Red Deer Advocate, February 27, 2014

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Heavy equipment hauler Mammoet transports a 254-tonne polyethylene reactor to Nova Chemicals’ Joffre plant on Wednesday. The reactor, which was manufactured in Tofield by KNM Process Equipment, is a central component of Nova’s billion-dollar expansion of its polyethylene facilities. Measuring 38 metres by 7.6 metres, it made the journey to the plant over two days, with cold weather necessary to avoid road damage. The expansion project, which is scheduled for completion in early 2016, will boost Novas polyethylene production capacity at Joffre by 40 per cent. The construction workforce, which numbers about 150, is expected to peak at 800 in April 2015.

Police corral protesters FIVE PEOPLE ARRESTED NEAR ROUNDUP SITE ON TUESDAY

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF One of five people protesting Alberta’s wild horse capture arrested by RCMP on Tuesday said the group

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“They threw us in the slammer for quite a while to just let us simmer I guess and tried to make examples of us,” said Darrell Glover, an Olds-area rancher and the man behind a Facebook page devoted to pre-

serving the West Country’s wild horse population.

“But it sure doesn’t dampen our spirits. In fact, it just heightens our resolve.”

Glover and the others, including a senior woman, were arrested by Sundre RCMP on Tuesday afternoon near a capture corral, about 30 km west of the town. Protesters had set up a camp near the corral to draw attention to the roundup.

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PROVINCE ON TRACK FOR OPERATIONAL SURPLUS, STILL FACES CAPITAL SPENDING DEFICIT: HORNER

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

BY DEAN BENNETT THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta is on track to record a $1.4-billion surplus on day-to-day spending this year, but it will be $8.5 billion in the hole on the capital side due to borrowing for new schools and roads.

Finance Minister Doug Horner had originally forecast a $451-million deficit on day-to-day operational spending, but he said Wednesday that higherthan-expected oil prices, along with a low Canadian dollar, have changed the economic outlook.

“We’re turning the corner,” Horner told a legislature news conference as he delivered his third-quarter budget update for 2013-14.

“But we know that we must still be careful about

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what lies ahead. We need to be ready for what we can’t see around that corner. We all know how much our revenues can fluctuate in a short period of time.”

Horner said given the volatility in oil and gas prices, the province will continue to hold the line on spending when he brings down the 2014-15 budget on March 6.

“We will deal with the pressures that come from a rapidly growing population, but we’re not opening up the spending taps. Today’s surplus will be used to cushion future drops in revenue.”

Horner said this year’s projected surplus will be added to the province’s Contingency Fund, bringing it to $4.6 billion.

Now is the time to get smart about crime control, an expert told a Red Deer audience on Wednesday.

Irvin Waller, a government advisor and University of Ottawa professor, said proven strategies can reduce violence and property crime in a city like Red Deer by about 50 per cent in three to five years.

He said one strategy is to invest in community partnerships, early childhood, youth and family programs. Waller was the keynote speaker at a crime prevention workshop in Red Deer on Wednesday.

He shared some insights from his third book, Smarter Crime Control: An Agenda for Action.

Waller called the city’s recent crime control investment — equivalent to the salary of one police officer — a minimalist start.

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Staff and students at Ecole Camille J.Lerouge school were encouraged to wear pink Wednesday as the school recognized a national anti-bullying day. The school has celebrated Pink Shirt Day for the past three years on Feb. 26, joining thousands of other students and teachers across the country in an effort to put an end to bullying in schools.

ARRESTS: Campers asked to relocate In a news release, RCMP said police received a report on Tuesday that four people were camping at a licenced horse capture site.

“One individual was alleged to have been chasing away horses throughout the night on Feb. 24 to Feb. 25, 2014,” says the release.

“Police attended to ask the campers to relocate in order to prevent mischief to the licencee of the capture site by interfering with the lawful use of the licenced property.”

RCMP says the campers co-operated and packed up the camp.

However, later three women and two men were on the access road to the capture site and warned that they could not go to the site “as they would be interfering with the lawful use of the licenced horse capture facility by preventing horses from entering the capture area.

“The five individuals continued on their way to the capture site and were subsequently arrested by RCMP for mischief.”

They were all taken to the RCMP detachment and later released on a promise to appear in court and on the conditions that they don’t return to the capture site or have contact with the licence holder.

Glover said the group had already agreed to move their camp, which had been within 50 or 60 metres of the corral, and packed most of it up. They met up with Mounties on the snow-cleared route to the site and talked to them about how far they had to be from the corral.

Police left and Glover says he and the others went back in to make sure all the gear was gone when the Mounties returned and charged everyone.

They all ended up in handcuffs in the backs of two police vehicles and were taken back to the detachment. Glover said he was released from jail after about seven hours.

A court date has been set for March 31 in Didsbury.

Glover is taking the brush with the law in stride.

“I’m not angry. I’m just determined we’re going to make some changes.”

Members of the committee that advises the province on the wild horse issue are in a “blatant conflict of interest,” he charges. “We’re going to expose it.

“More than anything, what we are trying to do is get to the point where these horses do not end up in the slaughter plant. There is no need for that.”

There are more than enough people willing to adopt horses if the herd needs to be reduced, he said. A Bragg Creek veterinarian has also offered to

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oversee a contraception program to control populations rather than capture horses.

“We don’t have to capture and kill. If over-population is an issue there are other ways of controlling it.”

The attention created by the arrests can only help draw attention to their cause, he said. It was also helped last weekend when well-known Canadian singer Jann Arden joined Glover in his plane to do a head count and bring some star power to the campaign.

A horse capture was recommended by the wild horse committee last year after the annual spring count last March showed the number of horses had grown to about 980 from 778 the previous year.

An Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development said that number is too high and risk putting pressure on the food sources for livestock and wildlife, such as deer.

The goal of the capture is only to reduce the number of horses not eradicate them, says the province.

As of last week, only two permits had been issued with one pending, according to an email from Alberta Environment. Only a dozen horses had been caught out of the maximum target of 200. The permit period is to expire on Friday. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

BUDGET: ‘Jiggery-pokery’ Wildrose critic Rob Anderson accused Premier Alison Redford’s team of “jiggery-pokery” to hide a consolidated deficit this year of $3.5 billion.

“The minister says we’ve turned the corner. We’ve not turned the corner,” said Anderson.

He said the government split the day-to-day spending from the capital spending starting last year to deflect attention from the billions the Tories are borrowing despite a roaring economy and a population boom.

“They continue to march us down the path of more wasteful spending, more deficits, more debt and more danger if things do not continue to go as well as they are from a revenue perspective,” said Anderson.

“We are really setting ourselves up in this province for a huge, huge fall.”

NDP Leader Brian Mason agreed that the extra oil revenues only proved Redford’s team “are lucky idiots who couldn’t run a lemonade stand.”

Mason said by tying daily spending to the “yo-yo” world of resource prices, the government is harming everyday Albertans.

He pointed to the current fiscal year when Redford underfunded programs and slashed spending to deal with the projected operational deficit, leading to cuts and layoffs, only to announce a $1.4-billion surplus.

“For this government, budgeting is really just throwing the dice,” Mason said. “If oil and gas prices

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PREVENTION: Help youth stay out of crime He said cities must ensure that every dollar spent on policing is matched with investments that help youth stay out of crime, changes the attitudes of boys in school and focuses on early learning and colleges.

“It’s a first baby step but baby steps are central to people taking big steps later on,” said Waller. “I hope the momentum (continues). ... Smart spending for where it will make a difference. You need to have fewer women raped, fewer women battered, fewer people hurt on the streets. ... All that is achievable given our current knowledge but it requires investment in those things that will achieve that.”

Waller cited results from strategies in Winnipeg, the United States, England and Scotland that municipalities should look to for examples.

Waller said the majority of the policing money spent at a municipal and provincial levels is in reaction to 911 calls. And he said that needs to shift.

He said he was surprised that Red Deer had only just hired a crime analyst.

“The analyst needs to help and work with the police but also work with schools, housing, child care and youth programs and need to bring information to city council so they can make better funding decisions in the future,” he said.

Waller painted a picture of the crime rates in Canada using data from police administrative data, Statistics Canada and other sources. He said in a typical year in a city with a population of 100,000, 6,000 adults will be assaulted, there will be 1,600 victims of sexual assault and 1,800 victims of theft from or in cars.

Waller said he was encouraged by the size of the workshop but he said there is a lot of work to be done.

TerryLee Ropchan, Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre executive director, said they hoped to get started that afternoon. Workshop members delved into discussions about crime prevention and ways they can work together on making Red Deer safer.

Ropchan said hearing some of the information from Waller reaffirmed the necessity for the centre.

“It is a good time to bring him in because he is someone who can be that catalyst to get people thinking about the (prevention side) to it,” said Ropchan. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.coms

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Bail has been denied for a 20-year-old Ponoka man, one of three people believed to have been involved in an armed robbery of a Red Deer Mac’s Convenience Store.

Stephen Earl Donaldson faces charges of robbery, using an imitation firearm in the commission of an offence and using a disguise with intent to commit an offence in relation to the incident.

The charges stem from a Feb. 3 armed robbery of the Mac’s Convenience Store on Gaetz near the 22nd Street intersection.

Red Deer RCMP say a man entered the store and demanded cash from the employee while holding an airsoft pellet handgun.

Donaldson was in court on Wednesday before Judge Bart Rosborough for a bail hearing.

Crown prosecutor John Baharustani opposed bail or release for Donaldson, citing the fact that at the time of the offence, Donaldson was serving an intermittent sentence for a Nov. 15, 2013, conviction for two counts of fraud under $5,000, one count of theft over $5,000 and two counts of breech of probation.

Baharustani also said there is a chance Donaldson could interfere with the Crown case through collusion with numerous witnesses.

Donaldson’s next court day is on March 11 in Red Deer provincial court. Also charged in the incident are Jordan Curtis Baron, 19, and Christian Michael Lesann, 18, both of Ponoka.

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Roundup well off target

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alberta is likely to fall well short of its goal to reduce its wild horse population by almost 200 animals when permits expire at the end of the week.

Two licences were issued by the government to capture up to 196 feral horses in the central Alberta area around Sundre. One of the licenceholders says the actual number will probably be around 20.

The permits are in effect until March 1.

“The maximum number of feral horses that can be captured is still 196.

I’m not aware of an intention to extend the capture season at this point,” Carrie Sancartier, a spokeswoman for Alberta Environment, said in an email Wednesday.

“I’ve just caught a few so far,” said Bryn Thiessen, 54, who runs Helmer Creek Ranch near Sundre and has one of the licences. “I haven’t had time and I won’t do a poor job for the horses’ sake and everybody else’s.

“I can’t foresee reaching the goal given the shortened capture season and the fact that nobody else has bothered. Other guys who have trapped in the past didn’t bother applying.”

Thiessen said he’s managed to bring in three horses so far and the other permit-holder, a friend of his, has captured a dozen.

The government says the feral horse population is continuing to balloon and numbers need to be balanced to accommodate the grazing needs of cattle and wildlife.

Alberta Environment says the number of horses in the Sundre area increased to 980 last year from 778 the year before. The department is confident about the count, which is done at the same time every year by helicopter.

The horses are descendants of domestic animals used in logging and mining operations in the early 1900s.

The plan to reduce the population has drawn the ire of animal rights activists who worry that many of the horses are destined for slaughterhouses or will die during the roundup.

RCMP said three women and two men involved in an ongoing protest were arrested Tuesday for mischief.

They have been released on the promise to stay away from the wild horse capture site and are to appear in Didsbury provincial court on March 31.

“The five individuals were warned

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Two licences were issued by the provincial government to capture up to 196 feral horses in the area around Sundre. One of the licence-holders says the actual number will probably be around 20. by officers a few moments prior to entering the immediate site area that they would be committing mischief were they to proceed,” Sgt. Josee Valiquette wrote in a release Wednesday.

“The individuals proceeded to the site despite the warning and were subsequently arrested.”

The names of the five protesters have not been released.

Thiessen has been trying to catch what he calls “problem animals” that hang out around roads. He said a few of the ones he was hoping to catch have been hit by logging and oil trucks.

Of the three he has captured so far, one is a colt and totally adoptable. The other two, a mare and a stallion are in rough shape and are being assessed.

“Wherever possible we will try and find a safe place for them. But if you send somebody a five-year-old stud or a mare and they’ve got five acres and

Sylvan Lake pulling out all the stops in Hockeyville quest

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sylvan Lake has its game face on for Kraft Hockeyville 2014.

At a combination pep rally and official kickoff for the quest to be chosen Kraft’s Hockeyville community this spring, enthusiastic boosters promised to pull out all the stops.

There’s no time to waste in rallying the local troops because online Hockeyville voting begins 10 p.m. on March 8 and runs for 48 hours. When the votes are counted, eight communities from the West and eight from the East will make it to the next round and a step closer to being crowned this year’s Hockeyville.

The honour comes with $100,000 in arena upgrades, a visit from the CBC and the chance to host an NHL preseason game.

For Sylvan Lake, winning would be a big lift after a tough winter that saw the roof collapse on one of the town’s two arenas, leaving hockey players figure skaters and other users scrambling to find an alternate site.

“We’ve all got great memories of that rink,” said Mayor Sean McIntyre.

“The reason we’re here is to make new memories at a new rink.”

Coun. Graham Parsons, who is heading the Hockeyville campaign, put out the call for more volunteers and said numerous events are already in the planning stages to keep the community front and centre.

‘WE’VE ALL GOT GREAT MEMORIES OF THAT RINK. THE REASON WE’RE HERE IS TO MAKE NEW MEMORIES AT A NEW RINK.’ — MAYOR SEAN MCINTYRE

With only a 48-hour voting window to cast as many votes as possible, “it gets pretty intense,” he said. Local supporters plan to gather at the local Royal Canadian Legion at 7 p.m. as a kickoff to the vote.

Local teams, companies and other groups were encouraged to get together for slumber parties fueled with pizza and armed with laptops and other devices to carry out voting blitzes.

Besides the cash and other perks, being named as Hockeyville offers a big community boost.

“The economic development spinoff for this can be huge,” Parsons said.

“This is national attention.”

Sherry Haarstad was on Bentley’s Hockeyville committee when it finished third two years ago. The effort left a lasting legacy, she said.

“It is a legacy of community spirit that will stick with you long after,” she said. “The best part of it for sure is how it will bring your community together.”

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Police issued an Amber Alert for the child when the pickup was stolen Tuesday from outside a home in Grande Prairie.

The seven-month-old girl named Addison was discovered a few hours later in her car seat on the porch of a rural home south of the city.

Police say a person in the house found the infant, who appeared to be unharmed.

A man and woman from Grande Prairie and a 14-year-old from Edmonton also face other charges, including child abandonment and theft of a motor vehicle.

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“People have a right to an opinion,” he said. “But Facebook is the new stoning ... Some of the comments are ludicrous and some are quite scary.”

Capture of the horses involves a portable metal corral which is set up in a feeding area and baited with hay or salt. The animals trigger a trip wire when they enter and a weighted door closes behind them. They are then loaded onto trailers.

Thiessen said the province requires the corrals be checked every 48 hours, but most ranchers check them every day.

The Alberta government last issued a capture order in 2011 and 216 horses were removed.

“It was always a good idea,” Thiessen said. “I think it needs to be talked about. I think there needs to be a management plan.” ing to comply with a probation order.

Their names have not been released.

Ombudsman raps officials over Omar Khadr TORONTO — Canadian correctional authorities have unfairly classified former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr even though they lowered his risk rating from maximum to medium security, the federal prisons ombudsman complains.

In a letter obtained by The Canadian Press, the Office of the Correctional Investigator urges prison authorities to take into account evidence that Khadr poses minimal threat and should be classified as such.

The letter this month by Ivan Zinger, executive director of the independent Office of the Correctional Investigator, is the office’s third such complaint since Khadr returned to Canada from Guantanamo Bay in September 2012 to serve out the rest of an eight-year sentence for war crimes.

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a five-foot-high fence, some will stay there, some will go through it and some will go over it,” he said.

“All of a sudden you’ve got this horse running around the community, that you can’t catch, causing problems and ... potentially dangerous.”

Thiessen said it’s not a money-making proposition since an animal that has to be sent to slaughter is worth less than $200.

“I’m for capture not because I think it’s a romantic idea or that I make money, but because it allows the most options for those horses.”

There have been numerous debates over the years about the best way to deal with feral horses, Thiessen said.

Ideas have included mass slaughter or sterilization, but a roundup was considered the best compromise.

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Partisanship gets in the way CANADA IS FUMBLING ITS LINES ON THE WORLD STAGE OVER STRIFE IN UKRAINE Because of the size of the Ukrainian diaspora in this country and the votes it represents, the ongoing drama in that country was always going to garner a disproportionate amount of political attention in Ottawa.

It now demands the quick attention of every western nation, regardless of any ancestral ties, because the global repercussions of a split Ukraine are just TIM too grave.

HARPER Here’s hoping a trip to Kyiv by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird returns this country to its place as a nation with a role to play in Ukraine, because over the past two days a nation with an uncertain future has become a grimy sideshow here.

It has become another wedge issue, one to be played for votes like any other issue in this country, and the last two days have diminished Canada on the world stage.

Justin Trudeau created his own problem, no one helped him.

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Conservatives pounced for base political gain and, while they are correct to call out the Liberal leader, this domestic circus obscured a role this country is struggling to play.

This is not to suggest there haven’t been moments when we have looked like an engaged G7 country, not a tiny town council.

For the third time, MPs debated the situation in Ukraine on Wednesday and the previous two debates have shown our elected representatives able to down their partisan swords to speak intelligently and passionately on a dangerous, fluid situation.

Baird has largely stayed above the partisan fray and has dealt with likeminded allies hoping to nurse a divided nation toward a stable democracy, and on Wednesday he headed to Kyiv, where a cash-starved transitional leadership is trying to form an interim government.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has couched his statements carefully, not inflaming, announcing Baird’s mission by saying it was important for friends of Ukraine to show support, quickly, on the ground.

Harper also spoke to British Prime Minister David Cameron about the key question of rapid financial support when a government is formed.

Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair did what Opposition leaders occasionally

should do, asking his first question after a week-long Commons break to elicit an update on the Canadian response, not to score political points.

But Trudeau took two days to apologize for a flippant comment he actually made last Thursday, but which aired Sunday on Radio-Canada’s Tout le monde en parle, linking Vladimir Putin’s anger over an Olympic hockey loss to a possible “involvement of the Russian government in Ukraine.’’

It really was an inexcusable comment from a man who purports to be prime minister material and represent the country on the international stage.

Never mind that he allowed his loyal lieutenant, Marc Garneau, to spend Monday twisting in the wind, denying there was a need for an apology.

When it became clear that the furor from this comment would not go away on its own, Trudeau apologized to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, then Ukrainian Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko, before signing a book of condolence for victims of the uprising at the embassy, then doing a mea culpa for the media later in the afternoon.

Conservatives, on the other hand, were so eager to score points against Trudeau, they lost all perspective.

James Bezan, whose work on the Canada-Ukraine file has won him that country’s Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, offered his “thoughts

and prayers” to the people of Ukraine, then in the next sentence reminded everyone of his deep disappointment over Trudeau’s “flippant and ignorant comments” on the situation.

Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, in his zeal to point out Trudeau’s love of communist dictatorships, didn’t seem sure if we were actually threatening Russia with sanctions or not, and one after another, Conservative MPs popped up in the Commons to use the deaths in Ukraine to score points against Trudeau.

Paul Grod, of the Canadian Ukrainian Congress, accepted Trudeau’s apology, but he also told Trudeau that the situation there cannot become a partisan issue.

And he lavished praise on the Conservative government.

If timing is everything in politics, the Conservatives know when to strike.

It may be important to deal quickly with the situation in Kyiv, but it was no coincidence that Harper invited cameras into his office in the Centre Block to announce the delegation to Ukraine as the Liberal leader was at the microphone one floor below explaining why he misread the situation and injected levity where none was warranted.

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

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dominance, intolerance won’t solve world’s problems I read and thought at length about Hank Meyer’s recent letter, a response to an earlier letter regarding the State of Israel, etc. I do not at all desire to get into any back-and-forth on this or any other topic.

However, two things struck me as somewhat difficult to digest in 2014.

One is the reference to the San Remo Declaration, which apparently “codified” the Balfour Declaration into law. The Balfour Declaration was set forth by international sources in 1917. At that time in history, women mainly could not vote, Black or “coloured” persons had virtually no status in the “white” world, the rights of Oriental persons were severely curtailed, and our First Nations were less than secondclass as persons. Also, the First World War was still in progress, if that is the correct description. Are we then still to be directed by such outdated and biased ‘agreements?’ Surely the world has learned some things in the decades since!

Apparently, it was stated that settlement of the area known as Palestine was to be opened to the Jewish peoples, “while ensuring that the rights and positions of other sections of the population are not prejudiced,” as Meyer quotes. He then goes on to state that “no national or political rights” were granted by the San Remo Resolution, to “local Arabs or the Arabs of Palestine” and all such rights were for “the Jewish people exclusively.”

These two quotes appear to be totally at odds with each other. Obviously there were (and are) non-Jewish people already there, however “there” is defined.

What makes them lose their rights instantly?

All my life I have been uncomfortable with the colonial frame of mind that arises when one society dominates large parts of our world. The entitlement, the arrogance, the eventual dehumanization of “other” peoples seems all too easy to slide into and accept as a natural right. The current situation in our own society regarding our First Nations citizens is still a case in point, I believe.

Who really has the right to proclaim that this society has full rights and that society has none? I do not accept that this is what God intended (if your position arises from such belief) and it is absolutely against any of the teachings of Jesus as I understand them.

A civilization based on dominance and lack of tolerance for different points of view is surely going to unravel over time. We can and must behave better, if the world is to progress at all.

Bonnie Denhaan Red Deer

Thanks for your support of Justice Film Festival 2014 The Hearts of Women (HOW) recently hosted the 6th annual Red Deer Justice Film Festival, from Jan. 24 to 26 at the Margaret Parsons Theatre in Red Deer College.

We sincerely thank our generous sponsors and each of the excellent discussion facilitators. Thank you, also, to everyone who attended their films of interest, the participation, written feedback and the very generous donations; these donations are an investment in next year’s festival.

We also want to extend a warm thank you to the NGOs who set up their display each day and Red Deer College for the venue.

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The documentaries provided an opportunity for increased awareness of a variety of global and local justice issues. Each film was followed by a short discussion to facilitate greater understanding and has sparked new interest and action has been encouraged.

HOW is very pleased to offer Red Deer and area this opportunity to become more informed global citizens.

We again look forward to hosting next year’s Justice Film Festival, in mid-January 2015.

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Two thumbs up to RDSO! Red Deer’s musical event of the decade occurred last Saturday with the performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, his major opus, in Gaetz United Memorial Church.

This was the fourth time I heard it live: once in Paris in 1962, and twice in Edmonton in 1990 and 2001. So it being performed in a medium city is a major plus as it is a very demanding work.

During the intermission, I saw director Claude Lapalme too far away to shake hands and congratulate him. Instead, we locked eyes and gave each other two thumbs up.

I wrote Graeme Leadbeater, then president of the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Society, in 1995 suggesting the performance of the Mass in B Minor.

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Mayors present near-united front BIG CITIES SEEK MORE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SOCIAL HOUSING, PUBLIC TRANSIT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The mayors of Canada’s largest cities say housing shortages and traffic gridlock are their top priorities, and that uncertain federal funding is damaging to society and the economy.

At a meeting in Ottawa that was almost overshadowed by the participation of controversial Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, municipal leaders from 22 cities presented a near-united front. “Every single major city, and we had discussions about this this morning, is concerned about the lack of resources from the federal government,� Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, the meeting’s host, said at a news conference Wednesday.

A tight-fisted federal Conservative

government, facing an election year in 2015, is focused on cost-cutting in order to present a fat federal surplus next spring that could pay for electorally attractive tax cuts.

The Harper government and big city mayors are at odds over a $1.7-billion social housing fund, but the prime minister has just rolled out a 10-year, $15-billion Building Canada infrastructure fund that was first announced in the 2013 budget.

Some $4 billion of that funding is dedicated to major, nation-building projects and another $1 billion is earmarked for communities of less than 100,000 population, leaving just less than $1 billion per year to be split among Canada’s largest cities over the next decade. “This doesn’t even begin to deal

Senators want to make Senate more responsive

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA, Ont. — Liberal senators are using their newfound independence to institute changes aimed at making the maligned Senate more accountable, approachable and transparent.

They’ll give ordinary folks a direct voice in the upper house, soliciting questions from Canadians that Liberal senators will then pose to the government during the Senate’s daily question period.

The move is one of five ways the 32 Liberal senators hope to take advantage of their new freedom from partisan ties to improve the functioning — and the tattered image — of the scandal-plagued chamber.

