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Some surgery waits still too long PERFORMANCE REPORTS LATE BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Performance reports on health care in Alberta are

over four months late and Liberals say lengthy wait times for some surgery may be one of the reasons. Liberals said charts on the Alberta Health website show wait times for urgent bypasses, hip and knee replacements, and cataract surgeries were often severely longer than the

provincial target. In the second quarter of 2013, 90 per cent of knee replacement surgery was done within 43.1 weeks while the provincial target is 28 weeks. Ninety per cent of patients had hip surgery in 37.8 weeks, but the target is 22 weeks.

Cataract patients had surgery in 30 weeks, but the target wait time is 25 weeks. The wait time target for urgent bypasses is one week and 90 per cent were performed within 2.1 weeks. “This is a government that loves to brag and put signs up all over the province even

before laws are passed. You can rest assured if they were even near meeting the targets there would have been reports and signs all over the province,” said Alberta Liberal leader Raj Sherman on Thursday.

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Space crunch unresolved CITY LOOKING AT BROADER PICTURE BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

had AMA,” said Dahl, who doesn’t have AMA. Eventually her elderly neighbour, who uses a cane; her daughter and another person helped push Dahl out. A single parent, Dahl can’t go grocery shopping or to the mall alone. She can’t wheel herself anywhere because snow is dumped on the sidewalk. “My neighbour went and bought a shovel, across the hall went and bought a shovel, the guy upstairs went and bought a shovel because the sidewalks aren’t shoveled here so I can get to work in the morning,” said Dahl. “They don’t start (shovelling) until 9 or 10.”

Staff at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery are regrouping after their $240,000 request to address the museum’s space crunch was refused by city council. Lorna Johnson, MAG executive director, said they were not entirely surprised that council turned them down. “Given some of the smaller requests that were refused, it wasn’t really surprising,” said Johnson. “But we wanted to put the concept on the table so we can begin discussion about it.” Council reasoned that it was premature to make a decision for the storage needs of the museum collection without seeing the overall broader strategy that would include the city archives and records. The MAG, which has been struggling with a space crunch, had requested $240,000 from the city to hire two additional staff who would work on digitizing the complete collection and to lease storage space. Johnson said they are now looking at alternatives to deal with the problem but without funding it will slow things down. “We have received some funding from the Alberta Museums Association to begin the process so we will seek other funding possibilities and continue to talk with council and the city,” said Johnson. “There may be that there is storage space somewhere in the city that we wouldn’t have to lease.” She said they will continue to digitize the collection but it is challenging because of the “bursting at the seams” conditions. Last year, the museum worked with the city on a feasibility study for a building built by the city to house the records management, the archives and provide some storage for the museum. Johnson said what came out of the study was a facility that would have been able to store about 30 per cent of the museum’s collection in addition to the city’s record management and archives. Johnson said it was ultimately decided this would not address the museum’s needs. The report has not come to council for consideration. “That makes our situation worse instead of better because then we would have had to operate out of two sites,” said Johnson. “That would have created staffing challenges right away. It wasn’t the right solution for us.” Councillors Frank Wong and Paul Harris unsuccessfully argued for council to float $50,000 to the museum to help with staffing to work on the digitalizing during the operating budget deliberations.

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MS Society of Canada regional director Lorraine Evans-Cross helps MS client Sandie Olsen negotiate the alley behind the MS office in downtown Red Deer.

CARS NOT ONLY THINGS FACING HAVOC ON ROADS DUE TO RECORD SNOWFALL BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A record snowfall in Red Deer has caused havoc for drivers, residents and pedestrians, but its impact on those confined to a wheelchair has left many feeling trapped. Lorraine Evans-Cross, Central Alberta Multiple Sclerosis Society regional director, said every year at this time some of her clients who are in a wheelchair, or who have unstable mobility, begin to feel the walls of their home getting closer because of how hard it is to get around. “Any alteration of their path is going to impede their mobility,”

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said Evans-Cross. “Just any snow buildup on the sidewalks or on the curb-cuts on at the bus stops forces our clients to stay home because it just isn’t possible to get around in an average snowfall, let alone this craziness.” Heather Dahl has been in a wheelchair since she was 17. Now, at 42, she is still frustrated by how inaccessible the city can be to people in wheelchairs, especially at this time of year. Recently she was stuck in the entrance-way of the parking lot of her apartment in her van. Unable to move she called her landlord hoping for some help. “She told me I’d have to stay there until I got unstuck, unless I

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Man hits fishing jackpot BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer angler hit the fishing jackpot when in two days he caught two large wahoo and a rare white marlin. Warren Jensen, a construction worker, was in Barbados over the Christmas holidays and after spending time with the family he was eager to get out and ocean fish. He went out several times during his holiday and wasn’t having much luck to start his trip. His first three trips, with six-hour shifts out on the water, he didn’t catch anything. So the guy who leads the fishing trips on his boat gave Jensen some sage advice. “He said go home, hug a big tree and have two shots of rum,” said Jensen. His fourth trip was supposed to happen in the afternoon, but that changed quickly when he was beckoned to get out on the water again. The guys who run the boat Jensen used had gone out earlier with an older couple, who were unable to reel the fish in. So they came ashore and went and got Jensen early. Out on the water they went and simultaneously all four lines out the back of the boat went as they had hooked fish. “I hooked four of them (fish) all at the same time,” said Jensen. “There were only two of us to reel all the fish in. I was sitting in a chair with three rods just smoking. “What happened is a school of wahoo had come and hit the four lines.” Jensen said they were only able to reel in two of the wahoo because he had to keep a tight line with fish, otherwise they would be lost. “I caught eight fish within an hour there,” said Jensen. “The bite was on. “You can fish for three days and get nothing and then, when the bite is on, it was a lot of fun.” The very next day Jensen went out again, but this time he came back with a rarer catch. A white marlin, about 10 miles out. “The marlin was probably the best fight because he tail-walked,” said Jensen. “He tail-walked twice and he rose out of the water about three or four times. It didn’t take that long though, 15 maybe 20 minutes at the most, but he spun a lot of rod. It was a good time though.” When they got the fish along side the boat they realized it had swallowed the bait. It was injured too much, and would have died had

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SNOW: Huge issue Jean Stinson, Red Deer Action Group Society president, lives downtown and said about 50 per cent of the sidewalks in her area aren’t shovelled-out by homeowners. “It is a huge issue for people in wheelchairs,” said Stinson. “Homeowners aren’t cleaning, in front of apartment buildings they are not cleaning either - not all of them. “Then you have your curbs where a person in a wheelchair or an elderly person are not able to do so because there is no clearing whatsoever.” She said the city and the people of Red Deer need to do more for clearing, otherwise people who have any kind of mobility impairment can quickly become shut-in for an extended period of time. While people can help a bit by being vigilant about clearing their sidewalks, Evans-Cross said it would be an issue no matter the snowfall. “Snow removal will assist, but the roads are hard to get so wheelchairs will just get stuck,” she said. “We have a volunteer who comes to our office on a handi-bus and the bus gets stuck in our back alley.” But it isn’t all bad for people in wheelchairs in the city. The neighbours who shovel and push for Dahl for example, or in the case of David Radcliffe, the staff at the Collicutt Centre and random strangers. Radcliffe just started using a wheel-

it been let go. Jensen said if there was a chance for the marlin to live, he would have been returned to the ocean. “Some people like to golf, some people like to do whatever, I save up all year to do this,” said Jensen. “I blow my savings in a week.” Since 2000, he has tried to go down to the area to fish at least once a year. In that time Jensen has never had back-to-back days as good as this. “I hit the fishing jackpot.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

chair, because of his MS for traveling any distance outside of his home. “It’s amazing how many people go out of their way to help,” he said. “In this snow I get stuck and I have people offer to push me out, people holding doors, people I think really going out of their way to help and it has just been so positive.” An active guy, he said two people Chris Martyn and Sharon Kidd, helped set up a workout program tailored specifically for him. Able to run six miles just a few years ago, he is now limited to short dog walks before he has to return to the wheelchair. “I really love still being able to do the gym,” said Radcliffe. “People are just so willing to help you.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

aract surgery at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and Innisfail Health Centre took an average of 22.1 weeks (25-week target). Wait times to be admitted, or treated and discharged, in emergency departments is available on Alberta Health Services website for Edmonton and Calgary, but not for Central Zone. When requested, the Advocate was told the information was not available and more recent data will be available when the new AHS performance report is released. Sherman said emergency room data should be available for every region. “In fact the emergency department data for admitted patients is really a barometer of the health system. In the United Kingdom, the number one performance measure of their system is how long it takes for admitted people to get to a bed, the right bed.” Sherman said for a government that campaigned on openness and transparency, “They are more opaque then they have ever been.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

HEALTH: Reports done Sherman said Health Minister Fred Horne has both the September and December performance reports but has not released them. He said there’s been a 41-per-cent increase in health care spending since 2007 but people are suffering. “Albertans simply deserve quicker and faster access to care and better value for their money.” However, surgery in Central Zone did meet provincial targets in the second quarter of 2013. Ninety per cent of knee replacement at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre happened in 25.3 weeks (28- week target) and hip surgery in 21.8 weeks (22-week target). Between September to November, cat-

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Above: Red Deer’s Warren Jensen holds up a rare white marlin he caught while fishing in Barbados. In a two-day period he had one of his most successful fishing trips. Right: A wahoo is brought into the boat on Warren Jensen’s fishing trip. On the same day he had fish bite on four different lines at the same time, though he could only bring in two of them, he called it hitting the fishing jackpot.

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MUSEUM: A way off “During the council meeting there was talk of deaccessioning,” said Johnson. “That may be one solution but we’re not ready to take that step yet by any means. Until we fully understand what all we have and how it all fits together, that’s a long way off in the process.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Oilsands tour surpasses goal Young says REFUSES TO MEET ENERGY INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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This file image provided by Yellowstone National Park, Mont., shows a grey wolf in the wild. It was a successful experiment in recovering an endangered species but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now ponders lifting protections for transplanted Canadian grey wolves across the United States.

Transplanted Canadian grey wolves called too successful BY THE CANADIAN PRESS It was a successful experiment in recovering an endangered species — too successful, for some, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now ponders lifting protections for transplanted Canadian grey wolves across the United States. Almost two decades ago, the wolves were relocated to Yellowstone National Park in an effort to return them to where the animals had been hunted to extinction. The change would result in hunting the nocturnal predators at a time when conservationists feel the animals are only beginning to gain a foothold and the federal agency is facing numerous lawsuits from those opposed to the wolf being removed from the endangered species list. “I think it was successful in that it demonstrated that clearly it can be done,” Paul Paquet, a senior scientist at the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and adjunct professor at the University of Victoria, says of the reintroduction effort. “Whether it can be sustained is where the questions is.” The problem lies not in whether the wolves can adapt, says Paquet, but whether people who have lived without the top-tier predators for generations can do so. He believes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should not lift the endangered designation. “It is true that it can be very

difficult to live with wolves if you’re trying to make a living as a rancher or a farmer,” Paquet says. The last wolves were killed in Yellowstone in 1926. The massive park covers the northwest corner of Wyoming, and a small percentage of the park dips into Montana and Idaho. In 1995, the first 14 grey wolves from Jasper National Park in the Rocky Mountains were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park. Seventeen more were relocated there the following year. As the wolf population increased, the repercussions — good and bad — were seen far and wide. Elk declined but beavers increased. Coyotes declined but their prey increased. Cattle predation spurred opposition. As early as 2005, under pressure from ranchers and state officials, the federal agency turned over management of wolves in Montana and Idaho to the states. Eight other states followed. In the spring of 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lifted the endangered status of the Northern Rocky Mountain population of grey wolves and the first legal wolf hunt went ahead in Montana the next year. By the end of 2012, the agency estimated the wolf population was almost 1,700 adults and in June 2013 it proposed removing the grey wolf from the list of threatened and endangered species across the country. “This population has exceeded its recovery goals for 11 consecu-

tive years. Thus, this population has been delisted and is now being successfully and responsibly managed by the states,” the agency says on its website, calling the reintroduction an “amazing success.” “The proposed rule is based on the best science available and incorporates new information about the wolf’s current and historical distribution in the contiguous United States and Mexico,” the website says. The long-term goal is to maintain an average of about 1,000 wolves. Delisting is premature says Noah Greenwald of the Centre for Biological Diversity, which has taken the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to court over wolves before and will do so again if the agency proceeds. “Several states have enacted aggressive hunting and trapping seasons,” says Greenwald. The Alberta Fish and Game Association has proposed bounties across the province because the animals are hunting popular biggame animals. In British Columbia — where the predator population is at a historic high while their prey populations like moose and caribou are at historic lows — the provincial government’s draft plan for managing wolves doesn’t offer a bounty but also doesn’t rule out a cull in future. The public comment period on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposal ended last month and a final decision is expected this year.

CALGARY — Canadian rocker Neil Young says his Honour the Treaties tour has accomplished what it set out to do, surpassing its fundraising goal for a Northern Alberta First Nation fighting oilsands development and raising awareness of the broader issue of aboriginal rights. “We have succeeded beyond our wildest dreams in raising money for legal defence of the First Nations. Global environmental forces are joining us now with financial resources and it’s now because of the Canadian people’s awesome response to our call for justice,” Young told before the final show of the four-stop circuit in Calgary, the financial heart of Canada’s oilpatch. “We have matched and multiplied the money we have raised from Canadians supporting honour the treaties. We will be positioned to match the legal power of our opposition dollar for dollar.” The goal of raising $75,000 for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation’s legal defence fund was surpassed a few days ago, Young said. The ACFN announced last week it had filed a legal challenge to Ottawa’s recent approval of Royal Dutch Shell’s planned Jackpine oilsands mine. Beyond the financial goal, Young said the concerts have succeeded in getting Canadians talking. “So it’s a win for us, because we’re all talking about it. No matter how you feel, there’s a discussion going on at the breakfast table. That’s big. That’s real. That’s Canada.” The singer did not accept an invitation from Canada’s oil and gas industry lobby group to meet before Sunday’s show. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers issued a statement Sunday saying it offered to “have a balanced discussion,” but a representative of Young and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam offered an alternative that was unacceptable, CAPP said. “Young’s representative suggested oilsands producers participate in Neil Young’s media conference today, but when CAPP requested a neutral moderator and equal representation, the organizer said this was not acceptable,” the CAPP statement said. Environmentalist David Suzuki moderated the panel discussions, which included First Nations representatives and scientist David Schindler, who has studied the impacts of oilsands pollution. Young garnered considerable publicity last week with his first three concerts and has generated considerable debate. His tour — which Young said Sunday was not meant to be an “anti-tarsands crusade” — included— stops in Toronto, Winnipeg and Regina where Young dropped statements about the oilsands that many denounced as over-the top. On Sunday, Young continued to stand by statements that the oilsands mining projects near Fort McMurray resemble the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. But he said the media’s focus on those comments misses the point. “This is a metaphor. Fort Mac stands for the entire oilsands area. I’m talking about your house on the street in Fort Mac.” Young, meanwhile, said he remains a “proud Canadian,” having just renewed his passport in Winnipeg a few days ago. “Canada is a great, great country. I love Canada. Canada used to be a world leader, not a follower,” he said. “While this part of the tour ends tonight in Calgary, the movement and the efforts of Honour the Treaties will continue until the treaties are honoured.”

Hearings to start on Peace River oilsands odours PEACE RIVER — Hearings are scheduled to begin this week on odours blamed on oilsands operations that have driven northern Alberta families off their land and at least one of the affected farmers hopes it will all wind up with tougher rules against bad smells. “The best result possible is that they make some regulations to get companies to capture their vapours,” said Alain Labrecque, who’s had to leave the farm his father pioneered over pungent smells that he says are destroying the health of his wife and children. The hearings, scheduled to begin in Peace River on Tuesday, were called last fall by Alberta’s energy regulator after repeated complaints from families in the tiny communities of Three Creeks and Reno. In an affidavit filed with the regulator, Labrecque complained of powerful, gassy smells and symptoms including severe headaches, dizziness, sinus congestion, muscle spasms, popping ears, memory loss, numbness, constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, eye twitching and fatigue. All those symptoms began in 2011, after Baytex Energy purchased 46 wells in the area. Baytex uses an unusual method of heating bitumen in above-ground tanks to extract the oil. While there are other operators in Three Creeks, Baytex is the only one in Reno. Previously released studies commissioned by the regulator strongly suggested that Baytex’s operations were the source of the odours. One found that the bitumen produced in the area is rich in sulphur, a common source of bad smells. Another showed the amount of gas vented from a large area that includes Peace River has roughly doubled since 2010. Another cast doubt on the quality of data from Baytex-commissioned reports measuring air contaminant levels. New studies have reached similar conclusions. “Venting is the likely issue,” said a study from one consultant, who added that previous studies on the issue probably underestimated odour impacts by a factor of two. Another report found that while contaminants in the air have remained below levels required to damage health, odours themselves can cause many of the symptoms the families complain of. “Studies of the health impacts of odours have revealed a number of different symptoms that can be

attributed to odour alone, fully distinct from toxicological effects,” said Donald Davies of Intrinsik Environmental Sciences. Taken together, the findings reveal a gap in Alberta’s oilpatch rules, said lawyer Keith Wilson, who is representing the Labrecques. Those rules govern emissions of toxic gases or gases that can be collected in enough quantity to be profitable. But they don’t directly address the production of odours. “The regulations that we have in place now are designed for one of two things — either for the traditional oilsand operations or the old conventional oil and gas,” said Wilson. “This type of production, where they’re pulling it out of the ground cold and heating it on the surface in open tanks, that is an approach that the regulations were never written for.” Baytex spokesman Andrew Loosley said the com-

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pany welcomes the hearings, which will run for eight days. He said the company has taken steps to try and address odour problems. No new wells have been drilled for two years and a pipeline is being installed to help carry off fumes. Baytex hopes the hearings will clarify what’s expected of industry operators, Loosley said. “We like to have clear line-of-sight with everything that we do. “We believe that’s important so everybody understands what the expectations are. “We feel that it’s important to have a safe environment for our workers as well as the residents in the area, so as far as we’re concerned, the government will set the regulations and we’re going to abide by them.” The regulator has said it will release its findings by the end of March.

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Film underscores crisis Ian Mauro, an environmental and social scientist at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, recently toured Atlantic Canada, interviewing fishers, hunters, farmers, businessmen, First Nations and local politicians about climate change. The result is a powerful film, Climate Change in Atlantic Canada, with people from DAVID different walks SUZUKI of life sharing observations about what’s happening all around them. When an old fisherman says, “We used to go out at low tide and gather a bucket of clams, but now there’s no low tide, only high tide and higher tide,” it’s compelling. The mayor of a small seaside town tells of repeated storm damage to seawalls that costs more to repair than the community can bear. Coastal towns contemplate raising houses or moving them above anticipated new sea

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levels. The anecdotes add up to an overwhelming warning that social, economic and ecological costs are rapidly mounting and we must take climate change seriously. As one person says, “If you don’t believe it, just look out the window.” The film is timely. In November, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — created 25 years ago to provide the most authoritative documentation on global climate science — released the first part of its Fifth Assessment. The new report raises the level of scientific certainty about human causes of global warming from 90 per cent in the Fourth Assessment five years ago to more than 95 per cent today, and says action is urgently needed. Mauro’s film punctuates the IPCC’s findings with a big exclamation mark: we’ve wasted too much time on the phoney debate — created, in part, by the fossil fuel industry — about whether global warming is part of a natural cycle. The continuing congruence of rising carbon emissions and global average temperature is undeniable. The world first heard urgent climate change warnings in 1988, issued by an international meeting of climatologists in Toronto. The evidence then was so compelling that one report declared global warming a threat to human

survival second only to nuclear war and called for a 20 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over 15 years. If world leaders had taken those scientific pronouncements seriously and worked to achieve the suggested target, it would have been much simpler and less costly —even economically advantageous – to shift to a low-carbon future beyond even Kyoto Protocol objectives. But we didn’t. Now we’ve exacerbated the challenge by escalating total global greenhouse gas emissions. Developing nations have ramped up fossil fuel-based economies, sales of automobiles and energy-consuming products continue to grow, and forests — the most effective carbon sinks — have been cleared. We’ve elevated the economy above all else and demanded continued growth. Now the chickens have come home to roost, climate change has kicked in and the costs of dealing with more frequent and severe extreme weather-related events like floods, heat waves, fires and storms are swelling. In 2009, 192 nations gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, to negotiate our climate fate after the Kyoto Protocol expired. While failing to set concrete targets for greenhouse gas reduction, delegates agreed to limit emissions to

keep temperatures from rising above 2C by the end of the century — an easy promise for politicians whose office tenures will end long before then, leaving no one accountable for failure. According to the IPCC report, if we take the science seriously and act on those commitments, we know how much more carbon can be emitted to remain within 2C: 565 gigatonnes! But the known fossil fuel deposits worldwide are already five times that limit. So why are companies looking for more and exploiting extreme sources like tar sands, deep-water deposits and shale? To stay below 2C, we have to leave 80 per cent of known deposits in the ground! That means no more encouraging fossil fuel development or building pipelines or rail expansion to transport them. We must also shift to renewable energy sources in direct proportion to the phase-out of fossil fuels. And we must put a stop to deforestation. Let’s seize the challenge and start the transition now. Experience informs us that many unexpected or even predictable benefits will follow. Delaying further only gets us into deeper trouble. Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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Thoughts for the future of Red Deer For the new people on city council, I wonder how long will it be before all their good the intentions and their enthusiasm is destroyed by a stale administration that appears to lack any creativity, research ability or analytical credibility, as recently exposed in the great bicycle path fiasco. I don’t hold out much hope of real advancement or progress in the development of sound urban practices over the next four years at the start of Red Deer’s second century with the present administration, and would like to share a few ideas as a planner with over 30 years of municipal experience in major urban centres with anybody in the new council who really wants Red Deer to thrive and progress, and who are prepared to stretch their imaginations a little. Perhaps as a wake-up call they should advertise with a national employment agency/newspaper the jobs of all senior city management, ensuring that they have the right qualifications with a minimum 15-plus years of progressively senior experience in their profession with a major urban centre with population greater than 150,000, and please no more incestuous appointments. Recruit new qualified blood bringing new ideas. Cease the practice of hiring the ‘has been’ retired employees as consultants who only practice 40-plus-year-old technologies and ideas. Hire a reputable national management consultant to do a manpower utilization study to weed out the unqualified, the unnecessary and the over-staffed positions. Instruct the traffic engineers to research alternative solutions to traffic patterns with a given mandate to remove interruptions to traffic flow (i.e. remove 15 sets of traffic signals a year and scrap the exorbitantly expensive traffic light Disney World planned for Taylor Drive/Ross/49th Street and replace it with a cost effective roundabout). Remember, traffic lights stop traffic, roundabouts permit traffic to flow. And please forget the six-lane highway to the east for at least 20 years. Introduce the loop transit system instead of present tourist site-seeing trips. Close the downtown bus terminal and turn it into a permanent public market. Introduce the ‘oyster card’ system (here’s a great research project for anyone with foresight and brains). Hire a national/local real estate company to find a major development company to develop the old civic yards as a total complex instead of the two-bit strip mall approach they plan at present. The site should contain a population of at least 1,500 people to invigorate the downtown. How about two levels of underground parking? This process could also apply to the old RCMP building together with city pensioners free parking lot. Get off the fence and do something constructive. The Eau Clare Market example in Calgary at present should give food for thought. Turn 51st Avenue into four-lane north/south downtown bypass from Tim’s in the south to 53rd Street Music on 49th Avenue. Close 49th Avenue between 49th and Ross to through traffic and link the existing city park to the car park to the west to form a major activity urban space and really start downtown pedestrianization and please, no more cosmetic schemes that do not do much to encourage revitalization. Instigate land-use assessment techniques to determine highest and best land use to enhance the tax base and enact bylaws to enforce minimum development standards. Initiate a land consolidation policy, especially downtown, to prevent poor planning and development practices. A total revision of residential subdivision design criteria, especially deleting the need of lanes that

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waste 15 per cent of productive land use. Budgeting! It is time to stop the tail wagging the dog. Council should direct administration what it can spend before they present their basket of pie-inthe-sky programs and proposals. How about a 15 per cent reduction in all departments’ operational budgets (except police, Emergency Services and Public Works). That would really create some creative pencil sharpening. I could go on but I think the message is clear that there is something major lacking in the creative forward thinking processes in this city. David Plumtree Red Deer

Michener move all about money I am writing to express an opinion regarding the closure of Michener Services in Red Deer. From a financial point of view, it makes sense. There are dollars to be made and saved by closing Michener. The provincial government knows this and it’s the very reason that they wish to close it. There was a time when the only option open to parents of handicapped children was to place them in institutions such as Michener. Historically, large institutions were no more than storage facilities where we kept people “out of sight, out of mind.” These institutions lacked humanity and provided no dignity to their inhabitants. As an institution, Michener too has it’s dark past. During its eugenics program between 1946 and 1972, 2,844 residents were sterilized by their own government. This was evidence as to how handicapped persons were perceived and treated at that time. Historically, it was wrong to shut people away because they were perceived as different and it is

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Stephen Harper basked in a hero’s welcome in Israel on Sunday as he arrived for his inaugural visit to the Middle East, taking in a sweeping mountaintop view of Old Jerusalem before his Israeli counterpart literally rolled out the red carpet for his Canadian friend. Canada’s prime minister is “a great friend of Israel and the Jewish people,” Prime Minister Netanyahu said at an elaborate welcome ceremony for Harper held inside a tent pitched outside his office that featured the two leaders reviewing an honour guard as a military band played. Chatting amiably, the two men then greeted a receiving line of several high-ranking Israeli and Canadian cabinet ministers, diplomats and rabbis from both countries. Netanyahu told the reception that Harper has shown “great moral leadership” in fighting terrorism and taking a stand against anti-Semitism and Iran. “I think in all this, and in so many other things, you‘ve shown courage, clarity and conviction,” Netanyahu said. “The people of Israel and I deeply appreciate your friendship, and the friendship of the people of Canada to us.” Netanyahu’s remarks came after the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting earlier Sunday, in which he exalted Harper once again to

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, sits with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, during a welcoming ceremony at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Sunday. Harper is on an official visit to the region. his fellow Israeli politicians. “Prime Minister Harper articulates a clear, courageous and moral stance in relation to the truth and the standards needed by the international community regarding Israel and the conflict here,” he said. “I think he has taken a moral stand worthy of admiration, and I welcome him on behalf of the Israeli government and on behalf of all the citizens of Israel.” After beaming through Netanyahu’s praise for him, Harper strode to the podium to say he was delighted to be in Israel, but added he’d save further comments for his speech to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Monday. That historic address — Harper will be the first Canadian prime

minister to ever address the Knesset — comes hours after the prime minister travels to Ramallah for a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. He’s expected to announce further aid to the Palestinians during that visit. Harper arrived in Israel earlier Sunday to kick off his inaugural visit to the Middle East, accompanied by a sizable entourage that flew into Tel Aviv under brilliantly sunny skies. \He’ll also visit Jordan at the end of the six-day visit. He and his wife, Laureen, were greeted at the airport by Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s foreign affairs minister, and Vivian Bercovici, Canada’s ambassador-designate to the Jewish state.

