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Snow collapses roof at Westerner

SKATING WITH CARE

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

An attraction to the event this year was Trent Hunter, a former New York Islander and current assistant coach of the midget AAA Optimist Chiefs. Along with 15 other volunteers from the RCMP, St. John Ambulance and CARE, Hunter was on hand to give the new Canadians a lesson in “bending your knees,” learning how to stop, pivot and all the other ins and outs of coasting around a slippery rink.

The program runs for two days from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday’s session featured a basic skating instruction and various drills, wrapping up with a fun hockey lesson and game.

It’s a bad time to be a roof in Central Alberta.

Record snowfalls claimed a few roofs in the region in mid-December, and before the year was out, a “tremendous snow load” accumulated over many days of snowy weather caused another roof to come down, this time in Red Deer.

Sometime during the night on Dec. 30, snow brought down about half of the canvas top covering Tent D at the south end of the Westerner Park grounds. Crews noticed the collapse the next morning.

“It was there when they went home and it wasn’t there when they got back,” said Westerner Park CEO John Harms.

The tent structure, which Harms estimated to be at least 20 metres long, is used for stabling horses during equine events on the grounds for much of the year, but is empty during the winter months. The area was unoccupied at the time of the structural failure.

“We anticipate that we’ll be able to get it repaired in time for the beginning of our horse show season in early May,” said Harms.

There is no estimate yet on the damage. The collapsed tent is insured for $700,000 and Harms said he believes insurance will cover the damage.

Since the collapse, crews have knocked down much of the snow accumulated on the roofs of other buildings to prevent a similar failure.

City staff have been up on the roofs at City Hall and the Civic Yards monitoring snow accumulation for a month already, something they would typically start doing only in February.

Public works manager Greg Sikora said staff have mostly been clearing snow around heat exchangers, air intakes and drainage vents to ensure the buildings stay ventilated.

Workers have also been managing snow loads around catchment areas to ensure drainage can occur whenever the snow melts. The city has not removed any snow from the buildings’ roofs yet though.

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Former New York Islander Trent Hunter offers some support for Moneza Secjadas of the Philippines. Secjadas joined about 50 other youth and adult immigrants taking part in the Central Alberta Refugee Effort Skating for Newcomers at the Kinex in Red Deer Thursday.

Skating program combats isolation during holidays

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF Gabby Maravilla of Red Deer put one foot in front of the other and cautiously shuffled into the middle of the arena, arms stretched wide out for optimum balance.

It was the first time the 16-year-old from El Salvador had ever been on skates.

“I’m a bit scared,” she said, knees starting to wobble as she turned around to head for the boards. “But it’s exciting too. It’s fun, this gliding feeling.”

Maravilla and almost 50 other immigrant youth between the ages of 10 and 19 laced up their blades on Thursday for

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the first time at the Kinex Arena in Red Deer as part of the third annual Learn to Skate program presented by the Central Alberta Refugee Effort (CARE).

Maravilla said for her the session wasn’t just about trying to shave off some ice; it was also an opportunity to hang out with her friends and meet other adolescents new to Canada.

It was the same reason Aldrin Lapis of the Philippines said he decided to come out with a friend and put on a helmet.

“It’s hard to do but I wanted to do it so here I am,” Lapis, 17, said, dusting off his knees after a fall. “It’s all for the experience. This is very Canadian.”

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A heavy load of snow lead to the collapse of one of several large vinyl tents at the Westerner Park this week.

Surface plow blitz begins today

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Get ready to dig — but first, move your vehicles.

Red Deer’s next big neighbourhood surface plow blitz starts today at 8 a.m.

The record-breaking snowfall total for November and December of 109.9 cm has put the city in the unprecedented position of almost back-toback clearing of residential streets. Just to keep things interesting, up to five cm was forecast to fall in Red Deer late Monday.

From October to the end of December, the city received 90 per cent of the snowfall it typically gets in a full winter season.

Now warmer weather has made the snow on roads looser, and the challenge of navigating residential streets has returned.

Just three weeks ago the City of Red Deer concluded an initial surface plowing blitz that cost $175,000.

Crews will now do another surface plow — not down to the pavement — and windrows will be placed on both

sides of the street.

Starting today, in no particular order, the city will plow Davenport, Deer Park Village, Deer Park Estates, Devonshire, Lonsdale, Lancaster Meadows, Rosedale Estates and Rosedale Meadows.

If these areas are completed as planned, on Saturday the surface plowing will continue on to Highland Green, Lancaster Green, Oriole Park West, Oriole Park, Vanier Woods and Vanier East.

Daily progress updates, the anticipated order of plowing, and a list of what neighbourhoods are scheduled for the following day will be available each day by 6 p.m. on www.reddeer.ca, Facebook and Twitter.

The city expects plowing to be completed by Jan. 14.

At that point, roads will be reassessed. If conditions warrant, steps may include another surface plow or a full plow. This decision will be based on road conditions and any additional precipitation.

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Dog from South America found after vanishing in bone-chilling weather WINNIPEG — There’s been a happy ending to the story of a missing dog in Winnipeg.

On Boxing Day, a family in the city was thrilled to greet their 18-month-old pet, Talia, a part-golden retriever who had just arrived on a plane from Colombia.

Lourdes Villa, also from Colombia, is starting a new life in Winnipeg with her 11-year-old daughter after separating from her husband.

But after just one day, Talia got loose and vanished into a wicked snowstorm and spent the next few days surviving in bitterly cold — and unfamiliar — weather.

When news of the family’s heartbreak got out, volunteers from Winnipeg Lost Dog Alert rallied and started patrolling areas where Talia might be.

Janelle McLeod of the website says there were several sightings, and then a motorist spotted Talia darting in and out of traffic and was able to coax the animal into her car.

Belize police confirm man’s body found that of missing Canadian EDMONTON — Police in central America have confirmed that a body found in Guatemala is that of a Canadian who was reported missing on Christmas.

Brian Townsend, who lived in Belize for the last nine years doing missionary work, was believed to have been abducted from his home on Christmas Eve. On Dec. 27, a body with no identification was found in Guatemala.

Dinsdale Thompson, commanding officer of a Belize police station closest to the Guatemalan border, says investigators took photos of the body. He says police compared them to those of Townsend supplied by the family and that they matched.

SNOW: Builds up on roofs The city’s recreation buildings are also inspected regularly. Most of the buildings have peaked roofs.

A third round of roof inspections will take place today on Red Deer Public Schools buildings. Facilities and maintenance personnel with the division have already done two complete checks of school roofs, and have not yet found it necessary to clear off snow.

While most schools have flat roofs, which can lead to large snow build ups, if the snowpack is mostly dry even a large amount of snow might not be heavy enough to cause roof issues.

Outside of the city in Red Deer County, barns often prove most susceptible to heavy snows. In December, two barns collapsed and in another case, county staff and volunteer firefighters had to be called in to shore up a barn roof that was sagging against the weight.

In one of the cases, over 20 cattle died from a roof collapse on a farm near Bentley.

“That’s going to be an issue as we go through the winter here,” said Ric Henderson, director of community and protective services with the county.

Home insurance typically covers roof damage for houses, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada. However, if a cottage roof collapses from the weight of snow, it is not covered by insurance. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

PLOW: Move your vehicles Public Works manager Greg Sikora stressed that it is critical that residents move their vehicles off front streets in order for the plows to do their jobs.

“Not only does it speed up efficiency, it speeds up the quality of work being done,” Sikora said Thursday. “We get nice tight windrows . . . We stress that people move their vehicles because we want to provide the best solution available. If they don’t move their vehicles, they will be plowed in.”

City crews will work today and Saturday and then again from Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until complete.

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Sikora said the windrows may block driveways so residents will be responsible for removing the windrows to gain access into their homes.

The city has set up a call centre service — 403-3428238 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday — for those individuals who do not have the resources to remove the snow. Sikora said the assistance will be provided through the city’s emergency Social Services section. The centre was expected to be operational at 4 p.m. on Thursday.

Graders plowed lanes throughout the city ahead of the garbage collection program on Thursday. Some homes will be missed because the accumulation of snow and warming temperatures has delayed blue box and garbage pickup. The latest round of lane plowing, which began on New Year’s Day, should soon improve conditions and get collection back on track.

‘WE STRESS THAT PEOPLE MOVE THEIR VEHICLES BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE BEST SOLUTION AVAILABLE. IF THEY DON’T MOVE THEIR VEHICLES, THEY WILL BE PLOWED IN .’

— GREG SIKORA PUBLIC WORKS MANAGER

Until crews are caught up, residents whose homes are missed on their regular collection days this week are asked to put out their garbage and blue boxes again on their scheduled collection day next week.

Residents with questions about garbage and recycling collection can call 403-340-2583.

Sikora said the city learned during the first blitz that residents wanted a refuge to move their vehicles off the street into their lanes. He said by plowing the lanes a few days ahead of the residential areas, it will allow residents to move their vehicles into the back lanes.

The city’s standard for clearing lanes is to clear and pack to build dual windrows in the back alleys.

Clearing of the lanes is expected to take several days.

“There will be some digging in and out but it will provide that accessibility for garbage collection, recycling as well as people to get to their backyards,”

Numbers are unofficial.

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MONDAY

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LOW -24

HIGH -19

HIGH -25

HIGH -14

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A few flurries.

Sunny.

Sunny. Low -31.

30% chance of flurries. Low -20.

REGIONAL OUTLOOK Calgary: today, periods of snow. High -9.

Low -19.

Olds, Sundre: today, periods of snow. High -12. Low -24.

Rocky, Nordegg: today, periods of snow.

High -13. Low -22.

Banff: today, snow.

High -2. Low -17 Jasper: today, periods of snow. High -2.

Low -17.

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High -18. Low -26.

Fort McMurray: today, chance of flurries.

High -25. Low -33.

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Today’s session is a “practice day” at Bower Ponds to try out the previous day’s exercises and take a glide on an outdoor rink.

Rachel Pinno, CARE’s settlement practitioner with immigrant youth, is one of the main organizers of the event and said the Learn to Skate program is about preventing feelings of isolation during the winter holidays.

“Three years ago, one of the youth mentioned to me she really wanted to learn how to skate and over Christmas is the perfect time to get such a program running,” Pinno said.

“Christmas break for some of the immigrant and refugee kids can be a really lonely, boring time in that it’s a new place and it’s cold outside and they miss their friends at school so they don’t know what to do or where to go. This is an activity that gets them out of the house and allows them to become more familiar with the community.

“It gives them a taste of some of the hobbies and past times Canadians really enjoy and things that they can hopefully continue doing with their friends and families.”

The City of Red Deer is a partner in the free event and CARE provides all the equipment from skates to helmets to hockey sticks.

Last year, around 40 youth showed up to strap on the blades. Pinno said she estimates just around 50 hit the ice this time around. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

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said Sikora. “So there will be a bit of a digging out process. That is one step ahead of the residential plow. It will be very similar campaign but on the front streets, the day later.”

The above average snowfall has made it difficult to spot fire hydrants. Residents are asked to clear snow around fire hydrants on and near their property to allow emergency personnel quick access if needed.

As of Monday evening there was no indication

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A New Year’s Eve fire partly destroyed a former milk barn near Bluffton. Rimbey fire chief John Weisgerber said firefighters responded to the property, located about 2.5 km north of Bluffton on Hwy 20, at about 6:30 p.m. Weisgerber said the milking section of the barn was completely engulfed by fire when they arrived, but part of the structure was saved. He said a wood stove in the barn was believed to be the cause of the fire. He did not know the cost of the fire damage.

The owner of the property was away so the contents of the barn was not known. Weisgerber said neighbours have been looking after the property and they helped firefighters access the barn through the deep snow.

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Abusive boyfriend jailed for two years beating her, even putting his hands around her neck.

Police arrived but the man had fled.

On Aug. 17 and 18, the man called the victim and said he was coming over in hopes of reconciliation.

Police went to the man’s mother’s residence and he tried to flee, but was arrested.

Snider recommended a two-year global sentence.

The man’s defence counsel, Nicole Sissons of Edmonton, called it a textbook dysfunctional relation-

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

A “toxic relationship” fraught with alcohol and drug abuse, assaults and ignorance of court orders has landed a man in jail for two years.

The 33-year-old man, whose name is withheld because of a court-ordered publication ban on identifying his ex-girlfriend, pleaded guilty to 18 charges in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday. The charges included assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement, breach of recognizance, assault, mischief and uttering threats. The charges stem from several incidents that occurred over a one-month period during the summer of 2013.

The man was first arrested on July 28 after his ex-girlfriend complained to police on July 19 about a July 18 incident. That night, an argument turned into an assault at the couple’s shared residence. Crown Prosecutor Jason Snider said the man hit and punched the victim, with as many as 30 blows to the head. The victim had a black eye and a small puncture wound in her leg.

When she attempted to flee the apartment, he grabbed her and dragged her back in. When police attended the apartment the following day they found a knife under the futon, a pair of yoga pants with a hole and a torn tank top from when the man grabbed her.

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ship, fueled by alcohol and drug abuse, and agreed with Snider’s recommendations. She said the man’s family has a history of mental illness and suggested the two-year prison sentence would give the man access to the help he needs.

Judge Bert Skinner accepted the joint submission and sentenced the man to two years in jail, plus a 10-year firearms prohibition and a DNA order. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Political must-watch list The top five of my 2014 must-watch list: 1. Kathleen Wynne: Until Premier Wynne talked about running her first election campaign on a madein-Ontario pension plan she was third on my list.

But if Wynne is serious about going it alone in the face of the federal refusal to improve the CPP, the next Ontario campaign will unfold in prime time nationally.

Public policy wonks and political strategists alike will be watching to see whether it is doable, in this day and age, to sell voters on a plan that would force workers and their employers to set more money aside towards an expanded CHANTAL social safety net.

HÉBERT If other provinces buy into the plan; if Quebec agrees to synchronize its own pension plan with Ontario, Queen’s Park would essentially have bypassed the federal government of the day on the way to pension reform.

Whether that amounts to a modernization of the national leadership role that Ontario long assumed in the past or to a full-fledged embrace of a more balkanized social Canada is an open question. But there is little doubt that on Stephen Harper’s watch, the choice increasingly comes down to provincial leadership of the federation’s social union versus no leadership.

2. Pauline Marois: It is no secret that the premier is looking to make Quebec identity the ballot box issue of the campaign. Quebec has had identity-centred campaigns in the past and the issue has usually favored the PQ. But the proposed charter pits Marois against predecessors like Jacques Parizeau. No PQ leader has ever gone to the election barricades on an issue that has deeply divided its own ranks.

If the PQ succeeds into turning its secularism charter into a ticket to a governing majority, the latest cooling-off period on the Quebec-Canada front will come to an abrupt end as Ottawa and Quebec collide in court over the charter and in the political arena over the sovereignty agenda.

3. Stephen Harper: Even if the Conservative party were running high in the polls there would still be a political death-watch on the prime minister in 2014.

The midpoint of a third mandate is when the preretirement clock starts ticking on virtually all government leaders — regardless of their ratings.

If a prime minister or a premier is popular, it is argued that he or she should want to leave on a high note. And if — as in the case of Harper — public support has consistently softened, then the argument be-

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Strengthen CPP now The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is a reliable, efficient and secure national savings plan.

It was created in the 1960s to supplement workplace pensions. While employers have been cutting pensions for decades, the CPP hasn’t kept up.

Today, one in four private sector workers have access to a good pension, but the CPP only pays an average of $600 a month. Expanding the CPP will help more people save for a secure future, and reduce the pressure on taxpayer-funded assistance programs and social services.

The number of seniors living in poverty is on the rise, and millions of Canadians are facing sharp declines in income, purchasing power and quality of life at retirement. This has profound impacts on families and communities all over the country.

I am here to tell our political leaders to strengthen the CPP now. Investing in an efficient, indexed and livable CPP is the best way to ensure a good quality of life for our seniors and a stable economic future for our country.

Seniors have been paying into it since age 16 and working all their lives to build our strong country and save for our retirement, trusting in the government to manage these programs.

If the government insists on keeping seniors poor, consider deleting pensioners with huge incomes from receiving public benefits.

Debbie Newbery Tees

City responds to needs As a young adult with a visual impairment, I appreciate all the work that the City of Red Deer has done to make the city safer for individuals with disabilities/barriers. This has taken a lot of time, commitment, energy and taxpayers’ dollars.

I am a strong believer in self-advocacy and have brought several issues of safety to the attention of the appropriate departments over the last sev-

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comes that he or she will eventually come around to the decision to retire rather than to risk going out on a defeat. For the record, in the past few leaders have opted to stay on after three mandates and a decade at the helm.

4. Jason Kenney: The flip side of the speculation as to Harper’s future is real or perceived pre-leadership manoeuvring. Over the second half of 2013, Kenney managed to have his name come up in every post-Harper conversation.

He strayed from the PMO-issued talking points on the probity of former chief of staff Nigel Wright.

He called on Toronto mayor Rob Ford to step down.

That resulted in public frictions with Jim Flaherty.

The finance minister is not only Ford’s leading champion in cabinet or the political minister for the GTA. The Canada Jobs Grant initiative that Kenney — as minister of human resources — is tasked to get off the ground was the centrepiece of his 2013 bud-

eral years.

Some of the initiatives undertaken by the city from suggestions I have made on behalf of all individuals with disabilities are: ● Downtown bus terminal: Highlighting the exit and entrance areas, as well as adding an additional crosswalk — all done with bright yellow paint. ● Collicutt Centre: Bright yellow and black non-skid tape applied to the main stairs to the walking and running track.

All buses now have “kneeling floors” and signage that is very well lit with the number of the bus and its destination. This is a great initiative for individuals like myself.

I would like to encourage every citizen to make known to the city any issues related to making this a safer place to live. I can say with confidence that your concerns will be listened to.

Thank you to everyone who works for our city. You have no idea the difference you are making in our lives.

Keep up the good work!

Willow Birse Red Deer

Is customer service dead?

I spent the day sitting in my house waiting for someone to show up for an appointment to do some repair work.

No one showed up.

What is it with people today? Are they incompetent or just rude? I hope someone will read this rant and be able to tell me what is going on.

I always thought word of mouth was important to businesses. You would think it is even more important now that we have so many forms of media to voice our concerns. Maybe our economy is just too good for some people now.

Example 1: I am sure all of us have sat for hours waiting for a doctor’s appointment. The doctor’s time is important but ours doesn’t appear to be.

And, of course, good doctors are hard to find so we have to put up with it and just keep quiet.

Of course, you don’t want to be late or the doctor’s office will cancel your appointment and/or get very upset.

Example 2: We bought an extended warranty on our appliances from a

large department store. It sounded like a good deal until we needed it.

We phoned and had someone come on Aug. 31. Turns out we needed a rubber seal for our washing machine that he would need to order. He would return as soon as the part came in.

Three weeks later, no phone call. So we called some answering firm for the department store. They told us they would have someone phone us right away. Two weeks later, no phone call.

So we phoned again. Of course, you have to go through a lot of automated questions first. Then we got a real person who finally answered.

We told them the problem and they said they would have someone phone us right away. I asked for the phone number so I could talk directly to the repair company. They weren’t allowed to do that but they assured us someone would call. No phone call.

So I tried again. This time we were informed that someone had already done the repair job. That was news to us, as we still had a leaky washing machine.

They promised, once more, someone would phone us and told us again that they couldn’t give us the number. Two weeks later and still no phone call.

This time my wife phoned and was told the same story — someone would call by the end of the day. No phone call, so we called once more.

The person on the line finally decided that maybe they should do something. They kept my wife on the phone while they actually made an appointment with the repair company.

Then they came back and told us we would be seeing someone the following Wednesday.

We got a phone call Tuesday night to inform us that the repairman would be out the next day with a motor for our washing machine. When we informed the lady on the phone that we didn’t need a motor, we needed a seal, she remarked, “Oh yeah, I see that right here on the order form.”

Next morning we get a call telling us that they couldn’t find the part and they would have to order it.

The first time I informed the department store, I was directed to the manager of appliances, who gave me a number to phone to complain. Guess what? When I phoned that number I

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get. The clash earlier this month between Flaherty and his provincial counterparts over the CPP will do little to make the provinces more amenable to Kenney’s overtures on the labour training front.

It may be wise to not invite these two ministers to the same year-end party. It would also be nice to be a fly on the cabinet wall when it resumes meeting in the new year.

5. Nigel Wright: So far, Harper’s former chief-ofstaff has been discreet as to how far into the loop the prime minister really was regarding Wright’s dealings with suspended senator Mike Duffy.

Should Wright face criminal charges, it will be hard for him to mount a full legal defence without filling in some of the blanks that have surfaced between Harper’s version of events and what transpired in some of his top aide’s emails.

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got the same people who I wanted to complain about in the first place.

Then when I went to store and talked to a store manager, she apologized and gave me a whole $40 gift certificate for my trouble and promised someone would show up the following week.

After two months, we finally got our seal on our washing machine fixed. Oh yeah, and a $40 gift certificate.

Example 3: I sit here today waiting for someone to fix my hot tub. I phoned almost four weeks ago to have someone repair a small leak in the tub. I told them I needed someone in the morning as I had an appointment at 4 in the afternoon.

They said they were swamped but would have someone phone as soon as possible. Two weeks later and no phone call.

So I phoned back and the person apologized and promised someone would come out the following Wednesday morning. I sat here until 1:30 p.m., when I phoned the company and asked where the repairman was.

I was promised he would be here right away. Finally, at four o’clock, I phoned back and told the company to forget about it as I had to leave for the 4 o’clock appointment.

Unlike them, I didn’t want to be late.

Two weeks later, our washing machine doesn’t work again. The hot tub guy showed up a week later, looked at the hot tub and informed my daughter we had a leak. Duh! Then he told my daughter that there was nothing he could do about it. Yesterday we got a bill for $100 for the repair services.

I spoke to the manager today. She said the repairman was swamped but that was the bill for services. When I told her I would be sending a bill for six hours waiting for someone to show up and my charge was only $20 an hour, she tore the bill from my hand and told me to never come back into the store. Like I ever will!

Consumers, stand up! Say something about lousy service. Tell others. Use social media and let others know about businesses that provide bad service and also, those who can be relied upon for good service.

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Winnipeg teen sentenced for trying to light classmate’s hair on fire WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg teenager has been sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation for trying to set a Jewish classmate’s hair on fire in a high school hallway.

The 15-year-old girl’s hair was singed, but she was not seriously injured.

But she said in her victim impact statement that the attack made her fearful and guarded at school and led her to see a therapist.

Court hear the boy, who was also 15 at the time of the November 2011 attack, made anti-Semitic comments during the assault.

But the Crown said it did not appear anti-Semitism motivated the youth and he used the words because he was a — quote — “jerk and a bully.”

The defence argued the youth never meant to light the girl’s hair on fire.

The teen’s lawyer said his client grabbed the girl, lit the lighter and made the comments, but her hair caught fire when she pulled away.

Court was told the teen considered the girl to be his friend and he texted her that day to apologize.

The defence also said the comments were more a way of interacting at the school and the accused was not the only one who addressed the girl that way.

Judge Rob Finlayson said the comment was totally vulgar and inappropriate, but he was satisfied it was not racially motivated. He said he believed the assault was isolated, impulsive and unplanned and that the school culture the defence spoke of was “unhealthy and dark and there’s no place for it in society.”

Avalanche expert warns people to take care as storm sweeps across B.C. REVELSTOKE, B.C. — An avalanche expert is warning people planning to hit backcountry slopes in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta in the coming days to be extra careful.

Karl Klassen says a major storm tracking across the region could dump up to 50 centimetres of snow on mountains and hills in some areas that are already covered by weak layers.

Klassen says avalanche forecasters are concerned that snowmobilers, skiers and snowboarders might be lulled into a false sense of security after a few

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford officially shows his passport to a city clerk Thursday as he registered as a candidate for the city’s 2014 municipal election in October. full debate. Any time, any place, I’ll debate anyone, even in their backyard.”

He boasted that he’s saved the city “hundreds of millions of dollars,” created jobs and a “booming” economy in Toronto with a “business-friendly atmosphere of low taxes.”

“That’s Rob Ford, that’s not . . . the Canadian government,” he told Toronto radio station 680News.

Other possible high-profile contenders for the job include NDP MP Olivia Chow, former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader John Tory and council-

lors Karen Stintz and Denzil Minnan-Wong.

None of them have filed their nomination papers, although Stintz has said she’ll run. They have until Sept. 12 to enter the race.

Once nomination papers are filed, candidates are allowed to raise money and incur expenses for their campaigns.

Ford said he expect his rivals to “get personal” during the campaign.

“I know that’s going to happen,” he said. “I’m ready for it.”

years of stable conditions.

“We are asking people to be a bit more cautious this year than they were last year,” Klassen, warning services manager for the Canadian Avalanche Centre in Revelstoke, B.C., said Thursday.

“Take on smaller slopes that aren’t as complex, slopes that aren’t as steep, especially during this storm over the next few days. The weekend is going to be a real challenging time.”

The avalanche hazard prompted the B.C. government to close a 45-kilometre stretch of the TransCanada Highway from Craigellachie to Revelstoke in both directions until at least Friday morning. Traffic was being diverted to safer routes.

There have been three serious avalanches in the Golden, B.C., area in the last two weeks, including one on Dec. 20 that killed an Edmonton man who was snowboarding out of bounds at a ski resort.

In another avalanche Dec. 29, two of four people backcountry skiing near the Alberta boundary were injured, one of them seriously. The four were flown out of the area the next day by helicopter.

lawyer says he has again be turned down for funding from Legal Aid Ontario after a judge ordered last month that it reconsider Rafferty’s case.

Appeal Court Justice Marc Rosenberg had ruled the case is too complex for someone with a Grade 9 education in segregation and with no access to a law library to handle on his own.

Rafferty had been turned down four times by Legal Aid since his convictions in May 2012 for firstdegree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping in Tori’s death.

