Red Deer Advocate, February 01, 2014

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BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg never dreamed of competing in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

In fact, she didn’t believe she would still be a member of the Canadian speed skating long track team at this point in her life.

“My goal was to skate in the 2010 Games in Vancouver and I didn’t see myself skating beyond that, I certainly didn’t see myself skating in 2014,” said the Red Deer-raised skater.

“But there was a coach (Michael Crowe) I wanted to train with and after 2010 they put me with him, which changed my mind about retiring. I decided to see what would happen and take it one year at a time. The last four years have been day-to-day and season-to-season.”

Crowe was her brother Jeremy’s former coach.

“He coached Jeremy when he set the (500-metre) world record,” she explained.

Wotherspoon-Gregg’s patience and desire to continue to improve paid off when she was named to the Canadian team for the 2014 Games.

“It was a long wait to get to the Olympics for sure, and something I’m really looking forward to,” said Wotherspoon-Gregg prior to leaving for Germany last week and then on to Russia.

The 33-year-old, who grew up competing for the Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club, will compete in the 500 metres and perhaps the 1,000 metres.

“I believe I’m the first alternate for the 1,000,

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‘I know I can still improve, but I’m fighting against overuse of my body and with injuries.

My body is telling me it’s time.’ but I don’t plan on competing. I’ll prepare just in case something happens, but I want everyone to be healthy.”

She first moved to Calgary in 1998 to train with the national program and competed in her first World Cup in 2003. She was on the road to the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, when she ran into a roadblock.

“I was training at high altitude camps and got sick.” She took almost 18 months off before returning.

“I needed to be healthy and also to see if I wanted to keep skating, although even when I left I knew I wasn’t done and hadn’t reached my potential. ... I just needed the time off.”

She set a goal to compete in the Vancouver Games, but once again bad luck surfaced when she tore her hip flexor early in the season.

“I was off three months and didn’t return until just before the Olympic trials and wasn’t at my best.

It’s a hazard of the game.”

Since returning, from her forced break, she’s consistently been in the top four rankings in the 500 in Canada. Last year, she was third and this year fourth.

“This year, Christine Hesbitt has been consistently on top while the next three skaters have been up and down,” she said. “At the end, I was fourth at the Olympic trials and thankfully they take four.”

Wotherspoon-Gregg’s placing may be even more impressive considering she was working two jobs, working on a degree and training at the same time for most of the last four years.

“But this year she received more financial help from the government, which allowed her to not work as many hours, plus she graduated.

“It took a few extra things off my plate, which helped a lot,” she said.

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF A small group of protesters gathered at Red Deer’s City Hall Park on Friday to draw attention to what they consider a big threat to everybody’s living standard.

Seven protesters from the Occupy and Council of Canadians groups denounced the proposed TransPacific Partnership, which they believe will drive down wages and working conditions and attack environmental and consumer protection policies.

What started as a trade agreement among a few countries in the Asia-Pacific region is now being considered to include Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the U.S. and Vietnam.

According to opponents, who rallied in more than 50 spots across the globe on Friday, the proposal will “expand the pro-corporate regime across this hemisphere and the Pacific Ocean.”

Matt McKellar, facilitator for Occupy Red Deer, said the partnership would further deregulate financial markets, undermining global economic stability.

But beyond trade, it would also dictate things like environmental policies, access to generic medications, and copyright laws. “And the majority of it is being negotiated in secret, behind closed doors,” McKellar added.

The little that’s been disclosed is bad news for Canadians — including aboriginal people, since indigenous rights are not part of the agreement, and farmers, since the further commodification of agriculture is advocated, said McKellar. “Family farms would not survive.”

Protestors are concerned that the proposal seeks to censor what’s posted on the Internet. But it’s the secrecy of negotiations that most bothers high school student Kris Kunck, who believes this strongly suggests the deal is not in the best interest of Canadians.

He heard corporations would be allowed more leeway “to sue anyone who gets in the way of profits.”

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But first things first and that’s as good a performance in the Games as she can hope.

“Last year I was 19th or 20th in the World Championships,” she explained. “My qualifying times were in the low 20s, so my goal is to be in the top 20. But there are no limitations. I just want to go and see what I can do.”

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Wotherspoon-Gregg would have liked nothing more than to compete with her brother in the Sochi Games but when Jeremy just failed to make the Canadian team, that dream disappeared. Jeremy was trying to make a comeback after being away for close to four years.

“Jeremy and I were in the same training group when he was with the team, but it was a huge dream of mine to be on the team with him. I thought we could make it in 2006, but it wasn’t to be so when he announced he was making a comeback this year, I had high hopes.

“But that’s a long time to be away in a real technical sport where thousands of a second make a difference. I’m extremely impressed with the way he skated at the trials. He should be proud of himself.”

Danielle will still see Jeremy at the Games since he’s coaching a skater from China. She will also get an opportunity to skate with her husband, Jamie Gregg, who she met after returning from her time off.

Gregg is Canada’s top 500-metre male skater.

“If I wouldn’t have returned, I probably wouldn’t have found him,” she said. “He wasn’t on the team before but he came back from hockey, made the Canadian team and we started skating World Cups together.”

They were married on June 1.

“So it’s exciting for us to go to the Games together,” she said. “We’re lucky we live together, train together and travel together and never get sick of each other. You don’t see many married couples competing in the same Games and in the same sport.”

Wotherspoon-Gregg is at a stage of her career where she is one of the older skaters on the Canadian team and while she still enjoys the sport, she doesn’t see herself skating after this year.

“I know I can still improve, but I’m fighting against overuse of my body and with injuries. My body is tell-

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Oilsands odours hearings end

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PEACE RIVER — Hearings in northwestern Alberta about odours blamed on oilsands processing have wrapped up.

People in two communities near Peace River say Baytex Energy’s operations are creating powerful gassy smells that are impossible to live with.

Alberta’s energy regulator called an inquiry after getting numerous complaints.

The regulator says it will now review what it heard and make recom-

mendations in a report by March 31.

Baytex spokesman Andrew Loosely says the hearings were a rewarding experience and the company looks forward to the regulator’s findings.

One former resident, Alain Lebreque, says he had to move his family out of the area because the smells were making them sick.

In an affidavit filed with the Alberta Energy Regulator, one resident complained of symptoms that included severe headaches, dizziness, sinus congestion, muscle spasms, popping ears, memory loss, numbness, constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, eye twitching and

fatigue.

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

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

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

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

of smelly chemicals.

Loosely has said the company is continuing its efforts to improve its practices and capture all vapours.

Expert reports commissioned by the regulator suggest that Baytex’s operations are the likeliest source of the odours.

Families affected by the smells have said they want the hearings to result in new rules for the oilpatch that deal specifically with bad odours. Current regulations only address toxic gases or gases that are released in enough quantity to be worth gathering and selling.

Pay grid for Historic Canadian ski movies restored AHS execs revamped

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne says the revamped salary grid for health executives will save taxpayers $4 million.

“As a government our role is to ensure that decisions made in our health system put patients and front-line workers first,” Horne said Friday in a news release.

“The salary ranges are set at midrange for public sector health-care executives in Canada, and help keep AHS administrative expenses among the lowest in Canada.”

AHS, or Alberta Health Services, is the front-line delivery arm of health care, separate from the policy decisions that come out of Horne’s office.

The salary changes, which came after Horne requested a review, will improve the low-end pay but reduce the top end salaries for senior brass.

Leaders used to make just over $146,000 when they started. That minimum is now $22,000 higher, at $168,000.

The top-end pay used to be almost $644,000, but that’s now been slashed to $515,000. The reverse is now true for the CEO, who will make less at the entry rate — $480,000 — but is now eligible for more top-end pay, at $780,000.

The number of salary levels has been simplified, from six to four.

The review follows a reorganization of the top AHS ranks last year, which included a reduction of vice-presidents to nine from 80.

A review is also underway that will result in 15 fewer senior leadership roles, although no layoffs will result from it.

The new salary grid affects 80 senior leaders.

“The new salary structure for senior leaders is fiscally responsible and, at the same time, competitive enough to allow AHS to attract and retain leaders,” Dr. John Cowell, the official administrator of AHS, said in a news release. The salary issue has stirred up turmoil and dissension at the highest ranks of AHS for more than a year.

Last June Horne fired the entire 10-member AHS board after it refused to comply with his wish to cancel $3.2 million in bonus payments to 99 senior executives for the previous fiscal year.

The board said it was duty-bound to honour signed contracts.

Horne said the action was unconscionable in a tight financial climate that had doctors and teachers taking wage freezes.

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Gmoser was also a quick study behind the lens, said Scott.

“The films are great. They’re not home movies.”

By 1968, Gmoser’s heli-ski business (now Canadian Mountain Holidays) was big enough to demand his full attention.

He stopped making films and shelved his old ones — first in a shed, then in the archives at the Whyte Museum.

That’s where they were in 2010 when Scott, fresh off writing Gmoser’s biography, got the idea of restoring them. It turned out to be a bigger job than anticipated.

“There aren’t 10 scripts, 10 films,” Scott said. “There are 133 canisters of film. There are work prints, release prints ... some films have had parts cut out of them. It is a dog’s breakfast.”

Some scripts fit the films perfectly, some had to be edited. With only 7 ½ scripts still in existence, some had to be reconstructed.

“It became a huge job of trying to reassemble the films as close as we could figure out to how Hans showed them.”

The film had deteriorated. Colours had shifted, film bases had cracked. One entire canister of film was stuck together in a large, celluloid disc.

Ken Collier, of the local Council of Canadians chapter, said the expanded partnership “is another in a long list of so-called trade agreements that are really about cutting government and cutting taxes” — at the expense of what’s best for society.

Collier believes more laissez-faire incitement of hatred and one count of defamatory libel.

Police laid the charges after receiving complaints about a man carrying a sign with messages targeting two people and the Chinese community.

Papez, who is 72, has a website that shows a man holding a large cross-

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The slogans include comments about Asians, Chinese, Jews, a Catholic bishop, political leaders and Alberta’s human rights commission.

Papez finished last of nine candidates for mayor in last fall’s Calgary municipal election with 492 votes.

CALGARY — A former Calgary mayoral candidate has been charged with a hate crime.

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EDMONTON — The names of more than 3,000 of the Alberta government’s top money-earners are going online today.

The province is releasing its list of names, salaries and benefits of all staff who earn more than $100,000 a year.

The list was promised

by Premier Alison Redford last year as a way to shine more light on who makes what and to ensure that wages are fair to workers and to taxpayers.

The number of workers who earn $100,000 or more has been pegged at 3,100 out of 27,000 employees.

The list does not include the names and salaries of 300 Crown prosecutors.

A judge on Thursday granted an interim injunction stopping the province from releasing that information after a prosecutor said the details could make her more susceptible to at-

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BANFF, Alta. — The auditorium lights dim and as classical music begins to sing over the loudspeakers, a tall, handsome man in a ski sweater with an air of the outdoors about him steps onstage.

He begins to speak in a deep, melodious voice still inflected by his native Austria and the screen behind him fills with what people have come to see — beautiful, carefree images of skiers frolicking in a wilderness, floating through powder, surrounded only by friends, mountains and sky.

The narrator was Hans Gmoser, inventor of heli-skiing, father of modern Canadian alpinism, and, at the time — the late ’50s through the middle ’60s — one of the most famous mountaineers in North America.

That fame was built through many, many nights when Gmoser narrated and showed films based on his climbing and skiing adventures to audiences of thousands throughout the continent.

Those films, utterly different than the hot-dog exploits of contemporaries such as Warren Miller, lay almost forgotten for decades.

Now, they have been lovingly restored — windows back to a time when skiing was a way of life instead of a lifestyle demographic.

“You talk about an earlier, more innocent age,” said Chic Scott, the writer and mountaineering legend in his own right who oversaw the four-year effort to restore the films through Banff’s Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

“It’s the age of leather ski boots and sweaters, the age when climbing and mountain skiing had not gone mainstream. There was a certain purity. Nobody used skiing and climbing to sell cars.”

Gmoser was a Banff-based mountain guide when some of his clients and friends began lugging 16-millimetre movie cameras on their alpine adventures. They gave the footage to Gmoser, said Scott, and encouraged him to use it to promote his business.

Gmoser (pronounced guh-MOSER) took the film canisters and ran with them, producing 10 movies between 1957 and 1968. He married the silent images with classical music he chose himself and showed them while narrating his selfpenned scripts — not bad for someone who didn’t start speaking English until 1951.

He toured the films every year across Canada and as far south as San Francisco and Los Angeles. One night in Detroit, 2,500 people came out to hear him.

“He spoke beautifully, eloquently,” said Scott.

“That beautiful Austrian accent, this obvious, passionate love for the mountains — when you listened to Hans, it was like you were in the mountains.”

Some films were of multi-day climbs on the peaks of Mount McKinley or Mount Logan. Others featured skiers’ paradises such as the Rogers Pass in British Columbia or Alberta’s Sunshine Meadows, where the runs were long, the powder deep and the lifts non-existent.

Filmmakers such as Miller, Dick Barrymore and John Jay focused on what was happening at resorts. Gmoser’s subjects earned their turns in the wilderness, first climbing the slopes they planned to ski.

“Hans was showing ski mountaineering and mountain climbing,” Scott said. “He showed the real mountain experience.”

Gmoser did occasionally film at lift resorts, including now-iconic destinations such as Whistler, B.C., and Sunshine, Marmot Basin and Lake Louise in Alberta. He shot quite a few ski races, one of which featured a young Nancy Greene.

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CSEC tactics worrisome: critics SPY AGENCY GATHERED AIRPORT DATA

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A controversial effort

by Canada’s electronic eavesdropping agency to track the wireless devices of travellers at airports was intended to locate kidnappers and terrorists, a newly leaked document indicates.

The Communications Security Establishment Canada slide presentation, published by CBC, says information was taken from wireless devices using an unidentified Canadian airport’s free Wi-Fi system over a twoweek period.

The May 2012 presentation suggests the project could help security officials zero in on a kidnapper based in a rural area who travelled to a city to make ransom calls.

Ottawa-based CSEC monitors foreign computer, satellite, radio and telephone traffic of people, states, organizations and terrorist groups for information of intelligence interest to Canada. It is a key player in the

Five Eyes intelligence network that includes partner agencies from the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

The focus on monitoring network Internet Protocol addresses was carried out by the partners’ Tipping and Cueing Task Force, a Five Eyes effort to allow their intelligence-gathering systems to “provide real-time alerts of events of interest.”

It notes terrorists continue to target airlines and hotels for attack, and that public Internet services in such facilities have “clear characteristics” — suggesting that could make it easier to find a suspect.

Edward Snowden, who once worked for CSEC’s American counterpart, gave the document to Brazil-based journalist Glenn Greenwald, who collaborated with CBC. The public broadcaster released a censored version of the presentation, prepared by a CSEC “tradecraft developer” in the agency’s network analysis centre.

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Black stripped of Order of Canada

ernment Friday of allowing CSEC to track Canadians and spy on them.

“Will the minister acknowledge that tracking the locations of Canadians by CSEC is against the law?” asked New Democrat MP David Christopherson in the House of Commons. “Will he at least acknowledge it is wrong?”

Defence Minister Rob Nicholson, who is responsible for CSEC, repeatedly told the House the eavesdropping service made it clear to CBC that Canadian communications were not targeted, collected or used, nor were travellers’ movements being tracked.

CSEC spokeswoman Lauri Sullivan said in a statement that the agency is legally authorized to collect and analyze what is known as metadata — technical information used to route communications but not the actual contents of a phone call or message.

Some civil libertarians say CSEC’s metadata monitoring is worrisome because even this material can reveal much about a person, such as their location and who they are contacting.

All CSEC activities “include mea-

sures to protect the privacy of Canadians,” Sullivan said.

“The classified document in question is a technical presentation between specialists exploring mathematical models built on everyday scenarios to identify and locate foreign terrorist threats,” she added.

“The unauthorized disclosure of tradecraft puts our techniques at risk of being less effective when addressing threats to Canada and Canadians.”

The watchdog over CSEC, Quebec judge Jean-Pierre Plouffe, said in a statement Friday that he was aware of the metadata activities mentioned in the CBC story.

“The law prohibits CSEC from directing its activities at Canadians,” he said. “In accordance with its mandate, CSEC is only allowed to use metadata to understand the global information infrastructure, for the purpose of providing intelligence on foreign entities located outside Canada and to protect computer systems of importance to the government of Canada.”

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BECOMES SIXTH TO HAVE HONOUR STRIPPED

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Conrad Black, who was convicted in the U.S. and served a prison sentence there, has been removed from the Order of Canada effective immediately, says the Governor General.

Black has also been stripped of his honorary position in the Privy Council of Canada, at the recommendation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The announcement came in a terse release by Gov. Gen. David Johnston late Friday.

A spokeswoman for the Governor General, Marie-Pierre Belanger, says an advisory council met Friday afternoon to make its recommendation to Johnston.

The council’s members include the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Beverley McLachlin, and Wayne Wouters, the clerk of the Privy Council, Canada’s top public servant.

Friday’s announcement means Black can no longer attach the initials O.C., and P.C., to his name. Belanger also said Black must return the insignia of the order.

“The insignia of the Order of Canada remain the property of the Order at all times,” she said.

“They are presented in trust to members of the Order, as a visible sign of their appointment and a mark of esteem. When an appointment ends, whether through death or through an ordinance made by the Governor General, the insignia reverts to the Order.”

Last November, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an application by Black to personally address the advisory council that had been weighing whether he should be stripped of the Order of Canada. Belanger said Black was allowed to make written submissions.

The 11-member advisory council reviewed Black’s membership in the order following his 2007 convictions for fraud and obstruction of justice in the United States. Black was given Canada’s highest honour in 1990.

Five other Canadians — Alan Eagleson, David Ahenakew, T. Sher Singh, Stephen Fonyo Jr. and Garth Drabinsky — have been stripped of the Order of Canada. The Governor General’s office said the decisions in these cases were based on various reasons, including being convicted of a criminal offence, a recipient committing actions not befitting of the honour, or a recipient being fined or reprimanded by a professional organization or association.

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Mary Hutchings holds a “Stop Harper” placard while gathering with veterans and supporters outside the Veterans Affairs Office in Brandon, Manitoba, on Friday to witness the closure of the office and protest the loss of face-to-face veterans services in the area.

Charges laid against engineer in Elliot Lake mall roof collapse

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A discredited engineer who declared a leaking northern Ontario mall structurally sound just weeks before its roof-deck garage collapsed was charged Friday in what police described as a “challenging investigation.”

Two women were killed and several others were injured in the June 2012 cave-in at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake.

Ontario Provincial Police said 64-year-old Robert Wood was charged with two counts of criminal negligence causing death and one count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

Wood’s family said he had no comment on the charges.

“This was a unique, complex and challenging investigation which took considerable time to process evidence and being precise in the application of criminal law,” said Det.-Supt. Dave Truax.

Adding to the intricacy of the case was the “multitude of various specialists” brought in to help police in the case.

“This was very unique where it involved Ontario Provincial Police retaining independent third-party engineers and contractors in order to assist us in our criminal investigation,” said Truax, adding that a company which analysed concrete and another that created a 3-D diagram of the mall were

also used.

Truax wouldn’t say if charges against others were pending but emphasized that the criminal investigation was ongoing.

“We recognize that there are many questions still unanswered about the events of that day,” he said. “I would like to thank the people of Elliot Lake for their patience, their resiliency during this very difficult time.”

Doloris Perizzolo, 74, and Lucie Aylwin, 37 were killed in the collapse which triggered an intensive rescue operation involving heavy-duty machinery and a specialized rescue team.

A lawyer representing the families of the victims welcomed Friday’s charges.

“Any degree of resolution that they experience from any legal proceedings against the parties who are responsible will be very much appreciated by the families,” said Roger Oatley, adding that the families remained eager to know if others would be charged.

A judicial inquiry into the collapse concluded last October after hearing from 125 witnesses over 117 days. A

report from those proceedings is due before Oct. 31 this year.

The inquiry heard the roof-top garage of the poorly designed structure leaked from the beginning, and decades of water and salt penetration caused severe rusting of its steel support structure. Ultimately, a weld which was subject to years of corrosion snapped, sending one vehicle and concrete crashing into the mall below.

Yet, the inquiry heard, Wood declared the centre structurally sound just weeks before it collapsed.

In a 2011 conversation relayed to the inquest, Wood was cited telling a prospective buyer it would cost $1.5 million to fix the mall’s roof and reportedly warned the structure had to be fixed or the roof would cave in.

However, Wood told the inquiry he could barely recall any such conversation.

Subsequently, in May 2012, Wood told the mall’s owner that steel supports at the shopping centre showed surface rusting, but were otherwise “structurally sound,” the inquiry heard.

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Mexico ‘angry’ with in-custody death of citizen LUCIA VEGA JIMENEZ WAS FOUND HANGING IN DECEMBER

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Liberal leader Justin Trudeau hands out lucky red envelopes to celebrate the Lunar New Year during a meet and greet with the Chinese Freemasons at the Pink Pearl Chinese Restaurant in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday.

Trudeau defends Senate decision saying Canadians wanted change

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Justin Trudeau’s decision to expel his party’s senators from caucus caught pretty much everyone on Parliament Hill off guard — even the senators themselves — but the Liberal leader insisted Friday the move doesn’t contradict his own promises not to rule from the top.

Trudeau announced earlier in the week that all 32 Liberal senators had been kicked out of caucus, in what he described as the first step toward removing partisanship from the upper chamber.

He won the Liberal leadership race, in part, on a pledge to focus on building consensus within his party, particularly when it comes to crafting major platform policies, rather than issuing edicts from on high.

However, Trudeau insisted his abrupt announcement on the Senate isn’t at odds with his promises to consult the party and its grassroots.

“We have had over a year of non-stop debates and discussions across the country about the Senate,” Trudeau told reporters in Vancouver after attending a Chinese New Year event.

“Canadians have spoken loud and clearly that they want change. ... We’ve heard from experts, we’ve talked to a number of different people.”

Trudeau said one of the former Liberal senators, Paul Massicotte, even brought up a similar proposal last fall.

At least one senator, Dennis Dawson, has suggested Trudeau could have avoided the confusion that has plagued this week’s announcement by consulting with him and his colleagues first.

The announcement came as Trudeau attempts to distinguish himself from both the governing Conservatives, who came to power nearly a decade ago on

promises to create an elected Senate, and the NDP’s long-held commitment to abolish it entirely.

If elected prime minister, Trudeau has said he would create an independent appointment process to pick senators.

The expulsion also created immediate confusion, fuelled primarily by the senators themselves, about what exactly the change means in practical terms.

Trudeau did little to clear up those issues on Friday.

Trudeau has said the senators will no longer be “political activists.” They won’t be permitted to be involved in national election campaigns or national fundraising activities, he said.

But Trudeau’s advisers privately admit the leader cannot control what the senators do locally, such as at the federal riding level or in a provincial campaign. They will still be permitted to be members of the party.

As it turns out, he can’t even stop the senators from calling themselves Liberals. The senators have already styled themselves the “Liberal Senate caucus.”

“They are independent; I have no influence over them,” said Trudeau.

“They can call themselves whatever they like.”

Trudeau suggested the confusion would eventually work itself out after the senators adjust to their new realities. He said the specific details of exactly how the party will interact with the senators — for example, if any of them donate money to the Liberals — are still being worked out.

He also insisted his main goal is long-term reform and his proposal for an independent appointment process.

“I’m not thinking about what the news cycle is going to be tomorrow or next week — this is about doing something meaningful to change an institution for the better.”

Don’t bet on Groundhog day forecasts

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadians weary of wild winter weather will be looking to groundhogs for a ray of hope on Sunday morning. But regardless of what the rodents say, human meteorologists have one clear message: don’t get your hopes up.

Legend dictates that groundhogs emerging from their dens on Feb. 2 can offer a long-range forecast based on whether they catch a glimpse of their shadows.

If Ontario’s Wiarton Willie, Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam or Manitoba’s Winnipeg Willow see their shadows, our unseasonably cold winter is expected to drag on for another six weeks. If they don’t, spring is said to be just around the corner.

Meteorologists from across the country, however, say their models point to only one outcome. Any furry forecasts for an early spring fly in the face of what the data and trends are showing.

Environment Canada says the frigid temperatures that have gripped much of the country throughout December and January will likely persist through February.

Even provinces that have enjoyed unseasonably

warm temperatures, such as British Columbia and parts of Alberta, are expected to feel the chill in the coming weeks.

Senior climatologist David Phillips said Canadians could be forgiven for seeking hope from a groundhog, since much of the country has been enduring near-historic low temperatures for months.

“I wish there was always a certain allotment of winter days. If that was the case, we would have used them all up and we’d be nicely coasting towards a warmer than normal spring,” Phillips said in a telephone interview. “Well, that’s not the case. This looks like a continuation of what we’ve seen for several weeks now.”

Phillips said icy conditions have prevailed from Saskatchewan to all points east since December, with the worst of the arctic conditions centred over Ontario and parts of Quebec.

Chris Scott, Chief Meteorologist with the Weather Network, said many of those regions have also had to contend with particularly extreme weather.

Ice storms and heavy snowfalls have made their mark on Quebec and Ontario, while wildly fluctuating temperatures across the Maritimes have made for very unsettled conditions.

“What we’ve seen is a lot of storms,” Scott said.

VANCOUVER — The Mexican government is “quite angry” after one of its citizens died last month while in the custody of the Canada Border Services Agency, the country’s consul general in Vancouver said Friday.

Claudia Franco said her government is also calling for a thorough investigation into the tragedy.

Lucia Vega Jimenez, 42, was found hanging in a shower stall in a holding cell at Vancouver’s airport on Dec. 20, and died in hospital a week later.

During an interview, Franco said her government was informed of the suicide attempt the same day, one day before Vega Jimenez was to be deported from Canada.

“Any death concerning a Mexican national is a big issue,” said Franco. “Protection services are constant, and of course our full attention is to any case involving Mexican nationals. This is one of those cases.”

Franco said she has formally asked the border agency for information on the circumstances of the death, and the consulate has contacted the BC Coroners Service.

“We are quite angry about what happened. We expect the authorities to conduct an impartial investigation....”

She said the Mexican government will be following the case very closely and hopes to have the results as soon as possible.

“I think these were very unfortunate events,” she said.

“Our first concern is with the family, of course, and we hope that the facts surrounding her attempted suicide will be cleared as soon as possible.”

The border agency has already stated in an email that its detention facilities are regularly monitored by independent organizations, detainees are informed of their legal rights, and they are allowed access to legal counsel, telephones and visitation.

“The health and safety of those in our care is of paramount concern. We take this responsibility very seriously and it is important to determine the circumstances surrounding any loss of life,” said spokeswoman Amitha Carnadin in the statement.

Vega Jimenez was taken into custody at Vancouver International Airport last month, but news of her death only surfaced in the media earlier this week.

Pierre Fortin, national president of Customs and Immigration Union, said during an interview earlier this week, that while Vega Jimenez was in the custody of CBSA, she was detained by a sub-contracted security company.

Coroner Barb McLintock also said Vega Jimenez was in custody at “a different facility” before being taken to the holding area at Vancouver International Airport.

Vega Jimenez was a migrant who worked at a Vancouver hotel when she was arrested last month over an unpaid transit ticket, said the group No One is Illegal.

New space policy to be announced

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Federal Industry Minister James Moore will announce Canada’s new space policy framework next week.

The Canadian Press has learned from two sources that the long-awaited policy will be made public in Ottawa on Feb. 7 at 10 a.m.

An invitation to the event was sent to industry leaders under the name of Canadian Space Agency president Walt Natynczyk.

The industry minister told an aerospace forum in Montreal in early December the Harper government’s space policy had been completed.

Moore, whose responsibilities include the space agency, said at the time the framework will provide the foundation for the next phase of the government’s space program.

He indicated it would be based on the principles of partnership with other countries and the private sector and that it would cater to Canada’s strengths and inspire Canadians.

A background paper said the framework will outline the government’s strategic goals for its space activities, which include jobs and growth, sovereignty, security and the advancement of knowledge.

Steve MacLean, who quit as CSA president in early 2013, brought forward a long-term space plan in 2009 but the government never acted on it.

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MONTREAL — The husband of a woman who was strangled by her own clothing on a Montreal subway escalator had just returned to Morocco to deal with his mother’s death.

A coroner’s spokeswoman identified the woman on Friday as Naima Rharouity, 47.

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The ink stains linger I’M LEAVING THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS BUT THE LESSONS LEARNED WILL STAY WITH ME After 10-plus years in the newspaper business, my career is headed in a curious new direction.

Last week, I accepted a marketing and communications position with an established Central Alberta oilfield contracting company — and life has been a bit of whirlwind ever since.

Changing jobs is scary enough, never mind changing industries.

It’s taken a long time for the reality to set in. I’m bracing for a few months of intense personal and profesLEO sional change.

PARÉ The folks in the Red Deer Advocate newsroom have become nothing short of family over the past seven years. The newsroom is a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, but the Advocate provided plenty of opportunity for growth and development while also encouraging a healthy work-life balance.

Since starting here in January 2007, my wife and I have been married, bought a home and brought two beautiful baby boys into the world.

In my role as new media editor, I worked hard to keep us current in the rapidly expanding digital space while also making regular contributions to our print products.

In seven years, I learned more about this city and its people than most could hope to in a lifetime.

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Working in media gave me opportunities to see and experience some amazing things. I’ve interviewed celebrities, photographed tragedies, written wildly controversial columns and broke open news stories that were picked up across the country.

I know the thrill of competitive news coverage, striving to be the first to post, tweet or publish a particularly juicy bit of information.

One of my favourite parts of being in an onlinefocused role was posting news to our website or Facebook page items and then watching as they went viral, picking up tens of thousands of pageviews and click-throughs.

News people are a special breed — no matter if they work in papers, radio, TV or online. It takes a deep-down passion for information, careful judgment and an ability for examining one’s community from all angles.

Assuming my new career path works out and I never work in media again, I consider it a tremendous honour to have been part of this world for the better part of a decade and wish nothing but the best to all my former colleagues.

