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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A retired judge and former attorney general of Alberta said he knew criminal prosecutions would get stayed if the current court space crunch continued.

Jim Foster END OF MEDIATION of Red Deer PROGRAM PUT MORE believes more PRESSURE ON THE prosecutions COURTS A2 may be derailed in the future for the same reason.

Foster has been pushing hard for many years for a new courthouse in the city.

News that home invasion charges against three individuals were stayed this week in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench because it took too long for the matter to get to trial didn’t surprise him.

“I was not shocked at the stay Justice Monica Bast ordered,” said Foster.

“I’ve been expecting this and it’s just the beginning. The public are going to get upset as alleged criminals get to walk the streets because they can’t get tried.”

While some lawyers have pointed to the lack of Queen’s Bench justices in Red Deer as the reason for the home invasion trial being delayed for 27 and a half months, Foster said they still need to have more space to accommodate any new justices.

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Mariane Kalliny had the honour of being the first to greet Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria when he made a visit to the St. Mary and St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Red Deer on Wednesday. About 100 members of the congregation gathered in the Mountview church to welcome the pope and receive a blessing for the small church, located at 4346-39 Street. Members of the church were thrilled to have a visit from the pope, who is the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East. Pope Tawadros II is the 118th pope in the church’s history. His papacy began in November 2012.

House fire ruled to be accidental

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A house fire Tuesday that destroyed one home in Inglewood and damaged two others was ruled accidental by Red Deer Emergency Services.

Investigators determined the fire started in the northeast corner of the front-attached garage of the home at

127 Inglewood Drive.

The cause was inconclusive due to the extent of the damage.

Two people home at the time of the fire got out safely.

Firefighters were called to the scene at about 4:30 p.m. The house was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived.

Total damage was assessed at more

than $450,000. Damage to 127 Inglewood Drive was assessed at more than $350,000. Two vehicles were destroyed, with damages estimated at $10,000.

Damages to two nearby homes was estimated at $100,000.

All three homes were covered by insurance.

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New Canadians proud, grateful, all smiles at citizenship ceremony

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Eddy Brice, 42, originally from Haiti, became a Canadian on Wednesday. His fiance, Deanna Westgard, 33, and their eight-month-old daughter Tava Colleen Brice, both born in Canada, attended the citizenship ceremony in Red Deer.

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Also attending were friends, family, officials, and the inevitable dignitaries.

Immigrants come here with their brave hearts full of apprehension, maybe even a bit of fear. Most of them have no real idea what winter is. Some say they love the snow. They just haven’t shovelled enough of it yet.

Others talk about discovering the complete unjoy of cold weather. I’m with them. If only they could have brought along some of those warm climates they left behind.

They are from the Philippines, Haiti, Fiji, Columbia, Guatemala, Iran, Pakistan, India, Mexico, China, Israel, and elsewhere — even a few from Germany and England. It is multiculturalism before one’s very eyes.

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Without a doubt, it was the happiest place in Red Deer on Wednesday.

Broad smiles, tears of joy, a Mountie, a judge and a bagpiper — what more could you ask for on such a warm, beautiful end-of-summer day.

The top floor of the Pidherney Curling Centre in Red MARY-ANN Deer was jamBARR packed as 50 people living in Central Alberta, representing 22 different countries, became Canadians during a special citizenship ceremony.

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Men charged with triple homicide make brief court appearance

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF Family and friends of three murder victims from Castor got a glimpse on Wednesday of the two men accused of killing them and burning down their house.

About a dozen people attended Red Deer provincial court during the morning to watch criminal proceedings against Jason Gordon Klaus, 38, and Joshua Gregory Frank, 29.

The two men were arrested in mid-August by RCMP investigating the deaths on Dec. 8, 2013, of Gordon Klaus, 61 and his daughter, Monica, 40. Their bodies were discovered inside a house that had burned down. Police allege that the two were victims of a homicide, but did not release details about how they died. Gordon Klaus’s wife, Sandra, 62, was reported missing and police now believe her remains were destroyed in the fire.

Police announced on Aug. 16 that Gordon and Sandra’s son, Jason Klaus, had been arrested and charged along with his friend, Joshua Frank, based on evidence found at Big Knife Provincial Park, near Forestburg.

Both were charged with three counts each of firstdegree murder and one count of arson. Frank was also charged with endangering an animal by investigators who allege that he shot the family’s dog, Keela.

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Traffic was slowed in both directions along 50th Avenue at 71 street in Red Deer at about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday after a four-vehicle collision that sent two people to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Here City of Red Deer fire medics begin moving one patient to a waiting ambulance.

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End of mediation program put more pressure on the court system

FIRE: After the Fire program in Inglewood As part of the After the Fire program, emergency services members will visit some residents at their homes in the Inglewood neighbourhood on Thursday to talk about the leading causes of fire in Red Deer, and discuss ways to avoid fires in their own homes.

Members can also check for fire and injury hazards, and install free smoke alarms and batteries where required. Residents with questions about the program can call 403-346-5511 or e-mail prevention@ reddeer.ca.

Red Deer Emergency Services wants to remind smokers to put safety first and never put out cigarettes in potted plants or other vegetation, as they can smoulder and catch fire.

Smokers should use deep, sturdy ashtrays, placed far from anything that can burn and never empty smoking material directly into a trash can.

With colder weather approaching, residents should keep all combustible materials at least one metre away from heating equipment, such as portable heaters.

Residents should also check their smoke alarms as working alarms reduce the risk of house fire fatalities by half.

JUDGE SHORTAGE: A provincewide problem He said the lack of justices is a provincewide problem. Alberta Justice said the province has the lowest number of justices per capita in the country.

Alberta would need 12 more justices to have as many per capita as B.C. “The problem with Red Deer is the courthouse is so small,” said Foster. “Even if we had the judges, we wouldn’t have the space.

“It isn’t just the federal government needs to appoint judges, it’s the provincial government that needs to provide facilities and staff, especially for Central Alberta.”

Chris Rickards, Central Alberta Bar Association president, was surprised when news broke of the home invasion charges being stayed.

“It was going to happen and now it has. I think people have to sit up and pay attention.”

He agrees with the Alberta Justice assessment that the province has the fewest per capita justices in the country.

“Nothing seems to be happening,” said Rickards.

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“They’re replacing people who retire, die or go supernumerary (part-time), but they don’t seem to be adding any new judges.”

Rickards said the compounding problem in Red Deer is the lack of space.

“If you do have the judges here, there’s no courtroom to put them in. Even if you bring a judge in from Edmonton or Calgary, where are you going to put them? You can’t put them on the lawn — there are no courtrooms for that.”

Foster said if someone were arrested today, it could take two years or longer to get in front of a judge.

“Police officers get transferred, witnesses move, memories fade, the victims get re-victimized because they have to wait two years, minimum, to get these things dealt with and that’s on the criminal side,” said Foster.

“On the family side, it’s even more tragic because we have children who end up waiting for months and months to have their straight-forward matters dealt with. It’s the children who are being really shortchanged on this.”

Rhonda Coubrough, Central Alberta Child and Family Services regional manager of public relations, said it can take one to two years for a guardianship order to work through the Red Deer courts.

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“We plan for one to two years once we file an order,” she said. “We have timelines under legislation to pursue permanency for these children. We know that is best for these kids. We’re not always able to meet those timelines when the court can’t accommodate all the cases.”

One solution applied to the space crunch was to move traffic court out of the downtown courthouse and into the Red Deer Lodge twice a week. Foster said it was not even a short-term solution.

Alberta Infrastructure is conducting a study into creating three new courthouses, one of which would be in Red Deer. Foster estimated it was about the fifth such study the province has done over the past 25 years.

“I’m hopeful with the new premier,” said Foster.

“I’m expecting a report that says we’re going to proceed with one P3 initiative that will include Red Deer, Sherwood Park and Airdrie.”

An email from Alberta Infrastructure said they hope to have some information to share about the report next spring.

“The reality is it’s going to be at least five or six years before the problem is solved and in that time these problems are going to get worse,” said Foster.

“It’s going to get worse before it gets better.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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“Something that was saving a whole lot of time or had the potential to save a whole lot of time is gone because we don’t have the judges,” said Rickards. “It added a whole lot of time to the system.”

These dispute resolutions would be carried out wherever they could find space in Red Deer.

“What you need for a JDR is breakout rooms for people to sit in different rooms, and the mediator and judge go between the rooms and talks to the parties separately,” said Rickards.

JDRs used the jury room behind the courtroom and the courtroom is used as the breakout room, leaving little privacy.

“The other room is the conference room on the first floor and in those cases your breakout room is to stand in the hall. You’re standing in the hall and you’re trying to conduct something fairly serious in the hallway.”

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A form of mediation for civil matters ended last year, putting more pressure on the courts.

Chris Rickards, Central Alberta Bar Association president, pointed to Judicial Dispute Resolutions (JDR), a rule introduced in 2010 requiring an alternate form of dispute resolution before people could get a trial on a civil matter.

That included mediation, arbitration or the dispute resolution. During these, a judge or a privately-hired mediator would sit down on a nonbinding basis and try to help the parties resolve the case.

“It was a very successful program,” said Rickards. “The JDR was the most popular form of dispute resolution and it was mandatory.”

He estimated upwards of 90 per cent of cases that went through that process ended up being resolved. What would be a three-week injury lawsuit could take a morning when mediated through a JDR instead.

In February 2013, the rule requiring mandatory dispute resolutions before a trial could happen was suspended by Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Chief Justice Neil Wittmann and Associate Chief

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Preliminary hearing set for Prentice sends man charged with murders Mar packing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The man accused of killing a fiveyear-old Calgary boy and the child’s grandparents will have a preliminary hearing next May. Douglas Garland, 54, made a brief court appearance in Calgary Wednesday.

Clad in a blue prison jumpsuit, Garland kept his head down and said nothing as the court set a two week hearing that is to begin May 19.

He faces two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Alvin and Kathy Liknes and one charge of second-degree murder in the death of Nathan O’Brien.

The trio vanished from the Liknes home in June.

Nathan had been at his grandparents’ on a sleepover the night of June 29 after the couple held a sale at their Calgary home. They were selling their things as they prepared for a move to Edmonton and then on to Mexico.

When his mother went to pick Nathan up the next morning, no one was home. Police have said there

was evidence of a violent incident in the house. They have not disclosed a motive.

Investigators searched several properties near the acreage in Airdrie, north of Calgary, where Garland lived. The search lasted for weeks but the bodies have not been found.

The preliminary inquiry will determine whether there’s enough evidence to send the case to trial.

Crown prosecutor Shane Parker had the option of going directly to trial but said this will give him a chance for a test run of the evidence.

“I like the idea of a preliminary inquiry,” Parker said outside court. “It gives us more time to make sure we’re ready once the jury trial is slated to go.”

Kim Ross, Garland’s lawyer, said a preliminary hearing makes sense considering the vast amount of evidence.

“I think something of this complexity and nature requires a preliminary inquiry,” he said.

Ross said he hasn’t decided on whether to seek bail for his client.

He declined to respond to questions about why he has not requested a psychiatric assessment for Garland.

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Mayor of Slave Lake urges Ottawa to act after sixth train derailment SLAVE LAKE — A mayor of a town in northern Alberta says he’s concerned after another train derailment near his community — the sixth since May. Four engines and 21 rail cars of a Canadian National (TSX:CNR) train left the tracks a few kilometres east of Slave Lake on Tuesday afternoon.

Two of the rail cars that derailed were carrying dangerous jet fuel and sulphuric acid. All cars remained upright and there were no leaks or evacuations.

Mayor Tyler Warman said he wants Ottawa to evaluate the condition of the rail line and the causes of the derailments.

And he wants Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan to meet with him and others in Slave Lake to come up with a solution to prevent any more.

“Our community is very concerned,” Warman said Wednesday, adding that he has spent the past several months learning about the railway system, talking with CN officials and walking tracks with their inspectors.

“We understand that there’s going to be things that happen and we understand that it’s never going to be a perfect scenario. But six derailments in four months — we’re talking upwards of almost a hundred train cars.”

Warman said some rail cars that derailed earlier this year did spill their loads, but nothing hazardous

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CANADIANS: Freedom to travel Before the actual ceremony there are round table discussions, where the soon-to-be Canadians chat with other members of the community, already Canadian. After this, each table has a representative who gets the microphone and speaks a little to everyone.

It is when Eddy Brice gets up to speak that the sense of this moment in time hits home.

From Haiti, the 42-year-old starts to talk about becoming a Canadian, and then overwhelmed, he starts to cry, and a room full of noisy exuberant children, is suddenly quiet, listening.

When I talk to him later after the swearing in, with his born-in-Canada fiancée Deanna Westgard, 33, he is a happy camper as we native Canadians like to say.

Eddy came to Canada as a refugee in 2007, with just $50 in his pocket, ending up first in Hamilton, Ont. He eventually arrived in Red Deer in 2012, now working out at Nova Chemicals for Quinn Construction. Soon he expects to achieve the journeyman level as a scaffolder.

Seven years in the country, he has a family that also includes a stepson, a house, a vehicle, a full-time job. He is proud, grateful and all smiles.

New Canadians come so full of verve. Here are a few of their observations about their new country.

“People here are very kind and very polite. That’s a very good thing,” says one.

CALGARY — Alberta RCMP say they did nothing wrong when they didn’t issue an Amber Alert for a missing nine-year-old girl allegedly killed by her mother.

Cpl. Sharon Franks says an internal review has found officers complied with alert protocols after Amber Lucius was reported missing by her father.

Court documents show the child lived with her father and went to visit her mother on Aug. 28.

They say that when Laura Coward failed to return her daughter three days later, the father called RCMP and they searched for the girl together.

Mounties discovered her body Sept. 2 in a vehicle parked on a rural road near Sundre, southwest of Red Deer.

Coward has been charged with first-degree murder and is to appear in court Oct. 6.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Premier Jim Prentice shook up Alberta’s trade offices Wednesday, hiring Conservative MP Rob Merrifield and tossing overboard Gary Mar, former premier Alison Redford’s Asia representative.

“These are very significant changes that are being made,” Prentice told a news conference at Government House.

“This is new leadership in terms of how Alberta is represented.”

Merrifield has resigned his federal seat in the Alberta riding of Yellowhead to move to Washington, D.C., to head up Alberta’s trade relations with the United States.

Jay Hill, a former Conservative MP from British Columbia, will do the same for Western Canada and the North.

Career diplomat Ron Hoffmann will be Alberta’s point person in Asia and is to immediately review the efficiency of Alberta’s trade offices in the Pacific Basin.

Prentice said that Mar, Alberta’s Hong Kongbased trade representative, will not have his contract renewed when it expires next June. “(Mar) will work together with Mr. Hoffmann in the meantime to ensure that there’s a seamless transition,” said Prentice.

Mar, a former cabinet minister in the Ralph Klein era, had been the favourite to replace former premier Ed Stelmach when Redford came from behind to defeat him in the Progressive Conservative party’s 2011 leadership race.

Redford appointed Mar to Hong Kong in what was later revealed to be one of the most lucrative jobs in Alberta’s public service, with cash and benefits exceeding $500,000 a year.

Mar’s salary, along with revelations of other lavish perks for Redford and her inner circle, became symbols of government entitlement and excess.

Redford quit the premier’s job in March, amid plummeting poll numbers and ahead of a reported caucus and party revolt.

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Boy shot on farm released from hospital, expected to fully recover

COURT: Both men reserved their pleas

BEISEKER — RCMP say a six-year-old boy who was shot at a farm in central Alberta is expected to make a full recovery.

The boy was shot Tuesday at the family farm near Beiseker.

Police say he has been released from hospital and investigators are working with the Crown to determine if anyone will be charged.

RCMP say the shooting was an accident involving a small-calibre firearm.

Represented by defence counsel Richard Fritze, Klaus made a brief appearance in court on Wednesday by closed-circuit TV from the Red Deer Remand Centre, but did not enter a plea.

Frank also reserved from the same TV room a few moments later, represented by defence counsel Tonii Roulston of Calgary.

Both have reserved plea and remain in custody until their next court appearances, set for Monday, Oct. 6.

An observant young man noted: “There are a lot of liquor stores, especially in Red Deer. One on every corner.”

“Credit card purchases will be followed by a bill,” he also notes. Someone needs to tell him he has a good chance at becoming Canada’s number one export to the U.S. — comediennes.

“Space!” another person says. “You’ve got lots of space here!”

“Everyone comes here for the opportunity,” says another.

And to some applause, a young woman declares: I love cold. I love snow. I love winter.”

A young man says that when he arrived he had only $1,200. He jokes, “Now I’m not going to tell you how much I have because I have to pay taxes.”

Kashan Khan, 35, and his wife Ambreen Asif, 29, are from Pakistan. Their son Ma’arij is four and was born in Canada.

They came to Red Deer nine months ago, via Toronto and then Sudbury.

Kashan is a computer guy, works in Information Technology for IFR Workwear, a company in Red Deer that specializes in fire-resistant clothing used in the oilpatch. Ambreen is a math tutor.

They decided they wanted to come to Canada after Kashan went to school in the U.S., and found that after he returned to Pakistan it was hard to settle into the way of life there again.

“For us there were very limited options back home,” says Kashan.

Since they have no

family in Canada, they considered themselves “free radicals”, so they could move anywhere, he said.

And so a job brought them here.

Being a Canadian now allows them more freedom to travel, instead of having to get visas, something especially important to Ambreen so she can more easily visit her aunt in England for example.

On Wednesday afternoon another 75 new Canadians went through the citizenship ceremony in Red Deer.

“You are now part of the greatest country on Earth,” Citizenship Judge Joseph Woodard told the new Canadians.

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Harper, Duffy face off DISGRACED SENATOR’S COURT BATTLE COULD END BADLY FOR BOTH PLAYERS Does Stephen Harper lay awake at night fearing Mike Duffy?

Should he?

First, consider the alternative.

Does Mike Duffy lay awake at night in Prince Edward Island fearing jail time?

Should he?

These are the stakes in a drama that began TIM to play out in an HARPER Ottawa courtroom Tuesday.

This is going to end poorly for one of these two men — maybe both of them.

By now, the entire country is familiar with the narrative that has been crafted, in which the disgraced senator returns from the political grave to take down his tormenter, then returns to his P.E.I. enclave, his mission complete.

Like most grand narratives, the tale looks better on the story board.

Duffy and his lawyer, Donald Bayne, would like to have this matter at trial — with the country hearing dirty laundry in Harper’s office being aired, topped off by testimony from the prime minister himself — during an election

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year. A trial could last two months.

But first they have to tweak the narrative.

Step one — drop the naked revenge theme.

“This isn’t being run as a personal or political vendetta,” Bayne said on Tuesday. He pledged he would not have his trial turned into a political circus.

If, as the old adage goes, you can’t fight city hall, try dragging down a long-serving prime minister by vindictively signalling that goal.

We will now hear that Duffy doesn’t pose a threat to Harper but instead the danger comes from ripping the cover off the inner workings of the Prime Minister’s Office.

The conduit for that would be Nigel Wright, Harper’s former chief of staff who wrote a personal cheque for $90,000 to cover Duffy’s disputed expenses, part of what Bayne has argued was a PMO concoction to end a political problem; a scheme Duffy entered into reluctantly.

Bayne put it this way last July: “There is much that is offensive here.

But the evidence will show that it did not emanate from Senator Duffy.”

Regardless of that statement, expect now to hear that Duffy is a conservative, a man merely trying to clear his name, not settle scores.

Step two — justify your need for speed in a non-political context.

Don’t make it sound like a political timetable, but say the urgency is due to the “physical, emotional and mental health,” of the senator.

Duffy has had open heart surgery, and surely he is under duress, but there appear to be no immediate health concerns. Duffy’s health had nothing to do with his decision not to travel to Ottawa on Tuesday.

Step three — don’t eagerly target Harper.

Bayne has talked about a “big evidentiary iceberg,” and a damaging email chain and implied he knew something about Harper’s involvement in the Wright payment, something Harper has always denied.

“I do have some information, but I can’t ... I’m not presently prepared to divulge it,’’ Bayne said 11 months ago.

Now, the strategy would be to pull back from the vow that the prime minister will be called to testify. Just don’t rule it out, let the politicians and the pundits continually raise it and know his appearance would trump any other disclosures from the likes of former Senate leader Marjory LeBreton, senators on the board of internal economy, or even Wright.

It leaves us with a much more anodyne story than the previous elbowsup saga.

Clear the poor senator’s name and if Harper is hurt in the process, so be it.

Harper reiterated on Tuesday that

he has nothing to add should he be subpoenaed.

The prime minister has co-operated “fully and freely’’ with the RCMP, said his spokesman Jason MacDonald.

“The RCMP have noted this and, after a thorough investigation, have made it clear who they believe is guilty of wrongdoing — Mike Duffy. They have also made clear that they do not believe the prime minister had any knowledge of Mr. Duffy’s wrongdoing.

Given this, it is difficult to imagine that the prime minister would have any information that could be relevant to Mr. Duffy’s defence.’’

Right now, it’s likely that if anyone is having night yips about this, it is the man on the island.

Duffy is facing 31 complex charges, his reputation may not be salvageable, he does face the prospect of spending his declining years behind bars and it is not a given that Ontario’s backlogged court system can clear the time for a trial on his political timetable.

But all that could change if Duffy can force a subpoena on Harper.

The prime minister may have a number of perfectly legal reasons to refuse, but should he do so, he loses, Duffy wins and the senator sleeps soundly in the political world in which they both live.

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

‘Islamic States’ on growth curve A coalition of imams and organizations representing British Muslims has written British Prime Minister David Cameron asking him to stop using the phrase “Islamic State” when talking about the new country carved out of Iraq and Syria by Islamist terrorists. That’s what Abu Baqr al Baghdadi, who has proclaimed himself “the caliph of all Muslims and the prince of the believers,” calls his newly conquered territory, but it’s giving ordinary Muslims a bad name.

The British Muslim leaders declared that “the media, civic society and governments should refuse to legitimize these ludicrous caliphate fantasies by accepting or propagating this name. We propose that “UnIslamic State” (UIS) could be an accurate and fair alternate name to describe GWYNNE this group and its agenda — DYER and we will begin to call it that.”

Good luck with that.

But meanwhile two more “UnIslamic States” are being created right now, on Libyan and Nigerian territory: same black flags, same fanaticism and cruelty, even the same ski masks.

The city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, has more than two million people. It is surrounded by the forces of Boko Haram — the name roughly translates as “Western education is forbidden” — and most of the rest of Borno has already fallen under their rule. In fact, the whole northeastern corner of Nigeria is passing out of the government’s control.

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“At this very moment,” Alhaji Baba Ahmad Jidda, the secretary to the Borno state government, told The Independent newspaper last week, “most parts of Borno state are being occupied by Boko Haram insurgents. Government presence and administration is minimal, with economic, commercial and social services totally subdued. Schools and clinics remain closed.”

Boko Haram’s ultimate goal was the imposition of an Islamic state in Nigeria ever since it began active operations in 2009. It was in touch with al-Qaida from the start, and later with the jihadi groups in Syria that subsequently turned into ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) and finally into the “Islamic State” that now spans those two countries.

Only the northern half of Nigeria’s population is Muslim, so that was where Boko Haram’s murders and abductions were concentrated, although it also carried out terrorist bombings in the Christian parts of the country.

In all, 3,600 people were killed in these attacks in the four years to 2013, but then there was a major acceleration: 2,000 more people have been killed in just the first half of this year.

From about mid-July, Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau also changed tactics: instead of hit-and-run raids, he started to take and hold territory. In August, after his fighters captured the town of Gwoza in Borno, he released a video declaring that the area was “now part of the Islamic Caliphate.” He now rules over about three million people in northeastern Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon.

The Nigerian army rarely stands up to Boko Haram’s fighters. Like the Iraqi army, which ran from far smaller numbers of ISIS troops, it is corrupt and badly equipped, but it is also deeply penetrated

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So Abubakar Shekau may end up ruling much of northern Nigeria.

Libya is considerably further down the same track. A civil war broke out between the various militias left over from the 2011 campaign to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, the former dictator, shortly after the June election that might – just might – have produced a government that would try to disarm those militias. It has got so bad that almost a third of the Libya’s population, 1.8 million people, has fled the country, mostly seeking shelter in Tunisia.

The real divisions between these warring militias are regional and tribal, but a number of them have adopted extreme Islamist ideologies, partly because it guarantees a flow of arms and money from certain governments in the Gulf. These Islamist militias have emerged as the winners both in the savage fighting in western Libya around the capital, Tripoli, and also in the other major city, Benghazi, in the east.

In fact, Islamist militias with ISIS-style ideologies now control every city along the Libyan coast except Tobruk, a short distance from the Egyptian border.

That is where the new parliament elected in June has taken refuge, and the parliament’s members are living on a hired Greek car ferry that is serving as a floating hotel. The front line starts just west of town — and the next town along the coast, Derna, has been declared an Islamic caliphate.

A lot of this is just ideological fashion, of course.

The various “caliphates” are in touch with one another, after a fashion, but there is no master plan.

However, the results are truly nasty both in Nigeria and in Libya — and the risk of overreaction by those who feel threatened by these developments, especially in the West, is quite large.

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Canada, Ukraine affirm solidarity UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT POROSHENKO ADDRESSES JOINT PARLIAMENTARY SITTING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — As Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived Wednesday on Parliament Hill to address MPs and senators, another visiting European official lauded Ukraine’s recent move to pull away from Russian influence.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Poroshenko, the former candy billionaire, exchanged warm greetings and affirmed their mutual solidarity and support after Poroshenko received a red-carpet welcome to the Centre Block.

“I know it’s a very difficult time and we’re greatly honoured that you were able to share this time with us on your visit to North America and to give us the opportunity to express our support for your government,” Harper said during a photo opportunity in his office.

Speaking in English, Poroshenko lauded Canada for its unwavering support of Ukraine — not just in the recent months of crisis, but over the years as well.

“Canada is one of the very closest partners to Ukraine. We still remember that Canada was the second country after Poland to recognize our independence,” Poroshenko said.

“Canada is the most Ukrainian country outside Ukraine.”

There are about 1.2 million Ukrainian Canadians and they form a powerful voting bloc in some key Toronto ridings, as well as in communities across the Prairies.

Earlier this week, Poroshenko signed a co-operation agreement with the European Union that will deepen economic and political ties and help cement Ukraine’s focus towards Europe and away from Russia.

It was a decision last fall by former

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Doug Ford — joined the mayoral race in his stead.

The councillor has said the family is grateful for the outpouring of support from the public for the mayor, who “is in for the fight of his life.”

Ford’s father, former Ontario politician Doug Ford Sr., died in 2006 of colon cancer three months after he was diagnosed with the disease.

Rob Ford — who has turned into an international celebrity due to a series of scandals touched off by reports of a video appearing to show him smoking crack cocaine — returned to office just over two months ago after a stint in rehab for substance abuse issues.

His role as mayor has been largely symbolic since last November, when he was stripped of most of his powers following his admissions of alcohol abuse and drug use during “drunken stupors.”

tions that have been put upon Russia.

“Even a new regime of sanctions is to come.”

Jensen said Europe and the world must send “a strong signal to Russia because they are endangering not only eastern Europe but world peace by having such an aggressive approach to neighbouring countries.”

Poroshenko arrived in Ottawa on Tuesday night, hours after Ukraine agreed to grant greater autonomy to rebel-held parts of the country’s east.

A nearly two-week-old cease fire is holding in Ukraine, but tension continues between government forces and Russian-backed rebels in the east. A building in Donetsk was hit by rocket fire Wednesday, killing at least one person.

Harper has been a staunch ally of Ukraine and was the first world leader to visit Poroshenko in Kyiv in June, shortly after he was elected.

Two more jurors picked to hear evidence at Magnotta murder trial

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — A seventh juror has been selected to hear evidence at the first-degree murder trial of Luka Rocco Magnotta.

The man picked this afternoon at the Montreal courthouse is a university professor.

Earlier today, a woman who works in a public-relations firm became juror No. 6. There are now four women and three men on the jury.

The selection process will continue until 16 people have been picked — 14 jurors and two alternates who will serve as a safeguard in case problems arise along the way. Ultimately, 14 jurors will hear the case and a dozen will deliberate on a final verdict.

Magnotta has pleaded not guilty to five charges, including first-degree murder, in connection with the May 2012 slaying and dismemberment of Jun Lin, 33, a Chinese engineering stu-

dent.

The trial judge has told the jurors they are forbidden from discussing the case with anyone outside of the jury and that they must refrain from researching it or discussing it online themselves.

The trial, which is expected to last between six and eight weeks, is scheduled to begin hearing evidence this coming Monday.

While proceedings will take place mostly in English, many witnesses will testify in French.

Hundreds of potential jurors received exemptions last week, primarily because they said they were not proficient enough in both languages.

Besides the murder charge, Magnotta has pleaded not guilty to committing an indignity to a body; publishing obscene material; criminally harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament; and mailing obscene and indecent material.

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Dr. Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai Hospital told a packed news conference that the mayor will undergo two rounds of chemotherapy treatment over the next 40 days.

He said doctors will decide what their next step is based on how the tumour responds to treatment.

“It has about 60 different cell types and that’s what makes it a very rare tumour and a very difficult tumour,” Cohen said of malignant liposarcoma, the kind of cancer Ford has been diagnosed with.

“However we are optimistic about this tumour.”

Dr. Cohen — an internationally recognized colorectal surgeon — said doctors have also found a “small nodule” in Ford’s buttock, behind the left hip, which is part of the same abdominal tumour they discovered last week.

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About 3,000 people have been killed, leaving the West and Russia — with Ukraine caught in the middle — mired in their worst crisis since the end of the Cold War. EU member Denmark welcomed the arrival of the new pact with Ukraine, and said more sanctions against Russia could be in offing.

“Ukraine, with this, sends a clear signal that they belong to Europe and they want a strong relation with the European Union,” Danish Trade Minister Mogens Jensen told The Canadian Press during a separate visit to Ottawa on Wednesday.

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The hospital known as CHEO says the patients did not require treatment in the intensive care unit for the virus.

Enterovirus D-68 causes symptoms similar to those of the common cold, but children with underlying respiratory conditions like asthma may suffer more severe symptoms, including difficulty breathing.

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Winnipeg police analyzing bones found along Red River by volunteer searchers WINNIPEG — Volunteers searching for clues about the fate of missing and murdered aboriginal women have found bones along the banks of the Red River in Winnipeg.

Police are now analyzing the remains, found Tuesday evening, but don’t know yet if they are human. A blood-splattered pillowcase, a bloody rug and a set of dentures have also been turned over to police following a few tentative searches by the group determined to drag the river for bodies.

For those relatives of missing women, every potential clue unearthed by the river brings an onslaught of emotion. Bernadette Smith — whose sister Claudette Osborne has been missing since 2008 — said everyone immediately wonders if they will finally find out what happened to their loved one.

“With those bones, I’ve already had calls from family members already saying, ’Do they know if they’re human?”’ Smith said. “Families are left wondering, ’Were those human remains and were they the remains of my loved one?’ It’s definitely emotional for all parties involved.”

Smith started recruiting volunteers to search the river after the discovery of the body of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine last month. Police say her death was a homicide but have yet to make an arrest. The death of the teen, who had run away from foster care, touched a nerve across the country, prompting renewed calls for a national inquiry into almost 1,200 missing and murdered aboriginal women.

The number of volunteers and supporters to “Drag the Red” has swelled into the hundreds. Winnipeg police, who had been silent about the effort, voiced their support Wednesday.

Federal Court overturns Latimer’s travel restrictions

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A Federal Court judge has overturned a parole board condition that bars Robert Latimer from travelling freely outside Canada without pre-approval.

In a ruling released Tuesday, Judge Michael Manson concluded there is nothing to indicate the 60-year-old Saskatchewan farmer should be prevented from leaving the country or that he poses a danger to society.

