reason that the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, authorised newly elected President Hassan Rouhani to negotiate the nuclear deal and end the confrontation.)

But the big question is whether a nuclear deal with Iran will cool the rapidly intensifying SunniShia conflict that threatens to suck in the whole of the Fertile Crescent and the Arabian Peninsula. The

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answer, alas, is probably not.

The split is as incomprehensible to non-Muslims as the religious wars of Europe four centuries ago were to non-Christians, and mercifully Sunni-Shia hostility has never reached quite that intensity of violence and hatred. But right across the Islamic world it has been getting worse for several decades now, and the eye of the storm is in the Middle East.

Iran is the sole Shia great power, so it is inevitably the focus of the fears of Sunni Arabs and the hopes of Shia Arabs.

Moreover, given Turkey’s semi-detached relationship with the region, Iran is in practical terms the greatest power in the entire Middle East.

For the past decade, Iran has been greatly weakened by the arms and trade embargoes that the West imposed because of the nuclear issue. Once those embargoes are removed Iran will regain much of its former strength. This is already causing great anxiety in the Sunni Arab countries, especially those that face it across the Gulf.

Even quite experienced people in Washington and other Western capitals don’t realize the extent to which the Sunni Arab countries of the Middle East thought that their close ties with the Western great powers gave them a kind of guarantee against Shia power — and how betrayed they feel now that they think that guarantee is being withdrawn.

Sunnis outnumber Shias almost 10-to-one in the Islamic world as a whole, but in the smaller world that stretches from Iran and Turkey to Palestine and Yemen, the Middle East, Shias make up more than a third of the population. The war is already hot and quite openly sectarian in Syria and in Iraq. In many other places (Lebanon, Bahrain, Yemen) it is bubbling just underneath the surface. It will get worse before it gets better.

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford holds up a bobblehead doll in his likeness while signing hundreds of them for charity at City Hall in Toronto on Tuesday.

‘Let’s get it on’ DEFIANT FORD TELLS COUNCIL THAT HE’S STAYING PUT TORONTO — A defiant Mayor Rob Ford made it clear Tuesday he was ready for a fight as council prepared to debate calling on him to take a leave in light of his admitted crack cocaine use and binge drinking.

Ford showed no sign of heeding calls from friends and foes alike that he go into rehab or spend time off dealing with his personal issues.

He was, he boasted, doing very well although he refused to say what steps he’s taking.

“Talk is cheap. Actions speak louder than words,” he said. “Things are going great, absolutely fantastic.”

On Wednesday, a city councillor is expected to put forward a non-binding motion demanding Ford take a leave of absence.

If that doesn’t work, motion sponsor Coun. Denzil Minnan-Wong has said he planned to ask council to petition the province to oust Ford.

“Let’s get it on,” said Ford, who spent five hours signing hundreds of bobblehead likenesses of himself for eager buyers at city hall.

“I have saved more money than any mayor in Toronto’s history and that’s what I’m going to continue to do.”

Earlier, Coun. Doug Ford said his brother’s admission to having smoked crack and drinking himself into a stupor was no reason to take time off to seek help for his problems.

The mayor, Doug Ford insisted, was getting “the support he needs.”

“He doesn’t want to be stepping

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Four injured after car rams into daycare near Montreal LAVAL, Que. — Three young girls escaped with minor injuries Tuesday after a car smashed through the plateglass window of the daycare centre they attended and came to rest in a play area.

The children were rushed to hospital for treatment along with the driver of the car, an 80-year-old woman who suffered shock and minor injuries to her back, said Const. Franco Di Genova.

The three girls were aged three, four and five years old and were not seriously injured, Di Genova said, adding one of them had been released from hospital and another was expected to be sent home by the end of the afternoon.

One little girl was either hit by the vehicle or flying debris and suffered wounds to her face, said Di Genova.

She was expected to be released from hospital on Wednesday.

A doctor at Montreal’s Ste-Justine Hospital said she is stable and that the injuries could have been much worse.

“We’re pleased the injuries are not as serious as we could imagine given the situation,” said Dr. Antonio D’Angelo, the emergency room chief at the hospital.

The daycare is located at street level in a strip mall on one of the main streets in the city north of Montreal.

Canadian rower says she’s first North American to cross North Atlantic alone MONTREAL — A Canadian rower says she has become the first North American to complete a solo journey across the churning seas of the treacherous North Atlantic.

Mylene Paquette reached the shores of France on Tuesday after a 5,000-kilometre voyage from Halifax, a four-month odyssey that saw her overcome the volatility of nearly a dozen

aside for two weeks,” Ford said at city hall. “He has to keep busy.”

Doug Ford, his brother’s ardent defender, said he expected a “very political” week.

“Of course, it will be a flogging,” the councillor said.

Despite late-night talk-show mocking and laughter at Ford’s expense, the mayor’s internationally renowned woes have proven damaging to Toronto’s image, a new study suggests.

The Cormex Research study released Tuesday finds 52 per cent of the city’s international, negative exposure in the media is related to the mayor.

“The city’s tone of coverage is indeed worsening,” said Andrew Laing, president of Cormex.

“It has a longer-term impact on how people view the city in terms of a place to move to, invest in, study at, that sort of thing.”

Only the Toronto International Film Festival has received slightly more coverage in print and online, the survey found.

“The appealing nature of this (Ford) story is that it currently has a number of elements that keep it fuelled,” Laing said.

The main element itself — a notorious, 90-second cellphone video appearing to show the mayor smoking crack cocaine — was brought to a Toronto courtroom Tuesday by a police officer on a password-protected, encrypted drive.

The police have actually seized two videos, as referred to by Police Chief Bill Blair in a recent news conference, but the Crown said Tuesday one is a subset of the other. storms, the power of 12-metre-high swells and the shock of capsizing 10 times.

Paquette, however, still didn’t find a way to conquer her fear of water.

“I’m scared in the pool and in a big bath,” the Montrealer told reporters on a conference call shortly after landing in the French port city of Lorient.

“I don’t really understand what I’m scared of. Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching too much Jaws when I was younger?”

Paquette, 35, said her solo rowing trip was just the 13th successful mission of its kind across the North Atlantic out of about 35 attempts. Three solo rowers were lost at sea during those unsuccessful tries, according to Oceanrowing.com.

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Police arrest son in slaying of businessman Richard Oland, no charge specified SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The son of slain businessman Richard Oland has been arrested by police in New Brunswick in connection with his father’s homicide more than two years ago.

Saint John police say Dennis Oland, 45, will appear in court Wednesday, but they have not specified what charge he will face. They say Oland was arrested Tuesday but released no other details and a spokesman for the police department could not be reached for comment.

Richard Oland’s body was found in his Saint John office on July 7, 2011. He was 69.

He was a member of the family that owns Moosehead Breweries Ltd., but left the company in the 1980s.

Oland was first identified as a suspect in the case in court documents released in May after two media organizations argued they should be made public at a hearing before Judge R. Leslie Jackson of the provincial court.

Jackson has not released any information considered to be hallmark evidence, which the Crown has described as information relating to the crime scene and physical condition and position of Oland’s body that only the killer or killers would know.

Last month, a sworn affidavit was released that says blood on a sports jacket found in the Rothesay, N.B., home of Dennis Oland matched the DNA profile of his father.

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OTTAWA — Federal and provincial governments drew sharp battle lines Tuesday as Canada’s top court began hearing arguments in a historic case that will determine how — or even if — the scandal-plagued Senate can be reformed or abolished.

In the opening day of a three-day hearing, Supreme Court justices appeared to be skeptical of the federal government’s contention that it can unilaterally reform the Senate without input from the provinces.

But neither did they seem sold on the arguments advanced by the vast majority of provinces: that reform would require the approval of at least seven provinces with 50 per cent of the population while outright abolition would take unanimous consent.

The competing viewpoints left at least one advocate of Senate reform discouraged.

“I think that there are too many provinces that are going to be thinking for their regional self-interest, their narrow self-interest,” said Evan Scrimshaw, a 16-year-old who skipped school to attend the historic hearing. “...I think what’s going to end up happening is nothing is going to change, again.”

Scrimshaw had hoped public pressure in the midst of the Senate expenses scandal, which has been raging for almost a year, would compel governments to put aside their differences.

But, while the public appears to have an insatiable appetite for tales of corruption in the Senate, there was little sign Tuesday of equal interest in a court hearing that could determine the maligned chamber’s fate.

The imposing wood-panelled court room was packed with an army of lawyers for the provinces, territories and various other interveners. Only a handful of private citizens, Scrimshaw among them, showed up.

Of course, the hearing wasn’t exactly tailored for mass public appeal. The dense, technical arguments were often eye-glazing, with at least one counsel appearing to nod off during his colleague’s presentation.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has asked the Supreme Court to advise whether it can proceed unilaterally to impose term limits on senators and create a process for electing them.

It has also asked the court to determine whether outright abolition of the upper chamber could be accomplished with the approval of just seven provinces, representing 50 per cent of the population.

Only eight Supreme Court justices are hearing the case. The ninth, recently-appointed Marc Nadon, is effectively under quarantine until the court rules on a challenge to his appointment.

Federal government lawyer Robert Frater kicked off proceedings, maintaining that term limits would have no impact on the Senate’s fundamental character — a crucial point since the top court ruled in 1980 that substantial provincial consent is required for any reform that changes the essential characteristics of the upper house.

Similarly, Frater argued that creating a non-binding, “consultative” election process wouldn’t technically change the method of selection; the prime minister would continue to appoint senators, taking into consideration — but not necessarily choosing — the election winners.

Justice Marshall Rothstein noted that the provinces might “call that a constitutional work-around.”

The federal position appears to be that the method of selecting senators and the duration of their terms are “mere details,” Justice Louis LeBel suggested. When Frater demurred, LeBel shot back: “Then why should not there be some provincial input if these are not simply housekeeping details?”

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‘We need help’ FOOD, WATER, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ONLY TRICKLING INTO TYPHOON-STRICKEN AREAS IN PHILIPPINES

CANADIAN MILITARY ADVANCE TEAM REACHES PHILIPPINES

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TACLOBAN, Philippines — Desperately needed food, water and medical aid are only trickling into this city that took the worst blow from Typhoon Haiyan, while thousands of victims jammed the damaged airport Tuesday, seeking to be evacuated.

“We need help. Nothing is happening. We haven’t eaten since yesterday afternoon,” pleaded a weeping Aristone Balute, an 81-year-old woman who failed to get a flight out of Tacloban for Manila, the capital. Her clothes were soaked from a pouring rain and tears streamed down her face.

Five days after what could be the Philippines’ deadliest disaster, aid is coming — pallets of supplies and teams of doctors are waiting to get into Tacloban — but the challenges of delivering the assistance means few in the stricken city have received help.

“There is a huge amount that we need to do. We have not been able to get into the remote communities,” U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said in Manila, launching an appeal for $301 million to help the more than 11 million people estimated to be affected by the storm.

“Even in Tacloban, because of the debris and the difficulties with logistics and so on, we have not been able to get in the level of supply that we would want to. We are going to do as much as we can to bring in more,” she said. Her office said she planned to visit the city.

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said relief goods were getting into the city, and the supply should increase now that the airport and a bridge to the island were open.

“We are not going to leave one person behind — one living person behind,” he said. “We will help, no matter how difficult, no matter how inaccessible.”

Tacloban, a city of about 220,000 people on Leyte island, bore the full force of the winds and the tsunami-like storm surges Friday. Most of the city is in ruins, a tangled mess of destroyed houses, cars and trees. Malls, garages and shops have all been stripped of food and water by hungry residents.

The loss of life appears to be concentrated in Tacloban and surrounding areas, including a portion of Samar island that is separated from Leyte island by a strait. It is possible that other devastated areas are so isolated they have not yet been reached.

In Cebu, to the southwest, the Philippine air force has been sending three C-130s back and forth to Tacloban from dawn to dusk, and had delivered 400,000 pounds of relief supplies, Lt. Col. Marciano Jesus Guevara said. A lack of electricity in Tacloban means planes can’t land there at night.

Guevara said the C-130s have transported nearly 3,000 civilians out of the disaster zone, and that the biggest problem in Tacloban is a lack of clean drinking water.

“Water is life,” he said. “If you have water with no food, you’ll survive.”

A team from Medecins Sans Frontieres, complete with medical supplies, arrived in Cebu island Saturday looking for a flight to Tacloban, but hadn’t left by Tuesday. A spokesman for the group said it was “difficult to tell” when it would be able to leave.

“We are in contact with the authorities, but the (Tacloban) airport is only for the Philippines military use,” Lee Pik Kwan said in a telephone interview.

An Associated Press reporter drove through Tacloban for about 7 kilometres (4 miles) and saw more than 40 bodies. There was no evidence of any

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TOP: Survivors wait to board a Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo plane at the airport in Tacloban, central Philippines, Tuesday. BOTTOM: Typhoon victims sift through debris on Tuesday.

OTTAWA — A Canadian reconnaissance team landed Tuesday in the Philippines for talks with local officials on how best to provide military help to the Southeast Asian country in the wake of last week’s vicious typhoon.

But Canada’s larger, military Disaster Assistance Response Team, which deployed for the Philippines on Monday, is currently in Hawaii, waiting for specifics on how and where it can help.

Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said the DART will be available “at a moment’s notice” once the Canadian advance team has provided its assessment.

“We’ve deployed individuals who are on the ground right now as part of our advance team,” Nicholson said in Toronto.

“They are discussing, as we speak, with governmental and nongovernmental sources in the Philippines as to how we can be most effective in the assistance that we are prepared to provide.”

The advance team includes 17 Canadian Forces personnel and about a dozen civilians, mainly from Foreign Affairs, the minister added.

They arrived Tuesday morning in the capital, Manila.

On Monday, a Canadian Forces C-17 departed CFB Trenton, Ont., before stopping over in Hawaii.

The massive military cargo plane is carrying 43 members of the DART, along with their equipment.

Nicholson said the equipment included ambulances, a forklift, a communications truck, as well as a fully-supplied medical team.

On Monday, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird emphasized the speed at which the government had taken action.

Senior aid agency officials in Canada said their organizations and others were scrambling to overcome massive logistical hurdles to reach severely affected areas well away from Manila.

They also said it was necessary for the Canadian government to do exactly what it was doing Tuesday — consulting carefully with the civilian actors on the ground in the Philippines — before sending in the DART.

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Some people lined up to get water from a hose, presumably from the city supply.

Doctors in Tacloban said they were desperate for medicine. At small makeshift clinic with shattered windows beside the city’s ruined airport tower, army and air force medics said they had treated around 1,000 people for cuts, bruises, lacerations and deep wounds.

“It’s overwhelming,” said air force Capt. Antonio Tamayo. “We need more medicine. We cannot give anti-tetanus vaccine shots because we have none.”

The longer survivors go without access to clean water, food, shelter and medical help, the greater chance of disease breaking out and people dying as a result of wounds sustained in the storm.

Thousands of typhoon victims were trying to get out of Tacloban.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister on Tuesday abruptly halted a plan to explore the potential construction of thousands of new homes in West Bank settlements, saying it had created an “unnecessary confrontation” with the international community that threatened to weaken his campaign against Iran’s suspect nuclear program.

The plan announced by Israel’s Housing Ministry earlier in the day had prompted a Palestinian threat to walk out of U.S.-brokered peace talks and drew angry criticism from officials in Washington, who said they had been blindsided by the move.

In a statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked his housing minister, Uri Ariel, to “reconsider” the plan. He noted that Ariel, a member of the pro-settlement Jewish Home Party, had drawn up the plan “without any advance coordination.”

“This step does not contribute to settlement. On the contrary, there is damage here for settlement,” Netanyahu said. “This is a meaningless step — legally and in practice — and an action that creates

an unnecessary confrontation with the international community at a time when we are making an effort to persuade elements in the international community to reach a better deal with Iran.”

The statement said Ariel had accepted the request.

The issue of settlement construction has been at the heart of a standstill in peace efforts in recent years.

The Palestinians claim the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, territories captured by Israel in 1967, for an independent state. They say Israeli settlement construction on occupied lands is a sign of bad faith. More than 500,000 Israelis now live in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005.

The ministry refused to say how many of these homes were in settlements. But the anti-settlement watchdog group Peace Now, which closely monitors construction activity, said the plans included nearly 20,000 apartments in the West Bank and 4,000 in east Jerusalem.

In all, Peace Now says Netanyahu’s government has given final approval for nearly 3,500 new homes in Jewish settlements since taking office last March.

In addition, it has promoted plans for nearly 9,000 additional homes.

The international community rejects settlements as illegal or illegitimate, and the reaction to Israel’s plan was swift.

The chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said that at the instruction of his president, he had contacted the U.S., Russia, the European Union, the United Nations and the Arab League to voice objections.

“I informed them that if Israel implements this decision, then this means the end of the negotiations and the end of the peace process,” Erekat said.

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the White House had been caught off guard and demanded “further explanation” from Israel.

“Our position on settlements is quite clear — we do not accept the legitimacy of continued settlement activity. We’ve called on both sides to take steps to create a positive atmosphere for the negotiations,” she added.

Peace talks resumed in late July after a nearly five-year break. The sides have set an April target date for reaching an agreement.

Egyptian military holds off Groups decry lifting state of emergency election results UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt — A court declared that Egypt’s 3-month-old state of emergency expired Tuesday, two days earlier than expected, but the military and security officials held off from implementing the ruling and lifting a nighttime curfew, amid worries that the measures’ end will fuel protests by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

Morsi, meanwhile, held his first extensive meeting with lawyers in a prison near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. He had been held in secret military detention with almost no contact with the outside world since he was ousted in a July 3 popularly backed coup, but he was moved to a regular prison last week after the first session of his trial on charges of inciting murder.

The lawyers, who hail from the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies, on Wednesday will relay a message from Morsi addressing the Egyptian people and “all parties,” according to Morsi’s son Osama, a lawyer who was among those who met him. The son told The Associated Press that his father is still refusing to allow any lawyer to represent him in the trial because he insists he remains president and does not recognize the tribunal.

The state of emergency and a nighttime curfew

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TYPHOON: Official death toll at 1,774 They camped at the airport and ran onto the tarmac when planes came in, surging past a broken iron fence and a few soldiers and police trying to control them. Most didn’t make it aboard the military flights out of the city.

The official death toll from the disaster rose to 1,774 on Tuesday, though authorities have said they expect that to rise markedly. They fear estimates of 10,000 dead are accurate and might be low.

The dead, decomposing and stinking, litter the streets or are buried in the debris.

There is also growing concern about recovering corpses from throughout the disaster zone. “It really breaks your heart when you see them,” said Maj. Gen. Romeo Poquiz, commander of the 2nd Air Division.

“We’re limited with manpower, the expertise, as well as the trucks that have to transport them to different areas for identification,” Poquiz said. “Do we do a mass burial, because we can’t identify them anymore? If we do a mass burial, where do you place them?”

imposed along with it have been aimed at helping authorities tighten their security grip and control on near daily protests that frequently descended into violence by pro-Morsi supporters and his Muslim Brotherhood demanding his reinstatement.

On Monday, Interior Minister Mahmoud Ibrahim, who heads the security forces, said the state of emergency would expire on Thursday and that security reinforcements would deploy in the streets at that time — a sign of the worries over intensified protests.

The surprise ruling by the Cairo Administrative Court ordering the lifting Tuesday appeared to have caught the government off guard — and authorities said they were not immediately implementing it until the court formally notifies them of the decision.

The confusion came because the state of emergency was initially announced for a month on Aug. 14. But the government renewed it for another two months on Sept. 12.

The court said that means it ends on Nov. 12, not Nov. 14.

The Cabinet put out a statement saying it will abide by the ruling, but that it will wait for the details of the ruling to issue the verdict in writing. By Tuesday night, that had not occurred.

The military said that without official notification of the verdict, it was implementing the curfew as planned, at 1 a.m. on Wednesday.

Most Tacloban residents spent a rainy night wherever they could — in the ruins of destroyed houses, in the open along roadsides and shredded trees.

Some slept under tents brought in by the government or relief groups.

“There is no help coming in. They know this is a tragedy. They know our needs are urgent. Where is the shelter?” said Aristone Balute’s granddaughter, Mylene, who was also at the airport. “We are confused. We don’t know who is in charge.”

DART: Logistical nightmare on the ground “There’s no doubt in my mind they can make an important contribution. The critical thing will be that they co-ordinate that contribution with others,” said Robert Fox, executive director of Oxfam Canada.

“The DART will be able to get to where it has to get to.”

Fox said Oxfam used rented helicopters to insert three different assessment teams to remote parts of the country to conduct damage assessments.

The team members are equipped with food and water, and satellite radios for their 48- to 72-hour assignments on the ground.

Stephen Cornish, executive director of the Cana-

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Cuba and Algeria won seats Tuesday on the UN Human Rights Council, riling independent human rights groups who said their election undermined the rights watchdog’s credibility.

The General Assembly elected 14 new members to the 47-seat Geneva-based council, which can shine a spotlight on rights abuses by adopting resolutions — when it chooses to do so.

Britain, France, the Maldives, Macedonia, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia and South Africa were also elected to three-year terms.

Human Rights Watch noted that five of the new council members — China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Algeria — have refused to let UN investigators visit to check alleged abuses. China, Russia and Algeria have 10 or more unfulfilled requests for visits by UN experts, some dating back to 2000, the group said. Saudi Arabia and Vietnam each have seven outstanding requests, they said.

“Countries that haven’t allowed UN experts appointed by the council to visit have a lot of explaining to do,” said Peggy Hicks, global advocacy director of the New York-based non-government group. dian branch of Doctors Without Borders, said his advance teams on the ground were describing a “logistical nightmare,” one he said might require military assistance to overcome.

So far, the organization has managed to get 23 doctors, nurses and logisticians on the ground to key areas, and hopes to augment them with 80 more — including psychologists — in the days to come, he said.

Cornish said his organization, which has rented boats and is also trying to borrow helicopters, has 238 tonnes of gear in country at the ready, including an inflatable hospital, tents, water purification equipment and medical items.

Military help could be invaluable in helping open roads, bridges and other clogged land arteries, he said.

“We don’t have the full scale of the impact and devastation on the ground. It’s impossible for us to say where other actors would be best placed. That’s up to Filipino authorities.”

A grim task awaits Canada’s DART in the Philippines where typhoon Haiyan left a massive trail of destruction that has affected 11 million people.

The official death toll from the disaster rose to 1,774 on Tuesday, though authorities have said they expect that to rise markedly.

They fear estimates of 10,000 dead are accurate and might be low.

The DART has 200 Canadian Forces personnel and was last deployed following the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010.

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Pheasantback undergoing revival NEW OWNER FOR GOLF COURSE IN STETTLER AREA PLANS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Despite the snow and cold, Ken Graham is thinking about golf.

Specifically, the manager of Pheasantback Golf & RV Estates is pondering how the course northwest of Stettler might attract players from the surrounding area, as well as

GOLF AND RV ESTATES from Edmonton and Calgary, and even overseas.

Stettler lawyer Gary Grant purchased the property last summer after the previous operation — Pheasantback Golf and Country Club — went into receivership in the fall of 2012. Since then, Grant has joined forces with an adjacent

property owner who wants to develop a trailer park on 40 acres to the west.

“The two fellows are combining their properties,” said Graham. “Both realize that in order to make a good viable solid operation they both need to be up and running to complement each other.”

On the golf side, that means getting the 18-hole course into shape for the 2014 season.

In addition to showing the effects of a year of non-use, the greens, fairways and remainder of the property are suffering from a longer period of neglect.

“There was a lot of deferred maintenance over the last five years,” said Graham.

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cant changes are planned for Pheasantback, he said. These includes making the course more inviting to casual golfers.

“We know we have immediate area clientele that won’t even come and play just because of the difficulty of the course — or what they perceive as difficult.”

