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Blaze destroys shed, garage TRAILER ALSO DAMAGED

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Two City of Red Deer firefighters pour water on a fire in Normandeau Monday morning. The Fire on Norby Cres. destroyed a garage and two vehicles. Another vehicle across the alley from the fire and an RV unit on a neighbour’s property were also damaged.

One person was treated with minor injuries after a fire broke out in a Red Deer resident’s garage on Monday.

Red Deer Emergency Services crews were called to a trailer on Norby Crescent in the north end just shortly after 11 a.m.

Crews found a shed fully engulfed in fire, said Deputy Fire Chief Bart Rowland.

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Sylvan Lake arena collapses under weight of snow

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF SYLVAN LAKE — A rink worker escaped with moments to spare before the snow-laden roof of the Sylvan Lake Arena partially collapsed early on Monday.

An employee was driving a Zamboni when he heard cracking noises. He got off the machine, checked that no one remained in the building and left only minutes before a large section of the roof caved in.

The force of the collapse blew out an end wall of the arena, which was built by local volunteers and opened in 1972. It appears one of the main wooden trusses collapsed, pulling down a section of roof with it.

Arena operator Graham Parsons said he got a phone call from the rink worker about 12:30 a.m. “He said, ‘Get down here. The rink fell down.’ �

A women’s hockey team was last to use the ice, with their game finishing

about 11 p.m. None were left in the arena when it collapsed.

Parsons said it was a sad end for the arena, which has been home to longrunning hockey school and has hosted tens of thousands of youngsters over the years. The arena was due for demolition in a couple of years to make way for a new multiplex. “You’d like to say goodbye to the old girl the proper way,� said Parsons, who has run the arena for 40 years. “It shouldn’t go unceremoniously like this.�

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The Arena in Sylvan Lake was laid to waste early Monday morning when the roof collapsed while an employee was resurfacing the ice surface. See related video at www.reddeeradvocate.com.

Red Deer, Lethbridge vying for right to host ’19 Canada Winter Games

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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Look sharp Lethbridge.

Red Deer is more than ready to host the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

In a report to city council on Monday, Recreation, Parks and Culture manager Shelley Gagnon said the city is moving on to the next step in its bid to win the games after submitting its technical bid package to the Canada Games Council this week.

Lethbridge is the only other Alberta

community in the running to host the two-week winter competition in February 2019. “I think we could spend days comparing how we measure up in terms of facilities,� said Gagnon. “As a committee we know we have a strong bid.

We have great facilities. We have excellent partnerships with some of our key community members ... that really speak to the strength of our bid is that

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is well-positioned between two international airports in Calgary and Edmonton and has its own airport. “I think Red Deer is in a prime and very favourable position,� said Veer. “Red Deer has matured as a city in the last 20 years and I think we’ve elevated our profile on a number of fronts in Canada.�

The Canada Games technical review committee will pay Red Deer a visit to evaluate the proposed sites in early February.

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Gagnon said the committee believes they have the right stuff to make a compelling argument to win the games.

The opportunity to host the games comes to Alberta every 20 years.

Red Deer was trumped by Grande Prairie in 1995 and Lethbridge hosted the games in 1975.

Mayor Tara Veer said Red Deer has better than a 50-50 chance of snagging the games.

She said Red Deer boasts strong amenities on the recreation front and

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War art marks 100 years since start of First World War

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The nightmarish conditions on the battlefields of the First World War were indelibly burned into the minds of soldiers who fought there and are now on display as part of a new art exhibit.

The exhibition Forging a Nation: Canada Goes to War is showing at the Military Museums of Calgary until March 7 and is scheduled to tour across the country this year. It features both trench art by soldiers and artwork done by civilians. Some of the pieces have never before been displayed in Canada.

“Learning to be an artist was very, very important, especially in the First World War and our earlier conflicts,” said Lindsey Sharman, the museum’s art curator. “Being able to get an accurate depiction of a landscape had very tactical importance.”

It’s been 100 years since the start of the First World War in 1914 and since the formation of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.

One of the paintings on display, Second Battle of Ypres (Frezenberg), is dated 1915. It was painted by soldier William Barnes Wollen after the battle and depicts troops in a foxhole, a decimated battlefield and smoke burning in the distance.

“Being a soldier and going to war is not entirely comprised of these moments of battle and there was a lot of moments of boredom,” said Sharman, who noted that Group of Seven painter A.Y. Jackson created a book to help soldiers with their art.

“Jackson designed an instructional booklet that was issued to all of the soldiers, teaching them different sketching techniques. It was something to combat boredom and to bring some sort of normalcy to these groups.”

The exhibit also touches on works from the wars since that Canada has been involved in: the Second World War; the Korean war and, most recently, the conflict in Afghanistan.

“We’re looking at not just the beginning of the war but the entirety of those 100 years,” Sharman said.

Warrant Officer Jason Yardley, general manager of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry archives, said it’s a tremendously important exhibit.

“It gives us a chance to showcase the regiment’s

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FIRE: Damages total around $140,000 Rowland said there was also “black smoke coming out of the vents” in the small home.

Two propane tanks in the garage exploded soon after crews arrived.

According to Rowland, four people were in the house at the time of the blaze but all escaped with only one needing medical assistance. That person was later released on the scene.

There were also a number of pets in the residence, some of which were accounted for, including one dog and two cats.

Two other cats did not survive.

The fire was accidental, said fire investigator Steve Gailloux, and was started by one of the occupants of the trailer who was working on a vehicle in his garage.

“Some fuel ignited and he got out of there right away, though he did suffer some minor burns, but he got his daughter, son and granddaughter out of the house . . . . His wife was at work,” Gallioux said.

The Red Cross has stepped in to help the victims with emergency food, accommodation, clothing and personal medical supplies for the next 72 hours.

The garage and shed in the back yard were completely destroyed and a neighbour’s car and RV also suffered damages, as did siding on neighbours’ homes.

About nine metres of the back portion of the trailer is also destroyed but the front part “might be restorable,” Gallioux said.

The building was insured and Gallioux estimates the damages total around $140,000.

The fire spread quickly to the shed and trailer due to proximity as the garage was barely three metres away, Gallioux said.

“It got so hot that the fire actually burnt up the paint on one of the transformers across the alley,” he said.

Neighbour Rachel Pattimore said she heard a bang around 10:50 a.m.

“My windows rattled a little so I looked out to see what it was and saw smoke,” she said. “A guy in an

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Lindsey Sharman, curator of art at the Founders’ Gallery, stands in front of a First World War painting at The Military Museum in Calgary, Monday The museum is hosting a war art exhibit marking the 100th anniversary of the First World War. history and it should create a large dialogue in terms of bringing to light one particular facet, which is the beginning of us remembering the beginnings of the Great War,” said Yardley.

He said many Canadians are focused on the current mission to Afghanistan, but he suggested it’s important to pay homage to those soldiers who served over the last 100 years.

“All of our forefathers, our brothers and sisters

before us, have allowed us the freedoms that we have today and have allowed me to actually wear this uniform,” Yardley said. “As we all know, our veterans are departing us at a pretty alarming rate and I think the onus on us that are present today is to give a sense of our history and what is Canada. The only way we can do this is by having expositions like this and by engaging our veterans.”

SUV had already called 911 so I went next door to tell the other neighbours.”

Pattimore said they saw flames “shooting up the tree” at the back of the affected property. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

“Thank heavens nobody was hurt,” said Kaylene, as she surveyed the wreckage.

The same sentiment was echoed by Barbra Scott, who stopped to photograph the ruined arena as she walked her dog.

“Shocking” was how she described her first reaction on seeing the damage when she took her children to school earlier in the morning.

“They were lucky nobody was hurt.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

ARENA: Loss a blow to the community Parsons is now scrambling to find alternate ice times for the hockey players and other skaters who used the facility. Other communities have already offered time slots in their arenas.

“That’s what happens when something like this happens. It pulls the community together.”

Mayor Sean McIntyre said the loss of the arena is a blow to the community.

“There are a lot of heartbroken people in Sylvan Lake today,” he said. “We’ve had an icon, a landmark in our community, collapse.”

The town already has concept plans in place for a new multiplex with an arena that was to be built on the same site beginning in 2016.

“Obviously, in light of today’s events, we could see that move up.”

Ron Lebsack, Sylvan Lake’s director of community services, said the arena was inspected by engineers several years ago and was declared structurally sound.

“We were still hoping to get a couple of years out of it.”

It is believed that snow that had piled up on the roof was the likely cause of the collapse. Snow piled up to 1.5 metres deep could still be seen on one side of the curved Quonset hut-like roof.

The town recently cleared snow off a nearby curling rink and workers were going to tackle the arena in the next few days. There had been no indications of problems until just prior to the collapse.

Barriers have been set up around the arena and the adjacent multiplex will be closed for a couple of days because gas and electricity lines have been damaged.

It will be demolished in coming days or weeks.

Kaylene Kangas and four-year-old daughter Brooke came to see the damage for themselves on Monday morning.

“It’s pretty sad when it broke down,” said Brooke.

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The 23 sporting events will be held at city facilities including Canyon Ski Resort, Collicutt Centre and the Pidherney Centre.

One sport can be held outside the host community. The committee is working with the City of Calgary to host synchronized swimming at the Talisman Centre.

Red Deer will know by the end of February if they have moved on to the next phase, a comprehensive host community bid submission, which is due on May 30. Gagnon will be before council before the document is submitted. If all goes well, the bid evaluation committee will be in Red Deer in June. In September, the host committee for the 2019 Canada Winter Games will be announced.

In other council news: zCouncil unanimously extended the deadline of the urban chicken pilot project until June 30, 2014.

More time is needed to consult with the public. The pilot was originally set to end on March 31, 2014. zLegislative Services manger Frieda McDougall, who serves as the city’s returning officer during municipal elections, delivered a report on October 2013’s election. McDougall shared highlights including the 31.81 per cent voter turnout, the popularity of advance voting and the processes involved in hosting an election. Future reports will come before council including the campaign expense and revenue disclosure in March. In December 2016, another report will come to council with some decision making points including election signs and having council meetings during election periods for the 2017 municipal election. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Redford to meet Al Gore, conveniently

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Alison Redford is going to get a chance to discuss climate change with high-profile oilsands critic and former U.S. vice-president Al Gore.

Redford confirmed Monday that she has been accepted as a special guest to a panel discussion that includes Gore on regulatory issues and climate change at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday.

Redford told reporters she will use the opportunity to disabuse Gore of “myths” she says critics use to unfairly tarnish Alberta’s bedrock industry.

“I will do what I always do, which is to talk about Alberta’s record (on reducing climate change emissions) and to give him the facts,” Redford said in a conference call with reporters from Zurich.

“And to suggest (to him) that as he draws conclusions which are erroneous with respect to the oilsands that he take into account the reality of the production and not the myths of the production.”

Her office said that it’s unlikely Redford would

have a formal speaking role at the panel discussion.

Gore, a celebrated speaker, author and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been an outspoken critic of the oilsands and its effects on the air, water and landscape around the hub region of Fort McMurray.

Last year, he called the oilsands Canada’s “resource curse” and decried the sprawling bitumen mining operations that have damaged landscapes and polluted the air “as if it’s an open sewer.”

Redford is no stranger to fighting the public relations battle over the oilsands.

She has already made frequent trips to Washington to lobby for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas. The pipeline has met fierce criticism from opponents who say it would reinforce North American dependence on oilsands bitumen.

Redford is in Zurich following a lengthy trade mission in India.

She was to have toured Afghanistan this past weekend. She said she had been invited to tour the region by Canadian ambassador Deborah Lyons, but the bombing and gunfire attack Friday on a Kabul restaurant frequented by foreigners changed things.

There were security concerns and sensitivity is-

sues about arriving after such a tragedy, she said.

Twenty-one people, including Canadians Martin Glazer and Peter McSheffrey, died in the Taliban attack on the Taverna du Liban.

Redford had planned to meet with Canadian troops, including the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, and tour a children’s health institute that has ties to Edmonton’s University of Alberta Hospital.

The tour had not been publicized on Redford’s itinerary for security reasons. “(It) was a personal disappointment to me,” said Redford. “I wanted to see PPCLI who, of course, were the first troops in and will be the last out.

“There’s a number of Albertans, in Edmonton in particular, terribly impacted by some (troop) losses.”

Redford also has personal history with Afghanistan. Trained as a lawyer, she helped organize parliamentary elections there in 2005 before entering provincial politics.

“I was going to have the opportunity to meet with very, very, strong, capable, brave women who are doing their very best to advance the cause of human rights and women’s rights in Afghanistan.”

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Wildrose party says province bought 11,000 computers, stuck them in warehouse EDMONTON — The Opposition Wildrose party is asking the auditor general to investigate reports that Alberta Health Services bought more than 11,000 computers and laptops and then let them sit in a warehouse.

Opposition critic Kerry Towle says the cost to taxpayers is almost $10 million.

The Wildrose says the information was recently leaked to them by an inside source.

The Wildrose says Alberta Health Services bought the machines at the end of the 2011-2012 budget year for use in Edmonton.

But the computers weren’t put to use as planned and were warehoused until last June, when the source drew the government’s attention to them.

Premier Alison Redford said the Wildrose comments are only allegations and have not been proven.

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Physicians reluctant to link health problems to petrochemicals IN PART FROM ‘FEAR OF THE CONSEQUENCES’: DOCTOR

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Opposition politicians are raising concerns over a report done for Alberta’s energy regulator that suggests doctors are reluctant to draw links between health problems and the energy industry.

“We do have a culture in this province which actively diminishes healthy and important debate about the health and environmental effects of our dominant industry,” NDP critic Rachel Notley said.

David Swann, a Liberal member of the legislature, said the government doesn’t even want to know the truth.

“It’s clear the government doesn’t really want to know the best science in some of these areas,” said Swann, who lost his job as a public health doctor for speaking out on climate change during the Tory government of Ralph Klein. “They haven’t funded it, and they haven’t disseminated the knowledge appropriately to the physician population.”

On Tuesday, a hearing is set to begin in Peace River, Alta., about the source and effects of odours that landowners blame on the local oilpatch, particularly the operations of Baytex Energy.

Baytex uses an unusual method of heating bitumen in above-ground tanks to extract the oil. Residents say the fumes from those heated tanks are causing powerful gassy smells and leading to symptoms that include severe headaches, dizziness, sinus congestion, muscle spasms, popping ears, memory loss, numbness, constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, eye twitching and fatigue.

Among the reports commissioned for the hearing by the Alberta Energy Regulator is one from Margaret Sears, a doctor in chemical engineering, who has testified on environmental contamination for many bodies including the Royal Society of Canada.

Sears wrote that even though most health professionals believe petrochemical emissions affect health, Peace River doctors seemed unwilling to

consider if the conditions their patients complained of were caused by long-term exposure to petrochemicals.

“There were reports from various sources that physicians would not diagnose a relationship between bitumen exposures and chronic symptoms, that physician care was refused for individuals suggesting such a connection,” she wrote.

Even medical labs refused to conduct an analysis when told it was to be used to try to establish such a link, said Sears.

One doctor, in a medical report released as part of the hearing, advised his patient “to go through environmental lawyers” and did not prescribe treatment.

Sears confirmed to The Canadian Press that her conclusions were based on interviews with both patients and doctors.

She wrote that the physicians’ reluctance stemmed in part from a lack of research they could use to form a credible opinion and in part from “fear of consequences.”

“I’m not surprised,” said Dr. John O’Connor, a doctor who was disciplined in 2007 for raising cancer concerns in the oilpatch community of Fort Chipewyan. The Alberta Cancer Board has since found elevated levels of four cancers in the community.

“It has been said to me many a time over the last few years, or words to that effect,” he said.

“It’s not easy. You set yourself up as a moving target.”

Allan Garbutt, president of the Alberta Medical Association, said he couldn’t comment on the specific concerns in Sears’ report.

“I certainly agree that physicians must not feel intimidated in exercising their advocacy role,” he said.

“There would also be merit in exploring the report’s suggestion that better research on the impact of oil and gas emissions on patients and communities is needed for strong policy development. Better information, training and support for physicians to help diagnose their patients would always be welcome.”

Artists, scientists pen letter of support for Neil Young’s anti-oilsands campaign

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — More than 20 notable Canadians have penned a letter to support musician Neil Young following his concert tour to raise money for a First Nation fighting oilsands expansion in northern Alberta.

The group includes creative and performing artists, authors, scientists and a lawyer.

Actor Neve (nev) Campbell, Booker-prize-winning author Michael Ondaatje (on-DAHCH’-ay) and musician Gord Downie of rock group The Tragically Hip are among those who have signed the letter.

It says that Young’s tour raised more than $500,000

to help the Athabasca Chipewyan band pay for a legal attempt to protect its traditional land north of Fort McMurray.

The letter also says that Canada must decide if it wants to support First Nations rights and protect the environment.

Young played in Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina and Calgary, and drew fire from politicians and industry over his comments likening the oilsands to Hiroshima.

“The time has come for Canada to decide if we want a future where First Nations rights and title are honoured, agreements with other countries to protect the climate are honoured, and our laws are not written by powerful oil companies,” says the letter released Monday.

EDMONTON — A man is in critical condition after he crashed into the back of a large dump truck after fleeing from police in Edmonton.

Investigators say officers were in a north-end neighbourhood Sunday night when they tried to pull over a car that had allegedly been stolen.

The 31-year-old driver stopped briefly and a passenger got out before the vehicle sped away with police in pursuit.

A police helicopter was tracking the car with no cruisers in sight before the driver tried to change direction and suffered multiple injuries when he slammed into the back of a semi involved in snow removal.

Edmonton police continue to investigate but the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has been notified.

ASIRT investigates cases involving police that have resulted in serious injury or death. (CHED)

Death of man at Suncor oilsands site in northern Alberta not suspicious: RCMP FORT MCMURRAY — RCMP say the death of a man found in a dumping area at the Suncor (TSX:SU) oilsands site in northern Alberta is not suspicious.

Officers found the 40-year-old man from Fort McMurray after responding to a call about a missing person.

Police say he was buried in sand as the result of a workplace accident.

Suncor spokeswoman Sneh Seetal (sun-NAY’ SEE’-tul) says a search began Sunday morning when Jerry Cooper didn’t show up for a meeting and wasn’t answering his radio.

She says Cooper was found submerged in an area of the sand dump — a mixture of sand and water — at the mine site’s extraction area. He was pronounced dead.

Cooper had worked for Suncor for 13 years, Seetal said, adding he was a tailings operator.

She says a Suncor official has met with Cooper’s family and has extended condolences to them.

Occupational health and safety officials are involved in the police investigation.

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Divided by economic need ONTARIO’S ‘HAVE NOT’ STATUS SETS UP A DIVIDED CANADA

BY MARK MILKE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE As anyone who has ever watched puppies tussle over a bone knows, nothing leads to acrimony quicker than competition for an object everyone wants.

Keep that image in mind but replace puppies with provincial governments, six of whom are now beneficiaries of the federal transfer program called equalization.

Equalization — ostensibly designed to help provinces provide roughly equal government services — has long been defended by some as akin to a federal government Robin Hood scheme to help out “poor” provinces. Last year, Ottawa transferred $15.4 billion in equalization payments to six “poor” provinces, known as “havenots.”

In 2008-09 — the year before Ontario became eligible to receive equalization payments — have-not provinces represented 32 per cent of the 10-province population, or about 10.8 million people. But with Ontario’s entry into the club in 2009-10 (think of a big sumo wrestler at a soup kitchen), 71 per

cent of the population, or 24.7 million people, now live in a province that receives an equalization cheque from the federal government. (The others are Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Manitoba.)

The entry of Ontario into relative poor-province territory has resulted in a massive shift in dependency in Canada, one that portends future interprovincial conflict.

Any program that counts six of 10 provinces with 71 per cent of the population as relatively “poor” is an arrangement that needs a rethink.

Maybe that rethink should begin in Ontario. It is, after all, its own policies — including expensive green energy schemes that drove up the cost of power and drove out business, a regulatory approach and labour legislation that has further made Ontario an uneconomical place to invest, and chronic budget deficits and weak public finances — that have contributed to its relative economic weakness.

Ontarians can now look ahead to a future of higher deficits, higher debt interest payments and increased pressure for higher taxes, which will lead to even less investment, higher unem-

ployment and eventually an exodus of wealth creators and others. (Quebec is the most notable example of such folly in practice.)

Furthermore, Ontario has been receiving an ever increasing share of the equalization cash available from Ottawa, which might result in the have-not provinces demanding Ottawa increase its equalization payouts. In 2009-10, Ontario received $347 million or 2.4 per cent of the $14.2 billion equalization pie; last year, it received almost $3.3 billion or 21 per cent of the $15.4 billion available.

This presents a problem for resource-rich, and only “have,” provinces. You see, under the current equalization program, calculations for equalization eligibility and payouts are based on what’s known as “fiscal capacity,” that is, the ability of a province to raise revenues.

Unfortunately, the factors that go into such a calculation are not above political machinations. There have been efforts in the past to include 100 per cent of resource revenues — as opposed to current 50 per cent — in the calculations, under the justification of “more sharing,” to use the words from a 2006 report presented to the Council

of the Federation, made up of Canada’s premiers.

Problematically, including all resource revenues would mean even more federal tax dollars (which on a net basis originate more in resourcerich provinces) transferred to havenots — the explicit aim of those who back this idea.

Why does this matter? Because all the resource-rich provinces — British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador — are now lined up on one side of the equalization divide while Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba and now Ontario, are on the other.

That potential for conflict means the resource-rich provinces should expect to see attempts made by the equalization-receiving provinces to get at their resource revenues via the federal government, either through dramatically higher equalization payouts, or through some other federal program. It has happened before.

Mark Milke is a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and author of Equalization, Ontario, and the Politics of Division.

This column was provided by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

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Thanks for help when car quit On Friday, Dec. 27, I was driving home from work and at the Taylor Drive and 32nd Street intersection my car just stopped and refused to go any further.

You should know that I am a senior and such an event, especially during a snowstorm, can be very stressful.

I was barely out of my car when a young couple stopped and asked me if I needed any help.

Before I could say anything, they had me warming up in their car and the young woman was calling AMA for a tow.

The young man was a mechanic and informed me that my car couldn’t be driven due to a leak in transmission fluid.

Soon the tow truck arrived and the young couple made sure that I got home safely.

What could have turned into an long ordeal was dealt with within an hour and I was safe at home.

I forgot the name of the young couple who came to my rescue but I do remember them saying the were members of CrossRoads Church.

I hope they read this letter or someone else brings it to their attention.

I am so thankful that they took the time to help me. I am always amazed by the kindness of strangers, especially during the busy Christmas season.

Josie Heighton Red Deer

Let’s all of us just retire as millionaires A poll released by BMO Harris Private Banking on Friday suggested people need anywhere up to $2.3 million in investable assets to retire comfortably.

The report was repeated by CBC, CTV and Global television networks, each providing additional material from an expert commentator — to be recycled every 20 minutes or so, to make sure their entire audiences could be fully depressed by it.

Not depressed enough, I looked for newspaper confirmation of the poll, and found one reference in the Globe & Mail. Print news came the closest to using accurate language to describe the poll, but GREG did not actually say the words NEIMAN that were needed.

So I will say them here: the poll is bogus.

This is Christmas and Thanksgiving combined for the investment industry, the time of harvest for people helping those who need to rush some savings into their RSPs before the Feb. 28 income tax deadline. (Disclosure: that includes me.)

There’s nothing like spreading a little panic and despair to spur sales.

BMO contracted polling firm Pollara to discover numerical evidence that a comfortable retirement is impossible for the 90 per cent of us who will never be millionaires. Pollara accomplished this by polling some millionaires.

Here’s what they found. Canadians who happen

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to already be rich say they expect to require a nest egg worth anywhere up to $2.3 million, to be able to retire in the lifestyle to which they had become accustomed. Fully 95 per cent of respondents thought they would achieve that.

Good for them. As for the rest of us, 69 per cent of “average” Canadians say they expect to reach the $908,000 they’ll need for their golden years.

How does that compare to your savings plan?

What? You’re not “average?”

It turns out that only the top 10 per cent of Canadian income earners can be “average.”

Totally bogus reporting. Pollara contacted all of 305 people to conduct their poll. Their sample size is so small and so unrepresentative of the population that their poll can’t even be assigned a margin of error in reporting.

But BMO and by extension the entire industry that sells retirement savings products got millions of dollars worth of TV airtime, aimed at getting you to dig deep, dig till it hurts, to buy what they’re selling.

Even though for almost all of you, it will be impossible to reach the bar they’ve set.

Right now, Canadians are saving about four per cent of disposable income into retirement plans like RSPs and tax free savings accounts. At that rate, investment counsellors are taking fees and commissions on sales totalling more than $34 billion a year, according to Statistics Canada.

