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MURDER TRIAL

Mock guilty JURY CONVICTS CONSORT MAN OF KILLING HIS BROTHER

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Sentencing will be held at noon today for a Consort rancher convicted of second-degree murder in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Thursday.

A jury of six women and five men did not accept John Wayne Mock’s defence that he had suffered a mental breakdown on Feb. 22, 2012, when he fired three rounds from a .45-calibre revolver into his brother’s body after a brief round of fisticuffs in the family home, northeast of Consort.

Court heard that Mock, now 36, followed his fleeing brother into the master bedroom and shot him through the shoulder. Timothy James Mock, 33, spun around after the first bullet was fired and was shot two more times.

To his credit, John Mock immediately realized what he had done and attempted to resuscitate his dying brother before calling family members and 911 for help, said Crown prosecutor Anders Quist.

Defence counsel Darren Mahoney of Calgary had called upon a series of witnesses to testify to his client’s mental state, stating that Mock, diagnosed years earlier with bipolar disorder, had suffered a mental breakdown as a result of recent stresses.

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Keeping its eye to the river slowing past it a bald eagle looks out from its perch in Red Deer on Thursday afternoon. This bird spotted in the trees on the south bank of the river between the north and southbound lanes of Gaetz Avenue was one of two seen Thursday in the area.

Driver fined for watching movie

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The tell-tale glow of a computer screen will likely take a chunk out of somebody’s budget.

Members of the Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit ticketed a 42-year-old man from Red Deer after a fellow motorist saw him watching a movie while driving his minivan on Hwy 2, near Carstairs.

Sgt. Jason Graw said a police offi-

cer following up on the complaint also observed the man watching the movie on his laptop computer before pulling him over for distracted driving.

Alberta traffic laws prescribe a penalty of $172 for distracted driving.

Pool backers disappointed after project put on back burner again

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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Catalina Swim Club coach Shelbey Wells works with a young group of swimmers at the Michener Centre pool on Thursday afternoon.

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Another joint multi-use aquatic centre committee is a waste of time because the need and support for the project has already been demonstrated, say its proponents.

On Tuesday, Red Deer city council decided to defer the proposed project’s fate until October 2014, after a new ad hoc committee determines the project scope and funding sources.

Grant Howell, vice-chairman of the Central Alberta Aquatic Centre group, said council’s decision during capital budget deliberations left him very disappointed and concerned for the community.

Howell said a joint committee has been working for more than two years on the project. And $200,000 has al-

ready been spent on a study. He questioned what more information a new committee will have in a year that they don’t have now. “Nobody negotiated what kind of facility we need,� he said. “We did a study that came up with a number if you build it a certain way. Nobody said: ‘We can’t afford it this way. We can do it another way.’ �

The group has been advocating for a multi-use centre for about six years.

Committee chairperson John Cuthbertson said it is a multi-use facility that will accommodate competitive swimming but is designed for Red Deerians.

The last council provided $200,000 for a concept and business design in 2010. Work was completed in 2011 and Rotary Recreation Park was approved as a potential site in March 2011.

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POOL: ‘It could have been a lot worse’ Councillors Paul Harris and Lynne Mulder unsuccessfully argued to put the project in the city’s 10-year capital plan on Tuesday.

Mulder said she was extremely disappointed but the morning after she felt better because the purpose of raising the matter before council was primarily to move the project forward. She said the ad hoc committee will help attract corporate sponsorship, explore grants and fundraising strategies.

“It could have been a lot worse,” said Mulder.

“We’re not face down in the water.”

Mulder said the city is on board to engage the community more than they have in the last six years.

While the Rotary Park location was selected, the uncertain future of Michener Centre land may come into picture. Mulder said there are some undetermined pieces of the puzzle.

The oft-quoted $90-million price raised flags for council because of its inevitable impact on tax bills and the concern the project would push other muchneeded amenities to the back burner.

Howell said the price is more like $72 million or $75 million, with the four swim spaces (equivalent to four Michener pools) ringing in at $18 million each.

Stripping away the elements in the blueprints such as the splash park, dive tanks, landscaping and wave rider would reduce the cost further.

Councillors said they were uncomfortable putting the project in the capital plan without a concrete picture of public support, funding sources and in

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RCMP looking for high-risk, violent sex offender

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a high-risk, violent sex offender who is suspected to be in the Red Deer area.

Canada-wide warrants have been issued for Dean Zimmerman for breaching his recognizance.

Zimmerman, 47, is described as a Métis male who stands 1.75 metres (five feet nine inches) tall and weighs 93 kg (204 pounds). Zimmerman has brown eyes and brown hair.

“RCMP believe that there is a risk of significant harm to the health and safety of the public, and in particular, adult females who may become involved in a relationship with Zimmerman,” states a release.

Zimmerman was convicted of sexual assault, assault causing bodily harm, and sexual assault with a weapon and forcible confinement in three separate general they said they needed more information.

Councillors said they heard mixed reaction to a new pool from the community on the campaign trail and in days since the Oct. 21 civic election.

A recent open house organized by the committee did not yield any naysayers. All three local school boards, Red Deer College, and local swim clubs have expressed support for a multi-use aquatic facility in Red Deer.

Cuthbertson attended the council meeting on Tuesday and was shocked to hear councillors had changed their tune since the election. In the weeks before the capital meeting, Cuthbertson said the committee spoke to some councillors and he sensed they would support the inclusion of the project in the budget.

Cuthbertson said before the election the councillors were on board but now they say need more information. He said all the information is out there already.

“I don’t know what else we can do,” said Cuthbertson. “We are prepared to go for another year and see what can be done. I am not positive about that but it’s reasonable.”

Howell said this is where council needs to show leadership. He said the timing of the project is right because of the historical low borrowing costs and the growing pool deficit in the community.

He said there are great things in the city that came with vision such as the Collicutt Centre, Westerner Park and the trail system. He said this council continues to talk about how things “cannot happen” instead of how things “can happen.”

Howell said he is also frustrated by the city’s lack of other social amenities such as museums and concert halls.

He questioned why the city is building roads around the city because of growth when those roads encourage motorists to keep driving on Hwy 2 in-

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stead of staying in Red Deer.

“If we put the right facilities here, we will do very well as a community,” he said. “Right now we are encouraging people to stay on Hwy 2. I see no plan for the city to address the social infrastructure deficits in Red Deer and that is more than just a pool. We need to do that for our people.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

TRIAL: Sentencing begins today They include his mother’s death, the hospitalization of his father and responsibilities for the care of his brother and the farm.

Mahoney argued that Mock was not criminally responsible for the shooting as a result of a mental disorder, telling members of the jury that, if they could not accept that defence, they had the option of finding his client guilty of manslaughter.

Justice Kirk Sisson told members of the jury that Mock could also be acquitted if they believed that the shooting was accidental.

Their finding of guilt means that Mock will automatically receive a life sentence for his actions. Today’s hearing will determine how long he must wait before he is eligible for parole.

Members of the jury declined Sisson’s invitation to make a recommendation for Mock’s parole eligibility.

Sisson is to hear submissions from the Crown and defence today, as well as read a number of statements provided by victims of the killing. He has the option of leaving parole eligibility at 10 years or increasing it up to the maximum of 25 years. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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The inquiry into the falling death of a wheelchairbound group home resident wrapped up with testimony from employees of the Red Deer group home and provincial staff.

Anne Graham, a Parkland Community Living and Supports Society supervisor, was working in the group home at the time that Richard David Jacknife died. Jacknife, 47, of Red Deer died of injuries he suffered from falling down about 20 steps on Nov. 4, 2010. He died a week later at the Foothills Medical Centre.

A fatality inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death and the subsequent action taken

by Parkland to mitigate or prevent future incidents started on Wednesday.

Graham said Nov. 4, 2010, was an unusually busy morning. She had to take a resident who lived in the basement of the group home to a medical appointment before dropping that resident off at their volunteer position. A second employee, Shelley Elliott, had worked the night before and stayed until Graham returned from the morning errands at about 9 a.m.

When Graham returned, Jacknife had gotten up.

After Graham completed a few tasks, she was set to take Jacknife on their daily walk. As she was checking on the laundry, she heard a loud noise coming from the stairwell to the basement.

When she got to the stairs, she saw Jacknife had fallen down the stairs, still strapped into his wheelchair. She unbuckled him from the wheelchair and called 911. When EMS arrived, they performed CPR and took Jacknife to hospital.

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Fat taxes are a cash grab WHY TAXING UNHEALTHY FOOD IS AN IDEA DESTINED TO FAIL

BY PETER SHAWN TAYLOR SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Across the country, various health care organizations and lobby groups are demanding new taxes on the things Canadians choose to eat and drink.

The Ontario Medical Association, Canadian Cancer Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Alberta Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention and Quebec’s Coalition Poids have all called for new government levies on ‘unhealthy foods.’

While these groups claim to have the best interests of Canadians at heart, their policy prescriptions are flat out wrong. Taxing food is fiscal malpractice.

To understand why food and drink taxes will not make Canadians healthier or thinner, consider more closely a soda tax, the most common suggestion from food tax advocates.

Despite the intuitive appeal that drinking sugary soda makes people fat — and taxing it will cause them to drink less and lose weight — obesity is the result of many complex social, environmental and biological factors. It’s naive to blame a single product.

For starters, soda isn’t nearly as popular as coffee, water or milk in Canada. Soft drinks only make up 2.5 per cent of all calories consumed by

the average Canadian adult.

Numerous scientific studies reveal no link whatsoever between the amount of soda consumed and weight gain or loss, particularly among children. A 2009 article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found “no association between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, juice consumption, and adolescent weight gain.” The same result was found in a study of 137,000 children across 34 countries funded by Health Canada.

Further, taxing soft drinks inevitably causes consumers to make substitutions in their diet, choosing cheaper products that may be equally (or more) unhealthy. Using data from U.S. states that currently tax soda, researchers at Yale found a one per cent increase in soda tax rates caused adolescent soft drink consumption to fall by a small amount, as might be expected. At the same time, however, the consumption of other calorie-laden drinks such as milk and juice rose. Net calories consumed stayed constant.

The same result holds true for other food taxes. A snack food tax covering potato chips, cheezies and popcorn in Maine had no impact on the weight of state residents. And in Australia, a 2011 research project that swapped out children’s milk, cheese, yogurt and ice cream with low-fat versions resulted in no overall weight loss as the kids

sought extra calories from non-dairy sources.

Human behaviour inevitably confounds government efforts to control diet via taxes.

It’s worth noting that some of the studies mentioned above found gym class, television viewing and eating dinner with one’s family were far more significant factors in adolescent weight gain than the price of cola or ice cream.

Beyond the inability of taxes to fight obesity, food taxes unfairly punish the most vulnerable Canadians. Fresh fruits, vegetables and other ‘healthy’ foods can be expensive and for this reason many low-income Canadians rationally choose to spend their limited food dollars on meals that deliver a lot of calories cheaply and efficiently.

Taxing fast food, for example, would have a disproportionate impact on poor Canadians.

Finally, food taxes of all kind are enormously unpopular. Around the world, voters consistently oppose the idea that governments should tell them what to eat.

In 2011, Denmark became the first country in the world to enact a tax on the fat content of all foods. This tax was arbitrary, confusing and dangerous to the economy, as Danes increasingly did their food shopping across the border in Germany, which does not

tax fat. In the face of vociferous public opposition, last year Denmark became the first country to repeal a fat tax.

Here at home, an exclusive HarrisDecima poll of more than 1,000 Canadians for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation revealed 65 per cent of respondents disagree with the statement “it is a proper role of government to tax some foods and not others.”

Despite widespread public opposition, why are food taxes still on the political radar?

It might be the vast sums they could raise for government. According to Quebec’s Coalition Poids, a 5¢ per litre soda tax would raise $40 million annually in that province. Scaling this across Canada suggests a $170 million annual haul. A penny-per-ounce tax, as has been suggested by politicians in the U.S. and Canada, could raise over $1 billion a year in this country.

Food taxes do not affect obesity rates, they disproportionately hurt lower-income Canadians and they represent a massive new government revenue grab and intrusion into personal choice. Let’s take food taxes off the table once and for all.

Peter Shawn Taylor is author of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation report Tax on the Menu: Why food taxes won’t make Canadians thinner, but will make their governments much, much fatter.

The report was published this week.

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Budding U.S. industry hurts B.C. pot growers Marijuana growers of the lucrative B.C. bud are falling on hard, high times these days, busted by two U.S. states where it’s no longer a criminal offence to possess the demon weed.

The estimated $4-billion industry in B.C. is facing the prospect of offering fire-sale deals since Washington and Colorado voted last year to legalize pot, according to a recent report in the Toronto Globe and Mail.

Jodie Emery, a political activist and owner of the Cannabis Culture store and magazine in B.C., said the B.C. bud, once selling for $2,000 a RICK pound, has dropped as low as ZEMANEK $1,000.

Other observers predict a continuing decline in prices since Washington and Colorado pot users will no longer rely on the B.C. bud. It’s simple economics — supply and demand, they say.

Further, observers say the Washington and Colorado bud might eventually find its way into Canada, undercutting Canadian growers by offering lower prices.

Government-approved growers in those states, monitored under the new rules, will eliminate the middle-man in the pot trade, which figured prominently in high prices and major financial gains. And, if all goes as planned, the criminal element associated with the illegal grow-ops and distribution of

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marijuana will most certainly feel the pinch.

The governments in both states view the changes as a win-win situation: pot sales can now be taxed and the murdering drug gangs may soon be unemployed.

Canada would be wise to watch the outcome of this approach. Potential tax revenue aside, there’s the added bonus of freeing up massive expenditures spent on fighting the losing marijuana battle in which organized crime is still the key player.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper should take note, rather than wasting time poking fun at Justin Trudeau because he’s admitted to using pot.

The attempt drive to open up Harper’s eyes was an op-ed in the Globe and Mail, submitted by former B.C. attorneys-general Geoff Plant, Colin Gagelmann, Graeme Bowbrick and Ujjal Dosanjh (who was also a premier of that province for one year).

“The proof that cannabis prohibition has failed is irrefutable,” they wrote.

“We see the evidence on our streets, in our communities and on the nightly news — gang-related homicides and shootings, innocent victims caught in the crossfire, grow-op busts and violent grow-op thefts.”

They also took Harper to task over his government’s new, tough laws carrying mandatory minimum jail terms for growing as few as six marijuana plants.

“There will be massive provincial budget and expenditure implications from this bill and yet, our streets will be no safer,” they wrote. “It is time for a complete rethink.”

They further contended: “The loss of the massive illegal marijuana market in British Columbia would

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hobble gangsters involved in the marijuana trade while at the same time raising significant tax revenue.”

Central Alberta residents are no strangers to grow-op busts scooping up illegal drugs worth millions, and the confiscation of various weapons meant for only one purpose — and it’s not gopher hunting.

The B.C bud is known among users for its high potency. But could the honeymoon be over for its demand?

B.C. observers believe that could be the case, saying the price for consumers and income for producers has already gone down.

“Prices are going down in British Columbia,” said Dana Larsen, who opened a Vancouver dispensary for medical marijuana. Larsen told the Globe that prices at his dispensary have dropped about 20 per cent.

“They’ve got their own supply in Washington, so there’s less demand for B.C. bud,” he said. “And (for sellers) here, there’s less demand for our product in the States and so prices drop locally as people try to move their product. And I expect they’re going to stay in that range that they are, if not continue to go down.”

David Curylo for one wants a part of the action in Washington. The former B.C. resident has filed his application with the Washington government to open up a “cannabusiness.” Curylo’s enthusiasm is bolstered by current market trends.

He said there will never be another opportunity like this in his lifetime to take advantage of a burgeoning market — especially one that’s nipping the B.C. bud in the bud.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — New Brunswick Premier David Alward told Alberta’s legislature Thursday that the proposed Energy East pipeline isn’t just about resources, but about growing communities and allowing Canadians to work close to home. “There are some 15,000 New Brunswickers working outside New Brunswick today in natural resource sectors, and we’re not isolated with this story,�

Alward said in a speech in the legislature chamber.

He said he met and talked to some of those workers on his flights from New Brunswick to the Alberta capital. “What they say to me is they are blessed to be able to gain that opportunity, but they are looking for the opportunity in a year and a half or so to ply their trade back home.�

Alward said his 23-year-old son works in the oilpatch.

He later added that the long distance New Brunswickers travel to work can be hard on families. “Canadians want to work and need to work. Canadians want to build prosperity and economic opportunity no matter what region they live (in),� he said.

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INQUIRY: 90 days to file a written report When Jacknife moved into the residence, a special lock was put on the door that allowed the basement resident to get upstairs without having to unlock the door. However, the other side of the door required people to unlock it to open it. It took a small coat hanger to unlock the door. To relock the door, staff had to ensure it was locked. It was not Parkland policy to rely on the basement resident to lock the door. Instead, staff practice was to check on it when it was used. On the

“Projects like the Energy East pipeline will translate into thousands of jobs in communities across Canada.�

Alward and Alberta Premier Alison Redford are backing TransCanada’s (TSX:TRP) proposed $12-billion pipeline as critical to boosting the national economy.

The 4,500-kilometre line would ship Alberta crude from a terminal southeast of Edmonton across the Prairies into Ontario, then up to refineries in Montreal and near Quebec City. It would end at refineries at the deepwater port in Saint John.

From there, crude could be shipped overseas by tanker, giving Alberta an outlet for a backlog of oil that the province says is depressing prices and taking a $6-billion bite out of its bottom line this year.

It could also reduce Eastern Canada’s dependence on higher-priced foreign oil from countries such as Venezuela and Saudi Arabia.

An economic impact report done for TransCanada estimates the line would add $35 billion to Canada’s GDP over 40 years and deliver $10 billion in tax revenues to Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.

It would also create 10,000 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs.

The line must ultimately be approved by the federal government, but already faces challenges in Ontario and Quebec.

Both provinces want more information on the project’s effects and on the ramifications of converting an existing 3,000-kilometre natural gas pipeline into one that would carry crude.

Alward said while all projects must meet the highest environmental standards, doing nothing is not an option. “We are at a crossroads at home in New Brunswick and indeed across our country,� he said. “Canada is at risk of standing still while our competitors around the world are moving forward and making plans to move past us. “As Canadians we need to think about what that will mean for our grandchildren and their children.

Prosperity and opportunity are not inherited rights.�

Both premiers are seeking to harvest their province’s natural resources to improve their economies.

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CALGARY — Hundreds of grownups and children pressed up behind a purple banner Thursday as they waited for the chance to reconnect with furry, feathery, scaly and leathery friends at the Calgary Zoo. A cheer went up when Mayor Naheed Nenshi ripped through the banner that read: “Welcome Back. We’re Open,� to officially throw wide all doors to the zoo five months after it was shut down by major flooding. “Make no mistake. It was devastation to one of the most special places in our city,� said Nenshi. “The mud, the silt, the broken buildings and the broken hearts were evident all over this island.�

About a third of the zoo reopened at the end of July, but the greater portion remained closed to repair damage caused by raging flood waters that swamped the animal park in June after torrential rains hit southern Alberta.

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day of the Jacknife fall, Graham said she must have forgot because it was so busy.

After the incident, Parkland made changes to the lock, making it automatic, as well as policy changes requiring documented door checks and changes to their orientation and safety manuals.

The afternoon of testimony focused on Persons with Developmental Disabilities and an occupational therapist. They were asked to interpret the action taken by Parkland in light of the incident. Tim Lowe, the acting director of community resources for PDD Central Region, said Parkland had gone above and beyond in their action after the incident.

Judge Gordon Yake asked Lowe and occupational therapist Elizabeth Edwards if there was a way to alert the staff at the group home to the door be-

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The inquiry wrapped up with closing remarks from Parkland’s counsel Gillian Holowisky saying Parkland had done more than either PDD or the Protection of Person and Care Associa-

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Conservative senators blocked a bid Thursday to have a key figure from the audit firm Deloitte testify about alleged interference into the review of Sen. Mike Duffy’s expenses.

The move came as the Senate’s internal economy committee heard from three other Deloitte partners about the audit they had done into Duffy’s living claims between February and May. Deloitte’s Gary Timm confirmed what had been revealed in a police report last week — that Michael Runia, one of the firm’s managing partners, called him to inquire about the Duffy audit. Runia was not a member of the audit team.

An RCMP court filing last week revealed that Runia made the call at the request of Conservative Sen. Irving Gerstein, who in turn had been prompted by the Prime Minister’s Office.

“As I indicated before, he wanted to know if Senator Duffy were to repay (his expenses), how much would that amount be,” Timm said of Runia.

“And I said I couldn’t tell him; I couldn’t disclose any confidential information to him. That was the gist of the conversation.”

Timm said that he notified others at the firm about the call, but no report was made back to the Senate committee — Deloitte’s client — about the matter.

When Liberal Sen. George Furey later moved to have Runia appear to answer questions, Sen. Gerald Comeau, the Conservative chairman of the committee, ruled against him, saying it’s not the committee’s job to conduct police-style investigations.

A subsequent vote, which included Comeau’s

Conservative colleagues, upheld the ruling, much to Furey’s disappointment.

“Mr Runia is a very intricate part of that, now that we know from Mr. Timm (that) the person we hired to do our forensic investigation was contacted by somebody else who had no business contacting him,” Furey said afterward.

“Now we’re told by our Conservative friends that we cannot ask that person to come before the committee and explain his involvement.”

Conservative Sen. Hugh Segal, who attended the committee but did not have a vote, said he too would have liked to hear from Runia.

“I think the notion of having a formal conversation with him before a committee would have been useful,” Segal said.

