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‘I was expecting to be killed’ ZAMBONI DRIVER RECOUNTS NARROW ESCAPE FROM COLLAPSING ARENA

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF The Zamboni driver who was flooding the Sylvan Lake Arena ice when its roof collapsed early Monday morning was sure he was about to die.

“I was expecting to be killed. I really thought, because I had a fraction of a second, ‘You can’t escape this.’ I really thought an eight-by-eight at 80 miles an hour would wipe me out,” said Pat Sawyer over the

phone from Calgary.

In Tuesday’s Advocate, it was reported that the Zamboni driver got off of his machine upon hearing cracking noises above and left the 40-year-old arena moments before a large portion of the roof crashed down onto the ice surface. In fact, Sawyer remained on the Zamboni as the structure came crashing down.

“I heard a sequence of bangs.

“Then, after the second bang I drove about 30 feet. I just turned the steering wheel to take another

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lap and then there was one bang and the roof came down, and it came down straight on me.

“I grabbed hold of the steering wheel and the exact words out of my mouth were ‘I’m dead.’ I just covered my head and ducked as low as I could,” he said.

And though rubble came down all around him, Sawyer said he felt nothing.

“I couldn’t believe it — not a mark on me.”

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TRAGEDY IN L’ISLE-VERTE

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF What is old will be made newer at Innisfail’s École John Wilson Elementary School thanks to an infusion of over $10 million from the provincial government.

Education Minister Jeff Johnson was at the kindergarten to Grade 4 school Thursday to make the announcement, one in a series of recent school modernization announcements that will continue today in Red Deer at Annie L. Gaetz Elementary School.

He said the cost estimation for the modernization work is “in excess of $10 million” and could run into the $12-million range.

The school was built in 1955, and has had three additions over the years. The money committed by the province is for the second phase of larger modernization work and will go towards upgrading electrical, fire and mechanical systems and the school’s interior.

Improvements to the school’s heating and ventilation systems were supposed to be done in phase one of the modernization work, which started last spring, but that project, which is behind schedule, was over cost and so that work has been bumped to the second phase.

“It will be a full modernization. It’ll bring us right up to speed and give us the best of the best in our learning environment,” said principal Jacqueline Taylor. École John Wilson is housed within St. Marguerite Bourgeoys School, run by the Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division, and is adjacent to the local middle and high schools.

The project’s first phase — which is seeing a pedway, new gym and bus turn-around constructed — was undertaken to give the over-capacity St. Marguerite school more space, and is pushing École John Wilson into what had been a part of the middle school, and the middle school into some underutilized space in the high school.

Overall, nearly 2,000 students learn at the “campus.” Chinook’s Edge School Division, the benefactor of the provincial dollars, had listed modernization at the elementary school as its number one capital priority.

In 2013, Premier Alison Redford stated that her government would fund the construction of 50 new schools and the modernization of 70 others during the current term.

By the end of next week, 98 of those projects will have been announced, and Johnson said all should be announced by the end of February.

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A crane knocks down a wall after a fatal fire destroyed a seniors residence in L’Isle-Verte, Que., Thursday. Police have confirmed that five people are dead and another 30 missing after flames consumed part of the 52-unit home. See related story on page A5.

Maternity ward operating rooms to ease surgery pressures at hospital

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Oh baby!

The Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is gaining two dedicated operating rooms for scheduled caesarean sections and emergency obstetrical procedures.

Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne announced on Thursday in Red Deer that the Family Boardwalk Lounge inside the Maternal Child Services Unit will be turned into operating rooms to the tune of $9.7 million. Another $1.2 million for equipment was donated by the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation.

“We’re seeing increased pressures in this zone in general surgeries and other medical specialities that require the use of the operating room,” said Horne.

An operating room that was dedicated for obstet-

rical uses, including emergencies, will return to general surgery use.

Horne said the new spaces will alleviate pressure in the general operating room and are expected to allow 1,600 more general surgeries to be performed each year. He said other specialities will be able to manage surgery schedules and wait lists at the hospital.

Obstetrician Dr. Bill Young said there are on average 225 babies born each month or 2,700 a year at the hospital, of which 30 per cent result in c-sections.

The unit was originally designed to handle 1,500 deliveries a year.

Young, who is also the hospital’s associate zone medical director, said C-sections are the most commonly performed operation in North America.

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Villa Marie ready to become a home SUPPORTIVE LIVING FACILITY FOR SENIORS WELCOMES FIRST RESIDENTS

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF Senior care is evolving, said one impressed local MLA on Thursday after the first official tour of Villa Marie, the new supportive living facility for seniors in Red Deer.

As one of the last window panes was being fitted into place, Red Deer MLAs Cal Dallas and Mary Anne Jablonski walked through the 80,000-squarefoot, 100-bed home on Carrington Drive run by Covenant Care, a non-profit partner in Alberta’s health system.

“I’m very pleased to have it in my constituency,” Jablonski said. “They do prepare the food here on site and that’s really important for people because when you’re in care one of the things you look forward to is something good to eat . . . . There’s flexibility here and I know certainly as I grow older I like flexibility. I don’t like to be told what to do. I like to have some choices and you get that here.”

After two years of construction, Villa Marie opened on schedule earlier this month with the first resident moving in on Jan. 16.

It features six suites for couples, 70 single bedrooms and 24 memory care single bedrooms for those needing specialized dementia care. Every room is outfitted with a shower and can also include a microwave and mini fridge. Memory boxes are built in the wall outside each unit so residents can personalize their space.

“One of the basic premises is that these are suites that they can furnish and they can have their own towels, bedding — we can help with that but we’re coming into their space rather than the other way around,” said Russell Janzen, the site administrator.

There are also bariatric care rooms for larger patients equipped with helpful lift equipment.

Other amenities in the building include spa/tub rooms, a chapel, hair salon, four large dining rooms, secure and non-secure courtyards, patios and numerous sitting areas.

Three meals are served each day, along with snacks, and, unlike many other facilities, breakfast has a flexible time window from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., Janzen said, to appeal to all personalities.

A feature numerous families have commented on, he added, is the abundance of south-facing windows and all the natural lighting. The railings along every wall with three grooves at the end to let those with failing eyesight know the support is coming to an end is another stand-out component.

The $30-million facility (which came in on budget) is still putting the final touches on some rooms and

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ESCAPE: Collapse was not as bad as it could have been Sawyer was alone in the rink when the collapse happened around 12:30 a.m., clearing the ice after a women’s hockey team used the arena late Sunday evening. After the roof came down, he quickly regained his composure, finding it amusing that he could stand inside the old arena and see planes flying overhead.

He then called arena operator Graham Parsons before thinking to shut the gas off in the arena after noticing flashes and sparks from the electrical wiring that had come down with the roof.

Sawyer had worked at the rink for 24 years, and he said while there had been some indications that the roof was under stress, all older arenas are subject to some movement and structural issues. The structural assessment of the rink conducted in 2012 stated that “the roof can safely carry about 14 to 15 (inches) of snow before it will be cause for concern.”

The roof collapse is being investigated by the town and demolition of the remaining structure has not yet begun. Until that happens, the town says, the adjacent multiplex will remain closed, hampering local sports groups.

In a letter to Sylvan Lake residents sent out on Wednesday, town chief administrative officer Betty Osmond said a review of the town’s routine procedures prior to the collapse is being done. She pointed out that the curling club was closed twice this

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Covenant Health site leader Russell Janzen, centre leads Alberta Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski and Alberta minister of Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations and MLA for Red Deer South Cal Dallas on a tour of the new Villa Maria operated by Covenant Health in Clearview.

‘THERE’S FLEXIBILITY HERE AND I KNOW CERTAINLY AS I GROW OLDER I LIKE FLEXIBILITY. I DON’T LIKE TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO. I LIKE HAVE SOME CHOICES AND YOU GET THAT HERE.’ — MARY ANNE JABLONSKI RED DEER NORTH MLA

is waiting on a few last items like blinds, which were delayed due to the ice storm in the eastern parts of the country. But for the most part it’s ready to become a home and more seniors were moving in on Thursday with large furniture pieces being unloaded from trucks parked out front. winter because too much snow had accumulated on its roof and said she “would have had no hesitation to have closed the Arena as well, had I known of the snow load situation.”

Sawyer, who said he has barely slept since the incident, believes both he and the town are very fortunate the collapse was not as bad as it could have been. He said if a team had been out on the ice at the time of the collapse, there would have surely been deaths.

“There’s always a goalie at that end of the rink guarding the net. So guaranteed the goalie would have got it. ... If the play was in that end, every one of them would have probably been seriously hurt or dead.”

Demolition work on the site is now in the hands of an insurance company. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

SCHOOLS: Opening in time for 2016-17 school year He said a three-year window between a funding announcement and the opening of a school is the government’s target. His goal is to have all new schools built and opening in time for the start of the 2016-17 school year.

“Ideally we’d like them all open and operational

by September, but there have been some mitigating circumstances in the province with the floods and accessing materials and construction firms . . . That three-year window is realistic and that’s what we’re working towards,” he said.

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He said the new space will greatly enhance the staff’s ability to provide a higher level of safety and faster response to emergencies, and ease the demands of a growing population.

“They are going to provide us with greater access and safety,” he said. “It will be staffed by experienced obstetric nurses who are intimately aware of the needs of the labouring obstetrical patient. It will allow faster time to emergencies.”

As it stands, expectant mothers are wheeled down a hallway in a stretcher and into an elevator to reach the operating room on another floor. Young said that’s a simple matter on a stretcher but in an emergency situation, it is a very different scenario where time is often of the essence.

Young said the staff of nurses, midwives, obstetricians, pediatricians and others have been waiting for this day for a long time.

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More than 500 people applied for a spot in Villa Marie, said Janzen, and all 100 rooms have been now claimed.

He could not comment on the state of a waiting list.

Rents for supportive-living residents at the facility are in line with the provincial standard, at $1,785 per month, including utilities, food, housekeeping and care.

So far, three-quarters of the staff have been hired and Janzen expects a full roster by mid February.

Villa Marie is named for Sister Marie Agathe, the first Superior of the Daughters of Wisdom, who opened St. Joseph’s Convent in Red Deer in 1909 and brought Catholic education to Red Deer.

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Privacy breach stokes fears ALBERTANS CALL ABOUT STOLEN LAPTOP FILLED WITH HEALTH INFORMATION for patients who were seen at Medicare clinics from May 2, 2011, to Sept. 19, 2013.

Bhimji said there has been no indication of any fraudulent activity involving the health information.

He said people phoning the call centre are also asking what happened, and why it took so long for the theft to be made public.

Health Minister Fred Horne said the laptop was stolen Sept. 26 and reported by Medicentres on Oct. 1 to Alberta privacy commissioner Jill Clayton and Edmonton police.

Horne said he was not told until Tuesday, when he received a letter from the company.

Clayton said she will launch an investigation, but noted there is nothing in provincial law that requires a health provider such as Medicentre Canada to report such a theft or notify any people affected by a privacy breach.

She also said she has no authority under Alberta law to report such a theft to the provincial government.

Clayton said Alberta’s law needs to be changed.

“This case is an important reminder of the need for these types of provisions in the Health Informa-

tion Act,” she said Thursday in a release. “I will be formally asking the government to consider such an amendment.”

Horne said the patient health information should not have been stored on a laptop and should not have been stored in unencrypted form.

He also said the government expects that people who are in custody of such information take necessary steps to protect it.

Horne said he thinks the government would be open to improving the law.

“The concern is about how so much time went by before patients were notified,” Horne said in Red Deer.

“We will look at that and if there are things we can do to strengthen the Health Information Act I am completely there, and I am pretty sure my colleagues will support me.”

Clayton said her investigation will also look into other privacy breaches involving health information, but did not provide any details.

Bhimji said the laptop was in the custody of an IT consultant when it was stolen. He said the consultant no longer does work with Medicentres Canada.

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Top court rejects Métis hunting rights appeal

EDMONTON — Albertans worried about the theft of a laptop containing the health information of 620,000 patients are phoning with questions about whether their privacy has been compromised.

A call centre set up by Medicentres Canada Inc., which operates 25 family health clinics in Edmonton and Calgary, had received more than 275 calls by Thursday morning, with many more expected.

Dr. Arif Bhimji, a spokesman for the private company, said people are being told to come in to a clinic to check if their private data was on the laptop.

They are also being urged to check their financial records for unusual activity.

“We are telling them to monitor their credit card statements, bank statements, and similar types of documents and to consider getting a credit report from Transunion or Equifax, which are the main credit reporting agencies in Canada,” he said.

The information on the stolen laptop includes unencrypted names, birthdates, health card numbers, billing codes, billing amounts and diagnostic codes

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Canada’s agriculture minister sees reason for optimism in an ongoing trade battle with the United States over meat labelling.

Gerry Ritz says the chairman of a U.S. congressional committee has requested that his Department of Agriculture back off on labelling rules that have prompted Ottawa to threaten retaliation.

Country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules are blamed for complicating the import of meat into the U.S. from Canada and for reducing the amount of Canadian exports to the country by half since 2008.

The rules require detailed labels about the origins of beef, pork and chicken sold in U.S. stores.

That drives up the price tag of Canadian exports and undermines their competitiveness.

“I think it’s good. I think it underscores the pressure we’ve been putting on is being recognized,” Ritz said Thursday of the chairman’s request.

“Of course the retaliatory list got their attention.

Some of the amendments moved to the Farm Bill in regards to COOL were by a congressman in California who didn’t like the idea of California wines being retaliated.”

The U.S. House of Representatives appropriations committee asked the Department of Agriculture to stop imposing the labelling rules in a note attached to a major spending bill.

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Central Zone records first flu death Fifteen people have now died in the province from the seasonal flu, with one in the Central Zone, according to an update from Alberta Health on Thursday.

The first death from the seasonal flu to hit the Central Zone this year occurred sometime since Alberta Health’s last update on Jan. 15.

There have been 10 deaths in the Calgary Zone, three in the Edmonton Zone and one in the North Zone.

So far this season, there have been a total of 2,531 confirmed Influenza A cases in Alberta. That number is 429 in the Central Zone. H1N1 is a subtype of Influenza A. Across the province, 572 Albertans have been hospitalized due to the flu. Twenty-six are in ICUs due to “influenza-like illness.”

In the Central Zone, 54 have been hospitalized and two people are currently in ICUs. As of Thursday, 89,031 people in the Central Zone had been vaccinated.

In a separate isolated case, a Red Deer woman died recently from H5N1 flu. No other cases of that strain of flu have been reported.

Captive breeding program for greater sage grouse funded

EDMONTON — Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau told party faithful in Edmonton that Canada is drifting under the mediocre leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Trudeau, in a speech Thursday to 300 people, said Canadians are among the luckiest people in the world, but risk squandering their success under Harper.

He says Harper is more concerned with half measures of success, and with turning representative democracy on its head.

Some forecasters predicting floods for Southern Alberta, others say too soon CALGARY — There may still be plenty of snow on the ground, but flood forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring melt.

David Sauchyn, a researcher with the Prairie Adaption Research Collaborative, says he expects many wet years ahead for Alberta.

Sauchyn says the scientific evidence show that floods tend to be grouped together over time.

He says the El Nino phenomenon is primarily to blame for what’s expected to be wetter than average years.

However, experts with the Provincial River Forecasting Centre say it’s still too soon to tell if this could be another high-risk year for floods.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal involving Métis hunting and fishing rights in Alberta.

The Métis Nation of Alberta had filed arguments on behalf of hunter Garry Hirsekorn that challenged a lower court ruling that restricted hunting rights to around northern Métis settlements.

The arguments focused on a Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago that granted Ontario Métis hunting rights.

Hirsekorn was convicted in 2010 of hunting out of season after he shot a mule deer near the Cypress Hills in southeastern Alberta.

The Alberta Court of Appeal upheld the conviction, saying there wasn’t enough proof that Métis had a historic presence in southern Alberta that granted them a right to hunt for food.

The Métis Nation argued that buffalo hunters were nomads who rarely, or never, returned to established communities.

The organization had been using the Hirsekorn case to press Alberta to recognize Métis hunting rights across the province.

Hirsekorn’s lawyers had argued that the courts should expand the definition of the Supreme Court’s Powley test case, which established the benchmark for Métis rights.

The Powley ruling requires that Métis who claim constitutional aboriginal hunting rights need to prove there were established communities in an area before the Métis came under the effective control of European laws and customs.

Lower-court judges concluded that Hirsekorn’s lawyers failed to prove that the Métis had a significant long-standing historic presence in the Cypress Hills where he shot the deer.

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CALGARY — The federal and Alberta governments have come to the rescue of the critically endangered greater safe grouse.

Both governments have committed $2.1 million each for a greater sage grouse captive breeding and rearing project to be conducted over the next decade.

The project will be run by the Calgary Zoo’s Centre for Conservation on a ranch south of Calgary.

There were an estimated 93 to 138 adult birds in Canada in 2012.

The population has declined by 98 per cent since 1988 partly due to contact with humans and disease.

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USDA’s continued implementation, enforcement and the associated spending related to the mandatory country-of-origin labelling regulation for certain meat products during the pending World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute with Canada and Mexico,” said the letter from chairman Hal Rogers of Kentucky.

The committee can’t actually force the department to drop the rules — but it does have control over the agency’s budget.

“I think there’s a growing recognition that COOL is wrong-headed. It’s not even good policy,” Ritz said.

“It might be a political answer to a solution that doesn’t exist, but at the end of the day Americans are starting to recognize it’s hurting them as well.”

Ottawa will continue fighting the regulation at the World Trade Organization, Ritz said, and cattlemen on both sides of the border will go on with their own court action.

Ritz would be pleased to see U.S. lawmakers drop the labelling requirement in an upcoming farm bill.

“That would be the easiest fix from our standpoint. Of course, their system is in disarray. The farm bill would be our first choice because it could be done a lot faster,” Ritz said.

“I’m hopeful. We’ve been years getting to this point. We’re looking at a $1-billion-a-year loss to our livestock sector. So the sooner we get it done, the sooner they’re back to making good money for their product.”

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Labour or skill shortage?

WHAT EMPLOYERS REALLY WANT WHEN LOOKING TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS

BY JOCK FINLAYSON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE An odd feature of today’s economy is the juxtaposition of widespread concerns about talent and labour shortages together with evidence that the incomes of many workers are under downward pressure.

While CEOs, human resource managers, and business gurus proclaim that recruiting, retaining and motivating skilled employees is key to their organizations’ success, a sizable body of economic data presents a somewhat different picture — one of predominantly stagnant real (inflation-adjusted) earnings for a significant fraction of the workforce.

A new study from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) confirms that “labour” has been losing ground to “capital” in almost all advanced countries. It finds that, from 1990 to 2009, the share of labour compensation in national income decreased in 26 of 30 developed economies. Overall, while workers garnered

66 per cent of national income in the OECD in the early 1990s, by the latter part of the last decade the proportion had dwindled to 60 to 62 per cent. The drop may seem small, but it is striking because in the four decades prior to 1990, the share of income flowing to workers tended to be very stable.

In a world where qualified employees seemingly are hard to find, how are we to understand labour’s slumping income share? The aftermath of the 2008-09 recession and global financial crisis no doubt has played a role in tempering wage gains. But academic research points to other, longer-term factors that have also contributed to the trend.

Perhaps the most powerful is the way technological change has reshaped the workplace and altered the incentives for businesses to use labour and capital in the production process.

Globalization and most nations’ increased reliance on international trade and investment have also affected the job market. Across broad swathes of the economy, lower trade barriers and heightened competition

from imports have reduced the prices of consumer goods as well as workers’ bargaining power.

A third explanation for the lower percentage of national income now collected by workers is what economists refer to as “institutional change” — e.g., lower union density, a shift toward temporary and other forms of non-standard work, and the steady disappearance of defined benefit pensions in the private sector (employer pension contributions and other non-wage fringe benefits are counted as part of labour compensation and thus serve to boost employees’ share of total income).

It’s difficult to square labour’s shrinking share of economy-wide income with often heard complaints about an insufficient supply of workers. To some extent, the business organizations voicing such concerns are reacting to mismatches between the pool of available skills and what employers seek when looking to fill vacant positions.

Dealing with mismatches requires expanding education and training capacity in high-demand fields and re-

ducing the resources allocated to lower-demand areas of training and academic study. But in a market economy, any sensible strategy to address labour mismatches must also entail changes in relative compensation levels, such that compensation rises in occupations experiencing significant shortfalls in the supply of qualified workers.

As Canada grapples with the coming wave of baby-boomer retirements, the income dynamics playing out in the job market may shift again. Many employers will face mounting pressure to provide competitive pay and working conditions. Business models based on access to low-wage Canadian labour may become less viable as unemployment rates decline and the growth of the workforce slows. Looking further ahead, a tightening job market could even reverse the recent fall in the labour share of national income. If so, the net result arguably would be a healthier and more balanced economy.

Jock Finlayson is executive vice-president of the Business Council of British Columbia. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

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Where will violence in Ukraine end?

“The protest mood in Ukraine is at a higher temperature than ever before,” said Vitali Klitschko, the de facto leader of the anti-government protests that have filled central Kiev for the past two months, in an interview with the Guardian on Tuesday.

“We only need a small spark for the situation to develop in a way that will be completely out of control for the authorities.”

It’s make-or-break time, because on Wednesday a raft of new laws came into effect that make almost everything the protesters have been doing illegal.

The laws, which were rushed through the Ukrainian parliament last week on a GWYNNE show of hands, ban helmets, hard hats and masks at rallies, DYER and impose fines and prison sentences for setting up unauthorized tents, stages or sound systems in public places.

They prescribe jail terms for anybody blockading public buildings, and make it a crime to “slander” public officials (whatever that means). You can also go to jail for handing out pamphlets, and you can get 15 years for being part of a “mass riot” (however the government chooses to define that).

If President Viktor Yanukovych’s government tries to enforce these laws on the tent city of protesters that has filled the “Maidan” (Independence Square) since late November, there will be some-

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thing like civil war in the heart of the Ukrainian capital. He hasn’t done so yet, but mobile phone users near the violent clashes early Tuesday morning got text messages saying: “Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass riot.”

Yanukovych is getting desperate, because the protests are no longer just against his abrupt decision not to sign a treaty creating closer trade and political ties between Ukraine and the European Union, and to turn to Russia instead for loans ($15 billion) and discounted gas.

The protests have expanded to take in the dire state of the economy, Yanukovych’s ruthless political tactics, and the sudden wealth of the “Family” of officials and businessmen who support him.

So long as the conflict was about the EU-or-Russia issue, Yanukovych could count on the backing of the Russian-speaking half of the Ukrainian population, in the south and the heavily industrialized east of the country: many people there fear for their jobs if the Ukrainian economy integrates with the EU. But the poverty and the corruption hurt everybody, whether they speak Ukrainian or Russian. Everybody can get together and protest about that.

So Yanukovych’s back is to the wall, and he has apparently decided that it’s worth gambling that he can clear the streets by force without triggering a confrontation that spreads far beyond the Maidan.

And it will have to be done by force, because the protesters will not just fold their tents and creep off home.

The sudden lurch into violence on the streets on Sunday and Monday nights occurred in this context.

The several hundred young men who attacked the riot police with pipes, chains and fire-bombs were

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originally thought to be “provocateurs” hired by the government to give it a justification for using violence on the mass of peaceful protesters, but lots of them were not.

The core group of fighters were members of a radical ultra-nationalist group called Right Sector that is both anti-Russian and anti-EU. It includes both Russian and Ukrainian speakers, and imagines it can use the current crisis to “destroy the skeleton state” and build a new state on the ruins. Things are indeed spinning out of control.

When Vitali Klitschko arrived on the scene to beg them to remain non-violent, he was attacked with a fire extinguisher — and thousands of ordinary protesters showed up to cheer the young thugs as they attacked the police. There is a serious potential for mass violence here, and that could lead to even worse things.

Viktor Yanukovych, for all his faults, is the legitimately elected president of Ukraine, and he has a majority in parliament. What if, facing overthrow in the streets, he called for “fraternal aid” from Russia to defend democracy in Ukraine?

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It sounds far-fetched and it would be extremely stupid, but everybody is busily painting themselves into corners and there is a small but real possibility that it could happen. In which case, welcome to the Second Cold War. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Fire destroys seniors’ residence L’ISLE-VERTE, Que. — A Quebec village was jolted awake Thursday to the chaos of people scrambling to free neighbours from a seniors’ residence as wind-fuelled flames rushed to swallow the building.

Pascal Fillion, who lives near the seniors’ home in L’Isle-Verte, said he ran outside to find a group of locals and firefighters already at the scene, trying everything to save the panicked people inside.

For the most part, he said, rescuers felt helpless against a fast-moving blaze with smoke so thick it was nearly impossible to approach the building.

“It was just like straw on fire,” Fillion said in the waterfront town of 1,500 people in Quebec’s Lower St. Lawrence region.

“People tried to do whatever they could, but the fire was so intense that there wasn’t much that could be done...

“I saw people crying, I saw people collapse because they were watching those people burn.”

Just six months after Canadians were rocked by the Lac-Megantic tragedy, another Quebec town found itself waiting to learn how many people it had lost after fire ripped through the Residence du Havre.

And just like in LacMegantic, the destruction struck shortly after midnight.

Grim-faced provincial police confirmed that five people were dead and another 30 missing after flames consumed part of the 52-unit home.

Fillion said he saw several rescuers drop to the ground after being overwhelmed by smoke during their frantic efforts to get terrified residents out of the building.

At least one attempt, he added, was made to climb a ladder to one man cornered on his third-floor balcony.

“He was crying out for help — he was screaming,” Fillion said.

“I saw him fall to the ground. I saw that the fire had gotten him. He truly died in a horrible way. There was nothing that could be done.”

Parts of the three-storey home, which opened in 1997, had sprinklers, while others didn’t.

The local fire chief said sprinklers did go off, triggering the fire alarm and allowing firefighters to gain access to about one-third of the building.

Thursday’s blaze erupted in the older section of the residence, which a Quebec Health Department document from last July states was constructed of wood.

The document also says the building had a fire alarm and that each room was equipped with a smoke detector.

After firefighters had finished taming the blaze, the home’s hardest hit area had been reduced to a piece of facade, the fireproof elevator shaft and a mound of rubble that steamed for hours from the heat trapped inside.

The bitterly cold temperatures contrasted with the roaring flames that illuminated the night sky as firefighters poured gallons of water on the burning building.

As morning dawned, the burned section of the facility resembled a macabre ice palace.

The structure was covered with huge icicles and sheets of ice, which firefighters said ranged from a few inches to as much as a foot thick.

Officials said the ice complicated the search for the missing.

Many of the residents were over 85 and all but a handful had limited movement.

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Harper delivers $100M in aid to Jordan, meets with PM, King Abdullah AMMAN, Jordan — On the eve of his visit to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced an additional $100 million in funding Thursday to help the kingdom deal with an influx of Syrians fleeing their nation’s ongoing civil war.

More than 576,000 Syrian refugees are now in Jordan, comprising more than nine per cent of the country’s population. Their arrival has strained the kingdom’s resources and infrastructure.

Harper is set to visit the Za’atri refugee camp, home to tens of thousands of Syrians, on Friday as part of his first-ever visit to Jordan.

The new Canadian funds will be spent over five years, while another $5 million will be provided to help Jordan mitigate threats posed by Syrian weapons and materials of mass destruction. Harper’s announcement came just three days after he announced $66 million in aid to Palestinians.

