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Buildings stood test of time FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED ‘BRUTAL’ BLAZE AT FORMER MICHENER CENTRE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR 11 HOURS

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On June 18, 2003, firefighters contained the lightning fire at the Michener administration building to the fourth floor and above. Because of the hours spent dousing the flames, lots of water flowed down through the building, right to the basement.

Michener Centre: The Closing Doors is a special Red Deer Advocate series by reporters Susan Zielinski and Myles Fish about the centre for the mentally handicapped. They examine its controversial past, debated present and unclear future

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The former Michener Centre administration building is one tough old structure.

At about 6 p.m. on June 18, 2003, lightning struck the attic of the four-storey brick building, causing a major fire.

Built in 1913, the building served first as a ladies’ college, next as a sanatorium for shell-shocked veterans from the First World War, and finally in 1923

as the new location for the Home for Mental Defectives, renamed the Provincial Training School for the mentally handicapped. Eventually the building and its sprawling compound became known as Michener Centre.

Steve Gailloux, who served as Michener’s fire chief for 12 years before the volunteer fire department closed its doors in 2008, said firefighters fought the lightning fire for 11 hours.

“It was brutal. That attic space was stuffed with all kinds of things like sawdust. The design of that roof space up there was like a maze. From the hatch access, we couldn’t get to all the spaces. Eventually what we let happen, we let the roof burn through. By creating a hole in the roof, we could gain access from the top and apply water that way,” said Gailloux, 55.

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Sylvan Lake in final four of Kraft Hockeyville contest

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF And then there were four.

Sylvan Lakers gathered at H.J. Cody School Saturday for free food and the Calgary Flames game broadcast on a screen. Eagerly, they awaited the second period intermission announcement if they would get a little help building a new rink.

When the announcement came through that Sylvan Lake had made into the final four of the Kraft Hockeyville contest, town councillor Graham Parsons and many others rejoiced at the fact their town had made it through to the final four, and now has $50,000 towards the project. If they make it to the fi-

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nal they get $100,000 towards the project.

“We knew we had a good shot at it just because of the awareness of it,” said Parsons. “Wherever we’ve been people have been talking about it and how much they have voted.”

The roof of the Sylvan Lake Arena collapsed in January, leaving a hole in the community. They have rallied around the bid to help them build a new rink.

Parsons said he’s heard from people who have voted thousands of times, including a family that claims to have voted 16,000 times combined.

The councillor and president of the Sylvan Lake Hockey Camp and Development centre was at a novice hockey game Sunday morning.

“I was walking through the stands and everybody had a cellphone and they were voting during the game,” said Parsons.

Sylvan Lake is going head to head with Salmon Arm, British Columbia for the chance at $100,0000.

Parsons said he hopes this means more people in Alberta will throw their support behind the Sylvan Lake project.

Out of the western bracket the town with the most votes goes on to a final against the eastern projects, this time it is down to rinks in either Kingston, Nova Scotia, or Bedeque, Prince Edward Island.

People have until the end of Monday to cast their vote. People can vote as many times as they want and can do so by visiting www.krafthockeyville.ca or by phoning 1-866-533-8066.

The winner of the last two in the west bracket will be announced this coming Saturday during the CBC’s broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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MICHENER: 60-building complex Flames destroyed the roof and most of the upper floor of what was then the South Administration Building of Michener Centre, atop Michener Hill near 40th Avenue.

In November 2008, it reopened as the new administration headquarters for David Thompson Health Region, now known as Alberta Health Services Central Zone.

An east-wing was added to the Provincial Training School building in 1928 and over the years more and more buildings were constructed. A vegetable garden, grain crops, dairy herd, hogs and chickens on the site fed residents and staff.

The Provincial Training School purchased the adjoining Gaetz farm in 1939.

In the 1950s, construction included residences, a new power house, store house, root cellars, fire hall, greenhouse, a house for the superintendent, an eight-room school house, a clinical building, infirmary, sense training building, vocational and occupational therapy building, and a curling rink.

Deerhome, the adult facility built on the north side of the property, opened in 1957, leaving the Provincial Training School for younger residents.

Former Red Deer mayor Morris Flewwelling recalled Michener having tons of flowers in huge, beautifully tended gardens, and the farm produced plenty of vegetables.

Cellars stored food for both residents, and staff, many who lived on the site.

“That’s a lot of food to be stored, The root cellars were major facilities,” Flewwelling, 72, said.

By 1983, Michener was a 66-building complex on 360 acres.

And it all began with the administration building, which was initially home to ladies seeking an education, followed by soldiers suffering nervous conditions.

“Nobody asked if we wanted a home for shellshocked veterans. The government just said — vacant building, pay the rent, hire the people, do the job, get it done,” Flewwelling said.

Children from a home for ‘mental defectives’ in Edmonton replaced the soldiers, who were moved to an Edmonton facility.

When Gailloux started volunteering for the Michener Fire Department in the 1980s, Michener had about 1,600 residents, plus hundreds of staff.

“Back in the ’80s, it was unbelievable up there.

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You could have up to 300 (people) in one building,” Gailloux said.

He said the interior layouts could be challenging and require special keys or information for access.

Some clients were potentially violent so knowledge of non-violent crisis intervention was required.

But Michener firefighters also had their share of fans.

“We had clients who would come over and volunteer with us. They would help us clean the hall, wash the truck, anything they could do to be around the truck.”

The fire hall also had a supply of industry magazines about firefighting that residents just loved, Gailloux said.

The opening of Roland Michener Recreation Centre in 1977 was a turning point for Michener.

Jim Young, Michener’s longtime director of recreation who retired in 1991, said the construction of the rec centre came about from the government’s advancement of normalization for Michener clients and to help bridge the gap with the rest of Red Deer.

Michener had outgrown its small gymnasium, and Special Olympics, with its opportunity for athletes to travel, was gaining momentum.

Michener Centre: The Closing Doors CHRONOLOGY

1913 — Presbyterian Synod finishes construction of the Alberta Ladies College that becomes the iconic Michener administration building located atop of what is now Michener Hill.

The college relocates to Edmonton in 1916.

1918 — Alberta government purchases the empty college for First World War veterans suffering from nervous disorders.

1923 — The college reopens as the Provincial Training School for custodial care of mental defectives and admits 107 children and young people.

1930 — Residential population is 180 and the construction of a building known as ‘the cottage’ provides more space for infirmary cases, space for boys working on the farm and staff.

Plans call for a new laundry and power house.

1939 — Provincial Training School purchases the adjoining 420-acre Gaetz farm. Construction begins on a skating rink, lawn bowling green, tennis court, dining room, kitchen unit, and several new farm buildings. Residential population is 215.

1940s — Additional cottages are built during the 1940s and by 1949 the residential population is 293.

1950s — Construction includes a new power house, storehouse, root cellars, fire hall, greenhouse, a house for the superintendent, an eight-room school house, male staff residence, clinical building, an infirmary, sense training building, vocational and occupational therapy buildings.

1957 — Deerhome opens for the custody and care of severely mentally disabled adults. Children remain on south side in Provincial Training School buildings. By 1958, the residential population is 1,093.

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1964 — A curling rink opens on site, funded by the parents organization.

1965 — Provincial Training School is renamed Alberta School Hospital.

1968 — The training school’s parents organization purchase a home in West Park, Red Deer’s first group home.

1969 — Limited space and overcrowded conditions continue and the population peaks at a of high of 2,365 residents.

1973 — As population declines, Alberta School Hospital and Deerhome are amalgamated under one administration as Alberta School Hospital/Deerhome.

1976 — Twenty group homes are constructed on site.

1977 — Alberta School Hospital/Deerhome is renamed Michener Centre. Roland Michener Recreation Centre opens, a $4-million facility that includes a 25-metre swimming pool.

1983 — Several older buildings are closed and demolished. Residential population is 1,507.

1993 — Residential population is 870. By the end of the decade, Michener Centre is renamed Michener Services.

2003 — On June 18, lightning strikes the attic of the 90-year-old former Provincial Training School building in use

by Michener administration. Residential population is 375.

2013 — On March 11, the province announces it is moving 125 residents out of Michener and placing them in community group homes or continuing care facilities by the spring of 2014. Only about 100 residents living in 21 group homes at Michener, and two in the community operated by Michener, are to remain.

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Young, 75, said Special Olympics was about recognizing what people can do, not what they couldn’t do, and Red Deer had developed a friendly athletics competition program even before Special Olympics existed.

“I just happened to be watching television one morning when Eunice Kennedy Shriver (sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy) was talking about the Special Olympic games that were coming up in New York and they said they were being represented from Canada by Ontario. So I phoned her and said that we had a program, and had had a program for several years before Special Olympics — exactly the same thing. So we were invited to take part in the games in New York. It just grew from there,” said Young, who was instrumental in bringing Special Olympics to Western Canada and the Northwest Territories.

During Michener’s millennium celebration in 1999, a time capsule with Michener memories was buried near the recreation centre. The capsule is to be unsealed in 50 years on Aug. 26, 2049. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com Coming Tuesday: The workers of Michener Centre have their own special stories.

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Tories show united front REDFORD GRILLED AT TORY BOARD MEETING AFTER TOUGH WEEK

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alberta Premier Alison Redford faced some tough questions at a party board meeting on Saturday, capping off what she admits has been a tough week.

But she and Progressive Conservative party president Jim McCormick emerged from the four-and-ahalf-hour gathering showing a united front.

The “$45,000 question” was discussed, said McCormick, referring to the premier’s costly trip to South Africa to attend Nelson Mandela’s funeral in December.

“It was a wide-ranging no-holds barred discussion,” he said.

“The premier did an excellent job. She didn’t back away from any of the rather hard-hitting questions that she was asked. And she was very frank with us as we were very frank with her.”

The grilling took place at a regularly scheduled meeting with the party’s board of directors, including dozens of volunteers from across the province.

“The premier received a standing ovation,” said McCormick. “Absolutely everybody was on their feet.”

The party is hammering out a “work plan” for Redford to address some of the issues raised Saturday, but there were few details on what that would entail.

On Saturday, Redford declined to respond in detail to personal attacks that were levelled against her throughout the week.

“I would say, quite frankly, this has not been a highlight of a week for behaviour or very mature conversation on a lot of levels,” she said.

“I think a lot of people were quite emotional, probably said a lot of things that they regret and I think it’s time for us to try to move on and start to talk about what matters to Albertans, which is the future of the province.”

On Friday, the president of a Progressive Conservative riding association in northeast Edmonton said Redford must resign or the party will lose the next election.

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Alberta Premier Alison Redford scrums with the media following a meeting of the provincial PC Party executive in Calgary on Saturday. the NDP-held seat of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, said Redford is an “arrogant” leader who doesn’t listen to her caucus and has no regard for the Tory establishment.

Redford said that no one at Saturday’s meeting asked her to resign.

On Thursday, Calgary backbencher Len Webber quit the Tory party to sit as an Independent. He claimed Redford was a bully prone to fits of rage.

“I think a lot of people have seen me almost every day for two and a half years, at least since I became the leader of the party,” said Redrod.

Father and son killed in avalanche on the shores of Lake Louise

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAKE LOUISE — A Parks Canada spokesman says the avalanche risk was high in an area where a father and son were killed when snow rushed down the slope where they had gone to toboggan in Lake Louise, Alta.

Banff National Park resource conservation manager Bill Hunt says RCMP requested the aid of Parks Canada Search and Rescue personnel to help look for the two on Saturday afternoon.

Hunt says a Parks Canada team found a partially buried toboggan in the avalanche debris/ It helped searchers locate the victims at the base of Mount Fairview on the shore of Lake Louise.

Mounties say the man, 33, and his son, 11, were from Montreal and may have been buried for almost a week.

Const. Phil Caza said the pair were reported missing Friday, but the last anyone recalled seeing them was on Sunday, March 9, when they rented the toboggan.

“We’re still working to see if any hotel staff came in contact with them, but it’s most likely it was the 9th,” Caza said.

Caza said the slope where the pair were located can be accessed by walking on the frozen lake. He said it can even be seen from the Chateau Lake Louise hotel.

He said that after searchers found the toboggan partially sticking out from the snow, dogs were used to pick up the scent of the missing father and son and their bodies were then dug out.

The avalanche and its debris, he explained, had landed on the frozen lake. Water then pushed onto the surface and soaked the snow, later freezing.

The names of the victims are being withheld pending notification of their next of kin.

“They were on holiday. It’s my understanding it’s break time now for schools in Montreal,” Caza said.

Hunt, meanwhile, noted the area where they were found is an “avalanche slope” and there are a number of avalanches in that area every year.

He said the avalanche hazard for that region of the park was rated as high, and it isn’t in an area where Parks Canada does avalanche control work.

Hunt said it’s believed they were not familiar with the area or the risk.

“In this case it would appear that we’re dealing with someone who just had no idea even to need to ask for the information,” Hunt said.

Parks Canada has taken efforts to make the avalanche risk known to visitors through additional signage, radio messages, and making avalanche forecasts available through hotels and equipment rental shops, Hunt said.

“That’s something we’ve struggled with for a long time now,” he added.

It’s been a bad weekend for snow slides.

A 36-year-old man from Lloydminster, Saskatchewan died of injuries he suffered Friday night in an avalanche near Blue River, B.C., about halfway between Kamloops and Jasper, Alta.

And a 38-year-old man from Calgary was critically injured Saturday when he and some fellow skiers triggered an avalanche in Alberta’s Banff National Park.

Former Alberta health executive sues government, claims he was scapegoat

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A former senior Alberta health executive who came under fire for expense claims that included hiring a butler and fixing his Mercedes Benz says the government wrongly fired him and used him as a scapegoat.

Allaudin Merali, former chief financial officer for Alberta Health Services, makes the allegations in a lawsuit filed against the province and Health Minister Fred Horne.

The suit claims the government knew his expenses were Allaudin Merali properly incurred and initially supported him.

It alleges officials then suddenly fired him in 2012 and made defamatory remarks about him in the media.

None of the allegations in the claim has been proven in court and the government has not yet filed a statement of defence.

Merali says in press release that he believes he was tossed aside to protect other health executives.

A government audit found that Merali racked up almost $370,000 in what it called questionable expenses.

“My expense claims were spun by the defendants to make me a scapegoat and to distract the media and the public from issues with other AHS executives,” Merali said.

“I was held to a different standard than the one enjoyed by others who have not been made the subject of public ridicule by the government.”

None of the allegations in the claim has been proven in court. The government has not yet filed a statement of defence.

Residents told not to use water from wells

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDSON — Alberta Health Services is urging residents near a gas plant to not use water from their wells due to possible contamination.

AHS says the potential contaminant is Sulfolane, an industrial solvent used to purify natural gas.

The government says residents located within five kilometres of the South Rosevear Gas Plant in Yellowhead County near Edson should get drinking water from other sources than their private wells.

AHS says foods can be cooked in well water only

if water will be fully drained before serving, such as boiled eggs, and well water can be used for showering or bathing, because Sulfolane is not absorbed through skin, and cannot be inhaled through water vapours.

Agricultural producers may want to use an alternative water source for their animals if one is available.

AHS says testing of private water wells has started and Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development will work with the plant operators to ensure that proper mitigation and remediation plans are in place and implemented.

“I work very hard to work with people, to bring people together and I’ll continue to do that. Whether that means that everyone is going to have an opinion of me that is the same, I can’t comment on that. We don’t all agree on absolutely everything, but I do my best every day.”

Redford has been under fire for taking a $45,000 taxpayer-funded trip to attend Nelson Mandela’s memorial in South Africa.

She resisted calls to pay back the money for weeks, then cut a cheque Wednesday for the expenses.

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BRIEF Health executive who cleaned up cancer scandal in N.L. heading here EDMONTON — The woman who led Newfoundland’s largest health authority as it attempted to recover from a major breast-cancer testing scandal has been named the head of Alberta’s health superboard.

Vickie Kaminski has been appointed president and chief executive of Alberta Health Services.

Kaminski moves to Alberta from Newfoundland where she headed the Eastern Regional Health Authority, an organization beset by scandal over hundreds of botched breast cancer tests between 1997 and 2005.

Kaminski took over that job in 2009, apologized for the devastating toll the errors took on patients and oversaw a $17.5-million settlement of a classaction lawsuit.

Mistaken results in 386 cases led to a public inquiry that identified major problems throughout the province’s testing system.

A nurse by trade, Kaminski will make $540,000, plus benefits, as Alberta Health Services boss.

Boil water order lifted, state of emergency over for Lethbridge LETHBRIDGE — Tap water is again safe to drink and a state of emergency has been lifted in the southern Alberta city of Lethbridge.

A fast snow melt due to suddenly higher temperatures had made water from the Oldman River too murky to process at the treatment plant.

The city announced just after noon Friday that reserves had been mostly restored and that residents and businesses no longer needed to conserve.

“It’s because of those efforts that we’ve been able to recover from this water emergency so quickly,” said Doug Hawkins, the city’s director of infrastructure services. “The water levels in storage throughout the community have been mostly restored. Our production capacity is up to snuff.”

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOOD CONCESSION SERVICES This Request for Proposals (RFP) is an invitation by The City of Red Deer to submit non-binding proposals for the provision of Food Concession Services at the Red Deer Arena, Kinsmen Community Arenas, and the G.H. Dawe Community Centre. The selected proponents will be requested to enter into negotiations for an exclusive operator license agreement with The City of Red Deer for the provisions of the services at one or more of the facilities for a three (3) year period starting July 1, 2014 with an option to renew for a further two (2) years in one (1) year increments.

The mandatory pre-proposal site visits are scheduled for March 21, 2014 at 8:30 am MST starting at the Kinsmen Community Arenas located at 5 McIntosh Avenue, Red Deer, AB. Interested vendors are asked to register their attendance by phoning the Recreation, Parks and Culture Department at 403309-8417 by March 20, 2014 at 4 pm MST. Inquiries can also be emailed to purchasing@reddeer.ca.

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The urban imperative CANADA’S SUCCESS DEPENDS ON MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS Canada’s federal government recently announced $14 billion in new funding to help municipalities repair and replace aging infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, sewer lines, energy production and distribution systems, and subways and other public transit. About $1 billion is dedicated to smaller communities, DAVID but most of the SUZUKI funding will target urban areas, which makes sense.

Despite being a vast land of mountains, forests and ice, Canada is an urban nation. Over 80 per cent of us live in large centres like Montreal, Toronto and Calgary, as well as rapidly growing communities like Regina, Surrey and Markham.

This increasing concentration of people in cities is consistent with rapid urbanization over the whole planet.

Now more than half the world’s population resides in urban mega-regions — and these are increasingly driving the global economy.

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Over 60 per cent of world GDP is generated in just 600 cities. This includes international financial hubs like New York City and London, but also emerging powerhouse markets in the developing world, such São Paulo and Mexico City, as well as Guangzhou, Tianjin and other urban centres in China. According to a study by CIBC World Markets, the Greater Toronto Area accounts for about a fifth of Canada’s total economic activity, though Prairie cities like Regina are emerging as the country’s new economic tigers.

Although many Canadian cities are booming, their ability to survive and thrive in today’s hyper-connected, globalized economy depends on being competitive enough to attract investment and acquire and retain skilled workers from around the globe.

And to really flourish, municipal centres need infrastructure. As noted in a Federation of Canadian Municipalities study, “Our small businesses need quality roads and bridges to deliver goods and services. Our workers need fast, efficient public transit to connect them to new jobs. And our companies need access to affordable housing and high-quality community services, from libraries to hockey rinks, to recruit skilled workers.”

With climate change impacts increasing, cities must also invest in storm-water management systems,

including green infrastructure such as trees, shrubs, bioswales and engineered wetlands.

Unfortunately, Canadian municipalities lack the fiscal tools to generate the billions of dollars needed each year to maintain and expand essential infrastructure. Though they retain only a paltry eight cents of every tax dollar paid in Canada, municipalities must cover 60 per cent of the cost of their infrastructure. And though a portion of taxes paid at gas pumps is dedicated to municipal infrastructure through the federal Gas Tax Fund, maintenance costs are increasingly being downloaded onto citizens through user fees, road tolls and transit fare increases.

Starving Canadian cities of cash further increases the nation’s municipal infrastructure deficit — which already stood at $123 billion in 2007. And Canadians feel the pain every day, in the form of crumbling roads, mind-numbing and wasteful traffic jams and deteriorating bus, subway and streetcar services.

A survey of urban experts and other “city-builders” by engineering firm Siemens concluded that poor public transit is the Achilles’ heel of urban development and is keeping many Canadian cities from achieving greatness.

The problem is, unlike many European and American counterparts, Canadian cities don’t have dedicated and

sustained federal funding for core infrastructure needs, most notably public transit. For example, Toronto currently ranks 15th out of 21 large global cities on per capita investment in public transit — well behind sixth-placed New York City, which spends twice as much. And Canada is the only country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development without a national transit strategy.

The failure to address transit funding — for capital and operational costs — has left residents in Toronto and its surrounding suburbs spending more time battling congestion to get to and from work than commuters in any other North American city. The Toronto Board of Trade estimates this costs the Greater Toronto Area economy $6 billion a year in lost productivity.

Canada’s growing cities have suffered from political indifference and inaction for too long. It’s all about priorities, and building world-class cities through federal investments in muchneeded infrastructure should be at the top of the list. Ottawa’s funding announcement offers an opportunity to rectify the historical imbalance in political priorities. Investing in municipal infrastructure will ensure that our cities succeed in a global economy.

Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Faisal Moola. More at www.davidsuzuki.org.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Curriculum redesign exciting I have been to many curriculum redesign talks, symposiums and discussions, and I have never been more excited in my life around educating children in Alberta. I am truly inspired!

Why should everyone be? Well, this new curriculum will be drastically different than any other type of education before, and the education your child is going to receive will look different than the one you received.

This makes me happy. I am not claiming I received a bad education, but I do feel that I want something better for my daughter. Currently, we have a model where tests, which are focused on the low-level thinking, are being used rampant throughout our culture. If you think this should be the norm, I bring you a quote from Seth Godin: “As soon as we associate reading a book with taking a test, we’ve missed the point of literacy.”

If you are still not convinced that our curriculum needs a change, here is what Jeff Johnson, Alberta’s Education minister, says: “Our (current) packed curriculum stifles creativity in the classroom. It’s too packed. There’s too much stuff to try to get through and it doesn’t allow enough flexibility to individualize learning, which is going to be really key in the future.”

Classrooms are going to look a lot different. You will see less direct instruction, which will allow students to increase their knowledge base. Also, students will focus on more group and project work, and learn how to be collaborate learners.

Finally, the goal of education will be creativity and innovation, and to truly inspire students to learn more.

I think back to my math classes, which I usually finished with 95 to 100 per cent. Was I inspired to become a mathematician, an engineer, a scientist or even to attend the next level of math? From some classes yes, but this was due to the excellent teacher I had in front of me, not because of the excellent curriculum.

Why did this happen? Well ... just to name a few: High school biology teachers are having a hard time bringing in creativity when their curriculum focuses on memorization of terminology.

Grade 12 teachers are worried about the 50 per cent diploma and finding it hard to bring in innovation to their classrooms.

When we can’t measure what is important, we start making what we measure important. This is what happened over the last centuries, more and more low-level skills became important because that is what we can measure.

Critics of this change will use standardized test score data to justify that this change is not excellent for the students in our classes, and my quick response is: “How do multiple choice, standardized tests like PISA show creativity, innovation, interests, and passions of the students?”

They can’t, but they do show how well students can memorize and regurgitate; which is why these critics say these skills are important.

Lastly, I ask you, were you inspired while you were in school because of what you learned? Did you want to attend the next level of schooling because of the number of outcomes the teacher covered? Did you feel that your creativity and innovation was welcomed and could flourish while studying for a 50 per cent diploma?

If you answered yes to all of these, then maybe I have it wrong and I am simply an anomaly.

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Our rec facilities fall woefully short Build it and they will come ... we’re already here.

Red Deer is not a “field of dreams” with regards to recreational facilities, although it does have many athletes and teams that have turned their dreams of excellence in to reality. Most recently, congratulations to the RDC Queens and Kings on their national titles and record “setting” accomplishment by both teams winning in conjunction for the first time ever.

Obviously impressive athlete development programs are in place in spite of lacking facilities in many cases. It’s not expected to have Sochi (population 400,000 or one-quarter more than Central Alberta can draw), Olympic-calibre infrastructure ($50 billion cost) in order for us to churn out world-class performers.

This isn’t even an issue based on elite athletes but moreso the general population and its core health and well-being.

On a municipal scale, ponder why Red Deer, with a population base twice that of Airdrie, three times that of Cochrane, and almost four times of Spruce Grove, has the same or lesser recreational facilities as these much smaller centres? Although their tax base is a lot less, they often have better ice surfaces and aquatic centres overall than Red Deer. How is it that they have leisure complexes that are superior to G.H. Dawe and Collicutt Centres combined? How did their powers that be manage to secure local, provincial, federal and private sector monies and build stellar facilities that surpass Red Deer’s amenities?

It’s realized that water treatment, snow removal, etc., are hefty budgetary concerns but these other

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smaller locals (not more major municipalities like Lethbridge or Winnipeg) manage similar snowfall amounts and maintain other areas required for basic dwelling. Yet they still have created, or are in the process of, activity areas that surpass what is offered in Red Deer.

Blackfalds has a second water spray area within months of Red Deer finally creating its first. Penhold has a well laid out multiplex and its population is not even one-20th of Red Deer’s. How many Red Deer skaters have to go there or elsewhere (out of town) to secure ice time?

Pond hockey players should be applauded for playing at 6 a.m. after daylight savings sprang ahead last weekend.

The research is evident. Children need and deserve their sleep and should not be limited to available ice times at these unreasonable hours. Also evident is that for every dollar spent on youth and citizens now, it’s recapped tenfold plus in the future.

(It costs a lot less to operate a recreation centre than a penitentiary.) As the one swim club states, “keep our kids in the pool/off the streets.”

But of course we’ve only been waiting decades/ generations for an indoor 50-metre pool and that’s another issue that city council seems to repeatedly talk about and not act on.

With the bid for the 2019 Winter Games, we don’t even have a facility that can appropriately feature badminton. Kudos to Lyn Radford and others trying to build “it” for many years so “they” will come.

However, our citizens of all ages are already here and deserve to be able to access and enjoy facilities at least as functional as these much smaller centres.

If Spruce Grove, Cochrane, Airdrie, etc., can manage the undertaking of proper leisure and activity facilities, why can’t Red Deer?