The print-news landscape continues to change and nobody knows for certain how things will shake out 10, 15, 20 years from now.

But one thing is certain.

In a time where rumour and misinformation can spread so quickly, we need genuine, accountable, community newsrooms more than ever.

And the Red Deer Advocate offers that, every day.

Leo Paré is a former Advocate editor. Contact him by email at newsdeadline@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/LeoPare.

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Greenland’s push for modernity Greenland has the highest suicide rate in the world: one in five Greenlanders tries to commit suicide at some point in their lives. Everybody in Greenland (all 56,000 of them) knows this. In fact, everybody knows quite a few people who have tried to commit suicide, and one or two who succeeded.

So it is really a good idea to subject this population to an experiment in high-speed cultural and economic change?

Greenland is not fully independent: Denmark still controls its defence and foreign affairs, and subsidizes the population at the annual rate of about $10,000 per person.

But Greenlanders are one of the few aboriginal societies on the planet that is dominant (almost 90 per cent of the popGWYNNE ulation) on a large territory: DYER the world’s biggest island.

And it is heading for independence.

So the debate in this soonto-be country is about what to aim for.

Do you go on trying to preserve what is left of the old Arctic hunting and fishing culture, although it’s already so damaged and discouraged that it has the highest suicide rate on the planet?

Or do you put the pedal to the metal and seek salvation in full modernization through high-speed economic growth (while keeping your language and what you can of your culture)?

What’s remarkable about Greenlandic politics is how aware the players are of their dilemma and their options. “If you want to become rich, it comes at a price,” says Aqqaluk Lynge, one of the founders of the Inuit Ataqatigiit (Community of the People) party that ran the government until recently.

Lynge doesn’t want to pay that price, and under the Inuit Ataqatigiit administration all mining was banned in Greenland. Quite apart from the environmental costs of large-scale mining operations, Lynge said, the many thousands of foreign workers they would bring in would have a devastating impact on what is already a very fragile Greenlandic culture.

But the Siumut (Forward) party won last October’s election, and new Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond sees things very differently. Essentially, she thinks modernization has gone too far to turn back now.

Better to gamble on solving the current huge social problems (like suicide) by enabling everybody to live fully modern, prosperous lives. If you’re no longer marginalized and poverty-stricken, you’ll feel better about yourself.

With this in mind, she has issued more than 120 licences for mining and petrochemical projects, including a huge open-cast iron-ore mine that would ship 15 million tonnes of high-grade iron concentrate a year (mostly to China), drilling platforms for offshore oil and gas exploration, and even mines to produce uranium and rare earths. She has made her

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Greenland will soon open up its relatively untouched landscape to resource development, and open its doors to great social change. choice and she understands it.

In a recent interview with The Guardian while she was visiting Norway, Hammond said: “The shock will be profound. But we have faced colonization, epidemics and modernization before. The decisions we are making (to open the country up to mining and oil exploitation) will have enormous impact on lifestyles and our indigenous culture. But we always come out on top. We are vulnerable, but we know how to adapt.”

Brave words, but few Greenlanders have the technical and managerial skills to get senior jobs in these high-risk, high-cost enterprises ($2.5 billion for the iron ore mine alone), and most of them will not want the hard, dirty, dangerous jobs of the workers in the mines and on the rigs.

If all goes well, they will no longer depend on the Danish subsidies that currently keep their society afloat, but they will just be shifting to a different source of subsidies.

To the extent that a sense of cultural marginalization and defeat, and a life without meaningful work, is responsible for the Greenlanders’ problems, it’s hard to see how more money from a different source will help. Or how adding a few tens of thousands of foreign workers from places like China to the social mix will help, either.

The epidemic of depression and other psychological illnesses, the rampant alcoholism and drug

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use, and the tidal wave of suicides that plague the Greenlanders are not unique: almost all the aboriginal peoples of North America, and indeed elsewhere too, have elevated levels of these afflictions.

In Canada, for example, the general population experiences a 12 per 100,000 rate of suicides, while aboriginal people in general have double that rate.

But the suicide rate among Inuit people in Canada is 10 times as high as it is among the general population — and among Inuit children and teens it is a staggering 30 times as high.

The Greenlanders live in a different country and have much more control over their lives, but they belong to the same Inuit culture that extends right across the high north from Alaska to Greenland.

They also seem to share the same problems at the same heightened intensity, especially as regards suicide. These problems are unlikely to be cured simply by throwing money at them. It could even make matters worse.

Hammond is damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t: leaving the people in their current predicament is not a good choice, but going flat out for modernization doesn’t feel like such a good option either.

It would be a good time to call in the cultural engineers, if such a profession existed.

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Putting on a caring business face Each year, top executives from the world’s major corporations, along with political leaders and some heads of non-profit charities, gather in the Swiss skiing village of Davos for the World Economic Forum summit.

This year was no different and the purpose was the same — to put a caring business face on globalization and the free-market system.

But not even Davos Man (or the relatively scarcer Davos Woman) could escape the fact that the global economy continues to show below-par growth, with too much unemployment, too much inequality, and far too much uncerDAVID tainty about the future.

CRANE Moreover, while Davos Man lives in a world of rich executive compensation, with bonuses and stock options, he is also busy holding down the wages and benefits of ordinary employees and campaigning against unions, minimum wage increases and better pension systems for workers. For example, many younger workers are forced to live in a world of short-term contracts.

In Canada, in 2012, according to Statistics Canada, 78.5 per cent of young men 25 to 34 had a full-time job, compared to 87 per cent in 1981. And of those who had full-time jobs, median wages in 2012, adjusted for inflation, were four per cent below 1981 levels.

Another study, by Brian Murphy of Statistics Canada and Michael Wolfson of the University of Ottawa, found that income growth in Canada between 1982 and 2010 was “largely limited to the top five per cent,

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which in turn has been driven largely by increases to the top one per cent of income recipients in Canada.”

Meanwhile, growth in much of the world continues to depend on government stimulus rather than strong private sector performance, with young people especially hard hit, income and opportunity inequality threatening social stability, real incomes stagnating for the great majority of the workforce, and many downside risks to a relatively weak economic recovery, including high household and government debt and the threat of deflation.

At the same time, the world is failing to deal with critical environmental challenges, particularly climate change, while a growing global population threatens crises in water, food and resources. And technological change threatens many middle class jobs while in countries like Canada the challenges of an aging society, including pensions, are not being adequately addressed.

The International Labour Organization, in its recent Global Employment Trends 2014, acknowledges that while six years of near-zero interest rates from simulative monetary policy helped prevent the economic decline from getting even worse in the 2008 financial crisis, it may also have contributed to inequality.

Corporations did not use profits to invest in the real economy but to increase dividends and buy back shares, which lead to higher share values for shareholders.

In a report for the Davos summit, the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on New Growth Models warns that the world is set on an unsustainable growth pattern, arguing that the world needs new growth models.

While continuing an open global economy and in-

novation, much more attention will have to be paid to environmental issues, including greater use of pricing (a carbon tax?) or regulation to deal with the effects of greenhouse gas emissions and other damage to the environment.

Reducing income inequality, expanding inclusiveness and pursuing a more shared prosperity rather than seeing gains concentrated in the top one per cent should matter much more.

Inclusiveness also includes access to health care, education, and security and other public goods, as well as income, it says, warning that the young are bearing a disproportionate share of the rebalancing of economies, which, it says, is unfair.

Overall, governments and business will have to start taking a longer-term approach to the economy and environment, the report argues, contending we also need institutional reform so that desirable change can happen.

Canada itself needs institutional reform, not only in Parliament but also in consensus-building bodies.

Yet Conservative governments have abolished the Economic Council of Canada, the Science Council of Canada, the Law Commission of Canada and the Roundtable on the Economy and the Environment, centralizing everything in the Prime Minister’s Office.

Ultimately, real change is not going to come from the rarefied atmosphere of Davos but from the political process within Canada and other countries.

But our political parties instead are tinkering at the margin, rather than pursuing new ways to achieve what the World Economic Forum report calls “patterns of more equitable, inclusive and sustainable growth.”

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

Fifteen dog years is not enough in human years Scamp the Deranged Shih Tzu has chain was lined up. The alpha dog done it again. He’s made our lives pa- growling at the new dog, who was yiptently miserable, practically intoler- ping at the cat, who was eyeing the able. And as you know, I’m not one to bird and licking her lips and ignoring exaggerate. everyone else.

Well OK, all right, yes — I So the years, as they tend exaggerate all the time, in to do, flew by. Our little fact I’ve got a reputation for, bird had also flown bye. To shall we say, embellishing a Bird Heaven, where there bit when I’m trying to make are no cages and they have a point, or perhaps whenevservant cats with no teeth er I open my big mouth, but and no claws. And our old I this time I wouldn’t exagLhasa had incarnated to a gerate in a million years.

Better Place, where it is alHow do you measure 15 ways summer with perfect years? Fifteen dog years shade for meditating after that is. A lifetime of dog chasing butterflies. years.

And then along came It used to be that you Scotty, the Cement Head HARLEY would multiply seven huWest Highland White TerHAY man years for every dog rier. He adopted us at the year, which, if my math is grand old age of eight (127 correct, 15 would be … rehuman years), much to the ally honkin’ old. Nowadays, deep chagrin of the DeI have discovered there are charts and ranged Shih Tzu, who remained the formulas to more accurately calculate junior dog of the domain. canine conversions.

The cat immediately swatted the You factor in 10.5 years for the first Westie on the nose, and the Cement two dog years then add four more hu- Head just blinked, shook it off and man years for ever dog year, unless carried on like nothing happened. He your dog is a large breed or a small bled for two days. breed or a deranged Shih Tzu breed, Scamp doggedly pretended neither and then you throw the calculator away of them existed. and go find an adult beverage and posIt was about that time that the little sibly several Tylenol. black and white skunk look-alike Shih But I remember clearly the day Tzu gained a truly unhinged obsession nearly 15 years ago that we brought with carrots. him home Scamp the Deranged Shih As I may have exaggerated on sevTzu, six weeks old, wrapped preciously eral occasions, once upon a time we in the proud arms of the Better Half, stepped out into our back yard to the flanked by both Rotten Kids, each of uncanny sight of dozens of green carthem with a hand on the soft puppy rot tops strewn about the lawn. head.

Scamp had attacked the garden, sysYours Truly videotaping the entire tematically digging up every single carmomentous occasion with a Sony han- rot (two rows), chomping them down dicam the size of a suitcase with a vid- like Bugs Bunny on a binge, leaving eotape format that became obsolete only the telltale tops. We thereafter albefore Scamp’s first birthday. ways kept a stock of carrots for treats, At the time, our household was al- and built a fence around the garden. ready ruled by Kitty, who by being a (Which he got through on a regular cat of the feline persuasion automati- basis, even after he became blind and cally reigned over the universe by im- deaf from diabetes.) mediately beating up on any and all More years zipped on by and Kitty four-legged intruders. ascended to join the other royalty in We also coveted our other dog, an el- the Feline Forever Kingdom, and good derly Lhasa Apso named Shirpa, which old Cement Head Scotty amused and by virtue of his elderliness was one of amazed us for nine more birthdays the reasons we decided to get a puppy. before shuffling off his mortal canine We thought a new dog might perk up coil to go chase squirrels and garbage the old dog, and make his declining trucks in the Land of Terrier Rainbows years “interesting” and “happier.” Oh, and Ratholes. and we also had a singing budgie name But this week I was measuring the Peek-A-Boo. Scamp years, and for the Deranged Within minutes, the entire food Shih Tzu the numbers are quite differ-

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Scamp, the Deranged Shih Tzu, will be remembered fondly. ent than the mathematical scientific confusion formulas would scientifically indicate.

The number of walkies in 15 years: @ an average of five per week = approximately 3,900. The number of doggie potty piles in the back yard: say, two per day = 109,50 (a conservative estimate).

The number of canine diabetes injections facilitated with carrot treats: six years @ two shots/day = 4,380. The number of carrots consumed for no other reason than being spoiled: about eight billion.

But now, the important stats, the really important ones.

The number of headpats, belly rubs and ear tugs (on the dog): too many to count. The number of licks on the face (from the dog): several thousand slobbers.

The number of disemboweled stuffed animal toys (by the dog): a dozen or so. The number of times digging in his very own Christmas sock: 15. The number of times asking out in the middle of the night: way too many.

Creating smiles: a gazillion. Making the whole fam damily happy: a quadrillion times. The amount of times we wished we didn’t have a dog: a few.

The amount of times we didn’t love the dumb mutt to a fault: always.

The amount of days we have left with Scamp the Deranged Shih Tzu: zero.

Scamp died this week.

We had to make the long walk. It was time.

The time we had been dreading.

The BH and I couldn’t decide between fainting or throwing up and, unfortunately, I’m not exaggerating. But it wasn’t about us.

It was about Scamp the Deranged Shih Tzu, whose 15 dog years gave us forever years of memories, and who deserved the final gift of a perfect Carrot Patch in the Sky where he can see and hear and play and bark at Scotty and Kitty and Peek-A-Boo and dig up his favourite carrots while he waits for all of us.

But for now, the house is so terribly quiet and appallingly empty, and we can barely walk into the kitchen. It’s where we keep the carrots.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

There are many signs and definitions of pain He walks down the sidewalk with nods hello totally masks the fact that, a gait suggesting a goodly age. As he at 15 years of age, she is now pregnant. draws closer, his heavily lined face All her hopes and dreams are gone and breaks into a smile as he waves a greet- she knows that soon she will be a ward ing at me with his cane, and he carries of the street and without the child she on. is carrying.

Nothing about this man Even our piano man suggests anything but age walks with a cane and a that has been achieved with limp, and he also shows a hard work. periodic episode with pain.

This middle-aged woman So just how can we decomes into the kitchen with fine pain; what gives it its an expression somewhere full definition? between joy and great exA long time ago, I read a pectation as she searches book that stated that pain me out. has a value in that it is a When queried about function of the body to indiher well-being, I get just cate to the bearer that any a shake of her head along further movement in the diCHRIS with pursed lips. rection that caused the pain SALOMONS At about 40 to 45 years of will only do more damage. age, this young man sports I remember thinking at the a cane that has seen a lot time that it made a lot of of use. sense.

As he negotiates the step into the At the soup kitchen, we see firstkitchen, his face contorts with a gri- hand the effects of pain. Some are obmace of pain. vious and can be readily identified, At his young age, he waits patiently while others are pains that are carried for a hip replacement. around 24/7.

The wan smile on her face as she Like in the first example, this man

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killed his own father because, as a young boy, he was being sold to clients who wanted a sex toy. In the second, the pain comes from having lived an addictive lifestyle for many years; failing as a good mother, then seeing and facing the results many years later.

Hard work, or rather work that was hard on the body, created a malfunction that left a couple of these men with a constant reminder that their bodies definitely have limits.

Physical pain is treatable for the most part, and so it is a temporary condition in many cases. But emotional and or psychological pain is one of the hardest types of suffering to treat; even when treated, it is a constant unwanted companion.

Imagine driving your head through a plate glass window because the voices in your head won’t stop. Or try living with having to use your body to provide the means for the next fix, or a bottle to try to erase the memories of the abuse that was inflicted on you in your youth.

So then, we see that pain comes from many sources and is manifested in just as many ways.

The methods to try to deal with pain often result in people finding themselves on the street or, at best, on the unwanted fringes of society.

How do we define pain?

My computer dictionary defines it this way: the acutely unpleasant physical discomfort experienced by somebody who is violently struck, injured, or ill; severe emotional or mental distress.

That is by no means all of the descriptions. What dictionary definitions cannot tell you is how pain, whether physical or emotional, intensifies a person’s sense of isolation from the rest of the world. And that, my friends, is how pain can lead to a segment of society that we of the mainstream call The Street.

Can we help these people deal with their pain? Yes, I believe we can. I believe we can with a faith that lets us smile when are spit on or judochopped in the throat, or lied to time after time, and the list goes on.

There is one word that best describes that effort: love.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Peace talks end in failure GOVERNMENT WON’T COMMIT TO NEW START DATE

SYRIA CIVIL WAR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian boy weeps over the coffin of his mother who was killed following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, Friday.

Almost 2,000 people killed in Syria during talks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Fighting in Syria killed nearly 1,900 people, including at least 430 civilians, during the week of UN-hosted peace talks in Switzerland, activists said Friday. The death toll indicates that violence barely paused as the warring parties met but struck uncompromising stances, failing to reach any agreements that could help resolve the conflict.

The figures were reported by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Its director, Rami Abdurrahman, said the week’s bloody toll was about average at this point in the three-year conflict.

The number included at least 430 civilians, killed by bombs, snipers, missiles, and other causes. The rest were rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. The Observatory obtains its information from activists on the ground, and also keeps a running total.

The conference didn’t produce any tangible results, although connections made in Switzerland are likely to develop into prolonged negotiations to try to resolve the war.

The conflict began as largely peaceful protests against Assad in March 2011, but the uprising since became an increasingly sectarian civil war that has killed more than 130,000 people. It has forcibly displaced one-third of the entire prewar population of 23 million, including over 2 million who have flooded into neighbouring countries. Tens of thousands more are blockaded in rebel-held areas, where Assad loyalists prevent food and aid from entering to break

Extradition fight looms in Knox murder case

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Roman Polanski. Edward Snowden. Manuel Noriega. Over the years, the famous and the infamous have been caught up in the legal process called extradition, which governs whether one country will turn over fugitives from justice to another country.

It may ultimately be the turn of Amanda Knox, whose murder conviction in the stabbing of her roommate has been reinstated by an Italian court, raising the spectre of a long extradition fight. She says she’ll never willingly go back to Italy.

The Knox case is special because it raises the question of whether the U.S. government would send one of its own citizens to a foreign coun- Amanda Knox try to face a long prison term.

The answer: It’s been done before, though in less high-profile cases involving the governments of Canada, Mexico and other nations.

The U.S. has extradition treaties with more than 100 countries, including Italy, providing what would appear to be a strong legal foundation in favour of a request for Knox’s return to Italy.

“It’s absolutely not the case that an individual will not be extradited just because they are a U.S. citizen,” says Douglas McNabb, an international criminal defence attorney and an expert in international extradition law.

Time is on the side of Knox’s lawyers. Proceedings could take up to a year to play out in the Italian courts.

If Italy were to file a provisional arrest warrant after the Italian proceedings end, Knox’s lawyers could take the U.S. government through a judicial process in the courts and an administrative process at the State Department, which would make the decision.

State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf declined comment Friday when asked whether the U.S. has received an extradition request for Knox from Italian authorities, saying that information is “private and confidential.” She said the State Department is monitoring the case as it works its way through the Italian legal system but refused to provide further details.

The U.S. has had an extradition treaty with Italy since 1984 and has denied at least several requests since then.

Mary Fan, a former federal prosecutor, suggested that any decision by the State Department on whether to return Knox to Italy is “a matter of both law and politics.”

their resistance.

Among the most active of the rebel groups are hard-line Sunnis linked with al-Qaida, some of whom are blamed for atrocities targeting minorities.

The violence has also crossed over into Syria’s neighbour Lebanon. Shells fired by Syrian government tanks exploded in ravines and valleys of the mountainous northern province of Akkar, killing one Syrian living in Lebanon and wounding several others, a Lebanese security official said.

He said at least 50 tank shells hit in and around eight villages on the border.

Observatory director Abdurrahman said the shelling was likely a response to an attack by rebel gunmen on the Syrian villages of Bahlawaniyeh and Ghida, whose residents belong to the minority Alawite sect to which Assad belongs. He said rebels fired at the villages from inside Lebanese territory, killing five men.

The Lebanese security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he was not aware of any rebel movements in Lebanese territory. He said the shelling came in the context of a pitched battle in Syria, near the border, where rebels were attacking soldiers in an area known as Zara.

It was impossible to immediately reconcile the conflicting reports.

Within Syria, government helicopters continued to unleash barrel bombs packed with explosives and fuel on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo. The crude bombs cannot strike targets with precision and cause massive damage upon impact.

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GENEVA — A tumultuous week of peace talks aimed at stemming Syria’s bloodbath ended Friday with no progress to show and a lingering standoff over President Bashar Assad’s future.

Assad’s delegation refused to commit to return to Geneva for the next round of talks in 10 days — as the UN mediator had proposed — and the opposition chief accused the Syrian government of posturing to gain time.

UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi struggled to find positive words as the first face-to-face talks between the warring sides concluded. Uncertainty over his proposed Feb. 10 date for a second round of peace talks and mutual accusations between the delegates over the talks’ lack of progress underscored the tremendous challenges of finding a way out of Syria’s deadly impasse.

More than 130,000 people have been killed since March 2011 in a conflict that has destabilized neighbouring countries and forced millions of people from their homes. Activists said Friday that 1,900 people — including at least 430 civilians — were killed in Syria during the peace talks alone.

The rebellion against Assad’s rule has been sapped by deadly infighting among moderates, Islamic groups and al-Qaida-inspired militants competing for control of territory, weapons and influence. Much of the world appears to have lost faith in the rebels, largely because of the growing influence of Islamic extremists who reject the leadership of the Western-backed opposition.

Fears that the civil war is reaching a point where it can no longer be contained has forced the U.S. and Russia to co-operate to try and end the conflict.

Opposition chief Ahmad al-Jarba said Assad was pressed by his Russian backers to take part in the talks but could not engage toward finding a real solution because “he knows that would be his end.”

Al-Jarba said the opposition will never accept having Assad — whose family has ruled Syria since 1970 — stay in power.

“For us, this family is finished from the memory of the Syrians, all that is left is blood, fire and terrorism,” he said. “We will not accept for this man or anyone from his family to rule the country again.”

Al-Jarba spoke to The Associated Press before leaving for Munich, Germany, where he was to meet with the U.S. and Russian foreign ministers and ahead of a trip to Moscow. He said he was pinning his hopes on a positive role by the Russians, who have long been a key ally of Assad.

Al-Jarba’s coalition had been under equally intense pressure from the U.S. to attend.

A senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the talks are sensitive, said alJarba’s meeting with the Russians was a potentially positive development.

“Russia is obviously a country of great importance in the Syrian issue,” the official said.

Earlier, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem denied the government had succumbed to Russian pressure by agreeing to attend the talks.

“We are here to find a political solution. We were unable to achieve that,” he said.

Brahimi tried to put a good face on the talks Friday, telling reporters at the end of the eighth consecutive day of negotiations that despite a lack of tangible results, he found 10 areas of possible “common ground.”

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The pursuit of happiness ‘THE BHUTANESE ARE NOT NAÏVE. THEY REALIZE THE APPEAL OF THE MODERN WORLD TO IMPRESSIONABLE YOUTH. THEIR APPROACH IS NOT TO RESTRICT OR CENSOR ACCESS TO TELEVISION, THE INTERNET OR SOCIAL MEDIA BUT TO SEEK A BALANCE BETWEEN THESE ‘DESTRUCTIVE’ INFLUENCES AND BHUTAN’S CHERISHED ANCIENT BELIEFS.’

This is the second in a two-part series on travelling in Bhutan.

I thought Bhutanese the kindest, gentlest folks on earth — until our mountain-sickness medication went missing.

Paro’s high altitude had hit me hard and I needed relief. We searched everywhere.

Obviously, a hotel employee had rifled our room and stolen the precious pills. (Probably to sell on the black market, I reasoned.)

Our guide Tsewang, before retiring for the evening, told us to call him if we had the least GERRY concern. It was late but FEEHAN I indignantly picked up the phone and began to dial . . . I paused. Was I really prepared to accuse these lovely people of theft?

“Wait a second,” said Florence, “here’s the tablets — right where you packed them.”

In the morning, I couldn’t look Tsewang in the eye. He mistook my embarrassment for discontent.

“Be open to change,” he said, quoting Paul Thoreau, “a trip creates us.”

“I hope so,” I thought. Perhaps I’d finally recognize that not all people of modest means are inclined to pilfer.

Bhutan was never colonized. Landlocked and isolated The Hidden Country managed to sail through the 20th century — and two world wars — blissfully ignorant of the carnage man could wreak upon his fellow man. Tourists were not permitted entry until the mid-1970s.

As a stranger in this strange land I felt an obligation to understand the Bhutanese worldview, bring some Canadian perspective to our hosts — and try not to be an idiot. Accusing our hotel maid of theft would have made for an inauspicious start.

The Bhutanese have not adopted the western capitalist ideal. Instead, they have embraced something called Gross National Happiness. To Westerners, GNH is a laughably naïve idea: an entire country dedicating its resources to making people happy. How quaint.

But Bhutan is not trying to make people happy. Rather, it is committed to creating a happy people. GNH advocates a higher aspiration for human development than simple materialism.

The fourth King Jigme Wangchuck introduced this lofty goal as a “slow, cautious path to development.” Bhutan’s intention is to focus on environmental and cultural protection, good governance and an end to “spiritual hunger.”

The Bhutanese are not naïve. They realize the appeal of the modern world to impressionable youth. Their approach is not to restrict or censor access to television, the Internet or social media but to seek a balance between these “destructive” influences and Bhutan’s cherished, ancient beliefs.

One afternoon, we spotted three young monks engaged in the age-old task of hauling water.

Abandoning their humble duties, they stood on tiptoe peeking through a window staring at a blaring television; the epitome of picturesque juxtaposition.

The Bhutanese refer to their home as Druk Yul, Land of the Thunder Dragon. But their dragon is not fire-breathing — as in our fairy tales. Rather, this benevolent serpent’s job is to proudly guard a secluded people from an inhospitable world.

In Nepal, Bhutan’s better-known neighbour, mountain climbing is a growth industry that has brought tourists, wealth and — inevitably — environmental devastation.

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Children playing on a prayer wheel. Will Gross National Happiness enable Bhutan to withstand the winds of modernization?; Hiking through a rhododendron forest; Prayer flags span a glacial creek running through the Himalayan foothills; Three young monks set aside their water-hauling duties to stare at a blaring television: the epitome of picturesque juxtaposition; The Tiger’s Nest is Bhutan’s most iconic monastery.

Photos by GERRY FEEHAN/freelance

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Fair to be a merry-juana time FEATURED ALONGSIDE COTTON CANDY, FERRIS WHEELS AT COUNTY FAIR IN COLORADO

BY KRISTEN WYATT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Pot at the county fair? Why not?

Colorado’s Denver County is adding cannabis-themed contests to its 2014 summer fair.

It’s the first time pot plants will stand alongside tomato plants and homemade jam in competition for a blue ribbon.

There won’t actually be any marijuana at the fairgrounds.

The judging will be done offsite, with photos showing the winning entries.

And a live joint-rolling contest will be done with oregano, not pot.

But county fair organizers say the marijuana categories will add a fun twist on Denver’s already-quirky county fair, which includes a drag queen pageant and a contest for dioramas made with Peeps candies. “We thought it was time for us to take that leap and represent one of the things Denver has going on,� said Tracy Weil, the fair’s marketing and creative director.

The nine marijuana categories include live plants and clones, plus contests for marijuana-infused brownies and savory foods.

Homemade bongs, homemade roach clips and clothing and fabric made with hemp round out the categories.

Judges will look only at plant quality, not the potency or quality of the drugs they produce.

Other contests — patterned after Amsterdam’s famed Cannabis Cup — already gauge drug quality and flavour.

Top prize is $20, plus of course a blue ribbon.

The fair already has a green ribbon — awarded for using environmentally conscious methods.

The entries will be shown in a “Pot Pavilion� open only to people over 21.

Alongside the pot entrants will be 24 categories of homemade beer, four categories for homemade wine and one category for “spirits and liqueurs.�

Prizes will also be given for speedy joint-rolling, though fair organizers insist there

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dana Cain, director of the Denver County Fair, shows a poster advertising the fair at a print shop in Denver. Colorado’s Denver County is adding cannabis-themed contest to its 2014 summer fair. won’t be any marijuana consumption on-site. Competitors in the live Doritos-eating contest will have to acquire their munchies elsewhere.

Even the photographs of the winning plants will be viewable only by adults 21 and over. Organizers don’t want 4-H competitors in the popular rabbit and goat contests wandering by a pot display. “We have a lot of families

and kids at the fair, of course, and we wanted to be respectful of that,� Weil said.

Denver’s fair is far from traditional, though. Denver County didn’t have a county fair until 2011.

Organizers wanted an urban, hip element alongside traditional fair favourites like a Ferris wheel and cotton candy.

There’s a speed text-mes-

saging contest, and the highlight staple of a Western fair, a rodeo, has been replaced with a bicycle rodeo and a troupe of performing pigs.

About 20,000 people attended last year.

The marijuana contests aren’t likely to spread to other fairs in Colorado. Officials in Routt County, in western Colorado, voted last year to expressly ban marijuana from

its county fair.

And Colorado State Fair organizers have expressed no interest in marijuana competition.

California holds an Emerald Cup at the fairgrounds in Sonoma County, Calif., where guests with medical clearance are able to sample the drug.

That contest is held at the fairgrounds but isn’t a part of the county fair.

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ABOVE: Tsewang attending to the needs of sentient beings.

BELOW: For Buddhists, there is no creator and no soul. Time does not pass; it stands still while we — and everything around us — change, a collection of transitory experiences.

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BHUTAN: Mountaineering is forbidden Oxygen bottles and dead climbers litter Mount Everest.

In the Hidden Country, where religion and economics are inextricably intertwined, mountaineering is forbidden simply because mountain peaks are the exclusive abode of holy deities.

The Bhutanese honour many customs but formal marriage is not critical. In this matriarchal society, when a man and woman have been living together for a period of time, it is understood that the young man will begin working in his mother-in-law’s field.

And that’s that.

Courting often begins with “night hunting.” Young men and women, working from sunrise to sunset, have little time for dating. Instead, a man may ask a woman as she passes his field after a long day threshing rice, “Will you be home tonight?” If she replies in the affirmative, the presumption is that he’ll drop by later and crawl through her bedroom window. Bingo, marital bliss.

A father must be particularly vigilant if his daughter offers to stand guard at night in the rice-field hut.

There’s likely a future son-in-law lurking in the dusk.