Rosenberg said if Rafferty was turned down again, the lawyer who represented him on the motion would be appointed for the appeal and he would be paid by the attorney general.

Wheat board appeal moves ahead despite ruling that struck down claims

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SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — The group Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board says it is moving ahead with a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the federal government despite a court ruling in the fall.

The lawsuit is over legislation that removed the wheat board’s marketing monopoly on western wheat and barley sales.

Board supporters are seeking $17 billion in damages.

In November, a Federal Court justice struck down parts of the lawsuit that alleged expropriation and interference with economic relations.

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has said the ruling underscored the right of western Canadian farmers to market their own grain.

Stewart Wells, chairman of friends of the wheat board, says the appeal will seek to have all the claims reinstated in the lawsuit.

Rafferty turned down for legal aid for appeal of conviction in Stafford slaying TORONTO — Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General will be picking up the tab for an appeal attempt by the man convicted of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford.

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TORONTO — Toronto’s troubled yet defiant mayor isn’t allowing months of scandal to stop him from entering what’s likely to be the most watched municipal race in the city’s history.

Rob Ford was first in line at city hall to sign up for the Oct. 27 mayoral election when the nomination period opened Thursday.

He expressed confidence that he’ll win “Ford More Years” in the top job, despite admitting to using crack cocaine in a “drunken stupor” and making a crude sexual comment on live TV, among other cringe-worthy incidents that have garnered international attention and made him the butt of jokes on late-night shows.

Departing Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Ryback joined in Thursday, tweeting “Only a couple of hours left.

Must . . . suppress . . . inner . . . Rob . . . Ford”.

Asked why voters should trust him after denying for months that he smoked crack, Ford replied: “That’s all personal.”

“Let the people speak for themselves,” he said, adding that he’d rather have people vote against him than not vote at all.

“I’ve got the strongest track record,” Ford added.

“I’ve been the best mayor that this city has ever had.”

Ford has steadfastly refused to take a leave or resign since reports surfaced in May of a video that appeared to show him smoking crack. Police said in October that they had recovered the video but refused to release it. Five days later, Ford confessed to using the drug while in office.

In November, city council voted to strip him of most of his powers, leaving him with little more than ribbon-cutting duties.

The besieged mayor called it a coup d’etat, comparing it to the 1991 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and a declaration of war.

But Ford has said he’s turning his life around, staying off alcohol and trying to lose weight.

“We’re going to let my track record speak for itself,” the mayor said Thursday.

“I’m not running away from anyone. Let’s have a

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Oil safety alert issued FEDS WARN BAKKEN OIL MAY BE MORE FLAMMABLE THAN TRADITIONAL FORMS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BILLINGS, Mon. — Following a string of explosive accidents, federal officials said Thursday that crude oil being shipped by rail from the Northern Plains across the U.S. and Canada may be more flammable than traditional forms of oil.

A safety alert issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation warns the public, emergency responders and shippers about the potential high volatility of crude from the Bakken oil shale patch. The massive oil reserve is fueling the surging industry in eastern Montana and western North Dakota, which is now the nation’s second-largest oil producer.

The warning comes after a massive explosion caused by an oil train derailment on Monday near Casselton, N.D. No one was hurt, but worries about toxic fumes prompted the evacuation of hundreds of residents from the small eastern North Dakota town.

The oil boom in the Bakken has reduced the nation’s reliance on imported oil and brought thousands of jobs to the region. But as companies have increasingly relied on trains to get that oil to lucrative coastal markets, public safety in communities bisected by rail lines has become a major concern.

In July, 47 people were killed in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, when a train carrying Bakken crude derailed. Another oil train derailed and exploded in Alabama in November, causing no deaths but releasing about 749,000 gallons of oil from 26 tanker cars.

The amount of oil moving by rail in the U.S. has spiked since 2009, from just more than 10,000 tanker cars to a projected 400,000 cars in 2013.

Thursday’s safety alert resulted in part from results of preliminary tests on Bakken oil to determine just how dangerous it is, said Jeannie Shiffer with the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration.

Shiffer said knowing the volatility of the oil is crucial so that it can be properly handled during shipping.

“The material must be properly classified at the beginning of the process. That determines everything,” she said.

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A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil derailed near Casselton Monday afternoon. Several explosions were reported as some cars on the mile-long train caught fire.

The issue of volatility is of particular importance for fire fighters and other emergency responders who have to deal with accidents like the one in Casselton, said Fred Millar, a rail safety consultant in Virginia.

While it may appear obvious that crude oil is dangerous, that message has not been adequately communicated to the hundreds of counties and cities across the U.S. that have seen a surge in crude oil trains, Millar said.

He added that railroads should also consider routing the Bakken oil trains around highly populated areas.

After the Lac-Megantic crash, federal officials issued an advisory for companies to properly classify their crude oil according to a scale that ranks hazardous materials as a great danger, medium danger or minor danger.

Thursday’s announcement goes a step farther, declaring that the Bak-

Newspapers call for clemency for Snowden

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — The New York Times and Guardian newspapers have called for clemency for Edward Snowden, saying that the espionage worker-turned-privacy advocate should be praised rather than punished for his disclosures.

The papers — both of which have played a role in publishing Snowden’s intelligence trove — suggested late Wednesday that the former National Security Agency contractor’s revelations about the United States’ worldspanning espionage program were of such public importance that they outweighed any possible wrongdoing.

“Considering the enormous value of the information he has revealed, and the abuses he has exposed, Mr. Snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight,” the Times said, calling either for a plea bargain, some form of clemency, or a “substantially reduced punishment.”

The Guardian said it hoped “calm heads within the present (U.S.) administration are working on a strategy to allow Mr. Snowden to return to the U.S. with dignity, and the president to use his executive powers to treat him humanely and in a manner that would be a shining example about the value of whistleblowers and of free speech itself.”

But the paper also said it was hard to envision President Barack Obama giving the leaker “the pardon he deserves.”

Both newspapers published their editorials online within a few hours of one another, but Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said the papers’ appeals weren’t co-ordinated ahead of time.

“Complete coincidence,” he said in an email. He credited the legal reverses suffered by the NSA’s domestic dragnet, the spying reforms suggested

by Obama’s privacy review team and Silicon Valley companies’ recent summit at the White House with bringing things to a head.

“We both had the same thought — that, after the rather extraordinary events just before Xmas . . . it (would) be (good) to say something at year end,” he said.

Snowden is currently residing in Russia following an abortive attempt to travel to Latin America, where he’d been offered asylum. He faces espionage charges in connection with his leaks, which U.S. officials have described as damaging or even lifethreatening, but talk of amnesty has been circulating for several weeks after the idea was first floated by senior NSA official Rick Leggett.

Asked about the proposal on Dec. 20, Obama didn’t explicitly rule it out, and at least one former member of the intelligence community suggested the idea had some traction. Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former chief of Britain’s MI5, recently told the BBC she expected “some kind of deal” for Snowden — although she was careful to note that she was simply speculating.

ken’s light, sweet crude oil — extracted from shale formations through the drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” — may be different from traditional heavy crudes because it is prone to ignite at a lower temperature.

The volatility of crude varies from one oil field to the next and is driven largely by how heavy it is, said Kennth Medlock, senior director at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University in Houston. Lighter crudes, which contain more natural gas, have a much lower “flash point” — the temperature at which vapours given off by the oil can ignite.

Larry Bierlein, an attorney for the Association of Hazmat Shippers, questioned the importance of Thursday’s announcement given that oil is typically shipped in the same tank cars no matter its volatility. Flaws that ren-

der the most commonly used tank cars prone to rupture have been known for more than two decades.

Instead, Bierlein said, the public would be better served by the government adopting a long-delayed proposal to improve those cars, known as DOT111s.

“They have lost track of where safety is,” he said of the Department of Transportation.

North Dakota regulators had said last month that they were considering crafting a report to disprove that hauling the state’s crude by rail is dangerously explosive. On Thursday, a state official said those plans had been dropped in the aftermath of the Casselton derailment.

“We have no plans to go forward with anything,” said Justin Kringstad, director of the North Dakota Pipeline Authority.

Passengers on trapped ship rescued by helicopter

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — All 52 passengers trapped for more than a week on an icebound Russian research ship in the Antarctic were rescued Thursday when a Chinese helicopter swooped in and plucked them from the ice a dozen at a time.

The dramatic international rescue operation became possible once the weather cleared. Blinding snow, strong winds, fog and thick sea ice forced rescuers to turn back time and again.

The twin-rotor helicopter — its red and yellow colours contrasting starkly against the ice and snow — carried the scientists and tourists from the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy to an Australian icebreaker, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s Rescue Coordination Centre, which oversaw the rescue.

At one point, the passengers linked arms and stomped out a landing site

in the snow next to the Russian ship for the helicopter, which is based on a Chinese icebreaker.

The eagerly anticipated rescue came after days of failed attempts to reach the vessel, which was trapped since Christmas Eve. The icebreaker Aurora Australis will take the passengers to the Australian island state of Tasmania, a journey expected to last two weeks.

“I think everyone is relieved and excited to be going on to the Australian icebreaker and then home,” expedition leader Chris Turney told The Associated Press by satellite phone from the Antarctic.

Sydney resident Joanne Sim, a paying passenger, wept as she boarded the Australian icebreakers. She said the passengers had spent their time watching movies and playing games.

“It really has been an emotional rollercoaster,” she told a The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reporter aboard the ship.

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Aboriginals preparing legal assault on oilsands

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Simmering disputes over the oilsands between Alberta aboriginals and the provincial and federal governments will break into the open in 2014 as virtually every one of the many recent changes in oversight of the controversial industry comes under legal and political attack.

“All litigation, all the time, is what I see on the horizon,” said Larry Innes, lawyer for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.

Over the last 18 months, Ottawa and Edmonton have rewritten the book on resource development.

Everything from how aboriginals will be consulted to land use planning to oilsands monitoring to the basic ground rules for environmental assessment has been changed.

Governments say the new regime is more efficient, predictable and transparent. Aboriginals say it violates their rights and ignores their recommendations.

So as aboriginal groups in British Columbia prepare for an expected attack on the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal, Alberta aboriginals are pushing back with a long list of lawsuits either now or soon to be before the courts.

The Fort McKay First Nation is appealing an approval of Brion Energy’s plans for a 50,000-barrel-a-day operation northwest of Fort McMurray. It says the province has violated the constitution by setting up an energy regulator expressly forbidden to hear arguments based on aboriginal rights.

The Mikisew Cree and Frog Lake First Nation are before the courts arguing that Ottawa’s recent amendments to the Fisheries and Navigable Waters Acts run afoul of their rights.

The Beaver Lake Cree is fighting both levels of government in a case that seeks to force them to consider the cumulative effects of oilsands development when issu-

ing new permits.

A total of 17 First Nations from around Alberta are trying to get legislation on access to public lands tossed out in a long-running case expected to go to trial this year.

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation plans to file a lawsuit in January attacking Ottawa’s new environmental assessment legislation after the approval of a major oilsands expansion that it says will violate both treaty rights and federal laws.

At the same time, the Alberta government’s other major oilsands initiatives are running into heavy weather.

All six First Nations in the oilsands area have requested a statutory review of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan, the government’s attempt to balance development and environmental values. Those same bands, along with many others, have also rejected the province’s plans to centralize and control aboriginal consultation.

One major band — the Fort McKay First Nation — has pulled out of the Joint Oilsands Monitoring program, the showpiece federal-provincial effort to monitor environmental change in the oilsands.

Even the Lubicon Cree First Nation are back in court, with another try in a decades-long attempt to

win a reserve and get some royalties on energy extracted from what they say is their land.

Alberta Environment and Minister Robin Campbell declined to be interviewed.

“We work with aboriginal leaders and communities in a variety of areas and will continue to do so,” said spokesman Kevin Zahara. “We will not speculate on possible legal challenges.”

A big part of the problem is simply the scale of development, said Nigel Bankes, professor of resource law at the University of Calgary.

“In the oilsands area, it’s really the intensity of the development,” he said.

“The treaties give the province the power to take up lands and the argument is there must be a limit to that. That can’t be an entitlement to take away all lands (to) which First Nations have historically exercised hunting rights.”

Those concerns grow as governments narrow who has the right to air concerns and what concerns they’re allowed to raise.

“I think that’s a fair characterization,” said Bankes, who said that process has been going on for years. “(There’s a) very narrow and stringent standing test and I think that does mean there’s a level of frustration out there.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Opposition says Alberta’s governing Progressive Conservative party should be forced to repay more than $1 million in taxpayer money spent on signs touting building projects in the province.

The Wildrose party says the signs, in Progressive Conservative colours and featuring Premier Alison Redford’s name, are nothing more than partisan politician advertising.

Documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation show the government put up 293 blue-and-orange “Building Alberta” signs in 2013.

The material obtained through an access-to-information request shows the average cost was $3,500 per sign.

The signs announce roads, bridges, schools and other infrastructure the government is paying for.

Redford has said it’s important to let people know that the government is helping them rebuild following devastating floods in June.

In November, the Wildrose released an email from a senior official in the premier’s office who instructed ministers to make sure the signs were “up and in front of every flood-affected road, bridge, school ... literally everything on our infrastructure list.”

The email told ministers to get the signs out quickly and regardless of cost.

“This was never about informing Albertans about anything meaningful,” Wildrose finance critic Rob Anderson said in a release Thursday.

“It was about boosting the premier’s image at taxpayers’ expense.

“The premier needs to apologize for this partisan use of tax dollars, immediately cancel this politically motivated campaign and order her party to pay back the money.”

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On to the semifinals MANTHA PENALTY SHOT IS THE WINNER AS CANADA TOPS SWISS TO REACH WJC SEMIFINALS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 4 Switzerland 1 MALMO, Sweden — Anthony Mantha has Canada a win away from reaching the final at the world junior hockey championship.

Mantha got the game-winner on a penalty shot while defenceman Griffin Reinhart added a goal and an assist as Canada beat Switzerland 4-1 on Thursday to reach the semifinal round.

The Canadians will face Finland, which rallied for a 5-3 quarter-final win over the Czech Republic, on Saturday at Malmo Arena.

“They’re a good team — we saw that in the exhibition game,” said Reinhart, whose team dominated the final two periods of a pre-tournament game against the Finns on Dec. 20. “Every team now is going to be a hard game.

“It’ll take a lot of discipline and you’ve got to stick to your systems.”

Forward Curtis Lazar and defenceman Derrick Pouliot also scored for Canada, which had only one Mattew Dumba goal from its back end in four previous tournament games.

The Finns promise to give Canada a similar test to the Swiss, with the accent on team play and defence. But Finland has some dangerous shooters led by ace playmaker Teuvo Teravainen.

“It’s going to be an intense game and there’s nothing more to it,” said Lazar, who has scored in three straight games. “We’re both trying to get into the final but we have to take it a step at a time and keep playing our Canadian brand of hockey.

“We played them in pre-competition, so we’ll have to go over video and see if they’ve changed something up but the main thing is to focus on our own game. There’s not much room for error so we have to bring our A-game.”

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Canada’s Jonathan Drouin (left) celebrates their fourth goal by Derrick Pouliot (right) during third period quarter-final IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Malmo, Sweden on Thursday. Canada beat Switzerland 4-1.

Postma looking to get back on ice after close call RED DEER NHL PLAYER PROGRESSING WELL AFTER BLOOD CLOT PUT BRAKES ON SEASON

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Paul Postma has had a fight on his hands to get a full-time shot at playing in the National Hockey League, but nothing comes close to the battle he’s had for the last three months.

In late October the 24-yearold defenceman with the Winnipeg Jets discovered he had a blood clot in his lower leg that sidelined him “for several months”.

“I had this unexplained pain in my leg and I went to the trainers that morning in

Denver and they tried to work it out,” explained the native of Red Deer. “As it turned out they sent me to hospital but said there was a 99 per cent chance it would be nothing.”

But after an ultra-sound that one per cent became reality.

“It was a big shock,” said Postma in an interview from Winnipeg. “I didn’t know anything about blood clots and I asked if I could play that night and they told me I’d be out one to six months. It was certainly deflating as I’m healthy and active.

“It was a freak accident. No-

body really knows what happened. It could have been a combination of things. I could have taken a shot, or slash to the ankle and that combined with dehydration and sitting on a plane where I may have had the ankle in an awkward position.”

After talking with specialists Postma discovered how dangerous the clot could have been.

“There’s a high fatality rate if its not caught in time,” he said.

“Also if it would have been four inches higher it would have been a lot worse. Once they told me that I was happy we caught it.

“But still it’s been frustrating and tried my patience.”

Postma was immediately put on blood thinners and told not to do anything.

It took a month before the blood clot fully left his system, but it was another two months before he would be taken off the blood thinners.

“The reasoning is to make sure the clot is out of your system and won’t come back,” he said. “I can deal with that.

Three months is not that long when you look at the big picture.”

Postma has been skating and working out on his own since the middle of December, but definitely no contact.

‘The doctors explained that even on my own I had to be careful as if I tripped and fell into the boards there could be internal bleeding, but I’m working out every day and in good shape and looking forward to contact.”

Postma will have more tests on Monday and hopes to be

back at practice on “the 18th or 19th.”

“The nice thing is that once I’m off the blood thinners they’re out of your system in less than 24 hours,” he explained. “Then I can have full contact again.”

He hopes to get back into the Jets lineup, as soon as possible something he’s been fighting to do since turning pro in 2009.

Postma came up through the Red Deer Minor Hockey system and played a year with the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs midget AAA team as a 15-yearold.

He went to the Swift Current Broncos in the 2004-05 season and played there until being traded to the Calgary Hitmen in the 2007-08 season.

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Dion just needs to keep being Dion after signing extension Now the Maple Leafs just need Dion Phaneuf to respond to his new deal like Phil Kessel did to his.

See, the Leafs don’t need Phaneuf to do a great deal more than he’s done already this season now that he’s officially been locked with a seven-year contract extension, set to be announced at a press conference this afternoon.

Just keep doing the same things.

Be remarkably durable. Run one of the league’s best power plays. Kill all the penalties with a unit that should improve again with Tyler Bozak back winning a few faceoffs. Play against the other team’s best players DAMIEN night after night, which Phaneuf has COX done well enough to earn a plus-13 rating in 39 games this season.

Just keep doing that in the same way that Kessel, after scoring his big deal on the eve of the season, has continued to be essentially the same player he was before he signed.

He had 37 goals in 82 games two years ago, 20 in 48 last year, and has 20 in 41 this season after becoming

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Like we’ve said for a while, this is a guy who, love him or hate him, could score 30-plus goals falling out of bed.

Phaneuf’s job, of course, is somewhat more complex, particularly as it is intricately entwined with the task of being team captain.

You only have to go back to his predecessor, Mats Sundin, and his years of hearing how he wasn’t fiery enough to wear the “C,” to understand how unforgiving a job this is.

Darryl Sittler, don’t forget, ripped the “C” off his jersey. Dave Keon was allowed to escape to the WHA. Rick Vaive scored goals and played hard, but he played on bad teams and thus never gets fair recognition when it comes to noting the accomplishments of past Leaf captains.

So it’s almost organic (the most overused word these days, right?) that he who wears the captain’s insignia in Toronto is going to be found wanting, and chasing acceptance for doing that job in just the right way is a complete waste of time.

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so because they want him to be something more than he is. A better leader (like Mark Messier). A better defender (like Rod Langway). A better offensive defenceman (like Brian Leetch). A more willing pugilist (like Shawn Thornton). A more engaging personality (like Jeremy Roenick). More of a, you know, Saskatchewan-type lad (like Wendel Clark).

Simply being a very good defenceman, one of the top 20 or so in the NHL, isn’t enough to these people, and never will be.

Just as Sundin being Sundin was never enough.

The key for Phaneuf, then, will be to recognize that, and just keep doing the things he does. At 28, he can still improve at both ends of the ice. He and his agent positioned him perfectly for this pay day — he had all the leverage in the negotiations — but now he needs to be that rock solid piece of the foundation the contract says he must be.

But to be the player that “leads” the Leafs somewhere — the club has a winning record since Phaneuf arrived from Calgary -— he’s going to have to get better teammates to play with and lead, and that’s out of his control.

Just like it was out of the control of Sittler and Sundin. And Vaive.

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WHL THE ICE WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Jim Vandermeer joined the Red Deer Rebels in 1997 as a relatively unknown 17-year-old. By the time his WHL career was over, the Caroline native had developed into a legitimate pro prospect.

Vandermeer, as team captain, led the Rebels to WHL and Memorial Cup championships in the spring of 2001, coming off a regular season in which he scored 21 goals and collected 65 points in 72 games as a 20-year-old. Arguably the league’s toughest player in his final winter with the Rebels, Vandermeer signed a free agent deal with the Philadelphia Flyers and played parts of the 2002-03 and ‘0304 seasons with the NHL club. He played 461 NHL games with Philadelphia, Chicago, Calgary, Phoenix, Edmonton and San Jose and this season is with Kloten of the Swiss A League. The 33-year-old suited up with Team Canada in the recent Spengler Cup tournament in Davos, Switzerland.

WHO’S IN A RUSH Red Deer Rebels C and captain Conner Bleackley has fired a gameopening goal a league-best seven times. The six-footone, 195-pound native of High River sits 14th in league scoring with 19 goals and 45 points in 38 games.

FABULOUS FRESHMAN Everett Silvertips C Ivan Nikolishin is third among WHL rookies scorers with 31 points — including 10 goals — in 40 games. The five-foot-nine, 160-pound native of Moscow was selected by the ‘Tips in the second round of the 2013 Canadian Hockey League import draft.

THEY SAID IT “If we were a baseball pitcher we would have been happy with our location tonight because we hit (opposing goaltender Landon Bow) right in the middle of the fricking chest with every shot. He didn’t have to work. Anything we generated we put right in the middle of him. He covered it up. They got a faceoff. They got their line changed. They got whoever they wanted out there on the ice and then they won the faceoff.” — Moose Jaw Warriors head coach Mike Stothers, to the Moose Jaw Times-Herald, following a 4-1 loss to the visiting and short-handed Swift Current Broncos last Saturday.

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BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR As Patrik Bartosak goes, so go the Red Deer Rebels.

It should come as no surprise, then, that Bartosak’s improved play in recent weeks has resulted in an upswing in the club’s fortunes.

“This is the second part of the season and I think we started off pretty good with big wins against Calgary and Edmonton,” the Rebels veteran netminder said Thursday, in reference to back-to-back post-Christmas victories that stretched the team’s winning streak to five games.

The Rebels’ victory run ended Monday with a 4-3 loss to visiting Brandon — a game in which even Bartosak struggled — but the squad has looked better as of late.

“We just realized it’s time to kick in, it’s time to get going and I think we did,” said Bartosak, who will start tonight against the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds. “That’s a good thing and we’re just hoping that it’s going to continue.”

The reigning Canadian Hockey League goaltender of the year didn’t resemble his old self earlier in the season, and for good reason.

“The start of the season was a little bit slower for me, but with our goalie coach (Taylor Dakers) we just did some adjustments, some changes, so this is kind of why I had to take a step back,” said Bartosak. “But we just kept working on it and things got better and hopefully it will be even better than it was the last little while. I would say the last few games I have felt pretty good.”

Rebels associate coach Jeff Truitt is appreciative of Bartosak’s talents and work ethic, both of which convinced the Los Angeles Kings to select him in last year’s NHL entry draft.

“He’s been a real good student. He and Taylor have talked about not only this year but what he’s going to do as a pro,” said Truitt. “He’s 20 now so next season he’s going to play at that level and sometimes you have to relearn some things . . . it’s not all about being a good junior goaltender, but a good pro goaltender.

“Sometimes you have to take

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Rebels goaltender Patrik Bartosak is looking to shug off some early season struggles and help Red Deer gain some ground in the playoff race heading into the second half of the season. that step back and learn again, and then thrust it forward. He was lights out most of the month of December and really contributed to us staying in the playoff race.

“We saw last year how important goaltending can be.

With Patty, when we do get outshot and do sometimes get outplayed, we know he’s back there giving us the best opportunity to win.”

Bartosak, as Truitt noted, is an intense competitor with the ability to shrug off a bad goal or a brief stretch of less-thanstellar play.

“The nice part about Patrik is he usually responds real well coming off a bad night or a bad period,” said Truitt.

“He has such a burning desire in him that he wants to prove people wrong and he wants to continue to develop his mental strength, which is one of his major strengths.

“Every time I talk with him he says ‘I have to make saves and I want to stop pucks’, and that’s the way he’s been since I met him a year ago. He hasn’t wavered from that.”

Bartosak racked up some serious frequent-flyer points last summer. He returned to his home in the Czech Republic in April following the Rebels’ second-round playoff loss to Calgary, then boarded a flight to New Jersey for June’s ÑHL entry draft.

From there . . .

“I flew back (to the Czech Republic), then went to Los Angeles for (the King’s) development camp and went back home for a couple of weeks,” he said. “Then I travelled to L.A. again for a goalie camp in midAugust, came here for training camp and then back to L.A. for their camp.

“I was in Los Angeles like three times in two months. So

that was kind of busy, the traveling was long — a flight from Europe to Los Angeles is almost 12 hours.

“That was hard, but those are the sacrifices I have to make and it helped me get used to the idea of dealing with all the travel as a pro.”

Bartosak has yet to put his name on an NHL contract, although he and his agent have stayed in touch with the Kings.

“We’ve talked, but the only thing I can do right now is just keep playing and trying to be as good as I can and hopefully (a contract) will come,” he stated. “If they (Kings) want to have me in their system for next year, they’ll have to sign me. If they don’t, they won’t sign me.

We’ll see, but if our team keeps playing good I’ll be good for them and I think there will be a chance of signing, for sure.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

Valcourt not surprised by trade to Raiders Once it all sank in, Collin Valcourt was kane Chiefs last season, has encountered neither surprised nor disappointed when few — if any — problems fitting in with his he learned he had been dealt to the Prince new team.

