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A RECORD AMOUNT OF SNOW IS PUTTING A STRAIN ON CENTRAL ALBERTA ROOFS, RAISING FEARS OF MORE COLLAPSES Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

A worker uses a steam wand to clear the rain gutters on Maryview Elementary School Tuesday. Many residents, businesses and commercial buildings are having snow and ice removed from roofs after several roof collapses in the past few weeks.

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF

Rafters, trusses, canopies and

domes beware.

Roof after roof is succumbing to the region’s mammoth snowfall this season and it’s only January.

Early Monday morning, the roof of

the Sylvan Lake Arena caved in, the most recent in a slew of collapses.

The collapse narrowly missed the one employee on site. He was working late driving the Zamboni.

No one was injured, but the arena is a write-off, and is set for demolition sometime in coming days or weeks.

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Taxpayers’ association critical of budget process

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SAYS CITY TOO QUICK TO ADD EXPENSE TO BOTTOM LINE RATHER THAN LOOK FOR SAVINGS

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A young bull moose helps himself to some delicate apple branches in a backyard in Deer Park Tuesday afternoon. Doug and Darlene Hollman noticed the animal in their backyard Tuesday sampling the willows, Saskatoon bushes and apple trees of their’s and their neighbours yards. The moose also was seen drinking from the water flowing from a downspout outside their front door. The Hollmans have had deer in their unfenced yard in the past but this is the first time they have spotted the largest member of the deer family in their yard.

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The Red Deer Taxpayers’ Association wants city council to take a fine tooth comb to its budget process in order to find a better way of handling city finances.

President Jason Stephan said there has to be a better way to balance the budget and reduce spending. Stephan made the remarks in response to the $305-million operating budget, approved by council last week. “Each year the budget goes up more than population and inflation growth combined,� said Stephan. “The processes that are currently undertaken are leading to that result.�

The $305-million budget came with a 3.93 per cent tax increase (before the education tax is factored in this spring).

Stephan said council should look at ways to lead to spending that is in line with population growth and inflation. “There is room for significant improvement,� he said. “I tried to use the

snow removal as an example.�

Stephan said the automatic reaction or solution is to put the expense onto the bottom line rather than looking within the organization for savings. He said there are likely more savings to be found on a $305-million budget.

Mayor Tara Veer, however, said this was the first year in her 10 years of budgets that council has found as many savings in the base budget. “Our public is looking for respect and is ultimately hoping council would respect taxpayers dollars and when we make investment, it’s sound investment in our future,� said Veer. “I think we did attempt to do that in this budget in terms of the base budget savings that we found and debating service level cost savings.�

Last year the city’s audit committee chaired by Veer recommended that council conduct an operational audit on the utilities.

The independent audit showed the city was getting good value for the investment.

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DRIVER FLEES CRASH

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After running this mini-van up onto a snowbank at the corner of 45 Avenue at 55 Street the driver fled on foot. RCMP and peace officers were on the scene investigating before having the vehicle towed away Tuesday afternoon.

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COLLAPSE: No surprise to roofing company Graham Parsons, the arena operator, has been working hard to set up alternative ice surface options for local hockey teams, figure skaters and other ice users.

The bantam team was relocated to Stettler’s arena on Monday night after crews were able to remove some of their hockey equipment around 4 p.m. on Monday.

“On Thursday our bantam Bs were supposed to play Innisfail here so now they’re going to Innisfail,” Parsons said.

Sylvan Lake held an emergency council meeting on Tuesday evening to discuss items such as insurance and moving up the construction date for the new multiplex, which was scheduled to be built in 2016.

“It was a huge part of the town and probably the busiest rink in rural Western Canada because we had summer ice and it was busy 11 months of the year. People from all over the world skated here and they’ve been reaching out with their support since it went down. It’s amazing to see how many lives the old girl touched,” Parsons said.

Meanwhile, a dairy barn roof collapsed on Jan. 13 just north of Rocky Mountain House, killing a number of cows.

Two other barn roofs came down in December in Red Deer and Lacombe counties due to heavy snow loads, with one incident killing about 20 cattle.

The roof of a storage shed at Olds Home Hardware caved in on Jan. 4 and a snow-laden Westerner Park vinyl tent roof also crumpled to the ground last month due to heavy snow.

According to assistant county manager Rick Henderson at Red Deer County, crews have been out looking at the barns of concerned farmers.

“On Friday, just west of Innisfail, north of the Cottonwood Road, a shop that had a whole bunch of equipment in it collapsed. It was a wooden quonset.

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Also, a hangar at the Innisfail airport that the Red Deer Gliding Club had some planes stored in. There were some planes damaged there. One section of that metal quonset collapsed. There are more out there that I don’t know of,” Henderson said.

Marc Bailly, 65, had a private garage in Mirror where he was working on eight cars, including a Jaguar and Porsche.

Its roof came down sometime within the 10 minutes he stepped out to visit a neighbour on Jan. 13 around 6:30 p.m.

The shop was approximately 13 metres wide and 24 metres long, with five garage doors.

“I was able to dig under the snow and wood and open a door from the side. This way I was able to pull the cars out with my Bobcat.”

Miraculously, only one was dented in the back end, an MGB sports car, thanks to the extra protection of the paint booth, which had been housing the cars inside the shop.

According to Bailly, he hadn’t noticed a problem with his tin roof and didn’t think there was that much snow on it.

“I’d reinforced it six years ago with big aircraft wires all across it — five of them — but it snapped and everything went down,” he said. “I’m only a few hundred feet from the trains as well so the vibrations from there don’t help. ... The soil is always vibrating.”

Bailly plans to save what he can inside, such as his tools, and go from there.

“The building is appraised at close to $100,000 so for everything for cleanup and rebuilding, I’d be looking at about $40,000 I think,” he said, noting that’s only if he could reuse the walls.

The number of collapses are sad news but come as little surprise to those at Cooper Roofing Ltd. in Red Deer, who are stunned at the snow they find on roofs.

“I’ve been doing this for 21 years and it’s unbelievable. I’ve never seen a January like this with the amount of snow removal going on and ice dams that people have,” said Mark Hunter, Cooper’s residential division manager.

There is always at least a metre of snow on the roofs with plenty of high drifts, he said.

“One roof I was on had a drift of at least six feet — over my head.”

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The cost-savings in this budget was about $900,000, which included savings in consultant fees, delays in hiring, and reductions in conference and seminar fees. There were also savings on the utility side.

In a letter to the Advocate, Stephan encourages council to hire an independent management professional to review the city’s operations on a “value for money” or “zero-based” budget basis and report saving opportunities to council to be applied to next year’s operating budget.

“In the future there will likely be other parts of the organization as the audit committee and council move forward that we may engage in another value for money audit,” said Veer.

Council passed a resolution during the operating budget deliberations to review its process, creating budget guidelines that may include gathering more public feedback. Stephan says he applauds city council for the effort but cautions on the implementation.

“Businesses come up with great ideas all the time but businesses succeed or fail based on poor implementation of maybe great ideas,” said Stephan. “It is a really good idea. I am sure there is some improvement. This is a status quo budget. I am hoping in future years that we do confront some of the trends we have seen over the past 10 years in terms of spending growth.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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The warmer temperatures may be melting some of the cumbersome load but it’s causing other roof chaos, Hunter said.

“Because there has been such an ice buildup, there’s ice dams and then there’s leaks so we’re getting a lot of calls from insurance adjusters to look at places with interior damage from these ice dams.”

Hunter advises all homeowners to call in the professionals as it’s slippery on the roofs and he knows one person who has fallen trying to clear snow from above. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

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OTTAWA — Canada’s highest court has ruled that a group of presumed Hells Angels members and sympathizers who received a stay of proceedings because of lengthy delays in their case will not have to stand trial.

The hearing took place before the Supreme Court of Canada on Tuesday, with the ruling coming directly from the bench.

The Crown was trying to have a ruling by Quebec Superior Court Justice James Brunton overturned.

He ordered the stay of proceedings for 31 men in 2011. They had been arrested as part of the 2009 police sweep dubbed SharQc and were charged with various drug-related offences and in some cases, gangsterism.

The Supreme Court ruled that Brunton did not err in exercising his discretion to order a stay in the case, requested by the defence lawyers.

The court agreed that defendants would be prejudiced by the lengthy delays and a trial would not occur within prescribed time limits as required by Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

“The Crown didn’t have any realistic plan on how to proceed with these charges in a reasonable delay,” Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said in French. “The unique character of these extraordinary circumstances convinces us that the approach taken by Justice Brunton was the right one.”

Defence lawyer Louis Belleau said the drug case against the 31 is now over.

“It’s finished,” Belleau said.

The criminal attorney said he doesn’t think this particular case sends a message that mega-trials are unmanageable. Belleau said the Crown simply didn’t manage this case properly.

The Crown went to the Supreme Court after losing an appeal in Quebec’s highest court in April 2013.

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Court delays for kids in care rapped INTERESTS OF CHILDREN APPEAR TO BE SECONDARY: CHILD ADVOCATE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s child advocate is calling for a review of court delays involving children in temporary government care.

Del Graff’s office studied the case of a seven-year-old boy who was living in a group home when he drowned in an Edmonton pool in 2012.

Graff said in a report released Tuesday that the boy’s short life was just as tragic as his death.

The child didn’t adjust well to his uncertain living arrangements over the two years it took to do a court hearing about permanent guardianship.

“The situation may not be unique,” Graff wrote.

“It is concerning that the best interests of children appear to be secondary to excessive delays in the court system.”

The boy was four years old when social workers received a complaint that

‘THERE WAS NO CERTAINTY IN HIS PLACEMENT, NO CERTAINTY IN HIS RELATIONSHIPS AND NO CERTAINTY IN HIS FUTURE . . . FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN CARE AND LIVE WITH THESE UNCERTAINTIES, WE NEED TO DO BETTER.’ — DEL GRAFF CHILD ADVOCATE

he was out with his mother when she was panhandling.

About a year later, staff determined his parents, who were transient and lived in hotels, were using cocaine, so he was apprehended.

The child appeared happy and well-cared for but was underweight and malnourished, said the report. He could name several candy bars but no vegetables.

He was first placed in a stable foster home but received mixed messages about where he would be in the long term. He was having problems at school and started seeing a therapist.

NDP, AHS spar over hospital beds

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The opposition NDP says the Alberta government has 400 hospital beds waiting to go, but won’t pony up the money to fund them.

Party health critic David Eggen says documents from Alberta Health Services show that 400 beds are currently closed across the province.

He says the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton has 203 such beds, which are ready for use but need someone to staff and fund them.

Eggen said the number is particularly concerning given that patients are waiting hours to be seen and admitted in hospitals and that lengthy surgery wait time targets are not improving.

He said the solution also lies with the province striking fair wage deals

with nurses and other health-care workers in order to make the province an attractive option for those seeking work in the field.

But Alberta Health Services said the beds listed in the document that the NDP is quoting from are beds that are planned for the future.

As well, an official says beds are open based on funding, staffing and demand.

“We need to ensure we place our resources in areas where patient needs are highest,” Brenda Huband, interim president and CEO for zones and health operations, said in a statement.

“That may mean that resources are redirected from areas that do not have high patient demand. This is a natural shifting of resources that happens every day.”

Huband said vacant beds can be opened as the need arises.

Hearing opens into oilsands odour

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PEACE RIVER — Hearings have begun in northwestern Alberta about odours blamed on oilsands operations that have driven families off their land.

Residents of two tiny communities near Peace River are concerned over the way Baytex Energy has operated its oilsands extraction process in the area. They say it is creating powerful gassy smells that are impossible to live with.

One family has relocated to Smithers, B.C. In an affidavit filed with the Alberta Energy Regulator, one resident complained of symptoms that included severe headaches, dizziness, sinus congestion, muscle spasms, popping ears,

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BRIEF Bar shooting results in Edmonton’s second homicide of the year EDMONTON — One man is dead and a second is recovering from a wound after a shooting at an Edmonton bar.

The overnight violence happened outside the downtown-area business.

Police say a man believed to be in his 30s was found dead, while the second person suffered an injury to his arm.

Investigators think the shooting was the result of a disturbance that started inside the bar.

A number of witnesses have been questioned, but no arrest has been made.

The death is Edmonton’s second homicide of the year.

Men charged in multimilliondollar smuggling and trafficking ring CALGARY — A routine traffic stop in Nevada more than a year ago has led to charges against three Calgary men allegedly at the centre of a multimillion-dollar smuggling and trafficking operation.

The Jan. 15 arrests are the result of a joint investigation between Alberta law enforcement teams and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.

Charges against the trio include

The boy joined another family, who hoped to eventually adopt him, but he became aggressive.

He was then put in the group home.

The report said the government decided to apply for a permanent guardianship order eight months after he was in care. But three court delays pushed back the date over the course of two years.

The assigned courtroom was initially double-booked, “a common practice,” said Graff. The boy’s mother failed to show up at the next hearing, then his father fired his lawyer.

Graff said he was discouraged to

learn of the delays and said the child must also have found it disheartening.

“There was no certainty in his placement, no certainty in his relationships and no certainty in his future,” Graff said.

“For those children who are in care and live with these uncertainties, we need to do better.”

Other provinces have identified and addressed court delays for children in care and Alberta needs to do the same, Graff suggested.

Alberta Justice is reviewing the report and recommendations and will assist with Human Resources to provide a response to the advocate, said spokeswoman Michelle Davio.

“The death of any child is a tragedy . . . We will continue to work toward reducing unnecessary delays in accessing justice. The case went to the Fatality Review Board for consideration as per the Fatality Inquiry Act. If a fatality inquiry is held, we would carefully review any recommendations made.”

County of Stettler cleared of breaking election laws

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF An Elections Alberta investigation has cleared the County of Stettler of breaking election laws.

The Wildrose Party alleged last fall that several years ago a county employee posted election signs for thenProgressive Conservative MLA Jack Hayden while on shift for the municipality. Another employee was accused of promoting Hayden’s Facebook page while at work.

The county says a report prepared

by Elections Alberta Chief Electoral Officer Glen Resler says there was no evidence that the county made any “valued contributions” to Hayden’s campaign by using electronic communications, staff time or county vehicles.

Elections Alberta’s website notes that the accusation that the allegation that the county violated the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act was “unfounded.”

An internal review by the county last fall also found no evidence that

staff had been involved in Hayden’s campaign while at work.

However, the review that went back almost a decade found county politicians and staffers had improperly been reimbursed for attending Tory party events to the tune of $6,540. All of the payments dated prior to 2010.

Hayden lost the 2012 election to Wildrose candidate Rick Strankman.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Reeve Wayne Nixon says the county feels the electoral officer’s investigation supports the county’s own findings.

“We knew what the findings were going to be before they started,” he said. “But it’s nice to have it for the public to see too as far as that goes.

“We’re certainly happy to have Elections Alberta clear all the accusations.”

Nixon said he wanted to take the high road and not comment further on the Wildrose allegations.

He previously called the party’s accusations a “witch hunt.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

memory loss, numbness, constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, eye twitching and fatigue.

Baytex uses an unusual method of heating bitumen in above-ground tanks to extract oil.

Reid Glenn, a mechanical engineer, told the hearing Tuesday that his personal examination of Baytex’s operations suggested vapours were coming off those tanks.

“You can see the leaks on a cold day by where the steam’s coming off the top of the tank,” he said.

Geologists also described the nature of the bitumen that Baytex is drilling for, describing it as being high in sulphur. Sulphur is a common component of smelly chemicals.

Baytex spokesman Andrew Loosley said the company is working within the rules. conspiracy to import cocaine, conspiracy to traffic cocaine, possession, trafficking, and possession of proceeds of crime.

Officials say the investigation began in Nevada in October 2012 when a traffic stop found 45 kilograms of cocaine packaged in vacuum-sealed bundles in a hidden compartment beneath a pickup truck.

Investigators believe the suspects are behind the drug-trafficking operation.

The three are believed to be a major cocaine distributor in southern Alberta and are alleged to have routinely used couriers to import cocaine from the southern U.S. Charged are Christopher Mark Scher, who is 33; Michael Mirr Janecek, who is 37; and Steven Manuel Doporto, who is 31.

Province to host World Economic forum event on climate change in April EDMONTON — Alberta will play host this spring to a World Economic Forum on energy and climate change.

The event, to be held April 24-25 in Lake Louise, will bring in more than 100 global leaders from the worlds of business, academia, and government.

Resolutions and ideas from this conference will be used to help drive discussions at the United Nations Secretary General Leaders’ Summit in New York in September.

The meeting will also discuss work Alberta is undertaking in energy and environmental policy.

The province has been singled out by some critics world for the polluting and climate changing effects of its oilsands operations.

This is the first time Alberta has hosted a World Economic Forum event.

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The lesser of two evils WHY ASSAD NOW SEEMS LIKE THE BEST CHOICE IN SYRIA It would be interesting to know just what tidbits of information the U.S. National Security Agency’s eavesdropping has turned up on United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

He certainly caved in very fast: on Sunday he invited Iran to join the longdelayed peace GWYNNE talks aimed DYER at ending the three-year-old civil war in Syria; on Sunday evening the United States loudly objected, and on Monday he obediently uninvited Iran.

So the peace talks get underway in Switzerland this week after all, and the omens for peace are not that bad.

Unless, of course, you were also hoping for the overthrow of the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad and the emergence of a democratic Syria, in which case the omens are positively awful.

INSIGHT

The breakthrough may not happen at Geneva this week, but the Russians and the Americans are now on the same side (although the U.S. cannot yet bring itself to say publicly that it is backing Assad). Moreover, some of the rebels are getting ready to change sides. It won’t be fast and it won’t be pretty, but there’s a decent chance that peace, in the shape of an Assad victory, will come to Syria within a year or two.

What has made this possible is the jihadis, the fanatical extremists of the al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, who have frightened both the United States and a great many ordinary Syrians into seeing Assad’s regime as the lesser evil.

Two years ago, it still seemed possible that Assad could lose. The rebels had the support of the United States, Turkey and powerful Sunni Arab states like Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and they still talked about a democratic, inclusive Syria.

Assad’s only friends were Iran, Russia and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

But then the jihadis showed up, alienating local people with their extreme version of sharia law and scaring the pants off the United States with their allegiance to al-Qaida. It took

the United States quite a while to admit to itself that it does not actually want Assad to fall if that means putting the jihadis in power, but it has finally grasped the concept.

More recently, a “war-within-thewar” has broken out among the rebels, with the secular groups fighting the jihadis and the jihadi groups fighting among themselves. So far in January more people have been killed in this internecine rebel war (over a thousand) than in the war against the regime. And the U.S. and Russia are working on a deal that would swing most of the non-jihadi rebels over to the regime’s side.

Gen. Salim Idris, the commander of the Free Syrian Army (the main nonjihadi force on the battlefield), said last month that he and his allies were dropping the demand that Assad must leave power before the Geneva meeting convened. Instead, they would be content for Assad to go at the end of the negotiation process, at which time the FSA’s forces would join with those of the regime in an offensive against the Islamists.

He was actually signalling that the Free Syrian Army is getting ready to change sides. There will have to be

amnesties and financial rewards for those who change sides, of course, but these things are easily arranged. And Assad will not leave power “at the end of the negotiation process.”

The jihadis are not at Geneva this week, of course; just the Russians and the Americans, and the Assad regime and the Syrian National coalition (the Free Syrian Army’s political front), and a few odds and sods to make up the numbers. It is an ideal environment for the regime and the secular rebels to discuss quietly how they might make a deal, with their Russian and American big brothers in attendance to smooth the path.

The fighting in Syria will continue for many months, even if a joint front of the regime and the FSA is formed to drive out the foreign extremists and eliminate the native-born ones. In practice the end game will probably be even more ragged than that, with all sorts of local rebel groups trying to cut their own deals or holding out until the bitter end. But the final outcome has become clear, and it is no longer years away.

Gwynne Dyer in an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Failing grade on snow removal I am a visitor from out-of-town. On Friday, Jan. 3, I came to Red Deer for a medical appointment. I was shocked and appalled at the state of your road conditions within the city.

I had to do an errand downtown on Ross Street. When I got out of my car, I fell onto the street. People were getting stuck everywhere.

I was also appalled that the sidewalks were not cleared for pedestrians. The small town where I live keeps its streets well maintained.

All of my friends in Red Deer were disgusted with the road conditions within the city. One of them said: “The mayor and city council should be ashamed and embarrassed that they have failed the community” in keeping the roads safe and maintained. The excuse that they’re ‘trying’ to keep things up is old and lame. ‘Trying’ and ‘doing’ are not the same things.

I am in wholehearted agreement that Mayor Tara Veer and city council should be ashamed and embarrassed. They’ve been caught with their pants down.

I give an F grade to Veer and city councillors for failing visitors and the community for not being prepared. Do you think you live in Florida perhaps? Or is it Mexico?

Scientific climatic studies clearly predicted before winter even hit Alberta this year that this was going to be a whopper of a winter. Perhaps the mayor and city council were on vacation (in their minds), or asleep at the wheel? The scientific data was available.

F grade nonetheless — people are tired of your excuses for the mess that Red Deer has been in.

Debbie Dejarlis Wetaskiwin

Preying on sympathy When outlaw country singer Dick Feller penned the words “makin’ the best of a bad situation,” he was singing about a local milkman having an affair with one of his neighbours. Feller concluded in the chorus of his 1974 trademark song: “Reckon I’d do the same if it was me.”

Apparently several New York firefighters and police officers took Feller’s words to heart when they filed false claims for compensation after two passenger jets slammed into the Word Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. They feigned symptoms of shock and trauma brought on by 9/11, and claimed millions of dollars in disability benefits.

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Preying on the public’s sympathy, a small army of firefighters and police from New York city apparently made the best of a bad situation and racked up millions of dollars in bogus benefits. According recent reports, they went so far as hiring experts who

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coached them how to fake symptoms.

So is this the thanks we get for an outpouring of sympathy and generosity?

Last week, New York City authorities swept down to arrest more than 100 people for fraud, including 73 police officers, eight firefighters, and five corrections officers. They faked psychiatric problems, authorities allege, many blaming their symptoms on the Sept. 11 attacks. “The brazenness is shocking,” said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.

Brazenness is an understatement. One retired cop, who said he was “too psychologically damaged to work,” went on to run a martial arts studio. Another said he was crippled by depression that kept him house-bound, although he found time to cruise area waters on a watercraft. A third man, claiming he was incapable of social interactions, manned a cannoli stand at a street festival.

Those three are apparently just the tip of the iceberg in alleged fraudulent claims by New York firefighters, cops and prison guards.

For at least 26 years, such scams have apparently been perpetrated, including those who faked mental disabilities triggered by the attack on the twin towers.

New York prosecutors allege the bogus-benefit scams have involved “hundreds” of people, accounting for at least $400 million in fake claims. Prosecutors also say that among those arrested last week are defendants who said they couldn’t drive, shop or handle their finances, “yet one piloted a helicopter. ... Another plays blackjack in Las Vegas. ... One travelled to Indonesia and boasted on YouTube about his investment prowess.”

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We should all recognize and be thankful for those law enforcement and emergency personnel who faced extraordinarily trying circumstances day after day. But taking advantage of a bad situation is reprehensible.

Ironically, it was the gun laws in New York State that flushed the alleged fraudsters out. A probe was launched five years ago when Social Security Administration investigators noted a similarity in many claiming severe psychiatric problems on their benefits forms, yet had gun permits. Under the New York law, those with such health problems are not allowed to own guns legally.

This fraud ring was apparently complex and employed four highly placed officials who received major kickbacks by coaching others on how to rip off the system. Vance said “the ring leaders,” a retired cop, a union disability consultant, a lawyer, and a union benefits consultant, raked in “tens of thousands of dollars in secret kickbacks.”

Making the best of a bad situation would seem particularly horrendous in the face of the 9/11 tragedies. About 3,000 people lost their lives in the terrorist attacks that day, and the world remains appalled at the loss.

For anyone to take advantage of such a tragedy is beyond imaginable.

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THRONGS REACH OUT TO HARPER AT WESTERN WALL, DELIGHTED BY HIS ISRAELI STANCE

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes a moment after placing a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, on Tuesday. tive MP pleaded with a prime ministerial aide to be allowed into the Western Wall ceremony from the wrong side of the barricades.

“It’s the re-election,” said Mark Adler, a Toronto-area MP who flew to Israel with the prime minister’s delegation wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with his name.

“This is the million-dollar shot.”

Earlier Tuesday, Netanyahu acknowledged that Harper disagrees with him on the issue of the Israeli settlements in what Palestine considers disputed territory.

Harper has steadfastly refused to clarify the government’s position on

Drunken stupor caught on tape ROB FORD ADMITS HE WAS DRINKING AFTER RAMBLING VIDEO RANT SURFACES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford ended weeks of adamant vows that he had given up alcohol by admitting Tuesday that he was drinking the previous night, after a video emerged of him in a rambling, profane rant.

The poorly framed video of the largely incoherent Ford using Jamaican swear words was posted to YouTube anonymously, and appears to have been filmed at a restaurant called Steak Queen in the city’s north west.

Ford admitted he had been drinking, but said it was on his “own time.”

“I was with some friends and what I do in my personal life with my personal friends, that’s up to me,” Ford told reporters outside his city hall office. “It really has nothing to do with you guys.”

The mayor denied that he was on drugs the previous night but wouldn’t say how he got home from the restaurant in that state.

In the video Ford uses profanity, appears to imitate a Jamaican accent and uses the Jamaican swear word bumbaclot, references Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair and counter-surveillance, though full sentences cannot be made out from the audio.

