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Traffic court moving PROCEEDINGS SHIFTING TO DOWNTOWN HOTEL TO ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Court hearings for traffic infractions in the Red Deer region are being moved out of the courthouse and into a downtown hotel.

Lawyers and courthouse staff learned on Monday that, effective April 1, traffic court for the Red Deer will be held at the Lodge Hotel, said Chris Rickards, president of the Central Alberta Bar Association.

The move means Courtroom 101 will be available for criminal matters one more day each week.

But the move will have little if any impact on family court, said Rickards.

“The plan for 101 is that that’s going to be come a disposition, bail, fresh arrest court on Mondays,” he said.

“I think it’s a good measure. There are some things we still have to figure out. Are they going to have the same security that we have at the Red Deer Courthouse over at the Red Deer Lodge? We’ll see how the Red Deer Lodge appreciates having the number of

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people that will be there on Monday morning, who are not there to buy their buffet or whatever.”

Certainly, there will be more access to free parking than there is in the city core, he said.

While the move will alleviate some overcrowding in Red Deer’s justice system, it does not address long-range problems, said Rickards.

“We are still pushing for expansion, because . . . it is a stop-gap measure. The long range has to be . . . a new courthouse in Red Deer.”

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MENTAL HEALTH

Local agency in line for funding boost

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

February is off to a frigid start as low temperatures and wind chill have conspired to make for bone-chilling conditions. For the students at Maryview Elementary School in Red Deer, the freezing weather has meant their ice sculptures will not be melting any time soon. See related story on page B1.

Councillors vote to give crime prevention centre a fighting chance

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

CITY COUNCIL

Big changes are ahead for the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre.

Red Deer city council approved a $143,000 funding request by a vote of 8-1 on Monday.

The boost will allow the centre to move to a larger space, increase hours, apply for matching grants and expand programming.

Councillors reasoned that they need to give the centre a fighting chance for the good of the community.

City administration had recommended floating the centre $75,000 in order to apply for the match-

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ing Community Initiatives Program (CIP) grant ($45,000) and to offset the operating costs of the centre ($30,000). Council heard that limiting the funding to $30,000 would put the CIP grant in jeopardy.

Coun. Ken Johnston argued that he feels uncomfortable limiting the funding request to only $75,000 to a hands-on agency that has a community track record that would have a benefit across the entire city.

Johnston introduced the motion to fund the entire $143,000 request.

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CALGARY — Alberta is putting up $5 million for children facing mental health crises to get help right away, Human Services Minister Manmeet Bhullar announced Monday.

“If a child is dealing with trauma in the child intervention system, I want that child to receive assistance as soon as possible,” Bhullar said.

“Trauma is so difficult for any human being to deal with. And if you’re a child and you have to come into the care of the child intervention system, man, that’s one of the toughest things of all.”

More than $1 million is to be given to three care agencies — in Red Deer, Edmonton, and Calgary — to hire staff and improve services so that children and youth deemed to be in acute distress can be seen and counselled right away.

The agency resources are to include overnight care. The province also plans to work with existing mental-health professionals, including counsellors and psychologists, so children in care can get up to eight counselling or treatment sessions right away.

Bhullar said that is meant to address a critical lag period of up to three months children face from the time they can be assessed to the time they get help.

A discussion by experts held last week in Edmonton included issues about children in care.

The $5 million will also be used to: ● Provide better access to mental-health specialists for children who have experienced physical, mental, or sexual abuse. ● Give child intervention staff instant access to clinical and medical consultation so they can better recommend treatment or medications. ● Give more training and support to caregivers who are looking after children with mental-health issues.

Bhullar said coaching is key.

“It’s vital that foster parents and other caregivers have the proper training and support they need to help them through these difficult times.”

The plan is to have the changes in place by the end of March.

Bhullar has said he wants action to address the root causes of problems with children in care, including mental health issues.

He has also promised changes to ensure that more information gets out to the public on any deaths of children while they are in care.

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Health risk of oilsands underestimated: study A new study suggests the environmental health risks of oilsands operations have probably been underestimated.

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COURT: Push continues for expansion Rickards warned that Red Deer could experience the same problems that arose in Calgary before its new courthouse was built. Various courtrooms were located in various parts of the downtown, as far as eight blocks apart. Small claims cases would be lost and warrants issued for people who were late for court because they had gone to the wrong site.

Retired Justice Jim Foster — who has been working with the local bar association and the City of Red Deer in proposing a new courthouse — said he continues to push the Justice minister and the Treasury Board to move ahead on an offer from the city.

The proposal would see the city convert the existing courthouse into an office building while the former RCMP building on 49th Street could be given to the province for construction of a new courthouse.

A private developer would be sought to lease the land from the province, build a courthouse and then lease the building back to Alberta Justice.

“I’m a little disappointed that this (new) courthouse isn’t moving along,” Foster said on Monday.

“I understood that this was on the agenda for Treasury Board. From my discussions with the minister’s office (last week), that’s certainly true, but they’re still looking at the possibility of apparently combining Red Deer with other courthouses on a P3 package, which I think is unnecessary.”

Foster said he and a consultant from Stantec have costing data that would prove to the minister and the Treasury Board that a courthouse in Red Deer would be large enough to be viable and competitive on its own, without waiting for other courthouse projects to

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Man jailed for starving cattle in dispute with brother

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A Manitoba farmer has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and a $10,000 fine for animal abuse after 67 were found dead from starvation and another 52 were near death on the family’s southern Manitoba homestead in May 2011.

Thomas Jeffrey McLean has also been banned for materialize.

“At the end of the day, we’re still looking at, I think, a 16-courtroom facility with 30,000 square metres, which is three times the size we have today,” he said. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., President and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, participates with other activists in a protest vigil in Lafayette Park across from the White House, Monday in Washington, urging President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline following the release of the State Department‘s new environmental assessment. Behind Lennox is a substitute pipeline made of inflated black plastic.

CRIME: Money will help centre make strategic plan “For me it’s time to come to the table and support an organization that we had faith in a couple years ago,” said Johnston. “We need to be able to say we’re committed to crime prevention. We are committed to this particular agency and we have faith in their operations.”

Coun. Lawrence Lee voted against the motion because he did not believe this crime prevention and safety model is the right one for the city. Lee said he could not support the request because there was not a solid program in place showing that the use of the funds will be used responsibility to drive the initiatives.

“What I see before us is a request for funding without a strategic plan . . . but I do see the community importance,” said Lee. “I have to look at an effective, fiscally responsible decision as to where to put these dollars that are coming after an operating budget that was already approved by this council.”

Coun. Lynne Mulder said part of the money will allow the centre to develop its strategic plan.

“I feel good about this,” said Mulder. “This is the amount they came up with. I think they have shown leadership.”

Coun. Buck Buchanan said the centre has been working very hard and has brought programs together to make the city a better place. He said crime prevention is always at the top of the city’s Ipsos Reid

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life from owning animals.

McLean and his brother had been in a court battle over their late mother’s estate and prosecutors argued he intentionally starved the cattle in an effort to devalue the overall worth of the estate.

The defence argued McLean lost control of a large chunk of land in the dispute and didn’t have nearly enough natural feed for the livestock. surveys and a $143,000 investment is fairly minimal.

The centre will report back to the city on a quarterly basis as part of the funding agreement.

“We are very excited about the vote of confidence from council,” said TerryLee Ropchan, the centre’s executive director. “We look forward to working with them and doing some good things out in the community.”

Ropchan told council that the existing space at 4711-51st Ave is not big enough to house an entire crime prevention centre. Ropchan said they are hoping to find a new space that’s a “little less office and more like a centre” to operate programs and to develop new ones.

She said the centre will be working with the city to find an appropriate location in the downtown core. Plans for new spring and summer initiatives are already in the works.

Ongoing funding for the centre will be considered during the 2015 operating budget deliberations.

Council had approved $19,530 in 2012 and $29,000 in 2013 to offset costs.

In other council news: z Council approved the first reading of the utility bylaw that sets the 2014 rates for water, wastewater, garbage pick up and recycling fees. Council considers second and third reading on Feb. 18. z A new medical facility may be joining the streetscape at 4922- 55nd Street. Council gave first reading to a bylaw amendment that would allow a health and medical services. A public hearing is slated at 6 p.m. on March 17. z The Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre and the City of Red Deer will host the Smarter Crime Control: An Agenda for Action with Irvin Waller on Feb. 26 at Westerner Park. The presentation runs from noon to 2 p.m. followed by a community conversation from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. z Council also passed the Business Revitalization Zone Bylaw Amendment that establishes the BRZ rate at 0.99518 per cent for 2014. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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OTTAWA — Opposition critics say they’ll be scouring the fine print when the Conservative government introduces legislation Tuesday morning to overhaul Elections Canada.

Chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand has long been calling for reforms, including tighter reporting rules on automated phone calls during election campaigns, penalties for impersonating election officials, stronger investigative powers and more protections for voter privacy.

The government was poised to introduce a bill last April but balked at the last minute after Conservative MPs who were briefed on its contents objected to some of the measures.

The latest version isn’t getting off to a much better start.

Pierre Poilievre, the minister responsible for democratic reform, told the House of Commons on Monday that he’d consulted with the chief electoral officer before the new bill was drafted.

Poilievre labelled as “false” opposition accusations that he hadn’t consulted with Mayrand.

“I did meet with the CEO of Elections Canada some time ago and we had a terrific and a very long meeting, at which I listened carefully to all of his ideas,” said Poilievre.

Not so, Elections Canada confirmed just minutes later.

“The chief electoral officer has not been consulted, and we heard the minister’s comments,” said spokesman John Enright.

“There’s been no consultation on the contents of the bill.”

Craig Scott, the NDP democratic reform critic, accused the Conservatives of taking “a completely bad faith approach” to the reform legislation.

“What kind of game is Mr. Poilievre playing?” said Scott.

“It could well be that he sat down with Mr. Mayrand for some kind of a courtesy, I’m-the-new-minister, you’re-the-chief-electoral-officer meeting, and now he’s trying to spin that as a consultation. This is not a good start.”

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Man who shot Mounties jailed eight years

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WETASKIWIN — An Alberta man who shot and wounded two Mounties during a standoff has been given a plea deal of nearly eight years, in part because officers didn’t announce who they were before breaking into his home.

Court heard Monday that the RCMP tried to use a few different speaker systems to declare themselves on Dec. 3, 2011, but none was working. Officers also spent several hours searching the man’s rural property and believed no one was there.

But Bradley Beaver, a crystal-meth addict, was with his girlfriend inside a darkened mobile home on the property near Breton, southwest of Edmonton.

And when an officer started smashing one of the trailer’s windows, Beaver fired his rifle.

“I wished I would have known it was them,” the 40-year-old told court. “I

was fearing for my life that night.”

Beaver’s lawyer, Peter Royal, said it’s amazing no one died in the gun battle. Beaver fired a total of eight shots, wounding two officers in their arms.

RCMP fired back 30 times, wounding both Beaver and his girlfriend.

Beaver, standing in court with a metal brace on his arm hidden underneath his suit, pleaded guilty to three counts of reckless discharge of a firearm. Several other charges, including attempted murder, were withdrawn.

Crown prosecutor Rodney Clark told court that if the Mounties had made their presence known that night, he would not have recommended the eight-year term.

Justice Paul Jeffrey of Court Of Queen’s Bench agreed with the plea bargain and gave Beaver credit for 10 months he has already spent in custody, leaving him with a total sentence of seven years and two months.

The judge heard how Beaver was an out-of-work trucker whose trailer was about to be repossessed. He also owed

another man money.

Kevin Gionet had gone to collect his $1,600 earlier that day and, when he drove onto Beaver’s property, Beaver shot out the back window of the man’s pickup truck. Another bullet grazed Gionet’s arm.

When police learned of that shooting they went to Beaver’s, but they believed he had fled. Officers searched a Quonset hut and outdoor storage unit on the property and a police dog didn’t sense anyone was there.

Clark told court that after the officers tried to use the broken speaker equipment, they decided to check out the mobile home. No lights were on, but there was a faint flicker that could have been a television.

Officers decided to break a window and were about to toss a robotic camera inside when Beaver — believing Gionet had returned — fired three shots, striking one officer.

Clark said Mounties then started yelling: “It’s police! Stop shooting!”

But Beaver kept on firing. He

climbed partway out the broken window and shot off five more rounds, hitting the second officer. During the ensuing standoff, Beaver’s girlfriend tried to leave the trailer, but Beaver was beside her holding his gun, said Clark. Police fired and hit both of them.

About 12 hours after the shooting started, the couple surrendered and were taken to hospital.

Candace Proctor received a flesh wound to her thigh. Court heard that Beaver’s injury was more serious and he still has problems using his left arm.

Clark said both officers still suffer from their bullet wounds. Staff Sgt. Patrick MacIsaac will never regain full use of his arm and is unable to return to active duty. Cpl. Peter King has about 80 per cent strength in his arm.

“I apologize to the officers that were hurt,” Beaver told the court.

“I’m glad nobody died.”

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Two dead, one hurt in explosion in garage at Edmonton home EDMONTON — Two people are dead and another is in hospital after an explosion and fire in the garage of an Edmonton home.

Fire crews were called to reports of a blast at the detached structure on Monday evening.

Shauna Skrepnyk, who lives across the street, says some of the sparks were flying over her garage and neighbours’ trees.

She says the sight of all the billowing smoke was “gut-wrenching, heartbreaking to see.”

The 26 firefighters who battled the blaze managed to contain it to the garage.

District Chief Dennis Hushagen says crews found the two deceased in the garage once they got the flames under control, while a third individual was taken to hospital with burns.

Police and fire investigators are now looking into what caused the fire.

Edmonton council puts phones on bridge as suicide prevention measure EDMONTON — Edmonton city council has voted to take measures to prevent people from committing suicide off the High Level Bridge.

Councillors voted in favour of spending $20,000 to install distress phones at the bridge’s four points of entry.

The phones will have the potential to connect to both a crisis support centre as well as 911, which a city report says would be invaluable to bystanders dealing with a crisis situation.

Signage will also be installed on the bridge to explain the purpose and function of the distress phones, at a cost of $400.

Dan Klemke, whose wife jumped off the bridge to her death, says he’d like to see more measures such as improved railings on the bridge.

He says his wife was suffering from a severe reaction to an immunization and related medication.

Mayor Don Iveson indicated he has personally lost two friends who jumped off the High Level but says

while improved railings may be an idea worth pursuing, suicide prevention is a much bigger issue.

“Obviously, there’s a huge need for investment in mental health and counselling for people,” said Iveson.

“That’s not the city’s jurisdiction, but where we have a site in the city that is a piece of transportation infrastructure that has some risk associated with it, and a track record of tragedy, I think some intervention is required and we’re going to look at that seriously.”

Edmonton’s chief medical examiner said there were 14 deaths around the High Level Bridge as the result of suicide in the last year.

Atco to replace aging gas pipelines, move them away from populated areas EDMONTON — The president of Atco Pipelines says the company has decided to replace aging natural gas pipelines that are dangerously close to schools, homes and businesses in Edmonton and Calgary.

Brian Hahn says the project should be completed within five years.

Brendan Dolan, senior vice-president, says the high-pressure lines were

built on the outskirts of the cities 50 years ago but urban growth has meant they are now in densely populated areas.

He says the project will see them moved to the transportation utility corridors that surround both cities.

Dolan says it’s a significant project for Atco (TSX:ACO.X) as it will require the construction of 105 kilometres of new pipeline.

But Hahn says the safety of the communities is the company’s priority.

“There have been incidents in other parts of North America where there have been pipelines ruptured that have caused serious property damage, injuries and in some cases fatalities,” says Dolan.

Hahn says the replacement system will include “modern coatings to prevent corrosion, better welding practices, better construction and inspection practices that are more robust.”

He says that will include “inline inspection tools that will actually allow us to actually put a tool down the pipeline while it is still in operation to get a health check on the pipeline while it is operating through its life cycle.”

Atco must now apply for permits for the project, a process that includes public consultations.

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EDMONTON — A new study suggests the environmental health risks of oilsands operations in Alberta’s Athabasca region have probably been underestimated.

Researchers say emissions of potentially hazardous air pollution that were used in environmental reviews done before approving some projects did not include evaporation from tailings ponds or other sources, such as dust from mining sites.

The study, by the University of Toronto’s environmental chemistry research group, looked at reported levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) — chemicals which can be released into the air, water and soil when bitumen-rich oilsands are mined and processed.

“Our study shows that emissions of PAH estimated in environmental impact assessments conducted to approve developments in the Athabasca oilsands region are likely too low,” reads the study published Monday in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“The potential therefore exists that estimation of future risk to humans and wildlife because of surface mining in the Athabasca oilsands region has been underestimated.”

Professor Frank Wania, one of the study’s authors, said the results highlight the need for improved accounting of PAH emissions from oilsands operations, especially when more projects are being built or planned in the region.

Using computer models, researchers studied emissions estimates from environmental reports to predict chemical concentrations from direct oilsands industrial activity such as mining, processing and vehicle traffic.

They found the levels were lower than actually measured levels of chemicals in the air recorded in other scientific studies.

Researchers then modified the computer model to factor in estimates of evaporation from oilsands tailing ponds. Predicted concentrations were then much closer to the recorded levels.

They used a third model using concentrations of PAH levels measured

by Environment Canada in the region between November 2010 and February 2011.

The results suggest emissions may be two to three times higher than the estimates recorded in project environmental reviews.

Wania said some chemicals pose a potential cancer risk, but nothing imminent.

The concentrations that have been measured in the air in the oilsands region are comparable to a big city such as Toronto.

“It is not that I am raising the red flag here, that we should be very concerned, because we live with these concentrations day in and day out,” he said.

“All we are saying is that the basis for the human health risk assessment is flawed.”

Environment Canada officials were not immediately available for comment.

Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, an environmental policy thinktank, said the study raises questions about tailings ponds and oilsands monitoring.

He said industry has never demonstrated that it is able to effectively deal with tailings waste and the government is not enforcing existing cleanup rules.

“This study provides further evidence that rules need to be enforced and the growth of tailings waste halted,” he wrote in an email.

Dyer said governments and regulators need to take the study’s findings into account when determining if it is appropriate to approve new projects.

He also said oilsands monitoring needs to be expanded.

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Viewing Canada as a satire It’s too easy to say that foreigners (particularly Americans) don’t understand Canada. I’d say that to understand our culture, you just have to appreciate our brand of satire.

So American writer Gary Shteyngart has nothing to apologize for when he said that Canadian literature is too beholden to cultural granting bodies to be able to create truly original stories.

GREG It’s not easy NEIMAN to be original when your livelihood ultimately depends on policy made by the prime minister’s office.

This year, we support a vibrant CanLit community; next year, maybe 10 per cent less.

We need to save tax dollars, so that wealthy Canadian couples can split incomes for tax purposes.

This year, we’ll make tax concessions to major private funders to sup-

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port a vibrant CanLit community for us. Next year, we’re more worried about sponsoring foreign welders who can build us a pipeline.

In that kind of environment, can you really expect all our writers to be a Mordecai Richler or a Will Ferguson?

Gary Shteyngart was born Igor Shteyngart, in Leningrad. His family left Russia for the U.S. in 1979, when he was seven years old, and his biography notes that young Gary grew up in an apartment with no television.

Now there’s an upbringing that would help a young mind appreciate absurdities. Thus, he was able to compose stories in a manner that Wikipedia describes as “elaborately fictitious yet somehow familiar places and times.” Like Absurdistan.

Too bad the name was already taken because, since Shteyngart claims to really love Canada, he could write the next Great Canadian Novel under the same title. In Canada, it’s allowable for a Russian-American to do that.

Our government that creates the grants allowing Canadian writers to both create our national literature and eat, takes weeks to follow a 12-step formal protocol to write a 140-character tweet.

The collective salaries of every assistant-to-the-assistant, right up to cab-

inet-level tweaking and wordsmithing of spontaneous social media chatter must cost millions of dollars a year.

This, to produce: “Browse the Mobile Protection Toolbox to learn facts & find tips to protect yourself. GetCyberSafe.”

Word-perfect.

Not only that, but high-level interdepartmental meetings are arranged (probably over a nice lunch), to produce agreements to re-tweet each other’s spontaneous tweets, thereby creating the appearance the government is using social media successfully.

With all that effort, they still cannot come up with enough material to make it appear that our government is social-media savvy, so they actually copy and paste each other’s material, and send it as their own.

And people say the tax money that helps sponsor the Scotiabank Giller Prize is wasted.

If the above scenario appeared in a new novel submitted for consideration by the Giller jury (which in 2012 included Shteyngart), it would probably be tossed as too unbelievable.

As would a story about the mayor of a fictional Canadian megacity who admits to using illegal drugs, who is frequently publicly drunk and profane, who consorts with underworld agents

and professes that what he does on his own time, legal or not, is none of your business.

And who stands an even-money chance of being re-elected, because people believe he can save them a hundred bucks or so on their property taxes.

Now, if you could sew both scenarios into the same story, then you’d be talking prize money.

Or, in Canada, you could publish the whole mashup in a daily newspaper — and not get sued.

Maybe the reason Canadian fiction writers don’t take the kinds of risks that Shteyngart would like to see is that the truth of Canadian life is already too incredible.

In Canada, this kind of behaviour is called your basic run-of-the-mill conservative governance. How could fiction compete with that?

We do much better when our fiction leaves our weather behind, as in Ferguson’s novel 419, which won the Giller in the year Shteyngart was a prize jurist. Start and end the story in Calgary, but all the good stuff happens in Africa.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Nursing shortage could mean more duties for family as caregivers Recently, two residents recently died at care centre in Calgary due to badly infected sores, which were not properly cared for. Where were the nurses to look after these residents and how did small sores end up letting them die? These stories about Albertans are indeed alarming and have been occurring more often with no solutions.

I realize there are many problems in the Alberta health care system but I wonder if the magnitude of the problem is important to public or if they haven’t made the connection about what it means to them and their families health for the future.

Nurses are the No. 1 profession in the health-care environment, but over the last decade there has been a growing shortage of skilled experienced nurses in Alberta and more and more Albertans could be at risk.

All across Alberta, registered nurse, registered psychiatric nurse and licensed practical nurse jobs are disappearing as the government of Alberta and Alberta Health Services have implemented staffing changes they call “workforce transformation” and “workplace optimization.’ These programs work by replacing educated and skilled nurses, whose profession is regulated, with non-professional and unregulated health care aides. While this is cost effective, this also lowers the quality of health care and increases risks for patients.

Nurses are the key reason our health-care system is safe and cost effective. Nurses play an important role of caring for patients and their families and with less skilled health-care aides working instead of nurses, hospitals will need to work at a different models of care for patients. This nursing shortage could mean more duties for families as caregivers.

With hospitals utilizing more health-care aides and fewer professional nurses, vulnerable populations such as seniors, chronically ill children and those with long-term mental and physical disabilities may be discharged more quickly to alleviate pressure on the already overstretched medical system and the remaining overworked nursing workforce.

With less skilled nurses watching out for patients, families will need to take more responsibility for their loved ones. This can lead to problems for family members, who may need to take on caregiving roles unexpectedly, a situation many of us have not had to face.

While this is all very alarming, it is not something that is new or unknown. Many Albertans have been affected by fewer nurses in all areas of health care.

As Alberta Health Services reduces more professional regulated nurses with specialized skills, areas such as wound management — as in the case of the two Calgary area residents — will we delegated to health-care aides.

It is up to us to protect our families and make sure they have the care they need and deserve. Many of us experienced care from a professional nurse, whether psychiatric nurse, registered nurse or practical nurse, and we know the value of nursing care for our families and ourselves.

If we don’t want more health-care stories in the news, we need to support nurses and in turn support the health of all Albertans for the future.

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Doing the math on city staff costs I appreciate CUPE Local 417 president Brian Stevens response to my recent letter to the editor out-

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lining my public pension concerns. Hopefully, I can briefly flesh out the figures disputed by Stevens.

By the numbers (rounded down): There are 145,000 employees covered under the LAP plan. The current unfunded liability is $5 billion, or $34,500 per plan member. With 1,400 City of Red Deer employees, that’s $48.3 million. As the pension shortfall has grown since 2012, it’s a safe bet that the city’s share is thus close enough to $50 million to call it that. Like it or not, that is debt and it does not appear on the city’s financial statements.

With 40 per cent of the city’s $305-million operating budget being payroll, that gives us a figure of $87,142 in payroll costs per employee. Without a median figure, and in the absence of how much of that $87,142 is in the form of pension allowances and other benefits, I gave the benefit of the doubt and assumed that the real figure is likely somewhat lower.

When one considers that this figure is substantially higher than the average earnings of those employed in the private, for-profit sector of the economy, that gives cause for concern.

If the average is high because we have a large number of managers, then we have a problem. If the average is high because pay and benefits are considerably higher across the board than what the private sector pays, then we have another problem.

Mr. Stevens makes two points that need to be addressed. He points out, correctly as per the LAPP website, that the average CUPE member retiring on an LAPP pension will receive approximately $15,000 per year.

Again, by the numbers: A 10-year city employee, retiring at 65, would receive $15,000 per year if they earned $75,000 per year, which is below the average payroll cost. A 25-year employee earning $45,000 per year, well below the average, would receive $22,500 per year from their city pension alone, guaranteed for life, and irrespective of any other personal savings.

Again, the concern is that these payouts are backstopped by the personal earnings and savings of those who do not have such protections from market realities, and that the pension amounts are wholly unrealistic compared to real world earnings and savings of those who have been obligated to pay for all of this largesse.

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Mr. Stevens also professes the belief that having a well-paid civic workforce helps to drive up the pay and benefits of those who work in the private sector.

