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Horner reworks pension changes

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BY DEAN BENNETT THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner said Monday he has decided not to scrap early retirement incentives for public sector workers after all.

Horner said the province will instead amend the formula to keep the early retirement plans attractive to workers while still being cost effective for the government.

“This is considerably less of a change than we had originally intended back in 2012, and more moderate than what we presented in September,” Horner told reporters in a legislature news conference.

“This came from the feedback that we got from a number of plan sponsors and employees, who said having an early retirement option built into the plans is something that is good for hiring and attracting staff.”

Right now, staffers aged 55 with at least 30 years of service can retire with full benefits.

Legislation to be introduced in next month’s spring sitting will change that base figure to age 60 with 30 years of service for people who begin working for the government in 2016.

The early retirement provision is one of a number of changes proposed in recent months by Horner to deal with an unfunded pension liability of $7.4 billion.

“The changes we’re doing now is to stop the bleeding,” said Horner.

“It means (the unfunded liability) is going to stop growing, and that was the target.”

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Joanne Lee stopped by the Clearview Market location of the Dog and Cat Hospital and picked up two plates of cupcakes from veterinarian technician Sarah Law on Monday. The East Hill Shopping Centre Dog and Cat Hospital also took part in National Cupcake Day in support of the Red Deer and District SPCA. The proceeds from cupcake sales from various locations around the city, including Babycakes Cupcakery, and more than 700 cupcakes baked by Holy Ruether and Jaleen Shier and sold at the SPCA, will go to help fight animal cruelty in Central Alberta. This is the second annual National Cupcake Day and the first time the Red Deer and Dist. SPCA has taken part in the campaign. As of Monday about $5,700 had been raised.

Security improves at River Valley

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Significant improvements have been made to the River Valley Apartments following a rash of problems, says the building’s operator.

Problems have included drug use in the hallways and human waste left in the halls and stairwells of the downtown building.

Stan Schalk, co-owner of Potter’s Hands Ministries and developer of several affordable housing buildings in Red Deer, said they have hired a security company to go through the build-

ing a few times a night and have taken other security measures.

“The problem hasn’t been with tenants there, the problem has been sometimes when it is really cold out, people will break in,” said Schalk.

“That’s when the issue comes. Now the security company can move people out of there, that’s what they have been doing for the last few weeks and I’m hearing and seeing that’s been pretty successful.”

The door from the laundry room to the outside, which was used by some people to enter the apartments, now has a deadbolt that is locked nightly.

Tenant fears of increased rent due

to the use of a security company were quelled. Schalk said rents will not increase and have been the same since the building opened in 2009. Rents range from $400 to $600, including utilities, for units from a bachelor to a twobedroom.

“We can’t arbitrarily raise the rent on people, we would have to approach the city and ask if we can get an increase,” said Schalk.

Rent has not been raised at the building since its opening. Schalk said he is not in the business of raising rents.

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Councillor gets a charge out of driving his electric car

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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Red Deer City councillor and business owner Paul Harris wheels through downtown in his new electric Smart Car.

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Coun. Paul Harris is driving off the grid with his electrifying ride.

Harris is one of a handful of car owners in Red Deer who recently traded diesel for chargers when his Smart Fortwo Electric Drive arrived just over a week ago.

The second-term city councillor has been waiting for his 100 per cent electric wheels for two years. He ordered his $27,000 car as soon as it was available in Canada and at a price that he could afford. There were some delays in production so he waited about a year and a half before the wheels arrived from the Mercedes-Benz plant in Hambach, France.

“I believe electric cars are the way of the future,” said Harris. “They reduce greenhouse gas emissions and smog. They are more environmentally friendly all around . . . . It’s cool to be a councillor with an electric car.”

Harris said the main difference with an electric car is the silence and the pickup. Harris said his new wheels can accelerate from zero to 60 km/h in 4.8 seconds, zero to 110 km/h in 11.8 seconds and can reach up to speeds of 125 km/h.

“It’s quiet,” said Harris. “You just turn the key. You don’t know it’s on. It doesn’t start up. It just says ready on the dash. You put it in gear and away it goes.”

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BRIEF New measles case emerges Another person may have caught the measles in Central Alberta.

Alberta Health Services says no new cases have been confirmed but another probable case has emerged, bringing the total to three possible cases.

One person has been confirmed as having the measles.

“If we are still having probable cases that means some people could still be incubating,” said Dr. Ifeoma Achebe, Central Zone medical officer of health. “Measles are infectious four days before the rashes appear and four days after the rashes appear.

People can start spreading it even before they know they are sick.”

Achebe said residents are still at risk for exposure. And he said people should call Health Link Alberta (1-866-408-5465) if they think they may have the measles before visiting any health-care providers.

AHS is waiting for confirmation from the National Microbiology Lab on the two cases that were identified last week.

Last week, AHS warned the public of potential exposure to the disease in multiple locations in Red Deer, Stettler and Camrose between Feb. 1 and Feb. 7.

Achebe said immunization is one way of preventing measles and encourages those who have not had their shot to make an appointment. The measles vaccine is offered free of charge through Alberta’s immunization program.

The flood-damaged schools eligible for the cash include Elbow Park, Rideau Park and St. Mary’s in Calgary.

The High River schools that could benefit are Holy Spirit Academy, Notre Dame Collegiate, Right Honourable Joe Clark School, Senator Riley School and Spitzee Elementary School.

Alberta puts up money to flood-proof Calgary, High River schools

EDMONTON — Alberta’s NDP says an extra $1 billion coming this year in federal health transfers is a rare opportunity to fix what acutely ails the system.

NDP Leader Brian Mason and health critic Dave Eggen say the money could fund 1,500 new long-term care beds and eliminate out-of-pocket prescription charges for seniors and those with low incomes.

The New Democrats say another idea would be to fund more university spaces to train doctors and nurses and provide better mental-health care.

Eggen says the money could also allow the province to move away from privatizing lab services.

Mason says voters will ultimately decide if the $1 billion was well spent.

HIGH RIVER — The Alberta government is providing up to $2.5 million each for eight schools in Calgary and High River to protect themselves against flooding.

Education Minister Jeff Johnson says the money will be made available if a school can show it needs flood mitigation not covered by insurance.

Such measures may include landscaping or site remediation, relocation of electrical equipment or flood-proof doors and windows.

Alberta NDP says $1B in extra cash should go back into public care

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PENSION: Unfunded liability will take decades to pay off

APARTMENT: Committed to providing rent below market value “We have permission in other buildings (Covenent Park and Riverside Meadows) to be charging more per month, from the provincial and federal government, and we still don’t do it. We’re committed to providing rent that is 25 per cent below market value, even though our contracts say we have to be 10 per cent.”

Schalk said he hopes to install a fob access system, eliminating the ability of non-residents to loiter

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Red Deer City councillor and business owner Paul Harris has traded in his diesel powered Smart Car for a new electric one. in the foyer, waiting for a resident to open the door and follow them into the building.

“In a lot of apartment buildings the first entry is accessible to anybody and it is a heated area,” said Schalk. “Especially being downtown, people know that and they sleep in that foyer area.

“People ask me to describe what we’re doing and the best way to put it is ‘it is messy.’ There is a messiness to it. We’re dealing with a population for the most part, people want to keep invisible and believe they are not there. We don’t even want to admit sometimes that there are homeless people — there are 200, 300 homeless people in Red Deer on any given day and it is a big issue in our community, but it’s not an exact science.”

Tenants complained that non-residents seek shelter in the building, formerly known as the Rancher’s Valley Inn. They have discarded needles, drug bags and condoms on the ground. Residents have also described finding blood, feces and urine on the walls and floors.

Schalk said someone does go through the building every day to make sure it is clean.

‘We’re really trying to rent to people who are the hardest to house,” said Schalk.

“We’re not looking for the easiest tenants all the time, we’re looking for people who need affordable housing. That means we’re going to take risks with people and often those risks pay off and people do well.

“In many cases, we’re housing people nobody else would and I’d rather take those risks.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Harris said he looked at a few other electric cars but settled on a Smart Car because he is loyal to the brand. “(The others) looked just like a regular car,” said Harris. “This one is a little more fun.”

The battery holds a charge good for about 140 km, just short of a trip to Edmonton or Calgary. The lithium-ion battery takes 16 hours to charge using a typical 120 V socket and about half that time at a charging station.

“I wouldn’t go to Calgary just yet,” said Harris. “I am running the seat warmers and the heaters. That’s all electric. That would eat up some of the charge. I don’t think I would make it to Calgary.”

Peavey Mart installed electric car chargers at its locations in Red Deer and Blackfalds last summer.

Harris will likely only use the charging station in a fix as he plans to charge his car overnight in his garage. He said he expects his power bill to increase slightly but he will pay no more than what he paid for diesel.

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He said the unfunded liability will still take decades to pay off.

Alberta’s public sector pension, spread over four plans, has 200,000 active members and 120,000 retirees.

Horner stressed benefits accrued through 2015 will still be honoured. The changes will kick in starting in 2016.

Among the other changes, the plans will be jointly sponsored and managed.

Funding will be split 50-50 between employees and employers, and new rules would give both sides more room to manoeuvre to keep the plans out of the red.

Cost of living adjustments, for example, will still be guaranteed at 60 per cent through 2015 but afterward the 60 per cent will become a target.

Horner said replacing that guarantee with a target is critical to give the pension managers flexibility to keep the plan viable.

Labour groups say the changes don’t address key concerns, such as the erosion of benefits through inflation, and the fact the government still has the whip hand by capping contribution rates.

“We intend to continue to pressure the minister on this (contribution rate) issue, as it has the potential to reduce benefits not only for future members, but current pensioners,” said Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, in a news release.

Earlier Monday, the Alberta Federation of Labour and other worker groups held a mock negotiating session in bitterly cold temperatures outside Government House, where Horner was meeting with pension trustees.

They said it was symbolic protest against a government that has refused to include workers in the pension reform process.

“The frigid temperatures are appropriate because the minister and the government have really left public sector workers and retirees out in the cold,” said Heather Smith, president of the United Nurses of Alberta.

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MLA at centre of privacy breach STEVE YOUNG DECLINED TO GIVE STATEMENT IN PROBE: DOCUMENTS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A document says a former police officer who is now a member of the Alberta legislature wouldn’t give a statement to investigators probing a potential breach of a teen’s privacy rights.

Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht, in a letter to the teen dated last November, said Steve Young, who is now a member of the legislature, was the acting staff sergeant behind a city police ad campaign that mistakenly identified her in April 2012.

Knecht added that many people were involved in the campaign and there was no intent to reveal the young person’s identity.

The chief noted, however, that when RCMP probed the apparent breach, Young was approached by investigators but “he declined to provide a statement as he was no longer employed by the (Edmonton Police Service).”

There were no charges and the teen is now suing Young and others involved for $40,000, claiming distress and humiliation.

Young declined to discuss the situation Monday.

“The matter has now evolved into a civil matter and as such it is inappropriate for me to comment at this time,” he said. “Should I be required to speak in this regard, I will do so with the utmost of sincerity and confidence in providing the necessary informa-

tion.”

The ad campaign’s aim was to get people with outstanding warrants to turn themselves in by publicly identifying them. Young offenders, however, can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act on the principle that they should not be stigmatized for life for errors made in pre-adulthood. Penalties of knowingly breaching the act include a maximum two years in prison.

Knecht said internal checks and balances failed, leading to the 16-year-old’s name and photo being released in the media on April 2, 2012.

“Although it appears Steve Young was responsible for the development of this project, and may have been the person ultimately responsible for determining who made the media list, it was also apparent that there was a systematic failure,” wrote Knecht.

The police chief said many people were involved in the project and that while no one flagged a problem, “there was no intent to release a young person’s information to the public through the media.”

He said the matter was turned over to the RCMP for a criminal investigation. The RCMP referred its findings to Crown prosecutors who in turn decided that charges were not warranted.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined on Monday to say.

“In general, the Crown does not comment on whether an individual is or was the subject of an

investigation ... unless of course it’s on public record, such as when charges are laid,” said Michelle Davio in an email.

There was also confusion Monday over whether the RCMP conducted a criminal investigation.

RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Josee Valiquette couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. But she told the Edmonton Journal that Mounties did not conduct an investigation, but instead reviewed how Edmonton police handled the case — at the police’s request.

The ad campaign was rolled out while Young was on leave from the police so he could run as a firsttime candidate for Premier Alison Redford’s Progressive Conservatives in the Edmonton-Riverview constituency. He won the riding handily on April 23, 2012.

Young made headlines last December when Redford elevated him to cabinet as the new associate minister in charge of public safety only to drop him on the eve of the swearing-in.

Media stories at the time suggested Young was dropped because he gave evasive testimony during a 2007 internal police hearing over whether he Tasered a suspect. He was cleared in the hearing, but the officer in charge said he was disturbed by Young’s “disjointed” testimony.

Redford’s office declined to say Monday whether it was the police ad campaign that prompted her to drop Young from cabinet.

Appeal date set for reservist CONVICTED IN FATAL TRAINING ACCIDENT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Capt. Darryl Watts speaks during an interview with The Canadian Press in Calgary on Dec 8, 2010. An appeal date has been set in April for Watts, a veteran Canadian Forces reservist convicted for his role in a deadly Afghanistan training accident.

CALGARY — An appeal date has been set in April for a veteran Canadian Forces reservist convicted for his role in a deadly Afghanistan training accident.

Darryl Watts was found guilty in December 2012 of unlawfully causing bodily harm and negligent performance of military duty, but not guilty of manslaughter.

He was demoted two ranks to lieutenant from major and given a severe reprimand.

Watts filed an appeal of both his sentence and conviction last year.

The Court Martial Appeal Court has scheduled a one-day hearing for April 4 in Calgary.

Cpl. Josh Baker, 24, died when a C-19 Claymore anti-personnel mine loaded with 700 steel balls peppered a platoon on a practice range in February 2010. Four other soldiers hit by the blast were seriously injured.

The prosecution argued during the trial that Watts, who was the platoon commander, didn’t enforce safety standards and abdicated his duty as leader when he handed over responsibility for safety on the range to Warrant Officer Paul Ravensdale.

Watts argued that he had never been trained on the C-19 and as a result was not qualified to be in charge.

The director of military prosecutions has filed a cross-appeal. The prosecution had argued for jail time for Watts in addition to his dismissal with disgrace from the Canadian Forces.

Maj. Tony Tamburro confirmed last year that the Crown would seek a greater punishment than the sentence imposed by the court martial.

Defence lawyer, Balfour Der, has indicated the judge should have allowed the jury to consider Watts’s lack of experience in the use of the C-19 in determining whether he was negligent.

The day of the accident, the range was divided into four training sections. The first two tests of the anti-personnel mine went off without a hitch. But on the next one, the ball bearings fired backwards, hitting Baker and the others.

Town council approves sponsorship campaign SYLVAN MULTIPLEX

Sylvan Lake Town Council gave its seal of approval on Monday night to an ambitious sponsorship campaign to raise more than $2 million for a new multiplex.

A fundraising committee has proposed selling naming rights to the multiplex for $500,000. For $250,000, sponsors can stamp their names on the aquatic centre, each of two arenas or the curling rink.

In all, companies or individuals can put their names on 44 parts of the facility, covering everything from players and referee change rooms, or multipurpose spaces to the score clock, ice resurfacer, elevator and even public washrooms. Price range from $100,000 to $10,000.

If every available sponsorship was sold, $2.57 million would be raised for the proposed multiplex. The committee’s target is to raise $2 million.

While council supported the initiative some wondered if the naming rights to the whole facility was high enough, or whether there would be enough takers for all the other sponsorships.

Coun. Dale Plante felt the facility sponsorship price tag could be raised and wondered if trying to secure nearly four dozen sponsorships was too optimistic.

“I hope I’m dead wrong on this, but I think it’s a massive stretch.”

Ron Lebsack, the town’s director of community services, said consultants KCI Advanced Philanthropy, who were hired to assist with fundraising, said raising the goal amount was “very do-able” in a community the size of Sylvan Lake.

Coun. Matt Prete expressed reservations about putting so much emphasis on selling sponsorships.

“My biggest concern is putting all our eggs in one basket,” said Prete. “I like the idea. To me, this is a component of (fundraising). It’s not the entire package.”

Lebsack later said that there will be room for other community fundraising initiatives and residents who simply want to make a donation can do so. A website is being developed to co-ordinate fundraising.

Council voted unanimously to approve the sponsorship opportunities list. It was also decided that if a sponsor wanted to negotiate something other than the set price — as part of a multi-sponsorship package for example — that the offer would come back to council for approval.

Sylvan Lake is fast-tracking its new multiplex after the roof of one of its two arenas collapsed earlier in the winter from snow load.

Council set a maximum budget of $16.5 million for the leisure facility in December 2012.

The town had proposed borrowing $7.9 million for the facility and to tap into another $4.5 million from its reserves and through government grants. It was also hoped that $3.1 million would come from neighbouring summer villages and counties and $2.5 million could be raised through donations, sponsors and user groups.

But the cost is being revisited because the town has decided to include a new five-sheet curling rink in the facility.

The curling rink had been slated as a stand-alone facility.

In other council news: ● Council approved spending $28,000 to build a temporary concession in the multiplex. A food option was needed because the one next door in the Sylvan Lake Arena was lost when that facility’s roof caved in. ● Town of Sylvan Lake has agreed not to apply to annex land next to the Summer Village of Norglenwold until the two communities have worked out a joint agreement. Council approved annexation targets on Monday that include quarter sections east of town on both sides of Hwy 11A for future industrial use and quarter sections south of Hwy 11A west of

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New blood among Liberals As their four-day convention wound down here Sunday, Paul Martin walked virtually unnoticed from the downtown conference centre.

Someone remarked that he had kept a low profile here.

“This is somebody else’s convention now,’’ Martin said, “as it ought to be.’’

There was no rancour in the observation of a former TIM prime minister, HARPER but this was not a gathering for looking back.

In only 10 months at the helm, Justin Trudeau has firmly put his stamp on this party and its executive, its future candidates, its former Senate caucus and its political brand.

The choice speaking slots were handed to those newcomers who the party expects to be MPs in 2015, while Bob Rae was given the job of chatting with provincial premiers and Liberal leaders onstage, and Stéphane Dion worked the corridors like any other MP. Michael Ignatieff? Michael who?

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Prime spots went to Bill Morneau, a Toronto businessman who is expected to run in a downtown Toronto riding next year; Jim Carr, one-time head of the Manitoba Business Council, who will run in Winnipeg; Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie, expected to make a bid in Ottawa; and Jody Wilson-Raybould, regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, who is expected to run in that province.

All delivered fealty to the leader and were rewarded with a Trudeau hug.

It was a younger crowd here, with some party insiders claiming as many as half the attendees were new arrivals to the Liberals, although they provided no numbers to back that up.

But this is still a party that is essentially Trudeau in the window asking for votes.

Strangely, for a party that has faced accusations in the past that it put pursuit of power ahead of policy, the leader was nowhere to be found Sunday to explain policy that had bubbled up from the grassroots, the only opportunity it will have to try to influence the 2015 platform.

Trudeau’s team was content with the leader doing a couple of packaged television interviews and being pictured cheering on Canada’s Olympic hockey team, all before any resolutions were passed.

This could presage the buttoning

down of a leader whose freewheeling mouth often made journalists happy and aides nervous.

It was a strange strategy, stranger still when one is reminded this is still the third party in the Commons with a long road to go before looking like a government-in-waiting, adopting the Stephen Harper media playbook.

The party voted to decriminalize assisted suicide and passed resolutions on a national transportation strategy with 10 years of guaranteed funding, increased funding for aboriginal education, a national energy strategy, a national framework for mental health, the reopening of federal-provincial meetings on funding health care, a massive infrastructure program and enhanced pensions.

None are binding on Trudeau, but he will have to address them, because in the absence of a specific economic policy, his opponents will now paint him as a big spender who will take this country back into deep deficit.

The convention also overwhelmingly endorsed the leader’s move to boot his Liberal senators from caucus, even as a half-dozen or so were sprinkled throughout the hall.

It was not always a comfortable atmosphere.

Jim Munson, for example, had to stand mute in support of MP Judy Sgro’s pitch for a national autism strategy, even though this was Munson’s

work. Since it was a caucus resolution, the suddenly ousted Munson could not speak to his own resolution.

Another senator’s spouse boycotted the hall in frustration at Trudeau’s move, after, she said, she worked hard to raise money for him during last year’s leadership race.

But that debate has passed and Trudeau’s bidding is done.

Looking forward, the party will have to do some juggling as it tries to put the new Liberal brand into election mode because former MPs are setting their sights on their one-time domains. Trudeau’s inner circle wants new blood.

Former cabinet minister Herb Dhaliwal was at the convention and is considering a run in British Columbia, and former MP Dan McTeague says he will seek the nomination in a redrawn riding in the Pickering, Ont., area.

Others will be subtly told their time is past.

That will mean some party infighting as the election nears, but those will be small skirmishes compared to what this party has done in the past.

One of the other traditions it appears to have now ditched is its long history of leadership fights, and we are now seeing a novelty — a Liberal party united behind one leader, albeit one still untested in battle.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs columnist.

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Ukraine after the revolution From a Ukrainian point of view, the priority is not to throw their revolution away again like they did after the Orange Revolution 10 years ago. But from everybody else’s point of view, the priority now is to avoid an irreparable breach between Russia and the West. One Cold War was enough.

The Yanukovych era is finished; the former president will not make another comeback. He has killed too many people, and the vulgar ostentation of his former palace (whose architect understandably chose to remain anonymous) has shocked Ukrainians even though they already knew he was deeply corrupt.

Besides, Russia will not bet on this horse again.

On the other hand, the variGWYNNE ous opposition leaders will DYER have great difficulty in deciding who leads their coalition, if indeed they can even agree on a coalition before the promised election on May 25. But they’ll still win the election, because Yanukovych never allowed any plausible rivals to emerge in his pro-Russian Party of the Regions, and Russia will not be able to find and groom a suitable replacement in time.

Who will emerge as Ukraine’s next leader? Yulia Tymoshenko, newly released from prison, is the obvi-

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ous choice, and that would certainly ease matters on the Russian front. She got along reasonably well with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, when she was prime minister last time. But many Ukrainians who backed the revolution don’t trust her.

Tymoshenko is dogged by questions about how she got so rich after the Soviet Union collapsed, and she bears some of the blame for the chronic in-fighting that discredited Ukraine’s first attempt at running a democratic government after the Orange Revolution of 2004. None of the other potential candidates, however, is acceptable to Putin.

The best that can be hoped for in the short run, therefore, is a cold peace between Kiev and Moscow, which means that the $15 billion Putin promised to lend Yanukovych’s regime will not now be forthcoming. But the money has to come from somewhere, and the only alternative is the West, probably in the shape of the International Monetary Fund.

It is not clear if the United States and the EU are willing to come up with that kind of money. If not, then the upheavals in Ukraine will resume in fairly short order. And in either case, Putin will work to sabotage the attempt to entrench a strong democratic system with effective anti-corruption laws in Ukraine.

President Barack Obama can tell Putin that Ukraine is not a square on a Cold War chessboard, but the Russian president does see it as a zero-sum game and in terms of his own purposes, he is right.

His pet project to restore the Soviet Union in a noncommunist version by creating a “Eurasian Union,”

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More importantly, Putin does not want to have a large, prosperous and democratic country with strong EU ties on Russia’s own border. Especially if it is another Slavic country that also used to be part of the Soviet Union, and it got its democracy as the result of a largely non-violent revolution carried out in the main square of the capital city. The example would be very dangerous to his regime.

There’s no risk of that sort of thing happening on Red Square in Moscow at the moment, but Putin thinks long term. Russia will therefore continue to meddle in Ukraine in an attempt to abort such a dangerous outcome.

Confronting Moscow directly over this sort of thing would be a mistake, and could lead us all down the path that ends in a new Cold War. Russians, for historical reasons, do not see themselves as “outsiders” in Ukraine (although most Ukrainians do), and they will react very badly to attempts to exclude them entirely.

