Red Deer Advocate, December 09, 2013

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Charities working hard WEATHER BELIEVED TO BE SLOWING DOWN DONATIONS TO CHARITABLE GROUPS

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The combination of cold and snow has left some Red Deer Christmas Charities lacking to start the season, but they hope people will still be in the giving mood when they emerge from their houses this month.

“We are down a little bit in general donations coming in through the door,” said Teresa Kutynec, Christmas Bureau president.

“But we did really well at the stuff-a-bus, charity checkstop and Westerner bazaar.”

Kutynec said usually they have quite a few walkin donations, but they are a bit down. Cash donations are also down, but she was hopeful that the other donations would make up for it.

At this time of year the Red Deer Food Bank Society is also in overdrive making sure they have plenty of food for those who need it over the holidays. Fred Scaife, food bank executive director said while they have a wealth of food, their cash donations are lacking this year.

“We’re getting a pile of food,” said Scaife. “We have more probably right now than we have ever had at any time in our organization.

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Shirley Anderson, left, and Dianna O’Callaghan work behind the scenes at the Red Deer Christmas Bureau sorting through donated toys.

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Government words, deeds don’t match on caribou ENVIRONMENTALISTS QUESTION RHETORIC

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

BY BOB WEBER THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Darcy Handy has been going to a once-untouched area of forest and wetland in northwest Alberta for more than 20 years to hunt, fish and trap and well remembers what it used to be like.

“We always used to see numerous caribou in that area, all the time,” he recalls of his one-time hunting grounds southeast of Grande Cache.

No longer.

“It’s more like a wasteland,” said Handy.

“It’s all cutblocks now, oil and gas roads everywhere.

“Big change from what it was 20 years ago.”

Handy’s concerns are echoed by environmentalists who ask why government rhetoric on saving caribou habitat isn’t matched by what’s happening on the ground.

They point out that both Ottawa and Alberta have committed to preserve the very area currently being hammered by development.

“The lines are already on the map as to what the range is,” said

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A fresh cutblock up the Ghost mainline is shown in this photo near Grande Cache, Alberta taken early winter of 2013. Environmentalists are asking why government rhetoric on saving caribou habitat isn’t matched by what’s happening on the ground.

Carolyn Campbell of the Alberta Wilderness Association.

She points out the federal caribou recovery strategy has been out for more than a year.

“We should be on a path where we’re maintaining what we have

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and restoring what’s already disturbed. Instead, local residents are telling us that, on the ground, we’re still going in the opposite direction.”

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Snow removal crews were hampered early in the weekend, but made progress over the weekend to remove the white stuff from residential neighbourhoods.

But some streets were skipped because of a number of parked cars.

Tara Shand, Red Deer public information officer, said the high number of parked cars made it difficult for crews to plow.

“Crews will eventually head back to these areas, which include Durand Close, Dowd Close and Drummond Close,” she said.

Originally scheduled to take three to four days, snow removal was in overdrive all week after a third major snow event brought more snow to city streets.

After a record setting November for snowfall totals in Red Deer, De-

● West Park ● South Hill ● Eastview ● Eastview Estates ● Grandview cember started with a 22 cm snow storm, bringing the total snowfall this winter to more than 80 cm according to Environment Canada, with 47 cm staying on the ground.

Red Deer public works staff worked on residential streets in Oriole Park, Oriole Park West, Westlake, Deer Park Estates and Devonshire.

They were originally scheduled to plow Davenport and Deer Park Village as well, but due to the extreme cold weather and some technical delays they were moved to 8 a.m. Sunday morning.

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PLOWS: Windrows on both sides of streets Monday morning crews will move into other areas of the city including West Park, South Hill, Eastview, Eastview Estates and Grandview to continue residential snow removal.

Windrows will be placed on both sides of the street on residential roads and windrows are not expected to be higher than 16 inches, but conditions of the roadways will dictate the final heights.

Residents with driveways onto the street will have to shovel snow from the windrows after the street is plowed.

After the early week snowstorm, Red Deer and much of Alberta and the Prairies were sent into a deep freeze with windchills touching -47 C Friday night.

Crews during the week encountered cars still on the side of the road, parked. While the parked cars initially slowed the snow plows’ progress, they worked around it and more people moved their cars off the street.

Cars parked where there is a sign indicating “No Parking,” will be towed.

DONATIONS: Food rich, cash poor at Food Bank “Food rich, cash poor.”

He said they have been down all year in cash donations, about 50 per cent less this year so far.

They have wrapped up most of their marquee Christmas events, including Tom Jackson and the Huron Carole, which happened last week.

Progress for the Salvation Army’s kettle campaign has been steady.

Major Larry Bridger said they have received about 25 per cent of their target of $250,000 over the first nine days.

“That’s up a bit over last year, I think we’ve had a little bit better coverage this year compared to last year,” said Bridger, adding last week was a concern with Monday being a washout because of the snow, followed by the weeklong cold.

This Friday is also the deadline for applications for the adopt-a-family program. Bridger said they are at 125 registered families and expect the totals to be higher than last year’s 170.

“Sponsor wise we’re sitting at about 110 this year,” said Bridger.

“We’re still looking for sponsors because we anticipate at least the same number of families as last year, if not more.”

More volunteers are needed for the kettle campaign and sponsors for the adopt-a-family program, those interested can call the Salvation Army at 403346-2251.

For the Christmas Bureau their follow-up to the stuff-a-bus, was the Alberta Motor Association fill-a-fleet toy drive which took place on Friday. As well over the weekend the Christmas Bureau had a Christmas craft show at the Harvest Centre of the Westerner, a first for them.

“It’s been so cold that people haven’t been able to get out I think,” said Kutynec.

“Even with our volunteers they’re calling us and saying they’re stuck in their driveway and they can’t even come.”

Food hampers start soon, going both Dec. 19 and 20. The Christmas Bureau is aiming to do about 950 hampers this year.

“I think there’s going to be this big push when we get over this cold snap and people will be shopping,” said Kutynec. “We’re hoping that’s a big pickup for us.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

CARIBOU: Concern comes to a head Concern over the gradual decline of caribou in northwest Alberta came to a head earlier this year after a Canadian Press investigation found the province had sold industrial leases on nearly all the tiny, undisturbed fraction of land that remains of the Little Smoky herd’s range.

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Snow plow crews continued to clear residential streets, including Dann Close as pictured above, over the weekend. cial commitments to preserve habitat and federal plans that set a goal of maintaining or restoring 65 per cent of a herd’s range as viable habitat.

A moratorium was placed on new energy development on the Little Smoky range. Forestry companies agreed to defer further harvesting until a plan for the area was drafted.

But those halts have done nothing to ease the pressure on the adjacent a la Peche range, which is supposed to be part of the same plan.

The a la Peche range is certainly as torn up as the Little Smoky, which is estimated to be 95 per cent disturbed.

And more development on it proceeds.

“Everywhere you turn there’s cutblocks,” said Handy of the sections of forest harvested for lumber.

At least three new, well-developed roads thrust into a la Peche terrain.

One wipes out a caribou gathering point along the Little Smoky River, he said.

“That’s where the caribou would always winter.

They used to be in there all the time and now there’s a high-grade road right through there.”

Highway 40, which runs through the range, is signed as a “caribou corridor,” which Handy finds ironic.

“There’s huge big cutblocks all the way along, right by the caribou sign, actually.

“It’s pretty funny.”

Brady Whittaker of the Alberta Forest Products Association acknowledged that while industry has stayed out of the Little Smoky area, the same can’t be said of the a la Peche.

But he adds that when the forest is your business,

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“There may be caribou in lots of areas where we are harvesting,” he said.

The forestry industry supports efforts to develop a range plan for the area that can accommodate all demands on the landscape and is involved in those discussions, Whittaker said.

“Nobody respects caribou habitat more than our industry.”

Carrie Sancartier of Alberta Environment said a draft plan for the a la Peche and Little Smoky ranges is expected in January.

The a la Peche herd is about 150 animals strong, larger and more stable than the Little Smoky herd.

As well, its range extends into the protected Willmore Wilderness Area and Jasper National Park.

However, the protected parts of its range are mountainous and traditionally only used in summer.

Scientists report that the animals are being increasingly forced to use those rugged, inhospitable areas in winter as well.

Campbell said it’s time the provincial government lived up to its own promises as well as Ottawa’s objectives.

“The recovery strategy is very clear that all of that range is important,” she said. “It’s very concerning that there still seems to be significant loss of other good areas.

“There are solutions within reach, but this just makes it more difficult.”

Handy just wants to see actions live up to words.

“What the government’s saying about habitat protection, they’re committed to it and stuff, I’m just not seeing it. I’m seeing the opposite.”

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Meals on Wheels keeps rolling

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF While everyone was digging out of last week’s snowfall, or griping about the cold temperatures, the local Meals on Wheels volunteers braved both elements to ensure people got their food.

The meal delivery service ran all week through the less than favourable weather and program coordinator Cheryl Day said it was interesting trying to get the food out. “Our drivers are all volunteers and they are fabulous,� said Day. “They all showed up, nobody phoned and said they couldn’t come because the weather is too miserable. They all came. “It was tough, one driver got stuck four or five times.�

About 110 meals in

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Joan Brett, a Red Deer Meals on Wheels volunteer driver, loads up her vehicle before Friday’s deliveries.

Paul Brule, another volunteer heads back to the kitchen for more supplies. Brett was one of several volunteer drivers who braved poor conditions Tuesday to ensure the meals were delivered.

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by Meals on Wheels on any given day, though it does vary and there are about eight to 10 routes drivers go on with one

car per route, sometimes it is a couple that does the delivering together.

It did take a little longer on Monday to deliver. Day said they usually

load up the cars at about 11:15 a.m. and everyone gets back to the Pidherney’s Curling Centre, where they are based out of, by about 12:30 p.m.

On Monday one driver didn’t get back until after 2 p.m., but had made all of his deliveries. “There was one driver who had two places she couldn’t get to,� said Day. “It has certainly been a challenge, but our volunteers are fabulous and they make sure they get everybody fed.�

And while all the volunteers showed up Monday, Day said they did have some meal recipients call and say they would understand if the drivers couldn’t make it. “We didn’t do that, we went to everybody we should have and everybody that was on the list,� said Day. “They were just thrilled that we got to them all.�

Day said it can be hard to get drivers to volunteer regularly, regardless of the weather.

Anyone interested in being a driver for Meals on Wheels can call 403340-2511.

“I can’t say enough about our drivers,� said Day. “They came through remarkably, they came with a smile on their face and said ‘let’s do this.’� mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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As counterfeiters of wine get more sophisticated, the industry is finally fighting back THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAINT-EMILION, France — An FBI agent recently showed Arnaud de Laforcade a file with several labels supposedly from 1947 bottles of Chateau Cheval Blanc, one of France’s finest wines. To the Saint-Emilion vineyard’s CFO, they were clearly fakes — too new looking, not on the right kind of paper.

But customers may be more easily duped.

Regardless of his skill, the counterfeiter had ambition: 1947 is widely considered an exceptionally good year, and Cheval Blanc’s production that year has been called the greatest Bordeaux ever. The current average price paid for a bottle at auction is about $11,500, according to truebottle.com, which tracks auctions and helps consumers spot fakes.

Counterfeiting has likely dogged wine as long as it has been produced. In the 18th century, King Louis XV ordered the makers of Cotes du Rhone to brand their barrels with “CDR� before export to prevent fraud.

But it is getting more sophisticated and more ambitious, particularly as bottle prices rise due to huge demand in new markets, mainly in Asia.

After decades of silence, producers across the $217-billion industry are finally beginning to talk about the problem and ways to combat it.

The astronomical prices paid for fine wine these days makes the bottles “more than just a luxury item,� said Spiros Malandrakis, senior analyst of the alcoholic drinks market at Euromonitor, a research firm. “They become a currency in themselves.

And as with every currency, at some point, people want to find ways to manipulate that and make more money.�

SIZING UP THE PROBLEM Experts say it’s impossible to know the size of the counterfeit market.

Partially that’s because many sales happen privately and because it is woven into a legal market, unlike, say, cocaine trafficking. Many known counterfeits likely go unreported because the victims are embarrassed — and chagrined to lose their investment. Industry insiders, meanwhile, have long ignored the problem collectively as producers were afraid of scaring customers.

But many experts agree on one point: the quantity of rare bottles from illustrious vineyards being auctioned is just too high to not include fakes. “I think it’s pretty obvious to everybody that there is a relatively large amount of counterfeit wines from these top wineries that is on the market,� said Leonardo LoCascio, founder of

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Winebow, a leading U.S. importer of wine.

Maureen Downey, an expert wine appraiser and authenticator who founded Chai Consulting, says it is important not to overestimate the problem, guessing it is still probably a very small proportion of the global wine trade, but she added that many producers think that recent publicity on the problem means it’s been solved.

Not so, she and others said. In fact, it will likely simply get more sophisticated and even harder to track and estimate.

China’s case is a good illustration of the evolution of counterfeiting.

Initially, criminals took advantage of the country’s twin weaknesses: consumers who were new to wine but had the money to buy it for show.

That led to flagrant fakes, whose labels simply piled on the names — or near names — of as many famous vineyards and locales as possible, claiming, for example, to be a great Burgundy wine from a famous Bordeaux chateau.

But in the past two years, as more Chinese became connoisseurs, there has been an explosion in Asia of more refined counterfeits, says Mark Solomon, who cofounded truebottle.com.

Experts fear this problem will only continue to grow and won’t be confined to Asia, as technology makes it possible to make better fakes and steadily rising auction prices make it worth the while. “It’s kind of an arms race� between the increasing sophistication of the methods used to authenticate bottles and the increasing sophistication of counterfeiters, said Solomon.

FIGHTING BACK On the front lines of that race is Bernard Medina, who is the director of a lab run by the French Finance Ministry in Bordeaux devoted to

sniffing out fake wine.

He recently laid out at least 15 bottles when journalists came to visit that ran the gamut from the silly to the serious.

Some were outrageous amalgamations, like the bottle that had “Luxembourg� on the label and “produit de France� below that. Others were trying to give consumers just a soupcon of glamour: Chatelet Cheval Blanc, another attempt to copy the illustrious Chateau Cheval Blanc.

Most of the bottles were picked up in China by French customs or fraud agents and would easily be sorted out.

But Medina also sometimes receives bottles from chateaux in the surrounding area, which is home to many of the world’s best wines. These are suspected fakes but so well done that even the owners aren’t quite sure if they might be real.

Medina’s lab runs a series of tests on bottles that come their way: measuring the isotopes of certain elements can determine generally which country a wine comes from, measuring the trace radioactivity in a bottle can broadly

determine its age. Wines that claim to be from before the invention of the atom bomb, for instance, should have no cesium-137. By contrast, bottles from the 1960s, when nuclear tests happened almost weekly, show a noticeable spike in cesium.

The lab also makes its own wines from grapes collected about every 30 miles (50 kilometres) across Western France.

Each of those wines then serves as a reference point for a given year and micro-region.

None of these tests is definitive, but, taken together, they can generally sniff out the fakes.

Medina warns, however, that over the past year he has been seeing fewer of the gross counterfeits and expects criminals are focusing on harder to spot, more lucrative fakes.

Several wineries are laser-engraving their bottles with unique serial numbers. Other wineries are experimenting with hologrammed or bar-coded stickers placed half on the bottle, half on the capsule — the foil that covers the cork — that serve as id tags and will shred if removed.

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An enduring local tradition LIVE NATIVITY PAGEANT HAS FLOURISHED FOR 33 YEARS What do Rodeo Queen, hay bales, and sheep all have in common?

All are used as props to host one of the longest-standing Christmas traditions still flourishing in our community: the annual, live Outdoor Nativity Pageant produced by local members of the Church of Jesus VESNA Christ of LatterHIGHAM day Saints.

This December marks 33 years since the hallowed tradition began with humble roots back in 1980. Over the years, the annual crowd-pleaser has relocated several times and overcome a myriad of challenges to evolve into its current iteration, replete with a magnificent indoor crèche display (featuring over 200 nativity scenes), live musical entertainment, hot chocolate and treats, and a cozy reader’s corner for young children.

The one constant through the years has been the fact that this nativity reenactment features a live cast of youth and adults, including a real donkey actually ridden by Mary, and bleating sheep.

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The 2012 version of the pageant, which has been held continuously since 1980, except one year in the late 1990s when a blizzard blew in and cancelled the event.

The production originally ran with just 11 cast members (currently 28) for a number of years at City Hall park in the early 1980s, relocating to Kin Canyon for a stint, Heritage Square for nine years, and the church’s Kentwood chapel for the past four years.

Featuring stirring recorded music and narration against a backdrop of bright costumes and dramatically lit sets, the pageant re-enacts the timehonoured scriptural account of Christ’s birth — with shepherds, kings, and angels heralding in the heavenly child.

As any connoisseur of live theatre can attest to, things don’t always go down as scripted, and this Christmas pageant has certainly witnessed its share of hiccups and hurdles over the decades — including the almost clichéd scenario one year of a stubborn donkey who defiantly refused to budge,

leaving Mary to trudge her appointed path on foot.

On another occasion in Kin Canyon, a spectacular, full-grown doe casually trundled through the middle of a live performance with all onlookers holding their breath for the majesty of the stunning scene.

They’ve taken in stride everything from straying animals to failed generators, from deteriorating sets and costumes to the nip of winter’s fury, but only once in all those years have they actually had to cancel the pageant altogether.

Back in the late 1990s, cast and crew were preparing for their 7 p.m. start when a winter storm blew in with little warning, causing temperatures to fall so rapidly within that next half-hour period that organizers were forced to cancel all nine performances over the

entire three-day event.

Understandably, the part of baby Jesus has always been portrayed by a simple doll — except on one special occasion when a young local couple offered to play Mary and Joseph, insisting to use their own newborn baby as the holy Christ child.

The pageant acknowledges a debt of gratitude to many within the community who’ve contributed so much over the past 33 years to keep this poignant tradition alive and well. For years, for example, the folks at Turple Brothers loaned the pageant a generator at no cost to power the production’s sound, lights, and music.

After years of renting out one particular spotlight for the annual event, local retailer Alberta Display finally outright gifted the spotlight to the church for continued use in subsequent pageants.

We are blessed to live in a community with such a strong spirit of giving and connectedness throughout the year, such that cherished traditions like the pageant can be nurtured and preserved.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering …

Rodeo Queen happens to be the name of the donkey loaned annually at no cost to the church by a generous Central Alberta family who exemplifies this spirit of selfless community service.

Owing to the current renovations of the Kentwood chapel, this year’s pageant will run nightly at 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. on Dec. 16, 17, and 18 in the south parking lot of the Bower chapel, located at 3002 47th Ave. (adjacent to Kin Canyon), at no cost to the public.

Vesna Higham is a local lawyer, former Red Deer city councillor and a freelance columnist.

Canada’s reality can match its image Canada is blessed with some of tens of billions a year in health-care the last vestiges of pristine nature on expenses and lost productivity.

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For example, ArgenWe are also defined by tina’s constitutional enviour Constitution, which is ronmental-rights protection far more than a set of legal was used in a case where prescriptions. It embodindustrial pollution was seies our highest aspirations riously affecting the health and values. As our nation’s of people along the Matantop law, one would expect za-Riachuelo River. After it to reflect our connection residents sued the national, DAVID to the land, air, water and provincial and municipal SUZUKI wildlife that keep us alive governments and 44 corpoand healthy. Our Constiturations, Argentina’s governtion’s Charter of Rights and ment established cleanup, Freedoms gives us freedom restoration and regional of expression, equal protection from environmental health plans. It has indiscrimination and the right to life, creased the number of environmental liberty and security of the person. But inspectors in the region from three to it doesn’t mention the environment.

250, and created 139 water, air and soil How can we fully enjoy our freedoms quality monitoring points. There’s still without the right to live in a healthy much to be done, but three new waterenvironment? treatment plants and 11 new sewageSome Canadians are further ahead treatment plants mean millions of than others. Quebec’s Environmental people now have access to clean water Quality Act and Charter of Human and sanitation.

Rights and Freedoms both include A legal right to a healthy environenvironmental rights. Other provinces ment is not about hamstringing corpoand territories — including Ontario, rations; it’s about ensuring they’re run the Yukon, Northwest Territories and responsibly and that people’s health Nunavut — provide limited environand well-being come first. It’s also mental rights. Worldwide, 110 counabout ensuring laws are enforced and tries enjoy constitutional rights to a penalties imposed when they’re violathealthy environment, and 181 of 193 ed. The total amount of fines imposed UN member countries support recogunder the Canadian Environmental nition of such a right. Canada and the Protection Act from 1988 through 2010 U.S. are among the exceptions. (about $2.4 million) amounted to less The sad truth is that Canada fares than what the Toronto Public Library poorly among wealthy nations on encollected in overdue-book fines in one vironmental performance. A recent year, 2009 (about $2.7 million)! ranking by the Washington-based Evidence suggests that stronger enCenter for Global Development puts vironmental regulation spurs innovaCanada last of 27 industrialized nation and competitiveness, so the right tions. The Conference Board of Canto a healthy environment can benefit ada rated our country 15th out of 17 the economy. With public support and industrialized nations for standards small steps along the way — such as on air pollution, climate change, water encouraging legal protection from muand other environmental factors. And nicipal, regional and provincial govthe World Health Organization reports ernments — we can make it happen. that 36,800 premature deaths a year Scientist, author and broadcaster Daand 13 per cent of illnesses and injuvid Suzuki wrote this column with Ian ries in Canada are related to exposure Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuto environmental hazards — costing us zuki.org.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A who’s who of Canadian politics is on its way to South Africa with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to pay their final respects to Nelson Mandela.

Harper will attend a public memorial for Mandela on Tuesday in Johannesburg, as well as his lying in state in Pretoria on Wednesday.

He’s being accompanied by three of his predecessors — Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien and Kim Campbell, all of whom were invited by Harper to fly on the prime ministerial plane to attend the service. Joe Clark, meantime,

is already in Africa and will join the Canadian delegation when it arrives in South Africa. “He was a great, great man,” Chretien said of Mandela as he boarded the plane.

Harper and his wife, Laureen, waved to the assembled media on the tarmac at the Ottawa airport as they got on the plane.

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair also joined the delegation, but not Justin Trudeau, the Liberal leader. Instead, Liberal MP Irwin Cotler joined the delegation. It wasn’t immediately known if Trudeau declined an invitation from

Harper .

Assembly of First Nations national chief Shawn Atleo was also on board.

Former Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean, Premiers Darrell Pasloski of the Yukon, Nova Scotia’s Stephen McNeil and Alison Redford of Alberta are also travelling to South Africa with the prime minister.

“To see representatives of all political families together going to South Africa to pay tribute to Mandela is totally in the spirit of the man, so I’m proud of us,” Jean said as she prepared to board the plane.

Redford, a lawyer specializing in constitutional and legal reform law,

worked for Mandela in the early 1990s in efforts to rebuild South Africa’s legal system and lay the groundwork for the first all-race elections that led to him becoming president.

Mulroney spearheaded Canada’s efforts to free Mandela from prison and pressure South Africa to end apartheid, while Chretien was prime minister when Mandela was granted honourary Canadian citizenship in 2001.