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Flaherty forecasting end to deficit $3.7-BILLION SURPLUS EXPECTED IN 2015

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The Harper government will end seven years of deficits in 2015 with a $3.7-billion surplus, just in time for the next election — a campaign in which Finance Minister Jim Flaherty now says he intends to run.

The new projection — nearly $3 billion better than the March budget forecast — was part of Tuesday’s fall economic update, which Flaherty upstaged a little by declaring he would be a candidate for reelection in two years’ time.

Flaherty, who suffers from a serious skin condition, has said he would stay until the budget was balanced. Asked directly whether he would run in 2015 — when by his accounting he will achieve that goal — he responded unequivocally: “Yes.” Besides new estimates of the government’s fiscal position, Flaherty’s update — a mid-year report card on the economy and Ottawa’s books — contained a few surprises, including plans for future asset sales and a costing of savings tied to the recently announced departmental spending freeze.

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Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivers an update of economic and fiscal projections in Edmonton on Tuesday. without raising taxes or cutting investments in health care and social service transfers, as promised,” Flaherty declared in a news release.

The update, officially released at a moderated question-and-answer event in Edmonton, takes a cautious approach to the economic reality facing Canada and how it will affect the government’s books.

In fact, Flaherty has included a $3-billion risk buffer in his baseline calculations, meaning unless the global or Canadian economies perform much worse going forward, the government could find itself sitting on a $6.7-billion surplus in an election year.

In the 2011 campaign, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said a Conservative government would offer

Canadian couples with children under 18 the option of splitting their income to reduce taxes — once the budget was balanced.

By some calculations, that would deprive Ottawa of about $2.7 billion in revenues.

Harper also promised several other boutique tax cuts, as well as a doubling of the $5,000 annual limit on contributions to tax-free savings accounts, all of them contingent on balanced books — pledges that would shave a total of about $600 million more from tax revenues.

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Local hospitality workers recognized for outstanding service Whether they arise at hotels, restaurants or elsewhere, positive customer experiences can often be traced to conscientious workers.

Some of those workers were recognized on Tuesday at the 2013 Red Hat Experience Awards, with prizes presented for outstanding service and experience.

Organized by Tourism Red Deer, this year’s awards singled out Suranga Keerthi of Holiday Inn & Suites Red Deer South for outstanding service in the accommodation category, and Brad Campbell of Montana’s Cookhouse for outstand-

RED HAT EXPERIENCE AWARDS ing service in the dining/food category.

For events/attractions/festivals, Todd McPeek of Budal Construction was chosen for recognition, while in the recreation category Steve Noonan of Northwestern Air was honoured.

Recipients of awards for outstanding experience included the Black Knight Inn for accommodation, Traptow’s Cool Beans Coffee Company for dining and food, the Westerner Days Fair & Exposi-

Red Deer housing starts already beat 2012 tally With two months remaining in 2013, Red Deer’s residential construction sector has surpassed its performance for all of last year.

Statistics provided by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. indicate that there were 609 housing starts in the city as of Oct. 31.

That was 22 per cent ahead of the 499 starts to the same point in 2012, and more than the 568 for all of 2012.

This year’s starts included 323 on singledetached homes and 286 on units in multi-family projects, as compared with 282 and 217 respectfully for the January-toOctober period of 2012.

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In October alone there were 29 starts on singledetached homes, up from 20 for the same month last year.

But multi-family starts for October slipped to 14 this year, as compared with 32 in 2012.

Among Alberta’s seven largest urban centres, Red Deer was one of three to show a year-overyear increase in cumulative housing starts to the end of October, with the others being Edmonton and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

Grande Prairie was unchanged from last year, while Calgary, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat were down.

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Previously held as the Red Hat Awards, with winners chosen on the basis of ballots submitted by customers, this year’s award recipients were selected on the strength of first-person testimonials.

Photos, videos and stories that illustrated outstanding service or great tourism experiences in Red Deer and Red Deer County were accepted.

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Co-op buys centres Federated Co-operatives Ltd. has purchased 17 fertilizer, seed and agriculture chemical supply centres from Viterra Inc., including the Viterra outlet in Stettler.

The deal, which closed Nov. 6, involved eight sites in Alberta, eight in Saskatchewan and one in Manitoba.

Federated is transferring ownership and operations to its local retail co-ops. With the acquisitions, Federated’s retail co-op chain operates approximately 155 ag centres in Western Canada.

Adviser sanctioned A Red Deer investment adviser has been sanctioned by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC).

Douglas Charles Allan, president of the Red Deer branch of

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Retire First Ltd., agreed to a settlement with IIROC last month, the terms of which require him to pay a fine of $60,000 and costs of $10,000. He must also re-write the Canadian Securities Institute’s conduct and practices handbook exam.

Allan acknowledged that he failed to remain informed about a client’s needs and to ensure that his recommendations to that client were suitable for her financial circumstances. This inappropriate conduct occurred between February 2008 and September 2011.

Producers join board A pair of Central Alberta barley producers have been acclaimed to the board of Alberta Barley.

Mike Ammeter of Sylvan Lake is returning for his second term, while Jason Lenz of Bentley joins the board as a replacement for Trevor Petersen of Penhold. Petersen had completed his second of two, three-year terms.

Lenz has been an Alberta Barley delegate for six years. The directors’ terms will officially commence on Dec. 5 at Alberta Barley’s annual general meeting.

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The local labour market continued to tighten last month, with Statistics Canada calculating unemployment in the Red Deer region at 4.9 per cent.

That compared with a figure of 5.4 per cent in September and 5.8 per cent in August.

However, the jobless rate in the Red Deer area remains among the highest in Alberta, with the province’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 4.4 per cent last month — up 0.1 percentage points from September.

A year ago, Red Deer’s unemployment rate was 4.6 per cent and the provincial average was 4.4 per cent.

Among Alberta’s eight regions, the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area had the lowest jobless figure for October, at 2.7 per cent.

Next was Banff-JasperRocky Mountain House at 3.8 per cent, followed by Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake (3.9 per cent), Athabasca-Grande Prairie (4.1 per cent), CamroseDrumheller (4.2 per cent), Calgary (4.7 per cent), Red Deer, and Edmonton (4.9 per cent).

Alberta’s unemployment rate in October was the second lowest in Canada, behind Saskatchewan’s 3.6 per cent.

The national rate was 6.9 per cent, unchanged from September.

Alberta’s labour force increased by 3,500 people from September to October, while employment increased by 700.

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GOLF: Intimidating course With water coming into play on 15 of the holes, and some tee boxes requiring players of all skill levels to hit over water, the course is intimidating, acknowledged Graham.

“It’s a real straight-shooter’s course.”

Alterations, which began last summer, have included trimming back vegetation to open things up.

“We attempted to make the course substantially more friendly for beginner and average golfers,” said Graham.

“We’re striving to be known more as a community course.”

That includes developing league play for men, women and juniors. But the course will also continue to welcome tournaments, added Graham.

Food service at the clubhouse will be upgraded, he continued, and the golf-related facilities may be expanded. For instance, Pheasantback’s aquatic driving range, which has proven inadequate for long-ball hitters, may be restricted to iron use and a longer driving range developed on the adjacent land, said Graham.

Also contemplated are other training features like chipping greens, practice bunkers and pitching holes. Such facilities would be ideal for training, he said, and perhaps even for golf camps.

“I’ve already spoken with one entity from Korea, with a possibility of interest in sending Korean juniors over.

“I think it would work well as a training course, even globally.”

The immediate plan for the adjacent 40 acres is to develop a recreational vehicle park, with rental lots available with partial or full services.

Other recreational opportunities, including trap shooting, are being considered, said Graham.

Pheasantback actually reopened on a limited basis last August, which pleased some former loyal players.

“The clientele was extremely patient and cooperative — just excited and happy to see something happening,” said Graham.

Tim Fox, chief administrative officer with the County of Stettler, said the municipality is pleased.

“It’s great news for the county to have the business being taken over by new owners and providing economic development for the area.”

Graham said it’s important the course wasn’t allowed to deteriorate further and perhaps even revert to pasture.

“You’d never get another one. Nobody’s going to put that investment up in the country.”

The golf course requires no further approval from the county to operate, said Fox. The RV park, however, must still be OK’d.

Opened in 1995, Pheasantback Golf and Country Club hosted a number of provincial amateur and professional tournaments before being forced to close last year.

It’s been popular with many seasonal residents at nearby Buffalo Lake, said Graham. These, and other golfers, should be able to tee it up at Pheasantback Golf & RV Estates this spring, he said.

“We’ve got a good program in place and it should look pretty fine come next season.”

Membership and green fees are still to be finalized, with these part of a broader budgeting process, said Graham.

Grant recently asked the county for a break on Pheasantback’s 2013 property taxes, and has appealed the land’s assessment. Fox said council will consider the tax abatement after the assessment appeal has been completed. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

FLAHERTY: Canadian brand is very strong Flaherty suggested there would be heated debates at cabinet as to what to do with the bounty, and that he would warn against overly aggressive spending.

“Some things can be phased in over time; not everything needs to be done at once,” he said.

“We certainly don’t want to lose the fiscal advantage we’ve created for Canada. The Canadian brand is very strong around the world.”

Opposition critics suggested the government numbers cannot be trusted.

The Liberals said much of the improved fiscal picture comes from employment insurance savings, and that the government should have cut premiums sooner.

By 2015-16, the fund is projected to have a $5.6-billion surplus, accounting for more than the total surplus on the government books.

In the current fiscal year, Flaherty said he expects a $17.9-billion deficit — $1 billion below the previous year’s shortfall — as a result of betterthan-expected savings from cost-cutting and lower interest charges that more than make up for lower revenues from slow economic growth.

Last month, Ottawa announced it was $7 billion ahead of pace in its deficit elimination track.

In this year’s budget, Flaherty said, the government will need to pony up about $2.8 billion for disaster relief related to the Alberta floods, and another $60 million already committed for the LacMegantic train derailment in Quebec.

The deficit will fall to $5.5 billion in 2014-15 as a revived economy starts producing more tax revenues, he predicted.

Flaherty said the government also expects to realize about $1.65 billion in savings from the throne speech pledge to freeze internal departmental budgets, which will occur in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 fiscal years.

Another $2 billion in revenues will come over the next two years from selling the government’s remaining stake in General Motors, as well as the Ridley coal terminal in British Columbia and the Dominion Coal Blocks, two Crown lands also in B.C. At current prices, the sale of GM shares alone could net Ottawa $2.6 billion, but the government document admits the booked amounts are “conservative and do not reflect the full potential gain.”

Also conservative is the projected savings from departmental spending restraints.

In last year’s final tally, Ottawa admitted departments had underspent their limits by $5.2 billion, and “lapses” in spending may carry forward to future years.

The major new restraint is from the two-year departmental spending freeze, which builds on a previous stand-still measure and the chopping of about 20,000 jobs. Most analysts believe department heads will need to cut more salaries in order to meet the target.

“Under the freeze, departments and agencies will be required to absorb any collectively bargained wage increases for those two years,” the update said.

“This will incent departments to become more efficient.”

On economic prospects, Flaherty was given new growth estimates by private sector economists two weeks ago and they show the economy advancing by 1.7 per cent this year, 2.4 per cent next year and 2.6 per cent in 2015.

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Chinese delivery men sort through parcels from an online shopping portal at a goods distribution center in Beijing, China on Monday. In a report after a four-day meeting that reform advocates hoped would unleash a wave of change, Communist Party leaders gave an unusually strong endorsement of private companies as “important components” of the economy but said state industries will remain its core.

China’s leaders promise bigger role for free market AS THEY OVERHAUL SLOWING ECONOMY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — China’s leaders finished a closely watched policy meeting Tuesday with a promise to give market forces a bigger role in the country’s state-dominated economy but failed to produce dramatic reforms to overhaul a worn-out growth model.

In a report after a four-day meeting that reform advocates hoped would unleash a wave of change, Communist Party leaders gave an unusually strong endorsement of private companies as “important components” of the economy but said state industries will remain its core.

The market will play a “decisive role” in allocating resources, the party said.

The official Xinhua News Agency said that was an upgrade from the “core role” assigned to the market in party policy over the past two decades.

It gave no indication the meeting considered any political reforms in China’s closed, secretive one-party system. It said a national security council would be set up to improve security strategy.

Chinese leaders are under pressure to replace a growth model based on exports and investment that delivered three decades of rapid expansion but has run out of steam. Reform advocates say Beijing should open an array of state-controlled industries to pri-

vate competition, but any moves to curb the privileges of politically favoured ompanies are likely to face resistance.

The party said it will create a committee to “deepen reforms” and gave no indication when more changes might be approved.

That suggested party leaders, as many observers expected, agreed on broad themes but put off battles over details such as the status of state companies that control vast swathes of China’s economy including banking, energy and telecoms.

“Many of us hoped they would use the opportunity to say something really striking, really pushing forward the momentum, and it’s fair to say they have not done that,” said Barry Naughton, a specialist in the Chinese economy at the University of California at San Diego.

“I think the way they did it reflects they do not yet have consensus to move forward to dramatically reform.”

Another key area that reformers say is ripe for change is control of land. The report said farmers should have more property rights but made no commitments.

All land in China is owned by the state. Farmers are tenants who cannot mortgage or rent their land to buy better seeds and technology. Giving them ownership or at least more control would unlock wealth in the countryside but also might jolt real estate markets

and affect local governments that rely on sales of land use rights for revenue.

Because of that, some analysts said land reform is likely to be left until later.

Before the meeting, communist leaders raised hopes and the political stakes by promising “unprecedented” reforms.

The meeting was seen as symbolically significant because it was the 205-member Central Committee’s third plenum — or full meeting — of the party’s 18th congress. Such meetings at this point in the party’s five-year political cycle are seen as a launching pad for changes in economic direction after Deng Xiaoping used a third plenum in 1978 to unveil his reforms.

The plenum offered a platform for President Xi Jinping, who became party leader last year, to make clear his own vision for the world’s second-largest economy.

Communist leaders have been trying to make the economy more efficient and productive by gradually injecting more market forces into areas such as bank lending.

Regulators eliminated controls on interest rates charged on commercial loans in July in a move that ultimately will lower costs for borrowers with stronger credit records.

Pressure for change has mounted as economic growth tumbled to a two-decade low of 7.5 per cent in second quarter of this year.

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Implement ways to educate The following information of- your customers. In-store demos, fers simple ways to increase aver- signage, or newsletters and email age dollar sales. offers work well.

Crunch the numbers Change your product or service Calculate the dollar value of mix your current average sale. On a Adding to or subtracting from typical day, if you have 20 custom- your product line can actually see ers and total sales of $2,000, your your revenues grow. If the average average sale is $100. daily sale in a bakery is $5, by addDepending on the type of busi- ing specialty cakes and other preness, you can also calculate the mium goods, the figure can jump. average sales per day of the week, The same effect can sometimes by employee, location or market- be achieved by dropping lowering campaign. priced products. You must first Test and measure — the results know what makes/models sell will often lead to a plan of action. best. Drop the $35 model and the For example, if your numbers are customer will spend $45 or $55 inlower on Mondays, plan special stead.

Monday promotions.

Bundle your offerings If one ad campaign brings in Encourage customers to spend a $2 sale and another a $12 sale, more by giving them a package then adjust accordingly. Set new deal on multiple products or sertargets and plot your strategies to vices. meet them.

Again, fast-food restaurants Use add-on or up-sell techniques really know their systems — an “Do you want fries with that?” “extra value meal” includes the is a textbook example, but the entrée, side orders and a drink. same approach works for any A vehicle repair shop might of-

fer a tune-up and lube job in one visit.

You can also bundle your time.

One computer repair company wasn’t achieving enough revenue charging hourly rates, so they now sell services in 10, 20 or 30-hour contracts. This new option yields higher average sales and ensures return business.

Train your staff Create weekly or monthly sales challenges. Focus your sales team over a specific time period or promotional campaign and track results. Small charts comparing last year’s to the current sales receipts eliminate competition between staff, while driving sales overall.

Make staff aware of your sales value targets and how they can help increase results. Let your staff know what you’re looking for and then give them the tools to achieve it.

Raise your prices If you’re just opening your doors, price your products or services on the high side and figure out how to offer more value. Being the least expensive isn’t necessarily going to pay the bills, and will put you in a tough situation if competitors beat your price. (Remember, stay out of price wars by fully developing your “unique selling proposition.”)

If your business is established, don’t be afraid to increase your prices by five or 10 per cent. Most steady customers won’t care. (You don’t stop going to your favorite coffee shop or your hair salon when they raise their rates.)

You’ll increase your margins, which will make up the difference if some do leave.

These simple strategies can maximize every transaction and keep the cash flowing and generate peak profits.

ActionCoach is written by John MacKenzie of ActionCoach, which helps small- to medium-sized businesses and other organizations. He can be contacted at johnmackenzie@ actioncoach.com or by phone at 403340-0880.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 95.13 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.50 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.00 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.77 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.52 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.30 Cdn. National Railway . 117.30 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 153.61 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 37.00 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.23 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.80 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 39.34 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 45.78 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.28 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.70 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.66 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.88 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.60 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 46.55 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 67.26 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.26 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.03 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 46.92 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 99.38 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.30 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.75 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.84 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 15.37 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed modestly lower Tuesday, led by resource stocks that fell alongside prices for oil and copper.

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 32.35 points at 13,326.04, while the Canadian dollar was off 0.14 of a cent to 95.3 cents US even as the Harper government said it will have a bigger than expected surplus in two years despite weak economic performance.

U.S. indexes were also lacklustre amid a reminder to investors to accept the idea that the U.S. Federal Reserve will be putting the brakes on its asset purchase program.

The Dow Jones industrial average was 32.43 points lower to 15,750.67, the Nasdaq inched up 0.13 of a point to 3,919.92 while the S&P 500 index slipped 4.20 points to 1,767.69.

North American markets racked up solid gains throughout October but they have stalled somewhat amid increasing uncertainty about when the Fed might start tapering its US$85 billion of monthly bond purchases, particularly after strong employment and economic growth reports released last week.

Analysts say that U.S. markets could be in for some kind of retracement with the Dow industrials up more than 20 per cent year to date.

Traders also looked ahead to Thursday when the U.S. Senate banking committee will quiz Janet Yellen, President Barack Obama’s candidate to become the next chair of the central bank.

Yellen has a reputation for being a dove as far as stimulus is concerned and traders will be listening for any hints as to whether she thinks the economy is strong enough to start tapering those purchases that have supported a strong rally on many stock markets.

The gold sector led decliners, down about 1.8 per cent as December bullion edged $9.90 lower to US$1,271.20 an ounce. Goldcorp (TSX:G) faded 51 cents to C$25.15.

Losses for oil and copper picked up after the comments by the Fed’s Fisher.

Also, China’s leaders finished a closely watched policy meeting with

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.45 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.05 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 62.23 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.71 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 28.12 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.93 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.89 First Quantum Minerals . 19.39 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 25.15 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.28 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.16 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 33.79 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.37 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 27.34 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 29.18 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 71.77 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 57.13 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.96 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 54.95 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.13 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.28 Canyon Services Group. 11.05 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.06 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.780 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 18.60 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.95 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 92.67 a promise to give market forces a bigger role in the country’s state-dominated economy. But they failed to produce dramatic reforms.

And traders also expected another increase in U.S. crude inventories.

Data is expected to show an increase of 1.8 million barrels in crude oil stocks, which would mark the eighth straight weekly increase.

The base metals sector fell 1.08 per cent while December copper slipped three cents to US$3.23 a pound. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) lost 73 cents to C$27.34.

December crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped $2.10 to US$93.04 a barrel and the energy sector lost almost one per cent.

Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) gave back 38 cents to C$32.13.

The tech sector led advancers, up 0.79 per cent as CGI Group (TSX:GIB.A) rose 97 cents to $37.11.

The consumer staples sector was also higher.

Shoppers Drug Mart Corp.

(TSX:SC) says its third-quarter net profit was $166 million, down from $168 million a year earlier as it included pre-tax expenses related to a friendly takeover by Loblaw Co. (TSX:L). Ex-items, earnings per share were 88 cents, up from 85 Canadian cents a year earlier and seven cents better than analysts expected and its shares gained 33 cents to $61.05.

Home renovation retailer Rona Inc. posted quarterly earnings of $30 million or 25 cents per share, up from $5.5 million or five cents a year earlier, but down from $33.5 million or 28 cents per share in 2012 when excluding one-time items. Revenues decreased 4.3 per cent to $1.17 billion amid weaker housing construction starts, particularly in Quebec.

Rona was expected to earn $39.2 million or 30 cents per share in adjusted profits on $1.25 billion of revenues and its shares advanced 44 cents to $12.45, matching its existing 52-week high.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Tuesday Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,326.04 down 32.35 points TSX Venture Exchange — 926.32

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 54.46 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.90 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 30.23 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.81 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.56 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.79 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.530 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.18 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.50 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.57 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.25 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.92 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 57.91 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 72.81 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.45 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.65 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 33.59 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.27 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.52 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 54.43 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 67.43 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.52 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 92.52 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.95 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 69.88 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 36.47 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.32 down 9.04 points TSX 60 — 768.27 down 1.14 points Dow — 15,750.67 down 32.43 points S&P 500 — 1,767.68 down 4.21 points Nasdaq — 3,919.92 up 0.13 point Currencies at close: Cdn — 95.30 cents US, down 0.14 of a cent Pound — C$1.6688, down 1.10 cents Euro — C$1.4097, up 0.88 of a cent Euro — US$1.3435, up 0.65 of a cent Oil futures: US$93.04 per barrel, down $2.10 (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,271.20 per oz., down $9.90 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.741 per oz., down 52.7 cents $731.12 per kg., down $16.95 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 926.32, down 9.04 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 134.84 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’13 $2.70 higher $490.80; Jan. ’14 $2.70 higher $498.40; March ’14 $1.90 higher $506.00; May ’14 $2.00 higher $512.90; July ’14 $1.70 higher $518.20; Nov. ’14 $0.10 lower $521.40; Jan ’15 $0.10 lower $523.90; March ’15 $0.20 lower $522.70; May ’15 $0.10 lower $517.30; July ’15 $0.10 lower $514.50; Nov ’15 $0.10 lower $510.70.

Barley (Western): Dec ’13 unchanged $152.00; March ’14 unchanged $154.00; May ’14 unchanged $155.00; July ’14 unchanged $155.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $155.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $155.00; March ’15 unchanged $155.00; May ’15 unchanged $155.00; July ’15 unchanged $155.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 737,840 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 737,840.

Europe holds summit on youth unemployment

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — European youths still face rising joblessness at a rate far higher than their American counterparts — but European leaders insisted Tuesday that scenario is going to improve over the next two years.

Leaders from 24 European nations as well as labour ministers and European Union officials met Tuesday in Paris to talk about youth unemployment.

They announced no new programs but many expressed confidence that plans now in place will reverse the rising joblessness for the under-25 set over the next two years.

With budgets still tight, Europe’s youth unemployment rate stands at 23.5 per cent, up from 23.1 per cent a year ago. In the U.S., the rate is about 16 per cent.

Europe has pledged 45 billion euros ($60 billion) between 2013 and 2015 to fight youth unemployment.

French President Francois Hollande said the meeting had set a strategy to ensure that by 2015, no youth will spend more than four months unemployed without being offered a job,

an apprenticeship, training or education.

“We must act quickly because it is urgent, we cannot abandon a generation,” Hollande said at a news conference.

Hollande said the leaders agreed that EU nations which have action plans to combat youth unemployment by the end of the year will be able to begin drawing upon the 6 billion-euro ($8 billion) Youth Employment Initiative that the EU has set aside beginning Jan. 1.

As of 2011, only 34 per cent of 15-29 year-olds in Europe were employed, the lowest figure ever recorded.

