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BY DEAN BENNETT THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s plan to redesign its licence plate is on the scrap heap.

Premier Jim Prentice announced Thursday that Alberta will stay with its current version, which has red symbols on a white background above the slogan “Wild Rose Country.”

Prentice said he agrees with the views he heard from Albertans on the Progressive Conservative leadership campaign trail this summer.

“Albertans have spoken very clearly that the priorities that they have identified are health, education, taking care of seniors (and) infrastructure,” Prentice told a legislature news conference.

“Changing the design of Alberta’s licence plates is not amongst those priorities.”

In the summer, the province announced it was changing the plate and offered up three prototypes for Albertans to vote for online. However the plates, designed by the U.S. company 3M, were criticized as bland.

And the removal of the Wild Rose slogan was deemed a petty, political shot at the Opposition Wildrose party.

Thursday was the fourth consecutive day that Prentice — in his fourth day as premier — jettisoned baggage from former premier Alison Redford.

On Monday, Prentice announced a new cabinet that didn’t include key Redford lieutenants such as former finance minister Doug Horner and former health minister Fred Horne.

On Tuesday, he announced the sale of government airplanes that were found to have been abused for personal gain by Redford.

On Wednesday, he announced that Gary Mar, a former PC cabinet minister receiving more than half a million dollars a year in salary and benefits as a trade envoy in Hong Kong, would not have his contract renewed.

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In the first eight months of this year, Red Deer RCMP received 600 reports of thefts or attempted thefts of trucks, cars, SUVs and minivans. No surprise, trucks are the No. 1 choice.

Grand theft auto RCMP GRAPPLING WITH A RASH OF STOLEN VEHICLES

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The phone call that made Lana Bridges’ day came out of the blue.

A week after husband Clarence’s Ford F-350 pickup was stolen from behind their Deer Park home, someone called to say she was sure that truck was sitting in front of her Blackfalds house. The caller had seen a picture of a similar-looking truck posted on a local Facebook page: Red Deer Stolen Vehicles.

It turns out the caller was right.

“It was social media that found our vehicle,” said Bridges, who got the idea to post the photo on the site from her niece.

Bridges got her truck back, minus the GPS, backup camera, and two full sets of ATV and truck tires.

The theft happened sometime between 10 p.m. on Aug. 23 and 6 a.m. the

THEFTS DEFY NATIONAL TREND A2 following morning. Thieves broke into the truck, wrecking the door handle in the process. They damaged the steering column and jammed something in the ignition to start it.

While it’s nice to have the truck back, the Bridges are still out a $1,000 deductible for the stolen extras, which aren’t covered by their vehicle insurance and had to be claimed under their home plan. The whole experience — which included police and insurance companies slow to return phone calls — has been frustrating and eye-opening.

The couple now plan to protect the truck with a steering bar or some other security measure.

“It’s just too bad that people have to do that,” said Bridges. Her heart goes out to all those vehicle owners who are victimized. For some, losing their vehicle directly affects their livelihood

and can be a huge loss beyond basic transportation.

“I just feel so bad for the people.”

Many victims have turned to the same Facebook page for help recovering their vehicles.

New posts appealing for people to be on the lookout for a particular vehicle, trailer or even bicycle appear almost daily.

One Mountview resident who posted on Sept. 5 had two vehicles, a Volkswagen station wagon and pickup, stolen the same night.

Fortunately, they were both recovered on the other side of town, according to a Sept. 11 post.

Another person’s truck was stolen twice, the second time only 11 days after it had been recovered.

Started in March, the page has become a go-to place for those with lost vehicles.

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Three local charities honour unexpected donor

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Three Central Alberta charities each received donations of over $185,000 that were bequests from a Red Deer resident who died last November.

Vladimer Novak, 87, known to his friends as Laddie, donated the money to the Red Deer and District SPCA, the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation and Sunnybrook Farm Museum.

The charities honoured the late donor on Thursday afternoon at a gather-

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His last year and a half was spent in the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and local care facilities.

Before he took ill, one of his favourite activities was collecting model farm equipment.

Ian Warwick, executive director at Sunnybrook Farm Museum, said Novak attended the museum’s Pioneer Day events and donated antique tractor models to the museum worth about $10,000, including an electric-powered combine and steam engine.

“All the (steam engine) parts run and you hook it up to a model threshing machine and then the threshing

machine runs. It’s just a really unique artifact,” Warwick said.

He said Novak’s donation is about three times larger than any estate money the museum has ever received.

“It’s a significant gift for our organization for sure.”

He said bequests are fairly new to the museum.

“We’ve had a few in the past. I think they’re increasing so people are recognizing that the museum has a place in Red Deer and is making a significant impact.”

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ing with Novak’s friends at the museum.

Novak was originally from Dodsland, Sask., where his Czech-born parents farmed.

When he retired from farming, he moved to Red Deer in 2002 to be near friends in the Vladimer Novak area.

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PRENTICE: Hitting the reset button On Thursday, along with the licence plates, he announced that he would hit the reset button on the fall session of the legislature.

The session will now start Nov. 17 with a speech from the throne.

The decision means two controversial bills overhauling Alberta’s public-sector pensions will die on the order paper.

Prentice said the bills won’t be brought back.

Instead, he has asked new Finance Minister Robin Campbell to revisit the best way to make public and private sector pension plans viable.

Unions and the opposition NDP fought the bills tooth and nail when they were introduced in the spring sitting.

The AUPE, Alberta’s largest public sector union with 200,000 active workers, said the bills opened the door to drastically reducing workers’ benefits through a contribution cap and by eliminating inflation-proofing provisions.

But the government said the changes were critical to addressing a $7.4-billion unfunded liability.

Prentice said the public concern he heard on the campaign trail was one of the factors that led to the decision to let the bills die.

“There were many occasions when people who have worked hard for Albertans as government employees would meet with me, they would be in tears often, about these bills,” he said.

“This affects people’s lives in a very dramatic way and it needs to be done carefully and meticulously.”

NDP Leader Brian Mason said letting the bills die is a victory, but warned the war is not over given that the next general election is only 18 months away.

“The problem, as we’ve seen with Conservative governments in the past, is that they say one thing before the election and they do something entirely different afterwards,” said Mason.

The museum has not yet determined how Novak’s money will be put to use. It’s possible the money will go towards its restoration of Calder Community School, Warwick said.

Erin Cupples, fund development officer with the health foundation, said the foundation staff didn’t have the honour of meeting Novak and greatly appreciate his gift that will impact the community.

“It’s such a huge donation. It doesn’t happen too often. We plan just to grow it and then it will be going to the greatest need of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre,” Cupples said.

Tara Hellewell, SPCA executive director, said the Kovak was not known to the SPCA either, but that is common with bequests to organizations that helps animals.

Bequests are a popular way for people to donate to the SPCA. They sometimes come from people who love animals and don’t have children, like Kovak, she said.

“I wish we would have had the chance to know him,” Hellewell said.

Kovak’s donation will go towards the SPCA’s annual $1.1-million operational budget.

“To raise $100,000 is a lot of work for our organization. To have this gifted to us with no special designation, that’s very exciting for us. We can use it as we need to.”

She said it’s been a good year for the SPCA with a 30 per cent increase in fundraising thanks in large part to having a staff member dedicated to fund development.

“It’s been an amazing year of donations. It’s given us stability,” Hellewell said.

Novak also donated $185,000 to Kindersley and District Plains Museum in Saskatchewan. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

THEFT: People make it too easy In the first eight months of this year, Red Deer RCMP received 600 reports of thefts or attempted thefts of trucks, cars, SUVs and minivans.

No surprise, trucks are the No. 1 choice.

Most of them are found pretty quickly, albeit often

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Sunnybrook Farm Museum executive director Ian Warwick holds a working scale model of a combine donated to the museum by the late Vladimer Novak. Over 20 models of Novak’s have been donated to the museum. The Red deer Regional Health Foundation and the Red Deer and District SPCA have also benefitted through a bequest of Novak.

Alberta has the highest per capita rate of vehicle theft in the country.

In 2013, when theft rates Canada-wide dropped eight per cent to 72,800, Alberta bucked the trend by seeing its rate jump 11 per cent to 15,903 vehicles, according to Statistics Canada.

Only Quebec, at 17,766, and Ontario, at 16,410, had more total vehicle thefts.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada has been tracking auto thefts for years. Last year’s drop in thefts is part of a trend that has seen a 62 per cent decline since 2003.

“That’s the general trend. That’s the good news,” said Rick Dubin, the bureau’s vice-president of investigative services.

Improved anti-theft technology such as the electronic immobilizer has played the biggest role, but public awareness campaigns, such as police leaving notices on unlocked vehicles as a warning to owners, have also helped.

Unfortunately, the dollar value of stolen vehicles has not dropped. It is believed organized criminals and their increasing penchant for highend vehicles is to blame.

It is perhaps telling that various model years of Cadillac Escalades fill three of the top-10 most stolen vehicles nationwide, matching the number of Ford F-250 and F-350s on the list. Acura, Nissan and Honda sports cars and the Chevrolet Trailblazer round out the list.

Alberta’s vehicle theft picture in many ways defies national trends. If anyone has ever doubted Alberta is the home of the pickup, check out the top-10 stolen vehicles in this province.

Nine out of 10 are earlier model Ford F-250s or Ford F-350s, two of the most popular trucks on damaged and with their contents swiped.

To get a snapshot of the problem, take a week this past August.

From Aug. 3 to 9 in Red Deer, 12 trucks were reported stolen to police and nine recovered. There were two attempted thefts. Four cars were also stolen, three recovered, plus one attempt. A pair of SUVs were stolen and two recovered.

Red Deer RCMP issue regular reminders to vehicle owners to protect their rolling investments.

Too many people make stealing vehicles remarkably easy.

The police call them “crimes of opportunity,”

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In late June, the RCMP pulled together some statistics to make their point.

Since May, 11 stolen vehicles had been left unlocked. At least 17 had spare keys hidden inside. Six had been left running while owners stepped into a store or their homes — and that wasn’t during a period when it was -30C. Others were stolen from garages where thieves found spare keys inside the garage. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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The market is being fed, not only by locally owned vehicles, but by trucks swiped from other provinces.

Those who track vehicle thefts believe many of the pickups stolen in the East, primarily Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, make their way to Alberta, where the market is strongest.

Often vehicle identification numbers are switched, the trucks are sent out to Alberta and then sold to unsuspecting buyers.

That the trucks are meant for local markets is backed up by port seizures in Halifax and Montreal, where a partnership between the Insurance Bureau of Canada and Canada Border Services Agency has led to the seizure of more than $50 million worth of stolen vehicles since 2009.

“We’re not pulling Ford series trucks at the port,” he said, adding stolen pickups are not turning up in any numbers in other provinces besides Alberta.

“I think that’s probably a fair presumption that’s most likely where they are probably ending up.”

One upshot of Alberta’s stolen vehicle market is that many are recovered.

“Western Canada has a pretty good recovery rate. As you go further east towards Ontario, and particularly towards Quebec the recovery rate really diminishes significantly, probably around 50 per cent.”

It is believed that the higher organized crime presence in the east means more stolen vehicles there are heading to chop shops and foreign markets. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer Public School Dist. assistant superintendent Brian Bieber got a chance to meet and speak with Logan Coulter, 10, at Hunting Hills High School on Thursday evening. Coulter, a Grade 5 student at Aspen Heights Elementary School is a member of parliament in the schools MicroSociety project and also serves as the health minister in the school. The two were both taking part in the Diversity Showcase hosted by the Alberta Teachers Association Local No. 60. The Diversity Showcase is a public event to promote diversity and equity and showcase area services.

Cougar sightings in Alberta have become more frequent in recent years as the number of big cats has increased along with the number of deer and elk.

The province says conflicts between people and cougars, which can weigh between 40 and 90 kg, are rare.

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BRIEF Two people hospitalized after mobile home fire Two people were taken to hospital after a mobile home fire west of Red Deer early Thursday.

A mother and daughter were treated and released for minor smoke inhalation, said Red Deer County Fire Services District Fire Chief Tom Metzger.

Two dozen volunteer firefighters responded to the 2 a.m. fire at Melody Meadows mobile home park about five km west of the city off Burnt Lake Trail.

“It was a bad trailer fire,” said Metzger. “It was a bad smouldering fire. Heavy, heavy smoke is what we found.”

The last fire trucks left the scene about 6:30 a.m.

The unit is a write-off. No other mobile homes were damaged.

A damage estimate is not yet available and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Red Cross has reached out to the victims.

Volunteers with the Canadian Red Cross Personal Disaster Assistance Team conducted needs assessments and are providing emergency food, hygiene kits, clothing and accommodation for 72 hours.

The average cost of a response in which a family of four is assisted is $2,000. All Canadian Red Cross support is provided at no charge to those in need.

To donate to this locally funded program, visit your local Red Cross office, call 1-800-418-1111 or go online to www. redcross.ca.

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CALGARY — Wildlife officers shot and killed a cougar Thursday that wandered near a hospital in south Calgary.

Brendan Cox, an Alberta government spokesman, said there were reports of another big cat in the area, but they turned out to be false.

“One cougar has been destroyed by officers,” he said.

Cox said the wildlife officers had hoped to tranquilize and trap the cougar that was laying in tall grass.

He said after watching the animal they determined the adult male cat was too riled up.

Cox said cougars can become agitated when they get hit with a tranquilizer dart. He said the cat could have run off into a more populated area, putting people at risk.

“Cougars being very quick and agile pose a high risk to escape the area,” he said.

“Our officers had to make a very difficult choice. Ultimately their first priority is public safety.”

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has announced the fall legislature session will begin Nov. 17 with a speech from the throne.

It’s a later date than usual, but gives Premier Jim Prentice and two of his cabinet ministers time to run in byelections to gain seats in the house.

Prentice had promised the byelections will be held before the house sits, but has yet to say when and where the three of them will run.

Government house leader Diana McQueen also announced that two controversial pension reform bills will not be brought back.

The government shelved the legislation this past spring over concerns it would drastically slash retirement payouts for public sector workers.

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Tim Chamberlin, a department spokesman, says the fence was about a week away from being completed.

Chamberlin says it’s unfortunate because the cubs were killed about a kilometre from where a wildlife underpass is located.

He’s reminding drivers to be aware that wildlife could be on the roads during the late summer and early autumn, and to keep to the speed limit during the dusk and dawn hours.

EDMONTON — Get ready for Redbook.

Alberta legislature member Thomas Lukaszuk says he is starting work on a “behind the scenes” book on his political days and on life under former Progressive Conservative premier Alison Redford.

“Until I write my book ... no one will really know what has truly happened and how many courageous MLAs there actually have been dealing with the situations of the day — and how much worse things could have been,” Lukaszuk said.

“I think it will be interesting to some.”

Lukaszuk and many of his Tory caucus colleagues were sharply criticized for not standing up to Redford over self-indulgent spending and, according to some reports, the belittling of staff.

The book is in its infancy, said Lukaszuk, adding he isn’t through with political life and plans to run again for the PCs in 2016 in his riding of Edmonton-Castle Downs.

“I’m not sure when it will (be completed),” he said. “(But) I’m going to start jotting down notes.”

However, as interest peaked on social media Thursday, Lukaszuk clarified his publication plan, saying he will not publish such a book until long after he has finished with public life.

Redford has never publicly commented on the scandals that felled her premiership.

Lukaszuk, 45, said the book will also be about his struggles in Canada after coming from Poland, along with his years under former Tory premiers Ralph Klein and Ed Stelmach.

In the meantime, the four-term member of the legislature said he is returning to life as a backbencher under new Premier Jim Prentice.

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Enforcing democracy ‘COMPULSORY VOTING IS THE GUARANTEE OF VOTER FREEDOM, NOT ITS OPPOSITE’ Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau settled in Edmonton with his caucus (MPs, not senators) for a threeday policy retreat at the end of August.

Not much came out of the event, but one idea raised there got a Canadian Press treatment reprinted nearly word-for-word in online newspaper editions GREG across the counNEIMAN try.

Before the group trekked to their unfamiliar Alberta destination, Trudeau polled his caucus for their views on a mandatory voting law.

It’s a long way from an internal party straw poll on an idea to its showing up on an election platform, but I hope the notion didn’t just die behind the closed doors of the conference room.

As Saskatchewan MP Ralph Goodale noted, it’s an idea well worth discussing.

Nobody seems to know why but

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since Canadians got comfortable in the 1960s, notions of civic duty and voter participation in elections have been in steady decline. In the 1958 federal election, 80 per cent of voters turned up at the polls. By the 2008 general election, voter turnout was a record low of 58.8 per cent turnout, rebounding to 61.1 per cent in 2011.

One news story I found noted the byelection in Fort McMurray last June, where voter turnout was 15 per cent.

Nobody should claim a mandate to represent a region with a majority portion of a 15 per cent voter turnout. But I guess that’s enough to claim an MP’s salary.

Here’s the immediate harm: if you don’t exercise your democratic duty, you can’t claim the benefit of it.

Only one in four Canadians under 25 is a voter these days. Is it any surprise that Canadian tax laws and federal benefits packages disproportionately favour the disproportionately richer and more politically active senior demographic?

So in order to re-instil the sense that voting is not just your right, but your obligation as a citizen, perhaps we need to enforce your presence at a polling station.

Are you turned off by the machinations of the political system? I am,

quite often. But I still vote.

Under a mandatory voting law, you would have four ways to say so: ● Ballots could have a box you can check labelled: None of the above; ● You can spoil your ballot by scribbling on it; ● You can show up at the polling station and officially refuse to accept your ballot; ● Or you just don’t show up and accept a small fine as the cost of your protest against the machine.

Wikipedia lists 11 countries around the world where voting is mandatory and the law is enforced. There are another 17 countries that have such a law on the books but nobody seems to enforce it.

Australia seems to be the poster child for a mandatory voting law.

They’ve had one since 1924. Voter turnout is about 95 per cent and about 80 per cent of voters polled say they support keeping the system.

If you don’t show up at the polls, you get a letter asking why. If you can’t say you were ill, observing a religious prohibition against voting or any other good reason, you pay a fine of $22.

About one in three non-voters end up paying the fine.

Australian columnist Van Bacham explained it this way: “I’m not here to

tell you to vote, I’m here to remind you that other people can’t. Compulsory voting is the guarantee of voter freedom, not its opposite.”

Democracy was supposedly invented in ancient Athens. They had one conference a year and every citizen (male, adult, born in the city) was expected to show up to hear the debates, vote on every election for office that year, and cast a ballot on every new law.

There were those who didn’t show up, of course. And they were scorned, held to be self-absorbed people of low intellect who weren’t invited to the nicer parties.

The definition for these people translates into today’s idiot.

The benefits of democracy demand your participation in its function. Failure to vote leads to our having so-called representatives who are nobodies outside of their riding, mere trained seals who are expected to bark, clap and vote in Parliament under the total control and command of a leader most of us never wanted.

In a mature democracy, only idiots would allow that to happen.

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The drones are coming to a field near you

BY WILL VERBOVEN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE The public has become fairly familiar with the use of drones or UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle) in military and anti-terrorist activities in troubled areas around the world.

That technology has become extremely sophisticated and is now beginning to be used in other applications, including commercial agricultural crop production.

Not only are drones being used to monitor crop health but there will soon be predator drones designed to hunt down and attack crop pests and diseases. As that approach is refined, it will see big savings in the more precise use of pesticides and in improved yields. That’s also good for the environment.

There are already private companies in Canada that are offering growers services that will monitor the health of their crops in real time. They can provide instant reports and graphs that will give growers timely information to deal with any outbreaks at early stages.

Private operators can offer such precise information because the drones are fitted out with advanced computerized sensors that can detect even the slightest change in colour or texture of any diseased plants.

Even more amazing, computer recognition technology can identify and count the presence of cropdestroying bugs. They are able to do this as they can hover as low as seven metres above the crop. By locating any outbreak or pest presence with GPS, a

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predator drone can be sent out to spray only the affected areas.

Such precise monitoring and site specific spraying is a great leap forward in the more effective use of pesticides. The past and present practice has been to scout for crop health on foot and then try to deal with any outbreak with blanket pesticide spraying.

That approach at times saw outbreaks discovered when they had become widespread and beyond effective control. Even with small disease and pest outbreaks it required blanket spraying with aircraft.

That could be a very wasteful practice which the new drone technology will clearly reduce. Why spray an entire 160-acre field with costly pesticides by expensive spray planes when a small drone can pinpoint and spray a pest outbreak in a small area?

Monitoring crops from the air is not a new idea — it’s been done with aircraft and satellites — but that can’t compare with drones hovering a few feet above a crop. The precision is astounding and the keener commercial crop growers are quickly taking on this technology. Interestingly, drone technology for agricultural use is more advanced in Canada and Australia than in the U.S. which through its military use developed much of the original technology.

What has bogged down drone agricultural use in the U.S. has been regulatory roadblocks. The Americans have not yet nailed down their regulations governing the non-military use of drone monitoring technology. It has to do with overarching legislation that involves privacy issues. Clearly if drone monitoring technology exists to locate the smallest of bugs it can be used to spy on industrial activities and even your neighbour’s backyard. There seems

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to be less concern with those issues in Canada, but permits are required to operate commercial drones in this country.

Drone technology is also being used or investigated for other sectors of the economy. Drone monitoring would be ideal in searching and locating forest fire outbreaks. Clearly, a squadron of unmanned drones with fire detection monitors and GPS guidance could be flown 24 hours a day over vast areas.

Discovering a forest fire outbreak even one day early could have a very dramatic control outcome. Another area that will see drone technology use is in search and rescue operations. Drones with a battery of infrared and other sensors could quickly cover large search areas looking for missing persons.

However, deployment of monitoring drones in those sectors may be slower as they involve government responsibilities with its long-established bureaucratic procedures in place. It could also see a reduction in existing employment, that’s never an incentive for progress in government activities.

At present, outside of military use, the application of drone technology is most advanced in the agriculture industry. That’s no surprise as agriculture is usually the first sector of the production economy to adopt new technology because it is intensely market driven and producers are constantly striving to become more efficient to stay in business. That’s just another reason consumers in North America enjoy the cheapest, safest and most plentiful food supply in the world.

Bring on the drones!

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‘I will beat this’ ROB FORD RELEASES THREE-MINUTE RECORDED MESSAGE FROM HOSPITAL TORONTO — A frail-sounding Rob Ford implored Toronto voters from his hospital bed Thursday to elect his brother to succeed him, just hours before starting chemotherapy for a rare and aggressive cancer that forced him to drop out of the mayoral race.

In a recorded three-minute statement released by his brother’s campaign team, a gravelly-voiced Ford first thanked well-wishers, saying their support meant the world to him and his family.

“With the love and support of my family, my friends, and the people of Toronto — I will beat this,” he added.

“I am determined to face this head on and return strong for my family and for my city.”

Ford was diagnosed Wednesday with malignant liposarcoma — a type of cancer that arises from fat cells and can attack a variety of soft tissues. His doctor said he will be undergoing two rounds of chemotherapy before they

determine the next step in his treatment.

His brother entered the mayoral race after Ford withdrew his bid for re-election last Friday, opting instead to run as a councillor in the same ward he represented for a decade before being elected to the top job in 2010.

He urged voters Thursday to rally behind Coun. Doug Ford, who has yet to officially launch his campaign.

His brother was by his side, sharing his vision for the city, helping him accomplish what he set out to do as mayor, Ford said. Doug is “prepared to tackle the issues head on,” he added.

“I’m encouraging my brother to jump into this race wholeheartedly, right now,” Ford said.

“You, the people of Toronto, have been with me since Day 1. Now I ask you to throw your support behind my brother Doug.”

Speaking to reporters outside the hospital, Doug Ford said he would hit the hustings in earnest on Friday.

“We already have a solid team from what Rob has built and we just look forward to starting this campaign and

Aboriginal women, girls targets of human trafficking OTTAWA — Aboriginal women and girls are easy prey for human traffickers because they are more likely to suffer from poverty, drug addictions and mental-health problems, says a newly disclosed report.

The Public Safety Canada study sheds new light on how women and girls are forced into the sex trade by pimps acting as boyfriends, small, loosely defined gangs and even members of their own families.

The previously unreleased research is bound to add fuel to the fire raging in Canada over the Conservative government’s refusal to hold a national inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls.

Many people who took part in the study said human trafficking and murdered and missing women and girls are just symptoms of a much larger problem.

“A number of participants believed that the trafficking of aboriginal women and girls was part of a wider ’Canadian crisis,”’ says the May 2014 report,

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is so terribly important, they feel so strongly about, they’re delivering that political message right to the very, very end.”

Another observer said the Fords’ determination to keep the family in the political arena could end up alienating their base.

“I think there is a part of the idea that they’re creating a family dynasty and that may actually undermine some of their populist appeal,” said Peter Graefe, who also teaches political science at McMaster.

Before withdrawing from the race, Ford said this month he planned to hold on to the mayor’s seat for another 14 years, which “begins to make it look like he feels he’s owed a place in elected politics,” Graefe said.

“There’s a certain sense of entitlement to it that runs counter to their populist claims and begins to make them look like part of the elite.”

News of Ford’s cancer made headlines around the world and has drawn expressions of sympathy from politicians of all stripes, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

B.C. teachers vote on contract deal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The mood was bittersweet Thursday as British Columbia teachers cast ballots on a tentative contract deal that could bring down picket lines.

The dispute dragged out for months, putting an early end to the last school year and delaying the start of the new one, but as details of the agreement emerged in meetings held across the province, many teachers felt there were few wins.

“I don’t like this agreement,” Robin Holburn, a music teacher at Prince of Wales Secondary in Vancouver, said following a packed meeting of Vancouver teachers at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

“Our negotiating team did the very best it could, I believe ... but this is not a good deal for B.C. students and it’s not a good deal for B.C. teachers.”

While receiving applause from thousands of teachers, the panel of B.C. Teachers’ Federation negotiators bluntly admitted that some provisions of the deal were “not nearly enough.”

Most importantly, class size and composition — the issue at the centre of a 12-year dispute between teachers and the provincial government — remain the same.

The provincial government has lost two B.C. Supreme Court cases over its 2002 decision to unilaterally remove class size and composition from the collective agreement. The government is appealing and a hearing is scheduled next month.

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obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. “This crisis was a continuum of related phenomena involving the criminal victimization of aboriginal women and girls,” it says, “evident by the large numbers of aboriginal women and girls who are subjected to physical and sexual violence, are trafficked, and who go missing or are murdered.”

The two issues are indeed connected, said one of the report’s co-authors.

“The whole concept of what’s happened to aboriginal people in this country is reflected in the murdered and missing women, and the apathy that’s gone along with that as well,” said Yvonne Boyer, who holds the Canada Research Chair in aboriginal health and wellness at Manitoba’s Brandon University.

“Are they less human? I don’t think so. So we have societal issues that put aboriginal women at the bottom of the heap.”

Calls for an inquiry intensified after RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson revealed that nearly 1,200 aboriginal women have been murdered or gone missing in Canada in the last 30 years.

getting out there,” he said.

One expert was skeptical that the ill mayor’s endorsement of his brother will boost support even among Ford’s followers.

“I just don’t think that we can expect that all those people are going to listen to that and move over, because their connection with Rob was an emotional connection,” said Henry Jacek, a political science professor at Hamilton’s McMaster University.

“In a sense, he’s making from his point of view a rational argument: you should vote for my brother because he’s just like me. But their connection with him is an emotional one, and I’m not so sure these people will respond to a rational argument, even from that person they’ve got an emotional bond with.”

Ford’s recording is not unlike the public letter former federal NDP leader Jack Layton’s penned on his death bed in 2011, he said.

“We see people sometimes with illness, but they’re still fighting politically as they go down,” Jacek said.

“Some people, for whom politics

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A6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Sept. 19, 2014

Secret meetings about nuke dump site decried

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Groups fighting a proposed nuclear waste storage site on the shores of Lake Huron called on Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne on Thursday to establish penalties for municipalities who break the law by holding secret meetings.

In addition, the groups — Save our Saugeen Shores and the Southampton Residents Association — called on Ontario’s ombudsman to review the circumstances that led to a report critical of Bruce County council for meeting nuclear waste representatives without telling anyone or documenting the dis-

cussions.

“This was a major error of provincewide importance in light of the evidence of an 8.5-year egregious disregard of the law and the public’s right to open and transparent government,” Rod McLeod, the group’s lawyer, said in a statement.

“The current end result trivializes important provincial legislation designed to preserve transparency in municipal government.”

Last month, an outside investigation concluded the municipal politicians in the region that is home to one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants violated provincial law.

However, the report concluded the

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officials did not violate the Municipal Act deliberately, something the groups said was nonsense.

“The evidence was overwhelming that the mayors knew exactly what they were doing and that it was unlawful,” their statement said.

Overall, McLeod said, the investigation failed to treat the violations with the seriousness deserved and the lack of sanctions for a breach in the Municipal Act is not good enough.

Wynne had no comment but a spokesman for the Municipal Affairs Minister Ted McMeekin suggested changing the current legislation was not in the cards because municipalities already have the power to estab-

lish penalties for failing to follow the rules.

“Ultimately, all elected officials have a responsibility to follow provincial legislation and are accountable to the people who elected them,” Mark Cripps said in an email.

