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City reveals ‘sunshine’ list 120 EMPLOYEES MAKE MORE THAN $100,000 ANNUALLY

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

CITY OF RED DEER SALARIES A2

Red Deer’s own “sunshine” list reveals that 120 city employees make more than $100,000 annually.

The City of Red Deer provided a list to the Advocate of the 80 unique jobs that come with an annual base salary of more than $100,000.

City Manager Craig Curtis is the highest paid with his $237,719 paycheque followed by Director of Development Services Paul Goranson, who makes between $147,254 and $184,064. The Director of Com-

munity Services (currently vacant), Director of Corporate Services Elaine Vincent and Director of Planning Kim Fowler all make between $138,052 and $172,573.

The Advocate requested the list in light of the province’s recent “sunshine list” disclosure of public servants that make over $100,000.

While Red Deer city council has not discussed the possibility of disclosing the salaries on a regular basis, most councillors were open to the idea.

Mayor Tara Veer said the City of Red Deer is a public organization and there is some expectation that any aspect of the business is subject to public scrutiny. She said it is not unreasonable to explore the option of posting the information at a high executive level. She also noted the information is available upon request.

“In looking at the list it’s about slightly less than 10 per cent of the overall (staffing),” said Veer. “At a leadership level, I think it is reasonable to expect there is higher compensation.”

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K-8 school planned for Sylvan Lake

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

system and their infrastructure.”

Operating in the black would give Canada a strategic advantage over other countries, said Jestin during a presentation at a Rotary Club of Red Deer luncheon at Red Deer College.

“I was very encouraged, in that budget, that rather than delivering a lot of glitzy things we tended to end up with a story that stuck to the message of restoring fiscal prudence and sustaining fiscal prudence in this country. When was the last time you heard the president of the United States say he was going to balance the books?”

With the help of Grade 5 student Brycen Pieroway, Alberta’s education minister announced a new school for Sylvan Lake on Wednesday.

The planned kindergarten to Grade 8 school would add capacity for 500 students to the Central Alberta community.

Education Minister Jeff Johnson pulled the C.P. Blakely Middle School student up to the podium to help him make the announcement.

“I’m sure it will be full just as soon as it is built with the way Sylvan Lake is going,” said Johnson.

Johnson ballparked the cost of the new school at between $12 million and $20 million. According to the Chinook’s Edge School Division 2014-17 capital plan, the new school sought is budgeted at $11,635,029.51.

Another school announcement is being made today in Red Deer, although few details are known.

Red Deer MLAs Mary Anne Jablonski and Cal Dallas are making a school infrastructure announcement at Ecole Secondaire Notre Dame School.

The plan is to have the school open by the 2016-17 academic year, but Johnson admits that is an ambitious goal. The responsibility of building the school falls to Alberta Infrastructure.

“Those are tight timelines, but the projects we have been rolling out over the last few years have been built within that two- to three-year window,” said Johnson. “It’s ambitious, but realistic.”

C.P. Blakely was originally built for 350 students, then modular classrooms increased it to 380. It is well over capacity with 450 students this year.

“Sylvan is like many communities in Alberta — it is just growing because people want to live here,” said Johnson.

“We have many communities giving up library space or computer labs for classrooms. We’re putting portable classrooms on schools but for those communities, we need to make sure we’re investing in those spaces.”

Colleen Butler, Chinook’s Edge School Division board chair, said the school division is pleased with the announcement.

“We have been overcrowded in all of the Sylvan Lake schools,” said Butler, pointing to a part of the hallway that has been converted to a library.

“Their staff room, I don’t know where it is, it’s been turned into a classroom because they are so overcrowded here.”

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Please see SCHOOL on Page A2

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Silver medallist Canada’s Denny Morrison competes in the men’s 1,000-metre speedskating race at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday.

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Economist praises message of fiscal prudence in federal budget OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Scotiabank’s chief economist is giving the federal government a thumbs-up for the belt-tightening budget it tabled on Tuesday.

Warren Jestin, who was in Red Deer yesterday, said balancing the books and reducing debt should be “Job 1” for the Canadian government — and its provincial counterparts.

“Countries with big debts and big deficits ultimately have to raise taxes, which reduces their competitiveness and cuts spending, which reduces the quality of their educational system, their health-care

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Suspects in Alberta missionary’s death in Belize found murdered: report EDMONTON — A TV station in the Central American country of Belize is reporting that two men wanted in the murder of a 64-year-old Canadian missionary have been found dead.

News 5 in Belize City said Wednesday that the suspects in Brian Townsend’s death were murdered in separate incidents.

The TV station says Raulito Balona was shot to death in the village of Arenal in the last few days, and his brother, Marlon, was found Jan. 19 on a feeder road with neck and chest wounds.

It also said the two lived next door to Townsend in the small village of Valley of Peace in Belize.

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Student Jamie Danow, right, 28, looks on as Irvin Cardenas, second from right, 22, controls a TeleBot, which combines telepresence and robotics, with sensors placed around his body, during a demonstration at Florida International University, Wednesday, in Miami. A group of students at FIU’s Discovery Lab is testing their version of a RoboCop that will allow disabled police and military personnel to serve as patrol officers. Danow, who lost his right arm in a motorcycle accident in 2006 and can no longer bend his left elbow, is in charge of developing the user interface for people missing their upper extremities. “This is perfect for me,” Danow explained how he felt before joining the team. “I never could have imagined I would have this opportunity.

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LIST: Positions comparable to those across the country Veer said council needs to be mindful that the organization does not become “top heavy.”

She said council must find the right balance of having effective leadership while remaining fiscally responsible and accountable to taxpayers.

Veer said over the years council has tried to increase the overall transparency of the organization, including posting the mayor and council’s expenses on its website.

Coun. Lynne Mulder said she is fine with releasing the information because the positions are quite comparable across the country.

“When I look at that list I don’t see anybody that is excessive,” said Mulder. “You get what you pay for.

We’re aren’t going to be able to attract people if we pay less than they do in other places.”

Mulder said she does not see any reason why the list shouldn’t be public because the organization is transparent and wants to continue to be.

Coun. Frank Wong added a list would shed some light on what the employees make because often people think the city staff are paid more than in other jurisdictions.

Likewise Coun. Dianne Wyntjes said there is no reason why the city shouldn’t disclose the salaries as long as it is done in a respectful way without attaching the names. She said the important thing is to respect the privacy of employees.

“Sunshine lists are fine,” she said. “It’s taxpayers’ dollars and we should know where those salaries are going and for what positions.”

Wyntjes said the responsibility and the education that are required for some positions are relative to what is paid in the private sector.

“I always find when you have post-secondary education, those comparisons are usually very similar in terms of attraction and recruitment,” said Wyntjes.

Coun. Paul Harris said he would be okay releasing a salary range for specific positions. Harris said it does not sit well with him to release a person’s name and his or her salary for privacy reasons.

Coun. Tanya Handley said she is fine with releasing the public employee salaries.

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sure being that the taxpayers are the ones who are footing the bill for the employees,” said Handley. “In theory I don’t have a problem with it at all. I think it adds to transparency.”

Staffing accounts for 40 per cent or $122 million of a $305-million operational budget. There are 1,400 employees on the city payroll.

The city monitors the competitive positions by participating in salary surveys and compensation-related website resources, networking with public and private sector human resource colleagues, analyzing sector specific data and gathering feedback from recruitment related sources.

10 highest paid City of Red Deer employees: ● City manager Craig Curtis – $237,719 ● Director of Development Services Paul Goranson – $147,254 to $184,064 ● Director of Community Services (vacant) – $138,052 to $172,573 ● Director of Corporate Services Elaine Vincent – $138,052 to $172,573 ● Director of Planning Kim Fowler – $138,052 to $172,573 ● Chief Financial Officer Dean Krejci – $117,940 to $147,419 ● City solicitor Michelle Baer – $117,940 to $147,419 ● Director of Communications and Strategic Planning – Julia Harvie-Shemko $117,940 to $147,419 ● Director of Human Resources Kristy Svoboda – $117,940 to $147,419 ● Emergency Services Manager Jack MacDonald – $117,940 to $147,419 crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

SCHOOL: First of its kind in Sylvan Lake The school will be the first kindergarten to Grade 8 school in Sylvan Lake, which has two kindergarten to Grade 5 schools, one Grade 6 to 8 school and one high school, as well as the career high school.

“Sylvan Lake is growing so rapidly,” said Butler.

“We’re getting four portables to attach to this school for the fall just to relieve some of the pressure. That will probably only last so long, we desperately need the new school.”

She said the capacity offered in the new school will be great “for a while,” but if Sylvan Lake continues to grow, they will look for another new school down the road. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Redford defends plan to cull wild horses

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LETHBRIDGE, — Alberta’s premier is defending the government’s decision to cull its wild horse population.

Alison Redford said Wednesday that the horses are

feral animals that impact pasture land.

“I understand that people that do have concerns and can get quite emotional about this,” Redford told reporters at a school announcement in Lethbridge.

“But at the end of the day,

the decisions that are made have to be made in the context of the best possible use of our resources, our land management.”

Critics have said they worry many of the horses will end up in slaughterhouses or die during the roundup, and want the

government to cancel the plan immediately.

The Opposition Wildrose party said there isn’t enough scientific evidence to support a cull.

Alberta Environment has issued a licence to capture up to 200 feral horses in the cen-

tral Alberta area around Sundre.

The government has said the horse population there increased to 980 last year from 778 the year before.

The roundup is being allowed until March 1.

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HIGH RIVER — The cabinet minister in charge of rebuilding the community hardest hit by last year’s flooding in Alberta says a temporary neighbourhood currently housing as many as 500 evacuees won’t be closing any time soon.

In a letter to residents this week, the Alberta Municipal Affairs Department said it has extended its current arrangement to keep the Saddlebrook complex just outside High River open beyond March while homes in the town are torn down and rebuilt.

Rick Fraser, Alberta’s associate minister of regional recovery and reconstruction, said the province is looking at a “transition housing” project called Highwood Junction that would have a more permanent feel and be right inside High River.

But until that is up in running, Fraser said Saddlebrook will remain home for those displaced.

“You are seeing the numbers in temporary neighbourhoods decrease seven-and-a-half months after the flood,” he said.

“But there are those whose houses we have had to demolish in High River and other flood affected areas. They’re going to need places to live and it may be a year until that house is built and they need a community. So we’re working on that.”

Cities and towns from the Rocky Mountains in the province’s west, all the way east to Medicine Hat, were damaged by last June’s floods.

High River was the hardest hit when torrential rains dumped 350 millimetres of water over two days.

The Highwood River flooded much of the community. Downtown streets turned to raging rivers.

It took weeks to pump water from one neighbourhood called the Hamptons. Whole subdivisions need to be rebuilt.

Saddlebrook was setup about five kilometres outside High River last August, with room for up to 1,200.

The 40-hectare site uses trailers as living quarters and has a recreation centre, laundry facilities and three kitchens.

A similar community called Great Plains was setup near Calgary but, with only 40 remaining residents there, the province is has said it will be shut down soon.

Fraser said the number of people living in Saddlebrook fluctuates between 400 and 500, and many won’t be able to return home for some time.

The province collects rent from those staying there.

A family of two adults and two children is charged $1,217 a month.

Fraser said he couldn’t reveal a lot of detail about Highwood Junction, other than to say it would be more permanent and will be right in High River so residents won’t feel as isolated.

Fraser said there a lot of ideas being studied about what to do with Saddlebrook after people move out.

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Housing First is vital Frankly, I was more than a little surprised by Millard MacDonald’s comments in Wednesday’s Advocate, asserting that the links between mental illness, addictions and homelessness cannot be addressed by Housing First.

MacDonald is co-ordinator of Berachah Place, a safe zone for street people where they can spend their daytime hours keeping warm, getting a shower and GREG their laundry NEIMAN done — generally getting off the streets between finding meals at other charities, and finding a bed at a shelter that night.

Berachah is an important link in the network of charities that keeps the vast majority of us from having to walk past homeless people sitting on doorsteps or sidewalks all day, asking us for handouts.

Berachah — like all the city’s shelters, mat programs, soup kitchens, clothing recyclers and (importantly) Housing First — is a part of what keeps Red Deer from having to actually confront the faces of the drug industry, mental illness and extreme family breakdown in our city.

As much as many people want to look away from homeless people and their problems, without these programs, Red Deer would not be a city you’d want to live in. Our downtown would be a desolate ghetto of misery.

Truly.

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That’s why I truly cannot understand why MacDonald would prioritize the path to wellness the way he does.

“They (the agencies) need to deal with addictions and mental health issues first,” MacDonald said. “They (the homeless) need to get well before they can be housed.”

That’s putting the cart before the horse. Two or three blocks ahead of the horse, in fact.

Nobody is entitled to a perfect life.

Every person, every family, has problems and crises. Every family’s story has dark chapters they need to live through and learn from.

Imagine having to face your problems with no place to live. With all of your possessions in a black garbage bag — and, if you’re lucky, carried in a stolen grocery cart.

Being homeless is not your problem — it is the reason you will never be able to deal with your problems, while they only get multiplied inside you.

Mental illness, family breakdown and addictions lead people to behaviours that make them homeless. I cannot fathom why someone like MacDonald — who himself makes a lot of personal sacrifices to keep people safe until they can find their way off the streets — would believe you have to get addicts clean before they can find a place in which to live.

The mental health ward at our hospital is at maximum capacity. I don’t know if they’re even equipped to handle a large group of people with both mental illness and a drug addiction.

Red Deer stalwartly denies every application it gets for a publicly administered live-in drug treatment centre. It took years of public shaming for Red Deer to even get a temporary detox centre.

Detox is only a first step for a per-

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Imagine having to face your problems with no place to live. With all of your possessions in a black garbage bag — and, if you’re lucky, carried in a stolen grocery cart. son with drug addiction. After the few days it takes for the drugs to leave their bodies, we send people — with all their problems and personal demons — back onto the streets.

How’s that been working for us?

I’m reaching for the kernel of truth that MacDonald is trying to express here, and maybe that’s it. Maybe his issue is that Red Deer simply won’t allow the means for people to get clean and get the long-term support needed to deal with schizophrenia or other mental health issues, and then find housing that secures them the “normal” lives the rest of us enjoy.

But in the reality we have here today, I am confident that the internationally-proven Housing First program does indeed lead people off the streets, to a place where they can work on the things that put them there.

Detox does not work for everyone.

That is amply proven by the people who go through it multiple times. Nor would a full drug treatment and mental health centre work for everyone.

In the same way, some people in Red Deer’s Housing First program

relapse and do things that get them kicked out. Some, but by no means all.

Every success is one less addict sleeping in a shelter or behind a garbage dumpster.

Wednesday’s report in the Advocate interviewed a lifetime street person. That person has adapted to being homeless, and does not want much more than soup kitchens, Berachah Place and a spot out of the wind to spend the night. That is by no means the full story of homelessness. Many people are in a dark place daily, needing a refuge with 24/7 staff support so they can get to a place of peace, where they can find some light.

In Red Deer, that would be the Buffalo, our Housing First program. As hard a place as that can be at times, it’s the best place we have — until we get a full, medical, residential, publiclyadministered drug treatment program that can also deal with mental illness.

Good luck with that. Truly.

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

Flaherty’s sleight of hand will fool few By reaching under the couch cushions for loose change and unwrapping some rolled-up nickels, Jim Flaherty gave the impression of at least a little action in his budget tabled on Tuesday.

It may have looked like the finance minister was moving to help consumers, jobless youth and the marginalized in this country, but his effort is sprinkled with some of the smallest numbers ever published in a budget book.

This was not a budget meant to shift Canadians’ focus off the slopes and ice rinks of Sochi. But Flaherty has earned gold for illusion.

He has tossed some spare TIM change at programs that look HARPER popular, helping to open the job market to the young, those with physical disabilities and autism.

It appears as if the government is moving on a consumer agenda, stealing an NDP initiative here, going after big bad telecommunications companies and price gougers there, looking out for the beleaguered taxpayer here, muscling in on the crowded quest to court the middle class there.

Under this government, budgets have become almost exclusively political documents with the real meat being served up in later omnibus bills and the annual ritual of staring into budget books in a sterile conference centre is becoming increasingly irrelevant.

As political documents go, it is a credible effort because it gives the Conservatives the right to at least claim that they are dealing with weaknesses in the economy and consumer irritants, no matter how flimsy those claims may be.

But they will be happy to be known simply as responsible. No spending on shiny objects; virtually no spending at all.

Flaherty, in his speech to the Commons, reached back to quote Canada’s first finance minister, John Rose, Sir John A. Macdonald and Thomas D’Arcy McGee to warn against the evils of wanton spending.

Even next year, when he will be in the black, Flaherty cautioned “a return to surplus is not a licence to spend recklessly.”

Call this effort boring and he thanks you for the compliment.

The question for the Conservatives is whether their well-polished reputation as the calm stewards of the economy will survive another year of living responsibly during an era of weak, and volatile, job creation.

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Critics who have accused this government of being obsessively prudent in protecting its election year surplus will find nothing here to change that view. But the Conservative core supporters will likely applaud this effort in government freezing and slashing.

Even the most substantive move by this government is not quite what it seems.

The $1.9-billion proposed overhaul of First Nations education announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper is contingent on this government being re-elected.

The consumer moves are also largely illusory and cost the government next to nothing.

By spending $305 million over five years, Flaherty is expanding high-speed broadband to nearly 100 per cent of the country, but the number affected is slight.

He is promising legislation to narrow the gap between Canada and U.S. retail prices, but the language is loaded with caveats and short on details, coming as the Canadian dollar is in decline.

He will move to cap wholesale domestic wireless roaming rates in his never-ending, but so far fruitless, attempt to spark competition in the market.

While short on bling, the Conservatives did provide some bang.

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Tuesday was a bad day for three demonized constituencies: smokers, bad senators and public servants.

There will be legislation to take away the right of suspended senators Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Pamela Wallin to build pensionable service while on the sidelines.

If you are a public servant still working, the government has targeted your disability and sick benefits. If you are retired, they will make you pay more for your health plan.

The price of puffing will go up.

But to call this a nickel-and-dime effort was to inflate its effect.

Flaherty in 2014 was the equivalent of the guy who finds a $20 bill in the pocket of a suit jacket he hasn’t worn for a year. That doesn’t go very far, especially if you decide to save some of it for next year.

If the national conversation turns back to hockey rinks and moguls by the end of the day, this is a happy government.

But as those who root for doomed sports franchises and government spending like to say, just wait until next year.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 A5

Spotty ambulance service alarms residents

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

NORDEGG

Nordegg residents say they are too often being left without ambulance coverage and forced to rely on units based nearly an hour or more away.

All-year resident Scott Sheldrake said when he moved out there five years ago there was a full-time ambulance service.

Now, the local ambulance is available only a small percentage of the time, meaning emergency calls must be responded to from other communities, most 45 minutes or more away.

“It’s not really public information that it’s not manned, and that scares me,” said the married father of two children, 15 months and four years old.

“There’s some older people in their 70s and 80s out here and I don’t know if they’re aware there’s no ambulance.”

Adding to the danger is the unpredictable nature of winter driving conditions.

“It’s kind of concerning that we’re supposed to have (an ambulance) and we don’t have one.”

Sheldrake said he has raised his concerns with Alberta Health Services but got no clear reason as to why service is not available full-time.

There are local people trained in emergency response who are willing to volunteer, but “If you have someone who wants to be on your ambulance department you should be jumping up and down and doing everything you can to get these guys on so you have a manned unit out here.”

Part-time resident Jason Millar said he’s spoken

with Alberta Health Services officials and believes they are trying to boost service. But the loss of local volunteers and the difficulty in filling shifts with outsiders is a challenge.

“My goal is to get a minimum full-time basic care level there, at least as a starting point. And then to have an advanced life support because of the distance to the nearest hospital.”

Some older residents have already left the community because of the risk in not being able to get to hospital quickly.

It’s not just local residents who will benefit from more ambulance coverage. There are many who work in area industries, who live on reserves or are recreational visitors.

He estimates that the local population ranges from around 1,900 during the off-season to as high as 7,300 during peak periods.

Clearwater County has received about a dozen letters on the issue from residents of the hamlet about 90 km west of Rocky Mountain House, said chief administrative officer Ron Leaf.

Residents are concerned that a local staffed ambulance is only available a minority of the time. That means ambulance must be dispatched from Rocky, or even farther afield, from Caroline (135 km), Hinton (150 km), Jasper (160 km), Sylvan Lake (170 km). A federally funded ambulance from O’Chiese Reserve is about 60 km away.

Leaf said the county used to run the ambulance

service, which was staffed with trained volunteers, many of whom are no longer available. At that time, it was operated around the clock.

Ambulance service in the county, including Nordegg, is among the items that council is expected to raise at the annual Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties convention next month.

Unhappiness with ambulance service since the province took over is nothing new in Clearwater County.

“Council has been lobbying about what they consider to be a degradation in EMS. That’s been one of their key strategic points for the last three years.

“This isn’t a new discussion or new topic. There’s a number of concerns. Principally, it’s response times.”

Councillors have questioned whether AHS takes into enough consideration the sprawling size of the county and its dramatic seasonal population fluctuations.

Kerry Bales, Central Zone lead for Alberta Health Services, says in a statement that when local volunteers are unavailable the next closest ambulance is dispatched, often from Rocky Mountain House.

“In life-threatening cases, we respond as quickly as possible. Weather conditions and volumes can impact our response times,” he says.

Besides ground ambulances, STARS, air ambulances and local medical first responders (volunteer firefighters) can be dispatched.

“Our focus is on ensuring that residents receive high-quality, timely treatment from EMS services in the area.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

GRANDE PRAIRIE — A northern Alberta man has been charged with first-degree murder after a woman from the area was reported missing.

RCMP say they have arrested Shane Gregory Babitsch, 21, of Grande Prairie.

He is to appear in provincial court Wednesday.

Courtney Breanna Johnstone, 26, of Grande Prairie was reported missing on Jan. 30.

RCMP say she is dead, but officers have not found her remains.

Police say the fact that Johnstone’s family and

friends were very quick to report her missing helped their investigation.

“Courtney’s family and friends were fast in reporting Courtney missing,” Superintendent Ray Noble said Tuesday.

“This, coupled with a concentrated effort by all of our investigators, led to the arrest of the person we believe responsible for her death. We offer our sincere condolences to Courtney’s family.”

RCMP were searching the Aquatera Waste Management site for Johnstone’s remains.

kets. Even U.S. government debt is moving in the right direction, having dropped to $680 billion last year after four years in excess of $1 trillion.

Europe is slowly pulling itself out of the recessionary hole it’s been in, although Jestin worries that high youth unemployment in countries like Spain and Greece is creating a “lost generation.”

The proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and Europe has

the potential to help Canadian businesses, said Jestin, as do the federal government’s efforts to strike trade deals with other counties.

“We still sell 74 per cent of our exports to the U.S., but if you’re looking at growth, rather than levels, you will see the growth opportunities in many other parts of the world,” he said, noting that less than 10 years ago 84 per cent of Canada’s exports were going to our southern neighbour. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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One determinant of Alberta’s future prosperity will be whether pipeline projects like Keystone XL are approved, said Jestin. That in turn is dependent on politics.

He suggested that U.S. President Barack Obama’s current focus is to gain a majority in Congress when mid-term elections are held in November. And that will likely influence his decision on Keystone, with the reaction of voters in each state a key consideration.

“My gut feeling is he’ll probably defer it simply because he doesn’t know the consequences or the outcome politically on actually signing on the dotted line. But I think it’s going to be signed.”

Economic forecasting is a challenging endeavor these days, said Jestin, because there are so many factors are at play — some of which are unprecedented.

For instance, China’s role in the global economy is transforming from seller to buyer. He explained that the Asian powerhouse needs commodities for things like steel production, and has also developed a huge appetite for consumer goods.

China has become the world’s biggest auto buyer, as well as the number 1 market for luxury goods, said Jestin. In the case of tourism, it’s now the biggest spender, having surpassing the United States and Germany in recent years.

Also making it difficult to predict the future are technological developments, he said, pointing to the unexpected impact that advances in fracking and horizontal drilling have had on energy markets.