It’s cool in Phobjikha. At three km above sea level — and despite Bhutan’s near-tropical latitude — the town gets frosty at night. Our room at the Dewachen Hotel was equipped with a fireplace. When we turned in after an evening of hearty food, drink and camaraderie, a roaring fire greeted us; as did a foot-warming hot water bottle beneath the yak-wool blanket of our bed. As the man of the (hotel room), it was my job to keep the fire stoked — a task I failed at miserably.

In the morning, Tsewang, dressed as always in his traditional Bhutanese gho, joined us for breakfast.

I told him about my fruitless fire-tending duties. He looked round the table, “In Bhutan we say that a fire constantly stirred will grow cold . . . but a kindled thunderbolt will stay hot.”

Ganesh, our painfully shy driver, nodded imperceptibly toward the floor.

I was beginning to think the Bhutanese were preoccupied with matters of the flesh.

Bhutan is a constitutional monarchy with three levels of governance: the monarch, who has a nominal veto over all matters; the legislature (created

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in 2008 when the fourth king abdicated in favour of his son, the fifth King Jigme Wangchuck); and the monastic branch, presided over by a chief abbot — the equivalent of Catholicism’s pope. Monks do not vote and remain silent on political matters. Buddhist teaching is so pervasive and persuasive in Bhutan that were the abbot to weigh in on the candidacy or views of a politician, the people would follow without hesitation.

For Buddhists, there is no creator and no soul.

Time does not pass; it stands still while we — and everything around us — change, a collection of transitory experiences. Tsewang told us each action has a reaction; so even bad thoughts can invoke negative karma. (I abashedly recalled my near-accusation of hotel thievery: not good karma.)

Concern for all sentient beings is a Buddhist priority — so the dogs that politely attended the perimeter of our every picnic were well attended to.

Tsewang ensured no leftovers went to waste. After lunch, he parcelled out the remains to village strays.

(No one seems to own the ubiquitous dogs that overrun Bhutan — yet everyone takes ownership of them.)

Consequently, like their human friends, the animals of Bhutan are — with some growling exceptions — patient and civilized.

In 747 AD, Guru Rimpoche, the founder of Bhutan’s school of Buddhism, climbed on the back of a tiger and flew from Tibet to a mountain precipice overlooking the City of Paro. Taktsang Monastery (the Tiger’s Nest), Bhutan’s most iconic edifice, was built on this revered site in the 17th century. (Coincidentally, Paro is still the only landing spot in Bhutan.)

At sunrise on our last day, we hiked up the serpentine trail to the Tiger’s Nest. I didn’t buy the story about the flying monk. But one had to marvel at the architectural wonder Tsewang’s forefathers had miraculously appended to the sheer face of this mountain three centuries earlier. We were the first visitors of the day so, after we removed our shoes at the temple door, Tsewang suggested we end our Bhutanese experience with a few minutes of quiet meditation. Enhancing our final contemplative moments, burning incense — intermingled with the fragrance of steaming rice — drifted hazily through the dim doorway.

Tsewang is concerned when his five-year-old son surfs the Internet. But he remains optimistic that the torch of age-old custom and tradition can withstand the blowing winds of modernization and global influence. We’d be hypocritical — and blissfully ignorant — were we to deny the same hopeful intention for our youth.

The van was silent when Tsewang drove us to the Paro airport. We were sad to be departing — re-

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His duties were finished but Tsewang did not abandon us. Until we boarded, his unmistakable gho-clad silhouette was visible through the terminal window. (If I ever again accuse a genuine, gentle, welcoming, accommodating, unassuming, gracious and polite people of theft . . . please give my head a shake.)

Hopefully some day, when he’s old enough to appreciate the ancient earthly wonder that is Bhutan, Tsewang’s son will point upward from Paro to the Taktsang Monastery and tell a doubtful tourist, “that is the place where Guru Rimpoche and the tiger landed.”

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BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Hurricanes 6 Rebels 5 (SO) Already hopelessly out of the Western Hockey League playoff hunt, the Lethbridge Hurricanes are playing for pride.

The ’Canes certainly displayed plenty of grit Friday at the Enmax Centrium, battling back from a 5-3 thirdperiod deficit to post a 6-5 shootout win over the Red Deer Rebels before a recorded audience of 5,621.

“There’s no reason why there shouldn’t be a lot of pride in this dressing room,” said Lethbridge head coach Drake Berehowsky, following the ‘Canes’ 11th win of the season.

“This is a proud organization and this is the culture that we’re setting.”

The Rebels appeared to have this one in the bag when Presten Kopeck, on the power play, buried a rebound early in the third period to forge a 5-3 lead for the home side.

But, with Rebels rookie forward Meyer Nell off for hooking, Kolten Olynek notched a man-advantage goal for the visitors at 7:30 and Reid Duke potted his second of the evening just under five minutes later.

From there, the clubs battled through a scoreless overtime period and Olynek notched the winner in a 10-player shootout.

“You’re up two goals in the third period and you take a penalty 180 feet from your net,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, referring to Nell’s offensive zone infraction. “You can’t take penalties like that at this time of the year.”

The Rebels, assessed two minor penalties in the first three minutes of the contest, were being outshot 6-0 when Rhyse Dieno connected on Red Deer’s first shot, driving down the right side, shifting around a defenceman and beating Lethbridge netminder Jonny Hogue to the far corner at 4:19.

Duke got that one back just 33 seconds later when he ripped a shot over the shoulder of Rebels stopper Patrik Bartosak from the top of the circle.

From there, Red Deer veteran Brooks Maxwell scored back-to-back man-advantage markers at 6:36 and 8:35 and Carter Folk replied for the ‘Canes late in the period.

The clubs traded second-period goals, with Red Deer defenceman Nick Charif converting a nifty feed from Nell at 3:09 and Lethbridge rearguard Nick Walters sneaking in from the point and

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Red Deer Rebel Conner Bleackley tries for a wrap around shot on Lethbridge Hurricane goalie Jonny Hogue during first period action at the Centrium Friday. beating Bartosak to the blocker side just over two minutes later.

Hogue, was beaten on each of the Rebels’ first two shots, had a shaky start but settled in nicely and finished with 36 saves through the overtime frame. He then foiled all five Red Deer

gunners in the shootout.

“He (Hogue) struggled a bit early, but we pride ourselves on battling every step of the way. Jonny came to play after his slow start and we’re really proud of him,” said Berehowsky.

“These guys never cease to amaze

me. Despite the ups and downs we’ve been through this season, they came out here and worked hard tonight.

They got behind and kept battling and we’re happy with the two points.”

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Kings, Queens too good for Lightning

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF

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Kings 83 Lightning 63 Looking at the scoreboard one would think the RDC Kings played well in an 83-63 victory over the St. Mary’s University College Lightning in Alberta Colleges Men’s Basketball League action at RDC Friday.

But head coach Clayton Pottinger was anything but overjoyed with his team’s performance.

“They’re a scrappy team and cause some matchup problems, but we look at these last few games as a time where we start to move toward a provincial championship and a national championship and I don’t think we made any forward progress tonight in terms of that, the big picture,” he said.

“We had a good week of practice and I thought we’d come out stronger than we did. We weren’t shooting that well, which was an indication as to why the score wasn’t higher, but overall we didn’t show a lot of energy.

“We were consistent at times and played some great defence and forced them into shot clock problems while other times we relaxed and forgot our checks and reverted back to the same old stupid mistakes. If this was a pro-

vincial or national playoff we’d be going home.”

The Kings led 19-10 at the end of the first quarter and 40-26 at the half.

The third quarter they outscored the Lightning 23-15 to take control, but St. Mary’s won the fourth quarter 22-20.

“These aren’t do or die games, but my team has to make a commitment to get better on a regular basis instead of just coasting and that’s what we’ve done over the last two games . . . two subpar games and frankly I’m not happy with it,” added Pottinger. “We’ll finish out our game tomorrow (at St. Mary’s) and then there’s two weeks worth of practices that will be hell for the guys.”

The win did wrap up first place overall for the Kings, who are six points up on both Lethbridge and NAIT. Both teams, even if they win out, can manage only five points.

Clay Crellin led the Kings with 23 points and 11 rebounds while Taner Parrington had 18 points and seven boards and was the RDC player of the game. Lloyd Strickland added 10 points and Rob Pierce nine points and seven rebounds. Connor McCleary led the Lightning with 21 points with Mark

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Red Deer College Queen Mozanga Ekwalanga charges to the basket with St. Mary’s Lightning player Katie Nutini giving chase Friday at Red Deer College.

Fernandes hitting 14.

Queens 66 Lightning 34 It’s been some time since the RDC Queens were looking at posting a .500 record.

They took another step in that di-

rection with a 66-34 win over the Lightning, which gave them a 8-9 record and a good chance to be .500 after they face the winless Lightning tonight in Calgary.

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Coaches Carroll and Fox await the big game

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SUPER BOWL

NEW YORK — As if they were enjoying a morning coffee together, Pete Carroll and John Fox fulfilled their final media obligations leading to the Super Bowl.

Relaxed, self-assured and even charming, the coaches of the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos answered questions for 30 minutes on Friday, joking with each other.

No grumpy one-sentence responses.

No agitated reactions to edgy queries.

At one point, Fox wondered if he could say a specific crude word to the audience on hand. Watching on television, he then went ahead and used the word.

Carroll immediately quipped: “You can’t say that, John,” eliciting laughs from reporters — and from Fox. Neither man seemed overwhelmed or even antsy about the biggest game of his life coming up on Sunday, even as they sat with the Vince Lombardi Trophy that is given to the NFL champion.

“I think it’s a pinnacle for probably everybody that does what we do,” said the 58-year-old Fox, who was with the Giants when they lost the 2001 Super Bowl to Baltimore, and led the Panthers there when they fell to New England in 2004. “It’s something you work

really hard (for).

“As Pete mentioned earlier, you take individuals and try to paint a picture of where you want to get to. I think this is the pinnacle of it. Unlike different levels of football, there’s only one happy camper at that end. That’s going to be the team hoisting that trophy.”

Carroll has hoisted championship hardware, but in college with Southern Cal. This is his first trip to the big game — he had never even attended a Super Bowl before this one.

“The trophy really does symbolize the ultimate challenge and competitiveness in our sport and in our world of coaching or playing,” said the 62-yard-old Carroll. “To dream about being in this position as a kid and then

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working all through the years of coaching, battling and watching other guys do it and for the first time for us; it’s a tremendous honour.

“It’s a tremendous opportunity and it creates an extraordinary challenge to see if you can be the one. It symbolizes a tremendous amount to all of us. We all live with that, our players and our coaches. It’s great to be here, and (I’m) thrilled to be doing it, too.

It makes for so much fun. The whole buildup, the whole following, knowing it’s a global event on game day just adds to the fun of this thing. The challenge continues to be out there for us to reach for, so it’s very exciting.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Phil Mickelson made it to the weekend in the Phoenix Open. Another popular left-hander and a fellow former Arizona State player set the pace.

A week after withdrawing from Torrey Pines because of back pain, Mickelson shot a 4-under 67 in his afternoon round Friday at cool and breezy TPC Scottsdale. The defending champion was eight strokes behind leaders Bubba Watson and Matt Jones.

“I’m not totally out of it,” Mickelson said. “Obviously, heading into the weekend, I’d like to be closer, but as we have seen in the past, there is that 8-, 9-, 10-, in some cases 11-under par round out there.”

Indeed, the three-time champion has shot 11-under 60 twice in the event, in the second round in his 2005 victory and last year in the first round.

Watson, the long-hitting lefthander who won the 2012 Masters, followed his opening 64 with a 66 to reach 12 under. Jones, the Australian who played at Arizona State and lives in Scottsdale, had his second straight 65.

“It’s right where I want to be go-

Jon and Dave McComish dropped in 18 points each to lead Wells Furniture to a 70-67 win over the Bulldogs in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Thursday.

Daniel Bobik had 21 points and Travis Rasmussen 13 for the ‘Dogs.

In other action, Woody’s RV World downed Alken Basin Drillers 84-41 with Brock Phillips hitting 18 points and Andrew George 17.

Kyle Turnbull had 11 in a losing cause.

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Rickie Fowler tosses souvenirs to fans after hitting his tee shot at the 16th hole during the second round of the Phoenix Open golf tournament on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Scottsdale, Ariz. ing into the weekend,” Watson said.

The 43-year-old Mickelson felt soreness in his back two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi, and pulled out at Torrey Pines after making the 36-hole cut.

He flew to Georgia to see back specialist Tom Boers and was told his facet joints locked up.

“My back feels great,” Mickelson said.

“Like I said, it was a simple fix. I just don’t want to overdo it.”

Lefty saved par with a 12-foot-

er on the par-5 15th hole after hitting his second shot into the water.

On Thursday in his opening 71, he reached the green in two and threeputted for par from about the same distance.

“Very difficult conditions to go really low,” Mickelson said.

Harris English and Greg Chalmers shot 67 to reach 10 under, and Pat Perez, Kevin Stadler and Hideki Matsuyama were 9 under.

Matsuyama had a 67, and Perez and Stadler shot 68.

Despite goalie injury, Kings pull out a win

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 6 Huskies 2 FORT MacMURRAY — Despite a close to a 10 hour bus ride the RDC Kings were able to find their legs quickly and pull out a 6-2 victory over the Keyano College Huskies in Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League play Friday.

“We were able to keep it scoreless for the opening period, which was fine with us after the long bus trip,” said Kings head coach Trevor Keeper.

The Kings took a 3-1 lead in the second period.

Logan Sceviour led the RDC squad with a pair of goals with singles added by Mike Marianchuk, Brett Printz, Doug Jones and Kirsten Odendaal.

Kraymer Barnstable, who was making his first appearance in the

second half of the season after recovering from a tear to a stomach muscle, made 32 saves.

“He just came back this week and said he was ready to go and he was . . . he was sharp,” said Keeper.

The Kings scored three times on nine power plays and killed off all five short handed situations.

“We were able to use our speed and forced them into penalties,” he explained. “We also did a great job on the penalty kill.”

The teams meet again this afternoon.

Queens 3 Ooks 1 EDMONTON — A day after a disappointing loss at home to the NAIT Ooks, the Queens turned it around and recorded a 3-1 victory at NAIT Friday.

“We came out and took it to them at the start,” said Queens head coach Bob Rutz. “On Thursday we were losing some battles to them

along the boards, that wasn’t the case tonight. We did a great job defensively.

“It seems like every time we challenge them they rise to the occasion.”

The only negative in the game was when veteran centre Ashley Graf broke her arm when she got tangled up and fell into the boards.

Emily Lougheed, Rikki Leonard and Laura Salomons scored once each for the Queens with Jade Petrie picking up three assists.

Camille Trautman finished with 27 saves while the Queens had 19 shots on Jill Diachuk.

The win left the Queens six points up on the SAIT Trojans in a battle for the third and final playoff spot. The Trojans have three games remaining, including a home-andhome series with RDC, beginning Thursday in Red Deer. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

More than 100 Special Olympics athletes will compete at the Michener Aquatic Centre today.

The Special Olympics Alberta Red Deer swim meet will run from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. and will feature competitors from Red Deer, Airdrie, Brooks, Calgary, Camrose, Edmonton, Foothills, Grand Prairie, Lethbridge, Lacombe, Medicine Hat and St. Albert.

The events include the 25m and 50m breaststroke, 25m, 50m and 100m freestyle, 25m and 50m backstroke, 25m butterfly and 100m individual medley.

Oilers trade two for Fraser TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs traded defenceman Mark Fraser to the Edmonton Oilers for forwards Cameron Abney and the rights to restricted free-agent Teemu Hartikainen on Friday.

Fraser, 27, appeared in 19 games for Toronto this season and hasn’t dressed for the past 11 contests. Fraser played in 45 games last year, registering eight assists and 85 penalty minutes.

Abney, 22, was Edmonton’s third-round selection, No. 82 overall, in the 2009 NHL draft. The six-foot-five, 219-pound native of Aldergrove, B.C. is currently with the Bakersfield Condors of the East Coast Hockey League.

Hartikainen, 23, was Edmonton’s sixth-round selection, No. 163 overall, in the 2008 NHL draft.

He’s currently playing for Ufa Salavat Yulayev of the Kontinental Hockey League, having registered 13 goals and 14 assists in 43 KHL games this season.

Grizzlys lose in overtime OLDS — Colton Vannucci scored 30 seconds into overtime to give the Drumheller Dragons a 3-2 AJHL win over the Olds Grizzlys Friday.

Mitchell Cook and Rory Davidson, with a tying goal at 18:49 of the third period, also tallied for the Dragons, who trailed 1-0 after one period and 2-0 after 40 minutes.

Austin Kernahan and Ty Mappin accounted for the Grizzlys goals before 604 fans at the Sportsplex.

Drumheller netminder Curtis Skip turned aside 24 shots. Jake Tamagi made 25 saves for Olds.

The Grizzlys return to action Tuesday against the visiting Camrose Kodiaks.

College teams brave treacherous roads to split matches Trojans 3 Queens 2 CALGARY — The RDC volleyball teams were lucky to get to Calgary Friday.

Because of bad roads it took them over three hours to make the trip south, which affected the way the Queens came out in their Alberta Colleges Women’s Volleyball League meeting with the SAIT Trojans.

“By the time we walked into the gym it was 5:55 for a 6 p.m. game and while they delayed the start for 30 minutes everyone was flustered and just couldn’t get going,” said Queens head

coach Talbot Walton.

The Trojans won the first two sets 25-21, 25-22. The Queens finally found their stride and won the next two 25-15, 25-16 and should have had all the momentum, heading into the fifth set, but fell behind 7-1 and 10-3, battled back to tie it at 12-12 before losing 13-15.

“We played like we were scarred of losing rather than playing to win,” said Walton. “We have to play like it matters.”

Brooke Sutter was the RDC player of the match with 10 kills, 14 digs and one stuff block while the Queens had problems handling Megan Brenner who had 23 kills and 19 digs for SAIT. It was the first loss of the season for

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REBELS: Several missed scoring chances Sutter was impressed with the Hurricanes’ work ethic while bemoaning several missed scoring opportunities and a lack of defensive coverage by his club.

“That team (Hurricanes) worked hard, they played hard,” said Sutter. “They were playing for nothing.

They were loose and just playing, there’s no pressure on them at all.

“We had some scoring opportunities we didn’t capitalize on tonight, but defensively we had moments in our game in our own zone when we weren’t very good. That was especially true in the first period. Both goals we gave them were due to mental mistakes.

“But we’ll take the point. Every point is huge and we’ll move on. It’s disappointing, though, when you’re up two in the third period and you lose the other point. You can’t question our effort tonight but the focus and the mental toughness were not like they need to be at this time of the season.” ● Bartosak stopped 28 shots through 65 minutes . . . Rookie forward Vukie Mpofu returned to the Rebels lineup Friday after missing seven games with a lower-body injury. Forwards Wyatt Johnson and Lukas Sutter both remain out indefinitely with upper-body injuries . . . The Rebels host the Tri-City Americans tonight, then head west Sunday for a four-game trip that will include stops in Vancouver, Kelowna and Prince George, where they will take on the Cougars Friday and Saturday. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

COLLEGE: Tough games ahead “We want to take that step,” said Queens head coach Mike Woollard. “It’s certainly a step up from last year and from two years ago. We’re heading in the right direction and we have to be happy with

the Queens, who sit at 16-1 and now need to win their final three matches — tonight at home against SAIT and Feb. 7-8 against Grant MacEwan — to secure first place in the conference.

Kings 3 Trojans 0 The Kings didn’t have their normal pregame schedule either, but there was enough time for them relax and prepare for the Trojans. As a result they rolled to a 25-14, 25-20, 25-16 victory.

“We didn’t have the same time for a pregame meal, but it wasn’t bad and the guys did a great job of preparing,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “It was a lot easier for us than the girls.”

that.”

The Queens will have a tough final two games in the regular schedule as they play in Lethbridge on Feb. 14-15, but they do know if they win one of those games they would likely be in the playoffs.

“That’s our ultimate goal,” added Woollard, who didn’t like the way the team came out of the dressing room Friday.

“I was kind of disappointed with the way we came out as we talked about execution and I think we were thinking about that instead of playing basketball. That first quarter wasn’t the best but I thought we started picking it up in the second quarter and played very well in the second half. But we need to play 40 minuets to get where we want to go.”

The Queens led 15-6 at the end of the first quarter and 30-20 at the half. The third quarter they outscored the Lightning 19-6, and didn’t allow them to score until the final 1:28 of the quarter. RDC won the final quarter 17-6.

“Any time you can hold a team to 14 points in a half, no matter who you’re playing that’s impressive,” added Woollard, who got a strong performance out of Paola Viveros, who came off the bench to score 11 points and grab seven rebounds and was named the player of the game.

“Paola got us going by getting to the basket and the others followed in stride,” said Woollard.

Mozanga Ekwalanga, who played last year for the Lightning, had 17 points while Jessica Foley added 10 points and nine rebounds.

Katie Nutini had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Lightning. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

SUPER BOWL: Both coaches have defensive backgrounds Both coaches have defensive backgrounds, and they made note of that. Yes, the NFL has become a light-up-the-scoreboard league — and no team ever did it better than Fox’s Broncos, who scored 606 points this season.

But Fox and Carroll made their reputations as defensive co-ordinators before becoming head coaches.

Carroll spent one season in charge of the Jets and three with the Patriots before heading to USC. Fox

Setter Sam Brisbane was named the RDC player of the match as he did a great job of spreading the offence around and also chipped in with two kills, an ace, two digs and two stuff blocks. Chris Osborn had seven kills and two blocks and Tim Finnigan and Braden O’Toole added six kills each.

“We expected a tough match, but the guys picked it up where they needed to. Plus now is the time where we make sure we finish the regular season on a high.”

The Kings, who are ranked No. 1 in Canada, ran their record to 15-0.

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led Carolina for nine seasons.

“You’ve got a couple old DB coaches here, and it’s interesting that’s how it turned out,” Carroll said.

“It is an offensive era that we’re in, and with all the passing game it’s gone crazy. Maybe it’s fitting that we’ve been fighting our whole life trying to slow this thing down, and we get a chance to do it here on the biggest stage.

“Really we have very similar paths and the fact that we’re defensive guys, maybe that gives the defensive guys hope that maybe we can hire one of those guys in the league soon.”

That already is happening, perhaps with the theory that strong defensive minds can slow down the points parade. Of the seven head coaching hires this year, four were filled by offence-oriented coaches (Bill O’Brien, Jim Caldwell, Ken Whisenhunt, Jay Gruden) and three by defensive guys (Lovie Smith, Mike Zimmer, Mike Pettine).

“I came up with a guy, Chuck Noll, who is a defensive guy, who I learned a lot from,” Fox said of the Hall of Fame coach of the Steelers. “I’ve been blessed to be around a lot of great people from ownerships on down to general managers, front office people, as well as coaches. You always take pride.

This is a prideful thing to be in this position and play in a game like this with such great history.

“Don’t forget about those defensive guys moving forward.”

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Local sports Hockey Today ● Gymnastics: Exelta Cup, women’s artistic, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Skiing: Regional Red Deer GS, races at 10:10 a.m. and 1:25 p.m., Canyon Ski Hill. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Aero Equipment vs.

Calgary Canucks, 11:30 a.m.; Red Deer Northstars vs. Calgary Gold, 2 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Tri-City at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Peewee AA hockey: Foothills vs, Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Kin City A; Medicine Hat vs.

Lacombe, 1:30 p.m., Clive; Okotoks vs. Red Deer Parkland, 4:45 p.m., Colicutt Centre. ● Bantam AA hockey: Southwest vs. Red Deer Steel Kings, 3 p.m., Kin City A; Taber at Sylvan Lake, 8 p.m. ● Midget AA hockjey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4:45 p.m., Arena ● College volleyball: SAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

Sunday ● Gymnastics: Exelta Cup, women’s artistic, 9 a.m. start, Collicutt Centre. ● Skiing: Regional Red Deer GS, races at 10:10 a.m. and 1:25 p.m., Canyon Ski Hill. ● Bantam AAA hockey: Red Deer Rebels Black vs, Calgary Royals, noon, Arena. ● Bantam AAA female hockey: Red Deer Sutter Fund vs.

Sherwood Park, 12:45 p.m., Kin City B. ● Peewee AA hockey: Medicine Hat vs. Red Deer Parkland, 12:45 p.m., Colicutt Centre.; Wheatland vs. Red Deer TBS, 1:45 p.m., Kin City A. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Northstars vs.

Rockyview, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Okotoks at Sylvan Lake, 2:45 p.m.; Foothills vs. Red Deer Indy Graphics, 5:30,p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Taber vs.

Red Deer Ramada, 4 p.m., Kin City A.

Transactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Miami RHP Ronny Fermin 50 games for a violating the minor league drug program.

American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with C Alex Avila on a one-year contract.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Aaron Crow on a one-year contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Announced the retirement of INF Michael Young.

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with OF Roger Bernadina on a minor league contract.

MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with OF Reed Johnson on a minor league contract.

NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with INF/ OF Matt Clark on a minor league contract.

American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed C Brian Erie. Released LHP Jose Jimenez.

LAREDO LEMURS — Released INF Garrett Rau. Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed 1B Colt Loehrs.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Signed C Kolin Conner and INF Grant DeBruin to contract extensions and OF Ryan Hutchinson.

LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed INF Kevin Berard, RHP Brad Duffy, LHP Matt Rein and SS Juan Sanchez to contract extensions and 3B Hommy Rosado.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Reassigned G Peyton Siva and F Tony Mitchell to Fort Wayne (NBADL).

NEW YORK KNICKS — Assigned G Toure’ Murry to Erie (NBADL).

FOOTBALL Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Traded WR Kito Poblah to British Columbia for DB Korey Banks.

Released QB Jason Boltus, DB Bo Smith, LB Daniel Sheffield, RB Mario Fannin and DE Mathieu Boulay.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Returned F Tim Erixon to Springfield (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned D Eric Gelinas to Albany (AHL). Recalled F Mike Sislo from Albany.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Traded D Mark Fraser to Edmonton for F Cameron Abney and the rights to F Teemu Hartikainen.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Tyson Strachan from Hershey (AHL) on an emergency basis. Reassigned C Ryan Stoa to Hershey.

American Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMEN — Signed D Kory Helowka to an SPHL contract.

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Gwinnett F Brenden Walker two games and fined him an undisclosed amount.

KALAMAZOO WINGS — Returned D Jarrett Rush to Peoria (AHL).

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Loaned G Allen York to Syracuse (AHL).

Lacrosse NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE East Division GP W L Pct. GF GA GB Buffalo 5 4 1 .800 64 57 — Rochester 4 3 1 .750 43 34 1/2 Toronto 4 2 2 .500 51 47 1 1/2 Philadelphia 5 2 3 .400 62 57 2 Minnesota 4 1 3 .250 30 41 2 1/2

Edmonton Calgary Vancouver Colorado

GP 4 5 6 7

West Division W L Pct. GF 4 01.000 54 2 3 .400 60 2 4 .333 66 2 5 .286 76

GA 32 68 72 98

GB — 2 1/2 3 3 1/2

Friday’s result Toronto 17 Vancouver 12 Today’s Games Toronto at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 7 Philadelphia at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 8 Edmonton at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Rochester, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Swift Current 52 26 18 2 6 176 154 Brandon 51 26 19 5 1 195 190 Regina 52 26 21 3 2 175 187 Prince Albert 51 23 25 2 1 162 179 Moose Jaw 51 13 30 3 5 130 198 Saskatoon 53 14 35 1 3 151 220

Pt 60 58 57 49 34 32

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA 50 36 13 0 1 208 128 51 32 13 3 3 191 141 50 29 18 3 0 172 140 51 27 21 0 3 159 153 51 26 21 2 2 160 154 54 11 38 2 3 133 251

Pt 73 70 61 57 56 27

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Kelowna 50 40 7 0 3 216 127 Victoria 51 33 16 0 2 156 120 Vancouver 52 25 19 5 3 178 176 Prince George 54 21 26 2 5 176 227 Kamloops 51 11 35 2 3 133 213

Pt 83 68 58 49 27

Edmonton Calgary Medicine Hat Red Deer Kootenay Lethbridge

Portland Seattle Spokane Everett Tri-City

GP 51 51 50 51 52

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 34 12 2 3 31 15 2 3 31 15 2 2 25 18 7 1 25 22 2 3

GF GA 230 161 176 178 175 145 149 153 134 140

Pt 73 67 66 58 55

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 Friday’s results Prince George 2 Moose Jaw 1 Swift Current 4 Medicine Hat 3 Regina 6 Saskatoon 0 Edmonton 3 Tri-City 1 Calgary 7 Brandon 4 Kootenay 4 Prince Albert 1 Lethbridge 6 Red Deer 5 (SO) Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Spokane at Portland, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Today’s Games Prince George at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Regina, 6 p.m.

Brandon at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Goal — Lethbridge: Hogue (W, 1-7-0); Red Deer: Bartosak (LS, 25-17-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Lethbridge: 2-7; Red Deer: 3-5.

Referees — Kevin Bennett, Fraser Lawrence.

Linesmen — Chad Huseby, Ross Welner.

Attendance — 5,621 at Red Deer.

4. Kootenay, Bozon 21 (Philp, Valiev) 18:57 (-EN).

5. Kootenay, Zborosky 8 (Valiev) 19:12.

Penalties — Morrissey P.A. (unsportsmanlike cnd.)

2:07, Morrissey P.A. (fighting) 2:07, Reinhart Koo (fighting) 2:07.

Goal — Prince Albert: Cheveldave (L, 18-18-2); Kootenay: Skapski (W, 15-13-2).

Oil Kings 3, Americans 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Baddock Edm (tripping) 8:29, Samuelsson Edm (high-sticking) 10:36, Purtill TC (inter. on goaltender) 13:35.

Second Period 1. Edmonton, Lazar 28 (Pollock, Kulda) 7:46.

2. Edmonton, Bauer 6 (Reinhart, Corbett) 8:33.

3. Edmonton, Irving 9 (Petryk, Samuelsson) 18:27.

Penalties — Carlo TC (slashing) 12:06, Carlo TC (tripping) 15:02.

Third Period 4. Tri-City, Williams 32 (Tot) 19:33 (pp).

