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Christmas comes early at Festival of Trees START OF THE LOCAL HOLIDAY SEASON

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF If the winter wonderland outdoors hadn’t been enough to stir your Christmas spirit, the Festival of Trees would surely have done the trick.

The 20th version of the popular fundraiser and semi-official start to the local Christmas season was another big success this year.

All the crowd favourites were there; forests of amazingly decorated trees, angel-voiced choirs, the Sweet Shop and the ever-popular Candy Cane Lane.

The Cirque de Noel, Festival Business Lunch and Tis the Season Fashion Luncheon were also well supported.

Delburne’s Tanya Richards was soaking up the Yuletide spirit with her two children and a family friend on Saturday.

Richards has lived in Brooks and Medicine Hat and said Red Deer’s festival is number one.

“It’s by far the best, it really is.”

Richard’s family came from Medicine Hat last year to visit and were so impressed by the festival they went twice, she said.

Son Easton, eight, ranked the hockey shoot-out as his personal favourite, while his 10-year-old sister Rayden figured getting a finger cast was the most fun.

Their friend Emma Svederus, 10, enjoyed making a Christmas place mat in the crafting area.

Angela Eadie-Gyori was with daughter Aislan, 11, and her friend Mia Payne, 11.

The girls said their favourite attraction were the trees. For Mia, the white-lighted trees were tops, while Aislan singled out the “sparkling ones.”

Eadie-Gyori, administrator of Sylvan Lake’s Steffie Woima Elementary School, also came to see the choir from her school perform.

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Premier Alison Redford responds to the crowd after it was announced she had won 77 per cent support from the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta at their annual convention in Red Deer on Saturday afternoon.

Support strong for Redford, no surprise say local MLAs

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Premier Alison Redford was given a strong show of support from Progressive Conservative party on Saturday.

The 77 per cent vote in favour of her leadership is good news for the party and for Albertans, said local MLAs. Red Deer South MLA Cal Dallas said the result was no surprise.

“We were anticipating there was a lot of support here in the room,” he said, shortly after the results were announced to loud cheers from the party faithful at a Red Deer Sheraton Hotel convention room.

“Obviously (we’re) very pleased about the number.

I think the number really reflects the tone, the direction, the conversations we’ve been having here.

“There’s lots of room inside our party to discuss different ideas, new ideas, said Dallas, who is inter-

governmental and international relations minister.

“We don’t always agree on everything, but that’s been part of the secret of the success in terms of the governance we’ve had.

“We don’t all have to be on the same page, but clearly this a resounding vote of support for the direction that the premier set.”

Of the 1,197 votes cast, 920 voted no to a leadership race.

Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski said she was expected the premier to post a good number.

“I can tell you I’m not only happy for the premier, I’m extremely happy for the party and more so for the province of Alberta, because for me stability means a lot to our economy and to the growth that we have here.”

Delegates who voted included past and present legislature members, youth delegates and 15 representatives from each of the 87 constituency associations.

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HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS WON’T BE PART OF NEXT YEAR’S BUDGET DISCUSSION

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Progressive Conservatives have no appetite for a provincial sales tax, but the party supports reviving health care premiums.

In a media session on Saturday afternoon, Red Deer’s MLAs Cal Dallas and Mary Anne Jablonski offered their insight into the party’s closed-door convention discussions.

Dallas, who is Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations said he was not surprised the sales tax was a no go.

“The premier and the government has been very clear on our position on a sales tax,” said Dallas, who like Jablonski, was not in on the discussion.

Dallas said the government is focused on spending within its means, such as the implementation of resultsbased budgeting.

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“The premier has been clear about that, sales tax is not part of the discussion.”

Jablonski said party members voted a “resounding no” on the sales tax resolution.

On health care premiums, Dallas said Albertans were clear that they wanted the government to look at how it spends within existing budgets before searching for new revenue.

“Obviously, we’ll take that to caucus and have a discussion about the various perspectives the membership brought to that.

“That can be an important part of the dialogue we have,” said Dallas, reminding that party resolutions are not government policy.

But the government has clearly made a commitment to look at its budgeting before considering any new revenue streams, he added.

Health care premiums will not be part of the budget discussion for the next budget, he said.

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Stettler woman who survived a random shooting shares her story in the fall edition of the STARS Air Ambulance newsletter.

Krista Dryden, now 40, was shot by a stranger while she tried to get away on a side road in Stettler around 9 a.m. on May 28, 2012.

Dryden, a mother of four, was running home from dropping off her lawn mower for service when a man in a car pulled up beside her on the street. At the time, Dryden thought the man was lost and needed directions.

The man told Dryden to get in the car or he would shoot her. When she refused, he pulled out the gun and held it out of the car door.

Dryden started running. The man fired a bullet which struck her in the back, punctured her lungs and came out through her shoulder. She was knocked off her feet and got up and ran to the highway where she was picked up by a friend. She was taken to the Stettler Hospital and Care Centre be-

fore she was flown to Foothills Medical Centre by STARS Air Ambulance.

She spent 10 days in the hospital recovering from the non-life threatening injuries.

Dryden said STARS is a wonderful organization that has helped a lot of people in her community and she wanted to thank them for her second chance.

“It could have turned out a lot different,” said Dryden, who teaches safety courses in Stettler. “I think you push a little harder after something like that. I was pretty determined. I have four daughters and I don’t want them to be scared to walk down the street. This isn’t normal for people to be like that. There’s good people out there and they need to know that.”

She has only minor lasting effects from the shooting including a minor cough because of damage to her lungs.

Dustin Goddu, 31, a funeral director in Red Deer, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a rural area near Coronation, where he fled after shooting Dryden in Stettler. His death followed a lengthy standoff with police. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Redford said the government will continue to invest in schools, health care facilities, roads and other infrastructure and search for new markets for its products.

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The 75 students in Grades 3 to 5 did their school proud. “They were fabulous. They were outstanding,” she said.

Red Deer Regional Health Foundation project officer Alaine Martin said the festival looks to be right on track.

“Everything seems to have gone very well,” she said on Sunday afternoon.

Treacherous roads thinned out crowds on Friday morning but afternoon and weekend attendance was strong and a number of events, including Mistletoe Magic, Festival of Wines and Breakfast with Santa sold out in less than two days.

Other events, such as Tis the Season Fashion Luncheon also drew good crowds.

It’s too soon to predict the final fundraising numbers.

“It’s tough to say right now, but numbers are looking really strong so far,” she said. “But based on the event attendance and the numbers we’re pretty consistent with last year Final tallies are expected in about two weeks.

This year’s Festival of Trees chose to raise money for diagnostic imaging, urology and the operating room. But as part of the anniversary celebration, $185,000 will also be divided among all 37 units at the hospital.

Last year the festival pulled in $1,225,000 and it has raised $9.5 million since 1994.

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Redford ‘overwhelmed’ by support MATCHES STELMACH’S 2009 LEADERSHIP REVIEW SUPPORT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS RED DEER, Alta. — Alberta Premier Alison Redford received a strong vote of confidence from members of her Progressive Conservative party in balloting at the party’s convention Saturday.

Redford received 77 per cent of the vote in secret ballots cast by 1,197 delegates.

“I’m a little overwhelmed,” said Redford, as the hundreds of delegates in the ballroom gave her a standing ovation and chanted “Redford! Redford! Redford!”

“I’m so proud to be a member of this party and all that we’ve accomplished together.”

The vote, required within two years of an election win, has become a potential trap for Tory leaders ever since then-premier Ralph Klein received just 55 per cent support in 2006 and quit the job soon after.

The 77 per cent Redford received matched the figure that her predecessor, Ed Stelmach, received in 2009.

Stelmach was out as premier within two years, resigning after he could not quell infighting over his leadership.

The voters included past and present legislature members, youth delegates and 15 representatives from each of the 87 constituency associations.

The delegates voted on the question of whether to hold a leadership race.

Of the 1,197 delegates who voted, 920 said no to the race.

Heading into the vote, Redford never said what she considered would be an acceptable number. Party supporters had said they would consider anything over the minimum 50 per cent plus one acceptable, but worked hard to get the vote out.

At the conference, supporters handed out stickers urging delegates to vote for Redford. Buttons that read “I’m With Alison” were plentiful.

On Friday night, Redford was introduced like a rock star prior to her keynote speech to delegates.

She came down the aisle to a spotlight as her name was announced with a drawn out “Alissssson Reddddforrrrrd!!!”

There was also a long video of testimonials to Redford’s leadership with pictures of her talking to Albertans or viewing flood devastation. One person on the video said while the leader is known as Redford to the province, to the party “she’s Alison.”

Redford avoided criticizing opposition parties in Friday’s speech, but in a

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Alberta Premier Alison Redford delivers the keynote address at the provincial PC party convention in Red Deer, Alta., Friday.

Saturday question-and-answer session prior to the vote count, accused them of hindering flood recovery efforts after the catastrophic rains in southern Alberta this summer.

“One thing that this opposition has done throughout this flood issue is they’ve tried to politicize it, they’ve tried to tear people down, they’ve tried to undermine and pit community against community,” said Redford.

Political opponents have criticized the Tories for not implementing flood mitigation measures that had been called for after floods hit southern Alberta in 2005.

Redford, answering a question about her party’s zero tolerance approach to bullying, also spoke about getting bullied as a child.

“I was bullied. And I tell you that

to this day still when I’m in groups of people, doesn’t matter how old we get, I can kind of tell the people who were bullied.

“When you’ve been in those shoes, you have a different appreciation for everybody else, and that’s important for us to remember.”

Party members debated resolutions behind closed doors and did not make the resolutions themselves available to the media.

The party affirmed Redford’s promise to not bring in a sales tax. They also recommended the province do more to bring in more workers, pursue flood preparedness issues and review the proportion of how much students pay for post-secondary education versus how much the government pays.

Red Deer Tory MLA Cal Dallas said

delegates also voted to look at bringing back health premiums, but he said it’s only a discussion topic for now and will not be part of the next budget.

While Redford promised delegates that her team would now get back to work to win the 2016 election, recent polls suggest they have some work to do.

The PCs have been neck and neck with the opposition Wildrose party while Redford has trailed Wildrose leader Danielle Smith in personal popularity.

Last month, Wildrose members gave Smith a 90 per cent vote of confidence in their leadership review.

The PCs ended 2012 almost $800,000 in debt, and in the first nine months of 2013 have raised $1.4 million compared with $1.9 million for the Wildrose.

B.C. group questions dam plans of Woman charged in son’s death Alberta company after using holistic ENDBRIDGE AFFLILATED WITH PLAN Gateway pipeline plan, which aims to connect Alberta’s oilsands with an export terminal in Kitimat.

Ivan Giesbrecht, spokesman for Enbridge, conPRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — An environmental firmed the numbered company belongs to Enbridge, group is raising concerns about northwest salmon but said the company isn’t planning to dam the river. populations if a plan by a company affiliated with Instead he said it’s looking at a possible run-of-river Enbridge goes ahead with a hydroelectric project hydro project, but those plans are in the preliminary stages. along the Clore River.

“As it does with all project proposals, Enbridge The Friends of Wild Salmon said if Enbridge is allowed to build a dam it could hurt salmon runs will conduct a full environmental review before along the Clore and Copper River watersheds near proceeding beyond this preliminary stage,” he said.

“Enbridge strictly adheres to or exceeds all applicaTerrace.

“If Enbridge thinks northwest residents will let ble statutes, regulations and environmental requirethem dam our salmon rivers, they are even more de- ments, and would never proceed with any project or lusional than we thought,” said Gerald Amos, chair- proposal that contravenes any of these measures.”

Giesbrecht said the hydro plans don’t have anyman of Friends of Wild Salmon.

The group became aware of the hydro project thing to do with the Northern Gateway proposal, but when a third party pointed them to an exploratory Amos said he finds it curious that it will be located licence granted by the province to a numbered com- so close to the proposed right of way for the pipeline.

He suggested the company could be considering pany 8056587 Canada Ltd. A search showed that comthe hydro project as a way to power some of its pipepany shared the same Calgary address as Enbridge.

Once Friends of Wild Salmon made the connec- line pumping stations.

“This seems to be pretty much consistent with tion, they issued a news release.

Enbridge is the company behind the Northern their entire approach to this 1/8Northern Gateway 3/8 project of theirs,” Amos said. “They’ve heard for almost a decade now, the concerns coming from this particular area that we live persons with disabilities Frank Oberle in. As people have said will consider the proposal, she said the answer is still no and Dallas said as a member of the govunfortunately they don’t ernment’s executive council he can’t seem to get the mescomment on the Michener issue besage.” cause it could prejudice an upcoming Jablonski said if it comes to bring- judicial review. ing back health care premiums it will pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com be important to consult with Albertans first. Neither MLA participated in the premium discussions, they said.

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CALGARY — A 44-year-old Calgary woman has been charged after her son died of an infection that police allege was treated with holistic remedies instead of antibiotic medication.

Tamara Sophia Lovett was charged Friday with criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessities of life for her son, Ryan.

Last March, emergency crews were called to a home for a report of a seven-year-old boy having a seizure. The child was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Detectives allege the boy was suffering from a treatable illness but was not taken for medical attention despite his deteriorating condition.

An autopsy revealed he died as a result of a strep infection, which is often treatable with medication such as penicillin.

The child’s grandfather, Donn Lovett, a wellknown political organizer in Calgary Liberal circles, said police have made a mistake.

“The facts just don’t line up,” he said in a statement to CTV Calgary. “Ryan had flu-like symptoms and seemed to be getting better even the day before he died. You wouldn’t rush your child to the hospital for flu-like symptoms.”

He also said his daughter had no problems seeking conventional medical care.

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Putting cancer on the run A diagnosis of cancer is uniformly dreaded and often triggers a lightningbolt reaction of doom and confusion.

On one of the walls at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, a poster delivers this message of solace: “Cancer is only a word.”

That comforting message helps RICK deliver hope to confused paZEMANEK tients checking in for the first time to discuss the unknown.

But for too long, cancer victims in Central Alberta faced other challenges in pursuit of treatment for their ailments.

Chief among them was the lack of

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adequate treatment services close to home.

On Wednesday, that barrier was removed with the opening of the longawaited Central Alberta Cancer Centre in Red Deer.

The $46-million facility offers patients treatments that were once available only at the Tom Baker Centre and the Cross Cancer Centre in Edmonton.

With no treatments available in Central Alberta, patients agonized over frequent trips on Hwy 2, battling the weather. Plus, the added stress of being isolated from family and friends whose support is essential.

About 80 per cent of Central Alberta cancer patients will now have access to full treatment at the new centre, at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

Kim Rideout, a breast cancer patient from Red Deer, recalled at Wednesday’s opening her seemingly endless treks to Calgary for radiation treatments. She was diagnosed in 2012 at the age of 44.

“I was fighting cancer but I also felt like I was fighting Mother Nature and it was exhausting because (nature) always won,” she recalled. “Every morning I would get up and the first thing I would do is look at the road reports.”

Rideout chalked up 5,500 km to make 18 trips to Calgary, costing her almost $1,000 in fuel alone. “I was lucky I could afford to do that,” she said.

“But there’s many families that can’t.

A thousand dollars is a lot of money, but they have no choice.”

The 43,055-square-foot, state-ofthe-art facility provides treatment for breast, lung, prostate, bladder and gastrointestinal cancers, as well as for palliative patients with bone pain and other chronic discomforts who need symptom relief.

“It supports families. And it supports people across Central Alberta,” Premier Alison Redford said at the centre’s opening.

The support of family and friends is vital in the fight against cancer. Hav-

ing loved ones close at hand eases the stress, as do familiar surroundings.

Red Deer’s facility is part of Alberta Health Service’s effort to establish the Alberta Radiation Therapy Corridor Project. The corridor eventually will provide access to radiation treatments for 92 per cent of Albertans within 100 km of their homes.

The Red Deer arm of the project will accommodate more than 2,000 patients a year, said Dr. Paul Grundy of CancerControl Alberta with Alberta Health Services Every day, 42 Albertans learn they have cancer, and by 2030 that’s expected to grow to 73 new cases a day.

But thanks to improved treatments, research, support from the Canadian Cancer Society and local fundraisers to help purchase the latest in treatment equipment, more Central Albertans can believe today that “cancer is only a word.”

Rick Zemanek is a retired Advocate editor.

LETTERS TO EDITOR

We can’t clear streets but we can spend millions on a pool Reading the headline in the Tuesday, Nov. 19, Advocate ($90 million pool in budget mix), one has to wonder where the priorities of our city officials are.

We need snow clearing of our streets, which are an absolute mess and to the point of being dangerous to drive on.

Ninety million dollars would go a long way to make a person feel safe driving through our city.

If you clear the streets, maybe then we could possibly drive to your pool.

We all try to keep our sidewalks clear so people can navigate. What’s wrong with keeping our streets clear so people can also navigate?

Mike Shea Red Deer

AHS to blame for shortage of hospital beds I can sympathize with Leon LeGrand’s predicament, waiting for surgery on his broken heels, but don’t blame Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (Advocate, Page A1, Nov. 14).

My daughter was injured in an vehicle accident recently and airlifted to Edmonton. She waited three and a half days for surgery — being bumped several times for more urgent cases.

The fault lies with the Alberta Health Services. We don’t have enough beds anywhere!

My daughter is now back in Red Deer hospital and receiving exceptional care.

Mary Chadwick Red Deer

Energy choices risk climate chaos for Maritimes David Suzuki Foundation supporters who live in Western Canada often have eyes riveted on Ottawa to see what the federal government’s next move will be when it comes to environmental issues. So we sometimes too easily overlook Canadians in the Maritimes and Newfoundland and Labrador — coastal regions, like ours, on the front lines of climate change.

As oceans warm, water expands and sea levels rise.

Melting glaciers, icebergs and ice sheets add to the waDAVID ter volume. Scientists predict SUZUKI oceans could rise by more than a metre before the end of the century. They’re also increasingly convinced that escalating carbon emissions are linked to the risk of extreme weather events and intensified storms, such as the recent Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines or super storm Sandy in the U.S. in 2012. A key finding from the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is that Atlantic Canada faces similar risks if climate change is left unchecked, with more severe storms causing surging tides, flooding and widespread coastal erosion.

For his captivating documentary, Climate Change in Atlantic Canada, Ian Mauro, an environmental

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and social scientist at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, interviewed farmers, fishers, local residents, First Nations community members, scientists and business people from all around the Atlantic provinces. All say climate change is affecting their communities and livelihoods. They also agree something must be done and that the “business as usual” scenario is no longer an option.

The heart of the problem is our seemingly unquenchable thirst for mainly fossil-fuel based energy resources. As our desire for comfort and efficiency grows, so does our energy consumption, prompting the search for sources increasingly difficult to extract. The words oilsands, shale gas, offshore drilling and fracking have only entered our vocabulary in just the past few decades — including in Atlantic communities, many of which now also rely on these fossil-based industries to fuel economic prosperity.

But with current talks about oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, shale gas fracking in New Brunswick, and moving tar sands bitumen from Alberta to the East Coast, we must ask if economic profit and prosperity for a few are worth the environmental and social risks to so many – especially when the latest IPCC report suggests that to avoid global catastrophic climate chaos, we must leave much of the known reserves of fossil fuels in the ground.

In light of what the scientific community is telling us about the scope and impacts of climate change — largely a result of burning fossil fuels — we owe it ourselves and our children and grandchildren to consider the implications of the choices we’re about

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Harper approved plan to compel Duffy repayment DIFFERING VERSIONS OF EVENTS HAVE EMERGED

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — What exactly went down on Feb. 22, 2013, when the prime minister’s chief of staff approached him about how to deal with the Mike Duffy Senate expenses headache?

Two clear but very different versions of events have emerged: A) Nigel Wright meets with Harper and conceals the details of an agreement with Duffy, but then tells other staff in the Prime Minister’s Office that the PM has approved the deal.

B) Harper was informed of and approved a deal, or parts of a deal, that could turn out to be criminal.

Duffy and Wright face police allegations of bribery, breach of trust and fraud in connection with the fateful agreement. No charges have yet been laid.

Stephen Harper’s spokesman Jason MacDonald spoke to a variety of media outlets on Sunday to lay out in detail Harper’s account, in the wake of a release of an RCMP affidavit on the affair.

MacDonald said when Wright and Harper met that day, Wright sought approval to “compel” a stubborn Duffy to repay his contested housing expenses — at that time estimated at only $32,000.

“You have a caucus member who is actively resisting paying, doesn’t believe he did anything wrong, doesn’t believe he should repay it,” MacDonald told The Canadian Press.

“So Nigel goes back to the prime minister and says, ’We’re going to go back to him again and tell him he has to repay it, and he’s not going to like that, he’s going to resist it and he’s going to fight it,’ and we all know that even to this day he still doesn’t believe he did anything wrong or should have had to repay, and hasn’t.”

When asked how Wright proposed to “compel” Duffy to repay, whether there was some sort of ultimatum attached, MacDonald said it was just telling Duffy to repay. The opposition have ridiculed the suggestion that Harper’s permission was sought simply to have Duffy repay his own expenses.

Wright’s version, revealed in emails and interviews obtained by the RCMP in their ongoing investigation, suggests Wright went to Harper with a different, much more elaborate scenario that included covering Duffy’s expenses.

At the time, discussions were underway between the PMO and Duffy’s lawyer Janice Payne that would see the embattled senator repay his expenses and say so publicly, even though he felt he had nothing wrong. In exchange, the party would repay him for the outlay, Duffy would be spared any further questions about whether Ottawa or PEI was his primary residence, and he would be withdrawn from a Senatecommissioned audit.

At the time, Duffy was being scrutinized for claiming housing expenses for a secondary residence in Ottawa, even though that was where he mainly lived.

Wright wrote to PMO lawyer Benjamin Perrin and other staffers on Feb. 22 about the deal.

“Ben, please go back to Ms. Payne on these points and ascertain where they stand on everything else. I do want to speak to the PM before everything is considered,” Wright wrote to the PMO lawyer and other staffers on Feb. 22, messaging back an hour later: “We are good to go from the PM...”

Ultimately, when Duffy’s expense bill reached $90,000, an apparently exasperated Wright decided to cover the cost himself — something at least six other Conservatives were told about.

Harper has insisted he was not in the loop about that either.

When the story broke in the media in May, Wright wrote to another PMO staffer telling him, “The PM knows, in broad terms only, that I personally assisted Duffy when I was getting him to agree to pay the expenses.”

Three of the other major figures in the deal with Duffy — Sen. Irving Gerstein, former PMO director of issues management Chris Woodcock, and parliamentary affairs manager Patrick Rogers remain employed by either the party or the government.

MacDonald repeated Harper’s argument that Wright bears sole responsibility.