“Five years ago, we exported $35 billion worth of natural gas to the U.S.,” said Jestin.

“And last year it was down to $12 billion.”

In fact, North America has become a low-cost energy area that’s attracting some manufacturers back in a movement called “re-shoring.”

Jestin sees plenty to be optimistic about in the United States, where consumer confidence and spending has been boosted by improvements in the labour, housing and equity mar-

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Flaherty, caucus split on campaign promise within the federal cabinet and the Prime Minister’s Office.

“We now have a finance minister backtracking from what was a key Conservative commitment,” he said.

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Income-splitting for families with dependents under the age of 18 was a key promise the governing Tories made in the last election, but with a catch: it was contingent on a balanced budget.

The federal budget Flaherty introduced Tuesday projects a $6.4-billion surplus in 2015, just in time for the coming election.

On Wednesday, however, Flaherty lobbed a grenade into the Conservative caucus Jim Flaherty room when he said he personally thinks blowing part of that money on a promise that’s expected to cost upwards of $2.5 billion is not the way to go.

“I would pay down public debt and reduce taxes more, myself, but I am only one person,” he said in a post-budget interview before the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce.

Prudent fiscal management has historically served Canada well, but federal governments lost their way over the last 50 years and became spendthrifts, Flaherty continued.

“We’ve created a large public debt and we should deal with it and we should knock it down,” he said.

“Not for my sake, it won’t make any difference to me, but it will make a big difference to the next generations.”

Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair pounced on Flaherty’s comments, asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper if he agreed that income-splitting would provide no relief to the vast majority of families.

“This government said in the last election, made a commitment, that when we balance the budget . . . one of the highest priorities of this government will be tax reduction for Canadian families,” Harper said.

But cracks had already started to appear within Tory ranks about whether they should abandon the promise.

Treasury Board President Tony Clement and Employment Minister Jason Kenney said they back income-splitting, while Maxime Bernier, minister of state for small business, seemed to side with Flaherty.

“I know what our campaign commitments are and I stand by those commitments,” Clement said.

Echoed Kenney: “We made a platform commitment to introduce income-splitting when we get to a balanced budget. We’ll get to a balanced budget next year, that’s very clear.”

Industry Minister James Moore, however, dodged direct questions about where he stands on income-

splitting.

“You’re talking about 2015. We have to get through 2014 first,” Moore said.

New Democrat MP Peter Julian could barely contain his glee as he described the “incoherence”

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Rescuer dies, another is in critical condition after search

Man who killed kids denied permission to leave facility

MISSING MAN FOUND SAFE BY OTHER SEARCHERS

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WOLLASTON LAKE, Sask. — The brother of a man who died in the frigid wilderness of northern Saskatchewan during a search for a missing man says alcohol was involved.

Benji Denechezhe said he found his brother Alphonse’s body, and his barely conscious search companion, Tuesday afternoon — two days after the pair had set out to look for a missing man from Lac Brochet, Man., just across the boundary in Saskatchewan.

Police say the two searchers, part of the Lac Brochet Search and Rescue Rangers group, left on Sunday. The man they were looking for was found safe by searchers from Wollaston Lake, Sask., but the two searchers from Manitoba didn’t return. “They got stuck on the slush and they were also drinking,�

Denechezhe said in an interview from Lac Brochet. “Somehow my brother fell asleep. When the other guy got up, my brother was already gone. “It’s devastating. When it’s cold and you’re drinking out in the bush and there is nothing around, there are consequences.�

The 40-year-old searcher who survived the frigid temperatures

was taken to hospital in critical condition.

The Rangers fall under the umbrella of the Department of National Defence. They provide patrols and run search-and-rescue missions in sparsely populated areas of Western Canada that cannot be conveniently or economically covered by the Canadian Armed Forces.

Capt. Steven Parker, spokesman for the 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, said Wednesday that the searchers were off duty at the time, adding no request was received to do the mission. “Our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of Alphonse M. Denechezhe, a Canadian Ranger with the Lac Brochet patrol of the 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, who has recently and tragically died in Northern Manitoba in connection with a local search and rescue mission. “We also hope for a quick and full recovery for the injured Canadian Ranger currently being treated for injuries.�

RCMP Sgt. Craig Cleary said it appears the snowmobile the two men were using might have broken down. “There was some indication that the snowmobile was experiencing some mechanical issues,�

Cleary said. “There is no doubt in my mind that the elements ... did

definitely factor into how things turned out, unfortunately.�

RCMP couldn’t comment on whether alcohol was involved, but Cleary did say foul play is not suspected. An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death.

Benji Denechezhe said his brother was well-known and liked in the community. The 47-year-old father of five had recently toured with musician Neil Young, opening for him along with other Dene drummers as Young held a series of concerts to raise money for an Alberta First Nation.

Alphonse Denechezhe had been a Ranger for 10 years and knew how to survive in the wild, his brother said. “He was very humorous,�

Denechezhe said. “He always had a smile and a joke to share with anybody. That’s the kind of person he was. That’s what I’m going to miss. Our family is very close. It’s a great loss to us.�

Regardless of training, Cleary said there are risks for anyone involved in a search-and-rescue mission. “There are always ... those chances that, while you are trying to provide assistance to somebody else, you yourself could unfortunately be facing a similar situation as these two individuals did on their rescue mission.�

Man arrested, another sought in slaying of Canadian seniors in Mexico

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Mexican authorities have arrested one man and launched an interstate manhunt for another as they investigate the grisly slaying of an elderly Canadian couple.

Eighty-four-year old Edward Kular and 72-year-old Nina Discombe were found lying in a pool of blood Sunday in the living room of the house where they’d lived for at least six months.

The attorney general of Mexico’s Jalisco state alleged on Wednesday that two men broke into the couple’s home expecting to find them asleep, but became startled when they found the pair awake and killed them both for fear of being recognized.

Luis Najera told The Canadian

Press the man who was arrested was the brother of a construction labourer who worked near the Canadians’ home.

Najera alleged the labourer had seen the Canadians buy a bigscreen TV day a few days prior, and allegedly plotted a robbery with his brother, who had just been released from jail.

The suspects broke into the couple’s home in the community of Ajijic early in the morning believing Kular and Discombe would still be sleeping, Najera alleged, but instead found them wide awake. “They were in the living room when they arrived. And when the lady sees the brother, he knows the lady (will) tell...he knows that the lady knows the brother (and) he decides to kill the couple,� Najera alleged.

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. — A British Columbia father found not criminally responsible for killing his three children won’t be able to apply for permission to leave the psychiatric hospital he now calls home, a provincial review board said Wednesday.

Allan Schoenborn had applied for escorted absences, nearly six years after he killed his children at their home in Merritt, B.C. His treatment team at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, in Port Coquitlam east of Vancouver, told a B.C. Review Board hearing on Wednesday that Schoenborn posted too great a risk to public safety to be let out.

Dave Teixeira, who speaks for the family of Schoenborn’s ex-wife, Darcie Clarke, confirmed the board’s decision roughly two hours after the hearing wrapped up. “They’ve made a decision — and we’re very glad to hear it — that Allan Schoenborn will be kept in custody for another year,� Teixeira.

Schoenborn stabbed his daughter Kaitlynne, 10, and then smothered his sons, eight-year-old Max and five-year-old Cordon, at their home in Merritt in April 2008, leaving their bodies to be found by their mother, Darcie Clarke.

He fled, only to be found more than a week later dehydrated in the woods nearby.

Stolen backpack returned to family of man who jumped in front of train EDMONTON — Edmonton police say a backpack belonging to the family of a young man who committed suicide has been returned to his family.

Jonathan Langille, who was 19, died last Wednesday after he jumped in front of an LRT train.

The college student had left his backpack on the station platform and a woman left with it after he jumped.

Langille’s mother later pleaded through the media for the bag’s return.

She said his it contained personal belongings she wanted back, as well as his journal with possible clues as to why he wanted to kill himself.

Police say a woman who saw Langille’s family on the news contacted them and made arrangements to return the backpack.

Officials have said Kular was beaten on the head with a small statue while Discombe was stabbed in the stomach with a kitchen knife.

Najera said police are searching for the labourer in a nearby state, while his brother has been charged with murder.

A relative of Kular has said the Toronto man’s death is like a “a bad nightmare� for his family.

Discombe was from Ottawa but had purchased a home in Mexico to live there full-time, said Barbara Wills, a friend who also lives in the community of Ajijic.

The area located outside Guadalajara City is popular among snowbirds and several who knew the couple said they were in shock.

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Her girlfriend tweets that Avery Edison will take a flight back to the United Kingdom from Toronto’s Pearson airport following a decision that was made at an immigration hearing.

Edison had tweeted she was detained by the Canada Border Services Agency after landing in Toronto on Monday, and she suspected it was due to previously overstaying her student visa.

But she said that despite being listed as female on her passport she was sent to Maplehurst Correctional Centre in Milton, Ont. — a jail for males — while awaiting a hearing. Edison was moved to a facility for women on Tuesday.

Her girlfriend Romy Sugden, who lives in Toronto, had earlier tweeted that jail staff told her Edison was sent to the male facility because she has male genitalia.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Indoors miracle flared and spun deer hair bullethead on a Le Tort Hopper. Canada goose resting after the long trip north; Hex magic when gaillardia blooms. The first approach ever to the stream for the little guy. Early brown stonefly on male aspen flower. Crocus with no snow to melt through.

Moments magical and miraculous Reading season: a lot of John Gierach and Paul Schullery and learning what is magic for them in their long outdoors lives, inspires me to send a Valentine to the magic moments, the miracles even, in my outdoors life, or even indoors, doing some of the things the outdoors recreations lead us to.

Fly tying season is in full fever and I remember having to teach myself to tie 50 years ago from the excellent photograph sequences in Helen Shaw’s excellent Fly Tying.

The shiver returns each time I see again the magic of the flaring, like hundreds of tiny spokes, of a wound hackle, or a similar phenomenon with spun deer hair so essential to the bullet head of my signature Le Tort Hopper. Who BOB was it saw this magic, discovSCAMMELL ered these miracles for the first time?

That one word, ‘valentine,’ germinates flowers in the mind and, already, whenever it warms up and stops snowing for a few days, I watch a certain spot, yearning for the annual magic of a crocus burning blue like an acetylene torch up through its remaining mulch of snow.

When that happens, can the first bluebirds be far behind; azure sparks against ashen spring skies, as they check nest sites and calculate if there are enough insects around to support a brood of chicks?

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go fishing.

Other sounds that thrill out there? Twice a year my soul is deeply touched by the high, plaintive honking of migrating geese, swans even, heartening in the spring, heart-rending in the fall.

Phenology, the art and science of appearances (if this happens, something else will also) in nature is both magic and a miracle to me for showing when to plant certain things, and when to expect fast fishing to major aquatic insect hatches. Soon my burgeoning sinuses will announce that the male aspen flowers are in full bloom and their pollen is blowin’ in the wind. Then it is surely time to go looking for the early brown stonefly egg-laying run, which has very occasionally given me my earliest dry fly fishing accompanied by the plopping splashes of bank ice breaking free.

The annual repetition of a trout rising to eat a floating fly is always a miracle to me. The first time I saw it was more than 60 years ago, and I remember being awe-struck, thinking that was my fly fishing dad waving a wand and plucking trout from the stream, like a magician conjuring rabbits from a top hat.

Akin to that outdoors miracle is one that I’ll probably never experience again, now that our last Brittany, Beau, is hunting the pastures of heaven, and that is the magic of walking ahead of a solid point and flushing upland game from under the nose of your dog.

Strong feelings are part of the outdoors life, and among the strongest are what you feel when you approach a river or stream for the first time ever, or an old favourite for the first time in a new season.

Another strong outdoors feeling is almost a seventh sense you develop and is seldom wrong, about the occurrence of the magical and sudden appearance

of game — deer, elk, moose — right before your eyes, where there was nothing but empty habitat instants before.

Sometimes the debacle of death is part of the outdoors life, but more often there is the miracle of births and re-births, some of them secret, small and unknown. One May long weekend night, years ago, the late Lloyd Graff and I had the privilege of showing a group of enthralled women the miraculous halfhour emergence (birth?) of the giant salmon fly from its underwater nymphal shuck. The few anglers who know about it are first addicted to the fantastic night fishing brought on by the annual hex hatch, hexagenia limbata, North America’s largest mayfly. But eventually most of them will admit that what brings them back is the midsummer nights dream, the miracle, the magic of the hatch itself, the whispering wings of those gorgeous great insects.

There are hilarious outdoors Valentines: late in summer the huge, clownish “dragon-eater” brown trout, often grounding themselves trying to brush off from streamside vegetation and catch dragonflies flitting along the bank.

Many are the laughs at ourselves in the outdoors; for me, none so hearty as those in harmony with the gleeful phasian cackle by which a fleeing rooster pheasant announces he has, yet again, magically, left egg on the faces of me, my hunting buddies and our dogs.

Then there is the miracle of those rare spouses who find no threat in our addictions to and love of outdoors magic; encourage it, in fact, even join in occasionally on parts of it.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Plan before you landscape to save time and money There are many reasons as to why yards should be landscaped.

It can be environmental — providing shade and wind protection.

For privacy, a well placed plant, fence or wall can block unsightly views.

For aesthetics, a well-developed yard makes the house and home more attractive.

For economic reasons, a well maintained, attractive yard makes it easier to sell the house than if the yard is a LINDA barren one.

Planning the landscape TOMLINSON sets a goal, potentially saving time and money. Without planning, in the head or on paper, things can be placed in the wrong locations and have to be moved. It would be a shame to plant a tree and discover 10 years later that it will be in the middle of the driveway once the garage is built. At this point it is unlikely that the

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tree can be moved.

When developing a plan, thought must go into every detail. Why is this tree being planted? Why is it going in this particular spot? How large will that tree be when it matures? What type of tree is being planted?

What plants will thrive in the area and in the different spots in the yard?

Planting a bush because it is unique or the correct size is great, but if the plant barely survives, it will be noticed for the wrong reasons. A thin, sparselyleafed plant is not attractive.

On the opposite end of the scale are plants that are aggressive and take over the yard. These plants work well in areas where other plants struggle, but keep them away from main growing areas.

Soil makes the difference between a struggling yard and a great one. When developing an area or yard, make sure that the soil will support the plants.

Does the soil need to be amended? Is the top soil deep enough?

At one time, basements were dug and the subsoil that was removed from the basement was piled around the new house, then smoothed over the entire yard. As a result, these yards had little if any top soil.

Now, new developments strip the soil and stockpile it until the houses are built. Some soil is replaced. Is it enough to grow a good garden?

Today’s society is very mobile. How many years do you plan to live in this house? If it is a short period, what can you do to help resale value?

If this yard is to be long term, how will it change as the family matures? The play set that belongs to a young family will lose its appeal. Can a basketball hoop be added to the area? Should it be turned back into lawn?

How much time will the yard take in up keep? For some, time is limited. People who enjoy gardening should have a yard that takes time and care. People who find gardening a chore should opt for low-maintenance; build a well-planned garden that is self sustainable or hire someone to maintain the yard.

There are many different resources available to help plan the yard, including books at the library, gardening sites online and courses.

Check with local garden centers and garden clubs for workshops in your area.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at www.igardencanada.com or your_garden@hotmail.com.

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Kick your smoking butt: three steps to quit for good It’s 10:15am. Smoke break time. I used to wish I ada in a Health Survey for 2011, and they spent $31.1 were a smoker at times just to have “smoke breaks� billion on tobacco products that year. — a time to step away from the demands Quitting smoking has been one of the of the day and have a mini escape with top to-dos on the New Year’s resolution a cigarette. I’ve been guilty of the pack lists for years, with the chief reasons for here and there for a weekend amongst a relapsing being stress levels and expefew beverages in my time, or throughout riencing negative moods while trying to the day in my coal mining days as well as kick the habit. So how to quit for good? working on paving crews.

Logic isn’t the best method. During the It’s shocking to think of inhaling over process of quitting, Dr. Deepak Chopra 4,000 chemical compounds and actively recommends taking a look at your own partake in polluting the precious cells of sense of self worth. The act of smoking inthe our lungs, which work so hard to dedicates a strong disconnect from your self fend contaminants in our already polluted and your ability to handle life’s stresses. air from reaching our internal organs and So anything that can bring about a bloodstream. sense of self- empowerment, or manageKRISTIN Damaging this delicate filtration mechment of the stress in a healthier way, will FRASER anism through smoking not only has been be a more effective approach. shown to be a major contributor to the Hypnotherapy, yoga, meditation or daiobvious lung cancer, emphysema and ly deep breathing exercises, journaling, asthma, but may also be responsible for exercising and, of course, eating the right a weakened immune system, as well just foods to support the body in detoxificageneral fatigue and sluggishness, bringing tion are key to really ridding your body down your overall vibration of energy and well-be- of the craving. Many are too afraid to take the bold ing. Almost 20 per cent of Canadians were reported move to take charge of their health. It’s a choice — a to be smokers, according to reports by Statistics Can- conscious one. I always take a look at three steps

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when breaking negative health behaviours.

Step 1: Find your motivating factor. My own father smoked for 25-to-30-something years, attempting to quit on many occasions. The death of his own father from emphysema led to him quitting cold turkey that very day and he hasn’t touched a cigarette since.

Willpower? No. Motivating factor? Yes. Cultivating the will to deal with your stresses head on can be a strong one as well.

Step 2: Detoxification. Support your decision with some emotional and physical detox. Green juice cleanses, increased consumption of antioxidants such as blueberries or goji berries, vitamin C and incorporate lots of dark leafy greens. Or just start simply by supplementing with chlorella, rich in chlorophyll, which is known to help support the blood purification process. Also, supplement with mineral rich zeolite, which has been known to pull heavy metals from the body.

Step 3: Give your body what it really needs: exercise, healthy foods and a new positive outlook.

Just remember you’re worth the journey — no matter how long it takes you to kick smoking’s butt.

Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and local freelance writer. Her column appears every second Thursday. kristin@somethingtochewon.ca.

Take caution with frostbite This past week, I have been as the blood burst into the area thinking about breeds of dogs would also cause crack to the frothat do not like cold weather, like zen tissue, leading to the formaYorkshire terriers, pugs, pomera- tion of ulcers. nians, bishons, etc.

Heating frostbite too quickly These dogs, unlike can also stress the labs, like my beloved heart and cause heart Bubbaloo, do not moan palpitations. This is and groan, pout and not good for the weak sigh, when the outdoors of heart. becomes glacier and First aiders treat their humans would frostbite by gently rather not go for a walk. warming tissues by This morning, clad placing fingers on in long underwear, a warm body parts, or sweater, parka, wool once in a warm room hat, scarf, and other wrapping them in blancold weather items, as kets.

I watch Bubbaloo run, It is important to reprance, sniff and trot heat fingers and toes along the frozen pathonce the threat of furABRAH ways we walk daily, I ther frostbite has past.

ARNESON thought about frostbite.

Fingers warmed and Frostbite is a very HERBS FOR LIFE then frost bitten again serious condition mostdo not heal easily. ly affecting fingers and There was a time toes. Frostbite is more than a bite; when herbalists regularly treated it is the formation of ice crystals frostbite and it ulcers. The ulcers inside the tips of fingers and toes. in the old herbals are called chilIn serious cases, people lose fin- blains. gers and toes and the pain of beFirst Nations and pioneers ing frozen never resolves. made a salve from the inner back I know a woman who suffered of the he tamarack (larix spp.), severe frostbite as a teenager and also called larch, to heal fingers to this day cannot use a computer. and toes stung by frostbite. The Typing is just too painful. salve was made during the cold Warming up frozen extremities time of year. needs to be done with caution and Begin by finding a healthy care. When my hands are cold, I stand of tamaracks. They like wet pull my thumb into the hand of my areas. mitten and massage my fingertips.

Unlike other coniferous, tamaIf I did this to frost bitten fin- rack trees lose their needles. In gers, the tiny ice crystals embed- the winter, they look like thin ded in the tissue of my fingers spindly trees that should have would cut through the inner flesh, needles. damaging nerves and delicate The bark is red-brown, scaly blood vessels. and composed of many layers.

If I put frost bitten hands next Cut a strip of the bark off the to a fire or immersed them in hot tree. When gathering bark from water, the expansion of the tissue trees for medicine, never cut away

a ring of bark from around the tree. Always take a vertical strip.

Bark is part of the tree’s of the circulatory system.

If a ring of bark is removed from the tree, it loses its ability to pass nutrients from roots to needles and back to roots. Ringing the tree will kill it. Peel the outer layers of bark way from the inner bark. This is a smooth layer of bark called the cambium.

Let the cambium dry in thin strips. Once dry, powder in a coffee grinder. Then gently warm the tamarack bark in oil. I like to use olive oil for this salve. Historically, bear or pig fat was used. I let the tamarack bark gently mingle with the oil for a couple of days. Usually I will use a crock pot on low heat for this purpose.

Never let the oil simmer or boil.

Once the oil smells like tamarack bark (kind of like turpentine), strain the oil and discard the powder.

To make the salve, add slivers of bees wax to the warm oil and let it melt. To a cup of oil, I generally add about 20 grams of bees wax. To test the salve’s consistency, let the oil cool.

If I want the salve more solid, I melt the oil again and add more bees wax.

Then once the fingers and toes are warm, gently apply the salve.

Tamarack salve will heal the cracks in the skin caused by the cold.

Herbs for Life is written by Abrah Arneson, a local clinical herbalist. It is intended for information purposes only. Readers with a specific medical problem should consult a doctor. For more information, visit www.abraherbalist.ca. Arneson can be reached www.abraherbs.com.

Do more than dip into avocado If you’re saving your avocados for Fridaynight guacamole, you’re missing some of this fruit’s best assets. In addition to boosting satisfaction by increasing levels of hormones called incretins that put the brakes on your appetite and slow digestion, munching half of one with your lunch can cut your craving for an afternoon snack by a whopping 40 per cent.

Plus, avocados can help you boost your omega-3 intake, reduce levels of bad LDL cholesterol, bolster good HDLs and cut your risk for diabetes, stroke and heart disease.

Easy eating: Slice a ripe avocado in half lengthwise, remove the pit and scoop out the soft fruit with a spoon.

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We still face population problems

Whoa! When’s the last time you heard a president or a prime minister or any head of state mention that population growth was a problem? If you’re not a baby boomer, you probably never have.

Perhaps you’ve grown up EVAN with the comfortable assumpBEDFORD tion that we’ll all — somehow — wind up in a future with George Jetson and Rosie the Robot as neighbours.

But as I noted in my August column, much of Asia is already dangerously overpopulated.

And it is you and I who are complicit in this gruesome ecocide, since practically every gadget we buy seems to be made over there.

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And over here, the pressures are felt whenever a hectare of farmland becomes another parking lot. Or when we heard in October that Alberta’s woodland caribou population is being cut in half approximately every eight years.

So why don’t we hear about human overpopulation any more?

Why has it been a taboo subject for the last three decades?

Martha Campbell, author of Why the Silence on Population?, lists several reasons.

The first is that birth rates have generally been falling globally, from 5.5 children per woman in the 1950s to 2.5 children per woman now (though the latter statistic hides a variance ranging from 7.0 in Niger to 0.8 in Singapore). So this improving statistic tends to paint an overly rosy picture for the overly optimistic to turn to.

For the less optimistic among us, Campbell gives her second reason.

It is that attention is often given to over-consumption on the part of rich nations, as opposed to overbreeding in the poorer ones. Over-consumption is certainly a huge problem (and I think I mention the Hummer crowd in about every second column I write), but it is also estimated that there are about 215 million women in the world who desire — but who can’t afford or don’t know about — effective contraception.

The third reason is that certain extreme elements of society see even relatively innocuous items like condoms as being part of an evil plan.

Older kids can help reduce diabetes in younger ones: study

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A study suggests older kids counselling younger kids in nutrition and activity can reduce childhood diabetes by at least 15 per cent.

The year-long study showed children could reduce their waist size by 1.42 centimetres — taking into account normal growth over a school year — because they’ll tune in to the advice of their school’s oldest students.