Even at that, in 2011, there was something like $684 billion in unused RSP capacity before people would reach their contribution limits. Aren’t we just a nation of slackers. The truth is, 90 per cent of us don’t need to be millionaires to be happy in retirement. And setting the bar at some mythical million is only a pitch to make us unhappy and desperate.

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Google “need a million to retire” and you will get page after page of websites promising that if you buy what they’re selling, retiring as a millionaire is easy.

But it’s not. In fact, if you’re an ordinary working Canadian, it’s practically impossible.

You’ve seen the charts. Start investing $2,000 a year from age 25, and your savings plan will have all of $301,478 in it 40 years later. Assuming Stats Canada’s annual growth rates and inflation.

They don’t factor in that in the last 40 years, we’ve had at least three major economic crashes that wiped out the value of those accounts three times over — each requiring a decade or so to get back to where they were before each crash.

Even so, in 2010, the average family with one income earner over age 65 had a total of $63,000 in income — from retirement funds, pension plans, parttime employment, you name it. Plenty enough for a comfortable life. A huge block of Canadians in that demographic make substantially less — and most manage quite well, thank you.

If you can’t learn to live and be content on your income by the time you’re 65, then I suppose you need to be a millionaire. Check out the get-rich websites, and good luck to you.

Only about a quarter of Canadian tax filers use savings plans like RSPs every year. It should be much more of us. We do need to save, and we do need the expertise of financial advisors.

What we don’t need is billionaire bankers setting hopeless standards, to scare us into believing the future will be impossibly bleak unless we give them our money.

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Study recommends measures Severe weather causes record to protect whales insurance FROM OIL AND GAS SEISMIC TESTING

HALIFAX — A study by a group of experts including two Canadians is offering recommendations to reduce the impact of seismic surveys by oil and gas companies on vulnerable whales and other marine species.

The research, compiled over a six-year period ending in 2012, outlines a set of guidelines developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company in their seismic testing off Russia’s Sakhalin island, just north of Japan.

The survey region is rich in oil and gas deposits, but it’s also near the vital feeding grounds of the critically endangered western gray whale, the study said.

Roberto Racca of JASCO Applied Sciences in Victoria said usually testing is halted if whales are seen within an area where they could be physically harmed.

But the measures cited in the study, published in the journal Aquatic Mammal, also accounted for the potential area where a whale’s behaviour could be dis-

turbed. “The region of which a behavioural disturbance can occur is significantly larger than the region where the physical harm would take place,” said Racca, who helped author the study.

Whales rely on sound for communication, navigation and foraging and exposure to loud noise from seismic surveys can result in stress, behaviour changes and drive the whales away from their feeding grounds, said Randall Reeves of the Quebec-based Okapi Wildlife Associates.

The recommendations include reducing the survey area, keeping the seismic noises as low as possible and halting operations if whales are too close, he said.

Reeves, another author of the study, said other countries can use look to it but cautioned that it’s not a “cookbook.”

“This can’t be advertised as an inexpensive or quick fix for energy companies,” said Reeves, adding that Sakhalin Energy Investment Company had been collecting data about the whales for about a decade before it started seismic testing. “With different species in different areas ... it’s always going to be different in some

ways.” Racca said the lessons learned from studying Sakhalin’s operations cannot be directly applied to seismic testing in Canada, as there isn’t a population of whales in Canadian waters that are bound to specific feeding regions.

“There’s never been a situation where the criticality of the population, the state of endangerment, would have warranted something of the order of what is being suggested,” he said.

But proper planning of acoustic modelling, studying the potential harm to whales and establishing mitigation measures should be paramount for oil and gas companies in any country, said Racca.

He added that Ottawa currently doesn’t have specific standards regarding seismic testing around whales.

The federal Fisheries Department recently issued a tender asking the successful bidder to collect data about the behaviour of endangered whales on the Scotian Shelf off Nova Scotia — including North Atlantic right whales and northern bottlenose whales — during and after seismic surveys.

Failed navy supply ship bid costs Harper government up to $8 million

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Harper government paid out as much as $8 million to settle legal claims arising from the collapse of the first failed bid to build new supply ships for the navy, The Canadian Press has learned.

One of the companies that received payment has subsequently been hired to work with Vancouver-based Seaspan Shipyards to provide the design for the new program, which hopes to deliver vessels by 2018-19.

The bid to replace the navy’s two existing replenishment ships has been long and fraught with complications — the military was forced to announce last fall that HMCS Preserver and HMCS Protecteur would retire in 2015, well before the new joint support ships are ready.

Originally conceived in 1994,

but not ordered until 2004 by the Liberal government of Paul Martin, the ships were meant to be the navy’s floating supply bases, but also to act as long-haul transports for the army and its equipment.

The program was shut down in 2008, on the eve of the election that year, when the bids exceeded the Harper government’s cost limits.

It has now been incorporated into the new national shipbuilding strategy and relaunched with a $2.6-billion purchase budget, along with an additional $4.5-billion lifetime operating plan.

However, buried deep in National Defence documents obtained under the Access to Information Act, is a reference to a previously unknown litigation fund related to the first failed procurement.

The issue of compensating defence contractors over failed procurements was front and centre

last month when the Harper government announced it was cancelling a multi-billion dollar armoured vehicle program.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Public Works confirmed that one of the bidders, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems of Germany, filed a statement of claim, which was quietly settled through negotiation in late 2010.

Annie Trepanier, the department’s manager of media relations, confirmed the money was taken out of the project budget, but she refused to say how much it cost taxpayers, citing the settlement’s terms of confidentiality.

The budget for legal settlements was $8 million as of 2012, according to defence documents. The figure represents a $500,000 increase from what was set aside in 2010, prior to the agreement with the European shipbuilder.

Bodies of Canadians killed in Kabul suicide attack to return home Wednesday

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GATINEAU, Que. — The bodies of two Canadian accountants who were killed in a Taliban suicide attack in Afghanistan last week are on their way home.

Their employer — Samson and Associates president Pierre Samson — says the remains of Martin Glazer, of Gatineau, Que., and Peter McSheffrey, of Ottawa, are to arrive at CFB Trenton on Wednesday night.

Glazer and McSheffrey were among 21 people killed last Friday when a suicide bomber and two gunmen attacked a popular restaurant in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

McSheffrey’s family says he loved to travel and was doing meaningful work and Glazer’s family says he felt he was making an important contribution to the wartorn country.

Samson says a wake for McSheffrey is tentatively scheduled for Friday, with the funeral on Saturday.

Glazer’s family has scheduled funeral services for Feb. 1.

Samson says his company has been working in Afghanistan since 2005 and the two men had been in Kabul less than a week doing an audit for the Canadian International Development Agency.

“The project they were working on is to au-

dit some of the aid program that Canada was providing to help in antiterrorist security,” Samson said.

Glazer and McSheffrey had finished their workday on Friday, returned their computers to their hotel and gone out for dinner, he said.

“It’s not everybody can go there, it’s a secure area, it’s got a steel door.”

Samson said he has been told the suicide bomber “blew himself up in the front door, killing the guards and the security, and blowing up the door and then two gunmen came in shooting.”

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Ice, floods and thunderstorms made 2013 the worst year ever for severe weather insurance losses in Canada.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the December ice storms in southern Ontario and Atlantic Canada caused more than $200 million in insured losses, pushing total severe-weather payouts to policyholders last year to $3.2 billion.

“In 2013, the terrible effects of the new weather extremes hit Canadians hard,” CEO Don Forgeron said Monday in a release.

“From the Alberta floods last summer to the ice storms in Ontario and Atlantic Canada over the holidays, frankly, bad weather hit insurers hard, too.”

The insurance bureau said the largest disaster was flooding that soaked southern Alberta after torrential rains in June. That caused more than $1.74 billion in insured damage.

Record rains and flash floods in Toronto the following month caused an estimated $940 million in damage payouts. The bureau said that flooding was the most expensive insured natural disaster in Ontario’s history.

Severe thunderstorms in parts of Ontario and Quebec in June and July resulted in about $250 million in insurance payouts.

Some insurance companies are raising rates because of the increase in weather-related claims.

Intact Financial Corp. (TSX:IFC), one of Canada’s largest property and casualty insurers, has said it will be raising premiums this year by 15 to 20 per cent.

The company has also introduced peril-based pricing and other changes to its insurance products.

Pete Karageorgos, manager of consumer and industry relations at the Insurance Bureau of Canada in Ontario, said rate increases and deductible changes for policyholders are not a given.

He said much will depend on where people live and which company they insure with.

“Some companies — if they have little exposure in those geographic areas — may not have to do anything differently. Others, they may. They may look at everything from premiums, coverage amounts, endorsements, deductibles,” he said.

“It could be a whole host of responses from quite a bit to nothing at all.”

It will take time for the full financial sting of the disasters to ripple through the industry and to policyholders. Deadlines to file claims vary by province.

In Alberta, policyholders have up to two years to file a business or home insurance claim.

Many of the claims for damage caused by the June rains and floods in the province have been filed by businesses, which will take time to process, said Heather Mack, an insurance bureau spokeswoman in Edmonton.

“The homeowner claims are going quite well,” she said. “The claims that are still outstanding are the commercial claims, which is really the bulk of the $1.74 billion.”

The record payout in 2013 follows four previous years in which severe-weather insurance losses hit or exceeded $1 billion.

In 2006, insured damage from extreme weather was less than $200 million.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrives to address the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, on Monday.

Harper warns of new age of anti-Semitism

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned Monday of a new age of anti-Semitism, staking new ground in his allegiance to Israel by telling the country’s parliamentarians that those who oppose the Jewish state are little more than hateful antiSemites.

The loathing for Jews that resulted in the “horrors of the death camps� of Nazi Germany was crude and ignorant, Harper said in a historic speech to the Knesset, the first such address before the Israeli parliament by a Canadian prime minister. “But in much of the western world, the old hatred has been translated into more sophisticated language for use in polite society,� he said. “People who would never say they hate and blame the Jews for their own failings or the problems of the world instead declare their hatred of Israel and blame the only Jewish state for the problems of the Middle East.�

Harper’s speech was greeted by several prolonged standing ovations — and one dramatic outburst that served to illustrate the tense relations that characterize

the Jewish-Arab relationship in the troubled region. “Israel is an apartheid state,� shouted Ahmad Tibi, an Arab-Israeli member of parliament who then stormed out of the Knesset, followed by a colleague.

The pair angrily strode from the chamber after Harper assailed the “twisted logic� of making such a comparison to South Africa’s racist regime.

Throughout his speech, Harper looked back into history, touching not just on the Holocaust but Canada’s own refusal in the 1930s to help Jewish refugees, something he deemed a “terrible mistake.�

He spoke of the founding of Israel as a place where people could “seek shelter from the shadow of the worst racist experiment in history.�

The prime minister said he refused to single out Israel for criticism, saying it is easy to follow the international crowd and focus only on one country — a “go-along-toget-along� approach he described as both weak and wrong.

But Canada would be quick to welcome a new sovereign Palestinian state if its leaders chose democracy and peace, he added. “Just as we unequivocally support Israel’s right of self-de-

fence, so too Canada has long supported a just and secure future for the Palestinian people,�

Harper said. “And, I believe, we share with Israel a sincere hope that the Palestinian people and their leaders will choose a viable, democratic, Palestinian state, committed to living peacefully alongside the Jewish state of Israel.�

Harper’s speech to the Knesset took place just a few hours after his return to Jerusalem from Ramallah in the West Bank, where he met with Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority.

Under heavy security, the two leaders met for about a half-hour at the presidential palace before appearing at a joint news conference.

Harper also pledged $66 million in new aid to the Palestinians during their meeting. While the new funds are on top of $30 million announced last November, it still isn’t as high as previous levels of funding to the Palestinians.

Relations between Canada and Palestine have been strained since the Conservative government attempted to block a bid by the Palestinians for observer-state status at the United Nations last year.

Escaped Greek terrorist vows a return to attacks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS — A Greek fugitive who vanished on furlough from prison while serving six life sentences for being in a deadly terrorist organization has vowed a return to armed action.

Christodoulos Xiros railed against the handling of Greece’s financial crisis and threatened the media, the judiciary and the Greek government in an Internet post on Monday. “I once again decided to make the guerrilla rifle thunder against those who stole our lives and sold our dreams to make a profit,� Xiros said.

The posting included a video of him reading a seven-page statement, the text itself and a photo of him in front of pictures of 19th-century Greek resistance fighters and Latin American rebel Che Guevara.

His lawyer, Frangiskos Ragoussis, confirmed that the posting was genuine.

Xiros, 55, was convicted in 2003 along with two of his brothers of belonging to the November 17 organization. The group, which emerged in the

GENEVA — A last-minute U.N. invitation for Iran to join this week’s Syria peace talks threw the long-awaited Geneva conference into doubt Monday, forcing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to rescind his offer under intense U.S. pressure after the opposition threatened to boycott.

With the invitation withdrawn, the main Westernbacked opposition group said it would attend the talks aimed at ending Syria’s ruinous three-year civil war. The opposition said the conference should seek to establish a transitional government with full executive powers “in which killers and criminals do not participate.�

The surprise invitation, extended Sunday by the U.N. secretary-general, set off a flurry of diplomatic activity to salvage the talks. The U.S. said the offer should be rescinded, and the opposition threatened to skip the event entirely.

The conference is set to begin Wednesday in the Swiss luxury resort city of Montreux, with high-ranking delegations from the United States, Russia and close to 40 other countries attending. Face-to-face negotiations between the Syrian government and its opponents — the first of the uprising — are to start Friday in Geneva.

The uproar over Iran’s invitation put the entire event at risk of being scuttled.

The Syrian National Coalition, which had voted late Saturday to attend after months of rancorous debate, issued an ultimatum, saying that Iran must commit publicly within hours to withdraw its “troops and militias� from Syria and abide by a 2012 roadmap to establish a transitional government. Otherwise, the group said, the U.N. should withdraw its invitation for Tehran to take part.

The confusion surrounding the Iranian invitation underscored the tenuous nature of the diplomatic effort to end the bloody conflict, which has morphed from peaceful protests into a vicious civil war with outside powers backing rebels who are fighting not only the government but rival insurgents as well.

It is not clear what exactly motivated Ban to issue the invitation, but it came hours after he said he had received assurances from Tehran that it accepted the premise of the talks.

Syria has been ruled by President Bashar Assad’s family since 1970, and Iran is Assad’s strongest regional ally, supplying his government with advisers, money and materiel since the uprising began in 2011.

The Islamic Republic’s allies, most notably the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, have also gone to Syria to help bolster Assad’s forces.

The last-minute invitation appeared to take the U.S. and its European allies by surprise. An Iranian statement said Iran had accepted the offer without “any pre-conditions.�

Ban said he was “deeply disappointed� by Iran’s statements Monday.

Senior U.S. officials said Iran has not met the criteria to participate in the conference unless it fully and publicly endorses the aims of the meeting.

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mid-1970s, claimed responsibility for a series of deadly bombings and shootings against foreign diplomats and Greek politicians and businessmen over nearly three decades.

Xiros vanished Jan. 7 while on a seven-day leave from prison to visit his family.

In his statement Monday, Xiros also slammed the extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party and invited Greece’s security forces to join with him.

He reserved particular bile for the two parties in Greece’s governing coalition, the conservative New Democracy and the socialist Pasok, accusing them of treason and stating that the “price of their treason is death.�

Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras responded late Monday: “We will not be stopped by the various types of extremists or by the threats made by terrorists.�

He vowed to tighten controls on convicts considered dangerous. “We will close every gap and loophole in a system that appears to be designed for the well-being of extremists rather than the safety of the citizenry.�

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National Non-Smoking Week offers support for butting out for good

BY SHERYL UBELACKER THE CANADIAN PRESS For smokers who made a New Year’s resolution to butt out for good but somehow saw that Jan. 1 deadline come and go, this week — National NonSmoking Week and its Weedless Wednesday — offers an encouraging reminder that it’s never too late to quit.

Addiction experts and nonsmoking advocates are well aware that overcoming the dependency on tobacco is no easy task, especially for longtime smokers. But they say there are numerous aids that increase the odds of making that forever break from cigarettes a reality.

Understanding the enemy — and its physical and psychological holds — is the first step towards success, suggests Dr. Peter Selby, chief of the addictions program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto.

Not only are smokers addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes, but also to the physical act of smoking.

“The action of taking the hand to the mouth has been repeated so many times that it becomes overlearned,” says Selby. “The habit part is so difficult to stop, because that gets triggered at different times of the day, with different cues, like drinking alcohol or having a meal or taking a break.

“So the biology interacts with the psychology. And if you’re put in environments where you’re seeing people smoking, having access to cigarettes, that’s why it becomes so hard for the person to stop and stay stopped.”

An addiction to any drug, including nicotine, warps a person’s thinking processes, he says. “They feel that they cannot function or survive without that drug.”

Smokers will often personalize their relationship with cigarettes, considering them like a best friend that has been with them through good times and bad, Selby says.

“One of the things we have to help them think about is it’s more like an abusive lover. In the short term, it does great things for them, but in the long term it’s killing them and they have to break up with that relationship,” he says.

Unlike using heroin or cocaine, whose downsides are more quickly evident, the adverse health effects from cigarettes are more akin to a slow burn, often lulling smokers into a false sense of security.

“This one’s like guerilla warfare, it’s embedding in your body. When you have a

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Smokers puff outside the Infirmary in Halifax. For smokers who made a New Year’s resolution to butt out for good but somehow saw that Jan. 1 deadline come and go, this week — National Non-Smoking Week and its Weedless Wednesday — offers an encouraging reminder that it’s never too late to quit.

Tips to help quit smoking, and stay quit ● Set a target date for your quit attempt. ● Make your home smoke-free. If you go outside to smoke, it will help change routines. ● Make your vehicle smoke-free. ● Identify triggers that make you want to light up: Your morning coffee? After a meal? Smoke breaks? Alcohol? ● Eliminate reminders of smoking from your home like ashtrays, lighters, and matches. ● Work with someone who smokes? How will you plan your day if you usually take ’smoke breaks’ with them? cigarette you’re getting 4,000 chemicals, you’re getting 60 cancer-causing chemicals, and those things accumulate and they’re slowly working away and causing you harm.”

Besides contributing to many health conditions, among them high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, 30 per cent of all cancer deaths in Canada directly result from tobacco use, says John Atkinson, director of tobacco control and cancer prevention at the Canadian Cancer Society’s Ontario division.

Smoking is behind 80 per

● Consider activities to replace smoking: exercise, knitting or other “hands-on” hobbies. ● Use nicotine-replacement products such as the patch, gum or mouth spray and/or prescription medications such as Zyban and Champix to boost chances of successfully quitting. ● Reward yourself: build incentives into your quit plan; take time to recognize even small changes made. ● Keep sugarless candies on hand to combat cravings, and drink lots of water. Avoid replacing cigarettes with high-carbohydrate snacks to prevent weight gain.

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cent of lung cancer deaths.

“It still remains the No. 1 preventable cause of disease and death,” says Atkinson.

“We know the No. 1 thing an individual can do to lower their risk of cancer is quit smoking.”

At a CAMH clinic that tries to help smokers butt out for good, participants are advised to come up with a comprehensive plan that includes a firm quit date, tips on getting through the physical and psychological aspects of dependency, and counselling on the pitfalls to avoid and what to

do if one slips and lights up.

“So we talk about the things you need to pay attention to, like environment — where you’re working, living, playing — that could be modified so you’re not triggered to smoke,” said Selby.

“Make sure you pick your date right and you optimize it.

Get a plan. If you get a craving, ask ’What can I do. What do I have on hand,” he says, pointing to rescue medications like nicotine gum, spray or lozenges.

Indeed, CAMH experts believe combining such over-the-

counter products as the patch or oral nicotine replacements with either the prescription medication Zyban or Champix offers the best chance for successfully crushing the cigarette habit.

“Generally, quitting is a process and not an event,” says Selby, noting that this doublebarrelled approach has been shown to roughly double or triple the odds of succeeding over the long term.

“Current research suggests combining two forms of treatment works better than either one alone.”

While some smokers can quit cold turkey, using willpower alone, that strategy can wear thin for many people, says Selby, advising them to seek support through self-help booklets, calling a quit line, seeing a health practitioner or getting into a specialist clinic.

“All of those things should be brought in because you’re learning to undo something that has been so ingrained in your brain. It’s not a miracle; you need to work at it to make it happen.”

Atkinson says the Canadian Cancer Society offers a printed self-help guide to quitting and a national toll-free smokers helpline — 1-877-513-5333 — that serves most of Canada, providing “quit coaches” to help callers trying to butt out for good. B.C., Alberta, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador have separate quit lines.

There is also the society’s online program — www.smokershelpline.ca — that offers advice, quit coaches and an online community where smokers in the process of quashing their addiction can connect.

“There is no magic bullet, unfortunately, for quitting smoking,” agrees Atkinson.

“It does still take, on average, five to seven times for people to be successful in quitting.”

For those who have quit for six months, research shows there is a five per cent risk of starting to smoke again, and after a year of being tobaccofree, the chances of starting to light up again are another five per cent — usually because of stress, says Selby.

“The problem is most people end up relapsing within the first three weeks of making that quit attempt and they give up trying. And what we are saying is: ’No, no, let’s shift that so you are staying in the process,”’ he says.

“It’s never too late to quit.

Even people in their 60s and 70s and 80s. You can see a benefit to their longevity and quality of life.

“The only time it’s too late is when the person has died and we failed to act.”

Rules for living longer, happier lives inspired by 94-year-old track star What Makes Olga Run? author Bruce Grierson has written nine rules for living a longer, happier life which were inspired by his book’s central subject, 94-year-old Canadian track star Olga Kotelko.

“We’re all individual and there’s so much variation between people. But there’s enough things that Olga does that the science backs up that I felt comfortable about saying: ‘These nine things most people will benefit from,”’ he said.

1. Keep Moving Move continually, even when you’re not exercising. “When we move, our bodies and brains both work better.

We think faster, process information more accurately, and remember more.”

2. Create Routines (But Sometimes Break Them) “Committing the more mundane parts of our life to habit and routine frees up RAM for the things that matter to us.”

3. Be Opportunistic “Spend your precious energy wisely.” Conserve energy when you can, but when you need to go for it, go for it.

4. Be a Mensch “Doing good doesn’t just feel good, it works.

It’s healthy for the tribe and healthy for us.”

5. Believe in Something “Belief is a trait of temperament.” People who embrace life’s puzzles as opportunities for problem-solving because of larger beliefs tend to thrive.

6. Lighten Up “Managing stress is staggeringly important in terms of flipping genetic switches.”

7. Cultivate a Sense of Progress According to studies of life satisfaction

and human motivation, we all need to feel like we’re improving. Identify your expectations, adjust them to allow for “small wins,” then improve upon them.

8. Don’t Do It If You Don’t Love It

“If it’s not fun, don’t do it. That’s easy — because you won’t if it isn’t.

People can’t be guilted into lasting healthy behaviour change. Should doesn’t work.”

9. Begin Now “Not only is midlife

not too late to embark on this, providing we rev back up slowly, in some ways, it’s the best time for it. We’re rested, we’re restless, we’re ready.”

Source: Random House Canada

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Target warns customers MASSIVE SECURITY BREACH MAY AFFECT CANADIANS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Target is warning its Canadian customers that a massive security breach at the retailer over the holiday season may have led to their personal information being stolen.

An email sent to some customers by the retailer on Monday said it believes cross-border shoppers who went to U.S. Target stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 were affected.

However, the message also went to at least some Target Canada customers who weren’t in the United States over the affected period.

Target said its investigation found that personal information — like the names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of some Canadians — may have been stolen.

The breach does not extend to payment data for the debit and credit cards of Canadians, which is what was taken from U.S. customers, it said.

“Target Canada stores were not impacted by the payment card breach,” added president and CEO Gregg Steinhafel in the message.

Spokeswoman Lisa Gibson says the email was only sent to Canadian shoppers who Target believes could have had their information stolen.

The security breach is believed to have involved 40 million credit and debit card accounts and the personal information of 70 million customers.

Gibson said the number of Canadians affected is estimated to be “well under” one per cent of the total, which represents less than 700,000 customers.

Target hired a third-party forensics firm to investigate the incident, it said in the email to customers.

Over the course of the investigation it became apparent that the information of Canadians was also compromised.

“Much of the guest data that was taken is partial in nature,” Gibson said in an email comment.

“We have started to contact affected guests directly to let them know that we are offering free, one-year credit monitoring for impacted Canadian guests, as well as tips to guard against consumer scams. ” Target has said Canadian stores weren’t affected because they use a different payment system at cash registers.

In the United States, police say account information stolen during the Target security breach is now being divided up and sold off regionally.

A South Texas police chief said officers arrested two Mexican citizens carrying 96 fraudulent credit cards.