Unfortunately, he can’t be more wrong. The necessary high taxes that are levied to support the extraordinary wages and benefits paid to public sector workers reduce private sector profits, re-investment, industry growth, and job and income growth. Without all of these things, there are no taxes.

Our pension tax bomb can be defused without raiding the pockets of the taxpaying public, and it can be accomplished without asking those who have yet to retire from the public sector to sacrifice a dime of what they have invested.

The question is, does our city government have the political will to do so?

Bill Greenwood Red Deer

Health-care system can be fixed The hard facts of Canada’s health-care system are as follows: ● Wait- times are among the longest in the modern world. In 2012, for example, the average Canadian could expect to wait more than four months for treatment by a specialist after their general practitioner referred them. [Fraser Forum magazine, October 2013] ● Canada’s health-care system is the most expensive in the modern world. Compared to an average of other countries with similar universal-access health systems, Canada spent 26 per cent more of our GDP on health care, specifically, 86 per cent more than Japan. [Fraser Forum, same issue] Is there a solution to our dubious system? Yes, of course!

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Privacy not breached EAVESDROPPING AGENCY WAS COLLECTING METADATA, NOT CONTENT OF MESSAGES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The head of Canada’s eavesdropping agency says a controversial effort to understand airport wireless systems did not breach the privacy of Canadians.

John Forster told a Senate committee Monday that Communications Security Establishment Canada was merely collecting electronic metadata — or data trails about messages — and not the actual content of those messages and calls.

A document obtained by CBC — originally leaked by former American spy contractor Edward Snowden — indicates the pilot project was intended to help the agency locate kidnappers and terrorists.

The CSEC slide presentation suggests information was taken from an unidentified Canadian airport’s free Wi-Fi system over a two-week period.

But Forster told the senators that’s not so.

“This exercise involved a snapshot of historical metadata collected from the global Internet,” he said.

“No data was collected through any monitoring of the operations of any airport — just part of our normal global collection.”

The spy agency was trying to build a mathematical model to help determine a communication pattern at a public location, in this case an airport, he said.

The May 2012 presentation says the project could help security officials zero in on a kidnapper based in a rural area who travelled to a city to

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John Forster, Chief of Communications Security Establishment Canada(CSEC) prepares to appear before the Senate National Security and Defence committee in Ottawa, Monday. make ransom calls.

Forster said intelligence officials know terrorists or hostage-takers will often use public spaces, like an airport or cafe, to access the Internet, “because they’re trying to hide in plain sight.”

“So the model is very helpful, it can save time or work in an incident where time is critical.”

The model has subsequently been used in at least two cases to identify legitimate foreign targets, he said.

Ottawa-based CSEC monitors foreign computer, satellite, radio and telephone traf-

fic 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.

CSEC is forbidden from targeting the private communications of Canadians.

However, metadata is not considered a private communication for the spy service’s purposes.

Some civil libertarians and privacy advocates say the

agency’s metadata monitoring is worrisome because even such seemingly innocuous material can reveal a lot about a person, such as their location and who they are contacting — in some cases even their religious or political beliefs.

Forster steadfastly denied CSEC was using metadata to build profiles of Canadians. In fact, metadata helps the agency screen out the content of Canadian messages, he said.

“I think metadata — in terms of a foreign signals intelligence agency — is pretty essential. We wouldn’t be able to find or locate foreign targets

Canada is watching rapidly mounting H7N9 case count

With world watching Sochi, Canada will be watching Ukraine, Baird says

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

BUT STILL FEELS RISK IS LOW THE CANADIAN PRESS The number of H7N9 bird flu infections continues to climb rapidly in China. But the Public Health Agency of Canada says it believes the risk the virus poses to Canadians remains low.

The agency’s director general for immunization and respiratory infectious diseases said Canada is monitoring the situation in China, and continues work on an update of the national pandemic preparedness plan that was begun in the aftermath of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

“We’re very interested and watching very carefully what is going on in China,” Dr. John Spika said Monday in an interview.

“But the bottom line is that until the virus demonstrates some ability to more efficiently spread from person to person it remains something that we’re very interested in, watching carefully but still consider to be a low risk.”

Since the new H7N9 virus emerged last spring, there have been about 277 cases diagnosed; 63 of the infections have been fatal.

After several months with no infections over the summer, new cases began to pop up in the fall as temperatures went down and conditions for the spread of influenza viruses improved. Since then, there have been 142 new cases, and 18 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Spika said the recent diagnosis of a case of H5N1 bird flu in Alberta is a reminder that hospitals and public health officials across the country should be on the lookout for infections with novel flu viruses in people with a travel history to China.

The woman, who died from her illness, is believed to have contracted

the virus while visiting China.

“It’s quite possible that the same thing may occur with H7(N9),” Spika said, referring to the possibility that infected travellers may bring the virus to Canada. But he said the fact that surveillance efforts picked up the H5N1 infection leads the Public Health Agency to believe H7N9 cases would likewise be detected.

Spika said a lot of work has been done on the national pandemic plan since 2009. In particular, an effort has been made to make the document more flexible so that authorities can react with greater ease to the particulars of the next pandemic.

Prior to 2009, many pandemic plans — both here and abroad — were written in such a way

that reaching a particular phase on the World Health Organization’s pandemic alert scale activated certain response activities. For example, vaccine production contracts kicked in when the WHO declared a pandemic was underway.

The resulting outbreak turned out to be milder than planners had been anticipating and some countries ended up with vaccine they didn’t want or need.

Spika said the revised plan will be more like a guidebook than a cookbook. He said it is hoped the provinces and territories will approve the revised plan in the spring or early summer.

Work remains to be done on annexes to the main document, including those relating to surveillance, laboratory efforts, vaccines and antivirals.

The

without it. It also helps us to make sure that we are not targeting Canadian private communications,” Forster said.

“We would not be using metadata to build profiles of Canadians, and their religious affinity and their political (allegiance).

“We have no interest in doing that. Our focus is to find foreign targets overseas.”

If the agency did abuse such information, CSEC’s own employees would be blowing the whistle, Forster said.

Earlier, Stephen Rigby, national security adviser to the prime minister, told the senators he was “not totally persuaded” that CSEC had “ tapped into” an airport Wi-Fi system.

After his appearance, Rigby said the collection of metadata has been “confirmed as being legal” and that CSEC had not broken the law.

Snowden, who once worked as a contractor on National Security Agency systems, leaked hundreds of documents about the NSA and its partners.

Rigby said during the committee hearing the revelations had “put a very intense spotlight” on how intelligence agencies work and with whom they collaborate.

“The disclosures raise a number of challenges for governments as they grapple with how to respond,” Rigby said.

“We need to take time to consider an appropriate response that is suited to our particular circumstances here in Canada.”

Forster said the leaks had prompted CSEC to review its dealings with outside contractors.

“So we’re going through that process now.”

On the latter issue, Spika said provinces and territories appear to be maintaining their stockpiles of flu antiviral drugs. The national antiviral stockpile contains enough of the drugs to treat about 17 per cent of the population, he said.

Canada has not asked its pandemic vaccine suppliers to make and test H7N9 vaccine, opting instead to wait for the results of clinical trials being done in the United States.

The U.S. has decided to stockpile H7N9 vaccine, though it will not reveal how many doses it plans to have on hand.

Spika said to this point there has been no decision taken on whether Canada should add H7N9 vaccine to a national stockpile which already includes some H5N1 vaccine.

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OTTAWA — Canada will be keeping a close eye on Russia’s involvement in the turbulent Ukraine as the Winter Olympics get ready to begin in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, says Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird.

Canada will continue to vigilantly monitor developments in Ukraine as the world spotlight shifts to Russia this week, Baird told a news conference Monday.

“The Olympics are an exciting time for the athletes, for the world and for the Olympic spirit, we will very much be keeping an eye on the situation throughout Ukraine,” he said.

“We will not be taking our eye off Ukraine for one moment during the Sochi Games.”

Baird also registered Canada’s outrage at the barbaric kidnapping of an opposition activist who was reportedly crucified by his Ukrainian captors.

“The abduction and abuse of pro-democracy activists is a cruel and crude attempt to deter peaceful protest through fear,” he said in a statement. “We call for an independent investigation into this case and all other crimes against protesters.”

The Harper government has barred Ukrainian officials from entering Canada because it says the government is suppressing dissent.

For two months now, Ukraine has been rocked by raucous anti-government protests, some of which have turned violent.

The dissent erupted after the government bowed to Russian pressure and abandoned an economic cooperation agreement with Europe.

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White House: Don’t look for a timeline on Keystone

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This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man carrying a wounded child following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, Monday.

Syrian government airstrikes kill at least 18 IN REBEL-HELD AREAS OF NORTHERN CITY OF ALEPPO

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — The Syrian government extended its intense aerial campaign against rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo on Monday, conducting a series of airstrikes that killed at least 18 people, including five children, activists said.

President Bashar Assad’s air force has pounded opposition areas of the divided city since midDecember, reducing apartment blocks to rubble and overwhelming already strapped hospitals and medical clinics with the wounded.

On Sunday, government aircraft also targeted areas of east Aleppo under rebel control, killing nearly 40 people.

Monday’s air raids hit the districts of Hanano, Qadi Askar and Mouwasalat, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The group, which monitors the conflict through a network of activists on the ground, said helicopters dropped crude bombs — barrels packed with explosives, fuel and scraps of metal — on the neighbourhoods, causing immense damage.

Amateur videos posted online provided a window on the car-

nage.

In one clip from Hanano, residents frantically dig through the shattered blocks of concrete and twisted metal strewn across the street in search of survivors.

A man stumbles as he carries a wounded boy wrapped in a blanket, his arm and face covered in blood.

Further down the street, the facades of buildings have been torn off by the bomb.

In a second video, two men place the shredded remains of a body onto a carpet. Another body covered in a blanket lies in a pool of blood on dusty pavement. Nearby, two women rock back and forth as they wail over a third body.

The videos appeared genuine and corresponded to other Associated Press reporting of the events depicted.

The Syrian government has not relented in its bombardment of rebel-held areas of Aleppo since launching what appeared to be a concerted aerial campaign there late last year.

Over a two-week stretch in December alone, activists say airstrikes killed more than 500 people.

Syria’s opposition has pointed to the air raids as evidence that Assad has little interest in peace

despite sending a delegation to Switzerland last week for U.N.sponsored negotiations aimed at ending the nearly three-year uprising. The first round of talks failed to secure any meaningful agreement other than to meet again later this month for more talks.

Since it began with largely peaceful protests in March 2011, the Syrian conflict has killed more than 130,000 people, forced almost a third of the country’s prewar population of 23 million from their homes, and inflamed sectarian tensions that have jolted the entire Middle East.

Despite the immense suffering and terrific toll of the war, the violence shows little sign of abating.

On Monday, the Observatory said that January was the deadliest month of the conflict.

The group said it recorded 5,794 deaths that it had evidence of last month, plus around another 1,000 that it knew of but for which it did not have names, photographs or video to provide final confirmation.

The clashes, which pit the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant against ultraconservative Islamic brigades and more moderate rebels, have killed more than 1,400 people alone.

WASHINGTON — The Canadian government is asking Barack Obama not to “rag the puck” on a Keystone XL decision. But to hear the U.S. administration tell it, the president doesn’t have the puck on his stick, isn’t anywhere near it, and won’t commit to touching it soon.

The U.S. is resisting pressure on multiple fronts to offer a date for a final decision on the pipeline — pressure that has grown with the regulatory process now entering a new phase.

It is facing demands from its Canadian counterparts, questions from U.S. media and attacks from political opponents.

None of which appears to have changed the basic answer: that when it comes to a timeline, there is no answer. The State Department is legally in charge of the file for at least another 90 days, and there’s no indication of when it might hand things over to the president.

Obama spokesman Jay Carney faced a dozen questions on the pipeline at the daily White House briefing Monday, with one query referring to the Canadian government starting to express its frustration.

The presidential spokesman, however, refused to be pegged down on a process he said isn’t even controlled by the White House.

He even warned against political interference — a 2012 attempt by Republicans to force a decision within 60 days actually backfired, forcing a new regulatory process and additional delay, Carney noted.

“This is a process that’s run out of the State Department because it’s a pipeline that crosses an international boundary,” he said.

“The president’s view is we don’t interfere with that process. We let it play itself out.”

The White House response comes as the Canadian government seeks quick action following a report last week by the State Department that concludes that, under foreseeable market conditions, a new pipeline won’t single-handedly expand the Alberta oilsands.

Using the hockey metaphor of puck-ragging, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver urged the president not to stall for time.

The Canadian government is pleading for a final call early enough to allow building during the 2014 construction season.

There will now be a 90-day national-interest determination study, during which various U.S. federal departments can raise objections. Then, based on what Secretary of State John Kerry decides, a final call might have to be made by the president.

But there’s no indication of when Kerry might make his decision.

In fact, a spokesman for Kerry offered only the tiniest hint when asked whether the department might actually make a recommendation to Obama while he’s still president.

Asked whether the decision would occur before 2017, Kerry spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki replied: “Yes.” On the Senate floor, the top Republican in the chamber demanded approval soon.

Mitch McConnell even seemed to suggest the issue might provide fertile terrain for the kind of interpartisan co-operation that has been in short supply in Washington.

“President Obama promised America a ‘year of action,”’ McConnell said.

Man says he drifted 13 months across Pacific Ocean speaks Spanish, said the survivor told the following story: He’s a native of El Salvador but had lived in Mexico for 15 years and fishes for a man he knows as Willie, catching sharks for 25 pesos ($1.90) per pound.

On Dec. 21, 2012, Alvarenga left Mexico in his 23-foot (7-meter) fiberglass boat for a day’s fishing, accompanied by a teen he knew only as Ezekiel, who was between 15 and 18.

A storm blew the fishermen off course, and

soon they were lost and adrift.

“He talked about scooping up little fish that swam alongside the boat and eating them raw,” Armbruster said.

“He also said he ate birds, and drank birds’ blood.”

After about a month, Ezekiel died, the survivor told officials.

Alvarenga also talked about eating turtles.

Once near Ebon, he swam ashore.

“He thanked God, initially, that he had survived,” the ambassador

said. “He’s very anxious to get back in touch with his employer, and also with the family of Ezekiel. That’s his driving motivation at the moment.”

In Costa Azul, a fishing hamlet near Tonala, fishing boat owner Villermino Rodriguez Solis, who assumes his son is the “Willie” that Alvarenga referred to, said

Alvarenga and a companion had gone missing on Nov. 18, 2012, which would imply the sea odyssey lasted 14 ½ months.

“Here, his colleagues went out in boats to look for them. They spent four days looking for them,” said Villermino, who expressed surprise that Alvarenga had been found alive in the Marshall Islands.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It’s a story that almost defies belief: A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands thousands of miles (kilometres) away.

But that’s what a man identifying himself as 37-year-old Jose Salvador Alvarenga told the U.S. ambassador in the Marshall Islands and the nation’s officials during a 30-minute meeting Monday before he was taken to a local hospital for monitoring.

Alvarenga washed ashore on the tiny atoll of Ebon in the Pacific Ocean last week before being taken to the capital, Majuro, on Monday.

“It’s hard for me to imagine someone surviving 13 months at sea,” said Ambassador Tom Armbruster in Majuro.

“But it’s also hard to imagine how someone might arrive on Ebon out of the blue. Certainly this guy has had an ordeal, and has been at sea for some time.”

Other officials were reacting cautiously to the Spanish-speaking man’s story while they try to piece together more information.

If true, the man’s ordeal would rank among the greatest tales ever of survival at sea.

Mexico’s Foreign Re-

lations Department says the man told Mexico’s ambassador to the Philippines, Julio Camarena, that he set out from an area near the coastal town of Tonala in southern Chiapas state, which would mean his journey covered a distance of more than 6,500 miles (10,460 kilometres), if he drifted in a straight line.

Armbruster said the soft-spoken man complained of joint pain Monday and had a limp but was able to walk.

He had long hair and a beard, the ambassador said, and rather than appearing emaciated he looked puffy in places, including around his ankles. Otherwise, he added, Alvarenga seemed in reasonable health.

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HEALTH Abortion rate at lowest level since 1973 in America DROP OF 13 PER CENT FROM 2008 NEW YORK — The U.S. abortion rate declined to its lowest level since 1973, and the number of abortions fell by 13 per cent between 2008 and 2011, according to the latest national survey of abortion providers conducted by a prominent research institute.

The Guttmacher Institute, which supports legal access to abortion, said in a report being issued Monday that there were about 1.06 million abortions in 2011 — down from about 1.2 million in 2008.

Guttmacher’s figures are of interest on both sides of the abortion debate because they are more up-to-date and in some ways more comprehensive than abortion statistics compiled by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to the report, the abortion rate dropped to 16.9 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 in 2011, well below the peak of 29.3 in 1981 and the lowest since a rate of 16.3 in 1973.

Guttmacher and other groups supporting abortion rights have been apprehensive about the recent wave of laws restricting abortion access that have been passed in Republican-controlled legislatures.

However, the report’s authors said the period that they studied — 2008 to 2011 — predates the major surge of such laws starting with the 2011 legislative session.

The lead author, Rachel Jones, also said there appeared to be no link to a decline in the number of abortion providers.

According to the report, the total number of providers dropped by 4 per cent, to 1,720, between 2008 and 2011, and the number of abortion clinics declined by just 1 per cent to 839.

According to Jones, the drop in abortions was likely linked to a steep national decline in overall pregnancy and

birth rates.

“Contraceptive use improved during this period, as more women and couples were using highly effective long-acting reversible contraceptive methods,” she said.

“Moreover, the recent recession led many women and couples to want to avoid or delay pregnancy and childbearing.”

While the overall abortion rate declined, the proportion of abortions entailing early medication procedures continued to increase.

According to Guttmacher, about 239,400 abortions of this type were performed in 2011, representing 23 per cent of all non-hospital abortions, an increase from 17 per cent in 2008.

Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee, described the overall drop in abortion numbers as evidence that the anti-abortion movement’s lobbying and legislative efforts were having an impact.

“It shows that women are rejecting the idea of abortion as the answer to an unexpected pregnancy,” she said.

The report marked the 16th time since 1973, when abortion was legalized nationwide, that Guttmacher has attempted to survey all known abortion providers in the U.S. However, a section of the new report acknowledges that some abortions might not be tallied.

The highest abortion rates were in New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware and New Jersey; the lowest were in Wyoming, Mississippi, South Dakota, Kentucky and Missouri.

However, Guttmacher said many women in Wyoming and Mississippi, where providers are scarce, go out of state to get abortions.

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Why norovirus is such a menace

BY BRIAN PALMER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES NEW YORK — Passengers on Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas came home two days early this week after more than 600 people fell ill with suspected norovirus, also known as Norwalk disease.

Norovirus loves a good cruise ship, with its tight quarters full of people from all over the world.

There have been nearly 200 confirmed norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships in the past 20 years, plus many other suspected maritime norovirus outbreaks that couldn’t be definitively linked to the virus.

But it isn’t an exclusively seagoing pathogen. It accounts for more foodborne illness in the United States than E. coli and salmonella combined. It lives on doorknobs, handrails and even soft surfaces like couches and carpets.

Norovirus is all around you.

And it is sickening more people than ever. It is a wondrous pathogen that should fascinate, disgust and frighten you in equal measure.

Most viruses are encased by a lipid envelope, which has a couple of vulnerabilities. First, it dries out when exposed to the elements, which is one of the reasons HIV, for example, dies almost immediately outside of a host.

In addition, alcohol-based sanitizers easily penetrate a lipid envelope and destroy the virus. Norovirus has a protein shell with no such weaknesses.

It can live in the open for weeks and possibly months, and it is resistant to hand sanitizer and soap, unless you scrub the heck out of it.

When a cruise ship suffers an outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that virtually every inch of the vessel and everything on it be drenched in a 5-percent bleach solution. Since schools, concert

halls, movie theaters and private homes rarely undergo such a thorough scrub-down, it’s disturbing to imagine how often we encounter norovirus. (If you decide to bleach your house after your child falls ill, it’s better to go with a 10-percent solution, since bleach degrades rather quickly in a bucket.)

The situation is all the more worrying when you consider norovirus’ second neat trick — it takes an incredibly small number of viral particles to make you sick.

Most pathogens, such as influenza, need to invade you with an army of thousands to cause symptoms. That’s one of the reasons we’re generally healthy in a world teeming with viruses.

Mathematical modeling suggests that as few as 10 norovirus particles can make an adult sick.

The average norovirus virion is around 35 nanometers across — one-third the size of most viruses — so the volume of an infectious dose is uniquely small. It can easily find its way into your mouth through your hands or a whiff of infected air.

You can contract norovirus in the most subtle and disgusting ways imaginable. In 1999, after one gentleman vomited in a concert hall and nearby bathroom in Wales, more than 300 people inhaled enough airborne norovirus to become ill.

Many of the victims were school children who came on a field trip the following day. In another case, several members of a college football team from North Carolina came down with norovirus and managed to infect members of the opposing team from Florida through contact with their uniforms, which were contaminated with particles of feces and vomit.

Norovirus is also eerily persistent. People with colds, for example, are typically not contagious beyond a week after symptoms commence.

By contrast, laboratory experiments on human volunteers suggest that people infected with no-

rovirus continue to shed virions for up to three weeks, long after the vomiting and diarrhea have passed.

Why would researchers use human volunteers to study such a horrible bug? Researchers have thus far been unable to culture norovirus in a dish.

Last year, microbiologist Christiane Wobus and her colleagues at the University of Michigan were able to grow norovirus in immunocompromised mice, and some progress has been made infecting pigs whose guts had been rid of other microbes, but those are baby steps toward understanding the virus.

Until we can grow this stuff in a laboratory, there’s little hope of developing a vaccine or an effective treatment. (Wobus calls in vitro culturing “the holy grail” of norovirus research.)

Most of what we currently know comes from deliberately infecting volunteers who submit themselves to three days of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for the good of science and about a thousand bucks.

Incidence of norovirus has increased in the past couple of decades, and researchers have proposed an intriguing explanation: It may be learning to infect more people.

Your blood type — A, B, AB, or O — is defined by certain sugars on your blood cells. Similarly, people differ in the types of sugars on the cells that line the intestine. Certain strains of norovirus bind specifically to certain sugars — but the strains that have been traveling the world recently bind to a wider range of sugars.

That seems to mean the strains can sicken a wider range of victims.

Brian Palmer is Slate’s chief explainer. He also writes “How and Why and Ecologic” for the Washington Post. Email him at explainerbrian@gmail.com.

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Childhood cancer is considered rare, especially compared with cancer in adults. Still, it’s the second leading cause of death in children pre-adolescent, school-aged children.

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TORONTO — Canadian home prices are likely about 10 per cent overvalued given the expectations for rising interest rates, TD Bank said in a report Monday.

However, the bank also noted that the overvaluation in markets like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Ottawa is likely more significant than in others across the country.

“These markets will likely feel the pinch from modestly higher interest rates over the next two years more so

than others,” TD economist Diana Petramala wrote in the report.

She noted that Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa have been flooded with an overhang of inventory of unsold condos.

“Home prices have weakened in the second half of 2013 as a result and we expect that softness to persist in 2014,” Petramala said.

“Toronto is poised to follow their lead, as the number of new condos scheduled to be completed in 2014 and 2015 is elevated relative to history.”

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estate bubble have been key concerns for policy-makers for several years. Recent indicators have suggested the market may be headed for a soft landing instead of a bubble bursting, but concerns have persisted.

“Our forecast is consistent with this imbalance unwinding gradually over the next few years through a combination of moderate income growth and a modest home price correction,” Petramala wrote.

“While 2014 is likely to see stable prices on average, prices are expected to edge down by two per cent in 2015-16 as

the over-building challenge increasingly weighs on the market and as borrowing costs grind higher.”

The Canadian Real Estate Association reported last month that sales through its multiple listings service totalled 457,893 homes for 2013, up eight-tenths of a per cent from 2012.

The national average price for homes sold in December was $389,119, up 10.4 per cent from the end of 2012. Excluding Greater Vancouver and the Toronto region, the yearover-year increase was 4.6 per cent.

The TD report noted that overvaluation can be measured in several different ways with vastly different results.

“The home price-to-rent ratio points to an overvaluation of 60 per cent. However, this measure is skewed by rent controls. It is difficult to know whether prices are too high, or if its rents that are too low,” TD said.

Another indicator, the home price-to-income ratio suggested overvaluation as high as 30 per cent, but TD said that depends on how income is defined and what is included.

Optimism over Keystone pipeline sends dollar higher

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A Japan Airlines Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner taxis to a gate after arriving at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Monday, marking the first time the aircraft has landed at the airport. The Boeing 787 will be used by Japan Airlines on the existing Tokyo NaritaVancouver route once a week and will be phased into the regular daily service currently being flown by a Boeing 767 beginning March 30.

Judge orders sale of land WOLF CREEK CROSSING SUBDIVISION’S MORTAGE DEFAULTS

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The future of a major development planned for southeast Lacombe is uncertain after a judge ordered the 156-acre site sold.

The City of Lacombe said in a release late Monday that it’s received notice the lands making up Wolf Creek Crossing subdivision have been placed on the market as the result of a mortgage default.

First proposed by Edmonton developer Richview Developments Inc. in 2011, the project was to combine commercial, light industrial and residential uses.

Richview’s website said 40 to 50 acres of commercial development was planned, with potential tenants including the likes of Home Depot, Staples and Walmart.

Also proposed was 20 to 25

acres for industrial use and 50 acres for residential development, including a man-made lake.

“On behalf of council, I must say that I’m disappointed and saddened by this turn of events, as this type of retail development is important to the community,” said Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie in Monday’s release.

The release said the city had already issued the necessary permits to proceed with development, and had also approved an outline plan for the subdivision and amended Lacombe’s southeast area structure plan.

