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Hancock named interim leader PC PARTY EXECUTIVE MEET MONDAY TO SET OUT TIMELINE FOR LEADERSHIP RACE

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EDMONTON — Dave Hancock, who once dreamed of being the leader of Alberta, got the job Thursday in a way he never imagined.

Hancock, Premier Alison Redford’s second in command, was chosen by the governing Progressive Conservative caucus to replace her when she steps down on Sunday and her party begins the search for a permanent replacement.

Hancock, deputy premier and member of the legislature for Edmonton-Whitemud, has been in government for 17 years and is the longest-serving

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He lost the PC leadership race to Ed Stelmach in 2006 and said Thursday he won’t run again because the Tories need a fresh face. “If we’re going to show the party as moving forward, I’m probably not the guy who epitomizes that,� he said.

The PC party executive is to meet Monday to set out the timeline for the leadership race, which can

run as little as four months and as long as six.

Redford did not attend the hour-long morning meeting to choose Hancock, but arrived at the end with her 12-year-old daughter, Sarah, in tow. She did not speak to reporters.

Hancock said he will neither be changing Redford’s policies nor the direction of government.

That’s the prerogative of the incoming permanent leader, he suggested. “The mandate doesn’t change,� said Hancock. “It’s the mandate of government. It’s the mandate under which our MLAs were elected and that is what we will continue to do.�

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Public sector rallies against proposed pension changes

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees and the Canadian Union of Public Employees march around the block at City Hall in Red Deer on Thursday. The protesters joined two other groups, one at Red Deer College and another at the Red Deer hospital, to protest the proposed new pension rules for public sector employees that the provincial government is expected to introduce later this spring.

Red Deer lab technician Sandi Hayes worries that if the province changes the pension eligibility, she will never get to retire. “I am depending on my pension,� said Hayes, 41. “I was older when I started working and there are a number of people who are in the same boat.�

Hayes said the unions should have a say with what happens with their pensions. “We don’t have that here,� she said. “It’s silly because we are the major stakeholders and yet we have no say at all at what happens.�

The Alberta government intends to reform public service pension plans to cover $7.4 million in unfunded liabilities. Effective Jan. 1, 2015, some changes would likely affect early retirement benefits and cost of living adjustments. Legislation is expected to be introduced later this spring.

Hayes was one of hundreds of public-sector workers who braved the snowy first day of spring in Red Deer on Thursday as part of a provincewide Pension Action Day. United Nurses of Alberta president Heather Smith was scheduled to attend but was kept away because of the poor road conditions.

At Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer City Hall and Red Deer College, workers wore placards such as “I’m voting for my pension� and “Don’t Legislate, Don’t Arbitrate! Negotiate� and chatted with onlookers about the issues.

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Forced sterilization a dark chapter of Michener history Michener Centre: The Closing Doors is a special Red Deer Advocate series by reporters Susan Zielinski and Myles Fish about the centre for persons with developmental disabilities. They examine its controversial past, debated present and unclear future.

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The existence of Alberta’s eugenics board for the sexual sterilization of the developmentally disabled came as a rude awakening for many in 1969.

Alberta’s Sexual Sterilization Act was enacted in 1928 to allow the sterilization of those deemed mentally defective. The intent was to protect the gene pool and the Alberta Eugenics Board was created to approve sterilizations. “There’s a lot of legislation on the books from

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province to province and people have forgotten about its existence entirely because it just falls into disuse. To think that (the Sexual Sterilization Act) was still being used in the late ’60s was a surprise to the general public,� said David King, who reminded people of the long forgotten act in 1969 when thenOpposition Leader Peter Lougheed asked King to research mental health issues.

At the time, King was a legislative assistant to Lougheed. “Certainly the (eugenics) board was operating and we were astonished by that. As part of a broader commitment to modernizing the treatment of people who had mental health issues, Peter said before the ’71 election we would repeal the Sexual Sterilization Act if we won the government,� said King, 67, who now lives in Victoria.

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MICHENER: Sterilization program occurred outside facility Lougheed’s Progressive Conservatives did win and as the newly elected MLA for Edmonton Highlands, King introduced a bill to repeal the Sexual Sterilization Act in 1972.

Alberta was not alone — a few American states still had similar legislation in place.

It was also about the same time that the Mental Health in Alberta report was issued.

Known as the Blair Report, it recommended phasing out Red Deer’s Michener Centre.

During Michener’s 91-year history, many of its residents were among the 2,800 youth forcibly sterilized in Alberta under its sterilization act.

They included some youth who were not mentally handicapped but confined to Michener from broken homes, Dave King as well as children of immigrants or aboriginals who never learned English in their homes.

Red Deer historian Michael Dawe said older generations would say that people who were sterilized had a “Hoadley.” George Hoadley was the minister of health who introduced the bill at the legislature in 1928.

Court challenges from sterilization resulted in the province paying out over $130 million in compensation to almost 800 people by 1999.

Prior to compensation, Alberta Tories threatened to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to limit damages paid out to $150,000 per person for sterilization victims. That was abandoned after public outcry.

King said people forget that being citizens is not like being business shareholders or members of an organization with limited liability, where they can sell their shares or let their memberships lapse.

“We have unlimited liability for what our governments do, which is one of the reasons we should pay attention when elections are being held. When the government in the ’30s passed that legislation, we who lived in Alberta in the mid ’90s, 60 years later, ended up paying,” King said.

Dr. Robert Lampard, medical director at Michener from 1983 to 2010, said Alberta was the only jurisdiction in the world that had criteria for adjudicating sterilization cases.

“I can’t prove it, but I have the general feeling the Alberta Sterilization Act certainly did not increase the number of sterilizations done. They either remained what they normally would have in other jurisdictions or they were reduced,” Lampard said.

Because of its volume of documentation, Alberta is often the focus of discussion when it comes to sterilization, he said.

“If you want to talk about our program tell me about yours. What is your sterilization rate?” Lampard asked.

He said the issue of sterilization didn’t hang over Michener until Leilani Muir sued the province for wrongful sterilization. She was sent at age 10 by her abusive mother to live at Michener. Tests as an adult showed she was of normal intelligence.

In 1996, Muir was eventually awarded $740,000 in compensation and her victory sparked hundreds of claims.

Lampard said public condemnation of Michener followed.

“Staff have always felt that criticism was unjustified. You have to remember the sterilization program occurred outside Michener. Michener referred cases to the Sexual Sterilization Board,” Lampard said.

“I’ve seen so many pictures of that lovely old admin building held up as this is the focus of, centre of, sterilization in Alberta.”

Lampard said criticism also extended to the overall quality of care at Michener. Much to his chagrin, the media would use a photo of Dr. Leonard J. le Vann taken in a store room. Le Vann was Michener’s medical superintendent when the sterilization act was repealed.

“It was held out as an example of bad care, unacceptable care being provided at Michener. That was a store room of broken beds, and it happened to be a picture that got taken, since there were very few of Dr. le Vann.”

King said sterilization is just wrong, but shutting the doors on Michener won’t necessarily mean ster-

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Apart from sterilization, Michener was also a monument to doing good, he said.

“Very imperfectly, it was an attempt to provide innovative programming for people with special needs and it was an attempt to ensure that regardless of their family situation, they would have good quality residential life. We can look back at it and say that it failed partly, or wholly, or miserably,” King said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com Coming Saturday: The complicated story of Leilani Muir, for whom Michener Centre was both a safe haven and a place of great sorrow.

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Late 1800s and early 1900s — Eugenics rises in popularity as a result of the social hygiene movement inspired

by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection. Supporters believe traits such as criminality, low intelligence and idleness are symptoms of feeblemindedness and can be bred out of society.

1928 — The United Farmers of Alberta government introduces the Sexual Sterilization Act to prevent the transmission of undesirable traits. The United Farm Women of Alberta is a powerful lobbying force for sterilization.

1928 — Alberta creates a four-member Eugenics Board to administer its sterilization program and determine who gets sterilized. The board has the power to review cases of patients living in mental institutions and those who are discharged.

1928 — The board is required to have two medical practitioners, nominated by the Senate of the University of Alberta and the Council of the College of Physicians, and two nonmedical members are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

1928 — Dr. John Malcolm MacEachran, a philosopher and U of A professor is named board chair. He will serve for nearly 40 years.

1928 — Unanimous consent from the board, along with

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consent from the patient, parent or guardian, is required for sterilization.

1937 — 400 sterilizations have been performed since the act passed. Alberta’s Social Credit government amends the act to increase the number of sterilizations by eliminating the need for consent if individuals are considered mental defectives.

1942 — An amendment broadens the application of the act to include non-psychotic individuals with syphilis, epilepsy and Huntington’s Chorea. However, consent from the individual, family or guardian is required for these individuals.

1972 — The Sexual Sterilization Act is repealed by Peter Lougheed’s Progressive Conservative government as involuntary sterilization infringes upon a person’s human rights.

About 2,800 sterilizations had been performed during the act’s history.

1995 — The actions of the Eugenics Board come under public scrutiny when Leilani Muir sues the provincial government for wrongful sterilization.

1996 — Muir is awarded $740,000.

1999 — Sterilization court challenges result in the Alberta government paying out over $130 million in compensation to almost 800 people.

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Three injured when van collides with parked ambulance near Bowden Three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries on Thursday morning after a van struck a parked ambulance along Hwy 2 near Bowden.

The ambulance was believed to be coming from Red Deer transferring a patient for non-emergency reasons when it stopped to check on the occupants of one of the vehicles that had gone into the ditch, said Sheriff Sgt. Matt Firmston with the Innisfail Integrated Traffic Services.

“There was four separate collisions

sions (Thursday) between Innisfail and Didsbury and that was all in about a two-hour period this morning.”

Alberta legislature speaker apologizes to class for MLAs boorish behaviour Taking the advice of Grade 6 students, Alberta legislature Speaker Gene Zwozdesky has apologized for the boorish behaviour of MLAs. Teachers from Innisfail Middle School sent Zwozdesky a letter following their November 2013 trip to the

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legislature expressing their disgust with the behaviour of elected officials during question period.

To follow up, Zwozdesky called the school’s president Jay Steeves to apologize and sent a letter to the school with the same sentiments.

The rowdy session that offended the group of about 90 Grade 6 students and a handful of teachers and parents included Doug Griffiths, a cabinet minister, saying “It’s amazing how the Opposition find the ability to suck and blow every single day.”

The school’s letter sent to the Speaker after the November incident was read by Zwozdesky on March 10.

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within about 500 metres of each other in that area at the time, most of them single vehicles that had gone into the ditch,” he said.

The ambulance was struck around 10:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Hwy 2, two km south of Bowden.

The two paramedics and the patient in the ambulance did not report any injuries.

The three occupants in the van, all from Ontario, were transported to hospitals in Olds and Innisfail.

Firmston said it was anticipated they would be released later Thursday.

The driver of the van has been charged with careless driving.

Innisfail ITS issued a travel advisory earlier in the day, urging drivers to slow down on the highway between Red Deer and Calgary due to limited visibility with blowing snow and icy conditions.

There had been no more reported collisions since 2 p.m. said Firmston around 4 p.m.

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City crews were hard at work on Thursday morning trying to restore power to the 3,000 residents without it due to four hydro pole fires. The lights were back on for many by noon.

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It was lights out for a fairly large portion of Red Deer on Thursday morning.

About 3,000 residents lost power around 10:30 a.m. for nearly an hour due to four power pole fires, one near 43rd Street and Taylor Drive and three near Jewell Street and Taylor Drive in the north end of the city.

Numerous traffic lights were also out for a period of time.

Crews were working quickly and had restored power to 90 per cent of the affected areas, including Red Deer College and the Glendale and Normandeau neighbourhoods before noon.

Those in the Kentwood neighbourhood were the last to get back on the grid, around 3:30 p.m.

As of 4:30 p.m., there were only four individual customers without power, said Garfield Lee, senior distribution engineer with the City of Red Deer’s Electric Light and Power department.

This included a convenience store, a fire station, a health care facility and Collicutt Energy, Lee said.

After extensive repair work, Lee expected the last four buildings to have power again by late Thursday evening.

Pole fires are fairly common, Lee said, as over the winter, dirt and dust accumulates on the cross arms of the power poles. In the spring, wet, heavy snow can moisten the impurities, which conducts electricity and will heat up the wood, starting a fire and causing the arm to break off.

The poles have to be replaced and the lines rebuilt after such fires.

Each pole costs about $5,000, Lee said.

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Can Tory mess be fixed?

Whether Alison Redford is at the heart of the dysfunction in the Progressive Conservative Party or simply its sad offspring, her resignation was essential, both for the party and the province.

Her departure as premier on Wednesday, Albertans might hope, will create the opening necessary to heal a crumbling but still ruling party.

Or it will give Albertans plenty of reasons to look critically, and act decisively, to find a new political path into our future.

Redford seemed right for Alberta when she emerged in 2011: she was bright, ambitious and seemed driven by a higher standard.

But ultimately she was wrong for Alberta, and wrong for her party.

Redford’s departure won’t change the fact that the Tories have an overwhelming majority government that still has two-plus-years left in its mandate. They have time to fix some or all of their problems, as systemic and entrenched as they would seem to be.

But if they don’t, or can’t, her departure and all that preceded it will give us the impetus for far more dramatic change. Danielle Smith and her Wildrose Party, principally, are just waiting for the opportunity to provide that change.

OURVIEW JOHN STEWART Certainly many Albertans thought that Redford represented the change Alberta needed when she surprised virtually all observers by becoming the new leader of the party in October 2011.

At the time, she seemed like a safe, even inspired, bet: Albertans could vote once again for the PCs and still claim they were opting for change, as represented by Redford. She was an outsider, not part of the old boys club that had stumbled through much of the Don Getty regime, the final years of the Ralph Klein government, and all of the Ed Stelmach debacle. She was such an outsider, in fact, that she entered the leadership race with the support of just one sitting member of the legislature, other than herself (Redford was first elected to represent CalgaryElbow in 2008).

And, we were led to believe, she would breathe new life into the party and the province: she was progressive socially, we were told, and she understood what was needed for this province to grow and prosper.

But in the process of aggressively selling Alberta to the world, she

seemed to lose focus on the fundamentals of renewal: engaging with Albertans and listening to them. Never mind that she spent lavishly, travelled expansively, bristled when questions were asked, and forcefully maintained that she knew better than her questioners and critics.

And the litany of domestic initiative and legislation introduced by her administration that seemed designed to muscle up government and repudiate consultation is long and disheartening.

Her government’s decision making often seemed to lack pattern or plan, and showed none of the insight, compassion or intelligence Albertans had hoped for and expected.

Worse, it demonstrated that the party was working from a sense of empowerment that was dramatically at odds with the essence of democracy: Alison Redford’s government seemed content to, or intent on, ruling in spite of Albertans. In short, she was running on a path well trod by previous Progressive Conservative regimes. It certainly didn’t help that her caucus was in revolt and one disaffected member even publicly called her a bully.

Her departure offers the party a new defining moment. And the party fails to seize that opportunity at its peril. Unfortunately, it will also be at

the peril of all Albertans if they don’t soon find their footing (and a capable leader who can refocus the province and its government). We can’t afford to flounder for the next two years while the Tories find their footing. Even a party as entrenched as this one only gets so many chances to refresh and survive.

The first order of business is to change the pattern of behaviour that has alienated and infuriated voters.

The arrogance and sense of entitlement demonstrated by Redford has splintered the Tories and driven a wedge between Albertans and their government, and it must end.

The next order of business is to find a leader who can reunite a party that is more fragile than it has been since the 1960s. And, a leader who can restore Albertans’ sense of confidence in its government. That confidence has been eroded to a level unmatched since the waning days of Harry Strom’s final Social Credit government. Strom’s inept leadership of a stale party led to Peter Lougheed’s ascension as premier and the beginning of a Tory dynasty.

Albertans have to wonder if we are at another such critical moment in our political history.

John Stewart is the Advocate’s managing editor.

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What dangers lie below Stettler?

Development in Stettler was laid out on what people were told was a dry lake bed; therefore there could be some water problems. But a dry lake bed is just that, a dry lake bed and there are hundreds in Alberta.

Is it not a bit ironic with Stettler being built on a dry lake bed with a creek meandering through the middle? This so-called dry lake-bed would have remained dry as water seeps to the lowest point by gravity if water flow is not impeded in some form, i.e. buildings, roadways and other development.

Stettler council during the previous sitting felt they should come up with a plan to protect the residents of Stettler from high water flooding but as the Red Deer River and any major creeks were kilometres away, then this was a wasted topic. For years, land has been reclaimed from marshes, lakes and even oceans and was no threat to residents living nearby. With proper management, water can be controlled at any setting.

This dry lake-bed became a problem when houses, buildings, roads and parking lots were built and this impeded water’s natural flow to the lowest point, the creek.

Water then saturates the surrounding soil with very small amounts getting through to the creek.

Water will then pool wherever the earth has been loosened up and this would be around buildings, roadways, etc. Water pooling against basement walls and cement footings will find a way to seep in and

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this increases over time, more so if the concrete was not of good quality.

The main reason why this pooling of water is saturating the ground in Stettler is there was a very poor or nonexistent storm drainage system installed.

Materials used were metal, which over time has corroded and rusted away and there has been no effort in years to upgrade this poorly-planned drainage system.

There would have been monies from infrastructure when the drainage system was first installed and there would have been monies following every year to maintain said drainage system, but it seems these monies have disappeared without a trace.

The council and developer must have felt there would be major under-the-surface water problems as they had a sump built in every basement and in some cases more. If for some reason the sump pumps failed due to power interruptions or other reasons, then basements would surely have flooded.

And even if basements did not flood, there would still the problems of water from the sump raising the level of humidity to a level that mould would surely happen.

Down-spouts draining right next to basements no doubt are a contributing factor to wet basements with high humidity levels. If the Town of Stettler was going to put in almost a non-existent water drainage system, then perhaps they should have planted hundreds of spruce trees as a mature spruce tree would suck up 225 litres of water on a hot summer day.

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These spores can also enter the body by touch or ingested with food, and can make their way to a person’s blood stream and cause hemorrhaging, blood clotting, irregular heart beat and low blood pressure. Some of the first signs common signs of allergic reactions are runny nose, watery red eyes, coughing and itchy nose or throat.

The under surface water problems will only worsen as heavy snows this winter could be problematic.

Mayors, councillors and maintenance personnel in the past have ignored the water drainage problems and have used infrastructure monies elsewhere.

To rectify this problem now would mean the water would have to drain above the ground. All streets, avenues, toad and alley-ways would have to be paved with the centre lower so water would drain away without coming in contact with soil.

All buildings would have to be eavestroughed with downspouts draining unto aforementioned paved surfaces. This would eliminate about 50 per cent of the problem; some of the downspouts would have to be under sidewalks to prevent icing in the winter.

Inner sumps now in use would have to be sealed off and piped to a sump on the outside of the basement wall. Some relief wells will have to put in place in most areas and this water pumped to a natural drain or man-made one.

Perhaps more spruce trees could also be planted.

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OFFICER WITH 78TH FIELD BATTERY IN RED DEER GREETS LAST GROUP OF CANADIAN SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM AFGHANISTAN

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF A wave of nostalgia hit Maj. Jason Snider on Tuesday as the last Canadian troops to serve in Afghanistan arrived home.

Snider, deputy commanding officer of the 20th Field Regiment of the 78th Field Battery in Red Deer, was in Edmonton to meet the group as they stepped off the CC-130 Hercules.

The group included one soldier from his own unit who had been stationed in the northern city of Mazar-i Sharif for the past several months.

It was a moment that stirred up thoughts from Snider’s own time in Afghanistan, the soldier and Crown prosecutor said.

Snider worked as part of the Observer, Mentor and Liaison Team during his eight months overseas in 2008, embedded with the Afghan military to train the new force.

“There was virtually no Afghan army in 2002 and now it’s hundreds of thousands of people,” he said.

“When you have an army that expands like that over a short period of time, you essentially have to show them how to be a professional army.”

He worked closely with the district leader of the Zhari district, west of Kandahar City, and the chief of police as the police force was also expanding nationally at a fast rate.

One particular day on tour that Snider said he remembers vividly was when an army vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device just outside where he was primarily stationed at FOB (Forward Operating Base) Wilson in the Zhari district.

“Four soldiers died that day and a number of others were injured. ... We ended up dealing with the causalities. ... Those kind of moments stand out for you.”

He also can clearly recall the day 36-year-old Cpl. Michael Starker of Calgary was killed.

“He was operating with people I worked with there out on a patrol in Pashmul when they got in a firefight with the Taliban and he was shot. ...

It’s unfortunate the vivid memories are the ones of people dying but it is what

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Maj. Jason Snider of Red Deer takes a breather at Kandahar Air Field, waiting to go back to FOB (Forward Operating Base) Wilson in July 2008. you take with you.”

Snider said he has hope for the warravaged country.

“It was nice to see, leaving our FOB, when we’d drive by the school and see Afghan children going to school. They couldn’t do that before. But they could do that in the shadow of a military place. And now to see the statistics and the accounts of all the kids going to school, it gives you hope,” he said.

“With the literacy rate rising, people getting an education and with a legitimate economy, there is some hope. ... It’s such a long road though.”

To mark the official end of Canada’s 12-year-long mission in Afghanistan and commemorate the more than 40,000 soldiers deployed throughout that time, flags flew at half mast on March 12, including those at the City of Red Deer and Central Alberta schools.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently announced May 9 as a National Day of Honour for Canada’s mission in Afghanistan.

One hundred and fifty-eight members of the Canadian military died in Afghanistan since troops were posted in 2002.

Two civilian contractors, a diplomat and a journalist also died. Over 40 of them are from Alberta.

The 158th was 28-year-old Master Cpl. Byron Greff, who grew up in Lacombe.

Greff was killed in a suicide car bombing near Kabul on Oct. 29, 2011.

He was the first Canadian soldier to be killed as part of the NATO mission to train Afghan military and police forces after Canada’s role in Afghanistan switched from combat to training in 2011. He is survived by his wife Lindsay and two young children.

Greff family members said they have no comment about the end of the mission.

Cpl. Bombardier Matthew Pylychaty of Red Deer served two tours in Afghanistan, one in 2006 and one in 2008, for a total of 14 months.

“People ask why I went back in 2008 and it was because so many guys I knew and grew up with were going; I didn’t want to be the one that didn’t,” said the 27-year-old who now works as a ConocoPhillips technician in Fort McMurray.

Pylychaty said at least another five men from his high school, Notre Dame, went on tour with him.

“We were there to do a job and we went there to do it in the most professional manner that we could,” he said.

“You could definitely notice some progress from 2006 to 2008; their military seemed to be becoming more selfsufficient.”

Snider agreed to an extent but noted it’s hard to comment, especially from an individual soldier’s point of view, on how the mission has shaped Afghanistan’s future.

“You realize very quickly when you’re over there that you’re one small piece of a very large, multinational mission. ... Certainly I saw progress while I was there, but I can’t really comment on the rest of the country or if it’s been maintained,” Snider said.

“We won’t really know how successful this was for a decade or more. This country is so poor and so much of the economy over the last decade has either been opium or foreign aid so for them to get off of that and into a stable economy is a long road.” rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

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Dying lawyer’s plea for legal assisted suicide sparks positive response

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A poignant plea by a dying lawyer for Canada to legalize assisted suicide has prompted an overwhelmingly supportive response in the days after his death in Switzerland.

The public plea by Edward Hung has struck a chord with many Canadians in light of their own personal or family experiences, colleague Jerry Leung said Thursday.

“For every 50 emails we get, there’s one that’s somewhat negative,” Leung said.

“When I say negative, I don’t mean that it’s offensive; I just mean that they might share a different view of assisted suicide and they just wanted to voice their opinions.”

In an open letter and video, Hung, 62, explains why he opted to die with help rather than continue living with ALS — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis known as Lou Gherig’s disease — an incurable and increasingly debilitating condition.

“My goal is to approach death with a purpose,” the Toronto lawyer wrote before his death on Sunday.

“Having a goal has given me the peace of mind and has diminished my suffering by distraction.”

However, his broader message —

that people in similar straits should have a right to assisted suicide — shines through clearly at a time when the Supreme Court of Canada prepares to take up the charged issue for the second time in 20 years.

“I had the good fortune of having the support and resources to enable me to approach death in the way I wanted,” he said in his three-page letter.

“Not everyone in our country is that fortunate ... this is just not fair.”

In fact, Hung said, his pride as a Canadian had been dimmed given that he had to go on his knees and beg to die in another country given Canada’s ban on assisted suicide.

He called it “an unjust law as it takes away our last right.”

In the video posted on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/ watch?vtoweqljuHm0&featureyoutu. be), Hung announces he has an incurable, terminal illness.

It’s his right, he says, to put an end to his suffering and he expresses the hope that others will have the same right. With his arms hanging limply by his side, he then offers a heart-rending version of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” “It’s not a performance, because I can’t really sing like I used to,” he says by way of introduction.

“It is a message and a gift to you for support.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A New Democrat who represents a Vancouver riding has admitted she and her family took two trips cited in scathing government audits that revealed lavish spending by a non-profit group funded to look after some of Canada’s poorest people.

Jenny Kwan said Thursday that she was concerned when she heard previous directors of the Portland Hotel Society claimed for trips.

In a statement, issued hours after the audits were released, Kwan said she and her two children joined her husband on two vacations in 2012.

“I was assured at the time by my former partner that he paid out of his pocket for the family portion of the travel expenses,” said Kwan, who has championed herself as an anti-poverty advocate.

“I would never have gone had I known that the family portion of the travel would appear to have been paid for by PHS,” she said.

Her ex-husband, Robert Dan Small, is among the executives of the society and is listed in the independent audit as the director of policy, research and fund development for the society since 1998.

A $2,600 trip for two adults and two children to the Disney resort in Anaheim, Calif., was singled out in the audit, along with several other trips

to destinations including Paris and Vienna. Kwan did not return calls requesting an interview but New Democrat caucus chairman Shane Simpson confirmed she went to Disneyland and Europe in 2012.

“I believe the European one was her ex-husband was going to participate in a conference around drug policy and the family accompanied him,” he said, adding he didn’t think Kwan would resign over the scandal.