The better and safer path is to support the Ukrainians with trade and aid, but leave it to them to deal with Russian interference in their politics. They are perfectly capable of doing this for themselves, and they can also prosper without joining either the European Union or NATO. But they do need a whopping great loan, right now.

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Russia urged to stay out of Ukraine CANADA MAINTAINS THREAT OF SANCTIONS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Harper government left the threat of sanctions against Russia on the table if it interferes in Ukraine, even as federal politicians in Ottawa reacted Monday to the convulsive events there with domestic political mud-slinging.

The possibility of Canadian sanctions against Russia was first raised Sunday by Immigration Minister Chris Alexander on CTV’s Question Period.

A day later, Alexander appeared to play down speculation about Canadian sanctions on Russia when he fielded questions from reporters on Parliament Hill, but a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird did not.

“We’re not going to comment on hypothetical scenarios. We want to keep this door towards a return to legitimate institutions, democratic institutions in Ukraine open and we know

that that has to be done,” Alexander said Monday.

A day earlier, Alexander told CTV that “sanctions and other, and other measures potentially, as well” would be on the table if Russia intervened.

Asked Monday, about those remarks Alexander explained that, “I was asked repeatedly by (the interviewer) ’what if, what if, what if’.”

A written statement from Baird issued earlier Monday made no mention of sanctions against Russia.

However when asked specifically whether they were a possibility, Baird’s spokesman Adam Hodge replied in an email: “All options are on the table.”

He did not elaborate.

Tensions between the West and Russia continued to run high Monday after Ukrainian authorities replaced their Russian-leaning President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled the capital Kyiv on Friday.

Fight over election changes confined to Ottawa

Baird, who was in Australia on an official visit Monday, issued a written statement that welcomed Oleksander Turchinov as Ukraine’s acting president.

“The Ukrainian parliament acted legitimately in naming Speaker Turchinov as acting president pending the May 25 elections, and Canada welcomes his interim appointment during this important transition period,” said Baird’s statement.

“The next critical juncture will be the Ukrainian parliament’s vote to establish a new government under the leadership of a new prime minister, in accordance with the constitution passed on Feb. 22.”

In Ottawa, the crisis on the streets of Kyiv became fodder for some domestic political bickering.

The Conservatives took the opportunity to criticize Justin Trudeau on Monday for his tongue-in-cheek remarks that linked the upheaval in Ukraine to

Russia’s Olympic hockey humiliation.

Trudeau’s joke came on Radio-Canada’s “Tout Le Monde en Parle,” a humour-infused current events program that was pre-taped but broadcast on Sunday night.

“This is another case of the Liberal leader simply showing bad judgment, saying foreign policy ... could be determined by one country’s mood after losing a hockey game,” Alexander said.

In the House of Commons, Ukraine’s turmoil of the last week that has left more than 70 dead and hundreds injured became the fodder for domestic political bickering.

“Twice in 10 years, the people of the Ukraine have risen en masse against political tyranny, interference by the Russian bear, and Soviet-style thuggery,” harrumphed Conservative MP Peter Goldring in a member’s statement.

“Yanukovych, this time, murderously outdid his despotic past.”

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A group of First Nations adults and youth finish a spiritual journey from Attawapiskat First Nation to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, February 24, 2014. The twenty-five Indigenous walkers traveled 1700km with concerns about broken treaties, land and water protection, and, human rights issues.

Man who beheaded bus passenger should get more freedom: psychiatrist

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A man who beheaded and then ate parts of a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus almost six years ago might soon be granted unescorted day trips outside his mental hospital.

Vince Li’s psychiatrist says the onetime undiagnosed schizophrenic has not been violent, no longer suffers delusions and has made tremendous progress.

“From a clinical perspective, he has progressed excellently,” Dr. Steven Kremer told a Criminal Code Review Board hearing Monday.

Every year the board examines the conditions imposed on Li. “Our overall goal is to eventually have Mr. Li reintegrate into the community.”

Li, 46, was found not criminally responsible for stabbing and beheading Tim McLean, a young carnival worker, in July 2008.

The two men were strangers when Li sat next to McLean on a bus ride from Edmonton to Winnipeg. Li’s attack was unprovoked — he said he heard voices

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High-profile candidate joins race for mayor of Toronto TORONTO — The race to unseat Toronto’s scandal-plagued mayor began to take shape Monday, as two new challengers entered the fray, including high-profile candidate John Tory.

Despite admitting to smoking crack cocaine while in office, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is running for re-election.

He says he’s confident he can win and has dismissed criticism of his drug use, alcohol binges and surreptitiously videotaped profane rants as mere personal attacks.

Not long after Tory and former TTC chairwoman Karen Stintz registered to run for mayor, Ford called in to a Toronto radio station to tout his record.

telling him to kill McLean. The bus stopped and horrified passengers fled as Li carved up McLean’s body and ate parts of it.

Li was initially kept inside a locked wing of the Selkirk Mental Health Centre 24 hours a day. Each year he has been granted more freedom, such as escorted day passes to Winnipeg, Lockport and nearby beaches.

On Monday, Li’s psychiatric team asked for Li to be given three new privileges: — Unescorted day passes into Selkirk.

— Relocation from the hospital’s locked ward to an unlocked ward.

— Relaxed supervision during escorted trips into Winnipeg and Lockport. Instead of having a dedicated escort, Li would be one of three patients supervised by one hospital staff member.

Li, dressed in a leather jacket and black dress pants, was quiet throughout the hearing, with his head bowed for much of the time. He appeared to be paying close attention and thanked his lawyer and psychiatrist as sheriff’s officers handcuffed him and led him out of the room.

Crown attorney Susan Helenchilde did not oppose the changes, noting that Li has co-operated with hospital staff at all times.

“Mr. Li has done everything that has been asked of him.”

The victim’s mother, however, said Li should remain locked up for life.

“I don’t think it should matter whether you’re mentally ill or not mentally ill. If you kill someone, you should lose your freedom, period,” DeDelley said outside the hearing.

“I’m standing out here by my damn self for six years now, and they’re going to ultimately let this person free.

And if he reoffends, (they’ll say), ’Oh well, statistically it shouldn’t happen’.

But guess what? It does, and it does and it does.”

DeDelley has fought to toughen the laws governing people found not criminally responsible for killings. She has a website that tracks cases in which people with the designation have been rearrested or convicted on new charges.

The review board said it will render its decision within a week.

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At issue is a sweeping, 200-plus page bill that overhauls the way federal elections will be conducted in Canada that’s being pushed quickly through Parliament by the Harper government.

That has the opposition parties fuming over what they see as an orchestrated government effort to keep most voting Canadians in the dark about changes to the rules of the game.

“We’re talking about the rules for a federal general election,” NDP Leader Tom Mulcair thundered during the daily question period Monday.

“That’s the foundation of our democracy. That’s what they’re trying to cheat on.”

Mulcair was admonished by Speaker Andrew Scheer for his language but immediately repeated the allegation.

“I can affirm that we all know they’re trying to cheat in advance,” Mulcair shouted.

But Conservative MPs during a day-long debate maintained the rule changes are fair to all and that they’re prepared for full public hearings at committee on the legislation, dubbed the Fair Elections Act. The government used its majority to cut short initial debate on the bill in order to send it to a Conservativedominated committee.

The NDP has responded with procedural tactics to stop other parliamentary committees from travelling, while introducing a voteable motion Monday to send the procedure and House affairs committee on the road with the elections bill until May 1.

NDP deputy leader David Christopherson says the government is resisting the idea because it wants to make the fight over election rules just another “battle in the bubble” that Canadians can easily tune out.

Not so, said Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski.

He said up to 12 or 13 meetings could be held in Ottawa on the bill, and that the meetings could be extended beyond their usual two-hour duration.

“Our government has stated if you want to put forward a list of witnesses, our government is not going to oppose it,” he said. “We want to hear from people.”

Lukiwski is the ranking Conservative on the committee and also parliamentary secretary to Pierre Poilievre, Harper’s minister for democratic reform who introduced the bill.

Lukiwski had previously referred to the idea of travelling hearings as a “gong show,” but he struck a more respectful tone Monday.

“We can arrange for anyone who wants to provide testimony to be here,” he said.

He also urged all MPs to listen to the concerns of their constituents and bring those concerns to Ottawa.

“So Mr. Speaker, there’s no argument that I’ve heard from members opposite that would change my mind on whether or not there is a need for cross-country consultations,” he concluded. “We can do the job here.”

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CALLS UKRAINE’S NEW LEADERS KALASHNIKOVTOTING PEOPLE IN BLACK MASKS WHILE AUTHORITIES ISSUE ARREST WARRANT FOR MISSING PRESIDENT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine — With Viktor Yanukovych on the run, Ukraine’s interim government drew up a warrant Monday for the fugitive president’s arrest in the killing of anti-government protesters last week, while Russia issued its strongest condemnation yet of the new leaders in Kyiv, deriding them as “Kalashnikov-toting people in black masks.”

Parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchinov, the interim president, moved quickly to open a dialogue with the West, saying at a meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that the course toward closer integration with Europe and financial assistance from the EU were “key factors of stable and democratic development of Ukraine.”

In a statement released by his office, Turchinov said Ukraine and the EU should immediately revisit the closer ties that Yanukovych abandoned in November in favour of a $15 billion bailout loan from Russia that set off a wave of protests. Within weeks, the protests expanded to include outrage over corruption and human rights abuses, leading to calls for Yanukovych’s resignation.

Yanukovych, who fled Kyiv on Saturday after the opposition took over government buildings, has reportedly gone to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, a pro-Russia area.

Calls are mounting in Ukraine to put Yanukovych on trial after a tumultuous presidency in which he amassed powers, enriched his allies and family, and cracked down on protesters. Anger boiled over last week after 82 people, primarily demonstrators, were killed in clashes with security forces in the bloodiest violence in Ukraine’s postSoviet history.

Acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakhov said on his official Facebook page that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Yanukovych and several other officials for the “mass killing of civilians.”

Yanukovych’s last public appearance was in a televised interview Saturday from Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, a base of his support, where he insisted he was still president and would not leave the country.

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A man lights a candle at a memorial for the people killed in clashes with police at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday. Ukraine’s acting government issued a warrant Monday for the arrest of President Viktor Yanukovych, last reportedly seen in the pro-Russian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, accusing him of mass crimes against protesters who stood up for months against his rule.

He then tried to fly out of Donetsk but was stopped and went to Crimea on Sunday, Avakhov said.

There, Yanukovych freed his official security detail from its duties and drove to an unknown location, turning off all forms of communication, Avakhov said.

“Yanukovych has disappeared,” he added.

Security has been tightened across Ukraine’s borders, the Interfax news agency quoted the State Border Guard service as saying.

Activist Valeri Kazachenko said Yanukovych must be arrested and brought to trial.

“He must answer for all the crimes he has committed against Ukraine and its people,” he said, as thousands continued to flock to Independence Square to light candles, lay flowers where dozens were killed and watch a video screen showing photos of the dead. “Yanukovych must be tried by the court of the people right here in the square.”

Turchinov, the parliament speaker, is now nominally in charge of this strategic country of 46 million whose ailing economy faces the risk of default and whose loyalties are sharply torn between Europe and longtime ruler Russia. He said he hopes to form a new coalition government by Tuesday.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry

Medvedev strongly condemned the new authorities, saying they came to power as a result of an “armed mutiny” and their legitimacy is causing “big doubts.”

Medvedev wouldn’t say what action Russia might take to protect its interests.

“If you consider Kalashnikov-toting people in black masks who are roaming Kyiv to be the government, then it will be hard for us to work with that government,” Medvedev said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry criticized the West for turning a blind eye to what Moscow described as the opposition reneging on an agreement signed Friday to form a unity government and aiming to “suppress dissent in various regions of Ukraine with dictatorial and, sometimes, even terrorist methods.”

Although Russia has questioned the new government’s legitimacy, European Commission spokesman Olivier Bailly referred to Turchinov as the “interim president.”

NATO’s supreme allied commander in Europe, Gen. Philip Breedlove, discussed Ukraine with Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces, and they agreed to keep each other informed about developments in the country.

Tensions, meanwhile, have been mounting in Crimea in southern

Ukraine. Russia maintains a large naval base in Sevastopol that has strained relations between the countries for two decades.

Pro-Russian protesters gathered in front of city hall in the port of Sevastopol on Monday chanting “Russia!

Russia!”

“Extremists have seized power in Kyiv and we must defend Crimea. Russia must help us with that,” said Anataly Mareta, head of a Cossack militia in Sevastopol.

The head of the city administration in Sevastopol quit Monday amid the turmoil, and protesters replaced a Ukrainian flag near the city hall building with a Russian flag.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position on the turmoil in Ukraine will be crucial to the future of Crimea and to Ukraine. Putin spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by telephone Sunday and the German government said the two agreed that Ukraine’s “territorial integrity must be respected.”

On Monday, German government spokesman Steffan Seibert said Ukraine’s new leaders should consider the interests of the south and east — the pro-Russian sections of Ukraine — in the composition of a new government. He also said the offer of an association agreement with the EU is still on the table.

White House backing new government in Ukraine WILL PROVIDE AID TO FOSTER ECONOMIC STABILITY WASHINGTON — The Obama administration signalled Monday it no longer recognizes Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine’s president.

The shift of support for opposition leaders in Kyiv came even as U.S. officials sought to assure Russia that it does not have to be shut out of a future relationship with a new Ukrainian government.

Yanukovych was widely seen as a puppet of Moscow against Ukraine protesters who demanded stronger ties with the European Union to boost the faltering economy of the onetime Soviet state.

His whereabouts are unknown after fleeing the capital Kyiv in the wake of deadly protests seeking his ouster.

U.S. officials said the International Monetary Fund is considering an aid package as high as $15 billion to help stabilize a new, transitional government in Kyiv.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the U.S. will provide additional aid to complement the IMF, aimed at fostering Ukrainian economic stability, but it was not immediately clear how much money it would provide.

“Yanukovych left Kyiv. He took his furni-

ture, packed his bags, and we don’t have more information on his whereabouts,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.

“So there are officials who have stepped in and are acting in response to that leadership gap at the moment.”

Carney said that although Yanukovych “was a democratically elected leader, his actions have undermined his legitimacy, and he is not actively leading the country at present.”

Senior U.S. officials, including Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, are scheduled to meet with political, business and civil society leaders during a series of meetings in Kyiv over the next two days. Top European Union officials are already there.

Psaki said Congress must approve any U.S. aid package, and several lawmakers on Monday called for a quick show of support for Ukraine’s new leaders.

“Now more than ever, the Ukrainian people need the continued support of their friends,” Sen. John McCain, RArizona, said in a statement. “The path of reform will be difficult, but if the new Ukrainian government is prepared to make these tough —

and, at times, unpopular — decisions, it will need significant assistance from the IMF and the European Union. The United States must be ready to provide additional assistance as well.”

The protests in Kyiv were sparked by Yanukovych’s shelving of an agreement with the European Union in November and turning instead for a $15 billion bailout loan from Russia. Within weeks, the protests expanded amid outrage over corruption and human rights abuses, leading to calls for Yanukovych’s resignation. Anger boiled over last week after 82 people, primarily demonstrators, were killed in clashes with security forces in the bloodiest violence in Ukraine’s post-Soviet history.

Aides said U.S. VicePresident Joe Biden spoke Monday with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili in his first of several discussions about regional security, including with leaders of other former Soviet states who also are struggling, either politically or economically, against generations of inherent Russian influence. But Psaki said the emergence of a new government is Kyiv is not “a zero-sum game for Russia or any other country.”

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Opposition opts out of meeting CAPRILES WILL NOT MEET WITH VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT AMID CRISIS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CARACAS, Venezuela — A meeting billed as a national dialogue for local and state officials in troubled Venezuela convened Monday without the country’s most prominent opposition leader.

Gov. Henrique Capriles, the opposition candidate in the last two presidential elections, said he would not attend the meeting called by President Nicolas Maduro amid political turmoil that has engulfed the country in recent weeks.

Capriles did not say whether he would also sit out a national peace conference called by the president for Wednesday. Capriles, governor of wealthy Miranda state, told reporters that attending Monday’s meeting would look like an endorsement for a government that he says has engaged in “repression” as troops and police have clashed with protesters.

“I am not going to make Nicolas Maduro look good ... That is what they want, that I go there as if the country was absolutely normal,” he said.

Capriles also said he would not participate while another opposition leader, Leopoldo Lopez, remains jailed along with dozens of others who have taken part in anti-government protests.

Lopez, a former mayor of a district in the capital, is being held in a military jail outside Caracas on charges that include criminal incitement of violence for organizing a mass opposition rally Feb. 12 that was followed by clashes that resulted in three deaths and set off waves of unrest that have roiled Venezuela ever since.

His wife, Lillian Tintori, said Lopez believes the time is not right for members of the opposition to sit down with Maduro.

“Look at the statements from Nicolas Maduro, every time he speaks, he

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Lilian Tintori, the wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, center, walks hand in hand with actress Norkys Batista, left, and congresswoman Maria Corina Machado as they arrive for a news conference at Plaza Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday. Tintori said her husband Lopez believes the time is not right for members of the opposition to sit down with Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. Lopez “thinks that Venezuela is not going to stop, that the discontent is nationwide, that it is a little late to call for peace,” she said. The news conference was called to announce a march on Wednesday by opposition women. insults us, he speaks with aggression, speaks with hate,” she said following a news conference to announce a march Wednesday by opposition women.

Monday’s session of the Federal Government Council was a previously scheduled meeting of all Venezuela’s mayors and governors to discuss social and economic problems. At a special meeting of the group in January, following the slaying of a prominent ac-

tress with her husband in a robbery, Capriles and Maduro shook hands in a rare showing of co-operation.

This time, Capriles said he felt conditions were wrong for the encounter.

“The only thing Maduro wanted was a handshake and a photo so he can tell the world that everything is OK,” Capriles said.

Vice-President Jorge Arreaza said at the start of the meeting that Maduro

intended to preside over the session to discuss his peace plan for the country.

“We know that those of us who are here have the shared interest to build a peaceful society,” Arreaza told the meeting, which was attended by two of the country’s three opposition governors, Henri Falcon of Lara state and Liborio Guarulla of Amazonas state.

Though violent protests have died down, Venezuela remains tense. Opposition protesters erected barricades to block traffic on major streets in Caracas and elsewhere Monday but there were no major clashes.

Maduro told a rally of motorcycleriding supporters that the blockades had prevented sick people from getting to the hospital. “They have affected the health of thousands of people in these communities that they have cut off,” he said.

Since Feb. 12, opponents of Maduro have been staging countrywide protests that the government says have left at least 15 people dead and wounded about 150. Authorities have detained 579 people, of whom 45, including nine police officers and members of the National Guard, remain in custody, Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz said.

Tachira state Gov. Jose Vielma Mora, a member of Maduro’s party, said the government should release all those detained, including Lopez, to promote peace. Then, in a very rare public criticism by a ruling party member, Vielma faulted as excessive some elements of the government’s response to the protests in his state, including deploying warplanes to buzz over opposition protests.

The opposition blames Maduro’s administration for the country’s high crime rate and economic troubles and says his socialist-inspired polices have led to shortages of basic goods and inflation above 50 per cent, among the world’s highest, despite the country’s vast oil reserves.

Drug lord charged, Hagel proposes shrinking military extradition to US unlikely THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have set in motion a legal process that makes it unlikely drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will soon face U.S. cases also pending against him.

The Federal Judicial Council said the hemisphere’s most powerful drug lord had been formally charged under a 2009 Mexican indictment for cocaine trafficking, an action that could start put him on path for a trial that would put any extradition request on the back burn.

A judge has until Tuesday to decide whether a trial is warranted. Guzman, who is being held in a maximum security prison west of Mexico City, could then appeal the judge’s decision, a process that typically takes weeks or months.

Also on Monday, Guzman’s lawyers filed a petition asking a court for an injunction to block any extradition request from the United States.

In the past, similar appeals by other drug suspects have taken months, and sometimes years, to resolve.

And before considering any extradition request that might come from the U.S., Mexican officials also must weigh whether to renew other charges against Guzman.

When he escaped from a Mexican prison in 2001 he was serving convictions for criminal association and bribery, and he was awaiting trial on charges of murder and drug trafficking.

What to do with Guzman is a politically sensitive subject for President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has sought to carve out more control over joint anti-drug efforts with the United States.

Analysts said his administration is likely torn between the impulse to move Guzman to a nearly invulnerable U.S. facility and the desire to show that Mexico can successful retry and incarcerate the man whose time as the fugitive head of the world’s most powerful drug cartel.

Eduardo Sanchez, the presidential spokesman, did not answer his phone or return messages Monday asking whether the government was considering extraditing Guz-

man to the U.S. Prominent trial lawyer Juan Velasquez, who has represented former Mexican presidents, said that if the administration did decide to extradite Guzman, legal appeals would only delay the process because Mexico has removed obstacles to sending its citizens for trial in other countries.

WASHINGTON — Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday proposed shrinking the U.S. Army to its smallest size in 74 years, closing military bases and making other military-wide savings as part of a broad reshaping after more than a decade of war.

Hagel outlined his vision in a speech at the Pentagon, a week before President Barack Obama is to submit his 2015 budget plan to Congress.

Hagel said that U.S. forces must adjust to the reality of smaller budgets, even as he asserted that the United States faces a more volatile, more unpredictable world that requires a more nimble military.

“We are repositioning to focus on the strategic challenges and opportunities that will define our future: new technologies, new centres of power and a

world that is growing more volatile, more unpredictable and in some instances more threatening to the United States,” he said.

Under the Hagel plan, which Congress could change, the active-duty Army would shrink from its current 522,000 soldiers to between 440,000 and 450,000. That would make it the smallest since just before the U.S. entered World War II. Hagel said Obama’s budget proposal will include a government-wide “Opportunity, Growth and Security Initiative” that would provide the Pentagon with $26 billion on top of the $496 billion it is due to receive in 2015 under terms of the budget deal passed by the Congress two months ago. Among the bolder moves in Hagel’s proposal is the elimination of the Air Force’s fleet of A-10 aircraft as well as its venerable U-2 spy planes, as well as reductions in the size of the Army National Guard.

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Saskatchewan wants Ottawa to act ON GRAIN NEGOTIATIONS TO CLEAR BACKLOG AND GET PRODUCT TO PORT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Saskatchewan wants the federal government to immediately oversee talks between grain and rail companies about getting grain to port, even as railways give assurances they will ramp up service.

Economy Minister Bill Boyd led a delegation that met with Canadian National (TSX:CNR) and Canadian Pacific rail (TSX:CP) officials to talk about ways to get a backlog of grain moving. He says the railway companies told him they’re adding “thousands more grain cars per week” and will keep that up until at least December.

Boyd says there still need to be agreements, with penalties, for both grain companies and railways to ensure service levels.

“Both of them were saying, ’Well, we’re not sure the other side is willing to negotiate,”’ he said Monday in Regina. “So we think that there needs to be someone like the federal government overseeing those negotiations.”

A record crop is sitting in bins across the Prairies.

Grain-handling companies have told Boyd that it may be well into 2015 before the backlog is cleared.

Federal legislation allows a government arbitrator to decide if a signed service agreement between a shipping company and a railway has been violated, but grain handlers don’t have such contracts. That

means rail companies determine the level of service they’re going to provide to grain companies and there are no provisions for penalties.

Boyd suggested Ottawa could go further.

“The legislation probably needs to be looked at to see if ... there needs to be any strengthening in that respect. There’s some tools that the federal government has that could be used,” he said.

“If the level-of-service agreements discussions breaks down, then they have a responsibility to move.”

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, who characterized the rail service as abysmal, suggested all options could be discussed, but added that legislated solutions are not as good as market-driven ones.

“As a government, we’re always loath to regulate, but we will not let farmers and our global market stability be held hostage by unacceptable rail service. They’re going to have to pick up their game in a big way,” said Ritz, who held talks in Winnipeg on Monday with grain and rail companies.

When specifically asked if Ottawa would oversee talks, Ritz said legislation already allows for those negotiations to take place.

“They’re not as prescriptive as some of the players would like, but at the end of the day, there’s nothing stopping the grain companies and the railways from negotiating with reciprocal penalties as part of that contract. There’s nothing stopping them from doing that now,” he said in a phone interview with The Ca-

nadian Press.