Deputy Liberal Senate Leader Joan Fraser later served notice that she would bring a motion on Tuesday that Runia be called to the committee — forcing the entire upper chamber to vote on the issue.

The topic of the Deloitte audit continued to resonate down the hall in the Commons.

“Why does the Prime Minister have his Conservative senators blocking the testimony of Michael Runia if he has nothing to hide?” asked NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.

“What we saw today was that Deloitte appeared before the Senate internal economy committee, took questions and reaffirmed that the forensic audit was conducted with the highest standards and the utmost confidentiality,” said Harper’s parliamentary secretary Paul Calandra.

The RCMP files raised many questions about potential interference by the Prime Minister’s Office into the audit.

Loonie to coast into 88-cent range next year: bank

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The humbling of the once high-flying Canadian dollar has only just begun.

It’s been 10 months since the loonie last enjoyed parity status with the U.S. dollar, but analysts say Canadians should not expect a rebound any time soon.

They forsee the currency falling through the 90-cent US floor.

U.S. investment banker Goldman Sachs is the latest financial house to sell the loonie short, forecasting the currency to coast into the 88-cent range next year. That is an even gloomier outlook than the one issued by the TD Bank a few months ago, which predicted it near 90 cents by the close of 2013.

The loonie closed up 0.08 of a cent at 94.46 cents US on Thursday on the news that Canada’s current

account deficit had narrowed. It may gain a little more lift Friday if Statistics Canada reports, as expected, a healthy 2.5 per cent advance in the economy for the third quarter.

But these temporary recoveries are fooling no one — the loonie has lost about seven per cent in value from the beginning of the year and fundamentals point to further deterioration.

The Goldman Sachs prediction would see the loonie falling another seven per cent.

“I do believe the glory days for the Canadian dollar are likely behind it,” says Doug Porter, chief economist with the Bank of Montreal.

“Does that mean we’re never going to see parity again? I wouldn’t say that. I just think it got a little too big for its britches (because Canada) was seen as a golden child relative to other industrialized economies, but that’s started to fade.”

Soldiers’ suicides ‘very troubling’: Nicholson

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Beyond expressions of sympathy, the Harper government and the Canadian Forces appeared at a loss Thursday to explain a number of suicides this week among veterans of the war in Afghanistan.

The latest case involved a senior non-commissioned officer at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, northwest of Ottawa.

The army identified him as Warrant Officer Michael McNeil of 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment. Since the death occurred on the base, military police are investigating.

A Defence Department investigation into two other deaths in Western Canada is currently underway, a sombre and visibly moved Defence Minister Rob Nicholson told the House of Commons.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends and colleagues of these departed individuals, and I wish all those associated with those individuals peace during this difficult time,” Nicholson said.

Earlier in the day, Nicholson called the deaths “very troubling,” but noted that since 2011, the Conservative government has poured millions of extra dollars into the treatment and counselling of returning soldiers.

The commander of the Canadian Army was equally upset.

“I am disturbed by the loss of three of our soldiers,” said Lt.-Gen. Marquis Hainse.

“The Canadian Army cares deeply for each and every member. It goes without saying that we take every death seriously and as such we will explore all facets of these situations to try and learn from them and reduce future occurrences, while also providing the best support to the Army family whenever a death does occur.”

Figures released by National Defence last summer reported that 22 full-time members took their own lives in 2011. The numbers for 2012 have not been made public.

Some have questioned the data because the figures apply only to regular force members, excluding reservists whose part-time designation means they fall under the jurisdiction of civilian agencies in their home provinces.

The RCMP are investigating the death Tuesday of soldier at a home just outside CFB Shilo in Manitoba. Authorities did not release the soldier’s name, but friends have identified him as Master Cpl. William Elliott.

Authorities in Alberta, meanwhile, are looking into the case of an artillery soldier who died in hospital Monday after he was found in distress at a correctional centre in Lethbridge. The man, identified by friends as Travis Halmrast, was being held on charges of domestic assault when he died.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Health Canada’s recent decision to approve yet another addictive, generic form of the popular painkiller oxycodone is raising questions about the federal department’s approval process.

Drug approval is based on clinical trials performed by the pharmaceutical companies themselves, with no independent review. Those manufacturers often only compare their products to sugar pills, not painkiller alternatives, one expert says.

Health Canada says it “rigorously” assesses the safety and efficacy of all drugs before deciding whether to approve them, with a primary focus on the needs and safety of patients.

But Dr. David Juurlink, a clinical pharmacologist and drug safety researcher at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, calls Health Canada’s criteria for green-lighting drugs “inscrutable,” given they’re not subject to external analysis.

What little is known about how drugs are given the OK would alarm Canadians dependent upon them, and even the doctors prescribing them, he said Thursday.

“Everything we know on Day 1 of a drug’s licensure in Canada, as patients and as doctors, is the rosiest possible picture of its benefits and risks,” he said.

“When it comes to opioids, this can’t be overstated.”

Drug companies testing opioids understandably don’t include patients with addiction tendencies in their clinical trials, Juurlink pointed out, which skews the findings on safety risks.

And when compared to a placebo or sugar pill, any patient in pain is going to report a marked improvement after taking opioids, he added.

“They’re studied in as close to an ideal situation as possible, and consequently they offer a less-thanaccurate depiction of the safety profile,” Juurlink

said.

“No pharmaceutical company has ever taken their opioids and compared them head-to-head against an anti-inflammatory drug for a year or two to see what patient does better in a real-world scenario and that’s because, firstly, the government doesn’t require it, and secondly, they know they’d find something unflattering for their product.”

The Conservative government is on the hot seat for Health Canada’s recent approval of two generic, addictive formulations of oxycodone manufactured

by Ranbaxy, an Indian drugmaker.

The green light for the drugs came despite suggestions from Health Minister Rona Ambrose earlier this fall that the Conservative government was weighing pleas from the United States to follow its lead in outlawing oxycodone.

Studies have shown that Canadian generic forms of oxycodone are migrating south of the border, where tens of thousands of people die every year from prescription painkiller abuse. The director of the White House Office on Drug Control Policy wrote Ambrose earlier this month reminding her of the dangers posed by the opioids and urging Canada to take action.

Wayne Kalinski, a deputy police chief in Orangeville, Ont., said Thursday the federal government has been receptive to calls from the Ontario Association of Police Chiefs to ban oxycodone.

“The response thus far has been positive, but we haven’t seen the change yet,” Kalinski said. “Oxycodone continues to be abused not only for recreational purposes, but by addicts as well.”

The government defended itself on Thursday in the House of Commons.

“We have implemented strict controls in the public drug plan run by Health Canada, including maximum monthly and daily drug limits, monitoring the usage of certain drugs, and real-time warning messages to pharmacists at point of sale,” said Eve Adams, parliamentary secretary to Ambrose.

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Info watchdog cries foul about instant messaging

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s information watchdog is recommending a virtual ban on instant messaging with federally issued BlackBerrys and other wireless devices because the texts evaporate so quickly, erasing part of the government record.

In a special report to Parliament, Suzanne Legault says instant messages are automatically deleted — usually after 30 days — meaning Canadians can’t request them under the Access to Information Act. Legault says a government proposal would “put the right of access at further risk” by allowing instant messages to be auto-deleted after only three days.

“It’s all about managing the volume of government information. This is something that the government is really struggling with,” Legault said in an interview.

“They do have a lot of information to manage. But managing information in the context of new technologies cannot be done in a way that affects requesters’ rights under the Act.” Some 98,000 BlackBerry devices have been issued to government institutions. But there is no government-wide policy on the use of text-based peer-topeer forms of communication such as BlackBerry Messenger, PIN-to-PIN and Short Messaging Service (SMS).

Ottawa defends CSEC amidst spying allegations OTTAWA — Defence Minister Rob Nicholson is standing by Canada’s eavesdropping agency amid leaked allegations of spying on world leaders on Canadian soil.

The activities of Communications Security Establishment Canada, known as CSEC, are reviewed by an independent watchdog, Nicholson told the House of Commons on Thursday.

“That independent commissioner has indicated, for the last 16 years, that CSEC has complied with all Canadian laws,” said Nicholson, the minister responsible for the shadowy spy service.

Documents disclosed by a former spy contractor indicate the United States conducted widespread surveillance at the Toronto G20 summit in 2010 — and that CSEC knew about it.

CBC reported Wednesday the briefing notes show Canada allowed the U.S. National Security Agency to conduct the operation from its Ottawa embassy during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits.

The report cited documents obtained by Brazilbased journalist Glenn Greenwald, who got them

from Edward Snowden, a former contractor with the NSA turned whistleblower.

One note describes the NSA plans as being “closely co-ordinated with the Canadian partner” — an apparent reference to CSEC. There was no information on specifics of the purported spying operation. The documents describe part of the mandate as “providing support to policymakers.”

Documents previously leaked by Snowden suggest Canada helped the United States and Britain spy on participants at the London G20 summit the year before the Toronto gathering. Britain’s Guardian published presentation slides describing the operation, including one featuring the CSEC emblem.

During question period Thursday, Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair pressed the government on whether CSEC or anyone else in the Canadian government authorized, “in any way, shape or form,” the NSA to spy on Canadian soil.

Nicholson did not answer directly, but stuck to standard media lines, saying that, under the law, CSEC is prohibited from targeting Canadians. “Furthermore, CSEC cannot ask our international partners to act in a way that circumvents Canadian laws.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oilers 3 Predators 0 NASHVILLE — Ilya Bryzgalov is feeling comfortable and very welcome in the Edmonton Oilers’ locker room, and the 33-year-old goaltender just proved he still knows how to shut opponents down.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Taylor Hall scored 51 seconds apart in the second period, and Bryzgalov got a shutout in his first start for Edmonton as the Oilers beat the Nashville Predators 3-0 Thursday night.

“Always like it when they don’t score,” Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said.

“And he picked up right where he left off last game.

I thought he was solid. He looked big in the net, everything. Check marks right across the page for him.”

Bryzgalov, signed by the Oilers on Nov. 8, made 33 saves in his first NHL start since April 25 when he was in net for Philadelphia. Jordan Eberle added an empty-netter in the final minute off an assist from Hall, and the Oilers have won four of five.

“So far so good,” Bryzgalov said.

Predators captain Shea Weber was hit by a puck near his right eye at 15:24 of the second, dropped to the ice and immediately skated to the locker room. He did not return with what team officials called an upper-body injury and is dayto-day.

Nashville, which had won two straight, lost for the second time in seven games.

Predators coach Barry Trotz noted they have used four goaltenders themselves this season.

“The guys are going to bear

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Nashville Predators forward Viktor Stalberg collides with Edmonton Oilers goalie Ilya Bryzalov in the first period of an NHL game Thursday, in Nashville, Tenn. down and play hard for the new guy that’s in net,” Trotz said. “The new guy for them is Bryzgalov, and we talked before the game that we needed to get in the hard areas and throw some pucks. He hasn’t played for a while. He may be a little rusty. The game might not be tight. .. But obviously

we didn’t play hard enough in those hard areas.”

The Predators hosted one of the NHL’s two games and were the only American team in action Thursday, wanting to start a holiday tradition in Nashville pairing hockey with turkey.

It was just their 11th home

game this season, fewer than all but Dallas and the Rangers.

Nashville outshot Edmonton 13-9 in a sluggish first period with the Predators playing the second game of a back-toback after winning 4-0 in Columbus on Wednesday night.

This is the Oilers’ only visit to

Nashville this season and the start of a three-game road trip.

Eakins said he thought both teams were checking hard, which can lead to a dull or sluggish game.

“But when you’re coaching and you need your team to get better defensively, that’s a ray of bright light coming in when the game looks sluggish but your team’s checking very well,” Eakins said.

The Oilers opened the second by taking the first five shots, and Predators forward Paul Gaustad and Oilers left wing David Perron each went to the penalty box for unsportsmanlike conduct at 5:07.

Nugent-Hopkins tipped in a shot by Jeff Petry 25 seconds later during the 4-on-4, and Hall scored on a backhander from Sam Gagner at 6:23 for a 2-0 lead.

“We’re a fast, skilled team,” Nugent-Hopkins said. “We have to take opportunities when we get them. Four-onfour is a situation that when we play our game, we can get a couple goals.”

Bryzgalov, who signed a one-year deal with the Oilers for $1.7 million, debuted Monday in Edmonton, replacing Devan Dubnyk in a 5-1 loss to Chicago. Bryzgalov stopped four shots from Weber in the first period, but Weber had only one shot in the second before the puck hit him in the face.

“Obviously if we lose our captain, it’s always hard and we hope he’s OK and hopefully he gets back soon,” Predators defenceman Roman Josi said.

Bryzgalov had a nice pad save on Predators forward Mike Fisher in the final minutes to finish off his 31st career shutout and second against the Predators.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Jennifer Jones is one of the most successful skips in Canadian curling but, starting Sunday, she’ll be trying once more to capture the one prize that has eluded her so far — a trip to the Olympics.

Jones and her rink will join 15 more of Canada’s best curling teams at the trials to determine which men and women will wear Canada’s colours in Sochi.

“To go to the Olympics I think, as any athlete in any sport, is an incredible experience,” says Jones.

“To represent your country at this huge sporting event, what the Olympics is all about, would be amazing.”

She has tried twice before, in 2005 and 2009 and struck out both times, not even making the playoffs. And it’s not like she was struggling with her game at the time, winning the Scotties in both those years.

But Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials isn’t a competition where winning your province even gets you into this game.

In fact, 14 of the 16 teams vying to represent Canada at the Olympics come from just three provinces, Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba.

The outliers are John Morris, who won Olympic gold as Kevin Martin’s third in 2010 and now skips John Cotter’s rink out of Vernon, B.C., and Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon.

Alberta is represented by Kevin Koe from Calgary, Renee Sonnenberg from Grande Prairie and Martin, Heather Nedohin and Val Sweeting from Edmonton.

Ontario is fielding Brier champion Brad Jacobs from Sault Ste. Marie, John Epping from Toronto, 2013 Scotties winner Rachel Homan from Ottawa (who beat Jones last February to take the title) and Glenn Howard and Sherry Middaugh from Coldwater.

From Winnipeg, Jones is joined

by Jeff Stoughton, Mike McEwan and Chelsea Carey.

Jones knows from bitter experience how tough it can be to score the coveted spot on Canada’s Olympic team, although right now she’s the topranked female curler in Canada.

“It’s the eight best teams in the country that come together and play, so every game you have to be at your very best. And it’s a really short round robin. It’s only seven games. So you have to go out there and really play well from start to finish.”

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Manitoba skip Jennifer Jones calls a shot during gold medal curling action against Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts February 24, 2013 in Kingston, Ont. Jones is one of the most successful skips in Canadian curling but, starting Sunday, she’ll be trying once more to capture the one prize that has eluded her so far - a trip to the Olympics.

Dickenson signs extension to stay with Stampers coaching staff

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — For Dave Dickenson, the decision to sign a three-year contract extension to remain with the Calgary Stampeders was an easy one.

While Dickenson has aspirations of one day becoming a head coach in the Canadian Football League, he decided that now wasn’t that time.

“One of these days, yeah hopefully I can take that step to a head coach,” said Dickenson, who was in the conversation for head coach vacancies in Edmonton, Winnipeg and Ottawa. “I didn’t allow any offers nor did I get any offers. Other people called to talk and I just politely said I wasn’t interested. It wasn’t whether it would have happened or not. It wasn’t important to me. It wasn’t something that I wanted to even entertain.”

Instead, Dickenson agreed to stay on as offensive co-ordinator with the Stamps, while also taking on the role as assistant head coach under his mentor John Hufnagel.

“I spoke with Huf and told him that I’d like to stay if we could make it work,” said Dickenson, who has run Calgary’s offence for the past three seasons, helping the Stamps lead the CFL with 1,595 points scored over that span. “I’m very happy to be back.

It was a commitment to me that the club came to me and asked what my future was going to be and I really wanted to be here. I didn’t want to move. The other opportunities to me weren’t exciting. This is

the place I wanted to be and my family wants to be.

The organization to me is top notch.”

Hufnagel has no doubt that Dickenson will eventually follow in his footsteps to one day become a coach in the CFL. “We both played quarterback (and) we were offensive co-ordinators,” said Hufnagel, when asked about the similarities in their career paths. “We’ve got two out of two and there will be a day I’m sure it’ll be three out of three.”

Hufnagel said he’s looking forward to working with Dickenson as his assistant for at least the next three seasons.

“To secure Dave’s appointment here is a big step in the continuance of the Calgary Stampeders being a good football team and hopefully becoming a great football team in the very near future,” Hufnagel said.

“I’ve really enjoyed Dave’s growth since he’s become a football coach and with what he and his staff have accomplished since he became an offensive co-ordinator has been excellent work.”

With Dickenson calling the shots this past season, Calgary led the league with 549 points scored with an offence featuring rushing champion and most outstanding player Jon Cornish of New Westminster, B.C. Quarterbacks Kevin Glenn, Drew Tate and Bo Levi Mitchell all earned victories as starters as the Stamps led the league with a 14-4 record before suffering a disappointing 35-13 setback to the eventual Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders in

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the West Division final at home on Nov. 17.

“We still had a disappointing finish, but there were so many positives,” Dickenson said. “To me it was something that I wanted to stay a part of and it wasn’t really that hard to line something up and get an extension. I still feel fairly young as a coach.”

Dickenson’s association with the Stampeders started in 1996 when he joined the team as a quarterback. He played four seasons in Calgary, winning the 2000 most outstanding player before trying to break into the NFL. He returned to the CFL in 2003 and played five seasons with the B.C. Lions, where he led them to a championship in 2006 and was named Grey Cup MVP. He then returned to Calgary for a final season in 2008, serving as a backup to Henry Burris, before retiring and joining the Stamps as a running backs coach.

Dickenson finished his playing career with three Grey Cup rings, including one with Calgary in 1998, and he’d like nothing more than to help the Stamps win another championship.

“I want us to get to the point where we’re always successful, that we feel like we have a shot at the ring every year and just keep kicking at it and hopefully we can make a breakthrough,” he said. “I hope people appreciate the job we did this year. I know our players are the main reason we’re having success, but I do think there’s other reasons. We have a great organization, great scouting and assistant coaches that are on top of their game as well.”

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

RED DEER PRODUCT ENJOYING HIS BEST SEASON IN WHL PLAYING ON POTENT SASKATOON BLADES LINE

BY DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN

Spencer Edwards was Red Deer’s 10th-round pick in the 2005 WHL bantam draft and played two games with the Rebels as a 16-year-old in 2006-07, then appeared in 30 more the following season — scoring three goals and adding a single assist — before being reassigned to Cowichan of the BCHL. He played in both Seattle of the WHL and Cowichan the next season, then caught on with Moose Jaw in 2009 and enjoyed two fruitful seasons with the Warriors, potting 27 goals and collecting 66 points in 63 games during the 201011 season. The Coquitlam, B.C., native played two games with the Allen Americans of the Central Hockey League in 201112 before enrolling at the University of Calgary.

Now in his second season with the hockey Dinos, the 23-year-old is 10th in team scoring with three goals and eight points in 14 games.

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WHO’S A SPECIALIST Prince Albert Raiders C Leon Draisaitl has scored two shootout goals on two attempts this season, and both were winners. The 18-year-old from Cologne, Germany, is a projected firstround pick in the 2014 NHL entry draft and currently sits 11th in WHL scoring with 35 points (11g,24a) in 26 games.

Suspension puts Reinhart’s spot in doubt

THEY SAID IT “I’ve been injured a lot. I like the role I play.

I like being physical.

That seems to be why they wanted me here because I provide a physical force and some grittiness up front.

I’m not looking to fight as much — though if I have to, everyone knows I will — but I’m really looking to score. I’m trying to put up some points and help this team move up the standings.” — Recently acquired Moose Jaw Warriors forward Scott Cooke — who has yet to play this season due to a broken fibula suffered in September while with the Vancouver Giants — to the Moose Jaw Herald.

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Red Deer product Colin Valcourt is enjoying a career season as an overage player with the Saskatoon Blades. He credits a lot of his success this season to an increased role with the Blades and the coaching staff in Saskatoon.

Collin Valcourt has never had anything in his hockey career handed to him on a silver platter.

That starts from the very beginning when his dad, Ken, a former British Columbia Junior B player, gave him his first stick.

“It was right-handed, my first hockey stick was,” the Saskatoon Blades winger said. “I’m obviously not a right-handed player.

“I didn’t really have a choice as to what I was going to do as a profession I guess. It just happened to be that I excelled in this one, which is awesome because I wouldn’t have chosen another game.”

Of course, Valcourt did eventually get a stick with the proper lefty curve.

And now, in his over-age season, the Blades alternate captain is excelling like never before.

Valcourt sits 15th in WHL scoring with 12 goals and 32 points, while making up onethird of the most potent lines in the league alongside Nathan Burns and Nikita Scherbak.

“I can’t stop now. I can’t be satisfied,” he said after praising the coaching staff for increased responsibility on and off the ice this season.

“I think we’ve got even more in store than what we’re showing.”

The Red Deer product wasn’t picked in the 2008 bantam draft, but did catch on with the Spokane Chiefs as a 17-year-old in 2010-11.

Not surprisingly, after recording eight goals and 25 points, his name wasn’t called in the NHL draft either.

However, Valcourt made sure to take note of players like current NHLers Jared Cowen (Ottawa) and Tyler Johnson (Tampa Bay) during his rookie season in Spokane.

He’s trying to emulate their

work ethic and leadership qualities now that he’s the oldest player on a young Blades team.

