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Redford backs labour law

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SALARY RESTRAINT ACT ‘APPROPRIATE’ DESPITE JUDGE’S OBJECTIONS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alberta Premier Alison Redford is standing behind a controversial law that a judge says may violate the basic bargaining rights of the province’s largest public-sector union.

“We believe the legislation that we passed is appropriate,” Redford said Tuesday.

She said her government won’t revisit the Public Service Salary Restraint Act, even though Justice Denny Thomas suspended the law last week pending a charter challenge from the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, or AUPE. “We’re confident in the legislation.

We’ll be appealing (Thomas’s) decision and taking all necessary steps to do that,” said Redford.

On Friday, Justice Thomas of Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench put the law on hold. He said the union had made a compelling case that the law violates its charter right to freedom of association.

The law, before it was suspended, was set to impose wage freezes and one per cent salary increases on public-sector workers if there was no negotiated contract settlement by the end of January.

That deadline was later extended to the end of March.

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Canada’s Mike Riddle flies through the air during the Men’s Ski Halfpipe qualifications at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, Tuesday. Riddle went on to win the silver medal in the final. See related Olympic stories on pages B3 and B4.

National housing campaign endorsed

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

CITY COUNCIL

Red Deer has joined other Canadian municipalities in the call for a national housing strategy.

Council endorsed the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ housing campaign, Fixing Canada’s Housing Crunch on Tuesday.

The campaign calls on the federal government to increase housing options for Canadians. More than 140

municipalities have already passed council resolutions in support of the campaign.

Coun. Paul Harris said there needs to be a policy that looks at housing strategies that ensures people can afford their houses, move into ownership and find appropriate rentals across the country. He said the high cost of housing is one of the most urgent financial issues facing Canadians and

Red Deerians.

Harris said the economic boom has created the housing crisis in Red Deer.

He said people move to Red Deer from all over the country. A few years ago, Harris said the vacancy rate was well below zero.

“There were tent villages springing up around the city,” said Harris, who introduced the motion with Coun.

Dianne Wyntjes. “That’s not a position we want to be in.”

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Korean TV crew visits city to chronicle death of RDTV SITUATION SIMILAR IN KOREA

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by MURRAY CRAWFORD/Advocate staff

Diane Finstad, former Red Deer TV reporter, answers questions from Hyunjin Hong, a Korean Broadcasting System correspondent and deputy producer.

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Ukraine protesters defend camp Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons charged into the large opposition camp in Kiev.

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The shell of a studio that once hosted local television programming and news has become a piece of an international story.

It has been four and a half years since Red Deer lost its TV station, RDTV, but it and other now dormant stations could tell another nation what the future holds with fewer local stations.

A team of three television news

journalists from the Korea Broadcasting System’s Washington, D.C., bureau visited Red Deer on Tuesday.

Hyunjin Hong, a correspondent and deputy producer, said they came to compare the loss of Red Deer’s station to the potential for the loss of local stations in South Korea.

“The influence to the community and the role as a cultural method, you have to keep these kinds of stations as a precious resource to the local culture,” said Hong.

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B.C.’s Coquihalla highway closed due to naturally occurring avalanche VANCOUVER — A major highway linking British Columbia’s south coast and southern Interior remains closed following an avalanche.

According to the Ministry of Transportation’s website DriveBC, Coquihalla Highway 5 between Hope, B.C., and Merritt, should reopen sometime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Bob Gilowski of VSA Highway Maintenance Ltd., the company that services large portions of the highway, said it was too risky to reopen the highway Tuesday night.

“It is dangerous enough that the ministry is not allowing a reopening until they can reassess and see what kind of control is required,” he said.

Gilowski said the depth of the avalanche was between half a metre and a metre, but nobody was hurt in the naturally occurring slide. He also said more than 200 cm of snow has fallen on the Coquihalla’s summit in just over a week.

Dog who attacked Saskatoon mailman spared death; owner fined $500 SASKATOON — A dog that attacked a Saskatoon mail carrier over the summer will not be put down.

A justice of the peace ruled Tuesday that Mac the boxer can live as long as its owner confines it while in his backyard and leashed and muzzled when off his property — and pays a $500 fine.

Mac and his brother Dover broke through a wooden gate and attacked a mail carrier last May before biting at several emergency responders and a passerby who attempted to stop the animals.

Dover was shot and killed by police and Mac was captured by animal control. The postal worker required stitches on his face, head, hand and wrist.

LAW: Revoked union’s right to binding arbitration The law also revoked the union’s legislated right to go to binding arbitration for the current round of talks. That right has been a part of the AUPE’s bargaining leverage given it is not allowed under law to go on strike.

Redford said the goal of the act was to restart negotiations with the union after talks broke off last July.

“The reason we passed the legislation was to ensure that we could get at the table and negotiate with AUPE,” said Redford.

“I know that there are more negotiations scheduled for the beginning of next week. We believe that that’s the appropriate way to move forward to get the best deal possible for public-sector workers and for taxpayers.”

Thomas ruled it was Redford’s negotiators who walked away from the table in the first place. The judge noted that contract talks began in the spring of 2013, with progress made on some non-wage issues, and by July a mediator had been brought in to break the impasse.

Thomas said the union came to the table with six remaining key points to settle, but found it was alone.

“The mediator reported that Alberta (negotiators) refused to discuss the AUPE proposals and mediation terminated on July 6, 2013,” wrote Thomas.

Just over a week later, the union filed for binding arbitration with hearings set for this February.

But, noted Thomas, before those arbitration hearings could take place, Redford’s government introduced and passed the salary restraint act.

AUPE president Guy Smith said Tuesday he’s baffled why Redford and deputy premier Dave Hancock continue to say the law was aimed at getting the union back to the bargaining table.

“I can’t tell you why they’re saying (it), but it’s completely against reality,” said Smith. “We’ve been at the table the whole time.

“And anybody who has any understanding of labour relations knows that negotiations are free to

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take place up to and right through the arbitration process.”

Redford’s government has also said a legislated contract is necessary to ensure the AUPE contract matches wage freezes and slim pay hikes given to doctors and teachers.

The union has 22,000 members including scientists, court clerks, social workers, prison guards, sheriffs and other support staff.

No date has been set for the government’s appeal.

Smith said the union is still waiting to hear back on arbitration dates.

COUNCIL: Average utility rates rising by $2 Wyntjes said $1.7 billion in social housing agreements that the federal government provides annually for affordable housing units across Canada will expire and will not be renewed. The resolution calls for a housing plan that puts core investments on solid ground, increases predictability, protects Canadians from the social housing agreement expiration and ensures a healthy stock of affordable rental housing.

“While the federal budget recognized a need for a national housing strategy, it fell short in my view,” said Wyntjes. “There were no targets, timelines or commitments for a long-term housing plan ... Again it’s up to (municipalities) to encourage the federal government to see this as a key priority.”

A copy of the resolution will be sent to both the federal and provincial governments.

In other council news: ● Councillors Lynne Mulder and Paul Harris along with City Manager Craig Curtis and Environmental Initiatives Supervisor Nancy Hackett attended the 2014 Sustainable Communities Conference and Trade Show in Charlottetown, P.E.I. last week.

Mulder and Harris will deliver a power point presentation to council about what they learned at the conference in the coming weeks.

Harris said the conversation at the conference has changed from climate change mitigation to adaptation over the last four years.

Harris said it was good to hear the city’s new policy for consumption-based utilities is on the right track and ahead of other municipalities across the country. But Harris said it is a good idea to take a se-

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The film crew got in touch with Dianne Finstad, an RDTV journalist for 25 years. She led them through the now-empty studio on Bremner Avenue.

The lights for the old sound stage didn’t turn on, leaving the film crew’s camera light as the only illumination in the vacant room.

The green screen that was once used to broadcast the weather has fallen apart, the mixing board and production equipment are long gone, picked apart by other Global stations, of which RDTV was once an affiliate.

“When I heard Diane’s stories I felt the importance of the local television station is very big,” said Hong.

Hong once worked at a radio station in South Korea that shut down, before he became a TV producer. He said about 10 years ago a few radio stations shut down in his country and the cultural impact was significant.

“The situation is very similar to Korea,” said Hong. “The media market is very bad and the Internet always wants to defeat us.”

He said they researched the Canadian broadcasting situation and found several defunct stations. He sympathized with the loss of stations in Canada.

“Unfortunately the radio station I worked for has gone defunct as well,” said Hong. “At that time there was a movie about defunct radio stations called Radio Star. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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“The key message was the speed that you are going at is not fast enough,” said Harris. “We need to pick up the pace across the county.”

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This undated photo, provided by Keszler Gallery in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, shows “Bandaged Heart,” which was spray-painted on the side of a warehouse in the Brooklyn Borough of New York. Three works by the elusive British street artist Banksy, including two that had to be removed from the sides of buildings, were expected to bring hundreds of thousands of dollars Tuesday night at the Fine Art Auctions Miami.

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Parents face murder charges after diabetic son dies

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Police say they expect to lay murder charges against the parents of a 15-yearold boy who died from diabetes complications.

Investigators in Calgary said Tuesday that the couple did not provide proper medical treatment for their son.

Police allege that the boy was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes several years ago, when the family lived in British Columbia, and his parents had been taught how to treat him with insulin. When his health declined, investigators say he was confined to his room.

Police were called to a home in Calgary last May and found his body.

Staff Sgt. Grant Miller with the homicide unit wouldn’t provide

details of the boy’s condition when he was discovered, but described it as “extreme.”

“This boy has suffered from long-term neglect to the point that he was unable to seek medical attention on his own,” Miller said.

“When you care for a loved one or a child and they’re sick, you need to take them to the doctor.”

He said tests later revealed the teen died of a bacterial infection stemming from neglect and starvation due to his diabetes.

Miller wouldn’t say how long the boy was sick, but said he was being home-schooled and did not have a family doctor in Alberta.

Social workers in Alberta weren’t involved with the family, he said.

“They do not have a lot of contact with people in the community and the public at large, so that’s why I think this could have gone on for as long as it did.”

Investigators are looking at different theories as to why the parents didn’t seek medical help, said Miller.

He said police spoke with different religious groups the family was involved with and ruled out religion as a motive.

“In fact, it was people from one of those groups that urged this family to eventually call for an ambulance for this boy,” Miller said.

The parents have seven other children. Most are adults. Miller said there is no evidence they were neglected.

“This boy was not cared for and others in the family received more care.”

Police planned to release the names later Tuesday, when the parents were to be formally charged before a justice of the peace.

Man charged in marriage scam A FIRST IN ALBERTA THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — An Edmonton man has been charged with marriage fraud in what the Canada Border Services Agency says is a first in Alberta.

The agency alleges 60-year-old Gilbert Leland Platts of Edmonton was to get money from his foreign bride for the phoney relationship.

“It’s alleged that he entered into an agreement with this woman that she would pay him $5,000 to marry her and then she would be able to get a permanent residency status in Canada,” spokesman Sean Best said Tuesday.

“It’s alleged that he had already received a portion of that money and he would receive the other portion at the time she did receive her status in Canada.”

The agency started

investigating in April 2012 after receiving a tip about a possible scam marriage.

Best said he couldn’t reveal details about the woman, including which country she is from. The court charges list the woman as Venus Platts.

The Immigration and Refugee Board said Venus Tandog Platts, a woman in her late 30s, received an exclusion order last May requiring her to leave Canada.

Records show the Philippines native entered Canada as a worker in 2007 and married in 2010.

Gilbert Platts is charged with misrepresentation and counselling misrepresentation under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. He faces a maximum fine of $100,000 or up to five years in prison.

He is to appear in an Edmonton court on March 20.

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Photo by DAN RAFLA of Parks Canada

A grizzly bear in Banff National Park in 2011.

Banff bears use highway crossings to find mates: study BANFF — Why did the bear cross the road?

A new study suggests that at least one reason bears in Banff National Park are crossing the Trans-Canada Highway is to find mates — vindication for a series of wildlife crossings installed by Parks Canada on the busy route to try to keep bears on either side of it genetically linked.

“It is clear that male and female individuals using crossings structures are successfully migrating, breeding and moving genes across the roadway,” says the paper published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, Britain’s national science academy.

The Trans-Canada Highway cuts through the heart of Banff National Park. For decades, scientists have been concerned that Canada’s busiest east-west road link was isolating grizzly and black bear populations on either side of it — especially after high wire fences were built along the road to reduce wildlife traffic deaths.

So between 1982 and 1997, more than two dozen underground and overhead crossings were built to allow wildlife to move north-south.

In 2006, University of Montana ecologist Mike Sawaya began a threeyear research project to see if the crossings were working. After analyzing DNA from nearly 10,000 hair samples collected from strategically placed strips of barbed wire, Sawaya has concluded that they are.

Last summer, he published research proving that bears were using the crossings. His latest paper suggests they’re crossing for more than a patch of tasty berries.

“We found enough movement and migration across the highway to infer that, yes, the crossing structures are allowing the transfer of genes.”

Sawaya said that grizzlies on either side of

the road had been slowly becoming more genetically distinct from each other, although the effect wasn’t pronounced in black bears.

DNA analysis of the hair samples shows that the two ursine neighbourhoods are gradually coming back together again.

“The grizzly bear population was fragmented and we’re starting to see it be restored,” said Sawaya. “If the crossings continue to work the way they are, I think we’re going to see the dissolution of that genetic structure over time.”

The research team even documented how individual bears — both black and grizzly — were able to mate with a number of different females and wound up with offspring on both sides of the highway.

Previous research conducted in California had suggested the only animals that use cross-

ings are juveniles too young to breed. Sawaya found that wasn’t true.

Almost half the black bears and more than one-quarter of the grizzlies that crossed were successful breeders. In fact, males who crossed most often seemed to be the ones with the most offspring.

And Sawaya said it’s probable that the crossings are being used by other animals such as wolves, lynx or cougars for the same purposes.

“Certainly, you can draw more conclusions about other carnivores and other species that have similar characteristics. This is very indicative of how these crossing structures would perform for other large mammals.”

It’s good news for wildlife managers looking for ways to mitigate the effects of roads through wilderness.

Parks Canada now has a total of 44 Trans-Can-

ada crossings in Banff, almost one every two kilometres. The solution was expensive — the overpasses cost about $1 million each — but Parks Canada carnivore specialist Jesse Whittington said they were worth it.

“For the first couple years, they didn’t look like they worked very well,” he said. “Over time, grizzly bears have learned to use them on a regular basis.”

Whittington said the model has already been used in the U.S. for pronghorn antelope.

“There are people looking to Banff from all over the globe to see how well these crossings are performing,” Sawaya said.

“At the time, no one really knew they worked.

They just assumed intuitively that they would ... and it’s comforting to find that, yes, they are working as they were originally intended.”

Charges laid in fatal hit-and run CALGARY — Police in Calgary have laid charges in a fatal hit-and-run.

Moises (MOY’-sihz) Morles, who was 26, died in hospital after he was struck by a car Monday morning while he was walking to work.

Police say Morles was dragged by the vehicle.

They say the driver returned to the scene several hours later and turned himself in.

Dilan Ursan, 25, of Calgary is charged with hitand-run causing death.

The parents of Morles have suggested their son may have lived had the driver of the car stopped.

Illegal sweet has Mounties concerned WABAMUN — The discovery during a traffic stop of candy laced with the active ingredient in marijuana has the RCMP in Alberta concerned about an apparent new way to get drugs into the hands of young people.

Mounties say more than half a kilogram of candies containing THC oil were found in a vehicle that was pulled over by police on Highway 16 near Wabamun (WAH’-buh-mun), west of Edmonton, on Jan. 11.

They say over five kilograms of marijuana was also discovered and a man from Edmonton was charged. Sgt. Lorne Adamitz, an RCMP drug expert, says in a release that the attractive, brightly coloured candies are aimed at a younger customer base, but people who eat them have no way of knowing their potency.

Donald Cook, who is 24, will face drug-related charges in a Stony Plain court on April 24.

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CALGARY — Police are treating the death of a Calgary couple as a double-homicide.

The bodies of Don Carlson, 59, and Roxanne Carlson, 56, were found in a home on Saturday afternoon.

Investigators originally thought they may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Police changed that assessment following the autopsies.

Investigators are not releasing how the couple died.

Both were last seen Friday night and police are trying to piece together their movements between then and when they were found dead. (CHQR)

COMMENT

A4 Is Kenney the enemy within?

Stephen Harper has seen the enemy and once again it lurks within.

As the internal Conservative debate unfolds over the government’s promise to provide income splitting as a core of its 2015 campaign, the focus should be on the backbench and Employment Minister Jason KenTIM ney.

HARPER There may be no daylight between Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, as they back away from a pledge that helped propel them to majority in 2011, but the proposal enjoys broad support in his caucus.

Some of it is on the substance of the measure. Much more of it is discontent over potentially being asked to knock on doors in 2015 and explain an unkept promise in the absence, as one MP put it, of any fundamental change in facts.

As for Kenney, his mixed message on the issue is another indication of a man creating space between him and the Conservative team and his name

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was invoked regularly by MPs in favour of income splitting.

“I look forward to getting out there and campaigning on income splitting in 2015,” said Conservative MP Brad Trost of Saskatoon.

Support for the measure does not break down along social conservative lines and does not mirror previous incipient caucus outbreaks over antiabortion issues, even though income splitting would provide a disincentive for the non-working spouse — usually the female — re-entering the workforce.

It appears most popular among Conservatives representing heavily populated suburban areas in the greater Toronto area, Calgary and Vancouver, and among new Canadians, already heavily courted by the government.

Trost, in fact, says he hasn’t spoken to a colleague who doesn’t support going ahead with the 2011 promise.

But there is also that link between candidate and voter. One Conservative MP blanketed his riding with 50,000 flyers touting the program.

“It is part of the covenant between us and the voters,” said Brent Rathgeber, a former Conservative MP from Edmonton who now sits as an independent. “The covenant is such a central focus, it will be hard for many members to back away on this.”

Trost agrees.

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“I want to be able to go to the doorstep in 2015 with the platform from 2011 and say, ‘Look, we got 100 per cent of these done.’ And if we can’t get 100 per cent of them done, we have to deliver on the big ones — and this was a big one.”

It’s difficult to imagine how a recalcitrant backbench could convince Harper and Flaherty to run with the policy after Flaherty has already told the country he is “not sure that overall it benefits our society.”

Opposition parties would already have that clip teed up for their 2015 ads. Think-tanks from both ends of the political spectrum have analyzed the policy and found that the vast majority of Canadians would get nothing from the proposal and those who do benefit need the boost least.

Conservative MPs will be hearing about this at home this week with the Commons on a weeklong break.

Not all Conservatives are sticking to public talking points — Laurie Hawn of Edmonton, Steven Fletcher, a former cabinet minister, Paul Calandra, the prime minister’s parliamentary secretary, and Joe Preston, an MP from the London area, are among those who have veered away from the songbook.

Which leads us to Kenney. It’s hard to determine exactly where he stands, but he is not mindlessly parroting talking points.

“We made a platform commitment to introduce income splitting when we get to a balanced budget,” Kenney said, although he added there are different ways of “framing” that commitment to get to the bottom line of tax fairness for families.

The employment minister has stepped out to represent Team Kenney a number of times in recent months, defending Harper’s former chief of staff Nigel Wright and calling on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, a friend of Flaherty’s, to step down.

That led to a slanging match between Flaherty and Kenney, overheard in the Commons.

In one of the Conservative election planning memos leaked last week, the party reported it had received indications from almost every member of caucus and cabinet as to whether they would run again.

The only one who did not make himself available was Kenney. That doesn’t mean Kenney isn’t running again, but it is just another indication that he has long since slipped the leash.

For his next act he may become the patron saint of Conservatives who want to campaign on promises kept, either by design or by being pushed there by those who want him to lead.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at tharper@thestar.ca.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Landlords at mercy of many factors Re: Woman wants change in Alberta rent rules, Red Deer Advocate, Feb. 10: Yes, Red Deer rents are rising: 1. because home prices have risen ridiculously in the last few years!

2. Return on investment on rental investments are about four to five per cent, from which: a. Landlords have to pay property taxes b. Insurance c. Income taxes d. maintenance and repair (often caused by tenants — I know: my wife and I do most of it after a move out and tenants insist on recouping their deposits without regard even to the photographs of the damage. They swear and threaten — and how!) e. ever-rising city, heat and power utilities during vacancies.

I am sorry this lady’s rents went from $804 to $876.00 a month. That is a steep raise indeed!

Landlords are allowed raises twice a year and that with three months clear notice.

I discuss and raise rents when necessary by $25 once a year — if that! No raises in the first 12 months — usually with tax and insurance hikes.