Ottawa already plans to keep closer tabs on rail companies by requiring them to report monthly on their performance instead of every three months.

CN uses shorter trains during cold weather to ensure brakes can be used properly, which affects shipment capacity.

CN spokesman Mark Hallman said in an email to The Canadian Press on Monday that the company’s goal is return to more normal winter performance of 4,000-plus cars per week “as soon as extreme cold temperatures abate.” CN has another 500 hopper cars coming on stream and it is lining up crews and locomotives for as many as 5,500 cars per week at country elevators once the Ontario port at Thunder Bay reopens, probably in early April, he said.

“CN is doing it level-best to move this 100-year grain crop to export position and world markets,” said Hallman.

Ritz suggested the companies could have been better prepared.

“Anybody who has lived in Western Canada for any number of years knows that this is always the norm when it comes to winter weather,” said the minister.

“They do have meetings around winter contingencies. I have no idea what they discuss — whether they’re discussing their golf game at those — but they certainly have no idea of what winter contingency is.”

50 West a step up from casual dining

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR As far as restaurant openings go, it’d be difficult to improve on 50 West Bistro’s timing.

The downtown Red Deer eatery opened its doors on Feb. 14, offering couples — and others — an upscale way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Patrick Malkin, who owns the 4930 Ross St. restaurant with his business partner Mahziar Peyrow, said customers continued to come.

“It was a solid week.

“We’ve had a great response from the community.”

Malkin described 50 West Bistro’s menu as “French-influenced,” although its dishes include Cornish game hen, beef, bison, halibut, red snapper and wild Pacific sockeye salmon.

“Primarily, the cooking methods are French-inspired,” he explained.

The emphasis is on natural and whole foods, added Malkin, with much of it sourced in Alberta or Western Canada.

“The beef is local; the bison is local.”

The restaurant features a

wine list with some 60 selections, a wide array of international beers and handmade cocktails.

“This is a step up from casual dining,” said Malkin, who also operates Red Deer’s One Eleven Grill with Peyrow.

Located in the former premises of L’Association Canadienne-Française de l’Alberta (ACFA), 50 West Bistro has seating for 50. That, and its location on the west end of Ross (50th) Street, were the inspirations for the restaurant’s name.

Malkin said he’s pleased with its location in the heart of Red Deer.

“We just think there are a lot of great things that are happening downtown.

“A lot of businesses are opening up and there’s a lot of life downtown. We want to contribute to that and give people a reason to come downtown.”

50 West Bistro is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from 5 to 10 p.m. on Sundays. Reservations are recommended for evening diners.

“It doesn’t take long to fill 50 seats,” said Malkin. hrichards@reddeeradvocate. com

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50 West Bistro owner Patrick Malkin in his restaurant at 4930 Ross Street in Red Deer.

Ag safety Construction on fertilizer production week to kick facility at Strachan Gas Plant started off March 11

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

The 2014 edition of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week will kick off in Olds on March 11.

Held every March, the national campaign is organized by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.

This year’s theme is “Let’s Talk About It,” with farmer testimonials, producer resources and videos to be used to convey the farm safety message.

The March 11 launch in Olds will feature a free luncheon, as well as presentations and testimonials. There will also be a half-day training session on safety orientation for seasonal and migrant workers.

“Ensuring the safety of seasonal and other temporary foreign workers may offer some unique challenges to employers due to language barriers and differences in farming techniques between here in Canada and their home country,” said Alan Dooley, an agriculture recruitment specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, which is helping with the kickoff, as is Ag for Life.

“Agriculture is the second largest industry in Alberta and an important part of our way of life, so we see the safety of all those involved as a high priority,” said David Sprague, CEO of Ag for Life. “Encouraging our farm families and communities to talk about safety during CASW is a great way to raise the awareness of keeping everyone safe; that’s why we’ll be hosting three youth Safety Days, in Iron Springs, Olds and Grande Prairie in support of CASW.” For more information or to register for the March 11 launch go to www.agsafetyweek.ca.

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A sulphur fertilizer production facility at the Strachan Gas Plant is under construction.

Sulvaris Inc. confirmed last week that it’s obtained regulatory approval from Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development for a Vitasul production facility at the gas processing plant southwest of Rocky Mountain House. The Calgary-based

company added that work on the new facility has commenced, and it should be completed and commissioned by the final quarter of 2014.

The fertilizer production facility will be joint venture involving Sulvaris and Keyera Corp., which owns the Strachan Gas Plant. Keyera will operate the new facility.

Vitasul is a sulphur fertilizer, which will be made from the elemental sulphur produced as a byproduct at the Strachan Gas Plant The new facility is expected to pro-

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ATB Financial has strong third quarter results ATB Financial has reported strong results for its third quarter, ended Dec. 31.

The Alberta-based financial institution had net income of $74.6 million during the three-month period, up 28 per cent from the $58.3 it earned during the same quarter last year.

Operating revenue for the quarter was $339.4 million, up 10.5 per cent from the $307.1 million. A release issued by ATB Financial attributed much of this improvement to increased loan activity involving businesses and individuals. A jump in the funds managed

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by ATB investor services also contributed to yearover-year growth in non-interest income equal to $13.8 million — or nearly 17 per cent.

ATB Financial’s deposits increased by $1.6 billion in the third quarter, to $26.6 billion; and net loans reached $32.7 billion, a $3.4-billion increase from the same time last year. The financial institution’s business and agriculture area earned net income of $33.2 million during the quarter, up 16.1 per cent.

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duce approximately 217,000 tonnes of Vitasul per year, with this to be sold into Canadian, American and offshore markets.

Keyera operates one of the largest natural gas midstream businesses in Canada, with its operations including gathering, processing, transporting, storage and marketing.

The Strachan Gas Plant processes natural gas. It’s connected to three major gathering systems, with a capture area covering approximately 2,500 square km.

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed higher Monday ahead of key trade and growth data later in the week.

The loonie was up 0.54 of a cent to 90.36 cents US. Statistics Canada releases growth data for December and the fourth quarter on Friday. Economists looked for the economy to contract by 0.3 per cent in December, largely because of crippling ice storms in Ontario and Quebec towards the end of the month. Growth for the quarter is reckoned to come in at 2.5 per cent.

On Thursday, the agency reports the latest data on the country’s major trade indicator. CIBC World Markets believes the deficit is expected to grow by $2 billion to $17.5 billion.

Friday will also see the release of the first revision to U.S. fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth. The initial reading came in at 3.2 per cent but worsening weather in December likely pushed growth to around 2.7 per cent.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 100.79 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 52.00 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.95 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.57 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.07 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.87 Cdn. National Railway . . 62.26 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 174.87 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.11 Capital Power Corp . . . . 23.15 Cervus Equipment Corp 24.06 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 46.95 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 47.52 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 30.15 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.58 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.55 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 19.21 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.30 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 48.48 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 66.18 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.28 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.06 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.03 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 98.45 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.65 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.85 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.29 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 15.75 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Rising energy stocks helped push the Toronto stock market modestly higher Monday while investors looked to an upcoming heavy slate of earnings results from the big Canadian banks.

The S&P/TSX composite index advanced 21.36 points to 14,227.08, with gains limited by base metal miners amid fresh concerns over the Chinese property market.

The Canadian dollar gained 0.54 of a cent to 90.36 cents US. Stocks resumed rallying in New York following a slight dip last week with the Dow Jones industrials ahead 105.83 points to 16,209.13. The Nasdaq climbed 29.56 points to 4,292.97 and the S&P 500 index rose 11.46 points to 1,847.71, just a point shy of its finish at the end of 2013.

National Bank (TSX:NA) kicked off earnings reports among Canada’s big banks after markets closed with results that beat expectations. Canada’s sixth-largest bank said net income in the three months ended Jan. 31 totalled $405 million or $1.15 per diluted share, up from $373 million or $1.05 per share in the same 2013 period.

Ex-items, earnings were $384 million or $1.09 per share, up 12 per cent from $344 million or 97 cents in the same year-earlier period and well the average analyst estimate of $1.05 per share, as compiled by Thomson Reuters. National Bank shares had closed up 11 cents at $43.61 on Monday.

All the big banks registered record annual profits last year but analysts believe this year will be more challenging amid a fading housing market.

“I think that they will continue to provide solid results (but) I don’t think we will get big earnings beats out of them,” said Craig Fehr, Canadian markets specialist at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

“The demand environment for personal lending is an area where we see lower mortgage demand, slower demand for personal lines of credit.”

The April crude contract

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.61 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.07 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 57.94 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.35 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.35 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 23.52 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.49 First Quantum Minerals . 21.07 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 30.55 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.70 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.85 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 36.65 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.96 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 25.00 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 30.37 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 33.24 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 63.08 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.08 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 54.45 Calfrac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.23 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 41.03 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.97 Canyon Services Group. 12.05 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 28.89 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.860 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 21.47 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.62 on the New York Mercantile Exchange added 62 cents to US$102.82 a barrel, lifted in part by a closely-watched survey that showed German business sentiment at its highest level in two and a half years and the energy group gained 0.75 per cent.

The tech sector was up 0.23 per cent with BlackBerry (TSX:BB) up 70 cents or 6.88 per cent to $10.87 amid a report from Bloomberg that automaker Ford will base its next-generation Sync system on the smartphone maker’s QNX and no longer use Microsoft’s Windows. Ford has been struggling with in-car technology flaws and has more than seven million vehicles on the road with Sync using Microsoft voice-activated software.

The gold sector gained about 0.15 per cent as the April bullion contract rose $14.40 to US$1,338 an ounce, its highest close in almost four months.

Meanwhile, figures showed that average new home prices in China’s 70 major cities rose 9.6 per cent in the year to January, down from the 9.9 per cent rise recorded in December. It was the first slowdown since November 2012 and has added to fears that the banks are beginning to tighten lending and that could mean Chinese growth falters.

The base metals segment led decliners, down almost one per cent as copper prices fell two cents to US$3.27 a pound following the release of the Chinese housing data.

In the U.S., eBay rose 3.13 per cent to US$56.30 after the activist shareholder Carl Icahn disclosed a two per cent stake in the company. Icahn is looking to replace several members of eBay’s board of directors.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Monday.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,227.08, up 21.36 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,018.95, down 2.71 points TSX 60 — 815.82, up 0.79 of a point Dow — 16,209.13, up 105.83 points

NEB audit on TransCanada pipeline safety practices finds room for improvement THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A National Energy Board audit has found room for improvement when it comes to TransCanada Corp.’s (TSX:TRP) pipeline safety practices.

Although the federal energy watchdog is “of the view that the processes presently used by TransCanada have identified the majority, and most significant, of its hazards and risks,” it says the company is still breaking the rules in some areas.

The NEB had scheduled an audit on TransCanada’s integrity management programs to begin last spring, but decided to move on it sooner after

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DOLLAR: Concerns There were also some concerns over the Chinese property market.

Figures showed that average new home prices in China’s 70 major cities rose 9.6 per cent in the year to January, down on the 9.9 per cent rise recorded in December. The first slowdown since November 2012 has added to fears that the banks are beginning to tighten their lending and that could mean Chinese growth falters.

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 96.44 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 56.37 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.75 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 33.64 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 49.20 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.55 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 9.12 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.220 Precision Drilling Corp . . 12.06 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.97 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.58 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.38 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 10.90 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 63.26 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 72.57 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 57.38 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.09 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 36.34 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.62 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.32 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 53.80 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 66.71 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.20 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.61 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.49 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 42.49 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.61 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.44 S&P 500 — 1,847.71, up 11.46 points Nasdaq — 4,292.97, up 29.56 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 90.36 cents US, up 0.54 of a cent Pound — C$1.8432, down 0.81 of a cent Euro — C$1.5198 down 0.95 of a cent Euro — US$1.3733, down 0.04 of a cent Oil futures: US$102.82 per barrel, up 62 cents (April contract) Gold futures: US$1,338 per oz., up $14.40 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $25.464 oz., up 37.1 cents $818.67 kg, up $11.93 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Monday at 1,018.95, down 2.71 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m.

ET was 184.80 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $2.90 lower $411.70; May ’14 $2.90 lower $422.00; July ’14 $2.80 lower $431.90; Nov. ’14 $2.40 lower $449.40; Jan ’15 $2.50 lower $456.90; March ’15 $3.00 lower $464.00; May ’15 $2.60 lower $467.90; July ’15 $2.60 lower $470.60; Nov ’15 $2.60 lower $466.80; Jan. ’16 $2.60 lower $466.80; March ’16 $2.60 lower $466.80.

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

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 678,840 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 678,840.

a then-employee of TransCanada came forward with allegations of safety lapses. The audit took place between November 2012 and August 2013.

According to the report released by the NEB on Monday, the audit found the Calgary-based pipeline operator was meeting all legal requirements in five of nine aspects of the review.

But there are four other areas in which the company was found to be non-compliant: — hazard identification, risk assessment and control — operational control in upset or abnormal operating condition — inspection, measurement and monitoring — management review.

In a news release, the NEB said a finding of non-compliance does not necessarily mean there’s an immediate safety hazard. TransCanada must file a corrective action plan to the NEB within 30 days.

Copper prices were down sharply in the wake of the China data with the March contract in New York down two cents to US$3.27 a pound. The April crude contract erased early losses to add 62 cents to US$102.82 a barrel.

Gold prices also headed higher with the April contract up $14.40 to US$1,338 an ounce.

The dollar had a rough time last week, sliding about 1.25 cents US. Analysts point to recent soft data, including a worse than expected showing for December retail sales, concerns over the global growth outlook, a dovish tone on interest rates from the Bank of Canada and another potential delay in the Keystone XL pipeline decision.

Hudak urges Liberal government to reject Chrysler’s ‘ransom’ demand

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government should refuse to give Chrysler hundreds of millions of dollars in “ransom” money and end its $3 billion a year “corporate welfare” program, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak said Monday.

Chrysler still owes the province $800 million from the bailout it received during the recession in 2009, and should not try to blackmail the federal and Ontario governments for a reported $700 million, part of a $3.6-billion investment in its plants in Windsor and Brampton, said Hudak.

“Should we pay a nine figure ransom to Chrysler? Of course not,” he said. “We should use the money to lower taxes for all, so all companies can create jobs, instead of giving handouts to the very few.”

Asked why he was using such harsh language about a large auto company that employs thousands of Ontario workers, Hudak insisted he wasn’t attacking Chrysler.

“I don’t blame the corporations for chasing the handouts,” he said. “I blame the Liberal government for being in the handout business.”

Governments should not pick winners and losers, and cutting taxes instead of giving some companies money would make it a level playing field for all, added Hudak.

“Once you say ’Yes’ all the time, where do you ever stop,” he asked.

“There is no proven economic rationale that says you can subsidize your way to prosperity.”

Premier Kathleen Wynne called Hudak “irresponsible” and accused the Conservative leader of abandoning Ontario’s automotive manufacturing sector.

“Tim Hudak’s vision of Ontario apparently doesn’t include the auto sector,” she said. “I think it’s naive to suggest that any Ontario government

wouldn’t have to work with the auto sector to help them to make the investments that would make them globally competitive.”

Wynne said Ontario knows Chrysler is talking with other governments that will also offer the automaker incentives to locate in their state or country.

“The reality is that part of that environment is competing with other jurisdictions that are working in partnership with business to invest in the future,” she said.

“I don’t understand why any leader of any party in this province would think that it was a good idea to walk away from the auto sector, to make a decision that would literally put at risk hundreds of thousands of jobs.”

The Liberals like corporate welfare because it allows them to stage photo-opportunities as they hand out big cheques or open new plants, said Hudak.

“I know that Kathleen Wynne can cut a very pretty red ribbon — and no doubt it’s going to be a red ribbon because this is all about politics, but it’s not good economic policy,” he said.

Honda set up a new manufacturing plant in Alliston in 1998 without any government money because Ontario had lower taxes and electricity costs, but things are so bad under the Liberals now they have to pay companies to move here, added Hudak.

“The only way for business to open up in Ontario is you have to bribe them with hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies,” he said. “I think you should start saying ’No’ to the corporate extortion that you’ve got yourself into.”

The Conservatives also complained that most of the $3 billion a year the province gives to corporations goes to large, foreign companies such as Samsung, which Hudak noted is a direct competitor to Waterloo, Ont., based BlackBerry.

“It seems like it’s never the small and medium-sized companies, and it seems like it’s never Canadian companies,” he said.

Changes to athlete’s retirement plans a small step to helping with finances THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The medals, the tears and the pride may be what most Canadians remember from the Olympics, but when the glory fades, athletes need to plan for retirement, just like everyone else.

A recent policy change by Ottawa will make it easier for them to invest in RRSPs but, given the meagre earnings of many amateur athletes and their focus on planning for the short term, it’s a challenge to financially prepare athletes for the future.

“The funding is a huge problem for national team athletes, so any move to increase money or money to help athletes is am important one,” said Thomas Hall, an Olympic medallist in sprint canoe who retired from paddling in 2012.

“It is nice that it opens room in the RRSP, but ...

I know for a fact that, for the 10-plus years I was on the national team, the best year I ever had was when I won an Olympic medal ... and I still finished with plenty of debt. There just aren’t that many athletes making that much money,”

said Hall, who also works with Canoe Kayak Canada and AthletesCAN, two organizations that support athletes.

Under Canadian tax rules, athletes competing for Canada are able to take income from endorsements, prize money or speaking engagements and place it in an amateur athlete trust.

It’s a tax-free shelter until they take it out and allows them to grow those funds on a tax-free basis while they compete.

But since RRSP contributions are based on earned income, none of that money could be used toward a contribution calculation, which means athletes had less RRSP room.

In the federal budget tabled Feb. 11, Ottawa changed the rules so that any income put into an amateur athlete trust can now qualify as earned income and help determine the athlete’s RRSP contribution limit.

Jamie Golombek, a tax expert with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, said it was a positive move by the government in assisting athletes to reach solid financial footing.

“This is just a policy

change to not penalize these individuals who have contributed much to the Canadian athlete profile around the world (but) typically don’t earn large amounts of money,” Golombek said.

“It never really made sense why you had athletes earning this income, setting it aside into a government-sanctioned amateur athletic trust, and yet they were not able to later on put that money into an RRSP. This levels the playing field between athletes and other Canadians who earn money and are able to then use that earned income to contribute to an RSP.” Peter Donnelly, director of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Sport Policy Studies, said such changes are positive, but they don’t go far enough to support struggling athletes.

“Most athletes develop a great deal of indebtedness,” said Donnelly.

“They don’t get paid anything like a professional athlete would get paid for the sponsorships.”

Most athletes will live on a federal government stipend of $18,000 a year, says Hall, noting that figure hasn’t increased since 2004.

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PANTHER KITTEN RESCUED

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Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This photo released by Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo shows a rescued Florida panther kitten that is being held for neonatal care and rearing at the zoo in Tampa, Fla. Initial assessments indicate the four-week-old kitten is healthy and active with an excellent appetite. The young male weighed 2.8 pounds upon arrival, and is now 4.1 pounds and growing every daily. The kitten is currently receiving 24-hour care from the zoo’s veterinary team.

TORONTO — A report examining how Canadian kids view Internet privacy found about half have assumed a fake identity or misrepresented their age online, while about 60 per cent said they’d be willing to share their passwords with family or friends.

“Shielding one’s identity online is a practice that appears to be learned young and is used consistently by a significant number of students of all ages,” states the report by the non-profit organization MediaSmarts. The report is based on surveys conducted last year with 5,436 students from across the country in grades 4 through 11. Despite the growing number of headlines about the risks of sharing too much online, many survey respondents suggested they were lax about guarding their privacy and personal information on the Internet.

About one in four kids said they’d trust their best friends to have access to their online accounts, while 16 per cent of the students in grades 7 through 11 said they’d let their boyfriend or girlfriend log in to their accounts. The kids were far more likely to give their parents access to their passwords, with 41 per cent saying they’d let their mom or dad into their accounts. The boys were more likely to say they wouldn’t share their passwords with anyone — including their parents — with 46 per said saying so, compared to 35 per cent of the girls.

Nearly half of all the kids said they had created online accounts under phoney names, sometimes to protect their privacy.

Un-invitation to Rome trip a concern Dear Annie: My wife of nearly 30 with some guy or another and having years and I are having some difficul- coffee or lunch with some other guy. ties. Recently, she asked I’m sure taking a walk with whether I wanted to go to Peter or having coffee with Rome for a business conPaul and casual conversaference. She thought we tions with Larry are innocould see the sights afcent enough. But I’ve noterward. I said yes, as I’m ticed that these same guys recently retired and have only interact with attractive plenty of time. women like my wife.

However, a few weeks My wife doesn’t see a later, I was uninvited. She problem, but I know how said I wouldn’t enjoy the guys think. I worry that my weather. Last week, I diswife is looking beyond me. covered that she is staying Am I worrying about nothan extra day with someone ing? - Anxious in Davis, Caelse. She made these plans lif.

MITCHELL long before she disinvited Dear Anxious: The fact me. Yesterday, she told me that your wife wants to be & SUGAR that a woman from work is more attractive at work is staying with her for an exnot necessarily a problem. tra day. I’ve never heard A lot of married people enthis woman’s name before. joy flirting for the attention These meetings are held and have no interest in puronce a year in different locations, but suing things further. However, when this is the first time she has stayed any your wife disinvites you to a trip to extra time.

Europe and then stays an extra day, we Additionally, over the past year, would be concerned that she intends to her behavior at work has changed. She party. Things can get out of hand when has started wearing makeup and nic- you are far away from your spouse and er clothes. She mentions taking walks want to impress your work friends with

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how wild and crazy (and young) you are. It’s time to have an honest conversation with your wife about your concerns. If she refuses to explain herself, counseling is the next step.

Dear Annie: I have a big problem.

I am only 49 and have been married twice. My first wife passed away 10 years ago in May, and I am still mourning her death.

My new wife of seven years doesn’t think it’s normal that I still think about my first wife all the time. Can you help me deal with her death so I can move on and live a better life? - Still Grieving Dear Still: There is no timetable for grief, but if you haven’t moved much beyond your initial stages of mourning after 10 years, it’s time to seek professional guidance. It is normal to think about your first wife on occasion, but it is not normal to obsess over her, cry daily, turn her closet into a shrine or constantly compare her to your current wife. If you are doing any of these things, please ask your doctor to refer you to a grief counselor.

Dear Annie: The letter from “Two Scared Parents” motivated me to speak up. People don’t seem to understand

that alcoholism is an illness. I am an alcoholic with many years of sobriety.

I attend AA meetings and have been to Al-Anon meetings.

People whose loved ones have other serious diseases research to find out all they can about the disease. They are usually eager to learn in order to help.

So why is it that when it comes to the deadly disease of alcoholism, the family complains, makes excuses and takes no action? They expect the sick person, the one who cannot think clearly due to alcohol in the brain cells, to be logical. When I ask, “Why don’t you go to Al-Anon?” they tell me it’s not their problem.

I realize it’s hard to understand that it is a disease. Please, dear friends, go find out all you can about alcoholism.

Take action to help yourself. - Anonymous

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Just when you might have the right intentions at heart, you will still face opposition. It appears that your audience disagrees with what you have to say and that your opinions are not welcomed. Your expectations of others may surpass reality.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You desire more freedom but you realize that there’s a bit of work to be done before you are allowed that status. Superiors request more and more from you.

Maintain a poised outlook on the world today as the world is surely taking notice of you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let anyone attempt to instill a guilt trip on you. You know what you feel and what you know. Any unnecessary opinions are simply biased and not worth your consideration. A relative could be too demanding.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sharing your personal needs and your assets with someone else might seem like a challenge for you today. You are not ready to let go of something for

which you have a strong attachment to.

Emphasize your own territory.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You seem to know today’s successful formula. You strive to achieve triumph through your strong determination and persistence. You rely on yourself today and on your own gut instincts without calling for help. Others look at you as a leader.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will productively implement your ideas into feasible endeavours. Despite the on-going opposing forces today, let your imagination flourish with your ingenious thoughts, which will only inspire others.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You feel empowered and invincible today. You feel that the whole world is at your feet. Your sense of purpose and direction in life help you achieve the freedom you need. There is nothing that could stay in your way.