The audits detailed more than $8,600 spent on limousine rides last year, a stay in a United Kingdom hotel that cost almost $900 a night.

It also found that society creditcard expenses for 764 restaurant meals amounted to $69,000. One bill came to $1,636 for a staff appreciation event.

Travel costs expensed for trips to Vienna, Paris, Istanbul, New York City, Banff and Jasper and Ottawa amounted to $300,000.

The Portland Hotel Society provides social housing and other services, including North America’s only safe-injection site where addicts shoot up their own drugs to prevent overdoses and infectious diseases such as HIV. Health Minister Terry Lake said Thursday that four society executives had been fired and an interim board has taken over operations of the largest social service provider in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to ensure people who need services will continue getting them.

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for only two to three hours of search time before returning to Perth.

A New Zealand P-3 Orion plane took part in the unsuccessful search Thursday, and Mike Yardley, an air commodore with New Zealand’s air force, said the plane was forced to duck below thick clouds and fog to a very low altitude of 60 metres (200 feet), hampering the operation.

But Yardley was optimistic that the searchers will find the objects. “We will find it — I’m sure about that piece of it. The only reason we wouldn’t find it was that it has sunk,” he said of the large unidentified object spotted by the satellite.

“I’ve been on these missions before when it’s taken a few days to come across it,” he said.

Warren Truss, Australia’s acting prime minister while Tony Abbott is overseas, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. that weather conditions in the search area were poor and may get worse.

“And so clearly this is a very, very difficult and challenging search.

Weather conditions are not particularly good and risk that they may deteriorate,” Truss said.

One of the objects on the satellite image was 24 metres (almost 80 feet) long and the other was 5 metres (15 feet). There could be other objects in the area, a four-hour flight from Australia, John Young, manager of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s emergency response division, said Thursday.

“This is a lead, it’s probably the best lead we have right now,” Young said.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Search planes flew out of Australia on Friday to scour rough seas in one of the remotest places on Earth for objects that may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.

In what one official called the “best lead” of the nearly 2-week-old aviation mystery, a satellite detected two large objects floating off the southwest coast of Australia about halfway to the desolate islands of the Antarctic.

The area in the southern Indian Ocean is so remote is takes aircraft longer to fly there — four hours — than it allows for the search.

The discovery raised new hope of finding the vanished jet and sent another emotional jolt to the families of the 239 people aboard.

A search Thursday with four planes in cloud and rain found nothing, and Australian authorities said early Friday efforts were resuming with the first of five aircraft — a Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion — leaving at dawn for the area about 2,300 kilometres (1,400 miles) from western Australia.

A civilian Gulfstream jet and a second Orion were to depart later Friday morning and a third Orion was due to fly out in the early afternoon to scour more than 23,000 square kilometres of ocean.

A U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft was scheduled to leave the base at about 4 p.m. (0600 GMT), but like the other planes, it will have enough fuel

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Authorities say 55-year-old Robert L. Henry was pronounced dead following a lethal injection Thursday at the Florida State Prison.

He was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the Nov. 2, 1987, slayings of 53-year-old Phyllis Harris and 35-year-old Janet Thermidor.

Thermidor lived for hours after being attacked and identified Henry to investigators. Michael Satz, prosecutor at Henry’s trial, told jurors the killings were evil.

Nine people killed in attack on Kabul hotel KABUL, Afghanistan — A senior Afghan official says nine people, including four foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul.

Deputy Interior Minister Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi tells The Associated Press that the Afghan fatalities included two men, two women and one child while the foreigners included two women and two men.

He said Friday they were killed when gunmen opened fire the night before in a restaurant at the Serena hotel.

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attacks that have become the Shiiteled government’s most serious challenge.

Violence has spiked since last April, when security forces cracked down on a Sunni protest camp north of Baghdad in clashes that left 45 dead.

Scores of people have been killed in the Iraqi capital, in recent attacks that have targeted busy areas, restaurants and other public places. On Tuesday, a series of bombings struck both commercial streets and security forces in Baghdad and its surroundings, killing 15 people.

No one has claimed responsibility for the latest attacks, but they bear the hallmarks of an al-Qaida breakaway group that frequently uses car bombs and suicide attacks to target public areas such as cafes.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber struck inside a Baghdad cafe overnight where customers were watching a football game on TV, killing at least 12 people and wounding 38, Iraqi officials said Thursday.

The attack in the western Washash neighbourhood took place late on Wednesday night, two police officers said. The bomber had mingled with the cafe crowd and set off his explosivesladen belt as they watched the game.

A medical official confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.

Iraq has been struck by a surge in violence unseen since 2007, relentless

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Turkey blocks access to Twitter ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has restricted access to Twitter hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to “root out” the social media network where wiretapped recordings have been leaked, damaging the government’s reputation ahead of local elections.

Many users trying to access the network early on Friday were confronted instead with a notice from Turkey’s telecommunications authority, citing court orders for the site’s apparent closure.

On Thursday, Erdogan said the government would take steps against Twitter regardless of “what the international community will say.”

Indian court convicts 4 men in gang rape of photojournalist in Mumbai NEW DELHI — A court on Thursday convicted four men of gang raping a photojournalist in India’s financial capital of Mumbai last year.

The Mumbai court is expected to sentence the men today, said Maharashtra state Home Minister R.R. Patil.

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B1 Canada clinches playoff spot

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014

WOMEN’S WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Canada’s Rachel Homan had ideal preparation for the playoffs at the Ford World Curling Championships with a pair of hardfought wins over tenacious opponents Thursday.

The Canadians defeated Sweden 9-6 and China 6-4 to finish atop the preliminary-round standings at 101. Their execution Thursday was the sharpest of the tournament so far.

The games were tight with Homan and her Ottawa Curling Club teammates scoring three in the eighth ends of both.

“We were really pushed today,” Homan said. “It was great we were able to control the game and stay confident with this team and really nail the lines and make the big shots when we needed them.

“We had to fight for our points.”

Homan will face Switzerland’s Binia Feltscher, whose record was 9-2, in Friday’s playoff game between the top two seeds.

The winner books a ticket to Sunday’s gold-medal game. The loser drops to Saturday’s semifinal.

Canada’s lone loss of the preliminary round was to the Swiss. It went so badly for the host country in ends five through eight that they shook hands early Sunday.

“That was a little bit of a lopsided game,” Homan acknowledged. “We had some misfortune, but I think we’re a little bit different now. We’re going to know the rocks and it’s going to be on a different sheet and

everything so I think it should be a great game.”

The top four teams advance to the Page playoff.

Russia’s Anna Sidorova, Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson and South Korea’s Ji-sun Kim all finished tied at 8-3.

Sidorova will play in Saturday morning’s playoff between the third and fourth seeds with the winner advancing to the semifinal. Russia’s opponent will be the victor of Friday’s tiebreaker between the Swedes and South Koreans.

Sidorova’s missed final shot of a game against the Czech Republic — a draw — prevented Russia from finishing 9-2 and playing Canada on Friday.

China and Allison Pottinger of the U.S., were just outside playoff contention at 6-5 with Germany’s Imogen Oona Lehmann and Anna Kubeskova of the Czech Republic ending their tournaments 3-8.

Scotland’s Kerry Barr and Denmark’s Madeleine Dupont had 2-9 records ahead of Latvia’s Evita Regza at 1-10.

Homan had to win a tiebreaker to get into the final four at last year’s world championship in Riga, Latvia. Canada won their subsequent playoff game before losing the semifinal and then winning the bronze medal.

The beauty of finishing in the top two is the loser of Friday’s game can still get to the championship game, albeit via a longer route.

“We love the one-two game,” Homan said. “There’s not much pressure.

“Either way we’ve got a chance at the gold-medal game. That’s what we’re gunning for now.”

The Canadians struck a balance between patience and aggression to achieve their No. 1 ranking.

The average age of Homan, third Emma Miskew, second Alison Kreviazuk and lead Lisa Weagle is just shy of 26, but they’re a Canadian women’s curling team ahead of the curve when it comes to the biggame experience and the lessons learned in those games.

Homan, Miskew and Kreviazuk have been teammates for over a decade.

Since graduating from the junior ranks four years ago, they and Weagle have played in three national women’s championships — finishing fourth and winning twice — two world championships and an Olympic trials.

“This team may be young, but we’ve had so much experience,” said Weagle, the oldest at 28.

“We realize we’re a young team and have really ambitious goals. We really want to accomplish them, but at the same token, if you look at a lot of the great curlers in our sport, they’re in their 30s or even their 40s when they’re at the peak of their game.”

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Chiefs need to win for shot at playoffs

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer Northstar Chiefs go into today’s final day of round-robin play at the provincial minor midget AAA hockey championships holding their destiny in their own hands.

The Chiefs came out of Thursday’s action with only one point — a 2-2 tie with the Edmonton SSAC Bulldogs at the Arena — but that coupled with a 4-4 tie against the Edmonton CAC Canadians Wednesday and a 2-1 loss to the Southeast Tigers Thursday afternoon left them tied for fourth place with two points.

In fact the Chiefs face both teams they’re tied with today as they clash with the Lloydminster Rage at 10 a.m. at the Kinex and the Calgary Rangers at 5 p.m. at the Arena. Two wins and the Chiefs advance to the playoffs.

“We’re capable of beating both teams,” said Chiefs head coach Justin Jarmolicz. “We defeated Lloydminster in our preseason tournament and we match up well with the Rangers. It will be a fun day tomorrow.”

For a period Thursday it appeared as if the Chiefs would be on the wrong end of two 2-1 decisions. However, Braden Olsen connected on a screened shot at 16:06 of the third period to tie the Bulldogs.

It was a much deserved tie, as the Chiefs battled the North Division championships every step of the way.

“We came out strong and the boys played hard every period and in every situation,” said Jarmolicz. “I thought we deserved a better fate, but at least we got a point.”

Both teams had chances to win the game on the power play, especially Red Deer, who enjoyed a four-minute power play in the second period and a two-man advantage for over a minute in the third.

“I thought our power play was good

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Red Deer Northstar Chief Bryson Muir chases Medicine Hat Tiger Dylan MacPherson around the net during second-period action at the minor midget AAA provincial championships at the Kinex in Red Deer Thursday. today, we did everything we asked except score,” said Jarmolicz. “That’s OK. We’re still confident with it and the thing is we’re not forcing plays and the boys will only get stronger and

stronger as we go along.

“As a coach that’s what we want.”

The Chiefs had problems scoring Thursday, something that has been hot and cold all season. At lot of that had

to do with solid goaltending by both the Tigers’ Kayden Pickles and the ‘Dogs Reid Conroy-Dutton.

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Oilers downed at home by scrappy Sabres

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Sabres 3 Oilers 1 EDMONTON — Not many teams have managed to make the Buffalo Sabres look good this season, but the Edmonton Oilers found a way to do it on Thursday.

Cory Conacher had two goals and an assist as the Sabres snapped a lengthy seven-game losing skid, emerging with a 3-1 victory over the Oilers in a battle between the teams with the worst records in the NHL. Drew Stafford also scored for the Sabres (20-42-8) who had been outscored 21-6 in their previous seven losses.

“It was huge,” Stafford said. “The way that this year has gone and the challenges we have gone through, we will take any win at this point, regardless of who it is against. That was one of our more

complete efforts.

“We had some discipline issues, but had a great PK. We also had more than one goal, which is big.

Getting a 3-1 lead, I’m not sure I can remember the last time we had a comfortable lead like that where we could lock in our system and take over the game.”

Sabres head coach Ted Nolan said his team earned the two points on the night as they ran their road record to just 8-22-3.

“It is good to finally play a half decent game,” he said. “When you lose, you get what you deserve, and we have been getting what we deserved. We weren’t playing very well, but tonight we got what we deserved.”

Conacher scored his first goal as a Sabre since being claimed on waivers from Ottawa at the trade deadline, and his first goal overall since Dec. 28.

“It was refreshing,” he said. “I’ve already had to get the monkey off my back once before this year, and it feels like it came off again tonight. Maybe this

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was the game I needed to open the floodgates a bit.

The most important part was getting the win, though.

Taylor Hall responded for the Oilers (25-37-9) who saw a two-game winning streak end.

The Oilers, now 10-5-3 in their last 18 games, are in second-last behind the Sabres.

“You look at some games on the schedule and you think, oh, it’s going to be an easy night, but I’ve learned in this league that anything can happen,” Hall said. “Whether you’re playing the St Louis Blues or Buffalo, you have to come in with the same mind-set.

“It doesn’t matter what place they’re in or anything, every game is hard and just because we lost to the team behind us doesn’t mean we’re going to come to the rink and sulk tomorrow. As long as the work ethic is there and the battle and the compete ... as long as we have that, we’re proud.”

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WHL THE ICE THIS WEEK IN REBELS HISTORY Justin Mapletoft collected three secondperiod points to win the Justin WHL scoring championship Mapletoft during an 8-0 romp over the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes in the Rebels’ final 200001 regular-season game on March 20. He passed Layne Ulmer of the Swift Current Broncos when his shot from behind the net deflected in off the shoulder of ‘Canes netminder Joel Martin.

“When I tied (Ulmer) I started grabbing the puck a little more. I was trying to take control of it as much as possible. I wanted that point pretty bad and in the end it all worked out,” said Mapletoft, who finished the regular season with 120 points (43g,77a).

The Rebels went on to win the WHL crown and the Memorial Cup that spring. Mapletoft, the 2000-01 CHL player of the year, appeared in 38 NHL games with the New York Islanders from 2002-04 and played his final seven pro seasons in Europe before retiring in 2012.

SCORING CHAMP Spokane Chiefs overage RW Mitch Holmberg captured the 2013-14 WHL scoring title with 118 points — 62 Mitch goals, 58 assists Holmberg — in 72 games.

The Sherwood Park native also tied for 16th in the plus/minus category at plus-35.

TOP STOPPER Tristan Jarry of the Edmonton Oil Kings led all WHL goaltenders with a 2.24 goalsagainst average in 63 games. A Tristan second-round Jarry pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Jarry posted a 4414-2-1 record and .914 save percentage and tied Red Deer’s Patrik Bartosak for the league lead in shutouts with eight.

THEY SAID IT “He’s probably one of the best in the CHL, let alone the Western Hockey League. For us to get four by Bruno him is a big deal Campese for our club.” — Prince Albert Raiders general manager Bruno Campese, to Andrew Schopp of the Prince Albert Daily Herald — in reference to Red Deer Rebels netminder Patrik Bartosak — following the Raiders 5-3 tie-breaker win over host Red Deer Tuesday, a victory that included an empty-net goal for the visitors.

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR As he winds down his WHL career with his third club in four years, Collin Valcourt feels that he’s in a good place.

“It’s been a good trade and a good year for me. I feel I’ve really grown as a player,” said the Red Deer native and Prince Albert Raiders overage forward, who was acquired in a late December deal with the Saskatoon Blades.

Since joining the Raiders, the six-foottwo winger has played on a line with Leon Draisaitl, a potential top-three pick in this year’s NHL entry draft, and Dakota Conroy and has piled up 15 goals and 35 points in 36 games.

“Saskatoon allowed me to take some offensive risks this season which really built my confidence and that helped me when I went to Prince Albert,” said Valcourt. “It’s been fun playing with such skilled guys as Leon and Dakota Conroy.”

The Raiders were well out of a playoff spot in February but heated up over the last month of the regular season and defeated the host Red Deer Rebels in a tiebreaker Tuesday for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.

“We realized where we were at in our season and we knew that coming down the stretch we had to be a lot better,” said Valcourt. “We did a lot of team building that brought us closer together and I think that’s showing now.

“We’ve been very sharp because of the way we had to play the last month and I feel like we’re going to make a good (playoff) push.”

Valcourt and his teammates will open a best-of-seven conference quarter-final with the Oil Kings Saturday in Edmonton, where the Raiders were 2-0 this season.

“All of us enjoyed playing in Edmonton this year. The ice there is a lot faster than in a lot of rinks. Edmonton plays an upbeat tempo and that plays well to our systems,” said Valcourt.

The Oil Kings are heavily-favoured to end the Raiders’ season, with many media types calling for a sweep despite P.A.’s regular-season success in Edmonton.

Valcourt is confident his club has the scoring prowess and more to hang with — and eventually defeat — the top team in the conference.

“I feel that we have the offensive power that we need to be successful,” he said.

“And defensively, I think a lot of teams underestimate us. Plus, (rookie Nick) McBride has been playing well for us in net and because of him we’ve won some games we shouldn’t have won. Coming down the

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Prince Albert Raider and Red Deer native Collin Valcourt is in his final WHL season and is looking to help the Raiders make a run in the playoffs to extend his time in the league. stretch, that’s been huge for us.”

Considering that he’s in his final WHL season, it’s now or never for Valcourt in regards to winning a league title.

“About the last eight games I’ve been extremely excited just knowing these could be my last WHL games,” he said. “I’ve just been focused on playing my game and the prospects of continuing my career down the road. Hopefully I can play pro next year, but if not I’ll be going to school somewhere.

So it’s been an exciting time for me. I really want to go far in the playoffs and all of the guys feel the same.”

Valcourt came into the league with the Spokane Chiefs as a 17-year-old in 2010.

He played two and a half seasons with the Chiefs before being dealt to the Blades last season as the team was building for the Memorial Cup tournament in Saskatoon.

“The time has gone unbelievably fast,” he said. “I can remember my first game, my first shift, my first goal . . . it’s been a lot of fun. I’ve been through a lot of ups and

down with teams. I’ve made playoff pushes, played in a Memorial Cup and now I’ve played in a tie-breaker game. I’ve been in all the situations you could possibly be in.”

Speaking of Tuesday’s tie-breaker, it was Valcourt who kick-started a three-goal Raiders third-period rally with the tying marker early in the frame.

“That was extremely exciting for me,” he said. “I don’t think we played as well as we could have earlier in the game and our line of (Calder) Brooks, (Reid) Gardiner and (Jayden) Hart kept us in it. But when we had to be good everyone stepped up and met the challenge.”

• Overage defenceman Graeme Craig, another Red Deer product, was acquired by the Raiders from the Blades at January’s trade deadline and is out indefinitely with an injury.

Craig, though, skated with the Raiders this week in practice at the Red Deer Arena and Penhold Multiplex. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Sutter says Rebels will be better next season To state the obvious, the Red ure in the sense that it ended Deer Rebels’ 2013-14 season was March 18, one win short of sea major disappointment. curing the final playoff berth in Make that understated. the conference. But it fell short The Rebels returned the of being termed a disaster. vast majority of the “In some areas and players who made with some individuup the team that als, yes, we did underfinished fourth in achieve. But probably the Eastern Conwe took the strides we ference and won a needed to take and playoff round last we’ll be better for it spring, yet failed to down the road,” said qualify for the postBrent Sutter. season a year later.

“We knew coming The turnover in in we were going to on-ice personnel be a young team. The involved only three youth certainly grew key players — forand got better, which GREG ward Turner Elson is very encouraging, and defencemen very positive for us MEACHEM Mathew Dumba moving into next seaand Brandon Unson.” derwood.

Unfortunately, the Rebels GM/head first-year players were coach Brent Sutter brought in a forced to mature too quickly, large number of rookies, includ- with not enough support from ing the likes of forwards Adam the older cast.

Musil and Grayson Pawlenchuk, “Some areas we undergoalie Taz Burman and defence- achieved in was the fact that we man Nick Charif (via the trade didn’t play as well as we wanted route), and added established to at home and certain individuoverage centre Lukas Sutter als, especially within our oldin a deal with the Saskatoon er group, never took the steps Blades. that we thought they would this With a proven cast that in- year. cluded forwards Rhyse Dieno, “That hurt us on different Brooks Maxwell and rearguards nights, especially when we Brady Gaudet, Haydn Fleury were playing the upper-echelon and Kayle Doetzel and goalten- teams and we had to play our der Patrik Bartosak, the first- youth against the other team’s year players were supposed to 19- and 20-year-olds. It had an ease into the picture as the club impact on us some nights. picked up where it left off last “We’ll be a better team next season. season simply because of the Expectations for the 2013- fact our young kids have grown 14 campaign, understandably, because they were placed in sitwere high. Somewhere along uations a lot of 16- and 17-yearthe line, it all fell apart. olds don’t get put into. It’s not So, yes, the season was a fail- what we had projected going

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The Rebels’ back end struggled mightily through the season. Veterans Gaudet and Devan Fafard both regressed after being positive contributors the previous winter. Only Charif, Fleury and Doetzel finished on the right side of the plus-minus ledger and the crew, as a whole, had problems moving the puck out of the defensive zone.

Most of the above will be back next fall and will be joined by one to three rookies. The club will likely be better defensively in two years time due to the presence of promising prospects like Josh Mahura and possibly Austin Shmoorkoff, Austin Strand and/or Wyatt Kalynuk, but in order to avoid another repeat of 2013-14, Sutter will attempt to upgrade his blueline during the off-season, through the CHL import draft for starters.

“As a general manager, one area I have to improve is our back end. We have to make our defence better,” he concurred.

“But it just doesn’t happen overnight.”

After a so-so start to the season, CHL goaltender of the year Bartosak returned to form and kept the Rebels in the playoff hunt down the stretch. He’s gone now, already off to Manchester, N.H., to start his pro career at the American League level.

Burman, outside of his first

start, didn’t inspire confidence in the coaching staff when he was handed the reins on the few evenings that Bartosak was rested, raising at least mild doubts that he’ll be capable of carrying the load next season.

Sutter, however, isn’t giving up on the club’s second-round pick in the 2012 bantam draft.

“Burms had an opportunity to play some and it was a tough year for him,” said the Rebels boss. “But I’m patient with our goaltending because we have to be. Not being able to draft a European goalie anymore, you have to develop your own and Burms has got to be developed.

He just turned 17 (in February).”

If Burman isn’t ready to assume the starters’ job, Sutter will possibly look to Rylan Toth, a six-foot-one, ‘96-born stopper with the midget AAA Battlefords Stars who posted a 2.43 goals-against average and .923 save percentage during the regular season and has great numbers (1.76, .936) in six playoff games, all victories.

As for the club’s sub-par home record of 16-17-0-4, Sutter feels that boiled down to the immaturity of youth.

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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL It was a tough opening day for Red Deer teams at the provincial high school 4A basketball championships Thursday.

The Lindsay Thurber Raiders dropped a 98-60 decision to Spruce Grove in girls’ action in Lethbridge while the Hunting Hills Lightning were whipped 104-51 by Calgary Bishop McNally in boys’ play in Magrath. Both Red Deer teams were seeded 14th.

The Raiders face Strathcona today in consolation side action while the Lightning meets Magrath. Both games are at 3 p.m.

Meanwhile, in 2A boys play in Picture Butte Assumption downed the Central Alberta Christian High School Knights of Lacombe 81-47. Ian Vanderhoek had 21 points and Brendan VanDoesburg 12 for the Knights. In 3A girls’ action the fifth-seeded Wetaskiwin Sabres downed the Fort McMurray Miners 46-37.

The fourth-seeded Ponoka Broncs see their first action in the 3A boys’ competition today.

RDC CURLING after six ends against Humber before scoring three in the seventh, one in the eighth and two in the ninth.

She put the game away against Seneca with three in the ninth.

The RDC crew faces NAIT, Fanshawe College of London, Ont., and Grant MacEwan today.

Mohawk College of Hamilton, Humber, Grant MacEwan, Sault College and Seneca are all at 2-2 with Fanshawe of London, Ont., at 0-4.

The top three teams advance to the playoffs.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Months before Marie-Philip Poulin’s heroics at the Sochi Olympics, another Canadian women’s hockey team pulled off an improbable comeback against the United States.

With just 12 seconds remaining in last year’s world under-18 championship final, forward Catherine Dubois scored to tie the game 1-1 and Karly Heffernan struck again 58 seconds into overtime to rescue the gold medal.

So as Heffernan watched the Canadian women score twice in the final four minutes and Poulin score the overtime winner in last month’s Olympic final in Sochi, she knew what that felt like.

“It was identical. It was crazy,” Heffernan said. “It brought back so many memories when I watched that game.”

The 18-year-old forward from

Sherwood Park, Alta., and Vancouver forward Hannah Miller are two returning players from the victorious under-18 squad who will suit up for Canada again at the 2014 world championship starting Sunday in Budapest, Hungary.

Canada has won three of six, including two in a row, since the first IIHF world under-18 women’s championship was held in Calgary in 2008. The U.S. has claimed the other three titles.

The national under-18 team is where future Olympians get their first taste of international women’s hockey.

Half a dozen players on Canada’s Olympic team in Sochi played on that first under-18 team in 2008: Tara Watchorn, Laura Fortino, Lauriane Rougeau, Brianne Jenner, Natalie Spooner and Poulin.

It was Jenner who kicked off Canada’s gold-medal comeback at 16:34 of the third. Poulin scored

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WORLDS: Patient Weagle’s talent for clearing a road to the rings and Miskew’s ability to execute big-weight, multi-stone takeouts allows Canada to gamble and takes some pressure off Homan.

Kreviazuk banged her broom after a few misses during the preliminary round, but the four curlers have an otherwise business-like demeanour on the ice.

“We’re patient and we’re learning all the time and we’re allowing ourselves to learn,” Weagle said.

“We’re not expecting to be perfect every single shot, but when we’re not, we want to learn from it.

“Often I’ll go down and talk to Rachel about my shots and how I’m throwing them, if she want me to make an adjustment or if she’s going to make the adjustment with the broom. I think that’s worked really well for us. We want to make the most shots possible and whatever way we need to do it, it’s good to take the emotion out and just treat it like business.”

the equalizer with less than a minute left and the overtime winner at 8:10 After pulling out the world under-18 win in similar fashion in Finland last year, Heffernan feels ready for those defining moments of a game whether they happen in Budapest or on a distant Olympic stage.

“It’s important for us to keep proving that it’s Canada’s game and no matter what, we’re going to keep battling to the end,” Heffernan said. “We showed that in Sochi and in Finland last year.”

Canada opens the eight-team, under-18 championship Sunday against Japan. Finland, the Czech Republic, the U.S., Sweden, Russia and host Hungary round out the field.