The EU employment figure masks huge disparities, however: The German youth unemployment rate was only 7.7 per cent while Greece’s was a stunning 57.3 per cent.

Seven EU countries had a youth jobless rate over 30 per cent, fueling concern that a generation of people will be locked out of the job market, hurting long-term growth prospects for their nations.

One EU think-tank has estimated the cost to Europe of employing so few of its young people at 153 billion euros annually as of 2011.

Rona to focus on customer service as it seeks turnaround THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Rona has vowed a better customer experience at its stores as the big home improvement retailer struggles to turn around results weakened by the poor economy and intensifying competition from U.S.-based rivals.

“The customer experience will be our 2014 priority,” president and CEO Robert Sawyer said Tuesday during a conference call to discuss third-quarter results that missed analyst expectations as Rona also reported its 13th consecutive quarter of declining samestore sales.

Among the areas that will be beefed up are basic things like hours of operation and employee training, he told analysts, acknowledging that the chain took its eye off the consumer experience as it dealt with pressing financial challenges.

“It’s not rocket science. . . . we’re just trying to be pleasing to the customer,” Sawyer said The Quebec-based company earned

$30 million or 25 cents per share in the period ended Sept. 29. Net income was up from $5.5 million or five cents a share from a year earlier, but down from $33.5 million or 28 cents per share in 2012 when excluding one-time items.

Revenues for the summer quarter decreased 4.3 per cent to $1.17 billion from $1.22 billion due to store closures and a 2.4 per cent decrease in samestore sales, a key metric involving stores open at least a year.

Rona (TSX:RON) said the decrease in same-store sales was affected by a sharp drop in Canadian single-family housing starts, particularly in Quebec where it earns nearly half its revenues.

The company said Ontario and Western Canada performed well aside from 18 Totem stores in Alberta that are being rebranded with the Rona name.

Store closures cut $18.2 million in sales while new openings added $3.5 million.

The retailer has completed eight of 11 planned big box store closures in Ontario and B.C. announced earlier this year.

The remaining three locations will be shuttered by year-end.

Shoppers Drug Mart targets shoppers with individualized offers: CEO

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. (TSX:SC) is working to make its marketing more personalized and targeted at both individuals and specific groups of shoppers.

President and chief executive Do-

menic Pilla said the retailer is in the “very early stages” of using targeted advertising and offers, but they have already helped Shoppers maintain its hold on customers and gain new ones.

“We continue to grow that part of our business and those offers,” he told a conference call with analysts to discuss the company’s latest financial re-

sults.

“We also continue to become smarter about our implementation and more targeted and more relevant so the offers resonate more.”

Shoppers’ Optimum program, which rewards shoppers with points based on how much they spend, helps give the company significant insight into

its customers and allows it to tailor marketing.

The program has 10 million people registered to collect rewards.

Shoppers, which is in the midst of being taken over by Loblaw Companies. Ltd., said Tuesday it earned $165.8 million or 83 cents per share for the quarter ended Oct. 5.

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SPORTS

B4 Bleackley named Rebels’ captain

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

When the Red Deer Rebels coaching staff discussed naming a captain for the 2013-14 WHL season, Conner Bleackley was hardly an after-thought.

Just the contrary, in fact.

“He’s a presence guy and he was a unanimous choice as far as our staff was concerned to be our next captain,” Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter said Tuesday, four days after appointing the second-year forward as the club’s official Conner on-ice leader.

Bleackley “Leadership comes naturally to him. He’s been a captain or an assistant captain on every team he’s played on. Naming him captain and Haydn (Fleury) as an assistant captain shows the direction we’re going here with these young guys, who are certainly two elite players. Conner has proven what type of leader he is. He’s been a very good player for us this season as a 17-year-old.”

Indeed, Bleackley has been the Rebels’ best forward through 21 games and is the team’s scoring leader with 10 goals and 22 points.

Sutter also likes the maturity displayed by the High River native, whose family was hit hard by the June flooding that ravaged the region.

“He went through a lot with that and

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 2013

Rebels shake up front office A front-office appointment will result in a change of address for Shaun Sutter.

Sutter has been promoted from senior scout to Red Deer Rebels assistant general manager/director of player personnel and will eventually move from Calgary to Red Deer.

“Being both a coach and GM is not an easy task as far as putting quality time into both positions,” Brent Sutter, who holds both titles, said Tuesday. “You have to surround yourself with good people to help you out and I just felt it was necessary to have someone like Shaun on both the management and player personnel sides and also have him here with the team.

“He’s a progressive thinker, a creative person, and he can help us.

He’ll move here in the spring and I’ll have someone right here in the office like I used to have with Carter (former Rebels head scout Sears), someone I can sit down and have face-toface meetings with and go through situations regarding players we’re looking at through the bantam draft and also within the league.”

Randy Peterson, who lives in Regina, will keep his role of Rebels handled it very well,” said the Rebels bench boss. “He’s a very mature kid for his age.”

Bleackley, who wore the captain’s ‘C’ for back-to-back wins at Cranbrook and Lethbridge Friday and Saturday, has embraced the challenge that

director of scouting/player development and next season will become the club’s head scout.

“Randy will be more focused on the scouting side. Shaun will be working more with me and will also oversee the bantam draft,” said Brent Sutter. “He will continue to work closely with Randy, which he has done the last two years, but he will be more involved with the team while working with me directly.

“This is something I felt was necessary. It’s not easy dealing over the phone all the time and as a coach and GM you need someone else being hands-on on the hockey side of the business.”

Shaun Sutter was hired as the Rebels senior scout in 2011. He previously played four seasons in the WHL with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, Medicine Hat Tigers and Calgary Hitmen.

Sutter was a fourth-round selection of the Calgary Flames in the 1998 NHL entry draft and played eight seasons of professional hockey. After retiring as a player in 2009, he served as an assistant coach with the Regina Pats for two seasons. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com comes with being team captain.

“For sure it’s a big responsibility, but it’s something I’ve been wanting to take on. It’s definitely going to be a challenge but I’m ready for it,” he said.

Bleackley knows the duties that come with being the officer in com-

mand, and part and parcel of that is simply being a leader by example.

“The biggest thing is playing my game because when I’m playing my game I feel my leadership comes out,” he said. “Of course, saying stuff in the dressing room that needs to be said and picking your spots and making sure the guys are ready . . . that’s also a big responsibility of a captain. You have to know your dressing room too, you have to know what needs to be said and when.”

Bleackley, who projects as a firstround pick in next year’s NHL draft, is proud that he has the confidence of Sutter and the rest of the coaching staff.

“It really makes me feel good that Brent has that kind of trust in me and that he thinks that highly of me,” said the club’s first-round pick — 21st overall — in the 2011 WHL bantam draft.

“It’s up to me now to prove him right.

I’m a reflection of him now with that ‘C’ on my jersey and I’m just honoured to have that.”

Sutter admitted the coaches were waiting for a decision to be made on Matt Dumba — currently with the Minnesota Wild but subject to being returned to the Rebels at some point — before naming a captain, but decided they had waited long enough.

“We knew we had to make a decision that was best for our hockey team moving forward,” said Sutter. “We can’t make decisions based on what Matt Dumba’s future is in Minnesota.

If Matt comes back this season, Conner Bleackley is still our captain.”

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Flames fall to Sharks in OT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Sharks 3 Flames 2 OT CALGARY — The San Jose Sharks got two points they deserved Tuesday night while the Calgary Flames got one point they probably didn’t.

In an odd game that was way closer than it should have been, San Jose won 3-2 on Brad Stuart’s goal 1:13 into overtime.

Stuart jumped up in the rush, drove the net and had Joe Thornton’s shot deflect sharply off his elbow and past Reto Berra for the winner.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had an overtime goal,” said Stuart. “It wasn’t pretty but I’m not going to tell anybody how it went in, it just went in.”

San Jose dominated play throughout the game, outshooting Calgary 35-13, yet weren’t able to put the game away.

“We’ve had a lot of close games and just haven’t been able to finish it,” said Stuart. “Tonight, we let them back in it and we shouldn’t have but for us to get the points, it’ll be a good positive for us moving forward.”

From the start of the game, Calgary’s trademark work ethic was absent and that was a source of frustration for the coaching staff.

“That was the biggest spanking that we’ve taken in the first period,” said Flames coach Bob Hartley. “We didn’t

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San Jose Sharks’ Tomas Hertl tries to get the puck past a diving Calgary Flames goalie Reto Berra during second-period NHL action in Calgary, Tuesday. touch the puck. The only way that we could have touched the puck is if we would have had two pucks out there.”

San Jose got a goal from Logan Couture on its second shift of the game and then a power-play goal from Patrick Marleau in the final minute, taking a 2-0 lead in a period in which they outshot the home side 17-3.

“In the first period, we didn’t see our team at all,” Hartley said. “I asked (assistant coach) Marty Gelinas, should I change my lines and he said yes. I started looking and I couldn’t find three guys that I felt that had decent energy.”

Down 28-6 on the shot clock after 40 minutes yet only down 2-0 thanks to Berra, Calgary finally got enough going

in the third to rally back and tie it.

Calgary’s comeback bid began when it got its first power play of the night six minutes into the period. The Flames would need just five seconds to convert. Rookie Sean Monahan cleanly won a faceoff from Thornton, pulling the puck back to Kris Russell and the Flames defenceman ripped a slapshot past Sharks goaltender Alex Stalock.

The goal snapped a 0-for-30 drought on the power play for Calgary that had lasted nine games and covered more than 54 minutes.

Less than four minutes later, Mike Cammalleri tied it on a backhand at 10:25, setting off a deafening roar from the sell-out Scotiabank Saddledome crowd, announced at 19,289, who un-

til the third period had very little to cheer about.

But that momentary surge would be the long bright spot on the evening for the Flames, who were kicking off a three-game homestand.

“We’re all proud people and that’s been something from day one, we’ve been a team that played with pride and we don’t want to be beat, playing in games where our shot totals look like that,” said Cammalleri. “I don’t see any moral victories in that.”

After missing the first seven games with a hand injury, the pending unrestricted free agent leads the Flames with eight goals in 11 games.

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Drug use suspensions open eyes across the country When news broke early last week that the LethLethbridge AD Avery Harrison told ACAC sports bridge College Kodiaks men’s volleyball team was writer Curtis J Phillips that “it was brought to our suspended for the remainder of the season it sent attention (last) Monday and Ian Bennett (Kodiaks shock waves across the country, not only men’s volleyball head coach) had pretty at the college level but the university solid grounds about what had happened . . level as well. . it just wasn’t hearsay or social media. The Ten members of the Kodiaks 14-man players when questioned admitted that roster were alleged to have used the they did. street drug MDMA, a form for ecstasy, “Our ACAC code of conduct and our according to Global News Lethbridge. (school) code of conduct are pretty clear “When the news came out it was the and the players know it. This was not a conversation all over the country, not knee jerk reaction on our part. There was only in the CCAA (Canadian Colleges no question on what we had to do, there Athletic Conference) but the CIS (Canawas no alternative and we made the right dian Interuniversity Sport) as well,” said decision.”

RDC athletic director Keith Hansen. “It Hansen feels for Harrison, who has been will certainly open a lot of eyes.” involved in the ACAC for 29 years, working COLLEGE It was the first time such an incident at SAIT and Mount Royal prior to LethREPORT has occurred in the Alberta Colleges bridge.

Athletic Conference, where a team was “It’s a tough situation and a tough decisuspended. sion, but one that he had to make,” Han“There was a football team in the CIS sen said. “We have a (RDC) athlete policy suspended because of performance enhancing drugs handbook all the players get before the season and (PED) and there was a girl on one of the Alberta the policies and sanctions are laid out.” teams suspended and lost her medal at the nationThe policies not only pertain to drug use, but the als after being tested for a recreational drug,” said athletes behavior on the road and at home.

Hansen.

“It’s black and white, concerning any drug and the

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players conduct,” he said. “Fortunately we haven’t had to cross that path.”

If a player, or players were to be tested and found with drugs in their system they would be penalized, but also can appeal to an internal committee at RDC. Testing has been a part of the CCAA for several years, but mainly done at the national championships.

“The majority of testing is at the nationals . . . it can be done during the year, but it’s not as common because of the expense,” said Hansen. “But it’s there and you never know when it may happen. They just show up.”

Hansen doesn’t feel sorry for the players who were caught, but does for the four athletes who were “clean.”

“They did nothing wrong, that’s the saddest part is that they’re lumped in with the rest of the guys as the names won’t be released,” he said. “They may also lose a year of eligibility, although they may apply to get it back.” ● The RDC volleyball teams are at home this weekend facing Keyano College. The women get underway at 6 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday with the men’s to follow.

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Changes to overtime being discussed NHL GENERAL MANAGERS DISCUSS CHANGING OVERTIME TO 10 MINUTES, FIGHTING, HYBRID ICING AND PLAYOFF FORMAT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — As entertaining as shootouts can be, having them play a meaningful role in playoff races is not something the NHL wants.

So after 40 of the season’s first 262 games went to a shootout, the league’s general managers discussed at length the possibility of extending overtime Tuesday during their annual meeting following Hockey Hall of Fame induction night. Fighting, hybrid icing and the playoff format also came up.

GMs have been discussing making overtime 10 minutes to cut down on shootouts “to some degree,” according to Ken Holland of the Detroit Red Wings, but there isn’t a consensus yet on which format to adopt.

Holland would prefer five minutes of four-on-four followed by five minutes of three-on-three, while Doug Armstrong of the St. Louis Blues and others want simply 10 minutes of fouron-four.

“I like the idea of the games being decided prior to the shootout, and if we had to extend four-on-four play I would understand that,” Armstrong said.

“We talked about four-on-four, then a three-on-three. I’m not sure about the three-on-three yet because I don’t see it enough in our regular games in the 60 minutes or in the overtime to see what effect that would have.”

No rule changes on overtime or anything else came about, and they weren’t expected to. As usual, this gettogether was designed to set up the next GMs meeting in March.

“A lot of ideas are discussed, whether it be rule changes or amendments, a lot of different things that get brought to the table here,” Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman said. “And then the league, the managers, spend time getting prepared for that March meeting. Today was mostly, I found, just a discussion of guys bringing up ideas, different concepts.”

When it comes to overtime, any alterations proposed for next season may be as simple as changing ends of the ice to make it more difficult for teams to change lines. That’s an idea proposed by Lou Lamoriello of the New Jersey Devils, one that would have the intent that more tired players would lead to more goals before resorting to a shootout.

“Extended overtime, I’m kind of on the fence,” Peter Chiarelli of the Boston Bruins said. “We talk about fouron-four and then switching to threeon-three. I think any time that you can maybe create a more real hockey situation to determine the game, I think it’s good.”

Yzerman voiced support for 10 minutes of four-on-four. He was surprised when the conversation moved more toward three-on-three hockey.

“I think four-on-four overtime is extremely exciting,” Yzerman said. “Regardless of the teams playing I always find it to be some of the most exciting moments of a game.”

Extending overtime could get a very serious look when the GMs reconvene in Florida March 10-12, and Holland said he’d even be fine settling on seven or eight minutes instead of 10.

But as executive vice president and director of hockey operations Colin Campbell pointed out, it would be unfair to decide such an important element of the game in one seven-hour meeting.

The same can be said of any rule changes, though the GMs did discuss fighting Tuesday, both in general terms and in relation to goaltenders after incidents this season involving Montreal tough guy George Parros suffering a concussion after his head hit the ice and Philadelphia goaltender Ray Emery skating over the red-line to pummel Washington netminder Braden Holtby.

“I would say that the general consensus in there was that we’re OK with where fighting is right now,” Holland said. “With regards to goalie fighting, we’d like to do something. We don’t really like to see goalies fighting.”

Emery was not suspended for his role in the brawl between the Flyers and Capitals because the NHL did not have a rule in place to serve as precedent. That could change after the March meeting if the GMs decide to make it an automatic suspension for goalies who cross the red line to fight.

“There are situations that arise that you can’t just paint it all with one brush, similar to the instigator in the last five minutes,” Campbell said.

“I think that we need more time in a breakout meeting in March, but we discussed that fairly intensively today.”

Fighting is routinely on the agenda

Stampeders make most of extra time before division final CFL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — With players moving in and out of the lineup, the bye week was especially beneficial for the Calgary Stampeders.

The Stampeders have the luxury of more time to prepare for next Sunday’s Western Division final than the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who are coming off their division semifinal win Sunday over the B.C. Lions.

Calgary won the West with the CFL’s best record of 14-4.

So instead of preparing to win a game last week, the Stampeders got an early start on adjusting to life without injured receiver Marquay McDaniel and defensive tackles Demonte Bolden and Micah Johnson.

Receivers Joe West and Brad Sinopoli participated in their fourth practices Tuesday after returning from a shoulder injury and a concussion, respectively.

The Stampeders continued auditioning for replacements on the defensive line with Junior Turner, Etienne Legare, Freddie Bishop and six-foot-six behemoth Earl Okine getting reps Tuesday.

“Sometimes you don’t know how the bye week will help you, but it helped us in that sense,” Stampeder quarterback Kevin Glenn said.

“Getting guys acclimated with the positions they may play in this game was big. Having those practices and letting those guys work in those positions, it helped having that bye. If we would have had to possibly go right into playing a game, it might have been a

little bit tougher.”

McDaniel posted the first 1,000-yard season of his career, only to have it end with a high ankle sprain in the regular-season finale versus the B.C. Lions.

Both Johnson and Bolden suffered damaged knee ligaments in that game and will not play in the West final.

Veteran slotback Nik Lewis has been sidelined since August with a broken leg. With McDaniel following him onto the injured list, getting West and Sinopoli up to speed again is crucial.

Import wide receiver Jeff Fuller signed with the Stampeders in September and played just the final three games of the regular season.

“It’s good that we had this extra time . . . to get a few more days on the practice field executing the offence,” head coach John Hufnagel said.

West had three touchdown catches in his first four games this season before his shoulder injury in Week 4. He returned to the lineup in September only to re-injure it in his second game back.

Sinopoli, a Canadian college quarterback converted into a receiver, missed the final two games of the season with a concussion. A one-handed catch on a 42-yard gain in his debut at receiver in July continues to be shown on highlight reels.

The Peterborough, Ont., native says the extra work in practice without the pounding of a game has helped his transition back onto the field.

“It helps and it helps just with the legs and feeling fresh,” Sinop-

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oli said. “I feel like the season just started now. I don’t feel like I’ve been playing for 20 weeks or whatever it’s been. It’s huge.”

The bye week has to be managed properly for it to be an advantage and not a disadvantage, said running back Jon Cornish.

“People talk about the bye week being a week off, but as long as you don’t view it as that, it’s a beneficial thing,” the CFL’s leading rusher explained.

“The bye week is supposed to be a week of practice, a hard week of practice, working out and still doing all the things you should be doing to get ready for a game, and then just not playing the game. We had that mindset this year.

“A few years back, we sort of had this mindset that the bye week was some sort of week off and we shouldn’t be practising hard. You get your rest from not playing in the football game.”

McMahon Stadium temperatures for Calgary over the next few days are forecasted to stay above zero. Hufnagel hopes that is true because frigid temperatures makes for difficult practices.

“It’s hard to keep these men out there for an hour and 45 minutes and expect them to have full attention when it’s minus-20 degrees,” Hufnagel said.

Sunday’s forecast is for flurries and a high of minus-11. But the coach says he’s more concerned about high winds than a low temperature on game day.

“As far as how wind effects the game, it almost cuts the game in half,” he said.

“When you have the wind, you have to make hay and when you don’t have the wind, hopefully you can hold on.”

MacTavish says Oilers haven’t changed mind on Yakupov despite agent’s comments

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Craig MacTavish isn’t taking too kindly to comments made

by Nail Yakupov’s agent about his client’s role with the Edmonton Oilers.

A day after Igor Larionov told ESPN.com that he’d be open to a trade from the Oilers, MacTavish accused the reporter who wrote the story of “manufacturing it” and defended the team’s treatment of Yakupov.

“There’s nothing changed from our perspective on Yak,” MacTavish said.

“The only thing I will say is that adversity in my mind is something that helps spur development.

Yak’s facing a little bit of adversity, but there aren’t too many players of that age that haven’t. That’s really all I have to say about it.”

Larionov’s message to the Oilers, via ESPN.com, was to let the 20-year-old Yakupov play. The 2012 No. 1 overall pick was a healthy scratch for two games earlier in the season and is averaging 15:28 of ice time a game.

“I asked Craig, I said, ’If you guys (are) not happy with him or you have no room for him ... we’re willing to make a move.

Any team,”’ Larionov told ESPN.com. “That happens

If Dumba appears in more than 40 NHL games this season he will be eligible for free agency a year earlier than normal. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

“The other guy played pretty good. He saw a lot of rubber and played a heck of a game for them,” said Stalock, the 26-yearold from St. Paul, Minnesota. “On my end, it was pretty quiet for two periods. It was a little tougher. You’ve got a lot more time to think about the next puck than just reacting.”

“In the third, we were desperate and I felt that we saw our good old team again but all that said. If not for Reto Berra, the Sharks can get on the plane after the first period and they’d already have the two points,” said Hartley.

San Jose (11-2-5) snaps a five-game winless skid, although in a similar way to Tuesday’s result, it was misleading. During the span, they had three shootout losses and one loss in overtime.

“We’ve been playing good hockey, we just haven’t been winning shootouts. To get the full two (points), it’s finally nice,” said Thornton. “We had two hiccups but we played good tonight. That’s how we need to play every night.”

Calgary (6-9-3), kicking off a three-game homestand, is winless in its last four.

Berra’s record falls to 1-2-1 while Stalock continues his unusual distinction of having won more games than he has started in his brief NHL time.

He won his NHL debut in relief on Feb. 1, 2011. Replacing Antti Niemi halfway through the second period with the Sharks down 3-0 to Phoenix, he made nine saves as San Jose rallied back to beat the Coyotes 5-3.

In his first NHL start just over two weeks ago, it was a much busier evening as he was peppered for 40 shots in San Jose’s 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators.

RDC: Undefeated

REBELS: Firm decision during the road trip FLAMES: Second “We had to make a firm decision during the road trip, it was important in terms of settling the club down. We asked each other where our leadership has come from this season and it always came back to Conner,” added Sutter.

The Rebels posted a respectable 3-3 record on their recent six-game trip, but more importantly are riding a two-game win streak and a measure of momentum heading into Friday’s home date with the Moose Jaw Warriors.

“We’ve been under-achieving so far this season,” said Bleackley. “Losing three in a row on the road trip . . . that was really tough for us. There were games we should have won and one or two we just didn’t show up for.

“These last two wins against Kootenay and Lethbridge, especially coming off four games in five nights, were huge for us. But it doesn’t mean anything unless we follow it up here Friday.” ● While Dumba recently appeared in his 10th regular-season game for the Wild, which started the clock ticking on his threeyear entry-level contract, Sutter hasn’t closed the door on his potential return.

“I was told a month ago by Matt’s agent that 10 games would not be a bench mark,” said Sutter.

The important number, he noted, is 41.

at these meetings, though Parros suffering a concussion on opening night as a result of a fall after fighting Toronto’s Colton Orr has made it more of a hot topic for those outside the industry. Within the NHL offices Tuesday, there wasn’t a seismic shift on the issue.

“My impression coming out is in that meeting today there’s not really a push for making any changes to the rules on fighting,” Yzerman said.

The GMs also got clarification on the playoff format, which could include wild-card teams crossing over because of total points even if four make it from each division in one conference. Under the new alignment and format, the top three teams from each division and two wild cards from each conference qualify.

“Certainly my personal opinion is wherever possible to stay within the division, it creates rivalries, less travel,” Holland said. “That’s obviously part of the reason why we went to two divisions in each conference was to build rivalries, less travel. Obviously there’s a crossover component, we talked about it today, and that’s why we’re going to continue to talk about it in March.”

