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Dairy plant wants to grow

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Saputo Dairy Products Canada GP is seeking to expand its downtown Red Deer plant. But concerns about the resulting impact on nearby residents and future development in the area has prompted the city’s municipal planning commission to delay a decision on the project.

The Quebec-based dairy processor wants to construct a 32,000-square-foot building on the southwest portion of its 5410 Gaetz Ave. site, and also put a 3,150-square-foot addition on a truck bay further north.

A warehouse building in between would be demolished, while the main production facility along Gaetz Avenue — including the iconic Alpha tower — would remain.

The new building would be 32 metres high, but developed to look like a commercial structure, with glazing, prefinished metal panels and brick accents.

Nonetheless, commission members were concerned about the reaction of residents in the Elements at Rivers Edge building to the north, particularly since notification of Saputo’s application was not circulated to property owners in the area.

Administration explained that such notification was not required, since the area is zoned direct control and not residential. In fact, said city solicitor Michelle Baer, such measures would be unusual in the circumstances.

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Team WHL players Sam Reinhart and Damon Severson look on as Team Russia player Alexander Barabanov sends the puck into the netting behind WHL goaltender Eric Comrie, notching Team Russia’s second goal of the first period. Team Russia won the game 3-2. Please see related story on Page B3.

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A grizzly bear shot while north of Nordegg was one of three Alberta research bears illegally killed between June and September.

Gordon Stenhouse, program lead with Foothills Research Institute’s grizzly bear program, said the bear, known as G150, was one of six collared bears in the Nordegg area for a study that started in June in conjunction with forestry company Weyerhaeuser.

“It was killed illegally and . . . near a roadway. It was shot and left. And it’s part of an ongoing investigation by provincial authorities,� Stenhouse said on Wednesday.

Twenty-nine bears have died so far this year. Last year, 14 died from human causes. Investigations are still underway to determine how many deaths this year were caused by people.

Stenhouse said the institute has been capturing bears for 15 years and having three illegally killed makes this the worst year yet.

The Nordegg bear, killed in Septem-

ber, was less than five years old and it would have been unusual for it to die from natural causes, he said.

The bears being studied have GPS collars to track their movements by satellite. Collars give a location every hour and that information gets transmitted to researchers every 10 hours.

If the bears don’t move for eight hours, a field team goes to investigate if the bear has managed to remove the collar or if it’s dead.

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Lack of amenities for North Red Deer disappoints Wong

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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The city will spend $17 million over two years to construct a roundabout at the intersection of 30th Avenue and 67th Street.

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A future vision for Red Deer moved closer to reality with city council’s approval of the $102.7 million capital budget and the $1.3 billion capital plan on Tuesday.

As the city reaches 100,000, there are growing pressures to meet the needs of the residential and industrial areas. The no-frills budget was adopted as one that is preparing for growth and development.

Coun. Dianne Wyntjes said it would always be nice to have more of what she calls “social things such as recreational amenities and cultural facili-

ties in the budget.�

Wyntjes said there are competing needs throughout the community that must to be balanced in order to serve the interests in each section of the community. Several councillors echoed her sentiments during Tuesday’s debate.

The 2014 capital budget allocates dollars for reconstructing streets and building and improving public facilities such as recreation centres, parks and community halls on an annual basis.

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Ambulance review embraced Red Deer Emergency Services says a provincial review of how ambulances are deployed is welcomed.

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Jury begins deliberations on murder charge today

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A jury of five men and six women was today given the task of deciding whether a Consort-area rancher who gunned down his younger brother is guilty of murder.

John Wayne Mock, 36, was arrested for second-degree murder after calling 911 at 9:04 p.m. on Feb. 22, 2012, to report that his brother — 33-year-old Timothy James Mock — had just been shot.

In their final arguments in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Wednesday, lawyers for the Crown and defence gave their positions on how the jury should interpret evidence put before them since Nov. 12, when the trial was opened.

Crown prosecutor Anders Quist offered the jury four options for Mock’s fate: He can be found guilty of either second-degree murder or manslaughter, or

he can be found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. He can also be acquitted if the jury believes the shooting was an accident.

Pointing to Mock’s history of mental illness, defence counsel Darren Mahoney said there is no doubt that the man was suffering a mental disorder at the time of the shooting and urged the jury to find him not criminally responsible.

He pointed to police interviews played during the trial as well as various reports and assessments completed since Mock’s arrest as evidence of his mental state.

“These are signs of someone having a mental breakdown. There’s no other way to look at it,” said Mahoney.

John Mock had no reason to want to kill the brother described for the court as someone he deeply loved.

“Why would you perform CPR on someone you wanted dead?” he said.

Quist argued that, although Mock had been diagnosed with mental health issues years earlier and was under a great deal of stress, the breakdown did not occur until immediately after the shooting, when he realized he had done something he could not undo.

He said the shots were fired as the result of a physical dispute, with Timothy Mock fleeing into the bedroom. It was at that point that John Mock took the revolver out of his pocket and fired, said Quist.

Evidence that Mock thought he was shooting a clone doesn’t wash, he said, partly because Mock didn’t raise that issue until May, three months after the shooting.

At the time of the incident, Mock told the 911 dispatch centre that his brother had been shot and made no mention of a clone, said Quist.

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Hyshka said Saputo’s intent is to begin work as early as possible in the spring.

The site was first developed by the Red Deer Mill and Elevator Company in 1905, but has had various owners and uses over the years. Central Alberta Dairy Pool built a plant there in 1936. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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EXPANSION: ‘It’s going to be a nicer site’ Inspections and Licensing manager Howard Thompson added that Saputo and the developer of Elements at Rivers Edge had collaborated to ensure their projects were compatible.

Kevin Hyshka, who spoke on behalf of Saputo, suggested that removing the old warehouse and erecting the new building will be an improvement.

“It’s going to look better. It’s going to be a nicer site.”

He added that Saputo is committed to minimizing noise from the plant, even though there have been very few complaints over the years.

Some commission members also expressed misgivings about an industrial business operating in the Railyard district, which is slated to become a pedestrian-friendly neighbourhood with a mix of uses.

Director of planning Kim Fowler countered that the vision for the neighbourhood is one of mixed uses, including industrial.

“They bring in very good taxes and very good jobs and provide diversity,” she said. “We do not want mono-cultures or mono-land uses. Those are not sustainable.”

Concerns were also raised about the fact Saputo’s application calls for a one-third reduction in the minimum landscaping requirements of the city’s land use bylaw — to 14,200 square feet from 21,300.

Fowler pointed out that the Saputo site, which has a century-long history of industrial use, has limited options when it comes to landscaping. She suggested that efforts to enhance the visual effects of its new building represents an effort to improve the aesthetic appeal of the property.

Ultimately, the commission voted to table the application for up to two weeks so that administration can provide more information about the areas of concern raised and about the normal procedures for notifying affected property owners.

“I’m hearing concern from the commission in terms of wanting to do the due diligence, and the lack of consultation isn’t sitting well with us,” said Mayor Tara Veer. “But I’m hearing from administration that that would not be normal practice here

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Wong said the college rink is a good plan but does nothing for the estimated 35,000 people who live in North Red Deer.

“It doesn’t matter where the hell they build it if it’s not in North Red Deer,” said Wong. “It doesn’t help the people there. Lacombe, Sylvan Lake and Innisfail have just over 10,000 people and we have 35,000 people and we have one bloody rink.”

Wong said he would like to see the G.H. Dawe project started as early as 2016 or 2017.

He also expressed frustration over the planned North Red Deer Regional Community Centre (77th Street and Taylor Drive), which he said was taking too long to build.

The centre was initially expected to be running in the fall of 2016.

But Deb Comfort, Neighbourhood Facilities and Community Development supervisor, said the city has not planned or built a regional centre before and they want to get it right so it is relevant for the community. The project has been in the works for three years.

A traffic study is underway and the site concept plan is being updated. The plan is expected to go out to various community groups and potential partners next spring. A budget estimate will be completed in 2015, with construction to begin in 2017.

The Normandeau Activity Centre is the only community centre north of 67th Street and west of Gaetz Avenue and serves eight residential communities.

Portion of several multi-year projects, including the North Highway Connector project, were approved; $17 million over two years will be spent on a roundabout at the intersection of 30th Avenue and 67th Street.

The overall project is designed to provide access to the Red Deer’s northeast and northwest growth areas and to relieve future pressure on the Gaetz Avenue and 67th Street intersection, reduce congestion on existing roadways and act as a bypass route for highway traffic. Much of the connector project is dependent on provincial funding.

Make the 2014-23 capital plan does not necessarily mean the project will go ahead but indicate that the city is considering the project.

On Jan. 7, council will be back crunching numbers as part of the annual operating budget, which covers the day-to-day costs for services and programs. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Saputo Dairy Products Canada wants to expand its plant at 54th Street and Gaetz Avenue in Red Deer, including the addition of a 32-metre-high building.

Stenhouse said three deaths were discovered as a result of the collars and there’s always the question of how many bears are dying in Alberta that authorities don’t know about.

Grizzly bears are an endangered species in Alberta. In 2008, the province created the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan, which a steering committee is currently updating.

Stenhouse, who is working with the committee, said human-caused mortality was recognized as an issue in the initial plan.

“Human-caused mortality is still a huge concern.

Obviously if we want this species to survive in our province, we’ll need to try to fix this problem.”

The study in the Nordegg area, north of Hwy 11, is underway to examine the movement patterns of bears compared to data collected in the area between 1999 and 2003.

He said they know how the landscape has changed due to work in oil and gas and forestry industries, but they don’t know what has happened to the local bear population.

“The goal is sustainable resource development.

We want to ensure the species that depend on that habitat can also survive. It really is a way to check on how those animals are doing. We want to see what’s changed.”

Collars are supposed to last at least two full seasons.

Stenhouse said the Nordegg region is a low-density area for bears so it takes a long time to catch and collar a bear. They are either shot from helicopters with tranquilizer darts to immobilize them or lured into culvert traps with food.

“Bears are wary most of the time. Lots of bears will come look in the culvert, look in the trap and not go inside. So it takes a while.”

“Next year, we’d like to have 10 collared bears in the area.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Province’s biggest Government to review how it investigates, reports union angered by move foster child deaths to legislate wage deal

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EDMONTON — The Alberta government tabled legislation Wednesday aimed at revoking the right of its largest union to go to arbitration and substituting it with the government’s own wage deal.

It also tabled a bill that will punish the union with steep fines and civil liabilities if it wages an illegal strike.

Finance Minister Doug Horner told reporters the government did not want to bring in legislation, but felt compelled to when contract talks broke down earlier this year and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees filed for binding arbitration. “We did make a commitment to taxpayers that we would live within our means,� Horner said as Bills 45 and 46 were introduced.

He said the new wage deal must be in line with the multi-year wage freezes that Alberta doctors and teachers have already accepted. “We want to make sure when we’re negotiating that’s what we’re doing, and I think it’s fair to the ATA (Alberta Teachers Association), it’s fair to the doctors that settlements in this round (of bargaining) will be of a similar nature.�

The government wants a four-year deal, with wage freezes in the first two years followed by one per cent hikes in each of 2016 and 2017.

Horner said if the two sides can come to a different agreement close to those parameters before Jan. 31, the imposed deal will not kick in.

He also stressed that the right of arbitration is being taken away for this negotiation only.

Government House Leader Dave Hancock also introduced motions to have the bills fast-tracked and passed through the legislature within days.

Hancock said time is of the essence as the fall sitting of the legislature is due to finish next week and the arbitration process with AUPE is still set to go in February. “It’s not the type of bill that either Doug or I or the government really want to bring forward,� said Hancock. “We don’t take any glee in sponsoring bills of these natures, but it became very apparent through the course of the fall that we weren’t going to get movement (on AUPE wage negotiations).�

The AUPE represents 22,000 frontline government workers in a variety

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Both soldiers, who died in separate incidents, had ties to Canadian Forces Base Shilo in Manitoba. Neither has been identified.

One of the soldiers, a member of the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, was found dead Tuesday at home.

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TRIAL: Instructions to the jury It is highly likely that the confused and highly agitated state Mock was in when police found him at 10:20 p.m. arose from a concussion he probably suffered after bolting from the house, tripping over an ATV in the yard and

of fields, from corrections officers to social workers.

The tabling brought an outpouring of anger from some AUPE members.

They rallied on the steps of the legislature Wednesday afternoon.

Some took the protest inside the building, marching up the stone steps toward the doors of the legislature debate chamber itself when they were stopped by NDP Leader Brian Mason, who convinced them there were more effective ways to protest. Some called out Mason for doing so.

Premier Alison Redford was not in the house for question period Wednesday. She was on government business in Calgary.

AUPE president Guy Smith said the bills are the beginning of the effective dismantling of collective bargaining in Alberta. “There’s two routes to resolve bargaining issues. One is strike action, whether it’s legal or not. The other is arbitration. And they’ve taken both away,� said Smith. “What they (the government members) are doing is dictating to the people of this province how they’re going to engage in negotiations.�

Mason, whose party’s bedrock support comes from unions, said the move is unprecedented. “I’ve been in the legislature for a long time now, about 13 years, and I thought I’d seen everything, but today the government has really shocked me with this colossal act of bad faith,� said Mason.

Wildrose finance critic Rob Anderson says the Wildrose agrees that there needs to be a good deal for taxpayers in the next AUPE contract, but he said a last-minute bill rammed through the legislature that strips the union of the right of arbitration is not the way to do it. “This is what gong-show government looks like,� said Anderson.

The government pays out $1.6 billion a year in salaries to unionized workers.

The wage imposition is set out in Bill 46, the Public Service Salary Restraint Act. Bill 45, the Public Services Sector Continuation Act, sets out automatic suspensions, civil liabilities and steep, six-figure fines for unions that engage in illegal strikes.

Hancock said an illegal strike by corrections guards earlier this year made the government realize it needed better tools to keep essential workers on the job.

A defence official says RCMP are investigating and it appears that the soldier killed himself.

In the other case, a soldier who was transferred over the summer from CFB Shilo to a reserve unit in Lethbridge was found “in distress� last Friday at a local corrections centre, and died in hospital on Monday.

That member belonged to the 20th Independent Field Battery; Alberta’s Justice Department referred questions to the military.

Lori Truscott, a Canadian Forces public affairs officer in Shilo, said the military is reviewing both deaths, but did not indicate whether military police were involved or which defence agency was leading the probe.

Officials at National Defence confirmed that neither soldier was assigned to the military’s joint personnel support units, which are supposed to prepare the wounded to either return to their front-line units or be discharged from the military. crashing his car through the side of the woodshed.

Addressing the possibility that the shooting was either accidental or unintentional, Quist said that might work had there been only one shot fired.

However, forensic evidence from the scene showed that Timothy Mock was shot once, and then turned around and took two more bullets.

Justice Kirk Sisson was to give his instructions to the jury this morning, with deliberations to begin after lunch. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

EDMONTON — Alberta’s human services minister says a public review of the foster care system will include how the deaths of foster children are investigated and reported.

Dave Hancock says everyone in the system wants to make sure they’re doing everything they can to keep kids safe.

Hancock has promised a roundtable conference of opposition members and stakeholders to explore issues raised in stories in the Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald this week. “What does the public need to know, how does that information get released, and if the death review system that we have now is not considered to be satisfactory, what do we need to do to have an appropriate death review system?� Hancock said at a news conference Wednesday.

The newspapers said a lengthy investigation of records revealed the province has failed to publicly report the deaths of 89 foster children in the last 14 years.

The report also found that rule changes and oversight problems have led to some of those deaths being wrongly attributed to natural causes.

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Wildrose Health critic Heather Forsyth told the legislature that an inquiry is the only way to prevent further deaths. “We must learn why these tragedies keep occurring. Until we do, how can we know what steps to take to prevent them in the future? As a former minister, I can say with absolute certainty that nothing short of a full public inquiry will fix this.�

Forsyth was Minister of Children’s Services from 2004 to 2006 when she was a member of the Progressive Conservatives. She crossed the floor in 2010 to join the Wildrose caucus.

NDP Human Services critic Rachel Notley said she will ask members of the standing committee on legislative officers to support an NDP motion to give the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate further and immediate resources to investigate the deaths or serious injury of all children receiving government care.

The committee meets Friday. “Based on this government’s record of reducing the number of investigations of child fatalities, we know the current process requires an immediate fix,� said Notley. “The minister has asked for roundtable discussions in the spring but it’s obvious we can’t wait that long,� she said.

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From homeless to hopeful RED DEER IS MAKING HEADWAY IN THE BATTLE TO PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING For all there is to be negative about, serving the city’s most fragile — and often difficult — population, Kath Hoffman, executive director of the Central Alberta Safe Harbour Society, manages to stay pretty positive.

She credits her staff, people who work at the end of our city’s effort to end homelessness.

“I can never say enough about our staff,” Hoffman said in an interview, praising “the remarkGREG able skills they NEIMAN have to defuse situations.”

And for the winter, she gets one more staffer. After the $110,000 funding that had been covering the Winter Inn program was cut this year, the city found $13,000 for one more staffer to work November through March at an expanded operation at People’s Place.

There’s been a change in both provincial and municipal priorities regarding homelessness. Neither level of government sees much future in fund-

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ing emergency shelters, winter after winter.

For her part, Hoffman agrees. Significant money is being poured into research and program planning to fight homelessness at its root — in addiction and mental health, family strife, trauma and brain function.

“There’s a lot of good talk going on,” Hoffman said. And she’s been part of it for years. She mentions that it would be a good idea for everyone to take a look at the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative website, to see how resources are being put into keeping people at risk from ending up on the streets.

But in the meantime, it still gets pretty cold here at night in the winter.

Safe Harbour, Hoffman says, “is the agency between the dumpster and the referral. That’s where we live.”

Against losing a program like Winter Inn, you’d think adding 12 beds at People’s Place, and another six spots in the Mats program would be an inadequate response. Especially given that Red Deer has grown a lot since the last time either program had begun.

How could 18 emergency spots be enough to absorb all that growth?

Besides having great staff at Safe Harbour, Hoffman credits some of the very policy directions that led to the eventual loss of Winter Inn. One solution has been the Housing First program.

Let’s take it as given that people with addiction problems and mental health problems — and often both at the same time — are very difficult to get into housing. And even more difficult to maintain in housing.

That’s a tough struggle, but there have been successes. Once safely housed in a place that a poor person can afford, and with supports provided to help them cope with some pretty serious problems, people do get off the streets.

Another way off the streets is People’s Place. About 70 per cent of the people who come there are either employed or between jobs; they just need a safe, warm shelter for a month or so.

Hoffman says there’s a whole lot of flow-through of people who need shelter but who then find permanent housing, either on their own or with the help of local agencies.

The room at People’s Place has a fire regulation capacity of 46. With the bunk beds, the population is raised to 35. Increased crowding at both People’s Place and at Mats (where people must go if they are intoxicated) leads to fewer conflicts than you might think, Hoffman says.

Both places empty in the morning.

Their clientele is walking the streets all day.

“They’re bagged,” she said. “They just want to lay down and sleep.”

Plus, she says, she has good staff.

If someone walks out, they can’t come back in. If they walk out drunk or on drugs, staff knows to advise police.

Sometimes, a person drunk in public spends a night in a prison cell. Sometimes there are medical emergencies and people end up in the emergency ward.

Those are two extremely costly consequences of not dealing with the fact that both mental illness and addiction are rooted in physical causes.

A person with cancer goes to a new cancer treatment centre. A person with a physical addiction or bipolar disorder gets a mat on the floor.

But access to medical treatment delayed by social stigma is being recognized, Hoffman will tell you. Even though Red Deer now has more people with these problems than ever before, her agency and others cope — for now.

“It’s about changing the story,” Hoffman said. Medical science is catching up to the root causes of why people become homeless.

In the meantime, no one in Red Deer has recently frozen to death. Nor should it require that to move the story forward.

For all that, Hoffman is optimistic.

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Child poverty: looking beyond the numbers

BY CHRISTOPHER SARLO SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Every year around this time, there’s a flurry of studies, reports and media stories about the state of poverty in Canada, especially child poverty. We are told that as many as one-seventh of Canada’s kids live in poverty. And the accompanying descriptions of the predicament of those children paint a picture of hunger and of serious deprivation.

But is it true that roughly 15 per cent of children live in households that are too poor to afford the basic needs? Is it the case that these children are “wasting away” and have to “read or write or think on an empty stomach” as Ed Broadbent famously stated in his Nov. 24, 1989, House of Commons speech on child poverty?

Fortunately, it is not the case.

The measure used to find that 15 per cent of our children are “poor” is a relative measure. A relative measure can only tell us how many households are “less well off than average” and does not purport to reveal anything about hunger or other kinds of real deprivation. Relative measures can arguably speak to the condition of “low-income” but not poverty.

Statistics Canada has been consistently clear on this distinction, even though it appears to be lost on most users of low-income measures.

When we measure actual poverty, defined as a

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predicament of real deprivation (sometimes referred to as “absolute” poverty), we find that about five per cent of Canada’s children live in households with reported incomes that are insufficient to cover all of the basic needs. Children in these households are at risk of being hungry, ill-housed and deprived of other necessities.

While this can be viewed as good news when compared to the alarming (but misleading) statistics using relative measures, it is tragic that we have five per cent of our children in this apparent state of real deprivation. This is not acceptable.

Let’s be clear: Living in poverty is not about being deprived of an iPad, the coolest Nike sneakers or dinners out at restaurants.

It is about not having enough food to eat and perhaps having to go to a soup kitchen or food bank.

When you are poor, you often cannot afford to replace worn out clothing or meet personal hygiene needs. When you are poor, you are likely to live in inadequate and often unsafe accommodation.

Being poor is unhealthy.

There is a heightened sense of urgency and desperation about living in poverty that is simply not the case with those above the poverty line.

If we include, as poor, those whose deprivation is merely relative in kind, we risk trivializing the predicament of the poor.

In 1995, the United Nations sponsored a world summit on social development in Copenhagen. That

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summit, which focused attention on poverty in both developed and developing nations, ended with a declaration which committed signatory nations to both measure and eradicate absolute poverty. Canada and all of the other developed nations signed on to that declaration.

Regrettably, there has been virtually no follow-up relating to the commitments made at Copenhagen.

As far as I am aware, there has been no action taken by successive governments. And the media seems to have buried this.

If it was a good idea in 1995 to measure and strive to eliminate absolute poverty, what changed to make it a bad idea?

If absolute poverty relates to hunger, inadequate housing, and serious deprivation, why would those most closely associated with poverty (politicians, reporters, academics, and, especially, social activists) not want to measure the true incidence of this problem?

And why would they not want to eliminate it?

Looked at from the perspective of poor people, it seems scandalous that these commitments remain both unfulfilled and hidden.

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The branch said Furman remains confused and disoriented about his current circumstances, as well as the circumstances surrounding the incident. It also says he is unlikely to improve.

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EDMONTON — A man is in hospital after plunging a number of floors from an apartment tower in central Edmonton.

Police say the man tumbled overnight from the Capital Towers building.

He landed about twoand-a-half floors from the ground and was rescued by firefighters using a ladder truck.