But Gerstein, chairman of the Conservative Fund Canada, was not Wright’s subordinate. In fact, Wright sought Gerstein’s approval to use party funds to repay Duffy.

The 80-page RCMP court file showed that Gerstein approached a contact he knew at the firm Deloitte to ask about the audit they were doing on Duffy’s expenses for the Senate.

They wanted the examination of Duffy’s residency to be declared moot

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Prime Minister Stephan Harper speaks during a news conference in Lac Megantic, Que. as soon as he repaid his expenses, which was part of Duffy’s demands.

Following that Gerstein contact, emails between figures inside the PMO suggest that some sort of information was communicated to them about the audit.

The Senate committee that first commissioned the audit has summoned Deloitte to answer questions about this on Thursday.

Harper was also unaware this was going on, MacDonald said.

“One, he was not aware that Mr. Gerstein was reaching out to Deloitte or had been asked to reach out to Deloitte, and again had he known about that he would have put a stop to it,” he said.

MacDonald and Harper have emphasized that only Wright and Duffy face allegations of criminal wrongdoing. But did they breach any moral or ethical standards by playing along with the Duffy scheme?

“Ultimately, Mr. Wright has taken responsibility for this. Yes, he has identified people that he informed of what he was doing, or involved in some way, but ultimately these folks are not being investigated by the RCMP,” said MacDonald.

Wright’s lawyer did not immediately respond to an email asking for reaction to MacDonald’s comments, but Wright issued a statement last week saying he acted within the scope of his duties and is confident his actions were lawful.

Duffy has said he was coerced into admitting fault on the threat of losing his Senate seat.

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair told reporters Sunday that MacDonald was “talking nonsense” when he said Harper did not know about the Duffy deal with PMO. “Of course everything points to Stephen Harper knowing full well what’s going on his office,” said Mulcair. “He’s a control freak and it’s simply not credible that every single senior member of his staff was involved in this but somehow he knew nothing of it.”

When it comes to another point of controversy, the fact the PMO was deeply involved in shaping a Senate report on Duffy’s expenses, Harper’s office says it’s not concerned. Emails show that pressure was brought to bear by PMO staff, later carried out by key senators, to remove criticism of Duffy from the report and even stop the audit.

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Byelections measure impact of senate scandal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Are Stephen Harper’s Conservatives on the ropes over the Senate expenses scandal?

And, if they are, to which opposition party — Tom Mulcair’s NDP or Justin Trudeau’s Liberals — will Canadians turn to replace them?

Four byelections on Monday may provide some answers to those questions.

Byelections are typically considered unique, locally-driven events that have little bearing on what might happen in a general election — as the losers in Monday’s contests will doubtless point out.

But these four — in Toronto Centre, Montreal’s Bourassa riding and Manitoba’s Brandon-Souris and Provencher — seem to be the exception to the rule, as the unprecedented involvement of the three main party leaders attests.

They will provide the first concrete measure of the Senate scandal’s impact, the depth of Trudeau’s popular appeal and the durability of the NDP’s 2011 electoral breakthrough.

“These four byelections are the first act ahead of (the general election in) 2015,” Chrystia Freeland, the Liberal contender in Toronto Centre, said in an interview.

“Part of what’s being decided is which party will be the alternative to the Conservatives and that’s why we’re fighting so hard.”

Of the four, only the Provencher contest seems a foregone conclusion. Former cabinet minister Vic Toews won the riding with over 70 per cent of the vote in 2011 and it is expected to remain comfortably in the governing party’s fold this time.

But in Brandon-Souris, another erstwhile Tory fiefdom, the Conservatives are fending off a surprisingly stiff challenge from the Liberals, who placed a distant, almost non-existent, fourth in 2011.

The riding has been represented by a Conservative for all but four of the last 60 years. In 2011, Merv Tweed won for the Tories with 63.7 per cent of the vote, compared to just 5.4 per cent for the Liberal candidate.

That it’s even a contest this time is worrying to Conservatives; defeat would shake a party already reeling from the Senate scandal and potentially spark a challenge to Harper’s grip on the party reins.

Prime ministers ordinarily avoid getting involved in byelections but, given the stakes, Harper took the unprecedented step last week of sending a personal letter to Brandon constituents, extolling his government’s record and bashing Trudeau.

“Don’t let anyone tell you this byelection doesn’t matter — there is a lot on the line,” Harper wrote, accusing Trudeau of having a “high-tax agenda” and being “soft on crime.”

Liberal contender Rolf Dinsdale has benefited from infighting in Tory ranks over what some saw as a fixed nomination process — won by MLA Larry Maguire — and the fact that his father, Walter Dinsdale, represented Brandon as a Progressive Conservative MP for 30 years. But he may be handicapped Monday by the Liberals’ lack of a well-oiled organization on the ground.

Still, Trudeau, who has campaigned twice in the riding, doesn’t need a victory in Brandon to win. Just a significantly improved showing will be touted as evidence of his appeal and a sign that western Canada need no longer be a Grit wasteland.

But at the same time, he must hang on to Bourassa and Toronto Centre, both longtime Liberal strongholds which have become hotly contested battlefields in the war for opposition supremacy.

“It’s an important test for the Liberal party as a whole and it’s an important test for our leader,” acknowledged Freeland, who is vying to win the seat that was held by former interim Liberal leader Bob Rae. A loss of either riding would burst the bubble on which Liberals have been floating since Trudeau was chosen as leader last spring. “The Justin effect” has seen the decimated third party rise from the ashes of 2011, back into first place in public opinion polls while the NDP has sunk back to its traditional third-place slot, slightly behind the scandal-plagued Conservatives.

New Democrats have poured all their resources into the two ridings, hoping to at least make a significant dent in the Liberals’ margin of victory and, thus, prove they still have momentum under Mulcair, who took over the helm in 2012 after the untimely death of the popular Jack Layton. Snatching either riding from the Liberals would be a coup, touted as a sign that Trudeau is no match for the more experienced Mulcair, who has won praise for his prosecutorial questioning of Harper on the Senate scandal.

“We sense that these ’Liberal strongholds,’ these ’Liberal fortresses,’ are due for a change,” Mulcair said Sunday while campaigning with Linda McQuaig, the NDP’s star contender in Toronto Centre.

“We’d love to win it,” said McQuaig.

“But we are the underdog. In Toronto Centre, the Liberals have held it for 20 years so I think the stakes are higher for them. Obviously, if they were to lose, I think it would take a little bit of steam out of Justin Trudeau’s engine.”

The NDP has run aggressive — rival parties say downright nasty — campaigns in both ridings.

In Bourassa, one of the few Quebec ridings to resist the orange wave that swept the province in 2011, New Democrats have put up lawyer and one-time pop singer Stephane Moraille against the Liberals’ Emmanuel Dubourg, a former MNA. They’ve targeted Dubourg, who took a $100,000 severance when he quit provincial politics to jump into the federal arena, as an opportunist.

Mulcair has personally campaigned in the riding six times; Trudeau has been there three times.

In Toronto Centre, Trudeau has joined Freeland on the hustings eight times, Mulcair has campaigned with McQuaig seven times.

Both leaders were in the riding, trolling for votes, over the weekend.

McQuaig has relentlessly cast Freeland as a tourist who has lived outside the country for 10 years and has no understanding of the issues facing residents of Toronto Centre. Freeland has hit back, asserting that McQuaig’s stance would relegate new Canadians to “the back of the bus.”

For Freeland, the byelections are not just over which party should replace the Conservatives. It’s about which style of politics — Mulcair’s aggressive approach or Trudeau’s more sunny, float-above-fray approach — Canadians prefer.

She says she believes Canadians are ready for Trudeau’s “positive message” that politics is about public service and doesn’t have to be “some kind of nasty gladiator mud-wrestling.”

She’ll find out Monday night if she’s right.

Baird says government skeptical about Iran nuclear deal CANADA WILL WATCH IRAN CLOSELY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canadian government was “deeply skeptical” on Sunday of Iran’s agreement to temporarily freeze its nuclear program, saying Ottawa’s sanctions against the regime would remain firmly in place until the new deal’s words turned into actions.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird appeared to take a stronger stance on the newly brokered deal than the United States and other allies, saying Canada would be watching Iran closely over the coming weeks and months.

“We have made-in-Canada foreign policy,” he told reporters on Sunday.

“We think past actions best predict future actions.

And Iran has defied the United Nations Security Council, it has defied the International Atomic Energy Agency. Simply put Iran has not earned the right to have the benefit of the doubt.”

The agreement reached in Geneva during talks between Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers commits Tehran to curb its nuclear activities in exchange for limited and gradual relief from crippling economic sanctions.

The U.S. said the deal was key to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear threat, with President Barack Obama saying the agreement “cut off Iran’s most likely paths to a bomb.” Israel, however, condemned the agreement as a “historic mistake.”

In Ottawa, Baird took a guarded approach.

“We’re deeply skeptical of Iran and its ability to honour its obligations,” he said.

Baird added that Canada believes “every diplomatic measure” should be taken to ensure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.

“A nuclear Iran is not just a threat to Canada, or its allies,” he said. “It would also seriously damage the integrity of decades of work for nuclear nonproliferation. It would provoke other neighbouring states to develop their own nuclear deterrent.”

While Baird commended those who negotiated the deal with Iran, he emphasized that Canadian sanctions remained firmly in place.

“Effective sanctions have brought the regime to present a more moderate front and open the door to negotiations,” he said. “The Iranian people deserve the freedom and prosperity that they have been denied for all too long by the regime’s nuclear ambitions. Until then Canadian sanctions will remain tough and will remain in full force.”

The Opposition New Democrats issued a statement calling it the interim deal a “significant step” toward making the region more peaceful and called on the governing Conservatives to actively try to move it forward.

Flaherty asks opposition for no-cost, no-tax budget ideas

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is once again asking opposition parties for their best ideas on the upcoming federal budget, but only if they cost the government little or no money, or don’t involve raising taxes.

Flaherty’s traditional pre-budget letter to the opposition was issued Sunday, and like last year’s missive, it makes clear that only “low to no-cost ideas to grow the economy” will be considered.

The minister’s letter also welcomes any ideas to eliminate “ineffective” spending.

“I will not entertain the traditional ’laundry list’ of new spending or subsidy programs typically sent from the opposition,” Flaherty writes.

“Additionally ... I will reject any proposal to impose new taxes on Canadians as recently suggested by the opposition — from increased business taxes to taxes on carbon.”

Flaherty has made it a point of personal pride to eliminate the deficit — now at $17.9 billion annualized —in the 2015 budget cycle, a goal analysts say he will easily achieve barring an unexpected and sharp economic reversal.

The latest estimate is that Ottawa will post a $3.7-billion surplus that year.

The date, an election year, has important political

implications because it would allow Prime Minister Stephen Harper to campaign on some costly promises he made in 2011, to be implemented only once the books were in the black.

The Conservatives have promised to establish partial income splitting for couples with dependent children, double the amount Canadians can sock away in tax-free savings accounts to more than $10,000 a year, establish an adult fitness tax credit and double the child tax credit.

All those measures would cost the treasury about $3 billion annually, but Flaherty suggested recently some could be phased in.

The Parliamentary Budget Office concluded in a recent report that part of the government’s success in lowering the deficit since the recession has been achieved through strict cost-cutting, including spending about $10 billion less than budgeted for in each of the past three years.

The 2014-15 budget, likely to be introduced in

March, is critical to the government’s plans because Ottawa has pencilled in a big drop in the deficit to $6.6 billion next year, down from the current $17.9 billion.

Flaherty says in the letter he believes the country’s long-term economic prosperity depends on sticking to the plan, noting that Canada has the best fiscal position in the Group of Seven big industrial nations.

With global risks still high, it is important to remain fiscally prudent, he says.

“We cannot be complacent,” Flaherty warns. “Significant economic challenges from beyond our borders, especially from Europe and the United States, will continue to negatively impact Canada.”

“As such, I welcome low to no-cost ideas to grow the economy, as well as suggestions to eliminate ineffective spending.”

The minister is also expected to meet with the opposition finance critics, but has not yet set a date.

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Christmas fundraisers a mix of new and old TOY BOXES, HAMPERS, CHARITY CHECKSTOP AND MORE PLANNED

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

BOOK ON RED DEER’S PAST Local writer and historian Michael Dawe will hold an “author talk” at 11 a.m. on Dec. 9 in the Snell auditorium at the Red Deer Public Library’s downtown branch to discuss his newly finished book, The Memorable City: A Look at Our Community’s Centennial History. A book signing and reception is to follow.

Copies of The Memorable City are $35 plus GST and will be on sale during the event. For more information, contact the library at 403-346-4576.

SHINE! BRINGS IN THE BUCKS The Tools for Schools Africa Foundation raised more than $36,000 on Sept. 26 during the second Shine! fundraiser at Red Deer’s Festival Hall.

The event sold donated jewelry, handbags and scarves. The foundation provides scholarships to girls in West Africa so they can attend high school and post-secondary institutions. The proceeds from Shine! will support over 80 young women on scholarship, 11 of whom are headed to postsecondary destinations for electrical engineering, pharmacy, business management, medicine, education and landscape design programs. Members of the group know each of the girls personally and would like to thank the Central Alberta community for its generosity.

The early blast of winter has cooled off donations to the Red Deer Christmas Bureau.

“I think the weather is kind of keeping people away, said Christmas Bureau president Teresa Kutynec.

“Usually, we have lots of walk-in donations, but not so much this year. They’re slowly trickling in, but it’s been slow.

“I’m hoping when it warms up things will change.”

This year’s Toy Depot is located at #15 7428 49 Ave. Volunteers are also welcomed. About 20 people are already lending a hand but another 30 would be nice, she said.

The bureau is planning to match last year’s effort, which saw 950 Christmas hampers handed out to local families and individuals.

There is a long list of fundraisers lined up this year. Some are annual mainstay, but a pair of new events have been added as well.

Toy boxes collecting donated gifts are out in local stores and malls and will be picked up in the week before Christmas. The AMA is also collecting donations at its two locations, 2965 Bremner Avenue and 141, 4004 50th Ave. On Nov. 30, the Charity Checkstop will be held on Taylor Drive near 32nd Street and will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The same day, the Westerner Bazaar starts and runs until Dec. 1.

The annual toque, scarf and mitten toss is set for the Red Deer Rebels home game on Dec. 7 at the Enmax Centrium.

After the first Rebels’ goal fans can toss their new donations on

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Red Deer Christmas Bureau president Teresa Kutynec, left, and toy depot director Linda Waschuk are looking forward to handing out the collected toys, Christmas decorations, clothing and food hampers collected by the Christmas Bureau. to the ice.

Cosmos Bottle Depots are also accepting bottle and can donations at its locations until the end of December.

The annual Stuff-A-Bus runs at Parkland Mall Nov. 28-30.

Among the new fundraisers is the Red Deer Christmas Show at the Westerner Park Harvest Centre. Local small businesses will show off their wares and give shoppers some options to

check off their Christmas lists.

Tickets will be sold with proceeds going to the bureau. It runs Dec. 6-7.

A new event, the Canadian Cowboy Christmas Show, runs Dec. 13-15. Entrance is free, but boxes will be out for toy donations and other donations are also accepted.

Browns Social House is also helping out with a pajama donation. Those who bring in a new

pair of donated pajamas get 50 per cent off their food bill.

City of Red Deer is also accepting donations in lieu of parking tickets as part of its annual Toys for Tickets campaign.

Donations will be accepted at City Hall on Dec. 5-6 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For more information and event times go to www.reddeerchristmasbureau.cfsites.org. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer martial arts expert Lyle Cheney demonstrates techniques to break free from an attacker to Brennan Knecht, 15, as part of a self defence lesson during Teen Empowerment Day at Red Deer College on Saturday.

The first-time event drew about 80 participants and may become an annual conference.

Red Deer teens give rave reviews to empowerment day

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s first Teen Empowerment Day drew 80 participants on Saturday and pleased organizers are already working to make it an annual event.

“It’s been fantastic. For a first event I think it’s been really great,” said Red Deer mother Nicole Maurier, who organized the event after hearing from her daughter and her friends of the challenges and stresses they face.

“I’ve been in contact with a variety of organizations. One is Alberta Health Services, and they would love to work with me creating a committee for next year and to make it an annual event.”

The plan is also to recruit teens to an organization committee to provide input on who they want to see as future speakers “so that we’re actually empowering, inspiring and motivating teens while they are creating the event.”

Maurier said it was nice to see a mixture of teens and adults, including local parents and teachers who volunteered their time at the conference held at Red Deer College’s Cenovus Learning Commons.

The speaker line-up at the day-long event included teens, teachers and parents talking about the impact of suicide on their lives and the community, a self defence demonstration, a motivational speaker, and the Toronto organizer of the Count Me In Conference, the largest youth empowerment event of its kind.

Chad Olsen, who was convicted of drunk driving for his role in the deaths of a Red Deer couple who were parents of five, spoke to students about the impact of making the wrong choices.

Teens interviewed gave the conference high

marks.

Shianne Therrien, 15, was told about the conference from friend Koral Empringham.

“I just thought it sounded like a really good idea.”

“We’ve heard about suicide awareness because there have been so many suicides in Red Deer,” said Therrien, a Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School student.

“I really like the personal stories that people are telling. We’ve had five different speakers now and I just really enjoyed connecting with them in that way.

“It really touches me personally. I cried so much and you can really feel their pain and it just encourages all of us to get some help when going through difficult times.”

Empringham, also 15 and a Lindsay Thurber student, said she wanted to see how others deal with the difficulties facing teens.

“I thought it would be interesting to see how different people cope with stuff, and that you’re not really going through a bunch of stuff on your own,” she said.

“Sometimes it can feel like you are.

“There are always people that care, and you’re not going through it by yourself.”

Among the bigger issues facing teens are suicide and trying to fit in with friends, she said.

“One thing can kind of seem like the end of the world, where really in a week it won’t matter anymore.”

Hunting Hills High School student Kayden Walper, 14, said he plans to tell friends to come next year.

“I’d tell my friends to come to this and tell them it will affect them pretty hard.

“I would definitely recommend it to lots of people.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

A teenaged pedestrian was killed when she was hit by a pickup on Hwy 11 west of Rocky Mountain House.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP say they were called, along with fire and ambulance, to a collision at about 9:45 p.m. Friday about 40 km west of Rocky.

Police going to the call spotted an eastbound SUV that matched a description of one of the vehicles possibly involved.

Shortly after, the SUV hit the ditch and police found several intoxicated occupants along with a female in critical condition.

A 14-year-old girl from Eden Valley was pronounced dead at the scene by ambulance personnel.

A short time later, police tracked down a pickup with significant front end damage about 15 km further west.

Police allege that the driver had been eastbound on the highway when he hit the pedestrian, who was walking on the highway near the SUV, which was parked on the westbound shoulder.

Police said he stopped to offer assistance and got into an altercation with the occupants of the SUV. They put the teen in their vehicle and headed east to Rocky.

The driver of the pickup was treated and released from the hospital in Rocky.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP are still investigating.

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James Kirk doesn’t mind ‘Star Trek’ jokes READY TO TAKE HELM OF FUTURISTIC-LOOKING U.S. NAVY SHIP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Marisa Papetti is shown in an undated handout photo. Papetti, a businesswoman from Bellingham, Wash., says she hopes to educate consumers from Metro Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island about the small businesses in her community.

New U.S. magazine targets cross-border shoppers FIERCE COMPETITION FOR CANADIAN SHOPPING DOLLARS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The fierce competition for the Canadian shopping dollar just across the border in Washington state has spawned an idea to steer the sometimes-myopic Canuck shoppers away from malls and big-box stores, to the mom-and-pop shops.

About 30,000 copies of “The Crossing Guide” magazine, which is currently under design, will be distributed throughout Metro Vancouver, BC Ferries’ terminals on the mainland and border crossings in early January, said Marisa Papetti, the magazine’s owner and publisher.

But not everybody’s excited about the prospect about more U.S. businesses trying to lure Canadians south of the border.

“It’s super competitive,” said Anita Huberman, the CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade, about the current business environment.

Six businesses in Surrey’s south end closed recently because of a drop in foot traffic, and any increase in U.S. advertising will only compromise others, she said.

The shuttered businesses, said Huberman, included well-known clothing and electronics retailers and were located in a 60-store residential-commercial development featuring brand-name outlet stores only a few kilometres north of the border.

“It’s not that it’s a no-win situation, it’s just that businesses need to think creatively around their different products or services that they’re selling and how to capture markets not only locally but also in other markets,” Huberman said.

Statistics provided by the Canada Border Services Agency suggest Canadians may be making millions of same-day return visits to the U.S. each quarter.

From April to June of this year, almost four million people passed through the five ports of entry in the Pacific Highway District, followed by 4.6 million between July and September.

The district stretches between Abbotsford and Surrey’s Peace Arch crossing, covering the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver. A survey by the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University found 30.5 per cent of motorists who were interviewed in July 2013 while crossing the border were heading south to shop.

Bill Gorman, interim executive director of the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said Canadian consumers are important to local economies all the way down the Interstate 5 corridor to the city of Marysville, about 120 kilometres from the Canadian border.

In fact, local businesses have traditionally found it easier to attract Canadians from B.C. than shoppers from their own state.

“It’s always been a challenge for Whatcom County or Bellingham to attract visitors from the Central Puget Sound to come north,” he said, noting the area is geographically part of British Columbia’s Fraser River Valley system.

Gorman said the university also found 72 per cent of the licence plates in the local Cosco parking lot during the last Easter long weekend were from Canada, and a local mall had similar numbers.

Papetti said she got the idea to launch the magazine because Canadians shopping near one major retailer were constantly stopping her and others locals, asking for directions to the big-box stores, but they weren’t asking for directions to the city’s downtown where many small businesses are located.

“Every now and then you’ll get someone that will say, ’hey, are there any other good places to eat around here besides like Applebee’s or Olive Garden, are there any other good restaurants you can talk about.

“It’s kind of that consistent question where you’re thinking, ’OK, they’re obviously not getting any good information on all the great places to go, so let’s provide them with kind of that neighbourly local view on other things to do.”’

She said many local businesses haven’t advertised north of the border in the past over concerns about advertising costs and distribution. They’ve also been inundated with choices that range from Punjabi radio stations to metropolitan and community papers.

“It’s hard to focus on where to spend your money,” she said, “and with mom-and-pop businesses having such small ad budgets, and then also having to advertise here, that makes it tricky.”

Papetti said she thinks one-third of Canadian visitors will continue to shop at the big-box stores, but the other two-thirds are a little more adventurous and will be willing to check out other options.