Ford said he did not think the language he used was offensive or discriminatory.

“It’s how I speak with some of my friends,” he said.

Coun. Michael Thompson, the city’s only black councillor, said the mayor’s interpretation of “supposedly being Jamaican” was offensive.

He called it another unfortunate situation in the “unravelling of Rob Ford,” saying many fellow councillors were skeptical of Ford’s claims of sobriety.

“We’ve been fairly silent in just waiting for the next thing to occur,” Thompson said.

“I think we all had sort of concluded

Rob Ford it was only a matter of time.”

Ford has repeatedly said he hasn’t had a drink since November — after a month in which reams of allegations in police documents that he did drugs, drove drunk and consorted with gang members were released by the courts.

The mayor has denied those allegations, which have not been proven in court, but did admit in November that he had smoked crack cocaine, likely in one of his “drunken stupors.”

Ford’s brother at first denied the video could have been filmed Monday night, both because the mayor looks thinner these days and because he spoke to him at 10:30 p.m.

“Obviously that’s him but it didn’t happen last night,” Coun. Doug Ford told reporters after watching the video. “I’ll repeat what he’s said 10 million times: Beginning of November he hasn’t taken a drink. Very simple.”

A user of the social media site Instagram posted a photo around midnight of the mayor posing with two men and identified the location as Steak Queen.

Coun. Joe Mihevic said it appeared from the video that Ford was “off the wagon.”

“It was his commitment that he would clean up his act,” Mihevic said.

“What this shows is that he has not done that.”

the issue, but the Foreign Affairs Department website says it deems Israel’s occupation of the territories to be a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

“I guarantee you that’s the case,” Netanyahu said when asked if Harper parts ways with him on the issue.

Harper, meantime, chided the media for expecting him to publicly single out Israel for criticism on its stance on the territories, expressing confusion that he was asked to do so even while in Ramallah.

He suggested questions from the media after he met with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president,

should have focused on Palestinian efforts to advance the peace process.

Harper offered $66 million in new aid to the Palestinians during his foray into the West Bank.

But on Tuesday, the prime minister spoke of Israel’s isolation in the troubled region.

“The one lesson I think we have learned is that when somebody is a minority, particularly a small minority in the world, one goes out of one’s way to embrace them, not to single them out for criticism,” he said.

“That’s a fundamental Canadian ethic.”

Halifax cops issue warning about man convicted of drunk driving

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — Halifax police have taken the unusual step of warning all Nova Scotia residents about a man deemed a high risk to re-offend after serving a seven-year sentence for impaired driving causing the deaths of two young people from Cape Breton.

After Michael Gerard Cooper’s conviction in 2007, the Parole Board of Canada said he told them he would likely continue drinking and driving, which prompted the board to deny him an early release.

Halifax Regional Police issued a statement Tuesday under its high-risk offender protocol saying the 55-yearold was expected to move to the Halifax area after his release from New Brunswick’s Dorchester Penitentiary the same day. The police warning was accompanied by a photo of Cooper.

Cooper’s case attracted national at-

tention after the parents of a teenager who died in a collision with Cooper’s vehicle asked Nova Scotia authorities to provide Cooper’s name and photo to liquor stores, bars and other licensed establishments.

As part of his release, Cooper must meet several conditions, including a lifetime driving ban and a two-year order to abstain from buying, possessing or drinking alcohol.

Mike Maloney of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp., said it was instructing its employees to call 911 if Cooper is spotted in any of their outlets.

Maloney said the Crown agency has a standard protocol when it comes to restricting the sale of alcohol to those facing court conditions, adding that the only thing unusual about Cooper’s case is that employees across the province are being alerted.

“It’s relatively routine,” he said.

“The system is the same but the scale is larger.”

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The prime minister’s jam-packed second full day in Israel included a morning chat with President Shimon Peres, as well as a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and six Canadian cabinet ministers, including John Baird and Jason Kenney.

Netanyahu and his wife then accompanied Harper and his wife Laureen to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum for a harrowing look back at the horrors perpetrated on the Jews by Nazi Germany.

“They are remembered always, in our hearts, in our prayers and most importantly in our resolve,” Harper wrote in the museum guest book. “Never again.”

The loquacious Israeli leader explained much of what the Harpers saw at the museum, an elegant building designed by Canadian architect Moshe Safdie that’s situated on a sunny Israeli hilltop speckled with majestic cedars.

Netanyahu spoke at length at every stop of the tour, explaining the exhibits to the Harpers. At the end of the visit, they stopped in the Hall of Names, where the names of Holocaust victims are permanently preserved.

A 10-metre-high conical structure overhead holds photos of hundreds of victims, many of them young children.

But the day’s most remarkable moment came at the Western Wall, where Harper — fresh from a speech Monday that was effusive in its support for Israel — received the sort of affectionate reverence that generally evades him back home.

Just after sunset, the prime minister was greeted by hundreds of onlookers who cheered and reached out their hands to touch him as he made his way from his vehicle to the wall.

A beaming Harper stopped and chatted briefly with the throngs before solemnly observing the wall. After he made his way back to his motorcade, a woman in the crowd was heard to shriek: “He touched my hand!”

There was a far more crass element to the visit, however, when a Conserva-

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Minister ready with canned sympathies

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — If there’s a major cyberattack on Canada, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney will not be giving the public “specific details” of the incident, newly released briefing notes indicate.

However, the minister won’t be at a complete loss for words if he follows the carefully crafted script he’s been provided for just such a terrible occasion.

“Cyberattacks are a global phenomenon,” Blaney is advised to tell Canadians.

“Canada and other countries face escalating cyberthreats — these threats are real and continue to mature.”

Stephen Harper’s office has been roundly criticized in recent years for micromanaging cabinet ministers and the public servants who toil in their departments.

However, the briefing notes — obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act — show bureaucrats are not above looking over ministerial shoulders.

The notes suggest Blaney be circumspect about an assault on vital electronic networks.

“While I won’t provide specific details about the nature of this incident, I can assure you the government of Canada has plans in place to prevent, minimize and address the impacts of cyberthreats.

“Government agencies are working closely together to take appropriate action and implement mitigating measures.”

In fact, Blaney will be ready to respond to other kinds of catastrophes — including a major natural or manmade disaster in Canada.

“Our heartfelt sympathies are with the families and friends of those affected by this terrible (type of incident) in

(city or town),” he is counselled to say.

“The government of Canada is in contact with its (provincial/territorial) counterparts and will continue to share information as it becomes available.”

And if terrorists strike the country?

“Canada has suffered a national tragedy.”

Blaney is also advised to reassure the public the government “remains unwavering” in its commitment to protect the safety and security of Canadians and to advance the global fight against terrorism.

“The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) are working closely with local law enforcement officials to investigate.”

Public Safety officials suggest, should terrorists land a blow to the United States, that Blaney remind the public “Canada is not immune” from the extremist scourge.

“I have been in contact with my U.S. counterpart, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and have offered both our sympathy and our assistance to the U.S.” During any event with a continental dimension, the president of the Canada Border Services Agency and the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection will activate a protocol to help “co-ordinate responses and public messaging,” the notes say.

The prepackaged federal statements have international precedents.

American Gen. Dwight Eisenhower scratched out four sentences of regret on a piece of paper in June 1944 as Allied troops prepared for the D-Day invasion of Europe.

Then-U.S. president Richard Nixon was also ready in 1969 should the manned Apollo mission of 1969 end in failure: “Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Government officials are pushing for new laws that would let Ottawa enforce construction standards on residential homes and infrastructure built in First Nations communities, a newly released document shows.

A note was prepared for Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt last summer that proposed legislation to let the federal government enforce the national building code — or comparable construction standards — on reserves.

Neither the national nor provincial building codes can be enforced by the federal government in First Nations communities — which, according to a federal watchdog, could result in sub-standard construction done by unqualified workers that is not properly inspected.

“Without a legally enforceable building code framework, there is ongoing concern that infrastructure and housing is not being built and maintained to code,” the July 31 note says.

“The department’s community infrastructure branch (CIB) is preparing a decision note proposing the development of legislation to support improved code compliance on reserve.”

The Canadian Press obtained the document under the Access to Information Act. Since 1983, any new reserve construction built with federal money has had to meet the national building code.

However, it is up to each band chief and council to ensure everything is up to code — something that is not always done, according to the federal auditor general.

In her April 2003 report, then-auditor general Sheila Fraser raised concerns over whether construction on reserves actually met building code requirements.

“While some First Nations have

their own inspectors, others rely on tribal councils or inspection services controlled by First Nations,” she wrote. “However, it is not always clear to what extent these inspections ensure compliance with the national building code.

“We found that requirements for First Nations to provide the department with inspection reports vary from region to region. With the exception of one region, most inspection reports that we reviewed did not demonstrate that the housing complied with the national building code.

“We are concerned that without adequate inspection systems on reserves, there is a high risk that dwellings constructed and renovated with departmental subsidies will not meet the required standards.”

Substandard housing on reserves remains a problem. In late 2011, the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat declared a state of emergency as dozens of people living in inadequate housing were left exposed to the bitter cold. Many residents were living in temporary shelters that lacked running water and electricity.

The 2011 crisis set off lingering tensions with the federal government.

Those tensions reached a new level with the release of a scathing audit of the band’s books that found a missing paper trail for millions of dollars between 2005 and 2011.

Asked whether legislation might be forthcoming and what such measures might cost, Valcourt’s office ignored the questions in a response that did not directly address the issue of the federal government enforcing building codes on reserves.

“The health and safety of all Canadians is a priority of this government,” spokeswoman Erica Meekes wrote in an email.

“We continue to look at ways to extend the legal protections that exist for all Canadians to First Nations living on reserve.”

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Eric Dejaeger pleaded guilty to eight counts when his trial began in November, but on Tuesday he said he committed none of the remaining 68 assaults he’s accused of. They stem from his time in Igloolik, where he was posted as an Oblate missionary between 1978 and 1982.

“It’s not true at all,” said Dejaeger, speaking with a Flemish accent.

Dejaeger confirmed earlier reports that legal officials tacitly encouraged his flight to Belgium in the mid-1990s after he had served time for one set of sex offences and learned that he would be charged again.

“I was free,” said the Belgian-born accused, referring to the time in 1995 after he was released from prison.

“I was out of jail. I was out of probation. I went to see my lawyer again. He told me, ‘You have at least two years,

or write me a card from Belgium.’ I understood him.”

Dejaeger returned to his home country, where he fulfilled several functions for the Oblates until he was returned to Canada in 2011.

Earlier in the trial, Crown prosecutors produced a long line of witnesses from Igloolik, who recounted a list of terrible assaults. Court heard Dejaeger abused children in his bedroom, on a piano stool, a kitchen counter, in hunting camps, and in a common room while other children coloured pictures of Bible stories nearby.

Those allegations ranged from furtive fondling to the savage sodomy of a little girl duct-taped to his bed. Several people testified Dejaeger forced them to watch him sexually assault his dog.

Witnesses said he used hunger to lure them, then threatened them with hellfire or separation from their parents if they told.

On Tuesday, Dejaeger said none of it happened.

“I like my dogs, but not in that way,” he said, sometimes speaking so quickly that court staff recording the proceeding had to ask him to slow down.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCHI, Russia — Russian security officials are hunting down three potential female suicide bombers, one of whom is believed to be in Sochi, where the Winter Olympics will begin next month.

Police leaflets seen by an Associated Press reporter at a central Sochi hotel on Tuesday contain warnings about three potential suicide bombers. A police letter said that one of them, Ruzanna Ibragimova, a 22-year-old widow of an Islamic militant, was at large in Sochi.

A U.S. congressman who was in Sochi on Tuesday to assess the situation said he was impressed by the work of Russian security forces but troubled that potential suicide bombers had gotten into the city, despite all of the extraordinary security measures.

“We know some of them got through the perimeter,” Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, told The Associated Press. “She’s for real. What we don’t know is how many more black widows are out there.”

Russian authorities have blamed the so-called “black widows” of slain insurgents for previous suicide attacks in the country.

The Black Sea resort town will host the games amid concerns about security and potential terrorist attacks.

The southern city of Volgograd was rocked by two suicide bombings in late December, which killed 34 and injured scores more. An Islamic militant group in Dagestan posted a video on Sunday claiming responsibility for the bombings and threatened to strike the games in Sochi, about 500 kilometres (300 miles) west of Dagestan.

McCaul, a Republican from Texas, said he had numerous meetings with officials in Moscow and Sochi, and was briefed by the joint operation centre in Sochi, which is responsible for overall security in the area.

“The one improvement I would ask of the Russians is to allow our intelligence services to coordinate and co-operate better with theirs,” McCaul said. Although the Russian side was confident that it could provide security, the U.S. has information that could help keep the games safe, he said.

The congressman also expressed concern that terrorists could have gotten into Sochi before security was tightened.

“How many potential cells could be in Sochi and the Olympic village?” he said. “But after ‘the ring of steel’ was implemented we have this one person who seems to have been able to penetrate it. It does demonstrate vulnerability.”

Police material distributed to the hotel staff included pictures of two other women in veils:

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A photo of a police leaflet seen in Sochi on Tuesday, shows Ruzanna Ibragimova and states that she is at large in the city of Sochi. Russian security officials are hunting down three potential female suicide bombers, one of whom is believed to be in Sochi, where the Winter Olympics will begin next month.

26-year-old Zaira Aliyeva and 34-year-old Dzhannet Tsakhayeva. It said they had been trained “to perpetrate acts of terrorism.”

It warned that the two women “are probably among us,” but, unlike Ibragimova’s case, did not say if they are in Sochi.

No further information was provided about the two women or their motivation. The term “black widow” refers to the belief that women who have carried out past suicide attacks in Russia did so to avenge the deaths of husbands or other male relatives.

Security officials in Sochi were not available for comment on Tuesday.

The Olympics are to be held Feb. 7-23. Russia has

mounted an intense security operation in the city, but concern persists that “soft targets” outside the Olympic venues, such as buses and tourist facilities, are vulnerable to attack.

Russian troops also have been active fighting militants in Dagestan, one of the predominantly Muslim republics in Russia’s North Caucasus and the centre of an Islamic insurgency that has engulfed the region.

On Tuesday, troops shot dead the leader of a militant group, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Fatina Ubaidatova said. She said the militant, Eldar Magatov, was wanted in attacks on security forces, bombings and the extortion of businessmen.

ers. At least 37 hostages died in the battle.

course that became a refuge for tens of thousands of people left homeless in the Haitian capital after a devastating 2010 earthquake is clearing out the remaining residents by this weekend.

Rachel Beach works for actor Sean Penn’s aid group. She says the several dozen people still in the settlement are expected to leave by Friday.

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Eight pilot whales found dead off Florida coast MIAMI — Authorities said eight pilot whales have died in shallow waters off Florida’s southwest coast. Six others remain unaccounted for.

The Coast Guard temporarily closed the area to traffic and ordered boaters to reduce speeds Tuesday as they searched for the other whales.

On Monday, two whales died and two others were euthanized after beaching themselves near Fort Myers.

Officials said necropsies will be performed on the dead whales to find out whether they were sick.

In December, more than 50 pilot whales stranded in Everglades National Park. Several died.

Pilot whales live in deep water and swim inland if they suffer from toxicity or disease. They tend to travel in pods of a couple dozen or more and tend to follow one or two pod leaders, or navigators.

Site of terror siege to resume full production ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria’s energy minister says a gas installation where a terrorist attack left at least 37 hostages dead last year will soon return to full production.

Youcef Yousfi says the Ain Amenas site, which now operates at two-thirds capacity, will resume full production “in several weeks” when the third gas stream is restarted.

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Flaherty warned on surplus BIG BUSINESS URGES TORIES TO THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE SPENDING ANTICIPATED SURPLUS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty shouldn’t lose sight of what businesses need before making any final decisions about spending a surplus ahead of the next election, says a group representing the country’s biggest corporations.

While the Canadian Council of Chief Executives supports Flaherty’s drive to slay the deficit, it says in a Jan. 17 letter that there will be a lot of people with their hands out once

he posts a surplus.

“If you think it’s tough managing spending when you’re in a deficit, just wait until you have a surplus,” council president and CEO John Manley said Tuesday in an interview from Davos, Switzerland.

“Because everybody that’s been able to say, ’Well, OK,’ during times of restraint are going to believe that they should be at the top of the list in times of surplus. So he’s going to have his work cut out for him.”

It’s no secret that the Conservatives want a surplus in 2015 so they can de-

liver on previous promises, such as partial income splitting for families, for the next election.

But Flaherty needs to make business needs a priority too, Manley said.

“You have to keep an eye on the competitiveness agenda for Canada at all times,” said the former Liberal finance minister.

“We have an opportunity now with a balanced budget to try to move forward in some of the other competitiveness elements, and that’s what we’re trying to make sure that doesn’t get lost in the run-up to an election.”

Balancing the books and keeping the debt-to-GDP ratio low will allow Canada to weather the storm if there’s another economic downturn, said Manley. But Flaherty must identify “longterm strategic priorities” before deciding where to spend any future surpluses.

That includes taking a “more active role” in putting together a national labour-market strategy and working with the provinces and the United States to improve infrastructure, Manley said.

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Judge allows lawsuit over MF Global collapse ONE OF LARGEST BANKRUPTCIES IN U.S., EX-GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY INVOLVED

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The announcement Tuesday follows several recent setbacks for Bombardier, which is the world’s third-largest aircraft manufacturer after Boeing and Airbus.

It announced last week that its new CSeries commercial jet won’t be ready for service until the second half of 2015, several months later than its already-delayed previous goal.

The first flight and delivery of the Learjet 85 has also been delayed.

On Monday, Bombardier said it received 19 per cent fewer new orders for commercial and business aircraft last year than in 2012.

Bombardier spokeswoman Haley Dunne said Tuesday’s decision is the result of a variety of factors and is not specifically tied to the CSeries delay.

“It’s across the business,” she said in an interview.

NEW YORK — A U.S. regulatory agency’s lawsuit can proceed against former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine over the collapse of a brokerage firm in one of the nation’s largest bankruptcies, a federal judge said Tuesday.

The judge said allegations by the agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, provide “reasonable inferences” that Corzine illegally transferred funds from customer-segregated accounts while he was chief executive officer of the New York City-based MF Global Holdings Limited. More than $1 billion in customer money vanished. A former MF Global assistant treasurer is also accused.

The judge, Victor Marrero, rejected efforts by Corzine’s lawyers to dismiss the lawsuit and other lawsuits making similar claims. He said he must accept the claims as true at this early stage of the litigation.

Corzine is a former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, a former Democratic U.S. senator and the former governor of New Jersey. He became MF Global’s CEO in March 2010 until bankruptcy proceedings began in October 2011.

In an updated version of its lawsuit filed last month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission accused Corzine, other executives and MF Global of damaging thousands of customers in the last week of October 2011 by using nearly $1 billion of their money to support its own proprietary operations and the operations of its affiliates.

“Corzine bears responsibility for MF Global’s unlawful acts,” the lawsuit said. “He held and exercised direct or indirect control over MF Global and Holdings and either did not act in good faith or knowingly induced these violations.”

In a response to the lawsuit in late December, Corzine’s lawyers said their client denied the claims, saying the allegations were “overly broad, vague, conclusory, or contain terms which are undefined and susceptible to different meanings.”

They said Corzine had no duty to disclose information he was accused of withholding and did not knowingly participate in any alleged misconduct.

“At all relevant times, Mr. Corzine acted without intent to defraud and without recklessness or negligence,” the papers said.

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Employees arrive at the Bombardier plant, Tuesday, in Montreal. Bombardier has announced 1,700 layoffs, 1,100 of which are in Quebec.

Bombardier laying off 1,700 aerospace workers MOSTLY IN MONTREAL AREA

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Bombardier is permanently laying off 1,700 employees in its aerospace division, mostly in Montreal, as it steps up efforts to cut costs amid delays with two new aircraft and a tough market for both commercial and business planes.

The company disclosed the decision to its workforce in an internal memo that says affected employees will be notified in the coming weeks.

Human resources vice-president Sylive Bourdon said despite encouraging economic signs, challenges facing the aerospace industry require prudence by management to ensure Bombardier’s long-term success.

“Consequently, stricter controls over spending must be implemented to ensure we consistently meet our budget throughout 2014,” she wrote.

The measures are on top of cost-saving efforts in place since 2012.

Bourdon said the latest cuts will help offset billions of dollars spent to develop the CSeries, Learjet 85, Global 7000 and 8000, along with plant improvements.

Dave Chartrand of the Machinists union said the positions being cut over the next few months include 300 contractors, hundreds of engineers, temporary employees and others hired to work on special projects.

“There are guys that will be recalled but for now, between the programs that have been slowed down and the CSeries, there is a period where there will be a little less work,” Chartrand said in an interview.

Study looks to solve backlogs in grain shipments BUMPER CROP OF GRAIN STILL SITTING ON SOME FIELDS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Ottawa is chipping in half the cost of a $3-million transportation study to tackle huge rail backlogs that have left a bumper crop of grain still sitting on some fields.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says last year was a record for Canadian grain — the harvest was up about 20 million tonnes — but that has posed some serious challenges.

Such big crops are the “new normal” and Canada’s economy depends on a reliable way of getting them to market, he said.

“There is a logistical situation out there where farmers are still sitting with grain in the fields,” Ritz said Tuesday after announcing the transportation study.

“This is a challenge, but it’s also an opportunity for us to address the ongoing efficiencies. If this is the new normal of crop production — which I think it’s going to be if we’re going to step up and produce what the world is going to be demanding in the next several decades — this is what we have to start to rationalize around.”

The federal government is providing $1.5 million for the five-year study aimed at coming up with solutions to the backlog. That amount is to be matched by the Grain Growers of Canada, the Canadian Canola

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Growers Association, the Western Grain Elevators ciently and reliably deliver that product to markets Association and the Inland Terminals Association of around the world,” Bacon said.

Canada.

“Our goal is to be seen as a reliable supplier of Frustrated farmers called on the federal govern- grain to markets around the world and our record is ment to address the backlog that became so bad that a bit tarnished in that area.” mountains of wheat and other crops were building Some farmers welcomed the study and said any up outside jammed acknowledgment grain elevators. of the problem is a The problem left step in the right dimany farmers wonrection. dering what the Doug Chorney, point of a bumper president of Keycrop is if they are unstone Agricultural able to get the grain Producers, said the to market. past harvest was un“There is a frus— AGRICULTURE MINISTER GERRY RITZ precedented. tration level that has Shipping vessels to be addressed,” went away empty afRitz said. “There is a collective demand to do better. ter waiting in vain for grain shipments that never arThis will require everyone in the chain to step up rived by rail, he said. their game.”

Grain companies stopped putting in bids on grain Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada, which is completely because of the backlog, he added. heading the study, said it’s obvious some serious Grain shipments are not as high a priority to rail improvements to transportation are needed. But he companies as oil, potash and coal, Chorney said. Rail said it’s not as simple as adding more rail cars. companies also can’t respond quickly to a bumper Shipping grain requires co-ordination from farm crop immediately after harvest, he said. to rail terminal to port, he said.

“We have lots of work to do ahead of us to resolve “If we’re going to be focusing on growing more this. We didn’t develop this problem overnight and crops, we have to find ways to more quickly, effi- we’re not going to fix it overnight.”

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TAXES: Tories urged to level the field The Conservatives should also consider levelling the tax field when it comes to taxing small and big businesses, and devoting more resources to lock down international trade deals with Europe, Pacific countries and China.

Ratifying the Canada-ECU free trade pact must be top priority to improve access to one of the biggest markets in the world and possibly pave the way for a NAFTA-EU deal, he said.

The Tories should also focus on the Trans-Pacific Partnership as well as a strategic partnership with economic powerhouse China.

Pouring resources into trade commissioner services, enforcement agencies and Export Development Canada can help push things along, he said.

Other powerful business groups are looking for more immediate action from Flaherty on the tax front, but are lowering expectations ahead of the budget.

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters is looking for what it calls a competitive rate of depreciation for manufacturers; that is, how much of the cost of a piece of equipment or other capital asset a business can write off each year so they pay less tax.

The current formula allows companies to write off the cost of new equipment faster — within three years instead of 12 under the old system — which encourages them to invest in new equipment to boost productivity and grow the economy, said president and CEO Jayson Myers.

But it costs Ottawa about $1.5 billion every two years and the current system is set to expire in 2015, he added.

“My overall sense is that there’s going to be very little in the budget, that the big objective that they have is to balance the budget,” Myers said.

“So that if we’re looking at any major new tax measure or spending measure, it’s probably going to be in next year’s budget rather than this year’s.”

From one finance minister to another, Manley said he has some advice for Flaherty as he approaches his goal to post a $3.7-billion — or possibly higher — surplus in 2015-16.

“Stand in front of a mirror and practice saying no,” he said. “Different tones of voice, always smile, but practice saying no.”

BOMBARDIER: Less than 5 per cent of global workforce affected The layoffs represent less than five per cent of the more than 35,000 global workforce at Bombardier Aerospace, one of the company’s two main divisions.

Bombardier is also the world’s largest producer of rail equipment for transit systems.

About 1,100 of 22,200 Bombardier Aerospace employees in Canada are affected by the pending layoffs, about 80 per cent of them in Montreal.

In the United States, about 600 of 5,700 positions are affected.

These include 200 contractors whose positions ended in December and 350 positions at the Learjet plant in Wichita, Kan. Some of the 300 employees who were temporarily laid off for two weeks could now face permanent layoffs.