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Jim Armitage outside the new Garage World location at Blackfalds. It features concrete bays that buyers can use for a wide range of purposes.

Customize your own space at Garage World NEW BLACKFALDS DEVELOPMENT OFFERS OFF-SITE GARAGE OR STORAGE SPACE

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Many a homeowner has lamented the lack of space in his or her garage.

A new Blackfalds development offers a solution.

Garage World is developing a series of concrete bays that can be purchased for use as off-site garages, storage space or virtually anything else their owners desire.

“There is so many things they can do,” said Jim Armitage, who looks after sales and marketing for Garage World.

Among the possibilities are parking recreational vehicles or boats, or setting up a shop for a craft or hobby, he suggested.

“You could even have an artist in there if they needed a bigger studio and a place to market their wares.”

Garage World is currently finishing 19 bays on its 5217 Duncan Ave. property, with these 24 feet wide by 48 feet deep. Future phases could bring the total to 80, said Armitage, with these including some 24-foot by 96-foot layouts.

Each bay will be built with precast insulated concrete panels and a metal roof, and have walk-in and overhead doors. They’ll also boast water, gas and power, as well as roughed-in toilets, phone and cable.

The entire development will be enclosed within a security fence, with a paved yard and common washrooms.

The concept is not a new one, with off-site garages popular in the United States. A similar project called My Space Garage was launched in Sylvan Lake about three years ago.

Blackfalds-based Eagle Builders LP, which fabricates insu-

lated concrete panels, is behind My Space Garage. In the case of Garage World, Eagle Builders has partnered with Drive Capital Corp., a Red Deer private equity firm.

Armitage said Garage World has already tied up land in Vernon, B.C. for its next development, and is considering other potential sites.

“We’ve looked at land at various locations all over the Prairies.

“For the most part, we’re following the energy sector,” he said, explaining that the high incomes earned by many in that industry tend to drive the needs for storage space.

Although many owners of offsite garages use them for basic storage only, others go to great lengths to customize them for personal use, said Armitage.

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Spruce View nabs UFA prize for rec centre repairs RURAL FROM THE ROOTS UP — GET ‘N’ GIVE CONTEST WORTH $50,000

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR As far as arenas go, the Diamond Jubilee Recreation Centre leaves much to be desired.

Bits and pieces of ceiling fall on a regular basis, a faulty ventilation system is causing light fixtures to rust in their sockets, and users must dodge dripping water.

But the nearly 35-year-old structure at Dickson has long served as a venue for everything from hockey games and horse shows to weddings and school graduations.

That prompted the Spruce View Agricultural Society, which oversees operations at Diamond Jubilee, to issue a plea for help.

The Ag Society enlisted the musical talents of local singersongwriter Crystal Steeves and recruited an enthusiastic cast of area residents to produce a video that it entered into UFA Co-operative Ltd.’s Rural from the Roots Up — Get ‘n’ Give Contest.

Those efforts were rewarded last week when Connie Holbein, the Ag Society’s fundraising chair, received word that her group had won the $50,000 prize.

“Everybody’s got a big smile on their face,” she said, adding that the money will go a long way towards repairing the roof and upgrading the ventilation system in the building.

Holbein, who has four hockey-playing daughters, described the Diamond Jubilee as a second home for her family. And with the arena regularly serving the needs of other users from Spruce View — as

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Members of the Southern Alberta community of Foremost select the Spruce View Agricultural Society to receive $50,000 for use in renovating the Diamond Jubilee Recreation Centre in Dickson. well as from Dickson, Markerville, Kevisville, Craig, Caroline, Innisfail and Sylvan Lake — restoring it is a priority for many people.

A narrative that the Spruce View Ag Society submitted with its entry said: “This is where many of us grew up and look forward to spending our evenings and weekends. This facility keeps us bonded as a community and without it we would all suffer.”

Steeves’ song, which she wrote with help from her husband Jay and input from Ag Society members, is performed to the tune of Stompin’ Tom Connors’ classic The Hockey Song.

It begins with, “Hello out there, we’re in despair, in

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Spruce View tonight; the arena is beyond repair, it rains out on the ice.”

In addition to appearances by Diamond Jubilee caretaker Rochel Turcotte and other community members, the three-minute and 41-second video features four-yearold Benjamin Box as Captain UFA. “We had a lot of fun making it,” said Holbein, adding that it took about two days to complete the project.

The Spruce View Ag Society’s winnings were the third of five, $50,000 cash prizes being awarded by UFA Co-op through its Rural from the Roots Up — Get ‘n’ Give Contest. Organizations from Hussar and Foremost claimed the

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first two, with representatives from each community selecting the winner of the next round.

The Foremost reps chose the Spruce View Ag Society ahead of other finalists from Armena, Dalum, Hand Hills and Lomond.

“They had a creative song with original lyrics, and Captain UFA really made them stand out,” said Lylla Laqua, one of the Foremost judges.

“We came to a unanimous decision because we all felt the same way,” said Stacey Barrows, another judge.

“The prize would allow for their facility to benefit for many generations to come in Spruce View.”

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The Spruce View Ag Society is planning a Feb. 20 celebration, with a supper, performance by Steeves and a public skate at the arena.

Members of the community will also choose the recipient of the next $50,000 prize in UFA’s Rural from the Roots Up — Get ‘n’ Give Contest.

The Spruce View Ag Society’s winning video can be viewed online at www.getngiveufa.com/getngive_contest/ umbrellas-in-the-arena. hrichards@reddeeradvocate. com

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 104.37 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.84 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.01 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.80 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.86 Cdn. National Railway . . 59.11 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 164.35 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.40 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.76 Cervus Equipment Corp 24.06 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 43.07 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.46 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 27.40 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.59 General Motors Co. . . . . 38.60 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 18.09 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.21 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 48.63 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 69.14 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.56 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.30 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 48.40 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 98.11 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.40 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.27 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.48 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 16.37 MARKETS CLOSED TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed with a solid gain Monday as investors largely brushed aside data that indicated China’s economic growth rate has slowed slightly.

The S&P/TSX composite index came within a whisker of closing above 14,000 — a level not seen since early April, 2011 — gaining 102.08 points to 13,990.29 in a strong advance across all sectors.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.21 of a cent to 91.32 cents U.S. two days before the Bank of Canada makes its next announcement on interest rates.

It was a relatively quiet session with U.S. markets closed for the Martin Luther King holiday.

Figures for the latest quarter show Chinese economy grew at an annual pace of 7.7 per cent compared with a year earlier, down from the previous quarter’s 7.8 per cent. Growth for the full year was 7.7 per cent, tying 2012 for the weakest annual performance since 1999.

But the news didn’t come as a huge surprise to markets, which have got used to the fact that double-digit Chinese growth is something that won’t be happening again any time soon.

The battered gold sector continued to make gains, up about 1.7 per cent as February bullion rose $2.20 to US$1,254.10 an ounce in late afternoon electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The sector was the biggest loser in 2013 on the TSX. Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) gained 95 cents to C$21.56 while Goldcorp (TSX:G) ran ahead 42 cents to $25.85.

Osisko Mining Corp. (TSX:OSK) said Monday that shareholders should give its board time to find an alternative to Goldcorp’s hostile $2.6-billion takeover offer, which it called inadequate. Osisko shares have traded well above the $5.95 implied value of the Goldcorp offer since the stock-and-cash proposal was first announced last week. Osisko shares were unchanged from Friday’s close at $6.47.

The TSX tech sector was up 1.4 per cent with BlackBerry (TSX:BB) ahead 82 cents or 8.22 per cent to $10.80, on top of a six per cent ad-

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.03 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.37 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 60.80 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.19 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 27.12 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 21.56 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 24.97 First Quantum Minerals . 20.39 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 25.85 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.70 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.30 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.50 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.80 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 29.10 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 28.38 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 95.18 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 54.14 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.75 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 52.39 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 35.64 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.41 Canyon Services Group. 11.68 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 29.70 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.890 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.62 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.64 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . . 99.6 vance Friday after Citron Research raised its price target to US$15. Also, the U.S. Department of Defense says it will continue to support the company’s smartphones.

Elsewhere, Open Text (TSX:OTC) gained 85 cents to $99.99 ahead of its earnings report on Thursday.

The base metals sector was ahead 1.35 per cent as March copper was unchanged at US$3.34 a pound.

Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) added 44 cents to C$29.10.

Financials were also supportive, up 0.85 per cent as Royal Bank (TSX:RY) climbed $1 to $72.86.

The energy sector was ahead 0.5 per cent although oil prices were lower. The February crude oil contract fell 65 cents to US$93.72 a barrel.

Baytex Energy (TSX:BTE) rose 56 cents to C$41.88.

Elsewhere on the corporate front, transportation giant Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) was unchanged at $4.11 as it said Monday it delivered 238 aircraft last year, missing its own forecast on lower than expected business jet shipments, and that it received 19 per cent fewer orders in 2013. It cited a sluggish global economic recovery as part of the reason for lower deliveries.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. said it is bringing its new Encore regional service to Ontario. The airline (TSX:WJA) says it will start with routes between Toronto and Thunder Bay, Ont., and between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg. Its shares edged up four cents to $27.12.

Meanwhile, investors will continue to focus on another heavy slate of U.S. fourth-quarter earnings this week.

Traders will take in results 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 McDonald’s.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Monday Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,990.29 up 102.08 points TSX Venture Exchange — 979.74 up 3.40 points

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 50.66 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.77 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 33.45 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 46.30 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.18 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 9.22 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.210 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.08 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 37.54 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.83 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.23 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.46 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 63.50 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 72.84 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.88 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.36 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 37.85 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.26 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.34 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 56.21 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 69.87 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.04 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 89.58 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.75 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 72.86 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 38.51 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.76 TSX 60 — 805.15 up 6.53 points Wall Street: U.S. financial markets were closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.32 cents US, up 0.21 of a cent Pound — C$1.7992, down 0.21 cents Euro — C$1.4850 down 0.06 of a cent Euro — US$1.3560, up 0.25 of a cent Oil and Gold futures: closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Monday at 979.74, up 3.40 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 156.52 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $4.40 higher $435.50; May ’14 $4.30 higher $444.70; July ’14 $4.10 higher $453.40; Nov. ’14 $4.00 higher $467.30; Jan ’15 $4.10 higher $473.10; March ’15 $4.30 higher $478.50; May ’15 $4.90 higher $480.20; July ’15 $4.80 higher $483.10; Nov ’15 $4.80 higher $479.30; Jan. ’16 $4.80 higher $479.30; March ’16 $4.80 higher $479.30.

Barley (Western): March ’14 unchanged $127.00; May ’14 unchanged $129.00; July ’14 unchanged $129.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $129.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $129.00; March ’15 unchanged $129.00; May ’15 unchanged $129.00; July ’15 unchanged $129.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $129.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $129.00; March ’16 unchanged $129.00.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 538,680 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 538,680.

Agrium Inc. lowers Q4 earnings expectations

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Agrium (TSX:AGU) expects fourth-quarter earnings to be at the “bottom” of its previously released guidance range of 80 cents US to US$1.25 per diluted share, the fertilizer producer said Monday.

Agrium says its updated guidance is primarily due to lower than expected selling prices across all wholesale nutrients in the quarter and lower than expected urea ammonium nitrate and domestic potash sales volumes, partly due to problems with rail shipments.

Meanwhile, Agrium said its retail operations are expected to achieve record results for the fourth quarter and for 2013 as a whole.

“Retail was able to offset industry headwinds of lower nutrient prices and a compressed fall season in the U.S. by achieving higher margins for nutrients, seed and services and other product lines,” the company said in a release after markets closed.

Agrium also expects to report a

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number of one-time adjustments in the fourth quarter that are excluded from fourth-quarter guidance, including a purchase gain of approximately US$250 million related to the acquisition of the Viterra’s Canadian retail business last Oct. 1.

Regarding its AWB Ltd./Landmark acquisition, Agrium said results would reflect the receipt of some US$70-million for an insurance recovery relating to a long-standing litigation case on soybean shipments and a goodwill impairment of approximately $220-million in Landmark.

Agrium Inc. is a major retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North America, South America and Australia and a leading global wholesale producer and marketer of major and specialty fertilizers in North America.

On the Toronto Stock Exchange,Agrium shares closed up $1.24 at $104.37 on Monday.

“I’ve never seen two units finished the same yet.”

Armitage said the banner on Garage World’s Blackfalds building is already attracting a lot of interest.

The site will host an open house on Feb. 1, with a model unit being developed there to showcase how the bays can be developed.

Additional information about Garage World can be found online at mygarageworld.ca. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

A move by Royal Bank to slightly decrease a number of fixed mortgage rates may prompt other banks to follow suit, but such changes shouldn’t be a major consideration for home buyers, mortgage experts said Monday.

“From a mortgage broker’s perspective and probably from a lot of homeowners’ perspective, the real question is not necessarily interest rates,” said Jason Scott, a mortgage broker with The Mortgage Group in Edmonton.

“It’s got more to do with what the finance minister and the department of finance will do vis-a-vis making it harder to qualify for a mortgage if they don’t like the fact that rates are low and they’re concerned about a possible housing bubble.”

RBC (TSX:RY) quietly lowered its rates on several fixed-rate mortgages by 10 basis points over the weekend, bringing its five-year closed rate to 3.69 per cent.

It was a small drop to the discounted rate offered by the bank until the end of the month, but one that went against the general trend of rising rates. It also came about two weeks after Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz spoke in an interview about the likelihood of rising long-term fixed rates.

To Scott, however, a small change in rates isn’t likely to have a huge impact on buyers at a time when rates are already so low, with fixed-rate, five-year mortgages (a popular choice for homeowners) hovering around about 3.5 per cent and variable mortgage rates (a floating rate based on prime) around 2.5 per cent.

“At the end of the day, whether rates move a decimal one per cent or a quarter of a per cent, the reality is that from a historical perspective we’re in a low-rate environment,” said Scott.

Andrew Bodnar, a real estate salesman with Re/Max Condos Plus Corp. brokerage in Toronto, said the government already tightened regulations

around qualifications for mortgages earlier this year, adding he would be surprised to see any dramatic moves in interest rates.

“It’s fairly steady right now and there are natural forces of supply and demand going on,” Bodnar said.

“Canadians are pretty conservative.

Most people don’t have a new car with a big payment and they’re also looking to buy a house that’s well outside their bounds.”

While a push to lower rates by other big lenders is possible, especially as they compete for mortgages going into the important spring real estate season, the weekend change simply brings RBC closer to those already being offered by some other lenders.

Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) already has a lower discounted rate of 3.59 per cent for fixed, five-year mortgages, while CIBC (TSX:CM) and TD Bank (TSX:TD) are at 3.79 per cent and the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) is at 3.89 per cent.

Other mortgage lenders, such as Dominion Lending Centres, offer a rate of 3.25, according to RateHub.ca.

RBC said in an email Monday that rates were lowered to match competitor pricing.

“Competitors have been pricing at lower rates for several weeks and this rate change now puts us in line,” the bank said.

Any fallout from the change is also unlikely to have the effect major cuts have had in a past — like when BMO lowered its five-year rate to 2.99 per cent and created a price war.

And in the end, Scott said, homeowners trying to get a sense of how rates will impact their mortgage payments would be better served by keeping an eye on the strength of the U.S. economy and changes in bond markets.

“In the grand scheme of things, minor variations of interest rates are not that critical,” he said.

“What’s more important is getting the right mortgage for that person’s situation.”

BlackBerry shares rise over U.S. defence deal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — BlackBerry (TSX:BB) shares rose more than eight per cent Monday, after the smartphone company received a vote of confidence from the U.S. Department of Defense.

The government agency says about 80,000 BlackBerrys will be deployed on its new mobile device management system by the end of this month.

The number represents about 98 per cent of the initial haul of devices, which includes another 1,800 other devices like Apple’s iPad, iPhone and tablets and phones on the Android operating system.

The disclosure last week also shows the U.S. government still considers the Waterloo, Ont.-based company part of its stringent security infrastructure.

Shares of BlackBerry closed up 82 cents, or 8.22 per cent, at $10.80 after having risen at high as $11.70 earlier in the session. Volume was very heavy at almost 7.8 million shares.

U.S. markets were closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day. Both Google and Apple have dedi-

cated more time to growing their position with government agencies and corporations with their own enterprise software.

A note from analysis firm Citron Research has urged Wall Street investors to reconsider their view of BlackBerry as a struggling smartphone maker.

“It is (our) opinion that it is suicidal to bet against well-capitalized strong management in the enterprise mobile space,” said the research firm in a note.

“The reality is (BlackBerry) has a healthy balance sheet, with ample liquidity to execute its turnaround strategy and make the necessary investments for growth,” Citron Research added.

The report focused primarily on the hiring of John Chen as Blackberry’s new chief executive, and it firm’s belief that there’s a misperception about the company’s business strategy.

Citron said analysts are too focused on BlackBerry as a hardware provider and not enough on its intention to develop software for the business community.

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Women in loveless marriage looking for answers Dear Annie: I am in adults? Or do you mar a loveless marriage. My visits with unsolicited husband and I barely advice and criticism disspeak to each other. I guised as concern? Typimostly stay in my room cal topics that should be because it’s easier than off-limits include child dealing with my life discipline and housewhen I’m not by myself. keeping.

Do people 2. Do you MITCHELL really hold constantly & SUGAR hands and make jokes kiss goodat your chilnight? This dren’s exhas never pense or happened to me. I have revisit sensitive issues panic attacks, and this from their youth and is a problem. But I know then, when they object, I am capable of love if claim they have no sense given the chance. Unfor- of humor? tunately, there are no 3. Do you expect to be more chances for me, be- treated like royalty while cause my husband just visiting, rather than doesn’t care. What can I pitching in like family do? — Lonely Lady members should? This Dear Lonely: Your is especially frustrating marriage sounds terri- when babies and young ble. Are there children? children are involved Are you financially de- and parents could use an pendent on your hus- extra hand. Bring a dish band? Are you unwilling to share or help prepare to consider divorce? Why dinner and clean up afdid you marry this man? ter. Change the kid’s Yes, couples hold hands dirty diaper. Get your and kiss goodnight and duff off of the sofa. care deeply for each oth4. Do you consistently er. Please get some coun- undermine your chilseling, with or without dren’s authority in front your husband, and see of their own children? what you can do to make 5. Do you find yourself your life better. complaining to peers D e a r A n n i e : Y o u about your children’s have printed many let- reluctance to invite you ters from older people over or to take your adwho are upset because vice about parenting? If they are estranged from so, trust me, it means the their grandchildren or time before, during and because they are not al- after your visits is stresslowed to visit as often ful to your child and his as they would like. Here or her partner. And the are a few questions these grandchildren will evenfolks might consider: tually pick up on this.

1. Do you treat your You are grandparents. a d u l t c h i l d r e n l i k e That doesn’t make you

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infallible. Take responsibility for your end of things. — Rolled Up the Welcome Mat Dear Rolled: You make some good points, although we remember a time when grandparents received more respect, when a parent’s advice was cherished and no one would dream of asking Grandma to clean up the house.

But on the other extreme, we’ve heard from children whose parents were physically and emotionally abusive and still expect to have full access to the grandchildren. The healthiest relationships lie somewhere in between.

Dear Annie: “Vermont Reader” was upset that people use the handicapped stalls to change their child’s diaper. Some stalls serve double duty, as there is no other accommodation for diaper changing and the handicapped stalls are the only areas large enough.

Bathroom visits tend to be short, regardless of the reason. A person needing to wait for another to finish is not handicapped-specific.

It happens to everyone.

Sometimes we need to show a bit of latitude. -Seen It 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.

Tuesday, Jan. 21 certainly revivify your subconscious.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon in VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Lots of energy gracious Libra will bring vital relationships is channelled into your partnership needs. to the fore. Balance and tact will go a long You will have to be honest with your requireway today. Libra loves being surrounded with ments and your partner’s wishes. Do they beautiful gestures and acts of grace. Today match your long-range goals? Are you workwe might also find a sense of purpose in life ing towards the same dreams? Decode your which will feel more like a mission that has to problems by communicating openly. be accomplished. The cosmos are endowing LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If certain life us with the ability to tap into our insecurities habits are not healthy to your wellbeing, then and solve problems from within. you should work on them before This will allow us to prosper and your problems start controlling enhance our self-esteem. you. If you have deeply-rooted HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today health concerns, deal with them is your birthday, whatever you thoroughly. Do not ignore the feel like accomplishing this year, details. it will feel just like a piece of cake SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. to you. Your inner needs and 21): Life has a very mysterious your wants are in great alignment way of teaching us how to manthis year. You instinctively know age our insecurities and to rewhat to do and which direction solve them openly and explicitly. you should be heading to.

You have a great potential to ARIES (March 21-April 19): learn from them and become a You believe there is a karmic unstronger individual as a result.

ASTRO dertaking that has to be accomLet love be.

DOYNA plished. This task is not apparSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22ent, but more spiritual in nature.

Dec. 21): Your private life might Even though you connect with have certain issues that need others today, try not to become to be dealt with before you can too clingy to them. accommodate yourself and others into your TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are not own space. You strive to go deep into the afraid to voice your opinion when it comes to foundations of your home structures in order group sharing or participation. You engage to reinstall domestic peace. yourself in group activities with the aim to CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You help them and guide them. Your love union might as well put your best foot forward and carries a special bond that is in tune with your show them what you got. You are being noshared goals. ticed and taken into account. If communicaGEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are will- tion barriers stopped you from expressing ing to negotiate and to review your profes- your true image, now is your chance to prove sional choices. You might have omitted cer- others wrong. tain details that carry great importance to your AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You were stance now. You strive to pick yourself up perhaps asking yourself if you are really worth from where you fell and to execute your tasks enough to experience greatness and the with great pride. comforts of life. If money was an issue, now CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t let you will figure out measures to implant that outside forces affect your emotional mindset. confidence so that you can carry on.

You can pick up easily on other’s opinion PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’re feeltoday, which you should become indifferent ing intense and emotionally protective over to. You have a spiritual mission that goes be- your relationship. Do not mistake loyalty for yond the invisible. Carry on. jealousy. It can be tricky game. If you’re feelLEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your social life ing alone without a partner, reach out to othis active now and you seem to derive much ers. abundance and happiness from your dreams.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndiYou are working towards repairing your weak- cated astrologer and columnist. Her column nesses and this transformative experience will appears daily in the Advocate.

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Participants at the weekly Thursday Drum Circle at the HUB on Ross Street get into the rhythm of the drum. The popular drumming circle in Red Deer has expanded to include Wednesday afternoon drumming lessons with professional drumming instructor Carlos Copaban. All are welcome to attend the drumming events, which are free to the public.

Mystery writer Louise Penny, Will Pascoe of Orphan Black up for Edgar Awards

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — A mystery investigated by a Quebec provincial police inspector and a Canadian sci-fi series where clones run rampant are among the nominees for the prestigious 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Award offered by the Mystery Writers of America.

Mystery writer Louise Penny, who lives in a small village outside Montreal, is nominated in the best novel category for her latest book, How the Light Gets In. Toronto-based writer and director Will Pascoe will be vying for an Edgar in the best television episode teleplay category for the Variation Under Domestication episode of the popular Space / BBC America series Orphan Black.

Poe was one of the earliest American writers of the short story and is credited with creating the detective fiction genre. The award, commonly known as The Edgar, honours the best in mystery fiction and non-fiction in print and television from the previous year.

Previous winners include Raymond Chandler, John le Carre, Elmore Leonard and Scottish crime scribe Ian Rankin.

The awards will be presented at the group’s 68th gala banquet in New York on May 1.

How the Light Gets In debuted in the No. 1 spot on the New York Times best-

seller list when it was released last fall.

Penny’s competitors include Rankin for Standing in Another Man’s Grave and Thomas H. Cook for Sandrine’s Case.

How the Light Gets In is the ninth in the series of Penny’s books about Insp. Armand Gamache, who finds himself in the tiny Quebec village of Tree Pines looking for a missing person.

The inspector also has to deal with hostile forces lining up against him in his own police force in a nasty internal political battle.

Penny’s books have already received numerous awards.

She has been awarded the John Creasey Dagger, the Nero, Macavity and Barry awards, as well as two each of the Arthur Ellis and Dilys awards.

She has also won five Agatha awards and four Anthony awards.

Pascoe, who was born in Calgary, has directed documentaries as well as comedy and drama films, including the award-winning short film “Choices” and Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause.

A co-producer and writer on Orphan Black, his other television credits include Bitten, The Finder, Combat Hospital and Heartland.

Orphan Black focuses on several women who are discovered to be clones.

The acclaimed series has been noted for examining the issue of the implications of human cloning.

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EXPANDING YOUR OPTIONS FOR ENLIGHTENED COOKING

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Serve this bright, pretty, crunchy Chilean-Style Avocado Salad as a first course or side dish.