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OTTAWA — The Conservatives easily defended their position as top political fundraisers last year, taking in $5.2 million in the final quarter of 2013. Party president John Walsh told supporters in an email Sunday that the party had its best fourth quarter ever in a non-election year. The Liberals had hoped to overtake the Tories during that last three-month stretch, but came in at $4.3 million. Still, the Liberals have significantly increased their fundraising numbers since Justin Trudeau took over the leadership in April. Walsh’s email said the party raked in the most money despite attacks by Trudeau and the media.

Canadian warship intercepts massive haul of heroin in Indian Ocean OTTAWA — The military says a Canadian Forces warship on patrol in the Indian Ocean has intercepted a vessel carrying a massive haul of heroin. HMCS Toronto boarded the drug vessel Friday within 40 nautical miles of the coast of Tanzania and discovered 265 bags of heroin weighing in at more than 280 kilograms. The Forces say the narcotics were catalogued and then disposed of. It’s the ninth time the frigate has intercepted drug shipments on the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, and the military says 8.5 metric tonnes of narcotics have been recovered thus far. HMCS Toronto is on patrol in the region as part of an international effort to curb terrorism and deter piracy on the high seas. Last month the frigate made what the military called the largest heroin seizure in the history of combined maritime forces operations when it recovered 538 kilograms of heroin after stopping a ship off the east coast of Africa.

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Dr. Towers, you’ve been an Audiologist in Red Deer since 2003. Where are you returning from? I’m glad you asked. You are correct. I helped hundreds, if not thousands, of Central Albertans with hearing difficulty from 2003-2009. In 2009, I was asked to join one of the world’s largest hearing aid manufacturers and became the Chief of Audiology for their Canadian branch. It was an opportunity I couldn’t refuse and it turned out to be a tremendous learning experience. You are seeing patients in Red Deer again. How might that experience you mentioned benefit the people from Central Alberta? I think it presents me with a set of knowledge and experiences that is tough to find. I spent a lot of time at the manufacturer’s world headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was my job to bring back technical knowledge and research from Denmark to the Canadian hearing health care providers. So I learned a tremendous amount about how hearing aids are made, why

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Explosions shake protests BLASTS HIT ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST SITE IN THAI CAPITAL, WOUNDING 28 BANGKOK, Thailand — Two explosions shook an anti-government demonstration site in Thailand’s capital on Sunday, wounding at least 28 people in the latest violence to hit Bangkok as the nation’s increasingly bloody political crisis drags on. Police said the blasts near Victory Monument, in the north of the city, were caused by fragmentation grenades — the same kind that killed one man and wounded dozens Friday in a similar explosion targeting protest marchers. The demonstrators, who control several small patches of Bangkok, are vying to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government and derail Feb. 2 elections she called in a bid to quell the crisis. Witnesses said the explosions occurred about two minutes apart. The first blast went off about 100-200 metres (yards) from a stage set up by protesters, leaving a small crater beside a small shop. The second went off near a row of vendors selling anti-government T-shirts in the street, leaving bloody clothes and a ripped white-and-blue plastic tarp scattered across the ground. Although Bangkok, a vast metropolis that is home to 12 million people, remains calm, political violence has occurred almost daily over the last week. There have been shooting attacks at protest venues and small explosives hurled at the homes of top protest supporters. It is unclear who is behind the unrest. But prolonged bloodshed, even on a small scale, fuels a sense of insecurity and increases the chance that the military will stage a coup. Such a scenario would

benefit protesters, who do not have the numbers to bring down the government on their own and have called on the army to support them. Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch, said that “both sides of Thailand’s political divide use violence and spin to serve their political goals.” Such attacks are likely to continue, he added, which will “make the situation worse by deepening mistrust and escalating tension between the two sides.” Thailand’s army has staged about a dozen successful coups since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932. The last coup, in 2006, toppled then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra — Yingluck’s brother — and touched off a societal schism that in broad terms pits the majority rural poor who back the Shinawatras against an urban-based elite establishment supported by the army and staunch royalists who see Yingluck’s family as a corrupt threat to the traditional structures of power. Yingluck’s opponents — a minority that can no longer win at the polls — argue the Shinawatras are using their electoral majority to impose their will and subvert democracy. The crisis boiled over again late last year after the ruling party attempted to push through an amnesty bill that would have allowed Thaksin to return from self-imposed exile. Thaksin has lived abroad since 2008 to avoid a prison sentence for a corruption conviction. On Friday, a grenade hurled at a crowd of marching demonstrators in another part of Bangkok killed one man and wounded dozens of people, police said. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister,

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Natdanai Chuchan, an 8-year old boy son of Prakong Chuchan, a protester who was killed in the bomb blast on Friday, cries after seeing the body of his father, center, before a memorial service at Rama hospital in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday. On Friday, a grenade hurled at a crowd of marching demonstrators in another part of Bangkok killed one man and wounded dozens of people, police said. was in the procession but was not wounded. Then late Saturday, a gunman opened fire on anti-government protesters in Bangkok’s Lad Prao district, seriously wounding one man in the back. The 54-year-old was a volunteer guard at a barricade who was tasked with checking vehicles and people entering the protest area, police said. The blast on Sunday injured 28 people, according to the city’s Erawan Medical Center, which tracks casualties. Police Col. Kamthorn

Auicharoen, an explosive ordnance disposal officer investigating the attack, said intact grenades levers found at the scene indicated the explosives were Russian-built, anti-personnel RGD-5s. A senior member of the protest movement, Sathit Wongnongtoey, said that “condemnation is not enough. We have to do more than condemning the people behind this ... it’s ’the government’ who did it.” Yingluck’s administration and the northern-based political movement that supports

Ukraine anti-government protests escalate into street battles BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KIEV, Ukraine — Anti-government protests in Ukraine’s capital escalated into fiery street battles with police Sunday as thousands of demonstrators hurled rocks and firebombs to set police vehicles ablaze. Dozens of officers and protesters were injured. Police responded with stun grenades, tear gas and water cannons, but were outnumbered by the protesters. Many of the riot police held their shields over their heads to protect themselves from the projectiles thrown by demonstrators on the other side of a cordon of buses. The violence was a sharp escalation of Ukraine’s two-month political crisis, which has brought round-the-clock protest gatherings, but had been largely peaceful. Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko tried to persuade demonstrators to stop their unrest, but failed and was sprayed by a fire extinguisher in the process. Klitschko later travelled to President Viktor Yanukovych’s suburban residence and said that Yanukovych has promised to create a commission to settle the crisis. Another opposition leader, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, said that Yanukovych had called him to offer negotiations. The U.S. Embassy called for an end to the violence. “We urge calm and call on all sides to cease any acts provoking or resulting in violence,” it said in a statement. The crisis erupted in November after Yanukovych’s decision to freeze ties with the European Union and seek a huge bailout from Russia. The decision sparked protests, which increased in size and determination after police twice violently dispersed demonstrators. But anger rose substantially after Yanukovych last week signed an array of laws severely limiting protests and banning the wearing of helmets and gas masks. Many of Sunday’s demonstrators wore hardhats and masks in defiance of the new laws. They set several police buses on fire and some chased and beat officers. Police responded with tear gas

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Opposition leader and former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, center, is attacked and sprayed with a fire extinguisher as he tries to stop the clashes between police and protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday. Hundreds of protesters on Sunday clashed with riot police in the center of the Ukrainian capital, after the passage of harsh anti-protest legislation last week seen as part of attempts to quash anti-government demonstrations. and stun grenades. Water cannons were also fired at the protesters in temperatures of -8 C (18 F), but the clashes continued. The harsh new laws brought a crowd of tens of thousands to the protest at Kyiv’s central square on Sunday. While most remained on the square, a group of radicals marched toward a police cordon several hundred meters away blocking an area housing government offices and began attacking riot police with sticks to push their way toward Ukraine’s parliament building. The crowd then swelled to thousands. The blasts of stun grenades echoed and plumes of smoke rose above the crowd. Activists chanted “Shame!” and “Revolution.” The Interior Ministry said more than 70 police were injured, four of them seriously; there were no immediate figures for protester injuries. The ministry also said a crimi-

nal case had been opened on charges of mass disorder; convictions under that charge could bring prison sentences of up to 15 years. Klitschko’s top allies, who stood by his side at the peaceful rally earlier in the day, didn’t show up at the site of the clashes for the most of the day. Instead, they called for a peaceful means of protest from nearby Independence Square and condemned the clashes. “No power in the country is worth losing at least one human life,” protest leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk said from the stage at the central square as the clashes dragged late into the evening a few hundred meters away. “That is why I condemn the violence that took place just now.” Scores of opposition leaders and journalists have been attacked, harassed and prosecuted, since the anti-government protests started Nov. 21.

her, the Red Shirts, have previously denied responsibility for organizing the violence. Sunai called on police to find the perpetrators, saying that “up until now, we haven’t seen any serious investigation into these attacks.” But he also said police have had trouble probing the blasts. They are largely kept away from protest sites, and after Friday’s attack, they were prevented from accessing the area “by protesters who see them as an partial party that is working for the government.”

SYRIA BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — The head of an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria reached out to rival rebel groups who have been engaged in a bloody battle with his fighters this month, calling for the two sides to end their infighting and instead unite against the government and its allies. Rebel-on-rebel infighting between the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and an array or ultraconservative and more moderate rebel factions has killed more than 1,000 people across oppositionheld northern Syria since it began in early January. The clashes are the most serious among the opponents of President Bashar Assad in Syria’s nearly three-year civil war. In a new 16-minute audio message posted online Sunday, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi accused the other rebel brigades of stabbing his group in the back, and said the infighting only benefits the government. But he also called for reconciliation, saying the Islamic State “is extending its hand so that we refrain from attacking each other and so that we can join forces” against Assad and his allies. The message’s authenticity could not be independently confirmed, but the audio was posted on a website commonly used by Islamic militants. In Istanbul, meanwhile, the leadership of Syria’s main Western-backed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, was meeting to decide on its delegation for peace talks set to open Wednesday in Switzerland. Senior Coalition member Ahmad Ramadan said the meeting will decide who will negotiate with the Syrian government delegation at the so-called Geneva 2 conference.

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SWEETHEART GALA Red Deerians are invited to attend the first Sweetheart Gala on Feb. 5 from 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. All proceeds will go to the Ronald McDonald House of Central Alberta. Tickets are $30 per person and are almost sold out. The gala features a dance, silent auction, toonie bar and dozens of prizes, as well as a midnight lunch. The magic happens in the Heartland Room at Westerner Park. For tickets and more information, email Courtney Malone at c.malone@hotmail.com.

ALIX MUSEUM DESSERT THEATRE Slip back in time with the Alix Wagon Wheel Museum’s third annual dessert theatre. Characters from the Past takes the stage at the Alix Community Hall on Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. Performances will tell the life stories of Gabriel Dumont, a leader of Louis Riel’s Métis uprising; Barbara Cormack, a prominent writer, Girl Guides figure and a recipient of the Order of Canada; and Mrs. Eugene Bashaw, the wife of Bashaw’s town founder and an early pioneer in the Alix area who came to Western Canada after living on a coffee and sugar plantation in Hawaii. Tickets are available at the Alix Home Hardware and from museum members in advance for $15. They are $20 at the door. All proceeds go towards the museum’s operation costs.

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Buy a coffee, for later PEOPLE CAN BUY COFFEE OR A MEAL FOR A COUPON, TO BE DONATED BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The owners of a downtown coffee shop hope a pay-it-forward style coffee campaign will catch on and spread throughout Red Deer. When people come into Cafe Pichilingue, 4928 Ross St., they can purchase a “suspended coffee,” or a meal for a coupon. Those coupons are in turn donated to local non-profits who then give them to someone in need. Penny Elliott said so far they have given these coupons to Loaves and Fishes, Food not Bombs and the Canadian Mental Health Association. “We just started it last Monday and we’ve given out numerous coupons,” said Elliott. “We hope to get to many different places like that, so they can hand them out to people they feel need a break or a coffee.” Since they started they have given out more than 30 coffees. “My hope is to get other restaurants and coffee shops on board,” said Elliott. “Not just in downtown. Less fortunate people live all over the city, so I’m hoping businesses all over Red Deer would do it.” Another hope for the program is to get tokens made up, rather than just the simple paper coupons currently used at Cafe Pichilingue. Making the tokens the same all over and so that they could be used anywhere. Suspended coffee has its origins in Naples, Italy with people paying double the regular amount for a coffee for someone else. It has caught on throughout the world. According to the Suspended Coffees Facebook page, which

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Penny Elliott and Juan Villa of Café Pichilingue have joined the Suspended Coffee program. Patrons to the Ross Street café can participate by buying a coffee or food item for someone in need. has almost 250,000 likes, the goal of the campaign is to have o n e third of the world’s coffee shops offer s u s pended coffee by 2023. “ I k n o w every time I give, I feel happy and the person receiving it feels happy,” said Elliott, adding regular customers who hear about the

idea react positively. “They love it, they absolutely

Just before Christmas people purchased hundreds of coffees at Tim Hortons across Alberta. “People were so excited and so happy and if — PENNY ELLIOTT p e o p l e could do that every day, that would be nice,” said Elliott. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate. com

‘WE HOPE TO GET TO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES LIKE THAT, SO THEY CAN HAND THEM OUT TO PEOPLE THEY FEEL NEED A BREAK OR A COFFEE.’

love it. Yesterday I had a couple of people come in who just, automatically, bought suspended coffees.”

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A different kind of normal BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF People who attended the fourth annual Subway Healthy Living Expo were treated to a different variation of normal. Scores of people packed into the Harvest Centre on Saturday for the trade show, specializing in eating properly, exercising and living a healthy lifestyle. Rayna Heinzlmeir, expo spokesperson, said they had more than 3,000 people attend last year and they expected to improve on that at this year’s show. “It’s getting more well known it the community, we’ve had a steady lineup of people since we opened the doors,” said Heinzlmeir. “There is a ton of variety, there are way more vendors here this year than last year.” Heinzlmeir called it a truly one of a kind trade show in Red Deer. Food is a new addition to the trade show, Heinzlmeir said Innisfail Growers came on board this year, to include the food aspect of healthy living. At the centre of the trade show was a stage, which every

hour featured a demonstration, a presentation or informational talks. “Different vendors can show off what they’re about and the audience can ask questions, get up on stage and join the workouts if they’re so inclined,” said Heinzlmeir. “It’s a neat way to check it out without necessarily having to be a part of it.” Demonstrations included hot yoga, kettle bell exercises and a planking contest. Calling the vibe at the show “energetic,” Heinzlmeir said people come to learn and interact. “It’s educational and it’s fun,” she said. Taking place shortly after the new year, Heinzlmeir said she hoped the expo would encourage people to stick with the resolutions or commit to making a change in their life. “We like plans, not resolutions,” she said. “Resolutions are always made to be broken, most people are going to break their resolutions and usually within the first few weeks. “This is not a resolution, this is a lifestyle.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate. com

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Alyssa Wallace holds Zoe Ord, 2, at the Subway interactive booth at the Subway Healthy Living Expo at the Harvest Centre Saturday. The day-long trade show focused on healthy lifestyle choices.

Princess conquers queen in play Join the royal court this week and see how an unconventional princess conquers a chatty, conspiring queen in the stage production of Once Upon a Mattress. Red Deer’s St. Francis of Assisi Middle School annual stage production at the Memorial Centre kicks off on Friday and Saturday. Once Upon a Mattress is based on the classic fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. It follows Lady Larken and her boyfriend Sir Harry on their quest to find a princess for Prince Dauntless. King Sextimus has been cursed to a vow of silence by a witch and Queen Agravian has taken over, proclaiming no one in the land can marry until the prince ties the knot with a woman of the

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS truest royal blood. “When those curtains open, people are going to be blown away,” said Robert Ford, the play’s director and St. Francis’s drama teacher. “We’re talking about sets 35 feet long of archways, multiple staircases. ... And all built by the students.” Over 100 students from Grades 6 to 9 are involved with the production and they, along with their parents, were responsible for all props, set designs and costumes. Ford said that one of the great things about this play for him is the chance to work with some students he’s known since

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they were born. A former student of his, Krystal Harvey, is also the assistant director along with education assistant Sherry Schultz. “School can be competitive, especially in athletics, and that’s why I love theatre because it is very collaborative and kids from all grades and levels are becoming friends,” Ford said. The annual play sparks one of the largest gatherings of Catholic students throughout the year in Red Deer, he added. Tickets are available at the school and Memorial Centre for $7 per person or $20 per family. All proceeds go towards supporting the St. Francis drama program.

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Nebraska landowners to plot strategy on fighting Keystone pipeline project BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian government might be feeling a little snubbed but, in Nebraska, some landowners are delighted at news the Keystone XL pipeline could face further delay. The landowners are at the epicentre of the battle over

the project. A group representing the one-third of Nebraskan landowners on the pipeline path who won’t sign away their property rights met this weekend. They discussed strategy for stopping the project and extracting better conditions should the TransCanada project go through. Some were also heartened

by news that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had slapped down a Canadian demand for a decision soon. Kerry declared that there would be no fast-tracking the decision, and that all due steps would be taken. This was after Canada’s foreign affairs minister, John Baird, used a three-day trip to Washington to plead for a decision in time for the 2014

construction season. Polls suggest many Nebraskans support the project to build a pipeline from Alberta to Texas. However, its opponents have been tenacious and are pushing back against the plan on multiple fronts. One of those fronts is a legal battle against a state bill that would give the governor the right to force the project

through. At the meeting of about 70 landowners this weekend in this Nebraska community, several people said they had lost faith in their state government and are now hoping they will either win in court, or manage to persuade the Obama administration to block the final piece of the pipeline.

Traders watch for rate plans THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian dollar, already the worst performing primary currency, could be in for even more downward pressure depending on what the Bank of Canada has to say at its next scheduled interest rate announcement on Wednesday. There is no doubt the central bank will keep its key rate at one per cent, where it’s been since September 2010. But the central bank’s dovish stance on rates, together with subpar economic data, has helped push the currency down almost three cents since the start of the year to September 2009 levels. And that was on top of a six per cent slide in 2013. “A lot of bad news got priced into the dollar very quickly at the start of the year and so now most will be in wait-andsee mode to see if there is any change in the bank’s view or rhetoric,” said Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets. “So I think (markets) will be looking very closely for any changes in tone in the bank’s decision and their monetary policy report.” The bank has recently signalled that it’s in no hurry to raise rates, leaving economists to expect that rate hikes aren’t in the cards until 2015. Poor economic data has also weighed on the Canadian dollar, including reports earlier this month showing a worsening trade deficit and the loss of 46,000 jobs in December. And that has led some on currency markets to think that the bank could actually move rates lower. “I would say a lot of international observers believe that there is a very real chance that the Bank of Canada could cut interest rates at some point, where most domestic commentators think that is pretty farfetched,” he said. Another major reason for the loonie’s slide the U.S. Federal Reserve’s move to start cutting back on its stimulus program involving the purchase of massive amounts of bonds every month.

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In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, file photo, workers, left, inspect an area outside a retaining wall around storage tanks where a chemical leaked into the Elk River at Freedom Industries storage facility in Charleston, W.Va. Department of Environmental Protection inspectors found five violations Monday at a Nitro, W.Va., site where Freedom Industries moved its coal-cleaning chemicals after last Thursday’s spill.

Chemical spill in West Virginia only latest, most high-profile case OF COAL TAINTING U.S. WATERS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The chemical spill that contaminated water for hundreds of thousands in West Virginia was only the latest and most high-profile case of coal sullying the nation’s waters. For decades, chemicals and waste from the coal industry have tainted hundreds of waterways and groundwater supplies, spoiling private wells, shutting down fishing and rendering streams virtually lifeless, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal environmental data. But because these contaminants are released gradually and in some cases not tracked or regulated, they attract much less attention than a massive spill such as the recent one in West Virginia. “I’ve made a career of body counts of dead fish and wildlife made that way from coal,” said Dennis Lemly, a U.S. Forest Service research biologist who has spent decades chronicling the deformities pollution from coal mining has caused in fish. “How many years and how many cases does it take before somebody will step up to the plate and say, ‘Wait a minute, we need to change this’?” The spill of a coal-cleaning chemical into a river in Charleston, W.Va., left 300,000 people without water. It exposed a potentially new and under-

regulated risk to water from the coal industry when the federal government is still trying to close regulatory gaps that have contributed to coal’s legacy of water pollution. From coal mining to the waste created when coal is burned for electricity, pollutants associated with coal have contaminated waterways, wells and lakes with far more insidious and longer-lasting contaminants than the chemical that spilled out of a tank farm on the banks of the Elk River.

“Clean coal means perhaps cleaner atmosphere, but dirtier water,” said Avner Vengosh, a Duke University researcher who has monitored discharges from power plant waste ponds and landfills in North Carolina. In that state, Vengosh and other researchers found contaminants from coal ash disposal sites threatening the drinking water for Charlotte, the nation’s 17th-largest city, with cancer-causing arsenic. “It is kind of a time bomb that can erupt in some kind of specific condition,” Vengosh said. The water shows no signs of arsenic contamination now. In southeastern Ohio, tainted water draining from abandoned coal mines shuttered a century ago still turns portions of the Raccoon Creek orange with iron and coats the half-submerged rocks along its path white with alumi— DENNIS LEMLY, A U.S. FOREST SERVICE num. RESEARCH BIOLOGIST Public drinking water systems in 14 West Virginia counties Chief among them are discharges from where mining companies are blasting off coal-fired power plants that alone are re- mountaintops to get to coal seams exceeded sponsible for 50 per cent to 60 per cent of state safe drinking water standards seven all toxic pollution entering the nation’s wa- times more than in nonmining counties, ter, according to the Environmental Protec- according to a study published in a water tion Agency. quality journal in 2012. Thanks to even tougher air pollution The systems provided water for more regulations underway, more pollution from than a million people. coal-fired power plants is expected to enter the nation’s waterways, according to a rePlease see WATER on Page A9 cent EPA assessment.

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RRSP season has arrived and with it comes the many decisions that plan holders may have to make: do I contribute, how much and in what to get growth but not to expose my portfolio to too much risk? One investment option that is often overlooked and underused in RRSPs is exchange traded funds. ETFs have been around for about 20 years and their use is

growing worldwide, but they still remain one of the least understood investment vehicles among Canadians. An exchange traded fund usually consists of a portfolio of stocks or bonds that track a specific market index, sector or commodity. They were first introduced around 1990 in the form of index participation shares in the U.S. tracking the S&P 500 and the TSE 35 here in

Canada, and have been growing ever since. Today, ETF assets in Canada are estimated at $50 billion and more than $1 trillion in the United States. Between 30 and 40 per cent of all exchange trading volume in the U.S. now is in ETFs. In spite of this, Canadian investor knowledge about ETFs remains low. A recent report issued by

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BMO Wealth Institute found that only 19 per cent of Canadian investors claim to be knowledgeable about ETFs, compared to more traditional investments such as guaranteed investment certificates or GICs (58 per cent) and mutual funds (55 per cent). However, once told about ETFs, 60 per cent said they would add them to their portfolios.

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The wild west goes nuts

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WITH CALIFORNIA’S STRONG NUT MARKET, THIEVES SEE CHANCE TO STEAL CROPS BY THE TRUCKLOADS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ESCALON, Calif. — The soaring value of California’s nut crops is attracting a new breed of thieves who have been making off with the pricey commodities by the truckload, recalling images of cattle rustlers of bygone days. This harvest season in the Central Valley, thieves cut through a fence and hauled off $400,000 in walnuts. An additional $100,000 in almonds was stolen by a driver with a fake license. And $100,000 in pistachios was taken by a big rig driver who left a farm without filling out any paperwork. Investigators suspect low-level organized crime may have a hand in cases, while some pilfered nuts are ending up in Los Angeles for resale at farmers markets or disappear into the black market. Domestic demand for specialty foods and an expanding Asian market for them have prompted a nut orchard boom in the state’s agricultural heartland. Such heists have become so common that an industry taskforce recently formed to devise ways to thwart thieves. “The Wild West is alive and well in certain aspects,” said Danielle Oliver of the California Farm Bureau. “There’s always someone out there trying to make a quick dollar on somebody else’s hard work.” Amid the nut boom, farmers have torn out vineyards and other crops to plant nut trees to keep up with demand. Real estate firms, retirement funds and insurance companies have taken note by adding almonds, walnut and pistachio land to diversify their portfolios. As the nation’s top nut producer, the state grows more almonds and pistachios than any other country. Only China produces more walnuts, which have nearly tripled in price in the last five years to about $2 a pound, according to the California Walnut Board. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that through 2012 the state’s almond crop was valued at $5 billion per year, pistachios were over $1 billion and walnuts were over $1.5 billion. “Right now, everybody wants to be a nut grower because it’s kind of like the gold rush of the 1850s,” said Ripon almond farmer Kevin Fondse of Fondse Brothers Inc. “Everybody wants the gold.” That frenzy has spawned crime. In a brazen heist in October, thieves made off with 140,000 pounds of processed walnuts from GoldRiver Orchards. The thief cut through wooden fence posts in the dead of night, hooked up a truck to three gondola trailers brimming with nuts and drove off. In another incident, unemployed trucker Francisco Javier Lopez Martinez told investigators he couldn’t pass up a job paying $180, de-

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spite his suspicions. He was hired in October by a man who gave him a fraudulent driver’s license and told him to pick up 43,000 pounds of almonds at Sunnygem, a processing plant. A transportation broker tipped sheriff’s deputies that something seemed amiss. They arrested Martinez, who told them he was supposed to drive the load to a specified address in Los Angeles, park it and walk away. The trucking firm that hired him turned out to be a fake. The company’s logo was merely taped onto the side of the truck, and it had stolen license plates. Martinez pleaded guilty in December to commercial burglary and possession of fake identification. He was sentenced to 350 days in jail and three years of probation. Authorities say this type of industrial identity theft, known as a “fictitious pickup,” is becoming more sophisticated. It often involves con artists providing fabricated insurance documents and U.S. Department of Transportation numbers for trucks. The driver presents the paperwork to the unsuspecting nut processor. A walnut farmer suspected he had fallen victim to such a crime in March after a $250,000 load left his yard, so he called Detectives Pat McNelis and Matt Calkins at the Butte County sheriff’s department. The detectives traced phone records to Los Angeles, where police there served search warrants and seized evidence. The investigation continues, detectives said. “In our case, there’s multiple levels of people that were involved in a complex crime,” Calkins said. “This is an organized criminal enterprise. It’s not one or two people acting on their own.” The California Highway Patrol investigates cargo thefts, but doesn’t tally nut thefts separately. The CHP hasn’t established a link between such thefts and any specific criminal organization, spokeswoman Erin Komatsubara said. Growers and nut processors say they have been so hard hit in the past year that a coalition of nut associations formed a taskforce in October to seek the advice of law enforcement and to create an eight-step checklist for growers and nut processors. The list includes fingerprinting drivers, taking their photos and calling the broker to confirm that the paperwork is legitimate. Such common-sense steps can save hundreds of thousands of dollars in vanishing cargo, said Carl Eidsath, a task force member representing the California Walnut Board. Too often, Eidsath said, the theft isn’t detected until it’s too late. “The only reason they knew something wasn’t right was when the load didn’t show up at the customer,” he said. “That’s days and days later.”