Anna Adams who owns the Old World Deli with her husband Christos said Canadians already visit her downtown shop, which has developed its clientele mainly through its website and by word of mouth.

But she said she feels like her business has exhausted advertising opportunities in the local market, adding she will be buying space in the new publication.

“It will be interesting to see what the turnout is,” she said.

If current research holds true, most of the shopping dollar comes from B.C. communities south of the Fraser River.

More than half of the Canadians who already make same-day trips into the state live within about 20 kilometres of the border, said Prof. Keith Head of the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business.

BATH, Maine — Captain Kirk’s futuristic-looking vessel sports cutting-edge technology, new propulsion and powerful armaments, but this ship isn’t the Starship Enterprise.

The skipper of the stealthy Zumwalt is Navy Capt.

James Kirk, and yes, he’s used to the jokes about the name he shares with the TV starship commander played by actor William Shatner.

Kirk takes it in stride.

“I don’t take any offence,” he told The Associated Press in an interview. “If it’s a helpful moniker that brings attention to help us to do what we need to do to get the ship into the fleet and into combat operations, then that’s fine.”

While it’s no starship, the technology-laden Zumwalt taking shape at Maine’s Bath Iron Works is unlike any other U.S. warship.

The Navy’s largest destroyer will feature a composite deckhouse with hidden radar and sensors and an angular shape that minimizes its radar signature.

Its unusual wave-piercing hull will reduce the ship’s wake.

It’s the first U.S. surface warship to use electric propulsion, and its power plant is capable of producing enough electricity to light up a small city and to power future weapons like the electromagnetic rail gun.

Inside, it’s just as unique.

‘IF IT’S A HELPFUL The number of MONIKER THAT sailors needed to stand watch BRINGS ATTENTION TO will be reduced HELP US TO DO WHAT through the use of cameras and WE NEED TO DO TO video monitors GET THE SHIP INTO that show what’s going on outside.

THE FLEET AND INTO The bridge will COMBAT OPERATIONS, indeed look like something from THEN THAT’S FINE.’ “Star Trek” with two chairs sur— CAPT. JAMES KIRK rounded by nearly 360 degrees of video monitors.

A handful of reporters accompanying Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday got a first look at the ship’s interior while it’s under construction.

It’s due to be christened in the spring.

The 610-foot-long ship has the highest level of automation on a U.S. surface warship, with systems in place to combat flooding and to put out fires, among other things. Because of automation and technology, the number of sailors needed to run it will be nearly half the current Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

All this whiz-bam technology comes at a price that sailors couldn’t have imagined in the early 1960s, when the first episodes of “Star Trek” aired on television. The first-in-class Zumwalt will cost northward of $3.5 billion, a price tag so high that the Navy was forced to reduce the number of ships in the series to just three.

The “Star Trek” comparisons were inevitable even before “Star Trek” actor George Takei used his popular Facebook page to point out the similarities of Kirk’s name.

Kirk, a Bethesda, Md., native and 1990 Naval Academy graduate, said the jokes about his name began early in his career, with colleagues telling him that they couldn’t wait for him to reach the rank of captain.

The Navy skipper points out that his name is actually James A. Kirk, while the fictional Starship Enterprise captain was James “Jim” T. Kirk. But that didn’t stop him from earning the call sign “Tiberius” — the fictional Kirk’s middle name — while working with an aircraft carrier strike group. That was later shortened to just “T.”

For baby boomers, thoughts of retirement a worry The outlook for the future of Canada’s Baby Boomers hasn’t been good for a while, but a couple of recent studies seem to add more evidence to the case that they will find themselves in financial straits when they come to retire.

The BMO Wealth Institute found that Baby Boomers are significantly unprepared financially for retirement. On average, Boomers are more than $400,000 short of their individual retirement savings goal.

This is particularly concerning given that the oldest of the Boomer generation – those born between 1945 and 1964 -- turned 65 three years ago and many others are just a few years away from retirement.

Another study by the CaTALBOT nadian Payroll Association (CPA) said the long-term fiBOGGS nancial outlook for many Canadians is troubling because there is “a huge gap” between how much money people they say they will need to retire and how much they are actually saving for retirement.

According to Statistics Canada, the average senior couple spent $54,100 in 2009. If this is the case, a typical middle-class couple must determine how much money they need to have saved and how much they

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can withdraw to sustain that lifestyle.

Chris Buttigeig, senior manager of wealth planning strategy with BMO Financial Group, says that based on historical returns and a four-per-cent withdrawal rate, retirement nest eggs should be approximately 25 times the size of annual withdrawals. This would mean a retired couple would need to have saved roughly $1,352,000 to generate $54,100 in retirement income a year.

Canadian Boomers anticipate they will need on average $658,000 to feel financially secure in retirement yet they only have saved an average of $228,000, leaving a shortfall of $430,000. Almost half (46) per cent are not confident they will be financially secure in retirement, up from 20 per cent in 2006.

Most Boomers would like to retire at 59 but many are recognizing they will need to work on average to age 63. According to the CPA report, 35 per cent of Canadians who have a target retirement date now say they will have to work on average five years longer than they planned five years ago in 2008.

“As Canada’s Baby Boomers prepare to head into their retirement years many are discovering they don’t have the funds they had hoped and now face the reality that they have little time to play catchup,” Buttigeig says. “However, it’s encouraging to see that they are being realistic about their retirement needs and are considering other ways to manage the shortfall.”

Besides delaying retirement, Boomers plan to generate income by taking a part-time job to earn extra income after they retire, sell collectibles, antiques or other possessions they no longer use, and sell their home or rent out part of it for additional

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“The study’s findings should send an urgent message to younger Canadians that they have to think beyond their immediate day-to-day financial needs and always have an eye on their future, particularly their retirement,” Buttigieg says.

That message may be getting through a bit because the CPA poll found that fewer Canadians this year are living pay cheque to pay cheque than last year. Forty-two per cent said they would be in financial trouble if their pay was delayed by even one week, down from 47 per cent last year.

Beyond this slight improvement, however, 40 per cent of employed Canadians still are spending all of or more than their net pay.

Buttigeig says younger Canadians need to think about the kind of retirement they would like to have and work with a financial adviser to develop a plan, and open an RRSP or Tax Free Savings Account as soon as they start their careers.

“Payroll professionals often can help employees save by automatically directing a portion of their net pay to a separate savings account and/or into a retirement savings program,” says Patrick Culhane, president and CEO of the CPA. “By doing so they can help ensure that their financial transition from work to retirement is easier than the situation many Boomers are facing today,” Buttigeig concludes.

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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Big discounts a must for shoppers dollars RETAILERS TRYING TO LURE SHOPPERS WITH BARGAINS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — This holiday season, Americans may not spend their green unless they see more red.

Despite signs that the economy is improving, big store chains like WalMart and Kohl’s don’t expect Americans to have much holiday shopping cheer unless they see bold, red signs that offer huge discounts. As a result, shoppers are seeing big sales events earlier and more often than in previous holiday seasons.

Retailers are trying to lure shoppers like Marissa Anwar, who has been doing more bargain hunting compared with last year.

The operations consultant, who lives in Toronto and New York City, said the economy “hasn’t been great” and she’s lost clients. As a result, she cut her shopping budget to $2,800 from last year’s $4,000.

“I was a former ’spend-aholic,”’said Anwar, 29. “Now, I want to make sure I have the money before I spend it.”

It’s a problem that retailers know all too well. Since the recession began in late 2007, stores have had to offer financially-strapped Americans ever bigger price cuts just to get them into stores. But those discounts eat away at profits.

So far, Wal-Mart, Target and Kohl’s are among more than two dozen major chains that lowered their profit outlooks for either the quarter or the year.

A big reason is the expectation that they’ll have to offer huge discounts in order to get shoppers to spend.

There are already signs that retailers are aggressively discounting. WalMart, for instance, on Friday started matching or beating the prices that certain competitors like Best Buy are advertising for some toys and electronics for the day after Thanksgiving — known as Black Friday. Best Buy also plans to match rivals’ prices, even after customers have purchased items.

And Target, better known for its whimsical advertising, is touting its prices in holiday TV ads for the first time in at least a decade.

The tempered expectations, earlier discounting and lowered profit outlooks from retailers come even though there are indications that the economy is recovering. The job market is making strides. The housing market is starting to come back. And the stock market keeps hitting new highs. All that would ordinarily lead Americans to spend more.

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Shoppers gather goods in Saginaw Township, Mich., on “Black Friday,” Nov. 23, 2012. A poll released Thursday by the Bank of Montreal says 47 per cent of Canadians it surveyed planned on shopping on Black Friday in the U.S. this year - up from 41 per cent last year - with each shopper expecting to spend an average of $292.

But so far, those improvements haven’t been enough to shore up consumer confidence. In fact, Americans’ confidence in the economy is at its lowest level since April.

“Stores know that they are well into a fight,” said Ken Perkins, president of the research firm RetailMetrics. “The vast majority of consumers are distressed.”

Not that there aren’t glimmers of hope that Americans will spend again.

Retail sales were up 0.4 per cent in October, after being flat the previous month, according to the Commerce Department. Americans spent on big ticket item such as cars and furniture, but that may have left them with less room for more discretionary times like clothing this holiday season.

Overall, The National Retail Federation expects retail sales to be up 3.9 per cent to $602.1 billion during the last two months of the year. That’s higher than last year’s 3.5 per cent growth, but below the 6 per cent pace

Traders hope for solid start to holiday shopping

seen before the recession.

Retailers say economic worries continue to weigh on shoppers heading into the holiday shopping season.

“We continue to see anxiety regarding the economy and the ability to stay within household budgets, particularly among lower and middle-income consumers,” said Kathee Tesija, executive vice-president of merchandising for Target, which trimmed its annual profit outlook on Thursday.

In particular, some Americans still are getting used to smaller paychecks because of a 2 percentage point increase in the Social Security payroll tax that started on Jan. 1. That means that take-home pay for a household earning $50,000 a year has been cut by $1,000. That was a concern Wal-Mart noted on Nov. 14 when it lowered its annual profit guidance for the second time in three months.

“It’s going to be as competitive of a market as we’ve ever seen,” said Charles Holley, Wal-Mart’s chief finan-

cial officer, adding that among the issues that the discounter faces are “the economic conditions that the customer is under.”

Stores also say customers don’t want to spend because they’re uncertain about their health care costs next year due to the U.S. health care overhaul.

Additionally, stagnant wages aren’t keeping up with daily living costs. Not to mention, some people are still out of work.

Leslie Lynch, 52, said she won’t be buying any holiday gifts because she was laid off from her job in marketing at an insurance company in August 2012 and hasn’t been able to find a job since. Lynch, who lives with her wife who works in quality control at a machine shop, said she is behind in mortgage payments and is afraid she will lose her house.

“We will probably have dinner and that’s about it,” said Lynch, who lives in Glastonbury, Conn. “Hopefully, we will have Christmas next summer.”

US gas up 3 cents a gallon

released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.25. Midgrade costs an average of $3.44 a gallon, and premium is $3.59.

Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said it’s the first price hike since Sept. 6.

-The Associated Press

CAMARILLO, Calif. — After nine weeks of falling gas prices, the average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline is up 3 cents over the past two weeks.

The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices

CANADA’S SEPTEMBER GDP REPORT DUE TORONTO — North American stock markets could be in for a slower than usual week amid concerns about when the Federal Reserve might start to cut back on stimulus measures while winding down for the Thanksgiving holiday.

But things will pick up at the end of the week when markets start to find out how enthusiastic shoppers were at the unofficial start to the U.S. holiday shopping season, Black Friday.

As well, Statistics Canada issues its gross domestic product readings for September and the third quarter on Friday, and that may help the Canadian dollar as the data is expected to show the Canadian economy put in a better than expected performance.

“The signs are, aided by a rebound from both the flood effects and the Quebec construction strike in June, the Canadian economy looks set to turn in a fairly decent performance in Q3,” said Peter Buchanan, senior economist with CIBC World Markets.

“Or at least what passes for fairly healthy given the somewhat tepid growth that we have had over the last year or two,” Buchanan added.

He says CIBC is looking at growth coming in at an annualized pace of 2.8 per cent — a full percentage point higher than what the Bank of Canada has forecast.

Performance was helped along by October retail sales data that was released on Friday. Sales rose one per cent, much higher than the 0.3 per cent gain that economists had expected.

The loonie fell almost three-quarters of a cent last week with the greenback gaining ground mid-week after minutes from the Fed’s latest meeting suggested the U.S. central bank will start reducing its US$85

billion of monthly bond purchases in coming months.

These worries about tapering have cast a cloud on markets ever since May when outgoing Fed chairman Ben Bernanke first mentioned the possibility of the central bank starting to cut back on those purchases, which have kept long-term rates low and encouraged investors to pile into the equity markets.

This latest, third episode of quantitative easing has underpinned a strong U.S. rally that has seen the Dow industrials surge more than 20 per cent this year.

Both the Dow and the S&P 500 closed at record highs on Friday. The Dow finished the week at 16,064.77 after having closed above 16,000 for the first time on Thursday, while the S&P 500 climbed 8.91 points to 1,804.76, its first ever close above 1,800.

The TSX is only up a bit over eight per cent, with the index held back by big slides in precious and base metal stocks.

The TSX ended the week flat as declining miners, particularly gold stocks, cancelled out rising financial and energy stocks while the Dow was up 0.64 per cent.

In the U.S., traders will take in economic data covering housing starts and prices, a major regional manufacturing survey from the Midwest and the latest consumer sentiment indicators.

And while those reports are important in determining when the Fed will think the time is right to start tapering asset purchases, traders will be especially anxious for details on how the holiday shopping season pans out.

“By the time the market opens on Friday, you’re going to have people who have done some preliminary counts of how long the lines are,” said Buchanan, who also noted that “one danger of course is that in past

years, on occasion good sales at Thanksgiving have simply pulled sales from December.”

New York markets are only open for a halfsession Friday while the Toronto exchange close at its usual time.

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Iran nuclear deal fuels anger, praise MIDDLE EAST POWERS OPPOSE DEAL WHILE COUNTRIES OUTSIDE REGION PRAISE DEAL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister harshly condemned the international community’s nuclear deal with Iran on Sunday while Saudi Arabia remained conspicuously quiet, reflecting the jitters felt throughout the Middle East over Iran’s acceptance on the global stage.

Elsewhere, many welcomed the agreement as an important first step toward curbing Iran’s suspect nuclear program.

Israel and Western-allied Gulf countries led by Saudi Arabia have formed an unlikely alliance in their opposition to Sunday’s deal, joined together by shared concerns about a nucleararmed Iran and the Tehran’s growing regional influence.

While most Gulf countries remained silent in the first hours after the deal was reached in Geneva, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasted little time in criticizing it, calling it a “historic mistake” and saying he was not bound by the agreement.

Speaking to his Cabinet, Netanyahu said the world had become a “more dangerous place” as a result of the deal. He reiterated a long-standing threat to use military action against Iran if needed, declaring that Israel “has the right and the duty to defend itself by itself.”

Sunday’s agreement is just the first stage of what is hoped to bring about a final deal ensuring that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon.

Under the deal, Iran will curb many of its nuclear activities for six months in exchange for limited and gradual relief from painful economic sanctions. The six-month period will give diplomats time to negotiate a more sweeping agreement.

The package includes freezing Iran’s ability to enrich uranium at a maximum 5 per cent level, which is well below the threshold for weaponsgrade material and is aimed at easing Western concerns that Tehran could one day seek nuclear arms. International monitors will oversee Iran’s compliance.

For Iran, keeping the enrichment program active was a critical goal.

Iran’s leaders view the country’s ability to make nuclear fuel as a source of national pride and an essential part of nuclear self-sufficiency.

But Israel views any enrichment as unacceptable, saying making low-level enriched uranium weapons grade is relatively simple. It demands all enrichment be halted, and that Iran’s abilities to produce uranium be rolled back.

Netanyahu had also called for economic sanctions to be increased. Israel fears that Iran will use the diplomatic process as cover to trick the international community, much the way North Korea did in its march toward a nuclear bomb.

“Today the world became a much more dangerous place,” Netanyahu said.

The White House said President Barack Obama had phoned Netanyahu to discuss the tentative deal with Iran, with the two leaders reaffirming “their shared goal of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

Obama told Netanyahu that he understands Israel “has good reason to

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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, center, poses next to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center right, and the Iranian delegation after a ceremony at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, early Sunday. Iran struck a historic deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, agreeing to a temporary freeze of its nuclear program in the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of estrangement.

U.S. lawmakers, distrustful, plan new, tougher sanctions against Iran if nuclear accord falls apart THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they are skeptical that Iran will stick to a new nuclear deal and want Congress to prepare beefed up economic penalties to hit Tehran if the accord falls apart.

In an early morning announcement, Tehran agreed Sunday to a six-month pause of its nuclear program while diplomats continue talks aimed at preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

International observers are set to monitor Iran’s nuclear sites and ease about $7 billion of the crippling economic sanctions.

But the announcement, after months of secret face-to-face talks between the United States and Iran, left many U.S. lawmakers deeply doubtful of the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of

estrangement.

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, said Sunday he would work with colleagues to have sanctions against Iran ready “should the talks falter or Iran fail to implement or breach the interim agreement.”

Such distrust that Iran was negotiating in good faith ran across the political spectrum in a Congress that otherwise is deeply divided.

And ready-to-go sanctions seemed to have rare bipartisan support across both of Congress’ chambers.

President Barack Obama convinced Senate leadership to hold off consideration of the measure while negotiators pursued an agreement.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada agreed to the request but said his chamber would take up new sanctions in December — with or without an agreement with Iran.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, a member of his party’s leadership team, said he was “disappointed” by the deal, which he called disproportional.

The New York Democrat said sanctions forced Iran to negotiate and said he plans fur-

ther discussions with colleagues.

“This agreement makes it more likely that Democrats and Republicans will join together and pass additional sanctions when we return in December,” Schumer said.

Aboard the presidential aircraft, deputy White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters travelling to Washington state with Obama that new sanctions would undermine the international coalition the United States has built around the talks.

Reporters asked Earnest if the president would veto legislation that includes new sanctions and the spokesman would not make a veto threat.

The Senate returns to session on Dec. 9 and lawmakers already were talking about sanctions designed to caution Iran that failure to use the six-month window to reach a deal would only leave Iranians in worse economic straits.

“Congress, I think, will want to make it clear that if Iran does not live up to these commitments, we will not only insist that the sanctions be reapplied, but we will have stronger sanctions against Iran,” said Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin.

be skeptical about Iran’s intentions,” but promised to “consult closely” with its ally regarding efforts to negotiate a comprehensive solution that would “resolve the international community’s concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear program,” according to a statement released by the office of the White House press secretary.

Israeli officials acknowledged they would have to turn their focus toward affecting the outcome of the final negotiations. Israel is not part of the Geneva talks but remains in close touch with the U.S. and other participants.

Israel feels especially threatened

by Iran, given Tehran’s repeated references to destroying Israel, its support for hostile militant groups on Israel’s borders and its development of longrange missiles.

Israeli President Shimon Peres, a Nobel Peace laureate, expressed cautious optimism that Sunday’s deal could change the region.

“I would like to say to the Iranian people: You are not our enemies and we are not yours. There is a possibility to solve this issue diplomatically. It is in your hands. Reject terrorism. Stop the nuclear program. Stop the development of long-range missiles,” he said.

Another Nobel peace laureate, Mohammed ElBaradei, Egypt’s pro-democracy leader and former director of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, welcomed the deal.

In a tweet on his official account, he wrote: “After decade of failed policies, world better off w/ Iran deal. Equity, trust building, respect & dialogue R key to any conflict resolution.”

The muted response in the Gulf came after the rulers of Qatar and Kuwait met Saudi King Abdullah over the weekend to discuss regional issues, foremost Iran.

Saudi Arabia and Iran’s regional enmity increasingly has played out as a proxy war in Syria with both countries providing lethal support for the warring sides. Saudi Arabia also accuses Iran of backing Shiite unrest across the region. Bucking the trend, the tiny Gulf countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates praised the agreement.

Hamas called the deal a sign of Iran’s rising power and prominence.

“We welcome this agreement if it will the end of the fear of any weapons of mass destruction in the region,” Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told reporters in Manama.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran, an outspoken opposition group based in the suburbs of Paris, issued a statement welcoming the deal and calling it a “forced retreat” by the country’s clerical government.

Across Europe, countries welcomed the deal. Britain and France, which both participated in the negotiations, said they were committed to seeing the deal succeed, while Spain, Norway and Sweden expressed hope for a broader solution.

“The agreement represents an important step toward the normalization of relations between the international community and Iran, and toward a general agreement that promotes stability and security in the region,” Spain said.

Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, called it an important step toward “providing assurances that guarantee the peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program.”

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ENTERTAINMENT Stars line up to pay tribute to George Jones THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Alan Jackson with Nancy Jones, widow of the late George Jones, at the George Jones Tribute - Playin’ Possum: The Final No Show, on Friday, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

Jon Voight took the stage to lead the crowd in a moment meant to raise the spirits of stricken singer Randy Travis, who suffered a stroke recently and is in physical rehabilitation in Nashville, Tenn.

“Let’s form a human chain of love for Randy,” Voight said before leading the crowd in a cheer of, “We love you, Randy.”

Many of the night’s acts embraced Jones’ love of laughter.

Big Kenny and John Rich, for

instance, fired up a pair of John Deere riding lawn mowers to open the show with “Love Bug,” a tip of the cap to Jones’ arrest while driving a lawn mower to the liquor store.

“No one was ever more generous to me or anyone he ever met than George Jones,” said Brad Paisley, who sang “The Corvette Song.” “I know he’s looking down and he’s saying, ’Well, son, where’s all the money going for this?’“

VANCOUVER — A former sex-trade worker’s unflinching memoir of her life on the streets and her metamorphosis to writer and activist is the winner of this year’s City of Vancouver Book Award.

“How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler’s Memoir” recounts a decade in the life of author Amber Dawn.

Published by Arsenal Pulp Press, the unconventional book explores her life in the sex trade in the West Coast city 20 years ago, her experiences as a lesbian and her transformation through poetry and prose.

“I accept this award also as a victory for other sex workers and survivors, and for the tenacious and dignified peoples of the Downtown Eastside,” Dawn said in the acceptance speech

she posted on her website.

“Please let my voice be only one that we listen to. Please let my story be one of many that we celebrate.”

Dawn receives a cash prize of $2,000 with the award. The annual award recognizes authors who “contribute to the appreciation and understand-

ing of Vancouver’s history, unique character, or the achievements of its residents,” the city website said.