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A5 Harper rejects Crimea ballot

MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

PROTESTERS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada has denounced the controversial referendum in Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula on Sunday that showed overwhelming support to split off and join Russia, saying it would lead to further isolation of Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

“The so-called referendum held today was conducted with Crimea under illegal military occupation. Its results are a reflection of nothing more than Russian military control,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement.

“This ’referendum’ is illegitimate, it has no legal effect, and we do not recognize its outcome,” the prime minister said, adding Canada is working with other countries on the possibility of further sanctions.

“Any solution to this crisis must respect the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine as well as the constitution of Ukraine. Mr. Putin’s reckless and unilateral actions will lead only to Russia’s further economic and political isolation from the international community.”

Earlier Sunday, protesters in at least two Canadian cities joined the international condemnation against the ballot.

Some protesters applauded Harper’s decision to travel to Ukraine this Friday to show support for the temporary government in the face of Russian aggression in the strategic Black Sea region.

“This is an already an important symbolic visit showing support to the Ukrainians,” said Lada Roslycky, a human rights campaigner who organized an Ottawa protest across the street from the Russian embassy.

About 100 protesters staged a mock referendum outside the heavily-guarded embassy. They brandished signs that denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as organizers passed out fake cash, and urged mock voters to vote as often as they liked for either of two options to cede from Russia — yes and yes — as demonstrators in military garb stood over a fake ballot box.

They were joined by hundreds in downtown Toronto who braved frigid temperatures to march against what they called an illegitimate ballot.

They took to the streets just hours before the committee managing the referendum released results that said 95 per cent of voters supported joining Rus-

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Protestors take part in a mock referendum to draw attention to the Crimean referendum Sunday outside the Russian Embassy in Ottawa.

CRIMEANS VOTE TO JOIN RUSSIA A6 sia. That was based on half of the ballots counted by Sunday evening.

Standing across the street from the Russian embassy, Yaroslav Baran, a former senior Conservative aide, denounced the Crimea ballot as “an old style Soviet election.”

“It’s really frightening,” said Baran, who is of Ukrainian descent and has relatives living close to the Crimean Peninsula.

“This is classic Putin playbook. We’ve seen it in Georgia, we’ve seen it in Azerbaijan — doing this in the name of protecting minorities . . . and it turns into a permanent military occupation.”

Andrew Tsylke, a Kyiv native living in Ottawa, was

visibly struggling with his emotions as he contemplated the situation in his homeland.

“It’s a very dangerous situation. It’s close to real war,” he said.

Roslycky suggested Canada and its allies could impose travel restrictions on the wives of Russian oligarchs, “the ladies who are associated with the men who are running the Crimea because they have a tendency to go and shop in very expensive places, spend a lot of money in Europe and in the U.S.” Roslycky said that could put pressure on Russian officials “to cool it.” She said Russians who typically get to travel abroad are not the poor people who suffer under Putin’s oppression.

Canada and its allies say Sunday’s snap referendum is illegal and they will not recognize its result.

Red flags raised Spy agency accused of needless secrecy in wake of ethics breaches over Métis group’s finances

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal government took a close look at the group that represents Métis people across Canada after questions arose over its expenses, newly released documents show.

The findings of that examination, which until now have not been made public, offer a glimpse of what was happening behind the scenes before new measures were unveiled to help make the Métis National Council more transparent and accountable.

For its part, the council says most of the issues raised by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, whose probe covered the period from 2008 to 2011, have been addressed.

Council president Clement Chartier says a draft report that first raised red flags was biased and deeply flawed. But Aboriginal Affairs evidently took the draft report seriously enough to launch its own audit of the council’s management practices and financial controls.

The council received a lengthy summary of the department’s findings in a December 2012 letter, which The Canadian Press obtained.

“In our view, following a detailed review of the auditor’s findings, there are control weaknesses and differences of interpretation that hinder the effective administration of MNC funding agreements with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada,” wrote the department.

“Until these weaknesses and misinterpretations are adequately addressed, the MNC will continue to face ongoing financial challenges.”

The letter goes on to say the council claimed costs that were not included in a work plan that it gave to the department in order to receive funding.

Some of those expenses included staffing costs for jobs not in the work plan, salaries and benefits that were higher than the “prescribed percentage,” the council’s interventions to the Supreme Court and donations and sponsorships to other organizations.

The council told the department it used its own money from “administrative recoveries” to pay for activities it felt were important but not funded.

The audit also flagged the council’s procurement practices, and made an observation about lobbying.

“Individuals on contract with MNC who are communicating or arranging meetings on its behalf with ’public office holders’ should be registered as lobbyists on behalf of the MNC.” There were also questions around conflicts of interest. In one case, a company owned by the vicepresident’s wife was paid for “liaison services” between her husband and Chartier’s office. Chartier says the department knew about that situation.

“This relationship was known in advance and she was deemed to be the most effective person to provide these services,” he told The Canadian Press.

In another instance, the acting CAO approved the purchase of copies of his own book. A senior manager, meanwhile, signed off when the council bought copies of a book written by Chartier.

In a two-page written response to detailed questions about the audit, Chartier said the council has since dealt with most of the audit’s findings.

“These issues are not new to the MNC. Our board of governors and the Métis National Council General Assembly have reviewed all of these issues and have approved the MNC audits for 2008-2012 and have given us direction on moving forward,” he wrote.

“The MNC and the government of Canada have acted responsibly and addressed all of these issues and built a new financing platform going forward.

We practice democratic responsibility and accountability and we will not hesitate to protect our interests in this matter.”

OTTAWA — An investigation at Canada’s secretive eavesdropping agency has uncovered misuse of public assets and “serious breaches” of the spy outfit’s values and ethics code.

The findings, prompted by confidential information from a whistleblower, led Communications Security Establishment Canada to revise policy, improve training and boost oversight.

However, CSEC will say little more about the episode — leading opposition MPs to accuse the spy agency of needless secrecy as it comes under intense scrutiny due to widely publicized leaks by former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

Ottawa-based CSEC monitors foreign computer, satellite, radio and telephone traffic of people, countries, organizations and terrorist cells for information of intelligence interest to the federal government.

It is a key player in the Five Eyes intelligence network that includes partner agencies from the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

The Canadian agency says its findings of asset misuse and ethics breaches are not related to national security information, the privacy of Canadians or the continuing construction of CSEC’s elaborate

new Ottawa headquarters.

However, the investigation led to recommendations concerning purchasing practices, asset management, and financial controls and accountability. It resulted in changes including “more rigorous training of staff and managers” and “increased monitoring of financial authorities,” CSEC says.

In addition, the agency took “various measures” with regard to the employees in question.

CSEC spokesman Ryan Foreman said that for privacy reasons he could not release any information about “specific employees involved in this disclosure of wrongdoing.”

Foreman also refused to discuss the number and type of employees implicated, whether anyone was disciplined or fired, what kind of public assets were involved or their value.

Nor would he say when the matter came to CSEC’s attention, or when were the corrective steps were taken.

“They basically tell you nothing,” said Liberal public safety critic Wayne Easter.

NDP defence critic Jack Harris said the response “shows an unwillingness to be up-front with the public.”

“It just seems to me to be a public-relations response which doesn’t do much to inspire trust and confidence, frankly,” Harris said.

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A6 Crimeans vote to join Russia

MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

U.S., EUROPE CALL REFERENDUM ILLEGAL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Fireworks exploded and Russian flags fluttered above jubilant crowds Sunday after residents in Crimea voted overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.

The United States and Europe condemned the ballot as illegal and destabilizing and were expected to slap sanctions against Russia for it.

Ukraine’s new government in Kyiv called the referendum a “circus” directed at gunpoint by Moscow — referring to the thousands of Russian troops now in the strategic Black Sea peninsula after seizing it two weeks ago.

But after the polls closed late Sunday, crowds of ethnic Russians in the regional Crimean capital of Simferopol erupted with jubilant chants in the main square, overjoyed at the prospect of once again becoming part of Russia.

The Crimea referendum offered voters the choice of seeking annexation by Russia or remaining in Ukraine with greater autonomy.

After 50 per cent of the ballots were counted, Mikhail Malishev, head of the referendum committee, said more than 95 per cent of voters had approved splitting off and joining Russia.

Opponents of secession appeared to have stayed away Sunday, denouncing the vote as a cynical power play and land grab by Russia.

Russia was expected to face strong sanctions today by the U.S. and Europe over the vote, which could also encourage rising pro-Russian sentiment in Ukraine’s east and lead to further divisions in this nation of 46 million. Residents in western Ukraine and the capital, Kyiv, are strongly pro-West and Ukrainian nationalist.

The Crimean parliament will meet today to formally ask Moscow to be annexed and Crimean lawmakers will fly to Moscow later in the day for talks, Crimea’s pro-Russia prime minister said on Twitter.

In Moscow, the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, Sergei Naryshkin, suggested that joining Russia was a done deal.

“We understand that for 23 years after Ukraine’s formation as a sovereign state, Crimeans have been waiting for this day,” Naryshkin was quoted as saying by the state ITAR-Tass news agency.

Russian lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky said the annexation could take “from three days to three months,” according to Interfax.

Some residents in Crimea said they feared the new Ukrainian government that took over when President Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia last month will oppress them.

“It’s like they’re crazy Texans in western Ukraine.

Imagine if the Texans suddenly took over power (in

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pro-Russia demonstrators form a Russian flag as they stand under a statue of Soviet revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin during a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday. Pro-Russia demonstrators in the eastern city of Donetsk called Sunday for a referendum similar to the one in Crimea as some of them stormed the prosecutor-general’s office.

Washington) and told everyone they should speak Texan,” said Ilya Khlebanov, a voter in Simferopol.

In Sevastopol, the Crimean port where Russia now leases a major naval base from Ukraine for $98 million a year, more than 70 people surged into a polling station in the first 15 minutes of voting Sunday.

Ukraine’s new prime minister insisted that neither Ukraine nor the West would recognize the vote.

“Under the stage direction of the Russian Federation, a circus performance is underway: the so-called referendum,” Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Sunday. “Also taking part in the performance are 21,000 Russian troops, who with their guns are trying to prove the legality of the referendum.”

As soon as the polls closed, the White House again denounced the vote.

“The international community will not recognize

Suspicion grows that pilots were involved in disappearance of Malaysian jet

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The final words from the missing Malaysian jetliner’s cockpit gave no indication anything was wrong, even though one of the plane’s communications systems had already been disabled, officials said Sunday, adding to suspicions that one or both of the pilots were involved in the disappearance.

Authorities also examined a flight simulator confiscated from the home of one of the pilots and dug through the background of all 239 people on board, as well as the ground crew that serviced the plane.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 took off from Kuala Lumpur in the wee hours of March 8, headed to Beijing. On Saturday, the Malaysian government announced findings that strongly suggested the plane was deliberately diverted and may have flown as far north as Central Asia or south into the vast reaches of the Indian Ocean.

Investigators have said someone on board the plane first disabled one of its communications systems — the Aircraft and Communications Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS — about 40 minutes after takeoff. The ACARS equipment sends

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information about the jet’s engines and other data to the airline.

Around 14 minutes later, the transponder that identifies the plane to commercial radar systems was also shut down. The fact that both systems went dark separately offered strong evidence that the plane’s disappearance was deliberate.

On Sunday, Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told a news conference that the final, reassuring words from the cockpit — “All right, good night” — were spoken to air traffic controllers after the ACARS system was shut off. Whoever spoke did not mention any trouble on board.

Air force Maj. Gen. Affendi Buang told reporters he did not know whether it was the pilot or co-pilot who spoke to air traffic controllers.

Given the expanse of land and water that might need to be searched, finding the wreckage could take months or longer. Or it might never be located.

Establishing what happened with any degree of certainty will probably require evidence from cockpit voice recordings and the plane’s flight-data recorders.

The search area now includes 11 countries the plane might have flown over, Hishammuddin said, adding that the number of countries involved in the operation had increased from 14 to 25.

Rebels flee to Lebanon as stronghold falls

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

the results of a poll administered under threats of violence,” it said in a statement. “Russia’s actions are dangerous and destabilizing.”

Russia raised the stakes Saturday when its forces, backed by helicopter gunships and armoured vehicles, took control of the Ukrainian village of Strilkove and a key natural gas distribution plant nearby— the first Russian military move into Ukraine beyond the Crimean peninsula of 2 million people. The Russian forces later returned the village but kept control of the gas plant.

On Sunday, Ukrainian soldiers were digging trenches and erecting barricades between the village and the gas plant.

“We will not let them advance further into Ukrainian territory,” said Serhiy Kuz, commander of a Ukrainian paratrooper battalion.

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Outgunned by Assad’s army and Hezbollah, rebels Yabroud was a major smuggling hub for the reb- abandoned their positions on the hills surrounding els trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad. The Yabroud overnight Sunday, collapsing the fighter town’s fall is the latest in a string of strategic gains ranks inside the town and allowing government

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Clamour to spare dog that mauled Phoenix boy grows PHOENIX — A dog that mauled a 4-year-old Phoenix boy has received thousands of pleas for mercy through a Facebook campaign ahead of a court hearing to decide his fate.

A municipal court judge could rule at a March 25 hearing on whether Mickey, a pit bull that bit Kevin Vicente in the face, should be euthanized. Kevin received injuries that will require, according to doctors, months and possibly years of reconstructive surgeries.

Since the Feb. 20 attack, Mickey has become the object of a Facebook page that has gotten more than 40,000 likes and an online petition to spare his life.

Supporters say the campaign doesn’t mean they value the dog’s life above the child’s.

“This is not Kevin versus Mickey,” said attorney John Schill, who is representing the dog in the court petition. “Having Mickey killed is not going to take away Kevin’s pain or injuries. The only thing this is going to do is kill a poor, innocent dog.”

Pit bulls are viewed by some as a dangerous breed, a reputation their fans dispute.

Guadalupe Villa, who was at the scene of the attack, filed the vicious-animal petition to have the dog put down.

“I just looked at all this as this could have been my son, and I don’t want it to be someone else,” Villa said.

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FRONT CABIS IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS The Central Alberta Brain Injury Society is seeking volunteers to serve on its board. The society is looking for those who have an interest and the skills to help plan the direction of its programs and other initiatives.

Members are expected to commit to three hours a month and to volunteer at events when available.

Contact Jean or Lorraine at 403-350-7260 for more information. The Central Alberta Brain Injury Society has helped individuals and families deal with the effects of traumatic or acquired brain injury since 1991.

LOVE TO SPEAK AT BREAKFAST Mike Love, the founder and director of Extreme Ministries and Youth Conference, has been announced as the special guest speaker for the 11th annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast on April 8. The breakfast is presented by The Business Leaders Network. It will feature Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer and Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood, and starts at 7 a.m. at the Parkland Pavilion at Westerner Park. Tickets are $30 per person and $225 for a table of eight.

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Life of academia AGORA CONFERENCE LETS RDC STUDENTS PRESENT A PAPER

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Outside of school work, Red Deer College students had a chance to get a taste of life in academia as they spent a day presenting a paper to an audience.

About 60 students gave presentations throughout Saturday on papers they have written during their college life. The presentations were a part of the 10th annual Agora RDC undergraduate conference English instructor and chair of the conference committee Heather Marcovitch has seen some interesting presentations and papers over the years. One on video games came to mind from a few years ago. She said the presenter talked at length about the life of a video game from the beginning of production through to final gameplay.

“Right now there’s a presentation on ecopsychology,” said Marcovitch. “It’s this field of psychology that is trying to show that the environment actually causes psychological wellbeing, that’s why it’s important to preserve the environment.

“You feel calmer when you’re walking on a beach or in a forest. It actually helps your psychological wellbeing.”

On top of the essays and research papers there is a group of students who present work from creative writing class, or their own interests.

“There are some people here who are in

their first year, and this is the paper they may have done last semester or this semester and someone said ‘you know, this is really good, you should present this,’” said Marcovitch.

“Some of the students have been here two or three years and they’re presenting from their longer, ongoing work.”

The presentations are extra-curricular and no one gets credit for doing this, but Marcovtich said it is good for the students’ resumes as it shows they are talking at conferences and have public speaking skills.

“This is the life of academia,” said Marcovitch. “When you engage in intellectual culture, and this is everywhere, you do a lot of research, field work, lab work and library work on your own.

“A few times every year people like to congregate and share their ideas, and that’s what a conference is. We do this here to give people a taste of what intellectual life is about. Every so often you take what you’ve been doing by yourself and you share it with a group of your peers.”

On top of the presentations the students will have a chance to see their work published. The Agora: RDC Undergraduate Journal assembles the papers into a document, showcasing the range of works from humanities and social sciences students.

The work is also edited by a group of students, offering them a chance to try their hand at editing copy. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Photo by MURRAY CRAWFORD/Advocate Staff

Red Deer College Student Harrison MacDonald talks about his paper on sentencing disparity at the 10th annual Agora undergraduate conference at the college Saturday.

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SMITH TO HOST MEET AND GREET Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith will host a meet and greet on March 26 at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Red Deer. The event will run from 7 to 9 p.m. as Smith and her Wildrose team builds towards the 2016 provincial election.

People wanting to attend are asked to RSVP at www.wildrose.ca/events, by email at rsvp@wildrose. ca or by calling 1-888-2621888.

DYING WITH DIGNITY A special talk on dying with dignity will take place at Sunnybrook United Church. On April 3, starting at 7 p.m. at the church, at 12 Stanton St. in Red Deer, Dr. Victoria Seavilleklein, a clinical ethicist, and Dr. Michael Thain will lead the free talk. To pre-register and for more information, contact minister Linda Ervin at Sunnybrook United Church at 403-347-6073.

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Aylah Cinese, 4, has the final touch put on her fairy-fied face by Allison Lumley at the Spring Into Fabulous handmade exhibitors show at the iHotel Saturday. Other than face painting, exhibitors sold products ranging from cooking ingredients to home decor and children’s clothing. A similar event will take place in November.

Taxidermist open for tours

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Through a passion spanning more than 60 years, Lorne McArthur has a vast collection of mounted animals and is willing to show them off to anyone who wants to take a look.

McArthur and his wife have lived just south of Red Deer for about 43 years and in that time have amassed a collection of taxidermied animals including fish, birds, mammals and reptiles. Because they do school, scouts or girl guides or any other group tours they have a museum licence.

This means they can keep certain animals, such as songbirds, a taxidermy licence wouldn’t let them keep.

They welcome all sorts of people in and show their vast collection of carefully preserved and mounted animals. Ranging from moose to deer to elk to eagles to owls to wolves to foxes and more.

McArthur has had his taxidermy licence since he was 12, now 63 years later he still finds solace in the practice. He started doing it by helping his grandfather and has done it ever since.

“I enjoy doing it, you have to,” said McArthur. “I have an appreciation for wildlife and the preservation of wildlife, whether it is alive or it has, unfortunately passed away, it is preserving what nature has brought us.”

Though many stuffed and mounted animals grace his home, he takes time to feed and care for living animals as well.

He noted that this winter has been particularly tough for most animals, save coyotes. The snow and cold has left deer and birds finding it tough to get food.

McArthur shows groups that come through the protected animals and the rare ones he has or those that aren’t common to the area. Included in that group are different varieties of hawks and owls, loons or pacific eiders.

The fall is traditionally the busy season because of hunting season, but because of deep freezers the season extends with people bringing in animals that have been frozen into the winter months. By March he has just about finished up his heads for the year, with a wolf he is working on nearing completion.

Walking through his house he talks fondly of his animals, a muntjac, a variety of deer that has hooked fangs in its mouth, or a bald-headed eagle that McArthur got due to the Exxon Valdez oil tanker wreck near Alaska.

“This was a bird that was killed in the oil spill,” said McArthur.

“He was fishing, there were dead fish on the top and he grabbed them and they were covered in oil and the next thing you know he dies.

His white feathers still have a yellow tinge to them from the oil spill. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Former homeless woman building links for youth

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer woman who knows the tough time that youth have on the streets is doing what she can to help them out.

Julie Takhar lived on the streets in downtown Red Deer from the time she was 16 to after her 18th birthday. She remembers sleeping on a heat vent at the library just to stay warm.

Now the 44-year-old is fundraising for items and gift certificates to take down to the Parkland Youth Homes Street Ties drop-in centre.

One need she mentioned as important are toiletries.

“It (money) goes to things the kids need

that I would be able to drop off at the youth centre for them,” said Takhar. “Like toiletries, backpacks, bus tickets or gift cards.”

Parkland Youth Homes CEO Robecca Chahine said they have not asked her to do this and have no direct relation with her fundraising other than receiving the items Takhar donates.

Chahine said they have received one delivery of items from her.

Takhar is doing this by herself and has found it hard so far. Everything she has done so far comes out of her pocket.

She has invested in a computer, printer and website. She has printed out her own flyers and has been posting them where she can.

On her website, www.linksforyouthnonprofit.com, which is still in the early devel-

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opment stages, is her phone number and ways to contact her.

Takhar told the Street Ties drop-in centre what she was doing.

“I’ve hung out with older people who go ‘Oh yeah, we’ll take care of you,’ ” said Takhar. “No, they just use you and want you to go do stuff.

“I remember what it feels like, everybody looks at you like you’re a piece of garbage and it’s not fun being dirty and hungry.”

Prior to going on the street, Takhar was in group homes, but those didn’t work for her.

“There has to be more. If given the chance these kids can have really good futures,” said Takhar. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

GOOD NEWS FOR BORROWERS BUT NOT FOR THE ECONOMY IN GENERAL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by MURRAY CRAWFORD/Advocate staff

This Gatsby custom car was one the cars available at Westerner Park on Saturday at the 8th annual Red Deer Speed Show Collector Car Auction.

Classic wheels go on the block

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Scores of car enthusiasts got their motors running and bought numerous classic and collectible cars this weekend at the Westerner.

The 8th annual Red Deer speed show collector car auction featured a seemingly endless line of classic cars including Shelby GTs, Camaros, Corvettes, Mustangs, Dodge Darts, a couple of Prosche 911 Carerras, a 1967 Dodge Charger and more.

For eight years now Todd Schwindt has put on the auction through his business Electric Garage Auctions.

“We had huge crowds on Friday and Saturday,” said Schwindt.

“Probably put through more people through the gate than we

SPEED SHOW COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION ever have.”

The cars, as well as automobile memorabilia took over the Westerner Park from Friday to Sunday.

The top seller by Sunday morning was a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette 427 that went for more than $100,000.

Schwindt said the auction had high numbers, selling at least 75 to 80 per cent of the cars they consigned.

“That’s huge,” said Schwindt.

“Most classic car auctions sell on average half of their cars. You do anything over 50 per cent and you’re doing really well.”

Overall he said the sales percentage was comparable to years past, but they had more people through the gates taking a look at the vehicles.

For Schwindt the shows are

great, but the cars are his passion.

“I deal with cars every single day,” he said. “I sell cars online every day, I love to buy cars, I love auctions. I love the energy of auctions.”

He buys at auctions in California and Arizona and holds them in Alberta.

Schwindt and EGAuctions next show is set for April 11 to 13 at the Expo Center in Edmonton. He said they have 35 estate collector cars selling with no reserve.

The next Red Deer auction is the fall finale, which also takes place at the Westerner Park, 4847 19A St., on Sept. 19 and 20.

For more information visit www.egauctions.com. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Maple season starts slowly DUE TO COOL WEATHER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — In chilly Massachusetts, maple season is off to a slow start.

Maple season starts at the end of February in a typical year. But despite being well into March, temperatures have been too low for the sap to drip out.

This winter has had more snowfall and lower temperatures than normal, and temperatures are not forecast to rise much over the next two weeks, said Bill Simpson, a spokesman for the National Weather Service.

Many farms have yet to start tapping their trees, said Winton Pitcoff, co-ordinator for the Massachusetts Maple Production Association.

But it’s too soon to say

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Paul Boulanger tosses wood in to fire up the sap evaporator at the Turtle Lane Maple sugar house in North Andover, Mass. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to yield one gallon of syrup. whether the late start will affect the overall maple season, which ends in April, Pitcoff said.

“We could still have a very good season,” Pitcoff said. “There have

been many seasons where it didn’t start until late into March.”

But drastically fluctuating weather would be bad news, he said.

A gradual warm-up is best for maple sugar pro-

duction, he said.

Last year, Massachusetts produced about 63,000 gallons of syrup, ranking ninth in maple production nationwide.

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OTTAWA — Does Canada still have a too-low inflation problem?

The recent upward drift in the consumer price index, which the Bank of Canada watches like a hawk, appeared to put to rest concerns that the country was headed for disinflation, a period of low and declining inflation.

But it appears the relief may have been premature.

This Friday’s inflation reading for February is likely to again grab central banker Stephen Poloz’s full attention, with some economists predicting the Statistics Canada report will show the annual CPI falling below one per cent, and even as low as 0.5 per cent, from January’s comfortable 1.5 per cent setting.

That will put inflation, or lack of it, back on the central bank’s radar in time for next month’s quarterly monetary policy report and possibly elicit more fretting from Poloz that the lack of price pressure suggests the economy’s output gap continues to grow, or at least is not closing as fast as it should.

The central bank had been breathing easier of late after the economy’s healthy 2.7 and 2.9 per cent jumps in output in the final two quarters of 2013.

But early indicators are that growth has fallen back again — partly due to an unusually bitter winter — but also because the global picture continues to disappoint.

CIBC recently downgraded its estimate of growth for 2014 to 2.1 per cent, four-tenths of a point behind the bank’s.

“Very low inflation could be combined with the possibility that the Bank of Canada might have to revise upward its estimate of spare capacity (in the economy),” said Scotiabank Economics vice-president Derek Holt.

“That would continue the long pattern of pushedout optimism on the output gap’s closure and the return of inflation to the two per cent target.”

The reason this is important is that the longer the bank feels it will take to return inflation to two per cent, the longer it is likely to keep interest rates low to push the economy in that direction. That’s good news for borrowers, such as those wishing to buy a home, but its not so good for the economy generally, Holt says.

“Even soft inflation can influence consumers to hold off spending and business investment decisions,” Holt says.

“If business think prices for their end products are not going up or going lower, they will be less inclined to ramp up production.”

Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter is also projecting a weak inflation number for February, although he thinks it will be in the order of one per cent, which currently is the consensus. That shouldn’t worry the central bank overly, he says, even though it is below its target.

“If they could actually hold inflation at one per cent, I don’t think the bank would be too uncomfortable with that,” he said. “The concern is you are too close to deflation for comfort and if anything hit the economy, we could dip into the dreaded deflation territory.”

The classic example in the modern era of deflation damaging the economy is Japan in the 1990s, where actual average price drops had the unwanted effect of convincing consumers to hold off buying decisions in order to take advantage of lower prices down the road, triggering a reinforcing cycle of lower economic activity and still lower inflation.