Ombudsman Andre Marin said there was nothing he could do under current legislation but called the report “flawed.”

Ontario Power Generation is proposing to build a massive underground nuclear waste site at the Bruce nuclear power plant near Kincardine, Ont., a plan that has drawn opposition from environmentalists, aboriginal groups and legislators in Michigan.

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Arctic patrol ship to be named HMCS Harry DeWolf HAMILTON, Ont. — The first of the Arctic offshore patrol ships to be built in Halifax will be named after a Nova Scotia native who was one of Canada’s most distinguished sailors during the Second World War. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday that the navy vessel will be named after Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf, whose lengthy naval career included command of HMCS St. Laurent and HMCS Haida from 1939 until 1944.

DeWolf earned a number of accolades for his service, including an appointment as a commander of the Order of the British Empire and as an officer of the U.S. Legion of Merit.

Harper made the announcement on board HMCS Haida, which is now a floating museum docked along Hamilton’s waterfront.

The Arctic offshore patrol ships are to be built by the Irving Shipyard in Halifax as part of the federal shipbuilding project.

The federal government has said it plans to build six to eight of the vessels, but the auditor general has warned that the navy may not get the number of vessels it needs because of

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Construction of the ships is scheduled to begin next September.

Government, opposition MPs unite behind MP’s democratic reform bill OTTAWA — Backbench MP Michael Chong’s bid to strength the power of parliamentarians over that of party leaders is receiving cross-party support.

Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre told the Commons during second-reading debate that the government backs Chong’s bill.

Poilievre says as a result Stephen Harper would be the first prime minister in forty years to vote in favour of removing a party leader’s veto over electoral candidates.

Chong’s bill would also give party caucuses the power to trigger leadership reviews, and to vote ultimately to eject a leader.

Conservative MP James Rajotte said such a rule would have helped the Canadian Alliance caucus in 2001 when chaos erupted around then party leader Stockwell Day. The government’s support of the bill comes after Chong promised to introduce more flexibility into the legislation at a Commons committee if and when it passes a vote next week.

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OTTAWA — The NDP’s traditionally strong ties to the labour movement won’t be enough to secure a blanket endorsement from Canada’s largest private sector union in next year’s federal election.

Unifor will urge its 300,000-plus members to vote strategically and will pour its resources behind the local candidates — be they NDP or Liberal — best positioned to defeat Stephen Harper’s Conservatives.

The union infuriated many New Democrats when it took a similar stance in last spring’s Ontario election in a bid to stop Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives.

In that case, Conservative support collapsed, allowing Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals to cruise to a majority victory.

Unifor national president Jerry Dias says the union has a strong relationship with the federal NDP and will support re-election of all incumbent New Democrat MPs. But he says the need to defeat the Harper government must trump Unifor’s loyalty to the party.

“For us, we know that another four years of Harper will be disastrous for working class people in Canada, period. So, that in itself trumps going out there and putting support in a riding where we know that the New Democrats have no chance,” Dias said in an interview.

“If the New Democrats have a legitimate, good shot at winning, absolutely that’s where we’re going, no question about it. But if there’s not a hope in hell, why would I waste resources? It doesn’t make a stitch of sense.”

For example, in a riding like Manitoba’s Brandon-Souris, where the Liberals came within a whisker of defeating the Conservatives in a byelection late last year, Dias said Unifor will throw its support and resources behind the Liberal candidate next year.

“The New Democrat got wiped right out (in the byelection). So for us to even consider supporting the New Democrats in Brandon-Souris, in my opinion, may very well just hand the seat back to the Conservatives.”

The decision to pursue strategic voting in the next federal election was taken unanimously at a weekend meeting of Unifor’s national council. Ironically, the gathering featured a keynote speech by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, who announced his plan to reinstate a minimum wage for workers in federally regulated sectors, rising to $15 per hour over four years.

NDP labour critic Alexandre Boulerice conceded Unifor’s decision is disappointing.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EDINBURGH — Voters in Scotland turned out in unprecedented numbers for an independence referendum and with most votes counted Friday, results suggested a strong wish to keep Scotland’s 307-year union with England.

With 26 of 32 regional electoral centres reporting, the No side had about 54 per cent of the vote to about 46 per cent for the Yes side.

Those against independence also scored a big win by strongly taking Aberdeen, Scotland’s oil capital.

The average turnout was 86 per cent — a record high for any Scottish election.

The Yes camp appeared resigned to defeat. Saying she was “personally bitterly disappointed” with the results, Deputy Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon told BBC that Scottish nationalists “need to pick ourselves up and move on.”

After the polls closed late Thursday, a nationwide count began immediately.

Many Scots stayed up overnight in homes and bars, awaiting the result.

“Why not roll the dice for once?” Yes supporter Thomas Roberts said at one Edinburgh polling station. “I’m going to sit with a beer in my hand watching the results coming in.”

At Highland Hall outside of Edinburgh, where the final result will be announced later Friday, votecounters at dozens of tables sorted through paper ballots, watched keenly by monitors from the Yes and No camps.

Eager voters had lined up outside some polling stations even before they opened Thursday. More than 4.2 million people had registered to vote — 97 per cent of those eligible — including residents as young as 16.

For some, it was a day they had dreamed of for decades. For others, the time had finally come to make up their minds about the future — both for themselves and for the United Kingdom.

“Fifty years I fought for this,” said 83-year-old Isabelle Smith, a Yes supporter in Edinburgh’s maritime district of Newhaven, a former fishing port.

“And we are going to win. I can feel it in my bones.”

But financial consultant Michael MacPhee, a No voter, said he would observe the returns “with anxiety.”

Scottish independence is “the daftest idea I’ve ever heard,” he said.

After polls closed, some No campaigners said they were confident they had swayed enough undecided voters to stave off independence.

They may have been helped by a last-minute offer from Britain’s main political parties to give Scotland more powers if voters reject secession and by fears about the future of Britain’s pensions and the National Health Service in an independent Scotland.

British Prime Minister David Cameron was to make a televised address about Britain’s future Friday morning after the final result was announced.

The question on the ballot could not be simpler:

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No supporters for the Scottish independence referendum celebrate a result at a No campaign event at a hotel in Glasgow, Scotland, early Friday. From the capital of Edinburgh to the far-flung Shetland Islands, Scots embraced a historic moment and the rest of the United Kingdom held its breath after voters turned out in unprecedented numbers for an independence referendum that could end the country’s 307-year union with England.

“Should Scotland be an independent country?”

Yet it divided Scots during months of campaigning, generating an unprecedented volume and intensity of public debate and participation.

The Yes side, in particular, energized young people and previously disillusioned working-class voters.

Many questions — the currency an independent Scotland would use, its status within the 28-nation

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European Union and NATO, the fate of Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines, based at a Scottish port — remained uncertain or disputed after months of campaigning.

One thing was known: A Yes vote would trigger 18 months of negotiations between Scottish leaders and London-based politicians on how the two countries would separate their institutions before Scotland’s planned Independence Day on March 24, 2016.

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Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz at a news conference Thursday identified the shooter as 51-year-old Don Spirit.

He would not say if the woman killed was the mother of any of the two boys and four girls, some of whom spent a lot of time at the rural home.

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Yemen’s Shiite rebels attack state TV building SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s state television says its headquarters in a northwestern suburb of the capital Sanaa is under attack by Shiite rebels.

The station gave no details of Thursday night’s attack, which prompted President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to hold emergency talks with top Cabinet aides.

The officials also said heavy fighting between the rebels, known as Hawthis, and Sunni militias in Shamlan, a suburb also northwest of Sanaa that is home to the Iman Islamic university, an institution long viewed as a primary

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Kurdish female members, foreground and background, of the Popular Protection Units stand guard at a check point near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria, on Sunday, March. 3, 2013. Islamic State militiamen backed by tanks defiantly marched on in Syria, capturing 21 Kurdish villages even as the international community strains to assemble a coalition that might destroy them. spokesman for Syria’s powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, which dominates the Kurdish fighters.

He used an Arabic name to refer to the Islamic State group.

The YPK has been fighting the group since July 2013. Over the past year, it has cleared many Kurdish ar-

eas of jihadi fighters.

But since June, when Islamic State fighters captured weapons and vehicles from Iraqi army bases and brought them into Syria, the militants have retaken some Kurdish areas, mostly in the northern region of Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab.

breeding ground for militias.

The officials say the fighting in Shamlan has forced thousands to flee their homes, but they had no word on casualties.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

fully and maliciously setting a fire, according to a criminal complaint. He also faces a special allegation of arson with aggravating factors because the blaze east of Sacramento put a dozen firefighters in serious danger, forcing them to deploy their fire shields. They all escaped unharmed.

District Attorney Vern Pierson declined to say what led investigators to Huntsman, who was scheduled to be arraigned Friday. He also would not comment on a possible motive in the case, saying the investigation was ongoing.

Man arrested on arson charge in California fire CAMINO, Calif. — A man has been charged with deliberately starting a Northern California wildfire that has shown explosive growth and driven nearly 2,800 people from their homes, authorities said Thursday.

Wayne Allen Huntsman, 37, was arrested late Wednesday in Placerville and booked into El Dorado County Jail, where he was being held on $10 million bail.

Huntsman is charged with one count of arson of forest land for wil-

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Over the span of two days, they took 21 villages in the area, activists said Thursday.

Beyond building the coalition, Washington is also making plans to train up to 5,000 Syrian rebels. Kurdish officials in Syria say the YPK should be the group to spearhead the mission against jihadis. The group denies any links to Assad’s government or the PKK, which is considered a terrorist organization by the United States.

“There are double standards. They are looking for allies who serve them.

They are not looking for real allies,” said Nasser Haj Mansour, an official at the defence office in Syria’s Kurdish region about the planned U.S.-led coalition.

The U.S. has been conducting airstrikes against Islamic State fighters in Iraq since August, when the militants tried to push toward the northern city of Irbil in Iraq’s largely autonomous Kurdish region. President Barack Obama last week authorized strikes against the group in Syria as well, and the U.S. is already flying reconnaissance missions over Syria.

The U.S. and other Western countries have sent weapons to Iraqi Kurds, who have strong relations with Washington.

Marking a possible shift, U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told The Associated Press on Thursday that arming the Syrian Kurds was under consideration.

“We haven’t reached out to the Syrian Kurdish forces yet. But I do think that as we look at how to squeeze ISIL from all directions, they will certainly be considered,” Dempsey, the top American military official, said Paris.

be unsafe wearing bikinis in the wake of the killing of two British tourists this week.

The bodies of the man and woman were found bludgeoned on the scenic resort island of Koh Tao on Monday, dealing another blow to a tourist industry which has been struggling to recover since the army seized power in May. Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha’s comments Wednesday triggered an uproar on social media and one British tabloid, the Daily Mail, ran a front-page headline accusing him of “Smearing ... Britons Murdered in Paradise.”

Prayuth had said that foreigners visiting the Southeast Asian country think “they can do whatever they want, wear bikinis wherever they like ... (but) will they be safe?”

On Thursday, however, he backtracked.

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The gains highlighted the plight of Syria’s Kurds, who have been some of the most successful against the Islamic extremists. But unlike U.S.-backed Iraqi Kurds, they seem largely on their own in a devastated country where the enemy’s enemy is not necessarily a friend.

The main Kurdish force in Syria, known as the People’s Protection Units or YPK, is viewed with suspicion by mainstream Syrian rebels and their Western supporters because of perceived links to President Bashar Assad’s government.

NATO member Turkey is also wary of the group, which it believes is affiliated with the Kurdish PKK movement that waged a long and bloody insurgency in southeast Turkey.

“This is a complicating factor in the equation,” said Fawaz Gerges, a Middle East expert at the London School of Economics.

The U.S. and its allies think the Kurdish alliance is fighting alongside the Assad government, he said. And the Americans don’t want to upset Turkey.

So while the U.S. and its allies accelerate weapons deliveries to Iraqi Kurds, Syrian Kurds complain they have been largely dismissed and ignored as a fighting force.

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Artificial sweeteners set stage for diabetes: study

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Using artificial sweeteners may set the stage for diabetes in some people by hampering the way their bodies handle sugar, suggests a preliminary study done mostly in mice.

The authors said they are not recommending any changes in how people use artificial sweeteners based on their study, which included some human experiments. The researchers and outside experts said more study is needed, while industry groups called the research limited and said other evidence shows sweeteners are safe and useful for weight control.

The study from researchers in Israel was released Wednesday by the journal Nature.

The work suggests the sweeteners change the composition of normal, beneficial bacteria in the gut. That appears to hamper how well the body handles sugar in the diet, which in turn can result in higher blood sugar levels.

This impairment, called glucose intolerance, can eventually lead to diabetes.

Some experts who didn’t participate in the work urged caution in interpreting the results.

James Hill, an obesity expert at the University of Colorado, called the work good science. Still, overall, “I do not think there is enough data yet to lead to a definitive conclusion about artificial sweeteners and the body’s handling of sugar,� he wrote in an email. “I certainly do not think there is sufficient evidence to conclude that they are harmful.�

But Yanina Pepino of Washington University in St. Louis said the results make a convincing case that sweeteners hamper the body’s handling of sugar by altering gut bacteria. And it adds to her belief that sweeteners and sugar should be used in moderation, especially by children, she said. “It’s really providing strong data suggesting we need to do more research,� she said.

Researchers began by testing three widely used sweeteners: saccharin, sold for example as Sweet ’N Low; sucralose, sold as Splenda, and aspartame, sold for example as NutraSweet, in 20 mice. Some animals got one of those substances in their water,

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — An expert panel set up by the federal government has embarked on a national consultation process to explore health-care innovation possibilities.

The eight-member group has been asked to recommend ways in which the federal government could better support innovation that strengthens the healthcare system and improves care for patients.

The federal government charged the group with coming up with five recommendations that would achieve those ends without raising the overall cost of the system and without stepping on the toes of the provinces, which have constitutional authority over healthcare delivery.

The panel is headed by former University of Toronto president David Naylor and includes public policy experts, two nurses and Heather Reisman, CEO of Indigo, the national bookseller chain.

The group will seek the views of Canadians via an online questionnaire.

information on people, the researchers turned to 381 nondiabetic volunteers who filled out a questionnaire that estimated their consumption of artificial sweeteners. Forty participants who had the most showed evidence of higher blood sugar than 236 non-users.

In another preliminary test, researchers gave saccharin for a week to seven healthy volunteers who normally don’t consume sweeteners. Four showed a decline in their ability to handle sugar over the course of the week. The

makeup of their gut bacteria changed markedly over the week, while that of other three changed little.

Overall, the results suggest that some people may be affected by artificial sweeteners, said one of the researchers, Dr. Eran Elinav of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovet, Israel.

Christopher Gardner, a nutrition expert at Stanford University who didn’t participate in the study, said saccharin doses given the volunteers were within federal dietary guidelines but still much high-

er than what a typical person would consume — the equivalent of 42 12-once sodas a day for a person weighing 150 pounds.

In a statement, the Food and Drug Administration said the sweeteners “have been thoroughly studied and have a reasonable certainty of no harm to consumers.�

The Calorie Control Council, an industry group that represents the manufacturers of sweeteners and the products they’re used in, said the study has limitations that diminish its applicability to people.

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Americans’ bellies are growing fast STUDY SAYS IT IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS TREND

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — The number of American men and women with big-bellied, apple-shaped figures — the most dangerous kind of obesity — has climbed at a startling rate over the past decade, according to a government study.

People whose fat has settled mostly around their waistlines instead of in their hips, thighs, buttocks or all over are known to run a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes and other obesity-related ailments.

Fifty-four per cent of U.S. adults have abdominal obesity, up from 46 per cent in 1999-2000, researchers reported in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Abdominal obesity is defined as a waistline of more than 35 inches in women and more than 40 inches in men.

During the 12-year period studied, the average waist size in the U.S. expanded to 38 inches for women, a gain of 2 inches. It grew to 40 inches for men, a 1-inch increase.

“The increase is a concern. There’s no question about that,” said Dr. William Dietz, an obesity expert formerly with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, now at George Washington University.

The expansion in waistlines came even as the overall level of obesity — as defined not by waist size but by body mass index, of BMI, a weight-to-height ratio — held fairly steady.

“What it suggests is that even though the obesity rate may be stable, fat distribution may be changing, which would mean that we shouldn’t be complacent about the plateau,” said Dietz, who was not involved in the study.

Dr. Earl Ford, a CDC researcher and the study’s lead author, said the seemingly contradictory trends are puzzling.

He said it could be that Americans are exercising less and getting flabby. But because fat weighs less than muscle, they are not necessarily getting heavier.

The study cites other possible reasons for the increase in belly fat, including sleep deprivation and certain medicines. Also, researchers said the increase might be related to pesticides, the plastics additive BPA and other chemicals that mimic hormones that can affect weight. But the connection is speculative and unproven.

Belly fat not only makes people look apple-shaped but often means fat has built up deep inside the body, around the liver and other abdominal organs.

Compared with fat that lies closer to the surface, this “visceral” fat secretes lower levels of beneficial hormones and higher levels of inflammatory sub-

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An overweight man rests on a bench in Jackson, Miss. Rising numbers of American adults have the most dangerous kind of obesity, belly fat, despite evidence that overall obesity rates may have plateaued, government data shows. Abdominal obesity affects 54 per cent of U.S. adults, versus 46 per cent in 19992000, and the average waist size crept up an inch, too, according to the most recent statistics. stances linked to obesity-related ailments, Dr. Lisa Neff, an obesity specialist at Northwestern University. She was not involved in the study.

“In people of the same weight, the person who carries weight around the middle is going to have higher risks” of obesity-related ailments, Neff said.

By 2011-12, the last year studied, 44 per cent of men suffered from abdominal obesity, up from 37 per cent. The trend was more pronounced among women: By 2011-12, about two-thirds of all women were affected, up from just over half in 1999-2000.

The researchers analyzed data from CDC health

surveys and in-person exams. Adults’ average age during those years was 45.

Previously released data from the same surveys indicate that about 35 per cent of U.S. adults are obese, a level that hasn’t budged much in recent years. Those surveys define obesity as a BMI of at least 30. For example, someone who is 5-foot-4 — the average U.S. woman’s height — would be obese at 175 pounds.

Ford said that for both kinds of obesity, the bottom-line message for patients is probably the same: diet and exercise.

Death rates down, but world lags in meeting Kids’ emergency hospitalizations tied to goal of sharply reducing child mortality by 2015 anti-addiction drug; packaging change may help: study

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WASHINGTON — More of the world’s children are surviving to their fifth birthday, but 6.3 million still died last year, mostly from preventable causes, the U.N. children’s agency said Tuesday.

That’s nearly 17,000 young children dying every day. And while death rates have been cut in half since 1990, the world still is short of meeting a goal of a two-thirds decrease in child mortality by next year, the report by the United Nations Children’s Fund said.

“We’re building momentum in many countries in the poorest parts of the world,” said Dr. Mickey Chopra, UNICEF’s head of global programs. The challenge is to spread what works.

India and Nigeria together accounted for more than a third of all the deaths, with their large populations. The world’s highest rate of child mortality was in Angola, with 167 deaths for every 1,000 live births. By region, the greatest burden is in sub-Saharan Africa, with a rate of 92 deaths for every 1,000 live births.

By comparison, the U.S. rate is 7 deaths for every 1,000 live births.

But a country’s economic status doesn’t mean it can’t make progress, the report stressed. Every region has made major gains since 1990. It found that eight of the 60 countries with particularly high child mortality had lowered their rates by more than twothirds since 1990: Malawi, Bangladesh, Liberia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, East Timor, Niger and Eritrea.

The 6.3 million figure is around 200,000 fewer deaths than in 2012.

Pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria account for about a third of all the under-age-5 deaths, the report found.

Chopra told The Associated Press that pneumonia and diarrhea are so widespread because they

CHICAGO — An anti-addiction drug used to fight the nation’s heroin and painkiller abuse epidemics poses a threat to young children who accidentally swallow relatives’ prescriptions, a federal study says.

Some children have died.

The study found that the drug, buprenorphine, was the adult prescription medication most commonly implicated in emergency hospitalizations of children aged 6 and younger.

For every 100,000 patients prescribed buprenorphine, 200 young children were hospitalized for taking it, the study found. That rate is more than four times higher than the statistic for next most commonly implicated drug, a blood pressure medicine.

Almost 800 youngsters a year were hospitalized after swallowing buprenorphine, the study found.

The research, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, covered data from 2007 to 2011. It did not include deaths, but other medical journal reports have cited deaths from such incidents.

Dr. Daniel Budnitz, the study’s senior author and director of medication safety at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said drugpackaging changes since the study ended may help reduce the risks, although more recent national data are not available.

“Our hope is that we see a decline,” he said.

The results underscore why it’s important to keep medicines hidden and out of children’s reach, Budnitz said.

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He said risks for potentially life-threatening breathing problems in ** young children may partly explain the high hospitalization rate. Bottles of tablets, though child-resistant, may be riskiest because children who manage to get them open can swallow more than one pill, he said.

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are easily transmittable. But he said those illnesses, along with malaria, are easily preventable with relatively inexpensive antibiotics. “It is very, very easy to prevent those three diseases from killing kids,” Chopra said. “An antibiotic is 10, 20 cents, and that saves the life basically.”

Newborns, in the first month of life, make up 44 per cent of the deaths. “We’re making much faster progress with the older children,” Chopra noted.

But some simple interventions can help, he said, including newer vaccines against childhood diarrhea and pneumonia.

For newborns, early breastfeeding and skin-toskin contact, also called kangaroo care, are hugely important, Chopra added. Even in parts of Africa and Asia where women are more likely to give birth at home, families may swaddle the infant rather than letting mom’s body warm the baby and, by resting on her chest, allowing for breastfeeding on demand.

How do poor countries take the steps needed to lower child mortality? In a second report issued Tuesday, researchers took a close look at 10 low- and middle-income countries that are making progress — and found that specific health programs, such as vaccinating children or having skilled health workers at childbirth, account for only half of those countries’ improvements.

Importantly, there was no one formula for success. The Success Factors project examined Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Laos, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda and Vietnam, and found a variety of strategies tailored to different populations.

In Nepal, for example, thousands of female health volunteers visit homes to give immunizations, family planning materials and information on infant care.

In Peru, more women are giving birth in hospitals or birthing clinics.

But things like clean water, improved sanitation and better roads are key to those health efforts, the report found.

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Horse power Alberta embracing solar power gains favour among smallscale farmers seeking freedom from fossil fuels

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Solar power is rapidly becoming ness, their technologies will have more visible around the province. to change.

It is pretty amazing that such a reIf you pay any attention to altersource-rich territory as Alberta is nate energy, you will see new solar embracing the concept. installations being touted in news While, we could not say periodicals, energy, that it is exactly the norm, engineering and green or that we can see phoalternative magazines. tovoltaic arrays lined up On a continual baside by side, along each sis, solar power is and every home, you do being added to some not have to look to far to existing system, or a see them. Small arrays brand new complex is are on our light posts, adbeing commissioned vertising signage, detour somewhere in the display units on the highworld with designs on way, and on almost every taking the â&#x20AC;&#x153;worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil or gas well in the provlargest photovoltaic ince. power plantâ&#x20AC;? title.

LORNE One of the largest usPartly this due to OJA ers of solar panels in the the reduction in cost world is the oilpatch. As for quantity of power strange as that seems, produced; mainly itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there are thousands of attributed to increased remote locations where our hydro- demand and more efficient manucarbons are sourced on which the facturing technologies. only means of staying connected is Typically these reduced costs by remote control powered by pho- have been seen by the domestic tovoltaics. user as well.

At one time, the largest solar Homeowners can capitalize on manufacturers in the world were prices that have dropped a remarkBritish Petroleum and Royal Dutch able amount. Now larger 250 to 300 Shell, and their commitment to watt panels are in the $1.80 per alternate technologies remains watt range and, with larger â&#x20AC;&#x153;bulkâ&#x20AC;? strong. purchases of polycrystalline phoThese major companies recog- tovoltaics, in the range of $1.23 per nize that petroleum is a finite re- watt or less. source and as energy producers, Moreover, public perception, are well aware that to stay in busi- whether from an environmental

standpoint, an urge to offset the cost of their utility bills, a need to have power at their new home out of the reach of the rural power grid, has grown accepting of this technology as an answer to some of our energy problems.

Maybe we have started to look toward solar as a means to an end, simply because, like osmosis, it has seeped through our skulls and into our minds, almost hidden by its very visibility; whatever the reason, solar electric power or photovoltaics have arrived to stay.

Odds are somewhere in your home, your RV or in the back pasture watering your favourite steak, or perhaps your daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite ride, solar panels have moved in to do useful work for our contemporary lifestyle.

Countries around the world have embraced the newfound access to the sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life-giving force.

Perhaps the best part is all people of the world may someday have cost-effective access to this power.

It may become our greatest gift.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@ solartechnical.ca.

MARATHON, N.Y. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; While most modern farmers work their fields accompanied by the rumble of a trusty tractor, sheep farmer Donn Hewes labours to the faint jingling of harnesses in rhythm with the hoofbeats of horses and mules.

He readily admits that horse-powered farming takes more time and effort than tractor farming.

But as one of a growing number of small-scale farmers dedicated to keeping alive the art of the teamster, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine with that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People always want to know how many dollars an hour can I make, and can I really profit from farming with horses,â&#x20AC;? says Hewes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can, but to me, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the wrong question. I benefit in so many ways. I benefit from working with young stock, building fertility for the farm, and all the time I get to spend enjoying doing what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing.â&#x20AC;?

Hewes and his wife, Maryrose Livingston, own Northland Sheep Dairy on a hilltop in central New York, 40 miles south of Syracuse. Livingston milks grass-fed sheep and sells handmade cheese. Hewes, who has a night job as a firefighter, works about 100 acres of land with Percheron and Suffolk draft horses and mules pulling implements for haymaking, compost spreading, snow-plowing YOU COULD and log-hauling.

Horse-powered farmers cite a number of reasons for eschewing engines. For example, A SHARE OF horses donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use fossil fuels, their manure contributes to the farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fertility, and they cost less than tractors.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 19, 2014

SUTTER CONFIDENT THAT THIS YEAR’S TEAM IS TAKING STRIDES TO BE AN ELITE TEAM

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR On the eve of the Red Deer Rebels’ Western Hockey League regular-season opener, Brent Sutter was counting the ways in which he’s comfortable with his opening-night group.

He came up with not one, not two, but three areas in which he’s already seen improvements over the 2013-14 non-playoff team that struggled due to a high number of fresh faces and a lack of administrative veterans, which, in turn, led to a somewhat dysfunctional locker room environment.

“No. 1, we have good leadership in our dressing room,” the Rebels general manager/head coach said Thursday, looking ahead to tonight’s 7 p.m. date with the visiting Kootenay Ice. “Our older guys understand and are more aware of what leadership is and how important it is to our team and how important it is inside of our dressing room and for the young players.”

How about No. 2?

“Our younger (second-year) players are now a year older. They’re still

young, but they’ve been through the league, through the grind,” said Sutter. “They’re bigger, stronger and more mature athletes.”

As for No. 3 . . .

“Just the attitude and the work ethic that’s here,” said the Rebels boss.

“The players are very coachable and take a hands-on approach in the dressing room as far as not having to have coaches in there talking about our systems all the time. It’s certainly a very focused group.”

Sutter is convinced that it’s also an arrangement of players that will look that much better down the road.

“Obviously it’s about wanting to win games, and yet you want to continue to develop players,” he said.

“I feel as good about the group we have here as I ever have (since returning from the NHL two years ago), and it’s not just about where they are today but where they’re going to be in three months from now and a year from now.

There’s some very good players here in terms of top-end guys and there’s a very good support cast.”

That being said, patience will remain a virtue with the coaching staff.

Sutter, who will learn next month whether his franchise will host the 2016 Memorial Cup tournament, kicked off a youth movement last season and is adamant that he and his staff will see it through.

“We have to stay the course that we started last year,” he said.

“It was tough that we didn’t make the playoffs and yet we knew what we were doing as far as how we had to set this up. We knew we were going to go through some tough times and as the season wore on it showed that there were areas we needed to improve.”

Tangibly, the club’s back end was first and foremost on the to-do list.

Generally, last season’s blueline corps simply wasn’t a puck-moving, swiftskating bunch.

“Our defence was certainly the first area that needed to get better, and we’ve done that,” said Sutter. “We’re more mobile back there, we move the puck, we’re bigger.

“We have forwards who can really skate and make plays and you need your defence to get them the puck. We knew that last year, but it’s hard to fix right away, we had to be patient with it.

We knew we had Josh Mahura coming, we knew there was a possibility that Austin Strand could play for us, and when we acquired Brett Cote during the off-season, that really added to it.

“Now we’re going into a year in which we have to continue to grow and move forward and take the strides needed for us to be an elite team.” ● Taz Burman will start in the Rebels net tonight, with rookie Rylan Toth available if needed . . . Forward Wyatt Johnson (Anaheim) and defenceman Kayle Doetzel (Toronto) returned from NHL camps this week and will be in the Red Deer lineup . . . Defenceman Mario Grman and forward Brayden Burke will sit out as healthy scratches . . . Forward Conner Bleackley and rearguard Haydn Fleury remain in the camps of the Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes. Bleackley could be possibly be back as early as next weekend, while Fleury’s return could be delayed another week or two . . .