Director of officiating Stephen Walkom briefed the GMs on hybrid icing, which commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday was an ongoing adjustment for players and officials. Walkom said there are roughly the same number of icing plays per game as last season, which was played under the traditional rule.

“All the players, coaches and the officials are on a fast-ramp learning curve to get this rule right,” Walkom said. “So far we’re getting better at. We haven’t had anybody slamming into the boards, and we have the same number of icings. That’s probably a real good thing.”

The Kings are ranked No. 1 in Canada and the Queens fifth. ● The basketball squads play a homeand-home against SAIT — Friday in Calgary and Saturday at RDC, beginning with the women’s game at 6 p.m.

The undefeated Kings moved up to third in the rankings this week. The Queens take a 4-2 record in against SAIT, 3-3. ● Cross-country runner Devin Woodland and basketball’s Mozanga Ekwalanga shared the Boston Pizza RDC athlete of the week award.

Woodland placed sixth at the Canadian championships. He was named to the CCAA All-Canadian team and to the first all-star team at the nationals.

Ekwalanga received the player of the game award as the Queens defeated Lakeland College 66-62 Friday.

She had 21 points while shooting over 50 per cent.

Volleyball’s Amber Adolf and Queens hockey rearguard Casey Nicholson received recognition on the women’s side and basketball’s Mari Peoples-Wong and hockey’s Dustin Lebrun on the men’s side.

Queens volleyball received the Breathing Room team of the week award. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

and that’s part of life. Let’s move on.”

Coach Dallas Eakins told the Edmonton Journal that Yakupov was not going anywhere, a sentiment MacTavish repeated Tuesday. Asked if Larionov might have a point about Yakupov getting a chance to play more, MacTavish voiced support for Eakins’ decisions.

“I think Yak’s been treated very fairly since he’s been in our organization,” he said. “We like Yak, I’ve said that many times. It’s a much bigger story for you people, and it’s becoming a bit of a distraction for us right now because we’re having to answer these questions.

“We feel the same way about Yak as the day we drafted him. He’s a dynamic player that’s going to need time to develop and get to the level that we all expect him to get to. Is it a smooth line from where he is now to what he’s going to become as a player? No, there’s going to be ups and downs along the way, and anybody that’s been in the game for any length of time will tell you that that is the case.”

MacTavish said Yakupov’s struggles are part of his development and that “anybody with any common sense would tell you the same thing.” He then told reporters to relax and left abruptly.

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Burke says his teams have no-hazing policy

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Brian Burke is not concerned about bullying in the Calgary Flames dressing room.

The team’s president of hockey operations has a no-hazing policy — and always has.

The issue of bullying in pro sports locker-rooms has taken centre stage recently after Miami Dolphins offensive linemen Jonathan Martin left the team amid accusations he had been harassed by teammate Richie Incognito.

During a keynote address at the PrimeTime Sports Management Conference on Tuesday, Burke was asked whether his team has had to implement any changes as a result of the Dolphins’ case.

“We already have a no-hazing policy,” said Burke, who was hired by the Flames in September.

“I mean when I was a rookie in the American (Hockey) League, I got shaved, I got initiated and all that stuff. I’ve seen that happen to a lot of guys and I thought it was really stupid at the time. So we’ve never allowed hazing on any of my teams, even when I was an assistant GM back in ’87 with Pat Quinn (in Vancouver).

“No rookie initiations, no shaving, no physical abuse whatsoever. One of the forms of abuse (elsewhere) is to make the rookies (pay) a huge tab for a

rookie dinner, where it costs them 15 to 20 grand. We have a cap of $5,000 on the rookie dinner. No rookie can pay more than $5,000. There’s no physical abuse, no racial abuse, no homophobic abuse. So I’m not worried about having that situation on our team.”

Burke had a brief pro career as a player in the American Hockey League before going to law school.

He won a Calder Cup with the Maine Mariners in 1978.

“Now I know as a player, if I felt I was getting bullied, I know what I’d do — I’d end it right there in the dressing room,” Burke said. “Whether I wanted to fight or not, I’d fight the guy. I’m amazed that this has gotten to where it is without the players dealing with this.”

Martin, a second-year pro, left the Dolphins two weeks ago. His lawyer has alleged Martin was harassed daily by teammates, including Incognito, who has been suspended.

Incognito is white and Martin is biracial. Teammates both black and white have said Incognito is not a racist, and they’ve been more supportive of the veteran guard than they have of Martin.

Burke said on occasion he would confront teammates if he thought they were being timid during a game.

“I have gotten right in their face and cursed at them and said, ’You better stop worrying about what

this (opponent) is going to do to you and you better start worrying about what I might do to you if you don’t get going here,”’ he said.

“Now is that bullying in the middle of the game when you think a guy is losing courage and you’re trying to buck him up? Is that bullying? To me it’s not.”

Burke added that players often work things out on their own.

“In our (game), I’ve had coaches grab me, I’ve had teammates grab me and I’ve grabbed teammates during games and during practice,” he said. “I’ve fought teammates in practice that I thought were disrespectful to the coach, I fought them in practice.

“I won’t apologize for that. That’s not bullying, that’s a team sorting things out.”

Burke, a former player agent, has had a long career as a hockey executive. The 58-year-old native of Providence, R.I., joined the Canucks as director of hockey operations in 1987 and later served as general manager of the team.

He also worked as a GM in Toronto, Hartford and Anaheim. Burke has also worked at the NHL’s head office and in an executive capacity for USA Hockey.

He was GM of the American men’s team that won silver at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Burke is director of player personnel for the squad that will play at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia.

Panthers snap nine-game losing streak with win over Ducks NHL ROUNDUP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PANTHERS 3 DUCKS 2 SUNRISE, Fla. — Brad Boyes scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Tim Thomas stopped 32 shots and the Florida Panthers snapped a nine-game losing streak Tuesday night with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.

Scottie Upshall and Shawn Matthias also scored for the Panthers, who earned their first win under new coach Peter Horachek and ended Anaheim’s five-game winning streak. Upshall also had an assist to help Florida rally from two goals down.

The Panthers won for the first time since beating Minnesota 2-1 on Oct. 19.

It was their first victory in three games under Horachek, who took over when Kevin Dineen was fired last Friday.

Hampus Lindholm and Andrew Cogliano scored for the Ducks (15-41), who lead the NHL with 31 points.

Frederik Andersen made 22 saves but lost for the first time in seven career starts.

SABRES 3, KINGS 2, SO BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Cody Hodgson scored two goals, Ryan Miller made 43 saves and Buffalo beat Los Angeles to avoid matching the worst home start in NHL history.

Matt Moulson and Tyler Ennis scored in the shootout for the Sabres (4-15-1) and Miller stopped both Los Angeles shooters. Buffalo was winless in its first nine home games, one short of the NHL record set by Pittsburgh in 1983-84. Justin Williams and Dwight King scored in regulation for the Kings (11-7-0), who had won their previous two games.

The Kings outshot the Sabres 45-17 for the game, holding a 15-4 advantage after one period and 30-7 after two.

COYOTES 3, BLUES 2, OT ST. LOUIS (AP) — Oliver EkmanLarsson scored 56 seconds into overtime and Mike Smith made 37 saves to give Phoenix a victory over St. Louis.

Ekman-Larsson, who had an assist on Phoenix’s first goal, took a pass from Mike Ribeiro and beat goalie Jaroslav Halak with a shot from just inside the blue line.

Smith had faced the most shots of any NHL goalie coming into the game (516). He saw another 39 in this one, including 13 in the third period.

David Moss and Mikkel Boedker had the other Phoenix goals. Maxim Lapierre and Roman Polak scored for the Blues. Halak made 16 saves.

DEVILS 3, RANGERS 2 NEW YORK (AP) — Dainius Zubrus netted the tiebreaking goal with 2:55 left, Ryan Carter scored his first two goals of the season and New Jersey snapped New York’s three-game win-

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New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur stops a shot by New York Rangers’ Ryan Callahan during the second period of an NHL game Tuesday, in New York. ning streak.

Zubrus put in a loose puck after his shot was blocked by defenceman Dan Girardi for his third goal. That was enough to give Martin Brodeur a third straight win.

Girardi had gotten the Rangers even when he scored his first of the season with 7:42 left. Girardi banked in a shot from the blue line off the skate of Devils defenceman Adam Larsson.

Brodeur, who earlier this season conceded his starting job to newcomer Cory Schneider started and won for the third time in four games. His previous two outings resulted in shutouts.

The 41-year-old Brodeur, who made 33 saves, also allowed a second-period goal to Marc Staal in earning his NHLrecord 674th win.

CAPITALS 4, BLUE JACKETS 3, OT WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin put in a rebound 1:34 into overtime to lift Washington over Columbus.

Ovechkin’s 14th goal of the season came when he was perched by the crease to stuff in the puck after Marcus Johansson’s shot was saved by Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.

Washington’s Mikhail Grabovski sent the game to overtime by getting his stick on a loose puck with 1:45 remaining in regulation, capping a backand-forth third period.

John Carlson and Joel Ward also scored for the Capitals, who have won five of seven and five straight at home.

Braden Holtby made 24 saves.

Brandon Dubinsky, Jared Boll and Cam Atkinson scored for the Blue Jackets, who have dropped six of seven. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots.

HURRICANES 2, AVALANCHE 1 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal and Patrick Dwyer each had a goal and an assist and Carolina handed Colorado its first loss in seven road games this season.

Carolina goalie Justin Peters stopped 33 shots, while Colorado’s Semyon Varlamov stopped 26.

Carolina has points in four straight games (3-0-1), all at home, since snapping a five-game losing streak. =ISLANDERS 3, PREDATORS 1 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — John Tavares, Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Kyle Okposo scored, and Kevin Poulin made 32 saves as New York beat Nashville to snap a four-game losing streak.

The 23-year-old Poulin was sharp throughout as the Islanders (7-9-3) played a strong game following a dismal road trip during which they lost four games without recording a point.

Predators right wing Patric Hornqvist ruined Poulin’s shutout bid with his fifth goal of the season with 5:30 remaining.

JETS 3, RED WINGS 2, SO DETROIT (AP) — Devin Setoguchi and Andrew Ladd scored in the shootout to give Winnipeg the win against Detroit.

Bryan Little and Zach Bogosian scored for Winnipeg in regulation. Ondrej Pavelec made 41 saves. Pavel Datsyuk scored twice for Detroit. Jimmy Howard stopped 19 shots. Daniel Alfredsson scored in the shootout.

LIGNTNING 2, CANADIENS 1, SO MONTREAL (AP) — Valtteri Filppula scored the only goal in the shootout and Tampa Bay topped Montreal in their first game without Steven Stamkos.

The Lightning were without Stamkos, their leading goal scorer, who broke his right leg after crashing into the net against the Bruins on Monday.

Stamkos had surgery Tuesday and is expected to miss several weeks.

Ryan Malone scored in regulation for Tampa Bay (13-5-0), while Ben Bishop stopped 28 shots.

Daniel Briere scored for Montreal (9-8-2) and Carey Price made 44 saves.

FLYERS 5, SENATORS 0 OTTAWA (AP) — Jakub Voracek scored twice, Steve Mason made 24 saves and Philadelphia shut out Ottawa.

The Flyers have back-to-back wins and have scored nine goals in the two games, marking just the third time this season they have scored more than twice in a game.

Matt Read, Vincent Lecavalier and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Flyers (6-10-1), while Claude Giroux added two assists.

Argos lose Kackert for rest of season with broken ankle

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — If the Toronto Argonauts are going to defend their CFL title, they’re going to have to do it without their Grey Cup MVP. Chad Kackert underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a broken ankle and is done for the year, the final blow in a season full of them for the Argos’ explosive running back.

If the Argos can take any measure of comfort into Sunday’s East Division final versus the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, it’s that they’ve been in this spot for the better part of the season — having to make do without the player who led them to Grey Cup glory a year ago.

“All injuries are frustrating,” Argos head coach Scott Milanovich said after Tuesday’s walk-through.

“From his perspective it was very disappointing, it was a tough year for him with the injuries and finally felt like he was getting healthy, finally felt like he was getting his chance to get in there and do what he wanted to do all year.

“Our team is very disappointed for him, but it’s football, but you’ve got to rally, and we’ve got guys who fortunately have played well.”

Milanovich said he will rely on backups Jerious Norwood and Curtis Steele to fill in for Kackert, and — regrettably for Kackert — it won’t be the first time.

The speedy running back missed 10 of 18 games this season after injuring his knee and shoulder (twice), plus suffering a concussion.

The five-foot-eight, 206-pound Kackert was still Toronto’s leading rusher this season, running for 480 yards on 71 carries (6.8-yard average) with three touchdowns. The former New Hampshire star added 23 catches for 184 yards and a TD. A season he’d surely love to forget finally came to a crashing halt Friday afternoon when he injured his ankle at practice at Rogers Centre.

The disappointment in losing Kackert is tempered, Milanovich said, by the fact other players have stepped up all season when others have been hurt.

“Absolutely, (Norwood and Steele) have played and played well, and played in big games, even on the road, Jerious played in Calgary and Saskatchewan and helped us get wins,” Milanovich said. “It would be more nerve-wracking had they not played, and you didn’t have the confidence level that they’re going to be in there and execute what you’re doing.

“As disappointing as it is for Kack, me as a coach and the players as a team have faith in the guys who are going to fill in for him. We’re just going to have to move on, unfortunately.”

Norwood, who is still adjusting to Canadian football, is coming off a big game, running for 102 yards on eight carries in Toronto’s 23-20 loss to Montreal in the Nov. 1 regular-season finale. Norwood added four catches for 62 yards in replacing Kackert, who in a cruel twist was healthy that night and given the game off to rest for the playoffs.

“It was just a terrible accident, and all our thoughts and prayers go out to Kack, but we’ve got to keep rolling,” Norwood said. “It’s a team game, when one guy goes down, the next man has got to step up, stick together as a team. Just finish strong.”

Norwood, who spent five seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and was signed by the Argos on Aug. 14 as an insurance policy, has been by Kackert’s house to visit his injured teammate.

“I just let him know that I loved him and we loved him as a team, and we support him,” Norwood said.

“He was actually feeling pretty good. . . he’s in a good mood, good spirits, hopefully we can go out and get a win for him.”

Quarterback Ricky Ray said sometimes unfortunate, crazy things happen in practice, and that it was a big blow to see a teammate go down, especially Kackert with his big-play potential.

“It’s tough not having him but we’ve got some guys that got a lot of experience this year when he was out, and guys that we feel can go in and do the job,” Ray said. “It would be more difficult if Chad had been there the whole year and played every game and now we’re trying to find guys that can come in without any experience to fill that role. But we’ve got guys that got significant playing time this year that can come in and do a good job.”

Steele’s best game came in his Argos debut, running for two touchdowns in Toronto’s 38-12 romp over the B.C. Lions on July 30.

“We just knew the situation, (Milanovich) told us that he’s got the guys, we’ve been in this situation before since early in the year when Kack went down and I had to step up and fill those shoes,” the rookie running back said. “He just told us to be ready, prepare like we always have.”

The broken ankle is a heartbreaking ending for Kackert, who was a major part of Toronto’s success late last season.

Just a couple of weeks ago, on the eve of his most recent return to the lineup — this time after missing two weeks with a shoulder injury — he had talked about finding solace from Rudyard Kipling’s inspirational poem If. Two lines of the poem read: “If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same. . .” “(The poem offers) perspective and that if I let anything get to my character, then I’ve lost,” Kackert said in an interview the day before Toronto’s Oct. 24 game versus Winnipeg. “I kind of had to take that in and understand that’s the one thing I do have that can’t be taken away.”

Kackert was presented with last year’s Grey Cup MVP after powering through the Calgary Stampeders defence for 133 yards on 20 carries in Toronto’s 35-22 victory. He added 62 yards on eight catches out of the backfield.

SCOREBOARD Local Sports Thursday ● Men’s basketball: Woody’s RV vs.

Sheraton Red Deer, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Grandview Allstars, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday ● College volleyball: Fort McMurray Keyano at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Moose Jaw at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Boxing: Rumble in Red Deer, 7 p.m., Westerner Harvest Centre. ● Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Elks, 7:45 p.m., Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m. ● Junior women’s hockey: Medicine Hat at Central Alberta Amazons, 8:30 p.m., Bowden Arena.

Saturday ● Bantam AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Ramada, 11:30 a.m., Arena; Taber at Red Deer Steel Kings, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Bantam football: Tier 2 provincial final — Calgary Bulldogs at Lacombe, 11 a.m., MEGlobal Athletic Park. ● College volleyball: Fort McMurray Keyano at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● High school football: Provincial sixman semifinal — Breton at Rimbey, 1:30 p.m., Lacombe MEGlobal Athletic Park. ● Midget AA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Elks, 2 p.m., Arena; Calgary Canucks at Sylvan Lake, 7:30 p.m. ● High school football: Provincial tier 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 7 1 .875 — Houston 5 3 .625 2 Dallas 5 3 .625 2 New Orleans 3 4 .429 3 1/2 Memphis 3 4 .429 3 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 5 1 .833 — Portland 5 2 .714 1/2 Minnesota 5 3 .625 1 Denver 2 4 .333 3 Utah 0 8 .000 6

semifinal — Ardrossan at Sylvan Lak, 4 p.m., Lacombe MEGlobal Athletic Park.

Junior women’s hockey: Medicine Hat at Central Alberta Amazons, 4:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Buffaloes at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● College basketball: SAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Peewee AA hockey: Medicine Hat Black at Sylvan Lake, 6 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Major midget female hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer, 7:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; High River at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Sunday

● Major midget female hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer, 10:30 a.m., Collicutt Centre ● Bantam AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Ramada, noon, Arena; Okotoks at Sylvan Lake, 2:30 p.m. ● Major bantam female hockey: Calgary Outlaws at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Kin City B. ● Peewee AA hockey: Medicine Hat Black at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Midget AA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Carstar, Monstars vs. Vikings, 4:15 p.m.; Orangemen vs. Dream Team, Rusty Chuckers vs. Wells Furniture, The Secret Runs vs. Alken Basin Drillers, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

Monday-Club 55 plus High single: Bill Dunlop 300. High triple: Dunlop 711.

Monday Mixed High single: Mike Sabbe 272. High triple: Sabbe 689.

Tuesday Mixed High single: Jason Smith 355. High triple: Smith 798.

Wednesday-Club 55 plus High single: Ray Clark 296. High triple: Doug Murray 696.

Wednesday Mixed High single: Norm Bota 279. High triple: Don Lattery 677.

Thursday Morning Ladies High single: Chris Palm 229. High triple: Teresa Kutynec 570.

Thursday Afternoon Special Olympics Mixed High single: Eileen Mundorf 213. High double: Mundorf 393.

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

Pacific Division W L Pct 5 2 .714 5 3 .625 4 3 .571 3 5 .375 1 5 .167

GB — 1/2 1 2 1/2 3 1/2

Monday’s Games San Antonio 109, Philadelphia 85 Indiana 95, Memphis 79 Atlanta 103, Charlotte 94 Boston 120, Orlando 105 Chicago 96, Cleveland 81 Houston 110, Toronto 104,2OT Denver 100, Utah 81 Portland 109, Detroit 103 L.A. Clippers 109, Minnesota 107 Tuesday’s Games Miami 118, Milwaukee 95 Dallas 105, Washington 95 Detroit at Golden State, late New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, late Wednesday’s Games Milwaukee at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Houston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 6 p.m.

New York at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

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

L.A. Lakers at Denver, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Utah, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Portland, 8 p.m.

Brooklyn at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday Mixed High single: Tim Vruwink 282. High triple: Neil Garbutt 706.

Monday Scratch League High single: Andre Grenier 334. High quad: Gene Ziebarth 1,048.

Youth Bowling of Canada (YBC) Bumpers High single: Rogan Clark 96.

Bowlasaurus High single: Jonathan Holford 81.

Peewees High single: Ashlyn Makarenko 129. High double: Makarenko 244.

Bantams High single: Kennedy Chrest 197. High triple: Chrest 544.

Juniors High single: Jessica Achtemichuk 266. High triple: PJ Clubine 615.

Seniors High single: Jaymin Wudkevich 308. High triple: Aurora Crockford 717.

Dorowicz scores late in overtime to get Grizzlys the victory OLDS — Team captain Spencer Dorowicz scored with half a second remaining in overtime to give the Olds Grizzlys a 2-1 win over the Grande Prairie Storm in an AJHL game viewed by 300 fans Tuesday at the Sportsplex.

With the Grizzlys on the power play, Dorowicz cut to the net and tipped a corner feed from Taylor Bilyk past Storm netminder Nick Kulmanovsky.

Olds defenceman Matt Hanger opened the scoring at 15:29 of the second period with a shot from the top of the faceoff circle that caught the far top corner.

But the visitors responded just 74 seconds later when Syl-

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Swift Current 23 14 8 0 1 90 70 Prince Albert 22 12 8 2 0 76 72 Regina 21 11 10 0 0 61 69 Saskatoon 23 9 11 1 2 80 91 Brandon 21 10 11 0 0 70 80 Moose Jaw 24 7 13 2 2 59 83 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Medicine Hat 19 13 3 3 0 75 54 Edmonton 21 12 8 0 1 75 51 Calgary 20 10 6 1 3 66 69 Kootenay 21 11 8 2 0 62 63 Red Deer 21 9 11 0 1 56 66 Lethbridge 23 3 17 1 2 58 114

Pt 29 26 22 21 20 18 Pt 29 25 24 24 19 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 18 14 2 0 2 77 43 30 Victoria 22 12 9 0 1 54 57 25 Prince George 23 8 11 1 3 66 90 20 Vancouver 22 8 11 2 1 65 81 19 Kamloops 21 6 12 2 1 59 79 15 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 21 15 4 1 1 99 66 32 Everett 20 14 3 3 0 69 50 31 Spokane 21 14 7 0 0 82 56 28 Tri-City 23 12 9 0 2 65 59 26 Seattle 20 11 7 0 2 72 73 24 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 Monday’s results Swift Current 7 Moose Jaw 1 Brandon 5 Lethbridge 3 Everett 4 Vancouver 3 (OT) Kootenay 5 Calgary 1 Tuesday’s results Lethbridge 5 Moose Jaw 3 Prince Albert 4 Saskatoon 1 Medicine Hat at Prince George, late Seattle at Portland, late Wednesday’s games Kootenay at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Brandon at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Regina at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday’s games Moose Jaw at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Bowling Heritage Lanes Weekly Results

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 2013

Hockey

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 4 4 .500 — Boston 4 4 .500 — Toronto 3 5 .375 1 New York 2 4 .333 1 Brooklyn 2 4 .333 1 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 5 3 .625 — Atlanta 4 3 .571 1/2 Charlotte 3 4 .429 1 1/2 Orlando 3 5 .375 2 Washington 2 5 .286 2 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 8 0 1.000 — Chicago 3 3 .500 4 Cleveland 3 5 .375 5 Milwaukee 2 4 .333 5 Detroit 2 4 .333 5

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van Lake native and Red Deer midget AAA graduate Chase Thudium beat Grizzlys goaltender Ethan Jemieff with a quick shot from inside the circle.

Jemieff stopped 34 shots, including at least two that were labelled. Kulmanovsky, who stopped Ty Mappin on a shorthanded breakaway in overtime and also stoned Dorowicz in the third period, finished with 25 saves.

The Grizzlys, who improved to 10-11-4 and sit sixth in the South Division, return to action Thursday against the host Camrose Kodiaks, then host the Drumheller Dragons Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

MINOR HOCKEY Peewee A Cole Hardman scored twice Sunday to lead Red Deer Sunrise Roofing to a 5-3 peewee A hockey win over the visiting Innisfail Flyers.

Kyle Gladney, Eric Melnyk and Kyle Bax also scored for the winners, while the Flyers got goals from Logan Gooder-Zimmer, Konnor Green and Kaleb Kremp.