But while Liberal senators were announcing Wednesday their plans to demonstrate the advantages of more independent, less partisan chamber, Conservative senators were receiving government talking points to use in dismissing the Grit initiatives.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau last month booted senators from his party’s national caucus in a bid to return the Senate to its intended role as an independent chamber of sober second thought.

The outcast senators — who are still sitting as Liberals but are no longer answerable to the leader — said they intend to periodically throw open the doors of their weekly caucus meetings, inviting experts and parliamentarians from all parties to discuss issues of national importance that have gotten short shrift from elected MPs in the House of Commons.

The first open meeting will be held March 26, to hear from experts on the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women.

As well, there’ll be no more

whipped votes for Liberal senators; each will be free to vote as he or she sees fit on every motion and bill before the Senate.

And they’ll initiate a Senate debate on equalization in a bid to re-establish the chamber as the protector of regional interests, as originally envisioned by the Fathers of Confederation.

The senators are also promising to continue publicly disclosing their expenses, which they began doing last fall at Trudeau’s behest. Their expenses were initially posted on the Liberal party website, but that option is no longer available, so they’re talking to Senate officials about setting up an alternate system. “We have an historic opportunity to use our new independence to try, insofar as it is within our power as a minority in the Senate, to make Parliament work better for Canadians, to make it respond to the needs of Canadians rather than the needs of political parties and their leaders,� said James Cowan, the Liberal leader in the Senate.

However, government Senate leader Claude Carignan made it clear the Conservative majority in the upper house has no intention of following suit.

Talking points emailed to Tory senators from Carignan scoffed at the Liberal initiatives. “We have no doubt that the Liberal senators will continue to act as Liberals, will oppose whatever the government proposes and will work to elect Justin Trudeau rather than improving the life of Canadians,� said the email, obtained by The Canadian Press.

The talking points ridiculed Liberal attendance in the Senate, said it’s time for them to “ask questions that affect Canadians rather than just their own pet peeves� and asserted that Conservatives have “no lessons to take from the Liberals regarding federal-provincial co-operation.�

with the deficit we have in infrastructure,� said Gregor Robertson, the Vancouver mayor who serves as chairman of the Big Cities Mayors’ Caucus.

Infrastructure Minister Denis Lebel argues that when a federal gas tax fund and other infrastructure funds for municipalities are included, Ottawa will actually spend $53 billion over the next decade. “Approximately 95 per cent of public infrastructure is owned by provinces, territories and municipalities, and the role of the federal government is one of a supportive funding partner,�

Lebel said in a release.

The numbers are staggering in magnitude, but so are the needs.

Hazel McCallion, the perennial mayor of Mississauga, Ont., noted the Greater Toronto Area alone needs $50

billion to fix crumbling roads, bridges and sewer lines.

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi says his bursting city needs to spend $13 billion just on transit.

Vancouver’s Robertson made the case that traffic gridlock costs the country $10 billion a year in lost productivity. And he said uncertain funding for social housing has an impact right up the economic ladder. “We want to see more housing built that reaches right into the middle class because, increasingly, the middle class can’t afford to live in Canadian cities,� said Robertson.

Housing is the No. 1 priority for Canada’s big cities, he said, followed by transit issues and then wastewater treatment.

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pects in the homicide and charges are anticipated in the case.

Cheryl Maloney of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association said her group was in shock after it heard Saunders was found dead. “Loretta became something not just to us as volunteers, but to the city, the province and the public,� Maloney said. “People really stepped up and they all fell in love with this girl.�

Saunders, 26, a student at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, was last seen on the morning of Feb. 13 in the Cowie Hill Road area of the city.

At a news conference Tuesday, her boyfriend said he last saw her while she was leaving his home to check on an apartment that he said she was subletting to two people later accused of stealing her car.

Two people have been charged with stealing her 2000 Toyota Celica, which was found in Harrow, near Windsor, Ont., last week.

Members of Saunders’s family travelled to Halifax to make public appeals for help in finding her. A vigil was held for her Tuesday night in the city. “We recognize that Loretta’s family and friends, along with the community, have rallied together in an effort to bring her home safely,� Const. Pierre Bourdages of Halifax Regional Police said in a statement. “This is a tragic incident and a profound loss.�

Delilah Terriak has said her sister was set to graduate from university in May and was doing her thesis on missing and murdered aboriginal women.

Ontario Provincial Police arrested Blake Leggette, 25, and Victoria Henneberry, 28, and they were returned to Halifax to face auto theft charges.

Leggette is scheduled to appear in court for a bail hearing on Friday, while Henneberry is scheduled to make an appearance in Halifax provincial court on Thursday.

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Body of Halifax student found on New Brunswick highway HALIFAX — The hope that university student Loretta Saunders would be returned to her family ended Wednesday when police said they found her body off a busy highway in New Brunswick and were treating her death as a homicide.

Halifax police say Saunders’s body was found at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the median off Route 2 of the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Salisbury, N.B., two weeks after she disappeared. Salisbury is just west of Moncton, about a three-hour drive from Halifax.

Friends and volunteers who searched for Saunders, an Inuit woman originally from Labrador, gathered at a news conference in Halifax late Wednesday to thank the community for its outpouring of support. “We are just small-town girls from Labrador ... and everybody was so supportive and just gave in the search to help find her,� said Jean Flowers, a family friend from Hopedale, N.L. “I just want to thank everybody on behalf of the family because I know they are so appreciative of everything that has been done.�

Hillary Edmunds, also a friend from Labrador, said news of Saunders’s death has touched many. “It’s like when you throw a rock into the water, it ripples,� Edmunds said. “It doesn’t just affect one person or the family. It affects everybody.�

Police say they have identified sus-

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Lac-Megantic wants tracks out of town

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — A Quebec community still recovering from a fiery train disaster says it sent a clear message to the railroad’s potential new owner: we want the tracks out of our town.

A Lac-Megantic town official says Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche delivered the message this week during her first meeting with a representative for Fortress Investment Group, the winning bidder for the insolvent Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway.

The MMA is the railroad at the centre of last July’s derailment that saw tank cars carrying volatile crude oil explode in downtown Lac-Megantic, wiping out buildings and killing 47 people.

During Monday’s meeting in Montreal, the mayor expressed the community’s wish for the railroad to be rerouted outside the town core, said the Lac-Megantic official, who attended the session. “Of course, Fortress is not the own-

er yet, so they didn’t say ‘yes,’ but they didn’t say, ‘no,’ � said the official, who did not want to be named. “They were listening and they were taking notes and they understand how we feel because (after) an accident like (the one) we had, it’s impossible not to think of a bypass line.�

Last month, Fortress subsidiary Railroad Acquisition Holdings LLC secured a winning bid for the bankrupt MMA, which operates about 770 km of track in Maine, Vermont and Quebec.

The Lac-Megantic official said Fortress consultant John Giles told RoyLaroche he was in an informationgathering phase because the company was still unsure whether it wanted to go through with the MMA purchase. “They wanted to know what we expected from the new owner,� the official said Wednesday. “It might be them, it might not be them, because they’re not sure they’re going to buy.�

The bankruptcy trustee overseeing the transaction said in an email Wednesday that the deal should be closed by the end of March.

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Protesters clash in Crimea UKRAINE PROTESTERS PROPOSE FORMER ECONOMY MINISTER AS PM

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Venezuela prosecutor: 5 more from domestic spy agency arrested in deaths of 2 at protests CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s chief prosecutor says five more members of a national intelligence agency have been arrested on murder charges related to the shooting deaths of two people in antigovernment street demonstrations.

In a statement Wednesday, the office says the five agents were present at protests Feb. 12 in Caracas where 24-year-old university student Bassil Da Costa

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Pro-Russian protesters, right, clash with Crimean Tatars in front of a local government building in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Wednesday. More than 10,000 Muslim Tatars rallied in support of the interim government.

That group clashed with a smaller pro-Russian rally nearby. Fistfights broke out between pro- and antiRussian demonstrators in Ukraine’s strategic Crimea region on Wednesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered massive military exercises just across the border.

Russia, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a televised statement. The exercise would “check the troops’ readiness for action in crisis situations that threaten the nation’s military security,” he said.

Even though Russia denied the manoeuvrs had any connection to the situation in Ukraine, the massive show of force was apparently intended to showing both the new Ukrainian authorities and the West that the Kremlin was ready to use all means to protect its interests. While Russia has pledged not to intervene in Ukraine’s domestic affairs, it has issued a flurry of statements voicing concern about the situation of Russian speakers in Ukraine.

NATO issued a statement saying that the alliance “will continue to support Ukrainian sovereignty and independence” as well as its “territorial integrity.”

Some observers said that Russia could use force if it sees violence against Russian speakers in Crimea, which hosts a major Russian naval base and where the majority of the population is Russian-speaking.

Igor Korotchenko, a former colonel of the Russian military’s General Staff, wrote a commentary in a Russian online newspaper, slon.ru, saying “if illegal armed formations attempt to overthrow the local government in Crimea by force, a civil war will start and Russia couldn’t ignore it.”

Fistfights broke out between pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators in the Crimean regional capital of Simferopol on Wednesday.

About 20,000 Muslim Tatars were rallied in support of Ukraine’s interim leaders outside the regional parliament, where they clashed with a smaller pro-Russian rally.

The protesters shouted and attacked each other with stones, bottles and punches, as police and leaders of both rallies struggled to keep the two groups apart. One health official said at least 20 people were injured, while the local health ministry said one person died from an apparent heart attack. Tatar leaders said there was a second fatality when a woman was trampled to death by the crowd. Authorities did not confirm that.

The Tatars are a Muslim ethnic group who have lived in Crimea for centuries. They were brutally deported in 1944 by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, but have since returned.

The tensions in Crimea — a peninsula in southern Ukraine that is home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet — highlight the divisions that run through this country of 46 million, and underscore fears the country’s mainly Russian-speaking east and south won’t recognize the interim authorities’ legitimacy.

and government supporter Juan Montoya died. They were among the first of at least 16 killed in the protests.

Chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega said Monday that three others from the same agency had been arrested on similar charges.

The protests began with students and were soon joined by tens of thousands in several cities, upset over economic problems and heavy-handed government response to the protests

Under state law, no one may disclose who provides Oklahoma with the three drugs it uses to execute condemned prisoners. Lawyers for Charles Warner and Clayton Lockett fear the men could suffer severe pain if Oklahoma is allowed to keep secrets.

“Plaintiffs have no means to determine the purity of the drug which may be used to execute them, and whether that drug is contaminated with either particulate foreign matter or a microbial biohazard that could lead to a severe allergic reaction upon injection,” the lawyers wrote in their state court lawsuit.

Lockett is to be executed March 20 for the 1999 shooting death of a 19-year-old Perry woman. Warner is to be executed on March 27 for the 1997 death of his girlfriend’s 11-month-old daughter.

Oklahoma and other states that have the death penalty have been scrambling for substitute drugs for lethal injections after major drugmakers — many based in Europe with longtime opposition to the death penalty — stopped selling to prisons.

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The new government, which is expected to be formally approved by parliament Thursday, will face the hugely complicated task of restoring stability in a country that is deeply divided politically and on the verge of financial collapse. The country’s proRussian president, Viktor Yanukovych, fled the capital over the weekend.

At Kyiv’s Independence Square, the heart of the protest movement against Yanukovych, the interim leaders who seized control after he fled proposed Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the country’s new prime minister.

Yatsenyuk, 39, is a millionaire former banker who served as economy minister, foreign minister and parliamentary speaker before Yanukovych took office in 2010. Widely viewed as a technocratic reformer, he appears to enjoy the support of the U.S. The top U.S. diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland, was overheard discussing Yatsenyuk and other Ukrainian opposition figures in a bugged phone called that was leaked, saying “I think Yats is the guy who’s got the economic experience, the governing experience.”

One of the first jobs for Yatsenyuk and other members of his new Cabinet will be seeking outside financial help from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Economists say Ukraine is close to financial collapse, with its currency under pressure and its treasury almost empty. The acting finance minister has said Ukraine will need $35 billion in bailout loans to get through the next two years.

Any such deal will require a new prime minister to take unpopular steps, such as raising the price of gas to consumers. The state gas company charges as little as one fifth of what it pays for imported Russian gas. The IMF unsuccessfully pressed Ukraine to halt the practice under two earlier bailouts, and halted aid when Kyiv wouldn’t comply.

A bailout may come with the condition that Ukraine lets its currency fall against the dollar and the euro, which would painfully increase the cost of imported goods.

The European Commission’s top officials held a meeting Wednesday in Brussels to discuss how the 28-nation bloc can provide rapid financial assistance to Ukraine.

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Kerry weighs in on anti-gay law

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WASHINGTON — America’s top diplomat predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court would strike down an anti-gay proposal in Arizona if it ever becomes law and called Wednesday on the state’s governor to “make the right decision” and veto it.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was weighing whether to approve or veto a law that would protect people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays. In Washington, Secretary of State John Kerry was asked on the MSNBC network about whether the bill undermines U.S. criticism of a new law in Uganda that punishes gay sex with up to life in prison.

Kerry said hoped Brewer would veto the proposal by a Saturday deadline.

“I’m counting on the governor,” Kerry said. “I cannot imagine how that law would withstand the scrutiny of the Supreme Court of the United States. So I would hope that, you know, she’ll make the right decision.”

The former Democratic presidential nominee and Massachusetts senator said recognition of gay rights has not had an easy path in the U.S., but he said enormous progress has been made and that America would stand up for gay rights worldwide.

Similar religious protection legislation has been introduced in several states, but Arizona’s plan is the only one that has passed. The bills have been drawn up by opponents of samesex marriage who are scrambling to find effective responses to a rash of court rulings that could force some of America’s most conservative states to accept gay nuptials.

Brewer was holding a series of pri-

have also recently struck down bans in Utah, Oklahoma and Virginia, but those decisions are under appeal.

In Arizona, three Republican state senators who voted for the law reversed course Monday and called for the governor to veto it. In a letter to Brewer, they said the proposal had been distorted by inaccurate perceptions. Though their intent, they wrote, “was to create a shield for all citizens’ religious liberties, the bill has been mischaracterized by its opponents as a sword for religious intolerance.”

The bill has ignited a media firestorm, bringing new scrutiny to a state already known for its tough stance on immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. Business leaders are concerned that the law would embarrass the state and hurt its tourism industry.

The legislation allows any business, church or person to cite the law as a defence in any action brought by the government or individual claiming discrimination. Supporters call the bill a slight tweak to the state’s existing religious freedom law, which does not extend protections to people based on their views on sexual orientation.

Proponents frequently cite the case of a photographer in neighbouring New Mexico who was sued after refusing to take wedding pictures of a gay couple and said Arizona needs a law to protect people from heavy-handed actions by federal courts.

Democrats say the legislation is an outright attack on the rights of gays and lesbians that will hurt the state’s economy because businesses and tourists will avoid Arizona like they did after the passage of a 2010 law that cracked down on immigration.

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Scott Koehler, the sales director at Fast Signs, takes a sheet of anti-Senate Bill 1062 signs that read “Open For Business To Everyone” off the printer, Wednesday in Phoenix. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will hold a series of private meetings with opponents and proponents of legislation adding protections for people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays. Brewer spokesman Andrew Wilder says the governor will spend Wednesday gathering information about Senate Bill 1062 as she considers signing it into law or a veto.

She has until Saturday to act.

Airstrikes against Hezbollah a risky proposition for Israel

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LEBANON

JERUSALEM — Israel has opened a new front in its attempts to halt weapons smuggling to Hezbollah, striking one of the group’s positions inside Lebanon for the first time since the sides fought a war eight years ago.

This week’s airstrike, meant to prevent the Islamic militant group from obtaining sophisticated missiles, is part of a risky policy that could easily backfire by triggering retaliation.

But at a time when the Syrian opposition says Hezbollah has struck a major blow for President Bashar Assad’s government in neighbouring Syria by ambushing al-Qaida-linked fighters there, it shows the strategic importance for Israel of trying to break the Syria-Hezbollah axis.

For now, the odds of a direct conflagration between Israel and Hezbollah appear low. The group has sent hundreds of fighters to Syria and is preoccupied with saving Assad’s embattled regime. Syrian state media reported that army troops killed 175 rebels, many of them al-Qaida-linked fighters, near Damascus on Wednesday, but the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a prominent opposition group, said it was Hezbollah forces that carried out the dawn ambush.

Israel considers both Hezbollah and the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front to be grave threats. With a lack of good choices, Israel has avoided taking sides in the Syrian war, and in the short term, is content watching the two sides beat each other up. But in the long run, officials have expressed concerns about the battlefield expertise that Hezbollah has gained. Officials also suspect that despite repeated Israeli airstrikes on suspected arms shipments, Hezbollah has managed to get its hands on many sophisticated weapons, including Russian-made antiaircraft and anti-ship missiles, ensuring that any future conflict with Israel will be far more intense than previous rounds of fighting.

“The type of scenario we have to plan for is extremely robust,” said an

Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was discussing an intelligence assessment.

“It means the Israeli operational response has to be forceful, swift and decisive.”

Israel and Hezbollah, an Iranianbacked Shiite group committed to Israel’s destruction, battled to a stalemate during a monthlong war in the summer of 2006. Both sides have avoided any direct confrontation since a U.N.brokered cease-fire ended the fighting, but each has been gearing up for renewed clashes.

Hezbollah rained some 4,000 rockets and missiles on Israel in 2006, mostly short-range, unguided projectiles. Israel believes the group now possesses 100,000 rockets and missiles. These include weapons with longer ranges, guidance systems and larger warheads, are capable of striking anywhere in Israel. The weapons come from Syria and Iran.

“Iran is handing out torches to the pyromaniacs,” Israel’s military chief, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, said during a tour of the northern front this week. “I suggest that everyone keeps in mind that underneath this quiet, a storm is brewing.”

Israel believes Hezbollah has used the fighting in Syria as cover to transfer weapons back to Lebanon. Israeli leaders have repeatedly vowed to prevent Hezbollah from obtaining “game changing” weapons that could alter the current balance of power, and over the past year Israel has carried out a series of covert airstrikes in Syria that targeted shipments of weapons believed to be bound for Hezbollah.

These included Russian-made antiaircraft and surface-to-sea missiles, as well as Iranian guided missiles.

Neither Israel nor Syria nor Hezbollah had confirmed any of the airstrikes, since going public might only escalate tensions. This changed after Monday’s attack, the first inside Lebanon itself.

nor to veto the legislation, a federal judge declared Texas’ ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, but he left it in place until an appeals court can rule on the case. A wave of lawsuits has been filed against voter-approved bans on same-sex marriage in conservative states like Arizona, where voters approved a ban in 2008. Federal judges

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Uganda health minister says care available to homosexuals KAMPALA, Uganda — The medical workers who knew he was gay ignored him, attending to those who arrived after him as they openly gossiped about his homosexuality.

Pepe Julian Onziema, a prominent gay activist in Uganda, said Wednesday he recently was forced to confront some nurses at a private clinic after they neglected to serve him in apparent hostility toward his sexual orientation.

Now that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed a law imposing harsh sentences for gay sex, life is expected to become even more difficult for the country’s homosexuals.

The Ugandan government has issued assurances that health workers will not discriminate against homosexuals, but some gays say they are not confident about that.

Uganda’s health minister, Ruhakana Rugunda, said gays will not be discriminated against by medical workers.

Rugunda said that a clause which would have required medical workers to report homosexuals to police was removed from the bill.

“We are saying that as far as health is concerned, they are at liberty,” he said, talking about gays. “They should give full disclosure to their nurses ...

We do not discriminate against patients on the basis of sexual orientation. That’s why we are encouraging gay Ugandans to take advantage of the health systems.”

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ABOVE LEFT: Environment-Sustainable Resource Development Minister Robin Campbell guiding daughter McKenzie on Maligne Lake.

ABOVE RIGHT: Alberta Fish and Game Association fish chair Dr. Darryl Smith in mentoring mode.

Campbell shows promise NEW MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT-SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATES A GRASP OF THE ISSUES IMPORTANT TO HUNTERS, ANGLERS

The 85th annual conference of the Alberta Fish and Game Association was held on Feb. 20 to 22 under the banner “Positively Fort McMurray — 50 Years of Conservation with the Alberta Fish and Game Association.”

Had I been physically able to attend, it would have been my 49th straight conference, but Fort Mac is just too much trip for me now, even with the kind and generous offer of a free return flight from Edmonton.

Besides feeling like family, the AFGA is Alberta’s largest and most geographically representative conservation organization, and I regard it a BOB duty to report its annual conSCAMMELL ference doings, because they are important to my readers and Alberta’s outdoors people generally.

Last year in Red Deer, for the first time ever, the appropriate government minister, now Environment-Sustainable Resource Development, Diana McQueen, the first-ever female in the position, failed to attend to address an AFGA conference. McQueen was not seen, but was heard and found wanting through her speech ably delivered by Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski.

I particularly wanted to attend to hear, and take the measure of yet another new minister this year, Hon Robin Campbell, MLA for West Yellowhead who, early in December, was cabinet-shuffled from minister of Aboriginal Relations to take over as our new ESRD minister.

Some informed observers worried that Campbell might tend away from environmental protection because of the years he worked in the coal business, in-

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cluding as president of the local of the United Mine Workers of America.

On the upside, many outdoors people are encouraged that the new minister is not only an avid and accomplished angler and guide, but also something of an anglers’ activist, having lobbied hard to rationalize and neutralize some of the more obtuse federal parks regulations.

He is also highly regarded for his work in the Aboriginal Relations portfolio.

I have to be somewhat of a fan, just because of the way the minister’s office emailed me his notes virtually as he was delivering the speech in Fort Mac, and then Campbell himself gave me a phone interview after his address to the AFGA delegates and the minister’s Friday noon luncheon were over.

As expected, the speech was boilerplate for a minister just two months into his new portfolio. But, unlike some new ministers in the same position, he showed a grasp of the sustainable resource side of his new department and its historic symbiotic relationship with the AFGA. The minister and some of his staff met with the AFGA executive prior to the speech and two executive members told me the minister “demonstrated a deeper understanding of the issues and who we are than could come from mere staff briefings.”

Early on in his speech, Campbell assured delegates that “Alberta’s natural resources and environment have been important to me for years — long before I entered politics, in fact.” Then Campbell took considerable time dealing with the importance of the current regional plan process, particularly the Lower Athabasca and the South Saskatchewan Regional Plans, the latter of which “puts emphasis on conservation — to help protect headwaters, conserve sensitive lands and manage species at risk,” he said.

The minister played his cards close to his chest in the speech: no bold promises to battle for more money for his department, no mention of more conser-

vation officers in the field, certainly nothing about public land belonging to the public, as his short-term predecessor twice-removed, Frank Oberg, did.

In our telephone interview, the minister said he was expecting no budget cut, perhaps even a modest increase, and that he did have some ideas about putting “helpful” officers in the field.

I asked Campbell some questions pertaining to this quote, from his speech notes: “The three-decades-old Fish and Wildlife Policy for Alberta is being revised and we are pooling multiple regulations into one standard set . . . We’ve heard from you about the abundance and complexity of fisheries regulations — and now we will be streamlining and simplifying those regulations to better serve Albertans.”

I got the distinct impression in the interview that this new minister wants to get back to scientificallysound management fish and wildlife policies that lead toward better outdoors experiences for Albertans, particularly kids.

He mentioned the problems the anti-angler, antinon-native fish National Parks policies and regulations are causing to fishermen. Campbell believes that fishing is one of the best things anyone — particularly kids — can do, and that it is being taken away from them in our National Parks, particularly in Jasper.

This will all be encouraging news for Dr. Darryl Smith, kid-fishing mentor and AFGA fish committee chairman, who has seen similar angler-unfriendly policies appearing in Alberta, and a cooling of ESRD government biologists’ initial enthusiasm for the hard work he has been doing toward simplification and shortening of Alberta’s 96-pages of draconian Sportfishing Regulations.

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

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cide if it is worth the extra care to grow the plants.

The length of the growing season can be extended by starting plants early indoors, growing them in a greenhouse, or covering them with a cloth or plastic to provide extra warmth.

The average store will carry one or two brands of seed. If the desired seed variety isn’t available in one location, chances are that it will be in another.

Garden centres typically offer more brands and variety of seeds than the grocery store. Seed catalogues only offer one brand, their own, but larger establishments will offer more variety than any store as they do not have to pay premium dollar for shelf space.

Information on the seed package makes a difference, especially if it is the first time planting or planting a new type of seed.

Seed packages are custom made for the seed and should include planting instructions that will answer the following questions: ● How far apart should the seeds be spaced? ● How deep should the seeds be planted? ● How tall will the plant grow? ● Will the plant need a trellis or staking? ● When can the seeds can be planted? ● When will the produce be ready to harvest? ● Do the plants need to be deadheaded for the plants to continue to bloom? ● How long on average will it take the plant to ma-

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ture, produce flowers of vegetables? ● Is the seed package stamped with the germination rate or the year packaged?

Some packages or catalogues will also state the average amount of seeds per package or weight. Others will not. With larger seeds, it is possible to have some idea of the amount of seeds that are in the package but it is impossible with small seed. If in doubt, follow the rule that you get what you pay for.