The Rebels are in Calgary Saturday to face the Hitmen, then are idle until Sept. 27 when they entertain the Ice for the second time in nine days. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Lighting take down Cougars

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Lightning 28 Cougars 7 The Hunting Hills Lightning were electric through the air and via the overland route Thursday night at Great Chief Park.

The two-pronged attack resulted in a 28-7 victory over the Notre Dame Cougars before 556 fans and created a three-way tie for top spot in the Tier ½ Division of the Central Alberta High School Football League.

“We just played well. Our defence was firing off the ball and our offence was finally clicking like we knew we can,” said Lightning quarterback Brett Barrett, who completed 10 of 14 passes for 204 yards before being replaced by Eric Thomson in the final minute of the third quarter.

Earlier in the day, the Lindsay Thurber Raiders rolled up nearly 400 yards of offence in a 34-6 rout of the visiting Lacombe Rams.

The Lightning scored on their first possession and never looked back. Barrett teamed up with Braydon Moorman on a 51-yard pass-and-run play that set up a two-yard quarterback sneak for the early lead.

Barrett hit Kaden Hall with a 35-yard scoring toss five minutes into the second quarter and then hooked up with Linden Petersen on a 42-yard passing play to give Hunting Hills a comfortable 21-0 lead at the half.

“Our offensive line is awesome. I

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Lacombe Ram Ben Arifin is hauled down by Lindsay Thurber Raider Bryce Maki during first quarter high school football action against the Lacombe Rams at Great Chief Park on Thursday. think they’re one of the top units in the league,” said Barrett. “They gave me time all game to drop back and find the open receiver.”

Thomson was zero-for-four passing but gave the Lightning a 28-0 lead when he scooted 10 yards around the left end for a major two minutes into the fourth quarter.

The Cougars mounted a late march and finally got on the board on Justin Fedun’s two-yard touchdown run with 24 seconds remaining. Eric Meraw converted the major.

Moorman converted all four Hunting Hills touchdowns and hauled in five passes for 113 yards. Brandt Burzuk caught four balls for 56 yards, Petersen

grabbed three passes for 49 yards and Hall had two receptions for 51 yards.

“We have tons of receivers who can make plays, tons of great athletes who are tall and fast. It’s perfect,” said Barrett.

Burzuk was also a major weapon on the ground, running for 139 on eight carries. Johannes Smith led all Notre Dame rushers with 69 yards on 20 carries and Fedun accumulated 56 yards on seven trips.

Cougars quarterback Keegan McDonald completed three passes to Jesse Kowalchuk, while Dagbarani caught two balls for 35 yards. Devin Desormeau was behind the controls in the fourth quarter and was good on two

of four passes.

“They (Lightning) were poised and we weren’t very good,” said Cougars head coach Gino Castellan. “We haven’t improved since last week and they have improved quite a bit since their last game. They looked sharp. We just didn’t come to play and we have to make some adjustments.”

The Lightning improved to 2-1, a record shared by Notre Dame and Lindsay Thurber. Hunting Hills opened the season with a narrow loss to the Raiders, then rolled over Lacombe last week before turning in their best performance of the season Thursday.

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Stamps and Esks won’t find easy wins in the East this week There is a common superstition that 13 is an unlucky number and we are now into Week 13 in the CFL. The bad luck encountered by two more quarterback starters in Week 12 proves 13 is just another number when it comes to misfortune and CFL quarterbacks this season.

The balance of the season hinges upon who gets healthy and who can run the offence in the absence of the starting quarterback.

The first game of Week 13 features a battle between

the Toronto Argonauts and B.C. Lions on the Left Coast.

I have mentioned many times about the West Coast advantage for the Lions when they play night games against East Division teams.

The time zone difference means Eastern Teams start games at 10 p.m. Eastern Time and run out of steam.

However, Toronto stayed in Calgary all week after their stunning loss to the Stamps last weekend and it was not just to attend the funeral of the lead they blew against

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The Argonauts are properly acclimatized to western time zones and I expect them to hang one on the Lions in the game. They are in an ugly mood and want to make amends for the loss in Calgary. Argo pivot Ricky Ray will keep the pedal to the metal against the Lion defence and has more weapons in his arsenal as receivers come off the injured list. This game will have plenty of offence and when was the last time I could make that prediction? Argos win on the road.

Saturday’s early game is an Eskimo visit to the partially completed Tim Horton’s Stadium in Hamilton. One thing has become clear to me: Ham-

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ilton has improved tremendously on both sides of the ball since the start of the season. Their defence has added 2013 first-rounder Lyndon Gaydosh and he will see action in the game.

Better Ticats pass protection has allowed mobile Hamilton quarterback Zach Collaros time to find an array of receivers and he will factor heavily into my prediction of a Hamilton win in the game. Eskimo quarterback Mike Reilly will face plenty of heat and will once again need to move the ball on his own to stay close on the scoreboard.

Look for another Ticat home victory in this one.

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University of Alberta Augustana Viking Beau Taylor is tripped up by Red Deer College King DJ McGrath along the boards during third period action at the Penhold Arena Thursday. erybody is getting used to what they’re doing together and they’re not used to what the other team is doing.”

RDC also had their opportunities to score, including a botched three-man breakaway in the second and outshooting Augustana 12 to six in the third period, but just could not beat Williams.

“We feel we outplayed them, that’s all that team has to offer and we feel we have a lot more in the tank still to give them in the regular season,” said Jones.

The Kings were also down seven of their main players who were watching from the stands as Keeper sorts through roster decisions. Defenceman

Joel Topping was one of those forced to watch from the stands, serving a one-game suspension for being third man in during a fight in Calgary in their 6-2 win over SAIT last Friday.

“There’s a lot of competition, we don’t know (about lines),” said Keeper.

“We have an idea about some of the guys, but we have so many talent guys out of the lineup and we’re playing with spots right now, it’s not really set yet.”

This weekend, the Kings are back down in Calgary to play in the SAIT pre-season tournament. They will take on the Bentley Generals — a team they beat 5-1 last year at the tournament

combined to pass for 40 yards. The visitors managed 54 yards rushing. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

STORIES FROM B1 Veteran QBs Glenn and Ray set to face each other as BALL: Make a statement Lions host Argos

VANCOUVER — They are two of the oldest quarterbacks in the CFL _ and the healthiest.

Unlike most of their CFL peers this season, Kevin Glenn, 35, of the B.C. Lions and Ricky Ray, 34, of the Toronto Argonauts have escaped serious injury. They will continue their survival missions Friday when the Lions host the Argonauts at B.C. Place Stadium.

Glenn will attempt to lead the Lions (7-4) to their third consecutive win while Ray tries to help the Argos (3-8), who have lost four straight, bounce back from an embarrassing loss in Calgary, where they squandered a 29-10 half-time lead. Glenn said he will be thinking as much about preserving his health by taking fewer hits to avoid miscues as he does about sustaining drives.

“I don’t think it makes you any less of a football player if you don’t (take a hit to get an extra yard) or you run out of bounds as a quarterback,’’ said Glenn after a Lions walk-through Thursday at B.C. Place. “It’s just because you want to be able to have longevity.’’

Glenn, Ray, and Ottawa’s Henry Burris, the league’s oldest QB at 39, are the only CFL starting signal-callers who have avoided missing games due to injury this season. B.C. lost Travis Lulay to a repeat shoulder injury in the only game he started this season while Glenn served as the backup.

“It’s one of those things where I’ve never seen anything like it in terms of how (quarterback injuries) have occurred,’’ said Lions coach Mike Benevides. “It’s been some freak things.

It’s also been, in my opinion, some guys making some bad decisions — and some bad luck.”

Ray and Glenn rank among the league’s top QBs. Ray, who has completed 270 of 398 passes leads the league in touchdowns with 20 and ranks second in passing yards (2,922). Glenn, who the Lions acquired as quarterback insurance from Ottawa due to Lulay’s injury, has completed 181 of 283 passes for a fourth-best 2,412 yards and 11 touchdowns.

“The first game we didn’t feel like we played like ourselves,” said Barrett. “We were kind of nervous, for a lot of the guys that was their first time starting. Tonight we kind of got back to what we do and we really wanted to make a statement.”

The Lightning will return to action Sept. 26 at Great Chief Park for an exhibition game against the Cochrane Cougars.

“It will give us a chance to get all our young kids in the game and try and few different things,” said Castellan.

The Lightning will take on visiting Grande Prairie St. Joe’s in another exhibition contest 24 hours later.

Raiders 34 Rams 6 Lindsay Thurber head coach Dave Smith was hoping his squad would re-establish its identity Thursday.

Mission accomplished.

The Raiders passed for 191 yards and matched that total on the ground en route to a one-sided win over the Rams at Great Chief Park. The win helped ease the sting of a 22-20 loss to Notre Dame six days earlier.

“We kind of had a bit of a gut check and challenged our defence to come out and play better and they sure did,” said Smith. “They set the tone at the beginning and gave us some breathing room and then our offence started to click.

“It’s always a good game against Lacombe and we were just looking to get back and find who we are again.

We played physical and created havoc on defence.”

T.K. Kunaka scored two touchdowns for the Raiders, including one on a punt return. David Dunbar and quarterback Ben Pasiuk accounted for the other Lindsay Thurber majors, while the Raiders got a safety, a field goal from Kolbi Street, a single off a missed field goal and two converts from Dunbar.

Pasiuk was good on nine of 15 passes, hitting Kunaka three times for 75 yards and completing two to Dunbar for 87 yards.

Pasiuk was also the game’s top rusher with 87 yards.

The Rams’ lone points came on a late 70-yard punt return

by David Mueller. A two-point convert attempt failed.

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CFL: Too many injuries Calgary plays an early game in Montreal and will use former starting quarterback Drew Tate in relief for the injured Bo Levi Mitchell. Calgary is fortunate because they actually step up a bit with Tate in terms of pass accuracy and will field a strong offence in the game.

However, the Stamps have been plagued by too many injuries to the interior of their defence and they may be susceptible to an Alouettes run game.

West Division teams are also susceptible to early starts in the Eastern Time zones, because of time changes, and I call for a big upset when Montreal wins the game. West teams just hate to play games before lunch.

The last game of Week 13 finds the Saskatchewan Roughriders at home to Ottawa. The ’Riders used backup Tino Sunseri in their last game and I have to admit I was shocked by his debut as a starter. Rarely have I seen a quarterback give the appearance of Ricky Ray cool with none of Ray’s poise in a game.

Sunseri was brutal in his first start, but he gets a mulligan and has an opportunity to redeem himself against the RedBlacks. I have mentioned the ’Riders are a run-first team and do not appear to be interested in the pass game, even when Darian Durant was behind center for them this year. ’Riders coach George Cortez runs the offence and I would love to ask him why he has limited the pass game this year. Either he has little faith in his quarterbacks, or he has mapped out an offence to cope with the unprecedented domination of defences in the CFL this year.

The hook will be much shorter on Sunseri against Ottawa, but my final pick of Week 13 is a ’Riders home victory.

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“We played Bentley last year and that was a great test for us, I’m sure they’re eager to play us again this year after the results of last year,” said Jones.

“It’s definitely going to get us ready for the regular season to come out flying.”

NOTES — The RDC Queens hockey team lost 2-0 to Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s Mount Royal Cougars at the Red Deer Arena on Thursday. Stats were not available at press time. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Vikings 4, Kings 2 PENHOLD — It’s never too early in a season for a head coach to get on his players about discipline.

Red Deer College Kings head coach Trevor Keeper did that follow their 4-2 loss to the University of Alberta Augustana Vikings on Thursday in Penhold in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference men’s hockey exhibition action.

Augustana got two goals from Matthew Foster and single markers from Beau Taylor and Scott Swiston while Andy Williams made 31 saves in net.

Doug Jones and Riley Point responded for RDC while Kraymer Barnstable made 19 saves in the loss.

Two power play goals against on six opportunities killed the Kings, and wiped out a solid all-round performance.

“Some of those calls were maybe a little on the soft side, but that doesn’t matter, we have to find a way not to take six penalties,” said Keeper.

RDC showed they more than capable on their power-play chances, scoring on one of two opportunities, with Jones finishing off a two-on-one, burying a rebound to open the scoring at 9:41 of the first period.

But the Vikings own power-play unit got them back in the game.

Foster tied the game at 9:31 of the second period with the man-advantage, chipping a rebound up and over Barnstable.

Taylor gave Augustana the lead 45 seconds later, taking a stretch pass behind the Kings’ defence and beating Barnstable with a deke.

Point managed to tie the game at 2:21 of the third period, but Foster scored his second power-play goal at 12:53, taking the puck from behind the net and popping it over an outstretched Barnstable. Augustana never looked back, as Swiston iced it at 19:00.

But this is just the third exhibition game of the season, and until now the Kings have just practiced their special teams once.

“Special teams is huge, in college hockey it wins and loses games,” said Keeper. “Our power play, we have enough talent to execute even now; penalty killing is a different story — ev-

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

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Walker, Ott O’Neill, Edm 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

4 0

0 7

0 5

0 1

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 Houston 2 0 0 1.000 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 North W L T Pct Cincinnati 2 0 0 1.000 Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 West W L T Pct Denver 2 0 0 1.000 San Diego 1 1 0 .500 Oakland 0 2 0 .000 Kansas City 0 2 0 .000

24 23

PF 52 43 43 50

PA 30 49 45 40

PF 47 36 27 51

PA 20 36 75 61

PF 47 42 36 53

PA 26 29 53 54

PF 55 47 28 27

PA 41 39 49 50

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000 64 Washington 1 1 0 .500 47 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 43 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 28 South W L T Pct PF Carolina 2 0 0 1.000 44 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 47 New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 58 Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 31 North W L T Pct PF Chicago 1 1 0 .500 48 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 41 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 42 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 47 West

PA 44 27 38 60 PA 21 58 63 39 PA 43 36 38 60

Arizona Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

W 2 1 1 1

L 0 1 1 1

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

PF 43 57 48 25

PA 31 46 45 51

Thursday, Sep. 18 Tampa Bay 14 Atlanta 56 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.

NFL Odds (Odds supplied by Western Canada Lottery; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Sunday San Diego at BUFFALO 1.5 44.5 DALLAS at St. Louis 0.5 45.5 INDIANAPOLIS at Jacksonville 7.5 45.5 Minnesota at NEW ORLEANS 10.5 49.5 Tennessee at CINCINNATI 7.5 43.5 BALTIMORE at Cleveland 1.5 41.5 Green Bay at DETROIT 2.5 53.5 Oakland at NEW ENGLAND 14.5 46.5 HOUSTON at NY Giants 2.5 41.5 SAN FRANCISCO at Arizona 3.5 42.5 Denver at SEATTLE 4.5 48.5 Washinton at PHILADELPHIA 6.5 50.5 Kansas City at MIAMI 4.5 42.5 Pittsburgh at CAROLINA 3.5 41.5 Monday Chicago at NY JETS 1.5 45.5

Baseball x-Baltimore New York Toronto Tampa Bay Boston

American League East Division W L Pct 92 60 .605 78 74 .513 77 75 .507 74 79 .484 66 87 .431

Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Chicago Minnesota

Central Division W L Pct 84 68 .553 83 68 .550 79 73 .520 69 83 .454 65 87 .428

Kansas City Oakland Seattle Cleveland

Today

● 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 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.

Soccer

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

x-Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Houston Texas x-clinched division

FRIDAY, SEPT. 19, 2014

Local Sports

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

GP 10 11 11 10

B3

West Division W L Pct 95 58 .621 83 69 .546 82 70 .539 67 86 .438 60 92 .395 Wild Card W L 83 68 83 69 82 70 79 73

Pct .550 .546 .539 .520

GB — 14 15 18 1/2 26 1/2 GB — 1/2 5 15 19 GB — 11 1/2 12 1/2 28 34 1/2

WCGB — — 1 4

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 6, Oakland 1 Thursday’s Games Texas 7, Oakland 2 Pittsburgh 3, Boston 2 N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 2 Cleveland 2, Houston 1, 13 innings Seattle 3, L.A. Angels 1 Friday’s Games Boston (Webster 4-3) at Baltimore (Gausman 7-7),

5:05 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 12-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 10-9), 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 8-10) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-3), 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Bauer 5-8) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 1510), 6:10 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 13-12) at Kansas City (J.Vargas 11-9), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (T.Walker 1-2) at Houston (Peacock 4-8), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 6-7) at Oakland (Lester 15-10), 7:35 p.m.

Texas (Bonilla 1-0) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 5-8), 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Detroit at Kansas City, 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 2:05 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.

x-Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 88 64 .579 76 76 .500 74 78 .487 73 80 .477 70 83 .458

GB — 12 14 15 1/2 18 1/2

St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 85 68 .556 82 70 .539 79 74 .516 71 82 .464 68 85 .444

GB — 2 1/2 6 14 17

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

West Division W L Pct 87 66 .569 84 68 .553 71 81 .467 62 91 .405 62 91 .405

GB — 2 1/2 15 1/2 25 25

San Francisco Pittsburgh Milwaukee

Wild Card W L Pct WCGB 84 68 .553 — 82 70 .539 — 79 74 .516 3 1/2

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 5, San Diego 2 Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh 3, Boston 2 Washington 6, Miami 2 L.A. Dodgers 8, Chicago Cubs 4 St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 2, 13 innings Colorado 7, Arizona 6 San Diego 7, Philadelphia 3 Friday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 19-3) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 6-14), 12:20 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-10) at Pittsburgh (Locke 7-5), 5:05 p.m.

Washington (Fister 14-6) at Miami (Koehler 9-9), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Za.Wheeler 10-10) at Atlanta (Teheran 13-12), 5:35 p.m.

Arizona (C.Anderson 9-6) at Colorado (Lyles 6-3), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Holmberg 1-1) at St. Louis (Lackey 2-2), 6:15 p.m.

Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 6-7) at Oakland (Lester 15-10), 7:35 p.m.

San Francisco (T.Hudson 9-11) at San Diego (Despaigne 3-7), 8:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 6:40 p.m.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League HOUSTON ASTROS — Signed a two-year player development contract with Fresno (PCL) though the 2016 season.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Signed a four-year player development contract with Nashville (PCL) through the 2018 season.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Signed a four-year player development contract with South Bend (MWL) through the 2018 season.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Signed a two-year player development contract with Colorado Springs (PCL) through the 2016 season.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Signed a twoyear player development contract with Sacramento (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Claimed INF

Pedro Florimon off waivers from Minnesota. Designated OF Eury Perez for assignment.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Sent INF Jose Cuevas to Trois-Rivieres to complete a previous trade.

Frontier League RIVER CITY RASCALS — Sent LHP Patrick Crider to Long Island (Atlantic) to complete a previous trade.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS — Signed G E’Twaun Moore.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed RB Jalen Parmele. Placed RB Jonathan Dwyer on the reserve/non-football illness list.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed CB Demontre Hurst.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released WR Jerome Simpson.

TENNIS

Li Na, China’s first Grand Slam singles champion, retires BEIJING — Li Na, a two-time Grand Slam champion from China who took tennis in Asia to a new level, has retired due to recurring knee injuries.

The 32-year-old Li posted a statement on social media sites Friday, ending a week of intensifying speculation that she would announce her retirement ahead of the new WTA event at Wuhan, her home town.

Li won the 2011 French Open, becoming the first player from China to win a Grand Slam singles title, and clinched the Australian Open title in January in her third trip to the final at

HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNEASOTA WILD — Signed G Darcy Kuemper to a two-year contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Added D Brian Lee, D Mike Little, F Matthew Campagna and F Jon Puskar to the training camp roster.

LACROSSE Major League Lacrosse OHIO MACHINE — Announced the retirement of D Greg Bice.

National League Lacrosse COLORADO MAMMOTH — Signed G Dillon Ward to a five-year contract.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Fined Los Angeles coach Bruce Arena $20,000 for making critical comments of the league.

National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Re-signed MF Katy Freels.

Melbourne Park to reach a career-high No. 2 ranking.

She hasn’t played since a third-round defeat at Wimbledon, withdrawing from the U.S. Open citing a knee injury.

“Most people in the tennis world know that my career has been marked by my troubled right knee,” Li said. “After four knee surgeries and hundreds of shots injected into my knee weekly to alleviate swelling and pain, my body is begging me to stop the pounding.”

After three operations on her right knee, dating back to March 2008, Li said her most recent surgery in July was on her left knee.

Li started her career in the Chinese sports system, but had a keen sense of individuality. She bucked the system at times during her career — giving up tennis for two years to do media studies at a university earlier in her career — and later insisting on selecting her own coach.

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 17 7 3 54 14 5 9 51 12 6 10 46 13 9 6 45 8 7 13 37 8 8 12 36

GF 51 57 44 48 36 49

GA 37 30 35 37 36 48

Seattle Los Angeles Real Salt Lake FC Dallas Vancouver Portland

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.

Golf LPGA Tour-Yokohama Tire Classic Thursday At Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator Prattville, Alabama Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,599; Par 72 First Round Mi Jung Hur 32-32 — 64 Stacy Lewis 33-31 — 64 Paula Reto 33-32 — 65 Cydney Clanton 32-34 — 66 Karin Sjodin 34-32 — 66 Ayako Uehara 34-32 — 66 Christina Kim 36-31 — 67 Ilhee Lee 33-34 — 67 Beatriz Recari 33-34 — 67 Kris Tamulis 33-34 — 67 Sun Young Yoo 33-34 — 67 Amy Anderson 33-35 — 68 Katie M. Burnett 34-34 — 68 Perrine Delacour 35-33 — 68 Moriya Jutanugarn 36-32 — 68 Hanna Kang 33-35 — 68 Amelia Lewis 34-34 — 68 Stephanie L Meadow 37-31 — 68 Mika Miyazato 34-34 — 68 Ji Young Oh 34-34 — 68 Jane Park 34-34 — 68 Dewi Claire Schreefel 34-34 — 68 Karlin Beck 34-35 — 69 Brianna Do 32-37 — 69 Austin Ernst 34-35 — 69 Joanna Klatten 34-35 — 69 Maria McBride 35-34 — 69 Thidapa Suwannapura 36-33 — 69 Alison Walshe 33-36 — 69 Chella Choi 35-35 — 70 Jacqui Concolino 32-38 — 70 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 35-35 — 70 Yueer Cindy Feng 33-37 — 70 Julieta Granada 32-38 — 70 Katherine Kirk 36-34 — 70 Brittany Lincicome 37-33 — 70 Haley Millsap 33-37 — 70 Giulia Molinaro 37-33 — 70 Jane Rah 33-37 — 70 Lexi Thompson 35-35 — 70 Marina Alex 35-36 — 71 Julia Boland 35-36 — 71 Heather Bowie Young 35-36 — 71 Ashli Bunch 35-36 — 71 Kathleen Ekey 34-37 — 71 Jaye Marie Green 34-37 — 71 Mina Harigae 36-35 — 71 Nicole Jeray 33-38 — 71 Felicity Johnson 33-38 — 71 Jennifer Johnson 35-36 — 71 Kim Kaufman 36-35 — 71 Stacey Keating 36-35 — 71 Brittany Lang 34-37 — 71 Alejandra Llaneza 37-34 — 71 Lisa McCloskey 36-35 — 71 Ryann O’Toole 35-36 — 71 Morgan Pressel 35-36 — 71 Jenny Shin 36-35 — 71 Sarah Jane Smith 36-35 — 71 Jennifer Song 38-33 — 71 Jenny Suh 35-36 — 71 Dottie Ardina 37-35 — 72 Christel Boeljon 36-36 — 72 Sandra Changkija 37-35 — 72 Katy Harris 36-36 — 72 Haeji Kang 36-36 — 72 Sarah Kemp 34-38 — 72 Rebecca Lee-Bentham 36-36 — 72 Sydnee Michaels 35-37 — 72 Becky Morgan 33-39 — 72 Haru Nomura 35-37 — 72 Erica Popson 38-34 — 72 Alena Sharp 37-35 — 72 Ashleigh Simon 38-34 — 72 Silvia Cavalleri 34-39 — 73 Louise Friberg 36-37 — 73 Tiffany Joh 37-36 — 73 Jimin Kang 36-37 — 73 Ai Miyazato 37-36 — 73 Paola Moreno 38-35 — 73 Reilley Rankin 35-38 — 73 Jennifer Rosales 37-36 — 73 Lizette Salas 36-37 — 73 Dori Carter 39-35 — 74 Lorie Kane 36-38 — 74 Cristie Kerr 37-37 — 74 Birdie Kim 37-37 — 74 Sue Kim 38-36 — 74 Jennifer Kirby 36-38 — 74 P.K. Kongkraphan 40-34 — 74 Jee Young Lee 36-38 — 74 Megan McChrystal 36-38 — 74 Brooke Pancake 39-35 — 74 Web.com Tour Championship Thursday At TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $1 million Yardage: 6,847; Par 70 First Round Zac Blair 31-32 Scott Pinckney 32-33 Derek Fathauer 32-33 Sung Joon Park 32-33 Chad Collins 34-31 Bronson La’Cassie 30-35 James Nitties 34-32 Adam Hadwin 33-33 Travis Bertoni 31-35 Tyrone Van Aswegen 34-32 Andres Gonzales 32-34 Colt Knost 34-33 Andrew Putnam 32-35 Tom Gillis 31-36 Heath Slocum 34-33 Richard H. Lee 33-34 Tony Finau 34-34 Greg Owen 33-35 David Lingmerth 32-36

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European-PGA-Wales Open NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — Leading scores Thursday in the Wales Open, a European Tour event at 7,378-yard, par-71 Twenty-Ten Course, Celtic Manor Resort: First Round Joost Luiten 35-30 — 65 Nicolas Colsaerts 32-34 — 66 Andrew McArthur 34-32 — 66 Robert Rock 35-32 — 67 Sam Walker 34-33 — 67 Justin Walters 35-32 — 67 Tommy Fleetwood 37-31 — 68 Shane Lowry 35-33 — 68 Ricardo Santos 33-35 — 68 Steve Webster 34-34 — 68 Thongchai Jaidee 32-36 — 68 Craig Lee 35-33 — 68 Daniel Brooks 35-33 — 68 Eddie Pepperell 33-35 — 68 Simon Wakefield 34-34 — 68

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL The Hunting Hills Lightning opened their senior girls high school volleyball season Thursday with a 4-0 win over the Notre Dame Cougars.

The Lightning prevailed 25-21, 25-23, 25-21, 17-15.

B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Sept. 19, 2014

Oilers coach says team is improved BUT WANTS THEM TO BE MODEST

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — It’s been eight seasons since the Edmonton Oilers last made the NHL playoffs, so coach Dallas Eakins wasn’t talking much about expectations when the players reported for medicals on Thursday.

Instead he was focusing on the “process.”

While he and most of the players were quietly expressing optimism that the team is much improved over last season, Eakins said he wanted the team to “be modest.

“We want to have no regrets for the past and no anxieties for the future,” he said. “It’s what are we doing today and that’s it.

“It’s all about the process. How are we going to get better today? What did I do today to get better and did I gain any respect today? That’s how we want to go after it and everything else looks after itself.”

At the same time he admitted the club is excited about the off-season changes and the adjustments to his coaching staff. Gone are assistants Steve Smith and Kelly Buchberger, replaced by Craig Ramsay and Keith Acton.

The team added some much needed size with the addition of veteran forwards Kevin Westgarth, Teddy Purcell and Benoit Pouliot. All three stand sixfoot-three or taller.

“We’re not going to come in and save the day but I think we’re going to add some good depth,” Purcell said.

Equally important, they upgraded a defence that gave up 270 goals last season, the most in the NHL. The team added Mark Fayne from New Jersey, Nikita Nikitin from Columbus and Keith Aulie from Tampa Bay to support returning veterans Jeff Petry, Andrew Ference and Justin Schultz.

Expected to battle for spots on the backend will be David Musil, Martin Marincin, who played 44 games in Edmonton last year, Oscar Kiefbom, who had 17 games with the Oilers, and per-

haps Darnell Nurse, the team’s firstround draft pick two years ago.

“Obviously we’re going to have some battles on defence,” Eakins said.

“We’re upgraded our D with what I call full-time NHL defencemen so there will be some battles going on there.”

There’s also going to battles down the middle. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins should be their No. 1 centre but the rest of the spots are up for grabs.

“We have two NHL centremen right now (Nugent-Hopkins and Boyd Gordon)and I have no idea who the other ones will be,” Eakins said. “And there will be a spot or two open on the wing.”

Goaltending was also an issue last season after Devan Dubnyk couldn’t handle the starting job. The Oilers have eight goaltenders in camp, but between them there’s only 55 games of NHL experience, 40 of that by Ben Scrivens.

Obtained late last season, Scrivens and Viktor Fasth, who had five starts in Anaheim and seven in Edmonton, should shoulder the load in net.

“I expect those two to push each other very hard for who will get the minutes,” Eakins said. “The great thing about them is they are both very good people, they’re very supportive of each other already. We have two men who are high in character, highly competitive and highly supportive of each other and that’s a real encouraging sign for me.”