City staff were working with the developer on a development agreement and a subdivision application for the first phase, said the release.

A development agreement was already in place for a subdivision completed last year, it continued,

and a development permit for a hotel had been approved.

The release said no construction completion applications have been made, and that as far as the city is concerned Wolf Creek Crossing’s infrastructure is incomplete.

It pointed out that the city holds security for municipal improvements on the site.

“The City of Lacombe is taking every action by engaging legal counsel to protect its interests as this matter proceeds through the judicial system,” said Norma MacQuarrie, Lacombe’s chief administrative officer.

The release said the city “will continue to work closely with interested parties to facilitate commercial and retail development in the community.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed higher Monday amid optimism that the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will get U.S. approval.

The loonie closed off session highs but still rose 0.33 of a cent to 90.11 cents US since the pipeline would boost shipments from the oilsands and give a lift to the Canadian economy.

The loonie went as high as 90.6 cents US before U.S. Treasury yields strengthened during the day as traders increasingly looked for safe havens, generally avoiding commodity based currencies, oil and metals, and equities.

The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury dropped about seven basis points to 2.587 per cent late in the afternoon.

The U.S. State Department said Friday that the proposed TransCanada (TSX:TRP) pipeline would produce less greenhouse gas emissions compared with transporting oil to the Gulf of Mexico by rail.

“This is likely to sway Secretary of State (John) Kerry to provide a favourable recommendation to President (Barack) Obama on the construction of the pipeline, which will provide added capacity for Canadian oil to flow into the U.S.,” observed Camilla Sutton, chief FX strategist for Scotiabank.

There was also a positive outlook from the International Monetary Fund, which said it expects the Canadian economy will grow 2.2 per cent this year, up from an estimated 1.7 per cent in 2013.

Meanwhile, emerging market worries weighed on financial markets as data showing a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing added to concerns about countries such as Turkey, South Africa and India, all of which had to hike rates last week to support their currencies.

These countries and others have been hit by an outflow of investor funds as the U.S. Federal Reserve cuts back on its massive monthly bond purchases, a move that kept long-term rates low and resulted in a flow of cheap money into those markets.

But the primary worry is that weaker growth in those countries could drag down developed markets.

China’s official purchasing managers’ index showed the manufacturing sector came in at 51.5, down from 52.5 in December. Any reading above 50 signals expansion.

Sentiment was also hurt by disappointing American data.

The U.S. Institute for Supply Management said its January manufacturing index dropped to 51.3 during January from 56.5 in December.

In Canada, Royal Bank’s purchasing managers manufacturing index for January came in at 51.7, down from 53.5 in December.

Yellen sworn in as Fed chair BECOMES FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD CENTRAL BANK IN ITS 100-YEAR HISTORY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Janet Yellen was sworn in Monday to succeed Ben Bernanke, becoming the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve in its 100-year history.

Yellen, who was confirmed by the Senate last month, was sworn in by Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo, the senior member of the Fed’s sevenmember board.

She took the oath in a brief ceremony in front of a fireplace in the Fed’s massive board room. Her husband, Nobel-winning economist George Akerloff, was present as were other Fed board members and Fed staff.

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Yellen, 67, made no remarks at her swearing in but did smile to acknowledge the applause of the assembled group.

Nominated by President Barack Obama on Oct. 9, her four-year term as chairman will end on Feb. 3, 2018.

Meanwhile, the Brookings Institution, announced Monday that Bernanke was joining the Washington thinktank as a distinguished fellow in residence.

Bernanke stepped down on Friday after eight years as Fed chairman.

He had said he planned to stay in Washington and was looking forward to writing and giving speeches on economic policy.

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Yellen, who served as Fed vice chair since 2010, has been a close Bernanke ally.

She is expected to continue the Fed’s policy of maintaining low interest rates while scaling back on the Fed’s bond buying program.

The Fed announced a second $10 billion reduction in the bond buying at last week’s meeting, Bernanke’s last as chairman.

Yellen will get to explain her views in more detail next week when she delivers the Fed’s twice-a-year policy report to Congress. She will testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Feb. 11.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 95.95 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.55 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.06 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.08 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.96 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.59 Cdn. National Railway . . 58.71 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 163.40 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American stock markets sold off sharply Monday as a disappointing read on American manufacturing added to worries over whether economic problems cropping up in emerging markets can be contained.

The S&P/TSX composite index gave up the last of its gains for the year as it tumbled 208.74 points, or 1.52 per cent, to 13,486.2. The Canadian dollar gained 0.33 of a cent to 90.11 cents US. New York’s Dow Jones industrial average plunged 326.05 points, or 2.1 per cent, to 15,372.8 as the Institute for Supply Management said its January manufacturing index dropped to 51.3 in January from 56.5 in December. Any reading above 50 signals expansion.

The Nasdaq fell 106.92 points to 3,996.96 while the S&P 500 index slid 40.7 points to 1,741.89.

Markets had already got off to a weak start Monday morning after China’s official purchasing managers’ index came in at 51.5, down from 52.5 in December.

The data added to concerns about emerging market countries such as Turkey, South Africa and India, all of which had to hike rates last week to support their currencies.

These countries and others have been hit by an outflow of investor funds as the U.S. Federal Reserve cuts back on its massive monthly bond purchases, a move that kept U.S. long-term rates low and resulted in a flow of cheap money into emerging markets.

The primary worry is that economic weakness from the emerging economy countries could affect growth in developed markets.

In Canada, Royal Bank’s purchasing managers index also pointed to a weak start to 2014 for the Canadian manufacturing sector. The January index came in at 51.7, down from 53.5 in December.

Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 37.71 Capital Power Corp . . . . 22.44 Cervus Equipment Corp 23.60 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 44.69 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.30 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 26.29 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.52 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.25 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.78

There was other negative news from automakers as Ford shares slipped 2.75 per cent and General Motors shares 2.3 per cent after they reported a drop in U.S. January sales, hurt by harsh winter weather.

The sell-off hit all TSX sectors with the base metal group down 2.6 per cent as the latest round of economic weakness worries sent March copper down a cent to US$3.18 a pound after it fell about 2.25 per cent last week. HudBay Minerals fell 35 cents to C$8.49.

The energy sector was down 2.1 per cent as March crude in New York fell $1.06 to US$96.43. Suncor Energy, which was set to release earnings Monday night, lost 95 cents to C$35.64.

Insurers led the way to a 1.3 per cent slump in financials with Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC) down 93 cents to $19.62.

Tech stocks also racked up steep losses as electronics manufacturer Celestica (TSX:CLS) shed 81 cents to $10.24.

The gold sector lost early momentum and was down about 0.75 per cent as risk-averse investors pushed April gold up $20.10 to US$1,259.90 an ounce.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at close Monday.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,486.20, down 208.74 points TSX Venture Exchange — 940.77, down 10.55 points TSX 60 — 774.29, down 11.24 points Dow — 15,372.80, down 326.05 points S&P 500 — 1,741.89, down 40.70 points Nasdaq — 3,996.96, down 106.92 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 90.11 cents US, up 0.33 of a cent

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Alford joins board of High Arctic A familiar name in the Alberta oilpatch has joined the board of High Arctic Energy Services Inc. (TSX: HWO).

Thomas Alford has been named a director of the Red Deer-based oilfield equipment and service provider. A longtime Red Deer resident, he has over 34 years of experience in the oil and gas service industry.

Alford served as president and CEO of IROC Energy Services Corp. from 2001 until its acquisition by Western Energy Services Corporation last April, and continues to sit on Western Energy Services’ board.

He was also president and CEO of Bonus Resource Services Corp. from 1997 to 2000.

“We are pleased with the addition of Tom to the board,” said Michael Binnion, chairman of High Arctic’s board.

“His breadth of experience will be beneficial to the company as he brings skills and experience directly relevant to our business.”

High Arctic has operations throughout Western Canada and also in Papua

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Pound — C$1.8093, down 2.19 cents Euro — C$1.5015 down 0.08 of a cent Euro — US$1.3531, up 0.43 of a cent Oil futures: US$96.43 per barrel, down $1.06 (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,259.90 per oz., up $20.10 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.350 oz., down 4.2 cents $718.55 kg, down $1.35

CALGARY — Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE) gave the green light Monday to a $300-million equipment upgrade at its refinery in Lima, Ohio, so it can process heavy crude from Western Canada.

The project will allow the refinery to process up to 40,000 barrels per day of heavy crude, starting in 2017.

Less than a month ago, Husky announced it was going ahead with two Saskatchewan heavy oil projects with total output of 20,000 barrels per day — part of a plan to boost thermal oil production to 55,000 barrels per day in 2016.

Meanwhile, the first phase of its 60,000-barrel-per-day Sunrise oilsands project is scheduled to start up later this year.

Heavy oil produced in Western Canada tends to trade at a discount to light

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Canyon Services Group. 10.45 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 28.53 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.840 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.60 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.33 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 90.05 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 48.33 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.62 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 32.50 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 45.45 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.00 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.16 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.165 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.53 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.64 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.71 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.57 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 8.96 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 59.41

TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Monday at 940.77, down 10.55 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 209.53 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $3.80 lower $426.40; May ’14 $3.80 lower $436.60; July ’14 $3.70 lower $445.30; Nov. ’14 $3.60 lower $460.80; Jan ’15 $3.60 lower $466.30; March ’15 $3.60 lower $471.60; May ’15 $3.10 lower $474.40; July ’15 $2.70 lower $476.80; Nov ’15 $2.70 lower $473.00; Jan. ’16 $2.70 lower $473.00; March ’16 $2.70 lower $473.00.

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.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 525,540 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 525,540.

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Young entrepreneur applications sought Applications are being accepted for the Business Development Bank of Canada’s Young Entrepreneur Award.

The grand prize is $100,000, with up to 11 finalists — one for each province and one for the combined territories — to be selected.

A second prize of $25,000 in consulting services will be awarded to the runner-up.

The competition is open to Canadian business owners aged 18 to 35, with the application deadline April 3.

Applicants must submit a short video describing their business’s turning point and the solution that will help them achieve future growth. Entries must also describe a project that has yet to be implemented.

“The contest aims to showcase the vibrancy of Canada’s young entrepreneur community and its importance to the prosperity of our economy,” said Michel Bergeron, senior vice-president, marketing and public affairs at BDC. “It is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to raise the profile of their business and tap into networks that will ultimately help them keep ahead of competitors and take their business to the next level.

Applications can be made online at bdc.ca/yea.

oil because of its lower quality and distance to market.

That’s affected the bottom lines of producers, who get a lower price for their crude.

But it’s been helpful for refiners, which get a cheaper feedstock.

Integrated companies like Husky that both produce and refine crude are buffered somewhat against volatile swings in commodity prices.

The refinery will maintain its ability to refine light crude oil, meaning it will have the flexibility to respond to shifting market conditions, Husky said.

Engineering work on the project is already started and the equipment upgrades are expected to be done in late 2015 and late 2016.

Husky, controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, is involved in oilsands and offshore production, refining and retailing.

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Grain backlog prompts Ottawa to keep closer tabs on rail companies: Ritz

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Husky Energy OKs $300-million project so Ohio refinery can process heavy crude

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WINNIPEG — A transportation bottleneck that has left a bumper crop of grain still sitting in some fields is prompting Ottawa to keep closer tabs on rail companies.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Monday he is acting on the advice from a crop logistics working group to change grain monitoring so rail companies will have to report monthly on their performance. Right now, companies report every three months.

Railways know they can do better and increased transparency will help pinpoint problems as they arise, he suggested.

“They have to be transparent in why, when they’re asked for 150 cars, they only spotted 100,” Ritz said during a news conference.

“They may say, ’That’s historically what we’ve done.’ That’s not good enough.

“The new era of transparency and accountability will say if we asked for 150 cars, then that’s what we expect to get.”

The announcement is the latest attempt by the federal government to appease farmers who are frustrated about a huge backlog of wheat and other crops building up outside jammed grain elevators. The backlog stems from problems moving a record harvest of grain — up about 20 million tonnes.

Ottawa has already chipped in $1.5 million for a five-year transportation study.

While some farmers are skeptical that increased monitoring will help tackle the backlog, Ritz said the government is determined to ensure Canada has reliable grain shipment.

“To win and maintain our markets, Canada must not only be competitive on price and quality, but also on service and deliverable reliabilities,” he said.

“Our government knows that action is needed now.”

Dan Mazier, vice-president of Keystone Agricultural Producers, said increased monitoring is a step in the right direction. But the Manitoba grain producer said it won’t fix current problems.

“We can monitor it all day long, but the bottom line is we’ve got a pile of grain to get rid of,” he said. “There are delays that are months and months behind. This is a nice step forward, but we have further to go to get some action.”

Farmers argue grain shipments are not as high a priority to rail companies as oil, potash and coal. They also say rail companies can’t respond quickly to a bumper crop immediately after harvest.

Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada, said he would like to see the new rules in place this year. The country’s economy depends on solving this issue, he said.

Magna, Chinese concern to operate joint venture plant in China

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SHANGHAI, China — Magna International Inc. (TSX:MG) says its Magna Exteriors operating unit has formed a joint 50-50 venture with Chongquing Guangneng Rongneng Trim Co. Ltd. to supply the growing automotive market in China.

Magna Guangneng Automotive Trim System Co. Ltd., will assemble and sequence front-end modules at a plant in Hangzhou, China.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“Magna Exteriors recognizes Chongquing’s strong presence in the

China supply base and, combined with our expertise, we anticipate a successful and collaborative team approach to support our customers,” Joe Pittel, global president Magna Exteriors, Interiors and Seating, said in a release.

“Through this new strategic partnership with Chongquing and in recognition of the growing China market, we are continuing to expand our presence in the region.”

Magna International, based in Aurora, Ont., is a leading global automotive supplier employing 125,000 people at 316 manufacturing operations and 84 product development, engineering and sales centres in 29 countries.

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Peace and quiet for newborns enrages uncaring grandmother Dear Annie: Last summer, I gave children and their families, as well as birth to twins who were several weeks our siblings. We told them their pets early. Throughout the time they were were welcome, but the animals would in the hospital, we had family support. have to sleep in the laundry room on My husband and I made the lower level. Unfortuthe decision that for the first nately, these guests said day home, we’d have no visithey couldn’t sleep without tors. This enraged my mothhaving their pets next to er. She felt we stole away their beds and insisted on her joy of being a grandma bringing them to the upper and that we were very rude. floors.

Since that day, I’ve received It’s been two weeks since letters and emails stating the last guests left, and my just what she thinks of me. wife still has a cough from In fact, many family memthe build up of her pet albers have turned their lergies. We had to purchase backs on us due to the situa new blanket for one of the ation. sofa beds because a guest I’ve made attempts to dog slept on it. Every time MITCHELL fix things, but it only gets we vacuum the carpet, it & SUGAR worse. This has been gobrings up the dander. ing on since August. What We want our family should I do? — Mom of members to feel welcome, Twins but how can we get them to Dear Mom: Your family is incredibly comply with the boundaries we set? Do nervy to expect parents of newborn we have to pay for them to stay at a hotwins to want family members in their tel or board their pets? — Help home the first day out of the hospital.

Dear Help: No, but you need to be While we trust you thanked them for more assertive about enforcing your their earlier support, once you were boundaries. Tell the family that you home, you needed time to adjust. You love having them, but your wife’s allerasked for one day, and they resented it. gies make it impossible for the dogs to Your mother sounds like the type stay anywhere but the laundry room at who could undermine your authority night. as a parent, so hang tough. Tell her If they cannot abide by that simple that you and your husband needed a request, you will be happy to recomday to recuperate and some quiet time mend nearby pet-friendly hotels and as a family, and you hoped they would boarding kennels. respect that. Add that they are welDear Annie: I’d like to address your come to visit, provided they can stop senior driving respondent from Sainsulting you and creating a negative lem, Mass: So you are the one driving environment for the children. The rest too slowly with his foot on the brake is up to them.

You’re impeding the flow of traffic.

Dear Annie: We are retired and con- Worse yet, if your foot is always on sider ourselves to be hospitable. We the brake, then your brake lights are maintain a guest bedroom, as well as always on. So how am I supposed to two sofa beds for overnight guests. In know when you’re actually stopping? addition, we host friends and families It is time for you to turn in your car for meals, especially around the holi- keys. Not because you’re 93, but bedays. My wife struggles with seasonal cause you’re a bad driver. — Baton allergies, as well as an allergy to ani- Rouge, La. mal dander, and so we try to limit her Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy exposure.

Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime ediShe has undergone allergy shots tors of the Ann Landers column. Please and uses two prescription nasal sprays. email your questions to anniesmailbox@ She can tolerate short visits with pets comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, if she has plenty of tissues. Recently, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, we hosted overnight stays of our adult Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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time when you will be expecting recognition and appreciation for your efforts. Even though you will maintain a down-to-earth profile, deep down inTuesday, Feb. 4 side you will long for that validation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The desire CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Rob Corddry, 43; Natalie Im- to cultivate new knowledge or to study abroad might present itself bruglia, 39; Alice Cooper, 66 today. You constantly want THOUGHT OF THE to feed your brain with reDAY: The Aries Moon sourceful information and blends in beautifully with this may nurture your hunthe Sun in liberal Aquarius. gry spirits. Be open-minded Our needs and wants are and let yourself float on a in harmonious alignment cloud of higher learning. with each other. This is the LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): kind of day where we can You are a caring partner achieve just about anything and you want the best for with much less resistance everyone. Today you long and a greater support from for profound commitments others. We are invited to and you desire to relate to step into a field of opporyour partner’s set of valtunities with an open mind ASTRO ues. You want to connect and free of distress or fear.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your pany of another person, as you tend to birthday, this is a year that will test mother your closest partnerships. You your listening and your speaking skills. see yourself through them and you are Your entire thinking process may be willing to make some sacrifices here hectic at first and then, as you process and there.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will become more receptive and responsive are not alone if you acknowledge conto your immediate environment. You sciously the sense of stability and will want to instill some peace and practicality that is associated with the serenity wherever you are. You derive pursuit of your goals and ideals. You more satisfaction out of your routine have gorgeous promises waiting to be and safe alliances. They hold a sense exhaled.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Interof utter stability. actions and the burst of new ideas will GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Start the day by being actively involved in your keep on popping through your mind. community or some organization. En- Later on you will seek the comforts gage yourself socially and cultivate the within your own home and spending essence of humankind. Later today you more time with your family. There’s will seek more tranquil moments and something about familiar environyou will simply want to shut yourself ments that makes you feel so serene.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your down.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The gen- own set of values will ask you what eral atmosphere seems to be running truly makes you happy. Your five senssmoothly today. You may have to at- es are heightened today and you are tend some social obligations and actu- prone to overindulgence. A need to ally enjoy them. Your altruistic side speak what’s on your mind will present will kick in and you will care to help itself. the needy or become more committed Astro Doyna is an internationally synto some organization.

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According to the Marin Independent Journal, the report also says investigators found a sales contract for the Lamborghini in a locker Wade kept. It showed he planned to sell the car for more than $200,000.

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TEX-MEX CHILI

A breed of its own TEX-MEX CUISINE HAS STRONG, UNIQUE TRAITS AND A TRADITION UNTO ITSELF

BY PATI JINICH ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES It was 1997, and I was excited. A year after moving to Dallas from Mexico City, where I was born and raised, I would finally have the chance to get what Tex-Mex cooking was all about. I was visiting San Antonio, the capital of Tex-Mex, at one of its most famous Tex-Mex restaurants. And then the food came.

The large, oval combo platter in front of me was supposed to be cheese enchiladas with red rice and refried beans, but all I could see was a thick blanket of cream-colored sauce with melted, yellow processed cheese on top, threatening to spill over the plate and possibly even out of the restaurant. I couldn’t tell whether the tortillas were corn or flour, and they were barely filled; the mealy red rice had a watered-down tomato taste and an overdose of cumin; the refried beans were runny and — oh, heresy! — there weren’t enough of them to eat along with each bite.

I was hungry, and curious, so I ate it all. In a strange way, it was comforting, but I was perplexed.

After I finished, I told the Mexican waiter: No entiendo lo que me acabo de comer. I don’t get what I just ate.

I still think about that meal because it is emblematic of the problems people have with TexMex. Mexican food purists take swipes at it, claiming it is simply bad Americanized Mexican food, while Texans rush to defend it as its own breed.

What is Tex-Mex supposed to taste like? What does the term even mean? Where is the Tex, and where is the Mex? Tex-Mex is now so much more than that, and it keeps growing. It encompasses chili gravy, queso dip (with its fanatics all over the world), the puffy taco, the fajita platter, chiles rellenos, breakfast burritos, all sorts of tacos, seviches and carne asada tostadas, among other dishes. As more Mexican ingredients are accepted, demanded and available, the pool of Mexican cooks is more diverse than ever before, making the Mex in the Tex-Mex that much more vibrant.

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The continuous comparison to authentic Mexican food is a source of irritation to many Texans, including Tex-Mex expert Robb Walsh, a cookbook author and founder of Foodways Texas. “Why are there no French cooks or connoisseurs coming over to Louisiana to tell Creole cooks they are not making French food the right way? The real way!” he exclaimed. “That they are making a mockery of authentic French food?”

Possibly simply because France is not the nextdoor neighbor of Louisiana. France is geographically so distant that French and Creole food have evolved in practically separate universes, with few bridges in between.

Mexico and Texas are, well, in each other’s faces. And when Mexicans show up to eat at an “authentic Mexican” place in Texas, they can find it disconcerting, to say the least. “What is this kind of

TEX-MEX CHILI MAKES: 8 to 10 servings PREPARATION: The chili can be refrigerated for 3 days or frozen for up 6 months.

INGREDIENTS 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 pound beef stew meat, cubed or cut into 1-inch chunks 1 pound lean ground pork or lean ground beef Kosher salt or sea salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 medium white onion, coarsely chopped 1 medium red bell pepper, cored, seeded then coarsely chopped 1 tablespoon chopped jalapeno pepper (seeding optional) 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon mild or hot paprika 1 teaspoon ancho chili powder or chipotle chili powder 1 tablespoon sauce from canned chipotles in adobo, or more to taste 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 tablespoon tomato paste 28 ounces canned, crushed, no-salt-added tomatoes 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar 4 cups no-salt-added beef broth 30 ounces no-salt-added, homemade or canned pinto beans (drained and rinsed, if using canned; about 4 cups) Sour cream, for garnish Chopped fresh cilantro, for garnish Shredded cheddar cheese, for garnish Crushed tortilla chips, for garnish Thinly sliced scallions, for garnish STEPS Heat 3 tablespoons of the oil in a large Dutch oven or wide, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the chunks of beef. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until the meat releases from the surface. Stir so the meat begins to brown on all sides, then add the ground pork or ground beef. Season lightly with salt and black pepper; cook for 5 or 6 minutes, stirring, so the ground meat browns and loses its raw look and its juices evaporate.

Clear a space at the center of the pot; add the remaining tablespoon of oil, then the onion, red bell pepper and jalapeno pepper, stirring to coat. Cook for 5 minutes or until the vegetables begin to soften, stirring frequently to keep them from scorching.

Clear a space at the center again; add the garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, paprika, chili powder, adobo, cumin and oregano, stirring to incorporate.

Stir in the tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, brown sugar and vinegar; cook for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring a few times, to form a thickened mixture.

Stir in the broth; once the mixture starts to bubble vigorously, reduce the heat to medium. Stir in the beans. Reduce the heat to medium-low to maintain a low boil; cook, uncovered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally; for a thicker chili, add up to 15 minutes to the cooking time. Taste, and add adobo, salt and pepper as needed.

Divide among individual bowls. Serve the sour cream, cilantro, shredded cheddar cheese, tortilla chips and scallions at the table, so guests can garnish their own portions.

Mex?” I can hear them say — since I’ve said such things myself.

But after years of living in the United Sates, I have different expectations. What I thought was a strange kind of Mexican food with too much cumin I know now to be purely Tex-Mex, a breed of its own, with strong, unique traits. And a tradition unto itself.

As for that cumin, for instance, Walsh says its heavy use has been ingrained in Texas for centuries, long before it became part of the United States: Spanish people brought workers from the Canary Islands who had come from Morocco, where there is intense use of cumin and garlic.

Similarly, I’ve grown accustomed to seeing TexMex’s oversauced and cheesed-up plates, which seem to represent an American affinity for abundance, just as so many Italian American restaurants load meatballs and tomato sauce on pasta in ways that Italians never do in the old country.

Whether it’s those changed expectations or an improvement in quality, I’m not sure, but I’ve had much better Tex-Mex meals than that one in 1997.

I even make some Tex-Mex dishes for my boys at home.

When I was back in San Antonio last March, I went to a place on the River Walk and ordered a combo platter of shrimp enchiladas. The red rice had lovely, full tomato taste (and a lot of that darned cumin); the beans, rather than refried, were left whole and in their cooking liquid, seasoned with chunks of bacon and tomato. I ordered two extra sides of beans so I’d have some for every bite of the enchiladas; they didn’t taste like the Mexican frijoles de la olla (soupy beans) that I know, but they were smoky and fabulous. The enchiladas were made up of warm corn tortillas, malleable and soft, filled with sweet, crunchy and plump shrimp, with a generous amount of a tomato chipotle cheesy sauce and with shredded lettuce and avocado on top.

I could make out each element on the plate. After I cleaned it, I thanked the Mexican waiter, with a big grin on my face. And I thought to myself: Ay mas o menos entendi lo que me comi. I sort of get what I just ate.

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This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows characters, from left, Emmet, voiced by Chris Pratt, Wyldstyle, voiced by Elizabeth Banks and Batman, voiced by Will Arnett, in a scene from The Lego Movie.