Canada will be coached by Laura Schuler, a former national team player who won silver in 1998 when women’s hockey made its Olympic debut.

Rage 6-1 while the Canadians stopped the Rage 5-4 and lost 6-2 to the Rangers. The Rangers also dropped a 3-1 decision to the Bulldogs.

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OILERS: Tempo Oilers captain Andrew Ference said his team just didn’t seem to have that second effort that has seen them come back in games of late.

“We’ve been able to take the tempo of game and take control of the third period recently and we just didn’t do that tonight,” he said. “Their second goal was just putting the puck to the net and it didn’t seem as though we responded as well as we’ve had in the last two weeks.

“We just lacked that extra couple of notches on the dial tonight.”

Little happened for the bulk of the first period, save for a spirited scrap between Edmonton’s Luke Gazdic and Buffalo’s Zenon Konopka.

Edmonton had numerous chances on the power play late in the first, including posts hit by Justin Schultz and Hall, before the two connected for a man-advantage goal on Buffalo goalie Matt Hacket, who was making his first start of the season for the Sabres.

Schultz made a quick pass to Hall in the centre of the right faceoff circle and he blew a one-timer past Hacket with two minutes left in the first period for his 24th goal of the season.

Hacket was recently called up from Rochester of the AHL with normal goalies Jhonas Enroth and Michal Neuvirth out with injuries.

The Sabres tied the game with a power-play goal of their own just before the midway point of the second period as Conacher was able to tip a Jamie McBain point shot past Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens.

Buffalo took a 2-1 lead 1:09 into the third period as a soft Schultz clearing attempt was intercepted by Torrey Mitchell and his shot on net was once again tipped past Scrivens by Conacher for his second of the game and sixth of the season.

The Sabres took a two-goal lead five minutes into the third as Scrivens was down and out on a rebound that came back to Stafford, who scored his fifth goal in the last seven games.

Hacket made 35 saves for the victory in the Buffalo net.

The Oilers play the third game of a six-game homestand on Saturday against the Calgary Flames.

The Sabres play the third game of a five-game road trip on Sunday in Vancouver.

“At home, things are different with various distractions and the young kids have to learn that throughout the year. Look at our record on Saturday.

That was a bad night for the Red Deer Rebels to play in terms of wins and losses. We won three games all winter on a Saturday. We were better through the week and that’s because kids were going to school and they weren’t spending time doing other things . .. going to the mall, or whatever. But that’s a learning process with a young team, and yet that’s what “Scoring goes in spurts,” continued Jarmolicz. bothered us as coaches — we needed more from our “We go through periods where we have a tough time older group to help these guys through that process.

“That wasn’t where it needed to be, so it was al- and then one weekend we’ll scored 12 goals. The ways coming from the head coach or the assistant thing is in this tournament things really tighten up.”

As for the goaltending Jarmolicz felt they helped coaches who spend less time with them their own teammates do. I think some of our older guys eventu- make them look good.

“Don’t take anything away from them, they made ally learned from that.”

It wasn’t far into the season when Sutter realized some good saves, but we do make goalies look good and accepted the fact that very few of his veteran at times by not getting the puck up in close and just players were versed in the ways of leadership, which shooting into their pads We just need to bear down led, in part, to trades for forwards Presten Kopeck on our chances and find ways (to score).”

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“A lot of the older guys, in fairness to them . . . this Deer goal against the Bulldogs, scoring in the first was the first time they were asked to be true lead- period. Merritt Oszytko connected for the ‘Dogs in ers,” he said. “They’d always been part of a support the first period and Jared Smith in the second.

Both Conroy-Dutton and Red Deer’s Lane Congcast. But we thought that they could handle it and I think they had a tougher time with it than they would don face 30 shots.

Tyrees Goodrunning, a pickup from the bantam admit.

“It was very noticeable. We could see it almost AAA Rebels Black, scored the Chiefs lone goal from the start of the season. We had a lot of guys — against the Tigers, who got goals from Ryan Teslak Maxwell, Gaudet, Bartosak, Dieno, (Dominik) Volek, and Dylan Macpherson. Pickles faced 27 shots while (Matt) Bellerive, and you can put Lukas Sutter into Reid Money faced 23 for the Chiefs.

Goodrunning has been one of the more impressive that mix — and probably to a man they had a tough players on the Chiefs during the tournament. time with it.”

“For a smaller guy he’s a machine,” said JarSutter eventually appointed second-year forward Conner Bleackley as captain and over the last few molicz. “He makes a lot of plays and his speed genweeks of the season the younger corps of players as- erates things. He’s tough, gritty and goes into all the areas . . . he’s a hockey player.” sumed much of the team leadership.

In other games Thursday, the Tigers downed the “To be quite honest, you can look at one game here or there and say, ‘well we didn’t that game’, but it truthfully had nothing to do with the one game,” said Sutter, whose squad dropped a number of contests to teams below them in the standings.

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Sherrer, with Julie Primrose, Courtney Smith, Taylor Eno and Jessica Newmann, defeated Humber College of Etobicoke, Ont., 9-6 and Seneca College of North York, Ont., to sit at 3-1 and in a tie with NAIT. Sherrer trailed 4-3

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Local Sports Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA 47 15 7 101 226 156 40 15 15 95 237 182 44 20 6 94 216 192 36 23 11 83 174 172 32 26 11 75 196 201 32 30 9 73 199 208 29 31 10 68 165 208 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 69 45 17 7 97 220 175 San Jose 70 45 18 7 97 216 168 Los Angeles 69 38 25 6 82 168 148 Phoenix 70 34 25 11 79 194 197 Vancouver 72 32 30 10 74 172 194 Calgary 69 28 34 7 63 168 203 Edmonton 71 25 37 9 59 177 228 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

WHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND Conference Quarter-finals (Best-of-7)

St. Louis Chicago Colorado Minnesota Dallas Winnipeg Nashville

EASTERN CONFERENCE Edmonton (1) vs. Prince Albert (8) Saturday’s game Prince Albert at Edmonton, 1:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Edmonton at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Edmonton at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Regina (2) vs. Brandon (7) Saturday’s game Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s game Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Regina at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Friday, March 28 Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

GP 69 70 70 70 69 71 70

Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3 Chicago 4, St. Louis 0 Winnipeg 5, Colorado 4, OT Vancouver 2, Nashville 0

Calgary (3) vs. Kootenay (6) (Kootenay leads series 1-0) Thursday’s result Kootenay 5 Calgary 2 Saturday’s game Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Monday, March 24 Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 27 x-Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games New Jersey 4, Minnesota 3, OT Philadelphia 4, Dallas 2 Columbus 3, Montreal 2 Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 4 Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT Buffalo 3, Edmonton 1 Phoenix 2, Florida 1 Washington at Los Angeles, late Anaheim at San Jose, late Friday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Boston at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat (4) vs. Swift Current (5) Friday’s game Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games St. Louis at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, noon Ottawa at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Florida at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

Montreal at Toronto, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Boston at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Washington at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Kelowna (1) vs. Tri-City (8) Saturday’s game Tri-City at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s game Tri-City at Kelowna, 6:05 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Kelowna at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Kelowna at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday’s summaries Sabres 3, Oilers 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Hall 24 (Schultz, Perron) 17:48 (pp).

Penalties — Gazdic Edm (fighting) 4:43, Konopka Buf (fighting) 4:43, Conacher Buf (roughing) 13:40, Scrivens Edm (unsportsmanlike conduct) 13:40, Ehrhoff Buf (slashing) 13:57, Ennis Buf (high-sticking) 16:48.

Second Period 2. Buffalo, Conacher 5 (McBain) 9:16 (pp).

Penalties — Weber Buf (boarding) 2:06, Mitchell Buf (hooking) 4:09, Hall Edm (hooking) 7:56, Smyth Edm (slashing) 12:52, Foligno Buf (tripping) 16:14.

Third Period 3. Buffalo, Conacher 6 (Hodgson) 1:09.

4. Buffalo, Stafford 15 (Ennis, Conacher) 4:44.

Penalties — Weber Buf (fighting) 7:03, Hendricks Edm (fighting) 7:03, Conacher Buf (tripping) 13:18.

Shots on goal Buffalo 8 16 12 — 36 Edmonton 14 13 9 — 36 Goal — Buffalo: Hackett (W, 1-0-0); Edmonton: Scrivens (L, 13-12-4).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Buffalo: 1-2; Edmonton: 1-6.

Portland (2) vs. Vancouver (7) Friday’s game Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s game Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Portland at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Portland at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Victoria (3) vs. Spokane (6) Saturday’s game Spokane at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s game Spokane at Victoria, 6:05 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday, March 27 Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Everett (4) vs. Seattle (5) Saturday’s game Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s game Seattle at Everett, 4:05 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, March 28 Seattle at Everett, 7:35 p.m. x — if necessary.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Boston 69 47 17 5 99 Tampa Bay 70 39 24 7 85 Montreal 71 38 26 7 83 Toronto 71 36 27 8 80 Detroit 69 32 24 13 77 Ottawa 69 28 28 13 69 Florida 70 26 36 8 60 Buffalo 70 20 42 8 48 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 69 45 19 5 95 Philadelphia 69 37 25 7 81 Columbus 69 36 27 6 78 N.Y. Rangers70 37 29 4 78 Washington 70 33 27 10 76 New Jersey 70 30 27 13 73 Carolina 69 30 30 9 69 N.Y. Islanders70 26 35 9 61

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GF GA 223 149 208 185 182 180 208 219 183 194 198 234 173 225 136 206 GF GA 218 173 199 197 199 189 185 174 204 209 172 183 172 195 195 239

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Coyotes 2, Panthers 1 First Period 1. Phoenix, Vrbata 20 (Hanzal, Ekman-Larsson) 2:56 (pp).

2. Phoenix, Vermette 23 (Stone, Boedker) 18:38.

Penalties — Hayes Fla (hooking) 1:56, Summers Phx (tripping) 5:33, McMillan Phx (hooking) 15:35.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Stone Phx (boarding) 13:41, Crabb Fla (fighting) 16:13, Summers Phx (fighting) 16:13.

Third Period 3. Florida, Gomez 2 (Kulikov) 15:53.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Florida 7 6 10 — 23 Phoenix 7 8 7 — 22 Goal — Florida: Luongo (L, 22-19-7); Phoenix: Smith (W, 27-20-10).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Florida: 0-3; Phoenix: 1-1.

Red Wings 5, Penguins 4 (OT) First Period 1. Detroit, Alfredsson 16 (Franzen, DeKeyser) 7:21.

Penalties — Legwand Det (tripping) 3:31.

Second Period 2. Detroit, Nyquist 20 (Alfredsson, Kronwall) 4:35 (pp).

3. Pittsburgh, Stempniak 10 (Kunitz, Bortuzzo) 15:17.

4. Pittsburgh, Malkin 20 (Neal, Jokinen) 15:42.

5. Pittsburgh, Malkin 21 (Neal, Jokinen) 17:58 (pp).

Penalties — Niskanen Pgh (boarding) 3:47, Neal Pgh (cross-checking) 5:19, Kunitz Pgh (holding) 8:43, Bertuzzi Det (interference) 10:06, Jokinen Pgh (cross-checking) 10:37, Tatar Det (holding) 16:42, Ferraro Det (delay of game) 17:48.

Third Period 6. Detroit, Tatar 15 (Sheahan, DeKeyser) 9:59.

7. Detroit, Bertuzzi 9 (unassisted) 12:17.

8. Pittsburgh, Adams 4 (Sutter, Gibbons) 14:17.

Penalties — Malkin Pgh (holding) 4:51, Smith Det (hooking) 8:34, Neal Pgh (interference) 8:54, Legwand Det (Butt-ending Major) 16:14, Legwand Det (game misconduct) 16:14.

Overtime 9. Detroit, Alfredsson 17 (Nyquist, Quincey) 4:59.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Pittsburgh 11 15 13 4 — 43 Detroit 8 10 8 4 — 30 Goal — Pittsburgh: Fleury (LO, 34-15-4); Detroit: Howard (W, 16-16-10).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Pittsburgh: 1-5; Detroit: 1-6.

Lightning 5, Senators 4 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Purcell 11 (Hedman, Johnson) :23.

2. Ottawa, MacArthur 21 (Turris) 10:44 (sh).

3. Tampa Bay, Purcell 12 (Hedman, Johnson) 12:38.

4. Ottawa, Karlsson 18 (Hoffman, Spezza) 13:07 (pp).

Penalties — Condra Ott (tripping) 5:34, Carle TB (hooking) 8:35, Michalek Ott (holding) 10:32, Thompson TB (tripping) 13:04, Ceci Ott (high-sticking) 15:33, MacArthur Ott (cross-checking) 19:06, Callahan TB (goaltender interference) 19:35.

Second Period 5. Tampa Bay, Filppula 23 (Palat, Salo) 5:43 (pp).

6. Ottawa, Hemsky 11 (Michalek) 17:32.

Penalties — Ryan Ott (interference) 4:57, Callahan TB (high-sticking) 19:26.

Third Period 7. Tampa Bay, Brewer 1 (Brown, Killorn) 3:48.

8. Tampa Bay, Callahan 13 (Palat, Salo) 11:58 (pp).

9. Ottawa, Michalek 13 (Karlsson, Spezza) 17:08.

Penalties — Gudas TB (roughing) 7:41, MacArthur Ott (roughing) 7:41, Smith Ott (slashing) 11:04, Callahan TB (slashing) 19:04.

Shots on goal Tampa Bay 11 10 7 — 28 Ottawa 10 10 11 — 31 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 34-11-6); Ottawa: Lehner (L, 7-14-5).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Tampa Bay: 2-6; Ottawa: 1-5.

Referees — Greg Kimmerly, Wes McCauley.

Linesmen — Tim Nowak, Anthony Sericolo.

Attendance — 17,136 at Ottawa.

Blue Jackets 3, Canadiens 2 First Period 1. Montreal, Gallagher 18 (Galchenyuk, Plekanec) 14:53 (pp).

2. Columbus, Mackenzie 8 (Letestu) 15:53 (sh).

Penalties — Pacioretty Mtl (holding) 10:06, Johansen Clb (boarding) 13:37, Johansen Clb (crosschecking) 15:34, Johansen Clb (fighting) 18:02, Pacioretty Mtl (fighting) 18:02.

Second Period 3. Columbus, Dubinsky 14 (Comeau, Johnson) 6:53.

Penalties — Weaver Mtl (holding) 8:34, Vanek Mtl (tripping) 11:41, White Mtl (hooking) 12:58, Comeau Clb (delay of game) 16:20.

Third Period 4. Montreal, Vanek 25 (Pacioretty, Subban) 7:46.

5. Columbus, Johansen 27 (unassisted) 16:59.

Penalties — Subban Mtl (high-sticking) 0:39, Plekanec Mtl (high-sticking) 2:32, Mtl Bench (too many men) 8:36.

Shots on goal Columbus 16 13 11 — 40 Montreal 12 7 8 — 27 Goal — Columbus: Bobrovsky (W, 27-17-4); Montreal: Price (L, 28-18-5).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Columbus: 0-8; Montreal: 1-3.

Flyers 4, Stars 2 First Period 1. Philadelphia, Streit 9 (Giroux) 10:23.

2. Philadelphia, Simmonds 22 (Hartnell, Voracek) 13:21 (pp).

Penalties — Garbutt Dal (elbowing) 12:27, Benn Dal (hooking) 18:10.

Second Period 3. Dallas, Benn 28 (Seguin, Goligoski) 12:48 (pp).

Penalties — Rinaldo Pha (hooking) 10:19, Raffl Pha (tripping) 11:48, Simmonds Pha (holding) 17:52.

Third Period 4. Philadelphia, Simmonds 23 (Lecavalier, Schenn) 12:21.

5. Dallas, Benn 29 (Seguin, Chiasson) 12:51.

6. Philadelphia, Raffl 9 (Couturier, Timonen) 16:48.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Dallas 12 17 6 — 35 Philadelphia 12 13 4 — 29 Goal — Dallas: Thomas (L, 18-22-4); Philadelphia: Mason (W, 29-16-6).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Dallas: 1-3; Philadelphia: 1-2.

Curling 2014 World Women’s Curling Championship SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Standings Thursday following Draw 17 at the 2014 women’s world curling championship, to be held through Sunday at Harbour Station: Country (skip) W L x-Canada (Homan) 10 1 x-Switzerland (Feltscher) 9 2 x-Russia (Sidorova) 8 3 t-South Korea (Kim) 8 3 t-Sweden (Sigfridsson) 8 3 U.S. (Pottinger) 6 5 China (Sijia) 6 5 Czech Rep. (Kubeskova) 3 8 Germany (Lehmann) 3 8 Scotland (Barr) 2 9 Denmark (Dupont) 2 9 Latvia (Regza) 1 10 x — clinched playoff berth. t — will play tiebreaker.

Wednesday’s results Draw 12 Canada 7 Germany 5 China 9 Denmark 3 U.S. 7 Czech Republic 6 Switzerland 10 Scotland 5

Draw 13 Sweden 8 Scotland 7 Czech Republic 10 Latvia 2 Russia 7 Denmark 4 Canada 10 South Korea 3 Draw 14 Russia 10 China 2 South Korea 9 Germany 4 Switzerland 5 Sweden 3 U.S. 7 Latvia 3

End of Round Robin

Thursday’s results Draw 15 Germany 6 Latvia 4 Russia 8 Switzerland 5 South Korea 8 U.S. 6 Sweden 10 China 5 Draw 16 Canada 6 China 4 Germany 10 Denmark 5 Switzerland 9 Czech Republic 5 U.S. 8 Scotland 4 Draw 17 Canada 9 Sweden 6 Czech Republic 8 Russia 7 Denmark 10 Latvia 4 South Korea 10 Scotland 5

Saturday’s games Page Playoffs Third vs. Fouth Russia (Sidorova) vs. South Korea-Sweden winner, 6 a.m.

Semifinal Canada-Switzerland loser vs. Three-Four winner, 11 a.m.

Friday’s games Tiebreaker South Korea (Kim) vs. Sweden (Sigfridsson), 6 a.m.

PLAYOFFS Page Playoffs One vs. Two Canada (Homan) vs. Switzerland (Feltscher), 4:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Third Place Three-Four loser vs. Semifinal loser, 9 a.m.

Championship Canada-Switzerland winner vs. Semifinal winner, 4:30 p.m.

Golf Arnold Palmer Invitational ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Scores Thursday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a US PGA Tour event at 7,419-yard, par-72 (36-36) Bay Hill Club and Lodge Course: First Round (a-amateur) Adam Scott 31-31 — 62 Ryo Ishikawa 33-32 — 65 John Merrick 32-33 — 65 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 35-31 — 66 Brandt Snedeker 32-35 — 67 Morgan Hoffmann 34-33 — 67 Paul Casey 33-34 — 67 Jamie Donaldson 35-32 — 67 Jason Kokrak 33-34 — 67 Francesco Molinari 35-32 — 67 Ryan Moore 36-32 — 68 Charles Howell III 35-33 — 68 J.B. Holmes 35-33 — 68 Brendan Steele 34-34 — 68 Ian Poulter 35-33 — 68

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Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Rubby De La Rosa and INF Brock Holt to Pawtucket (IL).

Reassigned INF Brandon Snyder to their minor league camp.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned 1B Jon Singleton to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reassigned SS Carlos Correa, RHPs Mark Appel and Mike Foltynewicz and OFs George Springer and Delino DeShields to their minor league camp.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Traded 1B Matt Scioscia to the Chicago Cubs for OF Trevor Gretzky.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed OF Kent Matthes off waivers from Colorado and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL). Placed RHP Jarrod Parker on the 60-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed OF Matt Tuiasosopo off waivers from Arizona. Released LHP Luis Perez.

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Reassigned RHP Drew Hayes, LHP Lee Hyde, RHP Chien-Ming Wang and INF Argenis Diaz to their minor league camp.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Selected the contract of C Mike McKenry from Colorado Springs (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Granted RHP Luis Ayala his unconditional release. Optioned RHP Ross Ohlendorf, C Jhonatan Solano, INF Zach Walters and RHP Christian Garcia to Syracuse (IL). Reassigned RHP Manny Delcarmen, 1B Brock Peterson and INF Will Rhymes to their minor league camp.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MIAMI HEAT — Assigned C Justin Hamilton to Sioux Falls (NBADL) for two games.

NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed G Shannon Brown for the remainder of the season.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Agreed to the terms with CB Antonio Cromartie on a one-year contract.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with KR-WR Devin Hester.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Jerricho Cotchery to a two-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed QB Jason Campbell.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DT Tom Johnson.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Agreed to terms with S Charles Woodson a one-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed FB Bruce Miller to a three-year contract extension.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed G Stephen Schilling.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed CB Mike Jenkins.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with F Matt Carey on a two-year contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Activated F Jared Boll from injured reserve. Assigned G Anton Forsberg to Springfield (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Adam Almquist and G Petr Mrazek to Grand Rapids (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned G Magnus Hellberg to Cincinnati (ECHL). Signed D Brian Young to an amateur tryout contract. Recalled F Calle Jarnkrok from Milwaukee (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed F Cody Kunyk to a one-year contract.

American Hockey League MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Signed D Michael Young to an amateur tryout agreement.

WORCESTER SHARKS — Signed F Adam Schmidt to an amateur tryout agreement.

LACROSSE National Lacrosse League COLORADO MAMMOTH — Signed D Nick Carlson.

Today

● 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 ● Minor Midget AAA: Provincial championships, 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m., Arena. 10 a.m., 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Midget D hockey: Provincial championship, game at 8:30 a.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. ● Midget AAA hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, first game of best-of-five provincial final, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Okotoks, first game of best-of-five final, 8 p.m. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, fourth game of best-of-seven provincial final, 8:30 p.m.

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. ● Minor Midget AAA: Provincial championships, semifinals, 11:15 a.m., 2 p.m., Arena. ● 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. ● Minor Midget AAA: Provincial championships, bronze medal game, 11:45 a.m.; final, 2:30 p.m., Arena. ● Curling: Jack & Jill Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer at Lloydminster, second game of best-offive provincial final, 2 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Blackfalds, second game of best-of-five final, 3:30 p.m. ● 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 National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 38 29 .567 — Brooklyn 35 31 .530 2 New York 28 40 .412 10 Boston 23 46 .333 16 Philadelphia 15 53 .221 23 Southeast Division W L Pct GB x-Miami 46 20 .697 — Washington 35 32 .522 11 Charlotte 33 36 .478 14 Atlanta 31 35 .470 15 Orlando 19 50 .275 28 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Indiana 50 18 .735 — Chicago 38 30 .559 12 Cleveland 26 43 .377 24 Detroit 25 42 .373 24 Milwaukee 13 55 .191 37

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Wednesday’s Games Chicago 102, Philadelphia 94 Brooklyn 104, Charlotte 99 Boston 101, Miami 96 Memphis 96, Utah 86 Toronto 107, New Orleans 100 New York 92, Indiana 86 Minnesota 123, Dallas 122, OT Denver 118, Detroit 109 Phoenix 109, Orlando 93 San Antonio 125, L.A. Lakers 109

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Friday’s Games Chicago at Indiana, 5 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Memphis at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 51 16 .761 — Houston 46 22 .676 5 1/2 Memphis 40 27 .597 11 Dallas 41 28 .594 11 New Orleans 27 40 .403 24 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 50 18 .735 — Portland 44 24 .647 6 Minnesota 34 33 .507 15 1/2 Denver 31 37 .456 19 Utah 22 47 .319 28 1/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 48 21 .696 — Golden State 43 26 .623 5 Phoenix 39 29 .574 8 1/2

Saturday’s Games Portland at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Miami at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Utah, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Baseball Tampa Bay Cleveland Seattle Baltimore New York Oakland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Toronto Chicago Minnesota Houston Boston Texas

MLB Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 14 4 15 5 15 6 11 7 13 9 11 8 11 9 10 9 11 10 9 11 7 10 7 10 8 12 8 13 6 13

Thursday’s Games Toronto 3, Philadelphia (ss) 1 Washington 8, Detroit 1 Philadelphia (ss) 6, Houston 3 Miami 4, St. Louis 3 N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 6 Seattle 3, Chicago Cubs 0 L.A. Angels 3, Kansas City 2 Cincinnati 5, Texas 4, 10 innings Milwaukee 4, Colorado 3 Baltimore 4, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 2 Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 4 San Francisco vs. San Diego, late

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Toronto vs. Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m.

Boston vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Washington vs. St. Louis, 11:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. Atlanta (ss), 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta (ss) vs. Baltimore, 11:05 a.m.

Kansas City (ss) vs. L.A. Angels, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City (ss) vs. Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. San Francisco, 7:35 p.m.

San Diego vs. Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Miami 14 7 .667 Pittsburgh 11 8 .579 Arizona 11 9 .550 San Francisco 11 9 .550 Washington 11 10 .524 New York 10 10 .500 Milwaukee 11 12 .478 Colorado 10 11 .476 Cincinnati 10 13 .435 Chicago 10 14 .417 St. Louis 7 10 .412 Los Angeles 6 10 .375 Atlanta 8 14 .364 San Diego 6 11 .353 Philadelphia 6 14 .300 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Saturday’s Games Detroit vs. Toronto, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Boston vs. Atlanta, 11:05 a.m.

Miami (ss) vs. Washington, 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. Houston, 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Miami (ss), 11:05 a.m.

Seattle (ss) vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (ss) vs. San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Chicago White Sox (ss), 2:05 p.m.

Colorado (ss) vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Kansas City, 2:05 p.m.

Seattle (ss) vs. Colorado (ss), 2:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Atlanta 0 St. Louis 3, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 4 Toronto 11, Philadelphia 6 Milwaukee 9, Seattle 7 L.A. Angels 14, Chicago White Sox 10 Oakland 13, Cleveland 3 Houston 2, Washington 0 Pittsburgh 4, Boston 2 Kansas City 6, Cincinnati 3, 6 innings Colorado 9, Chicago Cubs 6

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Los Angeles at Salt Lake, 2 p.m.

D.C. at Toronto, 2:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Portland at Colorado, 4 p.m.