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Handler, 39 CANCER (June 21-July THOUGHT OF THE 22): You are fully focused DAY: The Moon in assiduon your partnership needs. ous Capricorn is moving You are more engaged in closely with Pluto, yet they your partner’s life by inare both opposing Jupiter vesting yourself heart and today. In order to maintain soul into this union. There’s a good balance throughout a lot of intensity between the day, we should restrain you two that can either sizourselves from jumping the zle your sexual desires or gun and being overly conthey could backfire. fident about what we feel LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): and what we know. EmoYou may keep it all work ASTRO tionality and intellect are today and no play. In fact, DOYNA in a dubious aspect. Thereyour attention is totally fofore, contradictory tendencused towards your everycies may make us sound day issues that you have no less credible. Objectivity time to waste. You gain a may appear to be somewhat of a chal- greater satisfaction out of organizing lenge. your own life than socializing.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, the forthcoming year denotes initiation and action on your part. You have enough stamina to fight whatever battle there is to encounter. One-on-one relationships are predominant for you and they will transform your identity into a new persona.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your savoir-faire and your expertise will make you gain a few points today. You know how to persuade your crowd with your convincing statements and lure them on your side. Confidence and a bit of eccentricity really suit you today.

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If you are feeling really adventurous, why not replace your yeast dough pizza crust with cauliflower? Grate or crumble a cauliflower head in a food processor. Then quickly steam and remove any water. Once it is fairly dry, add cheeses and egg, which act as binders for the dough.

Cauliflower’s time to shine A VERSATILE VEGETABLE WITH A SUBTLE FLAVOUR, KALE’S COUSIN DESERVES A LITTLE GLORY “Cauliflower is the new kale” is what food trend watchers are forecasting for 2014.

Although they are both from the same botanical family group, it is hard to believe that cauliflower could really be pushing ahead of its frilly green cousin.

Whether there is merit to this statement or it is just a whimsical trend, I do feel cauliflower is deserving of some glory and attention.

While this is maybe the MADHU vegetable for 2014, cauliBADONI flower has always been the all-time staple in Indian cuisine.

Cauliflower has a subtle low-key flavour, making it versatile and an ideal vegetable when paired with bold spices, like turmeric, curry powder and cumin seeds.

If you were to snoop into an Indian cooks’ refrigerator, chances are you will find a cauliflower tucked away in the vegetable drawer. My mom was no exception to this rule. Growing up on mostly vegetarian curries, aloo gobi or curried cauliflower made a weekly appearance at our dinner table. Thinking back, I can’t say I really loved or hated aloo gobi, but there was some comfort when it was served. With the Chinese influence, the curried cauliflower began to be infused with sweet and sour flavours giving birth to a popular Indo-Chinese fusion dish named gobi Manchurian.

On weekends, when time was plenty, my mom would stuff grated, spiced cauliflower into a ball of chapatti dough; rolled out, pan fired and a piping hot parantha would be served. If unexpected company came, florets were dipped in spiced chickpea flour batter and then fried to create a pakora (fried fritter), an appetizer that is served with mint or sweet and sour tamarind chutney.

While I continue to cook cauliflower favourites that I grew up with, I have learned there are other creative ways to include this vegetable into meals. Steaming cauliflower is quick and easy but it is just flavourless and ho-hum in my household. Taking as little time as steaming but with more taste is roasting; simply drizzle florets with olive oil, season with garlic, salt and pepper in a pan and bake at high temp — creating an addictive, crunchy, rustic-looking side dish.

To ensure that it is not picked and left on the side of my kids’ plate, I include cauliflower with a medley of vegetables in stir-fries. Mashing steamed cauliflower into mashed potatoes give kids’ favourite a nutritional veggie boost.

Another beauty of cauliflower is that when it is pureed, it will thicken soups and fool the taste buds into thinking that each spoonful is too rich to be true.

If you are feeling really adventurous, why not replace your yeast dough pizza crust with cauliflower? Grate or crumble a cauliflower head in a food processor. Then quickly steam and remove any water. Once it is fairly dry, add cheeses and egg, which act as binders for the dough.

The crust honestly doesn’t taste like cauliflower. It tastes almost like a fluffy, soft biscuit.

The way I went about making this created a fairly stable crust (although we did have to eat it with a fork), and it crisped up nicely on the edges. It certainly won’t replace a yeasted crust but if you are watching your carbs, then this is a tasty way to do it.

Madhu Badoni is a Red Deer-based freelance food writer.

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Steaming cauliflower is quick and easy but it is also just flavourless and ho-hum in my household.

Taking as little time as steaming, but with more taste, is roasting; simply drizzle florets with olive oil, season with garlic, salt and pepper in a pan and bake at high temp — creating an addictive, crunchy, rustic-looking side dish.

OVEN ROASTED CAULIFLOWER 5 to 6 cups cauliflower florets 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon sliced garlic 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan Preheat the oven to 400F. Place the cauliflower florets in a large sauté pan or a roasting pan. Drizzle the olive oil over the cauliflower, and season with the garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Place the sauté roasting pan in the oven and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to ensure even roasting. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the Parmesan.

GOBI MANCHURIAN (Indo-Chinese Sweet and Spicy Fried Cauliflower) 6 cloves garlic, grated 4 2” pieces peeled fresh ginger (grated, 1 julienned) 1 head cauliflower, cut into large florets Salt 2⁄3 cup cornstarch 2⁄3 cup flour 1 tsp. red chili powder pepper 2 tsp. plus 3 tbsp. soy sauce Oil for frying 2 small onions, chopped 8–10 Thai chilies, thinly sliced 1⁄2 cup ketchup 1 1⁄2 tbsp. sesame oil 2 scallions, thinly sliced Microwave cauliflower until tender, 5–7 minutes depending on microwave. Whisk together cornstarch, flour, chili powder, 1⁄2 tsp. salt, and 1⁄4 tsp. pepper in a bowl. Stir in half the garlic and ginger, 2 tsp. soy sauce, and 3⁄4 cup water to make a batter. Pour oil into a large deep skillet to a depth of 1”; heat over medium-high heat. Working in batches, dip cauliflower in batter; fry until golden, 5–6 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a paper towel– lined plate. Drain all but about 6 tbsp. of the oil. Add onions; cook for 3–4 minutes. Add chilies and remaining garlic and ginger; cook until paste is lightly browned. Add ketchup, remaining soy sauce, sesame oil, and 1⁄3 cup water. Boil; lower heat to medium-low and simmer until thick. Season with salt and pepper to taste; toss cauliflower in sauce. Garnish with remaining ginger and scallions.

Serve with rice or chapatti.

onions and potatoes in olive oil for about three minutes, then add the cauliflower and reduce the heat to medium, adding more oil or a bit of water if needed. Add the tomato and spice mixture and allow to cook, stirring frequently for another 5 -6 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, and stir in the lemon juice. Garnish with cashews and cilantro.

GRAIN-FREE CAULIFLOWER CRUST PIZZA Makes one 10-12 inch pizza 3 cups grated cauliflower, only florets 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon dried basil 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder optional: a few shakes of crushed red pepper 1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese 1 egg Pizza sauce Desired toppings Preheat oven to 450 F. On a cutting board, place a large piece of parchment paper and spray it with non-stick cooking oil. Place the cauliflower in a microwave safe bowl and cover. Microwave for 4 minutes. Dump cooked cauliflower onto a clean tea towel and allow to cool for a bit; once cool enough to handle, wrap it up in the dish towel and ring out to remove more water. You want to squeeze out as much water as possible. This will ensure you get a chewy pizza like crust instead of a crumbly mess. Add cauliflower into a bowl and mix in parmesan and mozzarella cheese, salt, basil, oregano, garlic powder and a dash of red pepper Mix in egg. Hands tend to work best. Once mixed together, form the dough into a crust on your oiled parchment paper. Pat it down thoroughly, you want it nice and tightly formed together. Don’t make it too thick or thin either. Using a cutting board slide the parchment paper onto baking sheet in the oven. Bake for 8 - 11 minutes, until it starts to turn golden brown. Remove from oven.

Add desire topping and cook for another 5 to 7 minutes until the cheese is melted, bubbly, and slightly golden.

ALOO GOBI 1 tomato, diced 1/2 tsp garam masala 1/2 tsp chili powder 1/4 tsp turmeric 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp salt 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, diced 2 potatoes, chopped small 1 cauliflower, chopped 1/2 tsp lemon juice 1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro 10 Cashews Puree or mash together the tomato with the garam masala, chili powder, turmeric, cumin and salt. In a large skillet, sauté the

Aloo gobi, or curried cauliflower and potato, makes a regular appearance at the Indian table.

With the Chinese influence, the curried cauliflower began to be infused with sweet and sour flavours, giving birth to a popular Indo-Chinese fusion dish named gobi Manchurian.

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Modern comedy pioneer dies MAN BEHIND CADDYSHACK, STRIPES AND GHOSTBUSTERS, HAROLD RAMIS, DEAD AT 69

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Caddyshack. National Lampoon’s Animal House. Ghostbusters. Groundhog Day. Stripes.

Those titles are some of the most beloved and widely quoted comedy classics of the last thirty years. They’re also Harold Ramis’ filmography.

Ramis, the writer-director-actor who quietly and often off-screen created an unparalleled and hugely influential body of laughs, died Monday. He was 69.

He suffered for several years from an autoimmune disease that caused inflammation and damage to his blood vessels, and died at his home in the Chicago suburbs, surrounded by family and friends, his talent agency said.

His rattled a modern comedy world Ramis helped build. His legacy as a father figure to generations of comedians was appropriately captured in Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up, in which Ramis was cast as Seth Rogen’s father, he said, “because we all saw him as the dream dad.”

“Harold Ramis made almost every movie which made me want to become a comedy director,” Apatow said.

“These films are the touchstones of our lives.”

Chevy Chase, whom Ramis directed in Caddyshack and National Lampoon’s Vacation, called him “a great man who shunned unnecessary Hollywood-type publicity.”

“It was Harold who acted out and gave me the inspiration for the character of Clark Griswold,” Chase said Monday. “I was really copying Harold’s impression of Clark.”

Ramis joined The Second City in 1969, and in 1976 became head writer for the Canadian-based comedy show Second City Television, or SCTV. His sprawling circle of Canuck cohorts during that seminal time included fellow comics John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara, as well as musician Paul Shaffer.

“Harold was the sweetest of men and obviously among the very most talented,” Shaffer said in a statement to The Canadian Press on Monday from New York.

“He always reminded me of the fun

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Actor and director Harold Ramis laughs as he walks the Red Carpet to celebrate The Second City’s 50th anniversary in Chicago on Dec. 12, 2009. An attorney for Ramis said the actor died Monday morning from complications of autoimmune inflammatory disease. He was 69. our whole group had together back in the early ’70s. I believe his life was quite fulfilled albeit all too short.”

Admittedly lacking the dashing leading-man looks of some of his peers, Ramis was memorably nebbish: curly haired, gangly and bespectacled.

He played Ghostbuster scientist Egon Spengler (naturally, the one with all the ideas), and Bill Murray’s Army recruit buddy in Stripes.

But Ramis, a Chicago native and early member of the improv comedy troupe Second City, was a far larger force behind the camera. He co-wrote and directed Caddyshack, Groundhog Day, and Analyze This. He also helped pen Meatballs, Stripes and Ghostbusters.

Ramis could be reasonably credited with making more people roll in the aisles from the late ’70s to the early ’90s than most anyone else. Murray, Ramis’ frequent collaborator, said in a statement: “He earned his place on this planet.”

With a Baby Boomer antiestablishment bent, Ramis — who escaped Vietnam service, he claimed, by checking every box on the medical-history form — pushed against institutions: the college dean of Animal House, the country club members of Caddyshack, the drill sergeant of Stripes.

He was known to have a spiritual pull, on full display in the wry but earnest existentialism of Groundhog Day

(1993), in which Murray re-lives a day until he finally gets it right. His Ghostbusters co-star and Second City mate Dan Aykroyd said: “May he now get the answers he was always seeking.”

The son of Chicago shopkeepers, Ramis was born Nov. 21, 1944, in Chicago.

After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, he briefly worked in a mental institution. He often said, seriously, that the experience helped prepare him for working with actors.

Ramis would help recalibrate the epicenter of American comedy at Second City, which he joined in 1969. He was soon followed by many of his later collaborators: John Belushi (Animal House), Murray and Akroyd. In 1976, he became head writer for the Canadianbased comedy show Second City Television, or SCTV. Chicago, he later said in the book of interviews “And Here’s the Kicker,” conditioned him to living “slightly on the outside of the mainstream.”

“New York and L.A. were the real centres of culture in America, and we were kind of a sideshow,” said Ramis.

“There’s always more comedy in being alienated than in fitting in.”

He soon moved on to bigger projects — the legendary 1978 comedy National Lampoon’s Animal House. With Murray as the comic lead, the Second City alums paired up for numerous projects: 1979’s Meatballs, 1980’s Caddyshack and 1981’s Stripes.

Perhaps the most well-known of their collaborations was Ghostbusters.

Ramis helped write the 1984 movie, in which he stars commonsense member of a group of parapsychologists who try to catch ghosts.

“The best comedy touches something that’s timeless and universal in people,” Ramis told The Associated Press in a 2009 story about the 50th anniversary of Second City. “When you hit it right, those things last.”

His last hit was Analyze This, the therapist comedy starring Billy Crystal and Robert DeNiro. Some of his last efforts (2000’s Bedazzled, 2009’s Year One) were notable flops. A third Ghostbusters has long been rumoured, but was yet to materialize in any substantial way.

Ramis is survived by his wife, Erica Ramis; sons Julian and Daniel; daughter Violet; and two grandchildren.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The telegram sent by Elvis Presley to his parents in November 1954 gives a glimpse into the young singer’s priorities and his optimism, as he begins what will become a career as a rock ’n’ roll icon and cultural phenomenon.

“Hi babies,” says the telegram, sent from Houston by Presley to his parents, Vernon and Gladys, who were in Memphis. “Here’s the money to pay the bills. Don’t tell no one how much I sent. Will send more next week. There is a card in the mail. Love, Elvis.”

The note is being displayed in an exhibit at Graceland, Presley’s longtime Memphis home that today serves as a museum and tourist attraction.

The exhibit, which opened Monday, commemorates the 60 years since Presley cut his first record, “That’s All Right,” at Sun Studio in July 1954. It was played on the radio days later, and many believe its release marked the birth of mainstream rock ’n’ roll.

There are other theories about the creation of rock ’n’ roll, which was born from a truly American mixture of styles such as country, blues, jazz and gospel.

But in the eyes of Priscilla Presley — Elvis Presley’s former wife — it was a defining moment in Elvis’ life, when as a shy 19-year-old he walked into the studio run by visionary producer Sam Phillips and sang the lyrics, “Well, that’s all right mama, that’s all right for you.”

“It had to be on his mind for a long time to get up the nerve to go in that place and want to meet Sam Phillips to record a song for his mother,” Priscilla Presley told The Associated Press in an interview at Graceland on Friday.

“That’s not something that he would have just thought about doing at the spur of the moment,” she added. “I think it took him some courage to do that.”

Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on Jan. 8, 1935. He moved to Memphis with his parents as a teenager and made the city his pri-

The tourist attraction draws play in his California home. more than 500,000 visitors There’s Presley’s copy of the each year. original “That’s All Right” The temporary exhibit is record — with “Blue Moon of in a room next to the house Kentucky” on the other side called the “annex.” Visitors — and the original contract with a VIP ticket (about $70) Presley inked with RCA in Nocan walk the entire exhibit in vember 1955 for a $5,000 signabout 15 to 20 minutes. It de- ing bonus. tails the trajectory of Presley’s Priscilla Presley said her career through his hit songs, husband talked about besuch as “Heartbreak Hotel,” friending Phillips’ secretary ”Jailhouse Rock“ and ”Suspi- Marion Keisker, who is said to cious Minds.“ have recognized his talent and It’s also the first new ex- facilitated the first “That’s All hibit since Authentic Brands Right” recording.

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FRONT OLDS AUTHOR TO SIGN BOOKS ON MARCH 15 An Olds author will be in Red Deer on March 15 for a book signing for her novel Moving Mountains: Secrets, Romance and High Tea in the Canadian Rockies. Sandy Bexon will be at Chapters from noon to 4 p.m. Bexon, who used her maiden name Sandy Kelly to write the book, was inspired to write after a hike from Chateau Lake Louise to Lake Agnes Tea House.

The beauty of that day stayed in her imagination for 25 years before she wrote the book. Moving Mountains is described as a gentle, light-hearted tale about a journalist named Sam who is assigned to uncover the legend of an old magic woman who’s supposed to live in a cave in the wilderness.

Sam is unexcited about this “fluff” assignment and annoyed when his efforts are thwarted by a “beautiful and fiercely protective tea house owner.” The author, who works as communications officer for the Chinook’s Edge School Division, is selling Moving Mountains for $15 through gift shops and bookstores in the region. Part of the proceeds will go towards SAIT scholarships and bursaries. For more information, visit www. sandykellyauthor.com.

RDC CHILD CARE END DISCUSSED Discuss the impacts of Red Deer College’s suspension of its child care program at an open forum on March 10. RDC announced it would suspend its Early Learning and Child Care diploma program in September 2014 because of provincial cuts. The forum is organized by early learning and child care stakeholders who want to provide a forum to discuss the impact on the community, families and owners and operators.

It will be held at the Central Alberta Training Zone (Bay 110, 4828 53st St.) from 7 to 9 p.m. RSVP to Stella Robb at srobb@ reddeerchildcare.ca or Erin Tibble at etibble@ reddeerchildcare.ca by March 3.

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POLITICS IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA

To tweet or not to tweet

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s city council isn’t afraid to get social.

In fact, most members of the nine-person council are adamant that having an active online presence is crucial for politicians in today’s evolving world of social media.

They argue that Twitter and Facebook are clear avenues that allow them to get out messages, connect with residents and to hear the good, the bad and ugly happenings in Red Deer.

Coun. Dianne Wyntjes said she delved into the online world when she began campaigning in 2010 because she did not want to fall behind and miss connecting with the new generation.

Now a second-term councillor, Wyntjes has among the most active Twitter and Facebook accounts on council.

She tweets city press releases, posts city information on her Facebook page and chats with residents with a click of her mouse.

“For those who are not on it (social media), I think they are missing opportunities

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If you’re not in social media to any degree, you really aren’t engaged at all. I really challenge the logic of any politician that is not connected into social media when they are saying they are trying to be engaged.

— Coun. Ken Johnston Johnston said his former life in the banking world gave him a heads up on what should be shared in online public forums.

Johnston said the public is drifting away from engaging with the politicians at town hall meetings and public houses.

“I would encourage anyone who truly wants to engage in the political process to

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You are always on camera. Somebody can always take a snapshot. Some ways it’s all about information but for me it’s how you handle that information.

— Coun. Dianne Wyntjes to be able to connect with what people are thinking and the pulse of the community,” said Wynjtes.

She said she has to be clear that she is not speaking on behalf of the City of Red Deer council when she says something online. While she enjoys the new technology, Wyntjes said nothing beats face-to-face conversations.

First-term councillor Ken Johnston also jumped headfirst into social media while he was campaigning for the 2013 municipal election.

Johnston said he is committed to staying with social media because he reaches a segment of the community that he would not normally be in frequent contact with and he wants to be accessible to the entire community.

“If you’re not in social media to any degree, you really aren’t engaged at all,” said Johnston. “I really challenge the logic of any politician that is not connected into social media when they are saying they are trying to be engaged.”

Johnston said social media allows politicians to hear instant feedback on policy decisions.

go on social media and find their councillors, MLAs and MPs and I think they would be pleasantly surprised at how much contact they can have.”

As with anything, there are downsides to social media.

Wyntjes said politicians have always been under scrutiny and social media has only intensified the examination.

Two recent examples stem from the 2013 municipal election campaign.

Council hopeful Jonathan Wieler tweeted a picture of his election ballot after he voted at an advance pool. The twitterverse was quick to pounce and Wieler deleted his tweet and released a public apology over his rookie mistake.

“You are always on camera,” said Wyntjes. “Somebody can always take a snapshot. Some ways it’s all about information but for me it’s how you handle that information.”

Following a mayoral forum, Coun. Paul Harris said he tweeted in frustration when one candidate said the previous council had watered down her policies.

Harris tweeted it was more like the other

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way around. Harris said he did not regret the tweet but it did cause some backlash because Harris said he was misinterpreted.

Harris deleted the tweet and posted a full explanation on his Facebook page.

“People took great offence to it and didn’t quite understand what I meant,” said Harris. “I took four or five paragraphs explaining what I meant. I felt what I wrote (on Facebook) was far more scathing but people liked it better.”

Harris said this incident is a perfect example of the pitfalls of Twitter — the challenge of trying to be clear and concise in only 140 characters. These days, Harris keeps his emotions in check and shares more facts and information about the happenings in the city.

“You have to look at every way possible to reach people or for them to reach you,” said Harris. “There are multiple avenues to talk to people and multiple ways of connecting and we have to use all of them.”

While Coun. Buck Buchanan hasn’t tweeted since Oct. 16, the third-term councillor said there is no doubt that using social media as an avenue for getting out messages and connecting with residents is essential. His first tweet on Sept. 25 included an apology about being new to the social media game.

Buchanan has his misgivings about using Twitter specifically because, like Harris, he said being misinterpreted can cause a lot of headaches and heartaches.

Plus, Buchanan says he has too much to say within Twitter’s 140-character limit.

“I know just enough to make myself dangerous,” laughed Buchanan.

Coun. Frank Wong has found his voice on Twitter using his smart phone to snap pictures at the G.H. Dawe Centre or an event he is attending. Wong said he likes to highlight the city events that he attends on behalf of council.

But all councillors agree that social media isn’t the be all and end all in connecting with residents.

Harris said there was an assumption floating around during the election that the people using social media were a good representation of the community. He estimated that about 10 to 15 per cent of Red Deer’s population is social media savvy.

“There’s different ways that we have to communicate with people,” said Harris. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by RENÉE FRANCOEUR/Advocate staff

Left to right: Janet Pennington, Joe McLaughlin and Don Hepburn launch the 2014 version of Red Deer’s Heritage Recognition Awards at the Cronquist House on Monday morning.

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

Submissions are being accepted for the 11th annual Red Deer Heritage Recognition Awards, which is introducing a lifetime achievement award this year.

“We have so many people in this community that have spent their whole lives working on heritage awareness projects or helping people restore old buildings, securing heritage funding, written books, working in the schools. ... People absolutely passionate for heritage,” said Janet Pennington, the heritage community development co-ordinator with the city.

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Home invasion culprit finally jailed MAN ARRESTED IN 2012 FOR 2006 CRIME, WITH HELP OF DNA EVIDENCE

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF More prison time awaits a former Lloydminster resident who pleaded guilty on Monday to charges laid after a home invasion in Red Deer almost eight years ago.

Jason Eljas Holkko, 27, was arrested in April 2012 on DNA evidence collected after two masked men broke into a home on Kenny Close in the early hours of March 6, 2006, looking for drugs and cash.

He pleaded guilty on Monday to one count each of breaking into a residence and to commit a serious offence

and armed robbery. Additional charges were withdrawn.

Holkko’s DNA, collected in a later arrest, matched DNA from ends of duct tape used to bind and gag the people in the home, Crown prosecutor Jason Snider told Calgary-based Justice Jo’Anne Strekaf in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Holkko was ordered to stand trial after a preliminary hearing held last May to examine forensic evidence collected from the crime scene.

Snider said Holkko and another man forced their way into the home at 1:30 a.m. under the mistaken impression that they would find drugs and cash. Three of the residents were in-

side at the time and another walked in with a friend during the incident.

Armed with a machete and a shotgun, Holkko and his companion bound and tied up all five occupants of the house, striking at them with both weapons, said Snider. Some of the victims suffered minor cuts on the tops of their heads as a result of the assault, he said.

The victims were unable to satisfy the demands of their attackers, who fled the scene, said Snider.