One centimetre less on a child’s waistline “can translate into 15 per cent long-term difference in diabetes,” Jonathan McGavock, a professor of pediatrics and child health at the University of Manitoba, said Monday.

“Small changes lead to big changes in overall health. Overweight kids, they might experience three to four centimetres” less on their waistline, said McGavock, who is also a research scientist at the Manitoba Institute of Child Health.

The study by the University of Manitoba and provincial government was conducted in the 2009-2010 school year in 19 randomly selected schools with 647 randomly selected students.

It was published in JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association.

McGavock conducted the research with Robert Santos, a community health scientist who is with Healthy Child Manitoba and a professor at the University of Manitoba.

The pair came up with a “Healthy Buddies” curriculum on older kids advising younger kids on personal health.

Teachers taught the older kids the information, then the older kids took it to the younger kids once a week, for talks and intense fitness activity.

The idea worked in British Columbia, said McGavock.

“They developed a curriculum that healthy messages coming from older children would be taken up more effectively than if they came from teachers or health care professionals.”

It’s the same principle as when older kids read to younger kids to encourage literacy, or any number of mentoring programs in which

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Madonna fans can expect to hear some new tunes in the future from the music icon with plans for a new album — but she’s keeping a tight lid on the details.

“Yes, plans are in the works already. Don’t ask me with who, it’s a secret, top secret,” Madonna said coyly in a red carpet interview Tuesday night at Hard Candy Fitness club in Toronto.

In the meantime, fitness was top of mind for the pop superstar who paid a visit north of the border for the official launch of her luxury fitness brand in Canada.

The Hard Candy Fitness Toronto club opened for business in October, joining international locations in Berlin, Rome, Sydney, Santiago, Mexico City, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

In addition to the large-scale images of the Material Girl emblazoned on the walls throughout the facility, Madonna also has a hand in shaping the fitness routines with classes based on her daily workouts.

Madonna said dance has always been a big part of her shows and she can’t imagine not having movement, dance and fitness being part of

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older students bond with younger, McGavock said.

Each school chose a Grade 5 or 6 class to mentor a Grade 2 or 3 class, said McGavock.

The only criterion was that the school neither pick out all the athletes nor the overweight kids.

“A big component was feeling good at any size,” he said. “Be comfortable with your own body weight.”

The researchers will not name the schools involved, but they included remote northern First Nations schools, some in inner city Winnipeg and an affluent part of the city, and a mixture of rural schools.

Even where availability and affordability of nutritious food were issues, McGavock said, “it still had an effect.”

McGavock said he and Santos will present their findings to the province, which could develop a larger peer mentoring program.

Meanwhile, tracking those children’s waist sizes has not been possible, but child health officials are compiling data on the 647 students — without knowing individual names — on their health compared to the population their age.

“We can look at visits to doctors, to hospitals, their medications,” said McGavock.

Gordon Bell High School principal Arlene Skull, a home economist whose school has employed a professional chef for several years, applauded the idea.

Gordon Bell has had great success with its free breakfast program by encouraging varsity and junior varsity athletes to grab a plate and glass of milk after before-school practice, Skull said.

Younger students in the Grades 7 to 12 school now think free breakfast is cool.

“They look up to the kids on the teams,” Skull said.

“You get these big dudes and wonderful girls go in and eat a healthy breakfast. It’s a good place to be. Having them go into the cafeteria encourages the younger children that this is an OK thing and not a stigma,” Skull said.

“Kids obese on their 18th birthday are more likely to be obese as adults,” said Dr. Randy Fransoo, a researcher with the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy.

Madonna reveals plans for new album at fitness club launch her work — a philosophy she’s applied to her burgeoning fitness brand.

“I have fun working out and I don’t think working out should be boring. And I think dance is an important part of a workout,” said Madonna, looking elegant in a sleek black blazer and skirt designed by famed Canadian duo DSquared2, accessorized with black and gold gloves.

“I used to run when I stopped dancing. I used to run and I thought it was so boring. So dance is fun because you can play music, you can move your body in every direction.”

A select few got to see Madonna in action as she led the cardiobased Addicted to Sweat class, which combines elements of high-impact aerobics with choreography.

The session was closed to the media, but among the participants were 30 people who earned the chance to dance alongside the pop diva following several auditions.

“Just to have a window into that world, it’s a once in a lifetime incredible opportunity. It’s like being in a dream,” said class participant Blair Boudreau prior to taking part in the session.

Online: www.hardcandyfitness.com

Another reason Campbell gives for the silence is that the term “family planning” came to be associated with coercion.

In particular, there were the examples of China’s one-child policy, as well as the forced sterilization program in India in the 1970s.

The result was that the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development tripped all over itself in an attempt to change the language to a more politically correct version.

However, it wasn’t only the language that changed.

From 1995 to 2007, aid to poorer countries for voluntary family planning services was cut in half.

Campbell doesn’t mention Julian Simon, but he certainly deserves an honourable mention for such ludicrous statements as: “Even if no new knowledge were ever gained … we would be able to go on increasing our population forever.”

Unfortunately though, Simon was neither a mathematician nor a scientist. He was a professor of business administration. In his world, the words “increasing” and “forever” could actually co-exist in the same sentence.

But it is the real world of tomorrow in which our children will be living. Is it too much to ask that some time before then, a politician or two will have the knowledge and fortitude to mention the “P” word again.

Evan Bedford is a local environmentalist. Direct comments, questions and suggestions to wyddfa23@telus.net.

Visit the Energy and Ecology website at www.evanbedford.com.

PRODUCE: Grab, peel Peel the skin off with your thumb to preserve more of the dark green-yumminess.

Grab a grapefruit This tart citrus is rich in immune-boosting vitamin C, along with cancer-preventing lycopene (in the pink types) and naringenin, which may help lower bad LDL cholesterol levels.

However, grapefruit and its juice can interfere with your intestinal wall’s ability to process many medications, and that’s risky.

So make sure you check with your doctor or pharmacist to see if it conflicts with your meds before eating grapefruit. If it does, grab an orange instead!

Easy eating: Grapefruit is almost as easy to peel as an orange, making it the perfect takealong fruit.

You can use peeled sections in fruit salad, salsas and delicious green salads paired with spinach and avocado.

Nutrition trick: Pair grapefruit sections and dark chocolate. Quercetin in citrus plus catechins in chocolate work together to discourage blood clotting.

Peel a pomegranate You’ve probably heard that pomegranate juice may boost heart health by discouraging the buildup of plaque in arteries, and may help discourage cancers of the prostate and breast.

What’s behind those potential benefits?

A host of 122 beneficial com-

pounds in the red juice that surrounds each little pomegranate seed.

Easy eating: Wondering how to “break in” to that beautiful pomegranate you just purchased without making a mess?

Cut off the top, cut the fruit into sections, and place in a bowl of cool water. Use your fingers to gently pull out the juicefilled seed sacs, then strain.

Use in fruit salads, or eat them plain!

Nutrition trick: Eating pomegranate as a fruit, rather than juice, means you get the hearthealthy omega-5 fatty acids found in the seeds.

Take a chance on turnips, rutabagas and parsnips Turnips and rutabagas are cruciferous veggies, great sources of the same cancer-fighting compounds, called glucosinolates, found in broccoli, cabbage, watercress, arugula and kale. Pale, thin, long parsnips are closely related to carrots, and pack a good dose of vitamin C and potassium — important for heart health and perhaps immune strength.

Easy eating: Treat them like taters. Peel turnips and roast with sweet potatoes. Or steam peeled, cubed rutabagas or parsnips, then mash.

Nutrition trick: Make baked “oven fries” with peeled, sliced rutabagas or parsnips instead of potatoes. Season with garlic and rosemary or your own favourite spice combo.

The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show and Mike Roizen of Cleveland Clinic, are authors of YOU: Losing Weight. To live your healthiest, visit sharecare.com.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 2014

Rebels get gunned down DROP SEVENTH STRAIGHT IN HOME LOSS TO TIGERS

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Tigers 4 Rebels 1 It was a truly dejected Brent Sutter who met with the local media following yet another Western Hockey League setback Wednesday.

And rightfully so.

The Red Deer Rebels GM/head coach has tried to pinpoint the positives and stressed the importance of looking ahead even during the club’s darkest hours this season, but he couldn’t find any silver linings following a 4-1 loss — the team’s seventh in succession — to the Medicine Hat Tigers in front of a recorded gathering of 4,202 at the Enmax Centrium.

“The result tonight is disappointing, obviously, and it’s disappointing that we can’t seem to play 60 minutes,” said Sutter, whose squad trailed 3-0 after the opening period. “There are things that are obviously concerning for me and the coaches with this group right now.”

What has irked the Rebels boss through most of the season is his team’s inability to come up big on home ice.

Wednesday’s setback dropped Red Deer’s record at the Centrium to 1212-0-3.

“You can’t win in this league if your older players, your 18- 19- and 20-year olds aren’t good for you,” said Sutter.

“Again, it was a lack of preparation again here tonight. I don’t know what it is at home. We just aren’t focused like we need to be. We’re not a team that’s resilient enough at home.”

The Rebels directed three shots at Tigers netminder Marek Langhamer

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Red Deer Rebel Meyer Nell makes his way through traffic as Medicine Hat Tigers Steven Owre and Tommy Vannelli check during first-period action at the Centrium on Wednesday. in the first minute and change, but the visitors shrugged off the early pressure and opened the scoring just 2:39 into the contest when Tommy Vannelli’s power-play wrist shot from the point beat a screened Rebels goalie Patrik Bartosak.

Adam Mowbray roofed a rebound past Bartosak at 8:11 for just his sec-

ond goal of the season and Anthony Ast, from a scramble, buried another rebound with three minutes remaining in the period.

“We come into tonight’s game and we’ve lost our last two games at home, we’ve lost six in a row and we got one out of eight points on the road (last week in B.C.),” said Sutter. “We had ev-

ery reason to make sure that we came out of the gate and played to the level that we need to play to at this time of the year. To come out like we did tells you some things, and about certain individuals.”

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Selfless act gets Canada another medal 10TH MEDAL COMES AFTER MORRISON WINS SPEEDSKATING SILVER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — A selfless act and an unexpected performance equalled a fifth straight day with a medal for Canada at the Sochi Olympics.

Canada won its 10th medal of the Games when long-track speedskater Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B.C., raced to silver in the men’s 1,000 metres.

It was Morrison’s first Olympic individual medal, and it came with an big assist from teammate Gilmore Junio, who gave up his spot in the event so Morrison could race.

“It’s a dream, a fairytale story,” said an emotional Morrison after earning his third Olympic medal in three Games. “It’s difficult to really believe that it’s happening.”

It was a remarkable end to a redemption story for Morrison, who failed to qualify for the 1,000 at the Canadian trials after coming back from a broken leg.

There were no other Cinderella stories for Canada’s Olympic team Wednesday, though the doubles luge team came close. Calgary’s Tristan Walker and Justin Snith posted Canada’s second fourthplace finish in luge in as many days.

With 10 medals (four gold, four silver, two bronze), Cana-

da is tied for second in overall medals with the Netherlands.

Norway leads with 12.

Germany has the most gold medals with six.

Canada’s 10th medal was a bit of a surprise, especially given that Morrison was preparing for the 1,500 metres when he got an unexpected call from Junio.

On Monday night, Morrison got a text on one of the phones provided by the Canadian team. It said: “Hey man, are you ready to race the 1,000?

I’ll give you my spot.”

Because the phone was Russian, he did not recognize the number attached to the text.

“I knew it was from a teammate but I thought maybe someone stole his phone ... I had to go hear it in person.”

He jumped on a bike and went to Canada Olympic House where Junio was with both skaters’ families.

“I heard it from the horse’s mouth,” said Morrison. “That was an Olympic moment, special in and of itself.”

“He told me we need some medals on this team and he believed I could win a medal and historically I had better results in the thousand than him,” he added. “And so it sounded like he wanted me to go and get this one.”

And get it he did. Morrison finished just four one-hundredths of a second behind

winner Stefan Groothius and became the only non-Dutch male skater to win a long-track medal so far in Sochi.

Junio, watching the race live, was naturally ecstatic with the result.

“I was breathing hard, I have lost my voice and I am so pleased for him,” the Calgary native said.

Morrison said there is a rumour that Speed Skating Canada is pushing to have Junio as the Canadian flag-bearer at the closing ceremonies. It’s something he supports.

“Maybe that’s something we can get behind, because I think that would be really special,” he said. “He does embody what it means to be a Canadian Olympian, I think.”

The hashtag gilforflagbearer quickly started popping up on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon as users threw their support behind the idea.

Canada came close to adding to its medal tally when Calgary’s Snith and Walker, from Cochrane, Alta., finished fourth in the luge doubles.

The pair finished just five one hundredths of a second short of the podium.

“We’re capable of sliding with the best in the world, we proved it tonight,” Walker said.

Meghan Duggan of the United States and Brianne Jenner of Canada race after the puck during the women’s hockey game at Shayba Arena, Wednesday, in Sochi, Russia.

Canada won 3-2.

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Canada makes final preparations before facing Norway OLYMPIC MEN’S HOCKEY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — Months of preparation boiled down to 56 minutes.

That’s how long Team Canada practised Wednesday in its final full workout before starting the Olympic hockey tournament. Coach Mike Babcock wouldn’t traditionally want his players on the ice that long, but with Thursday’s opener against Norway approaching, every minute was precious.

“I don’t like to waste their time, but we have to get organized,” Babcock said. “Our game plan is really simple. We’ve got to get everyone to get on a simple (mind-set) so they don’t think. We don’t want players thinking, we want them playing.”

Finally Team Canada and its roster full of allstars will play a game, and not a moment too soon for the players.

“It’s been a long time waiting since the team got named,” defenceman Drew Doughty said. “We’re ready to play. There’s no excuses now.”

There actually could be plenty of excuses, given that flights from North America only landed Monday.

Players from each of Canada’s first three opponents — Norway, Austria and Finland — began practising in Sochi well before that and are already adjusted to

the time zone.

Hockey Canada has advised players how to handle it. Chicago Blackhawks teammates and athletes village roommates Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp have been listening. “(Monday) was a long day, stayed up for I’m not sure how many hours but almost a full day and a half, two days,” Sharp said. “That was the recommendation. ... I’m anticipating by the time we play Thursday, we’ll be all feeling pretty good.”

But will they be playing well? Babcock has said on numerous occasions that his team will be a “work in progress” at these Olympics, a product of throwing together players from 16 different NHL teams and hoping they jell right away.

One way Babcock hoped to ease the adjustment was by keeping teammates together. Sidney Crosby is with Chris Kunitz at even strength and on the power play, while Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry and Toews and Patrick Sharp are linemates and Jay Bouwmeester and Alex Pietrangelo defensive partners.

Babcock also reunited Toews and Rick Nash, who enjoyed success together four years ago when Canada won gold at the Vancouver Olympics.

“It’s very comfort zone, but we’ve got to go out there and do something with that experience,” Toews said.

That’s the point Team Canada was at on the eve of facing Norway: enough with the talk because from

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now on everyone will be measured by results. The debate about who will start in goal is over, as Carey Price gets the opener and Roberto Luongo is set to face Austria on Friday, and that’s just one of countless story lines that developed.

But Babcock isn’t fazed by the hype.

“In the media this is what you do, you get paid to build it up,” he said. “I get paid to get ready.”

So that’s what Babcock did this week, from a light nighttime skate several hours after arriving in Sochi through Wednesday’s energetic, up-tempo session.

He has noticed his team progress, even over these few days.

“I’ve seen organizational improvements,” Babcock said. “I don’t know if you know, those players are pretty good. The puck sails around pretty good.”

In order to win at this level, Team Canada must do more than sail the puck around the wider, international-sized ice. So the coaching staff drilled them on five-on-five play, neutral zone machinations and special teams.

“We’ve gone through a lot of technical, a lot of systems stuff in the last few days and I think we’re just excited to make it work and go out there and play and just let things happen,” Toews said. “It doesn’t matter who we play, we need to be ready to bring our best game.”

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF Swift Current 57 28 21 2 6 190 Regina 56 29 22 3 2 191 Brandon 57 28 22 6 1 212 Prince Albert 56 26 27 2 1 177 Moose Jaw 55 14 33 3 5 143 Saskatoon 58 15 39 1 3 166

GA 176 198 207 200 213 245

Pt 64 63 63 55 36 34

CENTRAL DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL Edmonton 55 40 14 0 1 Calgary 57 36 15 3 3 Medicine Hat 57 34 20 3 0 Kootenay 57 31 22 2 2 Red Deer 57 27 26 1 3 Lethbridge 58 12 41 2 3

GF 228 217 197 188 171 142

GA 137 161 155 166 180 271

Pt 81 78 71 66 58 29

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF Kelowna 57 45 8 0 4 246 Victoria 59 39 16 1 3 191 Vancouver 58 27 22 6 3 191 Prince George 59 24 28 2 5 202 Kamloops 57 11 41 2 3 141

GA 148 145 198 247 236

Pt 94 82 63 55 27

U.S. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Portland 57 40 12 2 3 268 175 85 Seattle 57 35 17 2 3 194 192 75 Spokane 57 32 20 3 2 189 172 69 Everett 56 27 21 7 1 164 171 62 Tri-City 57 27 24 3 3 148 163 60 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

3:50, Andrlik P.A. (interference) 4:21, Lange P.A. (tripping) 5:07, Craig P.A. (roughing) 6:04, Pollock Edm (roughing) 6:04, Leverton P.A. (too many men) 9:00, Lange P.A. (high-sticking) 12:47, Sautner Edm (slashing) 14:58, Kulda Edm (high-sticking) 18:24, Samuelsson Edm (10-minute misconduct) 20:00.

Shots on goal Prince Albert 6 7 11 — 24 Edmonton 11 20 13 — 44 Goal — Prince Albert: Cheveldave (W, 21-20-2); Edmonton: Jarry (L, 35-12-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Prince Albert: 3-6; Edmonton: 2-4.

Tuesday, February 18 Prince George at Portland, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, February 19 Victoria at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Regina at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s summaries

Hurricanes 3, Wheat Kings 2 (OT) First Period 1. Brandon, Nejezchleb 29 (Quenneville, McGauley) 18:30 (pp).

Penalties — Walters Let (slashing) 6:25, Robinson Bra (slashing) 8:10, Duke Let (slashing) 12:55, Let Bench (served by Cooper, too many men) 18:07.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Bell Let (hooking) 8:43.

Third Period 2. Lethbridge, Sheen 15 (Cooper, Ramsay) 8:40.

3. Lethbridge, Ramsay 13 (Khenkel, Sheen) 11:43.

4. Brandon, Lisoway 7 (unassisted) 15:44.

Penalties — None.

Overtime 5. Lethbridge, Cooper 11 (Ramsay) :20.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Brandon 10 8 9 0 — 27 Lethbridge 6 6 13 1 — 26 Goal — Brandon: Papirny (LS, 18-10-4); Lethbridge: Sacher (W, 4-5-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Brandon: 1-4; Lethbridge: 0-1.

Tigers 4, Rebels 1 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Vannelli 13 (Valk, Bredo) 2:39 (pp).

2. Medicine Hat, Mowbray 2 (Lewington, Owre) 8:11.

3. Medicine Hat, Ast 12 (Lewington, Staples) 17:00.

Penalties — Sutter RD (slashing) 1:56, Nell RD (boarding) 12:49.

Second Period 4. Red Deer, Bleackley 25 (Dieno, Sutter) 11:52 (pp).

Penalties — Charif RD (slashing) 6:44, Koules MH (inter. on goaltender) 11:03, Doty MH (interference) 14:43.

Third Period 5. Medicine Hat, Valk 31 (Cox, Lewington) 18:56 (-EN).

Penalties — Ast MH (tripping) 1:26, Dieno RD (tripping) 1:43, Dixon RD (holding) 12:55, Fleury RD (checking from behind) 14:50.

Shots on goal Medicine Hat 13 10 15 — 38 Red Deer 7 13 8 — 28 Goal — Medicine Hat: Langhamer (W, 17-10-2); Red Deer: Bartosak (L, 25-21-1).

Power plays (goal-chances)Medicine Hat: 1-6; Red Deer: 1-3.

Referees — Fraser Lawrence, Jonathan Spurgeon.

Linesmen — Chad Huseby, Scott Fulmer.

Attendance — 4,202 at Red Deer.

Winterhawks 6, Cougars 4 First Period 1. Portland, Bjorkstrand 40 (Petan, Pouliot) 2:05 (pp).

2. Prince George, Morrison 11 (Tkatch, Bourke) 16:41.

3. Prince George, McNulty 15 (Harkins, Ruopp) 17:20.

Penalties — McNulty PG (hooking) 0:33, Bjorkstrand Por (hooking) 9:16, Price Por (too many men) 19:29.

Second Period 4. Portland, Petan 30 (unassisted) :33 (shorthanded-SH).

5. Portland, Haar 7 (Leipsic, Petan) 2:30.

6. Portland, Iverson 17 (Schoenborn, De Leo) 11:23.

7. Prince George, Bourke 22 (Olson, Fiddler) 18:17.

Penalties — Rossignol Por (interference) 4:37, Bobos PG (holding) 7:58, De Leo Por (cross-checking) 12:14.

Third Period 8. Portland, Iverson 18 (Turgeon, Pouliot) 6:23.

9. Prince George, Bourke 23 (unassisted) 8:03.

10. Portland, Leier 29 (De Leo, Bjorkstrand) 12:01.

Penalties — Pouliot Por (tripping) 3:39, Ruopp PG (holding) 17:31.

Shots on goal Portland 11 13 11 — 35 Prince George 11 5 8 — 24 Goal — Portland: Boes (W, 10-24-2); Prince George: Edmonds (L, 16-16-1).

Power plays (goal-chances)Portland: 1-3; Prince George: 0-5.

Pats 3, Ice 2 First Period 1. Regina, Gay 12 (McVeigh, Leier) 5:40.

2. Regina, Christoffer 9 (D’Amico, Sinitsyn) 11:13.

3. Kootenay, Dirk 6 (Reinhart, Philp) 12:51 (pp).

Penalties — Gay Reg (hooking) 12:06, Cross Koo (fighting) 18:06, D’Amico Reg (fighting) 18:06.

Second Period 4. Regina, Stevenson 25 (Klimchuk) 4:41.

5. Kootenay, Philp 24 (unassisted) 7:33.

Penalties — Williams Reg (roughing) 9:36, Descheneau Koo (inter. on goaltender) 10:48, Harrison Reg (cross-checking) 14:07.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Christoffer Reg (inter. on goaltender) 11:12.

Shots on goal Kootenay 7 11 11 — 29 Regina 7 13 11 — 31 Goal — Kootenay: Skapski (L, 21-14-2); Regina: Wapple (W, 19-12-1).

Power plays (goal-chances)Kootenay: 1-4; Regina: 0-1.

Wednesday’s results Regina 3 Kootenay 2 Prince Albert 4 Edmonton 3 Lethbridge 3 Brandon 2 (OT) Medicine Hat 4 Red Deer 1 Portland 6 Prince George 4 Kelowna 2 Spokane 1 Victoria 3 Tri-City 2 (OT) 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’s games 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.

Raiders 4, Oil Kings 3 First Period 1. Prince Albert, Valcourt 18 (Lange, Conroy) 13:41 (pp).

Penalties — Eller Edm (too many men) 12:36, Leverton P.A. (fighting) 14:34, Samuelsson Edm (slashing) 14:34, Samuelsson Edm (fighting) 14:34.

Second Period 2. Edmonton, Benson 5 (Eller, Lazar) 2:39.

3. Prince Albert, Conroy 21 (Valcourt, Draisaitl) 9:07 (pp).

4. Prince Albert, Valcourt 19 (Conroy, Morrissey) 16:18.

Penalties — Baddock Edm (tripping) 8:11.

Third Period 5. Prince Albert, Draisaitl 23 (Morrissey) 3:56 (pp).

6. Edmonton, Samuelsson 25 (Corbett, Mayo) 4:27 (pp).

7. Edmonton, Samuelsson 26 (Pollock, Sautner) 13:47 (pp).

Penalties — Kulda Edm (inter. on goaltender)

Sunday, February 16 Kamloops at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Prince George at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.

Everett at Spokane, 6:05 p.m.