Letter writers express anger, shame towards Harper, Baird on Palestine OTTAWA — Newly released documents show the Harper government was flooded with angry letters from Canadians after it opposed a Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations.

More than 1,000 letters arrived over several weeks in late 2012 and early 2013 at the offices of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and several other Conservative MPs. The vast majority — more than 80 per cent — expressed strong opposition to the Conservative government’s own vocal attempts to block the Palestinian bid for greater recognition at the UN. The letters were released under the Access to Information Act. The writers, whose names were excised before the documents were released, express shame and anger at the move; some describe themselves as longtime Tory voters who intended to vote differently in 2015 as a result.

Many of the letters complained that the government was not representing the balanced and fairminded views of Canadian citizens on the divisive Middle East issue.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The RCMP says it has completed a “comprehensive file review” of murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls within Mountie jurisdiction — more than 400 in all — and will continue to pursue outstanding cases.

The national police force has reviewed 327 homicide files and 90 missing-persons cases involving aboriginal females, say RCMP briefing notes obtained under the Access to Information Act. The review represents the latest effort by the Mounties amid public concern about the perils faced by aboriginal women and allegations of inaction.

A special parliamentary committee is holding hearings on the issue, and calls persist for a fullfledged national inquiry.

The Native Women’s Association of Canada said Thursday it will give the RCMP its list of aboriginal women who may have met with violence or simply disappeared — but only names gleaned from public sources such as newspapers and posters.

The association is not prepared to provide the Mounties with private details of cases that may have come from family members and friends of the missing.

“We want to be careful in how we do things,” said Claudette Dumont-Smith, executive director of the association.

Drawing on information scattered in often-forgotten public sources, the association spent years com-

piling a database of 582 cases through the Sisters in Spirit initiative.

The association began working with the RCMP’s National Aboriginal Policing Services branch in 2009 and provided the Mounties with names from its database in cases where there was little information to go on.

The list of 118 names included 60 murdered women or girls, three missing ones and 55 whose status was unknown. Of these, 64 turned up on a police database.

It prompted the RCMP to ask the native women’s association for all 582 names to see if any others could be found in police files. But confidentiality guarantees to family members have delayed further sharing.

Dumont-Smith said the association recently agreed to give the RCMP names that have already been published elsewhere.

“We haven’t determined how we will do that.

We’ve only decided that, yes, we would share the names,” she said in an interview.

“I imagine that we’re not just going to release all our 500-and-some names at once. We’ll do it in a progressive fashion, maybe region by region. But that hasn’t been worked out yet.”

The RCMP and the association are working “to reconcile all available data” pertaining to missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls, said Sgt. Greg Cox, an RCMP spokesman. “We have not received all information from NWAC yet, but we expect it shortly.”

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Rob Ford stuck in elevator, late for speech to Economic Club of Canada TORONTO — Mayor Rob Ford’s re-election pitch to some of the city’s movers and shakers was nearly derailed Thursday when he almost missed the event, saying he had been stuck in an elevator.

Ford was scheduled to deliver a lunch-hour speech at the Economic Club of Canada — an event that was set to run from noon to 1:30 p.m., but the mayor only made it to the podium shortly before 1:15 p.m.

“I want to thank the Economic Club of Canada for hosting today’s event and getting me stuck in the elevator for 45 minutes,” he told the crowd of roughly 180 business people.

He went on to tout his fiscal record and highlighted what he considers key issues in the fall’s municipal election, including transit and infrastructure.

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — South Sudan’s government and rebels signed a cease-fire deal Thursday that leaders hope will put a pause to five weeks of warfare that has killed thousands of soldiers and civilians.

The peace deal represents the first real progress since political friction turned violent Dec. 15, fueling countrywide battles with ethnic overtones. But questions were immediately raised about whether all fighters in South Sudan would abide by the agreement, and how long others would follow it.

The military spokesman for South Sudan cautioned that a group of rebel fighters from the former vice-president’s Nuer ethnic group — thousands of armed youths known as the “White Army� — may not want peace. “Riek Machar has been using that force to fight the SPLA, so we have to see what will happen,� said Col. Philip Aguer, using the acronym for South Sudan’s military. “War is not good for anybody, especially war fought for power of a political position,� Aguer continued. “Civilians, innocents are dying, so it is good for the people of South Sudan to have peace.�

Nhail Deng Nhail, the head of South Sudan’s negotiating team, said his side is worried that since many on the rebel

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South Sudanese government soldiers wait to board trucks and pickups on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. side are civilians who took up arms, “it may become difficult to follow the cease-fire since they are not militarily disciplined.�

In Washington, White House spokesman Jay Carney welcomed the deal — technically called a cessation of hostilities — and described it as a “first

critical step in ending the violence� and building a sustainable peace. The U.S. expects both parties to implement the agreement fully and swiftly and move toward an inclusive dialogue, he said. “The United States will remain a steady partner to those who choose

the path of peace� and work toward a more democratic, unified South Sudan, Carney said.

Talks are scheduled to resume in early February, but a sore point between the sides remains. Machar’s side has been pushing to get 11 top former government leaders released from prison. President Salva Kiir has said the 11 will be subjected to South Sudan’s judicial process.

The top negotiator for Machar’s side, Taban Deng Gai, a general in South Sudan’s army before he defected, said late Thursday that talks would not continue if the government does not release the 11 detainees. South Sudan’s information minister, Michael Makuel Lueth, said the detainee issue has nothing to do with the cessation of hostilities agreement.

The United States helped broker talks that saw South Sudan end its civil war with Sudan in 2005 and then gain independence in 2011. Tepid progress by the world’s newest country — and one of the globe’s poorest — has been turned upside down.

An estimated half million residents have fled their homes because of the fighting, which has often pitted Kiir’s Dinka-led government and military against Nuer fighters backing Machar.

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KIEV, Ukraine — The chances of ending the violence that has convulsed the Ukrainian capital are high, a spokeswoman for a top opposition leader said after a meeting with the president.

Olha Lappo, a spokeswoman for Arseniy Yatsenyuk, made the statement on his Facebook page Thursday after an hours-long meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych. That came after opposition leaders gave a Thursday evening deadline to make concessions or face renewed clashes.

She did not provide details, but the assessment appeared to be the first sign of progress in resolving the two-month crisis that is threatening to spread well beyond Kyiv.

However, some protesters were resistant on Thursday night. Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko, one of those who met with Yanukovych, went to the site of clashes to try to persuade demonstrators to hold to an uneasy truce, but was booed and some cried “Shame!�

The demonstrators again set aflame barricades of tires that had been quenched when opposition leaders offered the deadline.

The clash site is a few hundred meters away from the protester tent camp on Independence Square, where aroundthe-clock demonstrations have been held since early December.

At least two people were killed by gunfire at the clash site on Wednesday. Demonstrators had pelted riot police with barrages of stones and set police buses on fire, while the officers responded with rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades.

Enraged protesters stormed government offices in three western Ukraine cities Thursday, forcing one governor to write a letter of resignation, as demonstrations intensified outside Kyiv.

The president called a special session of parliament next week to discuss the tensions, telling the parliament speaker: “The situation demands an urgent settlement.�

But there was no indication that the move represented a compromise, since the president’s backers hold a majority of seats.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 24, 2014

Hayley Wickenheiser to carry Canadian flag at Sochi

BY STEVE RENNIE THE CANADIAN PRESS

OLYMPICS

OTTAWA — Hayley Wickenheiser doesn’t put much stock in the flag-bearer’s curse.

The women’s hockey star, who will carry the Maple Leaf into the opening ceremonies of the Sochi Olympics, says the idea that she and her teammates could be under any more pressure is absurd.

After all, they play a sport that many in Canada consider religion.

So any sort of cosmic jinx pales in comparison to the weight of an entire country’s expectations for the women’s team to win a fourth straight gold medal in Sochi.

“I think there’s just too much emphasis to put on that,” Wickenheiser said Thursday via conference call from Austria. “The pressure that we feel is the pressure that always comes with playing hockey as a Canadian hockey player, whether you’re male or female.

“The country expects a gold medal. Whether I carry the flag or not, I’m pretty sure our team doesn’t feel any extra added incentive that there’s more pressure

to perform, because we already feel that already.”

Not all athletes see it that way.

Diver Alexandre Despatie felt it would be a distraction and said he’d decline any offer to carry the flag at the 2012 London Games.

Kayaker Adam van Koeverden carried the flag at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished a disappointing eighth in the 1,000 metres — although he did win a silver medal in the 500.

Moguls skier Jean-Luc Brassard blamed his disappointing performance at the 1998 Nagano Olympics on being the flag-bearer a day earlier.

Wickenheiser and her teammates hope the same thing doesn’t happen to them. Hockey Canada says the women will march in the Feb. 7 opening ceremonies despite playing their first game the following night versus Switzerland.

Brassard, the assistant chef de mission for the Sochi team, was on the panel that selected Wickenheiser along with chef de mission Steve Podborski, assistant chef

France St. Louis and one athlete representative.

Hockey Canada nominated her for the honour.

“Throughout her successful career, this Canadian athlete has demonstrated true Canadian grit, patriotism and sportsmanship,” said Podborski, adding that Wickenheiser will lead the Canadian team with “the utmost pride and class.”

Wickenheiser is embracing the opportunity to put her sport centre stage.

“What I think it does is it shines a very positive light on the sport of women’s hockey and just on our sport in general for the world to see,” said the 35-year-old forward.

“That’s a great responsibility and expectation that every nation in the world has to carry in and I think should really embrace.”

The Shaunavon, Sask., native, who is at a pre-Olympic camp in Austria and wasn’t able to attend the formal announcement Thursday on Parliament Hill, will be making her fifth Winter Olympic appearance.

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Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Women’s ice hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser poses for a photo in St. Poelten, Austria, Thursday.

Wickenheiser will be Canada’s Flag-Bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

Bouchard’s father proud of impact his daughter made

BY BILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland makes a forehand return to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday.

Wawrinka fulfills his end

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — The usually diplomatic Roger Federer didn’t bother concealing his preference for semifinal winners at the Australian Open.

He wanted an all-Swiss final, the first ever in a Grand Slam.

Eighth-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka held up his end of the bargain with a 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4) win over Tomas Berdych to reach his first major final.

Now the pressure is on the 17-time major winner to complete the match up. The major obstacle in his path: a semifinal against Rafael Nadal.

Now it’s Iron Stan’s turn to sit back and watch two of the greatest players ever do battle today for the right to meet him in Sunday’s final.

“For sure I’m going to really, really enjoy,” Wawrinka said.

“I’m going to watch the match to-

morrow in front of my TV, maybe with some popcorn.

“I always try to watch when they play because you can always learn.

You can always see the best tennis ever on the tour.”

The 33rd installment of the NadalFederer rivalry — the 11th in Grand Slams — should be enthralling viewing. Wawrinka’s joked that he’d prefer a walkover most of all, but likes the idea of a Swiss decider.

“My record against Rafa is not really good, and neither against Roger, but for sure to play a Swiss final will be amazing,” he said. Federer “is the best player ever. For me it’s my first final. To play against Roger would be amazing.”

Federer is into his 11th consecutive semifinal at Melbourne Park — he has won five and gone on to win four finals.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN

And it has stirred ticket sales for MONTREAL — It was an intense her next appearance on home turf. She week at the Bouchard household as will play for Canada against Serbia daughter Eugenie worked her way to Feb. 8-9 in a Federation Cup tie at the the Australian Open semifinals.

Claude Robillard Centre in Montreal.

“We were yelling like idiots,” Mike Eugene Lapierre of Tennis Canada, Bouchard, the player’s tournament director father, said Thursfor the Montreal half day of his daughter’s of the Rogers Cup, stirring win over Ana said 500 to 600 tickIvanovic in the quarets per day have been ter-finals, which made sold since Bouchard’s her the first Canadian win over Ivanovic. The to reach the semifi4,000-seat venue will nals of a Grand Slam likely be sold out. tournament since CarAnd ticket sales ling Bassett-Seguso in have picked up for the 1984. women’s Rogers Cup It wasn’t quite as Mike Bouchard, left and at Uniprix Stadium frenzied at their West- famous daughter Eugenie. next summer, which is mount, Que., home rare in January. two nights later, when “It will drag a lot Bouchard bowed out with a 6-2, 6-4 loss of people out to come and watch her to fourth-seeded Li Na of China in the play,” said Lapierre. “It will be intersemis. esting to see how she makes the switch “It was also exciting, but in the first from a Grand Slam and playing in a set Li Na came out strong and Genie 20,000 seat stadium to the Claude Rowas a little nervous,” he said. “I felt billard here with 4,000. But it will be a for her, but she came back well in the lot of fun.” second set. Overall, it was an excellent Canadian tennis has been on a high tournament.” lately with Milos Raonic’s rise into the Bouchard stole the show in Mel- top 10 in the world on the men’s side bourne, where a dozen or so local fans and Vasek Pospisil also climbing in formed Genie’s Army to cheer her on the rankings. and toss her stuffed Australian aniBoth made the Rogers Cup semimals after her wins. finals in Montreal last summer and Several commentators spoke of led the Davis Cup team to a first-ever Bouchard, the 2012 Wimbledon ju- semifinal appearance. nior girls champion, being the next “It’s phenomenal what Eugenie has big thing in women’s tennis and a po- done,” said Lapierre. “I wouldn’t say tential future Grand Slam tournament she opened the gates for Canada. The winner. boys started that last year.

Already, her results are expected to move her from 31st into the top 20 in next week’s rankings.

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SUPER BOWL

Manning hopes to not hit deep freeze again

BY ARNIE STAPLETON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Peyton Manning found no need to dunk his right hand in a bucket of ice water Thursday — it was 9 degrees when the Broncos returned to their practice field for the first time since clinching a spot in next week’s Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium.

“Anytime you can have ... a situation that you can simulate during practice that might be in a game, that’s always a good thing,” said Manning, his breath vaporizing as he spoke from the podium after the two-

hour workout.

Manning, who spent much of his career inside in Indianapolis, has prepared for some cold-weather games since coming to Denver in 2012 by soaking his right hand in ice water.

He welcomed the blast of wintry weather after a relatively balmy stretch of January, which included a 63 degree Sunday afternoon when he led the Broncos past the New England Patriots for the AFC title.

The knock on Manning is that for all his greatness he crumbles in the cold and in the playoffs — he has just one championship ring in 12 previ-

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Denver Broncos linebackers coach Richard Smith, right, instructs his players during NFL football practice at the team’s training facility in Englewood, Colo., on Thursday. The Broncos are scheduled to play the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2. ous trips to the post-season, eight of which ended in firstround exits, including last year’s double-overtime loss to Baltimore on a frigid night in Denver.

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

Manning could take care of both of those criticisms next week when the Broncos face the Seattle Seahawks in East Rutherford, N.J., in the first outdoor Super Bowl ever held

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in a cold-weather city.

With a win, he would be the first quarterback to lead two teams to the title.

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WHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Portland Winterhawks veteran defenceman Derrick Pouliot was named the WHL player of the week for the week ending, Jan. 19. Pouliot scored once and added four assists to go with a plus-five Derrick Pouliot rating in just two games, both wins.

Pouliot is in his fourth season with the Winterhawks and is third in league scoring among defencemen with 42 points on a career best 12 goals and 30 assists. He is also a plus-20. The first overall pick in the 2009 Bantam Draft has 37 goals and 140 assists for 177 points in 224 career games. He also had eight goals and 41 points in 64 playoff games.

Pouliot was selected in the first round, eighth overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2012 NHL Draft.

WHO’S HOT Medicine Hat Tigers centre Curtis Valk is on a five-game goal scoring streak. The five-footnine, 170 pound native of Medicine Hat, has Curtis Valk six goals and three assists during that stretch. Overall the 20-year-old has 24 goals and 27 assists in 46 games this season.

SENSATIONAL SOPHOMORE Portland Winterhawks sixfoot, 169-pound right winger, Oliver Bjiorkstrand, turned in an outstanding rookie season last year, scoring 31 goals and adding 32 assists. The 18-yearold native of Denmark hasn’t missed a beat this year sitting with 30 goals and 36 assists Oliver in just 45 Bjiorkstrand games. He is also a plus-21 after a plus-38 total last season.

IN THE CREASE Victoria Royals second-year goaltender, Coleman Vollrath has taken over as the top netminder in the WHL. The 18-yearold has a 1.92 goalsagainstaverage and a .943 save percentage in 22 Coleman games. The Vollrath six-foot, 168-pound native of Calgary had a 3.54 goals-against0-averaghe and a .888 save percentage last season. He has a win-loss record of 12-5-0-1 and played a major role in the Royals sitting in third place overall in the Western Conference.

FRIDAY, JAN. 24, 2014

Mappin glad to be back

BY JOHN MACNEIL SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Fittingly, Ty Mappin returned to the Western Hockey League on Hockey Day in Canada.

The Saskatoon Blades, who acquired the WHL rights to the Big Valley centre in a trade with the Everett Silvertips, dressed Mappin for Saturday’s home game, a 4-3 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Mappin sported jersey No. 37, as he does in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with the Olds Grizzlys, who he joined after leaving the Silvertips this season. As scheduled, he returned to the junior A Grizzlys on Sunday and the Blades plan to call up Mappin on an occasional basis for the rest of this season.

“They’re a pretty young team, so I think it’s going to be a good fit for me over there,” Mappin said of Saskatoon, which last spring hosted the Memorial Cup. “It was good to be back (in the WHL). It was an exciting night.”

Mappin, who turns 18 on Saturday, is thankful that the Blades showed faith in him. “They took the chance on me, so I want to be sure they won’t regret it,” he said. “I think I can help them with the rebuilding process.”

Blades general manager Lorne Molleken said Mappin’s relative youth and superior skill make him an attractive prospect, even though he had slipped out of major junior this season.

“We know we’re getting a player with an exceptional skill-set who has played in the league before,” Molleken said.

“We know less about his character, but these next few months will help us to get a read on him.

“We believe Ty is a player who could help this franchise considerably in the next few years.”

Molleken said the Blades, in consultation with Mappin, his parents and the Grizzlys, agreed to leave him with Olds for the rest of this season to enable him to continue to develop and to finish Grade 12.

The Blades gave up a conditional seventh-round draft pick to land Mappin, whom Everett chose seventh overall in the 2011 WHL bantam draft.

He played all of last season with the Silvertips, scoring five goals and 17 points in 63 games, but had fallen on their depth chart this season and asked for his junior A assignment after training camp last fall.

Olds became his new home as he joined a Grizzlys team that features familiar faces from his Red Deer midget career.

While supportive of players advancing to the next level, Olds coach/GM Brett Hopfe is appreciative that the Grizzlys still can count on Mappin’s services.

“It’s definitely nice for us to have him back,” Hopfe said Monday after Mappin returned to the Grizzlys for practice.

“When we heard about the trade, we were obviously very excited for him to get a fresh (WHL) start somewhere else. (But) we knew that he wanted to finish off his schooling, so we weren’t worried about losing him this year. That’s the commitment he made right when we brought him back the first time.

Photo by STEVE HISCOCK/Saskatoon Blades

Ty Mappin believes he has a good fit with the Saskatoon Blades.

“We want to help Saskatoon out as much as we can, with getting him up to games, since he’s affiliated there. Getting some experience there, I think that’ll help him out and our team out.”

After a slow start offensively, Mappin has 18 points — including 14 assists — in 33 games with Olds.

“After the experience he had last year, he was a little down on himself,” Hopfe said, referencing Mappin’s 16-year-old season in the WHL. “He’s starting to get some of his confidence back, and just his enjoyment of the game.

“It was a very positive experience for him in Saskatoon. For that organization to think so much about him to pick him up, when I’m sure a lot of WHL teams had questions about him coming back to (junior A) and wondering what his commitment level was. I think that confidence just helped his confidence level grow, as well.”

The Blades were at home for two games last weekend, but agreed to delay Mappin’s promotion until Saturday to enable him to play in the Grizzlys’ 2-1 overtime loss to the visiting Canmore Eagles on Friday in what Hopfe said was “a pretty important game against a South (Division) opponent.”

Mappin made the most of his initial audition with the Blades.

“I got pretty good ice time,” he said. “I played mostly fourth line, as would be expected as the new guy.

“They kind of saw the offensive upside of me, and later in the game, I got some time on a line with (Nikita) Scherbak and (Nick) Zajac. That was a good experience, especially to play with a player of Scherbak’s calibre.”

HEBIG, HARLAND MOVE UP DEPTH CHARTS DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Cameron Hebig and Logan Harland started the season fighting for every minute of ice time they could get.

But thanks to a trio of deals involving front-line players at the WHL trade deadline, the two Saskatoon Blades forwards have moved up the depth chart.

“I didn’t have that much expectations coming in,” said Hebig, a rookie, who just turned 17 on Tuesday and will be in the lineup tonight when the Blades host the Red Deer Rebels.

“It’s great coming in as a 16-year-old and getting those opportunities.”

The Blades, sitting in second-last place in the Eastern Conference, traded top-six forwards Collin Valcourt, Nathan Burns and Matt Revel prior to the deadline.

That paved the way for Hebig, the youngest Blade, and Harland, a frequent healthy scratch on the Memorial Cup hosts last year, to take over two of the team’s top three centre slots.

With increased responsibility comes increased expectation for them.

“For a couple months we were playing these guys and they were making mistakes and we were still playing them,” Blades head coach Dave Struch said. “Now we’re

in a position where we have to make them accountable.”

Struch said making Hebig accountable hasn’t been too hard so far, especially since the young centre returned from the World U17 Hockey Challenge.

Hebig had two goals and two assists in six games for Team West and came back to the WHL club as a “veteran player.”

He’s now playing on the top line with Nick Zajac and Nikita Scherbak — “one of the best players in the WHL” — which will only help the Saskatoon native improve.

“We believe in hard work. We believe in energy. We believe in tenaciousness, relentlessness,” Struch said. “He’s every one of those words.

“He doesn’t have the big numbers, but every time he’s on the ice something good happens.”

Hebig has three goals and six assists in 44 games. He stands just 5-foot-10, and 168 pounds, but didn’t want his stature to be a deterrent.

“I don’t think size matters,” he said. “It’s about the heart and how you can play.

“You’ve got to prove yourself every day.

You’re the youngest guy. You don’t want people saying, ‘Oh, you don’t belong.’ You’ve got to work hard. The rookies, they’ve got to be the hardest-working players on the ice.

Valcourt used to say that. That’s what I’m trying to do.”

That’s what Harland tries to do too.

Harland dressed in just 25 games last season as a 17-year-old, scoring three times and adding an assist.

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was held out of the lineup at times earlier this season, it didn’t deter him.

Struch said Harland’s work ethic has never waned. Plus five-foot-10, 192-pound winger-turned-centre has improved his positional play.

“We know what his work ethic is,” Struch said. “He worked hard last year in practice for us. He’s come a long ways and deserves a lot of credit for it.”

Coming off a two-goal effort in a 4-3 loss to Brandon on Saturday, Harland now has seven goals and 10 points in 36 games.

He’s playing on a line with over-ager Connor Sanvido and sophomore Ryan Graham.

“Everything seems to be working right now, but that can go the other way,” Harland said. “I want to keep a good attitude and keep working hard.”

Both Hebig and Harland are seeing their share of power play time.

Hebig, who was killing penalties earlier in the season, is seeing even more time when the Blades are down a skater.

Hebig attributed his success to Burns, an alternate captain, who was traded to Swift Current on New Year’s Day. There will still be some growing pains, Struch admitted, but learning by osmosis has been beneficial.

“The young kids saw what they did to earn their ice time. Now they’re getting the ice time,” he said. “They’re earning more ice time. That’s how you build character.”

Daniel Nugent-Bowman is a sports writer for the Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Just three days earlier, Scherbak — a high-scoring Russian — skated in the NHL top prospects game at the Saddledome in Calgary.

During his Saskatoon stay, Mappin resided with Blades sophomore forward Ryan Graham, a Calgarian and a familiar face from their stint as Team Pacific teammates at the World U17 championship last season.

Blades assistant coach Curtis Leschyshyn, a former NHL defenceman, gave Mappin top marks after his Saskatoon debut.

“We liked what we saw,” Leschyshyn told the Blades’ post-game radio show on 92.9 The Bull. “(Blades defenceman) Nelson Nogier, actually, said you can tell it wasn’t (Mappin’s) first Western Hockey League game.

Even though it was his first this year, he’s been at this level, so he knows how to play.

He competed, he was in the corners, he’d dig pucks out, he finished his checks (and) he was good on faceoffs. I liked his game.

Hopefully, we can get him in here a little bit more in the future, and then next year, be a big part of this hockey club.”

Mappin is banking on more opportunities with the Blades, who visit Alberta next month for games in Calgary and Red Deer.

For now, his focus is AJHL action with Olds, which hosts the Calgary Mustangs today.

“Things are going pretty good here,” he said. “We’re progressing.”

The Grizzlys (19-20-8) are sixth in the eight-team South Division.

John MacNeil is the editor/publisher of the Stettler Independent

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WICKENHEISER: Pioneer of game But for the first time since 2006, she won’t be Canada’s captain. Caroline Ouellette has been handed that job, while Wickenheiser will be an alternate.

But she remains Canada’s biggest women’s hockey star and a pioneer of the game. She and teammate Jayna Hefford will be the only players in the 2014 women’s hockey tournament who have played in every Olympic Games since female hockey made its debut in 1998.

Her stewardship extends beyond hockey as a spokesperson for Right To Play, Clean Air Champions, KidsSport, Spread The Net, Plan Canada’s Because I Am A Girl and Classroom Champions.

Wickenheiser read the athletes’ oath in the opening ceremonies at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and she is running for election to the International Olympic Committee’s athletes’ commission in Sochi.

Veteran speedskater Clara Hughes carried the flag at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics while women’s hockey player Danielle Goyette was the flag-bearer at the 2006 Games in Turin.

GAME: Too early to forecast game conditions Although it’s too early for forecasters to predict what the weather will be, there’s a decent chance for freezing temperatures or snow by kickoff on the night of Feb. 2.

Although Manning is 167-73 in the regular season, he’s 11-11 in the playoffs.

And he’s 4-7 in games that are below freezing at kickoff, although some of those were games where he played sparingly because the Colts had already locked up playoff seeding. Others were against New England, when the Patriots clearly had the better team.

And Manning did complete 39 passes for 397 yards and four touchdowns against Tennessee last month when the temperature at kickoff in Denver was 18 degrees.

If the Broncos beat the Seahawks — and they’re favoured by oddsmakers for the 30th straight game — Manning will match little brother Eli’s two Super Bowl rings.

Eli said Peyton doesn’t have to beat Seattle to secure his legacy, however.

“I think Peyton’s already created his own legacy,” Eli said during a conference call Thursday. “He’s played at a very high level for a long period of time and he’s overcome injuries and obviously set numerous records and been on a lot of playoff teams, playing in his third Super Bowl.”

Peyton’s resume is impressive: 13-time Pro Bowler, seven-time AllPro and odds-on favourite to win his fifth MVP after setting NFL records by throwing for 55 TDs and 5,447 yards.

Eli does not think the cold will be a factor in the game, either.

“I don’t think this hurts or helps either team,” he said. “Peyton has been in Denver this year and played outside in a lot of cold games. I think obviously if it were to snow or be very windy, it could be a disadvantage to the Broncos, just because how much they like to throw the ball, compared to Seattle and their running game.

“For the most part, it’s really going to be the best team that is going to win, whoever plays the best football that day. It’s going to come down to that and execution. The weather isn’t going to decide the game.”

