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Picking apples up off the ground this gentleman, who preferred not to be identified, said he does not like to see good food go to waste. ‘I’ve got a friend with horses, so I take the apples to them‚‘ he said.

Snow, killing frost in forecast BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF It has been more than 10 years since Red Deerians saw snow in September, but the signs of colder days ahead hit Alberta with a vengeance. “We shouldn’t be talking about snow this early in the fall,” said Bill McMurtry, Environment Canada meteorologist. Four cm of snow fell in Red Deer on Monday. A forecast for more snow and a killing frost tonight is sending gardeners scurrying to pick vegetables and cover or pick flowers susceptible to frost. Even the weekly Wednesday downtown Red Deer market is cancelled today because of the weather. The variable weather this time of year, said McMurtry, leads to great swings in temperature and conditions. This was on display over the past week as highs over the weekend reached

26C, followed by overnight lows around 0 C and a recorded four cm of snow Monday. The first cold weather system began late Sunday and brought the snow with it. This was quickly followed by a second system late Tuesday evening that brought with it more snow. “We could see some more snow,” said McMurtry. “It looks like most of it, the heaviest amounts, should be in the foothills and the front ranges of the mountains. Areas west of Hwy 22.” South and southwest of Red Deer saw much higher accumulations of snow. Calgary International Airport reported 12 cm of snow. “It’s not uncommon to see snows of that type in the foothills, but once you get closer to the QEII, it’s pretty early for us to get snow this time of year,” said McMurtry. The last time it snowed in September in Red Deer was in 2003, when a total of 13.6 cm fell. In 1965, 24.6 cm of snow fell in September in Red Deer, the highest recorded snowfall total for

the month. More snow could be on the way for the area as Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings for areas near Nordegg, Olds and Sundre. Snow is also in Red Deer’s forecast through part of today. McMurtry said the average for Red Deer is 0.8 days of snowfall in September. “Once we get close to both the fall and spring equinoxes, that’s when we can see some big temperature swings,” said McMurtry. “You get a really big push of warm air northward from the south. In order for that air to go south, cold air has to be displaced somewhere else and that’s what happened with the warm temperatures leading up to this event. “That allowed the cold air to come rushing in behind and we saw an incredible temperature change over a 24-hour period.”

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CRIME COMMITTED WHILE STATIONED IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE BY ADVOCATE STAFF A former member of the RCMP will be sentenced early next month for sexually exploiting a teenaged girl while he was posted in Rocky Mountain House. Ambrose Gregory Wolfe, 60, was set to stand trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench this week on charges laid in March 2012. The charges included sexual assault and sexual touching of a young person while he was in a position of trust or authority. Represented by Edmonton defence counsel Michael Sparks, Wolfe pleaded guilty on Monday to the sexual touching charge. The sexual assault charge was then withdrawn. Reading a statement of facts produced for the court, Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard said the offence occurred between Jan. 1, 1996s and Dec. 31, 1999, when the victim was between the ages of 15 and 18. Her identity is protected by a courtimposed ban. Wolfe and his victim were known to each other. Cpl. Sharon Franks, a media officer for the RCMP in Alberta, said Wolfe left the force in 2000. He returns to court for sentencing on Monday, Oct. 6.

Red Deer firefighters battle Iqaluit dump fire BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Hellfire Suppression Services Inc. is known for its expertise in oilfield firefighting, but the Rocky Mountain House company has also developed a reputation for handling problem fires outside the oilpatch. In 2012 it extinguished a blaze in a mountain of scrap at Calgary Metal Recycling; early this year it doused a fire at the Westar Landfill near Medicine Hat; and now a half-dozen Hellfire employees are tackling a smouldering community dump at Iqaluit, Nunavut. “We’ve been doing more and more landfill, storage-pile-type fires,” said Ryan Stambaugh, senior well control fire specialist with Hellfire. “They’re happening more and more, so we’ve taken more of an interest in it and developed some specialized tools and different things. “We’re able to deal with stuff that people say should not be dealt with.” The Iqaluit fire has been burning since spring — too deep for fire hoses to reach, and in a pile of garbage too unstable for backhoes and other heavy equipment to safely get at. City officials had planned to let it burn out, but changed their minds after smoke forced the closure of schools and prompted health warnings. “These guys actually contacted us back in June when this was happening and asked us to see what we could

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put together to extinguish this fire for them,” said Stambaugh, who arrived with his crew on Aug. 24. Also called in was Global Forensics Inc., a Red Deer company that specializes in hazardous materials response and emergency planning. It’s acting as site manager, overseeing logistics and safety, and ensuring proper reporting to the various levels of government. “This is the first time we’ve been utilized this way, so this is a new area for us,” said Mike Noblett, who spent 32 years with the Calgary fire department and is now Global Forensics’ explosion and fire analyst. He’s been on the scene since Aug. 27. An “overhaul process” is being used to root out and extinguish the fire, said Stambaugh. The contents of the dump are being removed section by section, with each wetted down, stirred up and restacked. “It’s kind of like putting out a giant campfire,” he said. “It definitely takes time. You cannot leave anything unturned.” “There is no easy formula on something like this,” added Noblett. “We had a pile of garbage about the size of a Canadian football field — at one end about 50 feet (15 metres) high and on the other end about 10 feet (three metres) high.” Contributed photo

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All eyes on Prentice as he takes the helm BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Central Albertans are waiting to see if premierdesignate Jim Prentice has the heart and economic acumen for the job. Brenda Corney, Friends of Medicare Red Deer chapter chair, said what Albertans need from their new provincial leader is transparency in public health governance and policies. “Doing things undercover and revealing them when they’re already done, it doesn’t work in our society. It breeds such mistrust,” Corney said on Tuesday. The backroom decision to close Michener Centre that was sprung on the families of residents is a prime example, she said. Bruce Buruma, David Thompson Health Advisory Council member, is waiting to find out who the advisory council will report to — members of a new Alberta Health Services superboard or administrators, as has been the case since government eliminated the board. The advisory board passes along community feedback and input to the province, and Central Albertans are concerned about access to seniors care and overcrowding at hospitals due in part from the need for seniors care, he said. “It’s finding that right balance. The right spot for the right people at the right place and right time,” Buruma said. David Baugh, political science instructor at Red Deer College, said reversing the decision to close Michener Centre would show compassion. Baugh said Prentice does have the ability to deal with difficult emotional portfolios, for example aboriginal affairs and environment in Ottawa, which can be “graves” for cabinet ministers. “He did quite well in both of them,” Baugh said. Albertans can probably expect to see the stoic wall around Prentice come down, as well as putting his business experience to use, he said. “The big question is whether he will stabilize the revenue sources of this province. At the moment, one-third of our revenue is tied to volatile oil and gas prices. So when prices tank, like they did a year-anda-half ago, they were firing teachers and nurses were being pushed to casual or part time,” Baugh said. Bev Manning, board chair of Red Deer Public Schools, said the district can always use more dollars to support students in the classroom and to stay on top of school construction for the growing student population. “It just seems like we build them and the people come. Ecole Barrie Wilson (the newest public school, which opened last week) is looking at 400 kids at the moment and that’s well above what our prediction was,” Manning said. She would also like to see a better plan for building new schools. “I’ve hoped this for 19 years as a trustee, that we could have a plan overall throughout the province, that we could have a better system of understanding how and when schools are awarded and where,” Manning said. Red Deer Chamber of Commerce is not looking for drastic changes as Prentice prepares to take power. But support in a few key areas is needed, like deal-

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WEATHER: ‘if it’s going to be that cold, it is time to pick’ This system moving through is forecast to include a killing frost tonight and into Thursday morning. Alfred Prins, Parkland Nursery greenhouse manager and a certified horticulturalist, said the snow isn’t going to hurt plants too much, other than adding weight to branches that could cause some breakage. However, the killing frost is much more worrisome for gardens and plants. “Root vegetables should be fine,” said Prins. “If there’s anyone with beans left, you want to pick those. Melons, cucumbers, tomatoes — those will freeze. They have to be picked and brought inside. “Just watch the forecast. The afternoon of any given day will be fairly accurate to that night and if it’s going to be that cold, it is time to pick.”

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Alberta interim Premier Dave Hancock, left, and Premier-designate Jim Prentice speak to media before meeting to begin the transition of the Office of the Premier in Edmonton, on Monday. ing with local worker shortages. “The temporary foreign worker issue is still of huge concern to many local employers, especially those in the restaurant, accommodation and manufacturing sectors. We would really like to see Mr. Prentice push Ottawa for a regional solution,” said chamber president Reeve Martin in a prepared statement. Continued funding for infrastructure is required to attract people and business to the region, for example schools and the Hwy 2/Gasoline Alley flyover overpass. The local business community would also like to see Prentice work on maximizing the value of Alberta’s exports and economic potential by promoting access to markets through pipelines, foreign direct investment and economic diversification. Joel Ward, Red Deer College president, said he was pleased and optimistic that stable funding for post-secondary institutions was part of Prentice’s leadership campaign. Ward also hopes Prentice will support the college’s long-time desire for more degree-granting opportunities.

The college’s role in hosting the 2019 Canada Winter Games means new residences will be built to house the athletes and more students later, if more degrees are available at the Red Deer campus, he said. “This aligns really nicely with our vision for the future,” Ward said. The college will become “tournament central” with the new sports venues to be built for the games and that will bring economic spinoffs, as more people are drawn to the city, he said. Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer said being awarded the Canada Winter Games really crystallizes Red Deer’s position in Alberta. She said Edmonton and Calgary might have larger populations, but Red Deer is pivotal to Alberta’s central economic corridor between Edmonton and Calgary. Red Deer is fast approaching 100,000 citizens and serves the region of 300,000 to 350,000. “Ultimately, when you build Red Deer, you’re building Alberta because of the role we play provincially because of our geography.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Flowers such as dahlias and gladiolus should be picked as well. Prins said people may as well enjoy them inside because they won’t survive the frost. “You can pick them, put them in a container of water and set them outside during the day and then bring them in at night,” said Prins. “That will prolong their life a bit and you can still have it for a function on the weekend.” A ridge of high pressure is building back in, which could lead to warmer temperatures in time for the weekend said McMurtry. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

was going to be used. “We recognized right away that it would be 100 times harder on the equipment and on the manpower,” said Noblett, adding that the resulting odour would also be worse. So the decision was made to pump fresh water from a creek four km away. Two high-volume portable fire pumps were brought in and Hellfire arranged for two workers from RapidFire & Rescue Inc., a Red Deer company that it works with, to help with the pumping. The isolated location of Iqaluit, which is north of the Arctic circle on Baffin Island, has been a challenge, said Noblett. “Basically, anything that’s needed has to be flown in.” “We have a total of about 65,000 pounds (29,500 kg) of equipment that was flown in,” said Stambaugh. Despite working 13 to 14 hours a day, the Albertans have enjoyed the hospitality of the city’s residents, even receiving invitations to dinners. And their efforts have captured national media attention. “Discovery Channel has actually been in contact with us a couple different times, looking at doing a special piece on the company,” said Stambaugh. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

FIRE: A monumental job He estimated that the task of systematically working through the dump’s contents is about 60 per cent complete. “It’s a monumental job for the guys doing the work.” Alternatives had been proposed, including injecting carbon dioxide or a fire retardant foam into the burning pile. But the overhaul process was chosen as the only way to ensure the fire was extinguished. Originally, salt water from nearby Frobisher Bay

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Feds see ally in Prentice BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Federal Industry Minister James Moore says he expects soon-to-be Alberta premier Jim Prentice will be a welcome ally when it comes to future pipeline projects. Prentice spent years in Stephen Harper’s government in cabinet posts that included Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Environment and Industry. Prentice stepped away from politics in 2010 to take a corporate job in Calgary. He was also hired by Enbridge to

try to bring First Nations on side with the company’s Northern Gateway proposed project through northern British Columbia. Moore says he considers Prentice a close friend and the federal government would welcome any help he can provide in moving projects such as Northern Gateway and Keystone forward. He says federal-provincial relations were fine under former Alberta premier Alison Redford, but will probably be even better with Prentice in charge. Prentice was elected by party members last weekend as Alberta’s new Progressive Conservative leader and

premier. “I think we have someone who understands Ottawa and, for the time he has left in this mandate, hopefully we’ll be able to move some important projects forward,” Moore said Tuesday following a speech in Calgary. “He was most recently working on projects with the province of B.C. and liaising with the aboriginal community, so time will tell. Those projects have their own internal dynamics,” he added. “There are some very big projects — and Canadian energy needs to get to market in order to get global markets to create Canadian jobs — so we will

see what success that Jim has.” Northern Gateway would carry diluted bitumen from the Alberta oilsands to the town of Kitimat on the British Columbia coast, where it would be shipped overseas in oil tankers. TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline would transport crude oil from Hardisty, Alta., to Steele City, Neb., where it would link up with other pipelines that run to the Gulf Coast and the U.S. Midwest. Moore said he doesn’t comment on provincial politics but wishes Prentice luck. “Keep in touch. There’s some big files to work on.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s auditor general says caring for people with chronic health problems is costing the provincial government billions of dollars each year. Merwan Saher says in a report that conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes are the biggest challenges facing health care. Saher looked at figures from 2012 and 2013 when about 735,000 people in the province were known to have at least one chronic ailment. The cost to the health-care system at that time was $4.5 billion. That figure didn’t include lab tests, long-term care and home care. Saher’s report points out that the top 10 per cent of health-care users — most of whom have at least one chronic condition — account for more than 75 per cent of health-care spending. He suggests the way to lower that cost is to slow progression of diseases by better managing their conditions. The auditor’s report also says Alberta generally does a good job providing care for people with chronic diseases, but the care tends to be fragmented. Saher says no one has overall responsibility for making sure all healthcare providers are working together or that everyone is receiving the same level of care.

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Mansoor Popal, 13, and his sister Nilab, 11, work on a chain of books set up domino fashion Tuesday at the Red Deer Public Library downtown branch. Several other teens joined them Tuesday during the after school activity in the Snell Auditorium downstairs at the library.

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Body of missing hunter found mauled by bear, hiker still missing BANFF — Mounties say a hunter who had been missing in southern Alberta’s Kananaskis Country was found dead Monday after a fatal bear attack. RCMP would not confirm the identity of the hunter but media reports said he was Rick Cross, a 54-year-old from Calgary who was reported missing by his family after he did not return from a sheep hunting trip near PickleJar Lakes on the weekend. RCMP said a ground and air search was begun for the hunter on Sunday. “Evidence was located suggesting that the hunter had been injured at a location approximately four kilometres east from the PickleJar day use area parking lot on Highway 40,” RCMP said in a news release. “Search teams also encountered a female grizzly bear and cub in the immediate area.” The search resumed Monday morning, when teams found the man’s remains in the same area. “The hunter had suffered obvious trauma consistent with a bear attack and is believed to have died from those injuries,” said the release. “The hunter was alone at the time of the incident.” Meanwhile, Mounties said snow in the Alberta Rockies was hampering the search for a hiker who has not been seen for a week. RCMP said Ralph Greenaway, 40, told friends on Sept. 2 that he was going to the Mount Rundle area in Banff for the day. Police found his vehicle in the area, but there was no sign of Greenaway, who’s described as an avid outdoorsman.

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Prentice sees big picture HARPER AND ALBERTA’S NEW PREMIER CAN BENEFIT ONE ANOTHER Jim Prentice, who became Alberta’s premier-designate by virtue of a firstballot Conservative leadership victory last weekend, has more history with Prime Minister Stephen Harper than any of his past and present provincial colleagues. A front-line cabinet player in Harper’s two minority governments, the incoming premier has an insider’s perspective on CHANTAL what makes the HÉBERT prime minister tick. Precious few people in positions of power and influence in Canada can boast as much. But whether that will make for an easygoing relationship between the two governments is questionable. Prentice takes the reins at a time when the Alberta’s energy agenda is stalled. Many oilpatch players have come around to the notion that it will not be advanced without a recast on

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climate change and a thaw in the usually frosty relationship between the government-backed industry and First Nations. As a former federal aboriginal affairs and environment minister, Prentice has the credentials to effect part of that recast. But he can’t do it alone, in the face of a federal determination to stay the dubious course set over the past decade. Brian Mulroney more than hinted as much in various interviews last week. And while he was speaking as a former prime minister, his conclusions were also informed by his more recent experience as a global business player. Better than anyone outside of Harper’s circle, Prentice has a take on the limits of the change in tone he can hope for on the current federal watch. From the outside, it is far from clear that Alberta’s economic interests — inasmuch as they rest on unclipping the export wings of its energy sector — would be best served by the re-election of a Harper-led government next year. And then there is more to Prentice’s new role than leading a province that no federal leader can afford to ignore. Prentice, in another life, ran to succeed Joe Clark as Progressive Conservative party leader.

He is now the highest-ranking red Tory in office in the country. As provincial party leader, Prentice needs to stay on the good side of his former political boss, because job one for the Alberta Tories involves repairing the battered reputation of their mid-mandate government. Over the last few years, Christie Clark in British Columbia, Kathleen Wynne in Ontario and Philippe Couillard in Quebec have all demonstrated that a fresh face can work wonders on a tired brand. But what is different in Prentice’s predicament is that the biggest threat to the survival of the provincial dynasty he has inherited and the unity of his government comes not from across the political aisle but from within the larger Conservative tent. In the battle against the Wildrose Party, Prentice can expect little more from Harper than neutrality. Even if the prime minister were so inclined, he would be unlikely to manage to impose his will on his Alberta caucus. That being said, it is equally in Harper’s interest to stay in Prentice’s good books. Harper can’t win a fourth mandate and a second governing majority next year without winning back

the middle-of-the-road voters he has lost since the last election. He can’t afford to have the red Tories sit on their hands across the country as he fights for re-election next year or to further alienate them between now and then. Ralph Klein was Alberta’s last transformative premier. But one has to go back further, to Peter Lougheed and the beginning of the province’s Tory dynasty, to find a premier with as outward-looking a perspective as Prentice’s. Klein inspired Ontario’s Conservative “Common Sense Revolution” and he led the country by example on the deficit-fighting front, but the national scene was never his forte. Even Lucien Bouchard — a sovereigntist premier — was a happier camper at First Ministers gatherings than Klein. Like Bouchard (and Jean Charest), Prentice’s political outlook was shaped in the big-picture environment of Parliament Hill. At the provincial table he will be joining a set of newly elected Ontario and Quebec premiers eager to play an activist role on the national scene. Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

The rise of the micropolitan community BY ROBERT MCGARVEY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE I had a conversation recently with a newcomer to Canada. This woman said something very interesting :“You know, Berlin (Germany) is a big city, but living there, it feels small, smaller in some ways than Edmonton.” There is a lot of truth in what she said and — more importantly — an insight that should inform our attitudes and planning around urban development in North America. As a North American baby boomer, I was born into a world that had fallen hard for the automobile. The explosion of car ownership in the post war led North Americans (and the world) into a passionate love affair with our new mobile demi-god and a passion for freedom of the road. The post-war generation built a new world around the car. Entire neighbourhoods in established cities were demolished to build roads and freeways; suburbs were designed to be bedroom communities where the car was not only the ultimate status symbol, but also a vital necessity to life. Transport became our top planning priority for urban development but roads, parking lots and home garages rose to dominate our urban aesthetic. But the world has changed. Young people today are different, much different. They’re rediscovering the joys of urban living, within walkable communities on a human scale. And in the process, they’re radically altering the urban landscape as they champion the rise of the micropolitan community. When you think about it, every great metropolis is really a construct of smaller, village-like, communities. London, for instance, is a great city, but it’s really composed of dozens of micropolitan communities like Nottinghill Gate or Hampstead. These micropols

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are local communities with their own central core, unique history and character. It’s what makes living in London, or Berlin for that matter, so different from living in the typical North American city. So what are the characteristics of the best micropolitan communities? The best of them seem to have several things in common: they rank high in terms of livability and have something unique about them that sets them apart from other communities, even adjacent communities in large cities. Although there is no particular formula for livability, certain characteristics are consistent. For one, the best micropols operate on a human scale, they’re real communities that encourage interaction between residents. Best places tend to have an identifiable centre, a place where people can wander and interact. Many successful micropols have preserved their downtown districts, maintained their historic buildings and created a village-like walkability with independent shops, boutiques, restaurants and galleries. Access to recreational facilities (indoor and outdoor) — including bicycle friendly transport, separate running and walking trails — is important to livability. Many successful micropols have their own (regionally significant) festivals and events and cultivate a thriving arts community. Some have farmers markets where people can find fresh locally-grown food. Many have initiated culinary movements drawn from local foods and agricultural traditions and have attracted talented chefs to develop unique local restaurants. Micropolitan communities have a true sense of identity and unique atmosphere. The best know their history and tell their story to the world. In the Edmonton region, for example, St. Albert, with its mission history, and the Edmonton community of

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Bonnie Doon have unique French Canadian identities. They’re starting to tell their stories, and are developing into micropolitan communities that are among the best places to live in Alberta. Our cities today are changing as we re-evaluate the nature of urbanity and look for ways to make our cities more livable. Edmonton’s downtown, for example, is experiencing an historic makeover, and it will — no doubt — be more walkable, more intimate and have much more in the way of local color and flavour. If there are virtues around the automobile, they’re to be found in freedom of movement and urban efficiency. In order to create better cities in the future, we’ll be combining and merging these often-competing values altering the urban landscape. Today urban planners are identifying a number of proto-micopols in large cities (Highlands in Edmonton, Kensington in Calgary). These communities are already telling their story, engaging their communities, creating walkable cores on a human scale — creating a solid micropolitan community within the larger urban landscape. More significantly, a new generation with different values is beginning to reformulate our planning and development strategies to not only remake our existing infrastructure but also to start to construct new communities as micropols, vibrant living communities with an identity of their own, not just identical boring suburbs. Robert McGarvey is an economic historian and cofounder of the Genuine Wealth Institute, an Albertabased think tank dedicated to helping businesses, communities and nations build communities of well-being. He is the author of The Creative Revolution, an historical guide to the future of capitalism. This column was supplied by Troy Media. Read more at troymedia.com.