Monday, February 17 Victoria at Moose Jaw, 1 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 1 p.m.

Prince Albert at Swift Current, 1 p.m.

Lethbridge at Edmonton, 2 p.m.

Red Deer at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Rockets 2, Chiefs 1 First Period 1. Kelowna, Bell 38 (Bowey, Chartier) 14:47 (pp).

Penalties — Aviani Spo (high-sticking) 11:51, Aviani Spo (high-sticking) 11:51, Martin Kel (holding opp. stick) 15:35.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Heffley Kel (fighting) 9:01, Proft Spo (fighting) 9:01, Messier Spo (hooking) 16:37, Stadel Kel (hooking) 18:45.

Third Period 2. Spokane, Gow 5 (Aviani, Fram) 1:02.

3. Kelowna, Linaker 8 (Severson, Kirkland) 19:33.

Penalties — McIntosh Spo (tripping) 8:31, Schmidli Kel (tripping) 9:35.

Shots on goal Kelowna 14 10 10 — 34 Spokane 6 12 12 — 30

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Goal — Kelowna: Cooke (W, 30-5-0); Spokane: Williams (L, 27-13-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Kelowna: 1-4; Spokane: 0-3.

Royals 3, Americans 2 (OT) First Period 1. Victoria, Nelson 19 (Hodges, Kanzig) 11:16.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Tri-City, Topping 5 (Bowles, McCue) 18:45 (pp).

Penalties — Skapski Vic (charging) 15:23, Fisher Vic (holding) 17:10.

Third Period 3. Tri-City, Bowles 5 (McCue) 1:19 (pp).

4. Victoria, Hodges 17 (unassisted) 2:42 (pp).

Penalties — Oleksyn Vic (high-sticking) 0:16, Bowles TC (high-sticking) 2:07, Carroll Vic (kneeing) 4:43, Astles TC (tripping) 7:10, Brown Vic (checking to the head) 9:14.

Overtime 5. Victoria, Fransoo 4 (Cote) 2:26.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Tri-City 13 11 14 1 — 39 Victoria 12 4 11 1 — 28 Goal — Tri-City: Comrie (LS, 24-19-2); Victoria: Vollrath (W, 18-5-1).

Power plays (goal-chances)Tri-City: 2-5; Victoria: 1-2.

Referees — Mike Campbell, Jeff Ingram.

Linesmen — Riley Friesen, Kirk Van Helvoirt.

Attendance — 4,501 at Victoria.

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

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

G 28 29 24 31 27 40 30 24 28

A 50 38 42 34 36 20 30 35 30

PTS 78 67 66 65 63 60 60 59 58

Today

l Men’s basketball: Wells Furniture vs. Monstars, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs.

Triple Threat, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. l Major bantam hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Rebels White, first game of bestof-three divisional quarter-final, 7 p.m., Arena.

Friday

l WHL: Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). l Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Three Hills, 8 p.m. l 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.

Saturday

l Peewee AA hockey: Taber at Sylvan Lake, 1:30 p.m.; Lethbridge White at Red Deer TBS, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. l Major bantam hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer Black, second game of best-of-three divisional quarterfinal, 1:45 p.m., Arena. l College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, second game of best-of-three semifinal, 5 p.m., Arena. l Bantam AA hockey: Lethbridge at Sylvan Lake, 5:45 p.m. l WHL: Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. l AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Stettler, 8:15 p.m. l Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blue at Lacombe, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday

l Peewee AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer TBS, 10:30 a.m., Collicutt Centre; Lethbridge White at Lacombe, 2 p.m. l Major bantam hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer White, third game of best-of-three divisional quarter-final, if necessary, noon, Arena. l Midget AAA hockey: Grande Prairie at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena. l Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. l Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blue at Red Deer Elks, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

Monday

l Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, third game best-of-seven provincial AAA semifinal, 2 p.m., Arena. l Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge Red at Lacombe, 2:15 p.m.

Olympics G 4 4 4 3 2 6 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

S 3 4 2 1 4 1 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0

B 5 2 4 5 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Tot. 12 10 10 9 9 8 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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 W OTW OTL 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 W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Sweden 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 3 Switzerland 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Latvia 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Czech Republic 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 Three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/ shootout loss.

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.

Women Group A GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts 3 3 0 0 0 11 2 9 3 2 0 0 1 14 4 6 3 0 1 0 2 5 9 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 18 1 Group B

GP W OTW OTL 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.

Canada United States Finland Switzerland

Wednesday’s results Sweden 4 Czech Republic 2 Switzerland 1 Latvia 0 Thursday’s games Finland at Austria, 1 a.m.

Russia at Slovenia, 5:30 a.m.

HOCKEY Preliminary Round

Wednesday’s results Finland 4 Switzerland 3 (OT) Canada 3 United States 2 Thursday’s games

Basketball

Southeast Division W L Pct 36 14 .720 25 26 .490 25 27 .481 23 30 .434 16 38 .296

GB — 11 1/2 12 14 1/2 22

Central Division W L Pct 40 12 .769 26 25 .510 22 30 .423 20 33 .377 9 43 .173

GB — 13 1/2 18 20 1/2 31

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB 38 15 .717 — 36 17 .679 2 32 22 .593 6 1/2 29 23 .558 8 1/2 23 29 .442 14 1/2

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Oklahoma City Portland Minnesota

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Seattle OF Cavan Cohoes 50 games and Detroit C RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed UT Shane Ronny Paulino 100 games for violating the Minor Brown.

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SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Dave Valle CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DB Royce manager and Shane Zdebiak trainer for Everett Adams.

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ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released OL Greg with RHP Bronson Arroyo on a two-year contract.

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Ladies’ Halfpipe Final Ranking: Katie Tsuyuki, 13th; Alexandra Duckworth, 17th; Mercedes Nicoll, 25th.

SPEED SKATING Men’s 1000m - Denny Morrison, Fort St. John, B.C., Silver Medal, (one minute 8.43 seconds, +0.04 of a second); Vincent De Haitre, Cumberland, Ont., 20th, (1:10.04); William Dutton, Humboldt, Sask., 26th, (1:10.61); Muncef Ouardi, Quebec City, 32nd, (1:11.07).

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What Canada Did on Wednesday, Feb. 12 SOCHI, Russia — What Canada Did on Wednesday at the 2014 Winter Olympics: ALPINE SKIING Women’s Downhill - Larisa Yurkiw, Owen Sound, Ont., 20th, (one minute 43.46 seconds, +1.89 seconds) CURLING Women’s Round Robin Session 4 - Canada 9 Britain 6 (Standings: Canada 3-0, T-1st) Men’s Round Robin Session 5 - Canada 7 Russia 4 (Standings: Canada 2-2, T-5th) FIGURE SKATING Pairs Free Program - Kirsten Moore-Towers (St. Catharines, Ont.) and Dylan Moscovitch (Toronto), 5th, (131.18); Meagan Duhamel (Lively, Ont.) and Eric Radford (Balmertown, Ont.), 7th, (127.32); Paige Lawrence (Kennedy, Sask.) and Rudi Swiegers (Kipling, Sask.), 14th, (103.01).

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Canada’s love for tricks pays off FLYING UPSIDE DOWN AND SIDEWAYS ON SKIS HAS PRODUCED IN SOCHI

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS It looks cool and most Canadians can do it no matter where they live. Those are fundamental reasons for the Canada’s early domination in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Six of the country’s first nine medals in Sochi were won by moguls and slopestyle skiers. More are expected in halfpipe and skicross.

You don’t need mammoth mountains to produce a top freestyle skier. Canada has moguls and terrain parks at small resorts across the country.

It is there young skiers learn air awareness that is the foundation of the Olympic freestyle disciplines — moguls, aerials, skicross, halfpipe and slopestyle.

“Especially back east there are small mountains either in Quebec or Ontario,” says Jean-Luc Brassard, Canada’s 1994 Olympic moguls champion and Canada’s assistant chef de mission in Sochi.

“You easily have a moguls trail or a snow park.

Since they’re not that high, you do a lot of repetitions. You do a lot of practice automatically.

“If I was born out west, probably I would have been a downhill skier or a free skier that loves powder because this is your playground and what you get when you walk out of your door.”

There’s a video-game element to some of the freestyle moves that appeals to teenage daredevils.

“When you look at it as a kid, it’s like a pinball machine and it’s fun,” Brassard explains. “It sounds fun to you. It looks attractive. When you’re a kid you want to climb a tree, you want to do flips. Plus we have colourful suits. It’s quite fashionable.”

The wider the base, the higher the peak of the pyramid. Canada is strong in hockey, curling and freestyle in Sochi because so many people back home do it.

“In Canada, that’s a tough thing to pry kids out of hockey and soccer and some of these other monolithic, huge megasports that chew up a lot of the athletic gene pool,” says Peter Judge, the chief executive officer of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association.

“So we’ve been lucky that way to be able to — we’ll call it a harvest — some significant athletes out of the gene pool in Canada.”

Canada was ready with talent every time a new freestyle discipline was incorporated into the Winter Games: moguls in 1992; aerials in 1994; skicross in 2010; slopestyle and halfpipe in 2014.

That talent hasn’t always produced a medal, but more often than not, more than one Canadian has been in the hunt in a single event.

When favourite Kaya Turski of Montreal struggled in slopestyle qualifying Tuesday, Dara Howell of Huntsville, Ont., and Quebec City’s Kim Lamarre came through with gold and bronze.

Five Canadians made moguls finals and produced four medals. Montreal sisters Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe won gold and silver respectively in the women’s event. Alex Bilodeau of Rosemere, Que.,

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Canada’s Alex Bilodeau jumps in his last run in the men’s moguls final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Bilodeau went on to win gold as part of a strong contingent of skiers who have dominated early on in Sochi. and Mikael Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Que., duplicated the 1-2 finish in men’s moguls and Bilodeau defended the gold medal he won in 2010.

The skicross team is consistently on the international podium and medals could come from Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., Kelsey Serwa of Kelowna, B.C., Dave Duncan of London, Ont., Montreal’s Chris Del Bosco or Brady Lehman of Calgary.

Mike Riddle of Sherwood Park, and Justin Dorey of Vernon, B.C., headline a deep men’s halfpipe team with Calgary’s Roz Groenewoud and Edmonton’s Keltie Hansen medal prospects on the women’s side.

Multiple medal chances are lacking in aerials, but Travis Gerrits of Milton, Ont., is a contender there.

As X Games ratings increased, it was only a matter of time before the International Olympic Committee incorporated more television-friendly freestyle events into the Winter Games.

The freestyle association was getting ready to form halfpipe and slopestyle teams, with Own The Podium providing seed money, even before the IOC gave its stamp of approval.

“We were able to turn the key and start the car as soon as we got the word they were official,” Judge

Olympic history made as pair tie for gold women’s downhill EVENT ROUNDUP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCHI, Russia — The gold market enjoyed big gains at the Sochi Olympics on Wednesday, getting an unexpected boost from the women’s downhill.

Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland were declared co-gold medallists, the first time in Olympic Alpine history a race was won in a tie.

On a day that had little to do with winter — temperatures hit 17 C — the two friends covered the 2.7-kilometre Rosa Khutor course in one minute 41.57 seconds. A tearful Lara Gut of Switzerland won the bronze, 0.10 seconds back.

“I’m sure glad I’m going to share this gold with Tina,” Gisin said.

The favourites, Maria HoeflRiesch of Germany and American Julia Mancuso were afterthoughts.

Hoefl-Riesch, eyeing a recordequalling fourth Olympic Alpine gold, finished 13th while Mancuso was eighth.

Five other sports awarded gold medals on the sixth day of competition: figure skating pairs, luge, Nordic combined, snowboarding and speedskating.

Among the other gold medallists were speedskater Stefan Groothuis, who added to the mighty haul of the Dutch at the oval; Eric Frenzel of Germany, who has been the steadiest in Nordic combined the last two years; and American Kaitlyn Farrington, who defeated defending champion Torah Bright in the women’s halfpipe.

ALPINE SKIING: Gisin is becoming an old hand at these kinds of outcomes — two of her three downhill victories have been ties.

She also is having a far better Olympics than the one in Vancouver, where she went tumbling and airborne in the downhill. This was Gisin’s first major medal. Maze won two silvers in Vancouver, and was hardly troubled about splitting the pot of gold. “It’s even more interesting because it’s not a usual thing,” said Maze, who started 30 minutes after Gisin. “It’s something special.”

FIGURE SKATING: Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov maintained Russia’s long tradition in pairs, winning gold in their home Olympics. Teammates Kse-

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Dominique Gisin of Switzerland, left, and Tina Maze of Slovenia, right, who tied for the gold medal in the women’s downhill pose during their medals ceremony at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, in Sochi, Russia. nia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov took silver. Russia or the Soviet Union had won gold in 12 straight Olympics in the event before the streak ended four years ago. “I think tonight all of the country will celebrate this beautiful victory,” Trankov said.

SPEEDSKATING: The Dutch ruled at the oval again, with Groothuis taking the gold in the 1,000 metres and upsetting twotime Olympic champion Shani Davis of the U.S. Groothuis won in one minute 8.39 seconds and was followed by Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B.C., and 500 champion Michel Mulder of the Netherlands. The Dutch have won 10 of 15 medals through the first five events. Davis was eighth, denied in his bid to become the first man to win the same speedskating event at three straight Olympics.

SNOWBOARDING: Farrington posted a score of 91.75 during her second run, just good enough to beat Bright’s 91.50. 2002 Olympic champion Kelly Clark took bronze to give the United States another medal.

MEN’S HOCKEY: Sweden showed off its deep offensive talent in its Olympic opener, getting two goals from Erik Karlsson and one from Henrik Zetterberg in a 4-2 win over the Czech Republic.

Switzerland also won, but needed a late deflection to beat Latvia 1-0.

The Swiss scored with 7.9 seconds left, and Simon Moser was credited with the goal that appeared to bounce off a Latvian player in

front of the net.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY: Canada defeated the U.S. in women’s hockey 3-2 in a preview of the expected gold medal match. Meghan Agosta scored twice for Canada and assisted on Hayley Wickenheiser’s goal. This was the fifth time these teams have met in the Olympics, but the first since women’s hockey was added to the Winter Games in 1998 that they have played in the preliminary round.

In the day’s other game, Finland beat Switzerland 4-3.

NORDIC COMBINED: Frenzel, who served two years in the German army, won the individual normal hill. He led after ski jumping and powered home on the crosscountry course. “I can’t describe this feeling, it’s so perfect,” he said. Frenzel, the runaway World Cup leader, was followed by Akito Watabe of Japan and Magnus Krog of Norway.

CURLING: China’s curlers kept up their surprise run by beating Switzerland and Germany, leaving the team at the top of the standings with four straight wins. With Sweden (3-1) losing to Denmark 8-5 in the evening session, Norway (3-0) is the only other unbeaten team in the competition after defeating Germany 8-5 in the morning. On the women’s side, undefeated Canada downed Britain 9-6 in a game that went down to the final stone and sent the U.S. to the edge of elimination. The Canadians joined Switzerland in first place at 3-0.

says. “There was no two-year or three-year lag time, which would have clearly I think eliminated at least one if not both of the medals that we got at women’s slopestyle the other day.”

The athletes in the new sports were already talented and successful in the X Games and on their sports’ circuits. The CFSA and OTP provided the same medical and sport science and research support that athletes in established sports received.

“Since it’s become an Olympic sport, the things that have changed for me is the support behind me,” Riddle says. “We have a national team so we have access to trainers, doctors. In that regard, it has changed, but my daily on-hill schedule hasn’t changed at all. I’m still just out there trying to have fun and learning new tricks.”

Said Howell: “We kind of walked into a really good program, a solid program. They really do get behind us and want to see us do the best we can. The program they have in place is clearly working.”

Success breeds success and more than one Canadian athlete on the current freestyle team points to Brassard’s win in 1994 as their inspiration for getting into freestyle skiing.

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW Five things to know from Day 6 of the Sochi Olympics: HAPPY GILMORE — Canadian speedskater may have been watching from the stands, but part of Denny Morrison’s silver medal in the men’s 1,000-metre long-track race belongs to him. Gilmore Junio believed Morrison had a better shot at winning a medal in the 1,000 so he gave up his spot in the race to his teammate. The gracious gesture turned into Canada’s 10th medal of the Games. “I was breathing hard, I have lost my voice and I am so pleased for (Morrison),” Gilmore said.

BIRTHDAY BONANZA — Big Olympic birthday celebrations are becoming common for Meghan Agosta-Marciano. The Canadian forward scored two goals and added an assist on her 27th birthday as Canada held off the arch-rival United States 3-2 in the final women’s hockey round-robin game for both teams. Agosta-Marciano also had a hat trick in a 12-0 win over Russia on her 19th birthday at the 2006 Turin Olympics.

RIGHTING THE SHIP — Canada’s men’s curling team held off the host Russians 7-4 and can breathe a sigh of relief after a much-needed win. Brad Jacobs’ rink form Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., broke the game open with four points in the fifth end to improve to 2-2.

That followed back-to-back losses for Canada against Switzerland and Sweden. On the women’s side, Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones improved to 3-0 with a 9-6 win over Great Britain.

TOO CLOSE TO CALL — There wasn’t enough to separate Switzerland’s Dominique Gisin and Slovenia’s Tina Maze in the women’s downhill. The two skiers took different paths down the slope, but posted the same time in the event at one minute, 41.57 seconds. As a result, two athletes shared Olympic gold for the first time in an alpine skiing event.

WACKY WEATHER — It may be the Winter Olympics, but the weather in Sochi is hardly what Canadians are used to at this time of year. The temperature in the Russian coastal city on the Black Sea reached 17 degrees C on Wednesday, and is supposed to remain in the high teens heading into the weekend.

While the mild temperatures cause problems for outdoor events, it is proving a welcome respite for the athletes and fans who have endured ice storms and frigid temperatures this season.

MEN’S CURLING SOCHI, Russia — Brad Jacobs and his rink from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., rebounded with a 7-4 win over host Russia in men’s curling action at the Sochi Olympics.

Canada scored four in the fifth end and held off the Russians to improve to 2-2 in the tournament.

The win was a welcome relief for the Canadians, who entered the match following tough back-toback losses to Switzerland and Sweden.

Canada is tied for fifth with Denmark in the standings. Jacobs will look to move up the rankings when his foursome faces the Danes on Thursday.

Elsewhere, China’s curlers kept up their surprise run at the tournament by beating Switzerland and Germany, leaving the team at the top of the standings with four straight wins.

With Sweden (3-1) losing 8-5 to Denmark in the evening session, Norway (3-0) is only other unbeaten team in the competition after defeating Germany 8-5 in the morning. The Chinese have been coached for the past eight months by Canadian curling great Marcel Rocque. They are confounding expectations in only their second appearance at the Olympics.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 B7 to 3-0 after a 9-6 win over Great Britain.

With time winding down, British skip Eve Muirhead could have played an easy draw to the button with her last stone to take the game to an extra end.

Instead, she gambled on removing “It’s disappointing because it’s stuff three tightly bunched Canadian rocks that you work on all year to get them to pick up three points for the win. The ready for this time of the season. You move backfired, and Canada clinched teach them and go through things and its third victory. yet you come out like this tonight. It’s Jones said she “probably would not something you can be very pleased have thrown the draw to go to the extra about,” added Sutter. end.”

The Rebels picked up their game “It was a tough triple to get everyin the middle frame and got their only thing to spin out,” Jones said, “but I goal from Conner Bleackley when the guess she makes them a lot.” captain sniped his 25th of the season Canada was left off the podium in with a wrist shot from the faceoff cir- figure skating pairs competition, but cle. fifth-place finishers Kirsten MooreRed Deer pushed the pace early Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Toin the third period, but the Tigers re- ronto’s Dylan Moscovitch weren’t hanggrouped and carried the play through ing their heads. the final 10 to 12 minutes, sealing the In fact, they were already commitdeal with Curtis Valk’s empty-net ting to the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. marker at 18:56.

“This is far too much fun,” Moore“Our start was the key. We’ve strug- Towers said through a wide smile. gled a bit against their goaltender and “Yeah. Hell yeah. We say we’re going tonight we got a goal through a screen to take it one year at a time, but why and two on rebounds, so that was ob- not, right? Dream big.” viously the difference,” said Tigers “I think we’re just starting to hit our GM/head coach Shaun Clouston, whose stride, and I’m really excited to see club was 0-2 again Red Deer this sea- what more we’re capable of,” Moscoson. vitch added. “We’re very lucky.

“They (Rebels) really regained some “Why would we stop while we still momentum in the second period and can do this? Because we’re going to we had to refocus and get our game miss it one day for sure.” back, and I thought as the third period Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., went on we got stronger.” and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., While the Rebels continue to strug- world bronze medallists last year, gle, the Tigers are finding their groove dropped from fifth after the short proat precisely the right time of the sea- gram to finish seventh. son.

“We’re finding ways to win. Our goaltender is playing well and Valk’s line (consisting also of Cole Sanford and Trevor Cox ) is doing a lot of the The best way to bring that game, in scoring,” said Clouston. “But we are getting some contributions from other Babcock’s eyes, is to be detail-oriented guys right now. It was a real solid team in practice. With Claude Julien, Ken effort tonight and that’s kind of what it Hitchcock, Lindy Ruff and Ralph Krueger splitting up responsibilities, things takes at this time of the year.”

The Rebels didn’t get any help else- on the ice happen precisely and they where Wednesday, as the Prince Al- happen quickly.

That’s exactly how these stars like bert Raiders — with Cole Cheveldave making 41 saves and Red Deer native it.

“The closer you can get to the game, Collin Valcourt scoring twice — upset the host Edmonton Oil Kings 4-3 and I think the best it is just to try and feel the Regina Pats downed the visiting what those legs are going to feel like,” Toews said. “I think everyone’s going Kootenay Ice 3-2.

Red Deer is now just three points up to have that adrenaline pumping, a liton the Raiders for the eighth and final tle energy that’ll take care of that. But playoff spot in the Eastern Conference it’s good to get out there and moving at and trail the Pats and the Brandon a fast pace because we know it’s going Wheat Kings — the two teams directly to be a fast game out there.” ahead of them — by five points.

Especially against Norway, a strong The Rebels visit the Oil Kings Fri- skating team that has just one NHL day and host the Saskatoon Blades 24 player in Mats Zuccarello. Krueger, a hours later. consultant to the coaching staff, has gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com watched the Norwegian national team play and passed that information along to Babcock and Co. “They’re an aggressive team, they play real well and real hard,” Babcock said. “They’re going to give us a handful. They’re used to this ice, we’re not.

We’ll get adjusted over time. But we They will have a chance to prove it have to grow our game, and it’s not again soon. Snith and Walker will take about them, it’s about us. I’d be saying place in Thursday’s luge relay along that no matter who we play.”

That, more than anything, sums up with Alex Gough, who was fourth in the women’s event Tuesday, and Sam Team Canada’s approach this week.

Studying Norway is all well and good, Edney.

While the medal round in women’s but it has to take a backseat to players hockey won’t start for a few days, ri- getting to know each other.

“It’s mostly just us right now,” vals Canada and the United States provided a possible gold-medal preview Doughty said. “We haven’t been pracWednesday. Meghan Agosta-Marciano tising together, obviously, all year.”

How this group will be remembered had two goals and an assist to lead will be determined a lot by how quickCanada to an entertaining 3-2 victory.

“I’ve been a little bit under the ly the players become a functional weather, but I’m not going to let that team. A few practices only represent get to me,” Agosta-Marciano said. “I’m the beginning of that process, which going to keep battling. Hockey players, will continue throughout the tournathey all have bad games sometimes. ment.

Because of that, Babcock’s work I’m not going to let it bother me.”

The game had some controversy in shaping Team Canada is, indeed, a when it sounded like the whistle went work in progress and will be over the before Hayley Wickenheiser scored coming days.

“Let’s just get better each and every Canada’s second goal, but it was conday and let’s be the best we can every firmed after a video review.

Canada finished atop Group A at shift on the ice, and you never know 3-0 and will join the U.S. in the tourna- what shift’s going to turn the game, so the one you’re in’s the most important, ment semifinals.