His condition is not known.

Investigators are trying to determine whether he fell by accident or was pushed.

The building is in the midst of a multimilliondollar makeover.

MONTREAL — Hockey Canada and Hockey Quebec are bring sued by a player who was seriously injured in the head with a stick during a peewee CC level game.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013 A5 Alexis Turcotte and his mother Annie have also named the Basques minor hockey association, part of the Lower St-Lawrence minor hockey league, as well as the alleged aggressor in their civil lawsuit.

The lawsuit filed Monday in Quebec Superior Court seeks $370,000 in damages, including $50,000 in punitive damages.

Lawyer Jean-Pierre Menard said he believes this is the first lawsuit of its kind in that it also targets hockey associations.

The incident allegedly happened during a game on Nov. 27, 2010, in Amqui.

Menard said the boy, now 14, suffered severe pain and finds it difficult to concentrate.

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ST. ALBERT — A school bus driver has been charged in the death of a little boy north of Edmonton.

Joseph Allen of Edmonton has been charged with driving carelessly and failure to yield to a pedestrian.

Six-year-old Thomas Wedman was struck and killed by a school bus as he was crossing the street to get to his school in St. Albert on Sept. 27.

About 1,000 people attended a memorial for the Grade 2 boy who was remembered by his parents as an angel.

Allen is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Jan. 27 in St. Albert provincial court.

Crown drops second-degree murder charge against senior VERNON, B.C. — Prosecutors in British Columbia have stayed a charge of second-degree murder against a 95-yearold dementia patient in the north Okanagan community of Vernon.

The province’s Criminal Justice Branch announced Wednesday it was not in the public’s interest to prosecute John “Jack” Daymouth Furman because of his physical health and advanced dementia, adding “steps have been taken to address any safety risk he might present.”

Furman, who served during the Second World War, was accused of killing William “Bill” May, his 85-year-old roommate at a Vernon residentialcare facility on Aug. 18.

“Mr. Furman is a 95-year-old man with severe dementia,” said Crown lawyer Stephen Lawhead. “All of the available medical and psychiatric information indicates he is unable to stand trial, and that there is no reasonable chance he will ever be fit.”

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‘Economic diplomacy’ plan unveiled

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Harper government says it wants Canadian diplomats in foreign countries to re-channel their energies and resources into advancing the country’s commercial interests.

Trade Minister Ed Fast has laid out a new strategic direction for Canada’s foreign service called “economic diplomacy,” a plan that’s designed to put commerce at the heart of foreign policy.

The objective is to improve Canada’s lacklustre trade and investment performance in emerging markets, which the government and the Bank of Canada have identified as key to the country’s future prosperity.

Fast, who played a major role in the Canada-European Union trade negotiations, outlined the policy Wednesday in a speech to the Economic Club, describing it as a sea change in the way diplomatic resources are deployed around the world.

“We’re simply talking about finding the appropriate balance . . . making sure Canada remains on the forefront of delivering development to a world that desperately needs it, and at the same time making sure our diplomatic assets are deployed in a way

that drives our economic interests,” he said.

“Those are not mutually exclusive . . . they can be married in a way that can add value to the money that Canadians spend in field.”

turning the country into a non-player around the world. Canada’s foreign service has been cut back in recent years, he added.

“They don’t understand that in order to succeed in trade, you have to

‘WE’RE SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT FINDING THE APPROPRIATE BALANCE. . . . MAKING SURE CANADA REMAINS ON THE FOREFRONT OF DELIVERING DEVELOPMENT TO A WORLD THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS IT, AND AT THE SAME TIME MAKING SURE OUR DIPLOMATIC ASSETS ARE DEPLOYED IN A WAY THAT DRIVES OUR ECONOMIC INTERESTS.’ — ED FAST TRADE MINISTER

Fast said the change would entrench the concept of commercial success for Canadian firms and investors as one of the core objectives for the foreign service.

But NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar said the Harper government is doing the country a disservice with its “single-minded” approach to foreign policy.

Dewar said the government is not getting results for businesses and is

have robust diplomacy, robust engagement and show that you are there to bring something to the table other than just your own economic self-interest.”

Fast, however, dismissed the criticism and said the foreign service would be engaged across the wide spectrum of issues. He also insisted that human rights would continue to play a key role in Canadian foreign policy.

The strategy has clear objectives:

within five years, Fast said, he wants to come close to doubling the 11,000 or so small and medium-sized Canadian firms that currently operate in emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil.

If the strategy is successful, it would create upwards of 40,000 new exportoriented jobs, he added.

Canadian Council of Chief Executives head John Manley welcomed the announcement, noting that one in five Canadian jobs are linked to exports.

He said the new strategy will help Canadian companies find new opportunities.

It remains unclear how the new strategy would work — whether Ottawa would increase its diplomatic footprint in designated countries or boost spending on the effort.

Fast refused to say whether the foreign service will be beefed up, or whether existing manpower will be shuffled around to concentrate on the new priority.

The government has in the past signalled its intent to advance commerce as a key function of the diplomatic corps. It has already melded the trade and foreign affairs functions under a single department and announced plans to fold in the Canadian International Development Agency.

Court documents linked to Rob Ford ordered released ACTUAL RELEASE PUT ON HOLD UNTIL DEC. 6

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document, including information from wiretaps, was put on hold until the afternoon of Dec. 6 so the Crown has a chance to appeal. The document could be released sooner if the Crown declares it won’t appeal, or much later if they do appeal.

The federal Crown, which is prosecuting Lisi on his drug charges, didn’t oppose the release of the information. But the provincial Crown argued against it.

The province is prosecuting Lisi on an extortion charge, which relates to his alleged efforts to get his hands on the video of the mayor apparently smoking crack.

The information from wiretaps didn’t relate to Lisi’s extortion charge, Nordheimer noted, rather some refers to his alleged attempts to retrieve another item.

The judge dismissed the provincial Crown’s concerns as too “vague and amorphous” and therefore not enough to warrant a publication ban.

Lisi’s lawyer argued that the release of information at this stage would jeopardize his client’s fair trial rights.

Nordheimer agreed that there was “some” risk, but not enough to override the principle of openness of the courts.

The vast media coverage has focused on the mayor and only secondarily on Lisi, Nordheimer noted, and there have been many cases in which impartial juries were found despite sustained pre-trial publicity, such as the cases of Paul Bernardo and teenager Jane Creba’s murder.

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TORONTO — More information on the “extensive” police investigation into Toronto Mayor Rob Ford should be released as it is of “very significant public interest,” a judge ruled Wednesday.

Portions of the police document that were previously released showed former staffers alleged the mayor was intoxicated at work, drank while driving and associated with suspected prostitutes.

The document, containing allegations not proven in court, was filed in the drug case of Ford’s friend Alexander Lisi, though it mostly focuses on the mayor.

The police investigation was launched to probe allegations that a video showed the mayor smoking crack cocaine, which Ford has since admit-

ted he did, likely in a “drunken stupor.

Ford has denied consorting with prostitutes and insists he is not an alcoholic or drug addict.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer granted an application from media outlets to have the rest of the document, except for some areas on police investigative techniques and confidential informants, made public.

“It cannot be denied that the actions of the mayor are a matter of very significant public interest and concern at this time, as are the actions of police in relation to them,” Nordheimer wrote.

“We are dealing with the actions of the duly elected mayor of the country’s largest city and the extensive investigation undertaken by police . . . In terms of legal proceedings, it is hard to conceive of a matter that would be of more importance to the public interest.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Health Canada recently approved a generic, addictive form of oxycodone just as U.S. officials were urging their Canadian counterparts to ban such formulations of the powerful painkiller.

The green light to Ranbaxy, India’s biggest drug maker, came soon after Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, reminded Health Minister Rona Ambrose of the dangers posed by generic forms of the opioid.

The U.S. has banned generic oxycodone because it’s too easy for addicts to snort or inject, and only tamper-resistant forms of the drug can be sold stateside. American officials say the U.S. is dealing with a painkiller abuse epidemic that is killing tens of thousands of people a year.

The U.S. has been pressing Canada to outlaw generic oxycodone, citing studies that show the more addictive formulations are migrating south of the border.

Both countries are making progress in cracking down on addictive formulations of oxycodone, Kerlikowske wrote to Ambrose on Nov. 8, but “more can be done to prevent the misuse and diversion of generic oxycodone products, which remain available in Canadian markets in crushable forms.”

He added: “We believe it is in the best interest of Canada and the United States to co-ordinate efforts around these issues, and we are eager to help facilitate ongoing dialogue with Canadian leadership and officials in the FDA and other U.S. agencies.”

Neither Kerlikowske’s office nor a spokesman for the health minister would say whether Ambrose replied to the letter.

But a spokesman for Kerlikowske, U.S. President Barack Obama’s nominee to helm the powerful Customs and Border Protection Agency, said the U.S. and Canada have enjoyed a “productive” relationship on the issue that will hopefully continue under the new health minister.

Ambrose hinted last month she was looking into the issue of tamper-resistance and signalled the government would expand its national anti-drug strategy to encompass prescription drug abuse.

“Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem that we are working with provinces and territories to address,” Ambrose said in a statement on Wednesday, adding the Conservatives are also attempting to tighten licensing rules that would help prevent the trafficking of addictive prescription drugs.

She didn’t comment on why Health Canada bureaucrats are continuing to approve generic, addictive forms of oxycodone.

Health Canada, meantime, defended itself, saying it “rigorously” assesses every drug’s safety and efficacy before approving it.

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Social housing protesters rally in front of the prime minister’s office on Wellington Street in Ottawa on Wednesday. The protesters pitched several red tents outside the Langevin building, across from Parliament Hill, to illustrate the urgency of the country’s affordable housing shortage and the plight of the homeless. Spokesman Francois Saillant urged Harper “not to sacrifice contributions to social housing” by ending long-term federal subsidies that currently fund 600,000 social housing units across the country. The group, known as Front d’action populaire en reamenagement urbain, wants the federal government to commit to continuing those subsidies.

As many as 200,000 people in Canada a year grapple with homelessness.

Fireball lights up sky near Montreal

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MONTREAL — Don’t panic, says Chris Hadfield.

That was the Canadian astronaut’s down-to-earth advice after many people tweeted they saw a blue flash and heard a thundering boom in the Montreal and Ottawa areas Tuesday night.

Two Ontario-based professors said Wednesday the phenomenon was likely a fireball, with one suggesting it was probably between the size of a baseball and a basketball when it passed through the atmosphere.

Hadfield, the former commander of the International Space Station, tried to offer some words of assurance, saying it’s just part of normal life in the universe.

“Earth gets hit by 100 tons of meteorites every day,” he told The Canadian Press on Wednesday while in Montreal to promote his new book. “Most of them are grains of dust — it’s like we’re perpetually being sandblasted by the universe.

“Once in a while we get a big rock that comes into the Earth’s atmosphere and like in Montreal last night, it actually gets down low enough in the atmosphere to burn up as a blue flame and then make like a pressure wave that we hear as a sonic boom.

“What happened I think was just a part of the uni-

verse that arrived here on Earth.”

Peter Brown, a physics professor at Western University in London, Ont., said sound usually indicates something has penetrated deeper into the atmosphere.

“It’s certainly consistent with the effect we would expect for a relatively good-sized fireball that might produce meteorites,” he said in an interview.

Brown said it would be difficult to speculate about the size of the fiery object because of a lack of information.

The university has a network of about a dozen video stations that watch the sky all night looking for bright meteors.

Brown, who researches meteors and comets, said it was cloudy and overcast Tuesday night and that no meteor was spotted in data that was collected.

But he suggested the fireball may have been far enough away in the sky that none of his cameras was able to record the event.

One person in St-Lazare, west of Montreal, said she heard what sounded like a huge garbage truck rumble past her house for a few seconds.

WPTZ, a television station in Plattsburgh, N.Y., said it received numerous phone calls reporting what sounded like an earthquake.

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Why Don’t Toothpaste And Orange Juice Taste Better?

Dear Dr. Shah: Why Don't Toothpaste and Orange Juice Taste Better?

A: I've heard this question many times, so let's investigate. For most people, orange juice has a pleasant taste and somewhat tangy flavor. The juice stimulates taste receptor cells which are found on our tongue. They are incredible small, and these chemical receptors number more than 10,000 taste buds on our tongue. Each taste bud has approx. 100 individual receptors, so there is no shortage of them.

Your taste buds are specifically designed to distinguish or identify 5 different tastes: Sweet, Salty, Spicy, Sour, and Bitter. Each of these tastes corresponds to different chemical molecules which, just like a child's puzzle, fit specifically onto their respective taste receptor cells.

Different food items will simulate different chemicals to produce their predominant flavor. One of the reasons people enjoy ketchup so much is that it stimulates all five taste receptors at the same time!

One of the ingredients in toothpaste is a detergent, which produces the bubble foaming action. Other ingredients are usually water for body, abrasives to help remove plaque and stains, and fluoride. The most common detergent is sodium lauryl sulfate which is found in other household cleaning products that also have the foaming and bubbling action. This detergent suppresses or blocks the sweet receptors of our taste buds and in addition destroys compounds which are usually in our mouths called phospholipids. These phospholipids inhibit our bitterness receptor so the bitter flavor is front and foremost. As a result, after using most toothpastes the only flavor your taste buds can really identify and sense is the bitter part of the whole orange juice taste experience.

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A8 Pakistan, U.S. relations sour

THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 2013

ANGER OVER DRONE PROGRAM PROMPTS ACTIVISTS TO OUT SPY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Rising anger over deadly drone attacks spurred a Pakistani political party Wednesday to reveal the secret identity of what it said was the top U.S. spy in the country. It demanded he be tried for murder, another blow to already jagged relations between the two nations.

A pair of U.S. missile strikes in recent weeks — including one that killed the Pakistani Taliban’s leader as the government prepared to invite him to hold peace talks — has increased simmering tensions between Washington and Islamabad after years of public fury over the covert attacks.

The apparent disclosure of the top CIA officer’s name will almost certainly strain the fragile diplomacy that the U.S. is relying upon to help negotiate an end to the war in neighbouring Afghanistan.

It was the second time in recent years that Pakistanis opposed to drone strikes targeting Islamic militants have claimed to have revealed the identity of the top CIA spy in the country.

In a letter to Pakistani police, Shireen Mazari, the information secretary of political party Tehreek-e-Insaf, called for

Women jailed for protest THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt — Nearly two dozen Islamist women and girls, some as young as 15, were handed heavy prison sentences Wednesday for protesting in a court ruling that came a day after police beat and terrorized prominent female activists in a crackdown on secular demonstrators under a tough antiprotest law.

The harshness of the sentences and the scenes a day earlier were new signs that the militarybacked government is becoming bolder in silencing dissent, turning to abuses reminiscent of the Hosni Mubarak era.

Authorities have been justifying tougher measures as needed to fight terrorism and bring stability — while they also appear to be exploiting divisions among secular democracy activists.

The crackdown is rearranging Egypt’s political map after months when authorities were focused on crippling the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist backers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

This week, security forces have moved against secular youth activists opposed to the military and police.

Some government supporters warn that its actions are widening the base of the opposition and could bring together Morsi supporters and the secular activists.

In a Mediterranean city of Alexandria courtroom, the 21 young female defendants flashed defiant smiles to the media. They were convicted on charges related to holding an Oct. 31 protest in the city.

Among them were seven teenagers aged 15 and 16, who were sentenced to prison terms until they turn 18. The rest — most aged 18 to 22 — were sentenced to 11 years in prison. Six other Brotherhood members were sentenced to 15 years in prison for inciting the demonstrations.

“We thought they will get a month or something but we were shocked with the 11 years,” defence lawyer al-Shimaa Ibrahim Saad said.

party, to take extreme measures like cutting off the NATO troop supply line to Afghanistan until the U.S. stops the attacks.

Mazari said in a news conference that the strike in the province’s Hangu district killed four Pakistanis and two Afghans, and also wounded children.

In her letter, Mazari claimed that the CIA station chief did not enjoy diplomatic immunity and should be prevented from leaving the country. She said interrogating him could produce

the names of the pilots who fly the drones.

Anila Khawaja, a spokeswoman for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, declined to say how the party learned the station chief’s name.

CIA spokesman Dean Boyd would not confirm the Islamabad station chief’s name and declined further comment. The Associated Press is not publishing the name disclosed by Mazari because it could not verify its authenticity.

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The political party is led by cricket star Imran Khan and controls the government in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is one of the main critics of the U.S. drone program and has pushed Pakistan’s federal government, which is controlled by a rival

OUTDOORS

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’Tis the season for a good read

The outdoors reading season is well under way and forecasts say there is no end in sight: front of the fire reading material will be particularly good gifts this year for outdoors people.

Readers often ask which is the best general outdoors magazine to buy, and I am happy to say Alberta Outdoorsmen, and not just because I am one of its columnists. I have written for most of Canada’s outdoors magazines over the years, many of them now defunct.

Editor-publisher Rob Miskosky was a multi-trade journeyman in the oilpatch until he stayed home and started into general sports publishing several years ago, and then started Outdoorsmen around 1999. Outdoorsmen is informative, issue-oriented and a good read. Last year, its writers won as many Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards as the rest of Canada’s outdoors magazines combined. A subscription for 12 issues is 39.90 (GST included) from Sports Scene Publications, Inc., #100, 10642 178th St., Edmonton, AB T5S 1H4, or phone 780413-0388.

In the area of specialized magazines, particularly fly fishing, the best, in my opinion, is the quarterly Fly Rod & Reel, not just because John Gierach regularly writes the back page(s) column. John’s new book, All Fishermen Are Liars, will not make it out for Christmas, but the Book Mailer in Helena, Mont., is taking pre-orders and will ship when it is released.

Clearly the place to shop for outdoors books and great tackle deals is from the online catalog of the Bookmailer, www.thebookmailer.com, which offers more than 4,000 books in 24 categories. Viewing their newsletter online is one of the great free reads availContributed photos able in a crass world.

At Chapters recently, I picked up one of the best LEFT: Alberta Outdoorsmen’is informative, issue-oriented and a good read. RIGHT: The Cougar, Beautiful, guides I have ever seen to essential outdoors read- Wild and Dangerous is absolutely essential reading for any Albertan who spends much time in our outdoors. ing: A Sportsman’s Library by Stephen J. Bodio, longtime book reviewer for Gray’s Sporting Journal. On BELOW: The Phenological Fly and Good Old Guys, Alibis, and Outright Lies are still available.

Bodio’s strong recommendation, I’ll soon be savouring Blood Knots, an angling memoir, by Luke Jennings.

I’ve also finally summonsed the courage to read Fly Fishing Guide to the Henry’s Fork, by Mike Lawson, in my decades-done quest to understand the worst skunking I have ever endured anywhere. The Fork was a boil that day with big, rising trout.

The thin, high-desert air was thundering with the multilingual curses of frustrated anglers from afar, and my superb angling guide, the late Jim Danskin, declined my invitation to earn his money and show me how: “Bob, there’s days no guide can earn BOB his money.”

SCAMMELL Absolutely essential reading for any Albertan who spends much time in our outdoors is The Cougar, Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous, by Paula Wild. I recently gave it a full review, but it deserves repeating that this fine book, with superb colour photos, is also a detailed manual on how to avoid cougar attacks and deal with them when all else fails.

My hunting was finished before it got started this year, so I have been enjoying A Mule Deer Retrospective, the Boone and Crockett Club’s companion volume to 2006’s A Whitetail Retrospective. Both books feature vintage photos and memorabilia from B&C’s archives regarding the great trophies of each species. Ed Broder took probably the greatest of all North American big game trophies, a huge non-typical mule deer, in November 1926 near Chip Lake, but did not enter it with B&C until 1961.

In this new book is a reproduction of a fascinating three-page handwritten letter from Broder describing for B&C “the most important hunting trip of my lifetime.” He recalls his first thought on getting a Outdoors thrillers are a new genre. I have been planet.net. good look at what he tracked and shot for winter enjoying The Blight Way, The Huckleberry Murders I still have copies of two of my books and have meat was “what a rack that one’s got!” He got that and other Sheriff Bo Tully Mysteries by Patrick J. them on special for Christmas: The Phenological Fly right; the antlers scored 355 2/8 B&C points, rank- McManus, and the Walt Longmire thrillers, such as for $20, and Good Old Guys, Alibis, and Outright Lies, ing the buck as the No. 1 non-typical mule deer ever Another Man’s Moccasins, and As the Crow Flies by for $10, or both for $25, picked up, inscribed and autaken, and most experts believe it will never be sur- Craig Johnson. tographed, if desired, more if mailed. Contact me at: passed. Unfortunately, after a long and bitter family New Alberta outdoors books are rarer and scarc- phone 403-346-6264 or email at bscam@telusplanet. court case, the mount was sold for $325,000 and now er than ever. Jim McLennan is still selling his clas- net. hangs in Montana. Both books are available from sic Blue Ribbon Bow (hardcover only) and two of his B&C, 250 Station Drive, Missoula, MT 59801-2753, or three paperbacks, Fly-Fishing Western Trout Streams Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who phone 406-542-1888. and Watermarks. Email Jim at mclennanal@telus- lives in Red Deer.

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The perfect gift for the gardener who has everything Hunting for a Christmas present for the gardener with everything? Maybe try a wall planter.

Wall planters come under various names: living walls, living picture frames and green walls. As the names suggest, they provide another dimension to the garden: vertical.

Each product has pockets or containers that allow plants to grow on a vertical surface.

Materials used, configuration and watering systems vary.

All systems recommended for indoor planting that can LINDA be installed by a homeowner TOMLINSON are plastic or have a plastic base that protects the wall from moisture.

Differences are in the shape and materials that make up the growing pockets. One system has ridged plastic pockets that face upwards at approximately a 45-degree angle. Another design is made of individual pockets that are singular or joined together. The pockets are made from recycled plastic backed by a plastic board. A third type of wall planter is one large container that is covered by mesh with large openings and sphag-

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Each design has advantages and disadvantages.

The sizes of the pockets or individual pots determine the mass of roots and ultimately the size of plant.

One planting area allows plants to expand as needed. If planted with an aggressive plant, it will crowd out all other plants.

A good watering system is a must as watering each pocket individually would be messy.

Wicking and drip irrigation are the choices.

In the wicking system, there is a container on top that is filled with liquid and a catch tray at the bottom. A felt material along the back of the planter becomes wet and the soil wicks moisture from the material. When the bottom container becomes full, it is emptied back into the top to conserve moisture.

When using a wicking system, the container must be set in one position it can not be placed sideways.

Drip irrigation is similar to wicking except that water is distributed to each individual cell by small tubes. In large walls, a pump is used to move water from the bottom holding tanks to the top to ensure that the planting is well irrigated.

It is possible to take sections of the living wall down and soak them, let them drain and put them back in place. This method is time consuming and labour intensive.

How the living wall is hung depends on the system used. Hooks and holes, and bars that hold the

containers appear to be the most common methods.

Whatever method used must be able to support the weight of the container when it is wet.

Added features can include a frame, hence the name living pictures. The frame does add to the aesthetic appeal but it can add weight, depending on the materials used.