The less expensive packages have less seed.

Exceptions come in play when companies have branded their line of seed as exotic.

In seeds, more is not necessarily better. When only a small amount of seed is needed, inexpensive packages are good.

Ordering from a catalogue and online allows people to make decisions in the comfort of their own home. When comparing cost, be sure to factor the shipping and handling as it can be costly if only a package or two is ordered.

Take time to peruse the seed packages and catalogues to make sure the correct seed and amount of seed is purchased.

And don’t wait too late as supplies can run low.

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

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Typically, seed packages are brought into stores for sale in mid-winter. Unsold seed should be returned to the seed company, discarded or discounted out at the end of the growing season. Seed companies will redistribute the seed next year if it passes viability testing.

On average vegetable seeds that are stored in cool dry conditions will be viable LINDA three to five years after harTOMLINSON vest. There are exceptions on both sides of the scale. Tomato, cucumber and melon seeds will germinate five to 10 years after harvest. Parsnips and onions are viable for one year and should never be saved.

The most important thing to look for when purchasing garden seed is the variety. Will it grow and thrive in our short, cool season? If the plant takes more than 90 days from germination to maturity, de-

HEALTH Kick-start your motivation with these tips If you find that your motivation is starting to fall by the wayside, it’s time to take action and do something that will jumpstart it once again.

Low motivation is the fastest way to fall off the fitness bandwagon and depending on just how low it is, you may not see yourself hopping back on.

Fortunately, with a few smart techniques you can reawaken lagging motivation levels so that you are primed once again for success.

Let’s go over a few quick tips to help you kick-start your slow and sluggish motivation.

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Ten ways to stand up to ‘sitting disease’ Outsmart those sneaky health menaces hiding in off, try the moves below. Easy! plain sight in your office, your living room and your ● Plunk down for the plank: We’re big fans of neighbourhood coffee shop: chairs! this multitasking yoga pose. It’s the ultimate oneProlonged sitting, it turns out, flips biochemical move routine that quickly works three major muscle switches inside muscle cells that boost your odds for groups — your arms, legs and core. heart failure, up your risk Lie on your stomach for fatal heart disease by with your feet together 27 per cent and fatal canand forearms placed on cers by 21 per cent, even the ground. Your arms if you exercise regularly. are straight down from Two new, headlineyour shoulders to your grabbing reports (one elbows. Your toes are looked at 93,000 older tucked as they are in a women who sit for up to push up. Tighten up stom11 hours a day; another ach and glutes. Then raise looked at 82,000 men who your body off the floor so sit for five or more hours you form a straight line outside of work) reveal from your feet to shoulthat long periods of sitders, keeping your head MIKE ROIZEN & MEHMET OZ ting — whether at work, in line. Hold the position catching up with Facefor a few seconds: 25 is book pals on your laptop good, 45 is better; build at Starbucks or glued to toward two minutes. the tube for an afternoon ● Take a quick walk: of sports, old movies or Gilligan’s Island re-runs — to the bathroom or water cooler, grab a cup of Joe puts muscles into suspended animation. That drops or meet a co-worker to discuss a work issue. Tiny the activity of a key metabolism-revving enzyme breaks are proven to help. called lipoprotein lipase by up to 95 per cent. The ● Challenge yourself: how far can you go and still result is that you burn less sugar and less fat while be back at your desk in two minutes? your health risks soar. ● Head for the stairs: You’ll burn about 29 caloFortunately, the way to cure sitting disease is sim- ries climbing stairs for three minutes — proof that ple: Wake up your muscles (especially the big ones the steps in your office or home are really exercise in your legs, butt and core) with just two minutes of equipment hiding in plain sight! movement every 30 minutes! ● Big muscle movement: Keep the big muscles in Here are our suggestions for how you can in- your legs, butt and core engaged while you work by tegrate a little stand-up into your workday and at perching on a big exercise ball instead of your office home. chair. Do it for 10 to 15 minute periods every hour or ● Set a timer: Use the alarm clock on your phone two throughout the day. to remind you it’s time to rise up. Set it, then put your phone out of reach. When you get up to turn it Please see DOCS on Page B3

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Set a new goal First, consider setting a new goal. If you haven’t updated your goal list in quite some time, this is a definite must do.

Those who aren’t regularly reviewing their goals and making sure that they are still applicable to them are going to really struggle to keep motivation high. If your goals have changed, your program needs to be adjusted as such. That way, you feel more confident what you are doing is going to bring you optimal results.

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Sometimes, low motivation comes from doing the same routine over and over again, which is also going to lead to sluggish results as well.

Clearly that’s not what you want, so you want to start considering working with a trainer to boost your levels back up again. They’ll teach you new exercise techniques, provide a new workout set-up, and help you feel confident that you’re moving in the right direction.

Try a group fitness class Another way to boost your motivation, especially if it’s your cardio training that is starting to fall low, is to try out a group fitness class.

These are a great way to get in shape, work new muscle groups, and possibly even meet some like-minded individuals.

Plus, with so many different class varieties out there to choose from, you’ll be sure to find something that you enjoy.

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If you can talk with this person in real life that’s excellent, but if not, even if you simply use their physique as motivation or are able to communicate with them online, that too can work in your favour.

So use a few of these tips next time you feel like your motivation is starting to falter. With a few simply adjustments, you can get right back on track again.

Cabel McElderry is a local personal trainer and nutrition coach. For more information on fitness and nutrition, visit the Fitness F/X website at www.fitnessfx.com.

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Plant medicine an important ally MANY PLANTS AVAILABLE TO HELP NEW MOTHERS REGAIN BALANCE Being a new mom, whether resources before pregnancy with her first or fifth child, and its increased nutritional can present a number of chal- demands. lenges for women.

I encourage women to drink When a health challenge nettle tea throughout their presents itself, plant medicine pregnancy and as long as they can be important allies for the breast-feed. Nettle’s rich prowoman regaining tein content helps balance. reduce cravings A big challenge during pregnancy. for many new moms Nettles are a trais fatigue with ditional tea used to frayed nerves. Sipbalance blood sugping several cups ar swings. Three of oat seed (avena cups of nettle tea sativa) tea restores and a well-rounded calm and compodiet will protect a sure. woman from gestaMany moms wortional diabetes. ry about having sufNettle tea supficient breast milk. ports the body in There are a few rebuilding blood herbs I add to forif there has been ABRAH mulas to increase anemia during breast milk. pregnancy or blood ARNESON Chaste berry loss with labour. By (vitex agnus cas- HERBS FOR LIFE deeply nourishing tus) stimulates the the body, nettles release of prolactin, the hor- increase energy levels, easing mone that encourages the the exhaustion that so many body to make breast milk. new moms feel.

Chaste berry is also useful to Raspberry leaf (rubus ease post-partum mood swings idaeus) is the most frequently by helping the body regulate recommended herbal tea for plunging hormonal levels a woman in her last trimesthat trigger the baby blues or, ter. It is also a valuable tea for worse, a full-blown post-par- a woman who has just given tum depression. birth. Drinking raspberry leaf Fennel seed (foeniculum tea, for at least six months afvulgaris) has a sweet licorice ter giving birth, is important taste and is a favoured tea by for a woman’s overall health, herbalists and midwives to particularly when she has had increase breast milk. Besides several children. being used to increase breast Like nettles, raspberry leaf milk, fennel soothes cramp- is high in mineral, in particuing digestive systems. Fennel’s lar calcium. Drinking raspberstomach-calming medicine ry leaf tea replenishes minpasses through breast milk eral stores and builds strong, and into baby. For this reason, womanly bones. a mom with a colicky baby is Sipping raspberry leaf tea often given fennel tea to drink. tones the uterus after birth. It Nettle leaf (urtica dioica) helps the uterus contract and tea enriches breast milk while find its non-pregnant shape replenishing mom’s minerals after birth. Some women also that may have been depleted find raspberry leaf tea helpful during pregnancy. to lift the mood after birthing.

I recommend women beAnother common challenge gin to drink nettle tea when woman face during the early they plan to conceive. This weeks with a newborn is masway, they build up the vital titis, breast infection. Mastitis

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A consumer advocacy group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to add a bold warning label to popular testosterone drugs for men in light of growing evidence that the hormone treatments can increase the risk of heart attack.

The group Public Citizen says the agency should immediately add a “black box” warning — the most serious type — to all testosterone medications and require manufacturers to warn physicians about a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and death with the treatments.

The FDA announced last month that it was reviewing the safety of drugs like the blockbuster testosterone gel, AndroGel, in light of two recent studies that showed higher rates of cardiovascular problems in men. The agency said its review was first prompted by a U.S. Veterans Affairs study published in November 2013 that showed a 30 per cent increase in stroke, heart attack and death in older men taking testosterone.

In January, a federally funded study of 45,000 men suggested testosterone therapy could double the risk of heart attacks in men 65 and older. But Public Citizen says studies published as early as 2010 should have prompted FDA action.

“It is quite clear that testosterone treatment increases the risks of cardiovascular diseases, including heart attacks,” said Dr. Sidney Wolfe, of Public Citizen’s health group.

U.S. prescriptions for testosterone therapies have increased more than five-fold in recent years with sales over $1.6 billion.

occurs when a woman wears constricting clothing, has slept on full breasts or is breastfeeding in a hurry. The first sign of mastitis is a hot, tender area on the breast. Mastitis is not difficult to resolve when cared for in its early stages.

Begin by drinking a glass of water every hour, having baby nurse on the affected breast, resting and wearing loose clothing.

A hot compress of chamomile tea helps to resolve the infection, as will a potato poultice.

To make a potato poultice, grate a potato and place the gratings over the hot area of the breast. When the potato

begins to feel hot, remove it.

Repeat the potato poultice every two hours until the heat and pain disappear.

When mastitis or any other infection occurs, it is easier to resolve when treated as soon as the first symptoms erupt.

Letting an infection linger allows it to move deeper into the body, the formation of abscesses and unbearable pain.

The longer an infection goes untreated, the more aggressive the treatment becomes.

Finally, when a woman loses a child or is unable to breastfeed, plant medicine can be used to dry up her milk.

To accomplish this, I recommend a woman drink three

cups of tea made with one part sage leaf (salvia officinalis) and one part parsley (petroselium crispum).

After giving birth, women mostly need quiet time with her newborn and the support of many caring hands and hearts.

This is the surest way to ensure both the woman’s and her child’s health.

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

Know your nutritional type for better health Ever wonder why there are so many dif- start to understand your own, the more sucferent diets out there that seem to work for cess you will find in your health. some but not others?

Even as a healthy individual, people can Between fat free, high carb, still experience negative effects, low carb, high protein, low proincluding fluctuating energy levtein, etc., etc., isn’t it time we all els, brain fog and other negative came to the consensus that there symptoms. just isn’t one diet for everyone?

If you’re not eating for your Cutting out this whole dieting type, you are more prone to feel idea all together is an even betunsatisfied by your food and ter idea. even become more prone to adThe key to better health is to dictions. start focusing on your own body, What I like about the concept including knowing your own nuof Nutritional Typing (NT) is tritional type. that it really focuses in on quanThere are different approachtities of macronutrients that are es to understanding your type. In better suited for your type and KRISTIN Ayurveda, there are “doshas,” keeps it simple.

FRASER which are different constituThere are only three types: tional types; there is Eat Right protein type, carbohydrate type for Your Blood Type, which has and mixed type. much controversy around the As a protein type, for examscience behind it; there is eating ple, you likely have a strong apfor your metabolic type; or what petite, have cravings for things is a fairly new concept from Dr. Joseph like fatty, salty foods and think about food Mercola, one of the world’s leading alterna- often. tive doctors, called Nutritional Typing.

Your diet should consist of higher proNobody can be put in a box when tein and fat and be lower in total carboit comes to nutrition, as Mercola always hydrates — although this does not necespoints out, but the better versed you be- sarily mean high protein. Your portions come in the varieties of types out there and still could be around 1 or 2 ounces of fish,

seafood, fowl or meat at every meal. Or a vegetarian protein if you choose. But being sure to incorporate protein at the beginning of the meal is important.

As a carbohydrate type, you have a relatively light appetite. You love salads and don’t typically like meat.

You feel great after drinking fresh organic vegetable juice and don’t think about food that often. You will do best having daily vegetable juices, and starting lunch and dinner with a salad will be beneficial for you.

As a mixed type, you typically gravitate to eating a large variety of food, which is important for this type and can have similar characteristics to both types. They have the most flexibility.

If you want to discover your own nutritional type, go online to Mercola’s website to take the test: http://nutritionaltyping.mercola.com/PreTest.aspx Along with the results, he also provides a full recipe package and more detailed information package on how to proceed with your type which could kick-start you off to better health.

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

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MOTHER OF ALL SHOOTS

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Lexi Horon, nine, takes aim on a wolverine figure during the Mother of All Shoots at Westerner Park’s Agricentre. The event is taking place again at Westerner Park this weekend. The annual archery competition takes place Friday to Sunday. The 46th annual Red Deer Sportsman and Outdoor Adventure Show takes place at Westerner Park on Friday from 4-9 p.m. Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The show features anything outdoor orientated including guests speakers Real Canadian Joes, The Hunting Chronicles, and Bentley Corbin Wildlife Productions. Additional attractions include the 2012 Canadian Elk Calling Championships, Kids Magnetic Fish Ponds, VRX Virtual Reality Ride and the Medicine River Wildlife Centre. More information about the show including a full list of activities and exhibitors is available at www.reddeersportsmanshow.com.

9 p.m. The exhibit will be up until March 21.

See www.thegalleryonmain.com, or phone 403-782-3402. ● Autism Round Table will be held on March 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Red Deer College Room 1204. The discussion will be led by John Seigner, Housing Ambassador for Calgary non-profit group Ability Hub. Anyone intersected in supported living for adults on the autism spectrum, including parents, health care professionals, support workers, support workers or adults living with ASD is invited. Please register by Feb. 27. Contact jseigner@theabilityhub.org.

in Sylvan Lake on March 4 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Meals cost $5 for adults, $3 for children ages six to 12 years, and free for children ages six and under. Contact Diane at 403-887-2894. ● Blackfalds United Church Pancake Supper takes place on March 4, 5 to 7 p.m.

The menu features pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee and juice for $7 for adults, $4 for children ages six to 12 years, and free for children five years and under See blackfaldsunitedchurch.com, or phone 403-885-4780. ● Bethany and Christ Lutheran Churches Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at Bethany Lutheran Church, Dickson, will be held on March 4, 5 to 7 p.m. featuring pancakes, sausages, ham, strawberries and whipped cream, fruit, cheese, coffee, tea and juice. Adults cost $6, children $3, and $15 for families. ● Heartland Cowboy Church will be held the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Stettler Agriplex. Cowboy church will be held March 4 and 18. Phone 403-7424273.

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Wednesday

● Retirement Come and Go Tea for Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery staff Shannon L’Hirondelle will be highlighted on March 2, 2 to 4 p.m. Remarks at 2:30 p.m.

Phone 403-309-8405. ● Friends of Sylvan Lake Library Fundraiser Concert with the Doll Sisters of Rocky Mountain House will be held on March 2, 2 to 4 p.m. at Royal Canadian Legion in Sylvan Lake. Tickets cost $25 each and are available from the library or by contacting Oostindie@ telus.net, or Debbie at 403-598-3252. ● Living Faith Lutheran Church invites everyone to Sunday Worship at Bethany CollegeSide at 10 a.m. Contact Ralph at 403347-9852. Presenter will be Pastor Rob Lewis on March 2. Living Faith is a North American Lutheran Church Congregation.

● Lego Builders Wednesdays is held at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library on March 5 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Children ages six and up, and those under six with an adult are invited to enjoy a free LEGO activity using Brick Builders enormous inventory. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Silver and Gold is on March 5 at 7 p.m.

Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Canadian Artiques Roadshow is coming to Parkland Mall in Red Deer on Feb. 28, March 1 and 2. Four experienced appraisers — Amy Laucianio, Christie Lane or Canadian Artiques Roadshow, Paul Pierson from Canadian Pickers, and David Cole from Pawn Stars Canada — will be in attendance. Registration for appraisals will be taken at Parkland Mall Guest Services, 403-343-8997 with appointments until Feb. 26. Appraisals cost $15 per item, or three items for $40 — cash only — with verbal appraisals. See www.parklandmall.ca under Events and Promotions. ● Heart and Stroke Foundation will have volunteers at Bower Place Shopping Centre on Feb. 28 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance Annual Watershed Stewardship Group Meeting will be held on Feb. 28 to 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pine Lake Hub for a cost of $15 per person. Topics include pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors, Stewardship Group Work Update, septic impacts on water bodies, Olds College Leopard Frog Project, and Aquatic Invasive Species Public Prevention Initiative Workshop and more. RSVP to info@ rdrwa.ca or call Kelly at 403-340-7379 by Feb 24. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House Karaoke Night will be held on Feb. 28, 7 p.m. Admission by donation. Phone 403-3464043.

Saturday ● There is an App for That! event on March 1 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. will highlight smartphone and tablet apps to turn your device into a musical instrument, a living book, and much more at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. Don’t forget to bring a Wi-Fi enabled mobile device. ● Sierra of Taylor Drive Music Jam is held the first Saturday of every month from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Everyone welcome to play an instrument, dance or simply listen to the music. Next jam session is March 1. Each session $2. No jam session in July and August.

Phone Chris at 403-341-3385. ● Re-Think Red Deer Eco-Living Fair and Workshops will be offered on March 1, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Red Deer College Cenovus Learning Common (East Trades Wing, second floor). Access to the event is free but costs to attend workshops are $5 each or $20 cash only for unlimited workshops. Phone 403-986-7981. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The March 1 session is called Tiny Clay Places with artists Kaleb Romano and Shannon Woolgar. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405. Free with admission. ● Opening Reception for Sonia Zacharias in celebration of her exhibit entitled The Inner Journey Through Landscape will be featured at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe on March 1 from 5 to

Monday ● MAGsparks is an inclusive and accessible visual art program connecting people with developmental disabilities to the Red Deer Arts Community. The group will explore Applique Landscapes on March 3 and 5.

There is a drop-in fee of $3. Memberships are available for persons with disabilities for $50.

For information, see www.reddeermuseum, or contact Janet at 403-309-8405, janet.cole@ reddeer.ca. ● Ladies Auxiliary of Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion Branch #35 holds general meetings the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Next meeting will be on March 3.

Meat draw every Friday at 5 p.m.

Tuesday ● Storytime at Red Deer College will be held on March 4 from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Preschoolers aged two to six years and their parents/caregivers are welcome to Red Deer College Library Information Common upstairs to enjoy stories and activities by Red Deer Public Library Children’s Services. Phone 403-346-4688 to find out details. ● Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at St. Leonard’s Church Hall will be held on March 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. Admission is $6, free for children ages six and under, and $14 for a family. Phone 403-3460-5744. ● Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will be offered at Memorial Presbyterian Church

Thursday ● Red Deer College Music Concert Series presents Dancing Through Time

featuring ballet, musical theatre, and dance music by the Symphonic Winds and Red Deer Community Youth Choir on March 6, and An Evening of Percussion with RDC Percussion Ensemble who will perform a variety of contemporary jazz, rock, and Latin percussion pieces on marimbas, vibraphones, xylophone, and drums on March 7, both at 7:30 p.m. on Mainstage, Arts Centre. Tickets are available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, www.bkticketcentre.ca, 403-755-6626, or 1-800-661-8793. ● Good Karma Yoga will have an Open House, March 6, noon to 7 p.m. in Lacombe.

See www.goodkarmayogaclass.com, or contact Kari at 403-506-9636. ● First Thursdays in the Snell are free chamber music concerts from 12:15 to 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the Snell Auditorium on the first Thursday of each month. Café Noir will sponsor the series and provide free coffee and tea. Bring lunch, or purchase at the café. The March 6 event features Red Deer performers Joyce Emms and Vernon Murgatroyd as musical guests. Phone 403-342-9122. Free will donation at the door. ● Red Deer College music student showcases and concert series presents Thursday Live Concerts on March 6 on the Mainstage, Arts Centre at 1 p.m. See http:// www.rdc.ab.ca/showtime ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, March 6, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Five Plus One Band. Admission is $7.

Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403246-3896. ● Parkland Mall Shades of Ambition Campaign will be held March 6 to 26. This annual event has three charitable organizations selling pieces of a large mural to raise money for their programs.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Cover 2 Cover Adult Book Club will meet on March 17 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library.

March’s theme is True Adventure. For a list of reading suggestions, visit www.rdpl.org/ cover2cover. New members always welcome.

Phone 403-341-3822. ● Hunting Hills High School presents Les Miserables, March 7 to 15 at Red Deer Memorial Centre. Tickets may be purchased from the school website http://huntinghills. rdpsd.ab.ca/ or from the school play website http://sites.google.com/a/rdpsd.ab.ca/lesmiserables-hhh-2014/home/promotions-andticket-sales. Admission is $15 for adults, and $12 for students, seniors and children. ● Red Deer Art Club is offering a workshop with Frank Haddock on March 22 and with Willie Wong in March (date to be announced), and a workshop with Christel Langan on April 12. Contact Lucille at 403-3583881 for the details. ● The Foursome by Norm Foster will be presented by Cow Patti Theatre Company running March 27 to April 13 at Lacombe Golf and Country Club. Dinner and Brunch Theatre shows available. Shows on the following dates will support the following local chari-

ties: March 27 (dinner) — Lacombe Golf and Country Club Junior Golf; March 29 (brunch) — Angela Walkers Journey; April 3 (dinner) — Sargent Community Hall; April 5 and 12 (brunch) — Open Benefits; April 19 (dinner) — Open Benefit. Phone 403-782-3956, after hours and weekends 403-304-6329, 403784-2294 or theatre@cowpatti.com. ● Ponoka Moose Lodge Old Time Dance will be held on third Saturday of each month, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., next March 15 with The Diamonds. Cost is $12, ($10 for Moose members.) Finger food potluck lunch. Top name bands. See www.AlbertaDanceNews.com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-783-8587 for more information. ● Annual Westerner Park Pony Chuckwagon Tarp Auction will be held on March 12 at Bellinis Sonic Lounge at Sheraton Red Deer. All bidders who are registered by March 7 will be entered to win two weekly admit pins and one weekly parking pass for Westerner Days Fair and Exposition. Previous tarp sponsors who bring a friend into the tarp auction will be eligible to display a banner in the chuckwagon bowl during the races. To find out more, contact Peggy at 403-309-0225, pjackson@westerner.ab.ca.

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Despite the looks, dogs don’t feel shame DESPITE POPULAR ONLINE MEMES, EXPERTS SAY DOGS DON’T REALLY FEEL SHAME

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The next time you start shaking your finger and shouting “Shame on you!” because your dog chewed up your favourite fuzzy slippers, just remember that no matter how guilty your dog looks, it doesn’t know what your rant is about.

Behaviourists insist dogs lack shame. The guilty look — head cowered, ears back, eyes droopy — is a reaction to the tantrum you are throwing now over the damage they did hours earlier.

“Just get over it and remind yourself not to put temptation in the way next time,” said Dr. Bonnie Beaver, a professor at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and executive director of the American College of Veterinary Behaviourists.

But scientific findings haven’t put a dent in the popularity of online dog shaming sites like dogshaming.com and shameyourpet.com or videos like those posted on youtube. com/crackrockcandy. In the photos and videos, dogs wear humorous written “confessions” and often are surrounded by the remnants of their misdeeds. There is no question that in some photos, they look guilty of eating, drinking, chewing, licking or destroying something they shouldn’t have.

Dogshaming.com was the first and is among the most popular sites. Since Pascale Lemire started it in August 2012, it has received more than 58 million page views and more than 65,000 submissions.

A submission has to come with a photo showing the dog’s guilty look.

Lemire, who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, also published a book called “Dog Shaming,” which hit the New York Times bestseller list in January.

“I don’t think dogs actually

feel shame,” Lemire said. “I think they know how to placate us with this sad puppydog look that makes us think they’re ashamed of what they’ve done. My guess is that their thinking is: ’Oh man, my owner is super mad about something, but I don’t know what, but he seems to calm down when I give him the sad face, so let’s try that again.”’

She thinks the online dog shaming memes are all in good fun.

“People come for a laugh and camaraderie,” Lemire said. “They see that their dog isn’t the only one who does awful things. People don’t shame their dogs out of anger, they do it out of love.”

Another dog owner helped get celebrities into the trend.

In late 2011, Jeremy Lakaszcyck of Boston started putting shaming videos of his lemon beagle, Maymo, on YouTube.

Four months later, Ellen DeGeneres ran one of them on her show and comedian Ricky Gervais tweeted it. The popularity of the videos soared, Lakaszcyck said.

He also submitted photos to Lemire for dogshaming.com, which made Maymo even more famous.

Maymo has a naturally sad or guilty face and senses something is wrong if Lakaszcyck speaks in a stern voice. “They know when their owners are angry.