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A protester shouts slogans during a protest against the opening of shops on Sundays, in Athens Sunday. Some unions and small shop owners oppose the opening of shops for seven Sundays during the year, saying it will not help business in the crisis-hit country.

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ETF: Least held investment in Canada ETFs also are the least held investment in RRSPs in Canada. GICs make up 21 per cent of RRSP investments, followed by cash at 20 per cent, stocks at 11 per cent, bonds at nine per cent and ETFs at only four per cent. “It’s really a matter of financial literacy,” said Kevin Prins, vice-president of ETFs at BMO Bank of Montreal. “While the demand for ETFs is growing worldwide, most investors are in the early phases of becoming aware of these products.” ETFs provide RRSP investors a number of benefits, including low-cost access to a wide range of indices, asset classes and geographic regions. Because they come as a basket of investments, dealing with a single transaction can simplify the process of rebalancing a portfolio, reduce risk and increase diversification. ETFs generally have lower costs than mutual funds and investors can choose among index, stock, bond, commodity and currency, active, passive and even inverse and leveraged ETFs. ETF fees generally are about half a per cent lower than mutual funds. Based on an initial investment of $100,000, which grows at six per cent annually for 30 years, the lower costs will provide additional accumulated savings of more than $75,000. “ETFs are very straightforward,” said Prins. “They can be traded throughout the day like stocks, but unlike mutual funds, which are traded at the end of the trading day. They are very transparent, as you can see exactly what’s in the basket; they are accountable because you can follow an index’s performance every day and, through corporate class mutual funds that hold ETFs, very tax-efficient as well.” Corporate class funds that hold ETFs allow investors to move from one portfolio to the next without triggering any tax until the money is withdrawn. With more now available in Canada, investors could have their entire portfolio made up of ETFs. The most important thing about RRSPs, however, is not necessarily what you invest in but that you have one and it has a dominant position as part of an overall financial plan. “We certainly are seeing that more financial planning is being done around the RRSP — it should be a dominant component of any financial plan because it can really help towards building a solid retirement,” Prins said. “ETFs are a great way for investors to reduce costs, minimize risk and still get great diversification and asset and geographic reach.” Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

FED: Moves have kept long-term rates low The Fed’s latest exercise of quantitative easing, involving the purchase of US$85 billion of bonds monthly, has kept long-term rates low. The central bank moved last month to start cutting those asset purchases by $10 billion a month initially. That has pushed the U.S. dollar higher and Porter calls this development a major reason for the loonie’s fall. “I think that is at least half of the story of the Canadian dollar weakness — the fact that the Fed is beginning to taper QE3, the U.S. economy is picking up and there is more confidence in the U.S. generally these days,” he said. “So we are seeing that U.S. dollar (effect) against a number of currencies.” Adding it all up, it’s hard to see how the loonie can avoid moving even lower. Porter expects the Canadian dollar to decline further before making a modest comeback in the second half of the year. “But even so, we are still expecting the currency to finish the year at just below 91 cents,” he said. Meanwhile, investors will continue to focus on another heavy slate of fourth-quarter earnings next week, particularly from the U.S. The TSX ran ahead 141 points or one per cent this past week, with advances paced by the precious and base metal mining sectors. But the Dow industrials ended the week flat amid the mixed earnings news, up just 22 points or 0.13 per cent amid a slate of earnings reports that didn’t necessarily disappoint — but neither did they contain positive

surprises that would push markets higher. “It’s been a pretty good earnings season,” said Colin Cieszynski, Canadian markets specialist at CMC Markets Canada. “(But) we have markets trading at all-time highs (in the U.S.) so certainly we have some pretty high expectations built in.” This week sees earnings from such heavyweights as energy services firm Halliburton, drug company Johnson&Johnson, tech company Texas Instruments, telco Verizon, corporate services firm Xerox, consumer products company Kimberly-Clark and burger giant McDonald’s. Canadian earnings tends to lag the U.S. by a few weeks but traders will take in earnings from tech company Open Text (TSX:OTC) on Thursday. It is a busy week on the Canadian economic calendar with manufacturing shipments for November out Tuesday, November retail sales on Thursday and the December reading on inflation on Friday. It is a light week in the U.S., where markets are closed Monday for the Martin Luther King holiday. But investors will look to homes sales data along with latest reading of the economic leading indicator — a look at where the economy is going in the next six months — on Thursday.

WATER: Monitoring called inadequate The water quality monitoring in mining areas is so inadequate that most health violations likely were not caught, said Michael Hendryx, the study’s author and a professor of applied health at Indiana University. The EPA, in an environmental assessment last year, identified 132 cases where coal-fired power plant waste has damaged rivers, streams and lakes, and 123 where it has tainted underground water sources, in many cases legally, officials said. Among them is the massive failure of a waste pond at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in 2008. More than 5 million cubic yards of ash poured into a river and spoiled hundreds of acres in a community 35 miles west of Knoxville. Overall, power plants contributed to the degradation of 399 bodies of water that are drinking water sources, according to the EPA. There are no federal limits on the vast majority of chemicals that power plants pipe directly into rivers, streams and reservoirs. The EPA just last year proposed setting limits on a few of the compounds, the first update since 1982. More than five years after the Tennessee spill, the EPA has yet to issue federal regulations governing the disposal of coal ash. Experts say the agency is playing catch-up to solve a problem that began when it required power plants in the 1990s to scrub their air pollution to remove sulfur dioxide. An unintended consequence was that the pollutants captured were dumped into landfills and ponds, many unlined, where they seeped into underground aquifers or were piped into adjacent rivers, reservoirs and lakes. “As you are pushing air rules that are definitely needed, you need to think of the water. And they didn’t,” said Eric Schaeffer, a former EPA enforcement official. “Now they are running after the problem.” He now heads the Environmental Integrity Project, a group whose research has uncovered previously unknown sites of contamination from power plant waste pits. The federal government has in recent years issued the first-ever regulations for mercury released from power plant smokestacks, the largest source of mercury entering waterways. The EPA has stepped up its review of mountaintop mining permits, to reduce pollution. “Coal-related pollution remains a significant contributor to water quality pollution across the United States,” said Alisha Johnson, an EPA spokeswoman. “The EPA’s efforts have yielded significant improvements, but significant work still remains.” On the mining side, a review of federal environmental enforcement records shows that nearly threequarters of the 1,727 coal mines listed haven’t been inspected in the past five years to see if they are obeying water pollution laws. Also, 13 per cent of the fossil-fuel fired power plants are not complying with the Clean Water Act. Pollution still enters the environment from coal mined decades ago. The EPA estimates 12,000 river miles are tainted by acid mine drainage from long-shuttered coal mines. One of them is Raccoon Creek in southeastern Ohio. “These mines have been abandoned for a hundred years,” said Amy Mackey, Raccoon Creek’s watershed co-ordinator. “There is no one to fall back on.” States take the lead on the water pollution front. But advocacy groups from at least three states in coal country — Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana — have asked the EPA to step in, arguing that state officials aren’t doing enough.

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Tough choices for prostate cancer DECIDING WHETHER TO OPT FOR RADIATION OR SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE GLAND CAN BE A DAUNTING PROSPECT, AS BOTH CARRY THE RISK OF UNPLEASANT SIDE-EFFECTS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — For men with prostate cancer, deciding whether to opt for radiation or surgical removal of the gland can be a daunting prospect, as both carry the risk of unpleasant sideeffects such as urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. But a large study suggests that radiation treatment may lead to a higher incidence of other adverse effects in the years following treatment for localized prostate cancer, depending on a man’s age and other medical conditions. The study, published Thursday in the journal Lancet Oncology, found men treated with radiotherapy had fewer minimally invasive urological procedures, compared to those who chose surgery. But over time, the radiation group had a higher proportion of hospital admissions, rectal or anal procedures, related surgeries and secondary cancers. Lead researcher Dr. Robert Nam, a urologic oncologist at Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto, says before patients make a choice, it’s important they understand all the risks associated with each treatment, to maximize their quality of life. “Some people may say, ’You know what? I can live with a little leakage. I don’t need to have sex. That stuff is over for me, so I’m going to go ahead with (a particular) treatment,”’ Nam said. “That’s usually the logic of their thinking. “But what this study now says is wait a minute. Do you want to be admitted to hospital all the time? Do you want to be bleeding from your bladder or bleeding from your rectum all the time? Do you want a second cancer? “These are new things that people need to think about.” To conduct the study, researchers analyzed hospital and physician administrative records for 32,465 Ontario men who were treated for localized prostate cancer between 2002 and 2009. Of those, 15,870 had surgery (median age 62), while 16,595 had radiotherapy (median age 70). Nam said men who opted for radiotherapy had rates of these complications two to 10 times higher than patients who had their prostate surgically removed. There are two types of radiotherapy: external beam radiation and brachytherapy, which involves inserting radioactive material inside the

prostate, allowing more targeted treatment. “The rates of complications . . . were quite significant,” said Nam. “And this has never been described before. We knew about this happening. We knew patients would be admitted to hospital. We knew patients that had these procedures following the treatment. But we never knew the severity or the number. “And what we found was that up to 30 per cent of patients ended up with one of these procedure-related complications.” The study also found that five to nine years after treatment, a cumulative total of 4.5 per cent of men who had radiation had developed a second cancer, compared to 1.8 per cent in the surgery group, most often in the gastrointestinal tract. Bob Maurice of Penetanguishene, Ont., was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March 2005 and opted for radiation, which was less invasive than surgery. At first he had difficulty passing urine, but over time he developed other side-effects that ended up “being quite severe.” “It was pretty tough,” said Maurice, now 78. “I went for quite a few years where I was bleeding and I was incontinent and then what happened was stones gathered because of the damage to my bladder.” He had surgery three or four times to remove stones from his bladder and was put on antibiotics too many times to count. “I had four really bad years where I was in and out of hospitals. I had to be cathetered. I had to wear pads — there was at times quite a bit of blood,” said Maurice, explaining he was often incapacitated and couldn’t leave the house. “It just went on and on. It was four years of misery.” In August 2010, Maurice had his prostate and bladder removed. He now has an internal pouch and he self-catheters, allowing him to resume his favourite outdoor activities, among them hunting and fishing. “I feel great. I’m very thankful that I’ve reached this point in my life where I can function like a normal human being,” said Maurice, who attributes his being cancer-free to the radiation treatment. Still, after going through so much difficulty, he said he would go with surgery if facing the choice today. “There’s quite a great possibility

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Dr. Robert Nam, a urologic-oncologist at Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre, is shown in a handout photo. Nam says before patients make a choice, it’s important they understand all the risks associated with each treatment, to maximize their quality of life. that if I’d had surgery and had my prostate removed, that I may still have my bladder.” Dr. Stuart Edmonds of Prostate Cancer Canada said the study “highlights the need for men and their families to consider treatment options very carefully, being aware that each treatment might increase the risk of certain complications. “It also highlights some of the potential deficiencies of current treatments and the need to continue to improve on them to reduce these complications,” said Edmonds, the advocacy group’s vice-president of research, health promotion and survivorship. Dr. Tom Pickles, a radiation oncologist at the BC Cancer Agency, said he was not surprised at the findings, because it’s known that any therapy for prostate cancer comes with its own set of complications. “What I tell my patients is that all treatments have the potential to decrease quality of life,” Pickles said from Vancouver, adding that erectile

50 years later, U.S. surgeon general sees far more work to fight smoking BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — It’s no secret that smoking causes lung cancer. But what about diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, erectile dysfunction? Fifty years into the war on smoking, scientists still are adding diseases to the long list of cigarettes’ harms — even as the government struggles to get more people to kick the habit. A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General’s office says the nation is at a crossroads, celebrating decades of progress against the chief preventable killer but not yet poised to finish the job. “The real emphasis needs to be put on the fact that we still have a major and tragic catastrophe going on,” said acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak. The report is being released Friday at a ceremony at the White House, after a week of headlines marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1964 surgeon general’s report that launched the anti-smoking movement. Far fewer Americans smoke today — about 18 per cent of adults, down from more than 42 per cent in 1964. But the government may not meet its goal of dropping that rate to 12 per cent by 2020, the new report cautioned. Nearly half a million people will die from smoking-related diseases this year. Each day, more than 3,200 youths smoke their first cigarette. New products such as ecigarettes, with effects that aren’t yet understood, complicate public health messages. And if current trends continue unabated, 5.6 million of today’s children and teens will go on to die prematurely during adulthood because of smoking, the report found. Remarkably, the report adds more entries to the official list of smoking-caused diseases, including Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, erectile dysfunction, the macular degeneration that can blind older adults, two additional cancers — liver and colorectal — and cleft palate birth defects. “Enough is enough,” said Lushniak. He urged new resolve to end smoking by increasing use of proven tobacco-control measures, including price hikes for cigarettes

and expanding comprehensive indoor-smoking bans that he said currently cover about half the population. The report also encourages research into newer ideas, such as whether lowering the amount of addictive nicotine in cigarettes would help people quit. Here are some ways the smoking landscape has changed between the 1964 surgeon general’s report and Friday’s: 1964: The surgeon general declares that cigarette smoking increases deaths. 2014: About 20.8 million people in the U.S. have died from smoking-related diseases since then, a toll the report puts at 10 times the number of Americans who have died in all of the nation’s wars combined. Most were smokers or former smokers, but nearly 2.5 million died from heart disease or lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke. 1964: Heavy smoking is declared the main cause of lung cancer, at least in men. “The data for women, though less extensive, point in the same direction.” 2014: Today, lung cancer is the top cancer killer, and women who smoke have about the same risk of dying from it as men. As smoking has declined, rates of new lung cancer diagnoses are declining nearly 3 per cent a year among men and about 1 per cent a year among women. 1964: Male smokers were dying of heart disease more than nonsmokers, but the surgeon general stopped short of declaring cigarettes a cause of heart disease. 2014: Today, heart disease actually claims more lives of smokers 35 and older than lung cancer does. Likewise, secondhand smoke is riskier for your heart. Smoke-free laws have been linked to reductions in heart attacks. Friday’s surgeon general report also found that secondhand smoke increases the risk of a stroke. 1964: Smoking in pregnancy results in low-birth-weight babies. 2014: Friday’s report said 100,000 of the smoking-caused deaths over the past 20 years were babies who died of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, or complications from prematurity, low birth weight or other conditions

dysfunction rates are higher with surgery, while bowel problems are more common after radiation. “A lot of people have difficulty choosing because the cure rates are very similar and the side-effects, although it’s apples and oranges, are similar.” And he doesn’t think this study will make the process of choosing easier for men. “This just reinforces that all treatments come with side-effects and that a good discussion with the urologist and the radiation oncologist about those side-effects, up front, is part of the decision-making process,” Pickles said. Nam agreed, stressing the study isn’t meant to say that surgery is better than radiation, but to identify and quantify their complications. “We’re doing such a good job in curing the cancer, but then (men are) left with these types of problems surviving with cancer. And that needs to be part of the discussion with the patient.”

Success of first workplace mental health program hard to measure: agency BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks on the release of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on The Health Consequence of Smoking 50 Years of Progress‚ Friday, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. related to parents’ smoking. And it adds cleft palate birth defects to that list of smoking risks to babies. 1964: The more you smoke, the bigger the risk of death. 2014: Smokers are estimated to shorten their life by more than a decade. But stopping can lower that risk; sooner is better. 1964: That first report focused mostly on lung effects and couldn’t prove whether certain other illnesses were caused by smoking. 2014: Doctors now know that smoking impacts nearly every organ of the body, and Friday’s report said medical care for smoking-caused illnesses is costing the country more than $130 billion a year. Add to that lost productivity of more than $150 billion a year.

TORONTO — A year after launching Canada’s first national guidelines for workplace mental health, the agency behind the program says it doesn’t know how many employers are using it — or how. A few big names such as Bell Canada have publicly embraced the National Standard For Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace since its release in January 2013. The document has also been downloaded more than 16,000 times, the Mental Health Commission of Canada said Thursday. But whether employers have acted on its recommendations remains unclear. “It’s something that we are beginning to think about,” Louise Bradley, the commission’s president and CEO, said in a news conference marking the program’s anniversary. “We have developed an online survey that’s now going to be made available to all of the 16,000 people who downloaded it to let us know who is implementing it.” The commission is also planning a three-year study to track how some 25 businesses apply the standard, a voluntary set of tools and resources meant to improve and support mental health at work. The study, which is scheduled to begin Feb. 1, aims to chronicle how the guidelines affect each workplace and help promote the program on a national scale, the commission said. The standard has been hailed as a groundbreaking effort to deal with a condition that affects one in five Canadians and keeps roughly half a million from going to work each week. It has made Canada a global leader in battling mental illness, said Labour Minister Kellie Leitch. “We’ve set now a new international bar,” she said. Safeguarding mental health in the workplace “not only improves the lives of individual workers but it makes solid business sense,” said Bradley. It helps boost productivity and reduce the costs of short- and long-term disability claims, she said. Some companies may face practical hurdles in carrying it out, said George Cope, president and CEO of BCE (TSX:BCE) Bell Canada. “I think it’s a great first year (but) I think one of the challenges for companies is once they put the standard in, how do they do some of the training?” he said. The telecommunications giant adopted the guidelines and has made mental health training mandatory for some 4,000 of its leaders, he said. A more thorough version of that training will be offered through a new workplace mental health certificate training program. The training program announced Thursday will be run by a human resources consulting firm — Morneau Shepell — and certified by Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. It will combine in-class and online learning.

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Capturing a revolution, and an Oscar nomination THE SQUARE FILMMAKERS FACE PLENTY OF APPREHENSION BY STEVE DOLLAR ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES NEW YORK — On a recent afternoon, Jehane Noujaim apologized as she paused during an interview to check her cellphone. The director of The Square, an inside-out immersion into the Egyptian revolution, wanted to make sure her producer, Karim Amer, was going to be able to get back into the country — his country — to see an ailing relative. Such apprehension was nothing new for Noujaim. The Square, nominated for an Academy Award on Thursday for best documentary, opens this weekend in theaters and via Netflix, but has yet to be screened in Egypt, whose tumultuous recent history is its subject. “The film is in censorship,” she said. “They won’t issue a letter to show it publicly. There’s an attempt to whitewash the last three years.” That period is given intimate perspective in the film, which tracks the downfall of dictatorial Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 after 18 days of mass protests and military intimidation in Tahrir Square. The story continues as Mubarak’s elected successor, Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, also is toppled, amid rising violence and discord between religious and secular factions. The tilts and turns meant that, shortly after winning an audience award for “The Square” at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Noujaim went back to shooting and re-editing the film. “Most of these verite films, you make up a story that you think you’re following,” said Noujaim, whose films include Control Room and Startup.com. “You make a plan and God laughs, right? And that’s the exciting thing about making these films. You don’t know which way a story is going to go. But this story, much more than anything I’ve ever worked on, I had no idea where it was

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One of the main protagonists of The Square is Egyptian activist Ramy Essam, right, seen in this image from the Oscar-nominated documentary. going. We had to have people ready to film at any moment.” The Harvard Universityeducated filmmaker, 39, was born in Washington but raised in Cairo between the ages of 7 and 17. She grew up a few minutes from Tahrir Square but never imagined that one day she’d be sleeping in it. “There was no place I wanted to be in the world when things started happening there,” Noujaim said. It was in the square that she met the film’s key figures, each a different piece of the populist puzzle that came together in the story. “You look for people who will take you into worlds that you will never ordinarily see.” The film’s primary voice belongs to Ahmed Hassan, a street-wise worker in his early 20s, possessed of unflagging optimism. He shares the story with the middle-aged Magdy Ashour, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood whose open-minded

nature makes complex and controversial political issues accessible. The actor Khalid Abdalla, star of The Kite Runner, also joins the revolution, using his celebrity to draw attention to the cause. “The film gods were definitely on our side,” said Noujaim, who also recruited her team from the square, turning her production office near the site into a makeshift film school and some of the film’s subjects into cameramen. “It was so important for us that this film was really made by Egyptians, that it was the voice of the square.” The approach gives The Square its crackling immediacy, what Noujaim describes as “the feeling of being dropped completely into the revolution.” Brisk sequences cut together from grainy cellphone footage match passionate discourse to the visceral action of a Jason Bourne thriller, while images playing across laptops

convey the game-changing role viral media plays in social change. (At one point during the production, when Noujaim was arrested and detained for 40 hours, a post on Twitter helped to get her released.) But with some 1,600 hours of footage, there were challenges beyond inhaling tear gas, dodging bullets and enduring detentions. “At a certain point, we decided whether we were following the news story or following the character,” said producer Amer in an earlier interview. “How do you end something when the story is still going forward?” That dilemma was resolved by letting the characters drive the film. Noujaim shapes a historical narrative through an emotional one, connecting the events in Tahrir Square to a sense of universal struggle that prevails through the darkest hours. “It’s not until you are victorious that people actually

stand with you,” said Noujaim, who followed the story through dangerous days after Mubarak fell and the Western media packed up. “That’s when the real struggle began. There were no cameras in the square, and the army could do what it wanted to do.” “The Square was the film she was born to make,” said Mike Lerner, a London-based filmmaker who co-directed Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, about the Russian punk-rock activists, and has been forbidden to show the film in Russia. “She’s got an astonishing ability to be in the right place at the right time, telling the right story in the right way — in a humanistic and compassionate way.” Lerner, who also is one of The Square’s executive producers, was impressed by how the act of making the film became part of the revolution it documents, part of a wave of human-rights themed documentaries that include two other Oscar nominees, The Act of Killing and Dirty Wars. The Academy Award nomination is the first ever for an Egyptian film. Noujaim compared the moment to “getting accepted to the World Cup for the first time.” The timing is crucial, as the country voted this week on a new constitution — backed by the military government — with presidential and parliamentary elections expected soon. “What Ahmed said when we were short listed was, this means that despite censorship that this film will be unstoppable and our story will never be able to be obliterated or silenced,” Noujaim said. “The government will be in a very uncomfortable place, which is exactly where they need to be put for censoring a film about a hugely important chapter of Egyptian history.” The Square, streaming on Netflix. Rated R for violence and profanity. In Arabic with subtitles. 104 minutes. Steve Dollar writes for the Washington Post.

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PARK CITY, Utah — John Lithgow said playing Alfred Molina’s longtime lover in the film Love is Strange was “just like falling in love with this man.” The veteran actors portray a couple who marry after 39 years together in Richard Ayoade says his connection the Ira Sachs film that premiered Satto Sundance founder Robert Redford urday at the Sundance Film Festival. Once wed, one of the men loses his runs deeper than most filmmakers. “I think Robert is grateful that I job as a music instructor at a Catholic came. Now he’s too proud to say that. school and the couple is forced to sell But you can see in his eyes,” Ayoade their apartment to survive financially. They end up living apart, staying joked in an interview. “He doesn’t want to focus the whole with friends and family until they can remedy their situation. All the while, thing on me at this stage. It’s kind of the couple comforts each other and between us.” Ayoade, a British comedic actor, has fun together. “What I feel is really a success of made his feature directing debut with the film,” Sachs said, “is that these two the 2011 Sundance coming-of-age movmen create the history of a 40-year re- ie Submarine. He claims a warm welcome from the 77-year-old Redford aflationship with all the texture.” Lithgow and Molina have been ter returning this year with The Double, friends for 20 years but this is the first which he directed and co-wrote. “He’s there turning down the beds, time they have worked together. “I just knew this was going to work making sure everyone’s got enough so wonderfully,” Lithgow said. “I knew eggs. He’s all over it. He’s just there. we were going to be a great old cou- But that’s just Robert. He does too much, I tell him. He won’t listen. It ple.” “So much of this grew out of Fred’s keeps him busy, that’s the thing. Beand my old friendship,” he continued, cause otherwise the mind goes,” Ay“and the things we discovered, the lay- oade said in an interview, maintaining a deadpan face while his film’s star ers of new friendship.” Jesse Eisenberg giggled beside him. The actors received a standing ovation at the conclusion of the film’s premiere. Sachs, who acknowledged his husband before the screening, said the film is autobiographMONDAYS ARE ical “only in emotion, 9 pm - Close and not in fact.” “I wanted to make a - 2 games of Bowling film about the possibil- 2 Appetizers ity of love to bloom with - 2 Adult Beverages time,” he said. “This film is all about what love is, both for a couple, but also for a 9 pm - Close family and for a community and for parents and BUY 1 GAME OF BOWLING, GET 1 FREE children and for all the Food and Beverage Specials different ways in which Easy To Learn ... Easy To Play Healthful Social Activity we love each other, and all the ways in which 403.309.6387 that is a very complicat#8, 6200 - 67A St. (Located in the Heritage Plaza behind and NE of Cash Casino) ed act.”

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to explain it on the red carpet. “I loved it and actually it hit me on a very personal level because the themes of this film are about family, and you know, finding yourself and where you belong, and letting go of certain dreams and realizing that your life is right in front of you and taking that in instead of being one step ahead of it,” she said. Tears welled up in her eyes as she added: “Just something about it just really resonated with me and made me quite emotional.” Wish I Was Here is Braff’s second directorial effort. His first, Garden State, which he wrote, directed and co-starred with Natalie Portman, was a critical success. It’s been 10 years since Braff returned to the director’s chair and he made it happen by funding the movie using the crowdsourcing site Kickstarter.