Mandela died on Thursday at the age of 95. His body will lie in state from Wednesday through Friday.

A state funeral for the former South African president is planned for next Sunday.

Tories broke rules for golden cards SPOKESPERSONS FOR CLEMENT, HAWN SAY THE GOLD CARDS WERE ORDERED IN ERROR, BOTH MEN WROTE PERSONAL CHEQUES TO REIMBURSE TAXPAYERS OTTAWA — At least two more key Conservatives got gold-embossed business cards, contrary to long-standing government rules against fancy stationery.

Tony Clement was given his gold cards shortly after being promoted to Treasury Board president in the May 2011 cabinet shuffle, following the election of a Conservative majority.

And colleague Laurie Hawn, an Edmonton MP appointed temporarily to a cabinet committee looking at cost-cutting, got his own set of goldembossed cards at the same time.

The Arms of Canada on both sets of cards was highlighted in gold foil.

They joined John Baird, whose staff demanded the new foreign affairs minister receive a set of forbidden Englishonly cards that also violated the rules in several other ways, including having a gold-coloured coat of arms.

Baird’s unilingual gold cards were first reported by The Canadian Press, which also obtained documents on business cards for Clement and Hawn, after a request under the Access to Information Act. Spokespersons for Clement and Hawn say the gold cards were “ordered in error,” and say both men wrote personal cheques to reimburse taxpayers after the mistake was discovered.

But neither spokesperson answered repeated requests about when the “error” was discovered, the dates of the personal cheques, and the amounts of the reimbursement, among other questions.

“The cards were ordered in error by a former staff member,” Clement spokeswoman Heather Domereckyj said in an email.

“The minister was unaware of this decision.

Once the additional costs were brought to the minister’s attention, he immediately wrote a personal cheque to cover the cost.”

Hawn’s special assistant, Jordan Fraser, said: “Mr. Hawn was not aware of the error. Once he became aware of the error, he reimbursed the cost.”

Clement’s department, the Treasury Board, sets out the rules for all ministers’ stationery, which specify that Canada’s coat of arms on business cards must be in black.

The only colour permitted is the red of a small Canadian flag above the Canada wordmark.

The rules date from 1994, when the Liberal government of Jean Chretien was starting to impose deficit-cutting austerity in the same way the current Conservative government is slashing jobs and programs to balance the books by 2015.

Baird has never acknowledged any “error” for his unilingual, goldembossed cards, raising questions about a

double-standard, since a fellow minister felt compelled to write a personal cheque to ensure government-wide rules — and taxpayers — were respected.

Baird has even joked about the issue in the House of Commons, and defends his unilingual cards by saying he also ordered a second set of bilingual cards that were always available for dis-

tribution.

Canada’s official-languages commissioner, Graham Fraser, issued a report in August slamming Baird for ignoring language policies, and demanding the Englishonly cards be dumped.

Fraser’s office, which rejected the argument there was no violation because other bilingual cards were also available, said last week the

commissioner was still waiting to hear whether Baird will abide by the ruling. Earlier this year, the deputy minister of foreign affairs said Fraser should not even have launched an investigation.

A 2011 invoice for the bilingual Clement-Hawn cards refers to “gold foil business cards” for $715 plus 13 per cent HST, with the quanti-

ties blacked out. They were ordered by Mathew Nepssy, Clement’s office manager.

Nepssy ordered a second set of gold-foil cards in 2012 for the minister and Hawn at what appears to be the same price as for the 2011 order.

Hawn’s cards were current only until Sept.

12, 2012, when he was no longer a member of the

Treasury Board committee identified on the gold business card. The committee oversaw a major cost-cutting exercise, hiring management consultant Deloitte Inc. on a $90,000-a-day contract.

About the same time Clement’s first order for gold cards was placed in 2011, one of his senior officials was warning Baird’s office against breaking the rules.

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Canada exporting guns, ammunition BAHRAIN, ALGERIA, IRAQ, COUNTRIES WITH DUBIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS OR A HISTORY OF VIOLENT INTERNAL CONFLICT, ARE CUSTOMERS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Bahrain, Algeria and Iraq, countries with dubious human rights records or a history of violent internal conflict, have recently become new buyers of Canadianmade guns and ammunition, an analysis of federal government data shows.

The analysis by The Canadian Press found that Canadian exports to those countries swelled by 100 per cent from 2011 to 2012, the most recent figures publicly available.

During the same time period, exports of Canadian weapons also increased to Pakistan (98 per cent), Mexico (93 per cent) and Egypt (83 per cent), where, respectively, al-Qaida terrorists, a deadly govern- Walter Dorn ment war on drug cartels and seismic political upheaval have sparked violence.

Though Canada’s arms trade is legal and regulated, analysts say the increases raise questions about the government’s foreign policy commitment to human rights, and its regulatory regime for arms exports.

“Diversification is a principle of business in this globalized economy. As we see western militaries decrease their defence budgets, military industries will be looking for new markets,” said Walter Dorn, the chair of international affairs studies at the Canadian Forces College.

“The danger is that the almighty dollar may become the predominant motivator in trade deals and therefore weapons are more easily shipped.”

The Canadian Press provided a list of questions to the offices of International Trade Minister Ed

Fast and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, but an emailed reply from Foreign Affairs left many of them unanswered.

Foreign Affairs carefully reviews all export of weapons to ensure they “do not contribute to national or regional conflicts or instability” or “are not used to commit human rights violations,” the statement said.

The analysis examined 10 years of Industry Canada data on a class of exports that is made up of military weapons, guns and ammunition, along with howitzers, mortars, flame throwers, grenades and torpedoes. It does not include other big military equipment such as vehicles, aircraft and other advanced technology, which balloons Canada’s overall arms trade into the billions of dollars.

Last month, Fast announced that Canada would be putting economic interests at the centre of foreign policy. The shift to “economic diplomacy” is designed to increase trade and investment in emerging markets.

In 2012, Canadian weapons manufacturers found some new customers, which offset a decline in sales to some major democratic allies. Canada’s average annual exports in the sector averaged $257 million from 2003 to 2012, reaching $251 million in 2012, an increase of four per cent over 2011 figures.

That modest 2012 increase came despite a noticeable decline in exports to traditional allies such as the United Kingdom (down 10 per cent), Italy (37 per cent), Netherlands (40 per cent), Belgium (87 per cent) and Spain (132 per cent).

Canada’s leading customer by a massive margin is the United States, where annual exports have averaged $190 million over the last decade. They climbed nine per cent from 2011 to 2012, to $178 million, but that marked a drop from a high of $294.5 million in 2007, when fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan was at its peak.

The numbers in question may be relatively small compared with Canada’s overall arms trade and the massive global industry, but they still raise a “red

flag,” Dorn said.

Canada’s sales to Bahrain shot from zero in 2011 to $250,000 in 2012, while Algeria’s skyrocketed from $29 to $242,000 that same year — a period during which both countries suppressed pro-democracy democratic protests.

“It is really strange timing that Canada would be increasing a sale of arms or military equipment, let’s say, at this moment when Bahrain has been involved in violently repressing its own peaceful democracy demonstrators,” said Roland Paris, director of the Centre of International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa.

Bahrain violently suppressed pro-democracy demonstrators in 2011 with the help of Saudi Arabian forces. Earlier this year in Algeria, a terrorist attack on a desert gas plant — two Canadians were among the militants — resulted in the deaths of 29 attackers and 37 hostages. Meanwhile, in Iraq, thousands have been killed this year in continuing violence.

Baird visited all three countries earlier this year, noting that Canada is seeking to make economic inroads with each.

Paris said Baird’s relative silence on the Bahrain crackdown in particular “raises questions about the consistency of our policy and it suggests hypocrisy.”

Dorn said it is fair to ask — but harder to answer — whether weapons from Canada may have found their way into the hands of rights abusers, be they despotic governments, rebels or criminals.

“It would be shocking if Canada supplied arms to suppress a democratic movement,” he said. “The Industry Canada data table doesn’t list the types of weapons that are sold. It doesn’t give any details so we are left to wonder what the weapons are.”

Foreign Affairs said in its statement that “the declared end-use and end user of a proposed export are important factors in our review.”

Dorn said Canada does what it can to prevent its arms from being diverted into the wrong hands by insisting that its customers sign end-user certificates that bar transfers.

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Firefighters, paramedics, police and Red Cross volunteers were given medals for their service.

Lac-Megantic mayor Colette Roy-Laroche, who was front and centre in the aftermath of the tragedy, was also honoured with a medal — and a lengthy standing ovation.

Quebec Premier Pauline Marois and several members of her cabinet were on hand for a ceremony at the local high school, which served as a shelter in the weeks following the accident.

In her speech, Marois told the first responders they were a source of strength across Quebec.

“The people of Quebec thank you for your exceptional service,” Marois said.

Following the accident last July 6, firefighters came from across the province and even neighbouring Maine to help put out the flames and later sift through the smoldering rubble.

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Globo media and other outlets say the man was fatally shot on Saturday on a highway outside Sao Paulo.

Globo identified the man as Dean Tiessen and reported he is from Leamington, Ont. They’re reporting he had been in Brazil since last month on a business trip for his agricultural company, New Energy Farms.

Foreign Affairs has confirmed a Canadian died in Brazil but is providing no other details, only saying consular officials are in touch with the family.

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Gifts for kids of the incarcerated INMATES APPLY TO ANGEL TREE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM TO HAVE GIFTS DELIVERED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF

FILM FESTIVAL RAISES CASH TO SEND KIDS OUT FOR FUN DAY The ski and snowboard film festival in Red Deer on Nov. 28 and 29 raised enough money to send four kids from the local Youth and Volunteer Centre out for a day of fun in the mountains this winter. The deserving individuals will have all their rental equipment fees and transportation costs paid for to take a day trip out for extreme skiing and snowboarding.

The second annual festival was held at Scott Block Theatre. All proceeds went towards Pursuit Adventure and Travel’s Mountain Access Program, which strives to get more youth active outside and operates in partnership with the Youth and Volunteer Centre of Red Deer.

SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS FESTIVE CONCERT Join in a festive concert of readings and music on Dec. 19 at St. Luke’s Anglican Church. In the Spirit of Christmas breaks into song at 7 p.m. at the church at 4930 54th St. in Red Deer. The silver collection that day will be donated to the Christmas Bureau. For more information, contact Elizabeth Thain at 403347-2114.

CASH RAISED FOR TYPHOON VICTIMS The Hub on Ross and the Red Deer and District Community Foundation raised $5,794.85 to send to victims of the Typhoon Haiya (or Typhoon Yolanda), which tore into the Philippines early in November, leaving behind a path of devastation.

More than 300 people stopped into the Hub on Nov. 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to enjoy Filipino cuisine. The Filipino Cook Off fundraiser cost $12 per adults, $6 for children and was free for those under five-years-old.

The holidays can be lonely and stressful for those behind bars so one local church group is working to spread Christmas joy and keep incarcerated parents connected to their children.

For the past five years, the Unity Baptist Church of Red Deer has been taking part in the national Angel Tree Christmas Program, an initiative with Prison Fellowship Canada.

Angel Tree operates mainly in partnerships with churches across Canada to help reach out to the children of parents serving time.

Inmates submit an application on behalf of their children with gift suggestions and a personal message. Volunteers then purchase the gifts and deliver

them to the children just in time for Christmas.

According to Prison Fellowship Canada, there are more than 350,000 Canadian children under the age of 18 who have parents in prison or ex-offender parents.

“It’s a hard time around Christmas for those in prison.

They have children and families and they can’t do much for them,” said Joel Cadieux, an Angel Tree volunteer with Unity Baptist.

Cadieux and his wife Sandra spurred the Angel Tree program on in their church — the only program in Central Alberta — after Cadieux began volunteering with the inmates at Bowden Institution and he saw first hand how trying the holiday season was for them.

The church budgets about $2,000 a year for Angel Tree and has seen such overwhelm-

ing support that they are able to deliver presents not only to children in Central Alberta but also some in Edmonton.

“The church has been so generous and so we take gifts to roughly 50 kids each Christmas.

Between Red Deer, Hobbema and Rocky Mountain House — and really all of Central Alberta — there was only about 10 kids on the Angel Tree program so we asked the Fellowship for more names,” Cadieux said.

“Now we see about 35 kids in Edmonton as well those in Central Alberta.”

All the costs and time that go into purchasing presents, wrapping and travelling to deliver them are 100 per cent volunteer based and funded by the church as well as individuals.

Cadieux said about 35 Unity Baptist Church members volunteer with Angel Tree.

“These kids are caught in the

middle. They have no fault in their parents’ incarceration and Christmas is hard without your parents. It’s great to bridge that gap and the parents feel like they’re doing something, that they’re connected with their kids.”

Gifts are delivered to children up to the age of 18 and even to expecting mothers, Cadieux said.

“There was one little guy who was so excited when we showed up and he just yelled, ‘That’s from my Dad!’ We’ve had nothing but great responses and the caregivers of these children are all super appreciative.”

Anyone who wants to get involved with Angel Tree or make a donation can contact the Unity Baptist Church at 403-347-3961. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate. com

Partners fix pets for SPCA VETERINARIANS DONATE SERVICES TO CLEAR BACKLOG OF SPAYINGS, NEUTERINGS

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF All day Saturday, back-to-back, staff at the Clearview Market Dog and Cat Hospital were hard at work spaying and neutering Red Deer SPCA animals.

It was an offshoot of the Big Fix for Felines partnership with local veterinarians, where vets donate surgery time to fix the SPCAs animals.

The original partnership brought support from area veterinarians by having them donate at least one spay or neuter procedure per month.

They have nine veterinarians committed so far. Tara Hellewell, Red Deer and District SPCA executive director, said they usually rely on spot help from local veterinarians based on pets in need.

“We seem to have the biggest issue with trying to get cats spayed so they can be put up for adoption,” said Hellewell. “In some cases the animals were waiting up to four months to become available for adoption because we were so backed up in our vet surgery.”

While they expected they would get a few veterinarians offering to help, Hellewell said to have nine commit to at least performing one surgery per month — some up to five per month — is a significant contribution to the SPCA. One of those veterinarians, Dr. Kristi Volk with the Clearview Dog and Cat Hospital, offered to do a Saturday long spay and neuter-a-thon.

Thirty-one animals, both dogs and cats, were at the Clearview Dog and Cat Hospital for a variety of surgeries, mostly spays and neuters.

“We’re going to be totally caught up at the SPCA thanks to her,” said Hellewell.

“We have a backlog right now and we won’t put them up for adoption until they’ve been spayed or neutered.”

A typical spay or neuter costs about $300 per animal.

Volk, who used to be the president of the board of the SPCA, had done one of these spay and neuter drives before offered to do it again.

“It’s our contribution,” said Volk.

“I know they’re behind on their spays and neuters so if we can get them done

Photo by MURRAY CRAWFORD/Advocate staff

Clearview Dog and Cat Hospital veterinarian Dr. Kristi Volk performs surgery on a cat Saturday. She and her clinic performed more than 30 spay and neuters on Red Deer and District SPCA animals Saturday. then they have them ready and available for adoption before Christmas.”

Right now there are more than 125 cats in the SPCA’s shelter.

“For them to give their time for no compensation whatsoever, just because they

want to help us out and make sure those animals get homes as quickly as possible this Christmas, that’s an unbelievable gift,” said Hellewell. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer teachers were so thrilled with the response to their recent Information Fair to help at-risk, marginalized and minority students that they’re going to do it again next year.

On Nov. 5, a few hundred teachers, parents and students came out to the Alberta Teachers’ Association Local 60’s firstever fair at G.H. Dawe School.

Fifty-two community groups from around Central Alberta set up tables to provide information.

“We wanted to do an information fair to expose teachers to

as many programs as we could from across the area that could support them in the classroom,” said Patti Yackulic, chair of the Local 60’s Diversity, Equity and Human Rights Committee.

The committee was formed last spring and members didn’t anticipate such a huge — PATTI response from both the school community and organizations.

“It took off on us very quickly. Everyone wanted to get involved.

“It was actually successful enough it is going to be a permanent event.”

Next year, it will held at Hunting Hills High School, where 75 to 100 organizations could set up.

vide some financial support.

Recently, the committee brought in Second Cup cofounder Frank O’Dea to speak to students enrolled in alternative school programs.

She said O’Dea was already in Red YACKULIC, CHAIR OF THE LOCAL 60’S DIVERSITY, Deer speaking EQUITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE at the Festival of Trees’ business luncheon Yackulic said Alberta Works, and he waived his fee for the a provincial government em- students. ployment program under Al“He made a huge impact on berta Human Services, will also the kids.” be working with the committee szielinski@reddeeradvocate. to help the event grow and pro- com

‘IT WAS ACTUALLY SUCCESSFUL ENOUGH IT IS GOING TO BE A PERMANENT EVENT.’

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Youth wanted for Next Big Thing HOOTSUITE AIMS TO HELP YOUNG CANADIAN ENTREPRENEURS MAKE IT BIG IN BUSINESS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The founder of the social media management tool HootSuite started two businesses as a teenager, and now he wants to help other young Canadian entrepreneurs make it big for themselves.

Ryan Holmes began his rise into the business world by opening a pizza restaurant and a paintball company when he was in his mid-teens.

He’s now offering a total of $100,000 in grants to 10 youth between 17 and 22 as part of his recently launched non-profit foundation The Next Big Thing.

“About 100 kids have applied from all over the world,” he said of the competition, which is open until Dec. 15.

Winners will get the kind of handson training that junior entrepreneurs need but can’t access through the typical education route, Holmes said.

“I think there’s a bit of a disconnect between traditional education programs and entrepreneurs,” he said at HootSuite’s headquarters in Vancouver. “Often you hear about amazing entrepreneurs who ultimately are college dropouts.”

“A lot of entrepreneurs are very experiential and hands on learners and they need to just go and get into things.

The goal of TNBT is to just get people

into things, help accelerate them into a successful venture as soon as possible.”

Holmes launched the foundation with fashion and film entrepreneur Meredith Powell, who also forged a business path at a young age.

“We’re really looking for teens who might have started a business or have an idea to start a business,” she said.

Along with $10,000 in grants, each innovator will learn skills from “top names” in the business world and get six months of education at HootSuite’s headquarters, where they’ll learn about investing and understanding how to start a business, Powell said.

“We’re bringing in incredible men-

tors, doing one-on-one sessions with them.”

HootSuite, known as a “dashboard,” allows users to send messages to various social networking sites or groups — such as Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin — at the same time and also attach images or documents.

This week, HootSuite, which boasts seven million users around the world, was named the only Canadian company on technology blog Mashable’s list of top tech companies in 2013.

Google, Twitter and Netflix were among the other notables to be recognized.

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A man with his face painted the colors that represent the Mexican Electrical Workers Union, SME, and carrying a sign that reads in Spanish; “No to the privatization of PEMEX,” participates in a march against President Enrique Pena Nieto’s proposed energy reform that would allow private companies to explore the country’s oil and gas reserves, in Mexico City.

Open state-run oil sector to private companies MEXICAN SENATE PROPOSAL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY — A Mexican senate committee on Saturday proposed the most dramatic oil reform in decades that would open the country’s beleaguered, staterun sector to private companies and investment.

The Senate proposal would allow the government to grant contracts and licenses for exploration and extraction of oil and gas to multinational giants such as Exxon or Chevron, something that is currently prohibited under Mexico’s constitution.

It also says that contracts could be made directly with the state, rather than issued by the state-run oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, ending its monopoly on Mexican oil.

The proposal, which gets official committee consideration on Sunday, could allow contracts for profit- and production-sharing, as well as licenses, in which companies pay royalties and taxes to the Mexican government for the

right to explore and drill. Pemex would get first consideration for licenses.

It would give private companies the ability to post expected benefits in their financial statements, as long as they specify in their contracts that all oil and gas they find in the ground belongs to Mexico, according to articles expanding on the reform.

The constitution would continue to prohibit oil concessions, considered the most liberal kind of access by private oil companies.

The bill still must be approved by the two houses of Congress and 17 of Mexico’s 31 states and federal district. It’s the crowning piece of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s first year of reforms, which have also targeted education, the tax system and telecommunications.

But energy reform is considered most crucial to impacting the overall economy and the remaining five years of Pena Nieto’s presidency.

Opponents said the proposal outlines a system that has been

proven a “total failure,” while analysts consider it an unprecedented move in opening the door to the private investment Mexico needs to save its oil sector. Mexican oil production has been declining despite increased investment, and Pemex has not had the wherewithal to date to exploit the country’s vast deep-water or shale oil and gas reserves.

“This is a big breakthrough,” said George Baker, publisher of the Houston-based newsletter, Mexico Energy Intelligence. “This is a very big intellectual and policy leap ... Whether or not it’s ultimately commercially attractive can’t be decided at this point.”

The leftist opposition Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD, renewed its call for a public referendum on the issue.

“They’re trying to give the industry to foreigners,” said Sen. Dolores Padierna. “The participation of private oil companies has been, if you look at it calmly, a total failure.”

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FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — To Gwen Johansson, the most valuable thing about the Peace River that wends its way though northern British Columbia and Alberta is the view from her kitchen window.

It’s been her home for almost 40 years, but it will be one of dozens flooded if BC Hydro’s $8-billion Site C hydroelectric dam is approved. Johansson is one of a small but determined group of landowners who hope to convince an environmental review panel that the Crown agency’s “clean” hydro power plans are not so green.

“I live here because of the valley, because it’s such a beautiful place to live,” says Johansson, who is also the mayor of Hudson’s Hope, a small community of about a thousand people that will find itself with a reservoir view — minus a riverfront road or two — should the dam go ahead.

Joint federal-provincial review hearings under the banner of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency are set to begin Monday in Fort St. John. The panel will spend weeks travelling to communities throughout the region.

The $7.9-billion hydroelectric dam would be built seven kilometres downstream from Fort St. John and flood an 83-kilometre stretch of the Peace River upstream.

It would also flood 10 kilometres at the mouth of the Moberly River and 14 kilometres of the Halfway River that feed into the Peace.

The dam would provide enough power for the equivalent of 450,000 homes and is the centrepiece of BC Hydro’s plans for meeting electricity needs over the next 20 years, when the Crown utility anticipates a 40 per cent increase in demand.

But it is what will be lost, not what will be gained, that weighs on local residents.

The Peace Valley is a micro-climate in a chilly northern region where farmers can grow produce impossible just a few kilometres away, such as corn and melons.

The project would result in the largest single removal of land in the history of the province’s Agricultural Land Reserve.

The Peace Valley Environment Association says the amount of land at issue is also misleading. While almost 100 square kilometres of forest and farmland will be flooded, association spokeswoman Andrea Morison says another 230 square kilometres of land will be behind “impact lines,” where banks may slough off into the water over time.

Historical sites, aboriginal grave sites and areas of significance to area First Nations would be underwater, including Rocky Mountain Portage House, a Northwest Company trading post built in 1805.

“This river is very much a heritage river. It was the route of the fur traders,” Johansson says, adding that explorers Alexander Mackenzie and Simon Fraser both came though the valley.

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Retirement unpreparedness a global problem The media these days is full of reports about Canadians’ financial unpreparedness for retirement.