Penalties — Bertolucci Edm (hooking) 6:49, Gutierrez TC (fighting) 17:41, Mills Edm (fighting) 17:41, Jarry Edm (tripping) 18:35, Moroz Edm (roughing) 20:00.

Goal — Tri-City: Comrie (L, 22-17-2); Edmonton: Jarry (W, 32-11-0).

Hitmen 7, Wheat Kings 4 First Period 1. Calgary, Brassart 21 (Padakin) :38.

2. Calgary, Virtanen 32 (unassisted) 12:25.

3. Calgary, Lang 6 (Winther, Thomas) 19:09 (pp).

Penalties — Helgesen CAL (slashing) 6:20, Mahon CAL (cross-checking) 14:20, Lang CAL (tripping) 15:09, Pilon Bra (interference) 18:35.

Second Period 4. Brandon, Lindgren 8 (Coulter) 11:40.

5. Brandon, Roy 7 (McGauley, Quenneville) 15:14.

6. Brandon, Lisoway 5 (Lindgren, Hunter) 19:56.

Penalties — Lang CAL (hooking) 1:28, Green Bra (fighting) 9:20, McGauley Bra (roughing) 9:20, McGauley Bra (roughing) 9:20, Lang CAL (roughing) 9:20, Mahon CAL (fighting) 9:20, Roach CAL (roughing) 17:25.

Third Period 7. Calgary, Chase 29 (unassisted) 5:32.

8. Calgary, Tambellini 4 (Brassart, Padakin) 12:26.

9. Calgary, Thomas 5 (unassisted) 14:29.

10. Brandon, Hawryluk 15 (Lindgren, McGauley) 19:11 (pp).

11. Calgary, Rankin 15 (Winther, Chase) 19:37.

Penalties — Coulter Bra (boarding) 3:28, Brassart CAL (interference) 18:03.

Goal — Brandon: Honey (L, 9-10-2); Calgary: Driedger (W, 19-11-3).

Broncos 4, Tigers 3 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Sanford 23 (Valk, Stanton) 10:40.

2. Swift Current, Black 24 (unassisted) 12:41.

3. Medicine Hat, Mowbray 1 (Eisenschmid, Lewington) 13:09.

Penalties — Shmoorkoff SC (boarding) 15:11, Sanford MH (holding opp. stick) 18:56.

Second Period 4. Swift Current, Heatherington 5 (Mackay, Honka) 16:49.

Penalties — Spagrud SC (hooking) 2:36, Lewington MH (holding) 8:20, Heatherington SC (tripping) 9:42, Martin SC (cross-checking) 19:37.

Third Period 5. Swift Current, Black 25 (Honka, Heatherington) 8:59.

6. Swift Current, Black 26 (Merkley, Cave) 17:57.

7. Medicine Hat, Sanford 24 (Vannelli, Stanton) 18:23.

Penalties — Cox MH (hooking) 6:53, Cox MH (slashing) 18:40.

Goal — Medicine Hat: Langhamer (L, 13-8-2); Swift Current: Laurikainen (W, 17-13-0).

Cougars 2, Warriors 1 First Period

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Hurricanes 6, Rebels 5 (SO) First Period 1. Red Deer, Dieno 18 (Feser, Bartosak) 4:19 (short-handed-SH).

2. Lethbridge, Duke 10 (Watson, Foulk) 4:52 (pp).

3. Red Deer, Maxwell 11 (Feser, Dieno) 6:36 (pp).

4. Red Deer, Maxwell 12 (Musil, Gaudet) 8:35 (pp).

5. Lethbridge, Folk 2 (Cooper) 15:25.

Penalties — Gaudet RD (checking to the head) 0:23, Musil RD (inter. on goaltender) 3:02, Holub Let (hooking) 5:20, Watson Let (holding) 7:37, Fafard RD (delay of game) 9:12.

Second Period 6. Red Deer, Charif 2 (Nell, Fleury) 3:09.

7. Lethbridge, Walters 2 (Sheen, Erkamps) 5:35.

Penalties — Folk Let (roughing) 4:32, Dixon RD (roughing) 4:32, Estephan Let (slashing) 10:10, Folk Let (fighting) 13:11, Doetzel RD (instigator) 13:11, Doetzel RD (fighting) 13:11, Doetzel RD (10-minute misconduct) 13:11, Cooper Let (hooking) 16:13, Mpofu RD (tripping) 18:48, Watson Let (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 20:00, Fafard RD (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 20:00.

Third Period 8. Red Deer, Kopeck 9 (Gaudet, Fleury) 3:36 (pp).

9. Lethbridge, Olynek 4 (Duke, Watson) 7:30 (pp).

10. Lethbridge, Duke 11 (Sheen, Swenson) 12:03.

Penalties — Cooper Let (tripping) 2:13, Nell RD (high-sticking) 7:21, Gaudet RD (hooking) 9:41.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Lethbridge : Sheen miss, Duke miss, Cooper miss, Estephan miss, Olynek goal.

Red Deer : Dieno miss, Bleackley miss, Maxwell miss, Fleury miss, Kopeck miss.

Shots on goal by Lethbridge 15 9 7 2 5 — 33 Red Deer 13 13 11 4 5 — 41

No Scoring.

Penalties — McNulty PG (fighting) 9:41, Cooke MJ (fighting) 9:41, Johnson MJ (high-sticking) 10:38, Bobos PG (boarding) 15:40.

Second Period 1. Prince George, McNulty 13 (Harkins, Fiddler) 3:21.

2. Moose Jaw, Uhrich 6 (Duperreault, Sleptsov) 6:41.

Penalties — Point MJ (slashing) 10:54, Tomchuk PG (tripping) 13:40, Mrkonjic PG (tripping) 15:14.

Third Period 3. Prince George, Fiddler 32 (Wilson) 11:30.

Penalties — Rodewald MJ (holding) 6:01, Jensen MJ (delay of game) 14:27.

Goal — Prince George: Edmonds (W, 16-15-1); Moose Jaw: Paulic (L, 8-23-3).

Pats 6, Blades 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Hebig Sas (high-sticking) 13:47, Leier Reg (inter. on goaltender) 18:46.

Second Period 1. Regina, Stephenson 22 (Hunt, Zgraggen) 9:11.

2. Regina, Burroughs 4 (Klimchuk, Hunt) 10:03.

3. Regina, Hunt 15 (Klimchuk, Burroughs) 13:00.

4. Regina, McVeigh 9 (Brooks, Zgraggen) 14:03.

Penalties — Millette Sas (unsportsmanlike cnd.)

0:00, Burroughs Reg (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 0:00, Graham Sas (kneeing) 2:04, Nikkel Sas (fighting) 5:53, Stevenson Reg (fighting) 5:53, Lipon Sas (roughing) 17:39, Klimchuk Reg (roughing) 17:39, Stevenson Reg (roughing) 17:39.

Third Period 5. Regina, Gay 11 (D’Amico) 8:23.

6. Regina, Stephenson 23 (Sinitsyn) 16:26.

Penalties — Millette Sas (slashing) 6:57, Klimchuk Reg (slashing) 8:05, Klimchuk Reg (high-sticking) 12:56, Clayton Sas (roughing) 17:38, Burroughs Reg (hooking) 18:19.

Goal — Saskatoon: Trombley (L, 7-17-0); Regina: Wapple (W, 16-11-1).

Ice 4, Raiders 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Descheneau Koo (hooking) 16:30.

Second Period 1. Prince Albert, Conroy 20 (Draisaitl, Guhle) 16:43.

2. Kootenay, Franko 15 (Reinhart, Dirk) 17:24.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 3. Kootenay, Philp 20 (Franko, Dirk) 2:35 (pp).

Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Montreal Detroit Ottawa Florida Buffalo

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT GF GA 53 34 16 3 160 119 54 31 18 5 160 136 56 29 21 6 164 173 54 29 20 5 135 135 54 24 19 11 139 152 54 24 20 10 155 170 54 21 26 7 132 170 53 15 30 8 104 154

Pt 71 67 64 63 59 58 49 38

Pittsburgh NY Rangers Carolina Columbus Philadelphia New Jersey Washington NY Islanders

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT GF GA 54 38 14 2 175 129 56 30 23 3 145 140 54 25 20 9 137 151 54 27 23 4 159 153 55 26 23 6 150 163 56 23 21 12 132 140 55 24 22 9 158 167 57 21 28 8 159 191

Pt 78 63 59 58 58 58 57 50

Chicago St. Louis Colorado Minnesota Nashville Dallas Winnipeg

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT GF GA 56 33 10 13 199 156 53 36 12 5 181 122 53 34 14 5 158 141 56 29 21 6 137 140 56 25 23 8 139 168 54 24 21 9 156 160 56 26 25 5 159 165

Pt 79 77 73 64 58 57 57

Anaheim San Jose Los Angeles Vancouver Phoenix Calgary Edmonton

GP 56 55 56 56 54 54 56

Pacific Division W L OT GF 40 11 5 189 34 15 6 166 30 20 6 134 27 20 9 142 25 19 10 156 20 27 7 128 18 32 6 147

Pt 85 74 66 63 60 47 42

GA 137 133 120 147 163 170 190

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

Friday’s results Carolina 3 St. Louis 1 NY Rangers 4 NY Islanders 1 Detroit 4 Washington 3 (SO) Nashville 3 New Jersey 2 (OT) Winnipeg 4 Vancouver 3 Today’s games Edmonton at Boston, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Colorado, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Chicago at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Detroit at Washington, 10:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Red Wings 4, Capitals 3 (SO) First Period

1. Washington, Chimera 11 (Backstrom, Carlson) 15:24 (pp).

Penalties — Backstrom Wash (tripping) 7:18, Orlov Wash (delay of game) 9:47, DeKeyser Det (tripping) 14:18, Alzner Wash (hooking) 18:27.

Second Period 2. Detroit, Miller 6 (Glendening, Eaves) 2:09.

3. Detroit, DeKeyser 3 (Sheahan) 18:21.

Penalties — Fehr Wash (roughing) 12:56.

Third Period 4. Washington, Wellman 2 (Ovechkin) 8:09.

5. Detroit, Nyquist 10 (unassisted) 10:15.

6. Washington, Ovechkin 39 (Carlson, Chimera) 19:53.

Penalties — Fehr Wash (tripping) 2:13, Jurco Det (slashing) 16:31.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout — Detroit wins 1-0 Washington : Fehr miss, Ovechkin miss, Backstrom miss, Wellman miss, Brouwer miss, Erat miss, Beagle miss.

Detroit : Alfredsson miss, Tatar miss, Zetterberg miss, Helm miss, Nyquist miss, Sheahan miss, Eaves goal.

Goal — Washington: Neuvirth (LO, 3-5-2); Detroit: Howard (W, 10-12-8).

Predators 3, Devils 2 (OT) First Period 1. Nashville, Weber 14 (Hornqvist) 6:45.

Penalties — Smith Nash (high-sticking) 14:53.

Second Period 2. New Jersey, Elias 11 (Jagr, Zajac) 13:00.

3. New Jersey, Jagr 17 (Elias, Zajac) 18:59.

Penalties — Volchenkov NJ (interference) 2:10, Sissons Nash (holding) 5:56, Zubrus NJ (tripping) 14:59.

Third Period 4. Nashville, Legwand 10 (Josi, Jones) 19:49.

Penalties — Bernier NJ (roughing) 12:09, Wilson Nash (roughing) 12:09.

Overtime 5. Nashville, Weber 15 (Wilson) 1:29.

Penalties — None.

Goal — New Jersey: Schneider (LO, 10-10-8); Nashville: Hutton (W, 13-8-2).

Jets 4, Canucks 3 First Period 1. Winnipeg, Bogosian 3 (Enstrom, Ladd) 5:02.

2. Winnipeg, Setoguchi 9 (Byfuglien, Scheifele) 6:07.

3. Vancouver, Edler 4 (Burrows, Kesler) 10:27 (pp).

Penalties — Thorburn Wpg (holding) 10:19.

Second Period 4. Vancouver, Kesler 19 (unassisted) 4:48.

5. Winnipeg, Frolik 11 (Ladd, Little) 6:41.

Penalties — Lain Vcr (tripping) 11:40.

Third Period 6. Vancouver, Garrison 6 (Stanton, Kesler) 11:50.

7. Winnipeg, Setoguchi 10 (Trouba) 17:04.

Penalties — Trouba Wpg (tripping) 6:29, Booth Vcr (high-sticking) 12:22, Burrows Vcr (high-sticking) 17:04.

Goal — Vancouver: Lack (L, 8-7-3); Winnipeg: Pavelec (W, 17-21-4).

RANGERS 4, Islanders 1 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Boyle 4 (Staal) 3:29.

Penalties — Brassard NYR (holding) 10:58.

Second Period 2. NY Islanders, Okposo 24 (De Haan, Bailey) 14:28.

Penalties — MacDonald NYI (cross-checking) 3:26, McDonagh NYR (hooking) 12:23, Hickey NYI (stick holding) 19:55.

Third Period 3. NY Rangers, Brassard 9 (Staal, Zuccarello) 12:14.

4. NY Rangers, Richards 14 (Callahan, Hagelin) 14:59.

5. NY Rangers, McDonagh 8 (Moore) 19:59 (en).

Penalties — Richards NYR (hooking) 7:31, Nelson NYI (roughing) 9:27, Staal NYR (roughing) 9:27, Kreider NYR (roughing) 11:39, Cizikas NYI (roughing) 11:39, Tavares NYI (slashing) 18:06, Pouliot NYR (slashing) 18:51.

Goal — NY Islanders: Nabokov (L, 9-10-5); NY Rangers: Lundqvist (W, 20-18-3).

Hurricanes 3, Blues 1 First Period 1. Carolina, Gerbe 12 (Sekera, Faulk) 3:46 (pp).

2. St. Louis, Backes 18 (Roy, Oshie) 9:23 (pp).

Penalties — Morrow StL (high-sticking) 2:19, Oshie StL (elbowing) 4:56, Hainsey Car (hooking) 9:11, Morrow StL (interference) 11:25.

Second Period 3. Carolina, Skinner 23 (Staal) 1:51.

Penalties — Semin Car (boarding) 13:54, Staal Car (holding) 19:07.

Third Period 4. Carolina, Semin 13 (unassisted) 18:56 (en).

Penalties — Semin Car (closing hand on puck) 1:38, Morrow StL (tripping) 4:24.

Goal — St. Louis: Halak (L, 23-8-3); Carolina: Khudobin (W, 12-4-0).

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct d-Indiana 35 10 .778 d-Miami 32 13 .711 d-Toronto 25 21 .543 Atlanta 24 21 .533 Chicago 23 22 .511 Washington 22 23 .489 Brooklyn 20 24 .455 Charlotte 20 27 .426 New York 19 27 .413 Detroit 18 27 .400 Cleveland 16 30 .348 Philadelphia 15 32 .319 Boston 15 33 .313

Orlando Milwaukee GB — 3 10.5 11 12 13 14.5 16 16.5 17 19.5 21 21.5

13 8

35 38

.271 .174

23.5 27.5

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct 38 10 .792 33 13 .717 33 13 .717 33 16 .673 31 17 .646 28 18 .609 28 19 .596 27 21 .563 25 20 .556 23 23 .500 22 23 .489

GB — 4 4 5.5 7 9 9.5 11 11.5 14 14.5

d-Oklahoma City d-San Antonio Portland d-L.A. Clippers Houston Phoenix Golden State Dallas Memphis Minnesota Denver

New Orleans Utah L.A. Lakers Sacramento

19 16 16 15

26 29 30 31

.422 .356 .348 .326

17.5 20.5 21 22

d-division leader Friday’s Games Orlando 113, Milwaukee 102 Atlanta 125, Philadelphia 99 Memphis 94, Minnesota 90 Oklahoma City 120, Brooklyn 95 Dallas 107, Sacramento 103 Toronto 100, Denver 90 Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

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

Today’s Games Brooklyn at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Washington, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Houston, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Chicago at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Miami at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games Orlando at Boston, 11 a.m.

Golf OMEGA DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC At Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $2.5 million Yardage: 7,316; Par: 72 Second Round a-amateur Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland63-70 — Brooks Koepka, United States69-65 — Julien Quesne, France 66-70 — Damien McGrane, Ireland 66-70 — Danny Willett, England 71-65 — Stephen Gallacher, Scotland66-71 — Jamie Donaldson, Wales 69-68 — Edoardo Molinari, Italy 65-72 — Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand68-69 — Henrik Stenson, Sweden 70-67 — Robert Rock, England 67-70 — Justin Walters, South Africa69-68 — Simon Dyson, England 69-69 — Roope Kakko, Finland 69-69 — Magnus A. Carlsson, Sweden69-69 — Emiliano Grillo, Argentina 71-67 — Soren Hansen, Denmark 67-71 — Francesco Molinari, Italy 69-69 — Morten Orum Madsen, Denmark 71-67 138 Also

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Paul Lawrie, Scotland 68-71 Joost Luiten, Netherlands 70-69 Colin Montgomerie, Scotland70-70 Tiger Woods, United States68-73 Fred Couples, United States70-71 Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 72-70 Paul Casey, England 70-72 Missed cut

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Peter Uihlein, United States75-68 Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain75-69 Ernie Els, South Africa 74-70 John Daly, United States 70-74 Mark O’Meara, United States70-74 Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain74-71 a-Javier Ballesteros, Spain74-71

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Greg Chalmers Harris English Hideki Matsuyama Pat Perez Kevin Stadler William McGirt Brandt Snedeker Patrick Reed Scott Piercy Morgan Hoffmann Martin Laird Jason Kokrak Nick Watney Ken Duke Kiradech Aphibarnrat Nicolas Colsaerts James Driscoll Hunter Mahan Ryan Moore Bill Haas Jhonattan Vegas Y.E. Yang Chris Stroud Cameron Tringale David Hearn Chris Kirk David Lynn Ricky Barnes Bryce Molder

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Phil Mickelson Aaron Baddeley John Peterson Ben Crane Matt Every John Rollins Brendon de Jonge Graham DeLaet John Mallinger Kevin Streelman Gary Woodland Jonas Blixt Chris Smith Charles Howell III Erik Compton Fred Funk Brendan Steele John Merrick Kevin Na Brian Gay Ben Curtis Robert Garrigus David Lingmerth Martin Kaymer Webb Simpson Michael Thompson Sang-Moon Bae Ryan Palmer Steven Bowditch

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Soccer SPANISH FOOTBALL La Liga GP W D L GF GA Barcelona 21 17 3 1 57 13 A. Madrid 21 17 3 1 52 14 Real Madrid 21 17 2 2 60 21 A. Bilbao 21 13 3 5 41 27 Villarreal 21 11 4 6 39 22 R. Sociedad 21 10 6 5 42 30 Sevilla 21 8 7 6 39 34 Levante 21 7 6 8 22 30 Espanyol 21 7 5 9 25 27 Valencia 21 7 4 10 28 33 Celta Vigo 22 7 4 11 29 35 Granada 22 7 3 12 20 29 Getafe 21 7 3 11 22 34 Osasuna 21 6 4 11 18 34 Almeria 21 6 4 11 22 40 Malaga 21 5 6 10 19 27 Elche 21 5 6 10 19 32 Valladolid 21 4 7 10 24 37 R. Vallecano 21 5 1 15 21 51 Real Betis 21 2 5 14 18 47

Pts 54 54 53 42 37 36 31 27 26 25 25 24 24 22 22 21 21 19 16 11

Friday’s Games Granada 1, Celta Vigo 2 Today’s Games Barcelona vs. Valencia, 1500 GMT Levante vs. Rayo Vallecano, 1700 GMT Getafe vs. Valladolid, 1900 GMT Malaga vs. Sevilla, 2100 GMT Sunday’s Games Elche vs. Almeria, 1100 GMT Real Betis vs. Espanyol, 1600 GMT Atletico Madrid vs. Real Sociedad, 1800 GMT Athletic Bilbao vs. Real Madrid, 2000 GMT Monday’s Games Villarreal vs. Osasuna, 2100 GMT

Juventus Roma Napoli Fiorentina

ITALIAN FOOTBALL Italy Serie A GP W D L GF 21 18 2 1 51 21 15 5 1 45 21 13 5 3 44 21 12 5 4 40

GA 15 11 23 23

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Inter Milan Torino Parma Verona AC Milan Lazio Genoa Atalanta Sampdoria Cagliari Udinese Chievo Bologna Sassuolo Livorno Catania

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Today’s Games Bologna vs. Udinese, 1700 GMT Cagliari vs. Fiorentina, 1700 GMT AC Milan vs. Torino, 1945 GMT Sunday’s Games Genoa vs. Sampdoria, 1130 GMT Atalanta vs. Napoli, 1400 GMT Catania vs. Livorno, 1400 GMT Chievo vs. Lazio, 1400 GMT Roma vs. Parma, 1400 GMT Sassuolo vs. Verona, 1400 GMT Juventus vs. Inter Milan, 1945 GMT GERMAN FOOTBALL Germany Bundesliga GP W D L GF GA B. Munich 18 16 2 0 46 9 B. Leverkusen 18 12 1 5 34 19 B. Dortmund 19 11 3 5 42 23 B. Moench.

18 10 3 5 35 21 Schalke 18 9 4 5 35 28 Wolfsburg 18 9 3 6 29 22 H. BSC Berlin 18 8 4 6 27 21 Mainz 18 8 3 7 27 32 Augsburg 18 7 4 7 23 27 Hannover 18 6 3 9 26 32 W. Bremen 18 5 5 8 22 37 Stuttgart 18 5 4 9 31 35 Hoffenheim 18 4 6 8 36 42

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E.Frankfurt Freiburg H. SV Nuremberg E. Braun.

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Friday’s Games Eintracht Braunschweig 1, Borussia Dortmund 2 Today’s Games Hoffenheim vs. Hamburger SV, 1430 GMT Bayer Leverkusen vs. Stuttgart, 1430 GMT Augsburg vs. Werder Bremen, 1430 GMT Schalke vs. Wolfsburg, 1430 GMT Mainz vs. Freiburg, 1430 GMT Hannover vs. Borussia Moenchengladbach, 1730 GMT Sunday’s Games Hertha BSC Berlin vs. Nuremberg, 1430 GMT Bayern Munich vs. Eintracht Frankfurt, 1630 GMT FRENCH FOOTBALL France Ligue 1 W D L GF GA 16 6 1 54 15 14 6 2 36 14 12 5 5 24 13 11 4 7 30 22 10 5 7 31 24 9 7 6 35 27 9 7 7 29 25 10 3 9 24 22 8 9 5 25 24 9 4 9 29 28 7 7 7 21 26 7 6 8 24 29 8 3 11 21 28 6 8 8 20 22 4 12 6 24 26 5 9 8 23 25 5 6 11 20 37 4 6 12 22 33 2 6 14 16 44 1 7 14 15 39

GP P.S.G. 23 Monaco 22 Lille 22 Saint-Etienne 22 Marseille 22 Lyon 22 Bordeaux 23 Nantes 22 Reims 22 Lorient 22 Toulouse 21 SC Bastia 21 Nice 22 Guingamp 22 Montpellier 22 Rennes 22 Evian 22 Valenciennes 22 Sochaux 22 Ajaccio 22

Friday’s Games Paris Saint-Germain 2, Bordeaux 0

Pts 54 48 41 37 35 34 34 33 33 31 28 27 27 26 24 24 21 18 12 10

Today’s Games Lorient vs. Monaco, 1530 GMT Evian vs. Ajaccio, 1900 GMT Reims vs. Montpellier, 1900 GMT SC Bastia vs. Guingamp, 1900 GMT Sochaux vs. Nantes, 1900 GMT Saint-Etienne vs. Valenciennes, 1900 GMT Sunday’s Games Nice vs. Lille, 1300 GMT Rennes vs. Lyon, 1600 GMT Marseille vs. Toulouse, 2000 GMT DUTCH FOOTBALL Dutch Eredivisie GP W D L GF Ajax 20 13 4 3 43 Vitesse 21 12 6 3 46 FC Twente 19 10 7 2 44 Feyenoord 21 11 4 6 44 SC Heerenveen20 8 6 6 45 PSV Eindhoven20 8 5 7 36 FC Groningen 19 7 7 5 37 AZ Alkmaar 20 8 3 9 32 FC Zwolle 20 6 7 7 28 H. Almelo 20 7 4 9 28 FC Utrecht 20 7 3 10 28 G. A. Eagles 20 6 5 9 29 Cambuur 20 6 4 10 21 NAC Breda 20 6 4 10 30 Roda JC 20 5 7 8 33 ADO Den Haag20 6 2 12 25 RKC Waalwijk 20 4 7 9 27 NEC Nijmegen20 4 7 9 33

GA 17 27 19 30 37 26 33 34 27 35 40 44 27 37 43 45 37 51

Pts 43 42 37 37 30 29 28 27 25 25 24 23 22 22 22 20 19 19

Friday’s Games Feyenoord 1, Vitesse 1 Today’s Games SC Heerenveen vs. ADO Den Haag, 1745 GMT Heracles Almelo vs. NAC Breda, 1845 GMT FC Zwolle vs. Roda JC, 1845 GMT AZ Alkmaar vs. FC Groningen, 1945 GMT Sunday’s Games FC Utrecht vs. Ajax, 1130 GMT FC Twente vs. Cambuur, 1330 GMT NEC Nijmegen vs. Go Ahead Eagles, 1330 GMT RKC Waalwijk vs. PSV Eindhoven, 1530 GMT

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SATURDAY, FEB. 1, 2014

Keystone XL report positive

BY ALEXANDER PANETTA THE CANADIAN PRESS

TransCanada pleased with review

WASHINGTON — The often-delayed, hotly debated Keystone XL pipeline has taken one step closer to completion, but every last yard still threatens to be a battle through a barrage of litigation, investigation and political calculation.

A long-awaited report by the U.S. State Department concluded Friday that the proposed TransCanada pipeline would produce less greenhouse gas emissions compared with transporting oil to the Gulf of Mexico by rail.

That’s because the development of the Alberta oilsands appears likely to continue, pipeline or not, according to the report, which raised no major objections to the project.

It said the industry is driven by too many factors to pin everything on a single pipeline — an apparent rejection of the argument by environmental groups that stopping Keystone XL would thwart the oilsands.

Still, the Keystone debate remains far from the finish line.

For starters, the Environmental Protection Agency and other U.S. government departments now have up to

THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — TransCanada says it’s pleased with the U.S. State Department’s latest report into its controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline proposal, but acknowledges there’s some ways to go before it can start construction.

CEO Russ Girling told reporters Friday the report supports many of TransCanada’s (TSX:TRP) arguments in favour of the 830,000-barrel-per-day line when it comes to jobs, environmental protection and the line’s impact on the pace of oilsands development.

But he says TransCanada still has much work to do as a comment period of up to 90 days kicks off.

90 days to comment on the report. The file then gets transferred to the desk of U.S. President Barack Obama, who must make the final call.

A spokeswoman for Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly noted that he can take as long as he wants to make a

“This is still an active process, very much, as we move to the national interest determination. I fully expect that there will be a whole host of processes and questions that we’ll have to respond to and participate in,” he said.

“We look forward to that. In our view, I think we’ve got good and solid evidence and answers for all of the national interest determination criteria and we’re very much looking forward to getting on with that process and getting it to completion.”

Girling said about $2 billion has been sunk into the project so far.

About half of the cost encompasses pipe, pumps, valves and other equipment sitting idle. The rest covers engineering and regulatory work that’s been done so far. recommendation to the president.

“Technically there’s no deadline,” Kerry spokeswoman Melanie Harf told a press briefing.

Those opposed to the project vowed to keep fighting. One issued a statement on its Facebook page titled,

“Game on.”

In fact, they said there was enough material in the report to justify a rejection and pointed to an observation that oilsands growth could theoretically slow down if oil prices remained lower than expected and if all new Canadian pipeline projects were stopped.

But the report arrived at the same basic conclusion as past State Department reviews during the halting, fiveyear process: that the growth of Alberta’s industry appears likely with or without Keystone XL. “The dominant drivers of oil sands development are more global than any single infrastructure project,” said the report’s executive summary.

The findings are sure to be touted by the Canadian government, and supporters of the project on both sides of the border. Obama has said his decision will be guided primarily by whether the pipeline would significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions.

However, TransCanada (TSX:TRP) is under no illusions about the fight ahead. Russ Girling said Friday that he’s hopeful, that the facts would win out over what he called opponents’ “misinformation.”

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Grain backlog worries farmers

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Full grain bins on Canada’s Prairies; empty ships on its West Coast — and thousands of kilometres of rail lines in between.

This is the logistical challenge facing Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways, as the two companies struggle to get last year’s bumper crop to port. But the problem is not just CP and CN’s, as farmers desperate for working capital stare at grain piled on the ground.

“It’s probably the No. 1 issue at this time that grain farmers are talking about,” said Kevin Bender, a Bentleyarea producer and director with the Alberta Wheat Commission.

Terry Young, who also serves on the Wheat Commission board and is a director with the Alberta Canola Producers Commission, said getting grain cars to elevators and then on to Pacific terminals has been a big challenge.

“It appears the concerns are all across Western Canada,” said the Lacombe-area farmer. “It’s not an isolated incident.”

Brian Otto, president of the Western Barley Growers Association, attended a Jan. 21 meeting in Winnipeg that involved federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, CP and CN officials, and

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Grain cars sit at the ready on the track in the CP Rail yards in the Edgar Industrial area of Red Deer Thursday. representatives of a number of producer groups.

“Some of the information we gathered in Winnipeg was that the export terminals in Vancouver are at 30 per cent capacity — that’s almost empty; and we’ve got over 30 ships waiting to load grain for export. And the elevator capacity inland, which is where we’re at here on the Prairies, is at 90 per cent capacity, which essentially is plugged.

“That’s affecting our reputation as a reliable and timely supplier of product to our customers,” said Otto, who farms near Warner in Southern Alberta, but once attended high school in Red Deer.

Officials with the rail companies insist they’ve been working hard to move the grain.

“In the post-harvest period, CN’s grain hopper car placements in Western Canada were at a record-setting pace and are 12 per cent higher than the five-year average,” said Mark Hallman, CN’s director of communications and public affairs.

