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Break-ins alarm residents

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A Highland Green resident with video footage of someone trying to break into his home early Monday morning no longer feels safe in his Red Deer neighbourhood.

“It’s been getting bad around here. It’s really dangerous when someone is trying to enter your house

when you’re home,” Anthony Myer said Monday.

“Now that I’ve seen the footage of him trying to enter my house when I’m home, how does a person sleep at night? There’s got to be a way to protect yourself.”

Just two weeks ago someone broke into Myer’s garage and stole a new snowblower, tools and food from his freezer.

On Monday morning, someone rattled door knobs at the back of Myer’s home and on his garage, before

leaving without gaining entry.

Myer’s said in the summer someone tried to get into his home through an open widow and woke up him and his girlfriend.

Myer said the police officer who came to his home after he called 911 on Monday said a break-in occurred elsewhere in the neighbourhood that morning.

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Oilpatch couples find ways to make it work

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The dynamics of the oilpatch work environment put unique stress on romantic relationships.

While the promise of wealth, work and financial stability draws many to the industry, the long hours, days and weeks away from home and stress of the job can take a toll on those closest to the workers.

Krystal Acton of Red Deer is one of thousands of people with significant others who work in the oilfield. She and her fiancé, Eric Drader, have been living this lifestyle for about 10 years and while they have struggles, as all relationships do, they make it work.

While Drader doesn’t usually work in camp, he can be on a lease five hours away and spend 12 to 36 hours on the job.

“The times he comes home vary all the time — they could be at dinner time, sometimes it’s three in the morning,” said Acton, a dayhome provider.

The couple have a four-month-old and two-yearold, and Acton works.

“It affects us just trying to stay on a routine and trying to keep everybody happy,” said Acton. “We have day-to-day struggles, too — our daughter has epilepsy and that makes it more of a struggle than anything else, really. When she has bad days, those are the harder days for us.

“Over the years, I’ve kind of gotten used to it.

Some days are hard because you know you have to do all the cleaning, putting everybody to bed, making dinner, but we make it work. He makes up for it when he’s on days off.”

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Krystal Acton and her fiancé, Eric Drader, with their three children, Marley, 2, Jordan, 8, and Benson 6 months.

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Snow-removal contractors having hectic year

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Cordell Reise has been in the snow-removal business for 10 years. None stack up to 2013.

“I think it was Oct. 28, or something like that, we hit the ground running and we haven’t stopped since,” said the owner of R&R Turf and Property Management.

Other local contractors tell similar stories.

“It’s been hectic, let me tell you,” said Brad Jorgensen, who operates BJ Bobcat & Trucking.

“I don’t remember snow being like this year’s since when I was a kid.”

“I’ve lived in Red Deer all my life and I can’t remember ever seeing this,” added Hugh Lockhart,

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Kerri Tisdale, general manager of Alberta Parking Lot Services, cited some numbers to put things in perspective.

“Last year we had 127 cm in the whole year, up to the end of April. This year, at Dec. 23, we were at 97.1 cm of snow.”

That’s meant long hours with few days off for snow-removal workers.

Mark Body, who owns Maple Bay Maintenance, has taken one day off since the beginning of November — Christmas Day. Lockhart has also been burning the candle at both ends.

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“Staffing is the biggest problem, because people don’t realize just how demanding it is.”

In addition to fatigue and sore muscles, human conflict can be a workplace hazard.

Body described one incident this winter when a motorist in a mall parking lot climbed into a loader and punched the operator. In another instance, a man who had to move his parked vehicle a short distance for a snow-removal crew threw a piece of ice at the loader and challenged its operator to a fight.

“That was just before Christmas,” marvelled Body.

“It could be a city worker, it could be one of my girls shovelling a sidewalk — you just can’t have people assaulting people for no reason.”

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CRIME: Frustrating Waskasoo resident Robert Bonin said his home was broken into on Dec. 23 in broad daylight. Jewelry, watches, and electronics were stolen.

Prior to the crime, security had been increased due to a break-in on Dec. 17, 2012.

“We’re just frustrated . . . Red Deer is in need of a city police force, guys that patrol the neighbourhoods rather than Gaetz Avenue. I’ve never seen a peace officer in the neighbourhood,” Bonin said.

“You are not safe in your own home in Red Deer anymore, daytime or night it doesn’t matter. Even with alarm systems, (criminals) know they have 60 seconds to get in and out.”

He said a few neighbours have also had break-ins this month.

“This neighbourhood has just gone to pot in the last year.”

The only bright spot this season came when a local dog breeder found out about the family’s problems and gave them a Great Dane puppy to beef up their security. It cheered up his family to know there were people around who cared.

“Females (Great Danes) are extremely overprotective as I understand,” Bonin said.

Break-in statistics for Red Deer were not available from RCMP on Monday. But Cpl. Sarah Knelsen said while property crime in a big city like Red Deer is everywhere, break-ins while people are at home are rare.

“There is no neighbourhood that is immune from property crime,” Knelsen said.

TerryLee Ropchan, executive director of Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre, agreed break-ins are common around Red Deer and most are crimes of opportunity when a criminal finds an unlocked door or notices the snow hasn’t been shovelled so likely no one is home.

She said property crimes do increase when there’s a drug house nearby, but if residents work with police to shut down the drug house, related crime will drop.

It also helps to get to know your neighbours and to look out for each other, Ropchan said.

“Lots of suspicious things are reported because neighbours know that other neighbours are gone.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

COUPLES: Assumptions create problems The long-term hope is that Drader will switch to a regular 9-to-5 day.

Acton’s future mother-inlaw, Kelly Frayn, is president of the Red Deer Oilwives Club. A member since 1998, she was an oilpatch wife until her husband was killed on a worksite in 1985 and she became a single mom.

She joined the group through a friend. The group has two meetings a month, one for the executive and one for general members, and currently has 22 members.

Debra MacLeod “We’re really close because we can relate to each other,” said Frayn. “It’s the fellowship part of it, we phone each other all the time. When I was younger, we’d babysit for each other. It’s support for each other. I was lucky my husband was home every night but my daughter-in-law is home with the kids a lot because my son is gone working a lot.”

Transfers are a constant for people employed in the oilpatch. Just recently, she received an email from a person moving to the area and looking for support in the group. She will be a guest at the next meeting.

“Most of my friends, the ones I would call my closest friends, are the people I met through the support group,” said Frayn. “You become like a family with a very close bond. You’re phoning each other, going out for lunches, meeting up with each other.”

Another option for people struggling with making oilfield relationships work is counselling.

A former mediator, Debra MacLeod, now counsels couples, specifically those with at least one person employed in the oilfield industry. She recently set up an office in Red Deer and said she sees a common thread when counselling couples: the problem of assumptions.

“Where you have a guy working up on a lease, maybe in a camp or something like that, and you

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“Wife tends to think ‘You’re out with the boys having great food, you’re not having to clean, you’re furthering your career all the time, having adult conversations, life is great for you isn’t it?’ While husband tends to think ‘You don’t have to get up early, you get to be with the kids, you don’t have to worry about being the main bread winner, you’re not running around or freezing out in the cold like I am or taking crap from the guys.’

“Each person thinks the other has it better than they do and these assumptions spiral in their head to the point that they have a lot of resentment for the other person based on these assumptions.”

Money also pays a role. MacLeod said it doesn’t matter how much you make, what matters is how much you keep. And a significant upswing in income can have an impact on the relationship.

“There is an attitude that goes with it, a sense of ‘Look at me, I’m making all this money,’ and the big lifted trucks we see everywhere. It’s pretty stereotypical,” said MacLeod. “It is common to have a guy buy a $60,000 pickup with all the bells and whistles and just park it in the driveway at home. Then the wife gets upset, she’s bagging groceries and he’s buying this, and he says ‘I make the money, I can do whatever I want with my money.’ ” Another wrench in the dynamic is the nature of oilfield work, which can take a person away from the home for few weeks to a camp, only to have them return for a week, creating a huge change to day-to-day routine.

“Dad comes home, he misses the kids and what does he want to do, he wants to break the rules,” said MacLeod. “Stay up late, watch a movie, eat in front of the TV, never mind homework we’ll do that in the morning. It’s coming from a good place, he misses his kids — he doesn’t want to come home and be a slavedriver, he wants them to think Dad’s home, it is fun.”

What makes relationships like this work is focusing on the benefits of oilpatch employment: the money, health benefits, consecutive days off and early retirement options.

It is also important to stay connected while the man is working, but technology poses problems.

“It’s good to some extent, I’m a big fan of Skype and Facetime with kids, that is fantastic,” said MacLeod. “Where people miss the boat and problems is by texting. Texting is a massive form of miscommunication and fights. I’ve had oil companies call me in where they have a fracking job the next day and the supervisor is having meltdown from a fight through

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Low -15.

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Olds, Sundre: today, mainly cloudy. High -6. Low -11.

SNOW REMOVAL: A thankless job Other contractors agreed that drivers, shoppers, residents and business owners often lose their cool as the snow piles up.

“We have the most thankless job out there,” said Jorgensen.

People need to realize that Mother Nature is the culprit, not snow-removal workers, said Tisdale.

“Other countries have typhoons and crazy hurricanes. In Western Canada, we get crazy snowfalls.

They don’t happen a lot but when they do happen, we have to have patience.”

The heavy snowfall hasn’t necessarily meant a cash windfall for contractors, many of whom provide their services for a fixed monthly rate.

“This year, we’ve been losing on a lot of those,” said Tisdale.

Another problem has been finding a place to put all that frozen precipitation.

“We’re pretty much tapped out for space,” said Jorgensen. “We’ve already started hauling out some customers because they have no space left.”

But trucking snow off-site costs money, which customers are not eager to pay.

“We’re having a huge problem in that area,” said Reise of the snow-storage issue.

Space concerns also exist for snow that is being hauled. There can be long delays at Red Deer’s busy snow dump sites, and worse problems elsewhere.

“There are snow dumps within Central Alberta that are closed to contractors and the public,” said Tisdale. “They’re only open to the villages and towns.”

Dumping in places like farmers’ fields is not a solution, she added, because of the salt and sand contained within the snow.

Lockhart thinks Red Deer’s snow-removal workers would be happy to see an end to the white stuff.

“It wouldn’t break any of our hearts, I don’t think.

Everybody wants work but it’s been a little ridiculous this year.”

Jorgensen would be quick to take advantage if business does slow.

“I’m ready to go to Mexico, where it’s warm,” he said. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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“I empathize with them because I’ve been through these fights, and come out the other side a lot stronger.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Canine loyalty, luck key to rescue

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Adam Shaw’s bruises seemed a small price to pay to help an entire family avoid a broken heart.

When he and his dog plunged headlong into a half-frozen Edmonton river to save two drowning girls, their actions felt like a natural response for those accustomed to watching out for children.

But the 27-year-old from Fort Saskatchewan, said the months since the daring rescue effort have reminded him that there’s a very fine line between tragic and happy endings.

Perseverance, luck and canine loyalty made the difference between life and death, he said, adding that two families could easily have wound up mourning loved ones if events had played out just a bit differently.

“I never really thought about it until afterwards. With all the adrenalin and stuff that’s going through you, it just wasn’t really a factor,” Shaw said in a telephone interview. “It took a long time before I sat down and realized, ’wow, what just happened?”’

Shaw’s heroics got underway innocuously enough when he, his wife, their two children and their dog Rocky set out for an Easter stroll in late March.

As they walked near the North Saskatchewan River, they began hearing the screams of kids in distress.

Shaw and Rocky raced to the riverbank to find that nine-yearold Samara Sunshine and her 10-year-old sister Krymzen had both fallen through the unstable ice spanning the water.

Shaw hastened onto the ice, followed closely by the faithful labhusky cross.

Shaw was able to pluck

Krymzen from the water relatively quickly and send her back to shore, but Samara’s rescue seemed all but impossible when the ice gave way and sent both Shaw and Rocky plunging into the frigid water.

Eventually Shaw clung to his dog to hoist himself back up onto solid ice, then circled back to find a better way to save Samara.

The successful strategy also hinged on Rocky, who swam out to the drowning girl, allowed her to cling to his leash, and pulled her back to where a bruised and slightly hypothermic Shaw was waiting to reel her in.

The fast pace and high stakes of the rescue effort gave Shaw little opportunity to reflect on hypothetical outcomes, but he said his plunge into the river reminded him that he was embroiled in a life and death struggle.

“When I fell through it started to get pretty real at that point,” he said. “I guess I thought I could get out a lot easier than i was able to.

I guess it woke me up a bit that I better not become the third victim.”

The gravity of his narrow escape began to sink in over the next two weeks, as he found himself fielding media calls from across the country and rapidly rising to the status of a local celebrity.

As he accepted awards from the Edmonton fire department and tributes from other local organizations, the events of the day sank in with greater force.

The scope of the impact he had was forcibly brought home to him when he was reunited with Samara, Krymzen and their parents at a junior hockey game.

Shaw said it was a relief to find the girls thriving after their ordeal, adding neither party was keen to dwell on the traumatic events.

“We talked a bit about it, but I think they were in shock a little bit and don’t really remember a lot of the details,” he said.

The particulars haven’t faded from the collective consciousness, however. Shaw and Rocky continue to be honoured for their actions, receiving a medal of bravery from the Royal Canadian Humane Association as recently as November.

Shaw said the incident is still vivid for him, particularly as he goes about the outdoor activities he loves to engage in with his wife, their four-year-old son and twoyear-old daughter.

Being a father, he said, has made him more conscious of the need to emphasize safety at an early age.

“It’s a story you can tell your kids or anyone you see down by the river, for sure,” Shaw said of the incident. “Everyone knows how serious rivers are in Canada in the wintertime.

You always need to use precautions.“ If the mental effects of the encounter have lingered, the physical ones were quick to dissipate.

Shaw was back to normal within days, and Rocky didn’t suffer so much as a drop in appetite.

If anything, Shaw said the rescue effort seems to have intensified his heroic hound’s love of arctic conditions.

“Sometimes we’ll go out skidooing and he’ll be running in the snow beside me, there’ll be an open spot in the water and I’ll see him just go over and lie down because he’s hot,” Shaw said. “This dog’s crazy.”

Park officials want to kill two cougars that have attacked dogs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ELKWATER — Officials plan to track and kill two young cougars they believe have attacked three pets in or around Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park over the past month.

The latest event happened Saturday night when a Jack Russell Terrier was let out of a cabin in Elkwater, about 75 kilometres southeast of Medicine Hat. The dog was grabbed by a cougar before two owners jumped out of a hottub and scared off the cat.

The terrier escaped with only cuts and bruises and the owners were not injured.

Park manager Peter Swain said cougars are usually not brazen enough to hunt when people are around.

He said that makes the incident particularly concerning.

“The cougar would have been well aware there were people quite close by and still chose to attack the dog,” said Swain.

“As soon as you have a cougar that’s regularly preying on pets, it’s an issue in and of itself. But if it attacks while there are people present that’s atypical, and you just don’t take any risks.”

Conservation officers have been monitoring the situation since a dog was killed on a nearby ranch at the beginning of December.

Now, a hunting guide with dogs has been contracted and will begin tracking the cats as soon as fresh tracks appear in new snow that fell Sunday.

Once the cougars are treed by the dogs, conservation officers will take over and shoot them, said Swain.

Cameras set up following the first attack lead conservation officers to believe a pair of young cougars are responsible.

Cougars were confirmed to be living in the park in 2004 after decades of absence from the heavily wooded area that has a steep elevation and is isolated by hundreds of kilometres of grassland.

In 2012 it was estimated that there were about 20 to 40 cougars in the park that spans the AlbertaSaskatchewan boundary.

A recent article in Canadian Geographic Magazine states that over 110 years there have been 20 human deaths reported to have involved a cougar attack.

Residents should be “very aware” not to let their pets out unattended or without a leash, and take measures to “cougar proof” their buildings.

Wildrose embraces centrism, activism in 2013

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“You can have a fiscally conservative agenda so that you can balance the budget, but you can do so in a way that continues to preserve programs for the most vulnerable,” she said.

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But at the fall 2013 convention, the party had reiterated its support for all minority rights, and adopted stricter rules on candidates to make sure they’re picked earlier and screened closer.

Redford’s team reacted in 2013 as it did in 2012, by continuing to depict the Wildrose as marginal, angry extremists. On Twitter, Redford’s communications staff mockingly refers to them as Team Angry.

Smith said her team has moved on.

“Last year when people were just getting used to having a feisty opposition, I had some people say, ‘You’re really tough on the government (but) it seems like you’re criticizing a lot,”’ she said.

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EDMONTON — From Team Angry to Team Advocate, Alberta’s opposition Wildrose party enters 2014 with scars from some painful soul searching in 2013, but also armed with a new centrist, activist platform.

“I think we’ve come a long way in two years,” party Leader Danielle Smith said in a year-end interview.

“We’ve go two more years (before the 2016 election) to demonstrate our credibility not only as an opposition but also as a government in waiting, but I’m very pleased with the progress.”

In 2013, Smith’s 17-member caucus moved beyond its focus on balanced budgets and government ethics scandals to more community involvement and to highlighting problems with dayto-day government policy.

They publicized the plight of a three-year-old Aleena Sadownyk, keeping the issue on the front-pages until the government agreed to fund expensive but potentially life-saving enzyme replacement therapy for her.

This fall, the Wildrose fought for the family of Violet MacDonald, a senior who was ignored in a Calgary senior’s care home to the point her bedsores poisoned her bloodstream and decayed her flesh, bringing on complications that ultimately led to her death.

Health Minister Fred Horne said he was appalled by the case and is now reviewing the contract for the care fa-

cility.

“I look at our role as the opposition as being an advocate,” said Smith.

“If we feel that we can, by shining a light on a particular issue, solve a policy problem that can benefit hundreds if not thousands of people, then we think that we’ve really done our job.”

The caucus has focused more on doing more, including setting up a foundation to fund various charitable causes. All the caucus members are looking to give back at the community level, participating in events like AIDS walks.

At Christmas, they decided to not give gifts to each other at the office party but instead donate them to a home for women fleeing domestic abuse.

There were changes at the party level, too.

At the party’s fall policy convention, they eradicated policy planks blamed for the election loss in 2012.

They formally embraced the science of climate change as a real problem that needs to be addressed.

In the last election — and even up to the days prior to the fall convention — Smith said the science was not settled, allowing Premier Alison Redford’s Tories to gleefully portray a theoretical Smith government as a bunch of embarrassing, science-denying hillbillies.

The Wildrose cause was also decimated in 2012 by racist and homophobic comments from two candidates.

When Smith refused to turf the candidates she was cast as an apologist for

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Doing the heavy lifting WE NEED LESS PROVINCE, MORE CITY, IN OUR POWER STRUCTURE A discussion of Red Deer’s budget is a pretty dismal topic to start the New Year. So let’s talk about Edmonton’s and Calgary’s budgets instead.

The combined populations of Edmonton and Calgary are greater than all of Canada’s provinces and territories, except Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia.

De-populate Calgary, and all GREG of Nova Scotia NEIMAN or New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador or Prince Edward Island would fit inside — with room left to include everyone from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut.

More than 80 per cent of Alberta lives in urban areas, which also happen to be Canada’s fastest-growing population centres.

That creates huge planning and budget headaches for the mayors and councils of our cities — something our own mayor and council can surely appreciate.

No matter how much the federal

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and provincial governments like to remind us of the valuable services we taxpayers get from the 30 to 40 per cent of our total annual income that we send them, almost all the services we rely on day-to-day are provided by our cities.

Yet, beyond the handouts strictly controlled by the provincial government, our cities rely on the worst conceivable method of revenue gathering: property taxes. They also get revenue from business taxes, of course, but it is property tax rates that end up creating the bottom line of every city and town’s local budget.

Not to mention, the most grief for locally-elected officials.

Other than your own personal comfort and security, your home provides no added value to the economy at large. A few people (like me) earn a few dollars working out of their homes, but that contribution is immeasurably small (especially mine).

The resale value of your home adds nothing to the economy, so why tax it?

It is only cultural inertia and laziness on the part of federal and provincial governments that keeps the system as it is.

The mayors who must budget for two of Canada’s largest and fastest-growing population zones say they want power to generate city revenue out of the economic activity, not land value, of their economies.

Predictably, the province is not overwhelmingly behind them.

Premier Alison Redford and Doug Griffiths, her former minister of municipal affairs, were dead against Edmonton and Calgary gaining additional tax powers in a new set of charters.

Especially if it meant the province got less revenue.

They both sang the common refrain: “There’s only one taxpayer.” They have that taxpayer solidly chained to themselves, and they had no intention of sharing.

With the recent instalment of Ken Hughes as the new minister, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson see an opportunity to restart talks on a charter idea that had been sitting idle since 2012.

While Griffiths said new tax powers were off the table, Nenshi scoffed that they were always on. You can’t simply say an idea doesn’t exist just because you’re the provincial minister. Hughes sees that light and says he’s willing to at least talk about the idea.

Redford says that if Edmonton and Calgary got any new tax powers, any revenues raised would be deducted from the Municipal Sustainability Initiative grants the cities receive. Last year, Calgary got $254 million and Edmonton got $170 million.

Don’t you feel so protected by that?

Of course, there is no mention at all that the province would offer any tax

relief at all to anyone to offset the revenues that would no longer be sent to the major cities in MSI grants.

See the dichotomy? Taxpayers in Edmonton and Calgary certainly would.

Danielle Smith of the Wildrose opposition says that transit, homelessness and traffic issues will require extra revenue for our cities to pay for them. The pressures of rapid growth are unassailable; you can’t just close your doors to newcomers.

Smith doesn’t know how or where an agreement for that would arrive.

I do. It arrives from the province and feds taking less, because they are doing less.

But as you can surely appreciate, there’s an idea that’s off the table.

Cities do all the heavy lifting for the daily life of this nation. Roads, power, sewers, water, safety, law enforcement — the provision of our daily bread — all are made available where the people live.

When Canada was founded, that was done on farms. Today, it is in cities.

Taxing property value is a quagmire of wilful ignorance. We need less province, more city, in the power structure of this nation — with a revenue system to match it.

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

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Of course, we are focused on weather.

We live in a big country where we often travel long distances. Mother Nature is the one that decides how our journeys will go.

In Canada, all within one year, we can see record heat waves, tornadic storms, flooding rains and ice storms. Millions of us are affected by these events.

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Apparently in a very modern way these days.

We just pull out our handy dandy mobile devices and tap our way through it, like nowhere else in the world, according to a recent online survey by Ipsos.

Canadian Press reports that more than 19,000 respondents in 27 countries responded to the survey about what kinds of apps they used regularly. (Online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population like traditional telephone polls.)

True to their nature, 47 per cent of Canadians polled said the app they most often loaded on their mobile device is a weather app. This is eight percentage points above the global average. Some may be wondering, given the weather we have in this country, why a beer app isn’t more popular.

Anyway, comparatively speaking, only 22 per cent

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Weather apps are the next best thing to sliced bread. In an instant, wherever you are, you can see not just temperatures and wind and forecast, but also dramatic, artsy-looking radar pictures.

Weather apps are incredibly popular. Apple, for example, has hundreds and hundreds of apps related to weather — with names like GameDay Weather, Global Warming Prediction, Good Weather, Calgary Wind Warning, Here Comes The Sun, and Home and Dry, there’s something for everyone, and every Canadian situation.

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nor injuries after her car went over a bridge railing and plunged into the icy South Saskatchewan River.

Police say the woman managed to scramble onto the roof of her car and then onto a piece of ice.

A water rescue team than brought her safely to shore.

Police say they aren’t sure what caused the 23-year-old woman to lose control of the car, but alcohol was not a factor.

Canadian farmers grew a record 95.5 million tonnes of grain in 2013

BUSBY — RCMP have charged a man with murder as they investigate the deaths of two men near a rural community northwest of Edmonton.

Police say Kevin Boles, 46, and Curtis Perrin, 37 were found shot Saturday in a home near Busby.

Autopsies were set for Monday.

Alvin Boles, 70, faces second-degree murder, manslaughter, use of a firearm and another charge.

He was the father of Kevin Boles.

Alvin Boles is being held in custody pending a Jan. 8 court appearance.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 A5 dian producers grow a record amount of wheat and canola this year.

Agriculture Canada estimates grain production at 95.5 million tonnes.

That is up from 75.4 million tonnes last year.

The bumper crop has caused delays in shipping the grain to markets.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says deliveries are ahead of last year’s pace, but the grain glut is causing what he calls “unique challenges.”

But he says the federal government is working with rail and shipping companies to help make the grain transportation system more efficient.

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Curtis Dale Hill, 34, died of blunt force trauma.

Witnesses say Hill was involved in a fight with inmates in his cell.

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A cortege leaves a church following the funeral of reputed mafia boss Vito Rizzuto in Montreal, Monday.

Rizzuto died last week from natural causes.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Police, bystanders and hundreds of mourners were on hand Monday for Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto’s funeral in the same church where his son and father were remembered after their violent deaths.

Bells pealed as Rizzuto’s goldcoloured casket was carried out of the Notre-Dame-de-la-Defense Church in the heart of Montreal’s Little Italy.

Family members left in a convoy of nearly a dozen limousines.

Elaborate flower arrangements, including one in the shape of a golf bag — a nod to one of Rizzuto’s favourite pastimes — were tied to the bumpers.

The traditional Roman Catholic service lasted about an hour.

“It was a very simple funeral,” said Igino Incantalupo, the priest who oversaw the ceremony.

“People displayed a very, very surprising level of calm and seriousness.”

People who tried to get in were screened and asked if they were family.

Rizzuto, 67, died of natural causes in a Montreal hospital last Monday.

His death was a far cry from the

violent endings that befell his son Nick in 2009 and his father Nicolo in 2010.

Nick Rizzuto was gunned down on the street, while Nicolo Rizzuto was shot by a sniper in his Montreal mansion.

There was a heavy police presence outside the church Monday, with cop cars directing traffic and investigators in unmarked vehicles snapping photos of mourners.

Despite the bone-chilling cold, a crowd of people watched the scene unfold from across the street.

Marjolaine Martin, 65, grew up nearby and said she was attracted by the mystery of the family.

She was on hand for the funeral of Rizzuto’s father and son as well.

She said Monday’s event felt like the “end of a dynasty.”

“When I think that when I grew up here and played in the neighbourhood, and they were probably around here,” Martin said.

“We don’t know their secrets, that’s for sure, but their names are mentioned all the time in the newspapers and on the news.”

Experts say Rizzuto was the leader of an organized crime ring that had influence across Canada and beyond.

After being released from a U.S. prison in 2012, Rizzuto reput-

edly regained control over much of his turf.

Mafia watchers say it’s unclear who will take over — and some have speculated there could be a period of violence if a clear successor isn’t established.

There have been questions in the past about whether those with Mafia ties should have the right to a Catholic burial.

Earlier this year, a bishop in Italy issued a decree that says convicted mobsters will be denied a church funeral.

Nicole Fortier, a longtime parishioner at Notre-Dame-de-la-Defense who also came to watch, said she has no issue with the church’s decision to accord Rizzuto a funeral.

“We’re all humans,” she said.

“It’s not for us to judge.”

Many bystanders recalled Rizzuto as a charming, friendly man.

Flavio Codarin used to wait tables for Rizzuto at a neighbourhood cafe.

He said the crime boss was always quick to say hello and had a big smile.

“He was very kind to me,” Codarin recalled.

“He would say, ‘Watch that no one puts poison in (my food).’ So he was dependent on me,” he said with a loud laugh.

A southwestern Ontario resident’s attempt to meddle in the Senate scandal by calling 911 on Mike Duffy made the local police force’s annual list of the silliest emergency calls of the year.

The caller accused the embattled senator of fraud in effort to sic Chatham, Ont., police on him — despite being more than 700 kilometres from the capital.

That wasn’t enough to nab the top spot, however.

The call only ranked fifth out of the force’s 10 most ridiculous reports.

First prize went to a lovers’ quarrel over a glass eye. A man reported his girlfriend hid the prosthesis after he took it out at her home, and asked that police help him retrieve it.

Second place went to a driver who ended up being carjacked by a goat.

Police say the woman initially called after seeing the animal in the road, but when she stepped out of her vehicle to look for an address to give the 911 operator, the goat hopped in.

In third position were “bored” youngsters who police say tried to “trip” cars with a dog leash.

Another close call with nature earned the fourth spot, this one involving a squirrel whose daredevil leap through an open car window caused the driver to plough into a ravine. Police say the furry joyrider learned his lesson.

Other highlights include a man who wanted police to prevent rain water from his neighbour’s roof from falling on his property, a woman who came face-toface with a possum in her bathroom cupboard, and a person barred from driving who rode an e-bike to a probation appointment.

Here is the complete list from the Chatham-Kent Police Service: 1. A man called police to help him retrieve his personal property. The man had gone to his girlfriend’s home and taken out his glass eye. He was upset that she hid his eye and refused to return it.

2. A female driver who saw a goat on the road called police to report the animal had jumped in the vehicle when she got out to look for an address to give the 911 operator.

3. Calls about bored youths trying to “trip” cars with dog leashes.

4. A squirrel jumped through the open window of a car, causing the driver to accelerate into a ravine.

Luckily the driver was not injured and the squirrel now looks before leaping.