Atom A Blake Morley and Preston Montgomery each netted two goals as the Rocky Mountain House Warriors downed Red Deer Motors 7-4 Sunday.

Also scoring for the Warriors were Kalen Strawberry, Tye Freigang and Talon Daychief. Taylor Hardman, with two goals, Jaxin Browes and Marcel Fletcher scored in a losing cause.

The Innisfail Flyers blanked Red Deer Motors 6-0 Saturday as Anthony Chatwood, Dustin Bates, Cade Amundson, Keenan Green, Blake Schneider and Dustin Bates each had a goal.

Tuesday’s summaries Hurricanes 5, Warriors 3 First Period 1. Moose Jaw, Brown 8 (Eberle, Rodewald) 6:35 (pp) 2. Lethbridge, Blomqvist 6 (Wong, Sayers) 12:04 (pp) 3. Moose Jaw, Uhrich 4 (Sleptsov, White) 15:01 (pp) 4. Lethbridge, Blomqvist 7 (Hackman, Estephan) 17:26 Second Period 5. Moose Jaw, Forsberg 1 (Uhrich, Point) 5:45.

6. Lethbridge, Blomqvist 8 (Watson) 16:55.

7. Lethbridge, Maxwell 5 (unassisted) 17:24.

Third Period 8. Lethbridge, Watson 7 (Laurencelle) 12:44 Shots on goal Lethbridge 8 11 5 — 24 Moose Jaw 14 13 12 — 39 Goal — Lethbridge: Tai (W, 1-2-0); Moose Jaw: Paulic (L, 3-11-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Lethbridge: 1-2; Moose Jaw: 2-5.

Raiders 4, Blades 1 First Period 1. Prince Albert, Gennaro 5 (Guhle, Vanstone) 2:37 2. Prince Albert, Winther 2 (Andrlik, Hart) 7:00 3. Saskatoon, Harland 1 (Coghlan, Nikkel) 9:11 (pp) Second Period 4. Prince Albert, Conroy 6 (Braid, Draisaitl) 4:11 Third Period 5. Prince Albert, Zaharichuk 4 (Danyluk, Johnston) 13:48 Shots on goal Saskatoon 9 9 11 — 29 Prince Albert 13 14 19 — 46 Goal — Saskatoon: Moodie (L, 6-8-1); Prince Albert: McBride (W, 3-2-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Saskatoon: 1-2; Prince Albert: 0-2.

Red Deer Rebels Scoring GP G A Pts PIM +/Bleackley 21 10 12 22 13 1 Dieno 21 7 11 18 9 -1 Volek 21 6 7 13 7 0 Bellerive 20 5 8 13 19 -2 Fleury 20 3 10 13 4 2 Maxwell 21 5 6 11 10 -3 Gaudet 20 3 7 10 26 -11 Pawlenchuk 7 4 3 7 0 5 Sutter 14 4 3 7 18 -4 Musil 14 2 4 6 17 -3 Johnson 21 2 3 5 25 1 Doetzel 19 0 4 4 34 3 Charif 18 1 2 3 0 1 Chorney 14 2 0 2 8 -3 Mpofu 21 1 1 2 4 -4 Polei 14 0 2 2 11 -2 Dixon 19 0 2 2 46 -4 Stockl 16 1 0 1 7 -6 Nell 16 0 1 1 4 -3 Burman 5 0 0 0 0 — Bartosak 18 0 0 0 2 — Bear 18 0 0 0 23 0 Goaltenders MP GA SO GAA Sv% Bartosak 1023 50 1 2.93 .917 Burman 240 13 0 3.25 .894 Western Hockey League Leaders

CALGARY — Western Hockey League statistics (through Nov. 11): SCORING GP G A Pt Holmberg, Spo 21 23 28 51 Petan, Por 21 11 29 40 Bjorkstrand, Por 21 16 22 38 Winquist, Evt 20 16 19 35 Reinhart, Ktn 21 9 25 34 Aviani, Spo 21 18 15 33 Burns, Sktn 22 12 20 32 Scherbak, Sktn 21 12 18 30 Gordon, SC 23 12 18 30 Valcourt, Sktn 22 11 19 30 GOALTENDING GP W L OT GAA SO Cooke, Kel 13 11 0 2 2.03 2 Jarry, Edm 19 11 7 1 2.09 3 Williams, Spo 16 11 5 0 2.36 1 Lotz, Evt 12 9 2 1 2.36 2 Comrie, TC 20 10 8 2 2.39 1 National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 18 13 5 0 26 Boston 17 11 5 1 23 Detroit 19 9 5 5 23 Toronto 17 11 6 0 22 Montreal 19 9 8 2 20 Ottawa 18 7 7 4 18 Florida 19 4 11 4 12 Buffalo 20 4 15 1 9 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 17 11 6 0 22 Washington 19 10 8 1 21 N.Y. Rangers 18 9 9 0 18 Carolina 18 7 7 4 18 New Jersey 18 6 7 5 17 N.Y. Islanders 19 7 9 3 17 Philadelphia 17 6 10 1 13 Columbus 17 6 10 1 13

GF GA 56 43 48 30 47 51 51 40 49 42 53 56 40 66 36 63 GF GA 50 40 61 55 41 49 34 49 38 46 54 61 31 44 44 50

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Colorado 17 14 3 0 28 55 30 Chicago 18 12 2 4 28 66 49 St. Louis 16 11 2 3 25 54 37 Minnesota 18 10 4 4 24 48 40 Winnipeg 20 9 9 2 20 53 57 Dallas 17 8 7 2 18 46 52 Nashville 18 8 8 2 18 38 57 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 20 15 4 1 31 68 48 Phoenix 19 13 4 2 28 63 58 San Jose 18 11 2 5 27 66 43 Vancouver 20 11 7 2 24 54 54 Los Angeles 18 11 6 1 23 52 44 Calgary 18 6 9 3 15 49 64 Edmonton 19 4 13 2 10 48 75 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games Boston 3, Tampa Bay 0 Tuesday’s Games Buffalo 3, Los Angeles 2, SO Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 1, SO Winnipeg 3, Detroit 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Nashville 1 New Jersey 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Washington 4, Columbus 3, OT Carolina 2, Colorado 1 Philadelphia 5, Ottawa 0 Florida 3, Anaheim 2 Phoenix 3, St. Louis 2, OT San Jose 3, Calgary 2, OT Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s summaries Sharks 3, Flames 2 (OT) First Period 1. San Jose, Couture 8 (Marleau, Kennedy) 1:32.

2. San Jose, Marleau 9 (Pavelski, Thornton) 19:04 (pp).

Penalties — Smid Cgy (interference) 7:57, Stajan Cgy (interference) 18:58.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 3. Calgary, Russell 3 (Monahan) 6:51 (pp).

4. Calgary, Cammalleri 8 (Butler) 10:25.

Penalties — Braun SJ (interference) 6:46, Kennedy SJ (tripping) 7:49.

Overtime 5. San Jose, Stuart 1 (Thornton, Boyle) 1:13.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal San Jose 17 11 6 1 — 35 Calgary 3 3 6 1 — 13 Goal — San Jose: Stalock (W, 2-0-0); Calgary: Berra (LO, 1-2-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — San Jose: 1-2; Calgary: 1-2.

Lightnings 2, Canadiens 1 (SO) First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Malone 3 (Brewer, Crombeen) 5:00 Penalties — Palat TB (holding) 5:53, Johnson TB (hooking) 12:40, Barberio TB (tripping) 18:01.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalty — Montreal bench (too many men) 8:54.

Third Period 2. Montreal, Briere 2 (Pacioretty) 15:22 Penalties — Bourque Mtl (high-sticking) 16:27, Eller Mtl (face-off violation) 18:54.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalty — Markov Mtl (delay of game) 0:40.

Shootout — Tampa Bay wins 1-0 Tampa Bay (1): Filppula, goal; Purcell, miss; Montreal (0): Galchenyuk, miss; Briere, miss; Gallagher, miss.

Shots on goal Tampa Bay 10 13 16 6 — 45

Montreal 8 5 13 3 — 29 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 12-2-0); Montreal: Price (SOL, 7-7-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Tampa Bay: 0-4; Montreal: 0-3.

Jets 3, Red Wings 2 (SO) First Period 1. Winnipeg, Little 11 (Wheeler, Ladd) 7:10 2. Detroit, Datsyuk 8 (Zetterberg, Kronwall) 14:44 (pp) Penalties — Clitsome Wpg (holding) 3:28, Franzen Det (slashing) 9:05, Scheifele Wpg (hooking) 14:02.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 3. Winnipeg, Bogosian 1 (Jokinen, Kane) 10:47.

4. Detroit, Datsyuk 9 (Franzen, Alfredsson) 13:11 (pp).

Penalties — Andersson Det (tripping) 1:55, Wheeler Wpg (tripping) 11:10, Kane Wpg (highsticking) 12:21.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — Kindl Det (slashing) 3:56.

Shootout — Winnipeg wins 2-1 Winnipeg : Setoguchi goal, Ladd goal.

Detroit : Datsyuk miss, Alfredsson goal, Bertuzzi miss.

Shots on goal Winnipeg 8 9 2 2 — 21 Detroit 16 10 16 1 — 43 Goal — Winnipeg: Pavelec (W, 7-7-2); Detroit: Howard (LO, 5-5-5).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Winnipeg: 0-3; Detroit: 2-4.

Coyotes 3, Blues 2 (OT) First Period 1. St. Louis, Lapierre 2 (Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo) 5:53 2. Phoenix, Moss 1 (Ribeiro, Ekman-Larsson) 7:49 3. Phoenix, Boedker 4 (Klinkhammer, Klesla) 19:29 Penalties — Chipchura Phx (tripping) 14:23.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Backes StL (interference) 12:14.

Third Period 4. St. Louis, Polak 2 (Steen, Backes) 2:49 Penalties — None.

Overtime 5. Phoenix, Ekman-Larsson 4 (Ribeiro, Doan) :56.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Phoenix 7 8 3 1 — 19 St. Louis 10 14 13 2 — 39 Goal — Phoenix: Smith (W, 11-3-2); St. Louis: Halak (LO, 9-2-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Phoenix: 0-1; St. Louis: 0-1.

Panthers 3, Ducks 2 First Period 1. Anaheim, Cogliano 6 (Winnik, Smith-Pelly) 0:40 2. Anaheim, Lindholm 2 (Bonino, Etem) 14:26 Penalties — Vatanen Ana (tripping) 15:08.

Second Period 3. Florida, Matthias 2 (Campbell, Barch) 13:28 4. Florida, Upshall 3 (Gudbranson) 14:38 Penalties — Weaver Fla (interference) 7:57, Fla Bench (too many men) 10:16, Lindholm Ana (hooking) 19:38.

Third Period 5. Florida, Boyes 6 (Upshall) 4:29 Penalties — Allen Ana (holding) 9:12, Beauchemin Ana (hooking) 15:33, Upshall Fla (hooking) 16:40.

Shots on goal Anaheim 10 11 13 — 34 Florida 8 10 7 — 25 Goal — Anaheim: Andersen (L, 6-1-0); Florida: Thomas (W, 3-5-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Anaheim: 0-3; Florida: 0-4.

Sabres 3, Kings 2 (SO) First Period 1. Los Angeles, Williams 7 (Voynov) 1:17.

Penalties — Muzzin LA (high-sticking) 13:00.

Second Period 2. Buffalo, Hodgson 6 (Ott, Moulson) 12:46.

Penalties — Ehrhoff Buf (delay of game) 7:16, Hodgson Buf (hooking) 18:39.

Third Period 3. Buffalo, Hodgson 7 (Ennis, Moulson) 4:26 (pp).

4. Los Angeles, King 5 (Toffoli, Richards) 16:26.

Penalties — Williams LA (hooking) 3:34, Ott Buf (boarding) 6:41, Stafford Buf (slashing) 19:22.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — Ehrhoff Buf (holding) 4:28.

Shootout Buffalo wins 2-0 Los Angeles : Richards miss, Lewis miss.

Buffalo : Moulson goal, Hodgson miss, Ennis goal.

Shots on goal Los Angeles 15 15 12 3 — 45 Buffalo 4 3 9 1 — 17 Goal — Los Angeles: Scrivens (LO, 1-1-1); Buffalo: Miller (W, 3-11-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Los Angeles: 0-5; Buffalo: 1-2.

Flyers 5, Senators 0 First Period 1. Philadelphia, Read 4 (Downie, Couturier) 16:24 Penalties — Streit Pha (cross-checking) 8:06.

Second Period 2. Philadelphia, Voracek 2 (Hartnell, Giroux) 0:28 3. Philadelphia, Voracek 3 (Simmonds, Giroux) 10:33 (pp) Penalties — Borowiecki Ott (interference) 9:03, Conacher Ott (cross-checking) 13:33.

Third Period 4. Philadelphia, Lecavalier 7 (Schenn) 7:57 5. Philadelphia, Schenn 4 (Lecavalier, Gustafsson) 13:32 (pp) Penalties — Michalek Ott (tripping) 11:59.

Shots on goal Philadelphia 10 10 11 — 31 Ottawa 10 8 6 — 24 Goal — Philadelphia: Mason (W, 5-7-1); Ottawa: Anderson (L, 4-5-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Philadelphia: 2-3; Ottawa: 0-1.

Football CFL PLAYOFFS Sunday, Nov. 10 Division Semifinals East Division Montreal 16, Hamilton 13, OT West Division Saskatchewan 29, B.C. 25

Kansas City Denver San Diego Oakland

Sunday, Nov. 17 Division Finals East Division Montreal at Toronto, 11 a.m.

West Division Saskatchewan at Calgary, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 24 Grey Cup TBD, 4 p.m.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 7 2 0 .778 234 N.Y. Jets 5 4 0 .556 169 Miami 4 5 0 .444 193 Buffalo 3 7 0 .300 199 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 6 3 0 .667 222 Tennessee 4 5 0 .444 200 Houston 2 7 0 .222 170 Jacksonville 1 8 0 .111 115 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 6 4 0 .600 234 Cleveland 4 5 0 .444 172 Baltimore 4 5 0 .444 188 Pittsburgh 3 6 0 .333 179

PA 175 231 209 259 PA 193 196 248 291

W 9 8 4 3

West L T 0 0 1 0 5 0 6 0

Pct 1.000 .889 .444 .333

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Dallas 5 5 0 .500 Philadelphia 5 5 0 .500 N.Y. Giants 3 6 0 .333 Washington 3 6 0 .333 South W L T Pct New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 Carolina 6 3 0 .667 Atlanta 2 7 0 .222 Tampa Bay 1 8 0 .111 North W L T Pct Detroit 6 3 0 .667 Chicago 5 4 0 .556 Green Bay 5 4 0 .556 Minnesota 2 7 0 .222 West W L T Pct Seattle 9 1 0 .900 San Francisco 6 3 0 .667 Arizona 5 4 0 .556 St. Louis 4 6 0 .400

PA 186 197 189 218

PF 215 371 212 166

PA 111 238 202 223

PF 274 252 165 230

PA 258 244 243 287

PF 265 214 186 146

PA 163 115 251 209

PF 238 259 245 220

PA 216 247 212 279

PF 265 227 187 224

PA 159 155 198 234

Monday’s Game Tampa Bay 22, Miami 19 Thursday, Nov. 14 Indianapolis at Tennessee, 6:25 p.m.

LOCAL

BRIEFS Financial assistance available for local athletes The Red Deer Games Foundation is accepting applications for financial assistance from Red Deer and area athletes.

The Foundation provides assistance to athletes who demonstrate a high level of ability and strong devotion to their sport.

Information brochures and application forms, which outline the guidelines and criteria of the program, are available at the Recreation Centre, Collicutt Centre, Dawe Centre and the Alberta Sport Development Centre.

Sunday, Nov. 17 Baltimore at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Houston, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Arizona at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

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

Minnesota at Seattle, 2:25 p.m.

San Francisco at New Orleans, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 2:25 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Dallas, St. Louis NFL Odds (Odds supplied by BETONLINE.ag; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Thursday INDIANAPOLIS at Tennessee 3 42 Sunday Cleveland at CINCINNATI 5.5 42 Oakland at HOUSTON 7 42.5 ARIZONA at Jacksonville 6.5 41 Washington at PHILADELPHIA 3 52.5 Baltimore at CHICAGO 2.5 46.5 NY Jets at Buffalo Pick 40.5 DETROIT at Pittsburgh 1 48 ATLANTA at Tampa Bay 1 43 SAN DIEGO at Miami 1 45.5 San Francisco at NEW ORLEANS 3 47.5 Minnesota at SEATTLE 13 46 Green Bay at NY GIANTS 6 42.5 Kansas City at DENVER 7.5 48.5 Monday New England at CAROLINA 2.5 46.5

They are also online at www.asdccentral.ca.

Deadline for applications is Dec. 4.

Marchuk named Grand Champion in Medicine Hat Nick Marchuk of Cheney Karate Studios Red Deer was named the junior black belt Grand Champion at the Medicine Hat fall martial arts tournament during the weekend.

Marchuk won the traditional weapons and sparring divisions and took third in musical weapons, weapon sparring and kata divisions.

Jack Marchuk won gold in the kata, sparring and weapon sparring in the 10-11 year-old redbrown belt division and was fourth in the U17 traditional weapons.

Tori Marchuk placed first in 8-9 year-old intermediate kata and sparring, second in musical kata and third in weapon sparring.

B8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013

Veteran defenceman Bonhomme cut from women’s Olympic hockey team CALGARY — One of the most recognizable faces on the Canadian women’s hockey team will not play in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Defenceman Tessa Bonhomme was among three players released from the team Tuesday morning along with defenceman Brigette Lacquette of Waterhen, Man., and Winnipeg forward Jenelle Kohanchuk. Bonhomme was a veteran of the women’s team that won Olympic gold in 2010 in Vancouver.

“I don’t think it matters who you are, you’re always surprised when a cut is made,” Bonhomme said. “I’ve never counted my chickens before they were hatched and I always knew I would have to earn my spot no matter what.

“At the beginning of the year, I felt great, like I was playing the way I should and then I kind of ran into a little bit of health issues and didn’t really bounce back the way I wanted to.”

Head coach Dan Church reduced his roster to 24 players as Canada prepares for the chance to defend gold in February.

One more defencemen and two more forwards will be released before the 21-player Olympic roster is announced in late December.

Bonhomme raised her profile and that of women’s hockey with appearances on “Wipeout Canada” and CBC’s “Battle of the Blades” post-2010.

Bonhomme has also done television work for Leafs TV in Toronto.

The 28-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., represented Canada in four world championships in addition to the Olympics.

She won three gold and two silver in those tournaments.

“I tried this afternoon to try to sit down and realize what I’d worked so hard for the past three years isn’t going to happen,” Bonhomme said.

“I’m OK with that. I’m an adult and this is what I signed up for, an opportunity to try out.

“I’m thankful Dan and Hockey Canada gave me the opportunity to come out here and try and prove what I got.

Unfortunately it wasn’t enough.”

Bonhomme, Lacquette and Kohanchuk had just played in the Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., where Canada beat Finland 6-3 in Saturday’s final. Kohanchuk scored twice in the championship game.

“We didn’t foresee they were going to be able to move themselves up enough to overtake who was ahead of them on the depth chart at this point,” Church said.

“It didn’t matter how many weeks were still (to go), we didn’t see that happening based on the body of work to date.”

Lacquette, 21, and Kohanchuk, 23, were rookies on the national team.

Between them, they’ve played 15 international games since the 27 players arrived in Calgary in August.

Bonhomme appeared in her 100th international game during the Four Nations. Offensively skilled and quick on her skates, Bonhomme has 10 goals and 41 assists for Canada, but didn’t have any points in Lake Placid.

She sat out some

games this fall because of a crushed nerve she suffered in an Oct. 1 game, as well as a bout of shingles.

“Those are by no means excuses,” Bonhomme said. “I would never rely on one of those for the reason I was playing bad. Maybe I just didn’t perform up to the standard or up to par that they wanted and they decided to release me at the first chance they got. I’ve trusted the coaching staff from the get-go and I trust that they made the right decision.”

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Hockey Canada’s Bob Nicholson figures it’s too early to worry about whether an injury clause could be used on Steven Stamkos for the Olympics.

But it’s not too early for the management staff to consider potential alternatives if a broken right tibia keeps Stamkos from playing in Sochi.

“You’re never replacing Steve Stamkos,” said Nicholson, Hockey Canada’s president and CEO. “We have a lot of great players. Steve Yzerman has a very difficult job putting this team together, but you don’t replace Steve Stamkos and we’ll just have to find another way to make sure the lineup’s strong.”

The Tampa Bay Lightning star was tied for the NHL lead in goals and assists and was considered a lock for the Canadian Olympic team. It also wasn’t out of the

realm of possibility that Stamkos could’ve been on right wing alongside Pittsburgh superstar Sidney Crosby.

After Canada struggled to score goals on the bigger, internationalsized ice in Turin in 2006, pure scorers are likely to be a major priority. Through more than a month of the NHL season, no one fits that bill more than Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks and Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche.

It’s possible Perry and Duchene, who each scored 11 goals through Monday’s games, would ride their strong starts to spots on the team regardless of Stamkos’s status, but they’re certainly in better shape now.

Yzerman and coach Mike Babcock want to break up Perry and Ryan Getzlaf, so the Ducks winger could be ticketed to play with Crosby. Marty St. Louis, who won the Art Ross Trophy last season

LPGA

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HENDERSON, Nev. — Stacy Lewis shot 7-under 65 to lead the LPGA Tour team to the championship of the 3Tour Challenge on Tuesday.

The LPGA Tour combined for a score of 17 under, edging the Champions Tour by one stroke and beating the PGA Tour by nine strokes.

Lewis (31-34) had eight birdies, including six birdies on the first nine holes at the Rio Secco Golf Club, and one bogey to pace the LPGA Tour toward its first 3Tour win since 2009.

for Yzerman’s Lightning, also might get a chance with the Pittsburgh Penguins captain.

The players’ stocks who could rise the most in the aftermath of the Stamkos injury are two who weren’t in Calgary for Olympic orientation camp in August: Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers and Jamie Benn of the Dallas Stars. Giroux elected not to go while rehabbing a hand injury, while Benn was not invited.

Giroux’s horrid start put him in a bad spot, but the need for a centre who can play right wing gives him a chance for redemption. He scored his first goal Saturday against the Edmonton Oilers, which could be just the spark he needs.

Benn is a centre-turned-leftwinger, but the flexibility of players like Patrick Sharp of the Chicago Blackhawks could help him get on the roster and let the lines shake out later.

Last year, the LPGA Tour lost a two-hole playoff to the PGA Tour team.

Natalie Gulbis, with four birdies and two bogeys, was next for the LPGA Tour at 2 under. Cristie Kerr, the LPGA’s third golfer, didn’t have her score count on five holes in this two-player, best-ball format that allowed each team to discard one score per hole.

The LPGA Tour took over the lead for good on the fifth hole, which Lewis and Kerr birdied and Gulbis bogeyed.

Kenny Perry missed a 7-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th hole that would have sent the match into a playoff with the LPGA Tour team for the Champions Tour Team. Perry and Bernhard Langer didn’t score on all 18 holes for the Champions Tour, who were led

by Fred Funk at 4 under.

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 2013

PLANNERS WORKING ON INITIAL TECHNICAL DETAILS

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

BLANKET DONATIONS Urban Barn in Red Deer is hoping Red Deerians will help it to ‘Blanket the Country in Warmth’ this winter. From Friday to Dec. 8, a new fleece blanket will be donated to the Safe Harbour Society with every $5 donation made locally at the furniture and home accent retailer. This year’s goal is to donate 10,000 new fleece blankets across the country, up from 8,000 donated last year. The store is located at 5111 22nd St.

Red Deer’s bid for the 2019 Canada Winter Games is taking shape as the deadline for submissions draws closer.