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BRIEF Justice minister insists prostitution bill will protect sex workers OTTAWA — The ultimate goal of the federal government’s proposed new prostitution legislation is to end the sex trade in Canada altogether, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Tuesday. But in the meantime, the government believes Bill C-36 provides prostitutes the ability to work in safer conditions and get help if they need it, MacKay told the Senate committee studying the controversial bill. C-36 is the government’s response to a Supreme Court decision last year that struck down the existing law as unconstitutional and gave the government a year to come up with a replacement. “Let us be clear about Bill C-36’s ultimate objective: that is to reduce the demand for prostitution with a view towards discouraging entry into it, deterring participation in it and ultimately abolishing it to greatest extent possible,” MacKay said. Before the high court ruling last year, prostitution was legal, but almost all related activities — including communicating in a public place for the purposes of prostitution, pimping and running a brothel — were criminal offences. The Supreme Court concluded, however, that the law placed prostitutes at undue risk and violated their Charter rights. The government was given until December to come up with new legislation. That replacement flips the equation, giving prostitutes immunity from prosecution and the legal ability to conduct business related to sex work, provided they are acting of their own free will. Those who buy sex or profit from it in an exploitative situation would still face charges. “Prostitution is now de facto illegal, but the em-

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president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. “It’s very exciting. It’s a big break.” Since 2008, Parks Canada has led six major searches for the lost Franklin ships. Four vessels — the Canadian Coast Guard ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Royal Canadian Navy’s HMCS Kingston and vessels from the Arctic Research Foundation and the One Ocean Expedition — led the search this summer. Officials recently said it was only a matter of time before the ships were found. On his annual tour of the North last month, the prime minister got a first-hand look at some of the tools being used in the hunt for the ships. Harper helped lower an autonomous underwater vehicle into the frigid water near Pond Inlet. The Conservatives have made Arctic sovereignty a key theme since coming to power in 2006. Harper recently told journalists aboard HMCS Kingston the Franklin search was part and parcel of asserting Canada’s control over its North.

“It ultimately isn’t just about the story of discovery and mystery and all these things,” Harper said last month. “It’s also really is laying the basis for what’s, in the longer term, Canadian sovereignty.” One observer says the Franklin search has more to do with Canadian nationalism than Arctic sovereignty. “The discovery of two historical wrecks from the 1840s that sailed under the authority of Britain before Canada was even a state doesn’t really extend our claims of control over the waters of the Northwest Passage,” said Rob Huebert, an Arctic expert at the University of Calgary. What the discovery does, Huebert added, is help cement a commitment to developing the North as part of Harper’s legacy. “The Arctic is going to be one of his major legacies when people look back on his leadership period.”

phasis and the focus is on the purchaser and the perpetrator — the pimps who are attempting to exploit and gain materially from prostitution itself,” MacKay said. Senators struggled with the idea of making it a crime to buy sex when prostitutes are allowed to sell it of their own free will. It is a nuance the courts will likely explore, MacKay allowed.

es soldiers are already moving to assist. He says the mission does not involve combat and will be subject for review in 30 days.

Special forces advisers already on the ground in northern Iraq: Nicholson OTTAWA — Two senior Conservative cabinet ministers are laying out the government’s case for deploying special forces to northern Iraq, calling the threat of Islamic extremists this generation’s great struggle. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Defence Minister Rob Nicholson are before a parliamentary committee today to justify the government’s plan to send military advisers into the perilous region. Some of the advisers are already on the ground, but neither minister was willing to disclose any specifics about timing for security reasons. Nicholson says the government will not follow up the deployment with “boots on the ground” — meaning a regular army presence — and that special forc-

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First Nations take governments to court over $4/year benefit TORONTO — A group of First Nations is taking the federal and Ontario governments to court, arguing that a $4-per-year annuity they receive is inadequate. The chiefs from the Robinson-Huron Treaty territory say in a news release that they are filing their lawsuit today over what they call “the long-standing failure of the Crown” to raise the annuities under the treaty signed in 1850. They say the Anishnabek agreed under the treaty to share their lands and resources with newcomers and in return the Crown would pay annuities that were supposed to increase over time. But, they say, the last increase was in 1874 and they still receive just $4 per year.

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OTTAWA — A Canadian search team has unlocked one of the world’s great exploration mysteries with the discovery of one of two lost ships from Sir John Franklin’s doomed Arctic expedition. The remarkable find completes one half of a puzzle that long ago captured the Victorian imagination and gave rise to many searches throughout the 19th century for Franklin and his crew. The search team confirmed the discovery on Sunday using a remotely operated underwater vehicle recently acquired by Parks Canada. They found the wreck 11 metres below the water’s surface. It is not known yet whether the ship is HMS Erebus or HMS Terror. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who recently came close to the search area on his annual northern trip, could barely contain his delight Tuesday as he delivered news of the “great, historic” breakthrough. “For more than a century, this has been a great Canadian story and mystery,” Harper said. “I’d say it’s been the subject of scientists and historians and writers and singers. So I think we have a really important day in mapping together the history of our country.” The ship appears to be well-preserved. A sonar image projected at a media conference showed the ship five metres off the sea floor in the bow and four metres in the stern. Ryan Harris, a senior underwater archeologist and one of the people leading the Parks Canada search, said the sonar image showed some of the deck structures are still intact, including the main mast, which was sheared off by the ice when the ship sank. The contents of the ship are most likely in the same good condition, Harris added. The discovery came a day after a team of archeologists found a tiny fragment from the expedition in the King William Island search area. Until Tuesday, those artifacts were the first ones found in modern times. The two ships of the Franklin Expedition and their crews disappeared during an 1845 quest for the Northwest Passage. They were the subject of many searches throughout the 19th century, but the mystery of exactly what happened to Franklin and his men has never been solved. The expedition has been the subject of songs, poems and novels ever since. “We’ve got half the story here,” said John Geiger,

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Apple unveils smartwatch, new iPhones BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CUPERTINO, Calif. â€” Apple unveiled its long-anticipated smartwatch Tuesday, introducing a device that aims to put many of the functions of a smartphone onto a smaller screen thatâ€™s never more than an armâ€™s length from the wearerâ€™s eyes. The Apple Watch, the companyâ€™s first completely new product in four years and its first wearable device, is also Appleâ€™s most ambitious expansion since CEO Tim Cook replaced Steve Jobs three years ago. The watch made its debut alongside a service that seeks to turn Apple mobile devices into a payment system that will eliminate the need for consumers to bring cash or plastic cards to the checkout stand. Apple Inc. also used the occasion to present the next generation of its iPhone â€” two larger models that reflect the companyâ€™s attempt to catch up with rivals that have been winning over fans with bigger screens that enhance videos and game playing. The bigger iPhones are expected to unleash pent-up demand among Apple zealots who have been pining for a larger screen, virtually assuring the new models will be a hot commodity

this fall and through the crucial holiday shopping season. Although the iPhone figures to be Appleâ€™s main moneymaker for the foreseeable future, the new smartwatch was the marquee attraction of Tuesdayâ€™s show. The Cupertino company held Tuesdayâ€™s coming-out party in the same Silicon Valley auditorium where Jobs unveiled the Macintosh computer 30 years ago. Just as the Mac convinced more people to buy PCs for the first time, Apple is convinced that its new watch will become a must-have accessory for the masses after it goes on sale early next year. The device also may turn into a proxy for how well Apple is faring under Cook. Apple has not entered a new market since Jobs died in October 2011, raising questions whether the companyâ€™s innovative powers have been waning under Cook. Apple is a late arrival to the still-nascent market for wearable technology. Several other companies already sell smartwatches that have been greeted by consumers with widespread indifference.

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Housing starts in Red Deer fall in August BY ADVOCATE STAFF Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported on Tuesday that housing starts in Red Deer dipped last month, as compared with the same period in 2013. The national housing agency said work began on 43 homes in the city in August, which was down 38 per cent from the 69 starts a year earlier. Last monthâ€™s total included 35 single-detached homes and eight units in multifamily projects; in August 2013 the corresponding numbers were 33 and 36. From January to August inclusive, Red Deer builders have combined for 564 housing starts: 257 in the singlefamily and 307 in the multi-family categories. That tally was nine per cent higher than for the same eight-month period in 2013, when there were 265

single-detached starts and 254 multifamily starts, for a total of 519. Among Albertaâ€™s major cities, the pace of construction this year is up in Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer, but down in Edmonton, Grande Prairie and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Canada-wide, the annual rate of housing starts slowed in August, according to the CMHC. â€œThe Bank of Canada may be looking for a rotation away from housing and the consumer, but low rates continue to support residential investment,â€? said CIBC economist Nick Exarhos in a report. â€œBut despite recent resiliency, we still expect housingâ€™s contribution to growth to slowly wane as we progress through this business cycle, with affordability concerns and a weak labour market putting pressure on the build-

ing sector going forward,â€? he said. The federal agency said Tuesday that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of urban starts fell in August. Multiple urban starts and single-detached urban starts both decreased from July. â€œThe currently elevated level of inventory of newly completed and unoccupied condominiums, and units under construction, supports CMHCâ€™s view that condominium starts will likely see a declining trend over the coming months as developers and builders seek to limit risks of over-building,â€? CMHC chief economist Bob Dugan said. â€œHowever, there may still be some variability from month to month as the number of presales for some planned condominium projects reaches sufficient levels to trigger project start.â€? Regionally, the seasonally adjusted pace of urban housing starts fell in

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Local companies make Venture provincial list of highest revenues Central Alberta companies have strengthened their presence on Alberta Venture magazineâ€™s annual list of the provincial companies with the highest revenues. Parkland Fuel Corp., High Arctic Energy Services Inc. and Gamehost Inc. of Red Deer, and Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) of Lacombe all remained on The Venture 250 for 2014, and improved their placement from last yearâ€™s list. New to the rankings this year are W.A. Grain & Pulse Solutions of Innisfail, Rifco Inc. of Red Deer and Lonestar West Inc. of Sylvan Lake. The rankings are compiled on the basis of companiesâ€™ revenues for their 2013 fiscal year. Suncor Energy Inc. leads the list at $39.6 billion, followed by Enbridge Inc. at $32.9 billion and Imperial Oil Ltd. at $32.7 billion. Parkland Fuel holds down the number 16 spot, up from 24th last year, on the strength of $5.3 billion in 2013 revenues. AFSC comes in 71st, up from 76th, with revenues of $1 billion; High Arctic is 155th, up from 166th, with revenues of $152.7 million; and Gamehost is 189th, up from 199, thanks to its 2013 revenues of $77.6 million. W.A. Grain & Pule Solutions is ranked 193rd, on revenues of $73.6 million; Rifco is 246th, based on revenues of $30.3 million; and Lonestar is 248th, with revenues of $27.9 million. Other organizations of note on the Venture 250 this year are Calgarybased Nova Chemicals Corp., which finished 18th with revenues of $5.3 billion; and Servus Credit Union of Edmonton, which is 94th on revenues of $472 million.

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But Apple has a reputation for igniting dormant markets after the company shifted the direction of digital technology with the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Other MP3 music players, smartphones and tablet computers were first to market, but the devices didn’t enthrall consumers until Apple imbued them with its magic touch. Here’s what unfolded at Tuesday’s event:

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The iPhone 6 will feature a 4.7-inch screen, up from the 4-inch screen on the models released in each of the previous two years. The iPhone 6 Plus will boast a 5.5-inch screen and other improvements, including longer battery life, that will cost an additional $100. The screen resolution on the Plus version will be sharper than previous iPhones. With the larger screen comes a new horizontal view of the home screen. Usually, icons are stacked vertically, even when the phone is turned horizontally. App developers will also have new tools to rearrange their content to take advantage of that larger screen. The new phones are not as big as Samsung’s latest flagship phones — 5.1 inches for the Galaxy S5 and 5.7 inches for the Note 4 — but they will be large enough to neutralize a key advantage Samsung and other Android manufacturers have had. Notably, Samsung’s Note phone isn’t getting bigger this year. Last year’s Note 3 was 5.7 inches. Instead, Samsung is emphasizing other hardware features, such as a sharper screen. It’s also releasing a model with a curved edge to display weather, time and other information on the side of the phone. Apple says the new phones will be faster and have better battery life than previous versions. The phones will also have a barometer to estimate how much users climb stairs, not just how far they walk or run. Of course, some people still use their phones to make calls. So when there’s poor cellular reception, iPhone owners will be able to make regular calls over Wi-Fi. The handoff between the two networks will be seamless. In the U.S., this feature will initially be available through T-Mobile. The resolution on the camera is staying at 8 megapixels, while rival Android and Windows phones have been offering up to twice that amount. However, the number of megapixels is only one factor in what makes a good photo. Apple says it is putting in new sensors for better shots. Apple is also improving a slow-motion video feature by allowing even slower shots. The camera will be able to take 240 frames per second, double what’s in last year’s iPhone 5s. Normally, video is at 60 frames per second. The new phones will start shipping in the U.S. on Sept. 19, with advance orders to begin this Friday. Starting prices will be comparable to those in the past — $199 with a two-year contract for the iPhone 6 with 16 gigabytes of storage. However, the step-up models will have double the memory as before — $299 for 64 gigabytes and $399 for 128 gigabytes. The iPhone 6 Plus phones will cost $100 more at each configuration.

MOBILE PAYMENTS

Apple is calling its new payment system Apple Pay. Consumers will be able to use their phone cameras to capture a photo of their cards. Apple will verify it behind the scenes and add it to the phone’s Passbook account so people can make payments at a retailer. Apple announced several merchants that will accept this system, including Macy’s, Whole Foods, Walgreens and Disney stores — and Apple stores, of course. Many companies have tried to push mobile payment services, but none has caught on widely. Cook says that’s because the business models have been centred around companies’ self-interest instead of the user experience. The latter, Cook says, is “exactly what Apple does best.” For security, the card number is stored only on the device. Each time you pay, a one-time card number is created to make the transaction.

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The audience erupted with cheers as Cook proclaimed that he had “one more thing.” It was how Jobs used to close his keynote addresses. That one more thing was named the Apple Watch, rather than the iWatch that many people had been speculating. Cook says Apple had to invent a new interface for the watch because simply shrinking a phone would not work. Much of the interaction will be through the dial on the watch, which Apple calls the digital crown. It’s used to zoom in and out of a map, for instance. Apple also worked with app developers to create new functionality. Users will be able to unlock room doors at Starwood hotels or remind themselves where they parked cars with a BMW app. The new watch will come in a variety of styles and straps, with a choice of two sizes. Watches from competing vendors have been criticized for being too big for smaller wrists. The watch will require one of the new iPhones or an iPhone 5, 5s or 5c. It will be available early next year at a starting price of $349.

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Though much of the attention has been on new gadgets, the software powering those gadgets is getting its annual refresh. Apple considers iOS 8 to be its biggest update since the introduction of the app store in 2008. Existing iPhone and iPad users will be eligible for the free upgrade, too. Among other things, iOS 8 will let devices work better in sync. For instance, it will be possible to start a message on an iPhone and finish it on an iPad. With an upcoming Mac upgrade called Yosemite, it will be possible to continue working on that same message on a Mac computer as well. These handoff features will extend to the new Apple Watch, too. The new software will be available to existing users on Sept. 17. Closing out the event, U2 performed on stage before Cook made its new album, “Songs of Innocence” available for free to all customers of Apple’s iTunes. Apple’s stock was up 1 per cent to $99.36 in Tuesday’s late afternoon trading.

In his online article in “The Owl” in early August, Todd Hirsch, chief economist with ATB Financial, reported some revealing statistics. In June 2014, 395,991 companies were registered in Alberta. According to Statistics Canada, nearly 60 per cent of those companies were “micro-businesses,” employing just one to four people. Another 17 per cent employed fewer than 10 people. Small businesses (with fewer than 50 employees) accounted for 98.1 per cent of the companies in the province, and large companies with more than 500 employees made up only 0.2 per cent of JOHN the total. MACKENZIE “All sizes of companies contribute to Alberta’s vibrant BUSINESS economy and small companies BASICS are more than carrying their weight,” stated Hirsch. Entrepreneurship is thriving in Central Alberta. A particular highlight in the 2012 Stakeholders Report released by the Red Deer Regional Economic Development alliance indicated that Red Deer had more small businesses per capita than any other city in Canada (7.5 small to mediumsized businesses per 100 people). Entrepreneurs are known to possess a variety of talents, aptitudes and character traits. Passion, attitude, mindset, vision and drive are common descriptors. However, innate talent doesn’t always guarantee business success. There are primarily five levels of development on the entrepreneur scale. Similar to any growth curve, each level involves a specific mindset and a strong belief system, combined with a willingness to learn and embrace change. Level 1 on the scale describes individuals who possess the “self-employed” mindset. There is the desire to gain control over one’s life. Working 9 to 5, usually under supervision, isn’t fulfilling. They want more autonomy and firmly believe that they could do their job and operate their own business.

Many entrepreneurs replicate the job they know how to do, in the same area of expertise, selling a product or service they already know. Logically, this should be an advantage, but only when business fundamentals are in place. They launch into business, juggling business operations while doing the same type of work they did as an employee. They haven’t created a new role for themselves. They work 60 to 80 hours a week and never get a day off. Burnout soon follows. They often don’t take the time to learn the basics of business. They may have little to no financial knowledge and are hesitant to take advantage of the talent and experience others could offer. It’s challenging to evaluate and respond to new opportunities. Many men and women devote time, energy and money only to discover that entrepreneurship is not the right career path for them. This realization can take months or even years, with financial resources depleted in the process. It is often stated that 80 per cent of businesses fail within five years of startup. The top factors contributing to this statistics are lack of planning, insufficient capital and poor management. The fact is, businesses don’t fail because the owner didn’t work hard. They fail because the owner never progressed on the entrepreneur scale to learn the “rules of the game.” Those who strike out in new and unfamiliar territory are forced to learn, be open-minded, and rely on experts for assistance. These ingredients are the keys to entrepreneurial success. They force one to evaluate the entire business system from a new and fresh perspective. That goal is to envision and develop a business that works for the owner, rather than the owner working for the business. This concept is the key for rising through the ranks of entrepreneurship. In my next column, I’ll present the four levels on the entrepreneurial scale that eventually lead an entrepreneur to the definitive result: a commercially profitable business that works without the owner. John MacKenzie is a certified business coach and authorized partner/facilitator for Everything DiSC and Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team, Wiley Brands. He can be reached at john@thebusinesstraininghub.com.

General Motors Canada denies ambushing dealers with agreement in 2009 return of the $123 million it paid them for shutting down by the end of 2009. GM argues that the dealers waived the right to launch legal action against GM Canada when they BY THE CANADIAN PRESS signed the wind-down agreements. The dealers are also suing Toronto law firm Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, alleging the firm, reTORONTO — GM Canada denied in court Tuesday accusations that it deliberately ambushed and tained to advise them, was in a conflict of interest misled dozens of its dealers in 2009 when it gave because it also represented the federal government them six days to decide whether to shut down within on the auto industry bailout. Cassels Brock denies the allegation. months and receive whatThe case was origiever compensation the nally filed by a former ‘THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW THAT automaker would offer, Toronto GM dealership, or risk pushing the autoGENERAL MOTORS ACHIEVED THIS now called Trillium Momaker into bankruptcy tor World, on behalf of RESULT BY AMBUSH, DECEPTION protection and ending up dealerships in Ontario, with nothing. AND DIVIDE AND CONQUER TACTICS’ Alberta and P.E.I. that The dealers were exwere told in May 2009 that perienced and sophisti—DAVID STERNS their dealer agreements cated business people LAWYER would be terminated bewho made their choice fore their normal expira“with their eyes wide open” and those who signed the deals had decided it tion date. General Motors automaker slashed its operations was better to get something than “roll the dice” and to qualify for billions of dollars of government bailrisk everything, GM lawyer Kent Thomson told Onout money following the financial crisis. tario Superior Court on the opening day of the trial. Both Ottawa and the Ontario government acquired The class action lawsuit launched by 181 of the dealers is seeking up to $750 million in compensa- GM shares in 2009 after providing some $10.6 billion tion, claiming they could have received a better deal in aid to the automaker. The trial resumes Wednesday. if they’d had more time and better legal representa-

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tion than they received in 2009. In the opening remarks for what’s expected to be a six-week trial, David Sterns, lawyer for the dealers, said that GM Canada broke provincial laws in Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Alberta that state dealers, as franchisees, must get 14 days notice and complete disclosure if asked to sign any contract by their franchisor — in this case General Motors of Canada. But GM chose to wait, giving the dealers less time to negotiate a better deal, said Sterns. “The evidence will show that General Motors achieved this result by ambush, deception and divide and conquer tactics,” Sterns said. Thomson said that Sterns mischaracterized the franchise laws and that the dealers were advised repeatedly that they had virtually no chance of getting anything for their business if GM Canada sought bankruptcy protection — a definite possibility at the time when the wind-down offers were made, amid an industrywide downturn. In another element of the trial, the automaker is suing the dealers covered by the class action for the

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 114.37 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.27 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.05 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 54.92 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Rising gold and telecom stocks helped give the Toronto stock market a modest advance Tuesday. The S&P/TSX composite index gained 27.42 points to 15,536.81. The Canadian dollar was up 0.02 of a cent to 91.15 cents US. Losses on U.S. markets picked up late in the afternoon with the Dow Jones industrials down 97.55 points to 17,013.87. The Nasdaq gave back 40 points to 4,552.29 as Apple unveiled a wearable device. The Apple Watch marks its first major entry in a new product category since the iPad’s debut in 2010. It also launched a line of larger iPhones that will have a new, horizontal viewing mode to take advantage of larger displays. Apple also introduced a system for using the phone to make credit card payments at retail stores. Apple shares lost early momentum to shed 37 cents to $97.99. The S&P 500 index was off 13.1 points at 1,988.44. Meanwhile, the Scottish independence referendum scheduled for Sept. 18 has also grabbed market attention this week, particularly since a YouGov poll released on the weekend showed that the gap between the Yes and No sides had narrowed considerably. A Yes vote in the referendum would plunge Britain into uncharted constitutional and economic waters. There is still optimism that the No side will prevail, but analysts point to what is perceived as a larger issue of whether the U.K. will stay in the European Union. “Common sense, I think, will prevail,” said Brian Belski, chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets, referring to the Scottish vote. “I think there is some concern

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 20.32 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.46 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 88.72 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.74 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 30.80 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.52 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.51 First Quantum Minerals . 23.90 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 27.98 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 11.03 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.11 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.60 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.16 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.02 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 23.97 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 30.24 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.54 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 66.84 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.68 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 63.15 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.87 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.75 Canyon Services Group. 15.01 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 33.49 CWC Well Services . . . 0.9800 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 25.50 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.64 there but in levels of concern, there is a broader concern about the EU situation and the U.K. exiting the EU.” British Prime Minister David Cameron has given a “cast-iron” guarantee that there will be a referendum on the European Union in 2017 if he is still prime minister. The gold sector was the biggest percentage gainer, up about 1.5 per cent as December bullion faded $5.80 to US$1,248.50 an ounce. The telecom sector was up 0.44 per cent. The energy sector also helped lift the TSX, up 0.36 per cent as the October crude contact on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained nine cents to US$92.75 a barrel. After the markets closed Monday, Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) announced that it is selling its remaining stake in PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (TSX:PSK) in a deal valued at about C$2.6 billion. The company created PrairieSky earlier this year when it spun off a large portion of its royalty lands. Encana rose 80 cents to $25.50 while PrairieSky fell $1.69 to $36.40. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Tuesday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,536.81, up 27.42 points Dow — 17,013.87, down 97.55 points S&P 500 — 1,988.44, down 13.10 points Nasdaq — 4,552.29, down 40.00 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.15 cents US, up 0.02 of a cent Pound — C$1.7691, up 0.15

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Burnaby asks court to block Kinder Morgan pipeline work A Vancouver-area city is launching a court challenge over its long-standing opposition to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline. The City of Burnaby has filed a notice with B.C. Supreme Court asking for temporary and permanent injunctions to prevent Kinder Morgan from cutting down trees in a conservation area on Burnaby Mountain.