The four other titles shortlisted for the prize were “The Ballad of Mrs. Smith” by Jancis M. Andrews, “Inventing Stanley Park” by Sean Kheraj, “Ink on Paper”

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LOS ANGELES — “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is a scorching hit at the box office.

Lionsgate has released early numbers on what’s expected to be one of the biggest November openings ever. “Catching Fire” has grossed $70.5 million domestically and $64 million internationally, bringing its total to $135 million, the studio reported Saturday.

Numbers were from Friday’s opening day, but includes some scattered preview shows on Thursday night. The sequel gained $25.3 million from Thursday screenings.

“Catching Fire” is expected to bump two-week champ “Thor: The Dark World” out of the No. 1 slot.

Totals for “Catching Fire” are expected to reach $150 million domestically over the weekend, though some reports estimated a $170 million opener.

“This is a testament to the power of the books, the way the first film resonated across the world with audiences and Jennifer Lawrence’s continued success and popularity, particularly in this role,” said box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian of Rentrak of the “Catching Fire” success. “And the movie has gotten great reviews, which means it will get great word of mouth.”

The impressive opening of “Catching Fire” is expected to mark the eighth-highest domestic opening to date. “The Hunger Games,” with $67.3 million its opening night in 2012, holds the title of the sixthhighest opening weekend with $152.5 million. “The Avengers” sits at No. 1 with $207.4 million.

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Dozens of artists from all over the musical map participated in “Playin’ Possum: The Final No Show,” a marathon salute to Jones at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The show was originally planned as Jones’ final performance of his last tour, but the revered vocalist and Country Music Hall of Fame member passed away in April at 81.

“During the funeral, we mourned George,” host Keith Bilbery said. “Tonight we celebrate him.”

Many of the performers who took the stage had already committed to perform with Jones, and dozens more signed on after his death. Country stars such as Garth Brooks and George Strait rubbed elbows backstage with fans who come from farther afield, including Kid Rock and Styx’s Tommy Shaw.

Jones’ rocking chair was placed stage right symbolically, and a sold-out crowd of 16,000 listened to stars play their favourites with the help of Jones’ touring band and a teleprompter. The performances ranged from faithful renditions of hits like Alan Jackson’s take on “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” Strait and Martina McBride’s “Grand Tour” to Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton’s “I Barely Get By” and Moore’s “Blues Man.” But the show also featured unlikely teamups — like Megadeth and Jamey Johnson taking on “Wild Irish Rose.”

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Riders run away with Grey Cup Saskatchewan Roughriders runningback Kory Sheets runs away from Hamilton Tiger-Cats players during the first quarter of the Grey Cup Sunday in Regina.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Roughriders 45 Tiger-Cats 23 REGINA — Kory Sheets ran for a record 197 yards and two TDs to power the Saskatchewan Roughriders to a 45-23 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 101st Grey Cup game Sunday night.

Sheets delighted the raucous hometown crowd of 44,710 by smashing the previous mark of 169 yards, set in 1956 by Edmonton’s Johnny Bright. Sheets, who was named the game’s MVP, was especially impressive in the first half, running for 128 yards and a TD in leading Saskatchewan to a commanding 31-6 halftime advantage.

“The one thing that led us to a dominant performance was that the fans were unreal,” Roughriders coach Corey Chamblin said. “It was unreal. From pre-game warmup I knew it was going to be tough for those guys. I looked at them and said ’I wouldn’t want to be in your shoes.’ I mean, it was ridiculous.

The whole thing was green.”

Sheets agreed.

“I said it before the game started, this is not a neutral crowd,” he said. “The fans are going to be in here knocking and rocking and they proved it.”

He’s looking forward to celebrating with Rider Nation.

“It’s going to be amazing,” he said. “I can’t wait to hit the streets and party with the fans.”

Saskatchewan slotback Chris Getzlaf was the game’s top Canadian.

Quarterback Henry Burris, who rallied Hamilton

from a 24-10 deficit to beat Toronto 36-24 in the East final, pulled Hamilton to within 31-16 on his 18-yard TD run early in the third and a drive that Luca Congi capped with 33-yard field goal early in the fourth.

But Sheets cemented the win with a five-yard touchdown with just over five minutes remaining.

“Everything, the pass, the run, protection was great, the defence was great,” said Sheets. “Special teams was great. It was just our night.”

When asked who the CFL’s best running back is, Sheets said “You’re looking at him.”

Weather was a consideration but not because of the frigid temperatures that gripped the city during the week. At kickoff, it was 1 C and had only dropped to -2 C at the end of the game. On Saturday, the Grey Cup parade was held in frigid -35 C conditions. The biggest obstacle was the brisk northwest breeze that gusted between 30 and 50 kilometres an hour. Saskatchewan was more opportunistic, outscoring Hamilton 37-10 with the wind.

A sea of green serenaded Burris — a former Saskatchewan starter — throughout and had plenty to cheer about as the home team earned its fourth Grey Cup but first since ’07 after disappointing losses to Montreal in 2009 and ’10. Darian Durant started both losses to the Als but threw three TD passes to anchor his first CFL championship as Saskatchewan’s No. 1 quarterback.

“You’re the quarterback of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, you’re going to get a lot of cricitsm and some of it’s going to be undeserved,” said Getzlaf.

“No one deserves this win more than he does.”

The game had star appeal as actor Tom Hanks at-

tended with comedian Martin Short, a Hamilton native. Early in the third, Hanks was shown replacing a Ticats toque with a Riders hat, drawing a loud roar from the crowd.

Pop group Hedley performed at halftime.

It was a disappointing end for Hamilton, which came in having won 11 of their last 15. Burris, slotback Andy Fantuz and head coach Kent Austin were all former Riders returning here looking to earn Hamilton its first Grey Cup win since ’99.

“Keep your heads up, keep your heads up, guys,” Austin said as he walked into the stadium tunnel with his players after the game .

Austin suffered his first playoff loss after five straight wins as a CFL head coach. Austin had led Saskatchewan to Grey Cup wins in ’89 as the club’s starter, then in ’07 as head coach before leaving to become an assistant with his alma mater, Ole Miss.

“I’m unbelievably proud of that room,” he said at his post-game news conference. “We have a lot to build on. We’ve got a good young football team. We have got to get better in some areas, and we will, but we’ve got a great foundation. Really proud of these guys, love all of them.”

Saskatchewan also became the third straight team to win the Grey Cup at home and earned its first-ever CFL championship at Mosaic Stadium.

Geroy Simon, with his first two Grey Cup TDs, Jock Sanders and Weston Dressler also scored for Saskatchewan. Chris Milo had the converts and a field goal.

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Rebels rebound to down Cougars

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 5 Cougars 1 The new-look Red Deer Rebels snapped a two-game WHL losing streak Saturday at the Enmax Centrium.

‘New look,’ as in a completely different team from the squad that dropped a 4-3 shootout decision to the visiting Regina Pats 24 hours earlier, and also in terms of the Rebels’ forward lines.

“It was a complete game for us here tonight,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, following a convincing 5-1 win over the Prince George Cougars. “Right from start to finish, we got a really good effort from everybody.

We got saves when we needed them — our young goalie played well — and we played with structure and the way we want to play as a team.

“When you look at your games at home, it certainly was one of the most complete we’ve had this season.”

Rookie Taz Burman made a rare start in the Red Deer net and came up with 40 saves, although very few were of the difficult variety as the Cougars were held to the outside for the better part of the contest.

“I had a gut feeling, I guess,” said Sutter of giving Burman the start. “I told him this morning that he was playing. I was just trying to shake things up a bit . . . give us a different look. We addressed some things this morning concerning how we need to change at home and the way we need to do some things. I thought we’d get a fresh look there (in goal) and I thought he responded really well.”

Evan Polei’s third goal of the season at 19:07 of the first period gave the

Rebels a 2-1 lead and stood up as the eventual winner. Red Deer captain Conner Bleackley opened the scoring 4:17 into the contest and Marc McNulty notched the Cougars’ lone goal just under nine minutes later.

Dominik Volek buried a power play rebound for a 3-1 Rebels lead at 7:40 of the middle stanza and then notched his team-leading 12th goal of the season at 16:41, making his way to the net and stepping around Cougars goaltender Ty Edmonds.

Rhyse Dieno, who assisted on Bleackley’s marker, closed out the scoring early in the third period, sliding a rebound under Edmonds.

“We needed that at home. We needed to put a 60-minute effort together after last night,” said Dieno. “The boys responded well to last night’s loss.”

While they allowed 41 shots, the Rebels were strong in front of their rookie stopper.

“We blocked shots, which is a big part of the game, and I thought we did a good job around the front of our net,” said Sutter. “There weren’t any second and third opportunities. We were strong on pucks in our zone and there weren’t many turnovers.”

Added Dieno: “He (Burman) was making the stops that we needed at the right times. We tried to limit the shots and when he had to make a stop he did that.”

Besides starting Burman, Sutter also made some changes to the club’s top two lines, moving Lukas Sutter onto a unit with wingers Volek and Matt Bellerive, who left late in the contest with an apparent leg injury, and placing Bleackley at centre with Dieno and Brooks Maxwell.

“Again, it was a gut feeling this

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Red Deer Rebels goaltender Taz Burman corrals a puck shot by Prince George Cougar Jordan Tkatch during action at the Centrium on Saturday. morning,” said Sutter. “I just felt like we needed to change things up and get Lukas back into his normal position of centre ice. Maxie and Bleacks together give us some speed, and along with Diens, you have three guys who can shoot the puck.

“Dom and Beller played well too.

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have a gut feeling for your hockey team and you know that at certain times you need to have a different look and maybe bring a little different environment to the dressing room as far as getting the guys to think a bit differently.”

Lukas Sutter also looked good with his new linemates, particularly in the faceoff circle.

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Pats top Broncos in overtime BRADY LEADS COMEBACK IN SECOND HALF OVER SLOPPY BRONCOS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New England 34 Denver 31 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The final error in a game filled with mistakes helped the New England Patriots to a stunning comeback win.

Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 31-yard field goal in overtime after a misplayed punt return by Denver, lifting the Patriots to a 34-31 victory over the Broncos on Sunday night.

“We had some plays in the first half that didn’t go our way so it was nice to get a good bounce and we needed it,” said Tom Brady, who helped the Patriots put together a terrific comeback in the second half.

Denver’s Tony Carter ran into Ryan Allen’s punt after it landed and Nate Ebner recovered for New England at the Broncos 13-yard line. After Brady ran twice to line up the kick, Gostkowski connected for his 21st successful field goal attempt.

The Patriots lost fumbles on their first three possessions, but Brady threw for three touchdowns to lead the Patriots (8-3) from a 24-0 halftime deficit to a 31-24 lead as New England scored on its first five possessions of the second half.

Then Peyton Manning threw an 11-yard scoring pass to Demaryius Thomas for the Broncos (9-2), tying it at 31.

But Carter’s gaffe was the third lost fumble for the Broncos in the second half.

The early turnovers helped Denver to a big halftime advantage, but the Patriots took the lead when Brady hit Julian Edelman for a TD early in the fourth. Gostkowski’s 31-yard field goal made it 31-24 mid-

way through the fourth.

“We calmed down. We played each play one play at time,” Edelman said of the difference in the second part of the game.

“We didn’t turn the ball over in the second half.”

But Manning, who had thrown for only 73 yards in the first 3 ½ quarters, led the Broncos on an 80-yard drive.

Twice the Broncos were rescued by penalties: First when a defensive holding penalty negated an interception, and again when a pass interference on third-and-7 from the Patriots 17 gave Denver a first down.

On the next play, Manning lobbed one to Thomas in the left corner of the end zone to tie it.

Brady led the Patriots to three straight touchdowns in the third quarter to cut Denver’s lead to 24-21 heading into the fourth. He was 21 for 26 for 228 yards and three TDs in the second half of the much-heralded matchup with Manning.

Brady led New England 80 yards for a touchdown to open the second half, thanks to a 33-yard completion to Rob Gronkowski and a 5-yard scoring pass to Edelman. Montee Ball coughed it up on Denver’s next possession, and six plays later Brandon Bolden ran it in from the 1 to make it a 10-point game.

A 6-yard touchdown pass to Gronkowski with 19 seconds left in the third quarter cut the Broncos’ lead to 24-21.

Von Miller returned a fumble 60 yards for a touchdown and then strip-sacked Brady to force another turnover in the first quarter, setting up Knowshon Moreno’s 2-yard TD run.

Moreno finished with a career-

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New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman scores a touchdown Denver Broncos strong safety Mike Adams and defensive end Shaun Phillips in the third quarter of an NFL game Sunday, in Foxborough, Mass.

Broncos added another touchdown when Manning hit Jacob Tamme from 10 yards out for the only score of the second quarter.

On a night with a kickoff temperature of 20 degrees and a wind chill of 6, Manning completed 11 of 17 passes for 73 yards in the first three quarters while Moreno ran 25 times for 139 yards.

New England had lost five fumbles all season coming in-

high 224 yards on 37 carries.

When New England got the ball back, it held onto it for just two plays before LeGarrette Blount had the ball knocked loose by safety Duke Ihenacho. Linebacker Danny Trevathan fell on it and was ruled down by contact, negating a return that would have had the Broncos at the Patriots 11. Instead, Denver settled for Matt Prater’s 27-yard field goal that made it 17-0. The

to the game and was sixth in the NFL in net turnovers. But Stevan Ridley, who coughed it up on the opening drive, has fumbled in three consecutive games, losing two.

Denver had a turnover of its own after forcing New England to punt right before the half.

Trindon Holliday let the ball bounce off his leg, giving the Patriots the ball at the Broncos 42 with 5 seconds left.

Ward backstops Hurricanes to win over Senators

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hurricanes 4 Senators 1 RALEIGH, N.C. — Cam Ward has made many, many saves in his NHL career. Still, he can appreciate a good one.

Ward stopped 35 shots in the Carolina Hurricane’s 4-1 over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night, with none more entertaining than his desperation stick save against Colin Greening in the first period.

“I had goose bumps after that one,”

Ward said. “We play this game for a living but when you make a save like that, I turn into a little kid. It also was a sigh of relief to get that save because that was a big part of the game in the first period.”

Ward had already given up a rebound goal to Jason Spezza 1:07 into the game when he stopped Greening to keep it close for Carolina, who scored three times in the second to take command.

Ward said his confidence grew immensely playing on consecutive days for the first time this season. He missed 10 games with a lower-body injury and returned to the lineup on Nov. 18.

Eric Staal had a goal and two assists, and Patrick Dwyer, Tuomo Ruutu

and rookie Elias Lindholm each scored for the Hurricanes, who have won 10 of 11 at home against Ottawa. Staal scored an empty-net goal with 2:29 left.

With both teams playing the second of back-to-back games, it was visiting Ottawa which jumped out early on Spezza’s 10th of the season But Ottawa coach Paul MacLean said his team didn’t play hard enough to win.

“We don’t play long enough to consistently win,” MacLean said. “A threeminute span in the second period and we end up making two costly errors that were self-inflicted. One ends up in our net and the other ends up in penalty, then ends up in our net.

Dwyer got his third goal of the sea-

points to take control of the contest.

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GREY CUP: Record C.J. Gable had Hamilton’s touchdown. Congi had two field goals and two converts.

Sanders and Sheets had rushing TDs before Durant hit Simon on a 42-yard scoring strike with 1:46 left in the first half as Saskatchewan set a Grey Cup record for most first-half points.

A key to Saskatchewan’s success was its play on second down, converting 9-of-14 opportunities, compared to just 2-of-11 for Hamilton. The Riders’ 25-point halftime lead was the second-largest in Cup history, second only to the Ticats’ 29-point advantage in their 39-15 win over Edmonton in 1986.

Durant had three first-half fumbles but was 12-of16 passing for 165 yards and two TDs while adding 32 rushing yards as the Riders outran Hamilton 168-3 and outgained the Ticats 333-130 overall. Durant also made it hard for the East Division champions to key on any of aerial threats, completing passes to eight different players.

Sanders’ three-yard run at 5:36 capped a smart seven-play, 50-yard drive to put Saskatchewan ahead 17-3. On Hamilton’s next possession, Riders defensive lineman Alex Hall recovered a fumble at the Ticats’ nine-yard line after an errant second-down snap sailed past an unsuspecting Burris.

Hamilton recovered Durant’s third fumble at its own eight-yard line but after failing to get the first down, Austin had Josh Bartel punt into the wind rather than take the safety. Sanders returned Bartel’s 33-yard punt 17 yards to set up Sheets’ one-yard touchdown at 9:29.

After Congi’s 24-yard field goal, Durant found a wide-open Simon to put the home team ahead by 25 points.

Hamilton opened the game with the wind, but could only manage Congi’s 45-yard field goal to open the scoring at 5:16. Durant found Simon on a 15-yard touchdown as the Riders scored 24 consecutive

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“We showed that our team has the character to respond from a loss and it shows we can actually play a 60-minute game at home,” said Dieno. “Anything less than tonight’s effort would have been a disappointment.”

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Western Hockey League Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Swift Current 29 16 10 0 3 104 85 Prince Albert 26 15 9 2 0 89 81 Regina 26 14 12 0 0 78 89 Brandon 27 13 13 1 0 92 102 Saskatoon 27 10 14 1 2 90 110 Moose Jaw 29 8 16 3 2 74 102 Central Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Medicine Hat 26 17 6 3 0 101 71 Kootenay 28 15 11 2 0 88 81 Calgary 24 13 7 1 3 75 74 Edmonton 24 14 9 0 1 88 63 Red Deer 26 12 12 0 2 75 80 Lethbridge 27 3 20 2 2 67 134

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WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 22 17 3 0 2 90 54 36 Victoria 28 17 10 0 1 74 64 35 Vancouver 27 11 11 4 1 84 95 27 Prince George 29 10 15 1 3 81 113 24 Kamloops 26 6 17 2 1 65 102 15 U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Everett 27 19 4 4 0 89 68 42 Portland 26 18 5 2 1 128 83 39 Spokane 26 17 8 0 1 102 74 35 Tri-City 28 14 11 1 2 78 76 31 Seattle 26 13 9 1 3 89 100 30 Note: Any win is worth two points; a team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

Saturday’s results Prince Albert 8 Lethbridge 2 Swift Current 5 Moose Jaw 4 (OT) Everett 1 Calgary 0 Kootenay 5 Brandon 2 Medicine Hat 5 Regina 1 Red Deer 5 Prince George 1 Seattle 5 Portland 4 (OT) Spokane 4 Tri-City 3 (OT) Victoria 5 Kamloops 0

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0 2 0 5 5 2 3 3

30 26 24 23 23 22 19 19

69 72 48 49 49 49 56 68

54 68 54 55 67 53 71 82

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 24 16 4 4 36 87 70 St. Louis 22 16 3 3 35 79 50 Colorado 22 17 5 0 34 69 45 Minnesota 24 15 5 4 34 64 55 Dallas 22 11 9 2 24 61 65 Nashville 23 11 10 2 24 52 67 Winnipeg 25 10 11 4 24 66 75 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 26 17 6 3 37 80 65 San Jose 23 15 3 5 35 79 52 Los Angeles 24 15 6 3 33 64 51 Phoenix 23 14 5 4 32 78 74 Vancouver 25 12 9 4 28 65 65 Calgary 23 8 11 4 20 64 84 Edmonton 24 7 15 2 16 64 84 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Minnesota 3, Winnipeg 2, SO Toronto 2, Washington 1, SO Boston 3, Carolina 2, OT Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 2 Ottawa 4, Detroit 2 Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 N.Y. Rangers 2, Nashville 0 Anaheim 4, Phoenix 2 St. Louis 6, Dallas 1 Chicago 2, Vancouver 1 Colorado 1, Los Angeles 0, OT San Jose 2, New Jersey 1 Sunday’s Games Detroit 3, Buffalo 1 Carolina 4, Ottawa 1 Monday’s Games Pittsburgh at Boston, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 24-Thursday, Nov. 28 No Games Scheduled.

Friday, Nov. 29 Calgary at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Brandon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Regina, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Lethbridge, 7:30 p.m.

Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Prince George, 8 p.m.

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

Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Saskatoon at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Anaheim at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s summaries

Saturday’s summary Rebels 5, Cougars 1 First Period 1. Red Deer, Bleackley 11 (Dieno, Maxwell) 4:17 2. Prince George, McNulty 5 (Fiddler, Mrkonjic) 13:01 (pp) 3. Red Deer, Polei 3 (Mpofu, Fleury) 19:07 Penalties — Bellerive RD (roughing, unsportsmanlike cnd.) 12:44, Harkins PG (tripping) 16:36.

Second Period 4. Red Deer, Volek 11 (Sutter, Gaudet) 7:40 (pp) 5. Red Deer, Volek 12 (Bellerive) 16:41 Penalties — Grewal PG (tripping) 6:09, Bear RD (hooking) 8:04, Bleackley RD (high-sticking) 12:03, Fafard RD (boarding) 17:50.

Third Period 6. Red Deer, Dieno 9 (Maxwell) 3:37 Penalties — Charif RD (interference) 5:50, Gaudet RD (hooking) 6:33, Bourke PG (kneeing major, game misconduct) 17:48, McNulty PG (misconduct), Ruopp PG (roughing), Bear RD (misconduct) 19:54.

Shots on goal Prince George 11 15 15 — 41 Red Deer 10 15 13 — 38 Goal — Prince George: Edmonds (L,7-7-2); Red Deer: Burman (W,2-3-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Prince George: 1-7; Red Deer: 1-4.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Boston 23 15 6 2 32 Toronto 23 14 8 1 29 Tampa Bay 23 14 8 1 29 Detroit 25 11 7 7 29 Montreal 24 13 9 2 28 Ottawa 24 9 11 4 22 Florida 24 6 13 5 17 Buffalo 25 5 19 1 11 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts

B3

GF 64 66 67 63 64 68 53 44

GA 43 54 61 70 51 77 80 79

GF

GA

Hurricanes 4, Senators 1 First Period 1. Ottawa, Spezza 10 (Zibanejad) 1:07 Penalty — Westgarth Car (boarding) 7:55.

Second Period 2. Carolina, Dwyer 3 (Staal, Faulk) 3:10 3. Carolina, Ruutu 2 (Staal) 6:09 4. Carolina, Lindholm 2 (Staal, Faulk) 9:03 (pp) Penalty — Phillips Ott (cross-checking) 8:26.

Third Period 5. Carolina, Staal 6 (Malhotra) 17:37 (en) Penalties — MacArthur Ott (hooking) 5:03, Bellemore Car (tripping) 11:21, MacArthur Ott (slashing) 12:04, Ryan Ott (interference) 19:04.