Winnipeg Jennifer Jones continues so play,” Babcock said. “Let’s get playto roll in women’s curling, improving ing, let’s find out if we’re any good.”

Jeter set to retire REBELS: Struggled after 2014 season

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NEW YORK — Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter says he will retire after this season “with absolutely no regrets,” ending one of the greatest careers in the history of baseball’s most storied franchise.

The 39-year-old New York captain posted a long letter on his Facebook page Wednesday saying that 2014 will be his final year.

A 13-time All-Star who has led the Yankees to five World Series championships, Jeter was limited to 17 games last season while trying to recover from a broken left ankle sustained during the 2012 playoffs.

“I know it in my heart.

The 2014 season will be my last year playing professional baseball,” he wrote.

“I have gotten the very most out of my life playing baseball, and I have absolutely no regrets,” he said.

Jeter was the last link to the powerful Yankees teams that won three straight World Series crowns from 1998-2000.

Longtime teammates Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte retired after last year.

“Derek Jeter is Mr.

Yankee of his era,” Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner told The Associated Press.

“He was the face of one of the greatest teams ever.”

But Jeter’s joyride hit a big speed bump recently.

“Last year was a tough one for me. As I suffered through a bunch of injuries, I realized that some of the things that always came easily to me and were always fun had started to become a struggle,” Jeter wrote.

“The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time to move forward.”

“So really it was months ago when I realized that this season would likely be my last.

As I came to this conclusion and shared it with my friends and family, they all told me to hold off saying anything until I was absolutely 100 per cent sure,” he wrote.

“And the thing is, I could not be more sure,” he wrote.

Jeter hit just .190 with one homer and seven RBIs last season.

His agent, Casey Close, said Jeter wanted to declare his intentions before the Yankees start spring training later this

week so that his future status wouldn’t be a distraction.

“I’m excited for him.

It’s kind of nice to see him go out on his own terms,” Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said at spring camp in Glendale, Ariz.

Mattingly finished up his All-Star career with the Yankees in 1995, the same season Jeter made his big league debut.

“I saw him when he first showed for spring training. I always think about spring training when I think about him, just because he was this 17-year-old kid right out of high school who looked out of place. He was skinny, but he was tough. He’s been winning since the day he got there,” Mattingly said.

Jeter is the Yankees’ career hits leader with 3,316. He is a lifetime .312 hitter in 19 seasons, with 256 home runs and 1,261 RBIs. Jeter has scored 1,876 runs and stolen 348 bases. He also is a five-time Gold Glove winner.

Added up, his numbers put him among the greats in Yankees history, with fans often invoking the names of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and others when mentioning Jeter’s legacy.

DeRozan carries Raptors to big win over Hawks TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan is playing the part of the all-star perfectly.

In Toronto’s last game before the NBA all-star break this weekend, DeRozan, who was named a reserve on the Eastern Conference team, scored 31 points — including 14 in the third quarter — to lead the Raptors over the Atlanta Hawks 104-83 on Wednesday.

Raptors coach Dwane Casey says he’s been pleased with his all-star’s constant improvements.

“He’s done a great job every year of getting better,” Casey said. “I know he won’t (get complacent), because he’s such a conscientious (guy). He’s a basketball junkie. I don’t see him taking time off this summer just because he made the all-star team.”

Kyle Lowry delivered another solid performance, scoring 16 points and 13 assists. While he won’t be heading to New Orleans for all-star festivities,

Lowry’s strong play this season has helped Toronto go into the break leading the Atlantic Division for just the second time in franchise history.

“Kyle’s an all-star on and off the court in my opinion,” DeRozan said.

“My opinion, he should be in New Orleans as well. We wouldn’t be where we are today if it wasn’t for Kyle. I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for Kyle, to be honest.”

Patrick Patterson started for the Raptors in place of Amir Johnson, who missed his second consecutive game to rest a sore right ankle, and scored 14 points in his second start of the season.

While the Raptors got off to a slow start on Wednesday night, they found themselves trailing by only five after the first quarter, despite shooting just 29 per cent from the floor. They woke up in the second quarter and took a 45-44 lead into the half. Toronto had a strong start to the third quarter, opening on a 7-0 run to take an eight-point lead. The Raptors didn’t look back from there.

JUNIOR B HOCKEY BLACKFALDS — The Red Deer Vipers overcame a 5-1 second-period deficit to down the Blackfalds Wranglers 7-6 in overtime in Heritage Junior B Hockey League action Tuesday.

Connor Einhorn completed the comeback scoring at 3:02 of the fiveminute extra session.

Two goals by Chance Abbott and Tiaan Anderson and one by Bryce Boguski gave the Wranglers a 5-1 lead by the 9:37 mark of the second period.

Justin Corbett started the Vipers comeback, scoring at 11:58 of the

middle stanza. However, it was a four-goal third period that took the game into overtime.

Colton Weseen made it 5-3 at 3:33 of the third period with Jared Guilbault making it 6-3 at 4:28.

Cole deGraaf then scored at 6:51, Ryan Thomson at 9:50 and Jon Finnigan at 14:12 to tie the game. Thomson had also scored in the first period.

Anthony Hamill made 23 saves in goal for Red Deer while Thomas Isaman finished with 34 saves for the Wranglers, who had nine of 14 minor

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The Wranglers have wrapped up first place in the Northern Division with a 24-7-3 record while Red Deer is fourth at 18-4-1.

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Russia moves past hype, focuses on Slovenia Since they arrived at the Winter Olympics, the Russian hockey players have been treated like rock stars. Now it’s time to play some music.

An hour-long practice Wednesday signalled a shift for the Russians from the hype and attention and talk about the pressure to the game itself in preparation for the tournament opener Thursday against Slovenia.

“I think we have to put everything behind us and just focus on the little details of the game,” defenceman Andrei Markov said. “If we’re going to play like a team, everything is going to be OK.” There was a serious tone and workmanlike attitude at this practice, which was split between regular and special teams work.

It was the opposite of Wednesday’s news conference, which was a celebration of the team and the grandeur of

this event.

“We had a good time to have some practice, talk to players, have meetings and then see what’s going on here,” said coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov.

Russia’s power play got in a decent amount of work.

The powerful top unit unsurprisingly features Alex Ovechkin along with Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexander Radulov and Markov.

“All five guys very good players,” Bilyaletdinov said, making one of the first great understatements of these Olympics.

In 3,185 combined NHL games, those five have scored 420 power-play goals, of which Ovechkin has 142. Offence shouldn’t be lacking for Russia, especially on the power play.

“We have great players, great skills, but bottom line we have to score the goals,” Markov said. “If we’re going to

work like unit of five and we’re going to be on the same page we’re going to have to score the goals. We have to shoot the puck. We have to get traffic.

We have to battle.”

Plenty of battling went on in practice for the skaters, as goaltenders Semyon Varlamov and Sergei Bobrovsky waited to hear who will start against Slovenia. Bilyaletdinov said he and the coaching staff “have some ideas” but would let the goalies know later in the day.

Bobrovsky seemed to have already found the right balance between soaking up being in Sochi for a host Olympics and worrying about his job.

We had a few days to adapt to the time and the atmosphere. Atmosphere wonderful here, so it’s really good to be here,” Bobrovsky said. “I try to focus on stop the puck, that’s my main goal.”

One of Russia’s other areas of focus is Datsyuk’s health, considering the star centre missed over a month of the NHL season with a lower-body injury.

Bilyaletdinov said his captain looked “OK” at practice.

“Of course, it is hard for him,” Bilyaletdinov said. “He hasn’t played for a long time, and then played only two matches. It’s not easy for him, but I think a player of such a level will find his inner strength and get in shape quickly.”

Finding an inner strength shouldn’t be difficult for Russia given the grand motivation of playing on home ice.

Transitioning from thinking about that to hockey is the task now, which defenceman Slava Voynov considers an easy one.

“I have focused only on hockey long ago, and all this attention is kind of secondary for me now,” Voynov said.

Canadians say they are coming back after fifth-place finish FIGURE SKATING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCHI, Russia — Minutes after their program came to a smiling, giggling conclusion, Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch were spontaneously committing to another four years.

“This is far too much fun,” MooreTowers said through a wide smile.

“Yeah. Hell yeah. We say we’re going to take it one year at a time, but why not, right? Dream big.”

The Canadian skaters finished fifth Wednesday in pairs at the Sochi Olympics on a night Russia returned to its old ways, utterly dominating the discipline. Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov won the gold, while teammates Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov captured the silver.

Four-time world champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany had to settle for the bronze for the second straight Olympics.

Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., world bronze medallists last year, dropped from fifth after the short program to finish seventh. Paige Lawrence of Kennedy, Sask., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., were 14th.

Skating to Fellini Medley and looking elegant in all black, Moore-Towers — her golden hair pulled back with a pale pink rose — and Moscovitch skated virtually flawless save for their side-by-side triple Salchows. He doubled his.

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Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch perform their free program during the pairs figure skating competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics Wednesday.

And by the time they completed their last lift — a breath-taking move where Moore-Towers is upside down in the splits, her nose touching her knee, and Moscovitch is spinning her overhead — Moore-Towers was in fits of giggles.

“She was like ’Hahahaha!’. . . actually laughing,” Moscovitch said.

Moore-Towers, a 21-year-old from St. Catharines, Ont., and Moscovitch, a 29-year-old from Toronto, were already silver medallists from the new team event earlier in the Games. He admitted to sleeping with the medal that’s as heavy as “a dumbbell” on his bedside table the first night.

They’d had a couple of setbacks in Sochi — Moore-Towers threw out her

back in practice last week while Moscovitch had a painful infection in his foot that required daily injections to freeze it.

Still, the Canadians who are celebrating their fifth anniversary as a team this week say their Olympic experience was everything they’d hoped for.

“There were no hiccups, there was no forcing it, it just felt like a five-minute moment for us,” Moscovitch said of Wednesday’s free program.

“I’m so excited,” Moore-Towers interjected, to much laughter in the press area. Her shiver was visible.

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“Why would we stop while we still can do this? Because we’re going to miss it one day for sure.”

Russia, or the former Soviet Union, had won gold in 12 straight Olympics in pairs before the streak ended four years ago, when the Russians failed to take home any pairs medal from Vancouver.

They announced their return in dramatic fashion Wednesday. Volosozhar and Trankov, who had been shouldering the mammoth weight of their country’s immense expectations, skated an almost flawless performance to Jesus Christ Superstar. With the red-andblue Russian crowd on its feet, Trankov slid on his knees across the ice, hands raised in celebration, and Volosozhar buried her face in her hands.

“I think tonight all of the country will celebrate this beautiful victory,” said Trankov, who with Volosozhar, also won gold with Russia in the team event. “To win it here is more special than anything.”

Stolbova and Klimov also skated nearly flawless to the “The Addams Family, ” Stolbova landing a beautiful throw triple Salchow to end the program. Savchenko and Szolkowy were uncharacteristically sloppy, Szolkowy falling on a triple toe loop and Savchenko crashing to the ice on a throw triple Axel, their final element.

Duhamel and Radford, skating to Alice in Wonderland, also had some uncharacteristic mishaps. Duhamel fell on a triple Salchow, then put a hand down on their throw triple Lutz.

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BOWL FOR KIDS SUPER SUNDAY

BUT FORMER MAYOR IS OPPOSED TO ANY TAMPERING WITH OR ALTERING OF SHORELINES

The 34th annual Bowl for Kids Super Sunday event will be held on March 2 at Heritage Lanes in Red Deer. The event is the primary fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer and District. The challenge is on to raise $100 per team member, with this year’s theme being cartoon characters.

The event runs from noon to 6 p.m. Organizers are also looking for some matches to be lane hosts for the day. People can join the event or pledge support at www. bbbsreddeer.ca or call 403-342-6500.

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sylvan Lake’s former mayor poured cold water on council’s quest to rebuild the beach.

In its budget passed earlier this week, town council agreed to put aside $100,000 to investigate ways to restore the beach in an environmentally safe manner that would meet provincial scrutiny. High lake levels in recent years have left the beach under water.

Former mayor Susan Samson says in a letter sent as part of a council request for public input on the budget that she is opposed to the idea and the town should “leave the lake alone.

“It is environmentally irresponsible to tamper, alter shorelines or try to control this precious resource,” she writes.

If water levels remain high, the amount

of sand required to recreate a beach would the sand on the beach. It’s something that’s be “astronomical and would have a real been part of the culture of Sylvan Lake for possibility of being washed away in the the past century and we definitely miss it.” first storm.”

While some may want to let nature take Instead, its course, S a m s o n that was says the already town should affected continue when the to enhance seawall the inland was built beach creatm a n y ed last year, years ago, continue to — FORMER MAYOR SUSAN SAMSON he said. protect the “ I t ’ s shoreline right in from erosion and consider building a spray that seawall area we’re talking about addpark. Mayor Sean McIntyre said any work ing sand,” he said, adding that new sand done on the beach would need provincial wouldn’t be brought in but existing sand approval. would be moved from the swimming area “That means that the work would a) make up to the seawall. sense, and b) not harm the environment,” he said. “I’m passionate about replacing Please see BEACH on Page C2

‘IT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO TAMPER, ALTER SHORELINES OR TRY TO CONTROL THIS PRECIOUS RESOURCE.’

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AMANDA LINDHOUT TO SPEAK Amanda Lindhout will be the guest speaker in Sylvan Lake on March 13. Described as an inspirational talk, the former hostage in Somalia will discuss the hidden lessons that can be learned through adversity.

She will speak at the Sylvan Lake Multi-Campus, Fox Run/Mother Teresa Schools, at 2 Falcon Ridge Drive from 7 to 8:30 p.m., with a book signing to follow. The talk is the first in a new community collaboration called Building Bridges: Strengths Development Series.

Tickets are available at the Sylvan Lake Seniors Association and the Sylvan Lake Community Centre for $15. Attendees must be 13 of age or older.

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER People around the world are invited to congregate on Friday, March 7, for the annual World Day of Prayer, when Christian women from vastly different traditions join together and speak as one. The World Day of Prayer was organized to help women rise out of isolation, to enrich them in their faith, to take up burdens of others, and to become aware of their talents and how those talents can be used to serve society. This year’s theme, Streams in the Desert, was written by women of Egypt. Egyptianborn Sara Farid is guest speaker for the Red Deer service, set for 2 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church, at 5508 48A Ave. Learn more online at www. worlddayofprayer.net or call 403-346-2618.

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Working from a man-lift device Jesse Smith and Tom Clark of Con-Asph Environmental Coatings of Red Deer clear snow from what remains of the roof of the Sylvan Lake Arena on Wednesday. The roof is being cleared to allow workers access to the site. A large portion of the arena’s roof collapsed just after midnight on Jan. 20. Residents were allowed back into the adjacent multiplex this week after engineers allowed the town to reopen the facility.

RCMP warn of telephone scam Even police are being used into the pile of tricks that scammers are forever dreaming up.

Red Deer RCMP are warning the public to be aware of a telephone scam occurring in Red Deer and across the country, in which scammers call people at home claiming to be raising money for police programs.

In an unsuccessful attempt to scam a Red Deer citizen last week, a caller claimed to be representing the RCMP and other police associations.

RCMP said the scammer was aggressive in his request and asked for $100 or $300, which are common amounts for scammers of this sort to request.

Red Deer City RCMP remind the public that they do not solicit funds for police programs.

It is important for people to learn to distinguish between legitimate fundraising calls and scammers.

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre offers tips to avoid false charity scams: ● Be wary of appeals that tug at your heart strings, especially pleas involving current events.

Ask for written information about

the charity, including name, address and telephone number.

A legitimate charity or fundraiser will give you information about the charity’s mission, how your donation will be used and proof that your contribution is tax deductible. ● Ask the solicitor for the registered charitable tax number of the charity.

Question any discrepancies. Confirm the charity’s registration information through the Canada Revenue Agency (1-800-267-2384). ● Check out the charity’s financial information. For many organizations, this information can be found online. ● Ask for identification. If the solicitor refuses to tell you or does not have some form of verifiable identification, hang up or close the door and report it to law enforcement officials. ● Call the charity. Find out if the organization is aware of the solicitation and has authorized the use of its name.

If not, you may be dealing with a scam artist.

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Councillors watch expenses

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer city councillors were a frugal bunch leading up to the municipal election last fall.

The average city councillor racked up $2,260 in expenses over 10 months in 2013, less than half the average amount claimed in all of 2012.

The eight councillors were allotted a pro-rated amount of $8,580 each, based on the 10 months up to the Oct. 21 municipal election, on top of an annual salary of $53,163.

Council members claim costs for items such as office supplies, conference registration, training and business travel.

In 2012, the councillors spent roughly $5,000 each over 12 months. Last year, the eight councillors spent a total of $18,109.80, or 26.38 per cent of the $68,640 collective allotment.

Coun. Buck Buchanan was the top spender, claiming $4,814.31 or 56.11 per cent of his budget. In 2012, he was at the bottom of the list, claiming only $1,860, or 18 per cent of his budget for the entire year.

In 2013, Buchanan spent $930 on seminar and conference registration, $2,850.06 on business travel, $756 on mileage and $278.25 on office supplies and miscellaneous items.

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Dreeshen says he will run in next federal election Red Deer Conservative MP Earl Dreeshen has announced he will run as a candidate in the newly formed federal electoral district of Red Deer-Mountain View in the October 2015 federal election.

Dreeshen, a Central Alberta farmer and former teacher, was first elected in 2008 and sits on the Agriculture and Aboriginal

Affairs committees in Ottawa, as well as the Post-Secondary Education caucus.

So far, he is the only one in the running.

“Scrapping the long-gun registry, giving farmers marketing freedom and protecting victims of crime are some of my proudest moments in Ottawa as a representative for

the people of Central Alberta,” Dreeshen said in a news release.

“Central Alberta continues to be a beacon of growth and prosperity and I look forward to continuing my role in helping our region achieve its full potential.”

The federal riding map was redrawn last year, splitting

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Dreeshen’s current Red Deer riding into two: Red Deer-Mountain View and Red Deer-Wolf Creek.

Red Deer-Mountain View includes much of the old Red Deer riding, but stretches southward to include Olds, Didsbury, Carstairs and Sundre.

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in pre-trial custody, noting that he was not allowed to attend the funeral for his mother, who had recently died of a terminal illness. Clair suggested that Myshak should get 96 days for the 83 he had served.

Invited to speak, Myshak told the court he felt sick to his stomach about the course his life had taken and that his mother’s death had forced him to realize that he needs to change his life.

“My kids are all older. I’ve missed all their lives because I’ve been incarcerated.”

Judge John Holmes accepted the sentencing recommendations, giving 83 days credit for time served. He also ordered that Myshak provide a DNA sample for the national database.

Also arrested in connection with the incident, Kyle Robert Meckler, 28, was sentenced to three years on Jan. 15 after pleading guilty to break and enter, dangerous driving and possession of break-in tools.

No charges were laid against a youth who was with the two men.

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Jackson has pleaded not guilty to possession of marijuana for trafficking and asked to be tried by judge alone in the Court of Queen’s Bench.

He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Rocky Mountain House provincial court on Aug. 19.

Preliminary hearings may be held to determine if the Crown’s case is strong enough to proceed to trial.

BRIEFS College speaker series goes digital Red Deer College’s perspectives speaker series is about to be brought into the digital age, with the host of a radio show focusing on new age technology.

Nora Young, host of CBC’s Spark and author of The Virtual Self, brings her understanding of trends in digital devices, apps and social media.

The talk, part of the Perspectives: Canada in the Wold series, will highlight privacy concerns as they relate to Facebook and GPS tracking.

She will explain how to better protect one’s virtual self in the digital world, as well as exploring how these tools can make personal lives and communities better.

Young will be at the RDC Arts Centre Mainstage, at 100 College Blvd., on March 11 starting at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $42 for adults or $31.50 for seniors and RDC students, staff and faculty. For tickets, visit www.bkticketcentre.ca or call 403-75-6626 or toll free at 1-800-661-8793.

Red Deer RCMP are asking the public for help in locating a missing teenager.

Seth Evans, 14, was last seen at a residence in north Red Deer on Feb. 2. He was wearing a black jacket and red hoodie and was carrying a black backpack.

He is described as Aboriginal with dark brown hair and eyes, standing approximately 1.6 metres (five foot four inches) Seth Evans tall and weighing about 59 kg (129 pounds).

Anyone with more information on Evans’ whereabouts is asked to contact police at 403-343-5575.

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Red Deer RCMP are investigating A preliminary hearing will be held a collision that involved one vehicle in August for a Rocky Mountain House and a pedestrian on Wednesday afterman arrested on drug charges after a fatal vehicle collision on Hwy 11, about noon.

Around 12:30 p.m. police respond40 kilometres west of the town. ed to a call about one person being Michael Jackson, 51, was charged with possession of drugs for trafficking hit by a vehicle in the Bower Place parking lot in front of the Shoppers by police investigating a collision in Drug Mart. which a teenaged girl was killed.

The male pedestrian was taken to Rocky RCMP allege that the 14-yearhospital with what are believed to be old girl, a resident of Eden Valley, was non-life-threatening injuries. struck down while standing or walking Police say it was not a hit and run. on the highway near an SUV that had RCMP are asking anyone who been parked on the shoulder at about witnessed this collision or has more 9:45 p.m. on Nov. 22. information related to it to call 403Police alleged at the time that there 343-5575. was a fight between the pickup driver and the people in the SUV when he stopped to help, so he got back into his truck and drove away. Police say that the injured girl was then placed in the SUV, THE ALZHEIMER SOCIETY which hit the ditch on the way to Rocky.

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About 30 years ago, the swimming area was regularly dredged with scrapers to pile up sand.

The beach created lasted quite a long time and didn’t disappear in a storm, he said.

“I think if we were to do a half measure and move a little bit of sand, then absolutely a storm could take it out.

History would say if we do it properly it would last for years to come.”

Samson also expressed opposition to the town budgeting $650,000 to purchase land for truck and trailer parking for the privately owned Sylvan Lake Marina. She says the money would be better spent on building a new boat launch at Range Road 21, a proposal that is in the early planning stages and is supported by Lacombe County. McIntyre said the parking proposal is in the early planning stages and is meant to address all downtown parking issues. No land has been identified for purchase.

The town remains committed to exploring the new boat launch.

Samson could not be reached for further comment on Wednesday. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

RIDING: Calkins will run Red Deer-Wolf Creek takes up the majority of the existing Wetaskiwin riding, which is currently represented

by Conservative MP Blaine Calkins, who lives in Lacombe.

It includes Lacombe and Ponoka, but does not include the municipality of Wetaskiwin. Westward, it also includes Bentley, Eckville and Sylvan Lake. To the east, it includes Alix.

Calkins has already declared his intent to run as the Conservative candidate in the new riding in 2015.

The old Crowfoot riding is now known as Battle River-Crowfoot in east Central Alberta and includes Three Hills, Trochu and Stettler.

Kevin Sorenson, the current Conservative MP for Crowfoot, was unavailable for comment on Wednesday as to whether he would be running again.

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EXPENSES: Vary Buchanan said the expenses were related to attending the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association conference in Calgary, a sustainability conference in Windsor, Ont., and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Vancouver.

Former councillor Chris Stephan claimed the least expenses, $152.45 in 2013. He spent $35 on seminar and conference registration and $117.45 on office supplies.

Former mayor Morris Flewwelling spent $15,167 on expenses out of his $21,284 available budget, on top of his $89,285 annual salary. The mayor’s office spent $4,725 more than was allotted in the $212,552 public relations budget. The numbers were skewed because there were more events in the first 10 months of the year and the number would have likely evened out by year’s end.

Council total expenses from Jan. 1 to Oct. 31, 2013: ● Coun. Buck Buchanan: $4,814 ● Coun. Dianne Wyntjes: $4,604 ● Coun. Cindy Jefferies: $2,646 ● Coun. Frank Wong: $2,604 ● Coun. Lynne Mulder: $2,407 ● Coun. Paul Harris: $652 ● Coun. Tara Veer: $227 ● Coun. Chris Stephan: $152 ● Mayor Morris Flewwelling: $15,167 out of $21,284 available (expenses) and $211,656 out of $217, 277 available (public relations funding set aside to promote Red Deer as a whole).