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 97.39 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 65.83 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.34 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 32.45 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 55.94 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.48 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 7.87 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.085 Precision Drilling Corp . . 12.59 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 43.67 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 10.95 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.50 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.14 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 67.93 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 84.24 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 72.20 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.36 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 40.35 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.54 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.31 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 52.45 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.40 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.00 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 53.30 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.88 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 81.21 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.51 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.46 of a cent Euro — C$1.4207, up 0.52 of a cent Euro — US$1.2950, up 0.50 of a cent Oil futures: US$92.75 per barrel, up nine cents (October contract)

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Canadian Tire “money” is pictured at a press conference in Toronto on Tuesday.

Canadian Tire to add digital option to its famous Canadian Tire money program TORONTO — Tired of that wad of crumpled Canadian Tire bills in your car glove box? Canadian Tire has an app for that. The retailer unveiled plans Tuesday that will let customers collect and redeem the value of the ubiquitous bills on a loyalty card or smartphone. But that doesn’t mean the colourful currency adorned by the smiling Scot, Sandy McTire, is going the way of his jaunty plaid tam and scarf. “Donated to charities, accepted at local businesses, and found tacked up in pubs around the world, many consider Canadian Tire to be Canada’s second currency,” said Allan MacDonald, the retailer’s chief operating officer. “We respect that heritage. But we’re excited about how the (digital) program will change our relationship with our customers and help grow our business.” In fact, Canadian Tire didn’t even consider eliminating the much-loved paper currency with the mustachioed

Scrooge-like character, first introduced in 1958. The new digital program will launch in Nova Scotia on Oct. 10, and in the rest of Canada on Oct. 28. MacDonald said the new program will allow customers to collect, manage and redeem rewards on their smartphone or online. Mandeep Malik, an assistant marketing professor at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, said the creation of Canadian Tire money was ingenious on the retailer’s part. “The way it was designed, it was very intentful on giving customers a currency feel so they felt like they had completed a transaction and had been rewarded,” he said. “They could carry the bills in their wallet and it would remind them to come back. The cleverness of the branding was centred around an individual of Scottish heritage who was smart about spending money and savings.” Despite its success, Malik said it’s about time Canadian Tire offered a digital option to their popular loyalty program.

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Lacombe Chamber holding meeting on Thursday

Red Deer Chamber of Commerce AGM set

The Lacombe Chamber of Commerce will hold a general meeting on Thursday. The meeting will take place at Leto’s Lounge in Lacombe, and will run from noon to 1 p.m. It will be one of four general meetings held this year. The chamber’s annual general meeting will take place in November.

THE CANADIAN PRESS Gold futures: US$1,248.50 per oz., down $5.80 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.643 oz., up 11.3 cents $695.82 kg., up $3.63 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $5.00 lower $416.50; Jan ’15 $4.90 lower $421.30; March ’15 $4.90 lower $426.70; May ’15 $4.50 lower $430.80; July ’15 $4.00 lower $434.50; Nov ’15 $4.90 lower $428.00; Jan. ’16 $4.90 lower $433.50; March ’16 $4.90 lower $437.30; May ’16 $4.90 lower $437.30; July ’16 $4.90 lower $437.30; Nov. ’16 $4.90 lower $437.30. 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. Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 218,600 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 218,600.

The court challenge is the latest step in an escalating battle between the city, the company, and the National Energy board over both the pipeline and the jurisdiction of the national energy regulator to determine its route. The National Energy Board ruled last month that the company doesn’t need the city’s permission to access Burnaby Mountain, which is also home to Simon Fraser University. The city then accused the company of breaking local parks bylaws by cutting down trees, which in turn prompted the company to go back to the National Energy Board asking for another order allowing its work to proceed. The $5.4-billion pipeline expansion would almost triple the current pipeline’s capacity.

BRIEFS The annual general meeting of the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce is slated for Monday at the Black Knight Inn. The agenda for the meeting includes a review of Chamber highlights for 2013-14, approval of audited financial statements for 2013-14, installation of the board of directors for 2014-15, and a review of the 2014-15 business plan. Cost to attend the meeting is $35 for both members and non-members. It’s scheduled from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Urban Home closing A Red Deer furniture store is liquidating its stock in anticipation of shutting its doors for good. Urban Home by Sims Furniture has announced that it is closing, with a sale at its 1880 49th Ave. premises underway since Friday. The Advocate was unable to speak with a representative of the store, but its Facebook page said the sale will end once all stock has been sold. Urban Home has operated in Red Deer since February 2009.

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Blue Jays soar past Cubs BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 9 Cubs 2 TORONTO — Toronto slugger Jose Bautista slammed his bat to the ground in frustration when he blew a chance to drive in the tying run in the fifth inning on Tuesday night. He made sure he got the job done when given another chance two innings later. Bautista hit a three-run double off Chicago reliever Neil Ramirez to give the Blue Jays the lead and they went on to clobber the Cubs 9-2 for their third straight victory. “He’s got the knack of doing something big when it counts or when you need something,” said Toronto manager John Gibbons. “He’s on a nice little roll right now.” The 17,903 fans at Rogers Centre rose to their feet when Bautista worked a full count on Ramirez with two outs and the bases loaded. He lashed a ball into the left-field corner and the Blue Jays were on their way to their eighth win in 10 games. “At that point he was basically cornered,” Bautista said. “He had to make a decision whether to challenge me or try to go with an off-speed pitch. I just placed my bet that he was going to challenge me. “He did throw a fastball in the zone and I was able to connect.” Bautista, who extended his hitting streak to 13 games, drove in four runs and starter Mark Buehrle (12-9) worked seven innings for the victory. Kevin Pillar and Edwin Encarnacion had three hits apiece for the Blue Jays, who turned the game into a rout with a five-run eighth inning. Toronto outhit Chicago 14-11 and will go for the three-game sweep on Wednesday night. It was a rather uneven performance from Buehrle, who allowed two earned runs and 10 hits but managed to avoid giving up a big inning. “He’s a survivor,” Gibbons said. “He knows how to survive out there. He exploited them a little bit when they started free-swinging on him. That was the key — he was a little bit off but yet he kept it to a one-run game, a two-run game there. “It was a big win for him.” Aaron Sanchez and Daniel Norris each worked an inning of relief for the Blue Jays, who entered play five games behind Seattle in the race for the final wild-card spot in the American League. The Cubs, who have dropped five games in a row, left 11 runners on base. “We just have to play better baseball,” said Chicago manager Rick

Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Reyes throws to first for a double play as Chicago Cubs’ Javier Baez slides during third inning interleague baseball game action in Toronto on Tuesday. Cubs’ Jorge Soler grounded into double play. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Renteria. “That’s probably the worst game we’ve played all year.” Chicago (64-81) had some chances early on but couldn’t put an extended rally together. Javier Baez doubled in the first inning, stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jorge Soler. The Cubs loaded the bases in the second inning after Buehrle gave up three singles. The veteran left-hander got out of the jam when Chris Coghlan grounded out. Buehrle kept putting runners on but the defence did a nice job bailing him out. Welington Castillo led off the fourth with a single before Mike Olt and Arismendy Alcantara hit back-toback line drives that were speared by third baseman Danny Valencia. Chris Valaika moved Castillo to second base with another single but Matt Szczur popped up to Buehrle to end the threat. The Cubs put runners on again in the fifth and this time cashed in a run. Baez singled and cleanup hitter Luis Valbuena was hit by a pitch. Castillo drove in Baez with a two-out single be-

fore Olt struck out. The Blue Jays tried a more aggressive style against Chicago starter Jake Arrieta in the bottom half of the frame. Pillar led off with a single but was thrown out trying to steal. Ryan Goins then drove a ball into left-centre field and hustled into second base just ahead of Coghlan’s throw. Anthony Gose tried to bunt with two strikes but fouled a pitch for the second out. Goins moved to third base on a wild pitch and scored when Jose Reyes hit a flare that dropped in shallow centre field. Arrieta was wide with a pickoff attempt and the ball rolled into foul territory, allowing Reyes to scamper all the way to third. He was left stranded when Bautista flew out. The Cubs stranded two more runners in the sixth inning after Szczur and Coghlan reached on back-to-back two-out singles. Pitching coach Pete Walker came out to the mound and Buehrle responded after the chat by freezing Baez with a fastball for the strikeout.

“I thought Buehrle was a little bit off early on,” Gibbons said. “But he gutted it out and made some big pitches when he had to.” Pillar stroked a one-out single in the seventh to knock Arrieta out of the game. Ramirez (2-2) came on in relief and gave up a single to pinch-hitter Colby Rasmus and a walk to pinchhitter Munenori Kawasaki. Ramirez fanned Reyes before giving up the key hit to Bautista, who picked up his 26th double of the season. The Blue Jays piled on in the eighth against right-hander Brian Schlitter. Lind led off with a triple and was replaced by pinch-runner Steve Tolleson, who scored on a Dioner Navarro single. Navarro moved to third on a Valencia double and Rasmus was intentionally walked to load the bases with two outs. Kawasaki hit a two-run single to help put the game out of reach. Arrieta allowed seven hits, two earned runs and a walk while striking out five. Buehrle had three strikeouts and didn’t walk a batter.

Mitchell gaining poise with each win BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY STAMPEDERS

CALGARY — Bo Levi Mitchell is hitting his stride as a starting quarterback in the CFL. At 9-1 this season and a career 12-1 for the Calgary Stampeders, Mitchell has navigated his learning curve with a little help from Calgary’s receivers, running backs and defence. Among starting quarterbacks in the CFL, Mitchell has the highest quarterback efficiency rating at 100.5 per cent. That’s a number based on completion percentage and yards, touchdowns and interceptions per attempt. No quarterback in CFL history has won 12 of his first 13 starts. With 15 touchdown passes, Mitchell is second only to veteran Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray with 16. There was suspense when training camp opened whether it would be the inexperienced Mitchell taking over for the departed Kevin Glenn or would it be Drew Tate, the once-heir apparent. In Calgary’s first three wins, Mitchell had big assists from a defence that

held the opposition to seven, 15 and eight points respectively. But the 24-year-old from Katy, Texas, didn’t force a quarterback change with a run of major mistakes those first few games. Each performance gave him the ball for the next game and Mitchell has taken ownership of the role. The quarterback made his biggest impact yet in a game in Saturday 4134 win over the Eskimos in Edmonton. Mitchell threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for two more. “He’s always had great talent and makes some great throws, but I think he’s been more consistent and he’s been very patient lately,” Stampeder offensive co-ordinator Dave Dickenson said Tuesday. “He lets teams decide where the ball should go instead of forcing it in there. His leadership has taken a stride forward as well. You don’t even know if you’re going to be the starter

during camp. It’s hard to just jump in there and decide to take over. He’s done a good job and has the 10 games in now.” Mitchell says it’s not so much that the CFL game slows down as he gets games under his belt, but his on-field vision expands. “The slowdown process probably happens a little earlier in your career as far as learning the speed of professional players,” Mitchell explained. “As you grow older and you play more, your field of vision becomes wider, if that makes sense. You’re not so much locked into one thing and that’s what you see. The peripherals really start to open up and you’re actually able to see a lot more of the field and see the guys. “It’s working good, but as an offence, me and the receivers are all getting used to each other and we’re coming into our own right now and things are starting to go well.”

Calgary is coming off important back-to-back wins over Edmonton (7-3) which separated the Alberta rivals in the West Division. The Stampeders are at home to the Toronto Argonauts (3-7) on Saturday. Mitchell scored a combined five touchdowns with his arm and legs and threw for almost 500 yards over the two-game series versus Edmonton. He wasn’t intercepted in either game. Star running back Jon Cornish’s performance since his return from injury has also boosted Calgary’s offence. Cornish, who sat out six games in July and August with concussion symptoms, posted his second straight game of over 100 yards rushing Saturday. The CFL’s most outstanding player last season was named the outstanding Canadian player a second straight week. Mitchell demonstrated his own running ability in the third quarter Saturday. He dodged three Eskimos on a 20-yard scoring run to extend Calgary’s lead to 31-10.

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account until deleting it Monday. Their head of public relations, Kevin Byrne, wrote a piece for the team’s website in July called, “I Like Ray Rice.” He quoted the owner, Steve Bisciotti. Bisciotti talked about family. Baltimore fans gave Rice a standing ovation in his first pre-season game. A sample of 360,253 fantasy football team names collected by Slate from found that the second-most popular entry was Beats By Ray. The Ravens defended Ray Rice like he was an end zone. Then TMZ paid somebody, and the video blew the whole rotten skein of lies and moral emptiness apart. It was a crime, and a cover-up. Either the league and its extremely serious security representatives are not as competent, powerful, rich, or determined as TMZ when it comes to uncovering evidence, or the league and those representatives saw the tape, or at least knew of its contents, and decided it was worth two games.

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Several highly connected NFL reporters wrote over the summer that the NFL had seen the tape. Jane McManus of ESPN reported she was told the NFL had access to the same evidence as the police. Somebody’s lying. TMZ claims it has proof, and will publish it Tuesday morning, as if it was a newspaper or something. If so, Goodell’s wavering credibility with the credulous will be shot. Either way, the NFL and the Ravens aided and abetted a domestic abuser, even as Goodell was praised for announcing heftier penalties for domestic violence, accompanied quietly by potential wiggle room. But this is what the NFL is. Other sports do it, too. This is how the sausage is made. Maybe this will stick to this commissioner, and remind people what the NFL is for more than the gaps between games.

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Canada snaps soccer losing streak MEN END 16-GAME LOSING STREAK WITH WIN OVER JAMAICA

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Miracle on Ice player Bob Suter dies of apparent heart attack at age 57 MADISON, Wis. — Bob Suter, a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Miracle On Ice hockey team, has died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 57. Suter’s death was confirmed by a spokesman for USA Hockey. The Madison, Wisc., native won a gold medal representing the United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., and is the father of NHL star defenceman Ryan Suter, who currently plays for the Minnesota Wild. “It’s a tough day for our sport, having lost a great friend and ambassador of the game,” USA Hockey said in a statement. “Bob Suter will always be remembered for his role as a member of the 1980 Miracle on Ice Team that captivated our country and whose impact is impossible to measure. “His legacy, however, is far beyond that as he dedicated his life to advancing hockey and helping young people achieve their dreams. Bob’s positive impact on our sport will be felt for generations to come. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Suter family at this difficult time.” Suter starred at the University of Wisconsin from 1977 to 1979 and has been a fixture in that area beyond his playing career. He opened a sporting goods store in Madison after retiring.

Riders QB Durant to undergo elbow surgery, expected to miss rest of season REGINA — The defending Grey Cup champions have lost their star quarterback for the rest of the regular season and his status for the CFL playoffs is also in question. Saskatchewan’s Darian Durant is expected to miss the rest of the Roughriders’ season with a torn tendon in his right elbow. The 32-year-old, who will undergo surgery in the next couple days to repair the injury, was added to the team’s six-game injury list Tuesday. Durant suffered the injury during the third quarter of Sunday’s 30-24 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was attempting a pass when he was hit by Winnipeg defensive end Bryant Turner. Durant’s throwing arm was bent awkwardly on the play. The star quarterback dropped to the turf in considerable pain before he was helped to the locker-room. He did not return to the game. Roughriders general manager Brendan Taman said he doesn’t believe the injury to be careerthreatening. “We expect him back next year for sure,” he said.

Kamloops, B.C., named host of the 2016 women’s world hockey championship KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Kamloops, B.C., will host the 2016 IIHF women’s world hockey championship, bringing the tournament to British Columbia

for the first time in its 26-year history. The 22 games will be split between the Interior Savings Centre and McArthur Island Sports and Event Centre in April of 2016. Kamloops had bid to host the 2013 event, which was awarded to Ottawa. “I have had the honour of coaching in Kamloops, I know the passion the city has for hockey, and I am sure it will be a first-class event on and off the ice that will grow the sport and provide young aspiring female hockey players with a chance to watch the best in the world,” Tom Renney, the president and CEO of Hockey Canada, said. The world championship will be the second major international women’s hockey event in Kamloops in a span of 18 months. Canada, Finland, Sweden and the U.S. will play in the Four Nations Cup there this November. The 2016 tournament will mark the seventh time Canada has hosted the world championship — the previous tournaments were 1990 and 2013 in Ottawa, Ont., 1997 in Kitchener, Ont., 2000 in Mississauga, Ont., 2004 in Halifax, and 2007 in Winnipeg.

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Canada’s Tosaint Ricketts celebrates after scoring against Jamaica during second half men’s international friendly soccer action in Toronto on Tuesday. Canada won the match 3-1. to end its winless streak. The Canadians were playing at home, had the benefit of a lengthy camp under Floro, a side that was close to full strength and was facing a young and green Jamaican side that had only two short training sessions in advance of the game. De Jong, a fullback, gave Canada a 2-1 lead in the 68th minute with a stylish left-footed free kick that curled in from just outside the penalty box for his second in Canadian colours. Ricketts padded the lead in the 72nd minute, pouncing on a mistake by goalie

Raonic, Team Canada ready for crucial Davis Cup tie against Colombia BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — Canada’s top men’s tennis player says he’s physically ready for this weekend’s crucial Davis Cup playoff against Colombia following a taxing run at the U.S. Open. Milos Raonic, who is the No. 7-ranked singles player in the world, is expected to lead Canada’s push to remain part of the elite World Group beginning Friday in Halifax. Raonic will take to the court after his fourth-round exit last week in New York, losing a four hour 19 minute match in oppressive heat to tournament finalist Kei Nishikori of Japan. “The body’s good I’m just hungry to get back into competing,” Raonic said at a news conference on Tuesday. Injuries to Raonic and teammate Vasek Pospisil contributed to Canada’s 4-1 loss in February’s first-round tie

Pegulas bid $1.4B for Buffalo Bills, highest price for franchise in NFL history ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula took a highly aggressive approach by bidding an NFL-record $1.4 billion to get the Buffalo Bills and keep them in western New York. A person with direct knowledge of the sale process confirmed the winning bid to The Associated Press on Tuesday, hours after late owner Ralph Wilson’s estate announced reaching a “definitive agreement” to sell the team to the Pegulas. Sports Business Journal first reported the Pegulas’ bid earlier in the day. The price eclipses the previous high of $1.1 billion set in 2009, when Stephen Ross completed his purchase of the Miami Dolphins in a deal that also included the team’s stadium. The person said the Pegulas went well above the Bills’ estimated value of $935 million to show Wilson’s estate how serious they were in their desire to buy the team. And they also wanted to submit a bid the Pegulas believed would be significantly higher than other prospective ownership groups were willing — or capable — of matching.

Andre Blake after he dropped a cross from Jackson. It was his seventh goal for Canada. Fellow defender David Edgar had scored a highlight-reel goal via volley for Canada in the 31st-minute, one minute after Jamaica’s Kemar Lawrence scored on a free kick that was a carbon copy of de Jong’s strike. Goalie Milan Borjan had to be sharp in the second half to blunt Jamaican attacks as the Canadian defence wobbled at times before a BMO Field crowd of 12,162.

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with Japan but Raonic said a lot has changed since the last time he wore the country’s colours in competition. “I’ve been able to keep getting better . . . and I just look forward to using this and ending the year on as strong a note as possible,” he said. In addition to Raonic and Pospisil, the eighth-ranked Canadian team includes veterans Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic. Team captain Martin Laurendeau said he expects the favoured Canadians to encounter stiff opposition from the “hungry” Colombians who are ranked 26th in the world. He said Colombia has depth in singles and features a good doubles team coming off a recent tournament win in WinstonSalem N.C. “They’re going to come after us and try to make their own history,” said Laurendeau. “It’s going to be a very tough weekend of tennis.”

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Canada 3 Jamaica 1 TORONTO — Canadian soccer may never forget the 8-1 drubbing in Honduras that ended Canada’s World Cup qualifying drive in brutal fashion. But almost two years on, the Canadian men finally gave fans something to cheer about by ending a 16-game winless streak (0-11-5) that began that hot, humid day in San Pedro Sula. Canada needed just one point from that Honduras game to advance to the final round of CONCACAF qualifying, where anything can happen. Instead the Central Americans joyfully put Canada to the sword in October 2012, turning what could have been a celebration into a wake. The road back started 13 months ago under new coach Benito Floro, who marked a milestone Tuesday with his first win in his first game on Canadian soil. Second-half goals by Marcel de Jong and Tosaint Ricketts gave Canada a 3-1 victory over Jamaica in an international soccer friendly, marking the end to one of the darkest chapters in Canadian soccer annals. “This is what the guys needed,” said captain Julian de Guzman. “It (Honduras) is still hard to forget but getting these wins and performing well will definitely help that go away.” “Massive, a massive win at home ... We’re all delighted,” added Simeon Jackson.