Defence counsel Kevin Sproule joined with Snider in seeking a sentence of seven and a half years, with 1,358 days credit for the 679 days Holkko has been waiting in jail since his

arrest.

The extra credit is appropriate because the offence occurred before new legislation that puts tighter restraints on credit that can be granted for days in remand, said Sproule.

The judge accepted their recommendations after hearing Holkko express his apologies to the victims. That means Holkko will spend three years and three months more in jail, with a lifetime weapons prohibition to follow and an order that his DNA sample be held in the national database.

The man who was with Holkko during the home invasion has never been identified, said Snider. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

HARMONY REMEMBRANCES

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BRIEFS One person killed, another injured near Ponoka Police say alcohol and speed were factors after a vehicle, reported stolen, crashed near Ponoka, killing one teen and sending another to hospital.

Early Sunday morning, Ponoka RCMP were called to a single vehicle collision on Range Road 254 about 12 km north of Ponoka near Meniak Road.

The driver and the passenger of the vehicle were trapped. Police responded to the scene with the Ponoka Fire Department and EMS. According to Ponoka RCMP, the vehicle had left the snow-covered gravel road and rolled several times.

The 19-year-old male driver was declared dead at the scene. The 18-yearold male passenger was transported to Ponoka Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The vehicle involved was reported stolen from a residence in Ponoka 10 minutes before the collision. Police said the vehicle had been left running to warm up and was unattended at the time of the theft.

Both the driver and passenger were from Maskwacis, formerly known as Hobbema, and the name of the deceased is not being released at this time.

Red Deer Sportsman Show this weekend Fly fishing demonstrations, an elk calling championship, and talks by TV hunting show hosts will all be part of the Red Deer Sportman and Outdoor Adventure Show this weekend.

This year’s show will feature seminars by The Real Canadian Joes, Bentley Coben Wildlife Productions, and Live 2 Hunt with Cody Robbins.

Safari Jeff and his Animology Reptile Show will also entertain and educate at the 150-booth trade show that runs Friday to Sunday, at Westerner Park in the Prairie, Parkland and Stockmen’s Pavilions.

Hunting and fly-fishing lodges, outdoor gear suppliers, guiding and trapping operators and other businesses will be represented among trade show booths. The Canadian Elk Calling Championships is on Saturday at 2 p.m., and there are Magicland Movie Rides and a magnetic fish pond for the kids.

Admission is $10 ($5 for children age seven to 12; age six and under are free).

The show runs from 4 to 9 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Ponoka trio arrested over Red Deer holdup Three Ponoka men face armed robbery charges related to an incident on

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Museum and Archives collections co-ordinator Val Miller (left) and videographer Harley Hay (centre) interview Ted Isenor as part of a video update to be posted to the museum’s Facebook page. Isenor was being interviewed about his part in the music program at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School in the 1970s and the production of an album released by the choir at the school in 1975 entitled Harmony 217.

Feb. 3.

The three were arrested last week in relation to an armed robbery of the Mac’s Convenience Store near the intersection of Gaetz Avenue and Boyce Street in Red Deer.

Red Deer RCMP said at about 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 3, a lone male entered the convenience store, covering his face with his shirt and approached an employee, demanding cash.

No cash was turned over at first and the suspect then produced what appeared to be a black handgun, so the employee gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of money.

The suspect then left the store and was seen leaving in a white truck.

Jordan Curtis Baron, 19, Stephen Earl Donaldson, 20, and Christian Michel Lesann, 18, all of Ponoka, have been charged with robbery, using an imitation firearm during a robbery and disguise with intent.

Baron and Donaldson made their

first court appearances on Monday and Lesann will make his first court appearance today.

Red Deer schools get defibrillators Two Red Deer schools have automated external defibrillators, thanks to a coffee shop’s fundraiser last year.

Cafe Millennium raised enough funds, with the help of two local companies — Trevita and Agrium — to purchase two AEDs, which were then donated to local schools.

Kim Ruether, founder of Project Brock — a campaign to ensure every Alberta school has an AED — made the presentations to Eastview Middle School and Camille J. Lerouge last week.

Cafe Millennium held a fundraiser in October 2013, selling cookies by the tray, with all proceeds going towards

the purchase of an AED.

Rimbey-area bridge work results in road closure Bridge repair work on Hwy 761 will close the road in both directions where it crosses the Medicine River near Rimbey.

Starting on Monday and lasting three weeks, weather permitting, until March 15 Hwy 761, west of Rimbey starting north of Hwy 53, will be closed in both directions. Traffic will be redirected to Range Road 45, just west of Hwy 761.

According to a release from Alberta Transportation, the redirect will add about five minutes extra to travel time.

Drivers are reminded to obey all flag persons, signs and signals and that speed fines double in construction zones.

Funds raised to combat human trafficking Champions for the victims of human trafficking are inching closer to their goal of adding a shelter to the service centre and fair-trade store they have established in Red Deer.

Now based in the basement of the Towne Centre Mall on Ross Street, the Magdalene House Society was established to identify and provide help for people who have been sold into various forms of slavery, including prostitution and forced labour.

Society president David Bouchard said an awareness event held in con-

cert with the Fair Trade Foods Expo at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery was one of four fundraisers organized to raise money for the project.

The society has raised $30,000 so far, and needs to continue fundraising to cover lease, renovation and operating costs. Grant money will be available once a site has been found and a budget set out, Bouchard said on Saturday.

Red Deer’s first ever Human Trafficking Awareness Day included viewings of videos created to expose the issue and to express that human traf-

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AWARDS: Focus on heritage conservation in Red Deer and Red Deer County “It’s to celebrate people like that.”

The awards focus on heritage conservation within Red Deer and Red Deer County. Since the awards’ inception in 2002, when the old Canadian Pacific Railway bridge was recognized, 39 individuals and projects have been honoured for work on heritage buildings and sites, as well as efforts undertaken for overall heritage awareness and education.

Last year marked the first time there was a recipient for the under 25 category for non-professional youth who demonstrated an ongoing commitment to heritage preservation. The award went to the North

ficking is an issue here as well as in other centres.

Conservative MP Joy Smith from the Manitoba riding of Kildonan-Saint Paul attended the event, congratulating the City of Red Deer and Mayor Tara Veer for proclaiming Feb. 22 as the city’s annual Human Trafficking Day. “I am proud of Red Deer for recognizing the magnitude of the modern day slave trade in Canada and abroad and for taking steps to combat human trafficking by raising awareness to

Red Deer Centennial Postcard Project, a creative campaign from the Riverside Meadows Community Association and Grade 5 students at Fairview Elementary School and Koinonia Christian School.

Other prominent projects recognized over the years include the Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Pine Lake, Red Deer’s Old Court House, the Markerville Icelandic Library and the Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens.

Additionally, local history buffs who have made a difference and were presented awards include Red Deer historian Harlan Hulleman, college history instructor John Tobias (awarded posthumously) and Mary Fink, a longtime member of the Heritage Preservation Committee who spearheaded efforts to safeguard the Cenotaph on Ross Street.

Only four awards were handed out last year as there were only four submissions. The awards were cancelled in 2012 due to a severe lack of entries. The committee in charge of the awards say they hope to never see a repeat of that again.

“I hope for a great crop of entries this year,” Joe McLaughlin, chair of the Heritage Preservation Committee, said at the awards’ official launch ceremony

keep our youth safe from predators,” said Smith.

“Each of us must take steps to prevent human trafficking and end this brutal injustice.”

Bouchard said additional fundraising events are planned in the coming months.

The events include the Freedom Walk on June 14, a two-day bike tour on July 26 and 27 and a golf tournament on Aug. 22.

Visit www.magdalenehouse.ca to learn more.

at the historical Cronquist House on Monday morning. “There are so many who deserve recognition; especially with the centennial events, there’s been some tremendous heritage preservation work done. ... The requirements for an entry are very precise but they are not particularly difficult and we will help anyone who needs it in filing out the forms.”

Submissions that do not win will be kept on file and considered again for the award over the next three years, added Don Hepburn, a member from the Central Alberta Historical Society.

Work on buildings or sites in the entries cannot be more than six years old. Self-nominations for the leadership and lifetime achievement awards are also accepted.

There are six categories in total and submissions will be accepted until 3 p.m. on April 30. They can be submitted online, via mail or in person to the city’s Cultural Services Centre at 3827 39th St. Plaques will be presented at a ceremony sometime in September.

For more information, visit www.reddeer.ca/ City+Government/City+Services+and+Departments/ Heritage/Heritage+Recognition+Awards/default.htm rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

FAMILY

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Morning moments of solitude hard to come by I wake up in a smoldering mess of body heat.

I am going to have to ‘worm it’ out of this pickle.

Sweat drips from my brow and I am momentarily It is simply the only way. given a flashback to the summer months in which I slowly and steadily inch the right side of my I miss so gravely. But it is not summer, I know this body out from under the female babe. She stirs even in my groggy half sleep state from glancing and I catch my breath out of sheer fear of failure. towards the window and seeing the morning hour But quickly she falls back to her slumber. is still dark.

I am now laying in the direct middle of all My second thought is one of angst as I realize three of the other humans. It is times like these there are too many bodies accompanying this bed. that I so fervently wish I could levitate. I try. I alBoth children must have made their way into our most immediately recognize that I definitely canbed sometime during the night. I slowly reach up not levitate. to my face to wipe away the sleep that is uncomSo with dejected optimism I begin to worm. fortably stabbing the corner of my eye. From that I shuffle downwards towards the bedsteads small movement I feel another. Yet this one does end, pulling my upper body with pure leg strength not come from me. and ever so slowly as to not startle my A small human sleeps close to my bed associates. right side, and her breathing is not I am on a roll, I am feeling successquite as steady as it was only moments ful, and I am making definite progress! before. All too soon I realize that I That is until I reach the boy.

MUST get out of this bed, without disIt is now time to switch my laying turbing the two children that compleposition to a sitting one. I begin to lift ment it- that is, if I want to have my my torso, in the most stiffened way. It morning coffee in solace. is reminiscent to the old time zombie I try to catch my bearings…This movies when they arise from the dead proves difficult because all I can in their caskets. think of now is having a few moments The child is still in a deep sleep. of peace this morning before being But I am no novice, I know that this accosted by, “MAMA I want cereal!” could change at any given moment. I “Mama, can you put a show on for us!?” am sitting straight up in the mid-secLINDSAY “Mama what are we going to do totion of the bed, it is now that I realize BROWN day?” the ‘worming’ really provided no leeI want these few minutes of morning way in distance.

ME PLUS THREE solitude…NO, I need these few minI lift both legs up in the air and am utes of morning solitude. balanced precariously on my bum on So I begin. the soft mattress. I’m not really sure In these next few pivotal moves to exit the bed, what I was expecting to do from this point, and I must use the utmost of stealth and precision. hope to the high heavens my husband does not I first assess my situation. Husband is on my wake up and see this spectacle. left side, back turned towards me as though askI reposition and throw one leg over the boy and ing to be spooned in his sound asleep condition…I feel freedom when my foot touches the floor. Balconsider it, but in the end realize there is just anced there on one foot, I slowly pivot my other simply no time for that business. Little girl, on my leg which is hovered over the child’s head to a right side- so close to me that I can feel her forty secure location. winked smelling breath on my cheek. And the boy I’M FREE! lays along the end of the bed almost across my As I perk the coffee in which I have worked so feet, but not quite. This is where my real problem hard for this morning, I daydream of what I will lies as he is blocking my exit drastically. do with these next few child-free moments.

I consider doing a roll move over husband, That is when I hear, quick and surreptitious, but come to my senses “Mama, I’m hungry, can I have some cereal?” when I realize that will only cause a ruckus since Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two I have never been surreptitious in my life. and freelance columnist.

Unintentional injuries higher in areas with larger First Nations populations

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A new study shows unintentional injury rates are higher in remote and low-income neighbourhoods with a high percentage of First Nations residents.

The study, from Statistics Canada, shows the differences were particularly acute for women aged 20 to 44.

Those living in low-income neighbourhoods with high First Nations populations were three and a half times more likely to be hospitalized with an unintentional injury than women in low-income neighbourhoods with fewer First Nations residents.

Statistics Canada analyst Evelyne Bougie says this group seems to be particularly vulnerable to unintentional injuries, but the study wasn’t designed to shed light on why.

Unintentional injuries hospitalizations are things like falls, motor vehicle accidents and other types of injury-inducing events that are typically deemed to be preventable.

They do not include injuries that are the result of assaults; those are classified as intentional injuries.

“We didn’t look at the whys, and we didn’t look at the particular kinds of injuries for this particular age and sex group,” Bougie says of the young women.

The study, published Wednesday, shows the rates of people hospitalized for unintentional injuries were between two to three times higher in low-income areas with high First Nations populations when compared to lowincome neighbourhoods with fewer First Nations people.

And the unintentional injury rates were about two times higher in remote areas with high First Nations populations when compared to remote areas with lower numbers of First Nations residents.

It is known that in general, people who live in remote and low-income areas are hospitalized more frequently for unintentional injuries than people who live in more central and more affluent neighbourhoods.

But some other factor or factors must be contributing to the higher injury rates in remote and low-income neighbourhoods with high First Nations populations, says Bougie, who is the study’s first author.

Father’s mistakes cause unresolved bitterness Question: How can I foryou’ll only hurt yourself. give someone who isn’t sorHow your father hurt you ry for what he’s done? My is a very important piece of father hurt me deeply when the puzzle. If you’ve expeI was young. Friends have rienced sexual or physical said that I need to forgive abuse, it’s critical that you him in my heart, but how talk openly with someone can he receive something else about the hurt and he isn’t even asking for? betrayal you’ve endured.

Jim Daly: I understand Or perhaps you’ve been how you feel, and my heart scarred by years of rejecgoes out to you. For years I tion or emotional neglect. couldn’t forgive my alcoholThese are serious and ic father who abandoned painful wounds that won’t JIM me when I was five, or the heal until you’re able to DALY stepfather who left me and forgive your father from my four siblings to fend for the heart. ourselves when my mom To be honest, this won’t died four years later. Why happen without divine should I? grace, and possibly the But what I eventually guidance of a professional had to come to grips with was that I ei- counselor who can help you sort all ther had to forgive or slowly poison my this out in a healthy, nonthreatening mind and heart. Holding on to unre- way. Focus on the Family’s counselsolved bitterness will destroy you. You ors would be pleased to discuss your can’t control your father’s actions and concerns with you over the phone. I’d attitudes. But by God’s grace and with strongly encourage you to give them a His help, you must learn to control call at 1-855-771-HELP (4357). your own. If you choose not to forgive, Question: My brother and his girl-

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friend have been living together for four years. He’s wanted our two boys to come over and spend a weekend with them, but because their living arrangement contradicts our values, I’ve been putting him off. My wife disagrees with their living together, but feels we should let them spend the night so they can develop a relationship with their uncle. What are your thoughts?

Greg Smalley, vice-president, Family Ministries: Because I share your concerns related to cohabitation, I understand and appreciate your struggle. So what’s the answer?

The first thing you need to make absolutely certain is that you don’t allow this to drive a wedge between you and your wife. As you discuss this question, don’t forget that you’re both on the same team.

Your next step is to prayerfully identify what your real concerns are.

For your wife, it’s that your boys won’t develop a relationship with their uncle. That’s legitimate. I suspect that’s equally important to you, but you’re afraid that by allowing them to spend the weekend with your brother, you’ll

be communicating a confusing and compromising message to your kids.

Depending on your boys’ ages and maturity, you might consider allowing them to go, provided you discuss things with them beforehand. The truth is, their values will be challenged and confronted soon enough, and this provides a teachable moment opportunity.

You can start by teaching them the important differences between marriage and cohabitation.

Second, you can help them answer the hard question of, “What do we do when we don’t agree with someone’s choice?” You can do this by helping them understand the difference between “love” and “approval”; that they can love their uncle by spending time with him, without approving of his choices. And though they disapprove of his choices, it doesn’t mean they don’t love him.

Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.

Biased filmmaking: looking for a fair, balanced representation “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

– William Shakespeare, English poet and dramatist

depicted are true. But in another more important sense it’s not at all accurate, because it isn’t a fair, balanced representation of who he was. It focuses only on the most negative aspects of his life Imagine watching a and character, and leaves documentary about a trouout all that was amazing bled man. Angry, often about him. excessively so, his tone is Having poor self-esfrequently condescending teem is like being a biand his language harsh. ased documentary maker He swears, he rages, he of your own life who onthreatens – even the use ly selects the worst eleof physical violence is ments to feature in the not beyond his considerfilm. Think about it: you ation. Characters in the could choose any great movie call him a narcisfigure down through hissist: someone incapable tory from John Lennon of feeling empathy or unto John Kennedy, Albert derstanding the concept Einstein to Albert Schof deep and abiding love. weitzer, and if you had He is accused of being an film footage of his entire MURRAY absentee father, all but life to use for a docuFUHRER abandoning his first wife mentary – and selected and young son. In fact, his only the worst clips – you first wife calls him imcould make him look evil, mature, absent, indifferdespicable or foolish. ent, drug-addled and genYou could look for times erally unpleasant to be when he was angry, rude around. Some accuse him or behaving inappropriof exaggeration, embellishment and ately. You could add some menacing outright lying, of deconstructing and music and show images of him tired, reconstructing history to suit his pur- stressed or ill, or maybe even interposes. Insecure, often frightfully so, he view people from his past who disliked is easily threatened by those he deems or envied him. more talented than himself, sometimes For those with low self-esteem, your destroying both personal and profes- internal self-critic is the director of sional relationships as a result. our documentary. And by allowing this Sound like someone you’d like to critic to constantly remind you of past meet? Someone you might admire? mistakes and shortcomings you allow Likely not, but in all fairness this the creation of a terribly inaccurate imaginary documentary features only and biased documentary of who you the negative aspects of a brilliant life. really are. And over time, you may acThe man in the fictional documentary tually begin to believe that your docuis entertainer and social activist John mentary is real, a true representation Lennon, front man for the legendary of who you are and of your value as a pop group, The Beatles. human being. The time has come to deIs this hypothetical documentary tach from this negative internal story. accurate? In a sense, yes. The events No, I’m not suggesting that you switch

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to a rose-coloured, idealized view of yourself. You nor anyone else is perfect. Rather, learn to adopt and accept a more accurate, balanced and compassionate understanding of yourself.

Here are a few strategies that may help silence the critic – or at least lessen its impact.

Start by taking a serious look at the self-critical judgments that appear in your documentary. Jot down the judgements, the “I can’t” messages: you’ll never amount to anything, you’re worthless, you’re not smart enough, no-one will ever love you. Write them down, whatever they might be, and take an objective look at these declarations.

Writing them down may actually decrease the intensity and frequency of the taunting. Also take note of the situations in which these feelings occur.

See if you can recognize any recurring patterns.

Imagine that you’ve been tasked with doing accurate, unbiased research for a documentary. Determine whether the claims are arbitrary or fair. If the claim is that you’ll never amount to anything, take a serious look at your past accomplishments. Challenge negative labels with cold, hard facts.

Make a list of your accomplishments and carry it with you; pull it out and look at it when self-criticism threatens to overwhelm you. An exercise I’ve used often in my workshops is to hand out packets of sticky notes and ask participants to write down one admirable quality for each individual in the room and then walk over and stick it to them.

I keep a number of these positive notes in my suit jacket and pull them out when I feel especially put upon.

It’s important to recognize the difference between thoughts that are critical and thoughts that are constructive.

If you fall off your diet, calling yourself

a fat loser is condemnation. To assert that you’ll do better tomorrow – and truly mean it – is a conviction. Our goal must be to improve daily rather than constantly be putting ourselves down.

Worthy goals such as kindness, integrity, self-discipline and improved selfesteem add quality, joy and meaning to life.

John Lennon was arguably one of the most influential people in the 20th century. Lennon was a musical pioneer and a man who promoted a peaceful existence even though such an existence often eluded him. He helped introduce the world to rock and roll and free thought. Lennon was revolutionary in changing negative social values.

His lyrical tone and musical prowess was unrivalled. Was Lennon a perfect human being? Of course not, but he followed his passion and changed the world. His message of peace, brotherly love and the pursuit of happiness will live on forever. And for that, he will always be remembered and we will always be grateful.

It was Lennon who said, “Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” Perhaps Lennon knew that someday his life would be constructed and deconstructed, interpreted and reinterpreted.

And as for us, our inner critic – the biased documentary maker – rarely goes completely away. Left unchecked, he or she will continue to make documentaries that show us in the worst light and damage our self-esteem.

Challenged, he or she will be forced to create an unbiased, more accurate view of our life. As Lennon might say, just imagine all the possibilities.

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

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LUANN Feb. 25 1989 — Rob Boyd wins a World Cup downhill race in his home town of Whistler, B.C. He is the first Canadian to win a FIS World Cup Ski race in Canada.

1981 — The Calgary Flames score 11 goals against the New York Islanders.

1972 — Ontario Hydro opens the $75-million Pickering nuclear power plant. It has since been the largest single producer of

electricity in the world.

1971 — Boston Bruins left-winger Johnny Bucyk, centre Ed Westfall and defenceman Ted Green score three goals in 20 seconds against the Vancouver Canucks. It is an NHL record.

1965 — The House of Commons receives the preliminary report of Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism.

1940 — Montreal Canadiens lose 6-2 to the New York Rangers in Madison Square Gardens in the world’s first televised hockey game; on Westinghouse station W2XBS-TV.

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Olympics gets mixed review COMPETITION WAS GREAT BUT ATMOSPHERE LACKING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — Great competition. Good Games.

Sketchy surroundings. Atmosphere sometimes lacking.

The Sochi Olympics get a mixed report card.

On the plus side, the venues were excellent and the athletes seemed unanimous in their praise of everything from the food to their accommodations. In the Coastal Cluster, athletes enjoyed the ability to ride bikes or walk to the venues.

The crowds were largely enthusiastic, if not as global as in previous Games. Sochi is a hard place to get to, and daily story of security threats — proved unfounded — are hardly an incentive to book passage to the Black Sea. The home fans did their best to take up the slack when Russia was at play, however.

Fans at the Ice Cube Curling Center were raucous when the Russian teams were in action, cheering any contact between rocks whether intended or not. At the Bolshoy Ice Dome, a wave of sound billowed around the stands whenever the Russians headed towards the opposition blue-line.

Other times, the atmosphere inside venues seem cool, almost neutral when Russia did not feature prominently in the competition. There were empty seats.

Venues aside, the Olympic Park proved to be a disappointment. It had all the atmosphere of a parking lot with few amenities.

Other than the opening and closing ceremonies — kudos

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Russian military personel stand under a set of Olympic Rings as they watch the sun set over the Black Sea a day after the close of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, in Sochi, Russia. for having the Moscow police choir sing Daft Punk — the Russian character failed to come through. Constant canned pop and rock music in the grounds gave these generic Games the feel of an oversized state fair rather than memorable sporting event.

The Sochi superstore, one place that many wanted to visit, was next to impossible to get into because of long lineups at all hours of the day.

Memo to Rio de Janeiro organizers: take your superstore plans and double them.

Sochi also suffered in comparison to London, which offered a majestic, world-class backdrop to the Summer Games.

Part of the problem is that spectators are almost an afterthought, a necessary prop for the made-for-TV event the Olympics have become.

You can’t fit millions into

Olympic Park so why bother filling it with anything interesting for spectators? Ski and snowboard slopestyle is a thrill a minute on TV but for the fans in the stands it’s craning your neck at a video screen until someone suddenly comes flying over the penultimate jump.

While the Games looked great on TV, there was occasional chaos behind the curtain.

Media accommodations were, let’s say, a work in progress. The Russians could have used a few thousand Mike Holmes ahead of time.

In some ways, the Games seemed unfinished well after they started. Although organizers did their best to eventually produce shower curtains, towels, toilet paper and light bulbs.

One got the sense that had the Games gone a week longer, everything would be humming nicely. On Day 22, for example, one of the breakfast buffet restaurants at the media village proudly put up a sign that it now provided coffee to go. Just in time for bleary-eyed reporters to get a cup of java to go for the flight home.