Council total expenses Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, 2013: ● Coun. Dianne Wyntjes: $3,478 ● Coun. Tanya Handley: $3,080 ● Coun. Paul Harris: $2,588 ● Coun. Lawrence Lee: $2,376 ● Coun. Ken Johnston: $2,327 ● Coun. Lynne Mulder: $2,125 ● Coun. Buck Buchanan: $1,776 ● Coun. Frank Wong: $1,581 ● Mayor Tara Veer: $4,173 out of available $10,373 (expenses) and $5,526 out of available $14,510 (public relations).

Last spring, council adopted a new policy related to council salaries.

The mayor’s salary for 2014 is $99,934; that amount is tied to population.

Councillor’s salaries for 2014 are $54,964 or 55 per cent of the mayor’s salary. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sitting in jail during his mother’s funeral was “an eye-opener,” says one of two men arrested after a break-in at a Red Deer condominium in November.

Darrell Myshak, 38, was sentenced to 16 months after pleading guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday to multiple counts of break and enter, as well as possessing break-in tools and possessing stolen property.

Crown prosecutor Murray McPherson said Myshak and two others were seen running from the building toward a pickup truck and trailer parked outside.

They had entered a storage area and stolen tires from five lockers, at a value totalling well over $5,000, said McPherson.

In a joint sentencing recommendation with defence counsel Norm Clair, McPherson asked for a 16-month sentence, noting Myshak’s lengthy criminal record, which includes convictions for property crimes.

Clair asked that extra credit be given for the 83 days that Myshak served

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Time has come to look past Obama PRENTICE SAYS CANADA MUST TAKE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION WITH THE U.S. TO A NEW LEVEL BYTHE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — It’s high time Canada started looking beyond the Obama era if it wants to push economic integration with the United States to a new level, says former Conservative cabinet minister Jim Prentice.

That includes pushing for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, which has been stalled by the logjam of U.S. domestic politics — something that’s unlikely to change in the next three years, Prentice said Wednesday.

New gas discoveries in both countries have transformed North America’s economic landscape, said Prentice, who urged the federal government to set its sights on 2017 when Barack Obama’s successor arrives in the White

House. Once that time comes, Canada will have an 18-month window to capture the new American president’s attention on bilateral issues.

“We must set our priorities, tailor our agenda and make our preparations with that small window of opportunity in mind.

The next one will arrive in 2017,” Prentice, now a senior bank executive, said in a speech to the Economic Club of Canada.

The former environment and industry minister left politics more than three years ago, but has at times since then been touted as a possible successor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Prentice appeared to take some amusement in that speculation by breaking from his prepared speech and telling his audience of business

people and politicians that he had come to Ottawa to make a special announcement.

Many attendees leaned forward, only to learn from a smiling Prentice that his newest grandchild had been born earlier that morning.

Harper and Obama meet face to face next week in Mexico, at a one-day summit of North America’s three leaders.

In a pre-speech interview, Prentice suggested there was little hope of Harper making any progress on Keystone when they meet next week.

“The prime minister has many years of experience now with the president.

I think he spoke his mind very clearly on Keystone. “sI’m sure they’ll have an interesting discussion but a” Prentice said, before pivoting to restating his long-held

support of the pipeline project.

In his speech, Prentice said Keystone was the latest in a list of irritants in the Canada-U.S. relationship that has in the past included the softwood lumber dispute and the “thickening” of the border since 9-11, which is still slowing trade.

“At the same time, our comfortable and familiar relationship in the realm of energy has been radically transformed by North America’s supply revolution.”

Canada needs to be ready to negotiate an accord with the Americans on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions from Alberta’s oilsands when the next window of opportunity opens in 2017, he added.

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Ottawa will let market decide on wireless players

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That compared with 32 per cent of women who considered themselves the one calling the financial shots in their relationship, compared with 19 per cent who said that was their partner’s job.

The survey was conducted by Pollara with an online sample of 1,001 Canadians aged 18 and older, between Jan. 24 and Jan. 28. The polling industry’s professional body, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, says online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population.

Chris Buttigieg, BMO’s senior manager of wealth planning strategy, says the survey showed a “clear disconnect” between how couples view their spending and savings habits, and how they view their partner’s role.

MONTREAL — Ottawa appears to backing away from its pledge to increase the number of wireless competitors to four in every region of the country.

Industry Minister James Moore said Wednesday that the market will determine if there’s a fourth competitor, downplaying the federal government’s efforts to expand the market beyond the country’s three major carriers to foster competition and bring prices down.

“It would be irresponsible for us to have a public policy that wasn’t setting in place the parameters where more competition could emerge, if the market can support it,” Moore said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

“Whatever dynamic emerges that the marketplace can support, the marketplace will decide that,” Moore said from Ottawa.

The Conservative government eased the rules on foreign investment for wireless companies with less than 10 per cent of the marketplace, paving the way for foreign companies to enter the Canadian market and also buy small Canadian wireless organizations.

The move sparked a campaign last summer by Canada’s big wireless providers — BCE, Telus (TSX:T) and Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) — arguing that foreign players, such as Verizon in the U.S., would be given an unfair advantage under the current wireless rules. Verizon ultimately decided against entering Canada.

Moore said he would like the norm to reflect the situation in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Saskatchewan. All have four rivals — usually Rogers, Bell and Telus plus a regional player such as Eastlink, Videotron or SaskTel. It’s unclear whether Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia will have more competitors once the Jan. 14 federal auction of wireless spectrum wraps up.

While new players Mobilicity, now under creditor protection, and Wind Mobile compete in those markets, they are not participating in the auction due to the high cost of the coveted 700 megahertz spectrum up for grabs.

Experts say the 700 megahertz radiowaves are particularly valuable because they allow cellphone signals to travel longer distances and penetrate buildings and tunnels where calls are often dropped.

The lack of new foreign players in the auction likely means it won’t bring in as much revenue as expected to federal coffers, or the increased competition that Canadian consumers hoped would drive down prices.

The previous auction in 2008 raised $4.3 billion and ushered in new players: Wind Mobile, Mobilicity, Public Mobile, Videotron and Eastlink.

Mobilicity and Wind Mobile have since gone up for sale and Public Mobile has been sold to Telus.

The Canadian wireless market continues to be dominated by Bell (TSX:BCE), Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) and Telus (TSX:T), with a total of more than 25 million subscribers.

A new auction of radiowaves has beeen set for April 2015 by the Conservative government to allow Canada’s smaller telecoms and Internet companies to increase their wireless spectrum. The government has put caps on how much 2500 megahertz spectrum companies can own, a move Ottawa says will largely shut out Rogers and Bell because they already own large chunks of it.

Moore also said legislation is coming on roaming rates that big telecom companies charge their small rivals for using their cellphone networks.

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Longtime Rimbey auctioneer Allen Olson entices buyers during a recent sale. Olson was honoured recently by the Alberta Auctioneers’ Association with a certificate commemorating his 50 years in the industry. Although he sold Rimbey Auction Mart — which he bought in 1968 with his father Elmer and brother Glen — to Sekura Auctions of Drayton Valley last spring, Olson continues to sell farm machinery and real estate through Allen B. Olson Auction Services Ltd.

Cheating easier to forgive than money problems: BMO

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A new survey suggests that Canadian couples may be more willing to forgive a cheating spouse than to overlook money problems.

According to the poll by the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO), 68 per cent of those surveyed say fighting over money would be their top reason for divorce, followed by infidelity (60 per cent) and disagreements about family (36 per cent).

The survey, released ahead of Valentine’s Day, also found discrepancies not only over who is in charge of finances for a household, but also who is to blame when budgets go awry.

Forty-one per cent of men say they handle the finances in their relationship; while only 15 per cent say it’s their partner who is in charge of their money.

Telephone town hall to discuss porcine epidemic virus (PEDv).

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta Pork will conduct a telephone town hall this Friday at 10 a.m. to discuss porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv).

The session will be the third held since PEDv was discovered in Ontario three weeks ago.

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PEDv has been confirmed in 24 American states since it was first detected in the Untied States last May. The disease has a mortality rate of up to 100 per cent in nursing piglets, while growing pigs are susceptible to widespread diarrhea but are not at as high a risk of death.

Health experts say the disease cannot be transmitted to humans and it is not a food safety concern.

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a veterinarian and national co-ordinator of the Canadian Swine Health Board; and a pork producer who has experienced PEDv. Those wishing to participate in the telephone town hall can register online by going to AlbertaPork.ca and clicking on “Coming Up.” They can also call 1-877-2298493 on Friday at 10 a.m. and enter the PIN 112339 when prompted.

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Both will take place in the Gasoline Alley Holiday Inn from 9:30 to noon.

An expert on PEDv will describe the disease and preventive measures that producers can take.

Attendees can register for the Red Deer sessions by calling Marlyn Dalmacio at Alberta Pork at 780-491-3525 or by emailing her at marilyn.dalmacio@albertapork.com.

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 97.10 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 50.81 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.88 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.68 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.04 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.64 Cdn. National Railway . . 61.70 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 170.00 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.44 Capital Power Corp . . . . 23.44 Cervus Equipment Corp 24.20 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 46.37 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.88 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 27.97 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.72 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.56 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 18.72 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.60 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 46.90 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 66.01 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.06 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.89 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.13 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 94.75 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.46 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.10 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.94 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 15.70 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed modestly higher Wednesday as commodity prices rose amid stronger than expected trade figures from China.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 19.5 points to 13,900.49, held back by sliding gold stocks.

The Canadian dollar was ahead 0.16 of a cent to 90.93 cents US. U.S. indexes were mainly lower following substantial gains Tuesday after both houses of Congress voted to extend the U.S. debt ceiling without any spending conditions. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 30.83 points to 15,963.94, the Nasdaq gained 10.24 points to 4,201.29 while the S&P 500 was 0.48 of a point lower at 1,819.27.

Markets were also relieved after the new head of the U.S. Federal Reserve vowed a continuation of low interest rates. 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.

Meanwhile, data showed that China’s trade growth accelerated in January as imports rose 10 per cent to $107.2 billion, up from December’s 8.3 per cent growth. Exports rose 10.6 per cent to $126.7 billion, more than double the previous month’s 4.3 per cent expansion and the trade surplus widened to $31.9 billion. All three numbers beat expectations.

There was major acquisition activity as Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo announced it is buying all the shares of Canada Bread Co. Ltd. (TSX:CBY) in a deal worth $1.83 billion or $72 a share. Maple Leaf (TSX:MFI) currently holds 90 per cent of Canada Bread’s outstanding shares. Maple Leaf shares slipped 142 cents to $15.70 while Canada Bread ran up $4.94 to $72.20.

On the earnings front, Air Canada

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Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B) fell $2.41 to $43.28 as the media and telcom company posted adjusted earnings of $347 million or 69 cents a share, missing estimates by six cents. Revenue of $3.24 billion also missed estimates of $3.3 billion while the company upped its quarterly dividend by five per cent.

The Chinese data helped March crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange climb 43 cents to US$100.37 a barrel and the energy sector led advancers, up 1.24 per cent.

Financials were also strong, up 0.69 per cent.

The base metals group climbed 0.35 per cent while March copper gained four cents to US$3.26 a pound.

The gold sector was the major decliner, down about 3.25 per cent while April gold was ahead $5.20 to US$1,295 an ounce.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Wednesday.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,900.49, up 19.50 points TSX Venture Exchange — 981.73, up 1.49 points TSX 60 — 797.47, up 2.00 points Dow — 15,963.94, down 30.83 points S&P 500 — 1,819.27, down 0.48 points Nasdaq — 4,201.29, up 10.24 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 90.93 cents US, up 0.16 of a cent Pound — C$1.8246, up 1.23

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WIRELESS: Spectrum issue Roaming fees are charged when customers use their cellphones outside their own network provider’s coverage area.

Rogers, for example, has a national network, but smaller providers such as Wind Mobile and Quebec’s Videotron have to negotiate agreements to give their customers service across the country when they travel.

An announcement is also in the works on forcing telecom companies to use the spectrum they haven’t deployed, or face losing it, Moore said.

Moore said Tuesday’s budget announcement to bring high-speed Internet to rural and northern Canada will involve co-operation between wireless carriers, provincial governments and the federal government.

The budget earmarks more than $300 million over five years to expand broadband high-speed Internet access.

FINANCES: Can run into conflict “If both partners in a relationship feel they’re calling the shots and they have different views, then there’s going to be conflict at some point down the road,” Buttigieg said.

“It’s critical to communicate, be open to compromise and be prepared to talk frankly about financial issues, including your plans for retirement and how they’ll be funded,” Buttigieg added.

The poll also found that 37 per cent of men surveyed said their partner spends too much money and should be saving more for retirement. Twentythree per cent blame themselves for not being thrifty in their spending habits.

Meanwhile, 36 per cent of women

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cents Euro — C$1.4946 down 0.79 of a cent Euro — US$1.3591, down 0.47 of a cent Oil futures: US$100.37 per barrel, up 43 cents (March contract)Gold futures: US$1,295 per oz., up $5.20 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.227 oz., down 1.8 cents $746.75 kg, down 58 cents TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Wednesday at 981.73, up 1.49 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 204.93 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $8.90 lower $407.50; May ’14 $8.50 lower $417.70; July ’14 $8.30 lower $426.90; Nov. ’14 $7.70 lower $444.00; Jan ’15 $7.20 lower $451.10; March ’15 $6.80 lower $457.40; May ’15 $6.10 lower $461.40; July ’15 $5.80 lower $464.30; Nov ’15 $5.80 lower $460.50; Jan. ’16 $5.80 lower $460.50; March ’16 $5.80 lower $460.50.

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.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 526,680 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 526,680.

who were surveyed said it was their male partners who overspend, while a quarter admitted it was themselves who needed to rein in their money habits.

“Money has the potential to be a source of tension and conflict for any couple, regardless of the amount they have,” said Buttigieg.

“While being open and honest with each other on financial matters is a good first step in building a happy fiscal union, it’s also important to work together to develop a financial plan which takes into consideration your individual and joint goals and helps set the two of you up for a lifetime of financial, and marital, success.”

Rogers’ new CEO pledges better results

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The new CEO of Rogers Communications says he’s not satisfied with the company’s fourth-quarter results that saw profit and revenue dragged down by cheaper cellphone roaming rates and monthly data-sharing plans.

Guy Laurence, who took over from former chief executive Nadir Mohamed in December, said Wednesday that Rogers’ growth has slipped compared with its peers, referring to Bell (TSX:BCE) and Telus (TSX:T).

Laurence said he expects to outline his strategy for the Toronto-based telecommunications and media company in May, noting the industry faces moderating growth and regulatory uncertainty.

“With respect to the results of Q4 and certain of the trends, while there are areas of strength overall, they’re not satisfactory to me and over time I expect to do better,” Laurence told analysts during a conference call.

“Our margins, cash flows and return on assets are strong, but we slipped in terms of our growth rates relative to our peers and we need to execute in even a more methodical and disciplined manner as we go forward.”

Laurence also pledged to improve customer service, which some analysts have noted needs work.

“We have opportunities to put our customers needs more front and centre in everything we do to deliver a better, more consistent experience,” he said.

The company also announced two initiatives geared to its shareholders — a five per cent dividend increase and a renewed share buyback program.

Canaccord Genuity analyst Dvai Ghose said he and other analysts had expected a 10 per cent hike in Rogers’ dividend.

“While BCE and Telus appear to be trading at a discernible premium to RCI (Rogers), these results, 2014 guidance and the disappointing dividend hike clearly suggest that RCI should trade at a discount,” Ghose said in a research note.

Ghose noted that BCE announced a dividend increase of six per cent last week.

Rogers stock closed down 5.3 per cent, or $2.42, at $43.27 Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Laurence said the main difference between Rogers and U.K.-based telecom Vodafone, where he was formerly chief executive, is the value the Toronto company provides with content.

He’s touring Canada and meeting Rogers staff and customers and said the “welcome I’ve had from Canadians has been warmer than I expected and, secondly, the weather has been colder than I expected.”

Rogers owns TV stations, such as City TV, 56 radio stations and magazines that include Flare and Chatelaine.

It also owns the Blue Jays baseball team and won a 12-year deal with the NHL to secure broadcast and multimedia rights on all platforms beginning in 2015.

Husky crude being sold in booming Indian market

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE) has tapped into a new booming energy market, selling one million barrels of crude from its White Rose offshore field east of Newfoundland to Indian Oil Corp.

Chief operating officer Rob Peabody told analysts and reporters on Wednesday that it was India’s first purchase of Canadian crude and that White Rose’s light oil has been approved for Indian refineries.

The company’s chief executive officer, Asim Ghosh, added that the fourthquarter sale to India “did open up a potentially very large new market for us.”

The opportunity will likely grow once TransCanada Corp.’s (TSX:TRP) $12-billion Energy East pipeline between Alberta and New Brunswick starts up, Ghosh said.

He said the cost of sending crude from Western Canada to India via the Atlantic Ocean doesn’t differ much from the Pacific route, which would use proposed pipelines through B.C. such as Enbridge Inc.’s (TSX:ENG) Northern Gateway or Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion.

“Once Energy East is up, India becomes a cost competitive destination for Canadian crude.”

Ghosh wouldn’t say whether Husky has committed to ship oilsands crude on Energy East, but that it aims to use a “cocktail” of different pipelines to get to different markets.

Meanwhile, Husky, controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing,

said it’s preparing to start up its massive, multibillion-dollar Liwan offshore natural gas platform in the South China Sea. It’s the largest project in the company’s history.

“It was a long and active typhoon season in the South China Sea, so we had to wait on weather for many weeks to install the final subsea equipment.

You may have heard the saying that a pessimist complains about the wind, an optimist expects a change, but a realist adjusts the sails. So we took the realist path and worked around the conditions,” said Ghosh.

Peabody said it’s been seven years since Liwan was discovered.

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Husky’s Sunrise oilsands project is also nearing completion, with start-up expected in the second half of 2014.

Also Wednesday, Husky posted a dip in profits during the last three months of 2013 compared to the same period a year earlier, but beat market expectations.

Adjusted quarterly earnings were $412 million, down from $487 million a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the adjusted earnings of 42 cents beat the average analyst estimate of 38 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters.

CLIMATE: Linked to energy More attention needs to be paid to climate change, Prentice said, because the issue is inextricably linked to growth in the energy sector.

“Focusing on environment policy is not exclusively a question of morality.

Increasingly, for us, it is an economic imperative,” he said. “Around the world, the wave of concern over climate change crested a few years ago a but those who are paying attention can see that the next wave is building again.

“It will come, and Canada had better be ready for it the next time. If you are in the energy business today, you are in the environment business.”

In the intervening three years, Prentice said Canada needs to push forward on pipeline construction, particularly to the British Columbia coast, so it can export the oil and gas in Western Canada to markets in Asia.

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Federal prosecutors announced last month that they will seek the death penalty against Tsarnaev, who is charged in twin bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 260.

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Dear Annie: I have a 75-year-old friend who was Jim refuses to be hospitalized or return to rehab, brutally beaten by an intruder. because he will not be allowed to smoke or drink, “Jim” allowed the stranger to enter his and he wants to die at home. home when he claimed he needed to use If Jim is to recover, he needs to stop the telephone. Jim suffered broken bones drinking, eat well and exercise, and it and a head trauma and spent time in a rewould be such a long and arduous road hab facility. He still hasn’t fully recovered that he does not believe he can do it. and is mostly confined to bed.

Am I right to make him comfortable?

Jim has no close family. He abandoned Is this compassion or wrongdoing? — His his wife 38 years ago, and his daughter Friend met him for the first time in October. She Dear Friend: We’re going to side with is his next of kin, and when Jim was in a compassion, but please know what you coma, she had to make some tough deciare getting into. sions about his care.

While Jim may tell you he is not suiShe is not able to be involved as much cidal, he is doing exactly that by a slower now because she lives far away. I’m in route. You cannot force him to choose life, MITCHELL touch with her often, so she is aware of but you don’t want to be overcome with & SUGAR her father’s condition and says he is caguilt and remorse, either. (And frankly, pable of making informed decisions. The drinking and smoking in bed is a fire waitpolice concur. ing to happen.)

Jim is alone, depressed and alcoholic.

Dear Annie: Every gathering of my husI check on him daily. He’s promised not to kill him- band’s family means my mother-in-law has to control self, but he has given up on living. He has very little the day, the conversation, everything. energy and barely eats despite the fact that food It sucks the life out of me. Not once does she lisis provided. He just wants to lie in bed, smoke and ten to anyone else or ask how they are. She never drink vodka. And that’s my problem. inquires whether I’m OK. There is never a sincere I have been meeting his requests for alcohol, but two-sided conversation. Somehow, everything reverts I feel guilty about it. I don’t want to contribute to back to her and her need for attention. his death by facilitating his drinking, but I fear that She does not get along with her in-laws and redepriving him only condemns him to an even more fuses to visit them. My father-in-law sees his side of protracted demise. the family on his own.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The latest report from a longterm Canadian study into breast cancer screening suggests it isn’t reducing the number of women who die from breast cancer.

The study looks at the impact of screening mammography on cancer rates and deaths to cancer in women aged 40 to 59 who were followed for nearly 25 years.

There were more breast cancers detected in the women who underwent screening as compared to women whose breasts were checked for lumps by a medical professional.

Still, the numbers of women who died from breast cancer in the two groups were virtually identical, suggesting mammography found some cancers that didn’t need to be treated.

Lead author Dr. Anthony Miller of the University of Toronto says for him and his coauthors the message is clear: the use of mammography to screen for breast cancer ought to be rethought.

The Canadian Cancer Society disagrees, saying that there is other evidence supporting breast cancer screening in women over the age of 50, and the American College of Radiology and Society of Breast Imaging says the study is misleading and incredibly flawed.

In a statement, that group — which represents radiologists, the professionals who read

mammograms — reiterates complaints about the study that it has been making for years.

It alleges that the researchers knew which women already had cancer and steered them into the mammography arm of the trial to skew the results.

In also suggests the mammography was of poor quality, saying the machines used were secondhand and not state of the art.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your lifestyle needs an overall maintenance. Certain health habits need to be altered in order to pick up with your daily routine. Stress is the last thing you need this time. Your motto should be: taking one day at a time.

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George Segal, 80 Cooperation will be your best deTHOUGHT OF THE DAY: fence.

The Leo Moon will bring in some CANCER (June 21-July 22): playful flavour to the day. With You long for material stability a trine to Uranus, the planet of and you hold on tight to what you radical changes, the changes own. Living a financially stable promise to be positive and upliftlife is crucial to you. Alter certain ing. This spells to be a day with habits or rid yourself of certain interesting surprises. We need guilty pleasures so that reality reto be ready to be stimulated and flects your most intrinsic needs. to be uplifted with a rejuvenating LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You spirit! cannot resist hiding yourself and HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If tonot let others know what you day is your birthday, you seek truly feel and what truly lies on close interaction this forthcoming ASTRO your mind. Your want to reach year. One-on-one dealings, neonto others and you relate betDOYNA gotiations and making two-party ter in company of close relationagreements will bring you benefiships. Try to not take someone’s cial outcomes. Don’t be afraid of emotional cataclysm too close to the nature of your ideas and how your heart. you flaunt them. Be as open and as unique VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Emotional as you can be.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There is a paryou are more fertile than usual so, take the ticular type or style of material good that you necessary precautions if need be.

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All I can say to every person considering marriage is: Open your eyes. If I had recognized this pattern earlier, as much as I love my husband, I wouldn’t have married into this family. — Glad the Holidays Are Over Dear Glad: We understand that she is difficult, but we feel sorry for your mother-in-law.

She has no idea how to make friends or get people to like her. She must be a terribly unhappy person.

Dear Annie: You were dead wrong in your response to “N,” who asked about helping his mother financially once her money runs out.

He is under no obligation to support his mother after Mom blew through all of the money her husband left. This child has worked hard his whole life and owes his mother nothing.

I would not pay that lady a dime. Mom chose to spend stupidly, and so now she has to live with that.

He needs to just tell her, “Sorry, Mom, I am not a bank!” — Cathy in Michigan Dear Cathy: “N” did not ask whether to give money to Mom, only that he wanted to provide for her, within reason.

