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RED DEER AWARDED 2019 CANADA WINTER GAMES

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It’s official.

The games are coming to Red Deer.

News that Red Deer has won the 2019 Canada Winter Games brought tears, jubilation and excitement at the official announcement in Calgary on Thursday.

Red Deer bid committee chair

Lyn Radford credits a community rally on Aug. 22 for pushing Red Deer over the top to win the bid. The rally d drew thousands dressed in red to the city’s downtown despite inclement weather.

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City of Red Deer mayor Tara Veer and Red Deer’s 2019 Canada Winter Games bid board chair Lyn Radford celebrated Thursday after the 2019 Canada Winter Games were awarded to Red Deer.

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Riding for Giant Shimano Jonas Ahlstrand raises his hands in victory winning the second stage of the Tour of Alberta in Red Deer on Thursday. Ahlstrand won the 145 km race from Innisfail through Sylvan Lake winning with a sprint finish ahead of Theo Bos (Team Belkin) and Stage 1 winner Ruben Zepuntke (Bissell Development Team).

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Scores of fans lined the barricades along the Tour of Alberta route as cyclists flew through Red Deer at speeds reaching 60 km/h as they closed out the second stage of the tour on Thursday.

The cyclists circled EXCITING FINISH B1 downtown three times TOUR IN PHOTOS C1 before coming to a furious finish, completing a 145.3-km ride that started in Innisfail and went through Sylvan Lake and Blackfalds before concluding in Red Deer.

For cycling enthusiasts Tiffany Baker and Aaron Falkenberg, it was their second stop as they followed the race. The two Edmonton residents followed the Tour of Alberta in Calgary for the prologue and then came to Red Deer on Thursday to watch the sprint to the finish line.

They rode into the Tour of Alberta festival grounds on their bikes, decked out in cycling wear and helmets.

“This is our second year following the race,” said Baker. “We followed it last year and we’re following it this year again.

“The racers themselves aren’t quite as big names as last year. But the stages that go with the festivities and races, it has been a good atmosphere.”

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2019 CANADA WINTER GAMES

Now the real work begins

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF The announcement that Red Deer has won bidding process to host the Canada Winter Games in 2019 was just the first mountain for the games committee to climb.

The real work will begin in the coming days and carry forward until they close in February four-anda-half years from now.

The 90-minute bus ride back from the Canada Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary to the Sorensen Station in downtown Red Deer was the first chance that organizers had to relax in two years — and it may be their last for some time.

“I’m just starting to breathe,” said bid committee chair Lyn Radford. “Sitting here and riding back, I realize that I must have been holding my breath for a long time, because it feels like my lungs are finally opening up again.”

There was a sense of subdued happiness on the ride home among the roughly 20 committee members and local politicians and media members.

There was a toast with champagne and even a congratulatory phone call from honourary games chairmen Ron and Cari MacLean as the bus was about 20 minutes outside of Calgary.

“I want to be on that bus,” said Cari, who watched

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GAMES: ‘Means so much for our community’ “It means so much for our community,” said Radford, who did not hold back her tears. “We don’t recognize the impact it (will have). Our community will now be able to build on some facilities. We are going to get an influx of cash. The biggest thing is that the young people in our community are going to get a legacy of learning to give and what it means to come together as a community. I don’t think we can beat that.”

Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer said this is a defining moment for Red Deer and Red Deerians. She said credit for securing the hosting duties in 2019 belongs to the people of Red Deer.

City manager Craig Curtis said getting the games will change the city because of the facilities and upgrades necessary to host the event in five years.

“It’s one of those transformational opportunities that you have every now and again,” said Curtis.

“When we built the Centrium and we hosted the world junior hockey championships, that was a big deal. This is another big deal for the city. We are overwhelmed today.”

Radford, Veer and Curtis were among a busload of Red Deer committee members, politicians and city staffers who travelled to the Canada Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary to hear the news.

Canada Games chairman and CEO Tom Quinn said the decision was difficult because the bids were very close. He said Red Deer and Lethbridge both had exceptional bids.

“The two bids were probably the closest that I have experienced in 15 years,” said Quinn. “It shows the strength of the province in their commitment to support and the strength of those communities. Both cities should be very proud for what was put forward from their bid committees. I think Red Deer is an exceptional choice. I think they are going to do a good job.”

The good news has been nearly 20 years in the making, after the city was trumped by Grande Prairie for the games in 1995.

But now all eyes will be on Red Deer for two weeks in February 2019, when the best of Canada’s young athletes will compete in 19 sports at 17 venues in Red Deer, Blackfalds, Calgary and Kananaskis.

Red Deer will host 3,600 athletes, 1,500 technical representatives and officials, 4,000 to 5,000 volunteers, 450 media broadcasters and about 25,000 visitors.

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Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer high fives the Prince George Canada Winter Games mascot after Red Deer was awarded the 2019 Canada Winter Games on Thursday at the Canada Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary. the announcement live from their Oakville, Ont., home. “That was something else, it was very exciting.

I was on pins and needles and I was shaking. I was so full of emotion ... I don’t know how you guys went through it, but it was exciting to finally see that Red Deer sign held up.”

Ron MacLean, the Hockey Night and Canada personality, said he was blown away by the presentation

given to the selection committee on Aug. 22 in Red Deer.

“We all know we had our role on the team and it was a great team against a good opponent, it’s just a real nice day,” he said.

Nice day was putting it lightly for Radford.

The city has already approved $26 million (inflation applied) to improve existing facilities, and to build a short-track speedskating oval at the proposed Red Deer College multiplex and a long-track speedskating track at Great Chief Athletic Park.

The federal and provincial governments are expected to contribute at least $22.2 million in total, in the form of capital funding ($6 million) and operating ($16.2 million), for the two-week national sporting competition.

RDC will welcome athletes and coaches at an athletes village, home to sleeping quarters, the food centre, mission services and medical centre.

RDC president Joel Ward said the games will allow the college to add new facilities that they would otherwise not be able to build for many years. Ward said the college’s planned health and wellness centre will boast Olympic and NHL ice surfaces, and squash courts. It will be open in time for the games in 2019. It also allows the college to add new programming, improve facilities and to leave behind legacy pieces for the college and the community for many years to come.

He said the college has already started the ground work for the estimated $66-million facility.

“Our team is ready to go back and work,” said Ward. “We are looking at pre-qualifying builders and designers for our facility.”

The college will make an announcement on its fundraising progress, timelines for the project and its cost in the coming weeks.

If Red Deer College does not proceed with its plans to build an Olympic-sized arena, the city will pay $11.4 million to build the arena and squash courts at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre.

The opening and closing ceremonies will be held at Westerner Park.

The synchronized swimming events would be hosted at the Talismen Centre in Calgary and the alpine events would be held at the Nakiska Ski Area in the Kananaskis region.

Badminton competition would be held at the Abbey Centre in Blackfalds.

Other sports will be held at various venues in the city.

Central Alberta could reap about $132 million in economic spillover during the games.

Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski said not only is this news fantastic for Red Deer, but also for the Central Alberta region and the province as a whole.

Richard Starke, Alberta Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation, said the province is excited to host the games again. This will be the third time the winter games have been in Alberta. Starke said whether it’s the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton or the Olympics in Calgary, they were watershed moments for those communities.

“We fully anticipate that it will elevate Red Deer to another level beyond where they are now,” he said. “We know the kind of growth and development and enthusiasm that there is in this city.”

While it was not the news that Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearing was hoping for, Spearing congratulated Red Deer for its successful bid. His city hosted the games in 1975 and since that time, Lethbridge has hosted 42 international, national and provincial sporting events. Spearing said he was proud of the effort and the support from his community and bid committee.

“Tough outcome for us but we are going to continue to bid on other events,” he said.

The Canada Games are the largest multi-sport event in the nation. The program helps strengthen and develop the next generation of Canada’s young athletes to compete in national and international events, including the Olympics.

The games alternate between summer and winter events every two years. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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TOUR: Festival atmosphere Falkenberg races a little himself and was excited to watch the end of this leg.

On Friday the race resumes, starting in Wetaskiwin and ending in Edmonton at the Edmonton garrison.

“It’s a passion of ours and to have something this big in the area is really neat,” said Baker.

Baker and Falkenberg weren’t the only people to join the festivities by bicycle as many fans rode to the finish line to watch.

Red Deer native Curtis Polishuk missed going to the event last year in the city. But he wasn’t going to miss the chance this year. He brought his son and a camera, enthusiastically awaiting the arrival of the racers.

“I was curious what it was like,” said Polishuk. “It is kind of interesting.”

Polishuk is also an avid biker, having just finished a 55-km ride last weekend. However, he prefers mountain biking to the road racing showcased in the Tour of Alberta.

Representatives from the 2019 Canada Winter Games bid committee returned from Calgary, still celebrating their winning bid, in time to catch the arrival of the racing cyclists.

The festival started much earlier in the day with a music stage, numerous booths, food trucks, bouncy castle, beer gardens and vendors.

Beside the stage was a large screen following coverage of the race as the cyclists made their way to Red Deer. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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‘We will come together’ PCS WILL FIND WAY TO REUNITE AFTER BITTER LEADERSHIP FIGHT: HANCOCK

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Dave Hancock says the Progressive Conservative caucus will find a way to reunite after a leadership campaign marred by leaked documents and angry accusations.

“It is disappointing when you see people engaging in things which are not helpful to the discussion of public policy and not helpful to the healing process afterwards,” Hancock said Thursday. “(But) we will come together. We’ll heal. It’s a normal part of the process.”

Hancock’s days as premier are winding down.

Party members begin voting Friday for one of three candidates to become the next leader and premier.

The first round of balloting will be announced Saturday night. If none of the candidates — Jim Prentice, Ric McIver or Thomas Lukaszuk — wins a majority, the top two finishers move to a final run-off vote on Sept. 20.

The race began after Alison Redford quit as premier in March amid escalating revelations of reckless and lavish spending on travel and office perks for herself and her inner circle.

Hancock, a veteran Edmonton MLA and advanced education minister, was selected by the PC caucus to head the government during the leadership race.

He said he was picked to right the ship and help the government remain focused through the turbulent period.

“That was what I was asked to do, to refocus on the things that matter and to clean up the things that needed to be cleaned up. For the most part I think we’ve accomplished that,” he said.

“I hope we’re ready to turn it over now to a new

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Kelly Korman said he only got about 20 minutes of sleep because he was so excited.

His heart was pounding and his chest hurt after he learned of his good fortune.

Checking the winning numbers on his phone for the Aug. 27 draw of the Western 649, the whole family was in the master bedroom because of a big thunderstorm that eveKelly Korman ning.

“I saw the first three winning numbers on my ticket, then the fourth,” recalled Korman. “Then I saw the last two numbers and all hell broke loose.

“I flew out of bed and I said to my wife, ‘Oh my god, we just won Western 649.’ ” He spent most of the night awake, just waiting to get the chance to double-check his windfall with a lottery retailer.

“I was just so happy,” he said. “I’ve dreamt about this so many times. Just a few weeks ago, I told my wife I had a dream we won the lottery.”

Korman purchased his winning ticket at the Alix Gas Plus. Because he matched all six main winning numbers, he won the game’s $1-million prize. Because he played the eight-number combination play,

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leader and a new premier who will be able to really focus on market access (for exports), on environmental sustainability, (and) on the things that really make a difference to the long-term prospects of this province and its people.”

The Tories continued to deal with the aftershocks from Redford’s scandals during Hancock’s tenure.

In August, Auditor General Merwan Saher delivered a scathing report accusing Redford and her staff of abusing their authority to fly her and her daughter around at taxpayer expense for party and personal trips. Reverberations from that report have been felt on the leadership campaign. All three candidates have promised to restore governmental integrity.

But in recent weeks Lukaszuk has been stung by brown envelope leaks of his own expenses.

One was a $20,000 cellphone bill when he was asked while on vacation in Poland in 2012 to resolve a family dispute relating to one of his cabinet colleagues. It was also revealed that he, too, flew his daughter on government aircraft, though he has since repaid those fares.

The collateral damage has hit others around the cabinet table: Finance Minister Doug Horner has been criticized for failing to monitor the rules on government airplanes and for flying his wife to events as well.

Human Services Minister Manmeet Bhullar, a high level organizer for Prentice, has denied anonymous published accusations he urged PC political opponents to expose Lukaszuk’s expenses.

The leadership campaign has seen flashes of vitriol.

Prentice, a former federal MP, has suggested McIver and Lukaszuk were derelict for sitting around the cabinet table but not stopping the worst of Redford’s excesses, including plans to build a swank penthouse

atop a government building.

McIver and Lukaszuk in turn have accused Prentice of being another elitist member of the political old boys club, and say he is trying to buy the premiership by giving away party memberships to supporters rather than selling them for the normal $10 price.

McIver took that a step further Thursday, releasing a provincewide radio attack ad. “(Prentice’s) campaign is buying votes to win the premier’s office. Maybe someone should tell him that public trust isn’t for sale,” states the ad.

Some groups, however, have criticized the candidates for dealing only elliptically with real issues.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Thursday that the candidates gave vague answers to some survey questions submitted on behalf of entrepreneurs.

And the Canadian Cancer Society said Prentice and McIver failed to respond to questions about whether they would ban people under 18 from using indoor tanning beds — equipment linked to a rise in deadly melanoma cases.

The society also wants a commitment that Alberta’s new leader will quickly proclaim a law passed last December that would ban flavoured tobacco.

“We are very concerned,” policy analyst Evie Eshpeter said. “With new leadership comes new priorities. This could all change once a new premier is elected.

“We are hoping that the issues will come back to running this province.”

Also Thursday, Lukaszuk and McIver released their donor lists.

McIver’s team reported raising more than $417,000 while Lukaszuk collected over $300,000.

Both are dwarfed by Prentice, who recently announced $1.8 million in donations.

he also won several extra prizes, bringing his total winnings to $1,006,850.

He has plans for the money, including paying off his mortgage and other bills, saving for his children’s education, visiting some relatives and taking a family vacation.

Hunting death case delayed again

People in Calgary hold memorial for missing Nathan O’Brien, 5 CALGARY — More than two months after the disappearance of a Calgary boy and his grandparents, friends and family gathered to say farewell to little Nathan O’Brien.

The five-year-old and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathryn Liknes, have not been seen since June 30.

While their bodies have not been found, Douglas Garland has since been charged with three counts of murder.

On Thursday people met at a Calgary church, some dressed in Spider-Man shirts and costumes in honour of the boy that his parents fondly remember as their superhero.

O’Brien was remembered as an active boy who loved life.

His parents, Jen and Rod O’Brien, gave an emotional tribute to their young son and several songs were performed in the boy’s honour.

“Nathan’s family would like to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude for all the thoughtful expressions of love and kindness by relatives and friends, during their time of loss and bereavement,” the funeral program read.

A separate memorial for the grandparents is to be held in the coming weeks.

Garland was to return to court Sept. 17.

The Crown expects a three-week preliminary hearing will be scheduled early next year.

bridge committee put forward a commendable bid.

“I really felt bad for Lethbridge, because I know how hard they worked,” said Radford. “You always reflect what we could have done better and you can beat yourself up about it, and sometimes it’s not what you could have done better it’s just whether the stars were lined up for you or not, and they were lined up for Red Deer at this time.”

The Red Deer Rebels are also bidding for the 2016 Mastercard Memorial Cup, and Radford believes the Canada Games should only improve the city’s chances of winning that bid. If the Rebels are successful in their bid, expect a concerted effort by both committees.

For Mayor Tara Veer, Thursday will go down not just as a signature day in her young mayorship, but as a landmark day for the city.

“As a born and raised Red Deerian, I’ve seen so many changes over the course of the past few decades, but today is ultimately a defining moment for our community,” she said. “We’ve been maturing as a city and this is an absolute game changer in terms of moving our community forward and solidifying Red Deer’s position provin-

It took a few moments for her to realize what had just happened when the announcement was made, to the point she had difficulty reading ‘Red Deer’ on the announcement sign.

But when it finally sank in, she was forced to wipe away a few tears.

“I’m not a crier, it shocked me,” said Radford. “In that moment, I though ‘Oh my gosh, so many plans that had been counted on can become a reality.’ ” Being awarded the games is the culmination of a dream and a vision for Radford, who is now not sure her next position with the committee after the successful bid. Originally she was part of a group that sat down with council and notified them of the opportunity to go for the games a couple of years ago.

Red Deer has successfully hosted a number of major events in the past, including Alberta Games, Briers, Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Skate Canada and the world junior hockey championships.

“Vision was the big thing here,” she said. “We could have stuck with the provincial games, but we knew we were ready for the Canadian games. I wanted our next generation of volunteers to envision big, because that’s when we really get great things to happen in our city.”

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BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Criminal proceedings have been delayed again against a man accused of shooting a hunting partner in the fall of 2009.

Bentley-area resident Philip Moore, 55, died at the scene after suffering a rifle shot to his midsection while hunting big game with three others in a wooded area about 13 km west of the village, shortly after 4 p.m. on Nov. 29, 2009.

Lacombe resident Herbert Stanley Meister, 57 at the time, was later charged with criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence in the use of a firearm.

After a series of adjournments, Meister was scheduled to stand trial this week before Justice Kirk Sisson in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Sisson allowed a recess in the trial on Tuesday.

Back in court on Thursday, with family members and close friends of Moore filling nearly one-third of the gallery, Sisson was asked once again to adjourn proceedings.

Defence counsel Balfour Der of Calgary said he had been working on a plea negotiation with Crown prosecutor Robin Snider, who is on an unscheduled leave.

Bena Border, chief Crown in Red Deer, has taken over the case and is continuing negotiations, said Der. However, her office has brought up new facts that he wants to review with his client before signing off on a plea deal, he said.

Der and Border return to court on Monday to set a new date for Meister’s hearing. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Veer was so confident about the work that everyone had put forward that she revealed upon arriving in Calgary before the announcement that she

had only written one speech for the event — victory.

“I believe you always need to go all in until the end,” she said. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Paving paradise, again PRESSURE TO DEVELOP NATIONAL PARKS RAMPS UP When we think of Canada’s mountain national parks, we often think of pristine, undisturbed landscapes unsullied by human hands.

But, just like 130 years ago, developers are once again eager to pave paradise.

The first wave of development came on the heels of the Canadian Pacific RailDOUG road, which was FIRBY completed in 1885. As it was built, CP looked to offset some of the enormous costs of construction by building a series of lodges and hotels along the route.

Some of that legacy is absolutely worth cherishing, like the world-famous Banff Springs hotel (now Fairmont Banff Springs) in the town of Banff. In other places, the grand ambitions of those early pioneers are nothing more today than remnants in the

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ground. Such is the ruins of Glacier House, once an exclusive tourist destination located high in Rogers Pass in what is now Glacier National Park.

After the park was legally established in 1886, the first Glacier House was built near the north end of the stunning Illecillewaet Glacier. It grew in size and popularity over the years until the year 1907, when it was described as the most visited glacier in the Americas.

As luck would have it, the hotel’s fate was sealed by a series of lethal avalanches. CP finally decided to move the rail line to a less dangerous location, and the number of visitors to Glacier House dropped off rapidly.

Within a few years, it closed its doors and was eventually torn down.

Today, you can walk among the stone foundations of this once-grand hotel and imagine the hive of activity that once was there.

Today, another pristine national park site is under pressure to develop.

A private consortium called Maligne Tours has aggressively lobbied Park Canada to build overnight accommodation on Maligne Lake, a stunningly beautiful lake about 45 km from the town of Jasper.

Although the proposal for a hotel on the site was denied, Parks Canada gave permission to further consider the construction of tent cabins on the lake.

Critics fear this is the thin edge of the wedge that will lead to further development and rapid destruction of the lake as we know it. In fact, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) has teamed up with the Jasper Environmental Association to seek a judicial review of the government’s decision to approve the development.

The opponents cite a number of reasons for their objection: under the 2010 Jasper National Park management plan, no new land is to be released for commercial accommodations; at-risk wildlife, like woodland caribou, will be threatened by increased vehicular traffic; and a survey of visitors to the lake found no evidence of interest in such accommodations.

So why is the government letting the proposal move to the next phase?

Parks Canada talks openly about the imperative to attract more visitors to our national parks.

It’s the same rationale that is behind the approval of via ferratas (a steel cable that runs along a climbing route which climbers can use to limit

any fall) and the controversial Glacier Skywalk on the nearby Icefields Parkway.

The theory goes that tourists just won’t rough it these days to experience the wild, so Parks Canada is entertaining a broad range of ideas to make the outdoors a little tamer in the hopes that visitors respond.

The folly in this logic, of course, is that adding the comforts of home does indeed make these destinations a little less of what we cherish in them so much. To tourists who think they can have their cake — wildlife and scenic vistas — and eat it, too (i.e. hot showers and cozy beds) the truth is they can’t.

Taming the wild will always make it a diminished experience.

We’ve been down this road before, as the Glacier House history reveals.

We don’t need to go there again.

But to avoid it, Parks Canada will have to reawaken to its mandate — protecting our world-famous natural areas from the forces that would make them less so, all in the name of profit.

The battle line is drawn at Maligne Lake.

Doug Firby is editor-in-chief of Troy Media and national affairs columnist.

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Alberta government still oppressing gays

BY JANET KEEPING SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Most parts of Alberta’s Human Rights Act are intended — just as you would expect — to protect human dignity, the root goal of human rights law.

Its main purpose is to make discrimination illegal in access to public goods and services, rental accommodation and employment. These are prohibitions on discrimination that most Albertans embrace as essential in a decent, modern society.

But there is a glaring exception to the goal of protecting dignity in section 11.1 of the act, which makes it illegal for a teacher to address “religion, human sexuality or sexual orientation” in the classroom.

This provision is a vicious slap in the face to gays, an insult to teachers and flat-out unnecessary. It has to go.

By making it illegal for a teacher to raise religion, human sexuality or sexual orientation as subjects in class, Alberta law singles out gays and attacks their right to dignity as well as their constitutional right to the equal benefit and protection of the law. Section 11.1 says that gays are a class of people so undesirable that students need to be protected from any discussion of sexual orientation whether it arises in literature, in current events, in history, or wherever else.

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discussion of homosexuality but also creates other problems. My favourite (nerdy) examples concern the history of mathematics; for example, the medieval Christian fear of the concepts of zero and infinity was one reason why mathematics was more advanced in Islamic countries where there were no such beliefs. By virtue of Section 11.1, teachers are legally prohibited from addressing such historical topics without advance notification to parents and guardians.

It has been illegal to discriminate against gay Albertans since a Supreme Court of Canada ruling 16 years ago. The Alberta government resisted amending the Human Rights Act to make this protection explicit until 2009, when it added the words “sexual orientation” to the list of illegally prohibited types of discrimination.

But in some kind of twisted, last-ditch effort to salvage its homophobic agenda, the government added Section 11.1 at the same time.

Section 11.1 is also insulting to teachers, whom the government obviously does not trust to do their jobs properly. When Section 11.1 was introduced, some clever Alberta College of Art and Design students made a video mocking the proposal by showing fictional teachers explaining the solution of distance and time problems using assumptions such as “if the lesbian couple leave Lethbridge for Edmonton at 10 a.m. travelling at 100 km/h and the gay couple from Calgary leave. ...”

The point is that no such classes have ever taken

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And when there is, then teachers should be discussing it. Not to let them without getting parents’ permission is an insult to their professionalism.

(There is a requirement under the Education Act that schools ask parents’ permission for their children to participate in sex education. Repeal of Section 11.1 would leave that rule unchanged.)

One of the most appalling aspects of Section 11.1 is that it was totally unnecessary. If it were not for the government’s determination to continue to oppress gays, the section would never have been added. It was a purported “solution” to a non-existent problem and, as such, is an example of the worst kind of law-making.

Albertans should demand of all candidates — both in the coming leadership elections for the Conservatives and the NDP and in the next general election — where they stand on this issue, for no one of good conscience can defend Section 11.1.

Candidates who have not bothered to get up to speed on this issue should also be rejected by voters for failing to be aware of such an outrageous abuse of power.

The Alberta government’s legislative war against gays has to end and it will not be over until Section 11.1 is repealed.

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NATO challenged to meet ISIL threat

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS NEWPORT — A meeting of NATO leaders convened in Britain on Thursday facing no shortage of crises and a challenge from two of its dominant partners to confront a virulent new form of Islamic extremism in the Middle East.

Both U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron called on the 28-member military alliance to deal with the emerging threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, an al-Qaida splinter group.

They also promised to protect the tiny Baltic states from possible Russian aggression.

“We meet here at a solemn moment for our alliance and the security of our nations,” Cameron said at the opening of the summit, being held on a rolling golf resort in this sea-side Welsh community.

“We meet at a crucial time in the history of our alliance. The world faces many dangerous and evolving threats and it is absolutely clear that NATO is as vital to our future as it has been in our past.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper huddled with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko late in the day and pledged $4-million for two initiatives in eastern Europe designed to help both that embattled country and the Baltic states.

The cash will be used to help improve the command and control and logistics computers of the Ukrainian army, and to bolster cyber and energy security in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

“We are obviously watching developments in your country with great worry and sadness, but you have — and can be sure that you have — solidarity, always,” Harper told Poroshenko during a photo-op.

There are ceasefire talks underway and Russia warned on Thursday they could be scuttled if Ukraine strengthened its ties with NATO. The east European country is a partner, but wants to be a fullfledged member — something Canada has supported in the past.

Poroshenko wouldn’t say Thursday when Ukraine will apply for NATO membership, saying key economic reforms must be made first.

The British are reportedly set to announce the creation of a 10,000-strong expeditionary force outside of NATO. Those troops would serve as reinforcements in a crisis for the alliance’s existing 13,000 rapid response force, which leaders are proposing to bolster with an additional 4,500 high-readiness soldiers that can deploy within 48 hours of an emergency.

It’s unclear which one of those forces Canada is prepared to commit to — if any.

The Harper government was eager on Thursday to promote a laundry list of military exercises meant to reassure jittery allies, including the temporary repositioning of a Canadian frigate into the Black Sea this month as part of a NATO task force.

Military historian Sean Maloney says the alliance seems to have forgotten how it managed containment of the former Soviet Union — on both the military and diplomatic front.

“We are now half a year into this situation and

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This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. Across the broad swath of territory it controls from northern Syria through northern and western Iraq, the extremist group known as the Islamic State has proven to be highly organized governors. only now are we seeing a half-hearted and uncoordinated response on the diplomatic front,” said Maloney, who wrote a book about Canada’s Cold War NATO brigade in Europe.

Militarily, he said, NATO had rapid-response forces that regularly deployed to countries whenever Russia made threatening signals.

“In the Cold War this state of affairs would not have been possible,” he said. “We would have matched them move-for-move and the possibility of them escalating to this point would have been remote ... The handfuls of troops deployed by the U.S. and Canada (for training) are not a credible demonstration of either solidarity or signalling.”

Yet, even the brush fire war in eastern Ukraine and a resurgent Russia seemed to be eclipsed by the growing concern over ISIL, whose ranks of hardened fighters have been bolstered by hundreds of westerners from Britain, Canada and the United States.

The urgency is propelled by horrific Internet images of beheaded journalists and reports of atrocities in Syria and northern Iraq, as well as the fear that foreign fighters could return home to continue their war in the West.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry convened a meeting of possible coalition partners, who could participate in an expanded bombing campaign and humanitarian relief operation.

NATO General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is stepping down after five years in the post, said the alliance had not received a formal request, but was preparing for a myriad of threats.

Notably absent from the meeting was Canada’s foreign affairs minister, John Baird, who was in Iraq meeting members of the new government and Kurdish leaders who’ve shouldered the bulk of the ground fighting along with elements of the Iraqi Army.

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Dozens set up camp to press for inquiry

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — The death of a 15-year-old girl has prompted dozens of people to camp in the shadow of Manitoba’s legislature for days, calling for an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.

A group set up tents across the street from the legislature almost two weeks ago, following the discovery of Tina Fontaine’s body wrapped in a bag in the Red River. The number of tents has continued to grow, as has the resolve and optimism of many protesters who hope this tragedy can be a turning point.

Kylo Prince, who has been at the camp for days, said the abuse of aboriginal women is a continuation of the “genocide” of native people in Canada and has to stop. The families of missing and murdered women need closure and Canada has to deal with the underlying issues that contribute to these tragedies, he said.

Prince said protesters are celebrating because the federal Conservative government has said it is willing to participate in a roundtable discussion about missing and murdered aboriginal women.

“For a man like Stephen Harper to say he might have been wrong, that’s a huge victory. That’s what we’ve been praying for,” Prince said.

“If I had no hope, I wouldn’t be standing here. I

would be sitting in an alley, slamming some whisky with a needle in my arm and a crack pipe hanging out of my lips. But no, there is hope. We will conquer the darkness, but with light. We can’t fight it with anger or hatred.”

The death of Fontaine, who had run away from foster care and was missing for 10 days before her body was discovered, reignited calls across the country for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.

An RCMP report released in May estimated almost 1,200 aboriginal women have gone missing or been murdered in the past three decades. Although aboriginal women make up 4.3 per cent of the Canadian population, they account for 16 per cent of female homicides and 11.3 per cent of missing women.

Canada’s premiers, who have called on the federal government to hold an inquiry, discussed the issue with aboriginal leaders at a meeting last week and proposed a roundtable as a compromise. While the Conservative government has steadfastly refused calls for an inquiry, it has said it would participate in a roundtable.

That’s a small victory for Jennifer Spence. The mother of six, at the camp with her 17-month-old daughter, said she is still disturbed that Harper said Fontaine’s death should be treated as a crime rather than a sociological problem.

Former Quebec doctor charged with killing children sees bail

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SAINT-JEROME, Que. — A judge will rule next Friday whether a former Quebec doctor charged in the stabbing deaths of his two young children in 2009 should get bail while awaiting trial.

Lawyers for Guy Turcotte wrapped up their case Thursday with the accused testifying on his own behalf.

Turcotte told the court he’s asking for bail because it is his right and that he could be of more use to society as an informal caregiver to some of his relatives instead of “wasting my time in prison.”

The Crown argued that granting bail would undermine the public’s confidence in the justice system.

Turcotte faces two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his children Olivier, 5, and AnneSophie, 3, at a rented family home north of Montreal in early 2009.

A jury found Turcotte not criminally responsible in 2011 and he was released from a psychiatric institution in December 2012.

The Quebec Court of Appeal overturned the verdict last November, citing errors by the trial judge in his instructions to the jury.

The higher court ordered a new trial, leading to Turcotte’s re-arrest in late 2013.

The former cardiologist admitted he suffered from depression following his arrest, but testified that his state has improved with the help of medication and his doctors.

Turcotte, 42, said he wants to work as a caregiver to his aunt and uncle while awaiting his trial in September 2015.

The accused told Justice Andre Vincent that the treatment has left him feeling as good as ever.

On Wednesday, a psychiatrist testifying for the defence explained that Turcotte had suffered from a deep depression including psychotic symptoms but has improved during the summer and would not represent a danger to society if released on bail.

Turcotte’s brother offered to put up $100,000 to secure his release and testified the accused had continued to be surrounded by long-standing friends since his release.

Slimmed, shackled and dressed almost entirely in black, the ex-cardiologist was the final person to take the stand at his bail hearing.

His testimony and the subsequent questioning lasted about 45 minutes.

Turcotte noted there were no incidents during the time he was free, except for one encounter with a woman who yelled at him at a shopping centre.

Former PMs, aboriginal leaders want fresh start

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A complete breakdown in the relationship between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians must be repaired for the moral and economic good of the country, a high-profile panel said Thursday.

But while the establishment of Canadians for a New Partnership is being heralded as a way to do so, one First Nations chief says true reconciliation is likely to require more than just dialogue and education.

The new organization is being led by former prime ministers Paul Martin and Joe Clark, alongside aboriginal leaders, activists, academics, judges and artists who are seeking to hold public lectures and debates on issues which divide indigenous and non-indigenous groups to bring the two sides closer together.

The need for such an endeavour was made clear when his children suggested they’d lost hope the situation for aboriginal peoples could ever be improved, said Stephen Kakfwi, a former premier of the Northwest Territories who will run the organization.

“Our efforts, no matter how well intentioned, to improve the health, education and welfare of indigenous peoples are destined to the same failures of the past unless we build a new partnership and restore the trust has been eroded by a litany of historic wrongs,” he said.

Back in 2008, the federal government had begun to try and address those wrongs with Prime Minister Stephen Harper issuing his landmark apology for the treatment of First Nations at residential schools.

The apology was seen as an opportunity to close the gap between the two sides, but conflicts over resource development, education and missing and murdered aboriginal women have soured it anew.

Added to that has been a breakdown in the relationship between many aboriginal communities and umbrella organizations which claim to represent them, a phenomenon which manifested itself in the ongoing Idle No More movement.

The organization unveiled Thursday is in part a response to those protests, suggested Ovide Mercredi, the former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

“These were spontaneous gatherings of like-minded people that wanted change. That’s what we have here too, like-minded people,” he said.

“We don’t all agree on all the issues like resource development or whatever, but we’re here to say we have to start somewhere.”

Reaction on social media from some was more skeptical, with criticism of everything from the group’s funding sources to the involvement of former prime ministers, with suggestions that if they were truly committed to change they could have done so while in office.

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Mulroney chastises Harper

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA, Ont. — Brian Mulroney is pulling no punches on the 30th anniversary of his historic majority election win, chastising Stephen Harper on everything from foreign affairs to the prime minister’s spat with Canada’s top judge.

In an interview with CTV’s Power Play to mark this week’s anniversary, the former prime minister sternly rebuked Harper for his public spat this year with Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

“You don’t get into a slagging contest with the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, even if you thought that he or she was wrong,” Mulroney said in the interview broadcast on Thursday.

“You don’t do that.”

The spat centred around the failed appointment of Federal Court judge Marc Nadon to the Supreme Court. Harper drew stiff criticism for suggesting McLachlin had acted inappropriately by trying to flag potential problems with the appointment.

Mulroney’s criticisms of the government’s approach on other issues were equally harsh, particularly on foreign affairs and the Conservatives’ tense relations with the United Nations.

“When Canada, for the first time in our history, loses a vote at the United Nations to become a member of the Security Council ... to Portugal, which was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time, you should look in the mirror and say: ‘Houston, I think we have

a problem.”’

The former prime minister said the government’s foreign affairs policy “has to be enveloped in a broader and more generous sweep that takes in Canadian traditions and Canadian history in a much more viable way.

“We’re in the big leagues ... so we have to conduct ourselves in that way. We can’t be out-riders.”

He also chastised Harper for his relationship with U.S. President Barack Obama, suggesting the prime minister doesn’t have the kind of close ties that allow him to call the Oval Office and ask for bilateral backup on a number of issues.

“If you can’t do that, you don’t have much clout internationally. The relationship with the United States is something the prime minister alone has to nurture the same way he would tend to the most delicate flowers in a garden. It’s that important.”

While the 78-year-old Mulroney said he supported the government and “what they’re trying to do generally,” he suggested Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is going to benefit from what he believes is widespread public fatigue for the Tories.

“He’s a young man, attractive, elected two or three times to the House, attractive wife, beautiful kids -- this is a potent package when you’re running in these circumstances,” Mulroney said of the eldest son of his one-time political foe.

He disputed those who accuse Trudeau of having no program. “His program is that he’s not Stephen Harper.”

The same phenomenon was at play, he added,

when he was elected due to public antipathy for Pierre Trudeau, while Jean Chretien benefited when Canadians tired of Mulroney.

Mulroney also suggested the Tories are underestimating Trudeau.

“You’d have to be foolish to sit back and not recognize if somebody’s leading in the polls 14 months in a row, this is not a fluke,” he said.