But at a Games where a can of beer cost less than a coffee at the main press centre, reporters were not short on liquids.

One major attraction at Olympic Park was the Olympic rings. Fans patiently waited their turn to have their picture taken underneath, like the everpresent queue in Sin City below the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

The lineups were proof positive that the Olympic rings still wield power.

And the tears of joy of the Jones rink, followed hours later by agonizing tears from the U.S. women’s hockey team were powerful reminders of how much these athletes pour into their Olympic dream.

The additions of new X Games staple sports added sizzle to the Games, although one wonders at what cost to the body.

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Canadian athletes get warm welcome home SHOW OFF MEDALS AS THEY RETURN HOME FROM SOCHI OLYMPICS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — There were hugs, cheers and even some tears as a number of Canadian Olympians stepped back onto home soil Monday after an exhilarating two weeks of competition at the Sochi Games.

Medallists Dara Howell and Mike Riddle were among the athletes greeted by a wave of applause and a wall of flashing cameras as they arrived at Pearson International Airport.

Howell, who won gold in women’s slopestyle skiing in the sport’s Olympic debut, said it felt wonderful to be home.

“I’m so excited to be back here,” she said while sporting her medal around her neck — one 25 medals and 10 gold won by Canadian athletes. “Overall it was such a great experience and Canada did amazing.”

The 19-year-old said her thrilling time in Sochi, Russia marked only the beginning of her career.

“This is just the start for me,” she said. “I just want to keep going and having as much fun as possible. We’ll see where I end up.”

The Huntsville, Ont., native was met by her parents, grandparents and various other family members, many of whom were hoisting congratulatory signs.

“I think the tears could start quite soon,” Howell said while looking over

at her waiting family. “They supported me from the start and I’m so happy that they’re here.”

Howell’s parents said their daughter deserved every bit of praise that was being sent her way.

“She wanted this,” said father Doug Howell. “She worked for four years to get to this point, so it’s awesome.”

Grandfather Ken Raven said watching Dara Howell compete had been a nerve-wracking but incredibly exciting experience.

“It was just total bedlam at the ski club,” he said. “But she’s doing well, she worked hard and she’s earned it.”

Raven said he was now looking forward to spending some quality time on the ski hill with his medal-winning granddaughter.

“She skis with her grandfather every two or three runs and then she goes off with the rest of the kids,” he said with a chuckle. “I’m just so proud of her.”

Meanwhile Riddle, who won the silver medal in the men’s ski halfpipe, was overwhelmed by the throng of media and onlookers waiting to greet returning athletes.

“I was not expecting such a big welcoming party,” said Riddle, who was heading on to Vancouver. “It’s been a long trip and to come home to fans and Canadians and see all this is pretty cool.”

The native of Sherwood Park, Alta., said the Winter Games had been a

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Canadian gold medallist in slopestyle skiing Dara Howell has her medal hung around her neck by her eight-year-old cousin Abbey Spiteri as she arrive at Toronto’s Pearson Airport from the Sochi Winter Olympics on Monday. great experience, but its completion had brought a degree of relief.

“It’s been such a long time coming and building up to it — to be done, it takes a weight off my shoulders,” he said. “Especially having done well I can just have no regrets and I’m feeling

really, really good moving forward.”

Riddle said he planned to spend some time skiing in Whistler, B.C., before heading back to Europe in midMarch for more competitive events.

“I’m going to keep skiing and keep doing my best.”

NHL players switch focus to playoff races after Olympic break

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The airlift from Sochi, Russia was in full swing on Monday with the last of the NHL players returning from the Winter Olympics.

But there won’t much time to rest up before playoff races resume for the league’s 30 teams.

The regular-season schedule picks up Tuesday night after a 16-day break when the Carolina Hurricanes visit the Sabres. The game was originally scheduled for Jan. 7 but was postponed due to a snowstorm.

Four games are set for Wednesday night, including a trip to Montreal for Canadian gold medal winning coach Mike Babcock and the Detroit Red Wings.

It is not known yet whether the Olympics’ top goaltender Carey Price will be in the net for the Canadiens.

Returning players, especially those who played in Sunday’s Canada-Sweden final or semifinalists like the United States and bronze medallist Finland, will need at least two or three days just to get over jet-lag and get their minds refocused on NHL hockey.

Canadiens centre Tomas Plekanec got back last Thursday after playing for the Czech Republic in Sochi and was glad to get some rest before he resumed skating with his teammates.

“Last time (in 2010), it was in Vancouver, which was a little easier, so we’ll see,” said Plekanec. “Ev-

eryone knew it was coming, so we’ll try to be ready for every game.”

Other games Wednesday have the St. Louis Blues, a team loaded with Olympians, visiting the Vancouver Canucks, as well as Los Angeles at Colorado and Boston at Buffalo.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, who visit the New York Rangers on Thursday night, had 10 players at the Games, including six in the final.

“We’ll see how they are when they get back and gauge it,” coach Joel Quenneville told the Blackhawks website. “I would expect that they’ll need a couple of days to enjoy it and celebrate and when we get them back together, I’m sure the focus will go on the right place.

“But a break for them off the ice will probably be healthy, as well. It’s an interesting week for us. We’ll see how they feel and gauge it from there.”

Twelve games are scheduled on Thursday, including the Toronto Maple Leafs’ visit to the New York Islanders, the Red Wings in Ottawa, Los Angeles at Calgary, Phoenix at Winnipeg and Minnesota at Edmonton.

Some players will return for blockbuster events — including the Stadium Series outdoor game Saturday between Canadian captain Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins and the Blackhawks at Soldier Field in Chicago.

Then there is the Heritage Classic on Sunday with

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the Senators visiting the Canucks at 55,00-seat B.C. Place, which has a retractable roof.

The next few days could also see the trade market heat up. The Olympic roster freeze ended at one minute after midnight on Monday morning, with talk swirling of possible trades involving veterans like Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller or even Rangers captain Ryan Callahan. The NHL trade deadline is March 5.

Some teams lost key players to injuries at the Games, including the Islanders, whose star centre John Tavares suffered ligament and meniscus tears in his left knee that put him out for the rest of the season. He needed crutches to collect his gold medal with Team Canada, then was officially placed on injured reserve on Monday.

The Red Wings lost centre Henrik Zetterberg, likely for the remainder of the regular season, as he left after one game for Sweden with a fragmented disc in his back that required surgery.

The Rangers’ Mats Zuccarello (hand), Penguins defenceman Paul Martin (hand), Columbus defenceman Fedor Tyutin (ankle) and Florida forward Tomas Kopecky (head) were also injured at the Games.

But many teams will also get players back who used the break to heal, including San Jose star Logan Couture, who missed 16 games before the Olympics with a hand injury.

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SCOREBOARD Hockey GA 214 196 233 222 244 262 GA 181 147 167 180 205 305

Pt 74 68 66 62 39 37 Pt 89 88 79 74 62 29

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 61 48 9 0 4 260 155 100 Victoria 64 43 17 1 3 213 161 90 Vancouver 64 30 24 7 3 216 217 70 Prince George 65 26 31 3 5 218 269 60 Kamloops 63 13 45 2 3 160 268 31 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 63 46 12 2 3 299 190 97 Seattle 62 37 19 2 4 208 208 80 Spokane 63 36 21 3 3 219 189 78 Everett 62 30 23 7 2 177 185 69 Tri-City 62 27 28 3 4 158 188 61 d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Sunday’s results Portland 2 Everett 1 (SO) Spokane 9 Kamloops 4 Tuesday’s games Lethbridge at Regina, 6 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

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

Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Lethbridge at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Regina at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Kamloops at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

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

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

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Regina 62 34 22 3 3 215 Swift Current 62 30 24 2 6 204 Brandon 63 29 26 6 2 230 Prince Albert 62 29 29 2 2 201 Moose Jaw 61 15 37 3 6 159 Saskatoon 62 16 41 2 3 180 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Calgary 63 41 15 3 4 253 Edmonton 60 43 15 1 1 251 Medicine Hat 62 38 21 3 0 223 Kootenay 62 35 23 2 2 207 Red Deer 63 29 30 1 3 185 Lethbridge 63 12 46 2 3 150

Red Deer Rebels Scoring GP Bleackley 62 Dieno 56 Sterzer 61 Fleury 61 Gaudet 62 Maxwell 51 Kopeck 42 Musil 51 Sutter 45 Feser 37 Johnson 52 Pawlenchuk 35 Polei 53 Mpofu 56 Chorney 52 Charif 48 Doetzel 61 Nell 49 Dixon 58

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Western Hockey League Leaders SCORING G A Pts Mitch Holmberg, Spo 57 50 107 Nicolas Petan, Por 34 72 106 Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por 43 53 96 Sam Reinhart, Koo 32 58 90 Jaedon Descheneau, Koo 38 48 86 Todd Fiddler, MJ-PG 41 44 85 Leon Draisaitl, PA 28 56 84 Brendan Leipsic, Por 34 46 80 Graham Black, SC 29 51 80 Joshua Winquist, Eve 38 41 79 Henrik Samuelsson, Edm 29 50 79 Troy Bourke, PG 25 50 75 Curtis Valk, MH 35 39 74 Chandler Stephenson, Reg 28 46 74 Greg Chase, Cal 31 42 73 Brady Brassart, Cal 31 41 72 Chase De Leo, Por 34 37 71 Mike Aviani, Spo 32 39 71 Nikita Scherbak, Sas 27 44 71 Brayden Point, MJ 28 42 70 GOALTENDING (Minimum 1,200 minutes played) W L OT GAA SO Tristan Jarry, Edm 38 12 2 2.18 7 Jordon Cooke, Kel 33 6 4 2.37 2 Brendan Burke, Por 31 10 4 2.85 3 Eric Williams, Spo 30 14 4 2.63 3 Patrik Bartosak, RD 27 24 4 2.97 5 Mackenzie Skapski, Koo 25 15 3 2.69 1 Eric Comrie, TC 24 22 7 2.59 2 Patrik Polivka, Vic 23 11 2 2.59 5 Daniel Wapple, MH-Reg 23 12 3 2.80 3 Cole Cheveldave, PA 23 22 3 3.47 2 National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Boston 57 37 16 4 78 Tampa Bay 58 33 20 5 71 Montreal 59 32 21 6 70 Toronto 60 32 22 6 70 Detroit 58 26 20 12 64 Ottawa 59 26 22 11 63 Florida 58 22 29 7 51 Buffalo 57 15 34 8 38 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 58 40 15 3 83 N.Y. Rangers 59 32 24 3 67 Philadelphia 59 30 23 6 66 Columbus 58 29 24 5 63 Washington 59 27 23 9 63 Carolina 57 26 22 9 61 New Jersey 59 24 22 13 61 N.Y. Islanders 60 22 30 8 52 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84 Chicago 60 35 11 14 84 Colorado 58 37 16 5 79 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 Dallas 58 27 21 10 64 Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62 Nashville 59 25 24 10 60 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 San Jose 59 37 16 6 80 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68

GF 176 168 148 178 151 169 139 110

GA 125 145 142 182 163 191 183 172

GF 186 155 162 170 171 144 135 164

GA 138 146 167 161 175 158 146 200

GF 196 207 174 145 164 168 146

GA 135 163 153 147 164 175 180

GF GA 196 147 175 142 139 128

Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64 163 169 Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63 146 160 Calgary 58 22 29 7 51 137 179 Edmonton 60 20 33 7 47 153 199 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Carolina at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Boston at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.

Detroit at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated LHP Chris Jones for assignment. Agreed to terms with OF Nelson Cruz on a one-year contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Jose Ortega, Luke Putkonen and Evan Reed; LHPs Kyle Lobstein and Drew Smyly; INF Nick Castellanos and OF Steven Moya on one-year contracts.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with manager Ron Washington on a contract extension through the 2015 season.

National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated INF Chase d’Arnaud for assignment. Claimed 3B Brent Morel off waivers from Toronto.

American Association LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed RHP Marshall Schuler.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed C Chris Matthews and RHP Patrick Mincey.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed OF Donnie Webb and INF Amos Ramon.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Named OF Lew Ford player-hitting coach.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed C Danny Rams.

Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLES — Signed RHP Kolt Browder.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Released OF

Jordan Owen.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Sold the contract of INF Jairo Perez to the New York Mets.

Signed RHP Griffin Jones and INF Nick Latta.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW YORK KNICKS — Waived G Beno Udrih adn F Metta World Peace.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed C Taylor Boggs and S Derrick Martin to one-year contracts.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed CB Taiwan Jones to a three-year contract extension.

Canadian Football League B.C. LIONS — Signed RB Stefan Logan to a contract extension.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Named Gene Dahlquist quarterbacks coach.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLORADO AVALANCHE — Announced the retirement of F Milan Hejduk.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed D Fedor Tyutin on injured reserve. Recalled D Dalton Prout from Springfield (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Gleason Fournier to Grand Rapids (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled F Drew Shore from San Antonio (AHL). Reassigned D Mike Mottau to San Antonio.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Simon Moser from Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Reassigned G Maxime Clermont from Albany (AHL) to Orlando (ECHL).

Recalled D Eric Gelinas from Albany.

PEKKA RINNE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE — Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne has been cleared by doctors to increase his physical activity, and now Nashville has to decide what’s next for the two-time Vezina Trophy finalist.

The Predators announced that Rinne had been cleared for the next step of his recovery after meeting with doctors earlier Monday.

Coach Barry Trotz said a meeting was planned for later Monday to set a weekly plan for Rinne.

“Our destination is to get Pekka back in the net at some point,” Trotz said. “Whenever that happens, that happens. It feels a lot better than it was a month ago or six weeks ago.”

The goalie has been sidelined since arthroscopic surgery on his left hip Oct. 24 as a

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GRADE: Good things Definitely not for the faint of heart.

Canada’s curlers reminded us of the joy to be had away from competition at the Games.

Kirsten Wall, an alternate for Jennifer Jones rink, did not get to throw a rock in competition — although her skip tried to get her in for the end of the final round-robin game against South Korea, only to have the South Koreans shake hands before she could do it.

But at the team news conference after its gold medal win, Wall had nothing but good things to say about her Olympic experience, especially off-ice.

“I was able to get Sidney Crosby’s autograph which was pretty fun.” she said. “Yeah, it’s like Disney World for athletes. I got to meet Mickey Mouse, it’s pretty cool.”

Second Jill Officer and third Kaitlyn Lawes got to play mixed ping-pong doubles with Shea Weber, Patrice Bergeron and Sidney Crosby at the Canadian athletes’ lounge.

“Just meeting some of the hockey

● Senior high basketball: Notre Dame at Lacombe, Lindsay Thurber at Ponoka, Hunting Hills at Rocky Mountain House, Stettler at Wetaskiwin, Sylvan Lake at Camrose; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

Men’s basketball: Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Grandview Allstars, 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Stettler, third game of best-of-seven North Division semifinal, 8:30 p.m.

NHL Scoring Leaders Sidney Crosby, Pit Ryan Getzlaf, Anh John Tavares, NYI Phil Kessel, Tor Patrick Kane, Chi Alex Ovechkin, Was Corey Perry, Anh Kyle Okposo, NYI Patrick Sharp, Chi Evgeni Malkin, Pit Claude Giroux, Phi 5 tied with 56 pts.

GP 58 56 59 60 59 55 60 59 60 47 59

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A 50 38 42 34 36 20 30 35 30 40 38

PTS 78 67 66 65 63 60 60 59 58 58 57

AJHL North Division GP W L OTL STL GF Spruce Grove 58 45 10 3 0 228 Fort McMurray 57 43 10 1 3 208 Lloydminster 57 29 23 3 2 172 Sherwood Park 58 29 26 0 3 189 Bonnyville 57 25 26 1 5 173 Whitecourt 58 24 31 3 0 201 Drayton Valley 57 22 31 3 1 144 Grand Prairie 59 20 36 1 2 152

GA 130 120 170 202 201 213 195 219

Pt 93 90 63 61 56 51 48 43

South Division GP W LOTLSTL Brooks 58 37 13 5 3 Okotoks 58 35 18 4 1 Drumheller 57 33 19 3 2 Camrose 57 28 19 7 3 Canmore 58 31 24 0 3 Cal. Mustangs 58 25 28 4 1 Olds 58 20 29 6 3 Cal. Canucks 57 15 39 2 1

GA 129 149 172 147 177 201 201 222

Pt 82 75 71 66 65 55 49 33

GF 188 184 202 165 169 171 151 151

Sunday’s results Camrose 4 Calgary Canucks 0 Sherwood Park 4 Fort McMurray 3 (SO) Monday’s results Drumheller at Calgary Canucks, NA Tuesday’s games Canmore at Calgary Mustangs, 7:30 p.m.

Drayton Valley at Fort McMurray, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Brooks at Calgary Canucks, 7 p.m.

Drayton Valley at Bonnyville, 7 p.m.

Camrose at Lloydminster, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Calgary Mustangs at Okotoks, 7 p.m.

Friday, February 28 Brooks at Canmore, 7 p.m.

Olds at Camrose, 7 p.m.

Drumheller at Okotoks, 7 p.m.

Sherwood Park at Spruce Grove, 7 p.m.

Whitecourt at Drayton Valley, 7:30 p.m.

Fort McMurray at Lloydminster, 7:30 p.m.

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NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Placed C John Tavares on the injured reserve list, retroactive to Feb. 19. Recalled Fs Mike Halmo, Anders Lee and Ryan Strome from Bridgeport (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned F Michael St. Claire from Greenville (ECHL) to Hartford (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Recalled F Brandon McMillan from Portland (AHL). Assigned D Brandon Gormley to Portland.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Recalled LW Dmitrij Jaskin from Chicago (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Rockford D Theo Peckham two games.

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned D Josh McFadden to Cincinnati (ECHL).

ECHL KALAMAZOO WINGS — Loaned F Ray Kaunisto to Utica (AHL).

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Released G James Wardrop as emergency backup.

WHEELING NAILERS — Loaned D Barry Goers to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).

Central Hockey League ALLEN AMERICANS — Waived G Thomas Speer. Recalled G Eric Levine from Peoria (SPHL).

Southern Professional Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMAN — Traded D Tyler Amburgey to Pensacola for F Justin Alonzo, the rights to D Mike MacIntyre and cash.

SOCCER Major League Soccer CHICAGO FIRE — Traded D Austin Berry to Philadelphia for allocation money.

CHIVAS USA — Signed F Luke Moore.

result of a bacterial infection.

The infection developed in the same hip surgically repaired May 9 after last season. Rinne started practicing Feb. 19 and has worked a bit more each day.

Rinne is 4-4-1 in the nine games he has played this season with a 2.31 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage.

He practiced again Monday said he feels really optimistic.

“The next step is playing games, and hopefully that is really soon here,” Rinne said.

The Predators, who return from the Olympic break hosting Tampa Bay on Thursday, could have Rinne play some games soon in Milwaukee with their American Hockey League affiliate.

Nashville is four points out of the Western Conference’s final playoff spot with 23 games remaining. General manager David Poile said last week the Predators’ best move at the trade deadline could be getting Rinne back on the ice.

guys is kind of cool, they’re kind of put up I guess on a pedestal and we kind of get that feeling as well,” Officer said.

“So to have a chance to chill out with them and play ping-pong was pretty sweet.”

Four years ago on home soil, Canada led with 14 gold medals and was third in the total standings with 26 medals (14-7-5).

The Canadian team did not quite match that here, finishing fourth with 25 (10-10-5).

The Netherlands finished with 24 medals — 23 in long-track speed skating and one from short-track speedskating.

The Sochi dishonour roll for doping numbered five: Austrian cross-country skier Johannes Duerr, Latvian hockey player Vitalijs Pavlovs, Ukrainian cross-country skier Marina Lisogor, German biathlete Evi SachenbacherStehle and Italian bobsledder William Frullani.

There were many more athletes who did themselves and their countries proud.

The Canadian list is long, with the likes of Gilmore Junio, the DufourLapointe sisters, Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse, Alex Bilodeau, Jones’ and Brad Jacobs’ curling rinks, and the entire women’s hockey team

Wednesday

● JV basketball: Notre Dame at Innisfail, Lacombe at Rocky Mountain House, Stettler at Ponoka, Lindsay Thurber at Camrose, Hunting Hills at Wetaskiwin; girls at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Kamloops at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Three Hills, second game of best-ofseven North Division semifinal, 8 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: UFA at Red Deer, first game of best-of-five division semifinal, 8:15 p.m. Arena.

Thursday

● Men’s basketball: Carstar vs. Wells Furniture, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Dream Team, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Blackfalds, third game of best-of-seven North Division semifinal, 7:30 p.m.

Friday

● College men’s basketball: ACAC championship at RDC, RDC Kings vs. TBA, 6 p.m. ● Archery: Central Alberta Association Mother of all Shoots competition, Westerner Agricentre. ● WHL: Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Major midget girls hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, third game of best-of-five division semifinal, 7:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Mountainview, fourth game of best-ofseven North Division semifinal, 8 p.m., Didsbury.

● Senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, fifth game of best-of-seven provincial semifinal, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● College men’s basketball: ACAC championship at RDC. ● Archery: Central Alberta Association Mother of all Shoots competition, Westerner Agricentre. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Airdrie/ Cochrane at Red Deer Northstar, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● Martial arts: Adam Tai Kwon Do tournament. ● Major midget girls hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, fourth game of best-of-five division semifinal, if necessary, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● College men’s hockey: Portage at RDC, 7:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Three Hills, fourth game of best-of-seven North Division semifinal, 8 p.m.

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● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Stampeders at Red Deer Aero Equipment, noon, Arena. ● Archery: Central Alberta Association Mother of all Shoots competition, Westerner Agricentre. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Kin City B. ● Midget AAA hockey: UFA at Red Deer, third game of best-of-seven division semifinal, 3:15 p.m., Arena. ● College men’s basketball: ACAC championship at RDC, final at 3:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Blackfalds, fifth game of best-of-seven North Division semifinal, if necessary, 3:30 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Carstar, Vikings vs. Rusty Chuckers, Sheraton Red Deer vs. Woody’s RV, 4:15 p.m.; Monstars vs. Orangemen, Gord Scott Nissan vs. The Secret Runs, Triple A Batteries vs. Triple Threat, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Stettler, fifth game of best-of-seven North Division semifinal, if necessary, 5 p.m.

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NBA Leaders THROUGH FEB. 23 Scoring Durant, OKC Anthony, NYK James, MIA Love, MIN Griffin, LAC Harden, HOU Curry, GOL Aldridge, POR George, IND Cousins, SAC DeRozan, TOR Nowitzki, DAL Lillard, POR

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FT 480 317 295 367 351 360 217 229 266 315 314 245 250

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Bowling Heritage Lanes Weekly Results Monday-Club 55 plus High Single: Harold Saint 295. High Triple: Pam Herbert 627.

Monday Mixed High Single: Kramer Thompson 279. High Triple: Matt Mundorf 681.

Tuesday Mixed High Single: Cindy Seifried 291. High Triple: Jason Smith 770.

Wednesday-Club 55 plus High Single: Don Knowler 262. High Triple: Faye Boyko 639.

Wednesday Mixed High Single: Christy Burton 282. High Triple: Jill Clark 722.

Thursday Morning Ladies High Single: Bernie LeBlanc 234. High Triple: Bev Mundle 674.

Thursday Afternoon Special Olympics Mixed High Single: Brenda Schewaljie 219. High Double: Anthony Kubasek 417.

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front and centre.

Canadian cross-country ski coach Justin Wadsworth showed the world the meaning of true sportsmanship when he ran onto the course to help a Russian skier who had fallen three times and broken a ski.

Kaya Turski didn’t win a medal in slopestyle ski but won a legion of fans for the classy way in which she reacted to crashing twice here, a painful end to a courageous comeback from yet another knee surgery.

The Canadian women’s hockey team got a nation off its couch, with a stirring comeback win over the U.S. that may be the signature sporting memory of the games for Canada.

The men’s team won gold in less spectacular but more dominant fashion.

On the world stage, Finnish forward Teemu Selanne proved that you can win a medal (bronze) at the age of 43 years 234 days.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, 40, took his record medal total to 13 with a gold in the biathlon mixed relay. Fellow Norwegian Marit Bjoergen won the 30-kilometre mass start cross-country ski event to become the most successful woman in Winter Games history with 10 medals: six gold, three silver and one bronze.