Setting up a limited monthly allowance (and no additional funds) would work and would be a kindness.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Hunt or be hunted KEVIN SPACEY DEALS OUT SEASON 2 OF NETFLIX DRAMA HOUSE OF CARDS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood, left, and Robin Wright as Claire Underwood in a scene from House of Cards. The second season of the popular original series premieres on Friday, Feb. 14 on Netflix.

Lawrence brings his neo-Delta blues and roots music to Fratters on Friday

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Dunham will be going for big laughs at the Centrium, along with his alter-egos, Walter the Grumpy Retiree, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, beer-fuelled redneck Bubba J, Peanut the purple creature, spicy southern pepper Jose Jalapeno, and Little Jeff.

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show go on sale on Saturday at 10 a.m. from Ticketmaster.

Dunham is known for his Comedy Central appearances, including his one-hour special Minding the Monsters. When it debuted to 7.5 million viewers, it became the most watched special of the year for the network. The DVD went on to reach triple-platinum status in sales.

Prairie bluesman Marshall Lawrence will perform his neo-Delta blues and roots music on Friday night at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer.

Lawrence, who was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame as “a great blues artist from Canada,” plays acoustic slide and finger-style guitar.

He has released four acclaimed CDs: Where’s the Party, The Morning After, Blues Intervention and House Call.

He is described as putting a “raw edge and acid twist” on traditional blues.

For more information about the show, call 403356-0033.

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“There is so much I don’t know about Francis, so much that I’m learning,” says Spacey, clearly pleased to be granted even more time to explore him: Netflix recently announced plans for a third season.

“I’ve always thought that the profession closest to that of an actor is being a detective,” he goes on. “We are given clues by writers, sometimes clues they’re aware of and sometimes not. Then you lay them all out and try to make them come alive as a character who’s complex and surprising, maybe even to yourself.”

Spacey’s midcareer entry into series stardom comes after many distinguished films, including L.A. Confidential, Glengarry Glen Ross, Se7en and The Usual Suspects.

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Portrayed by series star Kevin Spacey, Underwood, the soon-to-be-sworn-in vice-president, has a delicious way of conspiring with the audience in his Beltway depravity: a sly aside, a knowing roll of his eyes, a caustic pronouncement shared only with us.

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“There is but one rule,” he reminds us in its final moments — “hunt or be hunted.”

Happily for us, another 12 new episodes keep Underwood on the hunt as Netflix releases the full second season on its website Friday.

Set in Washington in the current day, House of Cards is a loose reinvention of the 1990s British political thriller of the same name.

It premiered a year ago and instantly established Netflix as a bold new contender in the world of original video, stealing thunder from such august cable networks as HBO and AMC while landing the first major Emmy nominations for a streaming-video series.

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Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after total Manufacturer Rebate has been deducted. Offers include freight and air tax of $1,765/$1,765/$1,765 but exclude optional features, administration and registration fees (administration fees may vary by dealer), fuel fill charge and all applicable taxes. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. **Until February 28, 2014, receive 6.09% annual percentage rate (APR) purchase financing on a 2013 F-150 Super Cab XLT 4x4 with 5.0L engine/2013 F-150 Super Crew XLT 4x4 with 5.0L engine/2014 F-250 Super Cab XLT 4X4 Western Edition with power seats for a maximum of 72 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. 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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.

ROBERTSON John Irvin “Jack” 1932 - 2014 Mr. John Irvin ‘Jack’ Robertson passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at the age of 81 years. He is survived by his wife, Maudie, two sons, Tom (Melody) of Creston, British Columbia, Gord of Red Deer and his daughter, Wendy (Lionel) Romanchuk of Elk Point, Alberta. He was very proud of his three grandchildren, Tammy, Trent (Jamie) and Robby and his precious great granddaughter, Chloe. Jack was predeceased by two sons, Greg and Doug. A Family Graveside Service will be held at a later date, with Pastor Peter of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Red Deer officiating. In place of flowers, Memorial Donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta.

Rest Easy papa!

Service and cremation arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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LASIUTA 1940 - 2014 Edward Nicholas Lasiuta of Red Deer passed away peacefully in his home with is 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, Tim (Karen) of Red Deer and their children, Amanda (Jeremy) Rinas of Calgary, Geoffrey, Natasha and Joshua of Red Deer; son, Mike (Darlene) of Blackfalds and their children, Shawn and Dylan; and son, Glenn (Tannis Sweeting) of Red Deer. Also left to cherish Ed’s memory are 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

STANNARD Muriel Violet (nee Reay) 1924 - Hillsdown, Alberta 2014 - Calgary, Alberta

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LACHANCE Albert It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Albert Joseph (Bert) Lachance at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on February 10, 2014 at the age of 85. Bert was born in Alliance, Alberta on May 30, 1928 to Alexander and Mamie Lachance. He is survived by three children: Gerry (Shirley) of Medicine Hat, Bryan of Edmonton and Kevin (Juanita) of Edmonton, three step children: Kevin (Janice) of Blackfalds, Scott (Vicki Lee) of Sylvan Lake, and Beth (Monty) of Penticton.

Bert is also survived by sisters Mary (Ray), Theresa, Betty (Fred), brother; John, twelve grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.

He was predeceased by an infant son Darrell, his beloved wife Marion, his brother Donald, and his sister Joan.

Bert was a man of many talents who worked hard all of his life. He was a welder by trade and spent many years in the oil and gas industry across Canada, making many friends and earning respect wherever he went. Bert was a savvy businessman and was involved in operating both partnerships and independent oilfield consulting companies.

He also managed to find time for his many interests; which included fishing, hunting, judo, flying, dabbling in the stock market, and wheeling and dealing on vehicles and RVs. Bert loved to travel south for the winter with Marion, and, in more recent years, visit his many friends and family members in his “boogie van”. Bert lived in many places across Canada and had many fond memories and friendships from time spent in Edmonton, Calgary, Quebec, Radium, Rocky Mountain House, Sylvan Lake and Red Deer. A memorial service for Bert will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, at 1:00 pm on Saturday February 15, 2014.

Interment will take place at Trochu Cemetery in the spring or early summer, details to be announced by the family at a later date.

Memorial donations in Bert’s memory may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 101- 6751-52 Avenue, Red Deer AB, T4N 4K8 or to the Canadian Red Cross, 105-5301 43 St, Red Deer AB T4N 1C8. Condolences may be forwarded to the family through eventide@arbormemorial.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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McCLELLAN John Walter 1933 - 2014 Mr. John Walter McClellan of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer on Monday, February 10, 2014 at the age of 80 years. John will be lovingly remembered by his son, Darren McClellan of Red Deer and daughters, Teresa (Dave) Chalmers of Red Deer, Liz (Ed) Luck of Fairview, Alberta and Lura (Ken) Lohr of Hines Creek, Alberta. He is also survived by six grandchildren, Jody Lohr, Colten and Derek Luck, Travis Chalmers, Chance McClellan and Joelle Forhan.

John was predeceased by his wife of 49 years, Eileen, a brother and four sisters. A Funeral Service will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Father Les Drewicki officiating. Memorial Donations may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta and NWT, 202 - 5913 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4C4.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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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, 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 memorial service to celebrate Mae’s life will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 5th at Delburne Community Hall. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Mae’s name, directly to The Heart and Stroke Foundation or The Alberta Cancer Foundation.

To express condolences, please visit www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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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.

From our hearts, a very special thank you to Nathan for his unrelenting vigil.

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Muriel Stannard passed away peacefully at the Rockyview General Hospital on Sunday, February 9, 2014 surrounded by her family.

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.

LEXI BRIE HOVIND RDH, RDAII Lexi graduated from Georgian College/Laurentian University, BSc Dental Hygiene Advanced Placement Program and a member on the Dean’s List in 2013. She also graduated with Honours from S.A.I.T. in Calgary, Ab, Dental Assisting program and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

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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).

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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.

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs. $14/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute to workplace location. This position offers a challenging work environment, attractive benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

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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

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NOW HIRING! Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick & Floor Hands. $2 Safety Bonus and above recommended CAODC wages. Minimum 3 months exp. required.

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Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced P/T Servers. Has potential to become Full Time.

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Send resumes to: Fax: 403-722-3980 or Email: donna @campcaroline.ab.ca.

Is seeking FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Check in/out Guests Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs $14.00/hr.

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FLUID EXPERTS LTD. Is looking for experienced TRUCKING DISPATCHER to start immed.

Good Verbal, Writing, Texting and Computer skills. Company Pickup, benefits, above avg. salary and great atmosphere.

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Fax Resume w/all tickets and Drivers Abstract to 403-346-3112 or email to roger@fluidexperts.com

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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer (Reliable vehicle needed.)

INGLEWOOD AREA

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d.

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to premierjobrd@gmail.com

Trades

850

MORRISROE AREA SUNNYBROOK AREA VANIER AREA

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

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

DNR Powerline Construction requires Journeyman/ Apprentices/Labourers for various projects in Alberta.

Long term employment.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca Attention: Noel. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect.

Experienced Siders Needed Call 403-588-3210

in CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

GRANDVIEW AREA

860

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.

CLASS 1 Off Road Crude Haul in Central Ab. 7 On-7 Off. Must have all tickets.

Email: haulingcrude@live.ca

Truckers/ Drivers C & C COATINGS in Innisfail is seeking F/T Exp. Sandblaster.

Competitive wages and benefits. Fax resume to: 403-227-1165 or email bslager@telus.net

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC

Truckers/ Drivers Busy road construction company req’s 1 st. or 2nd yr. apprentice heavy duty mechanic for shop. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

74 to 129 Block of Dunning Cres., Depalm St. and approx. 3 blocks of Douglas St. $108/mo

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.

Nielson Cl. & Nolan St.

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

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

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 Emco Corporation, Canada’s leading Plumbing, HVAC and Industrial distribution organization Is looking for

Warehouse personnel.

We are looking for an individual with strong customer service and communication skills and a desire to further their career. Please deliver your resume to: Alana Johnson Emco Corporation 4605 - 61st Street Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6Z2

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

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info

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

MECHANICAL ENGINEER ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Normandeau

HEAD SWIM COACH

DEERPARK AREA

In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking qualified individuals for the following positions:

Highland Green

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the

ANDERS AREA

Customer Service Counter Sales Position Available in Red Deer

in

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

880

Misc.

Help

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Halman Cres. & Hammond Cres.

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

H.D. Parts Person

830

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

Kennings Cres. & Kirby St.

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

880

Misc.

Help

Kentwood

Requires

Required Immediately The largest after market parts distributor in Canada is seeking a H.D. Parts person to join our experienced Sales & team in Red Deer.

This individual would Distributors require basic knowledge of the heavy-duty truck and 1693338 Alberta LTD trailer market with excelo/a Portable iMassagers lent knowledge of truck Hiring Retail Sales Manager and trailer brake and At Parkland Mall, 4747 suspension parts.

67th St, Red Deer, AB T4N 6H3 F/Time, Perm, Shifts, The individual would have to be able to work Weekends Salary - $24.00 unsupervised in a fast hourly. Skills requirements: paced environment. They Experience 2-3 years, should also possess good English. Education: customer service skills that Secondary school. Main would be used daily by duties: Plan, direct and evaluate the operations of phone and for walk in clients.

This position offers above retail sales rder and receiving goods. Responsible for average salary and is a full time position. We offer customer refunds and exchanges.Resolve customer complete benefit package along with pension plan. complaints Determine Please forward your staffing requirements resume to: Hire or oversee hiring of Traction Heavy Duty staff. Company’s business 8045 Edgar Industrial address: 45 Boyce Street, Crescent Red Deer AB T4R 1P2 Red Deer Ab T4P 3R2 E-mail: Reachiesales OR FAX 403-342-7377 @gmail.com Email: jwojtaczka@uapinc.com

HOLIDAY INN Red Deer South, Gasoline Alley Is Seeking

FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Check in/out Guests * Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs $ 14.00/hr HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT * Clean and vacuum rooms public areas pool etc. * Replenish amenities, linens & towels * Adhere to Holiday Inn safety standards $ 14.00/hr All positions are Shift Work & weekends Fax resume 780 - 702-5051 JOSE JOSE LATIN RESTAURANT IS HIRING!!

COOKS HELPER Please drop off your resume at #9 7110-50 Ave or call 403-986-5673 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

DUE TO A LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS,

860

Truckers/ Drivers

For further information please call Donna At 403-722-3939 ext. 205

HPC distributes industrial coatings & related supplies.

Duties include tinting, color matching, with a strong focus on customer service.

A great work ethic is a must.

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Cook * Above average salary $14.00/HR. * Willing to train To prepare and cook all food up to standard, clean * Group benefits kitchen and maintain hy- * Profit sharing For an exciting career giene follow recipes, assist opportunity with a in receiving and storing progressive company, Kitchen Helper please send your $11/hr confidential resume to: To clean kitchen following Rod Weik safety and hygiene Email: rweik@hpc.ca standards. Clean utensils, Fax 403-314-2226 cutlery, crockery and glassware items.

ELEMENTS is looking 5 Clean floors.

Beauty Treatment Operators.

Assist in prep.

Selling seasonal gift All positions are packages & personal care Shift Work & Weekends. products in Parkland Fax resume 780-702-5051 Mall-4747 67th St Red Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus CALKINS CONSULTING bonus & commission, F/T, o/a Tim Hortons Beauty certification req’d Food Service Manager email resumes: 5 positions, F/T & P/ T, elementsreddeerbto@ $9.95 - $18/hr. depending gmail.com on exp. and availability.

Permanent shift work, ELEMENTS is looking for weekends, days, nights 5 retail sales reps. selling and evening shifts. 3-5 yrs. season gift packages and exp., completion of secon- personal care products in dary school. Start date Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. ASAP. Apply in person Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + 6620 Orr Drive. bonus & comm. FT. No Fax: 403-782-9685 exp. req`d. Please email Call 403-848-2356 elementsreddeer@gmail.com

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RED DEER

850

Trades

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of INNISFAIL Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316 LOOKING FOR SCREENPRINTER. Will train the right person.

Apply in person to Grand Central Stitchin’ #7, 7439 49th Ave. Cr. Red Deer

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

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Antiques & Art

1520

LEATHER HORSE COLLAR. $30.

403-342-5609 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Children's Items

1580

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

Clothing

1590

ESPRIT Collection, cotton blazer/jacket. Sandstone color. Women’s Size 7.

Only worn twice. $15.

Call (403) 342-7908.

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

PANT Suit, black, ladies, Evan Picone. Like new.

Sz. 10. $20.

403-314-9603

Misc.

Help

880

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

40A, 41 and 42 Ave. between 39 St. and 44 St. $111/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

ANDERS AREA Anders St. / Armstrong Close Addinnell Close / Allan St. Abbott Close / Anders St. Anders Close INGLEWOOD AREA

ALSO

Isherwood Close

West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

Issard Close LANCASTER AREA Law Close / Lewis Close

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

Langford Close Lamont Close

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

Lund Close MORRISROE AREA Vista Village SUNNYBROOK AREA

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Somerset Close

860

Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Is Currently Looking to hire

Sherwood Cres.

BOBCAT OPERATORS.

VANIER AREA

Offering High Paced Work with Competitive Wages and Local Job Sites. Applicant Must Have A Valid Class 3 License with Air.

Viscount Drive

Experience in Fine Grading and Finishing is a Must. Knowledge of the Area Would Be an Asset. A Positive Attitude is a must.

Volks Place / Vanier Drive

Vickers Close Vanson Close / Visser St.

Please Submit Resume with Driver’s Abstract in person to:

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

5913 Len Thompson Drive Lacombe, AB E-mail: db-front@telus.net or by Fax: 403-782-7786 No Phone Calls Please

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TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 D3

MEN’S WORK CLOTHING - SIZE XL. New Carhartt quilted bib over-all, $75.

Wind River snow pants, $30.

Marv Holland Áame resistant jacket, $65.

Heavy duty work bib overalls $55.

Steel toe Winter boot, size 11. $75.

403-342-5609

1630

EquipmentHeavy

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1660

Firewood

1900

Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1930

Wanted To Buy

WANTED: SNOWBLOWER 403-886-5194

LOGS

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

1720

Household Furnishings

CAPTAINS BED, sturdy 48``, new mattress, 3 drawers. $40.

403-342-4442 COUCH, black leather, like new. $190. 403-986-1720 WOODEN COLONIAL CRADLE. $40.

403-342-5609

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1760

Misc. for Sale

2 QUEEN COMFORTERS, $30/ea or 2/$50.

2 THICK WARM BLANKETS, like new, $35/ea.

QUEEN QUILTED MATTRESS COVER, $10.

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 INDOOR Antenna, RCA in Box UVF.UHF.FM. $10.

403-314-9603 SET OF HEAVY DUTY MAGNETIC TRUCKERS ROAD FLARES. $30.

403-348-6449

1780

Music Lessons

RDC Guitar Lessons

SMALL BDRM. Furn. $450 rent/sd 403-342-4604 Tired of Standing?

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homes AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

2190

Grain, Feed Hay

LACOMBE COUNTRY FEED STORE, Come see us at: 4836 45A St. Lacombe, Ab Pet Food, Horse, Poultry ALL THE FEED YOUR ANIMALS NEED! 403-782-3333 TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ 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

3030

60 + seniors condo, avail.

Mar. 1, 403-598-0503 GLENDALE 2 bdrm. townhouse, 3 appls, washer/dryer, N/S, no pets, $1450 rent/DD avail. immed. 403-588-0088 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

1860

Sporting Goods

BROWNING hunting bow 48”, 29 arrows, padded carrying case, 4 razor heads $175 obo 403-356-9019

PD. $1800. Asking $600 obo., some cat scratches on seat, but good cond.

403-597-3958 Cash Only REMINGTON 700 Heavy Barrel 6mm Leupold Scope $900. 403-347-6041

Automotive Services

5010

www.thetitlestore.ca www.thetitlestore.ca RED RED DEER DEER 403-754-5104 403-754-5104 4971 4971 Phelan PhelanSt. St.

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

4020

Houses For Sale

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 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

MORRISROE MANOR

PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt. incld’s, laundry & all utils. $750. Avail. end of Feb. no pets, n/s 403-993-3441

THE NORDIC

2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040 1999 PONTIAC Bonneyville 4 dr., saftied. 403-352-6995

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INNISFAIL: New

MUST SELL

1217 sq.ft. duplex.

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403-588-2222

Locally owned and family operated

MUST SELL

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

4040

Condos/

5040

SUV's

2004 FORD EXPLORER Exc. shape. New tires. Fully loaded. $9800 obo.

403-340-2042 1998 FORD EXPLORER. 4x4, Great shape.

Dependable. Command start. $2800. 403-346-7911

5050

Trucks

4070

455 ACRES AGRICULTURAL

land, 12 mi. E. of Ponoka, 1 mi. off pavement, good surface lease revenue.

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Inquire with your name Adult bldg. N/S No pets and address to: Box 1079, 403-755-9852 c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Ab T4R 1M9

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

5030

DUPLEX large single att. garage, 1.5 lots, walkout, inÁoor heat, air cond., 2 large decks, fully dev. up/down & landscaped, high eff. furnace & water heater. $339,000.

403-396-3203

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

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

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

4100

Income Property

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

SMALL / LARGE SPACES 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs.

N/S. No pets.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615 403-596-2444

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, Áeet side, black. 227,000 km. $14,900. 403-505-3113

5190

Auto Wreckers

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

5240

Misc.

Automotive

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585 Tired of Standing?

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wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilÀeld service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

CHRIS’ RENO’S All home renovations Call Ed 403-986-8877 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, Áooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

Escorts

1165

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Two Venezuelans killed as gunfire erupts during protest THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

If you you own own aavehicle, vehicle, get up up to to $10,000 $10,000today! today!

Cars

3060

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

5000-5300

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

3050

1830

CLASSIFICATIONS

CLASSIFICATIONS

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6 Plexes Classifieds...costs so little Private weekly lessons Saves you so much! are geared to your level INNISFAIL 2 bdrm. in and needs. Openings on newer 4 plex, avail.

Mar. 1.

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Cats

wheels

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Homestead Firewood Horses Spruce & Pine - Split Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

MOUNTVIEW: Avail now 1 fully furn bdrm for rent. $500/$250. Working or Student M preferred.

Call 403-396-2468.

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1590

Clothing

Handyman Services

1200

Massage Therapy

1280

ALL TRADES Home Maintenance 28 yrs. exp.

Retired electrician. Call Rick 403-318-4267

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ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or Áooring, and roof snow removal?

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Massage Therapy

1280

BODY BALANCING, HOT STONE - 403-352-8269

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 UNWANTED House & Garage Items - Will haul to land Àll. 403-896-2108

Personal Services

1315

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Seniors’ Services

1372

HELP FOR SENIORS:

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Snow Removal

1380

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CARACAS, Venezuela — Armed vigilantes on motorcycles attacked anti-government demonstrators Wednesday, setting off a stampede by firing into crowds after the biggest protest to date against President Nicolas Maduro’s yearold administration. Two people were killed.

Chaos erupted in downtown Caracas when the gang roared up and began shooting at more than 100 protesters who had been sparring with security forces at the tail end of heated but otherwise peaceful protests organized by hard-line members of the opposition. Most participants in the demonstrations had already gone home.

As people fled in panic, one demonstrator fell to the ground with a bullet wound in his head. Onlookers screamed “assassins” as they rushed the 24-yearold marketing student to a police vehicle. He was later identified by family members as Bassil Da Costa.

Also killed was the leader of a pro-government 23rd of January collective, as militant supporters of Venezuela’s socialist administration call themselves.

National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello said the “revolutionary” known by his nickname Juancho was “vilely assassinated by the fascists” but he didn’t provide details.

Maduro expressed regret for the fatalities, which be blamed squarely on “fascist” groups that he said are conspiring to overthrow him. He said he ordered security forces to protect major cities and block any actions to destabilize the country.

“Whoever goes out to provoke violence without a permit to demonstrate will be detained,”

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Demonstrators march to the General Prosecutors building in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday. At least two people were killed after the largest protests ever against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s one-year-old government turned violent. Gunfire erupted in downtown Caracas when armed members of a pro-government vigilante group arrived on motorcycles and began firing on anti-Maduro student protesters clashing with security forces.

Maduro said in a nationally televised address to commemorate the 200th anniversary of a key battle in Venezuela’s war of independence.

More than 30 anti-government protesters were arrested and are being investigated for inciting violence, Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres said.

About two dozen people were believed injured during the clashes and were being treated at hospitals, although the government did not provide a tally of casualties, said Inti Rodriguez, a member of the human rights group Provea.

The unrest comes on the heels of a wave of increasingly violent, student-led protests that have spread across Venezuela the past two weeks. Their anger is being fueled by frustration with Maduro’s handling of the inflation-plagued economy, worsening crime and human rights concerns.

Pro-government supporters countered with a march of their own Wednesday to express support for Maduro, who

has accused opponents of trying to violently oust him from power just two months after his party’s candidates prevailed by a landslide in mayoral elections.

While anti-government demonstrators vented frustration over a range of issues they were united in their resolve to force Maduro out of office by constitutional means.

“All of these problems — shortages, inflation, insecurity, the lack of opportunities — have a single culprit: the government,” Leopoldo Lopez, a Harvard University-trained former mayor, told a crowd of about 10,000 people gathered at Plaza Venezuela in Caracas.

Lopez, who leads a faction of the opposition that has challenged what it considers the meek leadership of twotime presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, called the protests “a moral and patriotic duty.”

“If we don’t do it now, then when? And if it’s not us, who will?” he said.

‘Atrocious’ number of journalists killed, jailed in past 2 years GROUP SAYS SYRIA DEADLIEST PLACE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The past two years have seen an “absolutely atrocious” number of journalists killed and imprisoned because of their work, with Syria the deadliest country and Turkey the number one jailer, a press freedom advocacy group said Wednesday.

The Committee to Protect Journalists’ annual report “Attacks on the Press” also takes sharp aim at sprawling government surveillance by the U.S. and others as a growing threat.

“Journalists must hang together in holding our metastasizing surveillance states accountable. If not, we shall all hang separately,” the report said.