Mulroney also urged the Conservatives to make the environment a top priority, saying a “pristine environment” is important to Canada’s middle class.

“There are very few things that the middle class value more than the environment ... and that’s one thing we can deliver on,” he said.

“The prime minister alone has to make it a very strong priority of the government, has to make sure it has the funds and the clout.”

Mulroney also weighed in on the recent debate over whether there should be an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, saying he would launch such a commission. Harper has rejected widespread calls to set up such an inquiry, suggesting it’s a matter for police.

The Prime Minister’s Office didn’t immediately comment on Mulroney’s criticisms.

It wasn’t all critiques. Not only did Mulroney repeatedly praise Trudeau, but also NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair, calling him “the best opposition leader since John Diefenbaker.”

In September, 1984 Mulroney led the Conservatives to one of the most smashing election wins in Canadian political history.

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Dennis Tymchyshyn broke down on the witness stand Thursday, saying he has no savings and no income because his family business was destroyed after his son was convicted of first-degree murder earlier this year.

Tymchyshyn says he’s looking to change his name and leave the province.

However, under questioning from Crown lawyers, Tymchyshyn admitted he had read the document, knew what he was signing, knew of his son’s criminal history and could have pulled his money off the table at any time if he had doubts.

The surety was posted in 2011 while Corey Tymchyshyn was on trial for killing Chad Davis, a cocaine dealer whose body was stuffed in a barrel and tossed in a Manitoba river.

While on bail, the younger Tymchyshyn was arrested on separate assault and drug charges, which are still before the court, leading another judge to order the father to forfeit the money.

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Renee Korobanik pleaded guilty to attempted murder for the August 2011 incident near Steinbach and returned to court Thursday for sentencing.

The 50-year-old woman admits closing all the windows in the home, turning on all the burners and filling the residence with propane before evacuating both herself and the family pets.

A small explosion occurred and her 54-yearold husband suffered minor burns to the face before escaping.

The Crown wanted Korobanik to serve up to six years in prison, but the judge ruled she should be released immediately with a sentence of 30 months time already served, followed by three years of probation.

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Ukraine, rebels talk peace

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWPORT — Ukraine’s government and rebels voiced hope Thursday that they were within reach of a peace deal that could spell a quick end to bloodshed in eastern Ukraine, even as NATO leaders and Ukraine’s president agreed that Russia should be punished for its role in the insurgency.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he was ready to order a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine if a deal is signed at scheduled talks Friday in Minsk, Belarus. The rebels said they were ready to declare a truce if agreement can reached on a political settlement for the mostly Russian-speaking region.

Before flying to Wales for his meetings Thursday with NATO leaders, Poroshenko discussed the outlines of a peace deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and both voiced optimism about reaching agreement.

Since mid-April, Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting government troops in eastern Ukraine in a conflict the U.N. estimates has killed nearly 2,600 people. On Thursday, a NATO military officer told The Associated Press the ranks of Russian soldiers directly involved in the conflict have grown.

“Our current assessment is that several thousand Russian combat troops are actively engaged in fighting in Ukraine,” said the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to make public remarks on intelligence matters. NATO previously had put the number of Russians at 1,000.

Russian forces “are equipped with a spectrum of combat capabilities, including hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles, as well as artillery and combat support elements,” the NATO officer said.

Kremlin officials repeatedly have denied their troops or military assets are involved.

Facing major challenges with simultaneous conflicts in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq and a winding-down of operations in Afghanistan, NATO leaders began a two-day summit at a golf resort in southern Wales. Before the official proceedings started, Poroshenko met with Obama and the leaders of NATO’s four major European powers: Brit-

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The unanimous decision by the three-judge panel of the U.S. 7th Cir-

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People attend an anti-war meeting in the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Thursday. Separatist rebels have made major strides in their offensive against Ukrainian government forces in recent days, drawing on what Ukraine and NATO says is ample support from the Russian military. ish Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

A White House official said Obama and the other Western leaders expressed solidarity with Ukraine and agreed Russia should be punished for its conduct.

“The leaders reiterated their condemnation of Russia’s continued flagrant violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and agreed on the need for Russia to face increased costs for its actions,” U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben

Rhodes said. “The leaders also expressed their strong support for President Poroshenko’s efforts to achieve a peaceful resolution to the conflict.”

Rhodes told reporters the U.S. and European Union were co-ordinating on additional sanctions against Russia that could be levied “in the days to come.”

Later in the day, Poroshenko met with the heads of state and government from all 28 NATO member states, even though NATO officials have made clear that membership for Ukraine isn’t in the cards anytime soon.

In Moscow, Russian Foreign Min-

ister Sergey Lavrov said reports that Ukraine was seeking to join NATO were “a blatant attempt to derail all the efforts” to seek a peaceful solution to the fighting.

In the past two weeks, the rebels have made substantial advances against Ukrainian forces, including opening a new front along the Sea of Azov. That offensive has raised concerns the rebels are aiming to seize Mariupol, a major port of about 500,000 people, and create a land corridor between Russia and Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia annexed in March.

cuit Court of Appeals is yet another in a series of courtroom wins for gay-marriage advocates. Since last year, the vast majority of federal rulings have declared same-sex marriages bans unconstitutional.

The Wisconsin and Indiana cases shifted to Chicago after attorneys general in the states appealed separate lower court rulings in June that tossed the bans. The 7th Circuit stayed those rulings pending its own decision on the cases, which were considered simultaneously.

Between the bans being struck down and the order restating them as the appeals process ran its course, hundreds of gay couple in both states rushed to marry. Those marriages could have been jeopardized had the 7th Circuit restored the bans.

During arguments before the appellate court in August, Republican

appointee Judge Richard Posner likened same-sex marriage bans to nowdefunct laws that once outlawed interracial marriage. They derived from “hate” and “savage discrimination” of gays, he said.

The protests, which were planned by labour organizers for about 150 cities nationwide throughout Thursday, are part of a campaign called “Fight for $15.”

Since the protests began in late 2012, organizers have switched up their tactics every few months to bring attention to the protests, which have attracted spotty crowds. Organizers previously said they planned to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience on Thursday, which might lead to arrests.

In the past, supporters have done things like show up at a McDonald’s shareholder meeting and hold overseas protests.

The movement comes at a time when the wage gap between the poor and the rich has become a hot political issue.

Protesters asking fast-food companies for higher pay handcuffed at rallies NEW YORK — Police handcuffed dozens of protesters in cities around the country on Thursday as they blocked traffic in the latest attempt to escalate their efforts to get McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food companies to pay their employees at least $15 an hour.

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Al-Qaida fighters take up position near Israel’s border

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS For the first time in the Syrian civil war, al-Qaida fighters are hunkered down on Israel’s doorstep, and Israelis in the lush, hilly Golan Heights who have long considered Syrian President Bashar Assad their bitter foe are now worried about something more ominous — that they could become the militants’ next target.

The push into the Golan by the Nusra Front, as al-Qaida’s branch in Syria is known, comes just two weeks after Israel ended a 50-day war against Hamas on its southern border with the Gaza Strip, giving the conflict-weary nation another cause for concern.

Israelis in the Golan -- a long-disputed territory that marks the frontier between the two countries -have grown accustomed to hearing the sound of distant battles between rival forces in Syria’s civil war.

But last week’s seizure of the strategic Quneitra border crossing by a mix of rebels — including the Nusra Front, fighters of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army and others — has created an unprecedented situation that has brought the extremists to within just a few meters of Israeli positions.

The Syrian government is “not our cup of tea,” said Gabi Kuniel, an Israeli who tends vineyards re-

cently damaged by mortar shells when the violence spilled over to the Israeli-held side of the strategic Golan Heights.

But “we prefer that the Syrian army controls this region and not a group of radical al-Qaida Muslim people,” he said Wednesday, sitting behind a concrete structure near his fields to stay out of the line of fire.

As he spoke, heavy machine-gunfire could be heard in the distance. Earlier, a plume of smoke rose from the Syrian side of the frontier fence.

For the past three years, Israelis in the Golan have had a relatively safe front seat view of the civil war as Syrian government forces battled rebels attempting to wrest control of the area.

But now the Nusra Front and the other rebels move around in camouflaged trucks and on foot with guns slung over their shoulders, in some cases just 50 metres (yards) away from Israeli military outposts and Israeli farmers’ fields. Some Israelis are convinced it’s a matter of time before the Islamic radicals set their sights on them.

“They’ll come at us in the end, I have no doubt,” said Yehiel Gadis, 56, peering through a small pair of binoculars at an Israeli lookout point across from Syria’s Quneitra crossing.

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his friend, Yigal Bashan, 57.

The two men, who live in central Israel, were on a sightseeing trip in the region and were among some two dozen curiosity seekers who stopped at the lookout.

Israel captured the Golan, a plateau overlooking northern Israel, from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war.

It later annexed the area, a move that has never been recognized internationally. Since the aftermath of the subsequent 1973 war, U.N. monitors have helped to enforce a stable truce and the area has been tense but generally quiet.

That started to change when the Syrian uprising erupted in March 2011, and the frontier has grown more volatile as the conflict has escalated into a complex and bloody civil war.

Israel has largely stayed on the sidelines of the war, quietly content to see Assad’s forces tied down by battles with various rebel groups trying to oust him. However, Israel has occasionally responded to mortar fire that spilled over the border, usually unintentionally, and is believed to have carried out several airstrikes on weapons shipments thought to be bound for Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Investigators examining Oklahoma’s execution of an inmate who writhed and groaned during a lengthy injection found that a medical team, out of a sense of modesty, didn’t monitor an intravenous line that had been placed in the inmate’s groin. In a report released Thursday, they recommended more training.

Clayton Lockett, 38, died 43 minutes after the first drug was administered April 29. Gov. Mary Fallin ordered the state Public Safety department to review the execution, as most typically take 10-15 minutes.

In the report released Thursday, the agency said a physician with 15 years’ experience and a 40-year medical technician who had worked nearly all other Oklahoma executions failed to place Lockett’s IV line properly. Investigators also faulted prison Warden Anita Trammell for ordering that the insertion point be covered up because the drugs were administered near his genitals. It also intensified a debate over lethal injections in America, where states have been scrambling to find lethal drugs as drugmakers have cut off supplies.

Oklahoma used the sedative midazolam for the first time in Lockett’s execution, and DPS Commission Michael Thompson said at a news conference Thursday that all three of the drugs — midazolam, vercuronium bromide and potassium chloride — worked as planned. Midazolam was also used in lengthy attempts to execute an Ohio inmate in January and an Arizona prisoner last month. Each time, witnesses said the inmates appeared to gasp after their executions began and continued to labour for air before being pronounced dead.

“The drugs worked,” he said. “At the end of the day ... the drugs did what they were designed to do.

“Are there some things that need to be improved? Absolutely.”

The medical team put the IV in the groin after failing to find suitable veins in his arms, legs, neck and feet, the state’s report said. When it became apparent the execution wasn’t progressing as normal, the execution team pulled back a sheet and noticed a swelling larger than a golf ball near the injection site.

“Warden Trammell acknowledged it would be her normal duty to observe an IV insertion point for problems” while a physician would monitor others, the report said. “This investigation found that neither of these observations occurred, which led to the issue being discovered several minutes after the execution began.”

The prison system said it was already at work reviewing protocols ahead of an execution set for Nov. 13.

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NY Fashion week kicks off early WITH HIGH-ENERGY ATHLETA, SALUTE TO MILITARY WOMEN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — New York Fashion Week kicked off a day early Wednesday with a heavy breathing show of strength and style from the performance brand Athleta, a salute to the fashion challenges of returning U.S. servicewomen and models tucked into the horse-drawn carriages of Central Park.

More than 100 designers are scheduled to show their spring-summer 2015 collections in the Mercedes-Benz tents at Lincoln Center and other New York venues. The eight-day event kicks off the season, with the industry moving on to London, followed

by Milan and Paris, when the New York shows conclude.

At Athleta’s show, a flying female tethered to wires did some air running above a stark white stage at the activewear company’s first-ever — and high energy — show.

She was joined by breakdancers, yoga stretchers and minitrampoline jumpers in printed and solid tights, running pants, athletic bras, sweatshirts and a new dry-down technology the brand has just put into quilted vests and bomber jackets.

The idea, Athleta officials said, is to give active women more options for all-day dressing as they transition from workout to grocery shopping to school pickup or the office.

“Her life is always constantly in motion and so she wants a more versatile product that is not overtly fashion or overtly activewear,” senior design director Nancy Taylor said backstage of the company’s core customer.

Versatile performance wear is on trend as more fashion houses experiment with high-tech fabrics.

One sound example for Athleta is the company’s city jogger pant, which would transition well through evening if paired with the right top. On the performance side, the

company has put stretch insulation into jackets and other outerwear for warmth and better mobility in the arms, said Athleta President Nancy Green.

The typical Athleta customer “wants to be relevant.

She cares about style but she doesn’t want to change her clothes five times a day,” Green said.

Soft pants are a big part of the trend, she said.

The city jogger pant is high-stretch and lightweight, made of a fabric Athleta had already been using for shorts.

And they’ve added more lightweight jackets to last season’s moto quilted down, using a proprietary feather treatment Green said will stay dry against sweat.

Also Wednesday, the Couture Council of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology honoured Carolina Herrera with the 2014 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion. Ralph Lauren, Renee Zellweger and Lucy Liu were among the attendees at the Lincoln Center luncheon.

“Salute the Runway,” a show featuring current and former military women as part of an initiative to raise awareness of the fashion and style challenges they face when transitioning back to civilian life, was scheduled to take place Wednesday evening.

Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Carmen Marc Valvo and Mara Hoffman were among designers who contributed wardrobe staples for the show, including the iconic little black dress.

The “Salute the Runway” initiative has put on fashion shows on military bases in Texas, Washington state and elsewhere.

A last-minute addition to Wednesday’s early bird slate: Victor dE Souza, who has dressed Rihanna, Madonna and Lady Gaga, decided to put seven models in horse-drawn carriages for a movable fashion show through Central Park on Wednesday night.

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Fashion from the Athleta Spring 2015 collection is modeled in an acrobatic show during Fashion Week on Wednesday in New York.

Take your summer ’90s trends into fall

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Crop tops, slip dresses, overalls and fanny packs were just some of the ’90s mainstays that have managed to creep beyond musical festivals and into mainstream fashion.

“We’ve seen the ’90s come back in the last few years, but this summer I felt like I really saw it in full force,” Flare’s fashion director Tiyana Grulovic said by phone.

And the trend is being carried into fall, so don’t pack away your strappy sundress just yet.

“I remember in ’Clueless,’ (the character) Cher was wearing a strappy dress with a Tshirt underneath,” said Grulovic, referencing the iconic film marking its 20th anniversary next year. “For a younger girl, a simple T-shirt under a spaghetti strap dress is beautiful.”

And for those who just can’t let their crop tops go, Grulovic provides hope.

“If you have a crop top that you love, you can still wear it with something more highwaisted, like a high-waisted jean or trouser,” said Grulovic. “I know this isn’t for everyone, but I’m really into the ’90s mom jeans.”

Grulovic credits the French label Celine for bringing back minimalism, with its trademark muted colour palette and clean lines. “The concept of ’90s minimalism, which is still going strong for fall, lends itself to more layering and wintry pieces,” she said.

Head-to-toe knits were big on runways for fall 2014, with Celine, Marc Jacobs and Stella McCartney all doing versions of the look. While it doesn’t translate well to the street, knits work well to propel summer pieces into fall.

“If you’re looking for something a little bit more sophisticated, you might opt for pair-

ing a turtleneck for fall with a really sleek column dress,” said Sarah Smithers, fashion expert at Winners.

And if you’re looking for an edgier look, adding toughlooking accessories to softer pieces will do the trick.

“Combat boots are a great complement to baby-doll dresses if you’re trying to channel that grunge look,” Smithers said. “Definitely ’90s grunge is a great younger look that you can have a lot of fun with — with back to school that’s a trend that always pops up in September.”

Caitlan Moneta, fashion market editor at Fashion Magazine, credits Saint Laurent for the revival of grunge.

“There was a huge moment where he not only moved his head office to L.A. but changed the whole esthetic of the brand,” said Moneta.

“He went in a radical, younger, edgier direction — he was mixing plaid and fur and made high street look high end.”

Grunge was the early 1990s musical reaction to 1980s hair metal, centred in Seattle and associated with bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. The look that became associated with the music was unassuming — flannel shirts and ripped jeans topped with unkempt hair.

Twenty years on, it’s been taken mainstream again by celebrities like pop singer Miley Cyrus and reality TV star Kylie Jenner.

“The good thing about grunge is that it’s a lot about layering, so it’s easy,” said Moneta. “Like using a plaid shirt to your advantage — throw it over a slip dress or tie it around your waist and it’s still in keeping with a grunge feeling, but it’s adding extra layers and a little extra warmth.”

To add polish, Moneta suggests completing your look with a biker jacket or adding heft to a slip dress with leather.

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Fashion Designer Donna Karan will be awarded with the medal of honour at the Fashion 4 Development’s First Ladies Lunchen later this month. Karan’s work around the globe helped foster economies and create jobs through art and fashion.

Fashion 4 Development to honour Donna Karan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — An organization that works on global development through fashion plans to honour Donna Karan for her work with artisans in Haiti and around the world.

Fashion 4 Development, a partner of the United Nations’ millennium development initiative, will award the New York-based designer its medal of honour at its “First Ladies Luncheon” Sept. 23 at The Pierre hotel.

Karan’s work around the world aimed at fostering sustainable economies, creating jobs and developing art educa-

UNITED NATIONS’ MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT tion were cited for the honour.

Her foundation, Urban Zen, develops markets and presents the work of artisans in Haiti in the U.S. and elsewhere.

She has designed and curated an artisan collection called “Naturally Haiti,” working with artisans who create recycled T-shirts, handbags, tobacco leaf vases, wood chandeliers and horn jewelry sold in Urban Zen stores and her retail partners.

Urban Zen has a partnership with artisan Paula Coles in Haiti for a vocational edu-

cation training centre to open next spring in Port-au-Prince.

The training centre is a commitment Karan made through the Clinton Global Initiative to train artisans in creating jewelry, handbags, accessories and other items.

Karan has shot two ad campaigns in Haiti starring model Adriana Lima, showcasing the country’s beauty and creativity.

She is an honorary U.S. ambassador to the country.

Others will also be honoured at the event.

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Boy, 14, charged in slaying of French street artist DETROIT — A 14-year-old boy was charged Thursday with first-degree murder and armed robbery in the fatal shooting of a French street artist whose body was discovered a year ago near an abandoned Detroit public housing project.

The boy was 13 at the time of the killing of 23-year-old Bilal Berreni. Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement that the boy and three other then-teenagers carried out the attack.

Dionte Travis, 17; Jasin Curtis, 18; and Drequone Rich, 20, were arraigned Wednesday on first-degree murder and armed robbery charges.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SRINAGAR, India — A bus carrying more than 50 wedding guests was swept away by a flooded stream Thursday in the Indian portion of Kashmir, and all but five of the passengers were missing, officials said.

Police officer Mubashir Latiefi said rescuers found one body nearly three kilometres downstream.

Latiefi also said four swam to safety and told rescuers that about 50 others were travelling by the bus.

Rescuers sighted the bus several hours

later and were trying to reach it, he said.

Landslides and heavy rains earlier blocked access to the area.

Officials earlier said the bus was carrying about 70 people. “There is a lot of confusion,” Rajesh Kumar, another police officer, said.

The Press Trust of India news agency said the bride and bridegroom were among the missing people who were returning home from a wedding ceremony in a village in the Rajouri region, about 180 kilometres southwest of Srinagar, the main city in Kashmir.

The region’s wedding season has been disrupted by heavy rains and the worst

floods in 22 years, and many ceremonies have been postponed.

At least 18 people have died in the past two days, and authorities on Thursday closed schools and stopped train services in the Kashmir valley. Meteorologists said the heavy rains were likely to continue for another two days.

Police officer Imtiyaz Hussain said the 18 victims were swept away by floodwaters or buried by mud from mountain slopes — 14 in the Jammu region and four in the Kashmir valley. They included a paramilitary officer whose bunker collapsed on him.

Warning issued as lava approaches Big Island community

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU — Residents in a rural, isolated region of Hawaii’s Big Island still reeling from a recent tropical storm turned their attention to a potential new disaster Thursday as scientists warned that a lava flow from a nearby volcano had moved closer to homes.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said lava from the Kilauea volcano could reach the Kaohe Homesteads in five to seven days

if it continues its steady advance through cracks in the earth.

The sparsely populated subdivision is part of the Puna region, where Tropical Storm Iselle made landfall about a month ago, toppling trees onto homes and wiping out electricity.

Observatory scientists said the lava has been advancing about 800 feet (243 metres) per day since July 10. They’ve been closely monitoring the flow and on Thursday raised the alert level from “watch” to “warning.”

However, the observatory said predicting a flow’s exact path can be difficult because of subtle variations in topography, changes in lava volume and where and how lava enters or exits ground cracks.

Hawaii County Civil Defence Administrator Darryl Oliveira said the agency has not yet ordered an evacuation but will do so when it’s clear the lava is at least five days from impacting homes.

“It’s very frustrating because even if we

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Vernetta Alston, an attorney for Henry McCollum, says lawyers representing him and his half brother, Leon Brown, are preparing petitions for a pardon of innocence and plan to file within the next couple of weeks. McCollum was freed from death row after three decades, while Brown had been serving a life sentence.

On Tuesday, a judge vacated convictions against Brown and McCollum and ordered their release, citing new DNA evidence that indicates another man killed and raped 11-year-old Sabrina Buie in 1983.

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Lakeshore Drive in Sylvan Lake on Thursday was awash with cyclists taking part in the Tour of Alberta, which circuited the town twice before heading toward Blackfalds and eventually making its way into Red Deer.

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TOUR OF ALBERTA GIVES EXCITING FINISH IN RED DEER

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Tour of Alberta competitors were into the final loop of Thursday’s second stage and Swedish rider Jonas Ahlstrand wasn’t in any hurry to catch the front-runners.

Until near the end, that is.

Ahlstrand, a member of the Giant Shimano team, turned it on with the Ross St. finish line in sight, broke away from a large pack of riders and edged Theo Bos of the Netherlands for the stage victory. The winning time was three hours, two minutes and 14 seconds.

“The speed was 80 kilometres an hour when I hit the hammer with 200 metres to go,” said the Swede. “I need to come from behind in such a sprint because you have a lot of advantage to go in the slipstream. My plan was to go to top of the (Ross St.) hill and then come from behind.”

A large number of the riders were closely bunched at the finish line of Stage 2, a 145-km jaunt which started at Innisfail, continued on to Sylvan Lake and Blackfalds, and then concluded

following a trio of four-km circuits through Red Deer. Stage 1 winner Ruben Zepuntke of Germany, American rider Eric Young and Matej Mohoric of Slovakia rounded out the top five finishers.

Thomas Domoulin of the Netherlands, also with the Giant Shimano team, finished 28th but retained the yellow jersey as the general classification (GC) leader with an overall time of 6:26.3 after two stages and Monday’s prologue at Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park. Zepuntke sits second with a time of 6:23.32.

“At the end it was a perfect day, but it cost the team a lot of energy,” said Domoulin. “ I think a lot of guys suffered today. It was pretty hard in the first 100 kilometres and then it was kind of controlled after until maybe 40 km to go. It was a fast day.”

The field of 113 riders, for the most part, was bunched until five cyclists — Cameron Wurf of Austria, Kiel Reijnen, Robin Carpenter and James Stemper of the U.S., and British rider Simon Yates — broke away from the pack with roughly 40 km to go. The front-running contingent later featured as few as four and as many as

seven riders and Reijnen, Yates, fellow American Ben King and Aurelien Passeron of France, who slipped well back to finish 111th, were out in front by themselves heading into Red Deer.

“It was never my intention to go in the breakaway, it wasn’t my job today,” said Reijnen of the United Health Care pro cycling team. “But after 100 km if the break doesn’t go then there’s a real chance. I was thinking about the GC, I didn’t need that many seconds to take the jersey. But there’s always a lot of other things in play so I took a risk. It didn’t work out, but I’m glad I tried.

“I think we were caught with three km to go and at that point it was just me, Simon and Ben. It didn’t get super tactical because we didn’t have time to play cat-and-mouse.”

Reijnen faded near the end to finish 43rd Thursday and sits 15th overall.

He simply didn’t have a finishing kick after breaking away from the pack and admitted he harboured mixed emotions about joining the front-runners with 40 km remaining in the stage.

“If there wasn’t a break at the 100km mark I could have stayed (with the main group),” he said. “I tried to put the finish out of my mind and focus

on the GC, but I also thought that if it was a hard course at the finish — and it was hard to tell from the profile — that it wouldn’t be a full group coming across to us and I would still have a chance at the finish.

“If it wasn’t hard enough then there’s a lot of fast guys here anyway.”

Ryan Anderson of Edmonton, the top Canadian rider through two stages, finished 30th Thursday and sits fifth overall.

“The big, open roads made it hard to break away and go today,” he said.

“We raced hard all day and the big roads didn’t make it any easier.”

Notes: The average speed of Stage 2 was 45.3 km/h . . . Yates was the first rider up the long, steep hill just east of Red Deer to take over in the King of the Mountain category . . . GarminSharp leads the team competition with a total clocking of 19:20.11 . . . The Tour of Alberta resumes today with Stage 3 covering a route between Wetaskiwin and Edmonton. Stage 4 involves routes between Edmonton Northlands and Strathcona County and the fifth and final stage goes Sunday with an Edmonton circuit. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Local athletes to benefit from winter games This is as close as Red Deer will come to hosting an Olympic Games and will outstrip any other sporting event the city of about 100,000 can host for CALGARY — At the 2014 Winter the foreseeable future.

Hudec and his family moved to Red Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, Jan Hudec became the first Canadian skier Deer in 1986 from West Germany, and in 20 years to reach the podium, but it it is where he started skiing competiwas a journey that started years before tively at Canyon Ski Area. He rememat the 1999 Canada Winter Games in bers the spirit of the sporting community then and the supCorner Brook, N.L. port they received. But The games in New‘THEY PROVIDE at the time, it was about foundland and Labradoing something with dor were a launching A FOCAL POINT, that was fun. pad for the Red Deer AN OBJECTIVE, A friends “It was such an amazproduct, an event where ing experience and I GOAL AND FOR for the first time he felt back on it fondly,” like he could do someATHLETES THAT’S look he said. “Back then it thing bigger.

VERY IMPORTANT was all about commuIt was a reality that nity. Usually each sport came flooding back on IN THEIR has its own community Thursday while sitting DEVELOPMENT. and everyone knows in attendance at the Canada Sports Hall of EVERYBODY NEEDS each other and support each other ... all the ski Fame in Calgary as Red SOMETHING THEY families would rally toDeer was awarded the gether and work bingos 2019 Canada Winter CAN AIM FOR and try to raise some Games.

AND PROVIDES money and slowly try to “When I got there, find a van and just pluck I realized the scope THEM SOME away at the expenses of it,” said Hudec, 33.

MOTIVATION.’ and try to pull everyone “Young athletes, I don’t up on the team.” think sometimes get the —DR. RICHARD STARK In 1993 his family recognition for all the ALBERTA MINISTER FOR PARKS hard work they put it ...

AND RECREATION moved to Banff and he eventually qualified for and it was one of those the 1999 games. Since moments and opportunities and experiences that really then he has forged a successful international career, winning twice on the showed there was people watching ...

“It was really a sense of empow- World Cup tour in downhill, earned erment in showing that Canada and a silver at the world championships your province and your town was be- in 2007 in downhill and then earned hind you and supporting you in what bronze in Super-G at Sochi in 2014 afyou’re trying to achieve. That goes a ter battling injuries the previous few seasons. But it was the Canada Games long way.”

These games will have a profound that groomed him for the international effect on the economy and the city’s spotlight.

“It wasn’t until 2003 at the world image provincially and nationally, but the effect on local athletes may be championships that I got to experience another event that was that big with even bigger.

The Games will feature 19 different that much commotion and that much sports with 22 events running on Feb. stuff going on, and it really was some8-24, 2019. They will take over the city thing that prepared me when I did get for those two weeks while thousands of there,” said Hudec.

It’s a familiar story for Catriona Le athletes, coaches and fans from across May Doan, who emceed the proceedthe country ascend on the region.

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Skier and former Red Deer Jan Hudec shows off his bronze medal from the 2012 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at the Canada Winter Games host announcement ceremony at the Canada Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary on Thursday. ings on Thursday. The small town Saskatchewan native is a two-time Olympic speedskating champion and one of Canada’s most decorated athletes.

She also competed at three Canada Games — two winter (1983 in Saguenay/ Lac St-Jean, Que., and 1987 in Cape Breton, N.S.) and one summer (1993 in Kamloops, B.C.). It is there where she was bit with the competitive bug and her Olympic dreams were fostered.

“My final games, I realized it was going to be my last chance, I was going to go to another, it was now or never,” said Le May Doan. “It helped me deal with stress and also failure, because I had some good races and some bad ones. It was really a stepping stone in the speedskating world for me.”

The games also give athletes, many who compete in individual sports, that true sense of regional pride for the first time. They show what it means to be part of a team and to represent

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their province.

“I have never gotten rid of any of my Canada Games coats or outfits, I have them all in a box with my Olympics stuff,” said Le May Doan.

“It’s something you’ve earned and you’re extremely proud to represent all of the people in your province or territory.”

Before Alberta minister of parks and recreation Dr. Richard Starke was an MLA, he was a veterinarian in Lloydminster and coached the Lloydminster Border Blades speedskating club.

His son Allister Starke competed at Alberta and Canada Games, and he saw first hand the effect they have on young athletes. It is why he says the provincial and federal governments believe so strongly in continuing to put millions of dollars towards the Canada Games.

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Cougars primed for positive season

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR They aren’t wearing shades, at least not yet, but the future looks bright for the Notre Dame Cougars.

After a so-so past that was the 2013 Central Alberta High School Football League season, the present doesn’t look so bad, either.

The Cougars fielded a relatively inexperienced squad last year while posting a 1-3 record within their division, and an overall 3-3 slate that included cross-over exhibitions. This year’s squad features plenty of Grade 10 and 11 players, but the second-year players are now battle-tested and should be that much better for the seasoning.

“We had a good group of Grades 10s last year and we have a good groups of Grade 10s coming in. Five or six firstyear guys will probably start for us,” said Cougars head coach Gino Castellan, who will accompany his players to Lacombe today for a 7 p.m. seasonopening date with the host Rams at MEGlobal Athletic Park.

“Our strength this season is going to be our Grades 10s and 11s.”

The key Grade 12 returnees include quarterback Keegan MacDonald, who last season completed nine of 37 passes for 222 yards and was second in the division in punting with 456 yards — an average of 32.6 yards per boot — offensive linemen Willie Muhlbach and Marc Lechmann; Jesse Kowalchuk, who will play both sides of the ball; and kicker Eric Meraw.

Meanwhile, the list of first- and second-year players includes the likes of quarterback Devin Desormeau, running backs Justin Fedun and Parker Dahl, linebacker Reiss Flunder, linebacker/offensive lineman Alex Kuhlach, tailback Johannes Smith, receiver/defensive back/linebacker Taylor Vida, Payton LaGrange, Taylor Lawrence and Dag Wande.

“We were young last year and we’re going to be young again,” said Castellan. “But our season is set up well for us.”

The Cougars will play in a Tier 1-2 division that includes the Rams, Lindsay Thurber Raiders and Hunting

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Notre Dame Cougar Parker Dahl tries to break a tackle from teammate Gage Gurgens during a Notre Dame High School Cougars football practice Wednesday.

Hills Lightning. The clubs will play each other twice and all four teams will make the playoffs.

“Our young kids will have six games before the playoffs, which will be great for them,” said Castellan.

The veteran coach is enthusiastic about the turnout of players this year.

“We have 55 sets of equipment out.

That’s the first time we’ve had that many players show up this early. That’s a good sign,” he said.

Castellan’s crew lost a pair of close games last season, falling to Lacombe and Sylvan Lake in the late stages of

each contest.

He’ll be looking for a quicker start this year considering the Cougars already have a preseason game under their belts. Notre Dame lost to the Bev Facey Falcons of Sherwood Park, who are No. 7 in Football Alberta’s preseason rankings of provincial Tier 1 high school teams.

“We played a very good team and the result was expected,” said Castellan. “But we learned a lot about our team and the kids learned about the speed the game should be played at.

There was a lot of positives we took out

Lack of Canadian talent a serious situation for CFL, but there is hope We are now into the back nine of Bad teams have chronic problems the CFL season and most teams are with inopportune penalties and crucial planning a candlelight vigil to find mistakes during games. The RedBlacks their still-missing-and-presumed dead are poster children for this concept in offence. The main suspects are pres- their first year and I expect the Lions sure defences, inconsistent to feast on expansion team quarterbacks, club-handed prey in this game. receivers and suspect OThe rematch between lines.

8-1 Calgary and 7-2 EdmonThe situation will eventon at Commonwealth has tually remedy itself, but the been moved from Friday to supply and demand issues Saturday this year and will for quality Canadians has give both teams an extra day been magnified with exto heal after their Monday pansion this year. Canada game. does not produce enough Calgary is currently the pro-ready football players, best team in the league so my solution is to allow while Edmonton is puncheach team to designate two ing well above its weight, in JIM American players on each my opinion. A healthy Jon SUTHERLAND team as Canadians-if they Cornish will be a big asset have played with the same to Calgary in the stretch CFL team for five years. run and he plays very well They would be ineligible against the Esks. Calgary for Canadian status if they will once again burst Edsigned with any other CFL team, or in monton’s bubble in this game and send any other league. The incentive for the the Eskimos closer to their true status players would be job security because in the CFL standings as the Esks face of their Canadian status, while the in- better opponents in the latter part of centive for the team would be reten- the 2014 season. tion of talented players.

The 2-6 Hamilton Ticats visits the 2-7 Back to football.

Montreal Alouettes on Sunday mornThe first game of Week 11 features ing and these two football titans will the 1-8 Ottawa RedBlacks at home to have second place on the line, despite the 5-4 B.C. Lions. B.C. has been a dis- the fact neither team is even close to appointment this year and this game respectable in 2014. The ’Cats will conshould help them stay in the hunt for a tinue to improve if they can keep quarWest Division playoff berth. terback Zach Collaros healthy enough

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GAMES: Focal point “They provide a focal point, an objective, a goal and for athletes that’s very important in their development.

Everybody needs something they can aim for and provides them some motivation,” he said.

The games will also leave a facility legacy behind, and Red Deer College stands to benefit greatly from this with the construction of a health and wellness centre that was counting on a successful games bid.

The facility will include two sheets of ice — one Olympic and the other NHL sized — as well as many other upgraded amenities that will allow them

to host national championships, as opposed to having to go elsewhere to win them.

“Our athletic facilities at the college are sub par,” said RDC president Joel Ward. “By leveraging this opportunity, the college can be a great supporter of the games ... new facilities will be left behind as a legacy of the games.”

The college will also serve as the athletes village and a games’ headquarters. Though RDC athletes will be to old to compete, the games will be very accessible to local fans and athletes and will serve as a major recruiting tool for their future success.

“There are two things recruit good students to programs ... a great program with great coaches is No. 1 and facilities is No. 2 and so now we will have both,” said Ward. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

to win games for them. Collaros will be more than enough to beat the sad sack Alouettes en route to a run at first place in the East.

The last game of the weekend is the Sunday afternoon rematch in Winnipeg between the 6-4 Blue Bombers and 7-2 Saskatchewan Roughriders. I like Winnipeg sports fans because they have been incredibly loyal to the Bombers, despite their woeful record and the return of the NHL to Winnipeg.