“I cannot discern any basis for the appeal board to find that Mr. Latimer poses any risk to any persons inside or outside of Canada, or that an elimination of reporting requirements for international travel would present any real risk to public safety or adversely affect the protection of society,” he said in the written ruling.

Manson has ordered the parole board’s appeal division to reconsider the case.

Latimer was convicted in 1997 of the second-degree murder of his 12-year-old daughter Tracy by piping exhaust into the cab of his truck on the family farm in Wilkie, Sask.

Tracy Latimer had severe cerebral palsy, and Latimer has always said he wanted to end her agony.

He was sentenced to life in prison and released on full parole, with some conditions, in 2010.

In June 2013, a parole board panel denied Latimer’s request to leave Canada without having to apply first for a limited-time passport.

Latimer appealed the decision in November of that year but the ban was upheld by the appeal board so he applied for a judicial review. His application was heard in Federal Court in Vancouver two weeks ago.

Manson said in his decision that the parole board is supposed to consider the least restrictive release possible for an offender.

He said the board and its appeal division did not exercise discretion in Latimer’s case in a reasonable manner, given that his parole team had determined Latimer has demonstrated positive behaviour in the community, poses limited risks of reoffending and has always complied with his parole conditions.

“That finding ... and after considering all relevant information, leads me to conclude that the board and appeal board did not exercise their broad discretion in a reasonable, transparent or intelligible manner,” Manson said.

“The board and appeal board cannot exercise discretion based on an arbitrary or punitive basis.”

The Attorney General of Canada had argued the travel ban was warranted because positive assessments from Latimer’s parole team don’t necessarily outweigh the gravity of his crime, the court document said.

Ottawa man pleads guilty to terrorism charge

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — An Ottawa man who pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge as part of a homegrown conspiracy says he wants to make amends for his mistake.

Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh told a courtroom Wednesday that he did not always subscribe to such an “evil way of thinking” and admitted his actions had hurt his two young children.

“I owe them a lot,” he said, noting time behind bars had opened his eyes to the reality of his actions.

In a surprise move, Alizadeh, 34, pleaded guilty to possessing explosives with an intent to do harm.

It means he will not face trial in February for his role in a plan to wage violent jihad in Canada.

Alizadeh is “genuinely interested” in seeking counselling in a federal penitentiary, said his lawyer, Leo Russomanno. “He’s truly committed to re-

forming, to deradicalizing and coming to terms with what is it that led him to that dark place.”

Crown lawyer Jason Wakely said while he was pleased to hear Alizadeh’s expression of remorse, time will tell whether he can truly shed his radical outlook.

“Curing this sort of ideological misguidance is not an easy task, and it’s not necessarily a perfected science.”

Alizadeh, a custodian and part-time student, was arrested in August 2010 along with two other men.

Police seized terrorist literature, videos and manuals along with dozens of devices designed to detonate homemade bombs remotely.

Alizadeh was sentenced to 24 years in prison after entering his plea in Ontario Superior Court, part of a pre-arranged deal.

Justice Colin McKinnon told Alizadeh he will be burdened with an utterly deplorable stigma.

Most Canadians have good mental health: report TORONTO — A new report on the mental health status of Canadians has found that 77 per cent of people aged 15 or older are considered to be psychologically flourishing — feeling good about life and functioning well.

The Statistics Canada report found less than two per cent of Canadians are classified as languishing, meaning they experience low positive emotions and poor functioning, while almost 22 per cent of Canadians are classified as having moderate mental health.

The report is based on results from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey.

When combined with information on mental illness, almost threequarters of Canadians are estimated to have complete mental health and don’t meet criteria for six major mental disorders: depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and alcohol, cannabis or other drug abuse or dependence.

Men and women were equally likely to have complete mental health, with factors contributing to well-being including age, marital status, income, education, employment status, spirituality and physical health.

The report found age is a factor in psychological well-being, with 80 per cent of those aged 65 and older having complete mental health, compared to 65 per cent aged 15 to 24.

Having a spouse or partner is also associated with having complete mental health, as is higher education and income.

People who reported that religious or spiritual beliefs were important in their daily lives were significantly more likely to be in complete mental health than those not classified as having strong spirituality: 76 per cent versus 66 per cent, respectively.

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Crunch time in Scotland YES AND NO SUPPORTERS MAKE FINAL PITCH AHEAD OF TODAY’S VOTE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EDINBURGH — For Scots, Wednesday was a day of excitement, apprehension, and a flood of final appeals before a big decision. In a matter of hours, they will determine whether Scotland leaves the United Kingdom and becomes an independent state.

A full 97 per cent of those eligible have registered to vote — including, for the first time, 16- and 17-year-olds — in a referendum that polls suggest is too close to call.

A phone poll of 1,373 people by Ipsos MORI, released Wednesday, put opposition to independence at 51 per cent and support at 49 per cent, with 5 per cent of voters undecided.

That means neither side can feel confident, given the margin of error of about plus or minus three percentage points.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, himself a Scot, told a No campaign rally that the quiet majority of pro-Union Scots “will be silent no more,” while pro-independence leader Alex Salmond urged voters to seize a democratic opportunity 307 years in the making.

In its final hours, the battle for Scotland had all the trappings of a normal election campaign: “Yes Scotland” and “No, Thanks” posters in windows, buttons on jackets, leaflets on street corners and megaphone-topped campaign cars cruising the streets blasting out Scottish songs and “Children of the Revolution.”

But it is, both sides acknowledge, a once-in-a-generation — maybe once-ina-lifetime — choice that could redraw the map of the United Kingdom.

The gravity of the imminent decision was hitting home for many voters as political leaders made passionate, final pleas for their sides. More than 4.2 million people are registered to vote in the country of 5.3 million people.

Cathy Chance, who works for Britain’s National Health Service in the

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NO supporters at George Square, Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, wave the Union flag with the Royal Standard of Scotland above, ahead of the Scottish independence referendum that takes place Thursday. Will the ayes have it, or will Scotland say naw thanks? No one is certain. Excitement and anxiety mounted across the country Wednesday, the final day of campaigning before Thursday’s referendum.

Scottish capital, Edinburgh, said she would leave Scotland if it became independent.

“I don’t want to live under a nation that’s nationalistic,” she said. “I don’t think the world needs another political barrier.”

On the other side, Yes campaigner Roisin McLaren said she was finally letting herself believe independence might be possible.

“My family has campaigned for independence for a long, long time, and it’s always been a pipe dream,” the Edinburgh University student said as she knocked on doors in a last-minute effort to convert wavering electors.

“Just in the last few days it’s seemed Witheridge died from head wounds while 24-year-old David Miller suffered severe blows to the head and drowned in the surf, said Maj. Gen. Pornchai Suteerakune, the country’s forensics police chief.

Pornchai said Miller also had wounds on his hand, indicating a struggle had taken place.

The two Britons were found Monday morning in a rocky alcove along the shore close to the hotel where they both were staying on Koh Tao. A bloodied hoe was found near the bodies.

Authorities have made no arrests so far but are hoping to be able to match DNA samples. However, assistant national police chief Gen. Jarumporn Suramanee said two sets of DNA that were found both on Witheridge’s body and on a cigarette butt near the scene.

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Politicians on both sides expressed confidence in the Scottish public, but uncertainty rippled below the surface.

Opinion polls have failed to put either side decisively ahead. Bookmakers, however, told a different story. A winning 1 pound bet on Yes would pay out 5 pounds from many bookies, while the same pound would return just 1.20 pounds from a winning wager on No. One firm, Betfair, has already paid out on a No win.

Brown, Britain’s former leader, told supporters that the patriotic choice was to remain within the U.K. “The vote tomorrow is not about

whether Scotland is a nation — we are, yesterday, today and tomorrow,” he said. “The vote tomorrow is whether you want to break and sever every link,” with the rest of the country.

Salmond, energetic leader of the Yes campaign, said Scots would seize “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take the future of this country into our hands.”

Despite gains in support for independence in recent weeks, Salmond said his side remained the underdog.

“However, as we know in life, in politics and certainly in this festival of democracy, underdogs have a habit of winning sometimes,” he said.

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 2014

WHL teams add NHL flavour

Baltimore Orioles’ Steve Pearce rounds second base past Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Ryan Goins after hitting a solo home run in the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, in Baltimore.

NEW COACHES IN THE LEAGUE BRING WEALTH OF NHL EXPERIENCE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — In order to rise to the top of the coaching ladder, three longtime NHL assistants are dropping a couple of rungs first.

Almost half the teams in the Western Hockey League will start this season with new coaches, with Tim Hunter, Bob Woods and Jamie Kompon coming directly from the NHL. Hunter, an assistant coach last season with the Washington Capitals, is the new head coach and general manager of the Moose Jaw Warriors. Woods has taken on both roles with the Saskatoon Blades after spending last year as an assistant with Anaheim.

Kompon, who won a Stanley Cup with Chicago in 2013 and the Los Angeles Kings in 2012, is coach-GM of the Portland Winterhawks.

What brings these men to major junior hockey is the belief the WHL can be a springboard to a job as an NHL head coach.

Mike Johnston, Kompon’s predecessor in Portland, went directly to head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins this season after six years with the Winterhawks.

“I’ve been an assistant and worn many hats in the NHL for 17 years,” Kompon says. “You kind of get to that stage where ’am I ever going to get out of that or is this my peak? Have I maxed out as an assistant?’

“Wanting to be that head coach and running my own team and being able to run my own bench, that’s why I feel this is a great opportunity for me.”

Hunter won a Stanley Cup as a player with the Calgary Flames in 1989.

He’s been an NHL assistant coach for 14 seasons with Washington, Toronto and San Jose.

“As an assistant coach in the NHL, I’ve applied for a number of jobs that were head coaching opportunities,” Hunter says. “I keep getting the stumbling block that I don’t have enough coaching experience. I never ran my own team.

“For me, I felt if I ever wanted to finish out my dream and be a head coach at the highest level — I was very fortunate to play at the highest level, so now I want to coach at the highest level as a head coach — I thought I’d have to take a step back and become a head coach at the WHL level. I thought it gave me the best opportunity to become an NHL head coach.”

The 2014-15 season opens Friday with seven games. Four of the WHL’s 22 clubs will start the season ranked in the Canadian Hockey League’s top 10: Brandon Wheat Kings (third); Kelowna Rockets (fifth); Calgary Hitmen (seventh); Portland Winterhawks (10th).

The other teams who made coaching changes were Regina (John Paddock); Edmonton (Steve Hamilton); Kamloops (Don Hay); Kelowna (Dan Lambert); Vancouver (Troy Ward); Calgary (Mark French); and Tri-City (Mike Williamson).

Paddock is a former head coach of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators and Winnipeg Jets, while Hay has coached the Calgary Flames and Arizona Coyotes in the past.

After 10 years with the WHL’s Vancouver Giants, Hay returns to Kamloops where he coached the Blazers to Memorial Cups in 1994 and 1995.

The CHL — to which the WHL belongs — touts itself as the No. 1 development league for the NHL. The NHL pays the major junior leagues development money based on drafted players. The WHL sent 129 players to NHL rookie camps last week.

WHL owners want coaches with NHL experience because they know what needs to be done to get junior players to the NHL. “We have the opportunity because we’ve been at this level, to help these kids as well and show them what we’ve learned to help them reach their goals,” Woods says.

“If you can pass along some advice and little things for these guys to help them get there, if we see these guys go on and make the NHL, then it’s a reward for us too.”

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Blue Jays get belted by Orioles again to finish off sweep

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Orioles 6 Blue Jays 1 BALTIMORE — The Toronto Blue Jays staggered out of Camden Yards, their playoff chances whittled down to a mere mathematical possibility after a spirit-crushing sweep at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles.

Steve Pearce hit two homers and had four RBIs as the Orioles beat J.A. Happ and the Blue Jays 6-1 Wednesday night.

Very little went right for Toronto during its stay in Charm City. After a 5-2 loss in the opener, the Blue Jays watched in dismay as Baltimore clinched the AL East title with an 8-2 victory on Tuesday.

In the finale, Pearce hit a solo shot in the third inning and a three-run drive in the fifth for a 4-0 lead. That gave him three homers and seven RBIs over two games.

“The key to the series was being able to get Pearce out,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said. “He burned us last night, then again tonight. In a lot of ways that’s a big, big part of the game right there.”

The Blue Jays are six games out in the race for the second wild card with 11 games to play. They open a fourgame series against the Yankees on Thursday night.

“It was a terrible series for us, plain

and simple, but we’re going to a place where we need to go and win some games,” Happ said. “We need to take advantage of the time we have. We’re still playing for something.”

Barely.

“We’re all competitors and we don’t like to lose,” Gibbons said.

Happ (9-11) gave up both homers to Pearce and lost his third straight start.

Toronto pitchers have surrendered home runs in seven straight games.

“They are where they are at for a reason,” Happ said. “They are playing at a high level right now all around.”

Jose Reyes drove in a seventh-inning run for the Blue Jays, who have lost four in row.

In the bottom of the seventh, Aaron Sanchez threw a high, inside pitch that sent Pearce to the ground. Then, for the third time in three games, the plate umpire warned both teams about throwing at batters.

“No intention,” Sanchez said. “Just sailed on me.”

It was the 10th win in 11 games for the Orioles, who have a shot to earn home-field advantage throughout the AL playoffs. Baltimore started the day three games behind the Los Angeles Angels with 11 to play.

Still, Orioles manager Buck Showalter began the process of resting some of his regulars, including Nick Markakis. Pearce took over in right field and Christian Walker made his major

league debut at first base.

Walker doubled in the seventh for his first hit, and Baltimore completed its third sweep in five series this month.

The Orioles lead the AL East by 14 ½ games, their biggest cushion since Oct. 1, 1970.

David Lough homered for Baltimore in the eighth, the team’s major leagueleading 199th of the season.

Bud Norris (14-8) allowed two hits and five walks in 5 1-3 scoreless innings to improve to 4-0 lifetime against Toronto. His performance came after a night in which the players drenched each other in champagne and beer in a celebration that lasted well past midnight.

“I tried to get as much sleep as I could,” Norris said. “I was still pretty excited and everything else. Tried to get some rest and just come to the ballpark, kind of go through the routine.

We’ve already clinched, but like I said I want to go out there and do my part and keep auditioning for the post-season.”

SUSPENSION APPEALED Toronto rookie Marcus Stroman is appealing a six-game suspension he received for throwing at the head of Baltimore’s Caleb Joseph on Monday.

“I would never intentionally throw at anyone,” Stroman insisted.

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Peterson goes back to bench VIKINGS ‘MADE A MISTAKE’ WITH DECISION, PUT STAR RUNNING BACK ON LEAVE WITH ABUSE CASE PENDING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson was declared out, back in, then out again as he faces a felony child-abuse charge in Texas.

This time, he could be gone for the season.

“We made a mistake,” Vikings owner Zygi Wilf said, “and we needed to get this right.”

Vikings executives emerged Wednesday from a late-night deliberation to voice regret of their initial decision to let Peterson play this week after sitting him for a game once he was charged with injuring his 4-yearold son by spanking him with a wooden switch. Now Peterson is back on paid leave through a special roster exemption granted by the NFL, the same protocol cited by the Carolina Panthers as they sat defensive end Greg Hardy a few hours later while he deals with his own domestic violence case.

“We will support Adrian during this legal and personal process, but we firmly believe this is the right decision,” said Wilf, the team’s co-owner with younger brother Mark Wilf.

During a 17-minute news conference at Vikings headquarters, the word “right” was used a total of 34 times by the Wilfs, vice-president Kevin Warren and general manager Rick Spielman.

They expressed concern about child welfare, recognized their role as public figures and reminded the audience of the community service work done regularly by players.

The most emphatic responses, though, came to questions from reporters about external pressure.

Did the NFL strong-arm the decision? Did the loss of sponsorships drive it?

“Absolutely not,” Mark Wilf, the

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In this Sept. 7, 2014 photo, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson carries the ball agianst the St. Louis Rams during an NFL football game in St. Louis. After a day of public pressure from angry fans and concerned sponsors, the Vikings have reversed course and placed star Peterson on the exemptcommissioner’s permission list, the team announced Wednesday. The move that will require him to stay away from the team while he addresses child abuse charges. team president, said on both subjects.

He added: “We appreciate our fans, men and women alike, our sponsors and the community. We hear their input.”

Backlash was swift to the announcement Monday that Peterson would rejoin the Vikings after being held out Sunday. The Radisson hotel chain suspended its team sponsorship. Promi-

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nent NFL advertisers, including Anheuser-Busch, raised concern about recent off-the-field problems. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton called for Peterson’s suspension.

Picked for six Pro Bowls in his first seven seasons, Peterson’s popularity took a huge hit.

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NHL training camps open to several questions waiting to be answered

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS As training camps open around the NHL, the San Jose Sharks have two former captains but neither one wearing the “C” and six teams have new head coaches, while the Toronto Maple Leafs have the same one amid promises of a changing culture.

The Boston Bruins are up against the salary cap even after losing winger Jarome Iginla, and the Stanley Cup-champion Los Angeles Kings don’t know when goaltender Jonathan Quick will be 100 per cent healthy after off-season wrist surgery.

So there’s plenty of drama well before the 2014-15 season gets underway Oct. 8. Here are the top storylines to watch in the coming weeks: HOW THE LEAFS TURN: Randy Carlyle is still the coach of the Leafs, Dion Phaneuf is still the captain and the core is very much intact from the group that lost 12 of its final 14 games to miss the playoffs.

But ever since Brendan Shanahan was named president in April, the organization has talked up a culture change.

Changes in the front office under general manager Dave Nonis — Kyle Dubas and Brandon Pridham in and Claude Loiselle and Dave Poulin out — and a new staff under Carlyle have made for a busy summer. But it’s unclear what impact any of that will have on the ice.

Goaltender Jonathan Bernier, who played for the Kings when they won the Cup in 2012, said the difference is how a winning team approaches each game.

“I think that’s the biggest difference that as a group you feel confident, and that’s just a process,” Bernier said. “It takes time. Especially this year, we have a lot of new guys, so it might take a little bit of time to get adjusted all together. But I think that’s the biggest thing is to get that edge as a group that we can beat anybody in the league.”

Carlyle’s camp and the Leafs’ playing style in the pre-season should answer plenty of questions about what’s really different.

SHARKS’ PARTING OF THE ’C’: Joe Thornton was the captain of the Sharks when they blew a 3-0 series lead to the Kings and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Coach Todd McLellan said last month that his team goes into camp with the captaincy and both alternate spots up for grabs.

With Thornton and alternate Patrick Marleau — a former captain in his own right — displaced, their roles in the locker-room and on the ice are unclear.

GM Doug Wilson talked up a “rebuild,” but San Jose is still a legitimate contender and Thornton and Marleau are still great players, who just happen to be starting new contracts.

As the Sharks trumpet a youth movement, 25-yearold Logan Couture could be the face of it as the new captain.

KINGS BETTING ON QUICK TURNAROUND: A summer passing around the Stanley Cup for the

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WHL: Systems Woods was an assistant coach to Bruce Boudreau in Washington for three seasons before following Boudreau to Anaheim for the last two.

It may seem like Woods, Hunter and Kompon are taking a few steps down the career ladder, but WHL teams now model their operations on those of the NHL, if on a smaller scale. Running a successful WHL team checks off a box when applying to the NHL. “Everything we have done from playing rules to regulations has mirrored the NHL experience and we want to provide our players with a similar type of experience,” WHL commissioner Ron Robison says.

“Whether we’re talking about systems played on the ice and how competitive the teams are, the video, the technology used to support our teams, our training facilities that are available for our players, it’s all-NHL like in every which way. The gap has closed considerably over the years in terms of the type of experience.”

“You can coach at the junior level but be only a step away from an NHL opportunity because of the likeness of the two.”

The WHL has adopted for the NHL’s playoff format for this season. Players to watch include Giants winger Tyler Benson, the first pick in the WHL’s 2013 draft, and Kelowna Rockets centre Nick Merkley, who won the league’s rookie award last season.

Led by forwards Nic Petan and Oliver Bjorkstrand and goaltender Brendan Burke, the Winterhawks are expected to be contenders again under Kompon.

Victoria Royals forward Tyler Soy and Seattle Thunderbirds forward Matt Barzal were impact players for Canada’s under-18 this summer.

Five-star hotels and first-class flights aren’t generally part of the WHL experience, so Hunter, Woods and Kompon face lifestyle adjustments.

Hunter can remember riding the bus as a player the WHL’s Seattle Breakers in the 1970s. Transportation has come a long way since then.

“The buses are sure a lot better now than when I played in the WHL,” he says. “Wi-Fi, plug-ins for your laptop, lots of leg room. They’re a lot more comfortable in the heating department as well.”

Kings turns into an autumn of wondering when Quick will be himself after off-season wrist surgery. The team announced in late June that the 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy winner would be off the ice for 10 to 12 weeks.

GM Dean Lombardi told the Los Angeles Times that Quick only recently starting facing shots again and wouldn’t be rushed back on the ice during the pre-season. The start of the regular season remains the target.

If Quick isn’t ready, the Kings have Martin Jones — who had a .934 save percentage and 1.81 goalsagainst average in 19 games as a rookie — but little depth beyond. Jeff Deslauriers, a 2002 Edmonton Oilers draft pick who hasn’t played in the NHL since 2012, is in camp on a tryout.

“I’m not worried at all,” Conn Smythe Trophywinner Justin Williams said. “We’ve shown over the last year when Quickie gets hurt or when anyone else gets hurt, we’re able to fill that void because of the depth we have. Martin Jones is a very capable goalie and he showed that last year.”

BRUINS IN A BIND: Even with Iginla gone in free agency to the Colorado Avalanche and centre Marc Savard on long-term injured reserve, the Bruins need new contracts for last year’s all-rookie defenceman Torey Krug and winger Reilly Smith.

That’s a tough spot to be in right against the cap ceiling, even with Savard’s salary set to come off the books. Because of that, Patrice Bergeron admires — but does not envy — GM Peter Chiarelli.

“It’s definitely nice to see that Peter is always trying to keep the same core and the same guys coming back,” Bergeron said. “We know that in the cap world it’s not easy to do and it’s a tough job and I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes. ...

“It’s definitely different this year. We’re really

close to the cap, if not on it, and there’s still two guys remaining to be signed and there’s a few spots for guys on tryouts or young players.”

Smith will be counted on to help fill the scoring void left by Iginla, and either a bottom-six forward will need to step up or the Bruins could give Simon Gagne, in camp on at tryout, a shot. Jordan Caron, Justin Florek, Ryan Spooner and 2014 first-rounder David Pastrnak mean Boston has no shortage of prospects on the fringe of making a difference.

TROTZ LEADS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT: Barry Trotz is one of six new head coaches and is tasked with trying to get Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals back to the playoffs. One important question in training camp is whether Trotz will get the Capitals to play more defensive hockey or if the former Nashville Predators coach will adapt with more tools at his disposal.

Before arriving in Washington last week, Ovechkin said he had only met Trotz once but heard from other players that he’s a great coach and an “honest man.” Trotz, who is replacing the fired Adam Oates, will the Capitals’ fourth head coach since the start of the 2011-12 season. But Ovechkin said he understands the need for change behind the bench.

“In position where we are, we have to make changes and we did,” he said. “I hope it’s going to work and I hope our team gets better.”

The other five new head coaches are Bill Peters with the Carolina Hurricanes, Gerard Gallant with the Florida Panthers, Peter Laviolette with the Nashville Predators, Mike Johnston with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Willie Desjardins with the Vancouver Canucks. Desjardins is the third coach to start as many seasons in Vancouver.

JOHANSEN, BLUE JACKETS UNDER THE GUN: Among the handful of restricted free agents without a contract, no one is more prominent than Columbus’s Ryan Johansen. After a breakout 63-point season that included 33 goals, the 22-year-old centre has been unable to figure out a new deal.

Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen told Johansen, via the Columbus Post-Dispatch, to “make us pay.”

The team wants to see more than one great year from him and might be willing to let him miss camp and/or meaningful games to get the right price.

Others without a contract, beyond Krug and Smith in Boston, include St. Louis Blues forward Jaden Schwartz, Nashville Predators defenceman Ryan Ellis and Minnesota Wild goaltender Darcy Kuemper.

CAN BENNETT RAISE THE BAR: Sam Bennett might always be remembered for not being able to do a pull-up at the NHL draft scouting combine, but he could quickly become a building block for the Calgary Flames, if he makes the team out of camp.

Among 2014 draft picks, only Florida Panthers top selection Aaron Ekblad can feel safe about having an NHL job this season. No. 2 Sam Reinhart of the Buffalo Sabres and No. 4 Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers also have good chances.

Blue Jackets say ’enough is enough’ READY TO MOVE ON WITHOUT JOHANSEN AFTER CONTRACT IMPASSE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio — Talks between the Columbus Blue Jackets and leading scorer Ryan Johansen are clearly at a contentious impasse.

Johansen’s agent, Kurt Overhardt, said the young star left Columbus on Wednesday afternoon — a day before the start of training camp. “(Our) talks (were) indicating that they weren’t going to allow the player be present at the facility,” Overhardt told The Associated Press. “We just thought it was a good opportunity that he leave town and not be a distraction to his teammates.”

John Davidson, the team’s director of hockey operations, and general manager Jarmo Kekalainen separately said “enough is enough” after what they contended were offers of $6 million for two years, $32 million for six and $46 million over eight years were refused by the restricted free agent centre.

Overhardt declined to confirm those numbers, saying he never discloses contract details.

But the Blue Jackets front office, clearly angry, didn’t hold back.

“Contracts have been extended on our behalf that are close to $50 million. I think that our group has been very fair. In fact, more than fair. And it’s nowhere near what they want,” Davidson said, his voice rising. “We’re trying to do the right thing for our organization. We’re trying to be very fair to a good young man in Ryan Johansen who’s got a bright future here. We’re trying to do the right thing. And all we’re getting is no, no, no, no.”

The Blue Jackets have the option to match any offer presented by another NHL team since Johansen became a restricted free agent July 1. He hasn’t received any so far.

It is uncertain what the next step might be for the 22-year-old centre, who had a breakthrough season with 33 goals and 30 assists last year.

“It has not gotten contentious on our side at all,” Overhardt said. “We’re professionals. There’s been no personal attacks or innuendo on our side and

there won’t be. It’s unfortunate that people approach this differently.”

Now the club is proceeding as if Johansen will not be available for the first preseason game Sunday — and possibly beyond.

“For the first 10 minutes of this, it was all about Ryan Johansen,” coach Todd Richards said of the team’s media day. “That’s not the story. That’s a story. The story is this group and this organization, the talented players and the young players and what the team accomplished last year.”

Still, Johansen’s absence — Davidson said he thought the player was still in Columbus when he had already left — was the main topic of discussion.

“We were talking about (a contract) just under John Tavares, who is largely viewed as a franchise player and (a member of) Team Canada,” Kekalainen said.

“And Jamie Benn, the captain of the Dallas Stars, also a Team Canada player. I often try not to get into comparisons to other players, but because of the way contract negotiations go, you have to.”

Johansen was paid in the $800,000-$900,000 range each of the past three seasons under his entry-level contract. He was featured on the cover of the team’s post-season media guide, his stick raised in celebration and a big smile on his face.

Johansen was at times an enigma in his first two years with the Blue Jackets organization, scoring just 14 goals in his first 107 games. But last season with a breakthrough for him and the team.

The Blue Jackets took the Pittsburgh Penguins to six games — posting their first two playoff wins in franchise history — before they were eliminated in the first round last spring.

Should Johansen not return, the club believes it is well stocked with young talent in forwards Josh Anderson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Marko Dano, Simon Hjalmarsson and Alexander Wennberg.

“The question this year is who’s going to be that young guy, who are going to be the two or three young guys, who are going to step up and have great years for us,” Richards said.

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He was dropped this week from several of his endorsement deals. Shoe giant Nike suspended its sponsorship deal, saying it “in no way condones child abuse or domestic violence of any kind and has shared our concerns with the NFL.” “It is important to always listen to our fans and the community and our sponsors,” Zygi Wilf said, at least vaguely contradicting his brother’s denial that revenue had an impact on the decision to reverse course. US Bank spokesman Dana Ripley said the company, a strong candidate for naming rights on the Vikings new stadium set to open in 2016, agreed with the decision to put Peterson on hiatus.

“We have been in close communication with the Vikings organization for the past couple of days firmly expressing our perspective,” Ripley said.

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NFL union agrees to new drug policy THREE PLAYERS ALLOWED TO RETURN FROM SUSPENSION EARLY NEW YORK — The NFL finally will have HGH testing, perhaps as early as the end of this month.

And of more immediate impact — this weekend — the new performance-enhancing drug policy the league and players’ union agreed to Wednesday will allow the Broncos’ Wes Welker and two other suspended players to return to the field.

Welker, Dallas Cowboys defensive back Orlando Scandrick and St. Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey had been suspended for four games. All can return Sunday under the new rules in which players who test positive for banned stimulants in the off-season will no longer be suspended. Instead, they will be referred to the substance abuse program.

Players who test positive for banned stimulants during the season will continue to get four-game suspensions.

“I said it was flawed and we got it fixed,” said Welker, who tested positive for amphetamines in the off-season. “I think you know that just kind of goes

CFL

Burris praises efforts of Ottawa defence this season

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have just one win through their first 10 games, but in quarterback Henry Burris’s view the defence has been a bright spot this season for the CFL expansion squad.

“They’ve been standing on their head and have done a great job for us,” the veteran quarterback said Wednesday. “It gives us comfort knowing that all we have to do is handle our side.

“We know the defence will keep us in the games, but we want to return the favour and score a lot of points and put this thing to bed early instead of having to go out and save the day for us as they’ve been doing throughout so many games.”

The numbers don’t necessarily support Burris.

Ottawa’s defence is ranked last overall in rushing yards allowed (129.1 per game), passing yards (279), total yards (393.8), rushing touchdowns (12), sacks (20) and seventh in points (25.8).

However, those stats only tell part of the story.

Ottawa’s offence is ranked last in the CFL in scoring (14.1 points per game), first downs (158) and rushing (66.7 yards), eighth in total yards (284.9 per game) and seventh in passing (238.2 yards per game).

That’s often put the onus on the defence to keep games close and give the offence a chance to earn a low-scoring victory. That certainly was the case in Ottawa’s lone victory, an 18-17 home-opening win over Toronto on July 18 that saw kicker Brett Maher account for the Redblacks’ points with six field goals, including the winner from 23 yards out with 28 seconds remaining.

Maher’s historic boot was set up by a smart 60-yard, six-play drive engineered by Burris that came after Toronto’s Swayze Waters connected from 46 yards out to give the Argos a 17-15 lead with 1:33 remaining.

“The defence has had a good energy and confidence level about them where they just want to go out and play whoever,” said Ottawa head coach Rick Campbell. “We’ve also been trying to have some continuity on that side so we could grow as well.”

Campbell said one of his defence’s best attributes is its ability to compete no matter the circumstance.

“We’ve played some low-scoring games which aren’t typical of the CFL and they just keep plugging away and doing their thing,” he said. “There’s a whole bunch of things we still need to get better at, but as long as they have that enthusiasm and they compete like that then they’ll always have a chance.”

Ottawa’s defensive line could be boosted by the return of Canadian defensive tackle Keith Shologan, who has missed two games with a right leg injury.

If Shologan does suit up, it would be just in time to face his former team, the Saskatchewan Roughriders (8-3), in Regina on Sunday.

“Practice went well and I’m hoping to get back in, but in the end it’s up to the coaches,” said Shologan, who helped the Riders win the Grey Cup last season before being selected in the CFL expansion draft.

As a seven-year veteran, Shologan is being counted upon to provide leadership, on and off the field.

“The big thing is you’ve got to go out there and do things well every play,” he said. “So long as you’re running to the play and sprinting and doing those extra little things, then hopefully everyone else is doing them with you. When stuff needs to be said you’re the one saying it because you’ve seen it. The young guys have been great and doing good things.”