Although the Seahawks are more run-oriented, the Broncos do have a good 1-2 punch in running backs Knowshon Moreno, who grew up 45 minutes from the Meadowlands, and Montee Ball, who combined for 2,290 yards from scrimmage and 17 touchdowns this season.

The NFL’s contingency plans call for the game to be played anywhere from Friday, Jan. 31, to Monday, Feb. 3, in case of a major snowstorm.

BOUCHARD: New era “But it’s a new era that’s started with the sport of tennis in Canada. It’ll be tremendous for the promotion of the game in Canada. That’s our goal at Tennis Canada — to get more kids playing the game. Everyone’s talking about Eugenie, and that’s bound to be good for the sport.”

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TENNIS: This one feels different “This one feels different because of the tougher times I’ve had in Slams,” said Federer, who lost in the second round at Wimbledon and the fourth round at the U.S. Open last year when he was struggling with muscle injuries and getting to terms with a new, bigger racket.

To get this far he had to beat 2008 finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in the quarterfinals.

He said he was inspired by Wawrinka’s upset quarterfinal win over three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic. Federer watched it on TV and caught himself fist-pumping when Wawrinka won big points.

Left-hander Nadal has a commanding 22-10 lead in head-to-heads against Federer. His 8-2 lead in Grand Slams includes the 2009 Australian final and the semifinals here in 2012.

“We’ve had some epics,” Federer said. “I hope we can slug it out.”

Wawrinka has never beaten Nadal in a dozen attempts and has only one victory over Federer in 14 attempts.

Then again, he’d lost 14 straight to Djokovic until his upset earlier this week, and that was a confidence boost.

It was tight against Berdych, with just one service break in the match and only one point between them in the end.

To reach the final “it’s because I beat Berdych tonight; I won against Novak also. I had some great matches,” he said.

“So that means I have the level to be there.”

The women’s final will feature 2011 French Open champion Li Na in her third Australian Open decider in four years against Dominika Cibulkova, who had never previously gone beyond the semifinals of a major.

No. 4-seeded Li Na won the first five games in her 6-2, 6-4 semifinal win over 19-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, and No. 20-seeded Cibulkova later trounced 2012 Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2.

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BY TOM CANAVAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — They are two of the NFL’s most well-known quarterbacks.

They telephone each other at least once a week to talk shop, work together on an off-season passing camp, and have appeared in a number of television commercials. Each had a chance to host Saturday Night Live.

Each is a Super Bowl MVP. There is something else about Peyton and Eli Manning. First and foremost, they’re brothers.

They know each other inside out.

They root for each other. They bleed for each other. They’re family.

So when little brother Eli says Peyton doesn’t need to beat the Seattle Seahawks and win a second Super Bowl to secure his legacy as one of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks, believe him.

“I think Peyton’s already created his own legacy,” Eli said Thursday during a conference call 10 days before Peyton and Broncos meet the Seahawks in the Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium.

“He’s played at a very high level for a long period of time and he’s overcome injuries and obviously set numerous records and been on a lot of playoff teams, playing in his third Super Bowl. I don’t think that’s something that he’s worried about.

“There will always be arguments about who is the greatest? Or who is the best,” Eli said. “I think if you’re in that argument, if you’re one of the names thrown around in there, I think you’ve already created a pretty good legacy.”

Peyton’s resume is impressive: fourtime MVP, 13-time Pro Bowler, seventime All Pro. Sure, there is only one title. Two would be the icing, and put him on par with Eli. For the past few days, Eli Manning said his big job has been to get his brother extra tickets for the first outdoor Super Bowl in a cold-weather city. Barring late add-ons, he’s already hit the request number.

“Obviously, I know what it’s like with the Super Bowl and a lot of people are trying to figure out if they’re coming to the games, so I’m trying to take some of that stress off of him and help manage some of those things,” Eli said. “That way, he can focus on work and getting the game plan.”

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While the two have exchanged some text messages, the brothers have not seen each other since Denver’s win over New England in the AFC title game on Sunday. They hope to get together early next week in the New York for a few hours, when Eli will give Peyton the secrets about playing in MetLife Stadium and his insight into playing Seattle, which the Giants did on here on Dec. 15.

The way the Seahawks’ defence dominated New York that day in a 230 win, Peyton might well ignore the advice.

After that, Peyton will take centre stage during the weeklong media frenzy and Eli will get ready to watch only his second game at the Meadowlands.

The first was in 2003 when the Jets crushed Peyton and the Colts in an AFC playoff game at Giants Stadium.

Eli was still at Ole Miss.

There is some coincidence about this game. When Eli won his second Super Bowl in 2012, it was in Peyton’s stadium in Indianapolis.

“I’m rooting for him,” Eli said. “It’s not like watching any other football game. If I’m watching two other teams, I’m kind of casually watching and don’t really care who wins or loses. Here, it’s a little bit more nerve-racking. I don’t get nervous playing football games, I get nervous watching my brother play, and I guess because I’ve been doing this for a long time and you kind of know key moments and key plays.”

Eli does not think the cold will be a factor in the game. The bigger issue for his brother would be snow and wind.

That might affect the Broncos more because they are a passing offence. The Seahawks are more run-oriented.

Coming into the season, Eli hoped the Giants might become the first time to play the Super Bowl in their own stadium. A 0-6 start derailed that and led to a 7-9 season that left New York out of the playoffs for the fourth time in five years.

If he’s not going, Manning is happy his brother made it. There is a little jealousy, too.

“It kind of makes you want to get back to that situation and kind of get back to working and getting your mind set on doing whatever I have to do to get the Giants back to the championship games and get back to Super Bowls,” Eli said.

Sunday, he’ll watch, and root for Peyton, just like his big brother did for him in 2008.

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performance director, said Bouchard could have a similar impact to Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian who drew slews of girls to try gymnastics after her stunning performance at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.

Or the effect that Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova had on women’s tennis in Russia.

“It will enlarge the pool of players and that will produce more very good players,” said Borfiga. “That’s the difference between Canada and countries like France and Spain — their pool of players is larger.”

Mike Bouchard, an investment banker, is fine with having a daughter who may be seen as a role model for young players. He doesn’t even mind that she is quickly becoming a celebrity.

“It’s good for her,” he said. “She’s put in so much work and effort.

“If she can be an ambassador for tennis and help tennis grow in Canada, that’s fantastic. If it becomes bigger than that — international stardom — good for her. She has a strong head.

She’s well grounded, and I think she’ll be able to go through that unscathed.”

Mike Bouchard knew he had a special daughter when Eugenie was a young child. When she was 12, the family the moved to Florida so she could learn at an academy run by Nick Saviano, who remains her coach.

She spent more than three years in Florida before returning to Montreal to work at the national tennis centre.

“It was difficult to find players at her own level to play against, and we also wanted to expose her to international coaching,” said Mike Bouchard.

“It takes a lot of dedication. Everyone in the family chipped in.”

Eugenie has a fraternal twin sister Beatrice, an 18-year-old sister Charlotte and a 14-year-old brother William, so the move was a big commitment for all of them. It paid off when Bouchard became one of the world’s top junior players and then made a rapid rise in WTA rankings.

Mike was a little taken aback at a bizarre question put to Eugenie by an on-court interviewer after the quarterfinal. She was asked who she’d most like to date. To the apparent displeasure of Genie’s Army, she named Canadian pop star Justin Bieber.

“You’ve got to get used to that if you’re going to become a celebrity,” Bouchard said. “I actually thought she answered pretty well. She said Justin Bieber with a question mark at the end. It was tongue in cheek.”

It became a little awkward when Bieber was arrested in Florida on Thursday for reportedly taking part in an early morning drag race.

“I actually don’t follow anything that goes on in his life,” Bouchard said with a laugh. “But I did hear about that.”

SCOREBOARD Hockey

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Boston 49 31 15 3 65 Tampa Bay 51 30 16 5 65 Montreal 50 27 18 5 59 Toronto 53 27 21 5 59 Detroit 50 22 18 10 54 Ottawa 51 22 19 10 54 Florida 50 20 23 7 47 Buffalo 49 13 29 7 33 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 51 36 13 2 74 N.Y. Rangers 53 27 23 3 57 Columbus 50 26 20 4 56 Philadelphia 52 25 21 6 56 Carolina 50 22 19 9 53 New Jersey 51 21 19 11 53 Washington 50 22 20 8 52 N.Y. Islanders 53 21 25 7 49 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Chicago 53 32 9 12 76 St. Louis 50 34 11 5 73 Colorado 49 31 13 5 67 Minnesota 53 28 20 5 61 Dallas 51 23 20 8 54 Nashville 52 23 22 7 53 Winnipeg 52 23 24 5 51 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Anaheim 53 38 10 5 81 San Jose 51 33 12 6 72 Los Angeles 52 29 17 6 64 Vancouver 52 26 17 9 61 Phoenix 50 23 18 9 55 Calgary 51 17 27 7 41 Edmonton 52 15 31 6 36

GF 141 150 127 151 127 144 120 92

GA 109 126 125 163 138 159 151 142

GF 168 132 148 141 125 122 142 151

GA 125 135 140 152 142 124 152 175

GF 189 173 144 127 148 127 144

GA 146 116 127 130 153 153 153

GF 179 162 132 130 143 114 132

GA 130 123 110 130 152 161 183

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

Today’s Games Washington at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Carolina, ppd., schedule conflict Montreal at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Colorado at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Nashville at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Sharks 1, Jets 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Pavelski SJ (stick holding) 3:33, Wing-

els SJ (tripping) 12:48.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Jokinen Wpg (holding) 14:03, Brown SJ (charging) 16:33.

Third Period 1. San Jose, Pavelski 28 (Braun) 6:48.

Penalties — Little Wpg (holding) 3:50, Kane Wpg (tripping) 8:04, Ladd Wpg (charging) 20:00.

Shots on goal by Winnipeg 11 4 5 — 20 San Jose 11 11 10 — 32 Goal — Winnipeg: Pavelec (L, 15-20-4); San Jose: Stalock (W, 7-2-0).

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

SUMMARIES THURSDAY Lightning 4, Senators 3 (SO) First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Johnson 13 (Hedman) 14:32 (sh).

2. Ottawa, Karlsson 12 (MacArthur, Spezza) 15:12 (pp).

Penalties — Crombeen TB (fighting) 4:04, Neil Ott (fighting) 4:04, Barberio TB (delay of game) 11:07, Purcell TB (hooking) 14:21.

Second Period 3. Tampa Bay, Crombeen 2 (Hedman, Filppula) 3:30.

4. Ottawa, MacArthur 18 (Spezza, Ryan) 16:57 (pp).

Penalties — Purcell TB (tripping) 15:07.

Third Period 5. Tampa Bay, Palat 11 (St. Louis, Hedman) 5:31.

6. Ottawa, Neil 6 (Smith, Karlsson) 17:42.

Penalties — Phillips Ott (interference) 12:56.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — Ceci Ott (tripping) 3:09.

Shootout — Tampa Bay wins 1-0 Ottawa : Zibanejad miss, Spezza miss, Turris miss.

Tampa Bay : Kucherov goal, Filppula miss, St. Louis miss.

Shots on goal by Ottawa 12 6 16 2 — 36 Tampa Bay 17 9 5 7 — 38 Goal — Ottawa: Anderson (LO, 16-10-7); Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 25-6-4).

Power plays (goal-chances)Ottawa: 2-3; Tampa Bay: 0-2.

Penguins 6, Islanders 4 First Period 1. NY Islanders, Grabner 8 (Hickey) 1:39.

2. NY Islanders, Nelson 9 (Grabner) 8:21.

3. Pittsburgh, Kunitz 25 (Crosby, Maatta) 9:32.

4. Pittsburgh, Crosby 27 (Kunitz, Niskanen) 11:24.

Penalties — De Haan NYI (interference) 12:32.

Second Period 5. Pittsburgh, Maatta 5 (Kunitz, Niskanen) 5:35.

6. Pittsburgh, Letang 10 (Crosby, Neal) 17:44 (pp).

Penalties — Maatta Pgh (cross-checking) 2:33, Martin NYI (hooking) 16:18.

Third Period 7. NY Islanders, Bailey 5 (Nielsen, Hickey) 3:10.

8. Pittsburgh, Malkin 14 (Neal) 5:59.

9. NY Islanders, Okposo 21 (Tavares, Donovan) 10:55.

10. Pittsburgh, Sutter 9 (unassisted) 19:56 (en).

Penalties — Glass Pgh (fighting) 1:54, Martin NYI (fighting) 1:54, Letang Pgh (hooking) 11:44, Glass Pgh (tripping) 12:55.

Pittsburgh 9 9 11 — 29 NY Islanders 9 7 18 — 34 Goal — Pittsburgh: Zatkoff (W, 8-2-1); NY Islanders: Poulin (L, 11-15-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Pittsburgh: 1-2; NY Islanders: 0-3.

Wild 2, Blackhawks 1 First Period 1. Minnesota, Pominville 20 (Granlund, Heatley) 8:08.

2. Minnesota, Cooke 7 (Fontaine, Brodziak) 15:31.

Penalties — Sharp Chi (cross-checking) 12:45, Seabrook Chi (cross-checking) 12:45, Cooke Minn (tripping) 18:34.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Hossa Chi (slashing) 2:11, Bollig Chi (high-sticking) 17:33.

Third Period 3. Chicago, Kane 24 (Leddy, Sharp) 19:28.

Penalties — None.

Chicago 6 11 17 — 34 Minnesota 10 6 3 — 19 Goal — Chicago: Raanta (L, 12-2-3); Minnesota: Kuemper (W, 5-3-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Chicago: 0-1; Minnesota: 0-4.

Referees — Tom Kowal, Ghislain Hebert.

Linesmen — Ryan Galloway, Greg Devorski.

Attendance — 19,226 at Minnesota.

Hurricanes 5, Sabres 3 First Period 1. Buffalo, Hodgson 11 (Ott) 10:15.

2. Carolina, Skinner 22 (unassisted) 12:28.

Penalties — Ott Buf (cross-checking) 16:19.

Second Period 3. Buffalo, Flynn 4 (Varone, Foligno) 3:20.

4. Carolina, Semin 11 (Sekera, Faulk) 13:11.

Penalties — Semin Car (hooking) 13:23, Dvorak Car (holding) 17:58.

Third Period 5. Buffalo, Ennis 11 (Stafford, Konopka) :48.

6. Carolina, Semin 12 (Staal, Tlusty) 7:25.

7. Carolina, Sekera 8 (Ruutu, Komisarek) 9:50.

8. Carolina, Tlusty 8 (Sekera) 19:59 (en).

Penalties — Girgensons Buf (high-sticking) 1:36, Harrison Car (unsportsmanlike conduct) 1:36, Ott Buf (unsportsmanlike conduct) 1:36.

Carolina 13 8 12 — 33 Buffalo 12 11 6 — 29 Goal — Carolina: Khudobin (W, 9-3-0); Buffalo: Enroth (L, 1-10-4).

Power plays (goal-chances)Carolina: 0-3; Buffalo: 0-2.

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP David Aardsma on a minor league contract.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jon Rauch on a minor league contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with OF Endy Chavez on a minor league contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with RHP Grant Balfour on a two-year contract.

National League SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms with INF Joaquin Arias on two-year contract.

American Association SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed RHP Kyle Ruwe.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHPs Tim Brown, Justin Klipp and Erik Lambe; C Johnny Bowden; INF Jake Kahaulelio; and OF David Amberson.

Atlantic League SUGAR LAND SKEETERS — Agreed to terms with manager Gary Gaetti on a three-year contract extension.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Waived G Tyshawn Taylor.

Women’s National Basketball Association TULSA SHOCK — Named Fred Williams coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Promoted Terry McDonough to vice-president of player personnel.

CHICAGO BEARS — Named Reggie Herring

linebackers coach and Paul Pasqualoni defensive line coach.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Named Brian Braswell assistant offensive line and quality control coach.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Mike Pettine coach.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed PK Dan Bailey to a seven-year contract.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Named Mike Munchak offensive line coach.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Named Giff Smith defensive line coach and Bob Bostad offensive line coach.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Assigned G Connor Knapp from Rochester (AHL) to Florida (ECHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Reassigned D Jonathon Blum to Iowa (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled LW Joe Whitney from Albany (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned G David LeNeveu to Hartford (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Activated F Maxim Lapierre from the injured list. Assigned F Adam Cracknell to Chicago (AHL).

American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Recalled D Drew Schiestel from Wheeling (ECHL).

MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Reassigned LW Maxim Kitsyn to Ontario (ECHL). Released D Cameron Burt from a professional tryout agreement.

PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Returned G Jeff Jakaitis to South Carolina (ECHL).

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L 20 22 27 29 28

Pct .512 .450 .357 .341 .333

GB — 2 1/2 6 1/2 7 1/2 7 1/2

Oklahoma City Portland Denver Minnesota Utah

W 33 31 20 20 14

L 10 11 20 21 29

Pct .767 .738 .500 .488 .326

GB — 1 1/2 11 1/2 12 19

W 29 26 24 16 15

L 15 17 17 27 26

Pct .659 .605 .585 .372 .366

GB — 2 1/2 3 1/2 12 1/2 12 1/2

Pacific Division Southeast Division W 31 22 20 19 11

Miami Atlanta Washington Charlotte Orlando

L 12 19 21 25 32

Pct .721 .537 .488 .432 .256

GB — 8 10 12 1/2 20

W 33 21 17 15 8

L 8 20 25 27 33

Pct .805 .512 .405 .357 .195

GB — 12 16 1/2 18 1/2 25

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Houston Dallas Memphis

W 32 29 25 20

L 10 15 19 20

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

Thursday’s Games Miami 109, L.A. Lakers 102 Denver at Portland, late

Central Division Indiana Chicago Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee

FRIDAY, JAN. 24, 2014 ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

WHL All Times Pacific EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Swift Current 49 25 18 1 5 168 145 56 Brandon 47 25 17 5 0 180 172 55 Regina 49 24 20 3 2 161 183 53 Prince Albert 47 22 23 2 0 151 164 46 Moose Jaw 48 13 27 3 5 126 187 34 Saskatoon 49 13 32 1 3 140 199 30 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Calgary 47 31 11 2 3 178 123 67 Edmonton 46 32 13 0 1 191 120 65 Medicine Hat 46 27 16 3 0 157 128 57 Kootenay 48 24 20 2 2 148 145 52 Red Deer 47 24 21 0 2 143 142 50 Lethbridge 50 9 36 2 3 124 229 23 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 46 38 6 0 2 199 115 78 Victoria 49 31 16 0 2 146 117 64 Vancouver 49 23 18 5 3 162 170 54 Prince George 49 18 24 2 5 155 201 43 Kamloops 47 11 31 2 3 125 191 27 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Portland 48 31 12 2 3 211 157 67 Seattle 48 29 14 2 3 167 171 63 Spokane 46 27 15 2 2 158 135 58 Everett 47 25 15 6 1 142 130 57 Tri-City 48 23 21 2 2 125 133 50 d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Wednesday’s results Red Deer 5 Prince Albert 0 Swift Current 4 Brandon 3 (OT) Edmonton 5 Regina 2 Kamloops 7 Lethbridge 1 Medicine Hat 6 Vancouver 1 Tri-City 4 Moose Jaw 1 Kelowna 6 Everett 3 Today’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’s games 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.

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GB — 4 8 11

Today’s Games L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

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

San Antonio at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at New York, 5:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Houston, 6 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Blues 2, RANGERS 1 First Period 1. St. Louis, Steen 26 (Schwartz, Backes) 8:38.

Penalties — Oshie StL (roughing) 10:02, Callahan NYR (roughing) 10:02, Jackman StL (delay of game) 15:03.

Second Period 2. NY Rangers, Nash 17 (Stepan, McDonagh) 18:17.

Penalties — Stralman NYR (hooking) 12:47, Cole StL (Concealing puck) 19:56.

Third Period 3. St. Louis, Shattenkirk 8 (Pietrangelo, Backes) 3:09 (pp).

Penalties — Nash NYR (slashing) 3:00, Jackman StL (cross-checking) 12:31.

St. Louis 9 9 7 — 25 NY Rangers 12 16 7 — 35 Goal — St. Louis: Halak (W, 21-7-3); NY Rangers: Lundqvist (L, 17-18-3).

Power plays (goal-chances)St. Louis: 1-2; NY Rangers: 0-3.

Blue Jackets 5, Flyers 2 First Period 1. Columbus, Johnson 3 (unassisted) 8:20.

Penalties — Hartnell Pha (tripping) 9:58, Hartnell Pha (slashing) 9:58, Horton Clb (hooking) 15:09, Pha Bench (too many men) 17:07.

Second Period 2. Philadelphia, Schenn 14 (unassisted) 1:56.

3. Philadelphia, Lecavalier 11 (Streit, Meszaros) 7:21 (pp).

4. Columbus, Mackenzie 3 (Anisimov, Tropp) 11:24.

5. Columbus, Calvert 6 (Wisniewski, Dubinsky) 16:13 (pp).

Penalties — Johansen Clb (high-sticking) 5:47, Coburn Pha (holding) 14:16, Horton Clb (interference) 18:19, Tyutin Clb (cross-checking) 19:34.

Third Period 6. Columbus, Dubinsky 11 (Calvert, Tyutin) 3:29.

7. Columbus, Horton 4 (Murray) 6:54.

Penalties — Hartnell Pha (boarding) 4:53, Johansen Clb (hooking) 10:32, Meszaros Pha (holding) 16:11, Calvert Clb (hooking) 16:59, Coburn Pha (slashing) 18:13.

Philadelphia 9 15 4 — 28 Columbus 14 17 8 — 39 Goal — Philadelphia: Emery (L, 6-9-1); Columbus: Bobrovsky (W, 17-11-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Philadelphia: 1-6; Columbus: 1-7.

Stars 7, Maple Leafs 1 First Period 1. Dallas, Benn 18 (Seguin, Nichushkin) 7:09.

2. Toronto, Kulemin 7 (Gunnarsson, Kadri) 7:39.

3. Dallas, Eakin 12 (Goligoski) 15:47.

Penalties — Garbutt Dal (slashing) 13:35, Gunnarsson Tor (hooking) 16:54.

Second Period 4. Dallas, Nichushkin 10 (Benn, Gonchar) 6:36.

5. Dallas, Horcoff 6 (Gonchar, Lehtonen) 8:33 (pp).

6. Dallas, Peverley 6 (Benn, Benn) 11:37 (sh).

7. Dallas, Daley 3 (Goligoski, Eakin) 15:23.

Penalties — Orr Tor (interference) 7:02, Garbutt Dal (tripping) 10:05, Rome Dal (delay of game) 13:44, Orr Tor (unsportsmanlike conduct) 13:44, Peverley Dal (unsportsmanlike conduct) 16:10, Gleason Tor (unsportsmanlike conduct) 16:10.

Third Period 8. Dallas, Nichushkin 11 (Seguin, Benn) 2:43.

Penalties — Orr Tor (misconduct) 1:23, Roussel Dal (cross-checking) 11:43, Roussel Dal (misconduct) 11:43, Kadri Tor (cross-checking) 11:43, Kadri Tor (misconduct) 11:43, Garbutt Dal (holding) 11:43.

Toronto 8 6 11 — 25 Dallas 11 12 5 — 28 Goal — Toronto: Bernier (L, 17-15-4); Dallas: Lehtonen (W, 19-14-8).

Power plays (goal-chances)Toronto: 0-3; Dallas: 1-2.

Predators 2, Canucks 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Weise Vcr (fighting) 6:26, Clune Nash (fighting) 6:26, Cullen Nash (high-sticking) 12:49, Gaustad Nash (cross-checking) 17:04.

Second Period 1. Vancouver, Higgins 13 (Weise, Tanev) 9:09.

Penalties — Hamhuis Vcr (interference) 3:16, Legwand Nash (holding) 10:03.

Third Period 2. Nashville, Smith 16 (Spaling) 3:28.

3. Nashville, Jones 5 (Cullen, Ellis) 12:38 (pp).

Penalties — Richardson Vcr (hooking) 8:01, Burrows Vcr (hooking) 10:41, Nystrom Nash (interference) 15:17.

Nashville 7 8 11 — 26 Vancouver 13 10 11 — 34 Goal — Nashville: Hutton (W, 11-7-2); Vancouver: Luongo (L, 18-11-6).

Power plays (goal-chances)Nashville: 1-3; Vancouver: 0-5.

Ducks 2, Kings 1 First Period 1. Los Angeles, Kopitar 14 (Lewis, King) 3:13.

Penalties — Martinez LA (hooking) 9:08, Muzzin LA (high-sticking) 13:17.

Second Period 2. Anaheim, Penner 12 (Perry, Bonino) 13:51 (pp).

3. Anaheim, Maroon 4 (Fistric) 17:53.

Penalties — Allen Ana (interference) 0:13, Koivu Ana (hooking) 2:20, Lewis LA (interference) 4:51, Mitchell LA (interference) 7:42, Stoll LA (interference) 13:41.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Perreault Ana (tripping) 6:50, Fistric Ana (roughing) 9:16.

Los Angeles 13 8 10 — 31 Anaheim 4 9 8 — 21 Goal — Los Angeles: Quick (L, 14-8-2); Anaheim: Andersen (W, 13-2-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Los Angeles: 0-4; Anaheim: 1-5.

Gurney puts Stallings Racing on pole

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Facing a season of uncertainty, Alex Gurney and his teammates found some success at a place where they have had little to celebrate the last five years.

So it would be fitting if the Rolex 24 at Daytona could turn 2014 around for GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing.

Gurney was the surprise pole winner Thursday for the prestigious twice-around-the-clock endurance event at Daytona International Speedway that kicks off the racing season.

He put the No. 99 Corvette in the top starting spot for the race that begins Saturday with a lap 130.416 mph to easily beat Richard Westbrook, in another Corvette for the Spirit of Daytona team.

It was a strong showing for a team that is running on a thin budget, had limited off-season testing and so far plans to run only five of the 13 events in the inaugural TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season.

“Maybe there’s a little more pressure on the team, you know, because we know we only have these few chances,” Gurney said.

“They’re trying really hard. It was a very hard off-season, where everyone worked all the way through. We get bragging rights for a couple of days, I guess. It means a lot to us as a team.

We’re only doing the North American endurance rounds, maybe Austin as well, so we want to be able to put our best foot forward and luckily everything came together. It feels really good to be up top.”

Gurney, whose father, Dan, won the first sports car series race at Daytona in 1962, now hopes to join his father as a former winner of the biggest sports car race in the United States.

“It would be the biggest thing in my career,” Gurney said.

“The last time we had an all-America team was my dad’s team in 1993, all American drivers. For me personally, it’s the biggest race we do. It’s the one we want to win.”

Dan Gurney won the 24 Hours in 1993 with P.J. Jones, Mark Dismore and Rocky Moran with an all-American team. Alex Gurney will try to do it with Jon Fogarty, Memo Gidley and Darren Law. The odds are stacked against the GAINSCO team: Since 1994 only three pole winners have won the race.

And the team has had its struggles at Daytona. Although the team won the pole in 2007 and finished second in 2008, it has finished no better than seventh since and had DNF’s in 2010 and was 89 laps off the pace in 2012.

“We’ve been thinking about it for a long time. Every year, we think we have it figured out,” Alex Gurney said.

“It’s just hard to test for things that are going to break at hour 18 or hour 16, so we’ve tried to address those things over the year, but each time something new crops up. It’s never been speed necessarily that’s been the problem. We’ve always had some sort of mechanical issue that has hurt us. Fingers crossed, we feel prepared and we’re hoping for the best.”