Shots on goal Ottawa 12 14 10 — 36 Carolina 11 14 12 — 37 Goal — Ottawa: Lehner (L, 4-4-2); Carolina: Ward (W, 3-3-4).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Ottawa: 0-2; Carolina: 1-4.

Red Wings 3, Sabres 1 First Period 1. Buffalo, Hodgson 8 (Stafford) 7:47 Penalty — Hodgson Buf (holding) 11:58.

Second Period 2. Detroit, Helm 5 (Alfredsson, Abdelkader) 0:30 Penalties — None.

Third Period 3. Detroit, Franzen 6 (Zetterberg, Kronwall) 11:43 (pp) 4. Detroit, Alfredsson 4 (Franzen) 19:11 (en) Penalties — Quincey Det (hooking) 0:47, Ehrhoff Buf (hooking) 6:30, Myers Buf (cross-checking) 11:13, Weiss Det (tripping) 15:13.

Shots on goal Detroit 14 8 12 — 34 Buffalo 6 9 7 — 22 Goal — Detroit: Gustavsson (W, 5-0-1); Buffalo: Miller (L, 4-14-0).

Power plays (goalschances) — Detroit: 1-3; Buffalo: 0-2.

NHL Leaders TORONTO — Official NHL scoring leaders through Sunday’s games: Player Team Pos G A Pt Sidney Crosby Pgh C 12 18 30 Henrik Zetterberg Det L 10 18 28 Alex Ovechkin Wash L 20 7 27 Alexander Steen StL C 17 10 27 Ryan Getzlaf Ana C 13 14 27 John Tavares NYI C 10 17 27 Evgeni Malkin Pgh C 4 22 26 Corey Perry Ana R 13 12 25 Patrick Kane Chi R 12 13 25 Erik Karlsson Ott D 7 17 24 Jamie Benn Dal C 7 17 24 Henrik Sedin Vcr C 6 18 24 N.Backstrom Wash C 5 19 24 Joe Thornton SJ C 2 22 24 Steven Stamkos TB C 14 9 23 Bryan Little Wpg R 12 11 23 Pavel Datsyuk Det C 12 11 23 Tyler Seguin Dal C 12 11 23 Jonathan Toews Chi C 11 12 23 Patrick Marleau SJ C 11 12 23 Logan Couture SJ C 8 15 23 Zach Parise Minn L 11 11 22 Bobby Ryan Ott R 11 11 22 David Backes StL C 10 12 22 Frans Nielsen NYI C 10 12 22 Joe Pavelski SJ C 8 14 22 Anze Kopitar LA C 6 16 22 Kyle Okposo NYI R 6 16 22 Phil Kessel Tor C 12 9 21 Chris Kunitz Pgh L 11 10 21 Daniel Sedin Vcr L 8 13 21 Martin St. Louis TB R 8 13 21 Patrick Sharp Chi L 8 13 21 Jiri Hudler Cgy C 7 14 21 Mikko Koivu Minn C 5 16 21 Matt Duchene Col C 12 8 20 Jason Spezza Ott C 10 10 20 Jordan Eberle Edm R 8 12 20 Kyle Turris Ott C 6 14 20 T.J. Oshie StL R 4 16 20 P.K. Subban Mtl D 3 17 20 Shane Doan Phx R 11 8 19 Mikhail Grabovski Wash C 7 12 19 Martin Hanzal Phx C 7 12 19 Dustin Byfuglien Wpg D 6 13 19 Andrew Ladd Wpg L 6 13 19 Tomas Hertl SJ C 12 6 18 Justin Williams LA R 9 9 18 Jaromir Jagr NJ R 9 9 18 Matt Moulson NYI-Buf L 8 10 18 David Perron Edm L 8 10 18 Radim Vrbata Phx R 6 12 18 R. Nugent-Hopkins Edm C 5 13 18 AJHL North Division GP W L T GF Fort McMurray 27 23 2 2 114 Spruce Grove 29 23 5 1 114 Whitecourt 29 16 11 2 109 Lloydminster 28 14 12 2 89 Grand Prairie 30 14 14 2 88 Sherwood Park 29 12 16 1 83 Bonnyville 29 11 15 3 79 Drayton Valley 27 10 15 2 67

GA 47 64 101 85 100 104 98 94

Pt 48 47 34 30 30 25 25 22

South Division GP Brooks 30 Okotoks 28 Drumheller 28 Mustangs 28 Canmore 28 Camrose 30 Olds 30 Canucks 28

GA 72 82 99 100 92 81 104 102

Pt 41 33 32 30 30 30 28 17

W 19 14 14 14 14 12 11 8

L 8 9 10 12 12 12 13 19

T 3 5 4 2 2 6 6 1

GF 98 82 97 91 78 77 82 77

Saturday’s results Brooks 5 Drayton Valley 2 Camrose 3 Canmore 0 Drumheller 6 Sherwood Park 3 Okotoks 5 Lloydminster 2 Bonnyville 3 Grand Prairie 2 Spruce Grove 10 Olds 2 Fort McMurray 6 Whitecourt 3 Sunday’s results Camrose 2 Canmore 1 (SO) Calgary Canucks 4 Sherwood Park 2 Lloydminster at Calgary Mustangs, NA Monday’s games No Games Scheduled.

Tuesday’s games Olds at Canmore, 7 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s games Bonnyville at Sherwood Park, 7 p.m.

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

Whitecourt at Lloydminster, 7:30 p.m.

Football CFL Playoffs Sunday’s result 101st Grey Cup At Regina Saskatchewan 45 Hamilton 23 Sunday, Nov. 17 Division Finals East Hamilton 36 Toronto 24 West Saskatchewan 35 Calgary 13 Grey Cup summary Roughriders 45, Tiger-Cats 23 First Quarter Ham — FG Congi 45 5:16 Sask — TD Simon 15 pass from Durant (Milo convert) 8:01 Second Quarter Sask — FG Milo 20 2:14 Sask — TD Sanders 3 run (Milo convert) 9:00 Sask —TD Sheets 1 run (Milo convert) 9:29 Ham — FG Congi 24 12:13 Sask — TD Simon 42 pass from Durant (Milo convert) 13:04 Third Quarter Ham — TD Burris 18 run (Congi convert) 12:08 Fourth Quarter Ham — FG Congi 33 0:12 Sask —TD Sheets 4 run (Milo convert) 9:37 Sask —TD Dressler 26 pass from Durant (Milo convert) 11:51 Ham — TD Gable run 2 (Congi convert) 13:04 Hamilton 3 3 7 10 — 23 Saskatchewan 7 24 0 14 — 45 Attendance — 44,710 at Saskatchewan.

TEAM STATISTICS Ham Sask First downs 18 28 Yards rushing 57 268 Yards passing 272 245 Total offence 329 513 Passes made-tried 43-17 24-20 Returns yards 216 72 Interceptions-yards by 0-0 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-3 1-3 Sacks by 2 3 Punts-average 39-7 72-6 Penalties-Yards 96-7 55-8 Time of Possession 25:06 34:19

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Ham: Burris 2-34, Gable 6-23; Sask: Sheets 20-197, Hughes 3-32, Durant 7-26, Sanders 4-9, Dressler 1-4.

Receiving — Ham: Fantuz 7-76, Grant 3-72, Tasker 3-52, Giguere 3-37, Ellingson 2-29, Gable 2-6; Sask: Dressler 5-81, Getzlaf 3-78, Simon 3-67, Bagg 1-11, Hughes 2-7, Smith 1-5, Sheets 1-(minus-1), Sanders 1-(minus-3).

Passing — Ham: Burris 20-43-272-0-1; Sask: Durant 17-24-245-3-0.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 8 3 0 .727 288 N.Y. Jets 5 6 0 .455 186 Miami 5 6 0 .455 229 Buffalo 4 7 0 .364 236 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 7 4 0 .636 263 Tennessee 5 6 0 .455 250 Jacksonville 2 9 0 .182 142 Houston 2 9 0 .182 199 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 7 4 0 .636 275 Pittsburgh 5 6 0 .455 243 Baltimore 5 6 0 .455 227 Cleveland 4 7 0 .364 203 West W L T Pct PF Denver 9 2 0 .818 429 Kansas City 9 2 0 .818 270 San Diego 5 6 0 .455 269 Oakland 4 7 0 .364 213 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 6 5 0 .545 298 Philadelphia 6 5 0 .545 276 N.Y. Giants 4 7 0 .364 213 Washington 3 7 0 .300 246 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 9 2 0 .818 305 Carolina 8 3 0 .727 258 Tampa Bay 3 8 0 .273 211 Atlanta 2 9 0 .182 227

PA 230 287 245 273 PA 260 245 324 289 PA 206 256 215 265 PA 289 179 260 269

PA 279 260 280 311 PA 196 151 258 309

W 6 6 5 2

L 5 5 5 8

W Seattle 10 Arizona 7 San Francisco 6 St. Louis 5

L 1 4 4 6

Detroit Chicago Green Bay Minnesota

North T 0 0 1 1 West T 0 0 0 0

Pct .545 .545 .500 .227

PF 286 303 284 266

PA 277 309 265 346

Pct .909 .636 .600 .455

PF 306 254 247 266

PA 179 223 178 255

Thursday’s Game New Orleans 17, Atlanta 13 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 26, Green Bay 26, OT Jacksonville 13, Houston 6 San Diego 41, Kansas City 38 St. Louis 42, Chicago 21 Pittsburgh 27, Cleveland 11 Tampa Bay 24, Detroit 21 Baltimore 19, N.Y. Jets 3 Carolina 20, Miami 16 Tennessee 23, Oakland 19 Arizona 40, Indianapolis 11 Dallas 24, N.Y. Giants 21 Denver 31, New England 34 Open: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Seattle Monday’s Game San Francisco at Washington, 6:40 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 28 Green Bay at Detroit, 10:30 a.m.

Oakland at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 1 Chicago at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

New England at Houston, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Miami at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 2:05 p.m.

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

Denver at Kansas City, 2:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 2 New Orleans at Seattle, 6:40 p.m.

Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Signed OF Gorkys Hernandez, 38 Brandon Laird, OF Paulo Orlando, OF Edinson Rincon, RHP Wilking Rodriguez and RHP P.J. Walters to minor league contracts.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Colby Lewis on a minor league contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed CBs Casey Hayward and James Nixon on injured reserve.

Activated S Sean Richardson and DE Jerel Worthy from the PUP list.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released RB Leon Washington. Signed DB Justin Green from the

practice squad.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed WR Greg Jenkins from the practice squad.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Placed CB Cortland Finnegan and QB Brady Quinn on injured reserve.

Activated S T.J. McDonald from injured reserve.

Signed CB Quinton Pointer from the practice squad.

Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Sacramento F Travis Outlaw $15,000 for making excessive and unnecessary contact with Los Angeles Clippers G J.J. Redick during a Nov. 23 game.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Assigned C Dewayne Dedmon and G Nemanja Nedovic to

PEBBLE BEACH INVITATIONAL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Kevin Kisner made a 15-foot par putt on the 18th hole for a 2-over 74 and a one-stroke victory over Chesson Hadley at the Pebble Beach Invitational on Sunday.

Kisner began the day with a two-stroke lead and finished at 13-under 275 after a tumultuous final round in the tournament featuring 80

Santa Cruz (NBADL).

HOCKEY National Hockey League TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled F Nikita Kucherov and D Dmitry Korobov from Syracuse (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS — Reassigned D Julian Melchiori to St. John’s (AHL).

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Announced D Dylan Olsen was recalled by Florida (NHL). Recalled D Josh McFadden from Cincinnati (ECHL).

Central Hockey League ALLEN AMERICANS — Announced the CHL has granted F Darryl Bootland a leave of absence.

Southern Professional Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMEN — Acquired D Bryant Doerrsam from Louisiana for cash.

professionals from the PGA, LPGA, Champions and Web.com tours.

“I wish I would had about a six-stroke lead, so it wasn’t so stressful,” said Kisner, who rejoined the PGA Tour this season. “The back nine was playing brutally hard. I just got unlucky.”

Kisner, who had a tournament-low 64 Saturday at Spyglass Hill, moved to 17 under and a six-stroke margin after 11 holes. But he bogeyed the 12th, double-bogeyed the 14th and bogeyed the 17th.

Hadley shot a 70 and was four shots in front of Scott Langley (68) and William McGirt (73), who tied for third at 8 under.

Monday

● Women’s basketball: Rampage vs.

Storm, Shooting Stars vs. Funk, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., River Glen; Hoosier Daddy vs.

The Bank, Young Gunns vs. Big Ballers, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian; Xpress vs. Spartans, 7:15 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Tuesday

● Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Gord Scott Nissan, Orangemen vs. Rusty Chuckers, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Stettler, 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday

● Exhibition hockey: Subway Super Series — Team WHL vs. Team Russia, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● College basketball: Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Flames at Red Deer Black, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Junior women’s hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Central Alberta, 4:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Red Deer Elks 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Steel Kings, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● WHL: Red Deer at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

(The Drive). ● College men’s hockey: Camrose Augustana at RDC, 7:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Thursday

● College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Elks at Lacombe, 7:15 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Carstar vs. Wells Furniture, Grandview Allstars vs. Dream Team, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● College basketball: Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Peewee AA hockey: Lacombe Rockets at Red Deer Parkland, 6 p.m., Arena; Red Deer TBS at Sylvan Lake, 6 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. (The Drive). ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Northstar at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Steel Kings at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday

● Peewee AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Parkland, 10:30 a.m., Collicutt Centre; Bow Valley at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Kin City B; Foothills at Lacombe, 2 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Red Deer Rebels White at Red Deer Rebels Black, noon, Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, 2 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Ramada, 2:15 p.m., Kinex. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Monstars, Sheraton Red Deer vs.

Triple A Batteries, The Secret Runs vs.

Woody’s RV, 4:15 p.m.; Carstar vs. Rusty Chuckers, Triple Threat vs. Gord Scott Nissan, Alken Basin Drillers vs. Wells Furniture, 5:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m.; Lethbridge at Sylvan Lake, 5 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 6 7 .462 — Philadelphia 6 9 .400 1 Boston 5 10 .333 2 New York 3 9 .250 2 1/2 Brooklyn 3 10 .231 3 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 10 3 .769 — Atlanta 8 6 .571 2 1/2 Charlotte 7 7 .500 3 1/2 Washington 5 8 .385 5 Orlando 4 9 .308 6 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 12 1 .923 — Chicago 6 6 .500 5 1/2 Detroit 5 8 .385 7 Cleveland 4 10 .286 8 1/2 Milwaukee 2 10 .167 9 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 12 1 .923 Dallas 9 5 .643 Houston 9 5 .643 Memphis 7 6 .538 New Orleans 6 6 .500 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 12 2 .857 Oklahoma City 9 3 .750 Minnesota 8 7 .533 Denver 6 6 .500 Utah 1 14 .067 Pacific Division W L Pct

GB — 3 1/2 3 1/2 5 5 1/2 GB — 2 4 1/2 5 11 1/2 GB

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

10 8 7 7 4

5 6 6 7 9

.667 .571 .538 .500 .308

— 1 1/2 2 2 1/2 5

Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers 103, Sacramento 102 Indiana 106, Philadelphia 98 Washington 98, New York 89 Miami 101, Orlando 99 Boston 94, Atlanta 87 Houston 112, Minnesota 101 Charlotte 96, Milwaukee 72 San Antonio 126, Cleveland 96 Denver 102, Dallas 100 Portland 113, Golden State 101 Sunday’s Games Detroit 109, Brooklyn 97 L.A. Clippers 121, Chicago 82 Phoenix 104, Orlando 96 Oklahoma City 95, Utah 73 L.A. Lakers 100, Sacramento 86 Monday’s Games Minnesota at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Boston at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Utah, 7 p.m.

New York at Portland, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Washington, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Golden State at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Golf ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf Sunday At Royal Melbourne Golf Club (Composite Course) Melbourne, Australia Purse: $7 million (Individual); $1 million (Team) Yardage: 7,024; Par: 71 Final Team 1. Australia 143-138-134-136 — 551 2. United States 137-137-142-145 — 561 3. Japan 143-138-141-141 — 563 3. Denmark 137-140-147-139 — 563 5. Canada 141-144-141-144 — 570 6. South Africa 147-141-145-139 — 572 7. Germany 144-145-139-145 — 573 7. France 145-140-145-143 — 573 9. Thailand 143-142-143-147 — 575 10. Scotland 141-143-146-146 — 576 11. Ireland 147-143-138-149 — 577 11. Sweden 148-143-147-139 — 577 13. Finland 142-147-144-145 — 578 13. England 144-143-143-148 — 578 15. South Korea 141-148-144-147 — 580 16. Netherlands 150-147-139-145 — 581 17. Spain 148-144-141-149 — 582 17. Portugal 140-142-146-154 — 582 17. Argentina 149-146-146-141 — 582 20. New Zealand 154-144-141-144 — 583 20. Italy 151-141-142-149 — 583 20. Brazil 144-143-141-155 — 583 23. Philippines 144-143-147-153 — 587 24. Chile 149-144-145-150 — 588 24. China 152-145-148-143 — 588 26. India 154-147-149-143 — 593 Individual Jason Day, Australia 68-70-66-70 — 274 Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 66-68-71-71 — 276 Adam Scott, Australia 75-68-68-66 — 277 Matt Kuchar, United States 71-68-68-71 — 278 Ryo Ishikawa, Japan 71-71-70-69 — 281 Kir. Aphibarnrat, Thailand 71-70-70-70 — 281 Hideto Tanihara, Japan 72-67-71-72 — 282 David Hearn, Canada 70-71-71-71 — 283 Stuart Manley, Wales 67-72-72-72 — 283 K. Streelman, United States 66-69-74-74 — 283 Francesco Molinari, Italy 75-67-66-75 — 283 Br. de Jonge, Zimbabwe 74-72-70-68 — 284 Maximilian Kieffer, Germany 73-71-70-70 — 284 Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 71-72-69-72 — 284 Roope Kakko, Finland 72-72-70-71 — 285 Gregory Bourdy, France 72-69-72-72 — 285 K.J. Choi, South Korea 67-74-71-73 — 285 Ricardo Santos, Portugal 69-69-73-74 — 285 Graeme McDowell, Ireland 72-71-67-75 — 285 G.Coetzee, South Africa 74-71-73-68 — 286 Br. Grace, South Africa 73-70-72-71 — 286 Martin Laird, Scotland 67-72-74-73 — 286 Mig. Angel Jimenez, Spain 73-69-71-73 — 286 Oscar Fraustro, Mexico 74-67-71-74 — 286 Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark 71-72-76-68 — 287 Vijay Singh, Fiji 73-69-75-70 — 287 Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium 70-76-70-71 — 287 Anirban Lahiri, India 72-70-73-72 — 287 Brad Fritsch, Canada 71-73-70-73 — 287 Jonas Blixt, Sweden 76-72-74-66 — 288 Victor Dubuisson, France 73-71-73-71 — 288 Fabian Gomez, Argentina 72-75-72-70 — 289

Chris Wood, England Mark Tullo, Chile Peter Hanson, Sweden Marcel Siem, Germany Danny Willett, England Wu Ashun, China Mike Hendry, New Zealand Rob.. Derksen, Netherlands Stephen Gallacher, Scotland Tim Sluiter, Netherlands Adilson da Silva, Brazil Shane Lowry, Ireland Alexandre Rocha, Brazil Emiliano Grillo, Argentina Tim Wilkinson, New Zealand Mikko Korhonen, Finland Angelo Que, Philippines Tony Lascuna, Philippines Prayad Marksaeng, Thailand B. Sang-moon, South Korea Rafael Cabrera Bello, Spain Jose-Filipe Lima, Portugal S. Rahman, Bangladesh Liang Wenchong, China Felipe Aguilar, Chile Matteo Manassero, Italy Espen Kofstad, Norway Gaganjeet Bhullar, India

75-70-72-72 74-72-71-72 72-71-73-73 71-74-69-75 69-73-71-76 77-69-75-69 75-73-71-71 74-75-70-71 74-71-72-73 76-72-69-74 72-71-71-77 75-72-71-74 72-72-70-78 77-71-74-71 79-71-70-73 70-75-74-74 74-72-70-77 70-71-77-76 72-72-73-77 74-74-73-74 75-75-70-76 71-73-73-80 73-75-77-73 75-76-73-74 75-72-74-78 76-74-76-74 72-75-74-82 82-77-76-71

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LPGA CME Group Titleholders Sunday At Ritz Carlton Golf Resort (Tiburon Golf Club) Naples, Fla. Purse:, $2 million Yardage: 6,540; Par: 72 Final Round Shanshan Feng, $700,000 66-74-67-66 — 273 Gerina Piller, $139,713 71-67-67-69 — 274 Por. Phatlum, $101,352 70-68-67-70 — 275 Sandra Gal, $78,404 64-69-74-69 — 276 Inbee Park, $63,106 68-72-69-68 — 277 Cristie Kerr, $44,238 69-69-71-69 — 278 Sun Young Yoo, $44,238 68-68-73-69 — 278 Stacy Lewis, $44,238 71-73-63-71 — 278 Jennifer Johnson, $32,509 71-69-70-69 — 279 So Yeon Ryu, $32,509 70-71-69-69 — 279 Ilhee Lee, $26,848 69-77-69-65 — 280 Amy Yang, $26,848 73-68-69-70 — 280 Michelle Wie, $26,848 72-70-66-72 — 280 Angela Stanford, $22,871 74-69-69-70 — 282 Azahara Munoz, $22,871 72-68-69-73 — 282 Brittany Lang, $19,123 68-76-70-69 — 283 Morgan Pressel, $19,123 71-68-74-70 — 283 Meena Lee, $19,123 69-72-70-72 — 283 Hee Young Park, $19,123 69-70-72-72 — 283 Lexi Thompson, $19,123 66-74-67-76 — 283 Catriona Matthew, $16,063 70-73-75-66 — 284 Lydia Ko, $16,063 71-71-72-70 — 284 Anna Nordqvist, $16,063 66-73-75-70 — 284 Sandra Changkija, $16,063 67-74-70-73 — 284 Jane Park, $13,807 68-77-69-71 — 285 Chella Choi, $13,807 71-70-71-73 — 285 Ayako Uehara, $13,807 69-72-71-73 — 285 Karrie Webb, $13,807 70-73-69-73 — 285 Mo Martin, $11,780 69-72-74-72 — 287 Suzann Pettersen, $11,780 72-72-71-72 — 287 Mika Miyazato, $11,780 70-73-68-76 — 287 Natalie Gulbis, $11,780 70-70-65-82 — 287

Curling Canadian Mixed Curling Championship OTTAWA — Final standings and playoff results Saturday from the 2014 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship (Nov. 16-23 at the Rideau Curling Club): Province (Skip) W L x-Alberta (Moulding) 9 2 y-Saskatchewan (Meachem) 9 2 t-Ontario (Heggestad) 8 3 t-New Brunswick (Robichaud) 8 3 Quebec (Fournier) 7 4 Nova Scotia (Harris) 6 5 Manitoba (Grassie) 5 6 P.E.I. (MacDonald) 5 6 Northern Ont. (Robert) 4 7 NWT (Moss) 2 9 B.C. (Switzer) 2 9 N.L. (Oke) 1 10 x — clinched berth in final; y — clinched berth in semifinal; t — played tiebreaker.