Albert Raiders last weekend.

“That one game I sat out in Saskatoon The Red Deer native told Andrew was a big help for me,” Valcourt said. “I Schopp of the Prince Albert Daily Herald that saw Prince Albert’s structure and I knew he had a feeling his time with the Saska- who I was going to play with, I just adapted toon Blades would end at some point before to them. At the end of the day, it’s hockey.” next week’s trade deadline.

The Raiders also got defence“It was a little bit of a man Ryan Coghlan in the deal with shock at first but I knew comthe Blades, sending rearguard Dying down to the deadline lan Busenius and second- and fifthI was probably going to get round picks in this year’s bantam traded,” said Valcourt, who draft the other way. made an immediate impact Prince Albert GM Bruno with his new team, sniping Campese also acquired forward the game-winner against the Calder Brooks and a second-round Regina Pats Monday and rebantam draft pick from the Calgary cording an assist in a loss to Hitmen last weekend in return for Moose Jaw 24 hours later. forward Mike Winther, a Trochu Moving from the Blades to product and Dallas Stars prospect. the Raiders gives the 20-year“As difficult as it is to move a GREG old an opportunity to play in character player like Calder, we MEACHEM the post-season, a scenario are very excited to acquire the goal that likely would not have scoring and offensive attributes transpired with the lowly Mike will bring to our lineup,” said Blades.

Hitmen GM Mike Moore. “Mike pos“It was exciting for me to know I was go- sesses terrific speed and will be a nice ading to a playoff contending team, whereas dition to our team.” in Saskatoon we were falling further and The Edmonton Oil Kings and Vancoufurther behind every day,” said Valcourt, ver Giants are the latest teams to join the who has fashioned a five-game point streak trade parade, with the Oil Kings obtainleading into tonight’s meeting with the vis- ing 19-year-old defenceman Blake Orban iting Lethbridge Hurricanes and has 41 Thursday. Vancouver received a secondpoints (15g,26a) in 38 games this season. round pick in this year’s bantam draft.

Valcourt is excited about the prospects “Blake is a play-hard, two-way defenceof playing alongside the likes of first-line man who really concentrates on his decentre Leon Draisaitl and star defence- fensive side,” said Oil Kings GM Randy man Josh Morrissey, both of whom will re- Hansch. join the Raiders following the world junior “With the way he plays the game, he’ll championship. certainly fill a role with his maturity and “They got tons of skill,” Valcourt said. his minutes.”

“They make unbelievable passes so I’m exKootenay and Spokane swung a deal New tremely excited to get out there with them.” Year’s Eve, with the Ice sending 16-year-old The six-foot-two, 195-pound winger, forward Hudson Elynuik to the Chiefs in rewhom Saskatoon acquired from the Spo- turn for defenceman Tyler King, 18,

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The Swift Current Broncos then got into the act in a big way New Year’s Day, picking up overage forward Nathan Burns and a 2014 seventh-round bantam pick from Saskatoon while sending 20-year-old forward Connor Sanvido, the rights to forward Wyatt Sloboshan, 16, and a second- and a conditional third-round bantam pick in 2014 and 2015 to the Blades. ● The Red Deer Rebels had 10 prospects playing in the Calgary Mac’s midget tournament which concluded Wednesday.

Forward Brayden Burke and defenceman Austin Shmoorkoff suited up with the Edmonton Canadian Athletic Club, with Burke firing four goals and collecting eight points and four minutes in penalties in four games, and Shmoorkoff racking up six minutes in penalties.

Meanwhile, forward Josh Logel went pointless with four penalty minutes with the Calgary Northstars, and teammate and rearguard Austin Strand contributed a goal and an assist and recorded 20 minutes in penalties.

Calgary Flames forward Evan Tschumi had a goal and an assist, along with four PIM, and Moose Jaw Generals forward Caleb Riess produced a single goal and four PIM and teammate Kyle Sargent, a defenceman, had a goal and two penalty minutes.

Goaltenders Grant Naherniak, 17, and Colby Entz, 15, shared goaltending duties with the Generals. Naherniak had a 2-0 record with a 1.50 goals-against average and .952 save percentage, while Entz was 0-1-1 with a 4.50 GAA and .868 save percentage.

Battlefords Stars netminder Rylan Toth appeared in four games and allowed nine goals in 179 minutes, stopped 54 of the 65 shots he faced and had a 2-0-1 win-loss slate.

UFA Bisons star forward and top scorer Mason McCarty didn’t play in the tournament due to an injury. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Jean-Philippe Le Guellec surprised many biathlon observers in 2012 when he became the first Canadian to win a men’s World Cup in the sport.

He hopes to make some more history next month by reaching the podium at the Sochi Olympics.

Le Guellec was one of eight biathletes nominated Thursday to the Canadian team for the 2014 Winter Games. He was joined by Calgary’s Nathan Smith, Scott Perras of Regina, Brendan Green of Hay River, N.W.T., Rosanna Crawford of Canmore, Megan Heinicke of Prince George, B.C., Megan Imrie of Falcon Lake, Man., and Zina Kocher of Red Deer.

There will be five Olympic disciplines (relay, mass start, pursuit, sprint and individual) for each gender in biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. The mixed relay event will make its Olympic debut in Sochi.

Le Guellec’s breakthrough victory came in Sweden just over a year ago. The 28-year-old from Shannon, Que., shot clean despite challenging conditions to win the men’s 10-kilometre sprint.

He finished fourth in the 20K individual competition when he returned to Ostersund this season and feels he’ll be ready to peak at the Games.

“There’s no miracle recipe,” Le Guellec said from Quebec City. “I worked really hard during the summer to put things in place to have a good season, and then during the season I’m putting things in place to have the best performances in Sochi.

“It all boils down to that essentially. There’s no magic.”

Le Guellec, who finished sixth in the sprint at the 2010 Vancouver Games, feels there is “absolutely” podium potential on the Canadian team.

“Every single athlete is at such a great level now that we couldn’t really be asking for a better team

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Brendan Green, left to right, Rosanna Crawford, Zina Kocher, Megan Emrie, Nathan Smith, and Scott Perras run up the steps of Canada Olympic Park under an arch of ski poles after being named to Canada’s Olympic biathlon team at an announcement in Calgary, Thursday. right now,” he said. “It’s the best team we’ve had ever, which is really exciting.”

The Canadian squad has posted some decent results this season. Smith finished eighth in a World Cup pursuit last month in France and the women’s team just missed the podium with a fourth-place finish in the 4x6-kilometre relay.

However, Olympic success is a tall order in a sport that is traditionally dominated by European athletes.

Canada has never reached the men’s biathlon podium at the Games. Myriam Bedard was the last Canadian to win an Olympic medal in women’s biathlon — taking double gold at the 1994 Games in Lillehammer.

Kocher is the only woman on the current national

team to win a World Cup medal, taking bronze at Ostersund in 2006. The Olympic biathlon competition begins Feb. 8 at the Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center with the men’s 10K sprint.

“This group of athletes may be the most underrated team in Canadian Olympic sport, but we are fiercely driven to capitalize on our position of flying under the radar and make some noise in Sochi,” said Biathlon Canada high-performance director Chris Lindsay.

“For the first time ever we are naming a full team of athletes that nearly all have Olympic experience, and that is a significant competitive advantage in fielding a biathlon team that is ready to legitimately challenge for the Olympic podium for the first time in nearly two decades.”

Kings win, Queens lose in opening games back from holiday break

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Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk is beaten for a goal on a shot from San Jose Sharks’ Brent Burns during the first period of an NHL game Thursday, in San Jose, Calif. Brent Burns and Patrick Marleau scored goals 49 seconds apart in the first period to lead the Sharks to their fifth win in six games, 5-1 over the Oilers.

Bracken Kearns and Logan Couture added goals 1:27 apart in the second period to give each scores in three straight games as the Sharks beat the Oilers for the sixth straight time. Joe Pavelski added a goal and an assist and Antti Niemi made 23 saves for San Jose. Nail Yakupov scored the lone goal for the last-place Oilers, who looked flat to open the new year in the front end of a difficult back-to-back.

The Oilers play tonight at the first-place Anaheim Ducks, who have not lost at home in regulation all season.

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WJC: Comfortable Reinhart was in his second game since returning from a suspension he picked up at last year’s world event. But the big defenceman made his presence felt even more than in Canada’s rousing win over the United States on Tuesday that gave the squad first in its preliminary round group.

He rushed to the front of the net after Scott Laughton took the puck to the crease and whacked away at it until it got behind goalie Melvin Nyffeler at 18:08 of the first period.

It marked the first time this tournament that Canada had scored first.

“I’m starting to get my hands back,” the New York Islanders’ first-round pick said. “I’m more comfortable on the ice.

“It’s always different practising because the situations are different than in games. But it’s only getting better. It’s always a bonus to have defencemen chip in like that. It’s something defencemen take pride in.”

Eyebrows were raised when Reinhart was named to the team because it was known he’d miss the first three games. But it seems he arrived just in time to strengthen Canada’s back end for its toughest games.

Beating the defending champion Americans was a huge bonus as it gave Canada the easier route — Switzerland and Finland — to the final. The U.S. lost its quarter-final 5-3 to Russia, which now faces host Sweden in the semifinals.

Sweden beat Slovakia 6-0 in its quarter-final contest.

“After assessing things across the country on the back end, it became very clear to myself we had to take that chance of him not playing in the first three games and maybe having him for the last four,” said Canadian coach Brent Sutter. “He’s been rock solid for us.”

What turned out to be the winning goal came at 9:04 of the second when the Swiss were caught on a line change. That forced captain Lukas Balmelli to take Mantha down from behind on a breakaway.

Sutter sent Mantha’s linemate, Jonathan Drouin, to take the shot but the rules say the player who is fouled must take it.

Mantha was nervous. He said later he’s not usually good in shootouts but he deked to the backhand and beat Nyffeler for a 2-0 lead.

“I wasn’t really ready but when they got me, I pre-

Kings 88 Broncos 72 CALGARY — The RDC Kings tipped off the second half of their schedule with an 88-72 win over the Olds Broncos in the SAIT Holiday men’s basketball tournament Thursday.

“We didn’t practice at all during the break and just stepped on the court and played,” said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger. “You could see the rust, but that’s what this tournament is for, to get back into the swing of things.”

The teams were tied at 41 at the half with the Kings taking control in the fourth quarter.

“Olds added some players, so they’re better for sure, which is good for them,” said Pottinger, who also lost six-foot-seven Craig Johnson and guard Reece Gavin at Christmas.

However, the Kings expect to add outstanding forward Rob Pierce and six-foot-eight Sam Lolik by the time they return to league play Jan. 10 at home against Grande Prairie.

“We know we’re adding two good guys who fit in with the team,” said Pottinger.

Lloyd Strickland and Matt Johnson had 16 points each for the Kings against Olds.

“Overall we had a balanced attack with five guys in double figures,” said Pottinger.

pared,” said Mantha of his team-leading fifth goal and 11th point of the tournament. “The goalie moved his right pad first so I knew I could go on the right side and that’s how I did it.

“I am confident in my all-around game but in the past, I’m maybe 27 per cent in shootouts, so that’s not that good. Maybe I’m not the most confident player on a penalty shot, but today it resulted in a goal so I was pretty happy about that.

Canada’s nerves were tested with one second left in the period.

Mirco Muller lifted a shot from the point that may have gone off the knee of Griffin’s younger brother, Sam, into the air for Nico Dunner to tip past Canadian goalie Zachary Fucale. The goal stood up to review for a high stick.

But Canada was on top of the Swiss from the start of the third.

The teams were each short a man at 4:11 when Griffin Reinhart was stopped on a breakaway, only to have Lazar follow and stuff the puck in for the goal.

A Swiss power play had just ended when Pouliot skated into the zone and beat Nyffeler with a high wrist shot at 13:49 to seal the win.

It was not as easy as previous meetings against the hard-working Swiss, despite the boost from a pro-Canadian crowd of 2,580 at the Isstadion. The boisterous fans spent much of the game chanting Fucale’s name.

“We knew it wasn’t going to be an easy game,” said Sutter. “All the pressure was on us.

“They had nothing to lose. We knew they’d play hard and we had to make sure we stuck to our gameplan. Other than taking too many penalties in the third period, I thought we responded well.”

Canada killed all five Swiss power-plays chances and held a 23-20 advantage in shots on goal.

Sutter said his team has improved each game but stopped short of calling this win Canada’s biggest of the event. The victory over the U.S. was a tournament-changer.

“It made a big difference going into the quarterfinals on who we’re going to play,” he said.

Canada improved to 20-0-0 all-time against the Swiss and has outscored them by a whopping 130-34 margin.

Canada is assured of a top-four tournament finish for a 16th straight year but lost its semifinal contest last year and finished out of the medals in Ufa, Russia.

NOTES: Charles Hudon played regular shifts after skipping practice Wednesday with a sore shoulder . . . Switzerland was without forward Flavio Schmutz.

Thunder 62 Queens 36 EDMONTON — The Queens had a rough first game back from their holiday break dropping a 62-36 decision to the Concordia Thunder at the NAIT women’s basketball tournament, Thursday.

Queens coach Mike Woollard said the team was little rusty coming off the break and was in too much of a hurry offensively. He added they played well defensively but turned the ball over too much which resulted in a lack of offensive pressure. Second year guard Carly Hoar was the bright light for the Queens as Woollard said she played well defensively and led the team in scoring. The Queens will face Grant MacEwan in their second game of the tournament tonight at 8 p.m.

The Queens were able to add one player over the holidays which has turned out to be a nice gift for the team.

“We picked up Paola Viveros who decided to come back for a semester,” said Woollard. “She is explosive and should really help us in the second half of the season.”

Viveros had played for the Queens previously but took some time off.

Woollard added her veteran presence will be a great addition to the team.

The Queens first league game of the second half will take place Jan.10 at RDC starting at 6 p.m.

Photo by CRYSTAL RHYNO/Advocate staff

Paul Postma of the Winnipeg Jets trains in the offseason at Can-Pro Training Centre in Red Deer.

Postma has had a rough start to his season being diagnosed with a blood clot in October and has been recovering every since. He is hoping to get back on the ice soon to resume what has been a good start to his career.

POSTMA: Good care Despite being drafted by Atlanta in 2007 he returned to the Hitmen as a 20-year-old in 2008 and had his best season, scoring 23 goals and adding 61 assists in 70 games.

The following two years he played with the Chicago Wolves of the AHL and getting only a taste of the NHL, playing one game with the Atlanta Thrashers in 2010-11. The Thrashers transferred to Winnipeg the following season.

He played three games with the Jets in 2011-12 and 34 games last season, scoring four goals and adding five assists. This year he played eight games, with no points, before the blood clot was discovered.

“At the time we had four of our top defencemen out and I was hoping to get some good minutes,” he said. “But it wasn’t in the cards.”

But while Postma has been off he wasn’t far from the Jets organization.

“They have been class A all the way,” he said.

“They allowed me to go home to be with my family for a time, which helped a lot, and also sent me to every specialist . . . they took good care of me.” drode@reddeeradvocate.com

SCOREBOARD Local Sports ● 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.

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.

Sunday

● Exhibition soccer: Edmonton FC pro reserves vs. Alberta 18-year-old team, 11:30 a.m., Westerner Agricentre. ● 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.

Football NFC, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

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)

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 5:30 p.m. (NBC)

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) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 AFC, 1 p.m. (CBS)

GA 124 149 132 152 148 169

Pt 48 44 42 42 30 25

GA 97 99 109 125 116 185

Pt 55 49 49 41 40 21

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 36 31 3 0 2 158 87 64 Victoria 42 27 13 0 2 128 99 56 Vancouver 40 19 14 5 2 133 135 45 Prince George 40 14 21 2 3 115 158 33 Kamloops 39 10 25 2 2 101 157 24 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 38 25 9 2 2 175 129 54 Everett 40 23 12 4 1 123 106 51 Seattle 38 22 11 2 3 138 134 49 Spokane 38 23 13 0 2 138 113 48 Tri-City 39 17 18 2 2 99 113 38 d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Wednesday’s results Lethbridge 6 Regina 3 Saskatoon 6 Swift Current 3 Victoria 1 Everett 0 (SO)

NFL Odds (Odds supplied by Western Canada Lottery; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Playoffs Saturday Kansas City at INDIANAPOLIS 2.5 46.5 New Orleans at PHILADELPHIA 2.5 53.5 Sunday San Diego at CINCINNATI 6.5 46.5 SAN FRANCISCO at Green Bay 2.5 47.5

Thursday’s results Calgary 4 Brandon 1 Medicine Hat 5 Kootenay 2 Kelowna at Portland, late Friday’s games Lethbridge at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m.

Seattle at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

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

Kelowna at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s summaries

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 15 15 .500 — Boston 13 19 .406 3 Brooklyn 11 21 .344 5 Philadelphia 10 21 .323 5 1/2 New York 10 21 .323 5 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 24 8 .750 — Atlanta 18 14 .563 6 Washington 14 15 .483 8 1/2 Charlotte 14 19 .424 10 1/2 Orlando 10 22 .313 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 25 6 .806 — Detroit 14 19 .424 12 Chicago 13 18 .419 12 Cleveland 11 21 .344 14 1/2 Milwaukee 7 25 .219 18 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 25 8 .758 — Houston 21 13 .618 4 1/2 Dallas 19 13 .594 5 1/2 New Orleans 14 16 .467 9 1/2 Memphis 14 17 .452 10 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 25 7 .781 — Oklahoma City 25 7 .781 — Minnesota 16 16 .500 9

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

14 17 .452 11 24 .314 Pacific Division W L Pct 22 12 .647 21 13 .618 19 12 .613 13 19 .406 10 20 .333

10 1/2 15 1/2 GB — 1 1 1/2 8 10

Wednesday’s Games Dallas 87, Washington 78 Toronto 95, Indiana 82 Minnesota 124, New Orleans 112 Philadelphia 114, Denver 102 L.A. Clippers 112, Charlotte 85 Thursday’s Games Cleveland 87, Orlando 81, OT Golden State 123, Miami 114 Chicago 94, Boston 82 Brooklyn 95, Oklahoma City 93 New York 105, San Antonio 101 Memphis 99, Phoenix 91 Utah 96, Milwaukee 87 Charlotte at Portland, late Philadelphia at Sacramento, late Friday’s Games Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Golden State at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

New York at Houston, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Memphis at Denver, 7 p.m.

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

Lacrosse National Lacrosse League East Division GP W L Pct. GF GA GB Philadelphia 1 1 0 1.000 17 13 -Rochester 1 1 0 1.000 8 6 -Toronto 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1/2 Buffalo 1 0 1 .000 13 17 1 Minnesota 1 0 1 .000 6 8 1 West Division W L Pct. GF GA 1 0 1.000 13 10 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 .000 10 13

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Swift Current 41 21 14 1 5 141 Brandon 40 20 16 4 0 150 Prince Albert 39 20 17 2 0 137 Regina 40 19 17 2 2 131 Moose Jaw 40 12 22 3 3 105 Saskatoon 41 11 27 1 2 119 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Calgary 38 25 8 2 3 135 Edmonton 37 24 12 0 1 138 Medicine Hat 38 23 12 3 0 132 Kootenay 41 19 19 2 1 118 Red Deer 38 19 17 0 2 113 Lethbridge 41 8 28 2 3 109

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

Basketball

GP 1 0 0 1

FRIDAY, JAN. 3, 2014

Hockey

Today

Edmonton Calgary Vancouver Colorado

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GB -1/2 1/2 1

Friday’s game Calgary at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game Vancouver at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 10 Toronto at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 11 Philadelphia at Rochester, 5:30 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 12 Buffalo at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL MLB — Suspended Los Angeles Angels C Carlos Ramirez for 100 games for a third positive test for a drug of abuse in violation of baseball’s minor league drug program.

American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with LHP Scott Downs on a one-year contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed OF Cole Gillespie, RHP Matt Palmer and RHP Ramon Ramirez to minor league contracts.

National League SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Released 1B Brett Pill.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Traded RHP Jorge Vasquez to Amarillo (AA) for OF Chris Valencia.

Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed OF Blake Shepherd.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DENVER NUGGETS — Suspended G Andre Miller two games for conduct detrimental to the team.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed C Philip Blake, WR Dan Buckner, LB Kenny Demens, C Tom Draheim, TE Darren Fells, RB Robert Hughes, S Orhian Johnson, DT Anthony McCloud, and LB Kenny Rowe to reserve/future contracts.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed QB Jay Cutler to a seven-year contract, and G Matt Slauson and CB Tim Jennings to four-year contracts.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Jamaine Cook and DB Brandon Hughes to reserve/future contracts.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Named Bill O’Brien coach.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed WR Austin Collie. Placed WR Josh Boyce on injured reserve.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Announced the retirement of offensive co-ordinator Kevin Gilbride.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed DT David Carter, QB Trent Edwards and DT Torell Troup to reserve/future contracts.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Named Lovie Smith coach.

Pro Football Hall of Fame

PFHOF — Named David Baker president and executive director.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Activated F Nathan Horton, G Sergei Bobrovsky and D Dalton Prout from the injured list. Reassigned F Jonathan Marchessault, D Tim Erixon and G Mike McKenna to Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Recalled F Colton Sceviour from Texas (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled G Darcy Kuemper from Iowa (AHL). Activated D Clayton Stoner from the injured reserve list. Placed F Zenon Konopka on waivers.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Loaned D Aaron Ness to Bridgeport (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to terms with F Anthony Duclair on an entry level contract.

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Bridgeport D Marc Cantin three games for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a Dec. 31 game at Portland.

ECHL ECHL — Announced the earlier indefinite suspension of Utah’s Kris Hogg will amount to 14 games. Hogg was suspended on Dec. 24 for his actions in a Dec. 21 game at Alaska and will miss 11 more games. Fined Wheeling’s Ryley Miller an undisclosed amount for his actions in a Dec. 31 game against Reading.

Central Hockey League ARIZONA SUNDOGS — Granted D Mark Isherwood a leave of absence.

WICHITA THUNDER — Signed D Karl Linden.

SOCCER Major League Soccer FC DALLAS — Re-signed D Zach Loyd.

NEW YORK RED BULLS — Mutually terminated the contract with D Markus Holgersson.

COLLEGE MAINE — Named Karlton Creech athletic director, effective Feb. 10.

NEBRASKA — Named John Jentz senior associate athletics director-chief financial officer, effective Jan. 13.

OREGON STATE — Announced junior WR Brandin Cooks will enter the NFL draft.

PENN STATE — Named Larry Johnson interim football coach.

TEXAS A&M — Announced sophomore WR Mike Evans will enter the NFL draft.

Tigers 5, Ice 2 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Cox 11 (Sanford, Valk) 10:20.

2. Medicine Hat, Valk 17 (Cox, Vannelli) 17:53 (pp).

Penalties — Dirk Koo (tripping) 16:09.

Second Period 3. Medicine Hat, Valk 18 (Lewington, Sanford) 4:23.

4. Kootenay, Martin 8 (Bozon, Philp) 13:57.

Penalties — Philp Koo (fighting) 16:53, Valiev Koo (hooking) 16:53, Sanford MH (fighting) 16:53.

Third Period 5. Medicine Hat, Owre 9 (Staples, Mowbray) 14:19.

6. Kootenay, Bozon 13 (Philp, King) 16:33 (pp).

7. Medicine Hat, Cox 12 (Sanford) 19:17 (-EN).

Penalties — Descheneau Koo (tripping) 4:35, Valk MH (hooking) 15:39, Dirk Koo (boarding) 17:59, Stanton MH (tripping) 19:05.

Shots on goal Kootenay 6 2 12 — 20 Medicine Hat 18 17 12 — 47 Goal — Kootenay: Skapski (L, 10-12-2); Medicine Hat: Robidoux (W, 1-1-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Kootenay: 1-2; Medicine Hat: 1-4.

Hitmen 4, Wheat Kings 1 First Period 1. Calgary, Sanheim 2 (Virtanen, Helgesen) 5:31 (pp).

Penalties — Brassart CAL (Ob-Tripping) 0:48, Hawryluk Bra (inter. on goaltender) 4:48, Pulock Bra (tripping) 6:39.

Second Period 2. Brandon, Quenneville 11 (Pulock, Pilon) 15:45 (pp).

3. Calgary, Thomas 4 (Sanheim, Virtanen) 18:41.

Penalties — Pankewicz Bra (hooking) 7:06, Bukarts Bra (roughing) 10:46, Lang CAL (roughing) 10:46, Pilon Bra (interference) 12:12, Welykholowa CAL (interference) 14:39.

Third Period 4. Calgary, Lang 4 (Roach) 11:02.

5. Calgary, Virtanen 20 (Padakin) 19:25 (-EN).

Penalties — Bra Bench (served by Bukarts, too many men) 1:40, Bukarts Bra (tripping) 5:08, Hawryluk Bra (delay of game) 14:41.

Shots on goal Brandon 9 9 6 — 24 Calgary 7 15 14 — 36 Goal — Brandon: Honey (L, 7-8-1); Calgary: Driedger (W, 15-7-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Brandon: 1-2; Calgary: 1-7.

2014 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP W OW OL L GF GA Pts x-Canada 4 3 0 1 0 19 12 10 4 3 0 0 1 21 7 9 x-U.S. x-Czech Rep. 4 1 1 0 2 10 13 5 x-Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 16 17 3 r-Germany 4 1 0 0 3 7 24 3 Group B GP W OW OL L GF GA Pts x-Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 22 7 12 x-Finland 4 2 0 1 1 14 10 7 x-Russia 4 2 0 0 2 21 8 6 x-Switzerland 4 1 1 0 2 11 17 5 r-Norway 4 0 0 0 4 3 29 0 x — Clinched quarter-final berth; r — Will play relegation games.

Note: Three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/shootout loss.