Chilean-Style Avocado Salad MAKES: 4 or 5 servings PREPARATION: The salad components can be prepped and refrigerated several hours in advance. Dress the salad just before serving.

INGREDIENTS Kosher salt 1 pound asparagus (woody ends trimmed off), peeled Flesh of 2 ripe avocados, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

1/2 cup canned hearts of palm (about 7 ounces), cut into 1/2-inch pieces 2 medium ribs celery, cut into small dice 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice, or to taste Freshly ground black pepper STEPS Fill a mixing bowl with ice water.

Bring a pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add a generous pinch of salt, then the asparagus. Blanch for no more than 2 minutes, then drain and

transfer to the ice-water bath to stop the cooking. Cool, then drain and dry thoroughly. The asparagus should be tender but not mushy or crunchy. Cut each asparagus spear crosswise in half; cut only the trimmed-end halves crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces.

Combine the 1/2-inch asparagus pieces, avocados, hearts of palm and celery in a mixing bowl. Drizzle the oil and lemon juice over the mixture, then season lightly with salt and pepper.

Toss gently to incorporate.

Arrange 3 or 4 asparagus-spear halves at the center of each plate. Divide the dressed salad mixture on top. foil.

The next time you’re looking to fill that carb/starch slot on the plate, try roasted avocado instead. It’s creamy and a little different.

Pan-Seared Pork Chops With Roasted Avocado, Broccoli and Sherry Vinaigrette MAKES: 4 or 5 servings PREPARATION: This recipe calls for something you can find all too easily in the produce department: a firm avocado. The complete meal takes less than an hour to prepare, start to finish.

INGREDIENTS Kosher salt 2 cups broccoli florets 4 or 5 thick-cut boneless or bonein pork chops (6 to 8 ounces each) Freshly ground black pepper 1 tablespoon vegetable oil Flesh of 2 or 2 1/2 firm Hass avocados, cut lengthwise into quarters 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the avocados 2 teaspoons minced garlic 2 teaspoons sherry vinegar 2 teaspoons minced shallot STEPS Fill a mixing bowl with ice water.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Line a baking sheet with aluminum

Turkey Cassoulet MAKES: 4 or 5 servings PREPARATION: A homemade turkey broth is preferable to boost the turkey flavor in this dish, but a good store-bought brand may be used instead.

INGREDIENTS 2 to 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, preferably European (with a higher butterfat content) 6 to 8 ounces slab bacon, preferably applewood-smoked (may substitute thick-cut pieces of turkey bacon or a flavorful turkey sausage, casings removed), cut into 1/2-inch dice 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless turkey thighs (fat trimmed off), cut into bite-size chunks 1/4 cup diced yellow onion or white onion 2 tablespoons diced carrot (carrot first well scrubbed) 2 tablespoons diced celery 2 tablespoons minced garlic 14 or 15 ounces canned, crushed no-salt-added tomatoes (optional) 15 ounces (about 2 cups) canned low-sodium cannellini beans, drained and rinsed Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper

Turkey Cassoulet 2 tablespoons finely chopped flatleaf parsley 1 cup homemade or low-sodium turkey broth 1/2 cup plain panko bread crumbs 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese STEPS Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large stove-top casserole or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the bacon (to taste) and stir to coat. Cook until the bacon starts to crisp and brown

Bring a pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add a generous pinch of salt, then the broccoli florets. Blanch for no more than 3 minutes, then drain and transfer to the ice-water bath to stop the cooking. Cool, then drain and dry thoroughly.

Season the pork chops lightly with salt and pepper.

Heat the vegetable oil in a large, ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the pork chops; sear until golden brown in spots, 4 to 6 minutes for each side.

The chops will be medium-rare; transfer to the oven for further cooking, if desired. The internal temperature of the meat should be no higher than 145 degrees; let the chops rest for at least 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, season the avocado quarters lightly with salt and pepper, then drizzle sparingly with olive oil and rub to coat. Arrange them cut side up on the baking sheet and roast for 15 to 20 minutes; the edges will be lightly browned.

Heat 1 tablespoon of the extravirgin olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Once the oil shimmers, stir in the garlic; cook for 30 seconds, then add the blanched broccoli florets and stir to coat. Season lightly with salt and pepper; cook just until warmed through, then remove from the heat.

Combine the remaining 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil, the vinegar and shallot in a small bowl.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Whisk to form an emulsified vinaigrette.

Place a chop at the center of each plate, then arrange the broccoli and 2 roasted avocado quarters alongside.

Drizzle all components with the vinaigrette. Serve warm. on the edges and its fat has rendered, then add the turkey and stir to coat, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Cook just until it loses its raw look, then add the onion, carrot, celery and garlic, stirring to coat. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes, until the vegetables are softened and fragrant.

Stir in the crushed tomatoes, if using.

Add the beans, stirring to incorporate. Season lightly with salt and pepper, then stir in the parsley and the remaining 1 or 2 tablespoons of butter (to taste). Once the butter has been completely incorporated, stir in the broth. Taste, and adjust the seasoning as needed. The mixture should look like a thin stew at this point.

Cover and transfer to the oven, or divide among 4 or 5 individual gratin dishes; bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the turkey is quite tender. (Baking may take less time in the small gratin dishes.) The mixture should be thickened.

Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees. Sprinkle the surface of the cassoulet with the panko and cheese. Return to the oven, uncovered, and bake for 5 to 10 minutes, until golden brown on top.

Serve hot.

ating something that’s good for your innards is downright empowering — more about what you can have than what you must do without.

In their unadorned state, “superfoods” deliver high levels of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, fiber and/or phytochemicals; so says the International Food Information Council. They have been described by health-food guru David Wolfe as a way “to get more nutrition with less eating.”

Unless you don’t buy into the hype.

“I don’t believe there is such a thing as a superfood,” says Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition at New York University. “All plant foods — fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains — have useful nutrients. The whole point about diets is to vary food intake, because the nutrient contents of various foods differ and complement each other.”

The European Union even banned general use of the term “superfood” on labels in 2007, requiring scientific evidence to back up specific health claims — helps protect Nick Palermo against heart disease! — for food and drink products made or sold within its member nations.

And yet, lists of what’s best and worst and in and out make 21st-century citizens feel plugged in. So a basic lineup of superfoods has morphed from a d’oh-inspiring, sensible 10 (salmon, beans, yogurt, sweet potatoes, broccoli, kiwis, quinoa, nuts, eggs, berries) to an annual forecast of trending ingredients.

Canary seeds, salsify and the Japanese spice blend known as schichimi togarashi showed up on Prevention magazine’s superfoods list for 2014. How many of us have those on hand?

“I like to look at nutrients and find foods that are different,” says Kristin Kirkpatrick, author of said list. She’s a media-savvy registered dietitian in Cleveland who heads nutrition services at the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute. Her 2012 prediction about chia seeds, the fiber-rific staple of the Aztec and Mayan Indians, is right on track.

Once the institute’s executive chef figured out that chia seeds soaked in wine or water created a moist, Omega-3 fatty acid-rich binder for turkey meatballs, Kirkpatrick relayed the technique to her patients and shared the recipe with millions via The Dr. Oz Show. ★ ★ ★ Nick Palermo, of Old Angler’s Inn in Potomac, Md., describes himself as someone who likes to cook in his own castle and likes to modernize classic American comfort food, without going “crazy or super-chemical” in the kitchen. We found the boyish-looking, 32-year-old executive chef was already interested in incorporating a few superfoods into the inn’s specials — a somewhat undercover mission.

“You don’t really come to Old Angler’s to eat ‘healthy,’ “ he admits. “But you don’t really need a steak to feel fulfilled.”

Palermo is especially keen on quinoa, lentils and greens: “I like the flavors of all that stuff.”

He’s also on a buddy plan to lose 20 pounds, along with pal Luis Santiago, the inn’s general manager.

The chef went with avocado and turkey.

The fruit makes the grade, of course, because it’s high in monounsatured fats, antioxidants and essential amino acids. It’s plentiful and often on sale in the runup to Super Bowl-guacamole fests, but Palermo was inspired first by a crisp, refreshing salad from Santiago that has been on the inn’s menu: hearts of palm, celery and chunks of luscious avocado dressed simply with lemon juice and extra-virgin olive oil.

The chef then applied the kind of two-star thinking that we were looking for. He roasted avocado quarters and used them to fill the side of the plate where a starchy carb might otherwise reside. The combination of a well-executed pork chop — which could just as well be a roasted chicken breast or piece of fish, he says — sauteed broccoli and a sherry vinaigrette that graces all of the components could seriously upgrade a weeknight meal without much fuss.

Turkey was not an obvious choice for him. “I don’t even really eat the stuff,” he says. The lean protein contains heart-healthy minerals that are said to aid our immune system and metabolism. Palermo managed to make it a flavor bomb in his turkey curry, bolstered by a quick-ish broth and brief infusion of kaffir lime leaves. The dark meat cooks just long enough to become pull-apart tender. His turkey cassoulet fits the season; leaner and less daunting than a three-page Julia Child rendition, it still manages to evoke the richness of the French casserole. He’d rather we use home-cooked beans than canned, but he appreciates the nod to convenience.

A chef’s deft touches, joining forces with the power of superfoods. We could get used to that.

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PBS looks at new ideas BUT NOT LOOKING TO MOVE DOWNTON ABBEY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Ice Cube, right, and Kevin Hart in a scene from Ride Along: a bad script that results in bland box office fare.

Ride Along a fast trip to tedium STANDUP COMIC KEVIN HART AND RAPPER/ACTOR ICE CUBE TEAM UP IN THIS LOUD, POINTLESS BUDDY COMEDY

BY BRUCE DEMARA SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

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Ride Along 1.5 stars (out of four) Rated: 14A It’s a noisy ride to nowhere.

Ride Along, pairing standup comic Kevin Hart with hip hop artist/actor Ice Cube, is another in a long line of buddy comedies that aim to milk laughs from two mismatched characters. Too bad this one turns out to be a bum trip.

Cube plays James, a cop and overprotective older brother who hopes to dissuade younger sister, Angela, from marrying her boyfriend, Ben, by demonstrating his lack of manliness.

Since Ben has applied for entrance to the police academy, James decides to take him on a “ride along” to test his mettle, knowing that the ardent gamer is likely to falter in the face of real-life action.

Unfortunately, the storyline is a testament to tedium and cliche throughout.

Having four writers listed in the screenwriter credits delivers the usual recipe of too many chefs delivering bland box office fare.

The script uses words like “ass-face” and takes several shots at the diminutive Hart — to wit: “you’re about a chromosome away from being a midget” — laying bare a sense of desperation bordering on pathetic.

Hart has built a solid career in comedy but his manic stage antics — reminiscent of Rush Hour’s Chris Tucker, though not quite as loud and annoying — don’t translate particularly well here. His motor mouth buffoonery wears thin awfully quickly.

One nice surprise is Ice Cube, who brings his trademark scowl, but manages to emote just enough

to make his character sympathetic. We certainly feel his pain in having to spend so much screen time with such an annoying future brother-in-law.

Under the category of wasted effort, there’s John Leguizamo, one of Cube’s two cop buddies. (Why two?

Who knows or cares?) Leguizamo is a gifted standup comedian in his own right and a versatile actor but the script gives him virtually nothing to demonstrate his array of talent.

One also feels pity for fine veteran character actor Laurence Fishburne, slumming it in the thankless role of Omar, a criminal kingpin Det. Payton has been trying to nail for ages.

Director Tim Story delivers car chases and pyrotechnics — including an exploding barbecue in the final credits — designed to inject action into a story with a serious comedy deficit.

It all just feels so contrived, flat and derivative.

With so much wasted talent and so little comic payoff, don’t let this film take you for a ride.

Bruce DeMara is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

Labs level gender playing field SUNDANCE INSTITUTE AND WOMEN IN FILM SAY LABS HELP WOMEN SUCCEED IN EQUAL NUMBERS TO MEN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARK CITY, Utah — A study commissioned by the Sundance Institute and Women in Film Los Angeles finds that female filmmakers who participate in the institute’s feature and documentary development labs succeed in equal numbers to men.

The executive director of the Sundance Institute, Keri Putnam, and the president of Women in Film Los Angeles, Cathy Schulman, presented the findings Monday at a private event during the Sundance Film Festival.

The study examined participa-

tion in Sundance’s film-development labs and found that gender had no impact on the likelihood of a film’s completion.

About 41 per cent of all lab projects by male and female filmmakers are finished, and 80 per cent of those go on to play at major film festivals.

“Labs level the gender playing field,” said lead researcher Stacy L. Smith of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.

Women represent less than five per cent of directors of mainstream industry films in the United States.

The Sundance Institute and Women in Film created a mentorship program for female directors that pairs them with established filmmakers and has held workshops to help women gain access to film financing.

Monday’s event also included the premiere of Selfie, a short film

by Oscar-winning documentarian Cynthia Wade, which explores how social media is changing notions of beauty.

The film was sponsored by Dove, which is supporting the Sundance Institute and Women in Film mentorship program.

Online: www.sundance.org

PASADENA, Calif. — Despite some fans eager to see it earlier, Downton Abbey will continue to begin its new seasons on PBS in January, the system’s chief executive said on Monday.

The return of Downton Abbey, which began its fourth season on Jan. 5, is becoming a post-holiday tradition for the show’s fans, said Paula Kerger, PBS president.

The British series began presenting new episodes in late September back home, but PBS holds it back.

The drama had more than 10 million viewers for its fourth-season debut, and the episode was streamed online 1 million times during the following week, she said.

Debuting PBS’ most buzz-worthy show at the same time it starts in Britain will put it in direct competition with the new season offerings from the broadcast networks, Kerger said.

It is also easier to get cast members to the U.S. to promote the new season if they don’t have to worry about those duties in Britain at the same time.

“It would be very hard for me to imagine putting it anywhere else than where it has seemed to have found a very strong audience,” she said.

Public broadcasters are open to experimenting with different ways of distribution, however. Some PBS stations have tried showing programs online before they appear on television, she said.

Although time-shifting and the availability of episodes online has made television viewing a vastly different experience, Kerger said a lot of people look forward to watching episodes when they first appear on TV as a communal event, getting together with friends and commenting about the show on social media.

“People I think are hungering for something that really ties it all together,” she said.

PBS is experimenting with a shorter delay for the “Sherlock” series, responding to the pleas of fervent fans. The show’s new season began in Britain on New Year’s Day and this past Sunday on PBS. PBS said it is picking up a British sitcom, Vicious, for its Sunday night schedule, due to premiere on July 6. It stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as two gay men in a long-term relationship who bicker continuously but put up a united front against the world.

Disgraced theatre mogul Drabinsky granted full parole

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Disgraced theatre mogul Garth Drabinsky will serve the last two years of his fraud sentence at home with his family after the Parole Board of Canada granted him full parole Monday.

The two parole board members hearing Drabinsky’s case said any risk to public safety would be “manageable,” noting he would still be barred from owning or operating a business or managing money for any other individual, company or charity.

The former impresario is also prohibited from contacting any of his co-accused, including his longtime friend and business partner Myron Gottlieb.

Drabinsky, 64, thanked the panel after an emotional two-hour hearing during which he described the strain of living apart from his family for the past three years while incarcerated and on day parole.

“It has been agonizing for my wife,” said Drabinsky, adding he looked forward to being with her and their children at his Toronto home “seven days a week.”

The ex-CEO of the now defunct Livent Inc. and Gottlieb were convicted in 2009 in connection with a book-cooking scheme that eventually led to the company’s bankruptcy.

The demise of the publicly traded company ultimately cost investors an estimated $500 million.

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Country fans have a wait ahead of them, though.

PBS said Monday that Burns’ country music project isn’t set to air until 2018.

The noted documentarian has several other projects in the works for PBS, including one on the Gettysburg Address that will air this spring, and films on the Roosevelts, Jackie Robinson and Vietnam.

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Program starts learning early ENHANCED KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM BY FIRST STEPS AND BEYOND INC.

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

BEATLES TRIBUTE DINNER THEATRE AT INNISFAIL In Innisfail, All You Need Is Love. A dinner theatre tribute to the Beatles is planned for Feb. 14.

The event will be held at the Super 8 Hotel, and advance tickets are available for $45. Call 403-227-6660 or the desk at Super 8. A group rate is available. The event is sponsored by the Central Alberta Presenter Society, a non-profit group that is dedicated to bringing quality entertainment to Central Alberta at reasonable prices.

Up to 20 local young learners could be a part of unique education experience, getting them ready for Grade 1.

With parents starting to register their young ones, Lynne Harris, owner of First Steps and Beyond Inc., said now was a great time to announce the start of their program.

Scheduled to begin in September of this year, her business will offer an enhanced kindergarten program.

Harris has been running a pre-school program for four years and has learned a lot from the parents of her young learners.

“We’re finding that kindergarten programs aren’t offering enough of a challenge for five-year-olds,” said Harris. “We think they’re capable of learning more than what they are and so we developed the enhanced kindergarten to develop that curiosity of learning.”

The program will offer math, language arts, reading, science, social studies, health, printing and arts — including music, creative movement, drama, sculpture and painting.

First Steps and Beyond Inc. moved into

a new location, at the bottom of Red Deer north hill at 4910 59th St., during the holidays.

Harris said the goal is to have the students reading by the time they start Grade 1.

“The optimum learning age for children is between the ages of two and five,” said Harris.

“That’s when your child learns a lot of what they are going to learn and we want our kindergarten program to meet that yearning and curiosity kids have to learn.”

With requests from parents, and personal observations, Harris thought developing the program would offer some students a leg up.

Two classes will be in place the first year with up to 10 students per class. The current schedule has one class on Mondays and Wednesday and the other on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Both classes will have alternating Friday

sessions.

On the alternate Fridays, an instructor will teach other skills such as dance, yoga, music and taekwondo.

Harris’s present licence, obtained through the Alberta Child Care Licensing Act, allows her to teach up to kindergarten.

“Underneath them I can offer a program from five-year-olds,” she said.

“We’re teaching our pre-K kids how to read and they are getting it, so there is no — LYNNE HARRIS way a four- and a five-year-old cannot learn how to read.”

Harris said the program will likely cost less than $500 and because of her licence, parents can apply for the stay-at-home subsidy, if they are a stay-at-home parent. She also said the cost may vary depending on how many days a child attends the kindergarten. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

‘WE’RE FINDING THAT KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS AREN’T OFFERING ENOUGH OF A CHALLENGE FOR FIVE-YEAR-OLDS.’

Hospital staff get flu shots above area average

RIMBEY GETS COLOURFUL A variety of topics and speakers are planned for the 28th annual Women’s Conference in Rimbey on Feb. 13. Let’s Colour Our World includes keynote speaker George Boelcke on Colourful Personalities, and Bob Layton on Keep Laughter In Your Life. There are also six concurrent sessions: Elder Abuse, Wildlife Photography, Bugs and Weeds, Laughter Coach and Watercolour. The event, at the Rimbey Community Centre, runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A catered lunch is included. People can register early for $35.

After Feb. 6, the fee is $40. To register, contact Rimbey FCSS, at 5025 55th St. in Rimbey. Phone contact is 403-843-2030.

PIN IT FOR FASHION Teens can make a fashion statement and have some fun at the same time.

On Feb. 19, Creativiteen 100 Awesome Creations: Safety Pin Swag will show teens how to make creations from safety pins, beads and leather.

This event, not just for girls, will be held in the Waskasoo Kiwanis Room at the Red Deer Public Library from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m.

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being the most popular with a turnout of 550.

“Our intention is to serve our customers as best we can and with this move we believe we can get caught up and stay fairly on track for the rest of the winter,” Whitesell said.

“That’s not to say it won’t come without it’s hiccups. It’s not ideal and we understand it’s a big change for people and that they have questions.”

Whitesell advises residents to set their bins in an accessible and visible area in the front of their yards, trying to not block pedestrians or vehicle traffic.

She noted there are also no bag limitations at the moment.

On Monday, city plows were scraping snow off residential roads, right down to the pavement in Vanier Woods and Vanier East as part of full plow campaign for residential streets that kicked off last week.

Almost 60 per cent of Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre staff got the influenza vaccine, above the Central Alberta average of 53.7 per cent.

While Coronation and Daysland hospitals led the Alberta Health Services Central Zone, with 76 and 75 per cent immunization rates respectively, as of Jan. 14, 59 per cent of Red Deer hospital staff got the flu shot.

Dr. Ifeoma Achebe, medical officer of health for the AHS Central Zone, said that the 59 per cent is an increase from the rate on Jan. 6 when 54 per cent of Red Deer hospital AHS staff had been immunized.

“We’re still not where we’d like it to be,” said Achebe.

“The influenza vaccination is still voluntary for health-care workers and as much as we try to spread the message of how important it is for us to get immunized, it is still a personal choice.”

Other Central Alberta hospitals had varying immunization rates. The lowest was in Ponoka, where 44 per cent of AHS employees at the hospital had been immunized.

In Stettler, it was 52 per cent, Lacombe was 53 per cent, Rimbey and Olds were at 54 per cent, Rocky Mountain House was at 57 per cent and Innisfail was 69 per cent.

There are no doses of the flu vaccine available for the public through AHS. Achebe said private facilities, such as pharmacies, may have some doses left.

What vaccine is left is for children who need their second dose and for an emergency reserve in case of outbreaks in health-care centres or continuing care centres.

Achebe said they may get more vaccine in the future.

“Having the experience this year, of course we learned from it,” she said.

“We try as much as possible to make next year better than this year.”

As of Jan. 15, there have been 10 deaths in Alberta as a result of the seasonal flu. While there were none in the Central Zone as a result of the seasonal flu, the death of a Red Deer nurse was linked to avian flu.

During the flu season, there have been 357 reported cases of seasonal flu in the Central Zone, of which 35 were hospitalized, four in the intensive care unit.

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Alley garbage and recycling has been moved to front curbs in Red Deer as was evident in the Westlake district of the city Monday.

Snow-filled alleys push trash pick-up out front UNPRECEDENTED MOVE AS CITY FORCED TO SWITCH WAY OF HANDLING GARBAGE AND RECYCLING

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s unprecedented snowfall this season is once again making waves.

Monday marked the first time residents across the entire city had to switch up the way they handle garbage and recycling collections.

Those who typically have their waste picked up in their back lanes or alleys are now being asked to put their garbage and recycle bins in the front of their households for regular collection.

Snow, slush and windrows in the narrow back alleys were making it nearly impossible for trucks to make their rounds.

Every single collector truck was stuck in the soft, melting snow last Wednesday, said Waste Management superintendent Janet Whitesell, and some took nearly two hours to dig out, sparking the decision to cease using the back lanes.

“As to my knowledge,

the city has never had to do something like this before,” Whitesell said.

This change affects 70 per cent of Red Deer’s households.

“Up front” collection will continue until further notice and is expected to follow through into the spring.

There was a surface plow of back alleys over the holiday season, wrapping up on Jan. 10, but with temperatures above 0C last week, the slushy snow was creating too big a mess for the heavy trucks.

Windrows from plows were making it nearly impossible to turn corners, on top of that, Whitesell added.

About 95 per cent of customers were missed by collections last week due to these problems.

To make up for missed waste pickup, the city hosted a number of free garbage and recycling dropoff stations throughout Red Deer on Saturday. About 775 people used this service, Whitesell said, with the Deer Park location

Fraud scheme nets man two-year prison term

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer man who went off the rails after the death of his wife has been sentenced to two years in prison for his part in a fraud scheme.

Kevin Sveinson was sentenced in Red Deer provincial court on Monday after pleading to a variety of offences arising from a scheme in which an elderly Red Deer businessman — his second cousin — was defrauded of more than $500,000 over a period of four years.

Special prosecutor Tony Bell told Judge Jim Mitchell that Sveinson had played a lesser role in a fraud scheme in which the victim, now 84, was convinced to provide financial help for him and his common-law partner, Theresa Sutherland, 51.

Sutherland had plied victim with a number of stories, of which most were untrue, to get money and loans.

She then used stolen cheques to pay the victim back for portions of the debt, said Bell. Those cheques were subsequently dishonoured at the bank upon which they were drawn.

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ing access to the complainant. It was really Miss Sutherland who was driving the bus, so to speak,” said Bell.

Defence counsel Paul Morigeau said his client met Sutherland through a dating service about 10 years ago, after the death of his wife.

He had been working as a journeyman carpenter and owned his own home, said Morigeau. Sveinson became addicted to crack cocaine and lost his home and his job after his wife died and during his relationship with Sutherland, he said.

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BRIEFS Hearing set into alleged theft of more than $1 million A preliminary hearing is being scheduled for a Cochrane woman accused of stealing more than $1 million from a Red Deer oilfield company.

Shelley Davidson, 37, was charged by Blackfalds RCMP investigating complaints that a bookkeeper had defrauded the company of about $1.2 million over a period of five years, starting in the fall of 2006.