San Jose at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

Chivas at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games New York at Chicago, 1 p.m.

RED DEER COMMUNITY SPORTS AWARDS Tickets are still available for the annual Red Deer Community Sports Awards banquet to be held March 27 at the Sheraton Centre.

The banquet, presented by the Sport Council of Red Deer, the Advocate and the City of Red Deer, will honour athletes, coaches teams and volunteers in sport in Red Deer.

RDC director of athletics Keith Hansen, who is the winningest men’s volleyball coach in Canadian Colleges Athletic Conference history, will be the guest speaker.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the banquet starting at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $30 each and are available at the Recreation Centre.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, March 21, 2014 B5

The shift is on for MLB teams

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

2014 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PREVIEW

Mike Scioscia moved his left fielder onto the infield dirt, then watched him start a double play. Matt Williams tried a similar trick — he put his right fielder on the grass behind the mound, only to see a bases-loaded triple fly into the vacated spot.

All over the majors this year, the shift is on.

From the designer defences taking over the game, to expanded replay, to opening day on a cricket ground in Australia, baseball is changing.

Those scraggly beards of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox? Shaved off, mostly. Soon Derek Jeter will be gone, too.

“You can’t do this forever,” the Yankees captain said. “I’d like to, but you can’t do it forever.”

Ryan Braun and the Biogenesis bunch are back in, reckless crashing into catchers is an automatic out. Robinson Cano, Shin-Soo Choo and Japanese ace Masahiro Tanaka changed sides, as did Jacoby Ellsbury, Prince Fielder and Curtis Granderson.

Plus, there’s a rookie with real pedigree — sweet Hank the Dog got a second chance.

He found a home in Milwaukee; no telling if he’ll later visit Petco Park.

This spring has been much rougher for others.

Even before the Dodgers and Diamondbacks started the season in Sydney, Major League Baseball’s first regular-season games Down Under, there were serious setbacks.

Kris Medlen, Brandon Beachy, Jarrod Parker and Luke Hochevar already are out for the year with Tommy John surgery, and Patrick Corbin may soon join them.

Aroldis Chapman likely will miss at least two months after getting hit on the head by a line drive. There was no defence for that, not even those protective caps now in play for pitchers likely would’ve saved the Cincinnati reliever.

Defence, though, has rapidly become a major focus in the majors.

Be it Dodger Stadium or Fenway Park or anywhere inbetween, it’s easy to spot the trend taking over baseball: Creative ways that clubs are positioning their fielders.

The Detroit Tigers even hired a defensive co-ordina-

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Team Australia’s Mike Walker, left, is tagged out at home by Los Angeles Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis during their exhibition baseball game at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Thursday. The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Dodgers open the Major League Baseball regular season with games on Saturday and Sunday. tor. Ever expect to hear about a defensive co-ordinator in baseball?

Matt Martin got that job, and pointed to the overloaded alignments Red Sox slugger David Ortiz sees on a daily basis.

“That’s not out of the norm now. That is the norm. With left-handers, if you’d have seen this 25 years ago, the way they play Big Papi — and 15, 20 guys in the league playing like that — you’d be, ’What happened? Did I wake up and come to a softball game?”’

Makes perfect sense to Pittsburgh second baseman Neil Walker.

“The data is so undeniable, the defensive metrics are so prevalent,” he said. “You have so much more information, you should use it.”

“There were some times a few years ago when I felt out of place,” he admitted. “I was out there in right field and kind of like, ’Where am I supposed to be?’ But we practice it, I practice my throws from extreme

‘Very lucky’ Chapman to undergo surgery to repair broken bone after scary episode

Offered San Diego manager Bud Black: “Yes, my thinking has changed.”

“We will move,” he said.

So will the Reds, after new Cincinnati manager Bryan Price talks to his men on the mound.

“Pitchers can be pretty temperamental about defensive alignment. We know that,” he said. “We want to have the discussion beforehand, not after.”

St. Louis general manager John Mozeliak wants to start earlier, letting his minor leaguers get accustomed to moving.

Minnesota’s Jason Kubel has been on the other side a lot.

The lefty hitter debuted a decade ago and rarely saw defensive shifts, if ever. Against the Yankees this month, he faced three fielders on the right side every at-bat.

“Now, I think it would be weird if I came up and saw that nobody was moved,” Kubel said.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEARWATER, Fla. — Jose Bautista extended his torrid spring training with a double and Esmil Rogers gave up just one run in five innings Thursday as the Blue Jays beat a Philadelphia Phillies’ split squad 3-1.

Bautista went 1 for 3, and is hitting .359 with five homers, four doubles and 11 RBIs. Erik Kratz homered twice and was 3 for 3, and Moises Sierra also connected for Toronto.

Phillies starter David Buchanan gave up two of the homers but was sharp otherwise. Buchanan, who has a decent shot to make the team, gave up the two runs and struck out six in four innings. Buchanan started six games in Triple-A last year.

Tony Gwynn Jr. went 2 for 2 with a double, a run and a walk. Chase Utley drove in Gwynn with a firstinning double for the Phillies’ only run.

STARTING TIME Blue Jays: Esmil Rogers enjoyed his finest outing of the spring, allowing just one run over 4 2-3 innings.

Rogers is unlikely to make the Blue Jays’ rotation, but could land a spot on the opening-day roster as a long bullpen arm. He has a 5.27 ERA this spring.

“It doesn’t matter where I’m going to be I just want to help the team win,” Rogers said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s in the bullpen or as a starter. Right now, they gave me an opportunity to compete for a spot so I’m going to do my best.”

Phillies: Buchanan, 25, is in his first major league spring training camp, and looks to have a solid shot to either join the Phillies’ hurting rotation or nab a spot in the bullpen as a long reliever.

Buchanan’s runs came on back-to-back homers in the second inning.

“I was impressed with his composure,” Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. “He had a couple of balls that were connected on, one was an 0-2 breaking pitch, he kept his composure, actually came inside on a couple of hitters after that to keep them honest. I thought he rebounded well there to minimize.”

TRAINER’S ROOM Phillies: Darin Ruf was scratched from the Phillies’ split-squad lineup in Kissimmee, Fla., after straining his left oblique during batting practice. He will visit with team doctors Saturday.

The injury will likely cause Ruf, a leading candidate for a bench job, to miss opening day.

“He’s a guy competing, obviously, with what he’s doing and his ability, his right-handed bat, he’s competing for a bench job,” Sandberg said. “We’ll see what that means.”

Ruf is hitting .217 this spring with two homers and seven RBIs. GWYNN IMPRESSING Tony Gwynn Jr., who signed a minor league deal with the Phillies this winter, is making a good impression on Phillies coaches this spring.

Gwynn went 2 for 3 Thursday. He’s hitting .346 and provides crucial depth for a team thin on outfielders. It’s a strong possibility Gwynn begins the season on the 25-man roster.

“He’s a bright spot,” Sandberg said. “His defence, his at-bats, his base running, are quality.”

PICK UP The Blue Jays have claimed outfielder Matt Tuiasosopo off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

To make room on the 40-man roster, they cut lefthander Luis Perez.

Tuiasosopo appeared in 16 games this spring for the Diamondbacks, hitting .118 with six RBIs in 34 atbats. He hit .244 with seven homers and 30 RBIs in 81 games last year for Detroit.

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GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman is undergoing surgery to repair a broken bone above his left eye but has no other serious injuries after being hit in the face by a line drive in a spring training game.

Team doctor Timothy Kremchek said Chapman could be playing again in six to eight weeks. The left-hander with a fastball that has reached 105 mph hopefully will start exercising and throwing in a couple of weeks, Kremchek said.

The doctor called Chapman “a very lucky guy.”

Kremchek said a metal plate will be inserted in the bone above his left eyebrow, with perhaps a bone graft as well, and will remain there permanently. Chapman has a very mild concussion but no other brain injury and no injury to his eye, Kremchek said.

“He’s feeling better and he has some pain management. We’re optimistic that he is going to be on the mend,” Reds manager Bryan Price said after meeting with players Thursday morning at the team’s spring training facility. “Obviously, we’ll stay in touch.

We will make sure we follow the process as we continue to get familiar with the injury itself. We will let him know how much support he has and that we care about him.

Hopefully, we will see him here very soon.”

Catcher Brayan Pena, a fellow Cuban and Chapman’s close friend, was one of several Reds players who visited the injured pitcher Wednesday night and spoke to him on the phone Thurs-

day morning.

“He was talking to me and we joked a lot,” Pena said. “He just wanted to make sure for me to tell everybody that he appreciate so much the fans’ prayers, especially our teammates, our coaching staff, everybody around, how much support and how much love he received and got from all of us.”

Pena said Chapman was very happy when they spoke Thursday, “talking and joking. He was talking a lot about some Cuban jokes and that’s good because that means his memory is still working pretty good.”

The frightening incident, widely available on video via the Internet, occurred in the sixth inning of Wednesday night game at Kansas City’s spring training facility in Surprise, Ariz., when the Royals’ Salvador Perez lined Chapman’s 99 mph fastball into the pitcher’s face. Chapman was knocked backward to the ground, then rolled on his face, kicking in pain.

the dirt at different depths.

In a recent exhibition, with a runner on third base, Maddon overshifted his infield in the middle of an at-bat. No luck. A wild pitch scored the run.

Maddon has a theory on why it took teams so many years to shift around.

“They were afraid they might be wrong,” he said. “But it always made sense to adjust your fielders. Why would you play someone in a place where a guy never hits it?”

And if a big bopper tries to bunt down the unprotected third base line, that’s OK. “There are times when I’m begging him to bunt against us,” Maddon said.

Scioscia’s strategy paid off this month for the Los Angeles Angels when his repositioned left fielder handled a grounder and began a bases-loaded DP in extra innings. Williams, Washington’s first-year manager, tried something with the bases loaded in the eighth and paid the price.

Bautista paces Blue Jays to win over Phillies

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angles and I’m comfortable.”

An hour later, Walker was standing in shallow right when Phillies slugger Ryan Howard batted in a spring training game. Walker made a diving stop on a hard grounder, scrambled to his feet, but threw the ball past first base.

“It’s not an exact science,” he said.

Fielding always lagged far behind pitching and hitting in statistical analysis, mainly because it was hard to quantify glovework. Teams are trying hard to play catchup.

Baseball Info Solutions tracks defensive shifts, and reports there were 8,134 instances in the majors last season. That’s way up from 4,577 in 2012, and far more than the 2,358 in 2011.

“It’s not as much fun as it used to be,” Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon lamented.

“Everybody’s using it.”

Maddon is a shifting maven, having employed four-man outfields and routinely putting three players on one side of

B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, March 21, 2014

Madness starts early at NCAA basketball tournament

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HARVARD 61 CINCINNATI 57 SPOKANE, Wash. — Siyani Chambers scored 11 points, including five straight in the final 2 minutes, and 12th-seeded Harvard won its second NCAA tournament game in history, upsetting fifth-seeded Cincinnati 61-57 on Thursday in the East Regional.

Wesley Saunders led the Crimson (27-4) with 12 points as Harvard pulled off an upset for the second straight year. Last year, Harvard upset New Mexico as a 14 seed.

The Crimson became the first Ivy League school with NCAA tournament wins in consecutive years since Princeton in 1983-84.

Harvard never trailed after the opening moments. They played with confidence and scrap against the Bearcats, who shared the American Athletic Conference regular season title. Sean Kilpatrick led Cincinnati (27-7) with 18 points, but the Bearcats failed to win a tournament game for the second straight year.

UCONN 89, SAINT JOSEPH’S 81, OT BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Shabazz Napier shook off a miss at the secondhalf buzzer to score nine of his 24 points in overtime and lead seventhseeded Connecticut.

DeAndre Daniels scored 18 while freshman centre Amida Brimah forced overtime by completing a three-point play in the final minute for UConn (278). The Huskies won their first tournament game under coach Kevin Ollie, who took over two years ago after Jim Calhoun stepped down due to health issues.

With the game tied at 70 entering overtime, Daniels opened the scoring by completed a three-point play with 3:47 left during a 5-minute period the Huskies never trailed.

Langston Galloway scored 25 points for Saint Joseph’s (24-10). The Hawks wore down because of a lack of depth, and then lost their top forward Halil Kanacevic, who fouled out early into overtime. UConn faces Villanova next.

Montreal edges Calgary at Clarkson Cup

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Dayton teammates embrace Vee Sanford, center, after defeating Ohio State in a second-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament against Ohio State in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday. be able to play because of turf toe, chipped in 10 points.

Patric Young finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds, his first double-double of the season. Casey Prather (16 points) and Scottie Wilbekin (10) also reached double figures for Florida.

DJ Evans led Albany (19-15) with 21 points and seven rebounds.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE 80, OKLAHOMA 75, OT Lawrence Alexander hit a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left to force overtime and freshman Carlin Dupree scored four points in the final 75 seconds for No. 12 seed North Dakota State.

The Bison (26-6) picked up their first NCAA tournament win by rallying in the final minute and then outlasting the No. 5 seed Sooners in overtime.

Alexander finished with a career-high 28 points, but it’ll be his falling-down,

fist-pumping celebration after the tying 3-pointer that will be replayed in Fargo for years.

Dupree came on in the closing seconds of overtime after Taylor Braun fouled out. He hit two free throws and scored on a difficult baseline leaner with 41 seconds left. Cameron Clark led Oklahoma (23-10) with 25 points.

TEXAS 87, ARIZONA STATE 85 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cameron Ridley’s buzzer-beating layup lifted Texas into the third round.

Jonathan Holmes missed badly on a long 3-pointer for the seventh-seeded Longhorns in the final seconds, but Ridley emerged from the scrum with the ball and banked it in as time expired over the outstretched fingers of an ASU defender. The call stood after a video replay, giving Texas its first win in the tournament since 2011.

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MARKHAM, Ont. — Ann-Sophie Bettez scored a hat trick, and Caroline Ouellette chipped in with three assists to lead the Montreal Stars to a 5-4 win over the Calgary Inferno at the Clarkson Cup women’s hockey championship Thursday.

Dominique Thibault had a goal and an assist and Cathy Chartrand also scored for Montreal (1-1). Catherine Herron made 14 saves.

Danielle Stone scored twice for Calgary (1-1), Julie Paetsch had a goal and an assist and Abygail Laking also scored.

Jenna Cunningham picked up two assists.

Inferno goaltender Delayne Brian stopped 21 shots in the losing effort.

Bettez scored her third of the game into an empty net at 19:35 of the third to make it 5-3, and Laking replied with a last-ditch effort for Calgary, scoring at 19:55.

After a scoreless first period, Stone scored the game’s first goal at 4:59 of the second and Montreal replied with three straight, including Thibault’s on the power play with 20 seconds left in the period to jump into a 3-1 lead.

Paetsch cut the Stars lead to one goal, finding the back of the net at 9:12 of the third, and Bettez replied with her second of the night, on the power play less than five minutes later.

Stone scored her second to again pull the Inferno to within a goal at 14:01 of the third.

Earlier, Hilary Knight scored twice to lead the Boston Blades to a 4-2 win over the Toronto Furies.Knight, who played for the U.S. at the Sochi Olympics, also added an assist while Jillian Dempsey had a goal and an assist. Jessica Koizumi scored the other goal as the Blades improved to 2-0.

Natalie Spooner and Carolyne Prevost scored for the Furies (1-1).

Genevieve Lacasse made 19 saves for the win while Toronto’s Christina Kessler stopped 42 shots.

The top two teams after the round robin will play in Saturday’s final.

DAYTON 60, OHIO ST. 59 BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Vee Sanford scored on a layup with 3.8 seconds left to lift 11th-seeded Dayton.

Sanford finished with 10 points, while Dyshawn Pierre led the Flyers (24-10) with 12 points in a matchup of Ohio schools separated by about 75 miles.

The sixth-seeded Buckeyes (25-10) had one last chance to pull out the victory, but Aaron Craft’s driving 10-footer hit off the backboard and rolled off the rim as the buzzer sounded.

Sam Thompson scored 18 points and Craft added 16 for Ohio State, which was eliminated after one game for only the third time in its 26 appearances.

PITTSBURGH 77, COLORADO 48 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Talib Zanna scored 16 of his 18 points in the opening half, helping ninth-seeded Pittsburgh build a 28-point lead.

The Panthers (26-9) shot 51 per cent and played stifling defence.

Colorado (23-12) was eager to make amends for an early exit from the tournament a year ago, but had no answers for the 6-foot-9 Zanna. The Pitt centre made six of seven shots in the first half, and the Panthers didn’t have any difficulty finishing off the overwhelmed Buffaloes.

Josh Scott led the eighth-seeded Buffaloes with 14 points, however Colorado couldn’t overcome a subpar performance from Askia Booker.

FLORIDA 67, ALBANY 55 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Dorian Finney-Smith scored 16 points, most of them on dunks, and top-seeded Florida used a second-half surge to beat 16thseeded Albany.

The Gators (33-2) showed some vulnerability, though, while extending their school-record winning streak to 27 games. Coach Billy Donovan’s team sleepwalked through the first half, swapping the lead back and forth with the pesky Great Danes, but Florida’s bench provided a much-needed spark.

Finney-Smith, the Southeastern Conference’s sixth man of the year, was 6-of-10 shooting. Freshman guard Kasey Hill, who wasn’t sure he would

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Scott has solid start at Bay Hill

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Masters champion Adam Scott was feeling ill when he arrived at Bay Hill. One majestic round with the putter Thursday made him feel a lot better.

Scott made five putts from about 20 feet or longer, two of them for eagle and one of them from off the green for birdie, and matched the course record with a 10-under 62 to build a three-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

The conditions were close to perfect. So was his work on the greens.

“I made a lot of putts today, and a lot of putts from considerable length,” Scott said. “I hit a lot of nice shots, too, but it wasn’t like I was hitting it 4 feet. I had a round like this in Australia at the end of last year — in the first six holes, I didn’t hit it outside 5 feet.

There’s a lot of different ways to get the ball in the hole. But it’s good for the confidence.

It’s what I wanted. I sat in here yesterday and said I’d like to make some birdies and build the confidence. And today is a good start to that.”

Ryo Ishikawa, who uses Bay Hill as his home course on the East Coast, birdied the 18th for a 65. John Merrick celebrated his 32nd birthday by reaching 8 under until a late bogey. He also shot 65.

Both were 10 shots behind before they hit their first

shot of the tournament.

“That took the pressure off,” Merrick said. “You’re already 10 shots behind, so it’s not like you’re protecting anything. But this isn’t the Bay Hill I remember. I don’t usually play golf in Florida without 20 mph wind.”

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano had his best round of the year with a 66. Brandt Snedeker and Paul Casey were among those at 67. They were all but forgotten with Scott’s 62 on the board.

Scott walked from the ninth green across the practice range to the scoring trailer as one player after another turned his head and asked how low Scott went on the day. One caddie quipped, “Is there a 10-shot rule when you haven’t teed off?”

It was the lowest round in 30 years at Bay Hill, and it was good enough to make a large gallery following Scott forget for a moment that defending champion Tiger Woods is not here this week because of a back injury.

Andy Bean in 1981 and Greg Norman in 1984 are the only other players with a 62 at Bay Hill.

After watching Scott make another putt — this one from 20 feet for eagle on No. 4 — U.S. Open champion Justin Rose asked if Scott could get to No. 1 if he were to win at Bay Hill. The answer: no and yes. He couldn’t overtake Woods this week, but likely

would go to No. 1 over the next few weeks if neither played.

Scott had reason to be mildly surprised by this round. For one thing, he had not been to Bay Hill in five years. Scott typically plays Innisbrook, but decided to mix it up. And he does have some experience on the bag. His caddie is Steve Williams, who worked for Woods in six of the eight Bay Hill wins.

Even more surprising, though, is that Scott said he was coping with flu-like symptoms, and still doesn’t feel completely healthy.

“It’s hard to say that I’m sick,” Scott said with a smile.

“I feel actually better now than when I woke up. Just a bit under the weather. I can’t complain.”

Scott is a believer in the adage, “Beware the injured golfer.” He lowered his expectations, concerned himself only with the next shot and was more concerned with his energy than feeling any nerves.

It didn’t take long for him to realize it was going to be a special day, starting with a 20-foot birdie putt on the 10th to start his round. He got up and down from a bunker on the par-5 12th for birdie, made a 25-foot birdie putt on the 14th, and then rolled one in from 30 feet on the 15th from a collection area right of the green.

Scott drilled a 7-iron into 35 feet on the par-5 16th and made that birdie.

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Adam Scott, of Australia, tees off on the 18th hole during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament at Bay Hill Thursday, in Orlando, Fla.

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PHOENIX — Topranked Inbee Park birdied her final three holes Thursday for a 6-under 66 and a share of the JTBC Founders Cup lead among the early starters.

Coming off a victory two weeks ago in China in a Ladies European Tour event, Park closed with a tap-in birdie on the par-4 ninth after nearly holing a pitching wedge from 134 yards at Desert Ridge’s Wildfire Golf Club.

“It was a very solid round,” Park said. “Very good irons today.”

Morgan Pressel was 7 under after eight holes in her afternoon round in perfect conditions with the temperature in the low 80s. She played her first six holes in 6 under, birdieing Nos. 10-13 and making an eagle on the par-5 15th, and also birdied the par-3 17th.

Defending champion Stacy Lewis, secondranked Suzann Pettersen, 2011 winner Karrie Webb and Michelle Wie also played in the afternoon. Gerina Piller matched Park with a 66.

She has two top-10 finishes this season.

“The more I can get in that position, obviously the more confidence I get,” Piller said. “I just keep on reminding myself that I’m good enough to be out here and I have the shots and I just need to let myself do it.”

Sixteen-year-old Lydia Ko was at 67 along with Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Mo Martin and Pornanong Phatlum. Playing alongside Park, Ko closed with a bogey after driving left into the desert.

“I normally eat more than I did today — and I normally eat a lot, so that’s saying something,” Ko said. “I forgot to bring my food and my protein bars. That’s my excuse.”

Park had six LPGA Tour victories last season, sweeping the first three majors, and became the first South Korean to win the player of the year award. She took a break after the season and skipped the first two events this year, returning with a second-place finish in Thailand.

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The Central Alberta office of the Epilepsy Association of Calgary hopes to beat the $1,400 donation it received the from 2013 Purple Day for Epilepsy event. This year, the slogan for Purple Day on March 26 is Be Like Jelly and Spread Awareness of the cause and effect of epilepsy. To learn about the disorder, locals are invited to the Red Deer Regional Hospital from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Purple Day. On March 29, the Shades of Purple Silent Auction will be hosted at Parkland Mall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cupcakes will also be on sale during the auction. For more information, call Norma Klassen at 403-358-3358, or visit epilepsycalgary. com.

Voter turnout more than tripled as Red Deer College students elected a new president and student executive this week.

Up to 10 per cent of students went to the polls, up from three per cent a year ago.

They elected Bailey Daines to replace outgoing president Martin Cruz.

Daines said when she found out she won she was both relieved and excited.

“I’m really excited to continue working with the students association and had a really good time being on council this past year. I’m really excited to step up into this new role.”

Daines is joined by some new faces and some old as Rebecca Tootoosis was re-

elected as vice-president operations and Jhymylyn Miranda was re-elected as vicepresident student life. Joining the team for the first time is Evan Lintick as vice-president college affairs.

The team takes office on May 1, 2014.

This leaves existing president Martin Cruz with little more than a month left in office.

He hopes to transfer his credits to pursue a political science degree at a university, in Edmonton or Calgary, “When I got in a year ago turnout was at three per cent,” said Cruz.

“We’re really proud we went back to our roots, ensuring we’re listening to the needs of our students.”

He pointed to a student-led effort during his term to extend library hours during the exam period. They were originally cut in the fallout from the 2013 Alberta budget

that cut the college’s operating grant by 7.3 per cent.

“This past year we saw an increase in the student association’s presence on campus and a big increase in student participation,” said Daines. “I really want to continue that momentum and keep students excited and involved about their college experience.”

Daines is a political science student at the college and helped organize the Brian Mason and Danielle Smith debate at Red Deer College in September, 2013. This past year she was also on the executive of the college’s political science society.

“A key was talking with students and just being out and around campus and in the classrooms and creating buzz,” said Daines. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Although he has made a living this winter clearing sidewalks of plenty of snow, Shane Spielman of GoPro landscaping in Red Deer has had just about enough of winter, he said as he was clearing snow from the sidewalk along 49th Avenue on Thursday. Mother Nature threw another blast of winter at Alberta on Thursday, which just so happened to coincide with the first day of spring.

DAFFODIL DAYS START APRIL 2 The Canadian Cancer Society is preparing for their annual Daffodil Days fundraiser, from April 2 to 5. Central Albertans are encouraged to buy a daffodil pin by donation at various locations throughout the region, and wear it for the entire month in support to unite everyone in the fight against cancer. Pins can be purchased wherever flowers are sold, at Central Alberta Co-ops, Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Costco and Bower Place Shopping Centre.

Money raised during the month funds research and support service programs for people living with cancer.

HIKERS’ HEALTH AND ALTITUDE Dr. Maureen McCall will speak on the effects of altitude on hikers’ health during the Red Deer Ramblers Hiking Club annual general meeting on April 2. The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

Outdoor clothing and equipment store Valhalla Pure Outfitters will display some of its hiking gear.

Memberships will be for sale at 6:30 p.m., for $10 for individuals and $20 for families.

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Serving up a cafeteria deficit solution

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

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After multiple money-losing years, the school-run cafeteria at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School is set to be replaced by a contracted food service provider starting in September.

The operation ran a deficit of $80,000 last year as students lunched at restaurants not beholden to the school division’s strict nutrition policy.

As a result of operational losses, the school struck a committee last school year to consider how to make the service more attractive to students.

Some changes were made, but as a new principal this year, Dan Lower decided that he wanted to turn the service over to private operators.

The issues were too varied to fix the service, he said. “It wasn’t as simple to say ‘Hey, if we can take care of this, we can turn a profit here,’” said Lower.

What is clear is that nutritional initiatives at schools, which have banned the use of deep fryers and seen chocolate bars replaced with granola bars in vending machines, have hurt the bottom lines of cafeterias.