The Riley DP of Starworks Motorsports qualified third.

The Chip Ganassi Racing entries had a tough qualifying session: Scott Dixon qualified sixth in the No. 02 Riley DP, while Scott Pruett was ninth in the defending race winner No. 01.

The Ganassi team switched for Ford’s during the off-season and struggled in testing with engine reliability and in Thursday practice with front splitter issues.

There are 67 cars in the field spread over four classes in the first year of the merger between Grand-AM and the American Le Mans Series. It marks the first time sports cars in North America have been unified since 1997.

CORE autosport was the highest qualifying car in the Prototype Challenge class at 14th overall.

SRT Motorsports, which has former IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay in its lineup, was the highest qualifying car from the GT Le Mans class at 25th overall.

Paul Miller Racing was the highest car in the crowded GT Daytona class at 34th overall. That class includes Dempsey Racing, owned by actor and co-driver Patrick Dempsey, which was 46th overall and 13th in its class.

Argos GM wouldn’t be surprised if Collaros tests free agency THE CANADIAN PRESS

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He still has time to get a deal done, but Toronto Argonauts GM Jim Barker won’t be surprised if quarterback Zach Collaros tests the CFL freeagent waters.

Collaros, 25, was solid last season, posting a 5-2 record as the starter while incumbent Ricky Ray was injured.

Collaros also started Toronto’s 23-20 regular-season finale loss to Montreal — Ray didn’t dress because the Argos had already clinched first in the East Division — but was one of three quarterbacks to play that day.

The second-year player was especially sharp in a 38-21 win over B.C. on July 30, finishing 21-of-25 passing for 253 yards and three TDs. On Sept. 21, he completed 25-of-36 attempts for 330 yards and four touchdowns in a 3327 victory over Calgary.

An impressive body of work — 190-of-287 passing (66.2 per cent) for 2,316 yards with 14 TDs and six interceptions while running 59 times for 246 yards and five touchdowns — will no doubt attract attention when the six-foot-two, 216-pound Collaros becomes a free agent Feb. 15.

Barker said it’s likely Collaros will want to gauge interest before deciding on his football future.

“We’d like to have him back and we’re still working on it,” Barker said Thursday. “But we’ll have to see what happens.”

One team in need of a starting quarterback is Winnipeg,

which had three different starters en route to posting a league-worst 3-15 record.

This off-season, the Blue Bombers also hired former Argos special-teams co-ordinator Mike O’Shea as their new head coach.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats could be a darkhorse with veteran starter Henry Burris also slated to become a free agent.

If Burris, 38, doesn’t return, that would leave the defending East Division champion with youngsters Dan LeFevour and Jeremiah Massoli along with former NFLers Brian Brohm and Stephen McGee under contract.

The expansion Ottawa Redblacks, who begin play this season, will undoubtedly look at Collaros if he’s a free agent but they’ll do that with most all players who become available Feb. 15.

The franchise selected Calgary’s Kevin Glenn and B.C.’s Thomas DeMarco in last month’s CFL expansion draft and also has Matt Faulkner, who played collegiately at San Jose State, on the roster.

On Tuesday, veteran Anthony Calvillo retired following 20 seasons in the CFL, but the Montreal Alouettes positioned themselves well for the announcement.

In late December, they resigned former Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith and youngster Tanner Marsh to extensions, although three-year veteran Josh Neiswander’s contract expires Feb. 15.

All three played last season

as Calvillo, 41, spent most of 2013 on the sidelines with a concussion.

Ideally, Barker would like Collaros to remain in Toronto in head coach Scott Milanovich’s offence and continue being tutored by Ray, one of the CFL’s best and most accurate quarterbacks.

But other teams can entice Collaros with the chance to start — and earn a starter’s paycheque — which Barker can’t with Ray under contract with the Argos through the 2015 campaign.

Toronto carried five quarterbacks last season — Ray, Collaros, sophomore Trevor Harris and newcomers Josh Portis and Mitchell Gale. All but Portis saw playing time in 2013, something Barker said would bode well for the Argos if Collaros left.

Collaros isn’t the only prominent CFL player poised to become a free agent next month.

Among those with expiring contracts who’ve yet to resign with their present clubs include: Montreal offensive lineman Josh Bourke and linebackers Shea Emry and Kyries Hebert; Hamilton linebackers Jamall Johnson and Simoni Lawrence; Winnipeg cornerback Jovon Johnson and linebacker Henoc Muamba; Saskatchewan slotback Weston Dressler, running back Kory Sheets, defensive back Craig Butler and kicker Chris Milo; Calgary defensive lineman Cordarro Law and offensive lineman Dimitri Tsoumpas; Edmonton linebacker Domaso Munoz; and B.C. receiver Nick Moore and defensive lineman Keron Williams.

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Seattle wants one more ace THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — Jack Zduriencik does not see the Seattle Mariners making another splash signing before the start of spring training after an off-season of big moves highlighted by the signing of second baseman Robinson Cano.

What he would like to acquire is another veteran pitcher to add to a starting rotation that has a pair of aces at the top and then a handful of promising prospects behind them without much major league experience.

“I don’t suspect we’ll make a major move but we hopefully will do a couple of things that will be tweaks that help the club certainly for this year,” Zduriencik said Thursday.

How the rotation gets filled out will be one of the major questions when Seattle reports for spring training in the middle of February. Pitchers and catchers will be on the field Feb. 13 and the first full squad workout is Feb. 18.

Seattle has the top of its rotation settled with former AL Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwkuama forming a formidable combo.

But the bridge between that pair and some of the youngsters Seattle would like to see take the final spots in the rotation is the question.

Asked if he was comfortable with how his rotation sits, Zduriencik said, “not tremendously.”

“I think there is certainly potential there.

There are some things that have to come together. When you’re placing a lot of faith and trust in young kids that have very short windows of success, that’s risky,” Zduriencik said.

“I will say that they’re talented but how quickly they become legitimate major leaguers, is yet to be seen. There may be opportunities for us in the next period of time, few days or so, maybe we’ll be able to add something to it.”

Manager Lloyd McClendon said he would be disappointed if top prospect Taijuan Walker didn’t make the rotation out of spring training, but he’s expected to contend with James Paxton, Erasmo Ramirez and Brandon Maurer for one of those final spots.

There is not a higher-regarded prospect in the Mariners system than Walker. He was described by Zduriencik as the best athlete in the entire organization and he called his brief callup at the end of last season “short and impressive.”

Walker made three starts for Seattle last season, going 1-0 with a 3.40 ERA. He struck out 12 batters in 15 innings pitched in his major league debut.

“He’s young, he’s talented, he’s got a ton of ability. He has to acclimate himself to being a big league starting pitcher,” Zduriencik said. “How quickly that comes, I don’t know. Everybody is different.”

Aside from the rotation, Seattle also has significant questions about how its outfield will shake out, specifically centre field.

The Mariners are hopeful that newly acquired outfielders Logan Morrison and Corey Hart are healthy enough to be regulars at the corner outfield spots. That leaves centre field jumbled with Dustin Ackley, Michael Saunders and Franklin Gutierrez as options.

“As we roll into spring training it’s all up to them,” Zduriencik said.

Tanaka thrilled to be a Yankee

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO — Masahiro Tanaka chose to play for the New York Yankees because they appreciated him the most among the many major league teams chasing the prized signature of the star Japanese pitcher.

“They gave me the highest evaluation and are a world-famous team.” Tanaka said at a news Thursday after agreeing to a $155 million, seven-year deal with the Yankees.

Tanaka said he was “relieved” the deal was done and looked forward to standing on the mound at Yankee Stadium.

Asked what his goal will be, Tanaka’s response was direct: “To become world champions.”

In addition to the deal with Tanaka, the Yankees must pay a $20 million fee to his Japanese team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles over the next 18 months.

His agreement calls for $22 million in each of the first six seasons and $23 million in 2020, and it allows him to terminate the deal after the 2017 season and become a free agent.

Asked to deliver a message to Yankees fans in English, Tanaka said he plans to let his performance on the field do the talking.

“I don’t speak English so I’ll just have to win the trust and confidence of the fans with my performance on the field,” the 25-year-old right-hander said.

His agreement was frontpage news in New York, where the Daily News devoted the top half of its front page to a photograph of Tanaka’s pop star wife Mai Satoda in a bikini with the headline: “Yanks score a Taknockout.”

Big league teams had until Friday to reach an agreement

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Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka speaks during a press conference at the Rakuten Eagles’ stadium in Sendai, northeastern Japan, Thursday. Tanaka said he chose to play for the New York Yankees because they appreciated him the most. with Tanaka, who was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last year as the Eagles won the Japan Series title.

The Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs and White Sox, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros all said they were among the failed bidders.

Tanaka said he consulted with 2013 Rakuten teammate Takashi Saito and Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish about life in the major leagues before deciding on the Yankees.

“Everything will be new and challenging,” Tanaka said. “But I have to rely on the ability that got me this far.”

Tanaka was 99-35 with a 2.30 ERA in seven seasons with the Eagles, striking out 1,238 in 1315 innings. Yankees official has tracked him since 2007, scouting 15 of his games.

The Tanaka deal caps an offseason in which the Yankees added catcher Brian McCann and outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran. The four big deals totalled $438 million.

“We’re going to do what we’ve got to do to win,” Yankees cochairman Hank Steinbrenner told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “We had to make sure we had enough

pitching to go together with our new lineup.”

Tanaka receives the highest contract for an international free agent and the fifth largest deal for a pitcher, trailing only those of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw ($215 million), Detroit’s Justin Verlander ($180 million), Seattle’s Felix Hernandez ($175 million) and the Yankees’ C.C. Sabathia ($161 million under his original agreement with New York).

Tanaka replaces the retired Andy Pettitte in the Yankees rotation, and joins Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda and Ivan Nova.

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Lee tied for lead in season-opening Bahamas LPGA Classic

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Lydia Ko took a share of the lead in her first start as an LPGA Tour member, matching Meena Lee with a 5-under 68 on Thursday in the season-opening Bahamas LPGA Classic.

The 16-year-old Ko turned pro late last year. She won the Canadian Women’s Open the last two years as an amateur and closed last season with a victory in a nontour event in Taiwan in her second pro start.

Ranked No. 4 in the world, the South Korean-born New Zealander had six birdies and a bogey on Atlantis Resort’s Ocean Club course.

“I just tried to play my own game and be relaxed,” Ko said.

“I got off to a shaky start and I needed to make a 4-footer for par, but when I made birdie at No. 2, I was able to relax. I was actually shocked that I wasn’t nervous. I felt I even played better than my score. I gave myself a lot of opportunities.”

Lee, from South Korea, eagled the par-4 13th and had four birdies and a bogey.

“I had a wintertime working hard, so that’s why I have more confidence than last year,” said Lee, a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour. “That’s why I feel very good and happy to play in the first tournament.”

Third-ranked Stacy Lewis was a stroke back at 69 along with Jessica Korda, Brittany Lang, Mirim Lee, Austin Ernst, Danah Bordner, Amelia Lewis, P.K. Kongkraphan and Candie Kung.

Lewis played alongside Ko. “When she gets some confidence in herself, the rest of this tour better watch out,” Lewis said.

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Cink ran off three straight birdies late in his round on the easier North Course at Torrey Pines for an 8-under 64. That gave him a one-shot lead over Gary Woodland, who also was on the North, which is more than 600 yards shorter.

Perez was on the South Course, host of the 2008 U.S. Open and with greens so firm this year that it felt like a major.

Perez had a 67, the best score on the South by two shots, and even more astounding is that he played bogey-free.

The South played nearly four shots harder than the North.

Woods, making his 2014 debut, failed to birdie any of the par 5s and had to settle for a 72.

“Even par is not too bad, but I didn’t play the par 5s worth a darn today,” Woods said.

“Obviously, that’s (tantamount) to try to get any kind of scoring on the South Course. You’ve got to take care of the par 5s because there’s not a lot of holes

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Subsequently, I didn’t finish under par.”

Even at eight shots behind, he wasn’t worried about a chance to win at Torrey for the ninth time — including a U.S. Open.

The courses are so different than it’s difficult to gauge where anyone stands until everyone has had a crack at both courses.

The weekend rounds are on the South.

“I’m going to have to go out there and get it a little bit tomorrow to not be so far behind come Saturday or Sunday,” Woods said.

Cink did what he was supposed to do. The rough is up on the North, too, so it was important to get the ball in play. He did that, allowing him to take on some pins.

“You want to really take advantage of the North Course because it will yield to you a little bit, and the South Course will not,” Cink said.

“I did a great job of going out there, just playing shot-by-shot, not really getting too caught up in, ’I have to birdie these holes.’

As a consequence, I actually made a few birdies and it felt great.”

Phil Mickelson, meanwhile, felt awful.

He was coping with a back locked up on him, unusual for Mickelson because he doesn’t have a history of back pain.

It got so bad at one point that Mickelson thought about withdrawing from his

hometown event, especially after his 4-iron on the par5 18th at the North Course nearly went out-of-bounds.

Mickelson used his short game to make birdie, and then made another birdie on the next hole and he scratched out a 69.

“Never thought about not starting, but around the turn I thought about maybe taking this week off and seeing if I could get a little bit better,” he said. “I kind of fought through the back nine and gave myself a chance.”

He described it as a muscular problem and was hopeful treatment would help. Mickelson swung easy on the North. Players have to swing for the fences on the 7,698-yard South Course, where the average score Thursday 74.45.

Not many would have predicted a 67 on the South, though Woods wasn’t surprised when he heard who did it.

“Why? He grew up here,” Woods said. “This was his home course. He’s playing it more times than any tour pro certainly.”

Perez has such a history at Torrey that his father, Tony, continues to announce the players on the first tee at the South Course.

And here’s even better history — Perez won a Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines, by beating some Orange County kid named Tiger Woods.

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“I think our games are very similar, just the way we play. We both hit it solid and make some putts.

She rolled it great today. For the first seven, eight holes, she made everything she looked at.”

Lewis had five birdies and a bogey.

“I thought I’d be a little bit more rusty than I was,” Lewis said.

“But I got off to a good start, and really just hit the ball really solid and was able to control some shots in the wind and the shots that I saw I was able to pull off. I was really happy with the way I hit the ball.”

Ko recently signed an equipment deal with Callaway, changed her swing coach and hired a new caddie.

“Over the last month hearing the word change, it could pretty much be my middle name,” Ko said.

Lewis also commented on all the changes Ko has made.

“You can change your clubs, your coach, all these things, but she’s still the same person,” Lewis said.

Jaye Marie Green had a 71.

The 19-year-old Green won the LPGA qualifying tournament by 10 strokes last month, finishing the 90-hole event at a record 29 under.

Michelle Wie shot 72.

Defending champion Ilhee Lee opened with a 74. Last May, the inaugural event was reduced to three 12-hole rounds because of flooding.

Toronto’s Rebbeca Lee-Bentham carded a 74. Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont., and Helena Sharp of Hamilton are another shot back at 75. Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., and Maude-Aimme Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que., shot 79s.

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Hockey rink ready to go at Dodger Stadium will hold separate practices at Dodger Stadium today to get used to the rink’s peculiarities.

The boards, benches and glass were trucked into Dodger Stadium from the Winter Classic at Ann Arbor’s Michigan Stadium, although they won’t need the heaters.

The NHL is also embracing the unusual

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Cruickshank looks to new start THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Fighting runs in the family for Daron (Detroit Superstar) Cruickshank.

His mother was a boxer, kickboxer and black belt in taekwondo.

“When I was a little kid I used to tell people my mom could beat up your dad,” Cruickshank said.

His father is an expert in several martial arts, serving as one of his son’s trainers today.

“I grew up around the sport,” Cruickshank said.

“I was always around the fight game.”

But the UFC lightweight says there was no pressure to take up martial arts.

He picked it up when he felt like it and now can’t get enough.

“I’m carrying on the tradition of the family and beating people up for money,” he said dryly.

The 28-year-old Cruickshank is focused on training and fighting.

After bouts, he rarely takes time off.

“MMA and training is kind of like the only thing I do,” he said. “So if I don’t do it, I just sit at home and stare at a wall.”

He now has his own gym — Michigan Top Team — and helps coach other fighters when he is between bouts.

Cruickshank (13-4) is back at it Saturday when he takes on Mike (The Wolverine) Rio (9-3) at the United Center in Chicago on the undercard of a televised event headlined by a lightweight bout between former UFC champion Benson (Smooth) Henderson and former Strikeforce titleholder Josh Thomson.

Henderson, who lost his crown to Anthony (Showtime) Pettis in August, is currently ranked the No. 1 contender at 155 pounds while Thomson is No. 4.

Cruickshank is coming off an up-and-down 2013 that saw losses to Montreal’s John (The Bull) Makdessi and Adriano Martins sandwiched around a split-decision win over veteran Yves Edwards.

That dropped his UFC record to 3-2.

“It’s a brand new year and I’ve set some goals for myself,” Cruickshank said of 2014. “I’m ready to get at it.”

While Cruickshank believes he can beat anybody, he knows the smallest mistake can be costly in what he calls the sport’s toughest weight class.

A black belt in taekwondo, the five-footeight Cruickshank can

be a whirling dervish — witness his head kick knockout of Henry Martinez on a televised card in Seattle in December 2012.

But he can also be frustrating to watch. He seemed out of answers against Makdessi at UFC 158, controlling the fight for a time and then failing to take the upper hand back when Makdessi rallied.

“I feel like I won eight minutes of that fight,” said Cruickshank.

“He was really good at stealing the end of the round and impressing the judges.”

He had nose surgery after the Makdessi loss but was back in the gym the next week wearing a mask and was sparring two weeks later.

Cruickshank says the fight made him realize there’s a time and place to use his wrestling.

But grinding out a win can make for a dull spectacle, especially for a fighter like Cruickshank with plenty of flash in his arsenal.

“This is an entertainment sport,” he said.

“And if you’re not entertaining you won’t last long in it.”

Of course neither do losers.

Both Cruickshank and Rio are coming off losses — Rio has been beaten in his last two outings.

They are no strangers after sharing a roof for 13 weeks during filming of Season 15 of The Ultimate Fighter although they were on different teams.

While most fighters were going crazy by the end of being cooped up

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“It’s a hard concept for anybody that’s not in the field to understand,” Craig said. “I’ve got two very efficient systems that we’re marrying together.”

Craig and Kings executive Luc Robitaille skated on the ice Wednesday, with Robitaille pronouncing it ready to go.

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“You take away all the stressers of life — women problems, bills, just everything. All you do is just concentrate on fighting and training.”

Neither friends nor foes, Cruickshank says Rio is a one-dimensional fighter who relies on his wrestling. He sees the fight going the same way as the Martinez bout. He stops Rio’s takedowns, roughs him up and ends it.

Chicago is a far cry from Brazil where Cruickshank last fought.

He remembers the raucous fans and the armed escorts that took him to the arena, He has felt quite at home in the Windy City, with its frigid conditions nothing new to the Detroit native.

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Even with daytime temperatures in the 80s and abnormal humidity in Los Angeles over the past week, Craig is quietly confident about the ice sheet created by his meticulous crew and the huge refrigeration unit in the 53-foot truck beyond centre field.

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LOS ANGELES — Dan Craig and his crew have been at Dodger Stadium from dusk to dawn every night for the past week, patiently building a sheet of NHL-quality ice in the middle of the iconic baseball field.

They’re just about ready to drop the puck in sunny Southern California.

The ice is solid, the fans have bought nearly every ticket, and the two local teams are eager for their historic showdown under the lights and stars. Only a few tweaks remain before the Los Angeles Kings face the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday in the NHL’s first official outdoor game in a warm-weather climate.

“It’s hard not to get excited about it now that it’s almost here,” Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf said. “It seems like everybody is talking about it.”

While the NHL raised plenty of eyebrows with the announcement of outdoor hockey in one of the nation’s hottest places, Craig has always been confident that this unorthodox game wouldn’t turn into a swim meet.

The NHL’s ice specialist is working a vicious schedule this winter with preparations for six outdoor games, but he’s most excited about the chance to do the improb-

setting with a variety of amusements in the Dodger Stadium bowl — everything from a beach volleyball court and a pond to two performance stages.

The game will be the NHL’s first outdoor venture west of Alberta, but it’s not the first attempt at Southwest outdoor hockey.

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FRONT CELEBRITY DANCE-OFF Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Red Deer and District is taking over the celebrity dance-off gala and tickets go on sale soon. The third annual event is scheduled for April 4 at the Sheraton Hotel, at 3310 50th Ave. Tickets can be purchased by calling the ticket hotline at 403-348-8503.

Tickets start at $175, but there are $200, $300 and $400 tickets available with different perks. Tickets can also be purchased at the Youth and Volunteer Centre, at 4633 49th St. in Red Deer. Tickets expected to be sold out quickly so the hotline will only be available on Monday and Tuesday. For more information visit www.bbbsreddeer.ca.

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VICTIMS SERVICES VOLUNTEERS Red Deer RCMP is seeking volunteers for the Victim Services Unit. There will be a drop-in volunteer information session on Jan. 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. and again from 6 to 8 p.m. at the downtown RCMP detachment on 51st Avenue. “Volunteering in this area takes a special kind of person because it involves offering support to fellow Red Deerians who have been victims of crime or tragic events,” Const. Jody Young, Victim Services co-ordinator, said in a press release. “It’s ideal work for those who want to know, every day, that what they’re doing is making a difference in the lives of others.” Victim Services advocates are individuals who have been screened for suitability and received RCMP enhanced security clearance as well as specialized training in order to help people after a crime or traumatic event. Volunteers must be at least 18 years-old, a Canadian resident or landed immigrant who has lived in Canada for the past five years. The session will allow participants to learn about requirements and time commitments, ask questions and meet current volunteers. For more information, visit www.reddeer.ca/rcmp and click on “volunteer opportunities” or call 403406-2341.

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Volunteer Tim Peet cranks up a light unit along the boards of the twin rinks at the Bower Kin community Hall on Thursday. Beginning today at 4 p.m., eight teams from Kelowna, Grande Prairie, Lloydminster, Chestermere and Red Deer will be playing in the Annual Tommy Gun’s Outdoor Winter Classic. The outdoor hockey winter festival is built on fun, said organizer Al Sim, who stressed the tournament, which costs about $65,000 to host, could not be done without the generous support of the many sponsors, including Key Towing, which trucked in all the buildings and supplies for the weekend event. Action gets underway at 4 p.m. this afternoon with the final taking place Sunday at 2 p.m.

Woman dies of injuries in workplace incident A 52-year-old woman died in an onsite work incident on Monday just south of Rocky Mountain House.

The woman, an employee of Newcart Contracting, was working at a jobsite on Township Road 382, just off of Range Road 73.

According to Brookes Merritt, a public affairs officer for Alberta Occupational Health and Safety, the incident took place around 10:30 a.m.

The woman was standing near a Bobcat loader, a S250 skid-steer machine, that was being used to move two

compressed air tanks.

The tanks weighed 45 kg (100 pounds) each, Merritt said.

“The operator of the Bobcat started to reverse the machine and he struck the female worker and drove over her and she sustained fatal head injuries.”

She was pronounced dead on scene.

Her name is not being released.

OHS issued a stop-work order on the Bobcat while the fatality is investigated.

As of Thursday afternoon, OHS was continuing with their investigation.

Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne says the province is looking at options that may keep integrated ambulance and fire dispatch service in Red Deer.

Horne said the province is trying to meet its objectives to ensure the closest ambulance responds to a given situation, and also to look at ways to preserve dispatch systems that are working well.

The province plans to consolidate ambulance dispatch services to three locations in Alberta.

He said the province is committed to a consolidated approach to dispatch because will provide better quality and safety for patients and makes the best use of resources.

Under Red Deer’s integrated system, both fire and ambulance are sent out to emergency situations.

“One of the most common comments I hear from people in Red Deer is that ‘We have something that works well that covers ground ambulance and fire and it is integrated,’ ” said Horne.

“People here I understand want to keep the

best of what they have locally. So we’re working to see if there is a solution that we can preserve both.”

Horne said he understands the city has invested a lot of money and resources into a system they believe is working well for citizens in Red Deer.

“I am trying to see if there is some middle ground and we can do both,” said Horne.

Red Deer is one of several mid-sized cities in the province that have asked the health minister to revisit the decision.

The municipalities have cited concerns of losing local knowledge and potentially creating slower response times.

The minister formed a working group of municipal leaders to address concerns following a meeting with Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer at the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association conference in November.

Horne said discussions are still underway.

He was in Red Deer on Thursday for a Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre expansion announcement. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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One dead, two in hospital One person is dead and two more were taken to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre after two vehicles collided head-on north of Sylvan Lake on Thursday morning.

The collision took place on Hwy 20, between Aspelund Road and Rainy Creek Road, at about 8 a.m.

When Sylvan Lake RCMP arrived on scene, a truck and an SUV were found with extensive damage. The driver and lone occupant of the truck died at the scene. Police are not releasing the name of the deceased.

The driver and the passenger of the SUV were extracted from the vehicle with the assistance of the Bentley Fire Department. Both were taken to the Red Deer hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

A witness to the collision told police that the truck appeared to lose control moments prior to the collision.

Police said the road was slippery at the time of the collision.

Red Deer collision analysts are assisting with the investigation. Alcohol is not considered to be a factor.

Greetings to Sochi athletes, from Canadian Tire Red Deer’s two Canadian Tire stores will be sending their well wishes to Canadian athletes next month at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Russia.

The Canadian Tire Corp., headquartered in Toronto, sent out small pieces of vinyl earlier this month to each of their 490 stores across the country. Stores are to write a personal message of support to the Olympians.

They will all then be stitched together to make a flag, known as the We All Play for Canada flag.

“That flag is being shipped over to Sochi . . . . It’s all about supporting and encouraging our athletes. With any sporting event, we try to show our support,” said Ryan Cowieson, the corporation’s communications co-ordinator.

The flag will travel with the Canadian Tire staff headed to Sochi as the corporation is an official partner and sponsor of the Canadian Olympic Committee.

The flag will be hung up in the Canadian Olympics house, Cowieson said.

The Canadian Tire location in the south of Red Deer sent their small square of the flag back to headquarters last Friday.

“It’s great for all of us to have a chance to encourage the Olympians like this,” said John Dueck, store manager of the south Red Deer Canadian Tire.

“We looked up various different phrases and mottoes and chose to write, ‘If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.’ ” They signed it “Store 329.”

Stores have until Jan. 27 to send in their pieces.

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It’s the first time the stores have done something like this for the Olympics.

“It’s a pretty cool idea and I know we’ll all be looking pretty closely at the flag when it’s shown on TV to see if we can find our little portion on there,” Dueck said.

The idea behind the We All Play for Canada flag and branding campaign is to get more kids active and show how all Canadians can be united by play, whether it’s street hockey or a visit to the park, Cowieson said.

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He will make his first court appearance on Monday at 9:30 a.m. in Red Deer provincial court.

Katie Murphy, 19, of Red Deer has been charged with escaping lawful custody, possession of stolen property over $5,000 and two counts of breaching a recognizance. She will make her first court appearance today at 9:30 a.m. in Red Deer provincial court.

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BRIEFS Olds high school site sold The former site of the Olds High School has been bought by Cam Clark Ford for about $1.4 million.

The dealership, the Chinook’s Edge School Division and the Town of Olds have worked towards this sale for about three years.

The high school moved into the new site at the Community Learning Campus at Olds College. A roadway was opened in the fall through the fouracre property, which Olds Mayor Judy Dahl said will provide a vital link between Hwy 27 and the centre of town.