“If one day I make it there, I hope young guys look back and say, ‘Wow, I played with him too,’” Valcourt said.

As far as head coach Dave Struch is concerned, the 6-foot-2, 216-pound winger is doing just that.

Valcourt was acquired from Spokane – where he will return for the first time next Wednesday – at the trade deadline in January for a first-round pick in 2015.

Struch said he took notice of Valcourt’s maturity upon arrival.

So when Struch, a former assistant coach, assumed the coaching reins from Lorne Molleken in June, he started relying on the big forward for leadership.

“We spent time talking to him on a professional level,” Struch said. “He’s become that type of player. He’s a big, strong power forward.

“He’s not a guy that needs to fight every night. But he has to be a strong presence on the ice every night. He’s a physical presence with and without the puck. He’s taken that to another level here. There’s lots of teams that have taken notice of him at the next level.”

Since this is Valcourt’s last season in the WHL, the next level is professional hockey.

Struch believes Valcourt just needs to remain consistent on the ice and as a mentor for young players and a pro team will present a suitable contract offer.

Valcourt makes no secret that’s the objective.

Little by little, day by day, he knows he’ll have to work for it.

“I think about it every day,” he said. “I can’t believe how fast my career has gone to be totally honest. Time really does fly when you’re having fun.

“At the same time, I have to worry about my game right now and potentially earn a contract so I can keep playing at an elite level.” dnugent-bowman@thestarphoenix.com Twitter.com/DNBsports

Griffin Reinhart, the lone member of last “Hockey Canada is trying to deal with year’s Canadian national junior team play- that, but I’m not too sure what’s going on ing in the Super Series game Wednesday and there’s nothing I can do. All I can do is at the Centrium, was a steadying force on come and do my best and hopefully they’ll the Team WHL blueline and even scored a still take me.” goal.

Reinhart would be a lock for the nationThe Edmonton Oil Kings captain dis- al squad if the suspension didn’t exist, alplayed a skill set that would normally though he wasn’t speaking in those terms guarantee him a spot on the next edition this week. of Team Canada, to be coached by Brent “Canada has had great teams the last Sutter at the World Junior couple of years and you have to conChampionship Dec. 26-Jan. tinue to prove yourself. They’re not 5 in Sweden. going to take you because of your And yet, there remains name or because you were on the at least a seed of doubt team last year,” he said. “The Hockey that the New York IslandCanada people start fresh every year ers prime prospect will acand evaluate players throughout the company the national team year. If you’re not playing well and overseas for a second conyou don’t perform well in (the final secutive year, that lingerselection) camp they’re not going to ing uncertainty a product of take you.” the four-game suspension Sutter and his fellow Canadian assessed to Reinhart during coaches must decide if they can live the 2013 WJC, a sentence with a hole on their blueline through GREG that was reduced to three the first three games of the WJC. when he sat out the bronzeCertainly, there are options. All six MEACHEM medal contest versus RusTeam WHL defencemen looked fine sia.

Wednesday and obviously there are If Reinhart is a member deserving candidates from the Queof this year’s Canadian jubec and Ontario leagues. nior squad — and he certainly deserves the If Sutter has already made a call, he’s honour — he’ll miss the first three games of keeping it to himself. the WJC and won’t be available until a New “It’s a moving target right now,” he said Year’s eve match against the Americans. of the Reinhart situation.

Sutter and his coaching staff could prob“We’ll just see what happens and go ably live with that scenario except that an through it. I don’t have an answer for it injury or two to the Canadian back end pri- right now. We’ll get into those discussions or to Reinhart’s return could — and likely at the end of the week and through the would — spell disaster. weekend and decide which direction we Hockey Canada is attempting to get the need to go.” suspension overturned — or at least re● Was Henrik Nyberg homesick or just duced — but Reinhart isn’t overly confident feeling sick that he wasn’t contributing ofthat the situation will change. fensively to the Kelowna Rockets?

“As of now it’s supposed to carry over,” Whatever the reason, the second-year Reinhart said prior to the Red Deer Super Rockets forward decided to pack his bags Series game. this week and head home to Sweden.

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In a press release, Rockets head coach Ryan Huska said “Henrik has come to the realization that playing in North America is not in his future, and he wants to move on with his life. We fully support him in his decision and wish him well in the future.”

Nyberg, who tweeted favourably about his time in Kelowna, recorded three assists in 21 games this season. He had eight goals and 17 points as a rookie last winter. ● ‘Trader Bob’ Tory was back at it this week, but this time he completed a transaction out of immediate necessity.

The Tri-City Americans general manager was all but painted into a corner due to the loss of blueliners Mitch Topping and Wil Tomchuk due to injury and acquired Jeff Hubic from the Kootenay Ice in return for a seventh-round pick in the 2014 WHL bantam draft.

With Topping, a Red Deer native and Americans team captain, and Tomchuk expected to be out until January, Tory’s club was down to five healthy defencemen prior to the acquisition of Hubic. ● The Saskatoon Blades embarked on a 24-hour bus trip to Seattle this week and will open a five-game stretch with a Friday contest against the Thunderbirds.

Clearly, sleep is a must during such a jaunt, but for some players The Sandman doesn’t necessarily arrive on schedule.

“Honestly, you just have to get along with the guy across from you. If don’t get along with him and you’re arguing about sleep, you’re not going to get any sleep at all,” Blades veteran forward Brett Stovin told Daniel Nugent-Bowman of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

“It comes down to trying to find a comfortable position on the floor and sitting like a mummy. You can’t move. You have to sleep like that. You just get used to it after doing it long enough.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Canucks snap losing streak with win over Senators THE CANADIAN PRESS Canucks 5 Senators 2 OTTAWA — Daniel Sedin scored his 300th career goal and picked up an assist as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Thursday night.

Vancouver (13-95) came in having lost seven of its past eight games, but a solid effort finally put an end to the losing streak.

David Booth, Jason Garrison, Dale Weise and Mike Santorelli also scored for the Canucks.

Roberto Luongo finished with 37 saves.

Clarke MacArthur and Mika Zibanejad scored for the Senators (10-12-4).

Craig Anderson allowed four goals on 15 shots before being replaced

by Robin Lehner, who allowed one goal on 13 shots.

With the loss the Senators, who beat the Washington Capitals 6-4 on Wednesday, are now 0-4-1 when playing backto-back nights.

Vancouver took control of the game scoring

four goals in the second period as 17,931 looked on.

Daniel Sedin tied the game 1-1 just 31 seconds into the second period as he beat Anderson far side.

Just 45 seconds later the Canucks took the lead on Booth’s second goal of the season as he beat Anderson cleanly.

The Canucks then went on to make it 3-1 with a power-play goal as Garrison was left all alone in front.

Ottawa has allowed at least one power-play goal in each of the last seven games.

Midway through the period Weise picked up a Garrison rebound and beat a sprawled Anderson.

Less than 20 seconds after Weise’s goal Anderson’s night came to an end.

The Senators managed to cut the lead in half as Zibanejad made it 4-2 with just over one minute remaining in the period.

The Canucks made it 5-2 early in the third as Santorelli took advan-

WHL downs Russia in Super Series finale

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Greg Chase scored twice as the Western Hockey League overcame an early deficit to beat Russia 4-2 on Thursday in the finale of the Subway Super Series.

Derrick Pouliot and Hunter Shinkaruk also scored for the WHL, which lost 3-2 in its first game against Russia on Wednesday.

Kirill Voronin scored just over a minute into the game for Russia and Igor Rudenkov made it 2-0 only four minutes later.

But that’s where Russia’s offence stalled, with goals by Chase and Pouliot tying the game in the second period before the WHL pulled ahead in the third.

Tristan Jarry needed to make just 15 saves in net for the WHL. Igor Shestyorkin was far busier for Russia with 38 stops.

The win helped the WHL salvage a series split for the Canadian Hockey League against the Russians.

Russia lost its first two games of the series to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League before winning two games against the Ontario Hockey League.

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A the Lacombe Rams downed Bonnyville 2510, 20-25, 15-11 and lost 20-25, 23-25 to Holy Trinity of Lloydminster.

The 2A girls’ playoffs saw St. Augustine Queens of Ponoka lose 26-28, 24-26 to Strathcona Christian and 14-25, 19-25 to Magrath.

The Central Alberta Christian High School Knights of Lacombe downed La Crete 25-15, 23-25, 15-12 and Dewberry/Marwayne 25-15, 25-12 in the 2A boys playoffs.

In 1A boys’ action, Coronation stopped Rosemary 25-21, 20-25, 15-7 and Grand Trunk of Evansburg 25-15, 22-25, 15-12.

All the provincials are being held at the Saville Centre and conclude Saturday.

The women’s final will take place on Saturday, Dec. 7, with the men’s final on that Sunday.

Jones has had more than just a taste of success with four national titles (three in a row starting in 2008) and one world title on her CV. She finished third at another world championship in 2010. But there’s something special about the Olympics.

“To win the Scotties is incredible. Any time you get to represent Canada is unbelievable, but to go as a bigger part of a big team Canada would be the experience of a lifetime.

“I think every team at the Olympic trials wants to have that dream come true.”

Sweeting and Jacobs were the final rinks to qualify for this event at the Olympic pre-trials earlier in November in Kitchener, Ont. It’s another measure of how tough it is to just get into the Olympic trials that 2006 Olympic gold medal winner Brad Gushue from Newfoundland didn’t qualify. He lost to Jacobs in Kitchener but Gushue will be at the trials as an alternate on Martin’s team and another member of that 2006 team, Mark Nichols, is throwing lead rocks for Stoughton.

Organizers are predicting huge attendance numbers for the trials, being held at the MTS Centre while the Winnipeg Jets are on an extended road trip.

And it doesn’t hurt that TSN has Will Farrell, in the persona of his outrageous TV anchorman Ron Burgundy, signed on for the opening of the event.

He will team with network curling veteran Vic Rauter and Rauter got into the spirit of things in the news release announcing Ferrell’s appearance.

“It’s an honour to work with such an esteemed colleague. I’m a huge fan of his work. Who are we talking about again?”

As for the reason behind the guest gig, it might have something to do with the fact that “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” opens in theatres Dec. 20.

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EDMONTON — The Lindsay Thurber Raiders were undefeated during the opening day of the provincial high school 4A boys’ volleyball championships Thursday.

The second-ranked Raiders defeated Jasper Place of Edmonton 2521, 25-17, top-ranked Bev Facey 20-25, 25-16, 15-11 and Chinook of Lethbridge 25-20, 25-14 to win their pool.

Meanwhile, the Notre Dame Cougars were 0-3 in Pool B, losing 20-25, 20-25 to Edmonton Christian, 25-18, 13-25, 12-15 to Dr. E.P. Scarlett of Calgary and 23-25, 24-26 to Grande Prairie.

On the 4A girls side, the LTCHS Raiders were 1-2. They beat Grande Prairie 25-18, 21-25, 1512 and lost 22-25, 6-25 to Sir Winston Churchill of Calgary and 24-25, 23-25 to Jasper Place.

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Ooks 3 Queens 1 RDC Queens hockey head coach Bob Rutz admitted he didn’t know a lot about Taylor Hall when he took over the team from Trevor Keeper this season.

Rutz was an assistant coach with the Bentley Generals last season and didn’t have time to watch Hall, who was with the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs major midget team.

“She was listed at forward, but when Carlee (Ness) told us she couldn’t play this season Trevor said she could play defence as well, and that was what we needed,” said Rutz, following the Queens 3-1 loss to the NAIT Ooks in Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League play at the Arena Thursday.

Hall had experience on the blueline with the Chiefs during the 2011-12 season before moving up front last year.

“I honestly thought I liked forward better, but now after going back to D I like it more,” said Hall. “You see more of the ice and learn more of the game.

“It’s definitely a big step up and at the beginning of the year I didn’t think I had a lot of confidence, which I do now,” she added. “Every game you learn something more.”

Rutz couldn’t say enough positive things about Hall “She’s done an outstanding job of learning on the fly,” he said.

“She’s very coachable and wants to get better. She’s definitely one of our most improved players.”

And on the positive side is that the 18-year-old is in nursing and will be with the team for four or five years.

“I really love this team and I want to stay my whole time,” she said. “As well we have a big group of former Sutter Fund Chiefs, which makes it exciting. I

grew up with these girls.”

On Thursday the Queens biggest problem wasn’t on defence, it was NAIT netminder Jill Diachuk.

Rookie forward Cassidy Holt of Irma was the only one to beat Diachuk with her first goal of the season, after taking a pass from Ashley Graf at 13:16 of the third period to make the score 2-1.

“They’re tough competition for us,” said Hall. “But really with only four teams in the league every game is big and any team can win, you never know.”

Rutz felt his troops deserved a better fate.

“Credit to them, they scored two goals (a third into an empty net) while we managed one, but I have no problem saying that I thought overall we outplayed them. The first period was a feeling out period for both teams and then in the second we outshot them and had more chances. But we’re just not finishing. It’s something we’re working on in practice and one of these times we’ll start burying our chances.

We’re in the right spots, working hard and generating chances, but we have to bear down a bit more and maybe get a bounce or two to go our way for a change.”

The Queens trailed 1-0 and 2-0 by periods as Karli Reeve connected at 4:46 of the first period and Becky Wall at 2:31 of the second. Sherri Bowles put the game away with a empty net power play goal at 19:43 of the third period.

“They have some big forwards, but I think we have the speed to handle them,” said Rutz, whose squad visits the Ooks today in their final game prior to the Christmas break.

Camille Trautman made 27 saves for the Queens, who are four points back of NAIT and three behind Grant MacEwan. They’re six points ahead of SAIT. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF

SCOREBOARD Local Sports ● 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 White at Red Deer Black, noon, Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, 2 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Ramada, 2:15 p.m., Kinex. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Monstars, Sheraton Red Deer vs.

Triple A Batteries, The Secret Runs vs.

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

Golf

Alfred Dunhill Championship Thursday At Leopard Creek Golf Club Malelane, South Africa Purse: $2.03 million Yardage: 7,287; Par: 72 First Round Morten Orum Madsen, Denmark Allan Versfeld, South Africa Ricardo Santos, Portugal Richard Finch, England David Drysdale, Scotland Charl Schwartzel, South Africa Victor Riu, France Chris Doak, Scotland Michael Hollick, South Africa Hennie Otto, South Africa Ruan de Smidt, South Africa James Kingston, South Africa Danny Willett, England Gareth Maybin, Northern Ireland Also John Daly, United States Brinson Paolini, United States Richard Sterne, South Africa

FRIDAY, NOV. 29, 2013

Hockey

Today

Emirates Australian Open Thursday At Royal Sydney Golf Club Sydney Purse: $1.15 million Yardage: 6,939; Par: 72 (36-36) a-amateur First Round Adam Scott, Australia Ryan Yip, Canada John Young Kim, United States David McKenzie, Australia Jason Norris, Australia Aaron Baddeley, Australia Jason Scrivener, Australia Alistair Presnell, Australia Scott Laycock, Australia Steven Bowditch, Australia a-Brady Watt, Australia Anthony Brown, Australia Matthew Jones, Australia Steven Jones, Australia Max McCardle, Australia Nathan Holman, Australia Tom Bond, Australia Adam Bland, Australia Kalem Richardson, Australia Richard Green, Australia Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland Josh Younger, Australia James McLean, Australia Jason Day, Australia Kevin Streelman, United States Mathew Goggin, Australia Matthew Millar, Australia James Nitties, Australia Michael Choi, Australia Liu Yuxiang, China Aron Price, Australia Nick O’Hern, Australia Scott Arnold, Australia Lucas Lee, Brazil Neven Basic, Australia Rohan Blizard, Australia a-Anthony Murdaca, Australia Matthew Guyatt, Australia Cameron Percy, Australia Ashley Hall, Australia Varut Chomchalum, Thailand Annop Tang’prasert, Thailand Bryden MacPherson, Australia Scott Strange, Australia Adam Crawford, Australia Marcus Cain, Australia Leigh Deagan, Australia David Bransdon, Australia Michael Wright, Australia Rhein Gibson, Australia Kim Shi, South Korea Rika Batibasaga, Australia Robert Allenby, Australia Craig Parry, Australia Gareth Paddison, New Zealand Clint Rice, Australia Peter Lonard, Australia Michael Long, Australia Choi Joon-woo, South Korea Mahal Pearce, New Zealand Jamie Arnold, Australia Park Hyo-won, South Korea Andre Stolz, Australia Stephen Leaney, Australia Josh Geary, New Zealand Peter O’Malley, Australia Jeong Jin, South Korea Stephen Dartnall, Australia Ryan Fox, New Zealand Jin Daxing, China Timothy Wood, Australia a-Zac Stolz, Australia Bradley Lamb, Australia Kim Woo-Hyun, South Korea Son Joon-eob, South Korea Peter Cooke, Australia John Senden, Australia Tze Huang Choo, Singapore Matthew Griffin, Australia Leigh McKechnie, Australia Nick Cullen, Australia Tim Wilkinson, New Zealand Richard T. Lee, Canada Ryan Lynch, Australia a-Dou Zecheng, China Terry Pilkadaris, Australia Ryan Haller, Australia Pasavee Lertvilai, Thailand David Klein, New Zealand Peter Senior, Australia Brad Shilton, New Zealand Bronson La’Cassie, Australia

B4

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Western Hockey League Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Swift Current 29 16 10 0 3 104 85 Prince Albert 26 15 9 2 0 89 81 Regina 26 14 12 0 0 78 89 Brandon 27 13 13 1 0 92 102 Saskatoon 27 10 14 1 2 90 110 Moose Jaw 29 8 16 3 2 74 102 Central Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Medicine Hat 26 17 6 3 0 101 71 Kootenay 28 15 11 2 0 88 81 Calgary 24 13 7 1 3 75 74 Edmonton 24 14 9 0 1 88 63 Red Deer 26 12 12 0 2 75 80 Lethbridge 27 3 20 2 2 67 134 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Kelowna 22 17 3 0 2 90 54 Victoria 28 17 10 0 1 74 64 Vancouver 27 11 11 4 1 84 95 Prince George 29 10 15 1 3 81 113 Kamloops 26 6 17 2 1 65 102 U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Everett 27 19 4 4 0 89 68 Portland 26 18 5 2 1 128 83 Spokane 26 17 8 0 1 102 74 Tri-City 28 14 11 1 2 78 76 Seattle 26 13 9 1 3 89 100

Pt 35 32 28 27 23 21 Pt 37 32 30 29 26 10 Pt 36 35 27 24 15 Pt 42 39 35 31 30

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

GF 69 76 69 67 71 76 58 45

GA 52 63 71 52 66 86 86 82

GF 78 53 76 53 53 52 62 70

GA 63 61 74 70 62 60 75 85

No Scoring.

Penalties — Eberle Edm (hooking) 9:42, Smyth Edm (high-sticking) 18:24, S.Jones Nash (interference) 18:43.

Second Period 1. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 6 (Petry, Eberle) 5:32 2. Edmonton, Hall 7 (Gagner) 6:23 Penalties — Perron Edm, Gaustad Nash (unsportsmanlike conduct) 5:07, R.Jones Edm (roughing), Clune Nash (double roughing) 8:19.

Third Period 3. Edmonton, Eberle 9 (Hall, N.Schultz) 19:03 (en) Penalties — Ellis Nash (tripping) 12:44.

Shots on goal Edmonton 9 10 9 — 28 Nashville 13 10 10 — 33 Goal — Edmonton: Bryzgalov (W,1-0-0); Nashville: Mazanec (L,5-4-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 0-3; Nashville: 0-2.

Canucks 5, Senators 2 First Period 1. Ottawa, MacArthur 7 (Methot, Ryan) 8:50 Penalties — Weise Vcr, Borowiecki Ott (fighting) 4:29, Richardson Vcr (tripping) 16:32.

Second Period 2. Vancouver, D.Sedin 9 (H.Sedin, Tanev) 0:31 3. Vancouver, Booth 2 (Santorelli) 1:16 4. Vancouver, Garrison 3 (D.Sedin, H.Sedin) 4:06 (pp) 5. Vancouver, Weise 2 (Garrison, Booth) 9:22 6. Ottawa, Zibanejad 7 (Corvo, Spezza) 18:58 Penalties — Neil Ott (roughing) 2:54, Sestito Vcr, Neil Ott (charging, fighting) 14:56.

Third Period 7. Vancouver, Santorelli 6, 5:31 Penalties — Kesler Vcr (tripping) 6:45, Zibanejad Ott (tripping) 7:22, Hamhuis Van (hooking) 8:58, Burrows Vcr, Conacher Ott (roughing) 14:59.

Shots on goal Vancouver 7 10 11 — 28 Ottawa 11 14 14 — 39 Goal (shots-saves) — Vancouver: Luongo (W,11-75); Ottawa: Anderson (L,6-8-2)(15-11), Lehner (9:40 second, 13-12).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Vancouver: 1-3; Ottawa: 0-3.

Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh 6, Toronto 5, SO San Jose 3, Los Angeles 2, 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 Thursday’s Games Vancouver 5, Ottawa 2 Edmonton 3, Nashville 0

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.

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 26 10 12 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 Washington 25 12 11 2 26 Carolina 25 10 10 5 25 New Jersey 25 9 11 5 23 Philadelphia 24 10 12 2 22 Columbus 25 9 13 3 21 N.Y. Islanders 25 8 14 3 19

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 26 13 11 2 28 60 72 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 San Jose 24 16 3 5 37 82 54 Anaheim 27 17 7 3 37 83 71 Los Angeles 26 16 6 4 36 69 56 Phoenix 25 15 6 4 34 83 79 Vancouver 27 13 9 5 31 72 70 Calgary 24 8 12 4 20 66 87 Edmonton 26 8 16 2 18 68 89 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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.