In 2013, Ontario’s auditor general said policies regulating the foods sold in school cafeterias have not worked at reducing youth obesity and have diminished cafeteria sales by 25 to 45 per cent.

Before healthier menus were implemented at Red Deer Public schools in 2010, things like poutine and potato chips were hot sellers.

By and large, students still eat such things for lunch; now they simply go off-campus.

Grade 11 Thurber student Jack Wakefield said he thinks less healthy food options should exist alongside healthier choices in his school cafeteria so students can treat themselves. But he supports the promotion of healthy foods in schools — as long as they are appetizing.

“If it’s healthy stuff, you have to make it taste good or people aren’t going to want it. I feel like that’s why the cafeteria doesn’t do well, because it’s not very good anymore,” he said.

Wakefield said he would like to see a new provider create a friendlier environment that offers more flexibility to students through something like a make-your-own sandwich option. Smoothies, rice bowls, and better coffee were some of the other student suggestions for prospective menu items.

Janine Kreil would appreciate a menu with more obscure foods and exotic creations, but she is not sure the majority of students would buy into that approach.

Alyssa Ufland appreciates the chicken burgers and salads on offer now, but acknowledges that most students will simply continue going offsite to fast food restaurants to nosh if school menus have only healthier options.

Neither student eats at the cafeteria often now, because they say it is generally crowded and dirty due to, as Kreil puts it with a laugh, “the indecency of

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Alyssa Ufland in the cafeteria at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. She is not sure how changes to the menu at the cafeteria will be treated by students. She believes many students will continue to go off-campus to eat fast food. teenagers.”

While one small pan-Canadian survey of school cafeterias found that only one in six is operated by a contracted provider, a number of schools in Alberta are turning their services over.

Lower said the school is putting together a request for proposals and he would like to see a local business take on the task.

“We have access to 1,800 to 1,900 individuals in this building per day, so we’re hoping that someone could come in and meet our nutritious policy guidelines and offer good wholesome food at a reasonable price,” he said.

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Gun theft sends man to jail A young Red Deer man awaiting trial on charges of and uttering threats is now serving a four-month jail sentence for stealing his uncle’s guns and ammunition.

Lyle Robert Vance, 21, pleaded guilty before Judge Bert Skinner in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday to making off with a shotgun, three rifles and 120 rounds of ammunition after his father and uncle refused to give them to him. Court heard that Vance used a set of bolt cutters to break into his uncle’s gun safe on June 22, 2013, after he was told he couldn’t have the weapons.

Crown prosecutor Ann MacDonald said the young man told his father and his uncle, who share a resi-

BRIEFS Lacombe campground rezoning to hearing A proposal to rezone 26 acres in Lacombe County near Gull Lake for a private campground will go to a public hearing in May. Eagle’s Nest on Gull Lake will feature 20 RV campground spots owned by a shareholder group. It will be located on vacant land on the east side of the lake between Degraff’s RV Resort and Wilson’s Beach campground.

A report to county council from county planning staff says the developer has changed the proposed wastewater system to address earlier concerns by some councillors. Provincial approvals will be required ahead of county final approval.

Although the campground is for private use, the public will have access to a playground, parking, washrooms and trail system.

The public hearing on the application to rezone the site from agriculture to recreation use is set for May 8 at the Lacombe County offices.

Poverty event offers first-hand perspective To foster a greater understanding of the struggles people in poverty face, an upcoming event aims to demonstrate just how tough life can be.

A three-hour event run by the Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance and the United Way of Central Alberta will allow participants to experience a month living in poverty.

On May 14 from 9 a.m. to noon, up to 85 participants can take part in the experience at the iHotel at 6500 67th St. in Red Deer.

“This is such a great opportunity for people to really put themselves in the shoes of those who are living with a low or limited income,” said Lori Jack, CAPRA co-chair, in a release.

“We believe that this will be a rewarding and eye-opening experience for those who participate.”

Organizers said the event is based on the lives of real families in Central Alberta and hope those who attend leave with a greater understanding of the challenges and obstacles that people face when living on a limited income.

Anyone interested can register online at www.caunitedway.ca or by calling Rhonda at 403-343-3900.

As well, 20 volunteers are needed for the event. Anyone who would like to help out can contact Lori at 403-3433900.

Get your ice fishing huts off the lake Time’s up for ice fishing.

The Sylvan Lake Management Committee is urging all fish hut owners to remove their huts from Sylvan Lake as soon as possible, despite the fact they do not have to be moved legally until March 31.

Warmer temperatures and poor ice structure means March 31 may be too late for the huts, said Keith Stephenson, chair of the Sylvan Lake Management Committee.

“The ice this year crystallized when it froze; it wasn’t what they call a hard blue ice because of the amount of snow that came down first of all. Snow insulates it and the ice doesn’t have much strength to it then,” he said.

Stephenson said about a week ago there were still nearly 30 huts on the lake. At the ice fishing season’s peak earlier this year, he noted there was a total of about 40.

Two huts were abandoned during the spring thaw in 2013 and had to be removed by Alberta Environment.

Abandoned huts are left at the shore for five days and if they are not picked up, they are taken to a landfill.

“Most of the time these huts have heaters in them, propane tanks, debris such as wood, plastic, furniture, gasoline and that can end up settling on the bottom of the lake or floating and having a negative environmental impact to the lake, fish and wildlife, and also be a safety hazard to others who use the lake,” Stephenson said.

There is a volunteer registry for the huts, established two years ago, making it easier to connect with ice fishers and keep the huts as well as the lake safe, Stephenson said.

Fish hut owners register their hut online and can then be contacted by Sylvan Lake if they fail to remove their hut before the deadline.

About 50 per cent of the huts are registered, Stephenson said.

Garage collapses in Penhold The public in Penhold are being warned to steer clear of a partially collapsed garage on Lucina Street.

Penhold fire crews responded to a call at 9:38 a.m. on Thursday about a single car, detached garage caving in.

The occupant who rents the property was not home and no one was injured.

The building is about five metres from any other buildings but it is still a danger to the public, said Penhold Fire Chief Jim Pendergast.

“We taped it off so no one will go in there. It’s going to have be completely levelled or shored up and I don’t think there would be enough value in it to shore it up. ... Now it’s between the town and the landowner to figure it out,” he said.

The garage had to be over 40 years old, Pendergast said.

“It was bowed and sagging when we arrived. The walls were bulging outwards. We felt it wasn’t safe to enter the door we found until it was shored up.”

The fire department called in the Red Deer County Search and Rescue team to safely enter the garage and confirm no one was trapped inside.

“They have expertise in structural situations. ... We worked together and used a thermal imaging camera to see if we could see anything inside.”

Pendergast believes the roof collapse may have been triggered by a previous heavy snow load — everything had melted at the time of the incident — and the freeze-thaw cycles combined with the age of the garage.

Lacombe man faces charges A Lacombe man faces several charges after an alleged confrontation with an ex-girlfriend trying to give him his mail.

Lacombe Police Chief Inspector Steve Murray said the man’s ex-girlfriend and another female friend went to the accused male’s residence with the intent of returning the man’s mail on March 13 at 9:50 p.m.

The man came out of the residence and upon seeing his ex-girlfriend with someone else in the car, he allegedly drew a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at the head of the female passenger.

The women then threw the mail out the window (of the car) and took off.

The two vehicle occupants called police, who found the man and the firearm at a different residence and arrested him.

Zackary Jaret Purdy, 24, of Lacombe, has been charged with two counts of pointing a firearm, two counts of assault with a weapon, one count of possession of a firearm and four counts of breaching various court orders.

Blackfalds thefts probed Blackfalds RCMP are asking the public for help in bringing those responsible for a number of thefts from local utility trailers to justice.

Police say the thefts happened between March 15 and 17 in the town’s new neighbourhoods along Crimson Court and Cyprus Road.

The locks and other security mechanisms of these trailers, which are being left overnight around the residential construction zones, were cut off the doors.

Hand and power tools and other construction equipment was stolen.

The value of the tools taken in each incident ranges from $1,000 to $15,000.

Anyone with more information is asked to call 403-885-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

but wants to put them behind himself and become a productive citizen.

Skinner sentenced him to 120 days in jail followed by 18 months of probation with a lifetime firearms prohibition.

Skinner stated that the guilty plea worked in the young man’s favour. However, he balanced that factor against Vance’s efforts to acquire firearms while prohibited and concerns that those weapons are still missing and may be available for criminal uses.

Vance is scheduled to stand trial in Red Deer provincial court on Oct. 14 on charges of kidnapping and uttering threats. Red Deer City RCMP laid the charges on Feb. 12, alleging that he kidnapped two 19-year-old men at knifepoint and drove them around the city for a period of time before they either escaped or were let go. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

low materials.

Leftover funds were donated to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation.

MAG gets grant The Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery has received a $15,000 grant.

Museum executive director Lorna Johnson said the money comes from the Exhibition Circulation Fund by the Canadian Heritage Museums Assistance Program.

The grant will help cover costs associated with bringing touring exhibitions from all around Canada to Red Deer. This includes a recent exhibition, Expedition Arctic: 1913-1918, that was on display at the museum from Nov. 28, 2013, to Feb. 17.

The Canadian Heritage Museums Assistance Program has supported the museum for three consecutive years.

Johnson said these grants make it possible for the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery to continue to bring national touring exhibitions to the city.

Trial set over stolen car

Assessment appeals slip A total of 35 property assessment appeals were filed with the City of Red Deer this year.

Last year, some 30 appeals were filed by property owners who were not happy with their assessments.

Acting deputy city clerk Jackie Kurylo said the number of appeals is slightly lower than compared the three-year average.

Kurylo said a legislation change a few years ago discouraged many of the frivolous complaints.

“What we are seeing now tends to stick and doesn’t get withdrawn,” she said.

“And it goes to hearing, which is different than before, which is why you see that large number gap.”

Kurylo said there are a variety of reasons why people appeal and the most common reason is the property was over-assessed.

Most property owners have already met with an assessor before filing.

Those who have filed will get a notice of hearing later for either a local assessment review board for residential and a composite assessment review board for businesses.

“I think it is important for people to know that there is a process separate and apart from City Hall and assessment that people can access,” said Kurylo.

“A lot of times, people think because they come into City Hall to file the complaint that it is the same thing.

But it’s not. The board is separate and removed.”

The property’s assessed value is used to calculate property tax bills.

The deadline for property owners to file appeals was on Tuesday.

A two-hour trial is set for a woman accused of being in possession of a stolen car that was recovered after a brawl outside of a Red Deer convenience store.

Katie Murphy, 19, of Red Deer pleaded not guilty to one charge of possession of stolen property over $5,000 on Thursday in Red Deer provincial court before Judge Gordon Deck. That matter will go to trial on Sept. 4. She also pleaded guilty to the three other charges, including two counts of breach of a recognizance and one count of escaping lawful custody.

Sentencing on those matters will move along with the trial date and will happen at the conclusion of the trial.

She was charged along with Justin McCallum, 22, of Red Deer on Jan. 23 after Red Deer RCMP were called to an assault complaint at a convenience store on Gaetz Avenue in Red Deer.

McCallum pleaded guilty to assault, breaching probation and possession of a stolen car worth more than $5,000 on Jan. 27.

A trucker intervened when he saw McCallum pushing a woman in the store. When he asked McCallum to stop assaulting the woman and to leave the area, McCallum turned on the trucker and punched him several times.

Police said McCallum and the woman left the area together on foot before police arrived, but were located shortly after.

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RDC links with hospital A Red Deer College project has put smiles on the faces of young hospital patients.

Students enrolled in the unit clerk program, a medical setting support program, developed more than 200 ‘distraction kits.’

Filled with toys and treats, these kits were in turn given to young patients in the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre emergency department to help them with their stay.

“It’s definitely a project that takes a lot of time and effort and it’s really been rewarding to see it all come together,” said Michelle Romans, a unit clerk student and president of the project team.

“It just puts a different perspective on things for us, and it’s a special experience to be able to give back to the community like this as part of our coursework.”

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The team raised $3,049.50 to cover the costs of the contents as well as pil-

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dence, that he needed the guns to protect himself.

There was some suggestion that drugs and drug dealers were involved, said MacDonald.

Vance was arrested later and charged with a single theft of property worth $5,000 or less. There were no weapons charges because the guns were never recovered, she said.

Vance was already under a court order prohibiting him from possessing weapons including firearms, ammunition and explosives for a period of 10 years, said MacDonald.

Defence counsel Michael Scrase said his client, born and raised in Red Deer, had become addicted to crack cocaine and that his addiction had escalated to crystal methamphetamine. Vance is seeking help with his addiction, said Scrase.

Offered a chance to speak to the court, Vance said he recognizes that he has committed serious crimes,

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Weak loonie does more harm than good GOOD FOR EXPORTERS, BUT BAD FOR EVERYTHING ELSE IN ECONOMY: REPORT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The weak loonie will almost certainly do more harm than good to the Canadian economy, argues a paper from a respected former Statistics Canada analyst that stands on its head conventional wisdom about currency impacts.

The loonie has seen its value deteriorate more than 10 per cent from near parity with the U.S. over the past several months, with many economists expecting a further slide to the 85-cent U.S. range this year.

And the paper suggests that what some have interpreted as

a deliberate strategy by Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz to talk down the dollar will not only be ineffective, but possibly counterproductive.

The central bank has been hoping for a so-called “rotation” in the economy toward more export-based activity, which in theory is boosted by a lower currency since it makes Canadian products more competitive in foreign markets. As well, when companies repatriate their foreign earnings, they pocket more loonies.

But Philip Cross, the former chief economic analyst for Statistics Canada, says while the reasoning may have had merit in the 1990s, when the Cana-

dian dollar was plumbing new lows in the 63-cent range, manufacturers have since adapted to the stronger currency and won’t gain as much this time around.

Exporters of natural resources and tourism do benefit, but not enough to overcome the sectors of the economy that will lose.

A weak loonie means Canadians pay more for all kinds of goods, particularly energy, companies pay more on inputs and imported machinery and equipment that help boosts productivity, and governments pay more on foreign-denominated debt.

“I can’t put a percentage on it, but to me it’s not a close call

... we lose more from a weak currency than we gain. It’s not the first time conventional wisdom has been wrong,” said Cross, whose paper was released by the Fraser Institute.

Cross says the “myth” of the economically damaging strong loonie is imbedded in the models used in economic forecasts, but the problem is that while they capture the export effect, they have more difficulty quantifying the “subtle and indirect benefits” on prices and interest rates.

TD Bank deputy chief economist Derek Burleton said he agrees with some of the report’s points, but still believes the currency is an important factor in the health of Cana-

da’s export sector, and that is key to the economy as a whole.

“My take is when the Canadian dollar was at parity, it was overvalued and it was a negative for the economy. Now that it is more in line with fairmarket value it is good for the economy,” he said.

The TD issued Thursday its quarterly outlook for the economy predicting growth of 2.3 per cent this year and 2.5 per cent next, citing improved demand from the U.S. and the lower currency as key to the improving picture.

Cross says too much credit or blame is given to the loonie.

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A person walks past a Citibank location, in Philadelphia. As announced Thursday, all but one of the nation’s 30 largest banks are in a stronger position to withstand a severe U.S. recession and a global downturn than at any time since the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve has determined.

Nearly all major U.S. banks pass annual Fed stress tests ZIONS BANCORP FALLS SHORT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — More than five years after the financial crisis struck, the biggest U.S. banks are better able to withstand a severe recession than at any time since the meltdown, the Federal Reserve has determined.

Results of the Fed’s annual “stress tests” showed Thursday that all but one of 30 top banks passed muster with sufficient capital buffers to keep them lending through an economic crisis. Only Zions Bancorp fell short.

The results showed continued improvement in banks’ financial positions since the 2008 crisis, the Fed said.

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BRIEFS Cleo relocating Cleo is on the move at Bower Place Shopping Centre.

The women’s apparel store is relocating from its current location in the mall to a smaller 2,000-square-foot space that was occupied by Eddie Bauer prior to the sportswear store closing in January. John Rooke, the shopping centre’s general manager, said the change is expected to occur in June.

Another tenant is slated to move into the remainder of the Eddie Bauer bay. But that lease has not been finalized, so Rooke could not identify the business, other than to say it’s not a clothing retailer.

Once Cleo moves, its existing 3,600-square-foot space will be available for a new tenant,

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That built on positive results from last year’s tests.

“The industry is stronger and more profitable than a year ago,” said RBC Capital Markets banking analyst Gerard Cassidy.

The banks’ stronger positions should enable them to pursue business plans, pay dividends to shareholders, raise capital from investors and expand services to customers, said Frank Keating, president of the American Bankers Association.

The 30 banks tested included Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo and Co. The Fed has conducted stress tests of the largest U.S. banks every year since 2009, when the financial crisis plunged the country into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The annual checkup is de-

signed to measure how well the industry would fare in another severe recession.

It aims to ensure that banks could keep lending during such a punishing stretch.

Under the Fed’s stress tests’ “severely adverse” scenario, the U.S. would undergo a recession in which unemployment — now at 6.7 per cent — would reach 11.25 per cent, stocks would lose nearly half their value and home prices would plunge 25 per cent.

Under the test, the losses projected for each bank are compared with the capital each holds as a buffer.

The Fed said that under the crisis scenario, the 30 banks would suffer combined losses on loans of $366 billion through the fourth quarter of 2015.

which Rooke expects to announce shortly.

“It’s a tenant that’s not in the mall or in the marketplace.”

Meanwhile, Dynamite clothing store is preparing to open at the former location of Bluenotes, which also closed in January.

Dynamite is owned by Montrealbased Groupe Dynamite, which also operates the Garage chain of clothing stores, one of which is located in Bower Place Shopping Centre.

Rooke said other deals involving mall space are in the final stages of approval.

location is a good one, especially with the new Ecole La Prairie School poised to open nearby.

Karmali said new hot food items like hot dogs and nachos are being introduced to accommodate the students.

Winks has operated at the site for nearly two years. Its hours are 6 a.m. to midnight, Monday to Saturday, and 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sundays.

Winks to reopen The Winks Convenience Store at 3215 49th Ave. was to reopen today after closing temporarily following a change in ownership.

Fateh and Shelly Karmali, who operate the gas bar at the Real Canadian Superstore in downtown Red Deer, have purchased the business.

Shelly Karmali said the store will have new products and a modified layout. She thinks the

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Calf management workshops coming Alberta Milk is offering a series of calf management workshops next month, including two in Central Alberta.

Presentations by local experts will take place in Lacombe on April 14 and Olds on April 16. The workshops will start at 9:15 a.m. and wrap up by 3 p.m.

Registration costs $65, which includes lunch and materials, and can be completed online at the Alberta Milk website at www. albertamilk.com (click on News & Events).

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A number of Central Alberta hotels have been recognized by a provincial association for their housekeeping work.

The Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association has announced the recipients of its 2014 Housekeeping Awards.

These include Black Knight Inn, Holiday Inn & Suites Red Deer South, Holiday Inn Express Red Deer, Quality Inn North Hill, Ramada Inn & Suites Red Deer, Sandman Hotel Red Deer and Super 8 Red Deer City Centre.

Outside Red Deer, award recipients are Best Western Rimstone Ridge Hotel and Super 8 in Rimbey, Canalta Rocky Mountain House, The Ramada Stettler, and the Three Hills Best Western Diamond Inn, Rest-Easy Motel and Super 8.

A release issued by the Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association said nominees were inspected for everything from the condition of their bed linens to security and safety.

“Housekeepers are the unsung heroes of the hotel business,” said Garrett Turta, general manager of The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton.

Housekeeping Awards will be presented to 153 hotels this year.

Developed in 1983 by Alberta Economic Development, the Motel Association of Alberta and the Alberta Hotel Association (now the Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association), the Housekeeping Awards are managed by The Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association.

Former Microsoft employee charged with stealing, leaking trade secrets

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — FBI agents arrested a former Microsoft employee Wednesday on charges that he stole trade secrets from the company and leaked them to a blogger.

Federal prosecutors are accusing Alex A. Kibkalo of stealing trade secrets related to pre-release software updates for Windows 8 and Microsoft’s “Activation Server Software Development Kit,” and giving that information to a tech blogger in France.

Kibkalo is a Russian national and former sevenyear Microsoft employee who worked as a software architect in Lebanon, according to a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Western Washington.

Federal agents made the arrest Wednesday morning in Bellevue, where he apparently was travelling. He lives in Russia, The Seattle Times reported (http://bit.ly/1mj1wdg).

The complaint says an internal investigation by Microsoft concluded that in July and August 2012, Kibkalo uploaded the proprietary software to a computer in Redmond and then to his personal SkyDrive account.

Kibkalo then allegedly provided the blogger with links to the files on his account and encouraged the blogger to share the software development kit with those “who might be able to reverse engineer the software and write ’fake activation server’ code,” the complaint says.

Microsoft investigators interviewed Kibkalo in September 2012, and Kibkalo admitted he had provided confidential Microsoft products and information to the blogger, including “internal unreleased ‘hotfixes’ for Windows 8, ’code for the PID generator’ (a technical description of the SDK), unreleased versions of Windows Live messenger and documents and presentations about products,” an FBI agent said in the complaint.

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MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Thursday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,361.83, up 27.79 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,035.26, down 3.61 points TSX 60 — 824.07, up 2.15 points Dow — 16,331.05, up 108.88 points S&P 500 — 1,872.01, up 11.24 points Nasdaq — 4,319.29, up 11.69 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 88.95 cents US, up 0.02 of a cent Pound — C$1.8550, down 0.42 of a cent Euro — C$1.5486, down 0.68 of

a cent Euro — US$1.3775, down 0.57 of a cent Oil futures: US$99.43 per barrel, down 94 cents (April contract) Gold futures: US$1,330.50 per oz., down $10.80 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.923 oz., down 14.1 cents $769.12 kg, down $4.54 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Thursday at 1,035.26, down 3.61 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 170.49 million shares.

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ada closing prices: Canola: May ’14 $12.70 lower $464.60; July ’14 $12.30 lower $464.60; Nov. ’14 $12.00 lower $480.60; Jan ’15 $12.00 lower $487.50; March ’15 $12.00 lower $494.00; May ’15 $11.80 lower $499.70; July ’15 $11.80 lower $504.20; Nov ’15 $15.40 lower $496.80; Jan. ’16 $15.40 lower $496.80; March ’16 $15.40 lower $496.80.

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

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 557,980 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 557,980.

Village reaps benefits from deal with uranium companies

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VILLAGE OF PINEHOUSE, Sask.

— It’s been just over a year since a small village in northern Saskatchewan signed a major deal with two uranium mining companies and the mayor says the community is already seeing dividends.

Cameco and Areva signed a $200 million collaboration agreement with Pinehouse and Kineepik Metis Local in late 2012.

Pinehouse Mayor Mike Natomagan points to the recent $1.3 million invested in the hockey arena to install an artificial ice plant and $6 million in wages, work placements and scholarships as just two of the positive benefits the collaboration agreement has brought.

Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel says his company reaps many benefits from its mining activities in northern Saskatchewan and feels it has a corporate responsibility to invest in communities such as Pinehouse.

However, not all reaction to the agreement has been positive.

The agreement is currently the subject of two lawsuits — one by local community members and the other by

Briarpatch Magazine in response to a failure by the village to comply with a freedom of information request.

“Soon as you involve money in a little aboriginal community like this, there’s always been lack of trust and we expect that and in fact we encourage that for people to disagree with us,” Natomagan said.

“When I go over to the skating rink here in Pinehouse, see the kids out here, see the families that are enjoying these facilities, see the positive energy over lunch — those are the people we focus on.”

A new annual report also says Pinehouse Business North provided a little over $19 million in contracting services to Cameco and Areva mine sites in 2013.

A special community event was held in Pinehouse on Wednesday to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the collaboration agreement.

“I think we have a responsibility as a company to give back, to be involved in the areas in which we operate to give back to the communities, to work with the communities, to help where we can develop them,” Gitzel says.

“We can’t solve all the issues anywhere but we can do our part.”

EU nations agree on rules to fight tax evasion

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS European Union nations on Thursday agreed on a sweeping policy to fight tax evasion after tiny Luxembourg dropped its reservations to new rules which render its secretive banking culture more transparent.

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel confirmed at Thursday’s summit of EU leaders “the willingness of the government to take that road,” a key step to scrap the banking secrecy for foreigners.

EU President Herman Van Rompuy said the move was “indispensable for enabling the member states to better clamp down on tax fraud and tax evasion.”

“Banking secrecy is set to die,” Van Rompuy said. The legislation propos-

es an EU-wide automatic exchange of data on bank deposits to allow governments to identify and pursue tax evaders with foreign accounts on home soil. Van Rompuy said it would “close down loopholes, promote automatic information exchange to bring in tranparency.”

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was long seen as a paradise for tax evasion because of slack regulation, lax taxes and its famed secrecy that drew everyone from Belgian dentists to international investors looking for ways to launder money. Austria too long was a recalcitrant holdout.

Even with a population of about 500,000 citizens, Luxembourg turned into one of the wealthiest nations in the world because it could rely on a banking and financial industry which has more than 3 trillion euros ($4 trillion) in assets.

Brazil probes Bombardier, other railway manufacturers for alleged price-fixing THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Bombardier says it is co-operating with authorities in Brazil who are looking into alleged price-fixing in public transportation contracts, but denies any wrongdoing by its employees.

“We strongly believe that Bombardier Transportation in Brazil and our employees have always acted in compliance with the laws and our code of ethics,” the company said in a statement Thursday.

It said the company “observes the highest ethical standards” regardless of country where it operates and will continue to fully cooperate with Brazil’s investigation.

Brazil said it has opened legal proceedings against Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) and several other major railway manufacturers for allegedly fixing prices on the construction and upkeep of public transportation systems in five cities.

The South American country’s antitrust agency said in a statement Thursday that it will investigate the bidding process for contracts on the subway and train

systems in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre and Rio de Janeiro.

The statement says 18 companies were part of a cartel involved in 15 projects valued at US$4 billion.

According to the government’s official gazette, the companies included Bombardier’s Berlin-based transportation division, Germany’s Siemens, CAF of Spain, Mitsui of Japan and Alstom of France.