Planting a living wall is similar to planting any small container. Place soil in the bottom, add the plant and place soil around the plant, pressing it firmly in place. Using root wrappers makes for a cleaner plant and replacement if needed. The roots are wrapped in a felt made of recycled plastic and tucked into the pocket. Water is absorbed into the felt to water the roots. As the roots mature, they will grow into the felt.

Before planting, determine the position of the container, which will determine how much light it will receive. Choose plants that require the same amount of light and moisture.

How quickly the planter can be placed upright depends on the design of the planter. If the soil is in danger of falling out, allow some time for the roots to expand before mounting the planter upright.

Living walls are not new but the availability of easy-to-use kits make it doable for the average gardener.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House.

HEALTH

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The payoff for feeling better What’s something that feels amazing, is contagious — enough to reduce their heart disease risk 12 per and actually could save your life? Realistic opti- cent. mism.

Improved decision-making: Optimism enhances Embracing that glass-is-half-full view of the world, your ability to make good decisions under stress, while willing to acknowledge its challenges, can a skill that can help you say “no, thanks” to a cofincrease your happiness fee-break doughnut on a quotient, help you live tough day at work, “yes” more healthfully and roll to exercise (rather than back your RealAge. chips, the couch and the Thankfully, you don’t TV remote) when you’re have to act like Pollyanna tense. And that means or recite wimpy affirmayou’ll be better at solving tions like Saturday Night whatever challenges life Live’s Stuart Smalley (who throws your way. was good enough, smart Stronger immunity: A enough and doggone it, bright outlook boosts an people liked him!) to get important defence against all the benefits that come disease called “cell-medifrom feeling more hopeful ated immunity.” How imMIKE ROIZEN & MEHMET OZ and less stressed. They portant is it? Very! This include: part of your immune sysA healthier ticker: tem controls your body’s Even if you’re at high risk ability to fight invading for heart disease because bacteria and viruses, and of a genetic predisposition, family history, high lousy helps battle some cancer cells.

LDL cholesterol or elevated blood pressure and Stroke protection: A hopeful outlook can cut your blood sugar, living with a sense of hope and well-be- risk for a life-threatening, mind-damaging “brain ing can lower your odds for heart disease by 30 per attack” by 10 per cent or more. Why? Because posicent to 50 per cent. If you’ve already had a heart at- tive people are more likely to get exercise and eat tack, optimism can help you stay on track with exer- healthfully, sleep better and feel less stressed — all cise and lower your odds for dying within five years lifestyle activities that reduce the risk of stroke. But after a cardiac event by a whopping 40 percent. it may be something more than that. Optimism all by Better blood fats: Optimism nudged levels of itself bolsters health in ways that remain mysterious. healthy HDL cholesterol upward and pushed levels A longer life and younger RealAge: A healthy old of heart-threatening triglycerides down, according age isn’t just a result of good genes. New data show to another new report. Highly optimistic people that North America’s longest-living citizens share a had HDLs four points higher than gloomier folks zest for life — they’re easygoing, upbeat and social.

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Natural treatment for mental stress Are you having difficulty falling asleep due to running thoughts or fears? Feeling mentally stressed? Do you have a lingering sense of being anxious and overwhelmed?

Passionflower is one of the most powerful herbs used to treat anxiety, restlessness/agitation, and to improve sleep.

It is also one of the best-studied herbs with a long history of clinical use and has an exceptional safety record.

Passionflower acts on GABA receptors in the brain, an important system in many common nervous system disorders, including anxiety. It is SHANE not a sedative and therefore JOHNSON allows individuals to maintain alertness with its use.

NATUROPATHIC Recently, one of my patients was suffering from a MEDICINE great deal of mental stress and exhaustion from a lack of restful periods of sleep. The daily demands of running her own business, caring for her two young children, as well as an ailing parent, were beginning to feel like too much for her and had started to take its toll on her peace of mind.

Overall, there was an unending sense of stress that would not go away, leading to sleepless nights, an ongoing anxious feeling and mental exhaustion.

She was still functioning on a day-to-day basis but not to her normal capabilities.

Her employees, children and husband were all starting to take notice that she was not herself.

With the use of passionflower, this patient had a 75 per cent improvement after four weeks of treatment. That included consistent quality sleep of seven hours per night compared to an interrupted four hours of sleep per night that she had previously been suffered with; improved mental clarity at work, allowing her to be more productive; and an overall sense of calmness that she and her family could take comfort in and appreciate.

Like many of the symptoms my patient had experienced, passionflower is indicated for nervous unrest and mental stress. In addition to Canada approving the use of passionflower to treat mental stress and anxiety, Germany’s rigorous Commission E saw the overwhelming benefits of this herbal product and approved the use of it for nervous restlessness.

Additionally, there have been several human studies on its anti-anxiety effect. In one study, its effects were found to be just as significant as a commonly used prescription, Oxazepam. The effects of passionflower were seen to occur after four days of usage and had less adverse effects than its prescription counterpart during the study.

There is no question that this herbal remedy can be a great alternative for those individuals struggling with anxiety, nervousness, restlessness and agitation. If you or someone you know is looking for a non-pharmaceutical option for these concerns, considering passionflower can be a great place to start.

Always remember that the quality of a herbal product available varies greatly. Please talk to your naturopathic doctor before starting any new herbal product to ensure you are able to safely use it with your current health conditions and/or medications.

Dr. Shane Johnson ND was born and raised in Red Deer and is the owner of Aspire Natural Medicine. He completed his naturopathic medical training at Bastyr University. For more detailed information on naturopathic medicine, visit www.aspiremedicine.ca.

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Negative self-talk: tips to turn the tide If you are hoping to see the best results from your workout program and maintain your diet, negative self-talk is something that has to go.

Far too many people suffer from self-talk, often without even realizing it, and this form of language can really set you back over time if you aren’t careful.

Self-talk is going to erode your selfconfidence and your belief in your ability to do what you need to do. The more often it occurs, the less and less you will come to firmly believe that you will actually accomplish the goals that you set for yourself.

So let’s go over some fast ways that you can combat self-talk so that you are optimizing your fitness progress.

something negative, stop and tell yourself three positive things instead.

These don’t necessarily have to be related to the negative self-statement as long as they are shifting your mindset to one that’s positive.

This helps to keep you focusing on the good, not focusing on the bad, which is huge for keeping you fully motivated.

Address the self-talk issues

Finally, the last thing that you need to be doing is addressing the self-talk issues themselves. Don’t just let that self-talk continue to build and build.

If you are continually telling yourself that you can never stick to your diet plan, look at why you are unable to stick to it.

What’s causing you the problems?

And, more importantly, what can you The very first thing that you should be do to stop those problems from happendoing is reframing the self-talk. For ining?

CABEL stance, if you state that you will “never Remember that you need to address MCELDERRY be able to stick to your diet,” you would any problems that arise. change this to be a statement about, Get more proactive and figure out a so“while I have failed in the past, I am maklution that you can use that will help you ing continued efforts to eat healthy whenovercome the issue and keep yourself on ever I can.” the right path to success.

This way, your mind focuses on what you should It is very critical that you take steps to end negabe doing, not on what you have done. Remember, the tive self-talk because, over time, it could mean the past does not control your future, so reframe those difference between you sticking with your workout statements to be more about effort and the future and diet program, and you falling off the bandwagon. than what has happened in the past.

And if you aren’t sticking with it, you definitely won’t be seeing results.

Cabel McElderry is a local personal trainer and nutrition coach. For more information on fitness and nutrition, visit the Fitness F/X website at www.fitnessfx.com.

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So if you’re ready to gain those benefits of optimism, here are a few easygoing steps that can help you over to the sunny side: Think loving thoughts: A short “loving kindness” meditation (you focus on feelings of love and compassion for yourself and others) increases optimism and makes you feel more connected to those around you; spending time with friends is another important mood booster.

Feeling good? Go deeper: People who pay attention to and enhance their positive emotions are more able to overcome tough times. Perhaps turning up the volume on good feelings builds a reservoir of joy to see you through life’s challenges. Try noticing when you feel playful, serene or spiritually uplifted, and then ask yourself how you can heighten that feeling. It’s fun!

Keep it real: Having unrealistically positive expectations or glossing over problems instead of solving them can backfire, triggering low moods.

See positive challenges instead of threats: Resilient people attack problems in everyday life like a plumber who knows he’s got a well-stocked toolbox and plenty of experience when dealing with situations like a leaky pipe.

The job may be wet and dirty, but he has the confidence to meet the challenge and leave things dry and clean.

Try to consciously make this positive mind shift when you feel defensive, threatened or worried about failure. Just reminding yourself to think more positively is often all it takes, science says.

Mehmet Oz, MD, is host of The Dr. Oz Show, and Mike Roizen, MD, is chief wellness officer and Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, visit sharecare.com.

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SPORTS

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THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 2013

Russia shuts down WHL

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

Team Russia 3 Team WHL 2 Ivan Nalimov stands sixfoot-four but he probably looked even bigger to Team WHL Wednesday night at the Enmax Centrium.

The Russian netminder turned aside 42 shots to lead his squad to a 3-2 win over the best of the Western Hockey League in a Subway Super Series contest viewed by 6,057 fans.

“One person was certainly a difference in the game.

Their goalie played extremely well for them,” said Team WHL head coach Brent Sutter.

“We had lots of chances and he made some big time saves.

We certainly had an enormous amount of opportunities and I thought that our kids did a good job, practising just once and going out there trying to create some chemistry.

“Unfortunately we were one goal short tonight.”

Russian forward Alexei Baskov snapped a 2-2 tie with a wrap-around goal early in the third period and although the home team directed 18 shots at Nalimov in the final frame, the Russian stopper stood tall and Baskov’s marker stood up as the winner.

“On a couple of goals they got we had some soft plays around our net and we can’t let that happen,” said Sutter.

The Team WHL bench boss played Portland Winterhawks forwards Taylor Leier, Nicolas Petan and Brendan Leipsic together late in the contest in an effort to draw even.

“They’ve all played together as a group. During the last six or seven minutes I put the three of them on a line together. All three of them come from a team that creates a lot of offence,” explained Sutter.

The WHL squad appeared to net the tying goal with 1:30 remaining but it was waved off with the ruling being that the referee intended to blow the whistle before the puck entered the net.

“We did a lot of things well here tonight, we just came up one goal short and that’s what happens when you run into a real good goaltender,” said Sutter.

“Quite honestly he’s been very good in every game he’s played in this series.”

The win was the third in succession for Team Russia, which lost the first two games of the series in Quebec, then defeated Team OHL twice.

The sixth and final game of the series is tonight in Lethbridge.

Despite holding a 14-7 advantage in shots during the opening period, Team WHL trailed 2-1 at the first intermission.

Edmonton Oil Kings defenceman Griffin Reinhart opened the scoring just 45 seconds into the contest, wiring a shot past Nalimov as the trailer on a three-on-two.

The Russians pulled even at 14:36 of the period as Igor Rudenkov’s shot from just inside the blueline dipped and beat Team WHL goaltender Eric Comrie of the Tri-City Americans under his arm.

Three minutes later, Alexander Barabanov cashed a rebound from a scramble and the Russians had a 2-1 lead that held up until Leier scored on a short-handed breakaway 2:43 into the second period.

Comrie made 10 saves in a solid second-period performance, none better than his stop on Ildar Shiksatharov, who broke in alone but couldn’t beat the goaltender’s left pad.

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Team Russia’s Rinat Valiev tries to take Team WHL player Hunter Shinkaruk out of the play in front of Russia goaltender Alexander Barabanov during first period action at the Centrium on Wednesday.

Late goal lifts Blackhawks over Flames

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Chicago Blackhawks’ Andrew Shaw, left, celebrates the team’s winning goal as Calgary Flames’ Chris Butler, centre, looks on and goalie Reto Berra picks himself up during third period NHL action in Calgary, Wednesday. The Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames 3-2.

Blackhawks 3 Flames 2 CALGARY — Patrick Kane scored twice including the game-winner with 18 seconds left Wednesday night as the Chicago Blackhawks scored three straight goals in the third period to win 3-2 over the Calgary Flames.

After Sven Baertschi lost the puck at the Flames’ blue-line, a shot towards the goal by Niklas Hjalmarsson caromed sharply off the skate of Calgary defenceman Chris Butler and went straight to Kane at the side where he lifted a backhand over goaltender Reto Berra.

Patrick Sharp also scored for Chicago (18-4-4). The NHL’s top team improved to 4-1-0 with two stops to go on its seven-game road trip. Matt Stajan and Sean Monahan scored for Calgary (8-12-4). The Flames are 1-5-2 in their last eight games at home.

Just as it looked like Chicago would be shut out for the first time in 93 games, the Blackhawks struck for two goals 56 seconds apart to tie the game and silence the crowd at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Kane dashed down the left wing and as he attempted to send a centring pass to Andrew Shaw in front, the puck deflected off the stick of Flames defenceman Kris Russell instead and beat a surprised Berra inside the goal post at

9:42 of the third.

On the next shift, Marian Hossa sent a pass into the slot that Sharp redirected past Berra and suddenly the two teams were even.

Ahead 1-0 entering the third period, Calgary surged in front 2-0 at 2:05 on Monahan’s ninth goal. Taking a drop pass from Jiri Hudler, the Flames outstanding rookie fired a shot just inside the goal post, beating Antti Raanta.

Monahan is tied with Mike Cammalleri for the team lead in goals with nine.

Raanta finished with 20 saves in his first NHL start. Recalled from the minors on Nov. 17 when Nikolai Khabibulin went on injured reserve, he stopped 14-of-16 shots a week ago in Colorado in relief of Corey Crawford in his only previous appearance.

Berra made his 10th start in the last 11 games for the Flames. He finished with 27 saves to fall to 3-5-2.

It was Berra’s second start against Chicago. In his memorable NHL debut on Nov. 3, he made 42 saves in a 3-2 overtime victory at the United Center.

As is Bob Hartley’s style when he’s playing at home with the last line change, the Calgary head coach matched top line against top line and got a great night from the Flames’ trio of Stajan, Lee Stempniak and Cammalleri.

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Durant vindicated after leading Riders to Grey Cup win The storybook ending to the CFL season is now and my swords were sharpened to a fine edge when completed for the Saskatchewan Roughriders be- it came to their beleaguered quarterback. cause they won the Grey Cup at home in front of Durant’s career has always been punctuated by 45,000 green and white fanatics, give or take a few moments of greatness followed by lingering moments Hamilton Tiger-Cat fans. Lately the key to a champi- of complete incompetence and I have always beonship is to host the Grey Cup because the last three lieved the team would fall short of a championship if Grey Cup hosts are also Grey Cup champions. they continued to build their team around him.

I have been an unabashed Rider fan However, I have to concede that Durant since I was a young kid in the ‘60s here was an important component of the 2013 in Red Deer, but I was not convinced the Grey Cup championship team. The point team was a championship calibre team I missed along the way was Durant’s role when the CFL season started in 2013. In on the team because it is indeed a team fact I picked them to finish behind the sport and Durant was an important part of Edmonton Eskimos in the West Division a team concept. I was too hard on him for when I made my predictions at the start Rider losses at times and he was given too of the regular season. much credit for victories by his cheerleadMy main concern has always been ers. That is the life of a quarterback.

Rider quarterback Darian Durant beDarian Durant will never be a Doug cause I stopped believing in him after Flutie style quarterback, the kind of quarthe infamous 13th man 2009 Grey Cup terback who can single-handedly elevate a game. The Riders blew a giant lead and bad team into a great team. The Fluties of JIM lost the game on the last play when they football are once-in-a-lifetime players who SUTHERLAND were called for too many men on the are game-changers from the minute they field and gave Montreal a mulligan on take a snap. their missed field goal.

However, Durant can take a very good My concern was not the 13th man penteam like the 2013 Roughriders and win alty but the lack of Rider offence that became evi- a championship when all of the components of the dent from the last minutes of the second quarter un- team are on the field at the same time. The Grey Cup til the infamous penalty at the end of the 2009 Grey Rider team was very reminiscent of the undefeated Cup game. The 2010 Grey Cup game was another loss Rider team from the early summer stages of the 2013 for the Riders and another poor effort by Durant in season. my opinion. The Riders missed the playoffs in 2011 The Rider offensive line was healthy and once

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again intact with the return of right guard Chris Best for the playoff run. Tailback Kory Sheets also healed from a mid-season knee injury and the unstoppable Rider run game was back just in time for serious playoff football. Throw in Durant’s ability to run with the football and the Riders were a real strong bet to win the Cup at home.

Durant has looked very comfortable behind center during his playoff games. He had some help when Sheets recovered one of his two consecutive early game fumbles in the 2013 Grey Cup game and turned it into a large gain. Imagine how good Durant felt when Sheets rambled for a first down even though the team needed almost 20 yards on second down during a crucial series in the second half of the Grey Cup game.

The net result was vindication for Durant because he did his part to win only the fourth championship in over 100 years of Roughrider football. He and his talented teammates have silenced his critics through deeds, not words, and with a Grey Cup win on his football resume Durant has now become a part of the folklore for a grateful Rider nation, a place where Grey Cups mean everything.

The only negative was Durant’s post-game comments directed at his detractors because he stated “he was a champion” and this championship was a team concept in every sense of the definition. But it is warm and fuzzy time for Rider fans, their team played their guts out in this one and made “next year” this year.

Jim Sutherland is a Red Deer freelance writer

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Eskimos hire Argos co-ordinator Jones as new head coach

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Chris Jones is from the small town of South Pittsburgh, Tenn., where, he says, there’s a lot of blue collar people who “work extremely hard for their money.”

And that hard work, he said, is what he will bring to the Edmonton Eskimos as the 20th head coach in their history.

He also brings a wealth of CFL experience.

He’s been a defensive coach since 2002, including stints as an assistant head coach two years in Calgary and most recently as assistant head coach, assistant general manager and defensive co-ordinator for the Toronto Argonauts. Jones has been in the post-season each of his 12 years in the league, won seven division titles and three Grey Cups.

The length of terms of his contract were not revealed.

“Today is about 2014 and beyond,” Eskimo general manager Ed Hervey said in introducing Jones to the media and fans on Wednesday. “I know I have selected the right person to coach this team. We know there is work to do but we are committed to making this thing right and I believe our team is in the right hands of Chris Jones.”

Saying he was “tremendously excited” to have his first head coaching job, Jones told the gathering of about 50 people in the Eskimos dressing room that he remembers growing up in South Pittsburgh “where they make cast iron and all I wanted to do is be a head football coach.

“Now I have a chance to do it with what I feel like is the best organization in this league and I fully expect to put together a great staff, I fully expect to win a ton of games and bring a Grey Cup back here.

“My teams have won a lot of games, Grey Cup championships. It’s been a

tremendous, tremendous ride and it’s going to continue in Edmonton.”

One of his first priorities is to secure a coaching staff. He wouldn’t mention any names, he said, because many of the people he’s looking at are employed by other teams and he’s waiting for permission to speak to the individuals.

But, he said, when it comes to finding his staff and upgrading the player roster, “we’re going to hit the ground running. This is not going to be one of those slow procedures. . . it’s going to come rather quickly.”

Jones, who was a guest coach with Edmonton in 1999 when Hervey was a rookie receiver on the team, brings an aggressive style and attitude and said the Eskimos will play that way under his regime. He takes over a team that went 4-14 in 2013, a record that resulted in the firing of head coach Kavis Reed and at times had Hervey publicly criticizing the players.

“Some of the parts are here,” Jones said of the Eskimos. “It’s just a matter of finding some help in other spots.

To win you need great players, great coaches and in the next few months we will work on that.”

Hervey, who publicly apologized to members of the media for his attitude towards and treatment of last season, said he wanted a head coach similar to him and he likes the fit between himself and Jones.

“His resume speaks for itself. He has the type of attitude that we need here. The expectation levels are high and when you talk about what is expected I felt there was only one person who could meet those expectations and he’s standing in front of you.

“I made the right football decision, for many reasons. I firmly believe we have the right guy for the job. I believe in Chris Jones. When I look at our club I honestly believe he gives us the best chance of winning.”

IIHF pushes back roster deadline for Olympic hockey teams

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The roster deadline for the 2014 Sochi Olympics has been pushed back to Jan. 7, the International Ice Hockey Federation announced.

Originally, national federations had until Dec. 31 to submit 25-man rosters for the tournament, which begins Feb. 12. Russia and other European countries were lobbying for a later date and got their wish. Now teams have until noon Eastern on Jan. 7 to make their rosters official. That’s a little extra time to take injuries into account, like Canada with Steven Stamkos.

Through a Hockey Canada spokesman, president and CEO Bob Nicholson said the management team is working hard to be ready to name a roster and this extension gives general manager Steve Yzerman and his staff more time. Hockey Canada has not for-

mally set a date to announce its roster.

The United States will still reveal its roster Jan. 1 in conjunction with the Winter Classic. The women’s team will be announced at the second intermission, while the men’s team will be unveiled after the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings in Ann Arbor, Mich.

“We look forward to celebrating the American player through the announcement of our Olympic teams as part of the NHL Winter Classic,” U.S. hockey executive director Dave Ogrean said. “It will be an extraordinary stage with an Original Six matchup, a record crowd, a worldwide television audience, the great pageantry of the event itself, and of course the unveiling of both our Olympic teams.”

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said on Wednesday that the league and Players’ Association were consulted before the change was made.

Moose Jaw chosen as host of 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts THE CANADIAN PRESS MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Moose Jaw, Sask., will host Canada’s top women’s curlers for the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

The Canadian Curling Association announced the site Wednesday for the Feb. 14-22 event at Mosaic Place, marking the first time the Saskatchewan city will host the Canadian women’s championships.

It’s not the first time

Mosaic Place has hosted world class curling, though — the 2012 Capital One Canada Cup of Curling broke attendance records for the event at the 4,465-seat facility.

For the first time, there will be a pre-qualifying event that will determine the final 12-team field for the Scotties.

Fifteen teams — the 14 member associations and the defending champion from the 2014 Scotties — will be eligible to compete, meaning North-

ern Ontario will make its Scotties debut in Moose Jaw. Four teams will compete in the pre-qualifying round just before round-robin play begins to determine the final two entries.

Moose Jaw has played host to several other major curling events, including the 1983 world women’s championship, the 1979 world junior men’s championship and the 1994 Canadian senior men’s and women’s championships.

STORIES FROM B3 Bills question losing wintery home edge with game in Toronto SERIES: Big saves NFL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker.

With temperatures dropping and snow piling up outside the team’s facility, Johnson wondered who had the bright idea to have Buffalo (4-7) “host” the warm-weather Atlanta Falcons (2-9) inside the climatecontrolled confines of Toronto’s Rogers Centre on Sunday.

“Yeah, they must have fixed the schedule or something out there in Atlanta. It’s supposed to be out here at the Ralph,” Johnson said Wednesday, referring to the Bills home, Ralph Wilson Stadium. “Who put the schedule together to have them come to Toronto?”

Johnson and his teammates are finding themselves at a sudden disadvantage as Buffalo prepares for its annual trip north of the border to resume the “Bills in Toronto” series, which was first established in 2008 and renewed for another five years in January.