NHL Leaders Through Nov. 27 TORONTO — Official NHL scoring leaders through Wednesday’s games: G A Pt Crosby, Pgh 13 20 33 Steen, StL 20 10 30 Zetterberg, Det 11 19 30 Malkin, Pgh 6 24 30 Tavares, NYI 11 18 29 Ovechkin, Wash 20 8 28 P.Kane, Chi 15 13 28 Getzlaf, Ana 13 15 28 Perry, Ana 13 13 26 Karlsson, Ott 7 19 26 Little, Wpg 12 13 25 H.Sedin, Vcr 7 18 25 J.Thornton, SJ 3 22 25 Ryan, Ott 13 11 24 Toews, Chi 12 12 24 Backes, StL 11 13 24 Kunitz, Pgh 11 13 24 St. Louis, TB 10 14 24

Saturday’s Games Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers, noon Columbus at Boston, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Florida, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s summaries Oilers 3, Predators 0 First Period

Ja.Benn, Dal Backstrom, Wash Stamkos, TB Seguin, Dal Datsyuk, Det Marleau, SJ Pavelski, SJ Couture, SJ Kopitar, LA Hudler, Cgy Kessel, Tor Parise, Minn Nielsen, NYI Sharp, Chi D.Sedin, Vcr Okposo, NYI Oshie, StL Spezza, Ott Vrbata, Phx

7 5 14 12 12 11 9 8 7 7 13 11 10 9 8 6 4 10 8

17 19 9 11 11 12 14 15 16 16 9 11 12 13 14 16 18 11 13

24 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 21

Alberta Junior Hockey League North Division GP W L OT GF GA Pt Fort McMurray 27 23 2 2 114 47 48 Spruce Grove 29 23 5 1 114 64 47 Lloydminster 30 16 12 2 98 88 34 Whitecourt 30 16 12 2 110 105 34 Grand Prairie 30 14 14 2 88 100 30 Sherwood Park 30 13 16 1 89 107 27 Bonnyville 31 12 16 3 89 108 27 Drayton Valley 28 10 16 2 71 101 22 South Division GP W L OT GF GA Pt Brooks 30 19 8 3 98 72 41 Okotoks 28 14 9 5 82 82 33 Drumheller 28 14 10 4 97 99 32 Canmore 29 15 12 2 82 94 32 Mustangs 30 14 13 3 95 108 31 Camrose 30 12 12 6 77 81 30 Olds 31 11 14 6 84 108 28 Canucks 29 9 19 1 80 104 19 Note: Any win is worth two points; a team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OT column.

Wednesday’s results Calgary Canucks 3 Calgary Mustangs 2 (OT) Lloydminster 4 Whitecourt 1 Sherwood Park 6 Bonnyville 3 Thursday’s results No Games Scheduled.

Friday’s games Calgary Mustangs at Brooks, 7 p.m.

Canmore at Okotoks, 7 p.m.

Drayton Valley at Bonnyville, 7 p.m.

Spruce Grove at Whitecourt, 7 p.m.

Drumheller at Lloydminster, 7:30 p.m.

Grand Prairie at Fort McMurray, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games Brooks at Canmore, 7 p.m.

Lloydminster at Camrose, 7 p.m.

Olds at Calgary Canucks, 7 p.m.

Drumheller at Sherwood Park, 7 p.m.

Whitecourt at Spruce Grove, 7 p.m.

Grand Prairie at Fort McMurray, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s games Drumheller at Drayton Valley, 2:30 p.m.

Camrose at Okotoks, 4:15 p.m.

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 8 3 0 .727 288 N.Y. Jets 5 6 0 .455 186 Miami 5 6 0 .455 229 Buffalo 4 7 0 .364 236 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 7 4 0 .636 263 Tennessee 5 6 0 .455 250 Jacksonville 2 9 0 .182 142 Houston 2 9 0 .182 199 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 7 4 0 .636 275 Baltimore 6 6 0 .500 249 Pittsburgh 5 7 0 .417 263 Cleveland 4 7 0 .364 203 West W L T Pct PF Denver 9 2 0 .818 429 Kansas City 9 2 0 .818 270

San Diego Oakland PA 230 287 245 273 PA 260 245 324 289 PA 206 235 278 265 PA 289 179

5 4

6 8

0 0

.455 .333

269 237

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 7 5 0 .583 329 Philadelphia 6 5 0 .545 276 N.Y. Giants 4 7 0 .364 213 Washington 3 8 0 .273 252 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 9 2 0 .818 305 Carolina 8 3 0 .727 258 Tampa Bay 3 8 0 .273 211 Atlanta 2 9 0 .182 227 North W L T Pct PF Detroit 7 5 0 .583 326 Chicago 6 5 0 .545 303 Green Bay 5 6 1 .458 294 Minnesota 2 8 1 .227 266 West W L T Pct PF

260 300

Seattle 10 San Francisco 7 Arizona 7 St. Louis 5

PA 303 260 280 338

Thursday’s Games Detroit 40, Green Bay 10 Dallas 31, Oakland 24 Baltimore 22, Pittsburgh 20

PA 196 151 258 309 PA 287 309 305 346

1 4 4 6

0 0 0 0

.909 .636 .636 .455

306 274 254 266

179 184 223 255

Sunday’s Games 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.

PA

Monday’s Game New Orleans at Seattle, 6:40 p.m.

NFL Odds (Odds supplied by Western Canada Lottery; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Sunday Tennessee at INDIANAPOLIS 4.5 44.5 Jacksonville at CLEVELAND 6.5 40.5 Tampa Bay at CAROLINA 8.5 41.5 NEW ENGLAND at Houston 7.5 47.5 Chicago at MINNESOTA 0.5 48.5 Arizona at PHILADELPHIA 3.5 48.5 Miami at NY JETS 1.5 38.5 Atlanta at BUFFALO 3.5 45.5 St. Louis at SAN FRANCISCO 9.5 41.5 Cincinnati at SAN DIEGO 1.5 48.5 DENVER at Kansas City 4.5 48.5 NY GIANTS at Washington 1.5 45.5 Monday New Orleans at SEATTLE 5.5 47.5

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 Brooklyn 4 11 .267 2 New York 3 11 .214 3 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 12 3 .800 — Atlanta 8 8 .500 4 Washington 7 8 .467 5 Charlotte 7 9 .438 5 Orlando 6 9 .400 6 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 14 1 .933 — Chicago 7 7 .500 6 Detroit 6 9 .400 8 Cleveland 4 11 .267 10

Milwaukee

1/2 1/2

1/2 1/2

1/2

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 11 5 .688 — Golden State 9 7 .563 2 Phoenix 8 7 .533 2 1/2

L.A. Lakers Sacramento

8 4

8 9

.500 .308

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 L.A. Clippers 93, New York 80 Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games

3 5 1/2

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.

Saturday’s Games Atlanta at Washington, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

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

Utah at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Boston at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Lions bounce back from rough start to rout Packers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lions 40 Packers 10 DETROIT — Matthew Stafford and Reggie Bush did their part to keep the Aaron Rodgers-less Green Bay Packers in the game.

Stafford turned the ball over a few times and Bush did once.

Instead of crumbling and losing confidence, both players bounced back and helped the Detroit Lions put together a dominant performance after an awful start.

Stafford threw three touchdown passes, including one to Calvin Johnson, Bush had 182 yards of offence and scored, and Detroit scored 37 straight points to rout Green Bay 40-10 on Thursday.

“When we get out of our own way, we can be pretty special,” Bush said.

Early on, it looked as if the Lions were going to find another way to waste chances to win a game and take control of the NFC North.

“It’s easy when you lose a couple games in a row, particularly the fashion that we lost, for people to say, ’Here we go again,”’ Detroit coach Jim Schwartz said.

“I’m sure there were some people that were saying that, but they weren’t on our sideline.”

The Lions (7-5) had lost their last two games, five consecutive against Green Bay and a franchise-record nine straight in their annual showcase on Thanksgiving.

“It’s a step in the right direction for us,” Stafford said. “I’m sure the turkey will taste better.”

The Packers (5-6-1) have a five-game winless streak for the first time since 2008.

“We’re not used to anything like this — not on this team,” Green Bay linebacker A.J. Hawk said. “This is something that is going to make a lot of guys on this team think, and that’s good. We need to find some answers because they just ran the ball down our throats.”

Bush responded from fumbling deep in Green Bay territory to score a 1-yard TD run that gave Detroit a 17-10 lead late in the first half. He finished with 117 yards rushing and 65 yards receiving. Bush’ backup, Joique Bell, ran for a career-high 94 yards and a score.

The Packers, painfully, are finding out how valuable Rodgers is for the franchise.

Rodgers has missed four-plus games since fracturing his left collarbone. Green Bay has tied one and lost four without him.

“We’re a wounded team that got drilled by a good football team,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said.

Matt Flynn became the fourth starting quarterback for Green Bay this year and was sacked seven times, once by Ndamukong Suh for a safety.

Flynn didn’t fare as well as he did in his last start for Green Bay against the same opponent.

He was 10 of 20 for 139 yards with an interception and two fumbles. In the last game of the 2011 regular season, while Rodgers rested for the playoffs, Flynn threw for 480 yards and six TDs in a 45-41 win over Detroit.

“They might have a lot of the same guys, but I can say they’re a different defence,” Flynn said. “They’re flying around, creating havoc.”

The Packers have been leaning on rookie running back Eddie Lacy lately, but he was limited to 16 yards on 10 carries against one of the NFL’s best defences against the run.

Detroit was balanced on offence.

Johnson had six receptions for 101 yards and a 20-yard TD to put the Lions up 24-10 early in the third quarter. He has 4,944 yards receiving in two-plus seasons, breaking Jerry Rice’s NFL record for yards receiving in a three-year stretch.

Rice had 4,850 yards receiving from 1993 to 1995.

Stafford was 22 of 35 for 330 yards with two interceptions and a fumble that was returned by Morgan Burnett to put the Packers up 10-3 early in the second quarter.

After that, Detroit did whatever it wanted on both sides of the ball. And if the Lions didn’t start the game so poorly, the score could’ve been even more lopsided.

Detroit gained 561 yards and gave up just 126.

Green Bay didn’t have more than 100 yards of offence until Flynn threw a 56-yard pass to Jordy Nelson with a little more than a minute left.

Flynn then fumbled in a fitting end for a game that he and his team would like to forget.

Packers guard Josh Sitton might’ve fired up the Lions, saying they were “dirtbags,” a couple days before the game, but didn’t seem to regret his choice of words.

“I don’t take back anything I said,” Sitton said. “But I don’t want to stand here and discuss it again.”

NOTES: Green Bay C Evan DietrichSmith, two years after he was stomped on by Suh, left the game with knee injury and didn’t return. ... Packers TE Ryan Taylor was knocked out of the game and was evaluated for a concussion after a crunching hit by Detroit’s DeAndre Levy, who made his NFL-leading sixth interception during the game.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Nov. 29, 2013 B5

Cowboys rally for win over Raiders NFL

Cowboys 31 Raiders 24 ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Romo was sick, and it wasn’t because he had just watched the Oakland Raiders return a fumble for a touchdown on the opening kickoff.

After the Dallas quarterback caught a virus the night before Thanksgiving, his top two running backs were there to help out.

DeMarco Murray ran for three touchdowns, backup Lance Dunbar led Dallas with a career-high 82 yards rushing and the Cowboys overcame the shock of Oakland’s early score to beat the Raiders 31-24 Thursday.

Romo still did his part. He was behind 7-0 before taking his first snap, and his offence didn’t have a yard in the second quarter when he took the field down 21-7 with less than 2 minutes remaining before halftime.

Five completions from Romo later, Murray scored on a 4-yard run 10 seconds before halftime and set the stage for a second-half rally that put the Cowboys (7-5) two games above .500 for the first time since late last season.

Dallas is at least temporarily ahead of Philadelphia (6-5) atop the NFC East.

“To have the opening kickoff fumbled and returned for a touchdown and then be down a couple of scores in the first half, nobody blinked,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. “The momentum kind of turned and I think guys started feeling pretty good and it just continued.”

Dallas was without kick returner Dwayne Harris because of a hamstring injury, and rookie replacement Terrance Williams gave the Raiders a touchdown with a fumble on the opening kickoff.

Greg Jenkins picked up the ball at the 23 after it squirted away from the pile and outran everyone to the pylon.

The play was upheld on review after replay showed Williams’ knee hitting the turf just as the ball was coming out.

Matt McGloin, an undrafted rookie quarterback making his third career start, had a strong first half for the Raiders. But without much help from the league’s fifth-best rushing attack,

his offence stalled in the second half as Oakland (4-8) clinched an 11th straight season without a winning record since going to the Super Bowl during the 2002 season.

Rashad Jennings rushed for 35 yards on 17 carries — a 2.1-yard average — and had both of Oakland’s offensive touchdowns. Darren McFadden carried just five times for 13 yards in his return after missing three games with a hamstring injury.

The Raiders finished with 50 yards rushing — 1 more than their season low — while the Cowboys came with the league’s 29th-ranked rushing offence and had 144 yards on the ground, their second-best total of the year.

“The game boiled down to, in the second half we wore down,” said Raiders coach Dennis Allen, the league’s youngest head coach making his first appearance near the Dallas suburb of Hurst, where he grew up. “They were able to run the ball and we weren’t able to get off the field.”

Murray had just 25 yards after his third TD, but ran for another 38 to help Dallas burn the clock with a sevenpoint lead in the fourth quarter. Most of the late damage came on a drive to Dan Bailey’s 19-yard field goal to put Dallas up by 10 with 1:56 left.

Murray, who tied the score at 7-all on a 2-yard run the first play after a fumble by McGloin late in the first quarter, also had 39 yards receiving.

“I was just playing like I always play,” Murray said. “I’m not worried about anything else. I’m just doing the best I can do and trying to help this team win.”

Dunbar, who went out with a left knee sprain in the fourth quarter, sparked the tying and go-ahead touchdown drives in the second half, highlighted by a 45-yard run that led to a 4-yard scoring pass from Romo to Dez Bryant, who had seven catches for 61 yards.

McGloin, who was 18 of 30 for 255 yards, converted five straight third downs with passes on a pair of touchdown drives in the second quarter.

He also had a throw to Andre Holmes that was ruled a touchdown on second-and-goal from the 16. After the call was overturned on replay, Jennings scored from the 1 to put Oakland

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Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray scores a touchdown in front of Oakland Raiders free safety Charles Woodson (24) during the second half of an NFL game Thursday, in Arlington, Texas. ahead 14-7.

Holmes, who played seven games for Dallas last season before he was sent to the practice squad, had career highs with seven catches for 136 yards.

His previous high was 33 yards.

After McGloin completed a 21-yard pass to Holmes on the first play of the second half, the Raiders didn’t get an-

Ravens get back to .500 with close win over Steelers Ravens 22 Steelers 20 BALTIMORE — Another close game in the spirited rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens came down to a wacky final two minutes that featured a pair of overturned touchdowns, a couple injuries and finally, a missed 2-point conversion.

Justin Tucker kicked five field goals, and Baltimore snuffed a conversion pass with 1:03 left to escape with a 22-20 victory Thursday night.

After Pittsburgh scored on a 1-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Jerricho Cotchery to get within two points, Roethlisberger’s conversion pass slipped through the hands of Emmanuel Sanders, who was screened by Chykie Brown.

The victory provided the Ravens (6-6) with their first winning streak since September and pushed them ahead of the Steelers (5-7) and four other teams in the race for the final wildcard slot in the AFC. It also avenged a 19-16 loss to their division rivals last month.

It was the fifth straight game between the teams decided by three points or fewer.

Pittsburgh appeared to score twice in the closing minutes, but on each occasion the touchdown was overturned by a replay. On the first one, tight end Heath Miller was ruled down inside the 1. On the second, running back Le’Veon Bell lost his helmet on a crushing tackle by Jimmy Smith and the ball was ruled dead just short of the goal line.

The game was delayed while Bell and Smith lay on the ground. Two plays later, Roethlisberger connected with a wideopen Cotchery on fourth down.

Tucker connected on kicks of 43, 34, 38, 45 and 48 yards after Joe Flacco threw a first-quarter touchdown pass to Tor-

rey Smith.

Flacco went 24 for 35 for 251 yards. Roethlisberger was 28 for 44 for 257 yards and two TDs. Baltimore didn’t get a sack and didn’t force a turnover, but played well enough to bottle up Roethlisberger and the Steelers for the majority of the game.

Down 19-7, the Steelers mounted a 60-yard drive aided by two penalties and got a 1-yard touchdown run by Bell to close to 19-14 with 9:32 to go. It was only the second rushing TD allowed by the Ravens this season.

Tucker answered with a field goal, but Roethlisberger mounted a 79-yard drive to set the stage for the hectic finish.

The Ravens opened the second half with a 52-yard drive that ended in a field goal for a 13-0 lead. Smith caught two passes on third down to keep the drive alive.

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by Bell to the Baltimore 8. On third down, Sanders got free in the end zone for an 8-yard score — only the fourth touchdown allowed by the Ravens in six home games.

Jacoby Jones took the ensuing kickoff 73 yards to the Pittsburgh 27, setting up a 38-yard field goal that made it 16-7.

Jones sprinted down the left side and nearly ran into Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who stepped out of the way at the last second.

After a Pittsburgh punt, Flacco escaped pressure to complete a 34-yard pass to Jones, and Tucker followed with a 45-yarder to put the Ravens up by 12 with 13:59 remaining.

That would be Baltimore’s final score, and it proved to be just enough for a much-needed victory.

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More than 120 players are scheduled to test the free-agent waters. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have the most (23), including linebacker Henoc Muamba, the East Division’s top Canadian this year.

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However, there’s a challenge Ottawa faces taking unprotected prospective free agents. If they don’t want to sign with the Redblacks, they simply have to wait until Feb. 15 when they’re able to join the teams of their choice.

Another hurdle Ottawa faces is taking pending free agents who have re-signed with their former clubs before Dec. 16 but not registered the deal with the CFL. Being selected by the Redblacks would give those players the unique opportunity to sign with the expansion squad because the deal with their former teams wouldn’t have been sent to the league office.

However, Ottawa would hold exclusive negotiating rights to the pending free agents until Feb. 15.

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All very adult, but he hasn’t completely outgrown the man who celebrated the Calgary Stampede two years ago by climbing on the back of a party bus and falling off. He sustained road rash on his bottom severe enough to put him in the hospital.

Winning downhill races requires recklessness, so Osborne-Paradis isn’t willing to let the foolhardy part of himself disappear completely.

“You can’t kill that,” he says. “You can scrape a bit of him off, but you can’t kill him.”

His Canadian teammate Jan Hudec doesn’t want to see it disappear either because that devil-may-care ingredient is necessary when attempting speeds that are literally breakneck.

“We all hope he has pre-road rash Manny left in him,” Hudec said.

“Besides the personality and the energy it brings to the team, I think it’s part of his winning attitude.

“I’m a little bit the same way. I live my life pretty loosey-goosey by the seat of my pants. I don’t plan ahead, but it works for me for skiing.

That’s how I race as well.

I live in the moment.

Manny is fairly similar that way.”

Erik Guay, Hudec and Osborne-Paradis are the Canadian downhill team’s decorated elder statesmen at the season-opening World Cup in Lake Louise. John Kucera would also be included in that group if the Calgarian wasn’t sidelined with an inner ear condition.

The downhill is Saturday followed by Sunday’s super-G. Training was cancelled Thursday because of a power problem affecting the lift to the start hut.

Repairs didn’t leave enough time to get 91 racers from the top to the bottom, although the competitors were able to free ski the lower sections of the course. Guay had the fastest time in training Wednesday, with Osborne-Paradis and Hudec also in the top 10.

Guay and Hudec, both 32, and Osborne-Paradis, 29, have stood on World Cup podiums multiple times during their careers. They’ve morphed from guys who just wanted to ski fast to men running their individual ski empires of businesses, sponsorships and charities.

“Business, families, girlfriends, fiancees, wives, we didn’t even know what those words were and how to use them five years ago,” Osborne-Paradis says.

“You know, young and dumb. It’s a different time of your life.

There’s guys who are 36 in the race and there’s guys who are 20 and you can totally tell the difference.”

How to square their adult responsibilities with a certain disregard for their own safety on the mountain is a balancing act, says Hudec.

“I think the older you get, the more cherished it becomes and you put it in your backpack in a safety deposit box and you carefully bring it to the hotel and you’re like ’don’t lose this. It’s my recklessness. If I lose this, I’m screwed,”’ Hudec explains.

“You have to leave it at home when you go to the store or your business and you’re telling people to be responsible and be on time. They can’t know you’re that person on the hill. It’s actually a really funny challenge.”

Vancouver’s OsborneParadis returned last season from a catastrophic knee injury suffered in January, 2011.

Hudec, from Calgary, has undergone seven knee surgeries, including six on the same knee.

Injuries plant seeds of doubt that have to be overcome in the start hut. Bravado helps get past the mental barri-

ers to 130 kilometres per hour.

“I think there’s a lot of fear, but you learn to adapt to that,” OsborneParadis says.

“Recklessness for sure, it’s the only way to win.

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FRONT SNOWSHOE VENTURES OFFERED Trouble trekking through the deep snow? Try anchoring those heavy winter boots into a pair of feather-light snowshoes.