Some recent studies show that Canadian baby boomers are more than $400,000 short of their individual retirement savings goal, and there is a huge gap between how much money they say they will need to retire and how much they are actually saving.

Now a new global report by HSBC, based on the opinions of 16,000 people in 15 countries, shows Canadians are not alone in this financial predicament. According to the report, an average of 12 per cent of working-age people expect TALBOT they will never be able to afBOGGS ford to retire. This number is higher in more affluent industrialized countries: 19 per cent in the United Kingdom, 18 per cent in the United States, 17 per cent in Canada and

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15 per cent in Australia.

Seventeen per cent of people 55 to 64 expect they will have to continue working indefinitely. Fortysix per cent said they were unable to realize their retirement plans because they have less money to live on than they expected. Thirty-eight per cent of retirees said they had not prepared adequately or at all for a comfortable retirement, and of this group, 14 per cent said they will have to go back to work to cover their financial shortfall.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 579 million people around the world are currently retired. That number is expected to triple by 2050.

People generally are living longer, often in better health, and have greater expectations for old age, all of which increases the likelihood that they could outlive their money.

Participants in the HSBC study attributed having lower-than-expected income in retirement to insufficient planning, the global economic crisis, unexpected expenses, supporting children, debt, supporting parents, a decline in home values and getting a lower-than-expected inheritance.

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remains a major challenge for most people given the financial conditions created by the global economic downturn,” the report says. “With social security systems to become less generous, people will need to rely increasingly on their own retirement savings.”

There are several reasons why retirees are finding they don’t have enough money for their retirement.

Sixty-six per cent saw their income fall on retiring, with 21 per cent saying it fell by more than half.

Living in retirement also is more expensive than many retirees thought. More than half said they continue to spend as much or more than they did before they retired.

Retired people said the best advice they received about retirement planning was to start saving at an early age, start saving a small amount regularly, don’t spend what you don’t have, buy your home as soon as you can, buy only what you need, and develop a financial plan for the future.

The report has some practical steps towards building a better retirement.

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RETIREMENT: Don’t rush The first is not to rush into retirement. Many retirees now say that they might have been too hasty in giving up paid employment.

Nearly two-thirds who entered semi-retirement wished they had delayed it further, primarily because they see it as being an important way to keep the body and mind active.

Don’t rely on one source of retirement income. On a positive note, “the current generation of retirees has wisely chosen not to generate all of their income from place (and) have been successful in spreading their retirement income sources and the associated risk so that not all their eggs are in one basket,” the report says.

Plan your retirement with your family in mind.

Family will continue to be a major consideration in retirement planning.

While many aspire to travel in retirement, 49 per cent of current workers expect to have some financial responsibilities toward adult children and elderly parents, even when they are retired.

And be realistic about your retirement expectations.

Many working people assume their income needs will fall when they retire, yet 52 per cent of retirees have seen no reduction in their expenses and 17 per cent have seen an increase.

“Although people are familiar with the concept of increasing life expectancy, the consequent increase in later life of medical and nursing care costs may not be well understood as people still are not doing enough to prepare themselves for these potential costs,” the report concludes.

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

MEXICAN: Oil nationalized The measures in the Senate proposal have been prohibited in the decades since 1938, when thenPresident Lazaro Cardenas nationalized the oil industry, a symbol that for decades that has been fiercely protected by the constitution from possible profiteering by foreign companies.

The proposal goes much further than the plan introduced by Pena Nieto in August, which only allowed profit-sharing agreements.

It would change three articles of constitution, while Pena Nieto had only proposed to change two.

It was hashed out by Pena Nieto’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, with the conservative opposition, the National Action Party, which wants an oil reform as open as possible to investment and partnership possibilities.

The PRI has been more moderate, given the leftist opposition that has drawn thousands in street protests.

But the mobilization so far hasn’t been as great as in 2008, when former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador all but killed the congressional attempt to open the oil industry to greater private investment. Lopez Obrador was sidelined by a heart attack last week, but protesters have still shown up every day since Wednesday to oppose the oil reform.

While oil production has increased substantially in the U.S. and Canada, Mexico’s has fallen 25 per cent since 2004, and proven reserves are down 41 per cent since 2001, the Mexican Institute on Competitiveness says.

HOOTSUITE: Marketing tool Ambrosia Humphrey, HootSuite’s vice-president of Human Resources, said everyone from moms to musicians to presidents of companies has the opportunity to use the analytics firm’s platform as a marketing tool.

“The Mashable recognition was huge for us as a company,” she said, calling HootSuite a “scrappy underdog” that’s become part of an online social revolution since it began in 2008.

In August, HootSuite announced it had raised $165 million, making it one of the biggest venture capital financings in Canadian history.

DAM: Some opposition The Treaty 8 Nations also oppose the dam. George Desjarlais of the West Moberly band says the project will cut off a migration corridor for foothills wildlife in the same way the W.A.C. Bennett dam built in the 1960s cut off the migration corridor for mountain wildlife.

“On the south side of the reservoir, the sheep the goats and the caribou started to decline. Today, there’s no goats that we know of,” Desjarlais says.

“Caribou are completely declining, to the point where they’re listed as an endangered or threatened species both by the province and the federal government.”

Site C will cut off the migration route of foothill ungulates such as deer, elk, and moose, Desjarlais says.

It would be the third dam on the Peace River in the region inundated with oil and gas development.

The W.A.C. Bennett Dam is 19 kilometres upstream from Hudson’s Hope, and the Peace Canyon Dam, six kilometres.

Documents filed with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency suggest 30 landowners will be affected, but Johansson says BC Hydro has been purchasing land quietly for 30 years — a policy that has slowly depopulated the area and eroded opposition.

Even the economic viability of the multibilliondollar project will be questioned in the coming weeks.

“We know that in order to attract the most attention from the public, we need to talk about how it’s going to affect their pocketbooks,” says Morison, the Peace Valley Environment Association spokeswoman. “Environmental concerns are secondary to the vast majority.”

It’s not the first time residents have wrestled with Site C. The project has twice been rejected by the B.C. Utilities Commission in the 1980s.

This time around, the project will not be reviewed by the commission.

Under new federal rules, the environmental review hearings will wrap up by the end of January. A decision is expected by mid-year.

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CEO Josh Tetrick, left, watches as research and development chef Trevor Niekowal, right, makes a plantbased scrambled egg at Hampton Creek Foods in San Francisco. Funded by prominent Silicon Valley investors, the upstart seeks to disrupt a global egg industry that backers say wastes energy, pollutes the environment, causes disease outbreaks and confines chickens to tiny spaces.

Cracking eggs and chicken FOOD-TECH STARTUPS HAVE BACKING FROM SILICON VALLEY INVESTORS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — The startup is housed in a garage-like space in San Francisco’s techheavy South of Market neighbourhood, but it isn’t like most of its neighbours that develop software, websites and mobile-phone apps.

Its mission is to find plant replacements for eggs.

Inside, research chefs bake cookies and cakes, whip up batches of flavoured mayonnaise and pan-fry omelets and French toast — all without eggs.

Funded by prominent Silicon Valley investors and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Hampton Creek Foods seeks to disrupt a global egg industry that backers say wastes energy, pollutes the environment, causes disease outbreaks and confines chickens to tiny spaces.

The company, which just started selling its first product — Just Mayo mayonnaise — at Whole Foods Markets, is part of a new generation of so-called food-tech ventures that aim to change the way we eat.

“There’s nothing to indicate that this will be a trend that will end anytime soon,” said Anand Sanwal, CEO of CB Insights, a New York firm that tracks venture capital investment. “Sustainability and challenges to the food supply are pretty fundamental issues.”

Venture capital firms, which invest heavily in early-stage technology companies, poured nearly $350 million into food-related startups last year, compared with less than $50 million in 2008, according to the firm.

Plant-based alternatives to eggs, poultry and other meat could be good for the environment be-

cause it could reduce consumption of meat, which requires large amounts of land, water and crops to produce, backers say.

It could also benefit people’s health, especially in heavy meateating countries like the U.S., and reduce outbreaks of diseases such as avian flu, they say.

“The biggest challenge is that people who consume a lot of meat really like meat, and to convince them to try something different may be extremely difficult,” said Claire Kremen, faculty co-director of the Berkeley Food Institute at the University of California, Berkeley.

The American Egg Board, which represents U.S. producers, said eggs can’t be replaced.

“Our customers have said they’re not interested in egg substitutes. They want real, natural eggs with their familiar ingredients,” Mitch Kanter, executive director of the board-funded Egg Nutrition Center, said in a statement.

The industry has reduced its water use and greenhouse gas emissions, and hens are living longer due to better health and nutrition, he said.

Hampton Creek’s quest to replace the ubiquitous chicken egg is also backed by PayPay cofounder Peter Thiel and Khosla Ventures, a venture capital fund started by Sun Microsystems cofounder Vinod Khosla.

In its food lab, biochemists grind up beans and peer through microscopes to study their molecular structure, looking for plants that can fulfil the culinary functions of eggs. So far, the company has analyzed some 1,500 types of plants from more than 60 countries.

The research has resulted in 11

“hits,” said Josh Tetrick, the company’s CEO. “Our approach is to use plants that are much more sustainable — less greenhouse gas emissions, less water, no animal involved and a whole lot more affordable — to create a better food system,” said the former linebacker on West Virginia University’s football team.

The company’s first product — the mayonnaise — is now sold for roughly the same price as the traditional variety. It soon hopes to start selling cookie dough and a batter that scrambles like eggs when fried in a pan.

“The egg is a miracle, so one of the hardest parts of replacing it is all the functions that it can do,” said Chris Jones, the company’s culinary director of innovations and a former contestant on Bravo TV’s Top Chef.

While Hampton Creek takes aim at the egg, another Gatesbacked company is targeting the chicken itself.

Beyond Meat, located in Southern California, sells “chicken-free strips,” which have the taste and stringy texture of poultry but are made from plant protein. It is sold at Whole Foods and natural food stores. It’s also working on a product that mimics beef.

Inside its test kitchen in El Segundo, Caitlin Grady, the company’s culinary ambassador, stirfried the strips with broccoli, onion, peppers and sesame oil. “I cooked it just like a regular stirfry, but I don’t have to worry about the meat being raw,” Grady said.

The company is also funded by Obvious Corp., a startup incubator founded by Twitter’s founders, and Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, one of Silicon Valley’s premier venture capital firms.

China’s import growth weakens in possible sign recovery is slowing THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — China’s November exports accelerated but import growth slumped in a sign the recovery of the world’s second-largest economy might be slowing.

Exports surged 12.7 per cent over a year earlier to $202.2 billion, up from October’s 5.6 per cent expansion, trade data showed Sunday.

Imports rose 5.3 per cent to $168.4 billion, but that growth was down from the previous month’s 7.6 per cent.

China’s economic growth rebounded in the three months ending in September to 7.8 per cent after plunging to a two-decade low the previous quarter.

But forecasters have warned that was likely

to be temporary and growth would fall back late this year or early in 2014.

The rebound was driven by a government ministimulus based on higher spending on building railways and other public works.

Chinese leaders are trying to guide the economy to slower, more sustainable growth based on domestic consumption instead of exports and investment.

An unexpectedly sharp decline raised the risk of politically volatile job losses and prompted them to reverse course temporarily to prop up growth.

The relative strength in November exports should help to reassure communist leaders who faced the prospect of job losses in tradedependent industries due to weak global demand.

Slower Chinese growth and weaker demand would have global repercussions for suppliers of raw materials, technology and consumer goods.

The import slowdown caused China’s global trade surplus to widen

by 73 per cent to $33.8 billion over a year earlier, one of its widest trade gaps this year.

China’s trade surplus

with the 27-nation European Union was $10.2 billion, while that with the United States was $22.4 billion.

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Flowers and tributes lie around the foot of the statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square, London, Sunday. Mandela died Thursday after a long illness, he was 95.

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God “sent us this man to show us the depths of the human heart, he sent us this man to show us that despite what was going on at the time, light could shine,” Rossouw said. He warned of the flaws of modern life in South Africa, preaching against the “corruption and crime” that plague the country.

Mandela’s ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, joined one of his grandsons, Mandla Mandela, and South African President Jacob Zuma in a prayer service in Johannesburg.

Inside a church behind Mandela’s property in the eastern village of Qunu, where he will be buried, about 50 people held a raucous, celebratory service.

A robed man banged on a drum. Clapping men huddled as women danced on the concrete floor.

The Rev. Joshua Mzingelwa, the leader of Morians Episcopal Apostolic Church, delivered a loud, throaty sermon.

“There is still hope in the hardship that you are facing daily,” Mzingelwa told the congregation.

In an affluent, predominantly white suburb of the capital, Pretoria, parishioners prayed for Mandela at what was once a worship centre for pro-apartheid government and business leaders.

A picture of Mandela was beamed onto the wall above the pulpit, highlighting the enormous changes in South Africa, which elected Mandela as its first black president in an all-race vote in 1994.

The Rev. Niekie Lamprecht, pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church of Pretoria East, said Mandela was the driving force behind changes of attitude in the congregation’s overwhelmingly white parishioners.

“He said, ’Let’s forgive,’ and he forgave. That created a space for people to feel safe ... at a time when the expectation was that there was going to be a war,” Lamprecht said.

Foreign dignitaries began arriving Sunday, and the government said more than 50 heads of state were expected. Those attending include U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

After the stadium memorial on Tuesday, Mandela’s body will lie in state at the Union Buildings, the seat of government in Pretoria, from Wednesday to Friday, followed by the burial in Qunu.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — In death, Nelson Mandela unified South Africans of all races and backgrounds Sunday on a day of prayer for the global statesman — from a vaulted cathedral with hymns and incense to a rural, hilltop church with goat-skin drums and barefoot dancing.

Mandela was remembered in old bedrocks of resistance to white domination as well as former bastions of loyalty to apartheid.

“May his long walk to freedom be enjoyed and realized in our time by all of us,” worshippers said in a prayer at the majestic St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town, where the first white settlers arrived centuries ago aboard European ships.

South Africa’s reflection on Mandela’s astonishing life was a prelude to a massive memorial in a Johannesburg stadium Tuesday that will draw world leaders and luminaries. They will gather to mourn, but also to salute the achievements of the prisoner who became president and an emblem of humanity’s best instincts.

The extended farewell — a bittersweet mix of grief and celebration — ends Dec. 15, when Mandela is to be buried in his rural hometown of Qunu in Eastern Cape province.

The anti-apartheid campaigner wanted to die in those modest, traditional surroundings; instead, he died Thursday at age 95 in his home in an exclusive Johannesburg area. He was surrounded by family after months of a debilitating illness that required the constant care of a team of doctors.

Family friend Bantu Holomisa told The Associated Press that Mandela wasn’t on life support in his final hours. He appeared to be sleeping calmly but it was obvious that he was finally succumbing, added Holomisa, who said he saw Mandela about two hours before his death.

“I’ve seen people who are on their last hours and I could sense that he is now giving up,” said Holomisa, who is the leader of the United Democratic Movement in parliament.

“You could see it is not Madiba anymore,” Holomisa added, using Mandela’s clan name.

The government and Mandela’s family have revealed few details about Mandela’s death. Ahmed Kathrada, who was sentenced to life in prison with Mandela in 1964, said he was informed shortly before Mandela’s death that his old friend had little time left.

Kathrada said Graca Machel, Mandela’s wife, conveyed the message to him through another person that Mandela “will be leaving us that night” and “the doctors have said, ’Anytime.”’

The death still came as a shock to many South Africans, so accustomed to the enduring presence of the monumental fighter, even when he retired from public life years ago and became increasingly frail.

“He was more than just an individual soul. He was the exposition of the African spirit of generosity,” said the Rev. Michael Weeder, dean of St. George’s Cathedral.

But he cautioned that the country still has so much to do.

“The strength of the new South Africa will be measured in the distance that the poor and the marginalized travel from the periphery to the centre of our society,” Weeder said.

In Johannesburg, hundreds swayed and sang at the Regina Mundi Church that was near the epicenter of the Soweto township uprising against white rule in 1976 and served as a refuge from security forces who fired tear gas around the building and whose bullets have pockmarked the outside walls.

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Great Yuletide Delights from the RDSO SYMPHONY, ROSEDALE VALLEY STRING ORCHESTRA PRESENT MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Whether your ideal Christmas is a Currier and Ives-like country confection, a European winter holiday, or a jazzy city Xmas, the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra delivered it all with gusto on Saturday night.

The RDSO teamed up with young musicians from the Rosedale Valley String Orchestra to present multiple versions of Christmas celebrations at the Red Deer College Arts Centre. The resulting Yuletide Delights concert proved a sweet treat for the full-house crowd.

There was an old-fashioned Italian Christmas — first with Guiseppe Torelli’s stately Concerto a Quattro “per il SanLANA tissimo,” performed by the MICHELIN smaller RDSO string orchestra, then with both orchestras presenting the sprightly seasonal-sounding selection from Ottorino Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances.

There was a peaceful Austrian Christmas carol, Still, Still, Still. Also, the cinematic American The Cherry-Tree Carol, and English Sussex Carol. All were beautifully played by both RDSO and Rosedale Valley Strings musicians.

Jingling bells and a harkening horn were later featured in RDSO’s festive Three German Dances

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— with Sleigh Ride, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, played by the RDSO alone.

But the highlight of the first half of the concert was when both orchestras tackled Christmas Fantasie, a lighthearted arrangement by the RDSO music director, Claude Lapalme.

Strains from Away in a Manger, Angels We Have Heard on High, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, and other favourites were given a humorous touch when the same two notes were used again and again to interrupt or separate the various melody lines.

The Fantasie, led by the RDSO’s woodwind section, featured bell-like percussion sounds and birdlike flute trills, plucked violin strings, and a hidden joke (a snippet of Here Comes the Bride was buried near the end).

Playing it properly required spot-on timing, and the young musicians from the Rosedale Valley Strings were absolutely up to the task. “They are a gift to the planet,” said Lapalme, of the child and youth musicians led by Naomi Delafield, who is also the RDSO’s concertmaster.

Not only do these young musicians entertain audiences with their considerable talent, their Lacombebased Rosedale Valley Strings Orchestra, founded 11 years ago by Delafield as a Christian organization, is committed to making a difference in the lives of children, globally.

This year’s project is raising money to build a well for an orphanage in Tanzania.

The poignant title track from the Rosedale Valley Strings’ charitable CD, Hashivenu (“Cause us to return” in Hebrew), was performed just before intermission.

The two orchestras managed to convey the silent strength and strong emotions underpinning this tra-

ditional Israeli folk song — receiving a well deserved standing ovation from the audience.

The RDSO went solo for the second half of the concert, but the program continued providing diversity — such as the jazzy, city-slicker medley, A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi/ David Pugh.

The orchestra’s upbeat interpretation of the Christmastime is Here melody was perfectly charming, considering how depressing that song can sound on mall muzak soundtracks.

We practically saw the cascading snowflakes, created by violins, and those Peanuts kids dancing, in their weird beatnik style, to the snappy Linus and Lucy theme.

“I’ve been wanting to do that for a long time,” said Lapalme, after getting a warm reception for the Charlie Brown medley, which must have been a blast from the past for many Baby Boomers in the audience.

The RDSO saved the two best pieces for last — Johann Sebastian Bach’s miraculous Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, and George Bizet’s happy, familiar French dance, Farandole from L’Arlésienne.

Bach’s sacred work was performed without the usual choral accompaniment, but Lapalme successfully arranged the choir parts for brass instruments — and it worked wonderfully.

The latter rousing piece, with its multiple drums, flute and cello, provided a brilliant, booming finish to what was a truly delightful concert — earning the RDSO another standing ovation.

Now, if the ridiculously cold weekend weather didn’t put everyone into the Christmas spirit, that concert was bound to leave audience members humming carols all the way home. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Roots in rural Ontario let Nobel-winner Alice Munro nurture urge to write any surrounds can be interesting.” Munro said that she at first kept her creations secret, telling no one — not even her mother, a reader.

“I can’t remember when I wasn’t writing stories. I mean I didn’t write them down, but I told them — not to her or anybody — but to myself.”

“The people around me — well most of them didn’t know I wanted to be a writer because I made sure they didn’t find out. But it would have been to most people ridiculous, because most people I knew didn’t read,” Munro said.

She said that in her youthful days the “world of reading and writing” was more open to women — more likely to be edu-

Short story author Alice Munro says growing up in rural Ontario grew her confidence during early days of writing, nurturing a gift that earned her worldwide acclaim and now a Nobel Prize.

“I don’t think I would have been nearly so brave as a writer if I had lived in a town and if I had gone to school with other people who were interested in the same things I was, and what we might call a higher cultural level,” the 82-yearold wordsmith said in an interview with the Swedish Academy, which awarded her the Nobel literature honour.

“I didn’t have to cope with that. I was the only person I knew who wrote stories, though I didn’t tell them to anybody. I was, as far as I knew, the only person who could do this in the world for a while.”

Munro was named in October as the 110th Nobel laureate in literature and only the 13th woman to receive the distinction. She’s also the first Canadian-based author to land the prize.

Munro said being raised in the tiny southwestern Ontario community of Wingham gave her an accepted way as a young girl to grow the stories she first conjured up during long walks to school.

“I lived in a part of Ontario where women did most of the reading.

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Canadian author Alice Munro is pictured in Toronto. Munro will be the toast of the book world Tuesday when her daughter Jenny receives the Nobel Prize in literature on her behalf in Stockholm.

Women did most of the telling of story. The men were outside doing important things, and they didn’t go in for stories.

So I felt quite at home.

“I don’t know if I needed any inspiration.

I just thought that stories were so important in the world and I want to make

up some of these stories, and I want to keep on doing this,” she said in the pre-recorded chat from her Victoria home.

The Swedish Academy hailed her as the “master of the contemporary short story” for more than four decades of deeply layered tales

set in her rustic Ontario hometown.

She said the countryside is just as fertile a place as any for remarkable narratives.

“You just have to be there. I think any life can be interesting. I think

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The wide-ranging video conversation was played Saturday in place of the usual lecture from the Nobel literature winner. Munro is too unwell to travel to Stockholm to receive her Nobel Prize in literature.

“I am so grateful for this great honour. Nothing, nothing in the world could make me so happy as this,” she said.

On Tuesday, Munro’s daughter Jenny is expected at the Nobel Prize award ceremony to accept the honour from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on her mother’s behalf.

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CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Judi Dench, 79; John Malkovich, 60; Jesse Metcalfe, 35 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: A Grand Trine is formed today by the Moon in Pisces, Jupiter in Cancer and Saturn in Scorpio. This combination of watery bliss and harmonised energy will help Dear Annie: I am a woman in my mid-30s, and agreements. She cited his being “verbally, psychous pursue our future goals and think I may have been molested when I was young. logically and at times physically abusive.�

I have little memory of my childhood up until age You should have told her that what’s going on is necessities by tapping into our 13. abuse and, if he gets physical, constitutes domestic intuition. Even if the Moon is But I do know that when my violence. in foggy Pisces, due to all this friends played with their BarShe needs to talk to a domestic violence counselpositive energy, we will be able bie dolls, they had her driving lor and be alert for signs that he’s also abusing his to conduct endeavours requiraround, going on dates and wife and child. Odds are that he is. Abusers rarely ing great analytical skills with dressing up pretty. limit themselves to just one victim. — Judy much ease.