Scrivens said he and Fasth have to “make sure our games are in order to give our team the chance to win. Vik and I are going to have people nipping at our heels, no question, and that’s going to force us to play better, which is going to help the team.”

The Oilers hope to benefit from a more seasoned Eakins as well. One of the biggest lessons Eakins said he learned in his first season as an NHL head coach was dealing with the media in a tough NHL city.

“I don’t want to ever turn into a coach who’s just going to give you that, yeah lets work hard today and give 100

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Edmonton Oilers’ forward Taylor Hall rides the stationary bike during the opening day of NHL training camp in Edmonton, Thursday. per cent,” he said. “But I did find out about how people can shorten your message and turn it into something else.

“I learned many lessons, but my one lesson about bringing up everything

that I learned last year is I’m worried how it would be twisted so I learned not to speak so much.”

Last season Edmonton finished 28th in the 30-team league with a 29-44-9 record.

Scoring goals, stopping pucks the talk of Calgary Flames training camp

Wild sign goalie Darcy Kuemper to 2-year deal after Harding goes down with injury

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Goaltending and goalscoring are the burning issues at the Calgary Flames training camp.

Jonas Hiller signed a two-year, US$9-million deal with Calgary in the summer after the 32-year-old Swiss netminder dropped down the Anaheim Ducks goaltending depth chart at the end of his seventh season there.

Hiller brings a winning NHL record, plus playoff and Olympic Games experience to Calgary’s net.

But Hiller knows the starting job still has to be won in training camp, Karri Ramo finished last season 6-5 after his return from a February knee injury. The 28-year-old Finn posted a 17-15 record for Calgary with solid numbers of a 2.65 goal-against average and .911 save percentage.

“I was looking for somewhere I can feel like I can have a good chance to prove being a number one in this league,” Hiller said Thursday in Calgary after physical testing.

“It’s definitely nice to know you have solid goaltending and no matter who is playing can win a game. You want to play as many games as possible, but it’s definitely more fun if the team has success and that’s the goal.”

The Flames get on the ice Friday.

Their first pre-season game is a splitsquad contest Sunday against the Edmonton Oilers.

Bob Hartley’s first season behind Calgary’s bench was substantially shortened by the lockout. So in their first full season under Hartley, the Flames finished 27th in the league with a record of 35-40-7.

Of their 82 games, 49 were decided by a single goal. The Flames haven’t made the playoffs in five seasons.

“We want to get significantly better,” centre Matt Stajan said.

“We’re going to push to climb the standings and try to get into the playoffs. Anything less is a failure for all Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS of us.”

Calgary finished in the bottom third Calgary Flames’ Sean Monahan jumps during a test while attending the opening of the NHL in goalscoring with 209 last day of NHL training camp in Calgary, Thursday. season. Mike Cammalleri took a teamleading 26 goals with him to the New Sam Bennett became the highest Jersey Devils when he signed there as both production and presence last season with 18 goals and 21 assists. draft pick in Calgary Flames history a free agent in July.

After a few years of bare cupboards at No. 4 this year. Scrappy, smart and New Flames general manager Brad when it came to prospects, Calgary skilled, Bennett will get a long look Treliving signed now has some who this fall, but physical strength is also forward Mason Raymond, who grew up ‘WE’RE GOING TO PUSH can take advantage a question mark with the 18-year-old playing in the Cal- TO CLIMB THE STANDINGS of the job opportu- forward. nities at camp.

Treliving signed another Albertan, gary area, to a threeM a x R e i n h a r t Deryk Engelland, to fill a void on deyear deal with an AND TRY TO GET INTO THE average annual sal- PLAYOFFS. ANYTHING LESS had 63 points in 66 fence created by Chris Butler’s signing games and Markus with the St. Louis Blues. ary of $3.1 million. posted Engelland, from Edmonton, spent IS A FAILURE FOR ALL OF Granlund Treliving also 46 in 52 for the the past four years with the Pittsburgh took a flyer on Devin US.’ American Hockey Penguins and brings playoff experiSetoguchi, from League’s Abbots- ence to a team that is growing short of Taber, Alta., with a — MATT STAJAN ford Heat last seait. one-year deal worth son.

Flames captain Mark Giordano $750,000.

Sven Baertschi scored three goals played himself into the discussion for Raymond’s most productive season in his first five career games with the the Canadian men’s Olympic team in so far was 25 goals for Vancouver in 2009-10. Setoguchi, 27, is three years Flames, but he’s yet to become a regu- February. The defenceman was plus-12 removed from scoring 22 goals for the lar in the lineup. Calgary’s first-round while contributing 14 goals and 33 as(13th overall) pick in 2011 has spent sists.

San Jose Sharks.

Stajan calls his captain “one of the “I have a lot to prove,” Setoguchi large chunks of the last two seasons in Abbotsford. best leaders in the game” yet Giordano said.

There’s much been much buzz isn’t the highest-paid Flame at an averThe Flames are banking on Sean Monahan, who turns 20 in October, to around 21-year-old John Gaudreau and age annual salary of just over $4 milavoid a sophomore slump and augment his highlight-reel goals in rookie camp. lion. Defenceman Dennis Wideman is the 22 goals he scored during a sensa- But can the American forward listed at in the third season of a five-year con150 pounds compete with main-camp tract that pays him an average of $5.2 tional rookie season. million.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS — Former Red Deer Rebels goaltender Darcy Kuemper is on his way back to Minnesota to try to save the Wild’s muddled goaltending situation.

Kuemper ended a summer-long stalemate with the Wild when he signed a two-year contract on Thursday night, one day after starting goalie Josh Harding was ruled out indefinitely with a broken right foot.

The 24-year-old Kuemper went 12-84 with a 2.43 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage in 26 games as a rookie last season, stepping in to keep the Wild afloat when Harding had to step away due to multiple sclerosis, and Niklas Backstrom struggled with an array of injuries.

The Wild made several moves in free agency over the summer, most notably signing veteran Thomas Vanek to help boost the team’s lagging offence.

But they couldn’t get anything done in net and entered this week with Harding and the 37-year-old Backstrom as their only options.

Then Harding broke his foot, prompting general manager Chuck Fletcher to bring in veteran Ilya Bryzgalov on Wednesday for a training camp tryout as negotiations with Kuemper dragged on.

With training camp set to open on Friday, the Wild finally relented and gave Kuemper the one-way contract he was demanding. That means Kuemper will make the same amount of money this season whether he is playing in the NHL or in the minor American Hockey League.

The signing and the injury to Harding give Kuemper the chance he has wanted to be a full-time goalie in the NHL. After helping the Wild reach the playoffs last season, he went 3-1 with a 2.03 goals-against average in Minnesota’s first-round victory over the Colorado Avalanche before getting injured and missing the second round against Chicago.

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Belbin wins tour championship CALGARY — Mike Belbin of Edmonton Royal Mayfair fired a finalround 68 Thursday to take top honours in the PGA of Alberta Fletcher Tour Championship at the Hamptons Golf Club.

Belbin, with a 36-hole total of 142 that included a 74 Wednesday, finished one stroke ahead of Darryl James (7469—143) of the National Golf Academy in Calgary and earned $4,250.

Scott Anderson of River Bend finished with a 158 total (79-79), while Tory Butterfield of Alberta Springs was a shot back at 159 (76-83). Both won $285.

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Blue Jays can’t stop skid against Yankees Yankees 3 Blue Jays 2 NEW YORK — Derek Jeter turned on R.A. Dickey’s fastball, sent it deep into the leftfield seats and circled the bases at Yankee Stadium for the first time in 14 months.

With his usual flair, Jeter began his final homestand in dramatic fashion.

Jeter’s solo homer gave the Yankees a two-run lead in a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night, a game the Yankees won when first baseman Adam Lind let Chase Headley’s ninth-inning grounder bounce through his legs for a game-ending error.

With virtually no chance of reaching the playoffs, Jeter has just seven home games left in his 20-year big league career.

“Obviously this year up until this point hasn’t turned out how I’d like to, but you’ve got to keep fighting. You’ve got to keep battling,” Jeter said. “It’s another game. I’m trying not to think about it being the last homestand.

“We still have a week left.

We’re trying to win games, and I’m going to go out there and play hard like I’ve always done my entire career until we’re out of games.”

Dickey stretched his scoreless streak against the Yankees to 19 innings before Stephen Drew’s RBI double in the fifth. Jeter sent an 82 mph pitch about 10 rows deep for his 150th Yankee Stadium home run, including 12 in the post-season. New York’s 40-year-old captain ended a 158 at-bat homerless streak with the sixth-inning drive, just the fourth home run of the

season and his first at home since July 28 last year against Tampa Bay’s Matt Moore.

Jeter smiled widely as he circled the bases and exchanged high-fives with teammates when he reached the dugout. Given a standing ovation by adoring fans, Jeter didn’t come out for a curtain call because he didn’t want to interrupt Brian McCann’s at-bat.

“I’m sure he’s trying to soak this up as much as he can,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.

“It’s really difficult to take your uniform off. When you’re used to doing something for such a long time, it’s difficult.

He understands what’s coming. It’s a big change of life for him, but he loves to play so much that I’m sure he’s going to enjoy it as much as he can.”

Jeter’s average had dipped below .250 during an 0-for-28 slide — the second-longest of his career — before he singled at the Rays on Wednesday night.

Jeter beat out an infield single in the first on a grounder shortstop Jose Reyes double-clutched, and had his first multihit game since Aug. 26.

He was robbed of a hit in the fourth by left fielder Kevin Pilar, who made a diving backhand catch.

New York (78-74) moved ahead of Toronto (77-75) for sole possession of second place in the AL East. The Blue Jays started the season 38-24 and led the AL East by six games before play on June 7 but have gone 39-51 since, losing five in a row.

“It’s disappointing for everybody,” Dickey said. “We’ve been a streaky team all year, both bad and good, and right

now we’re in the middle of a bad streak.”

While the Yankees closed within five games of Oakland for the AL’s second wild card with 10 games remaining, Fangraphs.com calculates they have just a 0.3 per cent of making the playoffs. “ I can’t worry about what I’ve done up until this point.

I’m just trying to have one last homestand here,” Jeter said.

“Hopefully, we have a few good games left in us.”

Reyes singled with two outs in the eighth and Jose Bautista tied the score when he homered off Shawn Kelley on an 0-2 pitch, slamming his bat as he neared first base.

Bautista homered in his fourth straight game against the Yankees and has hit seven of his 33 homers this year against New York.

David Robertson (3-6) came in and pitched a perfect ninth, and Chris Young singled off Aaron Sanchez (2-2) leading off the bottom half.

Pinch-runner Antoan Richardson stole second, Brett Gardner sacrificed him to third on a 3-2 pitch and, with the infield in, Headley hit a two-hopper that went under Lind’s glove and through his legs.

Richardson, who had held up, trotted home.

“It’s nice to catch a break,” Headley said.

Leaning against the dugout railing, Jeter raised both arms in triumph.

“I don’t know how many extra-inning games I’ve got left in me,” he said, ’so I’m happy we won.“ Yankees OF Carlos Beltran returned, two days after he left the team following his wife’s miscarriage.

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Speaking Thursday after the launch of the league’s new logo, Garber said he expects an agreement to acquire the team by the end of the season and “once we get an ownership group in place, we’ll sit down them.”

Chivas USA formed in 2004, and MLS announced in February it had assumed operation of the team from Jorge Vergara and Angelica Fuentes.

Garber also said the league had fined Los Angeles Galaxy coach Bruce Arena $20,000 for criticizing the MLS in comments to The Washington Post over the uncompleted deal to acquire Anderlecht midfielder Sacha Kljestan.

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Atlanta Falcons running back Steven Jackson (39) leaps over Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end William Gholston (92) during the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, in Atlanta.

Falcons 56 Buccaneers 14 ATLANTA — Matt Ryan, Julio Jones and high-stepping Devin Hester led the Atlanta Falcons to one of the biggest wins in franchise history.

Ryan threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns, Jones hauled in nine passes for 161 yards and a couple of scores, and Hester set an NFL record with his 20th return for a TD as the Falcons routed the hapless Tampa Bay Buccaneers 56-14 on Thursday night.

The Falcons (2-1) led 35-0 before the Buccaneers (0-3) picked up a first down. Ryan and the other offensive starters left the game after Steven Jackson’s 3-yard touchdown run made it 49-0 before the midway point of the third quarter.

Atlanta had a stunning 560 lead heading to the fourth quarter. Tampa Bay scored two meaningless touchdowns to avoid the worst loss in franchise history.

“I’ve never been in a game quite like this in the NFL,” Falcons coach Mike Smith said.

It was the second-largest win in the Falcons’ 48-year history, eclipsed only by 62-7 rout of New Orleans in 1973. It was only the fifth time Atlanta has won a game by as many as 40 points.

Hester and Jones provided the signature moments.

With the Falcons already

up 28-0, Hester took a punt at his own 44, found a seam up the middle of the field and zipped around the last man with a chance to tackle him, punter Michael Koenen. The 56-yard play was Hester’s 20th career return for a touchdown, breaking the mark he shared with former Falcons star Deion Sanders.

Sanders, now a television analyst, watched Hester’s return from the sideline at the Georgia Dome. Hester highstepped the last 10 yards are so, his left hand bobbing behind his ear — a tribute to Sanders’ signature move.

“It’s tough to break the record of the guy who is my No. 1 mentor,” Hester said. “I’m kind of emotional right now.”

Prime Time didn’t mind a bit. He smiled broadly and waved to the crowd when he was shown on the video board, the Hall of Famer’s record falling in the stadium he once proclaimed as “my house.”

Jones could’ve made the same claim after the superb 40-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter.

Turning toward the sideline, he looked first over his left shoulder for the pass, turned his body when realized it was coming over his right shoulder, juggled the ball a bit as he tumbled into the end zone, cradling it under his arm just before slammed the turf, getting both feet down.

Coming off three interceptions in a loss at Cincinnati, Ryan bounced back with a 21-

of-24 showing that set a team record for completion percentage (.875). He also hooked up with Jones on an 8-yard touchdown strike, as well as Harry Douglas on a 3-yarder.

Hester, for good measure, had a 20-yard touchdown run on an end around, not to mention one of the better defensive plays of the night. After the Bucs stripped the ball away from a Falcons receiver, Hester stripped it right back and fell on the fumble himself to keep possession for Atlanta.

“He had a great night,” Smith said.

“He’s been a great addition to our football team.”

The Bucs, losing their first three games for the third time in six years, couldn’t do anything right. Josh McCown was 5 of 12 for 58 yards and his fourth interception of the season was returned 23 yards for a touchdown by backup safety Kemal Ishmael.

Somewhat mercifully, McCown left the game with a thumb injury after appearing to bang his right hand off an Atlanta player’s helmet on his final throw of the night. Mike Glennon went the rest of the way at quarterback.

The Falcons finished with a 488-217 edge in total yards. The Bucs had five turnovers and 110 yards in penalties on what will surely go down as one of the worst embarrassments for a franchise that knows a thing or two about losing, dropping its first 26 games after entering the NFL in 1976.

Broncos won’t shy away from Sherman ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos won’t come right out and say whether they’ll test Richard Sherman as the Chargers did or shy away from him as the Packers did.

Here’s a hint, however: “We respect him,” receiver Bubba Caldwell said. “But we’re going to make him earn his money.”

Green Bay cut off half the field and Aaron Rodgers never threw in the direction of the All-Pro cornerback in the season opener, which Seattle won 36-16.

Philip Rivers threw to his side aplenty in San Diego’s 3021 win at home over the Seahawks last weekend.

“Yeah, I think we’ll be more like the Chargers,” Caldwell said. “We’re going to make him work. We feel we’ve got some good receivers on our side that can test his skill ability, so I definitely don’t see us shutting down a whole half of the field because of one guy.”

Although Peyton Manning tested him on occasion in the Super Bowl, Sherman’s championship night was quiet before leaving late in the game with an ankle injury and the Lombardi Trophy well in hand.

Sherman expects to get tested often Sunday.

“I think he’ll spread it around pretty good. Peyton always does,” Sherman said.

“He’ll complete a lot of passes, he’ll check it down, he spreads the ball out great.

I’m sure we’ll be very prepared and everybody will be on it.”

Manning wouldn’t tip his hand as the Broncos (2-0) prepared to face the Seahawks (1-1) in the first next-season matchup of Super Bowl opponents since 1997.

“I can’t really speak to the San Diego game plan or the Green Bay game plan. I can’t speak to our game plan,” Manning said.

“He’s an excellent player.”

Smart, savvy, strong.

Yet, Manning said he’s just as concerned about safeties Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas and the rest of that stout secondary that nearly pitched a shutout in the Super Bowl.

“I think the whole secondary is very active,” Manning said.

“They play their defence well. They communicate well.

They’re on the same page. You see them communicate and talk to each other. That’s one of their strengths and so we’ll have our game plan and hopefully we’ll go out there and execute it.”

Broncos offensive co-ordinator Adam Gase might have had a brilliant game plan for the Super Bowl but it quickly crumbled as the Broncos fell behind on the very first snap and never recovered.

The Broncos have two new receivers in place of Eric Decker in prized free agent pickup Emmanuel Sanders and raw but explosive rookie Cody Latimer.

Decker tallied just 6 yards in his last game for the Broncos when he caught just one of six passes Manning threw his way in the Super Bowl.

“I think his quickness off the ball” helps, Gase said of Sanders.

“These guys do a great job of getting their hands on the receivers and his ability to create separation on the top routes can always be to our advantage. We’ll just see how they play and see how we match up on Sunday.”

Gase is also expected to have Wes Welker at his disposal after the slot receiver’s four-game suspension was cut in half this week under the NFL’s new drug policy.

Chargers slot receiver Eddie Royal caught seven passes for 69 yards last week and often worked on the left side of

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Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman gestures to the crowd in the second half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers, Sept. 4, 2014, in Seattle. The Denver Broncos will look to test the Seattle Seahawks’ star cornerback as the two teams meet in a rematch of the Super Bowl on Sunday in Seattle.

Seattle’s defence where Sherman patrols.

Latimer was deactivated last week with the Broncos needing more bodies on the defensive line against Kansas City but the rookie’s size/ speed mix could prove a big threat at Seattle, especially in the red zone.

After their game Sunday, several Chargers took shots at Sherman.

Keenan Allen called him “just a normal guy” who’s “not really a shutdown corner.”

Malcolm Floyd said Allen lit up Sherman.

“I think it’s funny,” Sherman said. “I find humour in it.”

The Broncos thought it was laughable, too.

“I would just say we respect him a lot,” Gase said. “And you have to be careful with that

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Notes: LB Danny Trevathan participated in individual drills at practice for the first time since breaking his left leg Aug. 12. ... DT Marvin Austin returned to practice Thursday after returning from North Carolina, where his father was in a serious auto accident last weekend.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have some lineup questions entering training camp after a disappointing second-round exit in the playoffs.

“Absolutely. Competition, with it comes uncertainty, and we’d all like things to be certain,” general manager Peter Chiarelli said. “But it also comes like the cream will rise to the top and I’m looking forward to it. On a smaller level we had a competition last year for a couple forward spots and we did OK. So we’ve got some invites, we’ve got some young players pushing. I look forward to it.”

The players went through off-ice conditioning tests Thursday at TD Garden and will open practice Friday at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington.

Two unsigned players did not report for testing. Defenceman Torey Krug and forward Reilly Smith are entry-level restricted free agents who cannot negotiate with other teams.

Last year, Krug had 14 goals, and Smith 20.

Chiarelli would not comment on the negotiations.

“We want them in our mix.

As has been chronicled, we’ve never had that type of player not sign and not come to camp,” Chiarelli said. “I’ve been through a few of them (camp no-shows) in my time. They’re not very pleasant, but that’s what we have right now.”

Chiarelli said the players who participated in testing impressed him. There’s not a lot of time for the team to get up

to speed before the exhibition schedule begins Tuesday night in Montreal.

“It shows a lot of pride that this team takes in the fitness testing to be ready for the season and obviously for the training camp,” captain Zdeno Chara said. “There is a lot of competition and you could see it today, everybody was really trying hard for the best results.

That’s all you can ask. Everything you did throughout the summer, you’re going to show it and bring it from off the ice to on the ice. So it’s exciting and it’s nice to have it over with and just start skating and getting ready for exhibition games.”

Up front, the Bruins need to replace Jarome Iginla, Shawn Thornton and, for now, Smith.

On defence Chara, Dennis Seidenberg, Johnny Boychuk and Dougie Hamilton are mainstays. Adam McQuaid, Kevan Miller, Matt Bartkowski and David Warsofsky will compete for the open two spots in Krug’s absence.

Chara is excited that there are so many defencemen with a chance to make the roster.

“It’s a good problem to have,” Chara said. “No matter how you look it, to have that many players capable of playing gives you obviously an advantage. And like I said it’s a good problem to have and it would be obviously a different situation if we would be on the other side of it. So sometimes things are out of your control as far as trades and other things but as a player you ... have to do your best to make the team and the lineup, and the rest of it is up to the management.”

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin will be held out of the start of training camp as a precaution with what the team described as minor injuries.

First-year coach Mike Johnston said both players were injured in the lead-up to camp, which begins Friday.

Neither injury is considered long term.

Johnston added Crosby’s issue is not related to a wrist injury that hindered him late last season and into the Stanley Cup playoffs.

“We’ll see over the next few days, I don’t expect any of them to be long,” Johnston said.

“But when the trainers and the doctors inform us at this time of the year that we better be cautious with a few people, then we’re going to be cautious. ... These are injuries that have taken place in the short term. I haven’t watched the skates since they’ve been here, when they’ve been out on the ice skating, but it’s been in the last four to five days.”

While there is no timetable for either player’s return, Johnston added he expects it to be “fairly short.”

Johnston said he doesn’t mind dealing with minor injuries at this time of the year, as they are a result of the players pushing themselves for the start of the season.

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Canada draws Japan for second straight year in Davis Cup TORONTO — Martin Laurendeau is looking forward to Canada’s Davis Cup team having another chance to face Japan.

Canada will host Japan in a World Group first-round match in 2015. It will be a rematch of their first-round clash last year when Japan defeated Canada 4-1 to reach the World Group quarter-finals for the first time in its history.

But the Canadian squad was missing its top two singles players, Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil, due to injury.

B U S I N E S S

“The issue is, I think that sometimes the guys, when they get in here together, they get training together, they get on the ice together.

It’s run by the players, so it’s controlled to a degree, but I think the guys, the good thing here is that they’re training hard,” he said.

“They wanted to push each other on the ice.

They wanted to push each other off the ice.

They’re together, which is really good to see.”

While the Penguins will be without Crosby and Malkin, forward Pascal Dupuis and defenceman Olli Maatta will wear red non-contact jerseys in practice on Friday as they come back from significant injuries.

Dupuis has not played since last December, when he tore the ACL in his right knee against the Ottawa Senators. Maatta was expected to miss up to six months after undergoing shoulder surgery in May. Dupuis said he feels 100 per cent and expects to begin taking contact in about a week.

“It feels great,” Dupuis said.

“The timeline for recovery, the ligament just needs to heal a little more ... I have been on the ice. I have skated quite a bit, so hockeywise I think I’m ready. They’re trying to avoid me already. I’m trying to bump into them to see how it feels, so they’ll see the red jersey coming up.

“If I’m wearing it, it’s for a reason ... but if you asked me, I’d be wearing a black jersey and bumping into everybody.”

“We had our share of injuries when we played Japan . . . that’s the way it goes, that’s sports,” Laurendeau, the Canadian team captain, said during a conference call Thursday.

“We know when we have a full team that we can take on anybody, especially at home.”

The host city and venue will be determined at a later date.

Japan holds a 6-0 record over Canada, with their previous meeting prior to 2014 coming back in 1938. Canada is seeded ninth in the tournament while Japan is ranked 12th.

Canada remained in the World Group with a win over Colombia last weekend in Halifax.

The Canadian team featured Raonic, who is ranked sixth on the ATP singles list, Pospisil (43rd) and Frank Dancevic of Niagara Falls, Ont., (147th), as well as doubles ace Daniel Nestor of Toronto (ranked third in doubles).

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Boudreau disappointed by Selanne criticism DUCKS COACH RESPONDS TO FORMER PLAYER’S CRITIQUE IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY move.

Boudreau told Selanne about the scratch a day before the game, leading to the argument.

“It was a really tough thing,” Boudreau said. “I don’t think any coach wants to sit out a superstar.”

Selanne had two goals and four assists in 12 playoff games. Anaheim finished with the Western Conference’s top record before losing a seven-game series in the second round to Los Angeles.

Getzlaf said he was disappointed to hear Selanne had hoped the captain would stick up for him in meetings with Boudreau and the Ducks’ top brass.

Getzlaf and Corey Perry frequently teamed with Selanne on the Ducks’ top power play unit, but not frequently enough for Selanne’s taste.

“I’m going to have to talk to him about it as friends,” Getzlaf said. “But Teemu had numerous discussions with me last season, and the season before. As a captain, it’s my job to weed through things that I can go to the coach with, and things that I can’t.

Teemu doesn’t know all the discussions that I’ve had about him in the last two years, and there’s been many times when I’ve went to bat for him, and there are some times when I have to step away and just let the coach and GM make their decision.”

Selanne and his family still live in Orange County, and the Ducks will retire Selanne’s No. 8 jersey before a game against the Winnipeg Jets on Jan. 11. Boudreau, Murray and Getzlaf are confident Selanne’s gripes won’t turn him away from the franchise that made him into a hockey icon.

“I’m sure I’m going to see him again,” Boudreau said. “And listen, he was one of my favourite guys. I’ve always liked him and admired him. I don’t think anyone here has ever heard me say a bad word about him, ever.

And that will continue.”

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANAHEIM, Calif. — Teemu Selanne managed to make a stir on the first day of the Anaheim Ducks’ training camp even after his retirement.

Coach Bruce Boudreau and Selanne’s former teammates reacted with disappointment and chuckles Thursday after hearing about Selanne’s fierce criticism of Boudreau in a new biography published in Finland.

Selanne retired at 43 years old last summer following a 21-season NHL career spent mostly in Anaheim. His disagreements with Boudreau about his playing time and role last season were hardly secrets, but Selanne’s decision to air them in public surprised the Ducks.

“Nobody likes hearing anything negative about themselves, so in that sense I’m a little disappointed,” Boudreau said. “But I understand the frustration.”

Several media outlets obtained copies of the Finnish book and translated the passages criticizing Boudreau’s decisions regarding Selanne, who felt betrayed by his dwindling role in his final season. Selanne, who flirted with retirement for seven consecutive summers, even said he might have played another year if Boudreau wasn’t the Ducks’ coach.

Ducks general manager Bob Murray and captain Ryan Getzlaf backed Boudreau’s handling of Selanne’s final season Thursday, saying they were aware of the Finnish Flash’s disappointments.

“He is such a competitor, and he was frustrated his last year didn’t go quite the way he wanted to go, and he was frustrated at the end of the year,” Murray said. “It’s Teemu being Teemu.”

Boudreau acknowledged he was caught between the wildly popular Selanne’s opinion of his skills and his

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Anaheim Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau stands behind the bench in an NHL game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh Nov. 18, 2013. Boudreau reacted with disappointment after hearing about former Ducks player Teemu Selanne’s fierce criticism of Boudreau in a new biography published in Finland. own desire to maximize the Ducks’ scoring in a successful season.

Selanne scored a career-low nine goals in 64 games during his final season, but said he was promised more playing time on the second line and on the power play.

His skills still appeared sharp at the Sochi Olympics, where he was named the tournament MVP while winning a bronze medal as Finland’s captain in his sixth games.

Selanne is the 11th-leading goalscorer in NHL history with 684 goals, and his 1,457 points are 15th.

“I was always very cognizant of who he was, what he meant to hockey in California, what he’s meant to the Ducks, and he was a great player,”

Boudreau said.

Selanne wrote that he was furious after Boudreau scratched him for Game 4 of the Ducks’ first-round playoff series against Dallas, leading to a post-practice confrontation on the ice.

Boudreau downplayed the incident, saying Selanne quickly cooled off.

“He raised his voice a bit, and all I did was tell him, ’OK, not so loud,”’ Boudreau said. “’Let’s talk like men.’

And then he stopped and he caught himself, because he’s an emotional guy.”

Selanne’s healthy scratch was extremely unpopular with Ducks fans, but Boudreau said he consulted with the Anaheim’s scouts and other frontoffice personnel before making the

Avs add more leadership in second season under Roy DENVER — Jarome Iginla took a few wrong turns and got lost heading into the office for his first day of work.

So new to town, it’s understandable the Colorado Avalanche forward can’t quite navigate his way to the Pepsi Center yet.

His direction on the ice, though, is impeccable. That’s why the Avalanche brought his leadership to Denver, hoping the 37-year-old can take them to the next level.

This is a team that surprised the NHL last season by tying a franchise record with 52 wins in coach Patrick Roy’s first season. This is also a team that lost a Game 7 at home against the Minnesota Wild.

Months later, that post-season loss still bothers captain Gabriel Landeskog, who reported for physicals Thursday with an early start on his playoff beard.

“Last year we just wanted to make the playoffs and make a push,” said Landeskog, whose team returned to the post-season for the first time since 2010. “Now, it’s about taking that next step and sending another message that we want to be a Stanley Cup contender.”