Ottawa’s ability to defend against the run will face a stiff test Sunday as Saskatchewan’s offence is averaging a CFL-best 146.2 yards rushing per game. The ground attack is especially important for the Riders as Tino Sunseri will start just his second game at quarterback in place of injured Darian Durant.

Saskatchewan begins weekend action tied with Edmonton for second in the West Division, four points behind the firstplace Calgary Stampeders (10-1). The game is also important to Ottawa, which despite its record is just four points behind Hamilton, Toronto and Montreal, who are all tied for top spot with three wins apiece.

“It’s pretty unbelievable that at this point of the season we’re still very much in the thick of things,” said linebacker Jason Pottinger. “In my nine years I’ve never seen it like this. It’s still a full race. It’s very Enmax Centrium encouraging for us and Tickets at ticketmaster keeps us going. It keeps us motivated.”

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to show it was flawed and it’s fixed now and we can move on from it.”

The league and union are also nearing an agreement on changes to the substance abuse policy. That could reduce Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon’s season-long ban.

Testing for HGH was agreed upon in 2011 when a new collective bargaining agreement ended the lockout of the players. But the players had balked at the science in the testing and the appeals process for positive tests. Under the new deal, appeals of positive tests in the PED program will be heard by thirdparty arbitrators jointly selected and paid for by the NFL and union. Appeals will be processed more expeditiously under altered procedures.

The new rules also change the length of suspensions. Previously, all first-time violations of the performance-enhancing drug policy resulted in at least a four-game suspension.

Now, use of a diuretic or masking agent will result in a two-game suspension. The punishment for steroids, in-season use of stimulants, HGH or other banned substances is four games. Evidence of an attempt to manipulate a test is a six-game suspension.

After tough losses, Falcons and Buccaneers look forward to quick return to the field

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — The short week came at a good time for the Atlanta Falcons.

Ditto for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Both teams are eager to get back on the field Thursday night after the way they played the last time out.

The Falcons (1-1) were mauled at Cincinnati, losing 24-10 in a game that really wasn’t that close. The Bucs (0-2) lost at home to St. Louis, failing to take advantage of an opponent down to its third-string quarterback because of injuries.

There were no complaints about having only three days to prepare for the next one.

“If anything, I like it better,” Falcons offensive tackle Gabe Carimi said. “It’s easier to get that taste out of your mouth with a win.”

The Bucs are thinking the same way.

“We have a lot of guys who are anxious to get back on the field,” defensive co-ordinator Leslie Frazier said. “A short week can be a positive, and we want to turn it into a positive.”

After going 4-12 last season, Tampa Bay was looking to make a major jump under new coach Lovie Smith. There’s plenty of talent on both sides of the line, but a sluggish offence has stymied any progress.

It’s hard to imagine the Bucs making a big leap with 35-year-old journeyman Josh McCown as the quarterback. He’s already thrown three interceptions, including a big pick when Tampa Bay had the Rams’ defence on the ropes.

“You have to protect the football,” Smith said.

“Sometimes it’s good to just bring the ball down and live to see another day or live to see another down.”

Also coming off a 4-12 season, the Falcons opened with a thrilling overtime victory against New Orleans. They couldn’t keep the momentum going against the Bengals, but quickly get another chance to show that 2013 was an aberration.

“You can’t win every game,” cornerback Desmond Trufant said. “You’d like to, but it’s a very competitive league. Everybody’s good. If we can get this win, we’ll get right back to feeling the way we want to feel.”

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Here are some things to watch for when the Falcons host Tampa Bay: INJURY REPORT Tampa Bay RB Doug Martin did not play against the Rams because of a knee injury, though Bobby Rainey did a stellar job filling in with 144 yards rushing. Martin was limited in practice and listed as questionable, as were two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy (broken hand) and defensive end Michael Johnson (ankle). Linebacker Mason Foster definitely won’t play after going out of the last game with a shoulder injury.

The Falcons are in better shape, with rookie left tackle Jake Matthews expected to play after missing the Bengals game with a sprained ankle. The only big concern is receiver Roddy White, who didn’t practice at all because of an ailing hamstring.

NO PRESSURE The Falcons are the only team in the league that doesn’t have a sack. In fact, they’ve only had one quarterback hit — on a play which resulted in a 76-yard touchdown for the Bengals. Atlanta has also struggled against the run, ranking 26th by allowing 154.5 yards per game.

BATTERED RYAN Matthews’ return should bolster Atlanta’s leaky offensive line, though there are still questions on the right side. Tackle Lamar Holmes performed poorly against the Bengals and could be challenged for playing time by Carimi, who stepped in for Matthews last week. Matt Ryan was sacked twice by Cincinnati, hit nine times and threw three interceptions. He had few chances to throw deep, and Atlanta’s shorter routes were heavily contested.

The Falcons averaged just 4.6 yards on 44 passing attempts, not acceptable for a team with star receivers White and Julio Jones.

POOR STARTS Tampa Bay is facing another dismal start, a trend in recent seasons. The Bucs lost their first seven games in 2009, and got off to an 0-8 start a year ago.

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“We are not cleaning up our game if we are suspending guys for stimulants and not testing guys for human growth hormones.”

Rams coach Jeff Fisher said he will use Bailey on special teams and probably as a wideout.

“It feels extremely good to be back here,” Bailey said. “The first two weeks it was a dreadful feeling for me and I’m just happy it’s all over now.”

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SCOREBOARD Football Scoring TD C 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0

2C 0 0 0 0 0

Jesse Kowalchuk, ND Ben Pasiuk, LT Brett Barrett, HH Joh. Smith, ND Br. Burzak, HH

S FG PTS 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 12 0 0 12

Skylar Selk, SL Stephen Zuk, St. Brett Tetz, Cam.

6 3 1

C 26 36 22 22 30

YDS 272 253 146 131 110

Y/C 10.5 7 6.6 6 3.7

Receiving R YDS 9 88 7 197 5 62 4 45

Y/R 9.8 28.1 12.4 11.2

Cam Heslop, Lac Ben Arifin, Lac Lucas Bailey, Lac Linden Petersen, HH

Passing C Zach Bailey, Lac 16 David Mueller, Lac 8 Ben pasiuk, LT 10 Keegan MacDonald, ND 6 Brett Barrett 12

A 29 17 22 15 30

YDS 205 89 164 283 170

TD 2 3 0 0 2 TD 1 1 0 0 Pct. 55.2 47.1 45.5 40 40

Punting P 10 10 9 6 6

Interceptions INT

YDS 311 309 235 152 151

Avg. 31.1 30.9 26.1 25.3 25.2

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TD

Five with one

Sylvan Lake Camrose Wetaskiwin Ponoka Stettler Rocky MH

Rural Conference W L T 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

F 33 23 15 8 0 0

Scoring TD C 2C Landon Rosene, SL 3 0 0 A. Abrahamson, Wet. 2 0 1 Brett Tetz, Cam 1 1 0 Rushing C Yds Dalton Letawsky, Wet. 12 152 Conner Berkholtz, Cam. 16 92 Landon Roseme, SL 10 74 Tyler Ekeli, Pon. 8 65 Receiving R Ethan Pylypow, Pon. 5 Kyle Eckenswiller, SL 4 Dalton Letawsky, Wet. 3 Jeremy Kirk, St. 2

Yds 15 53 53 47

Passing C A A. Abrahamson, Wet. 3 5 Kellyn Pritchard, Pon. 7 14 Darian Kristoff, Roc. 2 5 Erik Wekesser, Roc. 2 6

A Pts. 0 2 0 2 8 2 15 0 23 0 33 0

S FG Pts 0 0 18 0 0 14 1 0 8 Y/C 12.7 5.8 7.4 8.1

TD 0 1 2 1

Y/R 3 13.3 17.7 23.5

TD 0 0 0 0

Yds 53 43 15 21

Pct. 60 50 40 33.3

20 13 4

109 54 5

30 23.1 20

Houston Tennessee Jacksonville Indianapolis

2 1 0 0

Punting Brett Tetz, Cam. Ryder Wood, Roc. Matthew Gudgeon, St. David Wright, Wet.

P 6 4 7 4

Interceptions Int

Hamilton Toronto Montreal Ottawa

GP 10 11 11 10

CFL East Division W L T 3 7 0 3 8 0 3 8 0 1 9 0 West Division W L T 10 1 0 8 3 0 8 3 0 7 4 0 6 6 0

Calgary Edmonton Sask.

B.C. Winnipeg

GP 11 11 11 11 12

0 1.000 0 .500 0 .000 0 .000

47 36 27 51

20 36 75 61

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .500 0 .500 0 .500

PF 47 42 36 53

PA 26 29 53 54

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .500 0 .000 0 .000

PF 55 47 28 27

PA 41 39 49 50

PF 64 47 43 28

PA 44 27 38 60

PF 44 47 58 31

PA 21 58 63 39

PF 48 41 42 47

PA 43 36 38 60

PF 43 57 48 25

PA 31 46 45 51

W 2 1 1 1

TD

Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

W 2 1 0 0

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000 Washington 1 1 0 .500 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 South W L T Pct Carolina 2 0 0 1.000 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 North W L T Pct Chicago 1 1 0 .500 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 West W L T Pct Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 Seattle 1 1 0 .500 San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 St. Louis 1 1 0 .500

Avg. 37.5 32 25.6 22.8

Yds

PF 221 268 199 141

PA 238 302 291 258

Pt 6 6 6 2

PF 332 294 261 245 293

PA 201 227 233 196 308

Pt 20 16 16 14 12

Week 13 Friday, September 19 Toronto at B.C., 8 p.m.

Saturday, September 20 Edmonton at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

Sunday, September 21 Calgary at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Ottawa at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders TD C FG S Pt Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 26 25 6 107 McCallum, BC 0 19 29 1 107 Waters, Tor 0 25 24 7 104 Paredes, Cgy 0 35 24 2 103 Milo, Sask 0 24 23 4 97 Shaw, Edm 0 21 23 7 97 Whyte, Mtl 0 16 23 10 95 Medlock, Ham 0 21 22 4 91 Maher, Ott 0 12 17 4 67 Grigsby, Wpg 9 0 0 0 54 Allen, Sask 6 0 0 0 36 Arceneaux, BC 6 0 0 0 36 Bowman, Edm 6 0 0 0 36 Ford, Sask 6 0 0 0 36 Harris, BC 6 0 0 0 36 x-Cornish, Cgy 5 2 0 0 32 Fuller, Cgy 5 0 0 0 30 Barnes, Tor 4 0 0 0 24 Gable, Ham 4 0 0 0 24 LeFevour, Ham 4 0 0 0 24 McDaniel, Cgy 4 0 0 0 24 Mitchell, Cgy 4 0 0 0 24 Steele, Tor 4 0 0 0 24 Tate, Cgy 4 0 0 0 24 Walker, Ott 4 0 0 0 24 O’Neill, Edm 0 7 5 1 23 D.Carter, Mtl 3 0 0 0 18 Cunningham, Cgy 3 0 0 0 18 Guyton, Edm 3 0 0 0 18 Kelly, Wpg 3 0 0 0 18 Kohlert, Wpg 3 0 0 0 18 Marsh, Mtl 3 0 0 0 18 Marve, Wpg 3 0 0 0 18 Owens, Tor 3 0 0 0 18 National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 Miami 1 1 0 .500 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 New England 1 1 0 .500 South W L T Pct

0 1 2 2 North L 0 1 1 1 West L 0 1 2 2

Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland

Yds 225 128 179 91

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Keegan MacDonald, ND Brayson Moorman, HH Jared St. Thomas, Lac Owen Smith, LT Jacob Hamlin, Lac

PF 52 43 43 50

PA 30 49 45 40

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Thursday, Sep. 18 Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Sep. 21 Dallas at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

San Diego at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Houston at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Green Bay at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Oakland at New England, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 2:05 p.m.

Denver at Seattle, 2:25 p.m.

Kansas City at Miami, 2:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 22 Chicago at N.Y. Jets, 6:30 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 14-5) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 17-8), 8:05 p.m.

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American League East Division W L Pct 92 60 .605 77 74 .510 77 74 .510 74 79 .484 66 86 .434

GB — 14 1/2 14 1/2 18 1/2 26

Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Chicago Minnesota

Central Division W L Pct 84 68 .553 83 68 .550 78 73 .517 69 83 .454 65 87 .428

GB — 1/2 5 1/2 15 19

West Division W L Pct z-Los Angeles 95 57 .625 Oakland 83 67 .553 Seattle 81 70 .536 Houston 67 85 .441 Texas 58 92 .387 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division Wild Card W L 83 67 83 68 81 69 78 73 77 74

GB — 11 13 1/2 28 36

Pct WCGB .553 — .550 — .540 1 1/2 .517 5 .510 6

Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Boston 0 Baltimore 8, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 5 Cleveland 4, Houston 2 Minnesota 4, Detroit 3 Seattle 13, L.A. Angels 2 Texas 6, Oakland 3 Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh 9, Boston 1 Baltimore 6, Toronto 1 N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 2 Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Cleveland 2, Houston 0 Minnesota 8, Detroit 4 L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 0 Texas at Oakland, late Thursday’s Games Texas (N.Martinez 3-11) at Oakland (Gray 13-8), 1:35 p.m.

Boston (Workman 1-9) at Pittsburgh (Cole 9-5), 5:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 13-12) at N.Y. Yankees (Greene 5-3), 5:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 6-7) at Houston (Feldman 8-11), 6:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Altuve Hou 148 620 81 VMartinez Det 141 531 83 Beltre Tex 136 505 74 Brantley Cle 147 574 90 Cano Sea 146 555 76 JAbreu CWS 136 524 77 MiCabrera Det 149 572 97 Eaton CWS 115 455 71 MeCabrera Tor 139 568 81 KSuzuki Min 124 428 36

H 213 177 164 185 177 167 182 137 171 125

Pct. .344 .333 .325 .322 .319 .319 .318 .301 .301 .292

Home Runs NCruz, Baltimore, 39; Carter, Houston, 36; JAbreu, Chicago, 35; Trout, Los Angeles, 34; Bautista, Toronto, 32; Encarnacion, Toronto, 32; Ortiz, Boston, 32.

Runs Batted In Trout, Los Angeles, 107; JAbreu, Chicago, 103; MiCabrera, Detroit, 103; NCruz, Baltimore, 103; VMartinez, Detroit, 99; Ortiz, Boston, 99; Pujols, Los Angeles, 98.

Pitching Weaver, Los Angeles, 17-8; Shoemaker, Los Angeles, 16-4; WChen, Baltimore, 16-4; Scherzer, Detroit, 16-5; Kluber, Cleveland, 16-9; Lester, Oakland, 15-10; PHughes, Minnesota, 15-10.

x-Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 87 64 .576 76 76 .500 74 77 .490 73 80 .477 69 82 .457

GB — 11 1/2 13 15 18

NFL Odds (Odds supplied by SportsBetting.ag; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Thursday Tampa Bay at ATLANTA 6.5 44.5 Sunday San Diego at BUFFALO 2.5 44.5 Dallas at St. Louis Pick 44.5 INDIANAPOLIS at Jacksonville 7 45.5 Minnesota at NEW ORLEANS 10 49 Tennessee at CINCINNATI 6.5 43 BALTIMORE at Cleveland 1.5 41.5 Green Bay at DETROIT 2.5 53 Oakland at NEW ENGLAND 14 46.5 HOUSTON at NY Giants 2.5 41.5 SAN FRANCISCO at Arizona 2.5 41.5 Denver at SEATTLE 4.5 48.5 Washinton at PHILADELPHIA 6.5 50 Kansas City at MIAMI 4 42 Pittsburgh at CAROLINA 3 42 Monday Chicago at NY JETS 2.5 45.5

St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 84 68 .553 81 70 .536 79 73 .520 71 82 .464 68 84 .447

GB — 2 1/2 5 13 1/2 16

Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado x-clinched division

San Francisco Pittsburgh Milwaukee Atlanta

West Division W L Pct 86 66 .566 84 68 .553 70 80 .467 62 90 .408 61 91 .401 Wild Card W L 84 68 81 70 79 73 76 76

GB — 2 15 24 25

Pct WCGB .553 — .536 — .520 2 1/2 .500 5 1/2

TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer says he’s tried everything under the sun to try to heal his ailing right shoulder.

But whether it responds to any of the treatment in time for him to play Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers remains to be seen.

Palmer injured a nerve when he collided with San Diego’s Eric Weddle and fell to the ground in Arizona’s season-opening win over the Chargers. He missed last Sunday’s 25-14 road victory over the New York Giants.

Palmer, listed as limited in practice on Wednesday, said the injury is “getting a little better every day. Hopefully that trend continues so I can be ready to roll on Sunday.”

Cardinals coach Bruce Arians and the players spoke to reporters before news surfaced of backup running back Jonathan Dwyer’s arrest on domestic violence charges.

Palmer reeled off a list of treatments he’s received — “stim and ice, massage, acupuncture,

PGA OF ALBERTA CALGARY — Troy Butterfield of Alberta Springs carded a 76 and entered today’s second round of the PGA of Alberta Fletcher Tour

Friday ● High school football: Rocky Mountain House Rebels at Ponoka Broncs, 4:30 p.m.; Stettler Wildcats at Wetaskiwin Sabres, 7 p.m.; Sylvan Lake Lakers at Camrose Trojans, 7:30 p.m. ● WHL: Kootenay Ice at Red Deer Rebels 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Bantam AA hockey: Bow Valley Timberwolves at Lacombe Rockets, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday ● Peewee football: Red Deer Hornets at Red Deer Steelers, 11 a.m., Great Chief Park; Drumheller at Stettler, 11 a.m.; Rocky Mountain House at Sylvan Lake, 11 a.m.; Rockyview Rage at Innisfail, 2

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moose Jaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kootenay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prince Albert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lethbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Regina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Medicine Hat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saskatoon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red Deer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Swift Current 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Everett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kamloops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelowna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prince George 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spokane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Victoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tri-City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

p.m.; ● Bantam football: Hunting Hills Lightning at Stettler Wildcats, 1 p.m.; Notre Dame Cougars at Sylvan Lake Lakers, 1 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber Raiders at Lacombe Rams, 1:30 p.m.; ● Midget AAA preseason hockey: Fort Saskatchewan Rangers at Red Deer Optimist Chiefs, 1 p.m., Arena. ● Major midget girls hockey: Edmonton Thunder at Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Bisons at Red Deer Rebels White, 5:15 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Calgary Hitmen, 7 p.m., Saddldome (106.7 The Drive). ● Bantam AA hockey: Bow Valley Timberwolves at Red Deer Steel Kings, 7:15 p.m., Kin City A. ● Heritage junior B hockey: High River Flyers at Stettler Lightning, 7:30 p.m.; Blackfalds Wranglers at Red Deer Vipers (preseason), 8 p.m., Arena; Ponoka Stampeders at Three Hills Lightning, 8 p.m., Trochu.

Sunday

● Midget AAA preseason hockey: Lethbridge Hurricanes at Red Deer Optimist Chiefs, 11 a.m., Arena. ● Major bantam hockey: Airdrie Xtreme at Red Deer Rebels Black, 2 p.m., Arena.

Wednesday’s Games Colorado 16, L.A. Dodgers 2 San Francisco 4, Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 9, Boston 1 Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 3, Washington 1 Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 2, Milwaukee 0 Philadelphia at San Diego, late Thursday’s Games Boston (Workman 1-9) at Pittsburgh (Cole 9-5), 5:05 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 8-10) at Miami (Hand 3-7), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 15-8) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 4-3), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 12-9) at St. Louis (S.Miller 10-9), 6:15 p.m.

Arizona (Nuno 0-6) at Colorado (Flande 0-5), 6:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 9-12) at San Diego (Erlin 3-4), 7:10 p.m.

H 152 150 161 160 169 165 122 175 134 165

Pct. .320 .318 .310 .309 .306 .303 .300 .299 .295 .295

Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 37; Rizzo, Chicago, 31; Duda, New York, 27; JUpton, Atlanta, 27; Frazier, Cincinnati, 26; Byrd, Philadelphia, 25; LaRoche, Washington, 24.

Runs Batted In AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 106; Stanton, Miami, 105; JUpton, Atlanta, 97; Howard, Philadelphia, 92; Desmond, Washington, 88; Holliday, St. Louis, 86; LaRoche, Washington, 86; Posey, San Francisco, 86.

Pitching Kershaw, Los Angeles, 19-3; Cueto, Cincinnati, 189; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 18-9; Wainwright, St. Louis, 18-9; WPeralta, Milwaukee, 16-10; Greinke, Los Angeles, 15-8; Lynn, St. Louis, 15-9.

dry needling, art machines, all these different things.”

Witchcraft?

“If you know something, let me know,” he said.

Palmer is waiting for a nerve that fell “asleep” to start functioning again.

“It’s extremely frustrating,” he said.

“I wish I had a concrete answer or somebody knew exactly what to do to wake it, but that’s not known. It’s just time. The only answer is time and I’m hoping it doesn’t take any more time.”

In the portion of practice reporters were allowed to watch, Palmer played toss with what looked like a ball of tape, but during drills, he didn’t pass while the other two quarterbacks did.

The New York game was only the second he has missed due to injury since 2008.

If Palmer can’t go, Drew Stanton will get his second straight start. Stanton had not played in a regular season game since 2010 before guiding the Cardinals to victory Sunday.

Championship at the Hamptons Golf Club trailing leader Kent Fukishima by five strokes.

Fukishima, of Grande Prairie, turned in a score of 71 and had a one-stroke lead over Dale Tomlinson of Carstairs and Gord Courage of the host facility.

Scott Anderson of River Bend shot a 79.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Everett at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

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

Sunday, September 21 Prince George at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.

2014-15 NHL Preseason Schedule (ss-split squad) Sunday, Sept. 21 Columbus (ss) at Carolina, 11:30 a.m.

Buffalo at Washington, 3 p.m.

St. Louis at Columbus (ss), 4 p.m.

Calgary (ss) at Edmonton (ss), 6 p.m.

Edmonton (ss) at Calgary (ss), 6 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 22 NY Islanders (ss) vs. Ottawa (ss) at St. John’s, Newfoundland, 11:30 a.m.

NY Islanders (ss) vs. Ottawa (ss) at St. John’s, Newfoundland, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia (ss), 5 p.m.

Philadelphia (ss) vs. Toronto at London, Ontario, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Anaheim (ss) at Colorado (ss), 7 p.m.

Colorado (ss) at Anaheim (ss), 8 p.m.

Los Angeles (ss) at Arizona (ss), 8 p.m.

Arizona (ss) at Los Angeles (ss), 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 23 Carolina at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Nashville at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

San Jose (ss) at Vancouver (ss), 7 p.m.

Arizona at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

San Jose (ss) vs. Vancouver (ss) at Stockton, Calif., 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 24 Washington at Boston, 7 p.m.

Carolina at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.

Arizona vs. Calgary at Sylvan Lake, Altoona, 7 p.m.

Ottawa (ss) at Toronto (ss), 7:30 p.m.

Toronto (ss) at Ottawa (ss), 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Prince George at Portland, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Palmer says he’s tried everything to on injured right shoulder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

● High school football: Lacombe Rams at Lindsay Thurber Raiders, 4:30 p.m.; Notre Dame Cougars at Hunting Hills Lightning, 7:30 p.m.; both games at Great Chief Park. ● College preseason men’s hockey: Camrose Augustana Vikings at RDC Kings, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● College preseason women’s hockey: Mount Royal Cougars at RDC Queens, 7 p.m., Arena.

Friday’s games Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Boston 0 N.Y. Mets 9, Miami 1 Washington 3, Atlanta 0 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 0 Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 2, 12 innings Colorado 10, L.A. Dodgers 4 San Francisco 2, Arizona 1 San Diego 5, Philadelphia 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Morneau Col 127 475 56 JHarrison Pit 132 472 72 Posey SF 139 519 69 AMcCutchen Pit 135 517 81 Revere Phi 140 553 68 Lucroy Mil 142 544 71 Goldschmidt Ari 109 406 75 Span Was 140 586 93 ArRamirez Mil 123 454 46 DanMurphy NYM134 560 75

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Central Alberta High School Football League City Conference W L T F A Pts Notre Dame 2 0 0 45 34 4 Lindsey Thurber 1 1 0 28 29 2 Hunting Hills 1 1 0 43 15 2 Lacombe 0 2 0 21 59 0

Brandt Burzak, HH Ben Pasiuk, LT Brad Pope, LT Payton LaGrange, ND Johannes Smith, ND

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Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts D.C. 14 9 5 47 Sporting KC 13 10 6 45 New England 13 12 3 42 New York 9 8 11 38 Columbus 9 9 10 37 Philadelphia 9 9 10 37 Toronto FC 9 11 7 34 Houston 9 13 5 32 Chicago 5 7 15 30 Montreal 5 17 6 21

GF 42 43 41 44 40 45 36 33 34 32

GA 31 34 39 41 36 43 43 50 40 52

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts Seattle 17 7 3 54 Los Angeles 14 5 9 51 Real Salt Lake 12 6 10 46 FC Dallas 13 9 6 45 Vancouver 8 7 13 37 Portland 8 8 12 36

GF 51 57 44 48 36 49

GA 37 30 35 37 36 48

Colorado 8 13 7 31 39 48 San Jose 6 11 10 28 33 39 Chivas USA 6 16 6 24 23 51 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Sunday’s Games San Jose 1, Los Angeles 1, tie Friday, Sept. 19 Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 20 Vancouver at Portland, 3 p.m.

Houston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

New England at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.

San Jose at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Seattle FC at New York, 5:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 21 Chivas USA at Toronto FC, 1 p.m.

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Suspended umpire Joe West one game for grabbing the jersey of Philadelphia RHP Jonathan Papelbon during a Sept. 14 game against Miami. Suspended Toronto RHP Marcus Stroman six games and fined him an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing a pitch in the head area of Baltimore C Caleb Joseph during a Sept. 15 game.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Selected the contract of INF Christian Walker from Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled OF Bryce Brentz, OF Rusney Castillo, INF-OF Garin Cecchini, LHP Edwin Escobar, RHP Heath Hembree and C1B Ryan Lavarnway from Pawtucket (IL).

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Announced a fouryear player development contract with Albuquerque (PCL) through the 2018 season and a two-year working agreement with New Britain (EL) through the 2016 season.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Announced they will change its Triple-A affiliation to Oklahoma City (PCL) next year. Signed a two-year working agreement with Tulsa (Texas) through the 2016 season.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Announced a fouryear player development contract extension with Biloxi (SL) through the 2018 season and a two-year PDC extension with Brevard County (FSL) through the 2016 season.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Denver F-C J.J. Hickson five regular-season games for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program.

HOUSTON ROCKETS — Acquired G Jason Terry and 2015 and 2016 second-round draft picks from Sacramento for G-F Alonzo Gee and G Scotty Hopson.

MIAMI HEAT — Promoted David Fizdale to assistant head coach. Named Keith Smart and Juwan Howard assistant coaches; Chris Quinn and Dan

Craig assistant coaches for player development; Octavio De La Grana player development coach and director of minor league operations; Brandon Gilliam assistant trainer and director of rehabilitation; Wes Brown assistant trainer and Eric Foran assistant strength and conditioning coach.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed F Glenn Robinson III. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Announced a new performance-enhancing drug policy, reducing the four-game suspensions of Denver WR Wes Welker, Dallas DB Orlando Scandrick and St. Louis WR Stedman Bailey to two games.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed DE Greg Hardy on the exempt/commissioner’s permission list.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed TE Blake Annen, CB Jordan Sullen and WR Chris Williams to the practice squad.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Activated CB Chris Lewis-Harris.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Placed RB Adrian Peterson on the exempt/commissioner’s permission list.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed DB Daxton Swanson to the practice squad.

Canadian Football League CFL — Fined Toronto RB Steve Slaton an undisclosed amount for kicking an opponent during a Sept. 13 game against Calgary.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Named Ron Rolston and Jim Roque to the pro scouting staff.

EDMONTON OILERS — Named David Pelletier skating coach.

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed D Justin Braun to a five-year contract extension through the 201920 season.

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS — Agreed to terms with F Steve Quailer.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS Two Red Deer athletes have been named to Team Canada for the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles.

Elliot Moskowy, 22, made the swim team while Carlos Villafuerte, 19, will be headed to California for bowling.

There are seven athletes and four coaches from Alberta on the Canadian team, helping make up the largest delegation the country has sent to a World Summer Games with 115 athletes, 32 coaches, 11 mission staffs, three team managers and on chef de mission.

The games will run from July 25 to Aug. 2

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Kings coach excited about season HEAD COACH CLAYTON POTTINGER SAYS GOAL FOR TEAM IS TO WIN NATIONALS

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE RDC Kings basketball head coach Clayton Pottinger couldn’t be more excited about the upcoming Alberta Colleges Men’s Basketball League season.

Despite having only four returnees, as of now, Pottinger feels the Kings could be even better when it counts and that’s saying something considering they finished second at the CCAA championships last season, losing 8886 to Langara College in the final.

“I’m not sure we’ll have the talent level of last year, but they’re all very coachable,” said Pottinger, who was the national coach of the year last season. “I accept we will be playing at a higher level than last year, at least when it counts. Last year we lost by two points in the nationals and our goal this year is to win the nationals so we have to be better.

“As well everyone in the league will be setting their sights on us and where we set the bar, so if we don’t improve we could be sitting at home when it comes time for the nationals.

“But I’ve never been more pumped about a season than I am now,” Pottinger continued.

“I like the changes and the unity of the guys plus the opportunity we have to develop and the challenges ahead of us. This is truly my team with only Jacob (Cusumano) here when I took

over.” last season. He can score, rebound, Cusumano returns for his fifth sea- pass the ball . . . a very unselfish playson while forward Brian Prenoslo and er.” guard Matt Johnson are third-year reBankazo averaged 20.4 points per turnees and guard game, 7.6 reJP LeBlanc is back bounds and 4.8 as‘I ACCEPT WE WILL BE for his second seasists with MHC. PLAYING AT A HIGHER LEVEL son. There’s also a Pottinger also strong possibility THAN LAST YEAR, AT LEAST brought in guard six-foot-eight forBeardWHEN IT COUNTS. LAST YEAR William ward Dallas HanCamp, who played WE LOST BY TWO POINTS IN w i t h M e d i c i n e cox will be back for a second seatwo years ago THE NATIONALS AND OUR Hat“William son. averGOAL THIS YEAR IS TO WIN aged close to 20 “Dallas wasn’t going to return, THE NATIONALS SO WE HAVE points per game, but he’s been out but sat out last TO BE BETTER.’ at practice and it season with an looks like he will ACL injury,” ex—CLAYTON POTTINGER be back,” said Potplained Pottinger.

KINGS BASKETBALL HEAD COACH tinger.

“But he’s slowly One of the regaining his team’s biggest losses is point guard form.”

Lloyd Strickland, but with Johnson and Other impressive newcomers are LeBlanc returning and the addition of forward Tyler Wise, who played with three former ACAC players, Pottinger Grant MacEwan University, where likes what he sees at both point and he averaged 14.4 points and seven reshooting guard. bounds per game, and Matt Matear, Mike Zurakowski played with Key- who transferred in from Mount Royal ano College in Fort McMurray while University.

Brayden Daniel was at St. Mary’s UniHowever Matear will be out until at versity in Calgary and Benny Bankazo least the second semester after breakat Medicine Hat College. ing his arm during the Kings first prac“Benny was heading to the States, tice. but we convinced him to come back (to “Normally it would be six to eight Alberta),” said Pottinger. weeks but he had complications and “Benny is a solid two-way player just had his fourth surgery on the arm, who was close to four triple doubles so we’re keeping our fingers crossed

he’ll be back for the second semester,” said Pottinger, who is also working on one other former CIS player.

“We can’t say anything right now but if he comes he’ll be a big addition.”