“Maymo can sit for quite a while looking sad because he’s a ham. It’s natural, and he knows a treat is coming. His tail usually wags through the wait. It’s like he’s happy on one end and sad on the other,” he said.

One of the first scientific studies on the “guilty dog look” was conducted in 2009

by Alexandra Horowitz, an associate professor of psychology at Barnard College in New York City. One of her books, “Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know,” included the findings.

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This Feb. 9, 2013 provided by Jeremy Lakaszcyck, shows Maymo a lemon beagle posing for a shame illustration in Merrimack Valley, Mass. In late 2011, Lakaszcyck of Boston, started putting shaming videos of Maymo, on YouTube but behaviorists insist dogs lack shame. The guilty look, head cowered, ears back, eyes droopy is a reaction to the tantrum you are throwing now over the damage they did hours earlier. But scientific findings haven’t put a dent in the popularity of online dog shaming sites like dogshaming.com and shameyourpet.com or videos like those posted on youtube.

In the study, she used 14 dogs, videotaping them in a series of trials and studying how they reacted when an owner left the room after telling them not to eat a treat. When the owners returned, sometimes they knew what the dogs had done and sometimes they didn’t and sometimes the dogs had eaten the treats and sometimes they hadn’t.

“I found that the ’look’ appeared most often when owners scolded their dogs, regardless of whether the dog had disobeyed or did something for which they might or should feel guilty. It wasn’t ’guilt’ but a reaction to the owner that

prompted the look,” Horowitz said.

“I am not saying that dogs might not feel guilt, just that the ’guilty look’ is not an indication of it,” she added. She also believes there is a difference between guilt and shame.

Dogs can certainly learn from bad behaviour, but rewards or punishment are most effective right after the wrongdoing, said Beaver, the veterinary professor.

“The farther it gets from that, the less connection is made with the behaviour,” she said.

At some point, your dog will probably cower, waiting for

you to complete your meltdown, ditch the negative voice and lose the nasty body language, Beaver said.

But you do wonder what other emotions dogs lack besides guilt.

“Humans have a natural desire to know what an animal is thinking, and yet we are limited to reading body language and measuring physiological reactions,” Beaver said. The bottom line is: “We will never truly know because we cannot ask them.”

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Ethical computer hacker says field is growing slowly tect their bytes, he said.

It’s simple math, he suggested.

“The more and more information we have online, the more data we have that can be accessed without people knowing.”

His classroom has a skull-and-crossbones flag hanging from the ceiling to cheekily symbolize pretend piracy.

His students noodle away through a labyrinth of codes and subroutines, digging deeper and deeper to find ways in, and then creating roadblocks to stop anyone else from following.

It’s both challenging and disturbing, said Zabiuk.

The technology changes daily and the entire body of knowledge can turn over in six months.

By the time he’s patched one problem, another has appeared.

“Typically we’re about five steps behind all the time,” he said. “You don’t know necessarily what the next attack will be until it happens.”

The bugs can be as diabolical as they are debilitating, as hackers have made the field as much about psychology as cracking codes.

The easiest way to hack into a system, said Zabiuk, is to get someone to click on a virus and download it, dispatching a sub-secret command to log a computer’s keystrokes and send them back to the hacker.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — John Zabiuk disassembled his parents’ TV at age six, taught himself computer programming as a teen and, as a post-secondary student, hacked into his school’s system on a lark.

He didn’t change his school marks. He didn’t change anyone else’s. But he could have.

Eventually, he knew the jig was up.

“One day I had one of the IT people come in and say, ’Come with us. We need to talk,”’ Zabiuk recounted in an interview.

They sat him down in a room.

The head IT guy came in with a stack of programming manuals and slammed them down on the table.

“He said, ’We don’t know how you’re doing it, but if you’re going to do it, at least read the manuals so you can show us how you’re doing it.”

Zabiuk’s career as an ethical computer hacker was born.

Zabiuk now works at that same school, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, where he teaches students to protect computer systems by approaching the problem from a hacker’s viewpoint.

The field is growing as private companies and governments go on the prowl for better ways to pro-

Another disturbing trend, he said, is data kidnapping.

“It’s a program that once (you download it) it gets on your system, it will encrypt all your data files,” he said.

“And it will put a little message on your screen saying that all your data has been encrypted. If you want to recover it you need to send us two bitcoins — or whatever the ransom is of the day — and then they’ll send you the key to decrypt all your data.

“A lot of organizations are being hit with this.

There are a number of police departments in the United States that have had no choice but to pay the ransom.”

When he isn’t teaching, Zabiuk also works to keep computers safe for the Edmonton Public Library and for Edmonton’s courts.

Walking around his classroom, he can tell which students could eventually follow in his footsteps.

They’re the ones who stay late, work through after the bell rings and try different things.

That didn’t work. Type, type, type.

Maybe this will work. Type, type, type.

“They’re the ones who are going to have a future in the field.”

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Rebels blank Blazers

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

Rebels 2 Blazers 0 The Red Deer Rebels didn’t turn in the proverbial solid 60-minute performance Wednesday night at the Enmax Centre.

But in the end, two out of three was good enough to post a 2-0 Western Hockey League victory over the Kamloops Blazers before a recorded gathering of 4,129.

The Rebels jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead, then watched as the visitors — who will finish in last place in the Western Conference — carried the play in the middle stanza. Red Deer, however, picked up the pace in the final frame and preserved Patrik Bartosak’s bid for his sixth shutout of the season.

“I thought our first period was critical. We needed to have a good start,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter. “We had to make sure we got some momentum early in the game and carried it through.

“In the second period our work ethic dropped off.

Our back pressure didn’t support our rushes and we had too many turnovers. But in the third we got back to it and got to be a working team again. We kept the game simple and basic, played lane hockey and made sure we were skating and moving. We were much better in the third.”

Vukie Mpofu scored the only goal the Rebels would need when he tipped Kayle Doetzel’s point shot past Kamloops netminder Bolton Pouliot 12:13 into the contest.

Rhyse Dieno added what would prove to be an insurance marker with his 22nd of the season just over two minutes later. Brooks Maxwell won the faceoff in the Kamloops zone and Grayson Pawlenchuk relayed the puck over to Dieno, who stepped around Pouliot from the top of the crease.

“For sure, the early lead was important for us,” said Rebels captain Conner Bleackley. It’s never easy to play against a team like that, a team that’s playing for their pride. They’re going to come at you and they want to play spoiler.

“We got the first two goals and then kind of sat back. But we got the two points and that’s the most important thing.”

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Kamloops Blazer goalie Bolton Pouliot covers up on the puck as Red Deer Rebel Cole Chorney pokes away at it during first period action at the Centrium on Wednesday.

Chiefs edge Bisons in playoff opener

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Chiefs 3 Bisons 2 Two of the most successful coaches in Red Deer Optimist Chiefs’ history are going headto-head in the best-of-five Alberta Midget Hockey League South Division semifinal, which opened at the Arena Wednesday.

Former head coach Dan MacDonald, who took the Chiefs to four national finals, finishing second twice, is in his first season with the UFA Bisons while Doug Quinn is on the bench for the two-time defending Telus Cup champion Chiefs.

Quinn, who has attended the last three Telus Cup finals, and the Chiefs got the early edge in the series with a 3-2 victory.

“They were just a few points behind us so we expect a tough series,” said Quinn.

“They’re a good team, skate well and are well coached.

MAJOR MIDGET HOCKEY They have a good transition game, which caught us a couple of times and created some scoring chances. In fact they scored their second goal off it.”

After a scoreless first period, Quentin Greenwood gave the Chiefs the lead at 6:05 of the second period on a scramble in front of netminder Garrett Mason.

Joshua Bishop tied the game for the Bisons at 18:07 with a shot from the point that deflected off a Red Deer stick.

However, Travis Verveda put Red Deer ahead again with a blast from the point on the power play at 19:32.

Clay Murray tied the score for the Bisons at 3:35 of the third period, setting the stage for an outstanding play by Tyler Steenbergen, who potted the winner at 16:53. Steenbergen out-raced a Bison defender to get a loose puck before

it reached the icing line, cut across in front of Mason and calmly shovelled the puck in the open side.

“That was a great play by Tyler,” said Quinn. “He certainly has the ability to score.

He made a play out of nothing.”

Steenbergen also drew a penalty with a little over two minutes remaining, but the Chiefs were unable to capitalize. As a result the Bisons were able to get Mason out of the goal and then Red Deer took a penalty with 9.3 seconds remaining.

“We had a chance to get the puck out of our zone with a little over 10 seconds remaining, but failed to do so and were forced to take a penalty, then lost the draw,” explained Quinn.

As a result the Bisons had several glorious chances to tie the game before netmind-

er Jayden Sittler managed to jump on the puck at the whistle.

“Jayden had to come up with three outstanding saves over those final seconds,” said Quinn.

“We just didn’t finish,” said MacDonald, who last coached the Chiefs in 2001. “But we’re alright. There’s nothing wrong with our team, although we don’t have the charisma they do and don’t have the same expectations. They have a helluva team, but we’re not done We’ll make a game (series) of it.”

Quinn knows all about MacDonald’s history.

“I’m certainly aware of what he did in his career. He worked with some of my assistant coaches and he has had success at all levels and has the experience and knowledge.”

The Chiefs held a 49-24

edge in shots and Quinn feels they can even be a bit better, especially early in the game.

“We were off for over a week and it affected us a bit,” he said. “They came with a lot of speed and we didn’t react as well early as we should have.

But we settled down and I was happy with the effort and happy with the win.”

While MacDonald is playing his old team, he can’t look at it that way.

“It is what it is. It doesn’t matter who we’re playing I can’t look at it that way. We know it will be tough and we need to look at how to get through it,” concluded MacDonald, who teaches high school in Strathmore where all the players attend.

The second game goes Friday at 8 p.m. in Strathmore with the third game Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Arena. If a fourth game is necessary it’s March 4 in Strathmore with possibly the fifth game March 7 at 8 p.m. at the Arena. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Oilers face questions about goaltending heading into final 22 games

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — When the Edmonton Oilers return to the ice Thursday for their final 22 games of the season, there will be more questions than answers surrounding their roster.

The Oilers have nine unrestricted free agents to deal with, including four defencemen and both goaltenders. Three other defencemen, including Justin Schultz, are restricted free agents.

Probably the most delicate situation involves goaltenders Ben Scrivens and Ilya Bryzgalov, neither of whom were with the team to start the season. At age 34, Bryzgalov would not appear to be the goalie of the future. That means the coaching staff will likely be taking a hard look over the final six weeks of the season at 27-year-old Scrivens, obtained from the Los Angeles Kings five weeks ago.

Head coach Dallas Eakins said Wednesday both have played well, both get along well and for him it’s a great situation.

“You have two goalies who are going to be looking for contracts, I believe they both like the situation and the opportunity that is here and you want that competition,” said Eakins.

“You want them to push each other and that’s how your team gets better.”

And it isn’t just about Scrivens, he said.

“Both guys are unrestricted free agents,” he said. “We’re looking for goalies. Maybe both of them are going to be part of the solution but it’s important for both to go out and play well.

“Bryzgalov has been a No. 1 in the past and I think he still has the poten-

tial to do that. Ben’s numbers line up.

He’s a confident kid. He wants to show the National Hockey League he’s ready to be a No. 1.”

General manager Craig MacTavish said he was impressed with the play of both goalies in the weeks before the Olympic break and the “simple assumption” is that Scrivens will continue to improve.

“You analyze where Ben is at this time, what his age is, what his skill level is and what his level opportunity has been,” MacTavish said. “There wasn’t a lot of downside to bringing in a guy like Ben and giving him an opportunity he wasn’t going to get in LA. He’s done an incredibly good job in the six games he’s played so far.”

Before offering him a long-term contract, however, MacTavish wants to see more of Scrivens who has played only 57 NHL games so far and sports impressive statistics — 1.98 GAA and .937 save percentage.

The Oilers thought Devan Dubnyk was their goalie of the future after three years as backup but when handed the starting job this season he didn’t come through. His save percentage fell from .920 last season to .894 and his GAA went from 2.57 to 3.36 in 32 games this year before being dealt to Nashville.

For his part, Scrivens, 3-3-0 with the Oilers with a 2.01 GAA and .948 save percentage, isn’t getting too concerned about the situation.

“It’s kind of in the back of my head but it’s out of my control so I just want to play,” he said. “I like it here. Everyone wants to play in their hometown for sure but it’s about what’s best for me and my family.

“I guess it comes to the point where

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Edmonton Oilers goalie Ben SCrivens deflects a shot on-goal during an NHL game against the New York Rangers, Feb. 6, 2014, in New York. The Oilers will be looking hard at the last six weeks of their season to decide if Scrivens, and other pending free agents, will fit into the team’s long term plans. you’re the best option for the team, where you get an asterisk beside your name” as the No. 1 goalie.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 2014

Hockey

Local Sports GA 220 198 235 231 251 267

Pt 76 70 68 63 41 37

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SOLGF x-Edmonton 62 44 15 2 1 259 x-Calgary 63 41 15 3 4 253 x-Medicine Hat 64 39 22 3 0 229 Kootenay 63 36 23 2 2 212 Red Deer 64 30 30 1 3 187 Lethbridge 65 12 48 2 3 152

GA 153 181 175 181 205 319

Pt 91 89 81 76 64 29

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOLGF x-Kelowna 62 49 9 0 4 269 x-Victoria 64 43 17 1 3 213 Vancouver 64 30 24 7 3 216 Prince George 66 26 32 3 5 223 Kamloops 64 13 46 2 3 160

GA Pt 160 102 161 90 217 70 278 60 270 31

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOLGF GA Pt x-Portland 63 46 12 2 3 299 190 97 x-Seattle 63 38 19 2 4 212 211 82 x-Spokane 63 36 21 3 3 219 189 78 Everett 63 31 23 7 2 182 186 71 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 Tuesday’s results Regina 8 Lethbridge 0 Moose Jaw 5 Saskatoon 2 Edmonton 5 Medicine Hat 2 Seattle 4 Prince Albert 3 (OT) Kelowna 9 Prince George 5 Wednesday’s results Brandon 6 Lethbridge 2 Kootenay 5 Moose Jaw 1 Swift Current 6 Regina 2 Red Deer 2 Kamloops 0 Medicine Hat 4 Edmonton 3 (OT) Prince Albert 1 Everett 5 Kelowna at Tri-City, late Friday’s games Lethbridge at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Swift Current at Regina, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Wednesday’s summaries Rebels 2, Blazers 0 First Period 1. Red Deer, Mpofu 8 (Doetzel, Feser) 12:13.

2. Red Deer, Dieno 22 (Maxwell, Pawlenchuk) 14:24.

Penalties — Rehill Kam (high-sticking) 9:32.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Dieno RD (inter. on goaltender) 17:13.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Polei RD (fighting) 10:00, Rehill Kam (fighting) 10:00, Dixon RD (hooking) 10:12, Douglas Kam (fighting) 14:13, Dixon RD (slashing) 14:13, Dixon RD (fighting) 14:13.

Shots on goal Kamloops 6 18 8 — 32 Red Deer 14 7 15 — 36 Goal — Kamloops: Pouliot (L, 7-23-0); Red Deer: Bartosak (W, 28-24-1).

Power plays (goal-chances)Kamloops: 0-3; Red Deer: 0-1.

Attendance — 4,129 at Red Deer.

Ice 5, Warriors 1 First Period 1. Kootenay, Reinhart 33 (Descheneau) 6:26.

Penalties — Philp Koo (inter. on goaltender) 2:21, McPhee Koo (fighting) 13:48, Cooke MJ (crosschecking) 13:48, Cooke MJ (fighting) 13:48.

Second Period 2. Moose Jaw, Forsberg 7 (Eberle, Point) 4:47.

Penalties — Murray Koo (interference) 8:24.

Third Period 3. Kootenay, Reinhart 34 (King, Dirk) 10:39.

4. Kootenay, Bozon 31 (King) 11:08.

5. Kootenay, Bozon 32 (Reinhart, Philp) 13:04 (pp).

6. Kootenay, Descheneau 39 (Bozon) 18:20.

Penalties — Sleptsov MJ (slashing) 12:06, Alfaro Koo (hooking) 15:38.

Shots on goal Kootenay 13 14 15 — 42 Moose Jaw 8 9 6 — 23 Goal — Kootenay: Skapski (W, 26-15-2); Moose Jaw: Sawchenko (L, 7-11-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Kootenay: 1-2; Moose Jaw: 0-3.

Attendance — 3,238 at Moose Jaw. Tigers 4, Oil Kings 3 (OT) First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Lewington MH (checking from behind) 4:43, Labelle MH (delay of game) 6:29, Moroz Edm (high-sticking) 19:33.

Second Period 1. Edmonton, Kulda 25 (unassisted) 1:33 (shorthanded-SH).

2. Edmonton, Pollock 24 (Kulda) 11:50.

3. Medicine Hat, Valk 36 (Bredo) 11:58.

4. Edmonton, Petryk 16 (Eller, Samuelsson) 17:26.

Penalties — Labelle MH (hooking) 1:58, Mayo Edm (tripping) 5:43.

Third Period 5. Medicine Hat, Butcher 5 (Staples, Owre) 3:20.

6. Medicine Hat, Valk 37 (Cox, Bredo) 6:36.

Penalties — Moroz Edm (checking to the head) 1:11, Kieser Edm (boarding) 18:57.

Overtime 7. Medicine Hat, Penner 10 (Labelle) 2:00.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Medicine Hat 7 14 11 4 — 36 Edmonton 14 15 11 1 — 41 Goal — Medicine Hat: Langhamer (W, 20-12-2); Edmonton: Jarry (LS, 39-12-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Medicine Hat: 0-4; Edmonton: 0-3.

Attendance — 5,007 at Edmonton.

Broncos 6, Pats 2 First Period 1. Swift Current, Cave 29 (Burns, Gordon) 11:57 (pp).

2. Swift Current, Gawdin 8 (Harris, Burns) 14:15.

3. Swift Current, Gordon 23 (Gawdin, Cave) 19:13.

Penalties — Johnson SC (holding) 5:41, Stephenson Reg (tripping) 6:45, Christoffer Reg (checking from behind) 11:05, Johnson SC (hooking) 15:23.

Second Period 4. Swift Current, Merkley 26 (Black) 17:52.

5. Swift Current, Debrusk 11 (Heatherington, Gordon) 19:49 (pp).

Penalties — Gawdin SC (slashing) 0:36, Schacher Reg (checking to the head) 8:07, Schacher Reg (fighting) 8:07, Odgers SC (fighting) 8:07, Mumby Reg (holding) 18:38.

Third Period 6. Regina, Christoffer 12 (Williams) :51.

7. Swift Current, Debrusk 12 (Black, Martin) 1:51 (pp).

8. Regina, Burroughs 7 (Christoffer, Stevenson) 13:25.

Penalties — D’Amico Reg (hooking) 1:25, Merkley SC (high-sticking) 4:13, Burns SC (tripping) 6:41, Hansen Reg (tripping) 8:17, Stephenson Reg (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 8:17.

Shots on goal Regina 11 9 9 — 29 Swift Current 16 18 7 — 41 Goal — Regina: Wapple (L, 23-13-1); Swift Current: Laurikainen (W, 21-19-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Regina: 0-5; Swift Current: 3-7.

Attendance — 2,091 at Swift Current.

Wheat Kings 6, Hurricanes 2 First Period 1. Brandon, Roy 10 (Robinson, Bukarts) 10:40.

2. Lethbridge, Folk 4 (Ramsay, Estephan) 19:00.

Penalties — Bell Let (roughing) 9:22, Hawryluk Bra

(roughing) 9:22, Sheen Let (slashing) 14:38.

Second Period 3. Brandon, Hunter 3 (Quenneville, Hawryluk) 3:23 (pp).

4. Brandon, Hawryluk 19 (Quenneville, Gabrielle) 10:08 (pp).

5. Brandon, Bukarts 23 (Pulock, Pilon) 11:22.

6. Brandon, Meilleur 10 (Pulock, Pilon) 17:12.

Penalties — Wong Let (high-sticking) 0:06, Wong Let (high-sticking) 0:06, Ramsay Let (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 8:29, Folk Let (fighting) 16:58, Kitt Bra (fighting) 16:58.

Third Period 7. Brandon, Hawryluk 20 (unassisted) :52.

8. Lethbridge, Wong 15 (Duke, Erkamps) 11:48 (pp).

Penalties — Bell Let (charging) 3:51, Bell Let (fighting) 3:51, Hunter Bra (instigator) 3:51, Hunter Bra (fighting) 3:51, Hunter Bra (game misconduct) 3:51, Hunter Bra (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 3:51, Hunter Bra (10-minute misconduct) 3:51, Roy Bra (tripping) 10:13, Duke Let (slashing) 14:46, Shmyr Bra (hooking) 16:57.

Shots on goal Lethbridge 16 9 13 — 38 Brandon 10 23 13 — 46 Goal — Lethbridge: Hogue (L, 2-10-0); Brandon: Honey (W, 11-14-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Lethbridge: 1-3; Brandon: 2-5.

Attendance — 3,483 at Brandon.

San Jose 59 37 16 6 80 175 142 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68 139 128 Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64 163 169 Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63 146 160 Calgary 58 22 29 7 51 137 179 Edmonton 60 20 33 7 47 153 199 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Silvertips 5, Raiders 1 First Period 1. Prince Albert, Danyluk 7 (unassisted) 4:58.

2. Everett, Low 7 (Aasman, Laurencelle) 12:13.

3. Everett, Juulsen 1 (Bauml, Hayer) 16:15.

Penalties — Braid P.A. (fighting) 1:05, Betker Eve (fighting) 1:05, Leverton P.A. (too many men) 10:10, Leedahl Eve (holding) 17:42.

Second Period 4. Everett, Bajkov 8 (Mueller) 9:08 (pp).

5. Everett, Winquist 39 (Nikolishin, Pufahl) 19:40 (pp).

Penalties — Low Eve (boarding) 2:58, Brooks P.A. (inter. on goaltender) 4:52, Gardiner P.A. (tripping) 8:05, Braid P.A. (inter. on goaltender) 15:16, Brooks P.A. (high-sticking) 18:53.

Third Period 6. Everett, Bauml 14 (Khaira, Nikolishin) 14:03 (pp).

Penalties — Lange P.A. (elbowing) 12:48, Valcourt P.A. (roughing) 16:36, Hayer Eve (slashing) 16:36.

Shots on goal Prince Albert 10 5 4 — 19 Everett 10 13 7 — 30 Goal — Prince Albert: Cheveldave (L, 23-23-2); Everett: Lotz (W, 22-18-3).

Power plays (goal-chances)Prince Albert: 0-2; Everett: 3-6.

Attendance — 3,112 at Everett.

Friday’s Games San Jose at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Boston 58 37 16 5 79 Tampa Bay 58 33 20 5 71 Montreal 60 32 21 7 71 Toronto 60 32 22 6 70 Detroit 59 27 20 12 66 Ottawa 59 26 22 11 63 Florida 58 22 29 7 51 Buffalo 59 17 34 8 42 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 58 40 15 3 83 N.Y. Rangers59 32 24 3 67 Philadelphia 59 30 23 6 66 Columbus 58 29 24 5 63 Washington 59 27 23 9 63 Carolina 58 26 23 9 61 New Jersey 59 24 22 13 61 N.Y. Islanders60 22 30 8 52

GF GA 180 130 168 145 149 144 178 182 153 164 169 191 139 183 118 178 GF GA 186 138 155 146 162 167 170 161 171 175 146 161 135 146 164 200

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84 196 135 Chicago 60 35 11 14 84 207 163 Colorado 58 37 16 5 79 174 153 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 145 147 Dallas 58 27 21 10 64 164 164 Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62 168 175 Nashville 59 25 24 10 60 146 180 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 196 147

Tuesday’s Games Buffalo 3, Carolina 2 Wednesday’s Games Buffalo 5, Boston 4, OT Detroit 2, Montreal 1, OT Los Angeles at Colorado, late St. Louis at Vancouver, late Thursday’s Games Columbus at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Chicago at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s summaries Red Wings 2, Canadiens 1 (OT) First Period 1. Detroit, Bertuzzi 7 (Franzen, Alfredsson) 14:01 (pp).

Penalties — Kronwall Det (holding) 11:14, Subban Mtl (roughing) 13:00.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Lashoff Det (hooking) 18:28.

Third Period 2. Montreal, Gionta 12 (Briere, Markov) 19:31.

Penalties — None.

Overtime 3. Detroit, Nyquist 15 (Franzen, DeKeyser) 4:32.

Penalties — Tatar Det (hooking) 1:51, Subban Mtl (diving) 1:51.

Shots on goal Detroit 8 9 9 4 — 30 Montreal 7 2 8 3 — 20 Goal — Detroit: Howard (W, 13-13-9); Montreal: Budaj (LO, 6-4-2).

Power plays (goal-chances)Detroit: 1-1; Montreal: 0-2.