The Kerry Wood Nature Centre is offering snowshoeing ventures on Dec. 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. Drop into the Red Deer centre at 6300 45th Ave. and try out a pair, weather and snow-levels permitting. No high-heeled boots. Admission is a suggested $3 donation per person or $10 per family.

Call 403-346-2010 for more information.

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Police not to blame for death of man fleeing officer: inquiry A Sundre man’s death after he lost control of a stolen vehicle while fleeing police in 2010 has been ruled accidental following a public fatality inquiry.

Christopher Michael Sisler, 33, died on April 13, 2010, at about 1 a.m., after he was involved in a single-vehicle rollover. Sisler was ejected from the vehicle and died from his injuries.

The public fatality inquiry was held Sept. 25, 2012, and the fatality inquiry report, released on Thursday, said Sisler fled at a high rate of speed and was not wearing a seatbelt when his vehicle crashed off Hwy 584 near Sundre.

A toxicology report showed Sisler had a blood alcohol level exceeding 200 mg of blood alcohol per 100 ml of blood (or .2,

while the legal limit was 80 mg of blood alcohol per 100 ml of blood, or .08).

The fatality report said that when the police officer who located the stolen vehicle turned on his emergency lights and sirens, Sisler sped away and was almost immediately out of sight of the officer.

Thirty seconds after the officer declared a pursuit was in progress, he declared the pursuit terminated when he found evidence that the stolen vehicle had left the roadway.

The pursuit occurred at night on a paved highway over a short distance, including hills and turns.

The report said the pursuit of a fleeing vehicle is non-compliant with RCMP pursuit policy, which states that theft of a motor vehicle is a non-pursuable offence.

But the use of emergency lights and siren to signal the presence of the police to the operator of a stolen vehicle is in compliance with duty.

The officer’s declaration of a pursuit in progress and termination was made when the vehicle was out of sight.

The inquiry determined that the noncompliance with policy was technical, minimal, momentary and not a contributing factor in the fatality.

A fatality inquiry is held to establish the cause, manner, time, place and circumstances of death.

No recommendations were made to prevent similar incidents.

Fatality inquiries do not include findings of legal responsibility.

STUFF-A-BUS

WILDROSE YULE FUNDRAISER Central Albertans can wine, dine, and meet with six Wildrose party MLAs at a wine and cheese Christmas event on Dec. 6 in Red Deer. Central Alberta MLAs Kerry Towle, Rod Fox, Jason Hale, Joe Anglin, Bruce Rowe and Rick Strankman will be in attendance for the gathering. Funds raised from the sale of poinsettias and other items at the event will go towards the Red Deer Christmas Bureau. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with cocktails at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40 per person or $60 per couple. The event will be held at the Holiday Inn Boulevard restaurant in Gasoline Alley. For tickets, contact James Lockhart and 587-223-4406 or hartlock@shaw.ca.

FREE YOGA CLASSES A Sylvan Lake yoga studio is getting into the Christmas spirit with some good karma by offering free classes for a week.

From Dec. 1 to 7, classes at Studio Upstairs Yoga and Wellness, 4 Cuendet Industrial Way, will be offered at night at no charge. Instead, patrons are asked to have a minimum of two items to donate to the Sylvan Lake Food Bank. Several classes will be offered through the week. From Monday to Wednesday, the yoga goes from 7 to 9:30 p.m., with different classes each night, and multiple classes per night.

As well, there are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning classes, 9 to 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

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Sonia Pezzack of Red Deer drops a cash donation into one of the collection jugs at the Parkland Mall on Thursday as Red Deer Christmas Bureau volunteer Dorothy Asmundson accepts her toy and food donations. For the 11th year, the Red Deer Food Bank and the Christmas Bureau, along with radio stations CKGY and Zed99, have come together with their Stuff-A-Bus campaign. Volunteers will be at the mall until 4 p.m. on Saturday to accept donations and load the items onto waiting buses in the parking lot. This year, the two groups are hoping to raise $50,000 in cash, in addition to the food and toy donations.

Airdrie couple College offers dual credit wins early-bird to high school auto students Kinsmen draw

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

Local high schoolers with designs on careers working on cars could have the opportunity next September to jump-start their ventures into the profession.

For the 2014-15 school year, Red Deer College will introduce its School Within a College initiative that will allow secondary school students to attend classes at the post-secondary institution, earning credits towards both their high school completion and a college certification.

The first “dual credit” offering for students will likely be an auto service technician program that could allow students who complete it to enter into a post-secondary apprenticeship program immediately after graduating high school.

It will be the first program of its kind in the province available to high schoolers, according to Brad Donaldson, vice-president academic at Red Deer College.

“The School Within a College is a brand new offering. (It will) allow high school students to come onto the RDC campus to complete their high school diploma. So they’ll be getting high school content but also participating in college programs as well,” said Donaldson.

The program will be available to students in the Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division and the Red Deer Public School Division next year, with up to 16 students able to participate. High schools will determine which students enter the program, said Donaldson, and the students will not have to pay tuition for the courses they take.

“Quite often those that are coming into the School Within a College are coming out of the high school because there’s some reason why they’re not being successful in that environment, whether it be performance or behaviour or whatever the case may be. They might be more suited to be in a more adult environment, for lack of a better word,” said Donaldson.

In March, the college signed a memo-

randum of understanding with seven Central Alberta school divisions with expanding dual credit options one of the main aspects of the partnership. The new offering for 2014-15 will only be available to Red Deer students, but Donaldson said he expects opportunities will be available to students in the outlying districts in coming years.

The college has offered dual credit programs for a number of years with students taking courses while in high school that can earn them credits for high school and for their post-secondary educations.

Through the college, for example, students have been able to take courses leading towards obtaining a health-care aide certificate while still in high school.

The School Within a College initiative has received $120,000 in funding for 201415, most of which came from the province.

The government has encouraged the establishment of dual credit programs and “high school to post-secondary learner pathways” in recent years.

Twenty pathways are being developed

by Alberta Education to make it easier for high schoolers to become electricians, millwrights, hairstylists and plumbers, among other trades. “(The programs are designed) to help the high school completion rate, but also to help the transition rate from high school into the post-secondary world,” said Donaldson.

Another avenue the college is exploring to improve that transition rate is by opening up space in its first-year degree courses for high school students to attend.

If space is available, students can attend free of charge, and will receive college credits for the course(s) they take should they later attend Red Deer College after high school.

That program is running for this school year, with some high schoolers participating. Donaldson said the hope is that applications for the School Within a College initiative will be able to be accepted by early 2014. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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

Even though only half the Dream Home Lottery tickets have been sold so far, the Red Deer Kinsmen Club is quite excited this year as the final draw date of Dec. 31 approaches.

On Thursday, the early bird draw saw Joe and Marilyn Reiswig of Airdrie win a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, courtesy of Janice Resch of Century 21 Advantage and Marival Resorts and World Spa. Leonard Sisco, Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery chair, said he was very pleased that they have sold 7,875 out of 14,115 tickets available, or 55 per cent.

In 2011, they had only sold a total of 10,315 tickets (73 per cent) by the end of the campaign on New Year’s Eve. Last year was worse, with only 9,964 tickets sold (70 per cent) in total. “So you can see why we are so excited!” said Sisco.

The 50/50 draw is going very well also, with $118,745 in the bank. There is a minimum payout of $30,000. A sellout would total $150,000, split with $75,000 going to the winner and $75,000 going to the Youth and Volunteer Centre for the renovation project at Camp Alexo.

The 50/50 tickets are: one for $10, five for $25 and 16 for $50, available at the dream home.

Tickets for a chance to win the $890,000 house built by Larkaun Homes are one for $100 or three for $250. They can be purchased at the dream home on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.

The home is located at 220 Vancouver Cres. in Red Deer’s Vanier Woods neighbourhood.

Other prizes include a 2013 Nissan Titan SL truck, a hot tub, massage chairs and a barbecue.

Dream home tickets can also be purchased at various Servus Credit Union locations, as well as at Sproule’s Mountview IDA on 43rd Avenue in Red Deer or by calling 403-356-3900, or online at www.reddeerkinsmen.com.

The lottery is run completely by volunteers and the Kinsmen do not employ an outside marketing company, so all money raised remains here.

Proceeds go to local non-profit helping agencies.

Ticket lines shut down at 5 p.m. on Dec. 31.

Both draws will take place later that evening.

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BRIEFS Red Deer outdoor rinks opening today

Clive wants community centre Clive is a growing community and needs to jump at an opportunity to build a downtown resource centre, project boosters told Lacombe County council on Tuesday.

Louise Bell said Clive Public Library, the Neighbourhood Revitalization Association, Neighbourhood Place Board and the Village of Clive have joined forces on the project to create a multi-use resource centre on main street.

A unique opportunity was provided when the owner of the Urban Market, a building with several retail businesses inside, offered to sell the 1,500-square-foot building to the group for $350,000.

In turn, the Urban Market owner would buy the building Clive is currently using as a library, among other uses, for $75,000. The total cost of the project to buy and renovate the building for use as a library, community meeting, program and office space is about $412,000. About $110,000 has been raised so far.

Bell told council that the existing library is in a basement and is cramped. There is so little room that children had to be turned away from an after-school program. “The need for this is very high,” she said.

“I would hate to see us miss this opportunity.”

A specific funding request was not made to the county. Council directed administration to prepare a report and bring the request back to a future meeting.

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The famed von Hollen Christmas light display is back for another season at 5725 57th St. in Rocky Mountain House. The lights will be turned on Saturday evening and the display will be lit each evening from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. until Dec. 28. Visitors are encouraged to bring items for the food bank, but donations are not compulsory.

Mirror lot claimed over late taxes Looking for a house lot in Mirror?

Lacombe County may have just the spot.

The municipality has found itself with a piece of property in the hamlet after the owner failed to pay $2,393.47 in back taxes and late payment charges.

The lot was put up for auction on Nov. 15 but there were no takers.

Under the Municipal Government Act, the county can take title to the land and try to sell it off.

The other option is the county can leave the property as is and continue to impose penalties.

However, Tim Timmons, manager of corporate services, told council it is unlikely the owner will ever be found to pay up.

Once the property is sold, the county can take its taxes and penalties owing, plus a five per cent administration fee.

The rest of the money goes into an account and the owner can apply through the courts to get the remainder.

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CAANS open house today Want to enjoy some holiday baking without having to do the baking yourself?

The Central Alberta Aids Network Society is hosting an open house today that will feature an assortment of baked goods on sale for $10.

Proceeds from the sale will go towards the United Way of Central Alberta.

The sale runs from 2 to 4 p.m. at the CAANS office at 4611 50th Ave. in Red Deer.

Tourism funding sought Lacombe County has been asked to maintain its support for the Lacombe and District Historical Society and Lacombe Regional Tourism and Marketing Association.

The county and the city split the $150,000 cost of running the two groups, which operate out of Lacombe’s historic Flat Iron Building.

Marie Péron, executive director for Lacombe Tourism, said the organization has undertaken many new initiatives to boost the region’s profile, including expanding the distribution of promotional materials and organizing the second annual Lacombe Culture and Harvest Festival.

The county was asked on Thursday to maintain its $50,000 support for the historical society and $75,000 support for the tourism association.

The county and city also split roughly $2,000 a month in rent and utility charges at the Flat Iron Building.

Péron was praised by council for her efforts in improving the promotion of the entire Lacombe region and not just focusing on the city. The funding request will be discussed by council as part of its 2014 budget deliberations later this year.

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It’s time to get those blades sharpened.

Red Deer outdoor neighbourhood ice rinks located next to community activity centres are opening today. All outdoor rinks without activity centres will open next week.

Bower Ponds, Westlake, Anders on the Lake and the outdoor speed skating oval next to the Golden Circle downtown are projected to open in two weeks, on Dec. 13. For further information about outdoor skating rinks, contact 403-342-8299.

Once Bower Ponds is open, the concession and skate rentals will open to the public on Dec. 14. The Bower Ponds Pavilion hours will be weekdays from 4:30 to 9 p.m. and weekends from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The holiday schedule for the pavilion is: ● Dec. 24 — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ● Dec. 25 — closed ● Dec. 26 — noon to 4 p.m. ● Dec. 27 to 30 — 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. ● Dec. 31 — noon to 4 p.m. ● Jan. 1 — 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

For the skate rental schedule at Bower Ponds, contact 403-318-6298. Anyone interested in booking Bower Ponds Pavilion for an event can contact the city at 403-309-8411.

Hockey sticks and pucks are not permitted at Bower Ponds, the speed skating oval and neighbourhood snow bank rinks. A CSA-approved helmet is recommended for all ice activities.

For more information, visit www.reddeer.ca or call the Bower Ponds line at 403-347-9777.

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C3 Grain backlog angers farmers

FRIDAY, NOV. 29, 2013

OTTAWA URGED TO PENALIZE RAILWAYS FOR SHIPPING DELAYS

BY JOHN COTTER THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Prairie farm groups frustrated by delays in shipping grain this fall want Ottawa to do more to penalize rail companies that don’t deliver crops in a timely way.

Doug Chorney of Keystone Agricultural Producers said the backlog is so

bad that mountains of wheat and other crops are building up outside jammed grain elevators.

As prices fall, farmers are wondering what good a record bumper crop is to them if they can’t get it to market.

“There is grain in piles across Western Canada,” Chorney said from Brandon, Man. “This creates big cash-flow problems for farmers.”

Chorney and his counterparts in

Saskatchewan and Alberta blame the major railways for not putting enough trains and grain cars in service to haul crops to ports for export.

They are also pointing their fingers at federal legislation proclaimed last June that was supposed to deal with such situations.

Norm Hall, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, said the Fair Rail Freight

Service Act is just not effective.

He said the legislation needs to be amended to make it easier to hit railway companies with fines over transportation bottlenecks.

The legislation does include a provision for possible penalties of up to $100,000, but only if a government arbitrator decides a signed service agreement between a shipping company and a railway has been violated.

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Work has begun on the Microtel Inns and Suites in Gasoline Alley, with construction of a pair of restaurants on the same property expected to follow in the new year.

Sunset Grill, Boston Pizza slated for hotel site at Gasoline Alley

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR An all-day breakfast restaurant with dozens of locations in Ontario is coming to Red Deer.

Alan Arsenault, who is developing a Microtel Inns & Suites hotel in Gasoline Alley, confirmed that Sunset Grill will be one of two restaurants also located on the Leva Avenue site. The other will be a Boston Pizza.

With its headquarters in Mississauga, Ont., Sunset Grill is a well-known name in Ontario. The company’s website indicates that there are 64 existing or pending restaurants in that province.

“This will be their first location outside of Ontario,” said Arsenault, who was familiar with the brand and arranged to open a franchise in Red Deer.

He plans to open other Sunset Grills along the Hwy 2 corridor, from Edmon-

ton to Lethbridge.

The restaurant’s breakfast menu ranges from steak and eggs to fruit salad, with omelettes, pancakes, french toast and bagels also offered.

“They’re not known for it, but their burgers at lunchtime, and their salads, are amazing too,” said Arsenault.

“I think it’s going to be a great addition to the area.”

Sunset Grill will occupy its own 2,600-square-foot building, and will have seating for about 120, said Arsenault.

The Boston Pizza, which will have other owners, will also operate in a separate building.

Arsenault thinks the restaurants and the hotel will complement each other. Although guests at the Microtel will receive a free breakfast in the hotel, he’s contemplating offering a special package that will include a meal at Sunset Grill.

Arsenault is anticipating that work on both restaurants will begin early in

the new year. He’s hoping for an Aug. 1 opening date in the case of Sunset Grill, which would be about a month ahead of the Microtel.

Already under construction, the hotel will contain 100 rooms spread over four storeys. It will have a pool and a waterslide, as well as a fitness area and two meeting rooms.

Some rooms will have kitchen facilities to accommodate the needs of extended-stay guests.

Microtel is part of the Wyndham Hotel Group. It’s known as an upper-end economy brand.

In addition to Hwy 2 travellers, Arsenault is hoping to attract members of sports teams and their families, and workers from the energy sector. The combination of a waterslide-equipped hotel with a Sunset Grill and a Boston Pizza should be an enticement, he said.

Cost of the hotel is expected to be between $11 million and $12 million. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Business confidence at highest level in more than a year

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Confidence in Alberta’s small business community is flying high, based on the latest survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

The CFIB reported on Thursday that confidence levels among Alberta entrepreneurs jumped by 1.7 points, to 72.1 on a 100-point index, in November.

That’s the highest level it’s been at in more than a year.

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BRIEFS Olds cleans up at CAEP awards Olds figured prominently in Central Alberta Economic Partnership’s 2013 Achievement Awards, which were presented at CAEP’s fall general meeting in Red Deer on Wednesday.

The Town of Olds was named Community of the Year, with its Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development project cited.

Olds Fibre Ltd., which operates as O-NET, received the Innovative Business Award.

The Community Spirit Award went to the Three Hills and District Agricultural Society.

The winners were selected from a list of nine nominees. They were cho-

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“With the holiday season just around the corner, it’s good to see business owners are feeling relatively positive about the future performance of their firms,” said Richard Truscott, the CFIB’s Alberta director, in a release.

Alberta still trails Newfoundland and British Columbia on the business confidence scale, with those provinces scoring 74.7 and 72.3 respectively in the past month’s survey. Saskatchewan is after Alberta at 71.4, followed by Manitoba (67.6), Ontario (65.8), Nova Scotia

(60.8), New Brunswick (55.9), Quebec (55.5) and Prince Edward Island (54.9).

The national average is 65.9.

The percentage of Alberta business owners who said they will hire in the next few months has risen 13 points since September — to 38 per cent.

Truscott said this is likely attributable in part to the upcoming holiday season.

The CFIB said that business confidence levels normally range between 65 and 75 when the economy is growing at its potential.

sen by a panel of economic development professionals from outside the area, with judging criteria including impact, growth and collaboration, and overall success.

Central Alberta Economic Partnership consists of 40 municipal/Indian Band members and 12 associate member organizations. Its mandate is to promote economic development in the region.

heading and After the Grind for community spirit.

The awards were presented by the town’s Economic Development and Tourism Board and the Blackfalds Chamber of Commerce. A release issued by the town said there were 193 nominations, which identified 35 businesses.

Three Blackfalds businesses honoured with Business of the Year Awards Three Blackfalds businesses received a pat on the back Wednesday evening during the town’s council meeting.

Blackfalds Eye Care, Blackfalds Gas and Wash, and After the Grind were presented with Business of the Year Awards. Blackfalds Eye Care was recognized in the service category, Blackfalds Gas and Wash under the retail

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Bentley farmer named to Cereals Canada board of directors A farmer from the Bentley area has been named to the Cereals Canada board of directors.

Kevin Bender was chosen to represent the Alberta Wheat Commission on the 12-member board. The directors are affiliated with member organizations that represent producers, life science and seed companies, and grain processors and handlers.

Greg Porozni, also of the Alberta Wheat Commission will serve as chair.

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TORONTO — Marketers love the Black Friday shopping holiday and continue to find ways to exploit its growing popularity.

Black Friday went from being a oneday event to an all-weekend series of sales. This year, pre-Black Friday sales were going strong on Thursday.

And, of course, at the end of the weekend there’s Cyber Monday, the big online shopping day.

Canadian retailers have tried to cash in on the Black Friday trend by organizing their own sales and promising deals just as good as the ones that cause stampedes stateside.

But are the Canadian retailers offering promotions that truly rival prices south of the border?

The Canadian Press compared some of the Black Friday flyers of retailers in the U.S. and Canada to see how the sales differ and whether there are any legitimate bargains being offered to consumers on Friday.

(All Canadian prices are quoted in Cdn dollars. All U.S. prices are quoted in U.S. dollars.)

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There are some pretty decent deals to be had at Walmart in Canada but they don’t compare to the deeper discounts in the U.S. An Xbox 360 console with a fourgigabyte hard drive is going for $129 in Canada, which is a good $50 off. But if you were in the U.S. you could pick one up for just $99. An RCA seven-inch tablet is $68 here and $49 in the U.S., World War Z on Blu-ray is $10 higher in Canada, and Grand Theft Auto V is $39 here and $34 down south. While Walmart Canada’s big TV doorcrasher is an RCA 32-inch LED TV for $168, a 32-inch Funai LED TV is $98 in the U.S. But Canadians can snag one deal that would make American bargain hunters jealous. A Keurig Special Edition K60 coffee machine is $68 in Canada and $139 in the U.S.

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There are a few common items on sale at Best Buy on both sides of the border which would suggest it’s maybe not worth a trip. A 46-inch Samsung LED TV is $499.99 in Canada and just $22 cheaper in the U.S.

Please see DEALS on Page C4 David Hansen of Canterra Seeds will be vice-chair. A president is expected to be in place by the end of January.

Cereals Canada is a national, notfor-profit organization with a mandate to enhance the competitiveness of Canada’s cereals industry.

Planning commission approves building in Queen’s Business Park Red Deer’s municipal planning commission has given a thumbs-up to a proposed industrial building in Queens Business Park.

The 16,900-square-foot structure will consist of two storeys and contain office and warehouse space. It will be located at 83 Queens Dr. Because the site backs onto Hwy 2 and is in a major entry area to the city, site development approval was required from the commission.

The application was made on behalf of Leavitt Holdings Inc.