As well Pottinger added six-footseven forward Marcelus Clay from Oakland, Calif. Clay played last season at Ohlone Community College in California and joins Beard-Camp as an import.

Pottinger has four players just out of high school on the roster, including three from Central Alberta. Sixfoot –four forward Ethan Minde and five-foot-eight guard Brandt Seibel are from Ponoka with Matt Cummings from Innisfail and Riley McCallum from Calgary.

“We like what we see from those kids and while they need to fight to get on the starting roster, they’re all talented kids, who work hard.”

The Kings first real action will be the ACAC Showcase tournament in Edmonton.

“We’ll face a few other teams in scrimmage situations, but nothing formal,” concluded Pottinger, who has Luc Stevenson, Joel Carroll and Clint Unsworth returning as assistant coaches.

Danny Rode is a former Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@ reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at hppts:// rdc.ab.ca/current-students/athletics/athletics-blog/blog

New Queens coach focusing on hard work

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Ken King was behind the eight ball before he even arrived at RDC to take over the Queens basketball team.

King wasn’t hired until late May when most players had already committed for the 2014-15 season.

However, thanks to some hard work by former coach Mike Woollard, before he left, and by King himself, over the phone, the Ontario native is pleased with his roster.

“Once I got the job, we did a lot of work as a coaching staff to contact all the players Mike recruited as soon as possible. If we had any shot this year we needed to secure the girls coming in. I’m pretty satisfied with the girls we have out. The players out of high school are some of the hardest working girls I’ve ever seen.”

King did lose a couple players who had indicated they were interested in the program, plus a couple of vets, who decided not to return.

“One of the recruits decided to rodeo, so that wasn’t a big thing and as for returning players there were some

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Veteran women’s hockey defenceman Bonhomme retires from international competition CALGARY — Veteran Canadian women’s hockey defenceman Tessa Bonhomme is retiring from international competition.

Bonhomme made her international debut at the 2004 Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., and finished her career with 51 points (10 goals, 41 assists) in 107 games. She is the fifth-highestscoring defenceman in the history of Canada’s senior women’s team.

The 29-year-old native of Sudbury, Ont., won gold with Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and at the IIHF World Women’s Championship in 2007 and 2012.

She assisted on Caroline Ouellette’s overtime winner in the 2012 gold-medal game.

Bonhomme also won silver at the

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who weren’t going to return anyway and a couple of others who weren’t comfortable with what we were doing.

Others came out but didn’t fit and mutually parted ways.

“We now have 14 girls and they are our 14 girls and we’re comfortable.”

King does have four players back with point guard Gillian Griffin and shooting guard Dedra Janvier both playing significant minutes last season.

Maddie Klootwyk and Janelle Kakakaway were both with the team but injured for most of the season.

“In some ways it’s good not to have too many returnees,” said King. “If we’re going to change it might as well be 10-fold and make sure we do it right and we have the right people here.”

One of the most important parts of the team will be point guard with Griffin battling newcomers Morgan Dool, Brenna Seymour and Cassidy Hollingsworth for a starting spot.

“The nice thing is it’s a competitive atmosphere,” said King. “The four know we have two spots open and they’re battling to grab them. As well Sydney (Daines), once she isn’t a dual athlete, can play any position and could challenge for that position.”

Daines is also playing with the Queens soccer team.

Klootwyk gives the Queens some height as does newcomers Aneca Fretts, Ann Stewart and Lindsay Thurber grad Emma Newton.

Both Fretts, who played for Briercrest Bible College five years ago, and Stewart are over six-foot- while Newton,, is listed at five-foot-11.

“We have a bit of height, now the main concern is to get that height down the floor,” said King, who like his rookies is trying to learn the ACAC. “Any preseason games and scrimmages we have are important for the first-year girls and myself,” he said.

“The girls need to learn the physicality, along with the intensity and speed of the game and I’m trying to watch as many games as I can to learn western basketball.”

Other players on the roster are forward Amber Smith and Bailey Sjogren and guard Kennedy Burgess.

King wants a hard-working team that “won’t be out worked.

“I can’t say if we play a speed game or slow it down. It depends on who we’re playing. Our main focus is to work hard or harder than the other

team.”

One thing King will see in the ACAC is a lot of full court presses.

“The way I look at that is it gives us a chance to get layups,” he said. “We need to break the press confidently and strong.”

The Queens faced Lakeland in a scrimmage situation this week and will look to add a couple more scrimmages before they play in the Showcase tournament, Oct. 2-4 in Edmonton.

The scrimmage didn’t matter in terms of winning or losing but was good for the Queens, said King.

“I like the preseason and not necessarily to win,” he said. “Even in a scrimmage it’s good to think you may have lost as it shows us things we need to work on.”

King put together a solid assistant coaching staff in Dave Kolesnik, Jess Albrecht and J’Anna Aitchison with Robyn Denny the strength and conditioning coach and Rachel Edge the manager. Caitlin Rye and Keri Inkster are the trainers.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog

world championship in 2009, 2011 and 2013. She participated in the Four Nations Cup on eight occasions, winning six gold medals (2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013) and two silver (2008, 2012).

“On behalf of Hockey Canada and Canadian hockey fans everywhere, I want to thank Tessa for what she did not only in bringing Canada success on the ice, but what she did to grow the women’s game off it,” Tom Renney, president and CEO of Hockey Canada, said in a statement. “She will continue to be a tremendous ambassador for the sport, and I have no doubt she will find success wherever her career leads her.”

Bonhomme will continue her broadcasting career with TSN as a full-time host and reporter.

She will also contribute to the network’s coverage of Hockey Canada events.

Pelletier is best known for winning the Olympic gold in pairs figure skating along with partner Jamie Salé at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. The Canadians were awarded gold medals along with a Russian pair after a judging scandal.

It was Canada’s first Olympic gold in pairs figure skating in 42 years.

Pelletier, a 39-year-old from Sayabec, Que., also paired with Salé to win three Canadian champions, a World

champions, and a Grand-Prix Final title.

He has been inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.

Since retiring from professional figure skating, Pelletier has worked as a power skating coach with several professional and junior athletes as well as members of the Canadian women’s hockey team.

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CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Scrabble Benefit, hosted by GrammaLink-Africa and supported by the Golden Circle, will run Sept. 19, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Golden Circle Seniors Centre. Event features best of two games, silent auction, prizes and refreshments. All proceeds donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to support African grandmothers raising their orphaned grandchildren.

Register for pledge forms by contacting Merla at wmwgib@gmail.com or call 403342-5670. For more information contact Faye by calling 403-343-1881 or email bev. hughes@shaw.ca ● Fundraiser at Balmoral Bible Chapel takes place on Sept. 19, 7 p.m. Join in fun, food, fellowship and learn about Generations Church in Jamaica. Special guests are the Generations Family Singers. Cost is $20 at the door. For more information, call Dwayne at 403-598-3021. ● Roast beef supper at Senior Citizens Downtown House will be held on Sept. 19 at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $15 in advance. Call 403346-4043.

Saturday ● Sundre Snake Hill Slam 5km Obstacle Race takes place on Sept. 20 and is a fundraiser for Greenwood Neighbourhood Place and Sundre Call to Action. Runners, volunteers and sponsors are sought to participate in team challenges, family participation, don costumes, and more. Sign up as an individual or in a team of four. Cost is $30 for adults or $20 for youth ages 18 years and under, and includes event T-shirt if registered by Aug. 10, water bottle and medallion.

Snake Hill Mini Slam Obstacle Race for kids will be offered free of charge. See http://www. mygnp.org/sundre-snake-hill-slam-2014, contact 403-638-1011, kim@mygnp.org. ● Musical Saturday Morning will be offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Sept.

20 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Tots five and under and their caregivers are invited to learn about nature through songs, hands-on exploration, and interactive walks in this fun family-friendly program. Drop in. Admission by donation of $5 per couple, or $10 per family of five. ● Yard/Bake Sale Fundraiser for St. John’s Champion Children’s Home orphanage in Kenya will be held at Sylvan Lake Apostolic Lutheran Church on Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone 403-755-6368. ● Kids Knit and grown-ups too at the Red Deer Public Library on Sept. 20, 3 to 4 p.m.

Ages nine and up, or under if with an adult, can learn to knit or bring their own knitting projects. For more details call 403-346-4688. ● Girlz Club at the Dawe Library, meets the third Thursday of the month, 1 to 3 p.m. for girls ages seven and up. On Sept. 20, discover A crazy Little Thing Called Confidence.

For more information call 403-309-3488. ● Ponoka Moose Lodge Old-Time Dance will be held on third Saturday of each month, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Cost is $12, ($10 for Moose members.) Finger food potluck lunch. Next dance on Sept. 20 featuring Randy Jones and the Reflections. See www.

AlbertaDanceNews.com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-783-8587 for more information. ● Earthdance Red Deer Festival celebrates peace through music, art and dance on Sept. 20 from 3 to 7 p.m. in Veterans Park on Ross Street. Enjoy live music, yoga, community artists, street dancing, fresh baking and more. At 5 p.m. join with communities around the world in a simultaneous Prayer for Peace. All activities are free; donations accepted for Central Alberta Refugee Effort. For more information call Jan at 403-346-8818. ● Whisker Rescue will be at the Petsmart store every third Saturday of each month with the Senior for Senior Program from noon to 4 p.m. A senior cat is given to a senior person free of charge, and payment of veterinary bills; Whisker Rescue supplies food and litter if necessary. The next date is XXXX. For more information call Diane at 403-347-1251. ● Eckankar Canada in Alberta will offer a free workshop on Sept. 20, 1 to 3 p.m. at the Red Deer Library to help with understanding of past lives, dreams and soul travel experiences. Free book for all guests. For more information call 403-+5353 or visit www. spiritualexperience.org ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The Sept. 20 session is called Autumn in the Air. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403309-8405. Free with admission.

Sunday ● Gospel concerts at Ponoka Drop-In Centre are held the third Sunday of each month at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door.

Contact Doreen at 403-783-3805. On Sept.

21 enjoy Gospel 792. ● Red Deer River Naturalists — Sunday Bird Focus meets Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre to depart on excursions in central Alberta.

Dates and destinations are: Sept. 21 — River Bend Golf Course Perimeter Trail; Sept. 28 — McKenzie Trails. Come prepared for a full afternoon of birding. Bring along lunch, snacks, coffee, and dress for the weather. Be prepared to carpool. To join in, confirm attendance with Judy at 403-342-4150. ● Seniors Church meets at 11 a.m. on Sundays at Bower Kin Place for hymns and gospel preaching. Phone 403-347-6706. ● Lacombe Legion Breakfast will be served on Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Children under 12 years — $3, and adults 12 years and up — $6. Break-

fasts will be held on the third Sunday of each month. See www.lacombelegion.com, or phone 403-782-6441. ● Gaetz Memorial United Church will kick off the fall program on Sept. 21, 10:30 a.m. Fall church activity fair and Gaetz Kids Sunday School registration will be presented.

For more information call 403-347-2244. Everyone is welcome.

Monday ● The Leadership Centre of Central Alberta will present their Leadership Conference on Sept. 22 and 23 at the Sheraton Red Deer. Included in the cost of this two day event are live speakers, meals and the evening gala ticket. The gala on Sept. 22 goes from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and along with the meal, will feature the Pillar of the Community award and the Alberta Sings competion. To view the schedule and to register online visit www.theleadershipcentre.ca of call 403-340-0324. ● Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S.) is a non-profit weight loss support organization which holds regular weekly meetings in Red Deer and Blackfalds. Learn about nutrition, portion control, food planning, exercise and more. Visit a meeting free of charge.

Meetings are held on Monday evenings, Tuesday mornings and Thursday evenings.

For locations and information call Gail at 403340-1859 or toll free at 1-800-932-8677 or see www.tops.org. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre card games are played on the following days: Canasta Mondays at 1 p.m., $1; Cribbage — Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m., $2; Singles Bridge — Wednesdays at 1 p.m., $2; Partner Bridge — second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m., $3; Mixed cards — first and third Friday of each month, $1; Military Whist — second and fourth Friday of each month, $2. For more information on cards please call Diane at 403-343-6074. ● Epilepsy Association offers used books and videos for sale at the Hub on Ross. All items are $2.00 a piece. For more information call 403-358-3358. ● Innisfail and District Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of each month from Jan. to Nov. at 7 p.m. in St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall. Please use the back door. Meetings feature speakers, tours, films, contests, plant exchanges and more. Call Davina at 403-598-9481. ● Building Resiliency in Your Child, will be the topic at a parent information night at Ecole Mother Teresa Catholic School in Sylvan Lake on Sept. 22, 6:30 to 9 p.m. For more information about the Dare to Care program, an anti-bullying, positive life skills program, contact Mr. Reinhart at 403-887-6371.

Tuesday ● Writers’ Ink — Red Deer and District Writers’ group for authors of all genres 18 years and older — meets every Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., year round at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. First three visits free. Small membership and drop in fees apply. Call Carol at 403-350-7480 and email to studio2@telus.net for more information. ● Golden West Drop-In in Spruce View activities: Tuesday — line dancing, 10 a.m. to noon, and Bridge 1 to 4 p.m.; first and third Wednesdays — West Country Ink, and fourth Wednesday — cribbage, 2 p.m.; first Thursday — general meeting at 2 p.m.; Coffee every morning at 8:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 10 a.m. For more information, call Ruth at 403-728-3482. ● Double Tree Village Museum located 10 km west of Innisfail, is open year round.

Take a free wagon and enjoy the natural scenery to a Danish homestead with a beautiful team of Belgian horses. The site is open years round and features 26 buildings from a church to a teepee, picnic area with wiener roast pit, and much more. Take Hwy 54 to RR 41 and north into the village. Winner or Red Deer County Beautification Award, Red Deer County Heritage Award. School classes, bus tours, families, groups welcome. Visit www. doubletreevillage.com, or contact 403-7283875, dbltreem@telus.net. ● Alberta Gerontology Nurses Association invites all health care providers and students to a presentation on Sept. 23, 5 to 6 p.m. at the Dana Soltes Auditorium, Red Deer Regional Hospital. Speaker, Jan Underwood will discuss cultural considerations in caring for older adults. Free admission.. Meeting to follow. For more information email chris.magas@rc.ab.ca.

Wednesday ● Divergent — The Initiation challenge — activities, food and movie will be offered for teens on Sept. 24 from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. in the Snell auditorium of the Red Deer Public Library. ● Central Alberta Photographic Society (CAPS) meets Sept. 24, at 6:45 p.m. at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. Visiting photographer George Webbier will present photographs and the stories behind the creation from his new book. New members are always welcome. Go online to www.centralalbertaphotographicsociety.com for more information. ● Downtown Market will be held every Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. until Oct. 8 on Little Gaetz Ave. between Alexander Way and Ross St. New this season is a community corner for non-profit groups and a learning stage for those who wish to give talks related to the “make, it, bake it or grow it” principles of the market. Phone 403-340-8696 for more information. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Country Gold North is on Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting

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Tabitha Duckworth and daughter, Crimzynn Annable, 5, strike a yoga pose as part of a previous Earthdance Red Deer celebration in Veteran’s Park. This weekend Red Deer will join a global peace party. The event will take place on Ross Street in downtown Red Deer between 3 and 6 p.m. Earthdance is the world’s largest annual synchronized global music and dance event for peace. Since 1997, Earthdance has been staged in 600 locations in 60 countries. The local promotion of peace will be at Veteran’s Park and the Ross Street Patio and include performances by Randi Boulton, community artists will attend and there will be a community bake sale. Free community yoga will go at 4 p.m. and a prayer for peace will be held at 5 p.m. followed by dancing in the street to music by Jazz Experiment. The event is free, but donations will be welcomed for the Central Alberta Refugee Effort. at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Lunch and Learn for employers, supervisors, managers, program co-ordinators and interested others, on Sept. 25, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Central Alberta Refuge Effort. Meet to discuss diversity and inclusion in today’s markets. Please RSVP by Sept. 22 to Jan at 403-346-8818. ● Stettler Art Group — Church Mice — meet every Wednesday at Stettler United Church Christian Education Wing at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Artists are asked to bring their own art supplies and lunch. Coffee supplied. The cost is $2 per session. Sessions resume Sept.

17. Contact Donna Lea at 403-742-5690. ● Music Variety featuring Randi Boulton Singers, Dean Ray Strum and Drum, and more, present world music on Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at The Hub on Ross.

Phone 403-340-4869.

Thursday ● Shine! 2014, an event to support young women’s education in Ghana, will be held on Sept. 25, 7 to 10 p.m. at Festival Hall.

Tickets, $35, include entertainment, glass of wine, dessert and display of accessories for sale along with silent auction items. Tickets at www.tfs-africa.org or call Colleen at 403-

352-6123. Central Alberta Special Equestrian Association Annual General Meeting will be held on Sept. 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre in Red Deer. This meeting is open to all who have an interest in using horses in learning and therapy including parents, professionals, and others who are serving as board members. Contact caseride@gmail.com. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, Sept. 25, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of The Allsorts Band. Admission is $7.

Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403346-3896. ● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on Sept.

25 at the Golden Circle west side parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for a 7 km hike at Sylvan Lake. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Bring lunch. Phone Mavis at 403-343-0091, or Sharon at 403-340-2497. ● Red Deer Art Club has ongoing sessions every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. These afternoons are open to all who are interested in learning techniques and sharing ideas using water based mediums. Open to beginner or advanced artists. For more information call 403-342-4242 , email reddeerartclub@gmail. com or search out the club on Facebook.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Red Deer River Naturalists Fall Banquet goes on Sept. 26, 6 p.m. at River Bend Golf Course. Guest speaker, Gerald Romanchuck will discuss the efforts to locate 300 species of birds in Alberta within a year. Tickets, $30, are available at Kerry Wood Nature Centre in advance. ● Radical Reels will be hosted by Kerry Wood Nature Centre at Red Deer College Arts Centre at 7 p.m. Tickets available from Kerry Wood Nature Centre and Pursuit Adventure and Travel. Phone 403-346-2010. ● Art of Friendship is a program for those who feel lonely or isolated, or have lost friends, or who have experienced difficult

experiences and need to brush up on their friendship skills. The course will be offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association for eight weeks starting Oct. 16 and runs weekly on Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. For information see www.reddeer.cmha.ca Participants must speak with staff prior to enrollment at 403-342-2266. ● Seniors’ Curling League —Friday afternoons — is looking for a few more teams.

If interested call 403-346-3777.

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Ebola aid praised LIBERIA’S PRESIDENT HOPES U.S. COMMITMENT WILL SPUR OTHER NATIONS TO CHIP IN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONROVIA, Liberia — People critically ill with Ebola languishing in an ambulance for hours as paramedics seek a place for them. Treatment centres filling up as soon as they are opened. The situation is so dire in Liberia that its president welcomed a U.S. pledge to send troops and treatment centres, but said much more needs to be done.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Wednesday urged the world community to redouble efforts to battle the disease, which could spread into other countries after already hitting five West African nations.

“Our American partners realize Liberia cannot defeat Ebola alone,” Sirleaf said in a written statement.

“We hope this decision by the United States will spur the rest of the international community into action ... The entire community of nations has a stake in ending this crisis.”

Even as the promises of aid came, the risks of such help were underscored as yet another international health care worker fell ill while trying to help sick patients in Liberia. Doctors Without Borders — also known by its French acronym MSF — said the female French employee would be evacuated to a special treatment centre in France after being placed into isolation on Tuesday.

The infection marks the first time an international MSF worker has contracted Ebola. Six local staff have been infected, three of whom died, though it was not clear that they had become sick at work and may have contracted the virus from the communities where they lived.

More than 300 health workers have become infected with Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Near-

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A vendor shows news paper headlines commenting on American President Barrack Obama announcement on sending troops to fight the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, Wednesday. Liberia’s president called Wednesday on the world to do more to end a spiraling Ebola outbreak, saying “Liberia cannot defeat Ebola alone.” ly half of them have died, according to WHO. At least seven international health care and aid workers already have been taken abroad for treatment, and concerns over health worker infections have made it difficult to recruit the foreign help needed to combat the epidemic.

MSF has long had the most stringent infection control protocol against Ebola. While many facilities are working with a fraction of the staff they need, Doctors Without Borders adheres to its rule that every caretaker treating a patient enters the ward with a buddy, who watches the caretaker to ensure

his suit doesn’t slip, for instance.

“MSF applies very strict protocols of protection for its staff — before, during and after their time in a country affected by the current Ebola outbreak,” said Brice de le Vingne, MSF Director of Operations. “This dramatically reduces the risk of transmission of the disease. However, the risk is part of such an intervention, and sadly our teams are not spared.”

The World Health Organization estimates about 1,500 international health workers are needed to help curb Ebola.

President Barack Obama announced

Children die after receiving vaccinations

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rators in the clinic, making the situation even worse, he added.

Video footage uploaded to social media showed a medic examining a young girl who was squirming. Another child, in an orange tee-shirt and blue pants, appeared lifeless as a medic administered CPR. He then opened the child’s mouth to reveal a swollen, blue-tinged tongue. The footage corresponded with Associated Press reporting of the event.

Syria’s conflict, now in its fourth year, has caused the collapse of its health system in contested areas, scattering medics, destroying clinics and making medicines and equipment difficult to obtain. Nationwide vaccination efforts have been thrown into disarray, and polio re-emerged in parts of Syria last year.

The Western-backed opposition based in Turkey said it had suspended the second round of measles vaccinations, which began on Monday. The campaign was meant to target 60,000 children. In a statement, it said the vaccines used Tuesday met international standards and did not say what

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say two bombings, including a suicide attack on a security post outside Baghdad, have killed at least 11 people.

Police officials say the deadliest attack took place Wednesday night when a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into an abandoned building used by security forces in the town of Tarmiyah, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Baghdad.

The officials say five soldiers and three policemen were killed, and at least 16 members of the security forces were wounded.

Police say another bombing on a commercial street in Baghdad’s northern district of Khazimiyah killed three people and wounded eight.

Medical officials confirmed the causalities. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release the information.

members from Central Alberta are who are interested in joining the band. Anyone interested in piping or drumming is welcome.

Practices are held at the Red Deer Legion on Tuesdays and 7 p.m. New members will start in October. Contact 403-782-7183 or email amacaskill@telus.net for more information. ● Feed the Children: A Strategy Conference to End Hunger in Alberta Classrooms, will be held on Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Gaetz United Church. Guest speaker will be Chef Julie van Rosendaal, CBC commentator and cook book author. Cost is $25 or no cost for low income earners. Pre-register by calling 403-278-4255 or email Pam at anwc.ucw.cwi@gmail.com ● Friday Night Concerts will be held at The Hub on starting at 7 p.m. Tickets for all concerts at the door, $15 or $30 per family. Oct. 3 features Donna Durand and John Spearn. For more information all 403-3404869. ● Alberta Health Services is offering several free workshops during the fall as part of the Alberta Healthy Living Program. Workshops include problematic eating, blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes basics, heart wise information, respiratory education, weight wise management programs and more. For the full schedule, visit www.albertahealthservices.ca/ev/ne-ev-cdm-calendar-2014-fall.pdf or call 1-877-314 6997 ● Medicine River Wildlife Centre First Annual Hike and Bike Fundraising event will be held Oct. 4 at Sheiling Mountain Lodge, COE, at Nordegg. Collect pledges, and spend the day hiking or mountain biking at a choice of levels. Participants will receive a gift bag, home cooked breakfast, lunch, barbecue supper, guided hikes or mountain biking adventures, followed by relaxing by the fire with the sounds of Tera Lee. Volunteer guides and sponsors sought. Limited space.

Reserve now. See www.mrwc.ca or call 403728-3467. ● Writers’ Ink — Red Deer and District Writers’ group for authors of all genres 18 years and older — meets every Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., year round at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. First three visits free. Small membership and drop in fees apply. Call Carol at

403-350-7480 and email to studio2@telus.net for more information. ● Fun$Casino, hosted by the Spruce View and District Lions Club, will be held on Oct. 4 at the Spruce View Community from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. with auction to follow. For more information contact Suzanne at 403877-0844. ● Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The Ortho Connect program helps ease the fear, stress, and anxiety that go along with bone surgery and help patients prepare. Call Laurlee at 1-800-461-3639, ext.

4. ● Ride for Refuge is a fun, family-friendly bike-a-thon in supporting charities serving the displaced, vulnerable and exploited. The ride takes place on Oct. 4, starting from CrossRoads Church along three different routes.

To register, pay the $25 fee or to find out more information visit http://rideforrefuge.org/ location/reddeer ● Choosing Hope, a CD compilation by singer-songwriter Meg Bernard inspired by her journey with Parkinson Disease, is offered at $10 by the Parkinson Alberta website or at the Red Deer Office, 5406D 43 St. ● Red Deer Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Awards tickets are now on sale for the Oct. 22 event at the Red Deer College Arts Centre. Tickets, $85 are available online at www.reddeerchamber.com or at the Chamber office. For more information call Shelley at 403-347-4491. ● A trail run in the late Bill Nielsen’s name takes off in Lacombe on Oct. 4. Nielsen ran more than 100 marathons, many after diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Register for a two, five or ten km run or a family fun run/walk. Runners start at the Lacombe Composite School High School. Entry fee is $25 for 10 km and $20 for other races before Sept. 28; price increases by $5 after Sept. 28.

Register online through www.runningroom. com before Oct. 1 or on race day at 8 a.m. ● Evening of Environmental Champions will be held at the Ellis Bird Farm on Oct. 15. Dinner at 6 p.m. followed by presentations on various environmental projects within

Lacombe County. To RSVP or for more information contact Cajun Paradis at 403-7826601 before Oct. 3. ● Banff Mountain Film Festival Radical Reels Tour will held on Sept. 30 at the Red Deer College Arts Centre. This film festival features mountain biking, snowboards, skiing, climbing, paddling, long-boarding, slack lining and B.A.S.E. jumping athletes. Tickets, $20, are available at Kerry Wood Nature Centre or Pursuit Adventure and Travel. For more information call Todd at 403.-346-2010. ● The City of Red Deer is looking for volunteers to serve on one of many Council committees. Applications and further details on the committees available can be found at Legislative Services, second floor of City Hall or at www.reddeer.ca/councilcommittees For more information contact Deputy City Clerk at 403-342-8289 before Sept. 29. ● Red Deer Point In Time Homeless Count will be held on Oct. 16. Volunteers are needed to conduct surveys in many neighborhoods throughout the city, from 8:30 p.m. until midnight. No experience is necessary but must be 18 or older. Training will be provided.

Volunteers can register online at www.reddeer.ca/PITCount or call 403-342-8100. ● Public Work Bee will be held at Kerry Wood Nature on Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to finish up the surfaces of the new naturebased playground. Bring your shovels, wheel barrows, dirt rakes and gloves. Call the Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 403-346-2010 to let them know you can lend a hand. ● Join stroke survivor Daniel Trudel on his trek from Olds to Red Deer. On Oct. 2, Daniel will start at the corner of Highway 27 and 2A near the Preto Canada station.

On Oct. 4, he will make his way to Red Deer to Harley Davidson in Gasoline Alley at approximately 2 p.m. Anyone wishing to walk with Daniel is welcome. To make a charitable donation to the heart and Stroke Foundation, 587-951-7104. ● Support art and culture throughout Alberta by taking a position on the board of directors of the Alberta Community Art Clubs Association. There are a number of positions open. Call Grace at 403-347-2045 to participate in the community.

SYRIA

BEIRUT — At least 15 children died after receiving vaccinations in rebel-held parts of northwestern Syria, while the death toll from two days of government airstrikes on a central city climbed to nearly 50, a heavy toll even by the vicious standards of the country’s civil war, activists said.

The children, some just babies, all exhibited signs of “severe allergic shock” about an hour after they were given a second round of measles vaccinations in Idlib province on Tuesday, with many suffocating to death as their bodies swelled, said physician Abdullah Ajaj, who administered the vaccinations in a medical centre in the town of Jarjanaz.

It was unclear what killed the children, but Ajaj said in an interview via Skype that they all exhibited the same symptoms to varying degrees. He said it was the first time he had ever seen such a reaction to vaccinations.

“There was shouting and screaming, it was hard for the parents. You get your child vaccinated and then you find your child dying, it’s very hard,” Ajaj said. There weren’t enough respi-

● Scott School Community’s Chain Lakes Poker Rally Ride will be held on Sept.

28. A pancake breakfast will be offered from 9 to 11 a.m. The ride takes place from 10 a.m. to noon. All riders must register. Phone 403783-6858, or 403-784-3511. ● German Canadian Club of Red Deer meets in the new German Club Hall, on highway 280 towards Fort Normandeau. German school for adults is being offered along with German card games and lessons on Mondays. Call 403-391-2735 for more information. ● Shady Nook Community Centre will offer pizza and games free along with the annual general meeting on Nov. 3. at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call Linda at 403347-3860. ● Parkland Regional Library offers a new eBook service called 3M Cloud Library which is compatible with a variety of ereading devices, tablets and smartphones.

The collection is stocked with current bestsellers and frequently requested titles including excellent Canadian content. For more information visit www.prl.ca ● Crystal Clear Ministries, with Herb and Crystal Taylor, will celebrate 20 years with a fundraising banquet and silent auction on Oct. 4, 5:30 at Balmoral Bible Chapel. Entertainment by Jordan Echoes. Individual tickets are available for $30 or $200 for a table of eight, either at the door or reserve by calling 403-312-7357 or 403-317-5450. For more information visit www.crystalclearministries.com ● Memorial Society of Red Deer and District annual general meeting will be held on Oct. 2, noon, at the Golden Circle. Cost is $15. RSVP for lunch, before Sept. 29, by calling 403-340-3898 or email info@memorialsocietyrd.ca Meeting starts at 1 p.m.; free admission. Guest speaker is Christine Rapp, VP Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board.

Contact Virginia at 403-340-9183 for more information. ● The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band is recruiting both experienced and inexperienced

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may have caused the deaths.

It is extremely unlikely that the vaccinations killed the children, said Beirut-based public health specialist Fouad Fouad, who said spoiled vaccinations were more or less harmless.

“It cannot cause death,” he said.

UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said UNICEF and the World Health Organization are “deeply concerned” and awaiting further clarification.

“Measles is a major threat to children in Syria and the campaigns are vital ... and especially important for children who’ve been away from their homes and communities and are living in camps or in other unsanitary conditions,” Haq said.

Opposition representatives could not immediately be reached for comment.

The United Nations says that more than 190,000 people have been killed since the start of Syria’s uprising against President Bashar Assad in March 2011. The revolt began with peaceful protests but escalated into an insurgency and set off a civil war after government forces waged a brutal crackdown on dissent.

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Tuesday that he will order 3,000 U.S. military personnel to West Africa. The U.S. is also planning on delivering 17 treatment centres with 100 beds each to Liberia. American officials expect to have the first treatment centres open in a few weeks. It is unclear when all of the personnel and equipment will be on the ground.

Ebola is believed to have killed at least 2,400 people in the largest outbreak ever and sickened nearly 5,000, though the real toll may be much higher.

Bombings kill at least 11 people in Iraq

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 2014

Distance can cause problems in families Dear Annie: I am a 55-year-old wom- il relationship with them any longer. an, the youngest of three.

My sister knows how self-absorbed my When I married 30 years brother and his wife can be, ago, we moved away for my but won’t intercede. We are husband’s job. Over the good, decent people, and I years, we have returned for don’t understand their besummer visits, especially havior. since our daughters are They act like everything close in age to their cousins. is fine and recently left a We always have made it a phone message for my birthpriority to attend all imporday asking me to call them tant family events, often at and let them know whether great expense.

I’m coming to town.