PLAYOFFS Thursday’s results Relegation Game Norway 3 Germany 0 Quarter-finals Canada 4 Switzerland 1 Finland 5 Czech Republic 3 Russia 5 U.S. 3 Sweden 6 Slovakia 0 Friday’s games Relegation Game Norway vs. Germany, 8 a.m.

Saturday’s games Semifinals Sweden vs. Russia, 7 a.m.

Canada vs. Finland, 11 a.m.

Sunday’s games Relegation Game Germany vs. Norway, 4 a.m.

Bronze Medal Game Sweden-Russia loser vs. Canada-Finland loser, 7 a.m.

Gold Medal Game Sweden-Russia winner vs. Canada-Finland winner, 11 a.m.

Thursday’;s summary Canada 4, Switzerland 1 First Period 1. Canada, G.Reinhart 1 (Laughton) 18:08 Penalties — Baltisberger Sui (tripping) 4:54, Morrissey Cda (elbowing) 12:55, Dumba Cda (holding) 16:40.

Second Period 2. Canada, Mantha 5, 9:04 (penalty shot) 3. Switzerland, Dunner 2 (Muller, Fiala) 19:59 Penalties — Balmelli Sui (holding) 9:04, Proplan Sui (tripping) 9:46.

Third Period 4. Canada, Lazar 3 (G.Reinhart) 4:11 5. Canada, Pouliot 1, 13:49 Penalties — Dunner Sui (slashing) 2:52, Pouliot Cda (tripping) 3:30, Laughton Cda (holding) 11:33.

Shots on goal Canada 6 12 5 — 23 Swtizerland 4 7 9 — 20 Goal — Canada: Fucale (W,3-0-0); Switzerland: Nyffeler (L,1-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Canada: 0-3, Switzerland: 0-5.

Boston Tampa Bay Montreal Toronto Detroit Ottawa Florida Buffalo

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT GF 41 27 12 2 120 40 24 12 4 114 42 24 14 4 109 42 21 16 5 118 42 18 14 10 109 43 18 18 7 122 41 15 20 6 96 41 11 26 4 72

GA 88 95 98 120 120 138 130 117

Pt 56 52 52 47 46 43 36 26

Pittsburgh Washington Philadelphia NY Rangers New Jersey Carolina Columbus NY Islanders

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT GF 42 29 12 1 131 41 20 15 6 125 41 20 17 4 106 41 20 19 2 96 41 17 16 8 97 41 16 16 9 100 41 18 19 4 111 42 14 21 7 110

GA 96 123 113 109 103 121 117 140

Pt 59 46 44 42 42 41 40 35

Western Conference Central Division W L OT GF

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EXHIBITION SOCCER The Alberta 18-year-old soccer team will play an exhibition game in Red Deer against a group of reserve players from the Edmonton FC professional team.

The game goes Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at the Westerner Argicentre.

NFL PLAYOFFS NEW YORK — Every NFL playoff game will be streamed live online for the first time. The league said Thursday that CBS and Fox would be providing live streams of their broadcasts this season.

GP

Chicago St. Louis Colorado Dallas Minnesota Winnipeg Nashville

43 40 40 40 43 43 41

28 7 8 28 7 5 25 11 4 20 13 7 21 17 5 19 19 5 18 18 5 Pacific Division GP W L OT Anaheim 42 29 8 5 San Jose 41 26 9 6 Los Angeles 42 25 13 4 Vancouver 42 23 12 7 Phoenix 40 20 11 9 Calgary 40 14 20 6 Edmonton 43 13 25 5

160 144 116 119 101 117 97

118 93 101 119 110 125 122

64 61 54 47 47 43 41

GF 137 136 110 113 120 96 110

GA 106 105 88 101 122 126 148

Pt 63 58 54 53 49 34 31

Wednesday’s results Toronto 3 Detroit 2 (SO) Tampa Bay 4 Vancouver 2 Thursday’s results Boston 3 Nashville 2 (OT) NY Islanders 3 Chicago 2 (OT) Carolina 4 Washington 3 (OT) Ottawa 4 Winnipeg 3 Minnesota 4 Buffalo 1 St. Louis 5 Los Angeles 0 Montreal 6 Dallas 4 Colorado 2 Philadelphia 1 Columbus 2 Phoenix 0 Edmonton 1, San Jose 5

Wild 4, Sabres 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Suter Minn (cross-checking) 6:20, Scandella Minn (tripping) 9:47, Pysyk Buf (hooking) 16:30, Prosser Minn (roughing) 20:00, Moulson Buf (roughing) 20:00.

Second Period 1. Minnesota, Scandella 2 (Cooke, Fontaine) 4:33.

2. Minnesota, Pominville 18 (Koivu, Suter) 6:19.

3. Minnesota, Zucker 1 (Niederreiter, Granlund) 16:09.

Penalties — Foligno Buf (roughing) 6:31, Minn Bench (too many men) 12:07, McBain Buf (interference) 18:43.

Third Period 4. Buffalo, Ellis 2 (Weber, Ennis) 18:48.

5. Minnesota, Brodziak 3 (Suter, Koivu) 19:34 (en).

Penalties — Stoner Minn (interference) 2:09, Stoner Minn (roughing) 4:45, Scott Buf (roughing) 4:45.

Shots on goal Buffalo 7 5 8 — 20 Minnesota 8 15 8 — 31 Goal — Buffalo: Miller (L, 10-18-1); Minnesota: Backstrom (W, 3-9-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Buffalo: 0-4; Minnesota: 0-4.

Friday’s games Chicago at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

NY Rangers at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games Winnipeg at Boston, 11 a.m.

San Jose at Colorado, 1 p.m.

Nashville at Florida, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

NY Rangers at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Carolina at NY Islanders, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Columbus at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s summaries Sharks 5, Oilers 1 First Period 1. San Jose, Burns 13 (Pavelski, Thornton) 14:37.

2. San Jose, Marleau 18 (unassisted) 15:26.

Penalties — Nieto SJ (tripping) 4:14, Perron Edm (hooking) 8:52, Petry Edm (hooking) 12:04.

Second Period 3. San Jose, Kearns 3 (Desjardins, Sheppard) 7:18.

4. San Jose, Couture 13 (McCarthy) 8:45.

5. Edmonton, Yakupov 7 (Gagner, Eberle) 15:39.

Penalties — Schultz Edm (tripping) 1:38.

Third Period 6. San Jose, Pavelski 17 (Thornton, Irwin) 5:44.

Penalties — Hamilton SJ (boarding) 6:20, Boyle SJ (hooking) 9:08.

Shots on goal by Edmonton 7 6 11 — 24 San Jose 17 10 9 — 36 Goal — Edmonton: Dubnyk (L, 10-16-2); San Jose: Niemi (W, 22-8-6).

Power plays (goal-chances)Edmonton: 0-3; San Jose: 0-3.

Bruins 3, Predators 2 (OT) First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Jones Nash (holding) 3:05, Paille Bos (tripping) 5:45.

Second Period 1. Nashville, Stalberg 5 (Fisher, Weber) 18:04.

Penalties — Nystrom Nash (interference) 19:48.

Third Period 2. Boston, Boychuk 2 (Spooner, Soderberg) 4:55.

3. Boston, Iginla 13 (Lucic, Krejci) 12:29.

4. Nashville, Weber 10 (Fisher, Hornqvist) 14:35.

Penalties — None.

Overtime 5. Boston, Marchand 10 (Bergeron, Hamilton) :54.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Nashville 8 16 11 0 — 35 Boston 11 3 10 1 — 25 Goal — Nashville: Mazanec (LO, 7-8-2); Boston: Svedberg (W, 1-0-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Nashville: 0-1; Boston: 0-2.

Islanders 3, Blackhawks 2 (OT) First Period 1. NY Islanders, Cizikas 5 (unassisted) 15:24.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. NY Islanders, Vanek 14 (Okposo, MacDonald) 8:09.

3. Chicago, Seabrook 5 (Versteeg, Leddy) 18:36 (pp).

Penalties — Carkner NYI (tripping) 17:26, Sharp Chi (cross-checking) 19:35.

Third Period 4. Chicago, Smith 5 (Toews, Sharp) 1:50.

Penalties — Shaw Chi (boarding) 13:13.

Overtime 5. NY Islanders, Okposo 16 (Tavares, MacDonald) :58.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Chicago 12 13 13 1 — 39 NY Islanders 5 14 14 1 — 34 Goal — Chicago: Crawford (LO, 17-6-4); NY Islanders: Nabokov (W, 9-7-5).

Power plays (goal-chances)Chicago: 1-1; NY Islanders: 0-2.

Hurricanes 4, Capitals 3 (OT) First Period 1. Carolina, Skinner 17 (Semin, Staal) 13:27 (pp).

Penalties — Hainsey Car (holding) 1:20, Wash Bench (too many men) 11:44, Laich Wash (highsticking) 12:22.

Second Period 2. Washington, Ovechkin 31 (Johansson, Alzner) :49.

3. Carolina, Malhotra 3 (Bowman, Ruutu) 1:44.

4. Washington, Brouwer 9 (Backstrom, Johansson) 3:02.

5. Washington, Oleksy 2 (Beagle) 3:54.

6. Carolina, Skinner 18 (Murphy, Staal) 4:34.

Penalties — Ovechkin Wash (high-sticking) 9:28, Chimera Wash (high-sticking) 16:25.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Overtime 7. Carolina, Skinner 19 (Murphy, Malhotra) 1:20.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Carolina 10 12 10 1 — 33 Washington 15 15 10 1 — 41 Goal — Carolina: Khudobin (W, 3-0-0); Washington: Grubauer (LO, 5-2-3).

Power plays (goal-chances)Carolina: 1-4; Washington: 0-1.

Senators 4, Jets 3

First Period 1. Ottawa, Zibanejad 10 (Conacher, Corvo) 13:34.

2. Winnipeg, Byfuglien 8 (Peluso, Wright) 15:37.

3. Ottawa, Michalek 7 (Zibanejad, Conacher) 19:13.

Penalties — Kassian Ott (fighting) 9:30, Peluso Wpg (fighting) 9:30.

Second Period 4. Winnipeg, Kane 12 (Trouba, Frolik) 1:32.

Penalties — Byfuglien Wpg (roughing) 12:52.

Third Period 5. Ottawa, Smith 9 (Methot) 6:42.

6. Ottawa, MacArthur 13 (Turris) 11:29.

7. Winnipeg, Jokinen 10 (Byfuglien, Enstrom) 14:31.

Penalties — Peluso Wpg (hooking) 2:32, Trouba Wpg (roughing) 12:29, Conacher Ott (roughing) 12:29.

Shots on goal Winnipeg 13 10 12 — 35 Ottawa 10 10 9 — 29 Goal — Winnipeg: Montoya (L, 8-3-1); Ottawa: Anderson (W, 13-9-4).

Power plays (goal-chances)Winnipeg: 0-0; Ottawa: 0-2.

Blues 5, Kings 0 First Period 1. St. Louis, Morrow 7 (Shattenkirk, Pietrangelo) 4:42 (pp).

Penalties — Greene LA (high-sticking) 1:58, Lapierre StL (stick holding) 9:01, Tarasenko StL (interference) 14:35.

Second Period 2. St. Louis, Oshie 7 (Schwartz, Pietrangelo) 11:41 (pp).

3. St. Louis, Oshie 8 (Sobotka) 13:12.

Penalties — Carter LA (tripping) 0:24, King LA (tripping) 11:33, Oshie StL (holding) 13:37, Stewart StL (boarding) 16:55, Sobotka StL (tripping) 17:31.

Third Period 4. St. Louis, Tarasenko 13 (Paajarvi) 3:24.

5. St. Louis, Jackman 1 (Morrow, Roy) 6:11.

Penalties — Frattin LA (tripping) 0:30, Cole StL (stick holding) 13:08.

Shots on goal Los Angeles 13 11 6 — 30 St. Louis 6 11 9 — 26 Goal — Los Angeles: Jones (L, 8-3-0); St. Louis: Elliott (W, 11-1-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Los Angeles: 0-6; St. Louis: 2-5.

Canadiens 6, Stars 4 First Period 1. Dallas, Benn 14 (Seguin, Connauton) 6:12.

2. Montreal, Pacioretty 18 (Subban) 11:00.

Penalties — Galchenyuk Mtl (slashing) 8:12, Nichushkin Dal (stick holding) 18:13.

Second Period 3. Montreal, Desharnais 5 (Subban, Gallagher) 1:35.

4. Dallas, Nichushkin 8 (unassisted) 5:23 (evenpenalty-shot).

5. Montreal, Subban 7 (Pacioretty, Price) 6:30.

Penalties — Gaunce Dal (fighting) 2:09, White Mtl (fighting) 2:09, Moen Mtl (fighting) 4:56, Roussel Dal (fighting) 4:56, Cole Dal (roughing) 5:02, Plekanec Mtl (roughing) 5:02, Pacioretty Mtl (hooking) 9:58, Fiddler Dal (roughing) 12:42.

Third Period 6. Montreal, Gallagher 11 (Pacioretty, Desharnais) 3:30 (pp).

7. Dallas, Seguin 21 (Eakin, Connauton) 7:42 (pp).

8. Dallas, Dillon 5 (Goligoski, Peverley) 8:29.

9. Montreal, Eller 10 (Moen) 10:39.

10. Montreal, Pacioretty 19 (Subban) 18:56 (en).

Penalties — Eakin Dal (high-sticking) 3:08, Gallagher Mtl (roughing) 6:31, Roussel Dal (slashing) 19:39.

Shots on goal Montreal 6 11 11 — 28 Dallas 11 10 11 — 32 Goal — Montreal: Price (W, 19-11-3); Dallas: Lehtonen (L, 16-9-7).

Power plays (goal-chances)Montreal: 1-4; Dallas: 1-3.

Blue Jackets 2, Coyotes 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Tropp Clb (tripping) 7:58, Mackenzie Clb (fighting) 8:52, Yandle Phx (fighting) 8:52, Phx Bench (too many men) 14:05, Morris Phx (crosschecking) 18:04, Murray Clb (hooking) 18:40.

Second Period 1. Columbus, Horton 1 (Wisniewski, Murray) 15:51 (pp).

Penalties — Johansen Clb (high-sticking) 5:08, Smith Phx (delay of game) 14:55, Umberger Clb (tripping) 17:18.

Third Period 2. Columbus, Umberger 11 (Tyutin, Foligno) 10:03 (pp).

Penalties — Rundblad Phx (delay of game) 8:40, Tyutin Clb (hooking) 19:21.

Shots on goal Columbus 6 15 10 — 31 Phoenix 6 7 21 — 34 Goal — Columbus: McElhinney (W, 7-7-1); Phoenix: Smith (L, 15-9-8).

Power plays (goal-chances)Columbus: 2-4; Phoenix: 0-5.

Avalanche 2, Flyers 1 First Period 1. Colorado, McGinn 8 (Duchene, Johnson) 11:14.

Penalties — Couturier Pha (tripping) 5:53, McLeod Col (holding) 14:13.

Second Period 2. Colorado, O’Reilly 14 (Landeskog) 9:17.

3. Philadelphia, Simmonds 13 (Meszaros, Hartnell) 13:48.

Penalties — Couturier Pha (hooking) 1:03, McLeod Col (delay of game) 6:17.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Talbot Col (hooking) 5:46.

Shots on goal Philadelphia 9 11 10 — 30 Colorado 11 10 10 — 31 Goal — Philadelphia: Mason (L, 16-10-4); Colorado: Varlamov (W, 18-8-4).

Rebels vs.

Seattle Thunderbirds Tonight, 7 p.m., Centrium The Thunderbirds are 7-2-1-0 in their last 10 games and sit third in the U.S. Division and fifth in the Western Conference with a 2211-2-3 slate . . . Seattle is led offensively by D Shea Theodore. The first-round pick of the Anaheim Ducks in last year’s NHL entry draft has produced 44 points (14g,30a) this season.

Next in line are RW Branden Troock (19-24-43), LW Alexander Delnov (16-19-35), rookie C Mathew Barzal (6-25-31) and LW Roberts Lipsbergs (22-8-20). C Justin Hickman has turned in double figures in goals and assists (12-13) . . . T-Birds’ main man Danny Mumaugh sits 18th among WHL goalies with a 3.18 goals-against average. He has a win-loss record of 11-5-2-3 and a save percentage of .912 . . . The Rebels could be minus as many as seven regulars tonight, including four injured forwards and three more who are playing in international tournaments — Adam Musil and Meyer Nell in the World Under 17 Championship and Dominik Volek in the world juniors.

Injuries: Seattle — C Mathew Barzal (upper body, day-today), RW Connor Honey (upper body, day-to-day), LW Jaimen Yakubowski (upper body, one week). Red Deer — C Presten Kopeck (upper body, week-to-week), RW Brooks Maxwell (upper body, week-to-week), LW Evan Polei (lower body, day-today), RW Christian Stockl (upper body, indefinite).

Special teams: Seattle — Power play 20.2 per cent, 17th overall; penalty kill 79.3 per cent, ninth. Red Deer — Power play 20.1 per cent, 19th overall; penalty kill 79.2 per cent, 11th.

Scouting report

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 B5

Making a case for Chris Kunitz LEFT-WINGER’S CHEMISTRY WITH SIDNEY CROSBY MAKES HIM A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION FOR CANADA’S OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM Chris Kunitz has never generated this much buzz in his hockey-playing career.

Kunitz didn’t play major junior, instead going to littleknown Ferris State College, and he wasn’t drafted by an NHL club. He has also never played in an all-star game.

Yet as Team Canada deliberates its roster for the Sochi Olympics, the Pittsburgh Penguins left-winger is the most intriguing case for general manager Steve Yzerman and his staff. The Regina native isn’t widely considered an elite, Olympic-calibre player, but his chemistry with Sidney Crosby makes him a legitimate possibility.

“I think you look at that and you see that in the past teams have really looked at that and seen it as something that’s pretty beneficial in a shortterm event like the Olympics,” Crosby said in an interview with The Canadian Press earlier this season. “He’s been playing great hockey. I think he definitely deserves a real hard look, and I’m sure that’s something they’ll decide.”

Through 42 games, Kunitz is tied for the fifth-most points of any Canadian-born player this season with 43. Skating alongside Crosby, who’s way ahead of the pack with his 59 points, certainly helps.

But where’s the balance between Kunitz producing because he’s Crosby’s linemate and the notion that Crosby has done so well in part because of his comfort level with Kunitz? That’s what Yzerman and the management team must ultimately decide before Tuesday’s roster deadline.

Kunitz said earlier this season that he hopes making Crosby “comfortable” on the ice is considered important.

“It’s easier when it’s only a seven-game tournament if you can go and have that chemistry right off the bat,” Kunitz said.

“Obviously everybody’s unbelievably skilled and they can go out and make that chemistry and make those plays. But I think that once you can maybe read and react to where a guy is on the ice or have familiarity with where he’s going to be, it can just make maybe that split-second that can change something in a game.”

Crosby and Canada won

gold in Vancouver in 2010 without Kunitz, as the Penguins captain scored the overtime winner against the United States on a pass from longtime Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla.

Crosby also had Eric Staal, Patrice Bergeron, Rick Nash, Mike Richards and Jonathan Toews as linemates in those Olympics, putting up seven points in seven games.

Yzerman, coach Mike Babcock and Team Canada tried cashing in on chemistry in 2010 by bringing the league’s top line at the time: Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton and Dany Heatley of the San Jose Sharks. That did not work out particularly well, though as Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland pointed out, “We won gold.”

But it also didn’t completely discount the value of natural chemistry during this process for Sochi. Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks should be safe bets to make it and at least start the tournament on a line together.

The value of teammates is hard to quantify.

“We discuss teammates, but I think at the end of the day we’ve got to find players that we think are going to have the best chance to put the best team together,” said Holland, who’s on Canada’s management team. “Certainly we discuss it, but obviously we’re trying to find the 25 best players.”

Finding the best 14 forwards is an incredibly daunting challenge considering Canada’s depth, particularly down the middle. Something that could help Kunitz is a lack of natural left-wingers who figure to be in the final discussions.

Patrick Sharp of the Chicago Blackhawks has 22 goals and 19 assists and can play all three forward positions. Jamie Benn of the Dallas Stars, who was not invited to Olympic orientation camp in Calgary, has had a stellar first half after moving to left wing alongside Tyler Seguin.

But Canada has centres who could play left wing at the Olympics, including Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche, Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks and Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes. In a pinch, Jeff Carter of the Los Angeles Kings could

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Pittsburgh Penguins’ Chris Kunitz (14) gets a shot off that is redirected by Detroit Red Wings goalie Jonas Gustavsson during an NHL game on Dec. 14, in Detroit. The play of Kunitz has made people talk about his inclusion on the Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team but his chemistry with Sidney Crosby is also helping his case. play there, as well, if he’s on the team.

What none of those players have is years of experience playing with Crosby. Naturally some of the feedback Kunitz received from Olympic orientation camp had to do with his linemate.

“It was more, go out, have a good start to the season, try to keep with the pace of the numbers that I was putting up last year,” Kunitz said. “Have the chemistry with Sid to go out and play at a high level against the elite talent and guys that we get matched up against.”

According to advanced stats that track quality of competition, only a few players have faced tougher five-on-five matchups. That group includes Russian Pavel Datsyuk of the Red Wings along with Jonathan Toews of the Blackhawks and Couture and Marleau of the Sharks.

Kunitz doesn’t have a reputation or a salary that compares with those players, and he has only played internationally once. He put up two

goals and five assists in nine games at the 2008 world championships, and that performance on the larger ice surface could help his case.

More likely, it’s about what Kunitz has done lately. He was a point-a-game player last season, and his numbers this year make the 34-year-old impossible to dismiss.

“I know I have to focus on my job here in Pittsburgh and trying to do things right that maybe help you get on to a team like that,” Kunitz said.

“I know that it comes down to how I play and when they’re going to pick a team that you want to make sure you have your best foot forward.”

It’s hard for Kunitz to do much more than he has. But a numbers game could keep him out, especially considering that injured Tampa Bay Lightning star Steven Stamkos will be on the 25-man roster announced in Toronto on Tuesday.

Beyond Stamkos, who was considered a lock before breaking his right tibia in November, players like Benn,

Omission of Bobby Ryan was not the toughest U.S. Olympic decision

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Bobby Ryan’s exclusion from the U.S. Olympic hockey team has sparked plenty of debate given his scoring output since he entered the NHL. Among American-born players, only Phil Kessel has more goals (175) than Ryan (160) since his first full season in the league in 2008-’09. Those two plus Patrick Kane and Zach Parise are the only ones with 150-plus goals in that time.

But leaving Ryan off the roster wasn’t even the U.S. management staff’s toughest decision in putting together the team that will go to Sochi next month.

Instead, according to internal discussions published

by ESPN.com and USA Today and general manager David Poile’s comments, it was more about not taking Jack Johnson on defence and Brandon Saad at forward.

“There was so many tough decisions. ... And we’ve made decisions to go in other directions. And it was hard,” Poile said Wednesday. “We had many debates and deliberations, if you will, with our group over the last six months.”

Those debates and deliberations were chronicled

by ESPN.com and USA Today, which got inside access to the U.S. meetings and conference calls.

Those articles provided insight into how and why Cam Fowler of the Anaheim Ducks was picked over Johnson and Blake Wheeler of the Winnipeg Jets over Saad. By the time the days ticked down to the finalization of the roster, Ryan — a member of the silver-medal team in Vancouver in 2010 — wasn’t in the discussion.

Burke, now president of hockey operations for the Calgary Flames and part of the U.S. management team, drafted Ryan in 2005. But he also made some candid and disparaging remarks about the nowOttawa Senators winger during the past couple of months.

“He is not intense. That word is not in his vocabulary,” Burke said during one meeting, as quoted by ESPN.com. “It’s never going to be in his vocabulary.

He can’t spell intense.”

Ryan told reporters in Ottawa on Thursday he thought Burke’s comments were “gutless.” In an interview on TSN 1050, the 26-year-old softened a bit by saying Burke was entitled to changing his opinion over the past decade. Take away Burke’s headlinegrabbing comments, and it was clear Ryan’s omission was more about his skating ability and the big ice than intensity. If he couldn’t crack the top six forwards, there wasn’t room for Ryan elsewhere.

“Bobby is a fabulous player,” Poile said. “I love him. Love him for my own team. But we have to make decisions and we picked some new guys.”

Those new players on the wings include Wheeler, Max Pacioretty of the Montreal Canadiens and T.J. Oshie of the St. Louis Blues, all of whom fill specific roles. Oshie is David Backes’ linemate in St. Louis and can play in all situations while Poile singled out Pacioretty’s skating ability and consistency.

Saad was “achingly close” to making the U.S. team, according to ESPN.com. The 21-year-old left-

winger has 14 goals and 16 assists this season for Chicago.

“I am disappointed Brandon Saad not on USA Olympic Team,” Scotty Bowman wrote on Twitter.

“Coach (Joel Quenneville) has really developed him into a solid 2 Way Player who will be on future team.”

Bowman’s son, Stan, is the general manager of the Blackhawks and a member of the U.S. management committee. Scotty Bowman also works as an advisor to the team now that his Hall of Fame coaching career is over. In a later tweet, Bowman wrote it would be best for him to “defer all criticism” to those having to make the tough choices for Olympic teams.

Wheeler got the edge over Saad because he’s six foot five and, as was pointed out in USA Today, he scored 10 goals in December, making him the hottest U.S. player down the stretch as the team was selected.

“Biggest scorer. Probably our best skater,” Poile said. “Speed, size and speed on the big ice surface.

Just a combination of things.”

A combination of things also went into choosing Fowler over Johnson, a graduate of the U.S. National Team Development Program who played in five world championships, two world junior tournaments and the 2010 Olympics. In his public comments, Poile lumped Erik Johnson in with Jack Johnson, but the reports from inside the room made it clear the Colorado Avalanche defenceman wasn’t ever close to making it.

Jack Johnson’s spot seemed to be safe early on in the process, but then that changed dramatically.