Winnipeg fans are loud and proud of their football team. They treat the Bombers with the proper kind of respect owed to a pro sports franchise with a long legacy and the Winnipeg sports fans have not turned away from the CFL like other cities with NHL/ CFL franchises.

The Bomber fans will be rewarded in this game because I believe Winnipeg will beat the ’Riders. The Bombers have surprised everyone this year and owe their success to better coaching and a competent quarterback.

The ’Riders won a close game at home and I suspect the Bombers will have enough of a home field advantage to win the rematch in Winnipeg.

Bomber fans are noisy and should create enough confusion for the ’Riders to draw a few penalties, because the 13th man also suits up for Winnipeg.

Look for a close Bomber victory in the last game of Week 11 in the CFL.

of that game.”

The Cougars will take on another perennial provincial contender, the Cochrane Cobras, in an exhibition encounter during Notre Dame’s bye week at the end of September.

“We’re showing these kids what football should be like,” said Castellan, who is heading into the 2014 season with a positive outlook.

“I’m excited. If these young kids progress through the weeks here who knows what will happen in the middle of October,” he added. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Brooke Henderson shoots 69, Canada leads Women’s World Amateur Team Championship KARUIZAWA, Japan — Brooke Henderson shot a 3-under 69 on Thursday to help Canada retain a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship.

The 16-year-old Henderson, the low amateur at the U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Women’s Amateur runner-up, had five birdies and two bogeys on Karuizawa 72 Golf East’s Iriyama Course.

She opened with a bogey-free 66 on Wednesday on the Oshitate Course.

“My game, in the middle of the round, was really good,” said Henderson, No. 2 in the world amateur ranking. “It was great to get that birdie on 18 to get into the 60s. Any day in the 60s is a good day.”

Brittany Marchand added a 70 to give Canada a two-day total of 14-under 274. Augusta James had a 76, with only the top two scores each day counting in the team total.

“What I saw today in Brooke, Augusta and Brittany was just tremendous determination,” team captain Liz Hoffman said. “They really worked hard at focusing and playing every shot to the best of their ability. I’m very proud of the team today.”

Japan was second after its round at Oshitate.

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Right where they left off DEFENDING CHAMPION SEAHAWKS SOAR TO NFL OPENING DAY WIN OVER PACKERS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Seahawks 36 Packers 16 SEATTLE — Russell Wilson made sure everyone knew Percy Harvin was healthy.

Marshawn Lynch bullied his way to another 100-yard rushing performance.

And Richard Sherman? He was just bored.

The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks started 2014 the same way they finished last season, with a convincing blowout win.

Lynch rushed for 110 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Harvin had 100 combined yards rushing and receiving, and the Seahawks stymied Aaron Rodgers’ up-tempo offence in a 36-16 win over the Green Bay Packers to kick off the regular season.

The Seahawks unveiled the first Super Bowl banner in franchise history during a brief pregame ceremony and then began the process of trying to be the first team in a decade to repeat.

Their effort against the Packers — a popular pick to contend in the NFC — will only reinforce the belief Seattle is still the favourite.

And this time, there was no worry about a “Fail Mary” deciding the outcome.

“We got a few more weapons on offence, a lot of guys are more experienced,” Harvin said. “The guys on defence, Kam (Chancellor) and Earl

(Thomas), just have another year of experience.”

Wilson was outstanding in the first half, including a 33-yard touchdown pass to Ricardo Lockette. Harvin got touches as a receiver, running back and returner. He was used all over the field in different formations after never being fully healthy in his first season with Seattle.

Wilson finished 19 of 28 for 191 yards passing.

And Lynch was at his best.

Pete Carroll said earlier this week that Lynch appeared in the best shape of his career, and it showed. Lynch averaged 5.5 yards per carry and topped 100 yards for the 20th time in the regular season since joining the Seahawks in 2010.

Lynch, who ran for 1,257 yards and 12 touchdowns last season, barrelled through a trio of Packers for the TD with 3:41 left before halftime to give the Seahawks a 17-10 lead and added a second TD run on the first play of the fourth quarter.

Seattle had 207 yards rushing as a team and won for the 18th time in its last 20 regular season home games. Harvin finished with 11 offensive touches including four rushes for 41 yards. “’Lord have mercy, we have Percy,’ that’s what I always say,” Wilson said. “He is a great player, plays so hard, pushes the other receivers and players and they have a great relationship.”

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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette avoids Green Bay Packers free safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, left, to score a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, in Seattle. for 189 yards and was isolated to one side of the field.

He looked almost exclusively for Jordy Nelson matched up against Byron Maxwell and never threw in Sherman’s direction. Nelson finished with nine receptions, but Maxwell came up with a third-quarter interception on a pass that deflected off Nelson’s hands.

The most action for Sherman came in the first half when he accidently blocked Davon House into Earl Thomas on a punt return causing a fumble recovered by the Packers.

But Seattle’s defence did its part. They sacked Rodgers three times, taking advantage of a knee injury suffered by right tackle Bryan Bulaga in the second quarter. His replacement Derek Sherrod, gave up a fourth-down sack to Cliff Avril to end one drive inside Seattle territory. Following a Seattle punt, Sherrod was beaten by Michael Bennett on Green Bay’s next offensive snap. Rodgers was stripped and Sherrod fell on the fumble in the end zone for a safety and a 22-10 lead.

Nine plays later Lynch

walked in from the 3-yard line for a 29-10 Seahawks lead. Rodgers threw a 3-yard TD pass to Randall Cobb in the fourth quarter but Wilson closed out the victory with a 13-play drive that ate up 7 minutes and was capped by a 15-yard TD pass to Derrick Coleman on fourth down with 2:31 left.

Eddie Lacy was mostly a non-factor with 34 yards rushing on 12 carries and left in the fourth quarter to be evaluated for a concussion. Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner tied a career high with 14 tackles.

Stamps defence stingy under steady hand of Stubler

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — With 27 years of CFL coaching experience under his belt, Rich Stubler has plenty of stories to tell.

And the Calgary Stampeders colourful defensive coordinator has no shortage of entertaining material for his meetings with coaches and players.

“He has jokes for days about everything,” said linebacker Juwan Simpson. “We have to stop him, though, because meetings go a lot longer than they’re supposed to because of stories.”

Along with that cache of football lore is the experience and expertise that comes from serving on the coaching staffs of, and winning Grey Cups with, four other CFL clubs.

Add the high school, college and Arena Football League jobs Stubler has also held and he’s been in the profession 45 years.

“He’s probably forgotten more football than we all know in our whole defensive meeting room combined,” defensive line coach DeVone Claybrooks said.

Stubler broke into the CFL as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive co-ordinator 31 years ago. He’s designed defences for 25 years with the Ticats, B.C. Lions, Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts. He also served as the Argos head coach in ’08.

John Hufnagel, Calgary’s head coach/GM, hired Stubler this off-season after Rick Campbell left to become the head coach of the expansion Ottawa Redblacks. Stubler arrived following a two-year stint with B.C., whose defence was ranked first overall against the run and pass in 2012.

Halfway through the 2014

campaign, Calgary is allowing a league-low 14.9 points per game. In four contests this season, the Stampeders haven’t surrendered an offensive touchdown.

Opposing offences haven’t found the endzone against Calgary on their last 29 drives and only once in the last 37 possessions. Defensive end Shawn Lemon exuberantly declared Stubler “a genius” following the Stampeders’ 28-13 win over the Edmonton Eskimos on Labour Day. Calgary (8-1) boasts the CFL’s best record heading into its rematch with Edmonton (72) at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday.

“Stube has brought his style of defence that I knew he would,” Hufnagel said. “The players have embraced it and they’re playing it very well.

“We still have room for improvement, but they are doing a great job of tackling and that’s the key to what Stube likes to do on defence.”

Stubler says football is much the same now as it was when his father coached.

When Stubler arrived in Calgary, his goal was the same as it’s been with other CFL teams he has been with, which is matching a player’s strengths and skills with a job and empowering him to do it.

“Football is not based on schemes,” he said.

“You have to be able to adapt everybody that’s in your system to be able to maximize what they can do.

“If they can take ownership of what’s happening, we have a chance to be pretty good. If they can’t take ownership, we won’t be very good.”

Stubler, a 65-year-old native of Garfield County, Colo., took over a defence that featured such veteran leaders as Simpson, rush end Charleston

Hughes and defensive backs Keon Raymond and Brandon Smith.

Rather than impose his years of experience on them, Simpson and Claybrooks say it’s Stubler’s light hand and inclusiveness that has galvanized the defence.

“He knows a lot of football and you have no choice but to respect a guy who has been around a game this long and been this successful as long as he has,” Simpson explains.

“One thing he does is allow us players to play football. He plays to the strength of his players, not the strength of his quote-unquote defence.

“He allows us to go out and if we want to try something we’ll try it. If it doesn’t work, this is why it didn’t work. Not only do we believe in him, we believe in ourselves. We’re the ones out there running the defence. He’s made that very clear.”

Claybrooks agrees.

“That’s what Stube does a great job with,” he said. “He lets his coaches coach and his players play.

“He’s not a micromanager.”

Claybrooks is in his third season as defensive line coach after three seasons patrolling Calgary’s defensive line. When the defence gathers for the game-plan meeting, he says nothing is off-limits and creativity is encouraged.

“The players make it their own because they’re like ’Why don’t we tweak this and that and do this and that?’ ” Claybrooks said. “A lot of defensive co-ordinators would be like ’No, this is how the blitz is run. We’re going to run it that way.’

“They are out there running the plays and if it works better for them where they’re comfortable in it and they believe in it, then we’re a success.”

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Edmonton Eskimos’ Nate Coehoorn, right, gets brought down by Calgary Stampeders’ Fred Bennett, centre, and Keon Raymond, during CFL action in Calgary, Monday. Stampeders defensive coordinator Rich Stubler and his 27 years of CFL coaching experience has Calgary firing on all cylinders.

Stubler believes he still has another five years of coaching in him. That would take him to age 70 and give him 50 years in the profession.

“I started coaching when I was 20 and my dad was a coach before me and that’s my identity I guess,” he said.

Claybrooks interviewed for Calgary’s defensive co-ordinator’s job and had opportunities to go elsewhere this season.

But one reason he remained in Calgary was the opportunity to work alongside Stubler.

“From a longterm growth of where I want to be in the future, this is the greatest situation because you get to learn from a guy who has been a defensive co-ordinator 27 years in this league and a coach for 40-some years,” Claybrooks said. “You think you know everything and he draws up something, and you’re like ’Wow, why didn’t I think of that?’

“Then our favourite saying to him is ’That’s why they pay you the big bucks.’ ”

Burris frustrated by RedBlacks’ offensive futility and penalties

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — During his 14 seasons in the CFL, Henry Burris has been many things.

But being embarrassed isn’t something he’s comfortable with.

With the Ottawa RedBlacks (1-8) last in the overall standings, these are indeed tough times for the veteran quarterback. The club has lost six straight games and continues to look like an expansion franchise striving to find its identity. And the situation doesn’t get any easier Friday night as Ottawa hosts the BC Lions (5-4) at TD Place.

“This is definitely a new experience for me, but I think the most frustrating part, regardless of what the situation is, is the recurring mistakes

we’ve had, especially in the penalties and mental mistakes we’re making,” said Burris. “I feel for the most part offensively we’re one of the top teams taking care of the football.

“We’re doing a good job in the turnover category, but the thing is when you’re not executing the same plays that we’ve been running since Day 1 and we’re having penalty issues, that’s where the frustration comes for me. It’s selfinflicted as far as pain that you’re causing yourself.”

Ottawa leads the CFL in penalties with 113 for 966 yards, an average of 12.6 penalties for 107.3 yards per game.

Discipline has been a recurring theme this year for Ottawa, with players and coaches saying weekly that better on-field choices must be made.

But it’s obvious the message isn’t getting through.

As a team leader, Burris talks to his teammates on the importance of making better choices and expects accountability.

Burris believes it all starts in practice, saying players can’t be sloppy in their preparation, then expect to execute better later because it’s a game situation. He believes it comes down to developing good habits on a daily basis.

“We’re trying to nip it in the bud as players because at the end of the day it’s probably lost us a number of games that we’ve been in,” said Burris.

“Offensively we’ve had numerous penalties that have brought back big plays and defensively it has extended drives.

“The thing is we can’t have

those mistakes as a young team trying to get over that hurdle. Learning how to win consistently doing it the right way is the only way it’s going to become possible.”

Ottawa’s offence has done the most damage with 43 penalties. The RedBlacks had 16 penalties for 123 yards in last week’s 20-10 loss to the Montreal Alouettes. That prompted head coach Rick Campbell to tell the team’s radio broadcast that “players have to choose to be a professional football player and not have the moment be too big for you or too emotional and that’s what it is.

We’ve got to coach guys better and that starts with me and I’ll do a better job.”

On Thursday, Campbell said he probably should’ve chosen his words more carefully but added individuals can’t allow

themselves to get caught up in the moment.

“Football is an emotional game, there’s a lot of battles going on out there on the field,” Campbell said. “You just have to make sure in the heat of the moment you’re not costing the team anything by letting your emotions get the best of you.”

Some teams fine players for taking bad penalties but that’s not something Campbell wants to do.

“If you’re a consistent, repeat offender we’re going to have play with someone else because we need to be productive and stay positive,” said Campbell. “We keep track of who’s taking the penalties and why and what. Obviously we need to be better at it because we can’t play with repeat offenders.”

SCOREBOARD Hockey GA 8 6 10 5 9 9 6 9 13 14 0 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Portland 3 3 0 0 0 16 9 Vancouver 2 1 0 0 1 10 6 Seattle 4 3 1 0 0 12 7 Spokane 4 2 1 1 0 10 11 Tri-City 4 2 2 0 0 10 14

Pt 6 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 Pt 6 3 6 5 4

Prince George 2 1 0 1 0 11 10 3 Kelowna 2 1 1 0 0 6 6 2 Kamloops 2 1 1 0 0 5 9 2 Everett 3 1 2 0 0 4 6 2 Victoria 3 0 2 1 0 5 9 1 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Thursday’s results Seattle 3 Spokane 2 (OT) Tri-City 5 Kootenay 4

Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Red Deer at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Today

● High school football: Notre Dame Cougars at Lacombe Rams, 7 p.m., MEGlobal Athletic Park; Hunting Hills Lightning at Lindsay Thurber Raiders, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● WHL preseason: Red Deer Rebels vs. Tri-City Americans, 8:05 p.m. MDT, Kennewick, Wash.

Saturday’s games Kootenay at Everett, 12 p.m.

Red Deer at Portland, 4 p.m.

Kamloops at Victoria, 4 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Kelowna at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

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

Saturday

Sunday’s games Victoria at Kelowna, 2 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Friday’s games Seattle at Everett, 12 p.m.

Portland at Kootenay, 4 p.m.

Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

● Rugby: Banff RFC at Red Deer Titans Third Division, 1 p.m.; Foothills Lions at Red Deer Titans Second Division, 2:45 p.m.; both matches at Titans Park.

Wednesday, September 10 Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.

Baltimore New York Toronto Tampa Bay Boston

American League East Division W L Pct 82 57 .590 72 66 .522 72 67 .518 67 74 .475 61 79 .436

GB — 9 1/2 10 16 21 1/2

Kansas City Detroit Cleveland Chicago Minnesota

Central Division W L Pct 77 61 .558 77 63 .550 71 67 .514 63 76 .453 61 79 .436

GB — 1 6 14 1/2 17

Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Houston Texas

West Division W L Pct 84 55 .604 79 60 .568 76 63 .547 61 79 .436 53 87 .379

GB — 5 8 23 1/2 31 1/2

Wednesday’s Games Seattle 2, Oakland 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 1 Baltimore 6, Cincinnati 0 Cleveland 7, Detroit 0 Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 4 Minnesota 11, Chicago White Sox 4 Houston 4, L.A. Angels 1 Kansas City 4, Texas 1

Runs Batted In JAbreu, Chicago, 99; Ortiz, Boston, 98; Trout, Los Angeles, 98; MiCabrera, Detroit, 94; NCruz, Baltimore, 93; VMartinez, Detroit, 93; Cespedes, Boston, 91.

Pitching Scherzer, Detroit, 15-5; Weaver, Los Angeles, 15-8; PHughes, Minnesota, 15-9; Porcello, Detroit, 15-9; WChen, Baltimore, 14-4; Shoemaker, Los Angeles, 14-4; FHernandez, Seattle, 14-5.

Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 79 59 .572 73 67 .521 67 71 .486 66 74 .471 64 75 .460

GB — 7 12 14 15 1/2

St. Louis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 77 63 .550 73 67 .521 71 68 .511 66 74 .471 64 76 .457

GB — 4 5 1/2 11 13

West Division W L Pct 78 62 .557 76 64 .543 66 73 .475 59 81 .421 56 84 .400

GB — 2 11 1/2 19 22

Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado

Thursday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 4 Baltimore 9, Cincinnati 7 Detroit 11, Cleveland 4, 11 innings Toronto 1, Tampa Bay 0, 10 innings Seattle 10, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 5, Minnesota 4 Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Sale 11-3) at Cleveland (House 2-3), 5:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Shields 12-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 3-3), 5:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 3-4) at Detroit (Porcello 159), 5:08 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 14-4) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 9-7), 5:10 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 9-11) at Boston (Webster 3-3), 5:10 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 13-6) at Texas (S.Baker 3-3), 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 14-4) at Minnesota (Nolasco 5-10), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (Oberholtzer 4-10) at Oakland (Samardzija 4-4), 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m.

San Francisco at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

Houston at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Altuve Hou 136 571 76 VMartinez Det 129 485 77 Beltre Tex 126 473 68 Cano Sea 134 512 72 JAbreu CWS 123 475 71 Brantley Cle 134 526 84 Eaton CWS 103 406 64 MiCabrera Det 137 526 86 MeCabrera Tor 138 567 80 Chisenhall Cle 119 398 55

H 194 161 153 165 153 164 126 161 170 118

Pct. .340 .332 .323 .322 .322 .312 .310 .306 .300 .296

Home Runs NCruz, Baltimore, 37; Carter, Houston, 35; JAbreu, Chicago, 33; Ortiz, Boston, 32; Trout, Los Angeles, 31; Bautista, Toronto, 29; Encarnacion, Toronto, 29; VMartinez, Detroit, 29.

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 4 St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 0 Colorado 9, San Francisco 2 Washington 8, L.A. Dodgers 5, 14 innings Baltimore 6, Cincinnati 0 N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 3 Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 2 Arizona 6, San Diego 1

131 128

506 537

67 85

151 160

.298 .298

Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 36; Rizzo, Chicago, 30; Duda, New York, 26; JUpton, Atlanta, 26; Byrd, Philadelphia, 25; Frazier, Cincinnati, 23; Desmond, Washington, 22; CoDickerson, Colorado, 22.

Runs Batted In Stanton, Miami, 102; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 92; JUpton, Atlanta, 91; Howard, Philadelphia, 87; Desmond, Washington, 81; Holliday, St. Louis, 81; Byrd, Philadelphia, 78; Posey, San Francisco, 78.

Pitching Kershaw, Los Angeles, 17-3; Cueto, Cincinnati, 168; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 16-9; Wainwright, St. Louis, 16-9; WPeralta, Milwaukee, 15-10; Ryu, Los Angeles, 14-6; ESantana, Atlanta, 14-7.

Thursday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 400 000 000 07 — 1112 1 Cleveland 000 102 100 00 — 4 7 0 (11 innings) Scherzer, Alburquerque (7), B.Hardy (7), Chamberlain (8), Coke (9), Ji.Johnson (11) and Holaday; Bauer, Hagadone (6), C.Lee (7), Shaw (8), Allen (9), Atchison (10), Tomlin (11), B.Price (11) and Y.Gomes. W—Coke 4-2. L—Tomlin 6-9. HRs— Detroit, V.Martinez (29).

Boston 102 010 000 — 4 7 0 New York 003 000 002 — 5 7 1 Workman, Layne (7), Tazawa (8), Uehara (9) and Vazquez; Capuano, R.Hill (5), E.Rogers (5), Outman (7), Kelley (7), Warren (9) and B.McCann.

W—Warren 3-5. L—Uehara 6-5. HRs—Boston, D.Ortiz 2 (32), B.Holt (4). New York, Teixeira (21), Headley (4).

Toronto 000 000 000 1 — 1 5 0 Tampa Bay 000 000 000 0 — 0 7 0 (10 innings) Buehrle, Cecil (9), Janssen (10) and D.Navarro; Odorizzi, Boxberger (8), McGee (9), Geltz (10) and Hanigan. W—Cecil 2-3. L—Geltz 0-1. Sv—Janssen (21). HRs—Toronto, Col.Rasmus (17).

Thursday’s Games Baltimore 9, Cincinnati 7 St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 2 Arizona 5, San Diego 1 Friday’s Games Pittsburgh (Worley 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 4-2), 12:20 p.m.

Philadelphia (Je.Williams 3-0) at Washington (Strasburg 11-10), 5:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 3-4) at Detroit (Porcello 159), 5:08 p.m.

Atlanta (Harang 10-9) at Miami (Cosart 3-1), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 12-11) at Cincinnati (Simon 13-9), 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 2-1) at Milwaukee (Fiers 4-2), 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 6-15) at Colorado (Matzek 4-9), 6:40 p.m.

Arizona (Nuno 0-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Haren 11-10), 8:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games San Francisco at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 2:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati, 2:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 6:10 p.m.

Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Revere Phi 128 507 63 Morneau Col 118 443 49 JHarrison Pit 123 429 65 Posey SF 127 476 64 AMcCutchen Pit 123 466 72 ArRamirez Mil 113 417 45 DanMurphy NYM126 528 73 Goldschmidt Ari 109 406 75

Lucroy Mil Span Was

H 159 138 133 145 141 126 159 122

Pct. .314 .312 .310 .305 .303 .302 .301 .300

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

24 24 24 24 18 18 18 18 18 18 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Seattle 063 000 100 — 10 11 0 Texas 001 000 001 — 2 10 0 Elias, Leone (6), Maurer (7), Wilhelmsen (8), Farquhar (9) and Sucre, Quintero; Ross Jr., Edwards (2), Kirkman (3), S.Patton (4), Bonilla (6), Feliz (9) and Arencibia. W—Elias 10-12. L—Ross Jr. 2-6.

HRs—Seattle, Denorfia (1). Texas, Odor (8).

LAA 000 400 001 — 5 10 0 Minnesota 000 013 000 — 4 11 1 H.Santiago, Grilli (6), Jepsen (7), J.Smith (8), Street (9) and Conger, Iannetta; Gibson, Fien (8), Perkins (9) and K.Suzuki. W—J.Smith 6-2. L—Perkins 3-2.

Sv—Street (12). HRs—Minnesota, Nunez (4).

INTERLEAGUE Cincinnati 002 001 400 — 7 11 0 Baltimore 600 100 20x — 9 12 1 Leake, Villarreal (5), M.Parra (7), LeCure (7), Ju.Diaz (7) and Barnhart; Tillman, Brach (7), Tom. Hunter (7), Z.Britton (9) and Hundley. W—Tom. Hunter 3-2. L—M.Parra 0-2. Sv—Z.Britton (33).

HRs—Cincinnati, Mesoraco (21). Baltimore, N.Cruz (37), Hundley (5), Schoop (15).

NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 201 000 000 — 3 12 1 Milwaukee 100 001 000 — 2 9 0 Wacha, Gonzales (4), Motte (6), Maness (6), C.Martinez (7), Neshek (8), Rosenthal (9) and Y.Molina; W.Peralta, Duke (7), Jeffress (7), Broxton (8), W.Smith (9), Kintzler (9) and Lucroy, Maldonado. W—Gonzales 2-2. L—W.Peralta 15-10. Sv— Rosenthal (42). HRs—Milwaukee, R.Weeks (6).

Arizona 031 000 100 — 5 13 0 San Diego 000 000 010 — 1 4 2 Delgado, Harris (6), Stites (8), O.Perez (8), Ziegler (9) and M.Montero; Kennedy, Garces (6), Boyer (6), A.Torres (8), Stauffer (9) and Rivera. W—Delgado 3-3. L—Kennedy 10-12.

Football GP 10 8 9 9

CFL East Division W L T 3 7 0 2 6 0 2 7 0 1 8 0

PF 235 162 145 136

PA Pt 262 6 197 4 227 4 251 2

GP Calgary 9 Edmonton 9 Saskatchewan 9 Winnipeg 10 B.C. 9

West Division W L T 8 1 0 7 2 0 7 2 0 6 4 0 5 4 0

PF 251 227 228 260 212

PA 134 170 181 252 182

Pt 16 14 14 12 10

Week 10 Sunday’s results Saskatchewan 35 Winnipeg 30 Monday’s results Hamilton 13 Toronto 12 Calgary 28 Edmonton 13 Week 11 Friday’s games B.C. at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 6 Calgary at Edmonton, 5 p.m.

Sunday, September 7 Hamilton at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.

Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders C 21 21 23 17 27 21 10 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FG 23 23 22 24 19 20 19 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LeFevour, Ham Steele, Tor Tate, Cgy Walker, Ott Barnes, Tor Marve, Wpg McDaniel, Cgy Owens, Tor Parker, Cgy T.Smith, Sask Banks, Ham Collins, Ott Cornish, Cgy Cunningham, Cgy Feoli-Gudino, Wpg Grant, Ham Green, Mtl Guyton, Edm Kelly, Wpg Kohlert, Wpg Lawrence, Edm McCoil, Edm Miles, Ott Mitchell, Cgy Slaton, Tor Swain, Sask C.Taylor, BC Washington, Wpg Watson, Wpg

4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 New England 0 0 0 .000 0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0

Week 12 Friday, September 12 Montreal at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 13 Toronto at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at B.C., 8 p.m.

Sunday, September 14 Saskatchewan at Hamilton, 11 a.m.

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 4

● College soccer: Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 2 p.m., men at 4 p.m. ● WHL preseason: Red Deer Rebels vs.

Portland Winterhawks, 4 p.m. MDT, Kennewick, Wash. ● Heritage junior B hockey preseason: Mountainview Colts at Stettler Lightning, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday

● College soccer: Lethbridge at RDC, women at noon, men to follow. ● Heritage junior B hockey preseason: Beaumont Chiefs at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.; Three Hills Thrashers at Ponoka Stampeders, 6:15 p.m.

Golf

Baseball

Shaw, Edm Waters, Tor Hajrullahu, Wpg McCallum, BC Paredes, Cgy Milo, Sask Whyte, Mtl Medlock, Ham Maher, Ott Grigsby, Wpg Ford, Sask Allen, Sask Arceneaux, BC Bowman, Edm Fuller, Cgy A.Harris, BC Gable, Ham

FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 2014

Local Sports

WHL Preseason EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF Regina 3 3 0 0 0 20 Edmonton 2 2 0 0 0 8 Swift Current 3 2 1 0 0 11 Saskatoon 2 1 0 1 0 6 Medicine Hat 2 1 1 0 0 8 Calgary 2 1 1 0 0 17 Lethbridge 2 1 1 0 0 4 Red Deer 2 0 1 0 1 6 Moose Jaw 2 0 1 1 0 4 Prince Albert 2 0 1 0 1 4 Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kootenay 1 0 1 0 0 4

Toronto Hamilton Montreal Ottawa

B4

S 7 5 3 0 2 3 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pt 97 95 92 89 86 84 77 68 64 48 36 30 30 30 30 30 24

PA 0 0 0 0

Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee

W 0 0 0 0

South L T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh

W 0 0 0 0

North L 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W 0 0 0 0

West L 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Dallas N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Washington

W 0 0 0 0

East L 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0

Atlanta Carolina New Orleans Tampa Bay

W 0 0 0 0

South L T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0

Green Bay Chicago Detroit Minnesota

W 0 0 0 0

North L 1 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF 16 0 0 0

PA 36 0 0 0

Seattle Arizona San Francisco St. Louis

W 1 0 0 0

West L 0 0 0 0

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000

PF 36 0 0 0

PA 16 0 0 0

BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Named Bryan Seeley vice-president, investigations, and deputy general counsel.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Signed four-year player development contracts through the 2018 season with Norfolk (IL), Bowie (SL), and Frederick (Carolina) and two-year contracts through the 2016 season with Delmarva (SAL) and Aberdeen (NYP).

TEXAS RANGERS — Selected the contract of RHP Spencer Patton from Round Rock (PCL).

Transferred OF Shin-Soo Choo from the 15-day to 60-day DL. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with LHP Jorge De La Rosa on a two-year contract through 2016.

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Web.com Tour-Chiquita Classic Thursday At River Run Country Club Davidson, N.C. Purse: $1 million Yardage: 7,317; Par 72 Partial First Round Adam Hadwin 33-30 John Peterson 33-32 Scott Pinckney 32-34 Derek Fathauer 31-35 Hudson Swafford 32-34 Nick Taylor 34-33 Tony Finau 32-35 Colt Knost 36-31 Jamie Lovemark 33-34 David Lingmerth 35-32 Kyle Reifers 35-32 Oscar Fraustro 34-33 Brett Stegmaier 32-36 Brad Fritsch 34-34 Harold Varner III 34-34 Martin Piller 35-33 Henrik Norlander 34-35 Eric Axley 35-34 Matt Davidson 34-35 Mark Hubbard 35-34

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MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF D.C. 26 14 8 4 42 Kansas City 27 12 9 6 38 New England 26 11 12 3 37 Toronto 25 9 10 6 35 Columbus 26 8 9 9 35 Philadelphia 26 8 9 9 41 New York 25 7 8 10 39 Chicago 25 5 6 14 32 Houston 25 8 13 4 28 Montreal 25 5 15 5 27

GA 30 32 37 40 34 41 38 37 46 45

Pt 46 42 36 33 33 33 31 29 28 20

Western Conference GP W L T GF 26 16 7 3 48 25 13 5 7 48 26 11 5 10 40 26 12 8 6 45 26 8 8 10 44 25 7 6 12 33 26 8 12 6 37 24 6 10 8 29 26 6 14 6 23

GA 35 27 31 34 43 34 40 33 44

Pt 51 46 43 42 34 33 30 26 24

Seattle Los Angeles Salt Lake Dallas Portland Vancouver Colorado San Jose Chivas

Tennis

Sunday’s Games Minnesota at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Washington at Houston, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

New England at Miami, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Dallas, 2:25 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 2:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Denver, 6:30 p.m.

U.S. Open Thursday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $38.3 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Quarterfinals Marin Cilic (14), Croatia, def. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Gael Monfils (20), France, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2.

Monday’s Games N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 5:10 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 8:20 p.m.

Thursday, Sep. 11 Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 6:25 p.m.

Tommy Gainey Michael Kim Richard S. Johnson Nathan Tyler Greg Chalmers Y.E. Yang Kevin Tway Richard Sterne Whee Kim Dicky Pride Jonathan Randolph Steve Marino Kelly Kraft Johnson Wagner Darron Stiles Jason Allred Steven Alker Roland Thatcher Carlos Sainz Jr Tim Herron Max Homa Chris Wilson Harrison Frazar James Nitties Ryan Blaum Tyrone Van Aswegen Will Wilcox Daniel Berger Bud Cauley Kris Blanks Zack Sucher Aaron Watkins Byron Smith Brandt Jobe Mathew Goggin Steve Allan Doug LaBelle II Chad Campbell Chase Wright Sam Saunders Ben Curtis Andrew Loupe Chad Collins Roger Sloan Peter Malnati Travis Bertoni

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PGA of Canada Cape Breton Celtic Classic BEN EOIN, N.S. — PGA of Canada Cape Breton Celtic Classic presented by PC Financial Play suspended due to darkness Brandon Hagy 65 -7 F Matt Harmon 66 -6 F Chris Williams 67 -5 F Seann Harlingten 67 -5 F Daniel McCarthy 67 -5 F Adam Long 67 -5 F Eugene Wong 68 -4 F Russell Surber 68 -4 F Paul Ferrier 68 -4 F Daniel Balin 69 -3 F Ryan Brehm 69 -3 F Nate McCoy 69 -3 F Brandon Harkins 69 -3 F Tyler Aldridge 69 -3 F Evan Harmeling 69 -3 F Jason Millard 69 -3 F Michael Gligic 70 -2 F Mark Silvers 70 -2 F Chris McCartin 70 -2 F Cory Renfrew 70 -2 F Bruce Woodall 70 -2 F Christopher Wolfe 70 -2 F Joe Panzeri 70 -2 F Garrett Sapp 70 -2 F Matt Marshall 70 -2 F Clark Klaasen 70 -2 F Brant Peaper 70 -2 F Brad Miller 70 -2 F Michael Buttacavoli 70 -2 F Jon McLean 70 -2 F Greg Eason 70 -2 F Clayton Rask 70 -2 F David Holmes 70 -2 F Kevin Spooner 71 -1 F Michael Lavery 71 -1 F Tommy Cocha 71 -1 F Riley Fleming 71 -1 F Grant Leaver 71 -1 F Randall Hutchison 71 -1 F Ted Brown 71 -1 F Devin Carrey 71 -1 F Derek Gillespie 71 -1 F Ryan Williams 71 -1 F Adam Cornelson 71 -1 F

Soccer

Thursday’s Game Green Bay 16, Seattle 36

Doubles Men

Wednesday’s results Philadelphia 1 Toronto 0 New England 3 Kansas City 1 Chivas 2 Seattle 4 Friday’s games Colorado at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games Philadelphia at Toronto, noon Kansas City at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

D.C. at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s games Chivas at Columbus, 1 p.m.

San Jose at Portland, 3 p.m.

Chicago at New England, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, September 10 Los Angeles at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

D.C. at New York, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Semifinals Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (11), Spain, def.

Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (4), Brazil, 6-4, 6-4.

Women Semifinals Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (4), Russia, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3.

Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Flavia Pennetta, Italy, def. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Sania Mirza (3), India, 6-2, 6-4.

TRIATHLON

Auckland to open 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series, Chicago to close with Grand Final event

Transactions Thurday’s Sports Transactions

BMW Championship Thursday At Cherry Hills Country Club Cherry Hills Village, Colo.

Purse: $8 million Yardage: 7,352; Par 70 (34-36) Partial First Round Gary Woodland 34-33 Jordan Spieth 31-36 Rory McIlroy 33-34 Billy Horschel 35-33 Russell Henley 33-35 Martin Kaymer 33-35 Chesson Hadley 33-35 Kevin Chappell 35-33 Matt Every 34-34 Graham DeLaet 34-34 Sergio Garcia 33-35 Justin Rose 31-38 Hideki Matsuyama 36-33 Erik Compton 33-36 K.J. Choi 35-34 Chris Stroud 32-37 Charles Howell III 33-36 Ryan Palmer 32-37 Ernie Els 34-36 Jason Day 35-35 Jim Furyk 34-36 Phil Mickelson 34-36 Seung-Yul Noh 33-37 Bubba Watson 34-36 Cameron Tringale 34-36 J.B. Holmes 34-37 George McNeill 36-35 Brian Stuard 34-37 Stuart Appleby 32-39 Keegan Bradley 33-38 Harris English 35-36 Adam Scott 36-35 Chris Kirk 35-36 Angel Cabrera 33-38 Rickie Fowler 33-38 Zach Johnson 35-36 Matt Kuchar 35-36 Steven Bowditch 36-36 Charley Hoffman 34-38 Jimmy Walker 35-37 Bill Haas 35-37 Webb Simpson 36-37 Freddie Jacobson 35-38 Carl Pettersson 35-38 Matt Jones 36-37 Brian Harman 35-38 Geoff Ogilvy 34-39 Brendon Todd 35-38 John Senden 37-36 Marc Leishman 36-38 Kevin Na 35-39 Jason Bohn 36-38 Russell Knox 36-38 Kevin Stadler 34-40 Hunter Mahan 36-39 Will MacKenzie 36-39 Daniel Summerhays 37-38 Kevin Streelman 35-40 Patrick Reed 39-38 Ryan Moore 39-41

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Activated RHP Michael Wacha from the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of 1B Xavier Scruggs from Memphis (PCL).