Property taxes, insurance and maintenance costs keep rising. It is impossible to call techs now when at least $100 is eaten up for appearing at the door!

Rent controls will shoot rents up to the ceiling and stay there. It does not guarantee for lower rents.

I would rather not say it, but the only way we maintain and manage ours is that we do almost all the work ourselves!

Tenants either don’t clean or their idea of clean is not what the incoming tenants want. We lose two to three months a year to clean, repair and paint our places after each move!

Why we do it? We fell into it and I like renovating and woodwork, plumbing, electrical and general upgrading of properties. But what tenants wreak even in one year is enough to make us cry.

My only thoughts are that I could be doing any other business and there would be all the reasons not to do it. Robbery, violence, rudeness, filth, — you name it.

I think housing prices in Red Deer have gone through the roof. The lowest priced little old house is now $239,000. What will 715 square feet rent for?

About $900 to $1,000 and month plus all three utilities? City utilities alone begin at $70 a month and hover over $94-plus, then add gas and electricity — especially this monstrous winter!

After giving every tenant a lawn mower, even in side-by-side duplexes —only to find they were left in the rain — I have stopped, because of negligence and recklessness. Some tenants actually decided to share each other’s appliances after they wrecked what they had, so the landlord would not find out! Our lower rents make our places attractive to tenants, who know how to take care of their homes!

All this despite prompt maintenance and agreement not use tenant favours.

I am sorry for this particular tenant’s hardship, but the city has to lower its utilities, and stop chasing big moollah at the slightest hint of property “value” increase to hike taxes.

Sure , you would like to build monuments to your greatness and impress us with your great government achievements.

Not all landlords are millionaires — the small ones have low-density occupancy and earn gross of about four to five per cent, from which to pay all the costs. We got taken by the brokers in the stock market because we are small.

So bring on all the new regulations. Either we will flee as housing providers or liquidate.

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Then the city will have to provide more “affordable” housing — just let people move out of here.

Just take the price of any home and take five per cent of it: that’s your rent.

Home prices here are selling for at least 100 per cent more than they are worth if they are for renting.

Our children and grandchildren are coming into the market and paying the monstrous prices that our generation chased up the tree!

So, we seniors will be taxed out of our homes of 40 to 60-plus years!

Nanda Sologar Red Deer

cents a gallon. At that time, a three-cent increase was outrageous, so how do you think we feel about a 100 per cent increase in anything today?

Current federal employees are better paid today and may have an easier time handling this increase.

Some of us won’t be around for too many more years so give us a break; soon we won’t need anything at all.

Leo Leonard Red Deer

Federal retirees treated poorly

I watched the opening of the Olympics and felt proud of our Canadians and all the other contestants, but I felt sad and disgusted at the lack of any of the leaders of the world for not being present.

We expect our young people to give their all for their country, and not to have a representative from their country greet them because they felt slighted by the host country is acting a lot like spoiled children.

The Olympics is about competing in fair competition without prejudice. So maybe our leaders in question should grow up and lead by example, instead of like a bunch of soiled children.

Good luck to all the athletes at the games.

A.H. Cosh Red Deer

I’m not very happy with the 100 per cent increase in health-care premiums announced in the budget on federal retirees.

I retired from the RCAF after serving 24 years, through the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. We got paid very little and now receive very little pension. We didn’t get a lot and didn’t expect a lot but we always expected to be treated fairly.

I’ve always believed that we have to pay our fair share but a 100 per cent increase in health premiums is not fair.

Joe Clark lost a federal election because he planned to increase the price of gasoline by three

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Poverty still high among disabled BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION, LEARNING AND SAFETY ALSO EXIST: REPORT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s disabled citizens face ongoing challenges to their well-being, including barriers to language and communication, learning and training, and safety and security, says a new report.

Four years after the federal government ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Canada released its first report on Tuesday into how disabled Canadians are faring under that convention.

The 61-page document, prepared by federal, provincial and territorial governments, notes that poverty rates among persons with disabilities in Canada remains a challenge, as does ensuring more disabled Canadians find work.

It provides few specifics, however, on other challenges, and instead offers up a laundry list of various federal and provincial programs and initiatives aimed at helping Canada’s disabled citizens participate in everything from organized sports to postsecondary education and the justice system.

It doesn’t provide any information on the success rates of those initiatives, however.

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Rob Ford says he’s offended when people say he’s homophobic TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said in a YouTube video released Tuesday that he’s offended by claims he’s homophobic, while his city councillor brother suggested people in the gay community are “bullies.”

The brothers made the comments in the second instalment of their online “Ford Nation” show, consisting of a series of clips of varying lengths in which they slag fellow councillors and take one question.

The query appears to have come via email from “Mary from Scarborough,” who is identified as the mother of a gay son. She referenced Ford’s stance against a rainbow flag at city hall and recent comments about not attending the annual pride parade.

Ford read the question, in which “Mary” suggested Ford is homophobic and asked why people should vote for him if he doesn’t support all citizens.

“I am not homophobic,” Ford said. “I’ll go to anyone’s house, anyone’s place to help them out. I take offence when people say that to me.”

economic and social life and fulfilling their potential requires an ongoing, multi-faceted and multi-partner approach,” the report reads.

Ottawa allocates $222 million annually to the provinces and territories to design and deliver programs aimed at spurring employment opportunities for those with disabilities. The money is to be matched by provincial and territorial governments for the next four years In last week’s federal budget, the Conservative government also announced $15 million over three years for the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) for its new job-creation strategy.

Still, stakeholders say, the majority of disabled Canadians are under-employed or unemployed.

About one in seven Canadians are mentally or physically disabled. The most common types of disabilities among adults are pain-related, mobility or agility issues, the report states.

Laurie Beachell, the national co-ordinator for the Council of Canadians With Disabilities, said the report also pays short shrift to Canada’s aboriginal community.

“The federal government has direct responsibility for people on reserves,” said Beachell.

The incidence of disabilities among aboriginal Canadians is higher than the norm, he added — “almost three times higher in some age brackets” due to

poverty and substance abuse issues.

“On my first read, I just thought: ’This is a population that’s in really dire circumstances, and much more needs to be done,”’ Beachell said.

He also chastised the government for failing to adhere to Article 33 of the UN convention on disabled people that requires Canada to designate an independent monitoring mechanism to “promote, protect and monitor” the implementation of the convention.

The report states that Canada “implements this article at both the federal and provincial/territorial levels through a variety of mechanisms such as courts, human rights commissions and tribunals, public guardians, ombudspersons and intergovernmental bodies.”

Other countries, including the U.K., Germany, France, New Zealand and Australia, have designated their national human rights bodies as their independent monitoring agency, but Canada has failed to appoint the Canadian Human Rights Commission to the role.

“This convention was the first to require the naming of a monitoring body, and the government has chosen not to do so, it’s chosen not to name the Human Rights Commission or another body,” Beachell said.

“Instead, it simply sets forward a bit of a dog’s breakfast.”

A rainbow flag — a long-standing symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights and pride — was raised at city hall earlier this month as the Sochi Winter Olympics began.

Ford said he wanted it taken down. He was told the flag was flown as a gesture to protest anti-gay laws in Russia, but Ford said the Olympics are about patriotism, not “sexual preference.”

“Our Canadian flag should be up there, not the pride flag,” Ford said in his YouTube show.

But the rainbow flag did not replace a Canadian flag. It was put up on a “courtesy” flag pole which otherwise flies the City of Toronto flag. Multiple flag poles around city hall fly the Canadian flag and the city flags at all times.

Rail safety working group says better funding needed

Military family battles Ottawa over moving losses OTTAWA — A military family that took a $77,000 loss selling their Edmonton-area home because of a forced transfer is challenging the Conservative government in Federal Court.

Maj. Marcus Brauer is protesting a federal Treasury Board decision which denied him full compensation for lost equity under a long-standing defence department policy.

Brauer’s family has been forced to privately raise funds in order to cover the estimated $20,000 cost of keeping the court challenge alive.

The Sutter Fund is a non-profit fund established to benefit youth athletic associations and other charitable groups throughout Central Alberta.

OTTAWA — A rail safety report says it is not at all clear that Transport Canada has the resources to approve, inspect and maintain current emergency response plans, let alone enough funding for a recommended expansion of the program.

The report is one of three delivered to Transport Minister Lisa Raitt last month and quietly posted by the department late last week.

A working group that included the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and emergency response contractors says in the report that local first responders aren’t equipped to deal with major flammable liquid fires.

Inventories of equipment for fighting the kind of oil fire that engulfed Lac-Megantic, Que., last July appear to be non-existent, the study says.

More fundamentally, the report found that no data exists to properly quantify what dangerous goods are being transported in Canada, by what means and over what transportation corridors.

Raitt’s office says Transport Canada is reviewing the working group recommendations on an urgent basis, however no new funding for rail safety was provided in the 2014-15 federal budget tabled last week by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.

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Medical pot regime breeds criminal, safety concerns RCMP ARGUES IN COURT THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — There is an “overwhelming temptation” for growers of medical marijuana to supplement their income under the current system by selling extra pot, the RCMP says.

Police investigations have revealed various abuses of the federal medical marijuana program, including trafficking for personal gain, violent theft of homegrown pot and involvement of organized crime, RCMP Cpl. Shane Holmquist says in an affidavit filed in the Federal Court of Canada.

Health Canada plans a revamp of the medical marijuana system — in part due to concerns about criminal infiltration.

Under the existing program, to be phased out by April 1, people are issued licences to grow marijuana for their personal use to help ease the symptoms of painful conditions.

Several British Columbia residents with licences to grow their own pot are asking the Federal Court for an injunction that would allow them to continue doing so.

They argue the proposed new system, under which only licensed producers could grow marijuana for distribution to approved patients by mail, would deny them a safe supply tailored to their needs at an affordable price.

Under the current regime, just over 30,000 people have a licence from Health Canada to grow marijuana for themselves or for another person. More than half of them are in B.C. In his court submission, requested by the federal government as part of its defence, Holmquist says he has seen numerous instances of licensees trafficking marijuana they grow — sometimes through cultivation of oversized “monster” plants.

In one case, a grower stated one room of marijuana was for medical purposes while another was a “mortgage helper,” Holmquist says.

“In my experience investigating (medical marijuana) grow locations, I have found that there is an overwhelming temptation for ... growers to sell marijuana to supplement their income.”

Licences are also used to disguise commercial-scale grow oper-

ations, Holmquist says.

He investigated a case last year that turned up a chicken barn linked to growing licences. “Twenty-five people, who were not authorized to grow marijuana, were tending to and packaging marijuana for the purpose of trafficking at this (medical marijuana) location.”

A 2009 RCMP review found 40 cases of licence holders selling excess marijuana for profit.

Organized crime groups are known to target terminal cancer patients, offering large sums to help them enjoy the time they have left, Holmquist says. In return, the patient obtains a marijuana grow licence and makes the criminal their designated grower.

The skunk-like odour of marijuana can help thieves identify growing locations, break in and steal the pot — a crime known as a grow rip.

In B.C., there were four violent grow rips at locations with medical marijuana licences in 2009 and 11 the following year, Holmquist’s affidavit says.

Between November 2003 and February last year there were 14 homicides related to grow rips in B.C.’s Lower Mainland.

Guardian of B.C. boy jolted by police Taser sues province

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The guardian of a British Columbia boy who was jolted by a police Taser while in government care is suing the province for subjecting him to neglect and abuse that a court document says left him traumatized.

A civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court alleges the boy, who is now 14, endured years of emotional and physical trauma while living in numerous foster homes and group homes across the province.

The court document says the Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia is suing the Ministry of Children and Family Development for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.

It alleges the ministry consistently put the boy in homes where he suffered emotional and physical abuse.

“The ministry repeatedly failed to provide a safe, stable and nurturing home for the plaintiff,” it says.

“Rather than providing supports for foster parents, or pursuing the option of adoption, the ministry moved the child into a series of group home settings that could not provide security, stability or a long-term sustaining relationship for the plaintiff.”

The province’s director of child welfare, the two owners of a Dawson Creek-area foster home, and a social worker are also listed as defendants in the case.

The document says the Taser incident happened in April 2011, when the boy was 11 years old.

About a week after he moved into his sixth group home, he escaped into a nearby trailer and then stabbed the group home manager with a steak knife.

RCMP were called, and when the boy stepped outside the trailer, police zapped him with a Taser.

The document alleges that happened because the government put the boy through living arrangements that “created a situation of isolation and anxiety.”

The Children’s Ministry refused to comment on the lawsuit, saying the case is before the courts. It has three weeks to file a response.

The boy’s traumatic childhood was documented in a scathing report last year by the province’s children’s watchdog.

Representative Mary Ellen TurpelLafond said the teen’s suffering could have been prevented if the government had invested in proper residential care.

The court document says the boy, who now lives in an adolescent treatment centre, was born into an abusive and unsafe environment but that he was not removed from his parents’ care until he was two years old.

After that, he was placed in foster care. At his second foster home, he endured three years of ill treatment.

The home, which is now closed, had a history of abuse, yet the government did not launch an investigation until 2004, when the boy was five years old, the court document alleges.

It says the child was put in cold showers for wetting his bed, fed hot sauce as punishment and shut in his room or the garage for long periods of time.

“The ministry failed to maintain meaningful contact with the child while he was in foster care and as a result, the ministry added to the plaintiff’s trauma,” the document says.

The boy was then placed in a variety of foster homes and care homes.

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Trend of older farmers, fewer farms shows no signs of reversing THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A report released by Statistics Canada says the number of farms in Canada is dropping, while their size is growing along with the age of the people running them.

The agency, which looked at the makeup of the industry based on data from the 2011 agricultural census, says there were 205,730 farms in 2011 — a decline of more than 74,000 since 1991.

Its report released Tuesday also says the average farm area increased from 80 hectares to 315 hectares.

Report author and agriculture analyst Martin Beaulieu said one reason for larger farms is that they are being consolidated as older operators retire.

“Unless there’s (a)

big reverse in terms of the younger farmers going into agriculture, these trends are more than likely to continue,” Beaulieu said in a phone interview from Ottawa.

The report, entitled “Canadian Agriculture at a Glance,” says the number of farm operators fell from 390,875 to 293,925 — a 24.8 per cent drop between 1991 and 2011.

Over the same period, the average age of farmers increased from 47.5 to 54 years. The data shows more than half of all farms in 2011 had operators over the age of 55 — up from less than 38 per cent in 1991.

There were also fewer farmers under the age of 40. Statistics Canada said less than one out of 10 farms were run by someone under 40, whereas two decades earlier it was about one in four.

The proportion of farms where the oldest operator was 55 years or older increased by more than 20 percentage points in British Columbia, the Atlantic provinces and Quebec, the report said. But it also said the increase in the proportion was “significant in all provinces.”

“That’s one of the main reasons for this article is to look a bit deeper in the data and see if it could isolate this trend to a specific province or a specific farm type or farm size,” said Beaulieu.

“But, overall, you see that it’s a trend that touches all provinces and some to a greater extent, for example British Columbia or the Atlantic provinces, but still they’re not that far from the national average or national proportion.

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Red Deer is great place for jobs CITY IS RANKED SECOND OUT OF 50 COMMUNITIES, WITH 1.77 JOB-SEEKERS FOR EVERY WORKPLACE VACANCY

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR An international job search engine has confirmed what most Red Deer employers already knew: this is a great place for job-seekers.

Adzuna.ca has compiled a list that compares job listings to unemployment levels in cities across Canada.

Red Deer is ranked second out of 50 communities, with 1.77 job-seekers for every workplace vacancy.

Grande Prairie topped the list, with a ratio of 1.38. Edmonton was third (2.15), followed by Calgary (2.31) and Lethbridge (2.91).

At the other end of the spectrum was Cape Breton, N.S., where there

were 32.30 job-seekers for every job.

Saguenay, Que., and Courtenay, B.C., were the next worst cities to be looking for work, with ratios of 31.1 and 27.86 respectively.

Adzuna.ca also calculated the average salary for posted jobs in each city.

Red Deer’s was the sixth highest among the seven Alberta cities included in the study, at $56,040. Calgary led the way at $62,081, with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo second at $57,089, Medicine Hat third at $56,728, Edmonton fourth at 56,494, and Grande Prairie fifth at $56,265.

The Adzuna.ca study noted that average posted salaries in Red Deer had dropped seven per cent during the preceding six months, the greatest decline among the Canadian cities included.

Nationally, overall average salaries improved by two per cent during this period.

Gabriel Puliatti, Adzuna.ca’s Canadian manager, pointed out that the slide in Red Deer’s average salaries probably had more to do with shortterm fluctuations than with long-term trends.

“Since salaries are the average salary for the jobs posted that month, they tend to reflect the type of hiring being done at the time, which tends to be seasonal.”

He added that the ratio of unemployment claimants to jobs — where Red Deer shines — is a “fairer” indication of the local job market than average salaries.

According to Statistics Canada, the

unemployment rate in the Red Deer area in January was 2.8 per cent, the lowest of Alberta’s eight regions. In December, the local jobless rate was 2.7 per cent.

The Adzuna.ca study was based on 111,743 job vacancies in the company’s search index, and the number of employment insurance recipients as of November 2013.

Additional information about the study can be found online by going to www.adzuna.ca/blog and selecting the post, “Where are all the jobs?”

Based on the United Kingdom, Adzuna.ca operates websites in 11 countries. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes part in a joint press conference with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico on Tuesday.

Harper, Pena Nieto sign air deal RENEW VOWS TO FOSTER MUTUAL ECONOMIC GROWTH

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico simply doesn’t meet the federal government’s requirements for visa free travel to Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday.

Harper addressed the thorny issue that has threatened to overshadow his trip here. But both he and his host, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, appeared to take steps — in public, at least — to play down any tension.

The two leaders presided over the signing of an agreement to expand air travel between the two countries and renewed their vows to foster mutual economic growth.

The two countries also renewed their long-standing “joint action plan” to foster economic growth,

security, immigration and trade.

Standing next to Harper in his country’s resplendent National Palace, Pena Nieto did not appear to display any outward dissatisfaction over the visa irritant, saying his country has “a very open mind” and wants to work with Canada to eventually lift it.

However, the Mexican president cancelled a plan to answer questions after the joint statement, leaving Harper to address the travelling Canadian media by himself.

Canada has “clear criteria” for why it requires some countries to have a visa based on “national and public security and illegal migration,” and Mexico currently meets those criteria, he said.

“Under the current circumstances we should have a visa with Mexico,” Harper said.

“We remain always ready to

discuss those criteria, what Mexico could do to address some of those issues and also what possibilities exist between us to facilitate legitimate travel.”

Air Canada said in a release Tuesday that it welcomes the signing of the air transit agreement.

“Mexico is an important market for Air Canada and this expanded agreement will further strengthen air linkages between Canada and our NAFTA partner,” said Derek Vanstone, Air Canada’s vice president of corporate strategy, industry and government affairs.

“We encourage the federal government to take the next step to build travel and tourism between Canada and Mexico and relax visa requirements for Mexican citizens visiting Canada,” Vanstone added.

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Farmers need to speak up to combat the misinformation being circulated about the food they produce.

That was the advice offered by Camille Ryan, a professional affiliate with the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan, during a presentation in Red Deer on Tuesday.

The academic, author and public speaker described how “myth-makers” are creating and circulating false ideas about agricultural advances like genetically modified organisms — to the detriment of the world’s hungry.

Camille Ryan “We need to tell our stories, because seven billion people and counting are really counting on us for this.”

Ryan described how the agri-food industry has harnessed innovation to boost production and make consumption easier.

“We spend 40 per cent less time preparing food now than we did few decades ago; we spend 81 per cent less time at cleanup, and we also have 25 per cent more (fruits and) veggies than we did in the 1970s.

“And most importantly, we’re living 30 years longer than we did 100 years ago.”

Yet traditional and social media are full of stories about the harmful effects of food — including such staples as red meat and wheat. Driving this trend is a segment of the population for whom food is aesthetic rather than functional, said Ryan.

This “food elite” can afford to demand that food be produced and prepared in a certain way, regardless of the fact safe alternatives exist that could benefit the less-fortunate.

“So essentially, we have 8.8 million people in the world, speaking for the 7.1 billion.”

Compounding the problem is a growing rural-urban divide that’s left many people — especially those who are younger — disconnected from the source of their food.

“They’ve really lost track of anything upstream from the grocery store.”

Powerful individuals and groups are driving food myths, said Ryan.

“More than 500 activist organizations are spending in excess of $2.5 billion every year in North America engaging in food-related campaigns.

