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Starving baby case going to trial

TASTING OLYMPIC SUCCESS

FEDERAL BUDGET

Tories near surplus

TRIAL DATE TO BE SET ON MARCH 3

BY BRUCE CHEADLE THE CANADIAN PRESS

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

OTTAWA — The Conservative government continues to ratchet in the iron corset that will squeeze an eye-catching election-year surplus.

Finance Minister Jim MORE ON THE F l a h e r t y ’ s BUDGET A6/B1 10th federal budget all but balances the books this fiscal year, leaving a negligible $2.9-billion shortfall heading into the 2015-16 election year — when Prime Minister Stephen Harper will go to the electorate sporting a surplus that could exceed $6 billion.

It’s the fourth consecutive belt-tightening blueprint for Flaherty, who used Tuesday’s budget speech in the Commons to echo the words of Canada’s 1868 finance minister: “I say that we ought to be most careful in our outlay, and consider well every shilling we expend,” quoth Flaherty.

But amid leaks of a 2015 Conservative electioneering strategy that already appears well developed, the 2014-15 austerity budget is also stuffed with low- or zero-cost promises that wink toward the coming campaign.

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A west Central Alberta couple has been ordered to stand trial, accused of starving their baby.

The infant girl and her older brother, a toddler, were seized and police were called to investigate further late in December 2011, when the baby was taken to a local health care centre for treatment.

Both parents, in their 20s at the time, were charged with failing to provide the necessities of life and criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

The criminal negligence charge was dismissed on Monday at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing before Judge John Holmes in Red Deer provincial court. The parents will proceed to trial on the charge of failing to provide the necessities of life.

Preliminary hearings may be held to determine the strength of the Crown’s case before proceeding to trial.

The two parents, represented by defence counsel Patty MacNaughton and Walter Kubanek, return to Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on March 3 to set a trial date.

Housing First strategy ineffective: critic PROVINCE SHOULD ADDRESS ADDICTIONS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FIRST

At least one person who works directly with the homeless says the Housing First strategy spearheaded by the Alberta government and used in Red Deer isn’t effective.

Berachah Place co-ordinator Millard MacDonald said on Tuesday that Housing First doesn’t address addictions and mental health, both issues that are prevalent among the homeless.

“They need to deal with addictions and mental health issues first,” said MacDonald, adding that putting people into housing first doesn’t deal with those issues, which aren’t going to disappear.

“They (the homeless) need to get well before they can be housed.”

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HOMELESSNESS ‘THEY (THE HOMELESS) NEED TO GET WELL BEFORE THEY CAN BE HOUSED.’ — MILLARD MACDONALD CO-ORDINATOR, BERACHAH PLACE

The issue is much greater than simply providing housing, he said. Homelessness is much more substantive than not having a place to live.

“We have probably 10 people die a year because of a drug overdose,” said MacDonald.

The homeless who get into shelters in Red Deer — Safe Harbour or People’s Place — usually must leave early in

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the morning. Some go to Berachah Place, a safe space for the homeless to relax, have a shower, do their laundry and have lunch.

Nestled between downtown nightclubs in Red Deer, the Turning Point building has the office of the Central Alberta AIDS Network on the main floor and Berachah Place in the basement.

Downstairs, there are lockers for people to store their possessions in the hallway that leads to some tables, a small kitchen and separate rooms, some for showers, others for laundry.

Later in the morning, people come in, some drink coffee, others watch a movie. People catch up with friends, talk, step outside for a cigarette.

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Berachah Place and Heritage Family Services employee Millard MacDonald gives client Merle MacKinaw a hug in the Red Deer Shelter Tuesday.

Provincial wolf bounty under fire Programs that offer cash for dead wolves are obsolete, says the world’s largest network of conservation scientists.

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City of Red Deer Environmental Services workers were busy Tuesday repairing a leak in a water main near the Memorial Centre on 58 Street. With the frost penetrating more than two metres into the ground, it took several hours to reach the leaking pipe. The Memorial Centre was without water for a short period of time, but nearby schools and residences were unaffected by the break in the line.

Fire destroys home in Rocky Mountain House

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF A home was completely ravaged by fire early Tuesday morning in a Rocky Mountain House residential neighbourhood.

No one was injured but crews took nearly nine hours to get the blaze fully under control.

Clearwater Regional Fire Rescue Services received a call around 12:37 a.m. about a possible explosion on 61st Street.

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Homeless man suffers severe frostbite to hands, feet

HOUSING: Quieter, less hassle on the street Others are sleeping in a corner after a long night or, if they’re lucky enough, stake a claim to the floor in front of the TV with their sleeping bag and rest.

One of them, Samuel Tologanak, has been on the streets for almost 30 years, and for the past few years, in Red Deer.

He sleeps where he can, panhandles a little, picks up empty bottles and does what he can to get by. He said it takes $20 to $30 a day, sometimes less, for him to get a cup of coffee and something to eat.

He said he goes to different “cubby-holes” to sleep, places to keep the wind out. When Samuel Tologanak he gets up in the morning, he goes for breakfast at the Potters Hand’s Ministries downtown.

The 53-year-old comes to the Berachah Place regularly. He showers there a couple of times a week and does what laundry he has in the cart that he pushes around with him.

Three times, he’s had his cart stolen with all his possessions, including his sleeping bag and his bag of clothes, leaving him to start over.

“I have no idea why anybody would take it. Maybe they need it more than I do,” said Tologanak, adding it does frustrate him because he has to start over again.

“Sometimes it is hard, but I’m thankful for this place (Berachah) so I can get a clothing voucher.”

A homeless man caught outside last weekend during the cold snap has suffered severe frostbite and could lose fingers and toes, and perhaps a hand.

Berachah Place co-ordinator Millard MacDonald found the older man at about 10:45 p.m. on Saturday.

He had been sleeping about a block from Berachah Place after passing out.

“He said he awoke and he knew he was in trouble, he was frozen, and he made his way over to the (Sorenson) bus station and then he fell asleep again,” said MacDonald. “Then he made his way over here.”

He was carried down the stairs by MacDonald and some volunteers at Berachah Place. The homeless man was taken to hospital immediately, rushed to trauma and transferred to Edmonton.

“One of the volunteers was told by the doctor that there was a possibility he could lose his left hand, some fingers off the other hand and some He has lost the hearing in his left ear and the glasses he wears don’t match his prescription. As he talks, he tosses his frozen bottle of Gatorade in his hands.

His nickname is Mr. Miyagi, in part he says because he looks similar to the character from the 1980s movie The Karate Kid. “I prefer on the street because it is a little more quieter, there’s not much hassle,” said Tologanak.

“There is a lot of fresh air.”

Home for Tologanak is Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, a small community of about 1,400 people in the Canadian north.

His family is there, but he said there is a lack of housing for him to go home.

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Primary Care Network has no plans to offer safe injection site The Red Deer Primary Care Network has no plans to offer a safe or supervised injection site.

The Primary Care Network runs the Street Clinic, which is on the main floor of the River Valley Apartments in downtown Red Deer. Officials say they won’t use that facility for a safe injection site.

“The purpose of the Red Deer Primary Care Network Street Clinic is to provide medical care for the vulnerable population in Red Deer’s downtown core. The clinic was not designed to provide a safe injection site and the RDPCN has no plans to provide this service,” said Dr. Tony Williams, care network board chair.

Jennifer Vandershaege, Central Alberta AIDS Network executive director, previously said she hopes a safe or supervised injection site will be established in Red Deer in the next five to 10 years.

“I had a job up there, but I had to keep moving around.”

He said he isn’t a regular user of drugs or alcohol and only drinks beer or smokes pot.

“I hardly use it and it’s not the reason I’m on the street.”

He has tried to get housing before.

“I have to talk to one of the housing co-ordinators,” he said. “But I’m thinking of maybe just staying on the street because I find I like it a lot better.”

He said Red Deerians can misunderstand the homeless.

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Chinese researchers are suggesting the Red Deer woman who was North America’s first H5N1 flu patient may have contracted the bird flu virus passing through or near an illegal live bird market in Beijing.

And Canadian scientists have published a report on the full genetic sequence of virus taken from the city woman, who died in early January after returning from a three-week trip to her native China.

She was a registered nurse at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre who had graduated from the Red Deer College nursing program in 2010. The married woman was in her 20s.

The source of the woman’s infection has been a mystery; she spent her entire trip in Beijing, where H5N1 reportedly hasn’t been discovered for some time, and her travelling companion said she did not have contact with live birds while there.

But scientists from Beijing’s Centre for Disease Prevention and Control are hypothesizing that illegal live bird markets may have been the source of the woman’s infection.

In a letter to the Journal of Infection, they say that even though Beijing banned live poultry markets in 2005, an illegal trade in live poultry continues in the city.

They say it is possible the woman was infected while passing market stalls that surreptitiously sell live poultry.

It is the custom in China to eat chicken when it has been freshly killed, and the sale of live poultry remains common in many parts of the country.

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Wolf bounties under fire

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta programs that offer cash for dead wolves are obsolete and ineffective and the provincial government should take steps to forbid them, says the world’s largest network of conservation scientists.

In a letter to Alberta Premier Alison Redford, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature asks the government to “eliminate the archaic and out-dated methods of wolf bounty payments.”

But defenders of the program say wolf populations are growing in Alberta and something needs to be done to keep them in check.

Last spring, environmentalists warned that privately-funded bounties for killing wolves are shifting control over Alberta’s wildlife management to special interest groups.

They pointed out that at least six municipal districts, as well as two branches of the Alberta Fish and Game Association, were paying wolf bounties of

up to $500 per wolf — several times the value of the animal’s pelt.

U.S. hunting groups such as the Wild Sheep Foundation have paid out thousands of dollars on wolf bounties through local fish and game clubs.

As of last spring, at least 643 bounties had been paid out in Alberta, they said.

The information about bounties spurred the international union, which advises the United Nations on conservation matters, to write letters to both Redford and Alberta Environment Minister Robin Campbell.

“The bounty payments ... are (an) ineffective method of predator management and would be unacceptable in many countries around the world,” said the Feb. 4 letter.

Bounties don’t target the specific wolves and wolf packs that attack livestock and reduce big-game populations, said Lu Carbyn, a University of Alberta biologist and member of the union’s canid specialist group.

“If you have just trapping and shooting, you’re not necessarily killing all the pack — just a portion of them,” said Carbyn. “The wolves get smarter, and

they’re going to do their thing.

“It makes some inroads into the wolf population, but it won’t solve the problem.”

Carbyn said U.S. game managers radio-collar one member of a pack — called the Judas wolf — and use that to locate and eliminate an entire pack if it starts causing problems.

Gordon Poirier of the Alberta Fish and Game Association said he’s aware of the skepticism over bounty programs, but said the combined take of hunters and trappers in the province don’t begin to control burgeoning wolf numbers.

“The wolf population is almost out of control,” he said.

Alternative measures, such as sterilizing a pack’s alpha male and female, have been blocked in the past by public outcry, he said. He maintains bounty programs are targeted and do work.

He acknowledges the problem is made worse by increasing human encroachment into wolf habitat, but adds that doesn’t change anything.

“You have to do something,” Poirier said. “They have to be controlled.”

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Province expands range of services provided by pharmacists EDMONTON — Alberta is allowing a wider range of services to be dispensed by pharmacists.

In addition to dispensing prescription drugs, pharmacists will now be able to counsel patients on ways to stop smoking and set up care plans for those with chronic conditions.

The province is investing $55 million in the project, which is part of four-year plan signed with the Alberta Pharmacists Association.

The agreement comes into force on April 1 and Health Minister Fred Horne says the changes will reduce workloads for other health providers.

The pharmacists will charge between $20 and $100 for the services.

The cost will be borne by taxpayers and not the individual patients.

Ad campaign urges drivers to watch the road, not their laps CALGARY — An ad campaign called “Crotches Kill” has been rolled out in Alberta to discourage drivers from using hand-held devices they hide in their laps to talk, text or watch movies.

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FIRE: 25 firefighters battled blaze Twenty-five firefighters from Rocky, Condor and Leslieville hosed down the blaze and volunteers with Rocky Mountain House Search and Rescue also helped out, bringing firefighters coffee and providing a place to warm up on scene.

They were able to protect the neighbouring home.

Crews found no evidence of an explosion at the scene.

“We think it may have just been sounds from the house on fire as it probably went unattended for quite some time as no one was home,” Prevost said.

“A neighbour two houses down was up late watching the Olympics and heard some pops and looked outside and saw the house on fire. He went outside and woke up the people who lived next door and took them back to his house until things were safe.”

Crews had everything under control by 9 a.m., after trouble from a few “hot spots that kept flaring up,” Prevost said.

A neighbour told Prevost the house was worth approximately $750,000. Prevost said he’s sure it will be a “complete writeoff.”

The cause and origins of the fire are still under investigation. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

H5N1: Genetic sequence of virus analyzed The scientists point to a previous H5N1 case in Beijing, of a woman who died in early January 2009.

She had bought a live duck at a market in Hebei province, near Beijing, and prepared it for cooking by defeathering it and gutting it.

Testing of the area around the market stall where the woman bought the duck revealed the presence of H5N1 viruses that were closely related to the ones that infected her.

As well, they note that several human infections with the newer H7N9 bird flu virus have been reported in Beijing.

The scientists suggest the illegal trade in live poultry in Beijing may pose a high risk of human infection with bird flu viruses for people living in the city.

“The enhanced inspection of illegal selling of live poultry, the strict regulation of transporting live poultry from regions outside of Beijing as well as the health education on changing dietetic culture is greatly warranted in Beijing in order to reduce the risk of infection with avian influenza viruses in the general population of Beijing, including visiting foreigners,” they write in their letter.

Meanwhile, scientists from Alberta’s provincial laboratory, the universities of Calgary and Edmonton, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg have published an analysis of the full genetic sequence of the virus recovered from the Red Deer woman.

Their report will be in the May issue of the CDC’s journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, but it has been published early online.

They say the virus is from a clade — a subgroup of the main H5N1 family — that has been found recent-

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Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy addresses a Respect In Sport news conference at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Tuesday. The organizers of the online course that preaches better behaviour to minor hockey parents say the number of violent spectacles at games is down since the program was made mandatory in Calgary. torists who try to deceive police and also ask the public to consider how quickly danger can surface when they’re not paying attention behind the wheel.

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distracted drivers, with more than 200 tickets issued since the beginning of the month — more than double the number handed out during the same period last year.

ly in China, Vietnam and Indonesia. Analysis suggests the virus is a close match for one that has been made into a vaccine seed strain that manufacturers could use if H5N1 vaccine is required.

The authors say additional study of the virus is needed to see if its characteristics are responsible for the unusual symptoms the Red Deer woman suffered.

While she had the respiratory infection that is characteristic of influenza infection, she also had evidence of meningoencephalitis, infection in the brain.

Health officials said there was little risk to other

humans relating to the virus, as it is not known to spread person-to-person. In the last 10 years, 649 people worldwide have contracted the virus — the majority of whom lived in East Asia — with 385 of those cases resulting in deaths.

The woman’s family released a statement when she died, asking for privacy.

Her family said she married her husband a year and a half ago and together they created a happy life in Red Deer. She worked hard and had saved for a vacation, which she took in December 2013 with her mother. Together, they travelled on a trip that would sadly turn out to be her last, her family said.

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You can’t fight City Hall PARTICULARLY IF STAFF SEEM INTENT ON PASSING THE BUCK I received my January city utility bill and discovered an error in the bill: they had billed me for four weeks of garbage/blue box services even though two weeks during the billing cycle, neither service was provided to me.

The current winter conditions and sketchy snow removal plan meant the contractors for these two services were unable to fulfil their obligation to pick up garbage and old newspapers in my area.

JIM Fair enough, SUTHERLAND I thought. I will notify the people at Red Deer City Hall about the oversight on my bill, so I emailed them via their Questions section on my bill. On Monday, Feb. 3, I figured out the difference of around $8.40 to my bill, when I factored in the two weeks when services were not provided, and informed the city about my plan to deduct this amount from my January utility payment. No response was provided to my email, so I sent another one on

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Tuesday, complete with a forward of my Monday email.

I received no response from either email, so I phoned the city on Wednesday to inform them I was not going to pay for two weeks of non-service on my utility bill. This was the precise moment when things got more complicated because a utility bill is not under one City Hall umbrella when customers have an issue with a bill.

The woman on the other end explained my issue with the bill was not solvable by anyone in her department, even though she was in the billing department for the particular city utility services that I was disputing. It was a classic not-my-department manoeuvre on what appeared to be a bill from the City of Red Deer Utilities Department.

She transferred me to another department, Environmental Services, where I told my concern to another person, who promptly transferred me back to the Utilities Department mere seconds after I told her I had an issue with my utility bill.

I told the same story to another person, got transferred back to Environmental Services and eventually I was shuffled back to Utilities, where I found out I was the problem.

It turns out I told the Environmental people I had a problem with my utility bill and I should have told them

I had a problem with my garbage/blue box service, so I received a polite but patronizing lecture about my foolish assumption that everything written on a city utility bill would be handled by the Utility Department billing staff.

Sure I may have been crazed and delusional when I believed City Hall operated like any other business, where everything on a bill is relevant to the services provided by a business.

Foolish, foolish me.

It turned out I needed to have an audience with a woman in Waste Management, so I asked for her number and was told I was not allowed to have that information. What was I thinking? Apparently a senior public servant with a number withheld from the public is standard operating procedure in today’s City Hall. Instead, the polite young woman on the phone from the wrong city department told me she would forward my two ignored emails along with my concerns to the woman whose phone number was unavailable to me.

She assured me I had a real chance I would hear from the decision-maker

by Friday at the latest. Friday came and went, so I can assume I was not a winner in the City Hall lottery system where I would have won an audience with the decision-maker.

Imagine if you went to a local res-

taurant, ordered an item off its menu and were told the item was unavailable because the delivery truck was unable to deliver the product due to bad snow clearing on the city roads.

Imagine how happy you would be when the bill came and they charged you for the missing item, twice on the same bill. To me, the same principle applies to my utility bill and I wish I could tell my story to the people who sent me a full bill without full service.

My biggest complaint about City Hall is its multiple layers of management and overlapping departments that appear to be designed to confuse, as well as discourage, the public from pursuing any issues with the system.

I am very hard-pressed to believe City Hall needs to be so difficult, expensive and ultimately inefficient as the current bait and switch system.

Sadly, I doubt whether we will ever see a change in the system as long as only a quarter of the voters bother to vote in municipal elections.

I would suggest anybody else who was billed for garbage/blue box services not rendered contact Environmental Services for clarification on their city utility bill.

In the real world, they owe all of us an explanation and rebate.

Jim Sutherland is a local freelance writer.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Canadian economy malfunctioning Garfield Marks, in an eloquent letter (Federal spending priorities are all wrong, Red Deer Advocate, Feb. 6), highlights some of the many cuts being made by the federal Conservative government in an attempt to balance the budget.

Marks points out that the money being wasted on advertising and such by the Conservatives could be better spent. Although to a point this is correct, it is insufficient to provide an answer.

In cutting incomes and social services, the Conservatives are not simply playing politics, their actions are dictated by a need to secure the present economic system.

Marks says, “Governance needs to remain separate and vastly more important than politics.”

But the state is not something separate, something above society.

The reality is that we live in a class society, the majority made up of workers who produce the wealth, a diminishing middle class that is sinking into the working class, and a small percentage that constitutes the wealthy.

This Conservative government is simply trying to run the system in a manner that maintains the status quo and a Liberal government would do more or less the same things.

Indeed, an NDP government that is not prepared to break from the present economic system would follow the same path as illustrated by past Labour governments in the U.K. The accumulation of debt is the result of overproduction or, if you prefer, overcapacity in the system.

What this means is that more things are being produced than can be sold at a profit. Working people cannot afford to buy commodities without resorting to credit and the growth of credit led to the banking crash in 2007-2008.

Despite denials, the government increased state debt by bailing out the banks. The federal government gave $125 billion to Canadian banks via the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

The Canadian economy is functioning with the use of credit. It is worth repeating the fact that for every $1 received in wages, Canadians are spending $1.65.

Gone are the days when governments behaved in a gentlemanly manner toward each other, changing from Conservative to Liberal and back again.

The Conservatives are under severe pressure and will use every means possible to balance the budget short, of increasing tax for those at the top.

However, because the cuts are having such a huge impact on the lives of ordinary working people, their illusions in politicians are disappearing like a desert mirage.

There is not one shred of doubt that the present system is in unprecedented crises. One has only to look south, where the economy of our U.S. neighbour is on the life support, printing money from a high $85 billion but still running at $65 billion per month.

Is anyone seriously suggesting that Canada is not subject to the same market forces that precipitate crises?

We are heading toward a stormy period in which political parties will be tested by the electorate and discarded if they fail to raise or at least maintain living standards. The NDP will at some stage form a government and it will have to turn its face to the past or to a socialist future.

Keith Norman Wyatt Innisfail NDP (Personal capacity)

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RRSP tax system misrepresented Re: Feb. 3 MoneyWise column, Some common RRSP mistakes to avoid Most of the article by Talbot Boggs presents important and correct information. There is one section that perpetuates an erroneous concept that is believed by most Canadians. Many tell me that they think RRSPs are a government ripoff, because they are taxed when they withdraw the RRSP and again when they complete their taxes. Double taxation is the term I hear daily. Some of them refuse to put any money into an RRSP and others actually refuse to accept the employer’s offer to match any amounts put into an RRSP! Please do not perpetuate this gross misunderstanding of a helpful tax deferral system. I have to correct this thinking hundreds of times each tax season.

When you withdraw money from your RRSP (e.g. $5,000), the government does not tax those dollars at the rates listed in the article. As a matter of fact, the government does not tax that money at any rate at all. What really happens is that the financial institution where you have deposited your RRSP withholds a percentage of money (e.g. $500), forwards it to your tax account at Canada Revenue Agency, and issues to you the tax form T4RSP, which records the gross amount of money withdrawn and the tax withheld.

When you file your tax return, you need to add the $5,000 as additional income received in the year, but also add the $500 to the tax deducted from your paycheques (shown in Box 22 on your T4). If the tax deducted from all sources, which Canada Revenue Agency holds in your tax account, is more than the tax you should pay for the income you earned, the extra money in that account is returned to you as a refund, If the amount in that account is not as much as you should pay, you need to send Canada Revenue Agency additional money.

For instance, if you withdraw $15,000 from RRSP with 20 per cent ($3,000) tax withheld, and that is the only income you have this year, the tax payable

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is almost zero. All $3,000 (or most of it) will be returned to you as a refund. If you earned $100,000 and also withdraw $15,000, your income is $115,000, with a nominal federal tax rate of 26 per cent. The 20 per cent tax withheld may not quite cover the additional tax owed, so you will need to pay the additional tax.

The tax withheld is simply not the tax on that withdrawal. It is withheld at source so you will not be faced with a large tax bill at tax time.

Hopefully this will assist in understanding the tax implications of RRSP withdrawals.

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Chicken-disease uncertainty Thanks to George Croome for his letter in the Jan. 18 Advocate. It is nice to hear someone else thinks another extension of the review on the chicken policy is a waste of our tax dollars.

If the extension is needed, hopefully the chicken owners will pay for it, not us.

If a family of six only receives four eggs a week, it doesn’t seem like a good venture — it hardly covers the cost of what the chickens eat!

In the wake of the news of H7N9 bird flu cases soaring after the Chinese New Year, I would hope this backyard chicken policy in Red Deer would be cancelled altogether. If this new virus poses a pandemic risk, it could perhaps be greater than any nonhuman flu virus that has emerged in recent times.

Why are we taking a chance? Stop this before it takes hold and costs more money to stop it. We don’t seem to quarantine humans or animals coming into this country anymore.

So lets take a stand on the H7N9 virus before something serious happens.

Please, I don’t want to see anyone get this flu if it can be prevented. I don’t plan on visiting a chicken in the future.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Harper government is signalling a willingness to hold extensive hearings and entertain amendments to its controversial proposals for overhauling Canada’s election laws.

However, it is so far drawing the line at conducting cross-country hearings, although it has agreed to at least reconsider the idea.

Tom Lukiwski, parliamentary secretary to the government House leader, took the conciliatory approach Tuesday as the procedure and House affairs committee met to determine the process for studying Bill C-23.

“This is a big bill ... Our suggestion will be to give it probably as much time as needed,” Lukiwski said on his way into the meeting, which was held primarily behind closed doors.

He also said Conservative MPs are “going to be open” to some “reasonable” amendments to the bill.

“Clearly, the NDP would like to see almost the bill gutted. That’s not going to happen,” Lukiwski said.

“But I’ve got no predisposition that we want to either deny or accept amendments.”

That openness followed a signal Monday from Pierre Poilievre, the minister responsible for democratic reform, that he’s willing to amend at least

one provision of the bill, which prohibits Elections Canada from communicating with Canadians about anything other than how, when and where to vote.

Chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand has said his reading of that provision is that Elections Canada could no longer conduct research and issue reports on various matters and that he could “no longer speak about democracy in this country.”

Opposition parties contend the provision would forbid Mayrand from informing Canadians about another orchestrated voter suppression campaign, such as the automated phone messages that misdirected thousands of voters to the wrong polling stations in the 2011 election.

However in the House of Commons, Poilievre insisted Tuesday that the provision is not intended to stop Mayrand from talking to Canadians. Rather, he said the aim is simply to focus Elections Canada’s advertising on informing Canadians about the facts they need to know in order to cast ballots.

Despite the conciliatory noises from Poilievre and Lukiwski, Prime Minister Stephen Harper did not directly answer when asked by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair if he’s willing to amend the bill to remove the proposed muzzle on Mayrand.

Harper merely noted that other provisions of the Elections Act, which would be unchanged by Bill C-23, require the chief electoral officer “to actu-

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ally speak and make reports on various occasions” — presumably referring to his annual reports to Parliament and appearances at parliamentary committees.

Among other things, the bill would also boost the amount of money individuals can contribute to political parties and the amount parties can spend during elections.

And the cost of raising money during campaigns from donors who’ve given at least $20 to the party over the previous five years would no longer count as a campaign expense — a provision Mayrand has said amounts to a hidden 20 per cent increase in the spending limit.

That provision prompted Mulcair to accuse the government Tuesday of “frontloading their cheating for the next election.”

Harper said the exemption is aimed at compensating parties for the fact that union and corporate donations and public per-vote subsidies have been eliminated by his government in previous reforms.

He termed fundraising a normal part of doing political business.

Despite the controversy the bill has sparked, Lukiwski said cross-country hearings on the bill aren’t necessary. Technology, such as teleconferencing, will allow the committee to hear from anyone who wants to be heard on reforms to the Elections Act, he said.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Federal lawyers say a doctor of pathology from London, Ont., joined a homegrown group dedicated to supporting “violent jihad” by whatever means possible.

Khurram Syed Sher, 31, is being tried by judge alone in Ontario Superior Court.

He has pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiring to facilitate terrorism. The trial is expected to last a month.

Crown prosecutor Jason Wakely said Tuesday that Sher agreed with two others to raise money, send cash abroad, take paramilitary training, make and use explosives, and scout targets in Canada.

“These are just some of the means that they might pursue their overarching objective,” Wakely told the court.

He laid out the case against Sher, citing evidence gathered about the alleged conspiracy through wiretaps of phone calls, listening devices and intercepted emails.

Wakely then played audio recordings of a July 20, 2010, meeting at which the three discussed various plans, allegedly including Sher’s intention to arrange tactical instruction through a man he met in Pakistan who claimed to be with the Taliban.

“Sher said he asked the man to arrange training for him,” Wakely told the court.

Sher transferred money to the man in 2009 and 2010, and the very fact he would send cash to such a person is indicative of his state of mind during the period, Wakely added.

The federal lawyer also said Sher provided $1,000 in support of fighters overseas before his August 2010 arrest.

Wakely said that at one point in the investigation, police covertly entered the residence of one of Sher’s purported co-conspirators and seized 56 circuit boards that could be meant for “only one thing” — to build remote-control devices to set off bombs.

Police replaced the circuit boards with identical, non-functioning replicas, he added.

Sher, a graduate of Montreal’s McGill University, worked as an anatomical pathologist at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital in St. Thomas, Ont., south of London.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A British Columbia hangglider pilot who failed to connect a 28-year-old woman to the aircraft during a tandem flight and caused her to fall 300 metres to her death has been sentenced to five months in jail.

William Jon Orders, 51, had pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing the death of Lenami Godinez-Avila, who plummeted from the hang-glid-

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Trois-Rivieres in turmoil after three bodies found

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has imposed a cyberbullying prevention order on a man who was accused of using Facebook to post threatening and defamatory statements about the chief of a First Nation.

The order is the first imposed by a court under the province’s Cyber-safety Act and involves allegations made by Andrea Paul, chief of the Pictou Landing First Nation.

She alleges Christo-

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Court heard Orders didn’t hook Godinez-Avila to the glider and also failed to conduct a required safety check before launching. After he landed, he swallowed a memory card containing video of the incident.

The sentence includes three years of probation, during which Orders will be prohibited from hanggliding and must educate others about what happened. pher George Prosper posted abusive and obscene comments about her and her family on Facebook.

Paul says she contacted the province’s CyberSCAN unit, which is the first of its kind in the country to be tasked with investigating complaints of cyberbullying.

Judge Heather Robertson told a Halifax courtroom that she was satisfied this was a case of cyberbullying under the act, saying Prosper’s actions hurt Paul’s reputation and psychological well-being.

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Burial fund gets $108M injection OTTAWA — The Harper government is pouring an additional $108 million into a federal fund that gives impoverished ex-soldiers a dignified burial, and is loosening the criteria so it will apply to younger veterans, such as those who fought in Afghanistan.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s latest budget contained the measure, an olive branch to the veterans community which has become increasingly disenchanted and vocal about their treatment.

The measure also removes a politi-

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Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty is applauded as he arrives to table the budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday.

Harper has promised to bring the debt-to-GDP ratio down to 25 per cent by 2021, but the numbers suggest the Tories could reach that target in six years.