The Canadians were treated to a pre-game dressing room visit by Mike Tyson and George Chuvalo. The win was the first in eight games (1-4-3) for Floro, a 62-year-old Spaniard who has coached around the world. And it marked the first time since 1995 that Canada has turned a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead (the 1995 Caribbean Cup against Jamaica). Floro estimated his team is perhaps only at 40 per cent of where it should be. He liked some of what he saw but that didn’t stop him from reeling off a shopping list of mistakes on the night. In truth, Canada’s defence was carved open at times and there were too many giveaways. But on this night, the glass was more than half-full. Canada outshot Jamaica 16-8 (8-5 in shots on target) and had seven corners to the Jamaicans’ one. Canada had not won since Oct. 12, 2012, when it beat Cuba 3-0 in a World Cup qualifying game at BMO Field. The Canadians had gone winless since, starting with the Honduras drubbing four days later. Canada was outscored 29-4 during the winless run. But under Floro it has now scored five goals in its last three outings. Fresh from ending one streak, the Canadians are building another. They are unbeaten in three, with ties against Moldova and Bulgaria in their two prior matches. Jamaica is ranked 85th in the world, compared to No. 122 for Canada. The night seemed right for Canada

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Baltimore Toronto New York Tampa Bay Boston

American League East Division W L Pct 85 59 .590 75 69 .521 73 69 .514 70 75 .483 63 82 .434

GB — 10 11 15 1/2 22 1/2

Kansas City Detroit Cleveland Chicago Minnesota

Central Division W L Pct 79 64 .552 80 65 .552 74 69 .517 64 80 .444 62 82 .431

GB — — 5 15 1/2 17 1/2

Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Houston Texas

West Division W L Pct 89 55 .618 81 63 .563 79 64 .552 63 81 .438 54 90 .375

GB — 8 9 1/2 26 35

Tuesday’s Games Minnesota 4, Cleveland 3 Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto 9, Chicago Cubs 2 Detroit 4, Kansas City 2 Baltimore 4, Boston 1 L.A. Angels 9, Texas 3 Oakland 11, Chicago White Sox 2 Houston at Seattle, late

AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 012 100 000 — 4 11 0 New York 000 120 000 — 3 7 0 Archer, Balfour (7), Boxberger (8), McGee (9) and Hanigan; Kuroda, Huff (4), Whitley (6), R.Hill (7), E.Rogers (7), Outman (8), Kelley (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and B.McCann. W—Archer 9-8. L—Kuroda 10-9. Sv—McGee (17). HRs—Tampa Bay, Loney (9). New York, Ellsbury (15). Minnesota 000 400 000 — 4 5 0 Cleveland 020 000 010 — 3 9 0 May, A.Thompson (6), Duensing (7), Fien (8), Burton (9) and K.Suzuki; Bauer, Rzepczynski (9), Atchison (9) and Y.Gomes. W—May 2-4. L—Bauer 5-8. Sv—Burton (2). HRs—Minnesota, Arcia (16). Kan. City 000 010 010 — 2 10 2 Detroit 120 010 00x — 4 8 0 J.Vargas, Crow (6), K.Herrera (8) and S.Perez; Scherzer, Alburquerque (7), B.Hardy (8), Chamberlain (8), Nathan (9) and Avila. W—Scherzer 16-5. L—J.Vargas 11-8. Sv—Nathan (30). HRs—Detroit, R.Davis (8), J.Martinez (20). Baltimore 202 000 000 — 4 10 0 Boston 000 100 000 — 1 8 0 Tillman, Meek (6), A.Miller (7), Brach (8), Z.Britton (9) and Hundley; Ranaudo, D.Britton (4), Badenhop (6), M.Barnes (7) and Vazquez. W—Tillman 12-5. L—Ranaudo 3-2. Sv—Z.Britton (34). HRs— Baltimore, De Aza 2 (7), A.Jones (25). Boston, Bogaerts (10). LAA 100 100 070 — 9 9 0 Texas 000 100 020 — 3 7 1 H.Santiago, Grilli (6), Salas (7), Jepsen (8), Morin (9) and Conger, Iannetta; Lewis, Kirkman (8), Mendez (8), Ross Jr. (8), S.Patton (9) and Telis. W—H. Santiago 5-7. L—Lewis 9-13. HRs—Los Angeles, Calhoun (15). Texas, A.Beltre (18).

Wednesday’s Games Baltimore (W.Chen 14-4) at Boston (Workman 1-8), 11:35 a.m. Minnesota (Gibson 11-10) at Cleveland (House 2-3), 5:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 10-11) at N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 2-3), 5:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-1) at Toronto (Hutchison 9-11), 5:07 p.m. Kansas City (Shields 13-7) at Detroit (Porcello 1510), 5:08 p.m. L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 14-4) at Texas (Tepesch 4-9), 6:05 p.m. Oakland (Samardzija 4-5) at Chicago White Sox (Bassitt 0-1), 6:10 p.m. Houston (Tropeano 0-0) at Seattle (Iwakuma 14-6), 8:10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Minnesota at Cleveland, 10:05 a.m. Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Boston at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 82 61 .573 74 71 .510 71 72 .497 70 75 .483 67 77 .465

GB — 9 11 13 15 1/2

St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 80 65 .552 75 69 .521 74 71 .510 68 77 .469 64 81 .441

GB — 4 1/2 6 12 16

West Division W L Pct 82 62 .569 79 65 .549 66 77 .462 59 85 .410 59 86 .407

GB — 3 15 1/2 23 23 1/2

Monday’s Games Washington 2, Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 4 Toronto 8, Chicago Cubs 0 N.Y. Mets 3, Colorado 2 St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 0 Miami 6, Milwaukee 4 L.A. Dodgers 9, San Diego 4 Tuesday’s Games Washington 6, Atlanta 4 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 3 Toronto 9, Chicago Cubs 2 N.Y. Mets 2, Colorado 0 Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 5 Miami 6, Milwaukee 3 San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, late San Francisco 5, Arizona 1 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta (Harang 10-10) at Washington (Strasburg 11-10), 2:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Worley 6-4) at Philadelphia (Je.Williams 3-0), 5:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-1) at Toronto (Hutchison 9-11), 5:07 p.m. Colorado (Matzek 5-9) at N.Y. Mets (R.Montero 0-3), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 2-2) at Cincinnati (Simon 13-10), 5:10 p.m. Miami (Cosart 4-1) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 15-10), 6:10 p.m. San Diego (Kennedy 10-12) at L.A. Dodgers (Haren 12-10), 8:10 p.m. Arizona (Collmenter 10-7) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-10), 8:15 p.m. Thursday’s Games St. Louis at Cincinnati, 10:35 a.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 1:45 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m. Miami at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

Oakland 000 220 115 — 11 18 0 Chicago 000 000 200 — 2 7 5 Lester, Scribner (9) and De.Norris; Joh.Danks, Cleto (7), Lindstrom (8), Snodgress (9) and Flowers. W— Lester 14-10. L—Joh.Danks 9-11. HRs—Chicago, Viciedo (20). INTERLEAGUE Chicago 100 010 000 — 2 11 2 Toronto 000 010 35x — 9 14 0 Arrieta, N.Ramirez (7), Schlitter (8), B.Parker (8) and Castillo; Buehrle, Aa.Sanchez (8), Da.Norris (9) and D.Navarro. W—Buehrle 12-9. L—N.Ramirez 2-2.

EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Regina 5 4 1 0 0 30 17 8 Red Deer 4 2 1 0 1 14 13 5 Swift Current 5 3 2 0 0 16 16 6 Saskatoon 4 2 1 1 0 12 11 5 Medicine Hat 3 2 1 0 0 12 11 4 Edmonton 4 2 2 0 0 13 15 4 Calgary 4 2 2 0 0 24 16 4 Moose Jaw 4 1 2 1 0 10 18 3 Prince Albert 4 1 2 0 1 10 20 3 Brandon 2 1 1 0 0 9 10 2 Lethbridge 3 1 2 0 0 7 11 2 Kootenay 3 0 3 0 0 9 18 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 5 4 1 0 0 23 16 8 Prince George 4 3 0 1 0 20 15 7 Kamloops 4 3 1 0 0 13 12 6 Everett 5 3 2 0 0 16 10 6 Seattle 5 3 2 0 0 14 11 6 Tri-City 6 3 3 0 0 17 19 6 Spokane 5 2 2 1 0 11 16 5 Kelowna 4 2 2 0 0 10 11 4 Victoria 5 1 2 2 0 11 13 4 Vancouver 4 1 2 0 1 12 14 3 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 Wednesday’s games Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m. Thursday, September 11 Vancouver at Victoria, 6:05 p.m. Tri-City at Spokane, 8 p.m.

Colorado 000 000 000 — 0 5 2 New York 000 011 00x — 2 7 0 Bergman, Flande (7), Brothers (8) and Rosario; deGrom, Mejia (9), Edgin (9), Familia (9) and T.d’Arnaud. W—deGrom 8-6. L—Bergman 2-3. Sv—Familia (5). St. Louis 000 100 301 — 5 14 2 Cincinnati 200 140 02x — 9 12 1 Wacha, Motte (5), Gonzales (6), Masterson (7), Siegrist (7), Tuivailala (8), Greenwood (8) and Y.Molina, T.Cruz; Leake, Ju.Diaz (7), M.Parra (8), Hoover (9), A.Chapman (9) and Mesoraco. W— Leake 11-11. L—Wacha 5-6. Sv—A.Chapman (31). HRs—Cincinnati, Mesoraco (23). 001 003 — 6 11 1 Miami 002 Milwaukee 002 000 100 — 3 11 1 Koehler, Hatcher (6), M.Dunn (7), Morris (8), Cishek (9) and Saltalamacchia; Garza, Jeffress (5), W.Smith (7), Kintzler (7), Duke (7), Broxton (8), Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Lucroy. W—Morris 8-1. L—Fr.Rodriguez 4-5. Sv—Cishek (34). HRs—Miami, McGehee (4), Ozuna (21). Arizona 000 100 000 — 1 4 1 San Fran. 120 002 00x — 5 12 0 Miley, Spruill (3), Harris (7) and M.Montero; Y.Petit and Susac. W—Y.Petit 5-3. L—Miley 7-11. HRs— Arizona, Inciarte (4). NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—JHarrison, Pittsburgh, .316; Morneau, Colorado, .316; Revere, Philadelphia, .310; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .309; Posey, San Francisco, .306; DanMurphy, New York, .301; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .300; Span, Washington, .300; Lucroy, Milwaukee, .300. RUNS—Rendon, Washington, 103; Pence, San Francisco, 101; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 91; FFreeman, Atlanta, 89; Stanton, Miami, 89; Span, Washington, 88; CGomez, Milwaukee, 87; Yelich, Miami, 87. RBI—Stanton, Miami, 105; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 100; JUpton, Atlanta, 93; Howard, Philadelphia, 92; Desmond, Washington, 83; LaRoche, Washington, 82; Ozuna, Miami, 82. HITS—Pence, San Francisco, 172; Span, Washington, 167; Revere, Philadelphia, 163; McGehee, Miami, 162; FFreeman, Atlanta, 161; DanMurphy, New York, 160; DGordon, Los Angeles, 157; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 157. DOUBLES—Lucroy, Milwaukee, 49; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 39; FFreeman, Atlanta, 38; Span, Washington, 37; KDavis, Milwaukee, 36; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 36; JhPeralta, St. Louis, 36; Rendon, Washington, 36. TRIPLES—DGordon, Los Angeles, 12; BCrawford, San Francisco, 10; Hechavarria, Miami, 10; Pence, San Francisco, 10; DPeralta, Arizona, 9; Puig, Los Angeles, 9; BHamilton, Cincinnati, 7; JHarrison, Pittsburgh, 7; Revere, Philadelphia, 7; Span, Washington, 7.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL The Notre Dame Cougars blanked the Lindsay Thurber Raiders 2-0 in the boys final of the Fall Volleyball Classic high school tournament at RDC during the weekend. The third Red Deer team, the Hunting Hills Lightning, finished sixth. Eagle Butte defeated Brooks in the girls A-side championship final, while the Notre Dame JV squad downed the Sylvan Lake H.J. Cody Lakers in the consolation final. Hunting Hills fell in the semifinals while Lindsay Thurber lost in the quarterfinals. Rimbey downed Acme to take B-side honours and Rocky West Central JV beat Bentley in the B consolation finale.

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STAMPS: Chance “People aren’t expecting me to run. I’m not a design run-play runner,” Mitchell said. “I’m going to take off when the chance and opportunity are there.” It was reportedly on that rushing touchdown that Eskimos cornerback Pat Watkins yelled a homophobic slur at Mitchell loud enough for television microphones to pick up. Watkins and the Eskimos apologized on Monday when the Stampeders had the day off. Mitchell gave a statement Tuesday, but would not take questions from reporters.

ARTHUR: Denial Probably not, though, because this kind of thing happens over and over, and the TV ratings remain unbeatable. Junior Seau shot himself in the chest. Mike Webster died, his brain rotted. There was a brilliant book about the NFL’s despicable and outrageous attempts to suppress and deny the game’s role in brain trauma, called League of Denial. It was also a TV documentary. ESPN declined to run it after a meeting with the league. The NFL has ignored the abuse of

Sunday, Sept. 21 Columbus at Carolina, 11:30 a.m. Buffalo at Washington, 3 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 6 p.m. (split squad) Edmonton at Calgary, 6 p.m. (split squad)

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Monday, Sept. 22 Ottawa vs. N.Y. Islanders, 111:30 a.m. (split squad; at St. John’s, N.L.) Ottawa vs. N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. (split squad; at St. John’s, N.L.) New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Detroit at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Toronto vs. Philadelphia, 5 p.m. (at London, Ont.) Minnesota at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Anaheim at Colorado, 7 p.m. (split squad) Colorado at Anaheim, 8 p.m. (split squad) Los Angeles at Arizona, 8 p.m. (split squad) Arizona at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. (split squad) Tuesday, Sept. 23 Carolina at Buffalo, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Columbus, 5 p.m. Boston at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Nashville at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m. (split squad) Arizona at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Vancouver vs. San Jose, 8:30 p.m. (split squad; at Stockton, Calif.) Wednesday, Sept. 24 Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Washington at Boston, 5 p.m. Arizona vs. Calgary (at Sylvan Lake), 5 p.m. Dallas at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. (split squad) Toronto at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. (split squad) Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Sunday, September 14 Kootenay at Calgary, 2 p.m. Brandon at Moose Jaw, 4 p.m. 2014 NHL Pre-season Schedule NEW YORK, N.Y. — The 2014 National Hockey League pre-season schedule as announced by the league (all times Eastern):

Thursday

● High school football: Sylvan Lake Lakers at Rocky Mountain House Rebels, 4:30 p.m.; Ponoka Broncs at Wetaskiwin Sabres, 6:30 p.m.; Hunting Hills Lightning at Lacombe Rams, 7 p.m., MEGlobal Athletic Park. ● Preseason men’s college hockey: SAIT Trojans at RDC Kings, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

Friday

● High school football: Camrose Trojans at Stettler Wildcats, 4:30 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber Raiders at Notre Dame Cougars, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● WHL preseason: Edmonton Oil Kings at Red Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Centrium. Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Red Deer Vipers at Stettler Lightning, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

Friday, Sept. 26 Toronto at Buffalo, 5 p.m. Boston at Washington, 5 p.m. Montreal vs. Colorado, 5 p.m. (at Quebec City) Dallas at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. New Jersey ay N.Y. Islanders, 5:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Arizona at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 13 Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m. Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Everett at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Red Deer Vipers at Three Hills Thrashers, 8 p.m., Trochu; Mountainview Colts at Stettler Lightning, 8 p.m.

● Tennis: Red Deer Tennis Club Memorial Tournament. ● Peewee football: Innisfail at Red Deer Hornets, 10:30 a.m., Great Chief Park; Red Deer Steelers at Stettler, 11 a.m. ● Major midget girls hockey: Calgary Fire at Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● WHL preseason: Medicine Hat Tigers at Red Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Stettler. ● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Wetaskiwin Icemen at Ponoka Stampeders, 3:30 p.m.; Stettler Lightning at Red Deer Vipers, 7:30 p.m., Arena; Strathmore Wheatland Kings at Three Hills Thrashers, 8 p.m., Trochu.

Thursday, Sept. 25 New Jersey at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Nashville, 6 p.m. Columbus at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, September 12 Moose Jaw at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m. Swift Current at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m. Prince George at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Kelowna at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Seattle at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 012 000 000 — 3 7 0 Philadelphia110 010 10x — 4 8 1 Volquez, Ju.Wilson (7), J.Hughes (8) and R.Martin; D.Buchanan, De Fratus (7), Giles (8), Papelbon (9) and Ruiz. W—De Fratus 3-1. L—Ju.Wilson 3-4. Sv—Papelbon (36). HRs—Philadelphia, Galvis (2). Atlanta 000 202 000 — 4 7 1 Wash. 410 100 00x — 6 9 2 E.Santana, Varvaro (6), Avilan (7) and Bethancourt; Zimmermann, Barrett (7), Detwiler (8), Stammen (8), Storen (9) and W.Ramos. W—Zimmermann 11-5. L—E.Santana 14-8. Sv—Storen (4). HRs—Atlanta, J.Upton (27).

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WHL Preseason

Tuesday’s Major League Linescores

Monday’s Games L.A. Angels 12, Cleveland 3 Detroit 9, Kansas City 5 Toronto 8, Chicago Cubs 0 Baltimore 4, Boston 0 Chicago White Sox 5, Oakland 4, 12 innings Seattle 4, Houston 1

Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado

Saturday, Sept. 27 Florida at Nashville, 2 p.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 5 p.m. Florida at Nashville, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Anaheim at San Jose, 6 p.m. Dallas vs. St. Louis (at Kansas City, Mo.), 6 p.m.

Sunday

● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Ponoka Stampeders at Blackfalds Wranglers, 7:30 p.m.

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Football Alberta High school rankings (Last week’s rankings in parenthesis) Tier 1 1. (1) Cal Notre Dame, 0-0 2. (2) Cal Henry Wise Wood, 0-0 3. (3) Cal St. Francis, 0-0 4. (4) Sher Park Salisbury, 2-0 5. (5) Lethbridge Collegiate, 2-0 6. (7) Sher Park Bev Facey, 2-0 7. (6) Edm Harry Ainlay, 0-1 8. (8) Cal Bishop O’Byrne, 0-0 9. (9) St. Albert Bellerose, 1-0 10. (10) Lindsay Thurber, 1-0 Tier 2 1. (2) G Prairie St. Joseph’s, 2-0 2. (4) St. Albert Paul Kane, 1-0 3. (1) Okotoks Foothills, 1-1 4. (5) Leth Catholic Central, 1-1 5. (6) Raymond, 0-1 6. (7) Hunting Hills, 0-1 7. (8) Medicine Hat, 1-1 8. (3) Edm Austin O’Brien, 0-2 9. (9) Airdrie G McDougall, 0-0 10. (10) Okotoks H Trinity, 0-1

Tier 4 1. (1) Drumheller, 1-0-1 2. (2) Willow Creek, 1-0 3. (3) Ardrossan, 1-0 4. (4) Lloyd Holy Rosary, 3-0 5. (6) Cold Lake, 1-0 6. (5) Sexsmith, 0-1 7. (7) Cochrane 0-0 8. (8) Rocky Mt. House, 0-0 9. (9) Coaldale, 0-0 10 (10) Canmore, 0-1-1

Toronto Montreal Hamilton Ottawa

GP Calgary 10 Saskatchewan 10 Edmonton 10 Winnipeg 11 B.C. 10

CFL East Division W L T 3 7 0 3 7 0 2 7 0 1 9 0 West Division W L T 9 1 0 8 2 0 7 3 0 6 5 0 6 4 0

PF 235 183 193 141

PA Pt 262 6 258 6 235 4 258 2

PF 292 258 261 284 219

PA 168 205 211 282 187

Pt 18 16 14 12 12

Week 12 Friday’s games 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. CFL Statistics SCORING Touchdowns (Ru-running; Rc-receiving; Rt-kickoff/punt/missed/ blocked FG/punt return; D-defensive return) Name Team TD Ru Rc Rt D

painkillers and anti-inflammatories, and ex-players have launched another class-action lawsuit. An NFLPA poll in 2012 showed 78 per cent of players did not trust their team medical staffs. The NFL locked out its officials over pensions, and its players over extra profit. The NFL extorts cities for public money for stadiums. There are always plenty of outrages. They are not usually this brutal, and they are not usually caught on tape. Domestic violence is a much bigger problem than the NFL or Ray Rice. Rice should be in jail. But because he was not, the NFL covered for him. This is how it works. Roger Goodell’s job is to turn a $9 billion (U.S.) league into a $25 billion league. He has to please the 32 billionaires who run this league. He’s got a product that destroys many of its workers and requires a ruthless robber baron mentality. People love the product. People beg for more. The NFL should be ashamed. Roger Goodell should be ashamed. The Baltimore Ravens should be ashamed. The prosecutors who failed to put Ray Rice in jail should be ashamed. People shouldn’t have needed eight seconds of brutality to know this. But people love the NFL, so they did. Bruce Arthur is a sports columnist with the Toronto Star

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PLACEKICKING Name Team LHajrullahu Wpg RParedes Cgy GShaw Edm SWaters Tor PMcCallum BC CMilo Sask SWhyte Mtl JMedlock Ham BMaher Ott HO’Neill Edm

Tier 3 1. (1) Cardston, 2-0 2. (2) Cochrane, 0-1 3. (3) Cal Rundle College, 0-0 4. (4) Olds, 2-0 5. (6) Med Hat Cr Heights, 2-0 6. (8) St. Paul, 1-1 7. (NR) Taber, 2-0 8. (5) Sylvan Lake, 0-1 9. (9) Leth Win Churchill, 0-0 10. (7) St. Albert, 0-1