5. It would be expected that a person would call police to report a $90,000 fraud. However, it’s not common that the caller names Sen. Mike Duffy in Ottawa as the accused.

6. A man called police because rain water from his neighbour’s roof was falling on his property.

7. Police receive call about a dispute between neighbours started over porch lights one of them felt were too bright.

8. A woman called 911 after she opened her bathroom cupboard and was face-to-face with a possum.

Animal control was called.

9. A home owner relaxing in his hot tub was startled by a male who jumped his fence and fell into the pool. Any criminal plans the male had quickly sizzled. He hastily left the hot tub and sloshed away into the darkness.

10. If you’re on probation with conditions not to drive a motor vehicle, it may not be a good idea to drive your e-bike to your probation appointment.

Pound pooch warns owner of cougar attack PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Weeks after Brock Schell and his family saved Bam the pit bull-cross from certain death, the 18-month-old dog may have returned the favour by saving Schell from a cougar attack.

While shovelling snow from his driveway earlier this month, Schell could hear the usually timid Bam barking up a storm.

At first he thought Bam was playing with the other family dog, but soon realized it was something much more sinister.

“I came walking up and it looked at me and I could see the round head and ears,” Schell recalled, standing in the driveway where the close encounter occurred. “I’m taking in the tail and I stopped dead, the spike of fear went right up my spine.”

The adult cougar was just metres away from where Schell was standing.

Sightings of the animals in the rural areas just west of Prince George, B.C., aren’t unheard of, but are rare.

Schell immediately knew the danger the feline posed, but since the cougar was standing between him and his house he retreated back to his car.

Shortly after Schell’s wife, Toni, returned home and the car spooked the cougar, which leapt up on to a ridge and ran away.

“It was intense for a few minutes until I was sure it wasn’t around,” he said.

Schell’s credits Bam not only for alerting him to the cougar’s presence, but also distracting the cat enough to allow him to get to safety.

He said he suspected the cat may have been after the dog in the first place, but he wasn’t taking any chances.

The family has had three pit bulls in the past, so was familiar with the breed and its reputation for being aggressive.

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As time has gone on Bam has warmed up more and more to the family and Schell said he’s grateful to have the dog.

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Bam had only come into the Schell family in October when they agreed to foster him from the SPCA. Schell worked with the shy dog to improve his social skills and coached him for some meetings with prospective adoptive families.

When no one was willing to take Bam in permanently and the decree came down that Bam was to be destroyed, Schell and his family quickly decided that they would welcome Bam into their home for good.

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Corruption probe set to continue Quebec’s fight against corruption snared some high-profile personalities in 2013, including two well-known mayors who were slapped with serious criminal charges.

Whether 2014 is just as dramatic is unclear as the Charbonneau Commission resumes its public hearings and the province’s anti-corruption unit continues to probe criminal activity at various political levels.

Besides then-interim Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum landing in the legal spotlight and gangsterism charges being filed against former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt, 2013 saw: ● The province’s largest labour federation put under the microscope as its construction wing was shown to essentially be under the control of organized crime. ● The departure of several senior engineering and construction executives after testimony at the Charbonneau inquiry revealed that lucrative contracts were the payoff for clandestine funding that circumvented the province’s strict rules.

France Charbonneau’s headline-grabbing commission into construction corruption cast a wide net in 2013, with one major player being Ken Pereira, a former Quebec Federation of Labour organizer who blew the whistle on a former boss and his questionable expenses.

The forthright Pereira was the springboard for one of the inquiry’s main angles in 2013: how the Mob and the Hells Angels were firmly entrenched in the fabric of one of Quebec’s most powerful unions.

Pereira said he believes corruption is everywhere but that Quebec has been willing to come clean.

“Maybe Quebec has corruption problems, but at least we’ve had an inquiry, we’ve admitted it and we’ve exposed it,” Pereira said from Europe, where he was vacationing.

“What’s wrong with the rest of Canada is maybe they don’t want to see it or want to expose it.”

Over six days, Pereira provided a story that even he had trouble believing when he was living it: allegations of inflated expenses and union bosses living high on the hog, with some having very cosy relations with mobsters, bikers and businessmen.

Pereira testified about Jocelyn Dupuis, who was head of the Quebec Federation of Labour’s construction wing. Dupuis was shown to be close to Raynald Desjardins, once a close associate of recently deceased mobster Vito Rizzuto.

Pereira also said he frequently saw Dupuis associating with Normand (Casper) Ouimet, a notable Hells Angels member.

Pereira feuded with Dupuis and appropriated receipts that proved the overblown expenses. At one point, Desjardins sat Pereira down at a hotel near Montreal to ask him to put an end to the feuding with Dupuis.

Ostracized by union brass, Pereira eventually handed the bills over to provincial police. Dupuis now faces criminal charges stemming from the expenses.

“It was a bit surreal for me — I went from being a guy who defended workers’ rights for 25 years to being a guy whose life was in danger because he had some receipts in his hands,” Pereira said.

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ple who lost a lot of money...but I believe that I’m less scared of the Mob than the FTQ (Quebec Federation of Labour) was of the media.”

Pereira was blackballed in Quebec and has worked in Alberta since 2009.

The commission and friends have told him he was brave for speaking out.

“Maybe I was courageous, but at the time it was the right thing to do,” Pereira said.

“I’m just a normal guy who was on a mission and that’s it.”

Where the province’s high-profile inquiry goes in 2014, its final full calendar year, remains to be seen. Charbonneau said in December the probe will continue studying organized crime in the construction industry in January before switching to other topics of interest.

The nature of those topics would be made clear in the future, she added.

Charbonneau must submit an interim report to the Quebec government by the end of January 2014. And a final report will come in April 2015.

The public portion of the inquiry is slated to resume on Jan. 13.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A specially-trained tracking dog working with conservation officers near Kamloops, B.C., has been killed by a cougar.

Conservation officer Kevin Van Damme says the incident happened Saturday while two service dogs were tracking a wounded cougar through a rural area outside the southern Interior city.

He says the cougar had a wire wrapped around its paw so was unable to climb a tree to escape the dogs.

Instead, it turned on its pursuers, killing one dog named Bust and biting the second dog, named Boomer, in the head.

The cougar was tracked and destroyed on Sunday and Van Damme says Boomer will recover, but the loss of Bust is a blow to the Conservation Service’s newlyformed canine unit.

Both dogs had been brought to the Kamloops-area from the United States earlier this year to help launch the unit.

Just 725 customers left without power after ice storm TORONTO — A few hundred Toronto customers who remain without power more than a week after a fierce ice storm hit Central and Eastern Canada can expect to have it fully restored by the end of the day, Mayor Rob Ford said Monday.

The number of those without power in the city has shrunk to 725 from about 300,000 customers at the height of outages.

Ford said most other services, including fire, police and emergency medical services, were back to normal Monday, and he praised hydro crews and city staff who pitched in to help over the past nine days.

“We have never had a storm like this in Toronto’s history, and hopefully, we’ll never have to do this again,” Ford said.

“We will have the 725 finished today for sure,” he added.

Two people hurt in avalanche GOLDEN, B.C. — A group of backcountry skiers has been rescued after being caught up in an avalanche near Golden, B.C., not far from the Alberta boundary.

RCMP received a call from the International Emergency Response Reporting Centre on Sunday indicating that an avalanche beacon had been activated.

Police say one of the four people involved was able to relay

10 skiers safe after night lost in backcountry ROSSLAND, B.C. — A group of 10 skiers from Washington state who inadvertently ventured into British Columbia’s backcountry

kept themselves warm by starting a fire and huddling together until help arrived, the RCMP said.

The skiers were at Red Mountain Resort, near Rossland in southeastern B.C., on Sunday when they set off to explore a new area of Grey Mountain, said Cpl. Dave Johnson.

They were reported missing by family members when they did not return as expected.

Johnson said the skiers, who ranged in age, did not intend to ski the backcountry and, consequently, weren’t prepared for a night on a cold mountain.

Nonetheless, he said the skiers made smart decisions that kept them safe until they were located, unharmed, by a search-and-rescue team early Monday morning, said Johnson.

Plane and cube van collide on tarmac There’s been a bizarre collision between an Air Canada Jazz plane and a catering truck at the Calgary International Airport.

The incident happened Monday morning on the tarmac near Gate 11.

Jody Mosely of the Calgary Airport Authority says it appears the aircraft was pushed off the gate and bumped the cube van, knocking it over.

She says one person was checked out by EMS for what she described as a potential minor injury.

Alberta Health Services says one person was assessed on site and didn’t require further care.

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Police say two members of the party were injured when the snow rolled down over the group.

Members of the Golden and District Search and Rescue team responded to the area Sunday night, were able to stabilize the injured and stayed with the group overnight.

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Business confidence slips BUT BUSINESSES ARE STILL RELATIVELY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2014

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Loblaw Co. Ltd. chairman Galen Weston Jr. speaks before the company’s annual meeting in Toronto on Thursday May 2, 2013. The Canadian Press has named Galen G. Weston as its Business Newsmaker of the Year for 2013.

Galen G. Weston named Canadian Press Business Newsmaker of the year COMPANY HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM WHEN THE YOUNGER WESTON TOOK OVER FROM HIS FATHER AS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF LOBLAW IN 2006 Weston to comment to the media until the Shoppers deal closes.

Shoppers’ shareholders recently voted in favour of the takeover offer and the deal is before the fedTORONTO — He’s been a familiar face to Canadi- eral competition bureau for approval.

During the summer, the company also spun off its ans for years — approachable, friendly, and asking real estate holdings into a new publicly traded trust, them to come shop at his family’s grocery stores.

Behind the scenes, he also helped lead Loblaw’s Choice Properties (TSX:CHP.UN), which remains restructuring efforts at a time of intense competition majority owned by Loblaw.

Since the drugstore deal, the company, which while pushing green, organic and fresh products.

But it was his role in one of the biggest take- owns Loblaws, President’s Choice and several other grocery brands as well as overs in the country’s rethe Joe Fresh clothing line, tail history as well as his has said it remains focused strong stance on the need on winning over customers for change in Bangladesh with lower prices and a bigafter the Dhaka factory colger selection of fresh foods. lapse in April that won GaIt’s not yet back to the len G. Weston the title of point of growing its profits, Canadian Press Business as it struggles to draw in Newsmaker of the Year for shoppers in an increasingly 2013. competitive retail environWeston received about ment that pits it against 22 per cent of the votes, folSobeys and Metro, as well lowed by BCE chief execuas U.S. retailers such as tive George Cope and forWalmart, Target and Costmer Blackberry CEO Thorco. stein Heins, who tied for But the company has second place with 17 per cent of the votes each.

— KEN HARDY, A MARKETING PROFESSOR come a long way from where “It’s not just one of the EMERITUS AT WESTERN UNIVERSITY’S it was when the younger largest deals this year — RICHARD IVEY BUSINESS SCHOOL Weston took over from his father W. Galen Weston as it’s one of the largest deals executive chairman of Loin Canada ever,” Derek DeCloet, Editor of Report on Business at The Globe and blaw in 2006.

“Loblaw stores were in a bit of disarray. He was Mail, said in voting for Weston.

“It will shape the future of the Canadian retailing new, they had distribution issues and they had strategy issues and they were turning over some sector.”

“Tough call here. I voted for Weston, being at the senior personnel as they modified the distribucentre of not one, but two of the top business stories tions,” said Ken Hardy, a marketing professor of the year,” said Adam Nyp, News Director at CIHR emeritus at Western University’s Richard Ivey Business School. in Woodstock, Ont. “He was so youthful to take over a major chain It was a busy year for Weston, whose family regularly makes the list of richest Canadians with a for- and there was this imminent threat of Walmart’s food empire moving north, so yes, I think there was tune that tops $10 billion.

Loblaw (TSX:L) moved to acquire Shoppers Drug some skepticism,” Hardy said.

“But the board plugged in some good people and Mart (TSX:SC) in a blockbuster $12.4-billion deal that will allow it to better compete against retail giants, they went ahead and made the changes, so he had such as Walmart, and provide cash flow of about $1 support.” billion to pay down debt.

The company said it wouldn’t be appropriate for Please see WESTON on Page A9

BY ROMINA MAURINO THE CANADIAN PRESS

‘HE WAS SO YOUTHFUL TO TAKE OVER A MAJOR CHAIN AND THERE WAS THIS IMMINENT THREAT OF WALMART’S FOOD EMPIRE MOVING NORTH, SO YES, I THINK THERE WAS SOME SKEPTICISM.’

West whips up Quebec trade battle over dessert toppings, other oilseed products

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — The Western provinces are whipping up a trade battle with Quebec over dessert toppings and other products made by oilseed producers.

Saskatchewan says it is challenging Quebec’s restrictions that prevent certain margarine, coffee whiteners and dessert toppings from being sold in the Quebec market.

The challenge is to be heard Jan. 8 in Quebec City by a dispute resolution panel under the panCanadian Agreement on Internal Trade.

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A ruling by the panel is expected by the end of March.

Saskatchewan Trade Minister Tim McMillan said Quebec’s trade restrictions are illegal under rules that prohibit governments from creating barriers to interprovincial trade.

“Saskatchewan believes in free trade, and our government is committed to knocking down barriers that harm our farmers,” McMillan said in a release Monday.

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Other oilseeds produced in Canada include soybeans, sunflowers and flax.

Sean McPhee, president of the Vegetable Oil Industry of Canada, said oilseed producers support the trade challenge.

“Our members look forward to the time when vegetable oil-based alternatives to dairy products can be manufactured and sold in all parts of Canada,” he said.

Quebec’s dairy industry organization, the Federation des producteurs de lait du Quebec, estimates its members make more than 42 per cent of Canada’s dairy products.

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Christmas cheer may have been lacking at some Alberta businesses during December, based on the latest survey conducted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

The CFIB reports that the confidence level of entrepreneurs in this province fell 1.4 points to 70.6 out of a possible 100 during the month.

“Unfortunately, it looks like many business owners, especially those in retail, are feeling the holiday season may not have been as good as they had hoped and expected,” said Richard Truscott, Alberta director with the CFIB. However, the confidence level in Alberta remained well above the national average, which fell 3.6 points to 62.3. British Columbia business owners were the most confident, at 72.6, followed by Alberta, and then Saskatchewan (68.4), Newfoundland (68.1), Manitoba (63.4), Ontario (62.9), Prince Edward Island (58.3) Nova Scotia (58.3), New Brunswick (56.7) and Quebec (53.8).

“Despite some softening of confidence in a few keys sectors, which may at least be partly explained by seasonality in the data, our province’s business owners, on balance, are still relatively optimistic about the performance of their business going into 2014,” said Truscott.

Forty-four per cent of the survey respondents in Alberta said their business’s performance was good, down six points since November. Only eight per cent described it as bad, two points higher than a month earlier.

The shortage of skilled workers remained the biggest operating challenge for small business, with 36 per cent of entrepreneurs citing the issue as one limiting their sales or production growth.

Thirty-two per cent of business owners surveyed said they planned to expand their full-time workforce in the next three months, compared to 38 per cent in November. Only six per cent were expecting a reduction in employment, one point higher than in November.

The CFIB said a business confidence index level normally ranges between 65 and 75 when the economy is growing at its potential.

Commercial flights from Key West to Cuba resume AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KEY WEST, Fla. — The first commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years landed Monday in Havana, capping several years of efforts to reunite the two islands, though regular air service still appeared a distant prospect.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection gave the final approval for the flight Monday morning, and the nine-passenger aircraft departed 90 minutes later at 10 a.m., Key West International Airport director Peter Horton said.

“This is just a test run,” Horton said. “Whether this is going to come and be a regular service I don’t believe has been determined yet.”

Federal officials granted Key West the green light to resume flights to and from the island country in October 2011. It took more than two years, however, for the first flight to take off. Charter operators said they had trouble getting all of the required approvals from U.S. and Cuban authorities. They have also struggled with capacity issues: Key West is currently only approved to process 10 passengers and crew from Cuba at a time.

Cuba and Key West have a long and interwoven history. Before the 1959 revolution, there was regular flight and ferry service to the island. Residents could fly to Havana for lunch and be back in Key West in time for dinner.

The Cessna Conquest II aircraft departed the Florida island Monday carrying nine passengers, five of which planned to participate in a licensed “people-to-people” trip focusing on Cuba’s culture and environment organized by the Florida Keys Tropical Research Ecological Exchange Institute.

The Obama administration reinstituted the cultural exchange licenses in 2011, allowing organizations to take U.S. citizens to the island for educational activities that promote understanding and exchange with ordinary Cubans. The travellers are scheduled to meet with Cubans at botanical gardens, organic farms and cultural centres.

Key West Mayor Craig Cates flew to Cuba with the group, but returned Monday without venturing beyond the Havana airport terminal.

“We’re 90 miles away from Cuba,” Cates said.

“We’re closer to Cuba than Miami. We haven’t had flights over there in 50 years. It’s going to be great for the city of Key West — cultural exchange, historic exchange, to be able to go back and forth directly from Key West.”

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MARKETS $226.23 while MacDonald Dettwiler & Assoc. (TSX:MDA) climbing $1.56 to $82.48.

The base metals sector gained 0.25 per cent with March copper on the Nymex unchanged at US$3.38 a pound. First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) gained 47 cents to C$19.12.

The TSX is preparing to end 2013 with a respectable advance of about nine per cent. Gains would have been greater if not for deep losses in the mining sectors. In addition to the big losses in gold, the base metals component has retreated 22 per cent.

In sharp contrast, the Dow industrials has plowed ahead 26 per cent.

This has also been a strong year for many overseas markets, with Frankfurt’s DAX up 26 per cent, the Paris CAC up 18.4 per cent and London’s FTSE 100 gaining 14 per cent.

But none matched Tokyo’s Nikkei 225, which soared 56.7 per cent in 2013 on renewed confidence in the economy after years of feeble growth.

In corporate news, Montrealbased TransForce Inc. (TSX:TFI) has come out the winner in a two-way bidding war for Vitran Corp. (TSX:VTN), another Canadian trucking and logistics company.

Toronto-headquartered Vitran is now supporting TransForce’s offer of US$6.50 per share in cash for the stock it doesn’t already own. The deal is valued at US$136 million, including US$29 million of debt that will be assumed by TransForce. TransForce shares ran ahead 20 cents to $25.11 while Vitran was 25 cents lower at $6.88.

U.S.-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE:CTB) is calling off its proposed $2.2-billion buyout by India’s Apollo Tyres, a deal that would have created the world’s seventhlargest tire company. Cooper said Monday that financing is no longer available and that it still believes Apollo breached the terms of the agreement. Cooper shares ran up $1.24 to US$24.20.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS on Monday: S&P/TSX 13,581.39, down 6.59 points THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Monday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,581.39 down 6.59 points TSX Venture Exchange — 921.24 up 2.21 points

TSX 60 — 781.68 down 1.03 points Dow — 16,504.29 up 25.88 points (record high) S&P 500 — 1,841.07 down 0.33 of a point Nasdaq — 4,154.20 down 2.39 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 93.98 cents US, up 0.56 of a cent Pound — C$1.7562, down 0.67 of a cent Euro — C$1.4682, down 0.22 of a cent Euro — US$1.3799, up 0.62 of a cent Oil futures: US$99.29 per barrel, down $1.03 (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,203.80 per oz., down $10.20 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: Closed through Jan. 3.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Monday at 921.24, up 2.21 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 153.51 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices Monday: Canola: Jan. ’14 $10.60 higher $438.20; March ’14 $9.80 higher $447.70; May ’14 $10.10 higher $456.80; July ’14 $10.20 higher $465.30; Nov. ’14 $10.40 higher $478.70; Jan ’15 $10.40 higher $484.00; March ’15 $10.40 higher $489.40; May ’15 $10.40 higher $493.50; July ’15 $10.40 higher $493.20; Nov ’15 $10.40 higher $489.40; Jan. ’16 $10.40 higher $489.40.

Barley (Western): March ’14 unchanged $146.00; May ’14 unchanged $148.00; July ’14 unchanged $148.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $148.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $148.00; March ’15 unchanged $148.00; May ’15 unchanged $148.00; July ’15 unchanged $148.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $148.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $148.00; March ’16 unchanged $148.00.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 432,600 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 432,600.

Boeing says that union vote will decide fate of jobs on new 777X jet THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Boeing Co. told political leaders in the Seattle area on Monday that this week’s vote by Machinists will determine the fate of some jobs on the new 777X airplane.

Local politicians gathered at a press conference in Everett to discuss the importance of approving the revised contract offer. They said Boeing executive Ray Conner told them earlier in the day that an accepted contract will ensure that work on the airplane’s wing stays in the Puget Sound area, but a vote to reject the deal will ensure the jobs go elsewhere.

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke says there is no other choice but to vote yes. Otherwise, the politicians warned of a decline in the state’s aerospace industry.

“We will see the demise of the economic stimulus that Boeing has provided us,” Cooke said.

Boeing spokesman Doug Alder declined to discuss details of the company’s conversations with local leaders but said this week will “be the last opportunity for the union to vote prior to Boeing making a decision” on where it will build the 777X. Local union leaders have opposed the contract because they believe it involves too many concessions, including a plan to shift workers away from traditional pensions. National lead-

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WESTON: Shoppers deal a home run Gord Nixon, chief executive of RBC and a Weston family friend, said the younger Galen and his team should be credited for their role in the restructuring of Loblaw during a time industry margins are shrinking.

“I think the Shoppers Drug Mart deal certainly has the potential to be a real home run for them and give them the opportunity to shift their strategies to address some of the changes that are taking place in the marketplace,” said Nixon.

“It’s been a transformational year all around given the two big transactions ... and some of the progress the company has made in terms of addressing some of their cost issues and efficiency issues.”

For several years Weston, whose family is Loblaw’s biggest shareholder, has helped personify the brand and differentiate it from competitors like Metro or Sobeys, which have no offi-

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ers in International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have scheduled a vote despite the objections of local officials.

Since the Machinists rejected a contract offer last month, the company has solicited bids from other states. A total of 22 states have submitted offers to secure work on the 777X. Boeing’s warning on Monday focused on the composite wing needed for the 777X. John Lovick, the Snohomish County executive, said Boeing plans to build a 1.2 million square foot (110,000 square meter) building to construct the wing in the Puget Sound if the Machinists approve the latest offer.

The political leaders said the company’s warnings didn’t address where the fuselage would be built if Machinists reject the offer.

Still, they said the composite wing is a new technology that will be a critical component for airplanes of the future.

If that work goes elsewhere, it likely will mean future airplane production will go where the wings are built, the government leaders said.

Production of Boeing’s 777X would likely secure thousands of well-paying jobs to whatever region wins the work. The plane is a new iteration of its strong-selling 777, and the company recently received orders for 225 new 777X planes from three airlines at the Dubai Airshow.

Boeing began offering the 777X in May. cial spokespersons.

Sobeys has more recently hired British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to promote its stores. He had previously done the same for Sainsbury’s, a U.K. grocery chain.

Weston also positioned himself as a champion for healthy, organic and ethical food, with TV commercials that emphasized those product categories.

Monica LaBarge, a marketing professor at Queen’s University, said Loblaw has continued the elder Weston’s philosophy of continuing innovation, but also reflects his son’s own perspective.

“It’s an interesting evolution of the brand that is probably affected by him, who he is and the age that he is.”

Weston was most visibly in the spotlight this year for his quick and upfront reaction to the collapse of a factory in Bangladesh that made Joe Fresh clothing.

More than 1,100 people died when the eight-storey building collapsed in April. While one of the factories in the building produced items for Joe Fresh, numerous other clothing makers were also in the complex.

“I’m troubled by the deafening silence from other apparel retailers on this,” Weston said at the time.

In this photo released by Samsung Electronics Co. Monday, models pose with a Samsung Electronics’ 110-inch UHD TV. Samsung on Monday said a 110-inch UHD TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea.

Samsung launches 110-inch U-HD TV for $150,000

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea.

The launch Monday of the giant television set reflects global TV makers’ move toward ultra HD TVs, as manufacturing bigger TVs using OLED proves too costly.

Last year, Samsung and rival LG Electronics, the world’s top two TV makers, touted OLED as the future of TV. OLED screens are ultrathin and can display images with enhanced clarity and deeper colour saturation.

But Samsung and LG failed to make OLED TVs a mainstream that would replace the LCD television sets and still struggling to mass produce larger and affordable TVs with OLED. Meanwhile, Japanese media reported last week that Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. decided to end their OLED partnership.

Demand for U-HD TVs is expect-

ed to rise despite a dearth of content while its price will likely come down faster than that of the OLED TVs. Much of the growth is forecast to come from China, a major market for the South Korean TV makers. Chinese TV makers have been making a push into the U-HD TV market as well.

According to NPD DisplaySearch, global sales of ultra-HD TV sets will surge from 1.3 million this year to 23 million in 2017. More than half of the shipments will be taken by Chinese companies between 2013 and 2017, according to NPD. While Chinese TV makers have been seeking to boost sales of U-HD TVs with a lower price and a smaller size, Samsung’s strategy is to go bigger with a higher price tag. Samsung’s 110-inch U-HD TV measures 2.6 metres by 1.8 metres. It will be available in China, the Middle East and Europe. In South Korea, the TV is priced at 160 million won ($152,000) while prices in other countries vary.

Samsung said it received 10 orders for the latest premium TVs from the Middle East.

Canadian consumer confidence rises in Q4, Alberta’s is highest THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Investors Group and Harris Decima say all regions of Canada have showed stronger consumer confidence since the beginning of 2013.

On a national level,

their index of consumer confidence in the fourth quarter was 84.4 — up nearly seven points from the first quarter.

Alberta’s index stood at 95.0 in the fourth quarter — the highest in the country, followed by the Manitoba-Saskatchewan region at 90.7.

Ontario was in line with the national average at 85 points at the end of the year.

Atlantic Canada (81.5), Quebec (80.3) and British Columbia (79.7) were all below the national average in terms of consumer confidence.

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed slightly lower Monday as gold stocks continued to add to huge losses already racked up this year.

The S&P/TSX composite index shed 6.59 points to 13,581.39 amid thinner than usual volumes as 2013 trading winds down.

The Canadian dollar clawed back a chunk of Friday’s three-quarters of a cent tumble, up 0.56 of a cent to 93.98 cents US. New York markets turned in a mixed performance with the Dow Jones industrials up 25.88 points at 16,504.29, the Nasdaq lost 2.39 points to 4,154.2 and the S&P 500 index dipped 0.33 of a point to 1,841.07.

On the economic front, traders took in U.S. data on pending home sales for November that suggested sales are stabilizing after several months of declines.

The National Association of Realtors said its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index ticked up to 101.7 from 101.5 in October. The figure for October was revised lower from an initial reading of 102.1.

Later in the week, the latest readings on house prices, consumer confidence and the American manufacturing sector will be released.

The gold sector led TSX decliners, down about three per cent and adding further damage to a sector already down about 50 per cent for the year.

The latest decline came as February bullion lost $10.20 to US$1,203.80 an ounce, bringing the overall price drop for the year to about 28 per cent.

Gold prices have taken a big hit this year as the global economy gradually improved and the U.S. Federal Reserve moved to cut back on a key area of stimulus, its monthly bond purchases.

Goldcorp (TSX:G) gave back 86 cents to C$22.25 while Iamgold (TSX:IMG) fell 21 cents to $3.50.

The energy sector was 0.36 per cent lower as the February crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped $1.03 to US$99.29 a barrel.

Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) was down 36 cents at C$36.88.

The consumer staples component led advancers, up 0.67 per cent with grocer Loblaw (TSX:L) up 55 cents at $42.55.

The tech component was ahead 0.57 per cent with Constellation Software (TSX:CSU) ahead $9.62 to

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do not let professional commitments or responsibilities create some tension to your flow of the day. Besides, you are in too much of a good mood to let anything become an impediment to your happiness. Home is where you will find joy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Engaging in diverse interactions will make you feel that you are living in a peaceful, nurturing environment. Reach to others and share your thoughts, ideas and concerns. You will be amazed how much support and gratitude you get.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may be the one dealing with all the chores at hand while others are playing around. You don’t mind being the entertainer of such gatherings; you actually end up playing the host ensuring you meet everyone’s expectation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): High productivity and efficiency are on your agenda today. Whatever you decide to complete today, no small detail will be missed. Your vitality keeps on boosting and fun-loving activities or a new blossoming romance seems to thrill you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Children can be your source of excitement today.

It is also possible that at this time, it is much easier for you to let out some hidden part of you and convey your concerns into words. Clarity within your emotions and deep reflections will prevail deeply within your psyche.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your source of nurture and enlightenment derives from aligning with individuals who share your visions for the future. It is imperative to you to have continuous respect and mutual receptivity from your peers. Acceptance within your circle is highly sought after.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your concentration powers are rock-solid. The need for public recognition and profitable gains from other sources are pointing towards a valuable accord that can be life-changing. It is also possible that news of a great magnitude will direct you towards a new pathway.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your situation at home might not be lucid; however, a stream of ideas and a number of unanticipated news will stimulate you into expanding your horizons to whole new levels. Exhilaration is highly emphasized in your agenda.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): You aim high and you know without a doubt where you are headed to.