Canada’s federal debt is projected to stand at $618.9 billion for 2014, just 32 per cent of GDP, but is expected to slim down to 25.5 per cent in 2018-19.

Tuesday’s budget was the last act of the Tories’ long drawn-out deficit fight, said TD chief economist Craig Alexander.

“When the government gets into surplus, which will be in 2015, then you can have a different discussion,” Alexander said.

“Because now you’re going to be talking about surpluses and how to use that money and what are going to be the new initiatives and the new spending measures.”

But the opposition parties say the Tories are putting their political interests ahead of Canada’s economic well-being.

Flaherty’s self-styled “boring” budget could have done to spur job creation, particularly among unemployed young people, said the New Democrats.

Instead he’s undermining the country’ economic performance with his austerity measures and keeping the unemployment rate unnecessarily high.

“This year’s budget is about next year’s budget. That couldn’t be clearer,” said NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.

“They’re trying to set it up in such a way that they’ll be able to announce a balanced budget, irrespective of whether or not the numbers actually work. It doesn’t matter. This is all about lining themselves up for the 2015 election.”

cal thorn from the government’s side ahead of next year’s federal election, one that saw the country’s largest veterans group conduct a letter-writing campaign.

By comparison, the budget estimates only $1.8 billion in savings from various other measures.

The public service will also shoulder a two-year freeze in government spending announced last fall, representing savings of $1.6 billion.

Road to balanced books cuts through public service OTTAWA — The Conservative government’s march toward balanced budgets cuts directly through the federal public service.

Of all the line items in the balance sheet of spending and squeezing, one clearly overshadows the rest — $7.4 billion in savings estimated over six years from cutting public-service compensation.

“The government’s overarching goal in these negotiations is to reach agreements on total public service compensation that are fair and reasonable to employees and to taxpayers,” says the budget document. the amount the government expects to raise from new tobacco taxes — against spending cuts that top $2 billion.

The net result is that total government spending, including debt servicing charges, actually falls slightly in 2014-15, to $279.2 billion. That’s down from $280.5 billion in the fiscal year just ended, and marks a dramatic decrease when inflation and population growth are factored in.

Total government spending is expected to rebound somewhat to $286.9 billion in the 2015-16 election year.

The inexorable squeeze is best illustrated by government program expenditures as a percentage of GDP. They are down to 13 per cent this year from 13.8 per cent in 2011-12 — a huge decrease on a $1.8-trillion economy — and are projected to fall to 12.4 per cent by 2018-19.

“The extent of the cuts to direct program spending are very substantial, yet we knew the government had to downsize from the recession stimulus or there was no way we could handle the aging baby boom generation,” said Mary Webb, senior economist at Scotiabank.

“There’s actual good, hard reasons for why they’re doing this.”

When the Conservatives came to office in 2006, Canada was spending 17 cents of every tax dollar on debt, down from more than 30 cents in the early 1990s.

Last year, that was down to 11 cents

Constituencies perceived to be complementary to the Conservative brand get a break — including veterans, recreational fisheries, rural web surfers and snowmobilers — while smokers and public servants take it on the chin.

It’s all done on the cheap.

“Some people will say this budget is boring; I consider that a compliment,” Flaherty said at a news conference, tipping his hat to former Ontario Progressive Conservative premier Bill Davis.

“It doesn’t have flashy spending in it for this and for that and the other baubles that some people might want.”

The budget’s lack of specifics left critics of the Conservatives firing wildly at an amorphous, moving target.

“There’s nothing in this budget that will create jobs, and that’s the issue because that’s one of the first priorities for Canadians,” complained NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said the deficit is being slashed “on the backs of workers” due to a fat surplus in the employment insurance account.

“This government has run out of ideas and is demonstrating it once again.”

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Budget littered with items that have no cost OTTAWA — The Harper government’s latest budget is chock full of items that don’t cost a penny but sure sound like a million bucks.

The no-cost list includes publicizing employment insurance benefits for apprentices, launching a “Made-inCanada” branding campaign, spurring trade between the provinces, cracking down on money laundering and terrorist financing, asserting Canada’s claim to the North Pole and stripping away red tape from the beer industry. and it should hit 10.5 cents this year.

“They’re trying to put things back on a sustainable path,” said Webb.

“Is there a lot of pain and dislocation? Of course there is. Austerity is never easy . . . .”

A new poll from Harris-Decima shows an overwhelming Canadian consensus — 57-34 — in favour of clearing up the deficit before any new spending occurs.

The telephone survey of 1,008 respondents found the consensus crossed regional and party lines.

And there are some spoonfuls of sugar with the harsh medicine.

The Conservatives are moving to staunch a gaping political wound by topping up the Last Post funeral fund for veterans and expanding the eligibility criteria to veterans of modern conflicts like Afghanistan.

There’s a promise of $305 million over five years to expand rural and northern broadband Internet service, and almost $400 million over five years to help fix Parks Canada’s crumbling infrastructure.

They’ll spend another $10 million on snowmobile trails, while giving anglers a say in the conservation of fish stocks.

The budget document, in fact, is scattered with penny-ante announcements that usually can’t crowd into a fiscal blueprint that covers almost $280 billion in government spending.

● The budget is close to balance, with a $2.9-billion deficit and a $3-billion contingency fund. ● Flaherty forecasts revenues of $276.3 billion and expenditures of $279.2 billion. ● The government makes clear it will balance the budget next year by cutting program spending and reining in public service compensation costs. ● The budget proposes to make retired federal public servants pay half the costs of their health-care plan, up from a quarter now. This would raise annual payments for a retired individual to $550 from $261. ● Adopting families will get a bigger tax break for expenses. ● Higher excise taxes on tobacco will raise the price of a carton of 200 cigarettes by $4 and essentially end the discount on smokes sold at duty-free stores, by raising taxes there by $6 a carton. The increase will reap government $685 million in 2014-15. ● Excise taxes on tobacco will be tied to the Consumer Price Index and automatically adjusted every five years. ● The government plans to bring in legislation to deal with unjustified crossborder price discrimination that sees Canadians pay more for goods. ● Charities will be allowed to use computers to run their lotteries, offering major administrative savings. ● World-class amateur athletes will get a break when it comes to calculating their available RRSP room. ● Search and rescue volunteers will get a tax credit similar to the one extended to volunteer firefighters in 2011. ● Taxpayers will no longer have to apply for a GST-HST credit on their tax return. The Canada Revenue Agency will make the calculation automatically.

ODDITIES ● Disgraced senators or MPs suspended from their jobs won’t be allowed to accumulate lucrative pension benefits while sitting out. ● A longstanding special section of the customs law exempted items imported for the use of the Governor General from duties, but no more. ● The government plans to bring virtual currencies such as the Bitcoin under the provisions of the moneylaundering and anti-terrorism financing regulations. ● People looking for student loans won’t have to include their cars in their need assessments when seeking Canada Student Loans. ● Diabetes dogs, which can detect changes in their owner’s blood-sugar levels and raise an alarm if needed, are getting a tax break. ● Fish and the people who catch them are getting $15 million in the budget. ● The budget allots $10 million over two years to improve and expand snowmobile and all-terrain-vehicle trails across the country.

There’s a $150,000, for instance, “to increase mentorship among women entrepreneurs” and $200,000 to study a breakwater proposal in Saint John harbour.

There are also a host of non-budgetary measures that carry no cost, but were larded into the spare budget to pad it out to a typical 400-plus pages.

The Conservatives say they will “empower the commissioner of competition to enforce” undefined new rules against differential country pricing of consumer items.

The budget promises to publicize employment insurance benefits for apprentices, promote a “Made-in-Canada” branding campaign and interprovincial trade, crack down on terrorist financing, and assert Canada’s claim to the North Pole.

Much of the froth was strategically leaked by the government in advance to colour media and public perceptions of the budget before anyone had a chance to examine the entrails.

Derek Vanstone, Harper’s former deputy chief of staff, took to Twitter on Monday evening to scoff at all the talk of budget “leaks.”

“It’s not a (budget) leak if it’s intentional; it’s pre-positioning,” Vanstone wisely observed.

It’s an observation that might be extended to the entire budget document, which can be viewed as pre-positioning for the 2015 election.

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OTTAWA — The governing Conservatives are singing the final aria of their five-year deficit-fighting opera, finally ready to draw the red-ink curtain on a new show: a 2015 election campaign built on managerial competence and bulging federal coffers.

First, though, comes a campaign of a different sort: an effort to tightly control spending in order to build a war chest to finance past election promises and convince voters to deliver a fourth mandate.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is projecting a $2.9-billion deficit in 201415, but the red ink will likely evaporate to balance or even a surplus by the end of the fiscal year if there’s no need to dip into his $3-billion rainy-day fund.

“Yes, you’re right, if you do the arithmetic, you could have had a budget that is balanced by $100,000...which is really not significant,” Flaherty told a news conference before introducing the plan in the House of Commons.

“I prefer to have a nice, clean surplus next year.”

Indeed, the 2015-16 balance is expected to come in at $6.4 billion — well beyond the $3.7 billion Flaherty projected in last November’s economic update.

The extra cash could help the Tories pay for previous campaign promises, such as income-splitting for families with children under 18, which some estimate will cost about $3 billion a year, and expanding room in tax-free savings accounts. And the surpluses will keep growing, reaching $10.3 billion in 2018-19.

The savings will also allow the Conservatives to accelerate their plan to bring down federal debt as a percentage of GDP. Prime Minister Stephen

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U.S., France at odds over Iran sanctions

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to come down like “a ton of bricks” on firms that violate sanctions against Iran, speaking at a joint news conference with French President Francois Hollande, who defended a trip by French businesses executives to Tehran.

The United States and France are among the countries that signed an interim nuclear agreement with Tehran.

The agreement halts progress on the Islamic republic’s nuclear program in exchange for easing international sanctions. Talks on a final deal begin next week in Vienna, Austria.

Speaking on companies doing business with Iran in violation of sanctions still in place, Obama said, “We will come down on them like a ton of bricks” if they don’t hold up their end.

The Obama administration has objected to the interest French businesses have shown in Iran since the sanctions were eased. More than 100 French executives visited Tehran last week, a trip Secretary of State John Kerry told his counterparts in Paris was “not helpful.”

Hollande said he told the French businessmen that sanctions remain in effect and no commercial agreements can be signed without a long-term, comprehensive nuclear deal. But he said he’s not president of the French employer’s union and companies make their own travel decisions.

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President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande attend a state arrival ceremony for Hollande, Tuesday, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

The United States and France also have been working to end the violent civil war in Syria, a former French colony.

But peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition forces have gained no traction.

Obama acknowledged that Syrian

China, Taiwan hold highestlevel talks since split

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NANJING, China — China and Taiwan hailed a new chapter in their relations on Tuesday and said their ties would advance after they held their highest-level government talks since they split amid civil war in 1949.

The two-hour discussions in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing marked a leap forward in official dialogue, sidestepping Beijing’s refusal to recognize the self-governing island’s sovereignty. No formal agreements were signed, with both sides saying just the fact that they could meet as equals marked a major step forward.

“The holding of this meeting marks a new chapter in our relations,” Taiwanese envoy Wang Yu-chi told a news conference following the talks.

Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for Chinese delegation head Zhang Zhijun, said the establishment of a regular channel of communication between the sides was the most significant outcome of the discussions.

“We bear a heavy responsibility. We can’t let relations run into further obstacles, much less allow them to backslide,” Ma said The choice of Nanjing as the venue resonates because it was the capital of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist gov-

ernment during the war against Mao Zedong’s Communists before the Nationalists were forced 65 years ago to flee the mainland for Taiwan. It also is the location of the tomb of the founder of republican China, Sun Yat-sen, who is revered in both Beijing and Taipei.

Wang will visit the shrine on Wednesday before heading to Shanghai to give a speech and pay a series of courtesy calls. There were no plans for further talks between Wang and Zhang.

Earlier, Zhang said the talks were aimed at consolidating the consensus reached at previous meetings. He didn’t offer any specifics.

“Our meeting had been something unimaginable before, but if we really want to achieve breakthroughs we must apply a bit of creativity,” Zhang said.

Zhang said talks touched on Beijing’s desire to see Taiwan ratify a trade services agreement that would allow the sides to open a wide range of businesses in each other’s territory.

Beijing approved the accord more than six months ago but it remains stuck in Taiwan’s legislature, a reflection of the public’s fear of being overwhelmed by their giant neighbour.

Zhang said they also discussed exchanging permanent representative offices, but that multiple technical questions remain to be overcome.

Berlusconi on trial for corruption

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAPLES, Italy — Silvio Berlusconi’s political corruption trial opened Tuesday in the southern city of Naples — the latest legal challenge for the threetime former Italian premier.

Berlusconi and another defendant are accused in the trial of paying a senator 3 million euros ($4 million) to switch parties, weakening a rival government that eventually fell.

Berlusconi, who denies the charge, did not attend the opening session.

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despite being stripped of his Senate seat for a tax fraud conviction last fall.

He still faces a prison sentence in that case, and a court is expected to assign him a year of community service after the original four-year sentence was reduced in a general amnesty.

The corruption case has ignited a new political storm in Rome after the Senate president announced the legislative body would seek to be a civil party in the case, as permitted by Italian law. Senate President Pietro Grasso has been accused of partisanship.

The court is expected to decide Wednesday whether to accept the Senate’s petition.

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peace talks are far from reaching their goal.

“There’s enormous frustration here,” he said of the negotiations.

An agreement to strip Syria of its chemical weapons stockpiles is being carried out. But there are concerns on both sides of the Atlantic that Syria is

stalling on its obligations.

When Obama threatened a military strike against Syria following a chemical weapons attack there last year, France was the only European ally ready to join that effort.

Obama said the United State and France have rebuilt a relationship that “would have been unimaginable even a decade ago,” after President George W. Bush launched an unpopular war against Iraq.

There has been some tension between the U.S. and its allies in Europe and elsewhere following revelations that their leaders had been subject to spying from the National Security Agency.

Obama said there is no country with which the United States has “a no-spy agreement.” But he says the United States endeavours to protect privacy rights as it collects foreign intelligence. Hollande said he and Obama “clarified things” about the spying revelations and “mutual trust has been restored.”

“That mutual trust must be based on respect for each other’s country but also based on protection, protection of private life, of personal data, the fact that any individual, in spite of technological progress, can be sure that he’s not being spied on. These are principles that unite us,” Hollande said.

Obama also announced that he’s accepted Hollande’s invitation to travel to France for the June 6 ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.

Algerian military plane crash kills 77

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALGIERS, Algeria — An Algerian military transport plane slammed into a mountain Tuesday in the country’s rugged eastern region. A civil defence official said 77 people on board were killed but one person managed to survive.

The U.S.-built C-130 Hercules crashed about noon near the town of Ain Kercha, 50 kilometres southeast of Constantine, the main city in eastern Algeria. The military blamed poor weather for the crash.

Commander Farid Nechad, who is based in Algiers but was co-ordinating recovery efforts, told The Associated Press that 78 people including four crew had been on the plane. He said so far only 55 bodies had been found due to the difficult conditions at the crash site.

The lone survivor — a soldier — suffered head injuries and was treated at a nearby military facility before being flown to the military hospital in Al-

giers, the capital, a retired intelligence officer told the AP. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

Civil defence officials at the scene said the plane broke into three parts at the snowy crash site and women and children — presumably from military families — were among the dead.

Military transports in Algeria routinely carry not only soldiers but military families visiting the army bases. The plane had taken off from the southern Saharan city of Tamanrasset, which has a massive military presence due to its proximity to the country’s unstable southern borders, and was heading to Constantine.

Algerian military planes also take on other civilians if space is available.

Algerian officials have so far not given an official death toll.

The Defence Ministry, meanwhile, blamed the weather.

“Unfavourable weather conditions and storms accompanied by snow in the region were behind the crash,” the ministry said in a statement.

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Dear Dr. D: I take care of myself by the book. Never miss brushing morning and night. Cavities still develop and I can't figure out why – I'm doing everything correctly and have done so for 40 years.

A: So you brush morning and evening. Let's examine what else has happened in the past 40 years. Four decades ago we ate 3 square a day. Meals were eaten at home, and prepared from less processed food. As we have become 'more busy' our work options have changed as well - in not a particularly healthy way. We've become a nation of 'grazers' who eat smaller bits throughout the day. Most dietitions and controlled diets advocate that.

Some of that nourishment is nutritious, but unfortunately much of it is less than ideal. Plus, many people consume a large volume of beverages – everything from regular soft drinks to juices to flavoured water or the socalled 'energy drinks'.

Several decades ago, if a patient brushed morning and evening, and flossed before bed your dentist would consider that a 'win'. Now, with eating at your desk – nibbling at the 'taster' booths at Costco – and eating from food carts on many street corners – my recommendations have changed. You should brush after you consume anything other than pure water. That is the only way to keep cavities and plaque at bay.

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Boys bounce around at the Bounce-A-Lot in Flat Rock, Mich. Bouncy castles have become a fun, familiar fixture at indoor playgrounds, kids’ birthday parties and even backyard gatherings. But a new Canadian-led study found more kids are injured on the inflatables that on mechanical amusement rides.

More kids injured on inflatables than mechanical amusement rides TORONTO — Bouncy castles have become a fun, familiar fixture at indoor playgrounds, carnivals, fairs and backyard gatherings, but a new Canadian-led study finds that more children are being injured on inflatables than on mechanical amusement rides.

Lead author Kathryn Woodcock is director of the THRILL Lab (Tools for Holistic Ride Inspection Learning and Leadership) at Ryerson University, which has studied various aspects of amusement ride design and engineering for 10 years.

Her interest in researching amusement ride injuries stemmed from seeking to learn how such mishaps occurred. Given the rarity of ride injuries, using a national level database offered the best chance of having enough data for meaningful analysis, Woodcock said in an email interview.

“It makes sense to differentiate by ride type because the interaction between the rider and the ride depends on the type of device it is, and the ‘failure modes’ are different,” added Woodcock, professor in Ryerson’s school of occupational and public health.

With no national reporting regulations for amusement ride injuries in Canada, Woodcock analyzed data collected by the U.S.based National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) in 2010. The findings were published in the February issue of the journal Safety Science.

Woodcock reviewed injury reports collected from around 100 hospitals across the U.S. which

were recruited to take part in NEISS. The 476 records included in the analysis represented a national estimate of 13,770 injuries associated with amusement rides for the country in 2010. Each report included the injured person’s age, gender, ethnicity, diagnosis and the nature of their hospital visit.

The study found that inflatable bounces accounted for 42 per cent of amusement injuries in all age groups, with more than half of the injuries in kids aged 15 and under.

Inflatable devices — including inflatable slides — accounted for 79 per cent of falls.

The study also revealed that 20 per cent of injuries were from roller coasters, followed by carousels (three per cent) and bumper cars (three per cent). One-third of the injuries reported did not specify the particular ride.

“For the reports that identified the type of ride, inflatable bounces and slides were involved in more reports than mechanical rides,” Woodcock said. “This is consistent with other observations that patron-directed rides are more vulnerable to errors and misuse.

“This is an important finding to confirm, because many people perceive mechanical failure as their chief concern. The types of rides reflected in the injuries sustained across the age spectrum tends to correspond to the types of rides used at different ages.”

Females made up a slight majority — 58 per cent — of injured riders. Boys made up 65 per cent of the 0-5 age group, but females were the majority in every other age group.

Woodcock said she was “sur-

prised and disappointed” at how poorly the rides were described and how little information was collected about the mechanism of injury.

“If we don’t collect information about the ride and how the experience failed, we are limited to analyzing age, gender and injury severity, and not getting to the bottom of design features that may not meet riders’ needs, or that may encourage or allow unsafe rider behaviour.”

While the study gives an overview of the U.S., Woodcock said “we can’t claim that the same patterns apply to Canada.” She said a national reporting scheme would be informative to Canadians, but noted that the study has shown simply collecting records isn’t enough to be informative.

“If and when we collect national data in Canada, we need to prepare for the analysis we want to do with the data.”

Woodcock said it’s important not to overload inflatables with too many children or to have heavy or high-energy preteens jumping in the bounce at the same time as toddlers. Individuals should also slide — not jump — down an inflatable slide in the correct position one at a time, she added.

Operators also need to monitor rider behaviour closely, and ensure the inflatable has been set up properly, with all the tiedowns properly secured in the appropriate manner for the location, Woodcock noted.

If outdoors, it should be removed from operation if manufacturer’s weather requirements are not met, such as high wind, she added.

Caffeine common for kids, even preschoolers, study shows THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

regularly consume caffeine products raises concerns about possible long-term health effects, so parents should try to limit their kids’ intake, said Daniels, head of pediatrics at the University of Colorado’s medical school.

The authors analyzed national health surveys from 1999 through 2010, involving a total of 22,000 from age 2 to 22. The children or their parents answered questions about what they ate or drank the previous day, a common method researchers use to assess Americans’ diets.

In 2010, 10 per cent of daily caffeine came from energy drinks for 19- to 22-year-olds; 2 per cent for 17- to 18-year-olds, and 3 per cent for 12- to 16-year-olds. For younger kids, the amount from energy drinks was mostly minimal or none during the study.

The average intake in the study was about 60- to 70 milligrams daily, the amount in a 6-ounce cup of coffee or two sodas, said lead author Amy Branum, a health statistician at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. For the youngest kids it was much less than that.

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Nearly three out of four U.S. children and young adults consume at least some caffeine, mostly from soda, tea and coffee.

The rate didn’t budge much over a decade, although soda use declined and energy drinks became an increasingly common source, a government analysis finds.

Though even most preschoolers consume some caffeine-containing products, their average was the amount found in half a can of soda, and overall caffeine intake declined in children up to age 11 during the decade.

The analysis is the first to examine recent national trends in caffeine intake among children and young adults and comes amid a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into the safety of caffeinecontaining foods and drinks, especially for children and teens.

In an online announcement about the investigation, the FDA notes that caffeine is found in a variety of foods, gum and even some jelly beans and

marshmallows.

The probe is partly in response to reports about hospitalizations and even several deaths after consuming highly caffeinated drinks or energy shots. The drinks have not been proven to be a cause in those cases.

The new analysis, by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows that at least through 2010, energy drinks were an uncommon source of caffeine for most U.S. youth.

The results were published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against caffeine consumption for children and teens because of potentially harmful effects from the mild stimulant, including increases in heart rate and blood pressure, and worsening anxiety in those with anxiety disorders.

Dr. Stephen Daniels, chairman of the academy’s nutrition committee, said caffeine has no nutritional value and there’s no good data on what might be a safe amount for kids.

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HALIFAX — As the debate continues over who’s puffing on e-cigarettes and why, another controversy is heating up: where should they be used?

Some say the electronic devices should be tightly controlled and kept out of certain public spaces — as Nova Scotia is considering — until more is known about them. But proponents say they are a safer alternative to tobacco-laden cigarettes and there’s no need to hide them.

“Keeping e-cigarettes out of the sight of the public is like camouflaging the fire exits,” says Paul Bergen, a researcher in tobacco harm reduction and a consultant for the Electronic Cigarette Trade Association, a national organization representing retailers.

Dr. Robert Strang, chief public health officer for Nova Scotia, says e-cigarettes have their merits as a cessation tool, but they don’t belong everywhere. In some cases, Strang says e-cigarettes are being used by smokers to get around widespread smoking bans, allowing them to sustain their hand-to-mouth habit in restaurants, shopping malls and other public areas.

But what worries Strang and other health officials the most is the possibility of e-cigarettes, with their futuristic glow and candy-like flavours, getting youth hooked on nicotine and acting as a gateway to tobacco products.

“We have made in the last decade ... significant decreases in smoking rates, especially amongst youth,” says Strang, noting the percentage of Nova Scotia youth who are regular smokers has dropped to 12 per cent from 30 per cent in the last 10 years.

“The last thing we need to do from a public health perspective is have a product like e-cigarettes renormalize smoking behaviours.”

E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices meant to simulate the act and sometimes the taste of smoking traditional cigarettes. They contain cartridges filled with flavouring or nicotine that is heated into a vapour and inhaled by the user, a process known as vaping.

Though readily available online and in shops across the country, Health Canada says it is illegal to import, advertise or sell e-cigarettes that contain nicotine or make a health claim, such as asserting the device can help a person quit smoking or is safer to use than tobacco cigarettes.

Health Canada says e-cigarettes that are sold with nicotine or in packaging that makes a health claim fall under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drugs Act. Under that act, a manufacturer must apply to Health Canada for authorization to bring a new product to market.

To date, Health Canada has not approved any ecigarettes under the Food and Drug Act. Some proponents of e-cigarettes contest Health Canada’s assertion, suggesting e-cigarette juice containing nicotine is governed instead by the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations of 2001.

Gary Holub, a spokesman for Health Canada, says the department’s approach to enforcement is “complaint-driven and risk-based, and can include issuing stop-sale requests, warning letters, customers refusals and seizures.”

However, the department says no charges have ever been laid under the Food and Drugs Act for the sale of unauthorized e-cigarettes.

Experts on both sides of the debate agree the law is not being strictly enforced, which is why Nova Scotia is stepping in to crack down on the use of ecigarettes in public places.

Regulations restricting smoking in the province have been in effect in one form or another since 2003. Currently, smoking is prohibited in workplaces, indoor public areas and outdoor eating and drinking establishments.

BUSINESS

B1 Tories forge ahead on job grant

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 2014

VOW TO ENFORCE IT WITH, WITHOUT PROVINCES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Conservative government’s insistence Tuesday that it will enforce the contentious Canada Job Grant in just six weeks — with or without the co-operation of any stragglers among the provinces and territories — has ruffled feathers beyond the nation’s capital.

“In jurisdictions where agreements are not secured,” the feds said in their economic blueprint, the government will deliver its signature national job training program starting April 1 through Service Canada.

That’s to ensure “employers and Canadians in all jurisdictions have the opportunity to benefit from the grant.”

The feds and the provinces are still actively discussing the Job Grant — and hopeful that a deal can be worked out soon. But several provincial ministers did not take well to the government’s firm stance.

“You can’t do it alone,” said B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong. “It won’t work unless the provinces, territories and the federal government are working together. In the past, we have been successful as a country when we work together.”

Quebec Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau said no provinces are happy with the federal Job Grant proposals so far, adding he’d prefer an opting-out clause. He didn’t see the provisions contained in the budget as offering any solution to the impasse.

“This is basically a threat,” he said at a lateafternoon news conference. “We’ll see what happens now.”

Saskatchewan Finance Minister Ken Krawetz was equally unimpressed, saying the budget “basically put a bit of an ultimatum” in place.

“That is of concern to Saskatchewan,” he said in Regina. “And I think it’ll be of concern to all of the other provinces who have agreed that we submitted a counter-proposal and so far no reaction to it.”

The federal Tories also pledged in Tuesday’s budget to renegotiate the $1.95 billion-a-year Labour Market Development Agreements, as previously promised, so that job training is matched to the demands of labour markets.

The funds are specifically designed to support workers across Canada who qualify for employment insurance.

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HIGH-SPEED RAIL

Red Deer officials express enthusiasm

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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty speaks during a TV interview after tabling the budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday.

Flaherty: Will he or won’t he?

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Was Jim Flaherty’s 10th budget his swan song?

The finance minister created more confusion over his career plans when asked by a reporter whether he would present the

next budget.

Flaherty responded by saying he would stick around to see through the implementation of the budget he tabled Tuesday.

He did not elaborate on what that meant, mentioning that tabling 10 budgets is “a lot.”

Speculation that the 64-year-

old might retire before the 2015 election has run rampant in Ottawa circles since he revealed he is suffering from a rare and painful skin condition.

Still, he has said as recently as November that he would run again, and wanted to see the budget balanced.

Olds College impact $143 million

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Few people would be surprised to hear that Olds College is a big contributor to the local economy.

But the size of that contribution might raise eyebrows: $143.6 million.

That’s the figure calculated by research company Economic Modeling Specialists Inc. (EMSI), in an 86-page report it prepared for the college.

Using data from 2011-12, EMSI determined that Olds College spent some $43 million on wages and other operational expenditures that year, while the approximately 158 students from outside the area who attended the college contributed nearly $900,000 more.

A much bigger financial impact related to the higher earnings and increased productivity of Olds College graduates working in the region. EMSI placed this figure at $99.7 million.

“In 2011-12, the college employed faculty and staff equivalent to 348 full-time employees,” said the report of the college’s direct expenditures.

“Of these, 87 per cent lived in the Olds College service area. Total payroll at Olds College was $29 million, much of which was spent in the region for groceries, eating out, clothing and other household expenses.”

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Officials from Red Deer were enthusiastic boosters of high-speed rail at recent meetings of a provincial committee that’s studying the issue.

Tara Lodewyk, manager of the city’s Planning Department, and John Sennema, manager of its Land and Economic Development Department, spoke at a Feb. 4 meeting of the Alberta Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future.

Tim Creedon, executive director of the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce, provided remarks at a similar gathering on Jan. 29.

A third meeting took place on Feb. 5.

In official transcripts from the meetings, Lodewyk said that Red Deer has been planning for high-speed rail for more than 20 years, with such a system contemplated in the city’s long-range planning documents.

She suggested that Red Deer would be ideally suited to serve as a location for marshalling yards, maintenance, research and other support services for a high-speed rail system.

Sennema echoed this opinion, proposing that the city “should not only be identified as a stop for integrating high-speed transportation but should also be contemplated as a provincial headquarter.”

Lodewyk said, “For Red Deer, we are thinking about high-speed transportation not as an if but a when, and we will continue to plan with a stop to our west in our growth area.”

During his presentation, Creedon speculated on what high-speed rail would mean to Red Deer.

“Well, we believe that what would be created here in Alberta is a super region — Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary, closely linked — with very strong transport and very quick transport between the different sectors.

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Effective leaders need to build teams Did you ever play the game Fol- and struggle along. low the Leader as a kid?

Team members are soon at The game really didn’t have odds and tension mounts. Evenany rules. One person would be tually there’s resistance and the the leader and take project and work envithe group up and over ronment deteriorates. and through an obstaIf there is are no opcle course. portunities to field quesEvery kid wanted a tions and share informachance to be the leadtion, tempers flare and er. Usually the group the team falls apart. would get bored with TEAM stands for, the repetition and the “together everyone game would end, ofachieves more.” ten in an argument.