Communities must have their proposals outlining the intention to bid with a $12,500 deposit in to the Canada Games Council by Dec. 20.

Last week, the city’s Bid Planning Ad Hoc Committee put their heads together to sort out more of the initial technical details.

This includes athlete accommodations, sporting venues and non-athletic places such as media centres, cultural venues and medical centres.

Communities must have the first phase of technical information submitted by Jan. 20.

In early February, the Canada Games

evaluation committee will visit Red Deer to assess the technical information and look at the plans to ensure they meet the games standards.

The shortlist of cities will be announced in February 2014 and the successful community will be named in September 2014.

until they give us the go-ahead in February, you lose about six weeks of time to do things.”

Radford said this second phase includes hammering out a budget for the games, rallying the community and working on the ‘feel nice’ aspects.

She said this includes the cultural experience for the athletes and what the community is capable of presenting to the athletes.

“Each time we sit down and discuss something we think of another legacy piece these games can leave our community with,” said Radford.

“Whether it is a physical structure or it is some sort of social — LYN RADFORD, COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON legacy, we’re really excited about engaging everybody.”

Red Deer will need $20 million “We’re just going to proceed like we for capital upgrades, not including the offhave been accepted into Phase 2,” said Lyn site pool venue.

Radford, committee chairperson. “Because it’s a short time frame after that. If we wait Please see GAMES on Page C2

‘EACH TIME WE SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS SOMETHING WE THINK OF ANOTHER LEGACY PIECE THESE GAMES CAN LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH.’

BROTHER SHOT

Man faces trial

GOSPEL CHRISTMAS CONCERT AT BLACKFALDS The sounds of Christmas will fill the nave at Blackfalds United Church on Nov. 22, as the Visions Country Gospel Christmas Concert is held. The show, beginning at 7 p.m., will also feature a silent auction. Tickets are $15 for adults; those 16 and under are admitted free.

Contact Moe at 403-3576678 or email Holly at ahkk01@shaw.ca for more information or advance tickets.

SENIORS AT RISK OF FALLS Forty per cent of admissions to nursing homes are the result of falls. What that statistic in mind, Safe Communities Central Alberta is holding a Target Senior Falls workshop on Tuesday at CrossRoads Church, just outside Red Deer. The session that identifies risk factors and outlines prevention methods, is geared for service providers who work with seniors in the community or in a care facility.

Registration is $10 and includes lunch. For more information or to register, call 403-346-8101 or scca@telus.net.

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Darlene Houlton holds up medals at the Royal Canadian Legion in Caroline which belong to a Sgt. Gilson, J.A. The Legion would like to return the medals to their owner and is seeking help finding that person.

Legion searches for owner of medals found in container

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Central Alberta Legion is looking for the owner of five Canadian medals awarded for service in the Second World War. The medals were found in a sea container rented in Calgary this summer.

A member of the Caroline Royal Canadian Legion Branch 177 brought the medals into the Legion about a week ago after a friend asked him to find the own-

er. Darlene Houlton, secretary of the Caroline Legion, said the medals are locked in a display case in the Legion.

She said the Legion has tried to contact the owner but they have come up empty.

An inscription on two France and Germany Star medals read (S) Sgt. Gilson J.A. Service No. K-22031.

The other three medals are the 1939 and 1945 Canada Volunteer Service Medal (and clasp); a George VI Medal (1939-1945) and the George VI Efficient Service

Medal.

“We would love to get these back to the person or the family,” said Houlton.

“We put it on the Legion’s Facebook page. We are just hoping to get them back to the right person or a relative.”

Houlton said they are likely replicas but she would still like to put the medals in the hands of the owner or relatives.

For more information, call Houlton at 403-722-4091. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

A jury of six men and six women will be asked over the next two weeks to decide whether a Consort man can be held legally responsible for killing his brother.

Timothy James Mock, 33, died on Feb. 22, 2012, after taking three bullets from a .45-calibre revolver while he was in the master bedroom of the ranchhouse he shared with his older brother, John Wayne Mock, and their father, Roy. John Mock, now 35, was arrested at the scene and charged with second-degree murder.

Their father was in hospital in Provost at the time.

Their mother had died and there were no other family members living at the ranch, Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard said in reading an agreed statement of facts at the opening of John Mock’s trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Tuesday afternoon.

See TRIAL on Page C2

Wood family creates memorial fund

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Rather than focus on the alleged nature of the crash that killed Jon Wood, his family has created a memorial fund in the hopes of helping more people like him make the right choices.

“There’s not a lot we can do to deal with drunk driving, but what we can do is make more

JON WOOD MEMORIAL FUND responsible people like Jon, who took a cab,” Lori Church, Wood’s mother, said on Tuesday. Wood, 33, of Red Deer was killed in the early morning hours of Nov. 2.

He had played in a squash tournament and after a few beers with friends, he took a cab home.

He was a passenger in the rear seat of the cab when it was rear-ended by a truck driven by an alleged drunk driver.

Wood died at the scene, at 30th Avenue and 32nd Street in Red Deer.

The Jon Wood Memorial Fund aims to support programs that engage and develop youth.

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Church said ever since Wood’s death they have had people ask them where they can donate.

Because the fund is in its infancy, they haven’t determined where specifically the money will go. But they have the general goal of supporting youth and encouraging them to become good people like Jon.

Please see FUND on Page D2

WINTER FUN Emily Okeymow-Newell hangs on as her aunt Michelle Regehr pulls her running through the snow at the Woodlea sledding hill in Red Deer on Friday. The two along with friends were enjoying the fresh snow, tobogganing and sipping hot chocolate with mini marshmallows.

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BRIEFS Trial by judge sought A man accused of using fake credit cards to purchase auto parts has asked to be tried by judge alone in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Josil Cabuhat, 32, was arrested on June 30 by Red Deer-area RCMP officers investigating multiple complaints of a man using fake and prepaid credit cards to obtain tires and other auto parts from stores in Red Deer, Sylvan Lake and Innisfail.

Red Deer City RCMP allege finding about $20,000 worth of goods as well as a small quantity of methamphetamine after searching a vehicle and a home in relation to their investigation.

Cabuhat is charged with fraud over $5,000, fraudulent use of a credit card and possession of property obtained by crime.

In Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday, defence council Molly McVey said her client has decided to fight the charges and asked for a preliminary hearing before going to trial.

Preliminary hearings may be held to determine the strength of the Crown’s case.

Cabuhat’s preliminary hearing is set for three days, starting on July 29, 2014.

Canyon to open

Slippery hands, stuck truck A suspected thief ended up in handcuffs after his truck got bogged down in snow near Penhold.

A report of a suspicious vehicle drew police to a rural property about 9:20 a.m. on Sunday, where an SUV was found.

A flat-deck trailer with an ATV was attached, both of which had been reported stolen.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Dressed for success in their 1920s fashions, the women at this table from Sofie B Design are from the left, Riana Prins, Kathy Unger, Sofie Blunck, Christy Wyse and Christa Prins. They all looked like they were hoping to win the best dressed award at the Soroptimist Birthday Bash on Friday. Held at the Black Knight Inn, the fundraising event Guys in Ties, Girls in Pearls raised money for the Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Award Scholarship.

The scholarship goes to women who are the heads of their households and who are attending a Central Alberta post-secondary institution to help improve the lives of their families.

Innisfail RCMP and officers from the Innisfail integrated traffic unit investigated and found a building on the property had been broken into.

A 32-year-old man was arrested at the scene and charged with break and enter and theft, mischief, and two counts of possession of stolen property.

scheduled for Nov. 19 at the Black Knight Inn. The group is looking to discuss actions to complete the proposed and long-awaited Aquatic Centre Project for Red Deer and the region.

The meeting runs from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

For more information, visit www. centralalbertaaquaticcentre.ca.

Olympic pool effort goes on

Habitat house project

The campaign for an Olympic-sized swimming pool in Central Alberta is far from over.

Organized by the Central Alberta Aquatic Centre, a public meeting is

Several local organizations will have employees donating their time on Friday to Habitat for Humanity as part of a volunteer day.

The current house under con-

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GAMES: Millions needed Each level of government — municipal, provincial and federal — must contribute $3 million. Red Deer would spend a minimum of $3 million.

The operational budget would be about $30 million, with the provincial and federal governments providing $8.12 million each. Funding from Red Deer would include ticket sales and corporate sponsorship. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

FUND: Things for youth “We have a good understanding of what we want to do,” said Church.

“The things that need to happen for youth, get them engaged in sports and things that can bring out the passion and turn them into good people.”

People looking to contribute to the fund can find more information be visiting the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/celebratejon. As well, a website will go online soon at www.jonwoodmemorial.com.

“Jon knew that his decisions affected others and he also understood the consequences of bad decisions,” said Church in an email.

“He owned up to those. He did so from an early age. Jon was passionate about children and was a mentor and motivator to all his cousins, siblings, friends and colleagues.

“While we still have much to determine in terms of structure, we do know we will work towards developing more Jon Woods in the world.”

Sports will be a part of how this fund helps kids as it both reflects Wood’s passion and, as his uncle Travis Gangl said, is a good way to keep kids out of trouble.

“We thought we can’t fight drunk driving, that’s an uphill swim, and I don’t think that’s what Jon was about,” said Gangl. “We really just want to try to help causes that try to create more Jon Woods.”

Tyler James Wilson, 18, of Brooks faces charges of impaired driving and dangerous driving causing

ALBERTA

BRIEFS Murder charge laid THE CANADIAN PRESS A murder charge has been laid against one of three people arrested in the case of a British Columbia man who disappeared while travelling in Alberta this past summer.

Valentine Degenhardt, a 45-year-old Salmon Arm resident, was last seen at a gas station in Barrhead on July 17 and was reported missing by his commonlaw spouse two days later.

RCMP say hikers later

found Degenhardt’s vehicle, a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee, in a remote area between Whitecourt and Swan Hills, about two hours northwest of Edmonton.

They say investigators have determined another specific area to search for Degenhardt’s body, and the Mounties’ Special Tactical Operations team has been called in to help.

Norman “John” Jerrett, who is 46, is charged with first-degree murder while a second man who is 29, Carl McAllister, and a 45-year-old woman, Norma McAllister, are facing charges that include accessory after the fact.

Thief dines, dashes CALGARY — Three high-end Calgary restau-

death. He will be in Red Deer provincial court today. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

TRIAL: Mental disorder alleged Mock sat quietly in the prisoner’s box throughout the first day of proceedings, wearing a grey T-shirt with his beard neatly trimmed and his thick, waistlength hair tied in a ponytail.

The question left for the jury is not whether he fired the shots that killed his brother, but whether he can be held criminally responsible for those actions, said Collard.

Defence counsel Darren Mahoney of Calgary said he and his client take no issues with the facts of the shooting, but that he intends to prove that the accused man was affected by a mental disorder at the time of the shooting and was therefore not criminally responsible for his actions.

Mahoney said he intends to call witnesses to the stand who will testify to Mock’s mental state before, during and after his brother’s death. Witnesses include three court-appointed doctors who assessed Mock after his arrest, as well as family members who will testify about his behaviour in advance of the shooting.

Those witnesses will talk about what John Mock was like, as well as the relationship he had with his brother, said Mahoney.

In his instructions to the jury, Justice Kirk Sisson asked them to decide on the credibility of the witnesses and to make their judgment on the evidence as a whole.

He cautioned them against doing any research on their own, stating that their decision must be based solely on the evidence presented to them, including witness testimony, and with close attention to his instructions on points of law.

The Crown opened its case with testimony from RCMP photographer Const. Leyane Bennett.

The trial continues today and is scheduled for completion on Nov. 29. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com rants have been hit by a dine-and-dash artist who racks up a big tab and then escapes before paying the bill.

Last week, Muse in Kensington was the target of the high-living thief, who ordered expensive cocktails, a $70 bottle of wine, an appetizer and an entree.

He left his wallet on the table and said he was going to the wash-

room, then slipped out the door.

When staff examined the wallet they found bits of magazine clippings inside and that’s when they knew they’d been had.

A security camera captured the man’s image and the story and photo went viral on Twitter with the hashtag “musecrimefighters” over the weekend.

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struction, a triplex located at 3818 44th St. in Red Deer, is tentatively scheduled to be ready by April of next year.

Right now, they are in the framing stage of the house and volunteers will come in and put in packing, screwing in studs and doing some light construction work.

Habitat for Humanity board member Dennis Bowness said for the last three or four months, the Bowden Institution has provided a crew to help frame the house.

Three families have been chosen and are ready to move into the home when it is finished.

Appeal court overturns Paralympian’s sentence, orders jail

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled a blind man who once competed for Canada in the Paralympic games will serve jail time for sexual assault.

Keith Myette of Calgary was convicted in October 2011 of attacking his roommate as she slept. He was sentenced to 18 months house arrest.

Provincial court Judge Heather Lamoureaux said Myette could not be reasonably accommodated in jail and that prison would subject a blind person to more punishment than other inmates.

But in a 2-1 ruling Tuesday, the Appeal Court panel threw out the original decision and sentenced Myette to 90 days in jail to be served on weekends, plus one year of probation.

“Although imprisonment may have a disproportionate effect on the disabled, this cannot be used to forgo the imposition of custodial sentences where it would otherwise be warranted,” wrote justices Constance Hunt and Jack Watson.

The justices said if such a ruling was allowed to stand, people with disabilities could never be sent to jail, no matter their crime. They also noted that Myette’s crime was serious and that he continued to assault the woman after she woke up.

An official with Alberta’s Justice Department testified at Myette’s trial that the province has no specific policy to deal with blind inmates. Disabled prisoners are housed in protective custody, mainly with people convicted of sex offences.

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The province’s largest non-mountain resort will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Wednesday to Friday hours are 5 to 9 p.m.

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN

MOZZARELLA My most recent conquest in the kitchen has been to make my own mozzarella cheese.

It is not cheaper to make your own mozzarella cheese, the product is not as consistent as store-bought variety and it is more effort than picking up a brick of cheese from the store.

So, why make it? It’s simply the satisfaction of knowing how it is done and, most importantly, the feeling of smugness when you say, “I made it!”

Because mozzarella cheese does not require aging, there is so no ripening time required. It MADHU takes just 30 minutes from start BADONI to finish and only three ingredients are needed: milk, citric acid and rennet. The first two elements are readily available; the rennet, however, is not and it is the most important ingredient in mozzarella making.

Rennet is a complex of enzymes found in the stomach of baby calves that allows them to process mother’s milk. It is used in cheese making to speed coagulation and separate the curds and whey after the citric acid is added to the milk. Although most store-bought cheeses rely on animal-based rennet, vegetable rennet is also available. This is made from plants that have coagulating properties. Using vegetable rennet could, however, affect the flavour of cheese, so if you are a cheese purist you’ll want to take that into consideration.

Around our area, rennet can only be purchased online or at a speciality store. I bought mine at a cheesemaking place in Edmonton. The enzyme comes in tablet or liquid form. Whichever one you use, it is dissolved in water before it is added it to the milk.

After you have your rennet, you are only five steps away from making your own mozzarella cheese. As far as cheese making goes, mozzarella cheese is the least daunting and the most fun. The fun part comes from watching the transformation of liquid milk into curd, custard, play dough and, finally, into a taffy consistency!

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MOZZARELLA CHEESE 4 litres whole milk 1 ½ teaspoon citric acid dissolved in 1 cup of water ¼ tablet or ¼tsp of liquid rennet diluted in ¼cup of water The following are the five stages:

1. Curdling your milk Add diluted citric acid into stainless steel pot and mix in whole milk. Heat the milk to 21C or 90F; the acidity and the heat will cause the milk to curdle.

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2. Curd to custard Remove the pot from the burner and slowly add diluted rennet to the milk. Stir for approximately 30 seconds and then stop.

Cover the pot and leave undisturbed for five minutes.

Check the curd — it will look like custard and the whey should be clear. If the curd is too soft, continue to let set for a few more minutes.

Now cut the curd into one-inch squares with a knife that reaches the bottom of the pot.

Place the pot back on stove and heat to 40C or 105F while stirring slowly.

Take the pot off the burner and continue stirring slowly for two to five minutes.

3. Custard to play dough To remove the whey, you can strain it through a cheese cloth or use a slotted spoon to scoop the soft custard into a microwave safe bowl. If it is too soft, let it cool a bit more.

When it is cool enough to manage, press this curd gently with your hand, pouring off as much whey as possible.

Next, microwave the curd on high for one minute.

You will notice more whey has run out of the curd.

Drain off all whey as you did before.

When it is cool enough to touch, quickly work the cheese with your hands.

Microwave two more times for 35 seconds each, and repeat the kneading. Drain off all of the excess whey.

Knead as you would bread dough, until it is smooth and shiny. Salt can be added at this step.

At this point the cheese should be soft and pliable enough to stretch like taffy.

4. Play dough to stretch taffy These steps transport you back to preschool years while giving the mozzarella cheese its stringy characteristic.

Start stretching and stretching and well more stretching, kind of like stretchy play dough. If the cheese thread breaks, heat in microwave for 30 second and continue the stretching.

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5. The final product For the final product to be more authentic, shape it into a smooth ball. The cheese is ready to be used in your favourite recipe or simply serve it topped with fresh-chopped herbs with a drizzle of olive oil.

Madhu Badoni is a Red Deer-based freelance food writer. She can be reached at madhubadoni@gmail.com or on Twitter @madhubadoni.

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LUANN Nov. 13 1995 — Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield is on board Atlantis shuttle flight STS-74 as it blasts off from Kennedy Space Center for a rendezvous with the Russian space station Mir. Hadfield is the fourth Canadian to go into space and first Canadian to perform NASA mission specialist duties, including operation of the Canadarm.

1992 — 69 per cent of 9,648 eligible Inuit

vote Yes to land settlement and creation of Nunavut Territory. Inuit to get clear title to land, hunting and fishing rights.

1978 — Jean Drapeau is elected mayor of Montreal for the seventh consecutive time.

1976 — The Citadel opens the first phase of its new theatre complex, with its Shoctor, Rice and Zeidler theatres. The theatre was founded in 1965 by Joseph Shoctor in the old Salvation Army Citadel.

1971 — Paul Joseph Cini hijacks Air Canada plane over the prairies, but is soon subdued and arrested.

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Untangling Alzheimer’s

Bad marriage, affair won’t work Dear Annie: I have been child. Your own niece. married for more than 20 years When I was a child, I used to and have never been sexually think you were a great uncle. attracted to my husband.

I trusted you, respected you, He is a good provider, but looked up to you, loved you the there is no passion, no excite- way a niece should. And when ment, nothing. you betrayed me, I I have tried evwas shattered, and I erything I can think never looked at you of to make sex betthe same way. ter, but he acts as if I have waited a it’s part of my wifely long time for your duties, which makes death so that I could me sick. go to your funeral I don’t want to and watch you bebreak up our home, ing lowered into but I’m in love with your grave. You are a passionate man a total disgrace. You who just rocks my are nothing to me. world.

God never should MITCHELL He kisses me, and have created you. & SUGAR I forget my name.

You had no purpose Our affair has lastin life other than to ed four years. Why hurt children. You can’t I keep them are pathetic. Now both? — Torn in Tulsa that you are dead, I can finally Dear Torn: It seems you’ve be at peace knowing that you been doing exactly that for will never again hurt a child. — four years, but obviously, it’s Still Suffering not enough.

Dear Still: Thank you for Please stop living a dual life composing a letter that obviand figure out what you want. ously came from a very woundIf there are young children, ed place. you owe it to them to work on Please don’t wait until your your marriage. uncle is dead to warn your othGet into joint counseling er relatives and report him to so your husband can work on the authorities. his Neanderthal attitude toYour courage to speak up ward women and so you can could protect other children see whether passion can be ig- who come into contact with this nited. predator.

If you believe sex is the most And for you and anyone important aspect of a marriage, else who has suffered through divorce your husband so you abuse, please contact RAINN can be with Rocks Your World. (rainn.org) at 1-800-656-HOPE But having it both ways isn’t for support, encouragement working, and you’ll feel better and help. when you deal with this more Dear Annie: You printed a honestly. letter from “Humiliated Wife,” Dear Annie: I was sexually who said her husband seems to abused by an uncle when I was be overly interested in a class12. mate from his 50th high school I am now 35 and expect to reunion. see him at an upcoming family You said her husband is in reunion. After all these years, his “late 70s.” Your math is seI finally wrote him a letter. riously off.

He will never read it. When he My 50th high school reunion dies, I want to place it in his is this year, and I’m 67. There’s casket. no way he would be older unI hope you will let me share less he was held back a few my thoughts: years. — I Can Add Dear Uncle: I have a few Dear Add: You are right that things that I’ve waited a long we could use a remedial math time to tell you. Now that you class. are dead, I am finally happy. I But the advice stands. If the am happy you are burning in man suddenly ogles every womhell. an and can’t keep his hands off God has given me justice. the waitresses, he needs to see While others are mourning his doctor. your death, I am celebrating. I will never forgive you for what Please email your questions to you did. anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or You stole my childhood from write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Crethe moment you laid hands on ators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, me when I was a 12-year-old Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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SUZUKI LOOKS AT SCIENCE THROUGH LENS OF FAMILY EXPERIENCE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — David Suzuki can’t help but wonder if he’s harbouring a ticking time bomb in his brain.

It’s no idle notion — the scientist-broadcaster’s mother and three of her siblings died of Alzheimer’s — and as a geneticist, Suzuki knows the progressive neurodegenerative disease can turn up from one generation to the next.

Given his family history and his public profile, Suzuki was approached by a pair of documentary makers, who wanted to make a film about Alzheimer’s and global research efforts to discover the cause of the disease and potential treatments.

The result is Untangling Alzheimer’s, a one-hour documentary to air Thursday on CBC’s The Nature of Things, the long-running show that’s been hosted by the well-known environmentalist for the last 30 years. (Check local listings).

“I was a bit nervous about it because I thought: ‘Well, does my personal story distract from the science of it?”’

Suzuki admitted during a recent interview in Toronto. “I wanted it to be just a straight science story.”

Untangling Alzheimer’s writer-director Roberto Verdecchia said Suzuki’s willingness to expose himself and his family’s background makes for a compelling story.

“With this show, audiences will look at the disease in a very intimate way,” both from the perspectives of “those suffering from it and for those close to it,” Verdecchia said.

Weaving several threads about cutting-edge research through the fabric of his family’s experience with dementia, Suzuki gives viewers insight into the devastating disease that affects more than 35 million people worldwide, a number expected to double every 20 years.

“My mother started to show signs of dementia when she was in her late 60s, early 70s,” he said. “I didn’t think she had Alzheimer’s — her tem-

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David Suzuki will be the subject of a documentary, Untangling Alzheimer’s, a one-hour documentary to air Thursday on CBC’s The Nature of Things. perament never changed. She was always just this even-tempered person. And I wasn’t really aware of the extent to which she was really depressed about her condition.”

Alzheimer’s and other dementias relentlessly diminish a person’s cognitive abilities, such as memory, and can severely alter mood and personality. Eventually, the disease leads to a breakdown in physical function that ends in death.

“Of course, when your mother develops a condition, you begin to think ... is there a genetic component?” said the scientist.

There is a relatively rare form of early-onset dementia caused by a single dominant gene, and if one parent carries that gene, offspring have a 50 per cent chance of developing the disease, which shows up in the 30s or 40s.

That wasn’t the case with his mother. But even so, Suzuki knows he has about a 20 to 25 per cent increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s because of his family history.

“I guess I’ve been kind of philosophical about it. We’re all going to die of something.

She died at 74 and I’m 77, so it’s something that I’m aware

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of, but it doesn’t hang over my head.

“What the chances will be for my children, I don’t know at this point,” said the father of five from two marriages.

“But they’re going to have to live with it and face it. It may be that by the time my children are in the zone for that kind of dementia to kick in that there will be some kind of drugs.”