Attendance — 21,273 at Montreal.

Sabres 5, Bruins 4 (OT) First Period 1. Buffalo, Girgensons 6 (Flynn, McBain) 3:32.

2. Boston, Kelly 5 (Soderberg, Bartkowski) 10:47.

Penalties — Bos Bench (too many men) 1:16, Scott Buf (tripping) 5:19.

Second Period 3. Buffalo, Myers 7 (Hodgson, Ehrhoff) 6:25 (pp).

4. Buffalo, Flynn 5 (Leino, McBain) 9:10.

5. Boston, Chara 14 (Lucic, Krug) 11:01 (pp).

6. Boston, Marchand 20 (Smith) 17:46.

Penalties — Boychuk Bos (slashing) 0:53, Marchand Bos (slashing) 5:26, Lucic Bos (boarding) 6:58, Girgensons Buf (hooking) 9:44, Soderberg Bos (tripping) 13:56, Miller Bos (unsportsmanlike conduct) 20:00, Foligno Buf (unsportsmanlike conduct) 20:00.

Third Period 7. Boston, Lucic 18 (Krug, Iginla) 9:43 (pp).

8. Buffalo, Moulson 16 (Girgensons, Leino) 19:07.

Penalties — Moulson Buf (high-sticking) 9:11.

Overtime 9. Buffalo, D’Agostini 4 (unassisted) :22.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Boston 7 18 7 1 — 33 Buffalo 7 11 7 1 — 26 Goal — Boston: Johnson (LO, 11-3-1); Buffalo: Enroth (W, 2-12-5).

Power plays (goal-chances)Boston: 2-4; Buffalo: 1-5.

Attendance — 19,070 at Buffalo.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 32 25 .561 — Brooklyn 26 29 .473 5 New York 21 36 .368 11 Boston 20 39 .339 13 Philadelphia 15 43 .259 17 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 40 14 .741 — Washington 29 28 .509 12 1/2 Charlotte 27 30 .474 14 1/2 Atlanta 26 31 .456 15 1/2 Orlando 18 42 .300 25 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 43 13 .768 — Chicago 31 26 .544 12 1/2 Detroit 23 35 .397 21

Cleveland Milwaukee

23 11

36 45

.390 .196

21 1/2 32

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 41 16 .719 — Houston 39 18 .684 2 Dallas 36 23 .610 6 Memphis 32 24 .571 8 1/2 New Orleans 23 34 .404 18 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 43 15 .741 — Portland 40 18 .690 3 Minnesota 28 29 .491 14 1/2 Denver 25 31 .446 17 Utah 21 36 .368 21 1/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 39 20 .661 —

Golden State Phoenix Sacramento L.A. Lakers

35 33 20 19

23 24 37 39

.603 .579 .351 .328

3 1/2 5 18 19 1/2

San Antonio 120, Detroit 110 Utah 109, Phoenix 86 Portland 124, Brooklyn 80 Houston at L.A. Clippers, late Thursday’s Games Milwaukee at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 5 p.m.

New York at Miami, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Indiana 118, L.A. Lakers 98 Washington 115, Orlando 106 Toronto 99, Cleveland 93 Chicago 107, Atlanta 103 Minnesota 110, Phoenix 101 Portland 100, Denver 95 Houston 129, Sacramento 103

Friday’s Games Utah at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Golden State at New York, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

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

New Orleans at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Orlando 101, Philadelphia 90 Boston 115, Atlanta 104 Chicago 103, Golden State 83 Dallas 108, New Orleans 89 Cleveland 114, Oklahoma City 104 Memphis 108, L.A. Lakers 103

Curling 2014 Tim Hortons Brier Curling Championship KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Official Draw Schedule for the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier Friday’s games Ford Hot Shots Preliminary Rounds, 11 a.m.

ROUND ROBIN TEAM W P.E.I.(Mackenzie) 0 Manitoba(Stoughton) 0 Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0 Newfoundland & Labrador(Gushue) 0 British Columbia (Morris) 0 Alberta (Koe) 0 New Brunswick(Grattan) 0 Northern Ontario (Currie) 0 Ontario (Baldson) 0 Quebec (Menard) 0 Territories (Koe) 0 Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saturday’s games First Draw, 2:30 p.m.

P.E.I. vs. Manitoba; Nova Scotia vs. Newfoundland & Labrador; B.C. vs. Alberta; New Brunswick vs.

Northern Ontario.

Second Draw, 7:30 p.m.

Northern Ontario vs. B.C.; Ontario vs. Quebec; Newfoundland & Labrador vs. Manitoba; Territories vs. Saskatchewan.

Sunday’s games Third Draw, 9:30 a.m.

Quebec vs. Saskatchewan; Alberta vs. New Brunswick; Ontario vs. Territories; P.E.I. vs. Nova Scotia.

Fourth Draw, 2:30 p.m.

Newfoundland vs. Ontario; Territories vs. Manitoba; Saskatchewan vs. Northern Ontario; Quebec vs.

B.C. Fifth Draw, 7:30 p.m.

Manitoba vs. New Brunswick; Northern Ontario vs.

P.E.I.; Nova Scotia vs. B.C.; Alberta vs. Newfoundland & Labrador.

Monday, March 3 Sixth Draw, 2:30 p.m.

Alberta vs. Territories; Nova Scotia vs. Saskatchewan; Quebec vs. P.E.I.; Ontario vs. New Brunswick.

Seventh Draw, 7:30 p.m.

Nova Scotia vs. Northern Ontario; Manitoba vs.

Alberta; New Brunswick vs. Newfoundland & Labrador; B.C. vs. P.E.I. Tuesday, March 4 Eighth Draw, 9:30 a.m.

Saskatchewan vs. Newfoundland & Labrador; B.C. vs. Territories; Northern Ontario vs. Ontario; Mani-

toba vs. Quebec.

Ninth Draw, 2:30 p.m.

New Brunswick vs. B.C.; P.E.I. vs. Newfoundland & Labrador; Manitoba vs. Nova Scotia; Northern Ontario vs. Alberta.

Draw 10, 7:30 p.m.

Ontario vs. P.E.I.; Quebec vs. New Brunswick; Alberta vs. Saskatchewan; Nova Scotia vs. Territories.

Wednesday, March 5 Draw 11, 9 a.m.

Northern Ontario vs. Manitoba; Alberta vs. Nova Scotia; P.E.I. vs. New Brunswick; Newfoundland & Labrador vs. B.C. Draw 12, 2 p.m.

Newfoundland & Labrador vs. Quebec; Onatrio vs.

B.C.; Territories vs. Northern Ontario; Saskatchewan vs. Manitoba.

Draw 13, 7 p.m.

Territories vs. New Brunswick; Saskatchewan vs.

P.E.I.; Nova Scotia vs. Quebec; Alberta vs. Ontario.

Thursday, March 6 Draw 14, 9:30 p.m.

Newfoundland & Labrador vs. Northern Ontario; B.C. vs. Manitoba.

Draw 15, 2:30 p.m.

P.E.I. vs. Alberta; Territories vs. Quebec; Saskatchewan vs. Ontario; New Brunswick vs. Nova Scotia.

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Claimed RHP Maikel Cleto off waivers from Kansas City. Designated INF Jake Elmore for assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with OF Mike Trout on a one-year contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with LHPs Pedro Figueroa, Michael Kirkman, Joseph Ortiz and Robbie Ross, Jr., RHPs Miles Mikolas, Ben Rowen, Nick Tepesch, Shawn Tolleson and Matt West, C Robinson Chirinos, INF Jurickson Profar and OF Alex Castellanos on one-year contracts.

Minor League Baseball MILB — Named Dusty Dellinger interim director of Professional Baseball Umpire Corp.

American Association LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Released RHP Mike Burns and LHP Moises Melendez.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed INF Andres Perez.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed RHP Bobby Blevins.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Traded LHP Sergio Espinosa to Camden for a player to be named.

ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Signed RHP Taylor Robinson and 1B/OF Robert Kelly.

Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed RHP Cody Stiles.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed INF Josh Band and OF Thomas Healy.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed LHPs Matt Bywater and Eric Fredrick and RHPs David Kubiak and Jeff Neptune.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Reassigned G Jamaal Franklin to Fort Wayne (NBADL).

SACRAMENTO KINGS — Signed G Orlando Johnson to a 10-day contract.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed Drew Gooden to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Released LB D’Qwell

Draw 16, 7:30 p.m.

B.C. vs. Saskatchewan; Manitoba vs. Ontario; Newfoundland & Labrador vs. Territories; Quebec vs.

Northern Ontario.

Friday, March 7 Draw 17, 9:30 p.m.

Ontario vs. Nova Scotia; New Brunswick vs. Saskatchewan; Quebec vs. Alberta; Territories vs. P.E.I. END OF ROUND ROBIN Possible Tiebreakers (if necessary) Friday, March 7 Tiebreaker 1, 2:30 p.m.

Tiebreaker 2, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 8 Tiebreaker 3, 9:30 a.m.

PAGE PLAYOFF Friday, March 7 Page Playoff Game, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 8 Page Playoff Game, 2:30 p.m.

Semifinal, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 9 Bronze Medal Game, 10 a.m.

Final, 5:30 p.m.

JUNIOR B HOCKEY Jackson.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed RB Michael Hill.

Re-signed S Chris Banjo.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to terms with OT Jason Peters on a five-year contract.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed LB Deon Lacey, RB Denodus O’Bryant and LB Ryan Rau. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Activated F Marian Gaborik off injured reserve. Recalled D Cody Goloubef from Springfield (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Ryan Sproul to Grand Rapids (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Acquired F Brad Winchester from Chicago for D Brian Connelly. Recalled G John Curry and F Stephane Veilleux from Iowa (AHL). Placed D Marco Scandella and F Jason Zucker on injured reserve.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled G Dustin Tokarski from Hamilton (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned G Pekka Rinne to Norfolk on a conditioning assignment.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Recalled G Andrew Hammond from Binghamton (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled F Vladislav Namestnikov from Syracuse (AHL). Assigned G Anders Lindback to Syracuse for conditioning.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled LW Nicolas Deschamps and D Julien Brouillette from Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Signed F Joey Martin and F Justin Mercier to professional tryout agreements.

HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Recalled G Mike Condon from Wheeling (ECHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Named Nelson Rodriguez president of Chivas USA. SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Signed D Jimmy Ockford and loaned him to New York (NASL) for the 2014 season.

COLLEGE NCAA — Named Janet Cone and Bernard Muir to the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, effective for the 2014-15 academic year.

OHIO — Named Deane Webb volleyball coach.

CONCORDIA (ILL.) — Named Joe Jacoby offensive line coach.

Today

● 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.

Sunday

● 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.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL The Lindsay Thurber Raiders wrapped up top spot in the girls’ division of the Central Alberta High School Basketball League with an 83-41 victory over the Broncs in Ponoka Tuesday.

The win gave the Raiders a 9-0 record.

Emma Newton led the Raiders with 23 points while Kelsey Lalor added 14 and Kennedy Graham 11.

Lindsey Gartner had eight for Ponoka.

Meanwhile on the boys’ side the Broncs beat the Raiders 80-61.

In other action Notre Dame Cougars took both ends of a doubleheader from the Lacombe Rams, winning the girls’ game 44-40 and the boys’ contest 74-52.

Autumn Letkeman and Kirsten Pinkney had 10 points each for the Notre Dame girls while Kirsten Ramsay had 22 and Addy Mueller seven for Lacombe.

Trenton Driedger led the Notre Dame boys with 24 points and 13 rebounds. Ken Villaluz added 14 points and five assists and Amet Deng had 11 points and seven rebounds.

Bryce Boguski turned in a hat-trick performance for the Blackfalds Wranglers Wednesday in a 6-3 Heritage Junior Hockey League playoff win over the host Three Hills Thrashers.

The Wranglers, who grabbed a 2-0 lead in the best-ofseven North Division semifinal, got additional goals from Chance Abbott, Robin Carlson and Tiaan Anderson.

Replying for the Thrashers were Connor Ablett, Chris Williams and Cam Braun. Blackfalds netminder Thomas Isaman made 22 saves, while Brady Hoover stopped 30 shots for Three Hills.

The teams return to action tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Blackfalds. ● On Tuesday, Adam Ternes, Scott Ternes and Jacob Hamel fired third-period goals as the host Stettler Lightning downed the Truck Decks, Welding Skids, Headache Mountainview Colts 5-2 to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the other Rack & Rocket Launchers and lots more. best-of-seven North semifinal.

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Back to business for Babcock

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Detroit Red Wings and Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock is honoured for his Olympic gold medal win before the Red Wings-Canadiens NHL game Wednesday in Montreal.

“I spilled a little beer on it and rammed it in a bag,” he said.

Babcock was widely praised for getting a collection of star NHL players to execute a thorough, defensive game plan in Sochi, where his team ousted the United States 1-0 in the semifinals and beat Sweden 3-0 in the final.

But he was not so popular in Mon-

Woods headlines strong field at Honda Classic THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — The PGA Tour season began five months ago. The new year is two months old.

And yet there’s something about the Honda Classic that makes Tiger Woods and a collection of stars feel as though it’s all about to get underway.

“I think once we get to Florida, I think we’re all thinking about our way to Augusta,” Woods said.

Six tournaments remaining before the Masters, the first major of the year, and this is now serious business.

It shows in the strength of the field at PGA National, with seven of the top 10 players from the world ranking.

The last time Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott competed in the same tournament was the BMW Championship near Chicago last summer.

That’s how it was a generation ago, when some of golf’s top players either rested or played overseas early in the season, and then showed up in tropical conditions at Doral to start the official road to Augusta National.

Woods has plenty of work to do based on his early performance — a missed 54-hole cut at Torrey Pines in his lone PGA Tour start this year, followed by a dismal performance by his standards at the Dubai Desert Classic, where he tied for 41st.

He conceded that he spent most of his win-

ter break working on his body instead of his golf. Since returning from overseas earlier this month, Woods said he has spent most of his time working on his short game.

Woods isn’t the only player coming off a substantial break.

Scott, the defending champion at Augusta, hasn’t competed since the Sony Open in Honolulu. He spent the following week on the Big Island, surfing and playing a few casual rounds with his buddies, then killed time on the couch or doing anything not related to golf until it was time to get back to work.

He plans to play three of the next four tournaments.

“After three weeks I kind of felt like I needed to start swinging again and started to get the itch, but I think I timed it pretty well because I’ve had a nice couple weeks of intense practice before getting here and a week of playing with some mates before that,” Scott said. “I feel like I’ve had a nice preparation, but this is a very tough test, and it’s probably not the ideal one to float back in off after an extended break.”

PGA National looks to have as much blue (water) as green (grass), and the course is converted into a par 70 at 7,140 yards for the Honda Classic. Michael Thompson won last year at 9-under 271.

It wouldn’t seem to favour Mickelson, who has not played PGA National since he was an amateur.

Mickelson missed the last two weeks because

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REBELS: Boosted

there,” said Bleackley. “He played quite well against us the first time we saw him this season (in a 4-1 win for the Blazers Nov. 5 at Kamloops).”

The Rebels have just eight games remaining to nail down a playoff berth, with their next outing Friday against the Medicine Hat Tigers at the Centrium.

“For two periods, anyway, that’s the way we want to play the rest of the season,” said Sutter. “It’s important to make sure we keep our foot on the pedal here and not take things for granted and make sure we’re a 60-minute team.

“We have room for improvement.

But this was a big win, a big two points and we have to move forward now.”

Added Bleackley: “We have to build off this win and come ready to work at practice tomorrow. It’s a huge game Friday. Every gave from here on in is the biggest game of the year for us.”

Just notes: Rebels rookie forward Adam Musil had his points streak (2-24) snapped at four games, while Dieno (4-1-5) extended his run to three games . . . The third period featured a pair of scraps, with Evan Polei tangling with Kamloops defenceman Ryan Rehill and Kolton Dixon mixing it up with Blazers rearguard Austin Douglas . . .

The three stars were (1) Bartosak, (2) Dieno and (3) Pouliot. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

WORLD JUNIOR CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP THE CANADIAN PRESS FLIMS, Switzerland — The Canadian women are off to a strong start at the world junior curling championships, but the men are struggling early on.

Alberta’s Kelsey Rocque won both her games Wednesday on the first day of the round robin.

Rocque and her Edmonton team of Keely Brown, Taylor McDonald and Claire Tully stole four ends, including a single in an extra end, to score a 7-6 victory over Czech Republic in the first draw.

Later Wednesday they fell behind Italy’s Veronica Zappone 5-3 after the Italians stole a point

in the seventh, but rallied for three points in the eighth and went on to win 8-6.

“It was rough, I struggled a bit,” said Rocque about the first five ends against Italy. “We just weren’t curling like we could.”

She felt the three points in the seventh gave the Canadians some momentum.

“We started making some shots. You could see a change in our attitudes,” Rocque said. “We started curling a little better and we had some confidence back.”

On the men’s side, the Winnipeg team of Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch and Brendan Wilson lost two close games on the first day of competition.

TENNIS The team of Tereza Simonova and Kirsten Prelle of Red Deer finished second in the U16 girls’ doubles at the provincial U12-U16 indoor junior tennis championships at the Red Deer Tennis Club.

The duo won their first match 6-3, 6-1 over Alina Jurca of Edmonton and Jia Yi Tan of Calgary before losing the final 1-6, 2-6 to top-seeded Ashleigh Jacobs of High River and Claire Koke of Calgary.

Meanwhile, Charvher Vincent Dael of Red Deer won the consolation title in the U16 boys’ singles, downing third-

The Canadians lost their first game 8-6 to the 2013 silver medallists from Russia. Canada was leading 6-5 after nine ends, but Russia’s Sergey Glukhov was able to score three for the 8-6 victory.

Calvert followed with a 6-5 loss to Sweden.

Calvert stole one in the ninth end to lead 5-4, but Sweden’s Fredrik Nyman took a deuce in the 10th.

“We were just on the wrong side of the inch all day, and we weren’t as sharp as we needed to be today,” said Calvert after the match. “We’re just going to sharpen up and have a good practice on the sheet we’ll play tomorrow and we’ll be good.”

seeded Gniewko Strozyk of Edmonton 6-1, 6-4.

Dael opened the three-day event with a 7-5, 2-6, 2-6 loss to Strozyk before downing Michal Ostrzygalo of Edmonton 6-4, 6-4 and Oscar Yang of Edmonton 6-1, 6-2.

Dael teamed with Ostrzygalo in the doubles and lost to second-seeded Gage Kingsmith and Jackson Koke of Calgary 6-4, 3-6.

In U16 girls’ singles, Prelle won her first match 6-3, 6-4 over Jurca before losing 2-6, 5-7 to Neetika Sud and 1-6, 3-6 to Jacobs.

Simonova lost her first match 5-7, 6-4, 4-6 to Maya Dukaric of Calgary then defeated Tan 6-2, 6-4 before losing 4-6, 6-4, 3-6 to Jurca.

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The victory boosted the Rebels back into eighth spot in the Eastern Conference thanks to the Everett Silvertips’ 6-1 win over the visiting Prince Albert Raiders, who are a point back of Red Deer.

The Blazers, as Bleackley noted, were playing strictly for the front of their jerseys and forced Bartosak to make 18 of his 32 saves in the second period.

“Patty was good tonight, but he never really had any high-percentage shots on him,” said Sutter. “In the second period we gave up some things around the net but other than that everything was kept to the outside.”

Still, Bartosak had to be sharp, particularly in the middle frame. His best save came with one minute remaining in the game when he robbed an unchecked Nick Chyzowski from the edge of the crease.

Meanwhile, Pouliot was equally stellar at the other end. The former Rebels netminder finished with 34 saves, including 15 in the third period.

“He makes the first save quite often and makes a flashy save here and

his kids were on spring break, spending some of that time skiing and some of that playing golf.

He did not want to fly out from California for one tournament next week at Doral, so he added the Honda Classic.

“The greens are really immaculate,” Mickelson said. “If you get hot with a putter, you can make a lot of putts. But I do like the golf course. I’ve always liked Nicklausdesigned golf courses.

I know this course he renovated or redesigned years ago, and it’s a wonderful test of golf, and I think that’s a real credit as to why such a strong field continues to come here.”

This is only the third time Woods has played the Honda Classic as a pro. He rallied with a 62 in the final round in 2012 to finish behind McIlroy, and then struggled off the tee — particularly on the sixth hole — a year ago when he tied for 37th.

McIlroy has his own set of memories from PGA National, not all of them good. Even though he won in 2012 to become No. 1 in the world for the first time, he followed that by playing 26 holes last year before walking off the course with his game in disrepair and his business affairs not much better.

McIlroy said it was a mistake to quit, something he won’t ever do again. But the 24-year-old from Northern Ireland is in a better frame of mind this year. He is comfortable with his equipment.

He’s engaged. He has settled into his own management.

treal earlier in the tournament for making a healthy scratch of the Canadiens’ free-wheeling defenceman P.K. Subban, the 2013 Norris Trophy winner who played only one of Canada’s six games.

There was a suspicion that Babcock didn’t trust Subban’s sometimes risky style, but the coach had only good

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MONTREAL — Mike Babcock loved the Olympics, but now he has another tough task — trying to get the Detroit Red Wings into the NHL playoffs.

“It’s about the Red Wings now — that’s all over with,” said the coach who led Canada to a second straight hockey gold medal at the Sochi Olympics. “We’re in a real battle to get into the playoffs. We take real pride in the Red Wings being in the playoffs every year. We’ve had a struggle this year with so many injuries. There’s no excuses. We have to find way to get in.”

Babcock was on his first visit to Canada since Sunday’s gold medal game.

The Red Wings, clinging to the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot, faced the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night before taking on the Senators in Ottawa on Thursday.

As he usually does on trips to Montreal, Babcock spent Tuesday evening at McGill University, where he captained the Redmen in the 1980s. He dropped off his annual donation, gave pep talks to the men’s and women’s teams at their practices and had dinner with old friends.

“I sat in the middle of the table so no-one could get to me,” he said. “I haven’t talked to anybody, really.

“But Canadians are proud, as they should be. Quebec is very passionate about hockey. My province, Saskatchewan, is too and I’ll get back there this summer. But don’t get me wrong. I’m absolutely so thrilled and proud. We did a great job. But that’s over.”

He planned to wear a McGill tie behind the bench at the Bell Centre, but not the same one he wore for the gold medal game.

things to say about him, calling him a “great kid.”

“Tons of energy. Real positive. Going to continue to grow into a great, great pro,” said Babcock.

“To me, he’s committed to being good and being better. It’s always hard as a high-end athlete any time someone tells you that you can’t play. He was a great teammate and I think he learned a lot. I enjoyed him and his family a lot. He was a big part of our team.”

At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, there was a huge amount of pressure on Babcock and the Canadian team to win gold. They did it on Sidney Crosby’s overtime goal in the final against the Americans.

This time, there were doubts about Canada’s chances, although they are always expected to win gold.

Babcock is used to pressure. And he made sure to get more from the Games than his daily trips to the arena.

“I enjoy being in the NHL — I enjoy the grind and the work and the preparation,” he said.

“But the Olympics was a fantastic experience.

“Being part of a bigger team. Hanging around with the other athletes. Going to other events. Getting to know them good. Getting your picture taken with them. Having a few pops with them. Those are all great experiences and things you’ll remember forever.”

He did not have any Red Wings on his Olympic squad, but Canada played against some, including a handful of Swedes. Now, he’ll have to go up against his Olympic players at several stops on the schedule.

“You have a bond with those guys for the rest of your life,” he said. “Any time you win together you always do.

But I know who pays me.”

LOCAL HOME

FRONT CUPCAKES HELP SPCA It was icing galore on Monday as various local businesses in Central Alberta whipped up decadent cupcakes for National Cupcake Day in support of furry friends in need. The Red Deer and District SPCA raked in a whopping $9,109 from cupcake sales, easily exceeding the $1,500 goal. Businesses and individuals have been raising money all month for the nationwide SPCA campaign and donations are still coming in. The Dog and Cat Hospital in Red Deer brought in $1,127. Babycakes Cupcakery has so far donated $500 with more rolling in. Maryview School, Fetch Haus, BMO, AFSC in Lacombe and the RDRH Pharmacy were among many who sold cupcakes and donated.

Top selling individuals included Bev Hoffman, Kayla Kowalchuk and Susan Whiteway. Online donations additionally total over $5,000 so far.

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Plow safety stressed PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HAVE CHILDREN CARRY MESSAGE HOME

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF A cluster of young Red Deer students huddled around two snow plows parked outside St. Martin de Porres School on Wednesday afternoon, eager for a chance to climb up into the driver’s seat.

The snow plow tours to the 42 Grade 2 students at the school were part of the Safer Winter Highway Campaign, presented

by Alberta Transportation and the Alberta Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association.

The provincewide campaign, first started in 2006, calls for safer winter driving from motorists and urgers all drivers to allow snow plow operators the time and space they need to do their jobs.