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Daughter’s grief has turned her into angry person Dear Annie: My 39-year-old son-in-law died two years ago, quite suddenly and unexpectedly. My daughter is still grieving, which I fully understand, but her grief has turned her into an angry and jealous person. My husband and I are the only family she has. When she married, she moved close to her husband’s friends, but after he died, they did not keep MITCHELL in touch. & SUGAR She went for counseling right afterward, but said the counselor could not help her because he couldn’t give her what she wanted. She refuses to see a doctor for antianxiety medication or an antidepressant. I want to be helpful and supportive, but her difficult personality is now putting a strain on our health, not to mention our marriage. We call her a few times a day and are always here if she needs to talk, but she is so angry and hateful that every conversation becomes stressful. How much support must we offer? I would like to entertain people again and perhaps travel, but we would feel guilty leaving her on her own. — No Name, No State, Please Dear No Name: You may think you are helping your daughter, but you are actually enabling her to be emotionally dependent on you, allowing her to avoid dealing with her own issues. You need to scale back. Encourage her to seek counseling again or to attend a grief support group through a local hospital or hospice. Then plan your vacations and your entertainment. You can still stay in touch as often as you wish. She may object to your having a life while she doesn’t, but that is her choice. Dear Annie: I am in my 80s and live a great distance from my grandchildren. I always send them cards (with money) for birthdays and Christmas, but seldom, if ever, do I get a thank you, whether written or oral. That’s bad enough. But when it is my birthday, I get a card from my children with the names of my grandchildren included. These grandkids are in their late 20s and do not live with their parents. At what point do they start taking responsibility for sending their own cards? I would love to get a card directly from my grandchildren, signed by them in their own handwriting, making it more personal. How do I arrange this? — Neglected Grandma Dear Grandma: This is actually something your children should have taught their own kids, but instead, they are covering for them so you don’t feel you’ve been forgotten. We don’t believe your grandchildren are deliberately ignoring these occasions. We think they are oblivious to how much it means to you. If you have a good relationship with your grandchildren, tell them that you’d appreciate a card for your birthday directly from them. Ask whether they have your address. If you have email, suggest they send you an e-card. When your birthday is due, remind them in a lighthearted, humorous way. We hope they come through. Dear Annie: This is in response to “Concerned Water Conservator,” who is amazed at the amount of water people waste. Since my town decided to charge for every drop that residents use, I place an empty pan to catch gray water in my kitchen and bathroom sinks, and I use a bucket in the shower to catch the cold water as it’s warming up. I then use the water for my vegetable garden and cleaning the house. Both my son and I turn off the shower while soaping down, then turn it on when we’re ready to rinse. I was amazed at how much water I wasted. — Nebraska Dear Nebraska: Thanks for the great suggestions. Annie’s Snippet (credit Martin Luther King Jr.): Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: “Too Late.” Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT ANN, N.Y. — A litter of kittens has found a cozy home in the least cozy of places — a maximumsecurity prison in upstate New York. The Post-Star of Glens Falls reports (http://bit.ly/ LcCRaP ) four kittens found their way into the basement of the Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Fort Ann a few months ago. That’s near the Vermont border 55 miles northeast of Albany. The family of feral felines has been cared for by inmates and prison staff, including head electrician Bruce Porter. He arrives at work early so he can tend to the cats, which live in a large cage built by an inmate. Another inmate takes care of the cats on weekends when many prison employees are off. Prison officials say they’re hoping to find the kittens homes among the staff.

HOROSCOPE Monday, Jan. 20 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: David Lynch, 68; Rainn Wilson, 48; James Denton, 51 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Take a closer look at your health habits and implement the necessary adjustments that will contribute to your overall wellness. As the Moon travels through meticulous Virgo, it encourages us to be methodical and thorough about our lives. Love and work can be blended beautifully as Venus and Saturn are well ASTRO aligned in the sky to the Lunar VirDOYNA go. That being said, yes, business can be mixed with pleasure! HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this guarantees you a fantastic year ahead! You will also get to experience some interesting amorous feelings. Perhaps, you will get to engage into a clandestine love affair! Take pleasure in savouring these mystical occurrences, but don’t lose your head in them! ARIES (March 21-April 19): Concentrate on the tasks at hand and be methodical in your procedures. You could accomplish a lot today if you are well organized. Someone who owns a company or has a lot of power will help you in a certain work project. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Passionate feelings make you go after your heart’s desire with tremendous zeal. Your zeal for intense pleasure surges high. Your personal faith is undergoing a massive change. You are questioning everything and everyone around you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You might be tempted to get into a domestic dispute today. One of your parents may disapprove of your rash behaviour or tendencies. You want to protect your valuables and your safety is a concern to you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may engage yourself into a heated, deep conversation with someone close to you. There will be nothing easy or breezy about it. You are con-

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cerned about finding out the truth and you will accept nothing less than that. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are strongly attached to your possessions. You feel an almost emotional link to what you own and what you have. Watch out for a possible tendency to act too erratic with one of your buddies. Unintentionally, you may erupt into an unwanted argument. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A small divergence of opinion may put you into the hot pot today. Avoid the urge of becoming over-confident or you may give out the wrong impression. Romance will be sizzling and you will feel anything but modest about the one you have your eyes on. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is one of those days where you seek to be by yourself. The company of others doesn’t appeal to you as much as your own private time. Emotional retreat is necessary for your recovery from the last few days. Don’t let feelings of insecurity get the best of you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You will display a strong presence among your peers. If you are involved in any group projects, you will have the ability to persuade others today. Present your opinion, but do not impose your ideas onto others too forcefully. Seize the ambience of your crowd. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your merits and your values will serve you as a useful tool to move up the professional ladder. Make yourself known, as important people will take your merits into account. Put your best foot forward and wear a smile. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): This is a great time for travelling, be it for pleasure or business. Be open-minded and welcome individuals into your life that have a completely different background from yours. Chances are, you will gain so much more from this experience. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Try to not over-react to matters today. Impulsive urges will make you less logical that usually. Anything that you own, you will have a pretty strong attachment to it. Dig deep into the truth as solutions might just appear. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): One-on-one relationships figure prominently for your today. You also tend to put greater emphasis on your general appearance and how you appear to others. Consultations with professionals should give you greater insight about your personal situation. Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

Preliminary gene therapy trial for blindness promising but too early to know if it will last THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — A small, preliminary study using gene therapy to treat a rare form of blindness is promising and could trigger similar efforts for other causes of vision loss, British doctors say. They studied just six patients. Of those, two have had dramatic improvements in their vision and none has reported any serious side effects. The study was only designed to test the treatment’s safety, not its effectiveness. Gene therapy —inserting copies of a normal gene into a patient who has a faulty or missing gene — has previously been tried for other rare types of blindness with limited success. All of the patients in the new trial were men with choroidermia, an inherited and untreatable form of progressive blindness. The disease is the result of a protein deficiency that kills eye cells that detect light. “We’re trying to rescue cells that would otherwise have died,” said Dr. Robert MacLaren of the University of Oxford, who led the research. He and colleagues injected a harmless virus carry-

ing the missing protein into the thinnest part of the patients’ retinas. The study was paid for by the Wellcome Trust and Britain’s Department of Health, and was published online Thursday in the journal, Lancet. Dr. Ian MacDonald,

chairman of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Alberta in Canada, who was not part of the study but is planning a similar trial, called the new work “very promising because there is really no other way to deliver

this protein.” Since the paper only had data up to six months after the patients’ surgeries, MacDonald said it was unclear if the treatment would last forever or if the men’s eyesight would continue to worsen.

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Rebels fight off Hurricanes BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 5 Hurricanes 2 The Lethbridge Hurricanes created some hefty winds through 40 minutes Saturday at the Enmax Centrium, but were reduced to a breeze in the third period. Scott Feser potted a pair of late goals as the Red Deer Rebels pulled away from the visitors en route to a 5-2 Western Hockey League win before a recorded crowd of 5,157. The win came just 24 hours after the Rebels fell 5-1 to the visiting Calgary Hitmen and lost five players to injury in the process. Saturday was full good news, as the Rebels not only moved into sole possession of eighth place in the Eastern Conference but earlier in the day learned that Friday’s injuries — for the most part — weren’t nearly as serious as first feared. The Rebels weren’t head and shoulders better than the ‘Canes, who were right there — trailing 3-2 — when Feser batted Grayson Pawlenchuk’s pass out of the air and past netminder Jarrod Schamerhorn at 13:44 of the third period. The Red Deer native then cashed a rebound two minutes later to seal the deal. “It was a really a hard fought game,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter. “Both teams were missing some players and had young kids in the lineup. There was a lot of energy and intensity. “There were mistakes made both ways but in the third we settled into our game and did a good job of forechecking and creating some turnovers. We were also good in our zone most of the night.” Lukas Sutter staked the Rebels to a 1-0 lead 13:45 into the contest, working out of the

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Red Deer Rebels forward Aspen Sturzer handles the puck as he looks for a way around Lethbridge Hurricane Taylor Cooper during action at the Centrium, Saturday. corner and stuffing the puck past ‘Canes’ starting goaltender Jonny Hogue. Just under three minutes later, affiliate forward Mason McCarty doubled Red Deer’s cushion with his first-ever WHL marker, racing down the wing and beating Hogue with a high shot from the right faceoff circle. “I thought ‘Carts’ played really well, as did (forward Jeff)

de Wit,” said Brent Sutter, in reference to the two affiliates. “Both those kids came in here and gave us what we wanted from them. We put a lot of younger kids in certain situations tonight because of all the injuries that we have and they all responded well. “With McCarty, you can see he’s getting real close to playing here on a regular ba-

sis next season. And Jeff is a 15-year-old young lad who’s just going to get better and better.” Lethbridge coach Drake Berehowsky replaced Hogue with Schamerhorn following McCarty’s goal and the trade deadline acquisition — via the Portland Winterhawks — faced 38 shots the rest of the way.

The visitors got back into the contest with a goal from Riley Sheen at 8:20 of the second period, but Rebels defenceman Brady Gaudet replied with a power-play marker at 12:16, his point shot finding its way past Schamerhorn. “(Haydn) Fleury laid one in for me. It was a good pass from him and I took advantage of it,” said Gaudet. “It was one of those nights when things just happened. That shot doesn’t always go in but tonight it did.” Reid Nemeth ripped a slapshot over the shoulder of Rebels netminder Patrik Bartosak with a mere eight seconds remaining in the middle frame, setting the stage for a strong third period for the home side. The Rebels fired a total of 44 shots at the Lethbridge netminders, while Bartosak made 35 saves in a nice bounce-back performance from a poor outing Friday. “Patty played well. We had a discussion after the game last night about moving on and getting past that one and getting ready for the next game,” said Sutter. “He handled it really well.” The Rebels were one-forfour on the power play and four-for-four on the penalty kill. “We killed off a couple of penalties when it was a onegoal game. They were huge kills,” said Sutter. “Our penalty kill usually come up pretty big for us,” added Gaudet, who paid homage to a hockey legend with a goal, two assists and a spirited scrap with ‘Canes captain Brady Ramsay — a ‘Gordie Howe Hat Trick’. “It’s kind of funny. Things just rolled for me here tonight and I set myself up for the old Gordie,” said the 19-year-old defenceman.

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Crosby named captain of Canada’s Olympic team BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Sidney Crosby is the face of the NHL and hockey in Canada, so it’s only natural that he’ll be the country’s captain at next month’s Sochi Olympics. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain, who scored the gold-medal-winning overtime goal against the United States in Vancouver four years ago, got the nod to wear the “C” this time around. Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks and Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators were named alternate captains, Hockey Canada announced Sunday morning. “Sidney, Jonathan and Shea have been leaders on the international stage in the past, as well as with their NHL teams,” coach Mike Babcock said in a statement. “These three players will be at the forefront of our efforts in Sochi, but we are confident we have 25 players on our roster that will lead in their own way and allow our team to be successful.” There will be no shortage of leadership in Sochi given the presence of six NHL captains, but it starts with Crosby. “Playing for Team Canada, playing in the Olym-

pics is a great opportunity,” Crosby told reporters at Penguins practice. “But being able to be named the captain is definitely an honour.” Crosby was made the youngest captain in NHL history when he got the “C” for the Pittsburgh Penguins six and a half years ago. In 2009 he raised the Stanley Cup as captain. At the 2010 Olympics, Crosby was an alternate along with defenceman Chris Pronger and winger Jarome Iginla. The 26-year-old Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, native doesn’t expect his mind-set to change much. Veteran defenceman Scott Niedermayer captained that team and said before his Hockey Hall of Fame induction in November that he had no doubt Crosby is ready to assume that role. “He’s very mature,” Niedermayer said. “He was probably ready when he was 16. He was probably ready in 2010, and the thinking was he’s going to have enough pressure on him just from who he is and things like that that he doesn’t need one more thing to worry about, give it to some old guy that’s just trying to figure things out out there. I’m sure he would do very well.” Toews seemed like the only other logical option,

based on performing in 2010 and leading the Blackhawks to two Stanley Cups. Last week he acknowledged the possibility of being named captain. “I’m ready for any role,” Toews said in Montreal. “Last time, I played five, six, maybe seven minutes at the start of the tournament in Vancouver. By the end of it, the coaches had more confidence in me. They put me in more defensive situations. This time around won’t be different. Whether I’m captain — or not — whatever. I’m going to Russia to win a gold medal like everyone else.” This will be the second Olympics for most of the core, including the leadership group. “Honestly, it doesn’t get old,” Crosby said in Vancouver of just making the team. “That feeling doesn’t get old. The appreciation and being proud to represent your country, it’s the same for everybody.” Asked if he preferred “Captain Canada” over his current nickname of “Sid the Kid,” Crosby said: “I’ll let you guys worry about that.” Ryan Smyth of the Edmonton Oilers has that moniker, and Crosby expects it to stick with the Hockey Canada mainstay despite this announcement.

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Broncos bounce Patriots to earn berth in Super Bowl BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Broncos 26 Patriots 16 DENVER — Peyton Manning had an answer for everyone. What’s new? For Tom Brady. For the New England defence. For anyone who thought he couldn’t win the big one. Manning is taking the Denver Broncos on a trip to New York for the Super Bowl after another of his impeccably crafted victories — this time, a 26-16 win over the Patriots on Sunday in the AFC title game. Less than three years after being unable to throw a football because of his surgically ravaged neck and nerve endings, Manning will get a chance for his second ring. He’ll try to become the first quarterback to win one with two different teams, at the Meadowlands on Feb. 2 against Seattle or San Francisco, who played later Sunday for the NFC championship. “It’s very rewarding when you put a lot of hard work into the off-season and the regular season and it pays dividends with a huge win,” Manning said. After taking the final knee, Manning stuffed the football in his helmet and ran to the 30-yard line to shake hands with Brady. The Indy-turned-Denver quarterback improved to 5-10 lifetime against New England’s QB but 2-1 in AFC title games. “He’s been remarkable. It’s unprecedented what he did,” Broncos coach John Fox. Though Manning threw for 400 yards, it more dink-and-dunk than a fireworks show in this, the 15th installment of the NFL’s two best quarter-

backs of a generation. Manning set up four field goals by Matt Prater and put his stamp on this one with a pair of long, meticulous and mistake-free touchdown drives in which nothing came cheap. He geared down the no-huddle, hurry-up offence that helped him set records for touchdown passes and yardage this season and made the Broncos the highest-scoring team in history. The result: 93- and 80-yard touchdown drives that each lasted a few seconds over seven minutes; they were the two longest, time-wise, of the season for the Broncos (15-3). Manning capped the second with a 3-yard pass to Demaryius Thomas — who got inside the overmatched Alfonzo Dennard and left his feet to make the catch — for a 20-3 lead midway through the third quarter. From there, it was catch-up time for Brady and the Pats (13-5), and they are not built for that, at least not this year. A team that averaged more than 200 yards on the ground the last three games didn’t have much quick-strike capability. Brady, who threw for most of his 277 yards in comeback mode, actually led the Patriots to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns. But they were a pair of time-consuming, 80-yard drives. The second cut the deficit to 26-16 with 3:07 left, but the Broncos stopped Shane Vereen on the 2-point conversion and the celebration was on. “Losing is never easy,” Patriots defensive lineman Rob Ninkovich said. “But when you have somebody as talented as (Manning), who puts in as much work and effort, and has done it for so long, it’s a little bit easier to

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Denver Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno leaps over New England Patriots strong safety Duron Harmon during the first half of the AFC Championship NFL playoff game in Denver, Sunday. swallow.” The trip to New York, where it figures to be at least a tad cooler than Sunday’s 63-degree reading at kickoff, will come 15 years after John Elway rode off into the sunset with his second straight Super Bowl victory.

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Canucks top Flames in heated affair BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canucks 3 Flames 2 SO VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks knew what was coming as soon as head coach John Torotorella read out the starting lineups. Calgary Flames counterpart Bob Hartley was sending out his fourth line and Tortorella was going to do likewise. Two seconds into Saturday’s game, all hell broke loose. Chris Higgins scored in the fifth round of the shootout on a night that featured a nasty line brawl off the opening faceoff as the Canucks defeated the Flames 3-2. Higgins beat Flames goalie Karri Ramo through the five-hole to help Vancouver snap a three-game losing streak, but all anyone was talking about afterwards was the donnybrook right after puck drop. “Torts came in and told us that they’re starting those idiots over there so we’re going to match that and go with it,” said Canucks tough guy Tom Sestito. “I knew right off the hop (Brian) McGrattan was going to come after me.” Tortorella made no apologies for matching the Flames’ muscle with his own. “I see the starting lineup and I know the other guy across the bench and it’s easy for people to say ‘Well put the Sedins out there and it’s deflated.’ I can’t put our players at risk like that,” he said. “With the lineup that (Hartley) had, I am not going to put those types of players at risk, and that’s what ensues. “I’m not proud of it. I’ve apologized to every one of the players involved in it. I don’t feel great about it at all.”

When the dust settled, Canucks forwards Dale Weise and Kellan Lain — who was making his NHL debut — along with defencemen Kevin Bieksa and Jason Garrison were given fighting majors and game misconducts. The same went for Calgary forwards Kevin Westgarth and Blair Jones, as well as defencemen Ladislav Smid and Chris Butler. “It shouldn’t be in the game, that stuff,” said Tortorella. “I don’t want it in the game, but I have to protect my team, too. So all the pundits and all the people pissing and moaning about it, they don’t have a clue what a lockerroom’s about and they don’t understand the whole circumstance involved in that type of situation.” Sestito and McGrattan also got fighting majors, plus ten minute misconducts, with latter suffering a cut that splattered blood all over the ice. “I see Westgarth going in for a draw. I don’t think the guy can play (defensive) zone coverage if he wanted to so I know he’s not playing centre,” said Sestito. “I knew it was coming.” Tortorella screamed at Hartley from the bench, clearly furious that his counterpart put out Calgary’s tough guys in a period that saw scrums after almost every whistle and a total of 188 minutes in penalties. Hartley said he started his fourth line to create some energy. “Those guys are playing well for us. They got us a goal last game. We’re not scoring many goals,” said Hartley, whose team has lost 10 of its last 12. “We had zero intentions there. Those guys are playing hard for us. As far as I know they were the home team. They had the luxury to put whoever they wanted on the ice. “He decided who he puts on. It is

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Referees get in the way of Vancouver Canucks head coach John Tortorella as he screams at the Calgary Flames bench during first-period NHL action at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C. Saturday. what it is.” Tortorella was then caught by television cameras trying to get into the Calgary locker-room between periods, but declined to comment on that incident. “I lifted my head and there he was,” said Hartley. “I just don’t understand. I got out of there. I don’t need to get suspended or fined. There is nothing to settle there. I just don’t understand what was going on.” In terms of the actual game, Ryan Kesler had a goal and an assist, and Yannick Weber also scored in regulation for the Canucks (25-16-9), who got 31 saves from Roberto Luongo in his

return from injury. “It was a bizarre start to the game and kind of carried over for a little bit,” said Higgins. “I thought we stayed with it mentally. It was a tough game to stay with it but we did a great job.” Mark Giordano and Matt Stajan scored for the Flames (16-26-7), who got 31 saves from Ramo. “I am unbelievably proud of my guys. They battled hard,” said Hartley. “We played 10 minutes with three defencemen. We were even more short than the Canucks and we kept battling. “I thought we played well enough to win that game.”

Seahawks’ defence seals Super Bowl bid with win over 49ers SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks are bringing their game-changing defence — and the 12th Man — to the Big Apple for the Super Bowl. Seattle’s top-ranked defence forced three fourthquarter turnovers, and Russell Wilson threw a 35-yard touchdown pass on fourth down for the winning points in a 23-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers for the NFC title Sunday. Seattle will meet Denver (15-3) for the NFL title in two weeks in the New Jersey Meadowlands. It’s the first trip to the big game for the Seahawks (15-3) since they lost to Pittsburgh after the 2005 season. The conference champs had the best records in the league this year, the first time the top seeds have gotten to the Super Bowl since the 2010 game. Moments after Richard Sherman tipped Colin Kaepernick’s pass to teammate Malcolm Smith for the clinching interception, the All-Pro cornerback jumped into the stands behind the end zone, saluting the Seahawks’ raucous fans. With 12th Man flags wav-

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REBELS: Full lineup Meanwhile, most of the walking wounded should be back in the Red Deer lineup for a key meeting with the Raiders Wednesday at Prince Albert. Two of the players injured Friday — Sutter and Adam Musil — played Saturday, while Conner Bleackley, Wyatt Johnson and defenceman Nick Charif joined already-injured teammates Brooks Maxwell and Vukie Mpofu in the stands. On a fortunate note, the x-rays taken on Sutter, Musil, Bleackley and Charif Friday night came back negative and Bleackley and Charif will likely rejoin the club in times for Wednesday’s road game. Maxwell, who’s been out several weeks with an upper-body injury and Mpofu, who’s missed three games with a lower-ailment, are also set to return. Johnson suffered a concussion Friday and is out indefinitely. “We should be able to have close to a full lineup this week,” said Sutter. ● The Rebels also play Friday and Saturday at Saskatoon and Regina. Red Deer’s next home game is Jan. 29 versus Brandon. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

CROSBY: Dedication Russia already named Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings as captain. It’s Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins for Slovakia and Tomas Plekanec of the Montreal Canadiens for the Czech Republic. The United States has yet to name its captain, though general manager David Poile singled out Ryan Suter, Zach Parise, Dustin Brown, Ryan Callahan and David Backes as the U.S. leadership group. The men’s ice hockey tournament in Sochi begins Feb. 12. Canada opens against Norway on Feb. 13. Caroline Ouellette was named captain of Canada’s women’s team. Haley Wickenheiser will be a permanent alternate, while Jayna Hefford and Catherine Ward will rotate the second “A.” “There is a tremendous amount of experience in our dressing room, and there is no shortage of qualified candidates to wear a letter,” women’s coach Kevin Dineen said in a statement. “The players we have selected as captain and alternates in Sochi have shown their dedication and commitment to the team and its end goal throughout a long season, and we feel they are the ideal choices to lead our team through the Olympic experience.” Canada’s women’s team opens play Feb. 8 against Switzerland. Greg Westlake was named captain of Canada’s sledge hockey team. Brad Bowden and Adam Dixon are the al-

ing everywhere, and “New York, New York” blaring over the loudspeakers, CenturyLink Field rocked like never before. “That’s as sweet as it gets,” Sherman said. “This is really special,” added coach Pete Carroll, who has turned around the Seahawks in four seasons in charge. “It would really be a mistake to not remember the connection and the relationship between this football team and the 12th Man and these fans. It’s unbelievable.” San Francisco (14-5) led 17-13 when Wilson, given a free play as Aldon Smith jumped offside, hurled the ball to Jermaine Kearse, who made a leaping catch in the end zone. Steven Hauschka then kicked his third field goal, and Smith intercepted in the end zone on the 49ers’ final possession. “This feels even sweeter, with the amazing support we have had from the 12th Man,” team owner Paul Allen said, comparing this Super Bowl trip to the previous one. Until Seattle’s topranked defence forced a

ternates. “This is the leadership team we have had in place since 2011, and we have the utmost confidence in them leading our team into Sochi,” sledge team coach Mike Mondin said in a statement. “Greg, Brad and Adam have worn the Team Canada jersey with pride every time they have put it on, and have earned the right to wear a letter on the game’s biggest stage.”

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BRONCS: It’s been a terrific group He slammed the door on the Tim Tebow experiment and signed Manning to a contract, knowing there were risks involved in bringing to town a thirty-something quarterback coming off multiple operations to resurrect his career. Even without Von Miller on the field, Elway put enough pieces in place around Manning to contend for a championship. Thomas. Wes Welker (four catches, 38 yards). Eric Decker (5-73). Tight end Julius Thomas (8-85). “It’s been a terrific group,” Elway said as he hoisted the AFC championship trophy. “They worked their tail off all year.” Manning knows how to make the most of all those options. This game started getting out of hand at about the same time Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib went out with a knee injury. Nobody else could cover Thomas, and Manning, who finds mismatches even under the toughest of circumstances, found this one quickly. “Peyton Manning is Peyton Manning,” Patriots defensive end Andre Carter said. “He’s a smart player and able to make adjustments when he needs to.” Thomas finished with seven catches for 134 yards, including receptions of 26 and 27 yards that set up a field goal for a 13-3 lead before the half. Not a bad day for a player who tweaked his knee last week and was limited in practice Friday. “I told myself, ’I’m going to put it all out there on the field,”’ Thomas said. “It’s one more game to get to the Super Bowl. Time to do it for the older guys on the team.” Of course, that includes the 37-yearold Manning, but also 35-year-old Champ Bailey, whose injury filled season will end with his first trip to the Super Bowl. Denver got the ball to start the third quarter — working the plan to perfection after winning the coin toss and deferring the choice — and Manning hit Thomas for 15 and 4 yards as part of the 80-yard, 7:08 touchdown drive that gave Denver the 17-point lead. The Patriots came up a win short of the Super Bowl for the second straight year.

fumble and had two picks in the final period, the game was marked by big offensive plays in the second half. That was somewhat shocking considering the strength of both teams’ defences. And those plays came rapidly. Marshawn Lynch, in full Beast Mode, ran over a teammate and then outsped the 49ers to the corner of the end zone for a 40-yard TD, making it 10-10. Kaepernick then was responsible for consecutive 22-yard gains, hitting Michael Crabtree, then rushing to the Seattle 28. His fumble on the next play was recovered by centre Jonathan Goodwin, who even lumbered for 2 yards. Anquan Boldin outleapt All-Pro safety Thomas on the next play for a 26-yard touchdown. Then, Doug Baldwin, who played for 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh at Stanford, stepped up — and through San Francisco’s coverage — on a scintillating 69-yard kickoff return that made the stadium shake for the first time all day. That set up Hauschka’s 40-yard field goal. And a frantic finish.