GP 10 10 9 10

Wpg Sask Edm Sask BC Cgy BC Ham Ham Cgy Cgy Tor Cgy Ott Tor Cgy Edm Wpg

8 4 0 6 0 0 2 2 4 0 4 3 4 3 0 3 0 0

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

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

C 26 32 21 21 17 24 15 18 12 4

FG 22 21 23 23 26 22 20 20 17 2

S 6 2 7 5 0 4 10 3 4 0

Pts 98 97 97 95 95 94 85 81 67 10

RUSHING Name NGrigsby BWhitaker AAllen CWalker AHarris WFord JCornish SLogan CSteele

Team Wpg Mtl Sask Ott BC Sask Cgy BC Tor

Att 130 125 83 101 91 74 64 77 59

Yds 623 559 477 458 435 420 413 391 338

Avg 4.8 4.5 5.7 4.5 4.8 5.7 6.5 5.1 5.7

TD 8 1 4 3 2 6 3 1 3

RECEIVING Name ABowman CDenmark MMcDaniel EArceneaux MHenry CTaylor RBagg NMoore DCarter COwens AHarris

Team Edm Wpg Cgy BC Ott BC Sask Wpg Mtl Tor BC

No 65 42 41 32 42 43 32 32 37 35 31

Yds 866 646 614 536 510 490 472 469 446 431 401

Avg 13.3 15.4 15.0 16.8 12.1 11.4 14.8 14.7 12.1 12.3 12.9

TD 6 1 4 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 3

PASSING Name TeamComp DWilly Wpg 228 RRay Tor 237 BMitchell Cgy 180 HBurris Ott 183 KGlenn BC 161 DDurant Sask 138 MReilly Edm 152 DLeFevourHam 101 TSmith Mtl 83 ZCollarosHam 80 MNichols Edm 59 JCrompton Mtl 51 JMasoli Ham 21 ABrink Mtl 33 TLulay BC 22

Att 348 360 289 308 256 228 230 149 174 122 102 81 45 61 35

TEAM OFFENCE (totals include losses) Team Pass Calgary 2461 Edmonton 2391

Pct 65.5 65.8 62.3 59.4 62.9 60.5 66.1 67.8 47.7 65.6 57.8 63.0 46.7 54.1 62.9

Yds 2889 2584 2426 2180 2151 1792 1631 1276 989 867 717 717 293 261 194

TD 12 16 15 6 9 8 11 4 4 4 4 1 1 0 0

Int Rating 11 89.6 10 90.1 4 100.5 7 78.1 11 83.3 5 87.8 6 91.8 4 92.0 4 63.6 3 87.0 2 84.5 5 69.8 3 47.7 2 51.3 0 77.6

Toronto Hamilton B.C. Saskatchewan Winnipeg Ottawa Montreal

2744 2436 2455 1944 2908 2382 1985

891 820 1072 1507 857 667 998

3635 3256 3527 3451 3765 3049 2983

TEAM DEFENCE (totals include losses) Team Pass B.C. 2022 Edmonton 2203 Calgary 2531 Hamilton 2292 Toronto 2327 Saskatchewan 2532 Winnipeg 2459 Montreal 2550 Ottawa 2790

Rush 1076 1026 818 789 1112 920 1376 1039 1291

Total Avg/Gm 3098 309.8 3229 322.9 3349 334.9 3081 342.3 3439 343.9 3452 345.2 3835 348.6 3589 358.9 4081 408.1

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Miami 1 0 01.000 33 N.Y. Jets 1 0 01.000 19 Buffalo 1 0 01.000 23 New England 0 1 0 .000 20 South W L T Pct PF Tennessee 1 0 01.000 26 Houston 1 0 01.000 17 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 17 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 24 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 1 0 01.000 23 Pittsburgh 1 0 01.000 30 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 27 Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 16 West Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

W 1 0 0 0

L 0 1 1 1

T Pct 01.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000

Total Avg/Gm 3815 381.5 3672 367.2

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

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PF 31 17 14 10

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 1 0 01.000 34 Washington 0 1 0 .000 6 Dallas 0 1 0 .000 17 N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 14 South W L T Pct PF Carolina 1 0 01.000 20 Atlanta 1 0 01.000 37 New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 34 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 14 North W L T Pct PF Minnesota 1 0 01.000 34 Detroit 1 0 01.000 35 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 20 Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 16 West W L T Pct PF Seattle 1 0 01.000 36 San Francisco 1 0 01.000 28 Arizona 1 0 01.000 18 St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 6 Monday’s Games Detroit 35, N.Y. Giants 14 Arizona 18, San Diego 17

Rush 1354 1281

363.5 361.8 352.7 345.1 342.3 304.9 298.3

PA 20 14 20 33 PA 10 6 34 31 PA 16 27 30 23 PA 24 18 19 26

PA 17 17 28 35 PA 14 34 37 20 PA 6 14 23 36 PA 16 17 17 34

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FRONT RDC, BLOOD SERVICE TEAM UP TODAY Red Deer College and Canadian Blood Services are joining forces to blood type as many students, faculty, staff and members of the public as they can. With a goal of blood typing up to 1,000 people, the 1,000 pokes campaign aims to rase awareness of the ongoing need for blood and recruit new donors. The one-day blood type event takes place today from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Red Deer College, at 100 College Blvd., by the main gym.

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Sylvan project OK’d COUNCIL APPROVES DEVELOPMENT AT LAKESHORE AND 50TH STREET BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A Sylvan Lake developer will be leaving his mark once again on the town’s lakeshore. On Monday, town council conditionally approved the Polar Creek Industries Inc. plan to turn a vacant former gas station site at the town’s most high-profile corner into an upscale strip mall. Polar Creek president Al Laplante said in a letter that two well-known large companies have already expressed interest in setting up shop in the one-and-a-half-storey building with room for six businesses. The L-shaped mall faces Centennial Street (50th Street) and Lakeshore Drive and has 30 parking spaces, including 21 in front. Polar Creek is part of an ownership group that has revamped the former Sylvan Lake Marina and is building a lakeside condominium project. Laplante could not be reached for com-

ment on his latest venture on Tuesday. Town spokeswoman Joanne Gaudet said council welcomed the addition of new commercial space at a site that has been vacant since Shell shut down its gas station and removed the pumps and cashier booth in 2012. “Overall, everyone was pretty excited to see this move forward. It’s one of our prime properties in the downtown and it definitely adds to the revitalization process,” said Gaudet on Tuesday. The project is good news for the town, which has been left with a vacant corner lot on the other side of the street for years after various developments failed to take seed. An underground garage, built for a failed condominium proposal, still sits beneath the small park that was created as a temporary beautification measure. Town planners had recommended the strip mall project be turned down because it did not meet a planning “pattern book” that calls for three-storey buildings in the area.

Laplante told the town’s municipal planning commission, which recommended approval earlier this month, that prospective tenants did not want to locate beneath residential space. The “simple economics of this location does not justify a large commercial/residential project,” he says. Rear parking was also not favoured by potential tenants. The one-and-a-half-storey option will give the building a bigger profile and “help stimulate the downtown core with a fresh new look as well as bring in some new key commercial businesses,” Laplante wrote to the commission. Gaudet said council has already pledged to review the pattern book and opted to go with Laplante’s design with some changes. The paint scheme is to be comply with the pattern book’s range and additional landscaping was requested. Council also added a condition that the facade wrap around the west-facing wall to improve its look. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer Art Club invites budding artists and established ones to join them Thursday afternoons from September to June. The events run from 1 to 4 p.m., and there will be mixing and mingling of water-based meidums. The afternoon is open to all who are interested in learning techniques and sharing ideas. Artists from the beginner to the advanced are welcome. For more details, phone 403-342-4242 or email reddeerartclub@gmail. com.

Leisure complex upgrades on track BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

WOMEN AND HARVEST DISCUSSED Women’s roles in harvesting will be the topic during the Central Alberta Historical Society annual meeting on Sept. 17. Kathleen Rains will be the speaker. The meeting is at 5:30 p.m. at the Pioneer Lodge at 4332 46A Ave. in Red Deer. Harvest supper is at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $25 for members, $27.50 for non-members. Tickets must be purchased by today. There will be a harvest door prize. For further information, call Shirley at 403-346-5218.

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This rose in Red Deer’s City Hall Park seems to be unaware of the conditions. The rest of us know all too well that the weather has dramatically worsened. Across Alberta, people have been treated to a blast of the kind of weather that usually comes later in the fall. Temperatures have plunged below normal levels with snow and rain falling throughout the region. Cold, snow and rain are forecast through today, with sunny skies and higher temperatures into the weekend.

Plans to renovate Lacombe’s sports and leisure complex to bring it up to modern safety codes are back on track. City council directed staff to do some more number crunching on the $10-million renovation project for the facility housing the city’s arena and pool. It requires expensive upgrades, including a $2.8-million sprinkler system to meet the latest safety regulations. Without improvements, parts of the second floor of the complex and west arena seating are off limits. The fire marshal has told the city that special permits — which may not be granted — will be required for those wishing to use those parts of the facility. Council looked this summer at whether to spend $10 million to do the safety code work and some lobby renovations, or include further upgrades, such as dressing room improvements, which would add about $4 million to the bill.

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Veterans museum proposal refused BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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Veterans Voices of Canada’s Allan Cameron will soldier on despite getting turned down for museum space by Sylvan Lake town council. Cameron approached council in July to enlist support for a Military Interest and Learning Centre. He hoped to find some unused space where he could set up his museum devoted to preserving the history, artifacts and stories of war veterans. However, council voted against the request on Monday night. A staff report recommended turning down the request on a number of fronts. Museums don’t fall under the mandate of municipalities, but fall under the jurisdiction of the provincial or federal governments. “Funding-wise or mandate-wise, it certainly doesn’t fall under the municipality,” said town spokeswoman Joanne Gaudet on Tuesday. Despite that, staff did take a look at what

town space was available. Using the former town hall was not an option because the estimated selling cost of $800,000 has been built into the 10-year capital plan. Using that aging building would also require extensive renovations to bring it up to museum-quality standards. Adding a museum to the NexSource Centre, a new multiplex already in the planning stages, won’t work because the town is trying to trim costs to keep the project within budget and doesn’t want more add-ons. There is space available now in the basement of the new municipal building but it is expected to be needed. “Logistically, we didn’t have the space and we don’t have the budget,” Gaudet said. However, some town staff have a lot of experience with museums and are willing to lend a hand to Veterans Voices in putting together a business plan or providing other advice. Cameron was disappointed the town couldn’t offer more direct help but remains undaunted. “Definitely it will happen,” he said. He said he has faced barriers before and

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always managed to get through in the end and this will be no different. “I never give up,” he added. “We’ve got the contents of a museum basically. I’ve got people willing to help run it. “This will be something pretty special for the whole of Central Alberta.” Cameron formed the non-profit Veterans Voices eight years ago to preserve the memories of Canada’s veterans. He has videotaped interviews with hundreds of veterans and collected artifacts from past conflicts. One of his latest projects will see a temporary memorial adorn the fence line belonging to Blue Grass Sod Farms alongside Hwy 11, two km east of the Hwy 20 intersection. In the last few weeks before Remembrance Day, Veterans Voices of Canada volunteers will place 115 Canadian flags on the fence posts, with each flag to represent 1,000 of the Canadians killed in battle during the First World War. For more information, see www.vetvoicecan.org. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer Emergency Services and the Red Deer RCMP invite the public to join them for the annual memorial march, honouring first responders who have lost their life in the line of duty. On Thursday at 9:30 a.m., the ceremony starts at the west steps of City Hall Park, at 4914 48th Ave. Honour guards and uniformed members of the Red Deer Emergency Services and the RCMP will gather for the ceremony, which runs until about 10 a.m. Canadian and City of Red Deer flags will be lowered to half-mast and the wreaths of remembrance will be laid, followed by a minute of silence to recognize and honour law enforcement officers, EMS members and firefighters who have made died while serving their communities.

Outdoor hockey festival to feature MacLean here Red Deer will be one of 25 locations in Canada that Ron MacLean visits when he takes his hometown hockey TV show on the road this fall and winter. MacLean, a popular television host who hails from Red Deer, will be in Red Deer on Nov. 2 with hockeythemed festivities and an outdoor viewing party. The location has not yet been disclosed. MacLean and his wife Cari were in Red Deer in August as honourary chairs of the Red Deer Canada Games bid committee. On Thursday, Red Deer learned it will host the Canada Games in 2019. The Rogers Hometown Hockey and Ron MacLean road show starts on Oct. 11 in London, Ont., and ends April 5 in Kanata, Ont. Each week during the 2014-15 NHL season, the tour will roll into a different community with free outdoor hockey festivities for all ages, culminating in an outdoor viewing party of an NHL game broadcast every Sunday. MacLean will host live from that community, via the Sportsnet mobile studio. The weekend will include interactive games, skills and drills competitions, a winter market of food and culture, merchandise giveaways and local entertainers. Meet and greets with NHL alumni, local hockey heroes and celebrities will be part of the program. For details and other communities the tour will visit, check www.sportsnet.ca/ and click on the hometown hockey link.

Groping suspect assessed by mental health experts Forensic psychiatrists have been asked to assess the mental health status of a man accused of groping women at various public locations in Red Deer. Blaise Kambu-Ndengi, 21, faces numerous charges laid by police investigating complaints that a man had

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Ron MacLean will visit Red Deer on Nov. 2 as part of the Rogers Hometown Hockey festivities. been touching women inappropriately. Kambu-Ndengi was arrested outside the Port O’ Call Safeway in Red Deer on July 7 by police investigating a confrontation that began inside the store. Red Deer City RCMP allege that store staff chased a man into the parking lot, where they were assisted by two members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team who happened to be passing by. Released from custody on July 23, Kambu-Ndengi has been taking treatment in the psychiatric unit of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, defence lawyer Michael Scrase advised Judge Jim Hunter in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday. Physicians treating Kambu-Ndengi believe that he may have schizophrenia, said Scrase. He asked the court to order an assessment to determine if his client suffers a mental health condition that could render him not criminally responsible for the alleged offences. The assessment is to be performed at the Forensic Assessment Outpatient Service centre in Calgary. Scrase and his client return to court on Oct. 8 to address results of the report.

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LACOMBE: No interest from county, Blackfalds in larger project In a surprise move, council opted in a 4-3 vote last month to put the project on the back burner for three months and directed administration to discuss

CheckStop campaign results in two local charges Two people have been charged with impaired driving and their vehicles have been seized by Red Deer RCMP as part of a national CheckStop campaign. On Friday, local RCMP took part in the force’s national campaign to crackdown on impaired drivers. To do so, they set up two CheckStops in Red Deer. Those CheckStops yielded two alleged impaired drivers arrested and charged, and the seizure of their vehicles for three days. There was also one suspected driver charged and that driver’s vehicle seized for at least 30 days. There was also one warrant executed and 12 other tickets issued. “Impaired driving-related collisions, injuries and deaths are completely preventable,” said Sgt. Al Nickolson in a news release. “If you are going to be drinking, plan ahead and don’t drive.” Local police warn that they actively patrol for driving violations on every shift using marked and unmarked police vehicles.

sharing costs with neighbouring municipalities on a regional recreational facility, which could cost $60 million to $70 million. Blackfalds and Lacombe County were approached and both said they had no immediate plans to embark on that kind of project, council was informed. Based on that response, renovations were back on the table and council plans to look to funding help from the other two municipalities as well as pursue other fundraising opportunities. Administration has also been directed to meet with the building industry to see if renovation costs can be trimmed. More administration work will also be done on how to phase the project and its impact on the 10-year capital plan.

Climate change bad news for birds: Audubon The flip side of a one-dollar coin may be the only place most Canadians will be able to see a loon by the end of the century, suggests new research from the Audubon Society. The beloved bird with its haunting ululations is one of 314 species — almost half of North America’s birds — whose habitat is threatened by climate change, says a report by the environmental organization. “We were all a little bit surprised with just how many species were going to lose more than half their current climate space in such a short space of time,” Gary Langham, the project’s lead investigator, said Tuesday. The society used 30 years of climate data and tens of thousands of observations from both citizens and scientists to conclude that 126 species could lose more than half their current range by 2050 — with no chance of moving elsewhere. Another 188 species could lose the same amount of habitat by 2080, but could be able to make up for part of that by moving north. By then, the common loon — familiar throughout Canada’s cottage and camping country — would be largely forced into the Northwest Territories and the northern thirds of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario to breed. About 25 per cent of its non-breeding range and 44 per cent of its breeding range would

remain, the report says. The same fate is likely to befall the white-throated sparrow. Its call of “Oh, sweet Canada Canada Canada” could eventually be heard over only 27 per cent of its original breeding range, the rest shifting far to the north of its current home, the report suggests. The problem for birds is that habitats can’t keep up with the speed of climate change. Langham points to the bobolink, a grassland bird of the U.S. Midwest. By 2080, that bird’s favoured climate will probably have moved north to the middle of Canada’s boreal forest. “It either has to figure out a way to make a living in a very different climate space or it has to figure out a way to make a living in the boreal forest, which won’t move as fast as the birds do,” Langham said. “Birds have wings. Trees don’t.” Langham said he hopes the society’s conclusions will encourage people to do what they can to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He also points out that the research shows where bird habitat is likeliest to remain stable, giving governments a chance to ensure those places remain hospitable. “There are certain places that don’t change very much for the bird’s climate space. We can now have conversations about, OK, this area’s going to stay stable. Is it protected? Are we managing it to help the bird that’s going to depend on it?” One of those places is likely to be Canada’s boreal forest, said Jeff Wells, an ornithologist at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.

Eight homes on Turner Crescent in the Timberlands neighbourhood of Red Deer are under a boil water advisory until Saturday, at the earliest. The advisory was issued after a water main break during a service connection on Tuesday. It was issued as a precautionary measure only. According to a release from the City of Red Deer, the water supply mixed with surrounding soil from excavation work. Samples of the water will be sent to Alberta Health Services to determine if contamination has occurred. City staff are going door-to-door to advise affected residents in the area. Residents are asked to bring water to a rolling boil for at least one minute prior to drinking, cooking, washing food or brushing teeth. Following satisfactory results of water sample testing, AHS could rescind the boil water order by Saturday at the earliest, but city staff will inform affected residents when the advisory is lifted. This is the second time in as many weeks that a boil water advisory has been issued in the city. Last week, residents on Botterill Crescent in Bower had to boil water. That situation has been resolved. For more information, contact the city’s Environmental Services Department at 403-342-8750.

Council is also going to decide if a minimum fundraising target must be met. Stantec Consulting will draw up a memorandum of understanding with Superior Safety Codes to outline what upgrades are necessary. Mayor Steve Christie, who was concerned about council’s decision to delay the renovation, was pleased with the latest turn. “I’m just happy to see we’re moving forward with regards to the building and safety codes issues within the building,” he said. Christie said if renovation costs come in less than expected, there may be an opportunity to add other improvements to the project. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Scientist resigns over fudged data BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A neuroscientist has resigned from the University of Calgary after an investigation found his team had manipulated data. Dr. Cory Toth conducted research involving diabetes, ALS and dementia. Suspicions were raised in January 2013 on the website Retraction Watch, prompting an investigation from the university, which found research was manipulated. As a result, nine studies authored by Toth dating back to 2008 have had to be retracted. The studies were published in prestigious medical journals such as Neurosciences, Neurobiology of Disease, Brain, Diabetes, and Molecular Pain, and retraction notices have since been posted stating “portions of the data were not performed properly and represent manipulation.” Toth said in an April email to Retraction Watch that “this has been a devastatingly bad year for my laboratory and my career.” “There is clearly data that was recycled in different forms rather than being newly performed in at least a small portion of each of the manuscripts implicated. “I am significantly apologetic, remorseful, and embarrassed that this occurred under my watch. Please know that I will not be publishing in the world of science in the future.” Toth resigned in March.

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DUTCH REPORT STOPS SHORT OF PINNING MH17 CRASH ON MISSILE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was likely struck by multiple “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft,” causing it to break up over eastern Ukraine, a preliminary report into the deadly aviation disaster concluded Tuesday. The report by the Dutch Safety Board stopped short of saying the Boeing 777 was shot down by a missile but its findings point to that conclusion. It also did not say who might have been responsible. The Boeing 777 suddenly plunged out of the sky July 17 over territory held by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew on board. “The damage observed in the forward section of the aircraft appears to indicate that the aircraft was penetrated by a large number of high-energy objects from outside the aircraft,” the report said. “It is likely that this damage resulted in a loss of structural integrity of the aircraft, leading to an in-flight break up.” The board is leading the international investigation into the cause of the disaster. Its full report is expected within a year. “The initial results of the investigation point toward an external cause of the MH17 crash,” the board’s chairman, Tjibbe Joustra, said in a statement. “More research will be necessary to determine the cause with greater precision. The Safety Board believes that additional evidence will become available for investigation in the period ahead.” Christopher Yates, an aviation safety specialist at Yates Consulting, told The Associated Press the report “is extremely consistent with damage from a missile for the simple reason there are penetration marks. “It must have been moving at very high velocity to create the damage,” he said. “It could only be a missile of the type that would reach the altitude that would have struck the aircraft” — potentially a Buk missile. He said the report gave no indica-

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A woman visits a memorial site for the victims of the MH17 air disaster at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday. The Dutch team investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Eastern Ukraine says the crash was likely caused by the plane being hit by multiple “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft.” The preliminary report published Tuesday by the Dutch Safety Board stopped short of saying the Boeing 777 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile, but its findings appear to point to that conclusion. The Boeing 777 was blown out of the sky July 17 over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew on board. tion whether the missile had been fired from the ground or from another aircraft, but it likely came from the ground as there were no military aircraft known to have been flying at the time. The missile could not have been shoulder-fired because it would not have reached the necessary altitude, Yates added.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak welcomed the report, saying in a statement that its key conclusion “leads to the strong suspicion that a surface-to-air missile brought MH17 down, but further investigative work is needed before we can be certain.” Because of fighting between the Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces, investigators from the board

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have not visited the fields in eastern Ukraine where the wreckage of Flight 17 plunged to the ground. That likely contributed to the board’s cautious assessment of what happened. “Detailed examination of the structural damage is ongoing,” the report said. “Forensic examination will be performed if the wreckage can be removed.”