I pretended she was having Dear Judy: Many readers agree with you, but we HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today sex with Ken. did not get the impression that the current abuse is is your birthday, this is a lucky Other kids played house, physical. Sibling relationships are complicated, and but I pretended to be the dad there is often physical fighting and hitting when sibyear for you! It appears that you and would get on top of my lings are younger. will be working hard to obtain a ASTRO younger sister and rub against While we don’t condone such behaviour, we also joint financial settlement, finish DOYNA her. know that the physical side usually stops when the an education or even work on When I was 14, I made out siblings reach adulthood. some house repairs. Whatever MITCHELL SUN SIGNS with my eight-year-old stepIt does not necessarily carry over to his wife and endeavour you are caught up, & SUGAR cousin until his mother caught child, nor does it seem so from her letter, although rest assured that you will sucme, and for years after, he reshe certainly can investigate.

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Rebels can’t ground ‘Hawks PLAYED WELL IN THIRD PERIOD BUT COMEBACK FALLS SHORT

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Red Deer Rebel Evan Polei takes the puck around the net with Portland Winterhawk Blayne Viveiros in close pursuit during a matchup between the teams at the Centrium on Saturday. The Winterhawks pulled out the 5-4 win in a back and forth battle.

Winterhawks 5 Rebels 4 The Red Deer Rebels were the better team for one-third of Saturday’s Western Hockey League game versus the visiting Portland Winterhawks.

Unfortunately, the Rebels were on the other side of the ledger for the first two periods until carrying the play in the third, and the end result was their 15th loss of the season.

“That’s what’s disappointing about tonight, playing just 20 minutes. If we’d played that hard in the first 40 minutes we would have given ourselves a chance to win the hockey game,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, following a 5-4 loss to the league’s top team before 5,719 fans at the Enmax Centrium.

“But again, with this group it’s an ongoing thing — trying to get these guys to understand that every night there has to be urgency in our game.

We have to play a certain way.

We have structure in our game and we have to play that way.”

The visitors got a goal from Chase De Leo a mere nine seconds into the contest and led the entire way.

Paul Bittner upped the count to 2-0 at the eight-minute mark — cashing a centering pass from Brendan Leipsic — and Adam Musil got the home side on the board at 11:31 with a power-play goal directly off a faceoff in the Portland end.

Leipsic potted his 19th goal of the season three minutes later with Red Deer rookie forward Vukie Mpofu off for

holding, one-timing a cross-ice feed from Nic Petan past Red Deer netminder Patrik Bartosak.

The ‘Hawks upped the count to 4-1 at 7:17 of the middle frame — Alex Schoenborn cashing in following a poor clearing attempt by the Rebels — before the hosts rebounded with back-to-back tallies four minutes apart from Mpofu and Conner Bleackley. Mpofu connected from the low slot and Bleackley notched the highlight-reel marker of the evening, busting across the blueline, cutting to the net and roofing a shot over netminder Jarrod Schamerhorn.

However, Leipsic notched his second of the evening and 20th of the season later in the period following a three-way passing play that involved Bittner and defenceman Derek Pouliot, and the ‘Hawks took a 5-3 lead to the dressing room.

The final frame belonged to the Rebels, who fired 17 shots at Schamerhorn but were rewarded only once when Dominik Volek took a great feed from Rhyse Dieno and ripped a shot past the Portland goalie while killing a penalty. Despite outshooting their guests 17-10 in the last 20 minutes, the Rebels couldn’t find the equalizer.

“In the third period we do it the right way and we get scoring chances. We get a lot more zone time, spend more time with the puck and we play better,” said Sutter. “Again it comes from within our group.

I’m not very pleased at all tonight.

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Flames take down Oilers in overtime

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 2 Oilers 1 OT EDMONTON — Jiri Hudler didn’t go with the entire Calgary Flames team when they flew into Edmonton on Friday night, but they were certainly glad he caught up with them by game time on Saturday.

Hudler scored 3:14 into overtime as the Flames avoided joining Edmonton in the Western Conference basement, defeating the Oilers 2-1.

There was a hectic end to an otherwise rather sedate affair.

Edmonton tied the game with 10.1 seconds left to spoil rookie goalie Reto Berra’s bid at his first career shutout.

With their own goalie pulled, Oiler David Perron was able to send the puck behind the Calgary goalie from the side of the goal to Taylor Hall, who shovelled it into a wide-open net.

The Flames got their revenge in extra time as a shot from the point ticked off the stick of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and past defender Justin Schultz to Hudler on the doorstep, who potted his eighth of the year. Hudler wasn’t originally going to play in the game.

“I didn’t travel with the team last night because I felt a little sick and they didn’t want me on the plane because it’s going around, so we didn’t want to get many guys exposed,” Hudler said. “I got up this morning and I talked to the trainers and we booked a

flight after lunch. We weren’t sure, but if I’m travelling I want to play.”

Flames coach Bob Hartley said it was fitting Hudler got them over the final hurdle.

“Jiri deserves lots of credit, he was sick, he left the game last night and went home sick,” he said. “He was sick all night and flew in this afternoon and it was a gutsy effort.”

Lee Stempniak scored in regulation for the Flames (11-14-4) who have won three of their last four games.

“I was very, very impressed with our team,” Hartley said. “We battled for 60-plus minutes. Even when they got the tying goal, I could feel the disappointment on the bench, but I told them, we played so good, just keep going.”

Berra earned his fourth career win with a 30-save performance.

“I’m really happy that we had the win,” he said. “It was really close and right after the goal you’re frustrated, especially as the goalie. But you have no time to think about that or to be frustrated, the next shot is the most important. I’m happy because I think I did well, they had two or three good chances in OT. I felt I was good on the puck and square and it was a good feeling for the team that we won this one.”

The Oilers (10-18-3) continue to have trouble gaining much traction at home, slipping to 4-9-1 at Rexall Place.

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Calgary Flames goalie Reto Berra makes the stop as Edmonton Oilers’ Ryan Smyth goes for the rebound during third period NHL action in Edmonton on Saturday.

Gutsy shot gives Jacobs win over Morris and Olympic berth

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — It was fitting that Brad Jacobs sealed his right to represent Canada at the Olympics with one more big-weight double Sunday afternoon, and he never even considered a less risky shot.

“You’re throwing that double to win the game,” he said after beating John Morris 7-4.

He said his third, Ryan Fry, told him it was coming.

“Fry said it to me, ’You’re going to have a double either way here and we’re playing it.’ So my mind was already wrapped around some big weight shot before I even threw it.”

Jacob joins Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones, who defeated Sherry Middaugh 8-4 Saturday night to win the women’s slot, the one prize that has eluded her in a championship-filled career.

Jacobs went into the game as the favourite, after earning his final spot by sweeping the round robin seven straight with a hard-hitting, muscular, fistpumping brand of curling that delighted the crowd.

It’s also clean and near perfect when it counts.

“That’s our style,” he said.

With no hometown heroes left to root for Sunday at Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings (Jeff Stoughton and Mike McEwen were knocked out before the semifinals), the crowd switched it’s allegiance to the Jacobs rink.

It doesn’t hurt that Winnipeg-born Ryan Fry — the son of Manitoba curling legend and Brier winner

Barry Fry — now plays third. E.J. Harnden is at second and brother Ryan Harnden at lead for the rink based out of Sault Ste Marie, Ont. Just like Jones, Fry said it was especially sweet winning in his home town.

“It hasn’t even sunk in yet,” he said right after the win.

“It’s just an honour to be able to play in front of my home town and my friends and family and for us to be able to pull this out. We had a great week.”

Morris was also born in Winnipeg and is the son of curler and curling coach Earle Morris, although he grew up in Ontario and has spent most of his curling life there or Alberta.

From 2006 to early this year he was Kevin Martin’s third and part of the 2010 gold medal winning team in Vancouver. He came from behind to beat Martin in the semifinal to earn the right to play Jacobs.

Morris signed on to skip Jim Cotter’s B.C. rink this year with Cotter moving to third but throwing fourth, Tyrel Griffith at second and Rick Sawatzky at lead.

Morris said they had their chances.

“Especially after five, being tied up at five, if we could have blanked the sixth end I think it would have real tight coming home,” he said.

“We’re going to take a nice long break here over Christmas, regroup and refresh and come out the last half of the season real strong again.”

He said they couldn’t get Jacobs away from the hitting game that served him so well all week.

“The Jacobs team are real good hitters and you want to try to make them draw and we weren’t able

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to do that.”

Morris said both teams showed any doubters out there that they have what it takes to win, but losing still hurts.

“You can’t say we’re not going to have a great rep at the Olympics, it’s just a tough one to swallow right now because it’s real fresh,” he said.

Like the semi, Sunday’s final didn’t go his way at the start. But, also like the semi, Jacobs made enough mistakes that let him at least stay in the game, if not move ahead.

Jacobs took an early 2-0 lead in the first end when Morris second Griffith flashed. Over the last four years, Curling Zone reports Jacobs has a record of 31-4 when he scores a deuce in the first end.

Morris had to draw for a single in two facing a pair of Jacobs stones but Jacobs was in the same boat and had to draw for a single in three when he failed to get the roll off a hit on his first skip rock.

They blanked four but Morris was able to grab a deuce in five with the hammer, after Jacobs misjudged a hit and removed his own counter from the button, to tie at 3-3.

Jacobs was able to grab a deuce in six and go up 5-3 after Cotter, facing a possible three, went for a hit, short roll and freeze, but left Jacobs a makeable double.

They blanked seven and Cotter was forced to draw for a single in eight and surrender the hammer.

Jacobs didn’t play safe in nine and facing two, made that final double that gave him two to go up 7-4. The 10th end was a formality.

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Raptors spoil Kobe’s return to Lakers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Raptors 106 Lakers 94 LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant had nine points and eight rebounds in his season debut for the Lakers, but Amir Johnson scored a career-high 32 points in the trade-depleted Toronto Raptors’ 106-94 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Bryant began his 18th NBA season by going 2 for 9 with four assists and eight turnovers in 28 minutes. The fourth-leading scorer in NBA history hadn’t played since tearing his Achilles tendon in April, undergoing several months of rehabilitation to return for Los Angeles’ 20th game of the new season.

But the Lakers never led, and Toronto improbably snapped its five-game losing streak despite playing without forward Rudy Gay, who is expected to be traded to Sacramento on Monday as the centerpiece of an apparent sevenplayer deal.

Kyle Lowry had 23 points and eight assists, and DeMar DeRozan added 10 of his 26 points in the final 4:35 of the Raptors’ first road win over the Lakers in 11 tries since Dec. 28, 2001.

Nick Young scored 19 points for the Lakers, who went 10-9 without Bryant this season, forging a winning record without the five-time NBA champion and with little

help from fellow injured MVP Steve Nash.

Adoring fans cheered Kobe’s every move and forgave every misstep, but Bryant couldn’t rally the Lakers late despite another huge game by Los Angeles’ reserves. Xavier Henry scored 17 points off the bench, and Jodie Meeks added 14.

The Raptors had 11 players available after holding out Gay, centre Aaron Gray and forward Quincy Acy, all set to head to the Kings in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, Patrick Patterson, John Salmons and Chuck Hayes.

That turned out to be plenty, thanks to two Los Angeles natives. Johnson, who attended nearby Westchester High School, went 14 for 17 and surpassed his previous career high early in the third quarter.

Johnson didn’t take a shot in the fourth, but USC product DeRozan and Lowry held off the Lakers.

The 35-year-old Bryant hadn’t played since getting hurt in a home game against Golden State on April 12, making two free throws on a torn Achilles tendon before limping to the Staples Center locker room. He had immediate surgery, vowing to return close to full strength — and after working his way back into practices with the Lakers in the last few weeks, he pronounced himself ready.

The building had the buzz of a playoff game before the

opening tip, with most fans in their seats with cameras trained on Bryant during opening warmups. The building erupted in loud applause at every mention of Kobe, who was introduced last in the starting lineup to the thunderous strains of “The Imperial March” — Darth Vader’s theme from “Star Wars.”

The crowd roared again the first time Bryant touched the ball, and he found Robert Sacre underneath the hoop for an assist on Los Angeles’ first possession. With his wife, Vanessa, and two daughters sitting courtside, Bryant hit a free throw for his first point in the second quarter, followed shortly by an 8-foot, doublepump, left-handed bank shot for his first field goal.

Bryant added a signature 22-foot face-up jumper later in the period, but also showed clear signs of rust and unfamiliarity with his new teammates.

NOTES: The officials allowed Toronto C Jonas Valanciunas to make two free throws out of a timeout late in the first quarter, but belatedly realized Lowry was supposed to take the shots. They wiped the two points off the board and put Lowry back at the line, where he made both shots anyway. ... Terrence Ross banked in a 53-footer at the first-quarter buzzer to put Toronto up 30-20. ... Dodgers slugger Yasiel Puig sat near courtside in a gold Bryant jersey.

Jones wins Olympic curling trials in front of home crowd

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Jennifer Jones zipped up her red jacket with the word Canada on the front of it and couldn’t stop smiling.

The veteran Winnipeg skip finally earned the right to represent Canada at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia next year with an 8-4 victory over Sherry Middaugh in the Canadian Curling Trials final Saturday night.

“It’s pretty cool,” Jones said with a laugh when asked what it was like to wear the jacket.

“Love it. Yup, yup, can’t wait for more.”

The 39-year-old has curled for 28 years, winning four Canadian championships and gold at the 2008 worlds and bronze in 2010, but never came close to wearing the maple leaf at the biggest sporting event.

This was her third Trials event, and the first time she even made the playoffs.

“This is one of the best, if not the best, moments of our curling careers,” Jones told the partisan crowd of 8,565 at MTS Centre during the medal presentation.

Jones is supported by third Kaitlyn Lawes, long-time second Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen and alternate Kirsten Wall.

“We worked so hard for three years and it’s one game and it comes down to a couple of shots here and there and today we made them,” Jones later told reporters.

“It’s hard to believe. But my team played outstanding.”

Officer and Jones began curling together in 1992, with Officer taking a four-year break to go to school and move to Brandon.

“It’s pushing 20 years,” a teary-eyed Officer, who curled 99 per cent, said.

“Absolutely, we’re totally like sisters. ” “It’s just so amazing to share it with her and to share it with Kaitlyn and Dawn, too. We just have such great dynamics on this team. We just love playing with each other.”

McEwen joined the rink in 2008 and

Lawes in 2010.

Middaugh, 47, who curls out of Coldwater, Ont., hasn’t finished higher than third at a Scotties Tournament of Hearts national championship, but did win one of five Canada Cup events.

Her rink includes third Jo-Ann Rizzo, second Lee Merklinger, lead Leigh Armstrong and alternate Lori Eddy.

Jones had defeated Middaugh 9-7 in this week’s Roar of the Rings roundrobin play.

While Jones ended the round robin 6-1 and earned a bye into the final, Middaugh opened 1-3 and then finished 4-3, beating Winnipeg’s Chelsea Carey in a tie-breaker and then reigning Canadian champion Rachel Homan of Ottawa 10-4 in the semifinal.

“The final itself isn’t a highlight, obviously, but the week itself was, considering that we weren’t considered one of the favourites,” Middaugh said.

In the final clash of veterans, Jones scored two three-enders.

For her first triple points, Jones capitalized on a Middaugh mistake in the second end.

Middaugh was heavy on a draw and went through the house. Jones then used her last rock to make a double takeout.

“We put it in a good spot and Jennifer’s probably forced to take one and then it could be a totally different game,” Middaugh said of the end.

Middaugh made a hit and roll for two in the sixth, needing a measurement for the second point to close the gap 4-3.

But in the seventh end, with Middaugh’s last rock sitting on the button, Jones used the hammer for a hit for three to go up 7-4.

Jones curled 91 per cent, while Middaugh was 78 per cent.

The long-time curlers are also connected off the ice.

Jones is a lawyer for National Bank Financial and her partner, Brent Laing, is second for Glenn Howard’s rink.

She and Laing are parents to a oneyear-old daughter, Isabella.

Middaugh is a bookkeeper and married to Wayne Middaugh, the third for Howard’s rink.

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REBELS: Urgency “For two periods we didn’t have any urgency in our game. We played a real soft, passive game and then in the third period the guys decided they wanted to play and when we decide to play the right way we can play with anybody and we can play well,” Sutter added.

For most of the night, the Rebels played too soft defensively against a highly-talented, potentially explosive squad. The visitors turned virtually every Red Deer error into a scoring chance or at least a shot on goal.

“They’re first in the league for a reason,” said Sutter. “But again, like I was telling the kids after the second period — we can play with anybody if we want to set our minds to it. I thought the first two periods we just had a lot of guys who weren’t pushing like we need to push when you’re playing with passion. That’s what was disappointing about tonight.”

Portland GM/head coach Mike Johnson was impressed with the Rebels’ third-period uprising.

“We capitalized on our early chances and I thought Red Deer kept pushing it the whole game and really notched it up in the third period,” he said. “They have a lot of good young players and their work ethic is solid, outstanding. We’ve had have a tough schedule lately. We’ve had a lot of games especially with guys playing in the Subway Super Series last week, so I was proud of how they battled.”

Sutter, meanwhile, has been irritated with his club’s home-ice play most of the season. The Rebels have won only six games at the Centrium, as opposed to eight on the road.

“At home you have to dictate what you’re about and we just don’t seem like we like to do that very often,” he said. “Whether it’s distractions or something else . . . I don’t know.

“But I’m not happy with this group right now. We can’t have one game, then one average game, then two bad games and then two good games. You never move up in the standings.”

To make matters worse, two of the teams directly in front of the Rebels in the Eastern Conference standings won Saturday.

“Now we’re four points out of a playoff spot,” said Sutter. “We have no one to blame but ourselves be-

cause we won’t throw it out there like we need to on a consistent basis.”

The Rebels are in Lethbridge Tuesday to face the Hurricanes, then visit the Kootenay Ice Friday and host the Hurricanes Saturday at 7 p.m. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

BATTLE: Huge rush “It was not the best effort from us,” Hall said. “It was nice to score that goal late. It was a huge rush and a boost for the team to send it into overtime. They got a bounce in overtime and put it in. They played their system well and it seemed like they were just waiting for us to turn over pucks and unfortunately we kept doing that.”

Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said the constant turnovers his team made were the difference between a 2-1 loss on Saturday and an 8-2 win over Colorado on Thursday.

“It was disappointing in that regard,” he said. “It was almost like we couldn’t help ourselves with our turnovers.

“Sometimes when you get eight in a game, it starts to seep into your game that you think you are going to have your way every shift.”

It took 16 minutes before the game’s first goal.

Edmonton coughed up the puck at the Flames’ blueline and Oilers defender Andrew Ference got pinched against the boards to allow a two-onone break, with Stempniak opting to shoot it himself to beat goalie Devan Dubnyk with a high shot glove-side. It was Stempniak’s sixth goal of the season.

The Oilers came close to tying it with just six seconds left in the first, but a power play shot by Perron hit the post behind Berra.

Much of the first-period play favoured Edmonton, as the Oilers outshot Calgary 12-6.

The Flames had a three-on-one break five minutes into the second period, but Dubnyk was able to come across in time to make a pad save on Lance Buoma.

Berra had to be sharp to keep it scoreless in the second as the Oilers were buzzing late in the period and Ales Hemsky redirected a Ference shot while on his knees in the slot that the Flames’ goalie was quick to get across and stop.

The shots closed to 22-16 for Edmonton after 40 minutes.

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SCOREBOARD Hockey Pt 41 36 35 34 23 22 Pt 40 39 39 34 30 12

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W L OL SL GF GA Pt Kelowna 27 22 3 0 2 105 63 46 Victoria 33 20 12 0 1 91 80 41 Vancouver 33 14 12 5 2 109 118 35 Prince George 33 12 16 2 3 98 129 29 Kamloops 30 6 20 2 2 72 122 16 U.S. Division GP W L OL SL GF GA Pt Portland 32 22 6 2 2 156 107 48 Everett 31 21 6 4 0 105 78 46 Seattle 31 18 9 1 3 117 111 40 Spokane 32 18 12 0 2 114 99 38 Tri-City 33 17 13 1 2 90 89 37 Note: Any win is worth two points; a team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OL or SL columns.

Saturday’s results Brandon 3 Moose Jaw 1 Regina 3 Saskatoon 2 Calgary 5 Lethbridge 2 Portland 5 Red Deer 4 Medicine Hat 4 Prince Albert 3 Everett 7 Kamloops 0 Prince George 5 Tri-City 2 Kelowna 2 Kootenay 1 Seattle 4 Spokane 2 Vancouver 7 Victoria 4 Sunday’s results Calgary 4 Portland 1 Edmonton 2 Medicine Hat 1

Medicine Hat 17 7 15 — 39 Edmonton 13 10 9 — 32 Goal — Medicine Hat: Wapple (L,9-5-1); Edmonton: Jarry (W,18-7-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Medicine Hat: 0-5; Edmonton: 0-2.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Boston 30 20 8 2 42 Montreal 31 19 9 3 41 Detroit 31 15 9 7 37 Tampa Bay 29 17 10 2 36 Toronto 31 16 12 3 35 Ottawa 30 11 14 5 27 Florida 31 9 17 5 23 Buffalo 30 6 22 2 14 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 31 20 10 1 41 Washington 30 16 12 2 34 Carolina 30 13 12 5 31 N.Y. Rangers 31 15 15 1 31 New Jersey 31 12 13 6 30 Philadelphia 29 13 14 2 28 Columbus 29 12 14 3 27 N.Y. Islanders 30 8 17 5 21

GF GA 84 61 85 65 85 82 80 70 86 87 86 99 70 104 51 91 GF GA 96 70 92 85 71 84 69 80 69 77 64 73 72 80 75 104

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 32 21 6 5 47 116 89 St. Louis 28 19 6 3 41 98 66 Minnesota 32 18 9 5 41 77 75 Colorado 28 20 8 0 40 82 65 Dallas 28 14 9 5 33 81 80 Winnipeg 31 14 13 4 32 82 88 Nashville 30 13 14 3 29 67 88 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 32 20 7 5 45 101 84 San Jose 30 19 6 5 43 101 75 Los Angeles 30 19 7 4 42 79 62 Vancouver 32 17 10 5 39 86 81 Phoenix 29 16 8 5 37 94 93 Calgary 29 11 14 4 26 78 98 Edmonton 31 10 18 3 23 84 105 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Toronto 4, Ottawa 3, SO Dallas 5, Philadelphia 1 Boston 3, Pittsburgh 2 Montreal 3, Buffalo 2 Florida 2, Detroit 1 Winnipeg 2, Tampa Bay 1, OT Washington 5, Nashville 2 New Jersey 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, OT Anaheim 5, St. Louis 2 Calgary 2, Edmonton 1, OT Los Angeles 3, N.Y. Islanders 0

Monday’s games No Games Scheduled.