The positions being cut involve contractual, permanent, unionized and management positions in assembly, engineering, sales, service, after-sales and other support functions.

Bombardier said it won’t detail what jobs and locations will be affected until employees are notified. None of the cuts affects employees in Mexico or Northern Ireland.

Bourdon said some of the employees may have a chance to fill several hundred vacant positions and vowed to work with its unions to reduce the impact on staff.

“We are fully aware of the implications this downsizing will have on affected workers, their families and colleagues. We are committed to ensure that all employees will be treated with fairness and respect.”

Bombardier has a history of cutting jobs during difficult market periods and then hiring back workers when demand improves. It will also be hiring hundreds of new workers to assemble the CSeries at its facility being built in Mirabel, north of Montreal.

David Tyerman of Canaccord Genuity said the efforts could save between $85 million and $170 million a year in wages and help to mitigate the liquidity strain the company faces as it prepares to build inventories next year.

“It makes a lot of sense what they’re doing because they’re protecting the profitability of the company and the ability of the company to execute on its game plan of launching these new products,” he said in an interview.

The analyst said the layoffs also signal that Bombardier doesn’t expect a market recovery any time soon.

“I think this says that it’s going to go on for awhile.”

Walter Spracklin of RBC Capital Markets said most of the layoffs in Montreal will be coming from the CSeries program while U.S. layoffs will be focused on the Learjet program.

“The CSeries program appears to be structurally complete and there is little reason to have mechanical engineers on payroll when the delay is centred on software integration issues.

“On the Learjet division, with still no real visibility on the upturn in the light cabin business jet segment, Bombardier can scale back its sales force appropriately,” he wrote in a report, adding there was likely excess employees from the completed conversion to the Learjet 70/75.

He said the job cuts are symptomatic of Bombardier’s debt and heavy CSeries investments through at least 2016.

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, Bombardier’s shares were off eight cents, or nearly two per cent, at C$4.03 in Tuesday afternoon trading.

CORZINE: Fraud, deceit by others alleged “Mr. Corzine justifiably relied on information and advice provided to him by others.”

The lawyers said any losses were “not caused by Mr. Corzine” but could fairly be blamed on “macroeconomic, market and financial industry events ... that constrained MF Global’s access to the credit and capital markets and affected its liquidity.”

They said that if the allegations which Corzine denies are true, then Corzine was the “victim of fraud, deceit, misrepresentations, concealment, negligence, breach of contract, and/or breach of duties practiced upon him by others.”

Lawyers for Corzine did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Tuesday.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Employees work during last preparations inside the Congress Centre, the day before the opening of the 44th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday.

The overall theme of the meeting, which will take place from today through Friday, is “The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business”.

Conrad Black owes taxes on income and benefits, court says CHIEF JUSTICE SIDES WITH CANADA REVENUE AGENCY IN DISPUTE OVER BLACK’S RESIDENCY STATUS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Conrad Black owes the Canadian government taxes on $5.1 million of income and taxable benefits from 2002, according to a ruling by the Tax Court of Canada.

Chief Justice Gerald Rip sided with the Canada Revenue Agency’s argument in a dispute over Black’s residency status because he owned homes in both Canada and the United Kingdom.

“As a resident of Canada, he is subject to tax on his worldwide income, including from employment in a third state unless the (Canada-United Kingdom Income Tax) Convention determines otherwise, which it does not,” Rip wrote in his Jan. 14 ruling.

“Therefore, I determine that the Minister of National Revenue may assess tax against the applicant on the basis that he was a resident of Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act.” The case dealt with the interpretation of an international agreement that aims to avoid overtaxing between Canada and the U.K. If Black was a resident of the United Kingdom in 2002 according to the convention, as his lawyers argued, that would have meant

he didn’t have to submit his nonCanadian income from that year with his Canadian taxes.

The statement of facts filed with the court also said that Black paid Canadian taxes on $808,226 of domestic work when he was not a resident of the country, but the U.K. did not collect any tax on the disputed $5.1 million.

The ruling means the CRA can now take another look at Black’s taxes for that year and include the $5.1 million as part of his income.

That figure includes taxes on an additional $2.9 million in income earned for work done outside of Canada and $1.4 million for benefits from Black’s use of an airplane Hollinger International Inc. had access to.

It also includes tax on $90,000 worth of security for his Toronto home and $365,500 the agency claims Black recognized from the debts of Conrad Black Capital Corp.

An actual figure of what the final tax amount Black may have to pay as a result of the reassessment was not provided, as the ruling simply means the CRA is now free to recalculate.

Black renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001 so that he could become a British Lord. He became a resident of the United Kingdom in 1992, and remained a resident throughout 2002, court

papers said.

He has been living in Toronto since 2012, when he finished serving 37 months in the U.S. for convictions on fraud and obstruction of justice. An appeal court tossed out two other fraud convictions against him and two other Hollinger executives.

Black has been steadfast in declaring his innocence on all charges and in his belief that he was subjected to unfair prosecution in the United States.

Most recently, he asked the Ontario Securities Commission to stay or at least limit the scope of regulatory proceedings against him in Canada, because he says those cover many of the questions already dealt with by the court in Chicago and through a settlement reached with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

That agreement, announced in August, bars Black from acting as a director of a public company in the United States.

The OSC proceedings seek to deal with the fallout from a complicated system of non-compete payments involving Hollinger Inc. and Hollinger. Black’s motion will be heard on March 26.

Black did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday, and the CRA does not comment on tax cases due to confidentiality laws.

Saputo gains control over Australia’s oldest dairy processor THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Saputo has come out on top in a bidding war for Australia’s oldest dairy processor by gaining majority control of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, the company confirmed Tuesday.

The Montreal-based company wrote in a filing with the Australian Stock Exchange that it has secured a stake of 52.7 per cent in the dairy ahead of the Wednesday deadline for its offer.

Saputo gained control when Wilson Asset Management, which owns 1.15 per cent of Warrnambool, and other shareholders, agreed to sell their stakes, the Business Spectator website and the Australian — Broadcasting Corp reported.

S a p u t o spokeswoman Sandy Vassiadis said the company is “happy” to have secured a majority of Warrnambool’s shares.

The Canadian cheese giant has been eyeing Australia for a decade as it sought ways to extend its reach into the Asia-Pacific area and capitalize on growing global demand for dairy solids.

The demand for milk powder used in baby formula, for example, has grown by 25 per cent annually since 2010.

The deadline for its offer has now been extended by 14 days to give more Warrnambool shareholders time to accept Saputo’s offer, which could raise the price to as high as AU$9.60 from AU$9.20, if enough shareholders tender their shares.

Saputo’s (TSX:SAP) offer of AU$9 per Warrnambool share rose to AU$9.20 after securing more than half of its stock. The bid rises to AU$9.40 per share if it gets 75 per cent of Warrnambool and AU$9.60 if it gets 90 per cent.

Saputo will pay between AU$503.7 million (C$486.3 million) and AU$537.3 million (C$518.8 million), depending on the result.

Warrnambool’s shares closed Tuesday at AU$9.31 on the Australian Securities Exchange, suggesting investors expect Saputo to get a solid majority of WCB shares.

is how large Saputo’s stake will be.

“The wild card in the process remains (rival bidder) Murray Goulburn,” Nattel said.

Murray Goulburn, the co-operative that runs Australia’s largest dairy processor, controls 17.7 per cent of Warrnambool and has bid US$9.50 contingent on winning competition tribunal support.

“Given the uncertainty of approval by the Australian Competition Tribunal, we would expect Murray Goulburn to tender to Saputo while simultaneously expressing its disappointment and pointing to the windfall profit it will realize on its stake,” Nattel said.

The competition tribunal said Monday that it would proceed with its inquiry into MurANALYST IRENE NATTEL OF RBC CAPITAL MARKETS ray Goulburn’s bid, set to begin Feb. 10, even if Saputo secured more than Montreal-based Saputo has half of Warrnambool. been creeping towards the finKirin Holdings also owns ish line after one-time rival Bega about 10 per cent of WarrnamCheese, Australia’s fifth-largest bool through its Lion unit in Ausdairy processor, last week agreed tralia. to tender its 18.8 per cent stake in Warrnambool is seen as a pothe dairy. tential toe hold in the Asia-Pacific The last official count put Sapu- region for Canada’s largest cheese to at 47.85 per cent. and dairy company, which also Analyst Irene Nattel of RBC has a major presence in the UnitCapital Markets said Saputo’s ed States and operations in South takeover of WCB now is “virtually America. assured” and positive for the CaAustralia is the world’s thirdnadian cheese producer. largest exporter of milk products “The proposed acquisition is after the European Union and highly strategic and would provide New Zealand, with about 10 per SAP with an important platform cent of the global market share. to capitalize on global growth in On the Toronto Stock Exemerging markets,” she wrote in change, Saputo’s shares closed a report. down one cent to C$52.54 in One of the remaining questions Tuesday trading.

‘THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION IS HIGHLY STRATEGIC AND WOULD PROVIDE SAP WITH AN IMPORTANT PLATFORM TO CAPITALIZE ON GLOBAL GROWTH IN EMERGING MARKETS.’

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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Tuesday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 103.03 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.31 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.68 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.88 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.95 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.35 Cdn. National Railway . . 58.88

Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 163.53 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.23 Capital Power Corp . . . . 22.41 Cervus Equipment Corp 23.90 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 45.93 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.71 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 27.45 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.36

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to US$1.25 per diluted shares.

Agrium said its updated guidance was 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.

The metals and mining sector took back 0.59 per cent, with March copper ahead a penny at US$3.35 a pound. The February crude oil contract moved up 62 cents to US$94.99 a barrel.

In economic news, Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales increased 1.0 per cent in November to $50.5 billion, the sixth advance in seven months. It says the November rise brings sales to their highest level since December 2011.

The increase in November largely reflected gains in the transportation equipment and machinery industries.

Sales rose in 11 of 21 industries, representing about 58 per cent of manufacturing.

Markets had been uneasy on Monday with data suggesting that China’s fourth-quarter growth declined slightly, but confidence rebounded after the Chinese central bank promised to inject extra liquidity into its financial system.

The move comes ahead of the Lunar New Year’s holiday, when credit often is tight.

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market took a step back Tuesday as both the materials and the metals and mining sectors saw significant declines and gold prices took a break from their recent rise.

The S&P/TSX composite index dropped 38.53 points to 13,951.77.

The Canadian dollar dipped 0.18 of a cent to 91.14 cents US, a day before the Bank of Canada makes its latest announcement on interest rates.

Wall Street was mixed as markets reopened following the Martin Luther King long weekend. The Dow Jones industrials took back early gains and fell 44.12 points to 16,414.44.

The Nasdaq jumped 28.18 points to 4,225.76 and the S&P 500 saw an uptick of 5.1 points to 1,843.80.

On the TSX, the gold sector was 0.01 per cent higher, even as February bullion fell $10.10 to US$1,241.80 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) lost 47 cents, or 2.18 per cent to C$21.09.

On Monday, the S&P/TSX composite index was a sliver away from closing above 14,000 — a level not seen since early April 2011. It ended the day 102.08 points higher at 13,990.29.

In corporate news, shares in Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B) fell after the company announced that it plans to lay off 1,700 workers from its aerospace division, mostly around Montreal.

The cuts represent six per cent of the Bombardier Aerospace workforce.

Its shares fell 16 cents, or 3.889 per cent, to $3.95.

Elsewhere on the TSX, the health-care sector took the largest losses, dropping by 1.52 per cent.

The materials sector was down 0.88 per cent as shares in Agrium (TSX:AGU) declined $1.34, or 1.28 per cent, to $103.03. The fertilizer producer issued new guidance for its fourth-quarter earnings on Monday, saying that it expects them to be at the “bottom” of previous estimates.

It had said earlier it expected earnings to be between 80 cents US

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Tuesday Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,951.77, down 38.52 points TSX Venture Exchange — 979.96, up 0.19 of a point TSX 60 — 802.16, down 2.99 points Dow — 16,414.44, down 44.12 points S&P 500 — 1,843.80, up 5.10 points Nasdaq — 4,225.76, up 28.18 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.14 cents US, down 0.18 of a cent

General Motors Co. . . . . 38.34 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.99 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.10 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 48.74 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 69.03 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.40 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.35 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 48.47 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 97.43 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.45 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.35 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.93 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 16.20 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.96 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.04 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 60.37 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.84

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Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 28.45 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 95.10 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 56.73 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.83 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 52.41

Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.35 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 63.33 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 72.71 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.74 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.19 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 37.78 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.35 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.43 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 56.56 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 69.40 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.90 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 89.03 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.58 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 72.98 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 38.41 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.91

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TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 979.96, up 0.19 of a point. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 407.35 million shares.

INDEX: Agriculture, Finance HL:ICE Futures Canada Tuesday: Canola futures prices lower, barley unchanged THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $4.40 lower $431.10; May ’14 $4.20 lower $440.50; July ’14 $4.40 lower $449.00; Nov. ’14 $4.00 lower $463.30; Jan ’15 $4.30 lower $468.80; March ’15 $4.00 lower $474.50; May ’15 $3.60 lower $476.60; July ’15 $4.80 lower $478.30; Nov ’15 $4.80 lower $474.50; Jan. ’16 $4.80 lower $474.50; March ’16 $4.80 lower $474.50.

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.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 198,460 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 198,460.

BUT INFLATION STILL A WORRY OTTAWA — Economists aren’t expecting the Bank of Canada to make any sudden moves on interest rates today or change its neutral stance about future changes, but they’ll be listening closely to what the central bank has to say about weak inflation, which remains below the current trendsetting interest rate of one per cent.

But it may take a doctorate in English to parse the hidden meanings in what’s expected to be a very carefully worded text, said Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist of CIBC World Markets.

“They will talk about the fact that inflation has been — and that will be the key word — persistently low,” he said.

“They might suggest that it’s because of little competition or some capacity in the market, but they themselves really not sure to what extent this is a sustainable situation or to what extent it’s just noise.

“And therefore I think that the Bank of Canada will be very, very careful with the language they use about inflation.”

Canada’s inflation rate rose in November to 0.9 per cent, but it was the seventh month in the past 13 where the official headline inflation reading came in below the bank’s desired broad range of between one and three per cent. And it’s been consistently below the ideal target of two per cent, adding further justification to the Bank of Canada’s reluctance to raise interest rates.

Statistics Canada has noted there have been only modest increases on the major goods that Canadians regularly depend on — such as food, energy and shelter.

As for the interest rate announcement, Tal said he’s expecting “absolutely nothing” new.

“I don’t think the Bank of Canada is not going to really try to rock the boat here,” he said.

“I think the Bank of Canada is going to be as conservative as possible.

“They made it very clear that they don’t see interest rates rising any time soon.”

The central bank signalled that last October, when governor Stephen Poloz unexpectedly dropped a tightening bias that had been in place for 18

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months, sending the Canadian dollar down.

The loonie now stands at 91.15 cents U.S. But the central bank isn’t losing any sleep over the fact that the dollar is losing ground, Tal said. In fact, it’s a positive for the economy as far as it’s concerned.

“Between the lines you will read a more dovish bank than we have seen a few months ago or under (former governor Mark) Carney, and that’s really the message that the market will be getting,” he said.

The million-dollar question is whether the bank “tweaks” its language to reflect where its concerns lie, said Derek Burleton, deputy chief economist at TD Bank.

Governor Stephen Poloz said recently that he’s very concerned about disinflation in the economy, which is part of the reason why the dollar keeps losing ground, Burleton said.

The bank could stress that it may need to cut interest rates unless inflation rebounds, but it’s unlikely they’d go that far given the concerns about household debt, Burleton said.

“My sense is that there’s not going to be much of a noteable change in the statement,” Burleton said.

“It’s going to be very much a status quo and you know, maybe at the margin, a bit more visible concern about disinflation, which ... may lead to some further weakening in the Canadian dollar.”

And it could be a stormy week, with Statistics Canada releasing its December inflation figures on Friday.

There’s good reason to believe that they will rebound, said Burleton, as a low dollar tends to drive up the price of imports.

Benoit Durocher, senior economist at Desjardins Group, said he expects Friday’s report will show that inflation is headed towards the bank’s target.

“The inflation right now is very low and it will stay very low in the coming months,” he said.

“So the Bank of Canada should be worried about that,” he added. “But since we believe that the inflation rate will return within the target very soon, the Bank of Canada should be OK with that and I don’t think that they will mention or tell that they are worried about that situation, which could be interpreted as an intention to lower the interest rate in Canada.”

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — A former Halliburton manager was sentenced Tuesday to one year of probation for destroying evidence in the aftermath of BP’s massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Anthony Badalamenti, of Katy, Texas, had faced a maximum of one year in prison at his sentencing by U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey. Badalamenti pleaded guilty in October to one misdemeanour count of destruction of evidence.

The 62-year-old also has to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $1,000 fine.

Badalamenti was the cementing technology director for Halliburton Energy Services Inc., BP’s cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. Prosecutors said he instructed two Halliburton employees to delete data during a post-spill review of the cement job on BP’s blown-out Macondo well.

The judge said that the sentence of probation is “very reasonable in this case.”

“I still feel that you’re a very honourable man,” he told Badalamenti. “I have no doubt that you’ve learned from this mistake.”

Badalamenti apologized to his family and friends for causing them “undue stress.

“I am truly sorry for what I did,” he said.

Halliburton cut its own deal with the Justice Department and pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanour charge related to Badalamenti’s conduct. The company agreed to pay a $200,000 fine and make a $55 million contribution to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, but the latter payment wasn’t a condition of the deal.

Tai Park, one of Badalamenti’s lawyers, said in October that guide-

lines calculated by prosecutors call for Badalamenti to receive a sentence ranging from probation to six months in prison. Zainey, however, isn’t bound by the sentencing guidelines.

Four current or former BP employees also have been charged in federal court with spill-related crimes.

On Dec. 18, a jury convicted former BP drilling engineer Kurt Mix of trying to obstruct a federal probe of the spill. Prosecutors said Mix was trying to destroy evidence when he deleted a string of text messages to and from a BP supervisor.

Mix faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. His sentencing is set for March 26.

BP well site leaders Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges stemming from the deaths of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon.

Prosecutors claim Kaluza and Vidrine botched a key safety test and disregarded abnormally high pressure readings that were glaring signs of trouble before the April 2010 blowout of BP’s Macondo well triggered a deadly explosion.

Former BP executive David Rainey was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was gushing from BP’s well before the company sealed it.

Prosecutors said Badalamenti instructed two Halliburton employees to delete data from separate runs of computer simulations on centralizers, which are used to keep the casing centred in the wellbore.

The data could have supported BP’s decision to use six centralizers instead of 21 on the Macondo project, but prosecutors said the number of centralizers had little effect on the outcome of the simulations.

Halliburton notified the Justice Department about the deletion of the data, which couldn’t be recovered.

Consumers in U.S., other rich countries step up spending

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Hopes are rising that consumers will drive stronger growth in 2014 after they stepped up spending at the end of last year in the United States and Europe.

The outlook for spending is brightening even though growth is weakening in some large emerging economies and slowing the sales of consumer product giants such as Unilever and Procter & Gamble.

Several trends are boosting consumer spending in developed countries: Inflation is low, enabling shoppers to stretch their dollars, euros and yen.

The Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and other central banks are keeping interest rates super-low. Those low rates have made it easier for borrowers to afford higher-cost items such as cars and appliances.

Global retail sales growth jumped to a 5.4 per cent annual pace in the three months through November, according to economists at JPMorgan Chase. And global auto sales reached an all-time high in December, the bank said.

“It was a year of big improvement in consumer spending after two years of very weak growth,” said David Hensley, a global economist at JPMorgan Chase. “Businesses were pleasantly surprised by the increase in consumption.”

Even in Europe, where growth remains slow after the region emerged from its longest-ever recession last year, consumers appear willing to spend more. Retail sales spiked 1.4 per cent in November, the biggest increase in 12 years.

In the United States, Morgan Stanley economists forecast that consumer spending rose in the final three months of the year at its fastest pace in three years.

Consumer spending in Japan could jump by as much as 7 per cent in the

first quarter of 2014, JPMorgan calculates. Much of that gain might reflect greater spending ahead of an April increase in a national sales tax, from 5 per cent to 8 per cent. Sales will likely fall back after that, making it harder to determine broader trends.

With more consumers willing to open their wallets, businesses will also likely start spending more on machinery, computers and other equipment, Hensley said, providing an additional spark to growth.

The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that it expects world growth to reach 3.7 per cent this year, up from 3 per cent last year. That’s little changed from its October forecast.

The good news in developed countries is partially offset by slower growth in many large emerging economies. Brazil, India and Turkey have been raising interest rates to battle high inflation. Both high rates and rising prices are weighing on consumer spending in those countries.

For big global consumer product companies such as Unilever, growth in the U.S. and Europe hasn’t been improving strongly enough to offset slowdowns elsewhere. The company, which makes Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Dove soap, and Lipton tea, said sales fell 3 per cent last year to 49.8 billion euros ($67.5 billion). Profit rose 9 per cent.

“The growth that you see in the United States and some people get excited about is not enough to make a difference” to Unilever, Chief Executive Paul Polman told analysts.

Ali Dibadj, an analyst at Bernstein Global Wealth Management, said Unilever’s results reflect a broader slowdown in growth for consumer products that will likely continue in 2014.

Consumer-product companies have invested heavily in emerging markets as growth in developed markets slowed. But this year, growth will likely pick up in developed markets and slow in emerging countries.

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Canucks hold off Oilers CANUCKS WIN WITHOUT HENRIK SEDIN, COACH

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Vancouver Canucks’ Chris Higgins (20) checks Edmonton Oilers’ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) during first-period NHL hockey action in Edmonton, on Tuesday.

Vancouver 2 Edmonton 1 EDMONTON — The Vancouver Canucks didn’t need Henrik Sedin or their head coach to hold on for a win over Edmonton on Tuesday.

Zack Kassian’s second-period goal stood up as the game winner as the Canucks won their second in a row, defeating the struggling Edmonton Oilers 2-1.

Rookie Kellan Lain also scored for the Canucks (26-16-9), who have won just three of their last 11 games. Goalie Roberto Luongo made 28 saves for the win.

The Canucks were without leading scoring Sedin, who missed his first game in close to a decade with an injury, and head coach John Tortorella, who started his 15-day suspension for an altercation during a game against the Calgary Flames on Saturday.

“I think we all have to step up,” Luongo said.

“It’s not just one person, that’s what good teams do. When there’s guys out of the lineup other guys have to step up and those coming into the lineup have to play well.

“Good teams find a way to do that and (Tuesday) we played a great game.”

Canucks assistant coach Mike Sullivan said his team’s good start proved essential when the Oilers started to battle back in

the third.

“I thought we played hard, I thought we played smart, the first two periods I thought we played real well,” he said. “We were playing with fire there in the second, they have a lot of skill and their power play was really good.

I thought once we killed that off to get out of the second period, the key for us was to make sure we didn’t give them another opportunity.”

Jordan Eberle replied for the Oilers (15-31-6), who have lost five in a row and 10 of their last 12.

It was also Edmonton’s fourth losing streak that has gone five games or more this season.

“We could have had two or three goals on the power play, but Luongo made some really good saves,” Eberle said.

“I thought we played a pretty good game, we just couldn’t find a way to score. I think for sure the saves he made on our power plays made the difference.”

Oilers captain Andrew Ference said some progress was made, but it may have been a case of too little, too late.

“We showed some great fight at the end and good pressure and some good chances,” he said.

“The penalty kill was excellent tonight. It was good, but there was still that extra little bit that everybody feels was left on the table a little bit at certain points in the game.”

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Montreal Alouettes’ Calvillo retires REWROTE CFL QUARTERBACK RECORD BOOK OVER 20 YEARS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Anthony Calvillo isn’t sure where he’ll be when the Montreal Alouettes open training camp in June.

He just knows that for the first time since ’98 he won’t be on the field in his teal-coloured No. 13 practice jersey throwing balls to S.J. Green, Jamel Richardson and the other receivers.

The 41-year-old who rewrote the CFL record book for quarterbacks announced his retirement Tuesday following an illustrious 20-year career.

It’s an end Calvillo knew was coming when he missed the final 10 games of the regular season with a concussion.

“My mind was pretty much made up at the end of the season that I wanted to retire,” said Calvillo. “I went on holidays to think about it but I was 99 per cent sure.

“In my mind I’ve moved on. The process of being hurt helped me go through the transition. So when June comes around, I don’t know where I’ll be.”

Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith, who got a crash course on Canadian football after signing with Montreal in August, is pegged as the new starter.

That’s a position Calvillo held since 2000 after signing with the Alouettes as Tracy Ham’s understudy two years earlier.

Calvillo leaves as pro football’s most prolific passer (79,816 yards) and the CFL’s all-time leader in completions (5,892), attempts (9,437) and TD strikes (455). A spot in the Canadian Football

Hall of Fame surely awaits.

The five-time CFL all-star also holds records for completions in one game (44), most 300-yard contests (125) and 4,000-yard seasons (11).

Calvillo also holds most Grey Cup game records, including passing yards (2,470).

Calvillo led Montreal to eight Grey Cup appearances, winning in 2002, 2009 and 2010.

Owner Robert Wetenhall called Calvillo a “good and decent man” who was “arguably one of the great players in the history of professional football.”

In a statement, CFL commissioner Mark Cohon called Calvillo “more than one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game. He is one of the most remarkable people to ever grace our league.”

The Los Angeles native who has made Montreal his home won’t be going far.