You seek comfort within your private space and a secret lover can offer you much fulfilment and inner peace right now. Privacy appeals to you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will be astounded at how much appreciation and validation you can get from your closest people in your life. Relating to others seems so natural to you. You know they are your main source of love and joy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Household tasks remind you that it your duty to accomplish them. At the same

ASTRO DOYNA

SUN SIGNS time, your public receives you well and your presence is welcomed among their circle. You are more liberal and approachable at this time.

Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Frank Langella, 75; Morris Chestnut, 44; Katrina Law, 28 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Happy New Year! We are experiencing a New Moon in Capricorn today. New Moons are significant to new beginnings. This is the right time to plant those seeds if you wish to achieve results in the longrun. Create realistic, feasible plans and believe in maintaining a strong ambition.

Hard work will prove very rewarding and bring us the much-awaited success.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, a special new year is ahead of you!

The sky suggests the end of an old life routine and the beginning of a new one. It’s time to put an end to certain projects and develop new ones. Hard work can make you achieve new heights. Initiate something that you truly believe will bring you a more fruitful future.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): This New Moon will emphasize your career and professional life. Whatever initiatives you decide to implement now will prove gratifying for your image. You have the opportunity to renew your

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damental basis of your wellbeing? Once you have the answer, act upon it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you’ve always wanted to learn a new skill or a hobby, now is the time to develop it. You have immense curiosity and motivation to put your heart and soul into it. Yes, you also got that undeniable determination.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Your appreciation for the physical world and what it can bring to you highly appeals to you. You display a certain attachment towards your belongings and possessions. Now it is time to save in order to benefit from keeping them all.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): A renewed you is the picture you’d like to see right now. Work on yourself, your attitude towards others and your closest relationships. Embrace new experiences while your bravery and confidence can take you far.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Think of your life in a constructive way. Think how you can improve your past actions and what you need to do in order to fill the voids in your life. Do some soulsearching using your most practical tools along with common sense.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The New Moon will raise your awareness of your standing within your group of friends. You will become more consciousness of your place in your network and will desire to develop a companionship into something substantial.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily.

Dear Annie: Three months ago, I attended the funeral of a friend and former co-worker, “Renee.” I went in, signed the book, gave my condolences to her husband and was speaking to some friends.

At that point, another co-worker came up to me and said I should sit in the back of the mortuary because MITCHELL Renee wouldn’t want me & SUGAR there. I was stunned.

Shortly after, Renee’s daughter-in-law approached me and said, “Thank you for coming and being a friend to Renee.” Of course, by then I was crying and decided to leave.

When I spoke with another friend later, she told me she thought Renee was jealous of me. I cannot understand why.

Renee had a lovely family, a wonderful husband and a new home.

I know that many times when I enter a room, most people don’t really welcome me. I am tolerated by those with whom I have worked, and even my friends are like this. I have learned to accept it. But this funeral still upsets me.

Should they have called me the day before and told me not to come? By the way, I still have not received a thank you for the memorial I gave to the family. — Stunned in Nebraska Dear Stunned: We’re not sure what happened at the funeral. One person made you feel unwelcome, but the daughter-in-law thanked you for coming.

While we can understand your discomfort, you seem to value one person’s opinion over the rest.

However, there is another issue here. You claim that most people merely tolerate your presence. Why would you think that?

Are you behaving in a way that attracts negative attention? Is it possible you are oversensitive and misread others’ reactions?

Please talk to those friends you trust and ask for their honest opinion about you. No one should go through life believing they are not worth liking. Figure it out and then work on changing it. If you need to seek therapy to accomplish this, please do so.

ANNIE ANNIE

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DAZZLING DESSERTS FOR A SLICE OF SOMETHING DRAMATIC, ASK A PASTRY CHEF

BY DAVID HAGEDORN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Now that the thumbprint cookies and royally iced gingerbread men are behind you, it’s time to dazzle your friends with desserts for the new year.

In 2006, The Washington Post Food section asked nine D.C. area pastry chefs for holiday renditions of restaurant creations that home cooks could re-create. This year, with the same goal in mind, we tapped a new sampling of talent: Agnes Chin at Palena Restaurant; Ryan Westover at 1789 Restaurant; Jason Gehring at Menu; Beverly Bates at Ris; Brittany Frick at Doi Moi; Padua Player of Susan Gage Catering and the Suga Chef, his own business; and Alex Levin at Osteria Morini.

Some of the standout trends seven years ago remain popular today, most notably two: the tweaking of home-style American desserts, and dishes that reference pop-culture foods, breakfast cereals, candy and popcorn. What was then a dabbling into sweet-savory combinations has become a commitment — especially when it comes to salt with caramel or chocolate. Olive oil and fresh herbs as dessert ingredients are now commonplace.

On some dessert menus, almost every item includes something frozen. (Pricey batch freezers and Pacojets can produce multiple flavors with relative ease.) Prime examples: 1789’s carrot cake with

Chocolate Pudding Pie MAKES: 8 to 10 servings BELIEVE IT: This pudding pie is easy to make and will have people asking for seconds. Garnish it with chopped Heath Bars, Snickers bars or Oreos, or crushed Cocoa Puffs or other th chocolate h l t cereal.l Ch Chocolate l t shavings work well, too.

INGREDIENTS For the crust 1 cup broken-up Oreos or chocola ate wafer cookies 3/4 cup Cocoa Puffs, Cocoa Pebbles or Cocoa Krispies cereal Pinch kosher salt 3 to 4 tablespoons unsalted butte er, melted For the filling 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1/4 cup cornstarch 2 cups whole milk 1 cup heavy cream 6 ounces milk chocolate, finely chopped 1 teaspoon rum, brandy or coffee liiqueur (may substitute liquor of your choice) For the topping 1 cup chilled heavy cream 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar 2 teaspoons rum, brandy or coffe ee liqueur (may substitute liquor of your choice) Toffee pieces; chopped Snickers Bars; or crushed Cocoa Puffs, Cocoa Pebbles or Cocoa Krispies cereal, for garnish STEPS For th the e ccrus rust: t: Pre Prehea heatt tthe he ove oven n

purple carrot sherbet; Palena’s pumpkin custard brulee with cream cheese ice cream; Ris’ fig and almond tarts with foie gras ice cream; and Susan Gage’s black plum croustade with almond gelato.

One thing this crop of pastry chefs have in common is credentials. All have graduated from a culinary school, so it makes sense that they are inclined to display their chops with multiple-component textures on a single plate: a crumble, a sauce, a compote and crunch.

Take Alex Levin’s pistachio savarin, a nut-rich cake he serves at Osteria Morini with lemon cream and macerated supremes of ruby red grapefruit and Cara Cara, satsuma and blood oranges. But wait!

There’s more: blood orange sauce, meringue kisses, Medjool dates, a buttery crumble, creme fraiche sorbetto and a confit of Buddha’s hand. His pared-down version for the rest of us retains the nutty richness and citrus brightness of the original; a scoop of store-bought frozen yogurt completes the presentation.

Adhering to seasonality is de rigueur for these chefs; don’t look for strawberry shortcake on their menus in December and January. Home cooks, of course, don’t have that constraint, which is why we keep flash-frozen and/or preserved fruit on hand. In early fall, Levin served his savarin with fresh figs marinated in red wine, fig jam and candied ginger instead of the

to 325 degrees. Have a 9-inch pie e plate at hand.

Combine the cookies and cerea al in a food processor; pulse to a con-sistency of fine crumbs. Transfer to o a mixing bowl; stir in the salt and 3 tablespoons of the melted butter to o form a coated mixture. If the mix-ture seems dry, add the remaining g tablespoon of butter. Press into the e pie plate bottom and up the sides at least halfway. Bake for 10 minutes; the crust should look set. Cool.

For the filling: Whisk together the granulated sugar, salt, cocoa a powder and cornstarch in a medium m saucepan, then whisk in the milk and d heavy cream. Place over medium-high heat; cook for about 6 minutes, whisking constantly, until the mix-ture begins to bubble. Immediatelyy remove from the heat; whisk in the e milk chocolate and liquor/liqueur until smooth and well incorporated. The e pudding should be dark and shiny.

Pour into the prepared crust and d cover with plastic wrap placed di-rectly on the pudding so a skin doess not form. Chill completely; overnight is preferable. The pudding will be e softly set.

For the topping: Just before e you’re ready to serve, combine the e cream, confectioners’ sugar and li-quor/liqueur in the bowl of a stand d mixer or hand-held electric mixer.

Beat on low, then medium-high h speed to form soft peaks.

Discard the plastic wrap from the e pie, and spread the whipped cream m on top, or use two soup spoons to o create whipped cream quenelles, arranging them around the edge of the pie. Garnish with chopped tof-fee pieces, candy bars or cereal. To o serve, you might want to dip a thin, sharp knife into very hot water, then n dry it, before making each cut.

citrus. For the cherry compote that accompanies Beverly Bates’ egg nog panna cotta, frozen tart cherries stand in for fresh. At Ris, the custard will become a brown sugar panna cotta in January.

The recipes Player and Westover submitted feature year-round bananas and apples, respectively. Westover’s restaurant dish gilds monkey bread, starting with a rich brioche dough that he refrigerates for two days to impart a subtle sourdough tang. He then rolls little balls of the dough in cinnamon sugar; they are proofed and baked with diced apple in a muffin tin. He serves them warm, with butterscotch sauce, butterscotch ice cream and a boozy, fruity ambrosia. The chef’s take on that classic Southern salad comes together with Greek yogurt, a nice counterpoint to the butterscotch’s sweetness.

Player’s show-stopping Bananas Foster Cake echoes the New Orleans dessert of rumflambeed bananas draped over vanilla ice cream. He uses the caramelized fruit as a filling, along with pecan brittle chopped into crunch and luscious caramel buttercream, between three layers of banana cake. The chef’s recipe looks involved, but when you spread the steps over two days — the cake, crunch and bananas can be made a day in advance — it’s well within the reach of a home cook. Collective gasps of delight are your reward.

Sometimes, though, simplicity is the order of the day. Jason Gehring, the original chef behind Astro Doughnuts, provides a recipe for chocolate pie that is a snap to prepare.

Oreos and Cocoa Puffs go into his chocolate crust, which he fills with a rich, milk chocolate pudding topped with whipped cream. A garnish of chopped Heath Bars adds the right amounts of crunch and fun.

Could a host ask for a better outcome than that?

David Hagedorn is a former chef and frequent Washington Post Food section contributor.

Piistachhio Cakkes With Lemon Cream MAKES: 12 cakes BELIEVE IT: You can use almond flour rather than the harder-to-find pistachio flour. Pistachio flour can be purchased at high-end grocery stores.

INGREDIENTS For the fruit 1 cup water 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 or 3 of the following fruits (preferably a combination): Cara Cara oranges, blood oranges, navel oranges, ruby red grapefruit or satsuma mandarin oranges For the cakes 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons granula ated sugar 3 large eggs, at room temperature 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 1/4 cups pistachio flour 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt or fleur de sel 1/2 cup pistachio paste For the lemon cream 1/2 cup chilled heavy cream 1/2 teaspoon confectioners’ sugar Finely grated zest of 1/2 lemon For serving Plain or vanilla frozen yogurt STEPS For the fruit: Combine the water and sugar in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Once the mixture comes to a boil, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 5 minutes.

Transfer to a mixing bowl to cool.

Meanwhile, slice off the bottom and the top of each piece of fruit.

Stand the fruit on a cutting board with one of the cut sides down. Use a serrra ated knife to cut the peel and the

Bananas Foster Cake MAKES: 16 servings BELIEVE IT: This tall, majestic cake, a riff on the New Orleans classic dessert of bananas caramelized in n brown sugar and butter and then flambeed with rum, tastes even bette er than it looks.

INGREDIENTS For the cake 1 cup vegetable oil 4 cups flour 6 very ripe bananas, mashed 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup loosely packed light brown sugar 5 large eggs 1 cup regular or low-fat sour cream (do not use nonfat) 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Finely grated zest of 1 orange 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon kosher salt For the pecan crunch 1 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons water 2 cups pecan pieces, toasted 1 teaspoon kosher salt For the caramel buttercream 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup heavy cream 12 ounces (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature 4 large egg whites, at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract For the flambeed bananas 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter 1 cup packed light brown sugar 4 bananas, sliced lengthwise 1/2 cup dark rum STEPS For the cake: Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Grease the three cake pans with a little oil, then dust them with flour, shaking out any excess.

Combine the bananas and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand-held electric mixer. Beat on lo ow speed until well incorporated, then add the cup of oil, the eggs, sour cream, vanilla extract and orange zest; beat until smooth. Stop to scrape down the bowl.

Sift together the 4 cups of flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a separate bowl.

On low speed, gradually add the flour mixture to the banana mixture, beating just until incorporated. Stop to o scrape down the bowl.

Pour the batter into the prepared pans; bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of each layer comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes, then transfe er the cake layers to wire racks to cool completely.

For the pecan crunch: Grease a rimmed baking sheet with cooking oil spray.

Spread the sugar in a large skille et, then stir in the water to form a mixture that resembles wet sand.

Cook undisturbed over high heat for 6 to 8 minutes to form an amber, translucent syrup.

Add the toasted pecan pieces and salt, stirring to coat the nuts evenly. Carefully pour the mixture onto the baking sheet, spreading it in n a thin layer. Cool completely, then break up and chop into small pieces.

For the caramel buttercream: Combine 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons of the sugar and all of the water in a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan over high heat. Use a wet pastry brush to wash down the sides of the saucepan; this will prevent sugar crystals from forming there. Cook undisturbed for about 3 minutes to form a medium-amber syrup. Remove from the heat.

Slowly add the cream, being careful to avoid splatters and stirring with a wooden spoon to form a smooth caramel. Cool completely.

Beat the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand-held electric mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Transfer to a smaller bowl. to

pith ith away ffrom th the ffruitit, ttop to botb t tom, exposing the flesh. Then, holding the fruit in your hand, cut the citrus segments away from the membrane.

(The idea is to leave behind all of the membrane and white pith.)

Add the citrus segments to the syrup, tossing to coat them all. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

For the cakes: Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Line a standard 12-well muffin pan with paper or foil baking liners. Spray the insides of the liners with cooking spray.

Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or handheld electric mixer. Beat on low, then medium speed until lightened and fluffy. Stop to scrape down the bowl.

Add the eggs one at a time, beating on low speed to incorporate after each addition. Stop to scrape down the bowl.

Combine the flours and salt on a

Combine the egg whites and d the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar in n a heatproof mixing bowl (one that can transfer to a stand mixer or be e used for a hand mixer) set over a pot containing a few inches of barelyy bubbling water (medium to medi-um-low heat). Whisk until the sugar dissolves and the mixture registerss 160 degrees on an instant-read ther-mometer. Remove from the heat.

Attach the bowl to a stand mixer fitted with a balloon whisk attach-ment or use a hand-held electricc mixer. Beat on medium speed for 5 minutes, then increase the speed to o medium-high; beat for about 6 min-utes t to t form f stiff, tiff glossy l peaks. k Reduce the speed to medium; add the beaten butter in three addi-tions, making sure each one is thor-oughly incorporated, then add the e vanilla extract. Stop to scrape down n the bowl.

Switch to the paddle attachment (if you’re using a stand mixer). On n low speed, gradually add the cooled d caramel, beating for 3 to 5 minutes, until smooth.

For the flambeed bananas: Have e a rimmed baking sheet at hand.

Combine the butter and brown n sugar in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once the mixture starts to o boil, add the bananas and cook for 2 or 3 minutes, then turn them over and cook for 2 or 3 minutes so tha at both sides are lightly caramelized.

Reduce the heat to medium.

Take the skillet off the heat brief-ly. Add the rum, then return to medi-um heat and carefully ignite the mix-ture in the skillet. Once the flamess are out, transfer the banana mixture e to the baking sheet and spread to o cool completely.

To assemble the cake, use a serrated knife to trim any domed d tops from the cake layers, making alll three of them flat and even.

Place one cake layer on a serv-ing platter or cake plate. Spread d about 1/2 cup of the buttercream m evenly over the surface. Sprinkle e evenly with a generous one-third of the chopped candied pecan pieces.

Use the back of a spoon to breakk the flambeed bananas into smaller pieces. Create a layer using half of the bananas and their sauce over the candied pecan pieces.

Repeat with the second cake lay-er: buttercream, candied pecan piec-es, flambeed bananas and sauce.

Top with the remaining cake layerr.

Use the remaining buttercream to o frost the top and sides of the cake.

Sprinkle with the remaining scant third of candied pecan pieces.

she h ett off parchm h entt or wax paper; add dd d all at once to the bowl. Beat on low w speed just until incorporated.

Stir in the pistachio paste by hand d until well blended. Divide the batterr evenly among the baking liners. Bake e for 25 minutes, rotating the pan frontt to back halfway through. The topss will be firm and browned. Transfer the e cakes to a wire rack to cool.

For the lemon cream: Combine e the cream and confectioners’ sugarr in a medium-size medium size deep bowl bowl. Use a balloon whisk to whisk until soft peakss form. Gently fold in the lemon zest.

When you’re ready to serve, peell off and discard the baking liners from m the cakes. Place one cake on each h plate. Pipe a rosette or spoon a dollop p of the lemon cream on top. Drain the e fruit sections, reserving the syrup forr another use, if desired. Arrange the e fruit sections decoratively alongside e each cake, along with a small scoop p of frozen yogurt. Serve right away.

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Holiday Season Brings Special Challenges to Staying Healthy

By Pam Snowdon

often full of sugar and fat, so There’s special music in the air, if you are indulging in eggnog retailers pull out all the stops setting or a specialty coffee laden with up gorgeous displays, and everywhipped cream, that just might where you look there is food, food, be your dessert. Alcohol is also and more festive food. The holiday high in calories and sugar. Skip season seems fraught with endless the booze altogether, and choose temptations to put the healthy habits sparkling or regular water. Many you have cultivated all year long herbal teas now have holiday into self-destruct mode. It’s fun to flavours, providing you with the attend all the seasonal events and contented feeling that you are parties, yet the emphasis on special enjoying something special. foods and drinks can wreak physiEnjoy wine with dinner, or a cal and emotional havoc. The best liqueur afterwards? That’s fine, prevention for overindulgence is to but set yourself a limit and have arm yourself with a plan to enjoy water between drinks. Alcohol the holidays, with no regret or guilt interferes with the ability of your when January 1st rolls around. body to burn fat, and can have There are plenty of other tradiStarving yourself in anticipation of being able to tions at this time of year to take the effect of making you feel pig out at the buffet later usually results in feelthe emphasis away from food. Consider what hungry. Also, bear in mind that not only is alcothe pleasure of eating those snacks and sweets ing bad about yourself, both physically and emo- hol a depressant, it can interfere with your ability means to you. Do they remind you of happy, tionally. Instead, plan to eat your usual healthy to get a good night’s sleep. significant times in the past? Can you re-create meals each day to keep up your energy, as well Suppose you do wake up the next morning good times without the extra calories, sugar, and as your resolve to take care of yourself. with an aching head and a sugar hang-over?

Dr. Achebe recommends preparing something fat? Instead of focussing on the trays of goodies Move on and start the day with a healthy breakthat are often part of get-togethers, make a point you personally enjoy to eat to pot-luck events or fast. Get together with friends for a walk in the of stepping away from the buffet table. Instead, family dinners. As well as satisfying your hunfresh air or head to yoga class. In fact, make look for opportunities to spark up a conversation ger, this strategy allows you to have some control exercise – ice skating, cross country skiing, with someone new, or to have a long chat with over what food will be available to you. Once snow-shoeing, even shoveling snow - a regular that niece you haven’t seen in ages. Place an you arrive at the buffet table, look it over before emphasis on the people you are with, rather than making your selections. Go easy on the appe- part of your holiday activities. It’s a new day, tizers, as they are often high in fat, sodium, and so forgive yourself for slipping up. In fact, it’s the food.

But, be mindful when you are engaged in eat- calories. Choose a small plate, and fill half with almost a new year, so resolve to make 2014 ing, says Dr. Ifeoma Achebe, Medical Officer of veggies, one quarter with grain based food, and healthy, happy, and flourishing!

Health, Central Zone, Alberta Health Services the remaining quarter in Red Deer. Before you head out to that special with protein choices.

Still feel you have event, have a small snack. A portion of a rich room for something protein, combined with a little bit of a healthful fat, has the effect of curbing hunger and will help sweet? Go for it, but with alcohol absorption if you plan on having a select an item that you absolutely love which drink or two at the party.

Keep your cupboard and fridge stocked with will leave you feeling items that are within easy reach if you are pressed appeased. Dr. Achebe for time. Hard boiled eggs, peanut butter to slath- points out that most er on whole grain cracks or celery sticks, hum- desserts are very high mus with a small plate of pre-cut veggies, or a in calories, so choose EFOUBM DBSF t WJTJPO DBSF t QIZTJPUIFSBQZ t QPEJBUSJTU QSFGFSSFE IPTQJUBM BDDPNNPEBUJPO t BDDJEFOUBM EFBUI CFOFöU t DIJSPQSBDUPS handful of unsalted nuts are good choices. Drink just one serving and lots of water throughout the day, too. Along with savour every bite.

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FRONT EMERALD AWARDS Nominations for awards recognizing Alberta’s environmental leaders will remain open until Feb. 28. The annual Emerald Awards, now being offered in 11 categories, recognize people, groups, classrooms and businesses that have made exceptional contributions to creating a healthier and more sustainable environment.

In 2013, 123 entries were pared down to 34 finalists, from whom the 14 winners were selected. Finalists for the 2014 awards will be announced in midApril, with awards to be presented at the Martha Cohen Theatre in Calgary on June 5. Nominations for 2015 awards open in November. Awards criteria and nomination packages are available online at emeraldfoundation.ca or by calling 780-413-9629.

MS SUPPORT GROUP MS Society Central Chapter’s evening support group will meet on Jan. 30 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Port O’Call Safeway. People living with multiple sclerosis are invited to attend.

The topic for the meeting is tai chi and there will be a demonstration of standing and sitting tai chi. To RSVP, call the MS Society at 403-346-0290 or email Brenda.anderson@ mssociety.ca. A light supper will be provided.

Admission is free. Port O’Call Safeway is located at 4408 50th Ave. in Red Deer.

LIGHT CHAMPS Rob and Eva Giesbrecht have been named the 2013 Morrisroe West Christmas Light Display Champions.

The Giesbrecht’s home is located at 4 McConnell Close in Morrisroe. The backyard display can be seen at the intersection of 40th Avenue and 32nd Street. Those who want to challenge the Giesbrechts for the title are invited to send their address to Jason Chiibeck, Morrisroe West Community Associationn president, at president@mw.my ommunityassociation.org.

The deadline is Tuesday at 6 p.m. The displays will be judged the evening of New Year’s Day. The couple are also collecting donations for the Boys and Girls Club until they remove their display in early January.

CORRECTION An item about the Canadian Mental Health Association’s facilitator training course that appeared in the Friday Advocate had an incorrect phone number. To take the course, call the CMHA at 403-342-2266.

GIVE US A CALL The Advocate invites its readers to help cover news in Central Alberta. We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages. We strive for complete, accurate coverage of Central Alberta and are happy to correct any errors we may commit. Call 403-3144333.

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Incredible sales for Kinsmen Dream Home tickets CLUB EXPECTING MOST TICKETS TO BE SOLD OUT BY TODAY

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

Tickets for the Red Deer Kinsmen’s 2013 Dream Home were 80 per cent sold as of Monday.

Only 2,700 single tickets were left, available for $100 each.

A total of 14,115 tickets went on sale in October and packages of three tickets for $250 and 50/50 tickets sold out about a week ago.

“It’s just been incredible,” said Len Sisco, Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery chair, on Monday.

The Kinsmen are aiming for a complete sellout, which would be a first for the lottery since 1999.

Sisco predicted the Kinsmen will come very close to selling out today.

Money raised will assist community organizations that the Kinsmen fund throughout the year.

“If we were to sell out completely we would have close to $500,000 to put right back into the community.”

The grand prize, a luxurious home worth $890,000 built by Larkaun Homes, located in Vanier Woods at 220 Vancouver Cres., has been attracting hordes of people on the weekends.

Sisco said 50-50 tickets were also available online this year and buyers have been purchasing more Dream Home tickets online and by phone this year as well.

“A lot of people have very, very busy lives. They don’t have the time to get (to the

Dream Home) on a Saturday or a Sunday.

This enabled them to get onboard.”

Last year, 70 per cent of Dream Home tickets were sold.

The draws happen at 8 p.m. New Year’s Eve and everyone is welcome to attend.

Sisco anticipates today, the last day to buy tickets, will be another busy day for ticket sales, just like last year.

“We had a lineup during the entire day and everybody was happy and patient. It was literally a serpentine of people all the way through the garage — very cool.”

Tickets are available online at www.reddeerkinsmen.com and by phone at 403-3563900 until 4 p.m. today, and until 5 p.m. at the Dream Home. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Deadly fire still being probed RCMP continue to probe the suspicious Castor-area fire that claimed at least two lives, but they are releasing few details about the investigation.

On Dec. 8, a fire destroyed Gordon and Debra Klaus’s farmhouse on Range Road 132 in the County of Paintearth.

While the couple and their adult daughter, Monica, were believed to be at home at the time of the fire, the Calgary Medical Examiner’s Office only identified the remains of Gordon and Monica.

Sgt. Josee Valiquette of the RCMP K Division said Debra Klaus is unaccounted for.

Recently the couple’s son, Jason, told CBC that he believes he is being treated like a suspect.

Jason lives on his parent’s farm in a separate house.

Valiquette said it is common practice for police talk to anybody who may be able to offer information in an investigation.

“We still feel for him,” she said. “Nobody wants that sort of situation happen to them. He has lost family members.”

Police would not say if they had any suspects.

Nor have they disclosed the cause of the fire.

Man goes missing from casino Red Deer City RCMP is seeking the public’s help in finding a 48-year-old man who was last seen at the Cash Casino at 6350 67th St. in Red Deer on Friday.

Family members reported Ronald Deruyter missing on Sunday.

Deruyter was last heard from around 11 p.m. at the casino on Friday.

He is described as slender, weighing 77 kg (170 pounds) and 5.1-metres (five-feet-10-inches) tall.

He has blue eyes, a bushy moustache, a receding hairline, with stubble on the rest of his face.

No photo was available on Monday.

If you have any information on Deruyter’s whereabouts, contact RCMP at 403-343-5575.

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Jason Acorn, left and Calvin Buckler, right, in promotional image for their hunting show The Bone Yard.

How to hunt, real hard on television HOST OF THE BONE YARD HUNTING SHOW, JASON ACORN OF RED DEER, AND HIS PARTNER HUNT ALL OVER ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Hard hunting takes more than what a typical hunting television show demonstrates, says Jason Acorn of Red Deer, and he is proud that his show includes how difficult it can be to get an animal.

Acorn and his partner, Calvin Buckler, hunt all over Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Their trips are then put together for The Bone Yard, a hunting show broadcast on Wild TV, a hunting and fishing channel.

“We document our passion,” said Acorn. “It also allows us to voice our opinions on hunting, fair chase and the poaching problems we have.”

A bow hunter, Acorn said his program goes beyond what a normal hunting show would and demonstrates the preparation it takes to hunt.

The second season of episodes began airing Monday.

The current episodes were filmed during last year’s hunting season, and then they spent this hunting season filming next year’s season of episodes.

“We’ll be pretty much run all year now, the episodes will be replayed,” said Acorn.

“It’s three months of the outdoors, but we pretty much hunt all year round with coyotes and wolves and stuff like that.”

Ever since the show started airing last year, Acorn said they have seen great response from viewers.

“From the period we left the air until now, we have been getting a steady fan base that keeps growing and growing,” said Acorn.

“I think the big thing about the show (that) people

enjoy is that we portray ourselves as normal people.

We don’t take ourselves very seriously, but we take our passion for hunting very seriously.”

They don’t use guides or bait.

Acorn called it “hard hunting” that challenges them every time.

“Hunting is not easy,” said Acorn.

“It takes a lot of preparation, scouting, equipment and a lot of days out in the outdoors where you don’t see anything.

“Some shows have guys who get big deer every single time they go out, but people need to realize they go to outfitters, they’re told what tree to sit in, they’re told at what time they can expect deer to walk under their — JASON ACORN tree stand to the bait pile and they shoot these big deer. “ It’s sort of misleading to the average hunter who can’t afford a $4,000 hunting trip.”

Some of the locations for this season include the Crowsnest Past area, where they hunted mule deer; a riverboat trip for bull moose along the Athabasca River; Evansburg-area for white-tail deer hunting; east of Stettler for a mule deer; and in the Peace River area for elk hunting.

On top of filming and their hunting trips, the partners go to trade shows. Acorn said he has appeared at the Red Deer Boat and Sportsman Show for a few years, as well as similar trade shows in Edmonton and Saskatchewan.

The show, which airs on Wild TV — a Canadian channel specializing in hunting and fishing available on Bell, Shaw and other cable or satellite providers — can be viewed on Mondays and Saturdays at 9:30 p.m. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

‘WE DOCUMENT OUR PASSION. IT (THE SHOW) ALSO ALLOWS US TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS ON HUNTING, FAIR CHASE AND THE POACHING PROBLEMS WE HAVE.’