Shark kills man despite rescue attempt BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — President BaSYDNEY, Australia — A shark rack Obama will address the nation killed a man Tuesday at eastern AusWednesday night to outline plans for tralia’s popular Byron Bay despite a an expanded U.S. effort to confront beachgoer’s brave rescue attempt, poviolent Islamic State militants in Iraq lice said. and Syria. Beachgoer Mark Hickey swam 15 “The president believes this is a to 20 metres into the water at Clarkes high national security priority,” White Beach to retrieve the severely woundHouse spokesman Josh Earnest said. ed victim, Police Inspector Bobbie CulAhead of his remarks to the Amerilen said. can people, Obama was meeting TuesHe received medical treatment on day with congressional leaders from the beach but did not survive, Cullen both parties. White House officials said. have said Obama wants “buy-in” for “A gentleman who was on the beach his strategy from lawmakers, but they went out and located the gentleman have not specified what that means or and pulled him in,” Cullen told reportwhether the president will seek a forers. “Absolutely it is (an extraordinary File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS mal authorization for military action. act of bravery) and we can only thank As he headed to the White House This image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, which is him for his efforts.” meeting, Senate Minority Leader consistent with AP reporting, shows a convoy of vehicles and fighters from Hickey, a 52-year-old lawyer on vaMitch McConnell told reporters Obama the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters in Iraq’s cation at Byron Bay, told Ten Network “should be seeking congressional ap- Anbar Province. The Islamic State group holds roughly a third of Iraq and Syria, television news that he saw the shark proval, period, for whatever he decides including several strategically important cities like Fallujah and Mosul in Iraq and and its bloodied victim and swam out to do.” to try to rescue the man as the shark “There’s pretty broad bipartisan Raqqa in Syria. It rules over a population of several million people. attacked again. support here for dealing with this “I went out there and, I don’t know, group of terrorists,” McConnell said. “As a practical matter, I don’t really resent Democrats in the meeting with I just thought I’ve got to get this guy in But some lawmakers say the presiand that’s what I tried to do,” Hickey see the time that it would take to really the president. dent has the authority under the Conget this out and have a full debate and The U.S. is already launching air- said. stitution and no new vote is necessary. He said the man had apparently discuss all the issues,” Rep. Howard strikes against Islamic State targets in Others are reluctant to vote weeks be“Buck” McKeon, R-California, told re- Iraq, action taken at the request of the bled to death in the water. Ten reportfore midterm elections. porters after a closed-door briefing Iraqi government and without formal ed that the shark had bitten through In his speech, administration offion national security threats. He said authorization from Congress. But the the victim’s wetsuit on his upper right cials said, Obama is expected to outhis panel has 62 members and they’d mission the president is expected to thigh, tearing off much of his leg. 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Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are garnering awards buzz for their performances as Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde in ‘The Theory of Everything.’

Actor getting Oscar buzz for Hawking role BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Eddie Redmayne is already garnering Oscar buzz for his transformative performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. In the romantic biopic, Redmayne embodies Hawking’s physical deterioration from his diagnosis with ALS as a 21-year-old Cambridge student to his eventual loss of speech and mobility. The story is told through the prism of his relationship with first love Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones). Director James Marsh said Monday at the Toronto International Film Festival that the 32-year-old English actor

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BRIEFS Birds of Chicago to perform at Fratters Speakeasy Birds of Chicago will perform everything from mountain gospel to street corner doo-wop and classic soul music today at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer. The husband-wife team of JT Nero (of JT & the Clouds) and Allison Russell (of the Toronto group Po’ Girl), combined their forces to become the core of the collective Birds of Chicago. The two first struck gold working together on Nero’s release Mountains/ Forests, which reached No. 2 on U.S. folk critics’ list for 2011. The Birds of Chicago song I Have Heard Words was since featured on the blogs Smart Girls (written by SNL alum Amy Poehler) and Soul Pancake, by Rainn Wilson of The Office TV show. Nero writes songs inspired by Mark Twain and Sam Cooke, while Russell’s voice has been compared to that of Ma

— best known as Marius in 2012’s Les Miserables — worked intensely to master the role. “(He prepared) at great length and great detail and with great dedication and application of amazing months and months and months of physical work on his voice and how he moves, and to master a progressive disability that starts with someone who can walk to someone who’s lame to someone who’s lame with a stick and then with two sticks,” he said. “Each one involved details he had to totally internalize. And on any given day we would hop from one to the other, so this on a technical level is an amazing achievement.” Since the film premiered to a warm

standing ovation at the fest on Sunday evening, critics have lauded both lead actors. The Hollywood Reporter said “Redmayne will be tough to beat in the best actor race,” while Deadline called Jones’s performance “fierce but understated.” Marsh, who won an Academy Award in 2008 for the documentary Man on Wire, also praised Redmayne for expressing Hawking’s inner turmoil as he became less able to communicate verbally. “But (a) greater achievement still is the emotional life of the character he projects out of the diminished physical circumstances the character finds himself in. That’s the performance, and that works so beautifully,” he said.

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story in a hushed theatre. Son of a civil rights lawyer and a fiddle player, MacLean often follows in his father’s footsteps, with his concerns for social justice leading him to perform in prisons, soup kitchens, picket lines and hospices. MacLean has played on radio and TV shows, including CNN Today, CBC 90 Minutes Live, Touch the Earth, Canada Live and Saturday Night Blues. But he also remains a bit of a blues hobo, performing on the street when the opportunity arises. There’s a $10 cover for the 8:30 p.m. show at Fratters, which is a Central Music Festival event. For more information, call 403-356-0033.

Doc MacLean bringing the blues to Red Deer Canada’s relentlessly touring bluesman Doc MacLean performs on Saturday at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer. Toronto-based MacLean has appeared across North America at clubs and blues festivals. His legendary road trips encompass some 200-plus dates each year. In 2006, MacLean released his critically acclaimed Narrow House album, which plotted an emotional remapping of contemporary, Delta-rooted music. Produced by Colin Linden, the recording is driven by MacLean’s distinctive vocals and bare fingers guitar. MacLean has opened for many blues legends over the years, including Muddy Waters and John Hammond. He’s also shared the bill with Linden, B.B. King, Duke Robillard, Downchild and many other artists. The musician feels equally comfortable leading a workshop, priming a rowdy blues festival crowd or telling a

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TORONTO — The new Sloan record, Commonwealth, distinguishes itself in many ways: it’s a double album, the second-longest of the band’s career; it’s divided into four sides, each a solo showcase for one of the quartet’s creative engines; and the final song is 18 minutes long, an Andrew Scott-penned marathon of superglued song sketches. And despite all that, the new Sloan record essentially sounds quite a bit like a Sloan record. Of course, that can be said of pretty much everything in their catalogue since their adolescent (if audacious) debut recordings Peppermint and Smeared came out in 1992. Little that they’ve done since 1994’s Twice Removed has sounded much like what was going on in rock music, but it’s all sounded of a piece: sure-footed, polished power pop. “From our second record on, it’s like, what year is that, 1981? Or 1965? Or 2008?” pointed out Chris Murphy recently, surrounded at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel by his bandmates Scott, Jay Ferguson and Patrick Pentland. “A lot of the songs — I don’t know about all of them — could be on any of the records. It’s fairly interchangeable. Except for a deliberate attempt to make a streamlined record on our 2003 record, Action Pact, it’s been pretty much just an eclectic, whatever you’ve got at the time (process). I could probably take all the songs that we have, which is 200 of them, and I could probably create albums out of it with different sounds or something.” ing some sweet harmonies in Red Deer. John Antoniuk and Jen Lane, the singers behind the Jen & John duets album, will perform on Thursday at the Velvet Olive. The Saskatoon-based performers usually keep their projects separate. Antoniuk has put out the solo albums Smokekiller and Always With You, while Lane got three of her four last releases nominated for the Western Canadian Music Awards. But after rubbing shoulders at various music events, the two artists began collaborating on songwriting. They found their personal chemistry came through in original tunes they recorded for the Jen & John album (which also contains fun covers of Ryan Adams’s Oh My Sweet Carolina and J.J. Cale’s Crazy Mama). For more information about the local Antoniuk and Lane performance, call 403-340-8288.

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Spirit of the West frontman John Mann diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, band says TORONTO — Vancouver folk-rock band Spirit of the West says that lead singer John Mann has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. In a posting on its website, Spirit of the West says Mann’s condition has been “a quiet but profound challenge” for the band. It says Mann and his wife Jill wanted to make the announcement so that he can more honestly and openly face the “new normal” of his life. The posting says the diagnosis had been kept among friends and family to give Mann and his loved ones time to come to grips with its ramifications. The band says there is no way to know precisely how the future will unfold but notes they plan to carry on “a little longer” for their fans. The posting says Mann has begun to learn new strategies for day-to-day living, and his voice and energy haven’t suffered. “To our faithful fans, we thank you for years of support and love,” the posting says. “We ask you to stand with us as we turn the page to the next chapter in the long career you have so graciously given us.”

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Actor Haley Joel Osment is in Toronto promoting Tusk at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

Haley Joel Osment says being a former child star is a ‘double-edged sword’

No Broadway dimming of lights for Joan Rivers, despite a Tony Award nomination NEW YORK — Despite being a long champion of New York theatre, Joan Rivers will not be memorialized by the dimming of Broadway’s lights. The Broadway League, which represents theatre owners and producers, has decided that Rivers did not meet the criteria for the honour. Rivers, who died Thursday at 81, was known primarily as a TV actress and comedian, though she often attended Broadway and off-Broadway shows and earned a Tony Award nomination. Some celebrities who have been recently granted the honour include Philip Seymour Hoffman and James Gandolfini, whose film careers often overshadowed their theatre contributions. Rivers wrote and starred in the 1971 quick-toclose Fun City, was in Neil Simon’s Broadway Bound in 1988, and wrote and starred in Sally Marr And Her Escorts in 1994, where she earned her Tony nod.

Her 19th season beginning, Judge Judy offering fans a free book NEW YORK — Judge Judy is offering advice to women free of charge. Television’s most popular judge is celebrating the 19th season opening of her syndicated show Monday by offering her new book, What Would Judy Say: Be the Hero of Your Own Story, for free to anyone who wants it. The book offers plainspoken advice primarily for women, telling them not to let anyone besides themselves define what makes them happy. It is filtered through stories of the charmed life of retired New York Family Court Judge Judy Sheindlin. She can afford to be generous. With Judge Judy atop the daytime TV ratings, TV Guide reported last year that Sheindlin is by far the highest paid person on television with an annual salary of $47 million. She hasn’t commented upon or disputed the number. “You should want to give something back,” she said. “If you can share with the people who’ve been good to you ... do it. Not everything has to be a money-making operation. You do things sometimes because it makes you feel good.” Sheindlin has written a handful of books, starting with 1996’s Don’t Pee On My Leg and Tell Me It’s Raining. She said her stepdaughter encouraged her to write the latest one. The 71-year-old TV jurist is signed to continue her show through 2017. With ratings continuing to grow, she doesn’t see an end in sight. “Am I tired? No,” she said. “Do I still get a kick out of what I do? Absolutely. I always say that when I see that needle start to go in the other direction, when people have had enough of me, I’m going to be smart enough to say goodbye. It’s such a joyous ride to be on top, and it takes away from that ride if you sort of ride it down.”

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Haley Joel Osment says being a former child star is a “double-edged sword.” The 26-year-old actor is still known to many as the kid who could see dead people in The Sixth Sense, or for his starring turns in films like A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Pay it Forward. Osment said in an interview during the Toronto International Film Festival that he’s grateful for his early success but it “burns an image into people’s minds.” “When you’re a kid and you grow up, it takes some time for people to associate you with more things other than that initial thing. So it’s a challenge but I’ve been lucky enough to do a lot of projects recently that are all over the map,” he said. “It’s created a lot of opportunities that I wouldn’t have had otherwise.” In Kevin Smith’s new horror-comedy Tusk, screening at the fest, Osment plays a bearded, wise-cracking podcaster. He springs into action to save his friend (Justin Long) who is abducted by a Canadian serial killer who turns people into creepy, humanoid walruses. It’s the latest project in which Osment reveals a new side of himself. He has also been praised for his voice-acting in the Kingdom Hearts video games and for his role in IFC miniseries The Spoils of Babylon. Osment said it’s impossible to shed the image that fans have of him — and he wouldn’t necessarily want to. “I think it would be a mistake to consciously try and fight it. I’m very proud of those films. It’s a really happy thing,” he said. “You try and do something to try and shatter that image in people’s minds, it’s kind of not a nice thing to do to your audience. I think I

would be trying too hard, you know?” His first film role was in Forrest Gump as the title character’s son — “Yeah, that’s not a bad way to start,” Osment laughed — which he said he landed after the casting director saw him in a Pizza Hut commercial. Osment still hears from The Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan, whom he called “a great guy.” “I will never forget how easygoing he was in this movie,” he said. “Making The Sixth Sense, he was 28 or something. He had all this enormous pressure and big Hollywood producers over his shoulder and everything, and I remember he would just be bouncing a basketball in his director’s chair, just very at ease.” Osment was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the supernatural thriller, an experience he says is still hard to put into words. “I remember thinking, ’This is crazy,”’ he said. “But what’s kind of nice is everybody at the Oscars — veterans or newcomers — most people have that kind of wonder because it’s so many people in the same room that you come to love through film and everything.” He recalled that he was about to start filming A.I. Artificial Intelligence at the time and director Steven Spielberg offered him some wisdom. “He said, ’The best part of the Oscars is not what’s on the telecast. It’s that moment when they go to commercial and everybody runs around trying to shake hands with the people that they’re fans of.’ And that was true,” he said. “Jude Law (and I) were nominated in the same category and then we made ’A.I.’ shortly after. I remember him coming all the way across the room and going, ’Did you hear we’re going to be robots in this movie?’ That was kind of cool.”

Schwarzenegger attends climate change event, portrait unveiling BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arnold Schwarzenegger made a rare political appearance on Monday in Sacramento to promote California’s fight against climate change and to unveil his official portrait as governor. Three years after leaving office, the Republican was attending a climate symposium with current Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown. Organizers are using the state’s policies on the issue to prompt further action ahead of United Nations climate-change conferences in Peru and Paris. “Countries and regions need to learn from the

many successful initiatives pioneered in California and elsewhere,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wrote in a welcome message to those at the meeting in Sacramento. During his tenure, Schwarzenegger signed California’s landmark 2006 global-warming law, called AB32, which paved the way for the state’s cap-and-trade system for controlling greenhouse-gas emissions by the worst polluters. The gathering on Monday was held at a 250-seat auditorium at the headquarters of the California Environmental Protection Agency. It will feature research experts, businesses executives from Apple Inc. and UPS Inc., as well as actor-activist Ed Begley Jr.

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BAGGALEY Lenore Joyce “Norie” Oct. 28, 1927 - Sept. 3, 2014 Mom passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on September 3, 2014. She was predeceased by her husband Thomas “Tom”, her mom and dad, Edna and Fred Hain, her older brother Bruce and younger sister Doreen and by her greatgreat-grandchild Kaytannah. Lenore will be lovingly remembered by her brother Bill (Ona) and sister June (Doug); children Mary Anne (Greg), Jim (Linda), and Ken (Chris); grandchildren Tracy (Bill), Kim (Kevin), Thomas, and Alayne; greatgrandchildren Trisha, Tasha (Tim), Trenna, Jessie, and Sammy; great-greatgrandchildren Jorja, Jared, Lily, Kaiden, Silas and Richard; as well as many other relatives and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, 4718-50 Street, Red Deer on Wednesday, September 10 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Lenore’s name to the Lending Cupboard at 5406-43 Street, Red Deer. To express condolences to Lenore’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com Arrangements Entrusted To PONOKA FUNERAL HOME ~ A Wombold Family Funeral Home ~

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COMEAU Robert “Bob” Arthur Nov. 27,1935 - Aug. 29, 2014 Bob Comeau passed away peacefully after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his loving wife, Margaret, his son, Guy Comeau, his daughter, Tara Mulrooney, son-in-law, Pat, and grandsons; Dane and Dustin. As per his wishes, a funeral service will not be held. 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

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.

QUARTEL (Nee Zuidhof) Afina Willemina Dec. 26, 1933 - Sept. 7, 2014 Called to her eternal home by her Heavenly Father, we lovingly remember Afina, a loving wife to Jack, for almost sixty years. She was born in Oterdum, The Netherlands. Immigrating to Canada in 1951 with her family, they resided in Taber working in the sugar beets for one year. Red Deer was the next place of residence where she met Jack. She was a nursing aid in the Red Deer Hospital until just after they were married. They exchanged wedding vows on October 29, 1954 and spent many wonderful years together. Living on an acreage outside of Red Deer, they ran a trucking business together and raised a family. In 1978, they moved back into Red Deer in the Pines and in 2009, moved to their present condominium home. She was a wonderful mother and homemaker. She made many wonderful meals, enjoyed reading, handicrafts such as sewing, knitting and crocheting. In earlier years, she sang in the “Song Birds”, a church choir and served as a Calvinette Counselor for young girls. She loved taking time for the elderly and spent many hours volunteering each week at the Red Deer Nursing Home, and also delivered many “Meals on Wheels” with Jack. Afina loved people, and visiting, and cared deeply for them! She had a deep faith and tried to encourage those around her gently in their faith whether it was her children, grandchildren, friends or church family. She is lovingly remembered by her husband, Jack; John and Donna Quartel of Lacombe and their children, Sarah, Michael (and Kristin), Laura; Harvey and Trudy Quartel of Sturgeon County and their children, Stephanie (and Carmelo), Bradley and Matthew; Marion and Don Reitsma of Alhambra and their children, Marisa (and Devon Prins and their child - Landon), Michelle (and Shae Lowther and their child - Reece), Krystal; and Mike Quartel of Red Deer. She is also survived by her sister Grieta Winter of Red Deer and her sister-in-law Rika Zuidhof of Taber, as well as Jack’s siblings: Adri Boer of Zuid Byerland, Sien Blok of Emmeloord, and Ella & Wim Tuk of Klaaswaal - all of The Netherlands, along with numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. A Graveside Service will be held at Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. for family members and close friends. A Memorial Service will take place at the First Christian Reformed Church, 16 McVicar Street, Red Deer on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made in Afina’s honour to the CFGB (Canadian Food Grains Bank). 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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BEAULIEU Mitch September 5, 2014 Mitch was born to John and Margaret Beaulieu on February 23, 1961. He grew up and went to school in Makwa, Saskatchewan. Mitch was a free spirit and mischievous in his youth, which sometimes got him into trouble with the teachers. He met his true love Myrtle at a wedding dance. They began their courtship and were married in 1979. They were gifted with four beautiful daughters: Angie, Lindsay, Chasity and Kelsey. He loved being a father and would often do anything he could for his girls. He became a grandpa to Loki in 2004. He loved building things and spending time with Loki. Mitch spent his career as a 2nd class power engineer. During the past ten years, he worked overseas in many different countries. He enjoyed working with different cultures and even learned to speak and understand two foreign languages. He had a gift for learning new languages. He would do anything for his wife… if she could dream it, he could create it. He was a master at creating posters and spreadsheets for his work and for his family. After years of dreaming about owning a Harley, in 2013, he fulfilled that dream. His first motorcycle trip was from Golden, BC to Vancouver. Mitch is survived by his loving wife, Myrtle, their daughters: Angie, Lindsay (Jesse Bursey), Chasity, and Kelsey and their grandson, Loki. Mitch is also survived by two brothers, two sisters, and numerous other relatives and friends. A Memorial Service will be held at CrossRoads Chapel, 38105 R.R.275, Red Deer County, on Friday, September 12, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. 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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Obituaries MATSON Alfred Matson of Red Deer, Alberta, formerly of Bluffton, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Friday, September 5, 2014 at the age of 91 years. Alfred was born on December 30, 1922 to Charles and Anna Matson, and grew up in the Iola District. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1944 to 1946 and served overseas. In 1949, he was united in marriage to Hannah Neufeld of Didsbury, and together they farmed in Iola until 1973. Alfred and his family then moved to Bluffton and established and operated “Whispering Hope”, a home for handicapped children. For over twenty years they loved and cared for over fifty children with special needs. In 2003, Alfred and Hannah retired and relocated to Red Deer. Alfred will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his beloved wife, Hannah; his children: Dennis (Rachel) Matson of Boyle, Alberta; Doris (Art) Fleming of Wallace, Idaho; Wayne (Elizabeth) Matson of Red Deer; Cindy (Bob) McColm of Lloydminster; Myron Matson of Red Deer; Collette Miller of Wetaskiwin; and Jenine Matson of Red Deer; his son-in-law, Rick Goings of Newfoundland; as well as nineteen grandchildren and thirty-one great grandchildren. He will also be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by two brothers, Bill Matson of Bluffton; and Charlie Matson of Vancouver, B.C.; in addition to many nieces and nephews, other relatives, and a host of friends. Alfred was predeceased by his parents, Charles and Anna; his daughter, Joyce Goings; infant twins; his brothers, Oscar and Otto; and his sisters, Fanny Matson, Betty Daniluk, and Esther Soderberg. A Public Funeral Service in Alfred’s Honour will be held at the Hoadley Evangelical Missionary Church, Hoadley on Friday, September 12, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor Barry Klassen and Pastor Ken Lehman officiating. A Family Interment will precede the Funeral Service in the Hoadley Cemetery, Hoadley. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Alfred’s Memory may be made directly to the Hoadley Evangelical Missionary Church ~ Building and Expansion Fund, c/o R.R. #2, Bluffton, Alberta T0C 0M0. Condolences to the Family may also be expressed by email to: special_reflections@telusplanet.net Funeral and Burial Arrangements for the Late Alfred Matson entrusted to the care of

In Memoriam

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

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Class Registrations

ASHLEY & FRIENDS PLAYSCHOOL Accepting Fall Registrations 3-5 yr. olds. Limited Space avail. 403-343-7420

KARATE KIDS

Give your child the gift of confidence. Cheney Karate Studios, Red Deer’s most trusted name in Martial Arts is now accepting registration for all adult & children’s programs starting Sept.. Enrollment is limited. (403) 347-9020 www.cheneykarate.com

Coming Events

All Visits are Free. No Obligation. Compliments of Local Businesses. Are you new to the neighbourhood? Expecting a Baby? Planning a Wedding?

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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 Association. Great benefits and perks. Email resume to: sheila@bowerdental.com or drop off resume.