“This is what I call the fear industry.”

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Young farmers continue outstanding work From the Field is a new agricultural column that will appear monthly in the Advocate. It is written by veteran Central Alberta reporter and broadcaster Dianne Finstad, who is an honorary member of the Alberta Institute of Agrologists and the Alberta Human Ecology and Home Economics Association. An awardwinning journalist, Finstad is well known in the local farming and ranching community for her long-running television program This Business of Farming and other agricultural reporting, as well as her regular coverage of rodeo events.

DIANNE FINSTAD One of my favorite programs to cover or be involved in on the farm beat is always Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers.

It’s designed to seek out and shine the spotlight on innovative producers who are excited about what they do. Even in years of drought, or economic price crunches, there are still

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Meeting them and learning their stories is always inspiring. Once producers become involved in OYF as a nominee, they stay on board as alumni, to carry the program forward.

The 2013 National OYF Event took place in November in Regina. Alberta’s region was represented

by Michael Kalisvaart and Karen Jansen, a young couple from Gibbons who head up a large grain operation. Kalco Farms has achieved growth through partnerships, such as the farmer-owned Providence Grain company, and employs lots of technology to better manage and track the business.

The young Alberta couple went on to be selected from the seven regional representatives as a national winner. But more than the recognition, Kalisvaart saw the whole experience as both an honor and a responsibility.

“It was an excellent opportunity to spend a week with a whole bunch of people that think the same way as you, all in different parts of agriculture,” commented Kalisvaart.

That ranged from organic vegetables, to direct food marketers to dairy production, so it’s a much more diverse group than you’d meet at your average farm meeting.

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things was probably the greatest part of what we did,” he added. “With all the alumni there, it’s just such a high calibre group that you’re a little humbled to become part of that.”

Those recognized by OYF see their role as being an ambassador for agriculture, and that’s something they’ve been doing long before the current “ag-vocate” term was coined to describe such activity.

“We’ve gotten a lot of attention from media,” said Kalisvaart. “And it gives you an opportunity to share some success and some stories. I think today food and food production are so front and centre in the public’s eye, I’m happy to be able to share a positive story and contribute to the conversation and dialogue.”

Kalisvaart and Jansen shared the story of their farm on Friday in Banff, at this year’s Regional OYF event. We also had the opportunity there to meet the next young family, who will represent the area at the 2014 National Awards program in Quebec City in November.

Richard and Nicole Brousseau have a dairy farm near St. Paul, a venture they’ve worked into gradually with Nicole’s parents. They’re just moving into a new dairy barn, and sustainability is a key philosophy for their operation.

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COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 96.12 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 50.89 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.14 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.37 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.52 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.67 Cdn. National Railway . . 61.28 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 171.73 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.95 Capital Power Corp . . . . 23.04 Cervus Equipment Corp 24.24 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 46.78 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 47.41 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 28.30 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.74 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.31 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 19.10 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.32 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 47.03 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 66.76 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.93 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.94 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.71 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 97.80 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.45 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.61 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 15.25 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market registered a modest gain Tuesday amid data that showed severe winter weather is having an impact on U.S. economic performance.

The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 22.71 points to 14,077.47.

The Canadian dollar moved up 0.27 of a cent from Friday’s close to 91.32 cents US amid higher prices for oil and metals.

New York indexes were mixed as the Empire State Manufacturing Index for February, a gauge of manufacturing activity in the U.S. Northeast, declined to a much worse than expected reading of 4.48 in February. That was down from 12.5 in January.

The Dow Jones industrials fell 23.99 points to 16,130.4, while the Nasdaq was up 28.75 points to 4,272.78 and the S&P 500 index added 2.13 points to 1,840.76.

Also, the U.S. National Association of Home Builders’ housing market index tumbled 10 points to 46. Economists had expected a flat showing.

But the NAHB also reported that its buyer traffic index fell nine points to 31 as fewer prospective buyers felt like braving severe winter conditions in many parts of the U.S. Meanwhile, there was also major dealmaking in the pharmaceutical sector. Actavis PLC announced it is buying fellow drugmaker Forest Laboratories Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal worth about US$25 billion.

Utilities led advancers, up 0.63 per cent with Altantic Power (TSX:ATP) ahead 21 cents or 7.39 per cent to $3.05.

The information technology sector was up 0.52 per cent, largely because of a sharp rise in shares of BlackBerry (TSX:BB), which jumped 50 cents or 5.07 per cent to $10.37.

The base metals sector advanced 0.42 per cent while March copper was up two cents to US$3.29 a pound.

The March crude contract on

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.58 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.29 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 57.75 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.33 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.91 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 22.30 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.72 First Quantum Minerals . 21.45 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 30.35 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.08 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.66 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 36.79 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.43 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 25.92 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 29.53 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 32.34 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 61.17 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.15 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 54.99 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 39.18 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.49 Canyon Services Group. 11.69 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 28.37 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.860 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.79 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.69 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 94.07 the New York Mercantile Exchange gained $2.13 to US$102.43 a barrel.

The energy sector rose 0.49 per cent.

The gold sector rose about 0.3 per cent as April bullion climbed $5.80 to US$1,324.40 an ounce.

The consumer discretionary sector led decliners, down 0.67 per cent as home renovation retailer Rona (TSX:RON) posted quarterly adjusted profit that decreased 28 per cent to $4.6 million or four cents per share, six cents per share below estimates.

Same-store sales dropped 3.5 per cent due to poor weather in Ontario and Quebec in December and a decline in housing starts. It shares fell 79 cents or 6.39 per cent to $11.58.

In other earnings news, Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:CHP.UN) reported an adjusted profit of C$36.8 million, which came in above a forecast of $34.6 million when Choice prepared its initial public offering last summer. Funds from operations, another key financial measure for real estate companies, were $82.8 million compared with the forecast of $78.9 million. Its units were eight cents lower at $10.37.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at close Tuesday.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,077.47, up 22.71 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,002.45, up 6.10 points TSX 60 — 806.88, up 1.42 points Dow — 16,130.40, down 23.99 points S&P 500 — 1,840.76, up 2.13 points Nasdaq — 4,272.78, up 28.75 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.32 cents US, up 0.27 of a cent Pound — C$1.8266, down 1.24 cents Euro — C$1.5065 up 0.18 of a

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 54.13 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.70 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 33.66 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 47.81 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.42 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.85 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.225 Precision Drilling Corp . . 11.64 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.61 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.55 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.20 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 10.85 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 62.83 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 71.71 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.37 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.49 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 35.83 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.52 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.88 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 54.63 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 66.75 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.10 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.43 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.51 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 71.45 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.00 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.25

cent Euro — US$1.3757, up 0.57 of a cent Oil futures: US$102.43 per barrel, up $2.13 (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,324.40 per oz., up $5.80 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.853 oz., up 57.3 cents $799.02 kg, up $18.42 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 1,002.45, up 6.10 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 253.09 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA Closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $9.70 higher $407.90; May ’14 $9.40 higher $418.20; July ’14 $9.50 higher $427.90; Nov. ’14 $8.80 higher $445.20; Jan ’15 $8.90 higher $452.50; March ’15 $8.90 higher $459.10; May ’15 $9.20 higher $463.10; July ’15 $9.20 higher $466.10; Nov ’15 $9.20 higher $462.30; Jan. ’16 $9.20 higher $462.30; March ’16 $9.20 higher $462.30.

Barley (Western): March ’14 unchanged $126.50; May ’14 unchanged $128.50; July ’14 unchanged $128.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $128.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $128.50; March ’15 unchanged $128.50; May ’15 unchanged $128.50; July ’15 unchanged $128.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $128.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $128.50; March ’16 unchanged $128.50.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 830,500 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 830,500.

FARMING: Hard work While both grew up on farms, and had hopes of one day being involved in agriculture, it took some hard work, perseverance and a path of discovery off the farm to get to where they are now. Richard’s road began in hog production, and included time teaching and managing the dairy program at Lakeland College, which Nicole was also involved in.

“That connection to teaching helped,” explained Richard Brousseau. “Doing the hands-on, and actually teaching people what we know, the benefits of farming and what we do, really connected for us. I think that’s definitely part of the mission for our business moving forward.”

Nicole wholeheartedly agrees.

“When we worked at the college, part of what we did was seeing other people who’ve never had an opportunity to be on a farm, or even to know what farming is. To give them a little taste in agriculture is so rewarding, and so much fun. Some kids, right from the city, were some of our best students, and some of the people who had such passion in agriculture. So we want to be able to put ourselves out there, and hopefully become mentors, and invite people out, and give them a little taste of agriculture and see if they bite.”

“We both feel that it’s been our calling to be in agriculture, and we’re very fortunate to be able to follow our passion and our dreams,” added Richard. “To be able to help someone who doesn’t have the opportunity to do that, to maybe open some doors for them, is definitely what we’re going to aspire to do.”

Nicole beams as she relates that another dream of theirs has always been to travel to Quebec City, and since her husband’s ideal vacation is to visit other farms, they’re very excited about their upcoming trip to the national program.

Such deep enthusiasm for agriculture is contagious. In my rodeo trail, world champions like Lee Graves always stress the importance of spending time with “winners,” people with a positive, forward-thinking attitude who can influence your own performance, whether that’s in competition or in business. The Outstanding Young Farmers program provides that opportunity in agriculture.

Look around your area. I’m sure there are outstanding young people committed to agriculture who would be good candidates as future OYF

nominees. Or they might even just provide a good dose of enthusiasm to help bring a broader perspective to those daily chores on the farm.

FEAR: Creates strong images They use graphic and compelling terms like “Frankenfood” and “factory farms,” which create strong images in consumers’ minds.

“They really are artful and very good at blending words and images together.” Front and centre are celebrities, said Ryan.

“Pop culture icons have taken the place of nutritionists in the First World, and it seems like everybody is a food expert, except the food experts themselves.”

People are susceptible to food myths because of their tendency to be conspiratorial thinkers and conformists who accept what they hear from others. They often prefer anecdotes to scientific evidence when forming opinions, and are reluctant to accept information that conflicts with their ideas.

“Academic science is not sexy,” said Ryan.

Meanwhile, current methods of communication are contributing to the spread of food myths.

“The preferred and low-cost vehicle to transmit all of this misinformation is social media.”

Ryan was among a group of experts who spoke at a Red Deer Chamber of Commerce event highlighting agricultural innovation.

It was organized by the Chamber’s agriculture and environmental policy committee. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

SUMMIT: Amigos Harper’s meeting with Pena Nieto was the warm-up for today’s Three Amigos summit, when they will be joined by U.S. President Barack Obama in Toluca, a town about an hour outside the capital, where Pena Nieto grew up.

Harper said he planned to raise the Keystone XL pipeline with Obama, in private, and that his message would be “very similar” to what he has been saying in public in recent years: that the pipeline, which would carry Alberta oilsands bitumen to the U.S., would be good for the economies of both countries.

Earlier in the day, as he met with Mexican business leaders, Harper said Canada needs to do more to close its trade deficit with Mexico while attracting more investment from its southern neighbour.

Money to blame for slow switch to newer oil tank cars: CP CEO dards for stronger tank cars in October 2011.

Since then, about 26,000 of the reinforced models have been put into service and that’s expected to rise to 52,500 next year.

The working group that penned the report — including representatives from industry, labour and municipal governments — said “regulators, industry, car builders and shippers can go further.”

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CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (TSX:CP) CEO Hunter Harrison says the “almighty dollar” is holding up badly needed changes to rail safety.

In a passionate speech to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, the plain-spoken, Memphis-born railway veteran said the time for study is over — oldermodel DOT-111 tank cars used to haul crude oil among other things must removed from North American tracks immediately.

The ubiquitous DOT111 cars — considered the workhorse of the rail industry — have long been criticized for having hulls that are too weak to withstand the force of a crash. They’re the type that barrelled into downtown Lac Megantic, Que., last summer, leading to a fiery wreck that claimed 47 lives.

“Nobody quibbles that they’re more dangerous, that they’re not equipped to haul this commodity,” said Harrison, who has raised concerns over those vessels in the past.

“So what should we do with them? Stop them tomorrow. Don’t wait to study. We know the facts.”

“You know what it comes down to? And I hate to tell you this — the almighty dollar. Who’s going to pay for this?”

Later, Harrison told reporters he’s not pointing fingers at any specific government agency or industry player for dragging their feet.

“I’m just saying that too many of us get influenced by what the impact’s going to be to our organization or our de-

partment ... by the dollar impact. And if you can remove the dollar impact, the cost factor, these things will be done quickly.”

A government-commissioned report released Friday said there are about 228,000 DOT-111 cars in service throughout North America, with about 92,000 of them carrying flammable liquids.

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B3 ‘It’s been hard to stay positive’

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19, 2014

REBELS’ CAPTAIN BLEACKLEY IS PERPLEXED BY RECENT RESULTS AND HOME-ICE SHORTCOMINGS

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Maintaining an upbeat mood is becoming a challenge for the Red Deer Rebels.

“That’s probably the biggest thing. It’s been hard to stay positive especially over our last eight or nine games. It’s been tough,” Rebels captain and leading scorer Conner Bleackley said Tuesday.

“Still, there are some positives — I don’t think last night’s score (7-1 loss at Calgary) was indicative of the game. We kind of shot ourselves in the foot with all the penalties. The main thing for us now is taking it one day at a time and it starts in practice today.”

The Rebels, who are a sorry 1-7-1-1 in their last 10 outings, have failed to make hay in front of their own fans this winter. Red Deer was 22-11-2-1 at home during the 2012-13 Western Hockey League regular season, but heading into tonight’s game with the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings, have a rather dismal 12-13-0-3 record at the Centrium.

Like Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, Bleack-

ley is perplexed by the home-ice shortcomings, but doesn’t have a definite answer for the problem.

“For whatever reason we haven’t played well here on a consistent basis,” said Bleackley. “Normally, being home here in Red Deer should be a big advantage. Last year teams knew they weren’t going to have an easy game in Red Deer and we’ve show that at times this season.

“It’s really disappointing to see our home record is around .500. If you go into the playoffs with a record like that at home you’re not going to give yourself a chance to win, so that’s something we’re going to work on and get turned around. We have a fourgame homestand right now and I don’t think it could come at a better time for us.”

If the Rebels are to qualify for the playoffs — and they are just two points ahead of the Prince Albert Raiders in the hunt for the final berth in the Eastern Conference — they’ll have to tighten up defensively.

They could still land that final post-season spot if the Raiders were to fall completely flat down the stretch, but their knack for turning the puck over and failing to execute proper coverage would make

for a short run.

Red Deer does hold an advantage over most teams with Patrik Bartosak holding down the fort. But after turning aside 29 shots Monday at Calgary, the veteran goaltender now owns the franchise record for most saves — 1,739 — in a single season for a reason.

“We can’t allow 40 shots a night on a regular basis,” said Bleackley, who suggested it all boils down to a lack of focus.

“We have Patty back there who’s going to make the first save every time and maybe even the second, third and fourth save.

“The biggest thing for us is keeping our focus.

We’ll have five good minutes and 10 bad minutes, one good period and one bad period. That’s something that you can see at the start of the season, but at this time of the year you can’t allow that to happen. That kind of falls on the leaders’ shoulders and it’s something we have to shore up and straighten out going into the playoffs. We have to maintain the (playoff) spot we have right now and hopefully move up.”

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Silver lining CANADA WIN PAIR OF SILVER MEDALS WHILE ANOTHER MEDAL FAVORITE’S HOPES DASHED WITH FALL IN SPEED SKATING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — Canada is still in the mix for the most overall medals at the Sochi Olympics after capturing a pair of silvers on Tuesday, but the leaders may be starting to pull away.

Canada’s team has a goal of winning the most medals in Sochi, and silvers from halfpipe skier Mike Riddle and the women’s short-track relay team helped keep the leading Dutch and American teams in sight.

But time may be running out, with just five days of competition left. Like Canada, the U.S. will win a medal in women’s hockey, and will likely at least match the Canadian team in men’s hockey and women’s bobsled.

The Netherlands has dominated in long-track speedskating, and with three more medal events to go are likely to add to their total.

Canada could make up a couple of medals in curling, where the men and women’s teams will compete in today’s semifinals.

Neither the Dutch nor the Americans are factors in those events.

Canada can also move closer to a men’s hockey medal when they play 11th-ranked Latvia in today’s quarterfinals. Latvia shocked Switzerland 3-1 Tuesday to set up a favourable matchup for the defending-champion Canadians.

Canada has 17 medals (four gold, nine silver, four bronze) through Day 12 of the Games, good for fifth place.

The Netherlands and the U.S. each have 20, while host Russia has 19 and

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Members of the Canadian team celebrate their silver medal victory in the 3,000-metre relay final at the Sochi Winter Olympics Tuesday, in Sochi.

Norway 18.

Germany leads the gold-medal table with eight.

Riddle’s silver increased Canada’s medal count in freestyle skiing to an Olympic-best seven (three gold, three silver, one bronze).

The native of Sherwood Park, overcame wet and snowy conditions at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park to score 90.60 points on his final run. That was bettered only by the 92 scored by David Wise of the United States.

“It’s unbelievable,” said Riddle.

“I put down a good run in what were difficult conditions. I knew I had a chance.”

Riddle said he’d never done the combination that won him the medal — back-to-back double cork 1260s.

“I decided it was a good time to do it for the first time,” he said.

Ski halfpipe is making its Olympic debut in Sochi, thanks in part to the efforts of Canada’s Sarah Burke, who died in a training accident in 2012.

“I don’t think we would be here without her,” said Riddle.

“Ski halfpipe has got to where it is

because of her.”

While Canada’s freestyle ski team has exceeded expectations in Sochi, its short-track speedskating team has been a disappointment.

The women’s 3,000-metre relay team won just the second short-track medal for Canada with Marie-Eve Drolet of Chicoutimi, Que., Jessica Hewitt of Kamloops, B.C., Valerie Maltais of Le Baie, Que., Marianne St-Gelais of St. Felicien, Que., and Jessica Gregg of Edmonton finishing second behind South Korea.

Silver seems to be Canada’s destiny lately, with the women being bumped up from third to second place after China was disqualified for not clearing the track fast enough after passing the baton.

It was a welcome result for Canada’s team, which seemed poised for a medal haul after Charles Hamelin won gold in the men’s 1,500 metres early on but has suffered bad luck since.

“The medal helps take away some of the pain,” St-Gelais said.

The result came after Hamelin fell in qualifying in the men’s 500, an event

in which he was the defending champion.

“I don’t know what happened. I could feel my skate give out a little bit,” said Hamelin. “It’s like the ice was breaking under my blades just then, but everything up until that moment was really smooth.

“Short track can be a cruel sport.

It doesn’t take much to make a person fall.”

Canada may yet win another medal in short-track, as Maltais advanced out of the heats of the women’s 1,000 metres with an Olympic-record time of one minute 28.771 seconds.

Canada is also poised for a medal in women’s bobsled, with Calgary’s Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse of Summerside, P.E.I., sitting in second place after two runs.

The defending Olympic champions are solidly in medal contention, though they have a lot to do in Wednesday’s final two runs as they trail the American sled of Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams by 0.23 seconds.

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Rules don’t work in favour of Queens basketball team RDC Queens basketball head coach Mike Wool- but I did think we deserved to win in some ways,” he lard feels they deserved a better fate. Yet he also said. knows the way the rules were set up in the Alberta But it’s over and done with and next season the Colleges Athletic Conference this season he’ll have ACAC basketball returns to North-South division to take his medicine. play, as will volleyball.

The Queens tied for 10th and the fiIt has it’s positives and negatives acnal playoff berth with Keyano College cording to RDC director of athletics Keith of Fort McMurray with 11 points each.

Hansen.

However, thanks to a 72-54 loss at Fort “I didn’t like the basketball setup the McMurray in their second game of the way it is now, but I’m not a fan of strictly season, the Queens lost the tie-breaker playing within your division either,” he and missed the playoffs. said. “In volleyball I’d like to see what we The Queens posted a 9-11 record this had in the past.” season while Keyano was 7-14. However, In the past volleyball teams played in teams receive one point per win against their division prior to Christmas then took their own conference and two against the top three teams from each pool and put the other conference, which gives the them in a power pool. teams equal points.