Tuesday’s games Kamloops at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Kelowna at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

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

Saturday’s summary Winterhawks 5, Rebels 4 First Period 1. Portland, De Leo 19 (Bjorkstrand) 0:09 2. Portland, Bittner 6 (Leipsic, Petan) 8:00 3. Red Deer, Musil 4 (Bleackley, Johnson) 11:31 (pp) 4. Portland, Leipsic 19 (Petan, Leier) 14:35 (pp) Penalties — De Champlain Por, Dixon RD (roughing) 2:35, Pouliot Por (cross-checking) 11:28, Schoenborn Por (hooking) 11:50, Mpofu RD (holding) 14:13, Sutter RD (charging) 14:55, Petan Por (high-sticking) 16:42.

Second Period 5. Portland, Schoenborn 9 (McColgan) 7:17 6. Red Deer, Mpofu 2 (Musil) 7:36 7. Red Deer, Bleackley 14 (Dieno, Gaudet) 11:40 8. Portland, Leipsic 20 (Bittner, Pouliot) 15:04 Penalties — MacPherson Por (high-sticking) 8:46.

Third Period 9. Red Deer, Volek 15 (Dieno) 7:08 (sh) Penalties — Petan Por (unsportsmanlike cnd.)

1:42, Gaudet RD (elbowing) 5:36, Pouliot Por (boarding) 7:52, McColgan Por, Dieno RD (roughing) 15:04.

Shots on goal Portland 13 16 10 — 39 Red Deer 9 10 17 — 36 Goal — Portland: Schamerhorn (W,3-1-0); Red Deer: Bartosak (L,12-12-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Portland: 1-3; Red Deer: 1-6.

Attendance — 5,710 at Red Deer Sunday’s summaries Hitmen 4, Winterhawks 1 First Period 1. Portland, Bjorkstrand 25 (McColgan, Hanson) 9:15 Second Period 2. Calgary, Chase 17 (Brassart, Thrower) 17:41 3. Calgary, Helgesen 4 (Brassart, Rissling) 19:51 Third Period 4. Calgary, Padakin 10 (Sanheim, Fazleev) 1:37 5. Calgary, Padakin 11 (Peterson) 18:32 (en) Shots on goal Portland 9 5 11 — 25 Calgary 13 9 11 — 33 Goal — Portland: Burke (L,19-5-4); Calgary: Driedger (W,11-6-4).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Portland: 0-4; Calgary: 0-4.

Sunday’s Games Minnesota 3, San Jose 1 Boston 5, Toronto 2 Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Chicago 6, Florida 2 Colorado at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Carolina at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Ottawa at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Nashville at N.Y. Rangers, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Boston at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s summary Flames 2, Oilers 1 (OT) First Period 1. Calgary, Stempniak 6 (Stajan) 16:00 Penalties — Stajan Cgy (hooking) 2:27, Bouma Cgy (high-sticking) 5:44, Perron Edm (unsportsmanlike conduct) 7:11, B.Jones Cgy (roughing) 19:01.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Giordano Cgy (holding the stick) 5:04, Colborne Cgy (holding) 19:57.

Third Period 2. Edmonton, Hall 11 (Perron, Hemsky) 19:49 Penalties — Colborne Cgy (tripping) 5:15, Hemsky Edm (interference) 6:42.

Overtime 3. Calgary, Hudler 8 (Russell) 3:14 Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Calgary 6 10 9 2 — 27 Edmonton 12 11 5 3 — 31 Goal — Calgary: Berra (W,4-6-2); Edmonton: Dubnyk (OT,8-12-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 0-2; Edmonton: 0-6.

Sunday’s summaries Blackhawks 6, Panthers 2 First Period 1. Chicago, Sharp 12 (Toews, Kane) 1:10 (pp) 2. Chicago, Seabrook 2 (Saad, Hossa) 9:11 (pp) Penalties — Kopecky Fla (interference) 0:57, Bergenheim Fla (interference, unsportsmanlike conduct) 7:21, Sharp Chi (slashing) 14:23, Kruger Chi (high-sticking) 16:17.

Second Period 3. Chicago, Hossa 13 (Sharp, Toews) 0:37 4. Florida, Olsen 2 (Kopecky, Gudbranson) 4:05 5. Florida, Goc 7, 9:37

Oil Kings 2, Tigers 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Petryk 5 (Mayo) 6:17 2. Edmonton, Mayo 3 (Sautner, Petryk) 17:12 3. Medicine Hat, Vannelli 9 (Koules) 19:46 Second Period No Scoring.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal

6. Chicago, Handzus 2 (Seabrook, Kane) 17:26 Penalties — Barch Fla, Bollig Chi (roughing) 5:13, Rozsival Chi (delay of game) 11:39.

Third Period 7. Chicago, A.Shaw 9 (Sharp, Kane) 2:44 (pp) 8. Chicago, Saad 9 (Morin, Versteeg) 19:04 Penalties — Barch Fla (check to the head) 2:06, A.Shaw Chi (interference) 5:10, Barch Fla, Bollig Chi (fighting) 10:53, Seabrook Chi (holding) 13:27.

Shots on goal Florida 7 10 18 — 35 Chicago 10 11 11 — 32 Goal (shots-saves) — Florida: Clemmensen (L,02-1); Chicago: Crawford (4-4), Raanta (W,3-0-1) (13:45 first, 31-29).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Florida: 0-5; Chicago: 3-4.

Capitals 4, Rangers 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalty — Kreider NYR (interference) 17:42.

Second Period 1. Washington, Chimera 6 (Erat, Oleksy) 2:28 2. Washington, Oleksy 1 (Beagle) 2:53 3. Washington, Grabovski 9, 18:26 (penalty shot) Penalties — Kreider NYR (high-sticking) 5:04, Orlov Wash (cross-checking) 10:41, Ovechkin Wash, Nash NYR (roughing) 16:40.

Third Period 4. Washington, Schmidt 2, 17:03 5. N.Y. Rangers, Pouliot 3 (Del Zotto) 18:07 Penalty — Oleksy Wash (holding) 9:07.

Shots on goal Washington 7 17 12 — 36 N.Y. Rangers 7 10 14 — 31 Goal — Washington: Grubauer (W,1-0-0); N.Y. Rangers: Lundqvist (L,9-12-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Washington: 0-2; N.Y. Rangers: 0-2.

Wild 3, Sharks 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalty — Coyle Minn (holding the stick) 7:08.

Second Period 1. Minnesota, Parise 13 (Pominville, Scandella) 3:55 2. Minnesota, Koivu 7 (Spurgeon, Heatley) 8:11 Penalties — Coyle Minn (hooking) 1:12, Stuart SJ (roughing) 9:30, Stoner Minn (high-sticking) 13:33, Stuart SJ (holding the stick) 19:30.

Third Period 3. San Jose, Marleau 13 (Irwin, Couture) 18:19 4. Minnesota, Parise 14 (Brodziak) 19:54 (en) Penalty — Niederreiter Minn (interference) 6:15.

Shots on goal San Jose 11 21 6 — 38 Minnesota 5 6 2 — 13 Goal — San Jose: Niemi (L,16-5-5); Minnesota: Harding (W,16-4-3).

Power plays (goal-chances)San Jose: 0-4; Minnesota: 0-2.

Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 2 First Period 1. Toronto, Holland 3 (Clarkson, Gardiner) 12:20 Penalties — Hamilton Bos (tripping) 3:17, Chara Bos, Clarkson Tor (roughing) 6:26, Kadri Tor (hooking) 13:49.

Second Period 2. Boston, Soderberg 4 (R.Smith, Bergeron) 5:14 (pp) 3. Boston, Krug 8 (Krejci, Lucic) 6:47 (pp) 4. Boston, Miller 1 (Soderberg) 15:58 Penalties — Ashton Tor (delay of game) 4:50, Gunnarsson Tor (holding) 5:34.

Third Period 5. Toronto, McClement 1 (Holland, Kulemin) 0:37 6. Boston, Iginla 6 (Lucic) 16:00 7. Boston, Bergeron 9 (Campbell, Krejci) 19:49 (en) Penalties — Seidenberg Bos (check to the head) 2:43, Miller Bos (delay of game) 6:09, Bergeron Bos (hooking) 17:43.

Shots on goal Boston 10 17 13 — 40 Toronto 10 9 13 — 32 Goal — Boston: Johnson (W,5-1-0); Toronto: Bernier (L,9-8-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Boston: 2-3; Toronto: 0-4.

Canucks 3, Avalanche 1 First Period 1. Vancouver, Santorelli 7 (Higgins) 5:34 Penalties — Bieksa Vcr (tripping) 8:34, Mitchell Col (slashing) 8:51.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalty — Bordeleau Col (roughing) 8:57.

Third Period 2. Vancouver, Kesler 15 (Santorelli, Higgins) 1:32 3. Vancouver, Santorelli 8 (Garrison) 7:17 4. Colorado, McGinn 5 (McLeod, Holden) 19:52 Penalty — Cliche Col (delay of game) 11:38.

Shots on goal Colorado 12 7 10 — 29 Vancouver 6 9 6 — 21 Goal — Colorado: Giguere (L,7-1-0); Vancouver: Luongo (W,14-8-5).

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

NHL Scoring Leaders TORONTO — Official NHL scoring leaders through Saturday’s games: G A Pt Crosby, Pgh 15 27 42 Malkin, Pgh 7 30 37 Getzlaf, Ana 16 20 36 P.Kane, Chi 16 18 34 Perry, Ana 18 15 33 Steen, StL 20 12 32 Tavares, NYI 11 21 32 J.Thornton, SJ 5 27 32 Ovechkin, Wash 22 9 31 Kunitz, Pgh 17 14 31 Zetterberg, Det 11 19 30 Kessel, Tor 16 13 29 H.Sedin, Vcr 8 21 29 Couture, SJ 10 18 28 D.Sedin, Vcr 10 18 28 Karlsson, Ott 8 20 28 Seguin, Dal 15 12 27

Thursday’s Game Jacksonville 27, Houston 20 Sunday’s Games Green Bay 22, Atlanta 21 Baltimore 29, Minnesota 26 Kansas City 45, Washington 10 Tampa Bay 27, Buffalo 6 Miami 34, Pittsburgh 28 Philadelphia 34, Detroit 20 Cincinnati 42, Indianapolis 28 New England 27, Cleveland 26 N.Y. Jets 37, Oakland 27 Denver 51, Tennessee 28 San Francisco 19, Seattle 17 San Diego 37, N.Y. Giants 14 Arizona 30, St. Louis 10 Carolina 13, New Orleans 31 Monday’s Game Dallas at Chicago, 6:40 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 12 San Diego at Denver, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 15

Lacombe, 8:30 p.m.

Today

● Women’s basketball: Rampage vs.

The Bank, Storm vs. Spartans, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., River Glen; Hoosier Daddy vs.

Young Gunns, Shooting Stars vs. Triple Threat, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian; Funk vs. Big Ballers, 7:15 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Arena.

Tuesday

● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, Stettler at Notre Dame, Lacombe at Sylvan Lake, Ponoka at Wetaskiwin, Rocky Mountain House at Camrose; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Sheraton Red Deer, Triple Threat vs. Woody’s RV, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Blackfalds, 7:30 p.m., Arena.

Wednesday

● JV basketball: Stettler at Hunting Hills, Ponoka at Lacombe, Camrose at Innisfail, Notre Dame at Wetaskiwin; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Chinook senior hockey: Okotoks at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday

● Men’s basketball: Alken Basin Drillers vs. Gord Scott Nissan, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Rusty Chuckers, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● Senior high basketball: Notre Dame girls/boys Cougar Classic tournament. ● JV basketball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament. ● WHL: Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Three Hills, 8 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Wheatland at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m.; Taber at

Saturday

● Senior high basketball: Notre Dame girls/boys Cougar Classic tournament. ● JV basketball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament. ● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer TBS at Red Deer Parkland, 10:30 a.m., Kinex. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Canucks at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● Major bantam hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer Black, 2 p.m., Arena; Calgary Bisons at Red Deer White, 7:30 p.m., Arena. ● Major midget female hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Midget AAA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Steel Kings, 4:45 p.m. ● WHL: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Midget AA hockey: Taber at Red Deer Elks, 7:30 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Banff at Three Hills, 8 p.m.; High River at Stettler, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday

● Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Steel Kings, noon, Arena. ● Major midget female hockey: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m, Kin City B. ● Chinook senior hockey: Okotoks at Bentley, 2 p.m. ● AJHL: Canmore at Olds, 2 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blue at Red Deer Northstar, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Orangemen, Rusty Chuckers vs. Wells Furniture, Sheraton Red Deer vs. Alken Basin Drillers, 4:15 p.m.; Carstar vs.

Monstars, Triple A Batteries vs. Triple Threat, The Secret Runs vs. Vikings, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 10 12 .455 — Toronto 7 12 .368 1 1/2 Philadelphia 7 14 .333 2 1/2 Brooklyn 6 14 .300 3 New York 5 14 .263 3 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 16 5 .762 — Atlanta 11 10 .524 5 Washington 9 10 .474 6 Charlotte 9 11 .450 6 1/2 Orlando 6 14 .300 9 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 18 3 .857 — Detroit 10 11 .476 8 Chicago 8 10 .444 8 1/2 Cleveland 7 13 .350 10 1/2 Milwaukee 4 16 .200 13 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 15 4 .789 — Houston 15 7 .682 1 1/2 Dallas 13 8 .619 3 New Orleans 9 10 .474 6 Memphis 9 10 .474 6 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 17 4 .810 — Oklahoma City 15 4 .789 1 Denver 12 8 .600 4 1/2 Minnesota 9 11 .450 7 1/2 Utah 4 18 .182 13 1/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 13 8 .619 — Golden State 12 9 .571 1 Phoenix 11 9 .550 1 1/2 L.A. Lakers 10 10 .500 2 1/2 Sacramento 5 13 .278 6 1/2 Saturday’s Games Denver 103, Philadelphia 92 Cleveland 88, L.A. Clippers 82 Detroit 92, Chicago 75 Miami 103, Minnesota 82

Golden State 108, Memphis 82 Brooklyn 90, Milwaukee 82 Indiana 111, San Antonio 100 Sacramento 112, Utah 102, OT Dallas 108, Portland 106 Sunday’s Games Boston 114, New York 73 Miami 110, Detroit 95 Houston 98, Orlando 88 Oklahoma City 118, Indiana 94 Toronto 106, L.A. Lakers 94 Monday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Denver at Washington, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Miami at Indiana, 5 p.m.

New York at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Leaders THROUGH DEC. 7 Scoring G Durant, OKC 18 Anthony, NYK 18 James, MIA 20 George, IND 20 Harden, HOU 17 Love, MIN 19 Aldridge, POR 21 Martin, MIN 19 Curry, GOL 18 Afflalo, ORL 19 Cousins, SAC 17 Ellis, DAL 21 DeRozan, TOR 18 Nowitzki, DAL 21 Westbrook, OKC 15 Thompson, GOL 21 Lillard, POR 21

FG 156 164 182 175 126 147 199 137 142 148 143 163 138 160 110 160 136

FT PTS 171 513 113 460 118 510 91 495 131 415 116 450 88 486 116 436 64 405 84 426 88 374 108 453 83 384 93 445 70 314 48 439 103 437

AVG 28.5 25.6 25.5 24.8 24.4 23.7 23.1 22.9 22.5 22.4 22.0 21.6 21.3 21.2 20.9 20.9 20.8

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Football

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Philadelphia 8 5 0 .615 Dallas 7 5 0 .583 N.Y. Giants 5 8 0 .385 Washington 3 10 0 .231 South W L T Pct New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 Carolina 9 4 0 .692 Tampa Bay 4 9 0 .308 Atlanta 3 10 0 .231 North W L T Pct Detroit 7 6 0 .538 Chicago 6 6 0 .500 Green Bay 6 6 1 .500 Minnesota 3 9 1 .269 West W L T Pct x-Seattle 11 2 0 .846 San Francisco 9 4 0 .692 Arizona 8 5 0 .615 St. Louis 5 8 0 .385 x-clinched playoff spot

MONDAY, DEC. 9, 2O13

Local Sports

Western Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division GP W L OL SL GF GA Swift Current 33 19 11 0 3 117 95 Prince Albert 31 17 12 2 0 108 104 Regina 31 17 13 1 0 102 108 Brandon 32 16 14 2 0 115 120 Saskatoon 33 10 20 1 2 102 135 Moose Jaw 33 8 19 3 3 84 124 Central Division GP W L OL SL GF GA Calgary 29 18 7 1 3 96 81 Edmonton 29 19 9 0 1 105 72 Medicine Hat 30 18 9 3 0 108 82 Kootenay 33 16 15 2 0 99 97 Red Deer 31 14 15 0 2 92 98 Lethbridge 32 4 24 2 2 76 149

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct New England 10 3 0 .769 Miami 7 6 0 .538 N.Y. Jets 6 7 0 .462 Buffalo 4 9 0 .308 South W L T Pct Indianapolis 8 5 0 .615 Tennessee 5 8 0 .385 Jacksonville 4 9 0 .308 Houston 2 11 0 .154 North W L T Pct Cincinnati 9 4 0 .692 Baltimore 7 6 0 .538 Pittsburgh 5 8 0 .385 Cleveland 4 9 0 .308 West W L T Pct Denver 11 2 0 .846 Kansas City 10 3 0 .769 San Diego 6 7 0 .462 Oakland 4 9 0 .308

B3

PF 349 286 226 273

PA 287 276 337 334

PF 313 292 201 250

PA 316 318 372 350

PF 334 278 291 257

PA 244 261 312 324

PF 515 343 316 264

PA 345 224 291 337

PF 334 329 251 279

PA 301 303 334 407

PF 343 298 244 282

PA 243 188 291 362

PF 346 323 316 315

PA 321 332 326 395

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Philadelphia at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

New England at Miami, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

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

Arizona at Tennessee, 2:25 p.m.

New Orleans at St. Louis, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Dallas, 2:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 16 Baltimore at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.

NFL Odds (Odds supplied by BETONLINE.ag; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Monday DALLAS at Chicago 1.5 49.5 College Football FBS Bowl Games Saturday, Dec. 21 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Washington State (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-6), noon Las Vegas Bowl Fresno State (11-1) vs. Southern Cal (9-4), 1:30 p.m.

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Buffalo (8-4) vs. San Diego State (7-5), 3:30 p.m.

New Orleans Bowl Tulane (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4), 7 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 23 Beef ’O’ Brady’s Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Ohio (7-5) vs. East Carolina (9-3), noon Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Oregon State (6-6) vs. Boise State (8-4), 6 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6), 4 p.m.

Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah State (8-5), 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Annapolis, Md. Marshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5), 12:30 p.m.

Texas Bowl At Houston Minnesota (8-4) vs. Syracuse (6-6), 2 p.m.

Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco BYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4), 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 28 Pinstripe Bowl At New York Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6), 10:30 a.m.

Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina (6-6), 1:20 p.m.

Russell Athletic Bowl

At Orlando, Fla. Miami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1), 4:45 p.m.

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5), 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (7-4), 9:45 a.m.

Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 1:15 p.m.

Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 4:45 p.m.

Holiday Bowl At San Diego Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl At Shreveport, La. Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5), 10:30 a.m.

Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), noon Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 2 p.m.

Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), 10 a.m.

Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), 10 a.m.

Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 11 a.m.

Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 11 a.m.

Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 3 p.m.

Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1), 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl At Miami Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 6 p.m.

Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 4 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), 11 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 6 BCS National Championship At Pasadena, Calif.

Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1), 4:30 p.m.

Northwestern Mutual World Challenge Sunday At Sherwood Country Club Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,023; Par 72 Final (x-won on first playoff hole) x-Zach Johnson, $1,000,000 67-68-72-68 Tiger Woods, $400,000 71-62-72-70 Matt Kuchar, $212,500 68-68-76-67 Bubba Watson, $212,500 70-70-69-70 Webb Simpson, $150,000 73-71-69-68 Graeme McDowell, $145,000 72-67-75-69 Ian Poulter, $140,000 76-67-73-69 Jim Furyk, $135,000 72-69-74-71 Jason Day, $122,500 76-68-70-73 Bill Haas, $122,500 73-68-74-72 Rory McIlroy, $115,000 73-77-68-70 Hunter Mahan, $110,000 70-80-72-69 Keegan Bradley, $108,500 75-68-75-74 Jason Dufner, $108,500 74-71-78-69 Steve Stricker, $107,000 75-74-74-72 Jordan Spieth, $105,500 77-72-77-71 Lee Westwood, $105,500 74-75-74-74 Dustin Johnson, $100,000 74-79-72-74 RSA Nedbank Golf Challenge Sunday At Gary Player Country Club Sun City, South Africa Purse: $6.5 million Yardage: 7,831; Par: 72 Final Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 67-70-66-65 Jamie Donaldson, Wales 67-66-67-70 Sergio Garcia, Spain 66-73-66-65 Henrik Stenson, Sweden 69-67-69-67 Brendon de Jonge, Zimbabwe 70-68-69-66 Charl Schwartzel, South Africa 68-70-71-66 Ryan Moore, United States 71-65-67-73 Justin Rose, England 73-67-69-67 Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand 69-70-66-72 Peter Uihlein, United States 70-69-70-70 G. Fernandez-Castano, Spain 67-72-72-69

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Darren Fichardt, South Africa 71-68-69-74 Francesco Molinari, Italy 76-70-69-67 Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa74-69-67-73 Richard Sterne, South Africa 73-73-71-66 Martin Kaymer, Germany 71-66-74-75 Joost Luiten, Netherlands 74-68-75-69 D.A. Points, United States 71-67-70-78 Luke Donald, England 68-71-74-74 Victor Dubuisson, France 73-72-71-72 Branden Grace, South Africa 75-71-69-73 Matteo Manassero, Italy 72-74-72-72 Gary Woodland, United States 74-73-75-68 D. Van der Walt, South Africa 77-72-73-69 David Lynn, England 73-71-75-74 M. Orum Madsen, Denmark 76-71-68-78 Thaworn Wiratchant, Thailand 71-76-70-76 K. Streelman, United States 75-71-77-72 Ernie Els, South Africa 75-71-77-77 Peter Senior, Australia 80-68-75-81 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters Saturday At Emirates Golf Course (Majlis Course) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $679,000 Yardage: 6,425; Par: 72 Final a-amateur Pornanong Phatlum, Thailand 68-70-69-66 Stacy Lewis, United States 70-65-70-69 Carlota Ciganda, Spain 67-70-73-71 Diana Luna, Italy 73-68-69-73 Shanshan Feng, China 76-67-71-71 Laura Davies, England 70-71-71-73 Louise Larsson, Sweden 72-71-68-74 Charley Hull, England 70-72-73-71 a-Jing Yan, China 75-72-68-71 Vikki Laing, Scotland 71-70-69-76 Also Cindy Lacrosse, United States 73-70-73-73 Sophie Gustafson, Sweden 73-72-71-73 Beth Allen, United States 71-72-76-73 Katie Burnett, United States 73-74-77-71 Maria Hjorth, Sweden 72-71-72-80

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Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Qualls on a two-year contract.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Hiroki Kuroda on a one-year contract and OF Jacoby Ellsbury on a seven-year contract.