“This campaign directly ties in with the social studies curriculum, specifically about services Canadians provide, so our goal is simply to put a human face on snow plow operation,” said Dana Myckan, the campaign’s communications consultant. “People see these big trucks and think they’re a big inconvenience and through the children, we can say, ‘Hey we know Dan or Mike the operator and did you know they can’t go as fast as us so we need to slow down.’ So it’s a memorable event for them, we hope, and something they enjoy.”

After a brief presentation inside, the students bundled up and headed outdoors to take a closer look at the massive machines that hunker down on Alberta’s highways to clear off snow and ice.

They also signed their names on the plow’s front blade after climbing into the passenger seat to get the rundown on which button controls what on the dashboard.

“It’s like the controllers for a video

Photo by RENÉE FRANCOEUR/Advocate staff

Aidan Dubois, eight, of Red Deer gets up close and personal with a snow plow’s control panel thanks to help from Dan Sisson, an equipment operator with Alberta Highway Services. game,” shouted one students, hopping back down. “So cool!”

The main goal is to spread the word about how snow plows work and create safer highways through that knowledge, said Kurt Wilkie, operations manager with Alberta Highway Services.

Wilkie, who demonstrated to the children what sand and salt can do to ice and

snow, said there are over 600 plows hard at work on Alberta’s roads.

The campaign has hit three schools so far this year and is planning on visiting another Red Deer school before the end of March. St. Martin is the only Red Deer school the campaign has made a stop at for 2014 so far. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

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Supportive living for adults living with autism spectrum disorder will be the topic of a round table discussion at Red Deer College on Saturday. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Room 1204.

The discussion will explore current options in the community, requirements in the short and long term, respite housing need and possible services. Lunch will be provided. The event is hosted by The Ability Hub, a Calgary-based organization that wants to improve the quality of life and independence for adolescents and adults living with autism spectrum disorder.

For more details or registration at the Red Deer event, call John Seigner at 1-403-681-4503 or jseigner@theabilityhub. org.

Inquiry ordered before trial

AUTHOR TO READ AT RDC An acclaimed author will give a free reading from some of her work at Red Deer College on Friday. Jacqueline Baker will read at noon in the college library’s North Nook. Baker was raised in southwestern Saskatchewan. Her works include A Hard Witching & Other Stories, and The Horseman’s Graves.

Both books were set in the harsh landscape of the Sand Hills on the Saskatchewan-Alberta border. The Horseman’s Graves was a national bestseller and finalist for the Evergreen Award in 2008. Baker is preparing the release of her next novel, The Broken Hours, to be released this September. Although the reading is free, those who attend are invited to bring a non-perishable food item for the college food bank. A bin for the food is located at the front of the library.

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Aspen Heights grade 1 student Natalie Sommerville has her game face on as she slides down the hill in the school yard on Wednesday afternoon. The staff and students at the school took part in an Olympic Celebration Day. After an opening ceremony in the morning, the students at the Red Deer school rotated through a number of Olympic-inspired activities, including sliding events, cross-country skiing, skating, snowshoeing, curling, snow fort building and a winter obstacle course.

Pharmacist gets court date Charges have not been filed yet but a former Innisfail pharmacist will make her first court appearance in April on allegations she stole a massive quantity of painkillers from her employer.

The former pharmacist for the Innisfail Shoppers Drug Mart, a 34-year-old Red Deer woman, will be in Red Deer provincial court on April 10 on a promise to appear.

Innisfail RCMP allege that the woman filled nonexistent prescriptions, emptied portions of Dilaudid capsules and then returned them to the shelf

with as much as 50 per cent of the drug missing and made false records. Police said about 14,000 Dilaudid pills were stolen from the store over a period of 18 months.

Dilaudid is a brand name for hydromorphone hydrochloride, which is in the same narcotics class as heroin, methadone and hydrocodone.

Although she has been issued a promise to appear, formal charges in relation to the incident have not been sworn yet and a name has not been released by police.

The teenager accused of being drunk and crashing into a taxi, killing a passenger, has pleaded not guilty.

Tyler James Wilson, 18, of Brooks has chosen to be tried by judge alone in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. He has been charged in the death of Jonathon David Wood, 33, of Red Deer.

Before the trial can occur, a preliminary inquiry will be held in Red Deer provincial court on Dec. 3 and 4. A preliminary inquiry tests the strength of the Crown’s case.

Wood’s family packed into the Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday to show their support. Taking up two rows of seating, all were sporting orange pins with the words “keep your head up and your heart strong,” in reference to a song by Ben Howard of the same name. Ever since his death, his family has held these words close to their hearts, saying they were words Wood lived by.

Wilson faces dangerous driving causing death charges in relation to the Nov. 2, 2013, crash at the intersection of 30th Avenue and 32nd Street.

Wood had been out at the bar that night following a squash match in a tournament he helped organized.

He chose to take a taxi home.

Represented by Red Deer defence counsel Lorne Goddard, Wilson is alleged to have been intoxicated and crashed into the taxi, killing Wood and injuring the taxi driver.

Alberta ombudsman to hear local concerns Central Albertans who have concerns about unfair treatment by an Alberta government department, agency, commission or designated professional organization can address the ombudsmen next month.

Alberta’s ombudsman Peter Hourihan and a team of investigators will host public meetings in Red Deer on March 11 and in Lacombe on March 12.

Area residents can also talk to an investigator about the patient concerns resolution process of Alberta Health Services.

To schedule a consultation with an investigator, call toll-free 1-888-455-2756.

The meetings, originally slated for December, were rescheduled because of in-

clement weather.

“One of our goals is to help Albertans learn more about administrative fairness and our visit to Red Deer and Lacombe is part of this effort, said Hourihan.

The Red Deer meeting on March 11 is at Parkland Community Living and Supports Society at Bay 2 of 6332 Orr Drive.

Individual consultations with investigators are slated from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 6:30 p.m. The meeting with the ombudsman is at 7 p.m.

On March 12, the location will be the Lacombe Legion at 5138 49th St. The ombudsman and the investigators are available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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

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The ombudsman protects this right by promoting standards of fairness and has the authority to make recommendations if an investigation reveals unfairness.

The ombudsman is an officer of the Alberta legislature and reports directly to that body.

The ombudsman is impartial, operating independently from the Alberta government, political parties and individual elected officials.

For more details about the role and office of the ombudsman, go to www.ombudsman.ab.ca.

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Plugged in, tuned in – and watched CONNECTED DEVICES ON THE INTERNET CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR USERS estimated that there will be 50 billion “things” connected to the Internet by 2020.

For businesses, intellectual property could be at stake.

Hacked security cameras can give criminals or competitors access to how products are made, said Haley.

He said when he talks to business people about this he can “see their jaws drop.”

“It’s not a PC so you never thought you had to worry about it and now you do.”

Last year, a Texas couple reported that their daughter’s connected baby monitor had been hacked and the hacker took control of the camera, spying on the child and saying sexually explicit things.

Home routers that get computers and other devices on the Internet can be a weak spot for hacking. Consumers should change the default password on their routers to make them more secure, said Haley.

It’s up to consumers to be proactive and check manufacturers’ websites for any vulnerabilities with connected objects, at this point, he added.

But Queen’s University Prof. David Skillicorn said consumers often choose convenience over security when it comes to embracing technology.

“So there isn’t going to be a huge amount of push back from consumers,” said Skillicorn, who teaches in the university’s school of computing in Kingston, Ont. “I think at the moment that people dive in thinking, ‘Wow, that’s cool,’ without stopping to think about what else is going on here.”

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — As objects like TVs and alarm systems continue to get connected to the Internet, more money and personal information are potentially out there for hackers to exploit and companies to profit from, experts say.

The growing network of connected objects is referred to as the “Internet of Things” and it’s estimated there will be billions of web-enabled devices by 2020, such as fridges and other appliances, wristwatches, thermostats, weight scales, and so on.

Software security companies have started to see threats to connected security cameras, Internet routers and even baby monitors, said Kevin Haley, a director with Symantec’s security response team in Culver City, Calif.

Unlike for computers and mobile phones, there’s no anti-virus software to prevent hacking on those devices.

“Will someday, somebody attack your refrigerator, or your television set, or your scale?” asked Haley.

“Today, there’s not a lot of benefit to that.

“They’re probably not going to attack until they can figure out a way to make money.”

But Haley said information can be collected about individuals and businesses from their connected “things.”

“What is happening to this data? Is it secure?”

For example, smart TV makers could potentially sell information to advertisers about what consumers are watching, he said. Would health in-

formation be sold based on data gathered from a connected scale, about a person’s weight or how much she exercises? Could hackers exploit this information?

“If that data is running around the

Internet because it’s easier to access and use, it almost always means that it’s easier for others to access. What are the repercussions of that?” Haley said.

Internet equipment maker Cisco has

Ocean fertilization claims disputed in lawsuit

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — An American businessman involved in a controversial ocean fertilization experiment off the British Columbia coast misled his Canadian partners about his credentials and is essentially holding the scientific experiment hostage, the man’s estranged partners allege in court documents.

Russ George launched a civil lawsuit last month against the Haida Salmon Restoration Corp. and others involved in the controversial experiment, which saw 100 tonnes of iron dust dumped into the Pacific in July 2012 in the belief it would feed salmon and capture carbon.

George’s suit claimed he was wrongly “frozen out” of the venture and subjected to “false, defamatory and malicious” accusations by his former partners.

But the corporation filed a response this week in B.C. Supreme Court, alleging George made false and misleading claims to persuade the company to proceed with the experiment. The document said George contributed little and did not have the expertise he claimed.

“During the ocean voyage and ship preparations, Mr. George exhibited a tendency to behave in a manner that

was irrational, unprofessional and offensive to others, and engaged in certain inappropriate conduct including a physical assault upon the project leader, which resulted in the early termination of the voyage,” the 21-page document alleged.

George and his company, Ocean Pastures Corp., “simply did not possess the technology and know-how that they had previously represented to (Haida Salmon) they possessed,” said the court document.

Once the experiment came to light in the media, George made “public statements that were false, exaggerated, embarrassing or otherwise inappropriate,” the Haida corporation said in its court filing.

The response alleged George removed equipment and data from the company’s shuttered office.

The documents also alleged George failed to disclose a conflict of interest, because he held shares in Haida Salmon Restoration and owned a company the corporation was negotiating with.

George is a controversial figure in the world of so-called climate geo-engineering, and the experiment, which took place in the Pacific Ocean near the Haida Gwaii islands, was not the first time he has run into opposition.

The iron dust was dumped into the ocean in the belief it would cause a phytoplankton bloom, which in turn

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Scientists are experimenting with the ultimate in hands-off monitoring of Canada’s polar bear population by counting the animals from space.

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outstrip its assets by millions of dollars, but McNamee said the corporation is not bankrupt and the science can continue.

Haida Salmon had, in fact, negotiated a carbon offset sale to a company called Blue Carbon, according to court documents, but that deal was derailed

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The practice is unproven. International scientists condemned the unsanctioned experiment, and the federal environment minister announced an investigation into what he called “rogue science.”

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Guitarist dazzled fans with flamenco rhythms

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Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans on May 6, 2011. Members of the Grammy Award-winning band are up for the original score Oscar at The Academy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Butler brothers’ relationship at heart of Arcade Fire’s success

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PACO DE LUCIA

MADRID, Spain — Paco de Lucia, one of the world’s greatest guitarists who dazzled audiences with his lightning-speed flamenco rhythms and finger work, has died in Mexico, Spanish officials said Wednesday. He was 66.

De Lucia suffered a heart attack while on vacation at the Caribbean beach resort of Playa del Carmen and was taken to a hospital where he died, Quintana Roo state attorney general Gaspar Armando Garcia told Mexico’s Enfoque Radio.

“Paco lived as he wished and died playing with his children beside the sea,” said a statement from de Lucia’s family published on the websites of Spanish newspapers.

A spokeswoman for the southern Spanish city of Algeciras where de Lucia grew up and maintained strong ties said he had several houses, including one in Mexico. She spoke on condition of anonymity because regulations did not allow her to be identified publicly.

Describing the death as unexpected and premature, Spanish Education and Culture Minister Jose Ignacio Wert said de Lucia was “a unique and unrepeatable figure.”

De Lucia — whose real name was Francisco Sanchez Gomez — was best-known for flamenco but also experimented with other genres of music. One of his most famous recordings was Friday Night in San Francisco, recorded with fellow guitarists John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola in 1981.

During the 1960s and 1970s, he formed an extremely popular duo with late flamenco singer legend Camaron de la Isla, with the two working together on 10 records.

His 1973 rumba Entre Dos Aguas (Between Two Waters) became one of the most popular recordings in Spain.

De Lucia was awarded the Culture Ministry’s Fine Arts Gold Medal in 1992 and the prestigious Prince of Asturias prize for the Arts in 2004. He was granted a Doctor Honoris Causa degree by Berklee College of Music in 2010.

His last studio album Cositas buenas (Good Things) earned him his first Latin Grammy in 2004 while his 2012 live recording En Vivo (Live) received a second.

Born Dec. 21, 1947, de Lucia was immersed in flamenco music from an early age, with his father, Antonio, and two brothers playing guitar and a third brother an accomplished flamenco singer. He took his artistic name from that of his Portuguese mother, Lucia.

From a poor background, de Lucia’s formal schooling ended when he was 11, and he was soon out playing flamenco in local bars. At 14 he made his

NASHVILLE — Win and Will Butler of Arcade Fire aren’t your average brothers.

Sure, they spent their youngest years at odds, as brothers will. But early on they discovered something that would inform the rest of their lives as creative partners at the heart of one of rock ’n’ roll’s most creative and single-minded bands.

“I left the house when I was 15 to go to boarding school and would come back in the summers, and I started to realize he’s the only person I related to in the whole everywhere,” Win Butler, 33, said.

“There’s not too many people in the world where you literally have the exact same influences, so we kind of developed this language to work together where it’s really easy.”

“That doesn’t mean we see everything identically,” Will Butler, 31, said. “But it means that, certainly in artistic endeavours, there’s a bit more emATLANTA — A security guard for Justin Bieber pathy and compassion for each other because we see where they’re coming from. And we tend to agree admitted to taking a camera from a photographer but told officers he wanted only to delete photos taken more than two random musicians would.”

That relationship is at the heart of Arcade Fire’s outside an arcade the singer had visited, according success and creativity, something that is on full dis- to police documents released Wednesday.

Photographer Jason Winslow was in a parking lot play this week as the Grammy Award-winning group flies from one end of the continent to the other, and outside the Sandy Springs Funhouse family enterback. In the space of three weeks, Arcade Fire mem- tainment complex when security guard Hugo Hesny bers will have played in a Mardi Gras parade while told him to leave, according to a police report. Winin New Orleans, played The Tonight Show, performed slow continued to shoot photos from farther away. in Haiti, and then returned home to Montreal for two Hesny then chased him, cut him off, opened the door days to pack for a trip to Los Angeles and the Acad- of Winslow’s vehicle, took Winslow’s camera and emy Awards, where the band is up for best original drove away, the photographer told police.

Hesny, 32, of Davie, Fla., is charged with robbery score for its work on Her. “Normally when I come back from Haiti, I just by snatch, Sandy Springs police Capt. Steve Rose look at all the power lines and streets and road signs said. He is scheduled to appear in court Thursday in and I’m just, ‘Wow, look at all this infrastructure,”’ Atlanta.

An attorney for Hesny, Elias Hilal of Fort LauWin Butler said. “I’m kind of in a daze the first couple of days when I get back to North America. But go- derdale, Fla., told The Associated Press on Wednesing from Haiti to the belly of the beast (at the Oscars) day that he hasn’t had an opportunity to review the police reports. Hilal said he was planning to fly is going to be something of a mind blow.”

After the show, the group flies directly to Louis- to Georgia on Wednesday afternoon to meet with ville, Ky., for rehearsals and the launch of a summer- Hesny.

A representative for Bieber did not immediately long North American tour, interspersed with European festival dates. Add to the hectic mix the birth return an email seeking comment Wednesday.

Bieber was not outside and was not part of the arof a son to Win Butler and his wife and bandmate gument, police said.

Regine Chassagne.

The intense workload since the six-piece began recording Reflektor last year has required the kind of teamwork the brothers and their band have perfected since Will and Win began writing songs together growing up near Houston.

The band worked on Reflektor, the follow-up to MIAMI — Justin Bieber walks unsteadily and the 2010 Grammy album of the year The Suburbs, and even appears to stumble while performing a sobriety Spike Jonze’s best picture-nominated film in parallel test shortly after his January arrest on driving under fashion — the album even contains a song proposed the influence and other charges, according to police for the score that didn’t make the film. They record- video released Wednesday. ed Reflektor with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem Only a few moments depict Bieber in the roughly and Markus Dravs serving as producers, delivering 10 hours of video released by Miami-Dade County an unpredictable but completely danceable record prosecutors following full of Haitian-influenced rhythms and reflective lyr- public records requests ics. from The Associated The work on Her began when Win Butler and Chassagne stayed at longtime friend and collab2013 - 2014 orator Jonze’s house in Season Lineup Los Angeles during the The Oldest Profession early screenwriting proby Paula Vogel Feb. 20 - Mar. 8 7:30 pm cess. They traded story - 2 pm Feb. 23 and musical ideas about Nickle Studio, Memorial Centre the world Jonze created One Flew Over the in the film about a man’s Cuckoo’s Nest love for an artificially inby Ken Kesey telligent operating sysMar. 27 - April 12 7:30 pm -2:00 pm Mar. 30 tem, and quickly came $ 00 City Centre Stage to the conclusion they Simmons Mattress should score the film.

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Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia, performs on the Miles Davis Hall stage at the 44th Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, on July 8, 2010. first record with his brother Pepe, Los Chiquitos de Algeciras (Kids of Algeciras).

Although de Lucia had no formal musical training, from an early age he impressed people with his remarkable dexterity, hand strength and technique that allowed him to produce machine-gun-like “picado” riffs so characteristic of flamenco guitar.

“I have always found that the more technique you have the easier it is to express yourself,” he told Spain’s El Pais newspaper in an interview in 2004. “If you lack technique you lose the freedom to create.”

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The videos were recorded at the Miami Beach Police Department shortly after Bieber and R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff were arrested during what officers said was an illegal street drag race in exotic sports cars. They were not charged with drag racing, however.

In one clip, Bieber — dressed in a dark hoodie with the hood over his head, dark baggy shorts and bright red shoes — wavers as he tries to walk carefully and slowly heel to toe. He stumbles slightly as he turns and appears to have his arms out for balance. In a second try he stumbles again, even reaching out to a wall for support, and has an animated face-to-face conversation with a police officer in which both point fingers at each other.

There are only brief glimpses of the pop singer’s face and no close-ups in the medium-quality video,.

Academy award-winner Affleck draws attention to Congo WASHINGTON — Academy award-winner Ben Affleck understands that celebrity is a double-edged sword, helping him draw attention to the strife and suffering in the Congo while attracting skeptics dismissive of Hollywood stars and causes.

So the actor and director did a self-described tutorial before launching the Eastern Congo Initiative four years ago, a non-profit advocacy group dedicated to peace and prosperity in the region. On Wednesday, he brought his star power and expertise to Washington, meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry and testifying on Capitol Hill.

Affleck also met individually with several lawmakers and sat down for interviews along with former Sen. Russell Feingold, the special envoy for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Genius ideas day as the Moon trot through your in Aquarius beASTRO mind. Today you friends Uranus DOYNA have no probin Aries and lem expressing it sits close to yourself freely Mercury, the and openly to cosmic chitchatter. We tend to break out the adored one.

CAPRICORN (Dec. of boring routines and cre22-Jan. 19): You may find ate one that is eccentric and unconventional. Unorthodox a greater support and reininclinations will evoke in us forcement through the disthe desire to move forward charge of a specific memoin the search of emotional in- rabilia. Letting go of them dependence. Our reactions brings you much more inner are quick and responsive. In satisfaction and a sense of general, we are comfortable renewal. Rid yourself of outwith change as it offers us a of-date belongings.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20form of free expressions and Feb. 18): You seek advena world free of restrictions.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If to- ture and you want to live life day is your birthday, the fol- in the moment. You tend to lowing year will be an intro- align yourself with individuverted one for you. You will als who stimulate and inspire want to keep your thoughts you. A chance encounter with and your emotions all to a friend or an interesting conyourself. It also appears that nection will capture you by a whatever you have to dis- nice surprise.

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ARIES (March 21-April yourself. Break the hold of 19): You are the life of the particular patterns and inparty. Free of any complexi- hibitions that deteriorate ties or feelings of inadequacy, your self-consciousness. you can function effortlessly This could include your eatjust in every kind of social ing habits, addictions or just environment. You will bring something which you hold on a sense of pleasant surprises too dearly. to others today.

Astro Doyna is an internaTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do not fear of express- tionally syndicated astrologer ing yourself in a way that you and columnist. Her column think others might take the appears daily in the Advowrong way. In fact, whatever cate. you have to bring into your worldly affairs will be welcomed, much to your surprise. Exciting opportunities may pop out of the blue for you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You have a particular set of beliefs or a philosophy about an interest that may be considered unorthodox by others. You are so connected to this vision that you may disconnect yourself from reality quite unconsciously.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your debt might find a sudden relief and you could breathe more easily. An unexpected cash flow or inheritance might also be a possibility, but not without your total and complete attention.

If you get distracted, important details will slip you by.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Relationships that can offer you a sufficient amount of independence and excitement is the kind of partnership that will get your attention. You need someone that can provide you constant stimulation and you are not shy to voice about this either.

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Dear Annie: I’m livid. My keeps coming in, that’s what is go14-year-old daughter and her ing to be out there. The only movfriends want to see a certain PG- ies guaranteed not to have such 13 movie on Saturday. But after I material are those rated G and read the reviews, I will not allow PG. Beyond that, parents have to her to go. Why does the read reviews and use film industry produce their best judgment. movies with words and Dear Annie: My parscenes that are such ents, who were both filth? from West Virginia, met We want movies for in college and settled our children that have in New York. decent content and tell We spent our childstories that have valhood summers on our ues and drama without grandparents’ farms, us parents always havand I couldn’t wait to ing to worry that what go back. I work now will be said or shown as a special education is contrary to what we teacher and live in a MITCHELL want our children exsmall village in the posed to.

Blue Ridge Mountains. & SUGAR Can’t some great Every summer, my producer or film school sisters and I get togethgraduate figure that er in New York. Last out? They would be summer, we met at the surprised to know how many par- home of one sister who married ents no longer allow their kids to into wealth. Although I have been go to the movies, and that means ignoring her occasional criticisms no money in their pockets. about my hair, makeup, clothes Please, let’s protect their inno- and shoes for decades, this sumcence as long as possible before mer was particularly difficult. they have to see the world’s ugli- Late in the evening, she began a ness passed off as entertainment. long satirical monologue about — Mom how cheap and ugly my shoes Dear Mom: If all kids truly were. A few of the others chimed stayed away from PG-13 movies in, but I don’t hold it against them. that contained too much violence, They were doing it to avoid besex and foul language, change ing her next target. After all, they would come. Unfortunately, that’s live near her and have to endure not what happens. Your daughter her ostentatious behaviour often. and her friends might stay home, I couldn’t wait to leave. but most kids don’t.

I value family, especially now We, too, wish Hollywood would that we are older and two of my stop pandering to our most base siblings have passed away. But I’m instincts, but as long as the money beginning to wonder. By the time I

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leave these gatherings, I feel disrespected and diminished. I have close friends in West Virginia who love and value me. I’m wondering whether I should bow out of these summer reunions and limit my exposure to Christmas only. — Thank God I’m a Country Girl Dear Country Girl: You certainly don’t have to subject yourself to such poor treatment frequently, but have you told your sister how her belittling comments make you feel? She may not realize how much she is hurting you and that her nastiness destroys the family closeness you crave. She may claim that she was “only joking,” but still, give her the opportunity to clean up her act before you take drastic action.

Dear Annie: “Tired of Living the Lie” states that her children are hurt because they feel their happy childhood was a lie. It was a lie. I am sick of hearing how people put up with a lousy marriage for “the sake of their children.”

You do your children a far greater disservice by raising them in a dysfunctional, loveless facade of a marriage than you would raising them as a single parent.

You need to cherish, love and honour yourself before you think of finding another man. Don’t quit counselling. — I Moved On Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Report a boon for Keystone

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A consulting firm that helped write an environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline complied with federal rules regarding possible conflict of interest, the State Department’s inspector general said Wednesday in a report that buoyed supporters of the controversial pipeline and disappointed critics.

The report said the contractor, Environmental Resources Management, fully disclosed that some staff members who worked on the State Department report had previously done work with the pipeline operator, Calgary-based TransCanada. None of the work for TransCanada involved Keystone XL, and all of it occurred before the staff members began work at ERM, the report said.

The State Department followed federal guidelines regarding use of outside contractors, the report said,

“and at times was more rigorous than that guidance.”