While the basketball Queens finished DANNY “That’s how it is, we knew the rules just below .500 they definitely took a major RODE going in,” said Woollard. “We put a lot step forward. of work in to get a better win-loss re“It’s been some time since we won nine cord but the point system makes it fair.” games,” said Woollard, who hopes to have The Queens still had an opportunity to close to nine players returning next seasqueeze into the playoffs, but needed a split in son. their weekend series at Lethbridge. While they were “We have six confirmed with four others close,” never in the first game — a 74-31 loss — they were he said. “We also have two recruits confirmed as right there Saturday before losing 90--78 when the well.” officials decided the game. They send Lethbridge to Both recruits are guards — a shooting guard from the free throw line 50 times and RDC 29. The Queens Foothills in Okotoks and a point guard from Meadow received 32 fouls, well over their season average of Lake, Sask., who won last year’s Saskatchewan 4A 18. title.

Woollard didn’t want to say anything about the of“I’m close to adding a couple more and looking at ficiating. a couple of local girls,” said Woollard, who will hold “I was proud of the way the girls played Saturday, his ID camp on April 5.

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● Both volleyball squads go into the ACAC playoffs this weekend — the men at RDC and the women at Grande Prairie —seeded No. 1.

The Kings will have an interesting opening match as they face Briercrest Bible College Clippers at 6 p.m. Friday.

The Clippers will have nothing to lose as they’re hosting the Canadian championships.

“They have a veteran team and I’m surprised they’re coming in ranked eighth,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “But then once you get here there are no easy teams.”

The Kings know all about the Clippers as they needed a five sets to beat them in the second match in Caronport earlier this season.

“It was in their gym and playing at home should be an advantage for us,” said Schulha. “The guys are focused and should be fresh after a couple of days off early this week.”

The Kings go into the tournament ranked No. 1 in Canada, as they have been all season.

Other games Friday sees Grande Prairie meeting SAIT at 1 p.m., NAIT and Grant MacEwan clashing at 3 p.m. and Augustana taking on Medicine Hat at 8 p.m. The semifinals go Saturday at 6 and 8 p.m. with the final Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

The Queens open the ACAC finals at 3 p.m. Friday against Lakeland. Kings and Briercrest meet at 1 p.m., Olds and Grande Prairie at 6 p.m. and NAIT and Grant MacEwan at 8 p.m. ● The RDC women’s curling team will compete in the ACAC finals Friday to Sunday in Lloydminster.

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Looking for more offence CANADA PUTS EMPHASIS ON BIG-ICE ADJUSTMENTS GOING INTO QUARTERFINAL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — No matter which 13 forwards Team Canada dresses for its Olympic quarter-final, they’ve combined to score well over 300 goals in the NHL this season.

No team in Sochi features that kind of scoring depth, and yet one concern going into Wednesday’s game against Latvia is a lack of offence up front. As this becomes a single-elimination tournament, Canada doesn’t need 300 goals.

“We just need one more than the other team,” Babcock said.

Getting that one big, important goal could make or break Canada moving forward. As the preliminaryround game against Finland showed, offence can be tough to come by on the wider international ice surface, especially against well-structured European opponents.

Finding a way to get to the middle of the ice and closer to the net was a major emphasis in practice Tuesday because it could be the difference between reaching the semifinals and going home earlier than anyone expected.

“You watch our games and we’ve been on the outside a lot,” said winger Corey Perry, who will have a new linemate in Jamie Benn between him and Ryan Getzlaf. “To get shots to the net, to get second opportunities, that’s what the three of us are going to do.

We’re three big men and we can get to the middle of the ice. That’s kind of what Coach Babcock was addressing to us today is getting to the middle, getting those second opportunities and shoot the puck.”

MEN’S HOCKEY For all the talk about the big ice in advance of this tournament, four years removed from Vancouver where games were played on NHL-sized rinks, it has made a difference — but not the way some figured.

Just because there’s more space doesn’t necessarily mean there’s more room to get creative offensively.

“People make a big deal of the big ice, they think it’s going to be a more offensive game, and it’s kind of the opposite because all the extra room’s on the oustide of the rink,” smooth-skating defenceman Jay Bouwmeester said. “People act surprised all the time, but all these tournaments are usually the same: low-scoring games and tight defence.”

The Canadians broke out with six goals against Austria after scoring three in the opener against Norway, but it was the preliminary-round finale against Finland that taught them a lesson. Holding onto the puck so much in the offensive zone paved the way for plenty of shots, but it was like a basketball team trying to shoot just from the outside. With a rink that’s 15 feet wider, it’s much more difficult to get quality scoring chances from the boards.

“You’re a long ways from the net when you’re hanging out on the wall,” said Jeff Carter, who leads all Canadian forwards with three goals. “We talked about that and maybe trying to shrink the ice a little bit and getting to the (faceoff)-dot lines and just kind of make it feel more like an NHL-size rink.”

Centre Jonathan Toews likened it to another sport.

“I almost like to say it’s comparable to soccer, almost, because the game feels very neutral,” Toews said. “If you don’t have anything, you don’t want to give the puck up. It’s a lot of circling back, a lot of regrouping.”

Regrouping isn’t a good pattern to follow for a team that’s capable of grinding teams down by pushing the pace and flying up the ice.

“We got size and speed,” defenceman Alex Pietrangelo said. “We’re too big and strong to be getting pushed outside.”

Except so far they have been.

Coaching consultant Ralph Krueger forecasted last month that it would be important to be “very Canadian” at these Games despite some different European styles on the other side. What he meant by that was not to get caught up with what opponents did with the extra 15 feet but try to find something that works for this talented bunch.

With Babcock barking orders, players got to work on that Tuesday, practising give-and-go moves at the blue-line that helped gain the zone closer to the middle of the ice and cycle plays that included one trailing forward cutting to the high slot for a quick pass. Full-speed portions of practice simulated what Canada wants to do, though it’s hard to replicate the kind of tight, defensive structure a lot of teams have been employing.

NOTES — Carey Price will start in goal for Canada, his third in four games at the Olympics. Price allowed two goals on 35 shots total through two games.

Russia rolls into quarters with win over Norway

Slovenia’s Tina Maze passes a gate in the first run of the women’s giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

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Political climates heat up while Maze rules slushy Sochi slopes

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCHI, Russia — The politics got a little hotter. The slopes got a lot slushier.

On a day when the mountain courses seemed better suited for the crawl or butterfly but posed no obstacle to Tina Maze, the Sochi Olympics took a more overt political turn.

Two members of the punk group Pussy Riot — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina — were among nine people detained Tuesday while walking in downtown Sochi. All were later released and no charges were filed.

The two group members burst from the police station wearing trademark ski masks — one pink, one blue. Police said they were questioned about a theft at the hotel where they were staying.

Pussy Riot has become an international flashpoint for those who contend Vladimir Putin’s government has exceeded its authority in dealing with an array of issues, notably human and gay rights.

“We are constantly surrounded by people ... who are shadowing us, following our every move and looking for any excuse to detain us,” Tolokonnikova said after her release.

At the Olympic Park, the Russian hockey team looked plenty vulnerable in its opening hockey game in the elimination round, defeating Norway 4-0 in a game that — despite the scoreline — was anything but a rout.

No questions, however, about the Dutch speedskaters. Jorrit Bergsma won the men’s 10,000 metres to lead another sweep of the medals for the Netherlands.

Seven gold medals were on offer on Day 12 and among the winners were Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway in biathlon, Pierre Vaultier of France in snowboardcross, South Korea in short track relay and Joergen Graabak of Norway in Nordic combined.

SKIING: Neither rain nor snow could keep Maze from her appointed rounds. The Slovenian skier captured her second gold

medal of these games by winning the giant slalom. Maze was in full command, leading all the way and finishing 0.07 seconds ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria. Defending champion Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany was the bronze medallist and teen sensation Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. was fifth in her Olympic debut.

Last week, Maze tied for the gold medal in the downhill in glorious sunshine. On Tuesday, the sun seemed lost in the hills. Maze marked the moment in the spirit of Michael Phelps, simulating a breaststroke in the icy slop. “We are all wet, so I said, ‘Why not?”’

Maze said. “It’s been a great day for me.”

HOCKEY: Russia is playing under immense pressure in Sochi. It did not look strong in the preliminary round, and that was the case against Norway, which hasn’t won an Olympic hockey game since its home Lillehammer Games in 1994. The game was scoreless after one period and 2-0 after two.

Russia got two goals from Alexander Radulov and advanced to the quarterfinals against Finland on Wednesday. Latvia, the Czech Republic and Slovenia also advanced to the quarterfinals.

SPEEDSKATING: The podium has become a second home for the Dutch, with the walls painted orange. Bergsma set an Olympic record with his time of 12 minutes, 44.45 seconds. He was followed by Sven Kramer and Bob de Jong, sending the Dutch to their fourth podium sweep at this venue and giving them a total of 19 speedskating medals. Kramer had to settle for silver after botching certain victory in this race in Vancouver four years ago with a baffling mistake in a lane change.

BIATHLON: Svendsen edged Martin Fourcade of France to win gold in the men’s 15-kilometre mass start biathlon. They both finished in 42 minutes, 29.1 seconds, with Svendsen’s ski crossing the line a fraction ahead. This was Svendsen’s fourth career Olympic medal but first in Sochi. Ondrej Moravec of Czech Republic won bronze for his second medal of the games.

SNOWBOARD: Vaultier held

off Nikolay Olyunin of Russia to win the gold medal in men’s snowboardcross on a choppedup course slowed by drizzle.

Alex Deibold of the U.S., a wax technician for the Americans in Vancouver four years ago, took the bronze. Italy’s Omar Visintin was removed by a stretcher after crashing in the semifinals. The event was pushed back a day because of heavy fog.

SHORT TRACK: South Korea won the 3,000-meter relay, passing China on the last lap to take the lead. Four years ago in Vancouver, the South Koreans finished first, but were disqualified and China got the gold. Italy took the bronze, giving Arianna Fontana her third medal in Sochi.

NORDIC COMBINED: Norway delivered a one-two finish in the Nordic combined large hill. Graabak broke away from a five-man group with about 100 metres left in the cross-country race, finishing six-tenths of a second ahead of Magnus Moan. Fabian Riessle of Germany won the bronze.

FREESTYLE SKIING: Skiing through sleet and snow, David Wise ended up with gold in men’s ski halfpipe. The American scored a 92 on his first run, which held up as the weather worsened. Mike Riddle won silver for Canada, and Kevin Rolland took bronze for France.

BOBSLED: Lauryn Williams and Elana Meyers in USA-1 lead at the halfway point of the bobsled. Williams, a two-time medallist in track at the Summer Games, and Meyers made two trips down the Sanki Sliding Center track in 1 minute, 54.89 seconds to open a 0.23-second lead over Canada’s Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse. USA-2’s Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans are in third. American track star Lolo Jones is in 11th with teammate Jazmine Fenlator in USA-3.

CURLING: Britain reached the semifinals in men’s curling by beating Norway 6-5 in a tiebreaker. The game came down to the final shot, and British skip David Murdoch delivered. The British will face Sweden in the semifinals Wednesday while Canada plays China.

SOCHI, Russia — Slovenia added another chapter to its feel-good story.

The Slovenes beat Austria 4-0 on Tuesday in the men’s hockey Olympic qualification round, earning a spot among the final eight teams at the Sochi Games.

A little more than a year ago, no one thought Slovenia would even be here playing with the best hockey teams in the world.

It will not be easy for the Slovenes to stay on the stage because they’ll play top-seeded Sweden on Wednesday in the first of four quarterfinal games.

Russia managed to stay at the party it is hosting by beating Norway 4-0 after a slow start.

The Russians will have to stay on a roll to beat Finland, the only nation with three medals in the NHL era of the Olympics, to move on to the semifinals.

The Czech Republic held off rival Slovakia, a winless team that fell well short of expectations, with a 5-3 win after having a four-goal lead

late in the second period.

Latvia won its first Olympic hockey game in 12 years, surprising Switzerland 3-1, to draw defending champion Canada in the quarterfinals.

Los Angeles Kings star Anze Kopitar, the only NHL player on Slovenia’s team, scored his team’s first goal and that helped him extend the unique experience of playing for his father at the Olympics.

Slovenia is playing Olympic hockey for the first time and has two wins.

“Let’s say it is a miracle because this is really amazing,” goaltender Robert Kristan said after a 30-save shutout. “Small Slovenia, playing in the quarterfinal of the Olympic Games?”

Norway would’ve needed a miraculous victory to knock off the Russians, and it seemed to have a shot until early in the second period when Alexander Radulov ended the hosts’ scoreless streak that lasted more than 100 minutes.

The patient, puckmoving Finns will be tough to eliminate.

“It is do-or-die games right now,” Russia’s slumping superstar Alex Ovechkin said.

WOMEN’S BOBSLED

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse don’t know how much work they still have to do if they want to defend their Olympic title.

It’s just the way they like it.

Calgary’s Humphries and Moyse, from Summerside, P.E.I., sit 0.23 seconds behind leaders Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams of the United States after a pair of runs Tuesday.

The gap isn’t insurmountable, but the pair will need Meyers and Williams to slow down during Wednesday’s final two runs after the Americans set a start and track record of 57.26 seconds in their first heat.

Meyers and Williams finished with a combined time of 1:54.89, just better than the 1:55.12 mark set

by Humphries and Moyse. Humphries wasn’t going to be bothered by what she didn’t know.

“We just try to have fun. Knowing where other people are just complicates that,” she said.

Another American sled was third, with Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans are third, 0.56 seconds back of their teammates.

Edmonton’s Jenny Ciochetti and Chelsea Valois of Zenon Park, Sask., were 13th.

Humphries and Moyse, who took gold at the 2010 Vancouver Games, were favourites to repeat after winning three World Cup events this season and edging Meyers for the overall championship by one point.

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Lowry leads Raptors past Wizards

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Raptors 103 Wizards 93 WASHINGTON — It took the Toronto Raptors a little while to get going in their first game since the All-Star break.

Guard Kyle Lowry eventually provided a jump start.

Lowry had 24 points and 10 assists as the Raptors broke open a close game in the third quarter and held on for a 10393 win over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.

“He took the game over in the middle of the third quarter and willed us to a win,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said.

Leading by six at halftime, the Atlantic Division leading Raptors pushed the lead to 17 as DeMar DeRozan’s driving layup started a 15-2 run midway through the third quarter.

Lowry scored nine of the 15 points with a variety of shots, including a driving lay-up, a short fall-away jumper and a corner 3-pointer that made it 78-61 late in the period. He played the entire 12 minutes scored 14 points in the quarter.

“I just was getting more looks, trying to attack a little more” said Lowry, who wasn’t named an All-Star, but came

in averaging 16.7 points 7.6 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. “That first game out of the break is always tough and I didn’t want to let that be an excuse for us to lose the game.”

Five Raptors joined Lowry in double figures, including Amir Johnson, who returned after missing two games with a sore right ankle. He scored 14 points.

The Raptors, who have won three straight, also got 14 from Greivis Vasquez and DeRozan, who addressed the team before the game.

“Just (told) everybody to be focused,” DeRozan said. “Each and every single game matters from here on out especially if we want to do something special. We can’t take any nights off. These thirty games are going to be big and we have to start tonight.”

The Raptors led by as many as 20 midway through the fourth quarter, before being held without a field goal for the final 7:36. The Wizards pulled to within 99-90 on a 3-pointer by Martell Webster with 2:04 left.

Following a steal, Nene’s layup made it 99-92. After John Wall collected a steal, Nene made one of two free throws with 1:32 left, but Lowry hit a

pair of free throws, however, to make it 101-93 with 1:02 left.

Toronto shot 57 per cent from the field (42-of-74) for the game, and finished with 60 points inside.

“We had trouble guarding off the dribble tonight,” Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. “We defended pretty much a lot of their sets and then it gets down to seven, eight seconds on the shot clock and they break you down off the dribble. That’s how they get 60 points in the paint.”

Wall led the Wizards with 22 points, but went 0-for-7 from the field in the second half, and Marcin Gortat added 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Washington has lost three straight and five of six. The Wizards are 0-3 against Toronto, and fell to 13-14 at home this season.

“They stayed with it,” Wittman said of the fourth quarter rally.

“We got the floor spread, made some shots. Uncharacteristically, (we) turned some shots down tonight. I thought we weren’t as aggressive from our perimeters with Brad (Beal), Trevor (Ariza) and Martell.

Beal played nearly 37 minutes and went 2-of-10 from the field, finishing with nine

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Toronto Raptors Kyle Lowry (7) and Washington Wizards Garrett Temple, left, fight for the ball during the second half of an NBA game in Washington, Tuesday. The Raptors won 103-93. Wizards power Nene Hilario, back center, looks on. points, while Webster finished with seven and Ariza six.

“I was just taking what they were giving me. I found my teammates open,” Beal said.

“We just didn’t make shots and that’s all it was. Did I have a few? Maybe. But I’m the one who’s taking them and feeling comfortable and I didn’t feel comfortable taking them.”

The post All-Star Break opener paired the teams currently in third place (Toronto) and sixth in the Eastern Conference when play began.

The score was tied after one, but reserves Tyler Hansbrough and Vasquez (four points each) manufactured an 8-2 Toronto run early in the second quarter.

Hudec ends alpine ski medal drought with super-G bronze

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — A high pain threshold and the fervent belief he had more to accomplish in ski racing put an Olympic medal around Jan Hudec’s neck.

With bone grinding on bone in his right knee and an aching back that had him bedridden just a few weeks ago, the 32-year-old Calgarian won bronze in Sunday’s super-G for Canada’s first Olympic alpine ski medal since Edi Podivinsky’s downhill bronze in 1994.

Seven knee surgeries — six on the right and one on the left, and four of them full-on reconstructions —stalled Hudec’s racing career several times between 2003 and 2010.

“It’s a story of perseverance and pa-

tience and humility sometimes,” Hudec said. “A silver lining is bronze today.”

Kjetil Jansrud won the fourth straight Olympic super-G gold medal for Norway in a time of one minute 18.14 seconds. Jansrud also won bronze in the downhill. Andrew Weibrecht of the United States was the super-G silver medallist .30 seconds back of Jansrud.

Hudec actually tied for third with American veteran Bode Miller, the oldest alpine skier to medal at 36, in 1:18.67.

The Canadian joked he would rather have shared gold before adding sincerely he wished he shared the podium with one of his teammates.

“As long as they don’t give me just half the medal I’m fine with it,” Hudec

LOCAL

BRIEFS Rebels White drop major bantam playoff series opener The Rebels White lost the opening game of the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League division final playoff series Tuesday, against the Rocky Mountain Raiders.

Second period goals from Zachary Kungle and Josh Tarzwell would be good enough to tie the game heading into the third period for the visiting team.

The Raiders then scored with less than a minute remaining in the game which was the difference in the opening game in the best-of-three series.

Adding assists for the Rebels were Jeremy Klessens and Nathan Kartusch. In goal for the Rebels was Dawson Weatherill who stopped 26 shots in the loss.

The next game between the two teams will take place Saturday starting at 2 p.m. at the Arena.

Lightning teams open against Lloydminster in basketball tournament Both host teams will face Lloydminster in their opening games of the annual Hunting Hills senior basketball tournament.

The Lightning open both the boys’ and girls’ tournaments at 3 p.m. Friday.

Archbishop MacDonald of Edmonton clashes with Notre Dame at 4:45 p.m. in both divisions with Bowness and Lindsay Thurber meeting at 6:30 p.m. in both divisions. The final girls’ game sees W.R. Myers of Taber meeting Grande Prairie at 8:15 p.m. while on the boys’ side Grande Prairie meets Rundle College of Calgary.

The semifinals go at noon and 1:45 p.m. in both divisions with the girls’ final at 7 p.m., followed by the boys.

Raiders teams split with Wetaskiwin The Lindsay Thurber Raiders senior high basketball teams split their games against the Sabres in Wetaskiwin, Tuesday night.

The Raider boys lost to the Sabres 75-63 where Trent Hebert had 22 points and Connor Dusdal added 15 points for the home side. The top scorer for the Raiders was Tanner Rein who ended the game with 26 points.

On the girls side it was the Raiders pulling out the 56-51 win led by Lizzy Morneault who scored 16 points and Kelsey Lalor added another 14 points.

The Sabres top scorer was Chantelle Gamez who finished with 11 points.

Prairie Academy hosting fifth annual cheer competition Saturday The Prairie Academy will host their fifth annual cheerleading competition — the Red Deer Cheer and Dance — at Lindsay Thurber Saturday.

Over 100 teams from Alberta, including 13 from Prairie, will compete with athletes ranging in age from four years to adult. There will be six events, beginning at 8 a.m. and finishing at 6:45 p.m.

The Prairie Academy was first established in Edmonton in 2004 and expanded to Red Deer in 2009.

The Red Deer program has 200 competitors ranging in age from four to 18.

quipped.