RECEPTIONIST for Hygiene Department req’d. P/T evenings, 20 - 25 hrs. /wk. Good opportunity for students. Please drop off resumes to Associate Dental, Attn. Corinne or fax 403-347-2133 or email healthysmiles79 @hotmail.com

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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 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Caregivers/ Aides

$2500 Bonus Every 100 days IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Oil & Gas Well Testing Supervisors, Night Foremen, Experienced/ Inexperienced Junior Day/Night Operators Must have H2S, First Aid, valid driver’s license. Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages. Benefit Package Please submit resume with references to: apply@wespro.ca Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted

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P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-505-7846

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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 OFFICE assistant/general help req’d for trucking company E. of Blackfalds. Knowledge of trucking industry/mechanical knowledge of maintenance an asset but willing to train. Exc. wages/benefits. Fax resume to 403-784-2330 call 403-784-3811

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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. 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.

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.

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Southside Dodge is looking for a new full-time team member to join our great staff! Southside Dodge is looking for an REITMEIER George, 1932 -2012 Lovingly remembered always by wife Anna of 57 years, Wendy, Nancy, Mike and four grandchildren.

Announcements Daily Classifieds 309-3300

Vehicle Admin/Customer Service Representative 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.

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DUE to recent significant growth, Alstar Oilfield Contractors has immediate openings for full time permanent JOURNEYMAN WELDERS AND B PRESSURE WELDERS (NOC 7265) at our Hinton location.

Oilfield

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Professionals

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OIL & GAS OPERATOR

Bearspaw currently has a MANUFACTURERS’ position in our Stettler field Health & Safety operations for an intermediate Association oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or SAFETY ADVISOR Full Time - Red Deer journeyman instrument Competition closes Oct mechanic and possess 1/14 Please see our strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated website under Jobs for the position profile. Email and hard working and live Duties: Resume to or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute lorne@mhsa.ab.ca Please • Work as part of a to workplace location. This note this position is for our safety oriented team Red Deer location position offers a challenging • Fabricate pipe spools work environment, attractive http://www.mhsa.ab.ca/jobs • Fabricate structural as- benefits with competitive Classifieds...costs so little semblies pay and significant room Saves you so much! for promotion. Knowledge, Skills and Please submit resumes Qualifications: Restaurant/ • Journeyman or Red Attn: Human Resources Hotel Seal Welder email:payroll@ • B Pressure or CWB bearspawpet.com certificates would be Fax 403-252-9719 JJAM Management (1987) an asset Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 • Stainless pipe ex- Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Requires to work at these perience would be an Red Deer, AB locations: asset 5111 22 St. Central Alberta’s Largest • Be able to interpret 37444 HWY 2 S Car Lot in Classifieds drawings 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Compensation: FOOD ATTENDANT Looking for a new pet? • Starting at $35.00 per Check out Classifieds to Req’d permanent shift hour (based on exweekend day and evening find the purrfect pet. perience) both full and part time. • Matching RRSP 16 Vacancies, $10.88/hr. + program benefits. Start ASAP. • Medical, Dental, ViJob description sion plan www.timhortons.com • Disability and life Education and experience insurance not req’d. Apply in person or fax PRODUCTION TESTING Apply to: resume to: 403-314-1303 EXPERIENCED JJAM Management (1987) SUPERVISORS and Alstar Oilfield Contractors Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s TESTERS LTD. Requires to work at these Day & Night 310 East River Road Red Deer, AB locations: Must have tickets. Hinton, Alberta 5111 22 St. Top paid wages. T7V 2G3 37444 HWY 2 S Based out of Devon, AB. www.alstaroilfield.com 37543 HWY 2N Email resume to: hr@alstaroilfield.com 700 3020 22 St. kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca Fax: 780 865 5829 Manager/Food Services GROWING local oilfield Permanent P/T, F/T shift. RED DEER based hot shot water management comWknd, day, night & eves. company looking for exp’d pany requires crews - no Start date ASAP. $18/hr. 40 driver, 15/6 rotation, experience necessary, hrs/week, + benefits , company benefits, long hours, remote loca1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., performance bonus. tions. Competitive wages criminal record check req’d. Fax resume & and health benefits. Must Req’d education some seccurrent abstract have PPE & first aid, H2S. ondary. Apply in person or to 403-342-2152 Contact 403-346-0009 or fax resume to: Tired of Standing? email welltesting365@ 403-314-1303 For full job Find something to sit on gmail.com description visit www. in Classifieds timhortons.com Classifieds Your place to SELL RAMADA INN & Looking for a place Your place to BUY to live? SUITES Take a tour through the req’s Permanent CLASSIFIEDS ROOM ATTENDANTS Attendants. Exp. not nec. will train. Approx. 35 - 40 hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 $14/hr. Duties incl’d but not limited to: vacuuming, dusting, washing floors, making beds, empty trash, disinfecting & cleaning SWAMPERS bathrooms. Performance Growing oilfield company for busy oilfield trucking based bonus program. req’s F/T seasonal company. Top wages Must be fluent with verbal BOILER OPERATORS Fax resume to: l& written English, be for projects in NE. BC, and 403-346-6128, Attn: Pierre physically fit. Applicants Central AB. Fly in camp No phone calls please! may apply in person at jobs as well as local. Exc. 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer pay, safety bonuses and T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 retention bonuses. or email: Candidates require H2S, info@ramadareddeer.com standard first aid, PST & equivilant and current boilSERVER -CUSTOMER er tickets. Equipment exp. COUNTER - F/T is also an asset. Work Duties: Take customer scheduled to start within orders, portion raw food, the month. Please forward package take-out orders, resumes to TANKMASTER RENTALS handle cleaning & store careers@gtchandler.com req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid cleaning products, stock or fax 403-886-2223. SucHaulers for Central fridge, & collect money cessful applicants will be Alberta. Oilfield tickets from costumer. $11.89/hr. contacted for interview. req’d. Competitive salry 5 days/wk. Must be avail. and job bonuses. Resume to on weekends & holidays. LOCAL SERVICE CO. terry@tankmaster.ca or Paula @ 403-347-8001 in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. fax 403-340-8818 VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the following positions. SOUTHPOINTE COMMON and BOWER COIL TUBING SUPERVISORS PLACE Mall Locations. COIL TUBING OPERATORS Positions for HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC SUPERVISORS. Looking NOW HIRING NITROGEN PUMP for motivated and hard Well Testing Personnel OPERATORS working individuals. Having Experienced Supervisors FLUID PUMP OPERATORS your own transportation is & Operators a plus. On the job Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ Competitive wages and training, but experience in benefi ts. Preference will be fast food is an asset, and testalta.com given to applicants with must be avail. to work all relevant experience, Class store location hours. 1 Drivers License and valid Starting wage $13.50/hour oilfield tickets. with restaurant exp. Please specify which store Wise is a leading oilfield you are applying for. SERVICE RIG services provider that is No open LMO’s to hire Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd committed to quality and foreign nationals at this time. is seeking safety excellence. By Email resume to LEASEHAND empowering our employees awbsp@xplornet.ca Locally based, home every it gives them a positive or phone 403-391-0555 night! Qualified applicants attitude, beliefs, percepand ask for Lynn. must have all necessary tions and values. Our valid tickets for the position employees care about the being applied for. success of our company Bearspaw offers a Trades and each other. very competitive salary and benefits package Please put in the subject along with a steady line if you are applying for work schedule. Red Deer or Grande PraiPlease submit resumes: rie. Email your resume to Attn: Human Resources jobs@wiseisi.com or fax Email: (403) 340-1046. payroll@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Buying or Selling Mail to: Suite 5309, your home? 333-96 Ave. NE Check out Homes for Sale Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 in Classifieds

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FIREPLACE PERSON required for sales in Red Deer. Light office duties. Must have drivers license. Top wages. Call or email John, 1-780-993-2040 firegall@telusplanet.net Start your career! See Help Wanted

STORESMART Self-Storage

is now hiring for the following position!

Assistant Manager (Full Time 40 hrs/week)

For job descriptions and how to apply, go to www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs. No phone calls please.

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Trades

Branch Manager, Protective Services, Red Deer, AB

GardaWorld is seeking a Branch Manager for our Protective Services Branch Based in Red Deer, Alberta. GardaWorld Protective Services protects people and assets in over 140 cities in Canada, a progressive company with over 20,000 employees in Canada. Exciting growth opportunities await the right applicant. GardaWorld provides competitive salaries a full benefit plan and bonus /incentive structure. We offer flexible work hours, on the job training, state of the art tools for you to get the job done and a network of support staff. You are not alone when you join the GardaWorld team! The Branch Manager will be responsible for the acquisition, development and application of resources necessary to fulfill service delivery commitments to the region including recruitment, scheduling, mobile division, office management and customer relations. A priority to this position is the development of new business. Acceptable candidates have 3-5 years of security management/supervision, managing experience in a Customer Service business line. Preference shall be given to those with previous experience in the Security business. You have superior communications skills, can work independently & have strong leadership ability. Some travel will be required. Interested candidates should submit their resume to Roger Maslen at roger.maslen@garda.com. No phone calls please. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. CRIBBER & LABORERS wanted. Contact Kristian @ 403-588-1581 CRYSTAL GLASS needs EXP’ D GLASS INSTALLER. In house training provided. Benefits and company uniforms after 3 months. Drop off resume at: 4706-51 Avenue or fax 346-5390 or email: branch208@crystalglass.ca

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

Q Endorsement preferred. Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

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.

RAHR MALTING CANADA LTD. Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta, T0C 0B0 FAX: (403) 747-2660

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

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Truckers/ Drivers

IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLOWING POSITIONS:

Misc. Help

FALL START GED Preparation

TURNAROUND Family owned and PLANNER /SCHEDULER operated, Trail Appliances

Applicants Qualifications should Include: -Knowledge of planning systems -Must have shut down/ Turnaround experience -Journeyman trade certification - preferably a boilermaker, pipefitter, or welder with extensive experience an asset -MS programs experience -Exceptional organizational and problem solving skills with the ability to be flexible in managing priorities as they change -Strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills -Self-starter who is able to produce quality work with minimal supervision and guidance -Detail oriented

SAFETY WATCH

continues to grow and due to this, we are looking to expand our delivery department. We are currently looking for an experienced Delivery Driver to work out of our Red Deer Warehouse located at #6 4622 61 St., Riverside Industrial District The ideal candidate will:

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be able to maneuver merchandise in excess of 100lbs possess exceptional customer service skills enjoy working within a diverse team hold a valid driver’s license and a clear drivers abstract The Company provides a comprehensive and competitive benefit program including such things as:

Would you like to take the GED in your community? • • • • • • • • • •

Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

CASH CASINO is hiring a

F/T CLEANERS

3am - 11am shift. Need to be physically fit. Must have reliable transportation. • Medical & Dental Please send resume attn: benefit Program Greg Tisdale • Flex days gtisdale@ • Stat holidays off cashcasino.ca or fax • Paid vacation time off 403-346-3101 or drop off • Employee & Family at Cash Casino, 6350 - 67 St. Assistance Program • Referral Incentives CEA AIR • Employee discounts (Custom Energized Air Ltd) • Boot Allowance a respected leader in the pneumatics industry is Trail is always looking for Email: resumes GROWING AGAIN and we people who want @newcartcontracting.com are looking for: opportunities to grow, take Fax: 1-403-729-2396 Exp’d Industrial initiative and work well Email all within a team environment. Inside Sales /Order safety and trade tickets Launch your career with a Desk Personnel PART TIME available for well-known and respected for our Red Deer Branch Millwright on contract company. Become a part A mechanical aptitude and basis. No fear of heights, of the successful Trail /or knowledge in pneumatics service & repair team by submitting a is an asset. Compensation equipment. Fee will be resume to is negotiable depending on negotiable. Email resume reddeerjobs@ experience, includes health plan. to custbulk@xplornet.com trail-appliances.com We look forward to hearing or fax 403-340-2250 or by fax to 403-347-3314. from you; please submit A security check will be SHOP HELP AND/OR resumes to: conducted on successful APPRENTICE MECHANIC del.trynchuk@cea-air.com candidates. We thank all REQ’D IMMED. interested applicants, Truck exp. preferred. COMMUNITY however, only those 8:30-5. 15 mi. E. of BlackSupport Worker selected for an interview falds. Fax: 403-784-2330 Program will be contacted. Phone: 403-784-3811

-Clean class 5 drivers license -Good comprehension and communication skills -Good reading and writing skills - Good vision/hearing - H2S Alive - PST/CSTS -Standard First Aid/CPR -Confined space entry/ monitor -Fall protection

October Start

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

Accepting registrations for 6 mo. Community Support Worker Program. Funding may be avail. 403-340-1930

Requires Full Time

Carpenters & Apprentices

Academic Express

Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

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

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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.

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers

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 CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment. Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

GARNET’S OILFIELD TRUCKING

is looking for CLASS 1 BOOM TRUCK PICKER OPERATORS, BED TRUCK DRIVERS & WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS to join our growing company. Competitive wages and benefits. Must pass preemployment substance screening. Fax or email resumes, drivers abstract & safety tickets 403-346-8992 admin@garnetstrucking.com No phone calls.

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DAIRY equipment supplier looking for GENERAL LABORERS For our parts & service dept. 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 Customer Service Representative. Must be avail. weekdays and Sat’s. Outside work req’d. Computer skills req’d. Fax resume to 403-347-0788

FIELD Tec Trainee

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.

GAETZ SOUTH F/T P/T MEAT CUTTER. Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

We are currently seeking a well-organized and reliable individual to join our Fleet department out of Red Deer Alberta.

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. 441115I12

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Class 1 or Class 3

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APPLIANCE DELIVERY DRIVER

Professional Drivers

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

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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:

VALVE TECHNICIAN/SHOP ASSISTANTS

860

Equipment Operator/Truck Driver

OPERATOR 2 POSITION

800

Truckers/ Drivers

880

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Trades

Requires Full Time

850

ACADEMIC Express

Truckers/ Drivers

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

850

Oilfield

Trades

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 oﬀer: • On-site Mechanic to maintain equipment • Competitive wages based on hourly pay • Subsistence pay & hotel rooms for drivers • Extensive health & dental plan

Please send your resume and drivers abstract to pat@haulinacid.com or fax 403-314-9724

GAETZ SOUTH FT/PT CASHIERS Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

GAETZ SOUTH PT Bakery Evening Staff Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer GREENHOUSE WORKER wanted at Meadowbrook Greenhouses, Penhold. 26 Full Time Seasonal Positions. No Exp, training provided. Starting Feb 2015. $10.20/hr, 44 hrs, 5 days per week, 3 month period. Fax resume to 403-886-2252. Hiring students aged 17+ in HS and College. Nonstudent positions available. Flexible sched. with $17.25 guarranteed base pay, cust. sales/service, no experience necessary, we will train, conditions apply. Visit www.work4students.ca/rda or call 403-755-6711 to APPLY NOW!

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

Customer service. Pick and pack customer orders for pickup and delivery. Receive, count, sort and store incoming inventory. Stock and clean showroom. Assist customers for event planning. Operate computer and cash register for transactions. Warehouse environment. $13/hour plus benefits. Full-time days. Apply 5929 - 48 Ave or e-mail sales@ parklandrentals.com. PIANO INSTRUCTOR Join our dynamic team and share your passion for music with students of all ages and abilities. Now Hiring part time for Fall 2014. Submit resume and cover letter to: office@ reddeerdancemagic.com RESIDENTIAL APT MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex. Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration. Fax to 403-346-5786 ROD’S WELDING is looking for F/T Labour /Welders Fax resume to 403-746-5909 or call 403-746-5455 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

TRACTION Heavy Duty Parts Red Deer is looking for Parts Counter Clerks with previous heavy vehicle experience to join our great team. We provide a very competitive wage plus bonus, benefits and pension. Those interested are encouraged to apply instore at 8045 Edgar Industrial Crescent or by email to jwatts@uapinc.com

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UNC

BEN’

RV TECHNICIAN/ RV TECH APPRENTICE Duties include:

Attributes:

• All aspects of RV Service work • Seasonal extended hours • Customer interaction

• • • •

Previous experience Organized & Reliable Physically fit Mechanically inclined

Will consider: • Journeyman RV Technician status or equivalent related trade experience • Salary based on experience and ability • Company benefits • Top industrial wage for right person

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Oilfield

E-mail bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: (403) 346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn Bill/Service

Advocate Opportunities NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

GLENDALE Grimson Street, Goodall Ave. ALSO Gillespie Cres. ALSO Gunn St. KENTWOOD Keen Cres. & Kendrew Dr. RIVERSIDE MEADOWS 59th & 61 Ave. For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 D3

the n o d e t is l e l ic h e v r u Get yo

ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT

1998 CHRYSLER AWD

Town N` Country, 7 pass., 199,000 kms., command start, hitch, special mag whls. $1500 **SOLD**

1966 FORD Mustang Coupe appraised $15,500. Runs good. Would like at least $9500 403-391-3456

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1985 BUICK Riviera. Original paint, fully loaded, sunroof, exc. shape. 2nd owner. Immaculate interior. 158,000 km. $3750 obo. 403-347-3950

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1987 GLENDALE Cutaway 24’ $6000 obo 403-302-2992

2000 JAYCO EAGLE Great cond. Clean, 6400 lbs. $9500. - $8500. 403-346-0242

2003 WINDSTAR LX, fully loaded, very good cond. $3500. 403-755-2867

DO YOU HAVE

2006 KAWASAKI, ZZ-R250 black, 2468 kms., never dropped, lady driven. $3500. obo 403-340-1936

2008 HONDA Ridgeline EXL, mint, well maint. new timing belt, Michelin tires, alignment, new brakes. $18.900. obo. SOLD

Limited, 4.6L, V8, 112,000 kms., fully loaded, leather, DVD, every option, $20,500. 403-318-5505

137,000 kms, fully loaded, sunroof, diesel, auto, $10,000 403-346-1392 340-9068

2008 KUSTOM KOACH 24.5’ exc. cond, 1 owner, 110 Watt solar panel, 1 slide, $19,900 403-986-3834

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 MONTANA, 2955RL exc. cond., king bed, Mor-Ryde hitch, Arctic pckg. $27,500. 403-346-2503

“SNOWBIRDS “ 2011 Alpine 39’, pristine cond., 4 slides, dish, 7500 w gen., fireplace, king bed, $44,900. obo, 1/2 price of new SOLD!

2007 Dutchman Express 26’ Class C 12,800 Miles

2009 AEROLITE Dutchmen rear slide, dbl. bunks, queen bed, A/C, couch, table, awning. $16,900 obo. 403-347-5947

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

ULTIMATE TRUCK CAMPER 2007 Okanagan 117 DBL - 2 Slides, Sleeps 6, Full bath & kitchen. Queen. Huge. Mint $24,250 obo 403-620-8106

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2011 F150 XLT Supercab, Exc. cond. 403-347-5078

2009 KEYSTONE Passport Ultralite 29 ft Reduced, 1 slide, dbl. bunks, queen bed, A/C. See Kijiji Ad ID 548133556 $19,000. 403-343-1043

2012 CAMARO 2SS Coupe 5500 km. Loaded. $41,900. 403-350-6434

2006 VW Jetta TDI

VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 DODGE DAKOTA 4x4 Good shape. $5700. 403-598-4131

2004 TITANIUM

model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $24,500 obo. 403-347-1050 or 304-4580

Slide, Generator, air, V10, $40,000 403 782 4207

2010 Ford Explorer

1988 23’ TIOGA 460 Ford motor, exc. cond. low kms. $6900, obo **SOLD**

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1989 GMC SIERRA Auto 350, s/b, no rust. Glass exc. 144,000km $4900. 403-340-8950

2001 VOLVO S60. Loaded, very good cond. 182,000 km. $5800 obo 403-343-2058

2005 SATURN ION 2 dr, stnd, black, 170,000 kms, keyless entry c/w winter tires $4000 403-598-6124

1991 ALLEGRO-BAY 29’. Class A, 35,000 miles, Generator, AC, Rear Bed, Exc. Cond. $10,000 obo. Call 403-442-3837

2002 FORD Dynamax (B Plus) 27000 mi., new tires/awning Onan gen, roof a/c, slideout, sleeps 4, 3 pc. bath, A1, $31,500. 587-876-2308

2006 CHARGER Daytona RT, limited addition, #3 of only 250 made, loaded w/leather, low kms., top banana color. $16,995. **SOLD**

2007 VW Tourareg, fully loaded, lady driven, $15,000 obo 403-346-5440 or 403-391-0320

2009 SMART FORTWO 11,970 KM’s. Silver, c/w a hitch plate & wired to be towed behind a Motorhome. Very good shape. $10,500. 403-347-6817 or 357-0919

2013 GMC 2500 HD 4x4, 36,000 kms., Duramax Diesel $42,300. 587-679-1000

1994 CHEV Z71 e/c, fuel tank c/w 12V pump, tool box, runs good. 361,000 km. $4000 obo 403-343-2058

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 AVALANCHE, leather Z71, $16,400. 403-391-9662

2010 16 XCALIBUR Legend, 18’ alum. welded hull, prem. pckg for leisure & fishing, deluxe console, conv. top, travel tarp, 75 hp Merc. $13,500 SOLD!!!

2014 GMC, S/B, Loaded, z71, $34,300. 587-679-1000

1997 SKIDSTEER Case 1840, only 3300 hrs. $15,500. 587-679-1000

2003 HONDA 450, 4x4 $3800. obo **SOLD**

2006 HONDA Goldwing Trike

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

6 DAYS IN THE RED DEER ADVOCATE 1 FRIDAY FORWARD 2 CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE

2 FREE SALE SIGNS AND TIP SHEET

IF YOUR VEHICLE DOESN’T SELL THE FIRST WEEK, THE 2ND WEEK IS HALF PRICE!

w/Lehman Monarch 2 trike kit. Loaded W/all options + lots of extra chrome. 49,500 kms bike was triked in 2011. $33,000. (403)318-4653

FREE PHOTO AD WEDNESDAYS IN FAST TRACK FOTOS

AD ON THE INTERNET

AD APPEARS EVERY DAY YOUR AD IS PUBLISHED IN THE ADVOCATE

PRISTINE 2007 Special Edition Mazda Miata MX5. 97,000 km, $15,000 firm 343-3208, 506-3047 cell

7th Annual Fall Finale Collector Car Auction Sept. 19-20 Westerner Park, R.D. Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event. Consign Today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGauctions.com

SELL YOUR VEHICLE FAST WITH A FAST TRACK CLASSIFIED VEHICLE AD

403 309-3300

CALL AND ONE OF OUR SALES SPECIALISTS CAN PUT YOU ON THE FAST TRACK TO SELL YOUR VEHICLE.