Joel Simon, the New York-based committee’s executive director, said 2013 saw “a near record” of 211 journalists imprisoned and 70 killed — slightly fewer than 2012, when 232 journalists were in jail and 72 were killed.

That’s tied with the highest death toll of the Iraq war.

“The last two years have been absolutely atrocious, the worst ever in CPJ’s history,” Simon said.

He blamed that in part on the deadly conflict in Syria, where “there is no respect whatsoever for the work of the media,” with journalists being targeted and killed in crossfire. He said “anti-terror” charges are the main factor in the increasing imprisonment of journalists.

Globally, the overwhelming number of killings last year, or 94 per cent, were committed with complete impunity, the report says.

According to the report, Egypt experienced the greatest deterioration in press freedom in 2013 between the regime of President Mohammed Morsi and the state of emergency imposed after the military ousted him. Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Mideast and north Africa co-ordinator, said for the first time Egypt was among the top jailers of journalists in 2013, and it was the third deadliest country with six journalists killed.

Syria remains the most dangerous country for journalists with more than 63 killed since 2011, including 29 last year, and “an unprecedented number of kidnappings” — more than 80 since 2011 including 57 in 2013, Mansour said. CPJ has also documented more than 70 Syrian journalists forced into exile, he said.

Turkey was the world’s “leading jailer of the press,” the report says,

with 40 journalists behind bars. After anti-government protests in the summer, nearly 60 people who reported on them were either fired or forced to resign. The new report also singles out surveillance activities as a “unique threat to journalism in the digital age,” after a series of revelations last year by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden angered American allies such as Germany and Brazil.

With the vast sweeping-up and storage of phone calls, tests and emails, “it could soon be possible to uncover sources with such ease as to render meaningless any promise of confidentiality a journalist may attempt to provide,” the report warns.

It adds that the U.S. with its surveillance activities “has undermined its own global leadership position on free expression and Internet openness, especially when it comes to battling efforts by repressive countries like China and Iran to restrict the Internet.”

More traditional threats to the media continue, the report says.

Iran remains the second major jailer of journalists, with 35 behind bars at the end of 2013, he said, and in Iraq 10 journalists were killed in the last quarter of 2013, compared to zero in 2012.

China had the third-highest number of journalists behind bars, with 32. Committee members found “particularly alarming” that the traditional safe haven of Hong Kong is coming under greater pressure from Beijing, resulting in increasing self-censorship by journalists and less aggressive reporting on mainland issues.

Vietnam’s crackdown on bloggers worsened, with the country second only to China in Asia for holding the most journalists, with 18 imprisoned.

Even as Russia continued to celebrate its hosting of the Winter Olympics, Nina Ognianova, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia co-ordinator, said “Russia and Turkey have gotten progressively more repressive for journalists” over the past year.

“The current climate for freedom of press and freedom of expression ... has not been as repressive since the collapse of the Soviet Union,” she said.

In Latin America, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia all ranked in the world’s top 10 worst countries for fighting violence against the press. Venezuela, the report says, has been left with “no reliably independent and critical broadcaster.”

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BUILD A BETTER BIRD HOUSE

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Friends of the Kerry Wood Nature Centre book store manager Bob Kruchten holds an example of a bird house children can build during a weekend workshop at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre this Saturday. Starting at 2 p.m., children and their adult supervisors will learn about the birds of spring.

Wrens, chickadees, nuthatches and mountain blue birds will be discussed before everyone has a chance to build their own bird house. Children aged six to 13 are invited to attend. The cost is $8 per person. Call the Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 403-346-2010.

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Jam and dance at Royal Canadian Legion in Lacombe will be held on the second and fourth Friday of each month from 7 to 10 p.m. Next sessions Feb. 14 and 28.

Admission $2. Free coffee served. Contact Henry at 403-789-3738. ● Seniors skating will be offered at the Red Deer Arena on Fridays from 2:15 to 3:30.

Purchase a season pass, or $3 drop-in. Ages 50 years plus. Warm up with a coffee following the skate. Phone 403-347-6883. ● Red Deer Table Tennis Club meets to play every Friday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Michener Recreation Centre gymnasium. There is a drop-in fee of $10. All levels welcome.

Contact Tom at 403-872-7222. ● Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dinner at the Cronquist House features a six course dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $140 per couple, or $150 per couple served in a private room. Presented by Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society. To purchase tickets call 403-346-0055.

Saturday ● Girlz Club meets at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch on Feb. 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. for Video Dance Party. Girls ages seven years and up invited. For more information call 403-341-3822 or email cputnam@rdpl. org. ● Birdhouses with Bob welcomes children ages six to 13 years to build a birdhouse and learn about songbirds on Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre. The cost is $7 for Kerry Wood Nature Centre members, or $8 for non-members per child. Adult must accompany child. Pre-registration required. Call 403-346-2010. ● Annual Show Us Your Heart Fundraiser at Global Pet Foods in Red Deer will run from Feb. 1 to 15 and will support Whisker Rescue no-kill cat adoption organization.

Donations for Whisker Rescue will be accepted at both the north and south locations and Global Pet Foods and Hill’s Science Diet will match the first dollar of each donation make in store. ● Ponoka Moose Lodge Old-Time Dance will be held on third Saturday of each month — next Feb. 15 — with music by Chwill Brothers, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Cost is $12, ($10 for Moose members.) Potluck lunch. Top name bands. See www.AlbertaDanceNews. com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-783-8587 for more information. ● Whisker Rescue will be at the Petsmart store every third Saturday of each month with the Senior for Senior Program from noon to 4 p.m. A senior cat is given to a senior person free of charge, and payment of veterinary bills; Whisker Rescue supplies food and litter if necessary. The next date is Feb. 15. For more information call Diane at 403-347-1251. ● Ponoka Senior Drop-In Centre jam sessions are held Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m.

Admission is $2 at the door and includes refreshments and snack. Please bring snacks.

Phone Linda at 403-783-8461. ● Lincoln Hall will host an

Open Stage on Feb. 15 starting at 7:30 p.m.

Contact Laura at 403-782-4095. ● KnightHaven Feast of Hearts medieval feast will be held at Pioneer Lodge on Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. Guests and families are invited to take in interactive evening to experience medieval life including a meal and more, and dress in period costume. Cost is $30 each. See www.knighthaven.com, or contact greendragonp@yahoo.com or 780-352-9897 to find out more. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The Feb. 15 session is called Help! Art Attack! with artist Erin Boake. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405. Free with admission.

Sunday ● Random Snowshoeing at Kerry Wood Nature Centre is available on Feb. 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. Drop in and give it a try, weather and snow-levels permitting. No high heels, please. Admission by suggested donation of $3 per person or $10 per family. Call 403-346-2010. ● Gospel concerts at Ponoka Drop-In Centre are held the third Sunday of each month — next Feb. 16 — at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door and includes light snack.

Contact Doreen at 403-783-3805. ● Discovery Sundays are offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn something new about the natural world around us. Drop in, or phone 403-3462010 to find out more. ● Elnora Drop In Centre features SaddleSores with Richard and Deborah Popovich, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. Enjoy comedy and a mix of famous western songs. Tickets are $10 and also available at the door. Contact Gwen at 403-773-2270 or elwest@wispernet.ca. ● Living Faith Lutheran Church invites everyone to Sunday Worship at Bethany CollegeSide at 10 a.m. Contact Ralph at 403347-9852. Living Faith is a North American Lutheran Church Congregation.

Monday ● Family Day at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery presents Exploration Station on Feb. 17, 1 to 4 p.m. Families are invited to take in hands-on fun with trivia challenges and activity stations, indoors and out, take in the final day to view the exhibit Expedition Arctic: 1913-1918, enjoy refreshments and ice cream sundaes. Free admission. ● Crimson Lake Provincial Park will celebrate Family Day on Feb. 17 from noon to 3 p.m. with showshoeing, snow golfing, snow soccer, and snow volleyball, snow graffiti, s’mores, hotdogs, and hot chocolate around the campfire. ● Blackfalds Winterfest Family Day will be held on Feb. 17 from noon to 5 p.m. with most events at Abbey Centre Multiplex. From noon to 3 p.m. families are invited to Sneaka-Peek of Abbey recreation centre, ice sculpting demonstrations, ice slides, kids activities,

and fire department barbecue from noon to 2 p.m., penguin dip at 1 p.m., loonie dig at Faith Community Church from 2 to 3 p.m., door prize draw for Multiplex membership at 3 p.m., Blackfalds Youth Crew Family Bingo from 3 to 4 p.m., family skate from 3 to 5 p.m., and fireworks at 7 p.m. See www.blackfalds.com/winterfest ● Family Day at Kerry Wood Nature Centre offers winter fun for the whole family on Feb. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. Enjoy cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, Red Deer Arts Council members art show and sale, nature walks, kids’ crafts, and a concert by award winning family entertainer, Peter Puffin. Phone 403346-2010. ● Riverside Meadows Community Association will have face painting, fish pond, games, free hot chocolate, popcorn and more for families to share and enjoy for Family Day, Feb. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Riverside Meadows Activity Centre. Volunteers needed. ● Family Day Skate in support of Lacombe Food Bank will be held on Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cranna Lake. Nonperishable food and cash donations to the Food Bank appreciated. Event will be held at Barnett Arena in case of poor weather.

Lacombe Fire Department will cook hotdogs in sponsorship with Lacombe Co-Op. A Sugar Shack will be serving cabane a sucre — weather permitting. Event organized

by Lacombe Family and Community Support Services, 403-782-6637. ● Red Deer River Naturalists — Monday Bird Focus meets Monday at noon at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre to depart on excursions in central Alberta. Dates and destinations are: Feb. 17 — Pine Lake area; Feb. 24 — Gull Lake. Come prepared for a full afternoon of birding. Bring along lunch, snacks, coffee, and dress for the weather. Be prepared to carpool. Call 403-346-3981.

Tuesday ● Momstown Alphabet Play for parents with newborns to six years will be offered on Feb. 18 and March 18 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch Children’s Department. ● Red Deer Celiac Support Group meets in the coffee lounge at the south location of Sobeys Inc. on the third Tuesday of every month starting at 7 p.m. Find out more about celiac disease, gluten free diets and products, support, fellowship, coffee and goodies. See www.celiac.ca, or contact Fay at 403-347-3248, or Clarice at 403-3414351 or email Red Deer Celiacs @yahoo. ca. Rocky Mountain House Group meets at Rocky Mountain Library on the second Thursday of every month starting at 6:30 p.m. Contact Jaclyn at 403-847-8878, or Susie at 403844-4117. Stettler Group meets at Stettler Hospital Board Room on the first Tuesday of every month starting at 7 p.m. Contact Diane at 403-742-0903, or Val at 403-742-5217. ● Lacombe and District Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Lacombe Memorial Centre.

Phone Pamela at 403-782-5061 or email pamela.d.neumann@gmail.com.

Wednesday ● CreativiTEEN 100 Awesome Creations: Safety Pin SWAG program at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch will show teens — boys and girls — how to make killer creations out of safety pins, beads, leather, etc. on Feb. 19, 3:45 to 5:15 in Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room.

● Fireside Readers book club will meet on Feb. 19 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room. For discussion will be February by Lisa Moore. Phone 403342-9110. See the blog at http://firesidereaders.rdpl.org/. If you can’t attend meetings, read along and post your comments. ● Drop-in Time for Twos is offered on Wednesdays from 11 to 11:45 a.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch Children’s Department. Busy two year olds and their parents and caregivers are invited to join in rhymes, songs, books, and puppets to keep both their minds and their bodies moving. Afterwards, play and interact using age appropriate toys, puzzles, books and craft materials. Phone 403-346-4688. ● MAGsparks is an inclusive and accessible visual art program connecting people with developmental disabilities to the Red Deer Arts Community. On Feb. 19 there will be a special guest, and on Feb. 24 and 26 the theme will be Totem dolls and action figures.

There is a drop-in fee of $3. Memberships are available for persons with disabilities for $50.

For information, see www.reddeermuseum, or contact Janet at 403-309-8405, janet.cole@ reddeer.ca. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Black Velvet is on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m.

Phone 403-342-0035. ● Red Deer River Naturalists — Flower Focus meets on Feb. 19 at Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 10 a.m. Contact Don at 403343-2937. The topic will be The Pollinators with Bill Heinsen.

Thursday ● School’s Out Teacher’s Convention Activities are offered at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch on Feb. 20 and 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium. Movie Madness with interactive Finding Nemo movie party will be offered on Feb. 20. Children of all ages are invited, but those under six must be accompanied by an adult.

Enjoy fishy games, treats, and more. Chill Out Science will be held on Feb. 21 for children eight and up, or under eight with an adult. Discover the science of ice and snow, with chilling experiments and activities. Both programs are free, and no registration is required. Look, Mix, Do — Fusion Thursdays at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery present Sleuthing Around Central Alberta on Feb. 20, 7 to 9 p.m. Discover your inner Sherlock and prepare to magnify an adventure through Red Deer’s history. Program geared to participants 16 years and up. Enjoy refreshments and snacks. Included with admission. See www.reddeermuseum.com for details. ● Red Deer and District Garden Club meets on Feb. 20 at Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 7 p.m. Come learn about pruning with Elaine Johnston, urban forester with City of Red Deer. More information at www.reddeergardenclub.ca, or www.facebook.com/ RedDeerGardenClub. For more information call Noreen at 403-357-4071. ● Central Alberta Prostate Awareness and Support Group meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Gaetz Memorial United Church in the parlour. The next meeting is Feb. 20. This group has experience and information to share. Knowing about the prostate, symptoms of prostate cancer, and other prostate diseases can save your life. Men and spouses are welcome.

Phone 403-350-5511.

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REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS brary from March 20 to May 8. Cost is $25 for either session. ● Red Deer College Music Concert Series presents $150 each or corporate table of eight for $1,000. ● International Women’s Day Benefit Concert in sup- Scholarships may be available. For information see www.

Dale Wheeler, Piano on Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. on Mainstage Red Deer College Arts Centre. Tickets available through port of The Global Enrichment Foundation will be fea- reddeer.cmha.ab.ca. Participants must speak with staff prior Black Knight Tickets, phone, 403-755-6626, go online to www. tured at The Hub on Ross, March 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. Musical to enrollment at 403-342-2266. performances by Randi Boulton, Donna Durand, Charlin ● Family History Fair will be held Feb. 22 at The Church bkticketcentre.ca, or in person at the Black Knight Inn. ● Central Alberta Quilters’ Guild Annual Quilt Show Henderson, Kristy Lawrence, Teresa Neuman, Olivia Smith, of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Bower neighbournow accepting entries until March 3 for the show happening Justine Vandergrift, and door prizes, mingling, bake sale, and hood from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn how to start a family histoon April 4 and 5 at Parkland Pavilion Westerner Park. Quilts refreshments will all funds going to empower Somali women. ry, do more research, or find out what resources are available. made by residents of Central Alberta welcome. Entry forms See www.globalenrichmentfoundation.com. Cover charge is Lunch provided. Please register at RedDeerFHF@gmail.com. at centralalbertaquilters.org. Send forms to Elizabeth Hanson, $15 per person, or $30 per family cash only. Global Enrich- Participants may attend up to five classes. Sponsored by Red Deer Branch of Alberta Genealogical Society. wehansons@xplornet.com or fax to 403-887-3051. Show ment Foundation founded by Amanda Lindhout. ● Inner Peace Movement Canada will hold presentations ● Friends Over 45 is an organization for women who are hours are Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featured quilters are Donna Deis and Elizabeth at Super 8 Hotel on March 18 at 1 and 7 p.m. The cost is $21 new to Red Deer or who have experienced lifestyle changes and would like to meet new friends. New members are welHanson, and guest artist Sherri Hisey of Border Creek Station at the door. See www.innerpeacemovement.ca. ● Central Alberta Theatre presents The Oldest Pro- come. For further information phone Shirley at 403-343-7678, Pattern Co., Ont. Contact quilt show co-ordinator Briony Godfession by Paula Vogel, the story of five working girls who or Shirley at 403-346-7160. dard at 403-782-6700, mousetrap50@shaw.ca. ● Learning Disabilities Association, Red Deer Chapter ● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance Annual Water- struggle to find and learn new tricks as they fight to stay in shed Stewardship Group Meeting will be held on Feb. 28 the life. The show runs Feb. 20 to March 8, upstairs at Nickle Learning and Leading Seminar Series for parents and to 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pine Lake Hub for a cost of $15 per Studio next to the Memorial Centre with performances at 7:30 professionals will be offered at Lindsay Thurber Compreperson. Topics include pharmaceuticals and endocrine dis- p.m., and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 23. Tickets available through the hensive High School from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the following ruptors, Stewardship Group Work Update, septic impacts on Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre at 403-755-6626 or online at dates featuring the following topics. Sessions cost $15 for non-members, or free for members. For information, contact water bodies, Olds College Leopard Frog Project, and Aquatic www.blackknightinn.ca. ● Art of Friendship is a program for those who feel lonely 403-340-3885 or execdir@LDRedDeer.ca. Topics and dates: Invasive Species Public Prevention Initiative Workshop and more. RSVP to info@rdrwa.ca or cal403-340-7379 by Feb 24. or isolated, or have lost friends, or who have experienced March 6; Reinforcing and Rewarding what really matters: Ap● Canadian Diabetes Association Educational Expo difficult experiences and need to brush up on their friendship plied Behaviour Analysis II —May 8. ● Affirm — a group that provides safe and confidential and Trade Show with speaker Sebastien Sasseville — first skills. The course will be offered by the Canadian Mental Canadian with Type 1 Diabetes to climb Mount Everest, six Health Association for eight weeks. One session will run on support to people of all sexual orientation and their families time Ironman — March 18, 6 to 9 p.m. at Black Knight Inn. Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. from March 5 to April 23 at and friends, from people that have walked this road before Please register by March 14 at 403-346-4631. 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Example: 2014 Silverado Crew Cab 4x4 1WT (G80/B30/H2R/K05)/ 2014 Cruze 1LT (1SA/MH8)/ 2014 Equinox LS FWD (1SA/K05)/2014 Trax LS FWD (1SA/KPK) including Freight and Air Tax is $31,700/$20,845/$27,795/$20,295 at 0%/0%/0%/0.9% APR, $1,150/$995/$1,695/$1,795 Down payment, Bi-Weekly payment is $145/$99/$145/$99 for 36/48/48/60 months. Total obligation is $12,495/$11,334/$16,807/$14,767 plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $19,205/$9,511/$10,998/$6,119. † Whichever comes first. Limit of four ACDelco Lube-Oil-Filter services in total. Fluid top-offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc., are not covered. Additional conditions and limitations apply. 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Your actual fuel consumption may vary. ¥¥ $4,250 is a manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive) for 2014 Silverado Crew Cab 1WT. $1,800 manufacturer to dealer lease cash available on 2014 Cruze 1LT. Cash credits available on most models. See participating dealer or chevrolet.ca for details. Offers end February 28, 2014. ‡‡ Offer only valid from February 8, 2014 – March 31, 2013 (the “Program Period”) to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing (during the Program Period) a GM or competitor pickup truck to receive a $2,000 credit towards the purchase, or $1,000 towards the finance or lease of an eligible new 2014 Model Year Chevrolet Silverado Light Duty, or Sierra Light Duty. Only one (1) credit may be applied per eligible vehicle sale. Offer is transferable to a family member living in the same household (proof of address required). This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. The $2,000/$1,000 credit includes HST/GST/QST/PST as applicable by province. As part of the transaction, dealer will request current vehicle registration and/or insurance to prove ownership. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See your GM dealer for details. # Offer only valid from January 3, 2014 to February 28, 2014 (the “Program Period”) to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing an eligible 1999MY or newer crossover/utility/van that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six months, will receive a $500 Targeted Owner Loyalty/Conquest Program Bonus credit towards the lease, purchase or finance of an eligible new 2013/2014 Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, Volt, Orlando, Trax, Buick Encore; or a $750 Targeted Owner Loyalty/Conquest Program Bonus credit towards the lease, purchase or finance of an eligible 2013/2014 Chevrolet Cruze, Malibu, Impala, Camaro, Equinox, Express, Buick Verano, Regal, LaCrosse, GMC Terrain, Savana; or a $1000 Targeted Owner Loyalty/Conquest Program Bonus credit towards the lease, purchase or finance of an eligible 2013/2014 Chevrolet Traverse, Tahoe, Suburban, GMC Acadia, Yukon, Yukon XL, Buick Enclave, all Cadillac models delivered during the Program Period. 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the time of breast cancer diagnosis, if appropriate,” he said.

“This genetic information could help women make decisions that ultimately may increase their chance of surviving breast cancer.”

BRCA testing is available in Canada to women who meet certain risk criteria, including their family history of breast cancer and ethnicity.

Metcalfe said women with a BRCA mutation who previously had breast cancer and had either a lumpectomy or a unilateral mastectomy may want to speak to their doctor about surgery to remove both breasts to reduce the risk of developing a new cancer — “and ultimately increasing their chance of survival.”

In an accompanying editorial, Karin Michels, an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard Medical School, said the decision to part with a healthy breast to “prevent a probability” is a difficult one to make.

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TORONTO — Women with BRCA-related breast cancer who have a double mastectomy are half as likely to die of the disease within 20 years compared to those who opt for removal of only the cancerous breast, a Canadian-led study has found.

The findings, published in this week’s issue of the British Medical Journal, suggest a double mastectomy may be an effective first-line treatment for women with early-stage breast cancer who carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutation.

Having a mutation in either of the BRCA genes leads to an elevated risk of breast and ovarian cancers. Certain ethnic groups, among them Ashkenazi Jews, have a higher prevalence of these genetic mutations.

“Women with a BRCA mutation have a 60 to 70 per cent chance of developing breast cancer in their lifetime and, once diagnosed, a further 34 per cent chance of developing breast cancer in the opposite breast within 15 years,” said Kelly Metcalfe, a scientist at the Women’s College Research Institute who led the study.

“For these women, we need to think about treating the first breast cancer, but also about preventing a second breast cancer.”

To conduct the study, researchers analyzed the medical records of 390 women with early-stage breast cancer and a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.

Metcalfe said those who had both breasts removed had a 48 per cent greater likelihood of surviving compared to women with a single mastectomy.

The study also found that women who developed a new cancer in the opposite breast had double the risk of dying from the disease compared to those who had a double mastectomy.

At 20 years, the survival rate was 88 per cent for women who had both breasts removed and 66 per cent for women with a single breast removed.

To put it in more absolute terms, of the 79 women in the study who died of their cancer, 18 had undergone a double mastectomy and 61 chose to have only the cancerous breast removed.

“There are very few treatments that we can think about that would reduce a woman’s risk of dying by this much,” Metcalfe said.

“So ultimately, based on the results of this study, we think women should consider having a bilateral mastectomy as the treatment of their first breast cancer.”

After being tested in 2000, Natalie Witkin of Toronto learned she had the BRCA1 mutation and had decided by 2007, at age 37, to have both breasts removed as a preventive measure. But 10 days before the operation, she was diagnosed with cancer in one of her breasts.

“Knowing I was a mutation carrier and I had a high risk of developing another breast cancer in either breast, I chose to have a double mastectomy,” Witkin, now 45, said Tuesday. “Had I not known I was a BRCA mutation carrier, because I had an early-stage breast cancer, I most likely would have opted to have a lumpectomy.

“So I would say that this study shows that my decision to have a double mastectomy has likely improved my survival.”

BRCA1-related breast cancer can be aggressive, making it more difficult to treat, especially if it is not caught early.

Last year, actress Angelina Jolie announced she had opted for a

double mastectomy and breast reconstruction after discovering she carried the BRCA1 gene.

The surgery was preventive — at the time, the then 37-year-old said doctors estimated she had an 87 per cent risk of developing breast cancer and a 50 per cent risk of ovarian cancer.

This study looked at women who had already been diagnosed with BRCA-related breast cancer to see which treatment conferred the greatest survival benefit over time.

“Our study’s results provide evidence that in order to improve survival in women with BRCAassociated breast cancer, we need to prevent new breast cancers from developing after an initial diagnosis,” said senior author Dr. Steven Narod, director of familial breast cancer research at Women’s College Hospital.

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