Transferred OF Shane Robinson from the 15- to 60-day DL. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MIAMI HEAT — Announced Ron Rothstein will retire as an assistant coach and serve as a corporate liaison. Announced assistant coach Bob McAdoo will become a pro scout and serve as a community liaison.

TORONTO RAPTORS — Signed C Greg Stiemsma.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Named Howard Eisley assistant coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed LS Danny Aiken and LB Chris White. Re-signed QB

McLeod Bethel-Thompson to the practice squad.

Canadian Football League HAMILTON TIGER-CATS — Signed DT Linden Gaydosh. Signed WR Terrell Sinkfield to the practice roster.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS — Signed C David Krejci to a six-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season.

COLORADO AVALANCHE — Signed D Tyson Barrie to a two-year contract.

ECHL READING ROYALS — Agreed to terms with F Olivier Labelle.

SOCCER Major League Soccer Chivas USA — Announced the retirement of D Carlos Bocanegra at the conclusion of the current season.

MADRID, Spain — Auckland, New Zealand will open the ITU World Triathlon Series in March of next year while Chicago will host the Grand Final championship next September, with at least seven other events in between.

The International Triathlon Union said in a statement Friday that nine cities across five continents will host races in 2015, including the Gold Coast in Australia for the first time in the series.

After Auckland from March 28-29, it’ll be the Gold Coast (April 11-12), Cape Town, South Africa (April 25-26); Yokohama, Japan (May 16-17); London (at a date to be determined); Hamburg, Germany (July 18-19); Stockholm (Aug. 22-23), Edmonton, Canada (Sept. 5-6) and the Chicago Grand Final from Sept. 15-20.

The ITU said a 10th city could be added to the 2015 calendar.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 B5

Relegated Rasmus wins it for Jays LEADS BLUE JAYS TO FIRST EVER SWEEP IN TAMPA BAY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 1 Rays 0 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Colby Rasmus has become a part-time player with Toronto.

He made the most of his only at-bat Thursday night.

Rasmus delivered a pinchhit homer in the 10th inning and the Blue Jays earned their first three-game sweep at Tampa Bay with a 1-0 victory over the Rays.

“It feels good, but I wasn’t going up with the intent to try and show anything that I haven’t shown before,” Rasmus said. “I just wanted to go up there and try and help my team.”

Rasmus led off the 10th with a long drive into the right-field seats against Steve Geltz (01), sending Toronto to its fifth straight win.

Tampa Bay had runners at first and third with none out, and the bases loaded with one out, in the ninth. But reliever Brett Cecil (2-3) worked out of the jam by striking out three in the inning. Casey Janssen got three outs for his 21st save.

“For whatever reason, this has been a tough place for us to come play,” Cecil said.

“I don’t know about the other guys, but for me, we play in a dome also, but it opens and here it just doesn’t to me have a baseball feel to it when you’re out there during the game. You’ve got to put all those adversities aside.”

Toronto won the first two games of the series to stop a streak of 22 consecutive winless road series (including one in Orlando) against the Rays

dating to April 6-8, 2007.

“Worked out just right,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.

Both starters, Toronto’s Mark Buehrle and the Rays’ Jake Odorizzi, had impressive outings.

Buehrle, who is 1-8 in 16 starts since June 7, allowed five hits, one walk and struck out four over eight innings. He started the season by winning 10 of 11 decisions over his first 12 starts.

Odorizzi, coming off a 7-0 win Saturday over Boston in which he allowed just one hit, gave up three hits, walked none and had three strikeouts in 7 1-3 innings.

“We have exceeded cardinal sins, mortal sins, original sins — we’ve passed them all up,” Rays manager Joe Maddon said.

“We have totally wasted a lot of good pitching.”

Anthony Gose had a one-out double in the sixth, but Odorizzi got a liner from Jose Reyes and struck out Melky Cabrera.

Buehrle retired Ryan Hanigan on a foul pop fly with two runners on to end the second.

The Rays have been shut out 17 times this season. Toronto has 14 shutout victories.

TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: RHP Chad Jenkins is expected to miss the rest of the regular season after breaking his pitching hand while shagging balls in batting practice — making him the second Toronto pitcher in two days to get hurt during pregame warmups.

RHP R.A. Dickey threw 62 pitches Thursday during his regular bullpen session be-

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Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Jose Reyes, right, leaps over Tampa Bay Rays’ David DeJesus after forcing him out at second base during the 10th inning of a baseball game Thursday, in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Blue Jays won 1-0. tween starts, one day after he was struck in the head by Evan Longoria’s drive while standing in the left-field corner during BP. Rays: CF Desmond Jennings is frustrated by lingering left knee soreness, but hopes to play before the season ends.

He has missed seven straight games.

TALL ORDER Tampa Bay has to finish

McIlroy, Spieth part of tie at the top at Cherry Hills

15-6 for a seventh consecutive winning season. The Rays are 31-41 at home.

“There’s where we’ve messed up,” Maddon said.

“I don’t have any solid reasons.”

JANSSEN’S JOB Janssen is now sharing the closer role with rookie Aaron Sanchez and has offered to pitch in innings other than the final one. Janssen entered

Canada’s Hadwin shoots course-record to take lead in Web.com Tour Finals event

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — Rory McIlroy felt anything under par was a good score Thursday at Cherry Hills, even if he had reason to expect much better.

McIlroy ran out of par saves late in the opening round at the BMW Championship and had to settle for a 3-under 67, still enough for the world’s No. 1 player to share the lead with Jordan Spieth and Gary Woodland.

Cherry Hills, one of the shortest courses on the PGA Tour when factoring in the mile-high air, held up just fine.

“It’s tricky. It really is,” McIlroy said. “The altitude, we’ve had a couple of days to adjust to that. It’s fine. But these greens have gotten so much firmer over the last 24 hours. I think that’s what is giving the guys just a little trouble out there.”

U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer and Sergio Garcia were among those at 68, while Justin Rose wasted a fast start and was at 69. Phil Mickelson, who won the U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills in 1990, opened

with a 70.

“It reminds me of Augusta in the early ’90s, where the course played very short but the greens were the defence,” Mickelson said. “And the greens were very fast, and very firm, and it was very difficult to get the ball close.”

McIlroy ran off four birdies in a five-hole stretch around the turn to reach 5-under par.

He appeared to escape trouble with one of his best par saves of the year, hitting a lofted pitch from the side of a mound that landed just on the green and rode the slope to about 8 feet. He avoided a three-putt on the next hole by making a 7-foot par save.

But that was the end of that.

McIlroy failed to save par from the bunker on the next two holes. Spieth also ran into his share of trouble, though he countered with six birdies and figured out the nasty combination of soft turf in front of the greens and putting surfaces that felt like they had been mixed with cement.

He blasted driver through the fairway on the 382-yard seventh hole because it offered the best angle into the green. The trick was playing the wedge. It came out low and

Thursday with a 7.47 ERA since the All-Star break.

UP NEXT Blue Jays: RHP Drew Hutchison (9-11) and Red Sox RHP Allen Webster (3-3) are the scheduled starters Friday night at Fenway Park.

Rays: RHP Alex Cobb (9-7) is set to face Baltimore LHP Wei-Yin Chen (14-4) on Friday night.

running, something one would expect to see more in links golf, and it had just enough speed to crawl onto the green and settle a few feet away.

“Today, I had a good short game,” Spieth said with a smile, a strong comment from a guy with one of the best short games in golf.

Woodland made only one mistake when he three-putted from about 50 feet on the fourth hole. He birdied both the par 5s, missing an 8-foot eagle attempt on No. 11, and was equally pleased with a par on the 18th hole, which features a severely canted fairway toward the lake and an uphill approach. Woodland hit 2-iron off the tee and a 6-iron onto the green.

“Probably the firmest golf course we have ever seen,” Woodland said. “The greens, they’re concrete out there. So if we don’t get any rain, it can be pretty interesting by the weekend.”

Just his luck, rain arrived late in the day and suspended the first round with nine players still on the course. They will return Friday morning before starting the second round.

The field is only 69 players and there is no cut.

DAVIDSON, N.C. — Canada’s Adam Hadwin birdied the first six holes on the back nine and shot a course-record 9-under 63 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Chiquita Classic, the second of four events in the Web.com Tour Finals.

The 26-year-old Hadwin, the Chile Classic winner in March, made putts from 10-16 feet during the birdie run that ended with a two-putt par from 35 feet on the par-4 16th.

“My record was five before today,” Hadwin said.

“I think I’ve done it a couple of times playing for fun and stuff. At no point during that stretch did it cross my mind. I was just disappointed I left the seventh birdie putt short on 16 to keep it going.

Par seems disappointing after six in a row.”

Hadwin, from Moose Jaw, Sask., finished fourth on the Web.com Tour’s regular-season money list to earn one of 25 PGA Tour cards.

Those 25 players are competing against each other for PGA Tour priority, with regular-season earnings counting in their totals and the final leader getting a spot in The

Players Championship.

“I’m going to the tour next year and I’ve got no pressure on me,” he said.

“I’m just playing for seeding. I’m going to go out there, stay aggressive, stick to my game plan and whatever happens, happens.”

The other players in the series — Nos. 26-75 from the Web.com Tour money list and Nos. 126-200 in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup standings — are fighting for another 25 cards based on their earnings in the four tournaments.

John Peterson was second at 65, making eagle putts from 15 feet on the par-5 18th and 3 feet on the par-5 second. He was 179th on the FedEx Cup list.

“I think I changed clubs almost weekly this year,” Peterson said. “It was bad. I switched up caddies, instructors, clubs - everything. It got out of hand. I got caught up in trying to hit fades and play like this guy or swing like that guy. I just got lost of what made me me.”

Scott Pinckney, Derek Fathauer and Hudson Swafford were three strokes back at 66. Nick Taylor, Tony Finau, Colt Knost, Jamie Lovemark, David Lingmerth, Kyle Reifers and Oscar Fraustro shot 67.

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Federer fends off Monfils to reach semis U.S. OPEN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Roger Federer saved two match points while coming all the way back from a two-set deficit to beat Gael Monfils 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 Thursday night and reach the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time since 2011.

Frustrated by Monfils’ unpredictable style, flummoxed by the swirling wind, and missing shots he normally makes, Federer twice was a single point from losing while down 5-4 in the fourth set.

But he got out of that hole, starting a five-game run that put the match in his control for the first time all evening.

It helped that Monfils’ quality of play dipped, including what wound up being a total of 10 double-faults.

This was the ninth time Federer has won a match after dropping the opening two sets.

The 20th-seeded Monfils was trying to reach his second career Grand Slam semifinal.

Instead, Federer advanced to his 36th, ninth at Flushing Meadows. Five of Federer’s record 17 major singles titles have come at the U.S. Open, but he exited in the quarterfinals in 2012, and the fourth round in 2013.

On Saturday, the secondseeded Federer will play 14thseeded Marin Cilic of Croatia.

The other semifinal will be No. 1 Novak Djokovic against No. 10 Kei Nishikori; their quarterfinal victories came Wednesday.

Cilic wasn’t allowed to play in last year’s U.S. Open, forced to the sideline by a four-month doping suspension that he says he didn’t deserve. But Cilic reached the second Grand Slam semifinal of his career,

and first since 2010, by beating sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) Thursday.

“I mean, it was a difficult period. I didn’t know when I’m going to start back. But (it) was also (a) good period for me,” Cilic said. “I matured a bit more and I was working, day after day.”

His quarterfinal ended hours before the other began, and Cilic probably assumed he would wind up facing Federer next.

But that did not seem a certainty through the first 78 minutes of Federer-Monfils. That’s how long it took Monfils to shake off a twisted ankle and build a two-set lead, assisted

by Federer’s 26 unforced errors in that span.

At 33, Federer was participating in his 43rd Grand Slam quarterfinal, while Monfils — who turned 28 on Monday — was in only his sixth.

And Monfils had only won one of those, at the 2008 French Open, where he then lost to Federer in the semifinals, part of the Frenchman’s 2-7 head-to-head record coming into Thursday.

The air was swirling in the cavernous arena, rippling the players’ shirts and the giant American flag atop the stadium. In the early going, Monfils’ whiplike forehand was able to cut through the wind.

As the clock was about to strike 11 p.m., Monfils held two match points at 5-4 in the fourth set, with Federer serving. On the first, Monfils had an opening for a backhand passing shot, but it flew long.

On the second, Federer produced a forehand winner, and the crowd roared.

After Federer held there for 5-all, Monfils had a let-

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Roger Federer, of Switzerland, serves to Gael Monfils, of France, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Thursday, in New York. down, double-faulting twice in a row to get broken. Soon enough they were in the fifth set — which began with another break by Federer.

By then, he was on his way.

Make no mistake, though.

This was not easy. The turnaround might not have been possible for Federer a year ago, when he was dealing with a bad back and trying to figure out whether he should switch to a larger racket head.

But now Federer, however old, is approaching his skills of old. He has made the finals at his previous four tournaments, the first such run by a 30-something since Ivan Lendl in 1990.

Monfils is nothing if not

one of a kind. In an era where some men, including Federer, have two coaches, Monfils goes without any. He’ll admit to tanking points, games or entire sets. He sips sodas during matches, including Thursday.

He’ll go for a between-the-legs shot when a mundane forehand would do.

Against Federer, Monfils varied his tactics and it worked well for two sets. Monfils would chip-and-charge, coming in behind returns.

He tried to serve-and-volley a handful of times, not usually his style. He moved way over toward the doubles alley on the deuce side to hit one serve, instead of standing in his normal spot near the base-

line’s midpoint. He sneaked to the net when he could. He took pace off his booming groundstrokes occasionally.

In sum, anything to throw off Federer. And Federer did appear rattled, not just in his play, but also the way he barked at chair umpire Carlos Ramos over one fault call and later over the timing of a racket change, saying to the official, “What’s wrong with you, man?”

When Monfils broke Federer to get back on serve at 2-all in the fourth set, Federer pounded the top of the net with his racket.

But in crunch time, it was Federer who was steady as can be.

Joe Montana feels NFL can make seamless transition to Canada

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Mexico City and London have long been mentioned as foreign landing spots for the NFL, but Super Bowl-winning quarterback Joe Montana said Canada would offer the league the most seamless transition.

“Well, I’d think if any place could work quicker or be indoctrinated faster than anywhere else . . . it would be in Canada,” the Pro Football Hall of Famer said Thursday.

“I mean, let’s face it, you have the Canadian league here that’s a little bit different, but the gist of the games are pretty much the same.

“You already have a fan base, not only for the Canadian league but also for the NFL because they’re so close. I would think it would be a natural direction to go if they went outside the U.S.” A Toronto-based group that includes rocker Jon Bon Jovi is bidding to purchase the Buffalo Bills. Also in the running are Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula as well as New York City real estate mogul Donald Trump.

The biggest hurdle facing the Toronto group — which also includes MLSE chairman Larry Tanenbaum and the Rogers family, which controls Rogers Communications — is its intentions to possibly relocate the Bills franchise to the Ontario capital. But that couldn’t happen until 2020, at the earliest, because of the stadium lease late owner Ralph Wilson negotiated with the state of New York and Erie County.

Under terms of the agreement, the Bills must remain at Ralph Wilson Stadium through the 2019 season and could be relocated for a US$28.4-million fee.

So could the Bills exist with another NFL team based in Toronto? Montana said there’ve been examples of competing franchises being located very closely together.

“The 49ers and (Oakland) Raiders have lived within less distance than that,” he said. “The Raiders and (Los Angeles) Rams lived together in less distance than that.

“But I don’t know if the population (of Western New York and southern Ontario) would support between the two.”

Montana, 58, was in town Thursday to promote the start of the 2014 NFL regular season as well as help the league raise money for Special Olympics. It’s a charity that Montana, who guided the San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowl titles

over 14 seasons, said there’s much value in.

“The nice thing about it is it’s giving people who enjoy sports that aren’t as fortunate as others an opportunity to compete,” he said. “I think it’s a wonderful thing because sports, no matter who you are, is a positive, and I’m glad the NFL is part of it.”

Montana spent 16 seasons in the NFL with San Francisco (1979-’92) and Kansas City (1993-’94). An eight-time Pro Bowl selection, Montana led the 49ers to league titles in 1981, ’84, ’88-’89 and three times was named the Super Bowl MVP, throwing 11 TD

passes with no interceptions in his four championshipgame appearances.

His TD pass to a leaping Dwight Clark — aptly dubbed “The Catch” — led San Francisco past Dallas in the ’81 NFC championship game and defined the 49ers’ rise to prominence. Twice an NFL MVP and the league’s comeback player of the year in ’86, Montana was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000. But Montana said his NFL accomplishments never would’ve happened had he been forced to concentrate solely on football while growing up in Pennsylvania.

“If you had made me choose (one sport) in high school, I would’ve chosen basketball,” Montana said. “I didn’t expect to be playing football, I really thought I was going to school for basketball and had I, I wouldn’t be sitting here right now.”

It’s for that reason Montana supports kids playing myriad sports and not concentrating on just one.

“I would much rather see them be more rounded,” he said. “Why take opportunities away from kids? I don’t think kids are fully (developed) enough to be using one set of muscles all the time. Let them

go out and find out what sport they really like and which one they’ll be better at and may grow at.”

As for the ’14 NFL season, Montana figures the defending champion Seattle Seahawks will be in contention again.

“I think the 49ers and Seahawks are kind of the two top teams I think be battling it out (in the NFC) if the 49ers can get it back together because I think they lost a little bit in the pre-season,” Montana said.

“The next tier not far below them is Green Bay and New Orleans. In the AFC I think it’s going to go through Denver or New England.”

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Hiring of Donskov shows Hockey Hurricanes prepare for eager to get a feel Canada committed to analytics camp, for new coach Bill Peters CEO TOM RENNEY SAYS IT WILL STRENGTHEN PROGRAM

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Hockey Canada doesn’t want to fall behind the rest of the sport in the analytics department.

That much was clear with Wednesday’s hiring of Misha Donskov as manager of hockey operations, analytics and video. Donskov will be primarily tasked with video responsibilities, but Hockey Canada president and CEO Tom Renney believes the former Ottawa 67’s associate coach has more to offer.

“I think there’s an opportunity to tap into his knowledge with respect to analytics and what might (be) best to measure, whether it’s on-ice performance, whether it’s how we put our camps together, whether it’s the numbers of people we put in our camps,” Renney said.

“He has an analytical mind, and having said that he certainly pays attention to the analytics of the game. I think there’s lots of ways and means with which to incorporate his skill to that end.”

Analytics go beyond traditional statistics such as goals, assists and plus/minus to measure things like puck possession, quality of competition and where players are on the ice.

Donskov replaces Andrew Brewer, who left his job as Hockey Canada’s video coach to join Mike Babcock’s staff with the Detroit Red Wings.

Babcock heaped tons of credit on Brewer during the Olympic gold-medal run in Sochi for ensuring Team Canada was well-prepared along the way.

Brewer got some analytics started before he left, and that’s where Donskov picks up.

Renney, who worked as an assistant under Babcock last season and was head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers before that, said he has an appreciation for analytics from those jobs. In replacing Bob Nicholson in July, the 59-year-old didn’t see analytics as a weak point for Hockey Canada but considers the hiring of Donskov a way to strengthen it.

“We knew that because of the skills that he brought to the table that that was an avenue we could even explore that much deeper,” Renney said. “I don’t know that analytics is always solutionbased, but it certainly has a great deal of information to it and really in-depth information. I think with that in mind I wanted to make sure that we could at least pursue that to a point with the skill that was required. Misha delivers on that, we think.”

Donskov had recently been promoted to assistant GM of the Ontario Hockey League’s 67’s after spending two seasons as an associate coach. Before that he was an assistant coach/assistant GM with the London Knights.

“The more diversified you

are, the more valuable you are in a number of different ways,” said Renney, who cited conversations with 67’s owner Jeff Hunt and OHL commissioner David Branch as reasons he chose Donskov.

“Certainly he has a job description and it would suggest video, but it does go beyond that. I think we’re going to see his skills over time — not unlike myself, I hope — where we’re able to apply ourselves in those other areas.”

Even though Donskov has hockey operations in his job title, he won’t have to help replace Brad Pascall, who left to be an assistant GM under Brad Treliving with the Calgary Flames.

Instead, those duties belong to vice-president of hockey operations and national teams Scott Salmond.

After a career of coaching in the NHL, being the president and CEO of Hockey Canada and piecing these things together is another challenge for Renney, who said he was enjoying the learning portion of his new job.

Renney and his lieutenants don’t have any time to waste with the world junior championship in Montreal and Toronto fast approaching. Canada hasn’t won a medal since 2012 and hasn’t won gold since 2009.

In preparation for the tournament, Renney is involved behind the scenes but understands the expectations that will follow.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes are eager to get a feel for their new management.

With training camp coming up later this month, the Hurricanes are ready to find out how their new bosses — general manager Ron Francis and coach Bill Peters — are going to run things.

Goalie Cam Ward said Thursday that he’s spoken to his new coach 3-4 times on the phone and “from the small amount of time I’ve talked to him, I view him as a straight shooter.”

Ward said he expects Peters to install a “strong foundation and a sound structure.”

But he noted that it will be up to the players to put that plan in motion and prevent the Hurricanes’ playoff drought from reaching a sixth year.

“The players put on the skates, and it’s important that the players execute the plan,” Ward said. “A coach can only do so much. He can set it up for you, but it’s important that the players execute, and if they aren’t executing, it’s up the players to hold each other accountable.”

Ward expects to spend this preseason fighting for his job with Anton Khudobin, who beat him out last year. Ward won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the Hurricanes’ run to the 2006 Stanley Cup. But Carolina has made only one post-season appearance since then, in 2009.

But instead of tearing apart the roster, the Hurricanes’ only major moves this off-season came on the management side.

Francis moved up a spot to GM when Jim Rutherford stepped aside into an advisory role — and was subsequently hired as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ general manager. His first major moves were to fire coach Kirk Muller after three years and no playoff appearances, and to hire Peters from Detroit’s staff.

A few players came and went — defenceman Tim Gleason came back as a free agent, while backup goalie Justin Peters left for Washington and lower-line centre Manny Malhotra signed with Montreal.

But for the most part, the nucleus of the team was preserved — and that’s given the returning players confidence.

“I don’t think you can say we’ve got a bad team in that locker room,” defenceman Justin Faulk said. “We’ve got a lot of good players that have stepped up and done pretty good things in this league. It’s just putting it all together and coming together as a team and growing and becoming the team that we know we can be.”

The players acknowledged that they aren’t yet entirely familiar with their new coach or what he wants.

Faulk and Ward said they’ve only spoken to him so far by phone, and forward Jiri Tlusty said he has yet to meet Peters — largely because Tlusty spent the off-season overseas and just got back to Raleigh last week.

Rogers announce fewer blackout restrictions on NHL GameCentre Live

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Mark Messier has vivid memories of his Edmonton Oilers teammate Glenn Anderson making phone calls on the road back in the mid-1980s.

“He had a big battery pack that he was carrying around with a guitar strap and he had one of those big phones,” Messier recalled. “And he might’ve been the only one that had a cellphone in the country.”

Almost 30 years later, 83 per cent of Canadians use a mobile phone and 50 per cent own a tablet. With that in mind, Messier was on hand Wednesday as Rogers announced improvements to the NHL GameCentre Live app that will allow fans to watch

more games with fewer local or regional blackout restrictions.

In previous years, a Maple Leafs fan in the Toronto area or a Canucks fan in Vancouver couldn’t log onto GameCentre Live and watch a game that was being televised locally.

Now, any Rogers national or regional broadcast is available on that fan’s computer, tablet or smart phone — the only exceptions being games controlled regionally by TSN. Rogers, entering the first of a 12-year exclusive Canadian national television rights deal with the NHL, said the changes would make over 50 per cent more games available to watch online. In addition to Hockey Night In Canada, all Stanley Cup playoff games, including the final, will be accessible on GameCentre Live.

The NHL is a defendant — along with Major League Baseball — in a U.S. lawsuit over local blackout restrictions.

Garber and Laumann v. the National Hockey League, et al. is challenging league blackout policies on antitrust grounds.

Rogers can only control blackouts within Canada because it does not broadcast games in the United States, where NBC Sports has national rights and regional sports networks also have a say.

Keith Pelley, president of Rogers Media, said the goal was to “offer Canadians as much as we possibly can on multiple platforms (and) give them ultimate choice.” He promised more announcements to come in the next 30-plus days before opening night Oct. 8, including his favourite GameCentre Live fea-

ture.

Rogers will manage GameCentre Live in Canada and sell it for $199.99 for the season, $179.999 on early-bird discount and then $129.99 for a half-season package from Jan. 1 on. Rogers wireless or Internet customers will get a free trial for the rest of 2014. Pelley said most fans will watch games on Wi-Fi, but for those who don’t, GameCentre Live counts against data limits.

A national French-language package featuring the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators will be available beginning in January, according to Rogers. That is included in GameCentre Live but can be purchased separately for $59.99.

Messier, who spoke at the event at Toronto’s Eaton Centre as a “Rogers NHL Hockey

Ambassador,” has filmed a GameCentre Live commercial and will do more. The 53-yearold Hall of Famer who’s also scouting for the Oilers and working to build a rink in the Bronx, said he likes to watch hockey on the road and on the train back from work and is glad he can.

“I can only imagine what it would’ve been like in the ’80s to have this accessibility and for more people to have seen Wayne Gretzky for those 10 years in Edmonton in his glory scoring 215 points,” Messier said. “I remember Saturday night hockey myself, playing street hockey, coming in, having TV dinner and watching the Saturday night live game.

That’s still happening, and it’s just happening on different platforms and in different ways.”

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Andre Drummond of the US, waves to the fans after defeating Ukraine 95-71 in their Group C Basketball World Cup match, in Bilbao northern Spain, Thursday. The 2014 Basketball World Cup competition take place in various cities in Spain from Aug. 30 through to Sept. 14.

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GROUP A BRAZIL 128, EGYPT 65 Leandrinho Barbosa scored 22 points to lead a Brazil team that had already advanced. Egypt finished winless.

FRANCE 81, IRAN 76 France (3-2) withstood Iran’s late rally with the Spanish home crowd roaring for an upset to get a 81-76 win that it needed to move on and play Croatia next. Guard Thomas Heurtel paced the European champions with 15 points, while forward Samad Nikkhah Bahrami had 23 for Iran (1-4).

GROUP B CROATIA 103, PUERTO RICO 82 With the group’s final playoff spot at stake, Brooklyn Net guard Bojan Bogdanovic scored 23 points to help book Croatia (3-2) a place in Madrid and send Puerto Rico packing. J.J. Barea scored 20 for Puerto Rico (1-4).

PHILIPPINES 81, SENEGAL 79, OT Philippines waited 40 years for this moment, and almost let it slip away. Senegal’s Maleye Ndoye made a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime at 64-64, but the Philippines (1-4) gritted out the extra period to

GROUP D MEXICO 87, KOREA 71 Hector Hernandez scored 16 points as Mexico (23) secured a fourth-place finish in Group D. Taejong Moon scored 16 for winless Korea.

ANGOLA 91, AUSTRALIA 83 Yanick Moreira poured in 38 points as Angola (2-3) made up a 15-point deficit but fell short of qualifying for the knockout phase. Guard Chris Goulding scored 22 points for Australia (3-2).

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Moore’s multimillion-dollar suit against Todd Bertuzzi and the Vancouver Canucks over the infamous hit in 2004 was settled shortly before the scheduled Sept. 8 start of the trial.

It brings “mixed emotions,” Moore said in a statement, recalling both the difficult years for his family and the “compassion and encouragement” he received along the way.

“The injuries I sustained in my rookie year, the years I spent trying to return to my NHL career, and dealing with the loss of my career and the ensuing legal case, have been long and trying experiences,” Moore wrote.

“While nothing replaces the loss of one’s dream, I am happy my family will no longer be burdened by an unresolved legal case, and I am grateful to be able to move forward.”

The terms of the settlement are confidential.

Bertuzzi’s lawyer confirmed the settlement two weeks ago, but Moore’s lawyer, Tim Danson, said it’s his opinion that there was no “binding and enforceable settlement until the language of the settlement documents was agreed to by all parties,” which he said happened Thursday.

Moore, now 35, wrote that he looks forward to continuing to bring attention to the prevention and treatment of concussions and other head and neck injuries in sport through The Steve Moore Foundation.

“While my own hockey career was cut short, my love for the game has never diminished,” he wrote.

The notorious hit happened on March 8, 2004. Bertuzzi, then playing for the Vancouver Canucks, hit Moore from behind, sending the hapless Colorado Avalanche rookie crashing face-first to the ice and leaving him with a concussion and fractured vertebrae. signed as a free agent after the season with the Colorado Avalanche. Lucic finished with 24 goals and 35 assists and was fourth on the team with 59 points.

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The deal begins in the 2015-16 season after the final season of his current contract.

Krejci led the Bruins last season with 50 assists and 69 points. He also led the NHL with a 39 plus-minus rating. In eight NHL seasons, all with the Bruins, he has 110 goals, 268 assists and 378 points in 504 regularseason games.

The 28-year-old Krejci was the playmaker on the Bruins’ top line last season with right wing Jarome Iginla and left wing Milan Lucic. Iginla tied for the team lead with 30 goals and was third with 61 points but

GROUP C NEW ZEALAND 67, FINLAND 65 New Zealand advanced and sent Finland and its raucous supporters home. Isaac Fotu scored 18 points for the Tall Blacks, while Gerald Lee had 18 points for Finland (1-4).

TURKEY 77, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 64 Oguz Savash scored 15 points for Turkey (3-2) as it claimed a date with Australia. Francisco Garcia had 18 points for the Dominican Republic (2-3), which will face Slovenia.

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GRANADA, Spain — Pau Gasol scored 20 points as Spain routed Serbia 89-73 to finish the group phase of the Basketball World Cup undefeated on Thursday and remain the United States’ biggest challenger.

The new Chicago Bull centre helped to ensure the game was effectively over by halftime with 14 firsthalf points to power the hosts to an insurmountable 19-point lead.

Spain drew the toughest group with European champion France, a Brazil with three NBA centres, and traditional power Serbia.

But future rivals beware: Brazil fell by 19 points, France by 24, and Serbia was down by double digits after just eight minutes.

Juan Carlos Navarro chipped 15 points for Spain, while substitute Nemanja Bjelica hit five 3-pointers to lead Serbia with 19 points. Spain is so finely tuned it didn’t seem frivolous in the least when Ricky Rubio dribbled the ball between the legs of centre Miroslav Raduljica before assisting Jose Calderon on his second of consecutive 3-pointers to grow the lead to 48-33 late in the second quarter.

The game’s end turned testy when Serbia coach Sasha Djordjevic was given two technical fouls and sent off under a minute left. Spain coach Juan Orenga and Rubio also got techinicals. Spain had already clinched first place in Group A, pairing it with Senegal in the round of 16 starting Saturday.

“My players are prepared,” said Orenga. “With Senegal begins the do-or-die.”

While Spain heads to Madrid, the U.S. trades Bilbao for Barcelona to play an elimination game with Mexico after James Harden scored 17 points in a 95-71 victory over Ukraine as the Americans also finished 5-0 to top Group C. In Seville, Greece hit the boards and beat Argentina 79-71 to win Group B with an immaculate record.

The Greeks outrebounded Argentina 41-25 and never trailed after the opening stages as Memphis Grizzlies guard Nick Calathes scored 18 points.

Greece will play Serbia next in Madrid, where Argentina (3-2) gets South American rival Brazil (4-1).

Lithuania snatched away the top spot in Group D with a 67-64 win over Slovenia in Gran Canaria.

Lithuania (4-1) held Slovenia (4-1) scoreless for the entire fourth quarter until Goran Dragic scored with 47 seconds to go. The Phoenix Sun guard went five-of-14 from the field, missing all five 3-pointers he took, to finish with 12 points.

Lithuania’s victory slotted it to play New Zealand and meant it will avoid a possible meeting with the

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Brady more familiar with receivers PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH PASS CATCHERS THIS SEASON

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When Tom Brady played in last year’s opener, none of his top five pass catchers from the previous season were in uniform.

When he starts this season Sunday, the nine players with the most receptions last year for the New England Patriots should be ready to catch his throws.

“I hope we’re at a better place than we were last year because we started pretty fresh last year,” Brady said Wednesday. “We certainly have some new players, some new additions who are doing different things. Different guys are playing some different spots.

But everyone’s kind of got to find a role for themselves, and then we go out there and let it rip and see where we’re at.”

In 2012, Patriots wide receivers and tight ends caught 346 passes. In the 2013 opener, players who caught just 26 of those passes were active.

Last year, those positions produced 296 receptions for the Patriots. Players who caught 279 of them are expected to play Sunday at the Miami Dolphins.

“The more we’re on the same page, the better we’re going to be,” Brady said.

“Offensive football is about anticipation and about having a lot of trust and confidence in one another. I think we built on that.”

The Patriots began last season with a new veteran wide receiver, Danny Amendola, and three rookies — Aaron Dobson, Kenbrell Thompkins and Josh Boyce. Tight end Rob Gronkowski missed the first six games following forearm and back surgery.

This season’s newcomers are wide receiver Brandon LaFell, who had a career-high 49 catches last season, his fourth with Carolina, and tight end Tim Wright, who had 54 receptions as a rookie last season with Tampa Bay. LaFell has had plenty of time to adjust to the Patriots system after signing as a free agent on March 17. A turning point came in the week leading up to

the preseason opener at Washington when the Patriots practiced with the Redskins.

“I started getting a little comfortable in this offence probably after the joint practices against the Redskins,” he said. “It was going against somebody else who hasn’t seen what we run every day in practice. After a while you go against your defence every day.

They know your calls. They know your checks.”

Wright has had much less time to prepare.

The Patriots obtained him for sixtime Pro-Bowl guard Logan Mankins on Aug 26. Two days later, Wright caught four passes, all from rookie Jimmy Garoppolo, in a 16-13 preseason loss to the New York Giants.

Brady will be doing the throwing Sunday.

“He’s a great quarterback and we’re trying to do as much as we can on the side, just trying to get that connection down,” Wright said. “Tom (and) the coaches are going to do a good job getting me ready and I’m going to feel confident on game day.”

Wright came to the NFL as a 6-foot-4, 220-pound wide receiver who wasn’t drafted out of Rutgers. He was converted to tight end by the Buccaneers and gives the Patriots an athletic pass catcher.

“We’re trying to get to know each other and spend extra time communicating, gain his understanding of the things that he expects versus my expectations. It’s really a learning process,” Brady said. “If he’s out there, if they don’t cover him. I’ll probably throw him the ball.”

Wright was happy to hear that from the 15-year veteran who has been his teammate barely a week.

“I feel good about it, just trying to go out there and be consistent and try to earn his trust,” Wright said. “Just know I could be a person that he could rely on.”

The biggest addition is Gronkowski, who played just seven games last season then missed the last three of the regular season plus two in the playoffs with a knee injury. He said Monday

Saints QB Drew Brees enters regular season confident DESPITE A CAREER-LOW IN PRESEASON WORK

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS METAIRIE, La. — Drew Brees knows how to put a spin on more than just those accurate spirals he’s delivered for record-setting yardage.

The Saints’ quarterback also has a way of looking at less-than-ideal circumstances through the most favourable lens possible. He refers to it as his “optimism bias,” and he’s been doing it this week while discussing his relative lack of preparation for the 2014 regular season.