Canada is nowhere near that point, economists note. Canada’s low inflation record of the past two years is almost certainly a symptom, rather than a cause, of both a weak domestic and external economy.

Even if Friday’s CPI comes it at the low end of expectations, it will likely be an aberration due to what Jimmy Jean of Desjardins Capital Markets calls an “arithmetic quirk.”

Inflation jumped through the roof February 2013, meaning Friday’s reading will be based on that inflated base effect.

On a month-to-month basis, it is known that gasoline prices rose as have utility costs.

Another reason to take a more benign view of inflation is that the Canadian dollar has lost about 10 per cent value over the last several months — with some lag, that depreciation should pump up import prices and heat up inflation across the economy.

Wealthy Canadians more secure about retirement

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MONEYWISE

Money may not necessarily be a blessing and buy happiness, but it can help to buy a little peace of mind about saving for retirement.

A recent BMO Harris private banking study found that high-net-worth Canadians — those with investible assets of $1 million or more — are upbeat about saving for retirement, with 95 per cent saying they are confident about their ability to achieve their ideal retirement lifestyle, versus 69 per cent of Canadians overall.

High-net-worth Canadians reported that they need on average $2.3 million to be able

to live out their retirement lifestyle, 2 ½ times more than the $908,000 average that Canadians as a whole, irrespective of income level, identified as the optimal amount required for retirement.

The amount of money Canadians feel they need for their retirement varies from $584,000 in Quebec, to $1.1 million in British Columbia and $1.3 million in Alberta — the two provinces which are home to some of the savviest and highest-net-worth investors in the country.

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tant to understand that saving for retirement is not a one-size-fits-all proposition in terms of the ideal amount you need to save,” said Yannick Archambault, vicepresident and COO of BMO Harris Private Banking.

“How much you require will be determined largely by what kind of lifestyle you envision for yourself, including where you plan to live, how much you want to travel and other factors that could require funding.

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RETIREMENT: Needs serious thought What’s important is that you give serious thought to how you want your retirement to look and then work with a financial professional to create a financial plan that includes a retirement savings and investment component.”

The optimism of high-net-worth Canadians shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering the study also found that 86 per cent of them said they’re comfortable with their current savings and investment plans. Seventy per cent expect stocks to generate the most solid returns over the next five years, well ahead of real estate, bonds and cash.

Like those in Canada, high net worth investors south of the border are bullish on prospects for investing in 2014, despite ongoing economic and geopolitical concerns, according to a report by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.

Eighty-four per cent, for example, expect their investment portfolio to be better or the same at the end of the year and 70 per cent see a better or the same investment climate this year.

More specifically, they believe equities are the preferred investment vehicles for 2014, with dividend-paying stocks, S&P 500 Index funds and Dow Jones Average Index funds earning a good rating from the highest percentage of affluent investors.

The top five investment sectors for the year are technology, followed by bio-technology, energy, pharmaceuticals and communications.

Affluent investors are keeping their money close to home, with the majority favouring the U.S. as the best place to invest, followed by China, India, Japan and Brazil.

The Middle East and Russia were considered bad places to invest.

Millionaire investors also designated real estate as the most popular alternative asset class by a large margin. Seventy-seven per cent said they own real estate and 35 per cent said they own a related investment, such as real estate investment trusts.

The survey also found that investors who receive advice from a financial adviser are much more likely to say they were knowledgeable about alternative asset classes compared with those who have not received professional advice.

“While it’s encouraging that so many of (Canada’s) affluent are feeling good about the prospects for their retirement, it’s important to be mindful that market conditions can change very quickly and impact one’s investments,” Archambault said. “It’s important to ensure your portfolio manages risk effectively and is well diversified in order to insulate your retirement nest egg against market fluctuations as best as possible.”

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

MAPLE: Several states struggling Vermont produced the most with 1.3 million gallons.

Other states are struggling, too. The cold weather has pushed back the start of the season in neighbouring Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York and elsewhere.

North of Boston, Turtle Lane Maple Farm in North Andover began its 10th season last weekend after nearly deciding to take the year off.

“Mother Nature has been quite cruel to us this year,” said Paul Boulanger, who owns and runs the farm.

Last year, his small farm produced 110 gallons of syrup, but he said he’ll be happy with 65 gallons this year. Although he expects the season to be a disappointing one, Boulanger says, he cares more about participating in a New England tradition than in producing a lot of syrup. More than 3,600 visitors took a tour of his farm last year.

Goodyear unveils bigger, faster airship

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AKRON, Ohio — The next generation of the wellknown Goodyear blimp is getting ready to take flight as the company moves toward replacing its old fleet of airships with a new trio.

The helium-filled airship, assembled at an Akronarea hangar and unveiled there Friday, is bigger, quicker and more manoeuvrable than earlier models, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said.

The 246-foot airship fits 12 passengers and has a semi-rigid internal skeleton, a feature that wasn’t present in earlier models and raises questions about whether it is truly a blimp, though the company still refers to it as such. The structure is covered by a silver, balloon-like body emblazoned with Goodyear’s yellow logo on a blue background.

It can travel at up to 73 mph and has custom computer-controlled avionics, an upgrade from the manual flight system used by the blimp pilots since the 1920s, the company said. It plans to build two more.

A spokesman wouldn’t specify the cost of the new airship, which is expected to provide a longer flight range and better aerial broadcast capabilities for event coverage.

“The completion of the new blimp marks the beginning of a new era for our airship program and reflects Goodyear’s commitment to remaining at the forefront of aerial broadcast coverage and support,” Paul Fitzhenry, Goodyear’s senior vice-president for global communications, said in a statement.

The airship is scheduled to start test flights this month and go into service this summer.

It still needs one component: a name. Ohio-based Goodyear is collecting suggestions through a contest on its website until April 4. Whoever submits the chosen name will get to use the blimp for a day, the company said.

Thousands of suggestions were submitted in 2006 when the company named its Spirit of Innovation blimp, which now operates from Pompano Beach, Fla. That is where the old Ohio blimp, Spirit of Goodyear, retired. It is being decommissioned this year.

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Wind turbines are silhouetted by the setting sun as they produce electricity near Beaumont, Kan. The plains of Kansas could be a treasure trove in the nation’s growing effort to harness clean energy. But a major proposal to move wind-generated electricity from Kansas to the East is running into a roadblock: farmers who don’t want high-power transmission lines on their land.

Kansas farmers oppose transmission lines PLANNED TO MOVE WIND ENERGY EAST FROM KANSAS FACES OPPOSITION FROM FARMERS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS — The windy plains of Kansas could be a treasure trove in the nation’s effort to harness clean energy, but a major proposal to move wind-generated electricity eastward is running into a roadblock: Farmers who don’t want high-power transmission lines on their land.

Clean Line Energy Partners wants to spend $2.2 billion to build a 750-mile-long high-voltage overhead transmission line.

Towers 110 to 150 feet tall, 4-6 per mile, would carry lines with power generated by Kansas’ modernistic windmill turbines through sparsely populated northern Missouri, through the cornfields of Illinois and to a substation in Sullivan, Ind. The exact route has not been finalized.

The idea is supported by environmental groups who say it is an opportunity to take a big step forward for an energy source that could reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels and cut air pollution. Clean Line has four other transmission line projects in the works in the West and Midwest.

All five still require regulatory approval.

If all goes right, the Kansas-toIndiana line — called the Green Belt Express Clean Line — could be operational by 2018, said Mark Lawlor, director of development for Clean Line.

“There are a whole host of wind developers who are ready to go but they don’t have the ability to transmit the power,” Lawlor said.

“But like an oil or gas field that’s remotely located, you’ve got to find a way to get that resource to market.”

Clean Line says the project will be an economic boon, with all four states seeing new jobs for construction and local companies

providing things like parts and concrete. Lawlor said consumers would benefit, too, by the new source of power that would drive down electricity costs.

Kansas figures to benefit the most. Clean Line projects that more than $7 billion of new wind projects will be needed to meet demand created by the line, potentially creating thousands of new jobs in Kansas and making the state a hub of wind energy.

Randi Tveitaraas Jack, energy co-ordinator for the Kansas Department of Commerce, said the agency doesn’t endorse individual projects, but that in general, “We’re very supportive of the wind industry in Kansas and continued growth, and transmission is an important piece of that.”

Both the property owner and the counties where the towers would be built stand to make money. A typical county could see $800,000 annually in property taxes, Lawlor said.

As for property owners, compensation will depend on how much easement is needed, the value of the land and other factors. Lawlor gave an example of an easement stretching half a mile across land valued at $5,000 an acre, housing two tower structures.

The owner would get about $45,500 for the easement and a one-time payment of $18,000 for each structure — a total of $81,500.

Owners could also opt for smaller annual payments for the structures.

Yet many landowners have organized in opposition to Clean Line.

They worry about whether the towers and lines will reduce property values, get in the way of farming operations like crop-dusting and irrigation, and even create health risks for those living so close to high-voltage wires.

“This is some of our best

ground,” said Kent Dye, 56, who farms about 7,000 acres in northeast Missouri’s Monroe County.

“This line — there’s no proven need for it. There are no contracts to provide power, no contracts to sell on the other end.”

Then there are property rights issues.

Clean Line filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission in January for approval to operate as a public utility, a move that would grant eminent domain rights. Similar approval would be needed in Illinois.

Clean Line already operates as a public utility in Kansas and Indiana.

Many along the route worry that a private company could simply take over land that in some cases has been in families for generations.

“We have sacrificed everything for this land,” said Jennifer Gatrel, 33, who, along with her husband, Jeff, farms a 430-acre cattle ranch in western Missouri. “We don’t go on vacation.

We don’t go out to eat. Everything we have is tied up in this land. The idea that somebody can come in and take it from us is appalling and it goes against what it is to be an American.”

Lawlor said the company prefers not to use eminent domain and wants to reach agreements with landowners. He also cited studies showing that power lines and towers have no effect on property values.

“When they sit down and talk to us and get the information about the reality of the project, I think we’re succeeding in clearing the air,” he said.

Not as far as Gatrel is concerned.

“There are already significant barriers to farming,” Gatrel said.

“This would be another major barrier.”

Stocks face headwinds amid Crimea referendum, China growth THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Toronto stock market could find itself under further selling pressure this week as traders weigh the outcome of a controversial weekend referendum in Ukraine’s Crimea territory and growth prospects in China.

The U.S. Federal Reserve will also be in focus mid-week as the central bank holds its latest interest rate meeting.

The Ukraine issue was the biggest concern at the end of last week ahead of Sunday’s referendum where residents were voting on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia.

Analysts said that there wasn’t a lot of doubt about the outcome of the vote as Crimea has a high proportion of Russian-speaking people.

But there is uncertainty about how western countries will respond.

“What we’re worried about to some ex-

tent would be the risk of some more serious deterioration in Russia-G7 relationships and eventually the possibility of more serious economic sanctions,” said JeanFrancois Dion, portfolio adviser at RBC Wealth Management.

G7 countries, which include Canada and the United States., have called the vote illegitimate and say they won’t recognize the results.

They have also warned there will be costs if Moscow moves to annex Crimea, where Russia has major naval installations.

Questions about Chinese growth and the health of its financial system will also weigh

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on markets in the wake of soft export, retail and industrial production numbers released last week that raised doubts on whether the country can reach its stated goal of 7.5 per cent growth this year.

The country’s firstever corporate bond default March 7 also created tensions over worries about the health of other companies.

Those concerns had the effect of pushing copper prices down about 10 per cent last week to mid-2010 levels while the TSX base metals component tumbled a similar amount.

That is because copper is commonly used for financing in China and

there are worries that further defaults could result in large amounts of copper being dumped on the market, further depressing prices, if companies can’t access credit.

“This default that occurred really caught people’s attention,” said Andrew Pyle, associate director, wealth management, senior wealth adviser and portfolio manager at ScotiaMcLeod in Peterborough, Ont. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve makes its interest rate announcement Wednesday afternoon, followed by a news conference with newly minted Fed chair Janet Yellen.

HEALTH

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MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

First lady encourages home cooking HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE ALSO SAVES YOU MONEY

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Now is the time to fight even harder.

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

— Michelle Obama First lady

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First lady Michelle Obama in Washington, in February. She says the focus of her anti-childhood obesity effort will be to help people cook more of their meals at home.

Mrs. Obama praised recent federal statistics showing a sharp decline in obesity rates among children ages 2 to 5 as an important but small achievement.

She said it was not enough evidence to declare the problem solved and urged everyone to keep working on solutions, especially among older kids.

“Now is not the time to take our foot off the gas and congratulate ourselves on a job well done,” Mrs. Obama said.

“Just the opposite. Now is the time to fight even harder.”

Her strategy largely has been to cajole food and beverage makers, retailers, restaurants and others to make healthier products.

Federal legislation and regulations are leading to changes in school breakfast and lunch programs, and are expected to bring an updated “Nutrition Facts” label to packaged products before the end of the decade.

The promised focus on helping families create healthier habits by cooking more meals at home fits that approach.

In her remarks, the first

lady talked about working with supermarkets to distribute recipes and offer cooking demonstrations, with schools to develop the “home economics class of the future” to give students basic cooking skills, and with chefs to get them to offer affordable cooking classes in their restaurants.

She promised announcements of new initiatives in the coming months.

Mrs. Obama said research shows that cooking meals at home is one of the best ways families can improve their health.

New WHO study raises questions

BY HELEN BRANSWELL THE CANADIAN PRESS

SAFE SURGERIES

TORONTO — A new study suggests Ontario hospitals saw no measurable improvements in their surgical safety records six months after they implemented a World Health Organization-designed safe surgery checklist program.

The lead author of the study said the findings may suggest earlier claims about the patient outcome improvements hospitals could achieve through use of the surgical checklist were overstated.

But other experts, including the leader of the WHO effort, said the new study shows Ontario and its hospitals fumbled the introduction of the surgical safety checklist program.

“The lesson is that it hasn’t been implemented properly, not that the checklist is garbage,” said Dr. Jason Leitch, clinical director for Scotland’s National Health Service, which has achieved a 23 per cent reduction in surgery-related deaths over the past six years using a set of interventions including surgical checklists.

The new study was published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, which also published the 2009 study that reported large improvements in surgical safety associated with use of a standardized checklist the WHO issued in 2008.

The checklist requires operating teams to introduce themselves and outline their roles before surgery begins, confirm the procedure that is to be done, ensure that all necessary equipment is in place and discuss any known concerns. Before the surgery ends, staff confirm all instruments and sponges are accounted for and the team discusses how the patient’s ongoing care needs to be managed.

The 2009 study reported a 47 per cent reduction in deaths associated with high-risk surgeries when the checklist was used.

The rate of surgical site infections was almost cut in half and there were also significant declines in all complications and unplanned returns to the operating room — code for surgeries to fix problems created by the first surgery.

The buzz generated by that study prompted many jurisdictions to move to adopt the checklist approach. In Ontario, the Ministry of Health told hospitals they would need to begin reporting publicly whether they were using a surgical checklist beginning in July 2010.

Some hospitals were already using surgical checklists; others quickly got onboard.

So several researchers from University of Toronto hospitals decided to see whether surgical checklists were delivering results.

Using hospital records compiled by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, they looked at surgery-related deaths and complications — things like

surgical site infections and unplanned secondary surgeries — for 92 hospitals around the province.

They compared how many of these events happened in the individual hospitals for a three-month period before the hospital introduced its checklist program to the number of events that happened in a three-month period after the checklist was in place.

The before and after periods studied were not the three months immediately leading to or following the adoption date, but rather the quarter before and after that. So if a hospital started using the checklist on July 1 of a given year, their before period was from Jan. 1 to March 31 and their after period from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31.

They found no statistically significant differences in surgery-related deaths or complications when they compared the before and after pictures.

Lead author Dr. David Urbach, a general surgeon at Toronto’s University Health Network, suggested the impact of the checklist may have been “oversold.”

“For a study to say that 50 per cent (of surgery-related deaths) not only are preventable, but are actually prevented by the use of a ... very brief, inexpensive, straightforward intervention like adhering to a checklist — it seems like a bit of an extraordinary claim,” he said.

“What we found was making extraordinary improvements in patient safety is probably going to take a lot more work than the introduction of something like these safety checklists.”

Proponents of the checklists agreed that merely instructing surgical teams to use a checklist won’t achieve the improvements seen in the 2009 study.

And they suggested the Ontario results are proof of that.

Still, they argued that the fault was not in the checklist, but in not doing enough promoting of the system and training on it. They also suggested looking for big results so soon after implementation was unrealistic.

Dr. Atul Gawande, who led the WHO program to develop the surgical checklist, said it takes time and effort to effect the culture change required to allow the checklist program to be successful.

“I think the (Ontario) study is premature and incomplete,” said Gawande, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a professor at Harvard School of Public Health. “If you rolled out a seatbelt change ... you wouldn’t measure three months later and say: ‘Oops, didn’t work.”’

HEALTH

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New centre for child concussions and treatment opens in Winnipeg WINNIPEG — A new program in Winnipeg will offer specialized research and treatment for kids who suffer concussions.

The Pan Am Concussion Program is to be up and running by this fall and is expected to see as many as 30 children and teenagers every week.

It is to be located at MTS Iceplex, a four-rink facility that hosts amateur games and tournaments as well as practices for the NHL Winnipeg Jets.

Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger says kids are active on the hockey rink, the football field and elsewhere, but that brings with it a risk of injury.

The program is to be led by Dr. Michael Ellis, a neurosurgeon who recently worked at Toronto Western Hospital.

Organizers are promising innovative research into how concussions can be better diagnosed and managed.

Obama administration says health plans offer spousal benefit can exclude married same-sex couples WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is spelling out new health insurance rights for samesex couples.

Starting next year, health plans that offer spousal coverage to heterosexual couples cannot deny it to legally married same-sex couples.

The Health and Human Services Department announced the policy Friday in a blog post.

The department says insurance companies will not be allowed to discriminate against married samesex couples.

The rule applies to plans offered in the new health insurance exchanges, as well as to many employer and individual plans offered outside that marketplace.

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As far as her own family, she said her mother kept a strict food budget, planned her meals for the week and went grocery shopping every Saturday.

“The question is: How do we help families start cooking again, even if it’s just one or two meals a week?” she told the audience of public health professionals, nutritionists, corporate leaders and others in the closing address at the conference organized by the Partnership for a Healthier America.

Mrs. Obama is honorary chairwoman of the non-profit organization, which was created in conjunction with “Let’s Move,” her initiative against childhood obesity. The partnership works to support the goals of “Let’s Move” and with businesses to bring then on board and hold them accountable for the commitments they make to improve the health of Americans.

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WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama said Friday that a new focus of her anti-childhood obesity effort will be to help people cook more of their meals at home because they’re healthier.

Addressing a health summit in Washington, the first lady said home-cooked meals have less fat, sodium, cholesterol and calories than meals prepared in restaurants — and save money, too.

She said too many people think they don’t have the time or the skills to cook for themselves, but that plenty of meals can be pulled together in less than 30 minutes for cheaper than takeout.

Mrs. Obama began focusing on the nation’s childhood obesity problem as soon as she got to the White House in 2009.

She pledged Friday to stick with the issue long after she’s gone.

“We cannot walk away from this issue until obesity rates drop for children of every age and every background,” she said. “We cannot walk away until every child in this country has a shot at a healthy life.

And that’s why I’m in this thing for the long haul, and I mean long after I leave the White House, because I believe in finishing what I start.”

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A11 Kiss-off for Rock ’n roll Hall

MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

PAUL STANLEY SAYS BAND IS MIFFED AT ROCK HALL FOR INDUCTING ONLY ORIGINAL LINEUP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Paul Stanley of Kiss wants to shout it out loud: the band is miffed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for not inducting members Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer along with the original lineup.

Kiss is scheduled to be inducted into the Rock Hall on April 10 in New York City. But Stanley said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press that he doesn’t think the Rock Hall is being fair and that the organization has altered their rules for other acts.

“We have continuing issues with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, starting with the fact that they chose to only induct the original lineup when that’s hardly the case with other bands,” he said from Los Angeles.

“In the Grateful Dead’s case, (they) also inducted a writer who never played an instrument,” said Stanley, referring to Robert Hunter’s inclusion when the band was inducted in 1994. “Or they’ve inducted rap artists, or they’ve inducted people who have been in the band for seven years as opposed to ... 25 years or 20 years — whatever their criteria of this week is.”

A representative for the Rock Hall didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment. Acts become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record.

Kiss wrote on its website last month that it would not perform at the Rock Hall induction.

The original members from 1973 — Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley — are scheduled for induction. Criss left the band in 1980 and Frehley left in 1982. Other members joined during the 1980s, but the current lineup includes Singer, who joined in 1992, and Thayer, who came on board in 2003.

Stanley, 62, said the Rock Hall “tried to strongarm us into playing in original lineup,” but the band wouldn’t do so.

“Their craving of nostalgia or for wanting to have us play by their rules in many ways jeopardizes what we have spent 40 years building,” he said. “I’ve been there since the beginning, and when I put on my

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Members of Kiss, from left, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer, Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer, pose for a photograph to promote the start of their 2008 KISS Alive/35 European Tour in Oberhausen, Germany. KISS is scheduled to be inducted into the Rock Hall of April 10 in New York City.

Kiss gear, I do it with great pride, and anything that may jeopardize that by going out with a lineup that I might question is a nonstarter for me.”

Thayer and Singer should be inducted, he said, because they “have been in the band for decades and played on multiplatinum albums and toured the world.”

He ended with this: “So, in this case, very clearly the tail doesn’t wag the dog, and Kiss is a big dog, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a small tail.”

To play or not to play?

Nirvana, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Linda Ronstadt and Cat Stevens will also be inducted at the 29th-annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Barclays Center. Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham and the late Beatles manager Brian Epstein will receive Ahmet Ertegun awards, a nonperforming honour. And Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band will get an award for musical excellence.

The event will air in May on HBO.

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Inuit children’s author Michael Kusugak tells stories of life in Rankin’s Inlet and life in Nunavut (then Northwest Territories) growing up during Family Storytime at the Red Deer Public Library downtown on Saturday. Kusugak has authored many children’s books inspired by Inuit legends, including A Promise is a Promise which he co-wrote with Robert Munsch.

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Actor Kevin Spacey took to Twitter on Saturday to respond to a remark by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on his “Ford Nation” show on YouTube.

Ford’s brother and fellow city councillor Doug Ford accused Spacey of being an “arrogant S.O.B.” and giving his brother the cold shoulder during a recent visit to Los Angeles.

He said while the mayor was waiting to appear on the Jimmy Kimmel Live talk show, the Fords were told they couldn’t talk to or take a picture with Spacey.

Spacey posted a doctored photo of himself between the Ford brothers on the Ford Nation set on Twitter with the caption “All you had to do was ask, guys. Here’s your pic.”

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AUSTIN, Texas — Rapper ScHoolboy Q had a great time at his first South By Southwest a few years ago, but found himself getting angry this year as he played a series of shows at the annual music conference and festival.

Everywhere he turned, his fans were standing outside venues festooned with corporate branding, unable to enter because they didn’t have a formal invite.

“It’s stupid. They changed it all up. It’s corporate,” he said as he prepared for a show Saturday.

“I don’t ever want to come back unless they change it to where the fans are in. I’m tired of performing and seeing my fans outside the gate.

“That’s not fair. It’s not about the fans no more, it’s all about money, who can give you the best look.”

As South By Southwest shuttered its 28th year Sunday, participants debated the growing corporate influence on the conference.

Critics say SXSW has evolved past its core mission: to help new bands get discovered.

Instead, they say, the media focus has shifted to already-established stars such as Jay Z, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, CeeLo Green, Rick Ross, Keith Urban and many more whose heavily promoted appearances are underwritten by international brands.

It’s poor vs. the 1 per cent in miniature, and this change in vibe is relatively new. Even those who’ve found the spotlight before say it’s getting harder to break through.

“This South By feels different for us,” said Adam Thompson, singer-guitarist for Scottish band We Were Promised Jetpacks, which made its fourth appearance at the festival.

“It does feel like the first two were amazing to

help us play shows and get people to notice us.

Even stupid stuff like our name was funny, so people would come see us.

“We just came off the back of a really nice tour with some nice venues, and now we’re sort of thrown off the deep end.

Sometimes you’re thinking, ‘I’d like to play in a nice club with a soundcheck instead of not being able to hear ... on stage.”’

An hour later, the band had technical and sound troubles after hastily assembling its gear, but left the venue with a few more fans by powering through their fourth of five sets in three days.

We Were Promised Jetpacks’ experience was far different from the major pop stars, who starred at some of Austin’s nicest venues with state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems.

James Minor, general manager of the music portion of the festival, says he still thinks the focus is aimed at discovery, and that organizers are sensitive to groups most music fans have yet to hear about.

“I feel incredibly responsible for all these acts that we invite because it costs a lot of money to get here,” Minor said.

“If somebody’s going to travel to Austin, you want to make sure that they’re playing in front of people, that they’re going to get something out of South By Southwest.

“We invite acts we feel have already gained some kind of momentum that could kind of use the festival as a platform to help them up to the next level.”

The initial hurdle is the festival’s sheer popularity.

It has grown exponentially since it first started in 1987 with 177 acts appearing on 15 stages.

This year more than 2,300 acts performed on 111 stages.

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75th chance for Marvel to celebrate heroes, villains

BY MATT MOORE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — From the Golden Age Toro to Ultimate Human Torch, characters sprung from Marvel Entertainment are as varied as the people who read, watch, listen and even play them in video games.

The publisher of Marvel Comics is focusing on its panoply of characters, enlisting writers, artists, editors and historians to build a sprawling digital and interactive timeline that showcases the famous, the infamous and the obscure heroes, villains and others.

The endeavour is part of Marvel’s celebration of its 75th anniversary, said editor-in-chief Axel Alonso, and to make people aware of more than marquee names like Captain America or Spider-Man. “We want it to be as friendly to people who come out of the Cineplex to people who have long boxes in their basement,� he said this week of the site at www.marvel.com/75. “It’s time for us to underline that and show our rich history.�

The site, which goes live in April, features interactive timelines, interviews with classic writers and artists — including Stan Lee and Roy Thomas

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Jorge Vega, child actor from the upcoming Sony Pictures film, The Amazing Spiderman 2 shows off his web-slinging skills during the American International Toy Fair in February in New York. — along with contemporary ones like Dan Slott, Kelly Sue DeConnick and Brian Michael Bendis, among others. “The web gives us the capability to

do things differently, daily and across platforms — audio, video, picture galleries, lists — with all the characters and the creators,� said Ben Morse, edi-

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tor of Marvel’s website and an architect of the initiative. “We’re looking at the characters, the history and the major stories from different perspectives than we normally would.�

In most cases, promotion is about what is to come — a new Rocket Raccoon comic or a Big Hero Six film. The 75th anniversary site is about looking back and taking stock. “This is an opportunity to celebrate what’s come before,� said Morse.