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DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014

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Firewood

1660

TURPLE BROS. LTD.

FIREWOOD, 1/2 ton load $35.00 Call 403-728-3485 Is taking resumes for: PARTS PERSON. LOGS F/T position avail. Wages Semi loads of pine, spruce, dependent on experience, tamarack, poplar. benefits avail. Please email Price depends on location. resume to HR Department Lil Mule Logging brenda@turplebros.ca 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner Employment BC Birch. All Types. P.U./ Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 Training WOOD, mostly poplar, COMMUNITY short cord, $100 403-782-7439 Support Worker

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Program October Start

Accepting registrations for 6 mo. Community Support Worker Program. Funding may be avail. 403-340-1930

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1520

Antiques & Art

BEAM scale, straight razor in orig. box, ink pen, bottle, and stand $200 for all 403-865-0662

1580

Children's Items

BABY swing, blue, like new, $60; 2 small homemade wooden tables $20/both 403-357-3247

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1640

Tools

DELTA 10” bench $100; mitre $100 403-782-7439

Firewood

saw saw

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

Garden Supplies

1680

FLOWER POTS, 3 large white, fibreglass, All for $70. 403-348-6449

Household Appliances

1710

FRIDGE, Kenmore 21 cu ft. 8 yrs. old, black, $150 o.b.o. 403-343-2754 FRIGIDAIRE, one piece stacking washer and dryer. Gently used in one person household. Must pick up soon. $150. obo 403-307-2000 GE FRIDGE almond, runs great $100 403-309-1838 LG WHITE 1.72 Cu.ft. over the range microwave. $100 403-341-6866

Household Furnishings

1720

DARK maple table, 6 chairs, 2 leafs, $200 403-347-3849 QUEEN size bed, mattress, box spring, frame $50 can be delivered 346-0674 403-392-5657

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

DS LITE w/19 games, $140. 403-782-3847 PS2 w/10 games, $50. Gameboy w/1 game $60 403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

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

Misc. for Sale

1760

A TIGER HEAD PILLOW, approx. 55 yrs. old (still in great cond. - must see to believe) 16” square x 6” thick. $150. 403-347-7405 CANNING JARS, 12 jam jar size, 24-1 quart, 7-1.5 quart $15/all 403-302-4422 ELECTRIC fireplace w/adjustable flame, 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 FERTILZER spreader, 20” Hopper, $25.; Garden Hose, 75’, $15; Part bag of Oil-dri (all purpose absorbent), $4.; Metal Tamping bar, $5; 3 short lengths of PVC pipe, 2 - 3” diameter, 1 - 4” diameter, all for $2.; white brackets for standards, 10-12” and 9-6”, all for $5; light truck tire Goodyear, P255-70R16 $5; 4 tri-pod garage sale signs, $2 ea.; 3D handles for shovels etc. all for $3; 2 water cans, $2. ea.; metal chapin sprayer tank 1.5 gal. $15; concentrated killex, 3/4 of Litre, $8; concentrated round up 1/2 Litre, $10; 5 Litre sprayer tank, $8; 16-20-0 fertilizer almost full bag. $10. 403-314-2026 FIRST Nations Medicine Man shields, approx. 20”x30”, $85. 403-347-7405

KENMORE dehumidifier Model 30 $65; Canon K920 copier $45; 3 accent matching carpets, two 2’ x 7’, one octagon $45/all or will sell individually; LEE Enfield .303 ammo magazine $45 403-352-8811 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds KENMORE dehumidifier Model 30 $65; Canon K920 copier $45; 2 wool accent matching carpets,5 x 7, and one matching oval octagon, clean $45/all or will sell individually 403-352-8811 PEACOCK feathers, some in white, approx. 150. $1. ea.; 10 quart Reverware, stock pot, new cond. $18. 403-346-2231 TELEPHONES, V TECH cordless 2 handsets, new Nov. 13. Asking $15. set. 403-309-7787

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

INGLEWOOD & MORRISROE Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

1780

PIANO Lessons, beginner/ advanced, exam prep., rudiments/theory. Adult beginners welcome. 403-506-9778

1830

Cats

2 BALINESE KITTENS & 2 BERMAN KITTENS $50/ea. 403-887-3649

1840

Dogs

HIGH QUALITY LABRADOODLES and GOLDEN DOODLE pups Long time Breeder, text 306-521-1371 www.furtettishfarm.ca

Sporting Goods

1860

TREADMILL Vita Master Fitness, cushion deck walking surface w/speed control, display heartrate monitor, calorie count, speed, time, distance, ramp adjust, good cond., $200 403-352-8811

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.

Phone 403-314-4301 NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

BOWER AREA 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 CARRIERS NEEDED

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

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

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

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. For More Information, please call For More informaiton, please call Jamie 403-314-4306 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in

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

ROOM TO RENT very large $400. 403-350-4712

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3 BDRM, 1.5 bath townhouse for over 40 yr old employed Offices tenants. 6appls, private yard & parking, 1 small pet with 2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, additional Sec. Dep. of $500. 4836 51 Street. Quiet people, no drugs, no partiers, no police etc. Parking is avail. $1800/mo. 403-343-9300 At #9, 15 Stanton Street, Sunnybrook. Rent & S.D. $1400/mo. 403-341-4627. Warehouse

3140

SEIBEL PROPERTY Space

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1245 to $1445 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs. N/S, no utils. incl. avail. Sept. 15 & Oct. 1 References required. SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

IN Normandeau recently reno’d 4 Plex, 2 bdrms., 4 appls., avail. Oct. 1. rent/dd $1100. phone 403-788-3980, 391-2795 NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

SHOP/OFFICE, 1500 sq. ft. $1000 Phil 403-350-0479

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Garage Space

MECHANICS DREAM, 26x30 heated garage in Mountview. $350/mo. Call Rod 403-307-0910 or 778-478-4005 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

3190

Mobile Lot

MUSTANG ACRES Lot #715 Avail. immed. 403-347-7731

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS

2 BDRM apt. for over 40 yr. old working tenants, no pets, no partiers, no drugs. Free laundry, heat, water, private parking at 5910-55 Ave. in Riverside Meadows. $1100 . Avail.Immed. 403-341-4627

Realtors & Services

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

Houses For Sale

4020

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies. Call 403-343-7955

SUNNYBROOK

2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets. 403-346-6686

THE NORDIC

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Rooms For Rent

2 ROOMS avail. in furnished executive suite in Lacombe. 403-396-3616 BDRM. for rent in Vanier Woods,. $575 + dd, worker, quiet, n/s, 403-588-6268 after 6 pm.

Chappell Drive, Chism Close & 1 block of Cornett Dr. ALSO Carpenter St. $91/mo

GRANDVIEW AREA 3900 to 4400 blocks of 40A Ave., 2 blocks of 41 Ave, and 1 block of 39, 46 & 47 St. $71/mo.

MOUNTVIEW AREA 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

Attn: Builders

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

2006 HONDA GOLDWING TRIKE

wheels

w/Lehman Monarch 2 trike kit. This unit is loaded with all options plus lots of extra chrome. 49,500 kms bike was triked in 2011. Asking $33,000 Call (403)318-4653

CLASSIFICATIONS

Motorhomes

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5000-5300

Automotive Services

5010

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

Antique & Classic Autos

5100

5020

2002 FORD Dynamax (B Plus) 27000 mi., new tires/awning Onan gen, roof a/c, slideout, sleeps 4, 3 pc. bath, A1, $31,500. 587-876-2308

5110

Fifth Wheels

2008 MONTANA, 2955RL exc. cond., king bed, MorSept. 19 - 20, 2014 Ryde hitch, Arctic pckg. Westerner Park, Red Deer $27,500. 403-346-2503 Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event Boats & Consign Today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 Marine EGauctions.com Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

5160

Cars

5030

MUST SELL

1217 sq.ft. duplex. 4 bdrm., $191,900. 403-588-2550 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

MUST SELL

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage. 403-588-2550

2006 VW Jetta TDI 137,000 kms, fully loaded,sunroof, diesel, auto, $10,000 403-346-1392 340-9068 2001 Olds Alero Red 2 dr coupe, front wheel drive, c/w air, p. doors, windows & seats, sunroof, cruise, 180,200 kms. 403-343-0075 2001 CHEV Malibu 4 dr. 134,000 kms. 403-318-3040 1999 FORD Taurus 4 dr. sedan, p. seat, windows, locks, remote keyless entry, 228,000 kms, $1000 obo 403-783-2676 eves, cell 403-350-8876 1999 CHRYSLER Convertible JXI, $2200. great cond., leather int., 6 CD, cassette, A/C, c/w full set snow tires used 1 seson. 232,262 kms. 403-342-5861 after 5 pm

SUNNYBROOK 22 SUTTON CLOSE Beautiful private setting near trails, pines, creek. 2390 sq. ft.+, bungalow, fully dev., 5 bdrms, 3 bath, dbl & single garages, vaulted ceilings, hardwood, theatre rm, $454,500 Call for your private viewing 403-342-1241

1993 CADILLAC STS like new 200,000 kms, best offer 403-358-1614

SUV's

4090

14 X 70 mobile on own lot 50 x 140 in Bowden 403-865-0662 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

DO YOU WANT YOUR AD TO BE READ BY 100,000 Potential Buyers???

2010 RAV4 50,000 kms. like new obo 403-358-1614

TRY

NEW CONDO

Manufactured Homes

Auto Wreckers

5040

4040

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

2010 16 XCALIBUR Boat by Legend, 18’ aluminum welded hull, premium pckg for leisure & fishing, deluxe console, convertible top, travel tarp, 75 hp Merc. $13,500. SOLD

2007 VW Tourareg, fully loaded, lady driven, $15,000 obo 403-346-5440 or 403-391-0320

Trucks

5050

Central Alberta LIFE SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

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2300 F350 7.3L Diesel, FX4 Lariat, 283,000 kms., $14,000.obo 403-704-3714

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Experimental Ebola vaccine rapidly protects monkeys but booster needed to make it last

Serious respiratory illness hits hundreds of young children CDC TRYING TO PIN DOWN CAUSE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — Hundreds of children in more than 10 states have been sickened by a severe respiratory illness that public health officials say may be caused by an uncommon virus similar to the germ that causes the common cold. Nearly 500 children have been treated at one hospital alone — Children’s Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri — and some required intensive care, according to authorities. The suspected germ, enterovirus 68, is an uncommon strain of a very common family of viruses that typically hit from summertime through autumn. The virus can cause mild coldlike symptoms including runny noses, coughing and wheezing but Mark Pallansch, director of the viral diseases division at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said this summer’s cases are unusually severe and include serious breathing problems. “It’s not highly unusual but we’re trying to understand what happened this year in terms of these noticeable and much larger clusters of severe respiratory disease,” Pallansch said Monday. The virus typically causes illness lasting about a week and most children recover with no lasting problems. Cases have been confirmed in Missouri and Illinois. CDC said it is testing to see if the virus caused respiratory illnesses reported in children in Alabama,

Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma and Utah. The states’ tally changes as specimens are confirmed or test negative. A spokeswoman for Iowa’s public health department said CDC tests confirmed the virus in samples from patients in central Iowa and a Colorado hospital said it has confirmed cases. The CDC’s Dr. Anne Schuchat said at a Monday news briefing that there are other viruses making kids sick. “Most of the runny noses out there are not going to be turning into this,” she said. Children with asthma and other health problems are especially at risk for the enterovirus, but reported cases include children without asthma who have developed asthmalike breathing problems, Pallansch said. He said no deaths have been reported in the outbreak. Dr. Mary Anne Jackson, director of infectious diseases at Children’s Mercy, said local cases began appearing in mid-August and they appear to have peaked in her area. Schuchat said the strain involved also appeared in the United States last year and in specimens from other countries. She said the CDC learned it had reappeared in this country last month when authorities in Chicago and Kansas City notified the agency about severe illnesses in children who had to be hospitalized. She said the virus was found in 11 of 14 specimens from Chicago and

in 19 of 22 specimens from Missouri. In the Denver area, more than 900 children were treated for severe respiratory illnesses at Children’s Hospital Colorado and its urgent care locations and 86 were hospitalized in recent weeks. Spokeswoman Melissa Vizcarra said Monday that CDC had confirmed the virus in 19 of 25 samples from her hospital. The University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital has treated several cases, including extremely sick children requiring life-support machines, said Dr. Rachel Wolfson, an intensive care unit physician.

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This undated handout photo provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and GlaxoSmithKline (NIAID/GSK) shows a vaccine candidate, in a vial, that will be used in human Ebola trials. The hope is that the first human safety study of the vaccine might eventually be used in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The National Institute of Health on Sunday published some of the key animal research behind such injections. One reason the vaccine was deemed promising was that a single dose protected all four vaccinated monkeys when they were exposed to high levels of Ebola virus just five weeks later, researchers reported in the journal Nature Medicine. Still, manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline has said it plans to begin manufacturing up to 10,000 doses of the initial NIH-developed vaccine. Canadian researchers created a

similar Ebola vaccine that works in monkeys. Manufacturer NewLink Genetics of Ames, Iowa, said first-stage safety testing in healthy volunteers is set to begin in a few weeks.

Canadian Ebola mobile laboratory team heads back to Sierra Leone

But the most recent team was abruptly evacuated from Sierra Leone late last month when three people at the hotel complex where they were staying were diagnosed with Ebola. It is believed the infected people were hotel staff. As well, an epidemiologist from Senegal who was working in a different part of the same unit and staying in the same hotel contracted Ebola. The man was later sent by air ambulance to Germany for treatment. At the time, the Public Health Agency said the lab workers were being brought home for their own safety. But the agency said a replacement team would be sent to Sierra Leone when arrangements were made to ensure a safer living environment.

TORONTO — Canada is sending its mobile Ebola laboratory back into action in Sierra Leone. The Public Health Agency of Canada said that the team had left Saturday to resume running a lab that supports an Ebola treatment centre at Kailahun, in eastern Sierra Leone. Canada has had a continuous laboratory presence in the West African outbreak zone since June, with three-person teams typically spending a month in operation before being spelled off.

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WASHINGTON — New monkey studies show that one shot of an experimental Ebola vaccine can trigger fast protection, but the effect waned unless the animals got a booster shot made a different way. Some healthy people are rolling up their sleeves at the National Institutes of Health for the first human safety study of this vaccine in hopes it eventually might be used in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The NIH on Sunday published some of the key animal research behind those injections. One reason the vaccine was deemed promising was that a single dose protected all four vaccinated monkeys when they were exposed to high levels of Ebola virus just five weeks later, researchers reported in the journal Nature Medicine. Is five weeks fast enough? That’s in line with other vaccines routinely used today, and fortunately it didn’t take multiple doses to trigger that much protection, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, whose employees led the work. The bigger challenge is that the protection wanes over time. Researchers exposed monkeys to Ebola 10 months after vaccination, and this time only half were protected. Partial protection is better than none, Fauci said. But the goal is longlasting protection, so it was time to try booster shots. The vaccine is made with a chimpanzee cold virus, used as a delivery system for pieces of an Ebola gene. The researchers tried simply giving another dose as a booster two months later. That didn’t work well enough.

So they tried a different approach called “prime-boost.” The first dose, to prime the immune system, was that original chimp virus-based Ebola vaccine. But for the booster two months later, they made vaccine a different way. They encased the same Ebola gene pieces inside a poxvirus that’s used to make a vaccine against smallpox. (Neither vaccine type can cause Ebola.) This time, all four monkeys still were protected 10 months after the initial shot. With the Ebola crisis rapidly worsening, the World Health Organization said Friday that it would try to speed the use of certain experimental products, including two vaccine candidates. The WHO said that in November, it expects early results from first-stage studies to see if the vaccine appears safe and triggers an immune reaction in people. That would help determine whether to test the shots’ effectiveness in health care workers in West Africa. Small animal and human safety studies cannot guarantee that experimental vaccines really work in an outbreak, Fauci said. That’s why he emphasizes public health measures such as isolating the sick, quarantine and, especially for health workers, using personal protection equipment. “Make sure people do what works,” he said. The booster-shot findings illustrate an added complexity to speeding an experimental vaccine into the field. The initial first phase study results would shed light only on that “priming” vaccine made from the chimp cold virus, Fauci said. The poxvirus booster step would be tested later only if scientists decided the initial vaccine was promising enough.

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New neighbours causing many problems Dear Annie: We were happy to see a vacant house on our block sell and were pleased to meet the new neighbours. We were willing to overlook the reek of tobacco and the cigarette butts in our driveway. The cat droppings in our flower and vegetable beds were harder to take. The real problem is that their teenagers race up and down the street at all hours and then park in front of our house smoking and playing with their phones while revMITCHELL ving their very loud engines, & SUGAR setting our teeth on edge. These folks have a two-car garage, a concrete parking pad and a long driveway. Why are they parking on the street, let alone in front of the neighbours? We wanted to like these people, but now we just wish they would move out. Any suggestions? Talking to them didn’t help. — Disappointed Neighbour Dear Neighbour: Are there ordinances in your town prohibiting noise after a certain hour or leaving garbage on your property? If so, call the police when necessary. Do you have a neighbourhood association that me-

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diates disputes? Sometimes these things can be worked out with a third-party mediator. In the meantime, put up fences, block your driveway with plastic cones, have fans to block the noise and do whatever you need to in order to protect yourself from these barbarians until one of you moves or the kids leave. Dear Annie: About a year ago, my very bright 16-year-old granddaughter was diagnosed with schizencephaly, a very rare disease, and she has had seizures. She was put on medications and then was free of seizures for eight months. But recently, she had another seizure, and her medication is being reconsidered. How can I find out how to be helpful and supportive? She lives two hours away, and I no longer drive. Is there an organization for this? — Deeply Concerned Old Grandma Dear Grandma: Schizencephaly is a birth defect that is extremely rare and can cause delays in speech and language skills, some paralysis and seizures. Doctors believe the causes include exposure to toxins or medications during pregnancy. We found one support group at schizkidzbuddies.com, and you also can get information through wearerare.org/support for those with rare diseases. Bless you for wanting to help your grandchild in any way you can. Dear Annie: I have a piece of advice for “Red Hat Mama,” who is still waiting for a guy to ask her out.

There are a lot of men who are uncomfortable asking out women we see only at church. All of my lady friends are women who asked me first. I might appear to have no problem with a friendly conversation, but it’s not the same as asking someone for a date. I’m debating wearing a button that says, “Please Ask Me.” Then when someone asks me what the button means, I can tell them that I’m more than happy for new friends to ask me to join them for activities. I’m not that interested in becoming intimate or getting married. But I find it tremendously difficult to embarrass myself by asking a woman to join me and possibly getting a negative response. I’m not one of those men who can tell at a glance whether someone is interested in me. I have mild Asperger’s, and I don’t read people well. So, Red Hot Mama and all of your cousins, please feel free to ask me. We can have a soda, share a pizza, play cards or get together with other friends. But you need to do the asking. — “Please Ask Me” John Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

HOROSCOPES Wednesday, Sept. 10 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Colin Firth, 53; Ryan Phillippe, 39; Karl Lagerfeld, 80 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Yesterday’s truth will have you wanting to take action, but today will call for you to focus on the larger perspective. Where do you see yourself in 2 years? Relationships, either business or romantic, will come into question now. There will be a need to ask the question if they will join you in the future. Focus on being as realistic LARISA MAIRA as you can within those matters, OZOLINS avoid compulsion. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today SUN SIGNS is your birthday, there is a strong pull for you to make an income and even put money aside from a hobby or skill that you possess. Do make sure to express those gifts this year, if you have been putting them off. Interactions with others will be less than favourable if you are not happy with the present situation you are in. Focus on what works, it will do a world of good! ARIES (March 21-April 19): Life has never been so positive and the future never so bright, yet you are still confused as to what needs to leave your life in order to create more harmony for yourself. Focus on the details of what is truly happening for you now, eliminate that which is not for the betterment of you. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will be looking for-

ward towards many joyous times at home and with family today. Yet, there will be reasons for you to rethink your aspirations and dreams. Simply focus on what is tangible for you right now and move in that direction. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There will be a lot of chatter about what you are passionate about — even you looking forward to great activities you’d like to do. Just watch out for authority inside and outside the home, they will simply confuse you. Accept the reality at the start of the day and work with it. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are pleased as punch today. The only thing that needs clarity is your direction going forward. Try to give more weight to your aims and direction today. It will help you move in the direction of creating more diplomacy at home and with family. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Great ideas are coming in with how to improve your savings going forward. Perhaps, you are looking to save up for a house. Do take a look at your spouse’s resources in a realistic light; there is more stability there than you thought. There will be tons of positive dialogue going on! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Before you make any money plans, make sure to consult your business partner or spouse before you take any steps further. Greater ideas will emerge as you bounce ideas back and forth now. Focus on what you both can do together before you plan ahead! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your vision of the future has not left your side, it is tangible. Yet you still feel that something is lurking in the background.

Today is simply about looking at what is tangible, all else should be obsolete and unnecessary now. Do not act out impulsively until you have all the facts. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The larger perspective on your career and your public life will be on the agenda now. You will want to act out impulsively, but try to manage yourself a bit better now. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your hopes and wishes going forward are very important to you. Try to see what is tangible and right in front of you now. It will help you develop a better sense of where it is you want to go and what it is you want to accomplish professionally. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There is still some confusion about some issues you dealt with yesterday at work. Today, focus on creating a proper balance with those work associates going forward. Do not act out impulsively today, there is still a lot of work to be done going forward. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Future considerations with work associates will come into play today. Perhaps your confusion with where to place certain values and energies will be met and understood at a greater level through them now. Best advice to give you today, listen before you do anything! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your significant relationship, either spouse or business partner, will share some great ideas that will focus on the future. This advice should be taken, but what you need to do is to focus on what is tangible at the moment and move towards greater clarity for yourself personally. Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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