To facilitate that, Colorado was quite active in the off-season. They acquired defenceman Brad Stuart from the San Jose Sharks and forward Daniel Briere from Montreal for right wing

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Zac Blair takes lead in Web. com Tour Championship PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Zac Blair matched the course record with a 7-under 63 on Thursday to take the lead in the Web.com Tour Championship, the final event in the four-tournament Web.com Tour Finals.

Blair, the 24-year-old former BYU player who needs to earn about $40,000 this week to earn a PGA Tour card, had a bogey-free round on TPC Sawgrass’ Dye’s Valley Course.

P.A. Parenteau.

And when they lost fan favourite Paul Stastny through free agency, they simply went ahead with their next plan — signing Iginla, who has 560 career NHL goals.

“He’s a natural goal scorer,” Roy said. “I think he’s going to be very helpful to our guys.”

Already renowned for his intense off-season workouts, Iginla stepped it up even another notch this summer so that he can fly down the ice with the youngsters. Roy is leaning toward pairing Iginla with Ryan O’Reilly and Matt Duchene.

“This is a very young, dynamic group,” said Iginla, who scored 30 goals for Boston last season. “Lots of speed, lots of skill and guys that are very competitive.

“There are going to be some fun nights because of the things they can do.”

The Avalanche caught the hockey world off guard last season by winning the Central Division. They were rewarded, too, with plenty of post-season awards. Roy was named the league’s top coach and Nathan MacKinnon the rookie of the year. O’Reilly earned the Lady Byng Award for gentlemanly conduct.

But no one is going to overlook them again this season.

“It’s going to be a lot tougher,” defenceman Tyson Barrie said.

That playoff loss to Minnesota was painful for Barrie, partly because he Blair missed the cuts in the first three events in the series limited to the top 75 players from the Web.com Tour money list and Nos. 126-200 in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup standings.

“It’s been crazy”, said Blair, playing for the 12th consecutive week. “You always have to stay positive and look at the bright side. ... It’s just a bonus to even be out here. Obviously, I would like to capitalize on it and play well.”

He had only 23 putts Thursday.

Scott Pinckney, Derek Fathauer, Sung Joon Park, Bronson La’Cassie and Chad Collins were tied for second at 65.

Pinckney locked up a PGA Tour card with a fourth-place tie two weeks ago in the Chiquita Classic.

wasn’t able to play following a kneeto-knee hit from Matt Cooke in Game 3.

Cooke drew a seven-game suspension for the collision that knocked Barrie out of the series. The Avs were never the same without Barrie’s offensive presence from the blue line.

Barrie said Cooke reached out to him, but he never got back to him. Barrie will see Cooke soon enough, as the Avalanche travel to Minnesota for the season opener on Oct. 9. Their home opener is two days later against the Wild as well.

“That’s awesome the league did that and recognizes we might have a great rivalry coming up here (with Minnesota),” Landeskog said. “We expect a lot of good things out of ourselves.”

So do the fans, who have quickly embraced the team that Roy and team executive Joe Sakic assembled. They’re wearing old jerseys featuring No. 33 (Roy) and No. 19 (Sakic) around town

along with new ones such as No. 29 (MacKinnon).

“If it’s on the golf course, anywhere in Denver, there’s an excitement and we want to continue to have our fans excited about our team,” Roy said.

“They want to see that this team is going in the right direction.

“Last year we approached it that we wanted to surprise the world of hockey. I think if we can go even deeper in the playoffs that would surprise the world of hockey again.”

NOTES: Avalanche F Patrick Bordeleau had recent back surgery and will be sidelined for about three months. ... Roy expects another big year from goaltender Semyon Varlamov, who had 41 wins last season to break Roy’s franchise record. “I’m confident he’s going to play up to what we expect from him,” Roy said. ... Briere is eager to skate for Roy, who was one of his idols growing up.

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Methot moves on from contract talks SENATORS DEFENCEMAN REAMINS COMMITTED TO TEAM AS TRAINING CAMP OPENS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Marc Methot was feeling the need to be on the defensive entering Ottawa Senators training camp.

The 29-year-old Ottawa native is entering the final year of his contract, and negotiations between the defenceman and the Senators have taken an ugly turn.

Things began to unravel after Senators general manager Bryan Murray told TSN’s Bob McKenzie he’d trade Methot rather than lose him to free agency.

Methot was then quoted saying: “It’s at the stage where I’m really not comfortable that the team wants to do anything (on a new deal).”

Methot’s agent, Larry Kelly, then revealed some of the contract terms that had allegedly been discussed, which the Senators disputed.

“We’ve always felt we want to keep Marc around, but you see stuff like this and you say, ’Is it worth it?,”’ assistant general manager Pierre Dorion said at the time.

Methot did his best to diffuse the situation Thursday, saying he remains committed to the Senators.

“It’s the business side of it and it’s not always pretty and it’s definitely a process and in terms of what’s to be expected and what not,” Methot said. “Obviously I’d like to get something done and anything related to the business is Larry’s (Kelly) job and not mine.

“Nothing changes for me.

To be honest right now my whole thought process is just coming in here and working my tail off. That’s all I’m going to do is just work real hard and do my job.”

Methot said he has stopped reading the papers and listening to news reports in an effort

to keep the situation from escalating.

“I’m just trying to keep my mind on the dressing room and trying to be as positive and normal around the guys because the less I expose myself to any of that outside noise the better I am for it.”

As a former player, Senators head coach Paul MacLean understands the situation Methot is in and doesn’t foresee it being a distraction.

“When Marc comes to the rink (Friday) for practice we’re going to make sure he’s ready to practice and comes on the ice and do what he does,” said MacLean. “It’s negotiations. It’s always about give and take.

“At the end of the day you have to feel it’s fair what you have and you’ve got to stand up for yourself and I don’t think anyone holds that against anybody in the game and right now he’s going through it. He happens to be the guy that’s going through it. How’s he handling it, I’m not going to evaluate that.”

MacLean will have plenty of other things to evaluate, as the Senators will have a number of new faces in the lineup when they take to the ice Friday.

New additions include David Legwand, Alex Chiasson, who was acquired through in the trade that sent former captain Jason Spezza to Dallas, and rookie Curtis Lazar who is expected to make a strong push to make the NHL team.

While Legwand will add depth down the middle, it’s Kyle Turris who will be expected to handle the responsibilities of the number-one centre.

The 25-year-old says he’s excited to take on the new challenge and feels he’s ready for it.

Turris took on the number-

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Ottawa Senators’ Chris Neil takes part in testing during the opening day of training camp in Ottawa on Thursday. one role two years ago when Spezza was injured and says he learned a lot from the experience.

“I think I’m more prepared and have a better feel of what to expect and I’m more confident in myself,” Turris said. “I feel like I’ve improved in certain areas that will help me.”

MacLean said Turris has grown exponentially during his three years with the Senators.

“I think if he’s the same thing (as last year) we’re going to be happy with him,” MacLean said. “He’s also still young enough that his game can continue to grow, but if Kyle turns around and has

the same year this year as he had last year we’re going to be happy.”

MacLean will also be doing his best to keep Bobby Ryan happy.

The Senators would like to sign the 27-year-old to a longterm extension, but Ryan has stated he prefers seeing what kind of role he will have with the team before making any kind of commitment.

MacLean said he expects Ryan to take on some added responsibilities with Spezza gone.

“I think this is the natural growth of his game that he should come in and demand a bigger role and we should ex-

pect him to play a bigger role and that’s what we expect - we expect him to have a bigger role,” MacLean said. “Right now as we start out Bobby Ryan’s role on our team will be bigger and he’s going to be involved in the penalty killing part of the game, he’s going to be involved in the leadership part of the game.

“Now it’s up to him to go out and earn the extra ice time.”

Notes: The team will spend just one day in Ottawa before leaving for St. John’s, N.L., Friday evening for three days where they will have a full scrimmage and two split squad games against the New York Islanders.

Canucks go into Galchenyuk wants to be season with lower more productive for Habs expectations

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks are in an unfamiliar position.

Perennially a pre-season pick to go deep in the playoffs, this incarnation enters training camp with significantly lower-than-usual expectations from fans and media — and with good reason.

The Canucks fell flat last season, squandering a decent start with a swoon that saw them fail to make the playoffs for the first time since 2008.

And while many aren’t giving them much of a chance this time around, the players were upbeat Thursday as they reported for medicals and fitness testing at Rogers Arena.

“I think expectations within the group are high,” said forward Daniel Sedin. “We want to win and we don’t look at this as a rebuild or anything.

I think we have deep team and we have a team that can make the playoffs, and anything can happen there.

“Maybe from the outside they’re lower, but within the team I think we have high expectations.”

The Canucks finished 12th in the Western Conference last season, eight points back of the final playoff spot. General manager Mike Gillis and first-year head coach John Tortorella were both fired as a result, with new team president Trevor Linden replacing the pair with Jim Benning up top and Willie Desjardins behind the bench.

It’s that clean slate that has the Canucks excited for 201415, even if many others don’t share that optimism.

“We try not to get too distracted or influenced by external factors and what the media may think, whether it’s good or bad, or what the fans might think, whether it’s good or bad,” said defenceman Dan Hamhuis. “I think we’re pretty confident and comfortable with the direction that we’re going.”

The heart of the roster that was a game away from winning the 2011 Stanley Cup remains pretty much unchanged heading into training camp in Whistler, B.C., with the exception of Ryan Kesler, who was traded to the Anaheim Ducks for fellow centre Nick Bonino, defenceman Luca Sbisa and two draft picks.

“I really believe in our core,” said Hamhuis. “I believe we’re all still in our prime. I think we’re hungrier

than ever. I think being that close and not winning and having a couple tough years since then has got us all very motivated.”

Add to that the addition of goaltender Ryan Miller to hopefully silence the circus in the crease that dogged Vancouver the last few seasons, and wingers Radim Vrbata, Derek Dorsett and Linden Vey, and the Canucks feel they have a more complete roster top to bottom.

“I personally think that if you look at our lineup this year, we’re a deeper team,” said captain Henrik Sedin.

“I think in this league, to win consistently, you need three or four lines scoring each and every night. You can’t rely on (only) some guys to do it. That’s when we were at our best a few years ago, when we had a lot of players chipping in each night.”

Much was made last season of the Canucks’ inability to mesh with Tortorella’s defence-first, puck-pressure system, which at times looked like a square peg being jammed in a round hole.

Coming off a Calder Cup victory with the AHL’s Texas Stars, Desjardins said he wants his team to play on the front foot in an ultra-competitive Pacific Division that includes the big three teams from California.

“We want to try to dictate the game. When we play we want it to be about us and how we play,” said the rookie head coach. “That’s our focus: to make sure that we’re ready and that we can play the way we want to play. That will be with tempo and attacking, and with discipline as well. We want to be a real disciplined team. We want to stay out of the penalty box and play hard.”

A number of Canucks had off years last season, and defenceman Kevin Bieksa said the resulting tumble down the standings left a bitter taste in the everyone’s mouth.

“It’s another new season with a new coaching staff,” Bieksa said. “It’s not something we’re proud of but here we are. It’s a fresh start — a chance to redeem ourselves so to speak. We look at ourselves in the mirror first, so we’re looking at having a good year and righting the ship.”

Benning, who like Desjardins is a rookie in his position at the NHL level but has paid his dues in the hockey world, said he expects the Canucks to surprise some people.

BROSSARD, Que. — Alex Galchenyuk feels it is time to step up and become a dominant player, whether it is at centre or on left wing.

The 20-year-old will be tried out at centre during the Montreal Canadiens pre-season after spending most of his first two NHL seasons on the wing.

“The main thing is I want to prove to myself that I can take that extra step to be a more productive player, because I truly believe I can be that player,” Galchenyuk said Thursday as the Canadiens opened camp with medical and fitness testing. “I pushed myself hard in the summer and I just can’t wait to get it started.”

Galchenyuk was mainly a centre for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League when the Canadiens drafted him third overall in 2012, citing his flashy skills as a scorer and playmaker as well as his six-foot-two, 205-pound frame.

General manager Marc Bergevin said this week it was time to see if he can adapt to the centreman’s position at the NHL level, particularly with its defensive demands.

“I’m really confident playing on the wing,” Galchenyuk said. “I like the position.

“I’ve played it a lot. But I don’t know if I’d be better playing at centre or wing. It’s for the coaches to decide. Centre in the NHL is a way different game than centre in junior.

Everything has to click. But I’m excited for the challenge.

We’ll see where it takes me.”

If he makes the move, one of the four incumbent centres will be bumped to the wing.

The four in place are David Desharnais, Tomas Plekanec, Lars Eller and newcomer Manny Malhotra.

Some feel Eller is most likely to move if Galchenyuk shows he’s ready.

“I think of myself as a centre,” said Eller. “We’ll see what happens.”

Galchenyuk had nine goals and 27 points in 45 games as a rookie in 2012-13 and added 13 goals and 31 points in 65 games last season. They were decent numbers for a teenager whose ice time was carefully managed by coach Michel Therrien, but now they want to see how he handles more responsibility.

Eller, who signed a fouryear contract extension in the off-season, was not surprised Galchenyuk will get a look.

“They’ve been saying since they drafted him that they will try him at centre at some

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Montreal Canadiens centre T.J. Hensick goes through a medical exam at training camp Thursday, in Brossard, Que.. point,” he said. “That’s why they drafted him.

“Things have a way of falling into place. Things can change quickly, one way or the other.”

The Canadiens have 64 players in camp, and there have been changes to the team that surprised many by reaching the Eastern Conference final last season.

Gone are captain Brian Gionta and veteran defenceman Josh Gorges, both now with the Buffalo Sabres. Tough guy George Parros is gone. Rearguard Douglas Murray was let go, and veteran Francis Bouillon was not signed but was invited to camp on a tryout.

Newcomers include Malhotra, right winger Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau and defenceman Tom Gilbert.

There will be competition in camp for the job of backup goalie to Carey Price between incumbent Peter Budaj and Dustin Tokarski.

Tokarski looked good late in the season and Therrien opted to put him in when Price was injured in the opening game of the conference final against the New York Rangers.

That decision seemed to hang Budaj out to dry, but he has a year left on a contract that pays US$1.4 million while Tokarski is on a two-way deal, although both would have the clear waivers if sent to AHL

Hamilton.

There is also a battle for one or perhaps two spots on defence, with youngsters Nathan Beaulieu, Jarred Tinordi and Greg Pateryn the leading candidates.

The 21-year-old Beaulieu may have the edge with a strong showing in the conference final after a call-up from Hamilton, but the rushing defenceman is not taking anything for granted.

“The time to step up is now,” said Beaulieu, who has adopted No. 28, which he wore in junior hockey with the Saint John Sea Dogs. “They’re going to give me every opportunity and I’ve got to show I’m ready.

“They did their part by giving me an opportunity at the end of last season and now it’s my turn to reward them.”

Beaulieu, drafted 17th overall in 2011, played 17 regular season NHL games and seven more in the playoffs in 201314. The six-foot-six Tinordi, picked 22nd overall in 2010, spent 22 games in Montreal last season, but sat out the post-season. The 24-year-old Pateryn had a good year in Hamilton with 15 goals and 19 assists.

Trading Gorges will allow Alexei Emelin to move to the left side, likely with Gilbert.

P.K. Subban, armed with his new eight-year $72 million contract, and Andrei Markov should be the first pair.

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Leafs open camp with an eye on finish HOPING COMPETITION AND DEPTH MAKE THEM A BETTER TEAM THIS SEASON

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The post-mortem of the past two Toronto Maple Leafs seasons hasn’t been pretty. A Game 7 collapse against the Boston Bruins in 2013 gave way to 14-game plunge that cost them a trip to the playoffs in 2014.

Starts haven’t been the Leafs’ problem. But with an eye on the finish, they hope off-season moves and a competitive training camp can help them write a different kind of ending.

After signing David Booth, Daniel Winnik, Leo Komarov, Petri Kontiola and Mike Santorelli and trading for Matt Frattin, the Leafs have 17 forwards in training camp on one-way NHL contracts. Realistically, only 13 or 14 will make the team following Toronto’s most competitive pre-season in recent history.

That’s exactly how general manager Dave Nonis likes it.

“We wanted to approach this a different way: There are no spots open, and someone’s going to lose their job,” Nonis said. “We need the competition in this group to be as high as it’s ever been if we’re going to maximize the skill level and the talent level that we have.”

After losing 12 of the final 14 games last season, the Leafs went through an off-season of change. Brendan Shanahan took over as president, Kyle Dubas and Brandon Pridham joined the front office as assistant GMs, and coach Randy Carlyle got to keep his job but had his assistants replaced.

In terms of roster construction, the core of Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk, Joffrey Lupul and captain Dion Phaneuf remains. But after that group wore down as 2013-14 went on, Lupul sees off-season additions as one way to keep history from repeating itself.

“I think that was pretty apparent down the stretch that we didn’t quite have the energy it required down the stretch and other teams did,” Lupul said. “I think having a little more depth and a little more balance up and down the lineup will certainly help that.”

Knowing no NHL team can ever be too deep, Nonis brought in a handful of forwards and defenceman Stephane Robidas in free agency and also traded for Frattin and defenceman Roman Polak to change that tune. His hope was to create a better bottom-six forward group so that Carlyle wouldn’t have to keep his stars on the ice for so long.

“If you’ve got a good third, fourth line you can take away some tough minutes from your top guys and give some rest for Phil, Tyler (Bozak) and James so when we’re up by a goal or two goals they don’t have to be playing as much as they used to be,” Winnik said.

Even as Carlyle talked up a philosophical shift to three scoring lines and a fourth “energy” trio, the next few weeks will determine more than just a few of those spots. There’s a competition for the second-line right-winger job, and that’s not the only position up for grabs.

David Clarkson, whom Carlyle hopes

can hit a “reset” button after a dreadfully disappointing first season with the Leafs, could be given every opportunity to snatch that spot, but firstround pick William Nylander could win it with an impressive showing.

Also in the mix are Booth, Winnik, Komarov, Kontiola, Santorelli, Frattin, Troy Bodie, Colton Orr, Frazer McLaren and Trevor Smith, and there might be eight openings for those 10 players.

Nonis wants this camp to resemble the lockout-shortened one in 2013 when players were sent to the minors who might not have been expecting it because of their contract status.

“There’s no reason a player should have his spot on the team determined by a one-way contract or the size of his salary,” Nonis said. “If we want to have success those players that have higher salaries that are supposed to be our better players have to perform. There’s no secret in that. We’ve made it clear to our players and coaches that all the players need to compete and there’s other players that will take their jobs if that doesn’t happen.”

Carlyle said it’s up to him and his staff to pick the right players for those roles. If they choose wisely, it could pay dividends in March and April, the times in which the Leafs have most recently struggled.

“The teams that go deep in the playoffs are playing four lines, they’re playing three and a half lines at least,” Nonis said. “Injuries as well ... If we have injuries to our top six forwards we think we’re in a better position to replace those players and the competition in the lineup from one to probably 13 or 14 up front is as strong as it’s ever been.”

On defence, veterans Henrik Tallinder and Brendan Mikkelson are in camp on professional tryouts, and one or both lefties could make the team as the Leafs put more priority on balance. Bringing in Polak and Robidas also could have the desired effect of putting less wear and tear on Phaneuf, Morgan Rielly, Jake Gardiner and Cody Franson.

“I think I’d be the first to admit that at the end of maybe game 70 and game 75 you’re feeling it when you’re playing 27, 28 minutes,” Phaneuf said. “I think it will help our whole defensive corps when you have two guys that can play minutes like that.”

Notes — Robidas, who broke his right leg while in the playoffs with the Anaheim Ducks, hopes to be in the lineup for the Leafs’ regular-season opener Oct. 8 against the Montreal Canadiens. Robidas, 37, who signed a three-year contract on July 1, said he likely wouldn’t be able to play in the pre-season until the final couple of games. Nonis said Robidas was on pace in his recovery and had not had a setback. ... Lupul (knee) and goaltender Jonathan Bernier (sports hernia and knee) reported being fully healthy and ready to go for the start of camp. ... The Leafs are scheduled for on-ice testing Friday and have their first practice set for Saturday. Their pre-season opener is Monday in London, Ont., against the Philadelphia Flyers.

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Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf steps off the ice after a photo shoot for a television network during training camp in Toronto on Thursday.

Maple Leafs assistant Spott brushes off disagreement with Kessel TORONTO — On the first day of training camp in his new job as a Toronto Maple Leafs assistant coach, Steve Spott was trying to put an offseason disagreement with Phil Kessel behind him.

After the Toronto Star reported Kessel telling Spott he wouldn’t follow the team’s new plan on how to break out of its defensive zone — and Spott relaying that at a coaches clinic over the summer — the dispute became one of the hottest topics on the day players reported for physicals.

While Kessel denied such a conversation even took place, Spott only expressed regret that the star winger had to deal with questions about the situation.

“It’s our job as assistant coaches to get to know what these guys want to do and areas they think we can improve on,” Spott said Thursday at the team’s practice facility. “Phil and I talked about a number of things with regard to power play and where he wants to be. But those are things, that’s my job.

“To think we don’t have conversations about golf and some simple things about the power play, that’s what we’re paid to do. At the same time, it’s a very light-hearted conversation that I had some fun with in a coaches clinic.”

The Star quoted three anonymous minor-league coaches who attend-

ed that clinic and re-told what Spott said. Spott, promoted to join Randy Carlyle’s staff after being head coach of the AHL’s Toronto Marlies, didn’t refute the report.

“I think we had a very general conversation that took place, talking about his drive, and also talking about different things on the ice, and that’s part of my job,” he said. “Get to know these guys, things they like to do on the ice, things that they think we can improve on, and just getting to know them.”

Kessel said he didn’t read the article but insisted the conversation in question didn’t happen.

“I’ve obviously talked to Spotter a couple times, but it’s not about that,” Kessel said.

“It’s more about golf and stuff. I don’t really talk about hockey in the summer, to be honest, if you really want to know the truth.”

Kessel was all smiles as he talked about the 11-foot, 450-pound shark he and teammate Tyler Bozak caught while in Florida and appeared to be in a jovial mood at the beginning of training camp. He laughed off a question about whether he hated his coach and deferred to Carlyle about whether the reverse was true.

When Kessel got serious about coaching techniques, he said he believed deviating from team structure was “how you lose games.” But he added that he doesn’t get any input.

“I have opinions, but I have nothing to do with how this team is run, coached or any of the systems, no matter what you guys think,” Kessel said.

Maurice says Jets need to improve defensively

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Their goaltending was near the bottom of the league last season, but coach Paul Maurice says the Winnipeg Jets have to play better hockey in front of Ondrej Pavelec before they can assess their starter.

“Play a strong enough game in front of him, give him a chance to win every night, and then we’ll make an assessment of our goaltending and where it’s at,” Maurice said as training camp opened Thursday.

“I have confidence in this man and his abilities to do it.”

General manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and now Maurice haven’t wavered in their support of the Czech import, and his teammates agree they haven’t always given him the help he needs.

Pavelec, 27, joined the Atlanta Thrashers in 2007-08 and became their starter in 2009-10. He was the team’s most valuable player in 2011-12, the year the Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg and became the Jets, but even then his numbers weren’t great.

They turned abysmal last season.

Pavelec let in the most goals of any netminder in the league at 163 and his .901 save percentage was tied with Martin Brodeur at the bottom of the 30 players with 39 games or more.

The Jets finished 22nd last season, with a record of 37-35-10. Pavelec’s record was 22-26-7.

A trimmer and presumably fitter Pavelec went through his physical with his teammates Thursday. No players were made available to reporters.

Ron Ellis, Dennis Hull to be honoured at gala fundraiser for concussion research TORONTO — Ron Ellis wasn’t sure about being the co-star of a fundraising dinner but was quickly won over by the cause.

So the former Leaf winger signed on for “Twins: A Toast to Ron Ellis and Dennis Hull, ” an Oct. 1 gala dinner at the Mattamay Athletic Centre — formerly known as Maple Leaf Gardens.

Money raised from the evening will go towards a concussion clinic and research program at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.

“I had my share of concussions and

Maurice was the only voice explaining what the team will try to do to get better and he wasn’t making any rash promises about playoff hockey come next spring.

“You’re going to ask me every day, ’Hey, are you guys going to make the playoffs this year?’ I know that’s coming and I don’t have an answer for you.

We’re going to have an answer for you somewhere in the early part of April . . .”

“I tell you what we’re going to do.

We’re going to work our butts off in training camp to get better.”

That includes Pavelec, he said.

“We need Ondrej to be every bit better as every other player . . . The talent is there and we’ve seen it. We need to put a structure in front of him that he understands. . . He needs to do the work.”

His backup this season, at least so far, looks like rookie Michael Hutchinson, who came out of the Jets AHL farm team late last season and impressed enough to stick around and displace Al Montoya.

Maurice said the most important thing the Jets can do this season is improve defensively.

“No Stanley Cup champion ranks in the top-10 of everything but the one area that’s consistent is they’re good defensively. And we’re talking about from a goals against strictly point of view. We have to be a better defensive team.”

It’s something he preached last season and something his predecessor Claude Noel also talked about until he was sacked in January after a fivemy doctors believe it led to some problems with depression I’ve had later in life.” Ellis said in an interview.

“So it’s very dear to my heart. . . .

But I have to admit I just didn’t know if Mr. Hull and I would have enough draw power.”

With the formidable Sheryn Posen at the helm, the dinner has already proved to be a rousing success. With some 670 tickets sold, there was just one table left for the dinner as of Thursday.

Posen hopes the evening, which features a who’s who from hockey and 12 other sports, will raise some $300,000.

And she says while everyone recognizes the dinner’s worthwhile cause, people want to pay tribute to Ellis and Hull.

game losing streak.

Maurice promises more than just talk. He says things like ensuring people are where they’re supposed to be on the ice are going to dominate training camp, not scrimmages.

“We’re just going to do it over and over and over again until we get it right. Last year from day one of my taking over the job to the end of the regular season I believe there were two days when we didn’t work on our defensive zone coverage.”

He also promised things in the three systems they’ll be learning that are new to all the players. The Jets hit the practice ice Friday and play their first exhibition game Monday, when the Minnesota Wild visit the MTS Centre in Winnipeg.

The team may be looking for better results but makeup-wise it doesn’t look a lot different from last season.

About the biggest change is the replacement of centre Olli Jokinen with Mathieu Perreault. It looks like a slight

upgrade since both had 18 goals and 43 points last season, but Perreault did it in 69 games with the Ducks and is only 26. Jokinen took 82 games and is 35.

“You’ve got a player that’s quite quick . . real good faceoff man,” offered Maurice, who said wherever Perreault lands, they want to use his offensive skills.

It seems likely he’ll centre Winnipeg’s third line, but with whom is anyone’s guess at this point.

“They have to be good defensively . . but we want them to generate some things. . . We are expecting him to work into the power-play units . . . increase our skill level a little bit in terms of how we can move the puck.”

The big hope for new talent, however, seems to be from within, which shines a spotlight on Jets’ prospects like the team’s No. 1 draft pick this year, 18-year-old Nikolaj Ehlers, or Adam Lowry, a six-foot-five centre who found his footing last season in his rookie year in the AHL.

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After Bigfoot comes Big Country for UFC heavyweight Hunt

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Amazingly Mark Hunt felt OK after his five-round war with Antonio (Bigfoot) Silva last time out.

Apart from the hand broken in two places, that is. Combine Silva’s renowned teak-like noggin with 103 significant strikes and something has to give.

Not that Hunt, the 40-year-old heavyweight known as the Super Samoan, was complaining after the all-action fight was scored a majority draw.

“I didn’t feel so bad,” said Hunt. “It was a great fight, I did my job and I was happy.”

The Australian-based New Zealander, ranked No. 6 among heavyweight contenders, takes on another big hitter in No. 8 Roy (Big Country) Nelson in the main event of a UFC event in Tokyo on Saturday.

Neither fighter will win a Mr. Universe title but both can pack a punch.

Hunt is a former K-1 champion who went on to fight in Pride and has become a fan favourite in the UFC for his punching power and never-saydie attitude. The 38-year-old Nelson is a former winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” who has a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as well as a cannon for a right hand. And both are coming off big performances: Hunt (9-8-1) against Silva and Nelson (21-9) with a TKO win over Antonio (Minotauro) Nogueira in April. Like Hunt, Nelson broke his hand in the bout.

Hunt and Silva earned the fight of the night bonus and kudos from UFC president Dana White for their Brisbane brawl.

“Both Hunt and Silva win FON and both get their win bonus and I might buy them both their own private ISLANDS!!!! Sickest HW fight ever!!!,” White tweeted that night.

The UFC boss’s enthusiasm was tempered later by news that the sixfoot-four 264-pound Silva tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone.

Hunt has been in the wars of late.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Antonio Silva takes and elbow from Mark Hunt during UFC Fight Night in Australia. Hunt will now take on another heavy hitter in Roy Nelson on Saturday in Tokyo.

At at UFC 160 in May 2013, his last fight before Silva, he broke his toe and needed six stitches after a knockout loss to Junior Dos Santos. He was laid low after the fight when a bruise suffered during his training camp became infected.