With several veterans who have stood on the podium at World Cup and world championships, the men’s downhill team represented Canada’s best chance at an alpine medal in the mountains near Sochi.

Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., passed Steve Podborski for the most World Cup medals won by a Canadian this winter. He was fifth in both downhill and super-G at the 2010 Winter Games.

But the Canadians were kept off the podium in the downhill. Guay was the top Canadian in 10th in the downhill and he was disqualified in super-G. Morgan Pridy of Whistler, B.C., was 10th on Sunday and Manuel OsborneParadis of Ivermere, B.C., tied for 24th.

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SILVER: Focus

REBELS: Desperation

“We don’t really look at times so I don’t even know how big the gap is,” Humphries said. “And we don’t want to know.

“Heather and I go in and focus on ourselves. I have no idea how anyone else did, how their runs were. We stick to us.”

“We just try to have fun,” she added. “Knowing where other people are just complicates that.”

With the Raiders hot on their heels, there is every expectation that the Rebels will play with a sense of desperation tonight, through Friday and Saturday homes dates with Vancouver and Swift Current, and beyond.

“Every single game from here on out will have a playoff feel and will the biggest game of the year for us,” said Bleackley “They (Raiders) are tight to us and no one is going to do us any favours. We have to take care of our own business and that’s all we should expect.”

The Rebels have stumbled their way through February, but they’re capable of putting together a positive run. There is a precedent — the club recorded five consecutive wins before hitting the skids.

“It’s there and we’ve shown it, it’s just maintaining that on a consistent basis,” said Bleackley. “Good teams do not win five and then lose seven, or whatever.

“It’s a huge issue right now, but there’s still 12 games left and once we do get into the form like we had on the streak I think we can be kind of a scary team.”

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throughout his career and it’s awesome that he can put it together on such big days,” Guay said. “He’s done it at world championships. He’s had so many injuries that have kept him out of the game. He really showed up today and he threw it down in a big way.

“It’s incredible and I’m thrilled for him as a teammate.”

Podborski, Canada’s chef de mission in Sochi, called Hudec a “warrior.”

“Every ski racer’s journey is full of accidents and pain and recovery,” he said. “In every sport you lose way more than you win and that makes the victories all that more sweet. He did a fantastic job today.”

Hudec’s sense of humour has seen him through the times when he thought his body would not let him continue racing.

RDC: Athletes of week ● Basketball dominated the Boston Pizza RDC athlete of the week voting with guard Matt Johnson receiving the top male award and guard Dedra Janvier taking home the top female award.

Johnson had 35 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in the two games against Lethbridge while Janvier was player of the game Saturday with 17 points and five assists. ● Kings volleyball received the Breathing Room team of the week award. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 196 147 St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84 196 135 Chicago 60 35 11 14 84 207 163 San Jose 59 37 16 6 80 175 142 Colorado 58 37 16 5 79 174 153 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68 139 128 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 145 147 Dallas 58 27 21 10 64 164 164 Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64 163 169 Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63 146 160 Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62 168 175 Nashville 59 25 24 10 60 146 180 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.

Olympic break until Feb. 25

Team Canada at the recent world junior championship . . . Tristan Jarry is second among WHL goalies with a 2.25 goals-against average. He has also posted a league-best seven shutouts . . . Edmonton recorded franchise records for most goals and most power-play goals (six) in a single game with Monday’s 12-0 route of the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Injuries: Edmonton — RW Luke Bertolucci (upper body, one week), D Aaron Irving (upper body, one week), RW Mitchell Walter (lower body, two weeks).

Red Deer — LW Presten Kopeck (upper body, week-to-week).

Special teams: Edmonton — Power play 20.8 per cent, 13th overall; penalty kill 85.2 per cent, second.

Red Deer — Power play 19.7 per cent, 16th overall; penalty kill 82.3 per cent, fifth.

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Olympics S 6 4 8 4 9 3 1 6 5 2 0 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0

B 8 10 6 7 4 4 5 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1

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What Canada Did on Tuesday, Feb. 18 SOCHI, Russia — What Canada Did on Tuesday at the 2014 Winter Olympics: ALPINE SKIING Women’s Giant Slalom - Erin Mielzynski, Guelph, Ont., finished 21st with a time of two minutes 40.69 seconds, 3.82 seconds out of first, after coming in 20th in the opening run and 18th in the final run.

Marie-Michele Gagnon (Lac-Etchemin, Que.) and Marie-Pier Prefontaine (St-Sauveur, Que.) did not finish their opening run.

BIATHLON Men’s 15 km Mass Start - Brendan Green, Hay River, N.W.T., 9th, (43 minutes, 38.3 seconds, +1:09.2); Jean-Philippe Le Guellec, Shannon, Que., 10th, (43:41.6); Nathan Smith, Calgary, DNF. BOBSLEIGH Women’s - Kaillie Humphries (Calgary) and Heather Moyse (Summerside. P.E.I.), are second overall after two runs with a time of one minute 55.12 seconds, 0.23 of a second out of first. Jennifer Ciochetti (Edmonton) and Chelsea Valois (Zenon

Park, Sask.) are 13th (1:57.06). Heats 3 and 4 take place on Feb. 19.

FREESTYLE SKIING Men’s Ski Halfpipe - Mike Riddle (Sherwood Park) won the silver medal with a second run score of 90.60, 1.40 points out of gold. Noah Bowman (Calgary) was fifth overall (82.60) while Justin Dorey (Vernon, B.C.), who was first in the qualifying round, fell in both final runs and ended up 12th (20.40).

SHORT TRACK Men’s 500 m - Charle Cournoyer, Boucherville, Que., (41.18) and Olivier Jean, Lachenaie, Que., (41.616) both won their heats and advanced to the quarter-finals on Friday. Defending Olympic champion Charles Hamelin, Montreal, (1:18.871) fell and finished fourth in his heat and failed to advance.

Ladies’ 1000 m - Valerie Maltais, La Baie, Que., (1:28.771) and Marie-Eve Drolet, Chicoutimi, Que., (1:31.273) both advanced to the quarter-finals on Friday, finishing their heats first and second respectively. Marianne St-Gelais, St-Felicien (2:05.206) did not qualify for the quarter-final.

Ladies’ 3000 m Relay - Canada moved up to the silver medal position after China was disqualified.

Marie-Eve Drolet (Chicoutimi, Que.), Jessica Hewitt (Kamloops, B.C.), Valerie Maltais (La Baie, Que.), Marianne St-Gelais (St-Felicien, Que.) finished with a time of four minutes, 10.641 seconds, 1.143 seconds out of gold.

SNOWBOARD Men’s Snowboard Cross - Kevin Hill (Vernon.

B.C.) did not finish his semifinal race and placed 8th overall. Christopher Robanske (Calgary) was disqualified in his quarter-final race and finished 17th overall. Jake Holden (Caledon, Ont.) did not advance in his qualifying heat, while Robert Fagan (Cranbrook, B.C.) was disqualified from his. Both finished tied for 25th overall.

HOCKEY Men Group A Tuesday, Feb. 18 Qualification Playoff Round Slovenia 4 Austria 0 Russia 4 Norway 0 Czech Republic 5 Slovakia 3 Latvia 3 Switzerland 1 Wednesday, Feb. 19 Quarterfinals Slovenia at Sweden, 1 a.m.

Russia at Finland, 5:30 a.m.

Latvia at Canada, 10 a.m.

Czech Republic at United States, 10 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 21 Semifinals TBAA at TBAH, 5 a.m.

TBAA at TBAH, 10 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 22 Bronze Medal Game TBAA at TBAH, 8 a.m.

Sunday, Feb. 23 Gold Medal Game TBAA at TBAH, 5 a.m.

nounced the retirement of WR Terrence Edwards.

HOCKEY American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Adirondack C Kris Newbury four games, G Cal Heeter three games, LW Zack FitzGerald two games, C Ben Holmstrom and LW Tye McGinn one game and Portland RW Kyle Hagel two games for their actions during Sunday’s game.

BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Loaned D Mike Keenan to Stockton (ECHL).

MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Recalled G Scott Darling from Cincinnati (ECHL).

Central Hockey League

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Sunday

● College volleyball: Alberta Colleges men’s championship at RDC; RDC vs.

Briercrest, 6 p.m., other games at 1, 3 and 8 p.m. ● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills tournament. ● WHL: Vancouver at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Three Hills, second game of best-of-three North Division survivor series, 8 p.m. ● Senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, third game of best-of-seven provincial semifinal, 8:30 p.m.

● Skiing: Red Deer Ski Club, Provincial Racers U12, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Canyon Ski Resort. ● College volleyball: Alberta Colleges men’s championship at RDC; games at 11 a.m. and 1 (bronze-medal) and 3:30 p.m.(gold-medal). ● Senior AAA hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, fifth game of best-of-seven provincial semifinal, if neccesary, 2 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Orangemen, Dream Team vs. Rusty Chuckers, Triple Threat vs. The Secret Runs, 4:15 p.m.; Monstars vs. Carster, Wells Furniture vs. Woodys RV, Triple A Batteries vs. Alken Basin Drillers, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Aero Equipment at Red Deer Northstar, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

Saturday

● Skiing: Red Deer Ski Club, Provincial Racers U12, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Canyon Ski Resort. ● Cheerleading: Fifth annual Prairie

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 29 24 .547 — Brooklyn 24 27 .471 4 New York 20 33 .377 9 Boston 19 35 .352 10 Philadelphia 15 40 .273 15 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 38 14 .731 — Atlanta 25 27 .481 13 Washington 25 28 .472 13 Charlotte 24 30 .444 15 Orlando 16 39 .291 23 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 41 12 .774 — Chicago 27 25 .519 13 Detroit 22 31 .415 19 Cleveland 21 33 .389 20 Milwaukee 10 43 .189 31

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Detroit at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

New York at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Boston at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Utah, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Portland, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

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Thursday’s Games Miami at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Denver at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

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

Thursday Morning Ladies High Single: Judy Waisanen 269. High Triple: Glenda Regnier 649.

Thursday Afternoon Special Olympics Mixed High Single: Dan Critchley 261. High Double: Tyler Jennings 417.

Thursday Mixed High Single: Anthony Streit 418. High Triple: Streit 810.

Monday Scratch League High Single: Shawna Pirie-Laisnez 354. High Quad: Anthony Streit 1,150.

Sunday Fun League High Single: Shelby Chrest 311. High Triple: Chrest 744.

Pts 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

U16 AA Sting pick win and pair of ties on weekend The Central Alberta Sting U16 AA ringette squad won once and tied twice in exhibition play in Calgary during the weekend.

The Sting defeated the Calgary Edge 9-8 on Saturday and tied Calgary KODA 5-5 and 6-6 on Sunday.

Gillian Dreger led the Sting on Saturday with three goals while Brenna Parent and Sydney Cherniak added two each and Shae-Lyn Baxter and Rylee Frank potted single markers.

Gillian Dreger had two goals in the first game against KODA with singles added MacKenzie Lindholm, Frank and Cherniak.

Dreger also scored twice in the second game with Parent, Frank, Lindholm and Bryn Lunn connecting once each.

The Sting go into the provincials, Feb. 28-March 2 in Calgary ranked No. 1 with KODA second and the Edge third.

In other play Saturday against Calgary, the Sting U14AA squad lost 9-5 and the U19AA team dropped an 11-5 decision.

Reese Pollitt had two goals for the U14AA Sting with singles added by Brianna Abell, Saxon Anderson and Hannah Morrison. Emma West had three goals for the U19AA Sting with Kelsie Caine and Cheyenne Coon scoring once each.

Both the U14 and U19 teams will compete in the provincials.

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Tuesday’s Games Indiana 108, Atlanta 98 Cleveland 114, Philadelphia 85 Toronto 103, Washington 93 Charlotte 108, Detroit 96 Milwaukee 104, Orlando 100 Memphis 98, New York 93 Miami 117, Dallas 106 Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, late

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RINGETTE

ARIZONA SUNDOGS — Signed F Kyle Beattie.

Southern Professional Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMEN — Signed C Locke Jillson to a three-game tryout.

SOCCER Major League Soccer COLORADO RAPIDS — Signed G John Berner.

National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Signed F Nanase Kiryu.

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BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Justin Masterson on a one-year contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with OF Brett Carroll on a minor league contract.

National League NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with LHP Dana Eveland and RHP Buddy Carlyle on minor league contracts.

American Association AMARILLO SOX — Signed RHP Derek Blacksher.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed RHP Travis Parker.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Sold the contract of OF Ryan Scoma to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Can-Am League ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Traded RHP Bobby Blevins to Long Island for a player to be named and cash.

Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed RHP Justin Erasmus to a contract extension. Signed RHP Seth McWilliams.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Signed INF Max Casper.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed RHP Ethan Elias.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS — Signed F Jarvis Varnado to a 10-day contract.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Assigned F Andre Roberson to Tulsa (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS —Signed OL Gabe Carimi.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed WR Chris Matthews to a reserve/future contract.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released LB T.J. Hill.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — An-

Thursday

● Men’s basketball: Gord Scott Nissan vs. Sheraton Red Deer, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Orangemen, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Heritage Lanes Weekly Results Monday Club 55 plus High Single: Ray Clark 256. High Triple: Mariano Campos 659.

Monday Mixed High Single: Ken Bement 268. High Triple: Daren Derksen 715.

Tuesday Mixed High Single: Brian Crawford 326. High Triple: DJ Hynek 687.

Wednesday Club 55 plus High Single: Don Knowler 296. High Triple: Knowler 756.

Wednesday Mixed High Single: Rollie Gervais 290. High Triple: Gervais 790.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

● JV basketball: Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, Camrose at Hunting Hills, Innisfail at Stettler, Ponoka at Rocky Mountain House, Lacombe at Wetaskiwin; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Red Deer, first game of best-of-three North Division survivor series, 8:15 p.m., Arena.

Bowling

HOCKEY Women Saturday, Feb. 15 Quarterfinals Sweden 4 Finland 2 Switzerland 2 Russia 0 Monday, Feb. 17 Semifinals United States 6 Sweden 1 Canada 3 Switzerland 1 Thursday, Feb. 20 Bronze Medal Game Switzerland at Sweden, 5 a.m.

Gold Medal Game Canada at United States, 10 a.m.

Olympic Men’s Hockey Scoring Leaders G A Kessel, U.S. 4 3 Grabner, Aut 5 1 Radulov, Rus 3 3 Doughty, Cda 4 1 Karlsson, Swe 3 2 Datsyuk, Rus 2 3 Carter, Cda 3 1 Darzins, Lat 3 1 Maatta, Fin 2 2 Weber, Cda 2 2 Jeglic, Svn 2 2 Zidlicky, Cze 2 2 Oshie, U.S. 1 3 Pavelski, U.S. 1 3 Ruutu, Fin 1 3 Plekanec, Cze 1 3 Marleau, Cda 0 4 van Riemsdyk, U.S. 0 4 Vatanen, Fin 0 4

Academy competition, first of six competitions at 9 a.m., final at 6:45 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills tournament. ● College volleyball: Alberta Colleges men’s championship at RDC; games at 1, 3, 6 and 8 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● Major bantam hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer White, second game of best-of-three divisional semifinal, 2 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Swift Current at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Red Deer, third game of best-ofthree North Division survivor series, if necessary, 8 p.m., Arena.

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

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

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KILLINGS OF 2003 LEAD TO FORMATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNITS

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

PHOTO RADAR LOCATIONS Red Deer City RCMP photo radar could be at the following sites until Feb. 28: (school zones) Lancaster Drive, 42A Avenue, Douglas Avenue and 48th Avenue; (playground zones) Ellenwood Drive, Cornett Drive, 57th Avenue, Niven Street, Glendale Boulevard, and Dempsey Street; (traffic corridors) 49th Street, Taylor Drive, Edgar Industrial Drive, 49th Avenue, 50th Avenue and 40th Avenue. The RCMP Traffic Services Department reserves the option to change locations without notice.

A brutal case of domestic violence that cost a mother and her child their lives in Red Deer in 2003 changed the way cases like that were handled by local RCMP. The lessons learned so tragically when Josif Fekete shot and killed his estranged wife Blagica and their three-year-old son Alex were used to develop a protocol to much more effectively respond to incidents of domestic violence.

The Red Deer detachment now has a five-member domestic violence unit supported by another four civilian social workers. Weekly meetings are held with the local women’s shelter to ensure communication lines remain open.

In Edmonton last week, it was announced that new Alberta Police Services and Women’s Shelter Working Relationship Guidelines have been completed.

The guidelines update an agreement between the RCMP and women’s shelters and adds municipal and First Nations police forces.

The document does not change much locally because measures on how to handle domestic violence cases have already been in place for years.

The guidelines are more of a testament to the success of initiatives like those in place in Red Deer and area.

Red Deer RCMP acting detachment commander Insp. David Elliott said the relationship with the women’s shelter has been working very well.

“Our employees and members work very

closely with the shelter,” he said. “It’s a very close working relationship.”

The protocols announced recently provide guidance to other police forces on how to create similar relationships, as well as provide checklists for officers and shelter workers dealing with incidents of domestic violence.

Elliott said it’s positive to see the initiative expanded throughout the province.

“There are other police forces in the province that have domestic violence units, and I know as time goes forward there will be more RCMP units set up.”

For instance, locally, there is a domestic violence co-ordinator who provides a link for surrounding detachments. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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MEDALS FOR SERVICE TO HEALTH CARE IN ALBERTA The Alberta Medical Association is seeking nominations for individuals who have contributed to the quality of health care in the province. The Alberta Medal of Honour is awarded to a nonphysician who has raised the standards of health care and contributed to the advancement of medical research, medical education, health-care organization, health education and/or health promotion to the public.

As well, the Medal for Distinguished Service is awarded to physicians who have made outstanding personal contributions to medicine and Albertans.

Nominations can be made by an individual or organization. Awards will be presented in September at the AMA annual general meeting. The deadline for nominations is April 30.

To download nomination forms, go to www. albertadoctors.org/about/ awards/achievements or to request them by email contact janice.meredith@ albertadoctors.org.

HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH ART A five-hour workshop on Sunday by the Red Deer Pottery Club will teach participants the principles and practices of photo documentation of their art work, and how to take simple, inexpensive photos of that art. The workshop will be led by Paul Leathers and costs $50. Participants are asked to bring their own digital point and shoot camera or SLR camera. The workshop runs from noon to 5 p.m., in the Sportsman Room downstairs at the Red Deer Recreation Centre. To register, call Karen at 403347-0600.

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Having been postponed due to cold weather last week, the Red Deer School Ski Loppet went off under bright sunny skies and warm weather Tuesday afternoon. Over 500 students from Red Deer and area schools and home schools in grade four through high school took part in the annual event at River Bend Golf and Recreation Area. Skiers had the choice of skiing three- or five-kilometre courses.

Veteran fights to get insurer to pay for anesthetic

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer man was shocked when he was told he’d have to pay for the anaesthetic that would be used during his nonelective oral surgery.

“It’s a bit ridiculous,” said Chris Upsdell, a veteran who served with the Canadian Forces for 17 years. Alberta Health “say they cover the surgery but they don’t.”

Upsdell, 43, was told that Alberta Health would cover the procedure but not the drugs that would put him out — a necessity for the soft tissue biopsy he had done on his lip last week.

“It’s like saying you’ll pay for the surgery but you don’t get any instruments; doctors got to use a chisel.

“I asked the doctor if I should bring a bottle of whisky. He laughed but what’s a person to do if they can’t afford the anaesthetic?” The cost of the anaesthetic for the 15-minute surgery was $380, Upsdell said.

because the surgery was being covered by his provincial health care.

“They said they don’t cover surgeries that are covered by the province and that’s how it is but they did say they’d look into it,” said Upsdell.

On Thursday afternoon, Upsdell said he heard back from Sun Life with good news: they would step in to help cover what Alberta Heath didn’t, paying $342 of the total bill.

“I’m extremely — CHRIS UPSDELL pleased but I had to fight for it. What if this was happen“I have bills just like everyone ing to someone who didn’t know else. I have kids. I can’t pay that how to advocate for themselves?” up front.”

Upsdell served in Bosnia and According to Upsdell, Sun Life numerous other areas across the Financial, which handles insur- globe before leaving the forces in ance for the veterans who opt in 2006. on the plan, initially told him they couldn’t help him with the costs Please see ANAESTHETIC on Page C2

‘IT’S LIKE SAYING YOU’LL PAY FOR THE SURGERY BUT YOU DON’T GET ANY INSTRUMENTS... WHAT’S A PERSON TO DO IF THEY CAN’T AFFORD THE ANAESTHETIC.’