Represented by Calgary defence counsel John Davison, Davidson asked in Red Deer provincial court on Monday for trial by judge alone in the Court of Queen’s Bench, with a preliminary hearing to be held beforehand.

Preliminary hearings may be requested to test the strength of the Crown’s case on some or all of the evidence against an accused.

Sporting award nominations sought The deadline is just one week away to nominate an individual or team for the Sport Council of Red Deer’s (SCoRD) annual Community Sport Awards.

The event honours individuals who achieve athletic success or help make sport great in Red Deer. The deadline to nominate is Monday, Jan. 27.

SCoRD will have its first meeting of 2014 today.

Residents representing sport organizations in Red Deer are encouraged to attend the meeting, which goes from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Recreation Centre Boardroom, second floor.

SCoRD was established as a society in December 2009 to actively engage the 100 plus sport associations in Red Deer.

It aims to advocate sport, and assist, support and influence the growth of sport in Red Deer, by acting as a resource for the sport community and its stakeholders.

Residents with questions about the awards or SCoRD, or interested in getting involved, can contact Rob Meckling at 403-309-8541 or at rob.meckling@ reddeer.ca.

Spanish education being expanded Red Deer parents can learn about an expanding Spanish education program in the city at an information night on Wednesday.

Registrations are being accepted for Red Deer Public School Division’s Spanish bilingual program, which next year will operate for students from kindergarten to Grade 2. The two-year-old program, currently operating out of the G.H. Dawe Community School, is being moved to the Pines School in September.

There are two kindergarten and two Grade 1 classes operating this year, and next year the program will include Grade 2 education for the advancing students. The public school board has committed to offering the program at least until its most senior students reach Grade 5, and perhaps further.

Rob Porkka, the division’s international education director, said about 25 parents have already expressed interested in enrolling their children in the kindergarten program next year.

About 50 kindergarten students could ultimately be accommodated.

Registrations of new students without any prior Spanish education into Grade 1 next year could also happen, said Porkka, and new students could be admitted into the Grade 2 program if they already have

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Red Deer author Sigmund Brouwer spoke to the elementary students at Ecole Camille J. LeRouge in Red Deer on Monday on the importance of being a good writer. Brouwer, whose work is widely read, has authored fiction for a variety of audiences, including adults, young adults and children.

His work has spanned a variety of genres, from sports to scientific thrillers. He also presented a workshop for a Grade 1 class at the Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools institution. proficiency in the language.

The program is available to kids living in any neighbourhood or even outside the city, but free transportation is not provided.

Porkka said the division currently employs four teachers for the program — two of whom are native speakers — and will hire an additional one or two for 2014-15.

The information night gets underway at 7 p.m. at G.H. Dawe Community School. For more information, phone 403-343-3288 or visit the International Education section on the school division’s website.

Stantec Consulting to study flood mitigation Stantec Consulting, which maintains an office in Red Deer, has been chosen to conduct flood mitigation studies within the Red Deer River basin.

Alberta Public Affairs named Stantec as the firm that will look for options to mitigate the impact of flooding, including the impact on water management downstream, environmental impacts, reducing risks to properties and locations, relocating utilities and other parameters.

Along with the Red Deer River study, the province is funding an additional study on the Athabasca River Basin and work is already underway on rivers in the South Saskatchewan River system, including the Bow, Oldman, Elbow, Sheep, Highwood and South Saskatchewan River basins.

Beaver documentary nominated for award A beaver documentary that involved filming at the Ellis Bird Farm by two local videographers has been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award.

The Beaver Whisperers, which aired on CBC’s The Nature of Things last March, has been nominated for Best Nature/Science Documentary.

It was made by Toronto filmmaker Jari Osborne, who interviewed North American beaver experts, but also includes video footage shot by retired Red Deer Advocate editor and columnist Rick Zemanek, of the Blackfalds area, and Phil French of Lousana.

The two Central Albertans spent hundreds of hours in 2012 tenaciously overcoming technical challenges to capture footage of beavers named June and Ward from on top of their dam and beside their feeding site.

Osborne said this was “pivotal in taking us into a world that’s secret.”

French, a veteran videographer who produced previous documentaries on cavity nesting birds, appreciated the shy, nocturnal rodents more after following their daily habits. “They do a lot of good things, like preserving water supplies.”

Zemanek, who volunteers at the Ellis Bird Farm, found the animals’ shows of affection for each other moving, and was “awed” by their gradual acceptance of his presence. “June really bonded with me, I’d sit in full view. ... and she showed no apprehension at all.”

The award winners will be announced on March 9.

Martin Short will host a two-hour live Canadian Screen Awards broadcast that Sunday at 8 p.m. on CBC, from the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto.

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SVEINSON: Wise decision While Sveinson’s criminal record dates back to the early 1970s, including a conviction for possession of illegal drugs, he had remained clean for 17 years and his prior convictions were not related to the offences that brought him into court on Monday, said Bell.

He and Morigeau joined in asking Mitchell for a global sentence of two years on charges including fraud of a value over $5,000, fraud under, theft under, uttering false documents and breaching release conditions.

Sutherland, who was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years on probation after pleading guilty on Dec. 18 to fraud, theft, forgery, possession of stolen property and breaching release conditions.

Mitchell supported the sentencing recommendation for Sveinson, stating that he had “made a wise decision” in entering a guilty plea.

Mitchell ordered that Sveinson provide a DNA sample for the national database and recommended that he serve his sentence in Grande Cache, as requested by defence counsel. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

FLU: Over 2,200 cases Across the province, there have been 2,220 confirmed cases of the seasonal flu.

“It’s more severe this year and affecting younger people,” said Achebe.

“Influenza is still very much around in our com-

The studies are to include assessments of options and recommendations for flood mitigation projects.

Headwaters of the Red Deer River have experienced severe flooding in recent years, including a flood that caused major damage at Sundre and washed over the banks and into the park system in Red Deer in June 2005.

Alleged assault of hockey player at tournament investigated RCMP are investigating an allegation that an 18-year-old hockey player was assaulted by a rival player’s mother at a weekend tournament in Eckville.

Sylvan Lake RCMP confirmed they are investigating a complaint of an alleged assault following a Saturday game.

It is alleged that a mother hit the Lethbridge teen with a hockey stick.

There were no injuries reported, said Sylvan Lake Cpl. Kevin Halwa.

“Because it was a tournament, a lot of the witnesses are not from the area, so it’s taking a little bit longer than normal,” said Halwa.

“We’re investigating completely and once that’s done and if there are charges to be laid, they will be laid.”

The mother of the teen who was allegedly hit called police.

She was not at the game.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission to hold hearings

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The last of seven Truth and Reconciliation Commission national events will be held in Edmonton in the final week of March.

Hearings are set for the Shaw Conference Centre on March 27-30.

Willie Littlechild, a commissioner with the commission, expects more than 2,000 former students to hear the stories from those residential school survivors who were subjected to abuse.

Littlechild says there are still 12,000 residential school survivors living in Alberta, more than any other province, with the majority of them in and around Edmonton.

About 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children were taken from their families and forced to attend the government schools over much of the

munities. We’re hoping that between now and the end of January will be the peak and we should take all the necessary precautions to ensure we minimize the spread.”

Achebe said people should still practise precautionary measures. They should cover their coughs, clean hands and if you are sick, you should stay at home.

In Alberta, more than one million people received the vaccination this year. More than four million people live in the province. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

STREETS: Plowing continues Morrisroe Extension, Deer Park Estates and Devonshire were also cleared on Monday as part of the P4 schedule (collectors, transit routes and residential streets adjacent to schools) with Davenport and Deer Park Village next on the list.

Windrows will be placed on the even side of streets this year with adequate access for driveways.

Windrows will also be found on the north or west side of streets for cul-de-sacs or other streets where there are only even or odd-numbered homes.

Plowing continues today for local residential streets in the Lancaster Green and Lonsdale neighbourhoods.

The full plow campaign is to be completed within 40 days.

For a complete schedule and map of up-to-date road clearing, visit www.reddeer.ca. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

last century.

The last school closed outside Regina in 1996.

“I really hope that this will give us strong impetus to our mandate which is calling on us to publicly educate Canada as to what happened in the residential schools,” Littlechild, a former MP, told reporters Monday.

“In some cases we’ve actually almost categorized it as a beginning of reconciliation. This is not the end of it, although this is the last national event. It’s really a start of reconciliation and it gives me an opportunity to thank you, the City of Edmonton, for having the only declaration that I know of in the country with indigenous peoples.”

Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson called the hearings a great opportunity for residents to come together with indigenous people.

Calgary MLA looks to make the leap to federal politics THE CANADIAN PRESS A member of the Alberta government is hoping to make the jump to federal politics.

Len Webber, member of the legislature for Calgary Foothills, says he will seek the Conservative nomination in the newly created federal riding of Calgary Confederation.

“I’m not here to announce a retirement from politics,” Webber, 53, said Monday to laughter from his supporters.

“I’m here to announce it is time to step it up ... to grow the scope of my work and expand the range of causes I represent from beyond those that matter in Calgary and Alberta to the causes and issues that matter from coast to coast to coast in this great country of Canada.”

Webber, who support-

ed Gary Mar in the 2011 Progressive Conservative leadership race, said his satisfaction level with the current leadership of Premier Alison Redford had nothing to do with his decision.

“Absolutely not,” he said. “I still have work to do as a provincial MLA and I will continue to do that. I have many, many friends up in Edmonton and they are supporting me, but I’m ready to move on to the national scale.”

Asked about whether she’ll ask Webber to step down from the provincial caucus, Redford said she wouldn’t.

“There’s certainly no requirement that he step down, and I wouldn’t ask him to,” she said in a conference call from Switzerland.

Webber said he plans to run a positive campaign, free from ideological labels.

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Call it Mom intuition, but I even arisen. So no help there — knew this day was going to be a just another mental note to add to rough one. my frame of mind.

As I made my way out to the I plunked on the television for kitchen to brew myself the kids as I attempted a coffee, I felt weary to start my cleaning reand worn out. gime. In my activities, The day hadn’t even I broke three glasses begun yet and I felt as simply from a slip of though a steamroller the hand. had done me in during I screamed at the the hours of night. kids to not enter the I scanned my surkitchen in fear they roundings and everywould step on the browhere I glanced there ken glass, and I manwas a job to be done. aged to cut my own Clean the kitchen table hand whilst cleaning of its clutter. Unload up the mess.

LINDSAY the dishwasher, load I tried to carry on.

BROWN the dishwasher with After bandaging my the mountainous stack ME PLUS THREE bleeding hand, I strugof dishes in the sink. gled to get those bearVacuum, sweep, mop ings I spoke of earlier. as well as locate the funky smell I was doing okay until I found the that is the stewing undertone of poop. this kitchen.

There it was, smeared into my All at once I felt too over- new suede armchair that was only whelmed to do anything. purchased a few months ago.

My son woke up shortly after It was staring me down like a my thoughts of cleaning came to a gunman in a standoff. I knew the close. I can always tell what kind chair had won when the tears beof a morning it will be when the gan to well up in my eyes. This boy enters my vicinity. time I would not be able to hold Again the Mom intuition back. clicked on. His smile was non-exI don’t know how the poop had istent and the only expression on got there, I don’t know how long it his face I could detect was that of had been there either. All I knew a disgruntled kid. at that exact moment was that I In combination with my already was bawling with fervour and in black mood and his unwillingness need of condolence. to see anything good this mornOver and over again I wailed ing, I figured Sophie would soon the mantra, “Why...Why me? Why pick up on our attitude and hers is this happening?” And out of my wouldn’t be much better. stupor I refused to move.

I was correct in this assumpThe kids all the while looking tion, as all the kids did was bicker at their mother, confused and puzand fight with each other this fine zled. morning.

What did get me out of my My husband worked early so trance was the fact that I heard a he was gone before any of us had light knock on my door.

OH NO I thought, I can’t open the door now!

But I’m sure whoever is on the other side has already heard my strident weeping inside, so I cannot pretend I am not here either.

I get up, a little sore from my extended kneeling perch on the floor beside my poop chair, and I roughly wipe my face of its tears.

‘I’m okay I think, just answer the door and get rid of them a quickly as possible.’

I open the door and the person standing on the other side is looking awkwardly upon me. They have heard me and my plight, this much is obvious.

They are wanting me to take some sort of a survey. I ask the woman in the fancy pant suit if it looks as though I am in the right mind capacity to take a survey right now.

She tells me she will return another day. I shut the door, as I pray my neighbours have not seen the spectacle.

I turned around to look at my still messy house and a thought comes to me.

The kids and I have been stuck in this place for days now, because of the horrendous snowfall and cold temperatures we have been having. I decide that the house can wait.

Cabin fever can do strange things to a family, and I make a verdict that a day of outdoor activities is just what the doctor ordered.

So we grabbed the toboggans and out we went. And it turned out to be a pretty great day after all.

Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

Desire to bring about profound personal change might trigger reaction UNDERSTANDING HOMEOSTASIS “Change is constant. That’s the truth of being alive.”

– Alison Bonds Shapiro, American author of Healing into Possibility “I don’t understand it,” he said.

I was speaking with a friend about some deep-level changes he was hoping to make in his life. Though he had started his journey of self-esteem building with great zeal, he now found himself running dry on motivation and backsliding.

“I know this stuff,” he said.

“And I have a sincere desire to change.”

“So why the backsliding, right?” I responded. “Why the resistance?”

“Is that normal?” he asked. “Does everyone struggle like this with change?”

“Mostly,” I explained.

“For a long time the old way of being was normal for you.”

“And my life just wants MURRAY to return to normal — to the FUHRER old, well-worn routines.”

“Precisely,” I replied. “To the old, dysfunctional way you were.”

Some experts in the field of personal development blame our confounding return to a previous state-of-being on homeostasis.

Homeostasis is a term typically used in biology. By definition, it’s the ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes.

Essentially, to stay the same or, if change is introduced, to eventually return to the same. Our bodies continually seek homeostasis but some experts suggest that the process also affects us on a psychological level.

It may help to think of homeostasis like the thermostat in our home that keeps temperatures within a certain range.

Let’s call this range our comfort zone. In order to learn and grow, it is necessary to step out of our comfort zone, yet every time we do homeostasis kicks in, drawing us back into old set patterns.

As we advance confidently in the direction of our goals, we’re likely to encounter homeostasis. For example, let’s say we’re considering a career change, but shortly after a new opportunity presents itself we’re wracked with uncertainty and begin to secondguess ourselves.

Am I really qualified? Do I want to move to a new city? What about my friends and family? Fear of the unknown prompts a hasty retreat to familiar territory.

Of course, there may be underlying issues and we might be sabotaging our best efforts. If such is the case, we will need to unearth the cause and come to terms with the fallout.

However, we can be in magnificent mental and emotional health, free of self-limiting beliefs, and still find ourselves clawing to maintain hard-foughtfor ground when homeostasis engages.

Here’s something to keep in mind: homeostasis shows up regardless of whether the change is positive or negative, wise or reckless.

Homeostasis is a value-neutral, automatic response to change. It is not the result of a deep desire to fail but rather a natural tendency of the system to keep things the same.

The intensity of fear and resistance is related to the size and pace of the change, not to the quality

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(positive, negative, wise, unwise) of the change.

In Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment, author George Leonard writes about the role of homeostasis in learning and perfecting new skills and techniques.

“Homeostasis resists all change,” says Leonard.

As an example, he suggests, “after 20 years without exercise, your body regards a sedentary style of life as normal.

The beginning of a change for the better is (therefore) interpreted as a threat.” Think of New Year’s resolutions. As homeostasis engages, we’ll find every reason imaginable why upholding the resolution is unnecessary.

Notes Leonard, when we change, those around us must also change. Our desire to bring about profound personal change might trigger a homeostatic reaction from our family, friends and co-workers.

Thus, we may be dealing with both internal and external resistance. The push to return to a prior and predictable state-of-being can seem practically irresistible.

“Still, change does occur,” says Leonard. “Individuals change. Families change. Organizations and entire cultures change. Homeostats are reset, even though the process might cause a certain amount of anxiety, pain and upset. The questions are: How do you deal with homeostasis? How do you make change for the better easier? How do you make it last?”

Given the importance of homeostasis, it is often better to negotiate with it rather than try to overwhelm or prevent it. To that end, Leonard offers some simple yet effective strategies. ● Break change into smaller steps, thus reducing the intensity of the resistance. Homeostasis increases with the size of the change, not the nature or value of the change. ● Pace yourself, making change a gradual process rather than an all-at-once event. ● Analyze the actual risk. Fear magnifies danger as it minimizes your competence. ● Set milestones and celebrate each as you attain it. This will provide you with a history of successful change and make further treks into unknown territory less daunting. ● Build a support network of empowering friends.

Avoid people, places and things that undermine your learning and amp up your fear.

While getting stuck is occasionally inevitable, this stuck state is easier to transcend with support and encouragement. ● Reframe setbacks and accept homeostasis as a natural aspect of personal evolvement.

For the longest time, I worked hard to maintain homeostasis — I wanted my life to remain the same or, if change was inevitable, I wanted that change to be small so I could more easily accommodate it.

Over time I discovered that permanence was an illusion.

Change is the only constant. Our bodies are constantly changing.

Life is constantly changing. Without change there is only stagnation. As we accommodate new information, we are also developing new restore points for homeostasis.

When I began to lose my illusion of permanence, I began to see all that life was offering me – possibilities that had been there all along. I had simply never looked.

“To learn is to change,” writes Leonard. “Lifelong learning is the special province of those who travel the path of mastery, the path that never ends.”

As I explained to my friend, expect resistance and backsliding as natural aspects of change. Take these signals as a positive indication that your life is changing and that’s good news.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator.

His new book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.theselfesteemguy.com.

Children ask why dad left Question: I recently became a single parent when my husband left me and moved in with another woman.

My children are confused because their dad has been lying to them about where he’s living and the reasons for our separation. What should I tell them?

Jim: We’re sorry to hear about this painful situation.

While your desire to protect your kids’ innocence is admirable, it’s important to be honest with them about what’s going on — as honest and as forthright as you can be while taking their age and maturity into account.

Our counselors recommend that you sit down with your kids and, using age-appropriate language, tell them that Mommy and Daddy haven’t been getting along, and that Daddy has made some bad choices that are hurting the family.

Resist the temptation to JIM badmouth your spouse — you DALY don’t want to alienate him even further from the kids.

If they ask about the other woman, give them a straightforward answer and explain that it makes you very sad that their father has moved in with her.

Most importantly, reassure them of your love and make it clear that you understand how painful this situation is for them.

Encourage them to be open about their sadness and anger, but don’t permit them to engage in aggressive or destructive behavior.

Writing and journaling are good emotional outlets for older kids.

Younger children sometimes find it helpful to express their feelings by drawing pictures.

Don’t hesitate to contact our counselors here at Focus for insights specific to your situation.

They will offer a free consultation, and can also refer you to a qualified professional in your area who can help you and your kids navigate this difficult time.

Question: Is living together before marriage a good test of marital compatibility?

My boyfriend and I both come from broken homes, and want to make sure we don’t end up divorced like our parents.

Dr. Greg Smalley, Vice President, Family Ministries: There are many well-intentioned couples who believe that living together before marrying is a good way to find out whether they have what it takes to build a strong marriage.

Intuitively speaking, it seems to make sense that a “test drive” will provide all the information needed to predict marital success or failure.

Unfortunately, when stacked against the facts, the exact opposite is true.

The best research indicates that couples who live together before marriage have a 50 percent higher divorce rate than those who don’t.

These couples also have higher rates of domestic violence and are more likely to become involved in sexual affairs.

If a cohabiting couple gets pregnant, there is a high probability that the man will abandon the relationship within two years, leaving a single mom to raise a fatherless child.

A far better alternative to the one you’re considering is premarital counseling.

The very best way to test your compatibility for marriage is to date for at least one year before engagement while participating in a structured counseling program that includes psychological testing.

Pre-marriage assessment tools, such as The Couple Checkup available through the Focus on the Family website, can also be helpful.

This assessment is an in-depth set of questions that will identify the areas where you shine as a couple, as well as help you target spots that could use a little improvement.

For referrals to qualified Christian marriage and family counselors in your area, feel free to contact Focus on the Family’s Counseling Services and Referrals department.

FOCUS ON FAMILY

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LUANN Jan. 21 1980 — Gold is valued at $850 an ounce.

1936 — Edward, Prince of Wales, proclaimed King Edward VIII, one day after the death of his father, George V. He will abdicate on Dec. 11 to marry divorced American Wallis Simpson.

1924 — Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin dies. Joseph Stalin begins a purge of his rivals for the leadership of the Soviet Union.

1911 — Canada and U.S. agree to comprehensive reciprocity bill which is ratified by Senate in July, but fails to pass in Canadian Parliament.

1907 — Kenora Thistles ice hockey team sweeps the Montreal Wanderers in two games for the Stanley Cup.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 21, 2014

Bobcats bite Raptors JEFFERSON GETS 22 POINTS, 19 REBOUNDS

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Charlotte Bobcats Al Jefferson, left, shoots over Toronto Raptors forward Chuck Hayes in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, in Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte won 100-95.

Bobcats 100 Raptors 95 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Al Jefferson sat at his locker pondering how the Charlotte Bobcats nearly surrendered a 30-point lead they held late in the third quarter.

“Of course we had to make it a game,” Jefferson said with a grin. “We couldn’t enjoy an easy win, right?”

It never seems that easy for the Bobcats.

Despite the big lead, Jefferson and Bobcats didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until Ramon Sessions knocked down two free throws with 1.6 seconds left to secure a 100-95 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday.

Jefferson became the first Bobcats player to record a double-double in the first quarter and finished with 22 points, 19 rebounds and a season-high seven assists and the Bobcats defeated the Raptors for the seventh straight time in Charlotte.

“The important thing is we came out of it with a win,” Jefferson said after the Bobcats withstood a furious Toronto rally that included several 3-pointers.

It was Charlotte’s first game

without point guard Kemba Walker, whose streak of 190 straight games played — the second-longest in franchise history — was snapped. Walker sprained his ankle in a loss Saturday night to the Miami Heat.

But the Bobcats got more than enough from their two reserve point guards as Sessions and the seldom-used Jannero Pargo combined for 40 points on 10 of 17 shooting. Sessions started and had 23 points in 34 minutes and was 10 of 11 from the line.

“We knew they were going to make a run sooner or later, especially with how good they’ve been playing,” Sessions said.

“We didn’t expect it to be that big of a run.”

DeMar DeRozan had 25 points and Kyle Lowry had 21 for the Atlantic Division-leading Raptors, who fell to .500 after their fourth straight road loss.

The Raptors were down 7141 with 4:37 left in the third quarter when they started to find some energy.

They outscored the Bobcats 28-0 on second-chance points, but it still wasn’t enough.

Toronto twice had chances to tie the game in the final two minutes, but Lowry missed

a free throw and Greivis Vasquez couldn’t connect on a long 3-pointer.

“To be a championship team or even think about the playoffs, you’ve got to play back-to-back, you have to play nicked up, you’ve got to play a little fatigued,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said.

“Right now, we have a bunch of guys who are giving into fatigue and nicked up. It’s a long season, but, again, you tell a lot about who you are in these situations.

“This was a gut-check game. In the fourth quarter, we turned it around. But it’s about what we did in the first three quarters that was disappointing.”

Despite nearly surrendering a huge lead, Bobcats coach Steve Clifford called it a “big win” for his team with Walker out of the lineup.

Jefferson, who came in averaging 27.8 points and 11.5 rebounds for his previous four games, had 14 points and 12 rebounds in the first half as the Bobcats went up 55-36.

But the Raptors began double teaming Jefferson in the third quarter with Chuck Hayes the primary defender.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN

NHL BRAWL

Bouchard advances

Tortorella suspended, Hartley fined

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — Eugenie Bouchard is the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in 30 years after a stunning upset of Ana Ivanovic at the Australian Open.

Bouchard, the 30th seed, overcame Serbia’s Ivanovic 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 on Monday, making the Montreal native just the second Canadian to ever compete in a Grand Slam singles semi.

The last Canadian to go to the semis at a major was Toronto’s Carling Bassett at the 1984 U.S. Open.

Bouchard’s final-four spot is the first for a Canadian in Melbourne. The 19-year-old did it in just under two and a half hours.

“We had a tough match, she was playing well at times,” said Bouchard. “When she did there was not much I could do. I kept fighting, played aggressive and stepped it up in the second and third sets.

“The most important thing is to enjoy it out there and that’s what I’ve been doing. I tried to stay calm and go for my short, that’s when I play my best.”

Bouchard will play next against China’s Li Na, the fourth seed, after the former French Open champion defeated Italy’s Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-2.

“I played (Li) in Montreal in 2012, we had a tough battle but I was not so experienced back then,” said Bouchard. “This time I’ll be ready. She won’t give me many chances so I’ll have to take any that I get.”