Yet, he points out, medical science is still at a “very early stage” in its attempts to demystify Alzheimer’s.

Its exact cause is unknown.

But bit by bit, more is being learned about the hallmarks present in the brains of dementia patients, among them twisting amyloid plaques that strangle neurons and their connections, causing swaths of brain tissue to wither and die.

There is no cure, and those drugs available are stop-gaps that halt progression, at best.

Even an unequivocal diagnosis of Alzheimer’s isn’t possible until a person has died and their autopsied brain is examined for signs of the disease.

Still, researchers are casting a wide net in efforts to understand its cause, how to prevent it, the means to detect it earlier, and ultimately how to treat it.

One direction Suzuki finds most intriguing is that taken by Boston University researcher Lee Goldstein, who is investigating whether amyloid plaques that can be detected in the eyes might be a predictive test for the development of Alzheimer’s.

“We have to wait now to look at those structures and follow people over time,” he said.

“But if that becomes a tool for prediction, that those people with a certain level of amyloid plaques in the eye are the ones that get dementia, then I think we’ve got a very good handle at studying the disease itself.

“Otherwise, we’re left with having to wait until people die and then look at the brain and find out.”

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you are tempted to make a purchase based on the spur-of-the- moment then think again. Your impulses are so strong that you cannot judge properly what to you is really worth and what you really need.

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Others perceive you as extremely competitive. You want to initiate change and free your spirit.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’re feeling kind of jittery and as if a strong energy is driving you in the wrong direction.

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Mark, Donnie Wahlberg to star in reality show about their restaurant NEW YORK — A&E network is feasting on the Wahlberg brothers, who will star in a new reality show titled, Wahlburgers, and set in the family’s Boston restaurant.

For the show, actor brothers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg head back to their hometown to join forces with older brother Paul in the hamburger venture.

A&E says all eyes will be on these Wahlbergs, who are determined to make their restaurant brand a success in Boston and beyond. Now they just have to agree on a second location.

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Lawrence first-time producer with film adaptation of best-seller BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Jennifer Lawrence will not only star in the upcoming film adaptation of Jeanette Walls’ 2005 bestselling memoir The Glass

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Members of the Cowboy Junkies (left to right) Peter Timmins, Margo Timmins, Michael Timmins and Alan Anton are shown in a handout photo. The band has collaborated on an album inspired by the JFK assassination. was born a year later. He grew up regarding Kennedy as a “real hero” and being inspired by his speeches even as a young child.

It wasn’t until he was in third grade that he discovered how Kennedy died.

“I came across a book that had photographs of the assassinations in it,” he recalls. “It really had a huge impact on me. Because it was the first time I can remember understanding what death was.”

Meanwhile, Timmins dived into the project only a year after the Cowboy Junkies’ completed their ambitious four-album Nomad Series, joking that his philosophy is: “Don’t stop till you’re dead!”

On Nov. 22 and 23, Timmins and a huge cast of collaborators will perform the entire 15-song record in sequence at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre. All the record’s guests — a group that also includes Lee Harvey Osmond, Jason Collett and Reid Jamieson — will be present other than Workman and Martin Tielli, and Timmins seems to be anticipating the event with a mixture of excitement and understandable wariness.

“There’s over 40 musicians, singers and musicians taking part. It’s a huge deal. Logistically, it’s really fun,” he says, hanging his head and pretending to whimper before laughing.

“I have no idea what it’s going to end up like but

our intention is to present it as a piece . . . as a story (and) a narrative told through song. That’s the plan.

“Until a computer breaks or a musician has a nervous breakdown,” he adds with another laugh.

Although Garbe isn’t sure to what extent current students are aware of the project, he notes that plenty of past pupils will pack the audience for the shows.

The Kennedy Suite is sufficiently engaging musically and thematically that no prior knowledge of Kennedy is needed to enjoy — so Timmins and Garbe hope their audience extends far beyond history buffs and conspiracy theorists (the record isn’t much interested in probing the mysterious specifics of his death, anyway).

And a half-century after his death, they agree that Kennedy’s ideas retain a vital relevance.

“If there’s a message involved . . . it’s that Kennedy message, of there’s so much possibility out there,” Timmins says. “That possibility, if it existed 50 years ago, it still exists today . . . . Things are a lot more complicated now than they were then, but that doesn’t mean that one still can’t strive. And that to me is one of the messages of hearing that voice from back then.

“It’s still inspiring to me to hear his message.”

Castle, the project will also mark her first time as a producer.

“I don’t know if I will be any good, but I’m trying it,” Lawrence said of her new post in an interview with The Associated Press at a recent publicity event in Beverly Hills.

“So far I am not sure if I am because I am very instinctual, but not very verbal. But producing is something that I have really wanted to do.”

The actress attached herself to the adaptation after her mother, Karen Lawrence, fell in love with Walls’ story and suggested she read it.

“My mother is like the lucky charm with these kinds of things,” said the 23-year-old star of the upcoming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

“She read Winter’s Bone and Hunger Games and when I read The Glass Castle I thought it was amazing, so we found Gil Netter, the producer who had the rights to (the book). He and I started talking and now we are developing. We have a director and a writer and it’s getting going.“ The Glass Castle, which spent more than 335 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list, details Walls’ poor and dysfunctional upbringing as she is raised by an eccentric artist mother and alcoholic father.

The Lionsgate film will be directed by Destin Cretton, who wrote and directed this summer’s well-received drama Short Term 12. The screenplay, which was originally written by Marti Noxon, is being rewritten by Cretton and Andrew Lanham. A production date for the movie has not yet been set.

Alec Baldwin testifies he never had relationship with actress accused of stalking him NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin testified Tuesday that he never had a sexual or romantic relationship with a Canadian actress accused of stalking him, saying that after they met she began leaving dozens of voicemails for him a night and eventually started threatening to show up at his homes.

The 30 Rock star said at the Manhattan trial of the woman, Genevieve Sabourin, that he had a meal with her at a friend’s request, gave her an email address and phone number and later communicated with her about acting classes.

She began to barrage him with as many as 30 voicemails per night and hundreds of emails that started out as lovelorn and pleading, Baldwin said.

They escalated into ominous threats to insinuate herself into his now-wife’s yoga class and to come to his homes, even as he implored her to stop and threatened to call authorities, according to Baldwin.

“It was nightmarish,” he said.

Sabourin had some outbursts as he testified, including: “You’re lying!”

Sabourin says she and Baldwin had a 2010 tryst and a two-way exchange of emails.

Her lawyer, Todd Spodek, has said Sabourin wasn’t stalking the actor, just seeking closure after he stopped talking to her.

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The record was seven years in the making. And asked how it feels to let it out into the world, the drama teacher conjures a suitably dramatic image.

“I feel like I’m standing in a parking lot with my pants around my ankles,” Garbe relates with a laugh during an interview in Toronto this week. “I feel pretty exposed but at the same time it’s kind of exciting . . . . I’m more humbled by it than anything. How many times does that happen?

“I think it’s one of the great rock and roll stories — school teacher has his songs put out. I’m thrilled by it and excited by it and I just hope that other people find their way to it.”

It’s actually not Garbe’s first foray into having his songwriting published. Previously, the Skydiggers — longtime friends of Garbe’s — recorded his song The Truth About Us for 1997’s Desmond’s Hip City (the song is represented again on The Kennedy Suite).

That’s how long this Kennedy project has been percolating. It was also the Skydiggers who introduced Garbe and his songs to the Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins, who loved the material and began methodical work on the record back in 2006.

Even though the subject matter is rather sombre, the album isn’t.

Opener Prologue: Origami Peace Corps Mischief Maker, performed by Hawskley Workman and the Screwed, pops with punk energy, Jessy Bell Smith’s The Dallas Youth Auxiliary is a witty tune about a trio of lovesick sisters who steal their father’s car to catch a glimpse at the president and it’s powered by tuba and banjo that Timmins says lent the tune “almost a cartoon feel,” while the Potion Kings’ Reliquary — told from the perspective of a scummy collector of assassination memorabilia — is engagingly ramshackle.

Garbe and Timmins rave about all the album’s guests, but forced to single out some of the favoured performances, Garbe cites Workman (“his vocals are out of this world — they’re on another planet”), Sarah Harmer (“it just buckles my knees every time I hear her sing”), the Skydiggers, and the Cowboy Junkies’ Margo Timmins, who delivers a characteristically moving performance inhabiting Jackie Kennedy’s point of view on the unsettling Disintegrating.

“What a treat to have Margo Timmins,” Garbe says. “It’s like: ‘Hey Michelangelo, here’s a sketch I did. Do you mind putting it on the Sistine Chapel roof?”

Garbe has been interested in Kennedy for as long as he can remember. His parents bought their first television to watch Kennedy’s funeral, and Garbe

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NICHOLSON Patricia Joan Nicholson of Red Deer, AB, born March 18, 1936 at Drumheller, AB., died suddenly at home on November 8, 2013. Left to mourn are her partner of 30 y e a r s , J o h n Va s e l e n a k ; daughter, Kathy Rescke of Prince Albert, Sask.; son, David and Susan Nicholson (Anderson); brothers, Sonny (Twila) Skow of Okotoks and Dick and (Joyce) Skow of Cranbrook, B.C. and several granddaughters and grandsons as well as other family members. A memorial will be held at a later time in Okotoks, AB. Donations in Patricia’s name may be made to the Diabetics Association.

HART William Howard 1948- 2013 William Howard Hart of Lacombe, Alberta passed away November 11, 2013 after a long hard struggle with cancer. Predeceased by his father, James (Walt) in 1976, Mother Betty in 2008, Son William (Billy) in 2000.

He leaves to Mourn his wife of 45 years, Gena of Lacombe, AB; his son Cody (Tammy) of Bashaw, AB; his daughter Jodie of Lacombe, AB; brother Raymond Hart (Lynette) of Tustin Ranch, CA; sisters Sally Foster of Leduc, AB, Marian Carlson (Pat) of Cardston, AB; grandchildren Jessica Hart of Red Deer, AB, Dillon Hart of Bashaw AB, and numerous nieces and nephews. A public viewing in honor of Bill’s memory will be held at Wilsons Funeral Chapel, 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe on Friday November 15th, 2013 from 10:30 am 12 noon. Friends and family are invited to a time of fellowship and refreshment in celebration of Bill’s life on Friday, November 15th, 2013 at the C.E. Building of St. Andrew’s United Church, 5226-51 Ave., Lacombe, AB. at 1:30 PM. In lieu of Flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Cross Cancer Clinic c/o Alberta Cancer Foundation, 11560-University Ave., Edmonton, AB. T6G 1Z2 or Lacombe Palliative Care Society, Box 5576, Lacombe, AB. T4L 1X2.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

403-782-3366 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

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NICHOLS Verna Vivian (nee Nystrom) May 31, 1924 - Nov. 7, 2013 It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Ve r n a N i c h o l s ; m o t h e r ; grandmother; great grandmother; aunt; and friend.

Verna passed away peacefully at the Michener Extendicare on Thursday, November 7, 2013, at the age of 89 years. Verna was born in Bufford, Alberta to Carl and Syster Nystrom, and is the last surviving sibling of nine. She was predeceased by her husband Rodney Nichols in 1994, son Russell Nichols in 1968, daughter Marjorie Nichols in 1991, and son Randall Nichols in 2007. Verna is survived by her daughter Delores Fox, her husband Keith and family, son Sydney Nichols, his wife S u s a n a n d f a m i l y, a n d daughter-in-law Carol Nichols a n d f a m i l y. S h e w i l l b e lovingly remembered by her six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, brother-in-law Roger Nichols, sisters-in-law Rose Nichols and Audrey Nystrom. She was an ardent sports fan, with baseball, golf and curling being her favorites.

She loved playing cards, especially bridge with her friends. She was a CGIT leader, an active member of the Lioness Club, and belonged to the Ladies of the Church. Verna also golfed for many years with the Balmoral ladies golf club and the Sun Lakes Arizona ladies group.

A highlight in Verna’s golfing was achieving a hole in one at each of these courses.

Verna and Rod travelled extensively to many destinations around the world when Rod was District Governor for the Lions Club. They also enjoyed many years at their winter home in Sun Lakes, Arizona. She was very involved in her community and church and will be fondly remembered by all who knew h e r. A M e m o r i a l S e r v i c e will be held at the Knox Presbyterian Church, 4718 Ross Street, Red Deer, on Thursday, November 14th, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. Memorial donations in Verna’s name may be made directly to STARS Air Ambulance, 1441 Aviation Park N.E., Box 570, Calgary, AB, T2E 8M7, or to Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4R 3S6, or to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

NOW HIRING

Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013

800

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS and DERRICK HANDS Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

VERSATILE ENERGY

Growing Central AB. Prod.

Testing Co. is accepting resumes for Exp. Supervisors, Night Operators & Operators. Positions are safety sensitive. A valid Driver’s Licence, H2S and First Aid Tickets are req’d.

Successful Applicants will be notified. Please fax resume with current tickets to (403)887-0343 or email: hr@versatileenergy.ca

Professionals

810

PONOKA REQUIRES ADMINISTRATOR IMMEDIATELY Facility - 68 suite full service Independent & Designated Supportive Living. Operated by Connecting Care A leader in seniors’ supportive housing management in Alberta.

We are looking for a caring professional who is a leader and wants to work in Supportive Housing.

Responsible for the overall management, HR, marketing and administration of the facility.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Management experience, time management and problem solving skills, experience in community, seniors, hospitality and demonstrated record of effective communication with seniors and staff.

Nursing background an asset. Starting wage: To be negotiated based on experience.

Submit resumes: Email: georg.rath@ connectingcare.ca Only successful applicants will be notified.

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

CHINESE FOOD Restaurant requires DISHWASHER, & WAITER/WAITRESS Drop resume off in person to Red Star Restaurant 3731 50 Ave. Red Deer Phone 403-309-5566

Sales & Distributors

830

1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Portable iMassagers Hiring Salespersons Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Good English and communication skills, Customer service oriented.

F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $14.00 /hr e-mail: Reachiesales @gmail.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 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 SCOTTYS ESSO in Red Deer seeking food counter attendants. FT, PT & Weekends. $10-11/hr.

Training provided. Apply in person to 5 Reichley Street or by email to scottys.esso@shaw.ca.”

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com 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

Trades

850

850

Trades

Central Alberta Exteriors is looking for experienced siding installers. Must have own transportation, tools and equipment.

Call 403-346-0500 for more info.

FUTURE AG INC. owns and operates 5 branches throughout Central Alberta selling and servicing CASE IH Agriculture and Construction equipment.

We are currently looking for

Agricultural Technicians and/or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics

with Ag experience for our Red Deer location.

This is a fast-paced environment and ideal candidate would be able to work with minimal supervision, have the ability to take initiative and consistently demonstrate exceptional customer service.

FUTURE AG INC. “People You Can Count On”, is offering the opportunity to grow in your career with a thriving company.

We offer an exemplary benefits package, hour, annual work boot reimbursement, RRSP plan, sick days, monthly bonus and continuous professional training in a positive friendly environment.

If you have a great attitude and integrity, FUTURE AG is offering you an exciting career opportunity.

To apply, forward your resume to: Future Ag Inc. Attn: Barry Box 489 Red Deer, AB T4N 5G1 Fax 403-342-0396 hr@futureag.ca

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

Senior Piping/ Vessel Draft-Person

Candidate must demonstrate proficiency with AutoCAD Knowledge of Inventor & Compress.

Proven record of successful projects.

Strong computer skills, Technical aptitude and Problem solving capability are required.

We offer above industry wages and comprehensive benefit package.

Please email resumes to careers@fusionpro.ca or fax 403-347-7867 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

CARPET COLOUR CENTRE is currently looking for SCHEDULING / SERVICE MANAGER Applicant must have ability schedule 22 installation crews, make sure material will arrive on time & deal with customer complaints & service issues. Min. 5 yrs exp. req’d. Submit resume Attn: Margaret mperrin @carpetcolourcentre.com or drop off at Carpet Colour Centre, 1100, 5001 - 19 Street Red Deer, AB T4R 3R1

Trades

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! HVAC Service Person required. SHEET Metal Installer required with residential and retro-fit experience.

Attractive wages and benefits. Great hours. e-mail: brad@ comfortecheating.com or Fax resume to: 403-309-8302

Instrument Hands

850

(Reliable vehicle needed)

ANDERS AREA

PARTSOURCE

Dempsey St. & Drummond. Ave. Area 70 Papers $375/mo.

REQUIRES F/T PARTS PRO Work with flexible schedule.

Please apply at 6722 50th Ave or fax 403-309-0354 or email: ps791@cantire.ca REQUIRES P/T DELIVERY DRIVER Flexible hrs., evenings and weekends. Knowledge of city an asset. Please apply at 6722 50th Ave or fax 403-309-0354 or email: ps791@cantire.ca Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and growing company.

Concrete finisher

needed to perform detailed and quality finishing as well as other related tasks, minimum 5 years experience. All applicants must be flexible for hours and dedicated due to a demanding production schedule. Own transportation to work is needed.

Wage will be based on experience, attitude and willingness to commit to long term employment.

Please fax resume to 403 885 5516 or email to k.kooiker@ eaglebuilders.ca Thank you to all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be notified.

to join an enthusiastic and rapidly expanding company.

All applicants must be flexible for hours and dedicated due to a demanding production schedule. Benefits are paid and lots of overtime.

Own transportation to work is needed. Wage will be based on experience, attitude, and desire to commit to long term employment. Please fax resume to 403 885 5516 or email to k.kooiker@ eaglebuilders.ca. We thank all applicants for their applications, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

With Commercial exp.

Competitive wages & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. Reichley St. & Robinson Cres. area.

115 Papers $616./mo Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

WATER WELL DRILLERS HELPER

with class 3, air. All safety tickets required.

Meal and Accommodation provided when out of town.

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

Truckers/ Drivers

Ferus requires a Mechanical Maintenance Technician for our production facilities. This position will be based out of our Joffre production office with some occasional travel to other facilities within western Canada. The ideal candidate will be open and honest with the ability to work individually as well as within groups.

Central AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Company Drivers in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558

The candidate will be responsible for: • Performing both planned and breakdown maintenance on rotating equipment.

• Installing, troubleshooting, maintaining equipment based on Ferus and OEM recommendations.

• Scheduling and Supervising 3rd party contractors when needed.

• Developing maintenance procedures and schedules for new and existing equipment.

• Assist with planning of turnarounds and other maintenance activities.

DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 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.

The candidate will require the following skills and abilities: • Millwright or mechanic with field/facility compression experience.

• Basic computer skills.

• Knowledge in computer based maintenance systems an asset but not required.

• Ability to travel within Canada and the USA • Both written and verbal communication skills • Current H2S Alive & First Aid certification an asset • Current Class 5 Drivers License • Willing and able to accept occasional after hours support calls

LOCAL freight company req’s P & D body job driver for Red Deer/Edmonton run.

Fax resume and driver’s abstract to Rocky Fast Express 403-845-2432

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Academic Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

WINTER START GED PREPARATION Jan. 14 or Feb. 10 STARTS 328737K2-14

We thank you for your interest, however only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

Allan St. / Armstrong Close Addinnell Close / Allan St. Allsop Ave / Allsop Close INGLEWOOD AREA

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

Ingram Close / Inglewood Dr. Ibbotson Close Ireland Cres.

LANCASTER AREA

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

SUNNYBROOK AREA

DEERPARK AREA Doran Cres., & Dunn Cl. Area $65/mo.

ALSO Doran Cres. & Doan Ave, Area $64/mo.

VANIER AREA

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

Voisin Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

Central Alberta Greenhouses Ltd Greenhouse Laborers required for our greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, Alberta.

Responsibilities include transplanting, watering, handling and caring for plant material and preparation of orders. This position is labor intensive and entails working in a cold/hot environment.

Laborers are required to work a minimum 40 hours per week and must be available to work different shifts, 7 days a week.

Positions are available starting Early March and last till late June. No previous work experience or qualifications are required. Starting wage is $10.03/hr.

Please email resume to kevcag@telus.net or fax resume to 403-885-4147 (Attn. Human Resources).

Resumes may also be mailed to Box 100, Blackfalds, Alberta, T0M 0J0.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the

Johnstone Park

BOWER AREA

Johnstone Crossing Joa & Jennings Cres.

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

ARE you looking for a seasonal full time delivery driver position? We are looking for a safe exp’d and professional Class 1 or Class 5 driver. Common sense, a positive attitude and a clean drivers abstract will be a definate asset.

Typically this position is Mon. - Fri. but can include some weekends. Rate of pay depends on exp.

Please contact Shayne at Central Alberta Green House Ltd. 403-885-4606 Ext. 330 or fax resume to 403-885-4147 email. acct2cag@telus.net

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Duties: Qualifications:

OVER the range microwave oven $100; GE electronic stove self cleaning oven w/convection $7403-318-3676

Household Furnishings

1720

GOSSIP phone bench, solid oak $175 403-314-2026

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514 WHICKER chest of drawers, 3 wicker night tables with drawers $100 obo for all, or buy separately 403-347-0104

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

1760

2 ELECTRIC fireplaces, almost new, 20” x 13” x 24” $75, 27” x 15” x 24” $100 403-227-4188

5 QUEEN mink blankets, like new $45/ea; assorted MATURE CARETAKERS dbl. sheet sets $7/ea; 2 f o r 3 2 r o o m m o t e l i n thick queen quilts $15/ea.

Forestburg, AB. Couple 403-348-6449 preferred. Handyman work, CANON K920 copier with exp. in motels and computer metal stand, exc. cond. knowledge 1-604-725-4448 $100; Wooden slider, email: jmann47@gmail.com rocking chair w/ottoman; $100. 403-352-8811 DEER HEAD mount on shield $150, 3 small deer antler mounts on shields $15/ea. 403-314-2026

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino

For afternoon delivery once per week

DISHES & misc. items, 1 box, all items good cond. $20. 403-314-9603

In the towns of:

LARGE SLEEPING BAG, $15.

BREADMAKER (still in box!) $30.

403-347-5316

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303 P/T CASHIER, week nights 4 pm -8 pm. Apply with resume to Highland Green Value Drug Mart.

WEEKEND/NIGHT dispatcher req’d. immediately. Knowledge of Red Deer essential. Will require good verbal and written communication skills. Fax resume to 403-346-0295

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1520

ANTIQUE wooden clothes wringer $45.

Antique wooden rocking chair $125.

Call (403) 342-7908.

Clothing

POTTERY soup set with urn and ladle, bowls, casserole dishes and plates, brand new wash a gift, $150; 3 wool accent matching carpets, clean, will sell separately. $50. for all 3. 403-352-8811 WORK BOOTS, (2) new size 10/11 safety toe, insulated $55 ea.; BOOTS, (2) sz. 10/11 new, insulated, $30. ea.

403-887-4981

1830

4 KITTENS TO GIVE AWAY. Mother can go too.

403-782-3031

1500-1990

Antiques & Art

LOVE seat, pink & white stripe, ideal for bedroom, exc. cond. $150; commercial black office chair with adjustments, $40. glass canister, gallon size with silver cover $10; 403-352-8811

Cats

1590

COAT, long camel, women’s, with hood, sz. M. $15. 403-314-9603

Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

LINED JEAN JACKET Size 46, $20.403-347-5316

FREE TO LOVING HOME. 4 golden orange 11 week old kittens, litter trained , 403-782-3130 phone back in order IN DESPERATE NEED OF A RESCUE. Must find h o m e f o r 8 - 1 0 y r. o l d black/white spayed F, kind of grumpy, crippled with stiff back leg and on occassion can’t find litter box ASAP. Must find home or be put down 403-783-5493

1840

Dogs

PANT Suit, black, Evan Picone, sz. 10, like new. $25. 403-314-9603

Equipment-

1630

Please reply by email: Heavy qmacaulay TRAILERS for sale or rent @reddeeradvocate.com Job site, office, well site or or phone Quitcy at storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

403-314-4316

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Homestead Firewood

To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Birch, Spruce, Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

LOGS

F1B GOLDEN DOODLES, black now but will brindle as they get older. Non shedding, well handled, long time breeder. $900.