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

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.05 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.56 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 61.34 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.93 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 27.56

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 95.35 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.56 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.82 BlackBerry Ltd. . . . . . . . . . 6.69 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.79 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.39 Cdn. National Railway . 118.50 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 160.71 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.03 Capital Power Corp . . . . 20.90 Cervus Equipment Corp 23.30 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . . 39.1 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 43.40 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.32 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.22 General Motors Co. . . . . 38.85 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 18.55 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.59 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 46.87 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 68.50 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.35 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.97 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 46.86

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 17.44 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.39 First Quantum Minerals . 17.93 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 23.65 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 7.64 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.94 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 33.41 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.45 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 25.95

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 99.44 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.73 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.49 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.42 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 16.80

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 28.78 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 83.06 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 56.73 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.69 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 53.70 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 34.42 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 19.85 Canyon Services Group. 11.25 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.40 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.840 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.12 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 3.07 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 93.80

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed with a small gain Thursday amid a relatively quiet session with American markets shuttered for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.

The S&P/TSX composite index rose 8.77 points to 13,370.83, off the highs of the session as the financial sector moved into negative territory.

“U.S. capital markets often set the tone around the world,”

observed Chris King, portfolio manager at Morgan, Meighen and Associates.

“I do expect the next couple of days to be fairly quiet.”

A major gainer was Halifax-based DHX Media Ltd. (TSX:DHX). Its stock soared $1.02 or 24.46 per cent to $5.19 after it said it would pay about $170 million in cash to buy several children’s specialty TV channels, including Family, under a proposed deal with Bell Media

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MPC approves two townhouse projects Red Deer’s municipal planning commission has approved the development of a pair of townhouse projects: one in Clearview Ridge and the other in Vanier Woods.

The Clearview Ridge application was made on behalf of Carolina Homes Inc. It calls for 69 dwelling units to be spread over 10 buildings at 298 Carrington Dr. Each unit will include an attached garage, with the living area built above that.

The resulting three-storey design required a relaxation of the two-storey height limit in the city’s land use bylaw. However, the buildings’ 8.35-metre height will be less than the 10 metres allowed under the bylaw.

The commission also authorized a 17 per cent relaxation of the minimum site area, to 11,565 square metres; and a 20 per cent relaxation of the mini-

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 52.42 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.20 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.81 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.55 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . . NA Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.98 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.410 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.80 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.52 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.41 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.47 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.88 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 58.20 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 73.37 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 65.35 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.99 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 34.22 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.98 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.19 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 53.65 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 67.35 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.40 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 92.36 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.05 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 70.37 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 36.95 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.62

(TSX:BCE). BCE rose 15 cents to $46.82.

The loonie was up 0.08 of a cent to 94.46 cents US even as data showed that Canada’s broadest measure of trade continued to run at a deficit in the third quarter.

Statistics Canada reported that the current account deficit decreased $500 million to $15.5 billion in the third quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis. That was about $1 billion more than

A 32-gigabyte version of the Microsoft Surface tablet is $199.99 in both countries. A 13.3-inch MacBook Pro with four gigabytes of memory and 128 gigabytes of storage is $200 cheaper in the U.S., but is that enough savings to plan a trip? It depends on how much other shopping you plan to do. And cross your fingers that the computer mum frontage per unit, to 4.88 metres.

Parking on the site will exceed the minimum requirement.

Two commission members voted against the proposal, with citizen representative Peter Holloway expressing concerns that it would result in overdevelopment of the site.

The Vanier Woods project consists of an 18-unit townhouse project proposed by True-Line Contracting Ltd. The units will be split among three buildings on the corner of Viscount Drive and Vermont Avenue.

As part of its approval, the commission authorized a 27 per cent relaxation of the rear yard setback, to 5.5 metres; and an 18 per cent relaxation of the rear deck setback, to 3.67 metres. Parking and landscaping on the site will exceed requirements.

The commission heard that the adjacent lot to the south, which is designated for church development, has been purchased by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

economists expected.

New York markets reopen Friday for a shortened session and traders will be anxious to see if Americans came out in force on Thursday night to kick off the start of the holiday shopping season.

King said it’s fascinating to watch people “try to divine” how the rest of the season will turn out, based on first few hours of Black Friday shopping.

Black Friday refers to the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, which is on the last Thursday of November each year and about a month before Christmas. According to lore, it’s the first day that retailers can expect to go into the black for the year due to holidayrelated sales.

“I don’t know about the correlation between Black Friday and the rest of the season but it probably is pretty significant,” King said.

The metals and mining component led TSX advancers, up 2.23 per cent while March copper was up one cent at US$3.20 a pound in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange late Thursday afternoon. First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) climbed 65 cents to C$17.93 while Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) was ahead 71 cents to $25.95.

The gold sector rose 0.5 per cent as December bullion climbed $6.50 to US$1,244.40.

Iamgold (TSX:IMG) improved by 12 cents to C$4.53.

The consumer staples sector was also supportive as shares in convenience store chain Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX:ATD.B) ran ahead $1.17 to $77.96 after earlier hitting a new

52-week high of $79.18.

The bidding battle for Australia’s Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Co. continued Thursday. Murray Goulburn, Australia’s largest dairy exporter, has increased its offer for Warrnambool to AU$9.50 a share in cash, which would value Warrnambool at AU$532 million. MG’s chief rival is Canada’s Saputo Inc. (TSX:SAP), which announced Monday that it would pay AU$9.20 per share if receives more than half of Warrnambool’s shares or AU$9 per share if it doesn’t get a majority. Saputo shares were up 28 cents to C$48.56.

Energy stocks were also off the best levels of the day with the sector weakening by 0.07 per cent as the January crude contract fell five cents to a six-month low of US$92.25. Oil racked up a steep loss of $1.38 on Wednesday as U.S. oil inventories unexpectedly rose last week instead of declining.

The Energy Department reported that the U.S. supply of crude oil is now 391.4 million barrels, which is 4.6 per cent above year-ago levels and “well above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year.”

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,370.83 up 8.77 points TSX Venture Exchange — 926.67 down 2.85 points TSX 60 — 770.71 up 0.37 point

S&P 500 — Closed Nasdaq — Closed Currencies at close: Cdn — 94.46 cents US, up 0.08 of a cent Pound — C$1.73, up 0.51 of a cent Euro — C$1.4403, up 0.18 of a cent Euro — US$1.3604, up 0.27 of a cent Oil futures: Closed Gold futures: Closed Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: Closed ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Jan. ’14 $2.50 lower $490.50; March ’14 $2.50 lower $499.90; May ’14 $2.50 lower $507.10; July ’14 $2.10 lower $512.90; Nov. ’14 $1.10 lower $518.10; Jan ’15 $1.00 lower $521.20; March ’15 $1.00 lower $522.20; May ’15 $1.00 lower $522.60; July ’15 $1.00 lower $519.80; Nov ’15 $1.00 lower $516.00; Jan. ’16 $1.00 lower $516.00.

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.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 86,100 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 86,100.

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The kilowatt hour and how it influences your decision to go solar LOOKING AT WHAT AN AVERAGE HOME CONSUMES AND HOW IT COULD DETERMINE A PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM USING EXISTING POWER BILLS The watt has become a verbal fixture in our modern vocabulary. We buy bulbs and appliances by their watt rating, and our electrical bills state we are charged by the kilowatt hour (kWhr).

The encyclopedia defines the electrical watt as “the work done when one ampere flows through a potential difference of one volt” or expressed with Ohms Law: Watts = volts X amLORNE peres.

OJA If you turn on a 100-watt lightbulb for one hour, you consume 100 watt hours or 0.1 kilowatt hours. The kilowatt hour tends to confuse a lot of people. Simply put, it is 1,000 watts, either produced, in the case of a generator, or consumed when we turn on lights or an appliance, over the time period of one hour.

Now that we have shaken some of the cobwebs loose from the shelf in our memory holding those dreary science lectures from so many years ago with this review, we can delve into the calculations required to determine if we could possibly implement a strategy for reducing our ever-increasing electrical bills.

For clarity sake, and to stifle the urge to lose all control and common sense, we will not examine the associated delivery charges, or the litany of the other liabilities that accompany said monthly electrical invoice. We will in fact look at what an average home consumes in kilowatt hours and how we could size a photovoltaic system using our existing power bill.

First ,find your average monthly use in kilowatts hours; 12 bills covering a one-year period would be perfect. Add them up and divide by 12. Take this number multiply by 1,000 and you have the average

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monthly watt hours you consume. Now divide by 30; this will give you the number of watt hours needed daily.

Once you have calculated your daily required watt hours, you can compute the size of the photovoltaic system needed to supply your electrical demand. To do that, take you daily watt hours and divide by the average sunlight hours per day during the year. (At Red Deer’s latitude of 52 degrees north, that is about 12.3 hours per day averaged over the year.) This result then has to be divided by the system efficiency factor. For an off-grid consideration use 0.7; for grid tie use 0.85.

The result of all your efforts is the minimum size for a photovoltaic system to provide you all the power you use, in sunlit circumstances. To estimate the

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Boston Pizza in Red Deer is undergoing aggressive expansion.

We are looking for bright, energetic and fun mid-level Managers to join us into the future.

City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to add a site exception to permit specific commercial uses to operate within the existing structure of the building located at 3702 – 50 Avenue while maintaining the current R2 Residential (Medium Density) zoning. The commercial uses being considered for the site are:

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cost for the size of array you just calculated, multiply watts required by $1.50. The price calculated is for the total size of the photovoltaic array only, and does not take into consideration shipping, mounts, taxes, price change, or the required ancillary equipment determined by whether you want to be off-grid, grid tied, or just a basic backup system.

This exercise will give you a good idea what your daily power consumption is and will provide you with a sound basis for your decision to go solar.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

1. Commercial services related to the care and appearance of the body such as a massage business, beauty shop, barber shop, or tanning salon 2. Commercial services related to a financial or insurance services outlet, real estate agency, travel agency 3. Law Office, or 4. Health and Medical Services – a development used for services related to the physical or mental health of individuals on an out-patient basis. Services may be preventative, diagnostic, treatment, therapeutic, rehabilitative in nature or may consist of treatment of counseling. Uses may include but are not limited to medical clinics, dental clinics, optometrists, chiropractic and psychiatric or medical counseling services.

On November 26, 2013, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Garden Heights 1. Havan Built Homes (2012) Ltd. – a 0.32 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the house, and a 0.98 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the deck, of a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage to be located at 65 Grove Close.

Laredo 2. Larkaun Developments Ltd. – a 10.2m2 relaxation to the maximum site coverage, of a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 86 Lalor Drive.

3. Larkaun Developments Ltd. – a 10.2m2 relaxation to the maximum site coverage, of a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 106 Lalor Drive.

Queens Industrial Park 4. Camdon Construction Ltd. – a 325m2 addition to the existing Allan Dale industrial site, located at 3 Queens Drive.

Discretionary Use Golden West Business Park 5. Cognidyn Engineering & Design – a 109.25m2 temporary modular office building, until December 16, 2016, to be located at 6525 67 Street.

Riverside Meadows 6. A Lenglois o/a Road Runner Moving – an office use for Road Runner Moving, to be located at 5902 54 Avenue.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on December 13, 2013. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8399.

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The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, December 16, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor at City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, December 6, 2013. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

In accordance with The City of Red Deer Neighbourhood Planning and Design Guidelines & Standards (2008) and the approved Garden Heights Area Structure Plan, the property within legal land description Lot 30, Block 3, Plan 112 5834 and located within the new Garden Heights neighbourhood, is available for sale as a site for the possible development of a Social Care Facility.

Details as to eligibility, conditions of sale, prices, etc. may be obtained from: City of Red Deer Land & Economic Development Department 403-342.8106 or Liz Soley directly at 403.356.8940 If this site is not purchased for the purpose listed above by February 28, 2014 it will alternatively be developed for low density residential uses in accordance with the approved Garden Heights Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan.

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laundry and trains the young women under her, in housekeeping.

That all sounds pretty easy.

In fact, young Sarah is up at 4:30 a.m. on Most readers are familiar with Pride laundry days, drawing the water to heat, and Prejudice by Jane Austen. This is the then scrubbing and soaking and scrubstory of the other half of the household at bing some more so that the ladies upstairs Longbourn, the servants. have white under-things.

The life lived in the Bennet household The young ladies’ long skirts, which with its five daughters and an anxious had been dragged through the mud on a mother includes a round of parties and fresh-air walk, must be boiled so that no new dresses and the pleasure of being greyness survives. seen at the right places, in the presence of That is to say nothing of the chambers eligible men. pots taken out and baths drawn and the After all, how is a mother to find suitfires laid and meals served. able husbands for five daughters?

Sarah works very hard and painful chilReaders of Pride and Prejudice are fablains plague her. miliar with the anxiety displayed by Mrs. Although the young ladies are gracious PEGGY Bennet. Mr. Bennet, on the other hand, to Sarah, perhaps they forget that they have FREEMAN escapes to his library and generally leaves no secrets from their personal maid, and the fussing to his wife. she doesn’t have a high opinion of them.

The people below stairs whose hard laPolly is a young under maid who also bour makes the household run efficiently works very hard. are often taken for granted.

There are secrets in the lives below stairs and this Old Mr. Hill is general factotum and he drives the author ferrets them out. carriage on outings.

Mrs. Hill is the cook and overall housekeeper.

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While eligible men are the only topic above stairs, below, there are no men servants, apart from Mr. Hill. The Napoleonic War has taken every male of the servant class.

Young men with means are also soldiers but their uniforms and often their ranks are purchased. These are the young men who dress up a party.

But now Mr. Bennet has hired a young man, named James Smith.

The girls and their mother are thrilled, since being driven about by a young man will advance their cause immeasurably; and below stairs they are thrilled that help is on the way.

James turns out to be a capable and willing worker, and interesting to Sarah.

But where did he come from?

James’s history changes everything about the place. The secrets are long buried and are far reaching.

Longbourn has always been a sleepy little place, where lives are lived out in peace. Now soldiers, and house guests of all types, will change the lives of everyone.

This is a highly entertaining book.

Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

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LUANN Nov. 29 1991 — Environment Minister Jean Charest announces a $34.9-million program to protect Canadian wildlife to set up national wildlife habitat network, plus $17.7 million for ecology research.

1990 — Parliament backs a UN resolution allowing the use of military force to end the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.

Saddam Hussein will ignore UN deadline of Jan. 15 to withdraw, and Canadian units, including fighters, field hospitals and ships, are sent to the Persian Gulf.

1983 — Ottawa suspends enforcement of metric measurement after adverse court ruling citing a need to rewrite and clarify law.

1924 — Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto 7-1 in the first hockey game played in the new (now old) Montreal Forum.

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Friend tells different version of story to make herself look good Dear Annie: I’m 16 and have been best friends Sometimes before meeting with people, I tell mywith “Cindi� since second grade. Last weekend, my self that I will make an effort to control my chatter, parents attended a party and allowed Cindi to stay but when I am having fun, I forget. overnight. Two people broke into the house to rob it.

I really admire people who draw out conversation They tied up and gagged Cindi and then forced from others by asking pertinent questions, and I, too, me to take them from room to room putting things in want to be a person who asks and listens. a sack. Before leaving, they tied and gagged me, too, Do you have any clues for reining myself in? — leaving both of us face down on the floor.

Chatty Cathy Over the next few hours, we struggled Dear Chatty: The fact that you notice and then tried to talk and even started your chatter and wish to stop is a good giggling, but mostly, we just waited for my sign, although you may be a little hard on parents to come home and call the police. yourself.

Naturally, we’ve been the “stars� at Try counting to 10 when someone starts school since then, but I discovered that speaking. Listen to what they are saying.

Cindi is telling her own version of what Imagine that it is a fascinating subject, happened. and try to formulate a question or comShe says I was weepy and panicky. This ment that allows them to expand on the really upsets me. I don’t want Cindi to topic. You don’t have to do it every time, portray me as a weakling to our friends. but even once or twice during a conversaWe spent five hours on the floor together, tion will help you slow down and focus on but except for a few sobs, I thought we the other person. handled it well.

Dear Annie: The letter from “New MITCHELL So how do I handle Cindi? — Bound, York� described dumpster diving for food. & SUGAR Gagged and Furious My husband is an experienced “dumpster Dear Bound: Cindi does this because diver,� although he doesn’t look for edshe wants to make herself look good. ible items.

The fact that she does it at your exWe live in a small college town. Anpense is damaging the friendship, and you should say nie, you would not believe what students throw into so and ask her to stop. You also can let your friends dumpsters when they go home for the summer or know that you remember things a little differently, move into their own apartments. while holding your head up and not letting it get to My husband has found brand-new appliances, you. But mostly, we hope you realize how very fortu- clothes, and unopened cake mixes, cereal, spices nate the two of you are to have escaped this robbery and canned meats. It’s astonishing. We have found unharmed. microwave ovens, computers, video games, patio furDear Annie: A fairly new friend and I just re- niture, linens — you name it. turned from lunch, after which I realized that a rathWhen we were both out of work, this was a lifeer frequent problem has happened yet again. saver to us. We are in a better financial situation I’ve read your column for years and know that now, but I remember those days fondly. — Mel in people write to get help dealing with family and Michigan friends. This time, the problem is me!

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and When I’m with others, I chatter. I tell overly de- Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers coltailed stories. I even strike up conversations with umn. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ people around me in lines and with store clerks. It’s comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators like I must become their friend for the duration.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Should you encounter possible career opportunities or a chance for advancement, weight carefully your options. Spur-onthe-moment decisions seem unwise for now. Verify and illuminate on the available information.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): Your opportunity for growth may induce you into a variety of thoughts and ideas.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be careful what you share with another person or whom you are lending your money. You may not see this cash or loan returned to you and you might be left in disarray. Better play safe than be sorry.

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High-energy reunion OLYMPIX-ACRONAIRES CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF ACROBATICS

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF They do acrobatic handstands while balancing on top of precariously stacked chairs.

Their pyramids of people grow to be three human beings high — as acrobats flip and toss each other into the air, then catch each living projectile.

“What we do is dangerous. It takes specialized training to do this stuff,” said Olympix-Acronaires’ coach Ron Schafer.

But while the feats of strength and agility might be reminiscent of Cirque du Soleil, the entertainers who practise four nights a week aren’t professional acrobats.

The Olympix-Acronaires are an amateur group affiliated with Canadian University College in Lacombe.

“A lot of people say, ‘We had no idea this kind of stuff is done at CUC,’ ” said Schafer. “They are quite amazed when they see what we can do.”

The group that wowed crowds at Red Deer’s Festival of Trees last weekend is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a reunion performance on Saturday at the college.

The show will also feature acrobatics from some special guests who actually have worked with Cirque du Soleil: world trampoline champions brothers Kyle and Keegan Soehn, of Red Deer; Acrobazia, a male acrobatic pair from out of the U.S.; as well as a Russian trio who do a bar routine will join the Acronaires for the weekend show that’s open to the public.

Schafer believes the “high energy” reunion program will provide plenty of thrills, as well as allowing his group to reminisce and celebrate four decades of performing across Canada, the U.S., as well as Central America and Europe. (Next summer the globe-trotting acrobats are headed to Africa for more performances as well as humanitarian projects with Lacombe charity A Better World.)

The Olympix-Acronaires were formed in Lacombe in 1973, when Schafer signed on as one of the first local gymnasts.

While having a touring acrobatics team is unusual for most post-secondary institutions, it isn’t for Seventh-day Adventist colleges, said Schafer, who noted the model for this was formed in 1959, when Robert Kalua and Gene Wilson created a gymnastics training field in Loma Linda, Ca. Since then, other acrobatics groups were formed at other Adventist institutions as a way to promote physical fitness while engaging the public. The

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Olympix-Acronaires, an amateur group affiliated with Canadian University College in Lacombe, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a reunion performance on Saturday at the college. acrobatic groups began touring and performing, much like college-affiliated orchestras and choirs, said Schafer.

The Lacombe Olympix-Acronaires have had many highlights, including performances in Las Vegas, Jamaica, Costa Rica and Belize, and having members compete in the U.S. National Acrobatics Competition in 1989 (when a member advanced to the world competition) and in 1996.

The 30-some group members range in age from 11 to 68 and don’t have to be Adventists. The youngest are twin sons of one of the group’s assistant coaches, while the oldest was a biology instructor at the Lacombe college who was always extremely fit and wanted to try acrobatics, said Schafer.

He noted the main requirements

are high energy, good balance and core strength, and, most importantly — trust. “When you get thrown into the air, you want to make sure people are there to catch you.”

Schafer, who’s stepping down after coaching for 30 years, is looking forward to the reunion, where he will see former group members and “relive a lot of memories.”

Although the Acronaires have done a lot of touring over the decades, they always find an audience. If anything, the blending of physical fitness and performance art has seen a surge of public interest over the last few years because of the popularity of Cirque du Soleil, said Schafer.

While he doesn’t put his group in the same category as the world famous

Cirque, he believes the Acronaires never fail to impress a crowd.

“There are lot of people who have never seen this kind of thing before. It always leads to lots of inquiries about us and the school.”

Tickets for the 8 p.m. acrobatics show on Saturday in the gymnasium of Canadian University College in Lacombe are $25.

Those who want to attend a 1:30 p.m. reunion banquet at the College Heights Christian School gym earlier on Saturday can get tickets to the luncheon for $30.

Tickets to both the luncheon and the acrobatics show are available for $50. For more information, call 403782-2822. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

A slice of life from Zerbin

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Being opinionated as well as creative occasionally causes Peter Mol to butt heads with his musical partner Jason Zerbin.

On the other hand, sharing these traits has also made the two Edmonton natives create beautiful music together as they perform as the band Zerbin.

“We agree on a lot of things and complement each other musically and stylistically,” said Mol, who’s making a return trip west after performing in Quebec City this week.