Calvillo has a spot waiting for him on the Alouettes coaching staff, but he plans to take the summer off before looking at coaching in 2015.

For now, he is working on two online courses to get the final credits he needs to complete the degree he started at Utah State University before he turned pro.

He will also do a 180-hour internship in the Alouettes scouting department and front office for credit.

He wants to finish his BA in general studies by April and bring his wife and two young daughters to Logan, Utah, for the graduation ceremony.

Leaving due to injury was not how Calvillo expected to end his career but he found he wasn’t enjoying the game

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Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo wipes his eye as he announces his retirement at a news conference, Tuesday, in Montreal. or playing up to his own standards in his final season.

Calvillo didn’t play after suffering the second major concussion of his career on what looked like a routine hit by Saskatchewan’s Ricky Foley in a 24-21 loss on Aug. 17 in Regina.

“The thing that stood out to me is that my tolerance to take a hit had gone down and the hit that caused it

wasn’t a hard hit,” said Calvillo, now symptom-free. “ That concerned me.

“At the end of the day, I just didn’t want to put my head at risk any more.”

Now, the Alouettes will see what life is like without the player who has long been the face of their franchise.

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RDC presses Pirates person for positive impact It was about a year ago that RDC when Bernie was available, prior to athletic director Keith Hansen got an spring training, and we kind of bribed opportunity to attend the Pittsburgh him by talking him into coming up and Pirates’ Think Tank 2.0 in Florida. combining the sessions with a skiing The idea was to bring inholiday,” said Hansen, who dividuals from the Pirates’ knew Holliday for several organization together with years. Holliday got his PHD individuals from sports, at Idaho where Hansen got business and even the miliis masters. tary to share ideas that can Holliday, who worked have a positive impact on with the United States militeams and organizations. tary for several years prior After returning home to joining the Pirates, was Hansen wanted to find a in town during the weekway to share some of those end. ideas with RDC coaches, He talked with represenathletes and even the factatives from Alberta Volleyulty. ball Association on SaturDANNY He contacted Bernie Holday, then spent time Sunday RODE liday, the director of mental talking with RDC coaches conditioning with the Piand student athletes. On rates about coming to RDC, Monday he talked with RDC to discuss some of his phifaculty. losophies.

It couldn’t have been better, said “It was the one time during the year Hansen.

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Holliday’s talk Sunday was The Science of Kicking Ass, lessons from the battlefield to the ball field.

“His discussion surrounded gaining an edge. How to gain a mental edge and winning mentally as well as how to get it back after losing that edge,” explained Hansen. “And every one of the students and coaches I talked to loved it.

“Part of the idea of having it at this time of the year was that it’s the time when all the hard work is setting in.

It’s near the end of the regular season and the playoffs are just around the corner,” added Hansen.

“It’s time for the teams and players to reaffirm their goals. We have the possibility of having several championship teams and if we can add a few tools to help them it’s a huge benefit.”

Holliday spent two 90 minute sessions with the RDC faculty on Monday and the results were once again extremely positive.

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“Everyone I talked to loved it and were pumped,” said Hansen.

Holliday called his Monday sessions Embracing the Suck, which he said was an army term about when things get tough you battle through them and learn to grow.

“He said there are there things that can happen when it gets tough,” said Hansen.

“One, you can avoid it. Two, tolerate it or three, embrace it and take the opportunity to learn and grow.

“Failure is a good chance to learn.

It’s no different if you’re a student or a faculty member,” added Hansen. “It was a great time for us to remember what is important and not just for athletics.”

In the end close to 100 coaches from the Alberta Volleyball Association, 140 student athletes and coaches and up to 100 faculty attended the sessions.

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Genie Army is Aussies beaten devoted to Eugenie Bouchard Azarenka in quarterfinals AUSTRALIAN OPEN

BY ANDY BLATCHFORD THE CANADIAN PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Eugenie Bouchard smiles during a training session at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday.

Bouchard faces Li Na of China in the women’s singles semifinal Thursday. nis player. It’s really, really good fun to watch.”

Their movement has had nothing to do with patriotism, either.

When asked whether any of them had a connection to Canada, he replied: “None of us.”

Wright said they caught Bouchard’s attention during her first-round match, which was held on a more-intimate court that brings fans closer to the players.

Six of them showed up for the event and were lucky enough to have their photos taken with Bouchard, get her autograph, and exchange a few words with their favourite player after the victory.

The Genie Army nation was thrilled, Wright added, when Bouchard later told an interviewer she hoped they would show up for her next match.

They haven’t missed one since — and their ranks have doubled to about 12.

Wright said it has been a bit of a give-and-take relationship, with Bouchard thanking her believers in interviews and by making gestures, such as posting a couple of photos of them on her Twitter feed.

The connection likely hit its on-

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RDC: Beneficial “It was certainly beneficial and nice for everyone to get a different perspective,” said Hansen. ● RDC teams can put some of the ideas they heard into practice this weekend as the volleyball and basketball teams and the hockey Kings are in action. ● The basketball squads host Briercrest Bible College in a doubleheader. The women tip off Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. with the men to follow.

The Queens, 5-9, need to sweep the twin bill to keep their playoff chances alive.

The Kings, who moved up to fifth in the CCAA rankings, have a 13-1 record. BBC are 2-12 on the women’s side and 8-6 in the men’s division. ● The volleyball teams visit BBC Friday and Saturday.

Both RDC teams are undefeated with the 12-0 Kings No. 1 and the 14-0 Queens 4th in Canada.

Briercrest won’t be easy at home with the women sitting at 11-3 and the men, who host the national finals, at 7-5. ● The hockey Kings, 15-6-1-0, face Concordia University College Thunder, 7-10-1-1, Friday in Edmonton and Saturday at 7:15 p.m. at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

Saturday is Minor Hockey Night with teams asked to wear their jerseys, Admission is free for all players. ● Kings basketball fifth-year guard Jacob Cusumano and hockey Queens fourth-year centre Rachael Hoppins shared the Boston Pizza RDC athlete of the week awards.

Cusumano had 14 points and four rebounds in a win over Concordia and added 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists in a win on the road over Grant MacEwan.

Cusumano has a 46.3 percent average from the three-point line, which is 10th in the nation.

As team captain Hoppins provided leadership for the Queens against Grant MacEwan, plus chipped in with two goals and two assists in a two-game sweep of the Griffins.

Hockey Kings forward Clay Petrie, volleyball Kings setter Sam Brisbane and volleyball Queens right side, Karissa Kuhr, were also in the running. ● The hockey Queens were named the Breathing Room team of the week. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

“This organization has always put the right people in place, so I feel confident,” Calvillo said.

“To see what Troy Smith did in half a season, not knowing anything about this league, was very impressive.”

Jim Popp, who has been general manager since the team returned to Montreal in 1996, said the Alouettes got a taste

of what life without Calvillo will be like during his injury.

“Our locker room had to learn to function without Anthony,” he said. “There was a real growing process for our veterans and our new players that were looking up to Anthony.

“This is real, and we’ve got to take a step forward and depend on other people.”

Popp stepped in as head coach when Dan Hawkins was fired only five games into his first CFL season and is expected to remain in his dual role. But the team put out a release last week saying it’s still looking at head coaching candidates.

Popp said Calvillo will likely begin as a quarterbacks or receivers coach in 2015. But Popp sees Calvillo being an offensive co-ordinator and head coach in the future.

Calvillo was very emotional as he addressed the media and a large group of past and present Alouettes at his farewell news conference. Popp sobbed even more as he went over what the steady, six-footone quarterback meant to the organization.

Calvillo was just 21 when he made his CFL debut with the Las Vegas Posse in 1994.

He went to Hamilton the next season after the Posse folded but following three struggling campaigns with the Tiger-Cats, Calvillo joined the Alouettes in 1998.

He was considering an offer from the Saskatchewan Roughriders but opted to sign with Montreal for the chance to learn from Ham. “The reason I did not sign with Saskatchewan is that I knew if I had another bad year that my career was over and I couldn’t risk that,” he said. “I wanted to take a step back and learn from an experienced quarterback.”

Injuries that forced Ham’s retirement put Calvillo into the starting lineup earlier than expected and he excelled from the outset.

The winning seasons piled up, but it wasn’t always easy.

In 2007, he took the final five games of the season off to tend to his wife Alexia, who was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma only a week after giving birth to their second daughter.

Then in 2010, a cancerous lesion was found in Calvillo’s neck. Thankfully, the scare passed with successful surgery to remove his thyroid gland.

Calvillo also endured criticism for not playing well in championship games.

The Alouettes’ win in 2002 under coach Don Matthews was largely due to the club’s defence but the repeat championships in 2009-’10 under Marc Trestman offered redemption.

“I never gave up on myself,” said Calvillo.

NHL: Lain gets first goal Vancouver got on the board just over five minutes into the game as Oilers starter Ben Scrivens allowed a big rebound on a long shot from Dale Weise. Lain was there to swat at the rebound that glanced off of Scrivens’ arm and in.

It was Lain’s first career NHL goal in just his second game.

“You always dream of playing in the NHL, but you also dream of scoring that first goal,” Lain said.

“When you get it, it’s a pretty special moment. I just drove to the net and the puck just popped out to me.”

Vancouver had nine first-period shots to Edmonton’s six on Luongo.

Shortly after killing off a penalty where Luongo stood tall on several good Oiler chances, the Canucks made it 2-0 eight minutes into the second period as Ryan Kesler spotted Kassian streaking towards the net and fed a pass to set up a floater of a shot that beat Scrivens up high. It was Kassian’s 10th of the season.

Edmonton coach Dallas Eakins was not thrilled with a line of questioning after the game that debated whether or not their should have been an attempt to send a message to Kassian.

He was suspended earlier this season after he high-sticked Oiler Sam Gagner in the face in a preseason game, breaking his jaw.

“I saw a talk between a guy on our team that handles that kind of stuff very well and that player, and one player wasn’t willing to engage,” he said.

Notes: It was the third of five games between the Pacific Division rivals. Vancouver won both of the previous encounters by a combined score of 10-2.

The Canucks entered the game having won eight of the previous 11 games between the two squads ... A pair of players acquired during Edmonton’s four-game road trip made their Oilers debut as the fans got their first looks at forward Matt Hendricks (traded from Nashville) and Scrivens (trade with Los Angeles). Scrivens, from the Edmonton satellite community of Spruce Grove, was playing his first-ever game in Rexall Place. ... The Oilers were missing forwards Ales Hemsky (foot) and Nail Yakupov (head) and defenceman Philip Larsen (illness). Defenceman Corey Potter returned from missing the last 11 games with a groin injury. ... Also out for the Canucks were Mike Santorelli (shoulder), Ryan Stanton (ankle), Andrew Alberts (concussion) and Jordan Schroeder (ankle).

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ly bumpy patch on Tuesday when she was asked in a post-match interview about who she would like to date, if she could choose anyone in the world.

An embarrassed Bouchard, who appeared to be taken off guard by the question, blurted out the name of Canadian pop star Justin Bieber.

In TV footage, members of the Genie Army were shown waving off her choice.

They remain committed, however, to backing Bouchard for the long haul, even if they initially didn’t expect it to last.

Wright admitted they never predicted Bouchard, the tournament’s 30th seed, would advance to the semifinal, but they’ve enjoyed the longer-than-expected ride.

Bouchard, in fact, became the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in 30 years.

“My voice doesn’t usually sound like this, I’m pretty husky from a week of just full-on yelling as loud as I can,” said Wright, who was wearing a white T-shirt with a red Maple Leaf and a Bouchard autograph.

“But yeah, we’ve just been yelling, chanting — and overall the response from the crowd’s been really good.”

MELBOURNE, Australia — Victoria Azarenka’s run as Australian Open champion ended in a yelling, screaming quarterfinal defeat to Agnieszka Radwanska on Wednesday, continuing the flow of stars tumbling out of the season’s first major.

Fifth-seeded Radwanska stopped Azarenka’s 18-match winning run at Melbourne Park and her own streak of three consecutive quarterfinal defeats at the Australian Open with a stunning display of versatile shot-making that shocked and confused the two-time champion.

The result means both defending champions were out in the quarterfinals — Novak Djokovic lost in five sets to Stan Wawrinka on Tuesday night.

Azarenka’s defeat followed the fourth-round exits of top-ranked Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova and leaves 2011 French Open champion Li Na as the only major winner remaining in the women’s draw.

Radwanska next plays No. 20 Dominika Cibulkova, who won the last eight games in a one-hour, 6-3, 6-0 quarterfinal rout of No. 11-seeded Simona Halep.

Li, a two-time finalist in Australia, will play 19-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in the other semifinal.

Radwanska played drop shots and slices from the baseline, forcing Azarenka to come forward and then lobbing or passing her. She hit touch volleys with calm precision, and instinctively anticipated Azarenka’s shots.

She didn’t fall into big-swinging rallies against the second-seeded Azarenka, either, continually mixing it up and saving the power for when she needed it.

“She was aggressive. She was making everything.

She was guessing right,” Azarenka said. “I was just playing a little bit too predictably.

“In the second set I managed to fight back. Third set, the first game was important. I let it go, like easily let it go. From there just couldn’t get back to it.”

Radwanska was also safe on her own serve, dropping just two games in the two-hour match while breaking Azarenka six times. She hadn’t beaten Azarenka in their last seven matches, and had only won three of their previous 13.

“I said to myself one day I have to have one step forward and do the semifinal, and I’m so, so happy that I did it finally,” Radwanska said of her first run to the semis of a major on hard courts. She reached the final at Wimbledon in 2012, becoming the first player from Poland to reach a major final in the Open Era, and the semifinals last year.

“I really had nothing to lose. She was defending the title, not me. I was really trying to play my best tennis, go for every shot I could,” Radwanska said.

Azarenka went down in a flurry of unforced errors, making 47 in three sets as she tried to push Radwanska around.

She seemed to have momentum at the end of the second set, when she levelled after breaking in the last game.

But she didn’t carry it through, pushing a forehand fractionally too wide on the first point and unsuccessfully challenging the out call.

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MONTREAL — They’ve composed chants just for Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard, roared for her until they went hoarse, and toasted her wins by fudging their way through “O Canada.”

Meet the “Genie Army” — a dozen boisterous Aussies who, despite boasting zero connection to Canada, have become Bouchard’s unofficial cheerleaders at the Australian Open.

Members of the weeks-old squad have jumped, danced and serenaded their way into an unmistakable grandstand presence during the Montreal teen’s impressive run at the event, where she has earned a semifinal spot Thursday.

The devotees, mostly men in their 20s, have also fashioned redand-white T-shirts that spell out Bouchard’s name, flapped banners for her during matches, and lobbed plush animals — each of them native to Australia — to her on the court following each of her victories.

Though they have had little face-to-face interaction with Bouchard, they have certainly commanded her attention in Melbourne.

“The crowd here has been amazing, especially the Genie Army,” Bouchard, 19, said Tuesday during an on-court interview after beating Ana Ivanovic.

She then pointed up to her noisy, personal cheering section.

“I’ve had so much fun. Thank you guys.”

The inspiration behind a brigade dedicated to Bouchard came after a bunch of Australian buddies watched her upset Ivanovic last year at Wimbledon, said one of the Army members.

In December, as the Australian Open approached, Jacob Wright said the crew decided to become her own booster club, so they started making shirts and penning Bouchard chants.

The Genie Army was born.

“She’s just a great tennis player,” Wright, 20, told The Canadian Press in a Skype interview from Melbourne.

“Obviously, she’s a good-looking girl as well, and we’re young guys, but she is a really good ten-

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NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP 49 50 49 52 50 49 50 48

Boston Tampa Bay Montreal Toronto Ottawa Detroit Florida Buffalo

W 31 29 27 27 22 21 20 13

L 15 16 17 20 19 18 23 28

ficials) 19:04.

OT Pts GF GA 3 65 141 109 5 63 146 123 5 59 126 120 5 59 150 156 9 53 141 155 10 52 122 134 7 47 120 151 7 33 89 137

Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers Philadelphia Columbus New Jersey Washington Carolina N.Y. Islanders

GP 49 52 50 49 51 50 48 52

W 34 27 25 25 21 22 20 21

L 13 22 19 20 19 20 19 24

OT Pts GF GA 2 70 157 120 3 57 131 133 6 56 137 144 4 54 143 138 11 53 122 124 8 52 142 152 9 49 117 137 7 49 147 169

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago St. Louis Colorado Minnesota Dallas Nashville Winnipeg

GP 51 49 49 52 50 51 51

W 32 33 31 27 22 22 23

L 8 11 13 20 20 22 23

OT Pts GF GA 11 75 184 139 5 71 171 115 5 67 144 127 5 59 125 129 8 52 141 152 7 51 125 152 5 51 144 152

Pacific Division Anaheim San Jose Los Angeles Vancouver Phoenix Calgary Edmonton

GP 52 50 51 51 49 50 52

W 37 32 29 26 23 16 15

L 10 12 16 16 17 27 31

OT Pts GF GA 5 79 177 129 6 70 161 123 6 64 131 108 9 61 129 128 9 55 141 149 7 39 111 159 6 36 132 183

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Carolina at Philadelphia, ppd., snow Today’s Games Carolina at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Carolina at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at San Jose, 18:30 p.m.

NHL Scoring Leaders G A Sidney Crosby, Pgh 25 43 John Tavares, NYI 23 36 Ryan Getzlaf, Ana 25 33 Patrick Kane, Chi 23 33 Corey Perry, Ana 27 28 Joe Thornton, SJ 6 47 Joe Pavelski, SJ 27 23 Martin St. Louis, TB 25 25 Patrick Sharp, Chi 25 25 Phil Kessel, Tor 24 26 Alex Ovechkin, Wash 35 14 Chris Kunitz, Pgh 24 25 Kyle Okposo, NYI 20 29 Nicklas Backstrom, Wash 11 38 Jonathan Toews, Chi 17 31 Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 12 36 Patrick Marleau, SJ 21 26 Taylor Hall, Edm 18 28 Erik Karlsson, Ott 11 35

Pts 68 59 58 56 55 53 50 50 50 50 49 49 49 49 48 48 47 46 46

SUMMARIES TUESDAY Canucks 2, Oilers 1 First Period 1. Vancouver, Lain 1 (Weise, Sestito) 5:14.

Penalties — Bieksa Vcr (fighting) 13:57, Jones Edm (fighting) 13:57, Dalpe Vcr (holding) 17:08.

Second Period 2. Vancouver, Kassian 10 (Kesler, Sedin) 7:59.

Penalties — Smyth Edm (interference) 0:32, Hansen Vcr (high-sticking) 5:35, Higgins Vcr (elbowing) 8:50, Schultz Edm (cross-checking) 11:47, Bieksa Vcr (high-sticking) 14:13.

Third Period 3. Edmonton, Eberle 17 (Hall, Gagner) 15:00.

Penalties — Hall Edm (tripping) 8:34, Eberle Edm (high-sticking) 12:42.

Shots on goal by Vancouver 9 13 5 — 27 Edmonton 6 11 12 — 29 Goal — Vancouver: Luongo (W, 18-10-6); Edmonton: Scrivens (L, 7-7-4).

Power plays (goal-chances)Vancouver: 0-4; Edmonton: 0-4.

Referees — Tom Kowal, Brad Meier.

Attendance — 16,839 at Edmonton.

Stars 4, Wild 0 First Period 1. Dallas, Fiddler 3 (Goligoski, Roussel) 13:18.

2. Dallas, Cole 14 (Goligoski, Benn) 16:45 (pp).

Penalties — Fiddler Dal (roughing) 6:37, Veilleux Minn (roughing) 6:37, Mitchell Minn (high-sticking) 10:54, Fontaine Minn (delay of game) 15:53, Niederreiter Minn (interference) 19:36.

Second Period 3. Dallas, Whitney 6 (Gonchar, Eakin) 13:18 (pp).

Penalties — Roussel Dal (roughing) 8:07, Fontaine Minn (high-sticking) 11:20, Granlund Minn (high-sticking) 15:48, Minn Bench (Abuse of of-

Third Period 4. Dallas, Benn 2 (unassisted) 11:22 (evenpenalty-shot).

Penalties — Benn Dal (roughing) 9:11, Fiddler Dal (fighting) 14:01, Stoner Minn (fighting) 14:01, Fiddler Dal (roughing) 14:01, Stoner Minn (roughing) 14:01, Mitchell Minn (hooking) 14:54, Gonchar Dal (slashing) 19:06.

Minnesota 3 6 9 — 18 Dallas 12 16 8 — 36 Goal — Minnesota: Kuemper (L, 4-3-0); Dallas: Lehtonen (W, 18-14-8).

Power plays (goal-chances)Minnesota: 0-3; Dallas: 2-7.

Blue Jackets 5, Kings 3 First Period 1. Los Angeles, King 11 (Lewis) 2:42.

2. Columbus, Umberger 12 (Wisniewski, Johnson) 12:47 (pp).

3. Columbus, Johansen 19 (Murray, Wisniewski) 19:02.

Penalties — Calvert Clb (cross-checking) 0:11, Johansen Clb (cross-checking) 3:55, Muzzin LA (tripping) 12:32, Anisimov Clb (delay of game) 14:27.

Second Period 4. Los Angeles, Carter 20 (Richards) 8:39.

5. Columbus, Umberger 13 (unassisted) 18:15.

6. Columbus, Horton 3 (Anisimov, Jenner) 19:44.

Penalties — Mitchell LA (interference) 3:47.

Third Period 7. Columbus, Anisimov 13 (Foligno) 15:19.

8. Los Angeles, Regehr 1 (Williams, Richards) 16:50.

Penalties — Doughty LA (cross-checking) 0:22.

Los Angeles 11 8 10 — 29 Columbus 12 12 10 — 34 Goal — Los Angeles: Jones (L, 8-4-0); Columbus: Bobrovsky (W, 16-11-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Los Angeles: 0-3; Columbus: 1-3.

Devils 7, Blues 1 First Period 1. New Jersey, Fayne 2 (Brunner, Elias) 2:27.

2. New Jersey, Carter 4 (Gionta, Gelinas) 2:51.

3. St. Louis, Steen 25 (Schwartz, Backes) 8:47.

4. New Jersey, Jagr 16 (Boucher, Zajac) 10:27.

Penalties — Sobotka StL (tripping) 15:28, Steen StL (cross-checking) 19:21.

Second Period 5. New Jersey, Clowe 3 (Zidlicky, Brunner) 1:03 (pp).

6. New Jersey, Henrique 13 (Gelinas, Zidlicky) 15:42 (pp).

Penalties — Volchenkov NJ (interference) 4:59, Jackman StL (roughing) 14:55, Steen StL (slashing) 19:57.

Third Period 7. New Jersey, Brunner 9 (Elias, Zajac) 1:18 (pp).

8. New Jersey, Gelinas 6 (Volchenkov) 12:04.

Penalties — Gionta NJ (tripping) 3:40, Zajac NJ (hooking) 7:30.

St. Louis 6 7 14 — 27 New Jersey 13 6 4 — 23 Goal — St. Louis: Elliott (L, 13-4-2); New Jersey: Schneider (W, 8-9-7).

Power plays (goal-chances)St. Louis: 0-3; New Jersey: 3-4.

Senators 2, Capitals 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Carrick Wash (holding) 1:56, Spezza Ott (interference) 15:32, Gryba Ott (interference) 19:39.

Second Period 1. Ottawa, Turris 15 (MacArthur, Gryba) 12:59.

Penalties — Brouwer Wash (roughing) 8:29, Orlov Wash (high-sticking) 16:51, MacArthur Ott (tripping) 18:23.

Third Period 2. Ottawa, Spezza 13 (Wiercioch, Karlsson) 8:56 (pp).

Penalties — Cowen Ott (slashing) 0:20, Erat Wash (hooking) 7:28, Smith Ott (roughing) 9:55, Grabovski Wash (roughing) 9:55, Grabovski Wash (misconduct) 9:55.

Ottawa 6 12 8 — 26 Washington 10 12 12 — 34 Goal — Ottawa: Anderson (W, 16-10-6); Washington: Holtby (L, 13-12-2).

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

Islanders 5, RANGERS 3 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Nash 15 (Kreider) 1:02.

2. NY Rangers, Nash 16 (Girardi, Kreider) 11:07.

3. NY Islanders, Martin 3 (Tavares, Okposo) 17:22.

Penalties — Del Zotto NYR (interference) 2:34, Cizikas NYI (hooking) 17:57, Pouliot NYR (crosschecking) 18:37, Okposo NYI (cross-checking) 20:00.

Second Period 4. NY Rangers, Kreider 13 (Stepan, Richards) 9:34 (pp).

5. NY Islanders, Hickey 3 (Okposo, Vanek) 13:22.

6. NY Islanders, McDonald 4 (Tavares, Regin) 16:36.

Penalties — Nash NYR (tripping) 0:10, Tavares NYI (hooking) 6:24, Martin NYI (roughing) 8:45, Pouliot NYR (hooking) 11:03.

Third Period 7. NY Islanders, Vanek 18 (Tavares, Nielsen) 15:22 (pp).

8. NY Islanders, Nielsen 17 (unassisted) 19:53 (en).

Penalties — Bailey NYI (tripping) 5:54, NYR Bench (too many men) 14:25.

NY Islanders 16 7 14 — 37 NY Rangers 12 8 13 — 33 Goal — NY Islanders: Poulin (W, 11-14-0); NY Rangers: Talbot (L, 10-4-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)NY Islanders: 1-5; NY Rangers: 1-4.