Three arrested during home invasion Three suspects were arrested on Monday in the middle of a home invasion that Red Deer City RCMP say was a targeted attack.

Police responded to a 4:30 a.m. call at a residence on 56th Avenue. There they found two suspects who were arrested at the scene with a handgun and masks.

A third suspect was arrested on foot walking near the residence, carrying a modified baseball bat.

The victim had been bound and gagged, and assaulted, but did not suffer life-threatening injuries.

Kyle Brice Connon, 27, of Red Deer, Bradley Amos Erickson, 39, of Red Deer, and Michael Wade Lawrence, 39, of Penhold, have each been charged with assault with a weapon, attempted robbery, forcible confinement, uttering threats, break and enter to commit assault causing bodily harm, disguised with

TARGETED ATTACK intent to commit an offence, personating a peace officer and conspiring to commit an indictable offence.

Connon, Erickson and Lawrence appeared in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday.

Connon and Lawrence will appear in court again on Friday. Erickson will make his next court appearance on Feb. 25.

Anyone with information that may assist the police in investigating this incident is asked to call Red Deer City RCMP at 403-343-5575.

If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www. tipsubmit.com.

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

Rescue team gets new home

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer County’s Technical Rescue Task Force and search and rescue volunteers will soon have a new home.

On Tuesday, council approved the purchase of a $2.9-million building south of Red Deer in Clearview Industrial Park. An additional $100,000 was approved for modifications, equipment and furniture.

The 12,800-square-foot building will be staffed by the county’s emergency management officer and emergency management co-ordinator.

It will provide training and office space for 35 search and rescue and technical rescue team members.

Office space will also be set aside for RCMP members working in the rural area.

Assistant county manager Ric Henderson said the building replaces an aging Quonset hut located at 19th Street and 40th Avenue.

“Council has been talking for some time about replacing that facility (volunteers) are in now,” said Henderson.

“That building has outlived its lifespan.”

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RESCUE: Training space Besides providing more room for storing equipment, the new building will provide much-needed training space.

The county will also use some of the space for records management.

Technical rescue volunteers have responded to numerous incidents in the county, including highangle and river rescues, and floods.

A team went to Canmore to help shore up homes undermined by flood waters last summer.

The team has also been called a number of times this winter to respond to farm buildings that had collapsed or been weakened by snow loads.

Henderson said they hope to be in the new building by the beginning of April. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

ANESTHETIC: Not always covered Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Canadian Forces veteran Chris Upsdell of Red Deer was initially charged $380 for anesthetic he needed for a surgery. He had to make several phone calls before his insurer finally agreed to pay for the expense. charged for anaesthetic is when it’s for a service or procedure that is being administered by someone who is not a doctor, such as a dentist, or if the service the anaesthetic is begin administered for is not covered under the health care insurance plan, such as cosmetic surgery.

According to Jessica Johnson, assistant director of communications at Alberta Health, oral surgeons are not medical doctors.

“They are specialists in the field of dentistry and they bill under the Oral and Maxillofacial Schedule of Benefits (OMSB),” she said. “Mr. Upsdell’s procedure is covered under the OMSB as it was an insured procedure. Without knowing specifics about what kind of anesthetic he received, it’s hard to say for

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No injures, danger after pipeline ruptures A TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. sweet natural gas pipeline ruptured north of Rocky Mountain House on Tuesday morning.

The 5 a.m. break happened about 10 km north of Rocky Mountain House.

The line has been shut down and there have been no injuries nor safety issues.

National Energy Board (NEB) spokesperson Rebecca Taylor said the amount of gas released has not been determined yet.

The rupture was discovered and reported by the company early Tuesday morning. It was detected when pipeline pressure dropped.

The nearest residence is located more than 500 metres from the break and residents there were informed, but no evacuation was necessary.

An emergency response team from the NEB was on the scene by early afternoon. The Transportation Safety Board is also investigating.

“They’ll be looking into the initial response to the pipeline rupture,” said Taylor.

“And then after that they’ll move into the investigation phase when they’ll be assessing the cause, and the contributing factors and what may have led to the pipeline rupture.”

TransCanada spokesman Shawn Howard said natural gas deliveries to Rocky Mountain House have not been affected.

The company has been working with the local natural gas distribution company to have a temporary supply of compressed gas delivered to customers.

Once the investigation is complete, TransCanada will submit its repair and long-term return to service plans to the NEB for approval, said Howard.

Glare may be factor in car-pedestrian accident

Red Deer residents are invited to join a conversation on crime prevention.

The Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre and the City of Red Deer are hosting a presentation and discussion on the topic of crime prevention on Feb. 26 from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Harvest Centre at Westerner Park, at 4847A 19th St. The presentation runs from noon to 2 p.m. and discussion will follow.

Lunch is also provided.

“This event gives residents an opportunity to find out about the work that has been done in Red Deer, to discuss various approaches and to weigh in on how we should proceed in the future,” said TerryLee Ropchan, Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre executive director.

Irvin Waller, a University of Ottawa criminology professor and government advisor, is scheduled to be the guest speaker and he will show how community partnerships and targeted investment in early childhood, youth and family programs can help those on the path to chronic offending avoid the path altogether.

Those interested in attending are asked to register by calling 403-3428115 or emailing communityservices@ reddeer.ca.

other fire alarms in the building.

The building was evacuated for 20 to 30 minutes as crews contained the fire and conducted air and gas monitoring for air quality before allowing others back in, Mulrooney said.

“The first responders did see some light smoke coming out of the fourth floor,” Dussault said.

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Two people were inside the fourth floor apartment at the time but no one was seriously injured.

Three engine companies and one ambulance responded to the call around 7:45 a.m. to the apartment building at 5140 62nd St. “One occupant of the suite was assessed on scene for smoke inhalation but was not transported to hospital,” said platoon chief Pat Mulrooney. “She was in the bedroom that was fully involved.”

A fire alarm allowed the two women who were living in the apartment to get out safely, said Shane Dussault, a fire prevention officer with Red Deer Emergency Services, and also set off

up the stairwell to the fourth floor but were able to save the units underneath from any water damage.

Dussault said he roughly estimates the damage to the unit, which will have to be rebuilt, at about $50,000.

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“They didn’t make me pay upfront because I told them I was trying to get more information. So the surgeon’s office was great. I still think it’s a bit of a cop out on Alberta Health’s part because they say they’re covering the surgery but they’re not covering it fully.

“It just doesn’t sound right to me. I get colonostrophies because I also have colitis and it’s the same drug they give me when I get a colonostrophy and I don’t have to pay for that.”

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Protesters defend camp AT LEAST NINE DEAD AFTER CLASHES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KYIV, Ukraine — Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons charged into the large opposition camp in Ukraine’s capital that has been the epicenter of nearly three months of antigovernment protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes Thursday.

The police dismantled some of the barricades on the perimeter of Independence Square, and many of the demonstrators’ tents were set on fire. But the 20,000 protesters fought back, armed with rocks, bats and fire bombs, and singing the Ukrainian national anthem.

Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko urged the protesters to defend the camp.

“We will not go anywhere from here,” Klitschko told the crowd, speaking from a stage in the square as fires burned around him, releasing huge plumes of smoke into the night sky. “This is an island of freedom and we will defend it,” he said.

Many heeded his call.

“This looks like a war against one’s own people,” said Dmytro Shulko, 35, who was heading toward the camp armed with a fire bomb. “But we will defend ourselves.”

The protesters appeared to sense that Ukraine’s political standoff was reaching a critical turning point after the deadliest violence yet was paralyzing the capital.

As the tents went up in flames, defiant protesters shouted “Glory to Ukraine!”

Earlier in the day, protesters attacked police lines and set fires outside parliament, accused President Viktor Yanukovych’s government of ignoring their demands once again.

As darkness fell, law enforcement agencies vowed to bring order to the streets and shut down subway stations in the capital. In Independence Square, Orthodox priests prayed for peace.

“We see that this regime again has begun shooting people; they want to sink Ukraine in blood. We will not give in to a single provocation,” opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the protesters. “We will not take one step back from this square. We have nowhere to retreat to. Ukraine is behind us, Ukraine’s future is behind us.”

The clashes dimmed hopes for an imminent so-

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Police clash with anti-government protesters outside Ukraine’s parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday.

Thousands of protesters clashed with police following new manoeuvring by Russia and the European Union to gain influence over this former Soviet republic.

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Fighting broke out early Tuesday in Malakal, which once was in rebel hands but is now mostly controlled by government troops, said South Sudanese military spokesman Col. Philip Aguer.

Aguer said the rebels now control parts of eastern Malakal and suggested they had received reinforcements from outside the country.

“Possible external support to the rebels is there,” Aguer said.

“There is lot of evidence that planes have been landing, planes dropping ammunition, whose planes we don’t know.

Where they came from we don’t know. That is the subject of an investigation.”

The same allegation was made by presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny, who said the rebels have the backing of “certain international actors.”

Neither official said who they believe is giving support to rebel forces.

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Food researchers find pizza that lasts 3 years MILITARY FOOD RESEARCHERS FIND HOLY GRAIL MEAL READY TO EAT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NATICK, Mass. — They call it the holy grail of ready-to-eat meals for soldiers: a pizza that can stay on the shelf for as long as three years and still remain good to eat.

Soldiers have been asking for pizza since lightweight individual field rations — known as meals ready to eat, or MREs — replaced canned food in 1981 for soldiers in combat zones or areas where field kitchens cannot be set up.

Researchers at a U.S. military lab in Massachusetts are closing in on a recipe that doesn’t require any refrigeration or freezing.

“You can basically take the pizza, leave it on the counter, packaged, for three years and it’d still be edible,” said Michelle Richardson, a food scientist at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center.

Scientists at the Natick labs also are responsible for developing equipment and clothing that improves soldiers’ combat effectiveness and their survival, but the quest for good pizza has

become known as the holy grail there.

Pizza is one of the most requested items when soldiers are asked every year what they’d like to see in their rations, said Richardson, who has spent nearly two years developing the recipe in a large kitchen full of commercial equipment.

Scientists’ efforts were long thwarted because moisture in tomato sauce, cheese and toppings migrated to the dough over time, resulting in soggy pizza that provided the perfect conditions for mould and disease-causing bacteria to grow.

But on-and-off research over the past few years helped them figure out ways to prevent moisture from migrating. That includes using ingredients called humectants — sugar, salt and syrups can do the trick — that bind to water and keep it from getting to the dough.

But that alone would not help the pizza remain fresh for three years at 80 degrees, so scientists tweaked the acidity of the sauce, cheese and dough to make it harder for oxygen and bacteria to thrive. They also added iron filings to the package to absorb any air remaining in the pouch.

How does it taste?

Most soldiers haven’t tried it because it’s still being developed, but Jill Bates, who runs the taste lab, said she was happy after tasting the latest prototype batch of pepperoni. She describes it as a pan pizza, with a crust that’s a little moist and not supercrispy.

“It pretty much tastes just like a typical pan pizza that you would make at home and take out of the oven or the toaster oven,” she said. “The only thing missing from that experience would be it’s not hot when you eat it. It’s room temperature.”

Turkey pepperoni pizza also will be available for soldiers who do not eat pork products.

David Accetta, a former Army lieutenant colonel and spokesman for the lab, tried the pizza and also liked it.

He said having food soldiers can relate to and enjoy has added benefits.

“In a lot of cases, when you are cold and tired and hungry, having a hot meal that’s something that you like and you would get at home, it increases your morale — and we consider that to be a force multiplier,” Accetta said.

Spaghetti is the most popular MRE

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A pizza that can last three years has been invented for military use. option. It has been on the menu since MREs were introduced, and it is the one thing that soldiers have never recommended be removed from MREs. Vegetarian tortellini is also one of the most popular choices.

The lab brings in food technologists to taste recipes and give feedback.

Girl worried over dad’s eating habits Dear Annie: I have an amazing dad.

He coaches my lacrosse team and is always up for a game in the yard. But I am growing very nervous about his health.

Dad eats fast food every day at work and comes home to enjoy a homecooked meal topped with a large amount of salt. He then sits in front of the TV with a huge bowl of buttered popcorn and a beer. If he’s not playing lacrosse with me in the yard, he gets no exercise at all.

Nothing is motivating my dad to watch what he eats. He is quite tall, so weight doesn’t show on him the way it might on someone else. But I happen to know that his cholesterol level is horrible, and no one could be healthy eating the way he does. I have approached my dad many times about this and even offered to prepare a lunch for him. He either ignores me or shrugs his shoulders and jokes about it.

I have run out of ideas. I desperately want my dad to be healthy, but I don’t want him to think he’s being bossed around by his 12-year-old daughter.

Any ideas? - Ignored in Louisville

Dear Ignored: You are sweet to be calls and comes over all the time. They worried about Dad, but please under- have two adult sons who have not been stand that until your father is ready told that they are legally divorced. to watch what he eats, nothing you say Yesterday, I got a call from my or do will make much difdaughter asking whether ference. He knows how you I had sent him a birthday feel, he knows his cholescard. I replied, “No, I don’t terol numbers, and chances consider him part of the are, your mom has also said family.” She said, “Well, he something to him. He may is the father of your grandwake up one morning and sons.” Did I do wrong? - Andecide to be healthier. Unnoyed Grandma til then, however, the most Dear Grandma: You are you can do is love him the not obligated to send your way he is and get him to ex-son-in-law a birthday join you for more lacrosse card, but he was a member in the backyard. of your family for 31 years Dear Annie: After 31 and probably still wants to years of marriage, my sonbe treated as such. And if MITCHELL in-law decided he was unyour daughter wants you to & SUGAR happy and wrote his own send him a card, it would divorce papers. My daughbe a kindness to do so. But ter read them and made a for heaven’s sake, one of couple of changes, and the them should notify the childivorce became final last dren of their parents’ legal year. status.

My ex-son-in-law was never a good Dear Annie: You printed a letter provider, and his indiscretions are far from “Concerned Sister,” who said her too numerous to list. However, he still sister’s clothing smells like her cat lit-

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are DATE: Benicio Del Toro, 47; Seal, 51; willing to negotiate and to review your Ray Winstone, 57 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Love professional choices. You might have and illusion come hand in hand to- omitted certain details that carry great day. Sometimes it can lead us into a importance to your stance now. You beautiful, far-fetched foreign territory strive to pick yourself up from where and sometimes, it can created total you fell and to execute your tasks with fogginess within our most significant great pride.

CANCER (June 21-July relationships. We chose 22): Don’t let outside forces which path we want to be affect your emotional mind consciously lost into: the set. You can pick up easily surreal one or even the on other’s opinion today, most surreal one. Money which you should become matters should be careindifferent to. You have a fully calculated today and spiritual mission that goes investments will not prove beyond the invisible. Carry worthwhile. on.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): today is your birthday, this Your social life is active coming year will mark a now and you seem to derive great shift within your submuch abundance and hapliminal world. You will be piness from your dreams. in a deeply reflective mode, ASTRO You are working towards constantly contemplating DOYNA repairing your weaknesses your next move. A female and this transformative exwill be prominent and of perience will certainly regreat help to you this year. vivify your subconscious.

You will derive much conVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): nectedness and mutual reLots of energy is channelled into your ceptivity from one another. It takes two partnership needs.

You will have to to tango.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You be- be honest with your requirements and lieve there is a karmic undertaking your partner’s wishes. Do they match that has to be accomplished. This task your long-range goals? Are you workis not apparent, but more spiritual in ing towards the same dreams? Decode nature. Even though you connect with your problems by communicating others today, try not to become too openly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If certain clingy to them. Later tonight, you are life habits are not healthy to your wellfuelling up!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are being, then you should work on them not afraid to voice your opinion when before your problems start controlling it comes to group sharing or participa- you. If you have deeply-rooted health

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concerns, deal with them thoroughly.

Do not ignore the details.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Life has a very mysterious way of teaching us how to manage our insecurities and to resolve them openly and explicitly.

You have a great potential to learn from them and become a stronger individual as a result. Let love be.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your private life might have certain issues that need to be dealt with before you can accommodate yourself and others into your own space. You strive to go deep into the foundations of your home structures in order to reinstall domestic peace.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You might as well put your best foot forward and show them what you got.

You are being noticed and taken into

ter box. She wants her to store the litter box in the garage.

Maybe the sister simply needs to clean the box more often. Animals are fastidious, especially cats. They like a clean place to do their business. Too many people are too lazy to take proper care of the cat’s boxes. I had seven litter boxes at one time. I cleaned them before I went to work, after coming home and before going to bed. Many friends visited me, and not one could smell the cat boxes. (And don’t use perfumes or air fresheners to mask the smell. They don’t work and may drive away the cat.) Think of it this way: Do you like going into a restroom where the previous user forgot to flush?

As an added bonus to cleaning the box often, you will also be alerted if your kitty is sick. - 42 Years of Experience in Jacksonville, Fla. 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. account. If communication barriers stopped you from expressing your true image, now is your chance to prove others wrong.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You were perhaps asking yourself if you are really worth enough to experience greatness and the comforts of life. If money was an issue, now you will figure out measures to implant that confidence so that you can carry on.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’re feeling intense and emotionally protective over your relationship. Do not mistake loyalty for jealousy. It can be tricky game. If you’re feeling alone without a partner, reach out to others.

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NYC MUSICIAN SEEKS TREATMENT AFTER ARREST ON HEROIN CHARGE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A musician arrested on heroinpossession charges amid an investigation into Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death hopes to resolve the case with treatment, according to a court filing Tuesday.

Saying that his heroin addiction was a major factor in his alleged crimes, Robert Vineberg asked for the case to go to a drug court designed to channel users to rehab instead of prison.

“Mr. Vineberg is desirous of confronting and successfully dealing with his substance abuse problem and becoming a sober, again-productive member of society,” wrote his lawyer, Edward Kratt.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office hasn’t yet responded to the request, and a judge hasn’t yet ruled.

Vineberg, 57, is a longtime jazz and pop studio musician who has played, under the name Robert Aaron, on albums by artists including David Bowie, Mick Jagger and the late Amy Winehouse. But his musical career has foundered in recent years.

As police followed a tip after Hoffman’s Feb. 2 death in an apparent heroin overdose, they said they found about 300 one-dose packets of heroin and $1,300 in cash in Vineberg’s apartment and music studio. He’s facing felony charges of possessing heroin with the intention to sell it, but he’s not charged with any role in Hoffman’s death.

If Vineberg, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday, is approved for drug court and succeeds in treatment, the charges could eventually be lowered or dismissed. He’s being held on $200,000 bond.

Vineberg has said he was a friend of Hoffman’s but has denied providing the heroin that authorities said they found in the Academy Award-winning actor’s apartment. Vineberg told the New York Post in a jail interview that his last contact with the actor was a December exchange of text messages about attempts both were making at sobriety.

New York state has long had drug-court programs, but a 2009 change in the state’s drug laws gave judges more discretion to send nonviolent, addicted offenders to treatment, on the theory that it would work better than prison at stopping them from reoffending.

About 2,600 people statewide were approved for drug court treatment in 2010, more than twice as many as in 2008, according to a state Division of Criminal Justice Services report.

Two of Vineberg’s neighbours, both 22, were arrested in the same investigation and charged with possessing two bags of cocaine.

They were also in court Tuesday; their lawyers plan to file papers fighting the misdemeanour charges. The attorneys have said the two had no connection to Hoffman.

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Jimmy Fallon appears with Will Smith, left, during his The Tonight Show debut on Monday, in New York. Fallon departed from the network’s Late Night on Feb. 7, after five years as host, and is now the host of The Tonight Show replacing Jay Leno after 22 years. The show is a ratings winner for NBC. Nielsen company figures released Tuesday show 11.3 million people tuned in to watch Fallon’s debut. It was the second-biggest audience for Tonight since May 2009, when Jay Leno stepped down for Conan O’Brien’s brief run as host. Fallon’s Tonight debut fell short of the 14.6 million who tuned in Feb. 6 to see Leno sign off, again, after 22 years as host in Burbank.

Notre Dame’s fine arts students putting on Annie Leapin’ Lizards!

A certain spunky, little redhaired orphan is about to make an appearance in Red Deer.

Notre Dame High School’s fine arts students are putting on Annie from Thursday to Saturday at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre.

The comic strip heroine of the beloved, family-friendly musical will be heading out into the wide world with her dog Sandy after foiling the nasty obstructions of orphanage matron, Miss Hannigan.

HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE In her search for the parents who abandoned her on the doorstep of the New York City orphanage, Annie will meet U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, billionaire Oliver Warbucks and other colourful characters.

This Red Deer production is directed by Jennifer Cocolicchio and stars Tevra Plamondon and Emily MacQuarrie.