“He never seems to be living up to his potential or to his play,” Poile said in a meeting, as quoted by ESPN.com. “I’m getting this consistently across the board.”

Ultimately, Fowler got the nod over Johnson, while others, like Keith Yandle of the Phoenix Coyotes and Dustin Byfuglien of the Jets were further back.

“Cam Fowler, anybody that has seen him play this year, especially in the last six weeks, he may be one of the best defencemen in the league right now on a top team,” Poile said. “And his skating ability, his whole vision of the game is just taking his game up to a much, much higher level.”

In the event of injuries, any of the snubbed players could get a call. Poile and his staff would continue scouting games and also inform those who could be injury replacements to perhaps not book a cruise for the Olympic break.

“There’s going to be certain players that you’re going to be probably giving a little bit stronger message to in terms of that they were very, very close and that if anything was to happen that they could be, they could be on the team,” Poile said.

Judging from the inside-access stories and what Poile had to say Wednesday, that’s likely Cory Schneider in goal, either Yandle or Jack Johnson on defence and Saad at forward.

The U.S. wants five centres in Sochi, so that could mean Brandon Dubinsky of the Blue Jackets and Alex Galchenyuk of the Canadiens shouldn’t go too far if an injury occurs down the middle.

Couture, Sharp and even Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers make for some very difficult decisions.

Kunitz might’ve been a dark horse at one point, but just being at camp in Calgary over the summer sparked debate over his candidacy. That hasn’t slowed down as the Olympics have inched closer. Becoming such a hot topic is a new phenomenon for the product of the Yorkton Mallers and Melville Millionaires.

“I guess you enjoy it to some sense,” Kunitz said. “It’s something that you try not to think about, but it’s something that crosses your mind when you see it on TV or read reports.”

There’s no shortage of chatter about Kunitz, who has about as volatile a situation as anyone on the bubble for Team Canada. Either he’ll be penciled in as Crosby’s linemate or off the team entirely.

Crosby said it would be “pretty special” to represent Canada alongside Kunitz.

“He’s definitely in the mix,” Crosby said. “And hopefully it can work out.”

WORLD U17 HOCKEY CHALLENGE

Roy has three-point game to lead Team Quebec to 4-1 win over Team West THE CANADIAN PRESS SYDNEY, N.S. — Nicolas Roy scored a goal and added two assists to lead Quebec to a 4-1 victory over West at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge on Thursday.

Brandon Gignac scored 89 seconds into the game to give Quebec (2-1-0-1) an early lead. Cameron Hebig tied it midway through the period before David Henley put Quebec ahead to stay. Samuel Blier added an insurance goal and Olivier Tremblay made 23 saves.

Logan Flodell stopped 26 shots for West (0-3-1-0).

Russia 5 Atlantic 3 Aleksandr Zhebelev scored twice and Artur Tyanulin added a goal and an assist in Russia’s win over Atlantic.

Artem Rozhkovskiy and Denis Gurianov also scored for Russia (2-1-1-0).

William Bower, Cameron Lee and Alexandre Jacob had the Atlantic (13-0-0) goals. Russia had a 43-30 edge in shots.

United States 6 Ontario 2 Colin White scored twice as the United States dumped Ontario.

Auston Matthews, Luke Kirwan, Matthew Tkachuk and Jack Roslovic each scored for the U.S. (4-0-00), which finished as the only team to stay perfect through the preliminary round. Brett McKenzie and Dylan Strome replied for Ontario (2-1-0-1).

Luke Opilka stopped 22 shots for the Americans, while Ontario’s Ben Blacker was far busier with 48 saves.

Pacific 3 Sweden 1 Pacific scored two quick goals in the third period to beat Sweden.

Adam Musil and Glenn Gawdin each scored in the first 2:14 of the third, while Brad Morrison added another for Pacific (31-0-0).

Filip Ahl opened the scoring for the Swedes (1-1-1-1). Zach Sawchenko turned aside 25 shots for Pacific, while Sweden’s Felix Sandstrom made 37 saves.

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Big chill on way for NFC wild-card

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49ERS-PACKERS

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Cold hands and a hard football make for tough catches on chilly winter afternoons at Lambeau Field.

But the arctic front expected to push through Wisconsin in time for this weekend’s NFC wild-card game promises to bring conditions considered frigid even for the famous home of the “frozen tundra.”

Temperatures will be in the single digits and dropping when the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers kick off Sunday afternoon. Maybe the teeth-chattering cold will give the Packers an edge to snap a three-game skid against San Francisco.

“It stings a little bit more outside,” cornerback Tramon Williams said Thursday about ball drills.

Wearing a stocking cap, wind pants and snow boots, Williams looked as if he was getting ready to join a sub-zero tailgate.

“Can’t dodge it, man,” he said with a laugh. “Can’t dodge it at all. But, yeah, it’s going to be a cold one, one of those rare ones.”

The Packers (8-7-1) might have an advantage in that they’ll have practiced two days outdoors this week. They’re soaring with confidence after beating the Bears on a cold day at Chicago’s Soldier Field last weekend to win the NFC North title.

But the already below-normal temperatures in the teens Thursday might feel balmy compared to

Sunday’s big chill.

The coldest game on record is the 1967 championship game, known as the “Ice Bowl” won by the Packers 21-17 over the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau on New Year’s Eve. The temperature dipped to minus-13, and the wind chill that day made it feel like minus-48.

Lambeau Field also has the distinction of hosting the third-coldest game on record when it was minus-1 on Jan. 20, 2008 for the NFC Championship game won by the New York Giants over the Packers 23-20 in overtime.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy said ball security is a top priority in the cold, and the conditions might also affect how he calls the game. Green Bay has a good one-two punch at running back with Eddie Lacy and James Starks if McCarthy decides to run more.

“The weather elements are part of it, and that’s something you continue to talk about throughout the week,” McCarthy said. “But, really, the game day gives you the final path of how you’re going to call it.”

Weather may be one reason that the team still had about 3,000 tickets available Thursday afternoon with a Friday deadline to sell them to avoid a local TV blackout of the game. The team said it was hand-

ing out 70,000 packets of hand warmers, in conjunction with sponsor Mills Fleet Farm, to ticket-holders sitting outside on Sunday.

At the 49ers training facility in Santa Clara, Calif., players have been enjoying relatively balmy weather with highs in the upper 60s. Offensive linemen — a position group known for toughing out the cold in short sleeves — aren’t going to take chances when they arrive in Wisconsin.

“It’s safe to say you’ll see something on my arms,” centre Jonathan Goodwin said. “I gave up on the ’don’t wear sleeves to look tough’ a long time ago.”

There’s not much that San Francisco can do to prepare for the deep freeze. The 49ers do have a running game ranked third in the league and a nasty defence, which could help.

San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick was born in Milwaukee but went to college at Nevada, where he said it was 20 degrees at kickoff in his coldest game — it doesn’t change the grip on the ball, or the release, said Kaepernick, who isn’t planning to wear a glove.

“The ball is going to be harder and that’s really the No. 1 obstacle,” 49ers offensive co-ordinator Greg Roman said.

“It’s more about the ball and the grip.”

Roman, known for walking laps around the field each game day, plans to do so a little bit earlier Sunday in an effort to get a feel for the field conditions.

He thinks footing will also be a key issue.

Payton looks to lead Christine Nesbitt finding Saints to win at old home her stride just in time SAINTS-EAGLES for Winter Games SPEEDSKATING

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Olympic Oval. The results should be enough to get her on the 10-woman and eight-man long track speedskating team in Sochi.

But more than that, it completed a remarkable comeback from a horrific collision in December 2012 that forced the 21-year-old to miss all of last season. The incident occurred during training when a young skater came around the corner and collided with her. She was hit and flew over the other skater before landing on her left shoulder and head, forcing a recovery from a broken collarbone, ribs, a skull fracture and lost hearing in her ear.

“I don’t think I’ll ever be 100 per cent again,” said Tutt. “The challenge has been the fun part. Coming back from that crash and just having no expectations this year is why I was able to do so well.”

On the men’s side, Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B.C., put a crash in the 1,000 metres on Monday behind him by winning the 1,500 with a time of 1:45.00. He was ahead of Mathieu Giroux of Pointe-aux-Trembles, Que., at 1:45.36, Vincent de Haitre of Ottawa at 1:45.40, and Regina’s Lucas Makowsky at 1:45.42.

Morrison, one of the most-decorated members on the long track team, was in danger of not qualifying for Sochi and, skating in the last pair of the day, overcame some nerves to book a spot.

He’ll also likely be an important member of the team pursuit that will try to defend their gold medal from Vancouver.

“The 1,500 metres was my last chance to make the team at all and it was the last pair and it was pretty fast times before me,” said Morrison. “Maybe four years ago, that would have gotten to me more but I just knew that I had to have a solid race and stay on my feet, cross the line and I just did that.”

Canada will have four spots in each of the men’s and women’s 1,500 in Sochi. Giroux and de Haitre each qualified in their second event, while Makowsky looks to have done just enough to go to his second Olympics.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Everything seems to be coming together for Christine Nesbitt after an uncharacteristically difficult start to the speedskating season.

The Olympic gold medallist from London, Ont., won her third distance at the Canadian Olympic trials on Thursday, taking the 1,500 metres with a time of one minute 55.74 seconds.

“I’m really happy. I haven’t raced in two months so I feel strong and fit but it’s different when you go to race,” said Nesbitt. “You never really know how that’s going to translate so I had four great races this week and I’m really excited about it.”

The 1,500 will be Nesbitt’s third distance in at the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia after winning the 500 and 1,000 metres earlier in the competition.

Nesbitt finished ahead of Kali Christ of Regina, who had a time of 1:56.21, and Brianne Tutt of Airdrie, Alta., at 1:59.46.

More accustomed to standing on top of the podium on the World Cup circuit, especially in the 1,000 where she’s the defending Olympic champion, Nesbitt has had her struggles this season.

She managed disappointing 10th and 12th places in her marquee distance this year in the season’s first two World Cup stops in Calgary and in Salt Lake City, Utah. After that, she decided to sit out the next two stops in Kazakhstan and Germany but feels things are coming back together.

“My plan is never set in stone so it kind of goes with how my body’s doing and how I’m communicating with my coach and what the overall goal of the season is,” she said. “This season it’s the Olympics, obviously, so everything was kind of shuffled around to make sure that I’m on the upswing towards the Olympics, which is exactly how I feel right now.”

For Tutt, the third place on Thursday goes with a third-place performance in the 3,000 metres on Saturday on the first day of competition at the

Knight leads Oklahoma to sweet Sugar Bowl win over Alabama THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — Bob Stoops declined to announce a starting quarterback before the Sugar Bowl, and when freshman Trevor Knight took the field on the Sooners’ first possession, Alabama’s defenders couldn’t have anticipated what was in store.

Knight completed a Sugar Bowl-record 32 passes for 348 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 11 Oklahoma took down third-ranked Alabama, 45-31 on Thursday night. Knight’s completion percentage entering the game was 52.2.

He had completed 47 passes all season, before a breakout performance in which two of his TDs went for more than 40 yards.

Oklahoma (11-2) needed him to play that well in the 80th Sugar Bowl, the first in which quarterbacks for both teams threw for more than 300 yards. The victory was a sweet one for Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, who last off-season called talk about the Southeastern Conference being the best league in college football “propaganda.”

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quished an Alabama (112) squad that had been ranked No. 1 much of the past three seasons, winning the previous two

national titles before its shot at a third straight was derailed by Auburn on the last play last month in the Iron Bowl.

PHILADELPHIA — Sean Payton has plenty in common with the some of the fans who’ll be rooting hard to see his team lose.

Payton is coming home when the New Orleans Saints (11-5) visit the Philadelphia Eagles (10-6) in an NFC wild-card playoff game Saturday night.

The Saints coach spent his formative years in the Philadelphia suburb of Newtown Square in the early 1970s, and attended the Flyers’ Stanley Cup championship parade as an 11-yearold in 1975.

“There are a lot of friends and family back there,” he said. “The first pro football game was at the Vet. The first baseball game was at the Vet. The first college game was Army-Navy. The Flyers winning back to back Stanley Cups, all of those things were a part of my childhood and so the sports fans are amazing there, very passionate and a real die-hard fan base. That presents challenges when you play, especially in the playoffs.”

Payton got his first coaching job in the NFL on Ray Rhodes’ staff in Philadelphia in 1997-98, and then joined the Giants in 1999. He moved on to work under Bill Parcells in Dallas before going to the Saints and leading them to a Super Bowl title.

Payton has one fan on the opposing sideline.

“Sean does a great job of getting his playmakers in matchups that are favourable to him, and he does it week in and week out,” Eagles coach Chip Kelly said. “There’s a consistency to it, and I think they missed him a year ago, and now that he’s back, they seem like they picked up where they left off.

I think how well him and Drew (Brees) work together is a pretty special thing to watch.

Here are five more things to watch for when the Saints play the Eagles on Saturday night: DOME TEAM DISADVANTAGE: The Saints were 8-0 in the comfort of the Superdome and 3-5 away from home this season. They’ve never won a playoff game on the road, going 0-5, 0-3 under Payton. However, they won the 2010 Super Bowl outdoors, beating Peyton Manning and the Colts in Miami. Temperatures are expected to be in the low 20s at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles have lost six home playoff games since 1981.

“Obviously we don’t have a chance to practice in it,” Brees said. “We’ve all played in that kind of weather before, not on a consistent basis, but you just kind of make the preparations.

You try to prepare for it as best as you

can, but once you’re there, it’s football.

It’s about execution. It’s about knowing your assignments and executing it.

Whatever the conditions are, you manage that, whether it’s wind, rain, snow or whatever.”

BRINGING THE HEAT: Led by Cameron Jordan and Junior Galette, the Saints finished fourth in the NFL with 49 sacks. Jordan had 12 ½ and Galette had 12. Defensive co-ordinator Rob Ryan is known for calling blitzes and he certainly won’t let up against Nick Foles. The Cowboys sacked Foles five times and forced him into one intentional grounding last week.

“Rob Ryan is very aggressive in nature. They get pressure on the quarterback. They create turnovers,” Eagles offensive co-ordinator Pat Shurmur said. “We anticipate he’ll come after us.”

BIG-PLAY BIRDS: The Eagles led the NFL with 99 plays of 20 yards or more, including 21 that went for touchdowns. Of those, 80 were passes and 19 were runs. Denver was second with 77. It was the most since STATS began recording the number in 1995. The St. Louis Rams had the previous high of 96 in 2001.

“We have done a good job when we throw the football, Nick is making good decisions and then we have guys that can track the ball down the field,” Shurmur said. “And when we are running the ball, we are getting the running back to the second and third level where they have a chance to make big gains. I think all of that is the reason why.”

TOUGHER THAN STATS: The Eagles allowed more yards passing than any team in the NFL and finished 29th in total yards, but the numbers are misleading. Some teams piled up yards in the air against Philadelphia because they were playing from behind. Also, the Eagles were last in the league in time of possession, so opposing offences had the ball much more. Philadelphia allowed 22 or fewer points to 11 of the last 12 opponents.

“You can’t really look at the rankings and think you’re going to have your way with them,” Saints wide receiver Lance Moore said. “Each game is different. They’re playing at home.

It’ll be tough for us.”

PASS-CATCHING BACKS: Brees uses all his receivers, especially his running backs. Pierre Thomas led NFL running backs with 77 catches and Darren Sproles was fourth with 71.

The Eagles have to avoid mismatches in coverage so they don’t end up with linebackers on Thomas or Sproles.

“They don’t overload protection because the ball is out so quick,” Eagles defensive co-ordinator Billy Davis said. “That is why they are so high in their catches. They are a quick outlet.

They have great runners and catchers.”

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Parents reacted too slowly to situation between son, nephew Dear Annie: My wife and I recently had several relatives over for a family gathering.

During the evening’s events, my 10-year-old nephew threw a tantrum and threatened to hurt my oneyear-old son. He said, “If someone doesn’t get him off of me, I am going to throw him.” I MITCHELL called for my & SUGAR son to come to me, hoping that my sister would correct her son’s behaviour. But my son didn’t move, and my nephew said again, “Someone get him off, or I will throw him off.”

I removed my son from the situation and hoped my nephew’s parents would intervene, but they didn’t. My wife and I talked about the situation afterward, and, being new parents, we were not sure what to do. Our conclusion was that the safety of our son is primary, and we do not want anyone threatening him in our home.

Before the next family gathering at our home, we sent an invitation to my sister with the caveat that this behaviour is not acceptable, saying if her son threatens ours during one of his tantrums, they would be asked to leave.

She proceeded to blame my wife and

HOROSCOPES Jan. 3 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Mel Gibson, 57; Danica McKellar, 38; Victoria Principal, 63 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon resides in Aquarius today making us more engaged and involved in humanitarian projects.

This position signals a group-oriented type of energy as opposed to the solo type.

Once Mercury opposes Jupiter, we are prone towards exaggeration. We may be inclined to inflate our ASTRO promises and thus, DOYNA bite off more than we can actually chew.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, you will reconsider your safety and security needs this year and employ a financial structure than better fits your living standards. Your force and your drive to succeed will allow you to prosper in your chosen vocation and thus, increase your cash flow. Feeling secure and maintaining a healthy monetary lifestyle will prove an easy journey.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Organizations and friendships will offer you multiple opportunities should you decide to join an association or subscribe to a new social activity. Set yourself visions that you wish to accomplish and do not be afraid to dream big. Go beyond your ego-identity and explore your potential.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Put your best foot forward as your public image can set the tone for your future. Your main focus during this New Moon should be creating new business opportunities and aiming high as this can open up golden doors in the professional realm.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your need to expand your mind to different intellectual spheres might entice you to pursue a new study or get involved in some education or training. Whatever you

me for the fracas.

Since this conversation, my sister has been very divisive with my parents and their interaction with my son, carrying a sour mood with her to other family events. Were we wrong in making it clear that this behaviour is not acceptable? How do we address my sister’s behaviour? Are we being overprotective? — Concerned Parents Dear Parents: You are not overprotective, but we’re going to ask the obvious: why was your son on top of your nephew, and why didn’t you remove him sooner?

Your nephew did not, in fact, hurt the boy, throw him off or do anything other than yell for assistance. That is when you, the parents, should have immediately removed your son in order to protect him.

We’re not sure what you expected your nephew to do. He may be much older than your toddler, but he is still a child.

As for your sister, you cannot dictate someone else’s behaviour. Either invite her or don’t, although you certainly can set rules in your own home about what behaviour you will tolerate.

But we hope you will use your nephew’s presence as an opportunity to teach him, gently and lovingly, how to behave around your son.

Encourage him to be the boy’s protector instead of his competition.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.

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decide to do now will certainly increase your awareness relating to your inner resources.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you haven’t started a savings plan yet, utilize this opportunity to do so. Assess your joint financial situation so that it reflects the wellbeing and the connectedness between you and your partner. Review your tax situation and your insurance papers.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): At this time, you may become more emotional about your partnership.

You realize that security and love can only be achieved through a healthy union. You have to keep in mind that it takes two to tango if you strive for a better future for you both.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Would you like to perk up your vigour and upgrade the overall physique of your body? Any ingenious measures implanted now will give you the desired results in the months to come. Invest yourself body and soul.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you are fancying someone or if you are involved in some creative project this is your time to initiate a new plan. You will surely be recognized for all your efforts with gratifying results.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Apply that extra push to use constructively this New Moon’s energies into your private life. Put into practice a brand new routine that involves your family members and incorporate some of your healing powers within your home.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your correspondences will take on a roll. You’ll find yourself busy researching and developing your connections network while hooked on various types of interests at once. Great prospects will open up for you if you learn something new now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Recreate your life with the resources you never thought possible.

You may realize that these resources are not even material in nature, but rather representative of your own unique values. As soon as you identify them, you will experience an improvement in your selfworth.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Good timing can mean the biggest difference between a wasted opportunity and the chance to reinvent your entire persona. This is the moment when you can reinvent yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): At the present time work on ridding yourself of any harmful energy that stands in your way. You need to balance out your state of inner peace so stay away from the public eye for a while. Holistic therapy can be healing for you.

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Scottsville to boost healing centre 20TH ANNUAL SCOTTSVILLE DINNER, AUCTION AIMED AT HELPING A SAFE PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY AT EMERGENCY SHELTER

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL COMING A two-night film festival featuring an array of films about climbing, skiing, kayaking, biking, adventure, culture or the environment is coming to Red Deer. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is scheduled to come the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, at 6300 45th Ave., on Jan. 9 and 10. The event features some of the 25 films licensed by the film festival tour. Tickets are on sale at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Valhalla Pure Outfitters, at 2319 Taylor Dr., and Purearth Organics, at 5579 47th St. Tickets cost $23 plus GST for one night or $42 plus GST for both nights.

For more information, call 403-346-2010.

Money raised at the 20th annual Scottsville Dinner and Auction on March 6 will go towards upgrading the Children’s Healing Centre at the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter.

Ray McBeth, chair of the 2014 dinner and auction planning committee, said having a safe place for children to play and unwind after the trauma of domestic violence definitely promotes healing.

“They’ve created a place just like a Disneyland for these kids,” McBeth said on Thursday.

“It’s without question the most popular thing we’ve done for the shelter. When they

make the announcement at nine o’clock in the morning that the Children’s Healing Centre is now open, those kids come out of those bedrooms flying like rockets. I’m not kidding. You could get trampled.”

The SNOEZELEN room with its comforting water, light and sound features help children de-stress and the electronics in the Kinsmen Teen Room help youth stay connected with school and their friends.

When the healing centre first opened in the shelter’s basement in 2010, it was billed as the first of its kind in Canada.

McBeth said 20 years ago the dinner started out as a celebrity waiter event and this year about eight celebrities will be serving wine.

He said Mayor Tara Veer is already onboard to serve and she will be contacting

the mayors of Edmonton and Calgary to see if they will serve wine in Red Deer for a great cause.

Comedian Danny Hooper will be back and so will silent and live auctions. The live auction will once again feature a new vehicle from Kipp Scott GMC Cadillac Buick.

“One thing that has never changed is the community support,” said McBeth about the annual CAWES fundraiser to be held at the Black Knight Inn. Organizers are still on the lookout for quality silent auction items, gift certificates and financial donations.

For more information, visit www.cawes. com. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Emergency services responds to chemical incident

ADULT TUTORS NEEDED Tutors are needed to work one-on-one with adults seeking help with basic literacy, math or English as a second language. Volunteers will be trained through the Red Deer Public Library’s adult literacy program.

Permanent residents, refugees and Canadian citizens are eligible to register as either a tutor or a student. The time is flexible but tutors are asked to commit to two hours each week. For more information, call 403-3462533 or adultlit@rdpl.org.

DANCE LESSONS Dance lessons with Town and Country Dance Club begin on Jan. 21 at BowerKin Community Centre.

Lessons include the foxtrot, two-step, polka, waltz, and more. Classes at the centre, located at 85 Boyce St. in Red Deer, run for six weeks and participants can attend both the introductory class at 8 p.m. and the advanced class at 7 p.m. Lessons are $35 per person. For more information and to preregister, call Doug or Doris at 403-728-3333 or email doris@airenet.com.

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Red Deer Public Schools director of international Education Rob Porkka at his home office.

Student exchange programs make classes more diverse ROB PORKKA INITIATED LOCAL PROGRAM IN 2002

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Rob Porkka travels the world to bring people to Red Deer.

Over the last decade, he’s had increasing success. And today, Red Deer classrooms are more international and diverse because of his and others’ work.

Exchange student programs have existed for decades, allowing young Canadians to spend time in high school in another country, with a foreigner reciprocating the experience in this country. Much newer, though, is the proliferation of fee-paying international students in Canadian elementary, middle and high schools.

Porkka helped to start the Red Deer Public School Division’s international student program in 2002.

“There were agencies out there that were looking to place international students in schools. They’d be out there looking for a tuitionfree placement and a volunteer homestay family.

“Schools were accepting them because they thought it was great to have a student from Germany or Mexico in their schools, but we were finding out that these socalled non-profit agencies were still charging the kids $15,000 for a tuition-free placement and a volunteer homestay family. I just thought that wasn’t right,” he said.

The program in the division started with eight students, stabilized at around 40 for a few years, and has jumped as high as about 110 students in one school year.

This year, the division is hosting about 75 students, from France, Germany, Czech Republic, China, Japan, Vietnam, Brazil and Mexico.

Some of those students stay for only one semester but others may stay for multiple years. The fees charged to international students are going up next year, to $10,900 for a year’s tuition and $7,500 for 10 months of homestay accommodation. With other fees added on, the total cost tops $20,000.

Those fees are not much different from those charged to international students attending Canadian universities. At Red Deer College, international students pay tuition fees three times higher than Canadian students.

Porkka, who heads a national association committed to increas-

ing studying opportunities for foreign students in Canada, said revenue generation is not the main objective of international programs, though the funds the division receives do allow for it to provide some extra services that regular provincial funding would not allow for.

“Certainly I would say most school districts are doing it to expose our kids to kids from around the world so that they can think about developing some international or cross-cultural skills themselves that employers are going to look for,” said Porkka.

Half of the funds generated through tuition fees go directly to schools for education delivery, said Porrka, while the rest supports other division initiatives to do with international education, such as Red Deer Public’s Spanish bilingual elementary program.

A provincial international education handbook suggests leftover funds could be used to hire an international program co-ordinator or to establish scholarships to allow Alberta students to study abroad.

Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division entered the fray a few years after its public counterpart. Its program has grown to take in around 40 international students.

The division has agreements with agents around the world to help bring students to Central Alberta, and program manager Rick Foret travels the world attending education fairs where he and Porkka often have booths displaying ‘Red Deer’ in big letters right next to each other.

He said the division gets more applications every year than it can accept, often due to not having enough local homestay partners.

The division has students from Slovakia, Hong Kong and Vietnam this year, but its biggest market is Latin America, where Catholicism predominates.