It’s proven that the More often than collective efforts of a not, I see a similar team achieve greater regame played in busisults than the individual JOHN nesses. alone. Yet traditional MACKENZIE Decisions are made managers are not conin isolation, usually ACTION COACH vinced. based on the leader’s Dream teams are not understanding of the built through recruitissues. Orders or instructions are ment and training alone. Any given to the team and they head number of people will apply for off in that direction. a job and have the right credenTargets aren’t clear and can tials or experience. And most will even be a bit unrealistic. Team probably be able to perform tasks members aren’t asked for input during training.

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Everyone has a belief system about themselves and their environment, which in turn motivates their behaviour. People are empowered through a need to participate and to be recognized for their efforts.

Few leaders don’t know the elements that are necessary to influence individuals to perform consistently and work as a team.

Years of accumulated experience and expertise are a huge resource to any organization.

The underlying strength behind every team is the diversity each member brings to it.

This blending of talent and experience comes together to support a common and shared sense of purpose.

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Central Alberta: Access Prosperity (CA: AP) has revealed part of its investment attraction strategy for 2014.

The economic development organization, which was created three years ago with funding from the Rural Alberta Development Fund, announced on Tuesday plans to participate in international trade events and bring foreign delegations to the region.

Matthew Cornall, an investment attraction officer with CA: AP, will attend the Asian Development Bank’s Business Opportunities Fair in the Philippines this March. CA: AP will also send take part in the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Tex., in May. A release issued by CA: AP said it will continue to focus on local investment opportunities related to agriculture and agri-foods, transportation and logistics, and manufacturing — primarily related to the oil and gas sector.

The United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America were identified as places where investors and businesses will be sought.

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RAIL: Access to larger labour pool, market “It would mean for us access to a much larger labour pool, a more efficient use and allocation of that labour pool, and a much larger market for business.”

High-speed rail would also make Red Deer a more attractive place to do business, said Creedon.

“More businesses could start using Red Deer as a hub for logistics, distribution and transportation, more businesses could use Red Deer for their manufacturing needs, taking advantage of that very same skilled labour force and related infrastructure, and we foresee that Red Deer could become a bedroom community for Calgary and Edmonton as well because of the lower cost of property in Red Deer being quite attractive when balanced with the need for people to work in Edmonton and Calgary.”

With representatives on hand from high-speed rail companies, conventional transportation companies, municipalities and economic development groups, and transportation experts and consultants also taking part, the meetings produced arguments for and against high-speed rail.

Matti Siemiatycki, an associate professor in the department of geography and program in planning at the University of Toronto, was one of the critics.

“Even after a number of years, when you get to 2051, the ridership is still below that threshold that this project would need to really be economically viable on a purely financial basis,” she said, adding that high-speed rail produces fewer emissions than airplanes but has been found to be comparable to cars and buses when it comes to a carbon footprint.

“To spend a lot of money or time on a corridor that may or may not take place for many years, likely decades, until it’s viable in the future, to me seems secondary to other investments that would probably have a higher priority and benefit.

Alexander Metcalf, president of Transportation Economics & Management Systems — a Canadian company that evaluates major transportation projects in North America — said the time is right for high-speed rail in Alberta.

He said a system capable of carrying passengers at speeds of 200 to 220 m.p.h. (320 to 355 km/h) would produce an economic benefit of $20 billion in the corridor.

“That’s the sort of overall number that you would get from a project that basically is going to cost you somewhere between $3 billion and $5 billion.”

Property values along the line could appreciate by $1.4 billion, he added.

“People will want to build over your station, on your station, close to your station, anywhere near the station within a circle of about half a mile. So there’ll be huge development not just in Calgary and Edmonton, but also in Red Deer.

“Red Deer will get a significant benefit from this project because Red Deer will find itself an hour’s travel time from either Edmonton or Calgary, which will make it a very, very attractive place to live and to have a high quality of life.”

Growing traffic volumes on Hwy 2 necessitate that some action be taken, said Metcalf.

“Essentially, you’re growing so fast that if you do not build a high-speed train, you are going to have to put in Hwy 2 again, complete, in order to satisfy the market for travel in this corridor.”

The Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee now plans to conduct public meetings in Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton on the issue of high-speed rail. In Red Deer, this will take place on Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Red Deer Lodge Hotel.

Participants wishing to present are asked to register by Feb. 20 by calling 780-427-1350.

Written submissions will also be accepted until March 31, and can be sent to the Committee Clerk, 801 Legislature Annex, 9718 107th St., Edmonton, T5K 1E4, or by email to economicfuture.committee@ assembly.ab.ca.

LEADER: Most influential team member A leader is the most influential team member.

This person must set the example and walk the talk.

A good leader asks for input from each team member and regularly reviews each person’s role. Their role is to inspire the team to do what is necessary to achieve goals by demonstrating optimism about the team’s ability to get the job done.

Trust is the single most important ingredient for the team and leader relationship. This critical factor supports effective communication and collaboration across departments. It also indicates confidence in, and respect for, the individual and the team. There is a willingness to seek fair treatment and just resolutions to difficult situations.

A good leader must have the courage to be human,

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A leader knows that the team’s reputation has a higher priority than enhancing or protecting their own.

Does your business have a clear and open culture statement? Encourage everyone to contribute their ideas, talents and resources to these living documents.

It’s imperative that a leader include all team members when setting and achieving team goals.

Communicate openly and frequently to ensure everyone knows their role, the plans, the ground rules, the issues, the progress and the expected results. People will perform at their best when they know specifics — there is no need to assume or make things up. An individual is more accountable for their results when they’ve had input to the plan.

The team’s success is influenced by the work environment. Does your business environment support risk-taking as a positive behavior?

Adequate training and the right equipment are essential. But do you ensure all team members feel they can contribute their opinions and ideas? Are they encouraged to try new things and give feedback on existing strategies?

You may think this is the case, but how do you find out? You simply have to ask.

Many organizations realize the importance of employee satisfaction on the bottom line. It costs significantly less to retain a team member than to hire a new one.

So listen to their ideas about how to improve the work environment to help them be more efficient, productive and happy. Empower your team to be leaders and look forward to success.

ActionCoach is written by John MacKenzie of ActionCoach, which helps small- to medium-sized businesses and other organizations. He can be contacted at johnmackenzie@actioncoach.com or by phone at 403-3400880.

COLLEGE: Spent millions It added that the college spent $24.4 million in 2011-12 to cover expenses for facilities, professional services and supplies.

The $43-million figure was reached after a multiplier effect was applied and an adjustment made for funding received from local sources.

EMSI also calculated that Alberta as a whole received $290.3 million in added income due to Olds College’s operations, and saved $2.4 million in social costs as a result of reduced crime, lower unemployment and improved health across the province.

“This report quantifies what many in our region intuitively suspected,” Kathy Kimpton, Olds College’s vice-president of student and support services,

Earnings gap between young adults with, without college degrees widest in 48 years

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The earnings gap between young adults with and without bachelor’s degrees has stretched to its widest level in nearly half a century.

It’s a sign of the growing value of a college education despite rising tuition costs, according to an analysis of census data released Tuesday.

Young adults with just a high-school diploma earned 62 per cent of the typical salary of college graduates. That’s down from 81 per cent in 1965, the earliest year for which comparable data are available.

The analysis by the Pew Research Center shows the increasing economic difficulties for young adults who lack a bachelor’s degree in today’s economy that’s polarized between high- and lowwage work. As a whole, high-school graduates were more likely to live in poverty and be dissatisfied with their jobs, if not unemployed.

In contrast, roughly nine in 10 college graduates ages 25 to 32 said that their bachelor’s degree had paid off or will pay off in the future, according to Pew’s separate polling conducted last year.

Even among the two-thirds of young adults who borrowed money for college, about 86 per cent said their degrees have been, or will be, worth it.

“In today’s knowledge-based economy, the only thing more expensive than getting a college education is not

getting one,” said Paul Taylor, Pew’s executive vice-president and co-author of the report. “Young adults see significant economic gains from getting a college degree regardless of the level of student debt they have taken on.”

The latest findings come amid rising college tuition costs, which have saddled young adults in the so-called Millennial generation with heavy debt amid high unemployment. Noting the increasing importance of a college education, President Barack Obama and Republicans such as Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida have pushed proposals to make higher education more affordable as a way to promote upward mobility and bolster America’s shrinking middle class.

The report found that not only does a college degree typically yield much more inflation-adjusted earnings than before, but a high-school diploma also is now worth less. That adds to a widening earnings gap that Pew researchers found mirrors the U.S. gap between rich and poor.

For instance, college graduates ages 25 to 32 who were working full time now typically earn about $17,500 more annually than employed young adults with just a high school diploma ($45,500 vs. $28,000); those with a two-year degree or some college training earned $30,000. In 1965, before globalization and automation wiped out many middle-class jobs in areas such as manufacturing, the inflation-adjusted gap was just $7,449.

said in a release issued by the college.

“This economic impact modelling lends support to the notion that the college is another driving force in our region in what is truly a virtuous circle.”

Economic Modeling Specialists International has completed more than 1,200 economic impact studies for educational institutions since 2000. It’s based in Moscow, Idaho.

GRANT: $15,000 per worker The proposed Canada Job Grant aims to provide $15,000 per eligible worker, divided equally among Ottawa, the provinces and employers.

In the face of a hue and cry from the provinces, Employment Minister Jason Kenney recently offered to cover the provincial portion of grant, upping the feds’ share to $10,000.

But Kenney’s provincial and territorial counterparts argue they’d still be forced to remove $300 million in federal money from existing provincially run programs for youth, aboriginals and disabled citizens.

The provinces and territories have presented a united front to the government on the job grant, recently sending a counter-offer to Kenney that proposed more flexibility in how they would pay their share as well as less onerous requirements for corporate participation.

Kenney, who frequently laments the country’s supposed shortage of skilled workers, has yet to respond to their offer, though Tuesday’s budget was another signal the federal government plans to press ahead unilaterally if needed.

Connecting Canadians with available jobs — from aging citizens to new immigrants and those with disabilities — while addressing the skills shortage via beefed-up training programs was a key theme of Tuesday’s budget.

Among the new tools in the Conservatives’ skillstraining arsenal is the creation of the Canada Apprentice Loan, an expansion of the Canada Student Loans Program.

Other multimillion-dollar new investments on the jobs and skills front include: ● $40 million toward supporting up to 3,000 internships for young graduates in high-demand fields; ● $11.8 million over two years, and $3.3 million a year, to launch an enhanced job-matching service to help connect Canadians with jobs; ● $11 million over two years, and $3.5 million a year, to reform the contentious Temporary Foreign Worker Program to ensure that Canadians are first in line for available jobs; ● $14 million over two years, and $4.7 million a year, to implement the so-called Expression of Interest economic immigration system. The program allows the federal and provincial governments to actively target highly skilled would-be immigrants to Canada

Chick-fil-A aims to use only chicken raised without antibiotics THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chick-fil-A said Tuesday it plans to serve only chicken raised without antibiotics within the next five years.

The Atlanta-based chain said it’s working with suppliers to build up an adequate supply for its nearly 1,800 restaurants. It is asking suppliers to work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to verify that no antibiotics are administered on the chickens at any point.

The use of antibiotics to fatten up farm animals and prevent disease has become a growing concern in recent years.

The Food and Drug Administration has warned to decrease antibiotics in meat because the practice could lead to the growth of antibiotic-resistant germs.

Many consumers simply don’t like the idea of eating meat that has been fed antibiotics, and serving meat raised with-

out antibiotics can be a selling point for companies. Tim Tassopoulos, Chick-fil-A’s executive vice-president of operations, said in a phone interview that the company planned to keep customers updated on its progress and eventually advertise its conversion in its restaurants.

“We’re going to make sure customers know,” he said.

Chick-fil-A isn’t the first chain to tout meat raised without antibiotics. Chipotle, which has surged in popularity in recent years, has also made its commitment to “responsibility raised” meat an integral part of its identity.

Supply issues have forced the Mexican food chain to use conventionally raised meat at times, most notably for beef.

Stantec nabs award for Connector work Stantec Consulting Ltd.’s work on Red Deer’s North Highway Connector project has earned the company an industry award.

The Edmonton-based professional services firm received four of the 12 Awards of Excellence presented by the Consulting Engineers of Alberta recently.

These included the award for best transportation and infrastructure project, which was related to the Red Deer plan to link Highways 11, 11A, 595 and 2 to create a ring road on the east side of the city.

Stantec also received an Award of Merit, one of 11 presented by the Consulting Engineers of Alberta.

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 97.07 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 50.83 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.75 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.77 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.15 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.13 Cdn. National Railway . . 61.05 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 168.31

Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.30 Capital Power Corp . . . . 23.17 Cervus Equipment Corp 24.20 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 46.84 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.72 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 27.90 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.86 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.25 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 18.70

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American stock markets racked up solid gains Tuesday thanks to reassuring words from the new chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

The S&P/TSX composite index jumped 86.81 points to 13,880.99 after Janet Yellen said that while she thinks the U.S. economy is strong enough to weather a cutback in a key stimulus program, rates should stay low to support a still lacklustre economy.

The Canadian dollar was up 0.31 of a cent to 90.77 cents US. New York’s Dow Jones industrials surged 192.98 points to 15,994.77, while the Nasdaq was up 42.87 points at 4,191.04 and the S&P 500 index added 19.91 points to 1,819.75.

Yellen told a congressional committee that she expects a “great deal of continuity” with her predecessor, Ben Bernanke. And she said that if the economy keeps improving, the Fed will take “further measured steps” to reduce the support it’s providing through monthly bond purchases.

So far, the Fed has moved twice over the last two months to cut its bond buying program by a total of US$20 billion to $65 billion and analysts generally expect the Fed to continue cutting by $10 billion every meeting.

Yellen’s remarks to the House financial services committee had been highly anticipated, particularly with last week’s U.S. employment data for January falling well short of expectations and amid fresh worries about how emerging markets are dealing with Fed tapering.

There was also relief that Congress appeared poised to raise the U.S. borrowing limit without the political drama that happened late last year and in 2011. That would avert the threat of a default on the U.S. government’s debt.

On the earnings front, Cineplex Inc. (TSX:CGX) had $20.2 million of net income or 32 cents per share, well below estimates of 48 cents. Rev-

enue of $323.2 million also missed estimates and its shares fell 62 cents to $40.88.

Flight simulator maker CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE) had $46.1 million of net income in its third quarter, up from $37.5 million a year earlier. Revenue grew to $513.6 million, up 2.5 per cent from a year earlier and its shares were 49 cents higher at $14.39.

Mining stocks led TSX advancers with the gold group ahead just over three per cent as the April bullion contract moved ahead $15.10 to US$1,289.80 an ounce.

The base metals sector climbed 0.96 per cent. The March copper contract was down one cent to US$3.21 a pound ahead of what could be some further negative news from China after data last week showed the manufacturing sector in the world’s secondbiggest economy was still expanding but at a slower pace. Meagre trade growth is expected when import and export data is released Wednesday.

The energy sector was ahead 0.34 per cent even as the March crude oil contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange edged 12 cents lower to US$99.94 a barrel.

The financials sector also provided lift, up 0.4 per cent.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Tuesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,880.99, up 86.81 points TSX Venture Exchange — 980.24, up 12.83 points TSX 60 — 795.47, up 4.29 points Dow — 15,994.77, up 192.98 points S&P 500 — 1,819.75, up 19.91 points Nasdaq — 4,191.04, up 42.87 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 90.77 cents US, up 0.31 of a cent Pound — C$1.8123, down 0.13 of a cent

Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.63 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 46.85 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 65.99 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.30 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.77 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 48.84 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 95.19 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.45 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.89 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.07 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 15.84 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.10 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.10 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 57.81 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.80 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 26.60

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Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 69.73 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 62.01 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.99 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 36.48 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.58 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.51 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 54.38 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 37.15 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.48 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 85.27 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.17 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 70.12 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 37.16 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.53

TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 980.24, up 12.83 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 251.94 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $5.10 lower $416.40; May ’14 $5.60 lower $426.20; July ’14 $6.00 lower $435.20; Nov. ’14 $5.10 lower $451.70; Jan ’15 $4.90 lower $458.30; March ’15 $4.50 lower $464.20; May ’15 $4.60 lower $467.50; July ’15 $4.60 lower $470.10; Nov ’15 $4.60 lower $466.30; Jan. ’16 $4.60 lower $466.30; March ’16 $4.60 lower $466.30.

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.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 561,440 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 561,440.

AS IT UNVEILS FETAL SIMULATOR MONTREAL — CAE’s core flight simulator and training businesses is improving but its chief executive appealed for investor patience with its health-care segment, which recently launched a maternal fetal simulator.

The life-like robot of a pregnant woman — aimed at helping train health-care professionals in handling complicated deliveries — displays vital signs and responses during labour and delivery scenarios, including breech and fetal distress.

“There’s nothing else out there on the market, which not only is a good revenue driver for CAE, but it’s going to have a societal benefit of improving the way that people are prepared to deal with abnormalities during birth,” CEO Marc Parent said during a conference call Tuesday to discuss CAE’s third-quarter results.

Developed with leading maternal fetal educators in the U.S. and biomedical engineers at the University of Porto in Portugal, the simulator was recently launched at the world’s largest annual conference dedicated to health-care simulation.

The unit holds promise because a recent U.S. government study reported a 75 per cent increase in serious maternal complications, such as heart attack or stroke, during or after childbirth between 1998 and 2009.

CAE conceded that sales and margins at its new health-care and mining division stalled in the third quarter as operating income decreased 17.6 per cent to $1.4 million on $29.7 million of revenues.

But Parent said improvements will come from the millions of dollars in R&D investments in new products in the segment.

“Let’s have a little patience here, . . . I see this trending positive as these new products come out,” he told analysts.

He said the Montreal-based company is focused on using simulation to improve the quality of patient care, as it has done with military and civil flight training.

CAE (TSX:CAE) earned $46.1 million in its fiscal third quarter, up 23 per cent from a year ago when it absorbed millions of dollars in restructuring and

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 29.29 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 32.02 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 60.49 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.76 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 54.08 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 37.67 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.70

Canyon Services Group. 11.28 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 29.33 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.820 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.17 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.70 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 90.84 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 53.84 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.57 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 32.96 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 45.94 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.31 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.60 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.175 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.29 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.02 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.68 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.97 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 10.17 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 60.39

Euro — C$1.5025 down 0.58 of a cent Euro — US$1.3638, down 0.06 of a cent Oil futures: US$99.94 per barrel, down 12 cents (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,289.80 per oz., up $15.10 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.245 oz., up 13.5 cents $747.33 kg, up $4.34

CAE appeals for patience in health-care segment

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 21.56 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.87 First Quantum Minerals . 20.41 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 29.47 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.99 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.90 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.21 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.38 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 27.73

acquisition costs.

The company earned 18 cents per share for the period ended Dec. 31, up from 14 cents per share a year earlier. Last year’s $37.5 million in net income attributable to equity holders included $13.4 million in one-time costs.

Overall, CAE’s third-quarter revenues grew to $513.6 million, up 2.5 per cent from a year earlier, with increases at both its civil and military divisions.

CAE was expected to earn 17 cents per share in profits on $533 million of revenues in the quarter, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.

Its civil aerospace segment had $45.2 million in operating income on $282.1 million of revenue, compared with $46.1 million on $273.4 million a year ago.

It received 12 full-flight simulator orders in the quarter and three more in the fourth quarter, which ends March 31, bringing the total for the year to a record 43 units, with two months remaining in its fiscal year.

Cameron Doerksen of National Bank Financial said the training segment’s margins had improved but were still below forecasts.

“We believe that this segment should be generating margins of 15 per cent or better and we continue to expect further improvement as newly installed simulators ramp up,” he wrote in a report.

On the military side, operating income increased 22 per cent to $31 million, from $25.4 million a year ago, as revenue grew two per cent to $201.8 million.

Parent said the recently approved U.S. budget is bringing clarity to American military spending priorities.

CAE has submitted more bids this fiscal year than all of last year and expects to maintain its win rate despite increased competition.

“Our business...is a nice solution in the time of budget cuts,” he said, noting that the cost of simulation-based training is just 10 per cent of training on real aircraft.

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, CAE’s shares closed up 49 cents, or 3.53 per cent, at $14.39 on Tuesday.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This Monday, Feb. 10. 2014 photo shows a bacon-lettuce-and-tomato sandwich made with an entire pound of bacon at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, N.J.

Makin’ bacon like crazy at casino AT BACON WEEK, YOU CAN EAT IT, DRINK IT, AND EVEN BRUSH YOUR TEETH WITH IT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Get ready for bacon like you’ve never eaten, drunk or worn it before.

Bacon milkshakes. Chocolate-covered bacon shaped like roses. Baconflavoured toothpaste, dental floss and lip balm. Bacon bourbon, margaritas, beer and vodka. Bacon ice cream sundaes. A BLT sandwich with a full pound of bacon.

They’re all on the menu this week as one Atlantic City casino stretches the bounds of good taste and cardiovascular health with Bacon Week. The festival at the Tropicana Casino and Resort gives new meaning to the term “pigging out.”

The idea of a bacon festival is not as far-fetched as it might sound. Americans eat about 1.5 billion pounds of bacon a year, according to the National Pork Board.

And the website bacontoday.com counted nearly 30 bacon festivals around the country from late April through December 2013, many of whose tickets sold out in minutes.

“Bacon is like heaven,” said Nadina Fornia, of Egg Harbor Township. “If you’re going to die, die with bacon on your lips and a BLT in each hand.”

She was drawn to the casino Monday by the promise of bacon in far-out forms, including milkshakes and beer (not in the same glass, thankfully.) She also heard about the bacon-infused vodka.

“That is my quest today,” she said.

Fornia tried a bacon bloody Mary mixed with a smoky bacon beer. Despite the overwhelming salty taste and the small strip of bacon floating in the glass, it tasted mostly like sharp tomato juice, she said.

Nearby were chocolate covered

pretzels with crumbled bacon bits; chocolate-drizzled potato chips with bacon, two kinds of pasta dishes with bacon, bacon cupcakes, and bacon wrapped around a fake green stem to form roses, which were then dipped in chocolate.

“The first taste is chocolatey, then it’s all bacon,” said Melissa Ehrke, of Egg Harbor Township.

“I was a little surprised I liked it, ‘cause I was afraid to try it. It’s that whole sweet and salty thing.”

While bacon-flavoured grooming items are sold at festivals around the nation, they were encountering some skepticism at the Tropicana this week.

“There are people that are just crazy for bacon,” said Denise McGrath, of Neptune City.

“But bacon toothpaste or floss? I’m not that crazy.”

James Sanders, of New York City, was in heaven trying as many free samples of bacon-flavoured items as he could get his hands on.

“I love me some bacon!” he exclaimed between bites of ... something.

“I don’t even know what this is, but it’s got bacon in it. And it’s good!”

Sanders said eating bacon is a multilayered experience.

“You keep chewing it and chewing it, and the flavour comes out the more you chew on it,” he said.

“And then you get to the fat and that floods into your mouth. I just love it.”

Carrie Jorgenson and her husband, Mike, were downing the bacon bloody Mary beer concoctions, while channeling celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse.

“I love pork. All things pork,” she said.

“That’s what Emeril used to say, that pork fat rules, and it does.”

Two Hong Kong firms paying $10.9M to settle insider-trading case

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Two Hong Kong investment firms have agreed to pay a total of $10.9 million to settle U.S. regulators’ allegations of insider trading prior to the takeover of a Canadian oil and gas producer by China’s stateowned oil company CNOOC. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement Tuesday with CITIC Securities International Investment Management and China Shenghai Investment Management.

In July 2012, CNOOC said it was buy-

ing Canadian energy producer Nexen Inc. for $15.1 billion. The SEC said that CITIC, China Shenghai and several other firms had confidential information about the planned acquisition and bought Nexen stock before the announcement.

CITIC is paying $6.6 million in restitution and penalties. China Shenghai and eight of its clients are paying $4.3 million in restitution. The firms neither admitted nor denied the allegations.

An attorney for CITIC, Robert Giuffra, said the investment firm had co-operated with the SEC and was pleased to have the matter resolved.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 2014

Good news, bad news for Rebels Rebels’ 3-2 overtime loss Feb. 4 at Vancouver and played with the injury the next three games of the four-game road trip. An x-ray Monday revealed the extent of the ailment and Kopeck will be out at least four weeks, hopefully Red Deer Rebels GM/head coach Brent back in time to play the final three regularSutter was the bearer of both good and season games — March 12 versus visiting bad news Tuesday.

Kootenay and a home-and-home with EdThe goods news? Forwards Lukas monton March 15-16.

Sutter and Wyatt Johnson will return to Sutter and Johnson, who both play with the lineup for tonight’s Western Hockey an edge, will be welcome additions to the League home game versus the Medicine Red Deer roster.

Hat Tigers after being out several weeks “We’ve missed their heaviness and their with upper body injuries. grit,” said Brent Sutter. “You need that in Unfortunately, the Rebels have lost your lineup and we’ve really missed their Presten Kopeck for four to six weeks with physical play, especially in the last five a hand injury. The feisty forward, acgames. It will be nice to have them back, it’s quired from the Portland Winterhawks in Lukas Sutter just unfortunate that we’ve lost Presten.”

December, has provided the Rebels with The Rebels boss is hoping the presence a hefty dose of energy and has also conof Sutter and Johnson will provide his club tributed 16 points — including six goals — in 16 games since joining his new club last month with leadership and — with their experience — help take the load off some of the younger players who following his recovery from hernia surgery.

“It’s a tough loss for us. ‘Kopes’ has been probably have struggled through the team’s current six-game our most versatile player,” said the Rebels bench losing streak.

“When you don’t have those veteran guys in boss. “He’s played really well for us.”

Kopeck suffered a fracture of his hand during the the lineup we have to put a lot on our young kids.

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

They’ve gone through experiences that you probably wish you didn’t have to put them through. But because of injuries we’ve put them in certain situations and they’ve had a tough time of it recently,” said Sutter. “They’re finding out how the game is played at a faster pace and with more intensity and emotion at this time of the season.”

The loss of Kopeck robbed the Rebels of the opportunity to ice a full lineup for the first time this season.

“I can’t remember a single game when we’ve had everybody (healthy),” said Sutter. “That’s the way the season has been and through injuries other players have had opportunities and have gone through a process of growing. But now it’s really important that we get in synch here about what we are as a team.

We’ve gotten off track recently regarding how we need to play.

“We’ve had moments, like in Kelowna (a 4-3 loss last Wednesday) when we were the better team for two periods against the best team in the league, points-wise. When we want to show it we can, but it’s been erratic.”

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Canada picks up a pair of medals GOLD AND BRONZE IN WOMEN’S SLOPESTYLE SKIING, NEAR MISS IN WOMEN’S LUGE

2014 SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — It’s becoming quite common to see two Canadian flags rising together at the Sochi Olympics.

For the third time at the Games, two Canadians found themselves on the same podium. Freestyle skier Dara Howell won Canada’s fourth gold medal Tuesday with a dominating performance in the women’s slopestyle event, while teammate Kim Lamarre was third.

With a pair of 1-2 finishes in men’s and women’s moguls already in the books, Canada totalled their previous high of three double-podium finishes from the 2006 Turin Games. And there are 12 days of competition left to break that record.

Howell’s winning run earned a score of 94.20, well ahead of the 85.40 posted by silver medallist Devin Logan of the United States.

“I think that’s the best run I’ve ever done in my entire life,” said Howell, who was cheered on by a vocal, redclad contingent that included her parents.

“The course just worked for me today,” the native of Huntsville, Ont., added. “I could not be happier.”

The two medals give Canada a total of nine (four gold, three silver, two bronze). That’s four more than at this point at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

Norway leads Canada atop the medal standings with 11 (four gold, three silver, four bronze). The Netherlands is third with eight.

Lamarre, from Quebec City, continued an impressive run from Quebec athletes at these Games. Athletes from the province have contributed six of Canada’s nine medals.

“It’s amazing how many coaches are coaching outside Quebec and it’s amazing how many coaches we produce here,” said Alex Bilodeau, who won his second straight Olympic gold in men’s freestyle moguls on Monday.

“When you produce coaches, athletes and people it inspires others and it snowballs. It’s like the economy. If the economy’s doing well, it leads to other gains. It’s the same in sports.”

Bilodeau credited a boost from the Vancouver Games for the rise of winter sport in Quebec, and said it’s only going to get better.

“The number of clubs and registrations increased unbelievably after

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Alex Gough of Canada speeds down the track in the third run during the women’s singles luge competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Gough narrowly missed getting Canada another medal on Tuesday as she finished fourth.

Vancouver but wait until next year,” he said. “It’s just going to continue to grow in our sport and in others. With (Olympic champion short-track speedskater) Charles Hamelin and all the other Quebecers, you have to keep it going so it continues to inspire the young people in Quebec. We’re on a nice roll, and we can’t let it slip away.”

While Canadian freestyle skiers have been dominant at the Games, it was a tough day for Kaya Turski.

Turski, who came back from a knee injury to win her fifth Winter X Games title last month, crashed on both her training runs.

“I gave it my heart and soul,” said the Montreal native, who has been fighting a virus. “It’s been a great journey but it’s been a tough journey for me.”

Turski showed amazing grit in popping her shoulder back on the course after her first fall.

It was also a painful day for sixthplace Yuki Tsubota of Whistler, B.C., who was stretchered off the course and taken to hospital with a suspected jaw injury from a tumbling crash-landing.

Canada almost added to its medal totals in women’s luge, but Alex Gough and Kimberley McRae just missed the podium, finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

Gough’s finish is the best ever by a Canadian luger at the Olympics, but the Calgary slider was in no mood for silver linings after the race.

“Definitely a little emotional, definitely a little disappointed,” a tearful Gough said at the Sanki Sliding Centre.

“Fourth is definitely the worst feeling. It’s just tough be in that first spot off the podium.”