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 46 25 17 4 0 177 Swift Current 48 24 18 1 5 164 Regina 47 24 18 3 2 158 Prince Albert 46 22 22 2 0 151 Moose Jaw 46 13 26 3 4 123 Saskatoon 49 13 32 1 3 140 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL Calgary 46 30 11 2 3 Edmonton 45 31 13 0 1 Medicine Hat 44 26 15 3 0 Kootenay 48 24 20 2 2 Red Deer 46 23 21 0 2 Lethbridge 48 9 34 2 3

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GF 173 186 150 148 138 121

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 45 37 6 0 2 193 Victoria 48 30 16 0 2 144 Vancouver 47 23 16 5 3 159 Prince George 48 17 24 2 5 150 Kamloops 46 10 31 2 3 118

GA 168 142 173 159 180 199 GA 122 118 125 145 142 217

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U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 47 30 12 2 3 206 155 65 Seattle 47 28 14 2 3 164 169 61 Spokane 46 27 15 2 2 158 135 58 Everett 46 25 14 6 1 139 124 57 Tri-City 47 22 21 2 2 121 132 48 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 Saturday’s results Edmonton 7 Prince George 6 (SO) Kootenay 5 Swift Current 2 Regina 4 Prince Albert 2 Brandon 4 Saskatoon 3 Red Deer 5 Lethbridge 2 Medicine Hat 6 Calgary 2 Seattle 3 Kamloops 2 Everett 4 Moose Jaw 3 (SO) Kelowna 5 Victoria 3 Tri-City 3 Spokane 1 Sunday’s results Portland 5 Spokane 0 Swift Current 7 Prince Albert 0 Vancouver 0, Tri-City 4 Monday’s games Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m. Tuesday’s games Regina at Calgary, 7 p.m. Lethbridge at Prince George, 8 p.m. Moose Jaw at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. Medicine Hat at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

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Goal — Vancouver: Lee (L, 12-11-3); Tri-City: Comrie (W, 18-16-2). Power plays (goal-chances)Vancouver: 0-5; TriCity: 0-2. Sean Raphael. NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT GF Boston 48 30 15 3 138 Tampa Bay 50 29 16 5 146 Montreal 49 27 17 5 126 Toronto 50 25 20 5 141 Detroit 48 21 17 10 121 Ottawa 49 21 19 9 139 Florida 48 18 23 7 111 Buffalo 47 13 27 7 86 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT GF Pittsburgh 48 34 12 2 156 NY Rangers 51 27 21 3 128 Philadelphia 49 25 19 5 134 Columbus 48 24 20 4 138 Washington 49 22 19 8 142 New Jersey 50 20 19 11 115 Carolina 48 20 19 9 117 NY Islanders 50 19 24 7 138

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Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT GF GA Pt Chicago 51 32 8 11 184 139 75 St. Louis 47 32 10 5 166 107 69 Colorado 48 31 12 5 142 122 67 Minnesota 51 27 19 5 125 125 59 Dallas 48 21 19 8 136 148 50 Nashville 50 21 22 7 121 151 49 Winnipeg 50 22 23 5 141 150 49 Pacific Division GP W L OT GF GA Pt Anaheim 51 37 9 5 175 126 79 San Jose 49 31 12 6 158 121 68 Los Angeles 49 29 14 6 126 100 64 Vancouver 50 25 16 9 127 127 59 Phoenix 48 23 16 9 139 145 55 Calgary 49 16 26 7 109 156 39 Edmonton 51 15 30 6 131 181 36 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Saturday’s results San Jose 5 Tampa Bay 4 NY Rangers 4 Ottawa 1 Winnipeg 3 Edmonton 2 (OT) Detroit 3 Los Angeles 2 (SO) Columbus 4 Buffalo 3 (SO) Carolina 3 Florida 2 Toronto 5 Montreal 3 Philadelphia 6 NY Islanders 4 Phoenix 3 New Jersey 2 Anaheim 3 St. Louis 2 Colorado 5 Nashville 4 Minnesota 3 Dallas 2 (OT) Vancouver 3 Calgary 2 (SO)

Saturday’s summary Rebels 5, Hurricanes 2 First Period 1. Red Deer, Sutter 9 (Polei, Gaudet) 13:54. 2. Red Deer, McCarty 1 (Dixon, Nell) 16:36. Penalties — Dixon RD (kneeing) 8:13, Ramsay Let (fighting) 17:06, Gaudet RD (fighting) 17:06, Swenson Let (hooking) 18:51. Second Period 3. Lethbridge, Sheen 12 (Ramsay) 8:20. 4. Red Deer, Gaudet 5 (Fleury, Dieno) 12:16 (pp). 5. Lethbridge, Nemeth 3 (Watson, Hackman) 19:51. Penalties — Pawlenchuk RD (boarding) 4:21, Foulk Let (holding) 11:50, Swenson Let (roughing) 16:59, Dieno RD (roughing) 16:59. Third Period 6. Red Deer, Feser 2 (Pawlenchuk, Gaudet) 13:44. 7. Red Deer, Feser 3 (Fleury) 15:45. Penalties — Sutter RD (high-sticking) 1:16, Ramsay Let (inter. on goaltender) 2:05, Dixon RD (tripping) 4:44, Estephan Let (delay of game) 8:42. Shots on goal Lethbridge 12 14 11 — 37 Red Deer 11 17 16 — 44 Goal — Lethbridge: Schamerhorn (L, 3-3-0); Red Deer: Bartosak (W, 21-17-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Lethbridge: 0-4; Red Deer: 1-4. Sunday’s summaries Broncos 7, Raiders 0 First Period 1. Swift Current, Gordon 17 (unassisted) 4:56. 2. Swift Current, Merkley 20 (Black) 17:27. Second Period 3. Swift Current, Mackay 9 (Gordon, Johnson) 2:32. 4. Swift Current, Gordon 18 (Lernout, Burns) 3:25. 5. Swift Current, Merkley 21 (Cave) 10:31. 6. Swift Current, Debrusk 8 (Gordon, Burns) 18:44. Third Period 7. Swift Current, Heatherington 4 (Odgers, Burns) 14:52. Shots on goal Swift Current 11 8 7 — 26 Prince Albert 12 16 7 — 35 Goal — Swift Current: Laurikainen (W, 14-13-0); Prince Albert: McBride (L, 4-6-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Swift Current: 0-1; Prince Albert: 0-7. Winterhawks 5, Chiefs 0 First Period 1. Portland, Leipsic 25 (Viveiros, Bittner) 19:19. Second Period 2. Portland, De Leo 27 (Cederholm, Dumba) 7:06. 3. Portland, Iverson 12 (Pouliot) 10:49. 4. Portland, Leipsic 26 (Pouliot, Dumba) 15:32. Third Period 5. Portland, Bjorkstrand 30 (Leier, Leipsic) 4:24 (pp). Shots on goal Spokane 7 10 8 — 25 Portland 18 13 9 — 40 Goal — Spokane: Hughson (L, 4-5-0); Portland: Burke (W, 25-10-2). Power plays (goal-chances)Spokane: 0-4; Portland: 1-3. Americans 4, Giants 0 First Period 1. Tri-City, McCue 12 (Nickles) 7:28 (short-handedSH). 2. Tri-City, Williams 28 (Hillis, Gutierrez) 12:01. 3. Tri-City, Wotherspoon 1 (unassisted) 15:39. Second Period No Scoring. Third Period

Sunday’s results Chicago 3 Boston 2 (SO) Tampa Bay 5 Carolina 3 NY Rangers 4 Washington 1 Monday’s games Philadelphia at NY Islanders, 11 a.m. Los Angeles at Boston, 1 p.m. Florida at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Dallas at Nashville, 6 p.m. Calgary at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday’s games Los Angeles at Columbus, 5 p.m. St. Louis at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Washington, 5 p.m. Florida at Buffalo, 5 p.m. Carolina at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. NY Islanders at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 6 p.m. Toronto at Colorado, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Saturday’s summaries Canucks 3, Flames 2 (SO) First Period No Scoring. Penalties — McGrattan Cgy (fighting, misconduct), Smid Cgy (fighting, game misconduct), Jones Cgy (fighting, game misconduct), Butler Cgy (fighting, game misconduct), Westgarth Cgy (roughing, fighting, game misconduct), Bieksa Vcr (fighting, game misconduct), Sestito Vcr (fighting, misconduct), Weise Vcr (fighting, game misconduct), Lain Vcr (fighting, game misconduct), Garrison Vcr (fighting, game misconduct) 0:02, Giordano Cgy (hooking), Bouma Cgy (roughing), Kassian Vcr (roughing) 4:26, Richardson Vcr (holding) 7:02, Stempniak Cgy (roughing), O’Brien Cgy (misconduct), Burrows Vcr (unsportsmanlike conduct, roughing), Kassian Vcr (misconduct) 11:27. Second Period 1. Calgary, Giordano 7 (Stempniak) 1:37 (pp) 2. Vancouver, Kesler 18 (Kassian, Higgins) 3:50 Penalties — Kesler Vcr (holding) 1:32, Stajan Cgy, Richardson Vcr (roughing) 20:00. Third Period 3. Calgary, Stajan 7 (Bouma) 4:01 4. Vancouver, Weber 2 (Edler, Kesler) 11:48 (pp) Penalties — Weber Vcr (hooking) 1:05, Giordano Cgy (tripping) 6:54, Giordano Cgy (slashing) 11:44, Kassian Vcr (hooking) 16:41, Giordano Cgy (holding the stick) 16:41. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties — None. Shootout — Vancouver wins 2-1 Calgary (1) — Colborne, goal; Hudler, miss; Stempniak, miss; Monahan, miss; Backlund, miss. Vancouver (2) — Burrows, miss; Weber, goal; Kesler, miss; Kassian, miss; Higgins, goal. Shots on goal Calgary 11 11 8 3 — 33 Vancouver 9 9 10 5 — 33 Goal — Calgary: Ramo (LO,8-9-4); Vancouver: Luongo (W,17-10-6). Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 1-4; Vancouver: 1-3.

Edm (holding) 10:05, Hall Edm (elbowing) 15:01, Stuart Wpg (hooking) 19:40. Second Period 1. Edmonton, Eberle 16 (Nugent-Hopkins, Hall) 6:59 (pp). Penalties — O’Dell Wpg (hooking) 6:44, Schultz Edm (tripping) 8:27, Jones Edm (high-sticking) 14:55, Petry Edm (slashing) 20:00. Third Period 2. Winnipeg, Trouba 6 (Little) 5:48 (sh). 3. Winnipeg, Scheifele 9 (Wheeler, O’Dell) 10:37. 4. Edmonton, Perron 18 (Petry, Gagner) 18:00. Penalties — Enstrom Wpg (hooking) 4:01, Hendricks Edm (fighting) 8:26, Stuart Wpg (fighting) 8:26, Enstrom Wpg (hooking) 13:22. Overtime 5. Winnipeg, Trouba 7 (Wheeler) 1:10. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Edmonton 8 8 5 1 — 22 Winnipeg 11 13 13 2 — 39 Goal — Edmonton: Bryzgalov (LO, 3-7-3); Winnipeg: Pavelec (W, 14-19-4). Power plays (goal-chances)Edmonton: 1-5; Winnipeg: 0-5. Sunday’s summaries Blackhawks 3, Bruins 2 (SO) First Period 1. Chicago, Hossa 20 (Sharp, Hjalmarsson) 4:13. 2. Boston, Marchand 13 (Bergeron, McQuaid) 19:41. Penalties — None. Second Period 3. Boston, Marchand 14 (Smith, Boychuk) :50. 4. Chicago, Bollig 5 (Kruger, Keith) 9:44. Penalties — Toews Chi (misconduct) 5:50, Saad Chi (hooking) 11:32, Bartkowski Bos (holding) 16:07. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Seabrook Chi (slashing) 1:24, Oduya Chi (delay of game) 9:58, Bartkowski Bos (crosschecking) 19:55. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties — None. Shootout — Chicago wins 2-1 Boston : Spooner miss, Bergeron miss, Marchand goal. Chicago : Toews goal, Sharp miss, Kane goal. Shots on goal Boston 12 9 14 1 — 36 Chicago 15 12 7 3 — 37 Goal — Boston: Rask (LO, 22-12-3); Chicago: Crawford (W, 19-7-7). Power plays (goal-chances)Boston: 0-3; Chicago: 0-2. Lightning 5, Hurricanes 3 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Barberio 1 (Killorn, Palat) 6:09 (pp). 2. Tampa Bay, Palat 10 (St. Louis, Johnson) 7:32. 3. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 8 (Pyatt, Malone) 15:07. Penalties — Nash Car (tripping) 4:42, Brewer TB (cross-checking) 10:27, TB Bench (too many men) 16:49. Second Period 4. Tampa Bay, Purcell 10 (Gudas, Carle) :24. 5. Carolina, Semin 9 (Staal) 1:46 (pp). 6. Carolina, Staal 11 (unassisted) 5:40. 7. Tampa Bay, Barberio 2 (Brewer, Palat) 8:12. Penalties — Barberio TB (slashing) 1:15, Sekera Car (hooking) 16:07. Third Period 8. Carolina, Hainsey 4 (Liles, Tlusty) 6:14. Penalties — Brewer TB (hooking) 2:23, St. Louis TB (hooking) 19:34. Shots on goal Tampa Bay 8 11 5 — 24 Carolina 17 17 17 — 51 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 24-6-4); Carolina: Peters (L, 7-10-4). Power plays (goal-chances)Tampa Bay: 1-2; Carolina: 1-5. Rangers 4, Capitals 1 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Nash 13 (unassisted) 1:10. 2. NY Rangers, Nash 14 (Richards, McDonagh) 16:06 (pp). 3. NY Rangers, Stepan 9 (Del Zotto, Girardi) 17:49. Penalties — Brassard NYR (hooking) 10:26, Erat Wash (hooking) 15:24, Alzner Wash (hooking) 15:47, Kreider NYR (slashing) 19:26. Second Period 4. Washington, Ovechkin 35 (Green, Backstrom) :59 (pp). 5. NY Rangers, Callahan 9 (Moore, Girardi) 2:25 (sh). Penalties — Hagelin NYR (slashing) 0:30, Wilson Wash (roughing) 9:22, Carcillo NYR (roughing) 9:22, Erat Wash (interference) 10:21, Erskine Wash (roughing) 13:39, Erat Wash (slashing) 16:49. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Staal NYR (hooking) 12:03. Shots on goal Washington 10 8 7 — 25 NY Rangers 9 11 6 — 26 Goal — Washington: Grubauer (L, 6-4-5); NY Rangers: Lundqvist (W, 17-17-3). Power plays (goal-chances)Washington: 1-4; NY Rangers: 1-5. NHL Scoring Leaders G 25 25 22 23 27 6 25 25 24 34 25 23 17 11 19 12 21 18 11 21 13 3 17 19 17 11 17 16 9 16

A 43 33 36 33 28 46 24 24 25 14 23 25 31 37 28 35 25 28 35 24 31 41 25 22 24 30 23 24 31 23

Pts 68 58 58 56 55 52 49 49 49 48 48 48 48 48 47 47 46 46 46 45 44 44 42 41 41 41 40 40 40 39

Jets 3, Oilers 2 (OT) First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Frolik Wpg (hooking) 0:55, Gagner

Sidney Crosby, Pgh Ryan Getzlaf, Ana John Tavares, NYI Patrick Kane, Chi Corey Perry, Ana Joe Thornton, SJ Martin St. Louis, TB Patrick Sharp, Chi Chris Kunitz, Pgh Alex Ovechkin, Wash Joe Pavelski, SJ Phil Kessel, Tor Jonathan Toews, Chi Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Kyle Okposo, NYI Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Patrick Marleau, SJ Taylor Hall, Edm Erik Karlsson, Ott Tyler Seguin, Dal Claude Giroux, Pha Duncan Keith, Chi Thomas Vanek, NYI Marian Hossa, Chi Matt Duchene, Col T.J. Oshie, StL Jamie Benn, Dal Bryan Little, Wpg Henrik Sedin, Vcr Jordan Eberle, Edm

6-7 (4), 6-4. Third Round — def. Vasek Pospisil (28), walkover. Fourth Round — def. Tommy Robredo (17), 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5). Quarterfinals — vs. Novak Djokovic (2).

(10). Third Round — def. Lauren Davis, 6-2, 6-2. Fourth Round — def. Casey Dellacqua, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0. Quarterfinals — vs. Ana Ivanovic (14).

Women Li Na (4) First Round — def. Ana Konjuh, 6-2, 6-0. Second Round — def. Belinda Bencic, 6-0, 7-6 (5). Third Round — def. Lucie Safariva (26), 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3. Fourth Round — def. Ekaterina Makarova (22), 6-2, 6-0. Quarterfinals — vs. Flavia Pennetta (28). Ana Ivanovic (14) First Round — def. Kiki Bertens, 6-4, 6-4. Second Round — def. Annika Beck, 6-1, 6-2. Third Round — def. Sam Stosur (17), 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2. Fourth Round — def. Serena Williams (1), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Quarterfinals — vs. Eugenie Bouchard. Flavia Pennetta (28) First Round — def. Alexandra Cadantu, 6-0, 6-2. Second Round — def. Monica Puig, 6-3, 6-4. Third Round — def. Mona Barthel, 6-1, 7-5. Fourth Round — def. Angelique Kerber (9), 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. Quarterfinals — vs. Li Na (4). Eugenie Bouchard (30) First Round — def. Tang Hao-chen, 7-5, 6-1. Second Round — def. Virginie Razzano, 6-2, 7-6

Australian Open Results Monday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $29.72 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Women Fourth Round Dominika Cibulkova (20), Slovakia, def. Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

tant head coach/tight ends coach. NEW YORK JETS — Re-signed defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman, assistant head coach/ running backs coach Anthony Lynn, defensive line coach Karl Dunbar, offensive line coach Mike Devlin and wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal. Promoted Bobby April III to linebackers coach. TENNESSEE TITANS — Named Lou Spanos linebackers coach. HOCKEY National Hockey League PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed G Steve Mason to a three-year contract. American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Adirondack F Petr Straka two games for receiving a match penalty in a Jan. 17 game against Hartford. Suspended Utica LW Darren Archibald one game for his actions in a Jan. 17 game against Albany. SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Traded D Zach Miskovic to Rockford for future considerations. ECHL

ECHL — Suspended Idaho’s Andrew Conboy indefinitely pending a review and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a Jan. 17 game against Utah. Fined Alaska’s Brad Gorham an undisclosed amount for his actions in a Jan. 17 game against Las Vegas.

Tennis Australian Open Men Novak Djokovic (2) First Round — def. Lukas Lacko, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-1. Second Round — def. Leonardo Mayer, 6-0, 6-4, 6-4. Third Round — def. Denis Istomin, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5. Fourth Round — def. Fabio Fognini (15), 6-3, 6-0, 6-2. Quarterfinals — vs. Stanislas Wawrinka (8). David Ferrer (3) First Round —def. Alejandro Gonzalez, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Second Round — def. Adrian Mannarino, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-0, 6-3. Third Round — def. Jeremy Chardy (29), 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Fourth Round — def. Florian Mayer, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2, 6-1. Quarterfinals — vs. Tomas Berdych (7). Tomas Berdych (7) First Round — def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Second Round — def. Kenny de Schepper, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. Third Round — def. Damir Dzumhur, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. Fourth Round — def. Kevin Anderson (19), 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Quarterfinals — vs. David Ferrer (3). Stanislas Wawrinka (8) First Round — def. Andrey Golubev, 6-4, 4-1, retired. Second Round — def. Alejandro Falla, 6-3, 6-3,

Doubles Men Third Round Eric Butorac, United States, and Raven Klaasen, South Africa, def. Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, 7-6 (9), 6-4. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (11), France, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Women Third Round Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Safarova (7), Czech Republic, def. Madison Keys and Alison Riske, United States, 6-4, 6-3.

Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Rafael Perez on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $100,000 for confronting the game officials on the court after the conclusion of the game on Wednesday, Jan. 15. HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled F Robert Covington from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). NBA Development League IDAHO STAMPEDE — Acquired G Dexter Strickland from the league’s player pool. Waived G Antoine Hood. FOOTBALL National Hockey League CINCINNATI BENGALS —Named Matt Burke linebackers coach. DETROIT LIONS — Named Ron Prince assis-

Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Indiana F David West $15,000 for elbowing Los Angeles Clippers F Blake Griffin in the jaw during a Jan. 18 game. Fined Sacramento coach Michael Malone $25,000 for verbal abuse of a game official and not proceeding directly to his locker room following the completion of the Jan. 17 game at Memphis. HOCKEY American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Norfolk LW Max Friberg one game for a boarding incident in a Jan. 17 game against Worcester.

Today

● Women’s basketball: Triple Threat vs. Spartans, Xpress vs. Rampage, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian.

Wednesday

● WHL: Red Deer at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. (The Drive).

Friday

● College basketball: Briercrest at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Red Deer at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. (The Drive). ● AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Three Hills, 8 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Stampeders at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m.; Lacombe at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 8:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

Saturday

● Cross-country skiing: Alberta Cup 5&6, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., River Bend Golf and Recreation Area. ● Peewee AA hockey: Wheatland at Lacombe, 11:15 a.m., Clive; Medicine Hat Black at Sylvan Lake, 1:30 p.m.; Taber at Red Deer TBS, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● College basketball: Briercrest at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● Major bantam hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Ramada at Red Deer Steel Kings, 3 p.m., Kin City

A. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Gold at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Red Deer at Regina, 6 p.m. (The Drive). ● College hockey: Concordia at RDC, 7:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Mountainview at Stettler, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday ● Cross-country skiing: Alberta Cup 5&6, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., River Bend Golf and Recreation Area. ● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Sylvan Lake, 11 a.m.; Taber at Red Deer Parkland, 11:30 a.m., Kin City A; Medicine Hat Black at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Kin City B. ● Major bantam hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer White, noon, Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Gord Scott Nissan vs. Triple A Batteries, 1:15 p.m.; Rusty Chuckers vs. Sheraton Red Deer, 2:30 p.m.; Investors Group vs. Monstars, 4:15 p.m.; Woody’s RV vs. The Secret Runs, 5:30 p.m.; all games at River Glen. ● Bantam AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kin City A; Wheatland at Red Deer Ramada, 4 p.m., Kin City A. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 2:45 p.m., Arena; Calgary Bruins at Red Deer Northstar, 5:30 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AAA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Elks, 7:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

Football NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 45, Kansas City 44 New Orleans 26, Philadelphia 24 Sunday, Jan. 5 San Diego 27, Cincinnati 10 San Francisco 23, Green Bay 20

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 Denver 26, New England 16 Seattle 23, San Francisco 17 Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 5:30 p.m. (NBC)

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 Seattle 23, New Orleans 15 New England 43, Indianpolis 22 Sunday, Jan. 12 San Francisco 23, Carolina 10 Denver 24, San Diego 17

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

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 20 19 .513 — Brooklyn 16 22 .421 3 New York 15 25 .375 5 Boston 14 28 .333 7 Philadelphia 13 27 .325 7 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 29 11 .725 — Atlanta 20 19 .513 8 Washington 19 20 .487 9 Charlotte 17 25 .405 13 Orlando 11 30 .268 18 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 32 7 .821 — Chicago 19 20 .487 13 Detroit 17 23 .425 15 Cleveland 15 25 .375 17 Milwaukee 7 33 .175 25

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 32 9 .780 — Houston 27 15 .643 5 1/2 Dallas 24 18 .571 8 1/2 Memphis 20 19 .513 11 New Orleans 15 24 .385 16 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 31 9 .775 — Oklahoma City 31 10 .756 1/2 Denver 20 20 .500 11 Minnesota 19 21 .475 12

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14 28 .333 Pacific Division W L Pct 28 14 .667 26 16 .619 23 17 .575 16 25 .390 14 25 .359

18 GB — 2 4 11 1/2 12 1/2

Saturday’s Games Indiana 106, L.A. Clippers 92 Detroit 104, Washington 98 Miami 104, Charlotte 96, OT Chicago 103, Philadelphia 78 Minnesota 98, Utah 72 Houston 114, Milwaukee 104 Golden State 97, New Orleans 87 Portland 127, Dallas 111 Sunday’s Games L.A. Lakers 112, Toronto 106 Orlando 93, Boston 91 Oklahoma City 108, Sacramento 93 San Antonio 110, Milwaukee 82 Phoenix 117, Denver 103 Monday’s Games Dallas at Cleveland, 11 a.m. L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 11 a.m. Philadelphia at Washington, noon Toronto at Charlotte, noon Brooklyn at New York, 12:30 p.m. New Orleans at Memphis, 3 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 6 p.m. Portland at Houston, 6 p.m. Indiana at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Golf PGA-Humana Challenge Sunday p-PGA West, Palmer Course; 6,950 yards, par 72 n-PGA West, Nicklaus Course; 6,924 yards, par 72 q-La Quinta Country Club; 7,060 yards, par 72 La Quinta, Calif. Purse: $5.7 million Final Patrick Reed, $1,026,000 63p-63q-63n-71 — 260 Ryan Palmer, $615,600 64p-65q-70n-63 — 262 Zach Johnson, $330,600 65q-68n-68p-62 — 263 Justin Leonard, $330,600 66n-67p-65q-65 — 263 Brian Stuard, $228,000 67q-66n-66p-65 — 264 Bill Haas, $198,075 65q-66n-67p-67 — 265 Brendon Todd, $198,075 65n-63p-68q-69 — 265 Chad Collins, $176,700 68n-68p-65q-65 — 266 Stuart Appleby, $148,200 66p-69q-67n-65 — 267 Charlie Beljan), $148,200 68q-64n-68p-67 — 267 Ben Crane, $148,200 70q-64n-65p-68 — 267 Ch. Hoffman, $148,200 64q-66n-66p-71 — 267 Russell Knox, $103,740 65p-70q-67n-66 — 268 Matt Every, $103,740 65n-68p-69q-66 — 268 Jerry Kelly, $103,740 69q-65n-68p-66 — 268 Will MacKenzie, $103,740 67n-66p-66q-69 — 268 Matt Jones, $103,740 66n-67p-66q-69 — 268 Br. de Jonge, $74,328 69q-68n-66p-66 — 269 Luke Guthrie, $74,328 69p-67q-67n-66 — 269 Scott Langley, $74,328 69q-68n-65p-67 — 269 Keegan Bradley, $74,328 69q-66n-65p-69 — 269 James Driscoll, $74,328 68p-63q-66n-72 — 269 Webb Simpson, $57,000 69p-70q-67n-64 — 270 Charlie Wi, $57,000 65p-69q-69n-67 — 270 Ryo Ishikawa, $41,681 66p-69q-69n-67 — 271 T. Van Aswegen, $41,681 69n-67p-67q-68 — 271 Martin Flores, $41,681 69p-65q-69n-68 — 271 Johnson Wagner, $41,681 72p-66q-68n-65 — 271 Martin Laird, $41,681 69n-66p-68q-68 — 271 H. Swafford, $41,681 65n-71p-70q-65 — 271 Billy Horschel, $41,681 72p-65q-70n-64 — 271 Roberto Castro, $41,681 68p-73q-66n-64 — 271 Camilo Villegas, $30,780 70n-66p-68q-68 — 272 Harris English, $30,780 67q-66n-71p-68 — 272 Josh Teater, $30,780 68n-68p-70q-66 — 272 Rickie Fowler, $30,780 68q-71n-67p-66 — 272 Jason Bohn, $30,780 70q-65n-66p-71 — 272 Bryce Molder, $21,660 69p-72q-63n-69 — 273 Gary Woodland $21,660 69p-71q-65n-68 — 273 A. Svoboda, $21,660 69n-69p-66q-69 — 273 C. Tringale, $21,660 68q-66n-70p-69 — 273 Jeff Overton, $21,660 70q-67n-67p-69 — 273 Brian Davis, $21,660 69p-71q-66n-67 — 273 Spencer Levin, $21,660 69p-68q-66n-70 — 273 Rory Sabbatini, $21,660 68p-67q-67n-71 — 273 Seung-Yul Noh, $21,660 68p-66q-66n-73 — 273 James Hahn, $21,660 70p-68q-69n-66 — 273 Justin Hicks, $13,817 64n-71p-70q-69 — 274 John Merrick, $13,817 66q-70n-69p-69 — 274 Kevin Kisner, $13,817 66n-70p-69q-69 — 274