“Our primary draw is having a Catholic Christian program. Our largest market is Mexico. ... We have to make sure they understand what we do stand for and what we have in our schools,” said Foret.

Foret said the division’s program — which carries near-identical fees to Red Deer Public’s program — is run to be cost-neutral, with some of the tuition money funding advertising of the division

and trips to recruitment fairs.

In both divisions, the students coming over from foreign nations are getting younger, with Red Deer Catholic hosting 12 middle school international students, and Red Deer Public even accepting a few elementary pupils.

“They’re coming with their parents typically if they’re in elementary school. ... They will set up in an apartment while their kids go to school. That’s particularly from Korea we’ve had that. It’s quite an expense ... but, you know, we forget that we have it pretty good here and that English is a ticket to success wherever you live,” said Porkka.

Other Central Alberta school divisions have also started up international programs. Chinook’s Edge School Division has 40 foreign students in its schools this year, many of whom are paying tuition.

Ray Hoppins, associate superintendent, system services, said the division’s program is small compared to those of the Red Deer-based divisions, with Chinook’s Edge depending more on agencies to recruit students to its schools.

He said the importation of students has benefited schools, communities, and students both foreign and domestic.

“In Central Alberta, it is very refreshing to have students from other countries,” he said.

Wild Rose School Division developed its program in 2006, travelling overseas to market the division and attracted students from South Korea to come learn in its rural schools.

But the small, rural division faced too many challenges to keep the program going.

“Because we just didn’t have the numbers, we couldn’t give the students the support that they really needed. We had some difficulty finding billets too,” said Tom Sperling, district administrator, program services.

“We couldn’t put our best foot forward with it, so we have decided to not follow up on that, and stick with what we do better, which is educating our own students,” he said.

Clearview School Division runs a small international education program in Stettler, and Wolf Creek School Division has a policy for international students as well. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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

A large crew of Red Deer Emergency Services personnel dealt with a potentially fatal chemical compound in the downtown early Thursday afternoon.

Firefighters donned HazMat suits as they entered a building undergoing renovations at 5301 Gaetz Ave. around 1 p.m. to remove a sealed container containing potassium cyanide, a granular crystalline compound used in photography, fumigation and mining.

Workers doing the renovations had noticed the one-litre bottle of hazardous material and called Emergency Services.

Potassium cyanide releases hydrogen cyanide gas, a highly toxic chemical asphyxiant that interferes with the body’s ability to use oxygen.

The gas has a distinctive bitter almond odour and exposure can rapidly lead to deaths.

The HazMat crew removed the bottle and turned it over to the city’s Environmental Services Department, which will dispose of it.

The container remained sealed throughout the procedure and there was no spill reported.

Gary Engebretson, assistant platoon chief with Red Deer Emergency Services, said the potassium cyanide find was a rare one, as it is not commercially available anymore.

DBA budget report for council Red Deer city council will hear the Downtown Business Association’s proposed 2014 budget on Monday, the day before council begins its own number crunching.

The association must submit a budget each year for council approval to comply with provincial legislation.

The budget will be used as the basis for the Business Revitalization Zone tax when approved. The BRZ Tax Bylaw would then come forward to council at a future meeting. Council begins operating budget talks on Tuesday and is expected to wrap up before Jan. 15.

Missing man located A missing man last heard from on Dec. 27 from Cash Casino has been located in good health.

Ronald Deruyter, 48, was first reported missing by Red Deer City RCMP on Dec. 30.

Early Thursday morning, RCMP said Deruyter had been located and thanked the public for their assistance.

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An appetizing holiday What do you do on a one-column, snowed-in holiday? Indoors sports, is what.

Among other things, we schmoozed with readers, engaged in the alchemy of transmogrifying Irish whiskey into a new cocktail, shucked and slurped shellfish and another addiction, blissBOB fully shaved SCAMMELL away, and told and showed.

Next week, the serious reader schmoozes. …

Because I feared my weakening hands could no longer shuck oysters, we bought two dozen frozen Malpeque oysters on the half shell from Fisherman’s Pride in Red Deer. They proved not as good raw as freshly shucked, but were superb for our traditional Christmas Eve oyster fry and oyster stew and scalloped oysters. …

Mac Johnson came by with his usual great gift-wrapped bowl-basket of live Malpeques, and I did just fine with my Halifax oyster knives. These I have been savouring raw, on their half shells on a dish of our abundant clean snow, with lemon and a dab of Danish Trout Caviar.

Unlike last year, the caviar order from International House of Caviar in Vancouver was not misdelivered umpty times in Anders Park by Canada Post; a good thing, too, because I don’t want to contemplate the possible loss of my splurge of one ounce of Asetra (Caspian Sea Sturgeon) Caviar. The price of that one ounce has me thinking evily about the growing numbers of sturgeon in some of Alberta’s big rivers. A sturgeon-caviar book on order will no doubt enlighten us on the caviar-producing possibilities of fresh water sturgeon species.

For Christmas last year, Herself gave me a superb, but relatively inexpensive Japanese chef’s knife from Knifewear in Calgary that is sharp enough to shave with . . . if I had the guts. That one knife now does most of everything in our kitchen.

Sometime in the late 1980s I lost my last safety razor on a holiday, and then discovered that while the blades were still available, the safety razors were not. Now Knifewear has recently moved heavily into shaving gear and offers dozens of safety razors from all over the world, of which I was gifted with two, a Feather and an Edwin Jagger.

With both razors I have been enjoying my closest shaves since the professional straight razor job I was getting from Bobbie Thompson in the old Capri barber shop in Red Deer, when someone rushed in and told us that President Kennedy had just been shot in Dallas. Now I am steeling myself to junk the razors from companies that compete only in how many dull blades they can cram onto one head cartridge.

So I’ll know who to thank, I’ve been showing everyone the note dated July 19, 2013, that accompanied an orphan bottle of fine single malt left on my casting deck at Prairie Creek: “Knot (sic) sure if you’ll find this before the next flood, hope so. Enjoy. Best Regards. Nait” (I think). Does anybody know?

Earlier in the year, reader and friend Todd Irwin of Patricia asked about my dry fly version of the legendary McGinty wet fly, a bee or wasp imitation; eventually we agreed that “Dry McGinty” was a great name for a drink.

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I promised in print to work on it, and many readers are holding me to it.

Several sports in the Patricia Hotel Bar recently invented and tested a McGinty shooter of Jameson Irish Whiskey and Baileys Irish Cream. They admitted their confection could hardly be called dry and suggested I should get on with my Dry McGinty, because the world needs more drinks named after famous fishing flies.

Because the origin of the name.

“McGinty” is Irish, that country’s whiskey is the major ingredient, and some “bite” of dry Vermouth should be sharpened by a dash of orange bitters.

I also wanted to replicate the tongue and lip tingling numbness I experienced the time a live wasp infiltrated my ham sandwich ages ago on a fishing trip to Shunda Creek during which my dry McGinty was the fly of the day.

What I now do is add three tablespoons of Sichuan peppercorns into the whole bottle of Jameson for 48 hours in a bowl, strain, and then return the whiskey infusion to its bottle. Sichuan peppercorns contain “sanshools,” a compound that acts on various nerve endings to produce a “neurological confusion” and a warm-cool tingling.

So, an ounce and a half of the Si-

chuan-peppercorn-infused Irish, half an ounce of dry Vermouth, a dash of orange bitters in the glass, and two hours in the freezer now produces my Dry McGinty. Garnishing with a few slices of Sushi ginger, especially if you munch them at the end, enhances the pleasant tingling-numbing.

The old Martini rule is in force: “Be-

ware the deadly third McGinty.”

(Notre: Sichuan peppercorns and Sushi Ginger are available in most grocery stores. I order my bitters and peppercorns online from Silk Road Spices in Calgary.)

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

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Police believe cruise ship passenger may have fallen overboard SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Police in the Cayman Islands said Wednesday that they suspect a Canadian cruise ship passenger who recently vanished may have fallen off the boat as search crews scoured waters around the British Caribbean territory.

Police said they believe the unidentified 65-yearold man may have fallen around dawn on Tuesday about 13 miles (21 kilometres) northwest of Grand Cayman. Police said they interviewed staff and witnesses aboard the Royal Caribbean Cruises ship and were still investigating the disappearance.

“The Port Authority broadcasted an appeal to all marine traffic to be on the lookout for the missing passenger,” police said in a statement.

The man’s wife had reported him missing Tues-

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TOP: Red Deer River sturgeon . . . caviar, maybe?

LEFT: Malpeques on the half-shell with trout caviar and lemon.

RIGHT: Frosty Dry McGinty, with the fly hanging on the brink.

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CEOs already have annual worker’s pay TOP CANADIAN CEOS EARN ANNUAL WORKER’S SALARY BY LUNCHTIME ON JAN. 2

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS By the time average Canadians finished lunch on Thursday, Canada’s top paid CEOs had already earned the equivalent of their annual salary.

It may be hard to swallow, but according to an annual review by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, by 1:11 p.m. on Jan. 2, the average top paid Canadian CEO will have earned as much as the average full-time worker’s yearly income.

The review found the average compensation among Canada’s top 100 CEOs was $7.96 million in 2012. This compared with the average annual Canadian worker’s salary of $46,634.

The centre says CEO pay for Cana-

dian public companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange has ballooned by 73 per cent between 1998 and 2012, the latest figures available.

In contrast, the average Canadian full-time worker’s annual salary has only grown by six per cent during this period.

This amounts to the country’s top 100 highest-paid CEOs making 171 times the earnings of an average Canadian wage — a jump from 105 times in 1998.

Meanwhile, minimum wage workers employed for 40 hours a week earned an average of $20,989 a year in 2012.

“Compensation packages paid to chief executive officers have come under intense scrutiny and pressure from shareholders, the media, and the general public. There is no clear rela-

tionship between CEO compensation and any measure of corporate performance,” said the report’s author Hugh Mackenzie in a statement.

“But despite the scrutiny, the pay of CEOs in Canada and elsewhere has proven to be remarkably resilient.”

The review found the top-earning executive in Canada was the head of the Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP), Hunter Harrison, who was paid $49.1 million in salary, stock options and bonuses in 2012.

Harrison, who retired as chief executive at Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX:CN) in 2009, saw his pay packet boosted some $44.5 million to make up for pension and other payments that CN refused to make when he took the top job at the rival railway.

The second-highest paid CEO was

James Smith of Thomson Reuters Corp. (TSX:TRI), who took home $18.8 million, followed by former Talisman Energy Inc.(TSX:TLM) chief executive John Manzoni who pocketed $18.67 million in 2012.

The lowest-paid CEO on the top 100 list was Lino A. Saputo, of Montrealbased dairy producer Saputo Inc. (TSX:SAP), who earned $3.85 million.

The review also pointed out that three women made it onto the list in 2012 — Linda Hasenfratz, CEO of Linamar Corp. (TSX:LNR), Dawn Farrell, CEO of TransAlta Corp. (TSX:TA), and Nancy Southern, CEO of ATCO Ltd. (TSX:ACO.X).

In 2011, only one female executive was in the top 100 ranking.

New gun laws send ammo mag maker to Texas

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Sean Azzariti, a former Marine who served in the Iraq war and has post-traumatic stress disorder, shakes hands and thanks store owner Toni Fox, after Azzariti was the first to buy retail marijuana at 3D Cannabis Center, which opened as a legal recreational retail outlet in Denver, on Wednesday. Colorado began retail marijuana sales on Jan. 1, a day some are calling Green Wednesday.

Green Wednesday arrives COLORADO FACES NEW NORMAL WITH FIRST U.S. LEGAL POT INDUSTRY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — The second day of the nation’s first fully legal marijuana industry was just a bit less frenzied than the first. Rather than hundred-deep lines outside the limited number of licensed retail shops, the queues held several dozen.

Still, there were so many pot shoppers that one retailer asked

customers to come back Friday.

Here’s a look at the new normal in Colorado: 1. HOW MUCH FOR AN EIGHTH? Colorado has no statewide pricing structure, and by midafternoon on the first day, one dispensary was charging $70 for oneeighth of an ounce of high-quality pot. Medical marijuana patients, who worried about being priced out of the market, just a day ear-

lier paid as little as $25 for the same amount.

2. LAW ENFORCERS WATCHING Authorities are watching whether consumers take marijuana to other states where the drug remains illegal. It’s too soon to tell if that’s happened yet but some law enforcement officials say it’s inevitable.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — One of the country’s largest producers of ammunition magazines for guns is leaving Colorado and moving operations to Wyoming and Texas because of new state laws that include restrictions on how many cartridges a magazine can hold.

Erie, Colo.-based Magpul Industries Corp. announced Thursday that it was moving its production, distribution and shipping operations to Cheyenne and its headquarters to Texas, making good on a vow it made to leave Colorado during last year’s gun control debate.

“Moving operations to locations that support our culture of individual liberties and personal responsibility is important,” Magpul CEO Richard Fitzpatrick said in a statement. “Moving to a true multistate operation will also allow Magpul to utilize the strengths of both Texas and Wyoming as we continue to expand.”

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead said in a statement that Wyoming offers Magpul “a firm commitment to uphold the Second Amendment.”

The Democrat-led Colorado Legislature and Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper enacted a new law last year prohibiting the sale of gun magazines that hold more than 15 rounds. It was part of a package of legislation in response to mass shootings at a suburban Denver movie theatre and a Connecticut elementary school.

The laws drew praise from gun control activists but sparked furor from gun rights advocates. The laws prompted the successful recall of two Democratic state senators and the resignation of a third.

Randy Bruns, CEO of Cheyenne’s economic development organization, said it is working with Magpul on a financial package that could include up to $13 million in state grants and loans to help the company move to Cheyenne.

“It’s very significant for Cheyenne and for Wyoming,” Bruns said. “They bring a manufacturing capability that’s not otherwise present here in Wyoming.”

He hopes Magpul’s move will cause other manufacturers to consider relocating or opening facilities in Wyoming. Magpul spokesman Duane Liptak said the company plans to move the majority of its workers from Colorado over the next 12 to 16 months. The move involves about 200 jobs, Liptak said.

The company is leasing a 58,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Cheyenne and will build a permanent 100,000-square-foot facility.

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U.S. growth figures point to faster expansion in 2014 SOLID GROWTH IN MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RECORDED

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Expectations are rising for a stronger U.S. economy in 2014 after reports Thursday showed solid growth in manufacturing and construction spending at the end of last year.

Factory activity in December stayed near a 2 ½ -year high. Americans are buying more cars and homes, increasing demand for steel, furniture and other manufactured goods. Manufacturers have boosted hiring to meet that demand and may add jobs at a healthier pace this year.

And builders stepped up spending on home construction in November, despite recent increases in borrowing rates. That suggests many remain confident in the housing recovery.

The economy has had bursts of healthy growth since the recession ended in June 2009, only to be followed by disappointing slowdowns. But many analysts think growth is now more sustainable.

“There was strength in some important sectors of the economy at the end of last year,” Paul Dales, an economist at Capital Economics, said. “2014 could be the year where the recovery really starts to gain some ground.”

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Stock trader Gregory Rowe works at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, in New York. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street as the market comes off of its biggest annual gain in nearly two decades. ment, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Thursday that its index of manufacturing activity slipped to 57 in December from 57.3 the previous month. But that’s still the second-highest reading since April 2011. And any reading above 50 signals growth.

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A measure of new orders rose to the highest level since April 2010. And a gauge of hiring increased to its highest level since June 2011. Indexes of production and manufacturers’ stockpiles fell.

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rose 1 per cent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $934.4 billion, the Commerce Department said. That’s the highest in more than four years.

Spending on home and apartment construction rose 1.9 per cent to the highest level since June 2008. And commercial project spending increased 2.7 per cent, led by office, communication and transportation projects.

The reports add to other hopeful signs that 2014 could mark a turning point for an economy that has suffered through fits and starts since the recession ended.

Dales said the economy faces fewer barriers this year. Steep spending cuts or tax increases, which held back growth in 2013, are unlikely. Europe’s economy is picking up slightly after a long recession. And U.S. consumers have more money to spend, thanks to greater hiring and last year’s stock market surge.

Dales forecasts the economy will expand 2.5 per cent this year, up from just below 2 per cent in 2013. Other economists expect growth will top 3 per cent in 2014. It hasn’t been above that level for a full year since 2005.

The ISM survey followed other reports showing a healthier U.S. manufacturing sector.

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MARKETS MARKETS CLOSE The Toronto stock market has started the 2014 trading year in the red in the wake of manufacturing data that indicated the sector is still growing but at a slower pace.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 27.36 points at 13,594.19 on Thursday. The Canadian dollar lost early momentum as the U.S. dollar gained against other currencies and was down 0.33 of a cent at 93.69 cents US. U.S. losses were steeper as investors stepped back following strong double digit gains in 2013 despite further evidence that U.S. layoffs are low and hiring will likely remain steady.

The Labor Department said that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dipped 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 339,000.

Applications are a proxy for layoffs and appear to have stabilized near pre-recession levels at a level consistent with solid hiring.

The Dow Jones industrials dropped 135.31 points to 16,441.35, the Nasdaq declined 33.52 points to 4,143.07 and the S&P 500 index was down 16.38 points at 1,831.98.

The Institute for Supply Management’s latest reading on the American manufacturing sector showed slowing expansion, with its index coming in at 57 for December, down slightly from 57.3 in November. That reading met expectations.

Royal Bank’s (TSX:RY) Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index also showed the manufacturing sector growing, but at a slower pace as well. It came in at 53.5 for December, down from 55.3 in November.

And two manufacturing surveys released Thursday showed Chinese activity slowed in December. The China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing said its purchasing managers index declined to 51 from November’s 51.4 on a 100-point scale. Numbers above 50 show an expansion.

A separate survey by HSBC Corp. declined slightly to 50.5 from 50.8 in November.

Meanwhile, the eurozone manufacturing purchasing managers index in December was confirmed at 52.7 as expected.

The Fed announced last month it would start trimming its US$85 billion of monthly bond purchases by $10 billion a month starting in January with further tapering dependent on economic data.

Commodity prices were mixed in

the wake of the manufacturing data with the February crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange down $2.98 to US$95.44 a barrel.

A strengthening greenback also depressed prices. That’s because a stronger dollar makes commodities such as oil that are priced in dollars more expensive to buyers using other currencies.

The TSX energy sector declined 0.73 per cent as Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) lost 59 cents to C$35.35.

Financials also contributed to the day’s losses after investors took some profits from a sector that jumped over 20 per cent last year. The sector lost 0.6 per cent as Sun Life Financial (TSX:SLF) gave back 51 cents to $37.01.

Industrials were also a weight, with business services firm Stantec (TSX:STN) down $1.49 at $64.37.

The base metals sector drifted 0.24 per cent lower as March copper dipped a cent to US$3.38 a pound.

Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX:TRQ) shed 10 cents to C$3.41.

TSX losses were held in check by a sharp uptick in the gold sector as bullion prices rebounded. The gold sector was up about 4.45 per cent as February bullion climbed $22.90 to US$1,225.20 an ounce after the precious metal tumbled 28 per cent last year. Goldcorp (TSX:G) gained $1.09 to C$24.13 as investors wondered if the gold sector might have been oversold in 2013.

North American markets started a fresh trading year on the back of a solid lift for 2013 with the TSX ahead 9.55 per cent. Gains would have been stronger had it not been for a slide of almost 50 per cent in the gold sector and a 21 per cent tumble in base metals.

U.S. markets racked up stronger advances, benefiting from another year of stimulus measures from the Federal Reserve with the Dow jumping 26.5 per cent.

On the corporate front, the price of Fiat shares on the Milan exchange soared 12 per cent after the Italian automaker announced it had clinched a deal to acquire the rest of Chrysler.

Fiat SpA said Wednesday night that it had reached an agreement with the United Auto Workers whose union-controlled trust fund holds 41.5 per cent of Chrysler’s shares.

Fiat already possesses the remaining shares. Fiat says it will pay $1.75 billion in cash. An additional $1.9 billion will be paid as extraordinary dividends.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Thursday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,594.19 down 27.36 points TSX Venture Exchange — 939.21 up 7.24 points TSX 60 — 782.05 down 1.70 points Dow — 16,441.35 down 135.31 points S&P 500 — 1,831.98 down 16.38 points Nasdaq — 4,143.07 down 33.52 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 93.69 cents US, down 0.33 of a cent Pound — C$1.7555, down 0.64 of a cent Euro — C$1.4587, down 0.57 of a cent Euro — US$1.3667, down 1.01 cents Oil futures: US$95.44 per barrel, down $2.98 (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,225.20 per oz., up $22.90 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: Closed through Jan. 3.

TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Thursday at 939.21, up 7.24 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 103.29 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG closing prices: Canola: Jan. ’14 $7.80 lower $432.10; March ’14 $8.50 lower $441.40; May ’14 $8.70 lower $450.20; July ’14 $9.10 lower $458.50; Nov. ’14 $9.20 lower $471.60; Jan ’15 $8.90 lower $477.10; March ’15 $8.90 lower $421.10; May ’15 $8.90 lower $486.20; July ’15 $8.90 lower $485.90; Nov ’15 $8.90 lower $482.10; Jan. ’16 $8.90 lower $482.10.

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.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 335,380 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 335,380.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS BlackBerry is parting ways with Alicia Keys after a year-long collaboration between the singer and the smartphone maker.

The Waterloo, Ont.,based company says Keys will be leaving her role as its global creative director on Jan. 30.

Her involvement with the company drew criticism from some outsiders who said that despite the decidedly corporate title, Keys was little more than a celebrity brought in to help promote its BlackBerry 10 smartphones.

BlackBerry (TSX:BB) has insisted that Keys had a more direct involvement in its operations, highlighting her work on a four-year scholarship program that encouraged young women to enter specific science and technology fields.

“We have enjoyed the opportunity to work with such an incredibly talented and passionate individual,” the company said in an emailed statement.

The company brought Keys onto the team last January at the splashy New York launch of its BlackBerry 10 smartphone line, which was supposed to mark a new beginning for the wellknown brand.

She appeared at numerous corporate events throughout the year and in some of the company’s promotional material.

Keys also took the BlackBerry device launch to the social media world by posting Twitter updates about the products and incorporating the smartphone into a live performance during her most recent concert tour.

DALLAS — American Airlines says more than 60,000 employees voted and a majority want to paint red, white and blue horizontal stripes on the tails of all AA planes.

The company plans to repaint more than 1,100 American, US Airways and US Airways Express planes.

New jets ordered by American already bear the election-winning look.

It’s unlikely that any passengers pick an airline based on the paint job, but airline employees and aviation geeks can spend hours debating the subject.

American introduced a new logo and began a fleet-wide repainting of its planes a year ago.

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on many new jets made it impractical to keep the polished-metal look that American had sported since the 1960s.

The new livery, as a plane’s appearance is called, drew mixed reviews, with some of the snarkiest comments aimed at the new tail.

Doug Parker, who became CEO of American Airlines Group Inc. last month after American merged with US Airways, said that it would be too costly to start painting over the bodies of freshly painted planes, but he let employees pick the look of the tail.

They were given two choices. American said 52 per cent picked the new design, which looks like a nod to the United States flag.

The other option was a return to the old logo — the letters “AA”

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MAGPUL: Second firm to move due to new laws Magpul said its corporate headquarters will likely be in north-central Texas but an exact location hasn’t been determined. Company officials are working with Texas Gov. Rick Perry and state economic development officials on the move. Founded in 1999, Magpul products also include grips, slings, stocks and sights for guns, according to its website.

It is the second Colorado company involved in making gun accessories to relocate operations to Wyoming since Colorado’s new gun laws were enacted.

HiViz Shooting Systems, a company based in Fort Collins, Colo., that makes gun sights and other accessories, announced earlier that it was moving its core operations to Laramie, about 50 miles west of Cheyenne.

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Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/EE-2013 Proposed Rezoning for 7429 49 Avenue to Allow a Security Suite City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw by proposing to rezone the property at 7429 49 Avenue to allow a security suite. Included in the amendment is a new subsection 8.22 specific to Lot UNT 29, Block CDE, Plan 762 1172 for 7429 49 Avenue. The amendment states the security suite shall be located within the principal building on site, shall not be occupied by more than one person dwelling in the suite, shall be occupied by the owner or his employee, and include one additional parking stall.

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

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However, there were some fumbles along the way.

Shortly after the partnership began, a message was posted on Keys’ Twitter account from an iPhone, bringing her BlackBerry loyalty into question on social media.

below an eagle silhouette.

Voting over the tail is one of several symbolic moves Parker has made to reach out to employees, who often clashed with American’s previous management.

Among other things, he removed the parking spots that had been reserved for executives at the airline’s Fort Worth headquarters.

“We of course can’t vote on every decision at the airline, but we do want input from all of you on issues that are important to your work lives,” Parker said in a message to employees on Thursday.

Much harder work looms ahead for Parker, including combining the computer systems and workforces of American and US Airways.

Hemp is marijuana’s non-intoxicating cousin. It can be used in foods, cosmetics and textiles. It remains illegal to grow under federal law.

5. WHERE NEXT? Washington state voters also legalized recreational marijuana in 2012 and that state’s market is due to open in a few months. Activists in Oregon and Alaska say they have enough signatures to put legalization measures on the ballot this year. Ballot measures may well crop up in other states from California to Massachusetts over the next few election cycles.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, January 20, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor at City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, January 10, 2014.You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/CC-2013 Rezoning of Phase 4 of Laredo City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw by rezoning the northeast part of NE 2-38-274 within the Lancaster/Vanier East Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan from AG-Agricultural District to R1- Residential (Low Density), R1N-Residential (Narrow Lot) and R3-Residential (Multiple Family) Districts. The rezoning covers 10.69 ha in the neighbourhood marketed as Laredo. g

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Neighboring Kansas, for example, plans to continue its use of bogus road signs such as “Drug Check Ahead” and “Drug Dogs in Use” along highways to make motorists think twice about bring drugs on the state’s highways.