Land reclamation body to meet Alberta’s chapter of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association will roll into Red Deer in February for its annual general meeting and conference.

Titled Back to the future: Adaptive reclamation management, the conference takes place from Feb. 26 to 28 at the Sheraton, at 3310 50th Ave.

Adaptive reclamation is accomplished through measuring and monitoring the work that has been done.

According to a release from the association, this allows reclamation practitioners to build and adapt the reclamation process to bring efficiencies and enhanced value.

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

The conference costs $351.75 for individual and corporate members, $456.75 for non-members and $183.75 for students and speakers.

Conference registration forms, as well as a call for abstracts and exhibitor and sponsorship forms, are available at www.clra.ca.

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FAMILY Model safe driving habits for teen son Question: My teenager just got his ● Articulate a lifetime commitment. learner’s permit and I’m nervous! Do A commitment that says, “No matter you have any advice for preparing him what happens, I am here for you, and to drive? will never stop loving you,” provides Jim: There are plenty of statistics the foundation of trust necessary for and stories out there to justify your friendship to develop with your child. concerns, so you’re wise to ● Become a student of use this opportunity to teach your child. safe driving habits and inInstead of forcing your fluence your young driver’s child to do something or be behavior. someone they’re not, learn First, be patient and stay who they are: their percool. Teaching your son to sonality, natural talents, drive may be nerve-racking dreams, fears, strengths for you, but it’s more so for and weaknesses. Interact him. with them and encourage Give directions calmly them according to their inand clearly, and be liberal dividual uniqueness and inwith encouragement and terests. praise. ● Schedule time togethJIM Second, children will imer.

DALY itate their parents, so model Set aside special time safe driving habits for your for your child every day. adolescent.

Friendships don’t develop Know the traffic laws and by chance or accident, but enforce additional limits are the result of spending based on his attitude and time together on a regular skill. Observe the speed limit and be basis. courteous of other drivers. ● Be available.

Third, consider phasing your teen Teachable moments, illnesses and into full driving privileges in steps. memorable events don’t always hapFor example, in stage one he’s not pen according to our schedule. Someallowed to drive after dark, while in times we must drop what we’re doing, stage two he can, but only with adult because our children are more imporsupervision. tant.

Fourth, emphasize basic safety. AlBy doing so, you’ll provide them ways require everyone in the car to with a sense of security and value. buckle up before the engine is started. ● Actively listen.

He should never drive if he is A good listener never assumes they drowsy, and don’t fail to drive home know what their child is saying. By givthe message that drinking and driving ing your child your undivided attention kills. and asking clarifying questions, you’ll Whatever your feelings about alco- be communicating that your child’s hol, let him know that he can always words and feelings are extremely imcall you for a ride to avoid being in a portant. car with an intoxicated driver. ● Use meaningful touch.

Finally, if he refuses to correct unNot every friendship requires an safe driving habits, confiscate the keys. element of touch, but for your kids it’s The first thing would-be drivers need absolutely essential. to learn is that driving is a privilege, A gentle, tender and warm touch not a right. from a parent — hand holding, an arm Your first priority is not to win a around the shoulder and even bear popularity contest, but to keep him hugs — provides proven physiological (and others on the road) alive and well and psychological benefits for kids, while he learns to operate an automo- and communicates that they are valbile safely and skillfully. ued.

Question: I know my first responsiBuilding meaningful friendships bility to my kids is as a parent, but how with children takes time and effort. can I build a friendship with them?

But if you commit to and practice these Dr. Greg Smalley, Vice President, principles, then over time a beautiful Family Ministries: There are principles friendship can blossom. and practices that are foundational to all rich relationships. When it comes Catch up with Jim Daly at www.jimto building a friendship with your chil- dalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/ dren, these six are essential.

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A new year, some new plans There will always be room for im- absolute love. provement, more times than not there To put it simply, the first time I will be those extra five pounds to lose, looked into both of my children’s eyes that bad habit to break or that pesky was the truest joy I had ever felt. emotional wall that hinders us from But as life moves forward, infants achieving our goals in life. mature into ornery tots and existence So each year on Decemgets a little bit faster by the ber 31st we decide that evday — somehow that feeling erything is going to change of true joy faded a little. from here on out, things are Of course my children going to start looking up are everything to me, but it and as long as we state our seems that the more inderesolution for all to read on pendent they are becoming, our social media networks, the less I experience those these goals will surely be atheart stopping, tear jerking, tained. love enveloping moments.

We will waste money by And it wasn’t until now purchasing the hottest new that I realized this. fad dieting pills, organizaSo this year, this last eve tional tools for the office of 2013 instead of concoctLINDSAY and stacks of self-help books ing some brilliant scheme on ‘How to be a Better You’. on how to lose those 10 BROWN But the sad truth is that pounds I’ve gained over all of these provisions that ME PLUS THREE the holidays, I will instead we acquire in an attempt make my resolution an into become that ‘Better You’ ward one of sorts. will get thrust aside and forgotten by In 2014 I resolve to truly take in the mid-February. moments.

I will admit that I am the guiltiest I will not let that smile of innoof indulging in all, if not more, of these cents and belly laugh from the depths instances. of my daughter fall by the wayside I will jump on that band wagon even anymore because I am simply too when I am not 100 per cent sure of busy to notice. what my end goal even is.

I will take time to have a conversaBut this year is somehow different. tion with Lars, a real conversation, one As I scowl and scorn over what to that lets him know I do take note of his write about for this New Year’s col- mature attitude as of late. umn I also wait for my nephew Jackson I will tell my husband how much I to be born. appreciate him and the work he does My baby brother Dustin and his for our family, each time I think of it. beautiful lady, These moments that sometimes Ashley are currently as I type, in the seem too insignificant to be aware of, throes of labour and the anticipation are truly the most important times for this monumental moment has hit when all is said and done. me like an emotional rollercoaster.

They honour growth and healthy The sentiment of new life and pros- emotional development in the three perous beginnings fill me at this mo- people I care most about, my famment and it has given me this new and ily. exciting outlook for the upcoming year, So as it seems, these aspirations of but it also allows me to reflect back material goods and physical appearupon a time when I was in a similar ance are no longer on my priority list, place. this year they fall secondary.

When I was pregnant with Lars, Whether it be a new and improved my mind was flooded with thoughts of state of mind, a new-found wisdom has what ‘Super-Mom’ looked like. graced me this year or maybe the arAt that time, I had no doubt that I rival of my sweet little nephew has alwould, should and could be that par- lowed a kick-start in that rejuvenating ticular woman. Now five years, anoth- feeling of life and love in general — I er kid and a lot of wine bottles later I can’t quite be sure. realize my ideas were, to say the least, But what I do know, is that this is jaded. one resolution that won’t be chucked Although my dreams of being that away two measly months down the perfect mom were lengthy, it makes road... me remember that feeling of awe each This resolution is more of a realizatime I felt my son kick within me. tion, and that is something for the long And then months later the first time run. he looked up through squinted eyes and I was filled with this feeling that Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mom is utterly unexplainable, this feeling of and blogger

Courage is first component of self-esteem THE PERSON WITH HEALTHY SELF-ESTEEM IS WILLING TO BE KIND nent of healthy self-esteem is courage.

People with healthy self-esteem have a willingness to stand up for what’s right and appropriate.

They have the conviction and inner “I think I’ve fallen a little bit in love strength to behave in a manner that is with you.” in harmony with inner beThe weekend personal liefs and values. empowerment workshop People with healthy selfhad been a huge success. esteem know what they beOver the two and a half lieve and what they hold to days I had led the group of be true and will always find eight women and two men the courage to defend those through a series of self-esbeliefs and values. teem building exercise and A natural off-shoot of insightful discussions. healthy self-esteem is selfThough the journey had confidence, which allows inbeen challenging for most dividuals to believe they are concerned, all had arrived worthy of happiness, love at a place of peace and conand success. tentment by late Sunday afThose with healthy selfternoon. esteem have faith in their MURRAY Now it was time to abilities and will step up FUHRER speak, individually, about and face challenges and what each had taken away seize opportunities that from the intense 16 hours present themselves. together.

The self-confidence they Some participants spoke possess is real and not the of smashing through barripseudo-confidence that so ers such as fear and inadequacy while many demonstrate in an effort to hide others talked about finally understand- fears, failings and insecurities from ing the source of self-defeating ways of the world. thinking and being.

The person with healthy self-esteem One gregarious young woman talked is willing to be kind. about learning to love herself again Emotionally healthy people are and added with a smile and slight thoughtful people — they consider the blush that she had fallen a little bit in feelings of others and make a positive love with me. difference in the lives of those around Have you ever seen someone whom them. you were immediately attracted to only They respect themselves and thus to get up close and personal and be left are respected by others. Self-esteem wondering why in the world you ever can always be measured by how we found him or her appealing? treat others, especially those they don’t Then again, have you met someone know. who had no particular appeal at first Healthy self-esteemers live life with glance but whom, after time, you found passion and purpose, resulting in a irresistibly attractive? life that is directed, goal-focused and Genuine sexiness is more than mere deeply meaningful. physicality.

These are the people who wake up More than broad shoulders and six every day excited to be alive knowing pack abs. that today is another opportunity do More than appealing curves and what they love and make a difference. pouty lips.

They are the grateful ones — the The kind of sexiness that comes first ones to say thank you for each exfrom healthy self-esteem draws people, perience, the ones always looking for jobs, friends, opportunities and joy life lessons. towards you by a unique blend of courPassion and purpose are highly atage, kindness, self-confidence, passion tractive qualities. and purpose, self-responsibility and Passionate people love life and are truthfulness. never afraid to say, “I love you” to Perhaps the first attractive compo- those close to them.

EXTREME ESTEEM

People with a grounded sense of self do not avoid responsibility.

They do not blame, point fingers or make up excuses for living an unproductive life.

Healthy self-esteemers accept responsibility for every aspect of their life, believing that happiness is a byproduct of our thoughts, attitudes, values and behaviour.

No whining, no blaming and no irresponsibility.

People with healthy self-esteem are honest with themselves and with others.

No hidden agendas, no misdirection and no denial.

Honesty is the hallmark of the healthy self-esteemer.

If you ask their opinion they will share it.

If you speak, they will listen. Sexy?

Damn right!

Finally, the healthy self-esteemer is authentic and self-accepting.

They are real — they know what they like and who they are. They are in touch with their feelings and devoted to learning, growing and evolving as human beings.

They are quick to forgive themselves and others and do not hold grudges.

They look perceived weaknesses

square in the eye and accept themselves for who they are. And they will accept you for who you are too — focusing on your good qualities. When you meet someone with that type inner calm, they’ll make an impression. Believe me.

I thanked the young lady for her kind admission.

It wasn’t the first time I had heard such a comment.

I didn’t mind though. I could recall saying something similar once to the confident, poised and sexy young woman who would eventually become my wife.

People with healthy self-esteem attract others like the warm glow of home on a cold winter night.

The thought has never been expressed more eloquently than by British philosopher James Allen, who once declared, “We do not attract that which we want, we attract that which we are.”

When we evolve to a place of selflove, self-respect and compassion, we will attract those who wish to mirror our self-worth. Self-love attracts more love.

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Second suicide bombing in Russia raises spectre of terrorist attacks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Two suicide bombings in as many days have killed 31 people and raised concerns that Islamic militants have begun a terrorist campaign in Russia that could stretch into the Sochi Olympics in February. Russian and international Olympic officials insisted the site of the games, protected by layers of security, is completely safe.

The attacks in Volgograd, about 400 miles (650 kilometres) from Sochi, reflected the Kremlin’s inability to uproot Islamist insurgents in the Caucasus who have vowed to derail the games, the pet project of President Vladimir Putin.

No one has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s blast at the Volgograd railway station or Monday’s bus explosion in the city, but they came only months after Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov threatened new attacks on civilian targets in Russia, including the Olympics.

In addition to the dead, the bombings wounded 104 people, according to Russia’s Health Ministry. As of late Monday, 58 remained hospitalized, many in grave condition.

Suicide bombings have rocked Russia for years, but the insurgents seeking to create an Islamic state have largely confined their attacks to the North Caucasus region in recent years. The blasts in Volgograd signalled that militants want to show their reach

outside their native region.

Matthew Clements, an analyst at Jane’s, said Caucasus militants could be targeting major transportation hubs like Volgograd to embarrass the Kremlin and discourage attendance at the Feb. 7-23 Olympics.

“The attack demonstrates the militants’ capability to strike at soft targets such as transport infrastructure outside of their usual area of operations in the North Caucasus,” he said in a note. “Although the very strict security measures which will be in place at the Sochi Games will make it difficult to undertake a successful attack against the main Olympic venues, public transport infrastructure in Sochi and the surrounding Krasnodar territory will face an elevated risk of attack.”

Some experts say the perpetrators could also have been targeting Russia’s pride by hitting the city formerly called Stalingrad, which is known for the historic battle that turned the tide against Nazi Germany.

“Volgograd, a symbol of Russia’s suffering and victory in World War II, has been singled out by the terrorist leaders precisely because of its status in people’s minds,” Dmitry Trenin, the head of the Carnegie Endowment’s Moscow office, said in a commentary on the organization’s website.

A city of 1 million northeast of Sochi, Volgograd is a hub with railway lines running in five directions across

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Police officers detain people who gathered for an unsanctioned event in downtown Volgograd, Russia, Monday. A bomb blast tore through a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd on Monday morning, killing at least 10 people a day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at the city’s main railway station. Volgograd is about 650 kilometers northeast of Sochi, where the Olympics are to be held. the country and numerous bus routes connecting it to the volatile Caucasus provinces.

Security checks on buses have remained largely symbolic and easily avoidable, making them the transport of choice for terrorists in the region. And tighter railway secu-

rity isn’t always enough to prevent casualties. In Sunday’s attack, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive in front of the train station’s metal detectors, killing 17 people, including the attacker.

Security at Russia’s railway stations and airports has been

tightened after a male suicide bomber hit Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport in January 2011, killing 37 people and injuring more than 180. Two bombings on the Moscow subway in March 2010 by female suicide bombers killed 40 people and wounded more than 120.

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BEIJING — China on Monday accused Japan’s prime minister of hypocrisy and said he would not be welcome in China after he visited a shrine honouring Japan’s war dead, the latest sign of worsening ties between the two nations.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Yasukuni shrine in central Tokyo had seriously hurt relations between the countries and shut the door for dialogue between their leaders.

“Abe’s hypocrisy in his claims of prioritizing relations with China and hopes for dialogue with the Chinese leaders has been fully revealed,” Qin said at a regular briefing.

“The Chinese people do not welcome him.

Now, Abe needs to admit his mistakes to the government and people of China, cut loose from the past and make a new start,” he said.

Abe’s war shrine visit and China’s reaction escalated tensions already running high over a festering territorial dispute. Relations sank to a new low recently after China announced an air defence identification zone that covers a string of uninhabited East China Sea islands controlled by Japan but also claimed by China.

Tokyo has repeatedly called for dialogue to resolve the islands dispute. But Monday’s comments show how the shrine visit has added another reason for China to reject talks between President Xi Jinping and Abe on the issue. Xi and Abe had a five-minute exchange on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Russia in September.

Beijing’s remarks add to the steady drumbeat of criticism that Beijing has kept up against Abe since the shrine visit last

Thursday. China’s foreign minister summoned Japan’s ambassador to protest, while other spokespeople from the foreign service and the defence ministry issued scathing criticisms.

Japanese politicians’ visits to Yasukuni have long caused friction with China and both Koreas, because the 2.5 million war dead enshrined there include 14 class A war criminals from World War II — national leaders who were either executed or died in prison or during their trials.

Japan colonized Korea and occupied parts of China, often brutally, before and during World War II. “They are the people who masterminded, launched and carried out the war of aggression against China,” China’s Qin said of the Japanese war criminals. “Their hands are covered with the blood of the victimized peoples.”

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LAS VEGAS — Six states were named Monday by federal officials to develop test sites for drones — a critical next step for the burgeoning industry that could one day produce thousands of unmanned aircraft for use by businesses, farmers and researchers.

Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia will host the research sites, providing diverse climates, geography and air traffic environments as the Federal Aviation Administration seeks to safely introduce commercial drones into U.S. airspace.

Members of Congress and other politicians lobbied intensely to bring the work to their states. Representatives were jubilant about the likelihood that the testing will draw companies interested in cashing in on the fledgling industry.

An industry-commissioned study has predicted more than 70,000 jobs would develop in the first three years after Congress loosens drone restrictions on U.S. skies. The same study projects an average salary range for a drone pilot between $85,000 and $115,000.

“This is wonderful news for Nevada that creates a huge opportunity for our economy,” said U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada. In New York, Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat, called the announcement a boon for his state.

Drones have been mainly used by the military, but governments, businesses, farmers and others are making plans to join the market. Many universities are starting or expanding curriculum involving drones.

The FAA does not currently allow commercial use of drones, but it is working to develop operational guidelines by the end of 2015, although officials concede the project may take longer than expected.

The FAA projects some 7,500 commercial drones could be aloft within five years of getting widespread

access to the skies above America.

The competition for a test site was robust, with 25 entities in 24 states submitting proposals, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said during a conference call with reporters.

At least one of the six sites chosen by the FAA will be up and running within 180 days, while the others are expected to come online in quick succession, he said. However, the designation as a test site doesn’t come with a financial award from the government.

In choosing Alaska, the FAA cited a diverse set of test site locations in seven climatic zones. New York’s site at Griffiss International Airport will look into integrating drones into the congested northeast airspace. And Nevada offered proximity to military aircraft from several bases.

Tests will determine whether drones can detect and avoid aircraft and other obstacles, and if they can operate safety when contact is lost with operators.

“These test sites will give us valuable information about how best to ensure the safe introduction of this advanced technology into our nation’s skies,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.

The growing use of drones has sparked criticism among conservatives and liberals who fear the creation of a surveillance state in which authorities track and scrutinize every move of citizens.

“I just don’t like the concept of drones flying over barbecues in New York to see whether you have a Big Gulp in your backyard or whether you are separating out your recyclables according to the city mandates,” said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., referring to a New York City ban on supersized soft drinks.

Paul has introduced a bill that would prohibit drones from checking for criminal or regulatory violations without a warrant.

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1966 — Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson lights the Centennial Flame at entrance to Parliament Hill to begin celebrations surrounding Canada’s first 100 years, to continue through 1967.

1963 — Nuclear warheads for Bomarc missiles arrive at RCAF base near North Bay, Ont.

1943 — RCAF is at its peak, with 215,000 men and women, 78 squadrons, including 35 overseas and six heading there. Canada has produced 11,000 planes so far for the Second World War effort.

1941 — RCAF has 14 squadrons operating overseas, seven more authorized; plus 16 at home, including eight on the West Coast.

1931 — Canadian stock index plunges 37.2 per cent; GNP declines 12.7 per cent.

It is the worst business year on record in the country.

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BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Wheat Kings 4 Rebels 3 Over their five-game winning streak the Red Deer Rebels talked about being ready to play every time out and being at the top of their game.

They forgot all about that Monday as they staggered out of the gate, fell behind 3-0 in the first period, and eventually dropped a 4-3 decision to the Brandon Wheat Kings in Western Hockey League action before 4,772 fans at the Centrium.

The Rebels’ minds, including that of goaltender Patrik Bartosak, were elsewhere as they fell behind 30 seconds into the game when Tyler Coulter picked up a rebound and shovelled it in off Bartosak’s pad from a sharp angle.

Ryan Pulock made it 2-0 at 3:05 when his long, unscreened shot, went through Bartosak and trickled over the line then Tim McGauley connected at 7:14 when he was allowed to waltz in alone off the left wing.

Meanwhile the Rebels did little, managing just three harmless shots.

Their only good chance was a shot off the post by Lucas Sutter when it was still 1-0.

“We just talked about that, our first period wasn’t good enough,” said Rebels associate coach Jeff Truitt, after leaving the dressing room following the game. “We dug ourselves a hole we couldn’t get out of. We responded well in the second and third periods, but you have to be prepared to play from the start.

“The second half of the season points are difficult to come by and we had a head-to-head battle with a team we’re trying to catch and maybe leapfrog if we had the opportunity, but it was an opportunity missed.”

The loss, coupled with the Prince Albert Raiders 4-0 win over the Regina Pats, dropped the Rebels, 19-17-0-2, into ninth place in the Eastern Division, one point back of the Kootenay Ice, who lost 4-1 to Calgary. The Raiders and Pats are two points ahead of Red Deer while Brandon moved into fifth with a 20-15-3-0 record, three points ahead of the Rebels.

Truitt wasn’t about to make any excuses for the slow start.

“There never is an excuse,” he said.

“We have to be prepared as players to answer the bell. We have to under-

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Rebel Wyatt Johnson tries to jam the puck past Brandon Wheat King goalie Jordan Papirny during first period action at the Centrium, Monday. stand the challenges. We answered the bell against Calgary and Edmonton and here we were in our building and didn’t. There was no excuse for it.”

What the Rebels did do was storm out of the gate to open the second period with Connor Bleackley scoring his 19th of the season, while on the power play, 26 seconds in. Wyatt Johnson redirected a Sutter pass to make it 3-2 at 9:13, only to see Richard Nejezchleb make it 4-2 at 14:08, as he backhanded in a rebound into the open side.

Matt Bellerive, playing his first

game after returning from the injury list, got the Rebels back into it at 18:16.

However, the Wheat Kings were able to settle down following the wideopen second period and controlled most of the play in a scoreless third period.

“In the third period we regained our composure after that second period and did a good job of limiting their chances,” said Wheat Kings assistant coach David Anning, who also liked the team’s start.

“We came out of the gate ready to

Canada survives scare, rallies to beat Slovakia

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Wotherspoon’s Olympic comeback falls short

WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 5 Slovakia 3 MALMO, Sweden — Nothing is easy for this Canadian team at the world junior championships.

Jonathan Drouin redeemed himself after a bad penalty on his first shift by scoring the tying goal and Nic Petan rediscovered his scoring touch in time to get the game-winner and an empty-netter as Canada used a three-goal third period to down Slovakia 5-3 on Monday.

The win left Canada (2-0-1) two points behind the United States (3-0-0) heading into a showdown for first place in the last preliminary round game for both squads on Tuesday.

They’ll need a regulation win to overtake the defending champion Americans, who eliminated Canada in the semifinals with a 5-1 win at last year’s world juniors in Ufa, Russia Monday’s game was the best played and most rousing of the three games Canada has played in Malmo, and it certainly brought the mostly Canadian crowd of 2,558 at the Isstadion to their feet as Canada bounced back from penalty trouble and 3-1 secondperiod deficit to win.

“We regrouped, we found a way,” said Canada coach Brent Suter. “In the third, I thought we dominated.

“We got a break when they hit the post after we got the lead, but the third was maybe the best period we’ve played in the tournament so far.”

Zach Fucale made 19 saves for the win in his first start of the tournament and Sutter said the Halifax Mooseheads goalie will be in net again against the Americans. And Anthony Mantha, the runaway scoring leader in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, had a goal and three assists to give him nine points in three games.

Not bad for a big winger who was not certain to make the team out of camp three weeks ago.

play and I was impressed with the way we handled ourselves in that first 20 minutes,” he said. “We limited their chances and time in our end. It was much needed after what happened in our last game in Regina (an 8-4 loss).”

The Rebels managed just six shots in the third period, two of them while shorthanded late. In fact they were the team’s best two scoring chances against Brandon goaltender Jordan Papirny in the period.

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Slovakia’s Mario Lunter slides into Canada’s goaltender Zach Fucale as Curtis Lazar looks on in round robin IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships action in Malmo, Sweden on Monday.

“I came to camp and I wanted to make my place, and once I did that, I wanted to show I could play great hockey over here and that’s what I’m doing now,” the Detroit Red Wings prospect said.

Curtis Lazar also scored for Canada.

David Griger, with two, and Martin Reway scored for Slovakia (1-2-0), which can clinch third place with a win Tuesday over the Czech Republic.

Drouin tied the game at 14:02 of the third period after Mantha beat 16-year-old Erik Cernak behind the Slovak goal and fed it in front.

Canada was on a power play when Petan walked out from the right side and threaded a goal through traffic for the winner.

Canada had to battle back against a Slovak side playing a tight trap and leaning on the power play with the highly skilled unit of Reway, Griger and Milan Ko-

lena for goals.

For the third straight game Canada gave up the first goal, this time after Drouin got a minor and a misconduct for a hit to the head only 10 seconds in.

Griger took Jakub Predajniansky’s shot off the end boards and scored into an open side past Fucale.

Drouin did not see the ice again until Canada’s power play at 16:49, but it was Lazar who scored on a one-timer of Mantha’s pass after extended pressure in the Slovak zone at 18:20.

“It wasn’t the start we wanted,” said Drouin, the Mooseheads’ star who was picked third overall

by Tampa bay last June. “They scored on the power play I got and Brent let me know between periods. I needed to step up in the second and third periods. I put the team down a bit so I had to step up my game.”

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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CALGARY — Red Deer native Jeremy Wotherspoon, whose comeback bid took a hit on Saturday with a sixth place in the 500 metres, chose not to compete in the 1,000 metre event of the Canadian speedskating Olympic trials Monday and has likely skated competitively for the final time.

Meanwhile, Denny Morrison was 50 metres away from a spot on the Canadian Olympic team in the 1,000 metres, but with his mind already on qualification, disaster struck.

Skating in the outer lane coming up to the finish, Morrison, from Fort St. John, B.C., clipped his skates and fell coming around the final turn on the second day of the Olympic trials for Canada’s long track team. He was given a re-skate about an hour later, but his time of one minute 09.04 only gave him the fifth fastest time, leaving him on the outside with Canada given four berths in the distance in Sochi.

“I was already thinking I’ve already qualified for the Olympics,” said Morrison, who said the re-skate was always going to be a tough task to replicate a winning performance since he was essentially skating ’on a half tank of gas.’

“I just need to coast across the line and then I fall and you lose a couple seconds or whatever.”

The result does not spell the end of Morrison’s Olympic dreams. The 1,000 metres was one of his preferred events with 23-career medals on the World Cup circuit, but he still has a chance to qualify through the 1,500 metres, another of his preferred events on Thursday.

He’s a two-time World Champion in the 1,500.

Wotherspoon found himself in third spot after the first race Saturday before falling out of contention after his second 500 metres around Calgary’s Olympic Oval track.

“In the first race I was almost the same time as guys who won medals at the world cups in the fall,” said Wotherspoon, who still holds the world record of 34.03 seconds set in Salt Lake City in 2007. “I was pretty happy to be that close. That makes it even more disappointing to have the second race that I had.”

Morrison’s loss Monday was the gain of Ottawa’s Vincent de Haitre, who skated the race of his life in taking about half a second off his previous personal best to win with a time of 1:08.37. At just 19-years-old, de Haitre is now the national champion in the 1,000 metres in long-track speed skating and in the 1,000 metre time trial (called the Kilo) in track cycling.

Quebec City’s Muncef Ouardi finished in second place (1:08.78), Gilmore Junio of Calgary was third (1:08.87) and William Dutton of Humbolt, Sask., finished in fourth (1:08.94).

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SCOREBOARD Hockey WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Swift Current 40 21 13 1 5 138 Brandon 38 20 15 3 0 145 Prince Albert 38 20 16 2 0 134 Regina 39 19 16 2 2 128 Moose Jaw 39 11 22 3 3 101 Saskatoon 40 10 27 1 2 113 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Calgary 37 24 8 2 3 131 Edmonton 36 23 12 0 1 133 Medicine Hat 37 22 12 3 0 127 Kootenay 40 19 18 2 1 116 Red Deer 38 19 17 0 2 113 Lethbridge 40 7 28 2 3 103

Vancouver 8 18 7 — 33 Goal — Prince George: Edmonds (L, 11-13-1); Vancouver: Rathjen (W, 7-4-2).

GA 118 140 128 146 145 166

Pt 48 43 42 42 28 23

GA 96 95 107 120 116 182

Pt 53 47 47 41 40 19

Sunday’s results Red Deer 3 Edmonton 2 Vancouver 4 Kamloops 3

Raiders 4, Pats 0 First Period No Scoring.

Second Period 1. Prince Albert, Valcourt 15 (Gardiner, Lange) :17 (pp).

Third Period 2. Prince Albert, Gardiner 17 (unassisted) 5:11 (short-handed-SH).

3. Prince Albert, Perreaux 10 (Braid) 16:07.

4. Prince Albert, Gardiner 18 (Johnston, Leverton) 19:04 (pp).

Shots on goal Prince Albert 2 9 12 — 23 Regina 6 11 10 — 27 Goal — Prince Albert: Cheveldave (W, 16-11-2); Regina: Macauley (L, 17-11-2).