The Falcons have been eliminated from playoff contention. The Bills come off their bye week still on the fringes of the AFC post-season hunt. They’re 3-3 at Orchard Park, including a decisive 37-14 win over the New York Jets on Nov. 17.

“It is what it is,” Johnson said. “We can’t really make excuses for it. We can’t complain about it. We just got to go out and try to handle business.”

An added wrinkle to the game is news that Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment — the company that controls the Leafs and NBA Raptors — has aligned itself with New Jersey rocker Jon Bon Jovi to make a push to bring an NFL franchise to Toronto.

One logical option would be the Bills.

In establishing the series, the Bills turned to their neighbours to the north in a bid to expand their region.

The deal provides the Bills a muchneeded boost to their small-market franchise’s revenue base by essentially leasing out a home game to Canadian communications giant, Rogers Communications.

What the Bills lose, however, is a dis-

tinct late-season edge they would normally get playing in the cold and blustery conditions in Buffalo.

“Yeah, we’d love to get them outside in the elements. That would definitely be an advantage,” centre Eric Wood said. “But this is a deal we’ve got to embrace. It’s important to our franchise. You can’t go up there with a bad attitude.”

Like it or not, the Bills are resigned to knowing they have no choice when it comes to making the two-hour trek to Canada’s largest city and financial capital.

It’s a metropolis of more than 5 million residents, where the NHL’s Maple Leafs dominate the sports pages, and a place better known these days for Mayor Rob Ford’s various attention-grabbing troubles.

Wood drew headlines of his own last year after Buffalo’s 50-17 loss to Seattle at Toronto.

Unable to make the trip because of a sprained right knee, Wood grew frustrated watching on TV and seeing the lack of support the Bills got from the crowd.

He called it “a joke,” and added: “Those non-Bills fans that go to the game are just cheering for plays as opposed to cheering for a team. And that kills you.”

Wood was in a more diplomatic mood this week when reminded of his comments.

“It was a heat of the moment-type deal,” he said. “I was excited about the opportunity to go up there and hopefully get a win.

And I’m approaching it the same way this year.”

Getting a win would be a start. The Bills are 1-4 in regular-season games at Toronto, with their lone win a 23-0 victory over Washington in 2011. The series opened with a dud, when Buffalo managed just 163 yards offence in a 16-3 loss to Miami.

Turnout has been an issue in part because of expensive ticket prices and the perennial struggles of a Bills team that’s not made the playoffs since 1999.

Though the first four games were listed as sellouts, Rogers acknowledged the count included thousands of freebies. And those fans that do show up represent the mixed loyalties Canadians have toward the NFL. Though a majority of fans attending games wear Bills jerseys, it’s not uncommon to spot others wearing a wide range of colours — from the Cowboys, to 49ers, and even the CFL Argonauts.

A few minutes later Comrie robbed Alexei Baskov with a glove stab.

“I’m sure he would have liked that first one back but other than that he made some big saves,” said Sutter. “There were two or three times in the second period when their guys got behind our defencemen and he came up big. After he settled in I thought he handled it really well.”

Comrie, who finished with 22 saves, was of the opinion that he could have posted a shutout on a better night.

“I feel I should have had all three of them (goals). It’s tough to lose a game like that but we’re going to come out and win tomorrow,” he said. “I thought our guys played real well in front of me. I thought they were outstanding.

“They were blocking shots, they were physical and they shot the puck a lot. The other goalie was very good, I have to give credit to him.”

Team WHL captain Curtis Lazar of the Oil Kings tipped his hat to the entire Russian squad.

“I have to give the Russians credit,” he said. “We came together as a team tonight and we played hard, but we didn’t get the result we wanted.”

Rebels forward Conner Bleackley was the lone 1996-born player on Team WHL and didn’t look out of place.

“It was fun to get out there and play with the best players in the league,” he said. “Obviously we would have liked to win, but I thought we played well enough to win and the atmosphere in the rink was nice.”

Bleackley managed to get onto the official scoresheet as he was assessed a pair of second-period tripping penalties. He also drew a penalty in the middle frame when he was submarined by Russian defenceman Pavel Koledov.

“I think I’ve taken probably taken three minors all year and I got

penalized twice for tripping,” said Bleackley.

“Those were really bad penalties and I’m glad the boys killed them off. We actually got a shorthanded goal on one of them.”

The Rebels’ top scorer used the game as a measuring stick of sorts.

“It was good to see all the other guys . . . the top guys in the league and see where they’re at and kind of where I fit in,” he said. “I definitely have a long way to go, but it was good.

“The pace was a lot different than in a league game and the Russians play a lot different than any other team in our league. They sat back in the third period and played a trap. You never want to make neutral zone turnovers against them because their transition game is phenomenal.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

FLAMES: Loss Up against Jonathan Toews, Hossa and Sharp for a majority of the game, the Flames’ unit stifled them offensively through the first two periods especially while creating a bunch of scoring chances for themselves.

Calgary opened the scoring at 13:32 of the second period. Stajan found himself some open space in the slot and one-timed a centring pass from Hudler for his fourth goal of the season.

Notes: Hossa returned to the line-up after missing two games for personal reasons... Flames have placed LW TJ Galiardi (back) on injured reserve and recalled LW Max Reinhart from Abbotsford (AHL) ... Calgary D Mark Giordano (broken ankle) is back skating with the club although no return date is known. Teammate LW Curtis Glencross (knee) hopes to be back on the ice next week. The two veterans have missed 16 and nine games respectively ... Flames were coming four days off. Other than the Olympic break, they will not go that long between games the rest of the season.

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Draw for FIFA women’s U20 More than 200 players join championship set for March 1 NHL concussion lawsuit

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Coach Andrew Olivieri says Canada may discover a new Christine Sinclair when it plays host to the FIFA women’s under-20 World Cup this summer.

Olivieri, at city hall to help kick off ticket sales for the Aug. 5-24 event to be held in four Canadian cities, said Wednesday that Canada has a new generation of talent on the rise that can make its name just as Sinclair did at the same event in 2002 in Edmonton.

“Kadeisha Buchanan plays a different role at centre back, so she probably doesn’t get the exposure of a forward who scores a lot of goals,” said Olivieri, in his second year as coach of the national women’s U20 side. “And (fullback) Sura Yekka is only 16.

“The last player who played on the senior team at 16 was Christine. So those could be your next Sinclairs.”

The 2002 tournament was for under-19 players when Sinclair led Canada to a silver medal. The Canadians drew 47,784 spectators — still a tournament record — to Commonwealth Stadium for the final.

“It was a really unbelievable event,” said Carmelina Moscato, a national team defender who was part of Canada’s thrilling run through the 2002 tournament. “It was something that obviously changed our lives, and probably one of the reasons I came back to play was I never really played in an adult championship, that was my only experience to draw on and I wanted to experience something of the sort again. That was a big motivating factor for me.”

The 2014 event will have 16 teams playing the opening round in four groups in Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton and Moncton, N.B. Canada will play its first two games in Toronto and finish off group play at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, which will also play host to the final and bronze medal games.

Winter X Games adding more safety measures to snowmobile event

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The original concussion lawsuit against the NHL included 10 former players, and that number has already grown.

More than 200 players have joined, according to lawyers Steve Silverman and Mel Owens, who are at the forefront of the suit.

Owens, an NFL linebackerturned-disability lawyer said in a phone interview Wednesday that “hundreds” of ex-NHL players are going to become part of the suit, which was filed in U.S. federal court in Washington on Monday.

“These are 10 players, but there’s hundreds of guys that, they’re in the lawsuit,” said Owens, who works for NBO Law in Beverly Hills, Calif. “They just haven’t been named yet. They’re going to be there.”

A list of the 200-plus players was not made available when requested. Sportsnet.ca was the first to report that more than 200 players joined the effort, which began with 10 players: Gary Leeman, Bradley Aitken, Darren Banks, Curt Bennett, Richard Dunn, Warren Holmes, Robert Manno, Blair James Stewart, Morris Titanic and Rick Vaive. Former New York Islanders centre Bob Bourne announced he joined the suit shortly after it was filed.

Leeman and Vaive in recent days have politely declined comment about their involvement, deferring to Silverman

and Owens, who said he did not know how many players would wind up being a part of it.

“I don’t know how many living alumni there are in the NHL that have these significant problems,” Owens said. “I don’t know that. But like in the NFL, it just matured over time. Once the players find out that, ’Oh, there may be hope for me. I might be able to get some help and some treatment to address my quality of life issues,’ I’m sure they’ll be in contact.”

More than 4,500 former NFL players sued that league in a case that Owens said has “parallels” to this one. That settlement was worth US$765 million.

Owens said there wasn’t any recruiting being done to get more players to join the cause.

He sent tweets to several former players informing them of the case beginning Monday.

“All of our business that we’ve ever done has all been by word of mouth. The players are the ones that talk amongst themselves,” he said.

“Once I have knowledge as a player, like you have knowledge and like everybody else has knowledge, the word spreads.

“Back in the ’60s and the ’70s and the ’80s the person with all the knowledge and the power were the owners. They controlled the message.”

In a statement released Monday evening, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly called the subject matter “very serious” and said the league intended to defend the case “vigorously.”

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BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — The Winter X Games will keep the snowmobiling freestyle event as part of its program, adding extra safety precautions following Caleb Moore’s death from injuries he sustained in a crash last January in Aspen.

ESPN, which sanctions and televises the X Games, announced Wednesday that one of the new requirements will be that riders wear body vests. Moore’s 450-pound sled rolled over the top of him after a backflip gone wrong.

He initially walked away from the crash, but developed bleeding around his heart and later died on Jan. 31. It was the first fatality in X Games history.

In addition, the snowmobiles also must now be equipped with “ski springs,” which keep the ski tips facing upward to allow greater ground clearance.

There will be added perimeter protection for fans after a newcomer in the best trick competition fell off his snowmobile with the throttle stuck in January, sending it veering into the crowd. That event has been eliminated from the upcoming Winter X program, which will be held Jan. 23-26.

ESPN said in a statement that changes for the competition came about after working “closely with athletes, risk management specialists and sport organizers in making this determination.”

Soon after Moore’s death, ESPN scratched a snowmobile freestyle demonstration in Tignes, France, so organizers could review their safety procedures.

The Moore family recently said they didn’t want to see Winter X cancel any snowmobile events. Colten Moore, the younger brother of Caleb, also competes in snowmobile events.

“He (Caleb) wouldn’t want them to stop doing what they were doing just because of that,” Caleb’s father, Wade, said in a recent interview. “That’s what has kept Colten going. When I asked him, ’Do you still want to ride?’ He was right quick to say, ’Yeah, I want to ride, because Caleb would want me to ride.”

“It’s just such a good opportunity, especially being able to play games in Toronto,” said Yekka, who made her debut with Canada’s senior side in a 3-0 win over South Korea on Oct. 30. “It’s going to be really exciting, since I’m from the GTA, all my friends and family from Tornoto can come support.”

The draw will be held March 1 in Montreal.

Canadian women’s soccer is still on a high from its bronze-medal performance at the 2012 Olympics in London, when the senior national team gained national attention in a controversial semifinal loss to the United States before defeating France to finish third.

The pressure is on for another medal performance from the under-20s on home turf.

“The game has grown in our country, but it’s also grown around the world quite rapidly,” said Olivieri, a former Montreal Impact goalkeeper. “The competition is fierce.

“In 2002, the public awareness of the women’s game was still fresh and new. It was enlightening to see how well those girls did.

There are greater expectations now, especially after the success of the senior team. This should be a wonderful event.”

It is the first of back-to-back major FIFA events for Canada, which will host the 24-country Women’s World Cup in 2015 in Montreal, Moncton, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Vancouver. Toronto could not take part because it is hosting the 2015 Pan Am Games.

The Canadian Soccer Association is also considering making a bid for the big one — the men’s World Cup — in 2026.

Organizers feel that getting strong fan support and running glitch-free women’s events could help convince FIFA that Canada is ready to put on a World Cup. The bid got enthusiastic support from new Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, the former federal Liberal cabinet minister. He encouraged the CSA to push hard for the 2026 tournament.

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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.

Washington 25 12 11 2 26 76 74 Carolina 25 10 10 5 25 53 70 New Jersey 25 9 11 5 23 53 62 Philadelphia 24 10 12 2 22 52 60 Columbus 25 9 13 3 21 62 75 N.Y. Islanders 25 8 14 3 19 70 85 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 26 18 4 4 40 95 73 St. Louis 24 18 3 3 39 86 51 Colorado 23 17 6 0 34 70 49 Minnesota 26 15 7 4 34 65 61 Nashville 25 13 10 2 28 60 69 Winnipeg 27 12 11 4 28 72 78 Dallas 23 12 9 2 26 67 68 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 27 17 7 3 37 83 71 San Jose 23 15 3 5 35 79 52 Los Angeles 25 16 6 3 35 67 53 Phoenix 25 15 6 4 34 83 79 Vancouver 26 12 9 5 29 67 68 Calgary 24 8 12 4 20 66 87 Edmonton 25 7 16 2 16 65 89 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh 6, Toronto 5, SO Montreal 3, Buffalo 1 Carolina 4, New Jersey 3 Winnipeg 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Ottawa 6, Washington 4 Nashville 4, Columbus 0 Detroit 6, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 4, Philadelphia 2 N.Y. Rangers 5, Florida 2 Phoenix 3, Minnesota 1 St. Louis 4, Colorado 1 Chicago 3, Calgary 2 Los Angeles at San Jose, late Thursday’s Games Vancouver at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Super Series summary Russia 3, WHL 2 First Period 1. WHL, Reinhart 1 (Leipsic, Leier) 0:45 2. Russia, Rudenkov 2 (Bereglazov) 14:36 3. Russia, Barabanov 1 (Skladnichenko, Butuzov) 17:20 Penalties — Kuptsov Rus (holding) 10:56.

Second Period 4. WHL, Leier 1, 2:43 (sh) Penalties — Bleackley WHL (tripping) 2:10, Skutar Rus (tripping) 4:25, Bleackley WHL (tripping) 6:53, Heatherington WHL (tripping) 9:26, Koledov Rus (tripping) 9:39, Shiksatdarov Rus (slashing) 19:15.

Third Period 5. Russia, Baskov 1 (Shcherbak, Delnov) 2:43 Penalties — Barabanov Rus (hooking) 6:15.

Shots on goal Russia 7 10 8 — 25 WHL 14 12 18 — 44 Goal — Russia: Nalimov (W,3-1-0); WHL: Comrie (L).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Russia: 0-3; WHL: 0-5.

Attendance — 6,057 at Red Deer

GF GA 69 52 76 63 69 71 67 52 71 66 74 81 58 86 45 82 GF GA 78 63 53 61

Friday’s Games Winnipeg at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 2 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 2 p.m.

St. Louis at San Jose, 2 p.m.

Montreal at Washington, 3 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s summaries Blackhawks 3, Flames 2 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Cammalleri Cgy (holding) 0:53, Brodie Cgy (delay of game) 5:14, Bollig Chi, McGrattan Cgy (fighting) 15:59.

Second Period 1. Calgary, Stajan 4 (Hudler, Bouma) 13:32 Penalties — Pirri Chi (interference) 10:23.

Third Period 2. Calgary, Monahan 9 (Hudler, Russell) 2:05 3. Chicago, Kane 14 (Saad, Keith) 9:42 4. Chicago, Sharp 9 (Hossa, Hjalmarsson) 10:38 5. Chicago, Kane 15 (Hjalmarsson) 19:42 Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Chicago 10 5 15 — 30 Calgary 10 10 2 — 22 Goal — Chicago: Raanta (W,1-0-0); Calgary: Berra (L,3-5-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Chicago: 0-2; Calgary: 0-1.

Penguins 6, Maple Leafs 5 (SO) First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Conner 1 (Ebbett, Sutter) 1:57 2. Toronto, van Riemsdyk 10 (Phaneuf, Franson) 5:09 (pp) 3. Toronto, Kadri 7 (Fraser) 11:41

Penalties — Despres Pgh (interference) 5:01.

Second Period 4. Toronto, van Riemsdyk 11, 0:13 5. Toronto, Kessel 13 (Bozak) 0:42 6. Pittsburgh, Malkin 5 (Letang, Crosby) 8:27 (pp) 7. Pittsburgh, Letang 5 (Neal, Kunitz) 15:20 (pp) 8. Toronto, Bozak 4 (van Riemsdyk) 19:55 Penalties — Neal Pgh (slashing) 1:31, Kadri Tor (goaltender interference) 3:52, Gunnarsson Tor (interference) 8:17, Phaneuf Tor (roughing), Crosby Pgh (roughing) 10:42, Holland Tor (interference) 14:45.

Third Period 9. Pittsburgh, Neal 7 (Malkin, Letang) 3:46 (pp) 10. Pittsburgh, Malkin 6 (Crosby, Kunitz) 7:41 Penalties — Smithson Tor (holding) 2:12, van Riemsdyk Tor (hooking) 3:18, Malkin Pgh (highsticking) 5:07.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout - Pittsburgh wins 2-0 Toronto — Bozak, miss; Clarkson, miss. Pittsburgh — Jokinen, miss; Crosby, goal; Malkin, goal.

Shots on goal Toronto 10 14 0 0 — 24 Pittsburgh 17 12 17 2 — 48 Goal (shots-saves) — Toronto: Bernier (OT,8-6-2); Pittsburgh: Fleury (11-8), Zatkoff (W,3-2-0)(0:13 second, 13-11).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Toronto: 1-3; Pittsburgh: 3-5.

Senators 6, Capitals 4 First Period 1. Washington, Fehr 2 (Latta) 12:10 2. Ottawa, Ryan 12 (Wiercioch, MacArthur) 13:28 (pp) 3. Washington, Johansson 3 (Brouwer, Ovechkin) 14:06 (pp) 4. Washington, Laich 4 (Ward, Chimera) 14:53 Penalties — Neil Ott (slashing) 9:33, Green Wash (holding) 12:35, Smith Ott (hooking) 13:38, Neil Ott (interference, fighting), Strachan Wash (instigatng, fighting, misconduct) 17:07, Conacher Ott (unsportsmanlike conduct), Green Wash (holding) 18:06.

Second Period 5. Ottawa, Phillips 1 (Turris, Karlsson) 6:36 (pp) 6. Ottawa, Greening 1 (Methot, Karlsson) 10:36 Penalties — Greening Ott, Volpatti Wash (fighting) 2:21, Fehr Wash (tripping) 6:17, Green Wash (hooking) 7:36, Conacher Ott (interference), Volpatti Wash (charging) 11:51, Washington bench (too many men) 13:23.

Third Period 7. Ottawa, Zibanejad 6 (Spezza, Phillips) 6:05 (pp) 8. Washington, Carlson 6 (Ward) 16:33 (pp) 9. Ottawa, Smith 4 (Neil) 17:37 10. Ottawa, Ryan 13, 19:47 (en) Penalties — Fehr Wash (tripping) 5:34, Phillips Ott (interference) 7:04, Grabovski Wash (tripping) 8:54, Smith Ott (kneeing) 16:30.

Shots on goal Ottawa 11 19 11 — 41 Washington 18 3 12 — 33 Goal — Ottawa: Anderson (W,6-7-2); Washington: Holtby (L,10-8-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Ottawa: 3-6; Washington: 2-4.

Canadiens 3, Sabres 1 First Period 1. Montreal, Galchenyuk 6 (Markov, Eller) 17:21 Penalties — Galchenyuk Mtl (double high-sticking) 7:54, Moulson Buf (tripping) 19:16.

Second Period 2. Montreal, Desharnais 2 (Subban, Markov) 13:44 (pp) 3. Buffalo, Moulson 9 (Stafford) 17:30 Penalties — Foligno Buf (roughing) 12:25.

Third Period 4. Montreal, Gallagher 9 (Desharnais, Markov) 18:16 (pp) Penalties — Murray Mtl, Scott Buf (fighting) 6:34, Myers Buf (boarding) 11:17, Ennis Buf (interference) 17:02.

Shots on goal Montreal 9 7 15 — 31 Buffalo 5 9 11 — 25 Goal — Montreal: Price (W,10-8-2); Buffalo: Miller (L,4-15-0).

Football

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Claimed F Matt D’Agostini off waivers from Pittsburgh.

Placed RW Corey Tropp on waivers for assignment to Rochester (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed D Jonathan Ericsson to a six-year contract extension.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Agreed to terms with assistant general manager Rick Dudley on a multiyear contract extension. Reassigned D Magnus Nygren to Farjestad BK (Swedish Hockey League).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed C Stephen Gionta on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 23. Recalled D Seth Helgeson from Albany (AHL), then returned him to Albany.

PHOENIX COYOTES — Recalled F Chris Brown and D Connor Murphy from Portland (AHL). Announced D Rostislav Klesla cleared waivers and will report to Portland (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled F Dana Tyrell from Syracuse (AHL).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed F Frederik Gauthier to a three-year entry level contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Tyson Strachan from Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Recalled F Jeremy Langlois from Evansville (ECHL).

ECHL SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Signed G David LeNeveu.

Central Hockey Legue DENVER CUTTHROATS — Signed D Jeff Neitenbach.

ST. CHARLES CHILL — Signed D Brock Wilson.

WICHITA THUNDER — Announced Oklahoma City (AHL) assigned F Erick Lizon to the team. Announced the retirement of D Travis Wight.

BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP Joe Smith on a three-year contract. Designated RHP Juan Gutierrez for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Claimed OF Rafael Ortega off waivers from Colorado.

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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.

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● 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.

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.

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.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 6 8 .429 — Philadelphia 6 10 .375 1 Boston 6 11 .353 1 1/2 Brooklyn 4 11 .267 2 1/2 New York 3 10 .231 2 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 12 3 .800 — Atlanta 8 8 .500 4 1/2 Washington 7 8 .467 5 Charlotte 7 9 .438 5 1/2 Orlando 6 9 .400 6 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 14 1 .933 — Chicago 7 7 .500 6 1/2 Detroit 6 9 .400 8 Cleveland 4 11 .267 10 Milwaukee 2 12 .143 11 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 13 2 .867 — Houston 11 5 .688 2 1/2 Dallas 10 6 .625 3 1/2 Memphis 8 7 .533 5 New Orleans 6 8 .429 6 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 13 3 .813 — Oklahoma City 10 3 .769 1 1/2 Denver 8 6 .571 4 Minnesota 8 9 .471 5 1/2 Utah 2 14 .125 11 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 10 5 .667 — Golden State 9 7 .563 1 1/2 Phoenix 8 7 .533 2 L.A. Lakers 8 8 .500 2 1/2 Sacramento 4 9 .308 5

Golden State 102, New Orleans 101 Wednesday’s Games Orlando 105, Philadelphia 94 Indiana 99, Charlotte 74 L.A. Lakers 99, Brooklyn 94 Memphis 100, Boston 93 Miami 95, Cleveland 84 Chicago 99, Detroit 79 Denver 117, Minnesota 110 Houston 113, Atlanta 84 Oklahoma City 94, San Antonio 88 Washington 100, Milwaukee 92, OT Dallas 103, Golden State 99 Phoenix 120, Portland 106 New York at L.A. Clippers, late Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games San Antonio at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Miami at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Houston, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Washington at Indiana, 6 p.m.