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Abu Dhabi Championship Sunday At Abu Dhabi Golf Club Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Purse: $2.7 million Yardage: 7,583; Par: 72 Final Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 69-70-68-67 Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 70-67-70-68 Phil Mickelson, United States 73-70-63-69 Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain 67-68-73-68 George Coetzee, South Africa 68-70-72-66 Joost Luiten, Netherlands 68-70-72-68 Johan Carlsson, Sweden 73-70-71-65 Stephen Gallacher, Scotland 70-73-68-69 Robert Karlsson, Sweden 73-67-72-68 Gaganjeet Bhullar, India 72-68-66-75 Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 70-67-72-72 Darren Fichardt, South Africa 70-70-75-66 Peter Hanson, Sweden 70-70-69-72 Tyrrell Hatton, England 69-71-70-71 Michael Hoey, Northern Ireland69-71-68-73 Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand 70-70-68-73 Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 73-68-67-73

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B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Jan. 20, 2014

Raptors can’t hold down Lakers Lakers 112 Raptors 106 TORONTO — Nick Young and the Los Angeles Lakers got the Toronto Raptors to play it their way Sunday afternoon. Young had 29 points while Pau Gasol added 22 to lead the short-handed Lakers to a 112106 win at the Air Canada Centre, halting Toronto’s six-game home win streak. Los Angeles (16-25) used an attacking style to rally from deficits of 19 and 17 points and earn its second straight road victory but just its third in 15 games overall. “We didn’t get defence into the game,” Toronto coach Dwane Casey said. “We played their game . . . it was pretty but we didn’t get defence into the game. That allowed those big runs and that’s not who we are. We have to be a defence-first team, not a three-point shooting team . . . we got caught up in their quick threes, which we’re not very good at.” The Lakers hit 12-of-22 (54.5 per cent) three-pointers but also made 26-of-28 free throws. Toronto finished 9 of 30 (30 per cent) from beyond the arc and held a 47-31 edge in rebounding but only attempted 11 free throws, making nine. “That tells us either we’re not getting the calls or we’re not driving to the rim,” Casey said. “They were the aggressor going to the basket. We had some bonehead fouls on some three-point shots, that’s something you shouldn’t do. “But it starts on the defensive end. We didn’t get up into people and when we did react we reacted late and subsequently you get fouls called.” DeMar DeRozan had 23 points while Kyle Lowry added 21 for Toronto (20-19),

which lost the chance for its first-ever season sweep of the Lakers. The Raptors won the first meeting 106-94 on Dec. 8. Kyle Lowry added 21 points for Toronto while Patrick Patterson added 17 points coming off the bench. Lowry’s three-pointer pulled Toronto to within 102101 with just over two minutes remaining. Ryan Kelly’s three free throws made it 105-101 before Young’s three-pointer put the Lakers ahead 108-103 with 1:15 left. Young’s two free throws with 20.5 seconds made it 110-104 and effectively cemented the win. Kelly said Young was a difference-maker for the Lakers. “The one thing Nick does is score, especially at the end of clocks,” said Kelly, who finished with 17 points. “There are not many people in the league who can do what he does. “We have seven seconds on the clock and you get Nick the ball and he finds a way to get a shot or get to the line . . . we need that.” The Lakers were without all-stars Steve Nash of Victoria and Kobe Bryant. Nash, a two-time NBA MVP, is out with a back injury while Bryant, a five-time league champion and Los Angeles’s all-time scoring leader, is sidelined with a fractured left knee. “After not feeling it in the first half, we just got a bit more aggressive on defence and they felt us,” Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni said. “You have to give them credit, they hit a lot of good shots to start with but our guys somehow found the resolve to stay into them and it worked out.” The Lakers improved to 278 all-time against Toronto, including 13-5 at the ACC. “We’ve got to understand

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Manny Harris tries to pass the ball as he drives between Toronto Raptors forwards Patrick Patterson (54) and Chuck Hayes (44) during first-half NBA action in Toronto on Sunday. no matter now big the lead is no team is going to lay down,” DeRozan said. “They’re going to play extremely hard to try and get back and we’ve got to understand that and withstand the runs they’re trying to make. We didn’t do that. “We gave up too many threes. We know they’re a

Reed hangs on to win Humana Challenge BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LA QUINTA, Calif. — Patrick Reed lost his putting touch for a few hours in the final round of the Humana Challenge. He found it when things were getting interesting. After shooting three straight 9-under 63s to open a seven-stroke lead, Reed had a 1-under 71 on Sunday at PGA West’s Arnold Palmer Private Course to beat Ryan Palmer by two strokes. “It was tough out there,” Reed said. Finally resembling the guy who talked Saturday about being in a “putting coma,” Reed ran in an 18-footer for birdie on the par-3 15th to push his advantage to three strokes and parred the final three holes. He completed the wire-to-wire victory at 28-under 260. “I started toward the end playing for par, just because I knew pars weren’t going to hurt me,” Reed said. “I knew someone was going to have to do something spectacular to catch me.” The 23-year-old Reed has two victories in his first 46 PGA Tour starts, winning the Wyndham Championship in August. He was projected to jump from 73rd to 42nd in the world ranking, enough to lock up a spot next month in the 64-man Match Play Championship field. Palmer made a 15-foot eagle putt on the final hole for a 63. “What can you do with what Patrick did this week?” Palmer said. “It’s ridiculous what he did. Amazing how good he played. We’ll come up a couple short, but it was a win in my game because I was playing for second today.” Zach Johnson and Justin Leonard tied for third at 25 under. Johnson birdied the final five holes for a 62, the best round of the week. “I got red hot at the end,” Johnson said. “I played really good early,

missed a couple putts, but I made a bunch at the end.” The Kapalua winner is taking a fourweek break. He’ll return for the Match Play event in Arizona. “I know it’s a necessity, I know it’s good for me, it’s good for my family, but I’m also hesitant because I’m playing well,” Johnson said. “Hopefully, I can maintain where I’m at. Maintain my posture and my fundamentals, and that sort of thing, and come back out here in Tucson ready to go.” Leonard parred his last two for a 65. “It’s a great week,” Leonard said. “Would love to have made a few more putts today, but it’s such a fun journey. I’m cutting my schedule back this year and all this does is kind of free me up to do that.” Other than key 18-footer on No. 15, the longest putt Reed holed was a 5-footer for a par save on the par-4 13th. That also was a crucial putt after he played the previous eight holes in 1 over with four bogeys, three birdies and a par. In that eight-hole stretch, Todd missed two 6-foot par putts and an 8-footer and dropped another stroke with a poor bunker shot on the par-3 12th. He two-putted for birdie on two par 5s and made a 4-footer on the par-4 eighth for the other birdie. Reed also two-putted from 12 feet for a birdie on the par-5 second hole, but his eagle putt near had a chance — signalling that his putter had cooled off overnight. “To come out and not have my full game and to have that much of a cushion to be able to just coast in, that’s a good feeling,” Reed said. On Saturday, Reed broke the PGA Tour record for relation to par for the first 54 holes, finishing at 27 under. He also became the first player in tour history to open with three rounds of 63 or better.

Jets keep soaring under new coach with win over Oilers THE CANADIAN PRESS Jets 3 Oilers 2 OT WINNIPEG — New head coach Paul Maurice has liked what he’s seen so far from Winnipeg Jets rookies Jacob Trouba and Mark Scheifele. The pair of freshmen scored all three goals for the Jets in a 3-2 overtime win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers, boosting Maurice’s record to 3-0 since taking over for the fired Claude Noel on Jan. 12. “They’re good players,” said Maurice, adding that he doesn’t really look at the franchise’s first two No. 1 draft picks since moving from Atlanta as rookies. “There’s not like a kiddie section in our locker room.”

Trouba, a 19-year-old defenceman, tied the game in the third period and scored in overtime for Winnipeg (2223-5), while Scheifele, a 20-year-old centre, gave the Jets a 2-1 lead midway through the third. Jordan Eberle and David Perron scored for the Oilers (15-30-6), who finished 0-4 on a Central Division road trip that saw them outscored 17-8. After nearly scoring himself, Jets winger Blake Wheeler found Trouba alone in front of the net for the winning goal 1:10 into overtime. “Nobody really got down when we got down a goal,” said Trouba, who couldn’t recall ever scoring an overtime winner or scoring twice in a game. “I don’t do that very often.”

The Oilers forced extra time when Perron redirected a Jeff Petry point shot with two minutes remaining to make it 2-2 on just the fifth Edmonton shot of the third period. Perron said the game would have played out much differently had the Oilers been able to add to their 1-0 lead. “I had a breakaway in the first,” he said. “I would like to have that one back, probably.” Trouba had tied the game at 5:48 of the third with a short-handed goal when Bryan Little carried the puck down the left wing, went around a sprawling Petry, and found the rookie defenceman in the low slot. It was the league-worst ninth short-handed goal allowed by the Oilers.

three-point shooting team and we left them in their comfort zone and they knocked them down.” Lowery couldn’t hide his disappointment about Toronto’s inability to twice put the Lakers away after surging into commanding double-digit leads.

“Yeah, it sucks,” he said. “They did a good job of playing the way they wanted and making us play that way also. “They attacked us a lot more. We settled for a lot more jumpshots and we didn’t attack as much as we could’ve to get to the free-throw line as much as they did.”

Larrazabal shoots final-round 67 to win Abu Dhabi Championship GOLF BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal shot a final round 67 to end a near three-year winless drought to capture the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on Sunday. Larrazabal, 30, won by a stroke with a 14-under par 274 on the National Course in the UAE capital. Rory McIlroy (68), who had incurred a two-stroke penalty a day earlier, finished with a share of second place with Phil Micklelson (69) on 13-under. “It means a lot to win my third victory on Tour and playing against who I played today,” said Larrazabal. “Of course, I play against myself but I knew who I also had behind me in Mickelson. I have just beaten two of the three most talented guys in my era, and in the last era, as well in Phil Mickelson and Rory. Mickelson was left counting the cost of incurring a shot penalty after a double hit while playing from brush on the 13th hole of the National course. The British Open champion, who was leading at the time, finished the hole with a triple-bogey seven. “I was sitting at the presentation ceremony I said to myself: ’Pablo? What are you doing here?’ I’ve got Rory McIlroy on my left and I am shaking the hand of Phil Mickelson on my right. It’s very special for me,” added Larrazabal after collecting the trophy. “But it’s been a long journey and a lot of work since my last win in Munich, and only my team and my family know how hard I have worked for this victory with no holidays, and not too many days off this winter, just working hard to arrive here properly and in form to Abu Dhabi. So, yes happy days.” While Mickelson was returning

home for his first PGA event of the New Year, at this coming week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, McIlroy is returning to nearby Dubai to continue working on his game. It is the second occasion in three years he has let slip victory in Abu Dhabi because of a rules violation. “It happens, it happens but it never crossed my mind I might double hit it,” Mickelson said. “I was just trying to dribble it out of the bush because I couldn’t get the unplayable penalty lie to give me a shot without stroke and distance and I felt it was worth the risk. It not only cost a penalty shot, but it also stopped the ball from going to a spot where I could hit again. “So after that I got refocused and got aggressive and made some birdies and gave myself a chance. If Pablo had not birdied the last hole to win, I would have gotten into a play-off, and so I give him a lot of credit for finishing the tournament off the right way,” he added. McIlroy had been penalized for illegally brushing sand off his line on the final day of the 2012 event before losing by a stroke to England’s Robert Rock. On Saturday, the double Major winner was slapped with a two-shot penalty after being reported by the caddy of another player in not taking ’full relief’ from a spectator cross walk. “I can’t describe how frustrating it is and feeling like I should be standing here at 15-under par for the tournament and winning by one,” McIlroy said. “It is a very positive start to the season so I’m not to let one little negative ruin that. It was not to I finished one behind on the 18th that it started he o dawn on me if what happened yesterday had not happened, I would have won. But Pablo played well, and I can’t take anything away from him. When he needed to, he hit the shots, and the two shots he hit into 18 were straight out of the drawer, so fair play to him.”

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Kings, Queens sweep away Vikings RDC VOLLEYBALL BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 3 Vikings 0 The RDC Kings are simply too good for the majority of the teams in the Alberta Colleges Men’s Volleyball League to handle, even when they are at the top of their game. But the University of Alberta, Augustana Vikings weren’t playing their best Saturday and were no match for the Kings, who recorded a 25-13, 25-21, 25-16 victory. “They weren’t as crisp as they were two days ago (a 3-1 RDC win),” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha, who felt his team wasn’t as sharp as they can be either. “I know it’s tough to get motivated when the other team isn’t bringing much back, but our guys were prepared for a tough battle and it wasn’t there. Still that’s no excuse in terms of our passing, which wasn’t crisp, and we made some bone-head plays at the net. “Still when the majority of our guys are clicking we’re a tough team to beat and when everyone is clicking it will be a challenge for anyone to beat us.” The Kings are ranked No. 1 in Canada for a reason and their depth at all positions is superior to any team in the province. “We do have a lot of weapons,” said Schulha. “But it’s something we’ve talked about in that we need everyone to be playing at a high level for the rest of the season and into the playoffs. “The next three weeks will be a challenge as we’re playing quality opponents.” RDC visits Briercrest Bible College next weekend, then clash with SAIT and Grant MacEwan University to finish the regular season. The Kings will host the ACAC playoffs with the top team, plus Briercrest going to the nationals which BBC is hosting in Moose Jaw. Tim Finnigan led the Kings with 12 kills Saturday with Chris Jones adding nine kills, Chris Osborn eight kills and three stuff blocks and Braden O’Toole seven kills, an ace and two blocks. Setter Sam Brisbane was named the player of the game. “Sam did a great job of spreading the ball around and he’s starting to get healthy (from an ankle injury) and is making the plays at the net, which is nice to see,” said Schulha, who was pleased with the way players came off

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RDC Queens Bronwyn Hawkes and Shelby Bramall get up to block a shot from the University of Alberta Augustana Vikings during action at RDC, Saturday. the bench to make plays, such as Mike Goertz, who had a kill late in the final set. “When Mike was in high school and in club ball he was a high volume guy, It’s tough for the first-year guys to be on the bench so it’s nice to be able to get them into the game and it’s especially good to see they’re ready and into the game when called upon. It’s good for them to come in and make a play and for the other guys to celebrate with them. It’s good for team chemistry.” Andrew Kaliel and Cole McCartney led the Vikings with eight kills each. Queens 3 Vikings 0 Outside of the first serve there was never any doubt in the women’s match as the Queens rolled to a 25-12, 25-21, 25-16 victory over the Vikings. “Maybe every match we should shank the first serve, it seems to get everyone relaxed and down to work,”

Kings’ depth too much for Griffins BY ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 92 Griffins 84 EDMONTON — If the Grant MacEwan University Griffins were going to have success against the RDC Kings in Alberta Colleges Men’s Basketball League play this was the weekend. The Griffins had Friday off, which gave them a chance to watch and scout the Kings as the the RDC squad hosted and defeated the Concordia University College Thunder 98-73. “They (Griffins) were a little fresher and had an opportunity to get a close look at us the night before . . . a chance to see what we were doing since adding Sam (Lolik) and Rob (Pierce),” said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger. As it turned out the Kings still had enough in their tank to record a 92-83 victory over the Griffins Saturday and run their league-leading record to 13-1. “This was a big weekend for us, a week we had circled on the calender since the beginning of the season,” added Pottinger. “It was two gutsy wins.” The Kings’ depth played a major role in the victory as five players finished in double figures with Pierce adding eight points and seven rebounds. Overall the Kings held a 56-37 edge on the boards, including a 16-9 advantage on the offensive boards. “We did a great job of rebounding and defensively we held two of their top three players under their season averages,” said Pottinger. The Kings held both Keith Gerdes and Tyler Wise to six points under their averages. The only one to get away was team scoring leader Denzel Williamson-James, who finished with 26 points., “He was hot and hit two threes late, but we kept two guys in check, which is key. You let them all get off and we would have been in

trouble.” Clay Crellin was named the RDC player of the game with 14 points, nine rebounds and four assists while Mari PeoplesWong had 17 points, Jacob Cusumano 16 points, seven boards and four assists. Lloyd Strickland added 14 points and Matt Johnson 10. Griffins 85 Queens 50 The Queens were also playing their second game in as many days, which may have been evident in the fourth quarter when they were outscored 21-4 by the first-place Griffins, who recorded an 85-50 victory. Yet Queens head coach Mike Woollard wasn’t using that as an excuse. “We had way too many turnovers in the first quarter and the fourth,” he said. “In the second and third quarters we played right with them. We showed we can play with the best teams in the province, but we don’t have the consistency we need.” The Queens trailed 26-10 after the first quarter, lost the second 15-12 and won the third 24-23. In the end the Queens inability to get any consistent scoring was evident. “Right now we’re struggling trying to get any movement on offence,” said Woollard. “It’s way to predictable and we’re throwing the ball to the wrong colour.” Jessica Foley, who has struggled the second half of the season, was back to her first-half form with 16 points and eight rebounds while Mozanga Ekwalanga had 12 points. First-year guard Gillian Griffin only had five points, but was named the RDC player of the game. “She was outstanding on defence and played a major role in our play in the second and third quarters,” said Woollard. RDC hosts Briercrest Bible College next weekend — Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. drode@reddeeradvocate. com

said Queens head coach Talbot Walton, who liked the team’s mindset. “We talked about being in the right mindset and doing our job, no matter what the score, even if it’s tied late, just keep playing.” The Queens did that and as a result Walton was able to go to his bench early and often. “It was our intent on Thursday (a 3-1 win over the Vikings) to get everyone in and get some of our starters some rest and the other athletes some experience,” he said. “But we didn’t feel as comfortable as we did tonight. (Setter) Bronwyn (Hawkes) did a real good job of putting the ball in a good location and allowing our hitters to score at will. We also served the ball well and got them out of their system, which played well for us defensively.” Walton even took both his star power hitters — Brooke Sutter and Amber Adolf — out in the first set

No matter who he inserted the Queens’ level of play didn’t drop. “We were even keeled all night,” he said. Hawkes was named the RDC player of the match as she chipped in with three kills and four digs besides her outstanding setting. Miranda Dawe had eight kills, six digs and an ace, Karissa Kuhr seven kills, four digs and two blocks, Shelby Bramall six kills two blocks and four digs, Megan Schmidt five kills and four blocks and Leah Koot two kills, two aces and two digs in less than one set. Laura Kvemshagen had eight kills, two aces and six digs for Camrose while Jill Alcorn had five kills, two aces and six digs. The Queens sit first in the league with a 14-0 record with Grant MacEwan, who they face in their final two league matches, at 12-2. The Kings are 12-0 with GMU at 11-1. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

JUNIOR B HOCKEY The Red Deer Vipers experienced a tough Heritage Junior B Hockey League weekend, losing 6-3 to the visiting Airdrie Thunder Saturday after dropping a 7-3 decision to the host Three Hills Thrashers 24 hours earlier. Justin Corbett, Avery Weenink and Chris Robertson scored in the loss to Airdrie. Klay Munro made 39 saves for the Vipers as each team had 45 shots on goal. At Three Hills, the Thrashers got a goal from each of Connor Ablett, Kelby Stevens, Tyler Newsham, Tanner Howe, Blake Bishop, Tom Vanderlinde and Tyrel Severtson. Weenink, with two goals, and Colton Weseen replied for Red Deer.

Thrashers netminder Brady Hoover blocked 44 shots. Klay Munro and Nicolas Herrebrugh made 25 saves in the Vipers net. In a Heritage League Sunday contest, the host Blackfalds Wranglers were shaded 5-4 by the Cochrane Generals, who got a 41-save outing from McKenzie Chalmers. Scoring for the Wranglers were Trent Hermary, Chance Abbott, Garrett Glasman and Bryce Boguski. Blackfalds netminder Thomas Isaman made 27 saves. In other Heritage League weekend contests: ● The Thrashers downed the visiting Mountainview Colts 8-5 Saturday as Cameron Braun scored twice and Howe,

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BRIEFS Eagles take down Chiefs The Innisfail Eagles got two-goal performances from Wyatt Hamilton, Travis Dunstall and Chad Ziegler in an 8-3 Chinook Hockey League rout of the host Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs Saturday. Darryl Laplante and Pete Vandermeer also scored for the Eagles, who led 5-0 after the first period and 6-1 after 40 minutes. Richard Kelly, Ryan Smith and Brett Holmberg accounted for the Chiefs goals. Winning goalie Jonathan Larose made 31 saves, while Jim Watt and Blake Grenier combined to stop 31 shots at the other end. Fort Saskatchewan was coming off Friday’s surprising 7-1 thumping of the host Bentley Generals, a game in which former Kootenay Ice forward Steele Boomer tallied twice. Scott Doucet potted the lone Bentley goal. Watt made 26 saves for the visitors. James Reid and starter and loser Travis Yonkman teamed up to block 13 shots.

Synchro swim club gives solid performance in Calgary The Red Deer Synchronized Swim Club turned in a solid performance at the 25th annual Michelle Cameron invitational meet in Calgary during the weekend. The Red Deer’s 13-15 year-old team of Mya Freeman, Claire Halford, Amy Hovdestad, Heather Mast, Larissa Kaube, Kallan Packard, Mercedes Patrick and Hope Sorokan won silver while the 13-15 year-old duet team of Packard and Patrick won bronze and Freeman and Sorokan were fourth. The 13-15 year-old team and both duets will compete in the Alberta Winter Games.

Vanderlinde, Severtson, Lucas Jones, Michael Stoetzel and Luke Scheunert each sniped a single goal. Dirk came up big in the Three Hills goal, turning aside 41 shots. Connor Slipp and Thomas Della Siega combined to make 39 saves for the Colts. ● The Stettler Lightning, with Derek Muhlbach recording a hat trick, dumped the visiting Ponoka Stampeders 6-1 Friday. Scott Ternes, Dylan Houston and Adam Ternes rounded out the Lightning scoring. Chandler Knibb potted the lone Ponoka goal. Simon Thieleman made 17 saves in the Stettler net. Eli Falls stopped 40 shots for Ponoka.

As well Halford won bronze in the 13-15 yearold solo competition. Red Deer’s first ever 10-and-under team of Jayden Hasse, Pier Jackson, Terra Paul, Jerrica Thompson and Chloe Vandenhurk placed fifth. The 11-12 year-old duet team of Paul and Kia Risling were 10th and Risling was ninth in the 11-12 year-old solo. The meet celebrated the 25th anniversary of Cameron’s gold medal performance with duet partner Carolyn Waldo at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. Cameron was on hand to hand out awards to the top six athletes in each division. The Red Deer Club will compete in the qualifiers in Edmonton in March and the provincials in Lethbridge in April. The local club will host the Synchro Alberta’s masters provincials April 25-26 at the Recreation Centre.

Grizzlys drive away with win over Pontiacs OLDS — Jake Tamagi stopped 33 shots and Spencer Dorowicz and Kyle Star each scored once and added two assists as the Olds Grizzlys downed the Bonnyvile Pontiacs 5-2 in an AJHL game Saturday. Jordan Lajimodiere, Nikolas Koberstein and Austin Kernahan also tallied for the Grizzlys before a crowd of 509 at the Sportsplex. Replying for the Pontiacs, who trailed 2-1 after two periods, were Spencer Foo and Jackson Dudley. Stephen Klein mades 19 saves for Bonnyville. The Grizzlys are idle until Friday when they host the Calgary Mustangs.

Carstar downs Dream Team Carstar downed the Dream Team 89-64 in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Sunday. Darryl Hemstreet had 23 points and Justin Klein 12 for Carstar with Zaki Boule hitting 14 for the Dream Team.

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Sharapova falls in another 4th round upset BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — Maria Sharapova followed Serena Williams out of the Australian Open in the fourth round, losing 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to Dominika Cibulkova on Monday in the second major upset in 24 hours on Rod Laver Arena. Third-seeded Sharapova struggled with her serve starting from the eighth game, when she was broken at love while trying to serve out the first set. She was broken in four straight games as Cibulkova raced to a 5-0 lead in the second set, during which time Sharapova only won three points on her own serve. The four-time major winner rallied to win four straight games before Cibulkova held serve to level the match. After taking an off-court medical time out after the second set for what appeared to be a lower back problem, she had seven double-faults in the third set. Sharapova, who was two tournaments into a comeback from a prolonged layoff with a right shoulder injury, won the Australian title in 2008 and has lost in two other finals at Melbourne Park. Top-ranked Williams, a five-time Australian Open champion, was knocked out in a three-set loss to 14th-seeded Ana Ivanovic on Sunday, and later revealed she had a back problem that had her considering withdrawing from the tournament. The absence of two of the biggest stars in women’s tennis opens up the draw for two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka, who was playing No. 13-seeded Sloane Stephens later Monday. Sharapova made it hard for herself in Australia, having difficulty closing out her second- and third-round matches. She needed almost 3 ½ hours to beat Karin Knapp in searing heat the second round — playing 50 minutes between her

first and final match points. Cibulkova had spent just over 3 ½ hours on court in her first three wins, including a 6-1, 6-0 win over No. 16 Carla Suarez Navarro in the third round. The pair hadn’t played since Sharapova’s quarterfinal win at Wimbledon in 2011. Now they’re evenly split in six head-to-heads, but Cibulkova has won two of their three matches at the majors with her win Monday and her quarterfinal victory at the 2009 French Open. Cibulkova raced to a 5-0 lead in the second set before tightening up and letting Sharapova back into the match. She was more steady in the third, when she didn’t even face a break point. “I was never doubting myself,” the No. 20-seeded Cibulkova said, adding that Ivanovic’s win over Williams the previous day had been motivational but not her main inspiration against Sharapova. “It was a great match for Ana. But this was a different story. I already beat Maria before and I beat her” at a major. Victoria Azarenka remained on track for a third consecutive Australian Open title with a 6-3, 6-2 win over American Sloane Stephens in a fourth-round match Monday. Azarenka, who has seen two major contenders for her title — Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova — lose in the past 24 hours, broke Stephens’ serve to open the second set and then in the seventh to lead 5-2 before closing out the match. The match was a replay of the pair’s acrimonious semifinal last year when Azarenka took a medical timeout just when it appeared Stephens was getting momentum. Stephens hit Azarenka in the hip area with a shot at the net in the first set on Monday, and Azarenka sent a forehand whizzing past Stephens a few games later.