Also on Tuesday, Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg rink continued to roll in women’s curling, while Brad Jacobs and his foursome from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., struggled.

Jones curled a perfect game as Canada remained undefeated in roundrobin play after a 9-3 victory in eight ends over Sweden.

“I never look at the stats, but I felt like we played really well as a team today,” said Jones. “The girls just left me some makeable shots and I made them.”

Jacobs fell to 1-2 after a tough 7-6 loss to world champion Sweden.

“It’s a two-way win, so to speak,” said Sweden skip Niklas Edin, whose team has won all three of its games.

“Both beating them and putting them 1-2.

“Now they can’t really afford any more losses to be sure of making the playoffs.”

In figure skating, Meagan Duhamel from from Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., were fifth in pairs after the short program.

The skate wasn’t perfect for Duhamel and Radford, obvious when she knocked herself in the head with her hands afterward.

“I just missed a stupid step in my footwork,” Duhamel said. “I just had a little stumble there. Maybe we lost one point because of it, it was not that detrimental, I was like, ’Ugh,’ silly little step like that.”

Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., were Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto sixth. All four skaters already have a medal for helping Canada win silver in the first ever team event.

Smyl carries on the family trade with Queens It’s no surprise that Hailey Smyl decided to drop RDC offence. She finished the season with two goals figure skating and concentrate on playand four assists in 16 games. Both goals ing hockey as a youngster. came in her final two games.

After all it’s in her bloodlines.

“I’m playing with more confidence for The 18-year-old from Chilliwack, B.C., sure,” she said as the Queens prepare for is the daughter of long time junior A the Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey coach Harvey Smyl and niece of former League semifinals against the NAIT Ooks.

Vancouver Canucks star Stan Smyl.

“Moving away from home and not knowing “It’s a hockey family so I was set up anyone took some time to get used to. I was pretty good,” said Smyl, who is in her 18 and playing with players who are 26 is a first season with the RDC Queens. “My bit intimidating at first, but now I’m settled dad played with Michigan State (for in.” three seasons) and is a long time junior “It’s been an up and down season for coach so I learned the game through Hailey, but she’s learning,” said Queens him. I did attend my uncle’s hockey head coach Bob Rutz. “She doesn’t realize DANNY camp and my dad took that over, so both how big she is and once she learns to use RODE of them helped me, but mainly it was my that size and with her speed she’ll be tough dad. to handle for anyone. She has really im“I did go back and forth between figproved the defensive part of her game, but ure skating and hockey when I was very it’s been process. Then again it’s a big step young, but I’m not that graceful,” she up from midget to this league.” said with a laugh.

Smyl played almost every game for the Queens, The five-foot-nine winger is one of the bigger play- but was on the third or fourth lines. ers on the Queens and of late is using her size and “My ice time wasn’t what I was used to, but you exspeed to start making a major contribution to the pect that as a rookie,” said Smyl, who was recruited

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by former coach Trevor Keeper.

But that time will go up over the next several years as she is in education and will be here for “three or four” years.”

As for recruits, Rutz has been talking with several players, but hasn’t announced any commitments yet.

The Queens open the best-of-three semifinal Friday at 7 p.m. at NAIT with the second game Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Arena. The third game, if necessary is Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at NAIT. The winner faces the Grant MacEwan University Griffins in the best-of-five final. ● It’s a big weekend for the RDC Queens basketball squad as they visit Lethbridge for games Friday and Saturday.

The Queens can wrap up a playoff berth with at least a split. The Kings have already wrapped up first place. ● In the CCAA rankings the volleyball Kings remain in top spot with Grant MacEwan second after the teams split a weekend doubleheader. The volleyball Queens slipped to eighth after losing twice to GMU, who is ranked fifth.

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Making all the right moves TIGER-CATS, ARGONAUTS THE EARLY WINNERS IN CFL FREE AGENCY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts were the big winners on the first day of CFL free agency.

The clubs each added a key Canadian, with the Tiger-Cats signing defensive back Craig Butler and the Argonauts inking linebacker Shea Emry.

The 25-year-old Butler spent the first three seasons of his career with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who selected him 12th overall in the 2011 CFL draft.

The London, Ont., product registered 135 tackles, 11 interceptions, four sacks and six fumble recoveries during his time in Saskatchewan. He led the Riders with 60 tackles last season to go along with four interceptions.

Emry, meanwhile, joins the Argonauts after six seasons with the Montreal Alouettes. The seventh pick in the 2008 draft had 261 tackles, 13 sacks, three fumble recoveries and four interceptions in his career with Montreal, which included Grey Cup victories in 2009 and 2010.

Argonauts general manager Jim Barker said the addition of the expansion Ottawa Redblacks increased the importance of dipping into the freeagent market this off-season.

“It is what it is. We’re not a big free-agent team ... I don’t believe in building teams through free agency but I think this year with Ottawa coming in, it

changed the landscape a bit,” Barker said on a conference call. “We lost two really good Canadians and a good American and I think it became more apparent that free agency was going to be a part of what we’re doing.”

A 27-year-old from Richmond, B.C., Emry’s best season came in 2012 when he totalled a career-best 87 tackles, including seven sacks, and was named the East Division’s top Canadian and defensive MVP. He was also an East Division and CFL all-star.

Alouettes general manager Jim Popp was resigned to the fact that Emry would be leaving Montreal.

“He wasn’t happy with the scheme he was playing in,” said Popp. “He felt it was better to go elsewhere.”

Emry’s contract with Toronto is for three years, while the terms of Butler’s pact with Hamilton were not disclosed.

The Alouettes were able to re-sign four players, including veteran non-import offensive lineman Josh Bourke. The Windsor, Ont., native is a two-time CFL lineman of the year and was expected to be among the most attractive free agents on the market.

“There’s no question he was a much-coveted player,” said Popp. “But we wanted him and he wanted to be here.”

The Alouettes also re-signed linebacker Kyries Hebert, long snapper Martin Bedard and kicker Sean Whyte.

Apart adding from Butler, Hamilton re-signed non-import linebacker Marc Beswick. The 31-year-

old Vancouver native was named the East Division’s special team’s player of the year in 2013 after making 24 special teams tackles while adding a forced fumble and a touchdown scored on a fake field goal.

Hamilton also signed offensive lineman Steve Myddelton of Barrie, Ont., away from the Calgary Stampeders, while import linebacker Abraham Kromah (Saskatchewan) and import defensive back Brandon Stewart (Winnipeg) will also be with the Tiger-Cats in 2014.

Meanwhile, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed free-agent import wide receiver Nick Moore. The 27-year-old spent the past three seasons with the B.C. Lions, where he finished third in the CFL in receiving in 2013. Winnipeg also signed non-import receiver Rory Kohlert, who spent the past two seasons with the Blue Bombers, but was chosen by the Redblacks in December’s expansion draft.

The Grey Cup champion Roughriders lost Butler but re-signed non-import kicker Chris Milo. The 27-year-old from Montreal connected on 46 of 52 field goal attempts in 2013, including a string of 28 consecutive field goal attempts to start the season, which tied a franchise record.

Apart from Emery, the Argonauts also added nonimport offensive lineman Scott Mitchell after three seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos.

The Eskimos signed a pair of non-import offensive lineman to help lessen the blow of Mitchell’s departure with the addition of Andrew Jones (Toronto) and Justin Sorensen (Winnipeg).

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Raiders rolling at the right time

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Lindsay Thurber Raider Kelsey Lalor and Notre Dame Cougar Cierra Stephens both look to control a loose ball during high school basketball action at Lindsay Thurber on Tuesday in the battle for the Zone 4A playoff seeding. They defeated both Hunting Hills and Notre Dame. However, it’s the final league standings that will determine which of the three teams receive a bye into the final. The Raiders do have two games remaining, visiting both Ponoka and Wetaskiwin.

Tanner Rehn led the Raiders with 18 points while Cam Black added 10 and Gaige Rehn and Parker Cook had eight each.

Tony Bornyi had 16 points for the Cougars.

Raiders 54 Cougars 17 On the girls’ side the Raiders didn’t shoot near as well as they have been, but they didn’t need to to pull off a 5417 victory over the Cougars.

“I didn’t think either team shot that well, in fact both teams can play better,” said Raiders head coach Kathy Lalor, who got all 12 of her players plenty of playing time.

“This is the first time I think all season we’ve had 12 players,” she said.

“Bretton (Bowd) is just back and Nate (Natalie Holmes) hasn’t played since early December. So it was interesting

to get all 12 some playing time. Usually we have eight, nine or 10 players.”

The Raiders jumped into a 20-8 lead at the end of the first quarter and extended that to 25-8 at the half.

“It wasn’t their press, we were prepared for that, but our passing wasn’t good at all,” said Cougars head coach Erika Pottage. “We didn’t step up to the basketball to receive it and they had enough pressure to step into our passes.”

The Raiders managed just 19 points the second half while the Cougars had nine.

“Our shooting wasn’t good, as I mentioned, but it was one of those nights.

As long as we keep working and trying to do the right things that’s fine,” said Lalor.

“It’s important for us to continue to play with intensity.”

“Kathy has them playing with such intensity and our inability to block out on the boards hurt,” said Pottage.

“They had eight offensive rebounds in the first half and scored on seven of them. But the thing is you won’t win any games when you score 17 points.”

LOCAL OLYMPIANS Red Deer native Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg got her first taste of Olympic competition Tuesday, competing in the women’s 500-metre speed skating.

Wotherspoon-Gregg, who is married to Jamie Gregg of Edmonton, finished in 33rd place with a two-ran total of 79.32 sec-

onds, 4.62 second back of winner Sang Hwa Lee of Korea.

She has runs of 39.76 and 39.56 seconds, which left her fourth among Canadians.

Christine Nesbitt placed 12th overall. ● Meanwhile, Zina Kocher of Red Deer finished 25th in the

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REBELS: Isn’t where it needs to be Sutter isn’t impressed with the Rebels’ home slate, which currently stands at 1211-0-3.

“Maybe it has something to do with being a young team, but our home record isn’t where it needs to be,” he said. “Are too many players not handling the distractions of playing at home? It’s stuff that’s been addressed with the players. We as coaches have talked with them about it, but you’re not with these guys 24-7.

“Like I tell them, this isn’t midget triple A or junior A hockey, this is major junior.

You’re playing against kids who are going to be playing pro hockey next year. It’s going to be their living moving forward and they’re dialed right in. It’s important that you as an individual have to focus the right way and prepare the way you need to pre-

women’s biathlon pursuit with a time of 32:15.1, 2:44.4 back of winner Daryn Donracheva of Belarus.

She picked up four penalties compared to one for the champion.

Earlier Kocher finished 32nd in the sprint with a time

pare. It’s a 60-minute game at this time of the year and we need everyone to play that way.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

RDC: Kings still ranked fourth The basketball Kings are still ranked fourth. ● In other volleyball news the Queens finished first in the standings despite tying for first with GMU and Grande Prairie, all at 15-3. It came down to a better record against similar opponents.

The women’s playoffs go Feb. 21-23 in Grande Prairie while the Kings host the men’s championships. ● The hockey Kings are on the road this weekend as they visit Briercrest Bible College Friday and Saturday. They have four games remaining on the schedule and if they win all four they finish no worse than third and will play the sixth-place team in the quarter-finals.

Pottage gave credit to some of her bench players for staying involved.

“I thought some of the girls off the bench stepped up. Alyssa Reid did a good job.”

Kelsey Lalor led the Raiders with 16 points while Emma Newton added 10 and Kennedy Graham seven. The Cougars didn’t have anyone over four points.

They were, however, missing Autumn Letkeman, who is at practice, and will be ready to play shortly.

“She will give us some more leadership and scoring off the wing,” said Pottage.

The win should give the Raiders first place in the 4A playoffs.

“From what I see even if we were to lose our final two games we’d only be tied for Hunting (Hills),” said Lalor, whose team beat the Lightning earlier this season. ● In other girls’ action the Lightning down the Lacombe Rams 70-62 with Jaden Robinson hitting 23 points, Madi Nimmo 12 and Nicole Fischer 10, Kirsten Ramsay had 34 for the Rams. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

of 22:25.5, 1:18.7 back of first and with two penalties.

The women’s individual race goes Friday with the mass start Monday.

Mellisa Hollingsworth of Eckville will compete in skeleton on Thursday while Lyndon Rush of Sylvan Lake is in the two-man bobsleigh on Sunday and Monday and the four-man Feb. 22-23.

● It was announced that Calgary Flames stars, Lanny McDonald, Tim Hunter and Jim Peplinski will be the feature speakers at the 11th annual RDC athletics scholarship breakfast, set for March 4 at the Parkland Pavilion at the Westerner.

The breakfast goes from 7:30-9:30 a.m. with tickets $150 each or a corporate table of eight for $1,000.

The scholarship breakfast is one of the top fund raisers for student athletes. Since it’s inception the breakfast has raised over $280,000 for athletic scholarships through the RDC Athletic Leadership Endowment.

Tickets are now on sale at the Black Knight ticket centre (403-755-6626) or at www.bkticketcentre.ca. ● Volleyball dominated the RDC Boston Pizza RDC athlete of the week voting, with right side Karissa Kuhr and middle Chris Osborn receiving the awards.

Kuhr was a leader for the Queens against GMU with 19 kills, three aces, 32 digs and two stuff blocks in the two matches. Osborn had 22 kills and seven blocks. ● The basketball Kings received the Breathing Room team of the week award. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Raiders 67 Cougars 48 The Lindsay Thurber Raiders are showing signs of being ready for the playoffs.

“We played with energy and enthusiasm and the guys were shooting better,” said Raiders head coach Dwayne Lalor following a 67-48 victory over the Notre Dame Cougars in Central Alberta High School Boys’ Basketball League play at LTCHS Tuesday.

“Some of our team stuff is starting to come together, which was scattered for a long time. Seems like we have enough work in to learn to play as a team. If we continue to do that it’s a good sign.”

The Raiders were the better team Tuesday, including on the boards.

“Our group has some height and when we go after the rebounds we’re a tough group to handle,” added Lalor. “Plus our big guys are relatively quick and not afraid to dribble the ball, which is an advantage. Most of the big guys in the league don’t handle anyone who dribbles the ball.”

“They are a little longer than us and we didn’t battle inside,” said Cougars head coach Ed Major. “We decided to let them jump over us.”

The Raiders led 18-10 after the first quarter and extended that to 40-22 at the half.

“We had a couple of little runs, but didn’t sustain that,” added Major.

“If you can get an early lead and keep playing it’s hard for anyone to play from behind . . . we tried that far too often this season and hopefully we’re learning from it,” said Lalor.

The win gives the Raiders a leg up

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CBC sees strong ratings for Olympic TV, digital coverage reason why I’m so pleased is we’re getting good feedback, we’re giving people, I think, really good choices and not only to get whatever sport they may want but TORONTO — More than 28 million Canadians also on whatever device they may want.”

More than 2.5 million Canadians have watched have tuned in to coverage of the Sochi Olympics so far and while some of the ratings numbers have been some Olympics coverage either on a computer or lower than the records set during the 2010 Vancou- mobile device so far, for a total of almost 1.4 million ver Games, the CBC’s head of sports programming hours of streaming, the CBC says. During the 2012 Summer Games in London, the broadcast consortium says he’s pleased with the early returns.

In 2010, Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Con- said it streamed 3.4 million hours of video to Canadisortium said 13.3 million Canadians watched the ans in 19 days.

More than one million smartphone and tablet usopening ceremonies in Vancouver live, while 23 ers have downloaded the CBC’s million saw at least part of the 3.5-hour show.

‘I THINK DIGITAL HAS BEEN app.

“I think digital has been very The CBC says about 19 milstrong and we’re pleased with lion Canadians saw at least part VERY STRONG AND WE’RE we’ve been able to connect of the opening ceremonies in PLEASED WITH HOW WE’VE how with Canadians,” Pilling says.

Sochi — when combining the “Consumer habits continue ratings for the live broadcast in BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT to change rapidly ... and I think the morning, repeats and online WITH CANADIANS.’ we’re certainly keeping up with streams. It did not provide a figthose trends.” ure for how many Canadians —CBC’S TREVOR PILLING While some viewers have watched the whole show. complained on social networks “When you’re looking at comparables I would say it’s pretty tough to compare that their video streams weren’t sharp, Pilling says a home Games — which is a pretty special thing, a he’s not aware of any technical issues that have hamonce-in-a-generation usually type thing — versus an pered the digital offerings.

“What those issues usually end up being has to do Olympic Games that’s happening in a place that’s nine hours of time zones away,” says the CBC’s Trev- with the quality of your Internet feed,” he says.

“But we have people who are monitoring that or Pilling. “That said, that’s one of the special things about the Olympics, that it doesn’t always happen in around the clock and every single time we hear your country, it doesn’t always happen in your time about those types of issues we’re digging into it. And zone, that’s one of the things that’s intriguing about it we’re only a couple of days into it, quite frankly, so while we continue to smooth out some of the bumps to me, that it’s happening in a faraway land.”

About 22.75 million Canadians tuned in at some we feel overall the feedback’s been really positive.”

Pilling says the strong Canadian medal haul so far point on the second day of the Sochi Olympics, the CBC says, with a peak of 4.8 million during Tessa has helped attract viewers and he’s got his fingers Virtue and Scott Moir’s free dance performance in crossed that our athletes continue to perform well, the team figure skating event. In comparison, on Day particularly in the marquee sport: hockey.

“We’ll be holding our breath as we watch the 2 of the Vancouver Olympics, the first medal event of the Games drew an average of 5.1 million viewers Canadian men’s and women’s hockey teams and see and the broadcast consortium counted 27.7 million how they do against the best in the world, that will certainly play a factor, but we believe the audiences over the course of the day.

“I think we weren’t necessarily positive on how will be there right through to the end of the games,” the numbers would turn out (in Sochi) but I think he says.

The men’s gold medal game in 2010 between Canthat we were always optimistic knowing that Canadians love winter sports and it’s the Olympics we shine ada and the United States set a ratings record with at particularly,” says Pilling when asked about his 16.7 million viewers. A peak of 22 million Canadians tuned in for overtime as Sidney Crosby scored the ratings expectations.

“I think I’d say that we’re pleased, I think the game-winning goal.

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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — Five things to know Tuesday at the Sochi Olympics: HOWELL STEPS UP — With X Games champion Kaya Turski knocked out of qualifying, someone had to step up for Canada’s freestyle team in the women’s slopestyle event. Enter Dara Howell, who put down a nearly flawless run in the final to give Canada its fourth gold medal of the Games. Kim Lamarre finished third, giving Canada it’s third double-podium finish so far in Sochi.

LA BELLE PROVINCE — Quebec athletes continue to lead the way for Canada in Sochi, with Kim Lamarre’s bronze in slopestyle skiing giving the province six of Canada’s nine medals. And there’s likely more to come, with Charles Hamelin among those looking to add to Quebec’s hardware total. The short-track speedskating star already has one gold medal in Sochi and is skating in three more events.

JUST MISSED — Alex Gough produced the best Canadian Olympic result ever in luge, but don’t expect the Calgary slider to be satisfied. Gough was tearful after racing to a fourth-place finish as Canada still looks for its first Olympic medal in a sport dominated by Europeans. Gough made a mistake on her fist run and couldn’t catch up to American Erin Hamlin, who became the first North American to win an Olympic medal in the event. Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger and Tatiana Huefner won gold and silver, while Calgary’s Kim McRae was fifth.

WHITE OUT — Snowbaoard star Shaun White’s attempt to win a third straight Olympic half pipe title didn’t go according to plan. The American fell on his first run in the final, and then stumbled on a couple of tricks on his second run en route to a fourth-place finish. Switzerland’s Iouri Podladtchikov, known as the “I-Pod,” won gold. His run featured a 1440-degree whirling jump he nicknamed the “Yolo.” It was a disappointing Olympics for White, who earlier backed out of the men’s slopestyle event citing concerns over the condition of the course.

McDREAMY — According to Twitter statistics over a recent 24-hour period, Canada’s first medallist is a hearthrob on social media. An image of snowboarder Mark McMorris was the most retweeted globally with more than 16,000 retweets and some 30,000 favourites. The tweet includes the message “Damn Canada took the gold medal for looks this year that’s for sure.”

Norway wins more gold, White falls short in halfpipe EVENT ROUNDUP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCHI, Russia — The most decorated country in Winter Olympic history earned four more medals Tuesday, and the most famous snowboarder in the world had his hopes for a third straight gold in the halfpipe dashed.

Norway won double gold in the cross-country freestyle sprints while picking up silver medals in the women’s sprint and in the women’s 10-kilometre biathlon pursuit. That gave the Norwegians the medal lead as the games concluded their fifth day, and it pushed their overall total to 317 since the Winter Olympics began in 1924.

The United States saw several of its best hopes evaporate, including Shaun White, the flamboyant snowboarder who was dethroned by Iouri Podladtchikov.

Known as “I-Pod,” the Russian-born Swiss snowboarder was flawless while White failed to master his rival’s best trick.

Another U.S. gold medal prospect, cross-country skier Kikkan Randall, was eliminated in the qualifying rounds of the women’s freestyle sprint.

Maiken Caspersen Falla of Norway took the gold in that race, with teammate Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg earning silver.

Ola Vigen Hattestad captured the men’s sprint title in a race marred by a three-skier collision. Emil Joensson of Sweden, who had all but given up earlier in the race, grabbed the bronze after Sergey Ustiugov of Russia, Marcus Hellner of Sweden and Anders Gloeersen of Norway were involved in a crash that left them sprawled across the course. Soft snow caused a number of spills throughout the day.

SNOWBOARDING: The trick that White couldn’t master is called “YOLO” — You Only Live Once. Podladtchikov created it and landed it successfully. White tried it twice, but couldn’t match I-Pod, settling for fourth and no medal.

CROSS-COUNTRY: Hattestad took the early lead, avoided the crash be-

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Canada’s Zina Kocher, Russia’s Yana Romanova and Belarus’ Liudmila Kalinchik, from left, shoot as Switzerland’s Elisa Gasparin, background, arrives at the shooting range during the women’s biathlon 10k pursuit, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Red Deer’s Kocher wasn’t able to win a medal but finished a respectable 25th. hind him and then held off Teodor Peterson of Sweden for the gold. Peterson finished 1.2 seconds behind for silver. Vesna Fabjan of Slovenia won the bronze in the women’s sprint. Besides Randall, Marit Bjoergen of Norway was also eliminated early.

BIATHLON: Darya Domracheva of Belarus led for most of the women’s 10-kilometre pursuit race, missing only the last target before finishing in 29 minutes, 30.7 seconds. Tora Berger of Norway took silver, and Teja Gregorin of Slovenia claimed the bronze.

SLOPESTYLE SKIING: Dara Howell won gold with a score of 94.20, trouncing the rest of the field, and Kim Lamarre earned bronze to give the Canadians seven medals in four days of

snowboarding and freestyle skiing, including three events in which they took two of the top three spots. “We’re over the moon right now,” said Peter Judge, CEO of the Canadian Freestyle Skiing Association. Devin Logan of the United States took silver. Canada’s big day was tempered by teammate Yuki Tsubota’s crash on the slushy snow. She was carried off the mountain on a stretcher with a possible fractured jaw.

SPEEDSKATING: Lee Sang-hwa won the women’s 500 metres and set an Olympic record of 37.28 seconds in her second race, beating the mark of 37.30 set by Catriona Le May Doan at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Her combined time of 1 minute, 14.70 seconds also was an Olympic record, beat-

ing Le May Doan’s mark of 1:14.75. Olga Fatkulina of Russia won the silver, and Margot Boer of the Netherlands got the bronze.

LUGE: Natalie Geisenberger’s victory was Germany’s fifth straight in women’s luge. Teammate Tatjana Huefner won the silver and Erin Hamlin picked up the bronze, the first singles luge medal ever for the United States.

SKI JUMPING: Carina Vogt won the first gold medal in women’s ski jumping. The 22-year-old German overcame heavy favourite Sara Takanashi, the World Cup leader in the sport who ended up a disappointing fourth. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria took silver and Colin Mattell of France earned bronze.

Moguls repeat gold medallist Bilodeau inspired by brother

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — When Alexandre Bilodeau won his gold medal in moguls skiing this week, the first person he looked for was his brother Frederic.

The freestyle skier from Rosemere, Que., had done the same when he won gold in 2010. Frederic has cerebral palsy, but his beaming smile at his brother’s success was one of the touching moments of the Vancouver Games.

Bilodeau sought out his brother again on Monday after becoming the first Canadian to repeat as an Olympic gold medallist.

Once he spotted him, nothing else mattered. Alexandre hugged Frederic and even lifted him over the fence to celebrate the victory together.

But what was also noticeable was that 32-year-old Frederic now has trouble standing up; that since Vancouver, his condition has deteriorated.

It has forced the Bilodeau family to move out of

their house into a condo in Montreal, where all the rooms are on the same level.

“Some friends of our family had a handicapped child and one day, after coming home from grocery shopping, the boy had fallen down the stairs and had died,” said Bilodeau, 26. “My parents realized they had to do something.

“He’s aware of it. Since they got to Russia, he knows it’s more complicated with the wheelchair and he feels like he’s being a burden on us. We keep trying to convince him that’s not the case, but it’s not easy to do.”

Then Bilodeau broke into tears and said “Sorry, but it hurts.”

When told he brought a lot of happiness to his brother, Bilodeau said: “As much as I can, anyway.”

The skier said his brother lives his dreams by “proxy,” either through Bilodeau or their 20-year-old sister Beatrice, who will soon begin studying for a degree in law.

“I learn a lot from him and he inspires me,” said

Bilodeau.

“It helps me keep things in perspective.

“He is aware that his handicap is mostly physical.

He accepts that. Myself, I get upset over small things.

It’s pathetic. So it brings me down to earth.

“I was lucky enough to be able to put everything in place so I could reach my goals, but he doesn’t even have that. He can’t even hope to do some things, so he does them through me.”

He said Frederic was his source of inspiration over the last four years.

“I have a family, a great girlfriend, a team of trainers, but the person who motivates me to go through the highs and lows is my brother,” said Bilodeau, who plans to retire from skiing to pursue a career in accounting. “Now he wants to see the Alex who is not the skier.

“He will encourage me in anything I do. He’s the same with my sister. He won’t let up. That’s my brother — the happy camper who motivates us every day.”

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Elway plans to address Broncos’ needs BUT RE-SIGNING OWN FREE AGENTS MIGHT PROVE PRICEY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — John Elway’s philosophy is to address immediate needs in free agency, even though some of his own veterans may prove too pricey to keep around.

Eric Decker and Knowshon Moreno both said they’d love to stay in Denver, but they might find more lucrative offers elsewhere when free agency begins in a month.

Unlike the Seattle Seahawks, who throttled the Broncos in the Super Bowl, Denver has a high-priced quarterback who takes up a good chunk of the salary cap, limiting what the team can spend elsewhere.

Manning’s salary cap charge for 2014 is $17.5 million, same as last season, which was more than Seattle’s entire starting defence and about 25 times as much as Russell Wilson’s $681,000 cap number.

“Yeah, but I’ll tell you right now it’s worth it for us to have Peyton Manning,” Elway said. “That’s just part of when you get a quality quarterback like that that we have in Peyton Manning. You know that’s going to be a big chunk of your salary cap, but we got to figure out ways to find the right players.”

At the right prices.

Elway said he has no problem continuing to build a team around Manning even though nobody knows how long No. 18 will be in the Broncos’ huddle beyond next season.

“Well, we’re going to keep building like Peyton is going to be here,” Elway said. “And you know, when Peyton decides to hang ’em up, we have expectations hopefully to make that transition.”

Manning confirmed during Super Bowl week that he intends to play next season, pending clearance from his doctor at his annual checkup next month to see if his surgically repaired neck is sound, which seems like a formality given the way he played last season when he won his fifth MVP award.

Manning and the Broncos are out to do something that no team has done since the Buffalo Bills in 1993 — make it back to the Super Bowl the year after losing it.

Elway, the team’s executive vice-president, had been busy on a blueprint long before the Super Bowl blowout. He knows he could lose Decker, Moreno and guard Zane Beadles on offence and he has to rebuild a defence that was obliterated by an injury epidemic.

The Broncos have 18 unrestricted and three restricted free agents, but Elway has to be prudent because big deals are looming next year for Demaryius Thomas, Julius Thomas and maybe Von Miller.

He’s hit the jackpot in free agency two years in a row, first with Manning in 2012 and then with Wes Welker, Louis Vasquez, Shaun Phillips, Terrance Knighton and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie last year.

Elway expects to be busy again this year. He has about $25 million in projected cap space right now but could free up more by asking Champ Bailey and Jacob Tamme to restructure their contracts and by releasing Chris Kuper and Joel Dreessen.

Elway said using free agency to address immediate needs gives the Broncos freedom in the draft.

“We don’t have to sit there and reach for some guy because of a need. So, if we can get rid of really the absolute needs that we need to do in free agency, then that opens it up, we can fire free at the draft, take the best players,” he said.

If Moreno leaves, the Broncos have Montee Ball ready to step in as the featured back. He came on strong down the stretch, finishing the season with 120 carries for 561 yards and four touchdowns. Nearly a third of his carries moved the sticks, ranking third in the league and tops among rookies. His pass protection also vastly improved.

“We have high expectations out of Montee,” Elway said. “We’ll see how things flush out with Knowshon.”

Decker, who has 32 TD catches over the last three years, would be missed. But Manning has plenty of other targets and teammate Bubba Caldwell, another unrestricted free agent, could prove a cheaper alternative.

“This is an organization any player wants to come to,” Decker said. “They treat you first class, it’s a

Watson knows what he is looking for to help U.S. get Ryder Cup back

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — This is what Tom Watson knows about the American with a big lead in the Ryder Cup standings.

Jimmy Walker is 35.

He already has three PGA Tour wins this year. And his hobby is creating photographs of the galaxy.

“The first book I read was, ’All About Astronomy,”’ Watson said.

“If he makes the Ryder Cup team, maybe we’ll have some common things to talk about.”