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Saturday’s result PLAYOFFS Final Alberta 8 Ontario 5 Friday’s results Draw 17 Manitoba 11 Nova Scotia 5 Ontario 7 Northwest Territories 4 Saskatchewan 9 Northern Ontario 2 New Brunswick 7 Newfoundland & Labrador 3 End of round robin Tiebreaker Ontario 9 New Brunswick 8 PLAYOFFS Semifinal Ontario 6 Saskatchewan 5

B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Nov. 25, 2013

Day gets emotional win at World Cup WINS INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION AND LEADS AUSTRALIA TO TEAM VICTORY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — After nearly withdrawing due to a family tragedy, Jason Day made an emotional return to golf at the World Cup to win his first tournament in more than three years at Royal Melbourne on Sunday.

His 7-foot putt to save par on the 16th hole held off a faltering Thomas Bjorn. Day had a 70 for a 10-under total of 274. That was two strokes better than Denmark’s Bjorn, who finished with a 71 after two late bogeys.

Day’s last victory came at the Byron Nelson Championship on the PGA Tour in 2010, although he’s had four top-five finishes in majors since 2011.

The World Cup was Day’s first tournament in five weeks and came less than two weeks after he learned that eight of his relatives, including his grandmother, died in the devastating Nov. 9 typhoon in the Philippines.

His mother, who immigrated to Australia from the Philippines 30 years ago, and sister were just off the green on 18 at Royal Melbourne.

They both hugged him as he walked to the scoring tent to sign his card.

“It’s just been an amazing tournament for me,” Day said. “My mother, my family, coming down to support me. I’m just so happy the hard work has paid off, and I’m glad it happened in Melbourne.

“It would have been the easiest thing for me to just go ahead and pull out of the tournament with what has been going on over the last week,” he added. “But I really wanted to come down here and play.”

Day’s situation wasn’t lost on Bjorn.

“Obviously a fraction disappointed, I didn’t play that great today,” Bjorn said. “But I couldn’t be happier for Jason winning. He has gone through a rough time of late and for him to even be here is a big thing and then to go and win a golf tournament ... that’s what you want to see.”

Day’s last tournament victory came at the Byron Nelson Championship on the PGA Tour in 2010, although he’s had four top-five finishes in majors since 2011.

Masters champion Adam Scott finished third after a 66, three strokes behind. Scott, who was trying to win his third tournament in a row, shot a 75 on the opening day, including a 9 on the 12th hole, and spent the rest of the tournament trying to catch up.

Day earned $1.2 million for winning the individual title and helped Australia win the team portion of the World Cup. Day and Scott, who each holed approach shots for eagles Sunday, shared the $600,000 first-place team prize.

American Matt Kuchar shot a 71 to finish fourth in individual stroke-play, three behind Day. Ryo Ishikawa of Japan (69) and Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand (70) finished tied for fifth, seven behind the winner.

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Jason Day, left of Australia and compatriot Adam Scott draped in their national flags with the World Cup of Golf trophy after winning the team event at Royal Melbourne Golf Course in Australia, Sunday.

Day led by four strokes after nine holes thanks to a big swing on the fifth and sixth. Day bogeyed the par-3 fifth after going into bunker and Bjorn birdied, leaving them tied for the lead.

But on the sixth, Day’s gap wedge from about 80 yards hit the green once and rolled into the cup for eagle. Bjorn, who was in the rough with his tee shot, made bogey and the three-shot swing put the Australian back in the lead.

On the next hole, Day increased his lead to four over Bjorn when the Danish player three-putted for bogey.

After making the turn with the four-shot lead, thanks to a 12-foot par-saving putt on nine, Day ran into big problems on the 10th when his tee shot went into the left rough. Trying to advance it up the fairway instead of chipping out sideways, he sent the ball but back into the rough.

He chipped back out to the fairway with his third shot, put his fourth on the green and two-putted for double-bogey. That reduced his lead to two shots over Scott and Bjorn, and birdies by Bjorn on 11 and 13 put both players level again until Bjorn’s bogey on 16.

Scott, who holed out for eagle with his approach on the first hole Sunday, won the Australian PGA and Australian Masters in his first trip back home since winning at Augusta in April. He’ll try to complete the Australian ’Triple Crown’ of majors next week at Royal Sydney.

“It’s been an incredible day,” Scott said. “Thanks Jason, you played so well this week.”

The last time the World Cup was captured by a host country was in 1996 when the South African team of Ernie Els and Wayne Westner won at Cape Town.

Feng wins biggest prize in women’s golf

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAPLES, Fla. — The only trouble Shanshan Feng faced Sunday was figuring out how to light the cannon that signalled the end of the LPGA Tour season.

She made the golf look easy at the LPGA Titleholders.

Two shots behind going into the final round, the 24-year-old from China ran off four birdies in the opening six holes to seize control, and she closed with a 6-under 66 to win by one shot and claim the richest prize in women’s golf.

It also was her second win this year, which meant as much to her as the $700,000 check.

“I had a goal to win two tournaments,” she said. “I won in China. I didn’t think I was going to achieve my goal, and I made it in my last tournament in Florida.”

Feng said her win last month in Beijing required a little luck — a shot that took a weird and wild bounce out of the rough, raced across the green and crashed into the flagstick to set up a tap-in eagle.

Sunday was sheer skill.

Feng was in such control of her game that she missed three birdie chances inside 6 feet in the middle of her round

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Morten Orum Madsen of Denmark won his first European Tour title Sunday as Charl Schwartzel struggled in the final round of the seasonopening South African Open.

Madsen shot a 67 for a 19-under total of 269 and a two-shot victory, overtaking Schwartzel and Hennie Otto of South Africa.

Schwartzel had a triple-bogey 6 on No. 6 and a double bogey on No. 10 to lose his overnight lead. Otto, the 2011 champion, lost the lead when he bogeyed the 15th hole and had a double bogey on the 16th.

Madsen had five birdies and no bogeys.

“I expected to play well, but I didn’t expect to stand here,” he said during the trophy presentation.

Madsen was ranked No. 244 in the world before the tournament.

to win to capture the money list, but after an early birdie, Lewis never regained any momentum. She closed with a 71 and tied for sixth.

“As Americans, we hear about that all the time — it’s been 18 years or it’s been 20 years or whatever it is,” Lewis said.

“I’m just glad to have that kind of checked off the list.

We’ve got to get American golf on the map. That’s been the goal and I’m just fortunate I’ve been playing good golf.”

Inbee Park, who clinched player of the year last week in Mexico, had a 68 to finish fifth. She won the LPGA Tour money title.

The only other award at stake Sunday was rookie of the year. That went to Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand, who closed with a 72. She won by one point over Caroline Masson of Germany.

Feng just stole the show on the final day of the season.

As winner of the CME Group Titleholders, she lit the cannon to signal the end of the year. That proved far more difficult than the 7-iron she hit into 8 feet for birdie on the 15th, or that pitch up the slope on the 17th hole that led to her final birdie.

“I was really nervous,” she said. “I don’t know how I did it. Once it touched the thing

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Shanshan Feng poses with the trophy after winning the CME Group Titleholders golf tournament Sunday, at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. and then it just went out in like a half a second, and I was shocked it released so fast and it was gone already. I was really excited.”

As for that paycheque?

Feng says she is not a big spender and said she would put it in the bank, perhaps buy herself a small gift later.

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that kept the outcome in doubt until the end. Gerina Piller stayed within one shot of Feng, and she hit a 7-iron into 10 feet for a chance at birdie to force a playoff. The putt narrowly missed, and Piller had to settle for a 69 and her best finish on the LPGA Tour.

Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand had a 70 and finished alone in third.

Feng finished at 15-under 273, the number she had in mind at the start of the day — even if it didn’t result in a win.

“Before I started, I never thought I was going to win,” Feng said. “I knew I was only two behind. But I thought all the people in the last group were really strong competitors.”

No one was stronger than Feng, who played the final 31 holes without a bogey.

Natalie Gulbis, tied for the 54-hole lead with Pornanong and Piller, wasn’t up to the task. Going for her first win in six years, Gulbis didn’t make a birdie until the 14th hole, and by then she couldn’t stop a spectacular slide. Gulbis closed with an 82.

Stacy Lewis had to settle for only one prize. The Women’s British Open champion became the first American since Beth Daniel in 1994 to win the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average. She had

LOCAL SPORTS Kings sweep weekend series with Voyageurs

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ON THE RUSH

RDC ATHLETICS Kings 4 Voyageurs 1 LAC LA BICHE — RDC Kings head coach Trevor Keeper had a good idea following their 5-3 win over the Portage Voyageurs Friday how to stop the Voyageurs.

But just to make sure he watched the game video late Friday and put together a game plan that worked to perfection Saturday as the Kings rolled to a 4-1 victory in Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League action.

“They put all their offensive players on one line and we adjusted our forecheck against them Friday and carried it over to Saturday,” explained Keeper.

“When we had a chance we put pressure on their defence and were aggressive, but when they were able to grab the puck we dropped back and played a trap and it paid off.”

The Kings also knew what to expect with the Voyageurs power play and were able to kill off all five penalties.

“They like bringing in their top scorer in the back door and we were able to shut that down and as a result shut their power play down.”

As it was the Voyageurs grabbed a 1-0 lead at 6:20 of the first period when Cory Giroux beat RDC netminder Kraymer Barnstable. However, Doug Jones notched his seventh goal of the season to tie the game at 7:38 and Jared Ramstead potted what proved to be the winner at 9:03.

Jeff Archibald scored at 8:54 of the second period and Riley Simpson completed the scoring at 13:21 of the third period with his eighth on the power play.

Simpson also added two assists and was named the Kings player of the game while DJay McGrath also picked up two helpers.

Barnstable finished with 21 saves while his teammates had 34 shots on Kirby Halcrow.

The Kings complete their pre-Christmas schedule this week with a home-and-home series against the University of Alberta Augustana Vikings. The team meet Friday in Camrose and Saturday at 7:15 p.m. in Penhold.

“Camrose is on a bit of a roll and will be a big test for us,” said Keeper. “They’re very strong in goal and we’ll have to make sure we get in close and convert on rebounds and set screens.”

Curling CAMROSE — The RDC women’s team posted a 2-2 record in the first ACAC curling bonspiel of the season.

The RDC team of Kaitlyn Sherrer, Julie Primrose, Courtney Smith, Jessica Newman and Taylor Eno defeated Portage and Grande Prairie while losing to Augustana and Olds.

The RDC men’s team of Ryan Dahmer, Jeff Ireland, Logan Oddie and Sean Carley were 0-4, losing to Augustana, Portage, Olds and Grande Prairie. The next competition is in Edmonton in February. The top four teams in each division advance to the ACAC finals. ● In other news, the Olds Broncos took both ends of a twin bill against Concordia in women’s volleyball league play, winning 3-1 and 3-0.

The Olds men lost 3-0 and 3-2 to Concordia.

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Lacombe Explosion captures third straight provincial title MINOR FOOTBALL PROVINCIALS The Lacombe Explosion captured their third straight peewee tier 3 football provincial championship Saturday in Calgary, downing the Cochrane Lions 35-7.

The Lions opened the scoring in the first minute with a touchdown on a Lacombe kickoff fumble, but the Explosion replied on the ensuing kickoff as Richard Jans returned the ball 82 yards for a touchdown.

The eventual champs never looked back from there as Jans ran 109 yards for another touchdown and scored his third major of the afternoon on a 68-yard run.

Jans led all rushers with 349 yards rushing on 14 carries.

Quarterback Simon Gray sprinted in for a fourth Lacombe touchdown and Josh Green ran eight yards for a major. Gray passed to Brett Sletton for a one-point conversion and added

a pair of two-point converts.

The Explosion finished the season with a perfect 11-0 record.

Meanwhile, the Lacombe Raiders dropped a 34-7 decision to the Calgary Bulldogs in the bantam Tier II final.

The Rimbey Spartans won the provincial 6-man title with a 55-52 win over Millwoods Christian.

In other provincial high school play, Calgary Notre Dame defeated Henry Wise Wood of Calgary 65-11 in the Tier I final while Austin O’Brien of Edmonton stopped Foothills of Okotoks 28-7 in the Tier II division.

The Tier III title went to Cardston with a 5612 win over Ardrossan while Drumheller defeated Holy Rosary of Lloydminster 42-18 in the Tier IV final.

In other bantam play, the Calgary Colts downed the Millwoods Grizzlies 64-0 in Tier III play.

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Red Deer Aero Equipment Chief Shea Priest takes the puck around a Calgary Blackhawks defender during Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League action at the Arena, Sunday.

MINOR HOCKEY Major bantam Red Deer Rebels White netminder Dawson Weatherill made 26 saves to shut out the visiting Calgary Royals 4-0 Sunday.

Jeremy Klessens, with two goals, Tyrell McCubbing and Nathan Kartusch scored for the winners.

The Rebels White came up short Saturday at Lethbridge, falling 5-2 while getting goals from Adam Sandstrom and Devon Fankhamel. Duncan Hughes and Weatherill combined to make 28 saves for the visitors, who were outshot 33-26.

Meanwhile, Justin Paarup, Braidon Westin, Dayton Playford and Tyrees Goodrunning connected for the visiting Red Deer Rebels Black in a 4-3 win over Leduc.

Justin Travis made 29 saves for the Rebels Black, who held a 36-32 advantage in shots.

Minor midget AAA Josh Gette and Tyler Graber scored for the Red Deer Aero Equipment Chiefs fell 5-2 to the visiting Calgary Blackhawks Sunday.

Geordan Andrew and Graydon Larson combined

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BRIEFS Midget AAA Chiefs go perfect on road trip The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs capped a perfect Alberta Midget Hockey League road weekend with a 4-0 win Sunday over the Edmonton Southside Athletics.

Jayden Sittler made 37 saves for the shutout, while Teagan Kooman, Ross Heidt, Trey deGraaf and Brad Makofka each scored once. Red Deer held a 38-37 edge in shots.

On Saturday, the Chiefs were 4-1 winners over the Grande Prairie Storm as Tyler Steenbergen tallied twice and deGraaf and Andrew Nielsen each potted a goal.

Each team had 25 shots on goal.

to make 35 saves for the Chiefs, who were outshot 40-18.

On Saturday, Ryan Vandervlis, Josh Bussard and Landon Siegle scored and Larson stopped all 21 shots he faced as Aero Equpiment blanked the visiting Rockyview Raiders 3-0. Each team had 21 shots on goal.

In another Saturday outing, the host Red Deer Northstar Chiefs got two-goal outings from Kyle Cornford and Luke Coleman and singles courtesy of Ryan Chambers, Bryson Muir and Gerrit Verhoeven in a 7-3 win over the Calgary Canucks.

Reid Money made 10 saves for the Chiefs, who outshot their guests 27-13.

Midget AA The Red Deer Indy Graphics Chiefs, with Declan Johnston netting two goals, rolled over the Calgary Canucks 9-1. Tayler Sincennes, James Gaume, Brody Kalinowski, Reid Stirling, Michael Pruss, Brayden Barker and Shawn Rowe also scored for the winners, while Rylan Bardick came up big with 42 saves.

Indy Graphics also pulled out a 4-3 win over the host Edge Gold, getting two goals from Michael Pruss and singles from Matt Krusky and Logan Linnell.

Chris Preston faced 18 shots in the Chiefs net.

Grizzlys get mauled by St. Albert Saints OLDS — Red Deer native Dylan Hollman erupted for five goals as the Spruce Grove Saints buried the Olds Grizzlys 10-2 in AJHL action Saturday.

Hollman added an assist for a six-point evening, while the Saints — four-for-11 on the power play — got single goals from Brandon Hickey, Tyler Busch, Austin Hunter, Tyler Robertson and Connor Hoekstra.

Spencer Dorowicz and Dustin Gorgi tallied for the Grizzlys in front of 390 fans at the Sportsplex.

Saints netminder Kenny Cameron stopped 26 shots. Ethan Jemieff and back-up Jake Tamagi combined to make 45 saves for the Grizzlys, who were zero-for-four with a man advantage.

The Grizzlys are in Canmore Tuesday to face the Eagles, then visit the Calgary Canucks Satur-

day. Olds’ next home game is Dec. 4 versus the Camrose Kodiaks.

Fencing club’s Hurry wins eight medals at Edmonton meet Red Deer Fencing Club members, with Devyn Hurry leading the way, earned eight medals in the Jujie Luan Open meet in Edmonton during the weekend.

Hurry won gold in the each of the under-17 and under-20 men’s epee events. Riley Norman garnered a gold medal in the U15 men’s epee and a bronze in the U17 epee, while Karren Lyver picked up a silver medallion in the veteran women’s epee and a bronze in the open women’s epee.

Shawn Roland and Louise Zanussi completed the Red Deer medal haul with a silver in the U15 men’s epee and a bronze in the veteran women’s epee.

JUNIOR B HOCKEY Colton Weseen and Nick Glackin each scored twice for the Red Deer Vipers in a 5-4 Heritage Junior B Hockey League win over the Blackfalds Wranglers Saturday at the Arena.

Cole deGraaf accounted for the other Red Deer goal and also picked up a pair of assists, while Jared Guilbault, Robin Carlson, Cole Laing and Tyler Loomer replied for the visitors. Bryce Boguski assisted on three Wranglers goals.

Anthony Hamill and starter Klay Munro combined to make 32 saves for the Vipers, who were one-four-four on the power play.

The Wranglers, one-for-five with a man advantage, got a 24-save outing from Thomas Isaman.

The win capped a perfect weekend for the Vipers, who were 4-3 shootout winners over the Mountainview Colts Friday at Didsbury.

Justin Corbett scored in the fifth round of the shootout to earn the extra point for the Vipers.

Scoring for Red Deer in regulation time were Glackin, Connor Einhorn and Chris Robertson.

Munro turned aside 40 shots as the winning netminder. Thomas Della Siega of the Colts made 37 saves.

Each club was one-for-three on the power play.

In other weekend games: ● The Ponoka Stampeders got their only goal from Tyson Crampain in a 5-1 loss to the visiting Banff Bears Saturday. Ponoka netminder Brody Thomas made 27

saves as the hosts were outshot 32-24. ● On Friday, Connor Ablett fired two goals in a losing cause as the Three Hills Thrashers fell 7-5 at home to the Cochrane Generals.

Tanner Howe, Luke Scheunert and Tyrel Severtson had the other Three Hills goals. Brody Dirk and back-up Brady Hoover combined to make 33 saves for the Thrashers, who held a 47-40 advantage in shots. ● In another Friday game, Jake Schwarzenberger and Wyatt Haustein tallied for the Stettler Lightning in a 4-2 loss to the host High River Flyers.

The Lightning, who held a 33-26 edge in shots, got a 22-save outing from Jeff Skaley.

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Plenty of chances but no goals CANADA’S WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM CAN’T CAPITALIZE ON CHANCES IN DRAW WITH MEXICO IN FRIENDLY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 0 Mexico 0 VANCOUVER — John Herdman says that every game tells a story.

The head coach of the Canada’s women’s soccer team learned more about his players Sunday, and for long stretches, he didn’t like what he saw.

The Canadians were sloppy and plodding for long periods while also failing to capitalize on their numerous scoring chances in settling for a 0-0 draw with Mexico in an international friendly.

Ranked seventh in the world, Canada won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics and is the host country of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Mexico, meanwhile, is in rebuild mode and sits 24th in the FIFA rankings.

“You expect to beat Mexico, no disrespect,” said Herdman. “(Canada) is the seventh-ranked team in the world, bronze medallists. I still think we’re three or four players (away from being) that team again. Hopefully we can either find those players or get those players back.

“I think the Mexicans were worth the score today. They weren’t miles away from Canada.”

Herdman was especially displeased with the tail end of the opening 45 minutes.

“We just ran out of ideas. That first half, I felt sorry for people watching at home or in the stands. It just wasn’t an inspirational or exciting performance,” he said. “I think the players knew at halftime that people had paid some money to watch them play, given their Sundays up, and they had to give a bit more.

“It’s almost like we thought this was going to be easy for some reason.”

The fact that Mexico wasn’t far off will be troubling for Herdman, who has been experimenting with new tactics while giving younger players a chance to show they belong.

Some failed to impress.

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Coming off a drab 3-0 victory over South Korea in Edmonton last month, Canada had some early chances before goalkeeper Erin McLeod was forced to make a sprawling save in the 10th minute off Mexico’s Guadalupe Worbis.

Baxter, formerly Britanny Timko prior to her marriage this summer, put the ball in the back of the Mexican goal behind Santiago in the 13th minute, but she was ruled offside.

McLeod had to be sharp again in

the 15th when Worbis, far and away Mexico’s most dangerous threat in the first half, stepped around a Canadian defender and fired another shot on target.

Sinclair then rounded the Mexican ’keeper a minute later, but couldn’t get her shot past an on-rushing defender.

Wilkinson limped off in the 28th minute and made way for Yekka, whose energy down the right side gave Canada some life.

‘THIS FIGHT IS FOR THE FAMILIES AND THE PEOPLE AFFECTED

BY THE TYPHOON — I AM JUST THAT GOD ANSWERED MY PRAYER.’

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MACAU, Macau — Manny Pacquiao is preparing for a visit to the typhoon-devastated city of Tacloban in the coming days, returning to the Philippines with his boxing career back on the upswing after an impressive victory over Brandon Rios.

Pacquiao said after his win at The Venetian casino in Macau on Sunday that a visit was being organized to the city which was the epicenter of this month’s Typhoon Haiyan which killed more than 5,000 people and displaced an estimated 3 million.

“I promised them that after the fight I would go to Tacloban to visit them,” Pacquiao said. “As soon as possible we will finalize the date, what day.”

Despite the devastation, big screens were set up in the city’s plaza to allow fans to watch Sunday’s fight, and their spirits received a much-needed boost by the victory of man whose status as the country’s national icon is difficult to overstate.

When the storm hit, Pacquiao was already in a training camp at the southern city of General Santos, and while the boxer and lawmaker’s first instinct was to abandon camp and go to the affected areas to help, he was talked out of it by trainer Freddie Roach and others who advised him that the best thing he could do for the nation’s spirits was to win the fight.