New York at Denver, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Red Deer Ladies Basketball Spartans 72 Xpress 31 Spart: Sam Eggink 19. Xpr: Karley Waisanen 9.

POG: Spart — Cassie Stewart. Xpr — Waisanen.

Hoosier Daddy 53 The Bank 27 Hoos: Kristy Landry 14. Bank: Karla Hoffman 8.

POG: Hoos — Karalee Kaiser. Bank — Ciana Cameron.

Storm 52 Rampage 21 Storm: Cali Payne 16. Ram: Kelsey Wilson 9.

POG: Storm — Rebecca Girvan. Ram — Wilson.

Big Ballers over Young Guns, default

Tuesday’s Games Washington 116, L.A. Lakers 111 Brooklyn 102, Toronto 100 Orlando 109, Atlanta 92

UFC UFC fighter Shane del Rosario has suffered a heart attack and is in critical condition at a Southern California hospital.

Manager Jason House released a statement Wednesday saying Del Rosario had a cata-

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House says Del Rosario was resuscitated in the emergency room and his heart rate and blood pressure was stabilized, but his condition remained critical Wednesday afternoon.

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National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Boston 25 16 7 2 34 Tampa Bay 25 16 8 1 33 Detroit 26 12 7 7 31 Montreal 25 14 9 2 30 Toronto 25 14 9 2 30 Ottawa 25 10 11 4 24 Florida 26 7 14 5 19 Buffalo 26 5 20 1 11 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 26 16 9 1 33 N.Y. Rangers 25 13 12 0 26

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Guay shakes off rust for fastest training run at Lake Louise World Cup race LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Erik Guay skied hard and leaned into the finish line, even though it was the first of three training runs for the opening downhill race of the season.

Some racers take it easier in early training runs at World Cups and come out of their racing tuck before the finish area. Guay’s intensity Wednesday drew ribbing from a couple of European competitors along the lines of “save it for race day.”

The Canadian’s response was a little salty, but the gist of it was he didn’t care. The 32-year-old from MontTremblant, Que., was fastest in the first training run of the 2013-14 season. The first World Cup downhill race is Saturday in Lake Louise, Alta.

Knee surgery in July kept Guay from participating in the Canadian team’s summer glacier camps. The 2011 world downhill champion didn’t get back on snow until earlier this month and he arrived at the Alberta resort thinking he had catching up to do.

“I wanted to go hard. I’m surprised that I’m fast,” Guay said. “I didn’t think I’d be winning the run. That’s why I was tucking until the end.

“I haven’t skied seven months in the summer. There’s going to be a certain amount of mileage you need to find that race pace. I think there’s room for improvement, but technically I skied really well. For a first day, it doesn’t get any better.”

Guay’s time was one minute 50 seconds, which was two-tenths of a second faster than Steven Nyman of the U.S. Patrick Kueng of Switzerland was third in 1:50.29.

Vancouver’s Manuel Osborne-Paradis finished sixth and Calgary’s Jan Hudec 10th in what they said were the best weather and snow conditions they’ve ever had at Lake Louise, although flurries are forecasted for Saturday’s downhill and Sunday’s superG. Norway’s Axel Lund Svindal, a double winner at Lake Louise last year, was 16th.

Hudec won the downhill at Lake Louise in 2007 and Osborne-Paradis the super-G in 2009. Guay earned downhill silver in 2003 and with 19 World Cup medals, he is one away from tying the Canadian record of 20 held by Steve Podborski.

Guay also won the overall World Cup super-G crown in 2010.

Edi Podivinsky’s bronze in 1992 was the last time a Canadian man won an

Olympic medal in alpine skiing. Guay has come agonizingly close to ending that drought. He was fourth in super-G in 2006 and fifth in both downhill and super-G in 2010.

Guay remains a medal contender at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. He’s dealt with recurring knee and back issues in recent years, so his priority is to stay healthy and be skiing fast in February.

“There’s still plenty of time to build up and not be too hard on myself if the result’s not quite there Saturday,” Guay said. “That being said, the goals are to be fast.”

Guay and his wife Karen have two daughters and are expecting a third child March 21. Guay may be short on preparation for this important season of racing, but he also has a dozen years of racing experience from which to draw.

“I think that I’m old enough that I can rely on my experience,” he said.

“I don’t need months of training in the summer.”

“The side I’m learning a lot about is the sport psych side of it. It’s not just physical, it’s not just technical. A huge part of it is mental and how you approach it, perspectives and goals and ambitions that you set for yourself. I’ve always been competitive and wanted to win.”

Lake Louise was once a glider’s course, but there are wrinkles built into this year’s track, according to Hudec.

“Tons of new terrain,” he said.

“Now they’re adding one piece of new terrain every gate like a roll or a dip or a side hill. Some of the gates even have two or three in one turn. You really can’t lose concentration.

“It makes it more challenging mentally, but physically as well. You see that today with guys flying all over the place on these bumps.”

As the host country, Canada can enter seven men in this weekend’s World Cup races. There were nine participating in training Wednesday.

Conrad Pridy of Whistler, B.C., was 26th and Jeffrey Frisch of Mont-Tremblant, Que., finished 29th. Ben Thomsen of Whistler was 47th and Dustin Cook of Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que., finished 54th. Conrad’s brother Morgan was 73rd and Robbie Dixon, also of Whistler, was 75th.

Calgary’s John Kucera, the 2009 world downhill champion and winner of the super-G at Lake Louise in 2006, is not racing this week because of vestibular neuritis, an inner ear condition that causes vertigo and nausea.

Big names keep on rolling in Champions League SOCCER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Ninetime winner Real Madrid qualified for the Champions League’s last 16 alongside Manchester United and Paris SaintGermain on Wednesday, while Juventus kept alive its chances of reaching the knockout stages.

Madrid, which only needed a draw at home to Galatasaray to clinch top spot in Group B, won 4-1 with goals from Gareth Bale, Alvaro Arbeloa, Angel Di Maria and Isco.

Juventus claimed its first win of the campaign and moved into second place in the same group with a 3-1 victory over Copenhagen as Arturo Vidal scored a hat-trick.

The Bianconeri kept their destiny in their own hands and a draw away to Galatasaray on the final matchday will be enough for the Italian champions to advance.

United qualified from Group A with an emphatic 5-0 win at Bayer Leverkusen and PSG secured top spot in Group C with a 2-1 win against Olympiakos.

“To come to Germany and get a such a good result — Leverkusen are second in the Bundesliga behind Bayern Munich — it gives an idea of where our performance and result stood,” United coach David Moyes said.

On a night when all the big clubs won, defending champion Bayern Munich set a new Champions League record by winning its 10th successive game in the competition with a 3-1 win at CSKA Moscow.

It equaled Barcelona’s 2002-03 record with nine

in a row three weeks ago.

Bayern, the only team left in the tournament with a 100 per cent record, overcame freezing temperatures to come out on top of an entertaining match. Bayern leads Group D with 15 points, three more than Manchester City after the Blues won 4-2 against last-place Viktoria Plzen. Bayern and City, who had already qualified, will be vying for the group supremacy in two weeks in Germany.

Despite Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence and Sergio Ramos’s sending off after just 26 minutes, Madrid played superbly in the second half, scoring three goals to add to Bale’s opener.

Ramos was sent off for a foul on Umut Bulut, but Madrid looked unfazed as Bale opened the scoring with an exquisite free kick from 30 metres in the 37th minute.

Bulut equalized right away but the Turkish club wilted in the second half at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium as Madrid joined fellow Spanish teams Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in the round of 16. Chelsea also advanced on Tuesday night despite losing 1-0 against Basel.

“The second half was very good. The coach made all the right changes. Many people say that we depend on players like Xabi Alonso or Cristiano Ronaldo but we showed we can win because of the way others play,” said Arbeloa.

United played its most accomplished match of the season against a poor Leverkusen team to claim its biggest away success since the Champions League format was introduced in 1992-93.

Playing without star striker Robin Van Persie and defender Nemanja

Vidic, United had been expected to struggle against the German team.

Instead, they cruised.

“That was a really tough evening for us,” Leverkusen midfielder Simon Rolfes said. “The second goal broke down our morale a bit although we actually had a decent start to the game.

After the third goal, the game was over.”

Antonio Valencia put United ahead in the 22nd minute, Emir Spahic’s own goal in the 30th doubled United’s lead and Jonny Evans got the third in the 65th. Chris Smalling steered home the fourth in the 77th and Nani completed the rout in the 88th. United has 11 points before its final match against secondplace Shakhtar Donetsk, which beat Real Sociedad 4-0 to move onto eight points. Leverkusen has seven points while Real Sociedad has one point and is eliminated.

It was a good evening for the Manchester clubs as Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko scored in the final 12 minutes to earn City a 4-2 victory over Plzen, keeping alive the English team’s slim hopes of finishing top of Group D. In Moscow, Arjen Roben fired Bayern in front midway through the firsthalf before Mario Gotze made it 2-0 with a solo effort early in the second half. Keisuke Honda was a constant threat after the interval and converted a penalty in the 61st minute as CSKA pulled one back. But Thomas Muller also scored from the spot to restore a twogoal lead for Bayern four minutes later.

Vidal broke the deadlock for Juventus in the 28th minute from the penalty spot after Lars Jacobsen had handled in the area.

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FRONT CHRISTMAS AT VICTORIA PARK The independent retirement community of Victoria Park is hosting a Christmas bazaar and fundraiser for the Red Deer Salvation Army this weekend. Located at 9 Avery St. in Red Deer, the bazaar will include crafts created by residents, a white elephant table, baked goods, handmade cards, the Nut Man, Avon, Mary Kay, Scentsy products and more. Apple cider and cookies will be served and pictures with Santa Claus will be available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a donation.

The event takes place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call Victoria Park at 403309-1957 or visit www. victoria-parks.com.

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Deadly fall examined

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

FATALITY INQUIRY

An inquiry into the death of a 47-yearold wheelchair-bound man began in Red Deer with two Parkland Community Living and Supports Society employees taking the stand.

Richard David Jacknife, 47, of Red Deer died a week after he fell down the basement stairs of the group home where he lived. The fall took place on Nov. 4, 2010, and he died on Nov. 11, 2010, at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.

Jacknife suffered two strokes in 2009.

He recovered from the one in January but the second stroke in February left him confined to a wheelchair.

New practices to accommodate his new condition had to be put into place starting in March 2009. These included putting locks on doors to the basement in the hopes of preventing falls.

Wednesday was the start of the threeday fatality inquiry in Red Deer provincial

court before Judge Gordon Yake.

Daniel Verstrate, Parkland Community Living and Supports Society chief operating officer, took the stand to talk about the numerous reports created in light of the incident. On top of the report created by Parkland, there were reports created by Persons with Developmental Disabilities Alberta and the Protection of Person and Care Association. Both Verstrate and Alicia Congdon, a behavioural consultant with Parkland, said they had not seen the PDD report until just a few weeks prior to the inquiry.

Immediately following Jacknife’s fall, the locks on the doors were changed. Before the fall, they were designed to allow the person who lived in the basement of Jacknife’s group home to move about the house freely. The lock would unlock when someone from the basement turned the handle, but from the top of the stairs you needed a key to access the basement. The

new lock had a push button from the basement to unlock it and the button had to be pushed in from upstairs to ensure it would lock. There were orange signs saying the doors must be locked and closed on either side of the door and sheets of paper staff had to initial when they went downstairs and then up again.

Verstrate was asked by William Olthuis of Alberta Justice why they didn’t set up an alarm to ensure the door was closed. He replied that they would prefer to have their clients feel at home and not treated like they were warehoused. He said an alarm sounding every time the door opens doesn’t lend itself to a feeling of home.

There was also discussion of having an auto-closing door, but Verstrate said some clients take a little longer to go through the doorway and having a door close that could knock them over before they had the chance to get through would not be safe.

The inquiry continues today with more testimony from Parkland Community Living and Supports Society employees. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR More than 150 exhibitors are ready to set up shop as the Westerner Park kicks off the Christmas season.

Over the weekend when the calendar turns from November to December, Westerner Park, at 4847A 19th St. in Red Deer, will have all sorts of booths showcasing clothing, home décor, gourmet treats, pet products, Christmas decorations and wreaths, art and pottery, and much more. Admission to the event is a non-perishable food item or cash donation to the Red Deer Food Bank or the Red Deer Christmas Bureau. The event takes place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Prairie Pavilion.

For more information, contact Kaley Segboer at 403-309-0209 or by email at ksegboer@westerner. ab.ca.

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ACTIVITY GUIDE COMING Red Deer’s Winter 2014 community services activity and program guide goes live on the city’s website at 8 a.m. on Dec. 2. It will also be delivered to homes in Red Deer County on Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 and to Red Deer homes on Dec. 6.

Copies can be picked up on or after Dec. 6 at City Hall, the Collicutt Centre, Culture Services Centre, G.H. Dawe Community Centre and the Recreation Centre. Registration for all city programs in the guide begins at 8 a.m. on Dec. 10. Step-by-step instructions on how to register online, as well as a new features guide, are available at www.reddeer. ca/looknbook. For more information, call 403-3098411.

Red Deer Emergency Services fire-medic Art Kitchener inspects supplies on an ambulance at Station 1. The province is examining the use of ambulances to conduct inter-facility transfers.

Ambulance review embraced PROVINCE TO EXAMINE HOSPITAL TRANSFERS

BY PAUL COWLEY AND CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Emergency Services says a provincial review of how ambulances are deployed is welcomed.

How, or if, that will change the way local ambulance services are offered remains an open question.

Deputy Fire Chief Greg Adair said ambulance providers provincewide have raised the issue of whether routine hospital transfers are the best use of ambulances.

“It’s all part of using emergency ambulances for appropriate work. I would say there’s a global questioning of why are we doing that.

“Is that the best utilization of resources?”

Adair supports efforts to take a look at the ambulance system to find more efficiencies.

“It’s always good to review this stuff so we’re looking forward to the review.”

It is difficult to predict if a review will

lead to changes in how local ambulance service is delivered. Red Deer provides five ambulances.

Red Deer Emergency Services, and the province’s other ambulance providers, are in the midst of long-term contract negotiations with Alberta Health Services.

“So I don’t know what that means and what that final contract will look like, and whether it will change the way we do business.”

Alberta Health Services is looking at a different way of transferring patients without tying up fully equipped ambulances.

The Alberta government is apparently considering turning over one-third of the 400,000 ambulance calls each year to someone else.

Using private contractors is one option that has been floated to handle inter-hospital transfers, which are often trips from long-term care homes to hospitals for diagnostic tests.

Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer said it is significant that the province is making the distinction between emergency ambulance

City still working to clear roads after snowy November

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After Mother Nature dumps a large amount of snow on Red Deer, much of it gets collected and redumped at one of the city’s two snow storage sites.

Snow has long been stored in the city’s northwest in Edgar Industrial Park; a second site was added about a decade ago south of Delburne Road on 40th Avenue.

Those sites are already piled high due to the over 60 cm of wintry precipitation that has fallen on Red Deer so far in November.

In an average year, the city hires 16 to 24 trucks to haul snow from Prior-

service and inter-facility transfers.

“I think there is an acknowledgement of that from the province. I take that as a positive step,” said Veer, adding she hopes it leads to further discussions.

Health Minister Fred Horne promised on Tuesday to establish a working group to review concerns about the consolidation of ambulance dispatch services.

It has been an issue in many communities, especially those that offer integrated fire and ambulance services such as Red Deer.

There have also been complaints in some communities that the ongoing plan to consolidate dispatch into three centres has led to longer response times.

Veer said communities with integrated services presented a solid front at the recent Alberta Urban Municipalities Association conference.

They are “absolutely resolute” in their stance that maintaining regional dispatch service is vital to operating integrated systems efficiently. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Million-dollar centennial legacy

ity 1-4 plows to the dump sites. As the city has grown over the years, the piles formed at the sites simply keep getting pushed higher.

And residents wishing to maintain the weather-induced high of summer should avoid the sites during that scant season, as the last remnants of the white stuff-turned brown and grey stuff typically remain until August.

When melting does occur, solids and suspended particulate matter settles into a detention pond, while the melted water will either go into the storm sewer system or into a ditch before eventually making its way into Piper Creek.

In celebrating 100, Olds College raised a million.

The college has spent 2013 celebrating its centennial, with 12 signature events held between February and October. On the weekend, a net surplus of $1,075,000 from the events was revealed by way of a cheque presentation to the college in support of its Centennial Entrepreneurial Legacy Fund.

Thousands of students, alumni and guests attended the dozen events, which included an international plowing competition, a rodeo, and the launch of the school’s Calgary campus. Overall, the events raised about $5 million in revenue, while expenses related to the celebrations totalled around $4 million.

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Two heavy earth movers make their way up the pile of snow in the snow dump south of the City of Red Deer landfill Wednesday. The city has a second snow dump north of 67 street at the Edgar Industrial area. tion of 103 vintage cars and trucks from Calgary-area businessman Jack Anderson’s collection, held in June. That event raised more than $1.1 million for the cause.

The centennial surplus will go towards funding entrepreneurial activities at Olds College, starting in 2014.

The goal of the initiative is to position the institution “to be indisputably rec-

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Five agencies joined forces near the Crimson Lake Road and Hwy 11 intersection for six hours.

Officers concentrated on impaired driving, violations under the Wildlife Act and Traffic Safety Act, and safety-related offences.

Some of the offences included six under the Wildlife Act, three under the Gaming and Liquor Act and one distracted driving offence.

Members of the Rocky RCMP Detachment, Alberta Fish and Wildlife and Conservation officers, Alberta Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Clearwater Country Highway Patrol and Rocky Mountain House peace officers took part in the CheckStop.

Local enforcement agencies will continue to participate in joint CheckStops in the Rocky Mountain House area into the Christmas season.

Penhold streets closed off after natural gas leak Two streets in Penhold were barricaded and traffic was diverted after a skid steer hit a gas riser, releasing levels of explosive gas on Tuesday afternoon.

The incident occurred at 2 p.m. in the 1200 block of Hwy 2A. Crews from ATCO gas isolated the leak.

Fire crews ventilated a building adjacent to the incident for 30 minutes to bring explosive readings to zero and return oxygen levels to normal, said Penhold Fire Chief Jim Pendergast.

Fire officials left the scene by 3 p.m.

ATCO recommends that equipment operators do visual checks prior to operating machinery and that posts be in place to protect gas risers.

ognized as Canada’s entrepreneurial college.”

Kerry Moynihan, general manager of the centennial effort, said the goal throughout was to raise at least $1 million for the fund while celebrating the college’s history and fostering civic pride. Exposure from the events has also seen enrolment go up by 16 per cent over two years, he said.

combe force found that it fully complied with the provincial standards. Deputy Justice Minister Tim Grant said the compliance was noteworthy due to the Lacombe force being relatively small.

Provincial reviews of the 12 police forces in Alberta began in 2006. Each of the police services is reviewed once per four-year cycle, with all forces held to the same standards.

“This is a reflection of the dedication and hard work of our members and support staff, current and former, who have embraced our vision of community partnership and truly strived to be the best police service for our community,” said Lacombe Police Chief Steve Murray.

The Lacombe Police Service has served the city since 1910.

“We had worldwide branding, the community feels good about itself, and we ended up with a million-dollar profit. It doesn’t get any better,” said Moynihan.

Approximately 700 volunteers were involved in the centennial celebrations, and more than 22,000 participants and spectators took in the events.

ing cash.

Sixteen communities will share $1 million worth of prize grants as part of the program.

The grand prize is $100,000 in arena upgrades with an NHL pre-season game played there.

Another community can win $100,000 in arena upgrades and two stand to win $50,000 and 12 others $25,000.

Community submissions will be accepted from Jan. 1 to Feb. 9. The winner usually announced in late March or early April.

The Town of Bentley used $25,000 it won in the 2011 Hockeyville competition towards renovating its 1960s-era arena.

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“In September we basically regrade and pick up all the debris — all the sand materials, debris, garbage that we collect on the streets — and we dispose of that,” explained Greg Sikora, public works department manager on Wednesday.

The city started working on clearing collector roadways that run through residential areas on Monday. The work on the 149 km of Priority 4 roads is expected to be completed in less than 20 days, with two crews working six days a week.

More snow has already fallen in November than the city would typically see by the end of January. While wary of making any prediction on whether any further winter weather wrath will hit the city and impact snow clearing efforts, Sikora said it is possible some typical plowing actions might occur earlier than usual this winter.

“If in December we roll into a Priority 6, which is a residential plow, which typically we do in late January or early February, we’d be advancing that into this budget cycle which would mean we’re doing two residential plows (in the calendar year).

“We would be spending more than our budget had in place,” he said.

The 2013 snow and ice removal budget was set at $3.43 million, according to Sikora, up from $3.15 million in 2012.

The last Priority 6 residential plow of over 200 km of roadways at the beginning of the year cost about $565,000, he said.

Over the past decade, Sikora said residential plows have occurred on average about once every two years.

If the 2013 budget number is exceeded, funds can be taken from other units within the Public Works Department or from within the Development Services Division. A contingency reserve fund had been used in 2011 and 2012, but was scrapped by council during a snow and ice control policy review last year. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

The Lacombe Police Service has earned plaudits from the province for its ongoing work policing the community.

The force was presented with a compliance certificate from the Alberta Justice audits and compliance branch this week “in recognition of the high standard of policing services” it provides.

Every four years, the department audits every municipal police service in the province to check for compliance on Alberta policing standards.

More than 450 individual standards in 170 areas of responsibility are assessed.

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Theft of innocence THERE’S TOO MUCH HAPPENING IN THE BOOK THIEF FOR ONE MOVIE TO BEAR The Book Thief Two stars (out of four) Rated: PG The Book Thief curiously makes the Grim Reaper a central figure, an unseen narrator with the plummy tones of British actor Roger Allam and a deceivingly benign aspect.

The spectral storyteller wants to tell us about preteen German girl Liesel, played

by Quebec’s Sophie Nélisse (Monsieur Lazhar), who briefly interrupts his Second World War killing spree: “She caught me, and I cared.”

We hardly need the Reaper to remind us that life is fragile and fleeting, especially in a film built around the Nazi Holocaust. It’s creepy and a PETER bit distracting — who or what HOWELL is the movie about, exactly?

Maybe it’s unfair to fault director Brian Percival (TV’s Downton Abbey) for having Death recollect, since the same device was used by author Markus Zusak for his popular young-adult novel of the same name.

Yet what works on the page rarely translates directly to the screen. And The Book Thief has other problems that are only partially mitigated by the mighty acting of Nélisse, who is in almost every carefully composed frame. She gets very good support from Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson, who play Liesel’s adoptive parents Hans and Rosa.

Percival and screenwriter Michael Petroni (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) seem intent on packing a miniseries’ worth of events into a movie that clocks in at just over two hours.

Set in the years bracketing the start of the Second World War, the narrative rushes through Nazi book burnings, Kristallnacht, the roundup of Jews and Hitler’s fury over the Olympic triumph of Jesse Owens, a surface treatment of major events that barely conveys the horror of the times.