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Sloane Stephens of the U.S. reaches for a shot to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday.

Canadian Eugenie Bouchard prepares for Ana Ivanovic at Australian Open MELBOURNE, Australia — Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard thinks about tennis all the time — even when she’s relaxing. The 19-year-old is preparing for the biggest match of her fledging career as she faces Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Tuesday. Bouchard, whose WTA ranking is expected to rise as high as No. 21 after this tournament, will face a tough test in Ivanovic, a former No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion. Despite the daunting task, Bouchard has found some time to unwind. “Right now I’m watching Heart of Dixie on my computer,” said Bouchard on Monday.

“But I do enjoy watching tennis at night, Of course, it’s tennis. But to me it’s still watching as a fan, it’s entertaining. “I love tennis, it’s my life. So thinking about tennis all the time is kind of what I do. I don’t really try to get away from it too much. Once in a while, yes — but it’s my job.” Bouchard’s main task along with coach Nick Saviano will be to break down the game of Ivanovic, who has not lost a match this season (9-0) and came to Melbourne with the Auckland title to hand. The 14th-seeded Serb is fresh from her knockout of top seed Serena Williams while Bouchard booked her place with a win over Australian Casey Dellacqua 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0 to become the first Canadian woman since Patricia Hy-Boulais at the 1992 U.S. Open to get this far at a major. “She beat Serena so she’s playing really well,” Bouchard said of Ivanovic. “I’m going to look forward to a really tough

battle. We’re in the quarters now, so she deserves to be there. No one’s going to give it to me, so it’s going to be a good match.” Bouchard has a tune-up day on Monday as the second week begins, teaming with pick-up doubles partner Vera Dushevina against women’s sixth seeds Cara Black of Zimbabwe and India’s Sania Mirza in the third round. She did, however, make a strategic move and has withdrawn from mixed doubles with Australian Sam Groth to conserve strength and focus for the singles. Toronto’s Daniel Nestor and Serb partner Nenad Zimonjic bid for the men’s quarter-finals against the ninthseeded team of Poland’s Marius Frystenberg and Marcin Matkowski. Bouchard said that she is taking confidence into her match with Ivanovic after beating her at Wimbledon last summer in a match suddenly moved onto Centre Court.

Kings and Queens continue winning ways over Griffins BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF

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The Kings face Concordia University College Thunder in Edmonton Friday and Saturday at 7:15 p.m. in Penhold.

Kings 6 Griffins 3 When RDC Kings head coach Trevor Keeper added three players during the Christmas break he knew exactly how important that would be for the rest of the Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League season. He wanted to keep his roster close to 25 players, just in case things happened like this weekend. The Kings lost four players in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Grant MacEwan University Griffins on Friday. Despite the fact two of them — defencemen Shamus Graham and Kirsten Odendaal — were back Saturday the Kings were still missing forwards Jeff Archibald (concussion) and Carter Page (suspension) plus several others still out with injuries. “Archibald is concussed and Page came to Odendaal’s aide after he was hit from behind and got into a fight, so was suspended this game,” explained Keeper. “As well several others are out, so that’s why we have a 25 man roster.” All three Christmas additions — forwards Brett Printz and Logan Sceviour and defenceman Davis Claffey — were in the lineup Saturday as the Kings dumped the Griffins 6-3 at the Penhold Regional Multiplex. Printz has a hot hand, scoring twice, giving him four goals and an assist in four games. Sceviour has a goal and one helper. “Brett received an honourable mention in our team awards as every game he’s contributed,” said Keeper. “He has game sense and uses his size and strength to get to the net. There’s nothing complex about his game, but he’s very effective.” The Kings used the two goals by Printz and an opening marker by Clayton Petrie, to jump into a 3-0

first period lead. However, the Griffins came back with three goals in the middle stanza — two on the power play — to even the count after 40 minutes. “We were in control after the first period, but the second we fell victim to their game plan,” said Keeper. ‘They’re a physical team and get in your face and do a lot of little things after the whistle. They get under your skin and our guys lost their composure and took too many penalties.” The Kings took six penalties in the second period, and lost forward Pat Martens with a checking from behind call. “We talked after the second period about controlling our emotions,” said Keeper, whose squad got third period markers from Jared Ramstead, Doug Jones and Petrie to put the game away. Ramstead and Jones scored at 8:32 and 8:49. “We used one of our biggest weapons, our speed up front, to put pressure on their defence and create turnovers which we were able to convert. Once we got ahead we were able to control the middle of the ice, manage the clock and the guys were rewarded.” The win gave the Kings three points against the Griffins and left them in a tie for second in the league with NAIT at 31 points, three backs of SAIT and three ahead of Augustana. NAIT has two games in hand and SAIT one. “We can’t worry about other teams, just what we’re doing,” said Keeper. “If we control what we can control hopefully it will work itself out in the standings.” Mike Salmon picked up the win in goal, making 30 saves while the Kings had 31 shots on Riley Feser.

Queens 3 Griffins 1 The Queens turned in their second straight dominating performance against the Griffins, who came into the series in first place in the Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League. The Queens, who beat the Griffins 6-0 at home Thursday, jumped into a 2-0 first period lead and went on to a 3-1 victory. “We were all over them in the first period, holding a 20-2 edge in shots on goal,” said Queens head coach Bob Rutz. “We created a lot of scoring opportunities and simply didn’t give them much defensively.” Rachael Hoppins scored the opening goal at 3:31 of the first period then set up Emily Lougheed’s fifth goal of the season at 7:24. After a scoreless second period, Suze Vanderlinde made it 3-0 at 4:11 of the third period, The Griffins finally beat goaltender Camille Trautman for the first time in two games at 14:27 when Sasha Lutz scored with a two-man advantage. “Five-on-five we dominated,” said Rutz. “It was a good weekend, but now we need to continue to build on that. We still have work to do to make sure we get into the playoffs and go from there. I think this weekend showed we’re as good as any team in the league when we’re playing like we know we can.” Trautman finished with 12 saves while her mates had 43 shots on Morgan Glover. The Queens have this weekend off before facing NAIT and SAIT to finish the regular season. They’re in third place with 14 points, four behind NAIT and three back of MacEwan and five ahead of SAIT. Only the top three teams make the playoffs.

MINOR HOCKEY Major midget girls Jade Lee and Abagael Thiessen scored for the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs in a 2-1 win over the host Spruce Grove Saints. Bailey Knapp made 16 saves for the winners. Minor Midget AAA The Red Deer teams split a pair of games Saturday with the Northstar Chiefs dumping the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-1 and the Aero Equipment Chiefs losing 4-2 to the Calgary Rangers. Braden Olsen had two goals for the Northstars with singles added by Donte Nowell, Connor Sullivan, Ryan Chambers and Bryson Muir. Reid Money made 24 saves in goal with his mates collecting 39 shots. Josh Gette and Josh Bussard scored for Aero Equipment. Geordan Andrew made 22 saves in goal. The Chiefs had 41 shots. Major bantam The Red Deer Rebels Black posted a pair of weekend wins, 3-1 over the host Southeast Tigers and 4-2 over the visiting Rocky Mountain Raiders. Braidon Westin, Brad Hellofs and Levi Glasman scored for the Rebels Black at Medicine Hat, where Shae Herbert made 19 saves for the winners who held a 38-20 edge in shots. Jacksyn Goodall connected twice in the win over the Raiders. Josh McNiel and Hellofs also scored for the Black, while Herbert stopped 33 shots. Meanwhile, the Red Deer Rebels White dropped a 6-4 decision to the visiting Camrose Vikings, getting two goals from each of Josh Tarzwell and Joel Ray and a 21-save effort from Dawson Weatherill. Major bantam girls Shae Demale scored the lone goal for the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs in a 4-1 loss to the host Edmonton Lightning. Chantelle Sandquist made 23 saves in a losing cause.

MAJOR MIDGET HOCKEY The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs picked up three of a possible four points in Alberta Midget Hockey League play on the road during the weekend. The Chiefs edged the UFA Bisons 6-5 Sunday after tying the Calgary Royals 3-3 Friday. Gabe Bast scored the winning goal Sunday at 13:19 of the third period. Ross Heidt had a pair of goals with singles added by Layne Bensmiller, Trey deGraaf and Quentin Greenwood. Jordie Lawson and Andrew Nielsen had two assists each. Jayden Sittler made 21 saves in goal while his mates had 30 shots. Jeff de Wit tied the game against the Royals with 29 seconds remaining in the game. DeGraaf and Tyler Steenbergen added the other Red Deer goals while Cole Sears made 19 saves. The Chiefs had 29 shots. The Chiefs lead the league with 44 points. They are three points up on the Bisons and four ahead of the Royals in the South Division.

Four teams remain unbeaten at Canadian Junior Curling Championships MANITOBA, ONTARIO AND NEW BRUNSWICK ON MEN’S SIDE, ALBERTA ONLY TEAM ON WOMEN’S SIDE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Four teams remain unbeaten at the Canadian Junior men’s and women’s Curling Championships after Sunday’s draws. Three men’s teams, including Manitoba’s Braden Calvert, Ontario’s Ryan McCrady and New Brunswick’s Rene Comeau boast perfect marks heading into Monday morning’s Draw 7. Manitoba defeated Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan 10-4 and Saskatchewan’s Tyler Hartung 6-2 to move to 4-0 in Pool A. Ontario also won twice, 8-3 over Quebec’s Adam Freilich and 7-4 against Newfoundland/Labrador’s Stephen Trickett to keep pace at 4-0. A battle of undefeated teams from Pool B took place in the afternoon session New Brunswick prevailed 12-7 over Alberta’s Carter Lautner after stealing four in the 10th end for the wild win. New Brunswick is now 3-0. Alberta and Nova Scotia’s Robert Mayhew are a game behind at 3-1. Nova

Scotia won its third straight, defeating British Columbia’s Cameron de Jong 9-2, then Prince Edward Island’s Kyle Holland 12-6 to vault into contention. On the women’s side, only Alberta’s Kelsey Rocque has an unblemished record, now at 3-0 in Pool A, after victories over British Columbia’s Kalia Van Osch 6-4 and Nunavut’s Sadie Pinksen 15-2. British Columbia is 3-1 after rebounding from its first loss to beat Saskatchewan’s Kristen Streifel 13-5 in the nightcap. In Pool B action, Ontario’s Molly Greenwood suffered her first loss, 11-5 to rival Krysta Burns of Northern Ontario, but is still on top with a 3-1 mark. Right behind with 2-1 records are Northern Ontario and Nova Scotia’s Mary Fay, who lost to Ontario 9-4 in her only game earlier in the day. Fourteen men’s and 14 women’s teams are competing for Canadian titles, with the winning teams earning the right to represent Canada at the World Juniors in Flims, Switzerland on Feb. 26.

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Gough wins pair of luge silvers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALTENBERG, Germany — Canada’s Alex Gough won a pair of silver medals while Kimberley McRae added a bronze at a World Cup women’s luge event Sunday. The Calgary native finished second, 0.674 seconds behind Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger (one minute 46.332 seconds), who captured the World Cup championship for the second straight year. “I definitely didn’t expect that ...,” said Gough. “I think seeing your teammates do well does a lot for everyone to know it is not only the Germans that can get on the podium. To have two athletes from another country on the women’s podium is very rare.” McRae, also of Calgary, trailed Gough by 0.024 seconds for her first-career podium. “Standing in the finish area beside Alex my heart was just hammering,” said McRae. “I remember watching the Russian and saying to Alex, ‘I could move into third.’ I just started jumping for joy. “It was amazing. To share it with Alex is pretty cool. Watching her get on the podium over the last few years has really helped me. It tells me I can do it and it is not always the same athletes that win.” It was Geisenberger’s seventh win in eight races on the circuit this season. Her teammates Tatjana Huefner and Dajana Eitberger were fourth and fifth. This is the seventh consecutive year that Geisenberger finished ranked in the top three on tour and the 16th straight year in which a German woman won the season-long title. Geisenberger is also the sixth woman to win backto-back World Cup titles and the ninth woman with multiple championships overall. “They all tell me that I’m the top favourite to win the gold medal at the games,” Geisenberger said. “However, my aim is to claim a medal. The pressure is high enough and I don’t need to put myself under even more pressure.” In the team relay, Russia finished first, followed by Canada in second — with Gough getting her sec-

The wait begins for Bilodeau and Dufour-Lapointe after moguls wins THE CANADIAN PRESS VAL ST. COME, Que. — Alex Bilodeau is afraid of where all this momentum could be taking him. Bilodeau won his third straight World Cup moguls event Sunday, edging out teammate and rival Mikael Kingsbury. A showdown at next month’s Winter Games between Bilodeau, the reigning Olympic champion, and Kingsbury, the defending world champion, has the Rosemere, Que., native worried about when the intensity peaks in Sochi, Russia. “I need to admit I’m a bit afraid of where we’re heading towards,” said Bilodeau. “Every race we’re pushing the limit, we’re pushing and pushing. ... “If we continue to push before the Olympics it’s going to be a nice show because I don’t know where it’s going.” Canada finished Sunday’s competition with four medals after Chloe Dufour-Lapointe and her sister Justine took first and second place, respectively, in the women’s event. Bilodeau won with a score of 26.49, while Kingsbury, from DeuxMontagnes, Que., followed at 25.66. Bradley Wilson of the United States was third. Bilodeau, now four years removed from being the first Canadian to win gold on home soil,

said he doesn’t take the pair’s success for granted with the Olympics so close. “If we continue to push each other there’s a myriad of scenarios that could come down. We could both do big mistakes also and come to the back of the field but hopefully it won’t come to that point,” he said. “But we’re two pretty constant skiers and we should make it down with no mistakes, and Mikael is a very consistent skier without doing any mistakes here or there, so I need to be on top of my game.” Chloe DufourLapointe meanwhile maintained she’s the picture of calm after the Montreal native’s latest win. She took gold with a score of 23.79, while Justine Dufour-Lapointe followed at 22.51 ahead of Japan’s Junko Hoshino. Chloe DufourLapointe is heading to her second Olympics after finishing ninth in 2010. With nothing to compete for between now and the Winter Games, she said she won’t be losing sleep during the wait. “I’m not nervous at all,” she said. “Yeah, for sure, it’s the Olympics, it’s going to be big, but I’m expecting this for my second time on the Olympics team. Every single event that I did this year I was working on the process and to be able to go to Sochi and get the best that I can do.”

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Second placed Alex Gough of Canada speeds in the ice channel during the first run at the women luge World Cup race in Altenberg, Germany, Sunday. ond silver of the day by being part of the effort there — and Germany took third. Germans swept all three disciplines in the World Cup this season, with Felix Loch taking the men’s

crown and the team of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt winning the doubles points championship. Germany also finished with the most ranking points in team relays.

Canadians finish with rare podium miss in Austria BOBSLEIGH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IGLS, Austria — Jamie Greubel and Lauryn Williams of the United States won a women’s World Cup race Sunday, the first gold medal for each this season. Greubel’s first gold as a pilot came with a two-run time of 1 minute, 46.28 seconds. For Williams, an Olympic track gold medallist in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2012 Summer Games, it was her first gold as a push athlete. The U.S. also took the silver medal, with Elana Meyers and Aja Evans finishing 0.13 seconds back. Anja Schneiderheinze and Stephanie Schneider of Germany were

third, 0.14 seconds behind Greubel and Williams. Calgary’s Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse of Summerside, P.E.I., placed fourth in 1:46.73. It was just the third time in the last 18 World Cup events Humphries missed the podium. In the four-man race later Sunday, Latvian pilot Oskars Melbardis won for the second straight weekend, beating the top U.S. sled of Steven Holcomb, Curt Tomasevicz, Steve Langton and Chris Fogt by 0.11 seconds. Melbardis finished in 1:42.22. The German sled driven by Thomas Florschuetz was third, 0.21 seconds off the winning time. Canada’s team of Calgary’s Chris Spring, Jesse Lumsden of Burlington, Ont., Ottawa’s Cody Sorensen, and Saskatoon’s Ben Coakwell posted a time of 1:42.60

to finish fifth. In two-,man action, Saturday, Steven Holcomb regained his winning touch in Europe, just in time for the Sochi Olympics. With the fastest time in each heat, Holcomb and brakeman Steve Langton finished two runs in 1 minute, 43.72 seconds. Beat Hefti and Thomas Amrhein of Switzerland were second in 1:43.95, and the Russian duo of Alexander Zubkov and Dimitry Trunenkov were third in 1:44.00. Justin Kripps of Summerland, B.C., and Edmonton’s Bryan Barnett were the top Canadians. They finished fifth in 1:44.23. Chris Spring of Calgary and Jesse Lumsden of Burlington, Ont., (1:44.36) followed in ninth, and Lyndon Rush of Sylvan Lake., and Calgary’s Lascelles Brown (1:44.79) were 12th.

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SZKLARSKA POREBA, Poland — Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland earned a dominant home victory on the cross-country World Cup by winning a classicalstyle mass start race Sunday, while Maxim Vylegzhanin of Russia had a much narrower victory in the men’s event. Kowalczyk is one of Poland’s biggest gold-medal hopes in Sochi and was cheered on by a sea of Polish flags as she skied alone toward the finish, beating Yulia Tchekaleva of Russia by 41.8 seconds in the 10-kilometre race. Julia Ivanova of Russia was third, 1:15.2 back. Kowalczyk said “today’s competition was a good test before the games but I still do not know how my shape is.” Vylegzhanin held off fellow Russian Evgeniy Belov to win by 2.2 seconds. Alexey Poltoranin of Kazakhstan was third, another 0.1 seconds back. Alex Harvey of St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., finished fourth, 2.9 seconds off the podium. “The conditions were very sketchy and there was lots of crashes so I really wanted to be cautious today especially on the descents,” said Harvey. “I tried to catch up with the leaders but just didn’t get there. I’m very happy though. I had very good skis again and the shape is there.” Devon Kershaw of Sudbury, Ont., followed in eighth while Ivan Babikov of Canmore, Alta., had his best race of the season finishing ninth. The Norwegian and Swedish teams skipped the meet because of national championships.

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EAST 40TH PUB SPECIALS

Meatball Monday Rib Night Tuesday & Saturday’s Wing Night Wednesday Shrimp Night Thursday

Required for busy Optometric office,. Full Time, avail to work evenings & Saturdays. Fax resume to 403-343-9440 Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

LOOKING for WITNESS to an accident that occurred Fri. Dec. 20 between Black Mini Cooper & Grand Am at Ross St. & 49th at 6:30 pm. Please contact 403-346-9126

1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants

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$2500 Bonus Every 100 days

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Night Foremen, Day & Night Operators Must have H2S, First Aid, valid driver’s license. Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages. Benefit Package Please submit resume with references to: apply@wespro.ca or by fax to (403) 783-8004 Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted

If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 mbell@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad. We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted. Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

OIL & GAS OPERATOR

NOW HIRING

Bearspaw currently has a Well Testing Personnel position in our Stettler field Experienced Supervisors operations for an intermediate & Operators oil and gas operator. Applicants Must have valid applicable must have experience as a tickets heavy duty mechanic or Email: lstouffer@ instrument testalta.com CLASSIFICATIONS journeyman mechanic and possess 700-920 TREELINE strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated WELL SERVICES and hard working and live Has Opening for all or be willing to relocate positions! Immediately. Clerical within a 20 minute commute All applicants must have to workplace location. This current H2S, Class 5 with position offers a challenging Q Endorsement, (No GDL Receptionist/Shipper/ licenses) and First Aid. Receiver Busy multi tasking work environment, attractive We offer competitive -requires neat, organized benefits with competitive pay and significant room wages & excellent benefits. person. $14-17 dep on exp. for promotion. Please include 2 work Apply in person to Grand reference names and Central Stitchin’, #7, 7439 Please submit resumes numbers. 49 Ave.Cr. Red Deer. Attn: Human Resources Please fax resume to: email:kwolokoff@ 403-264-6725 bearspawpet.com Or email to: Dental Fax 403-252-9719 tannis@treelinewell.com Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 No phone calls please. Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 www.treelinewell.com

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Oilfield REG. Dental Hygienist for F/T Matunity Leave. May lead to P/T Perm. Must be flexible with hours. Starting in February. Apply to Healthy Smiles Fax resume attn. Corinne 403-347-2133 or email: healthysmiles79@hotmail.com Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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JUST CUTS is looking for F/T - P/T HAIRSTYLIST No clientele necessary. Christie 403-309-2494 NEW IMPRESSIONS SALON & SPA Seeking F/T Hair Stylist Drop off resume to 190 Northey Ave.

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs. $14/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

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PROVIDENCE Trucking Inc

Is now hiring experienced

Picker Operator Swamper

All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen. We offer exceptional wages and benefits for exceptional people. Fax resume and abstract to 403-314-2340 or email to safety@ providencetrucking.ca

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS

Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for. Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule. Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

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EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS

requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided. Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB. Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

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BLACKFALDS Motor Inn -Housekeeping Supervisor Req’d. 1 F/T, $19 - $20 hr., 1 yr. exp. req’d. Fax resume: 403-885-5868 Attn: Jenny

F/T EXP. LINE COOKS NEEDED Cooks start at $15./hr. and up. Also bonuses based on food costs. Must be willing to work varying shifts and weekends. Must have reliable transportation. Apply in person to Sandy at Glenn’s Restaurant on Gasoline Alley or phone for an app’t. 403-346-5448. Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor 8 Vacancies, 1-2 yrs. exp. req’d. P/T & F.T. SHIFT WORK, $9.95 - $13.50/hr. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Counter Attendant 8 Vacancies P/T & F.T. SHIFT WORK, $9.95 $10.98/hr. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it. CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

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Mustang Well Services Ltd. is looking for

DERRICK HANDS AND DRILLERS Please submit resumes with copies of valid tickets and a current drivers abstract via email to

admin@mwsrig.com

Fax: 780-678-2001 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Please apply for these positions in the manner specified

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Sales Associate/Office Position The successful candidate will have a positive outlook, good organization and computer skills, possess excellent phone and customer service, have the ability to multi-task in a team based atmosphere, jewellery knowledge an asset.

WELLHEAD ISOLATION SERVICE TECHNICIANS AND TRAINEES

To join our team, submit resumé to: 4910 - 45 Street, Red Deer

ISOLATION Equipment Services Inc., an expanding Oil Service & Supply Company is seeking quality

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Service Technicians and Trainees. Previous experience with service rigs, fracturing, or similar industry experience with oilfield tickets is an asset. Class 1 or 3 driver’s License applicants will get primacy. (Drivers with Class 5 & 5Q will be considered if Applicant has relevant oilfield experience) A current driver’s abstract required. Off-road driving experience is an asset.

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MUST HAVE valid H2S and AB/BC First Aid Tickets BENEFITS * Excellent monthly guarantee * Excellent job bonus * Northern Allowance Program * Excellent Benefit Plan and Travel Expenses * Retirement Plan * Lucrative Quarterly Safety Bonus Program * Christmas Bonus Fax or email your resume and driver’s abstract to: Fax: (403) 347-3406 Email: l.enzie@isolationequipment.com or drop off at 239 Clearview Drive, Red Deer County ATTN: Lori Enzie 352835A23

NOW HIRING Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the following positions: • Coil Tubing Rig Managers • Coil Tubing Operators • Crane Truck Operators • Nitrogen Pump Operators • Fluid Pump Operators Competitive Wages and Benefits. Priority given to applicants with relevant experience, Class 1 Drivers License and Valid Oilfield Tickets Wise Is a leading oilfield services provider that is committed to Quality and Safety excellence. By empowering positive attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values, our employees care for the success of one another.

We currently have career opportunities for a professional;

CORPORATE ADMINISTRATOR

We are seeking an independent Corporate Administrator to provide high-level administrative support to Bilton’s executive team. The incumbent will be extremely proactive with a professional, courteous and approachable demeanor in all interactions; possess superior interpersonal relations skills will all levels of staff, customers and vendors; and be able to use sound judgment and discretion. The Corporate Administrator will have a thorough understanding of overall business organization, including management and operating structures, and the importance of policies and procedures. This position is based out of our Innisfail, Alberta office.

Job Requirements; As the ideal candidate you will possess: • Minimum 3 years previous experience in a related role • Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite • Strong initiative and proactive approach to daily tasks • Self-starter, capable of working independently with minimal supervision • Problem solving and decision making skills

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Please Forward All Resumes to jobs@wiseisi.com or by fax to 403-340-1046

Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people.

Responsibilities; You will find success based on your ability to; • Maintain Presidents schedule, daily to-do-list and travel plans • Assist with President’s personal matters as directed • Schedule Executive meetings, record and distribute agendas & minutes. • Assist with planning and organizing corporate events • Assist with corporate presentations, newsletters and other corporate communications • Administer other corporate matters (org chart, keys, donations) • Assist Executives in all areas, preparing documents and presentations as requested • Greet clients and visitors and escort them to the appropriate meeting room • Promptly receive and screen incoming telephone calls • Assist with office tasks as required

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Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

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SANDBERG Floyd Donald Floyd passed away January 10, 2014. He was born in the Drumheller Hospital May 12, 1932. Floyd grew up in the Rumsey, Rowley District where he lived until moving to Red Deer in 1968. He will be greatly missed by Marilyn, his loving wife of 50 years; son, Duane (Tomoko); daughter, Anita Banks (Russell); and his grandchildren, Gale Banks and Nigel Sandberg. A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, January 20, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Floyd’s name may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6 or to the Salvation Army Salvation Army, 4837 - 54 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2G5. 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.

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CURRY G. Dale 1961 - 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved Dale on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014, at the age of 52. He leaves behind his fiancé, Shauna, his mother, Helen, and his children, Chandra and Aaron. He will also be missed by his sister, Marilyn, her husband, Patrick, and many friends and extended family members. He was predeceased by his father Jerry in 1998. A celebration of his life and luncheon will be held Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the Quality Inn North Hill, 7150 -50th Ave, Red Deer. In lieu of flowers, donations in Dale’s memory can be made to the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Canadian Cancer Society. Always loved, never forgotten.