“This is a major initiative in the heart of our community that will benefit residents, businesses and tourists,” said Dahl.

“Of course, it also represents the expansion of a respected local business and we are thrilled to see this large project culminate into these exciting opportunities for the region.” The current Cam Clark Ford property is on Hwy 27 at 57th Avenue. The recently purchased property is six blocks east at 51st Avenue.

“Our students have been at the new high school in Olds for three years now, so we are extremely pleased that this land sale has been finalized,” said Colleen Butler, Chinook’s Edge board chair. “For us, it represents substantial funds, which can now be reinvested to benefit learners throughout our division.”

Transport talks coming Discussions will be held across the province to examine the next 50 years of transportation, with two stops in Central Alberta.

Alberta Transportation has scheduled public consultation meetings in 18 communities in late January and February. The meetings will be townhall-style discussions with the hope they will result in the draft strategy that will be made available for review as part of the online survey set for April and May. The meeting scheduled for Red Deer is on Feb. 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the boardroom of the Red Deer Cham-

ber of Commerce, at 3017 Gaetz Ave. A similar meeting will happen in Rocky Mountain House in the Clearwater room of the Walking Eagle Inn and Lodge, at 4819 45th St., on Feb. 26 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

For more information on the strategy, email TransStrategy@gov.ab.ca or call 780-641-9328, or 310-0000 toll-free anywhere in Alberta.

Blackfalds gets grant A Blackfalds Healthy Community project will receive a $50,000 grant from Alberta Blue Cross.

The Healthy Communities grant program had previously committed $1 million over a five-year period to promote active living across Alberta.

In the first year, four $50,000 grants have been awarded and a project in Blackfalds is among them. The town gets the money for outdoor fitness equipment for the Abbey Centre municipal recreation facility, located next door to the junior high school.

Only four projects were selected, the others being projects in Edmonton, Calgary and Cold Lake.

In total, 120 applications were

received for a variety of initiatives, including playgrounds, skateboard parks, outdoor fitness gyms, splash parks, sports courts, walking trails, skating rinks and swimming pools.

Castor pool upgrading Castor’s outdoor swimming pool is getting some upgrades, with the help of the federal government.

The federal government recently announced a $16,500 investment in the Castor Centennial Swimming Pool.

Kevin Sorenson, MP for Crowfoot and minister of state for Finance, made the announcement. The funding is a part of the federal government’s community infrastructure improvement fund.

The money will help fund upgrades to the dressing room, lobby floor and stairs leading to the pool. These upgrades will help extend the lifespan of the pool, which opens in May this year.

“Recreation facilities like the centennial swimming pool provide valuable programming to the residents and families of Castor,” said Sorenson in a release. “I am proud to see this community benefit form our government’s support for community infrastructure.”

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Cody Feil of Red Deer is wanted on a Canadawide warrant. The public is warned not to approach him.

Feil has been unlawfully at large since Cody Feil Dec. 13.

Police believe he may be in the Red Deer or Blackfalds area.

Feil has an extensive criminal history including flight, escaping from lawful custody and dangerous driving. He has been suspended from driving in Alberta.

Anyone with information that may assist the police in locating Feil is asked to call Red Deer City RCMP at 403-343-5575. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1.800.222.8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit. com.

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Two people face charges after an alleged assault and threat at a convenience store in Red Deer on Wednesday.

City RCMP were called to a convenience on Gaetz Avenue after a witness to a fight was threatened with a knife.

At about 10 a.m., police responded to the complaint, initially a man assaulting a woman at the store.

A witness attempted to intervene when he saw a man pushing a woman at the store.

When the witness asked the man to stop assaulting the woman and to leave, the man instead allegedly assaulted the witness and then produced a knife, threatening the witness.

The witness then called the RCMP. The male and female, and a second male and female left the area together on foot before police arrived. All four were soon located.

Shortly before this complaint was called in, police discovered an abandoned car nearby that had been reported stolen on Jan. 11. Keys to the stolen vehicle were found on one of the females and the vehicle registration and insurance information was in the possession of a male suspect, who is now accused of the assault.

Justin McCallum, 22, of Red Deer has been charged with assault with a weapon, possession of property obtained by crime over

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Airline eyes new routes

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

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New routes from Red Deer to Grande Prairie, and also Victoria, are being considered by Northwestern Air Lease Ltd., as the Fort Smith, N.W.T.-based airline strengthens its presence at the Red Deer Airport.

“If we do open a new destination, it will probably be Grande Prairie in 2014,” said Tomas Chlumecky, Northwestern’s general manager.

But flights between Red Deer and Victoria could also come as early as this year, he added, with such a route likely to include a stop in Kelowna, B.C. “That would even be attractive to Kelowna, because there’s a geographical barrier there — you can’t drive (to Victoria from Kelowna).

“It would be the first direct service between Kelowna and their provincial capital.”

Chlumecky cited a study that showed Vancouver and Toronto are the most common destinations of Central Albertans flying out of airports other than Red Deer’s.

“In the number 3 position we have Victoria, with almost 35,000 passengers that went through Calgary.”

Grande Prairie was sixth on the list, he added.

Northwestern currently flies five days a week between Red Deer and Kelowna, with two of those flights continuing on to Abbotsford, B.C. During the summer, there were six weekly flights to Kelowna, with four going on to Abbotsford.

“The loads are pretty good in the summer,” said

Chlumecky. “Last summer — our first few months into it — we were looking at adding an extra flight on Fridays and Sundays.

“And that’s something we would obviously look at again for the coming summer.”

Northwestern’s scheduled passenger flights between Red Deer and Fort McMurray currently number three per week, down from a summertime high of five. Chlumecky expects the frequency of those flights to bounce back with warmer weather as well.

Another change Northwestern is contemplating is the elimination of its Kelowna-to-Abbotsford connection in favour or a direct flight from Red Deer to Abbotsford.

“We think that Kelowna and Abbotsford are just too close; people tend to drive.”

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Caryn Lenton, right, Nadine Schaeffer, left, and Caley Forsberg work on a printing job at Rileys new office space on the first floor of Stantec Executive Place. The Calgary-based company, which provides document and print services to corporate customers, was previously located on the seventh floor of the 4900 50th St. building before moving to its new premises on Wednesday.

Residential property sales up in 2013

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Communities throughout Central Alberta experienced a jump in sales of residential properties through the Multiple Listing Service last year.

Statistics released on Thursday by the Central Alberta Realtors Association indicate that regional sales activity was up by 8.4 per cent in 2013. Innisfail posted one of the biggest increases, with sales of single-family dwellings in that town up by 19.6 per cent to 110. Resales of similar homes in Stettler were up 19 per cent to 89, in Rocky Mountain House they were up 18.3 per cent to 97, in Blackfalds they climbed 14.4 per cent to 191, in Lacombe they were 14 per cent higher at 192, in Sylvan Lake the increase was 9.4 per cent to 268, in Red Deer single-family sales were up seven per cent to 1,252, and in Ponoka they were up six per cent to 90.

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BRIEFS Red Deer Regional Airport Authority board adds two members The composition of the Red Deer Regional Airport Authority has changed slightly with the addition of two new board members.

Robert Kelham and Glenn Tobin have been appointed as directors by Red Deer County. They re-

ings last year ranged from $366,889 in Red Deer, which was up three per cent from 2012, to $241,295 in Ponoka, which was five per cent higher than the previous year. The average in Sylvan Lake was $357,244, down 0.8 per cent; in Blackfalds it was $330,333, up 5.7 per cent; in Lacombe it was $322,152, up 0.4 per cent; in Innisfail it was $310,105, up 8.5 per cent; in Rocky it was $296,582, up two per cent; in Stettler it was $255,029, up 7.8 per cent, and in Ponoka it was $241,295, up five per cent.

The average prices included single-family homes of differing sizes and from various neighbourhoods, so may not be a good indicator of market trends.

Dawn Parent, president of the Central Alberta Realtors Association, said she expects Central Alberta’s residential resale market to remain busy in 2014, driven by continued strength in the oil and gas industry. She anticipates a four to five per cent increase in overall sales, and prices to gain approximately two to three per cent. place Tom Langford and Mitch Thompson, and join Dave Brand, Bernie Papp, Janet Gilmore, Jacquie Brooks, Spencer Higginson, Michael Kerr, Dave Minhas, Jason Scheyen, Beverly Krausher and John Cuthbertson.

Kelham owns and operates Kelham & Associates Inc., while Tobin is a driver trainer at Wiebe Transport and a past-president of the Burns Lake Airport Society in Northern British Columbia.

Brand has been named chair of the airport authority, with Papp the past-chair.

The Red Deer Regional Airport Authority is a notfor-profit corporation that governs and manages the Red Deer Airport. It consists of six representatives from the City of Red Deer and six from Red Deer County.

OTTAWA — The Conservatives may see the loonie’s downward trajectory as giving the economy a fortuitous boost, but critics say talking down the currency could also exacerbate underlying problems in Canadian business.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has made a point of noting that a weak dollar can spur economic growth by boosting exports — a boon for a government with its sights set squarely on balancing the books.

The loonie slid to 90.10 cents U.S. on Thursday, dipping briefly under the 90 cent mark for the first time since mid-2009. It’s lost four cents since Dec. 31 due to a combination of factors including a strengthening U.S. dollar, weak prices for commodities and Canada’s low-interest, low-inflation environment.

But the economy can’t turn so quickly to take advantage of a lower dollar, said NDP finance critic Peggy Nash. Many of manufacturing jobs that were lost under the Tories’ watch aren’t coming back.

The economy is underperforming and the Tories are “desperate to show that they can balance the books before the 2015 election and trying everything possible to do that,” Nash said.

“We have a current account deficit for our exports of over $60 billion — this is an all-time high — and a very low level of private-sector investment in spite of the Conservatives cutting tens of billions of dollars to corporate taxes,” she said. “So clearly their strategies have been a failure.”

Derek Burleton, deputy chief economist at TD Bank, noted the Bank of Canada is still concerned about the export sector.

“I think one of the big uncertainties is how wellpositioned Canada’s export sector is to benefit from improving U.S. demand,” he said.

“There used to be a much stronger link between U.S. spending and Canadian exports, but that link has weakened in recent years as the Canadian dollar has appreciated. And even though the dollar lost ten per cent of its value last year, we really didn’t see any notable benefit to Canadian export.”

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz emphasized Wednesday that the increase in U.S. demand is more important for domestic economic growth than a weak loonie. The marginal boost of a lower dollar is just “the icing on the cake,” he said.

But the bank’s language about the dollar has left some economists thinking it still sees the loonie as overvalued.

In its latest economic reading, the bank said it expects the currency to remain strong and “continue to pose competitiveness challenges for Canada’s noncommodity exports.”

For some, that suggested the bank thought the dollar wasn’t low enough to stimulate exports and improve Canada’s competitiveness as an investment location, said CIBC economist Peter Buchanan.

Flaherty isn’t addressing Canada’s declining international competitiveness and the sluggish growth in productivity, said former Liberal finance minister Ralph Goodale.

“The change in the currency may make it appear that that has improved, when in fact the underlying problems continue and indeed, may be getting even worse,” he said.

First case of deadly pig virus confirmed in Canada

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The first case of a pig virus that has killed millions of baby pigs in the U.S. has been confirmed in Canada, but authorities say there’s no risk to human health or food safety.

The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture said Thursday the case of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus was discovered in a farm in Middlesex County in the province’s southwest.

Ontario’s chief veterinarian said lab tests conducted in Guelph, Ont., on Wednesday detected the virus and the samples have been sent to a federal lab in Winnipeg for further testing.

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Several pigs at the farm have died from the illness, he said.

The farm is “under control” and its owner is cooperating with officials, Douglas said.

“No pigs will be leaving in the short term,” he said.

“We have no concerns... that any products, animals, are leaving the premises and causing any concern or any threat to the Ontario pork industry.”

Alberta Pork is urging vigilance on the part of producers in Alberta to prevent the spread to barns here.

“Producers need to focus on biosecurity measures that reduce the potential transmission of the virus from outside sources,” said Alberta swine veterinarian Egan Brockhoff of Prairie Swine Health Services

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in Red Deer. “This includes pig transports, live pigs, and both essential and non-essential visitors.

“We urge producers to review their trailer cleaning, washing, disinfecting and drying protocols for all transports coming to their farm,” added Brockhoff. “This also applies to all of their entry protocols for people and materials that enter their barn.”

The Ontario farm where the virus was discovered was already following strict biosecurity protocols but experience in other jurisdictions shows the virus is “extremely difficult” to contain and there could be other cases, said Douglas.

The virus “can be transmitted by anything contaminated by manure,” including trucks, trailers and clothing, Ontario Pork warned its members.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 101.20 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.17 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.75 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.59 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.92 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30 Cdn. National Railway . . 59.70 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 164.10 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.60 Capital Power Corp . . . . 22.50 Cervus Equipment Corp 23.72 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 44.72 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 47.11 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 27.25 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.11 General Motors Co. . . . . 38.42 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.70 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.28 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 47.81 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 68.43 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.25 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.35 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.01 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 98.35 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.45 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.42 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.48 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 16.18 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American stock markets pulled back Thursday as signs of pressure on China’s manufacturing sector weighed heavy.

Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite index fell 55.23 points to close at 13,932.97, with nearly all sectors lower.

On Wall Street, the declines were more dramatic, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping to a five-week low.

And the Canadian dollar inched above 90 cents US after sliding below the mark for the first time since mid-2009 earlier in the session. The loonie closed 0.09 of a cent lower at 90.10 cents US. A preliminary reading of HSBC’s purchasing managers’ index for China dipped this month to 49.6, the lowest level since July. Numbers below 50 indicate contraction.

“Chinese economic growth remains impressive from an absolute sense, but the rate of growth has been waning and that has implications for commodity prices and therefore commodity producers,” said Tim Caulfield, a vice-president and director of equity research at Franklin Bissett Investment Management.

“Commodity prices are holding in amid the Canadian dollar weakness, which is a best-case scenario for commodity exporters.”

The March crude oil contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 59 cents to settle at US$97.32 a barrel, its highest level so far this year. The TSX energy sector was down 0.01 per cent.

February gold bullion rose $23.70 to US$1,262.30 an ounce, helping to drive the TSX gold sector higher.

Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) gained nearly three per cent to C$21.43 while Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX:AEM) rose 7.2 per cent to $33.91.

Copper fell five cents to US$3.29 a pound.

In New York, the Dow dropped 175.99 points to end at 16,197.35, while the Nasdaq shed 24.13 points to 4,218.87 and the S&P 500 index was off 16.40 points at 1,828.46.

Several U.S. companies were lower after reporting quarterly results, including KeyCorp, Johnson Controls and Jacobs Engineering.

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Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.57 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.79 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.88 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.96 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 27.07 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 21.43 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 24.55 First Quantum Minerals . 20.25 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.69 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.30 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.24 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 36.55 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.64 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 27.15 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 28.44 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 91.76 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 56.94 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.86 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 52.19 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 36.18 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.14 Canyon Services Group. 11.14 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 29.52 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.840 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.41 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.60 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 96.97 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 50.11 Canada says retail sales rose 0.6 per cent in November to $41 billion, the fourth increase in five months.

Separately, it reported that 512,300 people were getting regular employment insurance benefits in November, a number virtually unchanged from October.

Dorel Industries Inc. (TSX:DII.B) is closing an assembly and testing facility in Pennsylvania and moving a research and development unit in Connecticut in a cost-reduction effort at its recreational and leisure business, which makes bicycles.

Dorel says about 100 employees will be affected globally. The company’s shares were up six cents at $41.15.

Shares in Canadian cheesemaker Saputo Inc. (TSX:SAP) rose seven cents to $52.76 as it emerged victorious in a bidding war for Australia’s oldest dairy processor, Warrnambool Cheese and Butter. The Murray Goulburn Co-Operative is selling its shares to Saputo and expects to receive at least AU$92.8 million cash in return.

McDonald’s Corp. earned $1.4 billion, or $1.40 per share, in the fourth quarter, which is a penny more than Wall Street expected. The world’s biggest hamburger chain also reported that global sales slipped 0.1 per cent at established locations. In the U.S., where it recently revamped its Dollar Menu, the figure fell 1.4 per cent.

McDonald’s shares gained 44 cents to US$95.32.

Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) says it’s laying off 475 employees worldwide, adding to the 700 positions it has eliminated over the past six months. The decision comes nearly two weeks after the retailer lowered its fourthquarter profit outlook as it grapples with the fallout of a massive security breach. Shares of the retailer fell 56 cents to $58.65.

Netflix (Nasdaq:NFLX) shares jumped 16.5 per cent to US$388.72. After the closing bell Wednesday, the streaming video company reported fourth-quarter earnings had climbed six-fold and that it had added 2.3 million subscribers in the period.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Thursday at world financial market trading.

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High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.76 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 33.45 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 46.35 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.29 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 7.89 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.210 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.00 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 37.80 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.94 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.99 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.34 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 63.52 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 72.72 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.21 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.92 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 37.68 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.05 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.29 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 55.97 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 68.93 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.80 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 87.92 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.53 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 71.42 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 38.38 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.82

— 13,932.97, down 55.23 points TSX Venture Exchange — 983.28, up 2.84 points TSX 60 — 801.83, down 3.51 points Dow — 16,197.35, down 175.99 points S&P 500 — 1,828.46, down 16.40 points Nasdaq — 4,218.87, down 24.13 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 90.10 cents US, down 0.09 of a cent Pound — C$1.8464, up 0.87 of a cent Euro — C$1.5200 up 1.8 cents Euro — US$1.3695, up1.49 cents Oil futures: US$97.32 per barrel, up 59 cents (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,262.30 per oz., up $23.70 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.151 oz., up 53.6 cents $744.30 kg, up $17.23 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $0.30 higher $428.20; May ’14 $0.50 higher $437.40; July ’14 $1.10 higher $446.80; Nov. ’14 $1.90 higher $462.30; Jan ’15 $1.40 higher $467.90; March ’15 $1.40 higher $473.30; May ’15 $1.40 higher $475.30; July ’15 $1.50 higher $477.30; Nov ’15 $1.50 higher $473.50; Jan. ’16 $1.50 higher $473.50; March ’16 $1.50 higher $473.50.

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.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 679,400 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 679,400.

The first Iranian leader in a decade to visit the World Economic Forum, Rouhani took top billing Thursday at the World Economic Forum, drawing crowds to hear a speech in which he promised greater engagement with the world.

TORONTO — The federal government has offered the provinces and territories a new Canada Jobs Grant package as part of a “sensitive” third round of negotiations over the controversial proposal, says Employment Minister Jason Kenney.

The original proposal, which came shortly after the last federal budget was introduced, was less than perfect, Kenney acknowledged Thursday as he described a new offer that offers additional “flexibilities” to the provinces.

“I’m not suggesting the initial model that we proposed was ideal; to the contrary,” the minister said in a speech to the Toronto Region Board of Trade.

At the same time, however, he expressed frustration with the fact other levels of government have been balking at something that he considers to be a common sense plan.

“It’s so blindingly sensible, I don’t understand why it’s not widely accepted.”

The main idea behind the job grant scheme remains intact as the talks enter the latest phase, Kenney said: giving those who create jobs more say over how tax dollars are spent on training programs.

The Canada Jobs Grant model, first proposed by the Harper government in last year’s federal budget, was supposed to be in place by April, but sev-

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eral provinces objected because it would have meant an overall cut to federal funding for job training.

Ontario Training Minister Brad Duguid said earlier this week that he remains opposed to the fact that Ottawa intends to finance its share of the program by reducing transfer payments to the provinces.

The original plan was to create a $15,000 grant that Canadians could use to receive training for a specific job opening. Each grant was to be shared equally three ways among the federal and provincial governments and a sponsoring business.

Kenney stressed that Canada is already short of skilled workers, and the pending retirement of thousands more across the country as the baby boomers retire will only make matters worse unless the right job training programs are in place.

“What we need is some intelligent flexibility, quickly, to avoid a problem from becoming a crisis,” he said.

Ottawa had initially hoped to pay for its share of the grants by cutting $300 million annually from transfers to the provinces through the $500-million Labour Market Agreements (LMA). Another component would have required the provinces to find an additional $300 million to pay for the matching share of the grants. That requirement was waived in the last proposal delivered to the provinces in late December. there.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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VIRUS: Only a matter of time

Chlumecky said there also seems to be interest in Abbotsford for air transportation to Fort McMurray via Red Deer.

RJ Steenstra, CEO of the Red Deer Airport, has also been pitching Saskatoon as another destination Northwestern should fly to from Red Deer, said Chlumecky. This eastern route also appears viable, he acknowledged.

Since resuming scheduled passenger air service out of the Red Deer Airport in April 2012, after a two-year hiatus, Northwestern has grown its fleet here to three planes and its Red Deer-based staff to about 14, said Chlumecky. Much of its business here is charter-related, with companies that send workers to northern communities accounting for a great deal of the demand.

He doesn’t expect WestJet Encore’s recently announced daily service between Fort McMurray and Kelowna to adversely impact Northwestern’s passenger counts. And the arrival of Air Canada Express at the Red Deer Airport in September has helped Northwestern by boosting the profile of the Central Alberta airport, said Chlumecky.

“I think few people in Red Deer really know that the airport exists and that there’s actual scheduled services out of that airport.”

The appeal of Red Deer to his company, said Chlumecky, is that it offers opportunities for expansion and growth — opportunities that don’t exist in the northern markets that Northwestern previously focused on.

“I think it has a lot of potential,” he said of Red Deer. “We’re happy to be

Stewart Skinner, a pig farmer in Listowel, Ont., heard the troubling news at a hog farmers’ conference in Banff.

He said producers had hoped Canada would be spared but considered it unlikely in such a highly integrated market.

“There’s trucks going back and forth (between Canada and the U.S.) every week. Because of that, it was only a matter of time,” he said.

But he said he was encouraged by how quickly officials moved to contain the threat.

“That’s a testament to the process that they’ve put in place,” he said.

“As an industry, we didn’t stick our head in the sand and say ’This isn’t going to come here.’ We said, ’This is probably going to happen, what can we do so that we can lower or mitigate the effects to the best of our ability?”’

Part of the challenge of dealing with porcine epidemic diarrhea is that it first appeared in the U.S. just last spring and has already spread to 22 states.

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians has said no one knows how the virus entered the U.S., or exactly how many pigs have died, but it is in the millions.

The Canadian Swine Health Board recently said PED is not a federally reportable disease in Canada, which means there is no single set of protocols to help prevent it from spreading here or to deal with an outbreak.

Instead, provinces and the industry are sharing information and developing plans with the help of the board.

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Observers spot water on dwarf planet LOS ANGELES — The largest object in the asteroid belt just got more attractive: Scientists have confirmed signs of water on the dwarf planet Ceres, one of the few bodies in the solar system to hold that distinction.

Peering through the Herschel Space Observatory, a team led by the European Space Agency detected water plumes spewing from two regions on Ceres. The observations, published in Thursday’s issue of Nature, come as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is set to arrive at the Texas-sized dwarf planet next year.

It’s long been suspected that Ceres

is water-rich, but previous detections have been inconclusive. This is the first definitive evidence of water on Ceres and confirms that it has an icy surface, said lead author Michael Kuppers of the European Space Agency.

“It makes Ceres a more exciting target” for exploration, he said.

The latest finding puts Ceres in a special class of solar system objects with active plumes of water, a key ingredient for life. The company includes Jupiter’s moon Europa — where an underground ocean is believed to exist — and the Saturn moon Enceladus, where jets have been seen venting from the surface.

The source of the water plumes is still unclear. Scientists think there

Photovoltaic technology progresses over decade

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This is a daunting task — thermal radiation oscillates at frequencies ranging in the trillions of cycles per second. Conversion into the more common frequencies of 50 or 60 cycles per second is proving to be difficult.

Researchers at the

Kyoto Institute in Japan have had success in developing a likely prototype by doping a gallium nitride semi-conductor with cobalt or manganese. The prototype was demonstrated to produce a relatively high voltage of some two volts with a 10-square-mm cell but efficiencies are a real problem with current flow some 1,000 times less than a standard photovoltaic cell.

Obviously, photovoltaics will only get better with time.

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may be a layer of ice just below the surface that gets heated by the sun or the plumes could be spewed by ice volcanoes.

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Efficiencies have increased to an extraordinary 21.1 per cent with the more productive monocrystalline type panel, which are characteristically made from one large crystal of silicon.

Polycrystalline cells are the next highest rated at 15.9 per cent, their lower efficiency in part due to being manufactured with the use of multiple silicon crystals and less uniform molecular structure.

Larger panels offer some distinct advantages, less labour involved when installing larger arrays, higher voltages allowing for transmission over increased distances using smaller wires, less hardware required for racking, and with decreased production costs, lower prices at the retail level.

The less efficient polycrystalline photovoltaic panels are now around $1.20 per watt.

Not bad when compared to their price 10 years ago of almost $5.20 a watt.

The quest for lower cost, more efficient panels goes on. Some designs like amorphous silicon offer reduced cost but have an even lower efficiency than the polycrystalline units.

Amorphous photovoltaics provide an encouraging reduction in input costs to make large area coverage viable. These panels are available in various forms, which allows for either factory manufacturing, or even in-situ application.

They are a great asset to real estate with large, high, south-facing exposures.

There have been also been large developments in concentrating solar panels.

These particular devices use mirrors or lenses to concentrate the sun’s rays to achieve greater power output in a smaller area.

In fact, the world record for solar efficiency was set with this type of panel, with a whopping 40.8 per cent.

However, they are considerably more expensive, will not work without a tracker mechanism to keep the array pointed at the optimal position and generally are not considered feasible for residential use because of these extra costs.

The most interesting research, which has found various level of success in labs around the world, are PV panels, which have the ability to collect infrared and ultraviolet light.

A working panel that can harvest all the energy from the sun’s light spectra would give it the ability to produce at night as it collects the energy seen with thermal vision cameras.

It may be the answer to the intermittency of power generation, the key challenge that stan-

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Lagerfeld’s couture sports club PUTS CINDERELLA IN SNEAKERS

BY THOMAS ADAMSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — It was not your run-of-the-mill Paris sports club. It was Chanel haute couture.

In Karl Lagerfeld’s dazzling “Cambon Club� show he boldly mixed the couture designs associated with Coco Chanel’s fashion empire at 31 rue Cambon with a youthful sporty kick.

Princess pearl chiffon, satin silk, fastidious embroideries and sculpted corsets were paired with sneakers, sporty white cropped boleros, fanny packs and silver elbow and knee pads.

Models skipped, twirled and even ran down the steps in their bouncing footware onto a glacial, crystalline stage that featured a large orchestra.

If the spring-summer 2014 show felt like it had less vibrancy than recent colorful Chanel displays, it was due to the more muted pearly and silver palette — with touches of lilac blue and rose pink.

Still, the details of the clothes certainly packed a punch.

Tight corsets sculpted the midriff, which was made graphic and extreme by the overhanging space from the wide truncated boleros.

Hair was worn up and fanned out as if blown around by the elements.

And there were a series of spiky, sea urchin-like looks in iridescent green and blue.

Lagerfeld said he wanted the sneakers to “bring couture back to

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The drama you expect from John Grisham Sycamore Row

By John Grisham $32 Doubleday With 27 novels and some books for young readers behind him, John Grisham can be counted on for a good entertaining story.

I have to admit that I’ve fallen behind — my last dip into this author was Street Lawyer.

It was a quick read and not his best.