“It was very difficult for me, I felt so bad for what happened,” Pacquiao said after Sunday’s fight. “I wanted to visit there but because of my training I could not, so I was just praying for them and sent my staff

GIRL’S HOCKEY Major midget girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs dropped both ends of a doubleheader against the Southeast Tigers at the Collicutt Centre during the weekend.

The Chiefs lost 3-2 Saturday when the Tigers scored with 1:38 remaining in the game, then dropped a 5-1 decision Sunday.

Jade Lee and Kaitlynn Kyle scored for Red Deer Saturday while Nisa Bar-

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to bring them help.

“This fight is for the families and the people affected by the typhoon — I am just happy that God answered my prayer.”

While Pacquiao dedicated the victory to the people, it was also a vitally important victory for personal reasons, restoring a career that appeared on the wane after successive defeats and almost a year out of the ring.

The brutal nature of his knockout loss to veteran Juan Manuel Marquez in December last year had many questioning whether Pacquiao — who turns 35 next month — could get back to the status he enjoyed as the world’s pound-for-pound champion around the turn of the decade.

Even trainer Roach had doubts, saying Pacquiao should retire if he did not win and win convincingly against Rios.

The doubts and the fears quickly subsided as “Pacman” started strongly against Rios in the opening couple of rounds, throwing his trademark combination punches from all angles at a speed that was as quick as ever.

Rios rallied in the third round, and landed some good blows that had the heavily pro-Pacquiao crowd at a soldout 13,000-seat Cotai Arena groaning and shrieking in anxiety.

Pacquiao reasserted his dominance and went on to a unanimous points victory, with the judges scor-

tlett made 15 saves in goal.

On Sunday, Mairead Bast connected for Red Deer’s lone goal with Bailey Knapp in net.

Major bantam girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs failed to score in a pair of weekend road losses, 2-0 to the Calgary Outlaws and 3-0 to the Calgary Rangers.

Chantelle Sandquist made 26 saves in the loss to the Outlaws, who were outshot 31-28. The Chiefs outshot the Rangers 27-24 while getting 21 saves from Sandquist.

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Canada’s Christine Sinclair, bottom, tackles Mexico’s Kenti Robles during the second half of a women’s international friendly soccer game in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday.

Pacquio prepares for visit to devastated Tacloban, returns home with career revived

CHINOOK HOCKEY LEAGUE Pete Vandermeer and Kevin Smyth scored shootouts goals to give the visiting Innisfail Eagles a 3-2 win over the Okotoks Drillers in a Chinook Hockey League game Saturday.

Vandermeer also scored in regulation time, as did Adam Henderson, whose short-handed goal at 7:31 of the third period forced a scoreless overtime frame.

Jonathan Larose turned aside 35 shots for the Eagles, who directed 54 at Drillers netminder Gerry Festa.

The Eagles were 3-1 losers to the visiting Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs Friday.

Smyth notched the lone Innisfail goal, while Eagles goaltender Bryce Luker made 29 saves and Blake Grenier stopped 31 shots for the Chiefs.

In another Saturday contest, the Bentley Generals stoned the host Stony Plain Eagles 7-1. Details were unavailable.

On Friday, the Generals got past visiting Okotoks 4-3 as Chris Neiszner potted two goals and Curtis Austring and Connor Shields also tallied. Travis Yonkman stopped 24 shots for the winners, while Todd Ford made 35 saves for the Drillers.

is worth to people,” said Herdman.

“If you get a chance to play in front of 20,000 people ... I just expect players to give everything they’ve physically got, mentally got.

“If you’re going to play for Canada, you better be bloody good ... and be good every game.”

One of the players who caught Herdman’s eye was 16-year-old defender Sura Yekka, who won her second cap.

“She brought a real bright spot,” he said. “If anything, she pretty much showed the way in terms of a positive attitude to really take it to Mexico and I think a couple players fed off her energy.”

Herdman has brought Kara Lang back into the fold after she retired nearly three years ago because of two serious knee injuries. While the 27-year-old is still a long way off from seeing game action, it’s clear that outside of captain Christine Sinclair, Canada is still starving for goals.

“It tells you a bit of a story of what we need to add to this team,” said Herdman of the 0-0 scoreline.

Canada had a chance to grab the lead in the 48th minute, but Sophie Schmidt sliced a cross from Brittany Baxter over the Mexican goal.

Kaylyn Kyle then had a golden opportunity in alone in the 53rd, only to have Mexican goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago make a save before stopping Emily Zurrer’s effort on the ensuing corner.

Santiago came up huge for her team again on Sinclair in the 78th minute before a Mexican defender blocked Lauren Sesselmann’s rebound chance.

Santiago had Sinclair’s number once more in the 87th, stopping her effort with a diving save as Canada failed to find the elusive goal.

“It was a big challenge to come here and close the year with a good performance,” said Mexican head coach Leonardo Cuellar. “Obviously we’re still far away from where we would like to be.”

Sunday’s crowd was vocal, with pockets of Mexican supporters scattered across B.C. Place Stadium, which will be the site of the final in 2015.

ing it 120-108, 119-109, 118-110. The Associated Press scored it 119-109.

Roach said “there were no signs of him slowing down whatsoever” even though Pacquiao did not press home his dominance and still has not stopped an opponent since 2009. Pacquiao said memories of the Marquez knockout were in his mind and he was cautious in the closing rounds, while Roach put it down to the “compassion” in his deeply Christian fighter.

“Manny let him off the hook, I wanted the knockout and it was there, but I was very happy with the way he performed,” Roach said.

Promoter Bob Arum said Pacquiao’s next fight was tentatively scheduled for April 12, likely in the United States. The options include a rematch with Timothy Bradley, who took a contentious points decision against the Filipino last year, another clash with Marquez although the Mexican’s camp was setting a high price on a rematch, or Russian Ruslan Provodnikov.

The fight the boxing world wants to see is a clash with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Arum said it was still possible.

“I know it’s a fight that should happen and where there is a will there is a way,” Arum said, expressing his frustration that the fighters’ conflicting affiliations continued to be an impediment. “If all sides cut out the crap, it can be done.”

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Late TD gives Chargers win over Chiefs Fitzgerald caught five passes for 52 yards, becoming the youngest player in NFL history to reach 11,000 yards receiving.

Arizona’s Michael Floyd had his second straight 100-yard receiving day with seven catches for 104 yards for the Cardinals (7-4).

Andrew Luck threw for 163 yards, but had only 84 through three quarters as the Colts (7-4) fell behind 34-3.

NFL ROUNDUP ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARGERS 41 CHIEFS 38 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Philip Rivers came through when the San Diego Chargers needed him most.

Rivers threw for 392 yards and three touchdowns, the final one a 26-yarder to Seyi Ajirotutu with 24 seconds remaining to give the Chargers a 41-38 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday and end a three-game losing streak.

The Chiefs had taken the lead when Alex Smith hit Dwayne Bowe for a go-ahead score with 1:22 left. But the Chargers (5-6) still had two timeouts, and they used both as they quickly move downfield. Ajirotutu’s TD in tight coverage was just his third catch of the season.

It also represented the eighth and final lead change in the game.

Smith threw for 292 yards and three touchdowns for the Chiefs, who dropped their second straight after a 9-0 start. They also lost top pass rushers Tamba Hali and Justin Houston to injuries and now have to turn their attention to the Denver Broncos next week.

Jamaal Charles added 115 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Donnie Avery had four catches for 91 yards and a score as Kansas City produced its best point total of the season.

PACKERS 26, VIKINGS 26 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Backup quarterback Matt Flynn threw for 218 yards to help the Packers storm back from a 16-point deficit, but Minnesota and Green Bay could only muster field goals in overtime.

Mason Crosby hit from 20 yards at 10:28 of the extra period and Blair Walsh connected from 35 with 3:54 left.

Greg Jennings, playing his first game at Lambeau Field as a member of the Vikings (3-8-1), dropped a thirddown pass with 2:11 left. The Packers (5-5-1) also stumbled on their next possession.

One last chance for the Vikings went nowhere with 1 second left, and the teams walked off with the first tie in the NFL since the Rams and 49ers ended 24-24 on Nov. 11, 2012. It was the first game under the tiebreaking rules instituted in 2012 that ended in a tie after both teams kicked field goals to begin the extra period.

It was the second time a game had each team make field goals to open overtime; Houston won the other last November over Jacksonville.

COWBOYS 24, GIANTS 21 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Tony Romo threw two touchdowns and led a drive that set up Dan Bailey’ 35-yard field goal on the final play.

Dallas ended the Giants’ four-game winning streak and most of their playoff hopes.

The victory moved the Cowboys (6-5) into a first-place tie with idle Philadelphia in the NFC East and left the Giants (4-7) wondering about what they gave away in two losses to Dallas.

Romo hit two crucial third-down passes on the 14-play drive that covered the final 4:45 after New York tied the game on a 4-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Louis Murphy Jr. and a 2-point conversion run by Andre Brown.

Romo hit Jason Witten on TDs of 20 and 2 yards, and Dallas got a defensive touchdown on a 50-yard fumble return

by Jeff Heath.

BUCCANEERS 24, LIONS 21 DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Stafford’s fourth interception went in and out of Calvin Johnson’s hands to rookie Johnthan Banks inside the Tampa Bay 5 in the final minute, allowing the Buccaneers to hold on.

Tampa Bay (3-8) has won three straight after losing its first eight, joining the 1978 St. Louis Cardinals as the only team to do that.

Tampa Bay rookie Mike Glennon, meanwhile, avoided mistakes. Glennon was 14 of 21 for 247 yards and threw two touchdowns to Tiquan Underwood, whose second score was an 85-yard reception early in the fourth quarter.

RAVENS 19, JETS 3 BALTIMORE (AP) — Joe Flacco threw a 66-yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Jones, Justin Tucker kicked four field goals and the Ravens shut down the sputtering offence of the Jets.

The defending Super Bowl champion Ravens (5-6) had lost four of five before bouncing back to beat New York (5-6) and keep their playoff hopes alive.

Jones had four catches for 103 yards and returned five punts for 108 yards.

Baltimore won on the strength of its defence, however, as the Jets committed three turnovers and went 1 for 12 on third-down conversions. Rookie Geno Smith completed nine of 22 passes for 127 yards and two interceptions, both by Corey Graham.

New York had alternated wins and losses in its first 10 games, but the pattern ended here with its second straight defeat. Jets coach Rex Ryan, who helped run Baltimore’s defence from 1999-2008, fell to 0-3 against his former team.

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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald can’t make the catch as Indianapolis Colts cornerback Cassius Vaughn defends during the second half of an NFL game, Sunday, in Glendale, Ariz.

The Lions (6-5) have lost two straight for the first time this season. They can blame five turnovers for throwing away a chance to improve their playoff positioning because no one in the NFC North won Sunday.

Johnson had seven receptions for 115 yards, but he and the Lions didn’t take advantage of the Bucs playing the second half without cornerback Darrelle Revis (groin).

PANTHERS 20, DOLPHINS 16 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Make it seven wins in a row for the Carolina Panthers, and two consecutive late comebacks led by Cam Newton.

The Panthers quarterback converted a fourth-and-10 at his 20 with a completion to keep alive the winning drive, and Carolina went on to score a touchdown with 43 seconds left. Newton hit Greg Olsen with a 1-yard pass to cap a 12-play drive.

Carolina also rallied past the New England Patriots with a late drive last Monday.

The Panthers (8-3) overcame a 16-3 first-half deficit to extend their longest winning streak since 2003. Miami (5-6) fell to 2-2 since tackle Jonathan Martin left the team and the Dolphins’ bullying scandal began to mushroom.

Miami’s Ryan Tannehill nearly connected with Mike Wallace for a 60-yard score in the final seconds, but the pass fell incomplete at the goal line.

Tannehill and Wallace earlier teamed up for a 53-yard touchdown and a 57-yard completion to set up a field goal.

RAMS 42, BEARS 21 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tavon Austin’s 65-yard touchdown run — his fourth straight this season from beyond midfield — jump-started a 21-point first quarter. The Rams (5-6) followed a 30-point rout of Indianapolis in front

of their largest crowd of the season, about half of them clad Bears orange, with another big win. Late scores by rookie backup running back Benny Cunningham and defensive end Robert Quinn helped finish off the Bears (6-5), who remained tied for the NFC North lead with Detroit.

Josh McCown passed for 352 yards and two touchdowns with an interception for Chicago, which had won four straight in the series.

The Bears had a 62-yard punt return for a touchdown by Devin Hester nullified by a holding penalty in the fourth quarter.

The Long brothers — Chicago guard Kyle and St. Louis defensive end Chris — lined up close to each other all day and were the focal point of one skirmish in the first half.

After McCown threw an incomplete pass to fullback Tony Fiammetta in the second half, Fiammetta and Rams cornerback Trumaine Johnson squared off, causing players from both teams to rumble.

Kyle Long raced down the field get to Rams end William Hayes, and had him down before his big brother intervened.

Chris Long, who had taken the play off, raced off the sideline to corral Kyle Long and drag him from the fight to the sideline.

CARDINALS 40, COLTS 11 GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carson Palmer threw two touchdown passes to Larry Fitzgerald, Karlos Dansby returned an interception 22 yards for a score and the Cardinals won their fourth in a row.

Cardinals coach Bruce Arians beat the team that propelled him to coaching prominence last season, when he took over as Colts interim coach while Chuck Pagano fought leukemia. Arians was the NFL’s Coach of the Year for 2012.

STEELERS 27, BROWNS 11 CLEVELAND (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger threw two touchdown passes and beat Cleveland again as the Steelers moved back into the playoff picture. Roethlisberger connected on a 41-yard TD pass to Antonio Brown in the first half, and hit Emmanuel Sanders on a 4-yarder in the third quarter for the Steelers (5-6), who have turned their season around following an 0-4 start.

Roethlisberger finished 22 of 34 for 217 yards and improved to 16-1 against the Browns (4-7), who have lost five of six and seen a promising year turn into yet another miserable one.

Browns quarterback Jason Campbell sustained a concussion in the third quarter when he was sacked by cornerback William Gay. Campbell was struck in the helmet by Gay and his head snapped back and banged the turf.

Gay later picked off Brandon Weeden and returned it 21 yards for a TD, giving the Steelers a 27-3.

TITANS 23, RAIDERS 19 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Kendall Wright with 10 seconds remaining to cap a mistake-free performance that put the Titans back in playoff contention.

Fitzpatrick also threw a 54-yard TD pass to Justin Hunter and Rob Bironas added three field goals to give Tennessee (5-6) its second win in seven games. But despite the recent slump, the Titans find themselves in a six-way tie for the sixth and final playoff spot in the AFC with five weeks left in the regular season.

The Raiders (4-7) missed a chance to get into that group as the defence failed to hold onto a late lead and Sebastian Janikowski missed two field goals.

JAGUARS 13, TEXANS 6 HOUSTON (AP) — In a matchup of the AFC’s worst teams, the Texans couldn’t stop their skid.

Maurice Jones-Drew ran for a season-high 84 yards and a touchdown and the Jaguars extended the Texans’ losing streak to a franchise-record nine games. The two-time AFC South champions haven’t won since Sept. 15.

Jones-Drew’s touchdown on Jacksonville’s first drive put the Jaguars (2-9) on top, and they never trailed against an inept Texans offence.

Josh Scobee kicked field goals of 30 and 53 yards to help the Jaguars win for the second time in three games.

Case Keenum had the worst performance in his five starts, throwing for just 169 yards with an interception.

Houston (2-9) was driving late when rookie Ryan Davis grabbed a onehanded interception off a deflection

by Keshawn Martin to seal the win.

Bulls again preparing to stay in contention without Rose LOS ANGELES — Derrick Rose will have surgery on his right knee Monday, and the Chicago Bulls don’t yet know how long they’ll be without their star guard this time.

Rose headed home to Chicago while the Bulls went back to work Sunday, facing the Los Angeles Clippers in their first game since Rose tore cartilage in his knee in Portland on Friday night.

Chicago coach Tim Thibodeau said the Bulls won’t know how long the 2011 NBA MVP will be sidelined until Rose and team physician Brian Cole decide how to fix Rose’s knee.

“We’re hoping for the best,” Thibodeau said.

“We, of course, feel

very badly for Derrick.

He’s in good spirits, about as well as can be expected under the circumstances, and he’s already thinking about his rehab.

“Typical Derrick. He’s concerned about his team, his teammates.”

Rose has a medial meniscus tear, which is typically less serious than a lateral tear. Some athletes miss only a few weeks after surgery on meniscus tears, while others miss several months.

The Bulls understandably won’t speculate on a return date until they learn more about the injury, which often can’t be fully evaluated until surgery is performed — but if Rose needs to have his meniscus reattached, he could be out until spring or longer.

Sadly, the Bulls’ core

has ample experience playing without Rose.

Rose missed all of last season after tearing a ligament in his left knee in Chicago’s 2012 playoff opener against Philadelphia.

Rose already had missed 26 games during that lockout-shortened regular season while battling a variety of injuries.

“I think we have an understanding of what we need to do,” Thibodeau said. “We can’t feel sorry for ourselves. We have to circle the wagons, and then get out there and get the job done.”

Rose has played in just 50 NBA games — 49 in the regular season and that one fateful playoff game — since the Bulls’ run to the Eastern Conference finals during his MVP season in 2011.

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FLORENCE Jagger Noah 2012 - 2013 Jagger Noah Florence of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta on Monday, November 18, 2013 at the very tender age of 1 year and 8 months. Born on February 23, 2012 in Edmonton, Jagger was diagnosed with a severe congenital heart defect, clotting disorder and no spleen. Though having all these complications, he was always happy and had an obvious will to live and love for life, even after numerous surgeries. Throughout his short time here with us, he touched many people’s lives and had the ability to show everyone to not take life for granted. Jagger will forever be lovingly remembered by his parents, Tyler and Lauren Florence and his grandparents, Geordie and Debbie Florence and Dwight and Connie Daniels, all of Red Deer. Jagger will also be missed by extended family and family friends.

“EXPECT MIRACLES EVERYDAY” A Funeral Service will be held at CrossRoads Chapel, S.W. corner of Hwy. 2 and 32nd Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. Interment will take place at Alto Reste Cemetery. In honor of Jagger, his family would be grateful if memorial donations were made directly to Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, 1502 College Plaza, 8218-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2C8.

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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.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk

860

GRANDVIEW AREA

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life Central AB based trucking company requires

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in

Owner Operators & Company Drivers in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558

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.

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

NEED EXPERIENCED Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Full Time.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Academic Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DEERPARK AREA Doran Cres., & Dunn Cl. Area $65/mo.

ALSO Doran Cres. & Doan Ave, Area $64/mo.

ALSO Donlevy Ave. & Danielle Dr. area. $185/mo MICHENER AREA East of 40th Ave., 51 St., 50A St., Michener Cres., Green, etc. to Michener Ave. & Blvd. $282/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo.

WINTER START GED PREPARATION Jan. 14 or Feb. 10 STARTS Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

CUSTOMER SERVICE A locally owned industrial supply company is looking for an energetic person for inside sales. E-mail resume to mark@ aesreddeer.com

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ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in

Hill Cres & Hermary St.

LANCASTER AREA

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1100

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

(FOR MEN)STUDIO 5003A-50 st. Downtown 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 403-348-5650 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

1165

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Escorts

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

1290

Ironman Scrap Metal Recovery picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles & industrial. Serving

UNWANTED House & Yard Items - Will haul to land fill. Call 403-896-2108

1310

PRO-PAINTING & REPAIRS 403-304-0379

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Support Ltd. for SENIORS. Companionship, cleaning, cooking - in home, in facility.

We are BETTER for CHEAPER! Call 403-346-7777

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its Yard BEST! Care 403-986-6686 Come in and see RESIDENTIAL SNOW why we are the talk CLEARING. Affordable of the town. monthly contracts. www.viimassage.biz 403-352-4034

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Birch, Spruce, Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Health & Beauty

1700

INVACARE hospital bed w/side rails, mattress, used 5 mo, new $1995 asking $1000 403-356-2941

Household Furnishings

1720

GREEN leather reclining love seat $500 , 2 matching reclining leather chairs $250/ea. 403-341-3524

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

1760

DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino LOVESEAT, pink & white stripes, ideal for bedroom, exc. cond. $150.; 3 wool accent matching carpets, clean will sell separately, $50. for all 3.

403-352-8811 MTD 3 HORSPOWER 21” SNOWBLOWER. 2 cycle. (Oil & gas mix.) $175. 403-302-0987 POTTERY, soup set with urn & ladle, 4 bowls, casserole dish & salad bowl w/4 plates, like new. $150. set of 12 suitcases, like new $25. for both; glass canister, gal. size with silver cover $10.

403-352-8811 Simonize pressure car washer $25 obo; VHS movies $1/ea. 403-347-6183 TABLE, round 40” wooden, w/4 legs, 4 matching chairs, light color, exc. cond. $160.; 5’x7’ wool carpet, light green with matching oval, exc. cond. $40. 403-352-8811

1830

Cats

Lund Close

Vista Village

1430

3020

3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 40 tenants.

No pets. Off street parking for 3 vehicles. Rent $1500, D.D. $1500. 403-341-4627

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

2 BDRM ground floor 45+ condo in Lacombe. 5 appl, balcony, covered parking, bsmt storage. $1000/mo.

Avail. immed. 780-484-0236 3 BDRM, 1 1/2 bath townhouse in well kept condominium complex at #9, 15 Stanton St. 5 appls & fenced yard.

Tenants must be over 40 w/references & quiet living.

Avail. Nov. 1st for $1300/mo. $1300 D.D. 403-341-4627

1840

Dogs

P.B. Border Collie Pup. From exc. working stock.

1st shots & dewormed. $200. 403-429-0519

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Gracious open concept.

2 bdrm, 2 full baths. Balcony.

7 appls, built-in TV w/sound system! HEATED hardwood floors. Adults ONLY. NO PETS, Avail DEC 1st. $1465 & Gas & Power., SD $1465 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554

MODERN TOWNHOUSE in ANDERS

Bright 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, Unfin. bsmt w/laundry, deck. No pets. N/S. $1575 & UTIL; SD $1575; Avail DEC 1st!

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-896-8552

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

wegot FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

SYLVAN LAKE private 1 bdrm., bedding, cable incld’s all utils. $700./mo.

403-880-0210

4900 sq. ft. bay, heated, (2)O/H.14’ doors, windows, room for mezzanine. 403-318-4848 edmakrd@telus.net SMALL / LARGE SPACES -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

3190

Mobile Lot

MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Terrie 403-340-0225 PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

3370

WANT TO RENT OR BUY 4 season cabin with land.