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Monday Scratch League High Single: Gene Ziebarth 383. High Quad: Ziebarth 1,131.

Sunday Fun League High Single: Mike Sabbe 288. High Triple: Andre Grenier 725.

Youth Bowling of Canada (YBC) Bumpers High Single: Brieanne Ross 94.

Bowlasaurus High Single: Jennika Wudkevich 88.

Peewees High Single: Ashlyn Makarenko 153. High Double: Makarenko 274.

Bantams High Single: Cordell Makarenko 212. High Triple: Dakota Clubine 515.

Juniors High Single: Jessica Achtemichuk 325. High Triple: Achtemichuk 721.

Seniors High Single: Jason Smith 311. High Triple: Cody Pratt 764.

Italian luger Armin Zoeggeler became the first athlete to win a medal at six Winter Games after earning a bronze here.

Russian luger Albert Demchenko and Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai both captured silver in their record seventh Winter Games.

And Ireen Wust won five of those 23 Dutch medals in speedskating.

Only 1,446 days until the opening ceremony of the games in Pyeongchang.

NHL: Tight races Players who didn’t go to the Olympics have been skating for about a week after taking much-appreciated mid-season vacations.

Teams have between 22 and 25 games left to play in the regular season and there are tight races for the final playoff spots in both conferences.

In the East, Detroit holds the eighth and final spot but is only one point ahead of Ottawa, Washington and Columbus.

Out West, eighth-place Dallas and ninth-place Phoenix each have 64 points — one more than Vancouver and two ahead of Winnipeg.

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Source says Sabres still shopping Miller

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Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller checks his glove after giving up goal to the Colorado Avalanche in the second period of an NHL game in Denver, Feb. 1, 2014. A person familiar with discussions has said that Buffalo Sabres GM Tim Murray continues to pursue offers for Miller with the intention of dealing him before the NHL trade deadline on March 5.

In 11 seasons in Buffalo, the 33-year-old has set franchise records with 283 wins and 539 games played.

This season, Miller has been the team’s MVP. With a 14-22-3 record, Miller accounts for all but one of Buffalo’s victories. His .923 save percentage ranks seventh among goalies with 30 or more starts.

Miller won the NHL’s Vezina Trophy in 2010, the same year he earned MVP honours at the Vancouver Games, where he played a key role in leading the United States to a silver medal.

At Sochi, he was relegated to a backup role behind Los Angeles’ Jonathan Quick.

The Sabres are in a tough spot as far at goaltending entering their game against the Hurricanes (2622-9). Aside from Miller, backup goalie Jhonas Enroth was also at the Olympics as a backup to Swedish

Price boosted by strong play in goal for Canada

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BROSSARD, Que. — Carey Price looked a little dazed at the Montreal Canadiens practice facility after returning from Canada’s Olympic hockey triumph.

Price arrived with some other players on Monday morning from Sochi, Russia, where his near-flawless goaltending helped Canada to a second straight gold medal in men’s hockey.

Still jet-lagged and sleepy, he didn’t take part in the Canadiens’ practice and will have at least two days off to recover.

He said the gold he flashed for the photographers in front of his locker room stall “still hasn’t sunk in a whole lot.

“I’m sure it will over the next couple of days.”

Price went to Sochi not knowing how much work he’d get in the net, but he started Canada’s opening game against Norway and ended up playing five of the team’s six games. Roberto Luongo got the other start and also got a shutout against Austria.

Price led Olympic goalies with a 0.59 goals-against average as Canada let in only three goals in the tournament. He posted a .971 save percentage and had two shutouts.

Now he feels the confidence gained from that performance will make him a better goalie in the NHL.

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BRIEFS RDC women’s curling team wins bronze The RDC women’s curling team captured bronze at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference championships in Vermilion during the weekend.

The team, skipped by Kaitlyn Sherrer, downed Lakeland 4-3 to take bronze and earn a berth in the national finals, March 19-22 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. The team, which also included Julie Primrose, Courtney Smith, Taylor Eno and Jessica Newman, finished fourth in round-robin play and dropped a 6-4 decision to NAIT in the 3-4 Page playoff game.

Grant MacEwan downed NAIT in the final.

U15 KIngs get fourth at Leduc volleyball tourney

Pair of Red Deer players win AJHL awards Red Deer native Tanner Jaillet is the winner of the Alberta Junior Hockey League top goaltender award for the 2013-14 season as voted on by the league’s general managers and coaches.

The Fort McMurray Oil Barons Tanner Jaillet netminder opened the season with 10 straight wins and 13 games without a regulation-time loss. He’s currently tied for first overall with a .933 save percentage, is second among AJHL goaltenders with a 2.01 goals-against average and has posted a league-leading six shutouts.

Jaillet, who has a 29-9-3 record, was selected as the player of the game nine times during the season, was honoured as the AJHL player of the month and player of the week and was also selected as the Canadian Junior Hockey League first star of the month for Sep-

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18-team tournament, won 10 of 15 sets and scored 329 points while yielding 277.

Sikora wins silver at Castle Mountain Genevieve Sikora of the Central Alberta Freestyle Ski Club earned a silver medal in the F3 division of a provincial competition at Castle Mountain during the weekend.

Teammate Toben Spencer-Lang was fourth in the M3 division and seventh overall.

Josh Medak also attended the competition and all three Central Alberta Club skiers participated in the moguls and big air events.

Hemstreet leads Carstar past Monstars Darryl Hemstreet pumped in 21 points to lead Carstar to an 82-75 victory over Monstars in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Sunday.

Jamie Brown added 12 points for Carstar while Darren Wright had 17 points and Adam Glover 12 for Monstars.

In other games, the Triple A Batteries downed the Alken Basin Drillers 76-44 and Triple Threat got past The Secret Runs 90-84.

Zach Barry scored 16 points and Vernon Johnson added 13 for Triple A, while Mike Lee netted 19 for the Drillers.

Triple Threat was led by Kyle Milligan’s 19-point performance. Mitchel Keenan paced The Secret Runs with 34 points and Chad Kelloway contributed 26.

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The 20-year-old, who has committed to the University of Denver for next season, was also a finalist for the league’s MVP award, won by Trey Phillips of the Canmore Eagles, who was also selected as the most outstanding defenceman.

Meanwhile, another Red Deer product, Chris Gerrie of the Olds Grizzlys, is the AJHL rookie of the year.

The 17-year-old forward, who has committed to Michigan Tech University for the 2016-17 season, leads all AJHL rookies in goals, assists and points (18-35-53).

Gerrie was selected as the player of the game five times during his rookie campaign and is the fourth player in Grizzlys franchise history to win the AJHL freshman award.

Grizzlys captain Spencer Dorowicz was a runner-up for league MVP honours.

The other award winners include Anthony Paskarak of the Brooks Bandits as most dedicated player and Jason McKee of the Spruce Grove Saints as coach of the year.

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The Central Alberta U15 Kings Volleyball Club placed fourth in an 18-team provincial premier tournament at Leduc during the weekend.

The Kings fell 11-15 to the Edmonton Nooks in the third and final set of the bronze-medal match. ● In a U16 weekend provincial premier tournament at Calgary and Cochrane, the Red Deer U16 Kings dropped a 28-30, 19-25 decision to Calgary Canada West in the bronze-medal match.

The U16 Kings placed fourth in the

“It’s satisfying, no question,” the 26-year-old said. “There was a lot of doubt about the position going into the Olymics. We heard about it in August at the orientation camp. And to be able to deliver at the right time was huge.”

It was unclear when he will play his first post-Olympic game. The Canadiens are back to work Wednesday against Canadian Olympic team coach Mike Babcock’s Detroit Red Wings.

They play at Pittsburgh on Thursday and return home Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

“Emotionally, it was a very trying time,” said Price.

“I’m just taking the next couple of days to relax and unwind. I’ve always been good at focusing on my immediate goals and, when I come back, I’ll be ready.”

Backup Peter Budaj, who played for Slovakia in Sochi, got back to Montreal on Sunday after a stop in Denver to unwind. He had a full workout and should be ready if Price can’t start.

Price enjoyed his two weeks with Canada’s best players. He noted how calm and confident the top players remained as Canada got through some close games while going 6-0 in the tournament.

His Olympic highlights were hanging out with other Canadian Olympians and watching the Canadian women’s hockey team’s victory over the United States after trailing 2-0 late in the third period of the gold medal game.

starter Henrik Lundqvist.

Nolan made the decision to have Miller start against Carolina because the U.S. has been off since a 5-0 loss to Finland in the bronze medal game on Saturday. Sweden played Sunday when it lost the gold medal game to Canada.

The trade deadline has become a hot topic of discussion in the Sabres locker room.

“I think you guys in the media as a whole have been telling me I’ve been getting traded since the first day I got here,” said Moulson, who was acquired in October in a trade that sent Thomas Vanek to the New York Islanders.

“Sometimes it’s a little stressful. But I think when you tell yourself to control what you can control, it kind of calms me down a bit. I’m going to go out there and play hard, and whatever happens, happens.”

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ryan Miller was a no-show at Buffalo Sabres practice Monday because the star goalie was still travelling from the Sochi Games.

Though Miller was scheduled to return later in the day and start Tuesday, when Buffalo hosts Carolina, his absence could be something the Sabres will have to get accustomed to with the NHL trade deadline approaching on March 5.

A person familiar with discussions told The Associated Press that general manager Tim Murray continues to pursue offers for Miller with the intention of trading him by next week.

“Tim is testing the waters as hard as he can,” the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because Murray declined to speak to reporters Monday.

The person said the team’s first option is trading Miller, who is in the final year of his contract and eligible to become an unrestricted free agent. Option No. 2, the person added, would be making a bid to resign Miller if a trade can’t be completed.

Murray, who took over the Sabres last month, had previously not ruled out trading Miller or anyone else on the roster.

“This team’s in last place right now,” Murray said, during his inaugural news conference on Jan. 9. “Everybody can be traded.”

That means Miller isn’t the only player with an uncertain future on a Sabres team that, at 15-34-8, remains in last place coming out of the NHL Olympic break.

Captain Steve Ott, veteran winger Matt Moulson and defenceman Henrik Tallinder are also in the final years of their contracts and could be used as trade bait by a team intent on building through youth.

Following practice, interim head coach Ted Nolan said it would be safe to assume the Sabres will be active in making trades.

“I think that’s the key right there, not knowing,” Nolan said. “We can’t worry about who might be gone, who might be coming in. Today is the day we have to work with what we’ve got. And tomorrow, whatever we’ve got here, then we’ll work with that, too.”

Nolan also had a different take on his thoughts regarding Miller. After previously saying he favoured the Sabres retaining Miller, Nolan said the decision was out of his hands.

“My thoughts don’t really count right now,” Nolan said. “Certainly, what Ryan Miller means to this team and this town, no question you’d like to keep him. But it’s business. And we have to look forward to rebuilding this organization.”

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Carlson, Phillip (Debbie) Carlson, His memory is ever near Lorne (Helen) Carlson, and And in our hearts Garnett Carlson. She will be he is always with us. missed by all who knew her. The one we loved so dear.

A Prayer Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, ~Gladys and the family 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Anniversaries Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, on Friday, February 28, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. It is our wish that in lieu of flowers, please forward memorial contributions on Marie’s behalf to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222 VEENSTRA Harry & Linda We are so thankful for the blessing you have been to our lives and thank God for the 50 years you have been together.

Lots of love, Tineke & Terry, Ralph & Beth, Jeanette & Ted, Mike, Doug & Mandy and families.

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BARAGAR Dorothy Rosalie June 5, 1923 - Feb. 21, 2014 In loving memory of Dorothy Baragar, who passed away peacefully at her new residence Villa Marie, Red Deer, Dorothy was predeceased by her husband, Gordon, in 1997 after 53 years of marriage. She is survived by her three sons; Donald and Jack ( Grande Prairie) and Ray (Sylvan Lake); two sisters, Lillian McKeand (Price Albert), Minnie Borshowa (Weyburn), along with numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Born in Brocklington, Sask., she attended North Star School, while growing up on the family farm. She married Gordon Baragar in 1944 and they lived in B.C. and Sask. before settling in Alberta.

They both worked at Deerhome until retirement and a move to Alix, where they resided until Gordon’s passing in 1997. Dorothy moved back to Red Deer and enjoyed many good years.

Dorothy was an avid crafter, and her afghans and crochet creations were family favorites.

She enjoyed a good game of cards, and socializing with family and friends. Her home-made bread was her specialty. The Sylvan Lake Seniors Lodge was her home for several years and the Symphony Seniors Living, Red Deer, and her final home - Villa Marie. As per Dorothy’s request, there will be no service following cremation. Donations may be made in her memory to the Sylvan Lake Seniors Lodge, #100, 4620 47 Ave. Sylvan Lake, AB. T4S 1N2 or the donors choice of charities.

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons Food Service Manager 5 positions, F/T & P/ T, $9.95 - $18/hr. depending on exp. and availability.

Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights and evening shifts. 3-5 yrs. exp., completion of secondary school. Start date ASAP. Apply in person 6620 Orr Drive.

Fax: 403-782-9685 Call 403-848-2356 Luau Investments Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons #100, 4217 - 50 Ave #7, 6721 - 50 Ave 62 Carleton Ave Food Service Managers Full Time/Part Time/ Shift Work Night/Overnight/ Early Morning/Weekend.

High School Diploma, plus 3 years related experience $14 to $18/hr depending on experience/availability Apply in person from 9am to 5pm Or by fax at 403-341-6006 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

Sales & Distributors

FULL-TIME SALES position available. A knowledge of woodwind and brass instruments would be a definite asset, but not a requirement.

Apply in person or e-mail resume to reddeer@ 53rdstreetmusic.ca.

NICE STUFF LTD. has a Part Time RETAIL SALES position available.

Nights and Weekends.

Must have own transportation, be 24 plus. Must be reliable and responsible.

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.

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to premierjobrd@gmail.com WIRELESS WORLD requires 2 Retail Sales Associates for Bower Place Mall, 149A 4900 Molly Banister Drive., Red Deer, AB; FT, perm to start ASAP; Will train, provide direct mobile phone sales and customer support services at location & other duties; $12.00/hr. Email Resume: retailjobs@ mywirelessworld.ca

Teachers/ Tutors 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

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CERTIFIED TEACHER REQUIRED with a Bachelor of Education from Alberta for a .5 position in a private ESC. Contract until June 2014.

Wages negotiable.

Experience with a blended class an asset. Apply to: Oriole@brightpathkids.com

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ELEMENTS is looking 5 Beauty Treatment Operators.

Selling seasonal gift packages & personal care products in Parkland Mall-4747 67th St Red Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus bonus & commission, F/T, Beauty certification req’d email resumes: elementsreddeerbto@ gmail.com ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com

Truckers/ Drivers

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QUICKLINE CRANE INC. in Blackfalds Required Immediately is looking for a The largest after market parts distributor in Canada is MOBILE CRANE & seeking a H.D. Parts person HOISTING OPERATOR to join our experienced with experience. team in Red Deer.

Must be a minimum third This individual would year apprentice & have require basic knowledge of good knowledge of truck the heavy-duty truck and mount & all terrain cranes.

Busy road construction trailer market with excelCompetitive salaries company req’s 1 st. or 2nd lent knowledge of truck includes benefits. yr. apprentice heavy duty and trailer brake and Must have a Class 1 license. mechanic for shop. Fax suspension parts.

Please submit all resumes resume to 403-309-0489 The individual would have by email to: to be able to work kyle@quicklinecrane.com 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 Start your career!

8045 Edgar Industrial Classifieds See Help Wanted Crescent Your place to SELL Red Deer Ab T4P 3R2 Your place to BUY CARPENTERS and OR FAX 403-342-7377 laborers with exp. in farm Email: jwojtaczka@uapinc.com buildings. 403-318-6406 Truckers/ JUNIOR SERVICE DAIRY EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN required.

Drivers SUPPLIER Must have some looking for a detail oriented experience with service BUSY Central Alberta PARTS PERSON and repair of furnaces/air Grain Trucking Company Strong computer skills conditioners and would like looking for Class 1 Drivers and clean Class 5 req. to expand on his/her and/or Lease Operators.

Equal opportunity employer. knowledge base. We We offer lots of home time, Competitive wage & benefits provide training and work benefits and a bonus package. Email resume: experience in a supportive program. Grain and super lindsay@prolineinc.ca environment. Must have B exp. an asset but not Experienced Siders strong people skills and necessary. If you have a Needed Call 403-588-3210 mechanical aptitude. clean commercial drivers FAX: 403-309-8032 or abstract and would like to F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS e-mail: brad@ start making good money.

- Good hours, home every comfortecheating.com fax or email resume and night, $4000-$6000/mo. comm.abstract to Contractor must have truck MECHANIC 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net or van. Tools, supplies & REQUIRED ladders required. Training CLASS 1 driver with fluid Motor coach company provided, no experience hauling experience, local looking for 4th year or needed. Apply to: runs. 403-373-3285 or fax journeyman. Experience satjobs@shaw.ca resume and copies of all with motor coaches valid tickets to preferred. Send resume to 403-986-2819 frontbus@platinum.ca or fax 403.-347-4999 EXP’D CLASS 1 end dump driver for local haul. Please fax resume with driver’s abstract 403-342-6881

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RED DEER ELECTRIC Is currently seeking Experienced Residential Electricians for work in Red Deer.

Top wages & full benefits.

Please send resumes email: rdelectric@shaw.ca or fax 403-342-2521

RENTAL & TRUCKING Company looking for class 1 picker/winch operator to join our team. 15 on 6 off schedule, salary plus bonus and benefits. Please send current resume & drivers abstract to info@ gsequipmentcanada.com or fax 403-346-5127.

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Blown-in Attic Insulation Installer

CARRIERS NEEDED

Exp’d Blown-In Attic Insulation Installers req’d, must have experience driving a 3 ton truck with van.

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.

Resumes will be accepted by email only, please no phone calls. Only those selected will be contacted for an interview. Email: bbcowie@telus.net

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MOUNTVIEW WEST PARK

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

WESTLAKE

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer (Reliable vehicle needed.)

For more information phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316 LOOKING FOR SCREENPRINTER. Will train the right person.

Apply in person to Grand Central Stitchin’ #7, 7439 49th Ave. Cr. Red Deer

ANDERS AREA INGLEWOOD AREA

MORNING

MORRISROE AREA

newspaper carriers needed in the following areas:

SUNNYBROOK AREA VANIER AREA

WESTPARK Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

WESTLAKE For more information phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

F/T positions avail.

Please forward resume to HR Department Fax: 403-341-4910

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Clothing

JACKET, ladies chocolate brown suede, size large, from boutique of leather.

Good cond. $20.

403-314-9603 JONES OF NEW YORK LADIES NAVY SUIT. Size 14W. Like new. $10.

403-343-1112

Computers

Kentwood Kennings Cres. & Kirby St.

TRENDNET WiFi, wireless Router, $25; Motorola surf board cable modem, $10; D-Link Router, $10.

403-755-2760

EquipmentHeavy

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Firewood

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AFFORDABLE

To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN

Homestead Firewood

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

P/T CASHIER Clerk. Apply with resume to Highland Green Value Drug Mart.

Nellis & Norton Ave. also Nordegg Cres. & 76 St.

RENTAL STORE REQUIRES AN EMPLOYEE FOR COUNTER SALES. Must have equipment and small engine knowledge.

Retail and parts inventory experience are assets.

Must be physically fit.

Full time position with OT in busy season. sales@parklandrentals.com or fax 403-347-7066

O’Brien Cres & Oxley Cl.

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

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Normandeau

LOOKING for P/T person to clean motor coaches.

Must be willing to work evenings and weekends.

Transportation required: location 10 miles from Red Deer. Please forward resume to frontbus@platinum.ca or fax to 403-347-4999

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CORNER computer desk. $75. 403-343-6218

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Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

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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

Lumber

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PARTICAL Shelf Boards, 6, 5.8” x 16”. various lengths. All for $40.

403-314-2026

Household Furnishings

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Road construction company looking for a parts person. DBL. box spring and matWilling to train. Must be tress, clean, free for pick able to work away from up 403-346-9886 home for 6 months a year and have a class 5 licence. GLIDER CHAIR, green, $25.

WICKER plant stand, $25.

Fax resume to 3 VINTAGE wooden dining 403-309-0489 room chairs, $30/ea.

SWAMPERS F/T 3 UPHOLSTERED card needed immediately for a table chairs, $10/ea. fast growing waste & SOLID wood magazine recycling company. rack, $15.

Heavy lifting involved 403-309-3475 (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

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CARRIER SUPERVISOR

Somerset Close

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in

Springfield Ave.

BOBCAT OPERATORS.

Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Sherwood Cres.

Offering High Paced Work with Competitive Wages and Local Job Sites. Applicant Must Have A Valid Class 3 License with Air.

VANIER AREA

CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA

Experience in Fine Grading and Finishing is a Must. Knowledge of the Area Would Be an Asset. A Positive Attitude is a must.

Viscount Drive

Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

Please Submit Resume with Driver’s Abstract in person to:

Volks Place / Vanier Drive

Vickers Close

E-mail: db-front@telus.net or by Fax: 403-782-7786 No Phone Calls Please

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5913 Len Thompson Drive Lacombe, AB

Vanson Close / Visser St.

DEER PARK AREA

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

74 to 129 Block of Dunning Cres., Depalm St. and approx. 3 blocks of Douglas St. $108/mo.

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

EASTVIEW Erickson Dr., Eldrige Cr., Everitt Cr., Elkin Cl., $187/mo.

ALSO 37 Ave. from 39 St. to 44 St. and Exeter Cr. and 38A Ave. Area $111/mo.

GRANDVIEW AREA

IS HIRING!

41 Ave. from Ross St. to 44 St. + 4000 Block of 47 St. and 44 Block of 40A Ave. $63/mo

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.

ALSO 40A, 41 & 42 Ave. between 39 St. & 44 St. $120/mo.

ALSO 43 Ave. Area between 39 St. and 43 St. $61/mo

The candidate would be responsible for the recruitment of carriers for delivery of Advocate, EMC and CAL routes by various methods incorporated by the Circulation Department.

This would include telephone calls, distribution of recruitment flyers, posters, networking, group presentations, advertising, use of social media, along with various other methods.

The position would require interviewing, screening and signing up carriers for delivery, along with cold calling.

The candidate should have an outgoing personality, along with the ability to multi task.

This should be complimented with excellent written and oral presentation skills. The position requires very good organization skills, the ability to work independently and in a group setting.

For this position you must have good computer skills, a valid driver’s license with good driving record.

A company car may be available during working hours.

The candidate must be able to pass a criminal background check.

The hours for this position would be Monday to Friday, working every 6th Saturday, 7.5 hours a day, with start times at 10 a.m. or earlier.

Please forward resume to: Red Deer Advocate, Attention Doug Sibbet 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Email: dsibbet@reddeeradvocate.com Fax: 403-341-4772

Employment Training

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YOUR CAREER IN

ACCOUNTING Payroll Administrator Computerized Accounting Computerized Payroll Accounting and more!

Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at

www.eaglebuilders.ca

ALSO

Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources or email: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.

West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Full Time, 37.5 hours a week. $14.67/hr. to $20.39/hr.

Depending Experience

ROSEDALE AREA

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Accessories Dept. with experience in clothing or power sport industry.

Also looking for a Receiver.

SUNNYBROOK AREA

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Is taking resumes for:

BOWER

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

MORRISROE AREA

Is Currently Looking to hire

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AFTERNOON

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

870

INGLEWOOD AREA

TURPLE BROS. LTD.

Worker Program

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newspaper carriers • SPRING START needed in the following areas: • Community Support •

FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY.

Anders Close

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ACADEMIC Express

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

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

880

Misc.

Help

Oriole Park West

Anders St. / Armstrong Close

Lund Close

Possibility of leading to apprenticeship.

Fax resume to: 403-341-5066 Attn. Greg Rempel

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Trades

H.D. Parts Person

Customer Service Misc.