Panthers 4, Sabres 3 First Period

1. Buffalo, Stafford 6 (Ott, Omark) 2:23 (pp).

2. Florida, Winchester 6 (Jovanovski, Huberdeau) 4:06.

3. Buffalo, Stafford 7 (Ennis) 6:16.

4. Florida, Bergenheim 11 (Gilbert, Barkov) 18:04.

5. Florida, Jovanovski 1 (unassisted) 18:56.

Penalties — Kulikov Fla (high-sticking) 0:56, Myers Buf (holding) 7:32.

Second Period 6. Florida, Bjugstad 11 (Campbell, Gilbert) 16:12.

Penalties — Upshall Fla (tripping) 3:29, Kulikov Fla (holding) 13:01.

Third Period 7. Buffalo, Ott 6 (Stafford, Leino) 8:36 (pp).

Penalties — Winchester Fla (slashing) 6:59, Jovanovski Fla (hooking) 12:47, Omark Buf (interference) 13:03, Boyes Fla (high-sticking) 13:18.

Florida 12 6 4 — 22 Buffalo 10 9 16 — 35 Goal — Florida: Thomas (W, 13-13-3); Buffalo: Miller (L, 12-19-3).

Power plays (goal-chances)Florida: 0-1; Buffalo: 2-7.

Maple Leafs 5, Avalanche 2 First Period 1. Toronto, Kessel 25 (Phaneuf, Raymond) 3:56.

2. Toronto, van Riemsdyk 20 (Franson, Bozak) 17:41 (pp).

Penalties — Orr Tor (tripping) 1:21, Raymond Tor (holding) 6:19, Duchene Col (hooking) 17:28, Stastny Col (hooking) 18:54.

Second Period 3. Toronto, Kadri 13 (Gardiner, Lupul) 2:55.

4. Toronto, Kessel 26 (van Riemsdyk, Bozak) 5:17.

5. Colorado, MacKinnon 16 (Parenteau, Holden) 18:35.

Penalties — McLeod Col (hooking) 7:04, Kadri Tor (interference) 8:38.

Third Period 6. Colorado, MacKinnon 17 (Talbot) 5:07.

7. Toronto, McClement 2 (Kulemin, Lupul) 17:47 (en).

Penalties — Benoit Col (slashing) 10:31, Phaneuf Tor (slashing) 11:20.

Toronto 9 15 7 — 31 Colorado 11 9 17 — 37 Goal — Toronto: Reimer (W, 10-6-1); Colorado: Varlamov (L, 24-9-5).

Power plays (goal-chances)Toronto: 1-4; Colorado: 0-4.

Jets 3, Ducks 2 First Period 1. Anaheim, Fowler 6 (Getzlaf, Beleskey) 3:59 (pp).

2. Winnipeg, Wheeler 18 (Kane, Scheifele) 5:19.

3. Winnipeg, Ladd 11 (Little, Trouba) 18:36.

Penalties — Trouba Wpg (tripping) 2:07, Koivu Ana (tripping) 9:13.

Second Period 4. Winnipeg, Kane 15 (Little) 15:43 (sh).

Penalties — Stuart Wpg (holding) 11:46, Pardy Wpg (interference) 13:55.

Third Period 5. Anaheim, Bonino 16 (Silfverberg) 10:18.

Penalties — Stuart Wpg (delay of game) 12:26, Perry Ana (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:58.

Winnipeg 7 6 8 — 21 Anaheim 15 11 16 — 42 Goal — Winnipeg: Pavelec (W, 15-19-4); Anaheim: Hiller (L, 23-6-4).

Power plays (goal-chances)Winnipeg: 0-2; Anaheim: 1-4.

WHL Early standings EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Brandon 46 25 17 4 0 177 168 Swift Current 48 24 18 1 5 164 142 Regina 48 24 19 3 2 159 178 Prince Albert 46 22 22 2 0 151 159 Moose Jaw 46 13 26 3 4 123 180 Saskatoon 49 13 32 1 3 140 199

Pt 54 54 53 46 33 30

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA 47 31 11 2 3 178 123 45 31 13 0 1 186 118 45 26 16 3 0 151 127 48 24 20 2 2 148 145 46 23 21 0 2 138 142 49 9 35 2 3 123 222

Pt 67 63 55 52 48 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Kelowna 45 37 6 0 2 193 112 Victoria 49 31 16 0 2 146 117 Vancouver 48 23 17 5 3 161 164 Prince George 49 18 24 2 5 155 201 Kamloops 46 10 31 2 3 118 190

Pt 76 64 54 43 25

Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay Red Deer Lethbridge

Portland Seattle Spokane Everett Tri-City

GP 48 47 46 46 47

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 31 12 2 3 28 14 2 3 27 15 2 2 25 14 6 1 22 21 2 2

GF GA 211 157 164 169 158 135 139 124 121 132

Pt 67 61 58 57 48

d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Tuesday’s results Calgary 5 Regina 1 Prince George 5 Lethbridge 2 Moose Jaw at Seattle, late Victoria 2 Medicine Hat 1 Today’s games Red Deer at Prince Albert, 5 p.m.

Brandon at Swift Current, 5 p.m.

Regina at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Everett at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Friday’s games Prince George at Regina, 5 p.m.

Prince Albert at Swift Current, 5 p.m.

Red Deer at Saskatoon, 5:05 p.m.

Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 25 Red Deer at Regina, 5 p.m.

Swift Current at Saskatoon, 5:05 p.m.

Prince George at Brandon, 5:30 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

SUMARIES TUESDAY Hitmen 5, Pats 1 First Period 1. Calgary, Brassart 20 (Padakin, Tambellini) 18:04 (pp).

Penalties — Virtanen CAL (interference) 3:02, D’Amico Reg (boarding) 7:40, D’Amico Reg (fighting) 7:40, Virtanen CAL (instigator) 7:40, Virtanen CAL (10-minute misconduct) 7:40, Virtanen CAL (fighting) 7:40, Burroughs Reg (checking from behind) 17:30, Zgraggen Reg (delay of game) 17:34, Lang CAL (tripping) 18:41.

Second Period 2. Regina, Zgraggen 4 (Christoffer, Hunt) 2:52.

3. Calgary, Padakin 17 (Sanheim, Winther) 6:59.

4. Calgary, Winther 5 (Tambellini, Roach) 10:27 (pp).

5. Calgary, Virtanen 29 (Mahon) 14:10 (shorthanded-SH).

6. Calgary, Virtanen 30 (Lang, Brassart) 18:41.

Penalties — Mumby Reg (holding) 8:55, Stephenson Reg (slashing) 9:53, Harmsworth CAL (holding) 12:31, Christoffer Reg (spearing) 18:41, Christoffer Reg (spearing) 18:41.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Mahon CAL (interference) 1:36, Thomas CAL (hooking) 2:52, Williams Reg (tripping) 12:25, Hunt Reg (slashing) 18:43.

Shots on goal by Regina 11 6 15 — 32 Calgary 6 19 8 — 33 Goal — Regina: Wapple (L, 15-10-1); Calgary: Shields (W, 12-1-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Regina: 0-5; Calgary: 2-8.

Attendance — 6,712 at Calgary.

Cougars 5, Hurricanes 2 First Period 1. Lethbridge, Sayers 3 (Sheen, Ramsay) 3:07 (pp).

2. Prince George, Mrkonjic 4 (Roulston) 6:12.

Penalties — Ruopp PG (kneeing) 1:43, Alldridge Let (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 12:44, Gonek PG (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 12:44, Alldridge Let (fighting) 14:47, Gonek PG (fighting) 14:47, Sayers Let (fighting) 16:44, Macklin PG (fighting) 16:44, Mrkonjic PG (roughing) 16:44.

Second Period 3. Prince George, Bourke 15 (Tkatch, Carvalho) 13:36.

4. Lethbridge, Cooper 9 (unassisted) 17:25.

5. Prince George, Tkatch 13 (Bourke, Harkins) 17:44.

Penalties — Pochiro PG (slashing) 6:37, Watson Let (roughing) 14:54, Khenkel Let (hooking) 19:53.

Third Period 6. Prince George, Roulston 1 (Mrkonjic, Macklin) 14:44.

7. Prince George, McNulty 11 (Wilson, Fiddler) 15:38 (pp).

Penalties — Foulk Let (interference) 5:00, Estephan Let (hooking) 14:55, Gonek PG (crosschecking) 16:32, Sayers Let (tripping) 18:55, Walters Let (roughing) 19:40, Bobos PG (roughing) 19:40.

Lethbridge 14 6 6 — 26 Prince George 13 15 16 — 44 Goal — Lethbridge: Hogue (L, 0-5-0); Prince George: Beukeboom (W, 1-2-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Lethbridge: 1-4; Prince George: 1-5.

Royals 2, Tigers 1 First Period 1. Victoria, Fushimi 13 (Walker, Brown) 13:44 (pp).

Penalties — Lewington MH (roughing) 7:21, Blomqvist Vic (high-sticking) 8:00, Sanford MH (high-sticking) 11:57, Lewington MH (checking from behind) 17:39.

Second Period 2. Victoria, Magee 16 (Blomqvist, Cote) 1:06.

3. Medicine Hat, Valk 23 (Bredo, Vannelli) 5:46 (pp).

Penalties — Hodges Vic (hooking) 5:37, Brown Vic (tripping) 16:13.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Reddekopp Vic (holding) 2:26, Sanford MH (interference) 9:45, Walker Vic (roughing) 10:15, Valk MH (roughing) 14:22, Fisher Vic (roughing) 14:22, Owre MH (interference) 15:12.

Medicine Hat 9 11 9 — 29 Victoria 12 10 8 — 30 Goal — Medicine Hat: Langhamer (L, 11-6-2); Victoria: Vollrath (W, 11-5-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Medicine Hat: 1-5; Victoria: 1-5.

BRIEFS U16AA Sting captures gold CALGARY — The Central Alberta U16AA Sting captured gold at the Esso Golden Ring, the largest ringette tournament in North America, during the weekend.

The Sting downed the Calgary Koda 6-4 in the final after defeating Zone 5 Zeal 5-3, the Calgary Edge 7-6, the Edmonton Elite 7-2 and the St. Albert Mission 9-4 and tying the Koda 3-3 in round-robin play.

Gillian Dreger led the Sting in scoring during the weekend finishing with 12 goals and five assists while Shae-Lynn Baxter had seven goals and six assists, Kristen Demale four goals and six assists and Brenna Parent three goals and nine helpers.

Strong defence came from Bryn Lunn, Melissa Mitsuka, Hailee Pluister, Hayley Lalor, Madison Caine and goaltending duties were split by Baylee Schulhauser and Becca Forrester.

Meanwhile the Red Deer U14A Elev8 captured silver losing 8-2 to the Leduc Jaguars.

They defeated the Vernon Rush 5-3 in the semifinal after dropping the South Calgary Rush 11-2 in the quarterfinals.

In pool play the downed the Strathmore Ice 8-5, the Calgary East Boom 8-1 and the Beaumont Fuego 7-1.

Race the Bend on weekend River Bend Golf Course and Recreation Area will be a busy place this weekend.

Race the Bend, a two-day Alberta Cup cross-country meet, will take place Saturday and Sunday.

The event, which is hosted by the Red Deer Nordic and Parkland Cross-country ski clubs, sees individual start free technique racing on Saturday and the mass start classic on Sunday.

Racing begins at 9:30 a.m. both days with competition in atom, peewee, mini-midget, midget, juvenile, junior boys and girls, junior men and women, senior and masters with races ranging from 1.2km to 10km. There will also be competition in Bob Johnstone Sport, para nordic standing and sitting.

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Transactions TUESDAY’S TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with RHPs Dylan Axelrod, Parker Frazier, Brian Omogrosso, Omar Poveda and Zach Putnam; LHPs David Purcey and Mauricio Robles; C Hector Gimenez, INF Alex Liddi; and OF Denis Phipps on minor league contracts. Named Tommy Thompson manager of Winston-Salem (Carolina), Pete Rose Jr. manager of Kannapolis (SAL), Charlie Poe manager of Great Falls (Pioneer), Mike Gellinger manager of the AZL White Sox, and Vance Law assistant minor league hitting co-ordinator.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with OF Justin Maxwell on a one-year contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with OF Ricardo Nanita on a minor league contract.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Signed Cs Miguel Olivo and Griff Erickson to minor league contracts.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with LHP Antonio Bastardo on a one-year contract.

Agreed to terms with OF Bobby Abreu and RHP Chad Gaudin on minor league contracts.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with C Ed Easley and INF Scott Moore on minor league contracts.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Clay Hensley on a minor league contract.

American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed INF Vladamir Frias and LHP Rick Zagone.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed RHP Justin Kuks and C Angel Flores.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed RHP Jon Plefka.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Traded INF Colt Loehrs and OF Madison Beaird to Gateway for RHP Tim Brown.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed LHP Gabe Aguilar and RHP Taylor Sewitt.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed LHP Isaac Pavlik.

QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released RHP Bryan Rembisz.

Frontier League RIVER CITY RASCALS — Traded RHP Casey Barnes to Long Island (Alantic) for future considerations.

Basketball BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Indiana G Lance Stephenson $5,000 for violating the anti-flopping rules for the second time this season, during a Jan. 20 at Golden State.

CHICAGO BULLS — Traded G Marquis Teague to Brooklyn for F Toko Shengelia.

Women’s National Basketball Association ATLANTA DREAM — Named Angela Taylor executive vice-president and general manager.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed P Dave Zastudil to a two-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Named Vance Joseph assistant defensive backs coach.

DETROIT LIONS — Named Joe Lombardi offensive co-ordinator.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Promoted Nicole Ledvina to vice-president of human resources.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Named Mark Duffner linebacker coach.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIORS — Signed DL Marcus Forston to a reserve/future contract.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Announced coowner Gideon Yu resigned as president. Promoted Paraag Marathe to president. Named Al Guido chief operating officer.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Named Jason Licht general manager.

Canadian Football League MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Announced the retirement of QB Anthony Calvillo.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed DB Josh Francis and WR Julian Feoli-Gudino.

Arena Football League SPOKANE SHOCK — Traded DB Patrick Stoudamire to Portland for future considerations.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned D Sami Vatanen to Norfolk (AHL) and D Andrew O’Brien from Utah (ECHL) to Norfolk.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned F Cam Janssen to Albany (AHL). Activated RW Damien Brunner from injured reserve.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to terms with G David LeNeveu.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Nate Schmidt from Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Hershey LW Ryan Stoa one game for his actions during Sunday’s game.

ECHL READING ROYALS — Announced G Riley Gill was loaned to the team by Hershey (AHL).

Announced G Carsen Chubak was recalled by Adirondack (AHL).

Central Hockey League DENVER CUTTHROATS — Waived D Nello Ferrara. Announced G Kieran Millan was recalled by Lake Erie (AHL).

TULSA OILERS — Waived F Matt Kirzinger.

MOTORSPORTS WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL — Named Levi Palmer as corporate sales executive.

SOCCER Major League Soccer COLORADO RAPIDS — Traded M Tony Cascio to Houston for an international roster spot. Signed F Charles Eloundou.

COLUMBUS CREW — Traded an international roster slot to Vancouver for a 2014 third-round draft pick.

North American Soccer League NEW YORK COSMOS — Named coach Giovanni Savarese sporting director and Jack Gaeta manager of team operations. Signed assistant coaches Carlos Llamosa and Alecko Eskandarian, goalie coach Guillermo Valencia and fitness coach Simone Lucchesi to contract extensions. Promoted Luke Sassano to assistant sporting director.

COLLEGE INDIANA — Named Kevin Johns offensive coordinator and Larry McDaniel defensive line coach.

Reassigned offensive assistant James Patton to tight ends and fullbacks coach.

JACKSONVILLE STATE — Announced the resignation of football coach Bill Clark.

LOUISIANA TECH — Named Manny Diaz defensive co-ordinator.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE — Named Rick Comegy football coach.

NORTHWESTERN — Announced RB Venric Mark was granted a medical hardship waiver by the Big Ten and is eligible to return for a fifth season in 2014.

VIRGINIA UNION — Named Mark James football coach.

High Single: Angela Porter 325. High Triple: Brendan Innes 730.

Thursday Morning Ladies High Single: Glenda Regnier 228. High Triple: Chris Palm 613.

Thursday Afternoon Special Olympics Mixed High Single: Cam Ellard 247. High Double: Anthony Kubasek 428.

Thursday Mixed High Single: Bonnie Clermont 308. High Triple: Bruce Hicks 752 Monday Scratch League.

High Single: Darryl Siemens 369. High Quad: Kevin Armstrong 1,041.

Sunday Fun League High Single: Shelby Chrest 256. High Triple: Chrest 698.

Youth Bowling of Canada (YBC) Bantams High Single: Dakota Clubine 218. High Triple: Clubine 564.

Juniors High Single: Alyssa Durette 218. High Triple: Durette 584.

Seniors High Single: Dylan Yechtal 321. High Triple: Jason Smith 811.

Bowling Heritage Lanes Weekly Results Monday-Club 55 plus High Single: Martin McLaughlin 263. High Triple: Kathy Jackson 565.

Monday Mixed High Single: Matt Mundorf 281. High Triple: Mundorf 704.

Tuesday Mixed High Single: Ashley Ehret 346. High Triple: Ehret 809.

Wednesday-Club 55 plus High Single: Doug Murray 228. High Triple: Verna Patko 545.

Wednesday Mixed

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE d-Indiana d-Miami Atlanta d-Toronto Washington Chicago Brooklyn Charlotte Detroit Cleveland New York Boston Philadelphia Orlando Milwaukee

W 33 30 21 20 20 20 18 18 17 15 15 14 13 11 7

L 7 12 19 20 20 20 22 25 24 26 26 29 28 31 33

Pct .825 .714 .525 .500 .500 .500 .450 .419 .415 .366 .366 .326 .317 .262 .175

GB — 4 12 13 13 13 15 16 1/2 16 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 20 1/2 20 1/2 23 26

WESTERN CONFERENCE d-San Antonio d-Oklahoma City Portland d-L.A. Clippers Houston Golden State Dallas Phoenix Memphis Denver Minnesota New Orleans L.A. Lakers Sacramento Utah

W 32 32 31 29 28 26 25 23 20 20 20 16 16 15 14

L 9 10 11 14 15 17 18 17 20 20 21 25 26 25 29

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GB — 1/2 1 1/2 4 5 7 8 8 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 12 16 16 1/2 16 1/2 19

d-division leader Tuesday’s Games Brooklyn 101, Orlando 90 Miami 93, Boston 86 Oklahoma City 105, Portland 97 Sacramento 114, New Orleans 97 Minnesota 112, Utah 97 Today’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.

Thursday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Miami, 6 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Major League Baseball will have expanded instant replay next season and it will look a lot like the NHL’s system.

All replays will be reviewed from MLB Advanced Media headquarters in New York, as the NHL does with its situation room in Toronto. And while managers’ challenges represent a step the NHL has yet to take, this could be just be the first example of other sports borrowing hockey’s centralized-replay model.

“One thing that a central location does is it brings consistency to your calls,” senior VP of hockey operations Mike Murphy said in a phone interview. “So the call you get tonight is probably going to be the same as the call tomorrow night or the next night because it’s the same people doing it.”

When the goal is to get the call right, making all the decisions in one place should help as baseball goes from looking at just home runs to almost everything except balls and strikes.

If a manager wants to challenge a call, he has a chance to do so, and from the seventh inning on the umpire who’s serving as the crew chief can initiate review if he sees fit.

That’s more expanded than what the NHL does, and it could serve as a glimpse into hockey’s future. But for now, as MLB special assistant and former manager Tony La Russa pointed out, baseball is doing a “historic thing” in brushing off tradition to be more accurate.

It’s no coincidence that the move to centralized replay came after MLB senior VP of standards and on-field operations Joe Garagiola Jr. visited the NHL’s situation room.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 B7

UBC HOCKEY

Future of men’s squad in question UBC HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN CANADA’S NATIONAL HOCKEY DEVELOPMENT

BY MONTE STEWART THE CANADIAN PRESS

File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canadian basketball phenomenon Andrew Wiggins signs autographs following the game between his Huntington Prep and the United Leadership Academy Sunday afternoon, Feb. 17, 2013 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.

Wiggins still trying to hit stride AS JAYHAWKS ROMP THROUGH BIG 12

BY DAVE SKRETTA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAWRENCE, Kan. — Andrew Wiggins is finding it hard to be everybody’s Super Bowl.

That was the way that Kansas coach Bill Self described the upand-down season of his talented freshman forward from Thornhill, Ont. One day, Wiggins will be pouring in 26 points against Florida, the next day he will be struggling to get his shot off against UTEP. It’s already been a season of growing pains for the No. 1 recruit in last year’s class, and while the eighth-ranked Jayhawks are starting to soar, Wiggins is still searching for his stride.

“He’s so naive in so many ways,” Self said.

“I don’t think he thinks about the fact he’s everybody’s Super Bowl when they have a chance to play against him.

“We’ve told him,” Self said, “but I don’t think he’s felt that yet.”

After easily knocking off No. 24 Baylor on Monday night, Kansas (14-4, 5-0) has roared to five straight wins and first place in the Big 12. The last four of them have come against Top 25 teams, making the Jayhawks the first to accomplish that feat since North Carolina in 1997.

Wiggins has been a big part of that success, of course. He scored 22 points against Kansas State, and poured in 17 against Iowa State and Baylor. But he also was held to nine points on 2-of-9 shooting against Oklahoma, and a season-low three points against Oklahoma State.

Taken together, those are solid numbers for just about any freshman in America.

Wiggins isn’t just any other freshman.

Ever since successfully duelling with Duke star Jabari Parker at a summer tournament, Wiggins has been anointed the next big thing.

NBA scouts have flocked to Allen Fieldhouse to see him — there were 28 in attendance last Saturday, when the Jayhawks knocked off the Cowboys. And he’s done enough to prove that he could have a big future in the professional ranks.

knowledged that he didn’t expect college basketball to be so hard.

Players are bigger and stronger, faster and more athletic.

There are no nights off, especially with Kansas playing the nation’s toughest schedule.

“Yeah, I think so,” Wiggins said, when asked whether he’s starting to figure things out. “I’m trying to be more aggressive right now, driving to the basket, getting good shots.”

Self said that some of the criticism levelled at Wiggins is unfair. After all, his stats — 15.2 points, 6.1 rebounds per game — are similar to those of Ben McLemore, who was the seventh overall pick in the draft after his only season playing in Law— KANSAS COACH BILL SELF rence.

Then there’s this difference: Wiggins But he’s also left many of those will turn 19 next month, while Mcscouts, his coaches and just about Lemore had to redshirt a season every fan who has filed into the and was two years older than WigPhog hungry for more. gins during his own freshman sea“I think he’s done well,” Self son. “It’s just a different world,” said. “I also think there’s another Self said. step he can take. He leaves me “These kids are entering school wanting more, so when people say with the hype and in a lot of ways certain things, I can’t be upset. I he’s handled it beautifully in how want more, too.” he’s deflected it, but in some ways Self has tried to treat Wiggins he hasn’t understood or we haven’t like anybody else, in part to tem- done a good job of explaining to per some of the other-worldly ex- him, because of the society and pectations. the media hype, if you don’t proThe prized forward has only duce, you’re going to be the most done two one-on-one interviews talked-about person.” with the media — one of them Self would be fine if Wiggins with The Associated Press in De- is the most talked-about person cember — since the start of the at Kansas, of course, provided it’s season, and unless he has a big for his accomplishments rather performance, Wiggins generally than his shortcoming. isn’t made available to reporters “So many times people get hung following games. up on overall stats and things like “It’s a no-win, everything lose that,” Self said. “He’s just young, situation,” Self said. and with all the hype coming in, “There’s no way to live up to anything he did was going to be the hype.” When he does have a less than what the hype said he chance to speak, Wiggins has ac- should do.

‘I DON’T THINK HE THINKS ABOUT THE FACT HE’S EVERYBODY’S SUPER BOWL WHEN THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY AGAINST HIM.’

Players wanted A-Rod out of union, told that can’t happen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Several angry major league players wanted Alex Rodriguez kicked out of their union after he sued it last week, but staff lawyers told them expulsion was not allowed.

The players spoke Jan. 13 during a Major League Baseball Players Association conference call after Rodriguez sued the union and Major League Baseball to overturn an arbitrator’s decision suspending him for the 2014 season and post-season.

Details were first reported Tuesday by Yahoo Sports and later confirmed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the call.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no statements were authorized.

The union and Rodriguez spokesman Ron Berkowitz declined comment.

All players in the major leagues are members of the union and pay $65 daily in dues, or $11,895 if a player is in the big leagues for a full season.

Baseball’s labour contract specifies the union is “the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all major league players.”

The union will incur costs of defending the lawsuit by the New York Yankees third baseman, who claimed in the suit it “breached its duty of fair representation to Mr. Rodriguez.”

The union retained Michael Rubin and Barbara J. Chisholm of the San Francisco firm Altshuler Berzon to defend it, according to a court filing Tuesday.

Rodriguez was suspended for 211 games by baseball Commissioner Bud Selig on Aug. 5, and the union filed a grievance contending the discipline was without “just cause.”

The penalty was reduced to 162 games plus the 2014 post-season by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz, who concluded Rodriguez violated baseball’s drug agreement each year from 2010-12 and twice obstructed MLB’s investigation in violation of the sport’s labour contract.

Rodriguez agreed to a

$275 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees after the 2007 season.

Horowitz’s decision cost Rodriguez $22.13 million of his $25 million salary this year; the three-time AL MVP is owed $61 million by the Yankees from 2015-17.