1-403-443-8469

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Manufactured Homes

3040

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Terrie 403-340-0225 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

GREAT FAMILY 4-Plex in Oriole Park

Economical! 3 bdrms,1.5 baths, 4 appls. This is a ‘Must See’! Avail DEC 1st. $1125 & Gas & Elect.

No pets. N/S. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554

Suites

3060

3810 47 ST. In Eastview Spacious 2 bdrm., bsmt. suite. Adult only. No pets. $895/mo. Avail. Nov. 15th.

Phone 403-343-0070 AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, rent & s.d. $800 no pets, 403-348-7445

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

4020

Houses For Sale

2 SPEC HOMES Ready for your colours.

Can be shown at any time.

10 & 98 MacKenzie Cres.

Lacombe. 403-588-8820 BRAND NEW 1340 sq. ft. bungalow, 2 bdrm., den, dbl. att. garage. $384,900.

Call Glen 403-588-2231 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

MASON MARTIN HOMES Custom new homes planning service.

Kyle, 403-588-2550

MUST SELL

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. www.laebon.com apartments, avail. immed, Laebon Homes 346-7273 rent $875 403-596-6000

ONE bdrm. ADULT only apt. close to college, $780/mo., avail. immed. no pets 403-877-3323

SUITE FOR THE BUDGET MINDED

UTIL ITIES INCLUDED Bsmt SUITE 2 bright bdrms, 1 bath. Shared laundry. Great location!

On Ross St. in Eastview. $950 INCL UTIL Avail NOW. No pets. N/S. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-896-8552

THE NORDIC

Roommates Wanted

3080

LOOKING for F. roommate 55 yrs. or younger. Red Deer. after 1 pm. 403-986-1903

Rooms For Rent

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

NEW CONDO

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

4090

Manufactured Homes

MUST SELL

By Owner.

Terrie 403-340-0225

Businesses For Sale

4140

ESTABLISHED GARBAGE BIN RENTAL BUSINESS. Retiring.

403-341-5866 evenings.

wegot

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

AGRICULTURAL

3140

Warehouse Space

EXECUTIVE CONDO Resorts & Cottages

by RD HOSITAL!

MORRISROE MANOR

CLASSIFICATIONS

Lamont Close

Houses/ Duplexes

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. KITTENS (2) SIAMESE SUITES. 25+, adults only (1) BALINESE & n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 $50/ea. 403-887-3649 KITTENS, friendly, cuddly needs good home. FREE! 7 mos. old. 403-782-3031 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

Logan Close

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

5030

3090

Mountview: fully furn bdrm $500/$250. Working Male only. Call 403-396-2468

Offices

3110

Executive Place 4900 50 Street Red Deer ‘AAA’ OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE Only 2,000 Sq Ft Remaining Jones Lang LaSalle Please call +1 (403) 4562104 Calgary +1 (780) 668-9269 Edmonton

Employment Training

2009 VW Golf, manual, 90,000 km. Winter pkg, $11,500. 403-391-1770

2008 BMW X5 3.0si AWD, htd. lthr., panaroof, $27,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

900

McIntosh Ave.

Central AB. 403-318-4346

Seniors’ Services

EquipmentHeavy

rentals

MORRISROE AREA

Painters/ Decorators

1500-1990

Law Close / Lewis Close Lord Close

REIKI HEALING BY KYLE! onespiritwellness.com 403-598-2292

Executive Touch Massage (newly reno’d)

Addinnell Close / Allan St.

Inglewood Ave.

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 Misc.

Services

CLASSIFICATIONS

Anders St. / Armstrong Close

Inglis Cres.

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Contractors

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

INGLEWOOD AREA

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

1280

In the towns of:

Adamson Ave. / Arthur Close

services

Massage Therapy

For afternoon delivery once per week

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Close

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

ANDERS AREA 331549K26

www.bostonpizza.com/en/careers/

1210

WAREHOUSE / DELIVERY MANAGER

CARRIERS NEEDED

Blackfalds Multiplex, 5302 Broadway Avenue

wegot

stuff

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

Tuesday, November 26 • 11 - 5 pm

1010

880

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Call Rick • Overseeing & managing for more info the day to day operations of the warehouse Niven St. & 403-314-4303 • Interviewing, hiring, & Newton Cres. developing employees • Planning, assigning & directing work Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info • Addressing complaints & resolving problems NEWSPAPER • Analyzing & implementing CARRIERS process improvements REQUIRED † Requirements: • Minimum 3 years direct To deliver experience in all aspects 1 day a week in of warehouse operations • Ability to plan & execute ARE you looking for a BOWDEN warehousing strategies seasonal full time delivery • Above average superdriver position? We are Please call Debbie visory skills looking for a safe exp’d and • Excellent leadership, at 403-314-4307 professional Class 1 or communication & time Class 5 driver. Common management skills sense, a positive attitude and a clean drivers abstract • Organized & efficient • Ability to handle large will be a definate asset. volumes of product Typically this position is † Mon. - Fri. but can include Trail offers a comprehensive some weekends. Rate of compensation and benefit pay depends on exp. plan, including Flex days.

Please contact Shayne at PHONE BOOKS Central Alberta Green Earn extra money for If you are looking for a House Ltd. 403-885-4606 Christmas by delivering the challenging and rewarding Ext. 330 or fax resume to new Yellow Pages Phone career as a Warehouse / 403-885-4147 email.

Books into Sylvan Lake, Delivery Manager, please acct2cag@telus.net Stettler & Red Deer. submit your resume to: Must have own vehicle. resume@trail-appliances.com This is door to door delivery. or by fax at (403) 212-7661.

Can start immediately, no Please indicate selling involved, part time.

‘Warehouse / Delivery Call 1-800-661-1910 Currently seeking Manager’ Start your career! on the subject line reliable newspaper See Help Wanted of your fax/email. Security carrier for the checks will be conducted THE RED DEER PUBLIC on successful candidates.

SCHOOL DISTRICT BOWER AREA Invites applications Eagle Builders in Blackfor the position of: falds, AB is looking for Substitute Educational WESTPARK AREA hard working, motivated individual to fill a full-time Assistant/Health Care Aide.

This is a casual position precast concrete erecting Delivery is 4 times providing support to position per week, no collecting. atlaborer medically fragile students. our company. Must be physically fit as this labourer Desirable qualifications and Perfect for anyone position requires constant attributes: Home Care Aide 2 diploma or nursing heavy lifting and involves looking to make background. Signed Exact fast paced, on the job some extra $.

English would be an asset. training. Applicant must be Toileting and lifting will able to travel and must be required. For more Please reply by email: have reliable transportation information about the Red to and from work as well qmacaulay Deer Public School District, a valid class 5 driver’s @reddeeradvocate.com aslicense. visit our web site at: All meals and www.rdpsd.ab.ca or phone Quitcy at hotel expenses are paid This competition will remain 403-314-4316 when out of town. Sucopen until a suitable cessful applicant must candidate is found; provide an up to date drivhowever, applications ers abstract.

Construction DAIRY equipment supplier received by 4:00 p.m. experience an asset.

Full looking for on December 11, 2013 benefits provided. Starting GENERAL LABORERS will be assured of careful wages based on experi& EQUIPMENT INSTALLERS consideration. ence. Fax resumes to Competitive wages and Applications, with 403 885 5516 , must flag benefits package. E-mail references, should be attn: Craig or e-mail to resume: info@prolineinc.ca c.haan@eaglebuilders.ca. directed to: humanresources @rdpsd.ab.ca A current criminal record Celebrate your life check and child intervention with a Classified check will be required ANNOUNCEMENT of new employees.

Looking for reliable JANITORIAL Co seeking a We thank all applicants for their interest but advise newspaper carrier f/t com/window cleaning for RD and area. Req: that only those selected for for 1 day per week sup fluent in written and oral an interview will be contacted delivery of the english, 2-3 years exp in a WEEKEND/NIGHT Central Alberta Life supervisory role,clean driving dispatcher req’d. immedirecord, criminal record check, in the town of job physically demanding. ately. Knowledge of Red Benefits after 3 mos. $19/hr Deer essential. Will require good verbal and written INNISFAIL Fax resume 403-342-1897 mail to #4, 4608-62 St. communication skills. Fax resume to 403-346-0295 Packages come RedDeer, AB. T4N 6T3 Looking for a new pet? ready for delivery.

WANTED: Casual help Check out Classifieds to No collecting. for snow shovelling in find the purrfect pet. central area in Red Deer.

403-598-9250 or 341-5806 Contact Quitcy at WOODYNOOK PALLETS, 403-314-4316 Looking for a place looking for pallet Builders, to live?

Payday every Fri. Must Take a tour through the have own transportation.

CLASSIFIEDS Bob 403-596-9181

JOB FAIR - HIRING ALL POSITIONS

Accounting

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Normandeau

BLACKFALDS

Health Care

Misc.

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Family owned and operated since 1974, Trail Appliances is one of the leading independent appliance retailers in Western Canada.

The Company currently has an immediate opening for a Warehouse/ Delivery Manager at our Red Deer location.

Highland Green

DEER PARK AREA Dempsey St. & Drummond. Ave. Area 70 Papers $375/mo.

880

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

(Reliable vehicle needed)

73 Papers $439/mo.

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Truckers/ Drivers

880

Misc.

Help

SUNNYBROOK AREA Somerset Close Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Sherwood Cres.

2005 LEXUS ES 330 FWD, lthr., 41,100 kms, $15,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

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Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

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VANIER AREA Valentine Cres.

Vanson Close / Visser St.

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

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Locally owned and family operated

B10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Nov. 25, 2013

5040

SUV's

2008 GMC Yukon XL Denali AWD $18,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

Protesters rough up drivers, seek to stop NATO supply trucks PAKISTAN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

2006 CADILLAC Escalade AWD, lthr., $15,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

Trucks

5050

2008 FORD F-250 XL 4X4, 6.4L, 92754 kms., $26888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 GMC C4500 4X4, loaded, conversion, new duramax installed from GM, 170,000 kms., $39,888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

5070

Vans Buses

2009 DODGE Grand Caravan SXT 106,000 kms, DVD, stow n’ go seats, pd, heated seats, remote, more, exc. cond, 1 owner senior driven, $13,500 obo 403-887-2464

Motorhomes

5100

2004 FLEETWOOD Discovery Cat diesel, 4 slides, new Winegard Dome tv’s, tires, batteries, floor, lifetime motorhome membership, 2011 Equinox Blue Ox hitch, auto brake system, loaded and ready to go south.

403-343-2722 403-391-1796

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

Misc.

Automotive

5240

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585

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6010

IN THE COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF CALGARY NOTICE TO: JILL MARIE PFEIFFER TAKE NOTICE THAT NICANOR MADRILEJOS and MARYLOU A. MADRILEJOS have filed a Statement of Claim, Action No. 1201-15053 in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Judicial District of Calgary, claiming the sum of $100,000.00 and $5,000.00, respectively, plus interest and costs.

The grounds alledged are stated in the Statement of Claim, a copy of which will be mailed to you upon request directed to the Clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Court House, 611-4th Street, S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2P 1T5.

Your whereabouts being unknown, the Court has ordered substitutional service upon you by this advertisement.

Should you wish to oppose the Claim or seek other relief, you must promptly take steps in accordance with the Notice to you endorsed on the Statement of Claim, or instruct your lawyer to do so. If within 1 month after this publication, you fail to file with the said Clerk a Statement of Defence or Demand of Notice, the Plaintiff may proceed according to the practice of the Court to note you in default and you will not thereafter be entitled to notice of any further proceedings and the relief sought by the Plaintiff may be given in your absence.

DATED at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta this 24th day of October, 2013.

APPROVED: TAYLOR CONWAY Barrister & Solicitors 440, 7220 Fisher St, S.E. Calgary, Alberta T2H 2H8 “J.T. Prowse” “Brian W. Conway” MCQBCA Solicitor for the Plaintiff

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Demonstrators protesting U.S. drone strikes roughed up drivers Sunday as they sought to stop trucks carrying NATO troop supplies and equipment from passing through northwest Pakistan.

The rally came a day after a party led by politician and cricket star Imran Khan said it would prevent NATO supply trucks making their way to and from Afghanistan from travelling through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province until the U.S. stops drone strikes. The U.S. leads the NATO coalition of troops battling the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Some 100 protesters on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, checked the documents of truck drivers headed toward Afghanistan as they passed through a toll booth.

They shouted at the drivers, and pulled one man, Gul Zaman, out of his truck when he told them that he was carrying commercial goods to Afghanistan, not NATO supplies.

Video of the incident was shown by Pakistan’s GEO TV. “Without waiting for me to take my documents out of the glove compartment, they dragged me out,” Zaman said. “We are also concerned about drone attacks, but they shouldn’t come down heavy on us like this.”

Police were present at the scene but did not intervene to stop the protesters, some of whom were carrying wooden batons.

Later in the day, one of Khan’s allies, the right wing Jamaat-e-Islami party, led thousands in a protest against drone attacks and the NATO supply line in the southern port city of Karachi, where the shipments originate.

Khan, whose Tehreek-e-Insaf party controls the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government, has been a vocal critic of drone attacks. He and other officials say the strikes are a violation of the country’s sovereignty, although the federal government is known to have secretly supported some of the attacks in the past.

Khan led thousands of supporters in a protest near Peshawar on Saturday in which they blocked a road that led to one of two border crossings used by trucks carrying NATO supplies in and out of Afghanistan. The other crossing is in southwest Baluchistan province. The demonstration had more symbolic value than practical impact because there is normally very little NATO supply traffic on the weekend.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Supporters of Tehreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice party chant anti-U.S. slogans during a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday. Thousands of people protesting U.S. drone strikes blocked a road in northwest Pakistan used to truck NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan, the latest sign of rising tension caused by the attacks.

Federal Information Minister Pervez Rashid accused Khan on Sunday of trying to damage Pakistan’s relationship with NATO countries and neighbouring Afghanistan.

“Anyone who wants to disturb our relations with neighbours is not serving the country,” Rashid said.

“Because of Imran Khan we could be isolated in the world.”

Rashid said on Saturday that the federal government’s anti-drone stance was clear and accused Khan of “playing politics” with the issue.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has also been a vocal critic of drone strikes since he took office in June. He pushed President Barack Obama to end the attacks during a visit to Washington in October, but the U.S. has shown no indication it will stop using a tool it views as vital for battling al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Khan has pushed the federal government to block NATO supplies across the country to force the U.S. to end drone strikes, but it has shown little interest in doing so. While Sharif has said he wants the attacks to end, he

has also made clear that he values a friendly relationship with the U.S. It’s unclear if the government will take action to prevent Khan’s supporters from stopping NATO supply trucks.

The land routes through Pakistan have been key to getting supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan. They now increasingly are being used to ship equipment out of Afghanistan as the U.S. seeks to withdraw most of its combat troops from the country by the end of 2014.

The routes have been closed in the past.

The Pakistani government blocked the routes for seven months following U.S. airstrikes that accidentally killed two dozen soldiers on the Afghan border in November 2011. Pakistan finally reopened the routes after the U.S. apologized.

Also Sunday, a roadside bomb killed two Pakistanis soldiers and wounded five others in the North Waziristan tribal area, said military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with military policy. They accused the Pakistani Taliban of planting the bomb.

Storms dump ice and rain on Texas and Oklahoma, threaten holiday travel THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A large storm already blamed for at least eight deaths in the West slogged through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and other parts of the Southwest on Sunday, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations as it slowly churned east ahead of Thanksgiving.

After the storm plows through the Southwest, meteorologists expect the Arctic mass to head south and east, threatening plans for Tuesday and Wednesday as people hit the roads and airports for some of the busiest travel days of the year.

More than 300 flights were cancelled at DallasFort Worth International Airport, representing about one-third of the scheduled departures, and a spokeswoman said deicing equipment had been prepared as officials planned for the worst in a flurry of conference calls and meetings.

“It’s certainly going to be a travel impact as we see the first few people making their way for Thanksgiving,” National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Bradshaw said.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for chunks of North Texas from noon Sunday until

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Cars slide on Paseo del Norte Sunday, in Albuquerque, N.M., after a winter storm hit New Mexico over the weekend making driving difficult for drivers. A large storm already blamed for at least eight deaths in the West slogged through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and other parts of the southwest Sunday as it slowly churned east ahead of Thanksgiving. midday Monday. Parts of Oklahoma are also under a winter storm warning, while an advisory has been issued for other parts of the state. A mix of rain and sleet began falling north of Dallas on Interstate 35 by midday Sunday, and areas of southwestern Oklahoma woke up to several inches of snow.

Several inches of snow fell overnight in Altus in far southwestern Oklahoma, said Damaris Machabo, a receptionist at a Holiday Inn motel.

“It looks great. I love the snow,” Machabo said.

The snow and freezing temperatures made driving in the area treacherous, but Machabo said she had no problems getting to work early Sunday.

Forecasts called for more snow in the area later in the day.

Portions of New Mexico — especially in some of the higher elevations — also had several inches of snow, and near white out conditions were reported along stretches of Interstate 40 west of Albuquer-

Australian family reclaims Guinness world record with more than 500,000 Christmas lights THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian family has reclaimed their Guinness World Record by stringing up more than half a million Christmas lights around their suburban home.

Guinness World Records official Chris Sheedy confirmed Monday that the Richards family of Canberra set the record for Christmas lights on a residential property with 502,165 twinkling bulbs.

The family first entered the famous record book in 2001 with 331,038 multicolored lights. But they were trumped last year by a family in LaGrangeville, New

York, who illuminated their home with 346,283 lights.

The Richards home with its lights on more than 50 kilometres (31 miles) of wire in suburban Forrest will be open to the public from the weekend to raise money for charity. David Richards — husband of Janean and father of Aidan, 13, Caitlin, 10, and Madelyn, 6 — said most of his neighbours supported the display. But some hadn’t spoken to him since the last record was set.

“I have always loved Christmas. Having the Christmas lights with the community coming in and sharing it is a time when you get to know people you probably should know better, I guess,” he said.

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Then along the New Mexico-Texas border, into the El Paso area, a mix of snow, sleet and ice forced some road closures and created messy driving conditions.

Flagstaff in Arizona had 11 inches of snow by early Sunday, and was expected to get another inch

by the end of the day before the storm petered out.

Metro Phoenix and other parts of central Arizona received between 1 ½ to 2 ½ inches of rain over the course of the storm. The storms caused cancellations of sporting events and parades and damaged the roofs of homes across Arizona. In Tucson, firefighters on Friday recovered the body of a man who was swept away by high water in the Santa Cruz River.

By early Sunday, the weather was blamed for at least eight deaths in several fatal traffic accidents.

The storm also caused hundreds of rollover accidents, including one that injured three members of singer Willie Nelson’s band when their bus hit a pillar on Interstate 30 near Sulphur Springs, about 75 miles northeast of Dallas. In Arizona, when 8,000 cyclists participated in a rainy biking race, one cyclist died in a collision with a vehicle.

Dallas prepared for the storm by declaring “Ice Force Level 1,” code for sending 30 sanding trucks to trouble shoot hazardous road conditions.

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Unwelcome comments from family over More than shared custody of daughter 1 in 10 children have ADHD

Dear Annie: My wife and I have been and say with a tired smile, “Yes, I’ve separated for four years. We have joint heard that. Thank you.” And then walk custody of our beautiful 8-year-old away. These people mean well, but they daughter. “Lizzie” spends half the week have no way of predicting what your with me and the other half with her situation will be five years from now. mother. It works out well, and Lizzie Here’s ours: Lizzie will cherish both of fully understands that she now has to her parents because they cherish her live in two separate, loving homes. enough to be respectful of each other Here’s the problem: When going to and keep both of her homes stable and gatherings and parties, my loving. Whatever she choosmother’s friends and other es to do as a teenager will family members feel the likely be temporary. need to say, “It’s so nice Dear Annie: I hope you that you guys share her can help me with an unright now, because when usual request. I am a very she gets older, you know heavyset female, and there she’s going to want to live are some parts of my body with her mom full time.” Or, that I can’t reach to wash.

“What are you going to do Because of that, I have an when she’s a teenager and odor that I hope no one else only wants to stay with her can smell, but I’m not sure. mom?” They then begin to Is there any place where tell me stories about their I could get these private divorced son or a friend’s parts shaved? I am sure that MITCHELL son to whom this has hapwould help a lot. - Ms. Bit & SUGAR pened.

Dear Ms. Bit: You would My daughter means the have to ask at a salon world to me. Just because whether they would shave things didn’t work out beyou. You might have bettween her mother and me ter luck with a bikini wax. doesn’t mean I won’t be able to provide For permanent hair removal, you can as loving a home as her mother. How check into laser therapy or electroldo I politely tell these people that I ysis, although both require multiple don’t care for their comments? Or do I treatments and are not inexpensive. just bite my lip and stay silent? - Doing In the meantime, look into installing My Best in California a handheld shower sprayer and check Dear California: You sigh audibly online for easily available hygiene

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products geared toward those hard-toreach places. But also, please talk to your doctor about your weight and see whether you have a treatable medical condition, and ask for a referral to a dietician.

Dear Annie: I was appalled that you published the letter from “California” and didn’t comment on it. She suggested that lesbians target older women to take possession of their assets.

Certainly there are lesbians who are grifters, but the writer made it sound as if this is the rule rather than the exception, and you failed to disabuse her of her misconception. You did a serious disservice to your readers by not pointing out that there are bad eggs in every basket, but one bad egg doesn’t mean the entire batch is tainted. - A Good Egg Dear Good Egg: You are right. We should have clarified that the point of “California’s” letter was not to disparage lesbians, but to warn seniors that they can be the victims of con artists, whether gay, straight, male, female, young, old or anything else. Con artists often target older adults.

Please, folks, be careful, never bring strangers into your home, and never give out financial information or your social security number over the phone.

For information on other types of scams, visit the Better Business Bureau at www.bbb.org/us/scams.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — The number of U.S. children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder continues to rise but may be levelling off a bit, a new survey shows.

More than 1 in 10 children has been diagnosed with it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which surveyed more than 95,000 parents in 2011.

ADHD diagnoses have been rising since at least 1997, according to CDC data.

Experts think that’s because more doctors are looking for ADHD, and more parents know about it.

The condition makes it hard for kids to pay attention and control impulsive behaviours. It’s often treated with drugs, behavioural therapy, or both.

The latest survey found about 11 per cent of children ages 4 through 17 had been diagnosed with ADHD. That translates to nearly 6 ½ million children. Half of children are diagnosed by age 6, the study found.

A 2007 survey put ADHD diagnoses at 9.5 per cent of kids.

The CDC survey asked parents if a health care provider told them their child had ADHD.

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