3. HOW MUCH MONEY FOR STATE? Retail marijuana is being heavily taxed, with a 10 per cent tax per sale and a 15 per cent excise tax based on the average market rate of the drug. The state won’t have the first round of receipts until late February but it seems clear demand is strong. A trade group Thursday said three of its retail members reported between 600 and 800 customers during the first day. Colorado has projected $67 million in annual marijuana tax revenue.

4. NOT JUST POT The same 2012 ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado also permitted industrial hemp farming. The Colorado Department of Agriculture on Thursday released procedures for producers to register with the state and pay fees.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, January 20, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor at City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, January 10, 2014.You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

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1985 — Justice Samuel Grange releases a 224-page report on baby deaths at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. It says that eight of 36 babies who died between June 1980 and March 1981 were given deliberate

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1941 — Canada and the U.S. acquire air bases at Gander and Goose Bay on a 99-year lease.

1912 — New Westminster Royals beat Victoria Aristocrats 8-3 in first Canadian hockey game played on artificial ice. It was organized by Frank Patrick.

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Jim Cuddy called Blue Rodeo’s 29-year history “absolutely incredible” — especially since he and his pal Greg Keelor still love what they do and appreciate each other’s musical contributions.

Musical partnership still fruitful

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

After nearly 30 years of togetherness, Blue Rodeo remains a happy musical partnership between Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor — and that’s saying something.

Most bands break up long before their three-decade anniversary. Others might stick it out but leave audiences wondering: Why? Cuddy, who performs with the rest of Blue Rodeo on Thursday, Jan. 9, at Red Deer’s Centrium, wondered this himself after seeing a less-than-stellar Eagles concert last month.

Blue Rodeo, along with The Tragically Hip and Johnny Reid, shared a bill with the California band at the Exploits Valley Salmon Festival in Newfoundland.

After the Canadian bands played their hearts out, Cuddy noticed the headlining members of the Eagles looked completely miserable to be on stage together and performed like they just weren’t into it anymore.

On top of their lacklustre output, he recalled the

BLUE RODEO IN CONCERT What: County-rock band Blue Rodeo, with the Devin Cuddy Band When: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 9 Where: Red Deer Centrium Tickets: $38.50, $53.50 or $71.50 from Ticketmaster

band members cut the concert short so they could catch a flight out of the province.

“If it’s so bad, why didn’t they just stay in their mansions in L.A.?” said Cuddy. “Why make music with people you can’t stand? ... They must have a gazillion dollars. I don’t understand why they do it.”

When it comes to longevity among Canadian bands, few can beat the 45-year-old Rush “’cause they’ve been playing together since they were 12,” Cuddy joked. But Blue Rodeo is nearly neck-in-neck with another long-lived, seminal Canadian band, The Tragically Hip, which has only been around for one

year longer.

Cuddy called his group’s 29-year history “absolutely incredible” — especially since he and his pal, Keelor, still love what they do and appreciate each other’s musical contributions.

“We get a lot of pleasure out of playing music,” he admitted. “And since we’re not trained to do anything else, and the audience is still buying tickets, we find reasons to get along and appreciate each other.

“You have to have a desire to stay together,” added Cuddy, who noted that he and Keelor have been “invested in each other’s lives” since meeting in high school.

There was never an inkling, in those early days, that their roots-rock band would achieve such huge success in this country, as made evident by the group’s seven Juno Awards. “We never asked to be picked for these accolades but it’s been very humbling for us,” said Cuddy.

Blue Rodeo’s 13th album, In Our Nature, has been long awaited, coming four years after 2009’s The Things We Left Behind.

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Message lost in slick, ad-campaign-style film THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY LOOKS GREAT BUT LACKS HEART

BY LINDA BARNARD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Two stars (out of four) Rated: PG Like any cubical jockey who has stared into space and daydreamed a perfect plot of heroism and greatness — starring them — Ben Stiller has put himself both at the helm and in nearly every scene of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

If you love the Zoolander star and don’t mind that this movie generates the occasional weak smile rather than huge laughs, then this self-indulgent, CGIheavy Stiller world tour will make you happy indeed.

Mitty was the central character of the 1947 fantasy starring Danny Kaye, based on the very brief James Thurber-penned short story in The New Yorker; the name has become synonymous with dreamers of this world.

Now Stiller takes on the tale, directing from a script by Steve Conrad (The Pursuit of Happyness, The Weather Man). He updates it in sort-of fashion with reclusive Mitty, now a bachelor, toiling in the decidedly archaic photo negative department of Life magazine. How Mitty has lasted this long on the job in the age of digital photography is a mystery.

(In real life, the photo-news magazine struggled to stay on newsstands in various forms, finally folding in 2007.)

Mitty often “disappears,” to be discovered staring into space while conjuring up acts of invented heroism, often inspired by the giant (fabricated) Life covers that line the office walls.

Risking his skin in his daydreams is a good antidote for the real danger lurking in the magazine’s halls. Corporate hatchetmen (led by a snide Adam Scott) have landed and are showing much of the staff the door as Life is repurposed as a web-only publication.

Mitty’s daydreams are also sparked by his secret crush on co-worker, Cheryl (a pleasingly low-key Kristen Wiig). Too shy to attempt a workplace meet-

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If you love Ben Stiller and don’t mind that this movie generates the occasional weak smile rather than huge laughs, then this self-indulgent, CGI-heavy Stiller world tour will make you happy indeed.

At the ing, he’s opted for eHarmony to get her attention but he spends more time chatting with the dating site’s online troubleshooter Todd (an ill-used Patton Oswalt) than Cheryl.

When the real world disappoints, dreaming takes over. In a flash, the coffee room at work falls away as Mitty swaps his nerdy, putty-coloured windbreaker for vibrant mountain climbing gear and a handsomely ice-covered beard to woo Cheryl by fantastic means. But the exercise is without heart or genuine emotion, a missing element that constantly niggles as the film progresses.

With the final issue of Life about to go into produc-

tion, Mitty has been tasked with printing the cover photo from a negative sent by reclusive and rebellious superstar photographer and perpetual globetrotter, Sean O’Connell (Sean Penn).

But the precious negative has gone missing and finding it is the only thing standing between Mitty and a layoff notice.

Soon Mitty’s daydreams of feats like asphalt surfing down Manhattan streets morph into real feats of crazed heroics involving helicopters, sharks, Afghanistan mountain treks, volcanoes and skateboard racing along an Icelandic highway as he tries to track down O’Connell and that precious final frame.

The calculated layering of adventures and heroics, all involving long frame-filling close-ups of Mitty looking pensive or wide-eyed, show a variety of computer-generated splendours that don’t seem to be in service of anything. A The Curious Case of Benjamin Button gag is the most obvious example, dropped in for no other reason than to show it can be done.

Stiller’s relentless focus on his own character leaves others poorly realized and the heart of the story pales amid the spectacle. Deeper messages than chasing your dreams are lost to the slick, ad campaign-style bigness of the pursuit.

Linda Barnard is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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Lawyer fined for spilling Rowling’s secret identity LONDON — A lawyer who let slip J.K. Rowling’s secret thriller-writer identity has

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BLUE RODEO: Older, more reflective songwriters

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Meet the Best of The West Travelling exhibit of the Studio Art Quilt Associates is on display at the Kiwanis Gallery at the Red Deer Public Library. This piece by Wendy Greber of Red Deer entitled Alberta Trees #2 is one of many small works created by a variety of artists from across Western Canada.

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● The Centrium announces that Blue Rodeo with guests Devin Cuddy Band will make a stop in Red Deer on Jan. 9. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. Ticket sales start today. Coming up, The Band Perry will take the Centrium stage on Jan. 15 as part of their We Are Pioneers World Tour. Special guests will be Easton Corbin and Lindsay Ell. Tickets available at livenation.com. Hedley returns to Red Deer on April 6. ● The Memorial Centre welcomes back Jesse Cook on Feb. 28 on his Blue Guitar Tour. John McDermott will be at the Memorial Centre on April 4 as part of his Twentieth Anniversary Tour.

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Lawson moving on with life THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Nigella Lawson says having her private life raked over in a London courtroom was “mortifying” but she is putting the case behind her.

The celebrity cook testified last month at the fraud trial of two former aides, who were ultimately acquitted of funding a luxury lifestyle

with credit cards loaned to them by Lawson and her ex-husband Charles Saatchi.

The trial was overshadowed by allegations about Lawson’s and Saatchi’s domestic life, including claims that Lawson regularly used cocaine.

She denied regular drug use.

But she admitted taking cocaine a handful of times.

Lawson also was asked during the trial about a June incident in which Saatchi was photographed grabbing her neck outside a London restaurant.

The couple divorced soon afterward.

Lawson, 53, told Good Morning America on Thursday that “to have not only your private life but distortions of your private life put on display is mortifying.”

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Many of the countryrock songs on the new release have an autumnal feel. Cuddy said this is likely because he and Keelor are now older and more reflective songwriters. But the woodsy locale also contributed towards a laidback recording process.

He recalled it was fall, with leaves around the cabin turning gorgeous colours, and each fulfilling day wrapping up with a communal supper eaten outdoors.

A musician friend who cooks was hired to make all the evening meals. “There was even a recipe book that came out of it called Singing For Your Supper,” said Cuddy.

It’s no wonder the songs Made Your Mind Up, about the dissolution of a relationship, The Truth Comes Out, and Tara’s Blues have a quiet, contemplative vibe.

“Greg’s place was so comfortable that, as aggressive as we might have wanted to be on the recording, somehow we ended up rounding off the edges. It’s a comfortable record — not edgy,” said Cuddy, who intends to please the Red Deer crowd by performing two sets at the concert — one of new songs and another of the band’s familiar hits. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Part of this interval was spent trying to figure out what to do about Keelor’s ears, which grew sensitive to loud sounds. For a while, Keelor was taking needed breaks by leaving the stage for parts of live concerts. But that didn’t feel right, said Cuddy.

“We weren’t Blue Rodeo without him.”

The problem was gradually solved over the past couple of years as Keelor’s rested ears became more resilient, and the band got all the sound off stage and channeled out towards the audience.

While there are still some amps, they only act as sources, said Cuddy. who wears in-ear monitors to hear the music that’s being created.

The stage, itself, is quite silent.

“Greg is the heart and soul of Blue Rodeo,” proclaimed Cuddy, although he quickly added the group gels because of the participation of all members — including bassist Bazil Donovan, drummer Glenn Milchem, keyboardist Mike Boguski, pedal steel guitarist and mandolin player Bob Egan and guitarist Colin Cripps.

The whole crew headed to Keelor’s cabin in southern Ontario to record In Our Nature, following the formula piloted for the group’s most commercially successful 1993 recording,

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Chris Gossage told a friend of his wife that the Harry Potter creator was author of The Cuckoo’s Calling,” published last year under the name Robert Galbraith.

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Two books say we can save the world

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES The cover of Wired magazine’s December issue inspires me. But it also stresses me out.

“Guest Editor Bill Gates Wants You to Fix the World,” it proclaims. Then, three ambitions: “Big Ideas. Smart Innovation. Bright Future.” Next, three commands: “End Poverty. Save Lives.

Cure Disease.”

I read magazines and books to learn how other people are making the world a better place. Now it’s up to me?

I appreciate the vote of confidence, but that’s a lot of pressure. Especially because it’s no longer just about volunteering on weekends or giving to charity. You can’t end poverty and cure disease in your spare time. No, unless you’re constantly innovating, disrupting, problem-solving, life-hacking, starting up and spinning off, you’re missing out on “The Solution Revolution.”

That’s the title — and the ethos — of a new book by management consultants William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan, who take Wired’s ambitions and commands even higher. They describe an alternate economy, one devoted less to making good money than to doing good with money, one in which “businesses, social entrepreneurs, nonprofits and multinational companies compete, coordinate and collaborate to solve megaproblems,” whether poverty or poor housing, human trafficking or traffic congestion.

“For an individual citizen . . . these kinds of problems might seem daunting — even impenetrable,” Eggers and Macmillan acknowledge. But, they assure, “we show myriad ways regular people can participate in the solution revolution.”

So add another resolution to your 2014 list: Hit the gym, work on that novel . . . and save the world.

We know the knee-jerk Washington explanation for our big, persistent problems is polarization. If only we could put aside partisan animosities, we’d figure out how to have it all: lower debts, balanced budgets, reduced poverty, stronger economies, cleaner environments. Eggers and Macmillan reject that premise. Government isn’t just too divided to solve our problems.

It is too limited in scope, too caught in old silos, too burdened by our evergrowing expectations. “The defining feature of Western-style government — its success in catering to a wide variety of citizen needs — has become its greatest liability,” they write. “Governments are going broke while contorting themselves into ever stranger positions to satisfy often contradictory constituent demands.”

Enter the problem-solvers! These aren’t traditional do-gooders; they’re more MBAs than MSWs. “Business should no longer solely cede the solving of social problems to governments and nonprofits,” Eggers and Macmillan write. And they devote much of the book to profiling social enterprises that, through innovative, high-tech means, are fixing stuff that needs fixing.

There’s Recyclebank, which encourages people to turn in their trash for points toward vacations, discounts and other prizes from hundreds of compa-

nies. The trick: a sensor on recycling bins than can be scanned so that individual accounts receive credit according to the bin’s weight. Or there’s a fascinating competition, started by Dartmouth business school professors, to develop a $300 ready-to-build home.

Or, as urban-dwellers already know, there are car-sharing services such as Zipcar and Car2Go. Eggers and Macmillan offer many more compelling stories of social enterprises transforming the world, invariably with names that fuse two everyday words into an uber-innovative compound (ResearchGate, Crowdrise, WeFunder) or that place periods in clever spots (Emphas. is, d.light).

If this book were nothing more than mini-profiles of business breakthroughs aimed at social change, it would still be worthwhile — just maybe not a work that, you know, disrupts the thinkscape. So Eggers and Macmillan go revolutionary, laying out the contours of a complicated yet maddeningly vague “solution economy.”

Forget land, labor and capital goods. The key factors of production in the solution economy are the “wavemakers” — the “for-profit, nonprofit and governmental organizations or individuals that revolutionize how the world approaches thorny social problems.” Wavemakers work through “solution markets,” via “public-value exchanges” (such as innovation prizes or crowdfunding exercises), enabled by “disruptive technologies” (anything Internet-related), with success measured in “impact currencies” (data, reputation, social outcomes, citizen capital). All of these elements combine to create “solution ecosystems.”

And so we get passages like this one: “Much like the unique, converging causes of a problem, the resulting problem-solving ecosystem emerges and expands through its own distinct process. Certain versatile elements are adapted, technologies are leveraged, and currencies gain new context. Existing exchanges and business models may find fresh relevance in the budding ecosystem, and participants, often playing nontraditional roles, contribute to the flow of both resources and ideas, allowing new self-sustaining solution markets to thrive.”

It’s easy to poke fun at the breathlessness of “The Solution Revolution,” but it’s also necessary, because the authors’ utopianism clouds the risks of the solution economy. They mention any downsides only in passing. For example, in a lengthy ode to cloudcomputing: “One caution: the lines can blur when it comes to who is responsible for protecting data housed in the cloud.” Or when praising a Pentagon marketplace for military mobile applications: “Of course, there are also dangers. The ease of bringing militarystrength apps to soldiers may also mean nonmilitary individuals may get their hands on similar apps, presenting safety and security risks to citizens. . . . The low barrier to development also puts it within reach for militant and terrorist groups.”

Yes, there’s also that.

The innovations Eggers and Macmillan outline, and the possibilities they imagine, are fascinating and tantalizing. But “revolution” is an overstatement. Revolutions upend power

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Two books, The Solution Revolution and 22 Ideas to Fix the World, say regular people can save the world. One is optimistic, the other is bleak. tion than Eggers and Macmillan are; he worries that new technologies have “reduced the need for labor while creating a skill premium in the workforce.”

And economist Joseph Stiglitz could be speaking for the group when he blames economic turmoil and income inequality on oversimplified macroeconomic models, faulty government policy and a “democratic deficit” in “global governance.” Stiglitz writes, “We have rules where we don’t need to have them and don’t have rules where we need them.”

With challenges this big, what can an individual do?

Eggers and Macmillan’s final chapter (“Creating Your Own Solution Revolution”) attempts an answer but falls a little short. “Forget for a moment about how you currently do things,” they advise.

“Begin by asking, ‘What is my goal?’

And this time, ignore the caveats and parameters that usually filter the question. Think bigger.”

They tell us to focus on outcome, not process. To risk failure. To create an environment that encourages exploration.

All good advice, but I was hoping for something more specific. Maybe Gates has something I can use. He’s the one bugging me to fix the world, after all.

“People often ask me, ‘What can I do? How can I help?’ “ Gates writes in a 2,200-word Wired essay reflecting on his experience and philosophy of philanthropy.

His answer for how to help the poor: “Rich-world governments need to maintain or even increase foreign aid, which has saved millions of lives and helped many more people lift themselves out of poverty. It helps when policymakers hear from voters, especially in tough economic times, when they’re looking for ways to cut budgets.

I hope people let their representatives know that aid works and that they care about saving lives. Bono’s group ONE. org is a great channel for getting your voice heard.”

structures, while the solution economy depends on them. Although these enterprises are multiplying in the United States, Britain, Australia, India and parts of Africa, for instance, the authors note that they’re barely evident in much of the rest of the world. Why? “The solution economy grows to fill the space it’s given,” they write, “and certain regions offer habitats more hospitable for a robust solution economy than others.”

And who creates that space? Surprise — it’s those creaky, siloed-up governments that Eggers and Macmillan dismiss so quickly at the outset. “Government’s willingness to forge partnerships . . . to make data more open, to contract for outcomes, to reduce regulatory minefields, and to convene diverse groups of contributors will hold tremendous sway over the scale of the solution economy within its borders,” they acknowledge.

The role of government in solving or causing problems is a recurring focus of “22 Ideas to Fix the World,” an anthology of conversations with notable academics and activists, edited by political scientists Piotr Dutkiewicz and Richard Sakwa. It is an unusual volume: The 22 interview subjects are all men, they largely lean left and they’re pretty pessimistic, despite the optimistic title. But the book still provides sobering counterpoints to Eggers and Macmillan.

Sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein could be ridiculing the wavemakers when he imagines a conclave of business leaders plotting PR strategy: “No, we have to sound progressive. Everything must change so that nothing will change. We’ll be green capitalists, we’ll be this, we’ll be that.” But microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus seems on board with the revolution: “How can we create a business on the basis of selflessness? What would that look like? How might I create a business to solve certain problems, rather than simply to create financial benefit for myself?” Economist Kemal Dervis is more critical of technical innova-

Short book about being brave a good way to start the year The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

By Sun-Mi Hwang $16 Penguin Publishing Before you make your New Year’s resolutions, you may want to read this short (127 pages) book.

It’s about being brave enough to change course and tough enough to live with the fall out. It’s about a hen.

The hen is named Sprout — and what a hen!

She’s bored silly with peeking between the slats of her cage and imagines a better life.

When she lays an egg, it rolls down a chute and is gathered by the farmer’s wife.

This innocent, been nowhere gal longs to sit on one of those eggs long enough for it to hatch. How she would love to live in the barnyard.

She becomes depressed and her egg production drops drastically, and she is unaware that such behaviour may result in a oneway trip to culling and the “hole of death.”

The barnyard is an interesting place.

There is a large family of ducks that eat from a trough, there is an old dog that protects all the fowl from danger. Of course, there is the handsome rooster and the yard hen, of which Sprout is most envious.

Because Sprout did not know that none of her eggs PEGGY would never hatch and proFREEMAN vide her with a chick to love, she dared to dream. In reality, she is a laying hen and after her brush with death, she’s pretty bedraggled.

Straggler is a mallard duck that has landed in the barnyard but is really an outcast. He doesn’t “match” the domestic ducks and is merely tolerated in the barn. Straggler tries to befriend Sprout but his own place is precarious.

You may say: why read a book about a scrawny hen and her mallard friend who don’t fit in anywhere? Who cares if the weasel catches her?

Sprout is a connection to the natural world and perhaps no animal should be living such an unnatural life. Could it be that her great determination to change will improve her lot?

When she finds an egg in the briar patch, she claims it as her own. All her maternal instincts are aroused. She is a wonderfully loving mother, fearless

in defence of her unborn chick.

We know that the egg is not hers and there can be only sadness and separation ahead, but Sprout does not know that.

She is sure of her ability after all, she wished to be out of the coop and she is. She did not die in the hole of death, and so far at least the weasel has not caught her.

She keeps that egg warm and one day she has her chick, a big boy.

Can she feed him and teach him the things he has to know?

The weasel is all the bad stuff the world has to offer.

If you enjoyed Jonathan Living Seagull or Charlotte’s Web, you will get the messages in this piece.

Sun-Mi-Hwang is from South Korea.

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ACHESON Alan Lawrence Sept. 17, 1935 - Dec. 27, 2013 Alan was born in Vancouver, B.C. to parents Frederic and Mina (Speirs) Acheson. As a boy, Al enjoyed sports and spending time with family and friends - especially summers at a cottage in White Rock. As a young man he worked at the Vancouver Stock Exchange and enjoyed skiing in his spare time.

Later in life he enjoyed golf, bridge, curling and all types of social activities. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy to see the world and his first ship was HMCS Sioux. Sailing mainly in the Far East, the ship conducted patrols and Al visited many ports including Hawaii, Guam, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Korea, Formosa (Taiwan), Okinawa Island, Borneo, Manila, and the Marquesas Islands. In 1958 he married Lois Jeanne Bradshaw of Nelson, B.C. and they had two daughters.

Al’s Navy career progressed on land as the family was posted to Abbotsford, Halifax, Victoria, Ottawa, Bermuda, Ladner, Masset, Lahr (Germany), and Penhold. They enjoyed their experiences meeting new people and discovering new places. Lois often boasted of how quickly she could pack up a house and move the family. Al retired in 1978 after 25 years of service, and they chose Red Deer, Alberta as their home. He recently moved back to the West Coast, a place he truly loved.

He settled in Duncan, on Vancouver Island near his daughter Lori. Predeceased by his mother, father and wife, Al is survived by daughters Lori (Gord) Hamilton of C o b b l e H i l l , B . C . , Tr a c y (Jack) McClelland of Red Deer, granddaughter Brianne (Richard) Hall of Calgary, grandson Cody McClelland of Red Deer, sister Sandra Hamm of Coquitlam, B.C., and is fondly remembered by extended family and many friends from around the globe. Alan’s life will be remembered through a Burial of Ashes at Sea by the Royal Canadian Navy at a future date. If you wish, condolences may be extended to the family in care of Sands Funeral Chapel, 187 Duncan Road, Duncan, B.C. V9L 2P1 SANDS OF DUNCAN 250-746-5212

POYNTER Murray F. Poynter of Red Deer passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at the age of 86, with his family by his side. He will be greatly missed by his loving wife, Shirley, two sons: David (Jackie), Norm (Sarah); four grandchildren: Christopher, Benjamin, Sarah and Nicholas; extended family: Marg (Neale) Bellany, Bob (Kathy) Christensen, Kathy (Bill) Brannen, Lynn Petersen; and numerous friends. A special thank you to Doctors Holmes and Robertson, the incredible teams on Unit 21, 22, and Emergency at Red Deer Hospital, and the caregivers at Bethany Care. A celebration of Murray’s life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Murray’s honor to: Red Deer Regional Health Foundation (Unit 22), 394250 A Ave. Red Deer T4N 4E7, Alzheimer Society of Canada 20 Eglinton Ave, West 16th Floor Toronto, Ont. M4R 1K8, Heart and Stroke Foundation 100, 119-14 St.NW Calgary T2N 1Z6

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ARB 1928 - 2014 Mrs. Kathleen Louise Arb (nee Johnson), of Red Deer County, went home to be with her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ on January 1, 2014 at the age of 85 years.

Kathleen is survived by her children; Carol (Lorne) Maki, David (Brenda) Arb and Brenda (Paul) Hankins; grandchildren Troy (Shelley Nicholson) Maki, Kristy (Alex) Sirdar, Chad (Charlene) Arb, Pamela (Parker) Bettenson, Kimberley (Jordan) Cryer and Anna, Samuel, Benjamin, Matthew, Elizabeth, Joseph, Luke and Mary Grace Hankins; great grandchildren Haley, Cassidy, Breanna, Emily, Kessler, Ryan, Evelyn, David Daxson, Claire and Dekker.

Also to cherish Kathleen’s memory are her brothers Bill (Laurie) Johnson, Jim (Maxine) Johnson; sister Phyllis McCullough; sister-in-law Daphne Johnson as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Kathleen (Kay) was predeceased by her beloved husband, Alvin, in 1983 and brothers Norman and Malcolm. A sincere THANK YOU to Dr. Mah and the many health care professionals who have helped Kathleen through her numerous health issues in the last number of years. A Funeral Service will be held at the Deer Park Alliance Church, 2960-39 St., Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 11:00 am.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to the Central Alberta Cancer Centre, 3942 - 50 A Avenue, P.O. Bag 5030, Red Deer, AB T4N 4E7 or the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4R 3S6.

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BERG 1973 - 2013 We are deeply saddened to announce the sudden passing of Roxan Berg at her residence in Blackfalds on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the age of 40 years. Roxan was presently employed in the Long Term Care Centre of the Lacombe Hospital and was formerly employed with the Michener Centre in Red Deer. Roxan is survived by her mother Remedios Rivera; daughter Rylee Berg; sisters Armi Jane Rivera (Shawn Eddy), Tisha (Kevin) Crush; brother Thomas Eric (Valerie) Rivera and nephew Grayson Crush as well as numerous other relatives. Roxan was predeceased by her father Tomas Rivera. Those wishing to pay their respects may do so at the Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive) on January 2, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm and January 3, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. A funeral mass will be celebrated at St Stephen’s Catholic Church, 5128 - 53 Street, Lacombe on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 11:00 am.