Part of the interactive is breaking the company’s history into different eras, said Matt Robinson, Marvel’s art director for digital, to have content from “over the years, from the beginning of Marvel all the way to the present day� focusing on each decade. “That vast spread is why we did it by era, so that we could highlight even those that may not be prominent and still give them their due,� he said.

That will help them lavish attention on every era from the Golden Age of the late 1930s and 1940s to the Silver Age and the creation of Spidey, the Fantastic Four, the rise of the X-Men and contemporary characters, too. “For long-time fans, it’s a refresher course and will probably fill in some gaps,� Alonso said. “For the new ones?

It’s the chance to see everything that has gotten us to where we are now.�

Chris Brown jailed after discharging from rehab

BY ANTHONY MCCARTNEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama’s appearance on the “Between Two Ferns� satirical online talk show this week has reached 15 million views — almost at Justin Bieber levels.

The website Funny or Die said Friday that Obama’s interview with Zach Galifianakis, posted Tuesday, will likely beat Bieber’s record of 17.8 million views for the show.

The pop singer’s appearance was posted in September.

The president’s appearance to persuade young people to sign up for health insurance is a key moment for the Internet, much like Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chats were for radio and the Kennedy-Nixon debate for television, said Dick Glover, CEO of the comic website started by Will Ferrell. “It truly validates that it is an incredibly valuable medium for the president,� he said.

For his part, Obama told Ryan Seacrest in an interview that he figured he’d reached his target

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audience when his daughter Malia was excited that he’d done the interview when he told her at the dinner table. She’s seen most of the “Between Two Ferns� posts, he said.

Galifianakis’ act is to ask his guest hostile or inappropriate questions. But Obama said he seemed nervous at the White House taping. “He was looking around at all the Secret Service guys with guns and thinking, ‘I wonder what hap-

pens if I cross the line?�’ the president said.

Obama will have a way to go to beat Funny or Die’s record of 81 million views for a video posted in 2007, showing Ferrell being harassed by a pint-sized “landlord.�

Now that Galifianakis has interviewed Obama, who’s next on the “Between Two Ferns� wish list? “(Russian President Vladimir) Putin is certainly up there,� Glover said.

LOS ANGELES — Chris Brown was arrested Friday and will be held without bail on a warrant issued by probation officials in the latest legal entanglement for the R&B singer who has struggled to put his 2009 attack on Rihanna behind him.

The warrant was issued by the judge overseeing Brown’s case after he was informed Friday morning that the singer had been discharged from rehab “for failure to comply with rules and regulations of the program.�

No further details were released, but more information will be presented to Superior Court Judge James R. Brandlin when Brown appears in his courtroom on Monday afternoon.

Sheriff’s officials said Brown was co-operative when he was arrested at a Malibu treatment facility where he had been staying and transported to a jail facility in downtown Los Angeles.

Brown had been ordered to remain in rehab for anger management treatment. A January letter from the facility stated that the singer was also being treated for bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and past substance abuse.

Brown’s probation for the Rihanna assault had been scheduled to end this year, but a judge revoked it last year after Brown was arrested on a misdemeanour assault charge in Washington, D.C. That case is pending.

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Red Deer Rebels’ Conner Bleackley shoots at the net on Saturday with Edmonton Oil King Cody Corbett trying to stop the play. Goalie Tristan Jarry watches the players approach.

Rebels’ season goes to OT FORCE TIE-BREAKER WITH PRINCE ALBERT AFTER VICTORY OVER OIL KINGS ON SUNDAY

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 5 Oil Kings 0 Oil Kings 7 Rebels 4 The Red Deer Rebels couldn’t clinch a Western Hockey League playoff spot after 72 regular-season games.

The Rebels, however, will get another chance at qualifying for the postseason when they host the Prince Albert Raiders in Game 73 Tuesday at the Centrium.

Red Deer forced a tie-breaker to determine eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a 5-0 win over the host Edmonton Oil Kings Sunday afternoon.

The Rebels and Raiders finished in an eighth-place tie, with Red Deer earning home-ice advantage due to an edge in head-to-head meetings.

“We played well today. We were

smarter and more disciplined,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter.

“We knew what the stakes were. It couldn’t have been more simpler than what it was.”

Indeed, the Rebels needed two points to catch the Raiders, who stole a 6-4 win Saturday at Saskatoon while Red Deer was losing 7-4 to Edmonton at the Enmax Centrium.

The Oil Kings iced a decidedly weaker lineup than the one that sniped five power-play goals Saturday, with defenceman Griffin Reinhart and forwards Curtis Lazar, Henrik Samuelsson and Edgars Kulda scratched, to go along with injured forwards Reid Petryk and Brandon Baddock and defenceman Blake Orban. In addition, Edmonton back-up netminder Tyler Santos got the start and finished with 33 saves.

“That wasn’t our concern,” said Sut-

ter, in reference to Edmonton’s decision to rest some of their stars.

“Our concern was to come here and no matter who they played we would have to play well to win. To be quite honest, we never talked or thought about it. We prepared like we would be facing their best lineup.”

Wyatt Johnson, Haydn Fleury, Adam Musil, Scott Feser and Rhyse Dieno scored for the Rebels, who jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead and never looked back. Patrik Bartosak stopped 20 shots to post his eighth shutout of the season.

“We were disciplined and we had four lines who played hard,” said Sutter.

“We won a lot of one-on-one battles and we did some good things offensively by creating turnovers. If you play a certain way, you’re going to create things.”

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BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Falcons 88 Kings 86 Winning silver is never enjoyable . . . there are always a lot of sad faces.

After all the teams that bring home gold and bronze do so after winning their final game. The silver is awarded to a team, or individual coming off a loss.

That’s the way the RDC Kings felt Saturday after dropping an 88-86 decision to the Langara Falcons of Vancouver in the Canadian Colleges men’s basketball gold medal game at Quest University in Squamish, B.C. “I was looking through the history of the championships and all the team pictures, and the teams that finished second all had long faces while the other two were all smiles,” said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger.

“That’s the way with our team. It’s tough to digest right now, but as we look back we’ll realize it was an amazing accomplishment.

“I couldn’t be more proud of this team,” added Pottinger. “They were phenomenal and played like champions. It still hurts, as we were out to win the championship and we had a great chance to do just that.”

The Kings led by 10 early in the fourth quarter, but the Falcons, who came in seeded No. 1, went on a 14-2 run to take the lead.

“When we got up by 10 we knew it was far from over,” said Pottinger. “The night before they (Falcons) overcame a 12-point deficit in about a minute against Vanier.

There was a lot of game left and we knew they had a run in them.”

The Falcons went into a 1-31 zone defence, which upset the RDC offensive rhythm.

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“We knew they would go into that and we were prepared, but by the time we adjusted they had come back.”

The Kings also went into a zone in an effort to control the Falcons guard Brody Greig and wing Elliot Mason.

“It was like a three-on-three, unfortunately their three guys made us pay,” said Pottinger.

It looked as if the Falcons had the game wrapped up, leading by seven with under a minute remaining. However, Kings veteran point guard Lloyd Strickland had other ideas.

rhythm.

“Sam didn’t have a chance to get into the game. He wasn’t able to give us his usual 10 points and 10 rebounds. That hurt,” said Pottinger.

The Kings showed all weekend they were no pushovers at any time.

They opened the eight-team tournament with a come-frombehind 78-63 win over Crandall University of Moncton, N.B., after trailing by 19 at the half. Matt Johnson had 14 points, Crellin 13, Jacob Cusumano 11 and Lolik 10 points and 10 rebounds.

The Kings turned in a solid effort in downing the second-seeded Sheridan Bruins of Oakville, Ont., 10891 as Crellin had 23 points and 13 rebounds, Strickland 20 points, Lolik 13 points and 10 boards, Rob Pierce 13 points and Johnson 10.

— KINGS HEAD COACH CLAYTON POTTINGER The Kings will lose fifth-year playStrickland made three straight ers Strickland, Cusumano and long distance threes to give the Pierce for sure.

Kings a chance and when Greig “We’ll have our exit meet and missed his second free throw with we could have everyone back ex4.4 seconds remaining it gave the cept for the three seniors,” said Kings one last chance.

Pottinger.

They got the ball down court “It’s unlikely they’ll all be back, and had an in bounds play for one but we’ll have a good core and second remaining, but pass just with some good recruits our intent deflected off Strickland’s hands. is to win the league again and get “Lloyd was simply phenome- back to the Canadians.” nal,” said Pottinger. “We’ve seen Sheridan beat Vanier 106-76 to him do that before against teams, win bronze. but it was amazing to watch. He ● In the women’s championship never believed the game was over in Saint-Lambert, Que., Montmorand he summoned the power to ency of Laval, Que., downed St. get us back in it.”

Thomas University of FredericStrickland finished with 34 ton, N.B., 59-54 in the final. Grant points and was named to the first MacEwan stopped Algonquin of all-star team along with Clay Crel- Nepean, Ont., 77-53 in the bronze lin, who had 24 points and seven medal game. rebounds in the final. ● The Queens will have their Fouls hurt the Kings, especial- ID camp April 5 with the Kings ly when Sam Lolik ran into early camp on April 6. foul trouble and never got into a drode@reddeeradvocate.com

‘THAT’S THE WAY WITH OUR TEAM. IT’S TOUGH TO DIGEST RIGHT NOW, BUT AS WE LOOK BACK WE’LL REALIZE IT WAS AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. I COULDN’T BE MORE PROUD OF THIS TEAM.’

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The Rebels had an inkling they would have to win at least one of their final two weekend games to get to the post-season.

“Coming into the weekend we knew we were going to have to win one game for sure,” said Sutter.

“We didn’t know what that one game would give us, but we knew we would have to win one. Now we have an opportunity to play in a tie-breaker and we have to prepare the right way for Prince Albert.”

The Rebels weren’t on their game for the better part of Saturday’s 7-4 loss to the Oil Kings at the Centrium.

Red Deer roared out to a 2-0 lead before the game was 14 minutes old — getting goals from Dieno and Aspen Sterzer — before giving up four goals in the second period.

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Generals move within game of Alberta title

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Generals 5 Eagles 4 (2OT) It took almost four hours, but the Bentley Generals are one game away from clinching the provincial senior AAA title.

Third-year Generals forward Kyle Sheen snapped home the Game 3 winner 12:19 into the second overtime period against the Innisfail Eagles Saturday at the Red Deer Arena to give Bentley a 5-4 win and a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Alberta final.

It was Sheen’s second goal of the game and third point, while linemate Randall Gelech had two goals and two assists.

Jason Lundmark scored the other Bentley and goalie Travis Yonkman had an up-and-down night while stopping 45 shots.

Andrew Boute, Travis Dunstall, Wyatt Hamilton and Michael Kneeland replied for Innisfail, while Jonathan LaRose made 47 saves.

All the Generals care about, however, is that one more win puts them into the Alberta/B.C. final against the Powell River Regals with an Allan Cup bid on the line. Game 4 of the Alberta final goes Friday in Innisfail at 8:30 p.m.

“It’s such a huge momentum swing in the series,” said Generals head coach Ryan Tobler.

“The immediate reaction right after is just excitement and exhilaration, then just exhaustion. You’re just so happy it’s hard to find words. But there’s no quit over there, and we know that. We expect another gutsy game like that from them on Friday.”

The way the game was going — with both goalies playing lights out in overtime — it felt like the end result might not come until after midnight. It got close, coming up about 15 minutes short after an 8 p.m. start.

With a face-off to the left of LaRose, the Generals finally broke the deadlock off a set play.

They lined up with Sheen off-set on the draw on the left side of the circle, behind a couple of blockers, and Gelech won the draw right back to him.

He made no mistake, snapping the shot high glove side.

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GENERALS: Power play hot

REBELS: Too many penalties The Oil Kings struck for five power-play goals en route to the 7-4 victory. Lazar and Samuelsson each scored twice for the visitors, who got singles from Kulda, Mitch Moroz and Cody Corbett.

Vukie Mpofu and Fleury accounted for the other Red Deer goals.

“We took too many penalties. Their power play was really good but I didn’t think our penalty killers played with the urgency we needed to have,” said Sutter. “Last night it came down to a lack of discipline on our part and special teams. The penalties we took were unacceptable penalties.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Sutter Fund Chiefs advance The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs advanced to the South Division final of the Alberta Major Bantam Female Hockey League with a pair of wins over the Calgary Rangers. The Chiefs won 4-1 in Calgary Saturday and 4-0 at home Sunday.

Faith Gette, Skylar Colonna, Carley Wlad and Shaelynne Bilodeau scored on Saturday with Chantelle Sandquist making 19 saves.

On Sunday, Sandquist made 20 saves for the shutout while Paige Grenier, Jade Bussard, Gette and Kaitlan Linnell scored once each. The Chiefs face the Rocky Mountain Raiders in the South final.

Renegades take U18 title The Red Deer Renegades downed the Calgary Generals 5-2 to win gold at the provincial U18 tier II soccer championships in Calgary Sunday.

The Renegades were undefeated in preliminary play, defeating Medicine Hat 8-5, Calgary Foothills 96 2-1 and Calgary Foothills 97 4-0.

Meanwhile, the Renegades U18 Tier II girls, lost 5-2 to Sherwood Park Phoenix in the final.

Heidi Giles notched her second goal of the tournament and Liz Morneault collected her third for the Renegades, who defeated Calgary Southwest 2-1, Medicine Hat 3-0 and tied Edmonton Inter 3-3 in preliminary play.

Morneault scored twice against Calgary while Kate Bartoli, Jaden Humphries and Giles scored against the Hat. Robin MacDonald, Bronwyn Pfeiffle and Humphries connected against Edmonton.

Orangemen down Monstars The Orangemen got 44 points from Jarrett Hart in downing Monstars 120-94 in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Sunday.

Sam Leszczynski added 21 points for the Orangemen while Ryan Wachter had 18 and Darren Wright 15 for Monstars.

Northwest Motors beats Sims’ Jordan Volk scored three goals to lead Northwest Motors to a 4-1 victory over Sim’s Furniture in the Red Deer Bantam B Hockey League semifinals Sunday. Angus Mcleod added a single marker while Reid Petrosenko replied for Sim’s. Ryland McNairnay made 35 saves for the winners, who had 21 shots on a pair of Sim’s goaltenders.

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Carolina Hurricanes’ Jeff Skinner (53) battles in front of the net with Edmonton Oilers’ Andrew Ference (21) and goalie Ben Scrivens (30) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday. Oilers won 2-1.

Schultz’s power-play goal in 3rd gives Oilers win

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Edmonton 2 Carolina 1 RALEIGH, N.C. — The Edmonton Oilers used a late-power-play goal to get a hard-fought road victory.

Justin Schultz scored with the man advantage at 9:01 of the third period and the Edmonton Oilers earned a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.

David Perron and Taylor Hall had the assists on Schultz’s ninth goal of the season as part of his third multi-point game of the season.

“Yeah, it was a good road effort for us,” Shultz said.

“We battled hard all game.”

Matt Hendricks opened the scoring at 6:43 of the first to give the Oilers a 1-0 lead. Boyd Gordon and Schultz had the assists on Hendricks’ fifth goal of the season.

The goal was his first since Feb. 3, and third with Edmonton after being acquired from Nashville on Jan. 15.

Hendricks outskated Hurricanes defenceman Ryan Murphy to the puck behind the Carolina net and attempted to pass it back to Edmonton centre Anton Lander.

The puck deflected off Hurricanes defenceman Jay Harrison’s stick as he trailed to defend on the play and the puck ended up behind Khudobin to give Edmon-

ton the early lead.

Edmonton goalie Ben Scrivens made 29 saves for the win.

“He’s been great,” Hendricks said of Scrivens’ performance.

“Our tandem (of goalies) has been outstanding. Since I got here, goaltending has been number one, the backbone of this team, and it continued again tonight.”

Khudobin made 31 saves for the Hurricanes while the Oilers dominated play throughout the early part of the first period.

Carolina’s Jordan Staal tied it at 1-1 with 17.2 seconds remaining in the opening period as his brother Eric Staal and defenceman Justin Faulk helped set up the play.

It was Staal’s 14th goal of the season and extended his point streak to six games, giving him three goals and six assists during that span.

Staal’s shot attempt was deflected high toward Scrivens after it caromed of Perron’s stick as he tried to block it.

As Scrivens’ effort to slap the puck away with his blocker was ineffective, Staal batted it past him and into the net to tie the game.

“It was a great team effort,” Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said.

“I thought our penalty kill sparked us. There’s a lot of sacrifice out there blocking those shots and it really got our bench ignited, and finally our power play was able to chip in and win us the game.”

Edmonton finished 1 for 4 on the power play and Carolina was 0 for 3.

The Hurricanes’ continued ineffectiveness with the power play left coach Kirk Muller struggling to explain it.

“We’ve changed personnel around, tried guys in different positions, but at the end of the day, it’s just not getting results,” Muller said.

“Obviously, it hasn’t been there.

At the end of the day, you just (gotta) get the job done.”

Despite the loss, the Hurricanes are trying to stay positive.

“It’s frustrating,” Jordan Staal said.

“There’s times when we play so well and do a lot of good things, playing smart and doing those things. Then there are times when it’s just not working. It’s frustrating for sure.”

Notes: Hurricanes forward Radek Dvorak did not return to play in the third period, suffering an upper body injury. ... At puck drop, Carolina’s Jiri Tlusty was scratched with a lower-body injury which moved Nathan Gerbe into his spot on a line with Jordan Staal and Alexander Semin. ... Defenceman Mike Komisarek was also a healthy scratch and JohnMichael Liles remained out with a concussion, missing his fifth straight game for the Hurricanes.

Jones returns but Orioles lose THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUNEDIN, Fla. — Adam Jones singled and scored a run in his return to Baltimore’s lineup, but the Orioles lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in 10 innings Sunday.

Jones, who left the team last Tuesday to fly to Baltimore to be with his wife for the birth of their first son on Wednesday, finished 1 for 2 with a walk and a strikeout.

He scored on Steve Clevenger’s double off Toronto starter Todd Redmond as part of a two-run fourth, which included an RBI double by Ryan Flaherty.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said it was good to have Jones back, but the three-time AllStar still has some work to do to get ready for the regular season.

“He’s going to get a lot of at-bats from here on out and he’ll catch up in a hurry,” Showalter said.

“He’s a little rusty.”

Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez made his longest start of the spring, allowing one run with three strikeouts and no walks in four innings.

Melky Cabrera drove in a run for the Blue Jays. Jonathan Diaz scored the game-winning run on a grounder by Josh Thole.

STARTING TIME Orioles: Gonzalez threw 63 pitches, 42 for strikes. The right-hander

BLUE JAYS BASEBALL said he was happy with his outing, especially with the progression of his command from the glove side.

“That was my problem the first couple of games and I worked in the bullpen trying to get better at that and it was coming out good,” Gonzalez said.

“Just inside to lefties, away to righties, it was pretty fun to get better at it.”

Blue Jays: Redmond, a candidate for the fifth spot in the rotation, allowed four hits and two runs in five innings. He walked one and struck out four.

“I had one little bit of a rough inning, but I was able to get out of it with minimal damage,” Redmond said. “I was able to get my pitches back down the way they needed to be.”

TRAINER’S ROOM Orioles: Shortstop Alexi Casilla (hyperextended left knee) was scratched from the lineup as a precaution.

Casilla, a non-roster invitee, also missed time earlier this spring with a strained hamstring. He is hitless in five at-bats.

Jonathan Schoop replaced Casilla and went 1 for 4.

Blue Jays: Toronto closer Casey Janssen (sore right shoulder) threw a bullpen session Saturday.

He is expected to throw batting practice Tuesday and begin pitching in games soon after.

Janssen had 34 saves for the Blue Jays last season.

The right-hander has not pitched in a game this spring.

Left-handed starter J.A. Happ (sore back) is scheduled to throw four or five innings Friday against Philadelphia.

TRIMMING DOWN The Blue Jays optioned RHP Kyle Drabek, RHP Chad Jenkins and LHP Sean Nolin to Triple-A Buffalo.

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“We’ve worked on that play all year . . . and we hadn’t used it yet in this series,” said Sheen.

“They do a good job of standing in front of the net and trying to block shots, and fortunately I think they were just in the way of the goaltender and he couldn’t see it and I was lucky enough just to get the shot through and have it go in.”

For the Eagles, the game has the potential to be damning, especially after out-playing the Generals five-on-five for the entire game. It was their discipline that killed them, as the Generals were deadly on the power play.

“There was nothing wrong with how we played at all,” said Eagles head coach Brian Sutter.

“You take bad penalties and they always score on them and we took a couple of those tonight.”

The Generals needed a two-man-advantage to open the scoring. With Christopher Neurauter off for roughing and Darrin Roback serving two minutes for high-sticking, Sheen took just 22 seconds to score, tipping a Connor Shields point shot past LaRose at 17:10 of the first period.

Bentley made it 2-0 just 11 seconds after the second penalty expired, as Sheen found Gelech streaking in and hit him with a cross-ice pass, which he chipped past LaRose into an open cage.

But Innisfail came out hard in the second period.

Boute finally beat Yonkman — tipping home a one-time point shot by Mike Sullivan as he crashed the net — 18 seconds into the frame.

The Eagles tied it up at 4:36, as Yonkman could not squeeze a Pete Vandermeer drive and Dunstall poked home the loose puck.

The Generals retook the lead on another power play at 7:14, as Lundmark finished off a pretty passing play with Gelech and Shields, ripping a wrist shot top corner over LaRose’s blocker.

Then came a nightmare of a goal for Yonkman at 9:04, as Hamilton drifted a shot in from centre ice.

The Bentley goalie dropped to play the puck with his glove, but it skipped in front of him and hopped over his shoulder and into the net.

But his team bailed him out at 14:43, as a rebound off the post went right to Gelech and he one-timed it past LaRose to give Bentley a 4-3 lead after two periods. The third stanza was more calm, but a third questionable goal on Yonkman tied the contest 3:11 in, as Boute ripped a shot on net during a two-on-one rush. Yonkman kicked out a big rebound to Kneeland who had a gaping cage to put the puck in.

But Yonkman was a rock in overtime, particularly on a penalty kill for too many men on the ice 58 seconds into the first extra period.

“He stole us that hockey game,” said Tobler. “He battled back from a tough bounce and that’s just mentally strong — he’s been great for us this year.”

The Generals know winning the fourth game will be even more difficult than the double-overtime marathon.

“It isn’t going to be easy, as you saw tonight; they had a lot of push back,” said Sheen. “We’re going to expect their best, they’re going to be playing desperate hockey. They’re not going to roll over and give up, we know that.”

Sutter is not panicking. He knows they are still in the series and likely should have won Saturday night, now they are just focused on winning one game. “We know how we have to play . . . and tonight is how we are capable of playing,” he said. “You can be disappointed, but you’ve got to be disappointed in the right way. Keep your focus and know how you’ve got to play.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

SCOREBOARD Hockey WHL All Times Mountain EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF x-Edmonton 72 50 19 2 1 290 x-Swift Current 72 38 25 3 6 248 x-Calgary 72 48 17 3 4 287 x-Medicine Hat 72 44 24 3 1 260 x-Regina 72 39 26 4 3 257 x-Kootenay 72 39 28 2 3 235 x-Brandon 72 34 29 6 3 271 Red Deer 72 35 32 1 4 214 Prince Albert 72 35 32 3 2 243 Moose Jaw 72 21 42 3 6 202 Saskatoon 72 16 51 2 3 207 Lethbridge 72 12 55 2 3 171

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Local sports GA 179 229 207 196 247 209 269 224 258 283 317 358

Pt 103 85 103 92 85 83 77 75 75 51 37 29

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt x-Kelowna 72 57 11 0 4 310 182 118 x-Portland 72 54 13 2 3 338 207 113 x-Victoria 72 48 20 1 3 238 181 100 x-Everett 72 39 23 7 3 218 206 88 x-Seattle 72 41 25 2 4 238 249 88 x-Spokane 72 40 26 3 3 244 213 86 x-Vancouver 72 32 29 7 4 234 248 75 x-Tri-City 72 29 33 4 6 178 224 68 Prince George 72 27 37 3 5 238 305 62 Kamloops 72 14 53 2 3 175 305 33 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Sunday’s results Medicine Hat 6 Lethbridge 2 Red Deer 5 Edmonton 0 Portland 5 Everett 4 (SO) Seattle 6 Tri-City 1 Saturday’s results Brandon 6 Regina 3 Calgary 6 Kootenay 3 Edmonton 7 Red Deer 4 Swift Current 3 Moose Jaw 1 Prince Albert 6 Saskatoon 4 Medicine Hat 6 Lethbridge 3 Prince George 8 Kamloops 3 Portland 7 Seattle 0 Everett 3 Victoria 2 Kelowna 5 Vancouver 3 Tri-City 3 Spokane 0 SUMMARIES SUNDAY Rebels 5, Oil Kings 0 First Period 1. Red Deer, Musil 11 (Fafard, Johnson) 1:25.

2. Red Deer, Feser 15 (Dieno, Maxwell) 4:25.

3. Red Deer, Fleury 9 (Dieno, Gaudet) 17:51 (pp).

Penalties — Mayo Edm (interference) 8:30, Mayo Edm (cross-checking) 12:12, Walter Edm (roughing) 16:47, Johnson RD (fighting) 17:58, Ralph Edm (fighting) 17:58, Doetzel RD (interference) 20:00.

Second Period 4. Red Deer, Johnson 14 (Feser, Musil) 8:06.

Penalties — Eller Edm (roughing) 2:58, Bleackley RD (slashing) 17:33, Kieser Edm (slashing) 17:33.

Third Period 5. Red Deer, Dieno 25 (Polei) 14:07.

Penalties — Gaudet RD (tripping) 0:25, Fleury RD (holding) 5:16, Dixon RD (tripping) 14:32.

Shots on goal by Red Deer 20 12 6 — 38 Edmonton 6 6 8 — 20 Goal — Red Deer: Bartosak (W, 33-26-1); Edmonton: Santos (L, 6-5-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Red Deer: 1-4; Edmonton: 0-4.

Tigers 6, Hurricanes 2 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Butcher 6 (Bredo, Lewington) 3:42.

2. Medicine Hat, Doty 10 (Penner, Staples) 9:41.

3. Medicine Hat, Koules 25 (Lewington) 11:41 (pp).

Penalties — Bell Let (checking from behind) 11:08, Erkamps Let (checking to the head) 19:35.