Counter Sales Position or equivalent skill level. Help Available in Required immed. Resume Red Deer & references required.

HPC distributes industrial coatings & related supplies.

Duties include tinting, color matching, with a strong focus on customer service.

A great work ethic is a must.

8 a.m. - 5 p.m. * 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

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Call Jamie 403-314-4306

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

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Restaurant/ Hotel

B10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014

Drug smugglers turning to the high seas U.S. COAST GUARD STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP AMID BUDGET CUTS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — While security has tightened at the U.S. border, drug smugglers are increasingly turning to the high seas.

The area where boats were seized off California and the northwest coast of Mexico tripled during the 2013 fiscal year, which ended in September.

Off South America, traffickers over the years have been traversing territory so big the continental United States could be dropped inside of it.

Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel has been loading marijuana bales onto 50-foot vessels as far south as the Mexican port of Mazatlan — where its leader, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was captured early Saturday — and running them up the Pacific coast to the U.S., deep into California. It’s unclear if Guzman’s arrest will hinder the maritime runs.

Meanwhile, budget cuts have hit one of the lead U.S. law enforcement agencies on international waters — the Coast Guard, the only U.S. military service able to make drug arrests hundreds of miles (kilometres) offshore.

To meet automatic federal budget cuts, it reduced its operating costs by 25 per cent in 2013. It also lost help from U.S. Navy ships on drug missions off Latin America that were decommissioned and not replaced because of cutbacks, or sent elsewhere because of Washington’s new military focus.

Only a third of suspected drug smuggling boats or aircraft out of South

America that were tracked by U.S. intelligence in cocaine-trafficking corridors in the Pacific and Caribbean were stopped last year, the Coast Guard’s top officer, Adm. Robert Papp, told The Associated Press.

“Our interdictions are down 30 per cent from the year before, when we had more assets out there, so that’s an indicator to me that as soon as we start pulling assets away, they’re running more drugs and they’re getting through,” Papp said.

U.S. authorities stopped some 194,000 pounds (87,900 kilograms) of cocaine last fiscal year — more than 40,000 pounds (18,140 kilograms) less than in 2012, according to Coast Guard statistics. Marijuana seizures dipped between 2012 and 2013 from 124,000 pounds (56,240 kilograms) to 81,000 pounds (36,740 kilograms).

On Monday, authorities said they seized a 30-foot boat in the harbour in Oceanside, north of San Diego, with more than 500 pounds of methamphetamine inside a compartment. Customs and Border Protection said the twinengine boat came from Mexico.

Defence officials have warned the cuts would hamper efforts to reach President Barack Obama’s goal of intercepting 40 per cent of the illicit drug shipments flowing into the region by 2015. Fighting drug traffickers at sea is crucial because small aircraft used by traffickers can only carry about a ton of drugs versus large boats that can cart up to 20 tons of cocaine or more, authorities said.

As much as 20 per cent of the co-

caine moving through South America ends up in the United States. Large amounts also travel across the ocean into Africa, providing funding for insurgents and drug traffickers, and then on up into Europe.

“We’ve had to cut back in hours and funding, and cut back on resources on the water,” said Cmdr. Chris German, deputy chief of law enforcement for the 11th District, which stretches from Oregon to Peru.

Sea smuggling has not grabbed the attention of lawmakers like the flow of illegal goods across the land border, where billions of dollars have been spent on tightening security.

Part of the reason is the challenge to patrolling the ocean.

With more than 42,000 active-duty members, the Coast Guard is assisted in the drug war by other U.S. agencies.

It also works closely with other nations, but that help only goes so far. Bilateral treaties sometimes limit waters it can patrol, and some of the foreign navies are small and underequipped.

U.S. officials, for instance, cannot venture into Mexican waters without prior permission and will stop a chase and alert Mexican authorities if suspected boats cross into that territory.

Treaties with nations such as Colombia allow U.S. authorities more latitude.

“The land border is a much simpler border to defend. You can put up fences. You can put people out there.

But it’s a finite area. You know where your land starts and where it ends,” Papp said. “When you go out into the maritime, it’s huge.”

The Coast Guard oversees 95,000 miles (152,800 kilometres) of coastline and 4.5 million square miles (11.66 million sq. kilometres) of maritime territory where the United States has rights.

Off California, smuggling vessels are typically spotted by planes from the Coast Guard or a federal agency, such as Customs and Border Protection, California National Guard or the Department of Defence. Coast Guard or CBP boats are then called to board suspicious vessels.

CBP is prohibited from firing on boats off the U.S. coast unless the pursuit begins within 12 miles (20 kilometres) of shore. The Coast Guard has no such constraints.

The Sinaloa cartel has been loading marijuana bales onto vessels as far south as the Mexican port of Mazatlan and running them up northern Baja California after taking control of that state’s coastal territory, said Michael Carney, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s assistant special agent in charge of investigations in San Diego.

Smugglers driving three-engine boats have been landing along remote coasts of Northern California. Support vessels carry fuel and supplies to go longer distances, and smugglers transfer loads onto U.S.-owned pleasure craft, believing they are less likely to raise suspicion than a foreign boat.

Papp, speaking at a defence conference this month in San Diego, said that the Coast Guard’s resources to patrol the high seas and intercept threats are “woefully inadequate at this point.”

Seven sent to prison for anti-Putin protest in Russia MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday handed down prison sentences of up to four years to seven anti-Putin protesters, including a 22-year-old student who investigators said threw an “unidentified yellow object of spherical shape” at a line of riot police. He insisted it was just a lemon.

Yaroslav Belousov and the six others were among 28 people rounded up after a 2012 protest on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a third presidential term. Clashes broke out after police restricted access to Bolotnaya Square, across the river from the Kremlin, where the protesters had permission to gather.

Hundreds of their supporters gathered outside the courtroom to condemn the trial and the Krem-

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LOVESEAT, light brown year and half old good shape. $75. phone 403-986-2849

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1730

Stereos TV's, VCRs

PS2 w/15 games, $75.

XBOX w/15 games, $75.

PS1 w/8 games, $60.

403-782-3847

1760

Misc. for Sale

2 QUEEN COMFORTERS, $30/ea or 2/$50.

2 THICK WARM BLANKETS, like new, $35/ea.

QUEEN QUILTED MATTRESS COVER, $10.

ELECTRIC ROASTING PAN, like new, $30.

403-348-6449 4 LARGE TUPPERWARE CONTAINERS & LIDS, square & rectangular, $2.50/ea.

403-309-3475 D.V.D’s and VHS, 10 for $5. 403-314-9603 DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino

Misc. for Sale

1760

DISHES, 3 sets of 8 place setting, $45. each.

403-343-6218 NAILS, several types, 2 boxes + 1 box of electrical items. $3. per box; Desk top fan, 3 speed, $10; 25, legal ofÀce Àle holders, all for $10.; Deer Antler mount on Shield, $60.

403-314-2026 PAPER Shredder, Costco, straight cut, like new. $15; Tripod stand for bird cage; $10. 403-755-2760 QUEEN SIZE COMFORTER, $40.

403-782-3847 SET OF HEAVY DUTY MAGNETIC TRUCKERS ROAD FLARES. $30.

403-348-6449 TABLECLOTHS, Damask, 60” round and 8 Damask napkins, blue, new in package. All for $25.

403-314-9603 WEIGHTED Hula Hoop, $5.

NORDIC Walking Poles, $25.

Wooden Walking Stick, $5.

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Some of them, including members of Pussy Riot and opposition leader Alexei Navalny, were later detained again later Monday when protesters attempted to hold an unsanctioned rally outside the Kremlin. Moscow police said they detained 420 of about 500 demonstrators there.

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Momentum of 2010 spurred Canada in Sochi BUT WILL IT IN 2018?

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCHI, Russia — Canada’s Olympic team in Sochi benefited from the afterburn of hosting the previous Winter Games in 2010.

It’s a trend, although not a given, that the home country of an Olympic Games can parlay the momentum for another quadrennial or two because of a high-revving sports system.

China was second with 100 medals at the Summer Games in Beijing in 2008 and again second with 88 in London in 2012, for example.

The United States hasn’t finished out of the top three countries in the Winter Games overall medal count since hosting in 2002 in Salt Lake City.

Australia hit a high of 50 medals in the 2004 Summer Games after Sydney had them four years earlier, but dropped to 35 in London.

Canada won 25 medals in Sochi after a total of 26 in Vancouver in 2010.

The Canadian team finished third overall medals and first in gold four years ago. In Sochi, the final tally was good for fourth overall and third in gold.

Hosting a Winter Games made Canada a world winter sport power, but can it last to 2018, 2022 and

2026?

“I think it’s sustainable,” said Steve Podborski, Canada’s chef de mission in Sochi. “It’s really, really fun to be good at something.”

It also really, really expensive to be good at Olympic sports. Canada set a Winter Games record for gold medals with 14 in 2010.

Recognizing the country’s sport euphoria coming out of 2010, the federal government hasn’t just maintained, but has augmented sport funding. The Canadian Olympic Committee has signed several large corporate sponsorship deals since 2010.

Canada’s first winter sport institute — modelled on the Olympic Training Centre in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra — is now fully operational in Calgary. The $204-million institute provides all service and training facilities under one roof.

But governments change, financial priorities change and the memory of those heady moments when people cheered in the streets for the home team fades over time.

Subsequent host countries throw incredible resources into their athletes who rise up and take medals off the table.

“Other countries are seeing the benefits of having great performance,” said Caroline Assalian, the COC’s chief sport officer.

“As long as it’s important for us as Canadians, it will continue to be for the private sector and for gov-

ernment as well.”

Thanks to a strong performance in Sochi, including another pair of hockey gold medals, Canada should be able to sustain the taxpayer and corporate goodwill from 2010 through to the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

But more memorable performances will be required to maintain both into the next decade. South Korea poses similar challenges to performance as Russia did because of time zone, travel, food and culture.

Russia has joined the United States, Norway, the Netherlands and Germany as Canada’s rivals. The Russians had a miserable 2010 with just 15 medals, but more than doubled its output as the host team in Sochi to 33.

Canada’s sport leaders departed Sochi believing the goal of finishing first overall in the medal count is achievable at future Winter Games.

“I think, I don’t know, but I think our government, our corporations and our people will continue to support our nation in its quest to be the best in the world,” Podborski said.

Hosting another Olympic Games would provide another jolt of adrenaline to Canada’s sport system.

COC president Marcel Aubut said Sunday he hopes before his term expires in 2017 that a Canadian city bids for another Olympic Games — winter or summer.

Former Avalanche star Nowitzki does it again at forward Milan Hejduk buzzer to down Knicks retiring from NHL NBA ROUNDUP

MAVERICKS SWEEP THREE-GAME ROADTRIP WITH WIN IN NEW YORK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MAVERICKS 110 KNICKS 108 NEW YORK — Dirk Nowitzki’s 19-foot jumper bounced up and then fell in as time expired, giving the Dallas Mavericks a 110-108 victory over the New York Knicks on Monday night.

The Mavericks blew an eight-point lead in the final 90 seconds, then pulled out their third straight victory.

Carmelo Anthony had 44 points and nine rebounds for the Knicks.

He played strong defence on the Mavericks’ final possession, but was left standing in disbelief long after the buzzer after Nowitzki’s shot appeared to hit the backboard first, then the front rim, then bounced up before dropping.

Vince Carter scored 23 points and Monta Ellis had 22 for Dallas (35-23), which has won nine of 11 and is a season-best 12 games over .500.

Jose Calderon finished with 20 points, and Nowitzki had 15 for the Mavericks, who swept a three-game road trip and beat the Knicks for the 20th time in the last 25 meetings.

Tyson Chandler had 12 points and 12 rebounds against his former team, sparking the Knicks’ comeback after they trailed 108-100 with 1:37 left. But New York (21-36) lost for the sixth time in seven games and fell a season-worst 15 games below .500.

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halftime but couldn’t replicate that offensive success.

The Warriors, who began a six-game trip, have won six straight over the Pistons for the first time since a sevengame streak from 1975-76.

Golden State’s reserves outscored Detroit’s 42-15. The Warriors (35-22) are a season-high 13 games over .500.

CLIPPERS 123, PELICANS 110 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jamal Crawford hit seven 3s on his way to 24 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat New Orleans.

Crawford picked up where he left off in Oklahoma City on Sunday, when he made five 3-pointers and finished with 36 points in Los Angeles’ victory.

Chris Paul had 19 points and 13 assists in his latest return to New Orleans, and Blake Griffin added 22 points. All five Clippers starters and two reserves scored in double figures.

DeAndre Jordan had 14 points and 16 rebounds. Matt Barnes, Darren Collison and Hedo Turkoglu each scored 12.

Anthony Davis had 26 points and 11 rebounds for New Orleans. Alexis Ajinca had 19 points and 12 rebounds, both career highs.

JAZZ 110, CELTICS 98 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Alec Burks had 21 points, and Derrick Favours scored 20 in his return from a hip injury to power Utah to a rare win over Boston, which lost its fifth straight game.

Favours had missed the previous three games because of a sprained right hip injury he aggravated in the opening moments against Philadelphia on Feb. 12. But the centre established himself early with four baskets and bolstered Utah’s leaky defence.

Marvin Williams made 8 of 10 shots and scored 19 points for the Jazz, who broke a three-game losing streak and snapped a six-game skid to the Celtics.

Jeff Green and Kelly Olynyk each had 21 points for Boston, which dropped all four games on its road trip.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Milan Hejduk still laces up his skates every day and heads out onto the ice, where his notoriously quick wrists continue to send puck after puck skittering into the net.

Only now he spends his time mentoring his 10-year-old twin sons, not rookie NHL players.

“I feel like they’re at the age now where they need me more now than ever,” said Hejduk, who announced his retirement Monday.

The announcement put an official end to his stellar 14-year NHL career with the Quebec/Colorado franchise that included the 2001 Stanley Cup. He played another six seasons in his native Czech Republic.

In addition to coaching youth hockey, Hejduk is also hitting the slopes and the links aplenty, so walking away from professional hockey, he said, “wasn’t that difficult, really.”

“It feels like I was retired for a while,” said Hejduk, 38, who hadn’t played this season after being limited by injuries to a career-low 29 games during the league’s truncated season a year ago. “It was almost preparation for retirement.”

Hejduk said he actually thought about calling it quits before last season but was nine games shy of 1,000

NHL games, so he returned in 2013 and finished his career with 375 goals in 1,020 games. Only two Czech-born players have more points in NHL history: Jaromir Jagr and Patrik Elias.

“I was lucky enough to play for one organization, the Colorado Avalanche and I had a blast. It was awesome. I had a great time,” Hejduk said at the team’s practice facility as the sound of pucks hitting the boards and skates shaving the ice could be heard below.

Former teammate Joe Sakic, now the Avalanche’s executive vice-president of hockey operations, said Hejduk had incredible hands: “His release, along with his hockey sense and vision, made him one of the premier goal scorers in the NHL during his prime.”

Sakic said nobody knew much about Hejduk when he first arrived at training camp in Colorado Springs in 1998.

“Guys just looked at each other and commented on how good his hands were,” Sakic said. “Great hands. Elusive skater. Very shifty.”

Hejduk was a grinder and never was much of a talker.

“He wasn’t a rah-rah guy,” Sakic said.

“He came to work every day. He prepared. Nobody worked harder than him on the ice. Milan was a competitor.

I’m sure he’s instilling that with his boys and his hockey teams. He didn’t say much, but a great sense of humour.

He is a great guy to be around.”

BUCKS 130, 76ERS 110 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — O.J. Mayo made seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points, Ersan Ilyasova added 20, and Milwaukee placed seven players in double figures in a rout of Philadelphia, which lost its 11th straight game.

Ramon Sessions had 16 points, Khris Middleton and Brandon Knight scored 15 each, and Giannis Antetokounmpo posted 13 for the Bucks (11-45), who own the NBA’s worst record. John Henson chipped in 12 points for the Bucks, who had their highest scoring game of the season.

Philadelphia (15-42), which has the league’s second worst record, has lost 21 of 24 and 10 straight at home. It is the club’s longest skid since a 12-game losing streak during the 1996-97 season.

Thaddeus Young led the 76ers with 28 points, Michael Carter-Williams added 20, Tony Wroten had 19, and James Anderson scored 13.

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WARRIORS 104, PISTONS 96 AUBURN HILLS, Mich.

(AP) — Stephen Curry had 19 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, and Golden State clamped down on Detroit in the second half of a victory.

Klay Thompson scored 19 points for Golden State, which has won four in a row. The Pistons have lost five of seven since firing Maurice Cheeks and replacing him with interim coach John Loyer.

The Warriors were still without David Lee, who has been dealing with a stomach flu. Andrew Bogut returned from a left shoulder injury and played 29 minutes before fouling out.

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B12 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014

Alouettes hire Higgins as new head coach MONTREAL — For a second year in a row, the Montreal Alouettes will start the CFL season with a new head coach.

Alouettes owner Bob Wetenhall announced Monday that Tom Higgins will be the club’s new head coach.

The former Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders bench boss replaces general manager Jim Popp, who took over on Aug. 1 when the inexperienced Dan Hawkins was fired only five games into the 2013 season.

Wetenhall made it clear in a statement that he did not want Popp, who is considered one of the CFL’s best GMs but has a career 16-20 record as a coach, to continue in both jobs.

“As I’ve expressed to the media in recent weeks, I wanted to continue with the formula which has brought us the success we’ve enjoyed these past 17 years — having a full-time head coach and a full-time general manager to fill each of these positions,” said Wetenhall.

“The criteria we established was to find an individual familiar with the CFL; someone with success in that position and a background as a position coach. In addition, we sought an individual with a record for moulding and delivering championship teams.

“In Tom’s seven years as a head coach he won three division championships along with a Grey Cup, and twice earned recognition as the CFL’s coach of the year. His head coaching record of 72-53-1 speaks for itself. We welcome Tom to the Alouettes family.”

Popp had made no secret of wanting to continue coaching, but Wetenhall put out a statement recently saying candidates would be interviewed.

A year ago, the Alouettes waited until Feb. 19 to name Hawkins, a former U.S. university coach with no experience of the Canadian game. He was 2-3 when he was fired with the team in disarray.

Popp, the Alouettes’ GM since they returned to Montreal in 1996, took over as coach for the third time in his ca-

reer and went 6-7.

It marked only the second time since 1996 the team had a losing record, matching the 8-10 mark Popp put up in his only full season as head coach in 2007. It hurt that starting quarterback Anthony Calvillo was lost for the season in August to a concussion.

This time, the team waited five days longer to name a new coach and came up with Higgins, who stepped down in December after five years as the CFL’s director of officiating.

Higgins did not even get introduced at a press conference. The club said “time constraints and personal obligations” prevented bringing him to Montreal for the announcement, but that he will talk to the media Tuesday on a conference call.

He takes over a team that will not have CFL all-time passing leader Calvillo as its starter for the first time since 2000.

Instead, 2006 Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith and young prospect Tanner Marsh are pegged to replace the retired future Hall of Famer.

Higgins, who will turn 60 on July 13, led the Eskimos to 13-5 records twice and won a Grey Cup in 2003 in his four years with the club. He had a 28-25 record in three seasons in Calgary from 2005 to 2007.

“Tom has worked with and tutored many of the CFL’s finest quarterbacks — Doug Flutie, Henry Burris and Ricky Ray, to mention a few,” said team president Mark Weightman. “His expertise will be invaluable in the development of Troy Smith and Tanner Marsh.”

Higgins has spent 23 years in various CFL jobs, including a stint as GM in Edmonton.

A native of Woodbridge, N.J., and a former linebacker and defensive tackle, Higgins played for Calgary and Saskatchewan in the 1970s.

Popp replaced Rod Rust as coach at the end of the 2001 season, but gave way for Don Matthews the following season. He stepped in again when Matthews left for health reasons in 2006.

Marc Trestman, now coach of the Chicago Bears, coached the club from 2008-2012, winning two Grey Cups.

Major League Baseball home plate-collision rule leaves open exceptions THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Rather than ban home plate collisions outright, Major League Baseball and its players adopted a rule limiting them this season.

In what both sides said was a one-year experiment, the rule allows collisions if the catcher has the ball and is blocking the runner’s direct path to home plate, and if the catcher goes into the basepath to field a throw to the plate.

“It’s not a radical departure from what it had been,” Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said.

The new rule, 7.13, states “a runner attempting to score may not deviate from his direct pathway to the plate in order to initiate contact with the catcher (or other player covering home plate).” A runner violating the rule shall be declared out, even if the fielder drops the ball.

“It’s good, I think it takes away the malicious intent behind the play at the plate,” Texas Rangers catcher J.P. Arencibia said. “Obviously the runner doesn’t always have to slide, and the catcher still has the ability to block the plate once he has the ball in hand.”

Along with the rule, the sides agreed to a pair of comments umpires use

for interpretation. The first comment says “the failure by the runner to make an effort to touch the plate, the runner’s lowering of the shoulder, or the runner’s pushing through with his hands, elbows or arms, would support a determination that the runner deviated from the pathway in order to initiate contact with the catcher in violation.” The comment says players who slide appropriately are not in violation of the rule.

The second comment says that “unless the catcher is in possession of the ball, the catcher cannot block the pathway of the runner as he is attempting to score.”

The runner shall be declared safe if the catcher violates that provision.

In addition, it is not a violation “if the catcher blocks the pathway of the runner in order to field a throw, and the umpire determines that the catcher could not have fielded the ball without blocking the pathway of the runner and that contact with the runner was unavoidable.”

“There are some things that often times can make the water a little muddy,” union head Tony Clark said after meeting with the New York Yankees. “Over the course of the off-season, the concern was protecting players, but trying to draw up something that not only made sense on

paper, but also was going to make sense to the players that were playing on the field.”

The umpire crew chief can use the new video-review system to determine whether the rule was violated.

“It stops guys just going out of their way just to try to dislodge the baseball when they (catchers) have the plate,” Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington said.

Debate over plate collisions has intensified since May 2011, when San Francisco’s Buster Posey was injured as the Marlins’ Scott Cousins crashed into him at the plate. Posey, an All-Star catcher, sustained a broken bone in his lower left leg and three torn ligaments in his ankle, an injury that ended his season.

In Game 5 of last year’s AL championship series, Detroit backstop Alex Avila was pulled a couple of innings after being run over at the plate by Boston’s David Ross, a fellow catcher.

“I think it’s fair. A runner’s path is to home plate,” Oakland catcher Derek Norris said.

“Any deviation and he’s not trying to score, he’s trying to harm. A runner going out of the basepath trying to break up a double play is declared out. This is the same concept as a double-play slide.”

TRAMPOLINE AND TUMBLING Three members of the Red Deer Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics Club were double gold medalists at the second Alberta Cup trampoline and tumbling championships in Okotoks during the weekend.

Alexandra Potter won the national U18 women’s double-mini trampoline (DMT) and teamed with Madeline Potter to capture the synchronized trampoline. Alexandra Potter also won silver in the trampoline.

Logan Chaput hooked up with Zachary Blakely to win the espoir men’s synchronized title while he also won the DMT and was third on the trampoline.

Brenyn Chapman won the trampoline and DMT in the provincial 1 women’s division. Madeline Potter was fifth in the national U18 DMT and Blakely took second in the espoir men’s trampoline and third in DMT. Ashton Henfrey won the provincial 3 men’s trampoline to go with a bronze

in the DMT while Kayden Levis was second in provincial 1 men’s DMT and hooked up with Taelum Henfrey to take third in the synchronized trampoline.

Brooke Hutchinson and Amarissa Unreiner won the provincial 1 women’s synchronized trampoline title while Spencer Kooman and Jesse Starchuk placed second in the provincial 2 men’s synchronized trampoline.

Starchuk was also third on the trampoline and fourth in DMT while Kooman took fifth in the DMT. Isabelle MacPherson and Maria Crichton hooked up to place third in the provincial 3 women’s synchronized trampoline.

Samantha Dancey was second in the provincial 1 women’s DMT while Sophie Nossack took third in provincial 1 trampoline and fourth in DMT. Gabri-El Clarke was fourth in provincial 1 trampoline with Sarah Lindbergh taking fifth.

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