NOTES: MLB and the union have agreed to follow their previous methodology for luxury tax payrolls in dealing with Rodriguez’s suspension.

He will count as $3,155,738 this year for the Yankees, which is 21183rds of the $27.5 million average annual value he would have been listed at.

Horowitz ruled Rodriguez loses 162 days’ pay over the 183-day season.

VANCOUVER — Milan Dragicevic is determined not to go down without a fight.

Dragicevic, coach of the University of British Columbia varsity men’s hockey team, is on a mission to keep his program going as its future remained in doubt Tuesday.

The school announced 16 teams, from the current 29, that will play next season — but men’s hockey wasn’t among those approved.

“It was really disappointing, obviously — disappointing for the players, disappointing for the program, disappointing for the alumni — and all the hard work that’s (been done) for this program for the last 100 years,” said Dragicevic. “And for (university administrators) to even consider putting this program as a non-varsity (program), it’s a slap in the face, I think.”

UBC has played a key role in Canada’s national hockey development. The late Father David Bauer and former UBC athletic director Bob Hindmarch established the first Canadian national team on campus in 1963.

The university’s sport review advisory team is in the midst of examining the athletics department and determining which teams should stay at the varsity level.

The fate of the 13 other teams will be decided at the end of February, giving Dragicevic and the program’s supporters about six weeks to save the men’s hockey program.

Teams receiving a passing grade include: women’s ice hockey and women’s field hockey, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s football, men’s rugby and women’s volleyball.

“Men’s hockey is gonna stay,” said Dragicevic. “I have a feeling that it’s going to stay. I’m very confident, and as I told all the players today, our alumni group is a very powerful group. They support our program. It doesn’t matter about wins and losses. It’s all about player development and development for life afterward.”

Administrators contend the varsity teams’ annual budget, which has been raised by $200,000 to $6.4 million, is insufficient for so many high-performance teams.

“We simply could not have gone on with 29 varsity teams,” said Louise Cowin, UBC’s vice-president of student services, during a news conference.

“And, it’s not just a question of financial resources.”

Cowin added that UBC’s athletics program was on “an unsustainable path” and other Canadian universities have been struggling with the same issues.

She pointed to the University of Toronto, Queen’s, Carlton, University of New Brunswick, Trent and Brock as examples of post-secondary institutions where the number of varsity teams has been reduced.

But Dragicevic called his team’s omission from the approved list “shocking” given hockey’s popularity and rich history in Canada.

“It’s Canada’s national sport,” said Dragicevic.

“We’ve been around for a long time. It kind of blows your mind that they would consider this, when you look at the tradition and the community involvement that we have. At the end of the day, I believe they’re gonna say hockey is a no-brainer to keep at the varsity level.”

The approvals came after teams submitted reasons why their programs should continue. The men’s field hockey team is also determined to retain its varsity status after missing out in the first stage.

“I thought we fit the criteria very well,” said Arif Virjee, a player who with the team who also sits on UBC’s athletes council.

He cited players’ strong academics, national team representatives and the team’s long history as factors in its favour.

“We’ve had national team players stretching back to the 1950s,” he said.

Virjee, who is in his last year at UBC, feels mostly for young players who hope to continue with the program.

“This is my last year at the university,” he said.

“I think it’s more disappointing for first and secondyear players. They made choices in coming here.

They have to make some decisions going forward.”

Other notable omissions from the approved list include women’s soccer, even though UBC is a national soccer training centre that Canadian women’s team coach John Herdman has pledged to use for training and player development, men’s and women’s golf and men’s baseball.

The baseball team has supplied a number of players, including pitcher Jeff Francis, to the major leagues and Canada’s Olympic team.

Varsity teams are being graded on a number of criteria set out by the university, including success in competition, coaching strength, history, alumni support and even attendance, which is traditionally low for most sports on campus.

Cowin and Ashley Howard, UBC’s managing director of athletics and recreation, were surprised that 16 teams passed the first stage of the review. They had expected fewer teams to qualify.

Howard said the approved teams made the based on their current situations and decisions were not based on new alumni funding support.

But, she said, new funding programs will be considered for teams seeking to be approved as part of the second stage.

The review process has generated strong opposition from some alumni and current donors with many concerned some teams are being unfairly targeted for their high cost and lack of recent success.

Derek Swain, head of an alumni group who has been battling to keep programs alive, was not impressed with what he heard at the news conference, contending that administrators have not been as transparent as they claim to be.

He said the administration’s plan has been “highly flawed” while the review has “an unnecessary and divisive process.”

“I’m hopeful though that they got the message that varsity athletics are very important and they’re very important to the community at large,” said Swain, a former UBC basketball player.

Swain said alumni groups are planning to withhold donations to the university if teams lose their varsity status.

B8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014

SUPER BOWL

Trevathan puts big blunder behind him THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ENGLEWOOD, Colo.

— As promised, Danny Trevathan has snuffed the showboat in him after his humiliating gaffe in the NFL opener.

He morphed into a standout linebacker in his second season and led the Broncos in tackles after his inauspicious debut in Denver’s rout of the Ravens in September.

Trevathan blamed excitement over his first career start for his premature celebration of a sure pick-6 of Joe Flacco when he flipped the football aside just before crossing the goal line.

That decision left teammate Wesley Woodyard with an ankle injury and made Brandon Stokley the new Don Beebe. On the other hand, if Trevathan doesn’t pull a Leon Lett, maybe Peyton Manning takes the rest of the night off and doesn’t get a chance to make history with his seventh touchdown throw later on in Denver’s 49-27 win.

Trevathan’s miscalculation was reminiscent of Lett’s gaffe in the Super Bowl in 1993 when Dallas’ defensive lineman was returning a fumble for a score in the Cowboys’ 52-17 win over Buffalo. Beebe chased down a hotdogging Lett and knocked the ball loose just before he crossed the goal line.

This time, as Woodyard casually bent down in the end zone to pick up the souvenir for Trevathan, who was celebrating a few feet away, an alert Stokley dived for the football and knocked it out of the back of the end zone.

Instead of a touchdown, it was a touchback.

Instead of hugs and high-fives, Trevathan got harangues from teammates and defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio, a former linebacker.

“I promised myself I would never put my team in a place like that again,” Trevathan said this week. “I’ll make up for it. I’ll do whatever I’ve got to do. I promised those who were laughing at me, I’m going to make them suffer. I’m going to be here and grind it out, I’m going to pick it off next time, do whatever I’ve got to do to go ahead and get that off my back.”

Redemption came one month later in Dallas when Trevathan deked Tony Romo into throwing an interception at the Dallas 24 in the waning moments of a shootout, and it came just four days after he was carted off the practice field with a knee injury that at first had him fearing his playing days were over.

Trevathan briefly thought about jumping up and trying to score.

Remembering the Ravens game, he decided to just stay down, allowing Manning to come on and run out the clock until Matt Prater’s field goal won it 51-48 as time expired.

That was one of many big plays for Trevathan, a sixth-round pick from Kentucky in 2012 who led Denver this season with 124 tackles and has a dozen more in the playoffs, where he’s helped hold the Chargers to 65 yards rushing the Patriots to 64.

He’ll be a big part of Denver’s designs to throttle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch in the Super Bowl.

And it all goes back to his big blunder in the opener.

“Sometimes setbacks are setups for bigger things to come,” coach John Fox said. “I think in his case, it was a learning experience.”

Trevathan worked his way into the starting lineup this summer when the Broncos moved Wesley Woodyard to middle linebacker and inserted Nate Irving on the strongside with star Von Miller having to sit

out the first six games on a drug suspension.

“Danny’s got things that you can’t coach.

He’s got speed. He’s got instincts,” linebackers coach Richard Smith said. “So, this gave us the opportunity to get more speed on the field.”

A shoulder stinger would eventually render Woodyard, a fellow Kentucky alum, a backup.

“Even though he’s not on the field, he’s with me in my head all the time,” Trevathan said. “That’s how I’m going to carry him.”

There’s that maturity again, that growth that the Broncos believe will come in handy in the Super Bowl, where Trevathan can get the ultimate redemption.

“Life is a game. It’s ups and downs, highs and lows. But, you know, I like my lows and I like my highs because without my lows, I never know what my highs are,” Trevathan said. “It was a rough, roller-coaster year but we pulled it together.”

Slights peeve Seattle receivers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RENTON, Wash. — Somewhere along the way, “pedestrian” became a favoured word for the Seattle Seahawks’ receivers.

Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kearse and Golden Tate each used the word in some fashion after the Seahawks beat San Francisco to win the NFC championship Sunday. It was their way of responding to critics who have panned Seattle’s receiving corps as one of the weak points in the Seahawks roster.

“It irritates the hell out of me when we’ve got guys who constantly want to talk about our receiving corps,” Baldwin said after the 23-17 win over the 49ers. “Talking about we’re average. We’re pedestrian. We’re going to walk our ... to the Super Bowl. Pedestrians.”

Seattle’s receiving crew was supposed to have more experience and be considered a strength before the season began. That’s when the Seahawks were expected to have Percy Harvin and Sidney Rice as their starters, with Baldwin, Tate and Kearse filling secondary roles as extra receivers catching passes from Russell Wilson. But then Harvin missed 15 of 16 regular-season games following hip surgery in August and Rice was lost for the year after Week 8 with a knee injury.

It’s left an unheralded, underappreciated group as Seattle’s pass catching options. And while they despise being cast as a weak link, they also are more than happy to use those slights as motivation.

Perhaps no player feeds off the

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Seattle Seahawks’ Doug Baldwin celebrates after the NFL football NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, in Seattle.

The Seahawks won 23-17 to advance to Super Bowl XLVIII. negativity more than Baldwin. Before the NFC title game, the undrafted free agent out of Stanford talked about carrying a “boulder” around on his shoulder, not a chip.

Then he made sure to note that pundits on Sunday morning were again pointing to Seattle’s receivers as the reason Wilson and the pass game had been struggling.

“They were talking about Russell Wilson was struggling and the reason he was struggling was his receiving corps was appetizers,” Baldwin said.

“I’ll take that. I’ll be an appetizer. But that’s a good ... appetizer if you ask me.”

Baldwin responded with one of the best games in his career on Sunday. He finished with six catches for 106 yards — the second-most in his three seasons — including a 51-yard reception in the first half that helped loosen

the 49ers defence.

But he wasn’t alone.

Tate had four receptions and Kearse made one of the biggest catches in his young career. On fourth-and-7 early in the fourth quarter, Wilson’s hard count got the 49ers to jump into the neutral zone.

Knowing it was a free play, Seattle’s receivers broke off the original routes and headed vertical to the end zone.

Kearse was able to get a step on Carlos Rogers and pulled in a 35-yard TD pass from Wilson with 13:44 left that gave Seattle a 20-17 lead that the Seahawks did not relinquish.

“When you run a route you got to always expect that the ball could come to you. But when the ball is in the air it’s all instinct, it’s all play-making ability,” Kearse said.

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FRONT CHROMEBOOK GIVEAWAY Students in the Wild Rose School Division have a chance to win one of nine Chromebooks, a Google-affiliated laptop.

Entering the contest is simple: students can be nominated by going to the Wild Rose School Division’s Facebook page and following the link, or they can be nominated by liking the Facebook page.

Only students in the school division are eligible and a student may be nominated more than once, if two different people nominate them. The winners will be randomly selected in a draw taking place after Jan. 31.

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 2014

County expects busier times UPDATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, PLANNING PROCESSES AND ROAD NETWORKS

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Updating its economic development strategy, planning processes and road networks are among Red Deer County council’s priorities for the next year.

Mayor Jim Wood said newcomers continue to be lured to the county and “we know that demand has to be handled.”

There are signs that the economic slowdown — which saw some projects such as a large residential development earmarked for Gasoline Alley put on hold by developers — is lifting.

“We’re seeing that our building permits have definitely increased over the year before. Staff are busy as far as taking in these

permits.”

Short of some unpredictable world disaster, Wood anticipates development will continue to pick up.

“What we’re trying to do is ensure we have the infrastructure in place so that we can handle that development as it comes forward. And I think we’re in good shape that way.”

Council developed a strategic priorities chart in a three-day retreat last November.

Another top priority is to look at the county’s role in replacing the aging Autumn Glen Lodge in Innisfail, which is geared to low-income seniors.

Council voted to support a feasibility study last year but sent notice it wants to see the cost-sharing formula change.

The lodge managed by the Parkland Foundation is supported by the county and

Two-year term for sex crime

MUSIC FESTIVAL SEEKS NEW VOLUNTEERS Anyone who wants a successful summer music festival in Red Deer is encouraged to attend the next general meeting of the Central Music Festival. After the event’s cancellation last summer, due to poor ticket sales, many people put forward ideas for attracting more of an audience in future.

Festival organizers would love to see these people at the AGM at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Elks Lodge, 6315 Horn St. in Red Deer. “I am hoping that enough of these folks are willing to share their time and talents to work toward reaching the goal of a self-sustaining annual festival,” said the festival’s producer, Mike Bradford. He added that a good turnout at the meeting will show support for the festival, which could create “a positive cultural legacy ... for Red Deer and Central Alberta.”

For more information, email producer@ centralmusicfest.com.

POSITION AVAILABLE ON LIBRARY BOARD The Red Deer Public Library Board is in need of a volunteer. The person would sit on the library board to fill an unexpired term until October 2014.

Potential candidates should have a desire to serve the community as well as an interest in literacy, knowledge of not-for-profit boards, be committed to the board and its mandate, and understand strategic planning and human resources. Applications are available online at www.reddeer.ca/ councilcommittees and should be submitted

by Jan. 31. For more information, contact City of Red Deer Legislative Services at 403-342-8132 or email legislativeservices@ reddeer.ca.

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the communities of Innisfail, Delburne, Elnora and Penhold.

The original cost-sharing agreement dates back to 1959.

“Autumn Glen Lodge is extremely important,” said Wood, adding it provides valuable housing for seniors on fixed incomes.

The county has had discussions with Innisfail, the other key financial provider, about a new formula and those talks will continue with other municipalities.

Other high-priority items for 2014 include: updating a long-term road plan and the gravel extraction permit process, as well as developing an airport master servicing plan and a boat launch on Sylvan Lake. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

JUDGE RELUCTANT

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Joanne Cundict holds some of the first eggs laid by the family’s chickens. The three Buff Orpington chickens reside in a backyard coop and are tended to by Cundict and her three children, from the left, Tom, 10, Elizabeth, 14 and Katherine, 12.

Family enjoying first backyard eggs

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF First came the chickens, then came the eggs.

Months after a Morrisroe family opened their backyard to urban hens, the fruits of their labour are paying off.

One of Joanne and Mark Cundict’s three buff orpingtons laid her first egg in their backyard coop on Jan. 10.

The family waited a few days before celebrating with a batch of scrambled eggs.

“After about four days, we had three eggs,” said Joanne Cundict. “They were really good. Nice dark yellow yolks.”

Cundict said the one hen lays about four eggs every seven days.

The other two hens have not begun laying.

The Cundicts are one of 30 families participating in the city’s urban chicken pilot project.

On Monday, Red Deer city council extended the pilot

until June 30, 2014, to gather more input from the public.

There were 40 families initially in the pilot but 10 did not purchase chickens or ultimately gave them away.

The one-year project was originally slated to end on March 31.

city’s pilot with six chickens only to find out as they got older that three were roosters.

The city guidelines only allow hens.

“We sent them off to a farm to live their lives somewhere else,” said Cundict.

“We noticed one rooster would chase t h e crows out of the yard JOANNE CUNDICT and all the hens would follow him. But we found him a new home.” Cundict said they have not heard any complaints from neighbours.

“It’s been really positive,” said Cundict. “It’s been a very good experience and they have been good pets to take care of. They don’t need walking and there’s a reason for the kids to go outside every day to see what they are doing.”

She has stopped buying eggs and looks forward to when the other two hens begin laying. crhyno@reddeeradvocate. com

‘TO HAVE THOSE FRESH EGGS IS JUST SO COOL.’ —

In June, council will consider a bylaw permitting chickens in the city.

“We’ll definitely keep them,” said Cundict. “To have those fresh eggs is just so cool. To think you could have an animal in your backyard and it gives you something back.”

Cundict said her three children — Katherine, Tom and Elizabeth — would like to have varieties of chickens.

Her children were behind bringing the chickens to their home.

The Cundicts joined the

A Red Deer judge reluctantly gave a man who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old girl only a two-year prison sentence on Tuesday.

Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Kirk Sisson said he would have imposed a tougher four-year sentence for the sexual touching of a minor, only he was bound by court precedence and a joint submission presented by the Crown and defence to impose the suggested two years.

Justin Barry Knutson of Red Deer never disputed having sex with a teenage girl on the September long weekend in 2011.

But his lawyer, Kevin Schollie, said it took a while for the now 34-year-old man, who has difficulty reading and doing math, to understand that having sexual intercourse with someone under age 16 can never be considered consensual under law.

When Knutson grasped this concept, he opted to plead guilty on what would have been the first day of his trial in Court of Queen’s Bench in Red Deer.

But Sisson felt his late plea suggested Knutson had difficultly accepting responsibility.

The judge also felt the mitigating effects of the guilty plea were “cancelled out” by aggravating factors — that Knutson had sexual intercourse with a child who had been drinking alcohol and was “fragile,” having previously experienced abusive circumstances.

Crown prosecutor Robin Snider read aloud a victim impact statement from the teenage girl.

Since her encounter with Knutson in a friend’s home in Blackfalds, the girl said she has attempted suicide, experienced anxiety attacks, withdrawn from friends, and fallen out with family members and is now living in a foster home.

“This has destroyed everything,” the victim, who is now 17, wrote in her statement.

Schollie noted the girl had suicidal thoughts even before the assault, but he accepted that Knutson’s actions compounded her emotional problems.

The Crown and defence, in their submission to Sisson, noted that Knutson had no previous criminal record. The father of five children who are living with two mothers also expressed remorse for his actions.

“I am sorry for putting you guys through what I put you through,” Knutson said to the tearful victim and her supporters in the courtroom.

As well as receiving a two-year jail sentence, Knutson was ordered to submit his DNA to a sex offender registry, to have no contact with the victim or with children under age 16 unless another adult is present (his own children are exempted from this condition).

He was also prohibited from owning firearms for 10 years. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Stewardship program aimed at acreages

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

RED DEER COUNTY

Red Deer County has rolled out a $65,000 environmental stewardship program aimed at the municipality’s 6,200 acreages.

About 41,670 acres of land are owned by acreage owners in parcels ranging from 0.25 acres up to 40 acres.

Many of them are located near areas designated as environmentally significant, such as wetlands, lakes, rivers, streams, slopes and native forest or prairie.

“One of the key things is that the acre-

ages didn’t really fit in with the farm programs that we have,” said Mayor Jim Wood on Tuesday.

A recently-developed Green Acres Guide will form the basis of the stewardship program, which will focus on encouraging landowners to undertake specific actions to preserve the environment.

Workshops will be held to kick off the program and then county staff will work with landowners to develop a stewardship plan for their properties.

There will be follow-up later to mea-

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

sure the impacts on waterways or other areas.

The county’s goal is to have by 2016 at least 200 acreage owners undertake at least one environmental action on their land and for 500 owners to have completed a Green Acres Guide workbook.

“I think that it shows that Red Deer County is continuing to place the environment high on the list of what our priorities are,” said Wood.

The cost of the project includes the cost of turning a seasonal conservation assistant position into a full-time job. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Peace talks hyped, downplayed

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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MONTREUX, Switzerland — In nearly the same breath, the world’s most powerful diplomats have talked about the importance of this week’s peace conference on Syria and downplayed expectations for a breakthrough.

The timeframe for the talks is a week to 10 days, and then a break — but for what, and for how long?

Syria’s Western-backed opposition and President Bashar Assad’s handpicked representatives have never spoken face-to-face and it’s not at all clear how much either side — or their proxy powerbrokers — really want an end to the war. A look at the goals of the participants and how the conference, which opens Wednesday, could unfold.

WHAT’S AT STAKE Fighting in Syria has killed more than 130,000 people and left millions of refugees, either in camps or squats in neighbouring countries or within Syria’s borders. The economy has been devastated, and bombs and gunfire have ruined once-thriving cities. The rebellion started in March 2011, and

Syria has seen little but violence ever since. The contrast for the peace conference in the Alps town of Montreux could hardly be more stark — Switzerland has stayed out of international conflict since 1815, when it was declared neutral at the end of the Napoleonic wars.

The dichotomy isn’t lost on Syrians suffering from the war. The government carried out airstrikes across the country on Tuesday, including in Daraa province in the south, outside the capital, Damascus, in Homs province in central Syria and in Aleppo in the north. The deadliest of the attacks hit opposition-held areas of Aleppo, killing at least 10 people.

For some of the more than 2 million Syrian refugees scattered around the region, there was scant interest in a settlement with Assad’s government.

“We lost our faith in the international community. We don’t care about the Geneva conference and whether it takes place or not,” said Ibraheem Qaddah, a former rebel fighter with an amputated arm, now holed up in

Jordan’s sprawling Zaatari refugee camp. “We have lost a lot of relatives and friends and family members in the fighting, and we’ve lost Syria.”

NEW LEADERSHIP? UNLIKELY THIS TIME AROUND Syria’s Western-backed Syrian National Coalition wants a transitional government to replace Assad, reiterating Tuesday that it finally decided to attend the peace conference in order to establish a transitional government with full executive powers “in which killers and criminals do not participate.”

That’s the stated goal of the peace conference, agreed upon by international powers in preliminary talks in June.

But Assad, whose soldiers have notched up recent military victories, points to the ascendance of Islamic militants to temper Western enthusiasm for the rebels. He has said he has no intention of stepping down and, on the contrary, may run again as president later this year.

Still, by agreeing to meet them, Assad for the first time has acknowledged an opposition that he has long derided and dismissed as “terrorists” and “mercenaries.”

CEASE-FIRES, HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS, PRISONER EXCHANGES “We must take small steps,” FrankWalter Steinmeier, the German foreign minister, said in Paris on Tuesday.

A comprehensive end to the war in Syria is probably not possible, but smaller goals may be achievable.

Syria’s government last week proposed a cease-fire in the embattled city of Aleppo and a prisoner exchange with the opposition, but left the terms vague. The opposition has accused the government of reneging on promises before and declaring cease-fires in order to buy time. There are also questions as to whether a truce is remotely possible in a devastated city where scattered rebel groups have been locked for months in a stalemate with government troops.

Prisoner exchanges pose similar problems: With no unified command, the prospect of pulling together a rebel database of those detained seems impossibly remote. And Assad’s government operated secret prisons for years, if not decades, before the fighting started. That doesn’t preclude small exchanges and — as Steinmeier said — small steps are the first goal.

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A pedestrian’s umbrella is upset during a winter snowstorm Tuesday in Philadelphia. A storm is sweeping across the Mid-Atlantic and New England. The National Weather Service said the storm could bring 20 to 30 cm of snow to Philadelphia and New York City, and more than 30 cm in Boston.

Vatican monsignor on trial faces money-laundering charge

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — A Vatican monsignor already on trial for allegedly plotting to smuggle 20 million euros ($26 million) from Switzerland to Italy was arrested Tuesday in a separate case for allegedly using his Vatican bank accounts to launder money.

Financial police in the southern Italian city of Salerno said Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, dubbed “Monsignor 500” for his purported favoured banknotes, had transferred millions of euros in fictitious donations from offshore companies through his accounts at the Vatican’s Institute for Religious Works.

Acting on evidence provided by the Vatican bank, police said they seized 6.5 million euros in real estate and assets in Italian bank accounts Tuesday, including Scarano’s luxurious Salerno

apartment, filled with gilt-framed oil paintings, ceramic vases and other fancy antiques.

A local priest was also placed under house arrest and a notary public was suspended for alleged involvement in the money-laundering plot. Police said in all, 52 people were under investigation.

Scarano’s lawyer, Silverio Sica, said his client merely took donations from people he thought were acting in good faith to fund a home for the terminally ill. He conceded, however, that Scarano used the money to pay off a mortgage.

“We continue to strongly maintain the good faith of Don Nunzio Scarano and his absolute certainty that the money came from legitimate donations,” Sica told The Associated Press.

The Salerno investigation was already under way when Scarano was arrested in June in Rome on the smug-

gling accusations.

Police and Sica have said the money involved in both the Swiss smuggling case and the Salerno money-laundering case originated with one of Italy’s most important shipping families, the d’Amicos. On Tuesday, financial police said more than 5 million euros had been made available to Scarano by the D’Amicos via offshore companies.

Police and Sica described the laundering plot as follows: Scarano allegedly withdrew 555,248 euros from his Vatican account in cash in 2009 and brought it into Italy. Since he couldn’t deposit it in an Italian bank without drawing suspicion, he selected 50 friends to accept 10,000 euros apiece in cash in exchange for a check or wire transfer in that same amount.

The money then went to pay off a mortgage on a Salerno property held in the name of a company Scarano partly owned.

One dead in shooting at Purdue University

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — One person was killed inside a Purdue University classroom Tuesday by a gunman who surrendered to a police officer within minutes of the attack in Midwestern Indiana state, officials said.

Purdue Police Chief John Cox said the man appeared to have targeted the victim, also male, around noon in a basement classroom of the Electrical Engineering Building. He didn’t attack anyone else.

“The individual entered the facility and took the actions that he took, and then immediately left the facility without any other interaction that we’re aware of,” Cox said.

The suspect gave himself up to a West Lafayette police officer outside the building on the 40,000-student campus, he said.