Last year, we traveled to Should I speak my mind my niece’s destination wedabout this or let it go? — ding. But I was hurt that my Frustrated and Furious MITCHELL niece did not ask either of Dear Frustrated: The rea& SUGAR my daughters to be in her son your brother acts like wedding party. everything is fine is because My brother and his wife he believes it is. He has no (the parents of this bride) idea that he has hurt you. have ignored my younger daughter for It is natural for you to be more senthe past couple of years. They don’t sitive to issues regarding your daughsend her birthday or Christmas cards ters than he is. or presents, and totally skipped her This is not to excuse his lack of atrecent college graduation. tention, only that we don’t believe it is It’s not the money. They are quite deliberate, which means forgiveness is wealthy and are generous with their easier. own kids and friends. Meanwhile, I Please talk to him without becoming have given nice gifts to their children angry. at every occasion.

Gently explain that you are hurt I do not feel I can maintain a civ- when he completely ignores your chil-

ANNIE ANNIE

dren’s special occasions and makes you think he doesn’t care about them.

We hope he’ll try harder.

Dear Annie: Twice in the past month, I witnessed an older woman tumble from the top of a moving escalator all the way to the bottom, as store employees raced to turn it off. In one incident, the shopper was accompanied by someone who could not stop her fall.

In the other, the woman seemed confused before the accident, but refused to use the elevator.

To complicate matters, her only identification was a receipt in her purse, so it took a while to find the man who had dropped her off.

If anyone has a balance problem, uses a cane or walker, has their arms full or is carrying a toddler, etc., please use the elevator instead of the escalator.

The few extra minutes are well worth it in order to avoid a horrifying accident. And please be sure to carry proper identification, including names and numbers to call in case of an emergency. — Stunned Shopper in Shreveport, La. Dear Stunned: Too many people don’t realize (or won’t admit) they have a problem until something happens,

ment now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will be feeling quite good today and will be more willing to take responsibilities within your home environment.

There is an opportunity for you to express your value and come across as someone of greater worth now.

Be diplomatic with others and self today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): There is a sense that you are able to handle anything that is thrown your way now.

You will find worth in all you focus on now, from balancing budgets to expressing your innate talents.

Bounce ideas off with your significant relationships, it will go a long way!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The focus will be on you feeling quite positive with all that you can achieve with regards to your dreams today.

There will be a sense of duty and accomplishment with your personal worth and your finances.

Others will ask for your advice now, speak your truth today!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You will bring a sense of duty to your career today.

Anything that doesn’t seem quite right in the light of day will be discussed and you will be willing to stand your ground and be determined to rectify any issues that stand in your way towards your dreams!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are quite excited about your dreams and your future and will be discussing this with friends and within groups you are part of.

Today will be the day when you will understand that you are making your dreams a reality.

If needed, dedicate more time to your work now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Communicate with those at work; it will help you advance towards your dreams with more determination, once you realize you do have others backing you.

There will be some time spent on doing a little more research that will create more understanding professionally.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You are truly coming across as a persona of authority and understanding today.

There is a sense and an aura about you that embodies trust and endurance through anything that life throws at you.

Share your vision and your plans today, it will help many!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your heart is finally behind your work today.

There is a sense that you are able to handle any difficulties with the greatest of ease and this will translate into you being someone of great patience and endurance.

Share what you need to get off your chest, everyone will benefit!

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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HOROSCOPES Thursday, Sept. 18 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Jada Pinkett Smith, 42; James Marsden, 40; Aisha Tyler, 43 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today you will put your emotions aside in order to create more joy in your life.

Fun and Frolicking will be the name of the day!

You will find the need to get something off your chest and it will be easy to do so.

You are more able to express yourself and listen to other’s needs, without losing LARISA MAIRA your own view in OZOLINS the process.

SUN SIGNS Just make sure to be as practical and rational as possible!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will allow you to understand the perfect balance between your own needs and with those of others.

The first half of the year will be you enjoying the company of friends and the groups your are part of, and the second half will be you finding yourself, your passion, and perhaps spending a bit more time alone to rest and relax.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): As the day progresses you will feel more able to enjoy yourself.

There is a sense of duty that will have to be achieved with regards to intimate relationships or business relationships at this stage.

Sharing with others now will help bring a sense of relief and peace for you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are currently finding solid ground with others in your life and this will translate into planning more fun times, to organizing a dinner party at your house now.

Getting into the flow of communication will create greater balance with everyday life and all your affairs.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Communicating with those at work or simply those you interact with on a daily basis will create closer bonds and solid advancements forward for you.

You are more able to express yourself in a way that pleases all those you are socializing with, and everyone will win today!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your focus will be on your finances and building up your self-worth.

This will be easily done by your stepping up your game and truly showing others what your innate talents are.

Bounce ideas off of family members, and those found within the home environ-

and then, of course, it’s too late. People need to be able to hold onto the railing of an escalator and watch their step getting on and off.

If you aren’t sure you can do this, please take the elevator. Better safe than sorry.

Dear Annie: My husband could have written the letter from “Heartbroken,” whose wife never had time for him when they were younger, and now he’s not interested.

I was a busy wife and mother and worked outside the home. I put everything before our relationship. We drifted apart and desperately needed couples counseling.

We found the best therapist in our area, and she put us back on track.

We just took a cross-country trip in an RV and have developed the most loving relationship we’ve had in 40 years.

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FRONT RADICAL REELS FILM TOUR OFFERS GLIMPSE INTO EXTREME ATHLETES The high-adrenaline world of extreme athletes can be viewed in the 2014 Banff Mountain Film Festival’s Radical Reels Tour, presented by the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

These short films about snowboarding, mountain biking, skiing, slack lining and other sports can be seen at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Red Deer College Arts Centre. See exciting footage caught by helicopter, wearable and hand-held cameras and accompanied by cool musical soundtracks.

Tickets are $20 from the nature centre, Pursuit Adventure and Travel, or at the door. For more information, call 403346-2010. (Proceeds go towards environmental education programs at the centre.)

FREEDOM LUNCH TO AID SOMALIANS Savour the taste of a Freedom Lunch while helping to build a school and educate Somalian children at the same time at the Hub on Ross on Sept. 29. The fundraising event is organized

by Somalian Zainab A Mohamoud of the Central Alberta Women’s Association. The goal is to raise $20,000 to build a school, buy furniture, books and supplies for students and pay staff salaries in Somalia. The lunch runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The menu boasts butter chicken,channa masala with basmati rice spaghetti prepared by an international chef. There will also be jerk chicken, samosas, chili and deer stew with bannock at the festival. Admission is $10 cash at the door.

To find out more about the project, visit www. indiegogo.com and search Education for Somalian Girls and Boys.

CORRECTION A story in Wednesday’s Business section of the Advocate contained incorrect information. Kids & Company, which opened a day-care centre in Red Deer’s Clearview Market Square last week, operates from 14 locations in Alberta — including nine in Calgary.

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Abbey Cruickshank, Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery history educator, holds a craddle board. This version would have been a child’s toy, but larger ones were used by aboriginals to carry children around. This craddle board is one of as many as 400 artifacts the museum is willing to lend out to schools and classes in Red Deer.

Elementary school gains AltaLink international attention feels power line route for MicroSociety

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A small elementary school in Red Deer has earned international attention for connecting its students to the real world.

Aspen Heights Elementary School received a four-star status, the highest level of achievement for MicroSociety schools which allow students to set up their own tiny society.

In July at the MicroSociety’s 22nd annual conference in Arizona, the kindergarten to Grade 5 school received four-star status, the highest level of achievement for MicroSociety schools.

“We were one of only four schools that achieved this level, and there’s 251 schools in total, so we were very proud,” said Allan Baile, MicroSociety co-ordinator at Aspen Heights, on Wednesday.

Located mostly in the United States, the schools follow the MicroSociety program that connects students to the real world by allowing them to create their own government, economy and enterprises at school, much like a miniature community.

Aspen Heights is the only MicroSociety school in Canada. Administration and teachers adopted the program in 2009.

The school also received the 2014 Award for Outstanding International MicroSociety School, the 2014 George Award for Outstanding Student Agency in recognition of students environmental initiatives, and student Dylann Jurak, who has graduated to Grade 6, won the 2014 George Award for Student Leadership.

The 2014-15 MicroSociety year recently kicked off at the Red Deer Public school with elections.

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“We have a new prime minister and deputy prime minister and members of parliament.

The prime minister then appointed her senators,” Baile said.

On Thursday, students will all be sworn in as citizens of Aspen Heights MicroSociety by provincial court Judge Jim Mitchell.

In addition to regular classes, students will work on developing business ventures. They will prepare resumés to work at the student businesses, bank, a non-profit organization, police and postal service.

They earn wages in the school’s currency. They make bank deposits, pay taxes, and spend their currency shopping at the studentrun businesses.

“They have to follow the rules and regulations of MicroSociety, which are enforced by our police, the Royal Aspen Micro Police, and the government that is making the laws.

“An adult might think of it as play, but they don’t think of it as play at all,” Baile said.

The aim of MicroSociety is to produce citizens who will have a positive affect on the greater community and understand how the world functions.

Baile said it encourages leadership among the school’s 215 students and motivates them.

“Almost of all of the schools that do MicroSociety, their test scores go way up. It’s that real-life connection.”

At the end of the school year, awards are given out to MicroSociety citizen of the year, bookkeeper of the year, manager of the year and employee of the year.

“We treat it like the Academy Awards. We do a red-carpet thing. We take photographs.

Kids are pumped. They get dolled up.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Lots of events lined up leading up for Hockeyville celebrations EVENTS BEGINS FRIDAY AND WIND UP WITH NHL EXHIBITION GAME BETWEEN FLAMES AND COYOTES WEDNESDAY

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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More than 400 museum artifacts will bring history to life in Red Deer classrooms with a new museum lending program.

Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery offers objects for loan that include antique typewriters, armour and helmets, as well as pioneer related artifacts.

The lending library was launched Wednesday. Abbey Cruickshank, Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery history educator, said it will facilitate handson learning in classrooms.

“To bring real life artifacts into the hands of kids where they can study them, look at them, interact with them and get a better understanding of what they are and their history,” said Cruickshank. “Specifically, I’ve chosen items that relate directly to the curriculum.”

To protect the integrity of the artifacts only a select number can go to classrooms and those that do go there come equipped with proper handling equipment, gloves, and instructions.

Some larger objects are

available for classes to look at, however because of their size or difficulty to transport they must remain at the museum.

“We did choose things that could be touched,” said Cruickshank. “We had to chose stuff that could be handled without us there.”

The artifacts can be in the classrooms for as short as one session during a day or as long as a week.

“It’s hard to connect with a flat picture of something, but to look at it and hold it and see the size of it or to see what some of the aboriginal artifacts were made of it changes their understanding of it,” said Cruickshank.

“Kids are automatically interested if they can look at something and hold it.”

In total there are 300 to 400 items available for classes to take and study. Cruickshank said on average a classroom would take about five to 10 at any given time.

In the first week two classrooms have utilized the program. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate. com

Sylvan Lake is taking being crowned Kraft Hockeyville seriously.

The lakeside community has lined up six days of events and celebrations beginning on Friday and winding up with the big National Hockey League exhibition game between the Arizona Coyotes and Calgary Flames on Wednesday evening.

“It’s more than a game. That’s the word we’re trying to get out,” said Graham Parsons, one of the driving forces behind the community’s winning Hockeyville bid.

The town’s weekly Farmer’s Market that runs downtown from 4 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday will have a Hockeyville flavour.

On Saturday, the town is hosting a free drive-in movie in the Canadian Tire parking lot on the east side of Hwy 20. The Mighty Ducks is the movie and it starts about 8 p.m.

Kicking off the official Kraft Hockeyville celebrations on Sunday is a Fun Fair beginning at noon at Centennial Park. Free to the public, visitors can get a chance to test their slapshot, check out interactive kiosks, take in a music performance from West of the Fifth, or pick up Kraft Hockeyville and Calgary Flames memorabilia.

The Stanley Cup will also be available for photos from noon to 3 p.m.

“We’re inviting everyone in Central Alber-

ta,” said Parsons.

“It looks like the weather is going to be great.”

On Monday, invited local dynamite and peewee hockey players can hone their skills with on-ice clinics running from 3:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Sylvan Lake Multiplex.

Central Alberta minor hockey officials who have pre-registered have an opportunity on Tuesday to learn the tricks of the trade from top-level zebra stripes at a clinic running 5 to 7 p.m. It will be led by NHL official Kyle Rehman, who was born in Stettler and raised in Red Deer, and will be working the exhibition game.

Wednesday is game day and it will start with the Calgary Flames making a red carpet arrival at 8 a.m. followed by the Arizona Coyotes at 9 a.m.

Those with tickets can take in 45-minute team practices beginning with the Calgary Flames at 9:30 a.m. and followed by the Coyotes at 10:30 a.m.

Even if you weren’t able to line up tickets to the game (and they are all gone), you can take in the action on a big screen set up in the multiplex parking lot.

The pre-game action starts at 3:30 p.m. and runs until the end of the game. Bring a lawn chair.

The game itself starts at 5 p.m. It will be shown live on SportsNet 360 on CBC in Alberta delayed at 7 p.m. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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

through Pines best option

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

AltaLink is sticking to its position that its chosen power line route through the Pines is the best option.

Residents in the north Red Deer neighbourhood have asked Alberta Utilities Commission to review its decision approving new transmission towers on an existing right-of-way.

The Pines Group, representing about 50 homeowners, want the higher voltage line and its larger towers relocated to below an escarpment.

Red Deer city council endorsed that option.

Residents don’t feel their suggestion was given serious consideration by the company at hearings held earlier this year in Red Deer.

AltaLink spokesman Peter Brodsky disagrees.

“I don’t think that characterizes completely the relationship we had with the Pines residents and the number of times we did speak to them about their concerns,” he said on Wednesday.

Residents were brought up to speed through newsletters and consulted at several open houses and through other means before the company picked its preferred and alternate routes.

“Our overall goal was to establish a low-impact route that made sense in terms of environment, cost, stakeholder input, all the usual things we look at when we establish a route,” Brodsky said.

“When we submitted to the AUC, we submitted a preferred route and we submitted an alternate route that definitely reflected input from the Pines neighbourhood.

“We feel we did right by the Pines residents in terms of addressing their concerns.”

The preferred route — which uses a power line right-of-way in place since the 1950s — remains the lowest impact route, he said.

It was chosen by the AUC over an alternate route that moved a portion of the power lines out of the Pines area, although not near as long a stretch as residents wanted.

The Pines Group served notice on Monday that it wanted AUC to review its approval of AltaLink’s route in their area.

Residents want commission members to visit the site and get a clearer understanding of why homeowners want the line moved.

An air of urgency hangs over the request because AltaLink has begun marking areas of brush and trees to be cut back for the new towers.

AUC has yet to decide if it will agree to a review.

The Pines power line upgrades are part of a $350-million overhaul of transmission infrastructure in Central Alberta. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Debit machine stolen; fraud warning issued Red Deer RCMP believe debit and credit card fraud is the goal of someone who stole a portable point-of-sale machine from a city restaurant last week.

Red Deer RCMP say the hand-held wireless machine was stolen on Friday from Mr. Mike’s restaurant at 6701 50th Ave. RCMP are concerned the purpose of the theft is to alter the machine and then exchange it for another one at another unsuspecting business.

The stolen machine was an Ingenico 8200, serial #MONW82V306636469.

Last month, an alert customer noticed that a wireless point-of-sale machine in a different Red Deer restaurant had been tampered with. The observation saved other Red Deer residents from being scammed.

RCMP learned scammers had surreptitiously replaced one of the business’s point-of-sale machines with one that was set up to steal victim’s banking and credit card information.

In that case, the customer noticed that the credit card did not fit smoothly into the machine and observed that a magnetic strip had been inserted into the card reader slot. The strip was not present on other machines.

RCMP remind business owners not to let wireless point-of-sale (debit and credit) machines out of their sight. It only takes a moment for scammers to switch the machine with one that takes a magnetic skimmer. The skimmer then streams the client’s banking information and PIN numbers to the scammer’s device.

Businesses are asked to check their point-of-sale machines regularly. If you suspect your machine has been tampered with, call RCMP immediately.

Anyone with information that would assist police is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Information can also be reported online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Shooting death verdict appeal hearing delayed A man convicted of shooting his brother in 2012 is now seeking an appeal.

But he will have to wait until early next year to get the process moving.

John Wayne Mock, 37, was convicted by a jury in November 2013 of shooting his brother Timothy Mock at the family farm near Consort. The shooting took place in February 2012.

He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 11 years.

On Tuesday, Mock’s appeal was on the Calgary Appeal Court’s list to speak to, but was adjourned to the next sitting of the list on Jan. 6, 2015.

Mock and his counsel, J.S. Patel of Calgary, are seeking an appeal of both the conviction and the sentence.

Man holds up store in Kentwood Red Deer RCMP are looking for a suspect who brandished a knife while demanding money and cigarettes at a convenience store in Kentwood on Monday.

Police responded to a report of an armed robbery at the Run’n on Empty on 100 Kent Street around 10 p.m. A lone man reportedly threatened staff while demanding cash and cigarettes.

There were no reported injuries.

Police say the suspect left through the front door carrying a white plastic bag that held an undisclosed amount of cash, about 15 packages of Du Maurier King Size cigarettes and various other items.

A police dog was called in to help officers to search the area but the

A video surveillance image of the Kentwood convenience store holdup suspect. search turned up empty.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian man between 35 and 40 years of age. He is 1.83 metres (six feet) in height and has a medium build. He has scruffy facial hair on his chin. He was wearing yellow work gloves, black toque, black long-sleeved shirt, black sunglasses, blue jeans and brown work boots.

Police are investigating any commonalities between this and other robberies.

Anyone with information that may assist the police in identifying the suspect responsible for this crime is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403343-5575. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Trans Canada Trail celebration in Blackfalds The only indoor section of the Trans Canada Trail will be officially opened in Blackfalds on Friday.

A running track built as part of the town’s new multiplex, Abbey Centre, serves as a link in the section of trail running between Red Deer and Lacombe. The $15-million centre opened in the spring. It has a gymnasium, fitness centre, running track, separate walking track, meeting spaces and indoor play space for children. Outside, there is a lane pool, hot tub, spray park and waterslides.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be followed by cake at the grand opening that starts at 11 a.m. at the centre at 4500 Womacks Road.

Appeal bid delayed An appeal of the conviction of a Red Deer man for a home invasion will have to wait until the new year before it moves forward.

David James Kertesz, 29, was found guilty of a May 2013 armed home invasion and a standoff with police in March. Kertesz was one of three people allegedly involved in the home invasion. Jordan Pritchard, 27, was convicted and sentenced to two years for his role. Colby McInnes, 23, is accused of also being involved, but the allegations against him have not yet been proven in court.

Kertesz was convicted of 10 charges stemming from an incident where he and another man forced their way into an apartment armed with firearms, and then kidnapped and robbed an alleged drug dealer. He received a 10-year sentence.

On Tuesday in the Calgary Court of Appeal, his matter was on the list, however it was not advanced. His appeal has now been added to the Jan. 6, 2015, list, where a panel of justices reviews cases they will hear.

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Although the autumn colours are coming out in the foliage and we have had a bitter taste of what is to come in the form of winter-like weather last week, this week’s weather is a totally different story. Aside from possible showers today, Environment Canada is calling for sunny skies through the weekend with highs in the mid 20s forecast. These two floaters were spotted on the Red Deer River near Three Mile Bend Recreation area. heard by the Calgary Court of Appeal early next year.

Dustin Aaron Clark, 37, was convicted in January of robbery, using a disguise with the intention of committing an offence, using a weapon dangerous to the public and assault with a weapon.

He entered the Village Mall TD Canada Trust and used bear spray, injuring two bank tellers and two bystanders. He was sentenced to nine years on Jan. 15 of this year.

On Tuesday, his appeal was brought before a panel of justices who chose to hear the matter on March 12, 2015.

Power out this morning Residents in a section of northeast Red Deer will be without power this morning for four hours.

The power outage is slated for from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and will allow crews to improve the electrical system.

The people affected are those who live or work north of the 67th Street and 30th Avenue intersection on Range Road 272 to Township Road 390.

All affected customers, including the River Bend Golf Course, have been notified.

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ost readers of this column know that Ellis Bird Farm hosts a family of beavers.

When an adult pair showed up in the fall of 2010, we decided to try taking a proactive approach to our co-existence with these industrious rodents by wrapping our important tree with wire, controlling the level of the dam, and by setting up an aspen tree feeding station. The beavers, named June and Ward, have added a great deal of interest to the farm and the biodiversity of the site has increased because of the habitat

they’ve created. We owe a special debt of gratitude to retired Red Deer Advocate editor, Rick Zemanek, who has faithfully delivered trees to them over the past three years and has collected some remarkable video footage of the beavers going about their daily activities. Some of Rick’s footage, as well as webcam footage collected inside the lodges, can be viewed on our website (www.ellisbirdfarm.ca).

Four kits were born in the spring of 2013. This spring, we were thrilled to view a new family of five via webcam. But mom June had different plans; af-

ter a few days, she moved the squirming little fur balls to a ‘secret’ location— likely a bank den or a deeper lodge chamber— that we haven’t yet been able to access with the camera.

The pond family is now caching food for the winter by collecting trees and ‘pile driving’ them into the mucky pond bottom. Since they will continue caching until freeze up, we have stepped up our feeding efforts with extra helpings of aspens.

Over the summer, I spent several memorable evenings MYRNA watching, listening to (yes, PEARMAN they are very vocal!) and photographing the beaver family.

The images here are a few of my collection of “Cleaver Family” portraits.

Myrna Pearman is the biologist/site services manager at Ellis Bird Farm. She can be reached at mpearman@ellisbirdfarm.ca.

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C4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014

A message for Prentice Hon. Jim Prentice, premier: Congratulations, although it is beyond me why a man would leave a good and accomplished life to attempt cleaning up the mess your party and this province are in.

I have to assume that you envision a better Alberta for Albertans.

I’m not a Conservative but our lives have some similarities.

We are both graduates of the University of Alberta and Dalhousie Law School, me in 1962, you in ’80.

We both worked hard to pay our ways through, you in BOB coal mines, me SCAMMELL on pipelines.

More importantly for the free advice I am going to be giving you, we are both outdoors people who love hunting and fishing.

You are probably the first Alberta premier to do both. Don Getty hunted and Ralph fished, mostly in B.C., but his only Alberta outdoors initiative was to impose the unscientific, useless and much-despised mandatory barbless hooks on Alberta’s anglers, who are glad it’s gone.

This column has done an open letter to premier only once before: in 1971, when Hon. Peter Lougheed became our premier.

For a couple of years before that, his small band of Opposition members were attending meetings of big Alberta organizations, getting a feel for the hopes and aspirations of Albertans.

Mr. Lougheed and I became friends when he attended two annual conventions of the Alberta Fish and Game Association.

While he neither hunted nor fished, he explained to me that he loved to be out in Alberta’s outdoors. His first government created the Buck for Wildlife trust fund, something the AFGA had been wanting for years: a levy on hunters and anglers earmarked to acquire, preserve and protect fish and wildlife habitats.

The first Buck for Wildlife project was the North Raven River. Millions of dollars of mostly Alberta angler and hunter money, and thousands of hours of paid and unpaid volunteer manpower have gone into the superb restoration project that, in 40 years, has brought the North Raven back from nearly-destroyed to a world-class trout stream and certainly Alberta’s finest.

Now the underground aquifers and springs that are the only source of the North Raven are threatened by a proposed gravel pit.

Other provincial angling treasures that are gone, or going fast: Alberta’s

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Above: Once upon a time: A bull trout being released back to the Muskeg River before it became our provincial fish Below: New Finance and former ESRD Minister Robin Campbell with daughter McKenzie doing what he knows and loves best. formerly best bull trout water, the Muskeg River and the Little Smoky River, North America’s first catch and release grayling fishery.

Native fish, our provincial fish, the bull trout, the Athabasca rainbow, the arctic grayling, the west slope cutthroat, even the northern pike are all in serious trouble or nearing extinction in Alberta.

On the wildlife side, the sage grouse and the caribou are gone.

All these are losses of the past 40 years, mostly the cumulative result of serious damage to Alberta’s land surface the energy, mining and forestry companies are permitted to get away with, mostly to our public land. The AFGA has recently sent a long and serious letter about cumulative effects to all MLAs. This cannot go on. It is totally unsustainable.

You do not destroy renewable resources just to get quickly at non-renewable resources to sell off as fast as possible.

What will our heirs have left to live on when the oil and gas are gone?

To his dying day, Mr. Lougheed believed we must diversify, stop being a one-trick hoss with our total reliance on what big oil and gas are willing to pay us.

I believe diversification is a nobrainer: just manage our renewable resources properly, stop destroying them, wasting them, giving them away, and start benefitting from what they really should be earning, particularly

our public land.

To those ends, we should restore the old and nobly-named Ministry of Lands and Forests and its former Fish and Wildlife Division, the destruction of the latter of which was another egregious gaffe of Alison Redford.

People asked you to keep your loyal friend Robin Campbell in the Environment — Sustainable Resource Development cabinet portfolio where he has done good things and had plans for more. But you have chosen to continue the PC tradition of regarding the ESRD cabinet post as a five-minute parking zone for has-beens on the way out, or rookies on the make-out.

Your appointee, Kyle Fawcett, Calgary — Klein, shows no particular qualification, interest or ideas for the ESRD portfolio, so he should carry on with some of Mr. Campbell’s initiatives, such as a Seniors’ Sportfishing Licence, a mandatory angler training course, and shortening and simplifying the Sportfishing Regulations.

In the sure event of a cabinet shuffle, you should consider Frank Oberle for another go at ESRD. He has a forestry background and in his previous two months in the portfolio demonstrated he understood what being a trustee for all Albertans of our renewable resources was all about.

Want a rookie? Consider your friend, Dr. Neil Brown, by education, experience and interest the most qualified of all MLAs for the ESRD portfolio. But since he offered you his Calgary MacKay — Nose Hill constituency

to run in, I expect he’ll not run again; he’s probably as tired and discouraged as many Albertans are of the negligent mismanagement of our renewable natural resources.

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

Growing season cut short by snow An early snowfall and wet, cold weather has put an end to the growing season. All tender plants and crops were either brought inside or lost to the cold.

When plants are brought inside, they should be examined for insects and segregated from other plants for the first couple of weeks. If insects and/or eggs are present, they LINDA will be on the TOMLINSON underside of the leaves. Eggs are laid close to the veins, making them harder to spot. A variation in leaf colour is often a sign that insects are present.

Spraying the leaves and insects with soapy water immobilizes the insects, killing them. Unfortunately, it doesn’t affect the eggs and the solution will

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need to be reapplied at regular intervals until all the eggs have hatched. It is better to keep a plant in segregation for a long period as opposed to allowing insects to spread to other plants.

Before storing produce, check its condition.

Items that are damaged, have cuts or bruises should be used immediately or discarded.

Produce with broken skin or bruises are likely to rot and spoil others in close proximity.

Produce is often placed on the floor to dry, cure or for storage. Always place a barrier between the produce and cement.

Direct contact with the cement over a period of time will spoil the taste of the produce.

Squash, which includes pumpkins and zucchinis, should be wiped clean and stored in a cool area.

Onions will keep a number of months in a cool area if they are dried and placed in a mesh basket or bag allowing air to circulate around the bulbs. They do best if they are not stored near potatoes.

Garlic is cared for similar to onions.

Ideally, potatoes should be dug on a warm day where they can sit in the sun for a while to allow the soil to dry and drop from the tubers.

If this is not possible, spread the tubers out on a tarp on a floor.

Cover potatoes with another tarp and allow the soil to dry and fall off.

Once dried, place the tubers in a gunny sack or cardboard box to be stored in a cool, dark area.

Potatoes turn green and become bitter if they are exposed to light for an extended period of time. The green portion is poisonous and should always be removed before cooking.

It is rare that all the tomatoes ripen on the vine outside, which means that tomatoes are picked green and brought inside.

Place green tomatoes in a single layer in a basket or box and cover with newspaper. Check frequently, removing tomatoes as they become ripe or show signs of spoiling.

Peppers can be kept in the fridge for a number of months. Hot peppers will slowly dry if hung in a warm, dry

room.

Once carrots are dug, the green needs to be removed and the roots washed. They can then be placed in a perforated plastic bag that contains a paper towel and placed in the fridge.

The paper towel will absorb excess moisture and should be changed when it becomes soaked.

To keep apples crisp, place them in a plastic bag in the fridge.

Produce, with the exception of onions, garlic, tomatoes and squash, should be stored in areas where the humidity is high — 90 to 95 per cent makes it hard for produce to release moisture in an atmosphere.

Perforated plastic bags or a pan of water in a cold room will increase the humidity around stored produce.

By storing and processing produce, you are taking a little bit of the garden into winter and can share the excess with others.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House.

She can be reached at your_garden@hotmail.com.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Twenty-five years ago this month, the medical world was turned on its ear with the isolation of the gene that causes cystic fibrosis, a devastating inherited disease that usually killed children by their late teens.

At the helm of the research was Lap-Chee Tsui, who led the team at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children that made the seminal discovery in collaboration with scientists at the University of Michigan.

The science of human genetics was still in its infancy at that time. Pinpointing the mutated CFTR gene came about through painstaking mapping of bits of DNA to locate the root of CF symptoms — thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and gums up the gastrointestinal tract, requiring patients to take scores of digestive enzymes a day so they could digest food.

“The cystic fibrosis defect is really a very subtle defect,” Tsui (pronounced Choy), 63, said Monday during an event at Sick Kids to mark the 1989 discovery.

“It didn’t kill the patients (right away), but the problems accumulated slowly, and at the end the patients succumbed to infection.”

Using the same analogy as he used in 1989 to explain CFTR’s location on chromosome 7, Tsui said researchers first narrowed it down to somewhere between Halifax and Vancouver, then further pinpointed it in Toronto, and finally zeroed in to a certain street and then the actual house that represented the defective gene.

In the ensuing years, researchers have determined there is not only one mutation in the CF gene, but about 1,900 different defects that cause greater or lesser severity of symptoms in individual patients — a scientific process Tsui likened to going into the house and turning on all the lights and taps to see which ones are faulty.

The celebrated geneticist, who left Toronto 12 years ago to become vice-chancellor and president of the University of Hong Kong, from which

he just retired, called progress in understanding and treating CF since the gene was isolated “very exciting.”

Within two years of that discovery, other Sick Kids researchers had determined that a protein that keeps epithelial cells lining the lungs, airways and digestive system “nice and moist” was faulty, causing the buildup of mucus that clogs the lungs and disables the digestive system.

“I think the expectation when the gene was first discovered was that it would be easy to fix because the disease was caused by a single gene, and if you replaced that gene through gene therapy, then you would be able to completely reverse the consequences of the disease,” said senior scientist Christine Bear, who led that team.

“And it may be that gene therapy will be part of that future therapy in CF, but right now we haven’t developed safe ways to do that.”

As more was learned about the CF gene, scientists began looking for new drugs to treat symptoms. But it became clear that they would need to specifically target the different mutations.

One such drug, called Kalydeco, is effective in easing symptoms for some among the four per cent of CF patients who carry a particular mutation — known as G551D — but on its own the medication is ineffective in treating the 90 per cent of those with the most common defect in CFTR, called Delta F508.

“So it’s clear that it’s not going to be a single-bullet approach to therapies for CF, like most diseases,” said Bear.

“Not everybody’s going to be responsive in the same way, so we need to define better compounds and also be prepared to find multiple compounds so you can figure out which compound will work best on which patient.”

To that end, researchers at the hospital have begun growing lung stem cells from a few CF patients, which are being exposed in the lab to a wide array of potential drugs to see if any help restore normal function.

“Eventually, we will have a system where you could test 100 patients all with their own lung cells to see which compound is going to work best,” said Bear, pointing out that such personalized medicine is the wave of the fu-

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Dr. Felix Ratjen, chief of respirology and co-director of the hospital’s CF Centre, said the gene’s discovery laid the foundation for the progress made in understanding the biology behind CF and subsequent drug development.