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT GF Boston 39 26 11 2 114 Tampa Bay 39 23 12 4 110 Montreal 40 23 14 3 99 Detroit 41 18 14 9 107 Toronto 41 20 16 5 115 Ottawa 42 17 18 7 118 Florida 40 15 20 5 95 Buffalo 39 11 24 4 71 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT GF Pittsburgh 41 29 11 1 130 Washington 40 20 15 5 122 Philadelphia 38 18 16 4 97 NY Rangers 40 19 19 2 94 New Jersey 40 16 16 8 95 Columbus 39 17 18 4 106 Carolina 39 14 16 9 91 NY Islanders 40 12 21 7 102

GA 81 93 89 117 118 135 128 110

Pt 54 50 49 45 45 41 35 26

GA 94 119 107 108 102 112 114 135

Pt 59 45 40 40 40 38 37 31

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT GF GA Pt Chicago 42 28 7 7 158 115 63 St. Louis 38 26 7 5 137 92 57 Colorado 38 23 11 4 109 97 50 Dallas 38 19 12 7 112 111 45 Minnesota 41 20 16 5 96 107 45 Winnipeg 41 18 18 5 111 121 41 Nashville 40 18 18 4 95 119 40 Pacific Division GP W L OT GF GA Pt Anaheim 41 28 8 5 131 103 61 San Jose 39 25 8 6 128 98 56 Los Angeles 40 25 11 4 108 80 54 Vancouver 40 23 11 6 108 93 52 Phoenix 38 19 10 9 116 117 47 Calgary 39 14 19 6 95 122 34 Edmonton 41 13 24 4 106 139 30 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s results Prince Albert 4 Regina 0 Brandon 4 Red Deer 3 Calgary 4 Kootenay 1 Vancouver 5 Prince George 2 Tuesday’s games Brandon at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

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

Kelowna at Portland, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Lethbridge at Regina, 1 p.m.

Swift Current at Saskatoon, 1:05 p.m.

Everett at Victoria, 4:05 p.m.

Monday’s summaries Wheat Kings 4, Rebels 3 First Period 1. Brandon, Coulter 5 (Roy, Quenneville) :30.

2. Brandon, Pulock 12 (unassisted) 3:05.

3. Brandon, McGauley 11 (Quenneville, Coulter) 7:14.

Penalties — Sutter RD (cross-checking) 7:17, Pankewicz Bra (fighting) 18:10, Johnson RD (fighting) 18:10, Nejezchleb Bra (hooking) 19:56.

Second Period 4. Red Deer, Bleackley 19 (Charif, Fleury) :26 (pp).

5. Red Deer, Johnson 8 (Sutter) 9:13.

6. Brandon, Nejezchleb 21 (Pankewicz, Quenneville) 14:08.

7. Red Deer, Bellerive 7 (Chorney, Fleury) 18:16.

Penalties — Quenneville Bra (holding) 2:12, Pulock Bra (slashing) 4:00, Johnson RD (roughing) 5:44, Sutter RD (slashing) 10:59, Dixon RD (roughing) 15:30, Dixon RD (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 15:30, Nejezchleb Bra (interference) 16:26.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Roy Bra (fighting) 15:10, Doetzel RD (checking to the head) 15:10, Doetzel RD (fighting) 15:10, Nejezchleb Bra (elbowing) 17:50.

Shots on goal Brandon 16 15 4 — 35 Red Deer 3 12 6 — 21 Goal — Brandon: Papirny (W, 13-8-3); Red Deer: Bartosak (L, 17-13-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Brandon: 0-6; Red Deer: 1-4.

Hitmen 4, Ice 1 First Period 1. Calgary, Brassart 14 (Chase, Sanheim) 11:51 (pp).

Second Period 2. Kootenay, Descheneau 26 (Philp, Dirk) 10:50 (pp).

Third Period 3. Calgary, Chase 21 (Welykholowa, Babych) 3:08.

4. Calgary, Padakin 13 (Virtanen, Roach) 9:22 (pp).

5. Calgary, Babych 1 (Lang, Mahon) 15:17.

Shots on goal Kootenay 7 13 8 — 28 Calgary 13 7 24 — 44 Goal — Kootenay: Skapski (L, 10-11-2); Calgary: Shields (W, 9-1-0).

Giants 5, Cougars 2 First Period 1. Vancouver, Hamilton 4 (Kulak, Baer) 17:21 (pp).

2. Prince George, Mrkonjic 3 (Grewal, Bobos) 18:07.

Second Period 3. Vancouver, Foster 3 (Kulak, Thrower) 10:59.

4. Vancouver, Popoff 11 (Baer, Foster) 11:11.

5. Vancouver, Traber 8 (Kulak, Thrower) 16:54 (pp).

6. Prince George, Pochiro 12 (Forsberg, Bourke) 18:55 (pp).

Third Period 7. Vancouver, Houck 19 (Popoff) 19:29 (-EN).

Shots on goal Prince George 11 6 12 — 29

Sunday’s results Buffalo 2 Washington 1 (SO) Florida 4 Montreal 1 Pittsburgh 5 Columbus 3 St. Louis 3 Dallas 2 (OT) NY Rangers 4 Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 5 Carolina 2 Vancouver 2 Calgary 0 NY Islanders 5 Minnesota 4 Winnipeg 2 Colorado 1 (OT) San Jose 3 Anaheim 1

Senators 3, Capitals 1 First Period 1. Washington, Ward 12 (Erat, Chimera) 2:11.

2. Ottawa, Zibanejad 9 (Conacher, Michalek) 13:49.

Penalties — Volpatti Wash (interference) 6:38, Ovechkin Wash (slashing) 15:16, Ceci Ott (hooking) 19:00.

Second Period 3. Ottawa, Turris 10 (Ryan) 3:14.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 4. Ottawa, MacArthur 12 (Karlsson, Cowen) 19:25 (en).

Penalties — Oleksy Wash (high-sticking) 4:45, Wiercioch Ott (holding) 7:39, Alzner Wash (tripping) 10:58.

Shots on goal Washington 10 14 11 — 35 Ottawa 11 14 13 — 38 Goal — Washington: Grubauer (L, 5-2-2); Ottawa: Anderson (W, 12-9-4).

Blackhawks 1, Kings 0 First Period 1. Chicago, Saad 14 (Bickell, Keith) 7:05.

Penalties — Versteeg Chi (hooking) 17:21.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Doughty LA (tripping) 1:49, Voynov LA (delay of game) 3:35, Chi Bench (too many men) 8:27.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Carter LA (holding) 9:24.

Shots on goal Los Angeles 6 15 5 — 26 Chicago 6 11 13 — 30 Goal — Los Angeles: Jones (L, 8-2-0); Chicago: Raanta (W, 10-1-3).

2014 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP W OW OL L GF GA Pts U.S. 3 3 0 0 0 19 4 9 Canada 3 2 0 1 0 16 10 7 Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 15 13 3 Germany 4 1 0 0 3 7 24 3 Czech Rep. 3 0 1 0 2 6 12 2 Group B GP W OW OL L GF GA Pts Sweden 3 3 0 0 0 19 5 9 Finland 3 2 0 0 1 11 6 6 Russia 3 2 0 0 1 19 5 6 Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 7 14 3 Norway 4 0 0 0 4 3 29 0 Note: Three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/shootout loss.

Sunday’s results Sweden 10 Norway 0 U.S. 8 Germany 0 Monday’s results Canada 5 Slovakia 3 Finland 4 Russia 1 Germany 3 Czech Republic 0 Switzerland 3 Norway 2 Tuesday’s games Slovakia vs. Czech Republic, 5:30 a.m.

Sweden vs. Russia, 6 a.m.

U.S. vs. Canada, 9:30 a.m.

Finland vs. Switzerland, 10 a.m.

End of Preliminary Round PLAYOFFS Thursday’s games Relegation Game, 3 a.m.

Quarter-finals, 4, 6:30, 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.

Monday’s results Ottawa 3 Washington 1 Nashville 6 Detroit 4 Chicago 1 Los Angeles 0 Philadelphia at Vancouver, late

Friday, Jan. 3 Relegation Game, 8 a.m.

Tuesday’s games Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 11 a.m.

NY Rangers at Florida, 3 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

NY Islanders at Boston, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 4 Semifinals Quarter-final winners, 7 and 11 a.m.

Sunday, Jan. 5 Relegation Game, 4 a.m.

Bronze Medal Game Semifinal losers, 7 a.m.

Gold Medal Game Semifinal winners, 11 a.m.

World Junior Championship scoring leaders MALMO, Sweden — Official world junior hockey

Wednesday’s games Toronto at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Monday’s summaries Predators 6, Red Wings 4 First Period 1. Nashville, Wilson 6 (Jones, Fisher) 1:54.

2. Detroit, Abdelkader 4 (Miller) 3:00.

3. Nashville, Smith 11 (Gaustad) 9:50.

Penalties — Miller Det (high-sticking) 12:20.

Second Period 4. Nashville, Spaling 7 (Smith) 4:24.

Penalties — Quincey Det (tripping) 4:52, Cullen Nash (tripping) 11:48, Abdelkader Det (fighting) 17:39, Fisher Nash (fighting) 17:39.

Third Period 5. Detroit, Datsyuk 15 (Kronwall) :35.

6. Nashville, Fisher 10 (Wilson, Hornqvist) 5:50.

7. Detroit, Quincey 2 (Helm, Zetterberg) 11:30.

8. Nashville, Wilson 7 (Jones, Fisher) 12:07.

9. Detroit, Eaves 1 (Zetterberg, Kronwall) 14:52 (pp).

10. Nashville, Josi 3 (Cullen) 19:41 (en-pp).

Penalties — Nyquist Det (tripping) 12:29, Fisher Nash (hooking) 14:25, Bertuzzi Det (tripping) 17:54.

Shots on goal Detroit 5 11 9 — 25 Nashville 9 11 9 — 29 Goal — Detroit: Howard (L, 6-9-7); Nashville: Mazanec (W, 7-8-1).

championship leaders through Monday’s games: NAME Team G A PTS Martin Reway Svk 4 5 9 David Griger Svk 3 6 9 Anthony Mantha Cda 4 5 9 Milan Kolena Svk 3 4 7 Alexander Wennberg Swe 3 4 7 Filip Forsberg Swe 1 6 7 Jonathan Drouin Cda 2 5 7 Matt Grzelyck US 2 4 6 Dominik Kahun Ger 3 2 5 Andreas Johnson Swe 2 3 5 Andrew Copp US 0 5 5 Damir Zhafyarov Rus 2 3 5 Vince Hinostroza US 3 2 5 Nic Kerdiles US 1 4 5 Teuvo Teravinen Fin 0 5 5 Sam Reinhart Cda 2 3 5 Will Butcher US 2 2 4 2013 Spengler Cup PLAYOFFS Monday’s results Semifinals Geneve-Servette (Swtizerland) 6 Canada 5 CSKA Moscow (Russia) 5 Davos (Switzerland) 4 (SO) Tuesday’s games Championship CSKA Moscow (Russia) vs. Geneve-Servette (Swtizerland), 4 a.m.

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REBELS: Answered While the Rebels weren’t at the top of their game, their penalty killing was. They held the Wheat Kings, who were tied for first in the league on the power play, off the board on all six shorthanded situations.

“That was a credit to our penalty killers and Patty (Bartosak),” said Truitt. “They have some guys who can really fire the puck, but we did a good job of picking the right times to pressure them and while they had a few backdoor looks, overall we limited their chances. We answered the bell as a unit. Penalty killing is working hard and in that aspect we got the job done.” ● The Wheat Kings finished with 35 shots on Bartosak while the Rebels had 21 on Papirny . . . Bleackley’s goal gives him a six-game point scoring streak . . . Rebels still have Evan Polei, Brooks Maxwell, Presten Kopeck and Christian Stockl out injured while Dominik Volek is with the Czech Republic at the World Juniors, Kirk Bear was ill and Adam Musil and Meyer Nell are at the World U17 Challenge . . . Rebels added Jeff de Wit, up from the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs, for the game . . . Rebels return to

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Indianapolis 30, Jacksonville 10 N.Y. Jets 20, Miami 7 Denver 34, Oakland 14 San Diego 27, Kansas City 24, OT Seattle 27, St. Louis 9 San Francisco 23, Arizona 20 Green Bay 33, Chicago 28 New Orleans 42, Tampa Bay 17 New England 34, Buffalo 20 Philadelphia 24, Dallas 22 NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 4 Kansas City at Indianapolis, 2:35 p.m. (NBC) New Orleans at Philadelphia, 6:10 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 5 San Diego at Cincinnati, 11:05 a.m. (CBS) San Francisco at Green Bay, 2:40 p.m. (FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 Green Bay, San Francisco or New Orleans at Seattle, 2:35 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati, Indianpolis or Kansas City at New England, 6:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 12 Philadelphia, Green Bay or San Francisco at Carolina, 11:05 a.m. (FOX) Indianapolis, Kansas City or San Diego at Denver, 2:40 p.m. (CBS)

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TRIALS: Speedskating Canada’s Olympic long-track speedskating team will consist of 10 women and eight men in all disciplines and will be announced on Jan. 22.

In the women’s 1,000 metres, Christine Nesbitt of London, Ont., won her second distance of the trials. After winning the 500 metres on Saturday, Nesbitt won the 1,000 in a time of 1:14.19.

Wotherspoon’s brother-in-law Jamie Gregg, from Edmonton, finished first in the men’s 500 metres with a combined two-race time of 69.15.

Finishing in the second, third and fourth spots respectively were Calgary’s Gilmore Junio (69.31 seconds), William Dutton of Humbolt, Sask. (69.38) and Quebec City’s Muncef Ouardi (69.41).

In the women’s 500 metres, Christine Nesbitt of London, Ont., finished first with a two-race time of 76.45 seconds.

“This definitely makes me feel good about things,” said Nesbitt, who will also on Thursday in the 1,500 metres.

Today ● Midget AAA hockey: Mac’s Midget World Invitational tournament, boys’ and girls’ quarter-finals and semifinals.

Wednesday ● Midget AAA hockey: Mac’s Midget World Invitational tournament, boys’ and girls’ finals.

Saturday

● Bantam AAA hockey: Red Deer Rebels Black vs. Calgary Flames, 2 p.m., Arena ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Northstar Chiefs vs. Calgary Rangers, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● AJHL: Drumheller Dragons at Olds Grizzlys, 7:30 p.m. ● Junior B hockey: Heritage League, Red Deer Vipers vs. Three Hills, 8 p.m.; Mountainview at Ponoka.

Friday ● Peewee AA hockey: Lacombe Rockets at Sylvan Lake Lakers, 6 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Seattle Thunderbirds, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Midget AA hockey: Bow Valley Timberwolves at Sylvan Lake Lakers, 8:15 p.m. ● Senior hockey: Chinook League, Stony Plain Eagles at Innisfail Eagles, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday

● Senior hockey: Chinook League, Innisfail Eagles at Bentley Generals, 2 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Foothills Bisons at Sylvan Lake Lakers, 3 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Northstar Chiefs vs. Calgary Canucks, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Moose Jaw Warriors, 5 p.m., Centrium.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 13 15 .464 — Boston 13 17 .433 1 Brooklyn 10 20 .333 4 Philadelphia 9 21 .300 5 New York 9 21 .300 5 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 24 7 .774 — Atlanta 17 14 .548 7 Washington 14 14 .500 8 1/2 Charlotte 14 18 .438 10 1/2 Orlando 10 20 .333 13 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 24 5 .828 — Detroit 14 19 .424 12 Chicago 12 17 .414 12 Cleveland 10 20 .333 14 1/2 Milwaukee 6 24 .200 18 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 24 7 .774 — Houston 21 12 .636 4 Dallas 18 13 .581 6 New Orleans 14 15 .483 9 Memphis 13 17 .433 10 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 25 5 .833 — Portland 24 7 .774 1 1/2 Minnesota 15 16 .484 10 1/2 Denver 14 16 .467 11 Utah 10 24 .294 17 Pacific Division

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GB — 1 1/2 2 7 1/2 10 1/2

Sunday’s Games Orlando 109, Atlanta 102 Golden State 108, Cleveland 104, OT Oklahoma City 117, Houston 86 San Antonio 112, Sacramento 104 Philadelphia 111, L.A. Lakers 104 Monday’s Games Washington 106, Detroit 99 Dallas 100, Minnesota 98 Chicago 95, Memphis 91 New Orleans 110, Portland 108 Miami 97, Denver 94 Utah 83, Charlotte 80 Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, late Tuesday’s Games Atlanta at Boston, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Indiana, 1 p.m.

Golden State at Orlando, 3 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games Dallas at Washington, 4 p.m.

Indiana at Toronto, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Denver, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS — Acquired RHP Miles Mikolas from Pittsburgh for 1B Chris McGuiness.

Designated OF Rafael Ortega for assignment.

American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Traded RHP Alex Caldera, LHP Nick Capito and RHP Nate Kilcrease to Laredo for the rights to OF Sawyer Carroll.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Traded OF Byron Wiley to Kansas City (AA) for INF Justin Bass. Exercised the 2014 contract options on RHP Andrew Strenge, INF Bobby Joe Tannehill, RHP Brandon Mathes, LHP Brent Choban, C Brian Sheehan, RHP Casey Henn, RHP Chuck Weaver, OF Cole Miles, RHP Daniel DeSimone, OF David Harris, INF Jacob Tanis, C Jim Jacquot, RHP Jorge Marban, INF Junior Arrojo, OF Kyle Bluestein, RHP Michael Oros, OF Nick Stein, OF Pablo Bermudez, RHP Patrick Robinson and RHP Steve Matre.

CYCLING USADA — Announced American cyclist David LeDuc tested positive for prohibited substances and accepted a two-year suspension.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Fired receivers coach Ike Hilliard. Signed to DB Mario Butler, OT Edawn Coughman, QB Dennis Dixon, DE Ikponmwosa Igbinosun, OT Jamaal Johnson-Webb, WR Brandon Kaufman and LB Jacquies Smith to reserve/future contracts.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed LS Brandon Hartson, CB C.J. Wilson, CB Demontre Hurst, TE Fendi Onobun, QB Jerrod Johnson, LB Lawrence Wilson, OT Rogers Gaines, S Sean Cattouse, WR Terrence Toliver, DT Tracy Robertson and TE Zach Miller to reserve/future contracts.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed TE Alex Smith and DT Devon Still on injured reserve. Signed DT Ogemdi Nwagbuo. Signed CB Brandon Burton and DT Zach Minter on injured reserve.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DBs Jamoris Slaughter and T.J. Heath, DE Cam Henderson, LB Justin Staples, WRs Conner Vernon and Tori Gurley and OL Jeremiah Warren to reserve/future contracts.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed WR Tim Benford, G Ray Dominguez, WR Lance Lewis, DE Caesar Rayford, LB Jonathan Stewart and OT John Wetzel to reserve/future contracts.

DETROIT LIONS — Fired coach Jim Schwartz.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Fired coach Leslie Frazier. Signed S Brandan Bishop, CB Kip Edwards, OT Kevin Murphy, DE Spencer Nealy, RB Bradley Randle and WR Adam Thielen.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL R.J. Mattes and LB Taylor Reed to the practice squad.

Released OL R.J. Dill from the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DE Kendrick Adams, T Steven Baker, RB Kendall Gaskins, WR Marcus Harris and DBs Travis Howard, Junior Mertile, Chaz Powell and Ross Weaver to reserve/ future contracts.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed CB Johnny Adams, OL Jack Cornell, WR Jared Green, LB Eric Harper, TE Brian Leonhardt and DE Chris McCoy to reserve/future contracts.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed CB Perrish Cox to a one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Fired coach Greg Schiano and general manager Mark Dominik.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed T Jeff Adams, DT Chigbo Anunoby, CB George Baker, LBs Brandon Copeland and Jonathan Willard, C Tyler Horn, DE Adewale Ojomo and TE Adam Schiltz to reserve/future contracts.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Fired coach Mike Shanahan, special teams co-ordinator Keith Burns, advance scout Larry Coyer, coaching assistant Richmond Flowers, quarterbacks coach Matt LaFleur, receivers coach Mike McDaniel, offensive co-ordinator Kyle Shanahan, linebackers coach Bob Slowik and defensive assistant Bobby Slowik.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Acquired F Greg Nemisz from Calgary for F Kevin Westgarth and assigned Nemisz to Charlotte (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Recalled F Chris Brown from Portland (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with F Nic Petan on a three-year entry level contract. Reassigned D Julian Melchiori to St. John’s (AHL).

American Hockey League NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Reassigned D Mike Little to Florida (ECHL).

OKLAHOMA CITY BARONS — Recalled D Erik Burgdoerfer from Bakersfield (ECHL).

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Recalled F Logan Shaw from Cincinnati (ECHL). Loaned D Zach Miskovic to Cincinnati.

ECHL READING ROYALS — Announced F Dustin Gazley and G Riley Gill were recalled by Hershey (AHL). Announced D Brett Flemming was reassigned to the team from Hershey. Announced F Doug Clarkson was recalled by Adirondack (AHL).

Central Hockey League CHL — Suspended Brampton F Mike MacIsaac and Quad City F Jordan Lane for two games each.

Southern Professional Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMAN — Announced F Parker Stanfield was signed by Florida (ECHL). Loaned F Garrett Vermeersch to Fort Wayne (ECHL). Activated C Dean Yakura from injured reserve,.

COLLEGE ALABAMA A&M — Named James Michael Spady football coach.

INDIANA — Announced freshman men’s basketball C Luke Fischer has withdrawn from school and is expected to transfer.

Both Chiefs teams eliminated from Mac’s midget tournament CALGARY — The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs had to sit and wait Monday, hoping that they could snag a playoff berth in the Mac’s AAA Midget World Invitational hockey tournament.

The Chiefs, who played their final round-robin game Sunday, needed the Okanagan Rockets to lose to the Notre Dame Argos Monday in order to qualify for the quarter-finals, but the Rockets battled back from a 2-0 first-period deficit and earned a 5-5 tie.

Notre Dame finished first atop Pool 4 with a 3-0-1 record, while the Rockets were also undefeated at 2-0-2 and the Chiefs placed third at 2-1-1.

Red Deer opened the tournament Boxing Day with a 6-4 loss to Notre Dame, then tied Okanagan 3-3 the following day. The Chiefs closed out round-robin play with 6-2 and 4-0 wins over the Caribou Cougars and the Calgary Flames.

“We got off to a bit of a slow start,” said Chiefs head coach Doug Quinn. “It wasn’t a very good setup for us. We didn’t skate until the 23rd and then had to get up at 4:30 a.m. for our first game, at 10 a.m. By the time we recovered we were down 3-0.

“They put us in a pool with the top teams in B.C (Okanagan) and Saskatchewan (Notre Dame). We played well against Okanagan but they have a really strong power play and got a couple of goals that way. We were really strong our last two games but it was a little too late to get things turned around.” ● The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs finished at 0-4 on the girls’ side of the tournament.

The Chiefs dropped a 3-2 decision to the Westman Wildcats of Manitoba Monday morning.

Breanna Martin and Ashley Richard scored once each for the Chiefs, who trailed 2-1 after two periods. The teams were tied 1-1 after 20 minutes.

Nisa Bartlett finished with 18 saves while her teammates had 14 shots on goal.

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Five NFL coaches get shown the door

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It didn’t take long.

Barely 12 hours after the NFL’s regular season ended, five head coaches were unemployed. Fired on Monday were Washington’s Mike Shanahan, Detroit’s Jim Schwartz, Minnesota’s Leslie Frazier and Tampa Bay’s Greg Schiano.

The Cleveland Browns didn’t even wait that long, dismissing Rob Chudzinski on Sunday night after just one season on the job.

Shanahan, who won two Super Bowls in Denver in the 1990s, spent four seasons with the Redskins and was 24-40. Frazier had a little more than three seasons with the Vikings to compile an 18-33-1 mark, and Schwartz coached the Lions for five seasons, finishing 29-52.

Schiano only got two years with the Buccaneers, going 11-21. He had three years and $9 million left on his contract.

Tampa Bay also fired general manager Mark Dominik.

“It’s tough for the players to see your coaches go.

You never want to see anybody get fired,” Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said. “Me personally, I haven’t had any, consistently, in my career.

Third head coach, going on my fifth year and three head coaches. Add up everybody, it’ll be six D-line coaches.”

The Buccaneers, who also have fired the likes of Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden, hired Schiano out of Rutgers in 2012 and went 6-4 before losing five of their last six games. They dropped their first eight

games this season and finished 4-12.

One coach allegedly on the hot seat was retained: Rex Ryan, who has one more year on his contract, is staying with the New York Jets after a surprising 8-8 record in his fifth season at the helm.

While some of the fired coaches might have seen it coming, Chudzinski certainly didn’t despite going 4-12 and losing his final seven games and 10 of 11.

“I was shocked and disappointed to hear the news that I was fired,” said Chudzinski, who grew up a Browns fan. “I am a Cleveland Brown to the core, and always will be. It was an honour to lead our players and coaches, and I appreciate their dedication and sacrifice. I was more excited than ever for this team, as I know we were building a great foundation for future success.”

As the coaching searches begin, agents will float the names of their clients — Penn State’s Bill O’Brien seems to be the hottest candidate and has interviewed for Houston’s vacancy. The Texans (214), who own the top choice in May’s draft after losing their final 14 games, released coach Gary Kubiak late in the season.

Whoever gets hired in each place will face mammoth rebuilding projects. Overall, the six teams seeking new coaches went 24-71-1.

Shanahan had one season remaining on a fiveyear contract worth about $7 million a season. He blamed salary cap restraints for part of the Redskins’ collapse from NFC East champion in 2012 to 3-13 and eight consecutive losses.

Washington was hit with a $36 million salary cap penalty over two seasons for dumping salaries into the 2010 uncapped season, and Shanahan said it

prevented the team from pursuing free agents it had targeted.

But his real undoing, along with the poor records in three of his four seasons, was a contentious relationship with star quarterback Robert Griffin III. RG3 did not speak with the media on Monday.

Frazier took over for Brad Childress in Minnesota for the final six games of 2010. He got the Vikings to the playoffs as a wild card last season, riding an MVP year from running back Adrian Peterson. But he never solved the Vikings’ quarterback situation — three QBs started in 2013 — and the defence, Frazier’s specialty, ranked 31st overall and against the pass.

“It’s a harsh business,” safety Harrison Smith said. “As a player, we all love coach Frazier, as a coach, as a man. You can’t meet a better guy. And also as a player, we didn’t make enough plays on the field. So you just feel like you let him down a little bit.”

The Lions were considered an underachieving team the last two years under Schwartz. After a 6-3 start this year in a division where the Packers and Bears lost their starting quarterbacks for lengthy periods, Detroit fell apart down the stretch. It lost six of its last seven.

He had two years and almost $12 million remaining on his deal, signed after the Lions hired him to fix a team that went 0-16 in 2008.

“From where we were in 2008 to where we are now it’s a big difference,” quarterback Matthew Stafford said. “We owe a lot of that to him. He’s a really smart guy and helped us get to where we are. Obviously, we didn’t win as many games as we needed to or as we should have this year.”

Stack leads Canada ousted from Americans Spengler Cup in semifinals past Canada in exhibition game

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Kelli Stack had a goal and two assists as the United States edged Canada 3-2 on Monday night.

The win was the Americans’ third straight and fourth in the six game exhibition series against the Canadians.

It was the final matchup between the two women’s hockey powers ahead of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Canada has lost two consecutive games to the U.S. under the guidance of newly appointed head coach, Kevin Dineen.

He took over on Dec. 17 after Dan Church resigned.

Stack, Hilary Knight and Megan Bozek all scored as the Americans opened up a 3-0 lead in the second period much to the disappointment of the announced crowd of 17, 227 at the Air Canada Centre.

Natalie Spooner got Canada on the board with 34 seconds left in the middle periods.

Canada’s Brianne Jenner cut the U.S. lead to 3-2 with a short-handed goal at 1:57 of the third.

Despite out-shooting the Americans 9-5 in the third period, Canada could not find the equalizer.

Canadian starter Genevieve Lacasse made 27 saves in the loss while Molly Schaus stopped 25 shots for the U.S. The U.S. opened the scoring 2:32 into the second as Knight re-directed a Stack feed between the pads of Lacasse.

With Jenner off for hooking, Alex Carpenter found Stack all alone in the slot; Stack beat Lacasse giving the Americans a 2-0 lead.

The U.S. appeared to take a 3-0 lead at 16:05 of the second period when Knight knocked a loose puck out of mid-air past Lacasse; however, video review showed Knight knocked the puck down with a high stick and the goal was disallowed.

Less than a minute later, the U.S. made it 3-0.

With Canadian captain Hayley Wickenheiser off for holding, Megan Bozek’s point shot beat a screened Lacasse from the point.

Canada got on the board at 19:26 as Spooner beat Schaus on a partial break.

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Geneva’s Alexandre Picard, left, vies for the puck with Canada’s goalkeeper Allen York during the semifinal match between HC GeneveServette and Team Canada at the 87th Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday. at 16:10 from Haydar and 18:18 from Williams made it a one-goal game with time winding down.

Stephan, who made 21 of his 50 saves in the third, would not be beaten a sixth time “I thought we had our best

Maple Leafs, Red Wings rivalry needs more fuel than Winter Classic

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS DETROIT — David Clarkson watched the Toronto Maple LeafsDetroit Red Wings rivalry closely while growing up.

He was nine years old when they played in the 1993 playoffs and a teenager when Brendan Shanahan, from Clarkson’s neighbourhood of Mimico, was traded to Detroit.

Now he has an up-close look after signing with his hometown Leafs.