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Liesel (Sophie Nélisse) reads to Max (Ben Schnetzer), who’s hiding in her home.

Perhaps this is necessary for a story designed for younger readers, although the movie seems directed at an older audience, Oscar voters among them.

Originally intended for early 2014, The Book Thief has been rushed into release to qualify for the current season of gold, although the effort will likely have been for naught.

And what of the book thief of the title? It’s more of a subplot concern, referring to young Liesel’s penchant for nicking reading matter of all kinds (including a gravedigger’s manual) in her determination to rid herself of the illiteracy that has made her the schoolyard joke of Molching, her small (and fictional) German town.

She’s brought there at the film’s outset, after her communist mother, persecuted by the Nazis, surrenders her to the state-mandated care of Hans and Rosa.

Happy-go-lucky Hans treats Liesel like a daughter. Bitter Rosa views her as a paid obligation. The family’s hidden Jewish guest Max (Ben Schnetzer), meanwhile, sees Liesel as an angel of mercy, because she reads to him during his dark days of soli-

Mandela biopic marks new chapter for Elba BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — When portraying South African revolutionary Nelson Mandela in the biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Idris Elba embraced the harsh realities of Mandela’s life and was determined to stay in character even when the cameras stopped rolling.

But the British actor knew his latest movie wouldn’t be believable unless his fellow actors could deliver a performance as raw as his own — so he pushed them to embrace uncomfortable realties, too.

Elba recounted one such instance when he was shooting scenes that focused on Mandela’s 27 years in jail under white minority rule. During the filming, he sensed that a couple of white actors were struggling to portray the brutality in which Mandela was treated.

“They felt bad. ... I could see it in their eyes. I spoke to director (Justin Chadwick) and I said, ‘I need these guys to go back to their core. If there is any sense of racism in them I need them to bring it up. If there is a black person that they don’t like let me hear it and feel it,”’ said Elba intently, leaning in during a recent interview in a dim Hollywood bar.

“That was important because it would come through in the performance and suddenly it becomes the biopic that’s safe.”

Safe would not be the word to describe Mandela the man, or the movie. While it shows him as the genial peacemaker that the world embraced when he was freed from prison and became South Africa’s first black president, it also shows him as a fiery and flawed revolutionary who sought to abolish apartheid through any means necessary as leader as the

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Chadwick called Idris brave and lauded his portrayal of Mandela.

“There are not many people who would step into the shoes of Mandela, particularly the way I was making the movie,” he said. “There was no room for any untruth. When you are standing in front of thousands of people portraying their leader that they know so well you’d better be on it, and Idris was on it.”

Elba did not have a chance to speak to the 95-yearold icon because of his failing health. But he drew on the mannerisms of his late father to help him with his interpretation of Mandela. He also spoke to a few of Mandela’s daughters and his second wife, Winnie, who was also a powerful figure in the anti-apartheid movement.

“Winnie said it’s all good to see a guy who is waving and smiling,” said Elba. “But she needed to see the complex man.”

Based on Mandela’s autobiography, the film, which opens Friday, has been in the works for years.

Denzel Washington was the original choice for the role.

“But at some point the DNA changed and it didn’t work for him to do the film, so my name was thrown in that mix,” said Elba.

“In actuality it was really easy to get the job, but I didn’t believe that I had gotten it.”

Once reality set in, so did Elba’s nerves.

“I was like, ‘Damn, do I have this performance in me?”’ the 41-year-old actor said.

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Actress Sarah Gadon and journalist/hip-hop artist Wab Kinew round out the new panel for the annual CBC Radio event, in which each celebrity debates the merits of a different novel.

The field is whittled down until a winner is declared.

The theme of the 2014 debates, which kick off in March, is about inspiring social change in Canada.

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The panellists chose the books from a short list of 10, which was determined by fans.

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Another male admirer is well-scrubbed Aryan neighbour kid Rudy (Nico Liersch), who not-so-secretly adores Liesel. He wants to protect her from the town bully, although she’s pretty good at defending herself. Rudy also wants Liesel to be his girlfriend.

It’s all too much for the movie to bear, but Nélisse seriously impresses as Liesel, an unsuspecting witness to history obligated by circumstance to grow up fast and hard.

One relatively novel aspect of The Book Thief is that it shows us the onset of the Second World War through the eyes of regular Germans.

What at first seems like the concerns of far-off cities and angry politicians inexorably comes to Molching. Characters who espouse no hatred towards the Jews or anyone else find themselves forced to join the German army or the Hitler Youth.

In this way, The Book Thief points to a larger crime: the theft of innocence.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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What a better way to start December than with Westerner Park’s 28th annual Christmas Bazaar. This event will take place on Saturday, November 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Prairie Pavilion at Westerner Park. With more than 150 exhibitors, the event will showcase everything from clothing to home décor, gourmet treats, pet products, Christmas decorations and wreaths, art and pottery and much more! Admission is a non-perishable food item or cash donation to the Red Deer Food Bank or the Red Deer Christmas Bureau. Over the years, thousands of dollars and food have been donated to both of these meaningful charities. Westerner Park’s Christmas Bazaar is organized as a community contribution event and is produced by the Westerner Park staff. Pictured here is Edson glass artist Julie Van Ember working a small owl shaped glass bead on her torch.

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Friday ● Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society offers several upcoming events. On Nov. 29, there will be a Victorian Christmas Dinner at Cronquist House at 6:30 p.m. featuring roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, roast duck and sage and onion dressing, mince pies, and English sponge cake, for a cost of $40 per person. Contact the Cronquist House for tickets. And, on Dec. 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. the International Christmas Tea will be held at the Cronquist House. Enjoy a delicious array of ethnic desserts and hot beverages for $10 cash only. Reservations recommended. For information, registrations, tickets, and reservations, contact Delores at 403-3460055, or rdchs@telus.net. ● Red Deer AMA will be supporting the Red Deer Christmas Bureau at both locations. Drop off cash and or toys until Dec. 6 to support families in need in the community. Phone 403-342-6721, or 403-342-6632. ● Spirit of Sylvan Yuletide Festival and Market will take place on Nov. 29 and 30 at the Sylvan Lake Arena and Multiplex. There will be a Christmas Farmers’ Market, Christmas tree displays, silent and live auctions, raffles, hockey games, entertainment by local and regional musicians, visits from Santa Claus, skate with mascots, gingerbread house competition, skating club Spirit of Christmas performance, learn to curl classes and more. Free admission. To find out more, see http://spiritofsylvanyuletide.com/ or see Facebook. ● Red Deer Association for Bicycle Commuting Annual General Meeting will be held on Nov. 29, 7 p.m. in the boardroom at the downtown RCMP offices. On the agenda will be annual reports, election of officers and setting priorities for the coming year. Contact Greg at greg.neiman. blog@gmail.com. ● Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society presents Sound of Music on Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1, 6, 7, 8, 13 and 14 at Ponoka United Church. Tickets now on sale. Call 403-783-4087. ● Coming up at Alberta Sports Hall of Fame are several events. On Nov. 29, the Annual RBC Jersey Day will be offered. Students, teachers, workers, and all Canadians are encouraged to wear their favourite jersey to school, work, or play.

Submit photos to info@ashfm.ca for a chance to be featured on the website. On Nov. 30 the Annual RBC Sports Day in Canada will be held. Teachers are invited to challenge their classrooms to be active, and enter to be eligible to win a free trip to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. See http://ashfm.ca/ education-program-sports-day-contest. Enter by Dec. 5. Winter Night at the Museum Sleepover will be offered from Jan. 2 at 5:30 p.m. to Jan. 3 at 10 a.m. with the theme of Winter Olympics. There will be indoor and outdoor activities, crafts, and Olympic fun for children ages seven to 11 years. See www.ashfm.ca/events, or phone 403-341-8614. ● Drop-in Pre-school Storytime is offered from 10 to 10:45 a.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the children’s department. Stories, songs, and crafts for three to five year olds. Phone 403-346-4688. ● Watch the best ski and snowboard films and send deserving youth from Youth and Volunteer Centre for a day of skiing of snowboarding in the mountains from proceeds of the Pursuit Adventure and Travel Ski and Snowboard Film Festival on Nov. 28 and 29 at Scott Block Theatre. Tickets cost $15, or $25 for both nights from pursuitfilmfest. ca. Doors open at 6 p.m.; shows at 7 p.m. ● Royal Canadian Legion in Sylvan Lake offers pizza night on Nov. 29 with all money going to the Poppy Fund along with the Triple Meat Draw.

Pizza will be served at 6 p.m. for $3 a slice or two slices for $5. Karaoke night will be held on Dec. 14, 7 p.m. and a Christmas Raffle for a fireplace donated by Canadian Tire will be held on Dec. 20.

Raffle tickets cost three tickets for $5.

Phone 403-348-0540. ● Salon du livre/French language Book Fair will be held at Ecole la Prairie on Nov. 29 from 8:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. There will be children’s books and games in French, and more. Contact Gina at 403-896-2038, or 403-343-0060. ● Deer Park Alliance Church presents the Christmas film Bernie’s New Job, Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 at 7 p.m., and Nov. 30 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $2 from the church. Church staff member Don Tjart has been filming parts of the story along with local playwrights, videographers, and sound editing.

Phone 403-343-1511. ● Melaleuca of Canada will support Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada with purchases of their products. To find out more, there will be an open house on Nov. 29 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and Nov. 30 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Aleta at aletaneville@shaw.ca, or 403-342-2888, or 403348-1847 or see more at www.makegreengogreencoach.com.

Saturday ● Hearts of Harmony presents a barbershop a capella concert — Remembering Christmas — Nov. 30 at Living Stones Church. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. with the performance at 2 p.m. Costs are $15 for ages 13 years and up, and $5 for ages 12 to five. Contact Judy at 403-342-7842, or Darlene at 403-227-5448. ● Eckville Legion Christmas Dinner and Dance will be held on Nov. 30 at Eckville Legion Hall. Music by Country Gold North. Cocktails at 6 p.m.; supper at 7 p.m.; dance to follow. Advance tickets available from Ellen at 403-746-5897, or Dot at 403-746-0057. ● Annual Pioneer Lodge Art Market features works of several local artists offering raku-fired ceramics, functional pottery, watercolour and oil paintings, pastels, hand-painted silk scarves, jewelry, hand-blown glass work, sculptures, art cards and more on Nov. 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pioneer Lodge. Artists include Betty and Pat Matheson, Arne Handley, Deborah and Darren Petersen, Maxine and Art Whitehead, Donna Herrick, Kate More.

Phone 403-391-2574. ● Spitfire Aces in Person with aviation artist Len Krenzler and Aces Doug Lindsay and Don Laubman will be at Editions Gallery in Bower Place Shopping Centre on Nov. 30. Artist Len Krenzler will be at the gallery from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the pilots will be at the gallery from 1 to 3 p.m. Contact Chelsey at 403-342-2366. ● Spirit Seekers Christmas Gift/Craft Fair is coming up on Nov. 30 from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Hub on Ross. To reserve a table, or for information, contact Amy or Lorena at 403-340-0020 or spiritseekers@rdnfs.com. The sale will feature local art, jewelry, Aboriginal art and crafts, and refreshments and foods including bannock, chili, pop, tea, coffee, and hot chocolate. Proceeds will fund activities of RDNFS Spirit Seekers Youth Group. ● Westerner Park Annual Christmas Bazaar takes place Nov. 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Dec. 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Prairie Pavilion at Westerner Park. Over 150 exhibitors featuring clothing, home decor, gourmet treats, pet products, Christmas decorations and wreaths, art, pottery and much more. Admission is a non-perishable food item or cash donation to the Red Deer Food Bank or Red Deer Christmas Bureau. ● Victoria Park Retirement Annual Christmas Bazaar will be offered on Nov. 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Goods offered will include baking, cosmetics, nuts, hand made cards and much more. Santa will visit from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and photos will be available. All proceeds from the sale and pictures with Santa will be donated to The Salvation Army.

Cookies and hot apple cider will be served. Phone 403-309-1957. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making

with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The Nov. 30 session is called Embellished Embossing with artist Carlene La Rue. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405.

Free with admission. ● Otis the Owl’s new book Tangled in Trash written by Erin Young and illustrated by Gabe Wong has just been released and it will support Medicine River Wildlife Centre. Otis will be selling his books at Dentoom’s Greenhouses every Saturday until Christmas with an official book launch and signing on at Chapters in Red Deer on Jan. 4. See www. mrwc.ca, or phone 403-728-3467.

Sunday ● Living Faith Lutheran Church First Sunday in Advent service will be Dec. 1, 10 a.m. at Bethany CollegeSide at Red Deer College. ● Annual Christmas Karma Yoga Week at Studio Upstairs Yoga and Wellness in Sylvan Lake in support of Sylvan Lake Food Bank goes Dec. 1 to 7. All classes are free in exchange for a minimum of two items donated per class. See ww.studioupstairs.ca, or phone 403-597-3844. ● Annual Tree of Remembrance Service and Tea for Units 32 and 32 Palliative of Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre will be held on Dec. 1, 2 p.m. in the Dana Soltes Auditorium located on the lower level of the South Complex. This special time of remembrance will be offered for those whose friends and relatives who have deceased on these units Oct. 2012 to Aug. 2013. At the conclusion of the service an opportunity will be given to place an ornament marked with the name of the loved one and the date of their passing on the Tree of Remembrance which will be located at the front of the auditorium. After the service the tree will be relocated to the Hospital Chapel on the third floor until Jan. 1. Memorial ornaments may be picked up at any time in the New Yea. Tea and refreshments follow the service. Contact Chaplain Dale Fallon at 403-309-2864.

Tuesday ● Red Deer College Music Concert Series presents It’s All Jazz on Dec. 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. Studio A, Arts Centre. Tickets are available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, www.bkticketcentre.ca, 403-755-6626, or 1-800-661-8793. ● Hunting Hills High School presents A Winter Celebration, Dec. 3, 7 p.m. at CrossRoads Church. Enjoy performances by the concert, rock, and jazz bands, as well as drumline, drum ensemble, dance students, and cast members of Les Miserables. Dessert and refreshments served. Tickets are $10 each and are available at the school office. ● International Day of People with Disability will be commemorated at The Hub on Ross on Dec. 3 throughout the day 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Highlights include band and dancing activities, trade show, theatre troop performance, award presentations, refreshments and cake and much more. Phone 403-341-3955. ● Storytime at Red Deer College will be held on Dec. 3 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Preschoolers aged two to six years and their parents/caregivers are welcome to Red Deer College Library Information Common upstairs to enjoy stories and activities by Red Deer Public Library Children’s Services. Phone 403-346-4688 to find out details.

● Heartland Cowboy Church is on the first and third Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., in the Stettler Agriplex. Call 403-742-4273. ● Central Alberta Council on Aging presents the Role of the Ombudsman in Alberta with speaker Peter Hourihan, Provincial Ombudsman, Public Interest Commissioner on Dec. 3, 9 a.m. at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. A question and answer session will follow, and there will be Christmas music and door prizes. Admission is $3. Contact Shirley at 403-343-0767, or Ron at 403-346-8115.

Wednesday ● New Release Movie Nights for teens and adults will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch for those ages 13 years and up. On Dec. 4, see a surprise Christmas flick rated PG13. ● Travel Memories at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch will be held on the first Wednesday of each month from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Waskasoo Meeting Room. Share a 10 minute travel story for entertainment or get inspired by listening to others. Pictures welcome. Contact Donna Stewart or Priscilla at 403-346-2100 or dstewart@ rdpl.org. Join the fun on Dec. 4, and listen to a speaker who recently followed in the footsteps of Jesus, St. Paul, and St. Francis in Israel, Greece, and Italy. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Five Plus One is on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403342-0035. ● Norwegian Laft Hus is open Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Christmas. Enjoy baking, gifts and much more at the log house with the sod roof behind the Red Deer Recreation Centre, south of the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Contact norwegianlafthus@ gmail.com, 403-347-2055 for information or to arrange different times to visit. ● Trilliant Trees for Treasures in support of Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Adopt-A-Family Program is now on in Sylvan Lake. All donations will be matched by Trilliant and all donors are welcome to pick up a Christmas tree at the Trilliant office on Dec. 4, or to book a tree, phone 403-8878579.

Thursday ● First Thursdays in the Snell are free chamber music concerts from 12:15 to 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the Snell Auditorium on the first Thursday of each month.

Café Noir will sponsor the series and provide free coffee and tea. Bring lunch, or purchase at the café.

The Dec. 5 event features Wild Rose Harmonizers as musical guests. Phone 403-342-9122. Free will donation at the door. ● After School Club is offered on Thursdays at 3:30 to 5 p.m. for teens and tweens to take part in games, movies, music and more at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch. On Dec. 5, a holiday movie and hot chocolate will be offered. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, Dec. 5, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Country Gold North Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403-246-3896.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Cronquist Tea House is now open for brunch on Sundays for the month of Dec. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please phone 403-346-0055. ● Elnora Christmas Market will be held on Dec. 7 at Elnora Community Hall from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch will be served all day. Food bank donations will be collected. Phone 403-773-2270.

● Treehouse Youth Theatre presents another original production — Winter Wonderland 2.0 — Christmas at the Lyric Theatre — running Dec. 5 to 7 , and Dec. 12 to 14 with doors opening at 7 p.m., and matinees at 2 p.m. on Saturdays, Dec. 7 and 14. Tickets cost $22.50. Call 403-9860631 to reserve.

Listings open to cultural/non-profit groups. Fax: 341-6560; phone: 314-4325; e-mail: editorial@reddeeradvocate.com by noon Thursday for insertion following Thursday.

BUSINESS

C5 IMF projects modest growth

THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 2013

SUGGESTS GOVERNMENT PHASE OUT CMHC MORTGAGE INSURANCE

BY JULIAN BELTRAME THE CANADIAN PRESS Ottawa should consider phasing out insuring home mortgage through Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.

The advice is contained in the IMF’s latest economic report card on Canada, which projects modest economic growth of 2.25 per cent for the country next year.

Such a recommendation appears to side with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who has recently questioned whether the federal government should be in the business of insuring higher-risk mortgages at all.

Some analysts have credited the system for providing much needed confidence in Canada’s housing sector during the 2008-09 crisis, which many believe

was sparked by a crisis in the U.S. mortgage market.

The IMF concedes that the current system has its advantages for stability. But it says it also exposes the government, or taxpayers, to financial system risks and might distort the market as a whole in favour of mortgages over more productive uses of capital.

“We think banks lend too much to mortgages and too little to small and medium enterprises,” Roberto Cardarelli, the IMF mission chief for Canada, told reporters in a briefing in Toronto.

“We suspect the fact that banks may benefit from government-backed insurance on mortgages (...) it sort of makes it easier for banks to do mortgages than other kinds of lending which, presumably, we think, is going to be more useful for the real economy.”

CIBC deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal says he believes the advice may be appropriate for the U.S., particularly prior to the crisis, but not neces-

Alberta positioned to create legacy: speaker

sarily for Canada, where the mortgage securitization market is a relatively small slice of the financial pie.

CMHC can carry a maximum of $600 billion mortgage loan insurance on its books.

“In this case size matters,” he said. “It is true when securitization dominates the market it is not a very healthy thing, but when it is part of a normally functioning market, it actually helps the economy” by contributing to low borrowing rates and liquidity.

The Washington-based financial institutions said further measures should be considered to “encourage appropriate risk retention by private sector and increase the market share of private mortgage insurers.”

It cautioned, however, that if any structural changes are made, they should be gradual to avoid unintended consequences.

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ORBIT OF INFLUENCE

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Drawing a parallel between Alberta and Athens would seem a difficult task — especially on a November evening in Red Deer.

But that’s exactly what Ian Hill did during a presentation at the fall general meeting of Central Alberta Economic Partnership.

The founder of the humanitarian organization Let Them Be Kids and the community leadership program Becoming a Community Builder, Hill spoke glowingly of the contributions of the Athens of ancient Greece, describing it as the “greatest city state in the Ian Hill history of mankind.”

Athenians believed that their community would define history, said Hill, adding that thousands of years later, they’ve been proven correct.

Alberta is positioned to create its own legacy, he suggested, pointing to the province’s wealth of natural resources, the talent its attracting from around the world, the “rugged individualism” of its residents, and the reputation it’s gained in the global business world.

“I think you have the opportunity in Alberta to be the Athens of the 21st Century.”

Specifically, he said, Albertans can define what a community could be like in the 21st Century.

What’s needed is an “alignment of community stakeholders,” said Hill. This requires “clarity of vision, clarity of purpose, clarity of the principles and values.” Also needed are the systems, policies and processes for people and organizations to become aligned.

Many communities don’t give much thought to what citizens of tomorrow should look and act like, he said.

“You can tell me where the sewer is going 10 years from now, you can tell me where the road is going 10 years from now, but can you tell me the attributes and qualities of the citizens of 10 years from now?

And are we in alignment of building that?”

Schools, churches, social institutions, youth organizations and parents all need to work with the same vision, said Hill. Even local economic development strategies should be aligned with this objective.

Unfortunately, the youth in many communities are being shaped by video games and role models like Miley Cyrus, he said.

“If you don’t have alignment of community-based organizations, family, places of faith, businesses and the like; if you don’t have alignment in our activities to develop the citizen of tomorrow and you’re leaving it to chance, you will not thrive in the 21st Century.”

Community members must understand their responsibilities and act on these, said Hill.

“Community is not a group of people that live in close proximity to one another and share the buying and selling and consuming of goods together.”

Rather, he said, it’s about collaboration — with shared vision, shared sacrifices and shared victories. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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This Tuesday Jan. 3, 2006, photo shows a set of pipes in a gas storage and transit point in Boyarka, just outside Kiev. Russia’s vigorous efforts to keep Ukraine within its orbit of influence stem from complex strategic, emotional and cultural issues. Ukraine serves as the main conduit for Russia’s natural gas exports to Europe, and the pricing disputes between the two countries have led to shutdowns in many parts of the continent.

Feds spend $40M pitching natural resources at home and abroad

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Conservative government is spending $40 million this year to advertise Canada’s natural resource sector — principally oil and gas — at home and abroad.

Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver revealed the figure Wednesday as his department seeks another $12.9 million to augment an international campaign designed to portray Canada as a stable and environmentally responsible source of energy.

That will bring NRCan’s 2013-14 ad budget to about $40 million — $24 million for advertising abroad and $16.5 million for the domestic market.

“The government has a responsibility to provide Canadians with facts to assist them in making informed decisions,” Oliver, under opposition questioning, told a Commons committee.

“This engagement and outreach campaign will raise awareness in key international markets that Canada is an environmentally responsible and reliable supplier of natural resources.”

The entire federal government advertising budget last year was about $65 million, according to preliminary estimates, with $9 million allotted for Natural Resources.

In 2010-11, NRCan spent just $237,000 on advertising, according to the government figures.

Outside the committee room, Oliver justified the spending by linking it directly to winning over American public opinion in order to get approval of TransCanada’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The $5.4-billion project to carry Alberta bitumen to the Gulf Coast has become a lightning rod for environmental activists as it awaits a decision from U.S. President Barack Obama.

“Let’s understand what is at stake here,” Oliver said. “When we’re looking at Keystone, for example, we’re talking about tens of thousands of jobs.”