Interment will follow at Blackfalds Cemetery. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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Obituaries WEYMAN Wayne May 15, 1950 - Dec. 30, 2013 Wa y n e W e y m a n p a s s e d away on Monday, December 30, 2013 at the age of 63 years. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 30 years Colleen; daughters Wendy Tennant, of Chilliwack, BC, and Shawn Tennant of B u r n a b y, B C ; g r a n d s o n Giovanni “Gio”; sister Valerie “Val” (Maurice) Comtois of High River, AB; sister-in-law Gail Kirkelund (Weyman) of Caroline, AB; and many more family and friends. He was predeceased by his parents Percy Douglas and Audrey Weyman and brother Garry Weyman. Wayne was born and raised in Calgary.

After finishing school he began his career in Oil and Gas where he enjoyed his work and spent all of his working years. He loved Golfing and Boating and will be remembered for his great sense of humour and quick wit. A Memorial Service will be held for Wayne at Pierson’s Forest Lawn Chapel (4121 - 17 Avenue SE, Calgary) o n S a t u r d a y, J a n u a r y 4 , 2014 at 2:00 pm. The family will also be holding a Memorial Service in Central Alberta at a later date, please contact the family for details.

If friends so desire, donations may be made in Wayne’s name to the Lions Eye Bank Alberta Society (7007 - 14 Street SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 1P9).

Messages of condolence may be forwarded to the family at www.piersons.ca.

WIEBE 1936 - 2013 Linda Marlene Wiebe of Lacombe, Alberta went to be with the Lord on December 30, 2013 at the Lacombe General Hospital. Linda (nee Gorsky) was born at Bentley, Alberta in 1936 the oldest of three children to George and Doris Gorsky. Art and Linda were married in 1963. They resided in Lac La Biche and then settled at Mountain Grove District near Lacombe in 1968. Embraced by her family, she faced the end of her journey with the same courage and dignity as she lived her life. Strength and caring are words most often used to describe Linda. She was known to be diligent, exceptionally capable, ambitious to a fault and always a gracious host. Linda was very active in church ministry including playing piano and serving with women’s ministries.

Everyone was always welcome at her house any time for coffee, a meal or a bed. She loved to quilt, a passion passed down from her mother, quilting for all her children and grandchildren.

She also loved the farm, especially the gardening and could always be found picking berries and sharing the bounty with everyone.

Her children, grandchildren and close nieces and nephews will remember her for being their role model of womanly strength, compassion and tough love. Art and Linda shared 50 years of marriage, an example of love and commitment to all. She is survived by her husband, Arthur Wiebe, their three children, Kevin (Sandra), Greg (Leigh), Karen (Gerard) Halfyard; her eight grandchildren: J a c k s o n , J o r d o n , K a i l y, Evan, Paris; Shayla, Sierra and James Halfyard and great granddaughter Raine Cyr. She is also survived by her sister Judy Waud, brother Garth (Shirlee) Gorsky, as well as many special nieces and nephews, all of whom will miss her dearly. Linda was also predeceased by her mother and father and dear brother-in-law, Larry Waud. A celebration of Linda’s life will b e h e l d a t Wo o d y N o o k Christian Reformed Church, Saturday January 4, 2014 at 2 pm. In lieu of flowers please donate in Linda’s name to The Gideons or The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Arrangements made by Red Deer Funeral Home & Crematorium 403-347-3319

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Obituaries BELL Samuel James On December 19, 2013 Sam passed away peacefully at the age of 90. He will be lovingly remembered by his children, Rick (Lynn), Evan (Donna), Maureen (Mel) Kjosness, Marcia (Pat) Donnelly, Chuck and Roger (Zina); 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; siblings, Walter and Doreen; friend and companion, Belva; numerous relatives and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Foster and McGarvey Funeral Home - Edmonton South, 4820 Meridian Street, Edmonton, Alberta. To access Meridian Street, you MUST be heading south on Highway 216. Access is 1 km south of the Sherwood Park Freeway.

The funeral home is located on the Our Lady of Peace Cemetery property. Donations in Sam’s memory may be made to the Alberta Cancer Foundation - Provincial Office, #710, 10123-99 Street, Edmonton, AB, T5J 3H1. To send condolences visit www.fostermcgarvey.com FOSTER & McGARVEY FUNERAL HOME Edmonton South 4820 Meridian Street Edmonton, Alberta T6P - 1R3, Canada (780) 468 - 2222

JONES Carleen Clarissa (nee Richardson) May 9, 1956 - Dec. 30, 2013 After a courageous battle with cancer, Carleen passed away peacefully on December 30th. Carleen was only 57 years old. She was born and raised in Calgary and after graduating from high school she volunteered at the Tom Baker Center where she developed her passion for her future career. Carleen moved to Red Deer to further her education and after obtaining her certificate as a Rehabilitation Practitioner started working for Michener Services. During her employment at Michener Center she enrolled at Grant MacEwan College and in 2003 earned her bachelor degree in Applied Human Service Administration. She continued to work at Michener Services until she retired in 2011 after 35 years. Carleen married Marty Jones on December 7, 1991 and proudly became a parent to his daughter Megan.

Carleen cherished her family and friends. She always loved to spend time in the sun, reading and playing golf, particularly in Kelowna and Estrella Del Mar, Mexico.

When not in the sun, she loved to curl, cook, and to entertain family and friends.

Everyone enjoyed being a recipient of her cooking, especially her Tourtiere pies, following in her mother ’s Christmas tradition. Carleen will always be remembered for her compassion and the generosity of her time, love and her caring of others.

Carleen will be lovingly remembered by her husband M a r t y, d a u g h t e r M e g a n (Daniel Locken), father John Richardson, sister Karyn (Bob) Merrick, brother Kent Richardson, brothers-in-law Gordon (Myrna) Jones, Gary Jones, sisters-in-law Bonny (Les) Parker, Beverly (Dave) Donald and many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

She was predeceased by her mother, Yvette (Eve) Richardson. A Celebration of Carleen’s Life will be held at the Parkland Funeral Home on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 1:00 pm with Leanne Hall officiating. The family kindly asks that in lieu of flowers a donation be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care Lenore Jacobson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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DYCK John Peter Nov. 14, 1947 - Dec. 28, 2013 John passed away peacefully on December 28, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. He is predeceased by his parents Oliver and Isabell and sister Barbara.

John is survived by his wife Barb; their 3 children: Warren Dyck of Red Deer, Tammy (Gary) Dowding of Sylvan L a k e , D e a n n e ( Ve r n o n ) Mosset of Sylvan Lake; 7 grandchildren; 4 brothers and 1 sister and many other relatives. A celebration of life to be held January 5, 2014 at the Pioneer’s Lodge, 4324-46A Avenue Red Deer @ 1:00 pm.

A special thank you to the Innisfail Hospital staff for their continued care and compassion.

PAGET 1931 - 2013 Philomena Paget of Red Deer passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Monday, December 23, 2013 at the age of 82 years. She is survived by four brothers, Peter Soehn of Kelowna, B.C., Phillip Soehn of Chilliwack, B.C., Louis Soehn of Keremeos, B.C. and August Soehn of Medicine Hat as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Henry John “Jack” Paget in 2010. Philomena spent most of her days visiting at the Senior Centers in Red Deer helping and assisting seniors. She was known to most as an advocate for seniors which comes from her many years nursing assistant. There will be no Funeral Services held.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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BRAITHWAITE Audrey Pauline Apr. 7, 1923 - Dec. 29, 2013 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our treasured wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother on December 29, 2013 at the Rosefield Centre in Innisfail. Audrey was born on April 7, 1923 at home to William and Lillian Schaefer. She is survived by her husband George, son Bob of Grand Forks, B.C., daughter Jan (Pete) Wasylyshyn of Innisfail, and son Don (Tracy) of Ponoka.

She was the proud grandmother of ten grandchildren; L o n , L e i g h , Tr o y, C a r i , Tenneille, Jennelle, Taylor, Austin, Clinton and Justin.

A special footprint is left on the hearts of her great grandchildren who lovingly called her “Gee Gee”. Audrey is also survived by her sister, Melba Berild of Olds, brothers Bob (Edna) Schaefer of Innisfail and Jack Schaefer of Kelowna, B.C., and many special family and friends.

She was predeceased by her parents, William and Lillian Schaefer, brothers Richard, William Earl, sister Marie, son-in-law Bud Soderberg and great granddaughter Jillian Braithwaite. Audrey attended Calgary Normal School and then began her teaching career at Mt. Pleasant, Poplar Ridge and Olds.

She also did considerable substitute teaching in the communities in which she lived; Sylvan Lake, Red Deer, Ponoka, and later on in Innisfail, Penhold and Bowden.

She was a leader with the Horn Hill 4-H Clothing Club and spent many hours teaching the young girls to sew. George and Audrey showed Appaloosa horses and Blonde D Aquitaine cattle over the years, She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Senior Seranaders Choir and spent endless hours volunteering for the Alberta Wheat Pool and Sunnybrook Farm Museum.

If we could reach up and hold a star for every time you’ve made us smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of our hands. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.

Funeral services will be held at the Innisfail United Church on Monday, January 6, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. A private interment will be held at a later time.

If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made to the Salvation Army or the Sunnybrook Farm Museum, Red Deer. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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PATZER Orval Orval Patzer passed away peacefully on December 25, 2013, at 91 years of age.

He is lovingly remembered b y h i s w i f e o f 6 4 y e a r s , Funeral Directors Irene; daughter, Carol (Alan) & Services Richardson; son, Garry (Janet) Patzer and daughter, Linda (Gayle) Will, along with six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A special thank you to the staff at the Funeral Chapel Dialysis Unit at the Red Deer & Crematorium Regional Hospital for the care and kindness shown to Orval over the past 7 years.

4820-45 Street In lieu of flowers, donations Red Deer, AB may be made in Orval’s name to the Kidney Foundation of 403-347-2222 Canada, B102, 121 - 5212 eventidefuneralchapels.com 48 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 7C3 or the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4R Eventide 3S6. A Memorial Service will Funeral Chapel & Crematorium be held at the Red Deer

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Site Superintendents Submit resume attn: & Foremen Andrew: awiebe@ For Alberta sites. carpetcolourcentre.com Dental Email resume to: or drop off at admin@shunda.ca Carpet Colour Centre TANKMASTER RENTALS 1100, 5001-19 St. Red FT RDA req. for Lacombe req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Deer, Ab. T4R 3R1 clinic. Min 2 yrs exp, 1 Truckers/ Haulers for Central evening shift to 7pm, no LOOKING FOR Experienced Siders Alberta. Oilfield tickets Drivers wknds. Fax 403-782-6326 req’d. Competitive wages Needed Call 403-588-3210 EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATE OPENING and benefits.

CASED HOLE F/T PAINTERS FOR EXP’D. DENTAL m.morton@tankmaster.ca SUPERVISORS Exp. Req’d. One of RECEPTIONIST. or fax 403-340-8818 Knowledge of the Alberta’s largest painting We offer competitive Lee Specialties system TOPLINE companies with offices in wages & flexible hours. is an asset.

Edmonton & Calgary is Please drop off resume OILFIELD HAULING now hiring for ATT’N: Marina is a busy & growing oilfield at Bower Dental Centre CLASS 3 DRIVERS trucking company looking for Red Deer. or email: with a Clean EXPERIENCED Email: drew@ marina@bowerdental.com Drivers Abstract WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS calibregroup.ca & SWAMPERS Company website: Competitive wages, benefits, Successful candidates will www.calibrecoatings.ab.ca Hair Central AB based trucking RRSP program and receive top wages & benefits. company requires F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS Stylists other incentives available.

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Sylvan Lake. Openings for tickets skills. Company Pickup, Please include 2 work Picker operator, bed truck Email: lstouffer@ benefits, above avg. salary reference names and Janitorial drivers and winch tractor. testalta.com and great atmosphere. numbers.

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OIL & GAS OPERATOR Fax Resume w/all tickets Misc. www.treelinewell.com Bearspaw currently has a and Drivers Abstract to Help position in our Stettler field 403-346-3112 or email to Medical operations for an intermediate roger@fluidexperts.com ACADEMIC Express oil and gas operator. Applicants Professionals IMMEDIATE F/T POSITION must have experience as a ADULT EDUCATION JOIN OUR TEAM For Year Round Work. heavy duty mechanic or Store Manager required for AND TRAINING Optician / journeyman instrument PartSource in Red Deer.

JOURNEYMAN Student Optician mechanic and possess PICKER OPERATOR Applicant will be WINTER START Required for busy strong mechanical skills, In Sundre, AB. responsible for directing Optometric office,. be quick learners, motivated Competitive wages, day to day operations.We GED PREPARATION Full Time, avail to work and hard working and live guarantee for right applicant. are looking for store Jan. 14 or Feb. 10 evenings & Saturdays. or be willing to relocate managers that have strong Benefits. Must have STARTS Fax resume to within a 20 minute commute Journeyman Ticket. leadership and 403-343-9440 to workplace location. This communication skills. ASE Accommodations available.

SPRING START position offers a challenging Please sent resume to: certification is an asset. work environment, attractive mross@calmena.com Please apply in person at Community Support benefits with competitive 6722-50th Ave or via email Oilfield Worker pay and significant room @ ps791@partsource.ca Trades Prep Programs for promotion.

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PERSON... Experience Testing company, based Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Day/Night. Knowledge of preferred. Pool operation Parts Person. Good wages, out of Sylvan Lake, is great benefit package Red Deer and area is an asset. On call rotation. currently accepting resumes RESPONSIBILITIES: essential. Verbal and Bonuses, Drop off resume for the following positions: Serving walk in clients, written communication to 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer answering phones, inventory skills are req’d. Send or fax 403-342-4433 * Experienced control, order parts, etc. resume by fax to or email: 403-346-0295 Production Testing info@ramadareddeer.com Fax resume to 403-343-1325 JAGARE ENERGY PRODUCTION TESTING needed Students’ now hiring Day Supervisors, Association of RDC. Night Operators, and HelpResponsibilities include ers. Must have valid Class AP, AR, payroll, preparing 5 drivers license. RSP’s financial statements, and benefits pkg. incenreconcile accounts, tives.

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LANGAN SITE Must have cash reconciliation/ SERVICES LTD. cash handling experience.

Hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Ponoka county, supplies oilfield septic containment Monday to Friday. & disposal throughout AB. Qualifications We require Driver & Requirements: Operators for small vac Experience w/computerized trucks. Oilfield exp. is an bookkeeping, proficiency asset. Must have H2S, with Microsoft Office, First Aid, TDG, clean filing/typing experience, driver’s abstract & Class 5 detail-oriented, license, drug testing. strong written & verbal $20/ hr. to start, home communication skills. every night, benefits.

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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

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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.

Netook Construction Ltd. is a heavy equipment contractor based out of Olds, Alberta.

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JOURNEYMAN HEAVY EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN with several years experience working with on-off road earthworks equipment.

We require: Caterpillar and Komatsu experience, strong diagnostic and electrical experience, knowledge with Electronic Technician and SIS programs.

Successful candidates must be able to work independently in a busy environment, be flexible and work well with others. Driver’s license, H2S Alive, First Aid/CPR are required. A dual heavy equipment and automotive ticket is an asset.

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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

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JENSEN Jerilyn Anne March 7, 1948 - Dec. 3, 2013 Jerilyn Jensen of Sylvan Lake passed away on December 3 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital with friends and family at her bedside. She is survived by step-daughters, Diane (Rik) B a s s e t t , Tr e e n a ( R o n ) Underwood, Gail (Kerry) Gronvall and their families and by her brother Morris (Deanna) and their family.

She also leaves to mourn an aunt, uncle, numerous cousins and close friends.

During her career, Jerilyn held administrative positions with the federal government and within the provincial healthcare department. She took pride in her profession until she retired in 2012.

Throughout her career she strove to improve her professional skills and enjoyed the teaching and mentoring of others. She had an infinite amount of love for animals and pets, most notably for horses and for her constant companion “Zoe”.

Family was very important to Jeri, especially Morris and his family. She was also a cherished friend to many people - willingly sharing her wisdom, hope, strength and laughter and her presence in their daily lives will be missed. She will be lovingly remembered by her friends and family. A special thank you to Dr. Ieleen Taylor and s t a ff a t t h e S y l v a n L a k e Clinic, Sylvan Lake Home Care and to the doctors and nursing staff on Unit 32 who provided such loving care to Jerilyn over the recent months. A celebration of Jerilyn’s life will be held on Friday, January 10, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Innisfail Peace Lutheran Church. If desired, memorial tributes in Jerilyn’s honor may be made directly to the Alberta Cancer Foundation. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

MORRIS No words can express our complete thanks to all of our neighbors, friends, family, and strangers, who have done so much to help ease our family through this “life altering” moment with Terry’s passing. At times like these overwhelming kindness and generosity surfaces in so many ways. Food, flowers, cards, letters, keepsakes, snow removal angels, pictures, prayers, donations, phone calls, hugs and kind thoughts. A huge thank you to Ed Stevenson, Kevin Haugan, Lindsay Haugan, Cindy Overmars, Alliance Church and lunch ladies, Sylvan Lake RCMP, Victim Services, NAL Resources, Sylvan Medical Center, Janet and Janes Salon, and anyone else we may have overlooked at this time.

Special thanks to Dale and Shari Britton. The distance people travelled to pay their respects to our family, and friendly faces resurfacing from 40+ years of friendships, was hard to bear but so comforting to have that bond and support. We are so proud to be from Sylvan Lake for generations and thank you seems so insignificant, but know it is heartfelt as your sympathy wishes were to us.

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Wendy, Brandie,Derek, Blair, Garret Morris and our families.

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Contractors

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DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

1280

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. www.viimassage.biz

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Services

1290

Escorts

1165

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Personal Services

1315

REIKO’S Finest Asian Massage

In call only. 587-377-1298 9 am - 10 pm. Mon. - Fri.

Seniors’ Services

wegot

3090

$450 MO/D.D. incl. everything. 403-342-1834 or 587-877-1883 after 2:30

Locally owned and family operated

CLASSIFICATIONS

5050

Trucks

5000-5300

5030

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

ORIOLE PARK

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. Feb 1. 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

1 BDRM. bsmt. suite. N/S, SMALL SQUARE HAY and no kids, no pets. $700 rent/d.d. ref’s 403-346-9746 straw 403-340-3061

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SMALL / LARGE SPACES -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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EXPERIENCED MOTOR COACH DRIVERS

1984 YAMAHA 540, good running cond. $1200. obo.

99 gal. heavy wall, slip tank & pump, $1500.

403-704-3714

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

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Automotive

5240

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

2006 MERCEDES BENZ CLS 500 lthr., sunroof, 115057 kms., $25,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Executive 1/2 Duplex near Coronation Park & trail system. 1284 sq.ft. 2 storey, 3 bdrms up, hardwood, gas fireplace, fenced back yard, garage. Immed. poss. $349,900. 403-396-5516 agent chosen.

2002 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta GLS 1.8L, $10,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

Rent Spot The

Your Rental Key to Houses, Condos, Suites & More

CALL CLASSIFIEDS 403-314-4397 TO ADVERTISE HERE

Full time and part time positions available.

Must be willing to work evenings and weekends, and must have previous experience driving either motor coach or semi. Clean class 1 or Class 2 with air.

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC REQUIRED

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

Will consider either full or part time.

Previous motor coach repair experience preferred.

MOTOR COACH CUSTODIAN

Part time position. Shop is located 6 miles from Red Deer. Applicants must have own transportation and be able to work flexible schedule.

4020

2 SPEC HOMES Ready for your colours.

Can be shown at any time.

10 & 98 MacKenzie Cres.

Lacombe. 403-588-8820 BRAND NEW 1340 sq. ft. bungalow, 2 bdrm., den, dbl. att. garage. $384,900.

Call Glen 403-588-2231

Please email or fax resume to:

frontbus@platinum.ca 403-347-4999

EXECUTIVE 1/2 DUPLEX near Coronation Park and trail system. 1284 sq.ft.

2 storey, 3 bedrooms up, hardwood, gas fireplace, fenced back yard, Dble. garage. Immed. poss. $349,900. 403-396-5516 agent chosen.

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FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

Payroll Administrator Computerized Accounting Computerized Payroll Accounting and more!

WEST PARK HOME Gorgeous 4 bdrm. house

RARE 4 BDRM. TOWNHOUSE

3 Baths - 6 appliances.

GARAGE. High-end luxury home welcomes mature tenants. $2100 + utilities.

Sorry No Pets, N/S. Avail. NOW!!

Call Lucie at 403-396-9554

Bright 4 Bdrms, 2 1/2 baths.

Finished bsmt has large family room & laundry. The right place for your family!

No Pets, N/S. $1550 + Utils.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554

Hearthstone 403-314-0099

JENNER CRES.

ADULT ONLY BLDG.

NEW open-concept bsmt suite. Spacious 2 bdrm unit with Built-In vac system.

6 appls. $1125 + Utils.

No Pets, N/S. Call Tina now to view!

Great 2 bdrm suite w/balcony!

Coin-op laundry in bldg.

In-suite storage. Easy Hwy access. AVAIL NOW! No Pets, N/S. Starting at $945 + power

403-896-8552 Hearthstone 403-314-0099

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-896-8552

Automotive Services

5010

FULL DUPLEX. 3 bdrm., 1 bath per side. $257,000. 403-963-0204

Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

MASON MARTIN HOMES Custom new homes planning service.

Kyle, 403-588-2550

MUST SELL

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

in home or facility family business est. 1999 bondable staff, great rates, gift certificates avail.

403-346-7777 helpinghandshomesupport.com

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

5170

3190

Mobile Lot

FRONTIER BUS LINES Ltd.

1380 Call Today (403) 347-6676

5100

3140

Space

TOWNHOUSE

Bright 4 Bdrms, 2 1/2 baths. Finished bsmt has large family room & laundry.

The right place for your family! No Pets, N/S. $1550 + Utils.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554

5060

2005 TIFFIN Phaeton 40 TSH. Diesel, Freightliner Chassis, 350 Cat, 3 slides, lots of options (pass thru storage, backup camera etc) $95,000, no GST. phone (403) 729-3242 or (403) 348-9478.

Snowmobiles

2012 CHEV Silverado 2500 LTZ, diesel, lthr., tonneau cover, $36,888 348-8788 Sport & Import 2007 CHRYSLER 300 103198 kms., $10,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Heavy Trucks

Motorhomes

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

wheels

2007 FORD F-150 Lariat 4X4, htd. lthr., sunroof, $12,888, 348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 GMC C4500 4X4, new Duramax, 170,000 kms, $39,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

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SNOW SHOVELLED 587-377-5034

LAST 2 remaining full duplex lots in desirable neighborhood in Central Alberta. Very well priced with 4 plex as a discretionary use. Contact Mike Dandurand Sundance Realty & Management 403-343-6655 391-7945

at www.garymoe.com

3130

Help For Seniors:

Snow Removal

12 UNIT apartment building located in quiet Red Deer neighborhood.

Contact Mike Dandurand Sundance Realty & Management 403-343-6655 391-7945

1840

Employment 5* JUNK REMOVAL Training

Property clean up 340-8666

VIEW 4100 ALL OUR PRODUCTS

Cars

5050

1999 PONTIAC Bonneyville 4 dr., saftied. 403-352-6995

Starting at $20,000 To book a viewing Or more information Please Contact Terrie at 403-340-0225

Income Property

Trucks

2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Rooms For Rent

5030

Cars

CLEAN, quiet, responsible, 3 BDRM, 1 1/2 bath town- Furn. $575. 403-346-7546 house in well kept condominium complex at #9, 15 Stanton St. FURN. room, all utils. and 5 appls & fenced yard. cable incld, $425/mo.

Tenants must be over 30 403-506-3277 2011 GMC Sierra 1500 w/references & quiet living.

ALL WHEEL DRIVE Hybrid 4X4, 6.0L, lthr., MOUNTVIEW: large fully Dogs Avail. Nov. 1st for $1300/mo.

2007 530 XI BMW. Original 81735 kms., $28,888. furn bdrm $500. Rent, $1300 D.D. 403-341-4627 348-8788 Sport & Import $275. Security. Working M. Owner, 143,000 km. Exc. Cond.

Regularly Maintained, MAREMMA puppies BEAUTIFUL Comfortable 3 only. Call 403-396-2468 Fully Loaded!

7 M, 2 F, $290/ea. bdrm. townhouse in Oriole Call 403-350-4323 ROOM, Avail. immed.

403-392-7481 Park. Super location for access to all major arteries without $600. + dd 403-505-4777 being bothered by noise.

ROOM, Avail. immed.

Sporting Att. garage, 1-1/2 bath, $600. + dd 403-505-4777 Goods 5 appls., #23 6300 Orr Dr. N/S, avail. Jan. 1. $1425/mo.

NORDIC Trak ski machine Hearthstone Property 2007 TOYOTA Tacoma V6 $150 403-309-3475 Management 403-896-8552 Industrial 4X4, 114903 kms., $19888 or 403-396-9554 348-8788 Sport & Import 2006 PONTIAC Solstice Travel BAY FOR RENT, 1800 sq.

SOUTHWOOD PARK TH 26080 kms., 5 speed, ft., drive through bay in Avenue, 3110-47 Packages $19,888. 348-8788 heavy industrial area.

2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, Sport & Import 780-674-3711 generously sized, 1 1/2 TRAVEL ALBERTA baths, fenced yards, Classifieds...costs so little Alberta offers full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Saves you so much!

SOMETHING Sorry no pets. for everyone. www.greatapartments.ca Make your travel Warehouse plans now.

RARE 4 BDRM.

Condos/ Townhouses 343607A3-7

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RENOVATED MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE

THE NORDIC

1860

FRANCHISE AVAILABLE!

4090

Manufactured Homes

4040

NEW CONDO

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

Keep the Car, Take the Money!

If you own a vehicle, contact us today!

RED DEER 403-754-5104 4971 Phelan St.

www.thetitlestore.ca

344151A3

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