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Career development, growth and unlimited possibilities – you’ll find it here! We offer comptitive wage & benefits packages. Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted. Please fax resume to 403-227-7796, or email to hr@bilton.ca

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LUAU Investments Ltd. (o/a Tim Hortons) Food Counter Attendant FT and PT positions available for day, night, evening and weekend shifts. $9.95 to $11.25 per hour depending on experience/availability. Apply in person at any of these locations 4217 - 50 Ave 6721 - 50 Ave 7111 - 50 Ave 62 Carleton Ave or email timhire@telus.net Start your career! See Help Wanted

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1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Portable iMassagers Hiring Retail Sales Manager At Parkland Mall, 4747 67th St, Red Deer, AB T4N 6H3 F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $24.00 hourly. Skills requirements: Experience 2-3 years, good English. Education: Secondary school. Main duties: Plan, direct and evaluate the operations of retail sales rder and receiving goods. Responsible for customer refunds and exchanges.Resolve customer complaints Determine staffing requirements Hire or oversee hiring of staff. Company’s business address: 45 Boyce Street, Red Deer AB T4R 1P2 E-mail: Reachiesales @gmail.com Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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ELEMENTS is looking 5 CARPET COLOUR Beauty Treatment Operators. CENTRE Selling seasonal gift is currently looking for packages & personal care EXP’D. TILE INSTALLER products in Parkland Applicant must have ability Mall-4747 67th St Red to lay out tiles, be familiar Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus with setting materials and bonus & commission, F/T, products. This is a F/T Beauty certification req’d position with a wage of $20 email resumes: -$25/hr. depending on exp. elementsreddeerbto@ Submit resume attn: gmail.com Andrew: awiebe@ carpetcolourcentre.com ELEMENTS is looking for or drop off at 5 retail sales reps. selling Carpet Colour Centre season gift packages and 1100, 5001-19 St. Red personal care products in Deer, Ab. T4R 3R1 Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + Experienced Siders bonus & comm. FT. No Needed Call 403-588-3210 exp. req`d. Please email F/T COMMERCIAL elementsreddeer@gmail.com SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d. Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to premierjobrd@gmail.com

Trades

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LOCAL Construction Company now hiring EXPERIENCED CLASS 1 DRIVERS. Please fax resumes to 403-347-6296

GLAZIER

Journeyman & apprentices We offer competitive wages. Full benefits after 90 days. Must have valid drivers licence. Email resume to: d.generationglass @platinum.ca or Fax: 403-886-5224 or Call 403-886-5221 JOURNEYMAN H.D. MECHANIC req’d immed. for very busy heavy equip. sales lot in Innisfail. Wage range $25. - $35/hr to start, depending on exp. Preference will be given to those with previous equipment rental service, lifts and off road construction equipment experience. Fax resume to 403-227-5701 or email: bouvier9@telus.net REQUIRED: CARPENTER/DRYWALLER for restoration company. This is a F/T position. Must have a valid drivers license. Duties: Carpentry, drywall, painting & finishing work. Fax or email resume to 403-347-4037 or crr@telus.net or contact Al @ 403-347-4001

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SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

Truckers/ Drivers

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A Division of CORDY ENVIRONMENTAL

EXPERIENCED

Vacuum & Water Truck operators req’d. to start immed. $450/per day CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q All oilfield safety tickets req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with drug and alcohol policy. References Req’d. Exc. salary & benefits. Fax resume to: 403-742-5376 doug.reinhart@cordy.ca

Central AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Company Drivers

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Carpenters

Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

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ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

WINTER START GED PREPARATION Feb. 10 START

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer

(Reliable vehicle needed.)

ANDERS AREA

INGLEWOOD AREA MORRISROE AREA

SUNNYBROOK AREA VANIER AREA

SPRING START

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

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CLEARVIEW AREA Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $146/mo. CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

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ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo. ALSO

Jepsen Cres. & Jordan Pkway Waskasoo 44, 45 & 46 Ave.

TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo. ALSO Timberstone Way, Talson Place, Thomas Place, Trimble Cl., Traptow Cl. & Thompson Cres. $307/mo.

Mustang Acres 63 Ave. & 69 St. Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

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COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY WORKER ~ fast-paced, physical workplace. $11/hr. Bring resume to Mustang Laundry, 6830-59 Avenue or email mustanglaundryreddeer @gmail.com

Counter Salesperson A local company requires an enthusiastic person for counter sales. Email resume to mark@aesreddeer.com CROP PRODUCTION SERVICES is recruiting for a Full Time Operations Support person to join our team in Torrington, AB. Valid Class 1A and/or Class 3A license req’d. Interested applicants should fax their resume to (403)631-2424 or email: nikki.szakaly@cpsagu.ca

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the BOWER AREA WESTPARK AREA Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting. Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $. Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

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ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

(Reliable vehicle needed) ROSEDALE AREA Reichley St., Reinholt Ave., Robinson Cres. Area 106 Papers $568/mo.

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MICHENER AREA East of 40th Ave., 51 St., 50A St., Michener Cres., Green, etc. to Michener Ave. & Blvd. $282/mo.

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RONCO OILFIELD HAULING Sylvan Lake. Openings for Picker operator, bed truck drivers and winch tractor. Top wages and benefits. Email resume tom@ roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk

CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling. Email resume to canpak@xplornet.ca or call 403-341-9300

Requires Full Time

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Site Superintendents & Foremen For Alberta sites. Email resume to: admin@shunda.ca

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BUSY Central Alberta • Community Support Grain Trucking Company Worker Program looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators. • Women in the Trades We offer lots of home time, Program benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super • Math and Science for B exp. an asset but not the Trades Program necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers Gov’t of Alberta Funding abstract and would like to may be available. start making good money. fax or email resume and 403-340-1930 comm.abstract to www.academicexpress.ca 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558

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DSM INC.

looking for laborers, in the Innisfail area. Salary is $15.00/hr. Fax resume to: 403-314-0676. EMBROIDERY MACHINE OPERATOR, Sewing exp an asset. Mon-Fri 8-4. $14-17 hr. dep on exp. Apply in person to Grand Central Stitchin’ #7, 7439 49th Ave. Cr. Red Deer Start your career! See Help Wanted Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

HEAD SWIM COACH

Innisfail Dolphin Swim Club. Must have ASSA certification. 5-7 p.m. weekdays (May to mid Aug.) Saturdays (June to mid Aug.) Send resume to: innisfaildolphins@yahoo.ca

Duties include:

- Service Writing - Warranty Administration - Service Scheduling - Maintaining Paper Flow

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ANDERS AREA Anders St. / Armstrong Close

• This is a career position. • Salary based on experience and ability. • Profit sharing and company benefits. Apply by: Email: bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: (403) 346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn: Bill/Service

Abbott Close / Anders St. Anders Close

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Langford Close Lamont Close Lund Close

OLYMEL, RED DEER PLANT

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking both -

APPRENTICE OR JOURNEYMAN PIPEFITTERS for full-time permanent shop positions at our Innisfail locations

Please fax resume to 403-227-7796, email to hr@bilton.ca

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We offer competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

MORRISROE AREA Vista Village

Key Responsibilities • Ensure timely and accurate completion of tasks assigned. • Communicate with other departments when necessary and provides feedback when needed. • Keep records of assignments and produce detailed work reports. • Experience in a plant/manufacturing environment - an asset. • Must be able to work in a fast paced, team environment. • Must be available for shift work • Must be willing to learn new technology.

SUNNYBROOK AREA Somerset Close Springfield Ave.

Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Sherwood Cres. VANIER AREA Viscount Drive

Qualifications and Experience • Journeyman or Red Seal Certification. • Physically fit; ability to perform the tasks attached to the position. • Available to work various shift schedules according to production needs. • Ability to read, write and communicate in English. HOW TO APPLY: Please submit your resume to Wale Adeyinka at apply@olymel.com

Vickers Close Volks Place / Vanier Drive Vanson Close / Visser St. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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We employ over 175 people and provide ample opportunities to employees to achieve their career goals. We provide handson training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects and applications in the energy sector.

Issard Close Law Close / Lewis Close

Journeyman Millwright

Recently winning the 2013 Business of the Year award, Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and have recently expanded our facilities into Calgary Alberta.

Isherwood Close LANCASTER AREA

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- Outgoing - Organized - Mechanically Inclined - Computer Proficient - Previous Experience A Must

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

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FUSION PRODUCTION SYSTEMS INC., a growing, well-established fabrication facility in Red Deer is hiring for the position of

YARD PERSONNEL

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SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company. Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position. Reliability essential. Own transportation required. Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

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Fusion offers a competitive salary, benefits plan & an opportunity to utilize your skills in a challenging & rewarding environment. If you are a proven Team Player with experience & initiative, please forward your resume along your salary expectation & availability date to Fax 403-347-7867.

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Employment Training

ROLLING tool bag, nylon, HD wheels and telescopic handle, never used $49 403-342-7460

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Firewood

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Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

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The Yard Worker is responsible for various duties but is not limited to: loading trucks/trailers, operating forklifts, helping CLASSIFICATIONS to organize shipments, yard 1500-1990 maintenance and cleaning. The position will be Children's responsible for: • Knowledge of pipe, flange, Items fittings & steel plates • Verifying materials for BOYS skates CCM kids required shipment size 13, like new $25; • Unload & verify counts 403-314-9603 for shipments received • Ability to identify & report WINTER boots, Bogs, kids size 1, waterproof, new promptly to supervisor; $90, asking $30 & discrepancies, shortages/ 403-314-9603 overages or damages with any deliveries or Celebrate your life returns with a Classified • Ability to load/unload ANNOUNCEMENT trucks & trailers safely & efficiently • Organize & clean yard • Conduct scheduled Equipmentinspections for equipment Heavy Position Requirements: Clear, concise & consistent communications with coworkers & management Ability to understand & follow instructions Valid driver’s licence Class 1 is an asset

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Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Household Furnishings

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Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

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GAMEBOY COLOUR w/4 games & printer. $80 obo. 403-782-3847 HOUSE STEREO w/19” LCD TV Audio/Video Receiver, CD Player & DVD player. $140. 403-782-3847

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BUSINESS Legal Administrative Assistant Marketing Coordinator Insurance Advisor Business Administration Hotel & Tourism Management

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EXPERIENCED MATERIAL HANDLING SUPERVISOR

THE POSITION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR: Warehouse Management Process received material (unload, verification, Computations entry) • Working with Quality Control & ensure allocation of materials • Knowledge of pipe, flange, fittings and steel plates • Initial receiving of product to our location • Maintenance of shipping and receiving of Raw Material • Product movement to the designated departments • Staging job specific material for timely distribution • Administering daily equipment checks and maintenance reviews • Prepare any documentation pertaining to product • Prepare shipping document Fusion offers a competitive salary, benefits plan and an opportunity to utilize your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment. If you are a proven Team Player with experience and initiative, please forward your resume along your salary expectation and availability date to Fax 403-347-7867. Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

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HOUSE STEREO w/surround sound, $140. 403-782-3847

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“Baby Bullet” food processor. Mint condition. Includes all attachments & instructional manual. $35. Call (403) 342-7908. B & D 109 pc. drill/driver kit set $25; 148 pc. B & D drill piece home tool kit $30 403-887-4981 COMFORTERS, queen & king. (2) - $30. queen, $40. king. 403-346-2070 DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino NEW CCM mens size 10 skates and pants, Jofa knee pads 16”; $80, 12V 3000 lb. remote control winch $80; brand new B & D cordless drill, saw and flashlight $80 403-887-4981 OFFICE Jet printer, scanner, fax, photocopier w/manuals $40; 403-314-9603 SIX 5/8” shelf boards, various lengths, 16” wide, must take all $40; 25 legal size file holders, like new all for $10; 2 boxes of nails, assorted, $3/box, 3 stacking chairs metal frame w/wooden seat and back $8/ea, desk top fan 3 spd $10; 1 deer antler mount on shield $60 403-314-2026 WASHER/DRYER SET $200. CHROME TABLE & 4 CHAIRS $100. MOTORIZED SCOOTER $2000. Call 403-318-9840

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FUSION PRODUCTION SYSTEMS INC., a growing, well-established fabrication facility in Red Deer is hiring for the position of

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3 BORDER Collie pups, 1 F, 2 M, from working parents $250/ea. 403-749-2157 GOLDENDOODLES! Local breeder, breeding for 8 years. Black and Silver Medium doodles available. Meet the parents and see how your pup is raised. www.ooodlesofdoodles.com 403-346-2477

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Condos/ Townhouses

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KITSON CLOSE

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 SD $1000. n/s Avail. immed. 403-304-7576 / 347-7545

2 PERSON ice fishing tent $59, some accessories avail, Polyethalene sled for hauling supplies over ice Kyte/Kelloway Cres. or snow, 62” x 22” x 5”d Lovely 3 level exec. $63 403-342-7460 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, SKIS, Tyrolia with poles concrete patio, blinds, and size 10 boots. $75. front/rear parking, no dogs, 403-346-2070 n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Avail. immed. Travel 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

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Horses

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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

Grain, Feed Hay

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Realtors & Services

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A local company requires an energetic/ person for shipper/receiver. Email resume to mark@aesreddeer.com

Houses/ Duplexes

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2 BDRM. main floor of House. Newly reno’d. 403-872-2472 3 BDRM. in Sylvan. 4 appls., fenced yard. No pets. All utils. incl. 403-347-6033 3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 30 tenants. No pets. Off street parking for 3 vehicles. Rent $1500, D.D. $1500. 403-341-4627

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3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1445 SD $1000 avail. Feb. 15. 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

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ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park. 403-350-1620 Gloria

BRAND NEW 1340 sq. ft. bungalow, 2 bdrm., den, dbl. att. garage. $384,900. Call Glen 403-588-2231

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1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

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NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies. Call 403-343-7955 PENHOLD 1 bdrm., incl. heat/water, 4 appls. $725 avail. immed., 403-348-6594

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage. 403-588-2550

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Condos/ Townhouses

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NEW CONDO

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

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1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets. 403-596-2444

Rooms For Rent

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2 ROOMS in fully equip., 1200 sq.ft. common EXC. SUITE in Lacombe. c/w maid service, daily & weekly. Call 403-396-3616 FURN. room, all utils. and cable incld, $450/mo. 403-506-3277 ROOM FOR RENT. 403-343-0421

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SMALL / LARGE SPACES -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs. 400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

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Accounting

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

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CARPENTERS and laborers with exp. in farm buildings. 403-318-6406

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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Drywall, tape, texture, Fully licensed & insured. Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc. Call Roger 403-348-1060

Escorts

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Massage Therapy

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Handyman Services

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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

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Property clean up 340-8666

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Personal Services

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REIKO’S Finest Asian Massage

In call only. 587-377-1298 9 am - 10 pm. Mon. - Fri.

Seniors’ Services

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Hearing aid sales, servicing and programming. Hearing testing, battery sales. In-home service avail.(fee applies) A&E Hearing Care 403-347-2202

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Snow Removal

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APOLLO LANDSCAPING has skidsteer and tandem truck avail. for snow removal. Commercial or residential. 403-598-1589

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1 1/2 blocks west of mall, 3 bdrm. bi-level, blinds, lg. balcony, 4 appls, no pets, n/s, rent $1245 SD $1000 Avail. Feb. 15th. 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

1. CARE 2. Tim Hortons 3. Bricks 4 Kidz 4. Baker Hughes Wednesday, January 22, 2014 5. Phone Experts 9:30 a.m. - Noon 6. Bed Bath & Beyond Alberta Works Centre 7. City of Red Deer 8. Parkland CLASS 2nd Floor, First Red Deer Place 9. Rykar Indsutries Ltd 4920 - 51 Street, Red Deer 10. G4S Secure Solutions 11. Canadian Blood Services Bring your resumé 12. Canyon Technical Services For more info, call 403-340-5353 13. Diversified Staffing Services 14. Swift Worldwide Resources 15. Talentcor Recruitment Specialists

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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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Motorcycles

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Afghan pres. demands end to airstrikes BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president demanded Sunday that the United States no longer carry out military operations or airstrikes and must jump-start peace talks with the Taliban before his country signs a security deal to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014. President Hamid Karzai’s deepening anti-American rhetoric comes as the Taliban intensifies its assaults ahead of the planned withdrawal and after Friday’s militant raid on a popular Kabul restaurant, the deadliest single attack against foreign civilians in the course of the nearly 13-year U.S.-led war. Although Karzai has made similar demands in the past, he has in recent weeks ratcheted up his condemnations of alleged U.S. failures as Afghans look fearfully ahead to an uncertain future. Karzai made the statement after being presented with the findings of an investigation into a joint Afghan-U.S. military operation last week that resulted in civilian casualties which he blamed on a U.S. military air strike. The U.S.-led international military coalition, however, provided a sharply different account Sunday of what happened during the two-day operation against insurgents in eastern Parwan province, saying it was an Afghan-led effort and carried out at the request of the government. Karzai convened his National Security Council on Sunday to discuss the Parwan attack. “Airstrikes are a matter of concern for the Afghan people. The National Security Council said there should be an immediate end to all operations and airstrikes by foreign forces,” a statement said. Karzai sent a delegation to investigate the Jan. 15

airstrike in the Ghorband district of Parwan province, which borders Kabul. The delegation blamed the U.S. for ordering an operation it said killed 12 civilians and four Taliban fighters. It further said local authorities were not informed about the operation. The coalition, which is carrying out its own investigation, said the government was not only aware but had requested the operation ahead of the country’s April 5 presidential elections because the area had fallen under Taliban control. “The operation was requested by the governor in response to those conditions,” the coalition said in a statement. “The resulting plan, approved through the Ministry of Defence, was a deliberate clearing operation to disrupt insurgent activity, based on intelligence obtained primarily by Afghan forces.” The coalition said a team of more than 70 Afghan commandos with a few U.S. Special Operations Forces carried out the operation. Senior U.S. military officials, who requested anonymity as they weren’t allowed to brief journalists about an ongoing investigation, said the commandos came under heavy fire almost immediately. An Afghan commando and U.S. soldier were killed, they said. Afghan National Security Forces had nine U.S. advisers with them when they became trapped by withering fire from residential homes, they said. “At that point, the ANSF and coalition advisers were unable to manoeuvr or withdraw without sustaining significant casualties. The combined force required defensive air support in order to suppress enemy fire from two compounds,” the coalition statement said. One senior U.S. military official said the decision to ask for air support was taken “in extremis” by the Afghan ground commander. The official said there

were two civilians killed and one wounded. Karzai’s comments come as he has declined to sign an agreement allowing some U.S. forces to stay past the planned withdrawal. Karzai tentatively endorsed the deal after it was completed last October, but first refused to sign it until after it was approved by a council of tribal elders known as the Loya Jirga in November. But after the elders approved it, Karzai still declined to sign it, now saying he wants his successor to decide after the elections. The U.S. had wanted the deal to be signed by Dec. 31 because it needs time to prepare to keep thousands of U.S. troops in the country for up to a decade. NATO allies also have said they won’t stay if the Americans pull out. The agreement aims to help train and develop Afghan forces, while also allowing for a smaller counterterrorism force to pursue al-Qaida fighters and other groups. Karzai again demanded Sunday that the U.S. do more to start talks with the Taliban, although an American effort to get them going through intermediaries in Qatar collapsed last summer. The Taliban have refused to talk directly with Karzai, his government or its representatives. Karzai’s statement further warned that the country risked slipping into “feudalism” if his conditions were not met. Meanwhile Sunday, hundreds of Afghans gathered outside a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul to protest against a Taliban assault there that killed 21 people Friday. A suicide bomber and two gunmen attacked La Taverna du Liban, killing 13 foreigners and eight Afghans, all of them civilians. Protesters chanted against terrorism as they laid flowers.

Lawmakers argue chief element of Obama surveillance overhaul won’t work this was not an illegal program, it wasn’t a rogue agency,” Rogers said. The surveillance programs have been under fire since former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden absconded with an estimated 1.7 million documents related to surveillance and other NSA operations, giving the documents to journalists around the world. Revelations in the documents sparked a furor over whether Americans have been giving up privacy protections in exchange for intelligence-gathering on terrorism. The revelations about U.S. surveillance programs have also damaged U.S. relations with key allies, including Germany following reports that the NSA had monitored communications of European citizens — even listening in on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone. Obama in an interview aired Saturday on Germany’s ZDF television network said he would not allow America’s massive communications surveillance capability to damage relations with Germany and other close U.S. allies. He said that before the revelations he had forged a close working relationship with Merkel and that he could not allow U.S. surveillance operations to damage that trust. “As long as I am president of the United States, the German chancellor need not worry about that,” Obama said, according to a simultaneous German translation as he spoke.

Woman charged in children’s death feared devil, thought exorcism was necessary

CMHA Red Deer is looking for an

Executive Director The Executive Director provides Vision, leadership and sound managerial skills to enable the CMHA- Central Alberta Region to carry out its mandate in support of mental health in the community.

Please visit our website at www.reddeer.cmha.ab.ca for detailed information.

REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST (RRT) or REGISTERED NURSE (RN) FULL TIME PERMANENT Provincial Sleep Group is a dynamic, energetic, and growing private company, providing diagnostic testing and treatment for patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Our growth has created another position for an additional RRT or RN working out of our Red Deer, AB clinic. This position will involve helping diagnose patients with OSA, providing treatment with CPAP therapy, and performing follow up patient assessments. Ideal candidates would possess strong interpersonal skills, a strong commitment to patient care, be progressive minded, enjoy teaching patients, and truly want to “make a difference” in patients lives. No shift work! No weekends! No nights! Attractive salary, benefits, and RRSP packages to the successful candidate. Direct resumes to: Email: kareng@psgi.ca Fax 403-346-0427 In Person #204 – 3947 – 50 A Ave, Red Deer, AB

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GERMANTOWN, Md. — A Maryland woman charged with killing two of her children has told investigators that she thought an exorcism was necessary to remove the presence of the devil and evil spirits, a police captain said Sunday. Zakieya Latrice Avery, 28, of Germantown, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of the children, ages 1 and 2. Montgomery County police responded to Avery’s home Friday morning following a neighbour’s 911 call. Police said they found the two children dead and two other siblings, ages 5 and 8, injured with stabbing wounds. “She thought the devil was in the kids, and that’s sort of the thing she centred it around as to why she had to conduct an exorcism,” said Capt. Marcus Jones, director of the police department’s major crimes division. “She just thought there were evil spirits within the kids.” Another woman charged in the killings, Monifa Denise Sanford, 21, made similar statements during questioning, police said. Sanford was arrested Saturday.

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WASHINGTON — A chief element of President Barack Obama’s attempt to overhaul U.S. surveillance will not work, leaders of Congress’ intelligence committees said Sunday, pushing back against the idea that the government should cede control of how Americans’ phone records are stored. Obama, under pressure to calm the controversy over government spying, said Friday he wants bulk phone data stored outside the government to reduce the risk that the records will be abused. The president said he will require a special judge’s advance approval before intelligence agencies can examine someone’s data and will force analysts to keep their searches closer to suspected terrorists or organizations. “And I think that’s a very difficult thing,” Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday. “Because the whole purpose of this program is to provide instantaneous information to be able to disrupt any plot that may be taking place.” Under the surveillance program, the NSA gathers phone numbers called and the length of conversations, but not the content of the calls. Obama said the NSA sometimes needs to tap those records to find people linked to suspected terrorists. But he said eventually the bulk data should be stored somewhere out of the gov-

ernment’s hands. That could mean finding a way for phone companies to store the records, though some companies have balked at the idea, or it could mean creating a third-party entity to hold the records. Feinstein said many Americans don’t understand that threats persist a dozen years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “New bombs are being devised. New terrorists are emerging, new groups. Actually, a new level of viciousness. And I think we need to be prepared,” Feinstein said. Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Obama had intensified a sense of uncertainty about the country’s ability to root out terrorist threats. Obama didn’t say who should have control of Americans’ data; he directed the attorney general and director of national intelligence to find a solution within 60 days. “We really did need a decision on Friday, and what we got was lots of uncertainty,” Rogers said. “And just in my conversations over the weekend with intelligence officials, this new level of uncertainty is already having a bit of an impact on our ability to protect Americans by finding terrorists who are trying to reach into the United States.” The lawmakers did praise the president for his defence of the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs. “First, I thought it was very important that the president laid out no abuses,

The Red Deer Advocate is looking for a full time

PRODUCTION ARTIST

Working in a high volume environment, the successful candidate will be responsible for designing and processing ads, Classified page layout, as well as the design and layout of our special sections and weekly papers. They must possess a strong work ethic, a keen eye for detail and be able to work independently with minimal supervision. Mac-based Adobe Indesign and Adobe Creative suite experience are definite assets. Hours of work are Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week. Forward resumes stating “Production Artist” by Friday, January 31 to: swilliamson@reddeeradvocate.com Drop off or mail to: Scott Williamson, Production Supervisor Red Deer Advocate 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

kcs Association is seeking an individual to be part of our professional team supporting individuals with developmental disabilities: • Your experience as a team leader in training, supervising and being part of a team of direct support professionals has made you ready to embrace various coordination responsibilities. • You have a vision of people with developmental disabilities living out their full citizenship as members of their local community by contributing their abilities and strengths through volunteer & work, by participating in recreational and social pursuits and living in a residence they have chosen and call home • You believe that services to adults are best done ‘one person at a time’ ---- based on their lead and best informed choices • You strongly believe in the role of family and community in the pursuit and maintenance of meaningful lives for people with disabilities and see yourself working to create and support social networks. • As the ideal candidate you have experience in a variety of service areas (community access, Independent Living skills, supported living and employment) and experience mentoring and coaching individuals and their support staff. • You have knowledge and experience implementing policies, procedures, evaluation processes, and are now ready to give your input to create such documents in a manner that best supports and fosters quality lives for people with disabilities • You are interested in being part of a collaborate team of professionals to recruit, orient, train and assist direct support staff • You value openness, flexibility, hard-work, persistence, and good communication Preferred Qualifications: • Human services degree (preferred) or diploma in disabilities studies, social work, or other relevant field and at least 3 years leadership experience • First aid/CPR, Criminal Record/Vulnerable Sector Check, Abuse Protocol, Non-Violent Crisis Intervention • Vehicle in good running order, valid driver’s license & liability insurance Wages: • $19.50-$21.00/hr depending on education and experience

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only selected candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Please forward resume, including references to: kcs Association ATT: A. Faulk FAX (403) 887-5331 E-Mail: kcs78@shaw.ca kcs wishes to thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted Competition closes Friday, February 8th, 2013

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