“It’s been kind of funny, one (fight) after the other,” Hunt said of his ill luck. “But such is life, it’s part of fighting.”

Hunt appears to have issues of his own heading into the Nelson fight. Yahoo, quoting a UFC source, reported that the five-foot-10 Hunt weighed 284 pounds Thursday, meaning he would have to lose 19 pounds to make the heavyweight limit of 265 Friday for the Saitama Super Arena bout.

The card also includes a lightweight bout between No. 9 contender Myles (Fury) Jury and Takanori (The Fireball Kid) Gomi. Welterweight Amir Sadollah, winner of Season 7 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” takes on veteran Yoshihiro (Sexyama) Akiyama in a battle of two fighters who have not been in the

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Hunt is no stranger to Saitama from his days in K-1 and Pride.

“I have good and bad memories fighting in Japan,” he said. “I’m looking forward to going back to work and putting on a good show for the people that pay their money to come and watch me fight. I’m going to try to move closer to that title shot.”

Hunt calls his combat sports abilities “a gift from God.” “I never wanted to be a fighter,” he said. “I just got into a fight outside a nightclub and that’s how I started. I didn’t go to train at some karate school for 10 or 20 years. I just stumbled upon it. Four days later I was fighting (Muay Thai).”

One of the bouncers at the nightclub invited him to his gym and Hunt, who had been going down a poor life path, suddenly found himself a fighter.

Years later he is the main attraction.

PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Top-ranked Stacy Lewis birdied the last three holes and five of the final six Thursday for an 8-under 64 and a share of the lead with Mi Jung Hur in the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.

Lewis, the 2012 winner in the event that was dropped from the schedule last year after losing its title sponsor, had a bogey-free round on The Senator course. She has a tour-high three victories this season.

“I grew up playing on Bermuda grass, which I think that helps a lot, you know, just reading greens and understanding the different types of lies, but it feels like home,” said Lewis, the former University of Arkansas star from Texas. “The heat, the humidity, I’m used to it.”

Lewis tied for 16th last week in France in the Evian Championship in the final major of the year.

“I played really solid last week and that golf course was just a little goofy and the scores just didn’t really show how I played,” Lewis said. “So I felt like things were coming along and getting closer and it showed out there.

I hit my wedges a lot better, which is always a good sign for me. When my wedges get back on track that usually gets the entire swing back going in the right direction.”

Hur also had a bogey-free round.

The South Korean player won her lone LPGA Tour title in 2009.

“It was awesome with bogey-free,” Hur said.

“That was my goal for today and I make it. My shot was really working good and also my putter was very good, so everything was perfect.”

South Africa’s Paula Reto had a 65, and Cydney Clanton was another stroke back along with Sweden’s Karin Sjodin and Japan’s Ayako Uehara.

Hur tied for third in the 2012 event.

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Not exclusive to men anymore THE R&A GOLF CLUB AT ST. ANDREWS VOTES TO ADMIT FEMALE MEMBERS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews is no longer just for men.

The R&A became the latest golf club to end years of male-only exclusivity on Thursday when its members voted overwhelmingly in favour of inviting women. The vote was effective immediately.

“I can confirm that The Royal & Ancient Golf of St. Andrews is now a mixed membership club,” R&A secretary Peter Dawson said in a statement.

Dawson said more than three-quarters of the club’s 2,500 members worldwide voted, with 85 per cent in favour.

It was the first time in the R&A’s 260-year history that members were allowed to vote by proxy at the annual business meeting.

The members also voted to fasttrack a “significant” number of women to join in the next few months. The R&A did not say how many women would be invited, though previous reports indicated it could be 15.

“This is a very important and positive day in the history of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club,” Dawson said. “The R&A has served the sport of golf well for 260 years and I am confident that the club will continue to do so in future with the support of all its members, both women and men.”

Augusta National, home of the Masters, decided two years ago to invite women to join. Unlike the R&A, Augusta National did not have a written policy that banned women. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla

Luiten leads Wales Open by one

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Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam tees off from the 18th during a Pro Am event ahead of the Women’s British Open golf tournament at the Old Course at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews, Scotland, on Aug. 1, 2007. On Thursday, The Royal & Ancient Golf Club, an all-male bastion since its founding 260 years ago, voted Thursday to admit women members.

Moore were the first female members.

While the R&A members have access to the clubhouse behind the first tee at the Old Course, they belong to a club, not a golf course. The seven golf courses at St. Andrews are open to the public. The favourable vote was hailed from golf organizations, public officials and sponsors around the world.

“This is positive news for the sport, and I hope we will now see other golf clubs that still have outdated same-sex policies follow suit,” said Helen Grant, Britain’s minister for sport. “With golf in the next Olympics there is a huge opportunity for the sport to grow and this sends out the right inclusive message that golf is for everyone.”

The Royal & Ancient governs golf everywhere in the world except for the United States and Mexico. It is separate from “The R&A,” a business arm created 10 years ago to handle the Rules of Golf, organize the British Open and operate other business affairs. But while the R&A has female employees, the committees and board are populated by club members, so there had been no women in leadership roles governing the game or running championships.

The R&A was coming under increasing pressure when The Open was held at all-male clubs, most recently Muirfield in 2013. Even some of its sponsors were getting uncomfortable with the centuries-old policies barring women.

“As a partner of the R&A and a long term international sponsor of golf, we welcome this news with open arms,” said Giles Morgan, HSBC’s global head of sponsorship and events. “HSBC is committed to growing the game at all levels and fundamental to this is our commitment to the value of diversity and our support of women’s golf, which is a cornerstone of our global golf portfolio.”

The Women’s British Open has been played at St. Andrews twice since 2007, and they were allowed in the clubhouse during the championship.

“The LPGA is happy to hear that the members of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club in St. Andrews have voted to include female members,” the LPGA Tour said in a statement. “This decision is certainly a step in the right direction and one that better captures the current diversity and inclusiveness of our great game.”

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NEWPORT — Joost Luiten birdied seven of his last 10 holes to grab a one-shot lead in the first round of the Wales Open at Celtic Manor on Thursday.

Luiten parred his opening eight holes before storming up the leaderboard with a 6-underpar 65 on the Twenty-Ten course.

Of Europe’s four Ryder Cup players in the field, Jamie Donaldson shot a quiet 1-under 70, Thomas Bjorn birdied the 18th to finish on par, Lee Westwood, who hasn’t played in a month, bogeyed his last two holes to card a 2-over 73, and Stephen Gallacher failed to manage a birdie in a 7-over 78.

“I haven’t played in three weeks, so there’s a fair bit of rust in my game, but then I am thinking more about next week than this week,” Gallacher said.

Luiten needed just 28 putts to match a similar score he shot on the opening day of last week’s KLM Open, where the Dutchman eventually finished in a tie for fifth.

“A 6-under-par start is always very good,” he said. “I holed some good putts and, looking back, I only missed one green all day, and had one bogey, and that was on 17.”

One shot behind and tied for second with Andrew McArthur of Scotland was former Ryder Cup star Nicolas Colsaerts, who hit the longest recorded European Tour drive.

The Belgium-born Colsaerts, who played in the 2012 Ryder Cup, hit his tee shot 447 yards at the 575-yard, par-five 18th hole.

That left him with a wedge to the green, and he walked off with an eagle three.

“The hole was playing downwind and I managed to get a good bounce. I thought it was too far right but there is a bit of a speed trap down the right side of the fairway, and it must just have luged it down there,” he said.

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End of a long battle LOCAL SPECIALTY FIREFIGHTERS HEAD HOME AFTER EXTINGUISHING NORTHERN DUMP FIRE

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF

SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE RAISES $17,000 A school supply drive at two local stores has raised $17,721 for the Central Alberta Women’s Outreach. The funds came from the two local Staples stores. It was part of a national Staples drive supported by entertainer Katy Perry. From July 26 to Sept. 10, Staples Canada asked its customers to donate to the cause with 100 per cent of the donations going to charitable groups serving children in need. The annual fundraiser raised more than $330,000 in Alberta and $1.5 million across the country. In its ninth year, the event has raised $10 million across the country.

At exactly 10 a.m. on Tuesday, a group of firefighting specialists from Central Alberta declared a stubborn and dangerous fire in Canada’s far north finally out.

It took them 17 days, at 14 hours per day, to douse the dump fire in Iqaluit, Nunavut. They were almost two weeks ahead of schedule, ending the fire that started last spring, and which recently had caused school closures and health warnings because of toxic smoke.

The specialists included Hellfire Suppression Services Inc. from Rocky Mountain House, and Global Forensics Inc. and RapidFire &Rescue Inc. from Red Deer.

Ryan Stambaugh, senior well control fire specialist with Hellfire, experts in dealing with oilfield fires and other problem fires, said on Thursday that his team had just finished loading their equipment onto a charter 747 plane in Iqaluit, and he was to follow today. The teams have been there since late August.

“You got one shot to get it right, otherwise it costs more,” Stambaugh said.

They got it right, he said.

The company specializes in fires others can’t put out.

There was never any doubt about being successful. “That didn’t even cross our minds.”

While putting out a huge dump fire isn’t quite as glamorous as high-profile fires like

well blowouts, “It doesn’t matter what’s on fire, we’ll get it out,” said a tired-sounding Stambaugh.

“We like the challenge. We like getting the odd and unusual. We pride ourselves in being able to control and extinguish anything.”

He expects that these types of fires, which begin inside the mass of trash and are thus known as deep-seated fires, could become more common.

Garbage today, unlike in the 1950s, has different content, such as petroleum products, tires, synthetics and plastics. The materials break down, create heat as in composting, and spontaneous combustion occurs deep inside the pile.

Proper recycling and landfill techniques, such as separating tires and mattresses, will help solve the problem, he said.

“The guys that were here, the firefighters, their hard work to get it done ahead of schedule, their work ethic ... it’s not a oneman show, it’s a team here,” Stambaugh said.

Mike Noblett, with Global Forensics Inc., specialists in hazardous materials response and emergency planning, and site manager of the Iqaluit fire, was also still in the far north on Thursday, finishing up matters.

He said a couple of things helped get the job done sooner.

Local equipment operators were able to be trained easily and they were able to move a lot of material through the quenching process used to put out the fire.

This involves taking the burning mate-

rial and putting it into quenching ponds.

When the very last piece of smouldering material was placed in one pond, the smoke stopped and the fire was officially declared ended.

Noblett said that daylight was also a big factor in putting out the fire.

“We weren’t expecting it. That was a surprise.” The extra daylight in the north allowed them to work the 14-hour days.

The dump still needs to be sculpted around the edges so wind can’t blow into the sides of it, heating things up again.

Formerly a firefighter in Calgary for 32 years, Noblett said the fire was dangerous because the emissions from it “are nasty because you really don’t know what you’ve got burning in there ... everything from diapers to tires and everything in between.”

Smoke was controlled with fine streams of water sprayed over the fire. They dug through piles ranging between three and 15 metres high, until they hit the permafrost.

Noblett said they have been working with Iqaluit landfill staff the last few days, looking at how to mange the landfill and prevent it from happening again. Separating materials like metal, tires and mattresses will help.

As well, a flyer is going out to the approximate 6,700 city residents asking them to help by letting landfill staff know what they are bringing to the dump.

The cost of putting the fire out is not determined yet, but it could be in the $2-million range, according to one report. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

DUCKS IN A ROW These three ducks are out for a swim as the golden colours of fall start to show at Three Mile Bend Recreation Area in Red Deer. Fall officially begins next week, but many trees in the region have already changed colour.

RIDE FOR REFUGE TO RUN ON OCT. 4 Family Services of Central Alberta is hosting Ride For Refuge bike-athon on Oct. 4 to help Central Alberta families. Money raised by the family-friendly event will assist Family Services of Central Alberta to serve the displaced, vulnerable and exploited. Riders can choose from 50-, 25- or 10-km routes that start and end at CrossRoads Church just west of Red Deer on 32nd Street.

Registration is at 8 a.m. and the ride begins at 9 a.m. For more information, visit rideforrefuge.org or call Rhonda Bourn at 403550-4090 or at rlbourn@ gmail.com.

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A Red Deer man with 40 prior convictions has received two more years in jail for repeatedly punching a corrections officer.

Garnet Colby McInnes, 23, pleaded guilty on Thursday to two charges from separate incidents in Red Deer provincial court before Judge Gordon Deck.

In the midst of serving a 30-month sentence for a car jacking, McInnes had two years added to his sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting a peace officer and careless driving.

The assault against a corrections officer occurred in May of this year, while McInnes was being held at the Edmonton Remand Centre. The officer went to check on McInnes’s cell. The officer told McInnes that he was believed to be doing something suspicious in his cell.

When the officer attempted to enter the room to conduct his inspection, McInnes blocked the entrance. The officer said McInnes became confrontational and the inmate was asked to stand aside. When

McInnes refused, the emergency code was activated.

McInnes then punched the officer in the side of the face. Witnesses said McInnes landed five punches before the officer fell to the ground. McInnes continued to punch the officer before backing away.

The officer suffered cuts and scrapes to the face, and needed stitches.

McInnes’ counsel Allan Fay said he was not going dress the situation up into something it was not.

“It was a pretty nasty assault.”

The careless driving charges comes from an incident a year earlier.

Crown Prosecutor Ann MacDonald said in May 2013, RCMP were looking for McInnes as the result of several warrants for his arrest. They tracked him to a north Red Deer trailer park and several officers converged on scene and found a vehicle they believed to belong to McInnes.

While some members observed the car, others had the exits to the trailer park blocked off to prevent the vehicle from leaving. Police saw a person they thought was McInnes get into the vehicle and attempt to leave. He was observed driving at

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about 40 km/h as he approached an exit. He drove on the grass next to the road to circumvent the police.

He was arrested on May 27, 2013.

McInnes apologized for his actions.

MacDonald also entered McInnes’s record into evidence. Among the 40 prior convictions are assault, sexual assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon.

Deck sentenced McInnes to two years in custody for the assault charge and fined him $1,000 for the careless driving. In default of payment on the fine, McInnes will serve 12 additional days in custody.

McInnes also received a six-month driving prohibition, which started on Thursday.

McInnes is still facing charges relating to other incidents, including a home invasion in 2013.

Two other people — David James Kertesz, 28, and Jordan Pritchard, 27 — have already been convicted of their role in a home invasion, robbery and kidnapping of an alleged drug dealer. Kertesz was sentenced to 10 years in custody but is appealing. Pritchard was sentenced to two years in custody. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS School bus driver faces charge A 43-year-old bus driver has been charged after a bus collided with a water truck on Hwy 11 near Sylvan Lake on Thursday.

Sylvan Lake RCMP have determined that the Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools bus had turned left across the path of the westbound water truck.

The female driver has been charged with turning left unsafely under Section 34 (2) of the Use of Highway and Rules of the Road Regulations.

One student was on the bus and did not receive serious injuries.

Stettler celebrates new playground

Notre Dame to add portables

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Customers line up to purchase their produce from the Markerville Berry and Vegetable Farm table at the Red Deer Downtown Market on Wednesday. The market was back on Wednesday after being cancelled last week due to inclement weather. The Downtown Market will continue to operate this fall, weather permitting, until Oct. 8.

However, on Thursday a Parks Canada spokesperson said the dig had to be cancelled this summer because there werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough registrations.

Parks Canada is hopeful a dig could occur next year, provided they get more registrations.

For more information on the site, visit Parks Canada at www.pc.gc.ca.

Council moves on foreign workers Red Deer city council is expected to take a position regarding temporary foreign workers at a spe-

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has received municipal approval for a modular addition to Notre Dame High School.

The development, which was approved by the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s municipal planning commission on Wednesday, will add 4,400 square feet and four classrooms to the school at 50 Lees St. The addition will have prefinished metal cladding and stucco that matches the existing building.

Built in 1995, Notre Dame was expanded by 11,000 square feet in 2001 and received modular additions in 2009 and 2012.

The commission heard that the current project is needed to serve a growing student population.

The new modular will allow Notre Dame to accommodate 1,495 students â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a figure that will leave the school with insufficient parking to meet the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Land Use Bylawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s requirement of one stall for every 3.3 students. Its existing 430 stalls will be about five per cent fewer than the 453 needed.

However, the commission was told that the school board is looking into a shared parking arrangement with the adjacent Collicutt Centre.

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Murder case inquiry set The case related to the New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day 2013 slaying of a man in Red Deer is moving forward.

Lloyd Robert Sarson, 25, was found in a car parked in an alley in Eastview. He had been shot dead in what police called a gang style murder.

The accused is an 18-year-old who was arrested in Vancouver on March 13 this year.

Although the suspect is now an adult, he was 17 at the time of Sarsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be named under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. A preliminary inquiry, used to test the strength of the Crownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case before continuing the prosecution, will be held from June 15 to 18, 2015, in Red Deer provincial court.

cial council meeting on Monday.

A resolution stating that council does not believe the current policy on temporary foreign workers is effective and beneficial to Red Deerians will be presented at the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association convention next week.

The meeting is expected to get underway at 8:30 a.m. on Monday in council chambers.

The meeting will also be streamed live at www. reddeer.ca/citycouncil.

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Rocky dig postponed A dig planned for an area at the Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site this summer had to be postponed due to few registrations.

The dig was to go looking for the fifth fort, a temporary fort that was believed to have operated from 1864 to 1868. It was used while constructing a more permanent site.

The floods of 2013 eroded the river bank near the historic site, expediting the quest to find the fifth fort site, which has never been located.

Earlier this year, Brad Himour, a Parks Canada terrestrial archaeologist, told the Advocate that scans conducted by magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar revealed two areas of interest where buildings may have been located. These scans picked up metal objects that may be nails used for the wooden foundation.

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A new playground at Stettler Elementary School is designed as a place where children can connect with nature.

The project is the work of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parent council and was 18 months in the making.

The space is intended as a more natural play area that â&#x20AC;&#x153;would be different than the traditional metal and plastic playground,â&#x20AC;? according to a press release.

Children, volunteers and school/community partners worked together to blend ideas, needs and desires to create a play area filled with trees, rocks and recreation. Children can play freely, connect with nature, use their imaginations, test their boundaries, learn new things, gather socially and simply have fun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am really impressed how the community worked together on this and provided something that is unique to our community and in Alberta,â&#x20AC;? said Melissa Robbins, the parent council chair during construction.

Partners in the project include Clearview School Division, Agrium, Admiral Welding, Kristine Chesla, and the parents and staff of the Stettler Elementary School. More than twenty local businesses provided support with resources, equipment and volunteered their time.

In addition, the site has gained attention from the Telus Spark science centre in Calgary, where a naturalized play space is being considered.

The Stettler siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grand opening will take place today at 1:30 p.m.

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Glamorous and fibrous HOLLYWOOD & WOOD LIVES UP TO ITS NAME

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Hollywood & Wood might seem an unusual name for a store, but it makes sense once you survey the contents of the Red Deer shop.

Scheduled to open late next week at No. 5, 5202 54th Ave., Hollywood & Wood combines glamorous and fibrous under one roof — from jewelry, wigs, purses and other accessories, to wooden iPhone cases, furniture and even watches.

“It’s Hollywood and it’s wood,” explains owner Kaila Doucette matterof-factly.

“It’s kind of the best of both worlds.”

A professional photographer who operated as Captured Essences, and more recently as Effin’ Fabulous, Doucette ventured into retail via an indirect path.

She sold her large, six-bedroom house and was forced to put years of

collectables into storage. After selling some, she decided a better option would be to open a store.

An avid shopper — both online and in person — Doucette continues to add to her inventory.

“Anything wood, I buy,” she said, describing the growing popularity of wood products — especially rustic and decorative pieces.

Doucette plans to remain active in photography, with a large room in her premises dedicated to the development of a studio.

Hollywood & Wood will initially operate Monday to Friday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., plus one day on the weekend.

“I might surprise people and be closed on Saturday and open on Sunday,” said Doucette, explaining how Saturdays tend to be busy for many people, but when they have more time on Sundays, many stores are closed.

Additional information about Hollywood & Wood can be found on the store’s Facebook page. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Kaila Doucette is preparing to open Hollywood & Wood, a store that will specialize in glamorous and wooden products.

Air Canada to add baggage fee

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Air Canada, as expected, is joining rival WestJet Airlines in charging passengers a fee to check their first bag on domestic flights as the two airlines also finalize plans to introduce other ancillary fees in a move to boost revenue.

The new fee being charged by Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) applies to passengers booking the airline’s lowest economy class Tango fares as of Thursday for flights beginning Nov. 2. It applies to flights within Canada and to the Caribbean and Mexico.

The Montreal-based airline has charged for a traveller’s first checked bag on U.S. routes since 2011.

The country’s largest airline said the fee was being introduced domestically to align it “with prevailing North American industry practices.”

“We’re matching the market,” chief financial officer Michael Rousseau told a CIBC investor conference in Montreal.

Earlier this week, Calgary-based WestJet (TSX:WJA) announced a fee, ranging between $25 and $29.50 depending on provincial taxes, for a first checked bag for some economy class customers on flights within Canada

and to the United States, but not to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and Europe.

Industry observers had expected Air Canada to add the fee which, the airline says, will affect about 20 per cent of passengers on domestic flights.

“I think it was guaranteed that they were going to make this announcement before this week was out,” Robert Kokonis, president of airline consulting firm AirTrav, said from Geneva.

He anticipates more fees to come unless there is a substantive consumer push back, which is unlikely because of the strong domestic duopoly in Canada.

“Investors we love it of course...and for passengers it’s a tough pill to swallow,” he said. “(But) a couple of months from now, the online chat boards will quiet down and people will grudgingly accept that this is the new reality.”

Air Canada’s new bag fee means that virtually all North American airlines aside from Southwest and Jet Blue will charge a first checked bag fee.

Canadian airlines are playing catchup with the global airline industry, which last year collected more than US$31 billion in non-airfare fees, up from US$2.45 billion in 2007. WestJet’s new bag fee will help the carrier to in-

crease its ancillary revenues from $10 per passenger towards the $16 average of global carriers.

Limited in their ability to raise airfares, airlines have increasingly turned to fees including checked baggage, preferred seating, in-flight meals and entertainment, frequent flier redemptions and reservation changes.

Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines led the industry, earning 38.4 per cent of its annual revenues from such fees last year, according to airline consultant IdeaWorks. United Airlines led among large U.S. carriers at nearly 15 per cent. WestJet and Air Canada were well down the list, earning 4.5 per cent and 3.9 per cent of revenues respectively from ancillary fees.

Analyst Chris Murray of AltaCorp Capital estimates the fee will affect 40.7 million passengers in 2015 and add about $50 million in pre-tax operating earnings (EBITDAR) for Air Canada.

Rousseau said the charges represent what the market will bear. Kokonis said they could also encourage passengers to “buy up” to higher fare classes or use other ways to avoid a growing number of extra charges.

Air Canada’s new fee doesn’t apply to higher economy class and business class fares, customers purchasing Air Canada Vacations packages or

Altitude prestige, elite and super elite members as well as Star Alliance silver and gold members.

Meanwhile, the country’s two largest airlines, which account for the lion’s share of the domestic market, are preparing to introduce additional charges including onboard Wi-Fi. “There are many different programs in place or about to be executed that will continue to enhance ancillary revenues,” he said.

WestJet chief financial officer Vito Culmone told the investor conference that the increase in ancillary fees is “a natural evolution” in its strategy to keep airfares low and allow passengers to buy the services they want.

About 75 per cent of its passengers check bags, but the airline expects the new fee could reduce checked bags by 20 to 30 per cent, based on experience of other airlines.

WestJet expects little downside from adding the checked bag fee, since it didn’t see any competitive advantage when it didn’t have a fee for flights to the U.S. Tour operator Transat A.T. (TSX:TRZ.B) said it too is implementing new fees to raise ancillary revenue as it seeks ways to improve profitability. It expects to generate about $48 million in ancillary revenues this year and a lot more in years to come.

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BRIEFS Wealthy Barber author to headline business conference Author and television personality David Chilton will headline a list of presenters at a business conference in Rocky Mountain House on Oct. 23.

The author of The Wealthy Barber and The Wealthy Barber Returns, and one of the investment moguls on CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den, Chilton will be the keynote speaker at the Central Alberta Business Innovation Conference. Other presenters will focus on four business themes: agriculture, tourism, people management and entrepreneurship.

The conference will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Church of Nazarene, at 5340 59th Ave. Cost to attend is $75.

For more information or to register, go online to www.cabic-rmh.com.

Swine tech workshop in November The 16th annual Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop will take place on Nov. 5 at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel.

Designed to provide practical information to producers, managers and others working with pigs, the workshop is intended to help enhance productivity while reducing costs. There will be a concurrent trade show.

The cost to attend is $80 for those who register by Oct. 17, with the fifth registration free for those who purchase four. The price includes the proceedings and lunch.

Additional information can be obtained by calling Lisa Doyle at 403244-7821. Online registrations can be completed at http://events.SignUp4.net/ RDSTW14.

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Corey Sorensen, floor manager for the Electric Garage hops in the seat of a 1963 corvette at Westerner Park on Thursday as he prepares for the Red Deer Fall Finale collector car auction at Westerner Park this weekend.

The EG Auctions event will feature more than 150 vehicles, ranging from a 1932 Chevrolet BA Confederate to a 1993 40th anniversary Chevrolet Corvette Coupe, and include a 1959 Cadillac Coup DeVille owned by the late actor John Wayne. The show starts this evening with viewing at 5 p.m. and an auction at 6:30 p.m. On Saturday, viewing is slated for 8:30 a.m. and an auction at 10:30 a.m. Additional information can be found online at www. theelectricgarage.com.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 102.38 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.51 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.09 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.78 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.61 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.61 Cdn. National Railway . . 82.01 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 226.35 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.85 Capital Power Corp . . . . 27.59 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.30 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.59 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 55.20 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 33.30 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.40 General Motors Co. . . . . 34.03 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.95 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.24 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 53.46 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 73.23 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.21 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.02 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 60.81 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 116.72 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.50 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.75 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 57.98 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed almost unchanged Thursday amid an independence referendum in Scotland that had the potential to send ripples across global markets.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 6.66 points to 15,465.54. The Canadian dollar found strength, jumping 0.47 of a cent to 91.35 cents US. Scots were voting to decide if they want to leave the United Kingdom. Referendum results were expected early Friday in a vote that polls indicated was too close to call.

Observers say if Scotland stays as part of the U.K. it would remove a lot of the uncertainty that has developed on equity markets and has helped drive up the value of the U.S. dollar.

Some traders have suggested a vote to leave could put a damper on the global economic recovery.

“There would be an effect.

If they vote Yes, there would be an effect that is not currently factored into markets,” said Paul Taylor, chief investment officer of asset allocation at BMO Asset Management.

He said that a Yes vote would raise questions in a number of jurisdictions and about whether Scotland would be admitted into the European Union.

On Wall Street, markets rallied with the Dow Jones industrials ahead 109.14 points at 17,265.99, closing at an all-time high. The S&P 500 index advanced 9.79 points to 2,011.36, also a record high, while the Nasdaq was up 31.24 points at 4,593.43.

The U.S. markets got a boost after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled Wednesday that it still plans on keeping its key interest rate at a record low “for a considerable time” if inflation remains under control.

The U.S. Labor Department reported that fewer Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week.

Weekly applications fell 36,000 to 280,000, well below economists’ forecasts. The four-week average, a less-volatile measure, also dropped.

Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) said it will begin to charge a $25 fee for a first checked bags on domestic flights. The fee applies to passengers booking the lowest economy class Tango fares as of Thursday for flights beginning Nov. 2. Shares in Air Canada rose 39 cents to $9.01.

Meanwhile, Penn West Petroleum Ltd. is reclassifying some $80 million of its capital budget this year as operating expenses after a review of accounting irregularities that found hundreds of millions in past expenses had been incorrectly categorized. The oil and gas producer (TSX:PWT) said the change means the com-

IN BRIEF

Telus got 103,500 official requests for customer info last year TORONTO — Vancouver-based Telus Corp. says it received about 103,500 official requests for information about its customers last year.

Most of the requests were in emergency situations, such as to verify the location of 911 callers, while 40,900 other requests were for names and addresses that are publicly available through directories.

There were also about 4,300 court-ordered requests, mostly as part of police investigations but also two foreign requests made under Canada’s treaty obligations. The information is included in the telecom company’s first so-called “transparency” report.Telus (TSX:T) says is being issued because of concern about the privacy of their personal information.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.66 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.38 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 88.28 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.22 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 33.15 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 17.52 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.64 First Quantum Minerals . 22.51 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.63 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.35 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.99 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.56 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 38.73 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.65 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 23.29 Energy Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.85 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 26.88 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 67.90 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.26 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 60.75 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 45.11 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.50 Canyon Services Group. 14.33 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.79 CWC Well Services . . . 0.9000 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 24.41 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.56 pany’s 2014 capital budget will be $820 million instead of $900 million, however it noted the change will not affect its development plans.

The company restated its financial reports for 2012, 2013 and the first quarter of 2014 after its new chief financial officer found inadequate documentation last spring to support how some of its operating expenses were classified in the past. Shares in Penn West fell 60 cents to $8.33.

On the commodity markets, December gold bullion was down $9 to US$1,226.90 an ounce.