Because of strained left oblique muscle, Brees missed two weeks of training camp and enters Sunday’s regular season opener at Atlanta having played in only three offensive series during the entire preseason. He believes that amounts to the fewest preseason snaps of his career.

“I did what I needed to do to get it healthy. I feel strong; I feel 100 per cent,” Brees said this week. “I certainly tried to make the most of the time I was out. It’s the optimism bias. I can’t change my circumstances, but I can change my perception of the circumstances.

“I felt like there were some things that I was able to sit back and kind of see from a 10,000-foot view that made me a better player,” Brees added.

Coach Sean Payton has been on the sideline for most of Brees’ record-setting performances, not to mention 12 of Brees’ 13 victories over the Falcons since both coach and quarterback arrived in New Orleans in 2006.

He’s been monitoring Brees closely and doesn’t seem concerned about the quarterback’s form, his timing or even his chemistry with some younger receivers — including rookie Brandin Cooks and third-year pro Nick Toon — who are expected to contribute to the Saints’ passing game this season.

“It would be more concerning if he wasn’t receiving the practice snaps that he’s had,” Payton said of Brees’ limited preseason game action. “But he has gotten a ton of work. He likes to take almost every (repetition), so I think it would be more significant if he

wasn’t getting those practice snaps.”

Brees, who has passed for more than 5,000 yards in each of the past three seasons, added that he’s focused during practice on executing plays with the same intensity as a game.

“If you approach practice as if it’s game-like, so that your mind is there and the speed and intensity at which you are playing is there, then it’s as if you did take” more exhibition game snaps, Brees explained, grinning as if even he is mildly amused by the psychology he practices on himself. “I think I’ve tricked my mind into thinking I did get” the preseason snaps.

Brees has faced bigger challenges before, namely in 2006, when his rehabilitation from extensive throwing shoulder surgery prevented him from passing at full strength during the entire off-season. Even during training camp, he wasn’t quite at full strength, yet helped a team that had gone 3-13 in 2005 to the NFC title game the very next season.

The Saints aren’t about to complain about the results of the three series in which Brees did play this preseason at Indianapolis during New Orleans’ third exhibition game. He led a pair of touchdown drives against the Colts’ largely first-team defence. He completed 9 of 15 passes for 128 yards and two TDs without an interception.

Brees’ teammates have little doubt the quarterback will be in similar form against the Falcons despite sitting out last week’s preseason finale.

“His resume speaks for itself, what he’s done here,” said Saints safety Jairus Byrd, who has worked against Brees in practice. “I’m not curious to see what he does.”

Right tackle Zach Strief estimated that Brees has taken more than 9,000 snaps in the Saints’ offence during the previous eight seasons.

“I think Drew’s fine. I think he’s the last guy you worry about,” Strief said.

“Drew would have played in the last (preseason) game if he felt he didn’t have enough yet. He’s been practicing really well, been the same guy, obviously was in the game that he played, so we’re real confident in him.”

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New England Patriots running back Shane Vereen, left, celebrates his touchdown with quarterback Tom Brady in the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Carolina Panthers, Aug. 22, 2014, in Foxborough, Mass. that he will play Sunday after missing all four preseason games.

Coach Bill Belichick wasn’t ready to declare that publicly.

“We’re going to do what we always do, which is evaluate the players and select the active roster based on the

players that we feel give our team the best opportunity to win this week,” he said.

“That’s what we’ve always done and that’s what we’ll do for this team for every player and every situation. How that will turn out, I don’t know.”

Cutler senses calm in Bears’ huddle heading into second season in Trestman’s system

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Jay Cutler can sense a different vibe, a calm in the huddle as the Chicago Bears enter their second season under coach Marc Trestman.

An offence that put up big numbers is back intact and expectations are high heading into this weekend’s opener. The Bears host the Buffalo Bills in what they hope is the start of a run to the playoffs after missing out for the sixth time in seven years last season at 8-8.

“We’ve got to make sure that we stay focused and treat every day like it’s the first day,” Cutler said. “But there’s definitely a calmness, I think, in our huddle, knowing we’ve been through a lot of situations. We’ve worked together. Everyone has a good feel. We all enjoy playing together.”

This is supposed to be the season where Cutler is finally free of obstacles after getting tripped up too often.

That was the thinking when camp started, at least. There are some concerns after the defence and special teams struggled in the preseason, but now is when it all starts to count.

In his first five seasons in Chicago, something always seemed to get in Cutler’s way. He clashed with offensive co-ordinators or got flattened behind a weak offensive line. He lacked a go-to receiver. He made poor decisions.

The defence struggled, too, especially last year. The Bears tried to address that in the off-season, bringing in defensive end Jared Allen as part of a major overhaul.

Cutler’s ability to stay healthy remains an issue, considering he hasn’t played a full 16 games since 2009. But he has the system and help he needs, with star receivers in Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery and an elite running back in Matt Forte.

All 11 starters are back from an offence that jumped from 29th to fifth in passing and 28th to No. 8 in total offence last season, the first under Trestman.

While Cutler only appeared in 11 games, he played well. His passer rating was a personal-best 89.2, and his completion percentage (63.1) was just shy of a career high.

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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler yells to teammates at the line of scrimmage against the Seattle Seahawks in the first half of an preseason NFL football game, Aug. 22, 2014, in Seattle.

That was enough for the Bears to give Cutler a seven-year contract even though he’s now 31.

“When you watched Josh (McCown) play last year, can you say he really looked like a 35-year-old quarterback?” Trestman said. “I don’t think any of us would say that. I didn’t coach Steve Young at 29, but he didn’t start until he was 29. (Rich) Gannon was getting started at 33. I think each quarterback’s on his own journey, their development and where they are as part of the game is determined by the teams they’re with, the coaches they’re with, the quarterbacks they’re playing behind. I think they’re all independent of each other, and it’s how a quarterback takes care of his body, the kind of condition he’s in.”

He said Cutler is in “tremendous” condition and doesn’t appear to be slowing down. He sees a quarterback who’s familiar with the system and able to make quick decisions.

Bradford plans to have surgery, rehab and return to play for Rams

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS — After suffering a season-ending torn left anterior cruciate ligament for the second time in nine months, St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford said Thursday he will be back.

“I’m just taking it one day at a time and focusing on getting it fixed and starting rehab again,” Bradford said at Rams Park in his first comments since getting hurt. “That’s all I’m going to focus on. Unfortunately, I think I know what it’s going to require and what I’m going to have to do.

“I’m coming back as strong as ever.”

The 2010 No. 1 overall draft pick was injured in the first quarter in the Rams’ third preseason game at Cleveland. Bradford was hit on his left side

by Browns defensive end Armonty Bryant as he threw a pass. Bryant ran around left tackle Jake Long on the play.

Bradford hopped briefly on his right leg before dropping to the ground. At first Bradford believed he would be OK. His first thought was maybe just some scar tissue was broken up.

Certainly, the thought of his ACL being torn again didn’t enter his mind.

“It didn’t hurt nearly as bad as the

one in Carolina last year,” Bradford said. “By the time I got to the sideline, I felt fine. I walked into the locker room and I felt fine, you know.

“Then the doc did some tests. He said. ’Unfortunately, I’m concerned about your ACL.’ Then we found out the next day I had torn it.”

No date for surgery has been set, Bradford said. Again, famed orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews will perform the operation.

Overall, he said he feels good.

“Well, physically actually, I feel great right now,” said Bradford. “My knee feels great. There’s no pain. If you saw me walking around, you’d have no

idea that my knee was torn. So that’s a positive. Mentally, obviously it’s tough.

“To put all the work into rehab to get back to full strength and to have it taken away in a preseason game, I’m not really sure how I can describe what it feels like.”

The 6-foot-4, 224-pound Bradford played in two preseason games. He was 4 for 9 for 77 yards against Cleveland before he was hurt.

Journeyman Shaun Hill will start Sunday for the Rams against visiting Minnesota. Austin Davis is the backup.

Case Keenum is the third-string quarterback. Rookie Garrett Gilbert is on the practice squad.

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Sun catchers Photovoltaic arrays produce electrical power — that we understand. But how big does the array have to be? And how efficient are they?

The silicon cell that makes up the array converts about 30 per cent of the sunlight into electrical energy. This efficiency rating varies somewhat between manufacturers, due to construction techniques and type of silicone cell used, either poly-crystalline or mono-crystalline.

But when assembled, the efficiency is taken in consideration before the power ratLORNE ing is assigned to the panel.

OJA ISO standards demand that if a panel is rated at 210 watts, then it must produce 210 watts in full sunlight.

Array efficiency is further affected by positioning; trees, other buildings, and the direction and angle the array is pointed all have significant effects on total power output.

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As I have talked about before, solar trackers have evolved to the point that they will add 40 per cent to the array’s total power output by keeping the array continuously pointed at the optimum angle to the sun and thereby maximizing sunlight capture.

The amount of power needed from a solar array is a very important consideration in off-grid living (as opposed to a grid-tied home, which has the primary objective of reducing the power bill).

A growing family with young children and teenagers would require more power than a home of empty nesters whose jobs keep them away during the day.

Also, lifestyle comes into play, do you like every light in the house on in the evening, and are you interested in installing the latest power saving appliances with an energy star rating?

Generally speaking, three kW of solar will provide all the power needed for most families if it is supplemented with one or two kW of wind power.

Wind power has the advantage of producing energy at night, a feature the winter season often presents.

For larger families, again in rural settings, five kW of solar may be required with two or three kW of wind turbine.

In Alberta, temperature also has an effect on solar

power production. The colder it gets, the more power a photovoltaic panel will produce, and even though the days are shorter during winter, the gain from the cooler temperatures, and the reflected light off the snow, will greatly add to the output when the sun is out. The higher the efficiency of the solar array, the less the backup generator has to run.

Storage of the power produced is a problem all year. It is not unheard of to have a couple weeks of fogged-in weather in the winter. That’s not a problem because common sense and insurance requirements dictate a backup generator.

But in the summer, there is a surplus of available power and not enough storage space in the battery bank.

If we could find a way of storing all we produce, then we would really be ahead of the game.

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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This photo shows the U.S. side of Niagara Falls in New York beginning to thaw after the polar vortex that affected millions in the U.S. and Canada. A study partially links these polar vortex related cold outbreaks to loss of sea ice off Russia as the world gets warmer. But we have to note that last year’s polar vortex chill was slightly different and not connected to sea ice loss, researchers say.

New study finds global warming, melting sea ice connected to polar vortex chilly outbreaks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A new study says that as the world gets warmer, parts of North America, Europe and Asia could see more frequent and stronger visits of cold air as the world gets warmer.

Researchers say that’s because of shrinking ice in the seas off Russia. Less iced would let more energy go from the ocean into the air, and that would weaken the atmospheric forces that usually keep cold air trapped in the Arctic.

But at times it escapes and wanders south, bringing with it a bit of Arctic super chill.

That can happen for several reasons, and the new study suggests that one of them occurs when ice in northern seas shrinks, leaving more water uncovered.

Normally, sea ice keeps heat energy from escaping the ocean and entering the atmosphere.

When there’s less ice, more energy gets into the atmosphere and weakens the jet stream, the highaltitude river of air that usually keeps Arctic air from wandering south, said study co-author Jin-Ho Yoon of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. So the cold air escapes instead.

That happened relatively infrequently in the 1990s, but since 2000 it has happened nearly every year, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.

A team of scientists from South Korea and United States found that many such cold outbreaks happened a few months after unusually low sea ice levels in the Barents and Kara seas, off Russia.

The study observed historical data and then conducted computer simulations.

Both approaches showed the same strong link between shrinking sea ice and cold outbreaks, according to lead author Baek-Min Kim, a research scientist at the Korea Polar Research Institute.

A large portion of sea ice melting is driven by man-made climate change from the burning of fossil fuels, Kim wrote in an email.

Sea ice in the Arctic usually hits its low mark in September and that’s the crucial time point in terms of this study, said Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.

Levels reached a record low in 2012 and are slightly up this year, but only temporarily, with minimum ice extent still about 40 per cent below 1970s levels, he said.

Yoon said that although his study focused on shrinking sea ice, something else was evidently responsible for last year’s chilly visit from the polar vortex.

In the past several years, many studies have looked at the accelerated warming in the Arctic and whether it is connected to extreme weather farther south, from heatwaves to Superstorm Sandy.

This Arctic-extremes connection is “cutting edge” science that is hotly debated by mainstream climate scientists, Serreze said. Scientists are meeting this week in Seattle to look at the issue even more closely.

Kevin Trenberth, climate analysis chief at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, is skeptical about such connections and said he doesn’t agree with Yoon’s study.

His research points more to the Pacific than the Arctic for changes in the jet stream and polar vortex behaviour, and he said Yoon’s study puts too much stock in an unusual 2012.

But the study was praised by several other scientists who said it does more than show that sea ice melt affects worldwide weather, but demonstrates how it happens, with a specific mechanism.

Katharine Hayhoe, a Texas Tech climate scientist in Lubbock, said the study “provides important insight into the cascading nature of the effects human activities are having on the planet.”

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Double mastectomies don’t boost most women’s survival chances, study says CHICAGO — Removing both breasts to treat cancer affecting only one side doesn’t boost survival chances for most women, compared with surgery that removes just the tumour, a large study suggests. The results raise concerns about riskier, potentially unnecessary operations that increasing numbers of women are choosing.

The study involved nearly 200,000 California women treated for cancer in one breast and followed for several years afterward.

Ten-year survival rates were nearly identical — roughly 82 per cent — for women who had lumpectomies to remove the tumour plus radiation, and for those who had double mastectomies. Women who had a single mastectomy, removal of just the cancerous breast, fared slightly worse.

The results confirm what many doctors have suspected, said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society.

“There’s no guarantee that by having the second breast removed that you will do better,” said Lichtenfeld, who had no role in the research.

In the study, just over half the women had lumpectomy treatment. But the number who had double mastectomies increased substantially to 12 per cent between 1998 and 2011. The trend was most notable in women younger than 40, climbing from just 4 per cent to 33 per cent.

Other research suggests that removing both breasts to treat one-sided cancer may improve survival chances for the relatively small number of women who have genetic breast cancer or strong family histories of the disease, said study co-author Scarlett Gomez, a research scientist with the Cancer Prevention Institute of California. But most breast cancer patients have neither of those risks.

The medical community is paying increasing attention to overtreatment and excessive costs, and the study results raise questions about reasons for rising use of an expensive, potentially risky treatment “of dubious effectiveness,” the researchers said.

Patients’ preferences and fear that cancer will return play a role, but that fear “usually exceeds estimated risk,” the study said.

Reasons why survival was slightly worse for woman who had just one breast removed are uncertain, although this treatment is more common among Hispanic and black women and those with lower incomes and public insurance than among wealthy whites.

The study was published Tuesday in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association. A journal editorial notes that the study echoes previous research and adds to a debate about the rising prevalence of double mastectomies.

The results may raise questions about whether surgeons, for financial reasons, are driving the trend, but that is unlikely, Dr. Lisa Newman, a surgery professor and director of the University of Michigan’s Breast Care Center said in the editorial.

“A greater concern than financial incentives may be a surgeon’s preference based on his/her own experience, regardless of the data,” she wrote.

Patients should be given time to absorb a cancer diagnosis, and educated about treatment options, risks and benefits, before being pressed into decisions about irreversible surgery, Newman said.

Amy Curran Baker, an author from suburban New York City who chose a double mastectomy after her 2008 diagnosis, said her doctor presented her with options including lumpectomy.

But he ultimately recommended the more invasive treatment because she had family members with breast cancer, and Baker said she doesn’t regret her choice.

“I don’t think we can discount the importance of ’peace of mind’ in a patient’s decision-making process,” said Baker, who wrote a book about mastectomy recovery. “We all work to heal ourselves psychologically in different ways and for some women this may be one of them.”

Her cancer returned two years ago, in scar tissue from the operation on the breast where the disease first appeared, but Baker said she is doing well after chemotherapy and radiation.

The study authors examined data from the California Cancer Registry, part of a national cancer surveillance program. The data lacked information on how many women had genetic breast cancer or strong family histories of the disease.

Sports concussions in youth a public health issue that demands action: paper

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Sports-related concussions in children and youth constitute a significant public health issue which requires serious reform in public policy to address the harm associated with them, a new Canadian paper argues.

The article — which appeared Wednesday in “Neurosurgeon,” an online publication of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons — suggests there is an ethical responsibility to take action on the issue.

“It’s not a sport issue, it’s not just a medical issue, it’s a public health issue which affects the population as a whole and it’s been identified that way — it’s research based, it’s epidemiologically backed and it has facts behind it,” said Dr. Paul Echlin, who runs a sports medicine clinic in Burlington, Ont. Echlin, who co-authored the article with Dr. Ross Upshur, director of clinical research at Toronto’s Bridgepoint Health, said there’s a need to make an “urgent statement” on sports-related concussions in children and youth, which the World Health Organization classifies as minor traumatic brain injuries.

“We really have to move on this now,” said Echlin.

“There’s no helmets or mouth guards or safety devices that can change this, it is about a shift in the

way that we allow our youth to play games.”

The article notes that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control labelled sports-related concussions a public health problem in 2003, but youth continue to suffer “often preventable brain injuries” while playing sports.

“If you know what’s going on and you refuse to do anything major or significant about it, then you’re ethically wrong,” said Echlin.

“It shouldn’t be silent anymore, it is an epidemic in our youth culture, in sport. Sport was made to...improve the culture of fitness, and socially, but not to cause long-term impairment, not to promote violence which is the underlying factor of a lot of these head injuries.”

To deal with concussions as a public health issue, the article suggests “dramatic rule changes” be made to games children play to “eliminate all purposeful and intentional head contact” while also minimizing incidental head contact.

It also suggests increasing the size of playing surfaces to lower the chances of collisions in sports, decreasing the number of participants on a field of play and considering the elimination of the use of the head in games like soccer.

The article goes on to suggest enforcing significant suspensions to participants or supervising adults who are involved in games in which head injuries occur.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — From a booze-fuelled dustup to squabbles over reclining chairs, recent skirmishes onboard commercial flights have seen passengers grounded after tempers flare in the air.

A fight between two Toronto-area women allegedly drinking and smoking in an airplane bathroom last month prompted Sunwing to turn a Cuba-bound flight back to Canada along with a brief military jet escort.

Three separate flights have made headlines in the past two weeks after planes were forced to divert due to passenger disputes over reclining seats. In one case, a man aboard a United flight prevented a woman in front of him from reclining her chair by using a gadget called the Knee Defender which attaches to a passenger’s tray table. After being directed by a flight attendant to remove the device, the man said the passenger one row forward threw a cup of soda on him. The Denver-bound flight landed in Chicago and the passengers weren’t allowed to continue on the journey.

Representatives from Air Canada, Air Transat and WestJet told The Canadian Press they don’t permit use of the Knee Defender onboard their aircraft.

Porter Airlines spokesman Brad Cicero said the car-

rier may consider disallowing them as a formal rule in the future for clarity.

Air Transat states on its website that crews won’t tolerate any disorderly behaviour, citing verbal and physical abuse, intimidating behaviour and refusal to follow crew instructions as examples of interference. Neither Air Canada nor WestJet have specific codes of passenger conduct, with representatives noting that most customers are respectful and use common sense and courtesy.

Civility Experts Worldwide president Lew Bayer said the recent spate of scuffles onboard aircraft are indicative of a larger issue.

“A lot of people are just at the end of their rope generally, and if they’re in a confined space and they’re stressed it doesn’t take very much these days to put people over the edge,” she said from Winnipeg.

“I’m hearing about increased incivility and issues in taxicabs and on buses and cubicle spaces.

And this notion of shared space I don’t think it’s not something that everybody understands. We’re all responsible for making it easier and better and more comfortable.”

Etiquette expert and educator Julie Blais Comeau, author of “Etiquette: Confidence & Credibility,” penned a blog post on the subject of airline civility, with guidelines including advising passengers to act

courteously, smile and acknowledge in-flight personnel and “maintain discretion with smells, sights and sounds” once seated.

In the case of reclining chairs, Blais Comeau suggested in an interview that passengers check behind them prior to reclining their chairs.

“Is there someone with a small child? Is there somebody that’s working away on their laptops? And then go slowly in increments,” she said from Montreal, adding that it doesn’t hurt to ask the person in the row behind them if it’s OK to recline first.

Bayer said passengers should do what they can ahead of time to select a seat which affords them a bit more space if they so desire, such as one on the aisle or in the emergency exit row. But she said it’s in poor form to infringe on someone else’s ability to be at ease.

“The fact is it’s a confined space and you know that when you get on the plane,” said Bayer, co-author of “The Power of Civility.”

“We’re all forfeiting something and we know that going in. But you can’t say: ’I don’t want to sit by a heavy person’ and ’I don’t want to sit by a baby’ and ’I don’t want to sit by someone who reclines.’ How do you give one person what they want and decline everybody else’s preference?”

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Tour of Alberta Photos by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate Staff Clockwise from top left: Riders race along 49th Ave. in Red Deer on one of three laps in the city on Thursday.

Tour of Alberta overall leader Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands riding for Team Giant-Shimano tosses a bouquet into the crowd gathered at the finish line of the second stage of the Tour of Alberta on Thursday.

The crowd gathers in front of the Tour of Alberta stage on Ross Street as the leaders and winners of the second stage of the Tour of Alberta are presented.

The peloton completed three laps of a circuit in Red Deer before a sprint finish on Ross Street .

Tour of Alberta sprint leader and third place finisher in the second stage of the race Ruben Zepuntke of the Bissell Development Team gets rewarded for his accomplishment Thursday in Red Deer.

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First Friday offers artistic variety Glass, ceramic and fibre artworks will be featured during the First Friday of September Red Deer gallery openings.

Common Threads, an exhibit of fibre artworks from the In-Definite Arts Society artists from Calgary opens today at the Kiwanis Gallery. It’s run by the Red Deer Arts Council and located downstairs in the Red Deer Public Library.

The exhibit will be on until Oct. 19, but a First Friday reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. with refreshments

and some of the artists in attendance.

The In-Definite Arts Society includes artists with developmental disabilities who create, exhibit and sell their artworks.

The Viewpoint Gallery in the City of Red Deer’s Culture Services Centre is showing a variety of works by local artists until Oct. 30, including glass

by Darren Petersen, and ceramics by Brian McArthur.

Pieces by Red Deer-area artists Dawn Candy and Sally Smith are also featured in the exhibit.

The gallery at 3827 39th St. is open until 6:30 p.m. on First Friday.

Mixed-media sculptures by Emily Neufeld will be shown in the In Place exhibit at the Harris-Warke Gallery, upstairs in the Sunworks store on Ross Street.

The exhibit of abstract sculptures is on until Oct. 18, but a First Friday reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.

An exhibit that links two branches of art will continue to be shown at The Hub on Ross Street. Albertan Landscapes, with visual art by Elena Rous-

seau and literary contributions from various members from Writers’ Ink, will run to Sept. 30.

No First Friday reception will be held but the gallery is open to 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Other original art can be seen around the city, including works by Brian Usher at the Velvet Olive, pieces

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Probation ordered for woman A young woman arrested during a violent incident at a Red Deer convenience store has been placed on probation and ordered to complete 30 hours of community service.

Katie Murphy, 19, was arrested with two others on Jan. 22 by Red Deer City RCMP in connection with an incident at a Mac’s convenience store on Gaetz Avenue.

Police allege that a delivery driver was punched and threatened with a knife after intervening when he saw another man assaulting a woman inside the store.

Four suspects fled the scene and were apprehended shortly afterward.

Charges were laid against Murphy and Justin McCallum, 22, in relation to the assault as well as the discovery of a stolen pickup truck that was abandoned nearby. Police allege that the truck’s keys and registration were found on one of the four suspects.

McCallum was sentenced to six months in jail and one year on probation after pleading guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Jan. 27 to charges of common assault, breaching probation and possession of a stolen vehicle worth more than $5,000.

Represented by defence counsel Mollie McVey, Murphy was ordered to stand trial after pleading not guilty to a charge of robbery.

She was also charged with breaching probation by having contact with McCallum and one of the other people arrested in connection with the incident, as well as a single count of escaping lawful custody.

Set for trial in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday, Murphy confirmed guilty pleas on the breach charges and for escaping lawful custody.

Crown prosecutor Ann MacDonald said Murphy was placed in an interview room and ordered to stay put, but walked out. She was not yet under arrest at the time, said MacDonald.

MacDonald withdrew the robbery charge, stating that, while Murphy was at the scene, she was not directly involved in any of the criminal activity that took place there.

She recommended a period of probation to help Murphy find counselling and treatment for drug addiction.

Judge Gordon Deck put Murphy on a suspended sentence with a year on probation and 10 months to complete her community service hours, including a condition that she take counselling and treatment under the direction of her probation officer.

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The RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit is continuing to investigate. The Medical Examiner’s Office in Calgary is still determining the cause of death.

The girl’s family has asked for privacy.

RCMP ask that anyone with information call Sundre RCMP at 403-638-3675 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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Police have identified the girl as Amber Lucius.

Her mother Laura Coward, 47, recently of Millet, was arrested on Tuesday. She has been charged with break and enter to commit theft and abduction in contravention of a custody order.

Coward is scheduled to appear in Didsbury provincial court on Monday.

RCMP cracking down on impaired drivers RCMP across Alberta will crack down on impaired or stoned drivers today.

Officers will step up enforcement of drivers driving under the influence of alcohol and/or illegal or prescription drugs.

The work is part of a national RCMP initiative to increase awareness of the dangers of impaired driving. It is the

fourth in a series of national events that has so far netted 363 charges of drivers impaired by alcohol and 12 charges of driving impaired by drugs.

“Many people don’t realize that driving under the influence of prescription drugs or marijuana is as dangerous as driving drunk, and combining even small amounts of marijuana with alcohol can be a deadly mix,” said Supt. Howard Eaton, officer in charge of Alberta RCMP traffic services.

Approximately 800 people die each year in Canada due to alcohol-related crashes.

The number of murders in 2012 was 543.

“The average person doesn’t consider themselves capable of murder, but if you get behind the wheel of a vehicle when you are impaired, you risk becoming just that,” Eaton said.

Passengers or drivers equipped with hands free phones are asked to dial 911 if they suspect an impaired driver.

Central Alberta runs honour legacy of Terry Fox ues to burn as an outstanding statement of the impact that one person can have on the hearts of many.

On Sunday, Sept. 14, millions of people will again take part in the 2014 Terry Fox Run, walking, running, boarding or wheeling to raise money to be used for research and in support of cancer patients and their families. A few runs occur on other days.

Versions of the 2014 run have been organized at the following locations in Central Alberta. Some will even let you bring your dogs: ● Eckville E-Ville Coffee & Cakes, 9

a.m. (tentative) ● Consort Sport Complex, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ● Coronation Hospital and Care Centre, 2 to 4 p.m. ● Gleniffer Lake The Landing at Gleniffer Lake, 9 to 11 a.m. ● Innisfail Chinook’s Edge Middle School , 1 p.m. ● Lacombe Junior High School, register at 9 a.m., run at 10 ● Red Deer Heritage Ranch, noon to 3 p.m.

● Sundre High School, 1 to 4 p.m. ● Sylvan Lake Centennial Place, register at 9, run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ● Rocky Mountain House Ecole St. Matthew School on Sept. 24, time to be announced.

Please note that pledge forms should be picked up in advance from local organizers.

Details for each run are available online at www.terryfox.org or by calling the Alberta/Northwest Territories/ Nunavut office, 403-212-1336.

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Terry Fox had set his sights on the West Coast when he dipped his foot into icy waters of the Atlantic at St. John’s, Nfld., on April 12, 1980.

Covering 5,373 km over the next 143 days, his Marathon of Hope had raised $1.67 million for the fight against cancer when his cross-country journey was cut short in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Sept.

1. Fox died of lung cancer the following summer in New Westminster, B.C. Thirty-four years later, millions of people in Canada and beyond have picked up the torch from the onelegged athlete whose memory contin-

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LUANN Sept. 5 1979 — Canadian gold Maple Leaf coin goes on sale in Canada. Canada’s first gold bullion coin is a runaway success for the Royal Canadian Mint.

1960 — Cassius Clay of Louisville, Ky., wins the gold medal in light heavyweight boxing at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. Clay later changes his name to Muhammad Ali. 1945 — Canada’s first nuclear reactor, ZEEP

— the Zero Energy Experimental Pile — goes into operation at Chalk River, Ont. 1914 — Baseball legend Babe Ruth hits his first professional home run at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island. His Providence club blanks Toronto 9-0.

1870 — Canadian national debt amounts to $18,587,520. Quebec’s provincial debt is $9,808,728.

1755 — Beginning of the expulsion of the Acadians in Nova Scotia. Most of the almost 10,000 Acadians forced into exile relocate to Louisiana.

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Must be brave to take on The Bear The Bear

By Claire Cameron $22.95 Doubleday Canada

Anna is a plucky kid, helpful with her little brother Alex, who she calls “Stick” because his fingers are always sticky.

We see that Anna’s strength, in this situation, is Stephen King can write a scary book, but this one that she is obedient. She loves her parents (though is blood chilling. It is a book that should not be read Daddy can be scary) and she does what she is told. by people who camp in wilderness places.

Because Anna narrates, we hear all about their The title gives it all away, for this is family life in Toronto and the various inreally an “ursus horribilis” and he is justices and details of her young life. For here in this wilderness camp with Mom example, her best friend, Jessica in Toand Dad, and Anna and Alex. ronto, has many Barbie dolls. Anna’s Mom Claire Cameron tells us right up front does not believe Barbie dolls are a good a true story of a couple who pitched their example for girls, so Anna has none. How tent on Bates Island in Algonquin Park fair is that? in October 1991. They did everything acThere is the big dog next door at home, cording to the book, but they lost their named Snoopy, friendly and gentle, who lives to a hungry bear; this much is hisbelongs to Mrs. Buchanan. Also, Grandpa tory. is there and he has a chair with a handle When Claire heard that story, it no on the side that makes the footstool come doubt passed through her mind that at up. These warm memories help now when least this couple were alone, there were Anna is afraid. no little kids involved. Then she wrote Of course, Mr. Coleman cannot protect this novel, adding an (almost) six-yearthe children forever. Then Mom asks Anna PEGGY old girl, and an (almost) three-year-old to do a big girls job: “take the canoe and FREEMAN boy. The story, now fiction, is told by the Stick and leave the island.” little girl, Anna.

Will Anna be up to the task? Stick will be I generally stay away from books in no help. She doesn’t say no to Mom. which children are in peril — who needs You must be as brave as Anna to read to read that? I even asked myself why an author, this book. It’s best done at one sitting because you a mother of two children identical in age to these, won’t sleep if you stop half way through. would want to write such a tale.

Algonquin Park is about 7,600 square km of wilThere are two other characters in this book. One derness; rocks and water and trees. And wild aniis Gwen, Anna’s dolly and confidant, and a huge mals, of course. green cooler, known as Mr. Coleman, capable of Claire Cameron is a Canadian author. holding two little kids.

Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

BOOK REVIEW

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — When Canadian poet and novelist Alison Pick was 11, her classmate Jordan told her that she was Jewish.

“I remember having this instinctive fear and saying, ’No, I’m not,’ while at the same time having an inkling that what he was saying was true,” said Pick.

As far as Pick knew, both her parents were Christian — growing up in Kitchener, Ont., her family only celebrated Easter and Christmas. But what she discovered after prodding her parents for answers was that her paternal grandparents were in fact Jewish, escaping the former Czechoslovakia on the heels of Nazi occupation during the Second World War and masking their heritage with new Christian identities when they settled in Canada. Feeling a pull to reclaim her lost culture in her 30s became the subject of her memoir, Between Gods (Doubleday Canada).

When Pick first starting poking around the family tree as a teen, her father wasn’t pleased.

“I remember those conversations being really charged,” said Pick. “Not that he was angry with me, but that he was anxious with me bringing it up.”

It wasn’t until two decades later that she really started to excavate her family history after relocating to Toronto and beginning research for her 2010 novel, “Far to Go.” The book — which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and won a Canadian Jewish Book Award — tells the story of a secular Jewish family escaping Czechoslovakia right before Nazi occupation.

“Even though ’Far to Go’ is not an autobiographical novel at all in terms of the plot, it was thematically about what it means to be a Jew in a historical moment that my grandparents had lived,” said Pick.

“So I did delve into our family specifically and that was a big time of uncovering.”

Shedding light on her family’s buried history compelled Pick not only to learn more about Judaism but to be part of it.

“I wanted to officially convert for a number of reasons, but I would say less about the religion and more about the culture — the culture that had been lost in our family and our Holocaust history,” said Pick.

But she discovered that becoming Jewish wasn’t just up to her. There was a formal process requiring a sponsoring rabbi, all complicated by the fact that her then-fiance, now her husband, was not Jewish.

Pick writes about the obstacles faced by the couple, which left her trying to embrace Judaism while not always feeling welcome.

“It was a surprise at first and it was really difficult to not feel rejected, but I sort of learned more about the culture of Judaism,” said Pick. “I tried to understand the cultural background that it was coming out of and that helped a little bit.”

Although trying, the process also brought Pick unexpected joy — her father, previously reticent to identify as Jewish, went through his own transformation.

“If I went through the process of feeling like Judaism really resonated for me in a way that Christianity never had, my dad went through a tangential, similar process,” she said. “It was certainly something that drew us closer.”

Not only does Pick delve into the sensitive subjects of religion and family relationships, she also tackles depression. One of the biggest challenges in writing the book was accurately depicting how depression feels, said Pick.

Pick makes it clear to readers the heavy nature of the journey she is about to take them on in the opening pages of the memoir: “Whoever lived below me, in my shadows, had me. A hand on my ankle, her nails digging in.”

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Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey through the Turbulent Waters of History

By Alexandra Shimo and Edmund Metatawabin Knopf Canada I have read novels and memoirs that have made me tear up all the way to full out bawling like a baby, but Edmund Metatawabin’s memoir Up Ghost River is the first piece of literature that overKIRSTEN whelmed me so much that I LOWE had to put the book down to calm myself before moving on.

While reading, my hands shook with anger, I became sick to my stomach. My heart broke for these victims.

Metatawabin reveals the ruthless eight years he spent at St. Anne’s Residential School, and how his life was impacted in the following years.

Ed, as he is known, begins his memoir with the death of his baby sister, Rita, in rural Ontario about 300 km from Fort Albany in 1954.

Already the clashes of beliefs begin when his mother demands that the family travel to Ghost River so Rita can have a proper Christian burial instead of a Cree burial. When they finally arrive and put their baby girl in the earth, Metatawabin’s father, Abraham, asks the priest’s helper if he may put some pemmican in her coffin so she’d have substance during her long journey into the Spirit World. Abraham is given the answer: “Absolutely not!”

It is not long after that Ed’s mother signs him up for St. Anne’s residential school. He is only seven years old. From the moment he steps into the building, his life is forever changed; his childhood innocence is stripped away.

The children who attended St. Anne’s residential schools were to become victims of severe physical and mental abuse. Children would be slapped and beaten for the smallest infractions or for no reason at all. While the staff at St. Anne’s ate delicious, nutritious food, the children were left hungry and malnourished. Desperate for more food, some of the children endure hidden sexual harassment and rape by the priests just to receive a chunk of bread.

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If a child deserved ‘extreme’ punishment (like Metatawabin did for running away), they would be strapped to the school’s electric chair and electrocuted in front of their peers and the school staff.

Along with these atrocities, hundreds of aboriginal women who were deemed as “unsuitable” for procreation were sterilized without their consent.

Metatawabin goes on to tell of his life after St. Anne’s and how the whole experience had a huge impact on his future and his relationships. He began drinking and had to leave his wife and three children to attend rehab and find some type of healing.