Watson was at Riviera on Tuesday, even though he is playing this week on the other side of the country in a Champions Tour event. It’s typical for Ryder Cup captains to make appearances on the PGA Tour throughout the year to meet with the media and keep their eye on potential players.

At 64, he is the oldest Ryder Cup captain in history. Some might be concerned that he is out of touch with today’s best players.

Ten of the top 15 players in the U.S. standings have never played in a Ryder Cup. That includes Jordan Spieth, who was born just two months before Watson was captain of the last American team that won in Europe.

“It was good to sit down at breakfast and see some of the old faces, like Davis Love and David Toms, but see some of the young faces, as well,” Watson said. “Had the opportunity to go down to the practice range and watch some of these guys try to hit it over that fence, which they have raised 30 feet up there. And it’s good to be back on tour and to kind of get a little bit more knowledge of some of the players who might be on the Ryder Cup team.”

Watson knows a lot more than he lets on. He realizes that there’s still six months to go before nine

GOLF players earn a spot on the team, and three weeks after that before he has to announce his three captain’s picks.

Besides, he’s more interested in the game than the name on the bag.

What stood out to him about Walker’s most recent victory Sunday at Pebble Beach was not how a six-shot lead dwindled to one, or even that Walker made it tough on himself by knocking a 25-foot birdie putt some 5 feet by the hole to create more drama than he intended.

“What Jimmy Walker did this last week is what I’m looking for on that last hole,” Watson said.

“That’s not an easy putt to make because that putt doesn’t break. It just doesn’t. You can play it right edge and it just hangs on the right edge. It doesn’t break. And he made it. That’s what I’m looking for, the guy that’s going to make that 5-footer to win or to tie. That’s what I’m looking for — the guts it takes to do that.”

Watson’s watched the last Ryder Cup at Medinah, and as much as he admired Europe for the greatest comeback ever by a visiting team, it ripped his heart out to see the Americans let another one get away. He’s well aware that Europe was a combined 25-under par on Sunday, compared with 8-under for the Americans. And he probably knows that of the 13 matches that went the distance at Medinah, the Americans won the 18th hole just one time.

From his experience as a captain, making putts is out of his control. His job is to find the right players and the right combinations.

It’s too early to figure out who

is going to be on this American team, only that it will be difficult to earn one of the nine spots because the competition is deeper than ever. The American team is based on PGA Tour earnings, and the majors count double. Whoever wins the PGA Championship, for example, will earn roughly the same points as Walker has accumulated with his three wins.

“We’ve got a lot of golf between here and there,” Walker said. “I don’t remember this much talk about the Ryder Cup in the last couple of years. I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t been on the radar screen or what, but it seems like it’s a very big, pressing thing.”

He is probably right. One reason for such an early focus on the Ryder Cup is the stark reminder that this team — both of them, really — might include some new faces. Is that such a bad thing? Experience hasn’t exactly helped the Americans over the last 20 years.

“You’re always going to have new players,” Watson said. “They earn their way.”

Walker is close. He is guaranteed points at three World Golf Championships, and gets his first taste of match play next week in Arizona. Harris English has won twice in the last nine months. Who knows how the next six months will go? Look at the number of “regulars” left off the last U.S. team at the Presidents Cup. Watson was asked if it mattered whose names are on the U.S. bags at Gleneagles in late September.

“Does it matter? No, it doesn’t,” he said. “No, those players who get on the team are going to be the best possible players we can have on the team. That’s the way I’m looking at it. If they perform, they will win.”

Three-time All-Star Roy Oswalt retires after 13 major league seasons

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Roy Oswalt retired from baseball on Tuesday after winning 163 games and making three All-Star teams in 13 major league seasons.

The pitcher’s agent, Bob Garber, confirmed the decision and said Oswalt would go to work for his agency, RMG Baseball. Oswalt will be vice-president of baseball operations.

“Roy is now going to be representing players with me,” Garber said Tuesday night. “He’s now an agent.”

The 36-year-old right-hander had a 163-102 career record with a 3.36 ERA. Oswalt won 20 games in consecutive seasons (2004-05) with the Houston Astros and was the 2005 NL championship series MVP. He pitched more than 200 innings seven times but was hampered by injuries in recent years.

“He was a tremendous competitor,” Giants righthander Matt Cain said. “He was one of the guys I always loved to watch pitch. I remember facing him for the first time and I knew if I gave up more than a couple runs that it wasn’t going to be a good day for us. He went about his business every fifth day like a true pro.”

Oswalt got hurt with Houston on June 11, 2003, when he and five other pitchers combined to no-hit the New York Yankees in an 8-0 victory in the Bronx.

It was the only six-pitcher no-hitter until Seattle did the same thing against the Dodgers on June 8, 2012.

Oswalt strained his right groin and left in the second. He looked toward catcher Brad Ausmus after his second pitch of the inning, his 23rd of the game,

and immediately was replaced.

The Yankees had gone 6,980 games — the longest streak in major league history — without being nohit, since Hoyt Wilhelm’s 1-0 victory for Baltimore on Sept. 20, 1958.

Oswalt was 0-6 with an 8.63 ERA in nine outings and six starts for Colorado last year. He signed a minor league deal with the Rockies in May 2013 and missed time with a strained left hamstring.

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington was thrilled to acquire Oswalt in the middle of the 2012 season, when he went 4-3 with a 5.80 ERA in 17 appearances with nine starts.

He joined the Rangers on June 22, 2012, but didn’t know if the team just planned to trade him away.

Washington often said Oswalt “has been a pro” in handling a tough, unclear situation that called for him to be used primarily out of the bullpen.

That was after Oswalt spent two stints on the disabled list during 2011 with Philadelphia because of lower back inflammation. He went 9-10 with a 3.69 ERA in 23 starts for the Phillies that year, and his 139 innings were his fewest since 2003. He didn’t go more than 59 innings in his last two years.

A 23rd-round pick by Houston in the 1996 amateur draft, Oswalt pitched his first nine-plus seasons for the Astros (2001-10) and then played for Philadelphia (2010-11), Texas (2012) and the Rockies (2013).

On Aug. 25, 2010, Oswalt became the first Phillies pitcher to play a position in the field in 39 years after Ryan Howard was ejected in the 14th inning of a 4-2, 16-inning home loss to the Astros. With the Phillies out of position players, Oswalt went to left field and Raul Ibanez took over at first for Howard.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Denver Broncos Vice President John Elway speaks during an end of the season news conference at the NFL football team’s headquarters in Englewood, Colo., on Tuesday. winning organization. They’ve built a culture that’s phenomenal. I would love to play here and unfortunately it isn’t something that’s always in my control.”

NBA

Big Easy reunion brings back memories of ‘08 for All-Stars

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — Six years ago this week, LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and several other NBA AllStars left the comforts of a high-rise hotel in downtown New Orleans for a short, sobering bus ride to a devastated neighbourhood a few miles away.

“It was pretty sad. I think nobody really knew how bad it still was,” Nowitzki recalled from the NBA’s “Day of Service” during 2008 All-Star weekend. “If you only stayed downtown (or) in the French Quarter, everything looked great. But once we drove out there, 10 minutes outside the city ... it was tough to see what conditions people still lived under.”

The 6-foot-11 Dallas Mavericks forward remembered feeling small in the face of such widespread destruction in the Holy Cross neighbourhood, situated along the Mississippi River in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. He figured the few hours of painting he did was largely symbolic, but hoped that the presence of NBA stars in storm-ravaged neighbourhoods, and the encouragement they offered to rebuilding residents, would make a lasting difference in the city’s recovery Hurricane Katrina.

More than half a decade later, New Orleans remains part of the NBA, defying many who predicted storm-torn community would ultimately lose its franchise — and the All-Star game is coming back this weekend.

“Us painting a couple of houses didn’t really make the difference, but us being there and lifting up some spirits is I think what made the difference,” Nowitzki said. “And the NBA, obviously, making that commitment. That was one of the better things we did in my All-Star games so far I’ve been a part — what — 11 times?”

More than eight years after Katrina struck in August 2005, pockets of New Orleans are still rebuilding, but many areas of the city are more vibrant than even before the storm. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that, as of July 2012, the population of New Orleans proper was just surpassing 80 per cent of its pre-Katrina population of about 484,000.

In the past few years, New Orleans has hosted college football’s 2012 BCS championship game, the 2012 NCAA men’s basketball Final Four and the 2013 Super Bowl. The arena that hosted the city’s first NBA All-Star game six years ago has since undergone significant upgrades. The first phase of what will be a two-part renovation costing about $50 million is done. The stadium also has a new name — the Smoothie King Center — thanks to a 10-year sponsorship deal with a growing company that chose to maintain its headquarters in New Orleans after flirting with the idea of moving to Atlanta or Dallas.

Only a handful of 2014 All-Stars were part of the 2008 festivities in the Big Easy. Along with Nowitzki and James, they include Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Chris Bosh and Carmelo Anthony.

James helped sponsor the resurfacing of a basketball court at a recreational centre in the flooddamaged St. Bernard neighbourhood.

“It was perfect timing,” James said of the NBA’s decision to bring the All-Star game to New Orleans in 2008, even though some people, including former NBA Players Association head Billy Hunter, questioned whether New Orleans could handle the event or if players would be safe.

“I was happy to be part of it,” James added. “For us to be there is good.”

Wade said he was able to help three displaced families get into permanent homes six years ago.

“I don’t remember the game, but I remember the city,” Wade said. “The NBA really made it about the city of New Orleans.”

Howard won the ’08 slam dunk contest, wearing a red Superman cape. That wasn’t the only highlight for him, though.

“I was just happy to be there and help people out in any way we possibly could,” Howard said. “The city has really picked itself up fast. It’s a lot better place than it was when we were there for that (2008 All-Star) game.”

Paul was a first-time All-Star and spending his first full season in New Orleans in 2008. The franchise that drafted him in 2005 — then called the Hornets, now the Pelicans — had been displaced to Oklahoma City for Paul’s first two seasons.

He remembered fielding phone calls from players around the league who wanted his assurances that it was wise to attend All-Star festivities in New Orleans.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 2014

Hockey

Local Sports

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Swift Current 57 28 21 2 6 190 Brandon 56 28 22 5 1 210 Regina 55 28 22 3 2 188 Prince Albert 55 25 27 2 1 173 Moose Jaw 55 14 33 3 5 143 Saskatoon 58 15 39 1 3 166 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Edmonton 54 40 13 0 1 225 Calgary 57 36 15 3 3 217 Medicine Hat 56 33 20 3 0 193 Kootenay 56 31 21 2 2 186 Red Deer 56 27 25 1 3 170 Lethbridge 57 11 41 2 3 139

GA 176 204 196 197 213 245

Pt 64 62 61 53 36 34

GA 133 161 154 163 176 269

Pt 81 78 69 66 58 27

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 56 44 8 0 4 244 147 92 Victoria 58 38 16 1 3 188 143 80 Vancouver 58 27 22 6 3 191 198 63 Prince George 58 24 27 2 5 198 241 55 Kamloops 57 11 41 2 3 141 236 27 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 56 39 12 2 3 262 171 83 Seattle 57 35 17 2 3 194 192 75 Spokane 56 32 19 3 2 188 170 69 Everett 56 27 21 7 1 164 171 62 Tri-City 56 27 24 2 3 146 160 59 d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Tuesday’s results Kootenay 3 Moose Jaw 1 Calgary 7 Prince Albert 2 Medicine Hat 6 Brandon 1

Penalties — Mahon CAL (interference) 5:47, Coghlan P.A. (slashing) 10:33, Roach CAL (interference) 15:05, Tambellini CAL (tripping) 18:58.

Third Period 7. Calgary, Virtanen 35 (Brassart) 9:46.

8. Calgary, Brassart 26 (Rankin, Helgesen) 15:39.

9. Calgary, Brassart 27 (Chase, Rankin) 18:21.

Penalties — Perreaux P.A. (kneeing) 19:16.

Shots on goal Prince Albert 12 9 2 — 23 Calgary 18 7 11 — 36 Goal — Prince Albert: Cheveldave (L, 20-20-2); Calgary: Shields (W, 14-2-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Prince Albert: 1-4; Calgary: 1-4.

Tigers 6, Wheat Kings 1 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Valk 30 (Sanford, Cox) :32.

2. Brandon, Nejezchleb 28 (Quenneville, McGauley) 3:39.

3. Medicine Hat, Owre 10 (Penner) 5:22.

4. Medicine Hat, Ast 10 (Lewington, Koules) 9:16 (pp).

Penalties — Kitt Bra (hooking) 5:27, Roy Bra (delay of game) 7:17, Green Bra (roughing) 12:38, Green Bra (holding) 15:12.

Second Period 5. Medicine Hat, Koules 18 (unassisted) 16:22.

Penalties — Bredo MH (interference) 6:34.

Third Period 6. Medicine Hat, Ast 11 (Eisenschmid, Koules) 2:22.

7. Medicine Hat, Koules 19 (Eisenschmid, Vannelli) 17:50.

Penalties — Staples MH (hooking) 5:28.

Shots on goal Brandon 3 9 9 — 21 Medicine Hat 13 11 11 — 35 Goal — Brandon: Honey (L, 10-12-2); Medicine Hat: Langhamer (W, 15-10-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Brandon: 0-2; Medicine Hat: 1-4.

Ice 3, Warriors 1 First Period 1. Kootenay, Descheneau 36 (Franko, Zborosky) 1:01.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Kootenay, Reinhart 28 (Descheneau, Bozon) 9:41 (pp).

Penalties — Sleptsov MJ (clipping) 3:29, Brown MJ (roughing) 8:15, Cooke MJ (interference) 14:14, Eberle MJ (interference) 19:51.

Third Period 3. Moose Jaw, White 15 (Duperreault, Forsberg) 4:18 (pp).

4. Kootenay, Reinhart 29 (unassisted) 19:02 (-EN).

Penalties — Cross Koo (hooking) 3:32, Cross Koo (hooking) 7:28, King Koo (hooking) 15:13, Cross Koo (roughing) 20:00.

Shots on goal Kootenay 13 14 11 — 38 Moose Jaw 11 8 16 — 35 Goal — Kootenay: Skapski (W, 21-13-2); Moose Jaw: Paulic (L, 9-25-3).

Power plays (goal-chances)Kootenay: 1-4; Moose Jaw: 1-4.

Monday’s results Portland 8 Prince George 4 Tri-City 2 Kamloops 1 Victoria 3 Vancouver 2 Kelowna 7 Seattle 3 Wednesday’s games Kootenay at Regina, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Portland at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Kelowna at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s games Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Regina at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Saskatoon at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Portland at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Tri-City at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday, February 15 Victoria at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Swift Current at Regina, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Prince George at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s summaries Hitmen 7, Raiders 2 First Period 1. Prince Albert, Morrissey 20 (Draisaitl) :34 (pp).

2. Calgary, Tambellini 9 (Brassart, Thomas) 7:37 (pp).

3. Prince Albert, Lange 6 (Braid, Danyluk) 14:25.

4. Calgary, Virtanen 34 (Rankin, Rissling) 18:23.

Penalties — Brassart CAL (cross-checking) 0:26, Valcourt P.A. (interference) 6:07, Lange P.A. (hooking) 10:59.

Second Period 5. Calgary, Padakin 20 (Virtanen, Rankin) 3:57.

6. Calgary, Mahon 5 (unassisted) 14:20.

Western Hockey League Leaders CALGARY — Western Hockey League statistics (through Feb. 10): SCORING G A Pts Mitch Holmberg, Spo 47 46 93 Nicolas Petan, Por 29 63 92 Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por 39 43 82 Joshua Winquist, Eve 36 40 76 Jaedon Descheneau, Koo 35 41 76 Sam Reinhart, Koo 27 49 76 Todd Fiddler, MJ-PG 36 39 75 Graham Black, SC 28 45 73 Brendan Leipsic, Por 31 38 69 Henrik Samuelsson, Edm 24 45 69 Chandler Stephenson, Reg 26 42 68 Leon Draisaitl, PA 22 44 66 Myles Bell, Kel 37 28 65 Curtis Valk, MH 29 35 64 Nikita Scherbak, Sas 25 39 64 Troy Bourke, PG 21 43 64 Chase De Leo, Por 31 32 63 Mike Aviani, Spo 31 31 62 Boston Leier, MH-Reg 30 32 62 Greg Chase, Cgy 29 33 62 GOALTENDING (Minimum 1,080 minutes played) W L Tristan Jarry, Edm 35 11 Brendan Burke, Por 31 10 Jordon Cooke, Kel 30 5

Rebels vs.

Medicine Hat Tigers Tonight, 7 p.m., Enmax Centrium The Tigers are 6-4-00 in their last 10 games and sit third in the Central Division and fourth in the Eastern Conference with a 32-20-3-0 record . . . The Tigers are 0-2-00 against the Rebels this season, having lost 2-1 at home Nov. 29 and 5-2 at the Centrium Dec. 17 . . .

C Curtis Valk is Medicine Hat’s top scorer with 29 goals and 64 points, good for 14th in the league race. Next in line — with 30 points or more — are C Trevor Cox (19-39-58), RW Cole Sanford (26-26-52), D Tommy Vannelli (12-26-38), RW Myles Koules (17-15-32) and D Dylan Bredo (3-

OT 1 4 4

GAA 2.25 2.85 2.45

SO 6 3 2

Eric Williams, Spo Patrik Bartosak, RD Eric Comrie, TC Chris Driedger, Cgy Daw. MacAuley, Reg Patrik Polivka, Vic Mack. Skapski, Koo Cole Cheveldave, PA

27 25 24 21 21 20 20 20

12 20 19 13 14 11 13 19

3 4 5 6 3 2 3 2

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Boston 57 37 16 4 78 Tampa Bay 58 33 20 5 71 Montreal 59 32 21 6 70 Toronto 60 32 22 6 70 Detroit 58 26 20 12 64 Ottawa 59 26 22 11 63 Florida 58 22 29 7 51 Buffalo 57 15 34 8 38 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 58 40 15 3 83 N.Y. Rangers 59 32 24 3 67 Philadelphia 59 30 23 6 66 Columbus 58 29 24 5 63 Washington 59 27 23 9 63 Carolina 57 26 22 9 61 New Jersey 59 24 22 13 61 N.Y. Islanders 60 22 30 8 52

2.68 2.86 2.43 2.59 3.42 2.56 2.73 3.32

2 5 2 3 3 5 1 2

GF 176 168 148 178 151 169 139 110

GA 125 145 142 182 163 191 183 172

GF 186 155 162 170 171 144 135 164

GA 138 146 167 161 175 158 146 200

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84 196 135 Chicago 60 35 11 14 84 207 163 Colorado 58 37 16 5 79 174 153 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 145 147 Dallas 58 27 21 10 64 164 164 Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62 168 175 Nashville 59 25 24 10 60 146 180 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 196 147 San Jose 59 37 16 6 80 175 142 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68 139 128 Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64 163 169 Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63 146 160 Calgary 58 22 29 7 51 137 179 Edmonton 60 20 33 7 47 153 199 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Feb. 9-25 Olympic break NHL Scoring Leaders GP Sidney Crosby, Pit 58 Ryan Getzlaf, Anh 56 John Tavares, NYI 59 Phil Kessel, Tor 60 Patrick Kane, Chi 59 Alex Ovechkin, Was 55 Corey Perry, Anh 60 Kyle Okposo, NYI 59 Patrick Sharp, Chi 60 Evgeni Malkin, Pit 47 Claude Giroux, Phi 59 5 tied with 56 pts.

G 28 29 24 31 27 40 30 24 28 18 19

A 50 38 42 34 36 20 30 35 30 40 38

G 8 6 7 8

Assists in Consecutive Games GM Player Team From To A 9 Claude Giroux Phila. Dec11 Dec30 11 9 Evgeni Malkin Pitts. Nov18 Dec3 15 8 Duncan Keith Chic. Nov19 Dec3 10 8 Joe Thornton SJ Dec21 Jan5 12 7 Matthew Carle TBay Jan1 Jan13 9 7 Patrick Kane Chic. Nov30 Dec11 12 Points in Consecutive Games GM Player Team 16 Ryan Getzlaf Ana. 14 Patrick Kane Chic.

13 Alexander Steen StL 12 Patrick Kane Chic.

12 Henrik Sedin Van. 10 Sidney Crosby Pitt.

10 Evgeni Malkin Pitt.

10 Martin St. Louis TBay 10 John Tavares NYI 10 Thomas Vanek NYI

From Nov6 Nov30 Oct17 Nov3 Oct12 Dec3 Nov18 Jan7 Oct5 Dec20

To Dec15 Dec28 Nov16 Nov27 Nov5 Dec21 Dec9 Jan25 Oct26 Jan7

Pts 23 25 18 17 14 18 20 14 13 15

27-30) . . . . Marek Langhamer is seventh among WHL goaltenders with a 2.63 goals-against average. The 19-year-old, who has a .901 save percentage, tended net for the Czech Republic in a 5-4 shootout win over Canada in the recent world junior championship.

Injuries: Medicine Hat — C Gavin Broadhead (upper body, day-to-day), LWHunter Shinkaruk (lower body, indefinite).

Red Deer — LW Presten Kopeck (upper body, indefinite).

Specials teams: Medicine Hat — Power play 18.8 per cent, 19th overall; penalty kill 80.9 per cent, ninth.

Red Deer — Power play 20.1 per cent, 14th overall; penalty kill 83.1 per cent, fourth.

Scouting report

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Thursday

● Men’s basketball: Wells Furniture vs. Monstars, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs.

Triple Threat, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Major bantam hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Rebels White, first game of bestof-three divisional quarter-final, 7 p.m., Arena.

Friday

● WHL: Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Three Hills, 8 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, first game of best-of-seven provincial AAA semifinal, 8:30 p.m.; Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, first game of best-of-seven provincial AAA semifinal, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday ● Peewee AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer TBS, 10:30 a.m., Collicutt Centre; Lethbridge White at Lacombe, 2 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer White, third game of best-of-three divisional quarter-final, if necessary, noon, Arena. ● Midget AAA hockey: Grande Prairie at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blue at Red Deer Elks, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

Monday

Saturday

● Peewee AA hockey: Taber at Sylvan Lake, 1:30 p.m.; Lethbridge White at Red Deer TBS, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Major bantam hockey: Rocky

● Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, third game best-of-seven provincial AAA semifinal, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge Red at Lacombe, 2:15 p.m.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 27 24 .529 — Brooklyn 23 26 .469 3 New York 20 31 .392 7 Boston 19 34 .358 9 Philadelphia 15 38 .283 13 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 36 14 .720 — Atlanta 25 25 .500 11 Washington 25 26 .490 11 1/2 Charlotte 23 29 .442 14 Orlando 16 37 .302 21 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 40 11 .784 — Chicago 26 25 .510 14 Detroit 22 29 .431 18 Cleveland 19 33 .365 21 1/2 Milwaukee 9 42 .176 31 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 37 15 .712 — Houston 35 17 .673 2 Dallas 31 22 .585 6 1/2 Memphis 28 23 .549 8 1/2 New Orleans 22 29 .431 14 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 42 12 .778 — Portland 36 16 .692 5 Denver 24 26 .480 16 Minnesota 24 28 .462 17 Utah 18 33 .353 22 1/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB

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Monday’s Games Indiana 119, Denver 80 Toronto 108, New Orleans 101 Detroit 109, San Antonio 100 Houston 107, Minnesota 89 Boston 102, Milwaukee 86 Golden State 123, Philadelphia 80 Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 109, Sacramento 99 Charlotte 114, Dallas 89 Chicago 100, Atlanta 85 Memphis 92, Washington 89 Miami 103, Phoenix 97 Oklahoma City 98, Portland 95 Utah 96, L.A. Lakers 79 Wednesday’s Games Memphis at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

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

Cleveland at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

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

Denver at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Washington at Houston, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Utah, 7 p.m.

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

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

Thursday’s Games Brooklyn at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Colorado D Erik Johnson two game for a slashing penalty during Saturday’s game.

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Reassigned D Dylan Olsen to San Antonio (AHL).

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Stockton D Mathieu Coderre-Gagnon three games and Stockton F Garet Hunt and Alaska D Dustin Molle and Sean Curry two games and fined them, along with their teams, undisclosed amounts for their actions during Saturday’s game.

OLYMPICS IOC — Reinstated India’s Olympic committee, allowing Indian athletes to compete under their national flag for the rest of the Sochi Games.

BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL — RHP Roy Oswalt announced his retirement.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed on waivers 2B Emilio Bonifacio for the purpose of giving him his release.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP Brandon Lyon on a minor league contract.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Kenley Jansen on a one-year contract.

BOXING WBC — Elected Mauricio Sulaiman president.

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Announced the resignation of general manager Michael Lombardi.

Promoted Ray Farmer to general manager. Announced CEO Joe Banner will step down in the next two months.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Named Joey Porter defensive assistant coach.

Canadian Football League CFL — Fined Montreal SB Arland Bruce III and Winnipeg DT Bryant Turner undisclosed amounts for making inappropriate comments on social media towards openly gay professional athletes.

EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed OL Andrew Jones and Justin Sorensen.

MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Signed LB Kyries Hebert and LS Martin Bedard to three-year contracts and K Sean Whyte to a two-year contract.

HUNTING HILLS BASKETBALL TOURNEY

Olympics MEDALS Nation Norway Canada Netherlands United States Russian Federation Germany Austria Sweden France Czech Republic Slovenia Switzerland Italy Japan Poland Belarus South Korea Slovakia China Finland Ukraine Great Britain

● JV basketball: Stettler at Lindsay Thurber, Rocky Mountain House at Notre Dame, Hunting Hills at Ponoka, Innisfail at Lacombe; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Mountain at Red Deer Black, second game of best-of-three divisional quarterfinal, 1:45 p.m., Arena. ● College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, second game of best-of-three semifinal, 5 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Lethbridge at Sylvan Lake, 5:45 p.m. ● WHL: Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Stettler, 8:15 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blue at Lacombe, 8:15 p.m.

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HOCKEY Preliminary Round Men Group A GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Group B GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pts Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Group C GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pts Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/ shootout loss.

Wednesday’s games Czech Republic at Sweden, 10 a.m.

Latvia at Switzerland, 10 a.m.

Thursday’s games Finland at Austria, 1 a.m.

Russia at Slovenia, 5:30 a.m.

Slovakia at United States, 5:30 a.m.

Canada at Norway, 10 a.m.

Friday’s games Czech Republic at Latvia, 1 a.m.

Sweden at Switzerland, 5:30 a.m.

Canada at Austria, 10 a.m.

Norway at Finland, 10 a.m.

Saturday, February 15 Slovakia at Slovenia, 1 a.m.

United States at Russia, 5:30 a.m.

Sweden at Latvia, 10 a.m.

Switzerland at Czech Republic, 10 a.m.

Preliminary Round Women Group A GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts United States 2 2 0 0 0 12 1 6 Canada 2 2 0 0 0 8 0 6 Finland 2 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 Switzerland 2 0 0 0 2 0 14 0 Group B GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pts Sweden 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 6 Russia 2 2 0 0 0 6 2 6 Japan 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 Germany 2 0 0 0 2 1 8 0 Three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/ shootout loss.

Monday’s results United States 9 Switzerland 0 Canada 3 Finland 0 Tuesday’s results Sweden 4 Germany 0 Russia 2 Japan 1 Wednesday’s games Switzerland at Finland, 1 a.m.

Canada at United States, 5:30 a.m.

Thursday’s games Japan at Germany, 1 a.m.

Sweden at Russia, 10 a.m.

What Canada Did on Tuesday, Feb. 11 SOCHI, Russia — What Canada Did on Tuesday at the 2014 Winter Olympics: BIATHLON Women’s 10 km Pursuit - Zina Kocher, Red Deer 25th, (32 minutes, 15.1 seconds, +2 minutes, 44.4 seconds); Megan Imrie, Falcon Lake, Man., 28th, (32:22.7); Rosanna Crawford, Canmore, Alta., 45th, (34:15.6); Megan Heinicke, Prince George, B.C., DNF. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Ladies’ Sprint Free Qualification - x-Perianne Jones, Almonte, Ont., 23rd, (two minutes 38.63 seconds, +6.56 seconds); x-Daria Gaiazova, Banff, Alta., 27th, (2:40.04); Heidi Widmer, Banff, Alta., 43rd, (2:43.36); Chandra Crawford, Canmore, Alta., 44th, (2:43.59). x- qualified for quarter-final Ladies’ Sprint Free Quarter-finals - Heat 2: Daria Gaiazova, Banff, Alta., 5th, (two minutes 40.45 seconds, +3.44 seconds); Heat 5: Perianne Jones, Almonte, Ont., 5th, (2:38.66, +3.79 seconds) Ladies’s Sprint Free Final Ranking: Perianne Jones, Almonte, Ont., 23rd; Daria Gaiazova, Banff, Alta., 25th; Heidi Widmer, Banff, Alta., 43rd; Chandra Crawford, Canmore, Alta., 44th.

Men’s Sprint Free Qualification - x-Alex Harvey, St-Ferreol-les-neiges, Que., 19th, (three minutes, 36.08 seconds, +7.73 seconds); Len Valjas, Toronto, 36th, (3:39.87); Jesse Cockney, Canmore, Alta., 53rd, (3:44.36); Devon Kershaw, Sudbury, Ont., 56th, (3:45.77) x- qualified for quarter-final Men’s Sprint Free Quarter-finals - Heat 4: Alex Harvey, St-Ferreol-les-neiges, Que., 4th, (three minutes, 37.89 minutes, +1.75 seconds).

Men’s Sprint Free Final Ranking: Alex Harvey, StFerreol-les-neiges, Que., 19th; Len Valjas, Toronto,

36th; Jesse Cockney, Canmore, Alta., 53rd; Devon Kershaw, Sudbury, Ont., 56th CURLING Women’s Round Robin Session 2 - Canada 9 Sweden 3 Men’s Round Robin Session 3 - Sweden 7 Canada 6 FIGURE SKATING Pairs Short Program - x-Meagan Duhamel (Lively, Ont.) and Eric Radford (Balmertown, Ont.), 5th, (72.21); x-Kirsten Moore-Towers (St. Catharines, Ont.) and Dylan Moscovitch (Toronto), 6th, (70.92); x-Paige Lawrence (Kennedy, Sask.) and Rudi Swiegers (Kipling, Sask.), 13th, (58.97). x- qualified for the Free Program on Feb. 12.