Bombardier added it is aware of the administrative proceedings and will respond and provide a defence.

The allegations first surfaced last summer when Brazilian politicians threatened to launch lawsuits to recoup public funds paid for public transit construction, equipment and maintenance after rising fares and poor service sparked nationwide protests.

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TESTS: Banks make progress on shedding debt That’s down from projected losses of $462 billion in last year’s tests — even with a much larger number of banks.

Fed officials said the change reflected the banks’ progress in shedding delinquent and defaulted loans from their balance sheets.

The 30 banks were also tested on how well they would withstand severe downturns in Europe and in Asian countries like China and Japan.

The Fed will announce next week whether it will approve plans by some of the banks to increase dividends or buy their own stock.

Nearly all U.S. banks with $50 billion or more in assets were in the group of 30 that were tested.

Together they account for some $13.5 trillion in assets — about 80 per cent of U.S. banks’ total amount.

Twelve of the 30 banks were added to the testing roster for the first time this year.

Most of the 30 banks tested, along with hundreds of others, received federal bailouts during the financial crisis.

The banking industry has been recovering steadily since then, with overall profits rising and banks starting to lend more freely. The banks have mostly repaid the taxpayer bailouts.

Zions, the only bank to fall short this year, is based in Salt Lake City.

It slid to a loss in the fourth quarter as it booked hefty charges related to losses on investment securities and other one-time items. Representatives of Zions had no immediate comment Thursday.

Last year, government-owned Ally Financial Inc. was the only bank that failed. In this round, Ally passed.

Ally said it was pleased that the test results “recognized the substantial transformation that the company has undergone since last year.”

The Fed concluded last March that Wall Street powerhouses JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. needed better plans for coping with a severe downturn and gave the banks until September to revise them.

The two banks were allowed to increase their dividends and buy back their stock on condition they submitted revised capital plans that satisfied the Fed. At the same time, the Fed approved requests outright from 14 of the 18 banks tested, including Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

But the Fed forbade Ally and BB&T Corp. from making any dividend increases and share buybacks they may have been seeking.

Next Wednesday, the Fed will announce whether it has approved each bank’s request, if one has been made, to raise dividends for shareholders. Its

decisions will be based on how each bank would fare in a severe recession if it increased its payout.

Raising dividends costs money.

The government doesn’t want banks to deplete their capital reserves, making them vulnerable in another recession.

LOONIE: Exports follow demand Since 1995, the ups and downs in Canada’s export levels track almost precisely with the Bank of Canada’s foreign activity measure of global demand, he points out. Notably, it shows exports rising even as the dollar was appreciating from 1995 to 2007, after which the recession struck.

In addition, a weak currency over an extended period can lead an economy down the garden path, Cross says, as occurred from 1992 to about 2000, a gilded era for Canadian manufacturers. Low-wage industries such as clothing, textiles and furniture saw employment rise 29 per cent.

Except it was fool’s gold, he says.

When the dollar strengthened, they disappeared.

“In retrospect, one can only look back with wonder and astonishment that governments and firms in Canada thought our future lay in investing in low-wage industries predicated on a chronically low exchange rate,” Cross said.

“It was a business model doomed to fail.”

MICROSOFT: Blogger hid identity The Windows 8 hotfixes were intended to update and correct critical operating system flaws prior to the release of the operating system.

The blogger to whom Kibkalo allegedly provided the information is unnamed in the complaint but “was known to those in the Microsoft blogging community for posting screenshots of pre-release versions of the Windows Operating System.” That blogger “deliberately hid his identity,” the complaint says.

The blogger allegedly admitted in an interview to “knowingly obtaining confidential and proprietary Microsoft IP from Kibkalo, and selling Windows Server activation keys on eBay.” The complaint also says computer files found in the blogger’s home showed the blogger trying to get Kibkalo to find pre-release software, attempting to use Kibkalo’s corporate network access to get into Microsoft servers, and discussing Kibkalo leaking data.

Microsoft issued a statement Wednesday, saying: “We take protection of our intellectual property very seriously, including co-operating with law enforcement agencies who are investigating potential criminal actions by our employees or others.”

Kibkalo could not be immediately reached for comment.

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NEW YORK — U.S. researchers say they have spotted evidence that a split-second after the Big Bang, the newly formed universe ballooned out at a pace so astonishing that it left behind ripples in the fabric of the cosmos.

If confirmed, experts said, the discovery would be a major advance in the understanding of the early universe.

Although many scientists already believed that an initial, extremely rapid growth spurt happened, they have long sought the evidence cited in the new study.

Researchers reported Monday that they found it by peering into the faint light that remains from the Big Bang of nearly 14 billion years ago.

The discovery “gives us a window on the universe at the very beginning,” when it was far less than one-trillionth of a second old, said theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss of Arizona State University, who

was not involved in the work.

“It’s just amazing,” he said. “You can see back to the beginning of time.”

Marc Kamionkowski, a theoretical physicist at Johns Hopkins University who didn’t participate in the research, used a common baseball analogy, saying the finding is “not just a home run. It’s a grand slam.”

He and other experts said the results must be confirmed by other observations, a standard caveat in science.

Right after the Big Bang, the universe was a hot soup of particles. It took about 380,000 years to cool enough that the particles could form atoms, then stars and galaxies.

Billions of years later, planets formed from gas and dust that were orbiting stars. The universe has continued to spread out.

Krauss said he thinks the new results could rank among the greatest discoveries in astrophysics over the last 25 years, such as the Nobel prizewinning discovery that the universe’s expansion

Alternate energy projects battling costs, inefficiencies Concentrating solar power (CSP) is the process of focusing sunlight into a small area for maximum photon harvest using mirrored surfaces, either single convex, or multiple adjustable.

Spain, with its massive 19.9 MW Gemasolar electrical plant that came on line in 2011, is one example.

The two biggest problems with commercially-sized alternate energy projects are their cost and inefficiencies.

Large megawatt projects require engineering, planning and construction procedures that become large expenditures, effectively placing them out of the reach of developing countries that simply do not have the resources to install such infrastructure.

Swiss scientists, in conjunction with Airlight Energy and IBM, have developed a new LORNE slant to the prevailing systems OJA by adopting nanoscale technology and cooling knowledge created for advanced supercomputers.

The result of the consortium’s efforts is the development of a scalable apparatus designated as a high concentration photovoltaic thermal system or HCPVT. Looking much like a satellite dish on steroids, at approximately eight metres in height, the array is rated at 25 kW, which is generated by focusing sunlight with mirrored surfaces, made of reflective film, on numerous one-by-one-cm PV cells.

By concentrating the strength of the sun’s rays, the efficiency of each solar cell is increased to 30 per cent, the point at which each photovoltaic cell will produce 200 to 250 watts of electrical energy.

Here is where it gets interesting.

With this concentration of solar energy, obviously heat becomes a major problem.

Using technology developed for cooling IBM’s super computers, up to 50 per cent of this waste heat is recovered, protecting the photovoltaic cells and modules.

The heat can then be used as the energy source for the distillation of drinking water, as well as providing the motive force for adsorption chillers to cool buildings or perishables.

Anyone with an RV is familiar with an adsorption chiller as the refrigerator in their unit is the most common form of this simple technology. (Adsorption chiller technology has been around since 1858 when it was invented by French scientist Ferdinand Carre.)

The HCPVT system uses relatively common materials for construction, such as concrete for the pedestal on which the two-axis sun-tracking parabolic reflector is mounted.

Materials can be sourced locally, and with the high-tech items (e.g. the micro channel cooled module and pressurized metal foil reflectors) coming from Switzerland, costs for the produced electricity are estimated to be reduced to the affordable range of $.010/kWhr. The relative small size of the HCPVT unit, its exceedingly efficient production of electricity and the multiple uses for its waste heat will allow for its use by smaller municipalities around the world that cannot afford massive alternate energy projects.

Its economics are further enhanced as a source of safe drinking water and energy-efficient cooling for food protection or comfort and, although not specifically mentioned, possibly energy production during low sunlight with the addition of a heat driven electrical devices.

High concentration photovoltaic thermal systems offer a simple solution to addressing multiple complex problems.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

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is accelerating.

The results were announced by a collaboration that included researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the University of Minnesota, Stanford University, the California Institute of Technology and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The team plans to submit its results to a scientific journal this week, said its leader, John Kovac of Harvard.

Astronomers scanned about 2 per cent of the sky for three years with a telescope at the South Pole, where the air is exceptionally dry.

KIDS: Make a fist with both hands. Put one hand on top of the other. This is how thick the ice should be before you and your friends walk on it.

Did you know that for ice to be safe for public skating or walking on, it should be at least 15 cm thick?

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Notice of Completion of Municipal Public Works TAKE NOTICE: that construction of the following municipal public works has now been completed: Public Work or Structure (location)

Date of Completion

Taylor Drive – 3m Asphalt Path (60 Street to Hamilton Drive)

2013/10/30

19 Street Widening (30 Avenue to Vermont Avenue)

2013/11/20

55 Street Extension – Gaetz Avenue to 54 Avenue

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In accordance with Section 534 of the municipal Government Act, an owner of land that abuts land on which a public work or structure is situated may be entitled to compensation from the municipality for injurious affection to the owner’s land. Any claim for compensation in respect of these public works must be received by the City within 60 days of the date of this publication.

Claims may be directed to:The City of Red Deer, P.O. Box 5008, Red Deer Alberta,T4N 3T4, c/o Legislative Services Manager

Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/B-2014 Lancaster Vanier/East Neighbourhood Laredo Phase 1 City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw by rezoning four PS (Public Service) parcels to R1G Residential (Small Lot), a total of 0.16 hectares of land, in Laredo Phase 1, Lancaster Vanier/East Neighbourhood. The rezoning is required to facilitate residential development of the land.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOOD AND BEVERAGE VENDING SERVICE This Request for Proposals (RFP) is an invitation

by The City of Red Deer to submit non-binding proposals for the provision of exclusive Food and Beverage Vending Service, including supply, installation, operation and maintenance of vending machines (the “Service”) at multiple locations within the municipality of Red Deer, Alberta. The selected proponent will be requested to enter into negotiations for an agreement with The City for the provision of Service for a three (3) year period commencing July 1, 2014 with an option to renew for four (4) years in two (2) year increments. The resulting agreement will be subject to express limitations of exclusivity, as further described herein.

A site visit to determine any building limitations or restrictions may be scheduled by contacting Deb Comfort, Neighbourhood Facilities Supervisor by email at deb.comfort@reddeer.ca for Recreation Facilities and James Christie, Environmental Technologist by email at james.christie@reddeer.ca for Civic Facilities. The deadline for submissions is April 14, 2014 at 4 p.m. MST. For full Request for Proposals document, please visit www.purchasingconnection.ca.

Development Officer Approvals On March 18, 2014, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Anders Park 1. Canadian Sunsystems – a 1.8 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, to a proposed enclosed deck, to be located at 31 Alexander Crescent.

Downtown 2. S. & J. McCarthy – a 0.5 metre relaxation from the doors to the lane, to a proposed detached garage, to be located at 5514 48A Avenue.

Laredo 3. Mason Martin Homes – a 13.78m2 relaxation to the maximum site coverage, to a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage to be located at 160 Lazaro Close.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, March 31, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, March 21, 2014. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Vanier Woods 4. Pointe-5 Contracting Ltd. – a 1.36 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, to a proposed single family dwelling and rear attached garage, to be located at 86 Village Crescent.

Discretionary Use South Hill 5. Canadian Occupational Health Resources Inc. – the use of an occupational health care office, to be located at 201 3939 50A Avenue.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on April 4, 2014. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8399.

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Google’s Chromecast for streaming web content on TVs finally coming to Canada

Husband having trouble dealing with lack of intimacy because of wife’s menopause

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Dear Annie: I’m 52 years old, and since my wife a little party for the nurses and our patient, and started menopause, we no longer have sex. his mother showed up uninvited. When I offered It has become physically painful for her, and she the young man some of my soda, she told him not to has no desire whatsoever. “take food without permission.” I responded that he I understand what is happening and am trying to had my permission. be supportive and roll with the punches. But it’s difA little while later, Mom picked up her son’s ficult. spoon and tasted his soup. I teased her about it, and I could get along without intercourse if we just she responded rudely. She told me to stop talking had some kind of sexual intimacy. I and not to speak to her that way. It was deknow she loves me, and I love her, but meaning. the thought that I may never have sex of I realize she has had a hard life, but that any kind again is difficult. doesn’t mean she can treat me this way.

I have told her that just getting naked She’s self-centered and controlling. and doing some heavy petting like teens She has fired plenty of nurses in the past would be more than enough. She never for “transgressions” that had nothing to do initiates anything, and I’m embarrassed with the care of her son. to keep asking, because I don’t want to We’ve given each other the silent treatput pressure on her and make her feel ment since. bad when she says no. I would never But I’m concerned that my patient feels cheat on her. the stress and that it will give his mother This morning I sat down and cried. It an excuse to fire me. makes me so sad.

Does she owe me an apology, or do I owe MITCHELL My wife is not interested in counselher one? — California Nurse & SUGAR ing. She has no desire for sex, so why fix Dear Nurse: You are the employee. it?

If you want to keep your job and create a I take care of my appearance and less stressful environment, please tell the treat my wife with love and respect. So mother that you are sorry you upset her, how can I get off this one-way street? because that was not your intent.

I feel like I should simply man up and come to Ask if you can wipe the slate clean. Be sincere. terms with it, but I have been unable to do so. Help. And then remember in the future that this woman — Saddened needs to be treated with more formality.

Dear Saddened: We wish we could knock some Don’t try to be friendly. Simply be professional. sense into women like your wife.

Dear Annie: This is another answer to “Losing My In a healthy, loving marriage, one takes their part- Religion,” the husband whose wife is always late. My ner’s feelings and needs into consideration. There wife was the same way. are medical treatments for painful intercourse and It took me 30 years to figure out that the problem diminished libido, but your wife has to make the ef- wasn’t organizational skills, but a power play. fort. And there are other forms of intimacy, as you Nobody could go anywhere until my wife said so. have so clearly stated.

Now I ask, “Do you want to go or not?”

Yes, there are more important things than sex, but We either arrive on time or I arrive solo. — Older a spouse’s longing for intimate contact should not be but Wiser dismissed as inconsequential.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Dear Annie: I’m a 55-year-old home health nurse, Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers colone of six who have been caring for a disabled man umn. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ in his mid-30s who is a quadriplegic. comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators This man’s mother is overbearing. We planned Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

TORONTO — Canadian Netflix and YouTube users looking for a cheap and easy way to stream content on their big screen TVs will finally be able to buy Google’s Chromecast device starting on Wednesday.

Originally launched in the U.S. last July, the small $39 gadget plugs into a TV’s HDMI port and is powered either through a TV’s USB connection or by plugging into an electrical outlet.

The Chromecast doesn’t come with a remote. Instead, users control streaming content on their TV with phone or tablet apps or via the Google Chrome web browser on a computer.

“I think what’s really resonated with consumers is using their personal devices as a controller. That’s something that we bet on and we’ve seen that bet come to fruition,” said Chromecast product manager Raunaq Shah during a media preview in Toronto on Tuesday.

The Chromecast quickly sold out after it was first released in the U.S. and continued to be tough to find in stores. Shah said that won’t be a problem with the Canadian launch and consumers should have no issues purchasing one through Amazon.ca or the Google Play store.

“It will be easy to get,” he said, and added that Google is also hoping to get the Chromecast in Canadian stores. “We’re working with a number of (companies) trying to get more partners on board as soon as we can.”

While the Chromecast was first launched in the U.S. with a coupon for three free months of Netflix, that offer will not be available in Canada.

Users can also stream Google Play purchases onto their TV with the Chromecast, watch music videos through Vevo and listen to music via Songza. Another feature — which is currently in beta, so Google doesn’t promise it’ll work perfectly — allows users to beam the content of any Chrome tab onto a TV. Google recently released a software development kit that allows more programmers to tap into the device and the company said more than 3,000 have signed up in about a month.

HOROSCOPES

ANNIE ANNIE

union will infuse you with a heavy load of purpose and joy. In any business venture, you derive a mass amount of luck and a multitude of possibilities through which you can succeed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may concentrate your focus on your father’s ancestral line. Relationship with your parents improves during this transit while more interest is put into familial issues. Try not to overindulge in any type of consumption.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Good fortune seems to follow you everywhere. You are more curious about the deeper meaning of life and you want to instill more purpose into it.

All types of learning will benefit you significantly. Join a new group of like-minded people or sign up for a new class.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March

Friday, March 21 opportunities to grasp from.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Business or Gary Oldman, 56; Matthew romantic partnerships can benefit Broderick, 52; Scott Eastwood, you now or offer you a variety of 28 possibilities where you could unTHOUGHT OF THE DAY: leash your true potential. Don’t set A healthy dose of optimism yourself personal limits and allow along with some good-huyourself to fully seize from this exmoured spirits will reign the perience. day. Successful encounters SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): and positive energies are plenA certain impediment may be retiful, while ambition and permoved from your work environment sonal objectives are strongly or conditions within your workplace sought-after today. Self-initimay improve. Luck may come to ation and an entrepreneurial you through a generous return drive will take us to many levfrom other sources such as your ASTRO els of personal and professiontaxes or a potential loan may be DOYNA al advancement. approved.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If toSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. day is your birthday, you will 21): If you are coupled up, your have a predisposition to explore beyond your own limits and test your possibilities. You will have a feeling that you are forever young at heart and that you can go as far as your own mind can. You are desirous of new experiences and endowed with a restless will to travel in exotic lands. The pursuit of new knowledge and escaping your daily routine will be much sought-after by you this year.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Communication with individuals in power and interaction with authoritative figures Are your dentures... will prove to be highly successful today. You project a leaderR Loose?

R In your pocket? ship role which everyone takes R Cracked or worn? R Missing teeth? notice of. You are highly creative regarding your abilities to R Over 5 years old? R Sore gums? advance.

TAURUS (April 20-May #140, 2325 - 50th Avenue 403-358-5558 20): Opportunities in investRed Deer, AB T4R 1M7 North of Value Village ments or a windfall of cash is highly likely. Expect favourable transactions and try not to overspend today due to your optimistic ventures. This is a great time to hold meetings with influential individuals.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you have ever tried to impress your higher ups or superiors of your diligent efforts, this is your call. You are more enterprising in your actions and you have the guts to take on a few risky moves. You are highly positive about your outlook on life.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are a go-getter and others follow you as guidance.

You may act like the nurturing co-worker within your office environment, one that is mothering everyone with your good care and nurturing tendencies.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This is a beneficial time to take advantage of the good vibes that the sky is offering you right now. Help is being sent your way which can further you professionally. Success can come within any legal dealings or even publications.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Professionally, you have tremendous amounts of encouraging energy which will aid you in advancing. Your efforts and your diligent work are being noticed by your superiors and you may be offered additional

SUN SIGNS

20): Your relationship with certain male figures improves now. You centre your focus towards acquiring more wealth and you will most likely want to show it off. An improved sense of value and self-esteem make you more reassured of your possessions and certain of your future.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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LUANN March 21 1994 — Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals.

1980 — U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced to the U.S. Olympic Team that they would not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow as a boycott against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.

1963 — Alcatraz Island, the federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, closed.

1868 — The Sorosos club for professional women was formed in New York City by Jennie June. It was the first of its kind.

1865 — Prince Edward Island votes against Confederation.

1666 — Intendant Jean Talon starts census of New France, 3,000 persons counted in the first Canadian census.

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Canadian-made Muse headband can help you relax

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A Canadian-made brain-sensing headband called Muse can’t understand your thoughts and feelings or help control your phone or tablet without touch — yet.

But the team at Toronto-based startup company InteraXon, the creators of the new wearable technology product, believes that type of functionality isn’t the stuff of science fiction. It’s coming.

The Muse will soon be shipped out to supporters who placed early orders on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo, where a campaign to raise US$150,000 brought in more than $287,000. At launch, the US$299 device will be able to measure brain activity and a

paired mobile app is designed to help train users to calm their frazzled minds on command. “(The Muse headband) has seven sensors that read the electrical signals that come out of your brain, those signals are then sent by Bluetooth to a smartphone or tablet and on there we do a bunch of complicated math to sort of tease out signals that tell us meaningful things about what’s happening in your brain,� says Trevor Coleman, co-founder of InteraXon. “A lot of people worry, ‘Can it read my thoughts?’ but if you think about it like a heart rate monitor, when your heart beats fast you can’t tell if it’s because you just ran a mile or because a pretty girl walked by. But knowing how fast your heart is beat-

ing tells you things that helps you exercise better or can help you with all sorts of stuff. In the same way, we can measure general patterns in the brain of how much it’s getting active or calm or things on that sort of level.� The Muse can only be used with one relaxation app for now. Users close their eyes as they hear the sound of blowing wind and try to calm their mind as much as possible, which in turn causes the breeze to weaken. Coleman says using the Muse for three minutes a day is like exercising the mind. “You’re actually developing conscious control over what your mind is doing moment to moment. So even though you train with the headband you learn how to do that skill and you’ll be able to do it even without the headband later,� he says.

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From the left, Mike Mohr, Keith Ainscough, Jay Chahley and Michael Sutherland in rehearsal for the Central Albert Theatre production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Gritty play a shift for CAT

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

CENTRAL ALBERTA THEATRE

Before Jack Nicholson became known for his crazed, axe-wielding “Here’s Johnny!” character from The Shining, he played a perfectly sane rabblerouser who’s institutionalized in a mental asylum.

His oversized portrayal of Randle Patrick McMurphy in the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest won Nicholson a best actor Oscar. It also made the swaggering, irreverent McMurphy one of America’s more memorable fictional anti-heroes.

The gambling, brawling protagonist will once again buck authority when Central Alberta Theatre mounts the stage version of Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest from Thursday at City Centre Stage in downtown Red Deer.

While the character of McMurphy sprang from the late 1950s counterculture movement, the play’s director, Jeremy Robinson, wants audiences to realize that he’s as relevant today as when Kesey wrote him into existence in 1959.

“He has a sense of humour and he’s a really boisterous, extroverted guy” who lives an extra-large life, said Robinson.

McMurphy’s no saint — he gets off on a statutory rape charge and fakes insanity to get out of a prison sentence for battery and gambling. But he instills in his fellow mental hospital inmates the realization that doing only what’s expected won’t allow them to

What: Central Alberta Theatre presents Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest When: 7:30 p.m. March 27 to April 12 (2 p.m. Sunday matinee) Where: City Centre Stage, Red Deer Tickets: $31.80 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre experience all life has to offer.

“It’s an inspiring story about how there’s more to life than being in a safe place,” said Robinson.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was sparked by Kesey’s work on a graveyard shift at a mental health facility. “He was outraged about the way patients were treated,” Robinson added.

If McMurphy is the individualist in Kesey’s story, his conformist is Nurse Ratched, who exerts a tight control of patients on her ward. The two characters despise each other on sight, as if instinctively sensing a diametrically opposed viewpoint.

Robinson sees Ratched as a brittle authoritarian, who “cannot grasp any sort of diversion from what’s always been done. Any sort of diversion is disruptive to her.”

McMurphy begins upsetting her routine by sneaking in liquor and hookers and starting card games for stakes. Whether he does this to enliven things

for other patients or for his own ego, it hits Ratched where she lives.

“She believes she’s helping these patients, that (the rules are) the best thing for them,” said Robinson. But aside from any glancing concerns she might have for anybody’s well-being, losing control is the head nurse’s worst fear.

Ultimately, there’s only room for one world view to prevail at the mental institution, leading to a final clash between McMurphy and Ratched and the story’s tragic conclusion.

Regardless of how familiar people are with what happens in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Robinson believes they will leave the theatre with plenty to discuss over coffee. “I just think it’s a story that’s really compelling and thought provoking” — but it’s also entertaining because of the humour that comes out of McMurphy’s boisterous antics, he added.

“It’s not all deep — it’s a lot of fun, too.”

So far, the rehearsal process has gone smoothly, said the director, who is pleased with his expansive cast (the play has 14 characters), including Mike Mohr as McMurphy. Lisa Robinson (no relation to Jeremy) as Nurse Ratched, and Jason Steel as “Chief” Bromden — a large, half-native American inmate who becomes McMurphy’s confidante.

This dramatic, gritty and ultimately shocking production is a departure from CAT’s usual round of comedies, but Robinson believes local audiences will appreciate a play that makes them laugh, feel and think. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Music hall tunes close to tenor’s heart MANY WERE HIS MOTHER’S FAVOURITES

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Canada’s greatest tenor, Ben Heppner, has special empathy for talent contest ‘finds’ like Paul Potts and Susan Boyle, because he was something of a find himself.

Heppner first came to national attention in 1979 after winning the CBC Talent Festival. And his international career really took off upon winning New York’s Metropolitan Opera auditions in 1988.

The difference was that Heppner’s voice wasn’t exactly untrained at the time — he had previously studied music at the University of British Columbia and also worked professionally as a singer.

The Toronto-based performer, who will entertain in Red Deer at a Wednesday fundraiser for the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, believes being catapulted to fame is “fine on principal.

“But sometimes I wish they would pick people who don’t have some kind of gimmick to them.”

Prior to her appearance on the Britain’s Got Talent TV show, Boyle’s main experience had come from singing in her local church and performing karaoke at pubs. Potts was a manager at The Carphone Warehouse who had served as a Bristol city councillor and sung in amateur opera.

Heppner’s assessment is that “Potts is an OK singer,” while Boyle, who reportedly had difficulties adjusting to overnight fame, at least doesn’t attempt to sing opera.

The jury’s still out on whether either of their performing careers will have longevity.

But his own experience of being thrust into the limelight was initially a bit of a bust. After the CBC win, “I had nothing to deal with because there was no work rolling in at all,” said Heppner.

It took another decade, and his victory at the Metropolitan Opera, to make Heppner into a global sensation. Then, he said, “I had more work than I could handle.”

Heppner has since become acclaimed in music capitals all over the world. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and other prestigious venues with top orchestras from North America and Europe. His recordings have won him Grammy and Juno Awards.