He fought the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal: mood swings, sweats, nausea, depression, fatigue and sometimes hallucination.

Over the next couple of years, along with the battle to stay sober, Metatawabin worked as the native student counselor within the Native Studies Department at Trent University. Later, he moved to Alberta and found employment as the native affairs advisor at the University of Alberta on aboriginal matters.

He was in Edmonton for five years.

Metatawabin was working towards his masters degree in environmental studies at York University when his community asked him to come home to run for chief. He and his wife Joan and their daughter and two sons moved back to Peetabeck and he served as chief for eight years and was apart of the first native community in Ontario to gain control over its affairs.

How can ripping young aboriginal children away from their families and heritage only to throw them into a world of neglect and abuse be justifiable? How can one even comprehend all that has been revealed in this memoir?

Metatawabin’s book raises these questions and much more — questions that I sadly believe we will never have a true answer for.

Metatawabin’s memoir exposes the harsh truth of the residential school experience, and his journey after about spiritual healing is a lesson everyone can embrace.

Kirsten Lowe is a Red Deer College student and freelance book reviewer.

CONSTRUCTION SEASON BULLETIN SEPTEMBER 5-11

TAYLOR DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

Household Toxic Waste Round-Up

Work on Taylor Drive is about improving safety for drivers and pedestrians, creating better connections to downtown and improving traffic flow. This week crews are working on the following: • Paving southbound Taylor Drive, south of Ross Street • Once paving is complete, southbound traffic will switch onto the new Taylor Drive roadway

Drop off your household toxic waste:

• Beginning September 15, there will be closures along 53 Avenue for the installation of a new sewer line

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Work on 55 Street is about upgrading utility services that are approximately 60 years old and at capacity. The roadway is being replaced, new sidewalks are being built, as well as a new multi-use pathway.

r No commercial or industrial waste accepted

• The section between 47A Avenue and 49 Avenue will reopen September 8

r No used motor oil accepted

• The section between 49 Avenue and 50 Avenue will reopen September 18

r Paint will be accepted but there will be no paint exchanged this year The City of Red Deer’s Waste Management Facility is located on the east side of 40 Avenue, south of 19 Street at 1709-40 Avenue.

67 STREET/30 AVENUE EXPANSION PROJECT The 2014 phase of this project will extend city utility services in Red Deer’s northeast. Please note that a section of Range Road 272 north of 67 Street will close mid- September.

Detour options will be in place.

For more information about Summer Road Construction, visit us online at reddeer.ca/constructionseason

10 a.m. a.m. to to 75 p.m.

Friday, September September 12 12 10 10 a.m. a.m. to to 5 p.m.

Saturday, September September 13 13 10 Waste Management Management Facility Facility (1709-40 Avenue) Avenue)

r Toxic waste from city households only

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Detail of Great Wave, 2010, 2010.034.001, artist Trudy Golley. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

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Residential school memoir exposes harsh truths about experience and healing

More information on The City of Red Deer’s waste management programs is available at www.reddeer.ca/envservices or by calling 403.340.BLUE (2583).

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Canadian author tackles becoming Jewish again in her memoir Between Gods

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LIKE us facebook.com/thecityofreddeer Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/O-2014 Road Closure 3518/2014 Westlake (Formerly Riverview Park) Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to allow development / redevelopment to occur in Riverview Park using an escarpment overlay of 50 years while funding sources for toe stabilization are pursued. The Road Closure is recommending that that the unused road allowance of “Riverview Avenue” which is located between 6228 and 6218 Cronquist Drive be closed.

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East Hill Major Area Structure Plan Amendment 3499/A-2014 To Incorporate the Proposed Section 26 MultiNeighbourhood Plan Red Deer City Council is considering amending the East Hill Major Area Structure Plan (MASP) to incorporate the proposed Section 26 MultiNeighbourhood Plan. A multi-neighbourhood plan is a high level conceptual planning concept that guides future development for multiple quarter sections of land (i.e +259 hectare / + 640 acre). The multineighbourhood plan provides details on how the Neighbourhood Planning Principles can be achieved, and outlines the arterial and collector road pattern, and broad land uses, including environmental and open space areas.

Section 26 Multi-Neighborhood Plan Area 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, September 15, 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, September 12, 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.

Development Officer Approvals

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, September 15, 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, September 12, 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.

On September 2, 2014, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Clearview Ridge 1. True-Line Contracting Ltd. – a 30.98m2 relaxation to the maximum site coverage for a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 57 Caribou Crescent.

Johnstone Park 2. Beta Surveys Ltd. – a 0.45 metre relaxation to the distance from the doors to the lane, to an existing detached garage, located at 44 Johns Street.

Riverside Heavy 3. Timcon Construction Ltd. – a 985m2 industrial building, to be located at 7505-45 Avenue Close.

4. Camdon Construction Ltd. – a 303.61m2 office addition and a 2084.74m2 warehouse addition, with 175 parking stalls, to the existing Peavey Industries building, located at 7740-40 Avenue.

Timberlands 5. R. Hilman – a 6m2 relaxation to the maximum site coverage to a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 86 Turner Crescent.

Timberstone 6. Laebon Developments Ltd. – a 0.52 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard to the stairs, to a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 37 Tanner Street.

Proposed Northeast High Schools and Play Fields Area Structure Plan Bylaw 3217/B-2014 Red Deer City Council is considering adopting the Northeast High Schools and Play Fields Area Structure Plan. This plan provides policy framework for how the high school sites and play fields will be developed. The proposed Northeast High Schools and Play Fields Area Structure Plan encompasses an area approximately 22.58 ha (55.79 acres) in size that is located adjacent to the 67th Street and 30th Avenue intersection. The site is envisioned as the location for three high schools (Catholic, Public and Francophone) and competitive sports facilities.

The high school facilities will be clustered on the East side of the site and will develop using a ‘campus style’ model where some facilities will be shared between school authorities. The West side of the site will contain a series of competitive sports fields.

The sports fields will serve the high schools and act as a competitive sports facility where Provincial level sporting events may be hosted. There is no residential development proposed for the plan area.

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Sanitary Off-Site Levy Borrowing Bylaw Amendment 3509/A-2014 Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Borrowing Bylaw 3509/2013 for an additional $2,350,000 for a total of $4,471,000 funded by Sanitary Offsite Long Term Debt to construct two sanitary offsite projects, East Hill Central – Timberlands Diversion – South Quarter Line to 67 Street (50-52) and North Highway Connector (East Hill North) – 30 Avenue Sanitary Trunk – Northland Drive to South Quarter Line (50-49). The projects identified are required to provide sanitary trunk service to new development and re-development areas in various parts of the city.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours.

The electors may submit a petition calling for a vote of the electors to determine whether the proposed bylaw should be passed. The petition must meet the formal requirements of Sections 221-226 of the Municipal Government Act and be filed with the Manager, Legislative Services within 15 days after the last date the proposed bylaw is advertised. The last date of advertisement for this bylaw is Friday, September 5, 2014. Any petition will be public information. The bylaw will be considered by Red Deer City Council at the Monday, September 29, 2014 Council Meeting. If you have any questions regarding the petition process or the use of the petition please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Storm Off-Site Levy Borrowing Bylaw Amendment 3510/A-2014 Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Borrowing Bylaw 3510/2013 for an additional $6,543,000 for a total of $10,113,000 funded by Storm Offsite Long Term Debt to construct the North Highway Connector (East Hill North) 30 Avenue Storm Trunk from Northland Drive to South Quarter Line (81-84). This is required to provide storm trunk services to new development and re-development areas in various parts of the city, including the Northeast High School Site.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours.

The electors may submit a petition calling for a vote of the electors to determine whether the proposed bylaw should be passed. The petition must meet the formal requirements of Sections 221-226 of the Municipal Government Act and be filed with the Manager, Legislative Services within 15 days after the last date the proposed bylaw is advertised. The last date of advertisement for this bylaw is Friday, September 5, 2014. Any petition will be public information. The bylaw will be considered by Red Deer City Council at the Monday, September 29, 2014 Council Meeting. If you have any questions regarding the petition process or the use of the petition please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Municipal Planning Commission Decisions On August 27, 2014, the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decisions for development permit applications:

West Park 7. A. Gader – a 0.3 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard to a proposed detached garage, to be located at 37 Wells Street.

Permitted Use Approval: Eastview

8. G. Scott – a 1.26 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard to an existing deck, located at 5518 & 5520-41 Street.

Candor Developments Corp. – redevelopment of a residential lot with a 136.1 m2 detached dwelling, located at 3916 45 Street.

Woodlea 9. R. & M. Crawford – a 0.84 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard to an existing detached garage, located at 5323-44 Avenue.

Discretionary Use Approval: Oriole Park West

Discretionary Use Eastview 10. Candor Developments Corp. - a new 2 bedroom secondary suite, with a separate entrance at the rear, within a proposed single family dwelling, to be located at 3916-45 Street.

11. M & K Mobile Home Sales Ltd. – 2 sea-cans for storage, with a total area of 59.4m2, to be located at 7920-50 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 September 19, 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.

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, September 15, 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, September 12, 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.

Boulevard Restaurant Inc. – site development of a five storey hotel (a two storey relaxation), consisting of a 79 suite Holiday Inn Express and a 77 suite Staybridge Suites, to be located at 6329 and 6433 Orr Drive.

South East Quarter of Section 26 (Multi-neighbourhood Plan) Berry Architecture & Associates – site development of a 348m2 electrical substation, with 9 parking stalls (a 3 parking stall relaxation), to be located at 27136 Twp. Rd. 384.

You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on September 19, 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 403-342-8132.

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Scott Kia sold

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR After marketing Kia vehicles in Red Deer for 14 years, the Scottsville Group has closed a much bigger deal — selling the dealership itself.

Scott Kia ceased operations at its longtime location at 6863 50th Ave. last Friday. The business reopened on Tuesday as Kia Red Deer at 7652 50th Ave., the former premise of Alberta Sport & Import Ltd. Kia Red Deer’s dealer principle is Les Landsperg, who also operates Red Deer Mitsubishi, Lethbridge Mitsubishi and Cranbrook Mitsubishi. Mitch Tibbo, the group’s operations manager, said Kia is a great addition.

“The Kia brand is really up and coming,” he said.

“It’s one of the fastest-growing automotive makers in the world.”

Tibbo said much of the staff and inventory from Scott Kia has moved to Kia Red Deer, and existing clients shouldn’t be impacted by the changeover.

“We have all the same parts and servicing available.”

Garrett Scott, an owner and chief operating officer of the Scottsville Group, said the decision to sell the Kia licence was motivated by space issues. The Scottsville Group operates Kipp Scott GMC Buick Cadillac and Scott Subaru near the former Scott Kia site, as well as Gord Scott Nissan a few blocks away at 7130 50th Ave. Scott said renovations are planned for Scott Subaru and Kipp Scott to upgrade those facilities and improve parking. That work will spill over to the Kia site.

“We had to make a move to provide more space here, and unfortunately that meant moving Kia off the lot.”

After alternate locations for Scott Kia were considered, it was decided that selling the dealership was the best option.

“The offer for the Kia store outweighed trying to find a facility off-site,” said Scott.

Tibbo said Kia Red Deer’s new premises are suitable for its needs, with space for about 120 cars on

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Kia Red Deer is up and running after the Scott Kia dealership in Red Deer sold. The new dealership is in the former Gary Moe Hyundai building at 7652-50 Ave. in Red Deer. the lot, and some operations — like auto detailing — being moved off-site to free up more room.

“We see huge potential in the Kia brand in Red Deer,” he said. “The customer base is here and we’re really going to reach out to that customer base and try to grow it in the city.”

Kia Red Deer should benefit from its association with the three Mitsubishi dealerships, said Tibbo, including through cost savings and having access to an array of new and used vehicles.

Landsperg, who bought Red Deer Mitsubishi in November 2012 and the Lethbridge and Cranbrook dealerships thereafter, resides in Red Deer.

The general manager of Kia Red Deer is Dan Dug-

gal, who previously worked at Red Deer Mitsubishi.

Scott said renovations at Kipp Scott could begin within the month.

“What that’s going to do is essentially expand our whole service and parts department. The old Scott Kia building is actually going to be a temporary locaton for our GM service facility while we do some renovations there.”

A new Subaru facility is also planned, and after that the old Subaru building will be convereted into a stand-along Cadillac facility.

Scott Kia opened in 2000, shortly after the Korean auto manufacturer began selling cars in Canada. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEF HBO Canada nabs rights to back catalogues of HBO shows like Game of Thrones TORONTO — Canadians will soon have instant access to every episode of popular HBO shows like Game of Thrones and True Detective through a new multi-platform agreement with the U.S. cable channel.

BCE’s Bell Media (TSX:BCE) and Corus Entertainment (TSX:CJR.B) say they’ve struck a deal that secures the exclusive rights for all HBO scripted series that are currently produced, plus their entire past-season libraries.

Previous agreements with HBO only allowed the Canadian broadcasters to make select seasons of each show available during certain licensing windows. The new deal extends for multiple years, though the companies did not disclose the exact timeframe.

Back-catalogues of hit TV shows have become extremely valuable to broadcasters in recent years as they try to fend off services like Netflix Canada, which carries full seasons of shows from around the world, and exclusive series like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black.

Air Canada, WestJet post record monthly load factors on higher traffic, capacity Canada’s two largest airlines set records in August by flying the fullest planes for any month in their histories as strong demand continued to outpace increased capacity.

Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) said its load factor was 89.8 per cent, up from 89.5 per cent in August 2013, as it flew more than four million passengers, the most in any month in the carrier’s 77-year history.

The increase in the proportion of seats filled came as the airline said Thursday that its systemwide traffic increased 10.8 per cent while capacity was up 10.4 per cent.

The results were led by the Atlantic and transborder markets which recorded strong double-digit growth in traffic and capacity. Air Canada’s domestic traffic was up six per cent on a 4.7 per cent increase in capacity.

“These strong traffic results demonstrate that we continue to effectively execute both our international growth plan and Air Canada rouge leisure strategy,” said CEO Calin Rovinescu.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA) said its load factor was the highest of any month since the airline was founded in 1996, rising to 89.3 per cent from 87.9 per cent a year ago. Traffic increased 7.4 per cent compared with August 2013 while capacity increased 5.7 per cent. The Calgary-based airline said it flew 1.9 million passengers in August.

National Bank analyst Cameron Doerksen said even though WestJet has added capacity, domestic demand and prices remain strong.

“Notably, the August load factor was the highest for any month in WestJet’s history,” Doerksen said in a research note.

WestJet has been adding capacity and growing its operations, including an announcement earlier this summer that it would expand its fleet to include wide-body aircraft that have longer range than its current Boeing 737s.

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A aerial view outside of Terrace, B.C., is shown earlier this year. The president of the Northern Gateway pipeline says the possibility of a 2018 start-up date is “quickly evaporating.”

Northern Gateway pipeline unlikely to start up by 2018

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The president of the Northern Gateway pipeline says it’s unlikely the project will start up in 2018 as the company seeks to win over B.C. First Nations groups, many of which remain adamantly opposed to the $7.9-billion project.

“We have stated that the earliest in-service date was 2018. That’s quickly evaporating because we need to have this time to meet with people,” John Carruthers told a Calgary business audience on Thursday.

“I’m not as fussed on what that date is. I’m more fussed on can we have the support we need to go ahead, so it’s positive for all people of Canada, including Aboriginal people?”

“That’s going to take time and it’s going to take the time it takes.”

So far, 26 First Nations groups along the route have signed agreements with Enbridge to take a share of a 10 per cent equity stake in the pipeline that the company had offered. Enbridge is now in talks with other groups about other ways to participate in the project, such as employment and procurement contracts.

“There’s a lot of dialogue with both equity owners and non-equity at this point,” Carruthers told reporters But many First Nations along the route are vehemently opposed to the pipeline and have said they wouldn’t accept it under any circumstances. Lawsuits could tie the project up in court for years.

If built, Northern Gateway would ship 525,000 barrels per day of diluted oilsands crude from the Edmonton area to Kitimat, B.C., where the oil would be loaded on tankers and shipped to Asia.

A smaller parallel line would ship condensate, an oilsands thinning agent, in the opposite direction.

Northern Gateway received regulatory approval

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in June but the company proposing to build it, Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB), has said it’s not in a rush to put shovels in the ground.

Carruthers said despite the delays, support from customers remains strong.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers foresees oilsands production growing by about two and half times by 2030 to 4.8 million barrels a day.

The projected growth means there will likely still be strong demand for pipeline space if Northern Gateway starts up later than envisaged, said Warren Mabee, an energy policy expert at Queen’s University.

“Pushing back by a couple of years on this project is not something that I think would kill it, but pushing it back for a couple of years does allow the forces that are aligning against it to solidify,” he said.

The ability to access Asian markets is an enticing proposition for oilsands producers as it would mean better prices for their crude.

But most producers have signed on to a variety of pipeline proposals to the west, east and south rather than bet that any one project gets built.

Analysts have said other proposals, such as TransCanada Corp.’s (TSX:TRP) proposed Energy East pipeline to New Brunswick, are likely to be built before Northern Gateway.

TransCanada is planning to file a regulatory application this month to the National Energy Board for the $12-billion Energy East proposal, most of which would make use of underused natural gas pipe that’s already in the ground.

Startup for that line is currently targeted for 2018.

In addition to discussions with First Nations, Enbridge is also in the process of pinning down a new cost estimate and working through 209 conditions imposed along with the regulatory approval.

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OF LOCAL INTEREST Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 102.06 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.76 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.28 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.44 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.65 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.90 Cdn. National Railway . . 80.09 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 224.87 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.66 Capital Power Corp . . . . 28.58 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.32 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 54.29 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 54.95 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 33.81 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.18 General Motors Co. . . . . 34.63 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.72 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.60 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 55.95 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 74.35 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.93 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.33 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 59.72 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 112.86 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.42 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.03 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 55.03 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market ended lower on Thursday, weighed down by energy and gold stocks despite a better than expected report on merchandise trade for July and plans by the European Central Bank to stimulate the eurozone’s weak economic recovery.

The S&P/TSX composite index shed 80.84 points to 15,576.79. The Canadian dollar was ahead 0.12 of a cent at 91.96 cents US. Wall Street indexes also stepped back from earlier gains to finish lower, with the Dow Jones industrials dipping 8.70 points to 17,069.58, the Nasdaq losing 10.28 points to 4,562.29 and the S&P 500 index falling 3.07 points to 1,997.65.

The ECB trimmed its benchmark interest rate to a record low of 0.05 per cent from the previous all-time low of 0.15 per cent.

It also cut its growth forecast for 2014 to 0.9 per cent from 1.0 per cent and lowered its inflation forecast for the year to 0.6 per cent from 0.7 per cent.

ECB president Mario Draghi also said the bank will start buying asset-backed securities and covered bonds in October.

The efforts are aimed at making credit cheaper as concerns continue to grow that the economy of the 18-country eurozone might go into reverse.

“The eurozone was moving in the right direction over the last few years, but . . . it’s (now) going backwards a little bit, so something had to happen,” said Sadiq Adatia, chief investment officer at Sun Life Global Investments.

“This is another sign that the ECB will do something, whatever it takes, to move the markets higher and get growth back into the economy.”

Although the timing may have been a surprise, the measures fell short of expectations by some that an ECB stimulus

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In economic news, Statistics Canada reported a higher than anticipated trade surplus. The agency said Canada’s merchandise exports grew by 1.4 per cent in July, while imports edged down 0.3 per cent. That raised the country’s trade surplus with the world to $2.6 billion from $1.8 billion in June. Economists had expected a surplus of about $1.2 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.

There was some encouraging news from in the United States.

U.S. services firms expanded in August at the fastest pace on record and businesses added jobs at a healthy pace in August, according to a private survey, the fifth straight month of solid gains.

Meanwhile, traders will look to U.S. job figures for August as well as the latest Canadian jobs data, both being released Friday.

On the corporate front, Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC) announced after markets closed on Wednesday that it was buying the Canadian operations of Standard Life for $4 billion in cash.

Manulife said the acquisition will boost its presence in Quebec, which it has underserved in the past. Its shares closed down 1.39 per cent, or 31 cents, to $22.05 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

In commodities, the December crude contract was down $1.09 to US$94.45 a barrel, while December gold bullion fell $3.80 to US$1,266.50 an ounce.

December copper jumped two cents to $3.15.

MARKETS CLOSE Highlights at the close of Thursday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,576.79, down 80.84 points Dow — 17,069.58, down

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Barley (Western): Oct. ’14 unchanged 124.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $126.00; March ’15 unchanged $127.00; May ’15 unchanged $127.00; July ’15 unchanged $127.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $127.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $127.00; March ’16 unchanged $127.00; May ’16 unchanged $127.00; July ’16 unchanged $127.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $127.00.

Higher exports, business investment needed to support economic growth

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CIBC REPORT

Exports and business investment should accelerate over the next couple of years, helping to ensure sustainable growth in the Canadian economy, according to a new report from CIBC World Markets which came out on the same day that Statistics Canada reported a major improvement in the country’s merchandise trade balance.

“We see 2015 as a nice year and 2016 even better where we see definitely investment entering the equation and replacing housing and the consumer,” deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal said in an interview.

Consumer spending and residential construction have provided an unexpected lift so far in 2014, but can’t provide long-term support to the economy, according to the report released Thursday.

Tal noted that consumer spending has increased as people have dipped into their savings rather than benefited from higher incomes, something he said is not a sustainable model for growth but simply buying time until the more lasting contributors take hold.

As well, business investment is well below where it should be at this stage in the cycle, Tal said, adding that the issue isn’t financial limitations but a willingness to invest.

He said corporate Canada appears more inclined to spend on foreign upgrades or takeovers, while foreign direct investment by Canadian companies rose by a record high nine per cent in 2013.

Still there are signs that investment spending is about to accelerate. The Bank of Canada’s Business Index is now at a level that, in the past, was consistent with real business investment climbing by close to five per cent annually.

Also on Thursday, Statistics Canada said the country’s merchandise exports grew by 1.4 per cent in July, while imports edged down 0.3 per cent.

That raised Canada’s trade surplus with the world to $2.6 billion from $1.8 billion in June. Economists had expected a surplus of about $1.2 billion,

according to Thomson Reuters.

Exports rose to $45.5 billion, led by motor vehicles and parts, while imports edged down to $43 billion, with lower imports of aircraft, other transportation equipment and parts and consumer goods, as well as metal and non-metallic mineral products.

Exports to the United States rose 1.9 per cent to $34.4 billion and imports rose 1.2 per cent to $29.2 billion, pushing the trade surplus with that country to $5.1 billion from $4.9 billion in June.

Shipments to countries other than the United States edged up 0.1 per cent to $11.2 billion, while imports from those countries declined 3.2 per cent to $13.7 billion. The trade deficit with those countries narrowed to $2.6 billion from $3 billion in June.

CIBC (TSX:CM) forecasts the Canadian economy will grow 2.3 per cent in 2014, 2.7 per cent in 2015 and 2.3 per cent in 2016.

The report said the U.S. economy and labour market recovery may be stronger than some expect, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to boost interest rates to 1.25 per cent by March.

The Bank of Canada will likely try to keep the market guessing about its own rate hike to weaken the Canadian dollar but will ultimately be forced to revise its forecasts and raise its overnight rate to 1.5 per cent from one per cent by the end of 2015, Tal said.

“Clearly we need to see the Canadian dollar going down and I think that’s what the Bank of Canada would like to see also,” something that would help export-focused industries, said Tal. About one quarter of the cross-border output is in the energy sector. Canada is expected to export more than 230 million additional barrels of crude in 2016 than it did in 2013.

But non-energy exports like forestry products, machinery, aircraft products and electronics, identified by the Bank of Canada as key to the next resurgence, have lagged.

Many of these products have been historically sensitive to the exchange rate.

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Canada leading effort to develop standards for ‘flushable wipes’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada is leading an international work group to come up with an industry-wide standard for socalled flushable wipes as waste-water experts in North America and beyond blame the personal towelettes for a host of sewage system problems.

Barry Orr, a waste-water official in London, Ont., is among the Canadians leading the Geneva-based International Standards Organization’s efforts to develop the standard.

Orr is currently developing tests that will determine the flushability of a barrage of products on the market that declare themselves sewer- and septicsafe.

“Canada is at the forefront in addressing the flushability of these products,” Orr, who has been raising alarms

bells about the products for years, said.

“We’re leading the ISO, and we’re working with nations across the globe to make improvements.”

Flushable wipes are a multibilliondollar business. But from Louisiana to southwestern Ontario and rural England, plumbers and waste-water experts say the pre-moistened wipes are taking a terrible toll on residential pipes and municipal sewage systems, causing major clogs and sewer backups.

Just last month, officials in the Minnesota town of Cambridge said they suspected personal wipes were the culprit after 20,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into a river after a backup at a waste-water treatment facility. The manufacturers, meantime, say their products are accurately labelled as safe to go down the toilet, and have been subjected to a litany of flushability tests.

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Dear Cousin: Depending on your local law, you can call the police and tell them your cousin is trespassing on your property, in which case, they may be able to forcibly make him move.

Otherwise, you may need to sue him to get him evicted.

In either case, we recommend you consult an attorney about what you can do.

Dear Annie: I am amazed that women do not realize that one of the primary reasons they are not being asked out is simply because they insist on traveling in packs.

Men do not like to break into a group of women just to ask one of them to dance or to chat.

Some years ago, I did an experiment with a female friend, asking her to place herself alone against a wall in a bar with her arms behind her.

It took less than five minutes for someone to come up and ask if he could buy her a drink.

Meanwhile, as I looked around, I saw many men standing about and many women in groups chatting away with no man even close to them.

Wake up, women.

You have the ability to change your dating success pronto.— PB Watching

HOROSCOPES Friday, Sept. 5 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Rose McGowan, 40; Raquel Welch, 73; Bob Newhart, 84 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Venus will transit into Virgo today, welcoming in need discernment with regard to your health, work, and daily life.

Today, you might want to be alone and ease into this energy.

The first phase of discernment is LARISA MAIRA figuring out what is OZOLINS not working in order to improve on it.

This might put you in a lower state of mind. Great balance and harmony can be achieved through diligent work.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, you will become more enchanting this year.

Others will be drawn to you, so please be prepared to create all that you need by simply striking a balance between you and those you are dealing with.

It will not be such a hard year, although on-going tension with what you want and what you expect to get is still creating some difficulties — it will be a good year!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will be more able to strike a balance between you and others today that will be satisfying for all involved.

The more you compromise with those significant individuals in your life, the better all will be for you.

Focus on expressing all that needs to be fixed and resolved.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There will be a desire for you to be on your own to sort out the direction forward.

Greater discernment will come for you with regards to romantic interests and perhaps

adding to your already existing family.

After you’ve taken the time to sort out the new path, you’ll then confront those others in your life with the new paradigm of steps forward.

Be receptive towards them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The more you enjoy yourself with others, the greater need there will be to sort out any issues that are going on within the home and with family.

Do not forgo confronting issues today, but do take some time to properly discern what is bothering you now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): There will be an opportunity presented to you to take some time alone with significant others in your life.

A serious discussion is in order to create more clarity and rational thoughts in relation to how you express yourself with them, and vice versa. Focus on Love and Home!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will suddenly become very deliberate and conservative with spending, especially when dealing with significant relationships in your life, either business or romantic.

Perhaps it is simply that work has provided you the ability to use Petty Cash. The focus is on what is needed!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Venus will enter your first house today, creating a more enchanting aura.

If you are single, there will definitely be offers for a romantic dinner out by many others today.

If taken, then the same applies — only now that energy is creating a better arrangement with you and your spouse.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When Venus, your ruling planet, slips into the twelfth house it is a time when activities slow down a little bit.

You will want to take more time for yourself and relax and de-stress, and now is the time to do just that.

Working at building your income will be important today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This is the time to truly put the work needed into creating your dreams and aspirations.

I do see this as a time for you to actively

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The 9,000 tickets were supposed to be available at 10 a.m. Wednesday at www.humanrights.ca.

But the website froze or issued error messages.

The museum issued a statement that said the website was having “issues” due to the demand and officials were working to correct the problem as soon as possible.

Preview ticketholders are to get a sneak peek inside the 24,000-squaremetre building on Sept. 20 and 21.

The $351-million museum is to officially open to the public on Sept. 27.

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BRIEF Demand for free tickets to preview Winnipeg human rights museum WINNIPEG — The demand for free tickets to a preview of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winni-

Dear PB: A lone woman might indeed attract more attention, but not always for the right reasons.

Women travel in packs for their own protection.

Not every man is trustworthy.

A woman who is alone at a party, for example, runs a real risk of being assaulted when she leaves, if not before, especially if liquor is involved.

If a woman chooses to separate herself from her friends to get attention, that’s fine, as long as she lets her friends know where she is and with whom.

Dear Annie: I was very touched by the letter from “L.A., Calif.” I, too, am a single mother of two children.

My kids were 4 and 8 when I divorced their dad.

He had supervised visitation, which he chose to give up.

Our children have not seen their father in 10 years.

Is there resentment?

I would say more hurt than anything.

He chose everything else over his family.

For a long time, my daughter has wanted to change her name from her father’s last name.

My son doesn’t seem to care. Now that they both are adults, they can legally change their name without parental consent.

I think your advice was great, but I don’t believe a name change needs to have anything to do with Mom’s animosity toward her ex.

I think it is her intent to give her children a connection to what is constant and stable in their lives: their mother.

Taking her maiden name will help them feel more attached to someone who means so much to them and won’t abandon them.

My kids have thrived, are mature beyond their years and surround themselves with positive friends. I have absolutely no regrets.

Being granted total physical and legal custody was the best gift the judge could have given us.— Been There, Done That, Happier for It

work on this vision with your significant relationships, either business or romantic.

They will help you decide the proper vision forward.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There will be more attraction towards your career and public life now.

Yes, you will be under scrutiny but when does that ever lift?

It will be you putting in a lot of energy behind the scenes to create a proper and well organized system so that everything works to plan.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Greater discernment of your knowledge will come into play.

Perhaps there is more competition now, and you’ll have to step up to the plate.

Now is the time to evaluate what skills need to be obtained in order to push you for-

ward towards greater success.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The more you manage your money, the more your money manages you.

Yes, that does sound slightly too entrapping for an Aquarius, but that is what you are going to face at the moment.

Work towards your vision, but don’t let money be the direction forward.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will be wrapped up with what others have to say about you.

This can be the start of that energy, or you can accept that they will offer not so pleasant advice for a little while, so you decide to half listen to spare the true direction of the relationship forward.

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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On several occasions, I kicked him out, and he refused to leave.

Several of my neighbors reported a squatter in the residential area, and the police arrived to deal with the complaint.

They only request that he leave.

But he’s still here.

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ABOVE: Heavy-duty American rapper Tech N9ne brings his Strangeulation Tour to Red Deer’s Memorial Centre on Sept. 17.

BELOW: U.S. country star Brad Paisley takes the stage at the Centrium on Oct. 9.

Cutting edge and classic fare 2014-15 ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP PROMISES A BIT OF BOTH

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

From rapper Tech N9ne to Tennessee Williams, zombies to Jane Austen, the 2014-15 entertainment scene promises to be a dynamic mixture of cuttingedge and classic fare.

Besides Tech N9ne’s Strangeulation Tour this month, Red Deer audiences can see legendary cowboy singer Ian Tyson. As well, there’s rising Alberta country artist Brett Kissel and U.S. star Brad Paisley on the Centrium stage in October and pop singer Lights at the Memorial Centre in November.

Also look for rockers Big Wreck, hit-making singer/songwriter Chip Taylor (Wild Thing), Stephen Fearing (of Black and the Rodeo Kings fame) who’s entertaining as a duo with Irish singer Andy White, and the Doobie Brothers, who spawned such classic rock staples as Listen to the Music.

On the classical side of things, the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra will take on all six of Bach’s wellloved Brandenberg Concertos, as well as works from Chopin to Shostakovich. And Red Deer College will present a series of concerts showcasing everything from choral selections to songs by the jazz greats and marimba and percussion favourites.

Some returning entertainers who are expecting to swing through the city include Stuart McLean and his Vinyl Cafe stories, pianist-composer Frank Mills and comic Steve Patterson.

On the theatre front, pickings are especially bountiful this season.

After an absence of a few years, Ignition Theatre is back to stage a couple shows: the world premiere of locally-written food fest Oral Fixations by Blaine Newton and Leslie Greentree in October, and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams in March (this one is being done in partnership with Prime Stock Theatre).

Central Alberta Theatre is also reviving its dinner theatres at the Quality Inn North Hill. The three dinner-related productions are: My Narrator and The Death of Me, two one-act comedies by Norm Foster in November, Deadly Murder by Dave Foley in January, and Sin, Sex & the C.I.A. by Michael and Susan Parker in March and April.

CAT will also present three non-dinner theatre productions at the Nickle Studio, starting with Rounding Third, a baseball comedy by Richard Dressler, in September.

A new theatre group called Red Deer Players is on scene to mount a wacky, locally-written, familyoriented pantomime Snow White and the Seven Nobbits by Albert Azzara at the Scott Block in mid-December through early January.

More seriously, Calgary’s Burnt Thicket Theatre is returning to the Scott Block in April to launch a production by Red Deer playwright Andrew Kooman.

We Are the Body is about a Romanian prisoner of conscience in solitary confinement.

And Red Deer College Theatre Studies is planning a diverse theatrical lineup that, again, walks both sides of the line between conventional and surprising fare.

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2014-15 ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP Here’s a look at what’s happening on Red Deer’s entertainment scene for the 2014-15 season:

SEPTEMBER Sept. 17 — Heavy-duty American rapper Tech N9ne brings his Strangeulation Tour to Red Deer’s Memorial Centre. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are $46.95 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Sept. 21 — The Central Music Festival Society presents legendary Alberta cowboy singer Ian Tyson at the Memorial Centre. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $55.45 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Sept. 22 — Canadian radio rockers Big Wreck play Albatross and other hits at the Memorial Centre. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are $46.95 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Sept. 26 — Calgary pianist Colleen Athparia performs works by Mozart, Chopin, Clara Schumann and others during her Dancing Fingers recital, at 8 p.m. at the Red Deer

College Arts Centre. Tickets are $22.60 ($17.35 students/ seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Sept. 26 — WWE “hardcore wrestling legend” and bestselling author Mick Foley takes his one-man stage show to the Memorial Centre. Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. show are $37.50 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Sept. 26, 27 — Bull Skit opens a new season of sketch comedy and improvisation with special guests, musical entertainment and a cash bar at the Scott Block in downtown Red Deer. Tickets for the shows are available from www. bullskitcomedy.com.

Sept. 27 — Comic Steve Patterson goes for laughs on his This is Not Debatable tour, which stops at the Memorial Centre. Tickets for this 7:30 p.m. show are $47 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Sept. 30 — TV characters Toopy and Binoo bring their stage show for tykes, Fun and Games, to the Memorial Centre for two shows at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $32.50 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

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OCTOBER Oct. 2-19 — Central Alberta Theatre starts up with the baseball-as-a-metaphor-for-life comedy Rounding Third, by Richard Dressler, at the Nickle Studio, upstairs at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre. Tickets are $32.70 for the 7:30 shows (2 p.m. matinees on Oct. 5 and 12) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Oct. 4 — The Red Deer Symphony Orchestra opens the season with the Continental Cello concert, featuring guest soloist Winona Zelenka and the music of Britten, Shostakovich and Mozart, at 8 p.m. at the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets are $59.35 ($54.85 seniors/$43.35 students or first four rows) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Oct. 9 — Country music star Brad Paisley performs with opener Brett Kissel at Red Deer’s Centrium. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are $59.50 or $95.50 (plus tax and service charges) from Ticketmaster.