Delivered to Alberta.

Text 306-521-1371 or call 306-792-2113 www.furtettishfarm.ca

Sporting Goods

1860

BODY Solid equip. Pd. $1800. Asking $750 obo., Great cond. 403-597-3958 Cash Only

880

Village of Alix

ELECTRIC heater (Comfort Zone) oak cabinet portable, remote and thermostat control, child and pet safe $150403-314-2026

Misc. for Sale

WESTPARK AREA

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

1710

STEREO, mini Phillips 5 disc. $55. obo; X Box 360 games (10) $10. each.

403-782-3847

INNISFAIL

Lawford Ave / Leonard Cres.

Household Appliances

PS2 with 10 games; $50. firm; Pioneer speakers 150 Watts each. $50 obo. older XBox with 15 games $75. obo.

403-782-3847

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of

Lord Close

Sutton Close

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

at our company. Must be physically fit as this labourer position requires constant heavy lifting and involves fast paced, on the job training. Applicant must be able to travel and must have reliable transportation to and from work as well as a valid class 5 driver’s license. All meals and hotel expenses are paid when out of town.

Successful applicant must provide an up to date drivers abstract. Construction experience an asset. Full benefits provided. Starting wages based on experience. Fax resumes to 403 885 5516 , must flag attn: Craig or e-mail to c.haan@eaglebuilders.ca.

Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

Somerset Close

TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo.

precast concrete erecting laborer position

Ladwig Close

in

Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

ALSO 28 to 233 Blocks of Reichley St. & Reighley Cl. $137/mo.

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

Eagle Builders in Blackfalds, AB is looking for hard working, motivated individual to fill full-time

Inglis Cres.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

ROSEDALE AREA

880

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

PUBLIC WORKS DEPT MAINTENANCE WORKER

Ferus offers a competitive compensation package including a competitive base salary, bonus incentive plan & an excellent Benefits Package, including a Group RSP Savings Plan.

Please reference: MMT-1113-JF

860

CARRIERS NEEDED

Logan Close

WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, and supply of liquid nitrogen (N2), liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), liquid natural gas (LNG), and compressed natural gas (CNG) for the energy industry in both Canada and the USA. Ferus has a great corporate culture with an excellent work/home life balance, strong team atmosphere and encourages through support the development of their employees for future growth.

880

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

DEER PARK AREA

QUALIFIED 2nd year to JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS

MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk

PARTSOURCE

req’d. for work in Central Alberta. Oilfield exp. an asset. Please forward your resume to jobs@ nexsourcepower.com or fax 403-887-4945 MECHANICAL FOREMAN NEEDED FOR SHOP IN LACOMBE. Duties include: Servicing diesel company vehicles and fabricating. Please fax TRUE POWER ELECTRIC resume to: 403-342-7447.

Requires

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please fax resume to: 1 -888-879-6125 or email humanresources@ferus.ca

by November 15th, 2013 The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time cooks. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm.

(Hoe, Sideboom, Dozer) Must have GD II by Global First Aid WHMS TDG H2S Alive Fax resume to 403.729.3236 Attn: Darry or Fred or Email bunwel@ telusplanet.net

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580

Joffre Plant LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced F/T or P/T Servers.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please 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 DEER 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. The Chopped Leaf, is a great new healthy fast food restaurant. We are opening soon and hiring for the new Clearview Ridge Shopping area and we are seeking part time positions as well as a store manager and shift supervisors..

Previous experience in restaurant, fast food or customer service is welcome.

Send resume to: Patti Barker, CHA RGI Hospitality Ltd. tel:403-690-5510 patti.barker.pb@gmail.com THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS at all stations.

MUST HAVE: • 2-3 yrs. post secondary education.

• 2-5 yrs. training • 2-5 yrs. on-the-job exp.

• Provide references The hourly rate will be $13.10 per hour.

Mail to: 2079 50 AVE. Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 or Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161

Heavy Equipment Operators

JOURNEYMAN Electricians and

880

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OPERATORS

Central Alberta Oilfield Construction Company requires immediately

overhead crane operator

DAD’S PIZZA

F/T P/T COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave. JOSE JOSE LATIN RESTAURANT IS HIRING!!

Looking for a WAITRESS/WAITER and COOKS HELPER Please drop off your resume at #9 7110-50 Ave or call 403-986-5673

850

Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for an experienced

Requires

A growing, well established ASME fabrication facility is recruiting for

Trades

Equipment operation & maintenance Perform labour & other maintenance duties assigned

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

No phone calls please Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

• Minimum grade 12 education • Sound knowledge of maintenance & operation of equipment • Sound knowledge of construction and maintenance practices • Valid class 5 Alberta Drivers License • Ability to work independently when required • Must be physically able to perform the duties of the position • Must accept and be trainable in First Aid and WHMIS Level one Water Distribution/Waste Water collection Operator preferred or willing to acquire certificate in future. The position requires the incumbent to be on an on-call schedule and work a 40 (forty) hour week, regardless of weather conditions. Salary dependent on qualifications and experience.

Closing date: open until suitable candidate hired A more detailed job description can be viewed on the Village of Alix Website at:

villageofalix.ca Resumes can be either mailed to the Attention of Assistant CAO: Village of Alix, Box 87, Alix, T0C 0B0 or email: bcretzman@villageofalix.ca

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Travel Packages

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses 330252K21

Oilfield

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 D3

FAST TRACK PHOTOS Call 403-309-3300 to get your vehicle pictured here

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 AUDI S4 6 SPEED. Mint, 94,661 km.

Sport & Import 7652-50 Ave ***SOLD***

2006 Jetta TDI 73,699 km $16,888 AS&I 403-348-8788

2008 Acura MDX tech pkg 79,851 km $26,888 AS&I 7652-50 Ave 403-348-8788

2008 LAND ROVER LR2 SE 4X4,.sunroofs, $18,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

REDUCED $20,500 2010 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 black with grey interior 4 cyl. 4 spd. Clean, great cond. 59,500 kms.

SOLD

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 Range Rover Sport HSE $25,888 Sport & Import 7652 50 Ave 403-348-8788

2008 BMW 328 xi sunroof, lthr., 66,382 kms., $25,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 SANTA FE. 3.3L, 5 spd. auto.

Heated seats & mirrors. $6900 obo. **SOLD**

2011 CARDINAL 38’.

Only used once. Top line. $56.000 obo. 403-347-5947

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400 HP Cummins, 4 slides, Aqua-Hot Heating, Jake Brake, 10kW Genset 403-887-0911

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2008 BMW 535xi $29,888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788

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2011 CHEV Silverado LTZ 6.2 L, lthr., $27,888.

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2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. Has only 69,885 km.

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2008 BMW X5 3.0 $31,888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788

2010 CHEV 1500 4x4 8 cyl. Kuhmo Tires. $17,900.

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2008 BMW X5 4.8i AWD, pana-roof, lthr., $36,888.

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2003 DODGE Durango SLT Plus, 4X4, $8888.

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2005 PONTIAC G6 GT, 3.5L, V6, 200HP, 4 spd auto, 4 dr, trifold sunroof, remote start, 81,832 km $8250.

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2007 LAND ROVER Range Rover supercharged, 4X4, nav., sunroof, lthr., $33,888 348-8788, Sport & Import

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2011 KEYSTONE Alpine $54,900. Top of the line. Satellite dish, built in Cummins Onan generator, Sub-zero insulation pckg. 403 357 6950

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2006 34’ Gulf Stream Yellowstone. Sleeps 4, 3 slides, new awning, washer, dryer hookup, equipped w/Arctic & Sub Arctic pkgs, custom skirt & more! $34,900. 403-8878405

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2011 VW Diesel Jetta Diesel, 6 spd., highline model.

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2010 JEEP Grand Cherokee $21,000. 403-598-4131 or 403-358-4131

2008 JEEP Rubicon 4X4, $20,888 7652 Gaetz Ave, Sport & Import 348-8788

2010 SILVERADO 1500 LTZ silver, 90,000.

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2004 CHEV Avalanche 4x4 loaded $8000 obo SOLD

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2006 COROLLA CE. exc. cond. 78,000. kims.

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2007 SATURN I0N auto, p. windows/doors, low mileage, only 54,000 kms, $7900 obo ***SOLD***

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2007 SUBURBAN 1500 LT loaded, new tires. DVD, 103,000 km. 403-346-2608

2012 Tiffin Allegro

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4-BEDROOM home in Blackfalds for rent or lease. 7 appls. Beautiful fenced backyard, Double garage, Large deck with natural gas BBQ, Wood stove. 2200 & util & DD. Available Dec. 15, CONTACT JIM @ 403-396-6247 Available Dec. 15, jim@reversion.ca

2007 TOYOTA FJ Cruiser, C Package, auto., loaded 75,000 kms. $18,900. Very nice, trades considered.

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2004 DODGE RAM 1500 ROOM in quiet home. yard. Close to all $192,000. 403-588-2550 4x4, quad, gold , c/w topper, N/S, no drinking, working amenities. $1295 + 2 sets of tires. Exc. cond.

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formerly of 12 Hunter Close, Red Deer, AB T4N 6C5 NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above deceased are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Executor, c/o #1618 Government Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1Z3 on or before December 15, 2013, after which date the estates’ assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

Lloyd Dennis Lyle SOPER Executor By his solicitors: Wong & Doerksen

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Hopi High School football team was in the midst of its best regular season ever, going 9-1 into a playoff game against a top-seeded team. Facing a complete shutdown, senior wide receiver Charles Youvella caught a pass and scored the team’s only touchdown in the third quarter.

Well into the fourth quarter in Saturday’s 60-6 loss to Arizona Lutheran Academy, Youvella fell hard on his head and collapsed a couple of plays later. He died Monday at the hospital of a traumatic brain injury, the Arizona Interscholastic Association said.

Youvella’s death was a sombre end to a football season in which the players had grown more enthusiastic about the game on the small northeastern Arizona reservation. It also comes at a time when head injuries in football are attracting attention at all levels of the sport. The Institute of Medicine and National Research Council two weeks ago called for a national system to track sports-related concussions and answer questions about youth concussions.

The report said 250,000 people age 19 and younger were treated in emergency rooms for concussions and other sports- or recreation-related brain injuries in the country in 2009. That was an increase from 150,000 in 2001.

A community memorial is planned Wednesday evening at the high school auditorium in Keams Canyon. The high school has grief counsellors on hand and will release students early, if needed, to attend funeral services later this week in Polacca.

Youvella died with this family at his side. His father, Wallace Youvella Jr., is the school’s athletic director.

School spirits were high earlier Saturday as the boys and girls cross country teams won state titles, the boys extending the longest-running streak of consecutive wins in the nation. About 250 of the Bruins’ fans watched the football team take on Arizona Lutheran in the first-round playoff game.

Head football coach Steve Saban said Youvella was part of a batch of kids who had been playing for him for years and had vowed to put in the work needed to become the standout team in football, which isn’t the most popular sport at the school. The only loss the Bruins had this season was in overtime.

“We had just a beautiful season, best record in school history,” he said.

“Down there in the state playoffs, it was just a great experience for the

kids. And then the terrible tragedy. It was just like a bad dream.”

The Hopi radio station, KUYI, was doing its first live remote broadcast of an Arizona state playoff game when Youvella was hit. Broadcaster Stan Bindell told listeners that Youvella went down but the extent of his injury wasn’t known. The game resumed about 45 minutes later after Youvella was taken to the hospital.

“It’s kind of quiet here right now,” fellow broadcaster Clark Tenakhongva said over the radio. “But I told the people back here on Hopi, please have him in our prayers and think about him, that it’s not something serious, that he will return back to football.”

Hopi High School principal Glenn Gilman was on the sidelines encouraging Youvella throughout the game.

The Hopi players were tired and some of them were cramping up, but they were unrelenting in moving forward, Gilman said.

“Charles really had a strong will and just never gave up, especially when it came to athletics,” Gilman said.

Gilman said the initial call from an athletic trainer from Arizona Lutheran was that Youvella, who also played basketball for Hopi High School, had suffered a concussion. Emergency responders arrived about 15 minutes after Youvella collapsed, he said.

Game officials kept the clock running under a rule that gets implemented when a team is up by 42 points. The Arizona Interscholastic Association has no mercy rule, nor does it match up teams based on their size.

Chuck Schmidt, the AIA’s associate executive director and chief operating officer, said the association would be gathering details from the medical examiner and officials on site, and looking at its own response.

“I can’t explain why it happened,” he said. “We have too many people drawing conclusions as to a play. Our focus right now is the family, assisting them in the grieving process and making sure they have time to do that.”

Schmidt said an account will be set up to help defray costs for the Youvella family. Hopi High School also is accepting donations.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald reached out to fans on Twitter with a picture of Youvella, asking them to pray for the teen’s family, friends and teammates.

“The heart that he played with, the tenacity, the passion — that spoke for itself,” Saban said. “The young kids, especially if they were bigger kids, they’d see this little, tiny kid doing what he’s doing. Charles led by example.”

Slain TSA officer’s life celebrated at emotional memorial service

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — At a memorial service filled with tears, prayers and songs, the Transportation Security Administration officer who was killed by a gunman at Los Angeles International Airport was remembered Tuesday as a devoted public servant who greeted every traveller with a grin and never passed up an opportunity to talk about his children.

Gerardo Hernandez became the first TSA officer killed in the line of duty Nov. 1 when a man authorities say held a grudge against his agency pulled a rifle from a bag and opened fire at the airport’s Terminal 3. The man methodically targeted TSA agents, wounding two others and also a school teacher before airport police shot and captured him.

Some 500 people turned out Tuesday to honour Hernandez at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, including the two agents who were wounded.

The nearly two-hour memorial began with a solemn eulogy offered by the Rev. Paul Griesgraber, who quoted Psalm 23.

It was followed by a soulful rendition of “Amazing Grace” that was performed by a chorus of blue-uniformed TSA officials.

As the group sang, some in the audience of law enforcement officers, firefighters, military personnel and others wiped tears from their eyes.

Those who attended included U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and Mayor Eric Garcetti.

The mayor said Hernandez’s upbeat manner “spread the love through every corner of this Earth” as he greeted travellers from all over the world.

He was the perfect person to have around to lighten the mood of travellers and TSA agents during stressful times, several colleagues said.

“His charisma was contagious,” recalled fellow TSA Officer Lisandro Jimenez.

Hernandez, who joined the TSA in

2010, was checking passenger IDs and boarding passes when he was shot.

“Every single day, he took pride in the role he played to keep the American people safe,” Holder said. “Over the years, the contributions that he and others have made — and the tireless work of TSA employees across the country — have too often been unappreciated, overlooked or even discounted.”

As he was working, a gunman walked up, pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a duffel bag and shot him at point-blank range, then shot him again as he lay wounded, authorities have said. Paul Ciancia remains hospitalized and has been charged with crimes that could get him the death penalty.

The 23-year-old unemployed motorcycle mechanic had a handwritten letter stating he made the conscious decision to try to kill multiple TSA officers and “instil fear in your traitorous minds,” according to authorities.

Authorities haven’t given a motive for the attack, but federal agents are investigating possible ties between Ciancia and a widely circulated conspiracy theory that the U.S. government is preparing to establish a totalitarian state.

Among others at the ceremony were the wounded TSA agents, Tony Grigsby and James Speer, as well as Hernandez’s wife, Ana, and the couple’s 14-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter.

During a particularly emotional moment, acting Homeland Security Secretary Rand Beers left the podium to kneel before Ana Hernandez and present her with an American flag.

The ceremony concluded with the choir singing “America The Beautiful.”

Born in El Salvador, Hernandez moved to the United States when he was 15. Four years later he met his wife, and they married on Valentine’s Day in 1998. He was killed a week before his 40th birthday.

“Gerardo’s story is like so many others in this city,” Garcetti said.

“Coming here from another country, another state, another place to call this home.”

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 D5

Families grieve after attack on Christian school FIVE CHILDREN AND BUS DRIVER KILLED IN MORTAR ATTACK ON SCHOOL IN DAMASCUS SYRIA

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAMASCUS, Syria — Families in a central neighbourhood of the Syrian capital wept quietly Tuesday as they retrieved the bodies of four children and their bus driver killed in a mortar attack on their school in a predominantly Christian area a day earlier.

The strike was the latest rebel reprisal to hit Damascus as government troops press ahead with a crushing weekslong advance into oppositionheld suburbs, often relying on indiscriminant artillery fire themselves.

Such mortar attacks by rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad have been on the rise.

“Those children were angels,” said Marwan Qabalan, a family friend picking up the body of nine-year-old Vaniciya Mekho from the morgue. He said the girl’s parents couldn’t bear to see her, still dressed in a school uniform and covered with blood.

Often-random rebel mortar fire has hit shops, churches, homes and embassies in the capital this year, killing dozens of civilians. But Monday’s shelling of Risaleh school in the Bab Sharqi neighbourhood shocked residents in particular because the casualties were children.

A fifth pupil died early Tuesday, raising the number of children killed to five. Four other children and two supervisors were also wounded in the strike, and another mortar attack the same day on nearby John of Damascus school wounded 11.

Also Tuesday, Kurds announced a transitional autonomous administration to run day-to-day affairs in regions they dominate in Syria’s northeast. Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for

the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, said the announcement was made in the city of Qamishli.

Overstretched from fighting rebels across most of the country, Syrian troops withdrew from Kurdish areas last year, leaving a security void. Since then, Kurdish militiamen led by the PYD, seen by mainstream rebels and some other Kurdish groups as being pro-government, have been fighting to purge their areas from Islamic extremists and al-Qaida affiliated militants.

The Kurdish move could be a first step toward setting up an autonomous region similar to one they administer in northern Iraq. It was not immediately clear however if other groups supported the announcement by the PYD and a few other small groups.

In Damascus, the morgue visit was organized for journalists by Syrian officials who otherwise typically restrict reporters’ access to events. All victims were Christians.

Associated Press TV footage showed sombre pallbearers placing a small white coffin with a gold cross on the lid into the back of a hearse. Three men carried out another coffin, as woman dressed in black cried out: “What a waste, what a shame!” A hospital medic draped a white robe over sixyear-old Majd Shahadeh before he was placed in a coffin.

“I am proud because I am the mother of a martyr and I am ready even to sacrifice my other two sons for Syria,” said the bus driver’s tearful mother, Samira Abu Sukkeh.

UNICEF called the shelling “barbaric,” saying in a statement that “all those with influence in Syria have a moral obligation to respect the sanctity of children’s lives and ensure that schools remain a place of safe refuge.”

The attack triggered outrage among residents of the capital who have largely become accustomed to violence and mortar fire in recent months, with

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Men carry the coffin of one of five Syrian children who were killed in Bab Sharqi neighborhood, Damascus, Syria, Tuesday. Syria’s state news agency said a mortar shell hit a school bus Monday in the neighborhood, killing four children and the bus driver. It also said four children and two teachers were also wounded. A fifth child died later. many parents to terrified to let their children return to school. Education official Rami Shahin said only 100 of some 750 pupils at John of Damascus attended classes Tuesday.

Elsewhere in Damascus, mortar shells continued to draw blood, with state media saying a strike near the office of a pro-Assad Palestinian group wounded 10. The shells can be easily lobbed into the city from footholds on its outskirts.

Despite the attacks, rebel fighters say infighting and waning weapon supplies have weakened them in recent weeks. The government has also besieged many of their enclaves and made inroads in the northern province of Aleppo as well.

Tuesday’s fighting centred around the suburb of Hejeira, one of a patchwork of sprawling neighbourhoods and towns just south of Damascus that have been opposition strongholds for the past year. In recent weeks, government forces have taken control of four nearby strongholds, most recently the nearby town of Sabina.

Assad’s efforts there were bolstered

by Shiite fighters from Iraq and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, said the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of activists on the ground. A spokeswoman for a Damascus-based Syrian rebel council corroborated the claim, speaking on condition of anonymity however for fear of reprisals.

Hawaii Senate passes gay marriage Resistance to anti-malarial drugs in Asia poses global risk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — International experts raised the alarm Tuesday over the spread of drug-resistant malaria in several Southeast Asian countries, saying it endangers major global gains in fighting the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 600,000 people annually.

While the disease wreaks its heaviest toll in Africa, it’s in nations along the Mekong River where the most serious threat to treating it has emerged.

The availability of therapies using the drug artemisinin has helped cut global malaria deaths by a quarter in the past decade.

But over the same period, resistance to the drug emerged on Thailand’s borders with Myanmar and Cambodia and has spread.

It has been detected in southern Vietnam and likely exists in southern Laos, said Prof. Nick White of the Thailandbased Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit.

White, a leading authority on the subject, said that while there’s no confirmed evidence of resistance in Africa, there’s plenty of risk of transmission by air travellers from affected countries, such as construction labourers, aid workers or soldiers serving on peacekeeping missions.

“We have to take a radical approach to this.

It’s like a cancer that’s spreading and we have to take it out now,” White told a conference at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think-tank in Washington.

He said no alternative anti-malarial drug is on the horizon.

The U.N. World Health Organization, or WHO, is also warning that what seems to be a localized threat could easily get out of control and have serious implications for global health.

Mosquitoes have developed resistance to antimalarial drugs before.

It happened with the drug chloroquine, which helped eliminate malaria from Europe, North America, the Caribbean and parts of Asia and South-Central America during the 1950s. Resistance first began appearing on the Thai-Cambodia border, and by the early 1990s it was virtually useless as an antimalarial in much of the world.

Resistance to artemisinin is caused by various factors, such as use of substandard or counterfeit drugs, or prescribing artemisinin on its own rather than in combination with another longer-acting drug to ensure that all malariacarrying parasites in a patient’s bloodstream are killed off.

Scientists have been working for decades to develop a malaria vaccine, but none is yet available.

Nowhere are the challenges to countering drug resistance greater than in Myanmar, also known as Burma, which accounts for most of malaria deaths in the Mekong region, according to a report for the conference by Dr. Christopher Daniel, former commander of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center.

Myanmar’s public health system is illequipped to cope, although once-paltry government spending on it has increased significantly under the quasicivilian administration that took power in 2011.

Dr. Myat Phone Kyaw,

assistant director of the Myanmar Medical Research Center, said malaria drug resistance first emerged in the country’s east where migrant workers cross between Myanmar and Thailand, and is assumed to have spread to other regions. Death rates have dropped as effective treatments have become more available, but more aid and research is needed as transient workers in industries like mining and logging pose a continuing transmission risk, he said.

White said it is critical to prevent drug resistance creeping across Myanmar’s northwestern border with densely populated India.

“In my view, once it gets into the northeast part of India, that’s it, it’s too late, you won’t be able to stop it,” he said.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is advocating greater U.S. involvement and aid for health and fighting malaria in the Mekong region, particularly in Myanmar, where Washington has been in the vanguard of ramping up international aid.

HONOLULU — The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday legalizing gay marriage, putting Hawaii a signature away from becoming a same-sex wedding destination.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who called lawmakers to a special session for the bill and has vocally supported gay marriage, said in a statement he will sign the measure. It will allow thousands of gay couples living in Hawaii and even more tourists to marry in the state starting Dec. 2.

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“I look forward to signing this significant piece of legislation, which provides marriage equity and fully recognizes and protects religious freedoms,” Abercrombie said.

President Barack Obama praised the bill’s passage, saying the affirmation of freedom and equality makes the country stronger.

“I’ve always been proud to have been born in Hawaii, and today’s vote makes me even prouder,” Obama said.

Senators passed the bill 19-4 with two lawmakers excused. Cheers erupted inside and outside the gallery when the vote was taken.

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