Second Period 4. Medicine Hat, Sanford 33 (Cox) 11:12.

5. Lethbridge, Ramsay 15 (Duke, Sheen) 14:16 (pp).

Penalties — Doty MH (roughing) 2:34, Doty MH (10-minute misconduct) 9:39, Erkamps Let (10-minute misconduct) 9:39, Staples MH (holding) 12:37, Lewington MH (hooking) 17:51.

Third Period 6. Medicine Hat, Valk 47 (Sanford) 7:36.

7. Lethbridge, Sheen 19 (unassisted) 13:23.

8. Medicine Hat, Hobbs 1 (Penner, Labelle) 14:21 (pp).

Penalties — Labelle MH (tripping) 2:42, Staples MH (10-minute misconduct) 14:14, Bell Let (10-minute misconduct) 14:14, Duke Let (boarding) 14:14, Foulk Let (closing hand on puck) 15:04, Koules MH (high-sticking) 17:44, Penner MH (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 19:22, Duke Let (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 19:22.

Medicine Hat 12 11 10 — 33 Lethbridge 10 9 7 — 26 Goal — Medicine Hat: Schneider (W, 6-2-0); Lethbridge: Skinner (L, 0-3-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Medicine Hat: 2-4; Lethbridge: 1-5.

Thunderbirds 6, Americans 1 First Period 1. Seattle, Theodore 21 (Gropp, Troock) 2:33 (pp).

2. Seattle, Delnov 29 (Theodore) 9:55 (pp).

Penalties — Henry Sea (fighting) 2:16, Gutierrez TC (instigator) 2:16, Gutierrez TC (fighting) 2:16, Gutierrez TC (10-minute misconduct) 2:16, McCue TC (tripping) 8:29.

Second Period 3. Tri-City, Geekie 1 (Wotherspoon, Hamonic) 1:31.

4. Seattle, Elliot 4 (Kolesar) 6:17.

5. Seattle, Hickman 22 (Hauf, Barzal) 11:51.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 6. Seattle, Theodore 22 (Delnov, Elliot) 4:12.

7. Seattle, Troock 24 (unassisted) 5:08.

Penalties — Eansor Sea (hooking) 0:21, Topping TC (tripping) 14:15.

Seattle 11 7 12 — 30 Tri-City 7 8 4 — 19 Goal — Seattle: Kozun (W, 13-9-0); Tri-City: Sarthou (L, 3-7-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Seattle: 2-3; TriCity: 0-1.

Winterhawks 5, Silvertips 4 (SO) First Period 1. Portland, Leier 36 (Pouliot, Cederholm) 9:04.

2. Portland, Schoenborn 18 (Iverson) 12:19.

Penalties — Pouliot Por (tripping) 0:10.

Second Period 3. Everett, Leedahl 8 (Khaira, Hayer) 1:45 (pp).

4. Everett, Winquist 46 (Betker) 7:25.

5. Portland, Petan 35 (Leipsic) 11:47.

6. Everett, Pufahl 15 (Low, Bajkov) 14:10.

Penalties — Viveiros Por (delay of game) 1:40, Aasman Eve (checking to the head) 3:17.

Third Period 7. Everett, Winquist 47 (Nikolishin) 5:24.

8. Portland, Leier 37 (Petan) 8:13 (short-handedSH).

Penalties — Rossignol Por (tripping) 7:26.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — Davis Eve (holding) 0:14.

Everett : Bajkov miss, Winquist goal, Hayer miss, Nikolishin miss.

Portland : Pouliot goal, Turgeon miss, Bjorkstrand miss, Petan goal.

Everett 10 6 4 1 4 — 21 Portland 12 14 13 5 4 — 44 Goal — Everett: Hart (LS, 0-1-0); Portland: Hill (W, 3-0-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Everett: 1-3; Portland: 0-2.

5. Medicine Hat, Cox 25 (Valk, Sanford) 2:27.

6. Medicine Hat, Valk 46 (Cox, Sanford) 7:39 (pp).

7. Lethbridge, Sayers 4 (Skinner) 12:05 (pp).

8. Lethbridge, Duke 15 (Watson, Estephan) 13:03.

9. Lethbridge, Bell 6 (Walters, Wong) 18:38 (pp).

Lethbridge 12 6 17 — 35 Medicine Hat 17 18 6 — 41 Goal — Lethbridge: Skinner (L, 0-2-0); Medicine Hat: Langhamer (W, 23-14-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Lethbridge: 2-9; Medicine Hat: 2-5.

Cougars 8, Blazers 3 First Period 1. Prince George, Bourke 29 (Carvalho, Pochiro) 4:02.

2. Kamloops, Needham 12 (unassisted) 9:02.

3. Prince George, Morrison 12 (Kosterman, Bourke) 13:11.

Penalties — Clouston Kam (high-sticking) 14:15.

Second Period 4. Prince George, Fiddler 47 (Pochiro, Bourke) :38.

5. Kamloops, Shynkaruk 4 (Ully, Reagan) 10:13.

6. Prince George, Fiddler 48 (Pochiro, McNulty) 15:25 (pp).

Third Period 7. Kamloops, Sideroff 2 (Ully) :42.

8. Prince George, Wilson 27 (Ruopp) 4:34.

9. Prince George, Fiddler 49 (Ruopp) 5:41 (shorthanded-SH).

10. Prince George, Fiddler 50 (Bourke, McNulty) 15:50.

11. Prince George, Ruopp 5 (unassisted) 17:13.

Kamloops 6 16 9 — 31 Prince George 12 21 18 — 51 Goal — Kamloops: Pouliot (L, 8-30-0); Prince George: Edmonds (W, 19-19-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Kamloops: 0-2; Prince George: 1-2.

Raiders 6, Blades 4 First Period 1. Saskatoon, Clayton 11 (Millette, Hnidy) 6:51.

2. Saskatoon, Sherbak 28 (Millette) 13:42.

Second Period 3. Prince Albert, Perreaux 18 (Coghlan, Guhle) 3:49.

4. Saskatoon, Millar 7 (Adamson, Johnston) 4:57.

5. Prince Albert, Hart 13 (unassisted) 5:21.

6. Prince Albert, Draisaitl 38 (Conroy, Valcourt) 11:02 (pp).

7. Saskatoon, Clayton 12 (Millette, Thomson) 14:32 (pp).

Third Period 8. Prince Albert, Conroy 30 (Draisaitl, Valcourt) 1:12 (pp).

9. Prince Albert, Hart 14 (Lange) 17:41.

10. Prince Albert, Valcourt 28 (Brooks) 19:36 (-EN).

Prince Albert 7 11 13 — 31 Saskatoon 14 20 9 — 43 Goal — Prince Albert: McBride (W, 12-7-1); Saskatoon: Trombley (L, 9-30-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Prince Albert: 2-2; Saskatoon: 1-1.

Wheat Kings 6, Pats 3 First Period 1. Regina, Sinitsyn 10 (unassisted) 3:32.

2. Regina, Gay 19 (Leier, Harrison) 4:11.

3. Brandon, Quenneville 19 (Nejezchleb, McGauley) 5:30.

4. Brandon, Quenneville 20 (Pilon, Pulock) 19:20.

Second Period 5. Brandon, Patrick 1 (Gabrielle, Hunter) 10:01.

6. Brandon, Pulock 23 (Nejezchleb, McGauley) 11:25 (pp).

7. Brandon, Quenneville 21 (Quenneville, Pulock) 17:17.

Third Period 8. Regina, Leier 33 (Klimchuk) 11:48 (pp).

9. Brandon, Meilleur 11 (McGauley, Waltz) 19:20 (-EN).

Regina 16 6 16 — 38 Brandon 15 11 6 — 32 Goal — Regina: Macauley (L, 25-16-4); Brandon: Papirny (W, 22-15-4).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Regina: 1-4; Brandon: 1-2.

Oil Kings 7, Rebels 4 First Period 1. Red Deer, Dieno 24 (Bleackley, Doetzel) 3:27.

2. Red Deer, Sterzer 28 (Bleackley) 13:49.

3. Edmonton, Lazar 40 (Samuelsson, Mayo) 19:27 (pp).

Second Period 4. Edmonton, Kulda 30 (Lazar) :46.

5. Edmonton, Samuelsson 34 (Lazar, Corbett) 3:39 (pp).

6. Red Deer, Mpofu 9 (unassisted) 10:09.

7. Edmonton, Moroz 35 (Corbett, Mayo) 10:38 (pp).

8. Edmonton, Corbett 17 (Samuelsson, Mayo) 16:45.

Third Period 9. Red Deer, Fleury 8 (Kopeck, Sterzer) 1:12.

10. Edmonton, Samuelsson 35 (Corbett) 6:15 (pp).

11. Edmonton, Lazar 41 (Sautner, Jarry) 14:16 (pp).

Edmonton 13 10 18 — 41 Red Deer 12 13 5 — 30 Goal — Edmonton: Jarry (W, 44-14-2); Red Deer: Bartosak (L, 32-26-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 5-8; Red Deer: 0-5.

Attendance — 6,886 at Red Deer.

Rockets 5, Giants 3 First Period 1. Vancouver, Houck 33 (Baer, Sward) 4:28.

2. Kelowna, Bowey 21 (Merkley, Yorke) 7:24.

Second Period 3. Vancouver, Houck 34 (Geertsen, Kulak) :17 (pp).

4. Kelowna, Rigby 17 (Olsen, Goulbourne) 6:22.

5. Kelowna, Merkley 25 (Chartier, Tvrdon) 8:49.

Third Period 6. Kelowna, Chartier 24 (Severson, Merkley) 9:13 (pp).

7. Vancouver, Hamilton 13 (Houck, Popoff) 12:15 (pp).

8. Kelowna, Rigby 18 (Gatenby, Olsen) 12:31.

Vancouver 13 9 10 — 32 Kelowna 12 15 13 — 40 Goal — Vancouver: Lee (L, 19-20-3); Kelowna: Cooke (W, 39-7-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Vancouver: 2-3; Kelowna: 1-1.

Broncos 3, Warriors 1 First Period 1. Swift Current, Merkley 34 (Debrusk) 5:33.

2. Swift Current, Gordon 26 (Cave, Burns) 10:18 (pp).

3. Moose Jaw, Rodewald 28 (Point, Duperreault) 19:42.

Second Period No Scoring.

Third Period 4. Swift Current, Burns 27 (Gordon) 17:46.

Swift Current 8 13 13 — 34 Moose Jaw 14 11 5 — 30 Goal — Swift Current: Laurikainen (W, 25-20-1); Moose Jaw: Paulic (L, 12-29-3).

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

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston Pittsburgh Montreal Philadelphia Toronto Columbus Tampa Bay N.Y. Rangers Washington Detroit New Jersey Ottawa Carolina N.Y. Islanders Florida Buffalo

GP 67 67 69 67 69 67 67 69 69 67 68 67 68 69 68 68

W 45 44 37 35 36 35 36 36 32 30 29 28 29 26 25 19

L 17 19 25 25 25 26 24 29 27 24 26 26 30 34 35 41

OT Pts 5 95 4 92 7 81 7 77 8 80 6 76 7 79 4 76 10 74 13 73 13 71 13 69 9 67 9 61 8 58 8 46

GF 215 209 174 192 203 195 194 177 201 175 166 190 169 195 169 132

GA 146 167 174 193 211 184 175 170 207 188 176 221 194 233 221 202

GF 223 218 214 209 231 165 164 193 188 167 193 164 165 171

GA 151 172 165 181 179 144 164 192 193 190 201 201 202 224

SATURDAY WESTERN CONFERENCE Americans 3, Chiefs 0 First Period 1. Tri-City, Astles 11 (unassisted) 14:24.

Second Period 2. Tri-City, Bowles 15 (Plutnar, Astles) 5:48 (pp).

3. Tri-City, McCue 20 (Bowles, Williams) 9:27 (pp).

Third Period No Scoring.

Spokane 5 9 4 — 18 Tri-City 6 12 7 — 25 Goal — Spokane: Williams (L, 33-19-2); Tri-City: Comrie (W, 26-25-4).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Spokane: 0-3; Tri-City: 2-7.

Silvertips 3, Royals 2 First Period 1. Victoria, Nelson 23 (Hicketts) 18:51.

Second Period 2. Everett, Mueller 5 (Stadnyk, Hayer) 7:12 (pp).

3. Everett, Betker 7 (Hayer, Bajkov) 14:52.

Third Period 4. Victoria, Soy 15 (Magee) 16:29.

5. Everett, Stadnyk 23 (Leedahl) 18:32.

Victoria 10 5 9 — 24 Everett 13 9 3 — 25 Goal — Victoria: Vollrath (L, 20-8-1); Everett: Lotz (W, 31-18-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Victoria: 0-1; Everett: 1-3.

Tigers 6, Hurricanes 3 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Mowbray 3 (Bredo, Butcher) 3:23.

2. Medicine Hat, Valk 45 (Becker) 14:11 (shorthanded-SH).

Second Period 3. Medicine Hat, Cox 24 (Sanford) 9:02 (shorthanded-SH).

4. Medicine Hat, Sanford 32 (Valk, Bredo) 15:49 (pp).

Third Period

St. Louis Anaheim San Jose Colorado Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Dallas Phoenix Vancouver Winnipeg Nashville Calgary Edmonton

GP 67 68 69 68 68 68 67 67 68 70 69 68 68 69

W 46 45 45 44 39 38 35 32 32 31 31 29 27 24

L 14 16 17 19 15 24 22 24 25 29 29 29 34 36

OT Pts 7 99 7 97 7 97 5 93 14 92 6 82 10 80 11 75 11 75 10 72 9 71 10 68 7 61 9 57

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Columbus 2, Minnesota 1, SO Boston 5, Carolina 1 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 0 Montreal 5, Ottawa 4, OT Tampa Bay 3, New Jersey 0 N.Y. Islanders 4, Buffalo 1 St. Louis 4, Nashville 1 Phoenix 3, Calgary 2 Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 1 Sunday’s Games Vancouver 4, Florida 3, SO Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 3 Washington 4, Toronto 2 Edmonton 2, Carolina 1 San Jose 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 Colorado 3, Ottawa 1 Montreal 2, Buffalo 0 Chicago 4, Detroit 1 Winnipeg 7, Dallas 2 Today’s Games

Minnesota at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 18:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Boston at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

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

Dallas at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Florida at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

SUMMARIES Sunday Canadiens 2, Sabres 0 First Period 1. Montreal, Weise 4 (Galchenyuk, Desharnais) 14:41.

2. Montreal, Gallagher 17 (Plekanec, Emelin) 16:07.

Penalties — McBain Buf (high-sticking) 1:20, Ennis Buf (tripping) 10:27, Subban Mtl (tripping) 11:58.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Deslauriers Buf (high-sticking) 2:12.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Prust Mtl (roughing) 11:09, Conacher Buf (unsportsmanlike conduct) 11:09, Subban Mtl (tripping) 19:35.

Shots on goal by Montreal 13 13 6 — 32 Buffalo 9 9 11 — 29 Goal — Montreal: Tokarski (W, 2-0-0); Buffalo: Enroth (L, 4-17-5).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Montreal: 0-3; Buffalo: 0-3.

Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1 First Period No Scoring.

Second Period 1. Chicago, Leddy 7 (Hossa, Smith) 8:44 (pp).

2. Detroit, Nyquist 17 (Alfredsson, Kronwall) 15:10 (pp).

3. Chicago, Smith 9 (Keith, Kane) 19:46.

Third Period 4. Chicago, Hossa 25 (Sharp, Keith) 6:33.

5. Chicago, Toews 27 (Hossa) 17:50 (sh).

Detroit 5 7 8 — 20 Chicago 11 14 5 — 30 Goal — Detroit: Howard (L, 14-16-10); Chicago: Crawford (W, 26-12-10).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Detroit: 1-4; Chicago: 1-3.

Jets 7, Stars 2 First Period 1. Winnipeg, Trouba 8 (Wheeler) 3:11.

2. Dallas, Chiasson 12 (Goligoski, Eakin) 6:25.

3. Dallas, Seguin 30 (Nichushkin, Benn) 7:02.

4. Winnipeg, Frolik 14 (Enstrom) 11:54.

5. Winnipeg, Enstrom 8 (Wheeler, Cormier) 17:02.

Second Period 6. Winnipeg, Jokinen 16 (Wheeler, Byfuglien) :29.

7. Winnipeg, Byfuglien 18 (Jokinen, Enstrom) 16:30 (pp).

Third Period 8. Winnipeg, Byfuglien 19 (Wheeler, Jokinen) 3:14.

9. Winnipeg, Kane 16 (unassisted) 7:33.

Dallas 10 3 14 — 27 Winnipeg 16 8 10 — 34 Goal — Dallas: Thomas (L, 18-21-4); Winnipeg: Montoya (W, 11-5-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Dallas: 0-2; Winnipeg: 1-6.

Avalanche 3, Senators 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Holden Col (hooking) 1:24.

Second Period 1. Colorado, Benoit 6 (Bordeleau, Duchene) 15:49.

Penalties — Col Bench (too many men) 5:04.

Third Period 2. Colorado, Holden 7 (McGinn, Duchene) 3:10 (pp).

3. Colorado, Mitchell 9 (Landeskog, MacKinnon) 17:02.

4. Ottawa, Zibanejad 12 (Karlsson, Ryan) 19:54.

Penalties — Neil Ott (Freezing the Puck) 2:25.

Colorado 4 8 10 — 22 Ottawa 4 20 15 — 39 Goal — Colorado: Varlamov (W, 34-13-5); Ottawa: Lehner (L, 7-12-5).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Colorado: 1-1; Ottawa: 0-2.

Oilers 2, Hurricanes 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Hendricks 5 (Gordon, Schultz) 6:43.

2. Carolina, Staal 14 (Staal, Faulk) 19:42.

Penalties — Malhotra Car (holding) 8:23, Perron Edm (hooking) 14:35, Scrivens Edm (delay of game) 17:10.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Bowman Car (boarding) 9:13, Hainsey Car (roughing) 11:22, Hendricks Edm (roughing) 11:22, Yakupov Edm (roughing) 11:22, Bellemore Car (roughing) 11:22, Perron Edm (hooking) 14:24.

Third Period 3. Edmonton, Schultz 9 (Perron, Hall) 9:01 (pp).

Penalties — Harrison Car (slashing) 1:45, Loktionov Car (high-sticking) 8:15.

Edmonton 11 11 11 — 33 Carolina 11 9 10 — 30 Goal — Edmonton: Scrivens (W, 13-11-4); Carolina: Khudobin (L, 14-10-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 1-4; Carolina: 0-3.

Canucks 4, Panthers 3 (SO) First Period 1. Florida, Hayes 8 (Gilbert, Pirri) 16:28 (pp).

2. Vancouver, Hamhuis 5 (Burrows, Sedin) 17:42.

3. Vancouver, Jensen 2 (Burrows, Sedin) 18:35.

Second Period No Scoring.

Third Period 4. Florida, Trocheck 2 (Howden) 4:19.

5. Vancouver, Burrows 3 (Edler, Bieksa) 5:34 (pp).

6. Florida, Hayes 9 (Campbell, Pirri) 18:25 (pp).

Overtime No Scoring.

Shootout — Vancouver wins 1-0 Vancouver : Dalpe miss, Jensen goal, Higgins miss.

Florida : Bjugstad miss, Boyes miss, Pirri miss.

Vancouver 11 7 12 2 — 32 Florida 9 8 9 3 — 29 Goal — Vancouver: Lack (W, 12-13-4); Florida: Luongo (LO, 21-18-7).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Vancouver: 1-5; Florida: 2-4.

Sharks 1, Rangers 0 First Period 1. San Jose, Couture 19 (unassisted) 11:48 (sh).

Penalties — Burns SJ (interference) 1:07, Hannan SJ (tripping) 10:58.

Second Period No Scoring.

Third Period No Scoring.

San Jose 11 10 8 — 29 NY Rangers 20 7 14 — 41 Goal — San Jose: Niemi (W, 34-13-6); NY Rangers: Lundqvist (L, 25-22-4).

Power plays (goal-chances) — San Jose: 0-1; NY Rangers: 0-3.

Flyers 4, Penguins 3 First Period 1. Philadelphia, Schenn 17 (Simmonds, Lecavalier) 2:06.

2. Philadelphia, Simmonds 20 (Timonen, Giroux) 6:47 (pp).

3. Philadelphia, Simmonds 21 (Giroux, Voracek) 13:41 (pp).

4. Pittsburgh, Orpik 2 (Bortuzzo, Vitale) 17:33.

Second Period 5. Pittsburgh, Niskanen 10 (Scuderi, Jokinen) 5:50.

6. Philadelphia, Read 19 (Schenn) 12:11 (sh).

7. Pittsburgh, Megna 5 (Gibbons) 16:19.

Third Period No Scoring.

Philadelphia 15 9 11 — 35 Pittsburgh 7 5 11 — 23 Goal — Philadelphia: Mason (W, 28-16-6); Pitburgh: Zatkoff (L, 10-4-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Philadelphia: 2-3; Pittsburgh: 0-4.

provincial final, 8:30 p.m.

Monday ● AJHL: Brooks at Olds, third game of best-of-seven South Division semifinal, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday ● WHL: Eastern Conference tiebreaker — Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● AJHL: Brooks at Olds, fourth game of best-of-seven South Division semifinal, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday ● Central Alberta men’s basketball: Playoff games at 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday ● Peewee A hockey: Provincial championship, games at 7:45, 8, 11:30 and 11:45 a.m., 2:30, 4 and 4:15 p.m., Kin City A and B ● Midget D hockey: Provincial championship, game at 8:30a.m., Castor; games 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:45 and 8 p.m., Coronation. ● Curling: Jack & Jill Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● AJHL: Olds at Brooks, fifth game of best-of-seven South Division semifinal, if necessary, 7 p.m. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, fourth game of best-of-seven

Saturday ● Peewee A hockey: Provincial championship, games at 9, 9:15, 11:15 and 11:30 a.m., 4 and 4:15 p.m., Kin City A and B. ● Midget D hockey: Provincial championship, game at 9 a.m., Coronation; game at 10 a.m., Castor; games at 11:45 a.m., 2:30, 5:15 and 8 p.m., Coronation. ● Curling: Jack & Jill Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● Senior AAA hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, fifth game of best--of-seven provincial final, if necessary, 8 p.m., Red Deer Arena.

Sunday ● Peewee A hockey: Provincial championship, semifinals at 8 and 10:30 p.m., final at 4 p.m., Kin City A. ● Midget D hockey: Provincial championship, semifinals at 8:30 and 11:15 a.m., final at 5 p.m.

Coronation. ● Curling: Jack & Jill Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● Central Alberta men’s basketball: Playoff games at 4:15 and 5:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, sixth game of best-of-seven provincial final, if necessary, 7:30 p.m. ● AJHL: Brooks at Olds, sixth game of best-of-seven South Division semifinal, if necessary, 7:30 p.m.

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE x-Indiana x-Miami d-Toronto Chicago Washington Brooklyn Charlotte Atlanta New York Cleveland Detroit Boston Orlando Philadelphia Milwaukee

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d-division leader x-clinched playoff spot GB — 3 11 1/2 12 14 15 16 1/2 19 22 1/2 23 1/2 24 27 1/2 30 1/2 34 36 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE d-San Antonio d-Oklahoma City d-L.A. Clippers Houston Portland Golden State Dallas Memphis Phoenix Minnesota Denver New Orleans Sacramento L.A. Lakers Utah

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Saturday’s Games New York 115, Milwaukee 94 Washington 101, Brooklyn 94 Memphis 103, Philadelphia 77 Indiana 112, Detroit 104, OT Atlanta 97, Denver 92 Chicago 94, Sacramento 87 Sunday’s Games Charlotte 101, Milwaukee 92 Phoenix 121, Toronto 113 Miami 113, Houston 104 New Orleans 121, Boston 120, OT Minnesota 104, Sacramento 102 Dallas 109, Oklahoma City 86 San Antonio 122, Utah 104 Golden State 113, Portland 112 L.A. Clippers 102, Cleveland 80 Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Utah at Houston, 6 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Miami at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Portland, 8 p.m.

Washington at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

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

Transactions BASEBALL American League MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned LHP Kris Johnson, C Eric Fryer and INF Danny Santana to Rochester (IL). Reassigned LHP Sean Gilmartin, OF Darin Mastroianni, OF Jermaine Mitchell, INF James Beresford and INF Brandon Waring to their minor league camp.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned LHP Manny Banuelos to Tampa (FSL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP Kyle Drabek, RHP Chad Jenkins and LHP Sean Nolin to Buffalo (IL).

National League ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Reassigned RHP Zach Petrick and OF James Ramsey to their minor league camp.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Signed G Mustafa Shakur to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League

DENVER BRONCOS — Agreed to terms with WR Emmanuel Sanders on a three-year contract.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed S Quintin Demps and CB Walter Thurmond.

NEW YORK JETS — Re-signed LB Calvin Pace to a two-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Called up G Nathan Lieuwen from Rochester (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Assigned F Travis Morin to Texas (AHL).

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Recalled F Anthony Luciani from Cincinnati (ECHL).

Central Hockey League MISSOURI MAVERICKS — Activated D Jeff Buvinow from a leave of absence.

TULSA OILERS — Claimed F Matthew Larke off waivers from Rapid City.

WICHITA THUNDER — Granted F Dustin Donaghy a leave of absence.

Paralypics SOCHI PARALYMPICS What Canada did on the weekend at the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Winter Games: SUNDAY PARA-NORDIC SKIING Men’s 10-km (sit-ski) — Chris Klebl of Canmore, Alta., won the gold medal in 30 minutes, 52.0 seconds. Yves Bourque of Becancour, Que., finished 24th in 39:11.5. Sebastien Fortier of Quebec City, finished 26th in 40:03.4.

Men’s 10-km (visually impaired division) — Brian McKeever of Canmore, Alta., and guides Erik Carleton of Canmore, Alta. & Graham Nishikawa, of Whitehorse, won the gold medal in 23:18.1.

Men’s 10-km (standing division) — Mark Arendz of Hartsville, P.E.I., finished 11th at 25:16.4. Louis Fortin of Fredericton, finished 36th in 32:58.8.

Women’s five-km (standing division) — Brittany Hudak of Prince Albert, Sask., finished 12th in 15 minutes, 35.0 seconds. Caroline Bisson of Ottawa, finished 16th in 16:55.2.

Women’s five-km (visually impaired division) — Robbi Weldon of Thuder Bay, Ont. & guide Phil Wood of Canmore, Alta., finished seventh in 15:32.5. Margarita Gorbounova of Ottawa & guide Andrea Bundon of Regina, finished eighth in 15:42.2.