National League MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with INF Rafael Furcal on a one-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed CB Chance Casey, S Shelton Johnson and LB Marshall McFadden from the practice squad.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Activated LB Melvin Ingram from the PUP list. Released LB Adrian Robinson.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned G Igor Bobkov from Utah (ECHL) to Norfolk (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Reassigned F Joakim Nordstrom to Rockford (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned F Michael St. Croix from Hartford (AHL) to Greenville (ECHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Reassigned G Louis Domingue from Gwinnett (ECHL) to Portland (AHL).

American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Released D Mike Banwell from a professional tryout agreement.

ECHL READING ROYALS — Placed F Ethan Cox on the reserve l. Released emergency back-up G Josh Watson. Signed emergency back-up G Matt Tendler.

Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Brian Wilson on a one-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled D Michael Kostka from Rockford (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Loaned D Matt Gilroy to San Antonio (AHL).

B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Dec. 9, 2013

Saints snap Panthers’ win streak

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Saints 31 Panthers 13 NEW ORLEANS — It only took six days — and a return to the Superdome — for Drew Brees and the Saints to shake off their worst performance this season and look like legitimate contenders again.

Brees passed for 313 yards and four touchdowns and New Orleans beat Carolina 31-13 on Sunday night to regain sole possession of first place in the NFC South and snap the Panthers’ winning streak at eight games.

“Love this offence. Love what Sean Payton’s put together,” Brees said. “I love the group of guys that I get a chance to play with.”

The Panthers’ defence had not allowed more than two touchdowns in a game this season until the Saints scored three in the second quarter alone, when Brees completed 14 of 16 passes for 159 yards.

The Saints also became the only team this season to score more than 24 points against Carolina, which entered the game No. 1 in scoring defence, allowing 13.1 points per game.

Brees’ first two scoring strikes went to Marques Colston, who made nine catches for 125 yards. Jimmy Graham added two TD catches, his second making it 31-6 in the fourth quarter.

“We just had great balance and a lot of guys made plays,” Brees said. “Marques came up with some huge catches, as did Jimmy. The line did a great job. We mixed and matched the personnel groups and what we were doing and defence did a great job of getting us the ball and giving us op-

portunities.”

New Orleans sacked Cam Newton five times and did not allow a touchdown until 5:15 remained. Junior Galette had three of New Orleans sacks and Cameron Jordan two.

Last Monday night, New Orleans went to Seattle looking to lead the race for the top playoff seeding in the NFC, only to fall 34-7, a result that also dropped the Saints into a tie with Carolina atop the division.

But the Saints looked sharp in their return home, where they are 7-0, and became the first team not to lose a turnover to the Panthers all season. Brees looked more like his usual self, completing 30 of 42 passes en route to becoming only the fifth QB in NFL history to eclipse 50,000 career yards passing.

“We knew the challenge, especially on a short week playing against a great divisional opponent in the Carolina Panthers,” Brees said. “They had won eight in a row, so they were rolling.

“But we wanted to kind of hit our stride and get our swagger back and no better way than to come in the dome and do that. All three phases played exceptionally well tonight. We got a great team win.”

New Orleans now owns a one-game lead over the Panthers with three games to go, but also must travel to Carolina two weeks.

Newton was 22 of 34 passing for 160 yards, while DeAngelo Williams, returning from a quad contusion that sidelined him last week, rushed 13 times for 52 yards as the Panthers struggled to move the ball on most of their drives after the

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marques Colston is tackled by Carolina Panthers cornerback Captain Munnerlyn in the first half of an NFL game in New Orleans, Sunday. first quarter, when Graham Gano hit two field goals. Gano had a third chance from 49 yards in the third quarter, but kicked it wide right.

Colston nearly had a third TD, but it was overturned on review and the Panthers mounted a goal-line stand to force a short field goal that made it 24-6 in the third quarter. The Panthers, however, were unable to build an momentum

from that sequence.

New Orleans started slow and trailed 6-0, but seemed ignited by Darren Sproles’ 38-yard run late in the first quarter. That set up Colston’s first score on a 6-yard catch early in the second quarter.

On their next possession, the Saints drove 86 yards in 11 plays, capped by Colston’s second TD on a 15-yard pass.

“You’ve just got to see him

throughout the week,” Colston said about Brees. “The man works like I’ve never seen. He deserves every bit of success that he gets.”

New Orleans got the ball again on its own 24 with 2:01 left in the half, and Brees immediately found Lance Moore for 21 yards, Colston for 19 yards and Sproles for 20, setting up Graham’s 5-yard TD catch.

Prater boots record FG as Broncos bounce Titans The Chiefs (10-3), who lost two to the Denver Broncos sandwiched around a defeat to the San Diego Chargers after starting 9-0, beat up on a bad team. The Redskins (3-10) certainly qualify: Sunday’s game was their fifth straight loss, and coach Mike Shanahan appears increasingly likely to be gone after a third losing season in four years.

CARDINALS 30, RAMS 10 GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carson Palmer completed 27 of 32 passes, 12 of them to Larry Fitzgerald, and the Cardinals ended an eight-game losing streak against NFC West foes.

Palmer, questionable for the game with a sore right elbow, threw for 269 yards and a touchdown as the Cardinals (8-5) won for the fifth time in six games.

Arizona’s Karlos Dansby returned an interception 23 yards for a touchdown and John Abraham tackled Kellen Clemens for a safety.

Tavon Austin’s 56-yard run set up the only touchdown for the Rams (58), a 1-yard run by Zac Stacy. Austin injured his left ankle on the play and didn’t return.

DOLPHINS 34, STEELERS 28 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Charles Clay caught two touchdown passes, including a 12-yard strike from Ryan Tannehill with 2:53 remaining.

Daniel Thomas ran for 105 yards and a score. His zig-zag 55-yard burst at snowy Heinz Field set up Clay’s winner. Tannehill completed 20 of 33 passes for 201 yards and three scores for the Dolphins (7-6).

Miami won for the third time in its last four games.

Ben Roethlisberger passed for 349 yards and three scores but the Steelers (5-8) lost their second straight game.

Antonio Brown raced into the end zone after a series of laterals on the final play, but officials ruled he stepped out of bounds before scoring.

PACKERS 22, FALCONS 21 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Matt Flynn threw for 258 yards and the Packers’ struggling defence forced a key fourthquarter turnover to snap a five-game winless string.

Mike Neal’s sack forced Matt Ryan to fumble. Defensive lineman Johnny Jolly scooped up the loose ball and celebrated with a little belly dance at chilly Lambeau Field. Four plays later, Flynn found Andrew Quarless for a 2-yard go-ahead score with about 12 minutes left for the Packers (6-6-1).

The score completed a comeback from an 11-point halftime deficit and whipped the fans swathed in parkas and knit caps into a frigid frenzy.

NFL ROUNDUP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRONCOS 51 TITANS 28 DENVER — Unbothered by the freezing weather, Matt Prater set an NFL record with a 64-yard field goal and Peyton Manning threw four more touchdown passes Sunday, lifting the Denver Broncos to a 51-28 victory over the Tennessee Titans.

The temperature was 14 degrees when Prater kicked his record setter to close the first half and pull Denver within 21-20.

Manning opened the third quarter by leading the Broncos on a pair of touchdown drives, and the Broncos (112) easily wrapped up a playoff spot.

Denver’s quarterback set a franchise record with 39 completions and finished with 397 yards.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 172 yards for the Titans (5-8), who went 73 yards Philadelphia Eagles’ DeSean Jackson is tackled by Detroit Lions’ Jeremy Ross in five plays to score on the game’s during the second half of an NFL game, Sunday, in Philadelphia. first drive and led 21-10 in the middle of the second quarter. the comeback win. threw for three touchdowns and ran EAGLES 34, LIONS 20 The Patriots (10-3) cut the deficit for another as the Bengals remained PHILADELPHIA (AP) — LeSean to 26-21 on Brady’s 2-yard touchdown perfect at home and in control of the McCoy ran for a franchise-best 217 pass to Julian Edelman with 1:01 left. AFC North. yards, including touchdowns of 57 and Cleveland received a 15-yard penalty The Bengals (9-4) improved to 6-0 at 40 yards, and the Eagles overcame two on the play, then Kyle Arrington recov- Paul Brown Stadium on a cold, windy TD returns by Jeremy Ross in a bliz- ered the onside kick at the Cleveland day: 28 degrees at kickoff with a wind zard.

40-yard line. chill of 19 and light flurries.

Ross returned a punt 58 yards for a Brady completed a 10-yard pass to Dalton gave his most consistent perscore and ran a kickoff 98 yards. But Danny Amendola, then Leon McFad- formance since October, throwing for McCoy sprinted 57 yards up the middle den was called for defensive pass in- three touchdowns that kept the Benfor a tying TD, and Nick Foles connect- terference in the end zone. That put gals ahead and finishing it off with an ed with Riley Cooper on the 2-point the ball at the 1, where Brady connect- 8-yard run in the fourth quarter. Dalconversion. Foles sneaked in from the ed with Amendola again. ton was 24 of 35 for 275 yards without a 1 and Chris Polk had a 38-yard touchThe Browns (4-9) moved to the Patri- sack or interception. down run to cap a 28-point fourth quar- ots 40 with 1 second left, but Billy CunThe Colts (8-5) had another slow ter for the Eagles (8-5). diff missed a 58-yard field goal. start in the cold, falling behind 21-0 Snow began falling two hours be49ERS 19, SEAHAWKS 17 before Andrew Luck threw four touchfore kickoff and intensified after the SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Phil Daw- down passes to keep them close. But game started. Workers used shovels son kicked a 22-yard field goal with they clinched the AFC South when and handheld blowers to clear off yard 26 seconds remaining and the Niners Tennessee lost at Denver. lines. Conditions were so poor neither held off the nemesis Seahawks, denyCHIEFS 45, REDSKINS 10 team tried a field goal, and there were ing Seattle a chance to clinch the diviLANDOVER, Md. (AP) — The Chiefs 2-point conversion attempts after sev- sion at Candlestick Park. scored on their first four possessions en of the eight TDs. Frank Gore broke a 51-yard gain in the snow, sacked Robert Griffin III The Eagles, looking to go worst-to- with just more than four minutes left five times and Kirk Cousins once, and first in the NFC East, won their fifth to set up the go-ahead 11-play, 76-yard returned both a punt and a kickoff for straight game and took over sole pos- drive as the 49ers (9-4) kept the playoff- a touchdown. session of first place. Dallas can make bound Seahawks (11-2) from grabbing The score was 17-0 after the first it a tie for the top spot with a victory at away the West in San Francisco. quarter and 38-10 at halftime. Quintin Chicago on Monday night.

Dawson’s fourth field goal of the day Demps immediately answered the lone The Lions (7-6) have a half-game gave him 20 straight converted field Redskins touchdown with a 95-yard lead over the Bears in the NFC North. goals, a franchise record topping Joe kickoff return that resembled at times RAVENS 29, VIKINGS 26 Nedney’s 18 consecutive in 2006-07. a winter stroll, part of a stunning tally BALTIMORE (AP) — Joe Flacco Russell Wilson threw a 39-yard of 321 return yards by Kansas City in threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to rook- touchdown pass to Luke Willson and the first half alone. Jamaal Charles ran ie Marlon Brown with 4 seconds left to Marshawn Lynch ran for an 11-yard 19 times for 151 yards for Kansas City. ice the win. Brown’s catch concluded a score for Seattle, denied a franchisefive-play, 80-yard drive that took only best sixth road victory.

41 seconds.

The 49ers are unbeaten at home It came after Matt Cassel threw a against the West since losing to the 79-yard touchdown pass to Cordarrelle Seahawks on Oct. 26, 2008.

Patterson with 45 seconds remaining.

BENGALS 42, COLTS 28 Just before that, Baltimore’s Jacoby CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton Jones took a kickoff 77 yards for a score, which RED DEER MINOR HOCKEY COMMISION followed a 41-yard touchdown run by Toby Gerhart, who had replaced an injured Adrian Peterson (ankle) for Minnesota (39-1).

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Dec. 09, 2013 B5

Chiefs battle to pair of ties

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs were fit to be tied during the weekend, battling the host Calgary Buffaloes to a 3-3 draw Saturday and playing the visiting St. Albert Raiders to a 1-1 standoff Sunday at the Arena.

Chase Olsen notched the lone goal against the Raiders, who got an impressive 44-save performance from Patrick Dea. Cole Sears stopped 14 shots in the Red Deer net.

“I was really happy with how we played today,” said Chiefs head coach Doug Quinn. “Our effort was there, it was just one of those games when we didn’t score on our opportunities and their goalie played exceptionally well.”

Quinn wasn’t as tickled with Saturday’s contest, considering the Optimist Chiefs blew a 3-0 lead.

“That was a bit disappointing,” he said. “For most of the first two periods I thought we played extremely well.”

The Buffaloes took advantage of a Chiefs miscue to notch a late secondperiod, short-handed goal to get back into the contest, then scored twice in the final frame to salvage the draw.

“We had total control of that game and then near the end of the second period we’re on a power play and two of our guys run into each other. Their guy goes in on a breakaway and scores,” said Quinn.

“Then we took a bad penalty at the end of the period and started the third on the penalty kill. But they scored just after we killed the penalty and we were outplayed the rest of the game.

We were on our heels.”

The Chiefs got a goal from each of TJ Brown, Allan Pruss and Ross Heidt, while Jayden Sitter stopped 30 shots.

Brandon Butler made 43 saves for the Buffaloes.

The Chiefs, who will play in the Calgary Mac’s Midget Tournament over the Christmas break, return to Alberta Midget Hockey League action Saturday at 4:45 p.m. against the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Photo by CARSON PAPKE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Major Midget AAA Chief Ross Heidt fires a shot on goal with a St. Albert Raider defenceman draped all over him during action between the two teams at the Arena on Sunday.

JUNIOR B HOCKEY

MINOR HOCKEY

The Red Deer Vipers fired 45 shots at Mountainview goaltender Connor Slipp but dropped a 4-3 Heritage Junior B Hockey League decision to the Colts Friday at Didsbury.

Scoring for Red Deer, which trailed 1-0 after one period and 3-2 after 40 minutes, were Adam Ferguson, Cole deGraaf and Kolton Gillett. Vipers netminder Klay Munro made 32 saves.

Red Deer was one-for-five on the power play.

Mountainview was zero-for-three with a man advantage.

The Vipers host the Three Hills Thrashers tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Arena.

In another Friday contest, the Blackfalds Wranglers ventured to Airdrie and came away with a convincing 10-3 victory, thanks in part to Chance Abbott’s seven-point performance.

Abbott fired five goals and picked up two assists, while Jared Guilbault scored twice and Jordy Potter, Garrett Glasman and Trent Hermary added singles for the winners.

Conner Zenchuk turned aside 33 shots for Blackfalds. James Fisk and Kade Taplin combined to make 37 saves for Airdrie.

In Saturday outings, the Stettler Lightning were 4-3 losers to the host Cochrane Generals and the Thrashers thumped the visiting Medicine Hat Cubs 7-3.

Wyatt Haustein, Adam Ternes and Ryan Graff scored for the Lightning, who got a 26-save effort from Simon Thielman. Generals goalie McKenzie Chalmers stopped 32 shots.

Meanwhile, the Thrashers rolled over the Cubs as Lucas Jones scored twice and Connor Ablett, Jesse Scheunert, Tristan Cunningham, Tyler Newsham and Russell Olson each netted a goal.

Three Hills netminder Brady Hoover blocked 29 shots. The combination of Tanner Pruden and Cole Schafer faced 50 shots for the Cubs.

On Sunday the host Ponoka Stampeders were thumped 8-1 by the Airdrie Thunder.

Kwyn Hiebert notched the lone Ponoka goal, while Stamps netminders Nathaniel Nickel and Brody Thomas combined to makes 32 saves as Ponoka was outshot 40-30.

Minor midget Reid Money and Lane Congdon combined to make 30 saves as the Red Deer Northstar Chiefs earned a 5-5 draw with the visiting Calgary Rangers in a minor midget AAA hockey game Saturday.

Scoring for the Chiefs, who held a 46-35 advantage in shots, were Luke Coleman, Gerrit Verhoeven, Tyrees Goodrunning, Mathew Froelich and Kyle Cornford.

In another Saturday contest, Tyler Graber scored twice for the Red Deer Aero Equipment Chiefs in a 6-5 loss to the visiting Spruce Grove Saints.

OLDS GRIZZLYS

Grizzlys rally late to defeat Dragons DRUMHELLER — The Olds Grizzlys tallied twice in the final minute of the third period and then got an overtime goal from Taylor Bilyk to defeat the Drumheller Dragons 4-3 in an AJHL game Saturday.

Down 3-1, the Grizzlys pulled to within a single goal when Spencer Dorowicz connected at 19:32 of the third period.

Chris Gerrie potted the equalizer with one second remaining and Bilyk scored 1:36 into the extra frame.

Dorowicz also scored in the first period, while Dakota Zaharichuk, Mitchell Cook and Chris Rauckman were the Dragons’ snipers.

Ethan Jemieff made

26 saves in the Olds net.

Drumheller goalie Adam Beukeboom turned aside 16 shots.

The Grizzlys win came 24 hours after a 4-1 homeice loss to the Canmore Eagles.

Austin Kernahan accounted for the lone Olds goal in the Friday setback. Jordan Revie scored twice for the Eagles and Jeremy Margeson and Connor Wilson each added a goal.

Jemieff stopped 21 shots in a losing cause.

Cam Barnes made 25 saves at the other end.

The Grizzlys return to action Friday against the host Calgary Mustangs.

The Eagles revisit Olds for a 2 p.m. Sunday meeting.

Louis Leclerc, Josh Bussard and Ryan Vandervlis also tallied for Red Deer, while Graydon Larson made 22 saves. The Chiefs outshot their guests 32-28.

Major bantam Seth Stratton and Tyrees Goodrunning scored for the host Red Deer Rebels Black in a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Northstars Saturday.

Justin Travis stood tall in the Rebels Black net, making 44 saves as the hosts were outshot 45-27.

On Friday, the Red Deer Rebels White downed the host Calgary Royals 5-3 as Tyrell McCubbing, Jeremy Klessens, Nathan Kartusch, Carter Blair and Zachary Kungle each notched a goal.

The Rebels White, who held a 45-27 advantage in shots, got a 24-save outing from Dawson Weatherill.

CHINOOK HOCKEY LEAGUE The Bentley Generals came out on the short end of a pair of exhibition games Friday and Saturday, falling 6-1 to the host University of Calgary Dinosaurs and 5-1 to the Red Deer College Kings.

Pat Martens and Riley Point each scored twice to lead the Kings past the Generals at the Penhold Regional Multiplex. Jeff Archibald had the other RDC goal, while Mike Salmon stopped 38 shots.

Bentley netminder Travis Yonkman made 41 saves.

“We played well and we’re hap-

py to be going into the Christmas break on a winning note,” said RDC head coach Trevor Keeper.

On Friday, the Generals got their lone goal from defenceman Jason Lundmark in the loss to the U of C Dinos. Scoring for the Dinos were Griffin Nyren, Taylor Stefishen, Jordan Messier, Chance Lund, Colton Grant and Danny Gayle.

The Dinos used three goaltenders, with Kris Lazaruk, Myles Hovdebo and Jacob DeSerres combining to make 25 saves.

James Reid went the distance in

the Bentley net and stopped 39 shots. ● Adam McPherson was the lone shooter to connect in a sixplayer shootout as the Innsfail Eagles slipped past the host Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs 7-6 in Chinook Hockey League action Saturday.

McPherson also tallied twice in regulation time, as did teammate Darryl Laplante. Joe Vandermeer and Chris Neurauter notched the other Innisfail goals.

Eagles netminders Bryce Luker and Jonathan Larose combined to make saves. Jim Watt stopped 30 shots for the Chiefs.

Canada improves women’s team pursuit seeding for Winter Olympics

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BERLIN — Canada will be the third seed in women’s team pursuit at the upcoming Winter Olympics after a fifth-place finish on Sunday at a long-track speedskating World Cup event.

Winnipeg’s Brittany Schussler, Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin and Regina’s Kali Christ posted a six-lap time of three minutes 2.81 seconds, missing out on a bronze medal by 0.77 seconds.

The Netherlands won the event in 2:58.19, ahead of Poland and South Korea.

Canada’s roster for the team pursuit at the Sochi Olympics in February will be decided after the speed-skating trials in Calgary in late December and early January.

Christine Nesbitt, from London, Ont., is usually the fourth skater for the Canadian women’s team pursuit. However, the 2010 Olympic 1,000-metre champion was not in Berlin this week.

The Canadian women were fifth at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and won silver in 2006 in Turin, Italy. Canada’s men secured a spot in the pursuit event on Saturday.

Individually, Heather Richardson led a 1-2 for the United States for her third win from four races in the women’s 1,000. Richardson finished in 1:14.51 to beat compatriot Brittany Bowe by 0.91 seconds, with Russia’s Olga Fatkulina 0.98 off the pace in third.

Calgary’s Kaylin Irvine recorded her first World Cup top 10 with a 1:16.07.

That improves on her previous top World Cup fin-

DIVING THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Pamela Ware and her sister Carol-Anne of Montreal kicked-off the new diving season in grand style this weekend as each won gold at the CAMO Invitational meet.

Pamela Ware, a world championship bronze medallist this

ish, 12th in Astana, Kazakhstan seven days earlier on Dec. 1.

“I felt like things I’ve been working on in practice finally came to together for a whole race today.” Irvine said.

“I’m very happy with it.”

Regina’s Marsha Hudey was 16th in women’s B 1,000 metres. It was Hudey’s first World Cup race at that distance after six starts in the 500 metres in her first international season.

In men’s competition, Olympic champion Mo Taebum of South Korea edged Japan’s Joji Kato by two thousandths of a second to win the 500-metre event for the first time this season.

Mo, who won the 1,000 on Saturday, clocked 34.876 seconds to deny Kato what would have been his second win of the season. Dutchman Michel Mulder was third, in 34.95, in the final World Cup before the Olympic Games in Sochi.

William Dutton of Humboldt, Sask., placed 20th in the A 500 metres.

Dutchman Jorrit Bergsma defeated compatriot Jan Blokhuijsen for his first win of the season in the men’s 5,000.

Overall leader Sven Kramer of the Netherlands didn’t race and Bergsma took full advantage by clocking 6:14.82 to beat Blokhuijsen by 0.84 seconds.

South Korea’s Lee Seung-hoon was third in 6:16.12.

Toronto’s Jordan Belchos finished 10th in the men’s B 5,000 metre, followed by Mathieu Giroux of Pointe-aux-Trembles, Que., 18th, and Regina’s Lucas Makowsky was 20th.

past summer on the three metre, posted a victory in the three on Sunday with 345.30 points.

“My goal today was to test my new dive, a front two and half,” said Ware. “It went well. I was able to better manage my nervousness in the final than in preliminaries.”

Emma Friesen of North Vancouver, B.C., placed second in the three at 285.60, and Eloise Belanger of Montreal finished third at 276.30.

On the women’s 10 metre, Carol-Anne Ware won gold at 325.90 Saturday. Belanger was second at 305.55 and Celina Toth of London, Ont., was third at 299.40.