“They’re a team that’s close by,” Clarkson said of the Red Wings. “Any time you have an organization or a team that’s close, you always have that playoff-type feeling.”

It was the hope for HBO’s “24/7” and the Winter Classic, that the Leafs and Red Wings would rekindle their old rivalry now that they’re division rivals for the first time since 1998.

But it will take more than just an internationally televised regular-season game to drudge up a lot of hostilities between Toronto and Detroit.

“Maybe the ‘24/7’ and maybe the Winter Classic can help with all that,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. “To have a rivalry to me, what you do is you meet in the playoffs, you have two really good teams, you have hard series and you build up some animosity for one another.

That hasn’t been possible.”

Forget about the playoffs. It hasn’t been possible because until their Dec. 22 meeting at Air Canada Centre, the Leafs and Red Wings hadn’t played a regular-season game against each other since Jan. 7, 2012.

Just over a dozen players remain

from that meeting. Clarkson is one of the new participants, but he doesn’t think the rivalry has deteriorated of late.

“I don’t think from playing each other a ton over the last couple years, I don’t think it’s gone away,” Clarkson said. “I think it’s coming back.

With them coming back and playing each other more, especially with (the Winter Classic) that’s coming up, I think that rivalry’s there and it’s going to continue to grow and grow over the next couple of years.”

Clarkson did his part to grow the hard feelings when he went after Red Wings forward Todd Bertuzzi during their game in Toronto.

“He shot the puck at our water bottle when it was on the ice, and I didn’t like that,” Clarkson said. “I just think that’s part of the way both of us play, just kind of battling hard out there together.”

That scene played out on “24/7,” full of colourful language. It might’ve been the highlight of the show’s third episode, which was supposed to showcase the rivalry going into Wednesday’s game.

For television, that’s all well and good. Leafs coach Randy Carlyle doesn’t care about trying to manufacture a rivalry now that his team and the Red Wings are in the Atlantic Division together.

“I’m more concerned about winning hockey games than building a rivalry,” Carlyle said. “I think when you ask every coach, the rivalry is something that develops when you have competitive teams and you play a number of times against one another.

“Obviously there’s a long history between Toronto and Detroit, but with this coaching staff we’re trying to make sure that we can provide a consistent brand of hockey, which we haven’t been able to do.”

The Leafs are 4-5-2 in their past 11 games, including a shootout victory over Detroit. The Red Wings are also 4-5-2 in that same span, going into their game Monday night at the Nashville Predators.

Nazem Kadri grew up a Leafs fan in London, Ont., about halfway between Toronto and Detroit. It was easier for his family to get tickets to Red Wings games growing up, so he went to see some games at Joe Louis Arena. Now the Leafs’ second-line centre, Kadri is also new to this rivalry but figures there’s one way for the bad blood to heat up this season.

“Obviously Detroit being so close to us (in the standings) it definitely makes things a little more competitive,” Kadri said.

Through Sunday’s games, the Leafs and Red Wings were tied with 45 points and both in wild-card positions in the Eastern Conference.

Daniel Alfredsson knows all about having a rivalry with the Leafs from his time with the Ottawa Senators.

The Battle of Ontario got a spark with a 2004 playoff series, which might be what it takes for Toronto and Detroit.

“I think it’s great that these two teams are in the same division now, and we’re going to start to play each other a lot more,” Alfredsson said.

“But also I think you need to play each other in the playoffs to really create that heated rivalry as we had.”

game by a mile,” Shedden said.

“Unfortunately like a hot pitcher in baseball (goaltenders) can beat you some nights.”

Geneva will play CSKA Moscow in Tuesday’s final. Moscow edged host HC Davos 5-4 earlier Monday.

JUNIOR CURLING LEDUC — Jocelyn Peterman’s Red Deer foursome fell just short in their bid to capture the Alberta junior girls curling championship Monday.

Peterman and her supporting cast of third Brittany Tran, second Rebecca Konschuh and lead Kristine Anderson, fell 6-5 to Kelsey Rocque’s foursome from the Edmonton Saville Centre in the final.

Peterman struck for a deuce in the sixth end to tie the game 4-4 and the vs game was even at 5-5 after nine before Rocque, with last-rock advantage, scored Friday, January 3 a single point 7:00 pm to earn the victory and a berth in the Canadian championship vs Jan. 18-26 at Liverpool, N.S. Peterman advanced to the final with a 5-4 victory over Selena Sunday, January 5 Sturmay of Airdrie Monday afternoon, scoring two in the 10th end Bruin’s Plumbing to win the semi& Heating final. post game fireworks Carter Lautner of Calgary downed Thomas Enmax Centrium Scoffin of EdmonTickets at ticketmaster ton 7-4 in the boys final.

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DAVOS, Switzerland — Doug Shedden says Canada played its best game at the Spengler Cup on Monday. Unfortunately for the Canadians, so did opposing goaltender Tobias Stephan.

Stephan made 50 saves and HC Geneve-Servette capitalized on its chances in a 6-5 semifinal win over defending champion Canada.

“To me, you lose this game on two words, and that’s Toby Stephan,” Canada coach Shedden said after the game. “We threw 55 shots at him, and we were all over him with quality chances, and there’s no question he was the difference in the game.

“Unfortunately that’s the game of hockey sometimes. A hot goalie can steal a game, especially in a one-game series.”

Conversely, Geneva-based Geneve-Servette made the most of their chances, beating the Canadian tandem of Allen York and Matthew Hackett six times on 24 shots.

“Geneva really capitalized on the limited chances they got,” Shedden said. “It seems like every shot they had was a seeing-eye shot, like under the bar or fivehole ... they were a sharp-shooting team today.

“I’m not blaming the goalies one bit. It just seems that every chance they got they made the best of it.”

Alexandre Giroux, Travis Roche and Jacob Micflikier, Darren Haydar and Jason Williams scored for Canada.

Former NHL veteran Matthew Lombardi led Geneva with two goals and two assists.

Denis Hollenstein, Intio Pestoni, Arnaud Jacquement and Daniel Vukovic scored for Geneva.

Canada was trailing 6-3 midway through the third period, but they poured on the pressure and goals

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Survived by his loving wife Joanne; three sons: Jason of Kelowna, Andrew (Michelle) of Surrey, Kyle (Seline) of Red Deer; three grandchildren: Embry, Jayden and Jude and extended family. Bob along with his wife Joanne were the owners of Fresh Healthy Cafe in Kelowna. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the BC Cancer Foundation to support the Kelowna Cancer Centre, 399 Royal Avenue, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 5L3. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com 250-860-7077.

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KOBLE LOST: SD camera card Joy Doreen outside Shoppers Drug 1941 - 2013 Mart, Village Mall on Dec 19. Many family photos, Joy Doreen Koble, 72, of Christmas concerts, R i m b e y, A l b e r t a p a s s e d birthdays, etc. away peacefully on Thursday, call or text anytime December 26, 2013 at the Please403-350-9695 Rimbey Hospital after a reward offered courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by Tom Ford of Rimbey, her Found children; Max (Joyce), Chris, Darcy (Deb), Lynn (John), SET of keys found on Adher grandchildren; Jennifer dington Dr. 403-358-8562 (Bud), J.R, Danyelle (Johan), Scott, Jim (Andrea), Lisa (Tim), Shane, Kaitlyn, and Personals Graham, great grandchildren; Charlotte, Alexander, Lincoln, ALCOHOLICS and Zander, sisters; Phyllis, ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 Shirley, and Pat and one brother Ron. She was prede- COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298 c e a s e d b y h e r f a t h e r, Chester Taylor, her mother Ruth Taylor, husband Frank, son Ross, brothers; Johnny, wegot and Gale, sisters; Mary, and Vernus. Family and friends are invited to pay their r e s p e c t s o n T u e s d a y, December 31, 2013 at 11:00 CLASSIFICATIONS a.m. at the Rimbey United 700-920 Church, Rimbey, Alberta.

Funeral Service will follow at 1:00 p.m. If friends so desire, Caregivers/ donations can be made to Aides the Canadian Cancer Society P/T F. caregiver wanted #101, 6751 - 52 Avenue, Red F quad. Must be reliable Deer, Alberta T4N 4K8, or forand have own vehicle. the Rimbey Hospital Box 403-505-7846 440, Rimbey, Alberta, T0C 2J0. Condolences may be made by visiting Dental www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL FT RDA req. for Lacombe CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM clinic. Min 2 yrs exp, 1 serving Central Alberta with evening shift to 7pm, no locations in Lacombe and wknds. Fax 403-782-6336 Rimbey in charge of IMMEDIATE OPENING arrangements. Phone: FOR EXP’D. DENTAL 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 RECEPTIONIST. We offer competitive “A Caring Family, wages & flexible hours.

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In Memoriam DOLORES TOD June 29, 1934 - Jan. 1, 2008 Love lives on forever, It will never fade away, For in our hearts, Our loved ones are With us every day ~Love you!

Ray, Mandy, Family & Friends

Card Of Thanks Ryan LaBorde (Hermary) Our family would like to thank everyone for the phone calls, cards, flowers and gifts of food and donations made in Ryan’s name. We would especially like to thank Murphy Oil, Flinns Funeral Service and members of Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church for making Ryan’s celebration so meaningful for our family and his numerous friends. Your heartfelt prayers and generosity on the passing of Ryan has helped to ease our pain and help us remember what a caring and spontaneous young man he really was.

Thanks again.

Hugh, Loretta and family.

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hether it happened Yesterday or Today, Whatever you want to say, To celebrate your special day...

Email: classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Required for busy Optometric office,.

Full Time, avail to work evenings & Saturdays.

Fax resume to 403-343-9440 Buying or Selling your home?

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Please drop off resume ATT’N: Marina at Bower Dental Centre or email: marina@bowerdental.com

Hair Stylists

1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 mbell@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad.

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

BIDELL GAS COMPRESSION

has an opening at our RED DEER location for a

CYLINDER HEAD MECHANIC. Journeyman HET or Millwright or relevant industry experience preferred.

Bidell offers a competitive wage, company paid health benefits & best in the business savings plan.

Please submit your resume to: careers@bidell.com or fax to: 403.236.0345 www.bidell.com Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS JAGARE ENERGY PRODUCTION TESTING now hiring Day Supervisors, Night Operators, and Helpers. Must have valid Class 5 drivers license. RSP’s and benefits pkg. incentives. Email resumes to: jagare2@gmail.com

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JUST CUTS is looking for F/T - P/T HAIRSTYLIST No clientele necessary.

Christie 403-309-2494

NOW HIRING

LOOKING FOR F/T & P/T STYLISTS. Apprentices welcome.

Please call Jenn at 403-506-4447

Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

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Red Deer Life Sunday Publication date: DEC. 29 Deadline Fri. Dec. 27 @ 2 p.m.

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RASMUSSEN Irene Embraced by her family, Irene passed away peacefully and journeyed into the care of God’s hands on December 19, 2013 at the age of 75.

She was born a coal miner’s daughter on January 1, 1938 t o M a r t i n a n d Ve r o n i c a Bozek at Coleman, Alberta.

Her father passed away when she was 12 and the family then moved to the Evergreen district. On April 20, 1957 she was united in marriage to Enos Rasmussen and together they worked side by side on their mixed farming operation in the New Hill district and raising their family of 5 children. She continued to live on the farm until her passing. Irene was a country girl at heart caring for the animals and especially her chickens and turkeys.

Irene could always be found on the combine during harvest season and when she wasn’t in the field she was tending to her flowers and huge garden which was her pride and joy. In her leisure time she loved to cook and entertain family and friends, go camping and fishing.

There was no one more special to her then her grandchildren. Irene was a very kind and gentle soul; she had a loving and generous heart, and was always giving to others. Irene’s loving memories will be cherished by her kids: Therese (Tom) Kleeberger, Brenda (Bert) Zlomanchuk, Dorothy Klassen, Charles Rasmussen, and Gale (Murray) Page; her grandkids Curtis (Carrie), Jeremy, Kathleen, Quinton, Josh, Danielle, Brittany, Delaney, Austin and Kelsey and great granddaughter Kayla; her siblings Ve r o n a S z p a j c h e r, M a r y Boomer, and Alex Bozek; her in-laws Shirl and Glynne Ryan, Leona Bozek, Ann Rasmussen, Pat Rasmussen, Loyal and Rose Rasmussen.

She was predeceased by her beloved husband Enos on April 1, 2013; her parents Martin and Veronica Bozek; and siblings Joe Bozek, Annie Misuda, Martin Bozek, John Bozek and Helen Logan. A Celebration of Life for Irene will be held at the Eckville Community Center, Eckville, AB on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 1:00 pm.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Irene’s honor to the Lending Cupboard, 5406 - 43 St., Red Deer, AB T4N 1C9 or to the Charity of the donor’s choice.

SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements.

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JESKE Lawrence Leonard May 30, 1940 to Dec 27, 2013 Red Deer, Alberta Lawrence passed away at home on Friday, December 27, 2013 at the age of 73 years. Lawrence was born in Clearwater, Alberta to Emil and Emma Jeske. He was the middle child in a family of eight children. Lawrence settled in Red Deer in 1955.

A hard worker from a very young age, he established Jeske Excavating in the 60’s and worked for 40 years with AGT and then on infrastructure and subdivision projects that supported the expansion of the city of Red Deer. When he wasn’t working Lawrence enjoyed c a m p i n g w i t h h i s f a m i l y, playing guitar, cheering on the Stampeders, rebuilding antique cars, tinkering in his garage and spending time with his grandchildren. He is survived and will be deeply missed by his son Travis (Kim) of Red Deer; daughters Julia (Wayne) of Calgary, and Penny (Michael) of Toronto and grandchildren; Brittney, Colton and Avari, as well as his sisters; Doris and Audrey and brothers; Harold and Gerald. Lawrence was predeceased by his parents Emil and Emma; his sister Evelyn; his brothers Benjamin and John; his niece Kathy and his son in law Ian. A special thanks to Dr. Regina Donnelly who cared for Lawrence for 34 years and the incredible medical team at the Heart Function Clinic at Red Deer Regional Hospital.

A celebration of his life will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel 4820-45 street Red Deer, AB on Friday January 3 , 2 0 1 4 a t 2 : 0 0 P. M .

Interment will take place at the Alto-Reste Cemetery Red Deer, AB. In lieu of flowers donations may be directly made in memory of Lawrence Jeske the Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation, Heart Function Clinic, PO Box 5030 Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6R2. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45th Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222.

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OIL & GAS OPERATOR

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PART-TIME LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR

F/T PAINTERS

Academy of Learning, Bearspaw currently has a Red Deer position in our Stettler field Apply at: resumes operations for an intermediate @academyoflearning.ab.ca oil and gas operator. Applicants Tired of Standing? must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or Find something to sit on journeyman instrument in Classifieds mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, PART-TIME be quick learners, motivated UNIT CLERK and hard working and live or be willing to relocate INSTRUCTOR within a 20 minute commute Academy of Learning, to workplace location. This Red Deer position offers a challenging Apply at: resumes work environment, attractive @academyoflearning.ab.ca benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

Trades Please submit resumes

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Attn: Human Resources CARPET COLOUR email:kwolokoff@ CENTRE bearspawpet.com is currently looking for Fax 403-252-9719 EXP’D. TILE INSTALLER Mail: Suite 5309 Applicant must have ability 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, to lay out tiles, be familiar AB T3K 0S3 with setting materials and products. This is a F/T position with a wage of $20 -$25/hr. depending on exp.

Submit resume attn: Andrew: awiebe@ SERVICE RIG carpetcolourcentre.com Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd or drop off at is seeking exp’d Carpet Colour Centre FLOORHANDS & 1100, 5001-19 St. Red DERRICK HANDS Deer, Ab. T4R 3R1 Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Experienced Siders Needed Call 403-588-3210 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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Exp. Req’d. One of Alberta’s largest painting companies with offices in Edmonton & Calgary is now hiring for

Red Deer.

Email: drew@ calibregroup.ca Company website: www.calibrecoatings.ab.ca

FLUID EXPERTS LTD. Is looking for experienced TRUCKING DISPATCHER to start immed.

Good Verbal, Writing, Texting and Computer skills. Company Pickup, benefits, above avg. salary and great atmosphere.

Clean Class 1 drivers license and abstract.

Completed Basic Training Courses. Will train the right individual.

Fax Resume w/all tickets and Drivers Abstract to 403-346-3112 or email to roger@fluidexperts.com

TREELINE WELL SERVICES

Has Opening for all positions! Immediately.

All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement, (No GDL licenses) and First Aid. We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits.

Please include 2 work reference names and numbers.

Please fax resume to: 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please. www.treelinewell.com

Professionals

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Store Manager required for PartSource in Red Deer.

Applicant will be responsible for directing day to day operations.We are looking for store managers that have strong leadership and communication skills. ASE certification is an asset.

Please apply in person at 6722-50th Ave or via email @ ps791@partsource.ca

Restaurant/ Hotel

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RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. F/T MAINTENANCE PERSON... Experience preferred. Pool operation an asset. On call rotation.

Bonuses, Drop off resume to 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433 or email: info@ramadareddeer.com

Sales & Distributors

Full time, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Parts Person. Good wages, great benefit package RESPONSIBILITIES: Serving walk in clients, answering phones, inventory control, order parts, etc.

Fax resume to 403-343-1325

Site Superintendents & Foremen For Alberta sites.

Email resume to: admin@shunda.ca

Truckers/ Drivers

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TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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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.

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd, a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full time Millwright/Mechanical trade position.

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.

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.

RONCO OILFIELD HAULING Sylvan Lake. Openings for Picker operator, bed truck drivers and winch tractor.

Top wages and benefits.

Email resume tom@ roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892

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Application Closing Date: January 10, 2014.

Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to: Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113 Alix, Alberta T0C 0B0 FAX: (403)747-2660 EMAIL : mlyle@rahr.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

TOPLINE OILFIELD HAULING Professionals

is a busy & growing oilfield trucking company looking for EXPERIENCED WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS & SWAMPERS Successful candidates will receive top wages & benefits.

Valid Class 1 licence is necessary & oilfield tickets are an asset.

Please forward all resumes to: topline@telus.net

PARTS PERSON / MAGER

IMMEDIATE F/T POSITION For Year Round Work.

In Sundre, AB. Competitive wages, guarantee for right applicant.

Benefits. Must have Journeyman Ticket.

Accommodations available.

Please sent resume to: mross@calmena.com

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk

CLEARVIEW AREA

Requires

JOURNEYMAN PICKER OPERATOR

880

(Reliable vehicle needed)

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

Cosgrove Cres., Chappel Dr., Carroll Cres., Carpenter St., & Cunningham Cres. Area 93 Papers $498/mo.

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

Howarth St. & Haliburton Cres.

Kentwood

Nolan, Norwest & Newlands

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

Currently seeking RELIABLE newspaper carriers for morning delivery (By 6:30 a.m.)

Monday - Saturday in: Highland Green

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info 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

CLEARVIEW AREA Cardinal Ave & Cosgrove Cl. $97/mo.

ALSO East side of Cosgrove Cres. $91/mo.

ALSO Cole Street $61/mo.

ALSO Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $146/mo.

DAVENPORT PLACE AREA Danielle Dr., Dorchester Ave., & Doncaster Ave. $185/mo.

We currently have career opportunities for a professional;

CORPORATE ADMINISTRATOR

We are seeking an independent Corporate Administrator to provide high-level administrative support to Bilton’s executive team. The incumbent will be extremely proactive with a professional, courteous and approachable demeanor in all interactions; possess superior interpersonal relations skills will all levels of staff, customers and vendors; and be able to use sound judgment and discretion. The Corporate Administrator will have a thorough understanding of overall business organization, including management and operating structures, and the importance of policies and procedures.

This position is based out of our Innisfail, Alberta office.

MICHENER AREA East of 40th Ave., 51 St., 50A St., Michener Cres., Green, etc. to Michener Ave. & Blvd. $282/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo.

ALSO Timberstone Way, Talson Place, Thomas Place, Trimble Cl., Traptow Cl. & Thompson Cres. $307/mo.

Career development, growth and unlimited possibilities – you’ll find it here!

Please fax resume to 403-227-7796, email to hr@bilton.ca

Oilfield

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

NEED someone to clear snow off roof 403-343-8387 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Normandeau

Oak St. & Overdown Dr.

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Kilburn Ave. & Krause Cres.

CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

Job Requirements; As the ideal candidate you will possess: • Minimum 3 years previous experience in a related role • Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite • Strong initiative and proactive approach to daily tasks • Self-starter, capable of working independently with minimal supervision • Problem solving and decision making skills

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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INNISFAIL Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

73 Papers $439/mo.

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.

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WESTPARK AREA Highland Green

Oriole Park

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Responsibilities; You will find success based on your ability to; • Maintain Presidents schedule, daily to-do-list and travel plans • Assist with President’s personal matters as directed • Schedule Executive meetings, record and distribute agendas & minutes.

• Assist with planning and organizing corporate events • Assist with corporate presentations, newsletters and other corporate communications • Administer other corporate matters (org chart, keys, donations) • Assist Executives in all areas, preparing documents and presentations as requested • Greet clients and visitors and escort them to the appropriate meeting room • Promptly receive and screen incoming telephone calls • Assist with office tasks as required

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the

GRANDVIEW AREA

BATTERY DOCTORS Exp. not req’d but heavy lifting is involved, mechanical skills an asset. Hours: Mon. to Fri. 8-5. Apply in person at 1, 4801 78 St. No phone calls please.

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 employ over 175 people.

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DEER PARK AREA Dempsey St. & Drummond. Ave. Area 70 Papers $375/mo.

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ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in

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TANKMASTER RENTALS requires Labour Crew supervisor for Central Ab. Pipe fitting & light picker exp. would be an asset .

Oilfield tickets and clean driver’s licence req’d.

Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

MILLENIUM Mechanical Services Ltd. is currently looking for full-time service plumbers with some HVAC knowledge to provide service to the Red Deer area. Residential and commercial experience is required. Please fax resume to (780)986-2109 or email your resume to customerservice@ milleniummechanical.ca

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

MAINTENANCE POSITION

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfield tickets req’d. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

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Teachers/ Tutors

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET is now accepting applications for a full time Parts Person.

Must have good communication and computer skills and have the ability to work independently.

Excellent company benefits.

Please email resume along with wage expectations to: philparts@gmail.com or fax to 403-347-3813 Siding Helpers Needed Call 403-588-3210

CONSIDERING A CAREER CHANGE? Find the right fit.

Daily the Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Anders St. / Armstrong Close Addinnell Close / Allan St. Abbott Close / Anders St. Anders Close INGLEWOOD AREA Isherwood Close Issard Close LANCASTER AREA Law Close / Lewis Close Langford Close Lamont Close Lund Close MORRISROE AREA Vista Village SUNNYBROOK AREA Somerset Close Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Drive Vickers Close Volks Place / Vanier Drive Vanson Close / Visser St. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

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ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com

www.trican.ca

...Join our Team!

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com

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SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d.

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to premierjobrd@gmail.com StoreSmart Self-Storage seeking P/T Customer Service Representative for 16-24 hrs/wk. For job description and how to apply, go to www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs.

No phone calls please.

NOW HIRING AT ALL LOCATIONS

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MOVING: everything must go! Air cond. $150.

403-348-1905 VINTAGE FUR COAT, Muskrat, sz. 12 long, very good cond. $80.

403-346-0093

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED For afternoon delivery once per week

1840

Dogs

MAREMMA puppies 7 M, 2 F, $290/ea.

403-392-7481

In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

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2000-2290

1520

Horses

Circa 1960’s kitchen table.

Chrome legs and apron.

Top is light grey. Has one leaf. $30. Call (403) 342-7908

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EquipmentHeavy

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Grain, Feed Hay

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

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2 BDRM. main floor of House. Newly reno’d.

403-872-2472 3 BDRM. 3 bath in Sylvan Lake, heated garage, hot tub, fenced yard, close to school, rent $2000 $2000 DD 403-358-2857

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Household Furnishings

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852 PENHOLD 1 bdrm., incl. heat/water, 4 appls. $725 avail. immed., 403-348-6594

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 Roommates WANTED • 3250-3390 Wanted

Houses/ Duplexes

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

MASON MARTIN HOMES

4040

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

CLASSIFICATIONS

4020

EASTVIEW, 1 bdrm. bsmt. suite, fully furnished, n/s, no Custom new homes pets, $750/MO, for single planning service. $875 for dbl. Utils. incld.

Kyle, 403-588-2550 Avail. immed.

403-782-9357 or 352-1964 MUST SELL New Home. 1335 sq.ft.

GLENDALE 2 bdrm. $825, bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

D.D. $825, N/S, no pets, 403-588-2550 no partiers, avail immed.

403-346-1458 www.laebon.com GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. Laebon Homes 346-7273 apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 Condos/ LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Townhouses SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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OVER 200 CHANNELS, TV SUPPLIED, MUST LOVE DOGS, MUST BE WORKING M., RENT $500., N/S, 403-358-3786 SHOWHOME in Lancaster.

2 bdrm., floor heated bsmt suite. $950, all incl.

403-588-6294

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — Iraqi police took down tents and cleared a Sunni sit-in in a flashpoint western city after protesters there agreed to end their months-long demonstration following talks with the Shiite-led government, an official said Monday.

Clashes nearby that reportedly left 10 dead, however, were a reminder of how the protest movement has often fueled armed campaigns by insurgent groups against the authorities.

In Baghdad, meanwhile, the Sunni speaker of parliament said that dozens of deputies had submitted their resignations protesting the dismantlement of the camp.

The protest camp in Ramadi, 115 kilometres (70 miles) west of Baghdad, was one of a half-dozen similar sit-ins across Sunni areas in Iraq. Since last December, the Sunnis have been protesting against what they perceive as discrimination at the hands of the country’s Shiite-led government and against tough anti-terrorism measures they say target their sect.

On Monday, security forces dismantled the Ramadi camp, which was set up along a highway linking the city with Baghdad to the east, and Jordan to the west, said Defence Ministry spokesman, Mohammed al-Askari. By early afternoon, the highway was reopened, he said.

The development came after three days of talks between the Ramadi Sunnis and Defence Ministry officials from Baghdad. There have also been other Sunni sit-ins, in cities such as Kirkuk, Mosul and Samarra, but rallying there has died down over the past months and it was not immediately clear if the camp sites there would be dismantled as well.

Al-Askari told Iraqi state TV that authorities convinced the Ramadi Sunnis late on Sunday to end their protest peacefully. The protesters were also warned that their gathering was a potential place of shelter for al-Qaida fighters but al-Askari said there was no violence during Monday’s police action.

However, police officer and a medical official in Ramadi said at least seven gunmen and three policemen were killed in clashes in different places nearby.

They added that 25 gunmen and 14 soldiers were wounded. At least two Humvees and two armoured vehicles were burned.

In nearby Fallujah city, four gunmen were wounded, another police officer and a medical official said.

Two explosives-laden cars and bombs were found in the camp, a police officer and an army intelligence official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

The organizers of the Ramadi protest were not immediately available for comment.

Ali al-Moussawi, a spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told The Associated Press that the protesters in Ramadi “still have the right to protest” but “not by erecting tents and blocking roads.”

Nickolay Mladenov, the U.N. envoy to Iraq, called for restraint and dialogue. “Political disputes must be resolved through dialogue and through an inclusive political process,” he said.

The Sunni protests have been the scene of frequent clashes with Iraqi police. In one episode, security forces in April carried out a deadly crackdown on a similar protest camp in the northern city of Hawija. The violence killed 44 civilians and one policeman, according to U.N. estimates.

Since the Sunni protests erupted, insurgents in Iraq — mostly al-Qaida fighters but also other militants — have stepped up attacks across the country, sending violence to levels not seen since 2008, when sectarian killings nearly tore Iraq apart in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion.

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JERUSALEM — Israel released more than two dozen Palestinian prisoners convicted in deadly attacks against Israelis early Tuesday as part of a U.S.-brokered package to restart Mideast peace talks.

After departing on buses from Israeli jails overnight, the prisoners received hero’s welcomes upon their return to the West Bank and Gaza with officials and jubilant relatives lining up to greet them. At his headquarters in Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waited to meet the men in the middle of the night.

In Israel, though, the release was accompanied by great anger and frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a public uproar from all directions over the move. With Netanyahu expected to accompany the releases with plans to build hundreds of new homes in Jewish settlements, the criticism came from some unlikely quarters. Dovish supporters of peace talks said the expected construction would destroy any goodwill created by the prisoner release, while hard-line allies criticized Netanyahu for linking the Jewish settlement cause with the release of prisoners convicted in connection with killings, mostly of Israelis.

“Leadership is judged by the ability to implement decisions, difficult as they may be,” Netanyahu told members of his Likud Party on Monday. “We were not elected to make easy decisions.”

Under a formula drawn up by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israel agreed last summer to release a total of 104 long-serving Palestinian prisoners in order to restart peace talks with the Palestinians.

In exchange, the Palestinians dropped their longstanding demand for Israel to halt construction of homes in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, areas captured by Israel in 1967 that they claim for their future state. The Palestinians say they have received vague assurances that Israel would show restraint while the talks continue until an April target date for an agreement.

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All 26 of the men have been convicted in deadly attacks, and have spent between 19 and 28 years in prison. They included 18 men from the West Bank, three Gazans, and in a concession by Israel, five men from east Jerusalem.