FREESTYLE SKIING Ladies’ Ski Slopestyle Qualification - x-Dara Howell, Huntsville, Ont., 1st, (88.80); x-Kim Lamarre, Quebec City, 2nd, (85.40); x-Yuki Tsubota, Whistler, B.C., 4th, (81.00); Kaya Turski, Montreal, 19th, (28.00). x- qualified for final Ladies’ Ski Slopestyle Final - Dara Howell, Huntsville, Ont., Gold Medal, (94.20); Kim Lamarre, Quebec City, Bronze Medal, (85.00); Yuki Tsubota, Whistler, B.C., 6th, (71.60).

LUGE Women’s Singles Run 3 - Alex Gough, Calgary, 4th, (50.286 seconds, +0.521); Kimberley McRae, Calgary, 5th, (50.356); Arianne Jones, Calgary, 11th (50.745).

Women’s Singles Run 4 - Alex Gough, Calgary, 5th, (50.426 seconds, +0.237); Kimberley McRae, Calgary, 5th, (50.620); Arianne Jones, Calgary, 10th (50.608).

Women’s Singles Final Ranking: Alex Gough, Calgary, 4th, (three minutes, 21.578 seconds, +1.81 seconds); Kimberley McRae, Calgary, 5th, (3:21.895); Arianne Jones, Calgary, 13th, (3:23.183).

SKI JUMPING Ladies’ Normal Hill Individual 1st Round - Taylor Henrich, Calgary, 7th, (118.2 points); Atsuko Tanaka, Calgary, 8th, (117.8 points).

Ladies’ Normal Hill Individual Final Round - Atsuko Tanaka, Calgary, 12th, (231.3 points); Taylor Henrich, Calgary, 13th, (230.4 points); SNOWBOARD Men’s Halfpipe Qualification - Heat 1: Derek Livingston, Aurora, Ont., 10th (70.25); Heat 2: Crispin Lipscomb, Whistler, B.C., 12th (65.25); Brad Martin, Ancaster, Ont., 19th, (31.25).

Men’s Halfpipe Final Ranking: Derek Livingston, Aurora, Ont., 19th; Crispin Lipscomb, Whistler, B.C., 23rd; Brad Martin, Ancaster, Ont., 39th.

SPEED SKATING Ladies’ 500 m Race 1 of 2 - Christine Nesbitt, London, Ont., 11th (38.53 seconds, +1.11 seconds); Anastasia Bucsis, Calgary, 27th (39.272); Marsha Hudey, White City, Sask., 32nd (39.59); Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg, Red Deer 33rd (39.76).

Ladies’ 500 m Race 2 of 2 - Christine Nesbitt, London, Ont., 12th, (38.61 seconds, +1.33 seconds); Anastasia Bucsis, Calgary, (39.25); Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg, Red Deer (39.56); Marsha Hudey, White City, Sask., (39.63).

Ladies’ 500 m Final Rankings: Christine Nesbitt, London, Ont., 12th, (77.15 seconds, +2.45 seconds); Anastasia Bucsis, Calgary, 28th, (78.52); Marsha Hudey, White City, Sask., 32nd, (79.22); Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg, Red Deer 33rd, (79.32).

Twenty-four teams — 12 on each side — will compete in the annual Hunting Hills middle school basketball tournament, beginning Friday.

Both divisions will be divided into two pools.

Central, David Thompson, St. Francis I, Glendale, West Park and Westglen are in Pool A on the girls’ side with Gateway Christian, Eastview, St. Thomas, St Francis II, Wilson Middle School and St. Matts in Pool B. On the boys’ side, Central, West Park, St. Francis, Glendale, Wilson and Westglen are in Pool A with Gateway Christian, JC Charyk, St., Thomas, Alexandra, Eastview and St. Matts in Pool B. Teams that finish fifth and sixth in each pool in both divisions meet at 5 p.m. with the teams finishing third and fourth clashing at 6 p.m. The two first place finishers and the secondplace teams meet at 7 p.m.

MAJOR BANTAM HOCKEY The Red Deer Rebels Black dropped a 3-1 decision to the Rocky Mountain Raiders in the opening game of their best-ofthree Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League division quarterfinal series Tuesday.

Tyress Goodrunning scored for the Rebels, who trailed 1-0 after two periods. The game was scoreless in the first.

Justin Travis made 28 saves for Red Deer, who had 25 shots on goal.

The second game goes Saturday at 1:45 p.m. at the Arena with the third game, if necessary, Sunday.

The Rebels White open their best-of-three series against Airdrie Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Arena. The second game is in Airdrie Saturday with the third game, if needed, Sunday at noon at the Arena.

OLDS GRIZZLYS OLDS — The Okotoks Oilers jumped into a 4-0 first period lead and went on to down the Olds Grizzlys 6-2 in Alberta Junior Hockey League action before 302 fans Tuesday.

Tariq Hammond, Ty Clay, Ambrose Firkus, Connor Hartley, John Edwardh and Rhett Gardner scored for the Oilers while Chris Gerrie and Austin Kernahan replied for the Grizzlys.

Ethan Jemieff started in goal for Olds and allowed three goals in eight shots over the first 13:36. Jake Tamagi came on and made nine saves on 12 shots. Jared D’Amico finished with 27 saves for the Oilers.

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A TALK ON RAISING KIDS The public are invited to hear clinical psychologist Dr. Alex Russell talk about the key to raising welladjusted children. Last year, Russell published Drop the Worry Ball: How to Parent in the Age of Entitlement, a guide for raising resilient, independent children by worrying less and enjoying your children more. His talk Entitled Child will be presented on Feb. 19 beginning at 7 p.m. at Red Deer College Mainstage as part of the Central Alberta Teachers Convention.

Admission is free.

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Gary Hillman and Jodi Smith of the Harvard Historical Aviation Society welcomed the arrival of a garage that will be used as a storage area and workshop. The space at Red Deer Airport in Springbrook will be used to restore a vintage Tiger Moth biplane to flying condition later this year.

Aviation historical society sets up first building as home GARAGE TO ACT AS WORKSHOP, STORAGE AT AIRPORT

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Springbrook’s Harvard Aviation Historical Society now has a home to call its own.

A used garage was carefully nudged into place at a site at the Red Deer Airport on Tuesday morning, marking a significant development for the dedicated group of aviation history buffs.

Society president Jodi Smith said haºving their own building will help boost the group’s profile and its fundraising efforts.

“I think when people see we are legit and have a home, that will start to raise some of the interest in what we’re doing and that visibly we are moving forward.

“It was a very long row to hoe.

Many times we wanted to give up, but we had encouragement from Nanton and Edmonton to keep going,” she said, referring to Nanton’s Bomber Command Museum of Canada and Edmonton’s Alberta Aviation Museum.

“This is where they started as well. So we’re very excited to at least have a building we can call home as a starter.

“We are not losing track of our long-term vision of a much larger building but this is a great place to start.”

The society plans to house a museum in a replica of an HHut, easy-to-build structures that housed thousands of airmen who came to Penhold to train as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the Second World War.

insulate and do all the work we need to do on this building and still move forward with the project and not sink all our cash into this building and then have nothing left,” said Smith.

Other major acquisitions are planned over the coming year. A T-33 jet trainer has been donated by the Alberta Aviation Museum and will be stored next to the new building.

Pilots who passed their training on Penhold’s propeller-driven Harvards would go on to fly T-33s at other bases as preparation for flying jet fighters.

A former radar array, which once served as an early warning system as part of the Pinetree — SOCIETY PRESIDENT JODI SMITH Line on a hill east of Penhold, will be returning to close to its Meanwhile, the used two-ga- original home. rage trucked up from Calgary The 43rd Radar Squadron gives the group a place to store equipment was packed off to the some of its artifacts and a facil- Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin ity to undertake one of its key when CFB Penhold closed, said projects — the restoring to air- Gary Hillman, society vice-presiworthiness of a historic Tiger dent.

Moth biplane.

The Cold War relic is now Red Deer Airport-based Cougar being donated back and will NDE Ltd., an aircraft inspection form part of the museum colcompany, bankrolled the move lection. and the society will pay it back For more information, go to over time. www.penholdbase.ca.

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‘MANY TIMES WE WANTED TO GIVE UP, BUT WE HAD ENCOURAGEMENT FROM NANTON AND EDMONTON TO KEEP GOING.’

Multitude of Family Day weekend activities are planned From skating to art displays, snowshoeing to tractor rides — a multitude of Family Day weekend activities are planned around Central Alberta.

In Red Deer, Family Day on Monday can be celebrated at the Museum and Art Gallery with activity stations, trivia challenges, and ice-cream sundaes.

It’s also the last chance to catch the Expedition Arctic: 1913-1918 exhibit, which is jam-packed with information about northern adventures.

It’s free admission for all ages from 1 to 4 p.m.

At the Cronquist House at Bower Ponds in Red Deer, Family Day will be marked with free house tours, as well as the sale of chili, cinnamon buns,

FAMILY DAY coffee, tea or hot chocolate from noon to 4 p.m.

The refreshments can be taken out to enjoy while you’re skating on the frozen pond, or you can sit down and appreciate the Cronquist House’s oldfashioned ambiance.

A chance for some artistic appreciation will take place on Monday at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, when a pop-up gallery is held from 1 to 4 p.m. in the main foyer.

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Argument about dogs led to hospital, court

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF An argument over the merits of pit bulls led to the fight that landed one man in hospital and another in court, Justice Kirk Sisson heard in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Tuesday.

Red Deer resident Chance McClellan-Hughes, 21, is on trial by judge alone, charged with aggravated assault after stepping into an argument between two others attending a house party in Johnstone Park on April 18, 2012.

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Sylvan Lake residents will be allowed back into their multiplex on Wednesday.

Structural engineers gave the town the green light to open the facility after a detailed review of the nature of the collapse of the adjoining Sylvan Lake Arena.

Joanne Gaudet, town communications officer, said on Tuesday that the engineers had signed off on a letter of clearance allowing the multiplex to reopen.

“Although the arena is still in a very unstable condition and access into the arena remains restricted, the multiplex has been deemed safe to enter,” says Gaudet in a news release.

A large portion of the arena’s roof collapsed under the weight of snow just after midnight on Jan. 20.

A rink worker driving an ice resurfacer was buried under debris but escaped unscathed.

There was no one else in the building at the time.

The multiplex has been closed since the collapse because of concerns that the building could be at risk by its proximity to the arena.

An insurance company has hired a contractor to begin clearing snow off the roof of the arena today.

The work is expected to take a week and is meant to stabilize the south wall and the roof.

Demolition is not expected to happen soon.

To make up for lost use, the town intends to extend daily hours at its other rink to include a 6:45 a.m. ice time and evening ice times will go as late as 12:45 a.m. if necessary.

The regular ice season will be extended a month to the end of April. The annual Summer Hockey Camp will move to the other arena in July and August.

Next year’s ice season will begin in early September, a couple of weeks earlier than previously.

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Red Deer River Naturalists are hosting a presentation on Feb. 27 on a proposed heritage trail between Norman Wells, N.W.T., and Whitehorse in the Yukon. The CANOL Heritage Trail started out as a Second World War pipeline and road project between the two northern communities. It was shut down before the end of the war and the Northwest Territories section has been abandoned since then. In the 1980s, the route was proposed as a wilderness trail and park. The presentation will include a description of the environment and trail, based on 40 years of research. Professional botanist and author of a number of books Linda Kershaw, and husband Peter Kershaw, who recently retired after a 35-year teaching career at the University of Alberta, will present The Proposed CANOL Heritage Trail, Northwest Territories: A Wilderness Backpacking Experience with a Twist.

The Edmonton couple’s talk takes place beginning at 7 p.m. at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre and admission is free.

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Omar Khadr transferred to medium security

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr says his client has been transferred out of a federal maximum security prison in Alberta.

John Phillips does not say where Khadr has been sent or when the move happened.

But a source tells The Canadian Press he was moved to Bowden Institution, a mediumsecurity prison near the town of Innisfail.

The transfer had been ex-

pected for several weeks.

In a statement, Phillips says he hopes the move is a first step in getting Khadr the appropriate treatment he needs.

Khadr pleaded guilty in 2010 to five war crimes, including murder, for killing an American soldier in Afghanistan when he was 15.

The 27-year-old is being held at the federal maximumsecurity prison in Edmonton where he is serving the remainder of an eight-year sentence.

Khadr was transferred to Canada from a U.S. military

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base in Guantanamo Bay in September 2012.

“As Omar’s counsel, Dennis Edney and I are pleased to see Canada finally acknowledge that Omar is not a dangerous individual,” Phillips said in the statement Tuesday.

“We trust that this is the first step by Canada in providing Omar with treatment that is appropriate for someone who is a former child soldier.”

Arlette Zinck, a professor at King’s University College in Edmonton, said talks are under way in the expectation that Khadr can take high

school courses while he is at Bowden.

Zinck is one of a group of professors who have been helping Khadr improve his education.

“There will be a way to work with Bowden for sure, we are in conversation,” she said.

Last October an Alberta judge turned down his request to be moved to a lower security provincial jail where he would be eligible for rehabilitation programs.

At the time Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney welcomed the court ruling, say-

ing the government of Canada would continue to vigorously defend against any attempt to lessen his punishment.

The Correctional Service of Canada would not confirm Khadr’s transfer, citing federal privacy rules.

Bowden Institution is a medium-security prison with a minimum-security annex.

A government website says Bowden Institution encourages inmates to become lawabiding citizens by offering education, employment, and rehabilitation programs.

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BRIEFS Clearwater byelection set for March 5 A judge-ordered byelection in Clearwater County has been set for March 5.

The Court of Queen’s Bench justice ordered a byelection be held “as soon as practicable” after the result of the Division 4 race in last October’s municipal election was challenged.

On election night, unofficial results had Division 4 candidate Chuck Shipley defeating incumbent John Vandermeer by a single vote — 184 to 183. A recount turned the tables, giving Vandermeer a two-vote victory 183 to 181.

However, Shipley challenged that outcome.

At issue were three ballots — all in favour of Shipley — that were determined in the recount to have been spoiled because they did not include the returning officer’s initials.

Shipley disagreed and launched a legal action.

The judge ordered that the same two candidates face off in a new vote.

Voting locations are to be announced.

County gets funds to fight flooding

Hospice gala raises over $100,000 There’s nothing like a great meal to help open up the wallets.

Red Deer Hospice Society raised over $108,000 at its January gala at the Red Deer Sheraton — enough money to fund 300 days of hospice care.

The gala featured celebrity chefs Massimo Capra and Michael Bonacini, who entertained onstage, demonstrating the prep of the meal they had designed.

Randomly drawn gala guests added to the onstage fun, donning chef’s jackets, chopping, stirring and joking with the chefs.

Sheraton’s chef, James Olberg, and his staff’s execution of the meal also earned rave reviews.

Between courses, the celebrity chefs mingled with the crowd, posing for pictures and autographing cookbooks.

They even sang backup for band Jo Hikk during the dance.

Auction items included three trips to Toronto to dine at the celebrity chefs’ restaurants, a dining room suite courtesy of Sims Furniture and a 1K diamond solitaire ring courtesy of Artistry in Gold.

Numerous other local businesses contributed to gala ingredients.

The Red Deer Hospice Society’s national Hike for

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FAMILY: Activities and food Paintings, mixed-media works, ceramics and jewelry from eight local artists who are members of the Red Deer Arts Council will be displayed for the show and sale.

In North Red Deer, a meet-your-neighbours Family Day event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m on Monday at the Riverside Meadows Activity Centre, at 6021 57th Ave. Facepainting, fish pond games, free hot chocolate and popcorn will be available.

Family Day equals winter fun in Blackfalds.

The town’s Winterfest activities from noon to 5 p.m. on Monday include ice sculpting, kids’ slides, a fire department-sponsored barbecue, a loonie hunt and door prizes.

A 7 p.m. fireworks celebration is also planned.

All of these activities will take place in the parking lot of the new Abbey Centre recreational facility on Womacks Road (free sneak-peaks of the centre will also be provided).

More fun will be offered at the Blackfalds Multiplex, including a family skate from 3 to 5 p.m. and bingo at 3 p.m.

In Innisfail, Family Day celebrations will be held on Monday from noon to 3 p.m.

Food and beverages, tractor rides, family skate, mini Olympic Games, youth and adult shinny, hotdogs and a bonfire will get underway at the Innisfail Arena.

Most of the fun happens on Saturday in Sylvan Lake, when the Winterfest and Polar Dip are happening. sFrom a pancake breakfast in the Lion’s Hall, to a free movie marathon in the local library, to a farmer’s market at the community centre, tons of activities are being held all day.

These include afternoon chili at the Legion, and a Polar Dip at 1 p.m. at the pier.

Also at the pier will be sleigh rides, face painting and kid’s activities (some are by donation), a hockey shootout, snow painting and relay races from 1:30

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Gerry Nation, left, with Habitat For Humanity and Lafarge Canada employee, volunteers Frank LaFontaine and Travis Carpenter work to spread a cement pour in the basement of the Habitat for Humanity tri-plex being built in Eastview on Tuesday this week. Along with many other individuals and companies LaFarge Canada has provided labour and materials to the project in Red Deer.

Hospice is Sunday, May 4, at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. Registration opens on March 1 at www.reddeerhospice.com.

Investigation into fatal crash wraps up Police have wrapped up the investigation into a fatal collision near Olds last month.

The head-on collision between a minivan and SUV on Hwy 27 just east of the town on Jan. 6 killed a 56-year-old woman and two young Red Deer area labourers, one 19, the other 20.

Donna Mills of Olds was one of the victims and family members later identified Damian Pannenbecker, 19, of Red Deer as another.

Four others in the van were also injured, three of them critically.

Olds RCMP said the SUV was westbound on the highway, a rural, undivided two-lane stretch of road.

The van was heading east, towards Range Road 12, when the two collided.

Police said early indications suggested the van veered into the westbound lane but revealed on Tuesday that those indications “have not been conclusively verified” by the investigation.

“Despite an extensive investigation, the direct causes are not known.

“Several factors may have contributed, however without direct evidence it would be speculation to suggest any one or combination of them were involved,” stated a news release.

Fog machine causes evacuation A fog machine caused a mini evacuation at St. Matthew Catholic School in Rocky Mountain House on Tuesday afternoon.

According to Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools communications director Jeanne Davis, a Grade 8 to 4 p.m. For a full schedule of activities, visit www. sylvanlake.ca.

On Family Day Monday, a free family swim will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Sylvan Lake pool.

In the Rocky Mountain House area, everybody is invited to attend Monday Family Day activities organized by Alberta Parks at Crimson Lake.

Families can participate in snowshoeing, snow golf, snow soccer, geocaching, and snow graffiti from noon to 3 p.m. Refreshments include s’mores and hot chocolate.

PARTY: Man ordered to leave Witness Carrie Walton, 26, testified that Coleman Rasmusson, whom she had invited to the party, got into an argument with a woman who lives in the house and was ordered to leave. Rasmusson, 31, was bent over at the entry to the house, putting on his shoes, when he called her a vulgar name.

Walton testified that McClellan-Hughes was standing nearby and asked Rasmusson to repeat what he had just said.

When he did, McClellan-Hughes struck him in the side of the head with a glass, then ran up the stairs with Rasmusson on his heels and locked himself in the bathroom.

Walton testified that she saw blood pouring from the side of Rasmusson’s face.

He came back down the stairs and had just left the house when someone threw a bottle through the front window, she said.

Police witnesses testified they were called to a complaint about the broken window and that McClellan-Hughes was arrested at the scene for assault with a weapon.

RCMP Const. Adam Szucki, who made the arrest, testified that he changed the charge to the more serious offence of aggravated assault at the request of an officer who attended hospital with the complainant.

Crown prosecutor Jason Snider said at the start of the trial that Rasmusson was taken to hospital and suffered lingering injuries as a result of the blow.

Defence counsel Arnold Piragoff of Edmonton said his defence will include elements of provoca-

student brought in a fog machine for a science project.

“The fog caused the fire alarm to go off so the fire department suggested the class evacuate the room so they could clear the fog,” Davis said.

They were permitted back in the room a short time later. No one was injured and no damage was done to the room.

Other classes in the school at the time were not evacuated.

Sylvan Lake budget calls for tax hike Sylvan Lake has passed its 2014 budget, which calls for a 2.69 per cent residential tax rate increase.

Council voted in favour of a $29.3-million operating and $12.7-million capital budgets at its Monday meeting.

The owner of a typical home assessed at $305,400 would see the municipal portion of their tax bill increase to $1,664.43 from $1,592.10 — in total, $72.30 more — based on a projected 2.69 per cent rate increase.

A recreational levy will increase by $12.40 to $73.30 from $60.90.

The numbers do not include school taxes, which are set by the province in the spring.

Among new initiatives is a $100,000 fund to investigate and undertake an environmentally sound project to rebuild the beach, which has been lost to rising water levels and wave action.

Also included in the budget is $500,000 to go towards upgrading 50th Street from Lakeshore Drive to 48th Avenue.

The goal is to realign the 50th Street and 50th Avenue intersection and upgrade 50th Street to the same standards as Lakeshore Drive.

Another $1.5 million will be contributed to the local curling club, which is fundraising to build a new rink. tion and self defence.

The trial was adjourned at the conclusion of the Snider’s case because Piragoff discovered that a key witness had not been subpoenaed to testify.

Piragoff advised Sisson that his client’s case could turn on what the missing witness has to say.

Originally scheduled for three days, the trial was adjourned to give Piragoff time to subpoena his witness.

Piragoff and his client return to court on March 3 to set a date for Sisson to hear their case. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer County will get $855,655 from the Alberta government to prevent future flood damage.

The latest grant from the Flood Recovery and Erosion Control Program follows a $900,910 grant awarded earlier for similar work.

Ric Henderson, the county’s director of community and protective services, said the latest money will go towards “armouring” the banks of the Red Deer River at Range Road 20 about 10 km south of Markerville to prevent erosion.

The other money will be used for the same kind of project at Range Road 40, at the southwestern corner of the county about 30 km west of Bowden.

The work, which will likely mean installing a riprap barrier of rock wrapped in fencing, is expected to take place in the fall.

Minor flooding happened along the range roads last year during the June flood.

FASHION

Kenneth Cole asks: What’s real, what’s show?

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Fashion from the Kenneth Cole Fall 2014 collection is modeled during New York Fashion Week.

FILM FEATURING ACTORS ALAN CUMMING, RACHEL DRATCH

NEW YORK — Social media provocateur Kenneth Cole put actors Alan Cumming and Rachel Dratch on his runway and in a movie Monday that begged the question: What’s real and what’s for show?

Known for his embrace of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook — and occasional social media mishaps — Cole projected onto white walls images of models holding signs that declared: “We’re all accessories.”

“If in doubt, check Instagram.”

“This fashion is for real, or is it for show?”

“Everybody’s life is better than yours.”

In a short film that opened the show in a stark white space on West 50th Street, Cumming and Dratch engaged in some Twitter one-upmanship, lying to each other as they lounged at home about fabulous buys, famous friends and nights out on the town.

At finale time, the two popped out from backstage and walked a winding runway together.

Cole’s muse in clothes for men and women was an urban gypsy fond of wide-brimmed hats and pinstripes.

He added a pop of red in sequins for women and deep burgundy for the guys.

In a backstage interview before the show, Cole spoke enthusiastically about buying back his 30-year-old clothing and accessories company that went public in 1994.

In many ways, he said, he feels he’s his own customer.

“I love kind of curating him and elevating him and now that we’re a private company, it’s easier to do that.

“It’s just a wonderful time and a unique time, probably, in this company’s history,” he said.

And he talked about the big impact of social media on the fashion industry.

“It’s defined how we consume what we wear, how we define ourselves, how we introduce ourselves to the world in kind of interesting and compelling ways,” Cole said.

Generally, he said, social media has pushed

the “real or show” question to the cultural forefront.

“Are we over-glamorizing ourselves, and if so to what end, and then one asks the question, does it matter?

“That’s the bigger message right now.

“Today, social media has enabled everybody to be their own brand and they curate their brand every day, and they welcome people into their brand,” he said.

“And my goal as a designer today is to try and get you to accept me as part of your brand.”

Cole, through social media and his foundation, is an activist for AIDS research and the homeless.

An old friend, Jon Bon Jovi, was in the audience.

The two designed a coat and T-shirt together for charity.

“I don’t go to fashion shows, so this is fun,” Bon Jovi said.

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LUANN Feb. 12 1994 — The Canadian team attends opening ceremonies of the 17th Olympic Winter games in Lillehammer, Norway.

1994 — A group of 100 people walk the 50 km Channel Tunnel for charity to become first humans to walk from France to Britain since the Ice Age. 1994 — Rev. Victoria Matthews is

consecrated as the first female bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada.

1970 — A three-month-old baby receives Canada’s first successful liver transplant at Montreal’s Notre-Dame Hospital.

1879 — The first artificial ice rink in North America is installed at Madison Square Gardens in New York City.

1816 — St. John’s, Nfld., is almost completely destroyed by a fire.

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LIFESTYLE HOROSCOPES Wednesday, Feb. 12 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Christina Ricci, 34; John Brolin, 46; Michael McDonald, 62 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: For the first part of the day, the Moon continues to visit motherly Cancer and then it goes into fiery Leo. The tone of the day can be described as a tasty, home cooked meal to ending the party out in the town!

Mercury, the planet of ASTRO all sorts of communiDOYNA cations, will move into Aquarius later tonight.

Our minds and ideas have an inventive, original flavour to them. Our thoughts know no limits during this transit. Be quirky, be eccentric!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, energy spent towards your vocation will be energy wisely spent. For this reason, the sky favours every step and method you take as of now in order to build your first steps towards a more solid future. Stay away from distraction and start investing your time into long-term endeavours.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are prone to moodiness and you cannot seem to find a comfortable environment where you can feel at home. Pressures may come from your superiors or your professional standing may be tested at this time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your alliances seem too demanding and require of you more than you can deliver. You seem tired of being constantly scrutinized and criticized by the other party. Stay away from manipulative siblings who may try to confront your viewpoint in this matter.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You feel more reassured when you are in control of your financial situation. Today, this seems to be rather hectic as your material picture may look a bit shaky. Avoid risky ventures or uncertain investments.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It is hard to remain objective when you are feeling controlled by others. You despise being around individuals that take too much of your own space. As long as you remain focused on your well-planted personal desires, you will regain that sought-after sense of freedom.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are prone to certain health concerns or you are feeling emotionally drained. Lean on your partner’s presence for support. Your parents can also contribute in re-establishing your inner peace. You are not alone.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your partner or your children may prove too demanding or too clingy. As a consequence, you may have to cut off your social needs for now in order to meet with your demands. Maintain peace by stating clearly your intentions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Career requirements may seem so high that it can conflict with your home duties. You are feeling torn apart by this ambiguous sentiment which makes you juggle with difficulty both your professional and your personal lives.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your own perspective of life may have a narrow view right now. You are seeing the limitations and the changes than you need to make against your will. Maintain your strength of will and focus on the road ahead. Don’t deviate from your longterm plans.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You seek greater intimacy within your closest relationships. Financial burden may present itself as a main cause of concern between you and your partner. Tensions can rise due to a sudden change in the wealth.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are more emotionally open and communicative today. You find it easier to relate to others and to depend on them. Restraints can be felt from a new love interest. There seems to be some heavy strain between you two.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You want to be of service to others today but you are feeling a bit worn-out. Certain individuals do not acknowledge their limits as to how much help or assistance they can ask of you. You feel as though your personal space is somewhat being invaded.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are in good spirits today. You long for deeply intense relationships. Watch out for overly possessive or jealous individuals who may block you from experiencing this love bliss. A prominent friend may try to control your emotions.

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Kraft removes artificial preservatives in its cheese slices NEW YORK — Kraft is removing artificial preservatives from its most popular individually wrapped cheese slices The change is the latest example of companies tweaking recipes as food labels come under greater scrutiny.

The change affects the company’s Kraft Singles in the full-fat American and White American varieties, which Kraft says account for the majority of brand’s sales. Sorbic acid is being replaced by natamycin, which Kraft says is a “natural mould inhibitor.”

Kraft’s decision comes as more Americans try to stick to diets they feel are natural. Last week Subway said it was removing a chemical from its bread after a petition noting the ingredient is also used in yoga mats.

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A big wave crashes into the Paseo Nuevo promenade at high tide, in San Sebastian, northern Spain. Authorities have announced gale-force winds for the following days of up to 120 km/h.

Parents frustrated over young basketball player’s lack of playing time Dear Annie: We live in a small rural community where past everyone in order to find a seat. I hate doing this after sports help keep the kids off of the streets. the service has started.

My 14-year-old son loves sports. He is well-rounded, We live only 10 minutes away, so I can’t understand why makes excellent grades and has good friends. This year, my wife isn’t ready on time. Even if she doesn’t care about he is again on the school basketball team, but he is the herself, I am humiliated that she has so little regard for me only one who sits on the bench. He doesn’t say much, but and the people we have to climb over every week to reach I can tell he is discouraged. While the team has a couple a seat. It puts me in the wrong frame of mind for church. of “stars,” most are at the same skill level as I’ve told her this is important to me, but she my son. scoffs and does the same thing the following week.

His mother is so upset about this that she Will you please tell her to get ready on time? — wants to go to the school board. Someone Losing My Religion mentioned that my son is being punished beDear Losing: Some procrastinators simply have cause he missed a practice during Christmas difficulty with organizational skills, and nothing break. He told his coaches ahead of time will change if they aren’t willing to work on it. that he would be gone. Before the break, But we think your wife enjoys the attention he played about one minute per game. He she gets by arriving late to social functions. Since hasn’t played at all since. church is a particular issue, we strongly suggest Should parents step up to the coaches and you attend separately. Arrange transportation if risk further “punishment”? necessary, and then go on your own so you can arThis is his first year with these particurive on time. And save a seat for your wife. lar coaches. Are they just testing him? Why Dear Annie: I have some input for “Only Child in MITCHELL would such terrible treatment make him Massachusetts,” the 70-year-old woman who stated & SUGAR want to play next year? — Upset Dad it was beneficial to be the only child.