Maxim Bouchard of St.-Constant, Que., took the men’s tower final with a personal best 486.45 points. Diego Balleza of Mexico was second at 457.25 and Hugo Parisi of Brazil third at 449.00.

Olympian Francois Imbeau-Dulac of St-Lazare, Que., won gold on the three with 440.40 points.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPITALS 4 RANGERS 1 NEW YORK — Jason Chimera, Steve Oleksy and Mikhail Grabovski scored second-period goals to power the Washington Capitals to a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers on Sunday night.

Washington defenceman Nate Schmidt added a goal in the third for the Capitals, who beat Nashville at home on Saturday. Schmidt, a 22-year-old rookie, scored his first NHL goal in that game.

Grabovski’s goal came on a penalty shot.

In his fourth NHL game, Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves for Washington (16-12-2) to earn his first career win. The Capitals have won four of five.

New York (15-15-1), beaten at home in overtime

by New Jersey on Saturday, has lost three of five.

Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves, and Benoit Pouliot scored the Rangers’ lone goal with 1:53 left to spoil Grubauer’s shutout bid.

BLACKHAWKS 6, PANTHERS 2 CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Sharp had a goal and two assists, and Chicago scored a season-high three times on the power play in a win over Florida.

The Blackhawks used their potent offence to win after starting goalie Corey Crawford left in the first period because of a lower-body injury.

Marian Hossa, Brent Seabrook and Brandon Saad each had goal and an assist, and Michal Handzus and Andrew Shaw also scored. Patrick Kane had three assists for Chicago, which ended a three-game losing streak — its longest regular-season skid since February 2012.

Rookie Antti Raanta, recalled after veteran backup Nikolai Khabublin was injured on Nov. 16, stopped 29 of 31 shots for the win in relief of Crawford, who made four saves.

Dylan Olsen and Goc scored for Florida. Scott Clemmensen made 26 saves in his third start and fifth appearance this season.

WILD 3, SHARKS 1 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Josh Harding made 37 saves in another strong home outing, and Minnesota beat San Jose despite recording only 13 shots.

Zach Parise scored twice — once into an empty net — and Mikko Koivu added a goal for the Wild, who have won three of four.

Patrick Marleau scored with 1:41 left for San Jose, which went 1-3 on a four-game trip. The Sharks, who have lost three in a row in regulation for the first time this season, are 0-5-1 in their last six games in Minnesota.

Antti Niemi made 10 saves.

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Harding, who improved to 13-1 at home, is 16-4-3 overall.

The Bruins outshot the Leafs 40-32.

Jay McClement also scored for Toronto.

Kevan Miller, Jarome Iginla and Patrice Bergeron also scored for Boston.

BRUINS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 2 TORONTO (AP) — Carl Soderberg and Torey Krug scored second-period power-play goals, and Boston defeated Toronto.

The Bruins were coming off a Saturday night win over Pittsburgh in which Shawn Thornton had a takedown of Brooks Orpik. The Bruins were without the suspended Thornton as well as Loui Eriksson and Chris Kelly, who were both injured in the game.

The Leafs controlled the play early on and led 1-0 after the first on a goal by Peter Holland.

But the Bruins had a three-goal outburst in the second period, including a pair of power-play goals in a 93-second stretch.

Toronto, which also gave up two power-play goals in a win against the Senators on Saturday, went 0 for 4 on the power play Sunday.

CANUCKS 3, AVALANCHE 1 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Mike Santorelli scored two goals and added an assist in Vancouver’s victory over Colorado.

The Canucks (17-10-5) earned their fifth win in sixth games and moved within a point of the Avalanche (20-8) in the tight Western Conference standings.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere lost for the first time in eight decisions this season. The Avalanche were beaten for just the third time in nine games.

Ryan Kesler also scored for the Canucks, who were outshot 29-21.

Jamie McGinn had the lone goal for Colorado, scored with only 7.1 seconds left. That kept Roberto Luongo from earning his 65th NHL shutout. He is 148-5 this season.

TV deal approval, salary cap on Canada beats U.S. to capture tap for NHL board of governors World Sledge Hockey Challenge Things are going great for the NHL from a business perspective.

How great will be revealed in the next couple of days at the board of governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif.

The board is expected to approve the league’s new television deal with Rogers and get briefed on the approximate salary cap for next season.

The $5.2-billion (US$4.9-billion), 12-year deal the NHL struck with Rogers for exclusive national TV rights in Canada needs approval from the board of governors before it goes into effect for next season. Given the financial windfall it represents for the league, there’s no real danger that it doesn’t pass.

Revenue from that contract won’t factor in until next year, but commissioner Gary Bettman said last month in Toronto that “it’s fair to say” the NHL is over the US$3.3-billion mark from the last full season.

“The preliminary data, and it’s preliminary, looks strong,” Bettman said in mid-November.

Chief operating officer John Collins

recently made reference to the NHL being a $4-billion business. Even if that’s a number the league hits in the near future, the trend for the salary cap is upward - and fast.

The board of governors will get the update on the 2014-15 salary cap, which will be a substantial raise from the $64.3 million limit this season. That number is expected to be around $70 million, which means the cap gets to its pre-lockout level in the second full season after the work stoppage.

Future international competition, such as the revival of the World Cup of Hockey, could get some discussion, but that is an issue that needs to be negotiated with the Players’ Association.

The NHL’s new alignment seems to fit 32 teams better than 30 at some point, but Bettman has said there are no immediate plans for expansion.

“I don’t envision right now going through a formal expansion process,” he said. “We get expressions of interest all the time. Those are informal conversations that we have, but in terms of a formal bid process, I’m not focused on doing anything like that right now.”

The board is set to meet Monday and Tuesday.

Torre, LaRussa and Cox await Hall of Fame vote as baseball’s winter meetings start THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The baseball winter meetings are starting with a look back.

Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox were among the candidates considered Sunday by the Hall of Fame’s expansion era committee.

The trio of retired managers was joined on the 12-man ballot by a pair of much-debated figures who died in recent years: New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and pioneering players’ union head Marvin Miller.

Among the nine managers with three or more World Series titles, Torre and La Russa are the only ones not in Cooperstown. The vote announcement is scheduled for Monday morning at the meetings site near Orlando.

“He’s going to go to the Hall of Fame,” La Russa’s former closer in Oakland, Dennis Eckersley, predicted last year.

Torre and Cox retired as managers after the 2010 season and La Russa after leading St. Louis to the 2011 championship. Torre won four

World Series titles with the Yankees, La Russa three with Oakland and the Cardinals, and Cox one with Atlanta. La Russa is third among managers with 2,728 wins; Cox had 2,504 and Torre 2,326.

On the ballot for the sixth time, Miller received 11 of 16 votes when the expansionera committee last met three years ago, one shy of the required 75 per cent. Steinbrenner made his ballot debut in 2010 and received fewer than eight votes, the Hall said, without specifying.

By the time the vote is announced, the lobby in the Dolphin hotel near Walt Disney World should be filled with agents and team officials arriving for the four-day session.

When the meetings were held here three years ago, the ballroom where deals are announced wasn’t even set up when agent Scott Boras and Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo walked in to discuss a just-completed, $126 million, seven-year contract for outfielder Jayson Werth.

The eve this year wasn’t as dramatic. But

42 of 168 major leaguers who became free agents after the World Series already had agreements heading into the meetings, with at least seven more deals in the process of being finalized.

Since Boston finished off St. Louis for its third title in 10 seasons, Prince Fielder, Ian Kinsler, Doug Fister, Jim Johnson, David Freese and Heath Bell have been traded in a busy swaps market.

“It’s not the best freeagent market,” Texas general manager Jon Daniels said, “and so I think that teams realize they weren’t going to be able to fill all of their needs, or wouldn’t necessarily want to fill all of their needs on the open market, and that led to a lot more accelerated trade conversation, and we’re seeing it play out.”

Robinson Cano, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joe Nathan, Jhonny Peralta, Tim Hudson and Curtis Granderson are some of the top free agents who have already changed teams.

“We’re disappointed.

He’s been a great player, a great Yankee,” New York GM Brian Cashman said of Cano.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO, Ontario — Captain Greg Westlake stressed the importance of not allowing success get to their head following Canada’s 3-1 sledge hockey victory over the United States Saturday.

The win gives Canada its fifth title at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

“We’ve got to keep pushing,” said Westlake, who led Canada with five goals in the tournament. “The second you let off the pedal, everyone catches up.”

Canada got goals from Adam Dixon, Billy Bridges and Westlake to open a 3-0 after 20 minutes and never looked back. Josh Pauls scored for the U.S. in the second.

Canada got out to an early 2-0 lead in Thursday’s semi final victory over South Korea and held on for a win, an experience they learned from entering the gold medal game.

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Canada previously won the event twice in 2011, in 2008 and in 2007. Canada claimed silver at the 2009 and 2012 events.

The Americans have won three bronze medals at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge, to go along with gold in 2012 and in 2009. The U.S. won silver in November 2011.

“We played Canada twice, I thought we played with them four of the six periods,” said American head coach, Jeff Sauer. “We played a poor first period against them (Wednesday) night and we played a poor first period tonight.”

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Johnson tops Tiger in extra Gut takes World Cup at Lake Louise, Vonn finishes fifth hole at World Challenge GOLF

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The storybook ending at Sherwood had every element a golf fan could want — Tiger Woods with a commanding lead before a record crowd, clutch shots that kept getting better with every hole and a finish no one saw coming.

Zach Johnson never looked the part of a winner until he was posing with the trophy.

“I feel very fortunate and somewhat lucky,” Johnson said.

He also was very good.

Johnson was four shots behind with eight holes to play against the No. 1 player in the world. Tied for the lead on the 18th hole, Johnson quit on an 8-iron and hit into a hazard, and then went to the drop area figuring his only chance was to stuff it close to make bogey and hope Woods didn’t save par from a bunker.

Johnson holed out from 58 yards for par, and won on the first extra hole when Woods missed a 5-foot par putt.

“So-called silly season, right?” Johnson said.

The World Challenge was held at Sherwood for the 14th and final time.

It moves next year to Isleworth in Florida.

It was only the fourth time in his career that Woods failed to win when he had at least a two-shot lead going into the final round, and the second time at Sherwood. Graeme McDowell made up a four-shot deficit in the 2010 World Challenge and beat Woods in a playoff.

That wasn’t nearly as wild as the finish Sunday.

Johnson, who closed with a 4-under 68, nearly holed out from 88 yards on the par-5 16th hole.

His tee shot on the par-3 17th hole covered the flag and landed 4 feet away for a birdie to tie for the lead. But he got caught up in the moment after Woods hit into the bunker, and his 8-iron came up woefully short and into hazard.

“It looked to me like it was going to be a very, very difficult 4 for him,” Johnson said about Woods’ bunker shot. “I’m trying to get somewhat around the hole and make a 5. It wasn’t exactly a full wedge shot, but it was one that I could be aggressive with — 58 yards, trying to hit it about 52, 53, and we

saw what it did.”

The ball took three bounces, the last one just beyond the hole, and it stopped and spun back a few inches into the cup.

“A little too dramatic for me,” Johnson said.

Woods hit a bunker shot just as exquisite to about 2 feet for a par that gave him a 70 and forced a playoff.

They finished at 13-under 275.

In the playoff, Woods blinked first with a smooth 7-iron that tailed off to the right and into the same bunker, this lie even tougher. Johnson hit the green and two-putted for par, and while Woods hit another great shot out of the sand, his par putt to extend the playoff spun out of the left side of the cup.

“Zach, I don’t know how the last three iron shots didn’t go in the hole,” Woods said. “Pretty impressive what he did. He got me.”

Johnson won $1 million and should go to No. 9 in the world, the first time in his career he has been in the top 10.

Woods ended what he called a “damn good year” — five wins, the most of anyone in the world — with a shocking loss to Johnson. Two years ago, Woods ended the longest drought of his career when he went birdiebirdie at Sherwood to beat Johnson by one shot.

Matt Kuchar (67) and Bubba Watson (70) tied for third at 9-under 279.

The attendance Sunday was 24,922, a record for any round in 14 years at Sherwood.

Traffic outside the tony club in the Santa Monica foothills looked like an LA freeway in what could be the last chance in the near future to see Woods in southern California.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAKE LOUISE — Lara Gut of Switzerland regained the overall World Cup lead with Sunday’s super-G win in Lake Louise, while U.S. ski star Lindsey Vonn took another step in her comeback by finishing fifth.

Gut temporarily relinquished the overall lead to Maria Hoefl-Riesch at the Alberta resort after the German won downhill races Friday and Saturday. Gut’s victory Sunday put her back atop the overall standings.

“It’s the first time I’m in the top three in the overall, so it’s a pretty new thing for me,” Gut said. “I just have to stay focused on my skiing and not starting thinking about points.

“If I starting thinking about points, I will start getting nervous and not ski the way I can. Today I knew I had to ski and this is what I did. It’s cool to know when you have to ski, I can be in the top in Lake Louise.”

Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein was second and Anna Fenninger of Austria finished third for the second straight day. Hoefl-Riesch was 19th in super-G and trails Gut in the overall standings by 41 points.

Marie-Michele Gagnon of LacEtchemin, Que., was the top Canadian in 10th. Larisa Yurkiw of Owen Sound, Ont., missed a gate and did not finish.

The World Cup Lake Louise was the scene of Vonn’s first races since crashing and severely injuring her right knee in super-G at the world championships in February. The reigning Olympic downhill champion tore two ligaments in her knee and broke a bone in her leg.

Vonn’s comeback was on track until she partially tore a reconstructed an-

terior cruciate ligament while training in Colorado last month.

The 29-year-old owns a record 14 World Cup victories at Lake Louise, but Vonn was 40th in the first downhill before jumping to 11th on Saturday and then fifth Sunday.

“I think it was a huge step in the right direction,” Vonn said. “I know I can win again.”

Vonn needs more surgery and intends to postpone it until after the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Chasing a fifth career overall World Cup title this season is out of the question with her knee in a tenuous state.

Vonn is concentrating on defending her title in Sochi now. She must decide how many races she can do between now and February to accomplish that.

“I do need a couple more starts,” Vonn said. “I want to make sure I get on the podium at least once if not win before going into Sochi. I really want to have that in my back pocket.

“I’m ready for Sochi. I may race one or two races. I really have to look at the program with my coaches and come up with a game plan. Maybe a couple more starts, but I really want to focus on Sochi and take the risk away from any long-term damage on my knee.

“Not very much ACL left is pretty hard-core. I give myself a little bit of credit. I’m not going to give up and I’m going to be in Sochi and fighting for my medal.”

Gagnon, a slalom specialist, didn’t race the Lake Louise downhills. She competed in super-G to get work in speed events. Gagnon will represent Canada in the super combined event — the combined times of a slalom and a downhill — in Sochi. Gagnon was nevertheless pleased with a third top10 result this season.

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SUN CITY, South Africa — Thomas Bjorn carved out two eagles in his last nine holes, one brilliant and one a little lucky, to come from behind and win the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Sunday, closing with a 65 for 20-under overall and a two-shot victory.

Overnight leader Jamie Donaldson of Wales wasted a three-shot advantage with a finalround 70 and tied for second with Sergio Garcia (65).

Bjorn’s sweet five iron into No. 10 set up the first eagle to push him past Donaldson. The Dane had his second on No. 14 after his approach pitched in a bunker and rolled up onto the green.

“They were two big moments,” Bjorn said.

“Obviously having two eagles on the back nine on a Sunday doesn’t happen very often. The shot into 14 was a bit fortunate but that’s what happens when you win golf tournaments, I guess.”

The $1.25 million winner’s check at Sun City is the 42-year-old Bjorn’s biggest prize and it’s his 15th European Tour title.

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The duties include, but are not limited to; daily bank deposit run, processing of checks, accounts payable, preparation of reports and filing. Interested candidates can forward their resume to: Attention: Human Resources 3rd Floor, 4943 50 Street Red Deer, AB, T4N 1Y1 Fax: 403-342-9173 Email: hr@jmmlawrd.ca

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons Food Service Manager 5 positions, F/T & P/ T, $9.95 - $18/hr. depending on exp. and availability.

Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights and evening shifts. 3-5 yrs. exp., completion of secondary school. Start date ASAP. Apply in person 6620 Orr Drive. Fax: 403-782-9685 Call 403-848-2356 RAMADA INN & SUITES REQUIRES ROOM ATTENDANTS. Exp. preferred.

Only serious inquiries apply.

Rate $13.50/hr.

Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433 VIC 8888 LTD. needs F/T cook, 40 hrs. a week, $13.50/hr. Must be willing to relocate. Drop resume to 3731 50 TH AVE. or email: sampang17@gmail.com

Now has immediate openings for CGSB Level II RT’s and CEDO’s for our winter pipeline projects. Top wages and comprehensive benefit package available.

1ST RATE ENERGY Subcontractors also welcome.

SERVICES INC., Email resumes to: Only those selected for an Sales & a growing Production qtestltd@telus.net interview will be contacted. Distributors Testing company, based or Phone 403-887-5630.

F/T PLANT / FIELD out of Sylvan Lake, is TOO MUCH STUFF? ELEMENTS is looking for currently accepting resumes OPERATOR 5 retail sales reps. selling Let Classifieds PROVIDENCE for the following positions: Sylvan, Rocky Mtn. House season gift packages and help you sell it. & Ponoka areas. Must Trucking Inc personal care products in have a minimum of 2 years Is now hiring experienced * Experienced Looking for a place Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. exp in artificial lifts, gas/ to live?

Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + Production Testing liquid separation, PJ Take a tour through the bonus & comm. FT. No Picker Operator * Day Supervisors operation, field WE R HIRING! CLASSIFIEDS exp. req`d. Please email compression refridge Bed Truck Operator Allan Dale Trailers & RVs elementsreddeer@gmail.com * Night Operators systems, dehydrating and Winch truck Operators is GROWING fast and we Buying or Selling * Experienced sweet processing, FLURRIES SHEEPSKIN are currently seeking to fill your home?

Production Testing maintenance on pumps, is looking for 5 SALES the FULL TIME Check out Homes for Sale All candidates must be Assistants heaters, control valves etc.

REPS, selling shoes & position of in Classifieds able to pass a pre-employContract operators apparel, at our Parkland Marketing & Website ment drug screen. We If you are a team player need not apply.

Mall. 4747 67 St. Red Classifieds offer exceptional wages Coordinator interested in the oil and E-mail resume’s to Your place to SELL Deer. $12.10/hr. + bonus and benefits for exceptional As an active member of gas industry, please ken.webster@altagas.ca Your place to BUY & comm. F/T Position. No people.

Fax resume and the Allan Dale team, you submit your resume, or fax 403-347-0855 exp. req’d. Email abstract to 403-314-2340 will be required to: current driver’s abstract Flurriesrd@gmail.com ZUBAR Production • provide some company or email to safety@ and current safety Services SCOTTYS ESSO in Red providencetrucking.ca PR and event planning certificates to the following: is currently taking resumes Deer seeking food counter including Tradeshows Fax 403-887-4750 for experienced attendants. FT, PT & • produce, submit, and/or mbell@1strateenergy.ca JAGARE ENERGY Production Testing Weekends. $10-11/hr. coordinate various PRODUCTION TESTING Personnel Training provided. Apply in marketing material Please specify position NOW HIRING now hiring Day Supervisors, Email resume to: • be confident working person to 5 Reichley Street when replying to this ad.

Well Testing Personnel Night Operators, and Helprdzubaroffice@telus.net or by email to with and maintaining Experienced Supervisors ers. Must have valid Class or fax to (403)346-9420. the company’s Social scottys.esso@shaw.ca.”

We would like to thank all & Operators 5 drivers license.

RSP’s Must have all valid tickets.

Media presence those candidates who SOAP Stories is seeking 5 Must have valid applicable and benefits pkg. incenapply, however only Looking for a new pet? • manage and maintain F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, tickets tives.

Email resumes to: inventory content on qualified personnel will selling soap & bath Check out Classifieds to Email: lstouffer@ jagare2@gmail.com Clerical various websites (interbe contacted. products $14.55/hr. + find the purrfect pet. testalta.com nal & external) bonus & comm. Beauty • perform some adminiscert. req’d. Location OFFICE Administrator/ trative duties Parkland Mall - 4747 67th Bookkeeper needed.

• p r o v i d e o c c a s i o n a l Oilfield St. Red Deer. email Responsibilities include WHAT’S HAPPENING switchboard and receppremierjobrdbto@ general office duties, tion coverage gmail.com invoicing and A/P A/R CLASSIFICATIONS The successful candidate management. Apply to should possess the following: SOAP Stories is seeking 5 50-70 dsmith@wiseisi.com • creative flair and think retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. out of the box Coming • proficiency with Adobe $12.10 hr + bonus & comCreative Suite (InDesign, mission. Ft No exp. req`d.

Events Dental Illustrator, & Photoshop) Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. • excellent computer skills Red Deer. email resume to EAST 40TH PUB • strong, confident per- premierjobrd@gmail.com PERIOPARTNERS SPECIALS sonality with proven StoreSmart Self-Storage Dr. Patrick Pierce/ Tuesday & Saturday’s leadership skills Dr. Janel Yu Require seeking P/T Customer SerRib Night • previous experience in Recently winning the 2013 Business of the Year award, Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, vice Associate for 16-24 RDA LEVEL II Wednesday Wing Night a similar role is a must hrs/wk. For job description engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering who is extremely well Thursdays Shrimp Night • post secondary education and how to apply, go to organized, energetic & firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for in Marketing would be www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs. self motivated. 4 days/wk.

FREE FLU SHOTS size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in considered a huge asset No phone calls please.

No evenings or weekends.

Highland Green Value As a valued member of the Innisfail, Alberta and have recently expanded our facilities into Calgary Alberta.

Send resume ASAP to Drug Mart 6315 Horn St. Allan Dale team, we offer you: reddeer@periopartners.com • excellent hours; flexibility We employ over 175 people and provide ample opportunities to employees to achieve their career TEEN TRIPLE P GROUP or bring by in person, Trades • great pay goals. We provide hands-on training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting -Positive Parenting Program we would love to meet you.

• group employee benefits Offered January 2014 at 4619 48 Ave, Red Deer. projects and applications in the energy sector.

• a fun and supportive Experienced Siders Catholic Social Services, working environment Needed Call 403-588-3210 Red Deer We are currently seeking a professional; If you are interested in Contact Donna Damsgaard becoming part of a sucat 403-347-8844.

Farm Work cessful team, please You can sell your guitar forward your resume to: for a song...

Suzette Binnie F/T FEED TRUCK or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Allan Dale Trailers & RVs OPERATOR for large Essential Job Functions and we’ll sell it for you!

3 Queens Drive expanding feed lot in Sundre.

JOURNEYMAN • Perform visual inspection on all assemblies at various checkpoints in the production process Red Deer, Alberta Fax resume to Electricians T4P 0K1 403-638-3908 • Ensure conformity of production with drawings and Fax: 403.346.3116 or call 403-556-9588 • Viewing and interpret x-ray fi lm & NDE reports Lost Email: suzette@ Instrument Hands or email: • Ensure proper welding procedures are adhered to allandale.com feedlot@hotmail.ca req’d. for work in Central Alberta. Oilfield exp. an • Track Weld ID’s for compliance with Sec 8 LOST: Set of car keys with asset. Please forward command start hey on • Witness weld tests and record results Restaurant/ your resume to jobs@ Saturday, November 30th, • Witness hydro tests of Spooling/Bridles/Vessels nexsourcepower.com Janitorial somewhere around the Hotel or fax 403-887-4945 • Required ABSA Reports. Ex.( U1,U1A,AB-24,AB-81,AB-83) Galaxy theatre or the Kinsmen Dream Home.