Women’s Five-km (sit-ski) — Colette Bourgonje of Saskatoon, finished 13th in 18:13.0.

PARA-ALPINE SKIING Women’s giant slalom (standing division) — Erin Latimer of Toronto, finished ninth in two minutes, 56.13 seconds. Alexandra Starker of Calgary, finished 10th in 2:57.53. Alana Ramsay of Calgary, did not finish her run.

Volleyball bronze

Capitals 4, Maple Leafs 2 First Period 1. Washington, Brouwer 19 (Johansson, Backstrom) 3:34 (pp).

2. Washington, Chimera 13 (Ward, Alzner) 6:57.

3. Washington, Ward 20 (Penner, Kuznetsov) 8:44 (pp).

4. Toronto, Bodie 3 (Raymond, Phaneuf) 17:15.

Second Period 5. Toronto, Phaneuf 8 (Gunnarsson, Lupul) 8:05.

Third Period 6. Washington, Brouwer 20 (Alzner) 19:56 (en).

Penalties — Franson Tor (delay of game) 2:30, Gardiner Tor (slashing) 16:58.

The Red Deer Kings Volleyball Club captured bronze in the U16 Premier 2 tournament during the weekend. The Kings defeated Lethbridge 25-20, 25-18 in the third-place match.

Overall they won 10 of 17 sets.

Toronto 2 20 7 — 29 Washington 14 6 13 — 33 Goal — Toronto: Reimer (L, 11-9-1); Washington: Halak (W, 27-11-4).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Toronto: 0-3; Washington: 2-4.

Kyle and Keegan Soehn hooked up to win the synchronized trampoline title in the

Synchro title

Women’s giant slalom (sit-ski) — Kimberly Joines of Rossland, B.C., did not finish her second run.

SATURDAY WHEELCHAIR CURLING Canada won the gold medal by defeating Russia 8-3. Earlier Canada beat China 5-4 in a semifinal game.

PARA-ALPINE SKIING Men’s giant slalom (visually impaired division) — Mac Marcoux of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., & guide Robin Femy of Mont Tremblant, Que., won the gold medal.

Men’s giant slalom (standing division) — Kirk Schornstein of Spruce Grove, Alta., finished 13th in two minutes, 40.97 seconds.

Men’s giant slalom (sit-ski) — Josh Dueck of Kimberley, B.C.; Caleb Brousseau of Terrace, B.C. & Kurt Oatway of Calgary, all did not finish their first runs.

SLEDGE HOCKEY Canada won the bronze medal by defeating Norway 3-0.

PARA-NORDIC SKIING 4x2.5-km open relay — Canadian team of Chris Klebl, Canmore, Alta. & Brian McKeever, Canmore, Alta. (with guides Erik Carleton, Canmore, Alta. & Graham Nishikawa, Whitehorse), finished fourth in 25 minutes, 51.9 seconds.

4x2.5-km mixed relay — Canadian team of Sebastien Fortier, Quebec City; Robbi Weldon, Thunder Bay, Ont. & Margarita Gorbounova, Ottawa, did not finish their run.

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BRIEFS senior men’s division at the Elite Canada Championships in Kamloops during the weekend. Keegan Soehn also won the senior men’s double-mini trampoline title and was second on the trampoline. Kyle Soehn was fourth on the trampoline.

B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, March 17, 2014

Homan suffers first loss FALLS 8-2 TO SWISS

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Canada skip Rachel Homan calls for a timeout as they play Switzerland at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championships in Saint John, N.B. on Sunday. Switzerland won 8-2. defeat. They went 13-0 to win the Canadian championship in Montreal.

Beltscher’s finesse tap cleared two Canadian stones to score three and lead 4-2 after five ends.

The Canadians then gave up four stolen points over the next three ends as Homan tried higher-risk shots to get her team back in the game.

The host country has Monday morning off before facing Denmark and unbeaten United States.

“We’re going to sleep in, get

Trafford honoured in Saginaw’s first game since player’s body was found SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Days after Terry Trafford’s body was found, his Saginaw Spirit teammates paid tribute to his memory.

The 20-year-old Toronto native was honoured prior to the puck-drop Friday night with a video tribute as the Spirit faced the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in Saginaw’s first game since Trafford’s body was discovered.

Saginaw received a standing ovation from the Sault Ste. Marie fans as the host Greyhounds also presented the Spirit players and staff with a gift.

“I’m very proud of the players for what they’ve been through,” Saginaw coach Greg Gilbert said after the game.

After Trafford’s death was confirmed on Tuesday, the Spirit’s home game Wednesday against Sault Ste. Marie was postponed. The team practised Thursday before taking to the ice Friday night in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. “It was very quiet in the building and it was a really powerful ceremony emotionally,” said Greyhounds coach Sheldon Keefe. “It made an impact on the crowd and on both teams.”

Police have said Trafford died of self-inflicted asphyxiation inside his car parked outside a Wal-Mart store in Michigan.

He disappeared eight days before his body was found after receiving discipline from the club.

“What they’ve been through is something nobody should ever go through,” Gilbert said of his team.

“It’s unfortunate that things like this happen but they battled through it and competed hard tonight and I’m very proud of them.”

The Spirit dropped a 6-5 decision to the Greyhounds as they continue to battle for playoff position in the Ontario Hockey League’s Western Conference.

Justin Kea scored twice for Saginaw while Luke Cairns, Mitchell Stephens and Jacob

Ringette also scored.

Goaltender Nikita Serebryakov stopped 28 shots in defeat.

“There’s a lot of emotion going through our guys obviously and at times we were a little over-aggressive and over-emotional but that’s expected,” said Gilbert.

“These are young m e n who are trying to learn how to control those things and go through things like this.

“I’ve never been through something like this in my life before, as have they.

“Our guys handled it pretty well.”

Gilbert added that getting the team back into a routine was important.

“It’s important that they get back to normalcy and get back to playing,” Gilbert said.

“There’s a grieving process and there’s all stages for the grieving process but the sooner you can get back to normalcy and back into the routine you had prior to the tragic event, the quicker the guys will be able to recover.

This game and practice (Thursday) was good therapy for them.”

Jorgen Karterud and Bryan Moore had two goals and an assist each for Sault Ste. Marie.

Sergey Tolchinsky added a goal and two assists and Charley Graaskamp also scored.

Trafford’s funeral is set for Tuesday at Ward Funeral Home in Toronto.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM HARBOR, Fla. — More than seven years without a victory. A trip to Augusta National riding on the outcome.

A three-way tie for the lead going into a daunting three-hole closing stretch called “The Snake Pit” on the Copperhead course of Innisbrook.

John Senden was trying to keep his mind off all of that Sunday in the Valspar Championship.

The finish will be hard for him to forget.

Senden chipped in for birdie from 70 feet on the 16th hole, one of only two birdies in the final round at the toughest hole on the course.

He followed that with a 20-foot birdie putt to build a two-shot lead, then made it tough for Kevin Na to catch him with perfect pace on a 40-foot putt on the 18th that left him only a tapin for par.

Senden closed with a 1-under 70 and had enough strength left to hoist a trophy he said felt like 50 pounds.

“I didn’t turn my phone on because I know there’s going to be 4,000 messages,” Senden said.

“It feels good to do it again after seven years.

Lot of good things to come.”

One of them is next month — the Masters.

The 42-year-old Australian was No. 123 in the world and his only hope of returning to Augusta National for a third straight year was to win. That didn’t look likely after opening with rounds of 71-72, leaving him in the middle of the pack.

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He had a bogey-free 64 on Saturday to get back into contention, then closed it off on a wild and windy final round with Innisbrook as tough as it had been all week.

“If I could just stay in the moment, I knew I was swinging well enough to give it a shake,” Senden said.

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to force a playoff never came close.

Na closed with a 72 and finished one shot behind.

“I knew coming into today that I felt like if I shot par I had a chance to win,” Na said.

“If I break par, I felt like it was going to be a lock.”

He did neither, though his runner-up finish was his best PGA Tour result since he won in Las Vegas toward the end of the 2011 season. And there were no issues with pace of play that brought Na the wrong kind of attention — again — on Saturday.

Senden finished at 7-under 277, the third straight tournament on the Florida swing won with a single-digit score under par.

Scott Langley, hitting superb shots to account for the wind, didn’t hit a green over the final four holes and still managed to save par on three of them.

The one bogey on the 16th hole, when he went long of the green from the middle of the fairway, proved costly.

Langley was the only player who shot par or better all four days. He closed with a 70 to finish alone in third.

Robert Garrigus started the final round with a one-shot lead, and that didn’t last long.

His tee shot on the third hole bounced off a lawn chair and against a tree, leading to a double bogey.

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“At that point, two would have put us back in the game and changed it around,” she said.

“We’re not playing well so we needed something big. We had to try it and go for something.”

In the sixth, Homan threw big weight for an attempted hit and stick for two, but her shooter spun away from the button to give up the steal of one.

Senden’s late birdies give him victory at Innisbrook

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some rest and play a lot better than that,” Homan said.

Kreviazuk and Weagle outcurled Switzerland’s front end, but Feltscher and Swiss third Irene Schori posted shooting percentages of 81 and 80, respectively, to Homan’s 72 and Miskew’s 77.

“We are very excited,” Schori said. “It’s amazing to win against Canada.”

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SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Rachel Homan retained her sense of humour, although it was shade darker after a humbling 8-2 loss to Switzerland at the Ford Women’s World Curling Championship on Sunday.

“We can’t play worse, so that’s good,” the Canadian skip said wryly after shaking hands with the Swiss after just eight ends.

“We really didn’t play our game, as you probably noticed.”

After cruising to wins over mistake-prone Russia and Czech Republic to open the championship, Homan’s Ottawa team ran up against a crisper Swiss foursome skipped by Binia Feltscher.

She won an Olympic silver medal in 2006 playing third for Mirjam Ott in Turin, Italy.

Switzerland and Allison Pottinger of the United States topped the standings at 3-0 heading into Monday.

Canada dropped to 2-1 and into a tie with Russia’s Anna Sidorova, Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson and South Korea’s Ji-sun Kim. The top four teams at the conclusion of the round robin advance to the Page playoff.

Denmark’s Madeleine Dupont, Latvia’s Evita Regza, China’s Liu Sijia and Scotland’s Kerry Barr were 1-2 ahead of winless Anne Kubeskova of the Czech Republic and Oona Lehmann of Germany at 0-3.

A string of wins by Homan, vice Emma Miskew and front end Alison Kreviazuk and Lisa Weagle snapped at 15 with the

Canada doubled the Czechs 8-4 earlier Sunday.

Homan’s team won the bronze medal in her first world championship last year.

Her team took talking to a new level this winter.

Coach Earle Morris listened in on their conversations via headphones to help the four women make every word count on the ice.

Curling teams wear microphones when they are the featured game on national television, so viewers can hear their interaction.

But Morris also listened in on their World Curling Tour games at curling clubs where teams didn’t wear microphones for television — in Calgary’s Autumn Gold Classic in October for example.

The point of Morris’s eavesdropping this season was to hear Homan and her teammates communicate effectively and consistently no matter what the game’s stakes were.

Morris took notes and after a game, he pointed to instances where what they said to each other helped them execute and win.

He also pointed to situations where they needed to communicate more clearly.

“Sometimes a player maybe has some information that they have to share on the shot, but didn’t say at the time,” Kreviazuk explained.

“You’ll miss a shot for that reason. After, a person will say ‘Actually I knew (the ice) was straight there. I should have said something.’ So making sure all the information is gathered before making the shot and everyone has a piece of the discussion.

“It’s something we’ve really, really stressed this year.

I think we’ve really nailed our discussions.”

LOCAL SPORTS PROVINCIAL MINOR HOCKEY Bantam A The Stettler Storm, with Euan Hanton, Ryan Mielke, Rylee Jacobson and Brendan Tucker scoring, downed the Red Deer Chiefs 4-2 to capture the provincial championship at Grande Prairie.

Davin Nattestad stopped 26 shots for the Storm, surrendering two goals to Kobe Williams. Red Deer goalie Baily Neaves made 44 saves.

Stettler beat the St. Albert Storm 3-2 in one semifinal, with Red Deer thumping the Edson Warriors 7-3 in the other.

Tucker, Jackson Zimmerman and Talon Conner scored against St. Albert, and Nattestad made 14 saves.

The Chiefs, meanwhile, roared past the Warriors as Aidan Schafer fired three goals, Austin Price had a pair and Graham Swanson and Zachary Campbell also scored.

Red Deer netminder Eric Johnson blocked 23 shots.

Earlier, Stettler dumped Calgary Northwest 8-2, hammered the La Crete Lumberjacks 8-1, downed the Okotoks Oilers 6-2 and fell 4-2 to Edson.

Tye Mulgrove and Brayden Macdonell each scored twice against Calgary, with Conner, Tucker, Mielke and Jackson Zimmerman also connecting, and Nattestad making 27 saves.

Mielke fired three goals in the win over La Crete, with Hanton, Tucker, Mulgrove, Brett Coleman and Dawson Beck also connected. Nattestad made 20 saves.

In the loss to Edson, Mulgrove and Hanton had the Stettler goals and losing netminder Nattestad stopped 22 shots.

Red Deer, meanwhile, beat the host Knights 6-1, blanked the Lloydminster Blazers 7-0, bounced Edmonton NSW 9-1 and fell 3-2 to St. Albert.

Williams scored twice and Price, Swanson, Brandon Border and Zach Campbell also connected against Grande Prairie. Neaves blocked 43 shots for the winners.

Johnson recorded a 28-save shutout against Lloydminster. The Chiefs employed a balanced attack in the win, getting a goal from each of Williams, Price, Campbell, Ty Herle, Dylan Brewer, Brandon Border and Jared Lower.

Price fired four goals and Brewer, Herle, Campbell and Liam Stalwick also scored against Edmonton NSW, while Johnson and Neaves combined to make 21 stops.

In the loss to St. Albert, Williams and Swanson supplied the goals and Johnson made 30 saves.

Bantam C Cooper Jones scored twice as the Ponoka Moose slipped past the host Rimbey Renegades 2-1 in Sunday’s final of the provincial championship.

Justin Hyink came up big in the Ponoka net, turning aside 35 shots. Coleton Schafer notched the lone Rimbey goal and teammate Austyn Brinson made 23 saves.

In semifinal play, Ponoka dropped High Prairie 4-1 and Rimbey recorded a 7-1 win over Kneehill.

Jones, Sean Rowland, Rian Van der westhizen and Jayden Hagemann scored for Ponoka in the semifinal win, while Alexander Mercer made 23 saves.

In the other semifinal, Chase Makofka fired three goals and Marshall Johnson, Tyler Cull, Brett Scott and Logan Norstrom also scored for Rimbey, which got a 38-save outing from Brinson. Bryce Gray scored for Kneehill and Griffin Andrews stopped 31 shots.

Earlier, Kneehill stopped the Maillaig Monarchs 4-2 as Gray scored twice and Levon Vokins and Matthew Regehr also tallied. Andrews turned aside 15 shots as the winning goalie.

Meanwhile, the Moose roared past the Castor Cyclones 9-1 as Jones, Lewis Mcdowell and Jayden Haggemann each tallied twice and Josh Vold, Rylee Dejonge and Noah Spelrem also scored. Hyink made 15 saves for the winners.

The Renegades flattened the Westlock Warriors 12-0 as Cull and Connor Paul each sniped three goals and Makofka, Norstrom, Keefer Garnick, Jackson Braithwaite, Johnson and Brittany Lukocs had singles. Wyatt Argent stopped 15 shots for the shutout.

In a 7-0 win for Kneehill over the Castor Cyclones, Bo Vansdal fired three goals, Zach Robertson scored two and Alex Little and Marshall Wilson also connected. Andrews made 15 saves for the shutout.

Hagemann notched all four goals and Mercer made 24 saves for the Moose in a 5-4 loss to Maillaig, while the Renegades got two goals from Makofka and singles courtesy of Scott, Carter Eadie and Kyle Valstar in a 5-2 win over High Prairie. Winning netminder Brinson made 31 stops.

In other games, Rimbey blanked Okotoks 2-0 and Ponoka beat Kneehill 8-5.

Paul notched a pair of first-period goals against Okotoks and Wyatt Argent stopped all 23 shots he faced.

The Moose got three goals from Jones, two from Hagemann and singles from Cyrus Thompson, Vold and Robert Wareham in an 8-5 win over Kneehill.

Scoring for the Chiefs were Vokins, Zach Painter, Marcus Brown, Vandsal and Gray.

Bantam AA major The Red Deer Steel Kings downed the Edmonton Maple Leafs 5-3 Saturday to post their lone victory in the provincial tournament at Edmonton.

The Steel Kings, who jumped out to a 3-0 firstperiod lead, got two goals from Caden Depta and singles from Kaiden Kanderka, Mckoy Kahlert and Owen Cummerford. Klayton Sandquist made 40 saves as the winning goaltender.

Earlier, the Kings blew a 4-0 lead and were edged 5-4 by the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, were pummeled 11-2 by the Calgary Bronks and were defeated 7-1 by Strathmore.

Cummerford, with two goals, Depta and Austin Lawson scored in the loss to the Oil Barons, while Red Deer netminder Brett Martens stopped 31 shots.

Jordan Wiggins and Zach Zaparniuk notched the Red Deer goals in the loss to the Bronks. Martens and Sandquist combined to make 29 saves.

Kanderka notched the lone goal against Strathmore, while Martens made 38 saves in a losing cause.

Bantam D The Eckville Eagles were 0-2-1 in the provincials at Drumheller, their long positive result being a 4-4 draw with the Smoky Lake Stars in which Rylan Burns, Austin Kalev, Kaden Judson and Tristen Koller supplied the goals.

The Eagles lost 4-2 to the High Country Rockies and 3-2 to the Oyen Bees.

Judson and Koller scored against High Country, while Wade Pattison made 12 saves in a losing cause.

Burns notched both goals against the Bees and Eagles goalie Emory Lunde stopped 26 shots.

Atom AA major The Red Deer Sports World Chiefs opened the provincial championship at Okotoks with a 7-5 win over the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, then dropped their next three games 13-0 to the Cochrane Rockies, 7-3 to the Calgary Northwest Warriors and 6-2 to the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Tanner Kotowich fired three goals for the Chiefs in their lone victory. Nate Danielson and Kylan Kidd each scored twice and Ben St. Pierre rounded out

the Sports World attack, while Zander Kelly was the winning goalie.

The Chiefs gave up five first-period goals, four in each of the second and third frames and were outshot 55-6 while losing to Cochrane. Ryder Graham made 42 saves for Red Deer.

Kidd tallied twice against the Warriors. Andrew Cassellato had the other Chiefs goal and Kelly was the losing goalie.

Danielson potted both goals against the Hurricanes, with Graham turning aside 49 shots.

Atom A The Kneehill Chiefs, with Craig Armstrong scoring three goals, dropped a 12-8 semifinal decision to the Foothills Flyers in the provincial tournament at Devon.

Levi Kirk, with two goals, August Olson, Devon Hagel and Colton Geier also scored for the Chiefs, who trailed 5-0 after the first period. Kneehill netminders Carter Boles and Dane Richardson combined to make 25 saves.

Earlier, Kneehill edged the Rimbey Renegades 9-8, Armstrong and Kirk each recorded a hat trick against Rimbey, while Caleb Wolfe tallied twice, Olson added a single and Boles and Richardson teamed up to stop 30 shots.

Reid Christiansen notched four goals for the Renegades, who also got two from Hayden Motowylo, singles off the stick of Carson Burchnall and Lane Weiss and a 16-save outing from Kaden Toussaint.

The Chiefs also slipped past the Stettler Elks 6-5 and were blanked 8-0 by the Bonnyville Pontiacs.

Kirk scored three goals, Armstrong had a pair and Drisden Cummings also scored twice against Stettler, while Richardson stopped 21 shots. For the Elks, Shay Anderson notched three goals, Reece Kranzler and Chance Morbeck added singles, and Jackson Mohlbach made 25 saves.

Rimbey, meanwhile, was shut out 7-0 by Bonnyville and lost 7-5 to Stettler.

Anderson and Marcus Laisnez each scored twice for the Elks, who got additional goals from Brier Devnich, Kranzler and Jacob Cotton, and 27 saves from Muhlbach. Motowylo, with two goals, Christiansen, Mitchell Mann and Kai Ryden replied for

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MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014 Rimbey, while Toussaint made 42 saves.

The Elks fell 9-6 to Bonnyville in their other game.

Laisnez erupted for four goals in a losing cause, Anderson Devnich also scored and Muhlbach made 17 saves.

Atom female Callie Cocke scored twice for the Olds Grizzlys in an 8-2 loss to the Calgary Chill in the final of the provincial championship at Calgary.

Ashley Hoppins made 24 saves for the Grizzlys, who reached the final with a 4-3 win over the Sturgeon Mustangs.

Cocke, Kallie Clouston, Teagan Rose and Maeve Van’t klooster scored for Olds in the semifinal win and Rayelle Schmitt made 15 saves.

Earlier, the Grizzlys buried the Camrose Wildcats 10-6, downed the Calgary Hot Shots 6-4, rolled over the Grande Prairie Knights 14-1 and edged the Lakeland Jaguars 6-5.

Clouston and Rose each scored three goals and Cocke and Emily Biggin each each added a pair against Camrose.

Cocke and Abby Bouliane each tallied twice and Biggin and Van’t klooster also scored against the Hot Shots, while Schmitt made 20 saves.

Rose exploded for five goals against the Knights, while Clouston and Van’t klooster each sniped three goals, Cocke had two and Schmitt added one. Brooklyn Piebiak made three saves as Olds held a 55-4 advantage in shots.

Biggin notched three goals and Clouston scored twice against the Jaguars.

Rose had one goal and Anna-Marie Bischke stopped nine shots.

The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs were 1-3 in the tournament, their only victory coming at the expense of the Okotoks Gold.

Chloe Becher scored twice and Meagan Gehring also tallied for the Chiefs in their lone win. Sutter Fund goalie Kameryn Guhl made 17 saves.

The Chiefs fell 3-1 to the Sherwood Park Kaos, 2-0 to the Calgary Chill and 3-0 to the Sturgeon Mustangs.

Gehring scored against the Kaos and Guhl made 29 saves. Guhl stopped 21 shots against the Chill and 39 versus Sturgeon.

FLOOR ROUTINE

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Ayla Ronspies from Exelta Gymnastics performs her floor routine at the Southern Zone Championships at the Collicutt Centre Saturday. She finished her routine with a rank of 49 and a score of 9.100.

Midget Chiefs fall in playoff

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Raiders 6 Chiefs 0 The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs weren’t at their best and it cost them a shot at advancing in the Alberta Major Midget Female Hockey League playoffs.

The Chiefs got back into the best-of-five South Division final with a 4-3 victory over the Highwood Raiders in Airdrie Friday, then dropped a 6-0 decision to the Raiders at the Collicutt Centre Saturday afternoon to lose the series 3-1.

“We’re a much better team than that,” said Chiefs head coach Tom Bast.

“Credit to the Raiders. They played helluva game.

They skate well and at the end of the day skating is everything. If you’re not moving your feet it doesn’t go so well.”

The Chiefs were outskated and weren’t able to generate anything on offence, being outshot 42-9.

“After winning Friday I thought we had the momentum and this would be perfect for us,” added Bast. “I was convinced we’d go to game 5, but we came out flat.”

While Bast was disappointed he also had to look back and feel good about how far the team advanced this season.

“At the beginning of the season few predicted we would reach the south final,” he said. “I felt we could do it and in the end we grew by leaps and bounds.”

The Chiefs were playing without rearguard Mairead Bast, who has missed six weeks with a concussion.

“She’s one of our top players. A key player on the power play and penalty kill,” said Bast, who will lose four players next season for sure.

“Other than that I’m not sure who will be back, we’ll wait and see and go from there” he said. “The

thing is the girls returning will have this experience and will learn from it.”

Breanna Martin scored the winning goal for the Chiefs on Friday at the final buzzer. Eric Nelson, Jocelyn Prince and Cassidy Hollman also connected once each. Nisa Bartlett made 31 saves in goal while her mates had 36 shots. Bartlett was in goal Saturday as well. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

AJHL PLAYOFFS

Bandits walk away with win over Olds Brooks 5 Olds 1 BROOKS — The Brooks Bandits went to the power play on 12 occasions while posting a 5-1 win over the Olds Grizzlys in Alberta Junior Hockey League playoff action Saturday.

Austin Plevy and Brandon Bruce scored firstperiod man-advantage markers for the Bandits, who grabbed a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven South Division semifinal. Kyler Nachtigall, Dylan Pitt and Nick McCormack also connected for Brooks, while Landon Kletke notched the lone Grizzlys goal in the third period.

Brooks netminder Michael Fredrick made 17 saves. Ethan Jamieff blocked 31 shots for the Grizzlys, who were zero-for-five on the power play.

Games 3 and 4 will be played tonight and Tuesday at the Olds Sportsplex.

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NAIT ends Kings’ hockey season RDC FALLS TO OOKS IN BEST-OF-THREE SEMIFINAL

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Ooks 6 Kings 1 PENHOLD — The RDC Kings first season back into the Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League after being away for nine years, came to an abrupt end Saturday, but looking back there were more positives than negatives.

“It hurts to lose that last game and get knocked out of a series, but we talked to the guys about taking a step back and looking at the big picture,” said Kings head coach Trevor Keeper after dropping a 6-1 decision to the NAIT Ooks at the Penhold Regional Multiplex Saturday, which eliminated them from the best-of-three ACAC semifinals 2-0.

“We used the example of NAIT, which four years ago were out of the playoffs. They then reached the quarter-finals, the semifinals and then the final.

They’re peaking after four or five years of work. We reached the semifinal in our first year back and we have to be proud of that. We can use the team we just played as a measuring stick and use this as a learning experience.”

Despite the 6-2 and 6-1 wins over the Kings in the two games in the series, Ooks head coach Serge Lajoie never took the RDC squad for granted.

“You never get anything for free,” he said. “Trevor Keeper did a great job with that team after being out of the league for nine years. I have the utmost respect for how his team plays. They pushed us. They have a good team off the rush, which was depleted by injuries.”

The Kings played Grant MacEwan in the first round of the playoffs, winning the series 2-1, but suffered a string of injuries.

“Look at NAIT they finished first and got a firstround bye, which was huge. They came into this series without any injuries and at full strength,” said Keeper.

“We were missed three of our top nine forwards, plus several others were playing injured. It’s tough to play a series against a team of that quality without being at full strength.”