Dear Dad: Some coaches believe this type I have three sisters. Growing up was a challenge. of punishment is a test of a player’s resolve We had to share clothes, bathroom time, telephone — a “take it like a man” mentality. time and other luxuries.

We think it is ill-advised, particularly at the high school We fought like cats and dogs, but we learned the value level, and discourages kids who are not into macho mind of sharing, laughing and communicating in ways only sibgames. lings can.

Some schools give coaches complete autonomy over the Growing up, I sometimes wished I were the only child. sports programs, but this can lead to all kinds of abuses.

But now I would not want it any other way. My sisters and I Before getting involved, however, we urge you to discuss are very close and talk to each other daily. this with your son. While he undoubtedly appreciates your Do we still fight? Yes, but instead of hitting each other support and concern, he may prefer to handle this in his on the arm, we phone and laugh about it. own way, and we hope you will respect his decision.

The relationship we have is treasured and special. — Dear Annie: Will you speak to my wife of 30 years?

Middle Sis She has many wonderful attributes, and I love her. She Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy is, however, late for everything.

Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please Our families and friends learned to accept her tardi- email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write ness for social engagements. But I cannot abide being late to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, for church every week. With all eyes upon us, we must edge Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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The ultimate child star SHIRLEY TEMPLE, ACTRESS WHO MADE ’EM SMILE DURING DEPRESSION, DIES AT 85

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L.A. newscaster apologizes for mixing up Samuel L. Jackson, Fishburne LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles newscaster apologized to Samuel L. Jackson for confusing him with fellow actor Laurence Fishburne during a live TV interview.

KTLA entertainment reporter Sam Rubin was interviewing Jackson on Monday about the film RoboCop when he asked the actor if he’d gotten a lot of reaction to his recent Super Bowl commercial.

When Jackson asked, “What Super Bowl commercial?” Rubin realized his mistake and began to apologize. But it was too late.

“You’re as crazy as the people on Twitter,” an animated Jackson, who was doing the interview by satellite from Atlanta, told Rubin. “I’m not Laurence Fishburne. We don’t all look alike. We may be all black and famous but we don’t all look alike.”

As Rubin, who is white, tried to apologize, a smiling Jackson went on at length, listing various black actors and their commercials. Video of the exchange quickly went viral.

“I’m the What’s in Your Wallet, black guy,” he said of his own commercial for a credit-card company. “He’s the car black guy. ‘Morgan Freeman is the other credit-card black guy. You only hear his voice, though, so you probably won’t confuse him with Laurence Fishburne.’

Fishburne, as the character Morpheus from the Matrix movies, appeared in the Super Bowl commercial for Kia automo-

dren singing On the Good Ship Lollipop for generations. From 1935 to 1938, she was the most popular screen actress in the country and was a bigger draw than Clark Gable, Joan Crawford or Gary Cooper.

“I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the lifetime achievement award: Start early,” she quipped in 2006 as she was honoured by the Screen Actors Guild.

But she also said that evening that her greatest roles were as wife, mother and grandmother: “There’s nothing like real love. Nothing.” Her husband of more than 50 years, Charles Black, had died a few months earlier.

In Bright Eyes, Temple introduced the song On the Good Ship Lollipop and did battle with a charmingly bratty Jane Withers, launching Withers as another major child star.

She teamed with the great black dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson in two 1935 films with Civil War themes, The Little Colonel and The Littlest Rebel. Their tap dance up the steps in The Little Colonel (at a time when interracial teamings were rare in Hollywood) became a landmark in the history of film dance.

At age six, she won a special Academy Award — and was presented with a miniature Oscar statuette — in 1935 for her “outstanding contribution to screen entertainment” in the previous year.

Temple’s mother, Gertrude, worked to keep her daughter from being spoiled by fame and was a constant presence during filming. Her daughter said years later that her mother had been furious when a director once sent the mother off on an errand and then got the child to cry for a scene by frightening her. “She never again left me alone on a set,” she said.

Temple became a nationwide sensation. Mothers dressed their little girls like her, and a line of dolls

was launched. They are now highly sought-after collectibles.

Her fans seemed interested in every last golden curl on her head: It was once guessed that she had more than 50. Her mother was said to have done her hair in pin curls for each movie, with every hairstyle having exactly 56 curls.

Her immense popularity prompted Roosevelt to say: “As long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right.”

Decades later, her interest in politics brought her back into the spotlight.

She made an unsuccessful bid as a GOP candidate for Congress in 1967. After Richard Nixon became president in 1969, he appointed her as a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. In the 1970s, she was U.S. ambassador to Ghana and later U.S. chief of protocol.

She then served as ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the administration of President George H.W. Bush. A few months after she arrived in Prague in mid-1989, communist rule was overthrown in Czechoslovakia as the Iron Curtain collapsed across Eastern Europe.

“My main job (initially) was human rights, trying to keep people like future President Vaclav Havel out of jail,” she said in a 1999 Associated Press interview. Within months, she was accompanying Havel, the former dissident playwright, when he came to Washington as his country’s new president.

She considered her background in entertainment an asset to her political career.

“Politicians are actors too, don’t you think?” she once said.

“Usually if you like people and you’re outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.”

biles.

The pair eventually got back to talking about RoboCop, with Jackson telling Rubin how highly he regards Michael Keaton and Gary Oldman, who appear in the film with him.

“You do know who they all are though, right?” he teased. “Just in case they have some of them on the show. Do some work. Do some research. Make sure you don’t confuse them with those other white actors.”

has been determined. The statement describes the Roberts family as “shocked and devastated.”

Roberts is nominated for an Academy Award for her role in August: Osage County.

Julia Roberts’ half-sister found dead LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County coroner’s office is investigating the death of Julia Roberts’ 37-year-old half-sister.

Lt. Larry Dietz says Nancy Motes was found dead in a Los Angeles home Sunday while dog-sitting for a friend. Dietz says an autopsy has not been performed and there are no preliminary findings about how Motes died.

Motes is the younger sister of actors Julia and Eric Roberts.

People magazine reported the family released a statement that says Motes died of an “apparent drug overdose” but notes that no official cause of death

Maggie Gyllenhaal to make Broadway debut this year in The Real Thing NEW YORK — Maggie Gyllenhaal will make her Broadway debut this fall opposite Ewan McGregor in The Real Thing.

Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday that Gyllenhaal and McGregor will play illicit lovers in the revival of Tom Stoppard’s play about relationships and fidelity. Sam Gold will direct.

Previews begin Oct. 2 and it will open officially on Oct. 30 at the American Airlines Theatre.

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ABOVE: Shirley Temple Black accepts the Screen Actors Guild Awards life achievement award at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2006.

LEFT: Child actress Shirley Temple is seen in her role as Little Miss Marker in 1933.

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Any kid who ever tap-danced at a talent show or put on a curly wig and auditioned for Annie can only dream of being as beloved — or as important — as Shirley Temple.

Temple, who died Monday night at 85, sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers and remains the ultimate child star decades later. Other pre-teens, from Macaulay Culkin to Miley Cyrus, have been as famous in their time. But none of them helped shape their time the way she did.

Dimpled, precocious and adorable, she was America’s top box office star during Hollywood’s golden age and such an enduring symbol of innocence that kids still know the drink named for her: a sweet, nonalcoholic cocktail of ginger ale and grenadine, topped with a maraschino cherry.

Her hits — which included Bright Eyes (1934), Curly Top (1935), Dimples (1936) and Heidi (1937) — featured sentimental themes and musical subplots, with stories of resilience that a struggling American public strongly identified with.

Her early life was free of the scandals that have plagued Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan and so many other child stars — parental feuds, drug and alcohol addiction — but Temple suggested that in some ways she grew up too soon.

She stopped believing in Santa Claus at age six, she once said, when “Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”

For millions, she was much more than an entertainer; she was a tribute to the economic and inspirational power of movies. She was credited with helping to save 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy and was praised by everyone from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to ordinary fans as a bright spirit during a gloomy time.

She was “just absolutely marvelous, greatest in the world,” director Allan Dwan told filmmakerauthor Peter Bogdanovich in his book Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Legendary Film Directors.

“With Shirley, you’d just tell her once and she’d remember the rest of her life,” said Dwan, who directed her in Heidi and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.

“Whatever it was she was supposed to do — she’d do it . . . . And if one of the actors got stuck, she’d tell him what his line was — she knew it better than he did.“ In 1999, the American Film Institute ranking of the greatest screen legends put Temple at No. 18 among the 25 actresses.

Her achievements did not end with movies. Retired from acting at 21, she went on to hold several diplomatic posts in Republican administrations, including ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the sudden collapse of communism in 1989.

Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died at her home near San Francisco, surrounded by family members and caregivers, publicist Cheryl Kagan said. The cause of death was not disclosed.

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STANNARD Muriel Violet (nee Reay) 1924 - Hillsdown, Alberta 2014 - Calgary, Alberta Muriel Stannard passed away peacefully at the Rockyview General Hospital on Sunday, February 9, 2014 surrounded by her family.

Mom was born at Hillsdown, AB, married dad in 1944 and raised her family near Lomond, AB. Her family was always the most important thing in her life. She lived for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dad left us in October 2002 and she missed him everyday thereafter.

Mom leaves a lifetime of memories to her children Bill, Heather, Jack (Carol), Bonnie (David) and Debbie (Michael); her grandchildren Joe, Trish (Dean), Nicholas, Gregory (Melanie), Nathan and Jason (Jenna); and her great-grandchildren Kane, Taylor and Calla.

In accordance to mom’s wishes no service will be held. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, 200, 119 - 14th Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1Z6 Telephone: (403) 264-5549, www.heartandstroke.ca. Our thanks to Unit 59 at the Rockyview General Hospital for their compassion towards mom and our family.

From our hearts, a very special thank you to Nathan for his unrelenting vigil.

We shall miss her very much.

JACQUES Richard 1965 - 2014 Peacefully on February 1, 2014, beloved husband of Brenda, passed away in his 49th year. “8 Bells” Memorial will be held on Friday, February 14, 2014 at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, 3475 Ripon Road,Victoria, BC, at 1:00 p.m. Online condolences may be made at: www.sandsvictoria.ca

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McARTHUR Henry Henry passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Friday, February 7, 2014 at the age of 61 years. A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150-67 Street, Red Deer with interment to follow at Alto Reste Cemetery. Memorial donations in Henry’s honor may be made directly to the Lung Association of Alberta, P.O. Box 4500, Station South, Edmonton, AB T6E 6K2, or to St. Mary’s Health Centre, Box 100, Trochu, AB T0M 2C0 or to the Canadian Cancer Society, Suite 101, 6751 - 52 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4K8.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com

In living memory of Muriel Stannard, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Fish Creek Chapel, 14441 Bannister Road S.E. CALGARY, AB Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.

TEN HOVE Eb April 5, 1931 - February 8, 2014 Eb Ten Hove of Lacombe passed away on Saturday, February 8th, 2014 after a lengthy, but courageous struggle with Multiple System Atrophy. His passing was peaceful as he was surrounded by family, and was grateful to remain at home in his last days. His faith in his Lord and Saviour never wavered as he modelled giving thanks in all circumstances. He was born in Lacombe and farmed in the Gull Lake area until his stroke in 1989. He enjoyed and took immense pride in this area of his life, earning the respect of everyone he worked with and creating cherished friendships with many. As his health and mobility declined, Mom and Dad enjoyed a new chapter in their lives together. They moved to several different homes in the rural area, settling in Lacombe in 2010. This allowed for more time to enjoy his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Eb redirected his farming passions into two new hobbies: lawn mowing and woodworking. On sunny afternoons he spent time riding the lawn mower around, often with a grandchild sitting proudly on his lap and smiling bravely as he let them steer. He was a very skilled craftsman, and the family has been blessed with many handmade treasures from him. As time went on, Eb spent many hours in his chair, overlooking the Kamps family working on their field, and enjoyed being driven through the farming area he knew so well. Eb’s life was defined by his passions: faith, family, and farming. He was a charter member of the Woody Nook Christian Reformed Church and his faith in God remained strong even through his failing health. His family brought him great joy, especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 56 yrs, Femmie (Vanden Brink), children; Herb and Julie Ten Hove, (Deanna and Everhard, Barton and Amanda, Clayton), Joyce and Ray Kooistra, (Chelsea and Eric, Brayden, Tanner), Cindi and Mike Berry, (Crystal), Bernie and Teresa Ten Hove, (Bowen and Rebekah, Travis, Brittany, Taylor), Edwin Ten Hove, (Shae-Lynn, Jacob), 8 great grandchildren, sister Betty and George Weenink, brother Dick and Erlyce Ten Hove, and brother-in law John Buit; his wife’s 5 sisters, and 5 brothers and their families; and lifetime friend Fred Martena. Eb was predeceased by his infant daughter Ruby Joy (1960), his Dad Harm Jan (1976); his Mom Jelske (1989), sister Jean (2002) and the friend that he considered a son, John Vreugdenhil (2001). Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 12th at 7pm at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe, AB. The funeral service will be held at Woody Nook Christian Reformed Church on Thursday, February 13 at 2:00pm with interment to follow. Officiated by Pastor Neil deKoning. Donations in Eb’s name may be made directly to Lacombe Christian School or Central Alberta Christian High School. 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”

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

KAISER, Gregory Nov. 22, 1960 - Feb. 7, 2014 Gregory passed away on February 7, 2014 surrounded by his family. A service will be held at the Penhold Community Church Friday, February 14, 2014 at 1 pm.

LASIUTA 1940 - 2014 Edward Nicholas Lasiuta of Red Deer passed away peacefully in his home with his wife Darlene by his side on Monday, February 10, 2014 at the age of 73 years.

Ed was born and raised in Eston, Saskatchewan by parents Nicholas and Pearl Lasiuta. Later he moved to Saskatoon and after graduation, he completed his Teachers Education. It was while in Saskatoon that he met his wife of 51 years, Darlene. It was love at first sight for Darlene and the two were married in Humboldt in August of 1962. For the next 46 years, Ed and Darlene moved around as Ed’s teaching career took them to many small communities. In 2006, Ed retired and they moved to Red Deer to be closer to family. In retirement, Ed kept busy with volunteering at bingo and the CNIB. He was involved with the Knights of Columbus, the Lions Club and was President of the Sacred Heart Parish Council.

Not only did he receive many awards and accolades for his dedicated service to the community, Ed earned the prestigious Lions Club “Melvin Jones Fellow” award of which he was very proud.

Ed will be greatly missed by his wife Darlene of Red Deer; son Mike (Darlene) of Blackfalds and their children Shawn and Dylan; son Mike (Karen) and their children Natasha, Geoffrey and Josh of Red Deer and Amanda (Jeremy) Rinas of Calgary and son Glenn (Tannis Sweeting) of Red Deer. Also left to cherish Ed’s memory is one sister Marjorie (Harry) Rawlyk of Saskatoon and numerous nieces, nephews, family members and friends.

A Memorial Service will be held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48 A Ave, Red Deer, AB on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the C.N.I.B., 4, 5015 - 48th St, Red Deer, AB T4N 1S9 or to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, c/o 5508 - 48 A Ave, Red Deer, AB T4N 3V6.

Condolences to Ed’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

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TAYLOR Marion “Floy” February 4, 2014 Floy was born in Calgary on March 9th, 1934, to loving parents Marion Elizabeth (Honeywell) and John Gordon Fletcher. She was raised in East Calgary (Ramsay area) and attended Ramsay, Colonel Walker and Western Canada High Schools. She was “First Girl President” of the Students Union at Western in her graduating year 1951-52. She co-chaired a 75th year reunion for Colonel Walker School in 1986 (formerly East Calgary High where her parents were also former students there). Floy moved to Winnipeg in 1952 with her parents and went to Business School. In later years, she married Gordon Johnson and had three children - Bruce, Wendy and Brenda, all born in Winnipeg. They all moved to Port Moody, BC, in 1969 and lived there for 8 years. With her children, she actively was involved with their activities in school, School Band Progress, the Church and the Community.

She was in C.G.I.T. as a teenager and became a leader, and taught C.G.I.T. leadership training for 14 years in Winnipeg.

Floy happily returned to Calgary after 25 years, to again be with her larger family of cousins, aunts and uncles. She worked 23 years as a Medical Assistant, 7 years in BC and continued the work she enjoyed at Willow Park Clinic in Calgary until she retired in 1994. Her “special place” was “the Cottage” in Sylvan Lake from 1987-1993 and then made it her permanent home. She married Bob Taylor of Sylvan Lake in 1996 and added family of 2 step sons, Jim and Bill.

She was “Granny” to the precious joys of her life, Nathan and Joel Brisco, and Erika, Rebecca, Ethan and Monika Neufeld. Her music, flower gardens, and sports were her special interests in life. Family, close friends and friendships were most important to her. She enjoyed her piano, symphony and musical concerts. From childhood on, skating, baseball, tennis, basketball, curling and later golf was “time well spent”. She became a member of “The Southern Alberta Pioneers” and Their Descendants in 1988 from a personal pride of her Fletcher family heritage and settlement in Southern Alberta prior to 1890. When she moved to Sylvan Lake, she took an active part in the Friendship Centre, (now Senior Center) Senior Bridge, Senior Curling and was a member of Lakewood Golf Course since 1987, and served as Executive including Ladies Golf. She enjoyed her Bridge and was always grateful for her “special ladies group” in every city she lived in, including Sylvan Lake, meeting regularly. She is survived by children; Bruce G. Johnson (Rebekah Bell) of Maple Ridge, BC, Wendy D. Brisco (Stuart) of Greenwood, BC, and Brenda E. Johnson (Peter Spence) of New Minas, NS, grandchildren; Nathan (Adrian), Joel Brisco, Erika (Adam), Rebecca, Ethan, and Monika Neufeld. She is also survived by her first husband, Gordon L. Johnson (Mary Bedard) and second husband, Bob Taylor. Funeral Service will be held at Memorial Presbyterian Church, 5020 48 Street, Sylvan Lake, on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Memorial donations in Floy’s name may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society, 101 6751 52 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4K8. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to: EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

WATSON Mae (nee Mary Elizabeth Duncan) Nov. 8, 1921, Kilkeel, County Down N. Ireland Feb. 6, 2014, Innisfail AB Mae Watson, age 92, long-time resident of Delburne, Alberta passed away peacefully at Sunset Lodge, Innisfail, with family at her side. Mae will be lovingly remembered by: sons Gerry (Wendy), Ken (Ferne), Larry (Judy), Lyle (Bonnie); daughters Betty DeGagne (Jake), Connie Murray (Sheldon), Brenda Preszlak (Terry); brothers Lloyd (Sharon), Albert (Peggy); sister Rose Magee; sisterin-law Irene Duncan; brotherin-law Bob Owen; 15 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and one great great grandchild. She was pre-deceased by her husband Archie, In Memoriam brothers Dick, Sam, Cecil, Lyle, Charles; sister Bernice Owen, brother-in-law Ken Magee, sister-in-law Evelyn Duncan. Folks called her ‘Momma Mae’ as she mothered many. Her golfing friends called her ‘Muskrat Mae’, but that is another story. She liked all sports, but football (Calgary Stampeders) and hockey (Calgary Flames) were her big favorites. She was famous for her homebaked buns, and supplied them for many local weddings.

The family is very thankful to the staff of Innisfail Sunset Manor for their loving care during her stay there. A GORDON HAMILL memorial service to celebrate Feb. 12, 2011 Mae’s life will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 5th at Those we love don’t go away, Delburne Community Hall. In They walk beside us every day, lieu of flowers, memorial Unseen, unheard, donations may be made in but always near, Mae’s name, directly to The Still loved, still missed Heart and Stroke Foundation and very dear. or The Alberta Cancer Foundation.

To express ~Sadly missed and forever condolences, please visit in our hearts www.heartlandfuneralservices.com Heather, Rob, Rhonda, Drew, Justine and Victoria Dean, Dory, Heather, Samantha and Owen

Wonderful Things Come in Small Packages

A Birth Announcement lets all your friends know he’s arrived...

309-3300

Births

HOFF Preston and Shelly Hoff are pleased to announce the birth of their new baby boy Lynken David Hoff born January 16th, 2014 weighing 8 lbs. 13 oz. Aksel is a proud big brother.

Excited grandparents are Dave and Betty Boulton / Debbie and Brian (in spirit) Hoff. He is welcomed by all his loving family.

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014

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No Obiligation.

Compliments of Local Businesses.

Are you new to the neighbourhood?

Expecting a Baby?

Planning a Wedding?

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.

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Oilfield

800

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

wegot

700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

710

CHILDCARE REQUIRED: 6:25 am to 8:25 am in our house for 2 school aged boys. 1 minute south of Red Deer. 403.341.5699

LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers.

Positions available immediately.

Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants.

MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits.

Email resumes and tickets to: ken@ darkstarproduction.com

NOW HIRING

Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

LIVE-IN Caregiver for senior in the Rocky Mountain House area.

Call Dale at 403-846-5558 P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle.

403-505-7846

Farm Work

755

VFA Pork needs a full time swine technician. Breeding, farrowing, finishing duties.

15 min. West of Lacombe.

Wages starting at $12, no experience necessary.

Fax 403-782-4854 or email resume vfapork@gmail.com

760

Hair Stylists

F/T or P/T EXP’D. HAIRSTYLIST REQUIRED. Phone 403-347-3010 Eileen’s Beauty Nook JUST CUTS is looking for F/T - P/T HAIRSTYLIST No clientele necessary.

Christie 403-309-2494 NEW IMPRESSIONS SALON & SPA Seeking F/T& P/T Hair Stylist Drop off resume to 190 Northey Ave.

Janitorial

770

ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs. $14/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

Coming Events

Professionals

810

BUSY BOILER company looking for boiler & relief operators. please email resume to: thera.c@telus.net or fax to: 403-886-2223

jobs

CLASSIFICATIONS

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided.

Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB.

MARY LaROSE

Personals

Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS

Call or visit us online!

1-866-627-6070 welcomewagon.ca A come and go tea will be held this Saturday Feb 15, 2014 from 1pm to 4 pm at Condo Lounge to celebrate the 75th birthday of MARY LAROSE. For directions or address please call 403-505-2186 (lve msg. if no answer).

Please, no cards or gifts; your presence is your gift.

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS

NOW HIRING! Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick & Floor Hands. $2 Safety Bonus and above recommended CAODC wages. Minimum 3 months exp. required.

Local to Red Deer & area OR Drayton Valley preferred.

Email: jwalsh@galleonrigs.com or fax (403) 358-3326.

OIL & GAS OPERATOR

Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute to workplace location. This position offers a challenging work environment, attractive benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

Please submit resumes Attn: Human Resources email:kwolokoff@ bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

WANTED

EXPERIENCED

CLASS 3

VAC/steamer Truck driver.

Lacombe area, HOME EVERY NIGHT. Fax resume to 403-704-1442

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OFFICE & PHONES CLOSED Monday February 17, 2014 Red Deer Advocate Publication dates: SAT.FEB. 15 TUES. FEB. 18 Deadline is: FRI. FEB 14, 5 p.m.

Red Deer Life Sunday Publication date:FEB. 16 Deadline is: FRI. FEB 14, 2 p.m.

Central AB Life Publication date: THURS. FEB. 20 Deadline is: FRI. FEB 14, 5 p.m.

Ponoka Publication date: WED. FEB. 19 Deadline is:THUR. FEB. 13. 5 p.m.

Rimbey Publication date; TUES. FEB. 18 Deadline is: THUR. FEB. 13, NOON Stettler & Weekender

Publication date: WED. FEB. 18 FRI. FEB. 21 Deadline is: FRI. FEB. 14 NOON Sylvan Lake News & Eckville Echo Lacombe Express Publication date: THURS. FEB. 13 Deadline is: FRI. FEB. 14, 5 p.m.

Castor - Regular deadline “Remember those who fought so we could be free...”

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MAPLE LEAF Environmental & Safety Ltd. is a proactive, dynamic and progressive company.

We are recruiting for the positions of: EMR’s, H2S Drilling Safety Advisors, Plant Shutdown Safety Personnel.

Please email or phone Luke Grayston; lgrayston@ mapleleafsafety.com Phone 780 520-1676

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons Food Service Manager 5 positions, F/T & P/ T, $9.95 - $18/hr. depending on exp. and availability.

Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights and evening shifts. 3-5 yrs. exp., completion of secondary school. Start date ASAP. Apply in person 6620 Orr Drive.

Fax: 403-782-9685 Call 403-848-2356 Luau Investments Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons #100, 4217 - 50 Ave #7, 6721 - 50 Ave 62 Carleton Ave Food Service Managers Full Time/Part Time/ Shift Work Night/Overnight/ Early Morning/Weekend.

High School Diploma, plus 3 years related experience $14 to $18/hr depending on experience/availability Apply in person from 9am to 5pm Or by fax at 403-341-6006

Oilfield

820

Sales & Distributors

830

850

Trades

Luau Investments Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons #100, 4217 - 50 Ave #7, 6721 - 50 Ave 7111 - 50 Ave Customer Service 62 Carleton Ave Food Service Supervisors Counter Sales Position C & C COATINGS in Available in Full Time/Part Time/ Innisfail is seeking Shift Work Red Deer F/T Exp. Sandblaster.

Night/Overnight/ HPC distributes industrial Competitive wages and Early Morning/Weekend coatings & related supplies. benefits. Fax resume to: Some high school education, Duties include tinting, 403-227-1165 or email plus 2 years related experience color matching, with a strong bslager@telus.net $10 to $13.50/hr depending focus on customer service. on experience/availability A great work ethic is a must.

Start your career!

Apply in person from See Help Wanted 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

9am to 5pm * Above average salary DUE TO A LARGE Or by fax at 403-341-6006 * Willing to train INCREASE IN BUSINESS, * Group benefits PIKE WHEATON * Profit sharing For an exciting career CHEVROLET opportunity with a is currently seeking progressive company, SERVICE ADVISORS. please send your We offer competitive confidential resume to: wages, a great working Rod Weik environment, and a great Email: rweik@hpc.ca benefit package.

LUCKY’S LOUNGE Fax 403-314-2226 Please email resume to located in Jackpot Casino, Joey Huckabone requires Experienced ELEMENTS is looking for P/T Servers. Has potential 5 retail sales reps. selling joey@pikewheatonchev.ca to become Full Time. season gift packages and Please apply in person at personal care products in FLUID EXPERTS LTD. Is looking for experienced 4950 47 Ave. Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. TRUCKING DISPATCHER No phone calls please Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + to start immed. bonus & comm. FT. No Good Verbal, Writing, exp. req`d. Please email Texting and Computer elementsreddeer@gmail.com skills. Company Pickup, SOAP Stories is seeking 5 benefits, above avg. salary and great atmosphere.

F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, Clean Class 1 drivers selling soap & bath THE RUSTY PELICAN license and abstract. products $14.55/hr. + is now accepting resumes Completed Basic Training bonus & comm. Beauty for an experienced Courses. Will train the cert. req’d. Location LINE COOK right individual.

Parkland Mall - 4747 67th Must have References.

Fax Resume w/all tickets St. Red Deer. email Apply within: 2079-50 and Drivers Abstract to premierjobrdbto@ Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. 403-346-3112 or email to gmail.com Fax 403-347-1161 Phone roger@fluidexperts.com calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Trades

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for experienced SERVERS Must have Ref’s & Pro-Serve.

Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

WANTED:

Kitchen Assistant Permanent Part time

Requires

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! Busy road construction company req’s 1 st. or 2nd yr. apprentice heavy duty mechanic for shop. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

For further information please call Donna At 403-722-3939 ext. 205

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

Experienced Siders Needed Call 403-588-3210

Send resumes to: Fax: 403-722-3980 or Email: donna @campcaroline.ab.ca.

Sales & Distributors

850

Trades

REQUIRED: CARPENTER/DRYWALLER for restoration company.

This is a F/T position. Must have a valid drivers license.

Duties: Carpentry, drywall, painting & finishing work.

Fax or email resume to 403-347-4037 or crr@telus.net or contact Al @ 403-347-4001

850

830

ELEMENTS is looking 5 Beauty Treatment Operators.

Selling seasonal gift packages & personal care products in Parkland Mall-4747 67th St Red Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus bonus & commission, F/T, Beauty certification req’d email resumes: elementsreddeerbto@ gmail.com 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

800

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry.

CLASS 1 Off Road Crude Haul in Central Ab. 7 On-7 Off. Must have all tickets.

Email: haulingcrude@live.ca F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

880

Misc.

Help

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

SPRING START •

Community Support Worker Program

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Women in the Trades Program

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Math and Science for the Trades Program

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GED Preparation Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

MILLWRIGHTS & WELDERS

for work in Red Deer.

Please fax resume to 1-403-229-4079 Now Hiring Overhead Door Tech & Helper for Ponoka overhead door company.

Pay DOE to $35/hr. Contact Gerald 403-963-5000 or email doorsondemand@ hotmail.com QUICKLINE CRANE INC. in Blackfalds is looking for a

MOBILE CRANE & HOISTING OPERATOR with experience.

Must be a minimum third year apprentice & have good knowledge of truck mount & all terrain cranes.

Competitive salaries includes benefits.

Must have a Class 1 license.

Please submit all resumes by email to: kyle@quicklinecrane.com

In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking qualified individuals for the following positions:

MECHANICAL ENGINEER ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Heavy Duty Mechanic Journeyman Grande Prairie

Ferus’ Operations division requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic to join our growing team to service Ferus’ expanding fleet of tractor & trailer units in our Blackfalds and Grande Prairie Bases.

Reporting to the Shop Foreman you will be responsible for a variety of duties in a service oriented environment. Working in the Oil and Gas Field you will be required to work effectively unsupervised, have good working knowledge of Heavy Duty Truck and Trailer repairs, combined with a great attitude. A CVIP inspection license or the ability to obtain one is required. Due to the nature and volume of work some overtime and on call work will be required.