Oct. 9 — Central Music Festival Society presents hit-making singer/songwriter Chip Taylor (Wild Thing, Angel of the Morning) and former Van Morrison band guitarist John Platania at the Elks Lodge in Red Deer. Tickets to the 8 p.m. show are $28 in advance from www.centralmusicfest.com or $35 at the door.

Oct. 9-11, 14-18 — The Queen of England seeks refuge — from zombies! — in John Heimbuch’s play William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead, staged by Red Deer College’s Theatre Studies. The show, directed

by Kelly Reay, runs at 7:30 p.m. in Studio A of the RDC Arts Centre. (1 p.m. matinees on Oct. 11 and 18). Tickets are $21.80 ($17.80 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Oct. 9-11, 14-18 — Ignition Theatre is back with the world premiere of the locallywritten play Oral Fixations, by Blaine Newton and Leslie Greentree. The play, directed by Matt Grue, runs at the Scott Block Theatre.

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. shows are $27 ($23 students/seniors) from www.ignitiontheatre.ca (All Tuesday night tickets are $20).

Oct. 17, 18 — The second-annual Motion Picture Arts Alumni Film Festival runs at City Centre Stage. Showings are at 7 p.m. (2 p.m. matinee on Oct. 19). Admission is $5 at the door.

Oct. 19 — Stuart McLean tells his quirky Vinyl Cafe stories at the Memorial Centre.

Tickets for the 2:30 and 7 p.m. shows are $60 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Oct. 21 — Multi-million-selling American rockers Doobie Brothers play their durable hits at the Centrium. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $57 or $77 (plus service charges) from Ticketmaster.

Oct. 24, 25 — A Bull Skit night of sketch comedy and improvisation is on at the Scott Block with various special guests, music acts and a cash bar. Tickets for the shows are available from www.bullskitcomedy.com.

Oct. 25 — Around the World in 80 Musical Minutes features the Red Deer College music faculty performing international classical and contemporary works, at 7:30 p.m. at the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets are $22.60 ($17.35 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Oct. 26 — Man in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash hits the Memorial Centre. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $42.95 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Oct. 30 — A musical “spooktacular” is delivered by the RDC Symphonic Winds.

Wear your best costume and get into the spirit of the concert, at 7:30 p.m. at the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets are $21.80 ($17.80 students/ seniors) from Black Knight Ticket Centre.

NOVEMBER Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 7-9 — Cornerstone Youth Theatre presents the play Tom Sawyer, based on Mark Twain’s classic novel, at the New Life Fellowship Church in Red Deer.

Tickets for the 3 and 7 p.m. shows will be available from www.cornerstoneyouththeatre. org.

Nov. 1 — The RDSO performs the Something Old, Something New concert, featuring the Bergmann Piano Duo. An original work by the Duo and a fresh adaptation of Canadian folk themes by RDSO director Claude Lapalme are on the program, along with pieces by Poulenc and Kodaly. Tickets to the 8 p.m. concert at the RDC Arts Centre are $59.35 ($54.85 seniors/$43.35 students or first four rows) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Nov. 6-29 — Central Alberta Theatre’s first dinner theatre of the season is two Norm Foster one-act comedies: My Narrator and The Death of Me, to be staged at the Quality Inn, North Hill. Dinner is at 6 p.m., show is at 7:30 p.m. (Sunday brunch is at 12:30 p.m.,

STORY FROM PAGE D1

PREVIEW: Bull Skit Zombies will appear as plague victims in Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead,

Photos by ADVOCATE news services

ABOVE: A Bull Skit night of sketch comedy and improvisation at the Scott Block with various special guests, music acts and a cash bar.

LEFT: Stuart McLean will tell his quirky Vinyl Cafe stories at the Memorial Centre on Oct. 19. Tickets for the 2:30 and 7 p.m. shows are $60 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. show at the Scott Block Theatre. Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. shows (2 p.m. matinees on Saturdays) are $20 from www.treehouseyouththeatre.ca, or at the door.

Dec. 6 — RDSO performs Seasonal Strings, a festive concert of Christmas music

by Vivaldi and Louis-Claude Daquin, showcasing the Red Deer Youth and Community Orchestra, at 8 p.m. at the RDC Arts Centre.

Tickets are $59.35 ($54.85 seniors/$43.35 students or first four rows) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Dec. 11 — “Mr. Music Box Dancer,” pianist Frank Mills, entertains at the Memorial Centre. Tickets to his 7 p.m. show are $61.85 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Dec. 12, 13 — Scenes, songs, stage fights and more are performed in the First Year Showcase by RDC Theatre Studies students, on at 7:30 p.m. at City Centre Stage. (1 p.m. matinee on Dec. 13). Admission is by donation.

JANUARY show is at 2 p.m.) Tickets are $65 from the Quality Inn. Nov. 11 — O What A Night! A Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli is staged at the Memorial Centre. Tickets to the 7 p.m. show are $62.35 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Nov. 14, 15 — The 16th-annual Prairie Tales Film Festival is on at City Centre Stage.

These best short films and videos made in the last year by Alberta filmmakers are showing from 7 p.m. Admission is by donation.

Nov. 15 — A spicy and fun Cajun night is served up as a fundraiser for the Central Music Festival Society. Sit down to a New Orleans-style meal and be entertained by the Crystal Plamondon band at Red Deer’s Elks Lodge. Tickets to the 6 p.m. event will be available from www.centralmusicfest.com.

Nov. 20-22, 26-29 — The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a musical by Rupert Holmes based on the unfinished novel by Charles Dickens, is staged by RDC’s Theatre Studies under the direction of Tom Bradshaw.

Audiences can choose the ending they want to see at the 7:30 p.m. performances at the RDC Arts Centre. (1 p.m. matinees on Nov. 22 and 29). Tickets are $26.80 ($21.80 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Nov. 21 — Bunny siblings Max & Ruby perform their Nutcracker Suite show for young fans at the Memorial Centre. Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. event are $32 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Nov. 21, 22 — A Bull Skit night of sketch comedy and improvisation is on at the Scott

Block with various special guests, music acts and a cash bar. Tickets for the shows are available from www.bullskitcomedy.com.

Nov, 22 — Canadian singer Lights entertains with her radio-friendly pop tunes at the Memorial Centre. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $38.50 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Nov. 30 — New York-based pianist Jason Cutmore plays the works of Isaac Albeniz, Deodat de Severac and others at 7:30 p.m. in Studio A of the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets are $16.30 ($13.50 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

by John Heimbuch, in Studio A of the Red Deer College Arts Centre in October.

Then Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy will dance their evasive reel in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, as adapted by Jon Jory, on the Arts Centre mainstage in February.

As well, RDC students will present

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, based on an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens (this means the audience can choose which ending they want to see), and Under Milkwood, based on a radio play by Dylan Thomas.

Watch for RDC Motion Picture Arts students to host a series of screenings throughout the fall-winter season,

DECEMBER Dec. 2, 3 — Jingle Jazz resounds as the RDC Big Band and faculty jazz ensemble play on Dec. 2 and the RDC Jazz Combos and faculty jazz players perform on Dec. 3.

There’s different music delivered each night at 7:30 p.m. in Studio A of the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets are $16.30 ($13.50 students/ seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

(The second performance is half price for those attending both nights) Dec. 5 — Sounds of the Season are served up be the RDC Chamber Choir and Symphonic Winds as part of an annual tradition at the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. concert are $21.80 ($17.80 students/seniors) from Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Dec. 5, 6, 12, 13 — Tree House Youth Theatre presents the Tis The Season variety

Dec. 26-Jan. 3 — The Red Deer Players premieres the zany, new, locally-written, family-oriented pantomime Snow White and the Seven Nobbits, by Albert Azzara, at the Scott Block. Tickets for the show will be available this fall from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Jan. 15-Feb. 7 — CAT presents the dinner theatre production Deadly Murder by David Foley, about a glamorous jewelry designer who picks up a potential jewelry thief. It’s on at the Quality Inn North Hill. Dinner is at 6 p.m., show is at 7:30 p.m. (Sunday brunch is at 12:30 p.m., show is at 2 p.m.) Tickets are $65 from the Quality Inn. Jan. 17 — RDSO performs the Romance of Chopin concert, featuring piano soloist Mikolaj Warszynski and the music of Johann Christian Bach, Sibelius and Chopin. Tickets to the 8 p.m. concert at the RDC Arts Centre are $59.35 ($54.85 seniors/$43.35 students or first four rows) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Jan. 18 — RDC instructor and pianist Ruston Vuori plays A Little Night Music, featuring character pieces by Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Fauré, and Chopin. The intimate recital is at 7:30 p.m. in Studio A of the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets are $16.30 ($13.50 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Jan. 30, 31 — A Bull Skit night of sketch comedy and improvisation is on at the Scott Block with various special guests, music acts and a cash bar. Tickets for the shows are available from www.bullskitcomedy.com.

Continued on Page D3 starting with an alumni film festival at City Centre Stage in October.

Against the Wall Theatre will also continue to put on monthly improvisation/sketch comedy shows at the Scott Block theatre — and you never know what will come up at a Bull Skit show. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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FEBRUARY Feb. 5 — The Central Music Festival Society presents singer/songwriting duo Stephen Fearing (of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings) and Andy White at Red Deer’s Elks Lodge.

Tickets to the 8 p.m. show will be available from www.centralmusicfest.com.

Feb 5-7, 11-14 — Jane Austen’s classic tale of improbable love Pride and Prejudice (adapted by Jon Jory) is staged by RDC Theatre Studies students. Performances, directed by Thomas Usher, are at 7:30 p.m. at the RDC Arts Centre. (1 p.m. matinees Feb. 7 and 14). Tickets are $26.80 ($21.80 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Feb. 16-21 — This year’s Oscar nominated Best LiveAction Short Films are shown at 7 p.m. at City Centre Stage.

Admission is $10 at the door.

Feb. 19-March 7 — CAT presents Wrong Turn at Lungfish, a comedy about two unlikely allies by Lowell Ganz and Gary Marshall, at the Nickle Studio, upstairs at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre. Tickets to the 7:30 shows (2 p.m. matinees on Feb. 22 and March 1) are $32.70 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Feb. 22 — RDC faculty members and pianist Dale Wheeler is joined by Debra Bakland, Cheryl Cooney, special guest Ruston Vuori and the Canadian University College Orchestra for a multi-piano extravaganza that showcases Bach pieces and an original work by Cooney. The Pianos Galore concert is at 7:30 p.m. at the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets $22.60 ($17.35 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Feb. 27, 28 — A Bull Skit night of sketch comedy and improvisation is on at the Scott Block with various special guests, music acts and a cash bar. Tickets for the shows are available from www.bullskitcomedy.com.

MARCH

March 19, 10 — Solo Flight: graduating RDC theatre student actors take off with an evening of short, self-created, one-person plays. Admission to the 7:30 p.m. shows in Studio A of the RDC Arts Centre is by donation.

March 19-April 19 — CAT presents Sin, Sex & The C.I.A.,

by Michael and Susan Parker. The farce about a bumbling C.I.A. agent and the coterie of zany people he meets while trying to do his job, is running at the Quality Inn, North Hill.

Dinner is at 6 p.m., show is at 7:30 p.m. (Sunday brunch is at 12:30 p.m., show is at 2 p.m.) Tickets are $65 from the Quality Inn. March 21, 22 — The best student musical performances of the year are showcased in RDC’s any-style-of-music, anything-goes concert That’s Entertainment at 7:30 p.m. on March 21, and 2 p.m. on March 22 at the RDC Arts Centre.

Tickets are $21.80 ($17.80 students/seniors) from Black Knight Ticket Centre.

March 27 — A musical homage is paid to the jazz greats and the timeless tunes they popularized in The Giants of Jazz concert, featuring the RDC Big Band and guests at 7:30 p.m. at the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets are $21.80 ($17.80 students/ seniors) from Black Knight Ticket Centre.

March 27, 28 — A Bull Skit night of sketch comedy and improvisation is on at the Scott Block with various special guests, music acts and a cash bar. Tickets for the shows are available from www.bullskitcomedy.com.

APRIL April 2 — The RDC Chamber Choir and Symphonic Winds wrap up the season with their annual A Touch of Class spring concert at 7:30 p.m. at the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets are $21.80 ($17.80 students/seniors) from Black Knight Ticket Centre.

April 15-18 — A poetic, musical take on daily life in a fictional Welsh town is featured in Under Milkwood, based on a radio drama by Dylan Thomas. The play, directed by Lynda Adams of RDC Theatre Studies, runs at 7:30 p.m. (1 p.m. matinee on April 18). Tickets are $21.80 ($17.80 students/ seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

April 24, 25 — A Bull Skit night of sketch comedy and improvisation is on at the Scott Block with various special guests, music acts and a cash bar. Tickets for the shows are available from www.bullskitcomedy.com.

April 25 — RDSO performs the Brandenburg Project, showcasing the greatest instrumental works of the Baroque period — Johann Sebastian Bach’s six Brandenburg concerti, which will be performed with modern and period instruments.

Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert at the RDC Arts Centre are

Feb. 27, 28, March 6-8 — Cornerstone Youth Theatre presents Seussical, a musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty based on several books of Dr. Seuss. at the New Life Fellowship Church in Red Deer. Tickets for the 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. shows will be available from www.cornerstoneyouththeatre.org.

March 5 — A Night at the Zoo features music about lions, tigers and bears — along with other zoo animals — as performed by the RDC Symphonic Winds and Red Deer Youth and Community Orchestra.

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert at the RDC Arts Centre are $21.80 ($17.80 students/ seniors) from Black Knight Ticket Centre.

March 6 — Groove to the RDC Percussion Ensemble playing contemporary selections on marimbas, vibraphones, xylophones, drums and other instruments. The Get the scoop on the most 7:30 p.m. Evening of Percusdelectable bites in the city. sion concert is at the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets are $21.80 From sizzling steaks to the best ($17.80 students/seniors) from Black Knight Ticket Centre. cut french fries, March 7 — Butt Ugly Theatre pairs with RDC Theatre Studies to present The Ballad of Chewie and Hack, an antiserves up tobacco play at Studio A of the RDC Arts Centre, 1 and 3 p.m. all you can eat in the shows. Admission is by donaSaturday, September 27 edition tion.

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MAY May 1-4 — Watch the growth of third-year RDC Motion Picture Arts students through a compilation of their class projects and competed films. Screening are at 7 p.m., admission is by donation.

May 5-9 — Burnt Thicket Theatre premieres We Are the Body at the Scott Block. This original, searing stage drama, written by local playwright Andrew Kooman, is about a young woman imprisoned in solitary confinement behind the Iron Curtain in post-war Romania. Tickets to the show will be available in the new year from www.burntthicket.com.

May 21-23 — Bull Skit ends its season with three best-of nights of sketch comedy and improvisation at the Scott Block with various special guests, music acts and a cash bar. Tickets for the shows are available from www.bullskitcomedy.com.

May 28-30, June 4-6 — Tree House Youth Theatre presents Let The Play Continue . . . at the Scott Block Theatre.

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. shows (2 p.m. matinees Saturdays) are $20 from www.treehouseyouththeatre.ca or at the door.

JUNE May 29, 30, June 5-7 — Cornerstone Youth Theatre presents The Little Mermaid, based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, at the New Life Fellowship Church in Red Deer.

Tickets for the 3 and 7 p.m. shows will be available from www. cornerstoneyouththeatre.org.

June 5-7 — The best films of the year by student actors, director and cinematographers in RDC’s Motion Picture Arts program are sscreened at 7 p.m. at City Centre Stage. Admission is by donation. (The awards presentation will be held at 7 p.m. June 6).

June 6 — The RDSO wraps up the season in steamy style with the Bold Bolero concert, featuring the two winners of the Red Deer Kiwanis Festival, bassoonist Pablo Montes and violinist Heidi Baumbach, as well as music by Ravel and Respighi. Tickets to the 8 p.m. concert at the RDC Arts Centre are $59.35 ($54.85 seniors/$43.35 students or first four rows) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

June 11-20 — CAT presents its One Act Play Festival at 7:30 p.m. at the Nickle Studio, upstairs at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre. Tickets to the shows are $21.25 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

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PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (G) CLOSED CAPTIONED SAT-SUN 1:10 AS ABOVE/SO BELOW (14A) (VIOLENCE,FRIGHTENING SCENES) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 5:35, 8:00, 10:30; SAT 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:00, 10:30; SUN 3:10, 5:35, 8:00, 10:30; MON-THURS 7:40, 10:10 THE F WORD (14A) FRI 5:25, 7:50; SAT 12:30, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50; SUN 3:00, 5:25, 7:50; MON-THURS 7:35 SWEARNET: THE MOVIE (18A) (CRUDE COARSE LANGUAGE) FRI-SUN 10:25; MON-THURS 10:00 THE NOVEMBER MAN (14A) (SEXUAL CONTENT,NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN,BRUTAL VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 4:00, 6:40, 9:20; SAT-SUN 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20; MON-THURS 6:40, 9:25 THE NOVEMBER MAN (14A) (SEXUAL CONTENT,NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN,BRUTAL VIOLENCE) STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING WED 1:30 A MOST WANTED MAN (14A) (LANGUAGE MAY OFFEND,TOBACCO USE/PROMOTION) FRI 4:10, 7:10, 10:00; SAT-SUN 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00; MONTHURS 7:05, 9:50 THE CAPTIVE () FRI 4:50, 7:30, 10:15; SAT 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15; SUN 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15; MON-THURS 7:25, 10:15 SHREK THE THIRD (PG) SAT 11:00

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Obituaries

DUFORT James Victor “Vic” Oct. 28, 1931 to Aug. 13, 2014 Vic passed away peacefully of natural causes on the afternoon of August 13th, 2014, at approximately 4:00 PM in Edmonton, Alberta.

Vic was comforted by his Wife and surrounded by Family at the time of his passing. Vic was the oldest of three children born to Violet Marie and Pamphile “Phil” Dufort in Empress, Alberta on October 28th, 1931. Vic was a gentle man with a great love of family and generously opened his home to all.

Together with his wife Marjorie, they cared for parents, children, Nephews, Sisters, Grandchildren and even the occasional stray! Whether for days, weeks, or years, the door was always open and all were considered family. Coming from a small farm in Atlee, Alberta, he met his wife Marjorie in Medicine Hat, Alberta where they were married in 1953, during those early years he worked at the flour mill until he started as an operator on road construction. Vic and Marjorie followed the road construction work, living in many towns until they settled in Valleyview, Alberta in 1969. Valleyview was home and they lived and raised their family while Vic was working in construction and pipline. In 1987 Vic and his family moved to Red Deer, Alberta to start a new adventure in small business, where his wife Marjorie and his daughter Lynette opened their first restaurant, Clancy’s. Vic continued to run dozer and scraper until he retired in 2002. Spending most of his life as a “Cat-Skinner” (heavy equipment Operator) and Pipeliner, Vic travelled to virtually every corner of the Province of Alberta, making friends along the way. Vic was active in the many communities he lived in and belonged to many different groups and organizations, and was always willing to give someone a hand. He was a consummate tinkerer that revelled in the challenge of building things with his hands from wood or metal. Most of his friends and family have something that he made just for them, whether it is a hand carved kitchen spoon, a turned egg cup, or a handmade wooden carpenters plane. Each was one-of-a-kind, made with skill and love! Vic often said that he “was a jack of all trades, master of none”, he was more than that. Vic knew a little about a lot of things but there were many things he did, and he did those to meet his personal view of perfection, and he was proud of his accomplishments. He will be missed by his wife Marjorie of 61 years and their children: Lynette of Calgary, Darwin (Lynda) of Red Deer, and Troy (Brenda) of Whitecourt. His grandchildren: DJ (Lana) Ilg, Sheldon Smith, Courtney (Dave) Gordon, Tanya Gordon, Corrina Wasylenchuck, Connor and Jade Dufort, his four great grandchildren Jayven, Hadley, Kylie, and Olivia, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. He was predeceased by his sister Barbara, mother Violet Marie, father Pamphile “Phil” Dufort, nephews Daniel Bokstein and Bradley Flinkert, and his sister Evette Bokstein. A celebration of Vics life will be held at 1:00 PM on September 27th, 2014 at Pelican Point on Buffalo Lake; 1710 Shultz Crescent, Bashaw, Alberta.

Donations may be made in Vics name to The Kidney Foundation of Canada, The Grey Nuns Hospital of Edmonton through the Caritas Hospitals Foundation, the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, STARS Foundation or the charity of your choice.

LINKLATER James Robert (Bob) Sept. 23, 1935-Aug. 23, 2014 A celebration of Bob’s life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, 2810 Bremner Ave, Red Deer, on Friday Sept. 12 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. If friends so desire, donations may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Obituaries

In Memoriam

“Our Hearts Remember” is a short walk and gathering of bereaved families remembering special babies who have died during pregnancy loss, miscarriage, stillbirth or early neonatal death.

This event on Sep 21 is where babies are honoured through memory making, personal rituals and public acknowledgment.

More info & to pre-register www.facebook.com/OurHeartsRememberRedDeer

MORRIS Sept. 28, 1954 - Aug. 27, 2014 Mr. Patrick Donald Joseph Morris of Red Deer, passed away at Michener Hill Extendicare at the age of 59 years. Pat will be lovingly remembered by his wife Jo-Anne of 39 years; his pride and joy his children, one son Matthew Morris, and one daughter Jamie Morris (Rob). Also to mourn his loss his mother Yvonne Morris, brother Mike (Judy) Morris, brother Trevor (Cheryl) Morris, and numerous other family members and friends. Pat was predeceased by his father Donald Morris. Pat was born in Ottawa, Ontario, moving around with his parents to live in other provinces, as his dad was in the Army. It was when his parents were stationed in Mynaskic Park Penhold Base, that he met his wife Jo-Anne. They raised their family around the communities of Penhold, Innisfail, and Red Deer, Alberta. Pat worked for many years for Gray Beverages Pepsi Cola Red Deer, in the Service Department. He later formed his own Companies: Quality Equipment Service and Heritage Enterprises Ltd. where he took on a few partners and expanded. Pat and Jo-Anne thought while Pat’s health was still good they would do a little traveling.

They bought a Harley Davidson Trike and traveled with friends and family through Alberta, B.C and into the States. They also went on cruise ships to Alaska and Hawaii. After retiring Pat and Jo-Anne enjoyed volunteering at the Red Deer Food Bank.

Pat was known to be quite humorous, and continued to be so during his long illness, often having a laugh with whom ever he was talking to.

A service to celebrate Patrick’s life will be held at The Royal Canadian Legion, 2810 Bremner Ave. on Friday September 5th, 2014 at 1 pm. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 202-5913-50th. Ave. Red Deer, AB T4N 4C4. Simply Cremations & Funeral Services, 9331-35 Ave. Edmonton, AB. Ph. (780) 465-6363 are in charge of the arrangements.

SUTELY Mr. Keith Sutley, beloved husband of Deb Sutley, father of Tami, Sandi and Rick passed away on In Memoriam Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at the age of 67 years. A COLLINS In loving memory of Celebration of Life will be Allan James Collins held at 2:00 P.M., on Oct. 25, 1926 - Sept. 7, 2013 Saturday, September 6, 2014 The moment that you left me, at TRINITY UNITED my heart was split in two; CHURCH, 220-20th St., Fort one side was filled with Macleod, AB with Eras Van memories; the other side Zyl Officiating. In lieu of died with you. I often lay flowers Memorial Donations awake at night when the may be made to the Glans-look world is fast asleep; and take Lung Cancer Database, c/o a walk down memory lane Tom Baker Cancer Centre, with tears upon my cheek.

Attn: Dr. Bebb, 1331 - 29th Remembering you is easy, I ST. NW, Calgary, AB T2N do it every day; but missing 4N2, Cheques Payable to you is a heartache that never University of Calgary with the goes away. I hold you tightly memo stating: Glans-look in my heart and there you will Lung Cancer Database. remain; you see life has gone Funeral Arrangements on without you, but will never entrusted to be the same.

EDEN’S FUNERAL HOME Loving you forever and (403)553-3772 always Cheryl. www.edensfuneralhome.com

SHIELDS Robert James 1940 - 2014 Card Of Thanks Mr. Robert James ‘Bob’ Shields of Red Deer, passed SCOTT away peacefully at Extendicare Michener Hill, Red Deer on To everyone, we extend our Tuesday, September 2, 2014 sincere thanks for the many at the age of 73 years. Bob acts of kindness received on was born on October 11, the death of my mom, Dora 1940 at Red Deer, Alberta. Hollman on August 25, 2014.

He will be lovingly remembered by his daughter, Cara (Andy) ~Don and Angeline Scott, Bostwick, son, Doug of New Quade, Lanette and Mark Brunswick, his brother, Doug (Alexis, Paige, Lillie) (Diane) and his nephew and and Tara and Daryl. niece, Stephen (Jen) and Nancy.Bob was predeceased by his parents, Jim and Jenny Shields. A Private Family Interment will take place at a later date at Horn Hill Cemetery, Funeral Directors Horn Hill District, Alberta. & Services Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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Births

OLESEN (Hermary) Stephen and Sarah of Calgary are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Adam Leonard, on August 12, 2014, weighing 7 lbs 12 ozs.

From Red Deer, proud grandparents are Ken and Valerie Olesen, and Greg and Anne Hermary, and proud great grandparents are Irma Francis, Betty Pardue and Ray Hermary.

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FISHER Mary Elizabeth April 13, 1922-Aug. 31, 2014 Mom passed away peacefully at the Strathmore Hospital.

The family would like to thank the staff in Acute Care for their compassion. At Moms request there will be no funeral service. Donations in her name can be made directly to the Alberta Heart and Stroke Foundation (#200, 119 14th St. N.W., Calgary, T2N 1Z6). To send condolences, please visit Moms obituary at www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca.

HAGAN Caroline Philippine June 5, 1920 - Sept. 1, 2014 Caroline Hagan passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Monday, September 1, 2014 at the age of 94 years.

Funeral details will be announced at a later date.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

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MADUKE Ted John June 15, 1940 - Aug. 30, 2014 Ted Maduke, beloved husband of Bonnie Maduke, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2014 at the age of 74 years. Ted was born in Manitoba but lived in Alberta most of his adult life. Ted was a loving, loyal husband, father, grandfather and friend who loved hunting, fishing, curling and golfing. He will be missed by all. Ted is predeceased by his wife Bonnie, sister Pat, and parents Mary and Joseph. He is survived by his daughter Kim (Lawrence), son Todd (Katrina); four grandchildren: Ryan, Alena, Theo and Timmy; brothers Wally, Russ and Mel. A joint memorial service for Ted and Bonnie will be held at a later date.

Memorial tributes may be made directly to a charity of choice.

HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES LTD., OLDS entrusted with arrangements. 403-507-8610 www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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IMMED. F/T ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, Req’d for busy Lacombe based Business. This position supports the accounting dept. with general accounting duties, as well as general administrative duties.

Familiarity with ACCPAC, Word & Excel an asset.

Fax resume to 403-342-7447 SHUNDA Const. req’s F/T Receptionist/AP Clerk.

Duties: All aspects of A/P & data entry & general office administration.

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BOWER DENTAL REQ’S F/T ORTHODONTIC ASSISTANT. Position to start immed.

Must be a member of the College of Alberta Dental Personals Association. Great benefits and perks. Email resume to: ALCOHOLICS sheila@bowerdental.com ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 or drop off resume.

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a local well production company, is currently seeking experienced

CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463

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Must have current H2S and First-Aid tickets.

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BARDEN Oilfield Hauling is looking for Experienced Picker Operators for camp work. Shifts are 15 on & 6 scheduled days off. Fax resumes to 403 341 3968 or email: bardentrucking @telus.net No phone calls please.

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Medical

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RECEPTIONIST for Hygiene Department req’d.

LOOKING FOR P/T evenings, 20 - 25 hrs.

MY BIRTH FATHER /wk. Good opportunity for I was born Please drop off Stephanie Hollman students. resumes to Associate on December 23, 1975 Dental, Attn. Corinne or fax in Vernon, B.C. My birth 403-347-2133 or email mother was 20 and went healthysmiles79 back home to Penhold, Alta. @hotmail.com shortly after. I am in search of my Birth Father as well as any info. Please help me in my Hair search. You can email me at akdauncey@hotmail.com Stylists

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P/T F/T HAIRSTYLIST REQUIRED. Eileen’s Beauty Nook Call Linda 403-347-3010

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P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle.

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work during shut down, days and nights, $14/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s and specify days or nights to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

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Class 1 is a must and picker exp. would be an asset. Oilfield exp. preferred. Will require H2S and First Aid Certificate.

This position is F/T days only in the Stettler area.

Salary to commensurate with experience. Please send resumes to: lornemurfitt@telus.net.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds GROWING local oilfield water management company requires crews - no experience necessary, long hours, remote locations. Competitive wages and health benefits. Must have PPE & first aid, H2S. Contact 403-346-0009 or email welltesting365@ gmail.com LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers.

Positions available immediately.

Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants.

MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits.

Email resumes and tickets to: welltesting365@ gmail.com

COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

CENTRAL AB Pumpjack Services Inc. is looking for energetic and hardworking Operators and Swampers.

If you are interested in joining our team fax a copy of your resume to 403-746-5152 or email to: caps@harewaves.net

EXP’D CLASS 1 DRIVER REQ’D.

LEGAL ASSISTANT Red Deer Law firm is seeking a f/t or p/t legal assistant.

Experience in family law and real estate a definite advantage. Salary will be commensurate to experience. Please respond in confidence with cover letter and resume to Gaetz Law Office #201-5005-Gaetz Ave. Red Deer, AB T4N 4B2 Attn:Klaus G. Ruschin email: gaetzlawoffice@ telus.net Fax. 403-347-5300

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EXCITING POSITION AVAILABLE FOR AN RN We are seeking an RN to assist with educating HCA’s, LPN’s, and other groups of staff. The goal is to provide staff training that includes safe work practices, proper charting, standards, patient transfers, lifts, infection control, and employee orientations. We want our staff current and leaders in delivering quality patient care.

NOW ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR

Experienced Swampers and Class 1 Drivers

with tickets AND rig move and winch experience.

For Red Deer area.

Fax resume & abstract to 403-885-0473 email: info@trysonenergy.com No phone calls please.

The role is part time with VERY flexible hours of work. This role is ideally suited for someone who works without needing supervision and takes pride in guiding others to excel at their roles.

Interested in a job that lets you set your own hours and days of work? Where you get vacation time when you want?

Please submit your CV to greatjobs@chantellegroup.com for a great opportunity at our Innisfail senior’s home.

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HEALTH & SAFETY OFFICER

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with NCSO and oilfield transportation experience.

For Red Deer area.

Fax resume & abstract to 403-885-0473 email: info@trysonenergy.com No phone calls please.

Southside Dodge is looking for a new full-time team member to join our great staff!

Has immediate openings for the following position:

Southside Dodge is looking for an

FULL TIME SALESPERSON

Vehicle Admin/Customer Service Representative

The successful candidate will: • Have several years of field experience working on service rigs to a rig manager level • Be responsible to work with our Calgary based sales team in establishing new accounts as well as maintaining existing ones

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Anders Park 31 ANQUETEL ST. Sept. 6 & 7 Sat. & Sun. 9 - 5 New speaker system in box like new household misc.

Bower MULTI FAMILY Sun. Sept.

7, 10-3, 54 BELL ST. Condominian Hall. Household, collectibles, comic books and much more.

Lancaster Green 223 LAMPARD CRES. Sept. 5, 3-8, Sept. 6, 9-noon.

Multi family.

Something for everyone!

149 DIXON CRES Sept. 4, 5 & 6 Thurs. 1-7, Fri. & Sat. 9-6 Truck tools box, camping supplies, lots of misc. & free stuff.

Eastview Estates MULTI family.

Household, hockey cards, Hot Wheels, Harley Sept.6, 9-5, Sept. 7, 9-5.

76 Erickson Dr.

Lancaster Green 184 LINDSAY AVE. Sat. Sept. 6, 9-4 & Sun. Sept. 7, 10-3 Dayhome dispersel items.

Priced to Sell

GIANT MULTI-FAMILY 101 O’BRIEN CRES Sept. 5, 6 & 7 Fri. 4-8, Sat. & Sun. 10-3 TONS of STUFF!!

Lancaster Meadows Rosedale 171 LYONS CL. Sept. 5, 1-6, Sept. 6, 10-5 Small older deep freeze, therapeutic bed, lots of misc. items

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14 McLevin Cres. Sept 4, 3-7, Sept. 5, 9-7, Sept. 6, 9-4. Multi family. Home decor, toys, Christmas, housewares, scrapbook supplies, books, bike 17 MURPHY AVE Fri. Sept. 5, 4-8, Sat. 9-1.

Multi family. TV’s, microwaves, coffee/end table, desks, Amp. Good clean misc. housewares ESTATE SALE 15 MCBRIDE CRSC Sept. 5 - 7 : Fri. 2-7, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 12-4 Housewares, small appls., electronics, toys, camping, RV ladders, tools, weight machine, canning supplies, lot of misc. IMMACULATE 2004 Dodge 4x4, 4 dr., l/b, 66,000 kms.

Oriole Park 1 ORWELL CLOSE Sept. 6 & 7 Sat. 9 - 4 Sun. 10 -3 LARGE VARIETY OF ITEMS

29 ROVERS AVE. Sept.

5-7, Fri. 3-7, Sat. 10-4, Sun. noon-4. Retro and vintage womens clothing and accessories, men’s plus sizes, housewares, etc. Gift card draws. All proceeds to Ester’s AARRC

Sunnybrook 14 SOMMERSET CLOSE SAT. Sept. 6, 9-5 Huge sale, downsizing.

Books, antiques, lots of , household, some freebies.

West Lake ESTATE SALE 109 Weddell Cres.

Sept. 6 & 7 Sat. 8 - 7 & Sun. 10 - 5 Glassware chine, scarves, antique hankies & aprons, x-mas items, blue mtn. pottery, many misc. items, a few tools,

LOTS of JEWELRY

53 ROWELL CLOSE Fri. Sept. 5, 2-7 LOTS OF FREE ITEMS. SOLD trailer, camping stuff must go. Kids bikes, toys, costumes, household. 189 REICHLEY ST. Sept. 4, 5-7, Sept. 5, 1-7 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

South Hill ELECTRONICS, Karaoke players, etc., sports equipt, golf equipt, wine rack 3326-49 Ave. Sat. Sept. 6, 11-5.

NOW HIRING

Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

Two-family sale! It’s all here: sporting goods, kids misc, home decor & furniture, garden, plus Dept 56 and giftware. 458 Wishart St. Thurs 5-8, Fri 10-7, Sat 9-1.

West Park 17 WOODSWORTH CL. Sept. 4 & 5, 10-7, Sept. 6, 9-4. 1994 Big Bear quad, hot tub, lots of household MOVING SALE.

Out of Town CLIVE: Village-Wide Garage Sale and Cookie Walk Sept. 6, 9 - 3:00 Rain or Shine!

Tons of sales.

Concession available.

Everything under the sun!

Wanda 403-754-5695

Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the following positions.

COIL TUBING SUPERVISORS COIL TUBING OPERATORS HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC NITROGEN PUMP OPERATORS FLUID PUMP OPERATORS

Restaurant/ Hotel

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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SERVER -CUSTOMER COUNTER - F/T Duties: Take customer orders, portion raw food, package take-out orders, handle cleaning & store cleaning products, stock fridge, & collect money from costumer. $10.41/hr.

5 days/wk. Must be avail. on weekends & holidays.

Paula @ 403-347-8001

SOUTHPOINTE COMMON and BOWER PLACE Mall Locations.