Cox and Purdue Provost Tim Sands told reporters during an afternoon news conference that they had not yet confirmed the identities of either the suspected gunman or the victim.

Cox said the man arrested wasn’t immediately co-operating with investigators.

Purdue officials issued a text alert telling those on the campus about 60 miles (96 kilometres) northwest of Indianapolis to seek shelter shortly after the shooting was reported. Within two

hours, the university said there was no ongoing threat on campus and allowed normal operations to resume in all buildings except the engineering facility.

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CAIRO, Egypt — Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s powerful army chief rallied in a Cairo stadium on Tuesday, urging him to run for president and saying the third anniversary of the country’s uprising should be used as an occasion to thank him and security forces for overthrowing the former Islamist president.

The former security officers and army loyalists organizing the campaign, called “complete your good deed,” aim to boost popular support for Defence Minister Gen. Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi, the man who removed President Mohammed Morsi from power in a July 3 coup.

The general has yet to announce his intentions. A referendum that last week approved the country’s new constitution saw an unexpectedly modest turnout, denying him the robust popular mandate he allegedly sought as a rationale to make a run for office.

“At the top of our priorities is to choose a nationalist leader,” former Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin told the crowd at Cairo Stadium, where banners read: “Egypt calls upon you.”

Standing next to him on the tribune, Coptic Priest Bolous Awida described el-Sissi as “the soaring eagle” and led chants of “El-Sissi is my president.”

Further down, former grand Imam Ali Gomaa said: “The army, the police and Egypt order you to complete your good deed.”

Parliamentary and presidential elections are the next step of the military-backed transition plan, introduced by interim authorities upon Morsi’s ouster after millions of demonstrators demanded he step down for alleged abuse of power and subservience to his Muslim Brotherhood group.

Some 98 per cent of voters endorsed the draft constitution, drawn up by a panel of mostly secular-minded politicians and experts after the military suspended the Morsi-era 2012 charter during the coup. But turnout was only 39 per cent.

Interim President Adly Mansour will decide whether Egyptians vote first for their president or for parliament.

The push for el-Sissi to run comes as the Brotherhood calls for mass protests to mark Jan. 25, 2011, the first day of an 18-day uprising that forced longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak to step down.

Liberal and secular-minded activists have also made similar calls but said they will not join forces with rival Islamists in their rallies.

Demonstrators originally chose the Jan. 25 date because it was a national holiday honouring the notorious security forces and they wanted to defy them on the same day. The day then became a national holiday to mark the rebellion against authorities.

On Tuesday however, former interior minister Gamal Eddin called upon el-Sissi supporters at the rally to revert the holiday to its original meaning, celebrating the police.

The move stoked the ire of pro-democracy advocates, already facing a campaign of intimidation and attacks by much of the Egyptian media, which portrays them as traitors and foreign agents.

Four of the country’s most wellknown bloggers and activists have already been either detained or imprisoned on charges of inciting violence in relation to street demonstrations after a newly passed ban on protests without permits.

In anticipation of unrest, the Interior Ministry has said it will deploy some 400,000 security forces to prevent any act of violence, and that police stations will be guarded with heavy weapons.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Olga Kotelko lifts weights in Toronto on Wednesday, January 15, 2014. With her 95th birthday looming on March 2, Kotelko isn’t inclined to look in the rear view at her accomplishments — she’d rather set fresh goals for the road ahead.

What Makes Olga Run? BOOK REVEALS WHAT 94-YEAR-OLD CAN TEACH ABOUT AGING WELL

TORONTO — Holding 26 world records and earning hundreds of medals would be significant achievements for any star athlete — let alone a retired schoolteacher who first took up track and field at age 77.

With her 95th birthday looming on March 2, Olga Kotelko isn’t inclined to look in the rear view at her accomplishments — she’d rather set fresh goals for the road ahead.

The Vancouver resident is already scheduled for meets in Kamloops, B.C., and Budapest, and is aiming to participate in at least one each month this year, with 100-metre dash, long jump and javelin among the many events in her repertoire.

As a competitor on the masters circuit which features other veteran participants, Kotelko’s lofty medal haul and athletic accomplishments later in life have been a focal point of fascination.

But asked for her own personal theories on why she has excelled, the kindly Kotelko offers only humility.

“I thought to myself this is something that I can do, that I enjoy it. I really do like competing and I stayed with it, and that’s what I’m doing now — and I don’t expect to stop. I don’t see any reasons why I should stop,” she said, a slight rasp trickling into her delicate, lilting voice.

“It’s good for me, it’s good for my health, and what I really want to do is share this experience of myself and my life with the people.”

Award-winning writer Bruce Grierson spent more than a year working on a lengthy profile on Kotelko for the New York Times published in 2010. But after extensive research, he felt there was more still to be explored, forming the basis of his new book “What Makes Olga Run?” (Random House Canada.)

“There were so many dimensions to Olga’s story that weren’t particularly germane just to the science. It seems to be just about human flourishing that was bigger than the scope of the magazine piece. And I thought: ’Yeah, now we’re into something bigger.’

“Not only can we talk about the science, but more and more, I like to share Olga with people, because I was really becoming beguiled by her personality and her

strategies and all these things that are different than the science.”

Billed as a modernday quest for the fountain of youth, the book explores how Kotelko and several other seniors continue to compete and thrive at a stage in their lives where many of their peers are slowing down rather than picking up the pace. In addition to undergoing tests of cognitive skills, muscle tissues and more, Grierson ruminates on whether other aspects of Kotelko’s life can help explain her physical prowess.

Born in Vonda, Sask., northeast of Saskatoon, Kotelko was the seventh of 11 kids raised on a farm during the Depression. She later left an abusive marriage to an alcoholic husband, heading west to forge her own path as a single mother in the 1950s. Her eldest daughter, Nadine, was diagnosed with nonHodgkin’s lymphoma at age 53, and died in 1999.

“That resilience that was kind of forged by having to overcome some tough stuff, that, to me, was a significant part of the story and still, I think, is a part of who Olga is — a big part of it,” said Grierson.

Still, there’s no question that her commitment to physical fitness plays a pivotal role.

Prior to her track training, Kotelko joined a softball league at age 70, playing five positions.

She attends Aquafit classes three times a week. Her schoolyard training sessions involve intervals of jogging and walking, as well as several shot put throws and long jump attempts.

She also dedicates a key part of her downtime to keeping moving — even at the expense of sleep. While still lying in bed in the wee hours, Kotelko will devote 90 minutes to her self-customized “OK” exercise program that she’s followed for more than a decade, kneading her skin and muscles before she falls asleep.

Kotelko said she avoids fast food restaurants and eats everything in moderation, consuming small portions about four to five times daily.

Rather than viewing exercise as a fixed moment during the day, Grierson said the fact that Kotelko is consistently active has helped reshape his own definition of fitness.

“Olga grew up on a farm where she just did stuff all day long. You didn’t work out and just sit — you just moved.

And she kept that habit going throughout her whole life. We’re now learning from the research that that’s the way you’ve got to do it.

You just have to stay in motion.

“If you have to even choose between exercise training and not exercise training and moving around and just garden-

ing and being active ... and obviously you want to do both ... you’d do the second one,” he added.

“It’s more important to move than to be fit in the way that we think of being fit, aerobically fit.”

The book also sees the middle-aged Grierson parallel his own athletic ability to that of his subject, which includes taking part in a 10,000-metre race with Kotelko cheering him on from the sidelines.

“That was the hardest thing I think I ever did — harder than even some of those marathons — just to get through that just 10K. But I’d been feeling so unfit. I got winded not (long) before that playing Barrel of Monkeys with my kid,” he recalled.

“I feel like I’m righting the ship somewhat by going to school on what Olga does.”

While Kotelko said she’s treasured all of her achievements, carrying the Olympic torch as part of the relay for the 2010 Vancouver Games was a particular standout.

“I think that it’s once in a lifetime that you get an opportunity like that, but over 750 gold medals is quite treasured — and I give my medals away, I don’t keep them. Because why do I need 800 medals? At this point, I know I’m going to get some more.”

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In Pakistan, a country where breast cancer kills more women than terrorist attacks, an awareness group couldn’t even say the word “breast” while talking at a university about mammograms and how to check for lumps.

They had to use the euphemism “cancer of women” to discuss a disease often shrouded in social stigma in this majority Muslim nation.

One in nine women in Pakistan will face breast cancer during their life, with the country itself having the highest rate of the disease across Asia, according to the breast cancer awareness group PinkRibbon, oncologists and other aid groups.

Yet discussing it remains taboo in a conservative, Islamic culture where the word breast is associated with sexuality instead of health and many view it as immoral for women to go to the hospital for screenings or discuss it even within their family.

Now, women like breast cancer survivor and prominent Pakistani politician Fehmida Mirza and groups are trying to draw attention to the disease and break the silence surrounding it.

“There’s nothing to be shy about it,” Mirza told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “No woman, no woman should die of ignorance and negligence.”

No national database tracks breast cancer statistics but people who combat the disease say it kills nearly 40,000 women every year in Pakistan. That’s about the same rate as in the U.S., though Pakistan only has 180 million residents to the U.S.’ 313 million.

With a health care system in shambles and more young women getting the disease, breast cancer rates only are expected to get worse. World Health Organization official Shahzad Aalam in Pakistan said it was difficult to determine the exact magnitude, but that the disease is rampant.

“It is the leading cancer killer among women,” Aalam said.

Among Pakistani women there is very little knowledge about the disease. A study done at Rawalpindi General Hospital about breast cancer awareness among 600 women found nearly 70 per cent totally ignorant of the disease, while 88 per cent did not know about breast self-exams and 68 per cent did not understand the significance of finding a lump in the breast.

“If women are being diagnosed with breast cancer, they don’t even share the news with their family members,” said Omar Aftab, who heads PinkRibbon in Pakistan, which put on the university presentation where organizers couldn’t even say “breast.”

“So, we’re trying to break these taboos,” he said.

Those cultural taboos have been one of the biggest issues preventing women from seeking treatment or even knowing about the disease. During an awareness event in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, female students attending a breast cancer lecture demanded the men leave.

“It will take very long for us to discuss these issues openly,” said one female student who requested anonymity because she feared her family wouldn’t like her speaking about the issue.

Another challenge is Pakistan’s abysmal health care sector that is starved for money, the latest technology and drugs.

Oncologist Saira Hasan at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad said most major hospitals lack a screening centre or mammogram facility.

Many patients first go to a traditional healer and by the time they visit a reputable doctor, the disease is often too far advanced to treat, Hasan said.

Women in the developing world, like Pakistan, tend to die at greater rates than in more developed countries because the disease is generally detected later and health care options aren’t as good.

Hasan said several factors have contributed to the rise in the disease — above all the cultural taboos.

Breast cancer survivor Sameera Raja, who owns an art gallery in southern Karachi and supports women facing breast cancer, says that it has to be changed.

“You’re surprised to hear how women actually sit on things,” Raja said. Recalling how a woman would feel too embarrassed to talk about it even with her husband, she said: “Don’t hide behind closed doors.”

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1874 — Louis Riel is elected as the member of Parliament for Provencher in Manitoba. He is be prevented from taking his seat by a warrant for his arrest sworn in Ontario.

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Obama says he doesn’t think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol

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Photographer Murray Mackay came across this beautiful hummingbird moth on his lawn in the Ponoka area last fall. They get their name from their ability to hover and feed at flowers like a hummingbird.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said he doesn’t think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol, “in terms of its impact on the individual consumer.”

“As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life. I don’t think it is more dangerous than alcohol,” the president said an interview with The New Yorker magazine.

Smoking marijuana is “not something I encourage, and I’ve told my daughters I think it’s a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy,” Obama said.

Obama’s administration has given states permission to experiment with marijuana regulation, and laws recently passed in Colorado and Washington legalizing marijuana recently went

into effect. The president said it was important for the legalization of marijuana to go forward in those states to avoid a situation in which only a few are punished while a large portion of people have broken the law at one time or another.

The president said he is troubled at the disproportionate number of arrests and imprisonments of minorities for marijuana use. “Middle-class kids don’t get locked up for smoking pot, and poor kids do,” he said. “And African-American kids and Latino kids are more likely to be poor and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh penalties.”

He said in the interview that users shouldn’t be locked up for long stretches of time when people writing drug laws “have probably done the same thing.”

But Obama urged a cautious approach to changing marijuana laws, saying that people who think legalizing pot will solve social problems are “probably overstating the case.”

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HOROSCOPES Wednesday, Jan. 22 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Diane Lane, 49; John Hurt, 74; Gabriel Macht, 42 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon is in Libra today, but there won’t be that expected harmony or balance. As much as we may strive to maintain a somewhat normal pace, we have a few Grand Crosses in cardinal signs.

This spells conflicting goals and lots of resistance to change. Our feelings may feel wounded in a way due to the oppressing tension ASTRO around us. The DOYNA best thing to do is to limit our energies for something more constructive.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, prepare yourself for a wild ride this year!

You may want to put all your efforts into some kind of long-distance endeavour, yet this will not be a good idea. Your desire to attempt to accomplish something might prove more challenging than you think.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You and others are hardly in the same boat today.

You are driven by a great desire to do so much today in relations to others, yet not much will come out of it all.

Watch your temper and your headstrong impulses.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you are travelling, you may encounter minor irritations while moving around.

Keep your health in check and don’t overload your schedule. The more you try to do today, the less likely the results will be noticed.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Love is your weak spot today. As much as you try to be involved and attentive to your partner’s needs, it appear that your attempts into satisfying them are not appreciated enough. You may feel discouraged and give up all at once.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Things at home may backfire and quiver your inner peace. An exaggerated move on your part may make you regret your action for being overly optimistic or bold.

Retreat in your own shell.

Find your mantra.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are feisty, alright! You may want to think twice before you spill everything you

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have to say right now. Despite the urge to scream at one of your co-workers or someone you may randomly run into, simply stop bothering. Otherwise, you will get absolutely nowhere.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may feel that you are lacking in control when it comes to your personal finances.

A lover may ask a loan from you, which may be hard to deny or, it is possible that a child may require expenses you have not foreseen.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Some unresolved parental matters may pop up now making your life quite heavy and steamy due to a clash of interests or some power struggles. Your relationship with women, perhaps your mother, may need some mending.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are in a position where temptation is calling for you to go ahead and let out a major idea you have been working on. However, you will realize quite soon, that all that will not be possible unless you clear out some past baggage. You may have to forgive and forget.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This is not a day to be all by yourself. A group project may take more of your time and perhaps, a bit more organization and patience on your part. Be careful however when it comes to your money. Overspending will harm your pockets.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Being a reputable and successful Goat that you are is primordial to you. You are one diligent sign that takes business quite seriously and quite

Tell her you will back off if she will be more respectful of your feelings.

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The problem is, some customers don’t plow or shovel paths to their tanks. Their driveways are cleared and the paths to their bird feeders, but my husband has to pull a heavy hose through knee-deep snow to reach the tanks. By the time he gets home, he is soaked up to his thighs, cold and exhausted. This is enough to make anyone cranky. He sure would appreciate it if people could make his job easier by shoveling a path to their tank. — Please Be Kind Dear Please: Thank you for reminding our readers that any service people who need to have access to outside areas of their homes should not get lost in a snowdrift because the path isn’t plowed. This is not only for the person who delivers oil. It’s also the postal carrier, the meter reader and the cable repairman. If you know someone is coming, please see that they can get there.

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personally too. You want to prove everybody of your unique abilities.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): An inner urge pushes you to go all out and to experience life’s joys to the maximum. Before you decide to act upon your undisciplined desires, ensure than your initiatives and your new moves won’t astonish your audience too much.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You work hard for your money, but the results are almost absent. Don’t consume your cash on anything that seems worthless to you. You may want to keep your earnings for more urgent expenditures.

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I am getting the distinct message that I am the one with the problem, and therefore, I can be completely bypassed when she makes decisions involving this couple.

While I do not feel it would be right to ask my wife to close the door on this friendship, that last visit had me losing sleep.

I wrote my wife a letter about my feelings, and even though I realize their relationship could be nothing, it still upsets me.

Now that this husband has retired, I fear the pace will quicken in his efforts to put our friendship back where it was, but whatever my insecurities and shortcomings, I get angry just thinking about it. Am I making sense or just going bananas? — More Maine Madness Dear Maine: We doubt anything untoward is going on, but your wife is deliberately disregarding your feelings. She thinks you are being foolish, and so she ignores you.

This makes you feel marginalized and angry.

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Dear Annie: A couple of years ago, you published my letter signed “No-Win Situation in Wisconsin.”

My wife and I had been sharing a vacation with another couple, and I witnessed the husband kiss my wife on the lips as they left. You said if I trust my wife, not to worry about it.

After you printed my letter, I wrote this couple a halfsincere “take the high road” letter, admitting I could have been wrong about interpreting that kiss and invited them to come for dinner and stay over.

They never replied. But a month later, they drove into town and met my wife for lunch while I was at work.

The husband asked my wife MITCHELL whether I felt “neglected.” & SUGAR How smug is that?

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Lean, mean fighting machine AARON ECKHART RECREATES FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER FOR MODERN TIMES

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This image released by Lionsgate shows Aaron Eckhart in a scene from I, Frankenstein.

TORONTO — The lumbering, sewn-together corpse known as Frankenstein’s monster has been totally recreated for Aaron Eckhart’s latest film, the fantasy-action thriller, I, Frankenstein.

And if purists balk at the super-hero twists worked into the modern-day creature — who is more square-jawed than square-headed and surprisingly agile as he battles supernatural demons with martial arts flips and blows — the Thank You For Smoking star isn’t interested.

“I don’t care,” Eckhart says in a recent stop in Toronto. “This is Hollywood.”

Such flights into fancy are what movie-making is all about, he says, noting the new take also involves a world secretly populated by centuries-old warrior gargoyles and power-hungry demons.

“It’s a reimagining, it’s a reintroduction of the monster of Frankenstein into modern times and into a whole new universe,” says Eckhart, who read Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein as a kid.

“We decided to make it a little more active, a little more violent, dynamic, a lean, mean fighting machine, and give him some new challenges.”

Boris Karloff, step aside. You too, Fred Gwynne.

Eckhart’s unnatural monster is chiselled and buff, and he’s 200 years old.

Inspired by the graphic novel I, Frankenstein, the story here picks up with the death of the crea-

ture’s creator, Victor Frankenstein, and zooms ahead to modern-day times to find the man-made monster still alive and reluctantly drawn into a battle between heaven-sent gargoyles and evil demons from below.

Eckhart says he spent six months beefing up his physique and learning Kali stick fighting to convincingly carry out the numerous battle scenes.

But amid all that fighting, Frankenstein’s monster continues to face even greater demons internally, he notes.

“The core is there from Mary Shelley — he’s rejected by his father, he’s unwanted, unloved,” says Eckhart, also known for playing Harvey Dent/Two Face, in The Dark Knight.

“He’s created technologically, you could say, that’s very much there, which is sort of giving him new issues and he’s still looking for love, he’s looking for his purpose in life, he doesn’t know how to trust kindness so that’s there. But we’ve just given him a different environment.”

The heavy fantasy elements meant a lot of green-screen work for the 45-year-old actor, which Eckhart says isn’t as difficult as it’s sometimes made out to be.

“As an actor, that’s your job. In the theatre you have to create the fourth wall, you know, you have to create what’s out in the audience and all that sort of stuff so it really should be nothing new to actors.”

Performing since age 13, Eckhart says he’s learned to embrace every genre out there in order to build a diverse, life-long career.

That includes the weepy romance Love Happens, the high-octane blow-em-up Battle Los Angeles, his indie breakout In the Company of Men and the dense relationship drama Rabbit Hole.

“I made the decision early on to, at the end of my career, to look back at my career and say: ‘I made a lot of films. Some are good, some were bad but I had a lot of experiences, I challenged myself in different ways,”’ says Eckhart, who adds that he hopes to one day direct and produce.

“If you’re too precious in life you exclude yourself from certain experiences and you don’t know (what will happen).

“Moviemaking is such a crapshoot anyway. You could be working with (the) best director, best cinematographer and still, the movie sucks. So it’s better just to get out there and try new things and see what works.”

I, Frankenstein opens Friday.

Then as now, misery at the bottom of the gold pan Climbing aboard the premium drama train, Discovery sticks to one of its favourite reality TV subjects for its first scripted miniseries — hunting for gold in the Yukon — and comes back with some promising flecks if not quite a mother lode.

Klondike, a three-night epic that premiered Monday night, is based on the true tales of some of the men and women who were caught up in the Dawson City gold rush of the late 1890s. (It uses Canadian historian Charlotte Gray’s 2010 book Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike as source material.)

Richard Madden, who played Robb Stark in Game of Thrones, stars as Bill Haskell, an adventure-seeking college graduate who, with his pal Byron Epstein (Augustus Prew), goes west to see what entrepreneurial fortunes await.

During a chance encounter in Denver, a stranger in a bar pays their tab with a fat gold nugget, and that’s all it takes: The young men buy into the hype and head for the far, far northwest.

Klondike is not going to win awards for its lackluster screenplay and penchant for melodrama, but it does have some of the plucky energy you’d enjoy at one of those faux-saloon dinner theaters, where the gradations between good and bad hardly exist.

It comes across almost like a musical without any songs, and before long, you’re swept up in its crisp visuals and steady pace.

(I had the pleasure of a six-hour binge, uninterrupted by commercials; Klondike might become a more arduous journey when spread out over three nights.)

Surviving a steep mountain pass and an avalanche, Bill and his buddy arrive in lawless Dawson City, a place high on speculative wealth and rife with con men, criminals and prostitutes — oh, and Jack London (Johnny Simmons) too. The Call of the Wild author would become famous writing about the Klondike rush and the characters who sought fortunes there.

The Mounties ride into town to bring some order, with little success.

A newly arrived priest, Father Judge (Sam Shepard), hopes to build a church and spread some charism but instead winds up conducting funerals and tending sickbeds during a fever epidemic.

The town villain is called the Count (Tim Roth, who is all but twirling his mustache here), who intimidates and steals from anyone who seems to be getting a leg up.

The Count’s main adversary is the strong-willed hotel and saloon owner Belinda Mulrooney (Abbie Cornish), who helps Bill establish a small claim and lends him her best employee/bartender, Meeker (Tim Blake Nelson), to help him dig.

You can’t really tell a story of the Yukon gold rush without portraying the inordinate amount of suffering that went on. Klondike starts out strong in aiming for an accurate 19th-century period report but gradually lapses in detail.

As bad as life gets, the characters still look a little cleaner and healthier than the old photographs depict — the Indians appear to have recently visited the Wasilla Wal-Mart; the winters are harsh but not harsh enough; the starvation is too painless.

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Richard Madden, left, stars as Bill Haskell, an adventure-seeking college graduate who, with his pal Byron Epstein (Augustus Prew), goes west to see what entrepreneurial fortunes await in the six-hour miniseries, Klondike.

While Nelson’s character makes malnourished dashes for the outhouse, Madden’s smile remains beatifically pearly.

Still, it’s a strong cast delivering an honest effort.

Madden is born to play stoutheartedly stubborn heroes; Nelson’s role grows as the series progresses and makes good use of his understated talents.

Klondike has a solid spirit and a moral underpinning; pretty soon, Bill and the few who survive in Dawson City grapple with the plain-as-day lessons at the bottom of their muddy gold pans.

This makes for an interesting contrast to Discovery’s increasingly desperate seekers of the 21st century, as seen on its hit reality shows Gold Rush and Bering Sea Gold.

I find I can still get suckered into watching an hour or two as these marginalized American he-men try to thwart middle-class extinction by locating the magical honey hole.

Mostly they wind up yelling at one another and maxing out on their credit cards. As Klondike makes magnificently clear, these dreams have always died hard.

Klondike (six hours, three parts) concludes tonight.

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RONNEY Gloria Joyce 1948 - Wainwright, Alberta 2014 - Calgary,Alberta Gloria Joyce Ronney of Calgary passed away on January 12, 2014. Gloria is survived by her family and many dear friends. Funeral Services will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY’S Fish Creek Chapel (14441 Bannister Road S.E., Calgary) on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m..

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RAY It is with shock and deep sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of Linda Louise Ray in Arizona, January 14, 2014 at the age of 62 years.

Linda was born in Red Deer on March 27, 1951, the third child of Leonard and Norma Tomalty. On August 9, 1969, Linda married Glen Ray and together they farmed with Glen’s parents, Dan and Eileen Ray, 14 miles east of Innisfail. They were blessed with a daughter, Jennifer, born June 3, 1971 and a son Jason, July 16, 1972. In 1995, together with farming, the family began a small reclamation business, which is now known as Rayco Reclamation Inc. After their farm sale in 2007, this business became full time for Glen, Linda and family. Five years ago Glen and Linda made the decision to spend their winters in Arizona, finding their niche in a community in the San Tan Valley area at the Johnson Ranch golf course, one of their favorite pastimes. So many happy times with friends and family were spent there. Linda is survived by her loving husband, Glen, daughter Jennifer Klessens (Mark), son Jason (Amber), four bright lights of her life; her grandchildren: Kaitlyn (Katie) Klessens, Jeremy Klessens, Stacey Ray and Joel Ray. Linda is also survived by her loving siblings, Julie Barber, Nadine Kuiken (Gary), Rob Tomalty (Wendy) and Sue Henwood; Sister-in-law Viv Connelly (Kevin); as well as many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She is predeceased by her parents, Len and Norma Tomalty, Glen’s parents, Dan and Eileen Ray, and a brother-in-law Bill Barber.