Sycamore Row is the story of a rich man who died by his own hand. He took a ladder and a good strong rope and ended his life hanging in an old sycamore tree. Of course, he left word of his intentions in the form of a handwritten letter to a lawyer named Jake Brigance, who did not know him.

The story takes place in the small town of Clantin in Ford County, Miss., in 1988.

He had arranged by phone for his handyman Calvin Boggs to “meet me at the bridge.” So Boggs made the sad discovery.

The rich man was Seth Hubbard, a private sort of man who had been, he felt, fleeced by two marriages.

He had put his head down and worked hard and taken enormous chances in his financial dealings, and had recouped nicely. Now he was sick with lung cancer and no longer wished to live with the pain.

Brigance will be familiar to fans as the lawyer in A Time to Kill, one of Grisham’s best novels. Now a letter comes to Jake containing the handwritten will of Hubbard and instructions; he has cut out his estranged family

with nothing and left almost the whole kit and caboodle to his black housekeeper. There is a bequest to the church and also to a long-lost brother, whose whereabouts are unknown.

Now the interested parties, and their lawyers, gather and the battle is waged.

There are always many lawyers in a Grisham yarn and this is no exception. The reader could easily lose heart with the law, given the machinations of these dodgy types.

Letty Lang is the black housekeeper who is named in the will. She has always been poor and hard working, supporting a large family and a husband who drinks. There is a son in jail and a daughter in the army.

News of her windfall attracts many more family members and wannabees.

There is a case to be made that poor old Seth, wracked with pain from his cancer, was in no shape to make a valid will, write it out and be fully aware of his actions. After all, he had previously made a huge, complicated will with the large firm from Tupelo, and those gentlemen are in town and ready to defeat the holographic will in court.

This author knows what he’s doing, and the true reason for Seth’s bizarre will comes to light, but not before a search into the deep past of happenings in Ford County.

The court scenes are lively and heart breaking by turns, with surprise skullduggery and all the drama you expect from Grisham.

Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Beloved children’s author Robert Munsch says he has no regrets about going public with his addiction issues nearly four years ago, and still attends support meetings almost daily.

“Four or five days a week I go to the morning narcotics anonymous meeting, because I’m an addict and I don’t want to be an active addict,” the bestselling author of Love You Forever and The Paper Bag Princess said in an interview Thursday.

“In the afternoons I write and walk my dog. I walk my dog out of town, off the leash, we go through woods, it’s crazy.”

Munsch, who will join other authors at the Ontario Science Centre for Family Literacy Day on Sunday, made headlines in May 2010 after admitting in a TV interview that he was four months clean from a long cocaine and alcohol addiction.

The 68-year-old, who lives in Guelph, Ont., said he felt compelled to make the revelation because he was being interviewed about his life and recovery from drug addiction was a big part of it.

“Everybody told me not to do this and I did it and I’m glad I did it,” he said.

“The response is very positive. I got some bad reviews but it helped that I said, ‘Hey, I’m a drug addict. I haven’t used for a while.’ It wasn’t like ‘Bob Munsch found in Toronto hotel.’ I did it myself. Nobody outed me.”

Munsch also wrote on his website back then that he’d been diagnosed as obsessive compulsive and manic depressive, and had been going to 12-step recovery meetings for more than 25 years.

He said he’s “been on some pill or another for about 10 years” but has finally found one that works.

“I’m on Lithium to stop mood swings and without that I’m a wreck,” said Munsch, a member of the Order of Canada and Canada’s Walk of Fame who has sold tens of millions of copies of his children’s titles.

“Some days I’m (makes wild hand gestures) and other days I’m (makes a growling noise),” he added, evoking the fun animated storytelling style that has earned him legions of young fans around the world.

Though Munsch will be doing a reading at the Family Literacy Day event on Sunday, his days of touring and doing 50 storytelling shows a year are over — a result of a 2008 stroke that left him unable to speak for two days.

“Age has kind of defeated me,” said the soft-spoken wordsmith, who grew up in Glenshaw, Pa., and planned to become a Jesuit priest before volunteer work at preschools put him on his path as a children’s writer.

“I never did recover all my fluency that I had before the stroke and that is most notable when I tell stories and I tell stories in front of audiences.

“I would sometimes forget the story, like The Paper Bag Princess. I’ve told that 1,000 times but I just forget it. That’s why I stopped touring. I couldn’t do it.”

Munsch has still managed to maintain his career goal of publishing two books a year (culling material from the 100 or so unedited children’s stories he’s had on file), and he’s written one new story since the stroke. It’s about a little girl who wants to take home a pet rat, much to her father’s chagrin.

“My goal in stories is to make a story that will be good, irrespective of the time that it’s surrounded in,” said Munsch. “Little kids’ lives, for better or worse, are not yet cluttered up with iPhones and the neatest thing on the block.”

The 16th annual Family Literacy Day, a national event created by ABC Life Literacy Canada, is encouraging Canadian families to have “15 minutes of fun” learning together.

Despite his struggles to do public readings, Munsch said he still makes the time for the event because he’s witnessed first-hand the challenges some parents and children face with reading and writing.

“I’ve stayed with families where the father couldn’t read,” said Munsch, who’s been a part of Family Literacy Day for 10 years. “He got the kids to read things out of the paper for him.”

Indeed, Munsch has stayed with many families throughout his career, partly because of economics and partly for inspiration.

“I discovered very early that I never got a story at a Holiday Inn,” said Munsch. “But when I was just a new writer there was no money to do tours and stuff.

I ended up staying on people’s sofas in people’s basements and there I got stories.

“I continued that when I no longer was forced to do it and consequently have stayed with all kinds of families all over Canada, and most of the kids in my books are children I met in those families.”

From those experiences, Munsch has concluded “family literacy has sort of stalled” in Canada.

“It’s not getting worse but it’s not getting better,” he said. “Families, especially with people working, are under a lot of stress and one of the things that’s lost in that is the kind of interactions with the kids that help family literacy.”

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Development Officer Approvals On January 21, 2014, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Anders 1. Beta Surveys Ltd. – a 0.36 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, of an existing deck, located at 123 Adams Close.

Deer Park 2. Snell & Oslund Surveys Ltd. – a 0.3 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard, of an existing deck, located at 82 Donald Close.

Southbrook 3. Highridge Homes Ltd. – a 0.25 metre relaxation to the minimum left side yard, of a proposed multi-attached building, to be located at 2-8 Sullivan Close.

4. Highridge Homes Ltd. – a 0.25 metre relaxation to the minimum left & right side yards, of a proposed multi-attached building, to be located at 9-15 Sullivan Close.

5. Highridge Homes Ltd. – a 0.13 metre relaxation to the minimum left side yard, and a 0.25 metre relaxation to the minimum right side yard of a proposed multi-attached building, to be located at 50-56 Sullivan Close.

6. Highridge Homes Ltd. – a 5.88m2 relaxation to the maximum site coverage, of a proposed multiattached building, to be located at 52 Sullivan Close.

7. Highridge Homes Ltd. – a 4.77m2 relaxation to the maximum site coverage, of a proposed multiattached building, to be located at 54 Sullivan Close.

Sunnybrook 8. Strategic Survey Services Ltd. – a 0.81 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, of an existing detached garage, located at 24 Stewart Street.

Vanier Woods 9. Bemoco Land Surveying Ltd. – a 4.06 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, of an existing enclosed deck, located at 47 Vista Close.

Westlake 10. Abbey Homes Ltd. – a 3.2 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, of a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 80 Windermere Close.

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You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on February 7, 2014. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative & Governance Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8132.

INVITATION TO TENDER Sealed Tenders clearly marked Riverview Park Water and Sanitary Servicing 2014 closing Tuesday, February 11, 2014, delivered or mailed to the Purchasing Section, Sixth Floor at: The City of Red Deer Professional Building Suite 600 4808 50th Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1X5 Attention: Financial Services Reception Desk and received before 2:00:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 will be opened in public immediately thereafter. Tenders received and not conforming to the foregoing will be returned to the Bidder(s) without consideration. Faxed Tender Documents or Tender Amendments will not be accepted.

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An optional pre-tender meeting will be held at 2:00:00 pm local time, on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. The meeting will be held at the intersection of Cronquist Drive and Cronquist Close.

11. TMD Insurance Adjusters – the use of an office on the main and lower levels, to be located at 2, 5128 52 Street.

Subcontractors may view the Tender Documents at the Edmonton, Calgary, and Red Deer Construction Association offices.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on February 7, 2014. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8399.

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1984 — ABC network agrees to pay

$386 million for U.S. TV rights to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics; a record sum to that date.

1988 — Ben Johnson is named the Associated Press athlete of the year, the first Canadian track athlete so honoured.

On Sept. 26, at the Seoul Summer Olympics, Johnson will test positive for steroid use, and will be stripped of the gold medal he won in the 100-metre sprint two days earlier.

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LIFESTYLE A survey of more than 5,400 Canadian kids in grades 4 through 11 found a majority had their own cellphone, while nearly one in four of the youngest children owned a mobile device.

The non-profit organization MediaSmarts worked with schools and parents in each province and territory to conduct the wide-ranging survey, which asked kids a few dozen questions about their Internet usage.

It wasn’t surprising that nearly 90 per cent of the oldest students said they had their own cellphone, said MediaSmarts director of education Matthew Johnson.

But it was eye-opening for him to learn that about a quarter of nine- and 10-year-old students had their own device. “The numbers were definitely higher than we expected at the younger end,� said Johnson. “The surprise is definitely in those early three grades (four through six) and the fact that in Grade 6 we’re up to almost 40 per cent. “Certainly it highlights the fact that we’re seeing earlier and more Internet access (for kids).�

Almost all of the 5,436 students polled said they had access to the Internet outside of school.

Six per cent of the kids didn’t have Internet access at home but went online at local librar-

ies and community centres.

When asked what they commonly did online, 59 per cent said they played games, 52 per cent said they read social media posts and 51 per cent said they downloaded or streamed music, TV shows and movies.

When asked about their favourite websites, YouTube was the clear winner among the more than 3,000 mentioned, chosen by 75 per cent of the students. Facebook was second, followed by Google, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Minecraft, Miniclip, Hotmail and Wikipedia.

Although Facebook’s rules state that users must be at least 13 years old to use the site, a third of the underage students in grades four through six said they had an account anyway, and 16 per cent of those kids were signed up for Twitter.

Among the older kids, 82 per cent had Facebook accounts and 47 per cent were on Twitter. Johnson said one of the most surprising findings in the survey was how boys and girls viewed Internet safety differently.

About 82 per cent of the girls and 63 per cent of the boys surveyed agreed when asked if they thought they could be hurt by online strangers, while 51 per cent of the girls and 61 per cent of the boys said they considered the Internet a safe place for them.

Meanwhile, about 90 per cent of both boys and girls agreed with the statement “I know how to protect myself online.�

HOROSCOPES Friday, Jan. 24 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Mischa Barton, 28; Ed Helms, 40; Phil LaMarr, 47 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon in Scorpio blends beautifully with Venus, Jupiter and Pluto. Our emotional needs are fulfilled with tolerance, sympathy and gentleness.

We seek harmony through real, authentic bonding and a heightened level of understanding. This is ASTRO a day where we DOYNA can easily show our affection for one another without judgement or malice. Passions rise high. Love runs deep.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 24, 2014

Being with someone who doesn’t make you happy is not the solution to loneliness

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Dear Annie: I was married for 21 years, ings, and I don’t even know them. Are these until my wife decided to call it quits. It’s been unknown cousins relatives to me? — Child in four years since the divorce. She is now dating the Middle someone from work. I suspect this co-worker Dear Child: Your mother is related only is the reason she left me, but I truly do not insofar as the relatives want her to be. If she care anymore and have moved on was “aunt� to your cousins for 15 with my life. years, they may still think of her For the past two years, I have this way. been dating “Lois.� We don’t live However, it sounds as if they are together. We both have teenage not interested in being related any children and don’t think living tolonger, in which case, they don’t gether is a good idea. have to be. The same goes for your But, Annie, every morning I ask stepcousins. Unless you are sudmyself: Should I stay, or should I denly interested in getting to know go? I am 49 and Lois is 42. We ofthem better, you do not need to ten argue about stupid things. She consider yourself related. quickly gets over these spats, but I Dear Annie: I’m writing in redon’t. sponse to “Heart Full of Joy in So, tell me: How do I know Pennsylvania,� who divorced her MITCHELL whether it’s love or just compancheating husband after 35 years & SUGAR ionship? — Need Advice and finally found happiness.

Dear Need: If every morning I’ve been married for 36 years, you question whether you should and my husband has lived a sestick around, the answer is no, you cret life the entire time. I’ve known shouldn’t. about it, but turned my head and kept up a You don’t mention that you love Lois or good front so the children could have a happy even enjoy her company. You seem to fight childhood. often in ways that disturb you. Being with Now the kids are grown, and I’ve decided I someone who doesn’t make you happy is not cannot live the lie anymore. the solution to loneliness.

My kids are hurt, and feel that their happy Dear Annie: My parents divorced after 15 childhood was a lie. I often wonder if I am beyears of marriage. My father remarried and ing selfish. passed away in 2004. My mother married a After all, the marriage isn’t horrible, but it man and divorced him after 18 years. He, too, isn’t a true marriage. My counselor says the has passed away. kids will come around eventually and will reMy mother believes that my aunts, uncles alize that I am much happier now that I’m out and cousins on my father’s side are still her of my dysfunctional marriage. relatives because they are related to me. She I just want to say that “Heart Full of Joy� says she is still the aunt to my cousins on that has given me hope. Though I’m not interested side of the family. My brother adds to this di- in finding someone else right now, perhaps lemma by bringing Mom to some of these fam- there is a man out there who will cherish me, ily gatherings where my paternal aunts ignore honor me and truly love me. — Tired of Living her and my cousins ask why she is there. She the Lie seems hurt by this.

Please email your questions to anniesmailSo is Mom still a part of my dad’s family? box@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, She has nieces from her second marriage, but c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa she has never included me in those gather- Beach, CA 90254.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): This is a time of enhanced intimacy in your closest affairs.

Avoid procrastination or giving up on what you are doing. You are more prone to leave now some unfinished business behind or simply neglect a credit issue.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you chose to get together with new or old acquaintances you will derive much thrill through these social activities. There could also be a lessening of tension in a love relationship or your mate may prove more encouraging and supportive.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your self-assertion is quite strong today. Use today’s benefit energies to work on that creative project or endeavor which has been stagnating either due to a lack of inspiration or simply, because of certain blockages. This is your day!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Romance should run like clear water right now and if you are thinking of a family vacation, this could prove a heartwarming experience. It’s an exciting time to indulge in life’s pleasures.

Leave the guilt behind. Responsibilities and chores can wait.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Today you are lazily comfortable in your own home. You want to stay in and simply cuddle up under some warm covers. Self-indulgence and keeping a low profile appeal more to you now. Peace and serenity reigns within your soul.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You have a good instinct when it comes to spending money today. You have a clear and concise

plan ahead and you may even get a great deal or bargain. This is a day when just about anything can be accomplished with much effortlessness.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You could experience a less stressful situation pertaining to monetary issues. You are feeling more secure where your wealth is residing at the moment. Relationships with women will improve now or diminish in pressures.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may meet someone that will catch your eye today.

Your amorous antennae are highly receptive today and you are in the mood for some fun.

You will become more sought after and popular. For others it is quite easy to unburden their hearts to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As outgoing as you usually are, today you will be looking forward to some relaxation. You are not feeling particularly in need to put your emotions on display and you would rather stay in. Spending some time close to your home will feel more necessary.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): After a somewhat stagnating and perhaps less sizzling romantic period, you may now receive more invitations to attend various social events or activities. You are in great alignment with your financial plans today.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your finances are looking so good right now and you feel that you deserve to indulge yourself in some specific purchase. Perhaps you want to acquire a good that you are certain that it will make you look good or of a higher ranking.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your heart is aching for an agreeable trip somewhere overseas. You receive great assistance and support from individuals from abroad. You may be involved with some writing or a publishing project.

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF A blood-red abstraction from Paul Boultbee’s latest installation at the Harris-Warke Gallery in Red Deer is linked to an article about art and war.

The related text that originally ran in the Globe and Mail on Nov. 10, 2012, states there’s no reason art should only depict decorative subject matter, such as Renoir’s boating party or Manet’s picnickers on the grass: the ugliness of war can be as suitable as anything else.

Boultbee’s exhibit in the gallery upstairs at Sunworks on Ross Street takes this idea a step further by suggesting that pretty much anything in life can be associated with art.

In his Tiny Moments display, Boultbee has hung one year’s worth of calendars — from September 2012 to August 2013. Each day on his 12 large calendars is made up of four-inch-square abstract artwork created by Boultbee.

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Red Deer artist Paul Boultbee in the Harris Warke Gallery at Sunworks where his latest exhibit Tiny Moments is on display.

Need to perform led Bieber leaves jail after arrest Torgerson to Nashville HUNTING HILLS GRAD RELEASING DEBUT FOLK/SOUL CD, BURNING DAYLIGHT, THIS SPRING

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Marla Torgerson didn’t choose a singing career so much as it chose her.

Although Torgerson grew up singing in church in Red Deer and later studied music at the Prairie Bible College in Three Hills, she tried to be satisfied with off-stage employment.

Torgerson taught English and opera to families at a military base in South Korea for several years after graduating from Hunting Hills High School in 2000.

She then taught voice to students in Calgary, where she now lives.

But soon the compulsion to perform set in. “For people who do this, you feel compelled, like there’s really no other choice . . . . I felt this ache to follow the path I thought I should be on,” recalled Torgerson.

That path led her to Nashville, where she began songwriting last year. The outcome is a new folk/ soul CD that’s due out in the spring, called Burning Daylight.

The first two singles from the CD will be available on Friday, Jan. 31, at a champagne and entertainment fundraiser for the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter held at Fratters Speakeasy.

The slice-of-life songs are co-written by Billie Smiley, of the award-winning Christian group White Hearts. But the songs are not at all religious, said Torgerson.

“I’m too much of a heathen,” she admitted with a laugh. “I have a big mouth and always go for the joke, even if it’s not appropriate and can offend people.”

The tune Never Turn Around/Fun With You is about that feeling of freedom that driving towards the mountains elicits, said the singer, who used to hike in the Rockies with a former boyfriend.

Touch of Gin was also inspired by that past relationship. “It’s about being in love with someone and being secluded from the world,” added Torgerson, who came up with the lyric “I want to drink you in, with a touch of gin.”

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Harris named Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals man of the year CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Neil Patrick Harris is everything Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals wants in its man of year.

He’s an award-winning actor of stage, television and film, a singer and dancer, a repeat host of both the Emmy and Tony awards and a magician.

On Thursday, Harris was named the collegiate acting troupe’s man of the year for his “lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment.”

“With his enviable reputation as a host and showman, we look forward to hosting Mr. Harris for an entertaining and unforgettable evening to recognize his achievements,” Hasty Pudding President Tony Oblen said.

Hasty Pudding Theatricals is the nation’s oldest undergraduate drama troupe, dating to the late 18th century. Harris will be given his pudding pot following a parade through Harvard Square and a roast scheduled for Feb. 7.

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Marla Torgenson his holding a champagne reception benefit for the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter at Fratters Speakeasy on Friday, Jan. 31.

She hopes the local singing engagement will spark interest in her new CD and help launch a performing career. The benefit part of the concert was inspired

by Torgerson’s respect for the work being done at the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter.

“My parents have always been landlords in Red Deer, and a lot of their tenants came from the women’s shelter,” said the singer, who appreciated the help these women and children received to start over.

“I thought it would be a wonderful thing to give something back.”

Tickets to the champagne reception benefit, which goes from 6 p.m. to midnight, are $45 — or $60 for VIP tickets (VIP ticket holders will get some merchandise, including a free copy of Torgerson’s EP, while other copies will be made available for $10). For more information, call 403-356-0033. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com “I assume this is for that pudding wrestling competition I won last April . . . right?” Harris said in a statement. “It was dark and seemed quite seedy at the time — I’m stoked that it’s connected with Harvard. Fancy! Can’t wait.”

The Emmy Award-winning actor made his name on television as child doctor Doogie Howser, M.D. and is more recently known for his role as the womanizing Barney in How I Met Your Mother.

SNL head writer Colin Jost named to co-anchor Weekend Update NEW YORK — Saturday Night Live says Colin Jost (johst) will be the new man at the Weekend Update anchor desk.

Jost, the NBC comedy show’s head writer, succeeds outgoing Update anchor Seth Meyers, who soon takes over as host of the network’s Late Night.

Jost will join Cecily Strong as co-anchor of the SNL spoof newscast on March 1.

Head writer since 2012, he joined the SNL writing staff in 2005. He also has written and appears in Staten Island Summer, an upcoming movie based on his days a lifeguard. A 2004 graduate of Harvard University, he was president of the Harvard Lampoon.

Meyers’ farewell SNL appearance will be Feb. 1.

CHARGED WITH DUI, RESISTING ARREST

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A sober-looking Justin Bieber was released from jail Thursday following his arrest on charges of driving under the influence, driving with an expired license and resisting arrest.

Police say they stopped the 19-year-old pop star while he was drag-racing down a Miami Beach street before dawn.

The Stratford, Ont., native was arrested after police said they saw him heading down a residential street in Miami Beach in a yellow Lamborghini at twice the speed limit.

Officers say he had an expired licence, was initially not co-operative when he was pulled over and smelled of alcohol.

Police say Bieber later admitted that he had been drinking, smoking marijuana and Justin Bieber taking prescription medication. R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff was arrested in the same incident. He is charged with driving under the influence. Police said Khalil was driving a Ferrari.

Bieber and Khalil, wearing bright red jail fatigues, made their initial court appearance via a video link from jail. They remained silent while defence attorney Roy Black negotiated bond. Bieber’s bond was set at $2,500. Khalil’s bond was set at $1,000.

Black, a high-profile lawyer whose clients have included Rush Limbaugh and William Kennedy Smith, said he thought the case would proceed “hopefully as any other case would” in light of Bieber’s celebrity status.

Authorities say Bieber was arrested after police saw him and Khalil racing two luxury vehicles down the street at 4:09 a.m., with two other vehicles apparently being used to block off the area. Police say Bieber was clocked at 88 to 100 km/h in a 48 km/h zone.

Earlier Thursday, police chief Ray Martinez said at a news conference that the singer was initially not co-operative when the officer pulled him over.

Martinez said the singer also had an invalid Georgia driver’s license and admitted to smoking marijuana, taking prescription medication and drinking.

According to the arrest report, Bieber “had slow deliberate movements” and a look of stupor on his face when the officer ordered him to exit his vehicle.

Bieber was placed under arrest after repeatedly refusing to put his hands on his vehicle so the officer could pat him down to look for weapons, the report said. It says he cursed several times at the officer and demanded to know why he was being arrested.

Bieber failed a field sobriety test and was taken to the Miami Beach police station for a Breathalyzer, police said. Results haven’t been released.

His publicist, Melissa Victor, did not offer an immediate comment.

The street where police say Bieber was racing in mid-Miami Beach is a four-lane residential street divided by a grass median dotted with palm trees.

Along one side of the street are small apartment buildings, and on the other side are a high school, a youth centre, a golf course and a city firehouse.

It’s a short drive from the area to trendy South Beach, where celebrities are known to let loose.

George Avilas, who lives nearby said he didn’t hear anything, but was not surprised to hear that people might be drag-racing.

“There’s so much partying in Miami Beach, it’s been known to happen,” he said. “It’s 4 o’clock in the morning, everybody is just getting out of the bars.”

Bieber was only 15 when his platinum-selling debut My World was released. He’d placed second in a local singing contest two years earlier and began posting performances on YouTube.

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Man In Hat is one of several photographs currently on exhibit at the Red Deer Recreation Centre.

The Corridor Community Gallery exhibit by photographer Arto Djerdjerian features digital photographs printed on Giclée Prints.

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MOMENTS: 365 small works And each of these 365 small works has been paired with text from a daily newspaper — “something that would make me stop, chuckle, gasp or ponder,” said Boultbee.

The Red Deer artist first began painting and collage-ing on the small mat-board squares while attending an art residency in Ontario in 2012. Boultbee recalled he didn’t want to have to ship large artworks back to Alberta, so he worked small.

After a while, his tiny artworks began to intrigue him, as each suggested a different mood or thought process.

After discussions with his wife, fellow artist Glynis Wilson Boultbee, he decided to use the abstract pieces as daily visual entries on a year of calendars. The paintings are displayed as a “Book of Days.”

Boultbee found text by going through a newspaper until he was struck by a comment or paragraph that appeared in an article, column or letter to the editor. Sometimes the words were comic, sometimes bizarre, appalling or thought-provoking, he said.

Boultbee then picked an art square that seemed to go best with the sentiment of the article.

If he had painted something that was directly inspired by text, he believes the artistic result would have been too literal. “Too literal doesn’t work for me. There has to be something intuitive about it.”

Sometimes the link between his visuals and text is fairly obvious, as in the Nov. 10 article about art and war. At other times, viewers will have a harder time seeing a co-relation.

But Boultbee feels that’s OK — while this exhibit deals with societal happenings, art is always, to some extent, personal.

The text for July 11, 2013, for instance, is a quotation from an Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, who admitted the retailer goes after only cool, good-looking kids as customers. “Are we exclusionary? Absolutely,” said Jeffries.

Boultbee was struck by the “wrongness” of that sentiment, so he paired the article with a simple art square consisting of one line of green masking tape on a blue background. “It’s off-centre, the colours are wrong, it’s square ... the whole thing is wrong,” he admitted.

Boultbee saw the logic of pairing a blob of veined

● Fratters Speakeasy Venue will host Lindsay May on her Girl with Grit tour on Feb. 9. Enjoy May’s folk tunes as she sings about strong women in songs from her latest album and more. ● Billy Bob’s welcomes Gord Bamford on Feb. 4 for Gord Bamford #1 Party Edition. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:15 p.m. and the show at 7 p.m. Autographs and photos to follow. ● The Hideout has Scotty Hills on stage on Feb. 2 for the premiere of R&B /roots tunes from his forthcoming album, and the debut of a new stripped-down drum/guitar show that will tour the 2014 summer festival circuit. The Wilderness of Manitoba will be on stage at The Hideout on Feb. 8 singing some new folk tunes. ● The District Eatery and Lounge has live band Don Berner Sextet from Edmonton performing songs from their new album Live Letters to a Rat Free Capital on Jan. 30. For tickets and details, see www.donberner.com or contact donberner@donberner.com. ● The Centrium hosts Hedley on April 6 with Classified and USS as special guests. ● The Memorial Centre welcomes back Jesse Cook on Feb. 28 on his Blue Guitar Tour. John McDermott will be at the Memorial Centre on April 4 as part of his Twentieth Anniversary Tour. Tickets available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, 403-755-6626.

To have your establishment’s live bands included in this space, fax a list to Club Dates by 8 a.m. on Wednesday to 403-341-6560 or email editorial@reddeeradvocate.com. white paint that resembles a brain with a Nov. 2, 2012, statement by Yoko Ono that defines the perfect partnership as when two people “push each other outside their comfort zones ... to the next phase in the creative and personal.”

His pairing for July 29, 2013, is somewhat less nebulous. The words “If pot does disconnect you from the world, one would assume Conservatives have been smoking it for years” come from a letter to the editor. The accompanying collage is made with a Chinese fortune cookie prediction that states: “The current year will bring you much happiness.” A cheerful duckie is stamped onto it.