Blocks of satire and whimsy THE LEGO MOVIE BUILT TO BE A BETTER TOY FILM

BY JAKE COYLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Toy movies occupy a spot on the respectability meter somewhere between talking dog films and Showgirls.

Even in a business not always known for the most honourable of ambitions, films based on toy lines smack of a crass grab at cross-merchandizing.

Since the popularity of the Transformers franchise, Hollywood has increasingly turned to Hasbro toys like G.I. Joe and Battleship to capitalize on their familiar brands.

Chris Miller and Phil Lord, co-writers and co-directors of The Lego Movie, were well aware of the dim reputation of toy movies.

But in their short but rapidly ascending careers, the comic duo has turned weak premises like a 21 Jump Street remake and an adaptation of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs into surprisingly fresh, crowd-pleasing hits.

“One day we want to work on a movie that sounds like a good idea from the start,” jokes Miller.

“Our success has been based on low expectations.”

The Lego Movie, opening Friday, is far more inventive and satirical than you might expect.

Made with a conscious resistance to the pitfall of toy-based movies, it’s imbued with a childlike playfulness and a subversive mockery of corporate control.

“We actually really enjoy a challenge and get excited by solving a seemingly impossible puzzle,” Miller says.

“Each one of those movies — Cloudy

With a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie — we were like, ‘That sounds terrible. It’s probably going to be terrible, unless ... unless, there is one way you could do it.”’

“That’s basically our entire career,” says Lord.

The concept that Lord, 36, and Miller, 38, came up with was to capture the experience of playing in a deep box of the interlocking plastic bricks.

In a world composed of Legos, following the rules, or the instructions, is a way of life.

Workers happily sing the anthem Everything Is Awesome, and are pacified by bland state-controlled entertainment, like the TV show Where Are My Pants?

A law-abiding construction worker named Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) inadvertently stumbles across a rebellion against leader Lord Business (Will Ferrell), revealing a ragtag of mismatched characters, from Batman (Will Arnett) to Abraham Lincoln (Will Forte).

A battle ensues between lock-step uniformity and creative chaos.

Saying just how much the movie mimics the experience of a child playing with Legos would spoil it.

The Los Angeles Times called the film “the first-ever postmodern toy movie.”

“It was as open and infinite as looking at a bucket of bricks itself,” Miller said in a recent joint interview with Lord while the two stepped away from editing their upcoming sequel 22 Jump Street. ”Our thinking was: What if this movie is told by an 8-year-old? We really

wanted it to feel like it had the whimsy and randomness of being from the mind of a child.“ The Denmark-based Lego Group was approached by Warner Bros. producers in 2007 about making a movie, with an earlier story outline by Dan and Kevin Hageman.

things together.”

Miller and Lord met as freshman at Dartmouth College, drawn together by their similar sense of humour.

They both had comic strips in the school paper and churned out student videos (a sample: Lord’s Man Bites Breakfast was told from the perspective of cereal).

Lord describes being skeptical about making what could be dismissed as a 90-minute commercial for Lego before they were energized by “a — MATTHEW ASHTON, VICE-PRESIDENT grassroots, bottom-up apOF CREATIVE DESIGN FOR LEGO proach.”

“Then it started to get really exciting and feeling like, ‘Oh this can alThe company has in recent years most be subversive and cool and feel expanded beyond toy sets to build nu- like we got away with something,”’ merous international theme parks, Lord says.

Though Ashton says the pair chalrelease several lines of video games with Warner Bros. Interactive Enter- lenged the Lego brand in a healthy tainment and air the Cartoon Network way, Lord and Miller occasionally TV series Ninjago (for which there are needed reminding that The Lego Movie was a family film. movie plans, too).

“Our Clockwork Orange sequence “The last thing that we wanted to do was be perceived as ‘Oh, this is didn’t go over very well,” says Lord, just Lego trying to make more money, laughing.

They initially penned a re-educajust to sell more toys,”’ says Matthew Ashton, vice-president of creative tion scene for Emmet, with his eyes design for Lego and a producer on forcibly held open, after he strays too far from Lord Business’ way of doing the film.

“If you look at Lego as a creative things.

The Stanley Kubrick reference was medium, it’s very much like modeling clay is in a Wallace & Gromit movie. deemed “not perfectly appropriate for It’s just a different way of expressing family audiences.”

Miller and Lord nevertheless chucka story.”

Ashton says filmmakers were given le at what they were able to get away wide creative leeway and no featured with in the movie.

“A lot of people are surprised that toys were dictated by Lego: “Then we went through the script and cherry we don’t do drugs,” Lord says.

“We’re able to access that childlike picked what we thought could make good toys and co-developed those kind of thinking unassisted.”

‘IT’S VERY MUCH LIKE MODELING CLAY. IT’S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF EXPRESSING A STORY.’

Packets stuffed with substance among evidence in Hoffman probe

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Medical examiners were conducting an autopsy Monday on the body of Philip Seymour Hoffman as investigators scrutinized evidence from the scene of the actor’s death, including packets that enforcement officials said were believed to contain heroin.

An autopsy was pending the day after the Academy Award-winning actor was found dead in his apartment in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.

While there was no official ruling yet on what caused the 46-year-old’s death, two law enforcement officials said it was believed to be a drug overdose.

Hoffman was found in a bathroom with a syringe in his arm and with glassine envelopes of what was believed to be heroin, the officials said.

Some of the one-dose packets were stamped with the ace of hearts symbol, and others with the words “Ace of Spades” and that symbol, another law en-

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All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about evidence found at the scene.

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TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 2014

From warm and back JANUARY WAS OPPOSITE OF FRIGID DECEMBER

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

BIRDHOUSES WITH BOB Birdhouses with Bob returns to the Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Feb. 15. Children aged six to 13 are invited to try their hand with a hammer and build their own birdhouse to take home. They will also be learning about songbirds.

The workshop begins at 2 p.m. at the centre at 6300 45th Ave. Tickets are $7 per child per member and $8 per child for nonmembers. Pre-registration is required and an adult must accompany the participants. To register, call 403-346-2010.

January proved to be the exact opposite of glacial, snow-laden December.

Balmy temperatures almost rose into the double digits last month — thermostats hit 9C on three different days — temporarily defrosting the permafrost and giving us an all too brief taste of spring.

It wasn’t long before all the slush froze over again, wreaking havoc on motorists and pedestrians, but Environment Canada meteorologist Dan Kulak said January was still significantly warmer than usual.

The month had an average daily high of

-1C and an average nightly low of -14.4, creating a mean temperature of -7.6.

“The daytime was about four degrees higher than normal,” said Kulak.

He noted that the usual mean temperature for January in Red Deer is -10C, derived from blending the average high of -4.5 with the average low of -16.

This means last month was “significantly above normal,” he added.

But it was slightly below normal for precipitation.

While last November and December had about three times the typical snowfall for those months — a whopping 109.9 cm compared to the average of 36 cm — January saw only 20 cm fall. This is below the month’s usual 22 cm.

Kulak said Central Alberta tends to get

most moisture in the spring and fall. “February is typically the driest month ... you get wet falls and things dry up in the midwinter.”

As far as predicting how the rest of the winter will turn out, Environment Canada’s three-month temperature forecast indicates a cooling trend.

“Cool weather will be continuing,” said Kulak, who added February, March and April are expected to be below normal.

Temperatures are already heading in that direction, with a high of -21C predicted for today, -20C for Wednesday, -11C for Thursday, and the week’s warmest high of -10 for Friday — before a chillier weekend. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

RUSSIA AT FIRST THURSDAY February’s First Thursday brings a taste of Russia to the Snell Auditorium in the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library. Michèle Cusson, resident soprano at Banff, and pianist Kathleen van Mourik will give a noon concert on Thursday from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Their concert is open to the public and free of charge, with donations accepted at the door. Café Noir will provide coffee and tea.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS Alberta Gerontological Nurses Association Central Chapter presentation on Difficult Conversations: Helpful Strategies will be held on Wednesday at Dana Soltes Auditorium at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre South Complex, lower level, starting at 5 p.m. There will be a presentation with Simone Schumacher, bereavement support co-ordinator of Red Deer Hospice Society. The general meeting will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. All health-care professionals and students are welcome.

The vent is free and no preregistration is required.

Phone 403-358-4328.

Items in Thursday’s What’s Happening and Sunday’s Seven Days stated that the presentation was at 6 p.m.

Maryview Elementary students in Joan Erlandson’s Grade 4 class raise their milk cartons as they celebrate the school’s 25 years of participation in the School Milk Program on Monday.

A very Moo-ving program SCHOOLS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS WITH PROVINCEWIDE MILK PROGRAM Two Central Alberta schools are celebrating 25 years with a provincewide milk program.

Maryview School in Red Deer and Iron Ridge Elementary in Blackfalds have been signed up with Club Moo, a school program encouraging students to drink milk at lunch, since 1989.

The program, ran by the non-profit organization Alberta Milk, is also celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

Talk of the Town closes, Patio, loss of sales cited

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“It’s a real milestone showing the schools have been long committed to providing kids a healthy drink at lunch,” said Melinda Falkenberg-Poetz, marketing communications co-ordinator for Alberta Milk.

“Schools are pressed to the max in this day and age and it’s hard for teachers, volunteers to find the time to do something extra. This program really relies on the staff that take the extra step to supply it so it is something to be saluted.”

The Ross Street Patio and the number of homeless people in downtown Red Deer may not be the main reasons a business is closing its doors, but they did play a role.

Talk of the Town, a clothing store located on the north side of Ross Street, in the block that becomes the patio during — TALK the summer, will close on Feb. 20. Coowner Nicole Hewitt said on Monday that during the patio season, they get an increase in foot traffic, but a decrease in sales.

“Our sales drop once the patio goes in — traffic increases and sales drop;

once the patio comes out, our sales increase and traffic drops,” said Hewitt.

The store loses it street-front parking when the outdoor summer patio is installed.

The downtown patio project began two summers ago. Recently, Red Deer city council renewed the project for another year.

“We really depend on our regulars, too, and each time the patio goes in and it comes out, we lose a OF THE TOWN CO-OWNER share of our NICOLE HEWITT regular customers because they go somewhere else and then they forget about us.”

‘. . . EACH TIME THE PATIO GOES IN AND IT COMES OUT, WE LOSE A SHARE OF OUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS BECAUSE THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY FORGET ABOUT US.’

Please see BUSINESS on Page B2

Club Moo schools offer white and/or chocolate milk multiple times a week.

The school is in charge of arranging the delivery and purchase of milk, which is sold to students at cost or a reduced rate, Falkenberg-Poetz said.

Incentives are provided for every school or classroom that registers with Club Moo, such as a parachute for gym class.

Please see MILK on Page B2

INNISFAIL

Seniors facilities workers reach contract agreement Job action has been avoided at Innisfail’s Sunset Manor and Innisfail Country Manor.

Workers at the seniors facilities voted late last week in favour of a collective agreement, the first since the workforce unionized under the Alberta Union of Public Employees last May. A mediated settlement for the local chapter and owner Chantelle Management Ltd. was reached on Dec. 19 and ratified by local chapter members on Dec. 30.

However, Chantelle rejected the deal at the time.

Labour representatives for the workers argued that staff were getting paid much less than the industry standard for private, for-profit seniors homes.

AUPE vice-president Carrie-Lynn Rusznak said the deal is close to that proposed by a mediator. That agreement called for an eight per cent pay increase over three years, plus a benefits plan with employer contributions.

“The members are all thrilled we’ve been able to reach this . . . with Chantelle management,” said Rusznak on Monday.

“I’m glad that we were able to do it without a strike vote because that would have really disrupted the lives of the seniors in that facility and that is not fair to them.”

Sunset Manor and Innisfail Country Manor includes a 102-suite supportive living facility and a 57-suite independent living facility. It is partially funded by the province.

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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BUSINESS: Parking an issue Parking is an issue for the business, with Hewitt calling it the decisionmaker.

Numerous customers told them that getting to the store because of parking was an issue.

The clothing store has lots of dresses and formal wear still in stock, and is offering discounts of 50 to 75 per cent.

Amanda Gould, Red Deer Downtown Business Association executive director, said when any business closes there are usually many more reasons.

“It does get quite disheartening to hear the reasons for doing so fall entirely on the Ross Street patio,” said Gould.

“Especially when the Ross Street patio really contributes so heavily to the vibrancy of our downtown and so often has so much entertainment and activity going on and it’s bustling down there.

“While some businesses may not see increased traffic on a particular day, having the people and activity does increase the awareness of the downtown businesses.”

Talk of the Town has been telling customers and those holding store credit or gift cards about the closure, and put up signage on Jan. 25.

“I’m not blaming it on the patio, but I think that was the decision-maker in the end as to why we decided to close so soon,” said Hewitt.

“We had lots of changes in the works. I had a website going to be launched, we were going to go ahead with renos where we’re at, and then finally I caught wind that the patio might be staying all year round, and they’re really pushing for that. If we’re tied in a lease, that would just kill us right there. I told them, ‘If you guys keep that patio all year round, I give us a year and we’re going to have to close our doors.’ ” Hewitt also said the number of

LOCAL

BRIEFS Armed robber hits Mac’s store Police are searching for a suspect following an early-morning armed robbery today in Red Deer.

At approximately 12:30 a.m., a lone male entered the Mac’s Convenience Store on Gaetz Avenue and 21st Street.

The male suspect covered his face with his shirt and approached the employee demanding cash.

When the employee did not turn over any cash, the suspect produced a black handgun.

Robbery suspect The employee then complied, giving the suspect an undisclosed amount of money.

The suspect ran from the store and was seen leaving in a white Ford truck.

No one was injured.

The male is described as approximately 20 years old, Caucasian, about 1.7 metres (five feet seven inches tall) with a slim build, curly blond hair and wearing a grey/black hoodie and black ball cap with white writing.

If you have information that will assist the RCMP in identifying this suspect, you are asked to call the Red Deer City RCMP at 403-343-5575, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Youths face 133 charges Six youths from the Rocky Mountain House area face 133 charges following a large number of property crimes and

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Talk of the Town, a women’s clothing store in downtown Red Deer, has decided to close and go out of business. homeless or street-people who loiter downtown was an issue.

“Our customers are steering away from the downtown for that reason, too,” said Hewitt.

“We’ve only had the store for the three years but we feel like it’s gotten a lot worse over the last year.”

The presence of panhandlers and homeless is a common complaint among downtown business owners, said Gould.

But she said that can be seen in the downtowns of many cities.

She said increasing density downtown is a way to help alleviate the homelessness issue.

Part of the solution is the Downtown

an extensive police investigation.

On Jan. 25, Rocky Mountain House RCMP responded to more than 20 calls relating to spray painting property and theft from unlocked vehicles in the town.

Police also observed additional damage to property and vehicles while on patrols during their investigation and notified homeowners of the damage.

The charges range from mischief to theft and possession of stolen property. The youths are scheduled to appear in Rocky Mountain House provincial court.

Police are reminding the public to lock their vehicles and not leave valuables in plain view.

Tenant assaulted An apartment tenant was assaulted after catching a laundry room coin thief in the act on Saturday in Red Deer.

Red Deer City RCMP said that at about 9 a.m., a male was observed stealing the coins from the laundry room at Waskasoo Manor, on 37th Street and 52nd Avenue.

The tenant attempted to stop the suspect but was struck in the head with a metal tool that the sus- Assault suspect pect had.

The tenant suffered minor injuries and the suspect fled.

The suspect is described as Caucasian, wearing a black leather jacket, hat, black and grey high-top shoes, jeans with holes, dark brown to black hair, and facial hair.

Anyone with information that will assist the RCMP in identifying the suspect is asked to call RCMP at 403-3435575, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477.

B.C. mom on life support as child due next month

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A Victoria family is living through a heartbreaking human drama, with a mother on life support while her unborn baby boy awaits an uncertain due date that is still weeks away.

Robyn Benson, a 32-year-old who is five months pregnant, was declared brain dead after she was admitted to hospital last month complaining of vomiting and a severe headache, according to a family friend and a blog post authored by her husband, Dylan.

Doctors are hoping Benson’s body can hold out until the end of this month to allow her baby boy — already named Iver Cohen Benson — to grow and give doctors an opportunity to perform a caesarean section.

And then, as family friend Rod Phillips said Monday, “We’ll all say goodbye to Robyn.” Dylan, who is also 32 and works in the IT sector, wrote on his blog that his wife would have wanted to fight for her child.

“Ugh. I don’t know what to do or think,” wrote Dylan in late December, after his wife was declared brain dead.

“She is my rock. She does everything for us and I can’t believe I won’t get to talk to her again and now if this works, our son will grow up never meeting his

wonderful mother.”

Robyn complained of a headache on Dec. 28 and asked Dylan to go to the pharmacy and get some pain killers, Dylan wrote. When he returned home, Robyn was unconscious on the bathroom floor. He called 911, but paramedics could not revive her.

“At the hospital, they discovered that my wife had a fluke random type of blood leak into the centre of her brain and that there was so much blood and damage that it is not reversible,” he wrote. “My wife is now essentially legally brain dead.”

Phillips, who’s been Dylan’s friend since the pair met two years ago for a random cup of coffee, has started an online fundraising campaign on the website YouCaring.com to help Dylan and his son. He set a fundraising goal of $36,000. By Monday afternoon, the site had already raised more than $50,000.

“It’s a little overwhelming,” said Phillips, who works as a marketing manager at a chain of private grocery stores in the Victoria area.

“It’s touching everybody at such a deep level. We’re having people come into the store and literally breaking into tears. One guy came in with $1,000.”

On the Web: www.youcaring. com/help-a-neighbour/baby-iverfund/133560

Business Association’s work with the city’s Social Planning Department to build up the core density, so the homeless presence downtown isn’t as apparent, she said. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

MILK: Incentives included Smaller incentives from Alberta Milk are handed out to every participant after each purchase.

“It’s important to us for the kids to have nutrition,” said Theresa Paul, an

education assistant at Iron Ridge. Paul has been in charge of the school’s milk program, which takes place twice a week, for the past six years.

Iron Ridge sells their cartons of milk, ordered from Blackfalds Family Foods, for $1 each.

According to Paul, over 200 students buy the milk every time it’s offered.

That represents more than half the school’s population.

While the program’s numbers have been declining slightly over the past five years, said Falkenberg-Poetz, there are 431 Club Moo schools across Alberta, 11 of which are in Red Deer.

For more information about Club Moo, visit www.moreaboutmilk.com.

Plenty of support flows for family who lost barn

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Shows of support keep coming for the Simmelink family, whose dairy barn collapsed last month near Rocky Mountain House.

Immediately after the barn’s roof caved in from the weight of snow, neighbours and other dairy farmers pitched in to help.

More than 80 cows and calves that survived the accident were moved to other dairy operations and will remain there for months while the Simmelink family continues to clean up and determines whether they can rebuild.

David Simmelink said people are still dropping by to offer help and now a benefit concert has been organized for Friday to raise money for the family, which has run its dairy farm north of Rocky Mountain House for about three decades.

A trust account has also been set up at the Rocky Credit Union.

Simmelink was not expecting a gesture like the benefit concert.

“I was kind of surprised really. They just phoned up one day and said we’re going to do a benefit for you.”

A steady stream of people have been dropping by to see if there is anything they can do to help. Some are even donating money.

“It’s kind of amazing,” he said.

Meanwhile, the family has been working to see where they go from here.

“We’re still busy cleaning up. We’re just planning for the future and see what we’re going to do and pricing about rebuilding.

“That’s sort of the phase we’re in right now, planning.

“We’re actually doing pretty good.

Some of the stress is off now.”

The concert will take place at the Leslieville Hall beginning at 6 p.m.

There will be beef on a bun and desserts, and silent and live auctions.

Six Track, Susanna Heystek and the Terspmas have been lined up to perform.

For more information or to make a donation call 403-845-7879. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Waskasoo neighbourhood plan subject of public workshop A public workshop is planned for Thursday to begin the process of developing a neighbourhood plan for the Waskasoo area.

The City of Red Deer wants input in developing the plan, which will set a collective vision and goals for Waskasoo over the next 10 to 25 years. The workshop will include information on steps needed to create the plan, as well as provide an opportunity for participants to discuss ideas and opportunities for the neighbourhood.

It will be facilitated

by Paul Meyette of Plan It Consulting. It will run from 6 to 9 p.m., at Festival Hall, located at 4214 58th St. Participants in the workshop will: ● learn the steps that will be undertaken to create the Waskasoo Neighbourhood Plan; ● learn the policy framework that will guide this new neighbourhood plan; ● share their opinions on the strengths and opportunities in the neighbourhood;

● share their issues or concerns; ● discuss how to capitalize on opportunities and brainstorm possible solutions.

There will be additional opportunities for input after this initial neighbourhood workshop.

Anyone who would like to attend is asked to RSVP to Randa Wheaton at 403-406-8702 or randa. wheaton@reddeer.ca.

For more information, visit www.reddeer.ca/ waskasoo.

NDP motion to keep vets office open easily defeated by Tory majority

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — An opposition motion calling on the Conservative government to keep Veterans Affairs district offices open went down to defeat Monday in the House of Commons, but the fight over the treatment of ex-soldiers appeared far from over.

The Conservatives used their majority in the House to defeat the New Democrat motion by a margin of 146117.

The motion was introduced in response to the closure last week of eight regional offices, a move that triggered a controversial and often emotional debate fuelled by public concern about a recent series of military suicides.

Both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino voted against the motion,

which also called for additional mental health staff at National Defence and urged the government to complete some 75 outstanding suicide investigations.

The vote is unlikely to quell what has been for the Conservatives a bruising public debate about how veterans — particularly those diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder — are treated in Canada.

Veterans advocate Barry Westholm was so outraged by long-time MP Cheryl Gallant’s comments during last week’s debate on the issue that he gave up his membership in the Conservative party.

The closed offices are in Kelowna, B.C., Saskatoon, Sask., Brandon, Man., Thunder Bay, Ont., Windsor, Ont., Sydney, N.S., Charlottetown and Corner Brook, N.L. A ninth office in Prince George, B.C., was closed earlier.

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A family dinner turns into misadventure It was a family dinner like any but she has to go eat her food first. other in the Brown household.

This way, I tell her, your treat will I was bribing Lars to eat all of be ready and waiting once you are his supper in return for a brim- done. ming bowl of deliciousness, This answer seems to suffice that included strawberries and for the time being, and I make my whipped cream with an added way down to the laundry room in touch of sprinkles on top. I’m pret- our basement to swap over the ty sure that it was the stewing pile of whites sprinkles that sealed that I keep forgetting the deal. about in the washer.

Sophie of course I get a little carried was offered the same away down there, bedeal, but Sophie, you cause let’s face it, the see, does not give in as laundry is just never easily to bribery. She done. did not want to eat her As I arrive back in roast beef dinner, and I the kitchen I immediam sure that no amount ately realize I have a of multi-coloured sprinproblem on my hands. kles would change that.

Sophie’s plate of I held strong though roast beef and veg is LINDSAY while telling her that not touched from the BROWN she would not get any last time I saw it, but dessert until her plate the girl is nowhere to ME PLUS THREE was clean. be found. Lars is sitting My heart sank a little in the living room playas I dished up Lars’ bowl of ber- ing his DS (which I told him he ries and cream; Sophie just looked wasn’t allowed to play after dinidly by knowing that she would ner time, but I will have to deal not receive any, because her plate with that one later as I have a MIA still had 90 percent of her dished child on my hands now). up food still lying there sadly.

I ask him where his sister went, She meanders over to me and and he gives me an occupied ‘I gives me a tug on the hem of my dunno’ as he feverishly tries to shirt, “Mama? I don’t get any?” defeat Bowser in a Super Mario Well that was it for me, her Brothers game. words made my heart ache and it I run up to the bedroom area is times like these when I want to of the house, but not before noticjust give in to every rule and regu- ing that the bowl of desserts that lation I make as a mother and say, I had made for Sophie’s impend“Oh yes dear, you can have this… ing completion of her dinner was Having nothing in your belly aside also nowhere to be found. I round from sugar just before bedtime the corner to my bedroom where seems like a wonderful idea.”

Treehouse blares loudly almost But no, I again think of my re- deafening me as I walk into the sponsibilities as Mom, and instead room. tell her I will dish her up a bowl, There smack dab in the middle

of the floor in front of the TV is a large dollop of whipped cream speckled orange, blue and pink with sprinkles. I still don’t see my darling daughter though, or the bowl which she has stolen.

I move towards the en-suite bathroom and hear a smacking sound of sorts.

Once turning the corner I immediately have to hold back the urge to laugh. There’s Sophie huddled neatly between the toilet and wall scooping handfuls of delightful whipped cream and berries into her drooling gullet.

There is a white sugary mop atop her head, as though she has found a new use for the stuff as a wig, and her hands are stained in rainbow colours from the melting sprinkles.

“Sophie! What are you doing?”

I ask, trying to sound scolding between gasps of giggle fits.

“I’m sorry Mama!!!” She immediately begins bawling, I’m not sure whether that is from remorse or embarrassment…Or maybe a bit of both.

I explain that I am upset because she stole, and that stealing is not alright even if we want something very badly.

I think she understands as she comes to sit on my lap and gives me a hug. She tells me she will not do that again, but as I have said before Sophie is my ‘strongly willed’ child- And I can’t see this being the last of our misadventures together!

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

The thrill of victory and agony of defeat WORDS COULD ALSO APPLY TO LIFE “It’s ain’t over ’til it’s over.”

– Yogi Berra, American former Major League baseball player and manager

is ever won without perseverance.

It is perseverance that prompts us to continue to battle when the odds are not in our favour.

It is perseverance that moves “The thrill of victory and the us through our most difficult chalagony of defeat.” lenges.