Words fail to express the precious memories of a profound loss in our family circle. Funeral services will be held at the Innisfail Alliance Church on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 1:00 pm with lunch to follow at the Tournament House at the Innisfail Golf Club.

Memorial donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

Arrangements entrusted to HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES, LTD., INNISFAIL. Phone: 403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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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.

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Obituaries EDWARDS Mildred (Millie) nee Spelman Oct. 25, 1941 - Jan. 14, 2014 Millie passed away at sunrise Tuesday Jan. 14, 2014 at the St. Joseph’s Hospice in Edmonton, AB. Born in Edmonton in 1941, moved to Red Deer in 1952 where she completed her education. In her life she lived in Red Deer, France, Lethbridge, Camrose and back to Edmonton. She is survived by her husband Jim and two sons, David Van de Vliert and Gary Van de Vliert, grandson Justin and great granddaughter Paige. She was predeceased by her granddaughter Alissha. A funeral service will be held in Edmonton, Saturday January 25 at 1 pm. at Richfield Christian Assembly 3715-85 St. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation 47-Squire Bakers Lane, Markham Ont. L3P 3G8

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

Please apply for these positions in the manner specified

WELLHEAD ISOLATION SERVICE TECHNICIANS AND TRAINEES

If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 mbell@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad.

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

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

Service Technicians and Trainees.

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

MUST HAVE valid H2S and AB/BC First Aid Tickets

NOW HIRING

Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

Oilfield

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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

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

For more information see

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

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D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014

Picker Operator Swamper

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

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Sylvan Lake. Openings for Bed truck drivers and winch tractor. Top wages and benefits. Email resume tom@roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Counter Attendant 8 Vacancies P/T & F.T. SHIFT WORK, $9.95 $10.98/hr. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 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

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ELEMENTS is looking 5 Beauty Treatment Operators.

Selling seasonal gift packages & personal care products in Parkland Mall-4747 67th St Red Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus bonus & commission, F/T, Beauty certification req’d email resumes: elementsreddeerbto@ gmail.com ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com

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DNR Pressure Welding requires Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic.

Excellent benefit packages. Email resumes to ryan@dnrwelding.ca. or fax (403)742-5759 No Phone calls please.

Drug and alcohol program in effect.

DNR Pressure Welding requires B-Pressure Welders/Labourers for various projects in Alberta.

Long term employment.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca. Attention: Ryan. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect.

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 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

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GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

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SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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

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Competitive Wages & Benefits.

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

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Sales & Distributors

MORRISROE AREA SUNNYBROOK AREA VANIER AREA

in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info

GED PREPARATION Feb. 10 START

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Women in the Trades Program

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

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. • Math and Science for Minimum Class 5 with air the Trades Program and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Gov’t of Alberta Funding Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. may be available.

Red Deer.

403-340-1930 Buying or Selling www.academicexpress.ca your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

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in Johnstone Crossing Jepsen Cres. & Jordan Pkway

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

Waskasoo 44, 45 & 46 Ave. Mustang Acres 63 Ave. & 69 St. Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info Counter Salesperson A local company requires an enthusiastic person for counter sales.

Email resume to mark@aesreddeer.com

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

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

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

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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CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

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

Anders St. / Armstrong Close Addinnell Close / Allan St. 353041A10-23

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Abbott Close / Anders St. Anders Close INGLEWOOD AREA Isherwood Close Issard Close

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LANCASTER AREA Law Close / Lewis Close

Journeyman Millwright

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Duties include: - Service Writing - Warranty Administration - Service Scheduling - Maintaining Paper Flow - Outgoing - Organized - Mechanically Inclined - Computer Proficient - Previous Experience A Must

• 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 CLEARVIEW AREA Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $146/mo.

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

DEERPARK AREA 74 to 129 Blosk of Dunning Cres., Depalm St. and approx. 3 blocks of Douglas St. $108/mo GRANDVIEW AREA

Lamont Close

40A, 41 and 42 Ave. between 39 St. and 44 St. $111/mo.

MORRISROE AREA

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.

DSM INC.

looking for laborers, in the Innisfail area.

Salary is $15.00/hr. Fax resume to: 403-314-0676.

Langford Close Lund Close

OLYMEL, RED DEER PLANT

COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY WORKER ~ fast-paced, physical workplace. $11/hr.

Bring resume to Mustang Laundry, 6830-59 Avenue or email mustanglaundryreddeer @gmail.com

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

Attributes:

for full-time permanent shop positions at our Innisfail locations

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.

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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.

Sales Associate/Office Position

Vista Village SUNNYBROOK AREA Somerset Close Springfield Ave.

MICHENER AREA East of 40th Ave., 51 St., 50A St., Michener Cres., Green, etc. to Michener Ave. & Blvd. $303/mo.

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

Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Drive

Qualifications and Experience • Journeyman or Red Seal Certification.

• Physically fit; ability to perform the tasks attached to the position.

• Available to work various shift schedules according to production needs.

• Ability to read, write and communicate in English.

Vickers Close Volks Place / Vanier Drive Vanson Close / Visser St. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** 354599A24

HOW TO APPLY: Please submit your resume to Wale Adeyinka at apply@olymel.com

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WINTER START

ROSEDALE AREA Reichley St., Reinholt Ave., Robinson Cres. Area 100 Papers $540/mo.

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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

(Reliable vehicle needed.)

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Owner Operators & Company Drivers

Vacuum & Water Truck operators req’d. to start immed. $450/per day CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q All oilfield safety tickets req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with drug and alcohol policy.

References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-742-5376 doug.reinhart@cordy.ca

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

ACADEMIC Express

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

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DNR Powerline Construction requires Journeyman/ Apprentices/Labourers for various projects in Alberta.

Long term employment.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca Attention: Noel. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect.

Truckers/ Drivers

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 Sylvan Lake. Openings for B exp. an asset but not Bed truck drivers and winch necessary. If you have a tractor. Top wages and clean commercial drivers benefits. Email resume abstract and would like to tom@roncooilfield.ca start making good money. or fax. 403-887-4892 fax or email resume and Tired of Standing? comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net Find something to sit on in Classifieds

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor 8 Vacancies, 1-2 yrs. exp. req’d. P/T & F.T. SHIFT WORK, $9.95 - $13.50/hr.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

EXPERIENCED

REQUIRED: CARPENTER/DRYWALLER for restoration company.

This is a F/T position. Must have a valid drivers license.

Duties: Carpentry, drywall, painting & finishing work.

Fax or email resume to 403-347-4037 or crr@telus.net or contact Al @ 403-347-4001

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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.

For Alberta sites.

Email resume to: admin@shunda.ca

Carpenters

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & comTRIUMPH Well Service is mission. Ft No exp. req`d. now accepting applications Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to for all positions.

Experience req’d. Tickets premierjobrd@gmail.com and drivers license required. Top wages and benefits with contracted work. email dmorin@ The RV and Marine triumphwellservice.com season is fast approaching and we are looking for some new lifestyle specialists to help us grow Professionals If you are a proven sales professional or even someone who knows and EYEWEAR loves dealing with people LIQUIDATORS we would love to hear from requires you. Campers, Boaters, OPTICAL ASSISTANT Fishermen, Hunters and all Training provided. around outdoor people Apply in person with always welcome! resume to: 4924 59 St. Are you looking to potentially Red Deer, AB. make $80k+ income, Classifieds...costs so little Work in a great team environment? Excellent Saves you so much! benefit package and winter holidays? If so…

Restaurant/ please apply in confidence to: Stormin Norman Hotel Phone: 403-347-3300

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

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

TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo.

ALSO Timberstone Way, Talson Place, Thomas Place, Trimble Cl., Traptow Cl. & Thompson Cres. $307/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 D3

FAST TRACK PHOTOS Call 403-309-3300 to get your vehicle pictured here

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 DODGE RAM 1500 4x4, quad, gold , c/w topper, 2 sets of tires. Exc. cond. $6000 firm. 403-304-2118

2006 MERCEDES Benz CLS 500 lthr., sunroof, 115057 kms., $25,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 PONTIAC G5.

Manual, 130,000 km. Great cond. Winter & Summer tires. Well. maint. N/S. $5550. 403-342-4318

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 PONTIAC Solstice 26080 kms., 5 speed, $19,888.

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2007 TOYOTA Tacoma V6 4X4, 114903 kms., $19888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 KIA SORENTO, silver, 147,000 km. $6000.

403-347-0461

2006 Range Rover Sport HSE $25,888 Sport & Import 7652 50 Ave 403-348-8788

2008 BMW 328 xi sunroof, lthr., 66,382 kms., $25,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 JEEP Rubicon 4X4, $20,888 7652 Gaetz Ave, Sport & Import 348-8788

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

ALL WHEEL DRIVE 2007 530 XI BMW. Original Owner, 143,000 km. Exc. Cond. Regularly Maintained, Fully Loaded!

Call 403-350-4323

2008 BMW X5 3.0 $31,888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788

2008 LAND ROVER LR2 SE 4X4,.sunroofs, $18,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2011 CHEV Silverado LTZ 6.2 L, lthr., $27,888.

2006 34’ Gulf Stream Yellowstone. Sleeps 4, 3 slides, new awning, washer, dryer hookup, equipped w/Arctic & Sub Arctic pkgs, custom skirt & more! $34,900. 403-8878405

2007 CHRYSLER 300 103198 kms., $10,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 BMW X5 3.0si AWD, htd. lthr., panaroof,

2008 SANTA FE. 3.3L, 5 spd. auto.

Heated seats & mirrors. $6900 obo. **SOLD**

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 COROLLA CE. exc. cond. 78,000. kims.

Offers. 403-392-5628

2007 COLORADO, 28RK, Dutchman, 32’, slideout, back kitchen, shower, king bed, TV, stereo, air. loaded

2008 CHEVY Colorado Vortec 3.7 L, 4wd, good tires & brakes, Linex box liner & undercover. 403-783-2064

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2011 GMC Sierra 1500 Hybrid 4X4, 6.0L, lthr., 81735 kms., $28,888.

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2003 DODGE Durango SLT Plus, 4X4, $8888.

403-348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2009 RANGER XLT 4x4, 70,000 kms., $15,900. trades cons.

403-598-0682

2011 KEYSTONE Alpine $54,900. Top of the line. Satellite dish, built in Cummins Onan generator, Sub-zero insulation pckg. 403 357 6950

2009 VW GOLF, manual, 90,000 km.

Winter pkg, $10,500.

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2012 CHEV Silverado 2500 LTZ, diesel, lthr., tonneau cover, $36,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2010 CHEV 1500 4x4 8 cyl. Kuhmo Tires. $17,900.

403-346-9816

8th Annual Red Deer Collector Car Auction & Speed Show.

Mar 14 - 16. Westerner Park, Red Deer. 150,000 sq.ft. indoor show. Exhibitors space avail.

Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGAuctions.com

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2002 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta GLS 1.8L, $10,888.

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2003 HONDA Odyssey EX-L V6. Loaded.

One owner. $7800.

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2005 LEXUS ES 330 FWD, lthr., 41,100 kms, $15,888. SOLD Sport & Import

$27,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

$22,900. 403-784-2482

2006 GMC C4500 4X4, new Duramax, 170,000 kms, $39,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 Jetta TDI 73,699 km $16,888 AS&I 403-348-8788

2007 FORD F-150 Lariat 4X4, htd. lthr., sunroof, $12,888, 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 GMC Acadia SLE AWD, 8 passenger, 90485 kms, $19,888.

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2008 GMC Yukon XL

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2008 FORD F-250 XL 4X4, 6.4L, 92754 kms., $26888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 LAND ROVER Range Rover supercharged, 4X4, nav., sunroof, lthr., $33,888 348-8788, Sport & Import

2008 FORD F150. $10,000.

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2010 CHEV Silverado 1500 LT, 4X4, Z-71, cold air intake, 62629kms, $20888 348-8788 Sport & Import

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Prosecutor argues against new trial for 14-year-old who was executed in 1944

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMTER, S.C. — The judge, prosecutor and defence lawyers all agree that justice, at least by today’s U.S. standards, wasn’t carried out 70 years ago when a 14-year-old black boy was sent to the electric chair for killing two white girls.

But figuring out exactly what happened in March 1944 may be elusive, they said during the first day of a hearing into whether the boy, George Stinney, should get a new trial.

People who attended the original trial have died and most of the evidence, including a transcript of the trial, has disappeared.

Stinney was found guilty of killing 11-year-old Betty Binnicker and 7-year-old Mary Emma Thames just over a month after their bodies were found beaten in the head and left in a water-filled ditch. The trial lasted less than a day in the tiny Southern mill town of Alcolu, separated, as most were in those days, by race.

His lawyers argued his conviction was tainted by racism and scant evidence in the era of Jim Crow laws that instituted segregation in much of the U.S. South.

Stinney is the youngest person

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executed in the United States in the past 100 years. Even in 1944, there was an outcry over putting someone so young in the electric chair. Newspaper accounts said the straps in the chair didn’t fit around his 95-pound (43-kilogram) body and an electrode was too big for his leg.

Nearly all the evidence, including Stinney’s confession, has vanished. Lawyers working on behalf of Stinney’s family have gathered new evidence, including sworn statements from his relatives accounting for his whereabouts the day the girls were killed and from a pathologist disputing the autopsy findings.

But that evidence depends mostly on the unreliability of the human memory. Stinney’s younger sister, who was 7 at the time, testified Tuesday about how she hid in a chicken coop when several white men in uniforms arrived at their home in strange-looking cars. She vividly remembered seeing her brother’s burned body in a casket after his electrocution and the unmarked grave he was buried in. But on cross examination, Amie Ruffner struggled to remember details of a 2009 sworn statement she gave.

“If you can’t remember what you wrote down in 2009, why

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CHROME TABLE & 4 CHAIRS $100.

MOTORIZED SCOOTER $1500.

BOOK SHELVES, $50 ea.

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FUSION PRODUCTION SYSTEMS INC., COMFORTERS, queen & a growing, well-established king. (2) - $30. queen, fabrication facility $40. king. 403-346-2070 in Red Deer is hiring DIE cast models, cars, for the position of truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker EXPERIENCED gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east MATERIAL HANDLING end of Cash Casino

SUPERVISOR

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“What can I do? What can I rectify?” Mullen said at the beginning of the hearing. “And even if we did retry, Mr. Stinney, what would be the result? Again, none of us have the power to bring that 14-year-old child back.”

If Mullen finds in favour of Stinney, it could open the door for hundreds of other appeals. But she acknowledged how the case was unusual. “No one here can justify a 14-year-old child being charged, tried, convicted and executed in some 80 days,” she said.

In 1944, Stinney was likely the only black in the courtroom.

On Tuesday, the courtroom was packed with African-American supporters and the prosecutor arguing against him is the son of South Carolina’s first black chief justice.

Finney argued there shouldn’t be a new trial because the evidence was lost with the passage of time. The hearing will continue today. It isn’t clear when the judge will rule.

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BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand’s government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas to cope with protests that have stirred up violent attacks, adding to the country’s monthslong sense of crisis.

Labour Minister Chalerm Yubumrung said that the measure will continue for 60 days beginning Wednesday, but did not announce any specific actions.

The decree greatly expands the power of security forces to issue orders and search, arrest and detain people, with limited judicial and parliamentary oversight.

The areas covered had already been placed under tougher-than-normal security under the country’s Internal Security Act. The state of emergency follows increasing attacks at protest sites for which the government and the protesters blame each other.

These include grenades thrown in daylight and drive-by shootings. On Sunday, 28 people were wounded when two grenades were tossed near one of several stages set up by protesters at key Bangkok intersections.

Another grenade attack on a protest march last Friday killed one man and wounded dozens. No arrests have been made in either attack.

Nine people have been killed and hundreds hurt in violence since the protests began in early November.

The protesters escalated their tactics this month with a threat to “shut down” the capital to prevent the government from functioning.

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Lady Gaga wears Versace KATE BOSWORTH TURNS UP IN DIOR AT SPRING-SUMMER PARIS SHOW

BY THOMAS ADAMSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — “I’m just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time,” Lady Gaga once said.

And the fashion-inspired singer reigned supreme at the opening of Paris’s luxuriant haute couture shows.

Monday marked the first full day of the spring-summer 2014 displays in Paris, including collections from Christian Dior Couture, Giambattista Valli and Schiaparelli.

Here are some key moments and tidbits from the day.

LADY GAGA AT VERSACE She may not yet have changed the world, but Lady Gaga almost upstaged the clothes at the Atelier Versace couture show on Sunday night.

The slim bottle-blond singer, who sported a black hooded Versace look with draped silk jersey gown, a full train and open back, observed from the front row.

She gave a standing ovation to the tiny Donatella Versace — looking like her twin, also in black — as she walked down the catwalk to cap the collection.

Gaga, who featured in Versace’s spring advertising campaign, was responsible for the show soundtrack, with remixed versions of her hits with lyrics such as “I’m skinny and I’m loving it” blasting out.

In fact, skinniness was the defining characteristic of the decadent show. And not just in the super-cinched couture silhouettes.

The width of this show’s seating was narrowed to under 30 cm (12 inches), and barely could accommodate a normalsized human posterior.

INSPIRED BY GRACE JONES Grace Jones, the iconic singer who often wore hoods, inspired Donatella Versace’s bejeweled couture show.

Hoods in black, brash acid green and lilac blue came in satin silk or jersey or simply dripped in mesh made of tiny chains and crystals with the aggressive sexuality of the fiery Jamaican-born model.

Waists were cinched with bustiers, sometimes alongside draping or a white fox and mink fur coat.

Elsewhere, embellishments on sheer fabric looked like tattoos on the skin — among the

best looks — and led the eye down to inches upon inches of exposed leg.

If there was any doubt as to the kind of woman Versace was designing for the program notes said it all: a “contemporary goddess.”

In other words, mere mortals (real women) may well have slim pickings inside Donatella’s super-real imagination.

But this is couture, not ready to wear, and it’s meant to make people dream. At the very least, it’s clear that Versace aims to push her version of female beauty to the very highest imagined limit.

DIOR’S DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE COUTURE Raf Simons took his foot off the intellectual pedal for his Christian Dior spring-summer 2014 couture show Monday.

The result? One of the best, and most archetypally “couture” collections in seasons.

Layers, transparencies, abstract scoops and elliptical cutouts gave a diaphanous, weightless feel to silhouettes that literally floated by.

See-through paperlike holes provided — very slightly — a hidden, voyeuristic sensuality.

The plain, white cavelike decor, meanwhile, curved to evoke the idealized female form, and subtly echoed this sensuality.

Gone were the ambitious, myriad flower arrangements of previous seasons, as was the bustling garden imagery in the clothes; and in the place of the rainbow colour palette was simple white, pastels and dark ink blue.

Simple was the word.

But the sign of a master designer is a collection that looks simple, but hides its true complexity.

One looks with as many as five layers of depth was testament to this. The program notes indeed describe this collection as one of the most labour-intensive ever produced.

THE RETURN OF ELSA SCHIAPARELLI It’s taken almost 60 years, but eccentric Elsa Schiaparelli — the rival of Coco Chanel — is finally back on the Place Vendome.

Monday saw the highly-anticipated first haute couture show from the revived house, designed by former Rochas helmsman Marco Zanini. He had an admirable stab at it.

The first look, a Napo-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lady Gaga, left, and fashion designer Donatella Versace arrive to the attend Atelier Versace SpringSummer 2014 Haute Couture fashion collection, presented on Sunday in Paris. leon hat with a draped royal blue dress invoked revolution, imitating Eugene Delacroix’s famed painting “Liberty leading the people.”

An all-black cinched washed silk look was worn by a model with the big dipper constellation on her head, transforming the clothes into the sky at night. References were sometimes overly literal, sometimes overly reverential.

But it’s a gargantuan task to fill the shoes of a woman considered to be one of the most influential fashion figures of the early 20th century.

If Schiaparelli is no longer a household name — her business folded in 1954, and she died in 1973 — her design firsts have certainly lived on: newspaper prints, exposed zippers, perfume bottles in the female form, shocking pink, and — arguably — the first woman’s power suit.

ON THE FRONT ROW Superman Returns actress Kate Bosworth, in a blue and black check silk Dior sheath, turned up to the Raf Simons show with her husband of five months, film director Michael Polish.

“I have been a fan of Raf (Simons) for forever,” she told The Associated Press. “I’m married to a director, so I understand how each piece is put together and the importance of every detail.”

Meanwhile, HBO Girls star Allison Williams was at the same show and wore a beautiful Dior dress with a cinched waistband, expressed an inkling of humour when asked which designer she was wearing.

“Christian Dior. I don’t know if you’ve heard of him. He’s a small-time designer from early in the last century. He’s up and coming. I think I see

Coco Rocha, DSquared2, Guillermo del Toro to attend Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Design duo Dean and Dan Caten of DSquared2, supermodel Coco Rocha and Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro are among the notable names expected to attend the Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards.

Billed as the first event of its kind in Canada, the first CAFA gala will feature 10 award categories honouring homegrown talent within the fashion industry.

Comedian Gerry Dee, star of CBC comedy series Mr. D, will host the event on Feb. 1 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.

The Toronto-born Catens are being recognized in the outstanding achievement category, alongside Montrealbased designers Denis Gagnon and Marie Saint Pierre and womenswear designers Lida Baday, Wayne Clark

and David Dixon.

The twin brothers are also nominated for the international Canadian designer award, which honours those who have achieved success abroad and brought attention to Canadian talent on the world stage. Fellow nominees include Mark Fast, Erdem Moralioglu, Jason Wu and Jeremy Laing.

The Toronto-born, Richmond, B.C.raised Rocha is among the nominees in the model category, alongside Yasmin Warsame who is also expected to attend the gala. Fellow Canadian catwalkers Linda Evangelista, Shalom Harlow and Daria Werbowy also received nods.

Actress Elisha Cuthbert and Reign stars Adelaide Kane and Jonathan Keltz are also among those slated to attend the gala.

Online: www.cafawards.ca

promising work coming from the house.”

At Schiaparelli, former French First Lady Carla Bruni hobnobbed with Jean Paul Gaultier and former model Elle Macpherson on the front row.

GIAMBATTISTA VALLI’S GEOMETRY To the backdrop of huge geometric crystals, Italian designer Giambattista Valli played with geometry in the female silhouette.

Thick sections of double crepe — in royal blue and white — were banded around the midriff on model whose legs were exposed — a Vallisignature.

Curves in the stiff fabric creatively produced straight diagonal lines in the silhouette, which emphasized an hourglass figure.

The most effective of the 34 looks were those that pushed the volume upward from the midriff, though a few at the beginning of the collection in swirling white made the models thighs look bottom heavy.

There was a beautiful series of looks, sometimes in acid green, that played with the female silhouette by segmenting it in three — in a similar direction to that of Raf Simons in previous Christian Dior shows.

It was a highly feminine affair.

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Police Information Check, Intervention Record Check including vulnerable sector search and/or summary of driving record are conditions of employment and the financial responsibility of the candidate.

Please send resume, quoting the competition number 14-008 before January 29, 2014 to:

Catholic Charities Human Resources Office 5104 – 48 Avenue Red Deer, AB T4N 3T8 Fax: (403) 342-1890 www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer Serving and Employing People of all Faiths and Cultures Since 1961

The Red Deer Advocate is looking for a full time

PRODUCTION ARTIST

Working in a high volume environment, the successful candidate will be responsible for designing and processing ads, Classified page layout, as well as the design and layout of our special sections and weekly papers.

They must possess a strong work ethic, a keen eye for detail and be able to work independently with minimal supervision.

Mac-based Adobe Indesign and Adobe Creative suite experience are definite assets.

Hours of work are Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week.

Forward resumes stating “Production Artist” by Friday, January 31 to: swilliamson@reddeeradvocate.com Drop off or mail to: Scott Williamson, Production Supervisor Red Deer Advocate 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only selected candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please.

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014

stock up & save view weekly specials at: realcanadianliquorstore.ca

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98

Hek Original lager

/12 cans 12 x 355 mL

works out to 0.82 per can

220014

large 24 pack

23

Keystone or Keystone Light beer

18

Molson Canadian 67

98

5 10 9 48

98

98

750 mL

750 mL

750 mL

Peller Estates Proprietor’s Reserve Red or White Blend

Ruffino IL Ducale

6

98

/24 cans 24 x 355 mL works out to 1.00 per can 478160/ 922302

750 mL

Dancing Bull Marcus James Zinfandel Malbec

311030

542864

575408

999557/ 243963

98

/12 bottles 12 x 341 mL

large

large

large

1.75 L

1.14 L

1L

795642

large 1.14 L

bonus

50 mL

bonus

50 mL

with purchase

with purchase

while quantities last

while quantities last

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98

Melville’s Ginger beer

/4 bottles 4 x 275 mL

38 25 21 20 26 98

98

98

98

98

1.75 L

1.14 L

1L

750 mL

1.14 L

Royal Dewar’s New Reserve White Label Amsterdam rye scotch vodka

Wiser's De Luxe rye

Bacardi white rum

566608

167775

168011

192782

164262

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99

/24 cans

or 11.33 each /works out to 1.42 per can

865522

Molson Canadian or Coors Light beer 8 x 355 mL 668649/ 520404

PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE G.S.T. OR DEPOSIT

Prices effective Wednesday, January 22 to Sunday, January 26, 2014 IN THIS AREA ONLY

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We reserve the right to limit quantities. While stock lasts. Prices subject to change. No rainchecks, no substitutions.

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