Gold stocks were the heaviest weight on the TSX, with the sector down 1.9 per cent. The October crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange was down $1.35 to US$93.07 a barrel, while December copper lost five cents to US$3.09 a pound.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Thursday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,465.54, up 6.66 points Dow — 17,265.99, up 109.14 points S&P 500 — 2,011.36, up 9.79 points Nasdaq — 4,593.43, up 31.24 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.35 cents US, up 0.47 of a cent Pound — C$1.7924, up 0.11 of a cent Euro — C$1.4141, down 0.28 of a cent Euro — US$1.2918, up 0.42

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 96.61 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 66.33 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.13 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 32.86 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 55.77 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.17 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.33 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.070 Precision Drilling Corp . . 12.54 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 43.05 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 10.23 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.11 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 8.65 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 66.78 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 85.42 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 72.94 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.88 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 40.44 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.33 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.93 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 51.59 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.10 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.39 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 53.88 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.16 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 83.11 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.01 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.56 of a cent Oil futures: US$93.07 per barrel, down $1.35 (October contract) Gold futures: US$1,226.90 per oz., down $9.00 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.14 oz., down 9.6 cents $679.65 kg., down $3.15 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $5.20 lower $406.40; Jan ’15 $3.70 lower $412.80; March ’15 $3.20 lower $418.90; May ’15 $2.20 lower $424.10; July ’15 $1.70 lower $428.30; Nov ’15 $1.70 lower $421.80; Jan. ’16 $3.70 lower $425.30; March ’16 $3.70 lower $429.10; May ’16 $3.70 lower $429.10; July ’16 $3.70 lower $429.10; Nov. ’16 $3.70 lower $429.10.

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.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 333,580 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 333,580.

Income splitting idea regressive: Ontario

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A controversial Conservative plan to allow some Canadian families to reduce their income taxes is under fire again — this time over what it could end up costing the provinces.

The government’s income splitting idea is regressive and a threat to public services, Ontario charged Thursday as the opposition renewed calls to scrap the scheme amid claims it could cost provincial coffers at least $1.7 billion a year.

“If the federal government wants to reduce taxes in its own budget, it should ensure that there is not a fiscal cost as a byproduct to provinces,” said Susie Heath, a spokesperson for Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa.

Heath cited a new report from the University of Toronto’s Mowat Centre that calls the proposal an example of the government balancing its books on the backs of provincial governments.

“Federal actions that impact provinces should only be taken with full compensation to provinces to ensure the continued ability to deliver the services and programs needed to build our economy and society,” she said.

But the report, released Thursday, suggests the provinces might not be given a choice.

The issue hinges on the tax collection agreements that the federal government has in place with nearly every province and territory, with the exception of Quebec.

Those agreements, in which the federal government collects tax revenue on behalf of the provinces, require everyone to define taxable income the same way. If Ottawa changes the definition, the provinces must follow suit, the report said.

“It was not anticipated by provinces that the federal government would use these agreements as a Trojan horse to foist policy choices upon provinces and weaken their balance sheets,” it reads.

The Mowat Centre bills itself as a non-partisan think-tank, although several former Liberal politicians as well as current Liberal party members — including Justin Trudeau’s chief aide, Gerald Butts — are members of its advisory board.

The idea of income splitting was

introduced during the 2011 campaign, when the Tories promised to allow families with children under 18 to split their incomes and lower their tax bill, conditional on a balanced budget in 2015.

While balanced books are all but assured next year, the Conservatives insisted Thursday it’s still premature to talk about the provincial implications of a policy that has not yet been formally introduced.

“Our government is committed to greater tax relief that will put more money in the hands of families to allocate towards their priorities, like paying the mortgage or buying groceries,” Finance Minister Joe Oliver said in a statement.

Multiple studies from across the political spectrum have criticized the plan, including at least one that noted the potential consequences for the provinces.

In a 2011 report, the C.D. Howe Institute calculated the economic impact of income splitting, coming up with the $1.7-billion figure cited in the Mowat Centre report.

At the time, C.D. Howe noted that while provincial participation wasn’t an essential feature of the plan, provinces would likely be constrained by tax agreements and would be compelled to follow suit, as in 2006 when the Conservatives introduced income splitting for pensions.

The report went on to say that 85 per cent of Canadians wouldn’t see any benefit from the proposal — a finding echoed in other studies. Even former finance minister Jim Flaherty expressed misgivings after this year’s federal budget.

“Will the Conservatives come down off their tax high-horse, agree that this policy is unfair and renege on that bad promise?” NDP Finance critic Nathan Cullen asked Thursday during question period in the House of Commons.

There is precedent for the federal and provincial governments agreeing to compensation for changes to tax structure.

Ontario’s agreement with Ottawa on the collection of the harmonized sales tax, for instance, protects the province from any decision that would result in a one per cent revenue decrease.

If the province doesn’t agree with the decision in writing, the federal government has to pay up.

We are Canada’s largest member-owned utility and our commitment is more than a promise.

EQUS has been providing quality electrical services to rural Alberta businesses, farmers, developers and residents for over half a century.

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BOOKS

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Missing persons case pulls Armand Gamache out of retirement for a 10th novel The Long Way Home

By Louise Penny $27.99

parted. The problem between them was perhaps jealousy. They were both artists, and while Peter’s career plateaued, Clara’s took off. After harsh words, the two agreed to part for one year and then to meet This is the 10th novel in the series featuring Que- again. bec’s Chief Insp. Armand Gamache, but readers will The year had passed and Clara had looked forremember that the last case told in How the Light ward to their reunion but it didn’t happen. Peter did Gets In convinced the chief inspector that not phone, write or return. Could Armand he’d seen enough and done enough. It was Gamache help her find him? time to retire.

How do you say no to a good friend?

Now he and his wife, Reine-Marie, live So the tracking begins and Peter is a quiet life in Three Pines, taking walks traced to Montreal, to Paris, to Florence with their dog Henri, sharing time with and to Venice, and then, most mysterifriends, and healing. ously, to Scotland.

He carries a small book with him, which But he doesn’t stay there, he goes to he reads as he relaxes on a bench over Quebec City and then to Toronto. Then looking the town. The books says, “There the trail goes cold. is a balm in Gilead ... which heals the sin Clara deludes herself into thinking sick soul.” To the observer, it seems he that Peter is just somewhere painting, but reads only a few pages but he carries the the instincts of the former chief inspector book at all times. suspect that Peter is a troubled soul in The town of Three Pines is almost unneed of help. believably idyllic, with kind but colourful Their search takes them deeper into PEGGY characters, some very good friends and Quebec. Old connections and trips to farFREEMAN neighbours, and a bistro full of warmth flung galleries yield vague clues. and good food. That is to say nothing of the Finally they are aloft in a very small colourful Ruth and Rosa, one being a poet plane, then aboard the boat Loup de Mer with a set of foul epithets and the other a (the Sea Wolf) on the rough waters of the pet duck.

Gulf of St. Lawrence following the mysterious trail Who would not recover from the many horrors Ar- rooted in the past. mand and his partner Jean Guy Beauvoir have seen This series is not of the blood and gore type, like in their police work? perhaps the Danes serve up. Gamache is a kind and Now a friend, Clara Morrow, reluctantly comes to philosophical man with a generous understanding of Gamache with a problem. She knows he needs peace humankind. These mysteries are of a more cerebral and quiet, but her problem is not a crime but a miss- type, and Louise Penny does not disappoint with this ing person. new yarn.

Clara, a fine artist, and her husband Peter have Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

BOOK REVIEW

Chilling story that will give you goose bumps and keep you on the edge of your seat All Those Broken Angels

By Adam Salomon Llewellyn Worldwide

even eyes.

Other times, if Richard smiles at another girl the ‘shadow’ will ignite and swallow him up in flames, wailing, letting out her hate and jealousy.

Richard Harrison’s parents, doctors and theraBut no matter what pain is caused, physically or pists believe that ever since the delicate age of six mentally, Richard is content. He has his best friend years, he has suffered from “Peduncular Halluci- with him all the time, filling the empty void in his nosis,” a fancy term that means having heart. an imaginary friend to replace the best One day, Richard’s world, and all that friend he lost — a way to deal with the dehe ever believed is torn to pieces, leaving pression, stress, loneliness and loss. chilling questions. A new girl approaches In the eyes of his parents and medical him claiming to be Melanie — his long staff, it makes perfectly good sense that lost friend.

Richard is suffering from this — for at the Sure enough, it is her. age of six, he and his best friend, Melanie, And that leaves a disturbing question: were playing hide and go seek outside. who is this shadow who also claims to be When Richard finished counting to Melanie?

100 and turned around, his best friend And after a few days being back in her was gone, never found and eventually dehome town, why is this ghost possessing clared legally dead. A funeral was held, Melanie as well? burying one of her favourite dresses in The teens must reunite after 10 long KIRSTEN the coffin since no body was found. years and uncover the truth about who LOWE That night Melanie disappeared, Richthis lost spirit is and what happened to ard is visited by Melanie’s ghost. Melanie her. is described as being a shadow lurking Answers only lead them to more quesin the corners, a strong presence flowing tions and an understanding that this is over Richard that screamed inside his bigger than one shadow. For them to unhead and cast invisible flames on his skin. Along cover the truth behind her death, Richard and Melwith fear, Richard embraces Melanie, claiming that anie will have to uncover a grave full of broken he is able to feel her love for him and that no matter angels. Chilling, eerie and well executed, Salomon what they would always be best friends. delivers a thriller that will not only makes readers Now Richard is 16-years-old and attends the Sa- sit on the edge of their seat, but also they will not be vannah Arts Academy. The only friend he has is able to put this book down – despite the goose bumps Melanie, and her shadow is never far from him. they will endure when reading.

Over time, Richard has become haunted by her One thing is for sure — I will never look at shadpresence and semi-possessed. ows that same way again!

There are times when Melanie will sink into RichKirsten Lowe is a Red Deer College student and freeard’s body and take control of his arms, fingers and lance book reviewer.

BOOKS

First World War analyzed in new slate of books for centennial

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — It’s been 100 years since the start of the First World War and there’s still a lot of inaccurate information about the conflict, says military historian Gwynne Dyer.

“A great deal of what people think they know about the First World War isn’t true, like the generals were all fools and it was all about an endless trench stalemate and it meant a great deal because we were fighting for freedom,” he said in a telephone interview.

The former member of the Canadian, British and American navies looks at the mythology surrounding Canada’s role in the Great War — as well as its military engagement in general — in the newly published Canada in the Great Power Game 1914-2014 (Random House Canada).

“I’m quite cynically using the First World War as a hook on which to hang 100 years of Canadian military history, foreign policy,” he said. “But it’s quite legitimate, because that’s where our reflexes were formed.”

Dyer is among several writers with new books offering fresh looks at the Great War for the centennial.

Historian Margaret MacMillan’s The War That Ended Peace (Penguin Canada), now on shelves, looks at the factors and decisions that led Europe from a long period of peace and prosperity into a catastrophic conflict.

Novelist Michael Winter puts a personal spin on his look at the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and the Battle of the Somme with Into the Blizzard (Doubleday Canada).

Frances Itani’s newly published novel Tell (Har-

perCollins Canada) is set just months after the end of the Great War and follows a young soldier and his family on Ontario’s Bay of Quinte.

And in Valour Road (Viking Canada, Sept. 23), journalist John Nadler looks at the true story of three Canadian soldiers who were awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery during the First World War. Coincidentally, all three also hailed from the same street on the outskirts of Winnipeg.

“I think this war will be analyzed and scrutinized, of course, for decads to come, centuries to come and historians will be constantly changing their minds about it and ideas will evolve,” said Nadler.

“From the point of view of this last century, it just seems like a calamity, just a catastrophe. It really shouldn’t have happened, but it did and it kind of changed everything and ruined so much. But there will be other perspectives and other interpretations.”

Dyer’s book examines why Canada engages in major conflicts and the price it pays for doing so, starting with the Boer War in South Africa in 1900 through to the decade-long mission in Afghanistan.

The title comes about 25 years after he and Tina Viljoen published the book and produced the TV series The Defence of Canada. Back then, they intended on releasing a second volume, but the bulk of the material for it — which is in now in Canada in the Great Power Game — “was killed for political reasons” and “because it was a little bit less than reverent about the mythologies” surrounding the war, said Dyer.

Such mythologies give meaning to the war experience, he said.

Nadler’s Valour Road looks at Victoria Cross winners Leo Clarke, Robert Shankland and Frederick Hall, who were neighbours from what was originally known as Pine Street and is now called Valour Road.

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340-BLUE www.reddeer.ca Municipal Planning Commission Decision On September 10, 2014, the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decision for development permit applications: Discretionary Use Approval: Morrisroe Leanne Botha - development of a new secondary suite with two bedrooms, to be located within an existing single family dwelling at 32 McIntosh Avenue.

You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on October 3, 2014. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8132.

INVITATION TO TENDER Sealed Tenders clearly marked 32 Street & Ross Street Rough Grading closing Tuesday, September 30, 2014, delivered or mailed to the Purchasing Section, Sixth Floor at: The City of Red Deer Professional Building Suite 600 4808 50th Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1X5 Attention: Financial Services Reception Desk and received before 2:00:59 p.m. local time on Tuesday, September 30, 2014, will be opened in public immediately thereafter. Tenders received and not conforming to the foregoing will be returned to the Bidder(s) without consideration. Faxed Tender Documents or Tender Amendments will not be accepted.

The Work is comprised of approximately: 2.5 ha 3,750 cu.m 5,000 cu.m 4,212 cu.m 900 lin.m 3 each 18 lin.m 375mm dia.

clearing and grubbing topsoil stripping waste excavation common excavation ditching catchbasins storm sewer leads

Tender Documents are to be obtained directly from The City of Red Deer Engineering Services Department, Third Floor, City Hall, on or after 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 22, 2014, for a $50.00 non-refundable fee. The City of Red Deer Contract Specifications 2013 Edition may be obtained from the Engineering Services Department for a $40 plus GST, non-refundable fee, or may be viewed on The City of Red Deer Website @ www.reddeer.ca.

Subcontractors may view the Tender Documents at the Edmonton, Calgary, and Red Deer Construction Association offices.

Inquiries regarding this Project may be directed to: Wayne Gustafson, P. Eng. Dean Reid, P. Eng. The City of Red Deer WSP Engineering Services Department Municipal Infrastructure 4914-48 Avenue 7710 Edgar Industrial Court Red Deer, AB T4N 3T3 Red Deer, AB T4P 4E2 Cell: 403.342.2295 403.342.7650

Development Officer Approvals On September 16, 2014, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Deer Park 1. G. Rourke – a 2.6 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard setback to a proposed enclosed deck, to be located at 243 Davison Drive.

Glendale 2. Duhamel Manning Feehan Warrender Glass – a 0.77 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard setback to an existing deck, located at 3 Greenhouse Place.

Highland Green 3. W. Hehn – a 0.5 metre relaxation to the distance from the doors to the lane, to an existing detached garage, located at 41 Hart Close.

Inglewood 4. C. Loehndorf – a 0.69 metre relaxation to a proposed deck, to be located at 56 Ingle Close.

5. Ardor Homes Ltd. – a 0.41 metre relaxation to the maximum width of a proposed detached garage, to be located at 88 Inkster Close.

Michener Hill 6. Snell & Oslund Surveys Ltd. – a 3.85 metre relaxation to the approved front yard setback to an existing multiple family building, located at 6 Michener Boulevard.

Queens 7. Scott Builders Inc. – a 2089m2 industrial shop & office, to be located at 7750-79 Street.

Vanier Woods 8. C. Nielsen – a 8.62m2 relaxation to the maximum site coverage to a proposed detached garage, to be located at 10 Vernon Close.

West Park 9. Warren Sinclair – a 1.02 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard to an existing deck, located at 125 Wilson Crescent.

Discretionary Use Highland Green 10. 1821690 Alberta Ltd. – an intensification, from 9 units to 10 units, to an existing multiple family building, with a site area relaxation of 97.5m2, located at 5920-63 Street.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on October 3, 2014. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403342-8190.

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Great moments from N.Y. Fashion Week

ONE FAB GARDEN PARTY Now THIS is how you put on a show.

Inside a Chelsea loft, designer Thom Browne created a fantastical garden, filled with models posing as statues, some on stilts. A guy emerged to mow the artificial lawn, wearing a signature Browne shrunken suit with shorts, top hat and fishnet tights, because, why not? Actress Diane Keaton, on the soundtrack, read a bedtime story.

Penned by the designer himself, the story was about six sisters, all with different fashion tastes. Models brought the story to life — and their clothes were an explosion of whimsy, colour and really great tailoring.

MILEY’S NEW GIG Who knew? Miley Cyrus is a designer, too. The pop singer hooked up with bad-boy designer Jeremy Scott to present her handmade creations — chunky necklaces, drop earrings and headgear like tiaras and embellished dunce caps, all composed of stuff you can buy in a toy store, like alphabet beads and furry pom-poms. “Miley was up all night finishing them,” Scott said backstage after the runway show, where he had scooped Miley from her seat and brought her on a victory lap.

A KARDASHIAN THEME No Fashion Week is complete without some sort of Kardashian. No Kim or Kanye this time, but young model Kendall Jenner, Kim’s half-sister, continued her ascent, appearing on highprofile runways like those of Diane von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs and Donna Karan. “I had no idea who she was,” Karan confessed after the show. “I mean, I knew who she was, but I didn’t know who she WAS.”

AND A JAGGER THEME Another young model on the ascent is Georgia May Jagger, daughter of Mick. She opened Hilfiger’s show, an ode to icons of ’60s and ’70s rock music, in a sateen cape that, like many of the designs, vaguely evoked those famous Sgt. Pepper band outfits. But what really caught our attention was when she hit the runway a second time just as the soundtrack, full of rock oldies, reached her dad’s voice crooning “Sympathy for the Devil.” Also modeling: Ella Richards, the 18-year-old

Soft, supple Gucci looks offer invitingly wearable ode to the 1970s

ANOTHER BECKHAM Victoria Beckham’s already a wellknown designer. And now hubby David Beckham’s getting in on the act.

The soccer great caused a near riot on Madison Avenue as he appeared at the Belstaff store to promote his collaboration with the British brand, a six-piece collection including a pricey motorcycle jacket (for the record, he looked very good in the jacket). Though he’s no longer playing, Beckham confirmed he’s a competitive soccer dad — though he tries to stay quiet.

AND THAT’S ANOTHER ACE Hey Serena Williams, you just won the U.S. Open. Where are you going to do next? “I’m going to show at Fashion Week!” Williams followed up her impressive victory over Caroline Wozniacki by displaying her fashion line for the HSN network, which she described as “casual wear but pumped up.” She even drew Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Also on hand was her vanquished opponent (and good friend) Wozniacki, who was clearly letting bygones be bygones.

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Singer-actress Miley Cyrus, left, joins fashion designer Jeremy Scott for a walk on the runway after he showed his Spring 2015 collection during Fashion Week 2014 in New York.

A SPLIT AND A CARTWHEEL Betsey Johnson’s feel-good shows are never boring. Drag queens and a transgender bride romped down her runway, along with a few “Real Housewives” and the 72-year-old designer’s dance partner on this season’s “Dancing With the Stars.” At the end of the show, which celebrated same-sex marriage, Johnson did her trademark cartwheel and splits, along with a little granddaughter.

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Making a splashy trip across the pond, British avant-garde designer Gareth Pugh put on a “live immersive fashion experience” involving scantily clad modern dancers undulating in a vast, darkened pier space on the East River that, in daytime, houses seven basketball courts. Guests sipped drinks and snacked on wild mushroom canapes as they followed the dancers from one stage to another, and fog machines billowed. It was all fascinating.

But, um, where were the clothes? OK, maybe that wasn’t the point.

Last Fashion Week, the design house Opening Ceremony treated their guests to a wall of oozing chocolate.

This time, no chocolate, but the fashion house did present a play, directed by filmmaker Spike Jonze and written

by Jonze and actor Jonah Hill. The play, set in the elegant Metropolitan Opera House (the audience sat on risers behind the stage and looked out at the plush seats and chandeliers), spoofed the industry, and starred Elle Fanning, Catherine Keener and John Cameron Mitchell. And yes, there were clothes in there somewhere.

This one’s not weird, just wonderful. Oscar de la Renta’s show featured his signature sumptuous detail and intricate workmanship. At the end, the 82-year-old designer came out beaming on the arm of supermodel Karlie Kloss and another model, and gave them both kisses on the cheek. Back in the wings, you could hear all the models cheering him loudly.

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Woody Allen, who lives on the East Side, must have thought there was nothing dangerous about walking up Park Avenue on a sunny day. But Hilfiger’s show on Park Avenue was just getting out, and that meant the place was swarming with amateur photographers and others eager to catch a celebrity. As Allen, in his khakis and rumpled hat, kept walking and talking on his cellphone, he was swarmed and chased across a street and up the block. Next time, he’ll have to check the Fashion Week schedule. eyelet panels.

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MILAN, Italy — Soft and supple describes just about every piece in Gucci’s womenswear wardrobe for next summer — which is no mean feat for a collection that combines military looks, denim and leather.

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NEW YORK — Modern dancers, writhing half-naked in front of giant weather-themed video installations.

Miley Cyrus, not twerking, but working — in a new gig making jewelry with children’s beads. A guy mowing a fake indoor lawn in a suit, top hat and fishnet tights. We didn’t need to tell you that Fashion Week isn’t only about hemlines and tailoring, did we?

Some weird or wonderful (and sometimes both) moments of New York Fashion Week:

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LUANN Sept. 19 1969 — Ottawa to reorganize Canadian Armed Forces with a 50 per cent cut in NATO manpower and retirement of aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure.

1960 — University of Alberta opens new 130-hectare campus on the western outskirts of Calgary. The Arts and Education and Science and Engineering buildings are the first

to open. The university becomes fully autonomous in 1966.

1957 — First underground nuclear test takes place in Nevada.

1893 — New Zealand becomes the first nation to grant women the right to vote.

1876 — Talks begin to set up the Ottawa Football Club and in 1898. It will reorganize itself as the Ottawa Rough Riders.

1654 — First Canadian marriage on record, when 11-year-old Marguerite Sédilot marries Jean Aubuchon in Trois-Rivières, Que.

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citement due to past misssteps in those areas. Have faith now!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Early in the day you’ll be excited to take action on a public and professional level.

Yes, there will be a need to make sure you are applying lessons from your past and making sure old wounds do not resurface, but all in all a wonderful day for a leap of faith forward!

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

and I couldn’t hold anything without dropping it. This time, I was sure I had Parkinson’s.

I went to see the doctor with my self-diagnosis, but I didn’t need to wait for test results. That evening, when I looked at my nightly medication, I noticed that I had been taking twice the recommended dose. I’m happy to say I now have the husband I had before, and I can read the mail without picking it up off of the floor three times.

“Concerned Friend” might discuss her worries with her friend’s relatives and others who spend time with her to see what else may be going on. — Been There Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Friday, Sept. 19 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Jimmy Fallon, 39; Trisha Yearwood, 49; Mario Batali, 53 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will bring about more fun and enjoyment. You will be courageous and will be willing to stand your ground to defend your point of view and your actions.

It is a good day to assert you in a very positive direcLARISA MAIRA tion.

OZOLINS You have more confidence and will likely initiate or at least get others involved with moving towards a more prosperous future.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will find you very active with family.

You will most likely pursue your passions in private and will allocate the free time you have to focus on just that.

Your hobbies can and will make you money this year.

Do take that leap of faith forward, especially if you are perfecting a trait and skill that is innate to you and perhaps your family.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Trust in the vision you have for yourself and your future. It will most likely have great and positive consequences for others in your life, and will encourage more positive interactions in the long run.

Let go of past fears and allow that leap of faith to happen now!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take those leaps of faith with either business partners or your spouse today, it will pay off. Yes, I know there have been some struggles, but these were created in your life to test the endurance of those interactions. Trust you’ve learned your lessons and move forward!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today you are likely to assert yourself with others more. This is not your typical behaviour, but there will be many benefits with you doing this now.

Take the time to understand that you want your dreams to be fulfilled and the mark is on you to achieve this now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are more willing to take leaps of faith and trust other’s good faith at work today. Do not let the excitement at the start of the day dwindle in any way.

There is absolute reason for you to feel hopeful on a professional level and you’ve learned the lessons needed already!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are more willing to take action with regards to fun today.

Assert yourself positively, try not to be too overbearing and allow for positive and optimistic energy to enter your life now. Your perspective will change today, as you incorporate past lessons into the new path forward!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today is the day to take action with your family and within your home environment.

If you are moving houses, then tap into joy today, all past issues are there - in the past. Allow for family to create excitement in your life, if you are looking back a little too much.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You are very keen on jumping forward and moving towards your dreams and today is the day when you will assert yourself forward. Actions you take today will have long term effects, and it will be extremely positive for you, if you tap into that energy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Buy that big ticket item today. You know you want to, and truly you are very keen on your dreams and aspirations now. So anything you do indulge in today will benefit you in the long run.

Do not let the past shadow you into a dark zone, it’s bright today, tap into that energy!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Okay, so today is the day when you will have to take some leaps of faith forward.

You’ve learned your lessons now, take pride in your ability to let go and create a more positive outcome for yourself now. There is so much joy to be had, keep looking forward!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I want you to remember today that you are personally creating your own fast forward.

Your karma, your lessons are completely different than those of your family, and it is time to take those steps forward in faith of not repeating the past, you won’t!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will be very willing and even excited to join in with group environments and friends’ gathering today.

You’ll jump out of bed willing to take action then you’ll feel a little uneasy with expressing that ex-

will be splitting the cost allows you to get to know someone without worrying about the expense or any future obligation. It’s also a good way to get together with a friend, no romance intended.

Dear Annie: This is for “Concerned Friend,” who thinks her friend is showing signs of dementia.

A few years ago, I noticed that my husband was no longer the active, energetic man I had known for 50 years. I was afraid he was rapidly succumbing to Alzheimer’s.

I mentioned this to his doctor, who attributed it to “old age.” My husband was only 72. I didn’t like the doctor’s response and had my husband see my physician, who submitted him to some tests.

At the second visit, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor that was removed two months later.

More recently, I was in constant need of a nap, my hands were shaky

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I know that kids get in As long as you also trouble. We were all kids spend time doing positive once. The problem is, I am things with your children, the disciplinarian at home, we wouldn’t worry about and I wish my wife and her that. But your wife and mother did a little more. mother-in-law should not They can’t seem to handle be disturbing you at work any of it. for minor infractions, and My mother-in-law your mother-in-law should babysits a lot, and I get not be undermining you. calls at work for things Dear Annie: Every now like, “Your son won’t eat and then someone writes in his lunch,” and “Tell your lamenting that they have no son not to do this,” or “Your social life.

MITCHELL daughter pushed her brothI have yet to read the & SUGAR er.” suggestion of splitting the Yet at the same time, cost of a date. Anyone who my mother-in-law will say, wants to know someone bet“You’re not going to spank ter should ask that person him!” when she has spanked whether they’d like to see him herself. a movie or go to a restaurant and split My mother-in-law and I get along the expense. Then the man doesn’t fine. But when it comes to my kids, she have to worry about paying, and the seems to want me to fix everything, but woman doesn’t fear she has to somerestricts me at the same time. how repay him.

I work six days a week, and I don’t If this “date” doesn’t generate anget a lot of positive bonding time with other outing, there are no hard feelthe kids. Is it damaging that I’m the ings. — Louisville, Ky. one who is the “mean” parent? — Just Dear Louisville: Generally, the perWondering in Indianapolis son who issues the invitation is the Dear Wondering: Let’s first go on the one who pays, but this can be daunting record as being opposed to corporal for those on a limited income or for punishment. women who think the man always has Children do not need to be spanked to do the asking. or hit in order to be appropriately disUnderstanding in advance that you

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Ian Tyson won’t carry a cellphone or answer emails.

That’s why it’s been impossible, according to his longtime publicist Richard Flohil, to set up an interview with the legendary singer, who performs with a newly recovered, smoother voice at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre on Sunday night.

Of course, the now nearly 81-year-old Tyson is known for his solitary nature, which requires sometimes disappearing into an austere, stone homestead on his property to do some songwriting, if the mood strikes.

He’s also famous for his prickly and disinterested attitude towards the press.

This was acknowledged by none other than Flohil, who wrote an explanatory article about his sometimes client back in 2010: “Tyson is often his own worst enemy. ... He’s moody, irascible, doesn’t suffer fools for a second ... he rarely misses an opportunity to grumble at the CBC, complains commercial radio won’t touch his records with a barge-pole and hangs up on interviewers who haven’t done their research,

or want to know about the Ian & Sylvia Days.”

But Tyson also has a less spiky, generous side that Flohil noted — and which was revealed firsthand to a small but appreciative Red Deer audience in 2009.

That’s when the big-wheel from Longview performed as part of a small songwriters circle at the former The Matchbox theatre, along with two largely unknown singers — Donna Durand, formerly of Red Deer, and Brett Nelson of Redcliff.

Durand had only brushed shoulders with Tyson on a moving music festival on a train, and was delighted — and surprised — when he accepted her invitation to join the modest circle.