Asked to justify ad spending for one industrial sector that’s swallowing up almost two thirds of last year’s total government ad budget, Oliver was emphatic: “You justify it by what it’s going to achieve and there are billions, tens of billions of dollars, in play.”

Doer, TransCanada turn down Keystone invite

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — Key Canadian representatives have turned down invitations to address a Washington summit organized by an environmental group leading the fight against the Keystone pipeline.

U.S. ambassador Gary Doer and Russ Girling, president of TransCanada Corp., were issued written invites a few days before the planned event, called “Can Keystone Pass the President’s Climate Test?”

The Dec. 2 gathering at Georgetown University will include research on whether the proposed pipeline would increase greenhouse gas emissions — a key factor for U.S. President Barack Obama in deciding whether to approve the project.

The organizers are far from impartial. The event is being held by NextGen Climate Action, the group headed by billionaire asset manager Tom Steyer,

Average weekly pay little changed in September from August OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $918 in September, little changed from $915 the previous

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who has gained political prominence as a financier for anti-oil campaigns.

In letters sent out this week to Doer and Girling, Steyer encouraged them to come and explain how the project would meet the president’s standard.

“Your participation in the panel would make for an even more robust discussion,” Steyer wrote.

“Please know that I would be honored to have you as my guest and to meet you in person.”

Both men have declined. In a statement from the Canadian embassy, Doer said he would have enjoyed the chance to defend the project, but has a prior commitment to be away from Washington that day.

“Ambassador Doer regrets that he will be unable to participate in the final panel,” said embassy spokeswoman Alexandra Vachon White. “He will be en route to a memorial service (in Canada).” month.

The agency says weekly earnings in September increased 1.9 per cent on a year-over-year basis.

Year-over-year growth in average weekly earnings outpaced the national average in three of the largest industrial sectors, led by construction, where wages were up 6.7 per cent to $1,220.

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

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 99.82 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.83 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.36 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.44 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 16.72 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed slightly higher Thursday amid reassuring economic data from the United States.

The S&P/TSX composite index rose 12.29 points to 13,362.06, held back by declines in base metals and utilities stocks.

Sharply lower oil prices helped push the Canadian dollar down 0.59 of a cent to 94.38 cents US. U.S. indexes were higher as the Dow Jones industrials climbed 24.53 points to 16,097.33, the Nasdaq gained 27 points to 4,044.75, while the

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REPORT: Identical to top bank’s scenario The IMF report, released Wednesday morning, forecasts that Canada’s economy as a whole will start benefiting next year from a pickup in the U.S. economy, leading to greater demand for Canadian exports and renewed business investment.

In essence, the scenario is identical to the one predicted by the Bank of Canada, which also sees growth rising from the 1.6 per cent level to 2.3 next year.

A slightly more positive estimate was issued Wednesday by the Ottawa-based Conference Board of Canada, which is projecting Canadian real GDP will grow 1.8 per cent in 2013, 2.4 per cent in 2014 and 2.6 per cent in 2015 — assuming strong growth in the United States.

The Bank of Canada, in its forecast, holds that the risks are balanced — meaning there is as much chance the projected growth rate will be higher as lower.

But the IMF warns that the risks to its outlook are primarily on the downside. The main reason, it says, is that it might be wrong about the U.S. economy rebounding in 2014.

“Renewed political standoff (in the United States) over spending appropriations and the debt ceiling and a faster than expected increase in long-term rates in the context of exit from quantitative easing could negatively affect the U.S. recovery and hence demand for Canadian exports,” the IMF said. “Protracted weakness in the euro area economic recovery and lower than anticipated growth in emerging markets would also hurt the prospects for Canada’s exports, including through lower commodity prices,” it added On the domestic front, the IMF said the long period of low productivity growth and strong Canadian dollar may have left a deeper dent in Canada’s export potential, especially in the traditional manufacturing base, limiting the economy’s ability to benefit from the projected strengthening in external demand.

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.92 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.60 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 61.57 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.93 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 27.52 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 17.34 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.41 First Quantum Minerals . 17.28 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 23.64 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 7.50 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.92 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 33.17 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.45 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 25.24 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 28.52 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 84.39 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 56.73 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.68 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 54.45 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 34.32 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 19.81 Canyon Services Group. 11.14 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.67 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.840 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.22 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 3.08 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 93.80 S&P 500 index edged up 4.48 points to 1,807.23.

“Today’s economic news was generally favourable,” said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist for U.S. Bank Wealth Management.

“In the absence of bad news, the path of least resistance for equities is up.”

As traders get set to wind down for the American Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday when U.S. markets will be shuttered, they took in data showing U.S. jobless insurance claims, which are a proxy for layoffs, fell by 10,000 last week to 316,000.

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 52.42 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.73 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.48 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . . NA Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.97 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.450 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.80 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.55 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.46 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.54 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.92 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 58.59 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 73.88 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 65.39 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.85 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 34.35 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.03 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.15 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 54.01 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 66.95 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.36 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 92.38 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.20 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 70.49 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 37.10 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.91

Economists had expected a slight rise.

Orders for American durable goods fell two per cent in October, which was in line with expectations. Excluding transportation, orders dipped 0.1 per cent.

A key gauge of the manufacturing sector in the U.S. Midwest showed slower expansion. The Chicago purchasing managers index dropped to a higher than expected 63 in November from 65.9 in October.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Conference Board said its leading economic indicator rose 0.2 per cent in October. That data gives an

down 65 cents to $14.02. The sector has been under selling pressure amid rising U.S. bond yields amid speculation about when the Federal Reserve might cut back on its US$85 billion of monthly bond purchases.

“And I don’t think we’re going to see any change in that sector any time soon,” said Ketchen.

The base metal sector was down 0.8 per cent as March copper dropped three cents to US$3.19 a pound. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) dropped 28 cents to C$25.24.

The energy sector lost 0.34 per cent as the January crude contract fell $1.38 to US$92.30 a barrel. Supply data from the U.S. Energy Department for last week showed oil supplies rose about three million barrels, versus a decline of 1.5 million barrels that had been expected. Crude supplies have now increased for the past 10 weeks. Canadian Oil Sands (TSX:COS) fell 32 cents to C$19.81.

On the corporate front, Hewlett-Packard rose $2.27 or 9.05 per cent to US$27.36 as the world’s second-largest maker of PCs issued a strong profit prediction for the current quarter.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,362.06 up 12.29 points TSX Venture Exchange — 929.53 up 0.93 point TSX 60 — 770.34 up 0.92 point Dow — 16,072.33 up 24.53 points, record high S&P 500 — 1,807.23 up 4.48 points Nasdaq — 4,044.75 up 27 points

Currencies at close: Cdn — 94.38 cents US, down 0.59 of a cent Pound — C$1.7249, up 1.80 cents Euro — C$1.4385, up one cent Euro — US$1.3577, up 0.11 of a cent Oil futures: US$92.30 per barrel, down $1.38 (January contract) Gold futures: US$1,237.80 per oz., down $3.60 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.632 per oz., down 14.5 cents $695.47 per kg., down $4.66 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Jan. ’14 $0.30 lower $493.00; March ’14 $0.20 lower $502.40; May ’14 $0.10 lower $509.60; July ’14 $0.10 lower $515.00; Nov. ’14 $0.90 higher $519.20; Jan ’15 $0.90 higher $522.20; March ’15 $0.90 higher $523.20; May ’15 $1.00 higher $523.60; July ’15 $1.00 higher $520.80; Nov ’15 $1.00 higher $517.00; Jan. ’16 $1.00 higher $517.00.

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

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 601,740 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 601,740.

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indication on where the American economy is heading over the next six months.

And the University of Michigan released its latest reading on U.S. consumer sentiment. It rose to 75.1 in November from 73.2 in October, better than the 73 reading that had been expected.

The TSX gold sector led advances, up 1.2 per cent as traders bought into a segment that is down almost 50 per cent year to date as gold prices have also fallen amid speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve is set to taper its monthly US$85 billion of bond purchases, which have kept rates low and supported a stock market rally. Also, inflation is very low in many parts of the world.

“It’s only going to go down for so long and all of a sudden, you have to think that it’s time to turn around and move it up,” said Fred Ketchen, manager of equity trading at ScotiaMcLeod..

December bullion shed early gains and fell $3.60 to US$1,237.90 an ounce. Iamgold (TSX:IMG) was up nine cents at C$4.41 and Kinross Gold (TSX:K) improved by five cents to $4.92.

The telecom sector was ahead 0.7 per cent as Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B) was up 96 cents to $47.19 a day after reaching a 12-year, $5.2-billion agreement with the National Hockey League that gives the company the league’s broadcast and multimedia rights in Canada.

Gains in railway stocks also lifted the TSX as Canadian National Railways (TSX:CNR) ran up $1.17 to $118.61.

Financials were also positive with Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC) ahead 18 cents to $20.36.

The interest rate sensitive utilities sector lost one per cent with TransAlta Corp. (TSX:TA)

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It is with mixed feelings of sadness, and relief knowing she will no longer suffer, the family wishes to announce Helen’s passing. She leaves to mourn her husband of 58 years Gordon, her son Rick, her granddaughter Tracy Saik and husband Peter; her sister Isabelle West and husband Ron; in-laws, nieces, nephews and many greats in both the Roseth and Tennant families and many friends. She was Auntie Helen to many. Predeceased this year by her son Wayne July 24; brother Hugh June 21; sister Ruby Laye June 7; and sister-in-law Jean January 27; her sister Colleen Cazes in 2008; brother Wilfred in 1998; Mom Sara 1991 and Dad Robert in 1954. Thank you to all the caregivers this past year and a special thank you to the Red Deer hospital emergency staff. There will be a gathering to share memories and celebrate Helen’s life at the Sylvan L a k e L i o n s H a l l F r i d a y, November 29, 2013 at 2:00 P. M . I n l i e u o f f l o w e r s , memorial donations may be made in Helen’s honor to the Red Deer Arthritis Society at 4730 50 St., Red Deer, AB T4N 1X2 SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements.

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For those who wish to pay their respects to Eric, visitation will take place at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Monday, December 2, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. In honour of Eric, his life will be celebrated at Parkland Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Gary Sinclair officiating. Memorial contributions in Eric’s name may be made directly to the Red Deer Christmas Bureau, Red Deer Food Bank or Salvation Army.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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SLAYMAKER 1957 - 2013 Linda passed away November 24, 2013. Linda is survived by her loving husband Ron, her sons Reed, Rylie, Parker and Mitch. A celebration of her life will take place at the CrossRoads Church, S.W. corner of Hwy. 2 and 32nd Street, Red Deer on Friday, November 29, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Linda’s honour may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice or the Canadian Cancer Society.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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ROMANSON William (Bill) Jan. 09, 1921 - Nov. 23, 2013 It is with heavy hearts the family of Bill Romanson announce his peaceful passing on Saturday, November 23, 2013. Bill leaves to mourn his loving family: daughter Trudy Rausch (Robert Popow) and her children Gregory (Brandi) Rausch and Gillene (Stephen) Butler; Son Roy Romanson and his children Roch (Pearl) Romanson, Christine Romanson, Candis (Kyle) Spratt and Shantel (Kyle) Dillman; daughter Linda (Garth) Carman and their daughter Celina Carman; as well as Bill’s sisters Esther Morgan and Julia Androwski.

He also leaves to mourn eleven great-grandchildren whom he adored. Bill was predeceased by his loving wife Yvonne, his parents John and Anna Romaneson, brothers and sisters Marion, Janet, Jack, Anne and Peter. A Memorial Service to commemorate Bill’s life’s accomplishments will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Ponoka Branch #66. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to St. Augustine Catholic Church Building Fund, Royal Canadian Legion, Ponoka Branch #66, the C.N.I.B. or any charity of your choice. To express condolences to Bill’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com Arrangements Entrusted To PONOKA FUNERAL HOME ~ A Wombold Family Funeral Home ~

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BOOKKEEPING CLERK req;d for Go Tire Inc. in Red Deer. Email resume to: mabel@mygotire.com TRUE-LINE Contracting is hiring in their Accounting Department for a maternity leave position. Interested candidates may apply with Resume & References to: TRUE-LINE CONTRACTING LTD. 140, 4731-61st Street, Red Deer, AB Fax: 403.340.0100

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

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DARK Star Production Testing Ltd. is currently seeking experienced supervisors and assistants with clean criminal record and passport for immediate work in South Texas.

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Recently winning the 2013 Business of the Year award, Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and have recently expanded our facilities into Calgary Alberta.

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Now has immediate openings for CGSB Level II RT’s and CEDO’s for our winter pipeline projects. Top wages and comprehensive benefit package available.

Subcontractors also welcome.

Email resumes to: qtestltd@telus.net or Phone 403-887-5630.

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Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

F/T LINE COOKS NEEDED Cooks start at $15./hr Must be willing to work varying shifts and weekends. Must have reliable transportation. Apply in person to Sandy at Glenn’s Restaurant on Gasoline Alley or phone for an app’t. 403-346-5448.

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RED DEER

Is seeking FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Check in/out Guests Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs $14.00/hr.

HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT * Clean and vacuum rooms, public areas, pool etc.

Replenish amenities, linens & towels * Adhere to Holiday Inn safety stardands $14.00/hr.

All positions are Shift work & weekends Fax Resume to: 780-702-5051

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

HOLIDAY INN Please submit resumes: Red Deer South, Attn: Human Resources Gasoline Alley Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Is Seeking Fax: (403) 258-3197 or FRONT DESK CLERK Mail to: Suite 5309, * Answer phone calls 333-96 Ave. NE * Take reservations Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 * Check in/out Guests * Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs $ 14.00/hr Professionals HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT * Clean and vacuum rooms public areas pool etc. * Replenish amenities, linens & towels * Adhere to Holiday Inn safety standards A growing, well established $ 14.00/hr ASME fabrication facility All positions are Is hiring for the position of Shift Work & weekends Mechanical Designer Fax resume 780 - 702-5051 / Drafter Skilled & adept in pressure vessel & piping design.

Candidate can demonstrate proficiency with AutoCAD/ AutoCAD Inventor, compress & has proven record of successful projects.

Strong computer skills & technical aptitude is req’d.

LUCKY’S LOUNGE We offer above industry located in Jackpot Casino, wages & comprehensive requires Experienced benefit package.

F/T or P/T Servers.

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NOW HIRING FOR NEW TIM HORTON’S LOCATION IN CLEARVIEW Permanent F/T & Permanent P/T positions available.

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To provide Food & Beverage service, handle cashiering, arrange and setup the outlet. maintain cleanliness and hygiene.

POST-TIME LOUNGE is now accepting resumes P/T Kitchen help, Evenings & weekends Apply w/resume 3731 50 TH AVE. No phone calls please.

RAMADA INN & SUITES REQUIRES ROOM ATTENDANTS. Exp. preferred.

Only serious inquiries apply.

Rate $13.50/hr.

Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433 THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS at all stations.

MUST HAVE: • 2-3 yrs. post secondary education.

• 2-5 yrs. training • 2-5 yrs. on-the-job exp.

• Provide references The hourly rate will be $13.10 per hour.

Mail to: 2079 50 AVE. Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 or Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161

$14.00/HR. To prepare and cook all food up to standard, clean kitchen and maintain hygiene follow recipes, assist in receiving and storing

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$11/hr To clean kitchen following safety and hygiene standards. Clean utensils, cutlery, crockery and glassware items.

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons Food Service Manager 5 positions, F/T & P/ T, $9.95 - $18/hr. depending on exp. and availability.

Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights and evening shifts. 3-5 yrs. exp., completion of secondary school. Start date ASAP. Apply in person 6620 Orr Drive. Fax: 403-782-9685 Call 403-848-2356

The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time cooks. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm.

VIC 8888 LTD. needs F/T cook, 40 hrs. a week, $13.50/hr. Must be willing to relocate. Drop resume to 3731 50 TH AVE. or email: sampang17@gmail.com

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1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Portable iMassagers Hiring Salespersons Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Good English and communication skills, Customer service oriented.

F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $14.00 /hr e-mail: Reachiesales @gmail.com

ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + DAD’S PIZZA Full Time / Part Time COOK bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email Apply at East 40th Pub. elementsreddeer@gmail.com 3811 40th Ave.

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FLURRIES SHEEPSKIN is looking for 5 SALES REPS, selling shoes & apparel, at our Parkland Mall. 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10/hr. + bonus & comm. F/T Position. No exp. req’d. Email Flurriesrd@gmail.com SCOTTYS ESSO in Red Deer seeking food counter attendants. FT, PT & Weekends. $10-11/hr.

Training provided. Apply in person to 5 Reichley Street or by email to scottys.esso@shaw.ca.”

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d.

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First Choice Collision seeking Journeyman Technician for our car & light truck division. Successful candidate must have Canadian Red Seal and/or Alberta Completion of Apprenticeship Certificate.

Starting flat rate wage of $29.00/hr plus monthly bonus is available. Blue Cross benefit package available after 3 months of successful employment with our company. Fax resume to (403)343-2160 or drop off in person.

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SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! HVAC Service Person required. SHEET Metal Installer required with residential and retro-fit experience.

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REQUIRES F/T PARTS PRO Work with flexible schedule.

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REQUIRES P/T DELIVERY DRIVER Flexible hrs., evenings and weekends. Knowledge of city an asset. Please apply at 6722 50th Ave or fax 403-309-0354 or email: ps791@partsource.ca Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and growing company.

Concrete finisher

needed to perform detailed and quality finishing as well as other related tasks, minimum 5 years experience. All applicants must be flexible for hours and dedicated due to a demanding production schedule. Own transportation to work is needed.

Wage will be based on experience, attitude and willingness to commit to long term employment.

Please fax resume to 403 885 5516 or email to k.kooiker@ eaglebuilders.ca Thank you to all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be notified.

United Tank Inspections Inc. is currently looking for a Full-Time Heavy Duty Mechanic for our Stettler, AB shop. You will be doing repairs, overhauls, maintenance, service, and CVIP’s on Heavy Trucks & Trailers. We offer competitive wages, group health benefits and group RSP. Please call 403-7424747 or email jobs@ unitedtank.ca

Truckers/ Drivers

860

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

860

Truckers/ Drivers

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 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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Academic Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

WINTER START GED PREPARATION Jan. 14 or Feb. 10 STARTS Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk (Reliable vehicle needed) DEER PARK AREA Dempsey St. & Drummond. Ave. Area 70 Papers $375/mo.

GRANDVIEW AREA 73 Papers $439/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA Ramage Cres., Root Cl., 100 to 800 Ramage Cl., and Ralston Cres. area $359/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

JOURNEYMAN Electricians and

Instrument Hands

req’d. for work in Central Alberta. Oilfield exp. an asset. Please forward your resume to jobs@ nexsourcepower.com or fax 403-887-4945

MILLARD Trucking Ltd. is looking for a Licenced Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. The successful applicant must be able to work well in a high paced environment. We offer a great working environment, very competitive wages and performance based bonuses. All interested persons are invited to apply to: Millard Trucking Ltd. Box 960 Sundre, Alberta T0M 1X0 Fax: 403-638-4987 Email: jmillard@enerchem.com

Central AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Company Drivers in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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.

880 CARRIERS NEEDED

Currently seeking RELIABLE newspaper carriers for morning delivery (By 6:30 a.m.)

Monday - Saturday in: Upper Fairview & Highland Green Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in

Niven St. & Newton Cres.

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

ANDERS AREA

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Anders St. / Armstrong Close Addinnell Close / Allan St. Allsop Ave. / Allsop Close Adamson Ave. / Arthur Close INGLEWOOD AREA Inglis Cres.

Inglewood Ave.

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

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.

Eagle Builders in Blackfalds, AB is looking for hard working, motivated individual to fill a full-time precast concrete erecting

laborer position

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the

WESTPARK AREA Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

CARRIERS REQUIRED

INNISFAIL Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Employment Training

In the towns of:

Industries #1 Choice!

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

SAFETY

OILFIELD TICKETS

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem)

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307 P/T multi skilled building maintenance personnel wanted for interior building repairs etc. Flooring & painting exp. an asset.

Call 403-358-8222 WOODYNOOK PALLETS, looking for pallet Builders, Payday every Fri. Must have own transportation.

Bob 403-596-9181

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1520

Antiques & Art

ANTIQUE PIANO STOOL. Has swivelling/rotating seat.

In excellent condition.† $185 (firm).

Call (403) 342-7908.

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

880

Warehouse/Delivery Manager

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 warehouse location in the Riverside Industrial District.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Overseeing and managing the day to day operations of the warehouse • Interviewing, hiring, and developing employees • Planning assigning and directing work • Addressing complaints and resolving problems • Analyzing and implementing process improvements Requirements: • Minimum 3 years direct experience in all aspects of warehouse operations • Ability to plan and execute warehousing strategies • Above average supervisory skills • Excellent leadership, communication and time management skills • Organized and efficient • Ability to handle large volumes of product • Valid Driver’s License & current Driver’s Abstract • Ability to occasionally deliver product, lifting in excess of 100 lbs.

Trail offers a comprehensive compensation and benefit plan, including Flex days.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career as a Warehouse/Delivery Manager, please submit your resume to: resume@trail-appliances.com or by fax to: 1-403-212-7661 Please indicate ‘Warehouse/Delivery Manager’ on the subject line of your fax/email. Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Lamont Close

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

Lund Close

SUNNYBROOK AREA Somerset Close

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

Sherwood Cres.

Vanson Close / Visser St.

Valentine Cres.

Contractors

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

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.

Escorts Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close

900

TRAINING CENTRE

Misc.

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of

Has immediate openings for PART TIME / FULL TIME YARD PERSONNEL. (Approx. 32-40 hrs./wk.)

Avail. Immed.

We offer a fun, safe work environment, competitive wages, great hours, service awards, & product discounts. Basic building knowledge & counterbalance forklift experience an asset.

Apply in person to: 2610 50 Ave., Red Deer or fax: 403-340-1121. or email: cdahl@rona.ca

For afternoon delivery once per week

Please reply by email: Help qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316 CUSTOMER SERVICE A locally owned industrial supply company is looking for an energetic person for inside sales. E-mail resume to mark@ aesreddeer.com DAIRY equipment supplier looking for GENERAL LABORERS & EQUIPMENT INSTALLERS Competitive wages and benefits package. E-mail resume: info@prolineinc.ca

RONA HOME CENTER

at our company. Must be physically fit as this labourer position requires constant heavy lifting and involves fast paced, on the job training. Applicant must be able to travel and must have reliable transportation to and from work as well as a valid class 5 driver’s license. All meals and hotel expenses are paid when out of town. Successful applicant must SOURCE ADULT VIDEO provide an up to date drivrequires mature P/T help ers abstract. Construction 3 pm-11 pm. weekends experience an asset. Full Fax resume to: benefits provided. Starting 403-346-9099 or drop off to: wages based on experi3301-Gaetz Avenue ence. Fax resumes to 403 885 5516 , must flag SWAMPERS F/T attn: Craig or e-mail to needed immediately for a c.haan@eaglebuilders.ca. fast growing waste & JANITORIAL Co seeking a recycling company. f/t com/window cleaning Heavy lifting involved sup for RD and area. Req: (driver’s helper) position. fluent in written and oral SORTERS for recycling english, 2-3 years exp in a also required. supervisory role,clean driving Reliability essential. Own record, criminal record check, transportation required. job physically demanding. Please email resumes to Benefits after 3 mos. $19/hr canpak@xplornet.ca Fax resume 403-342-1897 mail to #4, 4608-62 St. WEEKEND/NIGHT RedDeer, AB. T4N 6T3 dispatcher req’d. immediately. Knowledge of Red Deer essential. Will require good verbal and written communication skills. Fax resume to 403-346-0295 NEWSPAPER

TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

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Lord Close

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking both -

333023L 333023L3

DEERPARK AREA Donlevy Ave. & Danielle Dr. area. $185/mo

880

CLASSIFICATIONS

Logan Close

VANIER AREA

Please fax resume to 403-227-7796, email to hr@bilton.ca

CLEARVIEW ARE Clark Cres., Crawford St. & Castle Cres. $141/mo.