Bouchard’s ranking should rise into the top 20 as a result of her success, according to WTA calculations.

She also beat Ivanovic, a former world No. 1 and 14th seed, last year in the second round of Wimbledon.

Bouchard stayed calm under pressure from an opponent who won the 2008 French Open but was treated repeatedly for thigh injuries, ending with seven breaks of serve and 47 winners.

Bouchard made a charging start with a love game and saved a pair of break points in the third game for 2-1. But she lost her way in the seventh game to begin what turned into a run of five consecutive breaks.

From 5-5 when she saved two break points Bouchard lost 8-of-9 points, six through unforced errors. The experienced Ivanovic broke for 6-5 and finally claimed the set after 47 minutes on her fourth chance, with Bouchard saving a third set-winner on an Ivanovic error before netting a backhand.

In the second set, Bouchard kept calm as she began to make up ground, taking a 3-1 lead on a break.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Eugenie Bouchard celebrates after defeating Ana Ivanovic of Serbia during their quarterfinal at the Australian Open tennis championship on Monday.

But Ivanovic showed her own fight in a 10-minute seventh game, which the Serb won to break back 4-5 after six deuces.

Ivanovic was then taken off court by a trainer for treatment on a thigh, with Bouchard forced to wait for more than seven minutes. As she waited, Bouchard’s approximately dozen-strong, Aussie-born “Genie Army” chanted. They’ve presented her with a new stuffed animal doll after each match.

Bouchard came straight back when play resumed, breaking Ivanovic to love with a winner to the corner but again failed to hold the break, with Ivanovic coming back for 4-5 and serving to five-all.

Bouchard levelled at a set each as Ivanovic double-faulted twice in the final game to hand over a 7-5 result. Bouchard began the third set with another double and went down a break 1-3, then reached 5-2 as she sent Ivanovic chasing helpless to the far corner of the court in pursuit of a winner.

She closed out victory with a forehand winner to the corner for a seventh break of serve.

NEW YORK — The NHL suspended Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella without pay for 15 days and six games on Monday for his conduct after a brawl between his team and the Calgary Flames.

Tortorella went to Calgary’s locker room at intermission following the first period Saturday night, which began with a handful of fights and four game misconducts per team.

“Mr. Tortorella’s actions in attempting to enter the Calgary Flames locker room after the first period were both dangerous and an embarrassment to the league,” NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell said in announcing the suspension.

“Coaches in the NHL bear the responsibility of providing leadership, even when emotions run high, and Mr. Tortorella failed in his responsibility to the game.”

Tortorella blamed Flames coach Bob Hartley for starting his fourth line, saying he couldn’t put star players Daniel and Henrik Sedin at risk just to deflate the situation. Hartley was fined US$25,000 by the NHL. “We are holding Mr. Hartley responsible for the actions of Flames’ right wing Kevin Westgarth, who took the game’s opening face-off and attempted to instigate a premeditated fight with an unwilling opponent — the Canucks’ Kevin Bieksa,” Campbell said.

This is the second career suspension for Tortorella, who missed Game 6 of the 2009 Eastern Conference quarter-finals as coach of the New York Rangers for throwing a water bottle into the stands in Washington.

Tortorella’s suspension begins Tuesday night with Vancouver’s game at the Edmonton Oilers and runs through Feb. 2. He is not allowed to have any interaction with the Canucks before, during or after games during that time.

“We respect the decision made by the National Hockey League today to suspend John Tortorella for 15 days from Sunday, with no contact with the team for six games,” said Canucks president and general manager Mike Gillis in a statement.

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Katz asks Oilers’ fans for more patience EDMONTON FACES UPHILL BATTLE IN QUEST TO RETURN TO PLAYOFF CONTENTION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — It seems Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz is throwing in the towel, on this season at least.

In a letter to Oilers fans posted on the NHL team’s website, Katz says it’s very likely the club will miss the Stanley Cup playoffs for an eighth straight season. Katz’s statement comes with Edmonton still having more than 30 regular-season games yet to play.

However, Edmonton (15-30-6) certainly faces an uphill battle in its quest to return to playoff contention. The Oilers are last in the Western Conference standings, 23 points behind Minnesota (27-19-5) and Vancouver (25-16-9), who are both tied for seventh.

“I know this will almost certainly be the eighth consecutive year since we

made the playoffs,” Katz wrote. “ I hate that fact as much as anyone, but the reality is that this is only year four of the rebuild that started when we drafted Taylor Hall.

“The good news, if you can call it that, is that other teams that committed to fundamental rebuilds went through the same kind of droughts over the same kind of time frames, or longer.

That doesn’t make it fun for anyone; it just means we have to stay the course.”

The Oilers’ struggles have prompted suggestions the team needs to make a big trade but Katz said the franchise isn’t interested in mortgaging its future with a reactionary move.

“But I can also tell you that we are not going to sacrifice the future by doing something short-term,” he said.

“Those days are over and they’re not coming back.

“If we’re going to rebuild, we want to do it right and we only want to do it once.”

Katz also defended Kevin Lowe, the former Oilers’ standout defenceman who has steadily risen through the ranks of the organization despite the team not making the playoffs since reaching the Stanley Cup final in 2005’06.

In the space of the last 15 years, Lowe has moved from assistant coach to head coach to general manager and is now the club’s president of hockey operations.

“Kevin is a big part of our organization, and it’s not just the Oilers that value his knowledge and perspective,” Katz said. “He is consistently chosen, year after year, to play a leadership role with Hockey Canada.

“But when it comes down to it, this

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is Craig MacTavish’s team. He is the GM. He makes the calls, and he is accountable for building a team that can compete for the Stanley Cup — year in and year out for years to come. That’s our vision. We are committed to it — and we’re confident that we are on the right track.”

And Katz asked Oilers fans to remain patient with the hockey club.

“Our fans have been incredibly patient and supportive,” he said. “At the same time, we know there’s a lot of frustration and we are asking you to hang in there while we fight through this and put the next few pieces of the team in place.

“I’ll tell you this, despite everything, we all wear our Oilers colours with the same pride now as we ever have, and as we will when we’re back on top. We hope you’ll do the same. ”

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B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014

OLYMPICS

Bilodeau headlines freestyle team THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Reigning Olympic champion Alexandre Bilodeau and a trio of history-making sisters are headlining Canada’s freestyle ski team roster for the Sochi Olympics.

Bilodeau, from Montreal, won his third straight World Cup moguls event over the weekend, edging out teammate and rival Mikael Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Que. Kingsbury and MarcAntoine Gagnon of Terrebonne, Que., were also named to the early 20-athlete nomination list Monday by the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association.

“I am ready to hit the slopes of Russia and show the world why Canada is a force to be reckoned with,” Bilodeau said. “The Canadian Olympic freestyle team is totally focused.

These Games belong to Canada.”

He acknowledged he’ll be going to Sochi feeling a little less pressure than he did in Vancouver four years ago.

“In Vancouver, I showed up with a gun to my head,” he said.

“I wanted a medal. I put a lot of pressure on myself. Fortunately, I managed to pull myself together after working hard with my sports psychologist a week before the Games. Now, in Sochi, the work is done.”

Bilodeau said he’s heading to Norway to tweak a few things and plans to enjoy the experience when he arrives in Russia.

He has said Sochi will be his last Olympics and he admits there’s a little wistfulness about that.

“I’m going to take every moment and remember it and I think there will be good moments, especially with the two gentlemen who will be accompanying me,” he said, referring to Kingsbury and Gagnon.

“We’re going to have fun.”

The women’s moguls team includes Montreal sisters Chloe, Justine and Maxime DufourLapointe along with Audrey Robichaud of Quebec City. Chloe and Justine finished 1-2 over the weekend at a World Cup in Val St-Come, Que.

Canadian Olympic Committee president Marcel Aubut said it’s the first time in the world — not just Canada — where three siblings have competed on the same Olympic team in the same event.

“I always hoped that I would be able to represent the nation by doing what I love,” said Justine Dufour-Lapointe. “To be able to say that I am now doing that is a dream come true. I can’t wait to represent Canada in Sochi.”

Eldest sister Maxime, who was the last to qualify, said she wasn’t surprised at getting a berth.

“Honestly, I never had a doubt,” she said.

“It’s been my objective since May. That was clear. I planned the entire season — travel, training, racing. I knew exactly what to expect and gave it my all. When it came time to race this season, I was ready.

“All my attention has been on one thing — my skiing,” she added. “I really stuck to my plan because I knew it would work for me.”

World champion Kaya Turski of Montreal and Dara Howell of Huntsville, Ont., headline the women’s slopestyle team. They’re joined by Quebec City’s Kim Lamarre and Yuki Tsubota of Whistler, B.C. Alex Beaulieu-Marchand of Quebec City will compete in men’s slopestyle.

Calgary’s Roz Groenewoud anchors the women’s halfpipe team.

She’s joined by Megan Gunning of Calgary and Keltie Hansen of Edmonton.

The men’s halfpipe lineup includes Edmonton’s Mike Riddle, Matt Margetts of Penticton, B.C., and Justin Dorey and Noah Bowman, both of Calgary.

World silver medallist Travis Gerritts of Milton, Ont., will be the lone competitor in men’s aerials.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) allocates up to 26 quota spots for each nation for all five freestyle disciplines.

The remaining spots for the deep Canadian team are expected to be filled Jan. 27 when the skicross team is unveiled.

The Sochi Games will be held Feb. 7-23.

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San Jose Sharks’ Joe Pavelski, right, scores a goal past Calgary Flames goalie Karri Ramo during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, in San Jose, Calif. Pavelski’s goal at 14:54 of the period stood as the winner.

Pavelski scores 2 more goals to lead Sharks over Flames

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Jose 3 Calgary 2 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Pavelski scored two goals to move into a tie for the second most in the NHL this season and the San Jose Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Monday night.

Pavelski scored on a deflection in the first period and on the power play in the second to give him five goals in his past two games and 18 in the past 20 to tie Anaheim’s Corey Perry with 27 on the season.

Only Washington’s Alex Ovechkin has more this season with 35.

Tommy Wingels also scored and Antti Niemi made 21 saves for the Sharks, who returned home from a perfect three-game road trip with a win over struggling Calgary to open a pre-Olympic stretch of eight games out of 10 at home.

Jiri Hudler and Kevin Westgarth scored for the Flames, who have lost four straight games and 11 of 13. Karri Ramo made 24 saves.

Pavelski followed up his first career hat trick on Saturday in Tampa Bay with his third multigoal game in his past six games

as he thrives on a line with Joe Thornton and Brent Burns.

Pavelski is only four goals shy of matching his career high of 31 set two seasons ago.

He broke a tie late in the second period after Matt Stajan was sent off for interfering with Eriah Hayes on the first penalty of the game.

After a broken play at the blue line, Jason Demers kept the puck in the offensive zone and passed to Thornton, who was all alone on the opposite side of the ice.

Thornton fired a cross-ice pass to Pavelski, who was alone near the front of the net and deflected the pass past Ramo to give the Sharks a 3-2 lead. That set off another round of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” chants from the crowd for the Olympian.

Both teams scored twice during the first period with help from shaky goaltending from Niemi and Ramo.

The four goals came on 18 shots and included three in a span of 1:12 midway through the period.

The Flames started the scoring when Hudler beat Brad Stuart in the corner and then beat Niemi with a backhand from in front of the net for his 13th goal.

The Sharks responded with two goals in a 21-second span with Pavelski tipping Justin Braun’s point shot for his 26th goal of the season and 17th in the past 20 games.

Before that goal could even be announced, Wingels ended a 15-game goalless stretch on a bad angle shot from near the boards that beat Ramo to give the Sharks the lead.

Less than a minute later, Niemi allowed a big rebound in the slot on a shot by Brian McGrattan and Westgarth got to the rebound ahead of Matt Irwin for his first goal in 23 games this season.

NOTES: With the assist on Pavelski’s second goal, Thornton moved past Bobby Hull for 48th place on the career scoring list with 1,171 points. ... Flames F Paul Byron left the game in the second period with a lower-body injury. ... Calgary coach Bob Hartley was fined $25,000 for his role in the brawl after the opening faceoff against Vancouver on Saturday. ... Calgary F David Jones (eye) returned to the lineup after missing eight games and D Kris Russell (knee) was back after missing the past 13 games.

Kane expects to work hard in return

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — After missing four games with an injured hand, forward Evander Kane is back in the Winnipeg Jets’ lineup for the first time since Paul Maurice took over as head coach.

“I don’t think my role changes too much,” Kane said Monday, as the team prepared to fly to California for games in Anaheim and San Jose.

“Obviously you are going to have to earn your ice time and play well and show him what you can do.

“Other guys have had three games to show what they can do and this will be my first one so I’m going to have to be good.”

The left-winger has been out since Jan. 7 when he suffered a hand injury in a fight during Winnipeg’s 4-2 home loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Although he’s missed 12 games

due to injury this season, Kane still has 14 goals and 11 assists.

The Jets (22-23-5) have won three in a row since Maurice took over but are still a point below .500 as they face two of the toughest teams in the Western Conference.

Anaheim (37-9-5) leads the conference and the NHL with 79 points and hasn’t lost a game in regulation time at home.

San Jose is 16-2-3 in their own building.

Host Saskatchewan pays CHL for Memorial Cup loss REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is taking a hit of about $668,000 on the Memorial Cup junior hockey championship held in Saskatoon last May. The province has just approved payment to the Canadian Hockey League because the event didn’t meet a profit guarantee of $3.5 million that was made when Saskatoon bid to hold the championship.

“The Memorial Cup was a successful event,” Tim McMillan, minister re-

SPORTS

BRIEFS

Stampeders re-sign veteran cornerback Fred Bennett

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders re-signed cornerback Fred Bennett on Monday.

Bennett, 30, has spent the last two seasons with Calgary. He has 85 tackles, five special-teams tackles, five interceptions and four forced fumbles in 36 regular-season games.

“Fred has been a reliable player and an important contributor to our defence as well as to our special teams since he joined the Stampeders two years ago,” Calgary head coach/GM John Hufnagel said in a statement.

“I’m pleased that he has made this commitment to the club and expect more good things from him in the years to come.”

sponsible for Tourism Saskatchewan, said Monday.

“It raised a profit, but not all the way to what the guarantee was. So with the financial statements being finalized, the city of Saskatoon and the government of Saskatchewan have now followed on with our commitments.

McMillan says the hockey tournament made about $2.5 million and was one of the best attended ever.

Organizers said after the tournament that the 2013 Memorial Cup had the fourth-highest attendance total in championship history at 82,503 over nine games.

Bennett, started all 18 regular-season games as well as the Western Final for the Stampeders last season. He registered 38 tackles, two special-teams tackles, three interceptions and three forced fumbles.

“The Stampeders are a first-class organization and I’m happy to be staying,” said Bennett. “I’m still looking for the first ring of my football career and I believe we’re very close to a championship.

“I’m looking forward to the new season and to finishing the job. I truly believe that Calgary is the right place for me.”

The average attendance per game of 9,167 ranked fifth.

The province also put up $250,000 to upgrade rink boards and glass, bringing the total it spent on the Memorial Cup closer to $918,000.

McMillan said it’s not unusual for events to ask for a profit guarantee.

“Some models come forward with an upfront grant, like the Junos. They asked for a $1.5-million grant, regardless of success of the event,” he said.

“Different events, such as the world juniors come forward with a profit guarantee.

“We were fortunate in the world juniors that they surpassed the guarantee mark and there was no follow on investment required from the government of Saskatchewan.”

Saskatchewan was host to the world junior hockey championship in 2010.

Regina held the Junos in 2013.

McMillan said hosting the Memorial Cup was good for tourism and for showcasing the province.

He also said the event generated about $11 million in economic spinoff for Saskatoon In short, it was worth it.

“If the bid committee came to Tourism Saskatchewan and said, ‘We would like to host a Memorial Cup. There’s an upfront grant of about $900,000 to host a week-long event that has a national exposure, that brings the number of tourism and economic benefits to our province and to the city of Saskatoon,’ would we consider an upfront grant, straight away of $900,000?” he said.

“Yes, it would certainly be within range of the types of events and at the grant amount that we would normally be looking at very seriously.”

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Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP 49 50 49 51 49 49 49 47

Boston Tampa Bay Montreal Toronto Detroit Ottawa Florida Buffalo

W 31 29 27 26 21 21 19 13

L OT Pts GF GA 15 3 65 141 109 16 5 63 146 123 17 5 59 126 120 20 5 57 145 154 18 10 52 122 134 19 9 51 139 155 23 7 45 116 148 27 7 33 86 133

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

Carolina at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Washington, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Columbus, 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.

GP 49 51 50 48 49 50 48 51

W 34 27 25 24 22 20 20 20

SUMMARIES MONDAY

L OT Pts GF GA 13 2 70 157 120 21 3 57 128 128 19 6 56 137 144 20 4 52 138 135 19 8 52 142 150 19 11 51 115 123 19 9 49 117 137 24 7 47 142 166

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago St. Louis Colorado Minnesota Nashville Dallas Winnipeg

GP 51 48 48 51 51 49 50

Anaheim San Jose Los Angeles Vancouver Phoenix Calgary Edmonton

GP 51 50 50 50 49 50 51

W 32 33 31 27 22 21 22

L OT Pts GF GA 8 11 75 184 139 10 5 71 170 108 12 5 67 142 122 19 5 59 125 125 22 7 51 125 152 20 8 50 137 152 23 5 49 141 150

Pacific Division W 37 32 29 25 23 16 15

Second Period 3. St. Louis, Jackman 3 (Steen) 1:01.

4. St. Louis, Shattenkirk 7 (Steen, Roy) 2:21 (pp).

Penalties — Jurco Det (tripping) 0:46, Morrow StL (interference) 4:05, Steen StL (hooking) 4:38, Helm Det (tripping) 8:14.

Third Period 5. St. Louis, Bouwmeester 4 (Pietrangelo, Reaves) 2:14.

Penalties — Zetterberg Det (slashing) 16:22, Berglund StL (high-sticking) 17:24.

Shots on goal by St. Louis 18 12 9 — 39 Detroit 7 6 10 — 23

Wednesday’s Games Montreal at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers Philadelphia Columbus Washington New Jersey Carolina N.Y. Islanders

19:46.

L OT Pts GF GA 9 5 79 175 126 12 6 70 161 123 15 6 64 128 103 16 9 59 127 127 17 9 55 141 149 27 7 39 111 159 30 6 36 131 181

Today’s Games Florida at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Sharks 3, Flames 2 First Period 1. Calgary, Hudler 13 (Brodie, Giordano) 4:08.

2. San Jose, Pavelski 26 (Braun, Burns) 12:22.

3. San Jose, Wingels 10 (Marleau, Stuart) 12:43.

4. Calgary, Westgarth 1 (McGrattan, Russell) 13:34.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 5. San Jose, Pavelski 27 (Thornton, Demers) 14:54 (pp).

Penalties — Stajan Cgy (interference) 14:28.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Calgary 8 4 11 — 23 San Jose 10 11 6 — 27 Goal — Calgary: Ramo (L, 8-10-4); San Jose: Niemi (W, 26-10-6).

Power plays (goal-chances)Calgary: 0-0; San Jose: 1-1.

Attendance — 17,562 at San Jose.

Blues 4, Red Wings 1 First Period 1. St. Louis, Paajarvi 4 (Stewart, Polak) 11:13.

2. Detroit, Nyquist 6 (Zetterberg, Sheahan) 19:33 (pp).

Penalties — Tatar Det (holding) 3:07, Reaves StL (roughing) 13:43, Miller Det (elbowing) 16:26, Polak StL (cross-checking) 19:08, Backes StL (holding)

Goal — St. Louis: Halak (W, 20-7-3); Detroit: Howard (L, 9-12-8).

Power plays (goal-chances)St. Louis: 1-5; Detroit: 1-6.

Predators 4, Stars 1 First Period 1. Dallas, Eakin 11 (Peverley, Whitney) 4:45 (pp).

2. Nashville, Spaling 8 (Josi, Legwand) 11:35.

3. Nashville, Weber 13 (Nystrom, Bourque) 17:16.

Penalties — Legwand Nash (goaltender interference) 3:06, Eakin Dal (hooking) 14:21.

Second Period 4. Nashville, Josi 6 (Gaustad, Nystrom) 19:28.

Penalties — Roussel Dal (holding) 12:31, Roussel Dal (fighting) 16:58, Klein Nash (fighting) 16:58.

Third Period 5. Nashville, Fisher 13 (Wilson, Hornqvist) 3:46.

Penalties — Legwand Nash (holding) 17:03.

Dallas 11 6 19 — 36 Nashville 9 11 3 — 23 Maple Leafs 4, Coyotes 2 First Period 1. Toronto, Gardiner 4 (Kadri, Kessel) 16:17.

2. Toronto, Kessel 24 (Franson) 18:19 (pp).

Penalties — Michalek Phx (delay of game) 17:36.

Second Period 3. Toronto, Gunnarsson 1 (Phaneuf, Ashton) 5:10.

Penalties — Phaneuf Tor (interference) 1:31, Ribeiro Phx (high-sticking) 2:40, Rielly Tor (highsticking) 9:15.

Third Period 4. Phoenix, Ribeiro 12 (Yandle, Korpikoski) 5:35 (pp).

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5. Toronto, Kadri 12 (Gardiner, Rielly) 14:10 (pp).

6. Phoenix, Vermette 14 (Korpikoski) 14:59 (sh).

Penalties — Phaneuf Tor (tripping) 4:11, Halpern Phx (high-sticking) 5:53, Vermette Phx (goaltender interference) 9:11, van Riemsdyk Tor (interference) 10:13, Michalek Phx (holding) 13:12, Ekman-Larsson Phx (holding) 14:23.

Toronto Phoenix

14 12

6 9 — 15 14 —

29 41

Islanders 4, Flyers 3 (SO) First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Martin NYI (roughing) 5:54, Carkner NYI (fighting) 5:54, Rosehill Pha (fighting) 5:54, Coburn Pha (fighting) 12:03, Okposo NYI (fighting) 12:03, Coburn Pha (slashing) 12:03, Tavares NYI (hooking) 18:50.

Second Period 1. Philadelphia, Read 12 (Couturier, Timonen) 1:26 (sh).

2. NY Islanders, Tavares 23 (Okposo, Vanek) 9:26 (pp).

3. Philadelphia, Simmonds 17 (Hartnell, Coburn) 11:30.

4. Philadelphia, Read 13 (Streit) 18:16.

Penalties — Grossmann Pha (hooking) 1:09, Hartnell Pha (tripping) 7:55, Lecavalier Pha (hooking) 12:24.

Third Period 5. NY Islanders, Nelson 8 (Bailey, Clutterbuck) 8:16.

6. NY Islanders, Okposo 20 (Nielsen, MacDonald) 17:02 (pp).

Penalties — Downie Pha (roughing) 3:15, Boulton NYI (roughing) 3:15, Okposo NYI (hooking) 3:50, Hall Pha (hooking) 6:10, Downie Pha (holding) 15:54.

Overtime No Scoring.

Shootout — NY Islanders wins 3-2 Philadelphia : Lecavalier miss, Giroux goal, Read goal, Couturier miss.

NY Islanders : Nielsen goal, Vanek miss, Tavares goal, Okposo goal.

Philadelphia 14 9 3 3 — 29 NY Islanders 9 16 17 1 — 43 Goal — Philadelphia: Emery (LO, 6-8-1); NY Islanders: Nilsson (W, 1-2-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Philadelphia: 0-3; NY Islanders: 2-6.

Bruins 3, Kings 2 First Period 1. Boston, Marchand 15 (Bergeron) 12:07 (sh).

2. Boston, Krug 11 (Krejci, Spooner) 17:51 (pp).

Penalties — Krejci Bos (high-sticking) 11:33, Lucic Bos (fighting) 14:25, Nolan LA (fighting) 14:25, Lucic Bos (roughing) 14:25, Regehr LA (hooking) 16:43.

Second Period 3. Los Angeles, Mitchell 1 (Richards) 4:09.

Penalties — Mitchell LA (interference) 0:29, Regehr LA (holding) 12:28, Bartkowski Bos (interference) 19:18.

Third Period 4. Los Angeles, Carter 19 (Doughty, Kopitar) 8:35 (pp).

5. Boston, Marchand 16 (Smith, Bergeron) 8:53.

Penalties — Bergeron Bos (roughing) 6:31, Stoll LA (roughing) 6:31, Boychuk Bos (hooking) 7:21, Muzzin LA (tripping) 19:15.

Los Angeles 8 4 11 — 23 Boston 9 9 5 — 23 Goal — Los Angeles: Quick (L, 14-7-2); Boston: Johnson (W, 8-3-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Los Angeles: 1-4; Boston: 1-4.

Panthers 5, Penguins 1 First Period 1. Florida, Shore 2 (Clemmensen) 15:46 (sh).