For complete job descriptions, please refer to our website at www.sparteksystems.com Applicants please forward resume to: keri.lee@ sparteksystems.com or fax to 403-887-4050 Please state which position you are applying for in your cover letter.

Truckers/ Drivers

Blackfalds

Reporting to the Shop Foreman, this individual will be responsible for a variety of duties in a serviceoriented environment. The successful candidate will be willing to work towards their Interprovincial Heavy Equipment Technician certification and have completed at a minimum their 3rd year apprenticeship requirements. This individual must be highly motivated and mechanically inclined.

Ferus offers a competitive compensation package including a competitive base salary, bonus incentive plan & an excellent Benefits Package, including flex days, flexible spending account and a Group RSP Savings Plan.

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume

To: humanresources@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125 Please reference: Ad #RDGP-MEC-0513

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer (Reliable vehicle needed.)

ANDERS AREA INGLEWOOD AREA MORRISROE AREA SUNNYBROOK AREA VANIER AREA

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

Misc.

Help

in Highland Green Halman Cres. & Hammond Cres.

Kentwood Kennings Cres. & Kirby St. Normandeau Nielson Cl. & Nolan St. Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

860

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the BOWER AREA WESTPARK AREA Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Company Drivers

We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

Please reference: CO2OP-1113-JF We thank you for your interest, however only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

Required Immediately The largest after market parts distributor in Canada is seeking a H.D. Parts person to join our experienced team in Red Deer.

This individual would require basic knowledge of the heavy-duty truck and trailer market with excellent knowledge of truck and trailer brake and suspension parts.

The individual would have to be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment. They should also possess customer service skills that would be used daily by phone and for walk in clients.

This position offers above average salary and is a full time position. We offer complete benefit package along with pension plan.

Please forward your resume to: Traction Heavy Duty 8045 Edgar Industrial Crescent Red Deer Ab T4P 3R2 OR FAX 403-342-7377 Email: jwojtaczka@uapinc.com

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC

www.ferus.ca

Joffre Plant

The candidate will require the following skills, experience & certification: • Gas compression operations experience • H2S removal system operations experience an asset • Refrigeration system operations experience an asset • Pipeline operations experience • Gas processing facility operations experience • CO2 experience is an asset but not required • Current H2S Alive & First Aid certification • Current Class 5 Drivers License • Basic computer skills & knowledge of production and sales reporting an asset Ferus offers a competitive compensation package including a competitive base salary, bonus incentive plan & an excellent Benefits Package, including a Group RSP Savings Plan.

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please fax resume to: 1 -888-879-6125 or email humanresources@ferus.com

by Feb. 21, 2014

H.D. Parts Person

860

Truckers/ Drivers

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

CO2/LNG PLANT OPERATOR

The candidate will be responsible for: • Supporting the daily operations of the Ferus CO2 and LNG production facilities by assisting in optimizing, troubleshooting and performing corrective actions with the goal of maintaining optimum facility production • Assisting in new facility commissioning and existing facility project additions or expansions • Ensuring correct environmental and safety practices are performed and upheld at the Ferus facilities • Assisting in training CO2 and LNG facility operators as required

850

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580

Heavy Duty Mechanic Apprentice or Journeyman

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, and supply of liquid nitrogen (N2), liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), liquid natural gas (LNG), and compressed natural gas (CNG) for the energy industry in both Canada and the USA. Ferus has a great corporate culture with an excellent work/home life balance, strong team atmosphere and encourages the development of their employees for future growth.

Ferus requires a CO2/LNG Field Operator to oversee the daily operations of the Ferus CO2 and LNG production facilities.

The position is based out of the Joffre production office and the candidate must be willing to travel. All duties will be performed in a safe, environmentally friendly & cost effective manner.

Trades

in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558

HEAD SWIM COACH

Innisfail Dolphin Swim Club.

Must have ASSA certification.

5-7 p.m. weekdays (May to mid Aug.) Saturdays (June to mid Aug.) Send resume to: innisfaildolphins@yahoo.ca

880

IS HIRING!

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We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts: PRECAST INSTALLATION LABORERS CONCRETE FINISHERS CARPENTERS/ WOODWORKERS STEEL REINFORCEMENT LABORERS OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATORS GENERAL LABORERS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at

www.eaglebuilders.ca Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources or email: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.

We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

364875B12

CLASSIFICATIONS

Restaurant/ Hotel

357290B20

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Duhamel Manning Feehan Warrender Glass LLP Legal Assistants

800

Oilfield

357119B16

780

Legal

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 D3

the n o d e t is l e l ic h e v r u Get yo

ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT 2007 INFINITI G35X

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 MERCEDES Benz CLS 500 lthr., sunroof, 115057 kms., $25,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 HUMMER H2

2006 PONTIAC Solstice 26080 kms., 5 speed,

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2002 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta GLS 1.8L,

$10,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

$24,888

Sport & Import 348 8788

2005 KIA SORENTO, silver, 147,000 km.

$6000.

403-347-0461

2005 LEXUS ES 330 FWD, lthr., 41,100 kms,

$15,888. SOLD

348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 34’ Gulf Stream Yellowstone. Sleeps 4, 3 slides, new awning, washer, dryer hookup, equipped w/Arctic & Sub Arctic pkgs, custom skirt & more! $34,900. 403-8878405

2006 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV platinum, mint

$12,888

Sport & Import 348 8788

$19,888.

$5,550.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 TOYOTA Tacoma V6

2008 TOYOTA Tacoma

2011 CHEV Silverado LTZ 6.2 L, lthr.,

403-342-4318

4X4, 114903 kms.,

2008 GMC Yukon XL Denali AWD

$18,888.

$25,888

$19,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

4WD, V6, 4 auto, cruise, air, 227,000 km. $14,900. 403-505-3113

ALL WHEEL DRIVE 2007 530 XI BMW. Original Owner, 143,000 km. Exc. Cond. Regularly Maintained,

2008 Audi A4 2.0T

2008 VW GOLF CITY

$19,888.

$9,888.

$10,888

$21,888

Sport & Import 403-348-8788

DO YOU HAVE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 DODGE RAM 1500 4x4, quad, gold , c/w topper, 2 sets of tires. Exc. cond.

2006 GMC C4500 4X4, Duramax, 170,000 kms.

$39,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

$27,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

Sport & Import 348 8788

Sport & Import 348 8788

2008 BMW X5 3.0si

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2011 FORD FIESTA. $8200, 5 spd, 11,000 km.

Exc. cond. Great on gas.

Medical reasons.

Ask for Doug **SOLD**

2011 GMC Sierra 1500 Hybrid 4X4, 6.0L, lthr., 81735 kms.,

Fully Loaded!

2007 CHRYSLER 300 103198 kms.,

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 PONTIAC G5.

Manual, 130,000 km. Great cond. Winter & Summer tires. Well. maint. N/S.

2006 Range Rover Sport HSE Sport & Import 7652 50 Ave

AWD, htd. lthr., panaroof,

$27,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 COLORADO, 28RK, Dutchman, 32’, slideout, back kitchen, shower, king bed, TV, stereo, air. loaded

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2009 RANGER XLT 4x4, 70,000 kms., TRADES CONSIDERED 403-598-0682

348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 Escalade ESV. Nav. Dvd camera 6 pass

2009 VW GOLF, manual, 90,000 km.

Winter pkg,

2012 CHEV Silverado 2500 LTZ, diesel, lthr., tonneau cover,

$22,900. 403-784-2482

403-348-8788 Sport & Import

403-304-2118

$19,888.

Call 403-350-4323

2003 DODGE Durango SLT Plus, 4X4,

$6000 FIRM.

403-845-4146, 844-5698

2008 GMC Acadia SLE AWD, 8 passenger, 90,485 kms, 348-8788 Sport & Import

403-348-8788

2006 ACURA RSX Premium auto 57,000 kms.

VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

$15000.

348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

$8,888.

AWD, auto., loaded.

Summers & snows, 106,000 km, 1 owner, exc. cond.

Must sell.

2007 FORD F-150 Lariat 4X4, htd. lthr., sunroof,

$15,900.

$32,888

$10,500.

Sport & Import 348 8788

2008 FORD F-250 XL 4X4, 6.4L, 92754 kms.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2010 ACURA MDX tech package 91,000 kms

2012 INFINITI G37X

$30,888

Sport & Import 348-8788

348-8788 Sport & Import

Sport & Import SOLD

348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 H2 hummer, mint condition, 59,000 kms, new tires & rims, original rims and tires to buyer. Call Art 403-304-0727.

2008 FORD F150.

2010 CHEV 1500 4x4 8 cyl. Kuhmo Tires.

$10,000.

$36,888

403-391-1770

$26,888.

$12,888.

$28,888.

403-741-6844

$17,900.

403-346-9816

$27,888

8th Annual Red Deer Collector Car Auction & Speed Show.

Mar 14 - 16. Westerner Park, Red Deer. 150,000 sq.ft. indoor show. Exhibitors space avail.

Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGAuctions.com

2014 MAZDA3

Winner of the best new small car (under $21,000)

2013 Mazda Clearout Now On! Only 12 New Units Left

2014 MAZDA3 SPORT

Winner of the best new small car (over $21,000)

GARY MOE MAZDA

Locally Owned 81 And Family Operated

Gasoline Alley East, Red Deer

www.garymoe.com

403.348.8882

353145B12

*See dealer for details.

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

DEERPARK AREA 74 to 129 Block 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.

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Misc.

Help

LOOKING FOR SCREENPRINTER. Will train the right person.

Apply in person to Grand Central Stitchin’ #7, 7439 49th Ave. Cr. Red Deer

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307 RED DEER FOOD BANK

Is hiring a VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR / WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT. Please apply in person with resume attn Fred or Alice at #12, 7429 49 Ave. Red Deer.

No phone calls please.

RENTAL STORE looking for person to pull and load orders, assist brides. Must be physically fit. Full time. sales@parklandrentals.com or fax 403-347-7006

ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

Road construction company looking for a parts person.

Willing to train. Must be able to work away from home for 6 months a year and have a class 5 licence.

Fax resume to 403-309-0489 TREATY CARD HUNTER needed for private land, 2 bucks and 2 herds. Ph. or text 403-391-8246

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

wegot

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1520

Antiques & Art

LEATHER HORSE COLLAR. $30.

403-342-5609

1550

Building Supplies

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 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

BABY BULLET, food processor. Immaculate condition. Includes accessories & instructional food prep manual. $30.

Call (403) 342-7908 BABY DOLL ROOTED Hair, sleep yes, comes with some clothes. $15.

403-314-9603 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

ESPRIT Collection, cotton blazer/jacket. Sandstone color. Women’s Size 7.

Only worn twice. $15.

Call (403) 342-7908.

MEN’S WORK CLOTHING - SIZE XL. New Carhartt quilted bib over-all, $75.

Wind River snow pants, $30.

Marv Holland flame resistant jacket, $65.

Heavy duty work bib overalls $55.

Steel toe Winter boot, size 11. $75.

403-342-5609 PANT Suit, black, ladies, Evan Picone. Like new.

Sz. 10. $20.

403-314-9603

1600

CORNER computer desk. $75. 403-343-6218

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Anders St. / Armstrong Close Addinnell Close / Allan St. Abbott Close / Anders St.

1660

Firewood

Anders Close

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

1860

Sporting Goods

BROWNING hunting bow 48”, 29 arrows, padded carrying case, 4 razor heads $175 obo 403-356-9019

REMINGTON 700 Heavy Barrel 6mm Leupold Scope $900. 403-347-6041

1900

Travel Packages

1930

WANTED: SNOWBLOWER 403-886-5194

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

2190

Grain, Feed Hay

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

wegot

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Homestead Firewood Houses/ Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

Isherwood Close

LOGS

Issard Close

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

LANCASTER AREA Law Close / Lewis Close Langford Close Lamont Close Lund Close

Household Furnishings

1720

Sale

1760

Duplexes

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

Condos/ Townhouses

Vista Village SUNNYBROOK AREA Somerset Close Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close

2 QUEEN COMFORTERS, $30/ea or 2/$50.

2 THICK WARM BLANKETS, like new, $35/ea.

ELECTRIC ROASTING PAN, like new, $30.

403-348-6449 DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino DISHES, 3 sets of 8 place setting, $45. each.

403-343-6218 INDOOR Antenna, RCA in Box UVF.UHF.FM. $10.

403-314-9603 SET OF HEAVY DUTY MAGNETIC TRUCKERS ROAD FLARES. $30.

403-348-6449

Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Drive Vickers Close Volks Place / Vanier Drive Vanson Close / Visser St. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

INNISFAIL 2 bdrm. in newer 4 plex, avail. Mar. 1.

403-506-8730

3060

Suites

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

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

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

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Massage Therapy

RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

BODY BALANCING, HOT STONE - 403-352-8269

1280

FANTASY Escorts

1165

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

5030

5040

SUV's

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

455 ACRES AGRICULTURAL

2008 Audi A4 2.0T $19,888.

Sport & Import 348 8788

2005 HUMMER H2 $24,888 Sport & Import 348 8788

land, 12 mi. E. of Ponoka, 1 mi. off pavement, good surface lease revenue.

Inquire with your name and address to: Box 1079, 2007 INFINITI G35X AWD, auto., loaded. Summers & c/o Red Deer Advocate, MOUNTVIEW: Avail now 1 snows, 106,000 km, one 2950 Bremner Ave., fully furn bdrm for rent. owner, excellent cond.

Red Deer, Ab T4R 1M9 $500/$250. Working or Must sell. $15000.

Student M preferred.

403-845-4146, 844-5698 Call 403-396-2468.

1998 FORD EXPLORER. Great shape. Dependable.

Command start. $2800.

403-346-7911

3090

Rooms For Rent

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

Income Property

4100

TURN KEY Business for sale in Ponoka. 15 unit complex. 100% occupancy.

Earns $10,000/mo. Asking $557,000. 403-963-0204

Commercial Property

4110

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

1722 SQ.FT. 2 storey 3 bdrm., 2.5 bath, over-sized dbl. garage.

Call Glen 403-588-2231

CUSTOM BUILT

NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550

Automotive Services

INNISFAIL: New

MUST SELL

1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $184,900.

403-588-2222

MUST SELL

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

at www.garymoe.com

5010

If you you own own aavehicle, vehicle, get up up to to $10,000 $10,000today! today! www.thetitlestore.ca www.thetitlestore.ca

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

Locally owned and family operated

SUV's

NEW CONDO

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

Misc.

Automotive

5240

CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300

PUBLIC NOTICES

8TH ANNUAL RED DEER COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION & SPEED SHOW. Mar 14 - 16. Westerner Park, Red Deer. 150,000 sq.ft. indoor show.

Exhibitors space available.

Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event.

Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGAuctions.com

5030

2012 INFINITI G37X $27,888 Sport & Import 348 8788

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

DEREK ARTHUR MITCHELL who died on May 28, 2012

2008 Escalade ESV. Nav. Dvd camera 6 pass $32,888 Sport & Import 348 8788

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by March 14, 2014

Hanne B. Petersen PO Box 20004 RPO Mountview Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6X5

www.laebon.com

4040

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Public Notices

Cars

5190

5040

Laebon Homes 346-7273

Condos/ Townhouses

Auto Wreckers

Red Deer ADVOCATE

Take Take the the Money!

Money!

RED RED DEER DEER 403-754-5104 403-754-5104 4971 4971 Phelan PhelanSt. St.

2008 TOYOTA Tacoma 4WD, double cab. V6, 4 auto, p.windows, p.d.l., tilt steering, cruise, air, alloy wheels, 5 pass. Cloth bucket seats, s/b, fleet side, black. 227,000 km. $14,900. 403-505-3113

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585

Keep Keep the the Car Car,,

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 DUPLEX large single att. garage, 1.5 lots, walkout, infloor heat, air cond., 2 large decks, fully dev. up/down & landscaped, high eff. furnace & water heater. $339,000.

403-396-3203

2006 Acura RSX premium auto 57,000 km $12,888 Sport & Import 348 8788

1999 PONTIAC Bonneyville SMALL / LARGE SPACES 4 dr., saftied. 403-352-6995 -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

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HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

5050

Trucks

2006 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV platinum, mint $21,888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788 2008 VW Golf City $9888 Sport & Import 348 8788 2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040

2004 FORD EXPLORER Exc. shape. New tires. Fully loaded. $9800 obo.

403-340-2042

AND PROVIDE DETAILS OF YOUR CLAIM. If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

3030

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1010

Cars

GLENDALE 2 bdrm. townhouse, 3 appls, washer/dryer, N/S, no COUCH, black leather, like pets, $1450 rent/DD avail. new. $190. 403-986-1720 immed. 403-588-0088 WOODEN COLONIAL SOUTHWOOD PARK CRADLE. $40.

3110-47TH Avenue, 403-342-5609 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, WANTED generously sized, 1 1/2 Antiques, furniture and baths, fenced yards, estates. 342-2514 full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca Misc. for

MORRISROE AREA

Accounting

4070

THE NORDIC

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Wanted To Buy

Farms/ Land

PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt. incld’s, laundry & all utils. $750. Avail. end of Feb. no pets, n/s 403-993-3441

wegot

PD. $1800. Asking $600 obo., some cat scratches on seat, but good cond.

403-597-3958 Cash Only

AFFORDABLE

INGLEWOOD AREA

3060

Suites

SMALL BDRM. Furn. $450 rent/sd 403-342-4604

1580

Children's Items

Computers

CARRIERS NEEDED

1830

Cats

356964B3 356964B3

880

Misc.

Help

MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

Massage Therapy

1280

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Misc.

Services

1290

UNWANTED House & Garage Items - Will haul to land fill. 403-896-2108

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Personal Pampering at its Services BEST! 403-986-6686 REIKO’S Finest Come in and see Asian Massage why we are the talk In call only. 587-377-1298 of the town.

9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. www.viimassage.biz

1315

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

Seniors’ Services

Newspaper Routes are

GREAT! • Earn some extra cash!

• Deliveries in morning do not interfere with most activities • Afternoon deliveries great for busy youth and adults • Earnings paid directly to your Bank Account • Great exercise • No collections • Great for stay at home Moms/Dads, College Students, and Seniors

Call our Carrier Recruitment Line at:

403-314-4394

1372

HELP FOR SENIORS:

in home or facility family business est. 1999 bondable staff, great rates, gift certificates avail.

403-346-7777 helpinghandshomesupport.com

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 D5

U.S. Air Force going back to old ideas AIR FORCE’S PUSH TO FIX NUCLEAR MISSILE FORCE FEATURES IDEAS TRIED 5 YEARS AGO

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Five years ago the U.S. Air Force considered a series of proposals to boost morale and fix performance and security lapses in its nuclear missile corps, according to internal emails and documents obtained by The Associated Press.

But many fell short or died on the vine, and now, with the force again in crisis, it’s retracing those earlier steps.

The new effort is more farreaching, on a tighter timetable and backed by Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel. So it appears to hold more promise for an Air Force under scrutiny after a variety of embarrassing setbacks and missteps raised questions about whether some of the world’s most fearsome weapons are being properly managed.

The earlier approach, shown in internal Air Force documents and emails from 2008-09, included some of the ideas being floated again today by a new set of Air Force leaders, including bonus pay and other incentives to make more attractive the work of the men and women who operate, maintain and secure an Air Force fleet of 450 Minuteman 3 nuclear-tipped missiles.

Then, as now, the Air Force also looked for ways to eliminate the most damaging “disincentives” — parts of the job that can make missile duty onerous.

“Keep the faith,” one commander wrote to his ICBM troops in an email in early 2009.

Faith, however, seemed to falter.

A series of AP reports last year documented training failures, low morale, deliberate violations of security rules, leadership lapses and other missteps. The AP also dis-

closed an unpublished study that found evidence of “burnout” and frustration among missile launch officers and ICBM security forces. In response, Hagel said something must be done promptly to restore public confidence in the nuclear force and ensure the weapons are under competent control.

Hagel came forward shortly after the disclosure of an Air Force drug investigation and an exam-cheating scandal within the ICBM force whose full dimensions are still being investigated. Hagel has given the Air Force wide latitude to find solutions to what he called “personnel failures,” but he wants action by late March.

In January, the new Air Force secretary, Deborah Lee James, visited all three ICBM missile bases. She picked up on people’s worries about career advancement opportunities in the force and wondered whether incentive pay, ribbons, medals and other recognition should be provided.

Hagel also has raised the possibility of incentives to make the ICBM career field more attractive, while noting that money is not the main motivator for most in the nuclear weapons field.

Col. Robert W. Stanley II, commander of the 341st Missile Wing, which operates 150 Minuteman 3 missiles at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, said in a recent AP interview that incentives would be welcome. “We’ve been asking for that for a long, long time,” Stanley said.

The idea is that fattening paychecks might attract more people to the ICBM career field, while removing some of the mission’s burdens might stop people from leaving it the first chance they get.

But some who have studied military personnel issues say

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This Jan. 9, 2014 photo shows a mockup of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile used for training by missile maintenance crews at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. they doubt financial incentives would make much difference, pointing instead to more fundamental problems.

“If the missile force can’t convince its people that what they are doing is really important, that it isn’t a military and strategic backwater and/ or obsolete, no combination of programmatic incentives can really fix things,” said Robert Goldich, who was a defence policy specialist for three de-

cades at the Congressional Research Service.

In 2008 and 2009 the Air Force solicited ideas from young officers and enlisted airmen who perform the mission.

“We need you to tell us what needs to be fixed,” said the introductory page of a 2009 Air Force confidential survey of members of the ICBM, or intercontinental ballistic missile, force.

In the U.S., a long, stressful game of fiscal Russian roulette draws to a close ing. Republicans did not request anything Tuesday as 28 of them voted with 193 Democrats to get a no-strings-attached debt bill through the 435-member House.

The top Republican in Congress conceded the lack of unity in the ranks. He said Republicans had no choice but to work with their opponents.

“We don’t have 218 votes. And when you don’t have 218 votes, you have nothing,” House Speaker John Boehner said.

“We’ve seen that before, and we’ll see it again.”

According to one report, Boehner joked in a closed-door meeting that he deserved an ovation from his caucus for taking a political “monkey” off their back in an election year, allowing them to move on to other issues. Instead, according that that report in the Washington Post, his troops greeted the news coldly and offered the most tepid applause.

fault,” Geithner is quoted saying in Bob Woodward’s book, “The Price of Politics.” He said it was one thing for Greece to default, WASHINGTON — A highand request bailouts. stakes, multi-year battle over the “It’s a different thing for us to U.S. debt ceiling drew to a close be Greece. No one would be able Tuesday with Republicans throwto save us.” ing in the towel.

The president has since exPresident Barack Obama’s conpressed disdain for the idea that gressional opponents ended the Congress should be allowed to brinkmanship that has repeatedly spend money, rack up debts, and pushed the U.S. to the edge of an then when it’s time to pay the bills unprecedented financial default, hold the U.S. economy hostage. with the global economy hanging That book describes how Boehin the balance. ner, for his part, found himself At the risk of infuriating the stuck between his own desire to party rank-and-file, the leaderget a deal and his militant grassship of the Republican-controlled roots — which either wanted conHouse of Representatives got a ditions Democrats would never few members Tuesday to side with accept, or was dead-set against a a block of Democrats and vote to debt extension at all. send a one-year debt extension to It quotes him saying he’d be the Senate for its approval. willing to risk his speakership if it The move appeared to vindimeant a major deal with Obama. cate the hard line taken by the That may now be happening — president, who has simply stopped minus the major deal. negotiating with Republicans on The hostility between an issue he likens to Boehner and his own perpetual economic ‘WE DON’T HAVE 218 VOTES. AND WHEN grassroots has grown, and blackmail.

The U.S. is one of YOU DON’T HAVE 218 VOTES, YOU HAVE tea party-affiliated groups have become increasingly only two major democNOTHING. WE’VE SEEN THAT BEFORE, vocal in demanding his racies where lawmakresignation. ers have the power AND WE’LL SEE IT AGAIN.’ The White House, howto cut off the government’s credit limit but —HOUSE SPEAKER JASON BOEHNER ever, applauded Tuesday’s move. unlike the other one, Gene Sperling, direcDenmark, the battles Boehner later conceded at a tor of the White House’s National here have been frequent and highnews conference that his members Economic Council, said the adly politicized.

The prospect of an American were frustrated over the US$17 ministration hopes the developgovernment default holds chill- trillion national debt, angry at ment means “that the tactic of ing consequences for world mar- Obama for refusing to negotiate, threatening default or threatenkets, given that the U.S. repre- and convinced that they might as ing the full faith and credit of the sents about one-fifth of the global well just “put a minimum number United States for budget debates economy — or, put in other terms, of votes up” to move on since the is over, off the table and never is going to happen again. And if so has a GDP more than four times president won’t offer anything.

It’s a far cry from 2011. that would, I think, be a boost for Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal Obama’s White House has confidence and investment in the combined.

With all that on the line, Re- vowed never again to get sucked U.S.” As for the broader budget picpublicans had managed to extract into the kind of marathon negospending cuts in recent debt-ceil- tiations that shook markets and ture, the U.S.’s annual deficit has ing standoffs. The latest skirmish, damaged the U.S. credit rating been trimmed by more than half last fall, saw a U.S. government that year. Back then, the sides on- on the wave of a stronger economy shutdown and an 11th-hour deal ly managed to avert disaster by and spending cuts. It’s now at its agreeing to the so-called “fiscal lowest level since 2008. to delay the debt issue.

But the U.S. debt is still going Now with the clock ticking cliff” — a series of budget cuts down again, and Republicans hop- that were to kick in automatically up, and now stands at $17 trillion.

According to the Congressional ing to make gains in the 2014 con- after the 2012 election, in the abBudget Office, it’s at 73 per cent of gressional elections, the party has sence of a deal.

Anecdotes in a book reveal just the national GDP for the highest become less aggressive. It has also been at loggerheads with itself how tense those negotiations be- level since the Second World War. And because the U.S. is still in and incapable of uniting around a came.

Then-treasury secretary Tim red territory, the government will strategy.

Just a few days ago, Republi- Geithner reportedly warned need congressional authority to cans considered demanding ap- Obama that a U.S. default could extend the debt level. Under the proval of the Keystone XL pipe- be worse than the Great Depres- U.S. Constitution, it’s Congress’ responsibility to borrow money on line or changes to Obama’s health sion of the 1930s.

The problem, Geithner said, credit, not the administration’s. law. But they couldn’t agree to eiIn fact, the initial idea behind ther of those, so they scaled down was that U.S. Treasury bills were their ambitions and considered the backbone of the global finan- a debt ceiling was to make it easa more modest option: improved cial system. An American debt ier for the White House to spend default would trigger a cascad- cash. military pensions.

It was introduced in 1917 to Still, the divided party’s hawks ing effect unlike anything seen and doves couldn’t settle on a in recent history — including the help fight the First World War, recent financial crisis. and spare the government the strategy.

“The 2008 financial crisis will need to go to Congress every time Finally, Republican brass announced their bottom line: noth- be seen as a minor blip if we de- it wanted more cash.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Similarly, Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson recently launched a “force improvement program.”

In a Jan. 31 letter to all members of the ICBM force, Wilson said he wants to improve the climate within the force and is looking for “innovative, concrete solutions” that can be acted on in coming weeks. Wilson took over in November as commander of Global Strike Command, in charge of all Air Force nuclear forces.

Belgium set to extend right-to-die law to children, arousing intense opposition

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS, Belgium — Belgium, one of the very few countries where euthanasia is legal, is expected to take the unprecedented step this week of abolishing age restrictions on who can ask to be put to death — extending the right to children for the first time.

The legislation appears to have wide support in the largely liberal country. But it has also aroused intense opposition from foes — including a list of pediatricians — and everyday people who have staged noisy street protests, fearing that vulnerable children will be talked into making a final, irreversible choice.

Backers like Dr. Gerland van Berlaer, a prominent Brussels pediatrician, believe it is the merciful thing to do. The law will be specific enough that it will only apply to the handful of teenage boys and girls who are in advanced stages of cancer or other terminal illnesses and suffering unbearable pain, he said.

Under current law, they must let nature take its course or wait until they turn 18 and can ask to be euthanized.

“We are talking about children that are really at the end of their life. It’s not that they have months or years to go. Their life will end anyway,” said Van Berlaer, chief of clinic in the pediatric critical care unit of University Hospital Brussels. “The question they ask us is: ‘Don’t make me go in a terrible, horrifying way, let me go now while I am still a human being and while I still have my dignity.”’

The Belgian Senate voted 50-17 on Dec. 12 to amend the country’s 2002 law on euthanasia so that it would apply to minors, but only under certain additional conditions.

Those include parental consent and a requirement that any minor desiring euthanasia demonstrate a “capacity for discernment” to a psychiatrist and psychologist.

The House of Representatives, the other chamber of Parliament, is scheduled to debate on Wednesday whether to agree to the changes, and vote on them Thursday. Passage is widely expected.

King Philippe, Belgium’s constitutional head of state, must sign the legislation for it to go into effect. So far, the 53-year-old monarch and father of four has not taken a public position, but spokesman Pierre De Bauw said that is not unusual. “We never give any comment on any piece of legislation being discussed in Parliament,” De Bauw said Tuesday.

Though one opinion poll found 75 per cent of Belgians in favour, there has been a vocal opposition.

“We are opening a door that nobody will be able to close,” Andre Leonard, the archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and chairman of the Episcopal Conference of Belgium, told The Associated Press. “There is a risk of very serious consequences in the long term for society and the meaning we give to life, death and the freedom of human beings.”

Etienne Dujardin, 29, a notary employee and father, has been among those staging protests as the debate in the House of Representatives nears. He doesn’t believe safeguards proposed under the new law are watertight enough to protect youngsters who may be incapacitated by disease.

“If you take three psychiatrists, one of them will end up approving (euthanasia),” Dujardin said. “In the name of promoting freedom for children, we’re letting someone else decide.”

This week, an “open letter” carrying the names of 160 Belgian pediatricians was issued to argue against the new law, claiming there is no urgent need for it and that modern medicine is capable of soothing the pain of even the sickest children.

The doctors also said there was no objective way of providing that children possess the “discernment” to know what euthanasia means.

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