The Ooks led 2-0 after the first period on goals by Jason Wark and Joshua Lazowski and extended it to 4-1 after 40 minutes.

Michael Piluso and Tyler French made it 4-0 before Mike Marianchuk connected on the power play at 12:48.

The Kings didn’t let down in the third period, but Scott Fellnermayr and Jordan Wood took advantage

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NAIT Ook Jesse Slobodian, left, chases Red Deer College King Brett Printz as both players watch the puck in a corner at the Penhold Regional Multiplex Saturday. The Kings were eliminated from ACAC semifinals in the game by a score of 6-1. of breaks while the Kings were pressing to put the lid on the scoring. Mike Salmon finished with 38 saves for the Kings and was named their player of the game. Kings had 21 shots on Kyle Birch.

“I was proud of the guys, they played hard to the very end,” said Keeper.

“We could have quit and imploded, but they kept playing.”

The Ooks will go on to face the SAIT Trojans in the league final. The Trojans defeated the Augustana Vikings 2-1 twice to advance.

“We have a healthy rivalry with SAIT,” said Lajoie, who feels his team is playing their best.

“The second half of the season we played with a lot of confidence and the guys put in the work to get better.”

Keeper will have exit meetings this week with his players to determine who will be back for sure.

“We need to upgrade a bit and keep building, that’s part of the process,” he said.

“Even with the guys returning we’ll be better.

There’s a huge difference between the first and second years, you see it in their scoring and defensive ability. After knowing what it takes the guys will improve significantly.” drode@reddeeradvocate.com

NBA

Suns hand Raptors rare loss at home

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Phoenix 121 Toronto 113 TORONTO — Kyle Lowry sat at his locker nursing a headache in the moments after the Toronto Raptors’ loss on Sunday, the product of a misplaced knee.

The Raptors were thoroughly dismantled by a speedy Phoenix Suns team in a 121-113 loss, but Lowry and coach Dwane Casey insisted there would be no lingering pain after a rare defeat at home.

“It’s not a systemic problem, it’s one game, we knew we weren’t going to go undefeated the rest of the way,” Casey said. “That team right there, they’re fighting for their playoff lives like we are, and they’re a quality team in the west.

“It’s not like it’s the end of the world.”

Lowry scored 19 of his 28 points in the third quarter against the run-and-gun Suns, but his standout effort wasn’t enough as the Raptors (37-28) lost at the Air Canada Centre for just the fifth time in the last 16 games.

There were some scary moments with about a minute-and-a-half to go when Lowry went down in a scramble for a loose ball, and was ploughed in the head by first one of PJ Tucker’s knees and then the other.

“I’ve got a headache. . . These (TV camera) lights are killing me right now,” Lowry said, shrugging off any suggestion of a concussion.

“PJ’s not a dirty guy, I’ve known him for a while.

He even apologized after the game. . . . He’s a strong dude, so it hurt.”

Terrence Ross finished with 22 points while Amir Johnson had 20, DeMar DeRozan finished with 17, and Jonas Valanciunas chipped in with 15.

Gerald Green scored 13 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter to top the Suns (38-27), while Goran Dragic added 19, and Markieff Morris had 16 point and grabbed 14 rebounds.

The Raptors had been red-hot the past several weeks, positioning themselves for their first playoff appearance in six seasons. They’d gone an Eastern Conference-best 11-3 since Feb. 10 heading into Sunday’s game and sat first place in the Atlantic Division.

But the hungry Suns also have the playoffs in their sights. They went into Sunday trailing Memphis by a game-and-a-half for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West.

“That’s a helluva team right there,” DeRozan said. “(We can) just learn from it. We battled, a lot of stuff didn’t go our way. . . It was just a tough night overall.

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Toronto Raptors guard Terrence Ross slams home a dunk against the Phoenix Suns in fourth-quarter NBA action in Toronto on Sunday.

The Suns outran the Raptors all afternoon, and led by as much as 14 points before taking a 96-90 advantage into the fourth in front of a crowd of 18,717 energetic fans at the Air Canada Centre.

The visitors pulled ahead by 15 a couple of times in the final 12 minutes before a basket and free throw by Lowry made it a seven-point deficit with 4:08 to play. But on the Suns’ next trip down the floor, Morris grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to put the game virtually out of reach.

“They’re up and down,” Lowry said. “They got out. . . 121 (points), that’s their type of game. We don’t want to have a type of game like that, we want to hold teams under 100, under 90 preferably.”

Rebounding proved problematic for the Raptors all afternoon, with Suns owning a whopping 45-26 advantage on the boards.

“Again, no time to panic,” Casey said. “I don’t think we’re going to see that type of speed and quickness — at least I hope not — the rest of the way.”

The Raptors’ frustration showed at times. Casey was slapped with a technical for arguing a call, then DeRozan collected a tech when he kicked the ball in anger.

“It was just tough when you’re going out there playing hard and sometimes you don’t get a call that you’re fighting or dying for and that we may need at a critical time,” DeRozan said.

Both teams shot well, the Suns going 50.7 per cent from the field to Toronto’s 49.4.

There was plenty of energy from both teams

in a first-quarter shootout. The Raptors and Suns combined for 10-for-14 from three-point range. The Raptors led by as much as nine, but Marcus Morris drained two consecutive threes to put the Suns up 37-35 going into the second.

“The guys seemed really focused tonight,” said Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek.

“They came out right from the start, they had the energy. Maybe it was the one o’clock game that we’re not used to playing; they thought it was a great opportunity. I thought we’re on ESPN or something.”

The Raptors went 0-for-8 to open the second quarter until a John Salmons pull-up jumper more than five minutes in. The Raptors ended the quarter with a 10-2 run and when Ross drained a three, and pumped one fist in the air, it pulled Toronto to within two points.

The Suns led 61-59 at halftime.

The Raptors fell behind by 14 points with just under six minutes to play in the third, when Lowry almost single-handedly got them back in the game. He scored 10 points in the final 3:38 of the quarter and the Raptors went into the fourth trailing 96-90.

NOTES: Raptors forward Patrick Patterson missed his fifth game with an elbow injury. Casey said he will be evaluated again Monday. . . The Raptors are on the road for two games — Tuesday at Atlanta and Wednesday at New Orleans — before returning home to host Oklahoma City next Friday . . . The Raptors had won three in a row against the Suns before a 10697 loss in Phoenix on Dec. 6.

Szabados makes 27 saves in pro debut BUT COTTONMOUTHS FALL TO KNOXVILLE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio — Shannon Szabados made 27 saves in her men’s professional hockey league debut Saturday, although her Columbus Cottonmouths fell 4-3 to the Knoxville Ice Bears.

Szabados joined the Southern Professional Hockey League team last week. The 27-year-old goaltender from Edmonton backstopped the Canadian women’s hockey team to Olympic gold Feb. 20.

Columbus led 2-1 after the opening period, but Knoxville scored three unanswered goals in the second before the Cottonmouths scored again in the third.

“It was fun,” Szabados told the Columbus LedgerEnquirer. “I saw a few Szabados shirts out there. It was definitely a great moment.”

Szabados made 27 saves in Canada’s 3-2 thrilling overtime win over the U.S. to defend the gold in Sochi. She posted a 28-save shutout over the Americans in the women’s Olympic hockey final in 2010.

Szabados has spent much of her career in men’s leagues.

She played for Sherwood Park, Bonneyville and Fort Saskatchewan during her four years in the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

She then spent five years in Alberta men’s college hockey with Grant MacEwen and then NAIT. Saturday’s game was her first since the Olympic women’s final, although she practised with the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers when they were short a backup goaltender March 5.

No woman has ever played in an NHL regular-season game. Goaltender Manon Rheaume became the first to play in an exhibition game with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1992.

Canadian women’s hockey team forward star Hayley Wickenheiser has played in men’s leagues in Finland and Sweden during her career.

The Cottonmouths are 25-25-3 in the 10-team SPHL and have secured a berth in the playoffs.

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Canada finishes with golden day MCKEEVER, KLEBL TRIUMPH IN VISUALLY IMPAIRED SKIING

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Calgary Flames’ Ladislav Smid (3) and Phoenix Coyotes’ Brandon Gormley (38) and Shane Doan (19) chase down the puck during the second period of NHL hockey game, Saturday, in Glendale, Ariz.

Doan’s 350th career goal gives Coyotes win over Calgary

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Phoenix 3 Calgary 2 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Phoenix got so many power-play chances, one was bound to be successful.

And one was all it took.

Shane Doan scored his 350th career goal on one of Phoenix’s six third-period power plays and the Coyotes went on to beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 Saturday night.

Chris Summers got his first NHL goal and Rob Klinkhammer also scored to put Phoenix up 2-0 after one period.

Calgary got power-play goals from Curtis Glencross and Mikael Backlund to tie it at 2 after two.

On the third power play of the final period, Rahim Vrbata rocketed a shot toward the net and Doan deflected it past Joni Ortio for the deciding goal with 11:11 to play.

“I don’t ever remember it happening for us, always against us,” Doan said of the avalanche of penalties against Calgary.

“On a power play, you have to stay patient.”

Doan had hit the post with a shot on a power play earlier in the game.

“I was so frustrated,” he said.

“I thought I had it. And I had some other opportunities. In the first period, I turned the puck over a couple of times that gave them opportunities and a little bit of life.

You never want to do that. So to get a way to contribute was nice.”

The win gave the Coyotes 75 points and pulled them into a tie with Dallas, the Western Conference’s No. 8 team. The Stars have played two fewer games and hold the tiebreaker.

“I can’t remember the last time I saw six penalties like that,” Calgary’s Mike Cammalleri said.

“We need to learn a little lesson there and they had more discipline. It’s a tough one to take.”

The Coyotes’ Mike Smith, strong all night, had 29 saves, while Ortio stopped 23 shots.

Phoenix had five power plays through 10 minutes of the first 13:13 of the third period.

Sutton scored on a slick deflection of Lauri Korpikoski’s pass just 4:35 into the game. His first NHL goal came in his 34th career game. Sutton also was on the ice at crunch time in the waning minutes of the game.

“I’ve been with the organization a long time,” he said. “I was drafted in 2006. It’s great to be put in those situations.”

Phoenix made it 2-0 with 9:43 left in the opening period thanks to a miscue by Ortio.

Ortio, recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Feb. 3, and playing in his seventh NHL game, ventured behind the net to try to clear the puck but lost control of it. It went right to Klinkhammer, who tapped it into the empty net for his 10th goal.

Calgary cut the lead to 2-1 on a power-play goal by Glencross 7:46 into in the second period. With

Derek Morris in the penalty box for holding, Glencross positioned himself directly in front of the net, and glanced Cammalleri’s sizzling shot past Smith.

Another power-play goal tied it for Calgary moments later. Backlund scored from a crowd in front of the net and it was 2-2 with 4:23 left in the second period.

The Flames nearly got another goal in the final seconds of the second when Cammalleri got the puck point-blank in front of the net, but Smith was able to knock the shot away with his right pad. It was one of several shots from up close that Smith blocked.

Phoenix was playing its first game back after a four-games-in six-days trip to the East.

“We got up 2-0,” Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said.

“They pushed hard in the second and got themselves back in the game, but the third period, we played hard and drew some penalties. Fortunately, our power play which has been our strength all year, gave us the winning goal.”

On Friday night, Calgary trailed at Dallas 3-1 with eight minutes to play in regulation before rallying to force overtime, then win in the shootout 4-3.

Notes: Ortio opened the season with the Alaska Aces of the Eastern Hockey League. ... Calgary plays 16 games in 31 days in March. ... Phoenix’s Brandon McMillan played in his 100th career NHL game. ...

KRASNAYA POLAYNA, Russia — Brian McKeever and Chris Klebl made sure Canada finished the Sochi Paralympic Winter Games on a high note.

The cross-country skiers both won their races on Sunday, with McKeever taking the men’s visually impaired 10-kilometre event before Klebl surprised the field with a stunning victory in the men’s 10-kilometre sitting category.

McKeever picked up his third gold medal — and the 10th of his career — at these Games, while Klebl won his first-ever Paralympic medal.

The victories pushed Canada’s overall medal count to 16, three shy of the 19 won at the Vancouver Games four years ago.

More importantly, they moved Canada to third in the gold-medal standings, a stated goal that team officials set prior to the Paralympics.

Russia topped the standings with an eye-popping 80 medals — including 30 gold — while Ukraine was second with 25 total medals.

Germany was second behind Russia in the goldmedal count with nine.

McKeever finished Sunday’s race in a time of 23 minutes 18.1 seconds, just 8.1 seconds ahead of Russia’s Stanislav Chokhlaev.

He employed the same strategy with his guides that helped him win the 20-kilometre gold medal last week.

With windy conditions starting to wear on guide Erik Carleton, Graham Nishikawa entered the race with about three kilometres to go to help seal the 10th gold medal of McKeever’s storied career.

“It was all on the guides today.

“They did such a great job with all the headwind,” said McKeever.

“There was so much wind out there today that just to be tucked in, I saved a lot of energy. By the time we got to the last lap there was still a little bit of gas left, just enough to get by.”

The 42-year-old Klebl won in a time of 30 minutes 52.0 seconds.

Ukraine’s Maksym Yarovyi finished second at 31:06.5 and Russia’s Grigory Murygin skied to the bronze at 31:18.2.

“It feels pretty good for sure,” said Klebl.

“I have exceptional skis for wet, sloppy conditions and today we got exactly those conditions. It just feels good. We prepare for this over and over and over again to try and get things to line up, and today it did.”

A three-time Paralympian, Klebl moved to Canmore, to join the Canadian team from the United States following the Vancouver 2010 Games.

Also Sunday, para-alpine sit-skier Josh Dueck was chosen as Canada’s flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.

The native of Kimberley, B.C., won gold in the super combined and silver in the downhill in Sochi.

Hendricks wins UFC welterweight title UFC 171

DALLAS — Johny Hendricks won the vacant welterweight championship Saturday night, unanimously outpointing Robbie Lawler in five rounds at UFC 171.

Tyron Woodley won the co-feature, stopping Carlos Condit to set up a likely title bout against Hendricks in the 170-pound division.

Fighting in Hendricks’ adopted hometown, Lawler opened a cut beside Hendricks’ right eye in the fourth round. All three judges scored the fight 28-27 for Hendricks.

The title was vacated by Georges St. Pierre, who had held it since 2007.

In his final defence, St. Pierre took a disputed split decision over Hendricks in November.

Would Hendricks feel vindicated if he could fight and defeat St. Pierre?

“No, but I’d like to. I think I’m better now. I’m only learning,” the 30-year-old said.

The 31-year-old Lawler lost the first two rounds, but won the third and fourth before falling short in the final round.

“The fifth round. That’s where I lost it in the GSP fight,” Hendricks said.

“I nearly died again. I was sitting there thinking, ‘Not another GSP.’ I was thinking, ‘ Please call my name.”’

The announcer did.

Hendricks improved to 16-2, and Lawler fell to 22-10 with one no contest.

“When you leave it up to the judges, that’s what happens.

“I just didn’t do enough to win,” Lawler said.

Hendricks’ background as a twotime NCAA wrestling champion at Oklahoma State helped him take down Lawler twice.

“Wrestling is part of our sport,” Lawler said. “I’ve wrestled with some high-level guys.”

Hendricks and Lawler fought cau-

tiously in the first round. Midway through the second, Hendricks landed a succession of punches and kicks.

Lawler rallied in the closing minute.

Woodley, 31, competed for the University of Missouri against Hendricks and OSU. “Me and Johny have some unfinished business from Big 12 days of wrestling,” Woodley said.

Woodley’s bout ended two minutes into the second round after his leg kick behind Condit’s left knee caused his right knee to buckle.

Condit fell to the octagon floor in pain, and hobbled out of the arena.

Woodley is 13-2.

“You know what’s next,” Woodley said.

“The title. If I can get to (Condit) and beat him, I can be the world champion.”

All but the title bout were scheduled for three five-minute rounds.

Also on the main card, welterweight Hector Lombard dominated the bloody Jake Shields, winning by unanimous decision. Shields lost a title bout to St. Pierre in 2011.

It took light heavyweight Ovince Saint Preux just 1:29 to win by submission with a Von Flue choke against Nikita Krylov.

Lightweight Myles Jury, who has won all 14 of his professional bouts, took a unanimous decision over Diego Sanchez.

Among the prelims, Alex Garcia of Montreal took a fiercely contested welterweight split decision over Dallas’ Sean Spencer.

Kelvin Gastelum opened a cut on Rick Story’s left cheek in each round on the way to a split decision in a welterweight fight.

In the only women’s bout, bantamweight Jessica Andrade of Niteroi, Brazil, won a split decision against Raquel Pennington.

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In Memoriam BENNETT, JUDY On angels wings you were taken, but in our hearts you will stay, and in God’s light you will rest, until we meet again someday.

From Joni, Grant and Murray

BRETT KENDALL BUIT One year ago heaven gained another angel.

No farewell words were spoken No time to say goodbye, You were gone before we knew it And only God can tell us why.

It broke our hearts to lose you But you did not go alone, For part of us went with you The day God called you home.

Loved and missed Forever in our hearts Mom & Dad, Brandi & Joe, Shantel, Shannon & Ward, Nephews & nieces

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Oilfield

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SMITH Lorna Mary Lorna had a surprised attack with cancer, but through God’s grace, a rapid departure.

She passed away peacefully on the morning of March 7, 2014. She was born on April 6, 1930 in Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Lorna met her loving husband, Stewart Smith, in 1947, became engaged in 1948 and were married in 1950. They were blessed with the birth of one son, Malcolm Stewart Smith, on June 27, 1953. On July 5, 1958 they moved to Canada.

Lorna was a very active lady and loved bicycling, bird watching, fishing, flowers, cats and walking her dogs.

She helped others through nursing, enjoyed telling stories to children and Sunday School students, and dedicated thirty five years to serving with the Girl Guides organization. Lorna is survived by her husband Stewart Smith, Daughter-in-law Leah Smith and two Grandchildren, Michelle and Michael. Lorna was predeceased by her parents Alfred and Mary Johnson Hill and by her son Malcolm in March 8, 2010. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alix FCSS or Alix food bank.

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IPHONE LOST in downtown Royal Bank, if you are the kind lady who picked it up, please phone 403-350-4712 & leave msg for Ken.

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Personals

YARD SUPERVISOR for the Blackfalds shop/yard.

Responsibilities include loading of heavy equipment, inventory tracking, shipping/ receiving, hotshots, and yard maintenance.

Please email resume to hr@abpipeliners.com or fax to 780-384-2402.

Hiring full time Operation Coordinator/Field Supervisor for local oilfield testing company Must be local (Red Deer area) Must have testing experience Competitive salary Health benefits offered Send resume to ken@darkstarproduction. com LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

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Oilfield

ARNETT & BURGESS Oilfield Construction Limited is immediately looking for a full-time

NOW HIRING

Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

PRODUCTION TESTING EXPERIENCED SUPERVISORS and TESTERS Day & Night Must have tickets.

Top paid wages.

Based out of Devon, AB. Email resume to: kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Professionals

755

HERMAN BURGOYNE March 17, 1988 We still think of your love of horses, the good times and kindness you gave to us all.

We’ll never forget the picture of you surrounded by all your horses. We wish you were here to share this with us again.

With all our love from Millie, Arnie, Paul, Jesse, Dustin and Sharon, Art, Crawford, Jim and all other family members and friends. There are still some of the old horses going.

790

Attn: Human Resources email:kwolokoff@ bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 BUSY MEDICAL OFFICE Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 requires a Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 PRESCREENING TECH. Tired of Standing?

Computer literacy is a must.

Experience not necessary, Find something to sit on job training is provided but in Classifieds qualifications will be considered. Starting wages Classifieds $14/hr. Please fax resume Your place to SELL to 403-342-2024.

Your place to BUY

George (Buster) Houseman March 17, 2009 To us you were so special What more is there to say, Except we wish with all our hearts That you were here today.

services

Love, Marguerite, Lynda, Wayne, and Doug.

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Escorts

1165

EDEN 587-877-7399 10am-midnight LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Tell Everyone with a Classified Announcement

Handyman Services

1200

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

Massage Therapy

309-3300

Cameron Bay Holdings Inc. o/a McDonald’s requires a RESTAURANT MANAGER for our Gasoline Alley Stores, located at 37479 Hwy 2, and 37428 Hwy 2, Red Deer.

Yearly salary is between $38,000.00 - $43,000.00.

Must have 3 to 5 yrs exp. and be able to supervise 30 to 70 employees. Flexible hours needed as both restaurants are 24 hours.

McDonald’s experience is preferred but we will consider all applicants.

Benefits and bonus program offered. Fax resume to 403-783-4251 or email to cbay22@telus.net DINO’S TAKE OUT LOOKING FOR EXP’D P/T AND F/T DELIVERY DRIVER. Please apply in person w/resume to: 130, 3121 49 AVE. Red Deer JOSE JOSE LATIN RESTAURANT IS HIRING!!

COOKS HELPER Please drop off your resume at #9 7110-50 Ave or call 403-986-5673 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Sales & Distributors

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. ROOM ATTENDANTS Exp. pref’d, but not necessary.

F/T wk days & weekends.

Approx. 35 hrs/wk. Bonus program. Rate: $13.50/hr.

Applicants may apply in person at 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 or email: info@ramadareddeer.com TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Sales & Distributors

830

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 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

SYNIK CLOTHING - Retail Clothing P/T, 20-30 hrs./wk Gasoline Alley apply within.

830

Raven Oilfield Rentals is one of the largest independently owned rental companies servicing NE BC and the Alberta Peace since 1988.

We are currently looking for a

Sales Representative for Central & North Central Alberta.

The position will require sales in the field as well as Calgary.

The successful candidate will be a safety conscious, team player looking for a challenging career in an ever changing fast paced environment. Previous oilfield sales experience is a must.

Computer skills and a valid driver’s license are also required.

Raven offers competitive salaries along with health and dental plans. Please forward resumes with salary expectations to cris@ravenoilfield.com

Only candidates with previous oilfield sales experience will be considered.

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MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Massage Therapy

NOW HIRING Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the following positions: • Coil Tubing Supervisors • Coil Tubing Operators • Boom Truck Operators • Nitrogen Pump Operators • Fluid Pump Operators • Field Mechanics Competitive Wages and Benefits. Extended rotations available (22/13). Priority given to applicants with relevant experience, Class 1 Drivers License and Valid Oilfield Tickets Wise is a leading oilfield services provider that is committed to Quality and Safety excellence. By empowering positive attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values, our employees care for the success of one another.

For more information see

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Just had a baby boy?

820

800

Medical

William Robert Jamieson (Billy J.) May 14, 1959 - March 17, 1997 We miss you so much, and every day we wish you were still here with us.

Our hearts are still broken.

We now make St. Patrick’s Day a celebration of your life.

With all our love from Mom (Millie), Arnie, brothers & sister: Paul, Art, Crawford, Jim, Cindy and families and friends.

Restaurant/ Hotel

810 RAVEN OILFIELD RENTALS

ACCOUNTANT Established CGA firm in Stettler requires an accountant for personal tax preparation. Temporary position, may lead to permanent employment.

Farm Work OIL & GAS OPERATOR Email resume to Bearspaw currently has a TandP_cga@telus.net F/T FEED TRUCK position in our Stettler field Attn: Rebecca OPERATOR for large operations for an intermediate expanding feed lot in Sundre. oil and gas operator. Applicants EYEWEAR Fax resume to must have experience as a LIQUIDATORS 403-638-3908 heavy duty mechanic or requires or call 403-556-9588 journeyman instrument OPTICAL ASSISTANT or email: mechanic and possess Training provided. feedlot@hotmail.ca strong mechanical skills, Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. VFA Pork, a farrow to fin- be quick learners, motivated Red Deer, AB. ish operation, is looking for and hard working and live or be willing to relocate a full-time hog farm workLooking for a new pet? within a 20 minute commute ers supervisor. Preferably to workplace location. This Check out Classifieds to college ed. in swine find the purrfect pet. production.20 Min. west of position offers a challenging work environment, attractive Lacombe. $15-18/hour, benefi ts with competitive dep. on experience. Email or fax resumes: vfapork@ pay and significant room Oilfield gmail.com/403-782-4854. for promotion.

Please submit resumes

700-920

wegot Brent Richard Neville Oct. 5, 1984 - Mar. 17, 2006 Eight years have passed since losing Brent, a part of us died with Brent on that dark Friday morning, our hearts will bleed forever. The memory will never fade and we will carry Brent with us everywhere we go. On March 17th, 2006 (his Mom’s birthday) Brent was killed by an impaired driver in Calgary.

Brent was 21. Brent’s death has put us into a spiral of grief that countless other victims’ families can relate to.

It is a loss no one can heal and gratefully, a love no one can steal. For all the families suffering the loss of someone you love, you don’t get over it; you just get through it. You don’t get by it, because you can’t get around it. It doesn’t “get better”; it just gets different. Everyday grief puts on a new face. We pray in time the pain gets softer, we learn to be gentle with ourselves and take one day at a time. Smile for the great memories we have and cry less for what we cannot change. We believe that we will one day meet again and always keep the faith! The Neville family has created a registered charity for Brent to keep his memory alive and to make sure his short life is not in vain. Nev Foundation has a “NEV SUITE” to honour Brent at the Ronald McDonald House Central Alberta, Brent’s charity supports MADD Canada programs and Educational Scholarships. www.nevfoundation.com.

Mom, Dad, Shelley, Ryan, Mason, extended family and friends.

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Obituaries

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www.wiseisi.com Please Forward All Resumes to jobs@wiseisi.com or by fax to 403-340-1046

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

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

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

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

RENTAL TECHNICIAN

Aero Rental Services, a division of Western Energy Services Partnership is currently looking for a candidate to fill the following position. The Rental Technician will provide support to field operations and personnel; responsible for taking calls, filing customer orders, generating work orders and POs as well as coordinating transport.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Exceptional interpersonal, communication and organizational skills • Able to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines • Pressure control experience an asset • First Aid/CPR, H2S Trained • Valid Class 5 Drivers license Email: careers@wesc.ca Mail: AERO Rental Services 6525-67th Street Red Deer, Alberta T4P 1A3 Fax: (403) 356-1370 Website: www.wesc.ca

We offer competitive pay, benefits and opportunities for advancement. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those who will be interviewed will be contacted.