He added that CN’s delivery of grain cars to West Coast port terminals was also at or near a record pace.

“From August to December, CN grain car unloads at port terminal elevators were 9.5 per cent higher than the five-year average at the West Coast and 22 per cent higher at Prince Rupert.”

CP has also been moving record volumes of grain, said Kevin Hrysak, the company’s media relations manager for Canada.

He and Hallman do, however, confirm that extreme cold weather this winter has hampered their companies’ ability to transport grain and other products.

Young, Bender and Otto acknowledge that last year’s huge crop is the main reason the grain transportation system has lagged behind its customers’ needs.

“The railroads have moved a lot of grain, I won’t deny that,” said Otto, adding that other products like lumber, coal and potash have also required space on trains.

“It’s not just grain that’s struggling with this difficulty.”

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Economy grew 0.2% in November: StatsCan BUSINESS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The economy grew by 0.2 per cent month over month in November, boosted by the resource sector and marking the fifth straight monthly increase, Statistics Canada said Friday.

The increase matched the expectations of economists and was just below the 0.3 per cent gain in October.

“While looking somewhat deep into the rear-view mirror, the decent month continues to point to a sturdy end to 2013 for the Canadian economy,” BMO chief economist Doug Porter wrote in a note.

“The three-month trend in growth is now running at a nifty 3.8 per cent annualized clip and output is up 2.6 per cent from a year ago.”

Statistics Canada said the output of goods-producing industries rose by 0.4 per cent in November, led by an increase in oil and gas extraction, which rose 2.6 per cent.

Mining and quarrying was up 1.3 per cent, while utilities gained 2.1 per cent as cold weather boosted demand for electricity and natural gas.

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Manufacturing was down 0.5 per cent. The output of service industries rose 0.2 per cent as retail trade gained 0.8 per cent. Wholesale trade lost 0.6 per cent.

TD Bank economist Leslie Preston said that with two out of three months now in hand for the fourth quarter, the economy looks to have built on the momentum of the third quarter.

“However, the quarter likely ended on a sour note in December as severe winter weather led to power outages and otherwise crimped activity in many parts of the country,” Preston wrote in a report.

“That leaves the economy with very weak momentum heading into the first quarter of 2014, which could now see a more modest growth tally.”

Last week, the Bank of Canada said in its monetary policy report that economic growth in the second half of 2013 was better than expected and should pick up from an estimated 1.8 per cent in 2013 to 2.5 per cent both this year and next.

The central bank expects global growth — led by stronger momentum in the U.S. — to rise from 2.9 per cent in 2013, to 3.4 per cent and 3.7 per cent

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in the following years.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said the modest growth was “an encouraging sign that Canada’s economy remains on the right track.”

“With continued uncertainty in the global economy, it’s essential that we remain focused on creating jobs and growth here in Canada,” Flaherty said Friday.

The federal budget is expected Feb. 11.

The read on the economy came as Statistics Canada also revised December’s 45,900 job loss to 44,000 as part of its annual tweak of seasonal adjustment factors.

The year-end unemployment rate was left unchanged at 7.2 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Conference Board of Canada said its new composite leading index suggested the economy will grow in the first half of this year, but only modestly.

The index, which looks at the performance of 10 components that track the short-term course of the economy, was up 0.3 per cent in December, matching gains in October and November.

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Royal Bank CEO’s pay up 1% to $12.7 million last year TORONTO — Royal Bank (TSX:RY) chief executive Gord Nixon received a pay increase of about one per cent in 2013, his last full year in the top job at the bank.

Nixon was paid $12.7 million last year, up from the $12.6 million what he made in 2012.

The details of key executive’s pay were outlined bank’s annual disclosure released Friday.

Overall, Royal Bank’s top-five executive leadership received a seven per cent increase in compensation to nearly $47.7 million.

The bank earned a record $8.4 billion for the year, an increase of 12 per cent over 2012, as it improved results in its retail banking operations, wealth management and capital markets divisions.

Nixon retires on Aug. 1 .

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 97.11 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.86 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.76 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.55 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.02 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30 Cdn. National Railway . . 59.61 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 168.84 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 37.90 Capital Power Corp . . . . 22.79 Cervus Equipment Corp 23.69 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 45.51 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.76 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 26.95 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.62 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.08 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.98 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.71 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 46.21 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 67.78 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.93 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.66 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 48.42

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.49 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.70 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 57.75 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.68 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.15 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 21.46 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.67 First Quantum Minerals . 19.93 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 27.79 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.84 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.11 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 34.92 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.44 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 26.80

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 95.07 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.52 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.92 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.02 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 15.75

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 29.05 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 30.99 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 56.64 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.68 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 51.34 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 36.52 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.02 Canyon Services Group. 10.76 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 29.14 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.840 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.02 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.49 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 92.16

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed in the red on the final day of January trading on Friday as worries about European deflation and currency troubles in emerging markets

persuaded investors to step back after a big run-up.

However, markets were well off earlier lows as the S&P/TSX composite index dropped 40.34 points to 13,694.94.

The Canadian dollar ad-

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 49.01 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.70 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 33.09 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 45.55 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.20 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.33 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.175 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.97 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.59 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.99 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.75 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.25 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 61.32 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 68.06 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 61.10 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.57 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 36.43 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.59 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.65 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 54.00 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 67.80 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.55 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 83.44 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.95 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 68.93 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 36.73 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.32

vanced 0.22 of a cent to 89.78 cents US as November gross domestic product rose 0.2 per cent, in line with forecasts.

New York’s Dow industrials dropped 149.76 points to 15,698.85, the Nasdaq slipped

19.25 points to 4,103.88 and the S&P 500 index lost 11.6 points to 1,782.59.

Data showed that inflation in the eurozone fell to 0.7 per cent in the 12 months to January from 0.8 per cent the previous month.

The data raised worries that the region could slip into a situation where prices are actually falling. Such deflation can hurt an economy as consumers delay purchases and businesses postpone investment.

The deflation concerns added to emerging market currency worries that have buffeted markets this past week.

The TSX is up 0.53 per cent for the month and the Dow industrials is down 5.3 cent. But analysts suggested that a reason for the decline is that investors simply wanted to cash in on a huge rally last year that left the Dow up well over 20 per cent.

“This is more like taking profits,” said Sid Mokhtari, a technical analyst at CIBC World Markets, noting that the U.S. market has only fallen four per cent this month peak to trough.

“Internals of the market are still OK,” he said. “We don’t see too many damaged profiles to the market internals, which is generally a good sign.”

Meanwhile, TransCanada’s (TSX:TRP) shares gained 59 cents to $48.42 after an environmental report from the U.S. State Department said the company’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline is unlikely to significantly affect the rate of extraction in the Alberta oil sands. The report stops short of recommending approval of th pipeline but gives President Barack Obama political cover if he chooses to endorse the pipeline in spite of opposition.

TSX losses were paced by a 1.65 per cent fall in the base metals sector as March copper in New York lost three cents to US$3.19 a pound.

Uranium miner Cameco (TSX:CCO) is selling its share of the Bruce Power nuclear partnership in southwestern Ontario to Borealis Infrastructure for $450 million. Cameco shares were down 91 cents to $23.67.

Financials also weighed, down 0.93 per cent.

The gold sector slipped about 0.4 per cent as gold gave back $2.70 to US$1,239.80 an ounce.

The industrials group was slightly lower after Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR) missed quarterly earnings estimates by a penny a share as results were impacted by tough winter conditions. CN shares gained 27 cents to $59.61 as the railway upped its quarterly dividend by 16 per cent to 25 cents and RBC Capital Markets raised its rating to outperform.

Meanwhile, CN also said that 3,000 unionized train conductors, trainpersons, yardpersons and traffic co-ordinators failed to ratify a tentative contract that was reached in October.

The energy sector rose 0.25 per cent as March crude lost 74 cents to US$97.49 a barrel.

In the U.S., Amazon stock fell 11 per cent as the retailer handed in results that missed earnings and revenue forecasts.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Friday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,694.94, down 40.34 points TSX Venture Exchange — 951.28, down 1.60 points TSX 60 — 785.53, down 3.16 points Dow — 15,698.85, down 149.76 points S&P 500 — 1,782.59, down 11.60 points Nasdaq — 4,103.88, down 19.25 points

Currencies at close: Cdn — 89.78 cents US, up 0.22 of a cent Pound — C$1.8312, down 0.90 of a cent Euro — C$1.5023 down 1.09 cents Euro — US$1.3488, down 0.64 of a cent Oil futures: US$97.49 per barrel, down 74 cents (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,239.80 per oz., down $2.70 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.392 oz., up 8.9 cents $719.90 kg, up $2.86 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $4.20 higher $430.20; May ’14 $4.50 higher $440.40; July ’14 $4.20 higher $449.00; Nov. ’14 $3.80 higher $464.40; Jan ’15 $3.80 higher $469.90; March ’15 $3.80 higher $475.20; May ’15 $3.60 higher $477.50; July ’15 $3.60 higher $479.50; Nov ’15 $3.60 higher $475.50; Jan. ’16 $3.60 higher $475.50; March ’16 $3.60 higher $475.70.

Barley (Western): March ’14 unchanged $126.50; May ’14 unchanged $128.50; July ’14 unchanged $128.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $128.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $128.50; March ’15 unchanged $128.50; May ’15 unchanged $128.50; July ’15 unchanged $128.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $128.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $128.50; March ’16 unchanged $128.50.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 465,180 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 465,180.

Traditional retailers struggle while Amazon flourishes NEW YORK — The financial strains and shifting shopping habits of Americans have led to uneven fortunes for retailers.

Traditional consumer companies like Wal-Mart and Mattel have continued to struggle as Americans spend more cautiously in the uncertain economy. Meanwhile, Amazon.com has flourished as shoppers increasingly buy online rather than head to stores.

The trend was evident during the pivotal holiday shopping season, a time roughly from November through December when many retailers can make up to 40 per cent of their annual revenue. Overall, government figures show that spending during October through December rose at the fastest clip in three years.

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KEYSTONE: Insider information?

Meanwhile, those opposed are threatening to bury the project in litigation. There’s already a lawsuit in Nebraska to prevent the governor from forcing landowners to allow the pipeline on their path.

Some opponents are also demanding an investigation into how Canadian officials, journalists and oil executives learned about Friday’s report before the U.S. public, comparing the leak to insider trading.

There’s an internal investigation already within the State Department into conflict-of-interest allegations against contractors who worked on the report, and had also done past work for TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP).

Keystone speculation has become a cottage industry for lobbyists, politicians and diplomats, as every presidential twitch on the file is parsed for significance — with the most popular guessing game being whether Obama will make a final decision before or after November’s congressional elections.

There has even been chatter that Keystone might be used as some bargaining chip with Republicans in Congress.

Such a move would risk the wrath of the president’s political base.

Already, a prominent supporter was demanding an investigation after the Canadian government scheduled a press conference about the report before the State Department even announced it was coming.

“The fact that a foreign oil company and foreign government were given critical intelligence ahead of everyone else tells you all you need to know about how useless this (report) is,” said one adviser to billionaire Keystone opponent Tom Steyer.

“If such insider information had been leaked by a public corporation, it would generate an insider trading investigation.”

The comments from a deep-pocketed Obama donor illustrate the president’s dilemma.

He has been squeezed on one end by activists within his party, including influential donors, and on the other end by powerful economic interests, the pleas of America’s northern neighbour, and by criticism that he’s hurting the economy.

The Canadian government has become increasingly strident in demanding an answer. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver expressed satisfaction with the report Friday and urged a decision within the first half of the year.

“This has been a lengthy and thorough review process,” Oliver told reporters in Toronto. “The benefits to

But exactly where — and how — Americans spent their money during the final months of the year shifted.

Fewer people were in and out of stores during the holiday season, but more were shopping online.

Online shopping rose 10 per cent to $46.5 billion in November and December, according to research firm Comscore. Meanwhile, sales at stores rose just 2.7 per cent to $265.9 billion, according to ShopperTrak, which tracks data at 40,000 stores in the U.S. And the number of customers in stores dropped 14.6 per cent.

“Consumer behaviour evolved quickly, as retail foot traffic fell, while online purchases grew,” said Mattel’s CEO, Bryan Stockton, in a call with investors on Friday.

Mattel on Friday reported results for the fourth quarter — which included the holiday shopping season — that missed both analysts’ estimates and

the company’s own expectations. The world’s largest toy maker said the disappointing results were due to weak sales of Barbie and other toys. “From my perspective, the 2013 holiday period has to be one of the most transformative I have seen,” Stockton said.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. also expects disappointing results during the period that includes the holiday shopping season. On Friday, the world’s largest retailer said its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year adjusted earnings from continuing operations may come in at or slightly below the low end of its prior forecasts.

Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley in part blamed a bigger-thanexpected impact from the federal government’s reduction in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits — or food stamps — that went into effect on Nov. 1. That pressured its primarily low-income consumers.

Wal-Mart is among 33 major retailers that have lowered their outlooks for the fourth quarter and beyond, mostly because of the disappointing holiday shopping season, according to Ken Perkins, president of RetailMetrics LLC, a research firm.

“A highly competitive environment is going to be staring (retailers) in the face throughout the course of 2014,” Perkins said. “The pressure and competition are not going to abate at all.”

Both Wal-Mart and Mattel faced stock declines on Friday on their disappointing news. Wal-Mart shares fell in the morning before ending flat, while Mattel shares fell 12 per cent.

Paradoxically, Amazon said late Thursday that its profit and revenue both grew in the latest quarter. Still, the world’s largest online retailer said its results fell below what Wall Street was expecting, sending its shares down 11 per cent on Friday.

the United States and to Canada are clear. We await a timely decision on this project.”

The report described the extent, and limits to, the economic impact.

It estimated 42,100 direct and indirect jobs will be created for up to two years during construction, however after the project is built it would result in a grand total of 50 U.S. jobs — 35 permanent employees and 15 temporary contractors.

It said the project would also generate $55.6 million in property tax in the first year, spread across 27 counties, with a property tax revenue benefit of at least 10 per cent in more than half those counties.

The contested route would complete an existing pipeline and carry oil from Alberta and the northern U.S. to Texas refineries. The project is designed to increase Canadian pipeline capacity in the U.S. by about one-quarter, to 2.4 million barrels per day.

But there has been vigorous opposition from just under one-third of the Nebraska landowners on the pipeline path.

They say the financial benefit, for them, doesn’t come close to matching the risk to their soil and water, let alone the impact of oil on greenhouse gases.

An activist who has helped organize those landowners, Jane Kleeb, said she was pleased to see the report admit that the pipeline route still touches part of the Ogallala Aquifer.

“Is any pipeline worth 35 jobs (while)... crossing the Sandhills and the Ogallala Aquifer?” she told a conference call.

“The pipeline is simply all risk, and no reward.”

possibly due to their own action, or inaction.

“There were opportunities to deliver in the fall,” said Otto. “I know I heard stories of grain companies that were looking for grain and couldn’t get it delivered. Producers were either busy harvesting or speculating that the price was going to go higher.”

Bender said his own experiences of trying to move grain have been positive.

“We’re one of the closest delivery points to the West Coast; that may have some effect on our movement here.”

Bender, Young and Otto stress that last year’s big crop and the resulting transportation challenges should not be dismissed as one-time occurrences.

“We’re getting better varieties, we’re learning more agronomically, so we should be able to grow bigger crops in the long run,” said Bender. “So transportation is essential for us to be able to get our exports out.”

The best way to address transportation issues in the long run is to ensure all of the players work together, said Otto. It appears CP and CN are committed to such an approach.

Hrysak said, “CP is ready to work with the federal government and stakeholders at examining the entire supply chain system in Canada.”

Hallman made a similar pledge.

“We are all in this together, and we all need to pull together to improve the entire supply chain.”

Bender identified another initiative that could ease future grain transportation problems: developing processing infrastructure on the Prairies.

Not only would activities like milling grain and crushing canola reduce the volume of product being shipped, they would create jobs and other economic benefits here, he suggested. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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GRAIN: Could railways do more?

Todd Hirsch, ATB Financial’s chief economist, speculated in a written commentary this week that the growing volumes of oil and bitumen that are being moved by rail could be impacting CP and CN’s ability to ferry grain cars back and forth.

Hallman rejects this suggestion.

“The notion that crude oil shipments are displacing grain on CN’s rail network has absolutely no merit,” he said, pointing out that crude accounted for just two per cent of CN’s freight in 2013.

Young wonders if the rail companies could have done more to ramp up their capacity when the scale of the 2013 harvest became apparent. He’s also curious about other measures to accelerate rail shipments — such as dedicating one rail line to westbound trains and another to eastbound traffic, regardless of which company is running the trains.

Otto and Bender said some farmers have been impacted more than others,

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Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014

Beauty Beast and the

Lindsay Thurber students stage the classic Disney musical Photos by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff The Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Fine Arts Department presents the musical production of Beauty and the Beast.

Musical theatre students, technicians and pit band musicians have been hard at work since September to bring this magical tale to life.

Evening performances continue tonight and Feb. 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Centre.

Matinees will performed on Sunday for the public and Wednesday, both at 2 p.m., for the public and school audience.

For ticket information, call Community Programs at 403-342-1059.

Belle, played by Alyssa Ufland, sings during opening number.

The Beast, played by Isiah Williams, reaches out to grab Belle’s father Maurice, played by Nicholas Froman.

Gaston, played by Jarrett Zilinski, sings for Belle, played by Alyssa Ufland.

Chip, as played by Shelayna Christante.

Stefan Thériault, as Cogsworth, meets Belle’s father Maurice, played by Nicholas Froman.

LOCAL HOME

FRONT FISH WITHOUT LICENCE Twice this year, families can connect and share time together casting and reeling, without needing a fishing licence.

Two weekends have been designated as family fishing weekends, allowing Albertans and visitors to try fishing on water bodies with open season, but not in national parks. Even though no licence is needed, normal fishing regulations do apply. For 2014, the fishing weekends are Feb. 15, 16 and 17, the upcoming Family Day long weekend, and July 12, 13 and 14. While they are free fishing weekends aimed at encouraging angling, the Alberta government asks that people know their regulations on the limit and species for each season. For more information, visit www. mywildalberta.com/fishing/ familyfishingweekends. aspx.

ANTI-VALENTINE EVENT Teens can celebrate everything anti-valentine at the Red Deer Public Library on Feb. 11.

The St. Skeletor’s day event will celebrate the unromantic. Teens can watch the movie Warm Bodies and then decorate sugar skull masks. The event runs from 3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium. The library is located at 4818 49th St. For more details, call 403346-4576.

WINTER WALK Red Deer College is participating in the provincewide Winter Walk Day, with an Olympic twist. On Wednesday, the hope is to get people out of their houses and active, breaking up another long cold Alberta winter.

From 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Red Deer College is hosting its event, open to students, staff, faculty and the general public.

Jill McKinnon, fitness and wellness co-ordinator, said they are having several Olympic-inspired activities.

Several events, including a luge-inspired toboggan run, a snow-ball throwing event, a hockey shot and a cross-country inspired skiing event — using tape on everybody’s shoes — have been planned. The events start in front of the RDC main gym, at 100 College Blvd. The plan is to have the events outdoors, but if the weather turns it will be moved inside.

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Flying the coop COLD WEATHER BLAMED FOR DECLINE IN NUMBERS DURING ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT The common redpolls weren’t so average and the Canada geese were a no show again for the annual Christmas bird count in Central Alberta.

On Dec. 22, a 101 volunteers endured the frigid -30C temperatures to count the birds in the area.

Red Deer River Naturalist member Judy Boyd said there were fewer volunteers, and fewer individual birds and bird species spotted during the day count.

Boyd said the birds were likely staying in the trees because of the cold temperatures.

Forty-four species were recorded, down from 50 in 2012.

There were 8,701 individual birds in

2013, compared to 10,144 in 2012.

“The biggest surprise was probably the great blue heron,” said Boyd. “I’ve heard of a great blue heron out by Raven trout farm one winter but we couldn’t find it for the Christmas bird count.”

There was one spotted in 2013 and another in 1994.

The Canada geese played the hiding game again for the second year in a row.

Only two common redpolls were spotted — an all-time low. In 2012, a total of 2,186 birds were counted.

“We’ve never been that low for common redpolls,” said Boyd. “Common redpolls are an irruptive species and they come

down here when the food source requires them to.”

She said the numbers fluctuate from year to year and the drastic drop is normal.

An all-time high of 22 American goldfinch were counted. This was only the fifth time they were recorded during the Christmas count. In 1995 and 2002, there were 14 and in 2007 there were eight.

There were also a few count week birds.

These are the ones that are seen three days before or three days after the count. There was one northern pygmy owl, a townsend’s solitaire and one white-crowned sparrow.

The next bird count will take place in the spring.

OFFICE CLOSURES

Decline in service feared by veteran

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF While hundreds of veterans and supporters protested the closure of eight Veterans Affairs offices on Friday, Red Deer’s Sharon Malott stood a more lonely vigil.

Malott was backed up only by her close friend of 40 years Nancy Berry when she staged her own brief protest outside Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen’s office.

Malott, 58, said it’s important that the offices remain open for the veterans, especially Second World War veterans who can’t easily go elsewhere. Passing on the workload to other federal employees at Service Canada outlets won’t work, she said.

While staff have good intentions, they don’t have the expertise to deal with veterans’ issues.

Malott served as a supply tech at CFB Wainwright, reaching the rank of corporal during her military service from 1975 to 1980.

Following her military career, she worked for the thenDepartment of External Affairs and later became a licensed practical nurse.

She had to leave nursing when diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, which was also related to earlier experiences, including her military time.

Malott’s Veterans Affairs contact is based in Calgary and she can get friends to take her.

But she’s concerned that others in communities where the of-

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Wearing a sign reading ‘Don’t Close VAC Offices Please!’ and urging Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino to resign, Sharon Malott meets with Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen in Red Deer on Friday. fices are being closed will face more obstacles in getting the help to which they are entitled.

Her own battle with red tape for benefits is at seven years and counting.

She is also upset with Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino’s recent “disrespectful” behaviour to veterans.

The sandwich board she was carrying said “Minister Fantino Please Resign” on side and “Don’t Close VAC Offices” on the other.

Malott took her protest into Dreeshen’s office, where she

LOCAL

BRIEFS Red Deer utility rates to rise across the board Red Deer utility users can expect to dig slightly deeper into their pockets this year.

City council will consider first reading of the new utility bylaw that sets the 2014 rates on Monday.

A total monthly bill for a typical household using 17,000 litres of water per month will now be $1.35, or 1.9 per cent more a month.

The total bill in 2014 will be $99.05 for wastewater, water, garbage and recycling.

The same user would have paid $97.70 in utility charges in 2013.

The rate increases are needed primarily to cover the increased cost of capital and depreciation.

The water rate portion increases by 2.9 per cent on the average house to equal $38,34 in 2014, compared to $36.82 in 2013.

The fixed monthly fee is $19.30 in 2014 compared to $19.65 in 2013.

For the wastewater portion, the proposed increase is 1.7 per cent to $42.56 in 2014, from $43.23 in 2013.

The fixed monthly fee is $31.85 in 2014, from $36.65 in 2013.

There are also changes to the solid waste collection rates (rising to $12.05) and the recyclable materials collection (rising to $6.10).

Last year, the city changed its water and wastewater rate structures to better link the amount of water used and the amount users pay.

Customers who use high volumes of water may see a larger increase in their bill.

Customers who use low volumes of water may see a reduction.

stated her concerns to the MP in person and gave him a letter.

Dreeshen said the government is training additional staff to work in Service Canada offices and service to veterans will be maintained.

In Red Deer, staff at the Service Canada office have been trained to handle veterans inquiries and issues.

Canada has about 200,000 veterans and the government knows the importance of “getting the right service to the right people as soon as we can.”

Dreeshen defended Fantino’s

Double doctoring leads to jail A Red Deer man has been sentenced to two years in jail for illegally obtaining and selling prescription drugs.

Jason Shawn Fraser, 39, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and double doctoring in Red Deer provincial court on Jan. 23, said Mike Tucker, a spokesman for the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).

Double doctoring refers to the illegal practice of using multiple doctors to obtain the same prescription.

Law enforcement authorities said Fraser obtained 66 prescriptions from more than 30 physicians since the beginning of last year. The street value of the drugs, including oxycodone, diazepam, clonazepam and morphine, would have exceeded $100,000.

Fraser was arrested on Jan. 17 after an investigation by ALERT’s Red Deer Combined Special Enforcement Unit and Service Alberta’s Special Investigations Unit.

ALERT was established and funded by the province to pull together Alberta’s most sophisticated law enforcement resources to tackle serious and organized crime.

Nearly 400 municipal police, RCMP and sheriffs work for ALERT.

CUC to offer nursing program Canadian University College students will now have the chance to earn a nursing degree from Red Deer College.

On Friday, the two institutions signed a four-year deal ensuring eight seats for CUC students to join the University of Alberta Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program offered at Red Deer College.

The new seats bring the total to 104 spots in the nursing program.

While the eight students will continue to live at the CUC campus, they will take their courses at RDC, where they will study to attain the degree.

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

record for helping veterans.

“I know the passion he has for veterans,” he said. “If he finds people are falling through the cracks, he’s right there.”

Across Canada, crowds ranged from dozens to more than 1,000 in Charlottetown, P.E.I., with many protesters saying the government is turning its back on veterans.

Memorials or wakes were held in Thunder Bay, Ont., Windsor, Ont.; Brandon, Man., Corner Brook, N.L. and Saskatoon, Sask. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Students must first apply to CUC. Once accepted, they are eligible to go through the competitive process for entry into the bachelor nursing program. They must meet RDC’s program requirements. Students can begin submitting applications to CUC on March 1.

The first intake of CUC students will begin in the September 2014 term.

Robbery suspect to trial One of two men charged in connection with a violent robbery at a Red Deer Pizza store early last year has been ordered to stand trial after a preliminary hearing on Friday afternoon.

Ernest Bedore, 43, is charged with robbery, choking with intent to commit an offence and forcible confinement in connection with an incident at the Domino’s Pizza in downtown Red Deer at about 11 p.m. on Jan. 30, 2013.

Represented by defence counsel Craig Paterson of Ponoka, Bedore pleaded not guilty to the charges in September and asked to be tried by judge alone in the Court of Queen’s Bench.

A preliminary hearing was held in Red Deer provincial court on Friday afternoon to examine video tapes that will be included with the Crown’s evidence against Bedore. After reviewing the tapes, Judge John Holmes ordered that Paterson and his client proceed to trial.

Released from custody after a bail hearing in April, Bedore was returned to custody late in July after missing a court appearance.

He has remained in custody since then.

Also charged in connection with the Jan. 30 robbery was David Fehr, 46. He pleaded guilty on March 15, 2013, and was sentenced to 21 months in jail, followed by a year on probation.

Bedore returns to court for arraignment on March 3, when he and his lawyer are to address dates for his trial.

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Five really bad reasons to leave your church

BY AARON LOY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Let’s be honest: while there are some good reasons for leaving a church, there are a lot more bad ones. As a pastor, I hear some of them every now and then as people walk out the door. As a church planter, I hear them constantly as people walk in the door.

If you’re thinking about looking for a new church home, please don’t use one of these five reasons to make the jump: 1. “I’m not being fed” Do pastors have a responsibility to steward the scriptures and care for their church spiritually? You bet they do. And it can be all too easy to overlook this while trying to manage staff, build systems, meet needs, put out fires, and develop leaders, all while overseeing the overall vision and direction of the church. But let’s be honest, if you own a smartphone, a personal computer, or a library card, you have access to some of the best preaching and teaching in the world. You can even find teaching archives of some of the greatest preachers of all time. Christian, you have access to more “meat” than any other generation before you!

To leave a church because you’re not getting “enough” is a cop-out. Your primary call in the church is to contribute, not just to consume. As a Christian, you shouldn’t require spoon-feeding for the rest of your life. Eventually you need to learn how to feed yourself so that, in time, you can actually feed others. Remember, your call is not just to be a disciple but to make disciples.

2. “It’s getting too big” I can appreciate the sense of loss that accompanies growth. When we first began, our church was little more than a small band of brothers and sisters meeting together in a living room. It feels very different now that we are a church of a few hundred people spread across multiple services. There are moments when I miss the intimacy and simplicity of those early days. But remaining small is a sad and unbiblical goal.

When churches are faithful to the Great Commission, lives will be changed and people will be added to their number. It may not happen rapidly, but on a long enough timeline growth is inevitable in churches that are faithful. If you have a problem with big churches, you really wouldn’t have liked the first church, and you definitely won’t like heaven.

3. “I don’t agree with everything that is being preached” You know what? Neither do I, and I’m the pastor.

As such I fully reserve the right to disagree with myself. And every now and then I do exactly that. Why? Because I’m learning. I’m growing. I’m asking questions. And my hope is that those I pastor are doing likewise.

If you insist that your pastor agree with you on every little thing under the sun, you are going to either hop from church to church for the rest of your life in perpetual disappointment or you will eventually give up and drop out altogether. Chances are that no matter where you go, you are not going to agree with everything that is preached. As long as your pastor isn’t preaching outright heresy, you can afford to disagree on secondary issues.

4. “My Needs Aren’t Being Met” When someone lists this as a reason for leaving, it is a dead giveaway that somewhere along the way he or she came to believe that the Church actually exists to serve his or her needs. This person has bought into the lie that, when it comes to church, it’s really about “me.” Here’s the problem: the Church actually isn’t about you. It’s about Jesus. It’s his Church. He came for it. He died for it. He redeemed it. He continues to build it. And one day, he’ll come back for it.

It’s his.

This is the same Jesus who came to seek and to save the lost and then commissioned his Church to go and do the same. The Church doesn’t exist to meet your needs. You are a part of the Church that exists to meet the needs of the world. Put away the shopping cart and pick up a shovel.

5. Unresolved Conflict Wherever you find the community of sinning saints, you will find conflict. Lots of it. The Church is

one big family full of characters and misfits. But despite it all, family is supposed to be the place where you stick together. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard.

When we leave at first sign of real conflict, it shortchanges God’s best work in our midst. It sidesteps the process of repentance, forgiveness and grace.