But since its identification, symptom management has also taken great bounds forward, to the point where life expectancy for a Canadian born with CF is now in the mid-40s, in part thanks to multidisciplinary specialists who address various aspects of the disease in patients.

“In the past, as I look back 25 years, we had a lot of children dying of cystic fibrosis on our wards,” said Ratjen, who recalls the eureka announcement of the gene’s discovery and the hope that sprang from it. “And now that is fortunately a rare event. It still happens, but it has really changed.

“The whole picture of the severity of the disease has really changed.”

For Melissa Benoit, the strides made since the gene was found have

already helped her live far beyond the age predicted when she was diagnosed with CF 12 hours after her birth.

“I’m 30 years old, which is kind of a milestone for having CF,” she said from her Burlington, Ont., home.

Still, the pediatric nurse who is married and has a six-month-old daughter, said managing CF is “like having another full-time job — because if I don’t take care of myself and my CF, I’m not going to be around for my child and my husband and to do any of the things I love.”

Benoit, who took part in CF research as a child and continues as an adult, has daily physiotherapy, gets thricedaily inhaled medications through a mask and takes upwards of 60 pills a day, including digestive enzymes and antibiotics to prevent lung-scarring infections that could require a transplant or lead to death.

“I’ve got to be doing something right and the research has got to be doing something right,” she said. “I work very hard at it.”

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Mitsubishi Manager Cites Need to Provide Community with Vehicle Purchase Opportunities

By Brian McLoughlin Advertising Feature There will be a Mad Slasher prowling the lot at Red Deer Mitsubishi on Saturday, September 20th and you can take advantage of his antics to score a new set of wheels at a phenomenal discount. With 100 brand new units and 150 used vehicles available to the lowest bidders, the Mad Slasher will clear the lot of the excess inventory currently held by Alberta’s Landsperg Auto Group.

All types of vehicles will be on offer, including cars, trucks and SUV’s. Vehicles prices will be slashed up to $10,000, meaning that a $40,000 vehicle could be slashed to $30,000, a 30,000 vehicle to $20,000 and so on. New vehicles will be slashed below factory invoice and three vehicles will be slashed right down to $49. Other vehicles will go for $500, some for $1000 and some $2000!

Landsperg Auto Group is Alberta’s newest multi-location, multi-brand auto group with both Mitsubishi and Kia dealerships in Red Deer and Mitsubishi dealerships in Lethbridge and Cranbrook.

Founded in 2012, Landsperg Auto Group has set new standards for customer service and vehicle pricing and prides itself in its

ability to work with their customers to meet their vehicle needs.

The Slasher event will begin at 6:00pm on Friday, September 19th with an open display of all the vehicles to be sold off on Saturday. A pre-selling price will be displayed on the windshield of each vehicle, allowing customers to decide which unit interests them most. At the close of business Friday the lot will be locked down until 6:00am Saturday morning. Saturday morning customers will be allowed back on the lot and all vehicles will be open for customers to claim their rides. The sale will begin at 10:00am.

To qualify to purchase your vehicle you must be sitting in that vehicle at the start of the event. Once the sale has started whoever is sitting behind the wheel in the vehicle when the posted price is slashed will have the chance to purchase the vehicle at the slashed price. The sale starts at 10:00am, but you must remain in the vehicle until your vehicle is sold.

The Slasher Sale is open to everyone.

Financing and approval will be available on site at zero dollars down, rates starting at 0% and up to 84 months O.A.C. There will be a $699 administration fee charged on every

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Local Dealership Slashes Vehicle Prices to $49.00!! purchase. Customers should be prepared for on the spot delivery. In addition, all vehicles have a 30 day exchange satisfaction guarantee.

According to Chad Protasiewich, Red Deer Mitsubishi General Manager, the Slasher Sales Event provides a double benefit. “It allows us to get rid of a ton of excess inventory and allows our customers to get into a pretty sweet ride at a very sweet price.” And an added benefit to the event is that the incredible prices bring the chance to own a vehicle to just about everyone. “In the past we’ve had people tell us that were it not for The Slasher they may have been doomed to ride the bus forever. We like to

look at the event as one of the ways we are able to give back to the community. We are very lucky to live and work where we do and we work hard to be part of the communities we live in. And the event gives us and our customers a chance to have a lot of fun!”, Protasiewich adds.

So mark September 20th on your calendar, pack a lunch and make sure you use the washroom before the event starts.

Red Deer Mitsubishi is located along Highway 2 at 295 Burnt Park Drive, Burnt Lake Business Park. For more information on Red Deer Mitsubishi check them out on the web at www. reddeermitsubishi.ca.

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Vehicles starting at $49.00-150 Vehicles must Go Claim your Vehicle, Public welcome at 6am Saturday, Sale Starts 10am Vehicle viewing Friday night Hwy 2, 295 Burnt Lake Drive, Burnt Lake Business Park 403-348-8000 www.reddeermitsubishi.ca www.mitsubishi-motors.ca

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On the radio dial SYLVAN LAKE, PONOKA CLOSE TO LANDING FM STATIONS

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Sylvan Lake and Ponoka are each a CRTC stamp of approval away from getting their own radio stations.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is scheduled to consider separate applications on Nov. 12 for broadcast licences for the two Central Alberta communities.

Clear Sky Radio Inc., which is based in Lethbridge and operates radio stations CJOC-FM there and CJCY-FM in Medicine Hat, is seeking approval for a new FM station in Sylvan Lake. It would have a “modern music” format and target adults between the ages of 18 and 44.

Leduc-based Blackgold Broadcasting Inc., which

has operated CJLD-FM in that city since April 15, 2013, wants to launch an FM country music station in Ponoka. It would be designed for listeners 25 to 54.

The proposal by Clear Sky says it would offer 62 news packages each week, which would account for just over three hours of broadcast time. There would be a further five hours and 20 minutes of other “scheduled spoken word” content, including road reports focused on Hwy 11 between Sylvan Lake and Red Deer.

Clear Sky’s signal would be directed primarily to the west, north and south of Sylvan Lake, and orientated so that it does not encroach on Red Deer. The company also said it would not solicit advertising from Red Deer.

Clear Sky is committing to invest $84,000 over a seven-year period for the development of Canadian music. This would include $16,800 each to a local music in the schools program, the Shake the Lake

Festival and the Jazz at the Lake Festival.

Blackgold’s proposal includes 98 news packages per week, equating to just over six hours. There would be a further seven hours and 23 minutes of other spoken word content.

The company said it will provide $35,000 for Canadian music development over seven years. This would include $14,000 to Wolf Creek Public Schools for the purchase of musical instruments.

In its application, Clear Sky pointed out that a number of smaller Alberta communities have successful radio stations. It cited Lacombe, Olds and Rocky Mountain House as examples.

Paul Larsen is the president of Clear Sky, and owns 50 per cent of the company.

Mark Tamagi is president of Blackgold, which he owns with his wife Robin Curtis-Tamagi. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Parkland buys Pioneer Energy for $378M

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Parkland Fuel Corp. (TSX:PKI) has struck a deal to buy Canada’s largest private independent fuel marketer.

Red Deer-based Parkland announced on Wednesday that it’s acquiring Pioneer Energy for $378 million. The purchase will give Parkland another 319 gas stations in Ontario and 74 in Manitoba — boosting its national total to more than 1,000 stations, or about nine per cent of the Canadian fuel market.

“We have long recognized the Ontario retail marketplace as a critical growth opportunity for Parkland, aligning with Parkland’s overarching supply strategy,” said company CEO and president Bob Espey in a release. “We also recognize Pioneer Energy as one of Canada’s most respected independent retail fuel marketers, having built Pioneer into the strongest independent retail fuel brand in Ontario.”

The Pioneer assets are expected to increase Parkland’s annual fuel sales by more than two billion litres in the first year.

The gas stations being acquired include 152 company-owned and 241 independent operations. They were owned jointly by Pioneer Group Inc. and Suncor Energy Inc. The purchase price will include $259 million in cash and $119 million worth of Parkland common shares.

The purchase, which remains subject to certain conditions, is not expected to close until net year.

Parkland’s release said the company’s strong balance sheet leaves the door open for further growth.

“We continue to anticipate additional accretive acquisitions, adhering to our disciplined approach to growth,” said Espey.

Pioneer Energy was founded in 1956 by Murray Hogarth, who died on Aug. 11, 2014.

“It is extremely gratifying to me that the Pioneer team and brand will continue driving forward with Parkland, along with our successful legacy that began in 1956,” said Hogarth prior to his death.

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BRIEF Red Deer’s real estate market continued at record pace in August Central Alberta’s residential real estate market continued its record ways in August.

The Central Alberta Realtors Association reported on Wednesday that there were 511 Multiple Listing Service home sales in the region last month — up 7.8 per cent from a year ago and the highest local tally ever for an August.

Following on the heels of several other record or near-record months, the August sales figure pushed the year-to-date tally to 3,929. That’s 12.1 per cent higher than the total for the same period last year, and just 26 deals behind the pace being set in 2007, which ended with the most residential sales ever for this region.

The association said new residential listings were up slightly from a year ago, to 816. However, active listings in August were six per cent lower, at 2,977.

The average price of the homes sold last month was $328,193. That marked a 6.9 per cent increase from the August 2013 average.

The average for the January-to-August period this year was $313,035, up 4.2 per cent from a year ago.

Average pay to increase 2.79% in 2015, almost unchanged from 2014: survey TORONTO — A study says that Canadians, on average, can expect about the same size salary increase next year as in 2014.

Human resources consultants Pal Benefits says a survey of 401 organizations, mainly in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, projected salary increase for 2015 at an average of 2.79 per cent.

That was almost unchanged from the 2.74 per cent average increase projected in last year’s survey.

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Netook Construction is building a new shop east of Olds in Netook Crossing. The company, which has operated since 1976, wanted to take advantage of development opportunities in the new industrialcommercial subdivision.

New buildings for Netook Construction, Moody’s Equipment well underway

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

NETOOK CROSSING

The landscape east of Olds continues to evolve, as development progresses at Netook Crossing.

New buildings for Moody’s Equipment and Netook Construction are well underway, with Techmation Electric & Controls Ltd. planning to build there as well.

Moody’s Equipment, which sells and services New Holland agricultural and construction equipment, hopes to be in its new premises by late November or early December, said branch manager Dennis Haw. At more than 20,000 square feet, the new building will give it badly needed space, he said.

“Right now, we’re probably about 9,500 square feet,” said Haw, referring to Moody’s existing premises on the west side of Olds.

“We need a bigger shop and a bigger parts area.”

He thinks Netook Crossing’s prominent location off Hwy 2 will enhance the business’s visibility and make it more accessible for customers.

The old building dates back some 25 years. It was

occupied by Belsher Equipment Ltd., with Belsher acquired by Moody’s in 2009.

Not far from the new Moody’s building is Netook Construction’s future home.

The oil and gas construction company has operated from the family farm northwest of Olds since 1976, said general manager David Doyle. A move to improved facilities has been planned for some time.

The new site will give Netook Construction a 12,000-square-foot shop, plus about 10,000 square feet of office space.

“We’ll be moving our whole operation out there,” said Doyle.

He said the building’s proximity to Hwy 2 should help the company — which employs about 55 people full time and more than 150 during peak periods — attract and retain workers. The highway will also make it easier to move equipment and access parts and supplies.

Doyle expects the move to occur early next year. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Ottawa to fine CN for failing to move enough grain

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR) will be fined for failing to comply with an order that it move a minimum amount of grain each week, a spokeswoman for federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said Wednesday in a move that caught the railway by surprise.

“As CN was not able to meet the minimum volume requirements (under the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act), the minister has decided to issue administrative monetary penalties to the company,” press secretary Jana Regimbal said in an email.

“The penalty is up to $100,000 per week and that is up to the minister’s discretion,” Regimbal added, noting it was the first such fine under the act.

It was unclear what time frame was involved in imposing penalties under the act, which was passed last spring amid complaints that CN and rival CP Rail (TSX:CP) were providing poor services to western grain farmers.

In an emailed response, the railway said it “has not been informed of government concerns or any intention to issue penalties against CN in connection with its grain transportation performance.”

“If the minister of transport decided to call for penalties against CN, such a step would be unfounded given that it’s the current balance of the grain

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supply chain that has not allowed us to meet the government’s order-in-council minimum grain volume requirement,” said the email from Mark Hallman, the railway’s director of communications and public affairs.

Hallman noted that CN’s weekly demand has been less than 5,000 cars per week on average for the last several weeks, which is below the level required to meet the new target of 536,250 metric tonnes per week.

Among other things, the railway said ample storage room is available for farmers to deliver their grain in the Prairies, waterfront elevator stocks are 20 to 30 per cent higher than the five-year average and West Coast terminals are nearly full at 96 per cent of working capacity, meaning they have all the grain necessary to load vessels.

“Finally, Prince Rupert recently closed for about a week to perform its annual maintenance program, and most terminals in Vancouver, being nearly full, did not work weekend shifts lately in order to save overtime and optimize their costs,” it said.

Earlier Wednesday, CN chief executive Claude Mongeau discussed the grain issue at an investor conference in Montreal saying the railway doesn’t expect a repeat of the problems it faced in moving last year’s bumper Western Canadian grain crop, a situation which he indicated is now well in hand.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 116.87 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.30 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.00 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 57.71 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets were mixed Wednesday as the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled it still plans on keeping its key interest rate at a record low for a considerable time.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 51.66 points to 15,458.88, weighed down by gold and energy stocks. The Canadian dollar dipped 0.28 of a cent to 90.88 cents US. The U.S. central bank says it will keep its benchmark rate near zero as long as inflation remains under control and until it sees consistent growth in wages, long-term unemployment and other gauges in the job market.

It says it will also make another $10-billion cut in the pace of its monthly bond purchases, which have fuelled stock markets and kept long-term borrowing rates low. The program is still slated to end in October.

Most economists have said they think the Fed will raise rates starting around mid-2015. But as the U.S. economy has strengthened, speculation had intensified about whether it might do so sooner, perhaps by March.

There was little reaction to the Fed’s decision to not move on interest rates. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials was ahead 24.88 points to close at a record high of 17,156.85. The Nasdaq was up 9.43 points at 4,562.19, and the S&P 500 index advanced 2.59 points to 2,001.57.

“With (quantitative easing) ending next month, inflation cooling a bit, and the economic data muddled (the Q2 rebound from Q1 making it hard to discern underlying trends), the Fed opted to hold its ground,” Michael Gregory, managing director and deputy chief economist at BMO Capital Markets said in a note.

Ian Nakamoto, a director of research at 3Macs, said much of the Fed’s decision is “data dependent” and signs are still pretty mixed on when the U.S. economy will be able to withstand a hike in short-term interest rates.

“In the back of my mind, they’re going to err on the side of being cautious,” said Nakamoto. “(Yellen) is still very cautious of the stability of the U.S. economy.”

Before the policy announcement , the U.S. government reported that consumer prices fell by a seasonally adjusted 0.2 per cent in August, the first monthly drop in prices in 16 months.

Meanwhile, the other major event that is adding some volatility to markets is Thursday’s Scottish referendum on independence. Polls show the Yes and No camps are neck and neck, with undecided voters expected to be the difference. Secession would have complications for Scotland, from currency to its membership in the European Union and NATO. In corporate news, U.S. Steel Canada has filed for court-supervised protection to give it a chance to restructure to better compete in the North American steel industry. The former Stelco Inc, which U.S. Steel bought in 2007, has recorded operating losses in the last five years for about $2.4 billion, the company and its parent, U.S. Steel, said in statements after markets closed on Tuesday.

In commodities, the October

NEWS IN BRIEF

Court denies bid to block survey crews VANCOUVER — A British Columbia court has rejected the City of Burnaby’s latest bid to block Kinder Morgan crews from its land.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed an application for an injunction against survey crews on Burnaby Mountain, the company’s preferred route for its Trans Mountain pipeline.

Judge Brenda Brown did not immediately give reasons for her decision.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.63 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.44 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 88.70 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.24 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 33.05 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 17.89 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.55 First Quantum Minerals . 22.79 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 27.34 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.64 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.06 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.71 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.01 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.70 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 23.67 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 30.74 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 27.35 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 67.59 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.23 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 61.41 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 45.34 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.68 Canyon Services Group. 14.69 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 32.89 CWC Well Services . . . 0.9500 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 24.75 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.59

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 97.08 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 66.24 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.12 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 33.18 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 55.72 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.26 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 7.73 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.080 Precision Drilling Corp . . 12.57 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 43.04 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 10.42 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.10 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 8.72 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 66.01 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 84.87 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 72.97 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.74 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 40.16 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.32 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.67 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 51.54 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.05 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.05 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 53.69 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.10 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 82.46 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.68 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.35

crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped 46 cents to US$94.42 a barrel.

December gold bullion fell 80 cents to US$1,235.90 an ounce, while December copper dipped two cents to US$3.14 a pound.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,458.88, down 51.66 points Dow — 17,156.85, up 24.88 points S&P 500 — 2,001.57, up 2.59 points Nasdaq — 4,562.19, up 9.43 points

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $0.60 lower $411.60; Jan ’15 $0.40 lower $416.50; March ’15 $0.50 lower $422.10; May ’15 $0.20 lower $426.30; July ’15 $0.10 higher $430.00; Nov ’15 $2.20 higher $423.50; Jan. ’16 $2.20 higher $429.00; March ’16 $2.20 higher $432.80; May ’16 $2.20 higher $432.80; July ’16 $2.20 higher $432.80; Nov. ’16 $2.20 higher $432.80.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’14 unchanged 123.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $125.50; March ’15 unchanged $126.50; May ’15 unchanged $126.50; July ’15 unchanged $126.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $126.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $126.50; March ’16 unchanged $126.50; May ’16 unchanged $126.50; July ’16 unchanged $126.50; Oct. ’16 unchanged $126.50.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 384,620 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 384,620.

Currencies at close: Cdn — 90.88 cents US, down 0.28 of a cent Pound — C$1.7913, up 0.55 of a cent Euro — C$1.4169, down 0.46 cents Euro — US$1.2876, down 0.82 of a cent Oil futures: US$94.42 per barrel, down 46 cents (October contract) Gold futures: US$1,235.90 per oz., down

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.238 oz., down 25.9 cents $682.80 kg., down $8.33

Rebuilding export sector will take a decade: CIBC

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The falling Canadian dollar is starting to boost exports but it will take a decade and an even lower loonie to rebuild the country’s export sector, CIBC’s chief economist said Wednesday.

“I think it’s going to take a still cheaper Canadian dollar — somewhere in the 85 cents US range — to restore enough of our lost competitiveness to really get that capital spending in gear as a second driver of growth,” Avery Shenfeld said while providing his economic outlook at the bank’s annual institutional investor conference.

Shenfeld said he’s optimistic about the export picture in light of robust gains in the past few months.

But the economist said a weaker currency in 2015 could add even more momentum, especially in non-energy sectors like machinery and lumber that account for 75 per cent of Canada’s exports.

He said the exchange rate needs to dip on a sustained basis to have a lasting impact on rebuilding Canada’s export capacity.

“The currency may have depreciated but it’s going to take a number of years to win new mandates, get new facilities to choose Canada as a location,” he added.

Shenfeld expects the loonie will eventually fall from its current perch of about 91 cents US to a level needed to encourage businesses to invest in facilities.

Some companies that left Canada for the Far East when the dollar breached parity with the U.S. greenback won’t return, but he says others lost to the United States and Mexico may if conditions are right.

The economist commented after Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said Tuesday that he was “cautiously optimistic” about the export trend of the past five or six months but that it would take longer for the gains to be translated into business investment and job creation.

“Those things take time and we have experienced serial disappointment for several years in a row and so there’s still a strong case to be waiting and seeing,” he said after vowing to continue to keep a hands-off approach to the loonie.

Scotland vote puts pressure on dollar

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — With polls showing that a referendum vote on Scotland’s independence is too close to call and the future of a nation remains in question, global currencies like the Canadian dollar will be under pressure.

The uncertainty Thursday may be seen in the value of the British pound as it continues a volatile path towards the outcome of the vote.

If a decision is made to separate from the United Kingdom, the Scots could be forced to look for alternatives for their currency and it may call into question Scotland’s relationship with the European Union.

In the meantime, investors are playing it safe, said Camilla Sutton, chief

FX strategist and managing director at Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets.

“Markets don’t like uncertainty, and ... there seems to be further shedding of risk altogether,” Sutton said in an interview.

“That highlights just how close the vote really is.”

The Canadian dollar moved down 0.28 of a cent to 90.88 cents US on Wednesday, primarily affected by unrelated interest rate comments by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

According to a phone poll of 1,373 of Scots by Ipsos MORI, undecided voters could determine if Scotland becomes independent. Opposition to independence sits at 51 per cent while support is 49 per cent, and about five per cent of voters remain undecided.

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BRIEFS ‘Diabolical’ hip-hop duo from Detroit bringing infectious beasts to Wild Bill’s Sports Bar The hip-hop horror clowns in Twiztid are back to perform their sinister lyrics and infectious beats in Red Deer.

The “diabolical duo” from Detroit of Jamie Madrox and Monoxide Child will take the stage on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Wild Bill’s Sports Bar, Twiztid is billed as one of the world’s most popular hip-hop acts, selling more than a million albums worldwide through Psychopathic Records.

The duo’s one-of-a-kind performances are known to incorporate makeup, props, videos and audience participation.

For more information about the show that also includes Kung Fu Vampire and Aqualeo, please call 403-343-8800.

Red Deer dancers appear on Broadway Dancing on Broadway became a dream come true for 17 young Red Deer dancers.

The 11-to- 18-year-olds from Dance Traxx Studio appeared in a Dance the Magic revue at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City in July. They also had a meet-and-greet with professional dancers from the Newsies and Aladdin Broadway musicals.

What they learned from the four-day trip is how hard they’d have to work to make it in the Big Apple, said Meagan McGratten, director of Red Deer’s

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Olympic gold medallists Meaghan Mikkelson (right) and Natalie Spooner.

“Everyone is failing inspections at this Detour,” Meaghan summarized. “Everyone is really struggling with it.”

The Atwals were slowed by the fact that they misplaced their clue sheet, which featured instructions on how to complete the challenge. After a frantic search, they campaigned the other teams for help.

Openly lying, Mickey and Pete claimed they’d misplaced theirs too. Ryan and Rob didn’t even feel the need to fib, given their naked disdain for the siblings.

“Sukhi and Jinder you want to ask us for the clue?” Ryan asked rhetorically later. “Aren’t you the one who U-Turned us?”

Meaghan and Natalie had recently conjured complaints of their own against the gritty tactics of the Atwals — specifically, a bit of goofy attempted misdirection in the previous leg — and yet, stone-faced Meaghan ultimately betrayed her soft centre by passing her clue to Jinder.

“We want to win the race but we want to compete fairly,” she explained. “I don’t know if I should have done that. I may have just given away half a million dollars.”

Of course, that was not to be. Natalie and Meaghan briefly considered switching to the other Detour before finally spotting the error in their flag arrangement and, after 12 inspections, raced off to the Road Block. Mickey and Pete, 10 inspections deep, soon followed.

NEW YORK — The customized Captain America chopper Peter Fonda rode in Easy Rider has come to symbolize the counterculture of the 1960s. Now it’s for sale.

The auction house Profiles in History told The Associated Press that it estimates the Harley-Davidson will bring $1 million to $1.2 million at its Oct. 18 sale being held online and at its galleries in Calabasas, California.

The seller is Michael Eisenberg, a California businessman who once co-owned a Los Angeles motorcycle-themed restaurant with Fonda and Easy Rider co-star Dennis Hopper. Eisenberg bought it last year from Dan Haggerty, perhaps best known for his roles in the Grizzly Adams TV show and movies, who was in charge of keeping the custom-designed bike humming during the 1969 movie’s filming.

The gleaming stars-and-stripes panhead chopper with chromed hardtail frame is accompanied by three letters of authenticity. One is signed by the National Motorcycle Museum, where it was displayed for 12 years. Another is from Fonda and a third from Haggerty.

The bike features a forward-angled front wheel and handlebars, fishtail exhaust pipes and a teardrop-shaped gas tank where the protagonists stashed their cash. It was designed with input from Fonda who insisted on it being decorated with the American flag.

Easy Rider is a classic road film about two drugusing, long-haired bikers, Wyatt (Fonda) and Billy (Hopper), who go on a cross-country odyssey to New Orleans in search of personal freedom and easy money.

Four motorcycles were created for the movie, but only one is known to have survived. It was used in the climactic crash scene in which Fonda is thrown off the bike.

“Three of the motorcycles were stolen, even before the movie was released, which was a sign of the overwhelming power that these motorcycles had,” said Haggerty. “They were never recovered.”

After the film was finished, Hopper told Haggerty to keep it. Haggerty rode it often, an experience he likened to “going out with Marilyn Monroe.” Parting with it was like having a “child finally getting married and moving away and starting a new life on their own.”

That new life was at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa, run by a friend of Haggerty’s. When the museum decided to sell it last year, Eisenberg jumped at the chance to buy it.

Dance Traxx Studio.

“It was an eye-opener” that many professional dancers perform in up to eight shows a week, added McGratten. But this “gruelling” schedule motivated her local dance students to train even harder. “It really inspired them.”

The local school had worked with Dance the Magic, the company behind the revue, when Dance Traxx students previously performed at Disneyland. “They were familiar with what we can do, so we didn’t have to audition,” said McGratten.

Two numbers were performed by Red Deer students for an audience in the Broadway theatre — Mime Time, a hip-hop dance choreographed by Edmonton’s Vince Akinyode, and Left on the Ice, with contemporary choreography by her brother, Patrick McGratten of Red Deer.

One was selected as the revue’s closer, so this was extra thrilling, said McGratten. “It was a big honour.”

She believes the trip will be a once-in-alifetime experience for many of her students.

And it left a lasting impact on the school.

A new relationship was formed with the Genesis dance school of Queens, N.Y., which also participated in the revue. McGratten said S IR LO IN some students from that company will travel to Central Alberta next summer to take part in a local dance intensive to be hosted by Dance Traxx Studio. It will be their first trip to Canada.

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Detail of Great Wave, 2010, 2010.034.001, artist Trudy Golley. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

TORONTO — The Golden Girls reasserted their vise grip on The Amazing Race Canada right on time, running a dominant leg in the Maritimes to skate smoothly into this weekend’s finale.

Olympic hockey gold medallists Natalie Spooner and Meaghan Mikkelson finished first for a stunning seventh leg on Tuesday, narrowly besting cheerfully frustrated best-friend duo Mickey Henry and Pete Schmalz.

“Crazy. So crazy,” marvelled Meaghan, somewhat convincingly, after racking up yet another top-of-podium finish. “I think that was our goal from the start, to make it to the Top 3.

“Today was the semifinals. Now, on to the gold medal game.”

Joining the hockey players and Mickey and Pete in Sunday’s finale on CTV will be serendipity-kissed Vancouver bartenders Ryan Steele and Rob Goddard, a pair twice-saved by non-elimination legs who finally bested arch-rival sibling duo Sukhi and Jinder Atwal on Tuesday.

That the entertaining Atwals were sent packing registered as at least a mild surprise, given that the Terrace, B.C., duo crossed Confederation Bridge from Charlottetown to New Brunswick riding high on wins in consecutive legs.

They were indeed “on top of the world” — in Jinder’s characteristically grandiose words — as the race began with a drive into Shediac, N.B., and a promotional visit to a fast-food restaurant that specializes in soft-serve ice cream.

As cheesy as the brief dairy challenge was, at least it inspired this amusing revelation from Mickey: “Pete, I feel like we could totally be employable after this.”

From Rocky Road to a rocky shore, teams then drove 60 kilometres to the Albert County Museum, where they all made the same Detour decision and thus journeyed to the splendour of the Hopewell Rocks at the Bay of Fundy.

There, they were expected to learn the system of international maritime signal flags and apply it to spell out seven universal nautical messages.

On paper, this task proved confusing — Mickey, for instance, seemed to believe he was expected to use his arms to relay the messages, a la the “YMCA.” Even Natalie and Meaghan initially swam in the wrong direction.

“There was no written message on the inside of the box saying: ‘Hello, help me, help me,’ was there?”’ Natalie asked, her intentions unclear.

“We look like a couple idiots,” Meaghan reflected later.

Not to be outdone, Sukhi and Jinder were a couple steps back, mired in vehicular panic — this after already absorbing a crushing 15-minute penalty earlier in the episode for running a red light.

“We may have passed Albert County Museum.

Let’s see what this sign says right here,” said Jinder, as the duo approached a sign reading “Albert County Museum.”

“It says museum. Not this, right?”

“No,” Sukhi replied as they drove on. “That’s a county — a country house.”

Eventually all the teams washed up on the same shore and pooled their frustration over the finicky flag challenge.

The differences between flags were minute and all four duos laboured to recognize the subtle flaws in their layouts.

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CORNISH Christopher Verrant Mar. 16, 1916 - Sept. 17, 2014 It is with sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, brother, uncle and father-in-law Christopher Verrant Cornish. Chris passed away on September 17, 2014 in the Olds General Hospital.

He leaves to mourn children Keith (Marilyn), Kent (best friend Linda) and Jeannie; grandchildren Kimberly (Randy), Shane (Amanda), Terry (Jackie); great-grandchildren Megan, Brayden, Kelly, Drew, Kaylee, Joel and Brianna; brother Norman (Marg) as well as a wide circle of extended family and friends.

He was predeceased by his wife Ada, daughter Lynn and brother Lloyd. A Memorial service will be held Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Olds Church of the Nazarene. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Gideon’s Bible Society.

WEST VIEW FUNERAL SERVICES entrusted with arrangements 403-556-6576. www.westviewfuneralservices.com

COVEY Wayne Robert Born August 10, 1950 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia passed away September 2, 2014 in Manila, Philippines.

He leaves to mourn his wife Issy; sons Lee (Lisa), Dustin and his beautiful grandchildren Riley, Lars and Damien. He is survived by one brother, Clarence (Jessica); four sisters: Dianne Findlay (Bob), Nancy Thoms (John), Judy DiPenta (Barry), Debbie Peters; nieces and nephews and so many friends he made across the country while he worked as a business agent for UFCW Local 1118. He was predeceased by his parents Clarence and Eleanor. Wayne was passionate about his work, loved to travel, enjoyed little bets on his NFL teams and was a loyal Blue Jays fan. His family would like to invite everyone to a casual, come and go Celebration of Wayne’s Life on September 27, 2014 at the Red Deer Lodge, starting at 3 p.m. As an expression of sympathy a donation can be made in Wayne’s name to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada.

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DEEDRICK(Nee Williamson) Kathleen Velores “Kay” Oct. 27, 1928 - Sept.13, 2014 On Saturday September 13, 2014, Kathleen (Kay) Deedrick passed away suddenly and peacefully at the age of 85 years.

Kay was born in Edmonton on October 27, 1928 and is predeceased by her parents, and her grandson Curtis Dulmadge. Left to cherish Kay’s memory is her husband of 66 years, Dalton, daughter Linda (Ron) Dulmadge; sons Bruce Deedrick (Sandra Dahms), Brian Deedrick, and daughter Laurel (Julian) Mayne. Kay loved her 5 grandchildren: Isaac, Christopher, Curtis, Nicholas, and Sally, and 2 great grandchildren.

Kay also leaves behind her sister, half sister, and numerous relatives and friends. In truth, Kay made friends everywhere she went, and did everything she could to improve the quality of life in her town of Lacombe. In addition to her husband and family, Kay dedicated her life to volunteer work including years at FCSS and Kozy Korner. She was a founding board member of Meals on Wheels and the local division of Alberta Housing Authority. She treated everyone with dignity and respect, a sense of humor and kindness.

She was happiest when she could help make a difference in the lives of others. She was genuinely curious about people and loved just stopping to chat.