Since the indie folk-rock band played to a soldout crowd last time it was in Red Deer, the International Beer Haus and Stage invited Zerbin to play here again on Saturday. This time, it will be a benefit concert for the Central Alberta Women’s Outreach, following a fundraising wine tasting event.

Mol and Jason were only too happy to participate. “We’re down to help out with that cause. It’s a cool thing,” said Mol. The duo are promoting a just-released a five-track EP, Touch, that contains some of the slice-of-life songs the

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Indie folk-rock band Zerbin will perform a benefit concert for the Central Alberta Women’s this Saturday at the International Beer Haus. group is getting known for, with CBC radio play in Edmonton, Toronto and Victoria, where Jason is now based.

Mol, who still resides in Edmonton, sees enough of his partner that the two can still write music together — such as the EP’s title track, a straight-ahead rock song. Or Lift, which encourages

listeners to “lift your head up and feel good, even when life doesn’t work out as expected,” said Mol — “because there’s a bright future.”

Take Your Heart is a tune Jason wrote, said Mol, as a love song to the woman who recently became his wife.

“It’s not like writing it was all it took,

but it helped,” Mol added, with a chuckle.

He and Jason attended the same high school in Edmonton, but their musical partnership didn’t develop until they were adults and ran into each other again.

There was a certain chemistry, said Mol. “Our experiences with life tend to creep through into our songs.”

The duo both play guitars and all of the other instruments on their recordings, but often hire musicians to accompany them while on tour.

Darcy Ouellet, fund development officer for the Central Alberta Women’s Outreach, said he was contacted by Beer Haus management about doing a fundraiser for his non-profit group.

“It’s a nice way to partner with businesses in town,” added Ouellet, who noted proceeds from the benefit will go towards Outreach programming.

The cover charge for the 8:30 p.m. concert is a minimum donation of $10 at the door.

Those who want to attend the 7 p.m. wine tasting need to buy tickets for $40 (this includes the Zerbin concert to follow). For more information, call 403-986-5008. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Homefront a by-the-books, violent yawner

BY LINDA BARNARD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Homefront 1.5 stars (out of four) Rated: 14A British action man Jason Statham (The Transporter) makes time to cuddle a kitty in the midst of taking on methcooking scum and vengeful bikers in Homefront.

It’s the most interesting thing he does in the by-the-books, violent yawner about a man with a secret and a family to protect, ham-handedly written by Sylvester Stallone (Statham’s Expend-

ables franchise co-star), originally as a star vehicle for himself.

Based on the central character in Chuck Logan’s crime novel series, Homefront tells a familiar story about an ex-lawman — here it’s Statham as former drug enforcement agent Phil Broker — trying to put his past behind him, but darned if the bad guys will let him.

After a biker drug bust goes sour, Broker is left with cover blown and the wrong guy dead. The single dad seeks to holster his gun and still his fists for a quieter life in backwoods Louisiana with his young daughter Maddy (Izabela Vidovic). But the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Maddy shows she knows a thing or two about standing up

At the for herself in a schoolyard confrontation with a chubby bully boy.

Cassie, the bully’s drug-addled mom (an unrecognizably emaciated Kate Bosworth) seeks satisfaction for her kid.

Broker does his best to resist when her

husband (Frank Grillo) tries to settle the score at Cassie’s urging. But to hell with restraint, this is Stallone and Broker soon wades in with fists and feet flying.

Unsatisfied, Cassie enlists her menacing meth cooker with a screw loose brother, Gator Bodine (James Franco, this year’s hardest-working man in show business) to “mess” with Broker.

By the way, Gator’s name is pronounced Bo-dine, not Bo-deen (as in The Beverly Hillbillies’ Jethro). Franco all but chews on the words as he introduces himself and his baseball bat to a bunch of teen meth-cookers he is about to put a hurt on.

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JUGGLER

EXHIBITS RED DEER GALLERIES ● 900: Drawing with the Brain by Edmonton artist Amber-Jane Grove is open at Harris-Warke Gallery until Dec. 31. Grove is a graduate of Red Deer College Visual Arts Program and BFA graduate of University of Lethbridge. The series of drawings are a 900 day project which involve drawing with hands, feet, mouth, and so on, and reveals a multitude of imagery that would otherwise not be utilized. See harriwarke.com ● Red Deer Arts Council Visual Arts Members Juried Exhibition will be featured at the Kiwanis Gallery at the Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch from Dec. 4 to 29.

This exhibit expresses the quality of works of the artists in the RDAC membership from emerging to professional, and includes Red Deer and beyond. The opening reception will be part of First Fridays on Dec. 6 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ● Expedition Arctic: 1913-1918 is a traveling exhibit from Canadian Museum of Civilization in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of Nature and features over 250 outstanding artifacts, including many on display for the first time, now open at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery until Feb. 17. Phone 403-309-8405. ● Works of Sandy Proseillo are displayed at Velvet Olive Lounge until Nov. 30. ● Ochre Inc. by Barbara Vander Leek, Mary Joan Pyper, and Linda Siebenga may be viewed at The Hub on Ross Gallery from until Nov. 30. ● Private Moments by Arto Djerdjerian will be on display at Corridor Community Galley, Recreation Centre, lower level until Dec. 13. ● Works of Harvey Brink at Café Pichilingue open until Nov. 30. ● The Northern Terrain Painters — New Work from Jeri Lynn Ing, Susan Woolgar, Judy Sutter and Larry Reese is now at Gallery IS which will be open Nov. and Dec. from noon to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Phone 403341-0340.

● Steps Through Time is a look back on the evolution of select sports footwear now on at Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.

Explore the progression and evolution of various equipment, glimpse the history and the modifications, that make sports equipment, to make it faster, safer and more comfortable.

See www.ashfm.ca, or phone 403-341-8614. ● Rooted in the Arts II: The Alberta Foundation of the Arts Collection is on display at the Kiwanis Gallery at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch until Dec. 1. Enjoy the works for 46 artists including ceramics, prints, drawings, sculpture, paintings, and fibre art. ● The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates Red Deer Centennial with the opening of the exhibit Red Deer Sport History. Take a look at over 100 years Sports History and discover the impact that sport had on Red Deer and its citizens. For more information contact Debbie at debbie@ ashfm.ca or visit www.ashfm.ca or call 403341-8614.

LIVE DATES ● The Centrium announces that Blue Rodeo with guests Devin Cuddy Band will make a stop in Red Deer on Jan. 9. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. Ticket sales start today. Coming up, The Band Perry will take the Centrium stage on Jan. 15 as part of their We Are Pioneers World Tour. Special guests will be Easton Corbin and Lindsay Ell. Tickets available at livenation.com. Hedley returns to Red Deer on April 6. ● The Memorial Centre presents John McDermott on April 4 as part of his 20th Anniversary Tour. Tickets available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, 403-755-6626.

To have your establishment’s live bands included in this space, fax a list to Club Dates by 8 a.m. on Wednesday to 403-341-6560 or email editorial@reddeeradvocate.com.

Garth Brooks focused on new box set, TV special

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Garth Brooks isn’t ready to talk specifics about his looming comeback, but there should be more than enough music this week to sate the country superstar’s fans for a while.

Brooks is set to release a new eightdisc box set Thursday, then will broadcast his Las Vegas show live on CBS on Friday night. Both are an examination of the Oklahoma singer’s musical roots with covers of songs that have influenced him.

Brooks was in Los Angeles on Tuesday to talk about both projects, and admitted he was worried about giving fans a little too much Garth.

The two-hour Garth Brooks, Live from Las Vegas will emulate the mostly solo show Brooks played during a threeyear run at the Wynn Las Vegas.

The new box set will reflect that show. Titled Blame It All On My Roots, the box contains four new studio albums featuring Brooks’ cover versions of recordings that shaped him as an artist — revealing an array of influences including George Jones, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Bob Seger.

The box also includes a rerelease of the 2007 two-disc compilation The Ultimate Hits with a bonus track called Leave a Light On and a DVD with a twohour presentation of the one-man concert. The eighth disc includes Brooks’ music videos.

Photo by ARTO DJERDJERIAN

Photographer Arto Djerdjerian has an exhibit of his photographs on display in the Corridor Community Gallery on the basement floor at the Recreation Centre in Red Deer. This photo titled Juggler is one of several examples of the photographer’s work.

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BRIEF Handwritten Springsteen manuscript heads to auction NEW YORK — A handwritten manuscript of Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 hit Born to Run will be offered at auction on Dec. 5, with a presale estimate of $70,000 to $100,000, Sotheby’s said.

The seller was not revealed. The

auction house said the document used to be in the collection of Springsteen’s former manager, Mike Appel.

Sotheby’s said most of the lines in this 1974 version, written in Long Branch, N.J., are unpublished and unrecorded, but the manuscript does include “a nearly perfected chorus.”

Springsteen’s thought process, written in blue ink on an 8 ½-by-11 sheet of ruled notepaper, looks like this: “This town’ll rip the (out your) bones from yourback / it’s a suicide trap (rap) (it’s a trap to catchthe young) your dead unless / you get out (we gotto) while your young so (come on! / with) take myhand cause tramps / like us baby we were born to run.”

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BY WILLA PASKIN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

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NEW YORK — In this week’s issue of New York there’s a very entertaining Benjamin Wallace profile of the writer Nikki Finke, creator of the film industry blog Deadline Hollywood and a serious character in her own right. Part ace journalist, part shady J.J. Hunsecker, part Norma Desmond with a website, Finke turned Deadline into a must-read with more traffic than legacy trade papers Variety and the Hollywood Reporter on the strength of her scoops and sources, but also her personality quirks. A fascinating, unbalanced David who has become a fascinating, unbalanced Goliath, she breaks stories and she breaks the rules — she mercilessly, often inappropriately, castigates people she doesn’t like; she crows about her accomplishments; she relishes getting into feuds; she disappears for days at a time for medical reasons. She’s a mercurial woman who has not been photographed for decades, but who is willing to impart all sorts of personal information over the phone exactly up until she doesn’t want to anymore, at which point she may threaten to sue.

She is exactly the sort of gonzo personality who

sounds like the perfect subject for a TV show — or at least HBO once thought so.

In 2011, HBO filmed a scripted half-hour pilot based on the life of Nikki Finke called Tilda. Directed and written by Bill Condon (Kinsey, Dreamgirls), it starred Diane Keaton as Tilda Watski, founder of a Hollywood website called the Daily Circus. In the pilot, Tilda is an agoraphobic, highly emotional stoner who drinks too much, writes at all hours of the night, has a rat infestation in her apartment, and has Hollywood by the balls. The plot involves her getting one executive fired only to get played by his boss (Jason Patric), who manipulates the Los Angeles Times into running a personal exposé on her. (The title of that piece: Who’s Afraid of Tilda Watski?) Over the course of the episode Tilda goes from crowing, to sobbing, to triumph, while also sleeping with a hunky I.T. guy (Wes Bentley) and inviting a young assistant and source (Ellen Page) over for conversation and weed.

This description makes the show sound better — campier, anyway — than it is. The show doesn’t really work. (The pilot was not picked up, and has never been aired.) For one thing, no one thinks the plight of

New version of longest-running Broadway show opens U.S. tour

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Mark Campbell started memorizing the songs from The Phantom of the Opera when he was 14 — he’d sing along with his portable CD player while mowing the lawn. Not long after, he saw his first performance of the show, and waited outside the stage door to meet the man behind the mask.

Now, he’s playing the Phantom himself in a reimagined production of the longest-running show in Broadway history.

In some ways, Campbell has had to let go of the Phantom he grew up with.

“I don’t want you to reinvent this role, I want you to invent this role,” he remembers director Laurence Connor, who oversaw the original for years, telling him.

The curtain went up Wednesday at the Providence Performing Arts Center on the new Phantom, the story of a deformed composer who haunts the Paris Opera House and falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, whom he grooms for stardom.

The show, with music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, has been seen by over 130 million people in 30 countries and grossed over $5.6 billion worldwide.

The new version — with a new set, choreography, lighting and scenic design — is being performed by a cast and orchestra of 52. It will be the first U.S. tour of Phantom in three years.

“It’s a much edgier, darker take on the story,” said Campbell during a recent interview at the downtown theatre as the crew worked to ready the set for the opening. “It’s been a pretty amazing journey.”

The reimagined version has been in the works for several years. Producer Cameron Mackintosh, whose resume also includes producing the long-running musicals Les Miserables and Cats, said the aim was not to completely overhaul the original but rather recast some of its best moments in a different way. He wanted what he called a “more muscular” production.

The overhauled set, for instance, is more realistic, he said, leaving the audience feeling more like they’re in the dark nooks of the opera house.

“The pleasure and the power of the show, I think,

Outlaw country singer Jackson Taylor will perform on Saturday at The Hideout, south of Red Deer.

After becoming known for visceral songs about cheating women, working men and hard living, Taylor experimented for a while with the Texas/Red Dirt scene, rockabilly and minimalism. What emerged is a “battletested” sound and a high energy live show, with Taylor’s acoustic guitar becoming a driving force.

Taylor, who recently released his Crazy Again CD, will perform his unconventional country music from 9 p.m. at The Hideout in Gasoline Alley.

There’s no cover charge. For more information, call 403-348-5309.

Chopped Canada picks first batch of culinary competitors TORONTO — The first batch of competitors are ready for the inaugural edition of Chopped Canada.

The Canuck spinoff of the popular U.S. cooking series Chopped says 52 cooks have been chosen for the first-half of the season.

The contenders range in age from 22-year-olds Luke Hayes-Alexander of Kingston, Ont.; Ter-

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REVIEW: Ridiculously overdone Gator learns Broker’s secret and is soon out to get Broker, his daughter, her stuffed rabbit and their little cat, too, with a little help from his tough and tarty galpal, Sheryl (Winona Ryder), who slings beer with a side of stink-eye at a Shreveport roadhouse.

There’s also a drug lord down on the bayou and some bikers set on revenge for Broker to contend with, not to mention those come-hither glances from Maddy’s school psychologist (Rachelle Lefevre, in a role that plays like an afterthought). Will it ever end?

Homefront is ridiculously overdone. Things blow up with massive fireballs, skulls get cracked and those who are missing Breaking Bad get a trip to the meth lab. Through it all, Broker’s voice (with the Brit accent never explained) doesn’t rise above a menacing hiss, his narrowed eyes ever fixed on the horizon beneath his ball cap.

The supporting cast seems to have a ball, with Franco acting nuts and Ryder taking on an almost cartoonish role as a biker chick on a mission. Bosworth adds some interesting layers to Cassie, a deadeyed woman who may have some room inside her for change before things explode for the final time.

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have remained exactly the same,” Mackintosh said recently by phone from his home in England before heading to the U.S. for the premiere. “Certainly I think there’s an argument that because there’s more reality, the plight of the Phantom is even stronger in some areas.”

The new version debuted last year in the United Kingdom, and its tour sold out.

The show’s most famous prop — the massive gleaming opera house chandelier — remains in the production, but its cascade at the end of Act 1 at the hands of the Phantom is staged differently, as are other scenes Phantom fans will remember, Mackintosh said.

“You don’t try and improve on something that’s absolutely wonderful,” he said. “There’s no point changing things just because it’s new; you’ve got to change things because they’re good. And I think that’s what we’ve achieved.”

Twelve cities in addition to Providence have been announced through next September, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Des Moines; more have been booked. Crew members say the show will be one of the largest on the road, travelling in 18 trucks. It will take a few days to set up in each venue.

Connor, the director, said that, in putting on the new version, he built off what he called a “sensational blueprint” — the novel by Gaston Leroux and Webber’s score — then tried to free himself up of the productions that came before.

“It just becomes a whole new living, breathing production on its own,” he said.

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Hollywood executives is interesting, except for Hollywood executives. But the bigger problem is Diane Keaton, who is miscast. Keaton, as always, has got flaky and unpredictable down, but she is not nearly intimidating enough. And the intimidation factor is the key to the Nikki Finke myth: What makes Nikki Finke such a great character isn’t just that she’s a lone, unhinged, middle-aged woman with emotional regulation problems — it’s that she is that, everyone knows she is that, and she still scares the hell out of more polished, reasonable and ostensibly powerful people, thanks to her willingness to go nuclear.

Tilda runs right smack into the great TV likeability debates. Keaton’s Tilda is more immediately likeable than Nikki Finke — or Nikki Finke’s persona — and she is also a whole lot less interesting.

Meanwhile, in real life, Finke threatened to publish where some ICM agents’ children went to school because . . . Bret Easton Ellis tweeted that he lived in the same building as her.

Tilda is Finke with the razor edge sanded off, but Finke’s reckless willingness to draw blood, even if it’s her own, is what makes her, and not just her scoops, so fascinating. Maybe the next Nikki Finke project will get the balance right. She’s writing a memoir. She says it’s already been optioned.

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ROSE Alexander Kenneth Hugh 1934 - 2013 Alex K.H. Rose, of Lacombe, passed away on November 26th, 2013 at the Lacombe Hospital. He was predeceased by his parents, Alexander and Jean Rose and his brother David. He will be much missed by his wife, Mary-Lou Rose; his children, Leslie Rose and her daughters Naomi and Zoe Baranek of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bill Rose and his wife Kim of Lester Prairie, Minnesota; Matthew Rose, of Edmonton; and his sisters, Elizabeth (Tim) Fellowes and Isabel Rose, of Toronto. In his 38 year career as a lawyer, Alex dedicated himself to helping people in the communities he served. Alex was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1997 in recognition of his outstanding service as a lawyer. He was a long-time member of the Board of Governors of Olds College, and served as chairman of that board from 1987 to 1990. He also served on the board of the Alberta Institute of Agrologists. After retiring, he promoted his love of reading and knowledge through the Lacombe Library. Respecting Alex’s wishes, there will be no funeral service, but a gathering to commemorate Alex’s life will be held at a later date. Donations in his name may be made to the Mary C. Moore Public Library 5214 50 Avenue, Lacombe, Alberta, T4L 0B6. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

WILSON Eric 1982 - 2013 Eric Alexander Randall Wilson of Red Deer, Alberta passed away on Friday, November 22, 2013 at the age of 31 years. Eric was born in Red Deer on April 21, 1982 and attended Pines Elementary, Central School and graduated from LTCHS in 2000. He became a Journeyman B Pressure Welder in 2004, permitting himself to own and operate Intrigue Fabrication and purchase his first home at the age of 21 years. Like his Grandpa Corrigan, Eric had an immense interest in photography. He also enjoyed mountain biking, loved antique tractor pulls and spent many hours tinkering in his shop with friends. Eric will be lovingly remembered by his parents, Nancy Wilson and Terence McBride; Grandma’s, Mary Corrigan, Ivy McBride, Sarah Noren and Ann Wilson, as well as many extended family, great friends and colleagues. Eric was predeceased by his father, David Wilson and Grandpa’s, Doug Corrigan, Jack McBride, Alf Noren and Larry Wilson.

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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Sadly missed by husband Svend, sons, Grant (Lory), Ronald (Tracy) and daughter Sharon (Mike) Adamson, 8 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

WE are seeking an individual interested in a full-time, professional career in our Merchandise Rewards division.

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LANE Mona It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of M o n a L a n e o n M o n d a y, November 25, 2013, at the age of 61 years. Mona will be lovingly remembered by her daughter, Melissa (Ken) Smith and her grandson, Jarod Smith. A Celebration of Life will take place at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Monday, December 2, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Mona’s honour may be made directly to S.T.A.R.S., 1441 Aviation Park NE, Box 570, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 8M7.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

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Friday, Nov. 29, 2013

Please forward your resume:

via fax to: (403)

227-7796 or e-mail to: hr@bilton.ca

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The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time cooks. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Nov. 29, 2013 D5

Trades

850

PACIFIC NORTHERN GAS LTD.

Trades

850

PARTSOURCE

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

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 * SANDBLASTER B exp. an asset but not * POWDER COATER necessary. If you have a *GENERAL LABORER clean commercial drivers WE OFFER: abstract and would like to start making good money. * Full Time hours * Great benefit program fax or email resume and after 3 mos. comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net * Most weekends off * Competitive Wages Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to Hardworking need only find the purrfect pet. apply. Bring resume to: Metal Strip & Coatings 4617 63rd Street Mon-Fri 8-5.

No Phone Calls Please.

a subsidiary of AltaGas Ltd., owns and operates natural gas transmission and distribution systems.

Utilityman II is responsible LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, for the installation and maintenance of customer Classifieds...costs so little requires Experienced gas utility services. The Saves you so much!

F/T or P/T Servers.

Please apply in person at position is located in our Dawson Creek, BC office.

United Tank Inspections 4950 47 Ave. Inc. is currently looking for No phone calls please QUALIFICATIONS: a Full-Time Heavy Duty • Grade 12 or equivalent POST-TIME LOUNGE Mechanic for our Stettler, education is now accepting resumes AB shop. You will be doing • Valid driver’s license, P/T Kitchen help, repairs, overhauls, class 1 or class 3 with air maintenance, service, and Evenings & weekends • M i n i m u m o f t h r e e CVIP’s on Heavy Trucks & Apply w/resume years experience in the 3731 50 TH AVE. Trailers. We offer installation of plastic competitive wages, group No phone calls please. and/or steel natural health benefits and group RAMADA INN & SUITES gas piping distribution RSP. Please call 403-742REQUIRES systems.

4747 or email jobs@ ROOM ATTENDANTS. • PE fusion unitedtank.ca Exp. preferred.

• Distribution line locating Only serious inquiries apply. (underground) Rate $13.50/hr.

• Backhoe, bobcat, Drop off resume at: excavator and plow 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer experience or fax 403-342-4433 • D i r e c t i o n a l d r i l l i n g Welding & Fabrications Central AB based trucking company requires experience asset.