ALSO Cole Street $61/mo.

ALSO Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $146/mo.

Law Close / Lewis Close

We employ over 175 people and provide ample opportunities to employees to achieve their career goals. We provide handson training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects and applications in the energy sector.

We offer competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

in

LANCASTER AREA

McIntosh Ave.

for full-time permanent shop positions

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

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wegotservices

Vista Village

JOURNEYMAN AND B PRESSURE WELDERS

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

Normandeau

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

MORRISROE AREA

Recently winning the 2013 Business of the Year award, Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and have recently expanded our facilities into Calgary Alberta.

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Cook

830

Sales & Distributors

278950A5

Restaurant/ Hotel

333034K28

800

Oilfield

1165

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Flooring

1180

WILL install floor & wall tile 403-335-6076 / 352-7812

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 GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089 TIRED of waiting? Call Renovation Rick, Jack of all trades. Handier than 9 men. 587-876-4396 or 587-272-1999

Massage Therapy

1280

Executive Touch Massage (newly reno’d)

Massage Therapy

1280

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

1310

PRO-PAINTING & REPAIRS 403-304-0379 TOO MUCH STUFF?

VII MASSAGE Let Classifieds #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. help you sell it.

Pampering at its BEST! Seniors’ 403-986-6686 Services Come in and see why we are the talk HELPING HANDS Home of the town.

Support Ltd. for SENIORS. www.viimassage.biz Companionship, cleaning,

1372

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Misc.

Services

1290

cooking - in home, in facility.

We are BETTER for CHEAPER! Call 403-346-7777 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Yard Care

(FOR MEN)STUDIO 5003A-50 st. Downtown 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 403-348-5650

FANTASY

Painters/ Decorators

Ironman Scrap Metal Recovery picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles & industrial. Serving Central AB. 403-318-4346

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

1430

RESIDENTIAL SNOW CLEARING. Affordable monthly contracts.

403-352-4034 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013 D3

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

1660

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ AFFORDABLE Homestead Firewood Duplexes 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. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Household Appliances

1710

ELECTRIC heater (Comfort Zone) oak cabinet, portable, remote and thermostat control, child and pet safe $150 403-314-2026

Household Furnishings

1720

4 KITCHEN CHAIRS - brown metal w/padded seats. $80.

TV STAND 27” wide $25.

403-346-2070 GREEN leather reclining love seat $500 , 2 matching reclining leather chairs $250/ea. 403-341-3524

3020

2 BDRM. in tri-plex, main floor, washer/dryer, everything incld’. $1400.

Avail. imed. 403-872-2472 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

1730

PS2 w/10 games, $60 firm.

Game Cube w/Mario game, $60 firm.

PS1 w/5 games, $45 obo.

403-782-3847 TWIN GAMING CONSOLE w/14 Super Nintendo Games & 7 NES games, $200. 403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1760

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

2 bedroom condo in adult, non-smoking building, downtown Red Deer. Cats allowed. Own laundry room. 6 appliances.

Possession for the end of December. Email apreynolds25 @yahoo.com or text 403-304-3802.

Pictures available.

EXECUTIVE CONDO

by RD HOSITAL! 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 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

MODERN TOWNCHRISTMAS tree 2’, pre- HOUSE in ANDERS

lit/decorated in box $10; Bright 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, box of hangers, woodUnfin. bsmt w/laundry, e n / p l a s t i c / m e t a l $ 1 0 ; deck. No pets. N/S. $1575 household items, box full & UTIL; SD $1575; inclds. lamp, coffee maker, Avail DEC 1st! place mats and more, all Hearthstone 403-314-0099 $20 403-314-9603 Or 403-896-8552 CROKINOLE board 26” SOUTHWOOD PARK across metal frame 3110-47TH Avenue, w/checkers $25; 2 wine 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, racks, chrome plated, generously sized, 1 1/2 holds 12 bottles, $10/ea, 2 baths, fenced yards, table centers made of pine full bsmts. 403-347-7473, cones/candles $8/ea, med.

Sorry no pets. size roaster, blue enamel www.greatapartments.ca $6; 2 deer antlers on shields $60/ea; 25 legal size file holders all for $10 Manufactured 403-314-2026 Homes DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino H.D. BATTERY CHARGER Works good. On wheels. $75 obo. Compressor, single cylinder, works good. $60 obo. 403-314-0804 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

3050

GLENDALE

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $1075. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. Dec 15/Jan. 1 403-304-5337

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

3060

Suites

1 BDRM APT. in 12 suiter, security cameras/doors, balcony, private parking, laundry on site. Quiet, over 40 yr. old, NO pets.

5910-55 Ave. $750/mo/s.d.

Ph: 403-341-4627

N. END 3 bdrm. duplex, 1 up/2 down, 2 full baths 1 up, 1 down, 5 appls, blinds, in floor heating in bsmt, n/s, no pets $1600. avail. immed. Shane/Mella- AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 nie 403- 346-4585 to view bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown SYLVAN LAKE private 1 Co-Op, rent & s.d. $800 no bdrm., bedding, cable pets, 403-348-7445 incld’s all utils. $700./mo.

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm.

403-880-0210 apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

PHONE bench solid oak 3 BDRM, 1 1/2 bath town$175 403-314-2026 house in well kept condominium complex at #9, 15 Stanton St. WANTED 5 appls & fenced yard.

Antiques, furniture and Tenants must be over 40 estates. 342-2514 w/references & quiet living.

Avail. Nov. 1st for $1300/mo. $1300 D.D. 403-341-4627 Stereos

TV's, VCRs

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

LARGE 2 bdrm. in 6-plex.

Incl. most utilities. $895.

403-314-0209 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

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

Warehouse Space

3140

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

Cars

5030

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

2006 CADILLAC Escalade AWD, lthr., $15,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2009 VW Golf, manual, 90,000 km. Winter pkg, $10,500. 403-391-1770

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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

3190

MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Terrie 403-340-0225

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

5050

Trucks

2008 BMW X5 3.0si AWD, htd. lthr., panaroof, $27,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

www.laebon.com

Townhouses Mobile Lot

5040

SUV's

4040 4090

MUST SELL

By Owner.

Terrie 403-340-0225

Commercial Property

4110

2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040

1999 PONTIAC Bonneyville SMALL / LARGE SPACES 4 dr., saftied. 403-352-6995 -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

Businesses For Sale

ESTABLISHED GARBAGE BIN RENTAL BUSINESS. Retiring.

403-341-5866 evenings.

2006 GMC C4500 4X4, loaded, conversion, new duramax installed from GM, 170,000 kms., $39,888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

3080

LOOKING for F. roommate 55 yrs. or younger. Red Deer. after 1 pm. 403-986-1903

Newly Reno’d Mobile

OVER 200 channels, TV supplied, MUST love dogs, must be working M., rent $500., N/S, 403-358-3786

4310

SERGE’S HOMES 17 VINTAGE CLOSE BLACKFALDS Nov. 28 & 29 Thurs. & Fri. 3 - 5 Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 Sat. & Sun. 1 - 5 1980 sq. ft. 2 storey walk out. Contact Robert @ 403-505-8050

SUV's

& Red Deer ADVOCATE CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300

5180 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

Misc.

Automotive

5240

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585

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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

A BESTSELLER 5040

Directory Out Of Red Deer

5100

THE

at www.garymoe.com

wheels

Open House

Motorhomes

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

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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

Auto Wreckers

2004 MAZDA 6 Sport, loaded, hwy. kms., new clutch, brakes, rotors, fuel pump, drive belt etc. Like 2008 FORD F-250 XL 4X4, new. $8000. 587-877-0122 6.4L, 92754 kms., $26888.

2001 HYUNDAI Accent 2 348-8788 Sport & Import dr. red, 403-348-2999

VIEW 4140 ALL OUR PRODUCTS

5070

2009 RANGER XLT 4x4, BRAND NEW HITCH - 3 ft.

Fits Chevy. $180 obo.

70,000 kms., $15,900.

403-314-0804 trades cons. 403-598-0682

2005 LEXUS ES 330 FWD, lthr., 41,100 kms, $15,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

NEW CONDO

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

Manufactured Homes

Vans Buses

Tires, Parts Acces.

Tour These Fine Homes

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Roommates Wanted

4020

Houses For Sale

4900 sq. ft. bay, heated, Laebon Homes 346-7273 (2)O/H.14’ doors, windows, room for mezzanine. 403-318-4848 Condos/ edmakrd@telus.net

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate ONE bdrm. ADULT only a p t . c l o s e t o c o l l e g e , central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net $780/mo., avail. immed. no pets 403-877-3323

3040

FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Terrie 403-340-0225

Rooms For Rent

2008 GMC Yukon XL Denali AWD $18,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 GMC Acadia SLE AWD, 8 passenger, 90485 kms, $19,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

Call For Home Delivery

314-4300

This Christmas . . . wants to send you on a

MTD 3 HORSPOWER 21” SNOWBLOWER. 2 cycle. (Oil & gas mix.) $175. 403-302-0987

Canadian

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 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

Pets & Supplies

This season, the Advocate would like to send you anywhere in Canada that Air Canada flies.

1810 We are offering our readers the chance to win

DOG KENNEL, 2’ long, 17” wide. $50 obo.

403-314-0804

1830

Cats

4 FRIENDLY MALE ORANGE KITTENS. Litter trained. Desperately need loving homes. FREE. 403-782-3130 CATS TO GIVE AWAY 1 M., 1 F. both spayed/ neutered. M. is white with black spots, loves people, F. is white with gold spots.

Hopefully to separate homes. 403-886-4885 KITTENS (2) SIAMESE (1) BALINESE & $50/ea. 403-887-3649

Collectors' Items

1870

TRAIN SET 7 FEET LONG $50. 403-346-2070

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LUANN Nov. 28 1979 — New York Islanders’ Billy Smith is the first NHL goaltender to score a goal.

1956 — Canada grants $1 million and free passage to Canada to refugees from Hungarian revolution against communist rule.

1925 — National Hockey League goalie Georges Vézina collapses in a game and then dies of tuberculosis four months later.

He tended goal for the Canadiens from 1910

to 1925 without missing a game. The Canadiens donated the Vézina Trophy to the NHL in his honour.

1885 — Cabinet orders creation of Banff Hot Springs Reserve (today, Banff National Park) consisting of 10 square miles on the northern slopes of Sulphur Mountain surrounding three hot springs.

1877 — Wilfrid Laurier is first elected to the House of Commons as MP for the riding of Quebec East.

1844 — Opening of the first session of the second Parliament of United Canada.

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SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9.

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Don’t stress over ignored invitations Dear Annie: We host Thanksgiving was made of a gift “on the way” or of dinner for my husband’s family every the fact that the baby turned 1 the day year, and I enjoy doing so, but I have a before. problem with my stepson’s wife.

I am not concerned about the gifts.

They have not lived toBut am I wrong to be upset gether for almost three that my one-year-old was years, but they still travel not even a thought? together regularly, includI can understand that ing visits home. people are too busy to call I have continued to intwo days in a row, but isn’t clude her, as well as her it proper to call for the three children (all from prechild who celebrates first? vious relationships) in every I always send gifts for invitation for the holidays. a child’s birthday and folShe never responds. Most low up with a phone call. of the time, they don’t come.

Should I stop?

But occasionally, they show Can you print this and up two or three hours past blast them for being rude MITCHELL dinnertime. so I can mail them a copy? & SUGAR I can make adjustments — Mommy for a couple of unexpected Dear Mommy: No, but guests, but not for five peowe will suggest you change ple who are that late. your expectations.

I would like to tell her Kids whose birthdays cothat if I don’t hear from her, she should incide with another sibling’s, a major not come at all, but my husband says holiday or other event often get shortthat would hurt his son’s feelings. changed.

What do you think? — Last-Minute We agree that the relatives should Hostess not have ignored your younger child Dear Last Minute: If all five of them when calling for the older. But your are coming late, it includes your step- older child can speak on the phone son, no? So why is this the wife’s fault? and understand what the call is for.

Is your stepson incapable of using a The baby cannot, and that is probtelephone? ably what prompted the neglect. But Here’s our suggestion: If you don’t whether or not they phone, you should hear from anyone in this family before continue to do so. the holiday, call your stepson and ask Don’t punish the children because whether they are planning to come. (If their parents are inconsiderate or foryou prefer, call his wife directly.) getful.

Start your dinner on time, and if Dear Annie: “Unwilling” said he has they show up two hours late, say, “How a major problem with his parents’ 40th nice to see you! I had no idea you were anniversary celebration because they coming. There are extra plates in the want a white-sweatshirt photo. OMG! kitchen. Help yourself.”

Both of my parents have AlzheimBe gracious and welcoming, but er’s. don’t drive yourself crazy for people Because of trauma from alcoholism, who are too rude to show up at a rea- abuse and mental illness, my immedisonable hour. ate family has not been together in one Dear Annie: I have two children place for 40 years. whose birthdays are a day apart.

Get over it, “Unwilling.” You are My youngest was a year old a week supremely blessed to all still be alive ago, and my older child turned three and able to celebrate being a family. the next day. I am really hurt because Enjoy. my family did not acknowledge the Be grateful. Let go. — Envious baby on his birthday.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Our family’s tradition is to call on Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edithe actual birthday and send a gift in tors of the Ann Landers column. Please the mail. email your questions to anniesmailbox@ This year, no gifts were sent to ei- comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, ther child, and only the 3-year-old re- c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, ceived any phone calls. No mention Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Dolly the llama, wandering for nearly six months, captured, gets new home THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOLLY TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A llama spotted wandering for nearly six months in Michigan has been captured and is getting a new home.

Mlive.com reports (http://bit.ly/I8wtPD ) the llama that Kathy Kuzma calls Dolly was found recently in Oakland Coun-

ty’s Holly Township, about 65 km northwest of Detroit.

Kuzma has been on the lookout for the animal, which had been wandering her neighbourhood.

On Saturday, Lisa Davenport came to Kuzma’s house to get a look at the llama.

Davenport has three llamas of her own.

She also has other animals at her Michigan farm.

The women walked into a field to give the llama some food, and Dolly stood still instead of being her usual skittish self.

They then coaxed the llama into a barn.

Davenport plans to take the llama back to her own farm.

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The Red Deer U14A Grand Central Stitchin Elev8 brought home the gold medal from the Ed Horvath Memorial Tournament in Medicine Hat recently.

They opened the tournament with a big win over the Strathmore Ice, but then stumbled and dropped their second game to the Calgary Velocity. Needing a convincing win to advance to the semis, the Elev8 bounced back with a victory over the Bowview Snype and secured a playoff spot. In the semis, they faced the St. Albert Nitro and won a tight affair, setting up a rematch with the Calgary Velocity in the final. The Elev8 were determined to avenge their earlier loss to the Velocity and turned up the pressure and captured the gold medal with a 7-4 win, exhibiting a full team effort. ing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This presents to you as a highly sociable day. Your need to interact with others face-to-face, online or even Thursday, Nov. 28 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: by phone will allow you assert your true indiEd Harris, 63; Ryan Kwanten, 37; Karen Gil- viduality. You know where you radiate most light and you will do it with great pleasure. lan, 26 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Some fabulous news is coming The Libra Moon suggests that your way. You are finally getting we seek to bring out the best more information, which seem in others. Here, the Moon ento concentrate around someone courages mutual reception. Merfrom your group or a network cury gets support from Jupiter, you are part of. It is who you which gives our ideas a major know and not what you know boost. We think in terms of large that will count for you. scales and we grasp the bigger LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): picture of a whole. All sorts of You may feel more self-indulgent interactions and transactions are than you usually are. You are not blessed with this superb aspect. particularly interested in exposWhile we have so much faith and ing your credentials or your talself-assurance in ourselves, we ASTRO ents to others now. You seem to tend to overdo everything with DOYNA be happier spending some qualgrandiose gestures and it is hard ity time around the home. to see its limits.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today More than ever, this is the kind is your birthday, your needs and your wants are in great alignment this year. of day where you seek more privacy than at Whatever you are working on behind the other times. It could be because of some unscenes, appears to be to solidify your earn- finished business which you need to finalize ings or to increase your current income. You now or because you are in desperate need of know what you want and you will not shy some break.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Listen away from ARIES (March 21-April 19): Confidential carefully at all the information being opened talks will revolve around money that is being to you right now. There is a great flow of seowed to you. Whatever happens now, will crets or valuable material headed your way. reassure you for the long haul. When you find This should contribute to a more comfortable yourself an escape route from a complex situ- way of living, either materially or spiritually.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Balancation, it is easy to plan for your future.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Because ing your professional life with all its neveryou want so badly to obtain your ticket to ending demands and your personal life is freedom, you may end up paying out of your surely no easy game for you. Fortunately, all pockets more than you could. Independence your dealings and negotiations made now comes at a high price right now for you, either seem to make you very hopeful for the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Someone financially or in terms of sacrifices you are may debate with you on a particular subject willing to make.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Great news today. Even though you don’t mind a nice should be headed your way where your office intellectual challenge, this one will kind of bug environment is concerned. You may finally you. At work, you will hear satisfying news get more help from your colleagues or, you about your professional standing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Unforeseen will simply find that key solution in order to get costs or unequal sharing of your resources things done. Money looks plentiful.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You will feel really get to you now. This uneasiness can accomplished once you see all the mundane ruffle a few of your own feathers, making you things being completed with ease. This flow doubt about your own material situation. Play of harmonious energy keeps you focused at your cards openly.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndithe tasks at hand. Pressures may be high at cated astrologer/columnist. work, but your vitality is rock-

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Syrian government, opposition confirm they’re going to Geneva DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s government and the head of the main Western-backed opposition coalition both confirmed Wednesday that they would participate in a UN-sponsored peace conference.

But the two sides laid out starkly different visions of what talks would bring: the opposition sees a transitional government emerging, while the government insists it is not going to the conference to hand over power.

The United Nations on Monday announced that the long-delayed peace talks will begin Jan. 22 in Geneva. The meeting would be the first face-to-face talks between President Bashar Assad’s government and its opponents since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011. That has raised hopes that a resolution to a civil war that activists say has killed more than 120,000 people could be within reach.

Syria’s Foreign Ministry confirmed in a statement that Assad will send an official delegation to the conference. The ministry stressed that the representatives “will be going to Geneva not to hand over power to anyone” but to meet with those “who support a political solution for Syria’s future.”

The main Western-backed Syrian opposition group also said it is ready to attend. “We have presented in our last coalition meeting a clear complete vision regarding going to Geneva 2 (the conference) and it was approved with the consensus of the coalition and now we are ready within this spirit to go to Geneva 2,” Ahmad al-Jarba, chief of the Syrian National Coalition, told reporters.

Honduras electoral court declares ruling party candidate winner of presidential election TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ electoral court has officially declared ruling party candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez the winner of Sunday’s

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presidential election, with 80 per cent of the vote counted.

Hernandez got 35 per cent of the votes to 29 per cent for his closest challenger in an eight-candidate field, Xiomara Castro, the court said Wednesday.

The body already had said Monday that Hernandez held an irreversible lead in the count.

Castro reacted to Wednesday’s declaration by saying that there was fraud in the election and that she will present the evidence Friday.

She led for months in the polls until Hernandez erased her lead by presenting himself as the law and order candidate in an impoverished country with the world’s highest homicide rate and much of the cocaine travelling from South America to the U.S. Castro’s husband, former President Manuel Zelaya, was ousted in a 2009 coup, and her campaign was considered his attempt at a political comeback.

Castro declared herself the winner Sunday, and the couple have said they don’t accept the results.

Brazil under more pressure after two die in collapse at stadium SAO PAULO, Brazil — Part of the stadium that will host the 2014 World Cup opener collapsed Wednesday, killing two workers and aggravating already urgent concerns Brazil won’t be ready for soccer’s signature tournament.

The accident at the Arena Corinthians, known locally as the Itaquerao, could hardly have come at a worse time — just a week ahead of the draw that will determine the tournament’s schedule and with the top names in soccer all descending on Brazil.

Preparations have been plagued by setbacks including cost overruns, stadium delays, accidents, labour strife and huge street protests in the run-up to the June tournament, once envisioned as a coming out party for South America’s largest nation, which is also scheduled to host the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Already, public prosecutors and a workers union in Sao Paulo were demanding an investigation into conditions at the venue, saying work shouldn’t resume until authorities deem the stadium safe.

Ricardo Trade, CEO of the local World Cup organizing committee, said authorities would determine if there is a need to suspend construction.

“There are seven months till the World Cup, not 10 days, so I don’t believe this is going to cause delays. But there is absolutely no guarantee on this,”

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The accident could lead to recriminations between local organizers and world soccer’s organization FIFA, which has set a December deadline for all 12 World Cup stadiums to be ready. The tournament begins June 12.

Chicago women become first gay couple in Illinois to take vows CHICAGO — Two Chicago women on Wednesday became the first same-sex couple to say their vows in Illinois after a federal judge granted an expedited marriage license because of one woman’s ailing health.

Patricia Ewert and Vernita Gray took the vows in a private ceremony, days after a judge agreed to expedite their wedding because of Gray’s terminal cancer.

Illinois legalized gay marriage earlier this month, becoming the 16th state to legalize the practice, and one of only three in the American heartland: the others are Minnesota and Iowa. But the law doesn’t take effect until June 1 — a date both women feared Gray might not live to see.

So the women filed a lawsuit in federal court late Friday last week, citing Gray’s cancer as a reason to get a marriage license quickly. Then on Monday, a judge ordered the license and Cook County clerk officials hand-delivered it.

The two, who are in their 60s, became engaged in 2009.

Huge dinosaur skeleton fetches $650,000 at UK auction LONDON — A huge dinosaur skeleton found in the United States has fetched 400,000 pounds (about $650,000) at an auction in England.

The female Diplodocus longus skeleton, nicknamed “Misty,” measures 55 feet (17 metres) long and 19 feet (6 metres) tall.

Summers Place Auctions said the skeleton was rare because it was found mostly intact near a quarry in Wyoming by accident. The skeleton was treated at a fossil laboratory in the Netherlands before it was assembled in Britain.

The auction house, in southern England’s West Sussex, said Wednesday the buyer is an unnamed institution that would put the skeleton on display.

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