Kay enjoyed all aspects of the ‘high’ life, flying with Dalton in the Cessna or Harvard, going to air shows around the province or further flung adventures from Mexico to Alaska. She made more airplane picnics than you can imagine and, as in life itself, she buttered her bread to the edges. Her creative spirit was evident in her paintings, from oils and acrylics, fun embellishment of the fire hydrant in the front yard and the most spectacular Halloween costumes. She collected every recyclable object imaginable for ‘Lady Mary’s’ art classes at the library. She loved all people, young and old, and everyone in between. Give her an idea and she’d make a project.

Give her a project and she’d run with it. She will be missed. Funeral Services will be held at St. Andrew’s United Church, 5226-51 Ave., Lacombe, Ab. on Friday, September 19th, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. If friends desire memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca.

WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

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McLEOD Gwendolyn Marlene 1937 -2014 Gwen McLeod passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Hospital on Saturday, September 13th, 2014 with her family at her side. Gwen was born October 30, 1937 at Galahad, AB. She grew up and attended school in Forestburg with her 10 brothers and sisters. She married her husband Gordon on May 19, 1956 in Edmonton.

They moved to Red Deer in 1961. She was a very active member of the community, volunteering her time with many organizations including Brownies, Diabetes Association and the Red Deer Hospice.

She was past president of the Red Deer Oilwives Club and also a very active member of the Red Deer Golf & Country Club and past president of the lady’s league.

She was a wonderful and loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend. She will be sadly missed by her husband of 58 years, Gordon, her daughters Beverly (Rod) McWilliam, Marnie (Andy) Miller, grandchildren, Allison (Tim) Wilson, Christine (Bryce) Prysunka, Andrew McWilliam, Amy Miller and John Miller.

Also mourning her passing are her sisters, Mary Fortune of Victoria, Joan CrawfordLymburner of Edmonton, Reta (Fred) LeGear of Forestburg, brothers in law Don Campbell of Edmonton, Dr. Keith McLeod of Toronto, Valerie and Ted Spencer of Winnipeg, and sisters in law Monica McLeod of Prince Albert, and Pat McLeod of Lakefield, ON., as well as many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents Helen and David Crawford, brothers Dave Jr, Bill, Jack, Jim and Doug; and sisters Jean Campbell and Helen Nicol. A celebration of Gwen’s life will be held Friday, September 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm at Eventide Funeral Chapel 4820-45 Street Red Deer, AB. The family would like to thank the many doctors and nurses at the Red Deer Hospital for their compassionate care over the past years. Memorial donations may be made in Gwen’s name directly to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation 3942 50A Ave Red Deer, AB T4N 4E7 or to the Red Deer Hospice Society 99 Arnot Ave Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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Obituaries MALENFANT, Carl June 8, 1970 - Sept.11, 2014 It is with immense sadness and shock that the family and friends of Carl Malenfant announce his sudden passing, as the result of a heart attack while out for a run, on a beautiful fall day. Carl was born to Bertrand Malenfant and Lina Lessard in Charlesbourg, Quebec.

Carl loved adventure and travel.

After finishing High School (CEGEP) in Québec City, Carl came to Alberta to study at the Faculté St. Jean at the University of Alberta. This is where Carl learned to speak English while playing on the faculté hockey team (Les Frontenacs) and studying to become a teacher.

Upon graduation with a B.Ed., Carl, ever adventurous, headed North to Yellowknife where he worked as a substitute teacher and bartender. Later, he moved to Cold Lake, Alberta to assume a teaching position. In 1999, Carl moved to Red Deer, Alberta and joined the staff of École Secondaire Lindsay Thurber High School in the French Immersion department as an Etudes sociales teacher. Carl was known for his sense of humour, his passion for teaching, his positive outlook on life, his infectious laughter, his considerable skills as a raconteur and jokester, and of course, his mischievous but, infectious smile! Above all, Carl was “un vrai gentil homme” who was respected, admired and loved by students, friends, colleagues and family alike. The community has truly lost a wonderful teacher, friend, father, brother, uncle and son.

Carl’s greatest satisfaction came from encouraging those around him to smile, enjoy the moment to its fullest, whether that moment involved fine wine, fine food, world travel or the simple pleasure of camaraderie with friends and family. A loving father, Carl imparted his love of the French language and travel to his beautiful daughters, Zoé and Selena. Carl taught them that a positive outlook on life was an essential skill for success. As a passionate History teacher with boundless energy, Carl imparted his love of History to his students in a unique manner. Carl escorted hundreds of students to France throughout his career to visit the battlefields and Canadian cemeteries of World War I and II. Carl took great satisfaction while he watched his students develop pride in their country, as well as develop their flourishing second language skills while on an annual exchange with École Jeanne d’Arc in Mulhouse, France.

Adieu Carl Bien que les fleurs se fanent, meurent et disparaissent, leurs précieux parfums demeurent toujours. tout comme ces fleurs éclatantes, ceux que nous aimons ne meurent jamais; ils demeurent avec nous à jamais, empreints dans nos souvenirs précieux ensembles pour l’éternité.

Carl will be forever loved and greatly missed by his daughters, Zoé and Selena, their sister, Saryn and their mother, Janette Zebière (Shawn), his parents, Bertrand Malenfant and Lina Lessard, brother, Luc (Annie) and their children, Pierre-Olivier and Hugo, sister, Nadia (André) and children, Joey, Léo and Eli. The love of Carl’s life, Dawn-Carla Irwin of St. Albert and her sons, Ryan, Jordan and Cole, along with Carl’s many, many friends, colleagues, students and former students.

They will miss Monsieur “M” with all their hearts. A farewell to Carl will be held at École Secondaire Lindsay Thurber High School, 4204 - 58 Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, September 19, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. If desired, in place of flowers, Memorial Donations in Carl’s honor may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada at www.heartandstroke.com.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS WORKSHOP The Benefits of Healthy Selfworth and a Balanced Lifestyle.

Facilitator - Darlene Kneller - Certified Employment facilitator Sat. Sept. 27th, 2014 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Red Deer Lodge Cost: $299 To register call Ruth 403-347-9019 Excel Centre for Mental Heath www.excelcentre.com

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Steak, Potato, Salad, Bun & Choice of Drink. for $12.50.

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Discover how past lives, dreams and Soul Travel can help you understand these. Free workshop Sat. Sept. 20, 1-3 p.m. at Red Deer Library, 4818 49 St. Free Spiritual Experiences Guidebook for all guests. Call 403-314-5353 or visit www.spiritualexperience .org for your free book.

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IPOD FOUND in Mountview area. Please call 403-309-2070 to claim KEYS FOUND in Morrisroe area. Has Dodge & fob, with other keys. Must identify to claim. 403-505-9190

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Anniversaries CROWHURST Please join us as we Celebrate our 60th ANNIVERSARY Saturday Sept. 20, 2014 at St. Mary’s Parish Hall Ponoka 5120 49 Ave. - 2pm - 4pm Your presence would be a blessing!

Celebrations LOTTY NINKOVICH (HELEN) Lotty and family would like to invite you to an Open House in celebration of her 80th birthday. Sunday, Sept. 21 from 2-5 pm. at Bower Community Center 85 Boyce St. No gifts please, your gift is your presence.

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Wanted: trained and qualified live in caregiver for elderly disabled lady in Rocky Mtn. House 403-845-3765

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Jean and George Crowhurst Please join us to celebrate Roxanne Toppe’s 70th Birthday Sunday, September 21, 2014 From 2-5 p.m. at the Golden Circle.

Lunch and snacks provided.

No gifts please. ~The family

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

Computer Personnel WHILLANS Tracey Lynn Sept. 21, 1963 - May 18, 2014 It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of Tracey Whillans of Ottawa, Ontario. Tracey passed away due to complications from Crohn’s disease at the age of 50 years. Loving daughter, sister and friend she leaves to mourn her brother Todd, her grandmother Rose, aunts and uncles; Don and Gloria Redford, Connie Redford, Morris and Grace Hill, Dale and Marilyn Dettman; as well as numerous cousins and friends. Interment will be held at the Kingman Cemetery on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 11:00 a.m. where she will be laid to rest with her family. For those wishing, memorial donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

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Software Trainer and Technical Support Agent National software company based in Red Deer looking to fill two FT positions.

Please visit us at www. visual-eyes.ca for further info and to apply.

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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.

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Custom Farming Operation in Lacombe, AB is looking for Tractor Operators to haul hard manure and compost. To start immediately email : ludzeholtrop@aol.com

F/T PEN CHECKER &/or TRUCK DRIVER for large expanding feedlot in Sundre.

Experience necessary, and Class 3 with air.

Fax resume to 403-638-3908, or call 403-556-9588, or email dthengs@hotmail.ca

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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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$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 CEDA will be holding a Career Fair to find permanent Pigging and Decoking Operators and Labourers based out of Red Deer. When: Tuesday, September 23rd from Noon-4:30pm.

Where: Alberta Works Centre, 2nd floor, 4911-51 Street, Red Deer You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Growing oilfield company req’s F/T seasonal BOILER OPERATORS for projects in NE. BC, and Central AB. Fly in camp jobs as well as local. Exc. pay, safety bonuses and retention bonuses.

Candidates require H2S, standard first aid, PST & equivilant and current boiler tickets. Equipment exp. is also an asset. Work scheduled to start within the month. Please forward resumes to careers@gtchandler.com or fax 403-886-2223. Successful applicants will be contacted for interview.

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Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

OIL & GAS OPERATOR

Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute to workplace location. This position offers a challenging work environment, attractive benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

Please submit resumes Attn: Human Resources email:payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

PRODUCTION TESTING EXPERIENCED SUPERVISORS and TESTERS Day & Night Must have tickets.

Top paid wages.

Based out of Devon, AB. Email resume to: kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

SERVICE RIG HURRICANE ENERGY Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd Services Ltd. seeking is seeking CLASS 1, 3 & 5 LEASEHAND DRIVERS Locally based, home every to join our team. night! Qualified applicants We are a small but fast must have all necessary growing family oriented valid tickets for the position Red Deer based Oilfield being applied for. company that req’s hard Bearspaw offers a working & dedicated very competitive salary people to grow with us. and benefits package We are presently looking along with a steady for motivated, punctual, work schedule. safety oriented and Please submit resumes: experienced drivers Attn: Human Resources to join our team.

Email: Resumes can be emailed payroll@bearspawpet.com to resume@ Fax: (403) 252-9719 or hurricaneenergy.ca.

Mail to: Suite 5309, or call us @ 403-346-8384 333-96 Ave. NE We thank you for your Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 interest. Only those considered for an SITE SAFETY interview will be contacted.

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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.

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F/T position for safety coordinator/quality control asst for a local oilfield Medical const company. Candidate must be motivated and IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR have good communication, organizational skills, valid A CAREER & NOT A JOB...

If you have a vision to help driver’s license & computer skills. Email resume to others improve their health... cccenca@telus.net YOU are the person we are looking for!

GROWING local oilfield Wellness Coach water management com- Natural Pain Relief Centre pany requires crews - no requires energetic health experience necessary, conscious P/T Administrative long hours, remote loca& clinical assistant. tions.

Competitive wages Please drop off convincing and health benefits. Must letter & resume in person to 30C Gaetz Ave. Crossing, have PPE & first aid, H2S. Contact 403-346-0009 or Red Deer (Between email welltesting365@ Quiznos & Booster Juice) gmail.com Tuesday through Friday Between 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Oilfield

Oilfield

INSTREAM INTEGRITY INC. is currently looking for F/T pipeline pigging trackers. Must be at least 21 yrs. of age with clean drivers abstract, willing to work away from home and be comfortable in operating sleds, quads and argos.

Located in Eckville, exp. not necessary. Email: admin@ instreamintegrity.com LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

NEEDED: Knowledge, Skills and H2S Supervisors, firefightQualifications: ers and medics. Please Journeyman or Red email resume and relevant Seal Welder oilfield tickets to: admin@ B Pressure or CWB tcbsafety.com or call Carl certificates would be 403-506-1255 an asset Stainless pipe experience would be an asset Be able to interpret drawings

Compensation: Starting at $35.00 per hour (based on experience) Now accepting applica• Matching RRSP tions for LOADER program OPERATOR for fly in • Medical, Dental, Vicampwork in NE. BC. Dusion plan • Disability and life ties include refueling light towers and generators. No insurance removal. Working with pipe and other small tasks. Rig Apply to: or completion exp. an asset. Exc. pay, safety Alstar Oilfield Contractors bonuses and possibility for LTD. year round work. Please 310 East River Road forward resumes to Hinton, Alberta careers@gtchandler.com T7V 2G3 or fax 403-886-2223. Sucwww.alstaroilfield.com cessful applicants will be hr@alstaroilfield.com contacted for interview.

Fax: 780 865 5829 •

Currently accepting resumes for the following: SENIOR H2S SAFETY SUPERVISORS: Minimum 3 year’s safety experience on Drilling and Service Rigs.

Send resume and certificates to sitesafe@telusplanet.net or fax to: 403-887-8864

SWAMPERS

for busy oilfield trucking company. Top wages Fax resume to: 403-346-6128, Attn: Pierre No phone calls please!

Hiring all locations, Red Deer & Innisfail: Autobody Technicians and Preppers Gasoline Alley, - Journeyman preferred, 37471 Hwy 2S, 2nd or 3rd yr. apprentices Red Deer County will be considered. is seeking Successful applicant must FRONT DESK CLERK have team mentality.

Come join our team with ~ $14.00/hr.

Red Deer Collision TANKMASTER RENTALS • Answer phone calls, Centres/Innisfail Collision req’s SHOP LABOURER take reservations.

Centre ~ CSN. Competitive for Central Alberta.

• Check in/out guests. wages and health plan.

Oilfield related work, some • Balance cash out & Submit resumes to scott@ long hours req’d. Oilfield attend to guest needs. reddeercollision.com tickets are an asset.

HOUSEKEEPING or fax to 403-346-5301 Competitive salary. Resume to ROOM ATTENDANT terry@tankmaster.ca or INT. PAINTERS NEEDED ~ $14.00/hr. fax 403-340-8818 • Clean & Vacuum rooms, Min. 3 yrs exp. $20-25/hr.

Call 403-342-1441 TREELINE public areas, pool, etc.

WELL SERVICES • Replenish amenities, linens & towels.

Has Opening for all • Adhere to Holiday Inn positions! Immediately. safety standards All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with All positions are permanent IS NOW ACCEPTING Full-time/Part-time, shift Q Endorsement,and First APPLICATIONS work & weekends.

Aid. We offer competitive FOR THE FOLOWING wages & excellent benefits. Education: Above Secondary POSITIONS: Work Experience not Please include 2 work essential, training provided. reference names and TURNAROUND Fax resume to 780-702-5051 numbers.

PLANNER /SCHEDULER Please fax resume to: JJAM Management (1987) Applicants Qualifications 403-264-6725 Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s should Include: Or email to: Requires to work at these -Knowledge of planning tannis@treelinewell.com Red Deer, AB locations: systems No phone calls please.

5111 22 St. -Must have shut down/ www.treelinewell.com 37444 HWY 2 S Turnaround experience 37543 HWY 2N -Journeyman trade 700 3020 22 St. certification - preferably a Manager/Food Services Professionals boilermaker, pipefitter, or Permanent P/T, F/T shift. welder with extensive Wknd, day, night & eves. experience an asset Start date ASAP. $18/hr. 40 -MS programs experience hrs/week, + benefits , -Exceptional organizational 1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., and problem solving skills criminal record check req’d. with the ability to be Req’d education some sec- flexible in managing MANUFACTURERS’ ondary. Apply in person or priorities as they change fax resume to: -Strong communication, Health & Safety 403-314-1303 For full job interpersonal and Association description visit www. leadership skills timhortons.com -Self-starter who is able to SAFETY ADVISOR produce quality work with JJAM Management (1987) minimal supervision and Full Time - Red Deer Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Competition closes Oct guidance Requires to work at these -Detail oriented 1/14 Please see our Red Deer, AB locations: website under Jobs for the 5111 22 St. position profile. Email SAFETY WATCH 37444 HWY 2 S Resume to -Clean class 5 drivers 37543 HWY 2N lorne@mhsa.ab.ca Please license 700 3020 22 St. note this position is for our -Good comprehension and FOOD ATTENDANT Red Deer location communication skills Req’d permanent shift http://www.mhsa.ab.ca/jobs weekend day and evening -Good reading and writing skills both full and part time.

Parkinson Alberta 16 Vacancies, $10.88/hr. + - Good vision/hearing Is seeking a Client H2S Alive benefits. Start ASAP. Services Coordinator for - PST/CSTS Job description Central Alberta. Details -Standard First Aid/CPR www.timhortons.com www.parkinsonalberta.ca Education and experience -Confined space entry/ monitor not req’d.

-Fall protection Restaurant/ Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 Hotel Email: resumes @newcartcontracting.com SERVER -CUSTOMER BOULEVARD Fax: 1-403-729-2396 COUNTER - F/T Restaurant & Lounge Email all Duties: Take customer Gasoline Alley, safety and trade tickets orders, portion raw food, 37471 Hwy 2S, package take-out orders, KLES-AIR Mechanical handle cleaning & store Red Deer County Ltd.is hiring for all cleaning products, stock is seeking positions: Commercial fridge, & collect money Cook ~ $14.00/hr.

HVAC, Residential, from costumer. $11.89/hr.

To prepare & cook all food Retrofit, and Service up to standard, clean kitchen 5 days/wk. Must be avail.

Departments. We on weekends & holidays. & maintain hygiene, follow offer competitive wages, Paula @ 403-347-8001 recipes, assist in benefits package, and receiving & storing RRSP matching. * Valid Kitchen Helper ~ $11.00/hr. drivers license required* To clean kitchen following Please send resume to safety & hygiene standards. kim@klesair.com or fax to Clean utensils, cutlery, 403-782-7499, crockery & glassware items, Att: Kim Olafson floors, assist in prep.

THE OPEN RANGE NEEDED IMMED. FOR All positions are permanent SALOON in Sylvan Lake manufacturing Full-time/Part-time, req’s Line Cooks.

Full or company in Blackfalds shift work & weekends.

Part time with Food Safety.

JOURNEYMAN Education: Above Secondary Please contact Nancy WELDERS Work Experience not 403-887-3033 or Competitive wages and essential, training provided.

403-887-3465 benefits package.

Fax resume to 780-702-5051 Email resume to: info@prolineinc.ca

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GLENN’S RESTAURANT NEEDS F/T EVENING EXPERIENCED COOKS Start at $18/hr with bonuses and tip-out benefits.

Apply in person or phone 403-346-5448 for appointment or email: glenrest@telus.net

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RED DEER 2803-50 Avenue,

Red Deer is seeking

FRONT DESK CLERK ~ $14.00/hr.

• • •

Answer phone calls, take reservations.

Check in/out guests.

Balance cash out & attend to guest needs

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid HOUSEKEEPING Haulers for Central ROOM ATTENDANT Alberta. Oilfield tickets ~14.00/hr. req’d. Competitive salary and job bonuses. Resume to • Clean & vacuum rooms, public areas, pool etc. terry@tankmaster.ca or • Replenish amenities, fax 403-340-8818 linens & towels.

ZUBAR Production • Adhere to Holiday Inn safety standards.

Services is currently taking resumes All positions are permanent Full-time/Part-time, shift for experienced work & weekends.

Production Testing Education: Above Secondary Personnel Work Experience not Email resume to: essential, training provided. rdzubaroffice@telus.net Fax resume to 780-702-5051 or fax to (403)346-9420.

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for an EXPERIENCED LINE COOK MUST HAVE REFERENCES. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Sales & Distributors

830

IMMEDIATE Openings **STARS FOUNDATION** Help Save Lives ... Be a STARS Fundraiser FACE-TO-FACE FUNDRAISERS REQUIRED You have the chance to impact those in your community ... You can make a difference with STARS Calendar sales!

This position is for those who have a huge heart, articulate, goal oriented, and love meeting new people. Sell calendars in your community with the annual STARS Air Ambulance Calendar Campaign. $14/hour plus bonus Flexible Hours * Local Territory Contact: 1.877.778.8288 calendar@stars.ca

STORESMART Self-Storage

is now hiring for the following position!

Rattray Reclamation Ltd is currently seeking an experienced backhoe operator with a clean and valid class 1 license preferably 3 years experience to work in the Lacombe and surrounding areas. Duties will include lease construction, lease cleanups and reclamation.

Valid H2s, Ground Disturbance, and First aid tickets are a must.

Competitive wages and benefits available Please email resume to drattray@rattrayrec.com.

Or fax to (403)-934-5235 No phone calls please.

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Carpenters & Apprentices

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

23 ASHTON CLOSE Sept. 18 & 19, 6-9 p.m.

MULTI-FAMILY Halloween costumes, household items, children’s, baby items, adults & children’s clothing, & more.

Downtown 5301 53 ST. SAT. SEPT. 20, 8 - 4 Mechanical equip., office chairs, appls. & much more!! Proceeds to C.A.R.E. Sponsored by Trinity Christian Fellowship

Morrisroe Deer Park

77 MCDOUGALL CR. Sept. 18 & 19 Thus. 10-5, Fri. 10-5 Table, dresser, crystal, household misc. etc...

Mountview DONT MISS OUT ON ONE OF THE LAST “END OF SEASON” GARAGE SALES.

117 Dunning Cres.

SEPT. 18, 19 & 20 Thursday, Friday & Sat.

10 am -7 pm

Mom’s Moved In !

We’re on OVERLOAD! Start your career!

See Help Wanted

3706 42 AVE. Sept. 19-20.

Fri. 3-7 pm, Sat 9 am-5 pm & Sun. 10 .m -3 pm ESTATE SALE. Numerous household items.

Oriole Park 2 ORWELL CLOSE Sept 18th - 20th Thurs. & Fri. 4-7 & Sat. 9-4 MULTI-FAMILY SALE

Rosedale 25 Reeves Cres. Sept 18-21.

Girls and boys toys, household, photo printer, misc. items, clothes. Thurs. & Fri. 4-8 Sat. & Sun. 10-4.

Trades

Now Hiring GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE

Requires Full Time

Equipment Operator/Truck Driver

Q Endorsement preferred.

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

APPLIANCE DELIVERY DRIVER Family owned and operated, Trail Appliances 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

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: The ideal candidate will: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913 • be able to maneuver merchandise in excess TERROCO INDUSTRIES of 100lbs JOB OPPORTUNITY: • possess exceptional Heavy duty mechanic/ customer service skills apprentice. Red Deer.

• enjoy working within a Engine/truck and trailer diverse team experience necessary.

• hold a valid driver’s hr@terroco.com • license and a clear Fax 403-346-9720 drivers abstract THE A.R. THOMSON GROUP The Company provides a is recruiting applicants that comprehensive and are looking for a stable career competitive benefit opportunity with our growing program including such Manufacturing group. things as: Increased product demand, and the addition of new product & Dental lines to our manufacturing • Medical benefit Program division has required that • Flex days we actively increase our workforce with the addition • Stat holidays off of the following positions: • Paid vacation time off • Employee & Family Assistance Program 1 POSITION AVAIL. FOR • Referral Incentives “B” PRESSURE • Employee discounts CERTIFIED • Boot Allowance

JOURNEYMAN WELDER Duties to include fabrication of A.R. Thomson specialized Stainless Steel Hose Product Line.

Successful applicant will be required to complete certification on ABSA approved production welding procedures.

1 POSITION AVAIL. FOR

JOURNEYMAN CNC MACHINIST

Trail is always looking for people who want opportunities to grow, take initiative and work well within a team environment.

Launch your career with a well-known and respected company. Become a part of the successful Trail team by submitting a resume to reddeerjobs@ trail-appliances.com or by fax to 403-347-3314.

A security check will be conducted on successful candidates. We thank all interested applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Duties to include: Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, charts and tables, Program computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools, Set up and adjust production machinery, Fit and assemble components CLASS 1 DRIVER and machine parts to close with super B and grain tolerance, Verify dimensions hauling experience for of machined tools and Central AB. Call Wayne parts using precision 403-341-9113 measuring instruments, Maintain, repair and CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d calibrate precision for moving equipment. measuring instruments.

Resumes to be dropped off Require 5 years of CNC at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Mill and Lathe experience, Cres. Red Deer. with preference given to applicants with experience on GARNET’S

Haas CNC Equipment.

Pre-Employment Drug / Alcohol screening and a background check will be required.

Hours of work are Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm (with sporadic overtime) Excellent benefits package and RRSP plan are also available.

Please Email Resumes to: Borsato.linda@arthomson.com OR Fax Resumes to: 403-341-4243

Truckers/ Drivers

860

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.

NEED EXPERIENCED Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Full Time.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

WE are currently looking for experienced CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers

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.

Winch Truck Driver &

Class 3 Driver

We offer competitive wages based on oilfield experience, benefits after 3 months. You are required to pass the pre-employment substance screening.

Please email or fax your resume & safety tickets to: humanresources@ phoenixrentals.ca Fax: 403-346-4177

services CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Escorts

1165

Painters/ Decorators

1310

KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

INDEPENDENT w/own car Free Est. 403-872-8888

Massage Therapy

1280

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. CRYSTAL GLASS 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. needs EXP’ D GLASS 403-896-4869 INSTALLER. In house Cleaning training provided. Benefits International ladies and company uniforms Seniors’ after 3 months. Drop off re- URBAN LIFE CLEANING Services Bi/weekly, one time, sume at: 4706-51 Avenue Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. moveouts. or fax 346-5390 or email: branch208@crystalglass.ca Reliable, Insured and WCB Private back entry. 403-341-4445 HELPING HANDS 403-304-4880 Home Supports for Seniors.

F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, MASSAGE ABOVE ALL - Good hours, home every companionship. At home WALK-INS WELCOME night, $4000-$6000/mo.

4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 or facility. Call 403-346-7777 Contractor must have truck Contractors for information. or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training VII MASSAGE BLACK CAT CONCRETE Window provided, no experience Garage/Patios/RV pads #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Cleaning needed. Apply to: Sidewalks/Driveways Pampering at its satjobs@shaw.ca Dean 403-505-2542 BEST! WINDOW CLEANING. BRIDGER CONST. LTD. GOODMEN 403-986-6686 Outside/Inside.

We do it all! 403-302-8550 ROOFING LTD. Free quotes, 403-506-4822 Come in and see DALE’S Home Reno’s Requires Free estimates for all your why we are the talk Yard of the town. reno needs.

403-506-4301 SLOPED ROOFERS Care LABOURERS DOORS, windows, siding, www.viimassage.com & FLAT ROOFERS soffit, fascia and custom YARD care, Junk/tree/snow cladding. Call Dean @ Misc.

Valid Driver’s Licence removal, comm/res.

403-302-9210. preferred. Fax or email 403-358-1614 Services info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! Eavestroughing 5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 A Star Makes LOOKING FOR APPRENTICE VELOX EAVESTROUGH WELDERS/MILLWRIGHT Your Ad Cleaning & Repairs.

GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. & LABORERS Reasonable rates. 340-9368 Save 50%. 403-358-1614 Must be willing to travel, A Winner! work heights, have valid WINDOW / EAVESTROUGH CALL: drivers licence. Email: CLEANING. WE do dump runs/odd jobs tracous@yahoo.com Free quotes, 403-506-4822 403-550-2502/403-885-5333 309-3300

1070

FANTASY MASSAGE

Now Open

1372

1420

• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

850

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

1100

1430

1130

450575I16-27

Aspen Ridge

860

Truckers/ Drivers

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(Full Time 40 hrs/week)

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

850

in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558

Requires Full Time

Assistant Manager For job descriptions and how to apply, go to www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs.

No phone calls please.

Trades

1290

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880

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CEA AIR

PARTS TECHNICIAN WANTED. Trochu Motors is seeking a customer oriented and responsible individual to join our parts Warehouse team. Prior experience in Shipper/ Receiver the industry would be an Exp’d Industrial Competitive starting wages asset but not a must.

Inside Sales /Order plus regular increases.

Applicants must have Desk Personnel organizational skills, basic Hours: M-F 7:30am-4:30pm Excellent benefits for our Red Deer Branch computer skills and the package. Opportunities A mechanical aptitude and ability to multi-task in a to advance. Must be /or knowledge in pneumatics fast-paced environment. dependable, hardworking is an asset. Compensation We are looking forward to and seeking a long-term is negotiable depending on add to our growing dealercareer. Apply in person, experience, includes health plan. ship. Please Apply in or email to: We look forward to hearing person at 102 Eckenfelder hartleytj@eecol.com from you; please submit St. Trochu, Alberta. Fax 4747 - 61st Street resumes to: (403) 442-3829 or by email del.trynchuk@cea-air.com wmtn@inbox.com TOO MUCH STUFF? Buying or Selling Let Classifieds DAIRY equipment supplier your home? looking for help you sell it.

GENERAL LABORERS Check out Homes for Sale For our parts & service dept. in Classifieds We are looking for Competitive wages and LANDSCAPE LABOURERS RESIDENTIAL APT benefits package. E-mail to work on residential and MANAGER resume: info@prolineinc.ca commercial properties in 23 suite apt. complex.

Red Deer and surrounding area.

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Live-in role. Responsibilities Main duties to include: Knowledge of Red Deer incl. cleaning, maintenance, - Laying sod, spreading top and area is essential. yard care, administration. soil, plant flowers, grass, Verbal and written Fax to 403-346-5786 trees and shrubs. communication skills are - Cut grass, rake, fertilize, SPA Technician needed req’d. Send resume by fax water, prune trees and shrubs. for delivery and to 403-346-0295 -In snow season, we maintenance of hot tubs. require snow removal.

Fax resume to No formal education or 403-309-5550 or email experience necessary. arcticspa@telus.net Full time/Seasonal position. Weather dependant Looking for a place Wage: $16.51 per hour/44 to live? hours per week Email Take a tour through the GAETZ SOUTH resume to: erika.skalozub CLASSIFIEDS F/T P/T MEAT CUTTER. @bg-rd.com Apply within Phone: 403-347-7211 THE A.R. THOMSON GROUP Fax: 403-342-7488 Att: Erika 5111 22nd St. Red Deer is recruiting applicants that are looking for a stable career CELEBRATIONS opportunity with our growing HAPPEN EVERY DAY Manufacturing group.

IN CLASSIFIEDS Increased product demand, and the addition of new product lines to our manufacturing division has required that Employment GAETZ SOUTH we actively increase our Training FT/PT CASHIERS workforce with the addition of the following positions: Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer 3 POSITIONS AVAIL. FOR (Custom Energized Air Ltd) a respected leader in the pneumatics industry is GROWING AGAIN and we are looking for:

900

SAFETY

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.

- Starting Wage $18.00 / hr Duties to include fabrication prep, hydro-testing, general shop maintenance, operation of new product line manufacturing equipment and occasional on-site work with our mobile hydro-testing trailer unit.

Pre-Employment Drug / Alcohol screening and a background check will be required.

Hours of work are Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm (with sporadic overtime) Excellent benefits package and RRSP plan are also available.

Please Email Resumes to: Borsato.linda@arthomson.com OR Fax Resumes to: 403-341-4243

TRAINING CENTRE 403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

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

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

OCTOBER START!

Accepting registrations for

6 mo. Community Support Worker Program AND

WANTED: P/T Advocate driver, night run, approx. 5 hrs.

403-343-6735

LUBE TECH

wanted for busy dealership, possible chance for advancement into apprenticeship.

Must have drivers license.

Fax resume to 341-5066

OCTOBER START!

Accepting registrations for

6 mo. Community Support Worker Program AND

GED Program

Funding may be available.

403-340-1930

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca

WAREHOUSE

Seeking individual with inventory control, shipping, receiving, computer entry and forklift experience. Pleasant working environment with competitive wages and benefit program including RRSP plan, Health, Dental and Life Insurance.