It negates the power of the Gospel to bring reconciliation where reconciliation might seem impossible. We and those around us miss out on all of it when we just leave.

Not all conflict is resolvable. I know that reconciliation is impossible where there is no repentance.

I get that. But remember, repentance starts with us.

And so does the extending of grace.

And when we resolve to stick around and keep on repenting and extending grace, God can do far more than we often give Him credit for. Some of God’s best work happens in the mess.

Aaron Loy is a husband, dad, pastor, writer and church planter based in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is the founding pastor of Mosaic Lincoln.

LOCAL EVENTS SUNDAY Ground Hog Day Supper will be held on Feb. 2, 5 to 7 p.m. at Delburne Hall. Supper costs $10 for adults, $5 for children ages six to 12 years, and free for preschoolers.

Sponsored by Delburne United Church. Contact Lenora at 403-749-2083.

TUESDAY Heartland Cowboy Church will be held the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Stettler Agriplex. Cowboy church will be held Feb. 4 and 18. Phone 403-742-4273.

UPCOMING EVENTS Perogy Supper at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church will take place Feb. 20 5:30 to 7 p.m. Adults are $11, children 10 years and under are $6. Tickets are available at the door.

For more information call 403-347-2335.

Schedule of Services JOIN US THIS SUNDAY! Everyone Welcome February 2 • 9:00am, 11:00am or 6:30pm • CrossRoads Kids (to gr. 6)

Life Can Begin Again - You’re Blessed (part 4)

SW Corner of 32 Street & Hwy 2, Red Deer County

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Centre for Spiritual Living

43 Ave. & 39 St. • 403-346-4281 Pastor Chris Wilson Worship Pastor David Richardson

11:00 a.m.

Celebration Service Joanne Boruck R.Sc. P.

10:30 a.m.

Worship Service

www.cslreddeer.org

#3 - 6315 Horn Street

www.firstbaptistrd.ca

Helping people encounter the goodness of God Corner of 55th St & 46th Ave 10:30 am Contemporary Worship

streamschurch.com 403.342.7441

Streams Christian Church afÀliated with the PAOC

Sunday Services Services Sunday 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

9:00a.m. & 11:00a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Ministries 7:00p.m.

Passion for God, Compassion for People.

2020 40th Ave, Red Deer www.livingstones.ab.ca 403.347.7311

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA GAETZ MEMORIAL

Corner of Ross Street and 48th Avenue — Phone 403-347-2244

10:30 a.m.

“Wisdom” www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

SUNNYBROOK UNITED CHURCH 12 Stanton Street

403-347-6073

10:30 a.m. Worship Service “The Light of Justice” Babyfold, ToddlerToddler Room, Room SundaySunday Club Club www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, www.sunnybrookunited.org

Balmoral Bible Chapel 403-347-5450

Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.)

10:30 am Worship Service Speaker: Bob McKenzie “Crises at Kadesh” Numbers 13-14 Children’s Church 2 1/2 - Grade 5 www.balmoralchapel.ca

LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF RED DEER WELCOME YOU

The Anglican Church of Canada Sunday, February 2

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL “A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769 www.stleonardsonthehill.org

Celebrant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Combined Service AGM to follow Combined Service 7:00 p.m. “The Gathering” Contemporary Eucharist

ST. LUKE’S

Sunday, February 2

“Old Church Blessing a New World”

GOOD SHEPHERD

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40 Holmes St. 403-340-1022 Rev. Marc Jerry

Sunday School/Youth 9:30 a.m.

Worship Sunday 10:30 a.m. with Holy Communion Everyone Welcome Saved by grace - called to serve

MOUNT CALVARY (LC-C)

#18 Selkirk Blvd. Phone 403-346-3798 Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk DIVINE SERVICE 10:00 a.m.

SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:15 a.m.

DIVINE SERVICE 7:00 p.m.

Kings Kids Playschool www.mclcrd.org

Growing in Faith Through Word and Sacrament

Living Faith Lutheran Church

Worship 10:00 AM Bethany Collegeside 99 College Circle RDC Everyone Welcome Rooted in the word of God, Growing in the likeness of Christ, Reaching out by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Gaetz & 54th 403-346-3402

Officiant: Michael Thain 10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Sunday School & Refreshments

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA Sunday, February 2

KNOX

Established 1898

4718 Ross St. • 403-346-4560 Minister: The Rev. Wayne Reid

“THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD’S WISDOM” Communion Sunday 10:30 am Worship Service

West Park Presbyterian 3628-57 Ave.

403-346-6036

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11:00 a.m.

WILLOW VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN 26016-HWY 595 (Delburne Road)

Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Speaker: Fred Lane Everyone Welcome!

ENTERTAINMENT

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SATURDAY, FEB. 1, 2014

SINGER/SONGWRIER LINDSAY MAY FINDS INSPIRATION IN HER GRIT; PERFORMS ON FEB. 9 AT FRATTERS SPEAKEASY IN RED DEER

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF In an “ironic” case of life imitating art, Lindsay May named her latest EP Girl With Grit just before she proved herself to be exactly that.

May’s own grit was tested when her mother and grandmother died within two days of each in 2012. This, in addition to the death of her dog a couple of months later, drove the B.C. singer/songwriter into a very dark place.

Other siblings and friends could not help her escape from it — in fact, May recalled that the situation showed her how superficial some of her friendships were. “Some people only want to go out and have fun.

They’re not there for you when you need their support.”

On the other hand, May, who performs on Sunday, Feb. 9, at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer, admitted she wasn’t exactly in the right headspace to be a good friend to other people, either.

Realizing she needed more help than was at hand, she signed up for grief counselling and even went on anti-depressants until she could cope again.

Another thing that helped pull her out of her emotional hole was her music — particularly playing some songs from Girl With Grit. “They were a comfort. Whenever I felt cranky, I realized it was because I didn’t pick up my guitar for a few days,” said May. The title track “is about life lessons and learning I’ve got to do it myself, in my own way,” said May. It was inspired by her experience of being bulldozed by others. “These

people are trying to be helpful but have told me what to do in such a powerful way, and then gotten angry when I haven’t taken their advice.”

One of these people was her mother. May was still devastated when her mom died at age 63 of a rare form of brain cancer because, despite their differences over whether May should pursue a music career (her mom pushed her into business school), they were close.

The singer said she never felt really fulfilled until she dove into performing for a living. And, judging by her achievements, music is her true calling.

Since releasing her 2008 debut album, Bronze and Blue, May’s been a finalist in the Kerrville New Folk contest in Texas, the New Mountain Stage Songwriting Contest and the Shore 104.3 Sounds of Summer Song Search. She was also invited to open for Shari Ulrich and Valdy.

The 36-year-old grew up in Kelowna, worked for a decade in Vancouver’s corporate world, and now lives as a musician on Shuswap Lake. She doesn’t regret her business background. In fact, she thinks it’s a good idea for all artists to pick up some financial knowledge.

“My advice would be, if you want to be a songwriter, take some basic business courses, read every book on songwriting you can get a hold of — and if somebody asks you to play a show, play it. Get as much live performing experience as you can.”

She added she will sing, share stories and even crack a few jokes at Fratters with Okotoks singer Jodi Doidge.

For more information, call 403356-0033. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY LINDA BARNARD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Smart and sharp-tongued, homegrown indie romance Three Night Stand may be responsible for presenting the quintessential Canuck love scene.

Things start out surprisingly sensual but ultimately get played for laughs with a touch of pathos as a bundled-up pair fumble through an illicit romp aboard a snowmobile.

Written and directed by Pat Kiely, this bedroom farce with a side of snark is fresh off screenings at the Sundance indie sidebar festival, Slamdance.

The action primarily takes place at a cosy bed and breakfast in the snowy Laurentians, mixing it up among exes, singles and marrieds.

Goofily nice guy Carl (Being Human’s Sam Huntington), hopes a weekend at a cosy inn will help him get back on track with Sue (stunning Meaghan Rath, also of Being Human), his wife of five years. Their union is showing signs of strain.

“Sex has become such a production,” Sue complains of Carl’s elaborate role-playing demands. “I feel like I’m in a Broadway play that’s been running for three years.”

Clearly, they need some couple time and the snowbound forest retreat is just the ticket, with a weekend of wine tastings and snuggling by the fire. It’s a hot idea that cools down considerably when a shocked Carl discovers the new owner of the lodge is sexy Robyn (Entourage’s Emmanuelle Chriqui), his former flame.

Not only is Robyn the one that got away, she made off with Carl’s heart in the process.

After clumsy attempts to keep Sue from putting two and two together fall flat, Carl hopes persuading friends Stacey (Reagan Pasternak) and oversharing husband Doug (Jonathan Cherry, making the most of a comic smallish role) to drop by the inn will help deflect the potential for trouble.

Things only get worse. And then there are the other guests. Ultrasmooth and boyishly handsome arthouse movie actor Anatolii (Aliocha Schneider of Maman est chez le coiffeur) starts making eyes at Sue. That is,

when he isn’t acting overly affectionate with his attractive mom, Lise (The Trotsky’s Anne-Marie Cadieux).

The cast is consistent and well up to the job of selling both the romance and the pain, especially the charmingly quick Rath, while Chriqui shows there’s more to her than the girlfriendof role that made her famous in Entourage.

The arguments are realistic and the chemistry among the cast feels sincere, even if the set-ups are occasionally contrived and the late arrival of a character doesn’t work as well as hoped.

What makes Three Night Stand work is Kiely’s willingness to occasionally let things get dark, a welcome change from the constant chirpiness of typical American romantic comedies.

That’s certainly evident with That Awkward Moment, as neophyte writerdirector Tom Gormican (only previous credit: co-producer on Movie 43) drags the most ridiculous and clichéd elements of the worst of female-centred romcoms into a male arena and calls it entertainment.

Given the cast, the disappointment in this ill-formed flick is made even sharper.

It stars Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station) as Mikey and Fruitvale Station’s Miles Teller (who just wowed crowed at Sundance in Whiplash, which took both jury and audience awards) as Daniel.

They’re two of the most talented young actors of the decade with long

and impressive careers ahead and are desperately ill-used here. Meanwhile, the best to be said of Zac Efron, who plays Jason, the commitment-shy lead fellow in this three-hander bromantic comedy, is that he sports an everchanging crop of facial hair.

The three guys, who spend an inordinate amount of time walking around Manhattan’s SoHo drinking coffee and talking trash about women, decide to form a pact to support recently separated doc Mikey. If he can’t have a relationship, none of them will.

Enter lovely and lively Ellie (Imogen Poots) who soon tests Jason’s resolve to fly solo, while Daniel finds there may be more to his pal Chelsea (Mackenzie Davis) than her assigned role as his bar stool wing-woman.

Mikey, too, has trouble keeping the hearts-on-lockdown pledge.

Amid their secret struggles with temptation, the guys can do no better than parrot the confessional tone of weak romcoms, right down to powering through a half-litre of Häagen-Dazs and the wholly unrealistic jobs two of them have (Daniel and Jason design book jackets) while managing to support hip NYC lifestyles.

It’s the kind of lifestyle that only happens in the movies — the biggest stretch since Sex and the City freelance writer Carrie Bradshaw paid for a closetful of Manolos and an endless supply of Cosmos with a weekly newspaper column.

Linda Barnard is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

RDC film students, alumni screen award-winning work

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Some exciting, thought-provoking and award-winning student films will be screened at Film Works in Red Deer.

The same lineup of 20 short films will be shown each night, from Thursday to Monday, Feb. 6 to 10, at City Centre Stage.

Film Works is showcasing the projects of graduating students and alumni of the RDC Motion Picture Arts Program. These films spotlight up-and-coming producers, directors and actors who could make a future impact on the Canadian film industry.

Many of these shorts were entered in film festivals all over the world and are now being screened for the first time for a home audience.

The award-winning films being shown are:

● Cher 604, by Shawn Knievel and Amanda Trimble, winner of best student film at the Alberta Film Awards 2013. It’s about unrequited love, writer’s block and turning to a muse for inspiration. ● One More Night, directed by Jeff Woodward, an official selection for the Interrobang Film Festival, New York New Filmmakers, and the Intercut Film Festival, where it won best short narrative film and best actress awards. The film is described as being “for romantics and cynics and anyone who has had a morning after.” ● Under the Acorn Tree, which won the best short film award at the MOAB International Film Festival.

The film is about a sad elderly man who leans on his memories of love to guide him to a more passionate life. It stars Paul Boultbee and is directed by Justin Brunelle. ● The Pack A.D.’s music video for the song Positronic from the Unpersons album. This video helped

The Pack A.D. garner a Juno Award nomination last year for breakthrough group of the year. It stars Motion Picture Arts alumni Alexandra Mihill.

Some of the other films being shown are I Got You A Balloon, about simple everyday kindness, Becoming, about the origins of the first female werewolf, Diary of an Edmonton Model, a backstage look at Edmonton Fashion Week, The Immigrant Revenge of El Diablo, about trying to bring down a drug lord, and Oliver, about a post-mortem message that becomes life-changing.

Short films about being stood up by a blind date, coping with a string of murders, greed, an anti-hero, drag racing, hockey, and more music videos are also in the offing.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and screenings begin at 7 p.m. each night. On Friday, Feb. 7, a wine and cheese gala event will follow the screening.

Tickets are $10 nightly at the door.

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TCM shows love for Academy Awards Whoopi Goldberg makes a powerful statement about the 24-year gap between Oscar wins for black actors, the first going to actress Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind (1939), and next to actor Sidney Poitier for Lillies of the Field (1963).

“There’s a lot of white people in between,” Goldberg noted, with a chuckle of disbelief. “That’s a long time.”

And the Oscar Goes To ... also acknowledges what could be the most consistent criticism of the Academy Awards: How they’ve turned artistic achievement into a competition.

Since the Oscars were created 86 years ago, countless critics, guild and other shows have emerged to create an entire awards season in Hollywood and throughout the world.

And yet the film’s directors said the Academy Awards remains The Big Show of the movie-award statuettes.

“Well, the Oscars were first.” Friedman noted.

“They were the ones that set the tone (86) years ago, and it’s retained that glow over time.”

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Singer-songwriter to share experiences Vancouver Island singer-songwriter Scotty Hills will share his zany L.A. experiences and roots music with Central Albertans at The Hideout this weekend.

The quirky performer intends to premiere new tunes from his upcoming album, and debut a new stripped-down drum/ guitar show that’s bound for the festival tour this summer. Hills will perform on Sunday at The Hideout in Gasoline Alley, south of Red Deer, along with drummer/producer Jason Cook.

Hills’ well-regarded last album, Year of Septembers, caught the ear of organizers of the world’s largest independent music publisher. Next thing you know, Hills had signed a deal to spend time in Los Angeles writing and producing at Westlake Studios.

That’s the globally famous musical hothouse that turned out some of the biggest-selling albums of all time, including Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill.

Hills ended up cowriting some songs with American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart and former One Republic drum-

mer Jerrod Bettis. Red Deer-area fans can come out to The Hideout and hear some of his fruitful musical output.

Tickets to the 6 p.m. show are $10 at the door.

For more information, call 403-348-5309.

Workshops for playwrights Local playwrights can hone their skills — with expert advice from dramaturge Daniel Libman — at two playwright workshops starting in February.

Both Scripts at Work workshops will run five consecutive Sundays (Feb. 16 to March 16) at Red Deer College Arts Centre conference room.

The Circle One workshop for beginners runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fundamentals of storytelling, dialogue, dramatic conflict, and finding an objective and theme will be discussed through lectures and written exercises (some as homework). Differences between writing for stage and screen will also be delineated for the 12 participants.

The Circle Two workshop for more experienced playwrights runs from 2 to 5 p.m. Writers should bring a short draft of a one-act script (maximum 20 minutes long) that can be read

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Discussions will take place about its strengths and weaknesses. Participants will acquire a greater understanding and appreciation of the elements of script writing. Rewrites will be required as homework between sessions for the six participants.

To register for either $100 workshop, email tanya.ryga@rdc.ab.ca.

There’s a Feb. 10 deadline.

This is the 10th anniversary of SAW’s new play development initiative, and the non-profit group is thrilled to have Libman facilitate the workshops. He has written more than 50 produced plays in Canada and the U.S. Libman is also a film and TV actor and director.

For more information, visit www.scriptsatwork. com.

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There’s an 86-year-old clip of an Oscar presentation to the first best-actress winner, Janet Gaynor. There’s a hilarious speech by actress Hermoine Gingold, accepting on behalf of the screenwriters of the 1956 epic Around the World in 80 Days.

And there’s a soundbite from a young Angelina Jolie, on the red carpet with father Jon Voight. A reporter asks her, “Actress?” Jolie, wearing braces, smiles nervously and says, “Not really.”

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At first flicker, the Turner Classic Movies documentary And the Oscar Goes To ... appears to be little more than a promotional film for the Academy Awards.

It is, after all, an inside job: co-directed by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members Jeffrey Friedman and Robert Epstein, who is also a two-time Oscar winner and an Academy governor.

And the work, which debuts today at 6 p.m. on TCM, was produced with cooperation from its subject, the Academy itself.

But just when the film starts to be too reverential or overly celebratory, along comes a chapter about the academy’s sometimes embarrassing past, followed by additional scattered criticism to offset the cheers.

While the academy and TCM were partners on the Oscar documentary, “We had final cut on the film,” explained Epstein (The Times of Harvey Milk) in a recent interview. “We wanted to tell the history as truthfully as we saw it.”

Epstein and Friedman got the idea for the film when they came across film footage of actress Jane Fonda backstage talking with media after winning her best-actress Oscar for the 1971 drama Klute.

Many had expected Fonda, an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, to say something about the conflict in her acceptance speech.

But she did not. After her win, she told reporters that she didn’t need to mention the “murders being committed in our name in Indochina. And I think everyone out there is as aware of it as I am,” she explained.

“That was really the moment that really crystalized this whole project for us,” said Epstein, who explained the clip inspired how he and Friedman would tell Oscar’s story.

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BY COLLEEN LONG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — As a New York City firefighter, Sarinya Srisakul didn’t work with another woman for five years, and when she did, she took pictures because it was so rare.

“We were so excited to see each other,” she said. “For me, that just doesn’t happen.”

There are only 37 women out of 10,500 uniformed firefighters in New York City, about a third of 1 per cent, among the lowest percentage of any department in the nation.

But that number is expected to grow after a record number of women took the latest exam following heavy recruitment spurred by a court order two years ago. Six women entered the fire academy just this week.

“Out of a city of 8 million people, there cannot be only 37 women who are qualified enough and interested in being firefighters — that’s just ridiculous,” said Srisakul, the president of the women’s firefighters association, which has made boosting numbers a priority.

She is working to help women pass the rigorous physical exam and meet fire academy expectations to graduate into the job.

Nationwide, the firefighting profession remains overwhelmingly male, with women making up only 3.4 per cent of the total workforce, according to federal labour statistics.

Arguments for why there are so few women on the job are common: They don’t want to work in a dangerous, dirty industry, and they just aren’t strong enough to deal with the physical demands, which include wearing up to 125 pounds of gear or carrying unconscious victims down a darkened stairwell.

“We’ve tried to recruit women. The reality is for whatever reason, it doesn’t seem to be an attractive job,” said Steve MacDonald, spokesman for Boston’s fire department, which has 18 women out of a force of 1,470.

None of those arguments really holds water, according to Marc Bendick, an economic consultant who did a study on female firefighters nationwide.

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New York City firefighter Sarinya Srisakul speaks about her work in the department at a Manhattan fire house. In America’s largest fire department, out of more than 10,500 uniformed firefighters, only 37 are women, one of the lowest percentages of any big-city department.

He found that men and women who take the physical fitness test known as Candidate Physical Ability Test, developed by fire chiefs around the country, pass at about the same rate as long as the test is administered fairly.

“It’s not every woman in the U.S. who could pass that test,” Bendick said.

“But the kind of women who apply for fire jobs, very athletically inclined, they pass.

And not every man can pass it either.”

Bendick said other big-city fire departments have more balanced numbers, such as 16 per cent in Minneapolis and nearly 5 per cent in Denver.

And he noted that previously male-dominated jobs, such as military combat and policing, have already made better strides. New York City’s police department, for example, has more than 6,000 female officers out of about 35,000 — or about 18 per cent.

Bendick’s study, which researched the experiences of about 600 female and 600 male firefighters, cited as reasons for the lack of women in fire-

fighting an unreasonably high physical standard unrelated to the job duties, a lack of recruitment and hostile behaviour by male colleagues.

Srisakul, who has been a firefighter for nine years, said only 78 per cent of the firehouses in New York are outfitted with facilities for women.

Other female FDNY firefighters say they have been harassed, and sexist posters were regularly displayed.

At least one recently filed a gender discrimination lawsuit that was settled out of court.

In Chicago, there are about 5,000 firefighters and around 120 are women — and a federal judge just awarded $2 million after ruling the department discriminated against women with a physical fitness test that was measuring brawn over the ability to do the job.

In New York, which has the nation’s largest fire department, the FDNY is under court order to hire more diverse classes, but that legal battle has focused mostly on minority men.

Members of a black firefighter’s union sued; only

about 9 per cent of the firefighters are black or Hispanic, though more than half its residents identify with a racial minority group.

A federal judge ordered a new written test and better recruitment efforts by the department to boost numbers of minorities.

Of the latest class of 319 probationary firefighters that entered the academy this week, 46 per cent are minorities.

To recruit more women, the FDNY launched an aggressive campaign, including attending events organized by Nontraditional Employment for Women, the U.S. military and female athletic clubs and organizations. Candidates are offered additional support through the mentoring program that pairs current female firefighters with female candidates.

“Our extraordinary and unprecedented outreach has resulted in the largest group of potential female candidates ever — and we’ll soon have more women as firefighters than ever before in the FD-

NY,” Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano said.

New York’s written test is given every four years. Depending on scores, test-takers are asked back for a physical fitness exam and finally for slots in the academy — usually about 300.

The 42,161 would-be firefighters who took the most recent fire exam were the most diverse group ever— nearly 46 per cent were minorities. And nearly 2,000 women took the written test — the most ever.

New recruit Choeurlyne Doirin, a mother of two, trains about six days a week to prepare for the rigours of the academy and says she doesn’t feel intimidated.

She had already worked in emergency services and decided she wanted to be a fullfledged firefighter because she wanted to give back to her community.

“I’ve always been the oddball everywhere I go. I’m prepared for whatever that may come,” she said.

“I don’t expect for it to be easy but whatever comes, I’ll deal with it.”

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She might be dealing with I told her that resentdepression on top of addicment could lead to probtion. Smoking is a symptom lems down the road in our of something deeper. She relationship. needs compassion, empathy and help.

We were not really in a setting I know you’re upset, and I’d be angry where an argument could occur, but I too, but being upset and resentful isn’t could tell that it made her upset. She going to get her to quit smoking — it said, “You’re not the one who’s preg- will just get her to quit you. nant.”

Question: My boyfriend recently I proceeded to tell her if I was her I opened up to me and shared his strong would have quit smoking, and walked feelings for me. It’s put him in a vulaway. We haven’t really talked about it nerable place. My problem is that I anymore, but I can tell that she still is don’t have the same feelings. What do I upset about what I said. What should I do? Should I tell him? do here?

Answer: You’re not required to feel Answer: I’m a cigarette baby. My the same emotions at the same time. mom used her pregnant belly to bal- You don’t have to give him the obligaance her ashtray. tory “I love you too.”

I was born 9 lbs 15 oz and two weeks That would be lying. overdue. Today, I think it was reckless, Ick. If he questions your feelings, awful and dangerous, but the Surgeon you can tell him that you take a while General’s Warning, “Smoking by Preg- to open up. nant Women May Result in Fetal InMake it about you — not him, and jury, Premature Birth, and Low Birth ask him to be patient. Then kiss him, Weight” didn’t come out until after I enjoy him and wait until you feel safe was born. to be vulnerable with him.

My mom didn’t know better. Your partner does.

Write Harlan at harlan@helpmeharHopefully your baby will be like I lan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharwas. Healthy baby or not, your rela- lan.com. Send paper to Help Me, Harlan!, tionship is in big-time trouble.

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Downton Abbey costumes to be featured in exhibit

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadian fans of the hit historical drama Downton Abbey will be able to see the styles of their beloved characters up close at an upcoming exhibit.

Twenty costumes featured on the award-winning British series will be on display at the Spadina Museum in Toronto from March 11 to April 13.

The exhibition marks the Canadian premiere of Dressing for Downton: Costumes from Downton Abbey.

The costumes from the first three seasons of the series have been borrowed from London-based costume house Cosprop, Ltd., which designs and creates clothing worn by the cast.

Nine of the costumes will have accompanying hats, including Lady Sybil’s nurse’s scarf, Lady Cora’s wide-brimmed picture hat and the cloche Lady Mary wore with her pregnancy suit.

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The School of Animal Sciences and Horticulture has temporary opportunities available for two (2) Instructional Assistants in its Animal Health Technology Program. Both positions will work 40 hours per week. One position will be for the period of April 21, 2014 to August 29, 2014. The second position will be for the period of June 30, 2014 to August 29, 2014. Applicants should clearly indicate which opportunity they are interested in.

Please forward a resume quoting competition #14011A by March 9, 2014.

JUNIOR DRAFTSPERSON REQUIRED METALEX Metal Buildings, a service and quality oriented company is looking for an experienced person to work as part of our design/drafting team in Stettler.

As a candidate, you will possess the following: • Basic fundamentals of AutoCad, MS Word and Excel.

• 1 year minimum experience in metal building design.

• Familiarity with oilfield production structures.

• Familiarity with fabrication and erection procedures.

• Ability to communicate in English and/or Spanish.

• Ability to work alone, and as team-player, • Willingness to relocate to Stettler, Alberta, • Ability to meet tight deadlines, overtime when required.

• The desire to work in a family-oriented office environment.

• Innate attention to detail and precision.

Tasks include: • Preparation of, IFA, IFC and As-Built drawings, • Tracking of drawing revisions and status, • Development and maintenance of templates, • Report directly to the Drafting Supervisor.

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enthusiastic instructor for our ESL program. This position requires an instructor who can successfully plan and deliver learning activities that reflect the values, beliefs and needs of a culturally diverse community and that are based on the Canadian Language Benchmarks.

HSE Coordinator NexSource Power Inc. is looking for an experienced HSE Coordinator to become a part of their dynamic team. The HSE Coordinator will be responsible for the maintenance, development and enforcement of the Health Safety and Environmental Program for local and field offices. The successful candidate can expect to spend 20% of their time in the field completing site visits and onsite safety meetings.

Camdon Construction is looking for an Architectural Designer to join our existing team of designers. This is a unique opportunity for a person with a creative flair who enjoys the design process and can take those ideas to the presentation drawing stage.

Required qualifications for this position are:

Duties & Responsibilities: • Interaction with potential Clients and our Business Development team during the conceptual design phase including site/space planning and building exteriors.

• Balance innovative design with the prudent selection of materials and construction methods.

• Production of the proposal drawings and coloured 2D renderings.

• Development Permit drawings and applications.

• Knowledge of 3D rendering is an asset.

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Bachelor’s Degree TESL Certification (ATESL or TESL Canada Accreditation) Excellent verbal and written communication skills Interpersonal and leadership skills Ability to work co-operatively in an interdependent team environment • Experience working with adult immigrants in an ESL setting • Understanding of the LINC program and Canadian Language Benchmarks Resumes will be accepted by email to admin@care2centre.ca, until the position is filled.

Expected start date: February 10, 2014.

Thank you for your application and your interest in our organization. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Courses and Qualifications • Experience working with COR • H2S • Standard First Aid • WHMIS Train the Trainer and TDG Train the Trainer would be assets • 3 or more years’ experience in a similar position • Excellent communication and proven leadership skills • Proficient with computers

Qualifications: • Applicants should possess an Architectural Technology diploma or equal.

• Proficient in AutoCAD Applications, Revit and Microsoft Office Windows environment.

• Knowledge of the Building Code and Land Use Bylaws.

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Key Responsibilities: • Ensure the safety program is aligned with OHS regulations and code; update and maintain all safety policies and procedures in accordance with OHS • Manage safety records and staff safety training • Train and mentor staff to ensure safety compliance throughout the company • Maintenance of COR certification • Ensure that all clients’ safety requirements are satisfied • Update all relevant online databases • Conduct local and field location safety meetings and site inspections to ensure adherence to NexSource Power Inc.’s safety policy • Other duties as required

Compensation and Benefits • Competitive salary reflective of training and experience • Comprehensive benefit package • RRSP matching program

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Skills & Abilities: • Organizational skills required to meet project deadlines and the ability to cope with changing priorities.

• Positive attitude and the ability to work independently and as a member of the Business Development team.

We offer: • Employee profit sharing.

• Comprehensive medical / dental plan.

• Group RRSP plan.

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Financial Coordinator Lacombe and District Family and Community Support Services is seeking a full time Financial Coordinator. This key position provides agency wide support in all financial aspects following FCSS policies and procedures. Lacombe & District FCSS is a not for profit organization dedicated to the strengthening and enhancing of family and community life by offering preventative social services.

Responsibilities: • Provide effective financial management, budgeting, financial controls and reporting • Process semi-monthly employee payroll and ensure that all related payroll records and payments are kept up to date • Assist with Human Resources and Payroll Inquiries • Prepare monthly invoices and statements for all clients receiving program services • Prepare cheques for payment of FCSS vouchers, contracts and invoices • Reconcile cash received and bank deposits • Prepare monthly financial statements as requested by the FCSS Board • Prepare and assist with financial requirements for grant applications and contracts • Work with the agency auditor to ensure that accurate year end financials are completed • Respond to client questions regarding payments or invoices.

Qualifications include: • Minimum of Business Admin Diploma with minimum 3 years experience with Sage 50 Premium in payroll and departmental bookkeeping • Excellent organizational and problem solving skills • Strong computer skills (Highly proficient with Excel) • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Closing Date: Open Until Suitable Candidate is Found Lacombe & District FCSS offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package.

Please forward your letter of interest and resume to: Susan MacDonald Executive Director Lacombe and District FCSS #201, 5214- 50th Avenue, Lacombe, AB T4L 0B6 Phone: (403) 782-6637 Fax: (403) 782-6639 Email: smacdonald@lacombefcss.net

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Partner wanting to be friend has lost interest in romance

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with their beaks, it can appear as if their heads are buried in the sand.