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Sales & Distributors

830

Trades

850

Truckers/ Drivers

860

WIRELESS WORLD NEW EMPLOYMENT requires 2 Retail Sales OPPORTUNITY Associates for Bower CENTRAL CITY Place Mall, 149A 4900 ASPHALT LTD. Molly Banister Drive., Experienced Red Deer, AB; FT, perm • Screedman to start ASAP; Will train, • Rakerman provide direct mobile phone sales and customer • Finish Roller Operator support services at †Email resume: location & other duties; office@ccal.com $12.00/hr. Email Resume: Fax resume: (403) 885-5137 retailjobs@ mywirelessworld.ca

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841

Trades

850

BRICAR CONTRACTING now hiring Heavy Equipment Operators, Skid Steer Operators and Laborers. Send resumes to: office@bricar.ca or fax 403-347-6296

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

EXP’D CLASS 1 end dump Classifieds...costs so little driver for local haul. Please Saves you so much! fax resume with driver’s abstract 403-342-6881

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

SAFETY PERSON REQUIRED

Red Deer Oilfield Construction Company EXPERIENCE with ISN, COMPLY WORKS, C.O.R. Only people with experience apply.

Send resume either by email or fax: 403-340-3471 info@dynamicprojects.ca

Decoking Services Company looking for experienced pigging operators / foremen for work in refineries cleaning fired heaters. Northern Alberta rates apply.

Please fax resume to 403 342 7447 attention: human resources

MECHANIC REQUIRED

Motor coach company looking for 4th year or journeyman. Experience with motor coaches preferred. Send resume to frontbus@platinum.ca or fax 403.-347-4999

Misc.

Help

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.

STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913

P/T to F/T WATER TRUCK DRIVERS

w/Class 3Q. H2S Alive tickets required.

Local hauling.

Premium wages paid.

Will train suitable candidates.

Fax resume and driver’s abstract to: (403) 343-8385 email thewaterbus@hotmail.com Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

880 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in

Truckers/ Drivers

860

PROFESSIONAL Truck Driver Position Available

880

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in

www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Kentwood Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is Kennings Cres. expanding and are & Kirby St. currently accepting applications for a certified also Class 1 Driver, with a minimum of two (2) years Keen Cres. & B-train trailer experience.

ADS Drivers are required Kendrew Dr. to safely operate company equipment and provide a Call Joanne high level of customer 403-314-4308 info service, delivering our products within central Alberta. ADS Drivers are required to be drug free and maintain legal transAFTERNOON portation paperwork and newspaper carriers driving practices. This position requires a valid needed in the Class 1 License, with following areas: previous off road forklift experience a definite asset. We offer quarterly BOWER cash safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive medical plan.

Benefits include: MOUNTVIEW Company provided Group Canadian Benefits Voluntary dental Life insurance WEST PARK Short-term and long-term disability Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit WESTLAKE Sharing Plan (DPSP) Paid Vacation Safety Bonus For more information All applicants are subject to a pre-employment phone Quitcy at physical and MVR check.

403-314-4316 Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along with a current drivers DRIVING INSTRUCTORS, abstract to: training provided for Advanced Drainage Rimbey, Drayton Valley, Systems Canada Inc. Ponoka and Red Deer.

4316 Gerdts Ave. Streetwise Driving School.

Blindman Ind. Park 340-8848 Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Fax: (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ ads-pipe.com Position closing date: March 28, 2014

880

Misc.

Help

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of

Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

DEER PARK AREA 104 to 194 Blocks of Douglas St. $58/mo.

ALSO Dietz Close, Durie Close and 1 block of Davison Dr. $51/mo.

TRUCKERS

Busy road construction company looking for Class 1, Class 3, and winch truck drivers. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have at least 3 yr’s exp. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

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Help

880

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

EASTVIEW

SPRING START Erickson Dr., Eldrige Cr., Everitt Cr., Elkin Cl., $187/mo.

ALSO 37 Ave. from 39 St. to 44 St. and Exeter Cr. and 38A Ave. Area $111/mo.

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Community Support Worker Program

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Women in the Trades Program

•

Math and Science for the Trades Program

•

GED Preparation

GRANDVIEW AREA 41 Ave. from Ross St. to 44 St. + 4000 Block of 47 St. &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 MICHENER AREA West of 40Ave. between Ross St. and 52 Ave. $264/mo ROSEDALE AREA

Resident Apartment Manager - Red Deer 27 units, quiet, adult, no smoking, no pets Collect rent, clean, building maintenance, Sidewalks and grass.

Renovation skills a plus Criminal record check.

Send resumes with experience, expectations and references to: resumes@ wunschdevelopments.ca or fax: 780-452-8284

Misc.

Help

MORNING

WESTLAKE For more information phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

SAFETY PERSON

Busy road construction company looking for safety person. Work is throughout the province. Experience is an asset but willing to train the right person. Must have a valid Class 5 driver’s license. Fax resume 403-309-0489

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

880

SOUTHSIDE RV PARTS & SERVICE DEPARTMENT RV TECHNICIANS RV SERVICE WRITERS RV PARTS PERSONNEL Fax resumes to 403-309-3860 Email: rvparts@southsidereddeer.com or drop off in person, attention Matt Peterson

(Reliable vehicle needed.)

INGLEWOOD AREA

TIMBERSTONE AREA Timberstone Way $302/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

Trades

2804 GAETZ AVE., RED DEER

VANIER AREA

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info

CARRIERS NEEDED

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

850

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Addinnell Close / Allan St. Abbott Close / Anders St. Anders Close INGLEWOOD AREA Isherwood Close Issard Close LANCASTER AREA Lacey Close / Lennon Close Landry Close / Lawson Close Addington Drive

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CARD TABLE & four chairs. One small tear in table top but otherwise in excellent condition and very sturdy. $20 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426.

China Cabinet. $40 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426.

COMPUTER Desk with lots of storage space. $30 obo. Phone 403-346-2426.

COMPUTER desk, large with 1 drawer, 1 cupboard, lots of shelving. $150. obo 403-598-0540 COUCH with floral pattern.

Custom made.

Excellent condition. $190 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426.

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER with 32” TV. Exc. condition. $50 obo. Phone 403-346-2426.

KITCHEN TABLE with bench seating for 3 plus 2 chairs. Storage space under bench seats.

Excellent condition. $80 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426 LIVING ROOM CHAIR WITH HIGH BACK. Blue. Excellent condition. $75 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426.

SHEET set, afghan, cushions $20 403-314-9603 SOLID OAK DINING TABLE. Seats 6 and includes 2 leaves to extend table to seat 10. Comes with 4 chairs. Excellent condition. $145 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426 SQUARE, OPAQUE GLASS TOP TABLE AND 2 CHAIRS. Excellent condition. $60 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426

Tractors

Livestock

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

4 BDRM., 3 bath, 1800 sq.ft. fully furn. house. $2000/mo. 403-302-0488

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

60 + seniors condo, avail.

Apr. 1, 403-598-0503

HALMAN Heights

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1395, SD $1000.

Avail. Immed. or Apr. 1 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

KITSON CLOSE

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 SD $1000. n/s Avail. Immed. or Apr. 1st.

403-304-7576 / 347-7545

1760

Employment Training

2100

FLATLAND RANCH has on offer yearling and 2 year old Gelbvieh Bulls.

We have been selling reputable bulls for 15 years Chuck 403-854-6270

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

(1) 15”x30” Painted in brilliant colors of Chief Crowfoot’s Peace Party PowPow at sunset. $200.

403-347-7405 (2) Blackfoot Holyman’s Shield, 18”x30”. $195. for both. 403-347-7405 2 WOOL ACCENT MATCHING 5X7 CARPETS & 1 matching oval. Clean, will sell separately. $45.

DAVID WINTER COLLECTORS HOUSES in original boxes. $20/ea.

CANNON K920 Copier machine w/metal stand.

Exc. cond. $75.

403-352-8811 DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino KENMORE White microwave oven 800W, $30.

KENMORE model 30 dehumidifier, exc. cond., $75.

POTTERY SOUP SET with urn & label. 4 bowls, casserole dish & salad bowl w/4 plates, like new, $95. 403-352-8811 OAKLEY Sunglasses model D Whisker Silver /00BLK IRID, polar, never used, $95.

403-352-8811 PRECISION water distiller and reservoir, PWS 8MST seldom used, new $799, your price $150 403-755-2760

2030

JOHN DEERE 9400 Tractor with or w/o 16’ 6 way blade. 403-502-1091

WANTED

Misc. for Sale

1900

AGRICULTURAL

1660

Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

1800

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

CRAFTSMAN 3 hp 10” blade mitre saw $79; rolling tool bag, HD wheels, telescoping handles $35 403-342-7460 WORKMATE Work Bench. $40 obo. Phone 403-346-2426.

Household Furnishings

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

SUNNYBROOK AREA

Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

Travel Packages

LOGS

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

1760

(1) 3’x6 ‘ next to new General Manager’s Desk, light caramel in color. $195. 403-347-7405

1630

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Competitive wages and benefits

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer

Office Supplies

1640

Firewood

is now accepting resumes for

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

LADIES clothing, large variety, size 8-10, box full $20 403-314-9603

Tools

newspaper carriers needed in the following areas:

Misc. for Sale

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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2 Blocks of Cosgrove Cres. $80/mo.

ALSO Cunningham Cres. $50/mo.

LABOUR

Busy road construction company looking for Labours. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

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LEAPSTER L-MAX w/tv SET OF smoked glass cables, game, good cond. pots and lids, all sizes $25; $35 403-314-9603 assortment of queen sheets sets, mattress cover $30, elec. roasting pan $20; antique bean crock Clothing pot $25 403-348-6449

EquipmentHeavy

INNISFAIL

CLEARVIEW and CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREAS Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

Children's Items

KYTE/Kelloway Cres.

Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Avail. immed. or Apr. 1st.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lrg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000.

Avail. April 1st.

403-304-7576, 347-7545

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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GLENDALE

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Indian women smear colors on their faces as they celebrate Holi, a festival of colours, in Allahabad, India, Sunday. The festival heralds the arrival of spring.

Church services remember victims of NYC blast

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — As workers cleared some of the last of the rubble Sunday from the site of a massive explosion this week in New York City, a pair of congregations gathered to mourn — one for its lost church and one for two members who were killed in the blast.

At Bethel Gospel Assembly, tears mixed with the sounds of gospel music as the congregants remembered Griselde Camacho and Carmen Tanco, two of the eight people killed in the massive East Harlem explosion that levelled a pair of five-story buildings on Wednesday.

“We feel the void,” said Michelle Robinson, the church’s business administrator. “Both women were very active members.”

Tanco often served as an usher at services and would greet her fellow congregants at the door, Robinson said.

“We are a family and we’re all just missing the big hugs she used to give,” she said.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the women “were examples to all of us” because of the faith and spirit they demonstrated.

“We will not let you fall,” de Blasio said, speaking at a podium with a screen above him displaying photos of the women. “We are all a family in the end.”

De Blasio also praised the emergency responders who felt the explosion and “ran into the fire, ran into the danger because they knew they might be able to save one life.”

A fundraising drive will be launched to help those affected by the explosion, De Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, told the crowd. The money will support a relief plan that includes a victims’ assistance fund to go toward funeral arrangements, rent and household expenses. The plan also includes counselling and outreach to immi-

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Workers stand beside the recently cleared basement of buildings leveled by an explosion on Wednesday in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Sunday. A pair of congregations gathered to mourn Sunday, one for its lost church and one for two members who lost their lives in the massive explosion. grant communities.

De Blasio also visited the house of worship being used by members of the Spanish Christian Church, which had been located on the first floor of one of the destroyed buildings. After the three-hour service at the Church of God a few blocks from the blast site, several dozen members of the destroyed church fell into each other’s arms amid tears and faint smiles.

For some, it was their first encounter since Wednesday’s catastrophe.

“We don’t know where we will worship, we don’t know what we’ll do,” said Carmen Vargas-Rosa, who led a meeting of church members.

She said it could be years before a new permanent church location will be found.

At the scene of the explosion, there were signs the initial cleanup was ending while the investigation into the cause of the blast could begin. Police barricades were shrunk, and Madison Avenue, a block away, was fully opened to traffic for the first time since Wednesday. Pedestrians were able to walk within sight of the gaping hole where the buildings stood.

The blast erupted about 15 minutes after someone from a neighbouring building reported smelling gas, authorities said.

The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates pipeline accidents, said Friday that underground tests conducted in the hours after the explosion registered high concentrations of natural gas.

Interim leader says public opposes Brotherhood

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EGYPT

CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt’s interim leader on Sunday said that the general public opposes the inclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood in the political process because he said it uses violence.

In a wide-ranging interview broadcast late into the night on CBC television, Adly Mansour said that any member of the Brotherhood who renounces violence and gives up membership in the group is welcomed to

join the upcoming elections.

“If people are convinced (and vote for them), they are welcome,” said Mansour, the interim president installed in July after the military removed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, a Brotherhood member, following mass protests against him.

Mansour said he can’t open negotiations with the group, which he blamed for the wave of violence that hit Egypt

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the same area.

Chile’s navy said there had been a possibility of a minor tsunami between the northern towns of Arica and Tocopilla, so authorities urged people to evacuate along a stretch of coast where the Arica and Parinacota region adjoins the Tarapaca region. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there did not appear to be a threat of a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami.

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6.7 quake shakes Chile’s northern Pacific coast SANTIAGO, Chile — A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake shook Chile’s northern Pacific shore Sunday, and authorities said more than 100,000 people evacuated some coastal areas as a precaution. Only minor damage was reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey originally reported the quake at a 7.0 magnitude but later downgraded it. The tremor struck offshore about 4:16 p.m. at a depth of 20 kilometres. Its epicenter was 60 kilometres northwest of Iquique, Chile.

The USGS said that was followed by a 5.1 tremor and three 4.9 quakes in

Juror charged with attempted bribery in murder trial of dancehall star KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaican juror has been charged with attempted bribery in a high-profile murder trial of top dancehall reggae star Vybz Kartel, police on the Caribbean island said Sunday.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force announced that 50-year-old Livingston Cain of the Kingston suburb of Stony Hill has been charged with five counts

after Morsi’s ouster. The militarybacked government has labelled it a terrorist organization after it blamed it for orchestrating violence following a major attack against a police headquarters “Negotiate with whom? Those who committed violence, incited it? . . .

The whole public would stand against me.”

The Brotherhood denies it uses violence in its opposition to Morsi’s ouster, and the government has offered little evidence to prove the link between the attacks and the group. of attempting to pervert the course of justice and conspiracy. He’s due to appear before a court on Tuesday.

Cain was a juror in the trial of Kartel, who has been a marquee name in the brash reggae-rap hybrid for a decade. The innovative but always controversial performer and three co-defendants were convicted Thursday of the 2011 slaying of dancer Clive “Lizard” Williams as police in riot gear barricaded streets in downtown Kingston to prevent the entertainer’s zealous fans from swarming the supreme court.

Shortly after the 10-1 guilty verdict was announced, Cain was arrested on suspicion of attempting to bribe jurors in an attempt to free Kartel. The foreman reported the alleged bribery attempt to authorities on Thursday afternoon but the judge allowed jury deliberations to continue.

Local media reported that the accused juror was breathing heavily and looked visibly uncomfortable when the verdict was read. Minutes later, police detained him.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, March 17, 2014 B11

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LUANN March 17 1765 — The First Canadian St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated by Irish troops serving in the British Army at Quebec City.

1577 — Martin Frobisher gets a commission from the Cathay Company to hunt for gold in the Arctic. He will return with tons of worthless pyrites, which are dumped as street ballast in London, giving rise to the legend that the streets of London were paved with

gold.

1987 — The Conservative-dominated House of Commons passes a motion supporting free trade with the U.S.; its opposed

by Liberals and NDP. 1972 — Toronto rocker Neil Young’s hit song Heart of Gold makes it to No. 1 in the US. 1955 — Montreal Canadien Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard is suspended by NHL league president Clarence Campbell. The suspension sparks a seven-hour riot along Ste-Catherine Street, with 100 arrests.

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MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

No marriage comes with guarantee of fidelity Dear Annie: After 35 years of mar- ment of a new partner? Is it to boost riage, my abusive husband asked for a his ego? divorce. I had stayed for the children’s It’s been four years, and he’s been sake, but now know that was faithful since. He has talka mistake. Children grow up ed about marriage, but thinking abuse is normal.

I’m not sure. I do love him.

Since the divorce, I have But the pain of being refallen in love with “Derek.” jected by my husband was Derek and his ex-wife both bad enough. It took a lot of engaged in affairs when the counselling to regain my going got rough. Derek has self-esteem. An affair in been totally honest with me a second marriage would about this. He’s in counseldevastate me. ling and is committed to beHow can I trust Derek so ing a better man. that I am secure when he’s The problem is, I can’t not with me? Is this relakick the feeling that I can’t tionship too great a risk?

MITCHELL trust him. Early in our reWe’ve had counseling to& SUGAR lationship, Derek attended gether and separately and a reunion, drank too much discussed this issue, but I’m and ended up having sex still confused. — Want To with an ex-classmate who Make the Right Decision came to his room. He was forthright Dear Want: One episode of cheatabout it and very regretful. He swore ing in four years does not constitute a it would never happen again. We were sex addiction. We think it’s more a benot having a “rough time” in our rela- haviour pattern, and counselling plus tionship, so I don’t know why this hap- motivation can change that. However, pened. Do you think he’s a sex addict? no marriage comes with a guarantee of Does he just like the challenge of a fidelity. Derek is trying hard to prove conquest? Does he need the excite- himself trustworthy, but that doesn’t

ANNIE

ensure he won’t cheat if your relationship takes a dive. All relationships require a leap of faith, although you do not need to commit to marriage if you aren’t ready.

Dear Annie: My sister put on an antique show at a nearby hall and asked whether I would provide refreshments as a favour.

An elderly man bought a chocolatechip cookie and broke a tooth. I apologized and explained that I freeze the cookies after they are baked to keep them fresh. But they had been sitting out for 45 minutes, so they should have been plenty soft. He told me that he has problems with his teeth and knew something like this would happen someday, but he’s on disability and wants me to pay for his dental bill.

Am I liable? I am totally clueless. — Cookies No More Dear Cookies: We have no way of knowing exactly what happened or why, whether you are at fault or whether the man is trying to con you. If you are being threatened with a lawsuit, please talk to a lawyer immediately. If he is simply asking for money and you feel responsible, whether to offer him

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You search for personal freedom and develop a strong urge to break free from a certain co-dependency. At the same time, you are struggling to do what you can in order to regain Monday, March 17 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Kurt Rus- that independence.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Follow through the sell, 63; Rob Lowe, 50; Patrick Duffy, 65 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Mercury moves into small elements and maintain a sharp mind and you should be able to focus on the road Pisces today. Our minds will be inclined ahead. Make sure you do not disregard to think more intuitively and emotionalany details if you want to succeed or you ity will prevail in our thoughts. Sympathy will easily get lost in its way. and care for others will arise in us a more CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do not accompassionate nature. The Moon’s transit complish more than you are capable of. through Sagittarius sets a more adventurIf you are given a number of projects or ous mood to the day. Opportunities will assignments to execute, ensure these are abound through today’s cooperative enerwithin your limits. Otherwise, you risk of gies. being inundated with too many tasks at HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your once. birthday, this is your year of emotionally LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Just go with the fulfilling experiences and a great opporflow today. Your personal life and your tunity to emerge into a world of intimacy objectives are in tune with your need where you will have plenty of romantic ASTRO for self-expression. A sweet harmony resuitors. A secret love may flourish at this DOYNA sides in all your relationships. Any recent time. However, you should be careful not struggles between you and your signifito overindulge yourself too easily into any cant other should decrease now. new pleasure that might appeal to you VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your relawith just a blink of an eye.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You want to escape tionships and your career need some balancing right your everyday life as routine may prove too boring at now. Do not overdo or try to impress by accomplishthis time. You seek to liberate yourself more in your ing something out of your own reach. Use your great subconscious mind. Even though you are not feeling verbal skills in order to strengthen the bond between at your best, do not get discouraged. Retire and get your alliances and your higher ups.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your intentions are clear some rest.

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anything is up to you, but get a release from him in writing saying that this settles the matter and he will make no additional claim against you.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Pennsylvania,” the woman whose husband supposedly has been calling escorts. We have not heard his side. She could be a liar.

If he is calling escorts, that means she is not doing her job as a wife. If she checks his cellphone bills, she cannot be trusted. If my wife ever pulled that stunt, we would no longer be married. Not that she could find anything.

I keep my private matters well hidden.

— S. Dear S.: You’re quite a guy. Your wife has our condolences.

Annie’s Snippet for St. Patrick’s Day (author unknown): A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.

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.

and sincere. You want to use them towards achieving your main objectives. You appear as a frank individual who wishes the same kind of treatment from others. Today you are like an open book.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A harmonious vibe resides in your own living space. A Zen-like atmosphere prevails, which sets you in a more than comfortable environment. This is also a great time to measure the value of your assets.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Discipline may not be your strong quality today. Relationships with women, in special, might prove a bit more challenging than usual. Avoid being too demanding or too trying with your partner. Diplomacy should smooth over any disparity.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Despite recent financial challenges, today you feel a personal gratification knowing that your assets mirror your main purpose. It wouldn’t hurt for you to re-evaluate your basic needs and recalculate your financial situation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Pursuing a new vision or seeking the truth is exactly what you long for today. You are enchanted to know that you can relate to others on a very positive note and that your hopeful needs are met. You are more than willing to take chances right now in terms of your dreams.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Facing career obligations can be tiring when you know that household obligations are setting temporary blockages. You feel that you want to go further in life, but you realize that you need to find the equilibrium between your professional and your personal life first.

Colleges filling gap years THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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MEDFORD, Mass.

— Colleges are paying students to take a year off after high school to travel, volunteer or do internships so that students of all income brackets can benefit from “gap years.”

A new program at Tufts University and existing ones at a handful of other schools aim to remove the financial barriers that can keep cashstrapped students from exploring different communities and challenge their comfort zones before jumping right into college.

The gap year program starting this fall at Tufts will pay for housing, airfare and even visa fees, which can often add up to $30,000 or more.

Although gap years are more popular in Europe, they have started to gain traction in the United States. About 40,000 Americans participated in gap year programs in 2013, an increase of nearly 20 per cent since 2006, according to data gathered by a non-profit called the American Gap Year Association.

In 2009, Princeton University began offering applicants gap-year aid based on need. Nearly 100 students have participated, volunteering in Brazil, China, India, Peru and Senegal.

The University of North Carolina offers $7,500 to gap year applicants, while students at Wisconsin’s St. Norbert College can receive financial aid based on need, although airfare isn’t covered.

Melissa Maker, cleaning expert, says cleaning green is as easy as opening your cupboard and using items like coarse salt, baking powder, lemons, olive oil and a toothbrush.

Green cleaning made easy at home VICTORIA — When it comes to the cleaning products in Jill Doucette’s home she has one basic rule — she should be able to eat or drink all ingredients in small quantities.

Doucette, founder of Victoria’s Synergy Enterprises, doesn’t use conventional cleaning products, which often contain chemicals and toxins; she uses household items like baking powder and white vinegar.

“There is a huge amount of packaging waste with store-bought cleaners,” she says. “Many of these are also prediluted to the right ratio and quantity, which means the consumer is buying mostly water and accessible plastic.”

With a greater focus on green and natural cleaning products, both for the good of the environment and for personal health, more homeowners are looking for alternatives, which can often be found in their cupboards.

Melissa Maker, Toronto cleaning expert with Cleanmyspace. com, says homeowners have a great arsenal of green cleaners in their homes. They just need to learn how to use them.

“There are lots of little things

you can do,” she says. “It’s good to know that upon research you can figure out different recipes for cleaning products. Great cleaners can include everything from run-of-the-mill dish soap to white vinegar, baking soda, coarse or kosher salt, lemon, cream of tartar and even vodka.”

Maker says dish soap can be used in a variety of ways. When combined with water, it can be used as an all-purpose cleaner. To create an all-purpose disinfecting cleaner, she recommends combining 250 millilitres (one cup) of water, 125 ml (½ cup) of rubbing alcohol and a couple squirts of dish soap.

To polish stainless-steel appliances, Maker says a combination of one part rubbing alcohol and one part water used with a microfibre cloth will effortlessly remove fingerprints.

A drawback to making your own cleaners is often they don’t have the fragrances many people enjoy, but Katie Pearse, co-owner of Edmonton’s Green Clean Squad, says introducing essential oils to your homemade cleaners adds natural scents.

“In general I think you’ll find cleaning is more enjoyable when you aren’t using poisonous products,” she says. “It smells better too, and I actually have a lot of fun

eco-friendly cleaning because the products are quite beautiful and they smell so good because they are using essential oils.”

Even though there are many options for creating green cleaners at home, there are also several products on grocery store shelves that embrace greener, eco-friendly values.

According to Pearse, people should exercise caution when buying products because there is a lot of “green washing” when it comes to household cleaners. She says companies are using green washing to cash in on the trend toward green without meeting eco-friendly standards set by regulators.

“There are certification programs, one is called the Eco Logo program, and that is basically a third party that will approve things that are truly eco-friendly,” she says. “There is a lot of green washing out there. We kind of laugh at some of what we see on the shelves that obviously don’t meet what our definition of what eco-friendly green cleaning is.

“There are quite a lot of good green products. If you do a little bit of research and look at the labels you can see the Eco Logo stamp of approval on quite a few products. You really don’t have to go out of your way to get those products.”

Lacombe & District

Transportation Coordinator Lacombe Connex – One Year Term Lacombe and District Family and Community Support Services is seeking a full time Transportation Coordinator for the Lacombe Connex Service for a one year term. The Transportation Coordinator is responsible for the operation of a safe and coordinated handivan service. Lacombe Connex is available to seniors and others unable to access regular transportation because of age, cost or disability. The Service is offered through Lacombe & District FCSS in partnership with the City of Lacombe.

Responsibilities: • Oversee the operations of the Lacombe Connex Transportation Service • Mentor, lead, supervise and schedule Connex Drivers • Manage the dispatch service, booking clients and scheduling the appropriate transportation • Drive clients to appointments, school runs, group bookings • Prepare information for monthly client invoices • Prepare and monitor daily vehicle and maintenance logs • Liaison with representatives of community groups and contract clients • Plan and monitor annual budget • Prepare monthly and bi-annual ridership reports Qualifications: • Class 4 Drivers License and Clean Drivers Abstract • Driver Training and Experience is Preferred • Excellent Communication Skills and Public Relations • Good Management and Supervisory Skills Closing Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Lacombe & District FCSS offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package.

Please forward your letter of interest and resume to: Susan MacDonald Executive Director Lacombe and District FCSS #201, 5214- 50th Avenue, Lacombe, AB T4L 0B6 Phone: (403) 782-6637 Fax: (403) 782-6639 Email: smacdonald@lacombefcss.net

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