Still, the report said the State Department’s process for hiring outside contractors can be improved, adding that requirements for documenting how contractors are selected were “minimal.”

London-based ERM largely wrote the State Department’s Jan. 31 environmental report on the $5.3 billion pipeline, which would carry oil derived from tar sands in western Canada through the U.S. heartland to the Texas Gulf Coast. The report raised no major environmental objections to the pipeline and was seen as a major victory for pipeline supporters.

Environmental groups have criticized the State Department’s hiring of ERM, saying the firm should be disqualified because of its previous work for TransCanada.

A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, a strong Keystone supporter, said the inspector general’s report was the latest study to find no reason for

the Obama administration to continue blocking the project. The pipeline was first proposed in 2008.

“It’s long past time the president stop pandering to his extremist allies and just approve it so we can get people back to work,” Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck said.

But Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., a pipeline critic, said the inspector general’s review was overly narrow.

The report focused on “whether the State Department followed its own flawed process for selecting a third-party contractor,” Grijalva said. “The fact that the answer is ‘yes’ doesn’t address any outstanding concerns about the integrity of ERM’s work, the State Department’s in-house ability to evaluate its quality or whether the process itself needs to be reformed.”

Far from inspiring confidence in the project, the report “is evidence of the problem,” Grijalva said.

The 1,179-mile pipeline has become a symbol of the political debate over climate change.

PERSONAL DEBT

Canadians headed for record year

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Canadians are still on target for a record year of personal debt despite ending 2013 by making a small dent in the money they owe, says credit monitoring agency TransUnion.

At the end of last year, Canadians owed a total of $27,368 on such things as lines of credit, credit cards and car loans, TransUnion said in a study released Wednesday.

That’s down $117, or 0.42 per cent, from $27,485 in the fourth quarter of 2012 — the highest level of nonmortgage debt on record.

“We’ve been told over and over and over again from so many places that we’ve got to get this debt down and we can’t make it happen,” said Thomas Higgins, TransUnion’s vice-president of analytics and decision services.

TransUnion is sticking by its prediction that average consumer’s total non-mortgage debt will hit an all-time high of $28,853 by the end of 2014.

“There’s nothing to give us any indication that the debt levels are going to start to come down in any noticeable chunk,” Higgins said from Toronto. “Right now, we’re still trending in that direction (to higher debt), for sure.”

Higgins said Canadians started to pile on debt in the years before the 2008 recession. He said he’d have to see Canadians’ personal debt being reduced consistently by $500 to $1,000 over four to six quarters before he would say “we’re sorting of heading somewhere.”

In the last quarter of 2013, consumers’ credit card debt and debt on lines of credit were down a bit, Higgins said.

But consumers spent a little less on holiday shopping only because they got “better deals” rather than consciously cutting spending, he said.

The study also found that loan delinquencies in the quarter ended Dec. 31 were down, meaning that consumers were making minimum payments.

“We may not be paying all of it, but we’re paying enough down so that you’re still in good standing.”

But Higgins cautioned that if anything impacts the economy, the markets or interest rates, delinquency rates are usually impacted first.

Meanwhile, the study also found that Vancouver residents experienced the biggest increase in consumer debt, hitting $41,077 at the end of last year, up seven per cent from $38,357 in 2012.

On the other hand, those in Montreal managed to reduce their debt by 5.5 per cent from $19,651 to an average of $18,563, the lowest among residents of all major Canadian cities.

Higgins said Vancouver generally has higher incomes allowing consumers to take on more debt, while consumers in Montreal usually save to buy bigger items or pay with debit cards.

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The Red Deer Target Store at the Bower Place Shopping Centre. The U.S. company announced on Wednesday Target Corp. that its Canadian segment suffered a US$329-million loss before interest and taxes.

Target’s Canadian stores loses nearly US$1 billion since opening last March

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A lukewarm reception to Target’s first expansion outside the United States contributed to a nearly $1-billion loss for the Canadian operations of the discount retailer last year.

In the fourth quarter alone, Target Corp. said its Canadian segment suffered a US$329-million loss before interest and taxes. The retailer generated US$623 million of sales in Canada but said it struggled with gross margins of 4.4 per cent, reflecting efforts to lower prices to clear excess inventory.

Overall, the Minneapolis-based retailer said Wednesday that it earned US$520 million, or 81 cents per share in the quarter, down from $961 million, or $1.47 per share a year earlier.

Revenue fell to US$21.5 billion from $22.7 billion as revenue at stores open at least a year, an important retail measurement, fell 2.5 per cent. Analysts had expected a profit of 80 cents on revenue of $21.5 billion, according to FactSet estimates.

It said the costs associated with moving to Canada reduced the company’s quarter’s net income by 40 cents per share and full-year net income by US$1.13 per share.

Gregg Steinhafel, chairman, president and CEO of Target, told analysts that markdowns during the holiday period helped the retailer reduce average

inventory rates at Canadian stores by 30 per cent in the quarter.

“While 2013 was a disappointing year financially, we’ve entered the new year with the right plans in place to grow profitably and generate meaningful improved financial performance in 2014 and beyond,” he said in a conference call.

For the full year, the Canadian segment lost US$941 million before excluded items on US$1.3 billion of sales, with its annual gross margin at 14.9 per cent.

Hopes had been high when Target opened its first stores in Canada last year after buying some of the properties from the now-defunct Canadian discounter Zellers.

But since its entry last March, the retailer has faced high expansion costs and disappointing sales as shoppers complained about near-empty shelves and notably higher prices than at U.S. Target stores.

Retail consultant Maureen Atkinson said competition for consumers’ dollars is fierce in Canada, as other retailers like Walmart and Shoppers Drug Mart ramped up their expansion plans in preparation for Target’s arrival.

“There have been fundamental issues here (with Target),” said Atkinson, who is with the Torontobased firm J.C. Williams Group.

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Malley disciplinary hearing going ahead as scheduled

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) has rejected a request by Brian and Christine Malley that their disciplinary hearing be postponed.

Brian Malley is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the Nov. 25, 2011, death of Innisfail resident Vicky Shachtay. RCMP said the 23-yearold mother was killed when a bomb that had been delivered to her home exploded.

A registered representative of Assante Capital Management Inc., Malley was arrested in May 2012.

Subsequently, IIROC scheduled a disciplinary hearing, alleging that Malley failed to co-operate with its investigation into his conduct, failed to know essential facts relative to some of his clients, made unsuitable recommendations to some clients, and made discretionary trades without authorization.

Malley’s wife Christine, who worked for Assante as manager of its Red Deer sub-branch, is also a party in IIROC’s hearing. She’s alleged to have failed

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to co-operate with IIROC’s investigation and failed to exercise her supervisory responsibilities with respect to Brian Malley’s clients.

The IIROC hearing is scheduled for March 3 to 5 in Edmonton, but the Malleys had sought a stay pending the disposition of the criminal charges against Brian Malley. An IIROC panel dismissed that application, stating that it would provide reasons for its decision later.

Brian Malley’s trial is scheduled for early 2015.

The Malleys were both terminated by Assante following Brian Malley’s arrest, according to IIROC’s notice of hearing.

They face fines of up to $1 million for each contravention of IIROC’s dealer member rules, and professional sanctions.

The Malleys have also been named in a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Assante clients whose investments were managed by Brian Malley. It seeks $80 million in damages, with Assante also named a defendant.

The allegations contained in IIROC’s notice of hearing and in the statement of claim for the class action lawsuit have not been proven.

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Royal Bank CEO says consumer lending business still growing TORONTO — The Royal Bank has seen the growth of its consumer lending business slow down and that’s a good thing, RBC chief executive Gord Nixon said Wednesday.

“I think there is no question that consumer debt growing at the pace that it has over the last number of years is not sustainable,” Nixon said.

However, the head of one of Canada’s largest banks, noted RBC’s consumer lending business is still growing in the mid-single digits.

“It is not as robust as it was, but it is still a pretty healthy market,” Nixon said.

Canadians have taken advantage of record-low interest rates in recent years to borrow heavily and are carrying record amounts in debt.

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 101.89 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 52.14 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.85 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.48 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.57 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.59 Cdn. National Railway . . 62.33 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 172.50 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.32 Capital Power Corp . . . . 23.11 Cervus Equipment Corp 24.05 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 47.83 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 47.11 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 29.79 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.56 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.83 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 19.32 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.30 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 48.85 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 65.74 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.60 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.88 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.02

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.64 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.19 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 60.22 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.78 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.25 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 23.12 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 26.69 First Quantum Minerals . 21.52 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 30.15 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.79 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.73 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.16 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.99 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 24.68

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 98.74 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.54 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.14 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.59 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 15.89

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 29.92 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 33.90 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 62.05 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.71 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 54.60 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 40.76 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.97 Canyon Services Group. 11.87 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 26.68 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.580 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 21.23 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.66 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 95.79

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed little changed Wednesday amid positive earnings reports from Royal Bank (TSX:RY) and a couple of big retailers.

The S&P/TSX composite index had been higher for most of the session but closed down 0.4 of a point at 14,188.58 amid losses in gold and energy stocks.

The Canadian dollar dropped

0.34 of a cent to 89.86 cents US. U.S. indexes registered minor gains after sales of new homes in the United States rebounded in January to the fastest pace in more than five years The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 18.75 points to 16,198.41 after the Commerce Department said sales of new homes increased 9.6 per cent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 468,000.

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 55.16 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.84 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 33.39 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 48.78 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.49 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 9.05 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.220 Precision Drilling Corp . . 11.96 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.79 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.54 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.70 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 10.94 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 62.84 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 73.14 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.42 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.59 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 35.78 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.51 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.28 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 53.53 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 66.64 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.92 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 44.23 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.51 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 72.09 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 38.57 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.42

It came as a surprise to economists, who had been forecasting a sales drop in January of around four per cent, in part because of a belief that activity would be held back by winter storms in many parts of the country.

The Nasdaq was up 4.47 points to 4,292.06 while the S&P 500 index added 0.04 a point to 1,845.16.

Royal Bank’s (TSX:RY) quar-

terly net income was up two per cent from a year ago to $2.09 billion or $1.38 a share. Ex-items, RBC earned $1.47 a share, which was above estimates. The bank also announced its quarterly dividend will increase by six per cent to 71 cents per common share. Its shares slipped 61 cents to $72.09 but RBC stock had already charged ahead 5.5 per cent this month.

“They’re very well run and they’re the envy of the world but with that dominant position comes some fairly full valuations,” observed Stephen Lingard, managing director at Franklin Templeton Solutions.

Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) and National Bank (TSX:NA) also issued earnings reports this week that beat expectations.

The earnings news was mixed in the retailing segment as Sears Canada Inc. (TSX:SCC) had a $373.7-million net profit in its fiscal fourth quarter, up from $39.9 million a year earlier. But the showing was largely due to gains from unusual items, including early lease terminations for some large stores that are closing. Its shares rose 32 cents to $13.62.

Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) says a massive data breach over the holidays helped push its quarterly profit down 46 per cent to $520 million or 81 cents a share, beating estimates by a penny. Revenue fell to $21.5 billion from $22.7 billion, meeting expectations, and its shares ran ahead $3.98 or 7.04 per cent to $60.49 in New York.

On the TSX, tech stocks led advancers with Davis + Henderson (TSX:DH) ahead $1.65 to

$30.70. But BlackBerry (TSX:BB) fell 25 cents to $11.48.

BlackBerry stock had surged about 18 per cent since Feb. 17 on rising investor confidence and ran up sharply earlier this week after CEO John Chen unveiled two smartphones at the Mobile World Congress trade fair in Barcelona.

The base metals group was up almost one per cent with March copper off a cent at US$3.24 a pound.

The gold sector dropped about one per cent as April bullion fell $14.70 to US$1,328 an ounce.

The energy sector was down 0.34 per cent with the April crude contract in New York up 76 cents to US$102.59 a barrel.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,188.58, down 0.40 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,008.16, down 2.58 points TSX 60 — 814.47, up 0.24 points Dow — 16,198.41, up 18.75 points S&P 500 — 1,845.16, up 0.04 points Nasdaq — 4,292.06, up 4.47 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 89.86 cents US, down 0.34 of a cent Pound — C$1.8548, up 0.67 of a cent Euro — C$1.5228 down 0.04 of a cent

Euro — US$1.3684, down 0.56 of a cent Oil futures: US$102.59 per barrel, up 76 cents (April contract) Gold futures: US$1,328 per oz., down $14.70 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.499 oz., down 77.7 cents $787.64 kg, down $24.98 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $0.40 higher $415.50; May ’14 $0.50 higher $425.50; July ’14 $0.30 higher $435.30; Nov. ’14 unchanged 452.20; Jan ’15 unchanged $459.40; March ’15 $0.10 higher $466.60; May ’15 $0.50 higher $471.20; July ’15 $3.30 higher $476.70; Nov ’15 $3.30 higher $472.90; Jan. ’16 $3.30 higher $472.90; March ’16 $3.30 higher $472.90.

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

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 603,660 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 603,660.

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Work continues on the new Marriott Hotel at 6822 66th St. in Red Deer. The developer behind the hotel, located at the north end of Oriole Park, has confirmed that it will operate under Marriott’s TownPlace Suites banner. Estimated to cost $12.8 million, the fourstorey hotel will consist of 92 suites, with the possibility of 71 more in the future. They will all have full kitchens, with other amenities to include a breakfast room, an exercise and spa room, a small boardroom and laundry facilities.

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Atkinson said a more intense marketing campaign in Canada could work if Target is successful at portraying itself as a go-to value destination for “frequency categories” such as groceries, cosmetics and health products.

“Canadians aren’t used to coming frequently to a store like Target because they treat it more like a department store, whereas Target wants to be seen as a grocery store or drug store,” she said.

“Obviously it would help if people came to the store more times because there will be more opportunities for them to buy things.”

The company’s chief financial officer, John Mulligan, attributed the disappointing earnings to growing pains the company experienced with its rapid Canadian expansion.

Looking ahead, he expects Canadian sales to nearly double to $2.6 billion in 2014, with stores approaching a higher annual gross margin rate of approximately 30 per cent.

“But clearly, we will see some near-term volatility until the Canadian business matures,” said Mulligan, who is also the retailer’s executive vicepresident.

Despite the rocky start, the retailer, the second-largest U.S. dis-

Since the discovery of the breach, Target has committed to providing a year’s worth of credit monitoring in Canada and the U.S. It also said it will invest US$100 million into equipping its U.S. stores with Target branded chip credit and debit cards, and put $5 million towards a coalition with the Better Business Bureau that will help educate consumers about retail fraud prevention.

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count department store operator after Walmart, announced last month that it will open nine more stores in Canada this year. Two locations will be in Mississauga, Ont., with one store each in Toronto, Ottawa and Barrie, Ont. Stores will also be added in Edmonton, Victoria, Winnipeg and Candiac, Que. By the end of 2014, Target said it would have 133 locations in Canada.

Meanwhile, the company also said a massive data breach over the holidays contributed to a 46 per cent drop in its overall fourth-quarter profit, and drove down sales at all of its stores by 5.3 per cent.

The breach resulted in US$17 million of net expenses in the fourth quarter, Target said, with US$61 million of total expenses partially offset by the recognition of a US$44 million insurance receivables.

It said it could not categorize how much the breach will cost the company in the future.

Target said as many as 40 million credit and debit card accounts at its U.S. stores were compromised between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. It later revealed that hackers also stole personal information — including names, phone numbers as well as email and mailing addresses — from as many as 70 million customers.

Canadians who visited U.S. Target stores during this period could’ve also been victimized, but unlike the affected U.S. customers, who had payment data from their debit and credit cards taken, the Canadian information was limited to contact information, according to the company.

The number of Canadians affected is estimated to less than 700,000 customers.

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BESSELINK Colleen Louis May 31, 1965 - Feb. 23, 2014 A Celebration of life will be held for Colleen on Saturday, March 01, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Word Of Life Center in Red Deer.

CARLSON Marie Eugenie Nov. 21, 1946 - Feb. 23, 2014 Marie Carlson passed away with family at her side at the Red Deer Hospice on Sunday, February 23, 2014. Marie contacted Polio at the age of 6 and spent a lot of her childhood life in hospitals.

She managed to graduate from Marion High School in 1965. In May of 1968, she was united in marriage to Eldon Carlson, together they raised a family of four; Gregory (Kathy) of Marwayne, AB, Curtis of Red Deer, AB, Danette (Scott) Bonter of Red Deer, AB, and Christopher (Michelle) of Sylvan Lake, AB. Marie is grandmother to ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Marie and Eldon have lived in Bowden, Rocky Mountain House, Red Deer, and finally settling in Delburne for the last 34 years. A good lover, mother, friend, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was predeceased by brother-in-law Bernard Delorme, sister Delia Cossette, one brother Francis, infant sister Marianne, her parents; Ernest and Marie Bourassa, and father-in-law Lloyd Carlson. Marie is survived by sisters: Cecile Delorme, Philomene (Jerry) Brochu, Marty (Doug) Barker, brother-in-law Cien (Dianna) Cossette, brothers; Marius (Elaine) Bourassa, Rene Bourassa, and Michael (Shelley) Bourassa, sister-in-law Mavis (Art) Gessner, Audrey (Lyle) Carlson, Eileen (Brian) Tranquilla, brothers-in-law; Cal (Cheryl) Carlson, Phillip (Debbie) Carlson, Lorne (Helen) Carlson, and Garnett Carlson. She will be missed by all who knew her.

A Prayer Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held at St. 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.

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Obituaries FRANCIS Elisabeth (Crosby) May 16, 1923 - Feb. 23, 2014 Elisabeth passed away peacefully at Extendicare, Red Deer on February 23, 2014. She is predeceased by daughter Beverley, son-inlaw Larry Reeves and husband George. She will be lovingly remembered by daughter Brenda Reid (Greg), son Ken Francis (Mary), and granddaughters; Sandra Reeves (Brian), Kathleen and Rhonda Reid (Chad), and Rita and Lena Francis, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Elisabeth lived her life with grace, kindness and humor.

She was deeply committed to her faith, family and friends.

A special thank you to Sidney Crosby and Ron MacLean for lasting memories. A Funeral service at Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 50th Street, Red Deer, will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to Gaetz Memorial United Church or Alzheimer Society of Alberta appreciated.

RILEY Cheryl On February 23, 2014, Cheryl passed away peacefully with her family at her side after a long battle with cancer. She leaves behind her husband of 36 years Eldon, Parents; Edwin and Violet Kisinger, daughters; Alissa (Steven), Aleigha (Jared), and Nana’s precious grandchildren; Austin and Olivia, Joshua and Katelyn.

She was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, moved to Calgary then to Red Deer where she met Eldon. They married and raised their two girls. During that time, she worked at AGT, later Telus, then at Vital Documents until she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

After surviving that battle, she spent her time being with her family and friends, camping at Wilderness and volunteering with victims services. Cheryl always had a positive attitude, she loved being with her family and friends. Over the years, she volunteered with the Brownies/Girl Guides and the Red Deer Royals. She was an avid camper and enjoyed travelling. Cheryl was an accomplished crafter, enjoyed sewing, scrapbooking, crocheting and was the ultimate organization queen. A memorial service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Monday, March 3, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Cheryl’s name may be made directly to the Cancer Center, Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, 3942-50A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4E7.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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In Memoriam In Loving Memory of Our Son, Brother & Uncle JAMIE RADKE His charming ways and smiling face Are a pleasure to recall; He had a kindly word for each And died beloved by all.

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STANFIELD (Le Vesconte) 1924 - 2014 Jean passed away peacefully on February 21, 2014 at the age of 89 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. Family brought her joy and laughter. She will be lovingly remembered by her children Ralph Stanfield (Sheila), Diane Zimmerman (Jimmy); grandsons Garrett (Kim), Aaron (Bailey) Zimmerman; great grandsons Lucas, Carter and Tyler. Also to cherish Jean’s memory are sisters Ruth Henderson (Calgary), Kathleen Schaeffer (Victoria), many nieces, nephews, family members and friends. Jean was born in Regina. Sask. and moved to Calgary living out most of her life . Jean lost the love of her life Ross at a young age which resulted in her having to be sole provider for her children. She worked hard and was proud of her jobs at the McGavin’s Bakery, Palliser Hotel, Carolina and other restaurants she managed where she made many friends and even more memories. Also learning many life lessons that she passed on to her family. Jean was an avid bowler winning many trophies and top awards, was always ready to play cards, going to crib tournaments and always ready to yell BINGO at her weekly Bingo games. She enjoyed knitting, crosswords, watching game shows and reading her weekly magazines to keep current with the world of entertainment. Jean was very active running the Bingo at West Hillhurst Community Association in Calgary, volunteered with the seniors go-getters and various other groups. Jean was predeceased by her husband Ross; her parents Olive and Ernest Le Vesconte; sisters Noreen Kayter and Dorothy Kimmit; several other family and friends.

Jean lived her later years in Red Deer with her daughter; lived at Parkvale Lodge from 2008-2013, a short time at Pines Lodge and Unit 31 at RDRH. Jean’s family extends their most heartfelt gratitude to the nurses and doctors for their care, kindness and compassion they provided Jean and her family as they made Unit 31 her home in her last months. It was a rollercoaster ride filled with restful days and on Jean’s good days she showed the world there were still sparks and humour left in her.

“To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord Jesus.”

John 3:16 The family will host a memorial tea at Parkvale Lodge, Red Deer, AB on March 1, 2014, starting at 2:00 p.m.

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Full Time/Part Time/ Candidates must be Shift Work SENIOR H2S SAFETY organized, thorough and Night/Overnight/ SUPERVISORS: have good time Early Morning/Weekend Minimum 3 year’s safety managements skills, good communications skills and experience on Drilling and Some high school education, plus 2 years related experience Service Rigs. proficient at typing with a $10 to $13.50/hr depending high rate of accuracy on experience/availability SHOPHAND and attention to detail, Apply in person from Experience working on proficient in Word and 9am to 5pm Breathing Apparatus and Excel, demonstrate the Or by fax at 403-341-6006 Breathing Air trailers. ability to respond to rapidly changing situations and Luau Investments Ltd. Send resume and make critical decisions in a o/a Tim Hortons certificates to timely fashion. #100, 4217 - 50 Ave sitesafe@telusplanet.net #7, 6721 - 50 Ave or fax to: 403-887-8864 Please fax resumes to: 62 Carleton Ave 403-347-9310 or email Food Service Managers administration @ Full Time/Part Time/ barwpetroleum.com Shift Work Night/Overnight/ Early Morning/Weekend.

High School Diploma, plus 3 years related experience SYLVAN Lake. Opening $14 to $18/hr depending for pilot car drivers. Only on experience/availability Experienced Oilfield exp’d need apply. Safety Apply in person from bonus program, top wages 9am to 5pm Construction and benefits. Email resume Or by fax at 403-341-6006 Lead Hands tom@roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892 Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS

Experienced Oilfield Construction Labourers Experience Oilfield Project Foreman Alstar Oilfield is looking for highly motived individuals to join our Team in Hinton.

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If you have a Desire to be Part of a Growing Company Please apply on our Career Section on our website www.alstaroilfield.com

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LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced P/T Servers. Has potential to become Full Time.

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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

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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.

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Blown-in Attic Insulation Installer 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.

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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.

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580

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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

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Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

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5 positions, F/T & P/ T, lives of our workforce, while Selling seasonal gift $9.95 - $18/hr. depending Providing quality energy packages & personal care on exp. and availability. construction solutions” products in Parkland Permanent shift work, Mall-4747 67th St Red Start your career! weekends, days, nights Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus See Help Wanted and evening shifts. 3-5 yrs. bonus & commission, F/T, GOODMEN exp., completion of seconBeauty certification req’d Hiring full time Operation ROOFING LTD. dary school. Start date email resumes: Coordinator/Field Requires ASAP. Apply in person elementsreddeerbto@ Supervisor for local oilfield 6620 Orr Drive. gmail.com testing company SLOPED ROOFERS Fax: 403-782-9685 Must be local (Red Deer area) ELEMENTS is looking for LABOURERS Call 403-848-2356 Must have testing 5 retail sales reps. selling & FLAT ROOFERS experience JOSE JOSE LATIN season gift packages and Competitive salary RESTAURANT IS HIRING!! personal care products in Valid Driver’s Licence Health benefits offered COOKS HELPER Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. preferred. Fax or email Send resume to Please drop off your Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + info@goodmenroofing.ca ken@darkstarproduction. resume at #9 7110-50 Ave bonus & comm. FT. No or (403)341-6722 com or call 403-986-5673 exp. req`d. Please email NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! elementsreddeer@gmail.com LOOKING FOR FULL-TIME SALES EXPERIENCED Medical position available. A CLASS 1 DRIVERS knowledge of woodwind AND EXPERIENCED and brass instruments would be a definite asset, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. but not a requirement.

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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

Kentwood Kennings Cres. & Kirby St.

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of

Normandeau Nellis & Norton Ave. also Nordegg Cres. & 76 St.

Oriole Park West O’Brien Cres & Oxley Cl. Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

INNISFAIL Packages come ready for delivery.