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Chopped Canada serves up Canuck flair MUCH OF SAME FORMAT FROM U.S. VERSION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Fans of the hit U.S. version of Chopped can look forward to much of the same format on the new Canadian incarnation — save for a few Canuck faces and mystery basket ingredients.

“Not only are we using Canadian celebrity chefs and Canadian chefs across Canada, but we’re using foods that are indigenous to Canada: maple syrup, donair, lentils, spruce berries,” says host Dean McDermott.

“It’s very Canadian.”

Chopped Canada premieres Thursday on Food Network Canada at 8 pm.

Like its American counterpart, each episode challenges chefs to use mystery basket ingredients as they create a three-course meal under strict timelines for a panel of judges watching the action unfold just metres away.

The initial field of four chefs is narrowed down, one by one, course by course. The winner of each episode gets $10,000.

Also like the U.S. show, the Canadian version serves up much drama, starting with a profile of the contestants and their backstories.

“People join the competition to figure out if they’re on the right path,” says McDer-

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Chopped Canada host Dean McDermott with judges John Higgins, Vikram Vij and Michael Smith. mott, who has studied at culinary school, won season 2 of Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity CookOff and is planning a June publication date for his cookbook The Gourmet Dad. “It’s a real (situation of), ’If I lose, I’m done. If I win, I know I’m doing the right thing.”’

Others, he says, are in it for the prize money. “(They’re) playing for a parent that’s never seen their sister from another country and they want to fly them in or take them on a trip, or there’s health issues in the family that the $10,000 would go towards helping them, (or) the $10,000

would go towards opening their own restaurant.”

The high stakes made it difficult for some of the judges to eliminate contestants.

“It’s been a roller coaster of highs and lows, because you get attached to certain people and you want them to do well, and then they don’t go forward,” says star chef/judge Chuck Hughes.

“No matter what, it is a show, but in the end somebody is really going to get a lifechange by the outcome. So it’s a lot more personal, it’s a lot more intense than I thought it would be. It was kind of a

surprise, to be honest, that we would get so involved.”

Chef Roger Mooking found it fun but also “really heartbreaking” being a judge at times.

“People were in tears many days on this show,” he says.

With their strong will to win, some of the contestants pushed themselves to the extreme — to disastrous results.

“I’ve seen people cutting themselves and pretending nothing has happened,” says celebrity chef/judge Susur Lee. “I said, ‘Wait a second, don’t be a tough guy, wrap your finger up.”’

He also saw contestants accidentally drop food on the floor and pick it up as if nothing happened.

“They start mixing it with the salad. I said, ‘I see everything, buddy.’ I could see (some) even giving goo-goo eyes to the judges,” Lee added with a howl.

“Ah, you can get a little bit of a better mark, right, buddy?

No, you’re not’!”

At times, Lee wanted to “jump over there and help them.”

“I could feel like, ‘What the hell are you doing?’ Like screaming at them,” he says. “I had to really control myself.”

Adding to the intensity was the basket of mystery ingredients, which — as fans of the U.S. version well know — is often a bizarre mix of fresh ingredients and unusual or processed ones.

“If it’s that marshmallow fluffy stuff or those crunchy, cheesy corn things, and then you’re putting that with beautiful B.C. halibut or lamb loin and then it’s spruce tips, whatever it is, there’s endless possibilities,” says star chef/judge Lynn Crawford.

“It’s a wonderful world of food out there, however not a lot of those foods are meant to be married together in one dish.”

Judges marked the dishes on presentation, taste and creativity. No matter the offputting mystery ingredient, they had to at least try each dish.

“Were there things that I would not like to taste ever again in my life? Yes, many!” says Crawford with a laugh.

2014 movies going back to the 80s

BY CASSANDRA SZKLARSKI THE CANADIAN PRESS

YEAR OF THE ROBOOT

Those planning on heading to the movie theatre next year may want to stock up now on leg warmers and brightly coloured wrist sweatbands: the lineup planned for 2014 looks suspiciously like the marquee seen back in the ’80s.

Endless Love, About Last Night and RoboCop are among the tubular reboots expected to hit theatres in 2014.

“It was cool to not like the ’80s for a while and now it’s, like, totally cool,” says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Rentrak, a global media tracking company that releases regular box office tallies.

“This is prime time now to remake the movies from the ’80s that are nostalgic for people now in their 40s or even 30s.” The RoboCop reboot is arguably the most anticipated of the bunch, but it also has the most to live up to.

Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 original, starring Peter Weller as a half-human, half-robot supercop haunted by his past, was a critical and commercial hit that seamlessly meshed ultra-violent sci-fi action with thought-provoking questions about the nature of humanity.

Today, its dystopian view of a rundown, crime-ridden, poverty-stricken Detroit seems oddly prescient, as does its sharp critique of over-zealous law enforcement and the corporatization of the military-industrial complex.

Film fan and former ’80s child Jesse Wente says those are themes that should resonate more than 25 years later.

“In many ways, RoboCop is ultimately a rogue cop who goes against the sort of tyrannical oppressors,” says Wente, head of film programs at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

“I think (that) was a very real concern and I’m not sure that concern has gone away.”

But a stronger pull for audiences will undoubtedly be sheer nostalgia among those who grew up during the ’80s and crave a familiar story they already like.

Tapping into that sentimentality — and capitalizing on it — is generally what spurs such remakes to begin with, says Wente, noting that many kids of the ’80s are now mature consumers who have children themselves.

“All of that gives parents the opportunity to be nostalgic with their kids,” says Wente, who admits to being keen on seeing the new RoboCop, starring Joel Kinnaman as the indestructible crime fighter. It’s set to debut in February.

“I took my kids to see the new Muppet movie, I don’t think they actually cared. I, of course, was weeping while watching it.... A lot of the people born in the ’80s are now, in some ways, (the) people making movies — those are the people that now have some sort of power within the industry in terms of making the films.”

Sci-fi films can be especially suited for a remake, adds Dergarabedian, if only to see how modern special effects would interpret futuristic worlds.

“A lot of these sci-fi movies and technologically driven movies can

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Abbie Cornish, left, and Michael Keaton attend the RoboCop panel on Day 3 of Comic-Con International in San Diego. The movie lineup planned for 2014 looks suspiciously like the marquee seen back in the ‘80s. Endless Love, About Last Night and Robocop are among the tubular reboots expected to hit theatres. sometimes benefit from an update because the filmmaking tools today can maybe more fully realize the vision,” says the 52-year-old, who says he enjoyed the recent Total Recall remake.

But extra care must be taken whenever tinkering involves an especially treasured classic, he adds, such as almost anything in the John Hughes oeuvre.

“It’s one thing to remake an ’80s movie that was kind of kitschy and fun and lighthearted and that’s beloved,” says Dergarabedian.

“It’s another thing to (redo) a classic.... Remaking movies that had really influential directors at the helm, that can be very daunting. And you have to be really careful.”

Dergarabedian wouldn’t put About Last Night or Endless Love in that elite category. But he does see potential in each for a modern audience.

About Last Night updates the 1986 original starring former brat packers Rob Lowe and Demi Moore. Michael

Ealy takes on Lowe’s beefcake role while stand-up comic Kevin Hart is his sharp-tongued sidekick, originally played by Jim Belushi. It’s also slated for February.

And Endless Love stars Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde as a charismatic boy and a privileged girl who are drawn into a passionate love affair their parents disapprove of.

Dergarabedian’s curiosity is piqued by plans to revamp the old CBS TV series The Equalizer for the big screen.

The update reportedly features Denzel Washington in the crime-fighting role made famous by Edward Woodward in the late ’80s.

Woodward played Robert McCall, a former covert agent who hired himself out to the powerless in need of justice.

The revamp is scheduled for September.

Other ’80s-rooted sequels in the pipeline include Muppets Most Wanted, expected in March and 22 Jump Street, booked for June.

Blue Rodeo’s Cuddy, Keelor headline latest Order of Canada recipients OTTAWA — The singer-songwriters behind the enduring success of the band Blue Rodeo headline a talented cast of new appointments to the Order of Canada.

Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor will be celebrated as Officers of the Order in a ceremony later in 2014, along with 88 other new or promoted appointees, Gov. Gen. David Johnston announced Monday.

Those being honoured include actors Colm Feore and Sarah Polley, author Douglas Coupland, journalists Steve Paikin and George Jonas, historian Michael Bliss and fashion TV host Jeanne Beker.

Former Conservative deputy prime minister Don Mazankowski and retired Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps are among four eminent

Canadians who are being promoted to be Companions of the Order of Canada, the highest honour.

Cuddy, 58, and Keelor, 59, have been making music together since teaming up in high school, a lasting if sometimes combative duo whose relationship Cuddy once called “incendiary.”

“It’s like being be-

tween a rock and a hard place,” longtime Blue Rodeo bassist Bazil Donovan once said of the pair.

Together their sound — described variously as roots rock and alt-country — has pushed more than three million discs, a collaboration that includes 12 studio albums, three live recordings and a greatest hits compilation.

Cuddy and Keelor are being cited by Rideau Hall for “their contributions to Canadian music and for their support of various charitable causes.”

The Order of Canada

over the years has included a who’s who of Canadian music — from Joni Mitchell and Neil Young to Oscar Peterson, Maureen Forrester and Stompin’ Tom Connors — but it doesn’t often in-

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The latest recipients will be invited to a ceremony at Rideau Hall to accept their insignia at a later date.

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100 years and still making history

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Civic elections held throughout the province in October saw Red Deer elect its second female mayor — and youngest by far — in Tara Veer. This will also be the first term lasting four years for mayors, reeves and councillors, under new provincial regulations for civic governance.

Recalling the old, celebrating the new There’s a new city council in Red Deer, to begin a new century for our city, along with a bold outlook for the years to come.

Though the global economy may be advancing slowly, Alberta’s growth continues to be strong. And Red Deer is in the centre of it all — more than just geographically.

This year became a metaphor for a city coming to grips with some physical changes from its past — the announced closure of the Michener Centre is but one example.

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Laser lighting recalls images of water on the Horton Water Spheroid, visible throughout the city. The lighting of the water tower was one of several city centennial projects this year and was designed to highlight Red Deer’s relationship with the use of water in the city. High water kept a river celebration on the shore, but high spirits marked Red Deer’s year of remembrance, while looking forward to a continued era of growth for one of the nation’s most vibrant cities.

But the year also highlighted the opportunities that 100 years of growth has brought us — such as the opening of a long-sought new cancer treatment centre.

But not without a few challenges. Controversy over the transportation and recreational infrastructure needed by a city soon to surpass 100,000 in population will likely dominate discussions in hallways, coffee shops and council chambers for some time to come.

On these pages, you’ll find some highlights of our look back at 2013, Red Deer’s centennial year.

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Judy Bloomfield, a picketer at Symphony Senior Living Aspen Ridge complex, was back on the picket line on Feb. 1. She was struck by a car early Thursday morning. Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees walked off the job after failed contract talks on Monday. Bloomfield, a housekeeper, has worked at the complex for close to eight years.

She suffered minor injuries.

JANUARY Jan. 3 — Red Deer City RCMP released the name of the man who died from gunshot wounds in Eastview on New Year’s Day. Lloyd Robert Sarson, 25, of no fixed address, was found in a vehicle in an alley of the 3700 block of Ross Street shortly after 5 a.m.. RCMP say their investigation so far suggests the homicide was not a random act.

Jan. 14 — GoTire Mobile Tire Service was one of the investment opportunities featured on Dragons’ Den, a CBC television program in which entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to a panel of business moguls. Owners Craig Howes and Heather Murphy received a favourable response from the dragons, with two — Kevin O’Leary and Bruce Croxon — agreeing to buy a stake in the business. The couple saw their mobile tire-changing concept take off last year, with eight GoTire franchises sold.

Jan. 17 — Spring planting is still months away, but 2013 has already turned into a bountiful year for Steel Pony Farm. The local produce grower is the winner of the 2012 RED Challenge, earning owners Mike Kozlowski and Kristen Carlson $20,000 for their business, as well as mentoring and office space. Organized by Red Deer College, Red Deer Regional Economic Development, the City of Red Deer, Alberta Innovations, and Community Futures Central Alberta, the RED Challenge is designed to help young entrepreneurs develop their ideas.

Jan. 21 — Sylvan Lake Fire Department and RCMP warn lake users to stay off thin ice near Marina Bay after a pickup truck broke through. Two of the four occupants suffered frostbite and one was transported to hospital, said fire chief Cliff Brausen. “We’ve had problems in the past in that area,” said Brausen, “There must be some sort of spring or moving water in that area. There are homes nearby and we’re always a little nervous about kids being out there.”

Jan. 28 — A man is in hospital after three masked men tried to break into his southend Red Deer home. Red Deer city RCMP believe the attack on the 36-year-old victim was targeted.

Shortly after 12:30 a.m., police were called.

Jan. 29 — Blackfalds’ battle for a bottle depot has ended in victory, with town residents expected to be able to cash in their empties at a local site by

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Servus Credit Union member service advisor Susan Knock, left, and member service representative Estelle Gascon fill a collection box with donated pennies at the downtown Servus Credit Union branch in Red Deer. As Canada discontinues using the penny as currency, the is credit union collecting the coins in their Pennies For People campaign in support of Loaves and Fishes. summer. Cosmos Bottle Depots Ltd., which currently operates at two locations in Red Deer, has won approval from Alberta’s Beverage Container Management Board to expand into Blackfalds. Lynda Olson, executive director of the Cosmos Group of Companies, said the Blackfalds Bottle Depot will operate out of a 5,000-square-foot building near the town’s waste transfer site on the southeast corner of the community.

FEBRUARY Feb.1 — Red Deer RCMP have released the identity of a suspect arrested after two police officers were injured when a police vehicle was rammed. RCMP went to the scrap metal business Tervita (formerly Harper’s Metals) at 8149 Edgar Industrial Close after receiving information that a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for parole violation was at the location.

RCMP allege he was in possession of a stolen truck, and when he attempted to flee the site, he drove through a closed bay door and rammed a police vehicle.

Two police officers were injured. They

received medical treatment and were released at the scene. Richard Allan Parkhurst, 48, of Red Deer faces a number of Criminal Code charges.

Feb. 1 — Inglewood residents are enjoying the silence after a notorious house linked to criminal activity was shut down. The home closure came after neighbours complained for nearly five years of shady people conducting shady business at all hours at 51 Ibbotson Close. Tenants were evicted and the house was ordered closed through a Community Safety Order. Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) investigators boarded up the windows and doors and erected a fence around the property.

Feb. 14 — Red Deer youth are saying it’s time to discuss the elephant in the room that is being ignored — suicide. A Facebook group page, Suicide Awareness Red Deer, it’s #timeforchange, had over 5,400 members as of early Thursday evening and was gaining new members by the hour. The social media page, started recently, is dedicated to six “young lives.” “We have lost six lives in the past year in Red Deer ALONE,” the page says.

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Members on the page are sharing their stories of pain, inspiration and hope to bring awareness to the problem and prevent more suicides. The intention is to raise money for an awareness campaign, with any remaining profit donated to Suicide Information and Education Services.

Feb. 25 — A police cruiser was damaged when underage car thieves fled RCMP on Saturday. The collision occurred during efforts to stop thefts that morning of unlocked running vehicles, which RCMP say is a growing problem. Seven cars and trucks were stolen between 6 and 10 a.m. Four times, RCMP tried unsuccessfully to catch the thieves as they fled, crashing into a cruiser at one point. RCMP received several reports of erratic driving and fueling vehicles without payment, with most believed to be caused by the youths, who are known to police. A female was captured when a vehicle lost control and hit a snowbank. Investigation resulted in the arrests of three young males and a warrant issued for a fourth.

Feb. 25 — Inspiration can strike anywhere and anytime — just ask Vern Kehler. The Red Deer trucker has developed a product that’s poised to hit store shelves across Alberta, and he can trace its origin to a moment in late 2011 when he was perched on his bathroom toilet. Kehler was stewing over his pet peeve: toilet paper dispensers that are positioned awkwardly to the user’s side. The solution, reasoned Kehler, was to mount the toilet paper dispenser on a sliding bracket so that it could be moved forward when needed. Kehler’s creation became the prototype for the TP Slider. Kitchen and bathroom products giant Wolseley Canada has committed to stock it in the company’s six Kitchen & Bath Classics stores in Alberta, including the showroom in Red Deer.

Feb. 26 — Awakened by a loud bang at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning, residents of a Sylvan Lake home discovered an upside down car had slammed into their front attached garage as well as the vehicle parked in their driveway.

According to Sylvan Lake RCMP detachment, the out-of-control car had rolled on the front lawn of a residence on Cottonwood Drive, after narrowly missing a light standard and striking the pole of a basketball net. Charges of impaired driving and refusing to provide a blood sample are pending against a 35-year-old Red Deer man.

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With Glad Tidings From Our Entire Staff At The Holidays May all your news be good news this holiday season.

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Bettenson’s Sand & Gravel Co. Ltd. Delivering wishes for a New Year filled with laughter with friends and family.

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Have a fun filled New Year.

Our sincere thanks for helping us achieve a great year, and for being such valuable customers.

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Bill Lough, president of the society of parents and friends of Michener Centre, stands outside one of the residences on at Michener Centre discussing provincial government plans to close the centre by the end of the year.

MARCH March 6 — A Gull Lake property owner has been fined $20,000 for trying to make his own beach without getting the proper permits. Dale Andrew Mather, 62, was charged in the fall of 2009 and convicted in Red Deer provincial court last Nov. 30 for knowingly altering a shoreline. Mather had been warned previously by Alberta Environment officials investigating complaints of discoloured foliage along the waterfront, yet went ahead and hired equipment to dredge the shoreline and create his own beach. The maximum penalty available for an individual charged under that section of the Water Act is $500,000 in fines plus two years in prison.

March 7 — Two Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School students were injured when a prank with an aerosol can went wrong. The two 16-year-olds suffered cuts when they ignited the spray from the can and the heat caused a decorative glass block in a stairwell to explode.

March 11 — A beyond-excited Randi Boulton is thanking her strong local fan-base for making her No. 1 in Southern Alberta. The Lacombebased singer got the most votes of five regional semi-finalists in CBC Radio’s Searchlight contest seeking Canada’s Best New Artist. “I won first in my region and made nationals! Please keep voting! You guys are awesome! Now I’m top 24 in CANADA!!!!!!! AHHH!!!!” emailed Boulton.

March 18 — Plans to close Michener Centre in about 10 months and move 175 residents with developmental disabilities to group homes or seniors’ facilities will not be easy given the needs of some residents, says vicepresident of the Central Alberta Council on Aging. Michener’s closure was announced by the province to friends and family of Michener Centre residents, many of whom pledged to oppose the decision.

March 21 — A bus passenger from Red Deer who was too afraid to drive because of a spring blizzard landed in the middle of Thursday’s massive pileup on Hwy 2 near Leduc. “We were driving down the highway and there’s cars piled up on both sides. When the bus started to brake, it started sliding to the right. We hit a car on the right.

We hit a car on the left. Then we went sideways into the ditch. Then another car smashed into us,” said Kristen Verwey. Alberta Health Services reported about 22 people went to Edmonton area hospitals, including one adult with

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Hockey great Wayne Gretzky speaks at the Red Deer College Kings and Queens Scholarship Breakfast at Westerner Park on March 28. More than 1,400 people jammed the 10th annual event to hear the NHL’s leading record holder talk about the Edmonton Oilers’ many Stanley Cup victories and the state of hockey today. serious injuries. At least 100 vehicles were involved.

APRIL April 2 — Now aged 82 and 80 respectively, property developers Alan and Gene Watson have had a hand in dozens of local development projects — including Morrisroe subdivision, Village Shopping Centre, Checkmate Court, Centre 53, Watson Towers, The Watson Centre and Plaza 52nd Street.

The brothers have now sold their real estate holdings, with Watson Centre the last to go in 2012. Recently, the Watsons produced a 52-page book chronicling their days in the development business.

April 5 — Fire investigators are still determining the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $300,000 damage to a condo in North Red Deer.

Fire crews responded to a call of a structure fire on Jamieson Avenue.

There was no one home at the time of the fire. The crews fought the blaze for nearly five hours before turning it over to fire investigators. The fire was contained to the one unit.

April 8 — A Red Deer store with roots extending back to the 1940s is down to its final few weeks. Williams Stationery is liquidating its stock, with

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the 6880 Gaetz Ave. store expected to cease operations April 26. Owner Brenda Williams said the workload associated with the store had increased with the death of her husband and business partner Des Williams two years ago, and she received an offer for the building that was too attractive to pass up. The store’s name came from Des’s parents, Glyn and Blanche Williams.

April 15 — A Sylvan Lake runner was near the Boston Marathon finish line when explosions killed three people and injured more than 140 on Monday. Julian Price had finished the race an hour earlier but was lingering near the finish waiting for a for a friend to cross the line. The couple’s friend, who they were waiting for, crossed the line just a few minutes before the explosion had gone off. “As people started becoming more aware the whole area was evacuated as much as possible,” said Price. “Then you’d see a few people in tears, crying and hugging and you knew something horrific had happened.”

April 11 — A Red Deer man has been ordered to clean up a light industrial site after it’s believed contaminants leached into the soil and groundwater more than 25 years ago.

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The Alberta government reported that it has issued an Environmental Protection Order to Jerry McInnis for failing to clean up substances in Red Deer County in Burnt Lake Business Park next to Hwy 11.

April 16 — Red Deer College faculty, staff and students are bracing for an uncertain future. RDC hosted an open budget forum to allow faculty and staff to ask questions about the pending changes that are needed to cover a $4.5 million deficit. Post-secondary budgets were slashed by 7.3 per cent across the board as part of this year’s provincial budget. For RDC that translates to a $4.5 million reduction from its estimated $92 million budget for 2012/2013.

Ken Heather, the president of the Faculty Association, said the college confirmed what has been looming in the distance — programs will be eliminated and jobs will be lost.

April 21 — The Bentley Generals put together a near perfect game plan for their meeting with the Clarenville Caribous in the final of the Allan Cup Saturday. “We believe you have to prepare to win, something we did all year and all tournament,” said Generals head coach Brandin Cote following a 3-0 victory over the Caribous before a over-flow crowd at the Arena. “They’re a high-flying, high-risk team and we needed to balance that out. We tried to be good defensively, plus be aggressive and we did that to a tee tonight . . . it was unbelievable.”

April 21 — Canada’s Rob Armitage and Cathy King skipped their teams to victory on Saturday afternoon in the gold-medal games of the 2013 World Senior Curling Championships. Armitage’s Canadian men’s team from the Red Deer Curling Centre was a 6-4 winner over New Zealand’s Hans Frauenlob, while King’s Canadian women’s team from the Saville Centre in Edmonton beat Austria’s Veronika Huber 13-1. Both Canadian teams finished with unbeaten records at the Grant-Harvey Centre.

April 28 — They came into the 2013 Telus Cup tournament as defending champions. They will leave as national champions. The Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs successfully defended their 2012 national championship by defeating the Ottawa Jr. 67’s 5-0 in the final on Sunday afternoon. In a game broadcast on TSN, Red Deer dominated their opponent to claim the title against the team they had tied on Friday morning 2-2.

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Peace On Earth and Goodwill to All Wishing everyone a never ending season of love and peace Bay #8, 7428 - 49 Avenue, Red Deer Phone: 403-347-1845

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May our greetings bring loads of happiness and joy to you and your loved ones this New Year.

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As we look forward to 2014 we would like to take this moment to thank you for your continued business! #9, 7711 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer Phone: 403-346-4465 Fax: 403-340-0008 www.sunnfun.ca

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Thank you for your patronage.

May the New Year bring blessings to all.

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A bomber drops foam and water onto the out-of-control Rocky Wildfire 15 west of Nordegg on May 10.

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May 2 — Lacrosse teams will not be facing off in gyms at Chinook’s Edge School Division after it recently decided to ban the sport. Allan Tarnoczi, associate supervisor of corporate services for the school division, said their facilities are mainly for educating children and so it’s important that they are kept in top-notch shape. “And because we want to be good community members, Chinook’s Edge strives hard to have a positive presence in the community,” said Tarnoczi. Tarnoczi wouldn’t give particulars as to what prompted the decision to ban lacrosse teams.

May 6 — Target Corp. has established a second front in its Canadian invasion, with the opening of 22 Western Canadian stores Tuesday — including one in Red Deer. The Red Deer store has a pharmacy and a Starbucks outlet. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday to Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays. The company has indicated that it generally employs 150 to 200 staff at each store. It held hiring fairs in Red Deer earlier this year.

May 7 — Police are investigating Red Deer’s second confirmed homicide of the year. On Tuesday, Red Deer RCMP confirmed the man found dead in a residence in Red Deer was murdered. He was identified as Curtis Leroy Rangen, 43, of Red Deer. Late

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Friday afternoon, RCMP were called to a Red Deer residence after the man was found by a support worker making aids to daily living or welfare checks.

Neighbours, who did not want to be identified, said Rangen lived in the Potter’s Hands Housing apartment building at 61st Street and 58th Avenue in Riverside Meadows. The RCMP Calgary major crimes unit and the Red Deer general investigative section are investigating.

May 8 —- One person has died as a result of a fiery head-on collision northwest of Innisfail on Monday.

The collision, between a van and semi truck, occurred around 4:15 p.m. on Hwy 54 near Range Road 13. The driver of the van was pronounced dead at the scene; the semi driver was not injured. Arriving on the scene, Innisfail RCMP found both vehicles and dry grass in a surrounding field on fire. Hwy 54 was shut down for several hours while the collision was investigated.

May 8 — No one was injured when a Chiles Industrial Park business was engulfed in flames on Wednesday morning. The Diversified Glycol Services metal warehouse located east of Hwy 2A on Red Deer’s north side burned to the ground around 9:15 a.m., sending thick black smoke billowing to the northwest. The structure sustained an estimated $500,000 in damages and the cause of the fire is under investiga-

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May 9 — Not everyone would swim across the frigid Red Deer River to save a stranger, but Keenan Rose didn’t think twice. The Red Deer man was walking his dog in Great Chief Park on Monday when he heard a scream from across the river. He saw a woman, who was attempting to climb down a 15-metre cliff on the opposite bank, stumble head over heels and fall into the water. The 37-year-old woman was conscious when he reached her and didn’t try to fight him or drag him down. Once on the opposite bank, a shivering Rose stayed with the woman for what seemed a very long time before rescuers arrived. She was transported to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and treated for minor injuries.

May 13 — An evacuation order has been issued to two small Alberta communities due to wildfires. Emergency alerts have been issued for Nordegg and Lodgepole because two separate fires are burning within a few kilometres of each community. The fire near Nordegg, which is 200 kilometres southwest of Edmonton, has been burning for a number of days and residents had been on a one-hour evacuation notice since Thursday. The fire near Lodgepole, which is about 100 kilometres southwest of Edmonton, is new.

May 20 — Closing down the street in front of the public market got almost

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as good reviews as the weather. Most of those interviewed under sunny skies on Saturday morning approved of the move to close 43rd Street and post a row of vendors along the route, although there were a few qualms voiced about losing so much parking. There were 190 stalls hawking their wares on Saturday and lineups were lengthy for some of the popular draws, like sausage on a bun and crepes.

May 20 — Brendan Lunty of Camrose captured his second straight Woody’s Marathon title, winning the 15th annual affair in two hours, 49 minutes 24.20 seconds. Lunty shared the spotlight with Joelle MacDonald of Airdrie, who finished 11th overall and won the women’s title in 3:18:48.40.

Craig Schmidt of Red Deer finished second overall at 2:50:28.40 and pushed Lunty for most of the race. AJ Rankel of Edmonton won the half marathon in 1:20:13.10 and Kristan Spady of Red Deer was the top women, and sixth overall at 1:28:15.90.

May 31 — After almost five years of sexually abusing his grandchildren, a Red Deer man has been sent to jail for eight years. The victims were his stepson’s son and daughter, as well as one of the boy’s friends. A court-ordered publication ban protecting the identities of the victims prevent the man from being named. During the proceedings, the man trembled and shook as he sat beside his attorney.

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Wishes, Warm and Bright.

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We would like to wish our customers and clients a Very Happy New Year.

Thank you for supporting our citizens with disabilities.

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There’s no place like home for the holidays. Wishing our customers a happy and healthy New Year!

“Festive greetings fill this time with much warmth and cheer with family and friends.”

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Curious onlookers walk along a closed pathway at the Town of Sundre’s Greenwood Campground on June 21, with a raging Red Deer River only metres away.

JUNE June 9 — When Michael and Marion McLetchie look out from their rural Innisfail home now they see hundreds of acres of prime and picturesque farmland. But not for long, the couple says.

Saskatoon-based Federated Co-operatives Ltd. has been granted permission to build a fuel depot that will see 20 tanks, each 10 metres high, sprout on a farm field a few hundred metres west of the McLetchies, just north of Innisfail. The McLetchies and other residents believe the county should have done an area structure plan for the whole area before approving industrial developments piecemeal. “We’re looking at the possibility of whether we can legally challenge what they’ve done,” said McLetchie.