Heppner was also named an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Best known for his Wagnerian repertoire, his

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Canada’s greatest tenor, Ben Heppner will entertain in Red Deer at a Wednesday fundraiser for the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra. performance in Tristan and Isolde was simulcast on movie theatres throughout North American and the United Kingdom.

Such populist projects appeal to Heppner, who grew up in Dawson Creek, B.C., and never lost his down-to-earth demeanour. He said he’s always glad to perform in smaller centres, such as Red Deer. “I try to do these (gigs) as often as I can — my schedule is crazy — because I want to hit places that don’t normally get these kind of concerts.”

He plans to sing a 90-minute program of operatic arias at the Red Deer College Arts Centre — as well as turn-of-the-century popular songs from about 1910.

These melodious music hall tunes are close to his heart because they were favourites of his mother’s.

Heppner said his mom was about 45 when he was born, and always encouraged his singing. About a year before she died, he recorded an album of songs for her, and these are some of the ones he intends to sing in Red Deer.

“Songs like I’ll Follow My Secret Heart and Be My Love,” said Heppner, who also has We’ll Gather Lilacs, Let My Song Fill Your Heart and I’ll See You Again on the program — along with Nessun Dorma from Puccini’s Turrandot and other selections.

He will be accompanied by pianist John Hess for part of the concert and the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra for the rest.

The 58-year-old has more time to do smaller engagements these days, since purposely curtailing his international opera career. Heppner is instead relishing spending more time at home with his wife (their kids are now grown), and hosting CBC’ Radio 2’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera show.

He said he doesn’t miss treading the boards at all.

“It’s the singing I love, not being an opera star.”

In fact, he recalled the acting part of opera being a steep learning curve at first. “Over the years, I think I’ve improved more as an actor than a singer — and that’s not to say I’m a great actor now, but that I was so bad to begin with.”

He discovered the trick to conveying big operatic emotions is to “unlock my inhibitions. You have to be very vulnerable on stage,” said Heppner, whose favourite roles are Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes.

But singing the Tristan part “became my bread and butter.”

Heppner believes he gravitated towards “outsider” roles because he was also one. “I was definitely the outsider because I didn’t have the operatic pedigree that some other singers had.”

Although he feels it’s a misconception to assume the operatic world is filled with stuffy divas, he admitted it feels good to have navigated through an international singing career “without selling my soul. ...

“I still believe I’m the same person” — albeit one with a better grasp of languages.

“I do OK in German, and I would never starve or get lost on the streets of France or Italy!”

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. RDSO fundraiser at the RDC Arts Centre are $159.20 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, March 21, 2014

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Susan’s Venice II, a mixed media piece by Wendy Meeres is on display with other works in her exhibit titled Open and Closed: Mixed Media. The exhibit runs until April 27 in the Kiwanis Gallery at the Downtown branch of the Red Deer Library.

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LIVE DATES ● Blarney Stone welcomes Tribune kicking off their Canada Slays Tour in promotion of their latest album Tales, on April 5. ● The Hideout hosts Toronto songwriter Jerry Leger on April 1. ● Slumland Theatre presents Vancouver band Kill Matilda on March 23. ● The Vat hosts Bend Sinister on April 5 an Vancouver’s Ninjaspy on April 26. ● Enmax Centrium hosts Hedley on April 6 with Classified and USS as special guests. On April 10, standup phenomenon Jeff Dunham will be on stage as part of his Disorderly Conduct Tour along with his sidekicks including Walter the Grumpy Retiree, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Bubba J, Peanut, José Jalapeño, and Little Jeff. Tickets at www.ticketmaster.ca, 1-855-985-5000. ● The Memorial Centre welcomes John McDermott on April 4 as part of his Twentieth Anniversary Tour. Tickets available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, 403-755-6626.

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100 has solid acting, smart writing

BY HANK STUEVER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

NEW YORK — Doll & Em, a six-episode series premiering on HBO this week, stars Emily Mortimer and Dolly Wells, real-life best friends, as dysfunctional versions of themselves.

The to-the-point opening credits set the scene: Doll, a waitress in London, breaks ups with her boyfriend and tearfully calls her bestie, Em, who takes the call even though she happens to be on the red carpet with Bradley Cooper. In short order, Doll has flown to L.A. to be Em’s assistant, a well-meaning arrangement — Doll gets out of London and gets paid; Em gets to have Doll around — with such insidious power dynamics it rapidly goes all wrong.

I liked Doll & Em quite a bit, in no small part because it is a very reliable deliverer of certain genre pleasures. The genre I am talking about is not the cop, lawyer or doctor variety, but the most popular genre of this moment, a type of show that is everywhere even though it does not yet have a name as succinct as “cop show.” Featuring a series of challenging protagonists, these shows fit a genre so expansive — starting with The Sopranos and the British Office, it includes everything from House to Breaking Bad to House of Cards, Curb Your Enthusiasm to Enlightened, Girls to The Mindy Project — it feels, right now, like it’s not really a genre at all, but the very TV air we breathe. But creating a main character who is so flawed that we, in the audience, are supposed to notice and register and feel something about those flaws is as much a choice as setting your show in a police station or a lawyer’s office.

Let’s call them “jerk shows” — not just for the personality trait of their main characters but for how these series work on us, jerking us the hell around.

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Eliza Taylor plays Clarke in The 100 sci-fi series airing on the CW network. down to the deceptively bluish-green planet below, to see if it’s survivable.

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In the CW’s unexpectedly excellent new sci-fi series The 100 (premiering Wednesday night), Earth was torched in a nuclear war 97 years earlier. Probably Vladimir Putin’s fault.

But here’s a silver lining: the millennials are all dead! They either were annihilated or died of old age on a last-resort orbiting space station called the Ark. Gone with them is a certain millennial inertia that seeps into so many of our TV shows; here at last is an action-adventure series that is about desperate, futuristic teenagers and young adults who aren’t burdened with questions of demographic identity or hopelessly drifting between a niche and hard place.

They’ve just got the hard place.

Granted, the 100 stranded young’ns of The 100 aren’t model citizens (they are reprobates and delinquents, banished from the Ark and sent down to Earth to serve as lab rats), but instead of putting “leadership skills” on their rsums, they’re putting said skills into action, even if some of them choose a Lord of the Flies-style management objective. The very first thing they do? Cut off all communication with their parents, disabling the life meters that let the grown-ups on the Ark above monitor their vital signs.

The 100 is a fine example of how a TV show can exceed its premise and slightly transcend the junk that its network typically serves up. It’s also a neat lesson for the TV critic: keep an open mind, because you never know where the next pleasant surprise is coming from.

Now, don’t get too excited. No one is going to mistake The 100 for SyFy’s much-missed Battlestar Galactica or ABC’s now-classic Lost, and this is the CW, you know — home of bratty vampires and trophy-kid aliens. But going by the six episodes I’ve seen, The 100 comes off as a smartly written and well-acted endeavor.

Based on a new series of novels, The 100 mines a potent and lasting fantasy, in which the children are better equipped to deal with crisis than their elders.

Four hundred people survived Armageddon by fleeing to the Ark. Now, three or four generations later, the Ark’s inhabitants number 4,000-plus.

The oxygenator can’t keep up; their days are numbered.

Against the fretful counsel of the ship’s best scientist and doctor (Paige Turco as Abby), the Ark’s leadership (including a would-be tyrant, played by Henry Ian Cusick) votes to jettison 100 jailed youths

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Need For Speed stalls Need For Speed Half a star (out of four) Rated: PG

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BY TONY WONG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES For Breaking Bad fans wondering where Aaron Paul would end up after the critically acclaimed television series wrapped — don’t worry. He’s not stretching his thespian talents too far.

In Need For Speed, Paul is Tobey Marshall, a mechanic who races muscle cars. Except he looks like he just walked off the set of Breaking Bad, wearing a Jesse Pinkman Fruit of the Loom T-shirt, jeans and stubble.

He shuffles around, stares at the ground and mumbles like Pinkman. And instead of crystal methamphetamine, he’s cooking up hot laps. But then, like much of Paul’s career trajectory, this is all about speed as the drug of choice. Or the need for it.

The movie opens promisingly enough with a drivein scene where Steve McQueen’s Bullitt is playing.

Director and former stuntman Scott Waugh seems to be laying down the law: this is a car movie with integrity. It isn’t about hopped-up racers as in the gimmicky Fast & Furious franchise, or cars that suddenly and disconcertingly climb walls like The Transporter.

This is a serious show for gear heads. And to top it

off, he’s banned the use of computer graphics — high irony for a show based on a video game.

But seeing Bullitt on the screen is the high point.

Expectations taper off swiftly as Need For Speed will undoubtedly crash the hopes of die hard fans of the popular Electronic Arts game.

Fans tired of over-digitized Speed Racer car chases were likely hoping that Need For Speed would stay true to its roots. The game was groundbreaking because it was the closest players could get to a real life simulator, driving exotic cars on real life tracks such as the Nurburgring or Laguna Seca.

But Need For Speed fails spectacularly on so many levels, it almost begs you to bring back the hyperactive, overacting Nicolas Cage for Drive Angry 2. Almost.

Car movies are typically the first reel at the grind-

house multiplex, the washroom break before the zombie apocalypse movie comes on. Everyone understands the plot will be a painfully thin conceit in between the car crashes. Hell, we don’t expect a plot.

The comparisons wouldn’t normally be so painful, but Ron Howard’s recently released Rush is already so visceral, with characters in the hands of a capable director so much more finely tuned, it allows you to dream that car movies can be good. Maybe even great.

In this semblance of plot, Marshall tangles with an ex-NASCAR driver named Dino Brewster played

by Dominic Cooper. A race with Brewster turns disastrous, ending up in jail time for Marshall.

The story takes up two years later with Marshall bound for revenge and another high stakes underground race using a bevy of exotic super cars.

The given of course, is that there is plenty of eye candy: a Bugatti Veyron, a Lamborghini Elemento and various Paganis are used throughout the show.

The movie has been reformulated for 3-D, so the cockpit view can be spectacular at times. And the laudable CGI ban means the thrills are much more authentic. But as any fan of BBC’s Top Gear will tell you, this kind of machinery can be seen on TV any day of the week. And it can only help when you actually care about the characters.

If the people at Disney were hoping for a competitor to the Fast & Furious franchise, they have set the bar so low that it has sped well past the point of no return.

Warriors made in many ways in sad, brave book Medicine Walk

By Richard Wagamese $29.95 McClelland & Stewart Publishing Here is a book with engaging characters, an unusual storyline and a wonderful rhythm to the text.

I read it twice through because I found the speech musical and the pathos disarming. Everyone’s life is a story and the tale herein is told, “one word at a time.”

The story begins on a farm, PEGGY 80 acres of somewhat ramFREEMAN shackle buildings, but a working farm, tended by “the old man” with help from the kid, Franklin Starlight. Franklin is just 14 but he’s been raised by the old man in the old ways.

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DOLL & EM: Watch it through your fingers After all, at this point, these shows have recognizable genre-specific beats: the protagonist does something awful, then does something moderately less awful, and we, at home, watch it all through our fingers, seesawing between horror and admiration, love and hate, our thrills provided not by a car chase or a cleverly solved mystery but by our turbulent emotional connection to the jerk in question.

Doll & Em fits into the genre of jerk TV perfectly.

The show, which is loosely improvised, very deftly and quickly establishes all the ways that Doll and Em’s new employment arrangement is going to wreak havoc on their long-standing friendship. Lying on the couch in Em’s house, Doll asks her what kind of coffee she likes, because assistants get coffee. Em insists that Doll doesn’t need to get her coffee, waits a second and then says, “I can tell you what kind of coffee I like, if it comes up at some point in the day.”

Em, it turns out, likes a really frothy latte with three shots in a medium-size cup, an order she describes as “really easy,” which is the truly alarming thing about it: Em is high-maintenance, but she’s pretending to be no maintenance at all.

In almost no time, Doll is extremely resentful of Em’s needs and Em is extremely resentful of what a lousy assistant Doll is. But the problem is not simply that an entitled movie star expects to get what she’s paying for, even though she said she wasn’t expecting that at all. (Doll wonders if she has to do Em’s laundry. Em laughs: “That would be so creepy. I have a cleaning lady who does that.”) Doll is not Em’s subordinate, and having to behave like one makes her insensitive to Em’s problems, which she basically doesn’t believe exist. She is dismissive of any stress that Emily might be under, sure that her own drama with her ex-boyfriend is much, much harder than top-lining a film.

Doll & Em, a show made by two actresses, is more sensitive to the anxiety and pressure of acting, on de-

He’s a native boy and the skills of his people come to him naturally. A quiet, thoughtful young person, his past is unknown to him — he’s been at the farm for his whole life.

The old man has a story, too, and the kid doesn’t know that one either.

The time comes when Franklin meets his real father.

The old man has been the only father he ever knew, and it’s a blow to the kid to meet the real one and find him so lacking. Eldon Starlight is a drunk.

He lives in sordid splendour in a flophouse in town, cigarettes and liquor at hand, a woman on call. He’s just about as disgusting as he can be, and Franklin leaves him and returns to the farm.

But Eldon has a story, drunks always do, and it maybe the saddest one you will ever hear.

Poverty, abandonment, it’s all there, and now Eldon is dying from the booze. He wants his son to take him into the back country of B.C., and while on the journey, he will tell Franklin about his life. He knows he will not be coming home again and it’s all he has to give the boy.

How and why do people fall into addictions of mand on a movie set, than anything I can remember seeing. “I try not to be precious about my job,” Em says, “but you’re embarrassed most of the time, and terrified the rest of it.” It is also particularly attuned to the lack of good female roles, but not exactly in the way I expected. Em is starring in a movie called Valerie Leigh; Chloë Sevigny cautions Em, “It’s so rare to find a part like this, a smart complex female character. Treasure it.”

But Valerie Leigh seems like a pretty bad movie. It is described again and again as The Godfather with a woman, which someone finally points out sounds awful. The scenes we see from it are stiff and uptight; the props and makeup are always wrong; the young director is a pompous pissant. All shoot long, people keep unhelpfully telling Em she really needs to bring it, to be strong, to rise to the occasion, but at the climatic moment of Doll & Em — when the big fight between the two friends finally arrives — Em yells, “If one more person calls me a strong woman, I am going to scream. I am vulnerable!”

Emily Mortimer and Dolly Wells are probably just as sick as Em is of the straitjacket that says a “good” role for women has to involve being a role model of “strong” female behavior. And so they went out and made themselves a show in which they both have the freedom to behave like jerks. Watch it through your fingers.

Willa Paskin is Slate’s TV critic.

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one sort and another? Franklin has little sympathy for Eldon’s need of liquor but he agrees to make the trip. Eldon will ride Franklin’s horse. They take few supplies but Franklin can find food in the forests he knows and loves.

And so they embark on the journey. The boy, strong and resourceful but with no knowledge of his family history; the father sick and dying but anxious to relate victories and defeats, times of hope and loss.

He wants the kid to know he wasn’t always a drunk and that the battles he fought were real, and he did what he could.

The author shows us a beautiful country, wild and populated by many animals. The young man is at home there and though he is afraid of the death he knows is coming, he becomes the parent and caregiver, and begins to see a life lived in a different way than his own.

This is a sad, brave book. The kid learns that warriors are made in many ways.

This book will be in bookstores in early April. I liked it very much.

Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

Among those forced onto the shuttle is Abby’s daughter, Clarke (Eliza Taylor).

The kids’ rickety shuttle is spat out toward a forested spot in North America. After a rough landing, the Hundred (as they come to be called) discover a sylvan paradise awaiting them. The fresh air! The trees, the babbling brooks! The mutated fauna with two heads! And we shall call it Portlandia.

While most of the Hundred decide to follow the head bully (Bob Morley) and set about celebrating their sweet freedom, Clarke and the more survivalminded kids try to re-establish radio contact with the Ark. On an expedition to find the remains of a secret war bunker, they instead encounter terrifying evidence that Earth is still very much inhabited by humans — or something human-like.

What I enjoy about The 100 is its serious sense of urgency, which is evident not only in the plot but also in the producers’ wise instinct that nobody gets to waste time when trying to sell today’s scattered TV audience on another sci-fi soap opera.

There are, of course, those trite moments when these teens stamp their feet and deliver supercilious monologues to one another about working together, when they’re not falling into love triangles. That comes with the territory in CW land.

Is it a fantastic TV show? Hmm. Let me just say this: I popped The 100 into my DVD player and braced myself for another round of midseason torment. Several episodes later, I had that weird, happy feeling one gets from being simply and satisfyingly entertained.

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BODWELL, Joseph Kenneth 1935 - 2014 Joseph “Joe” Kenneth Bodwell of Red Deer, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at the age of 78 years. A Celebration of Joe’s life will be held in the Tuscany Room of the Sheraton Hotel, 3310 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer on Monday, April 21, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.. Condolences to Joe’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca.

MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944 DAVIES John Robert 1932 - 2014 Mr. John Robert Davies of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the age of 81 years. John was born in Isley, Alberta and grew up in the Central Alberta area. He worked in the oil patch for a few years and spent many years as a truck driver in B.C and Alberta. John was very active, healthy and remained working until a year ago when he retired due to health reasons. Known for his happy, friendly generosity and soft heart, John touched many lives and will be sadly missed. He is lovingly remembered by his wife, Dora; children, Rhonda (Len) Charchun, Janelle Davies and John Davies; two grandchildren, Kayla and Christopher; sisters, Helen (Jon) Field, Marian (Bert) Holtner, Loretta (Dave) Graham and Kris Hayhurst; as well as his brother, Bill (Phyllis) Davies. John was predeceased by his parents, Doris and Jim Davies and his sister, Maria. A Celebration of Life in John’s honor will be held at a later date.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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PARDUE 1935 - 2014 Mr. Rae Pardue of Red Deer, passed away at his home on Monday, March 17, 2014 at the age of 79 years. Rae is survived by his wife of 58 years, Marge; son Brian Pardue; daughters Kathy (Ralph) Card, Susan (Reid) Bergman; grandchildren Levi Pardue, Joel Pardue, Royden (Christina Frederick)Card, Jenny Card, Leah Bergman and Kristin Bergman. Also to cherish Rae’s memory are numerous brothers, sisters, brother-in-laws, sister-in-laws, nieces, nephews, family members and friends.

A Memorial Service to celebrate Rae’s life will be held at the Balmoral Bible Chapel, located at the intersection of Highway 11 (55 Street) and Rutherford Drive, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Memorial donations may be made directly to the Alzheimer Society of Alberta, 10531 - Kingsway Ave., Edmonton AB T5H 4K1 or to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, 202, 5913 - 50 Ave, Red Deer AB T4N 4C4.

Condolences to Rae’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

EBY Dorothy Helen (nee Murray) Nov. 8, 1929 - Mar. 18, 2014 Dorothy passed away peacefully at Bethany Collegeside at the age of 84.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 22 at 1:30 pm at Deerpark Alliance Church (2960 39th St.) She was born and schooled in Leross, SK. She married William Eby in 1947 and they lived 12 years at Guernsey, SK before moving to Red Deer in 1959 to be closer to her parents and the city life she always aspired to. Dorothy was always involved in athletics, church, helping neighbours, family and friends.

In 2008 she moved to Redwood Retirement Residence where she met and then married Stuart Brown in 2010. She is survived by her much loved husband Stuart Brown, her children: Diane (Arnold) Paulsen, Ron, Heather (Clayton) Ostapowich and her daughter-in-law Nancy Eby; her grandchildren: Glen Paulsen (Annie Bron), Lynn (Justin) Hubert, Julie (Colin) Viens, Michelle (Brad) Prather, Chad (Kristi) Eby, Morgan Ostapowich and Raegan Ostapowich; great-grandchildren: Selah, Anya and Dylan Paulsen (and their mother Angel), Sarah, Janai, Elijah and Amayah Hubert, Mckenna, Grayson, Kya and Suraya Prather, Karsten and Mattea Eby; her sisters and brothers: Mary Patterson, Elizabeth Walker, Gordon (Elsie) Murray, Agnes Snider, Phyllis (Dan) Lawrence, Doug (Janet) Murray, sisters-in-law Yolanda Murray, Margaret Murray, Helen Murray, and Barb Murray; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and step-relatives. She was pre-deceased by her husband of 52 years William Eby (2000), her parents Robert and Agnes Murray, and her Robert Murray, brothers William Murray and John (Jock) Murray, and brothersin-law Clyde Patterson, John Walker and Orval Snider, and her great-granddaughter Keziah Hubert. The family would like to thank the staff of Redwood Retirement Residence, Inglewood and Aspen Ridge by Symphony for the help and care given to Dorothy that enabled her to stay as long as possible with her husband. We would also like to thank the staff of Bethany Collegeside for the tender care they provided in her final three weeks. If you wish, donations in Dorothy’s memory can be made to World Vision.

CADDY V.E.J. (Jim) Jim Caddy of Red Deer passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at the age of 92 years. Jim was born and raised in Pontypridd, South Wales on August 6, 1921.

After joining the R.A.F., he came to Canada in 1941, stationed at Penhold, where he met and married Jessie Barwick of Rimbey in 1943.

After James Jr. was born in 1944, they returned to Wales where John was born, and in 1948, they returned to Red Deer permanently where Jerry Gene Geoff and Joan were born. After working as a carpenter for several years, he began his own concrete business, where he remained until his retirement in 1995.

He and Jessie remained in the house he built by hand in 1952 and he continued to live there after her passing in 2002. Jim will be lovingly remembered by sons; James (Cheryl) of 100 Mile House, BC, John (Colleen) of Red Deer, Jerry (Marg) of Eckville, Gene (Jan) of Red Deer, Geoff (Deb) of Red Deer, daughter Joan (John) Donald of Red Deer, seventeen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. He is also survived by sisters; Vera Peachy of Ross on Sea, England, Violet Dixon of Rhydyfelin, S. Wales, and Rhoda Hughes of Cardiff, S. Wales. Jim was predeceased by his loving wife of 59 years Jessie, sister Valerie, and brother Vernon. A private family service will be held at a later date. Memorial tributes in Jim’s name may be made directly to the Salvation Army, 132, 2325 50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 1L2. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

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HARTSTOK KISINGER Gloria Edwin Henry 1949 - 2014 Oct. 15, 1921 - Mar. 14, 2014 Mrs. Gloria Joan Hartstok Edwin passed away peacefully (nee Klippert), beloved wife on Friday, March 14, 2014, of Mr. Ed Hartstok of Red with his family by his side.

Deer, Alberta, entered into Edwin is survived by his loving Rest at the Red Deer wife Violet, his son-in-law Eldon Regional Hospital Centre, Riley, his granddaughters; Red Deer on Saturday, Alissa (Steven) and Aleigha and his great March 15, 2014 at the age of (Jared), 64 years. Gloria’s family was grandchildren; Austin, Olivia, her entire life! She loved each Joshua, and Katelyn. Edwin of them with all her heart and also leaves behind his siblings; soul, regardless of illness or Brian (Gloria), Florence, Ruth distance. Her love was greater (John), Jake (Elaine), Eva, than anything else and she and Edna, and numerous cherished each child, parent, nieces and nephews. Edwin cousin and friend above all was predeceased by his only else. Gloria leaves to mourn daughter Cheryl. Edwin was her loss, her husband, soul raised in the Hilda area until mate and best friend, Ed 1939, he then joined the Forces Hartstok of Red Deer, her Canadian Armed loving sons, Kevin and where he served until 1946.

Matthew Mundell, grandchildren, He then moved to Medicine Brook, Shelby, Matthew and Hat where he met his wife Kaitlynn Mundell, her mother, Violet and raised their Eva Klippert and her older daughter Cheryl. Edwin and sister, Gladys (Mel Woitte). Violet decided in 2000 to She is also survived by Ed’s move to Red Deer to be children, Deanna Harasinski closer to their daughter and (Sheldon), Denise Lapointe her family. Edwin was an (Paul), Brad Hartstok and amazing husband, father and granddaughter, Sierra Harasinski, grandfather. He was always as well as many countless happy and loved spending other loving family and time with his granddaughters dear friends. Gloria was and great grandchildren. His predeceased by her loving spare time was spent playing son, Mark Mundell in 2012 the piano, playing crib and and her father, Adam Klippert serving on the Condo Board. in 1975. A Funeral Service Edwin will be sincerely missed will be held at Mount Calvary by everyone who knew him.

Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk A memorial service will be Blvd., Red Deer, Alberta on held at Eventide Funeral Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red 1:00 p.m. with The Reverend Deer, on Tuesday, March 25, Don Hennig and The Reverend 2014 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of Peter Van Katwyk officiating. flowers, donations in Edwin’s A Private Family Interment name may be made directly will be held at the Alto Reste to the Cancer Center, Red Deer Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. Regional Health Foundation, If desired, Memorial Donations 3942-50A Avenue, Red Deer, in Gloria’s honor may be Alberta, T4N 4E7. made directly to the Condolences may be forwarded Canadian Cancer Society at to the family by visiting www.cancer.ca. The Family www.eventidefuneralchapels.com would like to express their Arrangements entrusted to sincere thanks to the Doctors EVENTIDE FUNERAL and Nurses at the Red Deer CHAPEL Regional Hospital Centre, 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Cancer Unit and Unit 23, Phone (403) 347-2222 Palliative Care for their kindness and compassion, as well as all her friends who took the time to show their love and care during her illness. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL Funeral Directors HOME AND CREMATORIUM & Services 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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VAN DER WEKKEN Ruth 1941 - 2014 Mrs. Ruth Daisy Van Der Wekken (nee Swanson), beloved wife of Mr. Tony Van Der Wekken of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away suddenly on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the age of 72 years. Ruth was born on May 23, 1941 at Edberg, Alberta. She met her husband, Tony and they were united in marriage in 1963.

The couple was blessed with three children. Ruth will be deeply missed but lovingly remembered by her family and many dear friends. Ruth leaves to mourn her loss, her loving husband, Tony and their three children, Lee-Ann (Fred) Farrant, Nancy (Paul) Lindley and Brian Van Der Wekken, and four grandchildren, Amanda (Curt) Farrant, Benjamin (Kassandra) Farrant, Alysha Lindley and Jared Lindley.