THE RUSTY PELICAN is Foreman, Red Deer Owner Operators now accepting resumes for Position involves organiz& Company Drivers F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS at This position is within the ing and assisting with the bargaining unit (IBEW) in AB. Home the odd all stations. fabrication, design and with a current hourly rate night. Weekends off. Late MUST HAVE: construction of our metal of $35.69. model tractor pref.

• 2-3 yrs. post secondary equipment.

403-586-4558 education.

Pacific Northern Gas offers • 2-5 yrs. training Desirable candidate will DRIVERS for furniture • 2-5 yrs. on-the-job exp. a comprehensive defined have: benefit pension and benefits moving company, class 5 • Provide references p a c k a g e i n a d d i t i o n t o • Journeyman Welding required (5 tons), local & The hourly rate will be Ti c k e t a l o n g w i t h a long distance. Competitive w o r k / l i f e b a l a n c e a n d $13.10 per hour. minimum 5 yrs. experience opportunities for career wages. Apply in person.

Mail to: 2079 50 AVE. growth. Email resumes in • A b i l i t y t o i n t e r p r e t 6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 drawings, work orders, confidence to the Red Deer. 403-347-8841 or Call 403-347-1414 welding processes and Human Resources or Fax to: 403-347-1161 materials F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Department; • Strong interpersonal Minimum Class 5 with air VIC 8888 LTD. needs F/T careers@png.ca and leadership skills cook, 40 hrs. a week, and clean abstract. Exp. • A b i l i t y t o w o r k w i t h preferred. In person to Key Looking for a place $13.50/hr. Must be willing J o u r n e y m e n a n d Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. to live? to relocate. Drop resume to Apprentices of varying Take a tour through the 3731 50 TH AVE. or email: Red Deer. experience levels CLASSIFIEDS sampang17@gmail.com To apply: e-mail resume to CELEBRATIONS hr@apexoil.ca by HAPPEN EVERY DAY PARTSOURCE Sales & December 18th.

REQUIRES IN CLASSIFIEDS To learn more about Apex, F/T PARTS PRO Distributors visit our website at Work with flexible schedule.

NEED EXPERIENCED www.apexoil.ca Please apply at 6722 50th 1693338 Alberta LTD Class 1 drivers for short Ave or fax 403-309-0354 o/a Portable iMassagers and long haul. Full Time.

Buying or Selling or email: ps791@partsource.ca Hiring Salespersons Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba your home?

Parkland Mall, Red Deer, & BC. Please call Something for Everyone Check out Homes for Sale AB. Good English and PROMAX TRANSPORT Everyday in Classifieds in Classifieds communication skills, at 227-2712 or fax resume Customer service oriented. w/abstract 403-227-2743 F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Tired of Standing?

Weekends Salary - $14.00 /hr Trades Find something to sit on e-mail: Reachiesales in Classifieds @gmail.com

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850

SCOTTYS ESSO in Red Deer seeking food counter attendants. FT, PT & Weekends. $10-11/hr.

Training provided. Apply in person to 5 Reichley Street or by email to scottys.esso@shaw.ca.”

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d.

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to premierjobrd@gmail.com

850

Trades

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.

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

Journeyman HE (off road) Mechanic needed for Red Deer shop

resumes@GCSenergy.ca or 780-888-2100

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

Normandeau Niven St. & Newton Cres.

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

ANDERS AREA Anders St. / Armstrong Close Addinnell Close / Allan St. Allsop Ave. / Allsop Close Adamson Ave. / Arthur Close

Netook Construction Ltd. is a heavy equipment contractor based out of Olds, Alberta.

We are seeking a

INGLEWOOD AREA

with several years experience working with on-off road earthworks equipment.

Inglewood Ave.

JOURNEYMAN HEAVY EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN We require: Caterpillar and Komatsu experience, strong diagnostic and electrical experience, knowledge with Electronic Technician and SIS programs.

Successful candidates must be able to work independently in a busy environment, be flexible and work well with others. Driver’s license, H2S Alive, First Aid/CPR are required. A dual heavy equipment and automotive ticket is an asset.

Candidates must go through pre-employment drug testing.

Qualified applicants please apply by email at

careers@netook.ca or fax to (403) 556-6231

Inglis Cres.

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking both -

JOURNEYMAN AND B PRESSURE WELDERS

We offer competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

Oilfield

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 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in CLEARVIEW ARE Clark Cres., Crawford St. & Castle Cres. $141/mo.

ALSO Cole Street $61/mo.

ALSO Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $146/mo.

DEERPARK AREA Donlevy Ave. & Danielle Dr. area. $185/mo MICHENER AREA East of 40th Ave., 51 St., 50A St., Michener Cres., Green, etc. to Michener Ave. & Blvd. $282/mo.

West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

Lund Close MORRISROE AREA

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

VANIER AREA Valentine Cres.

Vanson Close / Visser St.

CUSTOMER SERVICE A locally owned industrial supply company is looking for an energetic person for inside sales. E-mail resume to mark@ aesreddeer.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

DAIRY equipment supplier looking for GENERAL LABORERS & EQUIPMENT INSTALLERS Competitive wages and benefits package. E-mail resume: info@prolineinc.ca DISPATCHERS req’d.

Day/Night. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 Eagle Builders in Blackfalds, AB is looking for hard working, motivated individual to fill a full-time precast concrete erecting

laborer position

at our company. Must be physically fit as this labourer position requires constant heavy lifting and involves fast paced, on the job training. Applicant must be able to travel and must have reliable transportation to and from work as well as a valid class 5 driver’s license. All meals and hotel expenses are paid when out of town. Successful applicant must provide an up to date drivers abstract. Construction experience an asset. Full benefits provided. Starting wages based on experience. Fax resumes to 403 885 5516 , must flag attn: Craig or e-mail to c.haan@eaglebuilders.ca.

JANITORIAL Co seeking a f/t com/window cleaning sup for RD and area. Req: fluent in written and oral english, 2-3 years exp in a supervisory role,clean driving record, criminal record check, job physically demanding.

Benefits after 3 mos. $19/hr Fax resume 403-342-1897 mail to #4, 4608-62 St. RedDeer, AB. T4N 6T3

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

RONA HOME CENTER

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 SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help 3 pm-11 pm. weekends Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

SORTERS for recycling also required.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

Employment Training

900

SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of

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)

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Employment Training

900

YOUR CAREER IN

BUSINESS

Springfield Ave. Sherwood Cres.

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

Somerset Close Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close

In the towns of:

Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

INNISFAIL

TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo.

SUNNYBROOK AREA

WESTPARK AREA

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

Logan Close

Currently seeking RELIABLE newspaper carriers for morning delivery (By 6:30 a.m.)

Monday - Saturday in:

Legal Administrative Assistant Marketing Coordinator Insurance Advisor Business Administration Hotel & Tourism Management Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

Upper Fairview & Highland Green

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Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

800

www.trican.ca

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and growing company.

NOW HIRING AT ALL LOCATIONS

...Join our Team!

Concrete finisher

Scan to see Current Openings

330188K14-30

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.

DEER PARK AREA

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

for full-time permanent shop positions

Please fax resume to 403-227-7796, email to hr@bilton.ca

Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

ALSO

McIntosh Ave.

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.

(Reliable vehicle needed)

Law Close / Lewis Close

Vista Village

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.

For afternoon delivery once per week

LANCASTER AREA

Lamont Close

880

BOWER AREA

ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

Lord Close

Misc.

Help

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in

880

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the

GED PREPARATION Jan. 14 or Feb. 10 STARTS

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

Misc.

Help

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk

WINTER START

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

880

Misc.

Help

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

CARRIERS NEEDED

See full details at www.GCSenergy.ca

Email or fax resume to:

880

Academic Express

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

328581K14

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

Misc.

Help

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ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com

880

Misc.

Help

278950A5

820

Truckers/ Drivers

317696I13-L27

Restaurant/ Hotel

WORLDWIDE KNOWLEDGE - LOCAL SOLUTIONS

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Nov. 29, 2013 Misc. for Sale

wegot

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1520

Antiques & Art

ANTIQUE PIANO STOOL. Has swivelling/rotating seat.

In excellent condition.† $185 (firm).

Call (403) 342-7908.

1630

EquipmentHeavy

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1640

Tools

WELDERS, Lincoln AC 225 amp, $150. FIRM! OR Acklands AC 225 amp Sizzler Welder. $150.

Firm!” 403-302-0987

1660

Firewood

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Birch, Spruce, Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

1710

Household Appliances

ELECTRIC heater (Comfort Zone) oak cabinet, portable, remote and thermostat control, child and pet safe $150 403-314-2026

1720

Household Furnishings

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 PHONE bench solid oak $175 403-314-2026

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1730

Stereos TV's, VCRs

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

1760

Misc. for Sale

CHRISTMAS tree 2’, prelit/decorated in box $10; box of hangers, wooden/plastic/metal $10; household items, box full inclds. lamp, coffee maker, place mats and more, all $20 403-314-9603 CROKINOLE board 26” across metal frame w/checkers $25; 2 wine racks, chrome plated, holds 12 bottles, $10/ea, 2 table centers made of pine cones/candles $8/ea, med. size roaster, blue enamel $6; 2 deer antlers on shields $60/ea; 25 legal size file holders all for $10 403-314-2026 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

1760

MTD 3 HORSPOWER 21” SNOWBLOWER. 2 cycle. (Oil & gas mix.) $175. 403-302-0987 POTTERY, soup set with urn & ladle, 4 bowls, casserole dish & salad bowl w/4 plates, like new. $150. set of 12 suitcases, like new $25. for both; glass canister, gal. size with silver cover $10.

403-352-8811 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

1810

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 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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.

3 BDRM, 1 1/2 bath townhouse in well kept condominium complex at #9, 15 Stanton St. 5 appls & fenced yard.

Tenants must be over 40 w/references & quiet living.

Avail. Nov. 1st for $1300/mo. $1300 D.D. 403-341-4627 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Manufactured Homes

3040

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Terrie 403-340-0225

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

GLENDALE

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $1075. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. Dec 15/Jan. 1 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

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 1 BDRM partly furn. apt above Wies Western Wear downtown. Quiet person preferred. $750/mo, $750 d.d. 403-347-3149 AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, rent & s.d. $800 no pets, 403-348-7445 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE 2 bdrm. in 6-plex.

Incl. most utilities. $895.

403-314-0209

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

SMALL SQUARE HAY and straw 403-340-3061

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852 ONE bdrm. ADULT only apt. close to college, $780/mo., avail. immed. no pets 403-877-3323

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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 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/Mellanie 403- 346-4585 to view

ROSEDALE

3 bdrm, 3 bath, att. garage, fenced yard, pet negotiable, personal & credit ref’s req’d, DD req’d.

Avail. Jan 1. 403-346-2511 403-392-5803

H O U S E , Av a i l . i m m e d . $600. + dd 403-505-4777 LOOKING for F. roommate 55 yrs. or younger. Red Deer. after 1 pm. 403-986-1903

Contractors

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

1165

BACK by popular demand.

Practicing sex therapist, escort & practicing massage.

Couples welcome 403-704-5659 LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

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

5200

5040

6010

5070

4140

3190

5100

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wheels

Cars

wegot

5030

Vans Buses

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

2009 VW Golf, manual, 90,000 km. Winter pkg, $10,500. 403-391-1770

5070 Business Opportunity!

2008 FORD F-550 25 Passenger Van/Bus

2008 BMW X5 3.0si AWD, htd. lthr., panaroof, $27,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Y You can start your own B Business with this unique 2 25 pass. van, Diesel V8, aauto, 76,400 kms

Only

56,000

$

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

Open House

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Thailand PM pleads to end protests

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand’s prime minister begged protesters Thursday to call off their sustained anti-government demonstrations and negotiate an end to the nation’s latest crisis.

Yingluck Shinawatra issued the plea even as she easily defeated a noconfidence vote pushed by her opponents, who are heavily outnumbered in Parliament but have taken to the streets in droves to demand not only her ouster but changes that would make the country less democratic.

“Please call off the protests for the country’s peace,” said Yingluck, who is facing the biggest challenge to her rule since taking office in 2011. “I’m begging you . . . because this doesn’t make the situation any better,” she said just before the no-confidence vote Thursday.

Protesters, most of them sympathetic to the opposition Democrat Party, have taken over or occupied several ministry buildings, which Yingluck said failed to shut down the government but had created the potential for violence.

Yingluck has been extremely reluctant to use force to evict the protesters for fear of escalating the conflict and sparking bloodshed, which would harm investor confidence and the lucrative tourism industry.

On Thursday, hordes of demonstrators gathered around the nation’s police headquarters in the centre of Bangkok, and went so far as to cut off water and power lines to the compound. Lines of helmeted riot police with shields remained holed up inside, but did nothing to stop them.

The protests are led by former Democrat Party lawmaker Suthep Thaugsuban, who has already rejected negotiations.

His followers have vowed to bring down Yingluck’s government, accusing her of being a puppet of her brother Thaksin Shinawatra, a former prime minister and billionaire tycoon who was ousted in a 2006 military coup.

They also refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the elections that brought Yingluck to power, claiming that her Pheu Thai party won a landslide victory with Thaksin’s money power.

Suthep says his goal is to replace Yingluck’s government with a nonelected council — an apparent call for

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Anti-government protesters rally to Defense Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday. Thailand’s embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra begged protesters who have staged the most sustained street rallies in Bangkok in years to call off their demonstrations Thursday and negotiate an end to the nation’s latest crisis. less democracy, not more. He says the change is necessary to uproot the Shinawatra political machine from Thai politics.

Thaksin, who lives in Dubai to avoid serving a jail term for a corruption conviction he says was politically motivated, is a highly polarizing figure in Thailand. So much so, that an illadvised bid to push a general amnesty law through parliament — which would have paved the way for his return — sparked the latest wave of protests earlier this month.

On Sunday, more than 100,000 people rallied in Bangkok against Yingluck’s government. The numbers have since dwindled, and a few thousand now occupy the Ministry of Finance and other offices.

Yingluck played down the protests, saying “the seizing of the ministries

is symbolic, but in reality, we can still work . . . the bureaucracy can still run.”

On Thursday, Suthep could be seen relaxing on the white marble floors of one vast government office complex, where supportive civil servants posed for pictures with him.

Before Thaksin was toppled in a coup — allegedly for corruption, abuse of power and insulting the nation’s revered king — he won over Thailand’s rural underclass with populist policies designed to benefit the poor.

His political movement grew to become the most successful in modern Thai history.

But his opponents, largely members of the urban middle class and elite, saw him as a threat to democracy and their own privileges, and they have fought back hard. In no small mea-

sure, they were helped first with the 2006 coup that overthrew Thaksin, then with hostile judicial rulings and parliamentary manoeuvring that removed two pro-Thaksin prime ministers who followed.

Since taking office, Yingluck has managed a fragile detente with the same military that toppled her brother, while facing other major crises like the floods that ravaged the country in 2011, the worst in half a century.

Suthep was deputy prime minister in an administration that cracked down on pro-Thaksin demonstrators who flooded Bangkok’s glitziest quarter in 2010 and occupied it for two months.

Those protests ended with more than 90 people dead and 2,000 wounded, many of them after a military sweep dispersed the crowds.

Police arrest prominent Sri Lanka starts counting the civil war dead amid activist for inciting inquiry pressure protests in Egypt THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian security forces arrested a prominent political activist Thursday night over inciting a demonstration in defiance of a new law heavily restricting protests in the country, his family said.

The arrest of Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a blogger who rose to prominence in Egypt’s 2011 revolution, quickly dominated social media. His previous detention sparked protests against the military, which appeared likely again as recently quiet liberal and secular groups have expressed increasing alarm over the military-backed government since it enacted the new protest law this week.

Meanwhile, police used tear gas and water cannons Thursday to disperse protesting students and supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president, sparking clashes that killed one person Abdel-Fattah’s father, prominent lawyer Ahmed Seif al-Islam, told The Associated Press that security forces raided his son’s home Thursday night in Cairo. His father said that AbdelFattah’s wife was beaten during the raid and that authorities seized laptops from the house.

An Interior Ministry official later confirmed police arrested Abdel-Fattah over the warrant, but offered no other details. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak publicly to journalists.

After the raid, Abdel-Fattah’s wife, Manal Bahy Eldin, wrote on Twitter: “If police beat me up while I am in my home, what would they do with Alaa? I am very worried about him.”

Egypt’s prosecutor general had issued a warrant for Abdel-Fattah’s arrest and that of another youth leader for allegedly inciting a demonstration Tuesday, two days after interim President Adly Mansour enacted the new protest law. Among the new rules in the law, it requires three-day prior notice to the Interior Ministry for protests to take place, while also setting prison terms and high fines for violators.

After the warrant was issued, Abdel-Fattah said he would turn himself in on Saturday to authorities.

“I don’t deny the charge,” he wrote in a statement. “It’s an honour to hold responsibility for people’s rallies in defiance to legalizing the return of” the rule of Hosni Mubarak, the longtime president ousted in Egypt’s 2011 revolution.

The protest law comes as part of efforts by authorities to break the back of near-daily protests by Islamist demonstrators over the July 3 popularly backed military coup that toppled President Mohammed Morsi. While granting police more power, they also galvanized liberal and secular group dissatisfaction with the military.

Abdel-Fattah previously was detained for two months in late 2011 by military authorities over allegations he attacked soldiers carrying out a bloody crackdown on protesters. He was later released without charge. He also was accused of inciting violence during clashes between opponents and supporters of Morsi before his ouster.

Abdel-Fattah’s sister, Mona Seif, was among those women dumped in the middle of the desert this week after being arrested at a protest.

Earlier Thursday, Morsi supporters protested at Cairo University. The demonstrators later left the university’s campus and marched down a major street, sparking a confrontation with police.

At least one student was killed in the clashes, said a security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists. Eight were injured by either tear gas inhalation or during clashes with security forces, Health Ministry official Khaled el-Khatib said.

Reacting to the ongoing protests, Interior Minister Gen. Mohammed Ibrahim said security forces will “confront any violation and will face with all decisiveness any attempt to cut roads, block public facilities, hinder citizens’ movement or obstruct their interests.”

Meanwhile, activists arrested during protests Tuesday chanted “down with military rule” as they appeared in court for a hearing. They said they planned to go on hunger strike until the government cancels the law. A judge ordered them held 15 more days.

In southern Egypt, a security official said Muslim residents from a village called al-Hawarta in Minya province fought with Christians from a neighbouring village over a home being built

by Christians between their two villages. The official said one Christian and two Muslims were killed, as Muslims also set fire to Christian homes.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to journalists.

Christians compose nearly 10 per cent of Egypt’s population and have suffered decades of discrimination under successive governments.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government on Thursday started counting the dead, wounded and missing in its quarter-century civil war amid international pressure to conduct a credible investigation into war crimes allegations.

It comes two years after a local war commission recommended a census to determine the number of civilian deaths in the civil war which ended in 2009.

Tens of thousands are said to have perished in just the last few months of the fighting.

Government census official A.J. Satharasinghe said some 15,000 workers will go house-to-

house asking about war victims for the count to be completed on Dec. 20.

Sri Lanka is under pressure over its delay to implement the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission which includes a local inquiry into allegations of war abuse against government soldiers and the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels.

Countries like the United States and Britain have warned that Sri Lanka could face an international war crimes investigation if it fails to conduct its own inquiry.

The U.N. Human Rights Council has passed two successive resolutions calling for an inquiry. U.N human rights chief Navi Pillay is expected to submit

her findings from a visit to Sri Lanka at the council’s next session next March.

Sri Lankan troops in May 2009 defeated Tamil Tiger rebels who had fought since 1983 to create an independent state for the country’s ethnic minority Tamils.

The government expelled international aid workers and U.N. staff from the war zone in the last stages of the fighting and blocked independent journalists from covering the war, making it impossible for outsiders to know the extent of civilian deaths.

According to a U.N. report, as many as 40,000 Tamil civilians may have died in the last few months of the fighting, which the government disputes.

Car bombs targeting shoppers and other attacks kill 29 in Iraq THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — Three car bombs exploded at outdoor markets and on a street full of shops near Iraq’s capital, the deadliest of a series of attacks across the country that killed at least 29 people Thursday, officials said.

The deadliest attack took place Thursday afternoon in the city of Hillah when three separate car bombing struck two outdoor markets and a line of shops, killing nine people and wounding 21, police said. Authorities said that all the blasts happened in a five-minute period.

Hillah is about 60 miles (95 kilometres) south of Baghdad.

That night, police said a car bombing killed seven people and wounded 12 in the southern city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Baghdad. In the town of Suwayrah, 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Baghdad, a car bomb ripped through a commercial area, killing five civilians and wounding 14, a police officer said.

A suicide bomber attacked a police checkpoint in the town of Samarra, 95

kilometres (60 miles) north of the capital, killing three officers, authorities said. The blast wounded four officers and five civilians.

A roadside bomb struck a patrol of a pro-government, anti-al-Qaida Sunni militia, killing three and wounding seven in Tarmiyah, a Sunni town and former insurgent stronghold about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Militants consider members of the group, known as the Awakening Council, as traitors since they were formed by U.S. forces during the height of Iraq’s insurgency.

A bomb also went off in Baghdad’s Palestine Street, killing two civilians and wounding eight, police said.

Four medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.

A spike in attacks in Iraq has raised fears about a return of the sectarian bloodshed that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006-2007. Violence has been on rise since April when the government launched a bloody crackdown on a Sunni protest camp.

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