Now we know.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Joining the Letting Go Club.” My father was Mr. Charming. What wasn’t seen was the physical, verbal and emotional abuse.

He expected to continue the control even after we were grown and then with our children.

He worked hard to pit the siblings against each other.

It was horrible.

I have nothing to do with him.

My in-laws are blatantly biased toward my husband’s sister. She was involved with drugs, has a criminal record and treats her parents terribly. Yet they think the sun rises and sets on her.

They have totally enabled her and given her tons of money.

My husband never caused them trouble, paid his own way for college and visits them regularly. They can’t seem to bother with him.

My husband has gotten to the point where he is done with them.

And finally, there is this perspective. We are in our mid-40s with three kids. We have a difficult time understanding today’s parenting style, unless it is to copy the way they were raised: the idea that their kids can do no wrong and never need be held accountable, and that kids should only do whatever makes them happy.

I actually heard a friend tell her daughters not to worry about anyone else’s feelings, and they should care only about their own happiness and doing whatever they want.

It’s no wonder this makes for selfish, self-centered people.

These kids have trouble maintaining relationships. Once things don’t go their way, they walk. I heard a person say about his family, “They don’t bring anything to the table for me, so why bother?”

Parents have created these selfish kids. They should not be surprised by the outcome. — Another Perspective Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

something. Individuals from overseas could be very supportive to you right now. Great affairs from faraway cities can Saturday, Feb. 1 CELEBRITIES BORN ON be built on strong, cooperative THIS DATE: Michael C. Hall, grounds.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): 43; Rachelle Lefevre, 35; SherYou find yourself guiltily inilyn Fenn, 49 dulging yourself in THOUGHT OF overspending today.

THE DAY: Expect You should be carea charming and ful over this tenan enchanting atdency as pleasuremosphere today. seeking activities The ruler of our can cost you quite emotional side, a bit at the end. the Moon, will be Limit your budget aligned next to Veto a certain specific nus, the goddess of amount. grace and peace.

LEO (July 23Harmony will reAug. 22): Even side within us, though your partner ASTRO which will bring us may not be as coopDOYNA closer. Social and erative as you’d like group gatherings them to be, you can are highly favouralways rely on your able today. closest friends. If HAPPY BIRTHyou cannot find the necessary DAY: If today is your birthday, you will find yourself through nurture from loved ones, keep a new relationship or a cre- in mind that you have great ative endeavour. Your nurtur- supporting friends.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): ing demands will be fulfilled The day may seem too routine when you gain the much wanted personal freedom and inde- and lacking in direction. Cerpendence. You don’t want any tain thoughts or ideas restrict strings attached, but a frank you from accomplishing the and open interaction with oth- simple tasks today. Procrastiers. You will be actively in- nation or deadlines make you volved in collective groups or panic. Fortunately, your partner can offer you the necessocial activities.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): sary source of inspiration to This is not a day to stay alone carry on.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): at home. Dress up and put on your best smile to acces- This is a favorable time to sorize your outfit. You might take a vacation somewhere receive plenty of invitations overseas and explore foreign and parties to attend today. lands. Children will bring you Your friends will be of great much bliss and bring out the support and they will accom- child in you. The only impediment you might encounter now modate your needs.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): is financial restrictions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your private life may come If you were looking for peace to the surface now. You are inclined to attract now great and serenity within your own business alliances and oppor- household, today is that day. tunities that will further in There is a reciprocal cooperyour career. You are also pre- ation and understanding bedisposed to making new ma- tween family members. You terial purchases to enhance prefer to have a private home gathering rather than go out in your look.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): the town. The only restrictions If you are in the creative field, will be those imposed by you. this day could offer you great Let loose and enjoy the day.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22inspiration to write or publish

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Dec. 21): It appears that wherever you go today, either to the grocery store or the local bar, you tend to bump into familiar faces. Even if you have nothing special planned for today, you will enjoy running simple errands.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Even though you may lack some self-discipline when it comes to spending, you are too tempted not to splurge yourself in acquiring material goods. Don’t worry so much about your welfare situation as whatever you acquire now is for basic necessities.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You are welcoming and approachable, yet others may impose certain limits upon you. It seems that there’s too much pressure out there which you have to keep up in order to maintain your popularity.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): This is one of those days where you just want to spend some time in solitude with yourself. All you desire is to cuddle up with a comfortable pillow under a warm blanket.

You are lazily at ease in your own space.

Sunday, Feb. 2 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Gemma Arterton, 28; Shakira, 37; Zosia Mamet, 26 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon is in Pisces today.

Decisions are based on intuition and insight. The Universe highly favours the arts, music, film, and photography.

This is a time when we are more eager to remain unassuming and rely on our visionary perceptions. There is both an element of practicality and fiction involved here, which are beautifully blended in the astral sphere. Great supporting energy stems from a trine with Saturn, which will allow us to express ourselves quite reassured and encouraged via our efforts and results.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, your thoughts and your concerns

AFTER QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS EFFICACY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Health Canada says it is studying the effectiveness of the so-called “morning after” contraceptive pills in the wake of news they aren’t as effective in larger women.

The federal drug regulator says it is assessing new data that suggests a higher body weight could reduce the effectiveness of emergency contraceptives.

Health Canada says it is also looking at whether labelling changes are needed for all brands of the pills to reflect the problem.

The department’s statement comes two months after French manufacturer HRA Pharma announced its emergency contraception pill doesn’t work in women who weigh more than 176 pounds.

There are four brands of morning-after pills available without prescription in Canada: Next Choice, from Cobalt Pharmaceuticals; HRA Pharma’s Norlevo; Option 2, from Perrigo International and Plan B from Women’s Health Inc. Health Canada says if it decides action needs to be taken, it will work with manufacturers to update labels and inform consumers.

The pills contain higher levels of levonorgestrel than standard oral contraceptives and work by preventing ovulation or fertilization of an egg.

They can be taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex or a contraceptive accident such as a condom breaking.

This pills do not have any impact if a woman has already become pregnant.

Health Canada says it is aware of a recent statement from the European Medicine’s Agency alerting consumers to the fact that Norlevo’s labelling had been altered to make reference to the observation that weight affects the efficacy of the medication.

The added wording says the pill’s efficacy is reduced in women weighing 75 kg or more, and the pill doesn’t work for women who weigh more than 80 kg.

will be pointing out towards your safety and security issues around the home life and your job environment. You seek solid solutions that will also be beneficial to you for quite a long period of time. The motivation and the drive to accomplish it all will be anything but middle-of-the-road!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Some wounds are felt to the very core. Past memories and painful emotions can sting in the present time. Your profound sensitivity aches for an emotional healing. Listen to fears. Don’t ignore the unknown.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have the potential to fix a broken link between you and a friend of yours. Your relationship is suspended on a thin thread built by unsolved issues. Learn to give in a little and to let the other person know your true feelings.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You might have the tendency to deviate from a certain role. Sticking to it may prove challenging. As hard as it may be keeping up with societal pressures, a degree of sensitivity can be noticed on your demeanour. Let your guard down.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The external world and humankind related philosophies get to you easily. You are anything but indifferent when it comes to finding the real meaning in this life. A sense of purpose gives more significance to your existence.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Painful emotional injuries need to be repaired and healed. One way of dealing with such deep issue is to tap into your subconscious mind and to start working from the very core.

Sudden poignant insights may reveal themselves to you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can sense the other person’s innermost fears and feelings of inadequacy. Open up and admit your own share of fright. Compassion and humbleness can disclose new aspects within your closest re-

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Picking up on other people’s problems can affect you deeply today. Don’t remain stone cold either by ignoring their pains. Offer a helping hand and do what you can to alleviate their emotional crisis without forgetting about yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are sensitive to loved ones and you care for their wellbeing. You might also manifest some concerns on their part and try to come to their rescue. Gestures of kindness and of benevolence will bring you closer towards each other.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Do not ignore problems within your family life.

One of your parents might require your undivided attention and care. Nurture them with your sympathy and love.

Be there for them. Simple gestures can make the biggest difference in how they feel.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your tone becomes more humble and you are an empathetic listener. You seem to grasp easily everyone’s intentions around you. You feel them through their own words.

Intuition is your most precious gift.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Letting go of something that you own may not be an easy task. Releasing it would mean removing a part of your self. Emotional attachments to our precious belongings can mean the world to us.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): At times we feel estranged in our own world. Today you may believe that you don’t fit in your crowd and that you don’t share similar feelings. As much as you might be aching inside, you have tremendous healing powers that can be exerted on others.

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Dear Annie: I am 53 and am in love with a 33-yearold man. We’ve been together for three years, but the problem is that he says he just wants to be friends. I care about him a lot. I think there may be someone else, but I’m not sure.

I don’t want to lose him from my life. What should I do? Should I tell him how I feel? Should I ask him whether he’s seeing another woman? I need answers.

— Dee Dear Dee: When a man tells you he “just wants to be friends,” please believe him.

He is no longer interested in you romantically.

Whether or not he has someone else is irrelevant.

If you want him in your life, it will have to be on his terms as a friend and nothing more.

If that is not possible for you, please say goodbye altogether, no matter how difficult.

MITCHELL There’s no point moping & SUGAR around when it’s over. You’ll only make yourself more miserable.

We recommend hot cocoa with your favorite movie, followed by a luxurious bath and commiserating with good friends.

Dear Annie: You have helped perpetuate an erroneous but widely held belief by printing a letter that referred to an ostrich burying its head in the sand.

The misconception exists because an ostrich sleeps with its head resting on the ground. Viewed from a distance, the head may appear to be buried, but it most definitely is not. If an ostrich really did bury its head, it would suffocate. — La Crescenta, Calif.

Dear La Crescenta: Thanks for providing an opportunity to get into an obscure but charming subject.

According to the American Ostrich Association, a male ostrich will dig a hole for the nest that can be up to 8 feet wide and 3 feet deep, so that predators cannot see the eggs from a distance.

Male and female ostriches take turns sitting on the eggs in that lowered position and blend into the horizon.

When the birds periodically turn the eggs over

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Affordable home style BUDGET STYLE ISN’T ABOUT BEING CHEAP AND CUTTING CORNERS — IT’S ABOUT PLANNING REALISTIC REQUIREMENTS AND MATCHING THESE WITH AVAILABLE SPENDING

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Let’s start at the very beginning ...

Before kicking off any project, we advise creating ‘mood boards’ or ‘tear sheets’ (assembled from magazines and such like) and tying down your ideas on paper. Doing this, after all, costs nothing.

And besides; early problem solving is critical and means you can address anything that’s not right — do you have enough storage, for example?

Will that fabric work well in a north facing room?

Is your room too dark for that paint choice?

Will there be enough seating?

In short, careful analysis avoids design paralysis. ...

Next, look at the items you already have — could your existing timber floor be refinished and brought back from decorative flatline?

And could that old credenza be reborn with a change of colour and some funky handles?

Remember that a lick of paint will change the identity of anything, so let your imagination run wild.

Budget At the back of every fantasy reno there’s a ‘paying for it’ reality, so be realistic about

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After: Sanding and staining the existing parquet created a slick ebony platform upon which Colin and Justin floated a simple Ikea rug. Grey upholstered chairs and a black painted table provide drama. Further interest came by adding mirror sections to the hearth and by painting the walls, either side, using black latex. Gold-framed mirrors add a glamorous feel while budget curtains complete the look, embellished with black bobble tassel fringe. All accessories are from Sears, Homesense and Winners. funds before starting work to protect against the remorse of buying inappropriate (albeit less expensive) product.

You don’t, after all, want your new purchase screaming ‘costly mistake’ each time you walk into the room. Be warned.

But come on, even if cash is strapped, don’t freeze; do something to give you at least part of the look you hope to achieve.

Have you been dreaming of white timber shutters, to evoke Cape Cod but finding the associated costs prohibitive?

Well, either give up or consider less expensive alternatives to deliver that elusive New England flavour. Would white wooden venetian blinds, for example, afford a similar look for a fraction of the cost?

Precisely.

New for old Boost funds by selling off surplus items.

Online auctions, small press ads and good old-fashioned yard sales will free you of clutter while plumping budgets into the bargain.

And don’t expect nickels and dimes — there can be serious loot in castoffs. When we remodelled our Toronto kitchen, for example, we sold the previous cabinetry, granite counters and appliances through classified ads.

Come on — canny Scots, an’ all. Employing true entrepreneurial spirit, we didn’t just post a brief description and an out-of-focus snap. No sir! First we cleaned, then we dressed, then we photographed the whole affair.

This done, we costed all appliances and then posted our ad describing the kitchen in exacting detail. Nothing was left to the imagination.

Our other option had been to rip out a kitchen we didn’t want and pay to have it taken away.

Hmm. Doesn’t sound very Colin and Justin, huh?

And the fruits of our labour?

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Before: the dining room was little more than an assembly of mismatched furniture.

We shifted the whole kit and caboodle for $5,000 and had our buyer remove — and uplift — everything. Result!

To fail to plan is to plan to fail Always price your job ahead of kicking off. How much will rewiring or wallpapering cost?

Calculate aspects such as these before going shopping; that way you won’t be stuck with a $2,000 dishwasher and no funds left to plumb it in.

Next, shop around, browse catalogues and scan the web to research — and price-compare — everything.

It’s smart to prioritize spending, so start off with room finishes (such as paint and flooring), move on to larger items (like sofas and beds) then spend the rest on fabrics and accessories.

It’s a no-brainer — don’t

succumb to temptation and buy a $500 vase if you only have $2,000 to furnish your entire room or you’ll end up sitting on milk crates.

And the impressions on your bum will be most unattractive.

Splash out on visible spending It’s worth spending up on the enduring backbone of your room.

Items that will last such as new flooring, custom cabinetry or classically styled furniture are all significant enough to be noticed and important enough to suffuse your project with flexible wow factor.

And, of course, if the significant pieces look expensive, then you can scrimp on everything else without losing visual quality.

If, that is, you shop carefully.

You learning, yet? Imagine a perfectly cut Armani jacket teamed with a black skirt from Le Chateau. Confused?

Well, simply put, the Armani jacket will be “significant” enough to add “richness” to the entire outfit.

Yup, even that budget-buy skirt.

Other considerations Stay on message when visiting favourite retail destinations.

And keep an eye on additional costs like local taxes or delivery charges so there are no surprises.

Factor in costs for tools and equipment — painting a room is a low-cost way in which to make radical changes, but don’t forget to add in the cost of brushes, ladders and even dust sheets.

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Yup, as we regularly preach, it’s not how much you spend, but how you spend it that makes the biggest difference.

Everyone has a budget and while yours might be lower than you’d prefer, it doesn’t mean that you have to do without.

As Oscar Wilde once scribed, “We’re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

We reckon this is precisely why our shows and appearances are popular.

Our viewers know we’re not scared to spend when we have to, but they also know we’re prepared to clip coupons and live off the fat of the land if needs be.

That’s why many of our glamorous kitchens come from Ikea, loads of our dramatic sofas are actually second-hand and many of our area rugs are roll stock off-cuts, bound and taped to create tailored looks for less.

Hell mend us, we love confounding tricky budgets to create unique and startling results. It’s our stock in flippin’ trade.

In the world of Colin and Justin, however, budget style isn’t about being cheap and cutting corners, it’s about planning out realistic requirements and matching these with available spending.

It’s about clever shopping and it’s about, ahem, thinking twice ... and buying once. So now you know.

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And remember, room wasn’t built in a day It so makes sense not to rush your scheme.

Instead, get a proper feel for that which you hope to achieve, then transform everything bit by bit. Ask most designers (us included) and they’ll explain they’ve lived with rubble and ruin as — even personal — transformations endured.

And, talking of designers, hiring one could actually save you money. A good designer will stretch your budget via

access to discounts and could save a fortune by, ahem, choosing the best colours first time round.

If you don’t want to hire a designer, seek out no-cost design guidance elsewhere. Don’t be afraid to seek out free advice from furniture retailers, or from the chap — or chapess — at your local paint supplier.

They, after all, are the experts and are paid to steer you on the right path.

And be sure to pick up all those handy hint leaflets at DIY store checkouts — they might just have the cash-cutting answer you need.

So there you have it; our creative counsel is all about ‘bang for your buck’ and eliciting optimum style at every turn.

So stick with us as our relentless mission of decorative beautification continues apace. Colin and Justin — revitalizing Canada’s housing stock,

Debbie Travis’s House to Home column is produced

by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com.

You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter. com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbie’s new website, www.debbietravis.com. one cash-conscious reno at a time.

Colin and Justin are regular home and design experts on TV and in print.

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2 Silverberg Place 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

59 Kirsch Close 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

6940 - 63 Avenue 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

36 Adams Close 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

207 Jordan Parkway 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

28 Weddell Crescent 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

3520 -44 A Avenue 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

51 Lawrence Crescent 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

163 Allan Street 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

4210 - 33rd Street 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

33 Kee Close 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

153 Cameron Crescent 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

29 Daines Avenue 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

43 Alexander Crescent 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

6 Thompson Crescent 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.

6 Traptow Close 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.

23 Voisin Close 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

10 Greenway Street 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

7 Michener Blvd.

12:00 - 5:00 p.m.

If not open call for appointment.

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Doug Carr HIGHRIDGE HOMES LTD. 597-6764 $286,900 Sylvan Lake 61 Pinetree Close 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Lyle Kellington HIGHRIDGE HOMES LTD. 357-0770 $289,500 Panorama Estates, Blackfalds 28 Henderson Crescent 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Shehzmeen Dew Ji-Bapoo RE/MAX 343-3020 $319,900 Penhold 63 Bowman Circle 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

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Glenn Bagley MASON MARTIN HOMES 588-2231 Sylvan Lake 639 Oak Street 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Jessica Mercereau MASON MARTIN HOMES $188,900 Springbrook

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36 Adams Close 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

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which make an intriguing, glittery effect. On the right is a gargantuan frame designed to display 18 photographs.

A four-by-eight-foot piece of MDF was used, but this project can be custom made to any size.

Squares were cut out and edges sanded, and the background painted.

Cork tiles were cut to cover the picture holes and adhered to the back with hot glue and wood glue.

Photos are affixed to the front with double sided tape and can be easily interchanged.

Utilize the same frame-making skills to create display cases and other functional pieces of art.

Individual letters and monograms are very popular today, and can be positioned on the wood using an overhead projector or copying and tracing.

The Claire display seen here has been hung with two picture hanging kits, but if you decide to hang heavier items from the hooks, bolt the display board to the wall at a stud and use an anchor.

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Above: Make unique and versatile frames that mirror your personality. Below: Personalized display boards from Handmade Walls energize a room and create a warm, homey atmosphere.

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I am often frustrated large frames. when shopping for the To begin with the simperfect picture frame. plest frame design in the There’s plenty to choose book, choose a piece of from but the ones I find wood or medium density are either all fibreboard. alike, or too Decide on ordinary, or the size of too expenyour frame sive. by adding the I’m no carborder meapenter, but surement years ago I you would learned how like showing to handle a around your few simple picture. tools that alMark the lowed me to outer meamake my own surements frames, and with a ruler this new skill or chalk line. has opened up Use the DEBBIE a whole world skilsaw to cut TRAVIS of imaginative out the square projects and or rectangle. designs.

Decorate Once you the block with can cut and stain or paint. assemble a Cut a piece frame, you have the abil- of plexiglas to cover the ity to personalize the photo. size, shape and finish.

Place the photo in It’s very satisfying and the centre of the block, great fun! cover with the plexiglas Designers Jamin and and attach the plexiglas Ashley Mills had the with screws at the four same eureka moment corners. when searching for ways The picture can be to personalize their fam- changed easily by unily home. screwing the corner Their new book, Hand- screws. made Walls: 22 inspiring Once you have comideas to bring your walls to pleted one frame you life, showcases the whim- will be hooked on the sical beauty and simplic- freedom and enchantity with which they have ment now open to you. layered their home.

The Mills show many It is a step-by-step different frame styles guide to making frames with tips on staining and and one-of-a-kind piec- painting techniques and es of art that grace the favourite colours. walls of any and every Shown here are two room. featured projects that All that’s required is hang in their dining wood or fiberboard, a room. skilsaw (circular saw), a The Imogen mirror is jigsaw, a drill, some stain a compilation of frames and paint. reviewed in the book Directions are clear painted a heritage blue. and include tips on us- Instead of a solid mirror, ing the tools as well as they used four-inch-byhow to hang small and four-inch mirror tiles,

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Insulating bottom half of basement walls Question: What can I do to add insulation to the bottom part of my basement walls?

Drywall and insulation extend from the ceiling down to four feet above the floor, with just an empty wall frame and vapour barrier lower than that.

Can I open up the vapour barrier, apply insulation, then reinstall vapour barrier and drywall on the bottom half of the wall?

Answer: Your situation is quite common and always presents a challenge.

Partial basement wall insulation is the minimum required by some building codes, but it’s difficult to add to it in an attractive way.

You could add more batts STEVE and then drywall, though I’d MAXWELL only do it if you know for sure that the basement is completely dry and has been that way for years.

The danger with fibre-based insulation in the basement is that it traps and holds moisture, leading to mould growth that happens behind basement walls.

A more reliable option would be to have a contractor come in and spray foam insulation in the empty wall frame before drywall goes up on the lower part of the wall.

Even this should only be done if the basement has proven itself reliably dry, but at least foam is impervious to internal condensation buildup.

All this said, batt insulation is much less expensive than spray foam, and if you do opt for batts, stone wool versions are more water resistant and easier to install properly than fiberglass in my experience.

Roxul (www.roxul.ca) is currently my favourite brand of stone wool insulation.

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Best time for shingling Question: What’s the best time to have a roof redone with asphalt shingles?

My roof leaks now and I’m planning to have the work done later this year.

Answer: The best time to install asphalt shingles is when warm weather arrives in late spring or early summer, but before really hot weather gets here.

Moderately warm temperatures allow the shingles to be flexible enough to be installed without damage, but not so hot that they get soft and scuffed.

Also, having new shingles installed and in place on the roof when really hot weather arrives means that they will seal well to each other.

Sealing has nothing to do with keeping the water out, it just secures one row of shingles to the role below them, so they don’t flap around in the wind and break off.

Best kitchen laminate Question: What’s the best laminate flooring for a kitchen?

I’m looking for something tough, with a wood-like appearance.

Photos by STEVE MAXWELL/freelance

Above: Stone wool insulation like this Canadian-made Roxul is denser than traditional batts so it can be cut more precisely and it resists water better. Below: Laminate flooring is easy to install, tough and it offers good value. Even kids can get in on the DIY action.

Does it make the floor more water resistant if the pieces of laminate are glued together as they go down?

Answer: There are many great laminates out there, the trick is finding them in a sea of mediocre choices.

Besides appearance, a figure called the Abrasion Class rating is something specific you can look for.

This is an industry-wide classification that rates the toughness of laminate floors on a scale from 1 to 5. An AC class rating of 3 is what you find with your average, residential-grade laminate.

AC 4 his tougher still, and AC 5 is extremely resistant to damage.

It’s the kind of thing that resists scratching in retail spaces where people walk in with wet, muddy, snowy footwear all day long.

Pergo is the company that brought laminate flooring to Canada from Europe in 1992, and they still make exceptionally impressive products.

As for gluing your click floor together, that’s not necessary to keep water out.

Laminates I’ve tested resist water very well, even when submerged for a time, though it is wise to put a drop of glue on the ends of laminate strips where they meet.

Occasionally some brands of laminates don’t snap together as tightly as they should and neighbouring strips can move away from each other in time, creating gaps if they’re not glued tight.

Steve Maxwell, syndicated home improvement and woodworking columnist, has shared his DIY tips, how-to videos and product reviews since 1988. Get home improvement and renovation advice directly from Steve at www.stevemaxwellhowto.com.

Experts recommend starting with simple project when tackling reupholstering The tools Ford recommends for reupholstery include: a staple lifter, small, bent nose, springloaded pliers and a pair of work gloves that protect fingertips, palms and knuckles while being pliable.

Staplers are also important tools. While many homeowners may have a hand-stapler, Ford and Cam Russell, instructor at Camosun College’s fine furniture joinery program in Victoria, recommend using either an electric or pneumatic stapler.

“You really need either an electric stapler or an air-powered stapler to make it work and get the staples set deep enough,” he says.

Making sure the upholstery fabric is taut and manipulated properly is an integral part of

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Tools and materials used in reupholstering furniture are shown. reupholstery.

Russell says the use of spray adhesive can help secure the foam and bonded polyester batting before covering it with fabric.

“If you wrap your foam in an old unprinted cotton, you’re doing the pull with that fabric and when you put your good upholstery fabric on all the hard work is done for you,” explains Russell.

“You just have to get

a tight pull to get the pattern right, but you don’t have to do all the shaping.”

A common mistake when taking on a reupholstery project is choosing the wrong fabric.

While there are great options in various fabrics, some materials that are suited for clothing or drapery wouldn’t work for upholstery.

“Upholstery fabric works best because

it has got a weave. You can pull it in both directions,” says Russell.

“People will go to a fabric store and see a fabric that they like, but it isn’t for upholstery, it’s for dressmaking.

“When you try to pull it, it will pull differently side to side, and front to back, and typically upholstery fabric is woven in a way that you can pull it the same way from either direction.”

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Homeowners who take a do-it-yourself approach to home decor projects should proceed cautiously with reupholstery. Instead of stripping down a couch, experts recommend starting small and simple and progressing to advanced pieces.

Andrea Ford, owner of Re: Style Studio in Toronto, says progression is important to achieve success in bigger, more complicated projects down the road.

“I would start with something like a dining room chair,” says Ford. “It’s a very basic concept, but one of the things you have to learn with upholstery is how to manipulate the fabric, so a simple chair is an easy place to start.”

Ford teaches upholstery workshops through her studio, in addition to weekend classes at Lee Valley Tools locations in the Toronto area. In all sessions she teaches, Ford offers hands-on experience with theory.

While she is able to help homeowners with

their individual projects in her studio workshops, she often discourages them from taking on advanced pieces.

“In terms of progression, never start with a wingback chair,” she says. “They are difficult not just in terms of fabric pulling and manipulating perspective, but it’s a jigsaw puzzle. If you staple things in the wrong order when you’re recovering it you may never get it back together.

“You need to have some of that knowledge, and there are a lot of industry techniques that can be hard to learn how to do on your own.”

Before taking on reupholstery, Ford recommends investing in the proper tools. She experienced firsthand the impact using inefficient tools can have on a beginner’s hands.

“The first project I did, I didn’t have the proper staple lifters and spring-loaded pliers,” says Ford. “I tore my hands apart, and then because the piece was dusty and old, the cuts I had from the improper tools got infected.”

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LUANN Feb. 1 1920 — Founding of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, comprising the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP), formed in the 1870s to administer the N.W.T., and the Dominion Police, which had guarded government buildings and enforced federal statutes since

1868. The headquarters are moved to Ottawa while training stays in Regina; the size of force is set at 2,500.

1971 — Canada and China open diplomatic relations. They exchange diplomats in both countries, and officially recognize each other.

1971 — Canadian Post Office starts ‘assured mail program’ next-day delivery of letters posted before 11 am; in most major Canadian cities.

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FLEMING Joseph Arthur Aug 27, 1992- Jan 30, 2014 Joseph “Joe” Arthur Fleming passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Center with his family by his side at the age of 84 years.

Joe was born in Bentley AB on August 27, 1929 and lived his early years in the Iola, Bluffton and Rimbey areas. At the age of 21 he moved out to the west coast and was employed as a quarter master on the freighter “The Island Prince” he eventually moved back to Rimbey and worked at Barry Motors. In 1956 he and his family moved to Red Deer where he worked at Red Deer Motors and M.G.M. It was in the fall of 1959 along with his friend Elmer Erickson that he started Parkland Aquarium. Eventually; Joe bought out Elmer and began to operate the business by himself. After 40 successful years he closed the business on June 22, 1999.

Dad loved a good game of checkers, and his cheque book and pen in his left breast pocket.

He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Joyce, with whom he was united in marriage on October 15, 1953, son David (Donna) of Red Deer, daughter Sheila (Wade Mannix) of Rimbey and 4 grandchildren, Shannon and Steven Fleming, Joseph and Cassie Mannix, his sister Annabelle (Dennis) Gahr of Edmonton, AB. Brother-in- law Gordon Cartmell of Calgary AB. and numerous nieces and nephews.

Joe was predeceased by his father Bernard in 1988 and his mother Rachel in 1990. A very special thank you to the nurses on unit 33. These men and women gave Joe and his family the best care that they could have possibly asked for. Josh thank you for making sure dad was never in pain.

Memorial donations in Joe’s honor may be made to Unit 33 at the Red Deer Regional Health Center. A memorial tea will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 67A Street (Taylor Drive) Red Deer, on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 1:00 pm.

Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki,Funeral Director PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME.

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TERNES Terry Joseph April 6, 1945 - Jan. 26, 2014 Terry passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014 at the age of 68 years. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 33 years, Donna; son, Justin (fiancé Melanie), and his children, Jadyn, Raylin and Jordyn; daughter, Kristine (fiancé Alain), and her children Alexis and Hunter; many close friends; and hunting and fishing buddies. At Terry’s request there will be no Service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Terry’s memory to Red Deer & District S.P.C.A. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

Card Of Thanks WILSON, ERIC Our family would like to thank everyone for the phone calls, cards, flowers and gifts of food and donations made in Eric’s name. We would especially like to thank Rev. Gary Sinclair of St. Leonards on the Hill Anglican Church for making Eric’s celebration so meaningful for our family, friends and work colleagues.

Your heartfelt prayers and generosity on the passing of Eric has helped to ease our pain and help us remember what a kind and caring young man he was. Also special thanks to Joelle of Parkland Funeral Home for your care and attention. Thank you, Terry McBride, Nancy Wilson, Mary Corrigan and family.

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BACKPACK, burgundy (small child’s), contains wallet, keys & makeup.

If found please call 587-272-1012 LOST KEYS RDC Lanyard, Two rings, about 10 keys.