Penalties — Gilbert Fla (high-sticking) 15:08.

Second Period 2. Florida, Shore 3 (Winchester, Huberdeau) 13:34.

Penalties — Jovanovski Fla (roughing) 2:51, Glass Pgh (roughing) 2:51, Glass Pgh (high-sticking) 5:32, Crosby Pgh (hooking) 8:47, Kunitz Pgh (slashing) 10:42, Upshall Fla (hooking) 15:41.

Third Period 3. Florida, Kulikov 4 (Winchester, Goc) 1:17.

4. Pittsburgh, Niskanen 7 (Letang, Malkin) 5:11.

5. Florida, Huberdeau 8 (Bjugstad) 13:50.

6. Florida, Matthias 5 (Winchester, Weaver) 14:02.

Penalties — Crosby Pgh (roughing) 3:16, Weaver Fla (roughing) 3:16, Bergenheim Fla (slashing) 9:35, Orpik Pgh (slashing) 9:35, Upshall Fla (delay of game) 18:26.

Florida 7 12 9 — 28 Pittsburgh 14 10 12 — 36 Goal — Florida: Clemmensen (W, 6-4-1); Pittsburgh: Fleury (L, 27-11-1).

Power plays (goal-chances)Florida: 0-3; Pittsburgh: 0-3.

Transactions

AUSTRALIAN OPEN ROAD Men Rafael Nadal (1) First Round — def. Bernard Tomic, 6-4, retired.

Second Round — def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

Third Round — def. Gael Monfils (25), 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.

Fourth Round — def. Kei Nishikori (16), 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Quarterfinals — vs. Grigor Dimitrov (22).

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).

Andy Murray (4) First Round — def. Go Soeda, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3.

Second Round — def. Vincent Millot, 6-2, 6-2, 7-5.

Third Round — def. Feliciano Lopez (26), 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-2.

Fourth Round — def. Stephane Robert, 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-2.

Quarterfinals — vs. Roger Federer (6).

Roger Federer (6) First Round — def. James Duckworth, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Second Round — def. Blaz Kavcic, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (4).

Third Round — def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.

Fourth Round — def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10), 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

Quarterfinals — vs. Andy Murray (4).

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, 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).

Grigor Dimitrov (22) First Round — def. Bradley Klahn, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.

Second Round — def. Yen-hsun Lu, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (11).

Third Round — def. Milos Raonic (11), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10).

Fourth Round — def. Roberto Bautista Agut, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Quarterfinals — vs. Rafael Nadal (1).

Women Victoria Azarenka (2) First Round — def. Johanna Larsson, 7-6 (2), 6-2.

Second Round — def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 6-1, 6-4.

Third Round — def. Yvonne Meusburger, 6-1, 6-0.

Fourth Round — def. Sloane Stephens (13), 6-3, 6-2.

Quarterfinals — vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (5).

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 — def. Flavia Pennetta (28), 6-2, 6-2.

Semifinals — vs. Eugenie Bouchard (30).

Agnieszka Radwanska (5) First Round — def. Yulia Putintseva, 6-0, 5-7, 6-2.

Second Round — def. Olga Govortsova, 6-0, 7-5.

Third Round — def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (29), 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.

Fourth Round — def. Garbine Muguruza, 6-1, 6-3.

Quarterfinals — vs. Victoria Azarenka (2).

Simona Halep (11) First Round — def. Katarzyna Piter, 6-0, 6-1.

Second Round —def. Varvara Lepchenko, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.

Third Round — def. Zarina Diyas, 6-1, 6-4.

Fourth Round — def. Jelena Jankovic (8), 6-4, 2-6, 6-0.

Quarterfinals — vs. Dominika Cibulkova (20).

Dominika Cibulkova (20) First Round —def. Francesca Schiavone, 6-3, 6-4.

Second Round — def. Stefanie Voegele, 6-0, 6-1.

Third Round — def. Carla Suarez Navarro (16), 6-1, 6-0.

Fourth Round — def. Maria Sharapova (3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Quarterfinals — vs. Simona Halep (11).

Eugenie Bouchard (30) First Round — def. Tang Hao-chen, 7-5, 6-1.

Second Round — def. Virginie Razzano, 6-2, 7-6 (10).

Third Round — def. Lauren Davis, 6-2, 6-2.

Fourth Round — def. Casey Dellacqua, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0.

Quarterfinals — def. Ana Ivanovic (14), 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.

Semifinals — vs. Li Na (4).

d-San Antonio d-Portland Oklahoma City d-L.A. Clippers Houston Golden State Dallas Phoenix Memphis Denver Minnesota New Orleans L.A. Lakers Sacramento Utah

Brooklyn 103, New York 80 New Orleans 95, Memphis 92 Atlanta 121, Miami 114 Chicago 102, L.A. Lakers 100, OT Houston 126, Portland 113 Indiana at Golden State,l ate Today’s Games Orlando at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Boston at Washington, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.

Basketball

BASEBALL National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with 1B Lyle Overbay on a minor league contract.

NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Dillon Gee on a one-year contract. Signed LHP John Lannan and INF Omar Quintanilla to minor league contracts.

American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed RHP Dustin Crenshaw.

LAREDO LEMURS — Signed RHP Kenny McDowall.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed INF Colt Loehrs.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed INF Richard Arias.

Frontier League SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed OF Aaron Gates, OF Matt Howard, INF Steve Marino, and INF Sundrendy Windster.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Signed SS Rob Benedict.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Named Bob Didier hitting coach.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS — Re-signed F Cartier Martin to a second 10-day contract.

HOUSTON ROCKETS — Reassigned G Isaiah Canaan to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Assigned G Glen Rice to Iowa (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL Braxton Cave and R.J. Mattes, T Jordan Devey, WRs Reggie Dunn and Greg Orton, RB Sam McGuffie and LB Taylor Reed to reserve/future contracts.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Named Ray Horton defensive co-ordinator and Louie Cioffi defensive backs coach.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Ike Hilliard receivers coach.

Canadian Football League CALGARY STAMPEDERS — Re-signed CB Fred Bennett.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Vancouver coach John Tortorella for 15 days, without pay, for trying to enter the Calgary locker room during the first intermission of their game on Saturday, Jan. 18. Fined Calgary coach Bob Hartley $25,000 for his responsibility for the incident that took place off the opening face-off of their game on Saturday, Jan. 18, MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled D Jonathon Blum and G Johan Gustafsson from Iowa (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled F Louis Leblanc from Hamilton (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS — Recalled F Stephane Da Costa from Binghamton (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned G Philipp Grubauer to Hershey (AHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS — Announced F Josh Brittain was loaned to the team by Hershey (AHL).

Central Hockey League QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Announced D Nicholas Rioux was recalled by Iowa (AHL).

ST. CHARLES CHILL — Signed F Frank Littlejohn and D Derek Foam.

SOCCER Major League Soccer FC DALLAS — Named Dan Hunt president.

COLLEGE CHOWAN — Named Lindsay Austin assistant trainer.

ELON — Named Damian Wroblewski offensive co-ordinator and offensive line coach.

FRESNO STATE — Agreed to terms with men’s football coach Tim DeRuyter to extend his contract through the 2018 season.

INDIANA — Named Brian Knorr defensive coordinator.

LIMESTONE — Named Izzy Trottier assistant softball coach.

MONTANA TECH — Fired athletic director Charles Bradley. Announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach DeAnn Craft and women’s assistant basketball coach Kesha Watson.

Named Bob Green interim athletic director. Named Lindsie Wilson women’s interim basketball coach.

SOUTH DAKOTA TECH — Announced it is joining the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

STORIES FROM PAGE B7 NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE d-Indiana d-Miami Atlanta d-Toronto Washington Chicago Brooklyn Charlotte Detroit Cleveland New York Boston Philadelphia Orlando Milwaukee

W 32 29 21 20 20 20 17 18 17 15 15 14 13 11 7

L 7 12 19 20 20 20 22 25 24 26 26 28 28 30 33

Pct .821 .707 .525 .500 .500 .500 .436 .419 .415 .366 .366 .333 .317 .268 .175

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d-division leader Monday’s Games Dallas 102, Cleveland 97 L.A. Clippers 112, Detroit 103 Washington 107, Philadelphia 99 Charlotte 100, Toronto 95

LOCAL SPORTS

BRIEFS

Brent Sutter named to top 50 all-time AJHL players Red Deer Rebels GM/head coach and former Red Deer Rustlers star Brent Sutter is among the top 50 all-time Alberta Junior Hockey League players.

The top 50 list was announced following months of on-line voting that produced over 5,000 votes.

Sutter is listed in the years from 1974 to 1983, as are his brothers and former Rustlers Darryl and Duane Sutter. A fourth brother and another former Rustler, Brian Sutter, is in the 1964-1973 category.

Other former Rustlers to crack the top 50 include Kelly Kisio (1974-83 era), Doug and Tom Lindskog (1964-73 era) and Dixon Ward and Glen Wesley, who are listed in the 1984-93 category.

The remainder of the list includes: 2004-2013 — Mason Raymond, Joe Colborne, Dylan Olsen, Camrose Kodiaks; Matt Frattin, Fort Saskatchewan Traders; Corban Knight, Okotoks Oilers; T.J. Galiardi, Calgary Royals; Taylor Fedun, Spruce Grove Saints; Ben Scrivens, Calgary Canucks; Mark Letestu, Justin Fontaine, Bonnyville Pontiacs.

1994-2003 — Dany Heatley, Calgary Canucks; Mike Comrie, Rene Bourque, Fernando Pisani, Steve Reinprecht, St. Albert Saints; Curtis Glencross, Brooks Bandits; Chris Phillips, Scottie Upshall, Fort McMurray Oil Barons; Mark Bomersback, Canmore Eagles; Scott Hartnell, Lloydminster Blazers.

1984-1993 — Zarley Zalapski, Gord Thibodeau, Brad Werenka, Fort Saskatchewan; Wade Redden, Lloydminster; Stu Barnes, Gary Shuchuk, St. Albert; Gary Valk, Sherwood Park Crusaders; Corey Hirsch, Canucks.

1974-1983 — Mark Messier, Spruce Grove Mets; Dave Babych, Clint Malarchuk, Fort Sas-

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katchewan; Troy Murray, Perry Berezan, St. Albert; Mike Vernon, Canucks.

1964-1973 — Gary Unger, Calgary Buffaloes; Rick Zaparniuk, Canucks; Lanny McDonald, John Davidson, Darrell Knibbs, Lethbridge Sugar Kings; Stan Weir, Ponoka Stampeders; Paul Messier, Mets.

Eckstrand, Phillips fall short Red Deer rinks skipped by Dustin Eckstrand and Rick Phillips fell short in their bid to earn berths in the provincial men’s curling championship Feb. 5-9 at Lacombe.

Phillips and Eckstrand each posted a 3-3 record in the Southern Alberta finals at Calgary during the weekend.

Eckstrand opened with a 9-6 loss to Charley Thomas of Calgary, then doubled Harrison Boss of Calgary 10-5 and lost 7-6 to Phillips in the B event. From there, Eckstrand posted a pair of C-event wins — 7-6 over Kevin Yablonski of Calgary and 7-4 over Dave Lethbridge of Manser, but was eliminated with a 7-5 loss to Dean Mamer of Calgary.

Phillips, meanwhile, opened with an 8-3 win over John Stroh of Medicine Hat, then dropped a 6-5 decision to Mamer. In the B event, Phillips downed Eckstrand and lost to Josh Lambden of Airdrie, and in the C event the Red Deer foursome dumped Brian Ness of Brooks 10-7 before being ousted courtesy of an 8-2 loss to Thomas.

The three qualifiers for the provincials — A, B and C-event winners — were Lloyd Hill of Calgary, Matthew Blandford of Airdrie/ Coaldale and Thomas.

Spencer-Lang has top 5 finish Toben Spencer-Lang of the Central Alberta Freestyle Ski Club had a trio of top five finishes in the provincial competition of the season at Norquay during the weekend.

Spencer-Lang, competing in the M2 Division, placed third in the halfpipe and fifth in the moguls and slopestyle.

Josh Medak was third in the M4 category in slopestyle.

NHL: Flames upset “We would also like to acknowledge our organization’s full support for John and we look forward to having him back behind the bench soon.” Flames president of hockey operations Brian Burke didn’t react as positively to Hartley’s fine.

“I am perplexed by this fine,” Burke said in a statement released by the team. “I stand behind Bob Hartley completely in this regard and remain confident that he acted properly in every aspect of this game.”

NBA: Great friends “Chuck and I are great friends, but I hate him as a defender,” Jefferson said. “He’s one of those guys that’s very smart and you can’t move him.”

Things got hairy for the Bobcats when DeRozan stripped Jefferson and went the length of the floor for an uncontested layup to trim the lead to three with 2:33 left.

With 26 seconds left, Lowry drove the lane, scored and drew a foul on Jefferson to cut the lead to one. But he missed the free throw that would have tied the game.

Sessions hit two free throws to push the lead back to three.

Vasquez, who finished with 15 points and nine assists in his best game as a Raptor, got an open look from the right corner on the next possession but missed a 3-pointer from the right corner.

Walker is expected to miss about two weeks after spraining his ankle in Saturday night’s loss to Miami. He had 29 points against the Raptors on Dec. 18, including a buzzer beater in a 104-102 victory.

But Sessions and Pargo provided a great spark.

Sessions had nine points in the first quarter and Pargo came off the bench to hit his first three shots, including two 3-pointers, in his first four minutes of play in the second quarter.

NOTES: The 36 points in the first half were the fewest allowed by the Bobcats all season — they held the Raptors to 33 per cent shooting. ... Jefferson posted his third straight game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. .. .Charlotte has won nine of its past 14 against Toronto. .. Toronto attempted 29 3-pointers. They made 10.

MINOR HOCKEY Major Midget Female The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs battled the South Division leading Highwood Raiders to a 3-3 tie Sunday.

Becky Davidson, Abagael Thiessen and Quinci Jones scored once each for the Chiefs while Nisa Bartlett made 21 saves. The Chiefs had 29 shots on goal.

Minor Midget AAA The Aero Equipment Chiefs dropped a 9-1 decision to the AC Avalanche Sunday.

Ryan Vandervlis scored for the Chiefs, who held a 42-35 edge in shots on goal.

Midget A Nic Scott fired three goals and Ryan Saunders scored a pair as Canpro dumped Red Deer Lodge 11-4 Sunday.

Also scoring for the winners were Pierce Edwards, Bryce Chaput, Jared Ferguson, Ben Pelletier, Kale Hartley and Jack Wakefield. Replying in a losing cause were Ryan Kaczmar, Vince Bridges, Braeden Davies and Josh Crampain.

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ECLECTUS Parrot Escapes! He flew the coop into the sun Sat. morning.

He is about a foot tall, bright green w/an orange beak. Reward Offered, will ID the leg band number.

403-358-4813 or 505-4908

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650

VANINGAN William Jennings July 27, 1934 - January 17, 2014 Bill passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on January 17, 2014 at the age of 79. He will be missed by his loving wife of 44 years Iris; his daughters, Debbie (Howie) Hedges, Louise (Dino) Cicci and Sandra (Garnett) Mantie; grandchildren, Greg Shoemaker, Nicholas Cicci, Samuel Cicci, Michelle Cicci and Emma Mantie; as well as his niece, Debra Bourne; nephew, Darrell Bourne; and sisters, Pearl McCloud and Betty Bourne. Bill was predeceased by his parents, Owen and Verda Vaningan; his nephew, Monty Bourne; and grandson, Grant Shoemaker.

For those who wish to pay their respects, a visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150-67 Street, Red Deer with interment to follow at Alto Reste Cemetery. Memorial donations in Bill’s honor may be made directly to the 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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jobs CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

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Receptionist/Shipper/ Receiver Busy multi tasking -requires neat, organized person.

Apply in person to Grand Central Stitchin’, #7, 7439 49 Ave. Cr. Red Deer.

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Medical

740

Optician / Student Optician

Required for busy Optometric office,.

Full Time, avail to work evenings & Saturdays.

Fax resume to 403-343-9440 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Oilfield

BUSY DENTAL OFFICE HIRING F/T RECEPTIONIST. Dental experience req’d.

Start Immediately.

Please email: carol@rddc.ca

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Oilfield

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

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 mbell@1strateenergy.ca

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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

JUST CUTS is looking for F/T - P/T HAIRSTYLIST No clientele necessary.

Christie 403-309-2494 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

NEW IMPRESSIONS SALON & SPA Seeking F/T Hair Stylist Drop off resume to 190 Northey Ave.

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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 Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

$2500 Bonus Every 100 days

Hair Stylists

Oilfield

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.

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Bingos

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JOIN OUR TEAM

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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

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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

Please send your resume to hr@microage.cc

Dental

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

Clerical

MicroAge is again looking for dynamic individuals to assist with offering our customers a positive and timely response to their IT issues. We require and administration assistant to work with dispatching, shipping/receiving/ and some minor bookkeeping responsibilities. We need someone with an upbeat personality and willing to assist with a variety of tasks. Must be able to work in a team environment.

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OIL & GAS OPERATOR

Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute to workplace location. This position offers a challenging work environment, attractive benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

Please submit resumes

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

TREELINE WELL SERVICES

Has Opening for all positions! Immediately.

All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with NOW HIRING Q Endorsement, (No GDL Well Testing Personnel licenses) and First Aid. Experienced Supervisors Attn: Human Resources We offer competitive & Operators wages & excellent benefits. email:kwolokoff@ Must have valid applicable bearspawpet.com Please include 2 work tickets reference names and Fax 403-252-9719 Email: lstouffer@ numbers.

Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 testalta.com Please fax resume to: Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please. www.treelinewell.com

Professionals TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfield tickets req’d. Competitive wages and benefits. admin@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

BINGO GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE

LAS VEGAS STYLE

KENO

Oilfield

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EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS

requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided.

Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB.

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Check Out Our Progressive Pots @ www.reddeerbingocentre.ca

MONDAY: SENIORS DAY 25% OFF AFTERNOONS; 50% OFF EVENINGS* *GOLD BOOKLETS ONLY

Mustang Well Services Ltd.

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is looking for

FREE COFFEE/TEA DAY

DERRICK HANDS AND DRILLERS

FRIDAY: PATRONS DAY

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25% OFF AFTERNOONS; 50% OFF EVENINGS* *GOLD BOOKLETS ONLY

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

Fax: 780-678-2001 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

RED DEER BINGO CENTRE

Please apply for these positions in the manner specified

4946-53 Ave. 347-4504 (Just West of Superstore) Check Us Out @ www.reddeerbingocentre.ca

Afternoon & Evening Bingo 7 Days a Week Oilfield

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WELLHEAD ISOLATION SERVICE TECHNICIANS AND TRAINEES

NOW HIRING

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

Service Technicians and Trainees.

Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the following positions:

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.

• Coil Tubing Rig Managers • Coil Tubing Operators • Crane Truck Operators • Nitrogen Pump Operators • Fluid Pump Operators

Just had a baby boy?

Competitive Wages and Benefits. Priority given to applicants with relevant experience, Class 1 Drivers License and Valid Oilfield Tickets

Tell Everyone with a Classified Announcement

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.

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

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

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MOORE Joanne Kathleen On January 18, 2014, surrounded by her loved ones, Joanne Moore was welcomed into the arms of her heavenly family. Joanne was born July 29, 1939 in Shaunavon, SK, where she resided until age 12. Along with her family, she relocated to Meadow Lake, SK, and eventually settled in Red Deer where she completed high school and business school. She met and married the love of her life, Richard Moore, and they spent many happy years traveling and raising their three children.

Joanne was an active member of the ladies league at Balmoral golf club for many years and was modestly proud of her “hole in one”. Of all of her accomplishments, Joanne’s greatest achievements have been in the lives of her family and friends. Joanne’s life revolved around loving her family and her home was a gathering place for her children and grandchildren.

Her gentle spirit, kind words and ready smile warmed the hearts of all who knew her.

She touched the lives of many people with her selflessness, brilliant smile and generosity. Her gift of love lives on in her children and grandchildren, and she leaves them with the knowledge that they were truly loved.

Joanne is survived by son Fred (Carla); daughter Tracey (Darren); daughter-inlaw Marni (Dale); and her adored grandchildren Tiara (Steve), Delaney, Kolson, Jacqueline (Stephen), Alanna, Michael, and Meghan (Kris).

Also cherishing her memory are her companion Vince Martinoski and his children Keith (Karen), Leah and Elise; Gale (Ernie) and Darryl. She will be greatly missed by her sister Florence Smith; her brother Ron Menard (Helen); her sisters-in-law June Menard and Ruth Moore; brother-in-law Danny Moore (Isabelle), as well as her nieces, nephews and many friends. Joanne was predeceased by her husband Richard in 1989, son Randy in 1998, brother Doug in 1988, brother Abbie in 2002 and her parents Elizabeth and Vic Menard. A Celebration of Joanne’s Life will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Burial will take place at Alto Reste Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in Joanne’s name may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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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

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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

Restaurant/ Hotel

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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Sales & Distributors

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JJAM Management (1987) JJAM Management (1987) ELEMENTS is looking 5 Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Beauty Treatment Operators.

Requires to work at these Requires to work at these Selling seasonal gift Red Deer, AB locations: Red Deer, AB locations: packages & personal care 5111 22 St. 5111 22 St. products in Parkland 37444 HWY 2 S 37444 HWY 2 S Mall-4747 67th St Red 37543 HWY 2N 37543 HWY 2N Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus 700 3020 22 St. 700 3020 22 St. bonus & commission, F/T, Food Service Supervisor 8 Food Counter Attendant Beauty certification req’d Vacancies, 1-2 yrs. exp.

8 Vacancies P/T & F.T. email resumes: req’d. P/T & F.T. SHIFT SHIFT WORK, $9.95 elementsreddeerbto@ WORK, $9.95 - $13.50/hr. $10.98/hr. Apply in person gmail.com or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 Apply in person or fax ELEMENTS is looking for resume to: 403-314-1303 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Trades Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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Professionals

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

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

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

APPRENTICE OR JOURNEYMAN PIPEFITTERS

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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CARPET COLOUR CENTRE is currently looking for EXP’D. TILE INSTALLER Applicant must have ability to lay out tiles, be familiar with setting materials and products. This is a F/T position with a wage of $20 -$25/hr. depending on exp.

Submit resume attn: Andrew: awiebe@ carpetcolourcentre.com or drop off at Carpet Colour Centre 1100, 5001-19 St. Red Deer, Ab. T4R 3R1 Experienced Siders Needed Call 403-588-3210

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

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Site Superintendents & Foremen

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

Requires

For Alberta sites.

Email resume to: admin@shunda.ca

Requires Full Time

850

Carpenters

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

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

for full-time permanent shop positions at our Innisfail locations

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

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

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Trades

F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

Truckers/ Drivers

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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.

THE RANCH HOUSE RESTAURANT requires a F/T & P/T LINE COOK. Call David 403-358-4100 for interview/appointment or fax resume 403-358-4116 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

Trades

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810 Central AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Company Drivers 353002A23

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.

We currently have career opportunities for a professional;

in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558

Trades

CORPORATE ADMINISTRATOR

Truckers/ Drivers

860

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

WINTER START GED PREPARATION Feb. 10 START

A Division of CORDY ENVIRONMENTAL

EXPERIENCED

SPRING START Vacuum & Water Truck operators • Community Support req’d. to start immed.

Worker Program $450/per day CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q • Women in the Trades All oilfield safety tickets Program req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with • Math and Science for drug and alcohol policy. the Trades Program References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Gov’t of Alberta Funding Fax resume to: may be available.

403-742-5376 doug.reinhart@cordy.ca 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Celebrate your life with a Classified Classifieds...costs so little ANNOUNCEMENT Saves you so much!

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

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

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.

ROSEDALE AREA Reichley St., Reinholt Ave., Robinson Cres. Area 100 Papers $540/mo.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

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

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

(Reliable vehicle needed.)

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

ANDERS AREA

850

INGLEWOOD AREA MORRISROE AREA SUNNYBROOK AREA

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.

VANIER AREA

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info

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

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

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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

Jepsen Cres. & Jordan Pkway Waskasoo

OLYMEL, RED DEER PLANT 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.

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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.

To join our team, submit resumé to: 4910 - 45 Street, Red Deer 353041A10-23

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

63 Ave. & 69 St. Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY WORKER ~ fast-paced, physical workplace. $11/hr.

Bring resume to Mustang Laundry, 6830-59 Avenue or email mustanglaundryreddeer @gmail.com Start your career!

See Help Wanted

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

Oilfield

Mustang Acres

FUSION PRODUCTION SYSTEMS INC., a growing, well-established fabrication facility in Red Deer is hiring for the position of 354599A24

Sales & Distributors

44, 45 & 46 Ave.