As a kid, I heard those words It is perseverance that prompts spoken by Jim Kay of us to look at our deABC Sports and never feats not as crushing forgot them. or insurmountable but On the farm, we rather as opportunities didn’t have a lot of time to learn, grow and to to watch sports or play compete more powerany, for that matter. fully, strategically and Running a successsuccessfully the next ful dairy operation took time. up most of my parents’ Perseverance is detime and consequently, fined as the act of permost of mine. sisting or striving; conI do recall the occatinuing or repeating sionally rainy Saturday behaviours in spite of when my father would difficulties, obstacles turn on the television or discouragement. and then lean back in To put it quite simMURRAY his faux leather reclinply, perseverance FUHRER er with a cigarette in means to never give one hand and a cup of up. coffee in the other.

Accomplishing anyBefore long, I would thing worthwhile in life hear a familiar fanfare requires perseverance. and the words, Big goals and small goals alike “Spanning the globe to bring require a persistent commitment you the constant variety of sports. to their achievement.

The thrill of victory and the agony A major component of perseof defeat. The human drama of verance is awareness. Years ago, athletic competition. This is ABC’s one of my goals was to improve my Wide World of Sports.” self-esteem.

Sometimes I would sit with my It’s still my goal today. I didn’t father and watch the show. know much about self-esteem othMost of the time, he had special er than the fact I didn’t have much “rainy day” chores lined up for of it. me to outside.

It’s tough to pursue something I was never especially athletic you know little about so one of my and my brief forays into the arena first goals was to find out as much usually ended in the agony of de- as I could about the topic. feat.

It’s no different than wanting to It didn’t occur to me until years scale Mount Everest. later that the phrase “the thrill of You don’t just show up at the victory and agony of defeat” could foot of the mountain and start also apply to life. climbing.

I have many friends who love A mentor of mine once said, athletic competition and most “If you want to know how to do would likely agree that you don’t something ask someone who has leave until the game is over. done it.”

If you think of life in terms of a It’s true. sporting event, you wouldn’t think The best advice will usually of leaving the field, rink, pitch or come from those who have accomdiamond until the buzzer sound- plished the feat (stood on the summit) or from those individuals who ed.

And likely, you wouldn’t think are well on their way to conquerof calling a game because you ing it.

As with sports — and anything had a notion of what the outcome might be when there was still time worthwhile in life — you must hold firm to the belief that what on the clock.

Sadly, that’s what many of us you’re attempting has value, that do. When the going gets tough and it is worthy of your best effort. the odds are against us, we pack That requires focus.

I have discovered that staying up our gear and head for the lockfocused is vital to achieving anyer room.

To win at life takes persever- thing worthwhile.

As important as physical conance.

You can’t show up, put in a ditioning is, so are mental and half-hearted effort and expect to emotional conditioning: having the right mental attitude, a be crowned star of the game.

No one succeeds and no game stick-to-itiveness that will keep

EXTREME ESTEEM

you going, the ability to stay the course.

Equally important is the ability to shift gears on the fly, to make adjustments and tweaks when necessary.

Most successful game plans will allow room for changes and for the unexpected.

Achieving your goals and dreams will take time, so it’s important to pace yourself. Think of it as marathon.

The race is not always won by the fastest runner off the starting line.

Certainly, a strong start is important but equally crucial is a steady and persistent execution. I chuckled the other day when I saw a poster that read, “Even the turtle made it to the ark.”

And there will always be those people who try to dissuade you from pursuing your goals.

We’ve all witnessed the jerk in the stands who constantly yells obscenities at the players.

My best advice is to ignore the naysayers.

I remember reading once that challenging goals and big dreams take time; the impossible ones just take a little bit longer.

Expect resistance when you play in the game of life — internally and externally. Stay grounded. Keep it real.

American freelance writer, Robert Brault once said, “Stubbornly persist and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits.”

I think that’s good advice.

The truth is that most people experience neither the thrill of victory nor the agony of defeat because they just won’t get into the game.

I think life is a full-contact sport and you can’t win if you don’t play — it’s really that simple.

I also think the “human drama of athletic competition” can teach us much about life. It teaches us that most perceived limitations are just that: perception and seldom reality.

Outcomes are seldom foregone conclusions and we can transcend most anything if we’re willing to persevere.

And perhaps most importantly, in life as in any arena of athletic competition, remember: it ain’t over until it’s over.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His new book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem. ca.

Valentine’s Day can give kids unrealistic ideas bout love Question: Do you have any recommendations for celebrating Valentine’s Day? I’d like my daughter to be able to enjoy the experience, but I don’t want to reinforce our culture’s misguided ideas about romance.

Jim: You’re wise to recognize that Valentine’s Day has the potential to promote the wrong ideas about love.

But there’s no reason why you can’t get beyond the glitter of cards, flowers and boxes of candy to help your child understand love’s real meaning.

Here are some suggestions of things you might do to encourage a proper perspective on the subject. ● List the characteristics that distinguish true love from infatuation. Place the JIM lists side by side and have your child decide which set of DALY qualities she wants in her life. ● Talk about the signs or evidence of true love: How do you know when two people really love one another? Have your child provide specific examples from relationships she respects. Discuss her reasons for feeling this way. ● Take a critical look at television, movies, music and even greeting cards with your child, and help her discern the messages they communicate.

Are they promoting infatuation or real love? Shallow feelings or genuine intimacy? Mere physical chemistry or a deep, selfless commitment to relationship? You’d be surprised what a valuable exercise this might turn out to be.

All things considered, this holiday can be a great time to help kids — teens in particular — consider the larger issues of love and the importance of choosing a spouse wisely.

Emotions and chemistry aren’t necessarily wrong — after all, who wants a passionless marriage without any spark? But if romance is only an emotional “buzz,” it’s not love at all. Flowers, cards and chocolates can be wonderful expressions of affection, but it’s important that kids learn to keep these things in their proper place.

Question: Is it a good idea for married couples to take separate vacations?

My husband was invited to take an out-of-state trip with a friend of his. I’ve always thought that those times should be spent exclusively with each other.

Dr. Greg Smalley, Vice President, Family Ministries: There are actually two different questions you and your husband need to answer. The first is: Does your husband want to go, and if so, why would this be a bad thing for your relationship?

The uncertainty you’ve expressed isn’t uncommon, especially for newlyweds who often feel they’ve found total fulfillment in each other. But this attitude is neither healthy nor realistic.

No matter how much they have in common or enjoy one another, couples need the input of and interaction with others if they are to grow together and as individuals.

The second question spouses who are considering a separate vacation should ask is: “Why do I want to go?” There are actually lots of great reasons.

In your husband’s case, it could be to develop a deeper, encouraging and enriching relationship with his friend.

In others, one spouse may have a strong desire to travel somewhere that the other has no interest. Or it could be an opportunity to connect and bond with a child — such as prior to the onset of adolescence.

That said, separate vacations should be an “addition,” not a substitute, for time away with just the two of you.

If there are tensions and difficulties in your marriage, and the desire for a vacation is merely to escape from having to deal with these issues, the time away will only lead to a greater sense of loneliness and exacerbate the problems in your relationship.

Otherwise, a long weekend away with the girls, or camping with the guys is a good way to rejuvenate, grow and strengthen a healthy marriage.

FOCUS ON FAMILY

Catch up with Jim Daly at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.

Unique cyberbullying law faces first courtroom test

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — A unique law will be tested in a Nova Scotia courtroom for the first time when government lawyers argue later this month that someone accused of making online threats should be ordered to stop the alleged cyberbullying.

Attorneys for the province’s Justice Department will present the case in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax on Feb. 11 under the Cyber-safety Act, one-of-a-kind legislation aimed at addressing the rising number of cyberbullying claims.

Roger Merrick, director of public safety, says the case is an important test of the law and is being closely watched by other provinces interested in coming up with ways to shut down and prevent online harassment.

“It’s a milestone for us,” he said. “I think it’s very important for us to do this, obviously for the protection of the complainant in this case and we’ll see how it proceeds.”

The case centres on allegations by Andrea Paul, the chief of the Pictou Landing First Nation, who says Christopher George Prosper was posting negative and threatening comments about her and her family on several Facebook sites.

According to an affidavit from Dana Bowden, an officer with Nova Scotia’s CyberSCAN unit, Prosper called Paul a “crook, backstabbing bch, two-faced to our elders. Your fake smile needs a punch in the face....”

Paul contacted the CyberSCAN unit, the first of its kind in the country to be tasked with investigating all complaints of cyberbullying in the province.

Wayne MacKay, a cyberbullying expert and law professor at Dalhousie University, said the new law fills a void by allowing people to try to resolve these kinds of cases in civil proceedings.

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LUANN Feb. 4 1982 — With 20 other nations, Canada signs a UN declaration against “torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”

1976 — Canadian team attends opening of the 12th Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck. The games feature a total of 37 nations and 1,128 competitors and run to Feb. 15.

1975 — Ottawa, Alberta and Ontario invest $600 million in Syncrude Canada, to

develop the Athabasca oilsands.

1963 — Defence Minister George Scott Harkness resigns over Canada’s refusal to accept U.S. nuclear warheads for Bomarc missiles.

1945 — First Canadian Corps ordered to rejoin First Canadian Army on western front.

1924 — First Winter Olympic Games close at Chamonix. The Toronto Granite Club hockey team brings home the gold medal for Canada in ice hockey.

1858 — Gold is discovered along British Columbia’s Fraser River; leads to gold rush.

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B5 Koltun blazing new trail

TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 2014

YOUTHFUL TEAM SHOWS PROMISE DESPITE LOSSES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Yukon/NorthwestTerritories skip Sarah Koltun calls a shot during her match against Team Canada at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in draw 6 curling action, Monday, in Montreal.

MONTREAL — Sarah Koltun’s Yukon rink may be paving the way for a new generation of northern curlers.

The team representing the Territories lost twice at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Monday — both by a score of 9-3 after eight ends — to Team Canada’s Rachel Homan in the afternoon and Quebec’s Allison Ross in the evening.

But there’s promise in the Yukon’s (1-4) play.

They’re the youngest team at this year’s Scotties.

Skip Sarah Koltun, lead Andrea Sinclair and second Patty Wallingham are all 20 years old, while third Chelsea Duncan is 21.

The young women from Whitehorse have put their studies on hold for the year in order to stay in the Yukon and train for the season.

“It’s just something we decided was worth it in order to become more successful,” said Koltun.

“In the sport in general, teams are becoming more successful at a young age.”

They raise money year-round and receive funding from the Yukon government to offset the cost of travel expenses to tournaments.

After skipping seven consecutive years at the Canadian junior championship, Koltun is now the youngest skip ever to play in this, her first Scotties.

“It’s been really good so far,” she said. “And to have the crowd on our side is really cool. We’ve been enjoying it a lot. The teams here are a lot stronger.”

SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS In their evening match, Quebec’ Ross (1-4) broke a deadlock in the seventh end, putting up a four-spot with her last stone.

“It wasn’t my first instinct,” Ross said of the tough shot that ultimately gave her the victory. “I was just going to draw for two. And my lead (Pamela Nugent) said, ’Is the double there?’ We went and looked. We figured it was, and that we might as well try it out.”

Quebec stole another two in the eighth to record their first victory of the Scotties to the delight of the hometown fans.

“We made some shots that made it worth the crowd cheering for us,” said Ross.

“It feels really good — finally. We played as well as we played in the other games, but it actually went our way this time. Nice change.”

The evening draw saw tight finishes across all other sheets.

Newfoundland’s Heather Strong (41) and P.E.I.’s Kim Dolan (2-3) took a 4-4 tie into the 10th end, where Strong scored a deuce for the 6-4 victory.

Nova Scotia’s Heather Smith (1-4) was involved in a seesaw battle with British Columbia’s Kesa Van Osch (23). Van Osch made her final rock count in the 10th end to win 9-8 after giving up the two-point lead in the ninth.

Nova Scotia has given up leads in each of its four Scotties losses.

“We’ve had chances to win all four,” said Smith.

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Oilers win battle of basement HENDRICKS’ SHORT-HANDED GOAL LIFTS OILERS OVER SABRES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Edmonton 3 Buffalo 2 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Familiar inconsistencies.

Different result.

Matt Hendricks and the Edmonton Oilers proved they aren’t so bad that they can’t beat the lowly Buffalo Sabres — and on the road, no less.

The newly acquired forward scored a short-handed goal 57 seconds into the third period, and the Oilers hung on for a 3-2 win in a matchup of the NHL’s two worst teams Monday night.

Bouncing back from a lethargic effort in a 4-0 loss at Boston on Saturday, the Oilers managed to eke out a win against the only team below them in the overall standings.

Edmonton (19-33-6) won for the fourth time in five games and moved six points clear of the Sabres (1532-8), who dropped to 4-8-4 in their past 16.

“We didn’t have a very good game in Boston. We let them kind of dictate the game for 60 minutes,” Hendricks said.

“Tonight, we didn’t have our ‘A’ game either, but we were able to get a road win.”

Justin Schultz and Jeff Petry also scored for Edmonton, and David Perron had two assists.

Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 42 shots in helping Edmonton snap an 0-5-1 skid against the Sabres dating to a 4-1 win on Oct. 16, 2003.

The Oilers, outshot 44-28, even had the good fortune of getting a break from the officials.

Sabres forward Marcus Foligno had a potential tying goal waved off with 10:25 left when referee Gord Dwyer ruled the whistle had blown before the puck

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Edmonton Oilers’ left winger David Perron (57) battles for the puck with Buffalo Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers (57) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday. Edmonton won 3-2. went in. Foligno drove in from left side and got a shot off that Bryzgalov appeared to glove.

Foligno followed up by poking the puck in.

Dwyer, parked at the left post, immediately waved it off and then confirmed the call following a video review.

“It was a quick whistle. It was a tough break,” Foligno said.

“We could have had momentum after that shift with a goal.”

Drew Stafford and Steve Ott scored for the Sabres.

Sabres backup goalie Jhonas Enroth stopped 25

shots, dropping to 1-11-5 this season and 0-9-4 in his past 13 starts.

The Sabres came up empty in extending their home skid to 0-4-3 — the team’s longest since opening the season 0-8-1 in Buffalo.

Buffalo gave up the first goal 32 seconds in, was unable to hold a 2-1 lead and then gave away the game while it was on the power play.

With Ryan Nugent-Hopkins off for hooking, the Sabres turned the puck over inside the Oilers blue line.

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Martin, Koe highlight Alberta men’s curling championship

BY ADVOCATE STAFF LACOMBE — Former world champions Kevin Martin and Kevin Koe highlight the field of 12 rinks competing in the Boston Pizza Alberta men’s curling championship Wednesday to Sunday at Barnett Arena.

Edmonton’s Martin, who is supported by third David Nedohin, second Marc Kennedy and lead Ben Herbert, is the defending provincial champion.

He is also a four-time Brier champ and won gold in the 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver.

Koe, who has Pat Simmons at third

and Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen manning the front end, won the 2010 Brier and world championships.

The foursome plays out of Calgary.

Other Edmonton rinks competing for the provincial title are skipped by Wade White, Ted Appelman, Brendan Bottcher, Mark Johnson and Jamie King.

The remainder of the field consists of foursomes headed by Charley Thomas, Matthew Blandford and Lloyd Hill of Calgary, Greg Pasichnuk of Grande Prairie and Robert Schlender of Airdrie.

On a local note, Lacombe natives Colin Hodgson and Matthew Ng throw

third and second stones, respectively, for the Thomas team which is seeded ninth.

Thomas will take on eighth seed Blandford in Wednesday’s 9:30 a.m. opening draw of the triple-knockout provincials.

In other morning games, fifth-seeded Schlender will face Pasichnuk, the 12th seed, No. 6 seed Johnson will play 11th-seeded Hill and White, seeded seventh, will meet No. 10 Appelman.

The first to fourth seeds — Martin, Koe, King and Bottcher — will play in the 6:30 p.m. draw, following the opening ceremonies at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday and Friday draws will go

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at 9 a.m. and 2 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s games are scheduled for 1 and 6:30 p.m., with the semifinal set for 9 a.m.

Sunday, to be followed by the championship game at 2 p.m. ● Jeff Stoughton successfully defending his Manitoba men’s title Sunday with an 8-3 win over Mike McEwen in all-Winnipeg final.

Stoughton will make his 11h Brier appearance when the national championship event goes March 1-9 at Kamloops.

Meanwhile, Mark Bice of Hamilton upset eight-time provincial champ Glenn Howard 6-5 in Sunday’s Ontario final.

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Raptors turn back Jazz FOURTH WIN IN FIVE GAMES FOR TORONTO

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Toronto 94 Utah 79 SALT LAKE CITY — Jonas Valanciunas was “juiced” from the moment he batted the opening tip into the backcourt.

The improving big man from Lithuania set the tone and then DeMar DeRozan sealed the deal.

“I was really excited to play Enes (Kanter). He’s a good buddy of mine and we’ve played since I was 15 years old. We talked all the game,” said Valanciunas, who had 18 points and nine rebounds to help the Toronto Raptors turn back the Utah Jazz 94-79 on Monday night for their fourth win in the last five games.

“We juiced him up a little bit this morning, teasing him about how Kanter got after him in the Euroleague. So he came out and played, really muscled,” Toronto coach Dwane Casey said after the second-year centre scored the Raptors’ first six points.

DeRozan scored 23 points as Toronto continued to surprise away from home.

“Honestly, I think there is no pressure on the road,” DeRozan said.

DeRozan looked to get his teammates involved in the first half but once Kyle Lowry left with a knee injury, the new All-Star took matters into his own hands with nine points in the fourth quarter to quell a Jazz comeback. The Raptors scored 13 of the game’s final 16 points.

“I just pick and choose. I try and be aggressive. Try and rebound, try to pass to my teammates. I don’t just try and go out there to score every time down,” DeRozan said.

Valanciunas and Amir Johnson, who had 11 points and 11 rebounds, exposed the Jazz interior defence without Derrick Favours (hip).

“Everyone gets along together.

We all just kind of click. You usually don’t find that,” Johnson said.

Marvin Williams scored 23 points and Alec Burks had 20 off the bench but it wasn’t enough to keep the Jazz from their third straight loss, their worst span since a four-game skid from Dec. 4-9.

Greivis Vasquez, who had 12 points, opened the fourth quarter with a floater to give the Raptors a 73-62 lead.

Burks made back-to-back driving layups to power an 8-0 run to get the Jazz within four points for the first time since early in the second quarter. But the Raptors used their own 11-2 surge to clinch the victory. DeRozan had seven straight for the Raptors in the stretch.

But the Raptors used their own 11-2 surge to clinch the victory.

Hunting Hills hosting basketball tournament

Chiefs nab win in midget AA action James Gaume fired three goals and Chris Preston made 24 saves to lead the Red Deer Indy Graphics Chiefs to a 6-3 win over the Foothills Bisons in midget AA hockey action Sunday.

Matt Krusky added two goals for the winners, who got a single from Anthony Neurauter.

Fencing club nabs 5 medals Red Deer Fencing Club members captured five medals in the epee competition at the Edmonton Open during the weekend.

Devyn Hurry won gold in the U17 men’s division and was third in the U20 competition while Riley Norman won the U15 men.

Robert Forstrom was third in veteran men and Karren Lyver third in open women.

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Utah Jazz’s Gordon Hayward (20) goes to the basket as Toronto Raptors’ Amir Johnson (15) defends while teammate Jonas Valanciunas (17) looks on in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, in Salt Lake City.

DeRozan had seven straight for the Raptors in the stretch.

“We’re playing for each other.

Each of us want the best for the others on the team. We care about each other and have great chemistry,” Vasquez said.

The Raptors had dropped seven of eight at Utah by an average of 14.9 points, but controlled this one almost all the way. Toronto’s last win here since 2006 was a 111106 double-overtime victory on Jan. 25, 2012.

DeRozan has been effective no matter where he plays, especially in games in the States, averaging 27 points over his last seven on the road.

Valanciunas also continued his upward trend with another strong game on the interior, with four offensive rebounds and many more plays where he kept the ball alive for Johnson.

Nine members of the Red Deer Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics Club snared gold medals in the first Alberta Cup competiition of the season at Airdrie during the weekend.

Kyle Soehn was golden in the senior men’s trampoline and earned a silver in the double-mini trampoline (DMT) event, while Keegan Soehn won gold in the senior men’s DMT and silver on the trampoline.

Kalena Soehn took top honours in the espoir women’s DMT, Madeline Potter struck gold in the national under-18 women’s trampoline and Zachary Blakely earned a gold in espoir men’s trampoline and a silver in the DMT event.

Also winning gold were Alexandra Potter (national U18 women’s DMT), Logan Chaput (national U18 men’s DMT), Ashton Henfrey (provincial 3 men’s DMT) and Brenyn Chapman (provincial 1 women’s trampoline).

Other Thunder Country medal winners: Silver — Potter, trampoline; Chaput, trampoline; Samantha Dancey, provincial 1 women’s trampoline.

“That’s the challenge that he’s got to take to be a big-time player in this league,” Casey said.

The Jazz hoped to awaken Gordon Hayward and Trey Burke from their slumps but the pair, which has been shooting less than 30 per cent, combined to make just 7 of 25 shots and commit seven turnovers.

“I thought we had great shots.

We missed some really good looks we have been making,” Utah coach Tyrone Corbin said after his team had a season-low 10 assists.

Lowry had two points on 1-of8 shooting before leaving to the locker room for good in the third quarter with right knee pain.

He will be evaluated today to see if he can play either of the final two games of this fivegame Western Conference road trip.

ALBERTA CUP Bronze — Blakely, provincial 3 tumbling; Sarah Lindbergh, provincial 1 women’s DMT; Sophie Nossack, provincial 1 women’s trampoline.

Other top-10 results: Fourth — Nossack, DMT; Jesse Starchuk, provincial 1 men’s DMT; Fifth — Potter, provincial 3 tumbling; Spencer Kooman, provincial 2 men’s trampoline; Taelum Henfry, provincial 1 men’s trampoline; Gabriel Clarke, provincial 1 women’s trampoline; Sixth — Chaput, provincial 3 tumbling; Henfrey, provincial 3 tumbling; Lauren Howse, provincial 3 women’s tumbling; Kooman, DMT; Brooke Hutchinson, provincial 1 women’s trampoline; Eighth — Howse, trampoline and DMT; Kayden Lewis, provincial 1 men’s trampoline; Ninth — Starchuk, trampoline; 10th — Kaeliegh Boston, provincial 1 women’s trampoline; Kalena Soehn, provincial 3 tumbling; Eoin Wolfe, provincial 1 women’s tumbling.

Canadiens deal defenceman Diaz to Canucks for forward Weise VANCOUVER — The Montreal Canadiens traded defenceman Raphael Diaz to the Vancouver Canucks on Monday in exchange for forward Dale Weise.

The 28-year-old Diaz had 11 assists and 12 penalty minutes in 46 games for the Canadiens this season.

The native of Baar, Switzerland, has 41 points (four goals, 37 assists) and 48 penalty minutes in 128 NHL career games but was a healthy scratch of late with Montreal.

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BRIEFS

Both host teams will tip off action in the annual Hunting Hills Grade 9 basketball tournament Friday.

The Lightning clash with the West Central Rebels of Rocky Mountain House at 3 p.m. in both the girls’ and boys’ divisions.

In other boys’ games, H.J. Cody of Sylvan Lake meets Holy Cross Collegiate of Strathmore at 4:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber takes on Cardston at 6 p.m. and Morinville meets Crowther Memorial of Strathmore at 7:30 p.m.

On the girls’ side, H.J. Cody faces Glenmary of Peace River at 4:30 p.m., LTCHS clashes with Cardston at 6 p.m. and Morinville meets Crowther Memorial at 7:30 p.m.

The semifinals in both divisions go Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. with the finals at 7 p.m.

All the boys’ games are set for gym 1 with the girls in gym 2.

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the way it is,” Diaz said Monday on a conference call.

“As a player you want to play as much as you can and you want to help you team.”

Diaz joins a Canucks’ blue-line that has suffered a number of injuries in recent weeks, with both Christopher Tanev and Kevin Bieksa currently out of the lineup.

“As a sportsman, as a hockey player, you respect everything (teams) do,” he said. “(The Canadiens) always treated me good.

They helped me learn a lot things to play in the NHL. “I’m really excited for the new opportunity.”

Meanwhile, Weise never

seemed to fit into the plans of Canucks head coach John Tortorella.

The Winnipeg native had three goals, nine assists and 42 penalty minutes in 44 games this season, mostly while playing on the fourth line.

Weise was expected to arrive in Montreal on Monday night and practise with the Canadiens on Tuesday morning, while Diaz was set to meet up with his new teammates the same day in Boston.

Both Weise and Diaz will get a chance to face their old teams this week when the Canadiens host the Canucks on Thursday night at the Bell Centre.

DeGraaf scores 3 in Viper victory Cole deGraaf fired three goals to lead the Red Deer Vipers to a 6-2 win over the Ponoka Stampeders in a Heritage Junior Hockey League game Monday at the Arena.

Kolton Gillett scored twice for the Vipers, who got a single goal from Kyle Kapalka.

Troy Klaus and Mathew Thiessen each picked up two assists for Red Deer, which led 1-0 after one pe-

riod and 5-1 after 40 minutes.

Winning netminder Klay Munro stopped 13 shots.

Eli Falls and Nathaniel Nickel combined to make 46 saves for the visitors, who were assessed eight of 13 minor penalties.

The Vipers return to action Friday when they travel to Stettler to meet the Lightning. Red Deer will host Ponoka 24 hours later.

OILERS: Hendricks impresses Edmonton forward Boyd Gordon got the puck and threaded a pass through the middle to hit Hendricks, who had sneaked in behind Buffalo’s defenders.

Breaking in alone, Hendricks backed Enroth into the crease and lifted a shot inside the left post.