Tomorrow and It’s a Hard-Knock Life are some popular songs from this adventure-filled production by Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin.

Shows run at 7 p.m. nightly, as well as at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Tickets are $20 from the school.

Members of the public can also attend a 7 p.m. pay-what-you-can preview performance tonight.

Pussy Riot members defiant after being detained in Olympic host city SOCHI, Russia — Russian punk group Pussy Riot burst onto the Olympic scene Tuesday when two of its members were picked up by police in host city Sochi — and then ran away defiant down a rain-soaked street a few hours later, shouting and wearing their trademark garish balaclavas.

The police questioning of Russia’s most recognizable punk rockers, along with detentions of gay rights and other activists in recent days, brought political tensions to the fore at Vladimir Putin’s showcase Winter Olympics.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, along with seven others, were held by police near Sochi’s ferry terminal, a popular area for fans celebrating the Olympics. Police said they were questioned in connection with a theft at the hotel where they were staying. No charges were filed.

“Putin will teach you how to love the motherland!” the women chanted on leaving the police station, their fists in the air and blue, pink and orange ski masks concealing their faces.

Pussy Riot gained international attention in 2012 after barging into Moscow’s main cathedral and performing a “punk prayer” in which they entreated the Virgin Mary to save Russia from Putin, who was on the verge of returning to the Russian presidency for a third term.

Tolokonnikova and Alekhina were sen-

tenced to two years in prison, but were released in December under an amnesty bill seen as a Kremlin effort to assuage critics of its human rights record before the Olympics.

Both women called for the boycott of the Sochi Games.

Tolokonnikova said Tuesday’s detention followed three days of police harassment. She also said the two band members were detained for several hours the previous two days.

“We members of Pussy Riot have been here since late Sunday and we were constantly detained since then,” Tolokonnikova said after her release.

“We are constantly surrounded by people, not you journalists, but people who are shadowing us, following our every move and looking for any excuse to detain us.”

Pussy Riot, a perfor-

mance-art collective involving a loose membership of feminists who edit their actions into music videos, has become an international flashpoint for those who contend Putin’s government has exceeded its authority in dealing with an array of issues, notably human and gay rights.

Tolokonnikova’s husband, Pyotr Verzilov, and other people who were detained on Tuesday insisted that Pussy Riot were not protesting or demonstrating when they were taken off the street.

But Tolokonnikova said the band is in Sochi with “the goal of staging a Pussy Riot protest.”

It was not immediately clear whether Pussy Riot would be staying in Sochi or whether they would be protesting in the coming days.

Yevgeny Feldman, a photographer who has been shadowing Pussy

Riot for the past two days and was detained with them Tuesday afternoon, said the band members were filming videos around town for a new song.

Tolokonnikova also said police had shoved her and other detainees and that the group would file a complaint about their treatment to Russia’s Investigative Committee.

The area where the group members were detained is in downtown Sochi, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) north of the seaside Olympic venues.

Russia has put severe limitations on protests in Sochi during the Olympics, ordering that any demonstration must get approval.

Russia’s suppression of protests has been widely denounced in the West and the Pussy Riot detentions brought renewed criticism.

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Russian punk group Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, in the blue balaclava, and Masria Alekhina, in the pink balaclava, make their way through a crowd after they were released from a police station, Tuesday, in Adler, Russia.

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ATHANASOPOULOS 1925 - 2014 Mr. Nicolaos ‘Nick’ Athanasopoulos of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at the Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre, Lacombe, Alberta on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at the age of 89 years. Nick will be lovingly remembered by his sons, Peter (Linda) Athanasopoulos of Blackfalds, Alberta and their daughter, Alyssa of Calgary, Alberta and son, James Athanasopoulos and his children, Vasili and Nicolas.

Nick was predeceased by his beloved wife, Stavroula in June of 2005. A Celebration of Nick’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Friday, February 21, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Father Timothy Chrapko officiating. Interment will follow at the Alto-Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta.

If desired, Memorial Donations in Nick’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Service and Interment Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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HOPE (nee) Gathercole Karen Marie Karen passed away at Red Deer Regional Hospital on Monday February 17, 2014.

Karen was born in Red Deer August 3 1952. Karen married Doug Hope February 16 1973. Karen leaves to mourn her loving husband of 41 years Doug Hope and their three children; Larry Hope, (Nicola) and his children Kyle, Adam, Emersen; Sherry Tremain (Vincent) and their children Ashley and Brandon; Teresa Hope (Danny) and her son Colton.

She also leaves to mourn her loss is her mother Jean (Claude) Day and her stepmother Martha Gathercole and 2 brothers, Alan and Mike Gathercole and several aunts, uncles, many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. Karen was predeceased by her son Trevor, father Ken, brother Bill and sister Donna. A Celebration of life for Karen Hope will be held at the Chapel Of The Sylvan Lake Funeral Home on Saturday, February 22 2014 at 2:00 P.M. Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium. Condolences may be forwarded to www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements.

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PRANSKUNAS Mar.4, 1923 - Feb. 14, 2014 Mr. Kazimieras Juozas ‘Kaz’ Pranskunas passed away peacefully with his daughter by his side, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer on Friday, February 14, 2014 at the age of 90 years. Kaz was well known by all for his good nature, warm personality and many other loving and positive attributes. He leaves to mourn his loss, his loving wife of 57 years, Elisabeth of Red Deer, stepson, Karl-Heinz (Ingrid) Hecht of Ummendorf, Germany, daughter, Sabine (Gerald) White, granddaughter, Rachelle, grandson, Corey (Roxanne) and grandson, Justin, all of Red Deer. Kaz will be sorrowfully missed by numerous other family and dear friends.

Relatives and friends are invited to come and pay their respects at Parkland Funeral Home on Thursday, February 20, 2014 between the hours of 10:30 and 11:45 a.m. A Funeral Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 12:00 noon.

Interment will follow at the Alto-Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta.

All are welcome to join the family at a Reception to be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #35, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta following the Interment Service. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Service and Interment Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, 403.340.4040

TAYLOR Louise Ann Taylor of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully on February 11, 2014 at the age of 54. She is lovingly remembered by her husband Ken, son Cameron (Tanya), Cameron’s father, Todd, mother Audrey, brother James (Marjorie), nephew Patrick (Jay), sister Elaine (Rodge), niece Shanelle and nephew Sean.

Louise is predeceased by her father Lawrence. A Memorial Tea will be held at the Parkland Funeral Home at 6287- 67A Street (Taylor Drive) in Red Deer on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 1:00 pm.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta.

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GOERTZEN John Aug. 7, 1935 - Feb. 15, 2014 John Goertzen passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on February 15, 2014, with his youngest daughter Della at his bedside, at the age of 78 years old.

John was born in Gretna, Manitoba on July 25, 1935 to Frank and Justina Goertzen.

John was one of ten children with three brothers and six sisters. John is survived by his four children, Cindy Corney, (Paul) of Vancouver, Blair Goertzen (Lyn) of Red Deer, Denise Nielsen (Grant) of Blackfalds, and Della Graham (Kelly) of Red Deer.

John is also survived by three sisters, Susan Morden, Jessie Janzen and Annette Towns (George) as well as one brother-in-law, Jim Duckworth (Violet) of Lacombe.

John was the proud grandfather of 12 grandchildren, Jamea, Nathan, Graison, Hayley, Emma, Sarah, Kate, Steven, Ryan, Justina, Kane and Nicole, in addition to three great grandchildren. At the age of 15 in 1950 John headed west from Manitoba to find work in Alberta in the early years of the oil and gas boom that was just starting.

John met Shirley Duckworth in 1954 on the telephone when she was an “operator” in Olds. From that meager greeting the two were married on September 29, 1956 for 50 years until Shirley’s sudden passing in 2006.

The loss of Shirley was devastating to John and that void in his life was never filled. They are together again now. John spent years in the oil industry in various capacities highlighted by years working in the Canadian Arctic and even offshore on the east coast of Canada. On one occasion, during his days off, the Ocean Ranger was lost. His service to that industry spanned five decades. John was a family man who loved to camp at Gull Lake surrounded by his kids and grandchildren. He loved to take trips on his motorcycle or just enjoy time at the BBQ preparing steaks for the entire family.

John will be missed by all who loved him.

Funeral Services will be held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe on Saturday, February 22 at 11:00 a.m. Donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, Red Deer Unit, #101, 6751-52 Ave., Red Deer, AB. T4N 4K8.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

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ALBERS Frankie 1920 - 2014 Frankie Albers of Lacombe, Alberta passed away peacefully at Heartland Manor on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at the age of 93 years.

Frankie was born in Strathmore, Alberta, and raised by her parents William Thomas and Cynthia Elsie Caine on the family farm near Gull Lake.

She attended Normal School and pursued a life-long career in teaching in Central Alberta, mainly in the Lacombe Elementary School system.

She is fondly remembered by many generations as an inspiring teacher, as well as an enthusiastic choir leader, and over the years remained a steadfast presence at the annual Rotary Carol Festivals.

Frankie also played in bands over the years, including the Lacombe Lions Community Band. She was an active member of the St Stephen’s Parish Church across five decades, as organist and committee member. Frankie is predeceased by her husband, Gordon Albers, and will be dearly missed by her five surviving children and spouses, Bill and Peg Sutton, Ro (Rose Marie) Caine, Wes and Jeanette Albers, Warren Albers and Chris Neave, and Denise and Bob Laurin, as well as seven grandchildren, Bill Sutton Jr, Jason Fairlie, Jerrett Fairlie, Vanessa Albers, Myles Albers, Corey Laurin and Ryan Laurin.

Visitation will be held on Friday, February 21 at 7:00 p.m.at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 - Highway 2A, Lacombe, AB. A funeral service will be held at St Stephen’s Parish Church, 5128 - 53 Street, Lacombe, AB on Tuesday, February 25 at 11:00 a.m. Donations in Frankie’s memory can be made to the Lacombe Palliative Care Society Box 5576, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1X2 or Lacombe & District Music Festival Box 5268, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1W9.

Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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NEPHIN Wesley Adam 1987 - 2014 It is with immeasurable sadness that we announce the passing of Wesley Adam Nephin of Red Deer, AB on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at the tender age of 26 years. Wesley was born in Red Deer on May 22, 1987 to loving parents, Perry Nephin and Nancy Lynn Pritchard. He was raised almost entirely in Red Deer, with brief stays in Grande Prairie, AB and Hamilton, ON. After graduating from Ecole Notre Dame High School, he joined the workforce in support of Alberta’s Oilfield. His greatest accomplishment was also his most enduring love, his daughter, Jersie Lynn Marie Nephin, also of Red Deer. He will be most dearly missed and lovingly remembered by his father, Perry Nephin, stepmother, Galina Davydova, his one true love and mother of his daughter, Caely Paradis, brother, Derek VanSteinburg, aunt and uncle, Pam and Roger Hellevang, uncle and aunt, Stacy and Lenore Nephin, uncle and aunt, Guy Nephin and Crystal Hanson, cousin, Nicholas Nephin, aunt, Gail Skage, grandparents, Lennox and Joyce Nephin and grandparents, Ken and Peggy Pritchard. Being such a kind and loving person, Wes had an incredible number of friends and their family members, too numerous to mention, who will also miss him dearly and hold him close to their hearts. Wes was predeceased by a brother, Geoffrey Unkerskov in 1996 and his mother, Nancy Lynn Pritchard in 2001. God willing, they are now reunited and watching over all of us. For those that wish to give Wes a final word of love and friendship, a Visitation will be held at the Parkland Funeral Home on Saturday, February 22, 2014 between the hours of 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. A Memorial Service and Celebration of Wesley’s Life will be held at the Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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McARTHUR Henry David Henry David McArthur passed away on February 7, 2014 at the age of 61 years. He was born July 22, 1952 in Trochu, AB to Anne and Jack McArthur. Henry was raised on the family farm west of Trochu. While in school in Trochu, he was also involved in 4H, baseball and hockey as Henry very much enjoyed the competition and the team play. Later in life, he got involved in Poker tournaments too at which he became quite skilled and successful. Henry worked two summers off the farm after high school in construction, but returned to the farm where he worked and spent the rest of his life.

Henry married the love of his life, Diana, on July 6, 1999.

With this marriage he also acquired two stepdaughters whom he loved very much and he learned quickly how to be a very good father.

Henry loved his connection to the farm and the land that he farmed. He enjoyed sports, his bright red Corvette cars and a good poker tournament now and then. Henry was predeceased by his father, Jack in 1985; his wife, Diana and his stepdaughter, Bridget Galay in 2007; and by his mother, Anne in 2011. Henry leaves to mourn his sister, Gailanne (George) Cambridge; nieces, Melissa (Darren) Pearson and two great nieces Signe and Quinn, and Christine Cambridge; stepdaughter, Crystal Galay; as well as his and Diana’s extended family.

Memorial donations in Henry’s honor may be made directly to the Lung Association of Alberta, P.O. Box 4500, Station South, Edmonton, AB T6E 6K2, or to St. Mary’s Health Centre, Box 100, Trochu, AB T0M 2C0 or to the Canadian Cancer Society, Suite 101, 6751 - 52 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4K8. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visitingwww.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

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Margaret Sophie Kerr died early Sunday morning at the Red Deer Hospice, on February 16, 2014, with her husband at her bed side.

She died peacefully after being surrounded by her children and grandchildren the previous evening.

Her mind was clear then and she told each of them that she loved them and even their dogs and cats, too. Margaret’s body has gone into the sun - but her spirit is soaring to the skies.

Margaret had a busy and not always easy life. She was born in Berlin, Germany in 1922. She grew up into an adult while Germany was being taken over by Hitler’s Army. Her father was a Minister in a free church, which caused many conflicts. She became a school teacher and was teaching in East Germany as World War II was drawing to a close. She left only a few kilometers ahead of the approaching Russian Army and managed to get across the Elba River during the following night and walked the many kilometers back to her home in West Germany. After surviving the shortages of food and living space in Post War Germany, she followed her family to Canada when she was in her early thirties. As an immigrant in Canada, she took whatever work was available until she could speak English well enough to return to University and her teaching career. She has a soft spot in her heart for Special Needs Children and spent several years teaching these students as well as regular classes.

Margaret’s family brought her great joy and she will be lovingly remembered by her children; Mike (Michelle), Loretta (Bob), and Wes (Cheryl), as well as her grandchildren from them; Twyla, Stephanie (Aaron), Jason, Logan (Tella), Paige (Cody), and Jordyn, also her great-grandchildren; Olivia Grace and Amelia Sophie (from Aaron and Stephanie).

Margaret also had an adopted Swiss family; Peter and Theresa Strasser along with their children; Daniel (Mandy) and her great grandchildren; Pierce, Kingsley, and Monica (Richard), and great-grandchild, Graydon. Margaret was predeceased by two brothers; Herman and Bernard, and her parents; Rev. Arthur Pohl and Sophie Pohl. She has one surviving sibling, a younger sister, Ursula (Noel) in Ottawa and their extended families. Margaret survived many illnesses in her life and at the time of her death was in a twenty year remission from Polycythemia. We would like to thank Dr. Moffatt for his care of her, also the nurses on Unit 22, who gave much thoughtful care to her during her eight week stay there. Along with the care given at the Red Deer Hospice during her four day stay. They could not have been more caring and helpful if it had been their own Mother. It was much appreciated. I would like to repeat what I wrote in the Memorial Book at the Red Deer Hospice shortly after her death: Good-bye my Love.

You taught me a lot about “throwing pebbles into the pond of Love - to bring ripples of love into a still world”.

Your Jim (husband).

Margaret and I had a strong faith which I think drew us closer than anything else in our lives. I would like to end this obituary with the last lines of the New Creed with which I began this obituary: “... In life, in death, in life beyond death, We are not alone, Thanks be to God”.

A Celebration of Margaret’s Life will be held at Gaetz United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, on Friday, February 21, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

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THIBAULT 1931 - 2014 Mr. Paul Thibault of Red Deer passed away following a lengthy illness at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at the age of 82 years. Paul will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 58 years, Beth; son Jay (Dianne); daughters Shelley (Larry) Sebry, Marcy (Dwayne) Schafers, Joni (Greg) Cherniak and his precious 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

Also to cherish Paul memory are two brothers Emil (Noreen) of Victoria BC and Alfred of Peace River AB as well as numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Paul’s family would like to extend a sincere THANK YOU to Drs. Hardy and Odendaal as well as the nurses and staff of the Red Deer Hospital units 22 and 23 who provided the very appreciated care and compassion shown to Paul and Beth.Thank you as well to everyone for the cards, phone calls, memorial donations and flowers. A Memorial Service to Celebrate Paul’s life will be held at the Blackfalds Community Hall, 4810 Womacks Rd, Blackfalds AB on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Memorial donations in Paul’s honor may be directed to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, 3942 - 50 A Ave, Red Deer AB T4N 4E7.

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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 7111 - 50 Ave 62 Carleton Ave Food Service Supervisors Full Time/Part Time/ Shift Work Night/Overnight/ Early Morning/Weekend Some high school education, plus 2 years related experience $10 to $13.50/hr depending on experience/availability Apply in person from 9am to 5pm Or by fax at 403-341-6006 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.

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HPC distributes industrial coatings & related supplies.

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8 a.m. - 5 p.m. * Above average salary * Willing to train * Group benefits * Profit sharing For an exciting career opportunity with a progressive company, please send your confidential resume to: Rod Weik Email: rweik@hpc.ca Fax 403-314-2226

ELEMENTS is looking 5 Beauty Treatment Operators.

Selling seasonal gift packages & personal care products in Parkland Mall-4747 67th St Red Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus bonus & commission, F/T, Beauty certification req’d email resumes: elementsreddeerbto@ gmail.com ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com INSIDE SALES A position F/T, training. Join a winning team. Above average salary & benefits.

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Only those being considered for the position will be contacted. Please submit resume with references to. nicestuff_420@yahoo.ca 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.

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Duties: Install attic insulation into houses, shops and barns, etc., drive 3 ton trucks to and from job sites, maintain trucks and equipment.

Must know the proper RValues for blow-in insulation. If you are a Team player who is customer orientated, reliable and have your own transportation to and from work with a clean Class 5 driver’s license, please apply. We offer: 40+work week, benefits and safety program.

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humanresources@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125 Please reference: Ad #PP-0214-BLK We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

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MULLER ROSE On February 15, 2014, Mrs. Rose Muller of Red Deer, formerly of St. Paul, Alberta, passed away at the age of 69 years. She is survived by her loving husband, Vic; 2 sons, Bernie Boisvert of Red Deer and David (Blythe) Boisvert of Edmonton; daughter, Colette (Richard) Shockey of Langley, British Columbia; 2 stepchildren, Larissa (Chema Gonzales) Muller of San Francisco, U.S.A., and Natalie (Barry) Malech of High River; 2 grandchildren, Kyle (Isabel) Boisvert of Calgary & Travis Boisvert of Edmonton; 7 sisters and 2 brothers, Ann Serediak of Stony Plain, Bill Mudryk and Olga (Bob) McCormack all of Calgary, Sylvia Bassie, Don (Paulette) Mudryk, Diane (Bob) Chretien, Florence Kiss and Delores (Jerry) Girard all of St. Paul, and Suzie (Dana) Gabriel of Fort McMurray; the father of her 3 children, George (Muriel F.) Boisvert; numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Steve and Nancy Mudryk; 2 sisters, Shirley and Mary. Admired and loved by so many. We will miss her. A Memorial will be held on Saturday, February 22 at 2:00 p.m. at Centennial Seniors Centre, 5114 - 49 Street, St. Paul. Cremation has taken place. If desired, donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice c/o 5626 - 51 Street, St. Paul, AB T0A 3A1. To send condolences online, please visit www.gracegardensfuneralchapel.com

Ferus is currently seeking a Parts Person to join the team in Blackfalds. Reporting to the Equipment Coordinator, the ideal candidate will have effective organizational and communication skills. The selected incumbent would need to have the ability to meet deadlines, be a selfstarter and a quick learner.

SYLVAN Lake. Opening for pilot car drivers. Only exp’d need apply. Safety bonus program, top wages and benefits. Email resume tom@roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892

Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons operations for an intermediate Food Service Manager oil and gas operator. Applicants 5 positions, F/T & P/ T, must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or $9.95 - $18/hr. depending on exp. and availability. journeyman instrument Permanent shift work, mechanic and possess weekends, days, nights strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated and evening shifts. 3-5 yrs. and hard working and live exp., completion of secondary school. Start date or be willing to relocate ASAP. Apply in person within a 20 minute commute 6620 Orr Drive. to workplace location. This Fax: 403-782-9685 position offers a challenging Call 403-848-2356 work environment, attractive benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

Please submit resumes

P/T FIELD OPERATOR/RELIEF

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced P/T Servers. Has potential to become Full Time.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

Send resumes to: Fax: 403-722-3980 or Email: donna @campcaroline.ab.ca.