June 9 — Central Alberta athletes captured four gold medals — and 31 medals overall — in the provincial high school track and field championships at Calgary. Leading the way were gold medalists Brayden Posyluzny of Notre Dame, who won gold in the junior boys long jump (6.36 metres), Halley Flexhaug of Delburne, who was golden in the junior girls triple jump (10.64m), Dacia Gramlick of Stettler, who took top honours in the junior girls long jump (5.43m) and junior girls 1,500m champ Emily Lucas of Innisfail (4:56.90).

June 10 — A local initiative to produce diesel fuel from a mixture of municipal waste and used oil appears poised to move to the next level.

Northcore Technologies Inc. (TSX:NTI) announced on Monday that it’s signed a letter of intent to buy a renewablediesel fuel demonstration plant located in Blindman Industrial Park.

The plant, which is being promoted as a precursor to similar commercialscale facilities, was brought here from the United States by Blue Horizon BioDiesel Inc. of Red Deer.

June 20 — A large archway with the word “downtown” is moving the $9-million transformation of Gaetz Avenue to its finale. The archway was placed over the entrance on Gaetz Avenue, just north of 52nd Street, on Thursday.

Charity Dyke, Greater Downtown coordinator, said the archway creates a much-needed visual cue for visitors to Red Deer and those living in the city.

“We need people to visit the downtown and we need people to live in the

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Al Van Havere moves one of 500 rain barrels as he and other volunteers from the Optimist Club of Red Deer work to prepare the illuminated barrels for Creatmosphere’s River of Light event June 30 in Red Deer. The floating light installation was a centennial project — unfortunately, it was diverted to the shores at Fort Normandeau by a near-flood river flow. downtown,” said Dyke. “The important part of that is people need to know where our downtown is.”

June 23 — Now that flood waters have receded rural Central Alberta municipalities are taking stock. While few doubt it could have been much worse, the damage is significant in some places. Garrington Bridge, a well-used link on Secondary Hwy 587 over the Red Deer River just a few km northeast of Sundre remained closed on Monday. High water flows ate away at an approach to the bridge. About three dozen properties throughout the county saw flooding, The A-SooWuh-Um Day Use Area five km west of Penhold remains flooded. Red Lodge Provincial Park, west of Bowden, also remains closed.

June 25 — A former tire shop worker will serve 30 days in jail for stealing from his employer. Daniel Ramkissoon, 28, pleaded guilty in Red

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Deer provincial court on Tuesday to ordering tires and then selling them and pocketing the cash. The theft was tallied at $3,941. Ramkissoon worked at the Kal Tire store at 67th Street and Gaetz Avenue between Nov. 1 and Dec. 12 last year when the offence occurred.

Ramkissoon admitted the theft to his employer before the loss was reported to police. He had already given his lawyer the money to cover the cost of the tires. The money was placed in trust to return to the store.

June 26 — Retired music teacher Enid Best was in the process of downsizing. But that was before she became the latest dream home winner in Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation’s 2013 Hospitals’ Lottery. “I just have to think about it because it’s an incredible house. “It’s a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to live in something like that,” the 68-year-old, who lives in a condo in Red Deer, said Wednesday.

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A new year is on the rise.

Many thanks to you for the past 34 years.

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“I’m very overwhelmed and very grateful.” The lottery sold all its 92,000 tickets by June 3, before the early bird deadline. The final tally is not finished, but at least $600,000 has been raised. The money will be used for equipment upgrades to the hospital’s outpatient department.

June 27 — For Felica, Nowah, Joann and Joshua Wright, Tuesday was an exciting day, as they got a look inside their new home and were finally able to pick out bedrooms of their own. There was plenty of excitement for their father Abraham, too, but also some relief in knowing his children would no longer have to share bedrooms. Abraham, wife Esther, and the four children were given the keys to their new Riverside Meadows home on Tuesday. The home is being provided through Habitat for Humanity.

A message of thanks and best wishes in the new year from all of us. #12, 7619 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer Phone: 403-358-3540 sylvanelectronics.ca

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Naturally, we hope your new year is filled with health and happiness.

No matter what the occasion, good friends always come in handy. At this special time of year, we thank you for being ours.

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See you in 2014!

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Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate staff

The “ghost” of Julietta Sorensen speaks with one of the walking tour groups during the Remarkable Red Deer passport event downtown. The event was part of the Red Deer Centennial Homecoming Weekend, and saw several of the city’s ghosts come to life next to their statue counterparts.

JULY July 1 — Cannery Row Bingo closed its doors and now all charity groups will be under one roof at the Red Deer Bingo Centre (4946 53rd Ave). Joe and Grace Brown arrive early to secure the same table at the Cannery Row Bingo hall where the couple play at least once a day. The bingo enthusiasts have played a game or two in every Canadian province and American state over the last 21 years. They have played at Cannery Row Bingo for about 15 years and used to travel from Rocky Mountain House to play late night bingo. In 2009, the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the hall and bought cake for everyone. The Browns will now have to shift their daily bingo routine but it’s worth it because Grace says, “we just love it.”

July 10 — Red Deer Airport is now connected to the rest of the world. Air Canada announced on Wednesday that it will offer three scheduled daily flights from the Red Deer Airport to Calgary International Airport, starting in September. Passengers will fly in an 18-seat Beechcraft 1900D operated by Air Georgian under the Air Canada Express brand.

RJ Steenstra, CEO of Red Deer Airport, said the announcement is a tremendous enhancement business and leisure air travel opportunities for Central Alberta.

July 10 — Speeders along Hwy 2 now have more to worry about than police cars with radar guns.

Airborne RCMP members and sheriffs will augment traffic enforcement along Alberta’s busiest corridor with a helicopter. RCMP K Division traffic Supt.

Howard Eaton said 25 sheriffs and RCMP members are trained in aerial enforcement techniques. Although aerial enforcement was launched in Alberta in 1968, its use has ebbed and flowed based on aircraft availability and budgets. Eaton said the availability of the helicopter will define when they can conduct the aerial enforcement.

July 16 — A Utah family will enjoy the hospitality of cowboy culture as the guests of Westerner Days Fair and Exposition. The Wilson family of Stansbury Park, Utah, were apprehended and arrested around 1:30 p.m. in Gasoline Alley on Tuesday. Trevor Wilson was filling up the car with gas while his wife Barb, and two daughters Bailey, 17, and Sydney, 13, were in the store. “They pulled up when I was filling up with gas,” said Wilson, a high school athletic director. “I thought I did something wrong. I thought I was in trouble.” Every year, a family with out-ofprovince licence plates is “arrested” on Hwy 2 and detained as guests of Westerner Days.

July 17 — A search warrant executed on a home and vehicle in Sunnybrook has led to two arrests and seizure of drugs, weapons and cash on July 11. Police say the Red Deer City RCMP Street Team executed a search warrant on a vehicle and a residence on Stanhope Avenue. Two people were arrested without incident. Police seized heroin, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, hydroxybutanoic acid (GHB), drug

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Trends may come and trends may go, but when it comes to good folks we know, goodwill, friendship and a smile always seem to be in style! Happy New Year.

From all of us at KCB Cabinets & Renovations!

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“May peace and joy be with you and yours this Christmas season and throughout the coming year.” #115, 27475 Twp. Rd 380, Red Deer County Phone: 403-346-0116 Fax: 403-309-0136

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“In this season of light, we want to wish everyone a most joyous and harmonious holiday.

Thanks to our many loyal customers.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 24 Hour Emergency Phone: 403-347-1997

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Cooper Schultz, seven, left, and his brother Jackson, 10, hold up large balls of ice that collided with their home in Red Deer on July 22. Their parents Nick and Cara Schultz were contacting insurance companies to see about getting settlements for damage to their home and vehicles. paraphernalia, .22 caliber ammunition, a loaded 12 gauge shotgun, body armour and cash.

July 19 — Contractors put the finishing touches on the doors of the Blackfalds Bottle Depot during its grand opening on Thursday afternoon. The bottle depot is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays.

July 21 — A fearsome thunderstorm bringing high winds and heavy hail caused damage throughout the city and forced police to order an evacuation at the Westerner Days fair on Saturday night. The fair had been busy and the Centrium was full of people taking in the Dean Brody concert when the evacuation was ordered, said Harms. It was the first time an evacuation has been ordered in the Westerner’s history.

July 21 — When the dust settled from this year’s Red Deer Motors North American Pony Chuckwagon Championships it was a familiar face that won it for the record eighth time. Keith Wood in the Uncle Ben’s RV rig was the leader heading into Sunday’s

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Wishing you all the happiness of the Season and Peace and Prosperity in the New Year.

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final heat and went wire-to-wire for the best time on the final day for the win and the top prize at Westerner Park. The victory also moved him past Jim Pollitt for the most titles at the event. “It is hard to put into words but thank God everything went nice,” said Wood who ran a 1:17.07 for a combined time of 6:26.30 during the five-day event.

July 21 — Around this time last year, Virgil Frencheater was drinking heavily while scraping out an existence on the streets in Red Deer. Little has changed in the last 12 months — but the changes are significant. The 45-year-old has curbed his drinking, secured three pieces of identification and began painting and drawing. The main difference is that he is thinking about his future. Frencheater was picked to paint a mural on one of the buildings near Turning Point at the south end of Little Gaetz Avenue.

Frencheater designed a picture of an eagle with four feathers. He says painting the mural gives him pride because people believe in him. And it helps to rebuild his name in the community.

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All the best ... to all our customers ... we appreciate your loyal support all year long.

We hope that your home may be filled with joy and happiness this holiday season.

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Have a great New Year!

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

It’s not too hard to see by the number of people using the new spray park in Red Deer that residents are pleased to take advantage of the new park. Since opening in mid-August, the park has been very busy helping children and adults alike cool on hot summer days. The Blue Grass Sod Farms Central Spray and Play facility is north of the Recreation Centre.

AUGUST Aug.1 — Five teenage girls who disappeared while tubing down the river near Bowden were discovered safe by rescuers after an eight-hour ordeal. The girls, ages 12 to 14, had been floating on tubes and rafts down the Little Red Deer River at Red Lodge Park on Wednesday when they failed to return to their departure location, as prearranged with relatives. Family members searched the area for them for five hours before notifying the park’s conservation officer of their disappearance. Police were told at about 5:40 p.m. that the missing girls were carrying no emergency supplies — or even shoes.

Aug. 1 — Gasoline Alley shoppers and businesses will benefit from a new roundabout. Located on Leva Avenue, the roundabout eliminates what became an annoying bottleneck for many motorists heading to the movies or other businesses along the west side of the strip. The $6.4-million project came in ahead of schedule and under budget, despite some rain delays.

Aug. 14 — The shooting facilities in Central Alberta are now among the best in Western Canada after the opening of Red Deer Shooting Centre, a 15,000-square-foot building with a dozen indoor ranges: six extending 50 yards and the remainder 25 yards. The targets are individually illuminated and computer controlled. They can be

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placed at any distance and retrieved with the push of a button. They can also be programmed to move and turn — including under changing light conditions — during a shooting exercise.

The Centre, located in McKenzie Industrial Business Park, is anticipated to be used by military and RCMP, as well as recreational and competitive shooters.

Aug. 15 — The results from Blackfalds’ 2013 municipal census reaffirm its status as one of the fastest growing communities in the country. The new population total for Blackfalds: 7,275, an increase of 7.5 per cent over the 2012 count. “It’s the largest single year increase in population that Blackfalds has ever encountered with 508 people,” said Mayor Melodie Stol. Over a 10-year period, Blackfalds has now grown by 91 per cent, and the pace of growth is only increasing.

Aug. 16 — Merv Armstrong of Red Deer captured seven medals at the World Police and Fireman Games in Belfast, North Ireland. Armstrong, 74, competing in the 70-74 year-old division, won the long jump, triple jump and javelin while finishing second in the 200-metres and discus and third in the 100m. He also teamed with runners from Montreal, Toronto and Surrey, B.C. to take second in the 4x100m relay behind the United States and ahead of Russia. There were 625 athletes from 38 countries involved in the track and field portion of the Games.

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Aug. 20 — A 47-year-old Red Deer man faces numerous criminal offences after an extensive investigation by the Red Deer City RCMP commercial crime investigation section. A complainant reported to RCMP that his business had paid more than $160,000 for 11 vehicles over a one-year period.

The vehicles were allegedly never delivered as promised. Andrew Hannemann of Double A Auto was arrested on July 15. He faces 23 charges, including 11 counts of theft of a motor vehicle, one count of theft over $5,000 and 11 counts of fraud over $5,000.

Aug. 21 — The Red Deer Marlins Swim Club turned in an impressive performance at the Alberta Summer Provincials in Edmonton. The club accumulated 13 gold, 16 silver and three bronze medals and finished fourth out of 50 teams in the team competition.

Aug. 25 — A Lacombe Composite High School graduate won’t have to worry about footing the bill for her university education. Michelle Liu said earning $75,000 in scholarships will allow her to stay involved in her community and focus on her studies. Liu will start in the University of Alberta’s engineering program. She plans to work in the biomedicine field.

The 18-year-old said she is inspired by her peers who are doing good things in the world. She wants to make a difference in the world.

Aug. 28 — Innisfail RCMP are pouncing on those who take to the

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“Joyous wishes for a happy holiday.

Sincere thanks to our many customers.”

Now that the New Year is about to arrive, we look forward to seeing you in 2014!

May peace, love and harmony visit your home and linger all the year through.

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“With our gratitude at this special time of year, we’d like to extend our warm wishes to your family. We appreciate your business all year long.”

“A compassionate service dedicated to the aftercare of your pet.”

Tidings of Comfort & Joy extended to you & yours this Season!

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eastern cliffs along Gleniffer Lake for cliff jumping. The convergence of thrill-seekers along the lake’s eastern bank has increased in recent years, said Innisfail RCMP Staff Sgt. Chris Matechuk. More and more people have taken to the area to jump into the lake from the approximately seven-metrehigh cliffs. But the area is on Crown land that Matechuk said is not legally accessible to the public.

Aug. 30 — Two people were dead and another was fighting for her life following a two-vehicle collision on Hwy 595, 16 km east of Red Deer.

Blackfalds RCMP said that around 4:40 p.m. on Thursday, a sedan travelling westbound on Hwy 595 veered into the eastbound lane, narrowly missing one vehicle, and then collided head on with another car. Both vehicles came to rest on the highway. Members of the public came upon the collision and attempted first aid. Hwy 595 was shut down for four hours while emergency service workers completed their work.

Aug. 30 — The number of ATMs stolen in Central Alberta is now an even dozen over the last three months, with Caroline the latest community to be targeted by thieves. Since June 4, ATM thefts have been reported from Spruce View, Blackfalds, Rimbey, Stettler, Bashaw, Lacombe and now Caroline.

There have also been four reported thefts from Red Deer. Police do not know how much money the thieves have made off with.

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May all parts of your new year be filled with health and happiness.

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To our valued clients at this holiday season, we wish you and your families every happiness.

“With warm wishes from our family to yours for a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.”

Straight from the hearth ... warmest wishes for 2014!

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The peloton attempts to rein in two breakaway riders as they begin their three-lap circuit of Red Deer during Stage 2 of the Tour of Alberta on Sept. 5. This part of the inaugural six-stage road race through the province began in Devon, and ended here in front of a downtown packed with enthusiastic fans who came out to see some of the top professional bike racers in the world.

SEPTEMBER Sept. 2 — As kids across Central Alberta head back to school they will see a record number of Alberta students alongside them, fewer teachers, and, in some cases, crowded classrooms. Enrollments are projected to be up in the Red Deer Public School District, Wolf Creek Public Schools, and Chinook’s Edge School Division for 2013/14, and each division is turning to modular classrooms to fit its students in while waiting for new schools to be built to ease the pressure.

Sept. 3 — Red Deer Airport got a lot busier as Air Canada started scheduled passenger service out of the Springbrook-based aviation facility.

Nearly 100 people — including officials from Air Canada, the City of Red Deer, Red Deer County and the provincial and federal governments — gathered for a ceremony before the departure of an Air Canada Express Beechcraft 1900D for Calgary. The new schedule consists of three such flights every day: at 5:30 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 2:10 p.m., with return flights from Calgary arriving at 9:12 a.m., 1:47 p.m. and 9:57 p.m. These 42 new weekly departures and arrivals more than double the number of scheduled passenger flights previously available at the Red Deer Airport through Northwestern Air, which flies west to Kelowna and Abbotsford, and north to Fort McMurray.

Sept. 5 — Silvan Dillier nipped Serghei Tvetcov at the finish line in downtown Red Deer to win the second stage of the Tour of Alberta. At the finish line of the 175 km stage that

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started just after 11 a.m. at Devon, Dillier and Tvetcov were both clocked at three hours, 32 minutes, 47 seconds.

Slovak rider Peter Sagan, who won Wednesday’s opening stage, closed the gap within the city to finish third — 16 seconds back — and kept his yellow jersey with a 26-second lead over Australian Rohan Dennis. The six-stage Tour of Alberta will conclude Sunday in Calgary.

Sept. 6 — A Red Deer man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to run down a pair of Lacombe police officers. The two officers narrowly escaped injury when they were nearly hit by a vehicle after trying to arrest a suspect a Lacombe residence. Weston Kleigh Pickford, 22, faces numerous charges including two counts each of attempted murder, assaulting a police officer, flight from police and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. He is also charged with possession of break-in instruments and breach of probation.

Sept. 9 — Westerner Park was a hotbed of oilpatch activity as exhibitors staked their places for the Red Deer Oil & Gas Expo. The two-day trade show featured some 400 booth spaces in the Stockmen’s and Prairie pavilions, and an outdoor display area.

Most of the exhibitors are from Alberta, he said, but some have travelled thousands of kilometres to take part.

All have some connection to the oil and gas sectors, but their products and services are many and varied. They also range in size. There was a good response from people who work in the industry as well as from others who don’t.

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Sept. 12 — A bride and groom’s wedding day bliss was disrupted by the theft of about $5,000 in cash and cheques from their reception. Innisfail RCMP are looking for suspects who stole the money from the Penhold Community Hall sometime between 3 and 11 a.m. on Sept. 1. The incident is believed to have occurred after the reception ended in the early morning hours of Sept. 1, and the couple and some of their guests left. When the group returned in the morning, they noticed the money had been stolen.

Sept. 17 — The victim of an armed robbery and shooting last week at a West Park service station is described as a cheerful, hard-working and loyal young man who came to Canada from the Philippines on his own in May. Last Wednesday, Jaysen Reyes was about one hour into his regular overnight shift when a man entered the 55th Avenue convenience store with a sawed-off shotgun and demanded money. Despite Reyes handing over money, he was shot in the face and hand. He is recovering in a Calgary hospital.

Sept. 18 — Bruin’s Plumbing and Heating received a Safety Leadership Award during the 2013 conference of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association — Alberta. It was one of three companies to receive a Safety Leadership Award, with Bruin’s coming in the CHBA — Alberta’s general member category. The awards were presented on the basis of management’s commitment to safety, training, contractor management, field safety, Occupational Health & Safety records and contributions to safety improvements in the industry.

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Sept. 20 — Platinum Homes and Developments was recognized Friday evening in Jasper at the annual awards presentation of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association — Alberta. The Red Deer builder and renovator received a 2013 Award of Excellence in Housing in the renovation category for projects between $200,000 and $500,000. Awards of Excellence were presented in 22 categories, with Edmonton builders claiming 14, Calgary companies receiving six, and one each going to Red Deer and Lethbridge.

Sept. 25 — The Winter Inn program in Red Deer that has kept homeless people safe and warm will not operate this winter. Central Alberta’s Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing did not get its usual funding from the Community Housing Advisory Board to run Winter Inn. Safe Harbour also runs People’s Place emergency shelter for 23 adults and operates Mats overnight shelter for 20 adults who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Sept. 25 — Red Deer College’s City Centre Stage was alive with entertainment on Friday, as those on hand for the facility’s grand opening watched performing arts students in the theatre, viewed an RDC film in the cinema, and heard musicians playing in the gallery amidst local artwork. RDC President Joel Ward said City Centre Stage will further the college’s teaching mandate, not only for those studying the arts but for students in other disciplines.

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Holiday Greetings from All of Us Wishing you much good cheer in this festive holiday season. #5, 7450 - 49 Avenue Crescent, Red Deer Phone: 403-343-8331 Fax: 403-340-8685

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May the New Year be an indication of all the wonderful things to come in 2014.

Best Wishes!

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Surround yourself with the warmth of family and friends throughout the New Year.

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Golden Sun Health Foods “Keeping you healthy throughout the whole year.”

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Thank you for putting yourself in our Hands!

Baker Family Chiropractic & Wellness Centre

Season’s Greetings. Thank you Red Deer and Central Alberta for all your past support. You have given us more reason to celebrate this happy holiday time.

On this Holiday Season ... enjoy the wonder and excitement of family and friends.

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Our sincere wishes for a prosperous and joyous New Year.

We’re proud of your trust in us.

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Photos by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Above: After 21 years attending council meetings — nine of which he presided over as mayor, Morris Flewwelling sat in the mayor’s chair for the last time during a council meeting on Oct. 15.

Right: On Oct. 28, new mayor Tara Veer led the way out of council chambers with councillors Buck Buchanan and Paul Harris and the six other city councillors after being sworn in.

OCTOBER Oct. 2 — A national real estate magazine that compiles an annual list of the best neighbourhoods in Canada has given North Red Deer a thumbs-up.

Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine has included the area in its Top 100 Neighbourhoods for 2013. The publication said that North Red Deer provides good opportunities for investors, thanks to relatively low home prices and rock-bottom vacancy rates that combine to give landlords an attractive rate of return.

Oct. 2 — Rick Hoogewoonink of Amity Ag-Enterprises Inc., which supply the big plastic storage bags to customers from Red Deer north, have sold some 2,000 units this year. That’s a 200 per cent increase over 2012, and the most Hoogewoonink has moved during his 21 years in the business. UFA’s farm supply stores have also experienced a run on grain bags, as well as grain baggers, bins and bin rings. What’s got farmers scrambling to find places to keep their grain and oilseeds is one of the biggest crops in years. Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) reported that yields in Central Alberta were 20 to 30 per cent above the five-year average. Farmers across the province were enjoying similar results.

Oct. 2 — A program that rewards young people for positive behaviour has helped earn the manager of Servus Credit Union’s Delburne branch a trip to San Diego. And Chad Huseby is now a finalist in the Credit Union Executive Society’s Next Top Credit Union Exec Challenge. Huseby worked with the RCMP to develop a positive ticketing program at Delburne, Elnora and Three Hills that encourages officers to issue Positive Tickets to youths who are seen doing positive things in their communities.

In two years, more than 300 such tickets have been handed out.

Oct. 3 — Matt Cassidy of Red Deer played minor hockey to the age of 13, then decided he preferred the role played by the men in stripes. He started as

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an on-ice official of minor hockey games and this year was hired — on a full-time basis — as a Western Hockey League referee.

Oct. 8 — Lillian Uytendaele of Sylvan Lake bought a lottery ticket while fuelling up in Edmonton and won $200,000. She said she doesn’t usually buy instant tickets but decided to try a $7 Jewel 7’s scratch ’n’ win when she noticed there was a promotion offering gas discounts with lottery ticket purchases.

Uytendaele plans to use the money for a trip to the East Coast to visit family and fulfil a lifelong dream for her upcoming birthday: become a Harley-Davidson motorcycle owner.

Oct. 20 — The former Karen Lutz admitted on Sunday to being a bit skeptical when she first started dating Maluk Ayom, who became her husband on Saturday. Her skepticism proved unfounded and, earlier this year, the future couple, Maluk and Karen Ayom, became engaged after a five-year romance.

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They had not even started their wedding plans when they learned about and entered a contest from a Toronto-based organization, the Wedding Saviours, that arranges and covers the costs for deserving couples.

Lutz and Ayom were selected because they have both experienced and overcome series of hardships.

On Saturday they had a dream wedding that they could never have pulled off on their own.

Oct. 21 — Tara Veer is Red Deer’s new mayor.

Veer, a third-term councillor, took a deciding 9,400 votes, followed by Cindy Jefferies in a close second with 7,971 votes. “I am just honoured to be able to serve Red Deer in this capacity,” said Veer, 35. “It’s going to be a great four years and the best is yet to come.” Veer made history by becoming the youngest mayor in Red Deer’s history. She is the city’s second female mayor.

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What better occasion than now to express our appreciation to our loyal customers and to you all a Happy New Year!

In this season of caring, well wishes to our clients and their families, and thankyou for the privilege of caring for you.

With Best Wishes to our friends and associates and for your trust in us, we are deeply grateful.

The Very Best in 2014.

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Hertz Equipment Rentals

“All the best to Our Customers and Friends at this Holiday Season.

Thanks for giving us so much to celebrate this year.”

Enjoy much happiness in the days to come and know we appreciate your business and friendship.

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12 Y E A R S Wishing everyone a Safe & Happy Holiday Season.

Providing Red Deer & Central Alberta in Fire, Flood & Disaster Restoration.

91 POPLAR STREET, PETROLIA BUSINESS PARK, Red Deer County Phone: 403-309-5522

(formerly Certified Rentals - 1981)

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Central Alberta’s Annual Spring & Fall Bridal Shows Special thanks to all our Wedding Industry participants over the past 10 years.

Spring Bridal Gala February 2, 2014

Westerner Park, Red Deer

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C10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013

NOVEMBER Nov. 3 — Red Deer cabbies are feeling the loss of a customer who died for doing the right thing. Jonathon David Wood, 33, was killed in the early morning hours of Saturday when an alleged drunk driver struck the taxi where Wood was riding in the back seat. He died at the scene. A Brooks man has been charged with impaired driving causing death..

Nov. 11 — Attendance was up by an estimated 20 per cent at the 30th edition of Agri-Trade. Dianne Smirl, who has taken the reins from founding manager Patrick Kennedy, estimated that Agri-Trade brings about $30 million in spending to the region, not including the trade generated by the various businesses that take part in the show.

Nov. 18 — Red Deer is a magnet for snow so far this month. Red Deer was already looking like a winter wonderland after 21 cm fell on Nov. 2 and 11.8 cm came down on Nov. 3 — the largest accumulation across Alberta that weekend. After that weekend, a dusting of snow came down on Nov. 4 and 9 when .4 cm fell each day. On Nov. 10, Red Deer saw another 1.8 cm. The mean average for snowfall in Red Deer for November is 16.9 cm.

Nov. 27 — Red Deer is thousands of kilometres and an ocean away from Ireland. But the city now has a pub where Guinness, Kilkenny and Harp beers flow freely. Fionn MacCool’s opens today at 1935 Gaetz Ave., the former location of Kelsey’s Restaurant. It has seating for 204, and 16 beers on tap — ranging from standard domestic choices to less common options, like Foundry cider from the United Kingdom. On the food side, Fionn MacCool’s menu extends from soups and sandwiches to shepherd’s pie and Rosslare lamb shank, all prepared in-house.

Nov. 27 — People took advantage of the special measles immunization clinics held in Lacombe, but the exact number of those who rolled up their sleeves was not available. Clinics were held in Lacombe and Two Hills due to a lower measles immunization rate in those communities and residents’ strong travel pattern to Southern Alberta, where an outbreak occurred in October. As of Monday, no cases of measles have been reported in Lacombe.

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Standing above the existing 25-metre pool at the Recreation Centre in Red Deer, John Cuthbertson holds up an artist’s rendering of what the interior of a new aquatic centre in Red Deer could look like. Despite years of lobbying, the new facility failed to make city council’s 10-year plan for capital building.

DECEMBER Dec. 2 — Blizzard-like conditions led to a slew of school and event cancellations around Central Alberta. Blizzard conditions were expected to be followed by a low pressure system is expected to descend from the Arctic that will remind Central Albertans what cold weather really feels like.

Dec. 9 — The combinaPhoto by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff tion of cold and snow has Premier Alison Redford and government colleagues toured a left some city Christmas radiation vault at the new Central Alberta Cancer Centre during its charities lacking to start their fundraising season. But official opening on Nov. 20. local organizations and their volunteers hope people will Bloye, she and Colleen’s husband Blain still be in the giving mood when they emerge from helped bring baby Emery safely into the their houses later this month. world.

Dec. 11 — Tyrelle ven den Akker went downstairs Dec. 19 — Snowstorms are being held to to help friend Colleen De Foor with the laundry. She blame for a pair of barn collapses in the came back up with a baby. De Foor had decided to region that required rescue operations wait at home when her labour pains began, but she for trapped livestock. In one event, about had no idea she would deliver so quickly. Ven Den two dozen dairy cows died when half the Akker was at her side, grabbed some towels from roof of their barn collapsed in Lacombe the dryer and with the help of 911 dispatcher Kelly County.

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Noah Ziegler, 3, of Red Deer sits on a throne of ice at City Hall Park in Red Deer on Dec. 13, during the Fire And Ice presentation. Hundreds of people gathered downtown for the final centennial celebration of 2013. After an evening of viewing sculptures in ice, warming up by the bonfires on Ross Street, face painting at the Gaetz Memorial Church, cups of hot chocolate and bowls of hot chili, all eyes were looking up as fireworks lit up the sky. The Fire and Ice presentation was the last of many celebrations in Red Deer in 2013 to mark the 100th birthday of the city.

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