One antique/skeleton key Overdown, GH Dawe/ Parkland area.

Regis @ 587-876-3595 LOST- “Live,Love,Laugh” hoop with charms on it on Friday Jan. 24/14 between 9 am & 1 pm. Sentimental memories. If found please call 780-806-1633.

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Engagements Our cat, Shadow, went missing on the morning of January 21st. He is a 9 yr old all black male neutered cat w/his front paws declawed.

Yellow-green eyes & a torn, healed ear. Tattooed. With the temperature dropping, we are starting to fear the worst. He normally only spends time outside sunning on the deck so his disappearance is very alarming. Reward for his safe return. Anyone w/information can contact Hayley at 403-506-7446 any time of day.

PAETZ - REYNOLDS Martin and Laurna Paetz are thrilled to announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather to Cody Reynolds, son of Brian and Gail Reynolds.

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ALITHEA (LEE) KOWK June 17, 1928 - Feb. 2, 2013 One year has passed since that sad day, When one we loved was called away, God took her home, it was his will, But in our hearts she liveth still.

Forever loved and remembered by: ~Art Scott, Del and Wally Kauk and Family

KIRSCHENMAN, Bruce William February 1, 1979.

You will always walk beside us.

Love Mom and sister Brendalee

THE GENTLEMAN that attended the JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL this past weekend - I would like to meet with you over a coffee if you are unattached. I am an active 64 year old Female. Reply to Box 1076, c/o RED DEER ADVOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., R. D., AB T4R 1M9

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Open House and Tea on February 8, 2014 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Pioneer Lodge in Red Deer.

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Christie 403-309-2494 NEW IMPRESSIONS SALON & SPA Seeking F/T& P/T Hair Stylist Drop off resume to 190 Northey Ave.

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

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ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN We are seeking, immediately, an experienced bookkeeper with a high degree of MS Office knowledge, specifically with MS Excel. The purpose of this position is to insure accountability for the personal funds and assets of individuals who receive support from Parkland CLASS. This is achieved by providing training to other staff and monitoring compliance to policy and procedures. Additional responsibilities include rent subsidies, individual tax returns and other accounting related duties. Post-secondary education in Bookkeeping, Accounting or a related field, excellent verbal and written skills, and a minimum of one years’ bookkeeping experience is required.

Hours of Work: 37.5 Hours/Week: Mon – Fri, 8 am – 4:30 pm Wage: $19.88/hour Please forward cover letter and resumes by February 4, 2014 quoting # 4783ACC to:

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Parkland CLASS, Human Resources, 6010-45th Avenue Red Deer, AB T4N 3M4 Fax: (403) 342-2677, email: hr@pclass.org

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Competition will remain open until a suitable applicant is found. www.parklandclass.org

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PAYROLL COORDINATOR - 1 Year Term

Parkland CLASS, a nonprofit agency with 600+ employees, has a challenging opportunity for an experienced payroll coordinator who enjoys working in a fast paced, team-oriented environment. Responsibilities include account reconciliations, administration of the benefits and assisting with all stages of the payroll cycle. The successful applicant will be highly accurate, detail oriented, have strong analytical skills, proficient with MS Office and computerized payroll software (StarGarden preferred).

Special consideration will be given to individuals with high levels of knowledge and experience in computerized payroll/HR information systems. Post-secondary education in Payroll, Accounting or a related field and a minimum of two years’ payroll experience is required. Some overtime may be required.

Hours of Work: 40 Hours/Week: Mon – Fri, 8 am – 4:30 pm Salary: $3,930.00 per month Please forward cover letter and resumes by February 4, 2014 quoting # 4784PAY to:

Parkland CLASS, Human Resources, 6010-45th Avenue Red Deer, AB T4N 3M4 Fax: (403) 342-2677, email: hr@pclass.org Competition will remain open until a suitable applicant is found. www.parklandclass.org

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FLUID Experts Ltd.

Fluid Experts of Red Deer is seeking experienced

Class 1 Operators

SERVICE RIG Legal Assistant positions in to haul clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry. Home Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd the areas of Litigation and every night, company is seeking exp’d Corporate/Commercial are benefits with exceptional FLOORHANDS & available. Minimum 2-5 pay structure.

Must be able DERRICK HANDS years experience in the to work on their own with Locally based, home every relevant fields is a minimal supervision. night! Qualified applicants requirement. Cores III Compensation based on must have all necessary accreditation for the experience.

Fax resume valid tickets for the position Corporate/Commercial w/all tickets and current being applied for. position is highly drivers abstract to: Bearspaw offers a recommended. very competitive salary Competitive salaries, great 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fl uidexperts.com and benefits package benefits in a good working along with a steady environment on offer.

Something for Everyone work schedule.

Please email your resume Everyday in Classifieds Please submit resumes: to the Office manager at Attn: Human Resources Global Tubing Canada is ssimmons@altalaw.ca.

Email: currently looking for Only candidates on the hr@bearspawpet.com short list will be contacted employees for our growing Fax: (403) 258-3197 or service company.

We are for interviews.

Mail to: Suite 5309, looking for permanent/ 333-96 Ave. NE fulltime employees with Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Coil Tubing experience or without. Lots of room for advancement for the entry level employee. Work full time in Red Deer, no travelling. Call 403-346has a full time career 9231 for more information advancing position or drop resume off at 7754 available as a 47th Avenue Close, Red General Legal Assistant.

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The successful applicant will have completed the TANKMASTER RENTALS LOCAL Testing company Legal Assistant Program, req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid seeking experienced Well and have prior experience Haulers for Central Testers. working in a law firm. This Alberta. Oilfield tickets Positions available position requires someone req’d. Competitive wages immediately. who displays a team player and benefits.

Day/Night Supervisors & outlook, demonstrates admin@tankmaster.ca or Assistants. effective communication fax 403-340-8818 MUST HAVE valid H2S skills, has the ability to and First Aid. multi-task, and work in a Competitive wages and fast paced environment. health benefits.

We offer an excellent Email resumes and tickets Professionals working environment, to: ken@ benefits, and the darkstarproduction.com EYEWEAR opportunity for personal LIQUIDATORS and professional growth. requires Please respond in OPTICAL ASSISTANT confidence with a cover Training provided. letter and resume to: Apply in person with Attention: Human resume to: 4924 59 St. Resources NOW HIRING Red Deer, AB. Johnston Ming Manning Well Testing Personnel LLP 3rd Floor, 4943 - 50 Reporting to the CFO, the Experienced Supervisors Street Red Deer, AB Junior Accountant will be & Operators T4N 1Y1 responsible for all of the Must have valid applicable Fax: (403) 342-9173 accounting functions (i.e. tickets Email: hr@jmmlawrd.ca inputting of supplier Email: lstouffer@ We thank all applicants for invoices, quarterly testalta.com their interest, however, preparation of GST only those selected for an returns to be reviewed by interview will be contacted.

CFO, preparation of monthly financial reporting Classifieds package, payments of Your place to SELL supplier invoices, bank Your place to BUY OIL & GAS OPERATOR Bearspaw currently has a reconciliations, etc.). This position plays a role in position in our Stettler field establishing financial operations for an intermediate policies, procedures, oil and gas operator. Applicants Oilfield internal controls and must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or reporting systems, ensuring journeyman instrument that systems are in place mechanic and possess to produce accurate and strong mechanical skills, timely reporting of financial results. Candidate must be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live have University degree or diploma, with 3-5 Experienced Oilfield or be willing to relocate college years of relevant work within a 20 minute commute Construction experience.

Email: to workplace location. This dsmith@wiseisi.com Lead Hands position offers a challenging environment, attractive Experienced Oilfield work benefits with competitive Restaurant/ Construction pay and significant room Hotel for promotion.

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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�

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Attn: Human Resources email:kwolokoff@ bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

TREELINE WELL SERVICES

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

Has Opening for all positions! Immediately.

All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Q Endorsement, (No GDL Requires to work at these licenses) and First Aid. Red Deer, AB locations: We offer competitive 5111 22 St. wages & excellent benefits.

37444 HWY 2 S Please include 2 work 37543 HWY 2N reference names and 700 3020 22 St. numbers.

Food Service Supervisor 8 Please fax resume to: Vacancies, 1-2 yrs. exp.

403-264-6725 req’d. P/T & F.T. SHIFT Or email to: WORK, $9.95 - $13.50/hr. tannis@treelinewell.com Apply in person or fax No phone calls please. resume to: 403-314-1303 www.treelinewell.com

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Counter Attendant 8 Vacancies P/T & F.T. SHIFT WORK, $9.95 $10.98/hr. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 LUAU Investments Ltd. (o/a Tim Hortons) Food Counter Attendant FT and PT positions available for day, night, evening and weekend shifts. $9.95 to $11.25 per hour depending on experience/availability. Apply in person at any of these locations 4217 - 50 Ave 6721 - 50 Ave 7111 - 50 Ave 62 Carleton Ave or email timhire@telus.net

Teachers/ Tutors

THE RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT Invites applications for the position of: EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT at Lindsay Thurber High School.

15 hour weekly - mornings.

Candidate must have the ability to work with the high school curriculum required to provide academic and behavioral support to students.

Completion of an Educational Assistant Certificate and/or relevant education is required. For more information about the Red Deer Public School District, visit our web site at: www.rdpsd.ab.ca applications received by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 will be assured of careful consideration.

Applications, with references, should be directed to: humanresources @rdpsd.ab.ca

Trades THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T DISHWASHER Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

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ELEMENTS is looking 5 Beauty Treatment Operators.

Selling seasonal gift packages & personal care products in Parkland Mall-4747 67th St Red Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus bonus & commission, F/T, Beauty certification req’d email resumes: elementsreddeerbto@ gmail.com ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d.

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to premierjobrd@gmail.com

Teachers/ Tutors

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TEACHING Opportunity Sunchild School is seeking a full time temporary teacher for junior high science (grade 7, 8, 9), science 24 and two option courses at the grade 7 and 8 level. There is a possibility this position could continue into the following school year. The position is to start Feb 10, 2014.

Resumes can be forwarded to the Principal, Susan Collicutt at collicutts@yahoo.ca.

Deadline for applications is noon on Wednesday Feb 5. Selected candidates will be notified on Wednesday afternoon for an interview on Thursday Feb 6, 2014.

Information on the school can be found on the school’s website www. sunchildschool.com

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

Construction Safety Manager

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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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.

Experienced Siders Needed Call 403-588-3210 Experienced Siders Needed Call 403-588-3210

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DUE TO A LARGE Now Hiring Overhead Door INCREASE IN BUSINESS, Tech & Helper for Ponoka overhead door company.

PIKE WHEATON Pay DOE to $35/hr. ConCHEVROLET tact Gerald 403-963-5000 is currently seeking or email doorsondemand@ SERVICE ADVISORS. hotmail.com We offer competitive wages, a great working environment, and a great Required Immediately benefit package.

PARTS PERSON Please email resume to Parts person required for Joey Huckabone rapidly expanding HD joey@pikewheatonchev.ca Parts Supply Store.

Must be able to work unsupervised in a fast F/T COMMERCIAL paced environment.

GLAZIER Have experience in the Journeyman & apprentices heavy truck/trailer industry.

We offer competitive Must possess strong wages. Full benefits after customer service skills.

90 days. Must have valid Above average wages, drivers licence. Email resume benefits package. to: d.generationglass Apply with resume @ @platinum.ca Artic Truck, Email: or Fax: 403-886-5224 ron.cain@nfleetsolutions.com or Call 403-886-5221 Fax: 403-348-5198

JOURNEYMAN Utility Construction Automotive Technician Company seeking Eckville based mechanic employee to manage and and car wash shop looking maintain all aspects of for full time Journeyman safety program in Red Automotive Technician.

Deer/Olds area: We offer competitive • Conduct training, new wages for the right hire orientation and applicant.

Full benefit safety meetings package available after • Monitor all work for 3 months. Mon-Fri, compliance with safety weekends optional. regulations Please send resume to • Investigation, reporting 403.746.2594 and resolution of safety incidents JOURNEYMAN H.D. • Manage corporate WCB MECHANIC req’d immed. program including for very busy heavy equip. reporting, claims sales lot in Innisfail. management and injury Wage range $25. - $35/hr prevention to start, depending on exp. • Maintain COR Preference will be given • Minimum 5 years’ to those with previous experience equipment rental service, Contact Wayne at lifts and off road 1-403-556-8563 or email construction equipment resume to waynec@ experience. Fax resume b-lineutilities.com to 403-227-5701 or email: DNR Powerline bouvier9@telus.net Construction requires Journeyman/ Apprentices/Labourers for various projects in Alberta.

Long term employment.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca Attention: Noel. No Phone calls MILLWRIGHTS & please. Drug and Alcohol WELDERS program in effect. for work in Red Deer.

DNR Pressure Welding Please fax resume to requires B-Pressure 1-403-229-4079 Welder Crew Foreman, lead hands, labourers for various projects in Alberta.

Long term employment.

Trades Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca. Attention: Ryan. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect.

REQUIRED: CARPENTER/DRYWALLER for restoration company.

This is a F/T position. Must have a valid drivers license.

Duties: Carpentry, drywall, painting & finishing work.

Fax or email resume to 403-347-4037 or crr@telus.net or contact Al @ 403-347-4001

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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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A Division of CORDY ENVIRONMENTAL

EXPERIENCED

Vacuum & Water Truck operators req’d. to start immed. $450/per day CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q All oilfield safety tickets req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with drug and alcohol policy.

References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-742-5376 doug.reinhart@cordy.ca

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Company Drivers 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.

Looking for a place to live?

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Visit our website at: www.fourlaneford.com locally owned & operated

AUTO BODY TECHNICIAN Award Winning, High Volume, Ford Dealership in Central Alberta is seeking a motivated Auto Body Technician or Apprentice Excellent pay plan, pay commensurate with experience, benefits and opportunity to grow.

Apply by fax to: Jeff Denham (403) 227-4544 or email: jdenham@fourlaneford.com

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. We are an industry leading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees.

We are currently hiring for the position of:

FULL TIME PERMANENT JOURNEYMAN REFRIGERATION MECHANICS

4 Day/40 Hour Work Week Petrochemical Facility in the Red Deer Area The ideal candidate will require the following for this position: • Specific experience in preventative maintenance and building checks • Work experience on advanced controls; electric, pneumatic, DDS systems • Compressor and heat pump change outs • Well organized with good time management skills • Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Computer literate Starting at $40.24/hour

Advance your career with Sanjel – Join Canada’s largest privately-owned global energy service company. Our employees are the driving force behind our company and we value their contribution. Develop your career in a dynamic environment where employees are empowered to be innovators.

EXPERIENCED OILFIELD OPERATORS, HD MECHANICS, ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS

STUDON offers a competitive salary, and an opportunity to apply your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment.

FRACTURING, CEMENTING & COILED TUBING SERVICES You have expertise, a passion for excellence and improvement, and a commitment to safety – bring them to work as part of our team.

Please forward your resume to the address below. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates interviewed will be contacted

Speak to a recruiter at 1.800.9SANJEL, e-mail careers@sanjel.com, or drop your resume off at (GJDU ,QGXVWULDO 'U 5HG 'HHU $%

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ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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

WINTER START GED PREPARATION Feb. 10 START

PROFESSIONAL Truck Driver Position Available

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Advanced Drainage • Community Support Systems, Inc., the world’s Worker Program largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE • Women in the Trades ANDERS AREA drainage products is Program expanding and are INGLEWOOD AREA currently accepting • Math and Science for applications for a certified MORRISROE AREA the Trades Program Class 1 Driver, with a SUNNYBROOK AREA minimum of two (2) years Gov’t of Alberta Funding B-train trailer experience. may be available.

VANIER AREA ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company 403-340-1930 equipment and provide a www.academicexpress.ca high level of customer Call Prodie: service, delivering our TOO MUCH STUFF? 403-314-4301 products within central Let Classifieds for more info Alberta. ADS Drivers are help you sell it. required to be drug free and maintain legal transportation paperwork and driving practices. This Celebrate your life position requires a valid with a Classified Class 1 License, with ADULT CARRIERS ANNOUNCEMENT previous off road forklift NEEDED experience a definite For delivery of asset. We offer quarterly cash safety bonuses as the morning Tired of Standing? well as a comprehensive Find something to sit on ADVOCATE medical plan. in Classifieds in Red Deer, by Benefits include: Company provided Group 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk Canadian Benefits Alberta’s Largest Voluntary dental (Reliable vehicle needed) Central Car Lot in Classifieds Life insurance Short-term and long-term disability ROSEDALE AREA Retirement Savings Plan Reichley St., (RSP) and Deferred Profit Reinholt Ave., Looking for a place Sharing Plan (DPSP) to live?

Robinson Cres. Area Paid Vacation Take a tour through the Safety Bonus 100 Papers CLASSIFIEDS All applicants are subject $540/mo. to a pre-employment physical and MVR check.

Interested Applicants may Call Jamie submit a resume, along 403-314-4306 with a current drivers for more information abstract to: Advanced Drainage Currently seeking Systems Canada Inc. reliable newspaper 4316 Gerdts Ave. Classifieds carrier for the Blindman Ind. Park Your place to SELL Red Deer County, AB. Your place to BUY T4S-2A8 Fax: BOWER AREA (403) 346-5806 You can sell your guitar E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ WESTPARK AREA for a song... ads-pipe.com or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Position closing date: and we’ll sell it for you!

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Looking for a new pet?

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IMMIDIATE OPENNING: Mac’s store, 2 Jewell St. Red Deer. Apply in person or call 403-340-0169.

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NOW HIRING WAREHOUSE LEAD HAND

Key Responsibilities: -Ensure accurate data and material transactions by applying the best, safe and efficient practices.

-Lead the Warehouse Team in Continuous Improvement initiatives.

-Maintain cross-training activities of key Warehouse Team roles.

-Track and review performance of team and ensure timely performance evaluations.

-Ensure efficient product flow and continuous improvements in all facets of warehouse operations.

-Comply with all health/safety/security programs to ensure safety of all personnel, equipment and property.

-Provide leadership and training to all material handlers to ensure high levels of inventory accuracy.

-Perform root cause investigations when an inventory inaccuracy is identified and implement necessary corrective actions.

Credentials & Experience: -1-3 yrs experience in inventory control; leading and supervising the work of others -Strong understanding of WMS with regard to material transactions is essential.

-Strong skills in Microsoft Office Suite.

-Strong communication, customer service, analytical and problem solving skills.

-Forklift certification an asset.

Work Environment: -7:30am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday; with flexibility to work outside regular hours when necessary.

Apply with resume to careers@chatters.ca Or fax 403-347-7759

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Collectors' Items

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

2 NATIVE Blackfoot medicine and war shields (keepsake) $80/ea.

403-347-7405

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STARTER comic book collection, graphic novels, 50 comic books $200 Tim 403-340-8215

Firewood

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

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Packages

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Suites

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COFFEE table set, 3 piece glass & wood. $100.

403-342-4442 Custom made pub style dining table, 4 chairs.

Tobacco colour for table top and chair seats with black legs and trim. Built in storage and hidden leaf to accomodate seating for 2 more. High quality table purchased from Sim’s. Mint condition. $1650 obo.

403-348-3514.

ENTERTAINMENT Centre, solid cherry. $50.

403-342-4442

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

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Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

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SMALL SQUARE HAY and straw 403-340-3061

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry LIKE new black leather and covered, $5/bale chair and matching foot Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 stool $90 403-986-1720 SOFA & loveseat, Sklar Peppler, beautiful, like new, $500. 403-342-4442

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Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955 PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt. incld’s, laundry & all utils. $750. Avail. end of Feb. no pets, n/s 403-993-3441

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1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Roommates Wanted

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CLEARVIEW AREA Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $146/mo.

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

DEERPARK AREA 74 to 129 Blosk of Dunning Cres., Depalm St. and approx. 3 blocks of Douglas St. $108/mo

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Pd. $1800. Asking $600 obo., some cat scratches on seat, but good cond.

403-597-3958 Cash Only

2 BDRM. balcony, blinds, $1000 rent no pets avail.

Mar. 1. 403-343-8387 BACHELOR suite avail. immed. $775 + power.

403-872-3400

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SUNNYBROOK AREA Somerset Close Springfield Ave. Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Drive Vickers Close Volks Place / Vanier Drive Vanson Close / Visser St. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

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

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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.

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MICHENER AREA East of 40th Ave., 51 St., 50A St., Michener Cres., Green, etc. to Michener Ave. & Blvd. $303/mo.

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Utility Tree Worker (UTW) You will assist the UTT with various forms of vegetation removal around high voltage power lines. We require previous related experience.

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

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We require Certified Tree Trimmer or Arborist credentials, and related experience. Industrial Pesticide Applicator credentials are an asset.

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continuous deliberate targeting of organizers and participants of peaceful protests,” Ashton said.

“All such acts are unacceptable and must immediately be stopped. It is the authorities’ responsibility to take all necessary measures to address the current atmosphere of intimidation and impunity which allows for such acts to take place. All unlawfully detained people have to be released and perpetrators brought to justice.”

The protests started after Yanukovych backed out of an agreement to deepen ties with the European Union in November, but quickly came to encompass an array of discontent over corruption, heavy-handed police and dubious courts.

Negotiations between the authorities and the opposition on finding a way out of the crisis appeared to have stalled on Thursday, after Yanukovych took an unexpected sick leave and told opposition leaders that it was now up to them to make concessions.

This week Yanukovych accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and the parliament, which he controls, and rescinded harsh anti-protest legislation that sparked last week’s violence.

Yanukovych’s allies in parliament also passed a bill offering to grant amnesty to protesters, but only after they vacate scores of government buildings they have seized across the country.

Yanukovych signed the bill into law on Friday, but the opposition has rejected the offer, saying it amounts to Yanukovych taking demonstrators as hostages. It has insisted that protesters must be freed without any conditions.

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KYIV, Ukraine — Police on Friday opened an investigation into the kidnapping of an opposition activist, who said he was held captive for more than a week and tortured in the latest in a string of mysterious attacks on anti-government protesters in the twomonth-long political crisis.

Dmytro Bulatov, 35, a member of Automaidan, a group of car owners that has taken part in the protests against President Viktor Yanukovych, went missing Jan. 22.

Bulatov was discovered outside Kyiv on Thursday. He said his kidnappers beat him severely, drove nails into his hands, sliced off a piece of ear and cut his face. He said he was kept in the dark all the time and could not identify the kidnappers. After more than a week of beatings, they eventually dumped him in a forest.

“They crucified me, they nailed down my hands. They cut off my ear, they cut my face. There isn’t a spot on my body that hasn’t been beaten,” Bulatov said on Channel 5 television.

“Thank God, I am alive.”

Bulatov’s face and clothes were covered in clotted blood, his hands were swollen and bore the marks of nails.

Opposition leader Petro Poroshenko rushed to the hospital where Bulatov was taken Thursday night.

“Dmytro asked to pass his greetings to everyone and to say that he has not been broken and will not be broken,” a grim-looking Poroshenko told Channel 5.

“That he is full of energy and despite the fact that his body has been beaten, Dmytro’s spirit is strong.”

Police said the car he was driving when he disappeared had been found.

Bulatov had been missing for eight days, and the protesters organized a campaign for his release. They pleaded with top government officials for assistance, offered a $25,000 bounty to anyone who could help locate him and even consulted psychics, said Oleksiy Hrytsenko, Bulatov’s friend and fellow activist.

Hrytsenko said Automaidan members had come under tremendous pressure during the protests, with their cars burnt and activists detained, harassed and threatened. He showed an Associated Press reporter a text message he had received from an unknown number that read: “Go ahead, go ahead, your mother will be happy to see her son dead.”

The AP was not immediately able to interview Bulatov.

He is among three activists whose disappearances have shocked the country, especially after one of them was found dead.

Bulatov went missing one day after Igor Lutsenko, another prominent opposition activist who had also gone missing, was discovered after being taken to the woods and beaten severely by unknown attackers.

Lutsenko was kidnapped from a hospital, where he had brought a fellow protester, Yuri Verbitsky, to be treated for an eye injury. Verbitsky was also beaten severely and was later discovered dead.

The disappearances prompted an outcry from protesters, who accused the government of intimidating the opposition.

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton issued a statement saying she was “appalled by the obvious signs of prolonged torture and cruel treatment” of Bulatov. She also condemned the death of Verbitsky.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Amid severe drought conditions, California officials announced Friday they won’t send any water from the state’s vast reservoir system to local agencies beginning this spring, an unprecedented move that affects drinking water supplies for 25 million people and irrigation for 1 million acres of farmland.

The announcement marks the first time in the 54-year history of the State Water Project that such an action has been taken, but it does not mean that every farm field will turn to dust and every city tap will run dry.

The 29 agencies that draw from the state’s water-delivery system have other sources, although those also have been hard-hit by the drought.

Many farmers in California’s Central Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country, also draw water from a separate system of federally run reservoirs and canals, but that system also will deliver just a fraction of its normal water allotment this year.

The announcement affects water deliveries planned to begin this spring, and the allotment could increase if weather patterns change and send more storms into the state.

Nevertheless, Friday’s announcement puts an exclamation point on California’s water shortage, which has been building during three years of below-normal rain and snow.

“This is the most serious drought we’ve faced in modern times,” said Felicia Marcus, chairwoman of the State Water Resources Control Board.

“We need to conserve what little we have to use later in the year, or even

in future years.”

State Department of Water Resources Director Mark Cowin said there simply is not enough water in the system to meet the needs of farmers, cities and the conservation efforts that are intended to save dwindling populations of salmon and other fish throughout Northern California.

For perspective, California would have to experience heavy rain and snowfall every other day from now until May to get the state back to its average annual precipitation totals, according to the Department of Water Resources.

“These actions will protect us all in the long run,” Cowin said during a news conference that included numerous state and federal officials, including those from wildlife and agricultural agencies.

Friday’s announcement came after Gov. Jerry Brown’s official drought declaration in mid-January, a decision that cleared the way for state and federal agencies to co-ordinate efforts to preserve water and send it where it is needed most. The governor urged Californians to reduce their water use by 20 per cent.

It also reflects the severity of the dry conditions in the nation’s most populous state. Officials say 2013 was the state’s driest calendar year since records started being kept, and this year is heading in the same direction.

A snow survey on Thursday in the Sierra Nevada, one of the state’s key water sources, found the water content in the meagre snowpack is just 12 per cent of normal. Reservoirs are lower than they were at the same time in 1977, which is one of the two previous driest water years on record.

State officials say 17 rural communities are in danger of a severe water

shortage within four months. Wells are running dry or reservoirs are nearly empty in some communities.

Others have long-running problems that predate the drought.

The timing for of Friday’s historic announcement was important: State water officials typically announce they are raising the water allotment on Feb. 1, but this year’s winter has been so dry they wanted to ensure they could keep the remaining water behind the dams. The announcement also will give farmers more time to determine what crops they will plant this year and in what quantities.

Farmers and ranchers throughout the state already have felt the drought’s impact, tearing out orchards, fallowing fields and trucking in alfalfa to feed cattle on withered range land.

Without deliveries of surface water, farmers and other water users often turn to pumping from underground aquifers. The state has no role in regulating such pumping.

“A zero allocation is catastrophic and woefully inadequate for Kern County residents, farms and businesses,” Ted Page, president the Kern County Water Agency’s board, said in a statement. “While many areas of the county will continue to rely on ground water to make up at least part of the difference, some areas have exhausted their supply.”

Groundwater levels already have been stressed, after pumping accelerated during the dry winter in 2008 and 2009.

“The challenge is that in last drought we drew down groundwater resources and never allowed them to recover,” said Heather Cooley, water program co-director for the Pacific Institute, a water policy think-tank in Oakland.

Lawyers want Supreme Court to compel Fox reporter’s testimony REPORTER TOLD OF COLORADO SHOOTING SUSPECT’S NOTEBOOK

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Lawyers for the man accused of killing 12 people at a Colorado movie theatre said Friday they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to require a Fox News reporter to reveal the confidential sources she used in a story about defendant James Holmes.

The defence wants reporter Jana Winter to identify the law enforcement officials who told her that Holmes sent a notebook containing violent images to his psychiatrist before the 2012 attack.

Holmes’ lawyers say whoever spoke to Winter violated a gag order and should be punished. They also say that officers might have lied when they denied under oath being Winter’s sources, undermining their credibility as potential trial witnesses.

New York state’s top court ruled in December that Winter did not have to testify in Colorado because she is protected by her home state’s shield law, which says reporters do not have to identify confidential sources.

A Colorado court issued a subpoena for Winter’s testimony, but because

she is based in New York, that state’s courts would have to enforce it.

Winter has said she would not identify the sources, even though the Colorado court could sentence her to jail for contempt of court for refusing.

Winter’s attorney, Dori Hanswirth, didn’t immediately return a call. Hanswirth previously expressed doubt that the Supreme Court would intervene.

Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

The identity of Winter’s sources is not likely to influence the outcome of Holmes’ case. But the defence’s quest to identify them has dragged on for more than a year and drawn objections from Fox News and journalism organizations, who say it threatens reporters’ ability to do their job.

Defence attorneys have acknowledged that Holmes was the shooter but say he was in the midst of a psychotic episode. The crucial question awaiting jurors is whether he was insane, which means unable to tell right from wrong under Colorado law. If the verdict is insanity, Holmes would be committed indefinitely to the state

mental hospital and could not be executed.

Any evidence about his mental state — such as the notebook — could be important in persuading the jury.

Authorities have confirmed Holmes sent the notebook, but the contents haven’t been publicly confirmed.

Holmes’ trial date is up in the air as attorneys work their way through scores of pretrial motions.

Holmes’ lawyers revealed their plans to appeal to the Supreme Court at the end of a hearing on a defence motion to bar evidence from crime scene reconstruction experts. The defence said such evidence is unreliable.

Also pending is prosecutors’ motion to have Holmes examined by psychiatric experts of their choosing.

Holmes underwent a mandatory sanity evaluation at the state mental hospital last summer, but prosecutors claim the doctor who conducted the examination is biased.

The conclusions of that evaluation have not been made public.

Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. has not said when he will rule on either the crime scene reconstruction evidence or the second evaluation.