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Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316 MANAGEMENT TEAM req’d for mobile home park in Innisfail, Alberta. This 125 site park req’s a selfstarting team to manage its day to day operations effective April 1. Incd’s all aspects of maintenance, rent collections and supervision. Call 435-656-0992 for further info. e-mail your resume to: dapmap.rd@gmail.com

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Applicants should be motivated, reliable, professional, and possess a thirst for knowledge. Call to schedule an interview between 10 am and 7 pm.

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MORNING newspaper carriers needed in the following areas: WESTLAKE For more information phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316 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

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Anders Close INGLEWOOD AREA Isherwood Close

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

Issard Close LANCASTER AREA Law Close / Lewis Close Langford Close Lamont Close

CARPENTERS and laborers with exp. in farm buildings. 403-318-6406

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Competitive wage & benefits package. Email resume: lindsay@prolineinc.ca

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EXP’D CLASS 1 end dump driver for local haul. Please fax resume with driver’s abstract 403-342-6881

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Full Time, 37.5 hours a week. $14.67/hr. to $20.39/hr.

Depending Experience

MORRISROE AREA Vista Village

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

SUNNYBROOK AREA Somerset Close Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Drive Vickers Close Volks Place / Vanier Drive Vanson Close / Visser St. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

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Work days & evenings. Salary commensurate with training and experience. Excellent benefit package. Must have valid registration for RN/RPN. Position to start immediately.

BOBCAT OPERATORS. Offering High Paced Work with Competitive Wages and Local Job Sites. Applicant Must Have A Valid Class 3 License with Air. Experience in Fine Grading and Finishing is a Must. Knowledge of the Area Would Be an Asset. A Positive Attitude is a must.

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We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts: PRECAST INSTALLATION LABORERS CONCRETE FINISHERS CARPENTERS/ WOODWORKERS STEEL REINFORCEMENT LABORERS OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATORS GENERAL LABORERS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources or email: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.

We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

1500-1990

To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN

1530

Auctions

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307 P/T CASHIER Clerk. Apply with resume to Highland Green Value Drug Mart.

Road construction company looking for a parts person.

Willing to train. Must be able to work away from home for 6 months a year and have a class 5 licence.

Fax resume to 403-309-0489 SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

TURPLE BROS. LTD.

POLICE SEIZURE, TOOL & ESTATE AUCTION

SUNDAY MARCH 2 11 am * Viewing 9 am Location: Ridgewood Community Hall PARTIAL LIST ONLY Hesston Buckle Collection, HO Train Set, Grain Dryer Industrial Carpentry Equipment, Riding Lawn Mower, Royal Doulton Figurines, Gemstone Jewelry, Sewing Table, Antiques, Collectibles, Furniture, Electronics, Hand & Power Tools, Shop Tools, Misc. And MUCH MORE For a complete list and Directions visit www.cherryhillauction.com Terms of Sale: Cash, Cheque, C/C, Everything must be paid for & removed on sale day (NO EXCEPTIONS), 15% buyer’s premium.

Sale subject to Additions, Deletions, Errors and Omissions.

Cherry Hill Auction & Appraisals

Phone 403-342-2514 or 403-347-8988 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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Is taking resumes for: • •

Accessories Dept. with experience in clothing or power sport industry.

Also looking for a Receiver.

F/T positions avail.

Please forward resume to HR Department Fax: 403-341-4910

Clothing

JACKET, ladies chocolate brown suede, size large, from boutique of leather.

Good cond. $20.

403-314-9603

880

Misc.

Help

1590

Clothing

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

JONES OF NEW YORK LADIES NAVY SUIT. Size 14W. Like new. $10.

403-343-1112

1600

Computers

CORNER computer desk. $75. 403-343-6218 TRENDNET WiFi, wireless Router, $25; Motorola surf board cable modem, $10; D-Link Router, $10.

403-755-2760

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

1900

Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1930

Wanted To Buy

WANTED: SNOWBLOWER 403-886-5194, 304-5974

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

2190

Grain, Feed Hay

1720

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

74 to 129 Block of Dunning Cres., Depalm St. and approx. 3 blocks of Douglas St. $108/mo.

EASTVIEW

ALSO 37 Ave. from 39 St. to 44 St. and Exeter Cr. and 38A Ave. Area $111/mo.

GRANDVIEW AREA 41 Ave. from Ross St. to 44 St. + 4000 Block of 47 St. and 44 Block of 40A Ave. $63/mo ALSO 40A, 41 & 42 Ave. between 39 St. & 44 St. $120/mo.

ALSO 43 Ave. Area between 39 St. and 43 St. $61/mo ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

1760

3060

WEIGHTED Hula Hoop, $5.

NORDIC Walking Poles, $25.

Wooden Walking Stick, $5.

403-309-3475

1 BDRM apt. to over 40 aged non partying tenant, no pets, private parking, laundry on site, security cameras, at Riverside Meadows, 5910-55 Ave. Cats Rent/D.D. $750.00.

Ph:403-341-4627.

2 VERY SHY 5 MO. OLD GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm.

ORANGE BROTHERS. apartments, avail. immed, Completely neutered rent $875 403-596-6000 & litter box trained.

LACOMBE, 1 bdrm. w/balSweet personalities, but cony, recent reno, Apr.1, need to be socialized to n/s, no children, no pets, humans. 403-782-3130 $750/mo, DD same, 403-782-2681 CALICO, cat, beautiful black & gold, extra fingers LACOMBE, 2 BDRM. on front paws, w/balcony, Apr.1, n/s, no FREE TO GOOD HOME. children, no pets, $800/mo, 403-782-3130 DD same, 403-782-2681 LONG haired Calico cat, LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. beautiful, white, gold & SUITES. 25+, adults only brown. FREE TO GOOD n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 HOME. FOUND HOME

1830

Dogs

1840

TO GIVE AWAY TO GOOD HOME 5 year old Beagle mix.

Female, spayed.

403-343-0015 after 6 p.m.

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852 PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt. incld’s, laundry & all utils. $750. Avail. end of Feb. no pets, n/s 403-993-3441

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

CHRIS’ RENO’S All home renovations Call Ed 403-986-8877

1165

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ALL TRADES Home Maintenance 28 yrs. exp.

Retired electrician. Call Rick 403-318-4267

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

AVAILABLE NOW! Reno’s & handyman service.

Call Trent 403-358-1415

Escorts

1165

EDEN 587-877-7399 10am-midnight

Massage Therapy

1280

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

FULLY Furn. BDRM. $450 rent/sd 403-342-4604 ROOM in Westpark, n/s, no pets. Furnished. TV & utils incl. 403-304-6436 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

EXCLUSIVE LUXURY RIVERFRONT CONDOS FOR SALE in Downtown Red Deer.

Call Renee at 403-314-1687 for Inquiries.

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

Massage Therapy

1280

Painters/ Decorators

1310

FANTASY

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

International ladies

Personal Services

MASSAGE

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. www.viimassage.biz

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

1315

REIKO’S Finest Asian Massage

In call only. 587-377-1298 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELP FOR SENIORS:

in home or facility family business est. 1999 bondable staff, great rates, gift certificates avail.

403-346-7777 helpinghandshomesupport.com

Snowmobiles

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Automotive Services

5010

Keep the Car, If you own a vehicle, get up to $10,000 today! www.thetitlestore.ca RED DEER 403-754-5104 4971 Phelan St.

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

4050

& home on 24 acres, located on Blindman Valley, 15 mins. to Red Deer 4 bdrm., (2) full & (2) 1/2 baths. Arena is 60x250, 5 paddocks, 2 large pastures, pipe fencing. $1,290,000.

Dave 403-304-9770

Farms/ Land

4070

8TH ANNUAL RED DEER COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION & SPEED SHOW. Mar 14 - 16. Westerner Park, Red Deer. 150,000 sq.ft. indoor show.

Exhibitors space available.

Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event.

Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGAuctions.com

Cars

5030

2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040 1999 PONTIAC Bonneyville 4 dr., saftied. 403-352-6995

455 ACRES AGRICULTURAL

land, 12 mi. E. of Ponoka, 1 mi. off pavement, good surface lease revenue.

Call GORD ING at Inquire with your name RE/MAX real estate and address to: Box 1079, central alberta 403-341-9995 c/o Red Deer Advocate, gord.ing@remax.net 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Ab T4R 1M9

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

at www.garymoe.com

4100 4110

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

SNOW TIRES - Radial - set of 4. 225/50RF17. $100 obo for the set.

403-755-2760

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

NEW CONDO

Acreages

5170

POLARIS, older, complete tuneup, $1500.; trailer $600. obo 403-340-1403

Auto Wreckers

Take the Money!

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

Horse Riding Facility

4020

1000-1430

Escorts

3090

4040

CLASSIFICATIONS

CLASSIFICATIONS

1010

Rooms For Rent

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Condos/ Townhouses

3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 Misc. for bath, new paint & carpets Sale & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 30 tenants.

2 QUEEN COMFORTERS, No pets. Off street parking Houses $30/ea or 2/$50. for 3 vehicles. Rent $1500, For Sale Income 2 THICK WARM BLANKETS, D.D. $1500. 403-341-4627 like new, $35/ea.

Property LANCASTER; 1/2 duplex 1722 SQ.FT. 2 storey QUEEN QUILTED w/front attach garage. 2 3 bdrm., 2.5 bath, MATTRESS COVER, $10. bdrm., 1 den, 5 appliances.

TURN KEY Business for over-sized dbl. garage.

ELECTRIC ROASTING sale in Ponoka. 15 unit Suitable for adults. N/S, Call Glen 403-588-2231 PAN, like new, $30. complex. 100% occupancy.

No Pets. Avail. March 1st.

403-348-6449 Earns $10,000/mo. Asking CUSTOM BUILT $1500/mo. rent, $1200 S/D $577,000. 403-963-0204 NEW HOMES Contact 780-720-2993 4 LARGE TUPPERWARE

by Mason Martin Homes CONTAINERS & LIDS, Kyle, 403-588-2550 square & rectangular, Condos/ Commercial $2.50/ea.

FREE Weekly list of Townhouses 403-309-3475 properties for sale w/details, Property prices, address, owner’s D.V.D’s and VHS, 10 for ALIX, AB 2 bdrm. 2 bath phone #, etc. 342-7355 6581 SQ. FT. BEAUTIFUL $5. 403-314-9603 condo, 1100 sq. ft., private OFFICE SPACE Help-U-Sell of Red Deer entrance, 5 appls, balcony, in Riverside I1 with bay & www.homesreddeer.com DIE cast models, cars, $1050 + utils. 403-341-9974 fenced yard. Must be seen. truck, and motorcycles, Glenn Moore at C21 INNISFAIL: New SOUTHWOOD PARK fairies, dragons and biker 403-346-6655.

TH DUPLEX large single att.

3110-47 Avenue, gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east garage, 1.5 lots, walkout, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, end of Cash Casino SMALL / LARGE SPACES infloor heat, air cond., generously sized, 1 1/2 -Free standing - fenced yards DISHES, 3 sets of 8 place 2 large decks, fully dev. baths, fenced yards, For all your needs. setting, $45. each. up/down & landscaped, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, 400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615 403-343-6218 high eff. furnace & water Sorry no pets. heater. $329,900 No GST. Tired of Standing?

PAPER Shredder, Costco, www.greatapartments.ca 403-396-3203 Find something to sit on straight cut, like new. $15; in Classifieds Tripod stand for bird cage; 4 Plexes/ MUST SELL $10. 403-755-2760 1217 sq.ft. duplex.

6 Plexes 4 bdrm., $184,900.

SET OF HEAVY DUTY Lots For 403-588-2222 MAGNETIC TRUCKERS ORIOLE PARK Sale ROAD FLARES. $30.

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175.

MUST SELL 403-348-6449 rent, s.d. $650, incl water New Home. 1335 sq.ft.

Pinnacle Estates sewer and garbage. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

TABLECLOTHS, Damask, (Blackfalds) Avail. Apr. 1. 403-304-5337 403-588-2550 60” round and 8 Damask You build or bring your napkins, blue, new in www.laebon.com own builder. Terms avail. package. All for $25.

403-304-5555 Laebon Homes 346-7273 403-314-9603 Suites

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

(Blackfalds) Brand new 2067 sq.ft. fully dev. bi-level w/walk-out bsmt., 4 bdrm., 3 bath, 2 gas fireplaces, vaulted ceilings & solid birch cabinets w/granite countertops.

4 stainless appls. And more. $354,900 w/net GST to builder. Immediate poss.

For more details call 403-304-5555

rentals

3050

Erickson Dr., Eldrige Cr., Everitt Cr., Elkin Cl., $187/mo.

4020

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DEER PARK AREA

Houses For Sale

Pinnacle Estates

THE NORDIC

LACOMBE COUNTRY FEED STORE, Come see us at: 4836 45A St. Lacombe, Ab Pet Food, Horse, Poultry Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner ALL THE FEED YOUR BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / ANIMALS NEED! Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 403-782-3333 TIMOTHY & Brome square Household bales, great for horses, apFurnishings prox. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale DBL. box spring and mat- Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 tress, clean, free for pick up 403-346-9886 GLIDER CHAIR, green, $25.

WICKER plant stand, $25.

3 VINTAGE wooden dining room chairs, $30/ea.

3 UPHOLSTERED card table chairs, $10/ea.

SOLID wood magazine rack, $15.

403-309-3475

3060

Suites

356964B3

880

Misc.

Help

Locally owned and family operated

SUV's

5040

2010 ESCAPE top of line, leather, heated seats, sunroof, etc, new Michelin tires, fully inspected, $13,900 403-343-1021

Holiday Trailers

5120

4160

T@B 14’, 1200 lbs., loaded. Like New. $10,999. 403-755-2760

Misc.

Automotive

5240

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of Rachel Leona Ann Soley, also known as Leona Soley, who died on May 24, 2013 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by March 27, 2014, with Susan E. Henley, at 1 Mayliewan Place, Edmonton, AB. T5Z 2X8, and provide details of your claim. If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

STORESMART SELF-STORAGE NOTICE OF SALE Goods shall be sold by public auction (sale conducted by Lakeland Auction Services) on SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2014

at 1:00 p.m., at StoreSmart Self-Storage, 29 McKenzie Crescent, Red Deer County, Alberta, to satisfy outstanding charges for self-storage rental incurred by the following: GRAHAM JONES ROGER BAJZAROWICZ CLAYTON HAWLEY LISA BULLERWELL ADAM FELLER CHANTAL THOMAS ANDREW MONTAGUE

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014

Syrian army kills 175 rebels BEING CALLED ONE OF THE DEADLIEST ATTACKS OF CIVIL WAR DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian army troops on Wednesday killed 175 rebels, many of them al-Qaidalinked fighters, in an ambush described as one of the deadliest attacks by government forces against fighters near Damascus, according to state media.

An opposition group said the dawn ambush — part of a government effort to secure the capital — was carried out by the Lebanese Hezbollah group, which has been instrumental in helping President Bashar Assad’s regime push back rebels entrenched in the suburbs of the capital city.

Syrian state news agency SANA quoted a field commander in the eastern Ghouta area as saying most of the rebels killed in the assault near Oteibah lake southeast of Damascus belonged to the al-Qaidalinked Nusra Front rebel group. The report said several of those killed were foreign fighters who came to Syria from Saudi Arabia, Chechnya and Qatar.

SANA said the operation dealt “a smashing blow to terrorists,” a term Syrian state media uses for rebels.

The agency posted several photographs on its website showing dozens of bodies of men, some with leg wounds, lying in a dirt track of an open field.

Some were wearing fatigues, but most wore civilian clothes and appeared to have been carrying bags of clothes and bottles of water that were scattered on the ground, suggesting they were changing locations when they were ambushed.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 152 rebels were killed, most of them Nusra Front and other fighters from Islamic brigades. “This is the heaviest loss for Nusra Front and Islamic brigades since the start of the revolution,” said Rami Abdurrahman, director of the rights

group.

The Observatory, which has been documenting Syria’s nearly three-year conflict by relying on activists’ reports on the ground, said Hezbollah fighters backed by Syrian troops carried out the ambush.

Few other details emerged.

Reinforcing that report, Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV aired exclusive footage of what it said was the ambush, showing at least two large bombs that were detonated along the route used by the opposition fighters.

From a distance, people could be seen running in different directions following the blasts.

An army colonel told the Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen channel that his troops acted on intelligence and the rebels lost “more than 150 men.” Syrian army tanks and armoured personnel carriers were seen in the broadcast, as were soldiers patrolling on foot.

Syria’s pro-government Al-Ikhbariya channel aired its own footage of the aftermath, showing soldiers milling about as dozens of bodies of rebels lay scattered on the ground. The station also broadcast images of what it said were rebels’ weapons, confiscated by the army.

In a similar operation near Damascus in August, Syrian troops ambushed a group of rebels, killing more than 60 opposition fighters on a desert road northeast of the capital.

Syria’s conflict started as largely peaceful protests against Assad’s rule in March 2011. It has developed into a civil war that has taken on increasingly sectarian overtones, pitting mostly Sunni Muslim rebels against Assad’s government, which is dominated by Alawites, a sect in Shiite Islam.

More than 140,000 people have been killed, activists say, and millions have fled their homes to seek shelter in neighbouring countries or in safer parts of their homeland. Many refugees have settled tem-

U.S. Joint Chiefs chair Dempsey concerned about withdrawal talk

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AFGHANISTAN

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — Depicting a grim future for Afghanistan without U.S. help, the top U.S. military officer said Wednesday that Afghanistan’s refusal to sign a security agreement with the United States may make the fight more difficult this year, embolden the enemy and prompt some Afghan security forces to co-operate with the Taliban to “hedge their bets.”

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spent the day with his commanders and troops in Afghanistan working to manage the after-effects of President Barack Obama’s order Tuesday to begin actively planning for a total withdrawal of U.S. troops by the end of the year.

In back-to-back meetings, he urged them to focus on the considerable military work they have to do and not worry about next year.

Dempsey told The Associated Press in an interview that the possible exit of all U.S. troops was making Afghan military leaders anxious and eating away at their troops’ confidence. He said he spoke with some Afghan leaders after the Tuesday announcement, and they asked him to stay committed to an enduring U.S. presence, and told him they were doing all they could to get the agreement signed.

Frustrated with Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai, Obama ordered the Pentagon to accelerate planning for a full U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year.

But Obama is also holding out hope that Afghanistan’s next president, to be elected this spring, may eventually sign a stalled security agreement that could prevent the U.S. from having to take that step.

The administration would like to leave up to 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after combat operations end on Dec. 31 to continue training Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism missions. But without the agreement that would give international forces legal standing to stay in Afghanistan, Obama has threatened to pull all

troops out, and NATO forces would follow suit.

Obama spoke Tuesday with Karzai, the first direct conversation between the two presidents since last June.

Karzai has refused to sign the pact.

The impasse is having an effect, Dempsey said.

“It is having an effect on the enemy and in some ways I think encourages them, and intelligence supports that,” Dempsey told reporters. And, he said, the uncertainty of a continued U.S. presence in Afghanistan may encourage Afghan security forces in some parts of the country to “hedge their bets.”

“There are parts of the country where it seems to be, there will — with some likelihood ...be some accommodations between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban,” said Dempsey.

“I think a delay in the (security agreement) might accelerate those kind of accommodations. I don’t think it will be widespread by the way, but we do have to be alert to that possibility.”

He also said he expects that the Taliban will become more aggressive during the coming summer fighting season.

Noting that the Afghan forces were in the combat lead last year for the first time, he said they did well. “So I think the Taliban has always calculated that they need to up their game this year to confront what they now realize is a pretty credible opponent.”

He added that while the U.S. can wait until after the spring elections before deciding whether to completely withdraw all forces, that decision will have to be made sometime in the summer.

“We have a pretty clear understanding of, at what pace they must progress in order to — if it became necessary — to empty the (war) theatre by the end of the year,” Dempsey told the AP. He said they are nowhere near the point where the military couldn’t make that decision and successfully get all troops and equipment out by Dec. 31.

Poll says India’s Hindu opposition party in lead ahead of elections THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI — India’s Hindu nationalist opposition party is leading the incumbent Congress party in the run-up to this year’s national elections in the world’s biggest democracy, a poll released Wednesday says.

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Narendra Modi, trounced Congress in recent state polls which were seen as a gauge of voter sentiment in the nation of 1.2 billion. The general election must be held by May. The Pew Research Center poll said the Indian public, by a margin of more than three-to-one, would prefer BJP to lead the next government over Congress.

It said 63 per cent of

Indians prefer the BJP to lead the next government, 19 per cent prefer Congress and 12 per cent support other parties.

BJP backing is consistent across age groups, the research found.

Pew, a Washingtonbased think-tank , interviewed 2,464 randomly selected adults in states and territories that are home to roughly 91 per cent of the Indian population. The poll, conducted between Dec. 7 and Jan. 12, has a margin of error of 3.8 per cent.

Modi, the chief minister of western Gujarat state for the past 11 years, is credited with turning his state into an industrial haven. But critics question whether the Hindu nationalist chief can be a truly secular leader over India’s many cultures.

Rahul Gandhi, heir

to the country’s NehruGandhi political dynasty, is leading the Congress party’s struggling campaign.

Congress has said it will not formally declare Gandhi as its candidate for prime minister — a bit of political manoeuvring aimed at protecting the 43-year-old from being a scapegoat for his party’s problems.

The Congress party has been battered by corruption scandals, internal feuding and an inability to deal with a stumbling economy and deep-rooted problems with poverty, infrastructure and education.

Modi also is facing his share of controversy.

He has been accused of doing little to stop antiMuslim riots in the state in 2002 which left more than 1,000 people dead, mostly Muslims.

porarily in areas sealed off by Assad’s troops, with little if any food or medical aid within reach.

In Damascus, Assad met Wednesday with Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the influential Iranian parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, who appealed for a political solution to the conflict.

At a news conference, Bouroujerdi said he discussed the latest military developments with Syrian officials.

Meanwhile, the international mission to rid Syria of its chemical weapons by June 30 said that a batch of sulfur mustard, widely known as mustard gas, was shipped out of the country Wednesday.

Sigrid Kaag, head of the joint operation by the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, called for Syria to continue its efforts to relinquish its arsenal “in a safe, secure and timely manner, through systematic, predictable and high-volume movements.”

The mission to eliminate Syria’s chemical stockpile said the Assad government has missed at least two deadlines in the past two months to remove chemicals. The United States has accused Damascus of using stalling tactics.

According to a U.N. diplomat, the Syrian government put forward a timetable to remove all chemicals by the end of May, and the OPCW made a counter-proposal to get all chemicals out by the end of March.

The government came back with a proposal to remove chemicals from all but two sites by mid-April and the other two by the end of April, and talks are continuing, the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity because these negotiations have been private.

Kaag is scheduled to brief the U.N. Security Council on the latest developments on March 5, the diplomat said.

U.S. lawmaker backs referral of NKorea to international court for crimes against humanity

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A senior Democratic lawmaker says he supports referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court after a U.N. commission of inquiry found evidence of crimes against humanity.

The comments by Congressman Eliot Engel of New York, the senior Democrat on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, come after a U.N. panel published results of a one-year investigation and warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he may be held accountable for orchestrating widespread crimes against civilians.

The Obama administration has voiced support for the commission’s report, which will be reviewed by the U.N. Human Rights Council in March.

But it has yet to say whether the U.S. backs a referral to the court — a step that China is very likely to oppose and has the ability to block because of its veto power in the U.N. Security Council.

China is a longtime ally of North Korea, and was also criticized by the commission for its repatriation of North Koreans who flee the country.

“I commend the U.N. panel for its extensive work investigating human

rights abuses in North Korea, and I agree with the commission’s decision to refer its findings to the International Criminal Court for possible prosecution,” Engel said.

The U.N. commission of inquiry’s report adds another irritant to relations between the West and North Korea, which has faced international sanctions for its nuclear and missile programs.

The commission, which was established by the U.N.’s top human rights body, detailed evidence of systematic executions, torture, rape and mass starvation, and political prison camps holding 80,000 to 120,000 people.

But it’s unclear what diplomatic action will follow in response to its alarming findings. The U.S. is also looking to China to press North Korea over its nuclear program, particularly to urge the North to take concrete steps toward denuclearization, which the U.S. regards as a precondition for resumption of aid-for-disarmament negotiations.

Speaking Wednesday at the release of reports by two advocacy groups urging more active U.S. diplomacy on North Korea, former lead U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill said it would be counterproductive to include human rights issues in already difficult diplomacy on the nuclear program.

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1967 — Britain grants independence to Dominica, and associated state status to Antigua and St. Christopher-Nevis.

1951 — U.S. Congress ratifies the 22nd Amendment, limiting the president to two terms of office.

1922 — U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upholds the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote.

1844 — Dominican Republic gains its independence from Haiti.

1827 — First Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans.

1814 — Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his Eighth Symphony in Vienna, Austria.

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