“Great pass,” Hendricks said.

“I give him a lot of credit. It was a pretty play. I’m sure I would’ve just dumped it in.”

Hendricks is a defensive-minded forward who was acquired by the Oilers in a trade with Nashville two weeks ago.

Oilers coach Dallas Eakins is impressed with what Hendricks has provided on and off the ice.

“He’s preaching all the stuff that we need here,” Eakins said.

“He’s been a good penalty-killer for us, but definitely a guy that’s very vocal. I think a lot of our guys need to be listening to that because he certainly knows what he’s talking about.”

Hendricks was happy to contribute with his second goal in nine games for Edmonton.

“Your bread and butter is the defensive style of game, so any time you get an opportunity to add to the stat sheet, it’s a good feeling,” Hendricks said.

Bryzgalov then did the rest by stopping the final 31 shots he faced after Stafford beat him with a hard snap shot with 53 seconds left in the first period.

One of Bryzgalov’s better stops came in the final minute, when he got his glove out to top Alexander Sulzer’s shot from the right circle that went through a crowd.

NOTES: Stafford returned after missing four games with an upper-body injury. To make room on their roster, the Sabres placed LW Matt Moulson (upper body) on injured reserve. ... The Oilers are 2-1 in their past three games despite being outshot by a combined 144-80. ... The Sabres became the last NHL team to reach 100 goals this season when Ott tied it at 1. By comparison, Buffalo has allowed a combined 110 goals in the first two periods.

SWEETING: Extra-end win “An end or a shot, here or there, are the difference in our games so far. We just can’t find a way to win.

“In a week like this one, you just have to hope to get more wins than losses on those close ones.”

Alberta’s Val Sweeting (4-1) needed extra ends to beat New Brunswick’s Andrea Crawford (2-3) by a score of 9-8 in the 11th. Sweeting put two points on the board in the eighth, and another two in the ninth, before Crawford tied the game with the hammer in the 10th.

In afternoon matches Monday, Dolan edged Ontario’s Allison Flaxey (1-3) by a count of 7-5. Flaxey scored one in the seventh end, and another in the eighth, but couldn’t complete the comeback.

Manitoba’s Chelsea Carey (3-1) scored four in the ninth against Nova Scotia, which conceded right after.

The afternoon draw also saw a Saskatchewan team that could do no wrong, beating New Brunswick 9-3 after eight ends. Saskatchewan skip Stefanie Lawton (3-1) stole four in the third and another three in the fifth to seal the victory.

“There’s always room for improvement,” said Lawton, who called the four-point steal in the third end a game changer. “It definitely gave us an advantage and we were able to capitalize on that throughout the game. We played strong and put the pressure on.”

Homan scored three to take the lead over the Yukon in the third end, and never looked back. With the score 4-1 in the fourth, Koltun had a chance to reduce the deficit, but overthrew her final rock.

“Unfortunately we didn’t play our best, but we just need to learn from it,” said Koltun.

Still-unbeaten Canada (4-0) added another four in the seventh for an impressive victory.

“We’re playing well,” said Homan. “We have to fine-tune a few things here and there. We got an early head start, and it was tough (for the Yukon) to catch up.

“We’re feeling good. We just need to keep rolling.”

Homan said she recognized a slightly younger version of herself in the Yukon’s skip, and suggested their styles of play were similar.

Koltun couldn’t agree more.

“We try to play and train similarly, putting in the effort, the time, that’s necessary to be successful,” said Koltun, who’s admired Homan since seeing her play at the 2007 Winter Canada Games in Whitehorse. “That hard work will eventually pay off.”

SCOREBOARD Hockey WHL All Times Pacific EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Brandon 52 27 19 5 1 199 191 Swift Current 53 26 19 2 6 178 160 Regina 53 27 21 3 2 180 189 Prince Albert 51 23 25 2 1 162 179 Moose Jaw 52 13 31 3 5 132 203 Saskatoon 54 14 36 1 3 152 224

Eric Williams, Spo 26 Patrik Bartosak, RD25 Pt 60 60 59 49 34 32

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Edmonton 51 37 13 0 1 213 129 75 Calgary 52 32 14 3 3 193 146 70 Medicine Hat 51 29 19 3 0 173 145 61 Kootenay 52 27 21 2 2 165 156 58 Red Deer 52 27 22 0 3 161 157 57 Lethbridge 54 11 38 2 3 133 251 27 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 52 42 7 0 3 227 132 87 Victoria 53 34 16 0 3 163 127 71 Vancouver 54 26 19 6 3 185 183 61 Prince George 55 22 26 2 5 182 229 51 Kamloops 53 11 37 2 3 138 224 27 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 53 36 12 2 3 239 161 77 Seattle 53 32 16 2 3 178 182 69 Spokane 52 31 16 3 2 179 156 67 Everett 53 26 19 7 1 155 159 60 Tri-City 53 26 22 2 3 138 142 57 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, February 7 Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 5 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 5:05 p.m.

Swift Current at Brandon, 5:30 p.m.

Kootenay at Lethbridge, 6 p.m.

Red Deer at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

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

Calgary at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Spokane at Seattle, 7:35 p.m.

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

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts 56 39 15 2 80 56 30 23 3 63 56 29 23 4 62 57 28 23 6 62 54 25 20 9 59 56 25 22 9 59 57 23 21 13 59 57 21 28 8 50

GF 178 145 167 157 137 164 133 159

GA 133 140 156 165 151 172 142 191

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Chicago 58 34 10 14 82 St. Louis 54 37 12 5 79 Colorado 55 36 14 5 77 Minnesota 57 29 21 7 65 Dallas 55 25 21 9 59 Nashville 57 25 23 9 59 Winnipeg 57 27 25 5 59

GF 205 185 167 140 158 142 161

GA 161 125 143 144 160 172 166

GP 58 57 58 57 55 55 58

W 35 32 30 29 25 24 21 15

L 16 18 21 21 19 21 27 32

OT Pts GF GA 3 73 164 119 5 69 162 137 6 66 170 176 6 64 137 139 12 62 146 158 11 59 159 178 7 49 133 174 8 38 107 164

Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA 40 13 5 85 191 143 35 16 6 76 170 139 30 22 6 66 137 127 27 21 9 63 142 149 26 19 10 62 159 164 21 27 7 49 132 173 19 33 6 44 150 196

Pts 75 64 63 61 60 59 58 58 55 55

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Monday, February 10 Portland at Prince George, 2 p.m.

Tri-City at Kamloops, 2 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 2 p.m.

Seattle at Kelowna, 2:05 p.m.

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NHL SCORING LEADERS G A Sidney Crosby, Pgh 27 48 John Tavares, NYI 23 41 Ryan Getzlaf, Ana 26 37 Phil Kessel, Tor 30 31 Patrick Kane, Chi 25 35 Corey Perry, Ana 29 30 Alex Ovechkin, Wash 39 19 Kyle Okposo, NYI 24 34 Patrick Sharp, Chi 28 27 Chris Kunitz, Pgh 27 28

Sunday, February 9 Spokane at Everett, 4:05 p.m.

Brandon at Swift Current, 5 p.m.

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Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Montreal Detroit Ottawa Florida Buffalo

Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

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

Saturday, February 8 Medicine Hat at Prince Albert, 5 p.m.

Saskatoon at Regina, 5 p.m.

Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 5 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

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

Bleackley Dieno Sterzer Fleury Maxwell Gaudet Sutter Kopeck Johnson Musil Pawlenchuk Feser Polei Mpofu Chorney Charif Nell Doetzel Dixon Fafard Bartosak Burman

2 5

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

Today’s Games Vancouver at Boston, 5 p.m.

Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Montreal 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

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

Ottawa at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Medicine Hat at Brandon, 5 p.m.

Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Calgary at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Red Deer Rebels Scoring GP G A Pts 51 23 34 57 45 18 31 49 50 21 19 40 51 6 30 36 40 12 13 25 51 5 20 25 41 10 12 22 36 9 11 20 45 8 9 17 40 6 11 17 24 7 7 14 26 6 7 13 42 6 6 12 45 6 5 11 45 6 4 10 37 2 7 9 42 1 6 7 50 1 6 7 47 0 6 6 40 0 2 2 46 0 1 1 11 0 0 0

3 2.62 3 2.80

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Anaheim San Jose Los Angeles Vancouver Phoenix Calgary Edmonton

Today’s games Medicine Hat at Regina, 5 p.m.

Swift Current at Prince Albert, 5 p.m.

Saskatoon at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Red Deer at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

11 17

Sv% .923 .895

Western Hockey League Leaders Statistics (through Feb. 3): SCORING G A Mitch Holmberg, Spo 47 45 Nicolas Petan, Por 26 60 Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por 37 39 Joshua Winquist, Eve 33 39 Todd Fiddler, MJ-PG 32 37 Graham Black, SC 26 42 Brendan Leipsic, Por 31 36 Henrik Samuelsson, Edm 23 44 Jaedon Descheneau, Koo 31 34 Sam Reinhart, Koo 24 41 Chandler Stephenson, Reg 24 41

Pts 92 86 76 72 69 68 67 67 65 65 65

GOALTENDING (Minimum 1,020 minutes played) W L OT GAA Tristan Jarry, Edm 33 11 1 2.29 Jordon Cooke, Kel30 4 3 2.40 Brendan Burke, Por29 10 4 2.84

SO 6 2 3

Oilers 3, Sabres 2 First Period 1. Edmonton, Petry 4 (Yakupov, Perron) :32.

2. Buffalo, Ott 9 (Myers, Hodgson) 8:04 (pp).

3. Buffalo, Stafford 8 (Girgensons, Weber) 19:04 (sh).

Penalties — Stafford Buf (interference) 5:41, Hall Edm (unsportsmanlike conduct) 6:56, Ehrhoff Buf (tripping) 15:24, Ott Buf (tripping) 18:10.

Second Period 4. Edmonton, Schultz 8 (Perron, Ference) 16:45.

Penalties — Hendricks Edm (goaltender interference) 2:23, Myers Buf (interference) 3:30, Hemsky Edm (tripping) 7:51, Eberle Edm (hooking) 11:22, Yakupov Edm (interference) 14:50, Ott Buf (roughing) 14:50, Ference Edm (hooking) 17:50.

Third Period 5. Edmonton, Hendricks 4 (Gordon, Marincin) :57 (sh).

Penalties — Nugent-Hopkins Edm (hooking) 0:43, Ehrhoff Buf (interference) 2:28.

Shots on goal by Edmonton 12 11 5 — 28 Buffalo 13 18 13 — 44 Goal — Edmonton: Bryzgalov (W, 5-8-3); Buffalo: Enroth (L, 1-11-5).

Power plays (goal-chances)Edmonton: 0-5; Buffalo: 1-6.

Blue Jackets 4, Ducks 2 First Period 1. Columbus, Johansen 23 (Horton, Jenner) 11:10.

Penalties — Palmieri Ana (cross-checking) 16:21.

Second Period 2. Columbus, Umberger 15 (Wisniewski, Letestu) 16:43 (pp).

Penalties — Calvert Clb (hooking) 11:37, Allen Ana (tripping) 15:20, Anisimov Clb (interference) 19:50.

Third Period 3. Anaheim, Perreault 11 (Maroon, Selanne) 5:45.

4. Columbus, Foligno 14 (Umberger, Anisimov) 8:48.

5. Columbus, Foligno 15 (Atkinson, Tyutin) 13:07 (pp).

6. Anaheim, Getzlaf 27 (Lindholm, Penner) 16:41.

Penalties — Koivu Ana (high-sticking) 11:24, Lindholm Ana (cross-checking) 11:24, Beauchemin Ana (delay of game) 11:27.

Columbus 10 10 13 — 33 Anaheim 8 13 15 — 36 Goal — Columbus: Bobrovsky (W, 20-13-2); Anaheim: Andersen (L, 14-3-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Columbus: 2-5; Anaheim: 0-2.

Penguins 2, Senators 1 (OT) First Period 1. Ottawa, Da Costa 3 (Conacher, Condra) 14:05.

2. Pittsburgh, Gibbons 3 (Maatta, Jokinen) 16:23 (pp).

Penalties — Smith Ott (boarding) 14:33, Smith Ott (fighting) 17:54, Bortuzzo Pgh (fighting) 17:54, Gryba Ott (high-sticking) 18:43, Neal Pgh (slashing) 18:43.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Neil Ott (high-sticking) 7:00.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Niskanen Pgh (tripping) 2:33, Turris Ott (interference) 3:18, Turris Ott (unsportsmanlike conduct) 9:27, Glass Pgh (roughing) 9:27, Pgh Bench (too many men) 11:41.

Overtime 3. Pittsburgh, Neal 18 (Bortuzzo, Malkin) 1:55.

Penalties — None.

Ottawa 8 8 9 0 — 25 Pittsburgh 13 16 15 4 — 48 Goal — Ottawa: Anderson (LO, 18-11-8); Pittsburgh: Fleury (W, 30-13-1).

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

Avalanche 2, Devils 1 (OT) First Period 1. New Jersey, Carter 5 (Bernier, Gionta) 18:25.

Penalties — Landeskog Col (slashing) 1:50, Talbot Col (slashing) 9:08, Harrold NJ (tripping) 12:34, Col Bench (too many men) 15:47.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Bernier NJ (tripping) 8:16, Bernier NJ (tripping) 14:12.

Third Period 2. Colorado, Parenteau 10 (Barrie, Landeskog) 18:13.

Penalties — Jagr NJ (tripping) 5:04, Mitchell Col (holding) 6:30, Greene NJ (slashing) 19:18.

Overtime 3. Colorado, O’Reilly 21 (Duchene, MacKinnon) :28 (pp).

Penalties — None.

Colorado 6 9 9 1 — 25 New Jersey 11 9 8 0 — 28 Goal — Colorado: Giguere (W, 8-4-0); New Jersey: Schneider (LO, 10-10-9).

Power plays (goal-chances)Colorado: 1-5; New Jersey: 0-4.

Red Wings 2, Canucks 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Jurco Det (holding) 0:34, Alfredsson Det (cross-checking) 14:37.

Second Period 1. Detroit, Abdelkader 7 (Zetterberg, Nyquist) 1:08.

Penalties — Abdelkader Det (high-sticking) 8:19, Garrison Vcr (hooking) 11:18, Kassian Vcr (holding) 11:18.

Third Period 2. Detroit, Abdelkader 8 (Kronwall) 19:44 (en-pp).

Penalties — Tatar Det (tripping) 5:29, Det Bench (too many men) 15:23, Kesler Vcr (roughing) 16:46, Ericsson Det (roughing) 16:46, Burrows Vcr (crosschecking) 19:21.

Vancouver 8 13 3 — 24 Detroit 7 13 10 — 30 Goal — Vancouver: Lack (L, 8-8-3); Detroit: Howard (W, 11-12-9).

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

Blackhawks 5, Kings 3 First Period 1. Chicago, Kane 26 (Toews, Sharp) 1:02 (pp).

2. Chicago, Bickell 8 (Kane, Shaw) 8:44.

3. Los Angeles, Doughty 8 (Voynov, Kopitar) 9:52 (pp).

Penalties — Doughty LA (charging) 0:24, Fraser LA (stick holding) 2:31, Sharp Chi (high-sticking) 3:26, Shaw Chi (roughing) 9:01, Voynov LA (delay of game) 15:14, Brown LA (interference) 17:50.

Second Period 4. Los Angeles, Kopitar 17 (Carter, Toffoli) 6:30.

5. Chicago, Kruger 6 (Leddy, Smith) 13:51.

Penalties — Hjalmarsson Chi (hooking) 4:23, Hossa Chi (slashing) 8:54.

Third Period 6. Chicago, Leddy 6 (Hossa, Versteeg) 7:01.

7. Chicago, Kane 27 (Sharp, Toews) 11:09.

8. Los Angeles, Toffoli 10 (Carter, Kopitar) 11:42.

Penalties — Greene LA (interference) 4:53.

Chicago 12 7 11 — 30 Los Angeles 5 15 14 — 34 Power plays (goal-chances)Chicago: 1-5; Los Angeles: 1-5.

Flyers 5, Sharks 2 First Period 1. Philadelphia, Streit 7 (Giroux, Hartnell) 4:23 (pp).

2. San Jose, Nieto 5 (Wingels, Irwin) 7:33 (pp).

3. San Jose, Nieto 6 (Burns, Thornton) 12:32.

Penalties — Nieto SJ (hooking) 3:44, Grossmann Pha (interference) 6:14, Gustafsson Pha (hooking) 19:18.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Meszaros Pha (high-sticking) 15:44, Desjardins SJ (hooking) 18:45.

Third Period 4. Philadelphia, Read 15 (Downie, Couturier) 1:11.

5. Philadelphia, Raffl 6 (Gustafsson, Hall) 2:29.

6. Philadelphia, Giroux 18 (unassisted) 3:56.

7. Philadelphia, Voracek 15 (Giroux, Hartnell) 17:44.

Penalties — Simmonds Pha (slashing) 4:43, Pha Bench (too many men) 12:31.

Philadelphia 12 7 9 — 28 San Jose 8 5 9 — 22 Goal — Philadelphia: Mason (W, 22-14-5); San Jose: Niemi (L, 28-12-6).

Power plays (goal-chances)Philadelphia: 1-2; San Jose: 1-5.

d-Indiana d-Miami Atlanta d-Toronto Washington Chicago Brooklyn Charlotte Detroit New York Cleveland Boston Philadelphia Orlando Milwaukee

W 37 34 25 26 24 23 21 21 19 19 16 16 15 13 9

L 10 13 21 22 23 24 25 28 28 29 32 33 34 37 39

Pct .787 .723 .543 .542 .511 .489 .457 .429 .404 .396 .333 .327 .306 .260 .188

GB — 3 11 1/2 11 1/2 13 14 15 1/2 17 18 18 1/2 21 1/2 22 23 25 1/2 28 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE d-Oklahoma City

W 39

L 11

Pct .780

GB —

d-San Antonio Portland d-L.A. Clippers Houston Phoenix Golden State Dallas Memphis Denver Minnesota New Orleans L.A. Lakers Utah Sacramento

35 34 34 32 29 29 28 26 23 23 20 16 16 16

13 14 17 17 18 19 21 21 23 24 27 31 32 32

.729 .708 .667 .653 .617 .604 .571 .553 .500 .489 .426 .340 .333 .333

3 4 5 1/2 6 1/2 8 1/2 9 10 1/2 11 1/2 14 14 1/2 17 1/2 21 1/2 22 22

d-division leader Monday’s Results Indiana 98, Orlando 79 Washington 100, Portland 90 Brooklyn 108, Philadelphia 102 Miami 102, Detroit 96 Oklahoma City 86, Memphis 77 Milwaukee 101, New York 98

W Bentley 18 Innisfail 14 Fort Sask 12 Okotoks 6 Stony Plain 4

L 3 7 5 15 13

Yonkman, Bent Larose, Innisfail Luker, Innisfail Reid, Bentley Watt, Fort Sask Wilburn, SP

Scoring G 13 19 12 11 8 12 11 14 8 1

GF 99 74 95 68 64

GA Pts 47 36 63 29 79 29 119 13 92 12

A 22 14 19 16 19 13 13 9 13 20

Pts 35 33 31 27 27 25 24 23 21 21

PIM 16 14 12 4 14 36 17 2 67 20

Goaltenders MP GA SO 729 25 1 748 32 1 594 30 0 355 18 0 594 31 1 598 36 1

GAA 2.06 2.57 3.03 3.04 3.13 3.61

Sv% .920 .914 .913 .891 .905 .880

Auchenberg, FS Kelly, FS Kneeland, Oko Baumgartner, SP Middleton, FS Holmberg, FS Neiszner, Bent Shields, Bent Sheen, Bent Lundmark, Bent

GP 20 22 19 21 21 22 21 19 18 20

TOTL 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 4

San Antonio 102, New Orleans 95 Dallas 124, Cleveland 107 Denver 116, L.A. Clippers 115 Toronto 94, Utah 79 Sacramento 99, Chicago 70 Today’s Games Indiana at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games Detroit at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Washington, 5 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Houston, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Portland at New York, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Denver, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

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

Curling 2014 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS At Montreal Standings and results Monday after the seventh draw of the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women’s curling championship, Feb. 1-9 at Maurice Richard Arena (all times Eastern): Province (skip) W L Canada (Homan) 4 0 N.L. (Strong) 4 1 Alberta (Sweeting) 4 1 Manitoba (Carey) 3 1 Saskatchewan (Lawton) 3 1 N.B. (Crawford) 2 3 B.C. (Van Osch) 2 3 P.E.I. (Dolan) 2 3 Ontario (Flaxey) 1 3 N.S. (Smith) 1 4 Quebec (Ross) 1 4 Yukon/NWT (Koltun) 1 4 Monday’s results Seventh Draw Alberta 9 New Brunswick 8 (extra end)1 B.C. 9 Nova Scotia 8 Newfoundland & Labrador 6 P.E.I. 4

Quebec 10 Yukon/NWT 3 Sixth Draw Canada 9 Yukon/NWT 3 Manitoba 7 Nova Scotia 3 P.E.I. 7 Ontario 5 Saskatchewan 9 New Brunswick 3

TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 2014

Super Bowl win buoys a city used to losing not just games, but teams

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — For a city accustomed to losing not just games, but teams, the Seattle Seahawks’ dominant Super Bowl win provided a long overdue catharsis, buoying the spirits of a fan base that hasn’t always had much to cheer about.

Fans poured into the Seahawks team store on Monday at CenturyLink Field to buy championship T-shirts and hats, parents made plans to pull their kids out of school for Wednesday’s parade, and staff at The Seattle Times donned aprons to help hawk some of the extra 106,000 copies printed with “Champs!” emblazoned on the front page.

“I spent a little bit of money this morning, but it’s priceless,” said Julie Keim, who bought 11 shirts at $28 apiece and 11 hats at $35 apiece for the staff at her maritime-training school in the north Seattle suburb of Edmonds. “There’s so many players to be proud of on this team.”

The Seahawks’ 43-8 manhandling of the Denver Broncos on Sunday gave the city its first major men’s sports championship since the SuperSonics won the NBA title in 1979 — and helped erase some of the lingering bitterness over the Sonics’ 2008 departure for Oklahoma City, where the team became the Thunder.

In fact, before Sunday, Seattle’s two major professional championships were in sports in which the city no longer competes — hockey and basketball.

The Seattle Metropolitans won the 1917 Stanley Cup before folding in 1924.

Unlike fans of some other championship-starved teams — say, the Chicago Cubs or the pre-2004 Boston Red Sox — Seahawks faithful haven’t had the Bulls, Celtics, Blackhawks or Bruins to cheer for.

Fans launched fireworks, blared horns and partied across the city as the final seconds of the Super Bowl ticked away.

The celebration lasted into the night.

“I can’t make you understand what this means to me!” shouted lifelong Seattleite John Caro, who, with his wife Corina, both 59, whooped their way down Lake City Way in North Seattle and high-fived passersby.

“We have waited so freakin’ long for this!”

Thousands of people packed the city’s oldest neighbourhood, Pioneer Square, and the Fire Department reported about a half-dozen bonfires around the city, mostly involving couches and mattresses burned in streets.

Seattle’s sports history has been mostly sad. Aside from the SuperSonics’ relocation after 41 years, baseball’s Mariners — who started playing in 1977, seven years after the Pilots moved to Milwaukee — have been woeful, losing 101 games in 2008 and 2010, and 91 last year.

But there have been bright spots.

The Seahawks made it to the Super Bowl in 2005, where they lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers amid complaints about the officiating that Seattle fans continue to voice.

In 1994, the SuperSonics had the best record in the NBA during the regular season then became the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 8 seed in the opening round of the playoffs.

Two years later, the Sonics couldn’t overcome the 72-win Bulls in the NBA finals.

The Mariners made the playoffs with a feel-good, lateseason run in 1995, before losing to the New York Yankees.

And in 2001, the home team tied a major league record with 116 regular-season wins but had no answer for the Yankees in the post-season.

There were the championships of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm in 2004 and 2010.

Suggestions that the Seahawks’ win was the city’s first championship overall since 1979 struck a nerve among some in the city, including Storm President Karen Bryant, who wondered about the reports on Twitter even as the Storm congratulated the Seahawks on the win.

CHINOOK HOCKEY LEAGUE

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

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Quebec vs. Manitoba; Canada vs. B.C.; Ontario vs. Alberta; Saskatchewan vs. Newfoundland & Labarador Draw 13, 5:30 p.m.

Ontario vs. Yukon/NWT; Saskatchewan vs. Nova Scotia; New Brunswick vs. Manitoba; P.E.I. vs.

Canada.

Today’s games Eighth Draw, 7 a.m.

Saskatchewan vs. Quebec; B.C. vs. Ontario; Alberta vs. Canada; Newfoundland & Labrador vs.

Manitoba.

Ninth Draw, noon Yukon/NWT vs. B.C.; Nova Scotia vs. Quebec; Newfoundland & Labrador vs. New Brunswick; Alberta vs. P.E.I. Draw 10, 5:30 p.m.

Canada vs. Nova Scotia; Manitoba vs. Yukon/ NWT; P.E.I. vs. Saskatchewan; New Brunswick vs.

Ontario.

Thursday’s games Draw 14, 7 a.m.

Quebec vs. Alberta; B.C. vs. Newfoundland & Labrador.

Draw 15, noon.

Nova Scotia vs. P.E.I; Ontario vs. Manitoba; Saskatchewan vs. Canada; Yukon/NWT vs. New Brunswick.

Draw 16, 5:30 p.m.

B.C. vs. Saskatchewan; Newfoundland & Labrador vs. Canada; Quebec vs. Ontario; Manitoba vs.

Alberta.

Wednesday’s games Draw 11, 7 a.m.