Positions for SUPERVISORS. Looking for motivated and hard working individuals. Having your own transportation is a plus. On the job training, but experience in fast food is an asset, and must be avail. to work all store location hours.

Starting wage $13.50/hour with restaurant exp.

Please specify which store you are applying for.

No open LMO’s to hire foreign nationals at this time.

Email resume to awbsp@xplornet.ca or phone 403-391-0555 and ask for Lynn.

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JJAM Management (1987) Branch Manager, Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Protective Services, Requires to work at these Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd Red Deer, AB Red Deer, AB locations: is seeking 5111 22 St. LEASEHAND GardaWorld is seeking a 37444 HWY 2 S Locally based, home every Branch Manager for our 37543 HWY 2N night! Qualified applicants Protective Services Branch 700 3020 22 St. must have all necessary Based in Red Deer, FOOD ATTENDANT valid tickets for the position Alberta.

Req’d permanent shift being applied for.

GardaWorld Protective weekend day and evening Bearspaw offers a Services protects people both full and part time. very competitive salary and assets in over 140 16 Vacancies, $10.88/hr. + and benefits package cities in Canada, a benefits. Start ASAP. along with a steady progressive company with Job description work schedule. over 20,000 employees in www.timhortons.com Please submit resumes: Canada. Exciting growth Education and experience Attn: Human Resources opportunities await the not req’d.

Email: right applicant.

Apply in person or fax payroll@bearspawpet.com GardaWorld provides resume to: 403-314-1303 Fax: (403) 252-9719 or competitive salaries a full Mail to: Suite 5309, Start your career! benefit plan and bonus 333-96 Ave. NE /incentive structure. We See Help Wanted Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 offer flexible work hours, Classifieds...costs so little JJAM Management (1987) on the job training, state of Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s the art tools for you to get Saves you so much!

Requires to work at these the job done and a network Red Deer, AB locations: of support staff. You are 5111 22 St. not alone when you join 37444 HWY 2 S the GardaWorld team!

37543 HWY 2N The Branch Manager will 700 3020 22 St. be responsible for the Manager/Food Services acquisition, development Permanent P/T, F/T shift. and application of Wknd, day, night & eves. resources necessary to SWAMPERS Start date ASAP. $18/hr.

40 fulfi ll service delivery for busy oilfield trucking hrs/week, + benefits , commitments to the region company. Top wages 1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., including recruitment, Fax resume to: scheduling, mobile divi403-346-6128, Attn: Pierre criminal record check req’d.

Req’d education some secsion, office management No phone calls please! ondary. Apply in person or and customer relations. fax resume to: A priority to this position is 403-314-1303 For full job the development of new description visit www. business. timhortons.com Acceptable candidates have 3-5 years of security RAMADA INN & management/supervision, SUITES managing experience in req’s Permanent a Customer Service ROOM ATTENDANTS business line. Preference TANKMASTER RENTALS Attendants. Exp. not nec. shall be given to those with req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid will train. Approx. 35 - 40 previous experience in the Haulers for Central hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 Security business.

Alberta. Oilfield tickets $14/hr. Duties incl’d but You have superior req’d. Competitive wages not limited to: vacuuming, communications skills, and benefits. dusting, washing floors, can work independently & admin@tankmaster.ca or making beds, empty trash, have strong leadership fax 403-340-8818 disinfecting & cleaning ability. Some travel will bathrooms. Performance be required.

ZUBAR Production based bonus program.

Interested candidates Services Must be fluent with verbal should submit their resume is currently taking resumes l& written English, be to Roger Maslen at for experienced physically fit. Applicants roger.maslen@garda.com.

Production Testing may apply in person at No phone calls please.

Personnel 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer We thank all applicants for Email resume to: T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 their interest, however, rdzubaroffice@telus.net or email: only those selected for an or fax to (403)346-9420. info@ramadareddeer.com interview will be contacted.

SERVICE RIG

Trades

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full time Operator 2 position.

The position includes Plant Operations and Sanitation duties.

Applicants must have a minimum Grade 12 diploma and must be available for shift work.

Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

Application Closing Date: Sept 12, 2014.

Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

Duties include but not limited to the following: • Assembling and repairing control valves/frac heads • Calibration, testing and troubleshooting of valves as well as measurement and valve related instruments • Disassembly, cleanup and evaluation of parts • Signing and documenting date compliance sheets • Pressure testing processes with experience, will train • Forklift experience/loader experience, will train • Must be 18 years of age or older to apply • Must supply driver’s abstract

RAHR MALTING CANADA LTD. Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta, T0C 0B0 FAX: (403) 747-2660 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Benefits: • Excellent hourly wage • Lucrative Safety Bonus and Christmas bonus • Excellent benefit plan • Retirement plan Fax or email your resume and driver’s abstract to: Fax: (403) 347-3406 #239 Clearview Drive Clearview Industrial Park Red Deer County

850

OPERATOR 2 POSITION

Isolation Equipment Services Inc. an expanding Oil Service Company is willing to train the right candidates as valve technicians and/or shop assistants in its fast and mechanical environment.

Sales & Distributors

800

Oilfield

Competitive wages and benefits. Preference will be OIL & GAS OPERATOR given to applicants with Bearspaw currently has a relevant experience, Class position in our Stettler field 1 Drivers License and valid operations for an intermediate oilfield tickets. oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a Wise is a leading oilfield heavy duty mechanic or services provider that is journeyman instrument committed to quality and By mechanic and possess safety excellence. strong mechanical skills, empowering our employees be quick learners, motivated it gives them a positive and hard working and live attitude, beliefs, percepor be willing to relocate tions and values. Our within a 20 minute commute employees care about the to workplace location. This success of our company position offers a challenging and each other. work environment, attractive benefits with competitive Please put in the subject pay and significant room line if you are applying for Red Deer or Grande Praifor promotion. rie. Email your resume to Please submit resumes jobs@wiseisi.com or fax (403) 340-1046.

Attn: Human Resources email:payroll@ bearspawpet.com Central Alberta’s Largest Fax 403-252-9719 Car Lot in Classifieds Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

VALVE TECHNICIAN/SHOP ASSISTANTS

441538I5

#305, 5208 - 53 Ave. Red Deer, AB. T4N 5K2 Fax: 403-342-5310 Email: roll_n@telus.net

800

800

Oilfield

Roll’n Oilfield Ind. is a long established, progressive company which offers it’s employees industry leading compensation and benefits packages.

440464I4

Southside Dodge is looking for a new fulltime team member to join our great staff!

The right candidate is punctual, can work independently and is computer savvy. You must be a quick learner. Experience with websites and customer service would be an asset. Our company offers competitive wages and excellent benefits. If you think you can be an asset to the Southside family then please contact us with your resume via: jsparks@southsidereddeer.com.

RED DEER based hot shot company looking for exp’d driver, 15/6 rotation, company benefits, performance bonus.

Fax resume & current abstract to 403-342-2152

Oilfield

440508I12

770

Janitorial

We are currently seeking a well-organized and reliable individual to join our Fleet department out of Red Deer Alberta.

441109I12

720

830

If you are semi-retired, this is a perfect fit for you!

PART TIME ROUTE PERSON/ SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Rug Doctor Canada Ltd. requires a Route Person to be responsible for the delivery of product, invoicing and minor equipment repair for the Red Deer, AB and surrounding areas.

Work will be performed within the framework of a scheduled route. Candidate must be well organized, mechanically inclined and able to work independently. Must have own vehicle. Attractive commission and vehicle allowance provided.

Please e-mail résumé to: Gerald.hochman@rugdoctor.ca or Fax: (204) 453-2324 Attention: Gerald Hochman

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Clerical

Heavy Equipment Mechanic (3rd or 4th Year) Credentials: Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic Trade Certification, 3rd period apprentice, 4th period apprentice, Heavy Duty Equipment Red Seal Endorsement, Commercial Vehicle Inspection Certificate an asset, must have a valid Class 1 or 3 Driver’s License.

JOB OVERVIEW • Diagnose/troubleshoot & complete repairs on all company equipment which includes, diesel/gas powered automobiles, Heavy Trucks, Oilfield Well Servicing Equipment, Cranes, loaders, forklift and trailers.

• Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts.

• Test repaired equipment for proper performance, clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work, verify and repair emission control systems.

• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times and streamline work processes.

• Use of computer to input information on the units and for the company maintenance program regarding work/purchase orders.

• Order material/parts that are required to complete the repairs • Be able to work under pressure in certain situations that require a quick turnaround process.

• Must be able to read, write, spell and verbally communicate clearly in English.

Benefits: • Excellent hourly wage • Lucrative Quarterly Safety Bonus and Christmas Bonus • Excellent benefit plan • Retirement plan Fax or email your resume and driver’s abstract to: Fax: (403) 347-3406 Email: l.enzie@isolationequipment.com or drop by #239 Clearview Drive Clearview Industrial Park Red Deer County Must be 18 years of age or older to apply, and able to pass a pre-employment test.

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D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Sept. 5, 2014

PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET

is currently seeking SERVICE ADVISORS. We offer competitive wages, a great working environment, and a great benefit package.

Please email resume to Joey Huckabone joey@pikewheatonchev.ca Exterior renovation Crew Supervisor/Renovation crews wanted to install windows,doors,siding, roofing patio covers and sunrooms. Top wages & benefits for qualified applicants fax your information to 403-346-1129 or call 403-346-4483 Mon to Fri 9 am to 4 pm PART TIME available for Millwright on contract basis. No fear of heights, service & repair equipment. Fee will be negotiable. Email resume to custbulk@xplornet.com or fax 403-340-2250

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

CLASS 5 Driver, non GDL mainly Red Deer area.

Vehicle req’d. Working hrs.

4 - 9 pm. 403-392-1764 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Equipment Operator/Truck Driver

Q Endorsement preferred.

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca SMALL RURAL MEAT SHOP in central AB looking for F/T meat cutter. 8-5, no weekends.

Knowledge of cutting hanging carcasses needed. Rental house avail. within walking distance of meat shop at a very reasonable rate with paid utils. 403-843-4383 jkcmeats@hotmail.ca 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

860

Truckers/ Drivers

880

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ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

START YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL CLEANING BUSINESS Revenue between $24,000 - $120,000 Initial cash required as low as $6,000 In Business for over 20 years *Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts Incl. *Training Incl. *Ongoing OfďŹ ce Support

Ph: 780-468-3232 or 403-290-0866

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880

COMMUNITY Support Worker Program October Start

FALL START GED Preparation Would you like to take the GED in your community? • • • • • • • • • •

Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73 invites applications for a full-time Journeyman Plumber effective immediately. The successful candidate will provide maintenance and repairs to the plumbing within the school division. Preference will be given to candidates who have related experience in the services industry and/or building maintenance. Experience with Boilers is an asset.

Cover letter and resume, complete with the names and telephone numbers of three current work related references are accepted by email only and should be forwarded to: Shawn Russell, Associate Superintendent – People Services Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73 Email: careers@chinooksedge.ab.ca For information on Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73, please check our website (www.chinooksedge. ab.ca). Applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is found. The successful applicant will possess Journeyman certification and be required to provide a criminal record check and a child intervention (welfare) check and a valid class 5 drivers license and drivers abstract. While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those individuals selected for interviews will be contacted. Resumes of individuals not granted an interview will not be kept on file.

CASH CASINO is hiring a

F/T CLEANERS

in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558 CLASS 1 DRIVER with super B and grain hauling experience for Central AB. Call Wayne 403-341-9113

860

Truckers/ Drivers

Individual req’d to take simple measurements of equipment for insulation covers. Knowledge of petrochemical equipment would be an asset.

Suitable 4x4 req’d. (compensation paid). Will train in all aspects of the operation. $23/hr. while training, $25/hr. when complete. Reply to cover@telus.net with resume or info request.

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GAETZ SOUTH FT/PT Morning Receiver Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

GAETZ SOUTH PT Bakery Evening Staff Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

Labourers, Flag Persons & Operators Busy road construction company looking for Labourers AND flag persons. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

Party and Wedding Equipment Stock Person

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RV TECHNICIAN/ RV TECH APPRENTICE

Will consider:

GAETZ SOUTH F/T P/T MEAT CUTTER. Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

860

• Journeyman RV Technician status or equivalent related trade experience • Salary based on experience and ability • Company benefits • Top industrial wage for right person

E-mail bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: (403) 346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn Bill/Service

Rig moving experience a definite asset.

FULL TIME POSITIONS – Primarily in the Kindersley, Saskatchewan area. We offer competitive wages, benefit plan and a safe work environment. Applicants need to state experience and wage expected and a minimum of two references. Training certificates to be supplied.

We will also provide training in-house.

ENROLL TODAY! Classes Starting Soon!

Medical Office Assistant / Unit Clerk

2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

Advocate Opportunities

CLEARVIEW AREA

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Chappell Drive, Chism Close & 1 block of Cornett Dr. ALSO Carpenter St. $91/mo

CLASSIFICATIONS

DEER PARK AREA

1000-1430

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Employment Training

900

Bunn Cres.

Baile Close Boyce Street Byer Close Barrett Drive Bell Street Baker Ave. Broughton Cres.

Brookes Cres. Beatty Cres.

For more information or to apply, please call Ashley at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4316

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

EASTVIEW AREA

$605/mo.

INGLEWOOD & MORRISROE

6 Days a week!

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie Phone 403-314-4301

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in

Please send your resume and drivers abstract to pat@haulinacid.com or fax 403-314-9724

SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Fri & Sat. Graveyard Shift.

11 pm -7 am. Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue

WAREHOUSE COORDINATOR: Shipping/Receiving experience required, 12 volt wiring or automotive a/v knowledge a plus.

Looking for self-motivated individual with reliable transportation. Duties include inventory and accurate order fulfillment.

Please email resume to: zdcdn@ zonedefensetruck.com or fax to: 403-340-0900

CARRIERS REQUIRED

www.academyoflearning.ab.ca

Our Equipment: • Pressure Trucks • Water/Chemical Trucks • Acid/Synthetic Tank Truck/Pups • Tractor Trailer Unit • Shower Units Some of your duties could be: • Loading & delivering acid or environmentally friendly acid to leases • Loading & delivering methanol or fresh water for pipeline pressure testing We oer: • On-site Mechanic to maintain equipment • Competitive wages based on hourly pay • Subsistence pay & hotel rooms for drivers • Extensive health & dental plan

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

880

RED DEER ADVOCATE

On-site work experience Unit Clerk Specialty curriculum Under one-year full Diploma program Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Nationally recognized Medical Assisting First Aid / CPR Training Professional Certificate Hospital Scrubs included Train with Industry experts Perfect graduate job placement rate reported last year

Call Today (403) 347-6676

Class 1 or Class 3

SIDE STREET FASHION & ACCESSORIES is looking for a mature, outgoing, fashion-minded individual, on a part-time basis. Retail experience is preferred, but not necessary. Please submit resume to 3310 50 Ave (located in the Sheraton Hotel) or to sidestreet@ sidestreetfashion.com

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Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

Please fax resumÊ to: Good To Go Trucking – 306-463-2814 PS NBJM UP 1 0 #PY t ,JOEFSTMFZ 4, 4 - 4 0GüDF QIPOF t "TL GPS $ISJT "SUIVST

Professional Drivers

880

For More Information, please call For More informaiton, please call Jamie 403-314-4306

900

Employment Training

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Customer service. Pick and pack customer orders TURPLE BROS. LTD. COMMUNITY for pickup and delivery.

Support Worker Is taking resumes for: Receive, count, sort and PARTS PERSON. Program store incoming inventory.

F/T position avail. Wages October Start Stock and clean showdependent on experience, room. Assist customers for benefits avail. Please email Accepting registrations for 6 mo. Community Support event planning. Operate resume to HR Department Worker Program. computer and cash brenda@turplebros.ca Funding may be avail. register for transactions.

403-340-1930 Warehouse environment.

You can sell your guitar $13/hour plus benefits.

Academic Express for a song...

Full-time days. Apply Adult Education & Training or put it in CLASSIFIEDS 5929 - 48 Ave or e-mail www.academicexpress.ca and we’ll sell it for you! sales@ parklandrentals.com.

Advocate RESIDENTIAL APT Opportunities MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex.

Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED yard care, administration.

For Afternoon Delivery Fax to 403-346-5786 Wednesday, Thursday & Friday ROD’S WELDING is looking for F/T Laboure /Welders BOWER AREA Fax resume to 403-746-5909 or call 403-746-5455

880

CLASS 1A DRIVERS with Winch Experience and... SWAMPERS

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers

880

3am - 11am shift.

Need to be physically fit.

Must have reliable PIANO INSTRUCTOR transportation.

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For our parts & service dept.

Help Competitive wages and benefits package. E-mail resume: info@prolineinc.ca 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 F/T INSTALLER/REPAIR TECH. needed in Calgary.

Travel involved, expenses Duties include: Attributes: covered. Valid Class 5 • All aspects of • Previous experience license, weekends off.

RV Service work • Organized & Mechanical ability an • Seasonal extended Reliable asset. Please email hours • Physically fit resume to michelle@equipmentpro • Customer • Mechanically .ca or fax 403-279-8214 interaction inclined

WANTED...

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

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FIELD Tec Trainee

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca

PLUMBER

Truckers/ Drivers

880

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Accepting registrations for 6 mo. Community Support Worker Program.

Funding may be avail.

403-340-1930

850

Requires Full Time

Carpenters & Apprentices

870

448923I5-11

DUE TO A LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS,

CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment.

Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

Business Opportunities

440522H29-I26

CRIBBER & LABORERS wanted. Contact Kristian @ 403-588-1581

860

Truckers/ Drivers

437627L20

850

Trades

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303 CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Depalme St. & part of Dunning Cres. & 3 blocks of Douglas Ave. $78./mo

Call ClassiďŹ eds 403-309-3300 classiďŹ eds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BOBCAT & Sodding, Excavating, Seeding & Landscaping services, 14 Yrs. Exper. 403-588-4503 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

Contractors

1100

DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

ELECTRICIAN

QUALITY WORK, REASONABLE RATES lektrix7@gmail.com 403-358-1278

Eavestroughing

1130

WINDOW / Eavestrough Cleaning. Free quotes, 403-506-4822

Escorts

1165

KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Massage Therapy

1280

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE

Painters/ Decorators

Now Open

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

International ladies

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

GRANDVIEW AREA

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

403-896-4869

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. RE-ROOFING Specialist Quality work at an Pampering at its affordable price. 10 yrs.

BEST! exp. 403-350-7602 403-986-6686 Come in and see Seniors’ why we are the talk Services of the town. www.viimassage.com HELPING HANDS

1372

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save up to 50%. 358-1614

Home Supports for Seniors.

Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

Yard Care

1430

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL YARD care, Junk/tree/snow WALK-INS WELCOME WE do dump runs/odd jobs removal, comm/res.

4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 403-550-2502/403-885-5333 403-358-1614

3900 to 4400 blocks of 40A Ave., 2 blocks of 41 Ave, and 1 block of 39, 46 & 47 St. $71/mo.

ALSO 2 blocks of 43A Ave., 1 block of 43 St. & 1 block of 44A Ave. $45/mo.

MOUNTVIEW AREA

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Alexander Cres.

Addinel Close Allsop Close Anquetel/Atlee Close MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave Muldrew Close/Martin Ave SUNNYBROOK AREA Stirling Close/Sherwod Cres.

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive

3400 block of 44A Ave and 35 St. Cres.

3200 & 3300 blocks of 44A Ave & 33 St. & 33A St. $100./mo.

WOODLEA AREA 47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $134./mo For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

Lamb Close VANIER AREA Vanier Drive Vicker Close Viscount Drive Vold Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Sept. 05, 2014 D7

900

Employment Training

SAFETY

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403.341.4544

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278950A5

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1580

Children's Items

BABY swing, blue, like new, $60; 2 small homemade wooden tables $20/both 403-357-3247

1740

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1660

Firewood

BEACH COMBER hot tub, good cond. Model 538. 4 seater, 20 jets. Incld’s extra chemicals, electric breaker box. Can be seen running. $1000. 347-0567, 391-6339

TREADMILL Vita Master FURN. ROOM, use of full Fitness, cushion deck house, utils. & internet all walking surface w/speed incl. $475. 403-506-1907 control, display heartrate monitor, calorie count, speed, time, distance, Rooms ramp adjust, good cond., For Rent $200 403-352-8811 CLEAN, quiet, responsible, Furn. $575. 403-466-7979 Travel

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1760

A fantastic African native necklace, you can only believe once you see it and handle it. Truly a museum piece (still in its master display case), it is 3.5” x 10.5”x24”, $200. 403-347-7405

ELECTRIC Àreplace w/adjustable Áame, 19”w, 13” deep, 25”h, 1500 watts, 120V, like new, was $150, asking $70; computer desk, black, 48”w, 23”d, 30”h, like new was $250 asking $95 403-352-8811 FIRST Nations Medicine Man shields, approx.

20”x30”, $85.

403-347-7405 KENMORE dehumidiÀer Model 30 $65; Canon K920 copier $45; 3 accent matching carpets, two 2’ x 7’, one octagon $45/all or will sell individually 403-352-8811

Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD, 1/2 ton load $35.00 Call 403-728-3485

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Household Appliances

1710

GE FRIDGE almond, runs great $100 403-309-1838 LG WHITE 1.72 Cu.ft. over the range microwave. $100 403-341-6866

Packages

1900

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AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

Pets & Supplies

1810

FISH TANK, cherry wood, hexagon, $200. obo.

587-377-5275

Cats

1830

2 BALINESE KITTENS & 2 BERMAN KITTENS $50/ea. 403-887-3649

Sporting Goods

1860

Condos/ Townhouses

1720

3 BDRM, 1.5 bath townhouse for over 40 yr old employed tenants. 6appls, private yard & parking, 1 small pet with additional Sec. Dep. of $500.

Quiet people, no drugs, no partiers, no police etc.

At #9, 15 Stanton Street, Sunnybrook. Rent & S.D. $1400/mo. 403-341-4627.

INGLEWOOD POINT 2 bdrm, 2 bath condo. $1450 inclds all util.

403-350-3722 780-479-1522 www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

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1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $191,900.

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Chris Weber, CVP, Mobile Devices Sales of Microsoft, presents the new Lumia Selfie App for their smart phones during his keynote speech during a Microsoft Nokia presentation event at the consumer electronic fair IFA in Berlin, Thursday.

Face it, the selfie phone was bound to happen TECH GIANTS BANK ON SNAP-HAPPY CONSUMERS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN — Visit any tourist destination, and you’re bound to see individuals and groups taking photos of themselves for sharing on social media. It’s a declaration to the world that they were there.

Pop stars such as Rihanna and Justin Bieber have helped popularize the trend, too, by posting stylized selfies to their leagues of followers. Even politicians are taking selfies with ordinary folks these days as a way of showing how close they are to voters.

So it was only a matter of time before tech companies responded with phones and apps specifically designed to help people take more and better selfies.

Several phones unveiled at the IFA tech show in Berlin this week sport higher-resolution front cameras, so selfies will come out sharper. Some even have apps that let you use the rear cameras, too. That means even clearer photos — and the use of the flash, if you need it.

Promoting new phones as the perfect selfie camera is a natural move for manufacturers scrambling to stand out.

“The ’selfie phone’ race resembles the megapixel race for cameras on the back of the phone,” said Gerrit Schneemann, an analyst at research firm IHS. “Handset makers try to satisfy a specific use case by including more powerful features in the front camera.”

One of the phones Microsoft announced Thursday, the Lumia 730, has a 5 megapixel front camera and software to help users touch up their image after taking it.

For even better shots, it’ll be possible to take selfies with the 6.7 megapixel camera on the rear. Users won’t be able to see themselves on the screen, but an app called Lumia Selfie will use face-detection technology and beep to tell users where to hold the camera.

With a starting price of 199 euros ($258) before taxes, the phone is likely to be particularly attractive to younger buyers and aspiring middle classes in developing countries.

It also fits neatly with Microsoft’s stated strategy of prioritizing mobile phones and Internet-based services. The phones come with sizeable online storage space on Microsoft’s OneDrive, where users can back up their photos or share them with friends.

Microsoft’s announcement follows Samsung’s new Galaxy Note phones unveiled Wednesday. The Note 4 and the Note Edge come with a special wide-angle option, which allows users to fit more people into their selfies by stitching multiple images together.

The feature could help avoid bloopers such as the time Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres snapped a selfie with Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lawrence but cut out Jared Leto, who had just won an Academy Award but was too far over to the side. Coincidentally or not, Samsung was a sponsor of the Academy Awards, and DeGeneres was using a Samsung phone.

Not to be outdone, PC-maker Lenovo launched its Vibe Z2 and Vibe X2 phones, with 8 megapixel and 5 megapixel front cameras, respectively.

The phones will also have a feature that triggers the camera to snap the shot by smiling, blinking or making a “V” gesture.

Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC also unveiled an 8 megapixel front-facing camera for its new Desire 820 device, while China’s Huawei can claim to have pioneered the selfie-phone idea earlier this year when it released the Ascend Mate2 4G. The Mate 2 has a 5 megapixel front camera and a wideangle option similar to Samsung’s.

But some are wondering whether users will really embrace the idea of capturing themselves in high resolution.

“I’m not sure people want selfies to be very sophisticated to start with,” said Steve Jones, a professor of communications at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “There’s something to be said about having selfies be kind of the modern-day version of the Polaroid — instant, but it has its own look and had its own style.”

For users who don’t want to send around high-resolution images of themselves without a bit of prior enhancement, Microsoft’s selfie app offers tools that let them make tired eyes bigger, whiten their teeth and slim down like airbrushed models on magazine covers.

Meanwhile, LG wants to take selfies to a whole new place.

The South Korean consumer electronics firm presented a refrigerator Thursday that can send pictures of its contents to users while they’re out shopping.

That’s right, your fridge is soon going to be sending you selfies.

D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Sept. 05, 2014

Experts suggest use of survivors blood to fight Ebola

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — As West Africa struggles to contain the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola, some experts say an unusual but simple treatment might help: the blood of survivors.

The evidence is mixed for using infection-fighting antibodies from survivors’ blood for Ebola, but without any licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease, some say it’s worth a shot.

“This is something that’s fairly simple to do,” said Dr. Peter Piot, director of London’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the codiscoverer of the Ebola virus.

Using blood of survivors is one of the experimental Ebola treatments under discussion at a two-day meeting that began Thursday in Geneva. The more than 200 experts assembled by the World Health Organization are looking at issues of safety and effectiveness and considering which treatments should be prioritized for testing during the current outbreak.

There are about a half dozen medicines and vaccines in development. None has been tested in humans but an early trial of one vaccine began this week in the United States.

Much attention has focused on the unproven drug ZMapp, which was given to seven pa-

tients, two of whom died. But the limited supply is now exhausted and its developer says it will take months to make even a modest amount.

In contrast, WHO’s blood network, an international group of blood regulators, noted recently there are thousands of survivors from past Ebola outbreaks in Africa who could be tapped as a source.

The group said blood from survivors should be considered experimental and recommended that studies be done during the crisis.

In another document published this week, WHO estimated the first batches of survivor blood could be available by the end of the year. The agency said it had identified several recovered patients as potential donors, but acknowledged “logistics of blood collection are an issue.”

Some scientists think antibodies in the blood of Ebola survivors could help patients infected with the deadly disease.

Antibodies are produced by the body’s immune system to fight off harmful things like viruses. They remain in the blood ready to fight off any future infections by the same foreign substance.

Piot said it is vital to find out if the blood treatment is effective.

“I hope this is the last Ebola

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This photo taken Sept. 2, provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows A 39-year-old woman, the first participant enrolled in VRC 207, receiving a dose of the investigational NIAID/GSK Ebola vaccine at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. As West Africa struggles to contain the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola, some experts say an unusual but simple treatment might help: the blood of survivors. The evidence is mixed for using infectionfighting antibodies from survivors’ blood for Ebola, but without any licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease, some say it’s worth a shot. outbreak where all we have is isolation, quarantine and supportive care to treat patients,” he said.

Experts say blood from survivors could be collected and processed for multiple patients, or a survivor could donate blood to an individual patient.

Both methods require screening the blood for diseases like HIV or malaria.

While direct donation would be easier, the levels of Ebola-fighting antibodies produced by a survivor can vary. Ideally, experts said, the amount of antibodies should be measured.

“With drugs, you can at least do some quality control,” said Tom Geisbert, an Ebola expert at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. “If you’re just taking blood blindly from (survivors) without testing it for antibody levels, how can we predict what outcome they

will have?”

In West Africa, there have been no organized attempts to use the blood of survivors to treat patients. Blood from a 14-year-old boy who survived Ebola was given in July to American doctor Kent Brantly, who was infected in Liberia.

Brantly also got some ZMapp and was released from an Atlanta hospital last month. It’s unknown whether the drug or the boy’s blood aided his recovery.

Blood from survivors of diseases including Ebola, bird flu and anthrax has been used in the past when doctors ran out of options and seems to work best in diseases where there’s a toxin, like anthrax and tetanus.

For treating Ebola, “you would need to come up with how much you should give, how long, and what’s a safe infusion rate,” said Dr. Michael Kurilla, director of BioDefense at the U.S. National

Institutes of Health. “If you know what the potency of the serum is, you could theoretically help the body clear Ebola out of their cells before it can do too much damage.”

Dr. Colin Brown, who recently worked in Ebola clinics in Sierra Leone for King’s College London’s partnership with the country, said local hospitals should be able to provide survivors’ blood if doctors want to offer it.

So far, more than 3,000 people have been infected. Last week, WHO estimated there could be another 20,000 cases before the Ebola outbreak is stopped, a figure Brown described as unfortunate but realistic.

“It does give us the opportunity to try some new therapies,” he said.

“And as long as they are not harmful, why shouldn’t we try to do something, hopefully help some patients and learn from this?”

Online or in iCloud, GSK won’t be able to supply privacy can be an two million doses of flu vaccine elusive concept as promised for 2014-15

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As the celebrity photo-hacking scandal has made clear, privacy isn’t what it used to be.

Whether famous or seemingly anonymous, people from all walks of life put all sorts of things online or into cloudbased storage systems, from vital financial information to the occasional nude photo. Periodic cases of hacking fuel outrage, but there’s no retreat from digital engagement or any imminent promise of guaranteed privacy.

“We have this abstract belief that privacy is important, but the way we behave online often runs counter to that,” said Nicholas Carr, whose extensive writings about the Internet include the 2010 book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains.

“I’d hope people would understand that anything you do online could be made public,” Carr said. “Yet there’s this illusion of security that tempers any nervousness ... It’s hard to judge risks when presented with the opportunity to do something fun.”

The latest headlines involved nude photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities which were accessed via hacking and then posted online. Apple, which created the iCloud and other content-sharing systems, says individual accounts of some of the celebrities were targeted and hacked.

Privacy experts said users of online and cloud technology need not be famous to be vulnerable.

“What we’re seeing is people who innocently and in many ways naively are lulled into sharing information that they wouldn’t share with their next-door neighbour,” said Marlene Maheu, a San Diegobased psychologist whose TeleMental Health Institute trains mental health professionals in how to expand their practice online.

Maheu offers this advice in regard to anyone with privacy concerns: “Would you be comfortable sharing this information at Thanksgiving dinner?

If you’re not, a red flag ought to go up.”

Worries about privacy are part of a complex attitude that many Americans have toward their digital engagement.

Even as they share more information online, they also want to better control over who can see it, according to a study last year by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project.

According to Pew, 50 per cent of Internet users were worried about the information available about them online, up from 33 per cent in 2009.

While 86 per cent had tried at least one technique to hide their activity online or avoid being tracked, 59 per cent did not believe it was possible to be completely anonymous.

Eleven per cent of Internet users said important personal information had been stolen online, such as their Social Security number or bank account information, according to the study, and 21 per cent said an email or social networking account had been compromised or commandeered. And those findings came before disclosures of massive credit card data breaches at Target, Home Depot and other retailers.

The Pew study, done with help from Carnegie Mellon University, was based on data from 792 Internet and smartphone users contacted by telephone by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. The margin of error was 3.8 percentage points.

The director of Pew’s Internet project, Lee Rainie, said most Americans view digital engagement as a trade-off, deeming the benefits — including social networking and online shopping — to be worth the risks.

Given such high stakes, there are multiple initiatives underway to educate consumers about threats to digital privacy and teach them ways to better protect it.

For example, educators at more than a dozen top U.S. law schools have developed a curriculum aimed at equipping adolescents with a deeper understanding of the choices facing them in regard to online privacy.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — GSK, Canada’s largest flu vaccine supplier, will not be able to fill about 30 per cent of its Canadian order for the upcoming 2014-15 flu season, the company said Thursday.

That translates into about two million doses or 17 per cent of the total of 12 million doses the provincial, territorial and federal government ordered for this year.

The federal government quickly announced that it has been able to find alternate suppliers to cover most of GSK’s shortfall. Those additional 1.2 million doses will come from the other companies that have a portion of Canada’s annual vaccine contract.

As this year’s total purchase was more than was used in the country last year, it’s not clear at this point whether taking roughly 800,000 doses out of the mix will have any impact this flu season.

“Looking at our numbers, we’re not anticipating any delays in supply or any substantive reduction in our supply,” said Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health for Nova Scotia.

“So we’re not anticipating any significant impact from this.”

GSK said there will be a delay in delivery of the remainder of its order, roughly 4.4 million doses. But the Public Health Agency of Canada said the other suppliers will start shipping vaccine around mid-September, and the GSK product should start shipping in the second and third week of October, before the early November start of flu vaccine campaigns in many jurisdictions.

The company also suggested the problems at its Ste. Foy, Que., plant may also have an impact on GSK’s ability to deliver additional vaccine to the U.S. market from that plant this season. GSK said it hoped, however, to deliver 28 million doses to the U.S. market this year. The company also produces flu vaccine in Dresden, Germany.

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Bottles of flu vaccine rotate on a plate as they make their way through a GlaxoSmithKline assembly line on Dec. 9, 2004, in Ste. Foy, Que. The company that makes much of Canada’s annual flu vaccine has said that they will not be able to fill about 30 per cent of it’s Canadian order for the upcoming flu season.

Earlier the company had been predicting it would deliver between 28 million and 33 million doses to the U.S. for the 2014-15 flu season, 23 million of which were supposed to come from the Quebec plant.

“Challenges at our Ste. Foy facility in recent months have interfered with normal production and impacted delivery dates and the total amount of influenza vaccine supply we will make available in the U.S. and Canada for the 201415 flu season,” spokesperson Michelle Smolenaars Hunter said.

She said, however, that the company does believe it can fill the remainder of its Canadian order.

“At this time, we do not anticipate further risks to volume of supply with respect to the balance of doses intended for the Canadian market during the 2014-15 influenza season.”

GlaxoSmithKline, which now goes by the name GSK, said the problems in this year’s production run were not related to earlier concerns raised this spring in separate inspections of the plant by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada.

The company said it identified irregular results in its routine quality control moni-

toring on Aug. 14 and suspended production to investigate and try to fix the problem.

Production was reinstated on Aug. 26, but that downtime will delay delivery, the company said.

It also said it had an invalid test result on one component of the vaccine, which protects against three different strains of influenza.

“Based on our standard, approved processes, retesting was required. The test results gathered to date ... are inconclusive. This will result in just under two million committed doses no longer available (to Canada). We are continuing to investigate the cause of this issue,” Smolenaars Hunter said.

Dr. Monika Naus of the B.C. Centre for Disease Control said if there are no additional delivery problems, her province should be fine.

“Right now we’re in good shape. We’re only going to be bringing in 5,000 doses less than we had planned. So that’s a very small amount difference,” said Naus, medical director for the BCCDC’s immunization programs and vaccine preventable diseases service.

She said that assessment would change, both for B.C. and the entire country, if GSK found its problems were greater than they currently seem.