Journeyman Millwright

353948A21

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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Help

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YARD PERSONNEL The Yard Worker is responsible for various duties but is not limited to: loading trucks/trailers, operating forklifts, helping to organize shipments, yard maintenance and cleaning.

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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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WORLDWIDE KNOWLEDGE - LOCAL SOLUTIONS

The position will be responsible for: Knowledge of pipe, flange, fittings & steel plates Verifying materials for required shipment Unload & verify counts for shipments received Ability to identify & report promptly to supervisor; & discrepancies, shortages/ overages or damages with any deliveries or returns Ability to load/unload trucks & trailers safely & efficiently Organize & clean yard Conduct scheduled inspections for equipment

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.

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Misc.

Help

Counter Salesperson HEAD SWIM COACH 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

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

To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN

DSM INC.

Shipper/Receiver

A local company requires an energetic/ person for shipper/receiver.

Email resume to mark@aesreddeer.com

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Children's Items

1580

UNC

EquipmentHeavy

Employment Training

OFFICE Jet printer, scanner, fax, photocopier w/manuals $40; 403-314-9603

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

Tools

1640

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

Firewood

AFFORDABLE

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

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FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Anders St. / Armstrong Close Addinnell Close / Allan St. Abbott Close / Anders St. Anders Close

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

MICHENER AREA East of 40th Ave., 51 St., 50A St., Michener Cres., Green, etc. to Michener Ave. & Blvd. $303/mo.

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

CARRIERS NEEDED

CLEARVIEW AREA Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $146/mo.

40A, 41 and 42 Ave. between 39 St. and 44 St. $111/mo.

Attributes:

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

ALSO 354327A23

• 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

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

GRANDVIEW AREA

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

1840

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Sporting Goods

74 to 129 Blosk of Dunning Cres., Depalm St. and approx. 3 blocks of Douglas St. $108/mo

Duties include:

1830

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 MAREMMA puppies 7 M, 2 F, 403-392-7481

Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

DEERPARK AREA

SERVICE BEN ’S WRITER

2 CLARINETS (Yamaha).

403-430-9382

Dogs

1660

Homestead Firewood

1770

2 FRIENDLY 5 mo. old M. ORANGE KITTENS., Litter trained. Desperately need loving homes. FREE. Will have neutered for free.

403-782-3130 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Web Designer Network Administrator Help Desk Support Analyst PC Support Specialist and more!

Misc.

Help

Musical Instruments

Cats

1630

880

LE

“Baby Bullet” food processor. Mint condition.

Includes all attachments & instructional manual. $35.

Call (403) 342-7908.

size 1, waterproof, new $90, asking $30 403-314-9603

Spruce & Pine - Split Fusion offers a competitive 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 salary, benefits plan and an opportunity to utilize LOGS your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment. Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

If you are a proven Team Player with experience and Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging initiative, please forward 403-318-4346 your resume along your salary expectation and Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner availability date to BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Fax 403-347-7867.

Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Misc.

Help

1760

1760

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 COMFORTERS, queen & nails, assorted, $3/box, 3 king. (2) - $30. queen, stacking chairs metal $40. king. 403-346-2070 frame w/wooden seat and back $8/ea, desk top fan 3 DIE cast models, cars, spd $10; 1 deer antler truck, and motorcycles, mount on shield fairies, dragons and biker $60 403-314-2026 gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east STAINLESS STEEL end of Cash Casino DOUBLE SINK. Great condition. $45.

FREE, Canning jars, pints 403-342-4937 & quarts. 403-309-3475 WASHER/DRYER SET NEW CCM mens size 10 $200. skates and pants, Jofa CHROME TABLE knee pads 16”; $80, 12V & 4 CHAIRS $100.

3000 lb. remote control MOTORIZED SCOOTER winch $80; brand new B & $2000.

D cordless drill, saw and Call 403-318-9840 flashlight $80 403-887-4981

TECHNOLOGY

CLASSIFICATIONS

BOYS skates CCM kids

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

1730

Misc. for Sale

B & D 109 pc. drill/driver kit set $25; 148 pc. B & D drill piece home tool kit $30 403-887-4981

YOUR CAREER IN

EXPERIENCED size 13, like new $25; MATERIAL HANDLING 403-314-9603 SUPERVISOR WINTER boots, Bogs, kids • •

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1760

Misc. for Sale

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

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

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

1720

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 HOUSE STEREO w/surround sound, $140.

403-782-3847

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

looking for laborers, in the Innisfail area.

Salary is $15.00/hr. Fax resume to: 403-314-0676.

Household Furnishings

352886A13-C30

880

Misc.

Help

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

1860

2 PERSON ice fishing tent $59, some accessories avail, Polyethalene sled for hauling supplies over ice or snow, 62” x 22” x 5”d $63. SOLD CROSS COUNTRY SKIS, vintage wooden, bindings, poles & boots, plus many waxes. $60; NORDIC walking poles, adjustable, $25; Men’s & Ladies curling shoes & brushes with extenders, men’s, sz.

11, women’s, sz. 9.5; $25. ea. set. 403-309-3475 EXERCISE REBOUNDER - Good condition, $30.

403-342-4937 SKIS, Tyrolia with poles and size 10 boots. $75.

403-346-2070

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

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 N. END 3 bdrm. duplex, 1 up/2 down, 2 full baths 1 up, 1 down, 5 appls, blinds, in floor heating in bsmt, n/s, no pets $1600. avail. immed. Shane/Mellanie 403- 346-4585 or 403-740-9504 to view SYLVAN LAKE 2 bdrm. fully furn. dishes, linen, cable & utils. incl’d. $1200.

403-880-0210

32 HOLMES ST.

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

HALMAN Heights

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

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 Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Avail. immed.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

ORIOLE PARK

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park.

403-350-1620 Gloria GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LACOMBE, 1 BDRM. apt. avail. Feb 1, power, heat, water pd. Rent $735. dd same. N/S, no pets, no children. **RENTED**

2000-2290

PENHOLD 1 bdrm., incl. heat/water, 4 appls. $725 avail. immed., 403-348-6594

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Issard Close LANCASTER AREA

Lamont Close Lund Close MORRISROE AREA

Sherwood Cres.

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

1010

job? ?

Mini Job Fair Fair

4430

Money To Loan

Private Mortgages Our Rates start at 8%. We lend on Equity. Bus. For Self & Bruised Credit Ok. Ron Lewis 403 819 2436

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

3140

Space

SMALL / LARGE SPACES -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

wegot

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

8TH ANNUAL RED DEER COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION & SPEED SHOW. Mar 14 - 16. Westerner Park, Red Deer. 150,000 sq.ft. indoor show.

Exhibitors space available.

Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event.

Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGAuctions.com

5030

Cars

2011 FORD Fiesta sedan. $8900. Only 11,000 km.

Exc. cond. Ask for Doug, 587-272-2543 2003 HONDA Civic loaded, mint cond, only 82,000 kms, $10,000 403-346-1704 2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040

1999 PONTIAC Bonneyville Call GORD ING at 4 dr., saftied. 403-352-6995 RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

VIEW 4020 ALL OUR PRODUCTS

Houses For Sale

BRAND NEW 1340 sq. ft. bungalow, 2 bdrm., den, dbl. att. garage. $384,900.

Call Glen 403-588-2231

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

at www.garymoe.com

INNISFAIL: New

DUPLEX large single att. garage, 1.5 lots, walkout, infloor heat, air cond., 2 large decks, fully dev. up/down & landscaped, high eff. furnace & water heater. $339,000.

403-396-3203

Locally owned and family operated

MASON MARTIN HOMES Custom new homes planning service.

Kyle, 403-588-2550

5040

SUV's

Massage Therapy

1280

2005 KIA Sorento, silver, 147,000 km. $6000.

403-347-0461

5050

Trucks

1984 FORD F250XLT R/C, L/B, 351 4 barrel V8 142,130 orig. kms, amazing cond.

403-843-4241 for details

Motorcycles

5080

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Misc.

Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE

354373A20-21 354373A20-21

4400-4430

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

1100

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

Personal Services

1315

REIKO’S Finest Asian Massage

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

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELP FOR SENIORS:

in home or facility family business est. 1999 bondable staff, great rates, gift certificates avail.

403-346-7777 helpinghandshomesupport.com

Snow Removal

1380

APOLLO LANDSCAPING has skidsteer and tandem truck avail. for snow reSpecials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. moval.

Commercial or Private back entry. 403-341-4445 residential. 403-598-1589 International ladies

Government Government

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

Tires, Parts Acces.

Handyman Services

1. CARE 2. Tim Hortons 3. Bricks 4 Kidz 4. Baker Hughes Wednesday, Wednesday, January January 22, 22,2014 2014 5. Phone Experts 9:30 a.m.

Noon a.m.

Noon 6. Bed Bath & Beyond Alberta Alberta Works Works Centre Centre 7. City of Red Deer 8. Parkland CLASS 2ndnd Floor, Floor,First FirstRed RedDeer DeerPlace Place 9. Rykar Indsutries Ltd 4920 -- 51 51 Street, Street, Red Red Deer Deer 10. G4S Secure Solutions 11. Canadian Blood Services Bring Bring your your resumé resumé 12. Canyon Technical Services Services For For more more info, info, call call403-340-5353 403-340-5353 13. Diversified Staffing Services Services 14. Swift Worldwide Resources Resources 15. Talentcor Recruitment Specialists Specialists

NEW CONDO

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

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. www.viimassage.biz

RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

Employers:

4040

1990 HARLEY FXR, $8400 obo. 403-396-3616

Drywall, tape, texture, Fully licensed & insured.

Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176

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

Lower level mall area with 6 other tenants. Good traffic & area; Easy to find; Rent $495 plus gst and no other costs. Ready by Feb 1.

Contact Darryl Sim with Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-358-9003. ~ PM 482 ~ 4819B - 48 Ave www.simproperties.ca

DAMON INTERIORS

Looking Look oki for a

Condos/ Townhouses

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Contractors

Langford Close

Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close

SMALLER OFFICE OR RETAIL SPACE.

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Law Close / Lewis Close

Springfield Ave.

Great high traffic location; Easy to find; Lower level space with 3 large rooms, an office and storage; Signage avail; Rent $975 plus gst and pwr. Darryl Sim with Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-358-9003. ~ PM 307 ~ 5007 - 50 St www.simproperties.ca

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

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

Isherwood Close

Somerset Close

LARGE OFFICE OR RETAIL SPACE DOWNTOWN

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Accounting

SUNNYBROOK AREA

3110

Offices

services

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

ROOM FOR RENT. 403-343-0421

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MUST SELL

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

403-588-2550

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2190

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.

4020

Houses For Sale

FURN. room, all utils. and cable incld, $450/mo.

403-506-3277

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

AGRICULTURAL

2140

2 ROOMS in fully equip., 1200 sq.ft. common EXC. SUITE in Lacombe. c/w maid service, daily & weekly.

Call 403-396-3616

3060

Suites

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

Horses

3090

Rooms For Rent

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. Feb 1. 403-304-5337

MORRISROE MANOR

CLASSIFICATIONS

F. preferred for 3 bdrm. reno’d home, inc. all utils, $450/mo. DD $450. Avail.

Feb. 1. Must be N/S. 403-986-8656

Kyte/Kelloway Cres. Warehouse

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

INGLEWOOD AREA

Vista Village

3030

Condos/ Townhouses

3080

Roommates Wanted

Now Open

5180

TIRES, (2) GoodYear, 224/60/18. good shape. $25. ea. 403-346-2070

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

Misc.

Automotive

5240

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 B11

Themes of civil rights struggle still resonate on MLK Day, 50 years later MANY EVENTS ACROSS U.S. HONOUR THE SLAIN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bernice King, left, and Christine King Farris, second from left, stand in appreciation of the speech by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, lower right, during the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, in Atlanta. Bernice King is the daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

ATLANTA — Hundreds of people filled Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday to remember and reflect on the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., one of many events across the nation to honour the slain civil rights leader.

The service at Ebenezer featured prayers, songs, music and speakers.

Across the country, there were also speeches, parades, marches and community service projects to honour King, an Atlanta native.

About 50 years ago today, King had just appeared on the cover of Time magazine as its Man of the Year, and the nation was on the cusp of passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

But many of the themes of the civil rights struggle, such a as poverty, violence and voting rights, still resonate with people.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said there were not many states that can boast a native son that merits a national holiday before saying, “but we Georgians can.”

Deal said this year he would work with state legislators to find an appropriate way to honour the Nobel Peace Prize winner at the Georgia Capitol, which drew a standing ovation from the audience.

He did not give any specifics, but civil rights leaders have suggested a statue at the state capitol.

President Barack Obama honoured Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service by helping a soup kitchen prepare its daily meals and a host of administration figures fanned out

across the capital to appear at holiday events. Vice-President Joe Biden addressed the National Action Network’s MLK Breakfast, urging them to protect voting rights.

New York City’s new Mayor Bill de Blasio marked the day by talking about economic inequality, saying it was “closing doors for hard-working people in this city and all over this country.”

“We have a city sadly divided between those with opportunity, with the means to fully partake of that opportunity, and those whose dreams of a better life are being deferred again and again,” he told an audience at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

In Memphis, Tennessee, where King was assassinated, an audio recording of an interview with King was played at the National Civil Rights Museum.

The recording sheds new light on a phone call President John F. Kennedy made to King’s wife more than 50 years ago.

Historians generally agree Kennedy’s phone call to Coretta Scott King expressing concern over her husband’s arrest in October 1960 — and Robert Kennedy’s work behind the scenes to get King released — helped JFK win the White House.

The reel-to-reel audiotape was discovered by a man cleaning out his father’s attic. The father, an insurance salesman, had interviewed King for a book he was writing, but never completed it and stored the recording with other interviews he’d done.

King was born Jan. 15, 1929, and he would’ve been 85 years old. The federal holiday is the third Monday in January and has been celebrated since 1986.

Officials push state, Already jailed Shining Path federal bills for leader goes on trial for 1992 chemical storage after spill car bombing that killed 25 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday proposed tighter regulations for chemical storage facilities after a spill contaminated the water supply for 300,000 people.

Tomblin, the Democratic governor, urged passage of a chemical storage regulatory program.

The bill aims to address shortcomings that allowed 7,500 gallons of coal-cleaning chemicals to seep into the Elk River on Jan. 9. Freedom Industries, which owned the plant that leaked the chemicals, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday.

Freedom Industries’ safety flaws, including a last-resort containment wall filled with cracks, went largely undetected, because as a facility that neither manufactured chemicals, produced emissions, or stored chemicals underground, it was not subject to environmental regulations, state Department of Environmental Protection officials have said.

The chemical that spilled also wasn’t deemed hazardous enough for additional regulation.

The material flowed 1.5 miles downstream and made it into West Virginia American Water Company’s water supply.

Below-ground tanks storing chemicals face environmental regulations, but ones above the surface fall into a regulatory loophole, officials have said. The department made several routine visits to the Charleston site between 2002 and 2012, but found no violations.

The governor’s bill, which hasn’t been filed yet, would mandate annual inspections of above-ground chemical tanks, and would require water systems serving the public to draft emergency plans in case of spills.

Storage facilities would self-report locations, construction and maintenance of tanks, and file annual reports.

They would need to detail their spill-prevention mechanisms, and would be subject to penalties from the Department of Environmental

Protection if they don’t comply.

“This proposed legislation will ensure that all above-ground storage facilities are built and maintained consistent with required safety standards,” Tomblin said.

Manchin, D-W.Va., wants the federal government to set standards for state-run regulatory efforts. His proposal would require states to inspect chemical facilities that could threaten a public water system every three years. Others would be inspected every five years. States could recoup costs from responding to emergencies. The bill is also supported by U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Barbara Boxer, DCalif.

Both bills aim to make locations and specifics of chemical storage sites publicly available.

Manchin also stressed the need for additional federal testing to see what harm chemicals pose to people.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged

that scarce information was available about the chemical that spilled, crude MCHM, when officials established a safe level for people to start drinking the water again.

But a “toxic” atmosphere in Washington, D.C., has prevented environmentalists and the chemical industry from finding middle ground on additional regulation, Manchin said.

On Jan. 14, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner responded to a reporter’s question about the spill, saying there are enough regulations already. He chided President Barack Obama, claiming his administration ought to be “actually doing their jobs.”

“I am entirely confident that there are ample regulations already on the books to protect the health and safety of the American people,” Boehner said.

Manchin said Boehner made the statement “very quickly after (the spill) had happened,” before the speaker knew about the lack of regulation for above-ground storage tanks.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LIMA, Peru — The founder of Peru’s Shining Path rebels went on trial Monday for a 1992 car bombing considered one of the worst attacks of the conflict he unleashed.

Abimael Guzman, whose appearance in court was his first time in the public eye in seven years, is already serving life without parole for a 2006 terrorism conviction for multiple crimes.

Prosecutors put the 79-year-old Guzman and 10 other imprisoned Shining Path leaders on trial for allegedly ordering the Tarata Street bombing that killed 25 people and wounded 155. Guzman was captured nearly two months later.

Guzman’s lawyer, Alfredo Crespo,

told The Associated Press that his client did not order the bombing, for which at least five people have been convicted.

Guzman, who spoke only his name to the judge in court Monday, has no chance of going free, but Crespo said at least two of his co-defendants would have been released had new charges not been brought.

Crespo said Guzman would be appearing in the same courtroom in the Callao military prison on charges in a separate case Friday stemming from rebels seizing an interprovincial bus in 1984 in Ayacucho state and killing 104 people.

The Maoist-inspired Shining Path waged a bitter struggle that included urban terrorism and rural massacres.

The 1980-2000 conflict clamed some 70,000 lives, most of them civilians.

The Red Deer Advocate is looking for a full time

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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.

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

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.

Drop off or mail to: Scott Williamson, Production Supervisor Red Deer Advocate 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

No shift work!

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Attractive salary, benefits, and RRSP packages to the successful candidate.

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

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B12 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014

Not enough being done RIGHTS GROUP SAYS LAWS FAILING TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM BEING FORCED INTO MARRIAGES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Afghan girls carry firewood on their heads, near their temporary homes, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. The United Nations complained on Sunday that Afghan authorities have been slow in enforcing a law protecting women against forced marriages, domestic violence and rape. their safety.

In another case in Afghanistan, a 3-year-old girl’s father killed a man. To avoid prison, he handed his daughter over to the victim’s family, which regularly beat her and forced her to do household chores. At 10 she was raped by an older man in the family, and that same year she was married to a teenager from the family.

Her husband divorced her when she was 12, and she was forced to marry the uncle who had raped her.

It was not until she managed to run away that police helped her find shelter with a women’s organization. The uncle was arrested and is serving a 13-year sentence for rape, Equality Now said.

Equality Now said child marriages often lead to

United Arab Emirates launches plans for mandatory military service for adult males

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates has begun the process of imposing mandatory military service for adult males to add “another layer to the national defence force,” the country’s prime minister announced Sunday.

The move appears aimed at least in part on feeding more Emirati nationals into the federation’s armed forces. The UAE military and police forces depend on foreigners to bolster their ranks.

Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said on his official Twitter feed that male high school graduates between the ages of 18 to 30 will be required to serve nine months, while those without a high school diploma must serve two years under the draft legislation. Military service for female Emiratis would be voluntary.

“The new law adds another layer to the national defence force to further protect our nation, secure its borders (and) preserve its achievements,” Sheik Mohammed said on his official Twitter feed.

In separate comments carried by state news agency WAM, he said “national service implants the values of allegiance, loyalty, discipline and sacrifice among youth.” Sheik Mohammed is vice-president and prime minister of the seven-state United Arab Emirates federation as well as the ruler of the emirate of Dubai.

The UAE, which sits across the Persian Gulf from Iran, enjoys warm relations with the United States and other Western powers. A relatively young country, it was formed in 1971 after decades under British protection.

Its seven semiautonomous sheikdoms have pursued increasingly tighter integration over the years, helped by financial support from the oil-rich capital, Abu Dhabi.

The UAE Cabinet has endorsed the draft law, which will now be considered by the Federal National Council, a largely advisory body. Emirati policymaking is dominated by the federal capital Abu Dhabi and the commercial hub of Dubai, and there likely to be little public opposition to the plans in the OPEC member nation.

Most of the country’s workforce is composed of foreign guest workers, though Emirati leaders have tried to get more nationals into public and private-sector jobs.

Theodore Karasik, a security and political affairs analyst at the Dubaibased Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, said the unexpected initiative could lessen the country’s reliance on military personnel from South Asia and other Arab countries.

“This did come out of the blue, but for a very good reason. The situation in the country demands manpower ... based solely on Emirati nationals,” he said. “In the future, there may be trouble in other countries where those who serve in the armed forces now would need to go home. And that would leave a manpower shortage.”

The UAE military currently has an estimated 51,000 active-duty personnel, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Much of its military posture is aimed at deterring potential threats from nearby Iran despite longstanding trade and cultural links between the two neighbours. The UAE military also has sent troops overseas, including as part of the NATO-led mission to Afghanistan and to provide humanitarian relief to Pakistan.

Karasik said the military conscription policy is unlikely to be directly aimed at bolstering the armed forces to confront threats from nearby Iran, but is rather “purely an Emirati issue.”

“This helps to bind the country together,” he said.

South Africa releasing patients with deadly TB strains into community THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — The spread of a virtually untreatable form of tuberculosis in South Africa is being fueled by the release of infected patients into the general community, according to a new study.

Scientists tracked 107 patients with extensively drug-resistant TB, also known as XDR-TB in three South African provinces between 2008 and 2012. Despite most

patients being treated with about eight TB drugs, 78 died. More than 40 others were released from hospitals without further monitoring. TB is an infectious bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs and is often spread by coughing and sneezing.

In one case, DNA testing confirmed a discharged patient passed on the deadly strain to his brother; both eventually died without being admitted to a hospital.

Researchers said releasing patients with the

lethal TB strain was happening on a widespread level in South Africa because there were few available beds in TB hospitals or palliative care facilities.

“These patients can survive for months or even years and are contributing to the community-based spread of XDR-TB,” said Keertan Dheda of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, who led the study.

The research was published online Friday in the journal.

young brides who are isolated and, because of their marital status, have little access to education and other services generally provided to children. In cases where a girl has the legal right to void her marriage, it is difficult to do so without knowledge of the law, education and financial support.

The U.N. population fund says rates of child marriage are highest in the West African nation of Niger, where 75 per cent of girls are married before they turn 18, and a third are wed before age 15. Under Niger’s law, the minimum age for marriage is 15, but traditional customs often prevail in villages.

In Bangladesh, the rate of child marriage is 66 per cent, and in Central African Republic and Chad it is 68 per cent. In India, 47 per cent of girls are married before they turn 18.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni security officials say that an unidentified gunman shot and killed a police director in the southwest city of Taiz, the latest in a series of assassinations of the country’s security officers.

A gunman on motorcycle shot Police Director Abd el-Wali el-Turkmi in

the head while he was driving his car Sunday, the sources say.

The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to journalists.

Militants have carried out similar assassinations of military and government leaders in recent years. On Monday, security sources said an intelligence general was shot dead in the province of Lahij, and Iran’s economic attache in Sanaa, Ali Asghar Asadi, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Sanaa. Al-Qaida is largely suspected to be behind many of the killings.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Cultural traditions and a lack of legal protections are driving tens of millions of girls around the world into early marriage, subjecting them to violence, poverty and mistreatment, an international human rights group says.

Equality Now, citing the United Nations Population Fund, said in a report issued over the weekend that more than 140 million girls over the next decade will be married before they turn 18.

“When a young girl is married and gives birth, the vicious cycle of poverty, poor health, curtailed education, violence, instability, disregard for rule of law ... continues into the next generation, especially for any daughters she may have,” the report said.

The 32-page report found that despite laws that set a minimum age for marriage in many countries, social norms continue to provide a veneer of legitimacy to child marriage in remote villages and even in developed countries. Child marriage is defined as a marriage before age 18.

“Child marriage legitimizes human rights violations and abuses of girls under the guise of culture, honour, tradition and religion,” the report said.

The report gave examples of cases in countries such as Afghanistan, Cameroon, Guatemala, India, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi and Mali.

Often when child brides are married off to older men, it is to restore or maintain family honour, or to settle a father’s debts or obtain some other financial gain. A girl married off is seen as one less mouth to feed, and the wedding dowry is spent by her family to support itself.

In some countries, families encourage early marriage to protect young girls from premarital sex and to uphold a family’s honour, according to the report.

In one case, a young girl named Mariam was born in France to parents from Mali. She had never been to Mali until her father sent her at age 14 and her sister at 16 to a village while they were on vacation from school.

When they arrived, their father took their passports, and Mariam was told to marry her father’s cousin. Her sister was to marry the local imam, or preacher. Mariam eventually escaped with the help of a policeman she met during a visit to the village market, but her sister remains in Mali, the report said.

Equality Now said it uses pseudonyms for girls for