Alberta vs. Newfoundland & Labrador; P.E.I. vs.

New Brunswick; Nova Scotia vs. Yukon/NWT; Quebec vs. B.C. Draw 12, noon

Friday’s games Draw 17, 7 a.m.

Canada vs. New Brunswick; Yukon/NWT vs. Saskatchewan; Manitoba vs. P.E.I.; Ontario vs. Nova Scotia.

End of round robin

Transctions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with INF Alex Gonzalez on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with 3B David Freese and RHP Kevin Jepsen.

Signed INF Chad Tracy to a minor-league contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Daniel Bard, RHP Che-Hsuan Lin and RHP Armando Galarraga on minor league contracts. Released RHP Tyler Tufts.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Signed manager Kirk Gibson and general manager Kevin Towers to contract extensions. Agreed to terms with OF Gerardo Parra on a one-year contract.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Manny Corpas and RHP Nick Masset on minor league contracts.

NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Farnsworth on a minor-league contract.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Named Fred Stanley special assistant, player personnel; Russ Morman manager for Richmond (EL); Lenn Sakata manager for San Jose (Cal); Andy Skeels hitting coach for Fresno (PCL) and Todd Linden hitting coach for Augusta (SAL). Promoted Shane Turner to director of player development; Steve Decker to co-ordinator of minor league instruction and hitting; and Carlos Valderrama to manager of the Dominican Summer League Giants.

American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed INF Kyle Nichols.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHP Jason Van Skike and LHP Anthony Capra.

Frontier League JOLIET SLAMMERS — Signed OF C.J. Epperson.

LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed OF Seth Granger and RHP Brandon Smith to contract extensions.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed INF Ryan Lashley to a contract extension. Signed LHP Steve Landell.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed G Sasha Vujacic to a 10-day contract.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Recalled G Lorenzo Brown from Delaware (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Kyle Shanahan offensive co-ordinator.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Named Joe Woods defensive backs coach and Marcus Robertson assistant secondary coach.

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Re-signed OL Chris Kowalczuk and DL Ryan Lucas.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled D Sami Vatanen from Norfolk (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Traded D Raphael Diaz to Vancouver for F Dale Weise. Assigned F Christian Thomas to Hamilton (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Activated D Peter Harrold from injured reserve.

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Orlando’s C.J. Severyn one game for his actions in a Feb. 1 game at Gwinnett.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Announced D Jordan Henry was assigned to the team from Syracuse (AHL).

IDAHO STEELHEADS — Agreed to terms with F Luke Judson.

Central Hockey League ALLEN AMERICANS — Placed F Darryl Bootland on leave of absence.

BRAMPTON BEAST — Announced G Grant Rollheiser was assigned to the team from Syracuse (AHL).

MISSOURI MAVERICKS — Announced the league granted D Henrik Odegaard a leave of absence. Claimed D Jeff Buvinow from Arizona.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Loaned G Thomas Heemskerk to Abbottsford (AHL).

RAPID CITY RUSH — Acquired F Anthony Perdicaro from St. Charles for future considerations.

SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA — Loaned MF Gabriel Farfan to Chiapas FC (Liga MX).

PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed G Brian Holt.

COLLEGE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE — Suspended Wyoming men’s basketball G Josh Adams one game striking an opponent in a Feb. 1 game against Utah State.

AIR FORCE — Named Ron Vanderlinden and Tim Cross assistant football coaches.

AKRON — Named Otis Mounds cornerbacks coach.

ARKANSAS — Reinstated junior basketball F Alandise Harris and sophomore basketball G Michael Qualls from their one-game suspensions.

BAKER — Announced the resignation of baseball coach Phil Hannon, effective at the end of the 2014 season.

FLAGLER — Named Kelly Holloway women’s interim volleyball coach.

HOLY CROSS — Named Mike Kashurba defensive co-ordinator.

OKLAHOMA STATE — Dismissed freshman basketball G Stevie Clark.

Bowling Heritage Lanes Weekly Results Monday-Club 55 plus High single: Jim Winder 273. High triple: Jim Graham 648 .

Monday Mixed High single: Tyler Harrold 273. High triple: Matt Mundorf 601.

Tuesday Mixed High single: Tony Zirk 305. High triple: Harvey Von Hollen 808.

Wednesday-Club 55 plus High single: Robert Doll 259. High triple: Anna Kaastrup 679.

Wednesday Mixed High single: Rollie Gervais 345. High triple: Gervais 821.

Thursday Morning Ladies High single: Chris Palm 250. High triple: Palm 626.

Thursday Afternoon Special Olympics Mixed High single: Anthony Kubasek 234. High double: Kubasek 435.

Thursday Mixed High single: Louis Kovacs 304. High triple: Bonnie Clermont 723.

Monday Scratch League High single: Shelby Chrest 318. High quad: Chrest 1,049.

Youth Bowling of Canada (YBC) Bumpers High single: Rogan Clark 112.

Bowlasaurus High single: Heather Hort 85.

Peewees High single: Sylis Gray 148. High double: Gray 263.

Bantams High single: Cordell Makarenko 185. High triple: Makarenko 451.

Juniors High single: PJ Clubine 238. High triple: Clubine 557.

Seniors High single: Anthony Streit 345. High triple: Streit 808.

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OLSON 1920 - 2014 Elna Gladys Olson of Red Deer, passed away at the Villa Marie Covenant Health Centre in Red Deer on Sunday, February 2, 2014 at the age of 93 years. Elna will be lovingly remembered by her son Ted (Sharon) Olson of Red Deer; two daughters Patricia (Steve) Dudsworth of Calgary and Elaine (Al) Bennett of Sherwood Park; eight grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Also to cherish Elna’s memory are numerous other family members and friends. Information regarding a memorial service will be announced in the Red Deer Advocate once arrangements have been completed. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to Gideons International In Canada (Hope Magazine), P.O. Box 3619, Guelph ON N1H 7A2. Condolences to Elna’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

POLSON Peter “Elver” Feb. 21, 1922 - Jan. 31, 2014 Peter Elver Polson (Elver) passed away peacefully at the Ponoka Hospital on January 31, 2014 just 21 days short of 92 years of age. He is survived by his brother-in-law Jamie Tees of Clive, his sister-in-law Edna Polson of Clive, his daughter Verdele of Oakville, his son Richard and his wife Teresa of Vancouver, his son Timothy and his wife Bev of Tees, his son Jordan and his wife Kathleen of Red Deer, and his daughter Lorraine of Red Deer. He is also survived by six grandchildren: Nathanael, Denver, Courtney, Casey, Faye, and Ami and fourteen great-grandchildren: Karina, Natalea, Jenica, Wyatt, Brendan, Danica, Paige, Gage, Tatum, Grady, Liv, Scarlett, Lila, Kesler. Elver is pre-deceased by his wife Lydia (nee Brulhart), brothers Charlie, Herb, Eskel and Ernie, sisters Maggie, Helga, Signe, Evelyn, Clara and Anne. Elver will be remembered for his sense of humour, his lengthy contributions to church, community and family, his concern for others - and his strong opinions about everything.

We miss him but we know he is rejoicing with Mom and enjoying the fullness of heaven where we will join them some day. What a day that will be!

A celebration of Elver’s life will be held at the Clive Baptist Church on Friday, February 7, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

Obituaries

MILLER John Grant Miller passed away on Friday, January 31st, 2014 at the age of 66.

Grant was a devoted husband to Jacalyn (née Hudson) and father of nine children. He practiced law in Innisfail, Alberta for more than 37 years and was known by many through his work and service in the community.

Grant is the eldest child of Joyce Pauline (née Davies) and James Rex Miller of Cardston, Alberta. He was born in his mother’s hometown of Bilston, Staffordshire, England on 28 October 1947 and came to Canada by boat at 10 months old with his mother. The family settled in Cardston in 1954. After serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in England, Grant graduated first from the University of Lethbridge and then law school at the University of Alberta. In 1976 he settled in Innisfail to practice law at the firm that soon became Miller Lehane & Wild. Throughout his life Grant volunteered in many capacities both within the LDS Church and in the community. In his career as a lawyer, Grant always tried to be understandable and kind with his clients. Grant also helped those with limited resources, at times working pro bono or arranging to be paid by whatever means his clients could afford. He will be dearly missed by his wife Jacalyn and children David (Aimee), Cardston, AB; Janet (Darryl), Okotoks, AB; Logan (fiancé Rachel) Kelowna, BC; Chris (girlfriend Jamie Rowen), Toronto, ON; Steven (Andrea), Saskatoon, SK; Lisa (Dave), Edmonton, AB; Clare (boyfriend Ryan), Red Deer, AB; and Evan, Vancouver, BC; and his fourteen grandchildren.

He is also survived by his parents, Joyce and Rex, and brothers Scott (Janice), and Craig (Kathy). He is welcomed home by his beloved daughter Angela, who passed away in April 1978. A Memorial Service honoring Grant will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5698 55 Ave. Cres., Innisfail, Alberta on Saturday, February 8th, 2014 at 11:00 a.m . with a luncheon to follow.

E-mail your condolences to: legacyfh@telus.net LEGACY FUNERAL HOMES LTD., Cardston Assisting the Family. Phone 403-653-3222.

McINTOSH Patricia Joan 1958 - 2014 With incredible sadness we announce the very sudden death of our daughter and mother February 1, 2014.

Pat died at the age of 56 and will be forever missed. Her only wish after death was to have her body donated for scientific research. We are working towards this for her.

A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.

You know we love you Patti!

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COATES Warren Neil 1932 - 2014 Warren Neil Coates beloved husband of Florence Stephan Coates of Magrath, Alberta, passed away peacefully at the Good Samaritans Garden Vista, Magrath, Alberta on Friday, January 24, 2014, at the age of 81 years, after a lengthy and courageous battle with Cancer. Neil left this world surrounded by love with his wife Florence and family at his bedside. Neil was born in Radway Alberta on October 29, 1932. He was the second youngest of eight sons born to Annie Marguerite and Ritson Thomas Coates.

Neil spent most of his life in Red Deer; you may remember Neil as the shoe shine gentleman, having had his stand in both downtown and the Park Place Mall. Neil loved to play pool and he was good at the game. He loved to dance and spent many hours dancing his life away at the Downtown Club on their regular dance nights. He loved to socialize and joined the “coffee club” at the Bower Mall and looked forward to his daily visits with his friends. After being a bachelor for 72 years, in June of 2004 Neil took himself a wife and companion, Florence Stephan. During the 9 years that Neil and Florence were married they lived in Red Deer, Bashaw, and Magrath, Alberta.

They traveled throughout Western Canada, cruised the Caribbean and wintered in Florida and Palm Springs.

Neil was a kind gentle man who will be greatly missed by his wife Florence, his brothers Cecil, of Langley, BC, and Allan, of Stony Plain, AB. He also leaves behind seven step children, 32 step grandchildren, 75 step great grandchildren, and 10 step great great grandchildren plus, numerous nieces, nephews and sister in laws, and their families. A Celebration of Neil’s Life will be held on Saturday, April the 19th†in Red Deer, Alberta.

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MASSIE 1938 - 2014 Mrs. Florence Theresa Massie (nee Gowan) passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Friday, January 31, 2014 surrounded by her family and friends at the age of 75 years. She leaves to mourn her husband Peter of 43 years; her children, Theresa (Kevin) Sonnenberg, Colleen Pawluk, Maureen (Garth) Black, Goldwin (Jennifer) Massie and Gordon (April) Massie, Shae Lynn (Darcy) Gerbrandt and Tera Sjoberg, Colebe (Tracy) Massie and her grandchildren, Matthew, Bradley, Leeanne, Ryah, Caleb, Amanda, Gabby, Sade, Joel, Lance, Logan, Jordyn and Benjamin. She was predeceased by her parents Goldwin and Annie Gowan and her son Goldwin Wyatt Massie. Florence was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan on October 22, 1938. Please join the family in a Celebration of Florence’s Life at St. Leonardson-the-Hill Anglican Church, 4241 - 44th Street, Red Deer on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with the Reverend Gary Sinclair, officiating.

Interment will follow in the Hillsdown Cemetery, Red Deer County.

If desired donations may be made directly to the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 3M4 or the ACW in care of St. Leonardson-the-Hill Anglican Church.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gary Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer 403.340.4040.

MARSHALL Lynn Marshall of Tofield, passed away on February 2, 2014 at the age of 87 years.

He is survived by his wife Irene Marshall and loving family. He is predeceased by his first wife Edna Marie.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at “The House” church in Tofield, 5830-51 Street. Memorial Donations are gratefully accepted to the Alberta Cancer Foundation.

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PETRIE Glen Albert Oct. 2, 1962- Jan. 28, 2014 Glen Albert Petrie, beloved husband of Tara, passed away suddenly on January 28, 2014 at the age of 51.

Glen Petrie is survived by his loving wife Tara, and his 2 most prized possessions, his beloved boys, Tyler and Jake. Glen was predeceased by his parents Hilda and Karl Petrie. Glen is also survived by his sister Doreen (Sandy) Cummings of Cochrane, sister Elsie Ferguson (Ed) of Calgary, brother John Petrie (Kathy) of Brooks, brother Robert Petrie (Laurie) of Red Deer, sister Barb Petrie (Rick Muriel) of Red Deer, brother in-law Jeff Paarup (Marina) of Drumheller, brother in-law Jamey Paarup (Tracey) of Red Deer, motherin-law Sonja Nielsen (Don Krill) of Cochrane, sister in-law Andrea Krill (Tyler MacLean) of Airdrie, brother in-law Ross Krill (Tonya) of Calgary and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.

Glen was born in Drumheller, Alberta and spent most of his life there before moving to Airdrie, Alberta in 2011.

Glen spent over 30 years working in the oil and gas sector. He loved being involved in sports and the camaraderie that came with it. Glen was also a large part of the hockey communities his boys played in and built many close friendships while watching his boys play.

Glenny’s greatest talent beyond sports was his incredible sense of humor and the ability to make conversation with anyone young or old. No occasion was the same without his presence and he will be dearly missed by all. Funeral services for Glen Petrie will be held Friday, February 7th, 1:00 pm at the Badlands Community Facility. #80 Veterans Way, Drumheller, Alberta. In memory of Glen, if friends desire, memorial tributes may be made to the Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary Alberta.

COURTNEY-WINTERS FUNERAL HOME is in care of arrangements 403-823-2666

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DARWIN SOVDI Feb. 4, 2013 If you could see where I have gone, the beauty of this place And how it feels to know you’re home to see the Savior’s face.

To wake in peace and know no fear, just joy beyond compare.

While still on earth you miss me yet, you wouldn’t want me there If you could see where I am and the beauty of this place the joy it would bring to you and leave a smile on your face, It’s been a year and we love and miss you Dad (Darwin), Dylan, Jessica, Catherine and Michelle

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SCOTT Reginald Andrew Jan. 9, 1973 - Jan. 28, 2014 It is with immense sorrow that we announce the passing of Reginald Andrew Scott.

He earned what many desire; he became a true legend in his family. Reg was a remarkable man that could take simple tasks and turn them into epic journeys. He had the gift of being able to see a brilliant and beautiful finish; it did not matter if it was a house, a family event or a friendship. Reginald leaves behind: his wife, Jennifer (Gladstone), two amazing children Raechel Sophia and Eva Brynne; Father and Mother Reginald and Lana (McPherson) Scott; Sister Paula (Scott) Lenz and husband Jason; brother Cameron Scott and wife Kristine (Bennett); sister Tanya (Scott) Butcher and husband Michiel; mother-in-Law Joanna Hansen and sisters-in-law Becky and Mandy Gladstone.

Reg was a proud uncle of Jared, Kyle, Stephanie, Jenna, Kaitlyn, Alissa, Sydney and Madison; a grandson of Marie McPherson and Wilda Morris; a memorable nephew of many aunts, uncles, and a cousin to countless many. He was a life-long friend of Dave Long, Roland Deleeuw, Kevin Goddard and Bert Kisjes. To everyone who was a friend of Reggie’s, know that he was proud to have you share in his life. A celebration of Reg’s life will be held at the First Baptist Church, Lacombe on Saturday February 8th, 2014 at 2:00pm. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to any Central Alberta, SERVUS Credit Union under Reg Scott’s name to establish a fund for Jen, Raechel and Eva. Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

403-782-3366 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

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In Loving Memory of Teagan Klein Sept. 6, 1985 - Feb. 4, 2009 You’ve gone away I’m not sure why I reach for you but you’re not there You died and left us all behind I thought I’d surely lost my mind I’ll wait for you to walk in the door And ask what all the tears are for.

For now I am content to let them be When my door to heaven opens, you’ll have the key.

Sadly missed, forever loved Mom, Dad, Taylor, your son Brayden and all your family and friends

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POITRA Anna Augusta 1983-2014 Anna Augusta Poitra of Red Deer passed away on January 22nd, 2014 at the age of 30.

Anna is lovingly remembered by her father Chris Poitra of Red Deer; two daughters Shila and Azabell Poitra of Red Deer, and their father Berry Ross; her brother EJ (Danielle) Poitra of Innisfail; sisters, Mariann (Mark) Poitra of Red Deer and Teresa Booth of Red Deer. She is survived by her nephews Dean Poitra, Colin Walls, Steven Stammers, Eduard Booth and Kailen Poitra and her nieces Kimberly Walls, Brittany Walls, Brandy Walls, Terri Joe Smoker, Fancy Rae Poitra, Kyah Poitra and Aaliyah Poitra, as well as five great nieces and three great nephews. Anna is predeceased by her mother Ursel Poitra (July 19, 2011). A celebration of life officiated by Reverend Gail McEwen will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45th Street, Red Deer, Alberta on February 5th, 2014 at 2:00 pm with cremation to follow. If you would like to pay your respects to Anna there will be a public visitation from 12:00-1:45pm prior to the service. In lieu of flowers a trust fund will be set up for Anna’s two daughters, please contact Rev. Gail McEwen.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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WHITNEY 1931 - 2014 It is with heavy hearts and happy memories that we announce the passing of Donald George Whitney. Don passed away in Red Deer, Alberta on February 1st, 2014 at the age of 83. Don was born in Consort, Alberta January 10, 1931 to Ray and Jessie Whitney. Don embraced an active and full life enjoying his family, his work and his leisure. He was loved by many and lit up the room with his smile and dreamy blue eyes. Don is survived by his four children, Cheryl (Gordon) Blonke, Brenda (Robert) Claude, Dwayne (Sue) Whitney, Cindy (Troy) Pugh, eleven grandchildren, and fifteen great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Don was predeceased by his wife Gladys, his parents, and his sister Shirley Knockleby.

There will be a memorial tribute in Don’s honour held on February 8, 2014 at 2pm at Legacy Estates, 56 Carroll Crescent, Red Deer, Alberta and a Celebration of his Life will take place in May of 2014 (details to follow). In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Parkinson’s Foundation.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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The successful candidate will possess: * Good telephone manner * Excellent communication skills * Basic Computer skills * Attention to detail * Ability to function in a fast-paced environment * A positive attitude Preference will be given to those with previous

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Duhamel Manning Feehan Warrender Glass LLP Legal Assistants

Legal Assistant positions in the areas of Litigation and Corporate/Commercial are available. Minimum 2-5 years experience in the relevant fields is a requirement. Cores III accreditation for the Corporate/Commercial position is highly recommended.

Competitive salaries, great benefits in a good working environment on offer.

Please email your resume to the Office manager at ssimmons@altalaw.ca.

Only candidates on the short list will be contacted for interviews.

has a full time career advancing position available as a General Legal Assistant.

The successful applicant will have completed the Legal Assistant Program, and have prior experience working in a law firm. This position requires someone who displays a team player outlook, demonstrates effective communication skills, has the ability to multi-task, and work in a fast paced environment.

We offer an excellent working environment, benefits, and the opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Please respond in confidence with a cover letter and resume to: Attention: Human Resources Johnston Ming Manning LLP 3rd Floor, 4943 - 50 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1Y1 Fax: (403) 342-9173 Email: hr@jmmlawrd.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Reporting to the CFO, the Junior Accountant will be responsible for all of the accounting functions (i.e. inputting of supplier invoices, quarterly preparation of GST returns to be reviewed by CFO, preparation of monthly financial reporting package, payments of supplier invoices, bank reconciliations, etc.). This position plays a role in establishing financial policies, procedures, internal controls and reporting systems, ensuring that systems are in place to produce accurate and timely reporting of financial results. Candidate must have University degree or college diploma, with 3-5 years of relevant work experience. Email: dsmith@wiseisi.com

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MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits.

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Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute to workplace location. This position offers a challenging work environment, attractive benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

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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 STORESMART Self-Storage seeking F/T Assistant Centre Manager for 40 hours per week. For job description and how to apply, go to www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs.

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C & C COATINGS in Innisfail is seeking F/T Exp. Sandblaster.

Competitive wages and benefits. Fax resume to: 403-227-1165 or email bslager@telus.net

CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons Food Service Manager Construction Safety 5 positions, F/T & P/ T, Manager $9.95 - $18/hr. depending Utility Construction on exp. and availability.

Company seeking Permanent shift work, employee to manage and weekends, days, nights maintain all aspects of and evening shifts. 3-5 yrs. safety program in Red exp., completion of seconDeer/Olds area: dary school. Start date • Conduct training, new ASAP. Apply in person hire orientation and 6620 Orr Drive. safety meetings Fax: 403-782-9685 • Monitor all work for Call 403-848-2356 compliance with safety regulations JJAM Management (1987) • Investigation, reporting Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s and resolution of safety Requires to work at these incidents Red Deer, AB locations: • Manage corporate WCB 5111 22 St. program including 37444 HWY 2 S reporting, claims 37543 HWY 2N management and injury 700 3020 22 St. prevention Food Service Supervisor 8 • Maintain COR Vacancies, 1-2 yrs. exp.

• Minimum 5 years’ req’d. P/T & F.T. SHIFT experience WORK, $9.95 - $13.50/hr.

Contact Wayne at Apply in person or fax 1-403-556-8563 or email resume to: 403-314-1303 resume to waynec@ JJAM Management (1987) b-lineutilities.com Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s DNR Powerline Requires to work at these Construction requires Red Deer, AB locations: Journeyman/ 5111 22 St. Apprentices/Labourers for 37444 HWY 2 S various projects in Alberta.

37543 HWY 2N Long term employment.

700 3020 22 St. Excellent opportunity for Food Counter Attendant apprenticeship.

Excellent 8 Vacancies P/T & F.T. benefit packages. Fax SHIFT WORK, $9.95 resume to 403-742-5759 $10.98/hr. Apply in person or email: dnrwelding1 or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 @dnrwelding.ca Attention: Looking for a new pet?

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

DNR Pressure Welding requires B-Pressure Welder Crew Foreman, lead hands, labourers for various projects in Alberta.

Long term employment.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca. Attention: Ryan. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect.

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.

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.

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All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement, (No GDL licenses) and First Aid. We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits.

Please include 2 work reference names and numbers.

Please fax resume to: 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please. www.treelinewell.com

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SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com

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is currently seeking SERVICE ADVISORS. We offer competitive wages, a great working environment, and a great benefit package.

Please email resume to Joey Huckabone joey@pikewheatonchev.ca Experienced Siders Needed Call 403-588-3210

Flooring Installer needed for Specialized Flooring ELEMENTS is looking 5 company. 5 yrs or more Beauty Treatment Operators. experience in all types of Selling seasonal gift flooring installation. F/T packages & personal care position available to products in Parkland business minded, service Mall-4747 67th St Red oriented person, who has a Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus valid license, vehicle & bonus & commission, F/T, tools, bondable. Fax Beauty certification req’d resumes & references to email resumes: 403-340-0046, or contact elementsreddeerbto@ us at 403 357 7728 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

JENSEN Contract Flooring is looking to hire a Safety Officer. Hours are flexible and training is available.

Please submit resumes by email to jensen@jcfgroup. ca or by fax to 403-876-2574 no later than February 21, 2014.

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Alstar Oilfield is looking for highly motivated individuals to join our Team in Hinton.

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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.

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ADAM & EVE UNISEX In the Parkland Mall is seeking P/T / F/T HAIR STYLISTS Please call Laurie 403-350-4341

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F/T RDA Level II assistant req’d. for Family Dental practice dedicated to exceptional patient care.

Contact Kelly with resume at the Lacombe Dental Clinic, 5015-51 St. Lacombe, AB T4L 2A3 (403)782-3755, Fax: (403)782-4081 by email: admin@lacombedental.com

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JOURNEYMAN Automotive Technician Eckville based mechanic and car wash shop looking for full time Journeyman Automotive Technician.

We offer competitive wages for the right applicant. Full benefit package available after 3 months. Mon-Fri, weekends optional.

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SMALL Manufacturing Company Looking for a Journeymen Framer or Equivalent with exp. Basic tools required: Steel Toed Boots and hard hats.

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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers for work in Red Deer. and/or Lease Operators.

Please fax resume to We offer lots of home time, 1-403-229-4079 benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super Now Hiring Overhead Door B exp. an asset but not Tech & Helper for Ponoka necessary. If you have a overhead door company. clean commercial drivers Pay DOE to $35/hr. Con- abstract and would like to tact Gerald 403-963-5000 start making good money. or email doorsondemand@ fax or email resume and hotmail.com comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

MILLWRIGHTS & WELDERS

Required Immediately PARTS PERSON

Central Alberta’s Largest Parts person required for Car Lot in Classifieds rapidly expanding HD Parts Supply Store.

Must be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment.

Have experience in the heavy truck/trailer industry.

Must possess strong customer service skills.

Above average wages, benefits package.