Restaurant/ OIL & GAS OPERATOR Hotel

Attn: Human Resources email:kwolokoff@ bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

820

Currently accepting resumes for the following:

800

drivers license, must be willing to work away, must be physically fit. Complete benefit package. This includes RSP, Medical, Dental, Eye Glasses. We offer Top Wages. We will train the right person.

Fax 403-347-4749 email info@redlinewell.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

SITE SAFETY SERVICES INC.

SHOPHAND Experience working on Breathing Apparatus and Breathing Air trailers.

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry.

800

SENIOR H2S SAFETY SUPERVISORS: Minimum 3 year’s safety experience on Drilling and Service Rigs.

SERVICE RIG

PARTS PERSON

Oilfield

Required for busy Optometric office.

P/T, avail to work evenings & Saturdays.

Fax resume to 403-343-9440 email eyewear01@hotmail.com

NOW HIRING

WALLET, 3 fold style FOUND by North Walmart. No ID in it.

Please call 403-343-2387 to identify

P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle.

403-505-7846 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

JOIN OUR TEAM

Oilfield

Legal Assistant positions in the areas of Litigation and Corporate/Commercial are available. Minimum 2-5 years experience in the relevant fields is a requirement. Cores III Call or visit us online! accreditation for the 1-866-627-6070 Corporate/Commercial position is highly welcomewagon.ca recommended.

Competitive salaries, great benefits in a good working environment on offer.

Lost Please email your resume to the Office manager at LOST: Small grey & white ssimmons@altalaw.ca. female shih tzu, 6 years old.

Only candidates on the Went missing Feb. 13th short list will be contacted around 8 a.m. from for interviews.

Sutherland Close.

If you have any information, please call FOUND

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Medical

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announcements

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 D3

Trades

850

850

Trades

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

Busy road construction company req’s 1 st. or 2nd yr. apprentice heavy duty mechanic for shop. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

H.D. Parts Person

Trades

850

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

Required Immediately The largest after market parts distributor in Canada is seeking a H.D. Parts person to join our experienced RENTAL & TRUCKING team in Red Deer.

Company looking for class This individual would C & C COATINGS in require basic knowledge of 1 picker/winch operator to Innisfail is seeking join our team. 15 on 6 off the heavy-duty truck and F/T Exp. Sandblaster. schedule, salary plus trailer market with excelCompetitive wages and bonus and benefits. Please lent knowledge of truck benefits. Fax resume to: send current resume & and trailer brake and 403-227-1165 or email drivers abstract to suspension parts. bslager@telus.net info@ The individual would have gsequipmentcanada.com to be able to work or fax 403-346-5127. unsupervised in a fast paced environment. They should also possess customer service skills that would be used daily by phone and for walk in clients.

C & C COATINGS in This position offers above Innisfail is seeking F/T average salary and is a full SIDING INSTALLER Laborers, sandblasters, time position. We offer with or without trailer & powder coaters, and indus- complete benefit package tools. F.T. year round trial painters. Competitive along with pension plan. work, must have truck and wages and benefits. Fax Please forward your 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 resume to: 403-227-1165. resume to: per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 Traction Heavy Duty Looking for a place 8045 Edgar Industrial to live?

Crescent Truckers/ Take a tour through the Red Deer Ab T4P 3R2 Drivers CLASSIFIEDS OR FAX 403-342-7377 Email: jwojtaczka@uapinc.com BUSY Central Alberta DNR Powerline Grain Trucking Company Construction requires JUNIOR SERVICE looking for Class 1 Drivers Journeyman/ TECHNICIAN required. and/or Lease Operators.

Apprentices/Labourers for Must have some We offer lots of home time, various projects in Alberta. experience with service benefits and a bonus Long term employment. and repair of furnaces/air program. Grain and super Excellent opportunity for B exp. an asset but not apprenticeship. Excellent conditioners and would like to expand on his/her necessary. If you have a benefit packages. Fax knowledge base.

We clean commercial drivers resume to 403-742-5759 provide training and work abstract and would like to or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca Attention: experience in a supportive start making good money. environment. Must have fax or email resume and Noel. No Phone calls strong people skills and comm.abstract to please. Drug and Alcohol mechanical aptitude.

403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net program in effect.

FAX: 403-309-8032 or CLASS 1 driver with fluid e-mail: brad@ Experienced Siders hauling experience, local comfortecheating.com Needed Call 403-588-3210 runs. 403-373-3285 or fax resume and copies of all valid tickets to Misc.

403-986-2819 Help CLASS 1 Off Road Crude Haul in Central Ab. 7 On-7 Off. Must have all tickets.

Email: haulingcrude@live.ca

Truckers/ Drivers

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.

NEED EXPERIENCED Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Full Time.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in

Misc.

Help

880

880

Misc.

Help

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer (Reliable vehicle needed.)

ANDERS AREA

Sylvan Lake. Openings for drivers for winch tractor and swampers. Safety bonus program, top wages and benefits. Email resume tom@roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892

Business Opportunities

870

FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY.

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info

in Kentwood For the Red Deer area.

Please contact memphisbluesprairies @gmail.com

Misc.

Help

880

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

SPRING START •

Community Support Worker Program

•

Women in the Trades Program

•

Math and Science for the Trades Program

•

GED Preparation

Nellis & Norton Ave. also Nordegg Cres. & 76 St. Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

AFTERNOON

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

BOWER

WEST PARK WESTLAKE For more information phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Anders 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

INGLEWOOD AREA Isherwood Close Issard Close

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

LANCASTER AREA

Erickson Dr., Eldrige Cr., Everitt Cr., Elkin Cl., $187/mo.

Law Close / Lewis Close

ALSO

Langford Close

Early morning FT commercial cleaner required. email resume to 1739771ab@telus.net.

Lamont Close

37 Ave. from 39 St. to 44 St. and Exeter Cr. and 38A Ave. Area $111/mo.

403-314-4316

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

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

SUNNYBROOK AREA

Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA

43 Ave. Area between 39 St. and 43 St. Viscount Drive Vickers Close

Heavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Tools

1640

ROLLING TOOL BAG, heavy duty wheels & telescoping handle. $40.

403-342-7460

Vanson Close / Visser St.

Misc.

Help

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

1730

PS2 w/15 games, $75.

XBOX w/15 games, $75.

PS1 w/8 games, $60.

403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1760

1830

Cats

2 VERY SHY 5 MO. OLD ORANGE BROTHERS. Completely neutered & litter box trained.

Need to go to home together, as they have bonded.

Sweet personalities, but need to be socialized to humans. 403-782-3130

1840

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

Sporting Goods

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1930

Wanted To Buy

WANTED: SNOWBLOWER 403-886-5194, 304-5974

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

2190

Grain, Feed Hay

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

stuff

Volks Place / Vanier Drive Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

CAPTAINS BED, sturdy 48``, new mattress, 3 drawers. $40.

403-342-4442 LOVESEAT, light brown year and half old good shape. $75. phone 403-986-2849

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Daily The Red Deer Advocate Daily The publishes Red Deer Advocate advertisements from companies and corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close

ROSEDALE AREA

1720

6 MO. NEAUTERED German Shepherd, black/tan to give away to acreage. GIVEN AWAY

Springfield Ave.

ALSO

1700

NEW Elizabeth Arden: 12 eyeshadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss.

In red hot crocodile cosmetic bag.

Great Valentine’s Gift!

Valued at $195, asking $80. 403-227-2976

Dogs

Somerset Close

40A, 41 and 42 Ave. between 39 St. and 44 St. $111/mo.

PARTICAL Shelf Boards, 6, 5.8” x 16”. various lengths. All for $40.

403-314-2026

Household Furnishings

1900

Travel Packages

1670

2 QUEEN COMFORTERS, $30/ea or 2/$50.

2 THICK WARM BLANKETS, like new, $35/ea.

QUEEN QUILTED WAREHOUSE MATTRESS COVER, $10.

SUPERVISOR ELECTRIC ROASTING Competitive starting wages PAN, like new, $30. plus regular increases.

403-348-6449 Hours: M-F 7:30am-4:30pm DIE cast models, cars, Excellent benefits truck, and motorcycles, package. Opportunities fairies, dragons and biker to advance. Must be gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east dependable, hardworking end of Cash Casino and seeking a long-term career. Apply in person, HEAVY DUTY SLED or email to: for farm or recreation. $45. hartleytj@eecol.com 403-342-7460 4747 - 61st Street NAILS, several types, 2 boxes + 1 box of electrical items. $3. per box; Desk top fan, 3 speed, $10; 25, legal office file holders, all for $10.; Deer Antler mount on Shield, $60.

403-314-2026 QUEEN SIZE CLASSIFICATIONS COMFORTER, $40.

403-782-3847 1500-1990 SET OF HEAVY DUTY MAGNETIC TRUCKERS ROAD FLARES. $30.

Equipment403-348-6449

Vista Village

ALSO

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Stereos TV's, VCRs

MORRISROE AREA

41 Ave. from Ross St. to 44 St. + 4000 Block of 47 St. and 44 Block of 40A Ave.

Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

WANTED

Lund Close

GRANDVIEW AREA

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Health & For more information Beauty phone Quitcy at

Normandeau

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

Abbott Close / Anders St.

WESTLAKE

1660

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

newspaper carriers needed in the following areas:

Addinnell Close / Allan St.

Firewood

Lumber WESTPARK

Kennings Cres. & Kirby St.

Anders St. / Armstrong Close

EASTVIEW

newspaper carriers needed in the following areas:

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

ANDERS AREA

74 to 129 Block of Dunning Cres., Depalm St. and approx. 3 blocks of Douglas St. $108/mo.

MORNING

VANIER AREA

CARRIERS NEEDED

DEER PARK AREA

LOOKING FOR SCREENPRINTER. Will train the right person.

Apply in person to Grand Central Stitchin’ #7, 7439 49th Ave. Cr. Red Deer

MORRISROE AREA

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

880

SUNNYBROOK AREA

MOUNTVIEW CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA

Misc.

Help

INGLEWOOD AREA

860

880

860

1860

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 ALIX, AB 3 bdrm. 2 bath condo, private entrance, $1200 + utils. avail. Feb. 20, 403-341-9974 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

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

INNISFAIL 2 bdrm. in newer 4 plex, avail. Mar. 1.

403-506-8730

3060

Suites

1 BDRM apt. to over 40 aged non partying tenant, no pets, private parking, laundry on site, security cameras, at Riverside Meadows, 5910-55 Ave. Rent/D.D. $750.00.

Ph:403-341-4627.

3810 47 ST. Spacious 1 bdrm. suite w/balcony.

Stove, fridge, security.

Adult only, no pets. Rent $845. 403-343-0072 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

ATOMIC ARC skis, downhill, $50. 403-342-7460 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

BAR BELL BENCH, with Adult bldg. N/S No pets bars & weights. FREE. 403-755-9852 403-347-9843 DEER Shoulder Mount on PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt.

Shield. $200. incld’s, laundry & all utils.

403-314-2026 $750. Avail. end of Feb. no pets, n/s 403-993-3441 REMINGTON 700 Heavy Barrel 6mm Leupold Scope $900. 403-347-6041 SPLITKEIN & TRAIL 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, TOURING Cross Country N/S. No pets.

Skis. $25 each pair.

403-596-2444 403-342-7460

THE NORDIC

880

Roommates Wanted

3080

ACREAGE Home to share N/S, within 5 mins. of RD $425+ , 403-357-9352

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

FURN. ROOM, use of full house, utils. & internet. all incl. $475. 403-506-1907

Rooms For Rent

3090

ROOM FOR RENT $550./mo. 403-352-7417

Warehouse Space

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We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts: PRECAST INSTALLATION LABORERS CONCRETE FINISHERS CARPENTERS/ WOODWORKERS STEEL REINFORCEMENT LABORERS OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATORS GENERAL LABORERS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

4000-4190

Trades Jobs Fair

Government

Realtors & Services

4010

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE 366153B18-19

www.eaglebuilders.ca

We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

homes

1. CEDA Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 2. Manpower 9:30 a.m. - Noon 3. Prime Boiler Alberta Works Centre 4. WorleyParsonsCord 5. Pacer Corporation 2nd Floor, First Red Deer Place 6. Clearstream Energy 4920 - 51 Street, Red Deer 7. Rykar Industries Ltd 8. Quinn Contracting Ltd Bring your resumé 9. Wolf Creek Metal Worx For more info, call 403-340-5353 10. Bar W Petroleum & Electric 11. Local 110-Assoc of Insulators 12. McElhanney Land Surveys Ltd

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources or email: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.

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Employers:

366001B20

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SMALL / LARGE SPACES -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

Looking Look oki for a

IS HIRING!

3140

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014

the n o d e t is l e l ic h e v r u Get yo

ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 MERCEDES Benz CLS 500 lthr., sunroof, 115057 kms., $25,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 HUMMER H2

2006 PONTIAC Solstice 26080 kms., 5 speed,

2007 PONTIAC G5.

Manual, 130,000 km. Great cond. Winter & Summer tires. Well. maint. N/S.

$19,888.

$5,550.

348-8788 Sport & Import

403-342-4318

$24,888

Sport & Import 348 8788

2007 SPORTSMAN

LX, 3254, 3 slides,thermo windows, fireplace, lots of extras. MINT $27,900. trades cons. 403-598-0682

$19,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2005 KIA SORENTO, silver, 147,000 km.

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 GMC Acadia SLE AWD, 8 passenger, 90,485 kms,

$6000.

4X4, 114903 kms.,

348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 TOYOTA Tacoma

2011 CHEV Silverado LTZ 6.2 L, lthr.,

2008 GMC Yukon XL Denali AWD

$18,888.

2007 TOYOTA Tacoma V6

ALL WHEEL DRIVE 2007 530 XI BMW. Original Owner, 143,000 km. Exc. Cond. Regularly Maintained,

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

$27,888.

Fully Loaded!

$19,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

4WD, V6, 4 auto, cruise, air, 227,000 km. $14,900. 403-505-3113

2005 LEXUS ES 330

2007 CHRYSLER 300 103198 kms.,

2008 Audi A4 2.0T

2008 VW GOLF CITY

$19,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

Sport & Import 348 8788

$9,888.

$15,888. SOLD

$10,888

Sport & Import 348 8788

2006 34’ Gulf Stream Yellowstone. Sleeps 4, 3 slides, new awning, washer, dryer hookup, equipped w/Arctic & Sub Arctic pkgs, custom skirt & more! $34,900. 403-8878405

2007 COLORADO, 28RK, Dutchman, 32’, slideout, back kitchen, shower, king bed, TV, stereo, air. loaded

2008 BMW X5 3.0si

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2011 FORD FIESTA. $8200, 5 spd, 11,000 km.

Exc. cond. Great on gas.

Medical reasons.

Ask for Doug **SOLD**

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 ACURA RSX Premium auto 57,000 kms.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2009 RANGER XLT 4x4, 70,000 kms.,

2011 GMC Sierra 1500 Hybrid 4X4, 6.0L, lthr., 81735 kms.,

TRADES CONSIDERED 403-598-0682

348-8788 Sport & Import

2003 DODGE Durango SLT Plus, 4X4,

2006 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV platinum, mint

2007 FORD F-150 Lariat 4X4, htd. lthr., sunroof,

2008 Escalade ESV. Nav. Dvd camera 6 pass

2009 VW GOLF, manual, 90,000 km.

Winter pkg,

2012 CHEV Silverado 2500 LTZ, diesel, lthr., tonneau cover,

$12,888.

Sport & Import 348 8788

403-347-0461

Call 403-350-4323

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2002 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta GLS 1.8L,

$10,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

FWD, lthr., 41,100 kms,

348-8788 Sport & Import

$12,888

$8,888.

$21,888

Sport & Import 403-348-8788

DO YOU HAVE

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

$27,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

$22,900. 403-784-2482

Sport & Import 348 8788

403-348-8788 Sport & Import

AWD, htd. lthr., panaroof,

$15,900.

$32,888

$10,500.

2008 FORD F-250 XL 4X4, 6.4L, 92754 kms.

$28,888.

$36,888

348-8788 Sport & Import

2010 ACURA MDX tech package 91,000 kms

2012 INFINITI G37X

$30,888

Sport & Import 348-8788

$26,888.

Sport & Import SOLD

2008 FORD F150.

2010 CHEV 1500 4x4 8 cyl. Kuhmo Tires.

348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

403-391-1770

348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 H2 hummer, mint condition, 59,000 kms, new tires & rims, original rims and tires to buyer. Call Art 403-304-0727.

348-8788 Sport & Import

$27,888

2007 INFINITI G35X

$6000 FIRM. 403-304-2118

2006 GMC C4500 4X4, Duramax, 170,000 kms.

$39,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

GOLD

$10,000.

$15000.

MEDAL

$17,900.

403-741-6844

403-845-4146, 844-5698

403-346-9816

SALES

8th Annual Red Deer Collector Car Auction & Speed Show.

Mar 14 - 16. Westerner Park, Red Deer. 150,000 sq.ft. indoor show. Exhibitors space avail.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CARACAS, Venezuela — Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez emerged from days of hiding and surrendered to police before thousands of supporters Tuesday, saying he hopes his arrest awakens Venezuela to the corruption and economic disaster caused by 15 years of socialist rule.

Speaking with a megaphone to more than 10,000 people, Lopez said that he didn’t fear going to jail to defend his beliefs and constitutional right to peacefully protest against President Nicolas Maduro’s government.

“If my jailing serves to awaken a people, serves to awaken Venezuela ... then it will be well worth the infamous imprisonment imposed upon me directly, with cowardice, by Nicolas Maduro,” Lopez told the sea of supporters who were dressed in white to symbolize non-violence. Venezuela’s red, yellow and blue flag hung from his shoulders.

The U.S.-educated Lopez was taken to a military base outside the capital. His Popular Will party says he was expected to appear before a civilian judge Wednesday on charges that include homicide and inciting violence during protests last week in which three people were killed as government forces clashed with protesters.

The threat of more violence hung over Tuesday’s demonstration as Maduro led a rival march to denounce what he calls a “fascist” plot to overthrow him. But Lopez’s re-

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A serious outburst was reported in Valencia, the third largest city where opposition demonstrators clashed with National Guard troops. Enzo Scrano, a mayor of one of the districts that make up the city and a member of an opposition party, said 11 protesters were wounded, including at least three with bullet wounds fired by unknown gunmen on motorcycles. One woman was shot in the head and was in critical condition, he said.

After a short speech, Lopez descended from a statue of 19th century Cuban independence hero Jose Marti, and waving a flower over his head walked a few feet to a police line, where he turned himself in to face what supporters say are trumped-up charges.

His fist raised in defiance, Lopez was pulled into an armoured vehicle and driven away. A cordon of heavily armed police blocked supporters from marching downtown as they had originally planned.

Hours after the arrest, Maduro addressed the rival crowd of red-shirted, pro-government oil workers, and said he personally oversaw security arrangements to make sure the opposition march and Lopez’s surrender didn’t generate violence.

“Nobody has the right to subject families to street violence by small, armed and hooded

groups that today, the 18th of February, wanted to overthrow the government,” Maduro said, accusing Lopez of “psychological warfare” and treason. “In Venezuela everyone has full political freedoms.”

Maduro said Lopez would be escorted to a jail outside Caracas by National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, who in recent days met with the opposition leader’s family to warn them of an attempt by right-wing extremists to assassinate him. He didn’t provide any details or evidence to back up the claim.

The dueling rallies came one day after Maduro’s government gave three U.S. Embassy officials 48 hours to leave the country, claiming they were supporting opposition plots to topple his 10-month-old administration.

In Washington, the State Department on Tuesday said allegations that the U.S. is helping to organize protests are “baseless and false” and said it was evaluating what retaliatory action to take for the diplomats’ expulsion. Maduro has expelled American diplomats twice before.

“We’ve seen many times that the Venezuelan government tries to distract from its own actions by blaming the U.S.,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said, adding that the Obama administration was “alarmed” by displays of violence by security forces and pro-government militias at recent demonstrations.

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Scenes of emaciated children leaving the besieged city of Homs last week underscored the desperate plight of many Syrians. A second round of Geneva negotiations ended last weekend with little promise for a future breakthrough and with fresh American frustrations with Russia, which is Assad’s most powerful military and diplomatic supporter.

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