She is also survived by her sister, Mary (Morris) Johanson and her brothers, Walter (Therese) Swanson and Dennis Swanson. A Memorial Service in Ruth’s honor will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Ruth’s honor may be made directly to a Charity of the donor’s choice.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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Marriages RICHTER Victor Edward The Richter and McFadden families sadly announce the sudden, but peaceful passing of Victor Edward Richter, with both families by his side, on March 14, 2014. Vic was born near Yellowgrass Saskatchewan on October 5, 1929 and spent most of his adult life in Sundre and Red Deer, where he passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. A special Thank You to Red Deer Emergency Services, RDRH Emergency department and Intensive Care Unit, for their prompt and compassionate care. A celebration of his life will be held at Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton Street, Red Deer, on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 1:30 pm.

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ALCOHOLICS • Finish Roller Operator Email resumes to Please submit resumes: ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 rockymed@telusplanet.net email resume: Attn: Human Resources office@ccal.com COCAINE ANONYMOUS Email: Classifieds 403-396-8298 hr@bearspawpet.com Your place to SELL Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Your place to BUY Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Oilfield Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on Road Train Oilfield in Classifieds Hiring full time Operation Transport Ltd Coordinator/Field Raven Oilfield Rentals is one of the largest independently owned is looking for CLASSIFICATIONS Supervisor for local oilfield rental companies servicing NE BC and the Alberta Peace since 1988.

JOURNEYMAN HD testing company 700-920 MECHANIC or REG’D Must be local (Red Deer area) Professionals We are currently looking for a APPRENTICE. Ability to Must have testing complete CVIP inspections experience is considered an asset. Top Competitive salary Clerical wages/ benefits. Safety Health benefits offered for Central & North Central Alberta. tickets req’d. Fax or drop Send resume to The position will require sales in the fi eld as well as Calgary.

P/T friendly receptionist, off resume 403-346-6128 ken@darkstarproduction. good with details. Fax No phone calls. roadtrain.com com The successful candidate will be a safety conscious, team resume 403-314-5307 LOCAL SERVICE CO. SAFETY PERSON player looking for a challenging career in an ever changing fast in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. REQUIRED paced environment. Previous oilfield sales experience is a must.

VACUUM TRUCK Red Deer Oilfield Dental OPERATOR Computer skills and a valid driver’s license are also required.

Construction Company Must have Class 3 licence EXPERIENCE with ACCOUNTANT w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Raven offers competitive salaries along with health and dental PERIOPARTNERS ISN, COMPLY WORKS, Hart Oilfield Rentals Ltd. Fax resume w/drivers Dr. Patrick Pierce/ C.O.R. Only people with plans.

Please forward resumes with salary expectations to currently has an opening in abstract to 403-886-4475 Dr. Janel Yu Require experience apply. our Rocky Mountain House cris@ravenoilfield.com Send resume either by OFFICE ADMIN/ office for a full-time or fax: 403-340-3471 accountant.

RDA II Only candidates with previous oilfield sales experience will be considered. email info@dynamicprojects.ca with at least 3 yrs. of Job functions will include, practice and ClearDent but not be limited to: experience who is • Prepare accurate & timely Oilfield extremely well organized, NOW HIRING Financial Statements, energetic & self motivated.

Well Testing Personnel daily & monthly.

4 days/wk. No evenings or Experienced Supervisors • Prepare month end close weekends. Send resume & Operators process & reports.

ASAP to reddeer@periopartners.com Must have valid applicable • Prepare quarterly reports tickets for owners. or bring by in person, Email: lstouffer@ • Prepare working papers we would love to meet you. testalta.com & lead sheet for year end.

4619 48 Ave, Red Deer.

• Monthly GST & PST filings • Maintain master vehicle Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the spreadsheet. following positions: • Maintain insurance requirements.

• Coil Tubing Supervisors • Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

• Coil Tubing Operators SYLVAN LAKE SLOPITCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING at the community centre, April 7th at 7 p.m.

Can register at meeting.

16 teams total.

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THANK YOU The Sundre Trappers Association wish to thank ~ Lorne & Marilyn MacArthur ~ Safari Club International (Red Deer) ~ Washchuk Pipeline Construction Ltd. ~Wolverine Guns and Tackle ~Sheldon R. Zinck ~Pollyanna R, Zinck Proceeds of the banquet go towards promoting the youth in the community & other community programs.

Celebrations COMMUNITY SHOWER for Samantha Bruinooge Bride Elect of Landon Freschette Bowden Friendship Club 2133-18 Ave. Sun. Mar. 30, 2-4:30 pm.

For info call Faye 403-350-8490

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RAVEN OILFIELD RENTALS

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Sales Representative

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NOW HIRING

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Eastview Estates MOVING SALE/Garage sale. Since we had to shut down our sale of 2 weeks ago, early, we are having it again on Sat. Mar. 22, 10-4. Price stickers still on merchandise and we are offering 20% discount on everything. Dealers are welcome. 6 Escott Close

Coming Events

West Park MOVING sale in heated garage. Household items and some furniture. Fri. Mar. 21, 4-8, Sat. 9-4.

125 Wilson Cres.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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Job Requirements: Post-Secondary Diploma in Accounting or Finance, minimum 5 years or more experience in a similar role.

Must be well versed in accounting processes, have the ability to multitask & is a solid team player.

Must be flexible in job duties.

Comprehensive health & dental benefits offered.

Forward resumes to (403) 845-7998, or by e-mail to: humanresources@hartoil.com Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Pauline McDonald’s 100th Birthday The family of Pauline McDonald (nee Bascombe) would like to invite you to join in celebrating her 100th birthday.

An open house will be held Saturday, April 5th, 2014 1:30 to 4:00 at the Bower Kin Community Centre, 85 Boyce Street, Red Deer, AB. For info call 403-747-2367

Friday, April 4 - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 5 - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Trades

• 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

www.wiseisi.com Please Forward All Resumes to jobs@wiseisi.com or by fax to 403-340-1046

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PROVENCHER Don and Maureen were married in Vancouver on March 21, 1964. They lived abroad for a number of years with the Canadian Armed Forces. They have made Red Deer their home since 1971 where they have now retired. Congratulations on your 50th wedding anniversary Mom and Dad. Love, Colette, Nicole, and Chantal

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Parkland Pavilion, Westerner Park For Details see our Website

centralalbertaquilters.org Feature Quilters: Donna Deis & Elizabeth Hanson Guest Artist Sherri Hisey, Border Creek Stn. Pattern Co. Quilt Displays - Merchant Mall - Door Prizes - Demos

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IS HIRING! Tell Everyone with a Classified Announcement

Combustex Corp. (a division of Canalta Controls Ltd.) is currently recruiting:

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Instrumentation Technicians, Industrial Electricians and Class “A” Industrial Gas Fitters to work out of our Red Deer facility and surrounding areas.

We are a manufacturer of Burner Management and Ignition Systems as well as Fuel Train valves and assemblies for gas fired process heaters.

• Experienced apprentices will be considered.

• Combustion related experience a definite asset.

• Competitive salaries and benefits for the right candidates.

Please respond in confidence to:

hr@canaltacontrols.com

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at

www.eaglebuilders.ca 378344C21

309-3300

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts: PRECAST INSTALLATION LABORERS CONCRETE FINISHERS CARPENTERS/ WOODWORKERS STEEL REINFORCEMENT LABORERS OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATORS GENERAL LABORERS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources or email: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.

We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, March 21, 2014 Truckers/ Drivers

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SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

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 TJ PAVING LTD. Openings for Operators & Labourers. Paving experience an asset. Busy, growing company, opportunities to move up. Great working atmosphere. Email resume: tjpaving@hotmail. com or Fax: 403-346-8404.

Truckers/ Drivers

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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net 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 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

EXP’D CLASS 1 end dump driver for local haul. Please fax resume with driver’s abstract 403-342-6881

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PROFESSIONAL Truck Driver Position Available

www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is expanding and are currently accepting applications for a certified Class 1 Driver, with a minimum of two (2) years B-train trailer experience.

ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company equipment and provide a high level of customer service, delivering our products within central Alberta. ADS Drivers are required to be drug free and maintain legal transportation paperwork and driving practices. This position requires a valid Class 1 License, with previous off road forklift experience a definite asset. We offer quarterly cash safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive medical plan.

Benefits include: Company provided Group Canadian Benefits Voluntary dental Life insurance Short-term and long-term disability Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) Paid Vacation Safety Bonus All applicants are subject to a pre-employment physical and MVR check.

Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along with a current drivers abstract to: Advanced Drainage Systems Canada Inc. 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Fax: (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ ads-pipe.com Position closing date: March 28, 2014

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 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Women in the Trades Program

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Math and Science for the Trades Program

•

GED Preparation Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

Business Opportunities

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info EXPERIENCED auto glass installer wanted immediately. Wage dependent on exp. Good communication and phone skills. 8-5 Mon. - Fri. Drop resume off at 4801-78 St. No phone calls.

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HIGH Paying Entry Level Positions

We are a growing water purification company proudly serving families across central AB. Average starting base pay of approx. $18/hr. with room for rapid advancement. In house training is provided to qualified applicants.

Applicants should be motivated, reliable, professional, and possess a thirst for knowledge. Call to schedule an interview between 10 am and 7 pm.

403-356-0330

FRANCHISE AVAILABLE! FOR APPROVED LOCATION IN

RED DEER, AB

(SINGLE OR AREA FRANCHISE)

Clark’s has immediate openings for qualified, experienced

for both our Bonnyville and Lac La Biche Locations.

Various Shifts available (furnished living accommodations provided for out of town employees) The successful candidates will: • hold a current Journeyman’s ticket, H2S, CSTS and First Aid • must pass a Pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Screening • Provide a current Driver Licence and Drivers Abstract • be a motivated self-starter • take pride in doing great work and willing to work long hours if needed • be energetic, positive, and keen to work with a rapidly expanding company • be 100% dedicated to customer service and satisfaction Clark’s offers top wages plus 10% holiday/vacation pay, overtime after 8 hrs, training, Health and Dental packages, Cell phones, Company Truck.

We are a COR Certified and ISNetworld Compliant, safety-conscious company that provides a safe and enjoyable workplace.

Fax Resume to 780-623-7451 or Email: sales@cpandh.ca

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS, training provided for Rimbey, Drayton Valley, Ponoka and Red Deer.

Streetwise Driving School.

340-8848

KENTWOOD & GLENDALE

We Provide: Site Selection & Design Lease Negotiations Construction Administration Training & Operations Support Menu Development Marketing

RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE: PLUMBERS, REFRIGERATION AND SHEET METAL TECHNICIANS

WESTLAKE

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

Worker Program

Training NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

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

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SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

Bicycles

1500-1990

Children's Items

LEAPSTER L-MAX w/tv cables, game, good cond. $35 403-314-9603

is now accepting resumes for

Clothing

RV TECHNICIANS RV SERVICE WRITERS RV PARTS PERSONNEL

LADIES clothing, large variety, size 8-10, box full $20 403-314-9603

EquipmentHeavy

needed in the following areas:

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YOUR CAREER IN

The successful applicant should have: • Good computer and solid organizational skills • Team player attitude • Willingness to learn and adapt.

• Experience with the Ford DMS invoicing, ordering system is an asset.

2 Blocks of Cosgrove Cres. $80/mo.

ALSO Cunningham Cres. $50/mo.

Competitive remuneration and benefit package for the right person

DEER PARK AREA

TECHNOLOGY Web Designer Network Administrator Help Desk Support Analyst PC Support Specialist and more!

CHEST Freezer, Kenmore, 5 c.f. $50 403-346-9169 TOASTER oven very good cond. $20; electric oil heater $20 403-348-1905 403-348-8111

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Household Furnishings

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

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FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

EASTVIEW

ANDERS AREA

CARRIERS NEEDED

Arb Close / Asmundsen Ave.

GRANDVIEW AREA

INGLEWOOD AREA

West of 40Ave. between Ross St. and 52 Ave. $264/mo

Inglis Cres.

LANCASTER AREA Lacey Close / Lennon Close Addington Drive MORRISROE AREA McVicar Street / McKee Close

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres.

Viscount Drive

Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

Volks Place / Vanier Drive

TIMBERSTONE AREA

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

Timberstone Way $302/mo.

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Call Jamie 403-314-4306

CINA Cabinet, solid wood, buffet $99; and glass front hutch. $99. 403-346-9169 KING SIZE BOX SPRING, $100.

SINGLE FUTON, wood base & mattress, $30.

403-350-9029 or 403-343-7389 LOVESEAT pull out bed 61”w, taupe/pin stripe, very good cond. $60; cloth high back office chair on wheels, adjustable, very good cond. $30; large bevelled mirror set in maple frame w/black design $40 403-347-5846

Aikman Close

VANIER AREA ROSEDALE AREA

4 SWIVEL CHAIRS. Prices range from $100 to $250 obo. 403-341-4632

Andrews Close

Marion Cres / McKenzie Cres MICHENER AREA

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Allan St. / Ardell Close

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.

40A, 41 & 42 Ave. between 39 St. & 44 St. $120/mo.

ALSO 43 Ave. Area between 39 St. and 43 St. $61/mo

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WORKING WHITE GE STOVE w/black glass front. $200 obo. 403-782-3398

104 to 194 Blocks of Douglas St. $58/mo.

ALSO Dietz Close, Durie Close and 1 block of Davison Dr. $51/mo.

41 Ave. from Ross St. to 44 St. + 4000 Block of 47 St. &44 Block of 40A Ave. $63/mo.

ALSO

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Submit your resume to: Doug Roberts Parts Manager Fourlane Ford Sales Ltd. Email: droberts@fourlaneford.com Ph: 403-227-3311 weekdays 403-350-9535 after 5PM Mail: 4412 50 Street, Innisfail, AB T4G 1P7

Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

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ACACIA wood footed, flower petal shaped punch bowl. $20; 12 acacia wood footed goblets, $15. Acacia wood serving bowl with decorative carving $15; Set of 5 dolls wearing formal gowns of S.E. Asia. $10. 403-342-7460

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CLEARVIEW and CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREAS

Firewood

Household Appliances

to join our award winning parts team.

Experienced Ford parts person preferred. Back counter (shop) will be the main focus, along with helping on the front counter and phones.

This is a full time position Monday to Friday and some Saturday mornings.

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in

PARTS PERSON

1630

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

Is recruiting a

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Employment newspaper carriers Training

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BABY SEAT, Brightstars with music & vibration. $10. 403-356-9019

SOUTHSIDE RV PARTS & SERVICE DEPARTMENT

MORNING

For more information phone Loren at 403-314-4316

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NORCO mens 12 spd. bike, good cond., $35 403-356-9019

CLASSIFICATIONS

2804 GAETZ AVE., RED DEER

SOUTH HILL

Rimbey, Alberta License No. 165690 (403) 843-2747 Sale Site E-mail: abolson@ telusplanet.net Homepage: allenolsonauction.com

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LABOUR

SMITTY’S™ CANADA LIMITED 600 – 501 18th Ave SW Calgary, AB T2S 0C7 www.smittys.ca

Plus Selling A Huge Assortment of New Power Tools, Doors & Windows, Skylights, Moldings & Floor Trim, Broan Vaccum, Weiser Locksets, Taps & Shower Enclosures, 8’ Columns, Hardwood & Laminate Floor and Nuts & Bolts Sale Conducted by:

ALLEN B. OLSON AUCTION SERVICE LTD.

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AUCTION SALE Busy road construction company looking for safety FOR LAKESIDE person. Work is throughout RONA the province. Experience is Saturday, April 5, 2014 an asset but willing to train Sylvan Lake, Alberta the right person. Must Time: 10:00 a.m. have a valid Class 5 driv- Location: 4725 43rd Street er’s license. Fax resume (Sylvan Lake 403-309-0489 Community Centre) ROOFING LABOURER REQ’D. 403-314-9516 Machinery please leave a message. or 403-350-1520 2002 IHC 4300 Flat Deck Truck w/ 17’ 6” Flat Deck & Only 212,000 Kms Employment

Busy road construction company looking for Labours. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

President 1-800-927-0366 cchan@smittys.ca

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UNRESERVED

SAFETY PERSON

Fax resumes to 403-309-3860 Email: rvparts@southsidereddeer.com or drop off in person, attention Matt Peterson

Chris Chan

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Auctions

Competitive wages and benefits

For more information, contact:

Canada’s Largest Family Restaurant Chain serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner to Canadians coast to coast since 1960

INNISFAIL

WEST PARK

For more information phone Loren at 403-314-4316

ADULT CARRIERS ACADEMIC Express NEEDED ADULT EDUCATION For morning delivery AND TRAINING of the ADVOCATE SPRING START Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

6 days/week in: • Community Support •

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.

MORRISROE AREA

Antiques & Art

VINTAGE Retro ANTIQUE SALE Sat. Mar. 22 10-3 @ Clearview Hall, 93 Cornett Dr.

(Reliable vehicle needed.)

Minimum Investment: Approximately $150,000 unencumbered

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BOWER

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info

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newspaper carriers needed in the following areas:

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer

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Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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AFTERNOON

Requires Full Time

Foremen, Carpenters Apprentices & Laborers Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

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Vanson Close / Visser St. Vickers Close

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

QUEEN MATTRESS (Sealy Perfect Sleeper) Like new, used very little. $250 obo.

Call 403-343-7389 or 403-350-9029 SHEET set, afghan, cushions $20 403-314-9603

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

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27” COLOUR TV w/stand. $100.

25” IN CABINET COLOUR TV, $50.

8” TRAVEL COLOUR TV, $30.

403-341-4632 HOUSE STEREO w/19” LCD TV $140; 19”HP computer monitor $50 403-782-3847 PS1 w/10 games $70; PSP w/4 movies, 6 games $130 403-782-3847 TOSHIBA 50” rear projection TV, $99; Glass front media stand, $30.

403-346-9169

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DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino BREAD Maker, $25

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, March 21, 2014 D7

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 3 SAW horses 36â&#x20AC;?L x 27â&#x20AC;?H $8/ea, 6 shelf boards 5/8â&#x20AC;? thick x 16â&#x20AC;? W $40, box of garden chemicals and powder $3, galvanized garbage can w/lid $12, hose reel cart, portable $40, aluminum scoop shovel $10, claw bars 17â&#x20AC;?L $5, 30â&#x20AC;?L $9, ice scraper $8, ice pick custom made IRU LFH Ă&#x20AC;VKLQJ $47 403-314-2026 KENMORE BUILT IN VACUUM UNIT including hose, $125.

403-350-9029 or 403-343-7389 KENMORE White microwave oven 800W, $30.

KENMORE model 30 GHKXPLGLĂ&#x20AC;HU H[F FRQG POTTERY SOUP SET with urn & label. 4 bowls, casserole dish & salad bowl w/4 plates, like new, $95. 403-352-8811 KEURIG ONE CUP COFFEE MAKER, never used, $75.

3 RAIN BARRELS & Pedestals, $75/ea.

403-341-4632 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 SET OF smoked glass pots and lids, all sizes $25; assortment of queen sheets sets, mattress cover $30, elec. roasting pan $20; antique bean crock pot $25 403-348-6449

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Dogs

2100

Livestock

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

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Suites

3060

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852 Newly renovated bachelor & 2 bedroom suites avail. in central location. leasing@ rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031

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Grain, Feed Hay

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

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FOR RENT â&#x20AC;˘ 3000-3200 WANTED â&#x20AC;˘ 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

4 BDRM., 3 bath, 1800 sq.ft. fully furn. house. $2000/mo. 403-302-0488

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

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

NOW RENTING %'50 $37¡6 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer KRRNXS LQà RRU KHDWLQJ D F car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

2 BDRM Adult Apt.

ns, no pets, no parties, $960. 403-350-4133 www.ambassadorapts.ca

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

3170

Land

4020

Houses For Sale

MUST SELL

RISER HOMES

Our SPRING Ahead into a Riser Home special is upon us again.

3217,$& 6XQĂ&#x20AC;UH %HDXWLIXO 0RGLĂ&#x20AC;HG %L OHYHO GT, well maintained. with a large entry, and $2000. 403-346-9169 a modern look. Large 3 bdrm., 2 bath walkout, 1563 sq. ft. of family space, large deck, large garage, wide lot backing onto trail system & green, 5 pce. master ensuite, large walk-in closet.

Much, Much More!

1989 LINCOLN Mark II, A MUST SEE!. $432,235.

2 door, low kms., exc cond Lloyd @ 403-391-9294 $4000. 403-343-0081

www.laebon.com

EXCLUSIVE LUXURY RIVERFRONT CONDOS FOR SALE in Downtown Red Deer.

Call Renee at 403-314-1687 for Inquiries.

NEW CONDO

4070

Farms/ Land

Locally owned and family operated

3190

5050

PADS $450/mo.

455 ACRES Trucks Brand new park in Lacombe.

AGRICULTURAL Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., land, 12 mi. E. of Ponoka, 2008 TOYOTA Tundra crew 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. 1 mi. off pavement, good cab, light brown. 260,000 km.

Down payment $4000. Call surface lease revenue.

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Hancock said he will also keep his portfolio as advanced education minister.

Thursday was Redfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last day to sit in the house as premier for question period, but she did not appear.

Government house leader Robin Campbell used her desk for his paper overflow.

The three opposition leaders offered short tributes to her empty chair, thanking Redford for her service to the province.

After each tribute, Redfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caucus members half-heartedly thumped their desks in support, though some didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even do that.

Their biggest and loudest cheer came when Hancock was recognized in the house as the new leader.

Hancock had been Redfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most vocal supporter in recent weeks as mounting revelations of lavish spending and caucus turmoil swamped her ability to govern.

Redford quit Wednesday night, saying the infighting had become an intolerable distraction to the business of the province. She left just hours before PC riding association leaders were expected to unite in a bid to demand she quit.

Redford remains the member of the legislature for Calgary-Elbow.

Hancock said that despite the race, the business of government will carry on and will be effective. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a budget to pass and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to pass that budget,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going to go into the legislature every day and do our job, and we are going to go back into our constituencies every day and do our job,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all professionals. We all know our jobs. We all know what the people of Alberta elected us to do. We come to work every day.â&#x20AC;?

When asked if he expects difficult times ahead, Hancock replied: â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this business, every day is a difficult day.â&#x20AC;?

Speculation is growing on who will run to become leader and take the part into the next election in the spring of 2016.

Service Minister Doug Griffiths, who lost to Redford in the last leadership race, said he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interested in running again. He has family considerations that need his attention, he said.

At least a couple of other ministers were hedging their bets.

Finance Minister Doug Horner said it was too early to say, but wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ruling out another run at the leadership.

Horner was one of the top contenders in the race that Redford won in the fall of 2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made no decisions about my future at this point,â&#x20AC;?

Horner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yesterday was a bit of a shock for a lot of people and we are going to take stock and make some decisions in the future about my future.â&#x20AC;?

Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk, while also saying it was still early going, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t discounting his own run.

He dismissed suggestions from the opposition that the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadership race â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the third in eight years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will distract from the business of government. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can walk and chew gum at the same time,â&#x20AC;? he said.

If opinion polls are any guide, the new leader will have work to do. The PCs dipped to historically low popularity levels under Redford.

Opposition Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith said leadership is not the issue. She said the problem is a PC party that has been in power too long and has forgotten what it means to serve the public. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really matter who the leader of this PC party is. They are still rudderless (and) directionless,â&#x20AC;? said Smith.

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OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Several federal Conservatives are being approached about running for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, but the shaky state of the provincial party might be a major turnoff.

As soon as embattled Alison Redford announced she was resigning as premier, an explosion of speculation began in Conservative circles over who might be the right person to replace her.

There are many overlapping relationships, political and personal, between the federal Conservatives and the provincial Tories.

Former federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice has many supporters in Alberta who would like to see him take a stab at it, even though his name is still raised as a potential successor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The name everyone is talking about is Jim Prentice,â&#x20AC;? said one Alberta Tory organizer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do think he would win quite handily. Whether he wants it or not is quite another matter.â&#x20AC;?

Prenticeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.

Sources say some high-profile federal politicians have already been contacted to gauge their interest, including Commons finance committee chairman James Rajotte, whose riding is in Edmonton.

Feelers are also going out to top Conservative women such as Health Minister Rona Ambrose and Western Economic Development Minister Michelle Rempel â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both from Alberta. The next Tory boss will go up against Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith, who heads the Opposition.

Calgary Mayor Nenshi says Redford was chewed up and spit out by a broken system CALGARY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Calgaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s populist mayor says the fall of Alberta Premier Alison Redford demonstrates how the partisan political system is broken and chews up good people in high places.

After Redford resigned Wednesday night, Naheed Nenshi condemned the type of partisanship that he feels did her in.

He said while Redford made mistakes, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;good personâ&#x20AC;? who made â&#x20AC;&#x153;incredible sacrificesâ&#x20AC;? for the province. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the story of a system that takes someone like that, chews them up and then spits them out. I think all of us as Albertans need to really think about what has happened over the last several weeks and what that means to how we get great people to be politicians, how we get great people to enter into public service,â&#x20AC;? Nenshi told reporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The partisanship under that dome in Edmonton is what leads to this and I hope that whoever the new premier will be will think hard about how we make sure that what happens under that dome isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just for party and caucus.â&#x20AC;?

Redford was facing increasing unrest within her caucus over her leadership style and her expenses.

One backbencher who resigned last week called her a bully. An associate cabinet minister who left the caucus on Monday said the PC party has problems with entitlement.

There were 10 other members who were considering leaving the fold, and there were reports that constituency presidents in Edmonton and Calgary were about to ask Redford to step down.

Nenshi and Redford had similar paths to power in that they both pulled off unexpected victories. Nenshi was a noname business professor when he harnessed the power of social media to win the 2010 Calgary mayoral election.

Redford was a first-term justice minister with almost no caucus support when she won the Tory leadership race in 2011 by relying on the backing of many from outside the party. Both used the same strategist, Stephen Carter, to win.

Nenshi, who was re-elected in a landslide last fall, noted that there are representatives from all political stripes at the municipal level and everyone manages to work together for the good of the public.

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