JOURNEYMAN or ARAMARK at (Dow If found, please call The incumbent must possess the following; Prentiss Plant) about 4th Yr. Apprentice 403-507-5189 20-25 minutes out of Red • Minimum 3 year’s experience inspecting piping packages, pressure vessels, tanks and skids Plumber/Gas Fitter Deer needs hardworking, req’d for small shop in • The ability to read and understand codes and customer specifications, with this reliable, honest person Westaskiwin area. understanding be able to properly apply it to the tasks at hand. w/drivers license, to work Personals Competitive wages & 40/hrs. per week w/some The Tap House Pub & Grill • Perform in a high paced working environment health plan. weekends, daytime hrs. req’s full and part time Submit resumes to: ALCOHOLICS $14/hr. Fax resume cooks. Apply with resume wph@xplornet.ca ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 We offer competitive wage and benefits packages. Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted. w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 at 1927 Gaetz Avenue or fax to: 780-312-2889 Attn: Val Black between 2-5 pm.

COCAINE ANONYMOUS or call 780-387-6087 Please forward your resume: 403-396-8298

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Caregivers/ Aides

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www.trican.ca

F/T Live-in nanny for 8 month old infant in Red deer. $10.11/hr 42.5/week minus R/B. Call Michael (403)396-4480

...Join our Team!

P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle.

403-505-7846

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ADMIN/SALES SUPPORT Audio/video electronics store now hiring F/T dependable team player.

Admin clerical duties primary focus. Must be able to handle fast paced with frequent interruptions setting, attention to detail a must. Req’s. excellent customer service skills.

Some Sat. & evening availability necessary.

Apply in person, 10 am -3 pm 3203 50 Ave, Red Deer

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NOW HIRING AT ALL LOCATIONS

WORLDWIDE KNOWLEDGE - LOCAL SOLUTIONS

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 B9

WE R HIRING!

Allan Dale Trailers & RVs is GROWING fast and we are seeking

Exp’d RV Technicians

MUST HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH MOTORHOMES! As an active member of the Allan Dale team, you will be required to: • examine, troubleshoot and diagnose units needing repair and maintenance • install, repair and maintain interior and exterior components on various RV makes & models • perform pre-delivery inspections • install trailer and RV accessories • read and follow instructions on repair orders to ensure quality control • install trailer and fifth wheel hitches The successful candidate should possess the following: • mechanical, electrical and electronics aptitude • troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities • good communication and organizational skills • good physical condition as some lifting is required • one to two years related experience and/or training • Journeyman RV Technician certification would be considered a definite asset As a valued member of the Allan Dale team, we offer you: • full time, year round employment • premium pay for your experience ($35-$40/hr) plus bonus plan • group employee benefits • flexible schedule • opportunity to grow and advance within an excellent company If you are interested in becoming part of a successful team, please forward your resume to: Suzette Binnie Allan Dale Trailers & RVs 3 Queens Drive Red Deer, Alberta T4P 0K1 Fax: 403.346.3116 Email: suzette@ allandale.com Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and growing company.

Concrete finisher

needed to perform detailed and quality finishing as well as other related tasks, minimum 5 years experience. All applicants must be flexible for hours and dedicated due to a demanding production schedule. Own transportation to work is needed.

Wage will be based on experience, attitude and willingness to commit to long term employment.

Please fax resume to 403 885 5516 or email to k.kooiker@ eaglebuilders.ca Thank you to all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be notified.

RD STUCCO

Stucco Helper Required, Experience pref.

Call 403-341-4141 email: rdstucco@telus.net

Tar-ific Construction has a F/T position avail. for a H.D. Mechanic Apprentice. We offer competitive wages, combined with a deluxe benefit pckg. Drop resume at 7809 48 Ave. or fax to 403-340-1246 email tarific@telusplanet.net

Trades

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Trades

United Tank Inspections Inc. is currently looking for a Full-Time Heavy Duty Mechanic for our Stettler, AB shop. You will be doing repairs, overhauls, maintenance, service, and CVIP’s on Heavy Trucks & Trailers. We offer competitive wages, group health benefits and group RSP. Please call 403-7424747 or email jobs@ unitedtank.ca Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Truckers/ Drivers

860

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk (Reliable vehicle needed) CLEARVIEW AREA Cosgrove Cres., Chappel Dr., Carroll Cres., Carpenter St., & Cunningham Cres. Area 93 Papers $498/mo.

DEER PARK AREA Dempsey St. & Drummond. Ave. Area 70 Papers $375/mo.

GRANDVIEW AREA 73 Papers $439/mo.

Central AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Company Drivers in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

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Gary Moe Volkswagen

ROSEDALE AREA Ramage Cres., Root Cl., 100 to 800 Ramage Cl., and Ralston Cres. area 67 Papers $359/mo.

ALSO Reichley St., Reinholt Ave., Robinson Cres. Area 106 Papers $568/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

SERVICE ADVISOR

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

Required Immediately

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Competitive plus renumeration

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Mustang Acres

Great Benefits We require a process driven person for this position.

Gray Dr. & Galbraith St.

Please send resume to:

Normandeau

joelnichols@ garymoe.com Academic Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Nordegg Cres.

ALSO Nolan, Norwest & Newlands Oriole Park

WINTER START GED PREPARATION Jan. 14 or Feb. 10 STARTS Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Oak St. & Overdown Dr. ALSO Ogden Ave. & Oakley Cl. Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

850 Currently seeking RELIABLE newspaper carriers for morning delivery (By 6:30 a.m.)

Monday - Saturday in:

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.

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.

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

Upper Fairview Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Business Opportunities

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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.

ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

Eagle Builders in Blackfalds, AB is looking for hard working, motivated individual to fill a full-time precast concrete erecting

laborer position

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.

EXP’D parts person for small engine and quad dealership. F/T position.

Must be able to work Sat’s. and overtime hrs. may be req’d in summer months.

Please apply in person at 5717-40 Ave. Wetaskiwin or email: wetaskiwinrad@ xplornet.com

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of INNISFAIL

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

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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

THE TASTY BAKERY P/T OPPORTUNITY Afternoons, No early mornings, No late nights No Sundays, Apply in person at: Bay #1, 2319 Taylor Drive (directly behind Nutters)

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TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo.

1500-1990

Children's Items

For afternoon delivery once per week

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 Blue Grass Sod Farms Ltd. BOX 11, SITE 2, RR 1 Red Deer, AB Req’s Farm labourers for 2014 season (April-Oct) in Red Deer. Duties include sod farming and tree nursery. Tree nursery will involve planting, pruning and digging trees. Will train/exp. an asset. Wage $9.95 hr, 60 hrs weekly.

Email resume to steve. richardson@bg-rd.com

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the BOWER AREA WESTPARK AREA Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

In the towns of:

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

EquipmentHeavy

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

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To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316 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 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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

Siding Helpers Needed Call 403-588-3210 Start your career!

See Help Wanted 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

ELECTRIC heater oak cabinet portable, remote, thermostat control $150 403-314-2026

Household Furnishings

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FREE! 39” Boxspring & mattress. Sheets & pillow cases included.

403-347-6183

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

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5 shelf wall unit 81”h x 50”w, adjustable shelves $70; 15 saw horses 36”w x 27”h $8/ea, chrome plated 12 bottle wine rack $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

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Addinnell Close / Allan St. Allsop Ave. / Allsop Close

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EXTRA FLUFFY & extremely cute! Teacup Babydoll Morkies†(very tiny).

Call 587-987-3422 or email wendyschedel@gmail.com

Sporting Goods

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GOLF travel bag, w/wheels, hard cover $50. soft cover $40, very good cond. 403-346-0093

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

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Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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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 BEAUTIFUL Comfortable 3 bdrm. townhouse in Oriole Park. Super location for access to all major arteries without being bothered by noise.

Att. garage, 1-1/2 bath, 5 appls., #23 6300 Orr Dr. N/S, avail. Jan. 1. $1425/mo.

Hearthstone Property Management 403-896-8552 or 403-396-9554

METCALF AVE. 3 bdrm., 4 appl., a/c, central vac.

Near No. 9 bus stop, school, shopping centre, 2 parking stalls, no pets, N/S, $1200 Immed. 403-318-8881 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

PET FRIENDLY HOME

By Kin Kanyon

2 bdrms & 2 Baths townhouse, unfin. bsmt w/laundry. Only small pre-approved pet! $1250 & GAS, POWER, WATER Avail. JAN. 1st.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 403-896-8552

RARE 4 BDRM TOWNHOUSE

Bright 4 bdrms, 2.5 baths, finished bsmt w/large family room &laundry. The right place for your family!

No pets, N/S $1550 & UTIL; SD $1550; Avail JAN 1st!

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554 TOWNHOUSE in Penhold.

New 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 6 appls., built in vac., balcony, fenced yard. Ref’s. Avail. Jan. 1st. $1400/mo./d.d. 403-227-1198

Manufactured Homes

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Terrie 403-340-0225 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

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3050

CLEARVIEW

2 bdrm. 4-Plex, 4 appls. Rent $1075. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail.

Jan. 1, 403-304-5337

GLENDALE

2 BDRM. MAIN FLOOR of House. 403-872-2472

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $1075. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. Dec 15/Jan. 1 403-304-5337

3 BDRM. MAIN FLOOR OF HOUSE, $1200 + 2/3 utils. 403-872-3400

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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If you are self motivated, love dealing with the public, take pride in your work, and love a challenge!

Are you a leader? Do you like to make a difference?

We are a fast growing business throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan in need of persons wanting to advance themselves.

Apply today to: Blackfalds A&W 6001 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds Alberta Call/Email Sheri or Kim to arrange an interview @ 403.885.2515 a&wblackfalds@telus.net Or Stop by and talk to us.

Inglis Cres.

Lord Close Lamont Close

FRANCHISE AVAILABLE!

WE NEED YOU! A&W Blackfalds is Now Hiring.

INGLEWOOD AREA

LANCASTER AREA

Lund Close

(SINGLE OR AREA FRANCHISE)

MORRISROE AREA

Minimum Investment: Approximately $150,000 unencumbered

Vista Village

Employment Training

900

McIntosh Ave.

Site Selection & Design Lease Negotiations Construction Administration Training & Operations Support Menu Development Marketing

SUNNYBROOK AREA Somerset Close Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Sherwood Cres.

For more information, contact: Director of Franchising 1-800-927-0366 samberson@smittys.ca

VANIER AREA

SMITTY’S™ CANADA LIMITED 600 – 501 18th Ave SW Calgary, AB T2S 0C7 www.smittys.ca

Vanson Close / Visser St.

YOUR CAREER IN

BUSINESS Legal Administrative Assistant Marketing Coordinator Insurance Advisor Business Administration Hotel & Tourism Management Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

Valentine Cres.

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** 334249L10

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4 BDRM. house, 2 full baths, near schools and bus route, avail. Jan. 1, 2014, $1450 rent, DD $1100 no pets, 403-343-6229 304-3979.

ALL positions are available!

Fantastic Wages!

Logan Close

Canada’s Largest Family Restaurant Chain serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner to Canadians coast to coast since 1960

BALINESE KITTEN $50. 403-887-3649

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

Adamson Ave. / Arthur Close

Inglewood Ave.

Scott Amberson

Application Closing Date: January 10, 2014.

Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

3 FRIENDLY MALE ORANGE KITTENS. Litter trained. Desperately need loving homes. FREE. 403-782-3130

CARRIERS NEEDED

We Provide:

Applicants must have a valid trade certificate for work in Alberta. This position will work in co-ordination with the Operations group and is accountable to the Maintenance Supervisor.

Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

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FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

Anders St. / Armstrong Close

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

RED DEER, AB

The position includes maintenance inspections, lubes, PM’s and repairs to all types of equipment in order to maintain the safe operation and fulfill production requirements of Rahr Malting. The position is rated under the Heavy Job classification.

WOODEN slider rocker chair and ottoman, good cond, $95; 3 wool accent matching carpets, clean, will sell seperatly $50 for all 3. 403-352-8811

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ANDERS AREA

FOR APPROVED LOCATION IN

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd, a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full time Millwright/Mechanical trade position.

POTTERY, soup set with urn & ladle, 4 bowls, casserole dish & salad bowl w/4 plates, like new. $125, Danby microwave oven 900 watts, $30; 2 matching suitcases, like new $25. for both; 403-352-8811

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Law Close / Lewis Close

MAINTENANCE POSITION

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What was forecast in the Philadelphia area to be a tame storm system with about an inch (2.5 centimetres) of snow followed by rain mushroomed into a full-blown snowstorm that snarled traffic along Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania from the Delaware to New Jersey state lines.

The National Weather Service said the low pressure system from North Carolina north to the New England states was being fed by disturbances from the southwest and moist air off the Atlantic.

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The snow fell so heavily in Philadelphia on Sunday that yard markers at Lincoln Financial Field — where the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Detroit Lions in a pro football game— were completely obscured. It was almost as bad in Pittsburgh, where the snow intensified after opening kickoff between the Steelers and Miami Dolphins.

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Philadelphia International Airport had a temporary ground stop Sunday afternoon with snow totals around 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 centimetres). Spokeswoman Stacey Jackson said a number of passengers were expected to remain in the airport overnight since area hotels had been full for several days. She said staff would hand out pillows and blankets to travellers to make them “feel at home even though they are not.”

Air passengers in the Washingtonarea experienced increasing delays as the season’s first real snowstorm set in.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said many flights had been delayed at Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National airports.

Virginia, parts of West Virginia and the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area braced for blackouts under steady freezing rain, wet snow and sleet. Parts of northwest and southwest Virginia and southern West Virginia were getting snow, while sleet and freezing rain prevailed west and north of Richmond.

In Maryland, a chain-reaction accident on Interstate 81 in Washington County involving more than 20 vehicles delayed snow removal efforts for hours.

The highway was closed for more than three hours after a tractor-trailer ran into the median to avoid cars that had spun out. It was hit by another tractor-trailer that overturned and spilled its load. Several other tractor-trailers ran off the road and jackknifed as their drivers tried to avoid the crash.

North Texas started to thaw out slightly Sunday after two days of a near standstill with icy roads and low temperatures. About 400 departures from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were cancelled Sunday. It will likely be a couple of days before the ice that’s coated the region melts completely. The airport is still trying to clear out thousands of travellers who have been sleeping at the terminal or in nearby hotels since the storm hit Thursday night.

The snowstorm raised fears about a potentially dangerous Monday morning commute, with snow-laden cars and perilous, icy roads.

“The concept is obviously a novel one and you can see where they (the city) might be a little skeptical,” he said.

“Could something happen? Yeah, I suppose.

But they’re taking every precaution.”

In recent days, it’s become unclear whether or not the house is still in business. No one answered the door there Saturday. A posting on a Facebook page claiming to be the Snuggle House’s site said it had closed, but the page owner wouldn’t identify themselves — or confirm if it was the home’s official site. Neither Hurtado nor Casper have returned phone and email messages.

Madison’s concern seems to be deeper than in other cities where similar businesses have set up shop as cuddling has grown into a cottage industry over the past decade.

Police in Rochester, New York, said they’ve had no complaints about The Snuggery, which offers overnight cuddle sessions. Be The Love You Are in Boulder, Colorado, offers cuddles with “Snuggle Stars.”

Cuddle Therapy in San Francisco offers packages that “focus directly with your current needs around connection, intimacy and touch,” according to its website. Police in San Francisco and Boulder didn’t respond to The AP’s inquires about those businesses.

The non-profit organization Cuddle Party has trained about 100 people across five continents to

run group snuggle sessions, said Len Daley, a psychologist who serves as executive director at Cuddle Party headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama. Betty Martin, a Seattle-based sex educator who facilities cuddle parties in that city, said she’s never had problems with government officials or police. Cuddle Party participants must keep their clothes on and go through a pre-session workshop on how to say “no,” she said.

“People think if there’s touch happening there must be sex happening. That’s not the case at all,” Martin said.

Madison might seem like an ideal spot for snuggling. Former Gov. Lee Dreyfus once described the Democratic stronghold as “30 square miles surrounded by reality.”

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which advocates for atheists, is based here.

Every year UW-Madison students hold a blockslong party to celebrate the end of the school year and biking enthusiasts pedal through the streets in various stages of undress each spring.

The Snuggle House sits above a bar about a block from the state capitol. The only indication it’s there is a welcome mat that reads “Snuggle House.” The Snuggle House website features photos of bedrooms with hardwood floors and videos of four snugglers — three women and one man — talking about wanting to help people feel better.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KIEV, Ukraine — Hundreds of thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Ukraine’s capital on Sunday, toppling a statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and blockading key government buildings in an escalating standoff with the president over the future of the country.

The biggest demonstration in the former Soviet republic since Ukraine’s pro-democracy Orange Revolution in 2004 led the government to fire back. It announced an investigation of opposition leaders for an alleged attempt to seize power and warned the demonstrators they could face criminal charges.

The West pressed for a peaceful settlement.

Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians flooded the centre of Kyiv, the capital, to demand President Viktor Yanukovych’s ouster after he ditched ties with the European Union in favour of Russia and sent police to break up an earlier protest in the nearly three-week standoff.

“Ukraine is tired of Yanukovych. We need new rules. We need to completely change those in power,” said protester Kostyantyn Meselyuk, 42. “Europe can help us.”

Packing Independence Square as far as the eye could see, Ukrainians waving EU flags sang the national anthem and shouted “Resignation!” and “Down with the gang!” in a reference to Yanukovych’s regime.

“I am convinced that after these events, dictatorship will never survive in our country,” world boxing champion and top opposition leader Vitali Klitschko told reporters. “People will not tolerate when they are beaten, when their mouths are shut, when their principles and values are ignored.”

As darkness fell, the conflict escalated further with protesters blockading key government buildings in Kyiv with cars, barricades and tents.

The protests have had an anti-Russian component because Russia had worked aggressively to derail the EU deal with threats of trade retaliation against Ukraine.

About half a mile (1 kilometre) from the main square, one group of anti-government protesters toppled the city’s landmark statue of Lenin and decapitated it Sunday evening. Protesters then took turns beating on the torso of the fallen statue, while others lined up to collect a piece of the stone. The crowd chanted “Glory to Ukraine!”

“Goodbye, Communist legacy,” Andriy Shevchenko, an opposition lawmaker, wrote on Twitter.

The demonstrations erupted last month after Yanukovych shelved a long-planned treaty with the 28-nation European Union to focus on ties with Russia. They were also galvanized by police violence and fears that Yanukovych was on the verge of bringing his country into a Russian-led economic alliance,

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A teenager waves a national flag over a crowd of Pro-European Union activists gathered during a rally in the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday. Over 200,000 angry Ukrainians occupied a central Kiev square on Sunday, to denounce President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to turn away from Europe and align this ex-Soviet republic with Russia, as massive protests continued for a third week. which critics say could end Ukraine’s sovereignty.

“It’s not just a simple revolution,” Oleh Tyahnybok, an opposition leader with the national Svoboda party, told the crowd in a fiery speech from a giant stage. “It’s a revolution of dignity.”

Yet a solution to the crisis appeared elusive, with the government making no concessions and the opposition issuing contradictory statements on how to proceed.

Heeding the opposition’s calls, thousands of protesters blocked the approach to key government buildings in Kyiv by erecting barricades, setting up tents and parking vehicles, including a giant dump truck.

“We are extending our demonstration. We are going to fight until victory. We will fight for what we believe in,” opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk told protesters on Independence Square, which was drowning in a sea of flags.

The West, meanwhile, scrambled to avoid vio-

lence and urged dialogue. In a phone conversation with Yanukovych, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso stressed “the need for a political” solution and dispatched EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to Kyiv next week to mediate a solution. Yanukovych also discussed the crisis with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Valery Chaliy, head of the Razumkov Center think-tank in Kyiv, said the West must help resolve the crisis and prevent more violence. “It is evident that without international mediation this will not be solved in a peaceful way,” Chaliy said in a telephone interview.

The protest Sunday in sub-zero December temperatures took place on Independence Square, known as the Maidan, in an echo of the Orange Revolution. Those protests annulled Yanukovych’s fraudtainted presidential victory in 2004, and ushered his pro-Western opponents into power. Yanukovych returned to the presidency in the 2010 vote.

Protests and clashes renewed at Egypt’s Al-Azhar University CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian police fired tear gas Sunday in an attempt to disperse supporters of the country’s ousted Islamist president protesting at the dormitories of an Islamic university in Cairo.

Students at Al-Azhar University hurled rocks at the police and tried to block traffic on a major thoroughfare outside the campus in eastern Cairo, a security official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

Student Spokesman Mahmoud Salah said the police later left the area, and protesters who had taken cover inside the dorm went out to continue their protest.

Salah said the students had lit a fire at the dorm gates to lessen the impact of tear gas fired by the police. He also said a number of students were injured and claimed the police fired shotgun pellets.

The security agencies always deny using them.

With the start of the school year in September, Egypt’s universities have become the main venue for protests by supporters of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, ousted in a popularly backed military coup in July.

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist group and the one from which Morsi hails, has organized protests, with marches on campuses nearly every day. Many of them have led to clashes with security forces.

But Al-Azhar University, with largely Islamist students, has seen persistent protests against Egypt’s military-backed government.

Last month, 12 students from the same university were sentenced to 17 years and fined for participating in protests and clashes on the campus. Another 21 students from Al-Azhar were on Sunday referred to trial.

Salah said Sunday’s protests were fuelled by the new referral,

as well as a crackdown earlier in the day by university security against female protesters.

Students also protested Sunday at a university in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, and at Cairo University.

In Mansoura, the students set a police car on fire, another security official said.

Authorities have cracked down on Morsi supporters since last summer’s coup, widening a net of arrests and legal prosecution to include senior leaders as well as students and protesters.

The crackdown has recently broadened to include other nonIslamist critics of the current authorities, and a new protest law was passed last month that tightly restricts public gatherings and increases penalties for violators.

The trial of three prominent non-Islamist activists referred to court in accordance with the new law on charges of taking part in an illegal protest and assaulting policemen also began Sunday.

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awarded for his work in setting up the UN peacekeeping force used in Suez.

1956 — Trans Canada Air Lines plane crashes on Mount Selesse, B.C., killing 62.

1947 — A Lethbridge woman and her 13-year-old daughter return home after being trapped in Bulgaria since 1938. They were trapped when war erupted in 1939 and the Communists refused to let her leave in 1945.

1944 — Abasand Oils Ltd. refinery in Fort McMurray is completed. It starts operating on Dec. 16. Bituminous Sands Permit No. 1 was originally granted in 1930.

ARGYLE SWEATER

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TODAY IN HISTORY

TUNDRA

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9.

SHERMAN‛S LAGOON

Solution