Fax or email resume to:

Kemper Valve & Fittings Corp Fax: 847-487-9354 Email: HR@ kempervalve.com

Advocate Opportunities

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1590

MOORES 2 pc. suit, dbl. breasted, grey, pure wool, size 44 regular, like new worn once $75 403-314-2026

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

Farmers' Market

1650

FREE spaghetti squash 403-782-3031

1660

AFFORDABLE

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Garden Supplies

1680

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Alexander Cres.

Addinel Close Allsop Close Anquetel/Atlee Close MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave Muldrew Close/Martin Ave SUNNYBROOK AREA Stirling Close/Sherwod Cres.

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive Lamb Close VANIER AREA

1840

Dogs

LACOMBE COUNTRY FEED STORE, Come see us at: 4836 45A St. Lacombe, Ab ALL THE FEED YOUR ANIMALS NEED! 403-782-3333 Dealer of Masterfeeds

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

1860

Sporting Goods

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

3 BDRM, 1.5 bath townhouse for over 40 yr old employed tenants. 6appls, private yard & parking, 1 small pet with additional Sec. Dep. of $500.

Quiet people, no drugs, no partiers, no police etc.

At #9, 15 Stanton Street, Sunnybrook. Rent & S.D. $1400/mo. 403-341-4627.

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

3140

Warehouse Space

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

3260

Houses/ Duplexes

BLACKFALDS or Lacombe house wanted. Call Marcel 587-877-4585 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

KENTWOOD Keen Cres. & Kendrew Dr.

Horse/Stock Trailers

2170

2008 3 HORSE Feather Lite c/w 14’ short wall living quarters, elec. awning & jacks, rear corner tack, seen very little use, stored inside 403-845-6146

CLASSIFICATIONS

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in

& Services

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

ROSEDALE AREA

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

NEWLY RENOVATED bachelor, 1, & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water included. Cat friendly. leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-596-2444

SUNNYBROOK

2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

3090

FURNISHED room, available now. $600./mo.

403-346-2859

Advocate Opportunities

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

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wheels 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

4010 Collector Car Auction

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

Sept. 19 - 20, 2014 Westerner Park, Red Deer Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event Consign Today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGauctions.com

Cars

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BLACKFALDS McKAY RANCH

RISER HOMES MODIFIED BI-LEVEL. many upgrades 3 bdrm, 2 bath, dbl. att. garage, much more. $390,000 For private viewing call Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

CUSTOM BUILT

2007 SATURN AURA. Loaded, 1 owner, exc. cond.

86,000 km. Never winter driven $10,500. 403-391-3820 2007 HONDA Civic LX Coupe $8250. 403-304-4817

NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

2006 VW Jetta TDI 137,000 kms, fully loaded,sunroof, diesel, auto, $10,000 403-346-1392 340-9068

2001 VOLVO S60. Loaded, very good cond. 182,000 km. $5300 obo. 403-343-2058 2001 CHEV Malibu 4 dr.

134,000 kms. 403-318-3040 1993 CADILLAC STS like new 200,000 kms, $3000 403-358-1614

SUV's

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NEW CONDO

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

Lots For Sale

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Attn: Builders

2011 Rav4 Limited. Leather, sunroof, 8 way power driver’s seat, very clean, great cond. $19,500 obo. 403-341-0606

Blackfalds. Duplex lots avail. for Sept. 30. Info call 2010 RAV4 50,000 kms.

403-304-5555 $17,000 obo 403-358-1614

Open House Directory

Tour These Fine Homes 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

RED DEER ADVOCATE 6 Days a week!

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie Phone 403-314-4301

West end of Robinson Cres., Ryan Cl., Rich Cl., & Rabbis St. $71.30/mo ALSO Roberts Cres. $53.64/mo

4430

Private Mortgages Our Rates start at 8%. We lend on Equity. Bus. For Self & Bruised Credit Ok. Ron Lewis 403 819 2436

7th Annual Fall Finale

~ 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.

CLEARVIEW AREA Clearview Ridge Area $172/mo

Money To Loan

4000-4190

CARRIERS REQUIRED For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

4400-4430

homes

~ Westpark

Rooms For Rent

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

CLASSIFICATIONS

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LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

Viscount Drive Vold Close

2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street.

Parking is avail. $1800/mo.

403-343-9300

SEIBEL PROPERTY Realtors www.seibelprperty.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

BOWER AREA

Vanier Drive Vicker Close

3110

Offices

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

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

Horses

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends

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

1 day a week in:

59th & 61 Ave.

CARRIERS NEEDED

1830

Cats

1710

To deliver the

Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

For More Information, please call For More informaiton, please call Jamie 403-314-4306

16-20-0 FERTILIZER almost full $10; sprayer can 5L $8; metal Chapin sprayer tank 1 1/2Gal, $15; concentrated Killex 3/4 of Litre $8; concentrated Roundup 1/2 of litre $10; watering metal can $2; 4 tri-pod garage sale signs $2/ea; white brackets for standards 10 at 12” and 9 at 6”. all $5; part bag of oildri(all purpose absorbant $4; metal tampino bar $5; fetilizer spreader 20” hopper $25 403-314-2026 BIRD houses $15, $35, $50; bird feeder $20, 5’ high wishing well $75, covered coat hangers $5/bundle of 10 403-346-5745 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 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 SLEEPING bag, 31” x 86” for cold weather $65; quad cargo bag $45; saddle bags, leather $59 403-342-7460

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3060

CARRIERS REQUIRED

RIVERSIDE MEADOWS

$605/mo.

1760

Misc. for Sale

Grain, Feed Hay

NORMANDEAU FOR senior and handi- 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 capped curlers 2 curling appls. $1050. No pets, N/S brushes, 1 w/pusher at- Quiet adults. 403-350-1717 RIMBEY TREES MOVE IN !

Large variety of trees for sale. tached, and 1 pusher on RISER HOMES own handle $20 ea.

Planting available.

BLACKFALDS brush/broom combination Fall Specials!

Suites Beautiful front Call Walter, 403-748-3611 403-309-3475 veranda bungalow RECUMBENT exercise 2 Bdrm., 2 Bath. main bike, $150. 403-986-6497 2 BDRM apt. for over 40 Household Floor laundry, hardwood, yr. old working tenants, no tile, and much more.

Appliances pets, no partiers, no drugs.

Travel $347,900. Prices include Free laundry, heat, water, legal fees, GST, appliance Packages FRIDGE, Kenmore private parking at 5910-55 21 cu ft. 8 yrs. old, black, Ave. in Riverside Meadows. package, front sod & tree.

For private viewing call TRAVEL ALBERTA $150 o.b.o. 403-343-2754 $1100 . Avail.Immed.

Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294 Alberta offers 403-341-4627 GE Washer & Dryer Super C. SOMETHING MUST SELL GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. comm. quality $500. 358-1614 for everyone.

1217 sq.ft. duplex. apartments, avail. immed, Make your travel 4 bdrm., $191,900. rent $875 403-596-6000 plans now.

Advocate 403-588-2550 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Opportunities MUST SELL SUITES. 25+, adults only New Home. 1335 sq.ft. n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

RED DEER ADVOCATE

EASTVIEW AREA

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Homestead Firewood

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

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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LOGS

Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 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

Clothing

Household Furnishings

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

GED Program

Labourers, Flag Persons & Operators

Sunday September 21 11 am * Viewing 9 am Location: Ridgewood Community Hall Partial List only 2003 Hino Cube Van – 2009 Flagstaff Tent Trailer – Katolight Generator Mod N35FPH4 – Antiques – Collectables – Furniture – Tools – Boat Motor – Misc and much more Complete list and Directions visit www.cherryhillauction.com Next Sale November 2 Terms of Sale: Cash, Cheque, C/C, Everything must be paid for & removed on sale day (NO EXCEPTIONS), 15% buyer’s premium.

Sale subject to Additions, Deletions, Errors and Omissions.

Cherry Hill Auction & Appraisals Phone 403-342-2514 or 403-347-8988

Firewood

“Low Cost” Quality Training

1530

Fall Roundup Auction

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

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MANUFACTURING SHOP TECHNICIANS

Auctions

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

SE Red Deer

4280

OPEN HOUSE ~ Sat. Sept. 20th, 1-4pm & Sat. Sept. 21st, 11am-2pm ~ For Sale ~ $659,000 Beautiful Treed Acreage on 2.91 acres 45 min north of Airdrie, 15 min south of Red Deer and 2 min.east of Innisfail off pavement.

Come take a look at this lovely 1725 sqft home with gorgeous manicured yard.

What a view! For more info & pics go to Property Guys Ad#103384 Call or text 403-396-5534.

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CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014

Raid nets 15 terror suspects

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY, Australia — Australian police detained 15 people on Thursday in a major counterterrorism operation, saying intelligence indicated a random, violent attack was being planned on Australian soil.

About 800 federal and state police officers raided more than two dozen properties across Sydney as part of the operation — the largest in Australian history, Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Andrew Colvin said. Separate raids in the eastern cities of Brisbane and Logan were also conducted.

One person was charged with serious terrorismrelated offences and was scheduled to appear in court later Thursday. Colvin declined to detail the exact nature of the charges.

The arrests come just days after the country raised its terror warning to the second-highest level

in response to the domestic threat posed by supporters of the Islamic State group.

“Police believe that this group that we have executed this operation on today had the intention and had started to carry out planning to commit violent acts here in Australia,” Colvin said. “Those violent acts particularly related to random acts against members of the public. So what we saw today and the operation that continues was very much about police disrupting the potential for violence against the Australian community at the earliest possible opportunity.”

Last week, Australian police arrested two men in Brisbane for allegedly preparing to fight in Syria, recruiting jihadists and raising money for the al-Qaida offshoot group Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as the

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away its merchandise. People pushed shopping carts full of goods that at times clogged the highway.

Mexico’s government continued to fly stranded tourists out of the area as the remnants of Odile drenched the northern state of Sonora and headed on a path forecast to take the rain into Arizona overnight.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said parts of Arizona and New Mexico could get 15 to 23 centimetres of rain and warned of possible flash flooding.

The Tucson area was forecast to bear the brunt of the storm, but Phoenix could be lashed with rain and heavy winds, too.

To the south, a new tropical storm was nearing hurricane strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast and headed in the general direction of Los Cabos, although early predictions were for the centre to remain offshore.

Wary lawmakers grudgingly OK arms for Syria rebels fighting Islamic State WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House voted grudgingly to give the administration authority to train and arm Syrian rebels on Wednesday as President Barack Obama emphasized anew that American forces “do not and will not have a combat mission” in the struggle against Islamic State militants in either Iraq or Syria.

The 273-156 vote crossed party lines to an unusual degree in a Congress marked by near ceaseless partisanship. Top Republican and Democratic leaders backed Obama’s plan seven weeks before November elections, while dozens of rank-and-file lawmakers in both parties opposed it.

The provision was added to spending legislation that will ensure the federal government operates normally after the Sept. 30 end of the budget year.

Final approval is expected in the Senate as early as Thursday.

Even supporters of the military plan found little to trumpet. “This is the best of a long list of bad options,” said Rep. Jim Moran, a Democrat.

One Republican supporter noted the measure includes strict limits on Obama’s authority. “Members on both sides of the aisle are very concerned that too much of Congress’ warmaking power has gone to the president,” said Rep. Tom Cole.

Chaos and looting in Mexico’s Los Cabos as electricity, water still out SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico — Desperate locals and tourists were in survival mode in the resort area of Los Cabos on Wednesday, with electrical and water service still out three days after Hurricane Odile made landfall as a monster Category 3 storm.

Looters stripped supermarkets of their food and other products, with some people fighting over goods. At least one supermarket decided to give

SUV's

5040

Motorhomes

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

Trucks

2003 F350 7.3L Diesel, FX4 Lariat, 283,000 kms., $14,000.obo 403-704-3714

Vans Buses

5070

2000 WINDSTAR Limited, $1800., leather, front/rear sep. heat & a/c. Very good tires, traction control, 4 CD, well maint. great cond.

403-342-5861 after 5 pm

Motorcycles

TOOL BOXES, (2) UWS truck fender well, $600. both. 403-343-2058

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

5080

2011 HARLEY Sportster $10,000 403-598-4131

Public Notices

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5050

2012 FORD Lariet 3/4 ton, loaded, 108,000 kms, set up for Ford 5th wheel, burgundy, $35,000 403- 362-1004

PUBLIC NOTICES

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NOTICE OF ACTION TO: AMANDA MARY JOHNSTON ONCE OF RED DEER, ALBERTA TAKE NOTICE THAT: The Plaintiffs WANDA LEE HODGSON and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ALBERTA issued a Statement of Claim numbered 1410-000209 in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Red Deer, Alberta on February 14, 2014 against the Defendants ALBERT’S (RED DEER ) LTD., 819658 ALBERTA LTD., ALBERT’S RESTAURANTS LTD., MARLOWE-YEOMAN LIMITED, ABC CO. operating as ALBERT’S FAMILY RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE and XYZ CO. operating as MURPH’S PUB AND GRILL. The Plaintiffs allege, inter alia, that they have suffered injuries, losses and damages as a consequence of an assault that occurred on February 18, 2012.

You have been named as a Third Party to the Action by the Defendants Albert’s (Red Deer) Ltd. and Albert’s Restaurants Ltd. (collectively, “Albert’s”).

Albert’s alleges, inter alia, that if the assault occurred as alleged in the Plaintiffs’ Statement of Claim or otherwise, it occurred solely and entirely because of your intentional and unforeseeable act.

Albert’s seeks indemnity and/or contribution from you for any amounts that Albert’s is ultimately liable to pay to the Plaintiffs in this Action. Albert’s has obtained leave of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta to substitutionally serve you with the Third Party Claim by way of this publication in the Red Deer Advocate. A copy of the Statement of Claim, Albert’s Statement of Defence and the Third Party Claim may be obtained from Albert’s solicitor, Jennifer Biernaskie of McLennan Ross LLP. If you intend to appear in the Action, you should immediately file, or instruct legal counsel to file, a Third Party Statement of Defence or Demand For Notice to the Third Party Claim in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Red Deer, Alberta. This Demand for Notice or Third Party Statement of Defence should be filed within 30 days.

Dated 12 September, 2014 451009I25

WASHINGTON — One year ago, President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani came close to ending the decades-long freeze on face-toface meetings between their countries’ leaders.

Next week both men are scheduled to again be in New York for United Nations meetings but expectations for even a handshake are more muted than they were last year. While lower level officials from both countries are now in regular contact, deadlocked nuclear talks — as well as the complexities of the fight against militants in the Middle East — are clouding the prospects for an elusive leaders’ meeting.

“The state of play between the United States and Iran is too fragile to endure what would be the shock of a direct meeting,” said Robin Wright, a joint fellow at the Wilson Center and the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington.

An in-person meeting between the two leaders would mark a substantive shift in the way the U.S. has dealt with Iran for decades and could eventually open the door for talks on matters beyond Tehran’s disputed nuclear program. It would also mark the fulfilment of a pledge Obama made as a presidential candidate when he said he would be willing to talk to America’s adversaries without pre-conditions.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas woman convicted of the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend’s 9-year-old son a decade ago was executed Wednesday evening.

Lisa Coleman, 38, received a lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-day appeal to spare her.

She was pronounced dead at 6:24 p.m. CDT, 12 minutes after Texas Department of Criminal officials began administering a lethal dose of pentobarbital.

Coleman became the ninth convicted killer and second woman to receive lethal injection in Texas this year. Na- Lisa Coleman tionally, she’s the 15th woman executed since the Supreme Court in 1976 allowed the death penalty to resume.

During that same time, nearly 1,400 men have been put to death.

Coleman was condemned for the death of Davontae Williams, whose emaciated body was found in July 2004 at the North Texas apartment Coleman shared with his mother, Marcella Williams.

Paramedics who found him dead said they were shocked to learn his age. He weighed 36 pounds, about half that of a normal 9-year-old. A pediatrician later would testify that he had more than 250 distinct injuries, including burns from cigarettes or cigars and scars from ligatures, and that a lack of food made him stop growing.

“There was not an inch on his body that not been bruised or scarred or injured,” said Dixie Bersano, one of Coleman’s trial prosecutors.

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Stalled nuclear talks complicate prospects for a meeting between Obama and Iranian president

Texas executes woman for killing girlfriend’s son

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Nusra Front.

Colvin said the raids conducted in Brisbane on Thursday were a follow-up to that operation. It was not yet clear how the investigations in Sydney and Brisbane were linked, he said.

The government raised its terrorism threat last week from “medium” to “high” on a four-tier scale on the advice of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization. The domestic spy agency’s DirectorGeneral David Irvine said the threat had been rising over the past year, mainly due to Australians joining the Islamic State movement to fight in Syria and Iraq.

When announcing the elevated threat level, Prime Minister Tony Abbott stressed that there was no information suggesting a terror attack was imminent.

Police said raids were conducted in a dozen suburbs of Sydney and in three suburbs across Brisbane and adjoining Logan.

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FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

HI & LOIS

PEANUTS

BLONDIE

HAGAR

BETTY

PICKLES

GARFIELD

LUANN

1984 — Pope John Paul II spends the morning in Winnipeg, then flies to Edmonton that evening, on the first papal visit to Canada.

1969 — Atomic Energy of Canada sells a $35-million nuclear research reactor to Taiwan Atomic Energy Council.

1939 — During the Second World War, the first escorted ship convoy leaves Halifax for

Britain, in formation to protect against German U-Boat attacks.

1916 —Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario, after a night when liquor stores and saloons sell out all their stocks.

1914 — Sir Sam Hughes sets up the first Canadian military air service, the Canadian Aviation Corps, a forerunner of the RCAF. 1893 — Calgary is incorporated as Alberta’s first city.

1891 — First train-load of Austro-Hungarian settlers from the provinces of Galicia and Bukovyna arrive in Alberta.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Sept. 18

TUNDRA

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9.

SHERMAN‛S LAGOON

Solution

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014

Welcome to the driver’s seat

For value, Focus on a late model Ford The Ford Focus is an affordable and underrated used compact car buy It got a major makeover for the 2008 model year: an all-new coupe (two-door) edition was introduced to complement the stalwart (fourdoor) sedan. Lamentably, however, the popular in Canada (but not in the US) wagon and (Euro-style) hatchback versions of Focus were discontinued.

The ‘08 refresh of Focus included new front and rear body fascias, improved sound insulation, a redesigned interior and a new-tech multimedia upgrade. The ‘08 Focus is also an about 45-kg (100-lb) lighter overall and it’s the weight reduction measures included the elimination of a spare tire, which was replaced by an inflator kit. A real spare tire/wheel could be added as an option.

An auto industry landmark was reached when Ford teamed up with Microsoft to offer a unique new multi-media system called Sync, which (for the first time) allowed control of digital music players and cellular phones with voice commands.

In addition to the benefit of driver hands-free call taking, the Sync system can also translate text messages into voice messages.

The ‘08 Focus, both coupe and sedan, came in S, SE and top-line SES trims. The Sync system was a ($495) option with the SE trim level and standard with SES. On the downside, electronic stability control was not offered on any version of the ‘08 Focus.

The most noticeable change from a driving perspective was the reduction in outside noise and chassis vibration. The quieter cabin is the result of sound deadening improvements that include the use of thicker glass. The steering column in this Focus is also mounted on a stronger crossbeam beneath the instrument

panel, which helps eliminate vibrations.

The only engine (in Canada) was a 2.0-litre, dual-overhead-cam, 4-cylinder engine, which came with a new air intake and cooling systems.

It produces 140-horsepower (4-horsepower increase over the ‘07) and fuel economy has been improved.

The transmission choices were a 5-speed manual transmission or a 4-speed automatic.

Fuel economy is 8.4 L/100km in the city and highway fuel economy is rated at a phenomenal 5.9 L/100km with the automatic. The manual transmission slightly increases city consumption and reduces highway consumption, so overall the rating is the same.

Overall, the coupe performed better than the sedan in IIHS crash tests, as the sedan got lower scores in side impacts. All editions of the ‘08 Focus came with a new design of side curtain air bag that uses a “roll-fold” technology to protect occupants who are resting their heads against a window.

The biggest change on the 2009 edition of the Ford Focus was the inclusion of electronic stability control as standard on the SES trim. It was also standard with a new SEL mid-level sedan trim and an option on lower trim levels. The coupe also got a sportier appearance package and a minor improvement in performance.

Just minor tweaking of trim packages followed in 2010. In 2011, the coupe edition was discontinued. All of which was in preparation for an all-new Focus that arrived (with great fanfare) for the 2012 model year.

If the budget is tight, a used Ford Focus can be an excellent vehicle choice.

Price Check: 2008 - 2011 Ford Focus (August 2014) Year Edition Expect to Pay Today 2008 SE sedan $5,000 to $8,000 2009 SE sedan $6,500 to $9,500 2010 SE sedan $8,000 to $11,000 2011 SE sedan $10,000 to $13,000 Prices vary depending on a used vehicle’s condition, mileage, usage and history. A complete mechanical check should always be performed by a reliable auto technician prior to purchase.

may not deploy properly during a frontal crash. All vehicles included in this recall were still in dealer inventory and the driver’s airbag module assembly was replaced. bob.mchugh@ drivewaybc.ca

Safety Recalls: 2008 to 2011 Ford Focus: 2008: An incorrectly assembled driver’s airbag

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If the budget is tight, a used Ford Focus can be an excellent vehicle choice.

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Bob McHugh

Original Cooper Mini makes a comeback Yet another version of the popular Mini is out and selling for around $120.

What? – Well, it is a LEGO brick replica of the original Cooper Mk VII, produced between August 1997 and July 1998. That was the last generation of the original very mini-Mini, which was soon replaced by the Mini on steroids that BMW now produces very profitably.

Interestingly, the price tag for the beautifully crafted “toy” is about the same as I paid for my used 1966 Mini Countryman Mark II back in 1974.

The LEGO version bears many authentic details, from the classic green and white color scheme with white wing mirrors and racing stripes. When I got mine, it had authentic woodworm in the bits

that made it look like a mini Brit version of the Woodies that were so popular on this side of the Atlantic at the time.

Dad suggested we strip out the wood but the garage guy thought the whole darn thing might fall apart if we did. Oh, brother! My dad, as a model plane painter of some repute, bought a few cans of paint and carefully painted the wood black. Then he hand painted the rest of the body blue. Couldn’t see a brush stroke when he had finished.

The model has doors, hood and trunk that open – more than you could say for mine on many occasions. Sporty fog lights are featured as well as a detailed four-cylinder engine – transversely mounted, of course. There’s also separate spare

tire compartment. Had one of those to house a spare that was as bald as I am now.

You can even remove the roof to access a tan colored interior with patterned seats, veneer-style dashboard, turning steering wheel, and moving gearshift and handbrake. I had a hole in my roof at one point but the only thing that came through it was rain, by the bucketful.

This Cooper model measures more than 11cm in height, stretches 25cm in length and is about 14cm wide. Dimensionally it doesn’t sound much smaller that my real live, constantly stalling machine. Mind you that’s what happens when you aquaplane through gigantic duck pond-sized puddles on the narrow back lanes I travelled through the rural northwest of Lancashire on my

way to journalism school.

The set is part of the Creator Expert series and I must say the thought of putting together 1,077-parts is When I got mine, somewhat daunting. it had authentic Perhaps no more so than my old banger woodworm in the after a breakdown. bits that made it A girlfriend at look like a mini the time always wondered why it Brit version of the would quit in the Woodies that were so darkest back lanes. popular on this side Which reminds of the Atlantic at the me, the LEGO car accessories includes time. a picnic basket, bottle and blanket Keith Morgan . . . I had a blanket in the back of mine but it wasn’t for picnic use.

Ah, those fond memories will come flooding back if Santa does his job this year.

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keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

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Welcome to the driver’s seat

Korean wagon is a funky Soul The Kia Soul is a trendy styling concept that somehow makes a roomy and practical boxy shape look funky.

The cleverly designed compact 4-door hatchback wagon is easy on fuel, keenly priced and packed with features. Soul blew away its main (mini-box) competitors (from Honda, Nissan and Scion), when introduced for the 2010 model year.

Used buyers will also be pleased to learn that, so far, the Soul has proved to very reliable and there’s a reasonably good supply of them available on the market.

You do have to be sold on its polarizing (love/hate) looks and appreciate the functional aspects of its design. On the inside, there is lots of room for taller passengers and 60/40 splitfolding rear seats even allow you to stuff in a bike, or large golf bags.

The base engine in a 2010 Kia Soul is a (122-hp) 1.6-litre fourcylinder and it only came as a single trim edition with a fivespeed manual transmission. Far more popular is the (142-hp) 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, which came with a five-speed manual or an optional fourspeed automatic transmission and in four trim levels 2u, 4u, 4u Retro, and 4u Burner.

Even a basic Soul comes with heated power mirrors, heated seats, a tilt steering column, power windows and locks, wheel-mounted audio controls, Bluetooth connectivity and rear washer/wiper. Moving up the trim levels can add 16inch or 18-inch alloy wheels, air conditioning, cruise control, patterned seat inserts, keyless entry, dash-mounted tweeter speakers, door-mounted LED mood speakers and all sorts of unique extras to enhance the funky-car experience.

Standard safety features include six airbags and anti-whiplash active front head restraints.

Electronic stability control and 4-wheel anti-lock disc brakes come with 2u or higher trim levels. Soul also got a “Top Safety Pick” classification rating, even though it was rated poor in its new “small overlap” crash test that simulates a front corner collision with a pole or another vehicle.

The base 1.6L model got fourwheel disc anti-lock brakes and electronic stability control for the 2011 model year, making these features standard on all models. The outside door handles were also changed (from flip-up) to a grip type and a Luxury trim line was added. This new top-line trim added body-colour bumpers, a rear-view camera, automatic climate control, Smart Key with pushbutton start, leather upholstery and a centre console armrest.

Changes to Soul for the 2012 model year included interior and exterior styling enhancements, but were primarily mechanical.

Even though displacement figures remained the same, the new engines are more powerful and a fuel-saving (hybrid-like) Idle Stop-and-Go feature was an option. New manual and automatic transmissions also came with six-speed gear ratios.

In addition to extra power a 2012 of newer Soul’s fuel consumption is lower. The 2.0 litre engine with an automatic transmission is rated at 7.9 L/100km city and 5.9 L/100km on the highway. While that’s a noteworthy improvement, a similar pre-2012 edition Kia Soul (rated at 8.5 city and 6.6 highway) is also a frugal fuel user.

Soul was essentially a carryover model for the 2013 model year, other than a revised grille (with new chrome accents) and a re-styled “Kia” badge. This was also the last production year of the first generation Soul. An all-new Kia Soul was introduced for the 2014 model year.

Though the Soul was designed to attract mainly attract younger buyers, the fuel efficiency and practical characteristics of a Kia Soul can appeal to any age of buyer - if they like its looks.

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2.0L 4U $18,000 to $22,000

Prices vary depending on a used vehicle’s condition, mileage, usage and history. A complete mechanical check should always be performed by a reliable auto technician prior to purchase.

Safety Recalls: 2010 to 2013 Kia Soul: 2010: The wiring harness used for the Advanced

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Emotional eating? Make peace with your food Take a deep breath. Now exhale. It’s OK. You’re What are your triggers? aloud to enjoy your food! You’re allowed to in● Work on changing your thoughts around food. dulge in the satisfaction of eating your Try using new affirming thoughts that food. In fact, this is what you should do! maybe you still don’t believe. “I can eat Somewhere along the line we’ve become healthy, delicious, satisfying foods that trapped by feeling guilty with our pleaare good for me and nourish my body.” sures of eating, because we think we are Say this several times a day in your mind. simply looking to either suppress a feeling What does a satisfying meal look like to or give us a feeling of satisfaction that we you? How can you feel less guilt around may not be getting from other areas of life. your food choices?

Is this true for you? With so much empha● Take time to truly enjoy and chew sis on weight loss, healthy eating choices your food thoroughly. As Geneen Roth, and controversial information on our food an expert on emotional eating, puts it: we supply, the guilt between restricting and need to fall in love with food again. indulging behaviour may be what’s weighThere is a core belief amongst emoing on you more than weight itself. tional eaters (a large portion of our sociKRISTIN Here are a few steps to start making ety) that think that if they are overweight FRASER peace with your food: they are not allowed to enjoy their food ● Get honest with yourself. What types in order to lose the weight. Not true! Eat of foods are you eating? High sugar, fat with gusto, joy and pleasure. and salt? Do you feel a sense of guilt afFind more real, whole foods you enter eating these foods? Ask yourself why. joy that satisfy you. A rosemary roasted Write it down. chicken with fresh vegetables, a chickpea ● How are you typically feeling prior to eating curry on a bed of coconut rice … an Asian noodle these foods? Are you stressed? Are you anxious? bowl … what flavours do you enjoy?

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Many don’t even realize that they are stress eating until they in fact incorporate more exercise into their routines and start losing the cravings for certain foods. The afternoon candy bar becomes less appealing.

Health isn’t about running around eating pellets and green leather. It’s about enjoying every bite.

Pay attention to what feelings foods bring you. In order to make peace with those feelings, be sure to remove the words “can’t,” “shouldn’t” or “not supposed to” from your vocabulary when it comes to your food choices.

Even if your not eating the right foods, start with removing your guilt around it.

Restriction and guilt will get you nowhere fast, whereas accountability of your choices will get you where you should be: enjoying every last bite in peace.

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

Amazing acupuncture: a healing art ing needled jumped from two million in 2002 to more than 14 million in 2007.

So, if you’re one of the folks who like the idea, and the treatments work for you, here are some recent insights into what acupuncture can do for you: ● Acupuncture is a stress reliever: Levels of neuropeptide Y — a combo of 36 amino acids that acts as a neurotransmitter and constricts blood vessels — skyrocket when you’re tense, triggering the fight-or-flight response. Acupuncture helps control levels of neuropeptide Y, lowering blood pressure and relaxing muscles. ● It’s a pain soother: In a new University of California San Diego study, after 31 kids MEHMET OZ (ages two to 17) had tonsillectomies, acupuncture muted their throat aches within minutes. ● A hot-flash cooler: A new review of 12 studies involving 869 menopausal women concludes that acupuncture reduces the number and intensity of this annoying menopause symptom. ● A pound melter: When 91 overweight people followed the same healthy diet and got real or sham ear acupuncture, those who got the real thing lost weight. ● An energizer for cancer patients: In two recent

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Future research will help sort that out. What we know for sure? Here’s how to get the most out of this healing therapy: ● Talk with your doctor first. Don’t stop medications or other treatments on your own. Instead, ask your doctor about combining the two. ● Check your insurance. Some plans cover it; others may offer a discount if you use certain providers.

If you have a health spending account, you’ll probably be able to use it for acupuncture, too. ● Find a certified practitioner. ● Know what to expect. Needles are thin, sharp and sterile — only disposable, prepackaged needles should be used. You may feel a twinge or nothing at all when they’re inserted.

Depending on your health, you may need one to 10 treatments or visits that continue for several months.

We hope you get the point!

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You may not like the idea of being needled, but acupuncture has been a go-to therapy for 5,000 years.

And this Chinese healing art, which uses hair-thin needles to stimulate points in the body that affect chi or qi, the life energy, has been in the news lately — not just because celebs like pop star Alicia Keys and bike racer Vincenzo Nibali (winner of the 2014 Tour de France) use it to stay energized, but because modern medicine is discovering more and more about the powers of acupuncture to heal the mind and body.

The World Health Organization says acupuncture may help ease digestive problems like constipation and diarMIKE ROIZEN & rhea; chronic sinus and lung infections; all sorts of pain, from headaches and migraines to neck pain, back pain and osteoarthritis; infertility; and even urinary and menstrual problems.

At the Cleveland Clinic, where Dr. Mike is chief wellness officer and there are more than 10 certified acupuncture practitioners in the Wellness Institute’s Center for Integrative Medicine, a review of the best research found good evidence that it works to ease gastroesophageal reflux, nerve pain and post-surgery pain. No wonder the number of North Americans be-

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