Boultbee doesn’t mind if some viewers only appreciate his art designs and don’t connect them to

Please see SHERLOCK on Page D3 any of the texts, which are presented in separate booklets. “People will take away different things from (the exhibit),” he said.

Astute viewers will come to realize that art can correspond to moods, ideas or really anything at all. “It can come from a sense of how you look at the world. ...

“This is a year of art in my life,” said Boultbee, who hopes his display inspires people to think more artistically about their own lives — even if it’s just noticing the artistic lines of a chair in their homes.

The show runs until Feb. 15. A reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. as part of Red Deer’s First Fridays. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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● Process — Red Deer College Visual Art faculty and staff exhibit — is open until Jan. 24 at the college library. ● Tiny Moments by Red Deer artist Paul Boultbee at Harris-Warke Gallery features 365 paintings supplemented by an item from the newspaper, representing a calendar year.

The exhibit is open until Feb. 15. ● Look a Little Deeper by artist/photographer Kimberley Porter will be on display at The Hub on Ross Gallery from Jan. 1 to 30. ● The Best of the West Travelling Studio Art Quilts Associates Trunk Show is showing at Kiwanis Gallery at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch Dec. 31 to March 2. ● Unfiltered: Waskasoo Park Through A Photographer’s Lens Group Show is up at Marjorie Wood Gallery at Kerry Wood Nature Centre Feb. 15. ● Works of Emily Thomson at Velvet Olive Lounge will be displayed until Jan. 30. ● Expedition Arctic: 1913-1918 is a traveling exhibit from Canadian Museum of Civilization in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of Nature and features over 250 outstanding artifacts, including many on display for the first time, now open at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery until Feb. 17. Phone 403-309-8405. ● Steps Through Time is a look back on the evolution of select sports footwear now on at Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Explore the progression and evolution of various equipment, glimpse the history and the modifications, that make sports equipment, to make it faster, safer and more comfortable. See www.ashfm.ca, or phone 403-341-8614.

NEW YORK — “Sherlock Holmes” returns from the dead very quickly in the new, third season of Sherlock, which begins this Sunday on PBS’s night of Must See British Accents and Cheekbones, right after Downton Abbey.

The last episode of Sherlock, The Reichenbach Fall, aired two years ago and featured Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) taking a swan dive off a building into cement pavement. Presumed dead by the public and his best friend, Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman), Sherlock was revealed in the final minutes of the episode lurking in the shadows, alive and well.

Sherlock Holmes does not die, especially not in a TV show bearing his name.

Presumed death has, if anything, energized Holmes and his show, a modern take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective that imagines him as a sort of brainiac superhero whose special power is icecold logic.

This Holmes has a cape (fine, a long coat), a lair on Baker Street, a good right hook and a devoted following, but his true identity — that is to say, his heart-is known only to one man. Since Sherlock’s presumed death two years ago, that man, Watson, went through a period of intense and profound mourning, one he is just coming out of thanks to his new girlfriend, Mary (Amanda Abbington). Sherlock expects to be welcomed back by Watson with open arms; he’s not quite attuned, as ever, to the feelings of the more feeling people around him. The third season is looser, funnier, more emotional and also significantly less logical than what has come before. It takes its structure not, as in the past, from specific cases, but the evolving relationships between the members of its newly minted love triangle.

Each season of Sherlock consists of three episodes, each an hour and a half long. Historically, there has been one excellent episode, one pretty good episode, and one episode redeemed by Cumberbatch’s extraordinarily charming performance.

(Or, in the case of last season’s The Hounds of Baskerville, not redeemed.)

The second episode of this season, set at Watson’s wedding, is a pure delight, the best episode the show has ever done.

The third episode initially appears to be about a German Rupert Murdoch blessed with a particularly malevolent and powerful pair of Google Glasses before taking a more personal turn and getting rivetingly cuckoo. The Empty Hearse, the season opener, is the not-so-great entry in this newest batch of episodes, sick with a case of smugness.

The Empty Hearse is the most meta move imaginable, featuring a Sherlock Holmes fan club, blatant stand-ins for the show’s own fans, in a key role. The solution to Holmes’ great escape is complicated and opaque and unsatisfying: it has none of the simplicity of the best mystery resolutions. (Also, apparently no one checked on Sherlock’s body in the morgue.)

There is a point at which meta ceases to be a cute wink acknowledging your fans’ existence and starts to be a self-aggrandizing hyper-awareness of how important your TV show is to them. Fans are very fannish, but perhaps even they would rather watch a diverting episode of Sherlock than a bunch of jokes about their relationship to Sherlock, which they definitely already make themselves on various message boards.

Also getting the meta treatment in The Empty Hearse: the true bromance of Sherlock and Watson.

The show wastes no time getting the “Watson and Sherlock are in love with each other” cracks out in the open, but without ever quite descending into a homosexual panic.

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Eileen Patterson, as Ana, sings a tune in 50 Shades! The Musical, a parody of the book 50 Shades of Grey, during its run earlier this month at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach. Behind her are, from left, book club ladies Sheila O’Connor, Tiffany Dissette and Alexis Field.

50 Shades parody a loving send up of book club culture

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SHERLOCK: Cumberbatch swoon-worthy Watson loudly and regularly asserts that he and Sherlock are not lovers, but he is vulnerable before Sherlock and openly caring and protective of him.

The wonderful second episode revolves around Sherlock’s very moving wedding toast to John. Their love is deep and real. The show even goes so far as to suggest that Mary, much more complicated than she initially seems, is, in some ways, a female Holmes — a person who lives in an exciting moral gray area — and that’s why Watson likes her so much.

And yet, Sherlock is not quite following its title character to his logical conclusion on the subject of sexuality. Cumberbatch, with his near bouffant of black, curly hair and long trench coat, his dashing

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50 Shades! The Musical is raunchy, but nobody gets (too) naked and nobody gets (too) whipped. Kim David, merchandise manager for the touring play (not pictured), sells souvenir pink, fuzzy handcuffs and other items during a performance earlier this month.

As the women dive into the book, its plot unfolds on stage: Ana, played chipmunk-chirpy by Patterson, meets and falls in love with enigmatic Christian, who instructs her, “Just let me dominate you in every way!”

“I feel so free!” Ana says.

“I also feel free. To completely control you,” he replies, lampooning the logic that has always exasperated the series’ haters: freedom is submission!

The trauma of childhood abuse should be dealt with through fetishes! It is reasonable that Christian Grey wants to have you surveilled, interfere with your job and monitor your eating habits, for that is what love is! YOLO! The musical is the acted-out interpretation of every criticism that reviewers have lobbed at the book since its publication in 2011. But it’s also a loving send-up of book club culture. And eventually — due to the unorthodox casting choice of a guy who demurely describes himself as “more Nicely-Nicely Johnson than Sky Masterson” — it becomes a story about how, in love and nipple clamps, there really is no accounting for taste.

This is a place the book was never able to reach.

Christian’s appeal was supposed to be his inaccessibility, Greek god features and granite abs: a man no woman could resist. Boice’s interpretation, a swaggering dude-boy with a high-pitched giggle and the herky-jerky dance moves of a nightmarish office Christmas party, removes a few layers of his danger. and glorious way with the neg, is swoon-worthy in the part.

Holmes may be a virgin, but according to the show’s creator (and Dr. Who showrunner) Steven Moffat that fact is “the choice of a monk, not the choice of an asexual.” (Moffat has also said, “[Sherlock] wouldn’t be living with a man if he thought men were interesting,” so it’s hard to say how much his judgment can be relied upon.) But Watson is the only person in the whole world that Sherlock loves, the only human being who Sherlock apologizes to, misses, gets jealous of, plans weddings for. Are we really supposed to think that Sherlock, master of logic, would care that Watson is a man? At the very, very least this Sherlock Holmes would have no qualms with bisexuality: he would flirt with men as shamelessly as women to crack a case. But Sherlock and Moffat are very insistent on asserting this hero’s appeal specifically and primarily to women, a blinkered perspective that Sherlock, who sees more than anyone else, would be the first to dismiss as elementary.

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The producers of 50 Shades! The Musical have prohibited journalists from publishing photographs of the actor who plays billionaire Christian Grey, so as not to spoil the big reveal when the sado-sex-god first appears on stage.

In the spirit of compliance, we won’t devote too much space to describing him here. Suffice it to say that during a recent performance in Virginia Beach, Va., one of the exclamations from the audience was, “Ooh, back hair!”

“Two words: Own it,” says Jack Boice, the actor and Maryland native who has brought the role to Washington for a four-performance run at the Warner Theater. “If you believe you’re the sexiest man, they’ll believe it.”

“He gets the most applause every night,” says Eileen Patterson, 27, who plays Ana, Christian’s naive partner in bondage. Patterson is one of the show’s few actors who had read the 50 Shades! source material prior to being cast. Her last gig was playing Rapunzel on Disney Cruise Line; she and the other princesses passed the books around during downtime on the ship.

“Where were we when I had the panties thrown at me?” Boice tries to remember. “Florida?”

Not just one pair but many — a middle-aged woman had brought her entire underwear drawer to the theater to toss in ecstasy at Boice, or more specifically, at the incarnate representation of a fictional character in a book series that has sold 90 million copies and introduced the general population to the term “ball gag.”

“They’re like cult followers,” says Tiffany Dissette, another cast member. “They come dressed up with masks, gray ties, riding crops.” They come to receive what the readers of terrible literature have long needed but never been awarded: a good, hard spanking.

Metaphorically speaking. The language in 50 Shades! The Musical is fil-thy, but nobody gets (too) naked and nobody gets (too) handcuffed. It’s silly sadomasochism, which seems an appropriate theatrical progression for a book that started out as selfpublished forbidden fruit and transformed to what your aunt’s book club in Des Moines is reading this March.

Fittingly, your aunt’s book club — at least a reasonable facsimile of it — is the co-star of the musical.

The first act opens with Pam, Bev and Carol choosing a selection for the next meeting. “Martha Stewart’s Soup for One?” suggests the recently divorced Carol, but then Pam holds aloft a copy of E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey, which her fellow members deem respectable literature because, after all, it’s British.

NEW YORK — When it comes to classical music and American culture, the fat lady hasn’t just sung.

Brünnhilde has packed her bags and moved to Boca Raton.

Classical music has been circling the drain for years, of course. There’s little doubt as to the causes: the fingernail grip of old music in a culture that venerates the new; new classical music that, in the words of Kingsley Amis, has about as much chance of public acceptance as pedophilia; formats like opera that are extraordinarily expensive to stage; and an audience that remains overwhelmingly old and white in an America that’s increasingly neither.

Don’t forget the attacks on arts education, the Internet-driven democratization of cultural opinion, and the classical trappings that never sit quite right in the homeland of popular culture.

The holiday season typically provides a muchneeded transfusion. But the most recent holidays came after an autumn that The New Yorker called the art form’s “most significant crisis” since the Great Recession. Looking at the trend lines, it’s hard to hear anything other than a Requiem.

Let’s start by following the money. In 2013, total classical album sales actually rose by 5 percent, according to Nielsen. But that’s hardly a robust recovery from the 21 percent decline the previous year. And consider the relative standing of classical music. Just 2.8 percent of albums sold in 2013 were categorized as classical. By comparison, rock took 35 percent; R&B 18 percent; soundtracks 4 percent.

Only jazz, at 2.3 percent, is more incidental to the business of American music.

What about the airwaves? There are only a handful of commercial classical music stations left in America. One of the last, KDB in Santa Barbara, Calif., was put up for sale in October after years of “six-figure losses.” Even public classical radio is in trouble. The number of noncommercial classical radio stations — on the air and online — has risen. But much of that growth is due to commercial stations switching to a public format.

Now let’s look at classical concerts. Live classical music is less commercially viable than ever. Attendance per concert has fallen, according to Robert Flanagan, an emeritus professor at Stanford. But “even if every seat were filled, the vast majority of U.S. symphony orchestras still would face significant performance deficits.” Live orchestral music is essentially a charity case. A Bloomberg story on the recent wave of orchestra bankruptcies (an unheardof phenomenon outside of the U.S., says Flanagan) notes that by 2005, orchestras got more money from donations than from ticket sales. The New York City Opera, once hailed as the “people’s opera,” filed for bankruptcy in October. If the “people” want opera, they’ve got a funny way of showing it.

Non-orchestral performances are harder to track.

But Greg Sandow, a musician and writer, reports anecdotal evidence for a decline in chamber music.

There’s also grim data from the NEA that shows the percentage of adults who attended a classical concert (even one per year) declined from 13 per cent in 1982 to 11.6 per cent in 2002, and 9.3 per cent in 2008.

A further decline to 8.8 per cent in 2012 was not considered statistically significant, though significant declines in those years occurred in the 35-44 and 4554 age bands.

If classical music was merely becoming the realm of the old — an art form that many of us might grow into appreciating — that might be manageable. But Sandow’s data on the demographics of classical audiences suggest something worse. Younger fans are not converting to classical music as they age. The last generation to broadly love classical music may simply be aging, like First World War veterans, out of existence.

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ANDERSON Melanie Dawn Anderson passed away suddenly in the arms of her loving family at the Red Deer Hospital on January 18, 2014. She was born on June 25, 1973 to parents Garry and Marjorie Bowman. Melanie grew up on a farm in the Sundre area. After attending the Sundre High School, she moved on to the University of Lethbridge and then Olds College where she gained her diploma in Office Administration with the highest honors. She remained working at the College for six years.

She married her soul mate, Scott Anderson, on August 19, 1994, a mere 13 months after they met.Together, they built up their cattle and grain farm west of Bowden. It was during this time that they celebrated the arrival of their two boys, Ethan (1998) and Eli (2000). Melanie’s entrepreneurial spirit took over as the boys began attending Bowden School. She founded Vitality Crystals and Fountains, a rock shop located on the farm, selling healing stones, crystals, gemstone jewelry, and fountains. In the seven spectacular years leading up to Melanie’s passing, the little country cabin store became one of the premier rock shops in Alberta. Her beautiful smile, engaging personality, knowledge of crystals and the spiritual guidance she shared with her patrons was nothing short of a miracle. Never one to shy away from a new challenge, Melanie began practicing Karate at the age of 36, as a proud member of the Arashi-Do School of Martial Arts. As a testament to her inner strength and desire to succeed, in what has become a benchmark for ascension throughout the Karate ranks, she was honored to be presented with her black belt just weeks prior to her 40th birthday. At the time of her passing, not only was she actively training, she had begun teaching Karate in Calgary and had started another new challenge Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Melanie’s love for her family, business, and Karate was immense. She touched hundreds of lives within that circle and leaves a husband and two teenage boys who are incredibly proud of her. With respect to Garth Brooks’ “The River,” she truly did “choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance the tides.” Melanie is survived by her husband, Scott, her sons, Ethan and Eli; parents Garry and Marjorie Bowman of Sundre; sister Faye (Kevin) Hill and family of Red Deer; brother Cameron (Corina) Bowman and family of Hinton; Scott’s parents, Gary and Faye Anderson of Bowden; sisters-in-law, Lori (Ross) Clarke and family of Olds; Tara (Rob) Roth and family of Bowden, and special friend and co-worker, Cathy Hryhoryshen of Bowden.

Funeral services will be held at the Bowden Lions Hall on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 1:00pm. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made to STARS Air Ambulance or to the Red Deer Hospital.

Arrangements entrusted to HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES, LTD., INNISFAIL. Phone:403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com.

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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THORN Rena Thorn passed away at the Extendicare Michener Hill on January 21, 2014 at the age of 96. She left us peacefully holding hands with her loving nieces Faye and Beverly Hallett. Rena was born in Alsask, Saskatchewan, July 24, 1917 to parents Jay and Tina Mowers. She spent her early years on the farm near Sibbald, Alberta leaving there to attend school in Calgary. While working at a bank in Didsbury, Alberta she met Doug Thorn whom she married in Victoria, B.C. in 1942. Rena and Doug moved to Red Deer in 1946 and resided there until their passing. Rena had many interests and hobbies, including her love of a game of cards and her knitting and croqueting. She enjoyed a good game of bridge and during the winter months you could often find her at the River Bend Golf Course playing a game or two with her many friends. She made multiple afghans, giving them to family and to charitable organizations as riffle items.

Many scarves were generously donated for children through the Christmas Bureau. She was also a long time active member of the Order of the Eastern Star, spending countless hours helping the organization raise funds for their charitable projects.

Rena was predeceased by her husband (Doug), sister Iva Belle (Mowers), brother Cleo (Mowers), and-sister Holly-Belle (Hallett). She is survived by her son Robie (Janet), daughter Janice Rogers (Vern), two grand children and two great grandchildren. Rena and her family were eternally grateful for the support, attention, and kindness shown to her by her many friends and the Order of the Eastern Star. Her days were also made brighter by the entire Hallett family, especially her niece Faye Hallett, and her nephew Grant Thorn all of whom were steadfast in their support and love for their aunt. A service will be held for Rena at St. Leonard’s Church in Red Deer on Saturday, January 25 at 2 p.m. with lunch to follow. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

Funeral Directors & Services BESSEY Barbara Braes (Balloch) Barbara was born on October 4th, 1924 in Blackness Castle, Edinburgh Scotland. She passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 11th, 2014 in Red Deer, Alberta.

Barbara was predeceased by Carman Charles Bessey in 1991 and Allan Bessey in 2012. She is survived by seven children, multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren. Barbara will be cremated and her ashes will be laid to rest with her family in Linlithgow, Scotland in July 2014. A Memorial Service will take place at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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MERCER 1920 - 2014 Mrs. Maggie Jane Mercer of Red Deer was received by the loving arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at the age of 93 years. Our beloved Mother and Grandmother is survived by her 11 children and 29 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and 8 greatgreat grandchildren. She will be in our hearts forever. A Celebration of her life will be held on Monday, January 27, 2014, at 1:00 pm at the Word Of Life Centre, South end of Taylor Drive on England Way. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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SOLBERG Joseph Siguard Joseph passed away January 20, 2014 at Bentley Care Centre at the age of 99. He was predeceased by his wife Helen of 78 years in 2012.

Predeceased by his brothers, Edwin, Chester, Arthur, Harry. Sisters Mabel, Alice, Selma, Gladys, Violet, Helen, sister-in-law Stella, brotherin-law Edward. He will be remembered by his sisters Olga, Inga, Myrtle, brother-inlaw Leonard Skjonnberg (Gale), Alfred Skjonnberg (Florrie), sister-in-law Evelyn Pederson, also numerous nieces and nephews. Joseph spent a very busy life, mail hauler, gas service station, trucker and taking over the family farm and raising Simmental cattle.

After leaving the farm, moved to Red Deer for a short time.

Moved to Sylvan Lake Senior Lodge for many years and finally Bentley Care Centre.

We would like to thank Sylvan Lake Lodge staff and Bentley Care Centre staff for their splendid care. Thank you very much. At Joseph’s request, no funeral will be held. Cremation has taken place and internment will follow at a later date at Grace Lutheran Church at Bentley.

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CUNDY Robert Raymond William Robert (Bob) passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. He will be missed by Myrtle, his loving wife of 56 years; his daughter, Cheryl (Darcy) Webb; his son, Curtis (Deb) Cundy; and his grandchildren, Ryan Webb, Kaylee Webb, and Garrett Cundy. Bob was predeceased by his father and mother, William and Ethel Cundy. Bob was proud to be a land use planner and worked as the Director of the Red Deer Regional Planning Commission for most of his 33 years with the Commission. He was devoted to Red Deer and led a number of projects important to the City, one being the relocation of the railway from what is now Taylor Drive.

Following his retirement from the Commission, Bob served as a member of the Alberta Planning Board for the Province from 1989 - 1995.

At Bob’s request, there will be no formal memorial service. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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JJAM Management (1987) admin@tankmaster.ca or Check out Homes for Sale professional or even Your place to BUY Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s fax 403-340-8818 in Classifieds someone who knows and We employ over 175 people and provide ample opportunities Requires to work at these loves dealing with people to employees to achieve their career goals. We provide handsRed Deer, AB locations: we would love to hear from on training and an opportunity to work on some of the most 5111 22 St. you.

Campers, Boaters, Oilfield 37444 HWY 2 S interesting projects and applications in the energy sector.

Fishermen, Hunters and all 37543 HWY 2N around outdoor people 700 3020 22 St. If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team always welcome!

Food Service Supervisor 8 Are you looking to potentially of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking both Vacancies, 1-2 yrs. exp. make $80k+ income, req’d. P/T & F.T. SHIFT Work in a great team WORK, $9.95 - $13.50/hr. environment? Excellent Apply in person or fax benefit package and winter resume to: 403-314-1303 for full-time permanent shop positions holidays? If so… at our Innisfail locations JJAM Management (1987) please apply in confidence Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the to: Stormin Norman Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s We offer competitive starting Wages and benefits packages Phone: 403-347-3300 following positions: Requires to work at these including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

Red Deer, AB locations: • Coil Tubing Rig Managers 5111 22 St. Please fax resume to 403-227-7796, 37444 HWY 2 S • Coil Tubing Operators Trades email to hr@bilton.ca 37543 HWY 2N • Crane Truck Operators 700 3020 22 St. • Nitrogen Pump Operators Food Counter Attendant 8 Vacancies P/T & F.T. • Fluid Pump Operators SHIFT WORK, $9.95 $10.98/hr.

Apply in person Competitive Wages and Benefits. Priority given to or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

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We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

Experienced Oilfield Construction Lead Hands Experienced Oilfield Construction Labourers Alstar Oilfield is looking for highly motivated individuals to join our Team in Hinton.

Alstar has been serving the oil and gas construction industry since 1969.

Modular Assembly Experience is an Asset If you have a Desire to be Part of a Growing Company Please apply on our Career Section on our website www.alstaroilfield.com “Committed to enriching the lives of our workforce, while Providing quality energy construction solutions” JAGARE ENERGY PRODUCTION TESTING now hiring Day Supervisors, Night Operators, and Helpers. Must have valid Class 5 drivers license. RSP’s and benefits pkg. incentives. Email resumes to: jagare2@gmail.com

LANGAN SITE SERVICES LTD.

in Ponoka county, supplies oilfield septic containment & disposal throughout AB. We require Driver Operators for small vac trucks. Oilfield exp. is an asset. Must have H2S, First Aid, TDG, clean driver’s abstract & Class 5 license, drug testing. $20/ hr. to start, home every night, benefits.

Fax resume to Dan 403-704-1127 or email: dan@ langansiteservices.com LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers.

Positions available immediately.

Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants.

MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits.

Email resumes and tickets to: ken@ darkstarproduction.com

Sylvan Lake. Openings for Bed truck drivers and winch tractor. Top wages and benefits. Email resume tom@roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892

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 Professionals

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

X-STATIC

is now accepting applications for P/T

MALE SEARCH & SECURITY PERSONNEL

Apply in person after 3

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

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Johns Manville is a Berkshire Hathaway Company and a world leader in the ¿berglass manufacturing industry. Its modern Canadian insulation plant is located in Innisfail, Alberta. This attractive town is located close to Red Deer and 1 hour from Calgary: We require a:

MILLWRIGHT

As a member of the Mechanical Maintenance Team, you must have the following skills, quali¿cations and experience: ¾ Fully Quali¿ed Millwright with an Alberta Journeyman Millwright Trade Certi¿cate or equivalent ¾ A minimum of 3 years industrial plant maintenance experience ¾ Good communication skills ¾ Above average teamwork skills ¾ Basic computer skill (Microsoft Of¿ce & Outlook) ¾ SAP Maintenance Management System experience is an asset ¾ Willing to work shift work if necessary We strive for safety, quality and customer service in everything we do. If you are a high energy individual who enjoys working in Teams, as well as individually, we invite you to apply. We offer a non-smoking environment that promotes quality of work life and employee involvement as well as an excellent compensation and bene¿t package. Please forward your resume, in con¿dence, by Feb 4th, 2014 to: Johns Manville Canada Inc. 5301-42 Avenue Innisfail, Alberta, T4G 1A2 Fax: 403-227-7196 Email: ouelletc@jm.com

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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

applicants with relevant experience, Class 1 Drivers License and Valid Oilfield Tickets

We currently have career opportunities for a professional;

CORPORATE ADMINISTRATOR

Journeyman Millwright

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

This position is based out of our Innisfail, Alberta office.

OLYMEL, RED DEER PLANT Key Responsibilities • Ensure timely and accurate completion of tasks assigned.

• Communicate with other departments when necessary and provides feedback when needed.

• Keep records of assignments and produce detailed work reports.

• Experience in a plant/manufacturing environment - an asset.

• Must be able to work in a fast paced, team environment.

• Must be available for shift work • Must be willing to learn new technology.

Responsibilities; You will find success based on your ability to; • Maintain Presidents schedule, daily to-do-list and travel plans • Assist with President’s personal matters as directed • Schedule Executive meetings, record and distribute agendas & minutes.

• Assist with planning and organizing corporate events • Assist with corporate presentations, newsletters and other corporate communications • Administer other corporate matters (org chart, keys, donations) • Assist Executives in all areas, preparing documents and presentations as requested • Greet clients and visitors and escort them to the appropriate meeting room • Promptly receive and screen incoming telephone calls • Assist with office tasks as required

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.

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

We offer comptitive wage & benefits packages. Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

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

Oilfield

HOW TO APPLY: Please submit your resume to Wale Adeyinka at apply@olymel.com

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

APPRENTICE OR JOURNEYMAN PIPEFITTERS

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IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Night Foremen, Day & Night Operators Must have H2S, First Aid, valid driver’s license.

Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages.

Benefit Package Please submit resume with references to: apply@wespro.ca or by fax to (403) 783-8004 Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted

NOW HIRING

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$2500 Bonus Every 100 days

WORLDWIDE KNOWLEDGE - LOCAL SOLUTIONS

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 24, 2014

DNR Pressure Welding & Powerline Construction requires Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic with experience in fleet maintenance for Heavy & Light duty trucks. Excellent benefit packages. Email resumes to Harold@ dnrwelding.ca or fax (403)742-5759 No Phone calls please. Drug and alcohol program in effect.

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

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CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Company Drivers

in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558 F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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

Business Opportunities

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk (Reliable vehicle needed) ROSEDALE AREA Reichley St., Reinholt Ave., Robinson Cres. Area 100 Papers $540/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Sylvan Lake. Openings for Bed truck drivers and winch tractor. Top wages and benefits. Email resume tom@roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY! REQUIRED: CARPENTER/DRYWALLER Food/Lounge Services for restoration company. at the Penhold This is a F/T position. Must Regional Mulitplex. have a valid drivers license.

Duties: Carpentry, drywall, The Multiplex is comprised of an indoor ice arena, painting & finishing work. fitness center, running/ Fax or email resume to walking track, gymnasium, 403-347-4037 or crr@telus.net dance & motion studio, or contact Al @ 403-347-4001 library, meeting rooms and the Town Office.

Truckers/ A fully equipped concession/ food service kitchen.

Drivers OPPORTUNITIES: 2 Year Signed Lease for A) Lounge Operation Only B) The Café Operation Only C) Joint Use of both Café & Lounge For Detailed information regarding this opportunity please visit our website @ PROFESSIONAL www.townofpenhold.ca

Truck Driver Position Available

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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 Start your career!

See Help Wanted BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

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

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer (Reliable vehicle needed.)

ANDERS AREA INGLEWOOD AREA MORRISROE AREA SUNNYBROOK AREA

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Jepsen Cres. & Jordan Pkway Kentwood Kendrew Dr. Also Kennings Cres. & Kirby St.