Apply with resume @ Artic Truck, Email: ron.cain@nfleetsolutions.com CENTRAL AB based truckFax: 403-348-5198 ing company requires Owner Operators Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds & Company Drivers in AB. Home the odd REQUIRED: night. Weekends off. Late CARPENTER/DRYWALLER model tractor pref. for restoration company.

403-586-4558 This is a F/T position. Must have a valid drivers license. F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Duties: Carpentry, drywall, Minimum Class 5 with air painting & finishing work. and clean abstract. Exp. Fax or email resume to preferred. In person to Key 403-347-4037 or crr@telus.net Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. or contact Al @ 403-347-4001 Red Deer.

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PROFESSIONAL Truck Driver Position Available

www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is expanding and are currently accepting applications for a certified Class 1 Driver, with a minimum of two (2) years B-train trailer experience.

ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company equipment and provide a high level of customer service, delivering our products within central Alberta. ADS Drivers are required to be drug free and maintain legal transportation paperwork and driving practices. This position requires a valid Class 1 License, with previous off road forklift experience a definite asset. We offer quarterly cash safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive medical plan.

Benefits include: Company provided Group Canadian Benefits Voluntary dental Life insurance Short-term and long-term disability Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) Paid Vacation Safety Bonus All applicants are subject to a pre-employment physical and MVR check.

Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along with a current drivers abstract to: Advanced Drainage Systems Canada Inc. 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Fax: (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ ads-pipe.com Position closing date: Feb. 10, 2014 Start your career!

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Help ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW AREA Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $146/mo.

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

DEERPARK AREA 74 to 129 Blosk of Dunning Cres., Depalm St. and approx. 3 blocks of Douglas St. $108/mo GRANDVIEW AREA 40A, 41 and 42 Ave. between 39 St. and 44 St. $111/mo.

MICHENER AREA East of 40th Ave., 51 St., 50A St., Michener Cres., Green, etc. to Michener Ave. & Blvd. $303/mo.

860

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the BOWER AREA WESTPARK AREA Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

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

TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo.

ALSO Timberstone Way, Talson Place, Thomas Place, Trimble Cl., Traptow Cl. & Thompson Cres. $307/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

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Children's Items

WOODEN ROCKING HORSE. $25.

CHILDS ROCKING CHAIR, $20.

STUFFED ROCKING HORSE, $10.

WOODEN TIME OUT CHAIR, $10.

NEW GRACO TRAVEL CRIB, 2-stage basinet. Converts to play pen. 32”X23”. $65.

403-755-3556

1590

Clothing

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

Misc. for Sale

1760

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

1660

Firewood

Pets & Supplies

1810

AQUARIUMS, (2) 90 gal. $1200. both 403-505-4777

1830

Cats

2 VERY SHY 5 MO. OLD ORANGE BROTHERS. Completely neutered & litter box trained.

Need to go to home together, as they have bonded.

Sweet personalities, but need to be socialized to humans. 403-782-3130

1840

Dogs

Teeny Tiny Morkies extra fluffy and extremely cute!

Non shedding, shots done 587-987-3422 or email: wendyschedel@gmail.com

Sporting Goods

1860

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

LOGS

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Household Furnishings

1720

COFFEE table set, 3 piece glass & wood. $100.

403-342-4442 ENTERTAINMENT Centre, solid cherry. $50.

403-342-4442 IKEA pantry/storage unit.

White with opaque plastic front panel. Excellent condition. 71”x 16”x 16”.

Asking $80. 403-340-3693 Evenings

Pd. $1800. Asking $600 obo., some cat scratches on seat, but good cond.

403-597-3958 Cash Only

Collectors' Items

1870

2 NATIVE Blackfoot medicine and war shields (keepsake) $80/ea.

403-347-7405 STARTER comic book collection, graphic novels, 50 comic books $200 Tim 403-340-8215

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 30 tenants.

No pets. Off street parking for 3 vehicles. Rent $1500, D.D. $1500. 403-341-4627 5 BDRM home in Ander’s available for immed. possession for one year.

No pets, N/S Rent $2650/mo., D/D $2650.

403-358-6070 PONOKA ~ March 1st.

3 bedroom 1/2 duplex.

4 appliances. Rent $950, d.d. $950. No pets.

403-346-3943

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

1 bdrm. condo on Pine Lake, fully furn., $900 utils. incl. except cable & phone Avail. now 403-862-2796 2 BDRM. balcony, blinds, $1000 rent no pets avail.

Mar. 1. 403-343-8387 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050 3060

Suites

CLEARVIEW bi-level. 2 bdrm., 1 bath, 5 appls, balcony.

Close to park & bus. $900 +utils. 403-210-1360 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852 PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt. incld’s, laundry & all utils. $750. Avail. end of Feb. no pets, n/s 403-993-3441

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

SOFA & loveseat, Sklar Peppler, beautiful, like new, $500. 403-342-4442

WANTED

Hpman.ca

ACROSS from park, 3 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $1125/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or March 1 403-304-5337

Homestead Firewood

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

HOLY Man’s & Medicine 3 BDRM. DUPLEX Man shield (Sarcee & IN CLEARVIEW Cree), approx. 24” to 36” This great 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath long. These items are gen- home offers great space erally found in museums or on a quiet street. At just movie sets ($200 for both) $1425/mo it will go quick.

403-347-7405 †Call Tina at 403-896-8552 to take a look!

2 PAIR New Men’s Size 10 lined safety toe boots. $30/ea.

1 PAIR New Men’s fleece lined zipper black boots, size 10. $25.

403-887-4981

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

1760

2140

Roommates Wanted

3080

4020

Houses For Sale

MUST SELL

RENO’D FULL DUPLEX in Ponoka.

3 bdrm., 1 bath per side. $257,000. 403-963-0204

2011 FORD Fiesta. $8200, 5 spd, 11,000 km. Exc. cond. on gas. Medical reason.

Laebon Homes 346-7273 Great Ask for Doug **SOLD**

www.laebon.com

NEW CONDO

12 UNIT apartment building located in quiet Red Deer neighborhood.

Contact Mike Dandurand Sundance Realty & Management 403-343-6655 391-7945

SUPERVISOR/Administrator req’d for busy downtown pharmacy. Flexible hours, part/full time. Please fax resume to 403-347-5454 or email: sproules2@shaw.ca

880

Locally owned and family operated

CARRIERS NEEDED ANDERS AREA

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Anders St. / Armstrong Close

stuff

Addinnell Close / Allan St. Abbott Close / Anders St.

CLASSIFICATIONS

Anders Close INGLEWOOD AREA

CLASSIFICATIONS 4400-4430

4430

Money To Loan

Private Mortgages Our Rates start at 8%. We lend on Equity. Bus. For Self & Bruised Credit Ok. Ron Lewis 403 819 2436

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

3140

SMALL / LARGE SPACES -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

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For Rent

3200

250 PAGE gold mine book of masterpiece information and instructions on the construction of the North American Native crafts and clothing and designs that are difficult to find. Hawkeye Diary of Indian Craft and Information Volume 2.

With each page full of information for all needed items. $25 per book.

403-347-7405

Issard Close

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LANCASTER AREA

homes

Law Close / Lewis Close

CLASSIFICATIONS

Lamont Close Lund Close

Keep the Car, Take the Money!

If you own a vehicle, get up to $10,000 today!

5020

Antique & Classic Autos

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

job? ?

Viscount Drive Vickers Close Volks Place / Vanier Drive Vanson Close / Visser St.

Bring your resumé For more info, call 403-340-5353

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info 356178B3-4

********************** Government

100,000 Potential Buyers???

TRY Central Alberta LIFE SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

CALL 309-3300

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

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

Consulting

1090

WCB HELP If you have been cut off benefits or feel you have not received the benefits you are entitled.

Call Norman Zubot consulting(29yrs WCB exp) Ph: 587-521-4691.

Cell: 780-982-9822 norman.zubot@shaw.ca

1100

Massage Therapy

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

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

BRAND NEW 1340 sq. ft. bungalow, 2 bdrm., den, dbl. att. garage. $384,900.

Call Glen 403-588-2231 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

MASON MARTIN HOMES Custom new homes planning service.

Kyle, 403-588-2550

Drywall, tape, texture, Fully licensed & insured.

Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176

Escorts

1165

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ALL TRADES Home Maintenance 28 yrs. exp.

Retired electrician. Call Rick 403-318-4267 ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. www.viimassage.biz

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Services

DAMON INTERIORS Personal

VANIER AREA

Wednesday, February 5, 2014 9:30 a.m. - Noon Alberta Works Centre 2nd Floor, First Red Deer Place 4920 - 51 Street, Red Deer

DO YOU WANT YOUR AD TO BE READ BY

Somerset Close

Sherwood Cres.

5240

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close

5200

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

SUNNYBROOK AREA

Springfield Ave.

Trades Jobs Fair

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

services

Contractors

Vista Village

Looking Look oki for a

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

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Automotive

www.thetitlestore.ca

MORRISROE AREA

1. EVRAZ 2. INEOS 3. Ledcor 4. Studon 5. High Artic 6. ABB Ber Mac 7. Baker Hughes 8. City of Red Deer 9. Bruin’s Plumbing 10. Alberta Line Find 11. Mr Rooter Plumbing 12. Sheet Metal Workers 13. Diversified Staffing 14. Canadian Armed Forces 15. Quinn Contracting Ltd 16. Mancusco Cleaning Services

5010

RED DEER 403-754-5104 4971 Phelan St.

5190

Auto Wreckers

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Automotive Services

2007 H2 hummer, mint condition, 59,000 kms, new tires & rims, original rims and tires to buyer.

Call Art 403-304-0727.

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Isherwood Close

Langford Close

5040

SUV's

FINANCIAL

3090

CLASSIFICATIONS Warehouse FOR RENT • 3000-3200 Space WANTED • 3250-3390

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

at www.garymoe.com

LAST 2 remaining full duplex lots in desirable neighborhood in Central Alberta. Very well priced with 4 plex as a discretionary use. Contact Mike Dandurand Sundance Realty & Management 403-343-6655 391-7945

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1999 PONTIAC Bonneyville 4 dr., saftied. 403-352-6995

VIEW 4100 ALL OUR PRODUCTS

Income Property

AVAIL. - 1 bdrm. w/full bath, $600/mo. incl. all utils. + cable, washer & dryer. Call 403-343-3361

rentals

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040

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

2190

1500-1990

Employers:

4040

Condos/ Townhouses

8TH ANNUAL RED DEER COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION & SPEED SHOW. Mar 14 - 16. Westerner piece home tool kit $30.

Park, Red Deer. 150,000 587-877-1883 after 2:30 New in box. 403-887-4981 sq.ft. indoor show.

CLEAN, quiet, responsible, Exhibitors space available.

CARPET Steamer, Hoover Grain, Feed Furn. $525. 403-346-7546 Western Canada’s Largest Used 3 times. $75.; New Hay Collector Car Event.

ROOM in Westpark, n/s, Home depot sells $199.

Consign today no pets. Furnished. TV & 403-986-1720 TIMOTHY & Brome square 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 utils incl. 403-304-6436 bales, great for horses, apEGAuctions.com DIE cast models, cars, ROOM, all utils. and cable prox. 60 lbs. put up dry truck, and motorcycles, Classifieds...costs so little incld, $450/mo. and covered, $5/bale fairies, dragons and biker Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 403-506-3277 Saves you so much! gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east ROOMS FOR RENT, end of Cash Casino close to uptown. Employed HISTORY painting 15 x 30 gentleman. Rent $400/mo, called the Chief Crowfoot s.d. $250. 403-350-4712 signing of the SMALL BDRM. Furnished.

Peace Treaty, $200. $450. 403-342-4604 403-347-7405

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

5030

Cars

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

403-588-2550

Please reply by email: Horses 12V 3000 lb. remote Rooms qmacaulay winch $80; New in @reddeeradvocate.com control For Rent box. 403-887-4981 WANTED: all types of or phone Quitcy at horses.

Processing locally B & D 109 pc. drill/driver kit $450 MO/D.D. incl. every403-314-4316 in Lacombe weekly. set $25; 148 pc. B & D drill thing. 403-342-1834 or 403-651-5912

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

ALSO

Concrete forming equipment Dura-Form 4’ x 2’, 5’x2’, 7’x2’, 8’ x 2’, lots of inside corners and fillers, most of forms are in cages.

To view call Randy 403-843-1099 cell 587-679-2334. For pics and detailed equipt. list emai: thepelletiers@ xplornet.ca

LIKE new black leather chair and matching foot stool $90 403-986-1720

To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN

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

1550

Building Supplies

356964B3

Trades

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

Services

1315

REIKO’S Finest Asian Massage

In call only. 587-377-1298 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St.

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELP FOR SENIORS:

in home or facility family business est. 1999 bondable staff, great rates, gift certificates avail.

403-346-7777 helpinghandshomesupport.com

Snow Removal

1380

SNOW CLEARING, windrows, back yards, driveways etc.

403-550-7928

RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 B11

Cars talking to each other?

NEW TECHNOLOGY RAISES HOPES OF PREVENTING COLLISIONS BYTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Your car might see a deadly crash coming even if you don’t, the government says, so officials are moving to require automakers to equip new vehicles with technology that lets them warn each other when they’re plunging toward peril.

The action, still a couple of years off, has “game-changing potential” to cut crashes, deaths and injuries, officials said Monday.

A radio beacon would continually transmit a vehicle’s position, heading, speed and other information. Cars would receive the same information back from other vehicles, and a vehicle’s computer would alert the driver to an impending collision. Some systems may automatically brake to avoid an accident if manufacturers choose to include that option.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has been working with automakers on the technology for the past decade, estimates vehicle-to-vehicle communications could prevent up to 80 per cent of accidents that don’t involve drunken drivers or mechanical failure.

The technology holds major potential to prevent crashes in the first place, while the government’s focus until now has been on ensuring accidents are survivable, David Friedman, the head of the safety administration, said at a news conference.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said the Obama administration decided to announce its intention to require the technology in new vehicles in order to “send a strong signal to the (automotive industry) that we believe the wave of the future is vehicle-to-vehicle technology.”

However, it will still be a least several years and perhaps longer before manufacturers would have to put the technology in vehicles, officials said. The safety administration plans to issue a report later this month on the results of its research, and then the public and automakers will have 90 days to comment. After that, regulators will begin

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A side mirror displays warning signal in a Ford Taurus at an automobile testing area in Oxon Hill, Md. Officials are planning to announce whether automakers should be required to equip new cars and light trucks with technology that enables vehicles to communicate with each other to prevent collisions. Such vehicle-to-vehicle communication could eventually transform traffic safety. drafting a proposal to require automakers to equip new vehicles with the technology. That process could take months to years to complete, but Foxx said it is his intention to issue the proposal before President Barack Obama leaves office.

“It will change driving as we know it over time,” said Scott Belcher, president and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America.

“Over time, we’ll see a reduction in crashes. Automobile makers will rethink how they design and construct cars because they will no longer be constructing cars to survive a crash, but building them to avoid a crash.”

Government officials declined to give an estimate for how much the technology

would increase the price of a new car, but the transportation society estimate it would cost about $100 to $200 per vehicle.

Automakers are enthusiastic about vehicle-to-vehicle technology, but feel there are important technical, security and privacy questions that need to be worked out first, said Gloria Bergquist, a spokeswoman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.

Vehicle-to-vehicle “may well play a larger role in future road safety, but many pieces of a large puzzle still need to fit together,” she said.

The safety benefits can’t be achieved until there is a critical mass of cars and trucks on the road using the technology, and it’s not clear what

that level of market penetration is. It takes many years to turn over the nation’s entire vehicle fleet, but the technology could start preventing accidents long before that.

Research indicates safety benefits can be seen with as few at 7 per cent to 10 per cent of vehicles in a given area similarly equipped, said Paul Feenstra, a spokesman for the transportation society, an umbrella organization for the research and development of new transportation technologies.

Once automakers start adding the technology to all new cars, it would take 15 years or more for half the cars on the nation’s roads to be equipped, according to the communications technology company

Qualcomm. There are about 5 million to 6 million new cars sold each year.

There may be a way to speed things up. About 45 per cent of Americans use smartphones, and that share is growing.

The average lifetime of a smartphone is two years. If smartphones, which already have GPS, came equipped with a radio chip they could be used to retrofit vehicles already on the road so that they can talk to each other.

The phone would be put in a cradle to sync with the car’s computers.

That would help make it possible to achieve a 50 per cent market penetration in less than five years, according to Qualcomm.

Sneakerheads brave cold, lines for chance to own rare shoes year, he said, noting one colour scheme released in November sold more than 500,000 units.

Most re-releases of the Air Jordan brand sell out instantly, though the price of retro editions

is set to rise by $10 this year, up to roughly $210.

Resellers, however, can sometimes charge twice the retail price.

The Nike LeBron 8 “South Beach” shoe, for example, costs $160 in

stores but fetch a reseller more than $1,000.

But despite the steep financial investment, sneakerheads insist their collections are meant to be worn.

Chan, who purchased

the Nike shoe for a relatively tame $500, said he wears them every few weeks.

But he admits he would never expose them to the sloppy, saltstained streets of winter.

Due to an increase in business, Central Alberta’s largest Chevrolet Dealership has immediate openings for:

3 Sales Consultants

Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people. With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities to achieve your career goals. We’ll provide you with hands-on training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects and applications in the energy sector.

Duties include: - understanding automobile by characteristics, capabilities, and features - developing relationships, qualifying buyer’s and closing sales - following up sales leads - maintaining an above industry standard in Customer Service

We currently have career opportunities for a professional:

PROJECT MANAGER

The successful candidate will have the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project. The Project Manager must have a combination of skills including an ability to ask penetrating questions and resolve conflicts, as well as more general management skills.

We offer: - Above average commission structure, with volume bonuses. Complete benefits package with medical and dental.

- Training salary - Excellent work schedule - Opportunity for advancement within the company.

Experience an asset but not necessary.

Responsibilities You will find success based on your ability to: • • • • • • • •

Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope Monitor progress of each project while in production Keep up-to-date with progress and plans on future stages Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders Keep client updated with the current status of projects Plan and schedule project timelines, update schedule Manage project changes and budget Effectively apply our methodology and enforce project standards

Job Requirements As the ideal candidate you will possess:

Apply in person to:

Chad Pike,

• • • •

Pike Wheaton Chevrolet Ltd. 3110 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer, T4R 1M6

403-347-3301

Completion of PMP certification, working toward completion or equivalent Minimum 3 years previous experience in related industry or role Microsoft Project experience is an asset Thorough knowledge of oil and gas industry

Career development, growth and unlimited possibilities – you’ll find it here!

Please forward your resume via fax to:

(403) 227-7796 or e-mail to: hr@bilton.ca

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TORONTO — They line up outside in the cold, sometimes waiting the whole night in the hopes of adding a prize piece to their collection, knowing they may still leave empty-handed.

But for sneakerheads, a growing group of shoe obsessives, it’s a worthwhile sacrifice for a chance to own limited release footwear.

Joseph Chan, 23, camped outside an east Toronto mall twice in December despite the arctic weather.

“It was cold, but we were lucky enough to be camping out at Scarborough Town Centre, so we had our cars, and would take turns to stay warm,” said Chan, who supports his hobby through parttime restaurant work and by selling shoes he no longer wants.

His efforts paid off: he walked away with four pairs of shoes.

But with more and more footwear fans competing for rare pairs, it’s not unusual to see friction in the line — something retailers are taking steps to prevent.

“In the past we’ve done lineups, but we’ve had to move to raffles for limited releases. We don’t want people dying over shoes,” said Peter Campbell, a manager at Capsule, a sneaker boutique in Toronto’s tony Yorkville neighbourhood.

Those who don’t have the time or inclination to line up overnight can usually score limited release sneakers online.

Resellers typically snap up popular models and put them up for sale once stores are out of stock.

“With resellers, you run the risk of getting a fake pair. Most shoes have basic tells, between the real and fakes, but nowadays they’re not so easily spotted,” said Chan, who owns more than 120 pairs of shoes.

He said he came close

to buying fakes, but grew suspicious when the carbon fibre on the shoe was bendable.

Basketball shoes in particular have been a slam dunk with sneaker enthusiasts.

They’ve grown more popular over the past two years, partly due to the star appeal of players’ signature sneaker lines, said Matt Powell, a sneaker analyst with the market research firm SportsOneSource.

The Air Jordan 5 sold particularly well last

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THE CANADIAN PRESS

B12 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014

Retirees finding fun as snow tubers

BY TARA BAHRAMPOUR THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON — Since breaking her hip a year ago, Margaret Hartwell, 76, has gone through many forms of rehabilitation therapy.

But until Friday, blasting down an icy slope at 30 miles an hour in a giant inner tube had not been one of them.

In fact, Hartwell, who grew up on a ranch in Florida, had never in her life skied, sledded or even made a snow angel. But she noticed that Asbury Methodist Village, a 1,300-person retirement community in Gaithersburg, Md. where she takes classes, was offering a snow tubing trip to Whitetail Resort in Mercersburg, Pa. Without mentioning it to her children, so as not to worry them, Hartwell signed up.

“I’m going to tell my kids, ‘This is what I did’,” after the fact, she said.

“You know the saying: ‘It’s easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission’.”

Asbury started offering snow tubing trips two years ago after its sister community in Pennsylvania began doing it. The first year, only a dozen or so came.

Last year, there were more. And this year, 23 went, including a few guests like Hartwell who don’t live at Asbury.

Ranging in age from 57 to 90, most had never snow tubed before. All but three were women, some of whom had unsuccessfully tried to persuade their husbands to join.

“He’s from Louisiana — snow doesn’t turn him on,” Jan Lafleur, 82, said of her husband. “I’m all dressed, and he said, ‘You’re not really serious, are you?’

“But for Lafleur, the concept stirred something from childhood.

“I’m from Ohio, and I used to love to play in the snow.”

And it didn’t seem risky.

“These two friends in their 90s who’ve done it before, they said it was fun, they said it was safe, they said there are two big, strapping young men who help you in and out,” Lafleur said.

Virginia Phillips, who at 90 was the oldest participant this year, said she was worried about getting out of the tube at the bottom.

But not worried enough to stay away.

“I love doing this kind of thing,” she said. Like many, she said she had never tried snow tubing in the past simply because “I never heard of it before.”

Wearing blue hats for easy identification, members of the group grabbed inner tubes and approached the first challenge: the conveyer belt that would take them up the slope.

“Put an aggressive foot forward, and then ride it like a surfboard,” the lift operator barked.

Not entirely helpful; many had never ridden a surfboard.

Nor did they possess particularly aggressive feet.

One or two fell the first time up, but most got the hang of the belt.

And those who didn’t found creative alternatives, such as leaning on an Asbury staff member or even hiking up the hill.

At the top, the snow gleamed white and the bottom of the 900-footlong run seemed far away. The Asbury group stood together in their blue hats as children and teenagers shot down the hill on their bellies.

“This is really hardpacked, so you really get to twirling,” said Barbara Ellis, 73, a veteran snow tuber who attended the Asbury outings last year and the year before.

She originally signed up as a way to meet people shortly after she moved in; now she was hooked and did not let the titanium in her back and knees dissuade her. (Her husband, a former Olympic skier, is not interested in tubing.)

“Sit in it like a chair,” the assistant at the top of the run advised the firsttimers. With the prac-

ticed air of someone who has sat in many chairs, Phillips eased herself into the tube, and the man tipped her over the hill.

The inner tube barreled down, spinning as it gathered speed. When it leveled off at the end, Phillips was helped out of her tube, unfazed.

“I did it!” she said with an air of quiet pride. “I knew it would be fun, and it was.”

Margaret Hoyle, who is in her 80s, had to persuade her friend Phyllis Bloomberg to come along.

“I wouldn’t go — I was scared,” said Bloomberg, 82, wearing a fur muff over her blue hat.

But riding in tandem with Hoyle, whom she has known since both were pregnant together in Rockville, Md. more than 50 years ago, gave her courage, and soon the two were heading back up the hill for repeat runs. In fact, many of the participants preferred to go down strapped together in groups of three and four — because it made them go faster.

“Oh, man, this is so much fun,” said Ann Lindley, 74, another participant whose husband had not joined. “It’s like a bird — you’re flying, you’re free, it’s just exhilarating.”

Donnie Engstrom, the lift operator at the top, said this was the first time he had seen a group of snow tubers this age.

“If they’re able to do it, they should,” he said.

“It’s good exercise, and it makes you feel like a kid again.”

“

Oh, man, this is so much fun. It’s like a bird — you’re flying, you’re free, it’s just exhilarating.

— Ann Lindley, 74 (her husband chose not to join)

Photo by THE WASHINGTON POST

From left, Cathy Richards, Ann Lindley, Fern Kauffman and Mary Tenenbaum slide down a hill at Whitetail Resort in Mercersburg, Pa. At the bottom, several participants sat around a large fire pit. Two runs had been enough for Teresa Ma. “Tonight, I will sleep very well,” she said.

There had been one accident. Shirley Moore, 71, a veteran of the two earlier trips who is blind, hurt her ankle when it struck the barrier wall of snow that she could not

see on her way down.

A former marathon runner, Moore was less worried about her injury than about it scaring off future participants. “You know, some of the other people were apprehensive, and I said, ‘There’s no way you can get hurt,’ so I’m thinking of lying when I get off the bus, because I know they’ll have such a good time,”

she quipped.

Riding the bus home, Hartwell, the Florida ranch girl, was triumphant.

“I feel myself again.

It’s the first time I don’t feel like a recovering invalid,” she said. An active hiker before she broke her hip, she has had to use a cane since the injury. But she had a feeling about the snow

tubing, that it was the right time.

“I think mostly people know what their body can and can’t do, and if I had been apprehensive, I wouldn’t have done it,” she said. “I want to get back to where I was — I want my life back. And today was a good start.”

Tara Bahrampour writes for The Washington Post

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