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY WORKER ~ fast-paced, physical workplace. $11/hr.

Bring resume to Mustang Laundry, 6830-59 Avenue or email mustanglaundryreddeer @gmail.com

DSM INC.

looking for laborers, in the Innisfail area.

Salary is $15.00/hr. Fax resume to: 403-314-0676.

VANIER AREA

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info

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

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NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

Employment Training

900

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WINTER boots, Bogs, kids size 1, waterproof, new $90, asking $30 403-314-9603

YARD PERSONNEL

EXPERIENCED TRAILERS for sale or rent MATERIAL HANDLING Job site, office, well site or

The Yard Worker is SUPERVISOR responsible for various duties but is not limited to: THE POSITION WILL BE loading trucks/trailers, FOR: operating forklifts, helping • RESPONSIBLE Warehouse Management to organize shipments, yard • Process received material maintenance and cleaning. (unload, verification, Computations entry) The position will be • Working with Quality responsible for: Control & ensure allocation • Knowledge of pipe, flange, of materials fittings & steel plates • Knowledge of pipe, flange, • Verifying materials for fittings and steel plates required shipment Initial receiving of product • Unload & verify counts • to our location for shipments received • Maintenance of shipping • Ability to identify & report and receiving of Raw promptly to supervisor; & discrepancies, shortages/ • Material Product movement to overages or damages the designated departwith any deliveries or ments returns • Staging job specific material • Ability to load/unload for timely distribution trucks & trailers safely • Administering daily & efficiently equipment checks and • Organize & clean yard maintenance reviews • Conduct scheduled • Prepare any documentation inspections for equipment pertaining to product • Prepare shipping document Position Requirements: •

EquipmentHeavy

storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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Firewood

AFFORDABLE

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

stuff

Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Household Furnishings

1720

LAZBOY MEDIUM BROWN SOFA & two pillows.

Excellent quality soft fabric in like new condition. Original price $1400. Asking $750.

Call 403-343-0746

1500-1990

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Auctions

REMINDER

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

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SNOWBLOWER, 1500 Noma, turbo thrower. $40.

403-347-8726 STAINLESS STEEL DOUBLE SINK. Great condition. $45.

403-342-4937

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2 CLARINETS (Yamaha).

403-430-9382

CLASSIFICATIONS

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Wanted To Buy

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WANTED: SNOWBLOWER 403-886-5194 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

LOGS

Musical Instruments

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Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

SAFETY

Health Care Aide Medical Office Assistant Health Unit Coordinator Veterinary Administrative Assistant Dental Administrative Assistant and more!

Travel Packages

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

900

HEALTHCARE

1870

CREE native Medicine Men shields, approx. 20” x 36”, must sell now $85 403-347-7405

Homestead Firewood

1760

R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Collectors' Items

1630

Clear, concise & consistent Fusion offers a competitive communications with salary, benefits plan and coworkers & management an opportunity to utilize • Ability to understand & your skills in a challenging WANTED follow instructions and rewarding environment.

Antiques, furniture and • Valid driver’s licence If you are a proven Team estates. 342-2514 • Class 1 is an asset Player with experience and initiative, please forward Fusion offers a competitive your resume along your Misc. for salary, benefits plan & an salary expectation and Sale opportunity to utilize your availability date to skills in a challenging & Fax 403-347-7867. rewarding environment.

CHROME TABLE If you are a proven Team & 4 CHAIRS $100.

HEAD SWIM COACH Player with experience & Innisfail Dolphin Swim Club. MOTORIZED SCOOTER initiative, please forward Must have ASSA certification. $1500. your resume along your 5-7 p.m. weekdays BOOK SHELVES, $50 ea. salary expectation & (May to mid Aug.) Call 403-318-9840 availability date to Saturdays (June to mid Aug.) DIE cast models, cars, Fax 403-347-7867.

Send resume to: truck, and motorcycles, innisfaildolphins@yahoo.ca PIKE WHEATON fairies, dragons and biker CHEVROLET gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east X-STATIC is now accepting end of Cash Casino is now accepting applications for a full time applications for P/T FREE, Canning jars, pints Parts Person.

MALE SEARCH & quarts. 403-309-3475 Must have good communi& SECURITY cation and computer skills NEW dog kennel $25, and have the ability PERSONNEL Hoover carpet cleaner $75, to work independently.

Apply in person after 3 Ikea black leather chair Excellent company benefits. w/matching foot stool Please email resume along $100 403-986-1720 with wage expectations to: Employment philparts@gmail.com or Training OFFICE Jet printer, fax to 403-347-3813 scanner, fax, photocopier w/manuals $40; Shipper/Receiver 403-314-9603 A local company requires TRAINING CENTRE SIX 5/8” shelf boards, varian energetic/ person for OILFIELD TICKETS ous lengths, 16” wide, shipper/receiver.

Industries #1 Choice! must take all $40; 25 legal Email resume to “Low Cost” Quality Training size file holders, like new mark@aesreddeer.com 403.341.4544 all for $10; 2 boxes of 24 Hours nails, assorted, $3/box, 3 chairs metal Toll Free 1.888.533.4544 stacking frame w/wooden seat and R H2S Alive (ENFORM) back $8/ea, desk top fan 3 R First Aid/CPR spd $10; 1 deer antler R Confined Space mount on shield R WHMIS & TDG $60 403-314-2026

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

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SILVER Lab pups P.B. Parents CKC reg. vet checked, 1st & 2nd shots. 3 F, $500 403-843-6564, 785-5772

BUD HAYNES AND WARD’S GUN AUCTION. Feb. 8, 2014

Sporting Goods

11802 145 St. Edmonton Modern rifles, hand guns, Volcanic, Muff pistols, Flint locks.

To Consignments, Red Deer Office by Appt.

Call Linda 403-597-1095 H: 403-347-5855 or 780-451-4549 www.budhaynesauctions.com www.WardsAuctions.com

poles & boots, plus many waxes. $60; NORDIC walking poles, adjustable, $25; Men’s & Ladies curling shoes & brushes with extenders, men’s, sz.

11, women’s, sz. 9.5; $25. ea. set. 403-309-3475 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

EXERCISE REBOUNDER - Good condition, $30.

403-342-4937

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AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Farm Equipment

2010

NEED to plow snow?

Versatile 700 tractor w/12’ Leon blade 403-887-2441 or 928-503-5344

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

SMALL SQUARE HAY and straw 403-340-3061 TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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3 BDRM. in Sylvan. 4 appls., fenced yard. No pets. All utils. incl. RENTED 3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 30 tenants.

No pets. Off street parking for 3 vehicles. Rent $1500, D.D. $1500. 403-341-4627 N. END 3 bdrm. duplex, 1 up/2 down, 2 full baths 1 up, 1 down, 5 appls, blinds, in floor heating in bsmt, n/s, no pets $1600. avail. immed. Shane/Mellanie 403- 346-4585 or 403-740-9504 to view SYLVAN LAKE 2 bdrm. fully furn. dishes, linen, cable & utils. incl’d. $1200.

403-880-0210

Condos/ Townhouses

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32 HOLMES ST.

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

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

NEW TIME at 10 am CROSS COUNTRY SKIS, HALMAN Heights 3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse NEW LOCATION vintage wooden, bindings,

5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1445 SD $1000 avail. Feb. 15.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

KITSON CLOSE

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

403-304-7576 / 347-7545

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

Addinnell Close / Allan St. Abbott Close / Anders St. Anders Close

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services

INGLEWOOD AREA

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

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Isherwood Close Issard Close

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.

LANCASTER AREA

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Law Close / Lewis Close Langford Close Lamont Close Lund Close MORRISROE AREA

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

Vista Village SUNNYBROOK AREA

860

Accounting

Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Sherwood Cres.

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Pidherney’s requires experienced Drivers:

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Pidherney’s is busy and requires Water Truck, Gravel Truck and Lowboy Drivers. The majority of the positions available are based out of camp.

H2S, First Aid, and the capacity to pass a pre-access Drug and Alcohol test are considered assets.

We offer competitive wages, benefits package, and opportunities for advancement.

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

VANIER AREA Viscount Drive

DAMON INTERIORS

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

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Contractors

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Vickers Close

CLASS 1 & 3 DRIVERS

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

Somerset Close

Please reply by fax: 403-845-5370 or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

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

YOUR CAREER IN

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

CARRIERS NEEDED

MICHENER AREA East of 40th Ave., 51 St., 50A St., Michener Cres., Green, etc. to Michener Ave. & Blvd. $303/mo.

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BOYS skates CCM kids size 13, like new $25; 403-314-9603

Johnstone Crossing

63 Ave. & 69 St.

40A, 41 and 42 Ave. between 39 St. and 44 St. $111/mo.

EXPERIENCED

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Mustang Acres

www.ads-pipe.com Help Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s ACADEMIC Express Currently seeking largest and most innovareliable newspaper ADULT EDUCATION tive manufacturer of HDPE AND TRAINING drainage products is carrier for the expanding and are currently accepting WINTER START BOWER AREA applications for a certified Class 1 Driver, with a GED PREPARATION minimum of two (2) years WESTPARK AREA Feb. 10 START B-train trailer experience.

ADS Drivers are required Delivery is 4 times SPRING START to safely operate company per week, no collecting. equipment and provide a • Community Support high level of customer Worker Program service, delivering our Perfect for anyone products within central looking to make Alberta. ADS Drivers are • Women in the Trades Program some extra $. required to be drug free and maintain legal transportation paperwork and • Math and Science for Please reply by email: the Trades Program driving practices. This qmacaulay position requires a valid Gov’t of Alberta Funding @reddeeradvocate.com Class 1 License, with may be available. previous off road forklift or phone Quitcy at experience a definite 403-314-4316 403-340-1930 asset. We offer quarterly www.academicexpress.ca cash safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive medical plan.

Benefits include: Company provided Group Canadian Benefits ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED Voluntary dental For delivery of Life insurance Short-term and long-term Flyers, Express and Sunday Life disability ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit CLEARVIEW AREA Sharing Plan (DPSP) Paid Vacation Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres.

Safety Bonus $146/mo.

All applicants are subject to a pre-employment physical and MVR check.

CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Interested Applicants may Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., submit a resume, along Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. with a current drivers abstract to: $190/mo.

Advanced Drainage Systems Canada Inc. DEERPARK AREA 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park 74 to 129 Blosk of Dunning Cres., Red Deer County, AB. Depalm St. and T4S-2A8 Fax: (403) 346-5806 approx. 3 blocks of Douglas St. E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ $108/mo ads-pipe.com Position closing date: GRANDVIEW AREA Feb. 6, 2014

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

Drywall, tape, texture, Fully licensed & insured.

Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

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Private back entry. 403-341-4445 Looking for a place to live?

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NOTICE T0 CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

Frederick Luke Compton who died on August 22, 2013

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by March 3, 2014, with

Matthew F. Hart at Duhamel Manning Feehan Warrrender Glass LLP 5233 - 49 Avenue Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6G5

and provide details of your claim. If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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Please respond by fax to 403-346-9652 or email: legacyestates@shaw.ca prior to January 31, 2014.

Only persons with prior commercial kitchen cooking experience and current food service certificate will be considered.

SOUTH RED DEER REGIONAL WASTEWATER COMMISSION Bag 100 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0

1. TAKE NOTICE that the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission intends to expropriate the leasehold interest of WM. Wyntjes & Sons Farms Ltd. in that portion of the following lands as shown on the Plan which is attached as Plan “A” to this Notice of Intention to Expropriate and legally described as follows:

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THE EXPROPRIATION ACT R.S.A.2000, Chapter E-13, as amended NOTICE OF INTENTION TO EXPROPRIATE EXPROPRIATING SOUTH RED DEER REGIONAL AUTHORITY: WASTEWATER COMMISSION Bag 100 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0 1. TAKE NOTICE that the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission intends to expropriate those portions of the following lands as shown on the Plans which are attached to this Notice of Intention to Expropriate and legally described as follows: Plan A: Short Legal Title Number 4;27;37;22;SE 892 007 141 LEGAL DESCRIPTION MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 27 TOWNSHIP 37 SECTION 22 QUARTER SOUTH EAST EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AREA: 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS Plan B: Short Legal Title Number 4;27;37;26;SW 032 106 465 +1 LEGAL DESCRIPTION MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 27 TOWNSHIP 37 SECTION 26 QUARTER SOUTH WEST CONTAINING 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS EXCEPTING THEREOUT: HECTARES (ACRES) MORE OR LESS A) PLAN 0321487 - ROAD 0.402 0.993 EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS Plan C: Short Legal Title Number 4;27;37;15;NE 112 333 432 LEGAL DESCRIPTION MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 27 TOWNSHIP 37 SECTION 15 QUARTER NORTH EAST EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AREA: 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS Plan D: Short Legal Title Number 4;27;37;15;SE 112 333 431 LEGAL DESCRIPTION MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 27 TOWNSHIP 37 SECTION 15 QUARTER SOUTH EAST EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AREA: 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS (such lands to be the subject of the taking hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Lands”).

2. The nature of the interests in the Lands to be expropriated is an easement and right-of-way.

3. The terms of the easements and right-of-ways shall be as follows: The registered owners of the Lands shall be the Grantors and the SOUTH RED DEER REGIONAL WASTEWATER COMMISSION shall be the Grantee. The SOUTH RED DEER REGIONAL WASTEWATER COMMISSION as Grantee shall have the following rights: (a) the right to enter into and on the Lands for any purpose relating to the easement and right-of-way; (b) the right to construct and install a sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances on the Lands; (c) the right to operate and maintain the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances once the construction and installation is complete; (d) the right to repair or replace the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances; (e) the right for workers and any other persons to enter upon and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and right-of-way; (f) the right to have any necessary equipment and vehicles enter onto and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and right-of-way; (g) the right to occupy and utilize the Lands as a temporary working space in relation to conduct and completion of any or all of the foregoing; and (h) the right to register the easement and right-of-way at the appropriate Land Titles Office.

4. The purpose for which the interest in the Lands is required is for construction, operation, maintenance and replacement of a sanitary pipeline and related works to transmit wastewater to the City of Red Deer’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, as well as the occupation, use and enjoyment of temporary workspace for the purposes of facilitating the foregoing.

5. Section 6 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) No person may in any proceedings under this Act dispute the right of an expropriating authority to have recourse to expropriation.

(2) In any proceedings under this Act the owner may question whether the taking of the land, or the estate or interest therein, is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority.

6. Section 10 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) An Owner who desires an inquiry shall serve the approving authority with a notice of objection: (a) in the case of an owner served in accordance with section 8(2), within 21 days of service on him of the notice of intention; and (b) in any other case, within 21 days after the first publication of the notice of intention.

(2) The notice of objection shall state: (a) the name and address of the person objecting; (b) the nature of the objection; (c) the grounds on which the objection is based; and (d) the nature of the interest of the person objecting.

7. A person affected by the proposed expropriation does not need to serve an objection to the expropriation in order to preserve his or her right to have the amount of compensation payable determined by the Commission or the Court, as the case may be.

8. The approving authority with respect to this expropriation is: LAND COMPENSATION BOARD 1229 91 Street SW Edmonton, AB T6X 1E9

PLAN “A”

Title Number 032 106 465 +2

LEGAL DESCRIPTION MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 27 TOWNSHIP 37 SECTION 26 QUARTER NORTH WEST CONTAINING 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS EXCEPTING THEREOUT: HECTARES (ACRES) MORE OR LESS A) PLAN 0321487 - ROAD 0.402 0.993 EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS

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2. The nature of the interest in the Lands to be expropriated is an easement and right-of-way.

3. The terms of the easement and right-of-way shall be as follows:

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The registered owners of the Lands shall be the Grantors and the SOUTH RED DEER REGIONAL WASTEWATER COMMISSION shall be the Grantee. The SOUTH RED DEER REGIONAL WASTEWATER COMMISSION as Grantee shall have the following rights: (a) the right to enter into and on the Lands for any purpose relating to the easement and right-of-way; (b) the right to construct and install a sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances on the Lands; (c) the right to operate and maintain the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances once the construction and installation is complete; (d) the right to repair or replace the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances; (e) the right for workers and any other persons to enter upon and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and right-of-way; (f) the right to have any necessary equipment and vehicles enter onto and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and right-of-way; (g) the right to occupy and utilize the Lands as a temporary working space in relation to conduct and completion of any or all of the foregoing; and (h) the right to register the easement and right-of-way at the appropriate Land Titles Office.

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4. The purpose for which the interest in the Lands is required is for construction, operation, maintenance and replacement of a sanitary pipeline and related works to transmit wastewater to the City of Red Deer’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, as well as the occupation, use and enjoyment of temporary workspace for the purposes of facilitating the foregoing.

5. Section 6 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) No person may in any proceedings under this Act dispute the right of an expropriating authority to have recourse to expropriation.

(2) In any proceedings under this Act the owner may question whether the taking of the land, or the estate or interest therein, is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority.

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6. Section 10 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) An Owner who desires an inquiry shall serve the approving authority with a notice of objection: (a) in the case of an owner served in accordance with section 8(2), within 21 days of service on him of the notice of intention; and (b) in any other case, within 21 days after the first publication of the notice of intention.

(2) The notice of objection shall state: (a) the name and address of the person objecting; (b) the nature of the objection; (c) the grounds on which the objection is based; and (d) the nature of the interest of the person objecting.

7. A person affected by the proposed expropriation does not need to serve an objection to the expropriation in order to preserve his or her right to have the amount of compensation payable determined by the Commission or the Court, as the case may be.

8. The approving authority with respect to this expropriation is: LAND COMPENSATION BOARD 1229 91 Street SW Edmonton, AB T6X 1E9 Plan “A”

PLAN “D”

To obtain a copy of the draft Plan of Survey, please contact the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission at (403) 507-5139.

To obtain a copy of the draft Plan of Survey, please contact the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission at (403) 507-5139.

D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 24, 2014

NSA program illegal: panel DAILY COLLECTION OF PHONE RECORDS ALSO INEFFECTIVE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A government review panel warned Thursday that the National Security Agency’s daily collection of Americans’ phone records is illegal and recommended that President Barack Obama abandon the program and destroy the hundreds of millions of phone records it has already collected.

The recommendations by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board go further than Obama is willing to accept and increase pressure on Congress to make changes.

The panel’s 234-page report included dissents from two of the board’s five members — former Bush administration national security lawyers who recommended that the government keep collecting the phone records. The board described key parts of its report to Obama earlier this month before he announced his plans last week to change the government’s surveillance activities.

In that speech, Obama said the bulk phone collection program would continue for the time being. He directed the Justice Department and intelligence officials to find ways to end the government’s control over the phone data. He also insisting on close supervision by a secretive federal intelligence court and reducing the breadth of phone records the NSA

can investigate. Phone companies have said they do not want to take responsibility for overseeing the data under standards set by the NSA. In addition to concluding that the daily collection of phone records was illegal, the board also determined that the practice was ineffective.

“We have not identified a single instance involving a threat to the United States in which the program made a concrete difference in the outcome of a counterterrorism investigation,” it said, and added, “We are aware of no instance in which the program directly contributed to the discovery of a previously unknown terrorist plot or the disruption of a terrorist attack.”

It said the NSA should instead seek individual records relevant to terror cases directly from phone service providers under existing laws.

“Given the limited results, we concluded the program should be ended,” said board member James Dempsey of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a civil liberties group. Dempsey and another board member, former chief federal appeals court judge Patricia Wald, also said the phone sweeps did not appear to have clear or strong legal grounding in the USA Patriot Act — the statute overseeing the government’s surveillance activities.

“We have to be careful that secret law does not creep into our jurisprudence,” Wald said.

The board wrote that the phone surveillance did

not have a “viable legal foundation” under the Patriot Act, which was used to provide legal backing for the operation after it was secretly authorized by President George W. Bush. The board also said the surveillance raised constitutional concerns about unreasonable searches, free speech and freedom of the press. Two federal judges have split in recent rulings over the constitutionality of the government collecting Americans’ phone records.

The White House disagreed with the oversight board. “The administration believes the program is lawful,” said national security spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden. She added that Obama “believes we can and should make changes in the program that will give the American people greater confidence in it.”

The board’s recommendation to delete its copies of everyone’s phone records is one area that Obama sidestepped in his speech — what to do with the mountainous electronic database amassed by the NSA since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

National security officials have a legal review to be finished by March should decide how long to keep the phone records.

The NSA’s surveillance programs and other data mining operations came to light last year, drawing intense criticism after revelations fueled by an estimated 1.7 million documents taken by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden and handed over to several journalists.

IRAN

Pressure on U.S. to secure nuke deal

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — For the United States and its negotiating partners, the next round of nuclear talks with Iran could present a difficult decision: to sign another temporary agreement or accept nothing less than an ambitious, multiyear accord to dismantle the Islamic republic’s nuclear program.

To critics in the Middle East and in Congress, anything short of a full agreement may be seen as merely allowing the Iranians to stall for time, potentially reaping billions of dollars in eased economic sanctions while still refining their nuclear technology. It could also make it harder for President Barack Obama to hold off a congressional push for tougher sanctions on Iran, which the White House has warned would upend the fragile diplomacy.

The United States and its five partners — Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China — plan to resume face-to-face negotiations with the Iranians next month. They secured a six-month agreement in November that went into effect just this Monday.

That deal froze key parts of Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for easing some trade and financial penalties. Though it included a provision to renew the short-term accord for a period of time that would have to be agreed to by all parties, it also aimed to clear the way for broader negotiations on the thorniest aspects of Iran’s nuclear program.

But analysts say another short-term deal may be the only feasible outcome given the vast differences between Tehran and the international coalition.

“I think it’s extremely unlikely that it will be possible to reach a comprehensive agreement in the next six months,” said Gary Samore, who until last year was Obama’s top arms control adviser. “We’re in for a rolling series of extensions.”

The talks could also crumble completely if Iran violates the terms of the agreement or the parties make no progress in moving the negotiations forward.

It’s not clear what the U.S. and its coalition partners would do if a comprehensive agreement isn’t reached in six months. U.S. officials are currently meeting with their counterparts in the so-called P5+1 to plot strategy for the February meetings.

French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said on Thursday that the coalition’s priority is to reach a big deal and do so quickly.

“We are not going to go through a succession of interim deals,” Nadal said. He added that the push in Congress for tougher sanctions against Iran “increases the pressure.”

The White House has so far been able to hold off a Senate vote on a sanctions bill, arguing that it would violate the terms of the interim agreement with Iran and could disrupt diplomacy, even if Obama vetoes the bill. But congressional aides say even those who support Obama’s outreach to Iran could buckle if forced to accept another six-month deal.

Backers of the congressional sanctions push say the crippling economic penalties are what’s drawn Iran to the negotiating table in the first place and should not be eased until the Islamic republic bends on all international demands.

Illustration by ADVOCATE news services

This artist rendering released by NASA shows the NASA rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars.

Opportunity landed on the red planet on Jan. 24, 2004 and is still exploring. Its twin Spirit stopped communicating in 2010.

Opportunity rover still going strong on Mars 10 years later

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — A decade after landing on Mars, the rover Opportunity is still chugging along.

Sure, it has some wear and tear. One of its six wheels and two instruments stopped working long ago. It has an arthritic joint. Its flash memory occasionally suffers a senior moment.

But these problems are considered minor for a journey that was supposed to be just a three-month adventure.

“No one ever expected this — that after 10 years a Mars exploration rover would continue to operate and operate productively,” project manager John Callas said Thursday.

NASA has scrutinized Earth’s planetary neighbour for decades, starting with quick flybys and later with orbiters, landers and rovers.

Opportunity touched down on Jan. 24, 2004 — several weeks after its twin Spirit. Both rovers outlasted their warranty by years, but Spirit stopped phoning home in 2010 after getting stuck in sand.

Meanwhile, Opportunity has logged 24 miles crater-hopping. The solar-powered NASA rover is now in a sunny spot on the rim of Endeavour Crater where it’s spending its sixth winter poking into rocks and dirt.

Its power levels have unexpectedly improved. A recent “selfie” showed dust on its solar panels was later wiped away by blowing winds.

Early discoveries by the two rovers pointed to a planet that was once tropical and moist. However, the signs of water suggested an acidic environment that would have been too harsh for microbes.

More recently, Opportunity uncovered geologic evidence of water at Endeavour Crater that’s more suited for drinking — a boon for scientists searching for extraterrestrial places where primitive life could

have thrived. The crater is the largest of five craters examined by Opportunity.

A new study published by the journal Science Friday — on Opportunity’s 10th anniversary — determined the rocks from the crater are the oldest yet — about 4 billion years old. The rocks interacted with water during a time when environmental conditions were favourable for microscopic organisms.

“This is really a neat area,” said deputy project scientist Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis.

In 2012, Opportunity was joined on Mars by Curiosity, which is currently rolling across bumpy terrain toward a mountain. With snazzy tools like a laser, Curiosity quickly became the world’s favourite rover.

Opportunity snatched some of the attention back earlier this month when it discovered a rock shaped like a jelly doughnut that suddenly appeared in its field of view, probably after its wheel kicked it up.

Scientists said it’s unlike any rock they’ve seen on Mars before.

It costs about $14 million a year to maintain Opportunity. NASA periodically reviews missions that have been extended to decide where to invest scarce dollars. The next decision is expected this year for Opportunity and other extended missions including Cassini at Saturn and Messenger at Mercury.

“From all the missions that we have, they’re very productive and it would be a shame not to have enough to afford the continuation of those missions,” said Michael Meyer of NASA headquarters.

In several months, Opportunity will decamp from its winter haven and head south to what scientists are calling the motherlode — a clay-rich spot that should yield more discoveries.

“As long as the rover keeps going, we’ll keep going,” said chief scientist Steve Squyres of Cornell University.

Mobster pleads not guilty in 1978 Lufthansa heist

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — More than 30 years after hooded gunmen pulled a $6 million airport heist dramatized in the hit Martin Scorsese movie Goodfellas, an elderly reputed mobster was arrested at his New York City home on Thursday and charged in the robbery and a 1969 murder.

Vincent Asaro, 78, was named along with his son, Jerome, and three other defendants in wide-ranging indictment alleging murder, robbery, extortion, arson and other crimes from the late 1960s through last year.

The Asaros, both identified as captains in the Bonanno organized crime family, pleaded not guilty through their attorneys and were ordered held with-

out bail at a brief appearance in federal court in Brooklyn.

The elder Asaro’s attorney, Gerald McMahon, told reporters outside court that his client was framed by shady turncoat gangsters, including former Bonanno boss Joseph Massino — the highest-ranking member of the city’s five organized crime families to break the mob’s vow of silence.

Massino “is one of the worst witnesses I’ve ever seen,” McMahon said. He added that Asaro had given him “marching orders” that “there will be no plea and he will walk out the door a free man.”

The indictment accused Asaro of helping to direct the Dec. 11, 1978, Lufthansa Airlines heist at Kennedy airport — one of the largest cash thefts in American history.

The gunmen looted a vault in the airline’s cargo

terminal and stole about $5 million in untraceable U.S. currency that was being returned to the United States from Germany, along with about $1 million in jewelry. The cash was never found.

According to court papers, an unidentified mob associate who pleaded guilty and became a co-operating witness told investigators that he participated in the robbery at the direction of Asaro. The theft was hatched by James “Jimmy the Gent” Burke, a late Lucchese crime family associate who was close to Asaro, who told the bandits that he had a “score” that would make them rich, the papers say.

Each robber was supposed to be paid $750,000, but the co-operating witness said “most did not receive their share, either because they were killed first or it was never given to them,” according to the court papers.

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