A white-hatted Tyson is remembered as genially jamming on the other performers’ songs during the intimate show. He praised both of the up-and-coming songwriters, and even imparted mentoring advice, such as: “Got to be careful, you don’t want to let your guitar tell you what the melody will be,” before bidding the crowd a brisk adios.

Tyson’s blunt, but affable, side was also evident during an interview with the Advocate back in 2007.

He had been lamenting the cowboy way of life, which was getting lost in the last economic boom in the province. Most cowboys were going into the oilpatch and trading in their old trucks for Cadillac

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pickups, he observed. “It’s ridiculous.”

For half a century, Tyson had been painting a more romantic, less mercenary, picture of Alberta in songs such as Springtime in Alberta and Alberta’s Child.

In these tunes, love proves as inconstant as the cruel spring weather in this province, and Canadian cowboys are as fond of hockey and honky-tonks as of Wilf Carter and saddle broncs.

Through his plaintive and poetic lyrics, the singer has perhaps done more than anyone to mythologize the Western way of life. But listeners who follow his songs closely can often glean, beneath their sense of hope and longing, sharp and bitter grains of truth.

For instance, This is My Sky from his 2005 album Songs From the Gravel Road is a defiant rant at life and love.

While the song is ostensively about the red-tailed hawks that routinely sit on a fence-post on his ranch “and scream at me when I go by,” the tune also contains the line “Does anyone mate for life?” indicating the twice-divorced singer’s deep disappointment in romance.

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Mick Foley could be the poster child for the idea that there’s some truth in wrestling.

After all, it wasn’t fake blood he was spewing when he fell through the “Hell in a Cell” structure that was built for his famed 1998 bout with The Undertaker.

Foley, who wrestled as the WWE’s Mankind persona, was knocked unconscious from the fall, but eventually finished the match with one of his front teeth lodged in his nose.

What the audience didn’t know at the time was that the cell’s ceiling was rigged to fall part-way apart. That the whole thing collapsed was unexpected — and definitely unintentional.

But then so much of professional wrestling, although more entertainment than sport, is unpredictable.

Something about having a couple of 300-pound men in spandex go at each other in the ring predetermines a certain level of risk, admitted Foley, who’s bringing his live comic/autobiographical stage show to Red Deer’s Memorial Centre on Friday, Sept. 26.

“Things either go wrong or they go right. My whole career was known as much for its spectacular failures as its big successes.”

Arguably his biggest coup happened after his retirement from the ring in 2000. That’s when Foley reinvented himself as a best-selling author (of the memoirs Have A Nice Day, Foley is Good and others), a stand-up comedian (Just for Laughs and other festivals) and a storyteller who earned spots with Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart and other late-show TV hosts.

The Bloomington, Ind., native has also gueststarred on 30 Rock, Boy Meets World and Celebrity Wife Swap and now has enough of a fan following to warrant a 20-city tour of Hard-Core Legend: An Evening with Mick Foley.

His show is billed as being for wrestling and nonwrestling fans alike: “A full course meal for the senses, including Q and A and meet and greet — all done with the use of one solitary F-bomb.”

The 49-year-old said he draws on universal human truths to make his “PG-13 show” resonate with people.

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Former WWE superstar Mick Foley brings his live comic/autobiographical stage show to Red Deer’s Memorial Centre on Friday, Sept. 26.

But he warned that being in front of a live Red Deer audience could be as unpredictable as his career in the ring. “Who knows what to expect? It’s always a surprise.

“You try something a little different, it’s like trying to catch lightning in a bottle.”

For example, it once crossed Foley’s mind that “just because no ex-wrestler has ever tried to be Dorothy from Oz in braids and blue gingham dress, doesn’t mean it can’t be done. ...”

He went ahead and tried the comic Oz bit — and it went over like an anvil.

But better to have tried something new, he added, than to have stuck with obvious choices — as if playing it safe has ever been a Foley failing.

“Who would ever have thought that an awkward, shy, tall, unmuscled physical specimen like me could ever have been a wrestler in the first place?” he said

with a chuckle.

That he not only wrestled professionally as Mankind and Cactus Jack for 16 years, but became known for absorbing the kind of “seemingly inhuman punishment” that left him in need of yet more back surgery this month, surely indicates Foley is an all-in kind of guy.

The married father of four admitted he would never want his sons to go into professional wrestling.

But two of his kids are already filming their own battles on top of a trampoline.

And Foley knows better than to try to stop them.

“The best way to ensure your children will do something you don’t want them to do is to tell them not to do it.”

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $37.50 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Directed by Wes Ball, The Maze Runner is a visually stylish, suspenseful and original adaptation of James Dasher’s novel.

Ball has described the film as Lord of the Flies meets Lost — a somewhat grandiose-sounding pedigree that turns out to be surprisingly apt.

No escape from cliffhanger Like the book that inspired it — the first of a trilogy that includes The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure — The Maze Runner movie is one heck of a cliffhanger. If the theater had been selling tickets to the next installment of the dystopian thriller (already greenlighted by 20th Century Fox, although no release date has been set), I would have bought one before I left the lobby.

That’s about the worst thing I can say about the film: It’s not quite a full meal. But if the soup course is as satisfying as the salad, I’ll gladly wait a year for the next serving.

As incomplete as the narrative is, The Maze Runner delivers on almost every other level. Directed by Wes Ball, a creator of animated shorts and visual effects making his feature debut, the adaptation of James Dasher’s novel is visually stylish, suspenseful and original. Ball has described the film as Lord of the Flies meets Lost — a somewhat grandiose-sounding pedigree that turns out to be surprisingly apt.

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But something is different about Thomas, as several of the other boys note.

This observation, in and of itself, makes Thomas sound exactly like the hero of every other teenage drama.

But Thomas isn’t especially fast, smart, strong, talented or brave. In fact, he’s just as scared as everyone else, as he tells us. Yet he’s also so willing to question the status quo that, three days after his arrival, Thomas defies the Gladers’ rules and enters the maze, where he not only survives a night inside, but comes out having killed a Griever.

The sequences set inside the maze are viscerally claustrophobic, yet Ball evokes a visual mood that’s closer to the interior of a cathedral. The filmmaker has a knack for chills and thrills, ratcheting up the stakes and excitement every time Thomas — who is quickly recruited as a Runner after he discovers a previously unknown portal — steps inside the maze.

But the movie is about more than a puzzle, or the Gladers’ search for answers to the questions of who put them there and why. It’s a parable about the power of curiosity. As the saying goes, curiosity may kill the cat, but without it, how are you going to kick down the door onto the next of your nine lives?

2 is the singer’s second best-of collection from 2013. It notably features his newly-recovered voice, which will be heard live when he performs on Sunday in Red Deer.

Tyson, who’d injured his throat by singing too loudly at a country music festival with a bad sound system, opted for polyp surgery in 2012, followed by vocal therapy. It was successful and his voice is now described as “golden as ever.”

But whether smooth or gravelly, it’s not Tyson’s voice but his tunes — covered over the years by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Paul Brandt, Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris and others — that speak loudest to listeners.

As Flohil concluded, the singer’s songs “really tell Tyson’s story” — and a very human, relatable story it is.

The few tickets still available for the 7:30 p.m. concert, presented by the Central Music Festival Society, are

$55.45 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

If the lows in Tyson’s life have to do with broken relationships, then the highs certainly surround his storied singing career.

It dates back to the early 1960s when the B.C. native and his former wifeto-be, Sylvia Fricker, were quickly becoming Canada’s first pop stars. By 1969 they had formed the group The Great Speckled Bird and were touring the world with such hits as Four Strong Winds, You Were on My Mind and Someday Soon.

Ian & Sylvia were managed at the time by the same U.S. mogul who steered the careers of Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary, and later Janis Joplin and The Band. The duo were a big, North American deal, playing Carnegie Hall, the Newport Folk Music Festival and Ontario’s Mariposa.

But by the mid-1970s, the couple had divorced, Tyson was helming his own CTV music show and his career was floundering.

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The Maze Runner is set inside a bucolic compound surrounded by a massive wall. Known as the Glade, this village of thatched huts and hammocks appears to be a prison of sorts, inhabited by a gaggle of apparently amnesiac adolescent boys — Gladers — who have, over the course of their mysterious, three-year incarceration, developed a highly regimented tribal social structure featuring assigned jobs.

The most elite of these is the job of Runner. As it turns out, the wall conceals a maze, the door to which opens every day between sunrise and sunset. During daylight hours, Runners — and no one else — are tasked with exploring the maze’s contours, mapping them while looking for an exit. It’s a job made more complicated by the fact that the maze changes configuration while they sleep, and more dangerous by the fact that its corridors are patrolled by monstrous, spiderlike sentries called Grievers. Part machine and part muscle, Grievers will kill anyone who gets stuck inside the maze after dark.

Into this dead-end scenario lands a boy named Thomas (Dylan O’Brien).

He’s the latest inmate to arrive via the subterranean freight elevator that ascends, once a month, into the middle of the Glade, carrying one more kid who can’t remember anything except his name, along with another 30 days’ worth of supplies.

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Let’s start with the end. When it’s over — when you make it through the marathon that is Ken Burns’s beautiful, seven-part documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, on PBS — you may find yourself with a lingering, nebulous grief. You’re sorry it’s over. You’re sorry they’re over. You’re sorry a certain expression of American ideals is, or often appears to be, completely over.

My study habits haven’t improved since college; like an idiot, I put off watching all 14 hours of The Roosevelts until I absolutely had to watch them on a deadline binge this week. Yes, the entire series sat on my desk for most of the summer, while there was still plenty of time to savour it.

When I emerged from my office for a break, midway through the amplified noise of the First World War, a co-worker reminded me (spoiler alert) that all of the major players eventually die, so why bother watching the whole thing? Why not skip ahead or skim through most of it?

Because I was absorbed. Within the first hour, The Roosevelts will probably have you hooked in a way that Burns and his collaborators haven’t quite achieved since 2007’s The War. Unlike the intimidating climb offered by National Parks or Prohibition, you easily glide through The Roosevelts’ sublimely constructed narrative arc.

The series is among Burns’s best works.

Thoroughly invested, I teared up every time one of the Roosevelts passed: when Theodore died in his sleep in January 1919, still entertaining a fantasy of a political comeback; when an ailing Franklin suffered a brain hemorrhage at his Warm Springs, Ga., retreat in April 1945; and finally when Eleanor, the best of the bunch, died peacefully in her bed in November 1962. I was also moved when they lost children, friends or parents.

The Roosevelts delivers on its subtitle, drawing such a full and close portrait of the extended clan and their social and political circles that a viewer can’t help but feel connected to them, faults and all.

The Roosevelts also leaves a viewer with another, more subtle kind of grief, a sense of loss about the world they inhabited and the country they helped sustain.

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MAZE: Defies expectations on several levels The Maze Runner defies expectations on several levels, not the least of which is its avoidance of the now seemingly requisite teen-romance subplot.

Although a girl (Kaya Scodelario) shows up in the Glade soon after Thomas does, there is, refreshingly, no canoodling, merely an understandable perplexity among her male peers, who have been living so long in their enforced man cave that they’ve forgotten what anything else feels like. “Are all girls like this?” asks one of the youngest boys (Blake Cooper) with a tone of reverence and awe, as the new prisoner showers her cohort with a barrage of rocks, mere minutes after climbing out of the elevator.

So do they get out?

That would be telling. And given the torque of the twisty ending, it isn’t a yes-or-no question either.

Sure, “The Maze Runner” unravels a few mysteries, but it spins even more. Thomas, as it happens, isn’t the only one dying of curiosity here. As the closing credits roll, you likely will be too.

ROOSEVELTS: Series airing just as country seems least concerned about the common man It can’t be a mistake that Burns’s saga, straddling the century from Theodore’s birth to Eleanor’s death, provokes a sense of wonder about how, in the Roosevelts’ time, the United States outgrew a few of its inherent dysfunctions and managed to face its most dire crises.

The series is airing just as the country seems least concerned about the common man, the fair shake and our shared well-being; we’re looking back at FDR while all that beautiful New Deal infrastructure now begs for upkeep; we’re looking back at Teddy while our magnificent West bakes dry in a sullied environment.

When at last you turn the television off and return to the present, it’s tempting to wallow in embarrassment over how little our political leaders of either party accomplish now; how pathetic the whole game has become; the sorry ways in which we measure success. None of this is presented as such by the fastidiously objective Burns or the elegant and simple narration of the series, read by Peter Coyote and written by Geoffrey Ward. You just get there all on your own.

Besides Coyote and Ward, the rest of the Ken Burns gang is on hand, too: Doris Kearns Goodwin, David McCullough, George Will and the usual panoply of historians supply necessary and trenchant shorthand; Paul Giamatti reads letters and speeches in the voice of Teddy Roosevelt; Edward Herrmann supplies his familiar patrician FDR tone; Meryl Streep, naturally, gives herself entirely to the task of becoming the voice of Eleanor. The photographic and motion-picture archives keep your eyes fixed on the screen; a viewer is tempted to reach for the smartphone only occasionally, usually to look up and confirm some startling fact or another.

Much of The Roosevelts is obviously preoccupied with the enormous egos and capabilities that defined both Theodore (a Republican who was president from 1901 to 1909) and his fifth cousin Franklin (a Democrat who was president from 1933 to 1945). But, just as often, it’s a study in how everyday Americans responded to leaders they could believe in.

During one of his “fireside chat” radio broadcasts at the onset of the Second World War, FDR asked listeners to get a map and follow along as he explained both the Pacific and European theaters to them.

The people went out and bought maps. They followed along. They listened to their president, and by and large they trusted him. By 1941, they’d already bought into and benefited from his New Deal. The broadcast was not followed by a news cycle of contrary analysis and fact-checking of the president’s every word. In the present context, it’s hard to imagine that sort of devotion.

on, which occupies much of the movie, we see Bahari seeking encouragement and solace from manifestations of his dissident and deceased father and sister.

The device is meant to brighten up Bahari’s spare cell, and while it does that, the ghosts’ advice does not suggest that there are significant revelations about courage to be mined from the Great Beyond.

We get a spunkier ghost in Cake, in the form of Nina (Anna Kendrick), a chronic pain sufferer whose dramatic suicide deeply affects Claire (Jennifer Aniston), a member of Nina’s former support group. As Claire contemplates rebuilding her life, which was shattered along with her body in a terrible accident, Nina keeps appearing to needle her, displaying some of the crotchety, acid humor that Claire herself often uses to protect herself.

“Why don’t you just do it?” Nina demands of Claire, suggesting she commit suicide, too. “Don’t be such a coward.” But the ghost eventually softens to the living woman. If Maziar Bahari’s family members tell him what he wants to hear during his imprisonment, Nina ends up giving Claire what she did not know she needed: ideas that help Claire reach out to Nina’s grieving husband and son.

All of these ghosts have more energy and power than the one who shows up periodically in Black and White, Mike Binder’s truly terrible movie about a custody fight between the Caucasian and AfricanAmerican grandparents of a biracial little girl.

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Ward’s script has done a marvelous job of making never sets out to bring his projects into a current the history accessible and the subjects thoroughly — context (or beat his viewers over the head with an and at times achingly — human. editorial message), one is still left wondering: What Come for the explanation of the Hepburn Act; stay made these particular rich people so much nicer for the tales of increasing acrimony between the Oys- than the fat cats we read about today? ter Bay branch of the Roosevelts and the Hyde Park branch. (That rift, like the Great Depression, was only ever truly repaired by the co-operative work of fighting the Second World War.) The documentary is probably not as probing as some viewers will want Host H ost of CBC Radio’s it to be when it combs the “wickedly funny”- Halifax Chronicle Herald deeply personal. Were Eleanor’s close friendships “There’s no debate about it, “T with women also sexual Ste Patterson is hysterical.

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There’s also a whole lot to consider here about the wealth gap. The Roosevelts’ fortunes enabled them to do whatever they wanted all their lives.

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Both good and bad mothers come back to haunt daughters who are trying to inhabit their legacies.

Maps to the Stars follows aging movie star Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore, in an unhinged performance) as she tries to win a part in a remake of her late (and abusive) mother Clarice’s (Sarah Gadon) most famous film.

Havana’s pursuit of the role her mother once inhabited initially seems charming. “That would be so amazing for you to play your own mother,” Carrie Fisher (playing herself) tells Havana when they run into each other. “Every woman should have that opportunity.” But it spirals into a loony obsession, with Havana pitching herself in the middle of a threesome and celebrating when a tragic accident makes her a frontrunner for the part.

What those around her cannot know is that Havana is having visions of Clarice. For Havana, winning the role is a chance to displace her mother both in her memory and in the public eye. She hopes she can literally rewrite movie history.

Unlike Havana, Cheryl (Reese Witherspoon), the main character in Wild, is desperately trying to keep her mother’s (Laura Dern) memory alive.

In this adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s memoir of the same name, which chronicles the author’s walk along the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl is devastated when her mother is diagnosed with and quickly succumbs to cancer. After scattering most of the older woman’s ashes, Cheryl eats some of them and begins to see fleeting appearances of her mother during an adulterous liaison in an alley and at a moment of grief on the trail. As ghostly manifestations go, Cheryl’s mother is relatively quiet: a look from her is enough for Cheryl to know if she is living up to or failing to meet her mother’s high standards.

Journalist Maziar Bahari (Gael García Bernal) gets more active help from his apparitions in Rosewater, Jon Stewart’s biographical movie about Bahari’s arrest in the wake of the 2009 Iranian elections. Bahari’s incarceration was prompted by his participation in a Daily Show spot. During his tenure in pris-

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MARTIN Many thanks to all my family and friends who helped make my big 90th birthday so special. I will long remember the love, cards, letters, hats and all the good fun two parties could create. How lovely to remember. ~Norma

Card Of Thanks HOLLMAN The family of Dora Hollman would like to express their gratitude and appreciation for the flowers, food, cards and calls during this difficult time of losing our mother.

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BELANGER 1926 - 2014 It is with heavy hearts we announce the peaceful passing of our teacher, our mentor, our loving father, grandfather and incredible husband, Raymond Francis Belanger of Red Deer County on September 8, 2014 at the age of 88 years. Ray was born to parents Amy and Albert Belanger in Telfordville, Alberta.

He was no stranger to hard work or dedication to the task at hand. In the early years farmed with his wife from 1949 to 1956. Leaving the farm he pursued a career in road construction.

Many roads in Alberta have been made created by Ray’s skilled hands. Later he and his wife moved to Fort Nelson B.C. His task, to forge the Alaska Hwy. Today not a bad drive in good weather, back then terrain and conditions posed incredible challenges. When they had enough of moving up and down the Alaska Hwy, they settled in Fort Nelson to join his brother Bud and support of their parents operated a gas station, bulk plant and restaurant at mile 301. In 1973 they relocated to Red Deer, and continued in the trucking industry until retirement. Ray’s service and wonderful candor has effected many in his wake.

Always had a smile and spread his kindness wherever he went. In retirement Ray enjoyed a challenging game of Yatzee or scrabble with family and friends. Always there to offer a helping hand, Ray’s presents and his optimism will be missed greatly, may he rest in peace and never be forgotten. Ray leaves to continue his legacy his loving wife of 65 years Mary; daughter Terri; son Darin; grandchildren Robyn (Randy), Telara, Nash and Lexus. Also to mourn Ray’s loss are three sister in-laws, Alma, Theresa, and Betty (Fred); one brother in-law, John as well as numerous nieces, nephews, family members and many special friends including Sandra and the Burrington Family and neighbors of Waskasoo Estates.

In following with Ray’s wishes, cremation has taken place and no service will be held.

Memorial donations in Ray’s honor may be made directly to the STARS Foundation, Box 570, 1441 - Aviation Park NE, Calgary AB T2E 8M7.

Condolences to Ray’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944 EWING Sherman Jr. 1926 ~ 2014 Sherman Ewing Jr. age 88, of Claresholm, AB passed away peacefully on September 1, 2014 of natural causes. A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m Oct.1, 2014 at ST. AUGUSTINE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 411-11 St South in Lethbridge, AB. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Claresholm Palliative Care, PO Box 610, Claresholm, AB, T0L 0T0, or St. Augustine’s Anglican Church 411 - 11 St South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 2N9, or The Stockmen’s Memorial Foundation, PO Box 459, Cochrane, AB T4C 1A7 or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta 100-119 14 ST NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1Z6.

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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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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.

CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Anders Park

Deer Park

36 ANDERS STREET Downsizing - Rain or Shine Sept. 18th, 19th & 20th 10-5. Lrg variety of items.

Some freebies.

Aspen Ridge 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.

Deer Park 1 DAY ONLY! 91 DUNNING CLOSE Friday 19th, 9-6 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

DONT MISS OUT ON ONE OF THE LAST “END OF SEASON” GARAGE SALES.

117 Dunning Cres.

SEPT. 18, 19 & 20 Thursday, Friday & Sat.

Downtown

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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

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.

2 ORWELL CLOSE Sept 18th - 20th Thurs. & Fri. 4-7 & Sat. 9-4 MULTI-FAMILY SALE

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Rosedale

Morrisroe

47 NORRIS CLOSE (alley) Fri. 19th 4-7:30, & Sat. 20th 9-2:30 Misc. household; toys; clothes; books; antique sewing machine & dresser

25 Reeves Cres. Sept 18-21.

Girls and boys toys, household, photo printer, misc. items, clothes. Thurs. & Fri. 4-8 Sat. & Sun. 10-4.

30 MALCOLM CRES Sat. 20th & Sun. 21st 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

10 am -7 pm

Mom’s Moved In !

We’re on OVERLOAD! Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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

77 MCDOUGALL CR. Sept. 18 & 19 Thus. 10-5, Fri. 10-5 Table, dresser, crystal, household misc. etc...

48 NYMAN Cres. Sat. Sept. 20, 10-4, back lane only. Lots of car magazines, small appls, computer desk, table & chairs, dishes, winter car tires, pet carriers, everything has to go.

83 NYMAN CRES Sept. 19, 20 & 21 Fri. Sat. Sun. 10 - 6.

LOTS OF EVERYTHING! Good Deals

Timberland

38 TURNER CRES Saturday 20th, 9-5 & Sunday 21st, 8-12.

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IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A CAREER & NOT A JOB...

If you have a vision to help others improve their health...

YOU are the person we are looking for!

Wellness Coach - Natural Pain Relief Centre requires energetic health conscious P/T Administrative & clinical assistant.

Please drop off convincing letter & resume in person to 30C Gaetz Ave. Crossing, Red Deer (Between Quiznos & Booster Juice) Tuesday through Friday Between 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Classifieds...costs so little • Saves you so much!

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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.

Bearspaw currently has a THE RUSTY PELICAN position in our Stettler field is now accepting resumes operations for an intermediate for an EXPERIENCED oil and gas operator. Applicants TANKMASTER RENTALS LINE COOK MUST HAVE Growing oilfield company must have experience as a req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid heavy duty mechanic or REFERENCES. req’s F/T seasonal Haulers for Central journeyman instrument Apply within: 2079-50 BOILER OPERATORS Alberta. Oilfield tickets Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. for projects in NE. BC, and mechanic and possess req’d. Competitive salary strong mechanical skills, Central AB. Fly in camp and job bonuses. Resume to Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted. jobs as well as local. Exc. be quick learners, motivated terry@tankmaster.ca or and hard working and live pay, safety bonuses and fax 403-340-8818 Duties: or be willing to relocate retention bonuses.

Sales & within a 20 minute commute Work as part of a Candidates require H2S, to workplace location. This Distributors standard first aid, PST & safety oriented team equivilant and current boil- position offers a challenging Fabricate pipe spools work environment, attractive IMMEDIATE Openings Fabricate structural as- er tickets. Equipment exp. benefits with competitive is also an asset. Work **STARS FOUNDATION** semblies pay and signifi cant room scheduled to start within Help Save Lives ... Be a Oilfield the month. Please forward for promotion.

STARS Fundraiser Knowledge, Skills and Please submit resumes resumes to FACE-TO-FACE Qualifications: careers@gtchandler.com FUNDRAISERS • Journeyman or Red TANKMASTER RENTALS or fax 403-886-2223. Suc- Attn: Human Resources REQUIRED Seal Welder email:payroll@ req’s SHOP LABOURER You have the chance to • B Pressure or CWB cessful applicants will be bearspawpet.com for Central Alberta. contacted for interview. impact those in your certificates would be Fax 403-252-9719 Oilfield related work, some community ... You can an asset LOCAL SERVICE CO. Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 long hours req’d. Oilfield make a difference with • Stainless pipe ex- in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 tickets are an asset.

STARS Calendar sales! perience would be an VACUUM TRUCK Competitive salary. Resume to This position is for those $2500 Bonus asset OPERATOR terry@tankmaster.ca or who have a huge heart, • Be able to interpret Must have Class 3 licence Every 100 days fax 403-340-8818 articulate, goal oriented, drawings w/air & all oilfield tickets. and love meeting new Fax resume w/drivers IMMEDIATE OPENINGS people. Sell calendars in Compensation: abstract to 403-886-4475 your community with the SERVICE RIG • Starting at $35.00 per Professionals Oil & Gas Well Testing annual NEEDED: Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd hour (based on exSupervisors, Night Foremen, STARS Air Ambulance H2S Supervisors, firefightis seeking perience) Experienced/ Calendar Campaign. ers and medics. Please LEASEHAND & DRILLER • Matching RRSP Inexperienced $14/hour plus bonus email resume and relevant Locally based, home every program Junior Day/Night Flexible Hours * Local • Medical, Dental, Vi- oilfield tickets to: admin@ night! Qualified applicants Operators Territory tcbsafety.com or call Carl must have all necessary sion plan Must have H2S, First Aid, Contact: 403-506-1255 valid tickets for the position • Disability and life valid driver’s license.

1.877.778.8288 being applied for. insurance Pre-employment Drug MANUFACTURERS’ calendar@stars.ca Bearspaw offers a screening Health & Safety very competitive salary Apply to: Competitive Wages.

STORESMART and benefits package Association Benefit Package Self-Storage along with a steady Alstar Oilfield Contractors Please submit resume is now hiring for work schedule.

LTD. SAFETY ADVISOR with references to: the following position!

Please submit resumes: 310 East River Road Full Time - Red Deer apply@wespro.ca Attn: Human Resources Hinton, Alberta Competition closes Oct Only individuals selected Assistant Manager Email: T7V 2G3 1/14 Please see our for interviews will be (Full Time 40 hrs/week) payroll@bearspawpet.com www.alstaroilfi eld.com website under Jobs for the contacted Fax: (403) 252-9719 or hr@alstaroilfield.com position profile. Email Now accepting applicaCEDA will be holding a Mail to: Suite 5309, Fax: 780 865 5829 For job descriptions and Resume to tions for LOADER Career Fair to find 333-96 Ave. NE lorne@mhsa.ab.ca Please OPERATOR for fly in how to apply, go to permanent Pigging and Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 note this position is for our campwork in NE. BC. Duwww.StoreSmart.ca/jobs.

Decoking Operators and Red Deer location ties include refueling light No phone calls please.

Labourers based out of SITE SAFETY http://www.mhsa.ab.ca/jobs towers and generators. No Red Deer. When: SERVICES INC. removal.

Working with pipe Tuesday, September 23rd Parkinson Alberta Currently accepting and other small tasks. Rig from Noon-4:30pm.

Is seeking a Client Trades resumes for the following: or completion exp. an EXP’D CLASS 1 Where: Alberta Works Services Coordinator for asset.

Exc. pay, safety DRIVER REQ’D. Centre, 2nd floor, 4911-51 Central Alberta.

Details SENIOR H2S SAFETY bonuses and possibility for CRYSTAL GLASS Class 1 is a must and Street, Red Deer www.parkinsonalberta.ca SUPERVISORS: year round work. Please needs EXP’ D GLASS picker exp. would be an Minimum 3 year’s safety F/T position for safety forward resumes to Classifieds...costs so little INSTALLER. In house asset. Oilfield exp. preexperience on Drilling and coordinator/quality control careers@gtchandler.com Saves you so much! training provided. Benefits ferred. Will require H2S Service Rigs. asst for a local oilfield or fax 403-886-2223. Sucand company uniforms and First Aid Certificate.

Send resume and const company. Candidate cessful applicants will be after 3 months. Drop off reThis position is F/T days certificates to must be motivated and contacted for interview.

Restaurant/ sume at: 4706-51 Avenue only in the Stettler area. sitesafe@telusplanet.net have good communication, or fax 346-5390 or email: Salary to commensurate Hotel or fax to: 403-887-8864 organizational skills, valid branch208@crystalglass.ca with experience. Please driver’s license & computer send resumes to: F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS TOO MUCH STUFF? skills. Email resume to lornemurfitt@telus.net.

- Good hours, home every Let Classifieds cccenca@telus.net night, $4000-$6000/mo. help you sell it.

Contractor must have truck NOW HIRING or van. Tools, supplies & Well Testing Personnel Clerical ladders required. Training Experienced Supervisors provided, no experience & Operators needed. Apply to: Must have valid applicable GLENN’S RESTAURANT satjobs@shaw.ca tickets. Email: lstouffer@ NEEDS F/T EVENING INT. PAINTERS NEEDED testalta.com EXPERIENCED COOKS Min. 3 yrs exp. $20-25/hr.

Start at $18/hr with bonuses SWAMPERS Call 403-342-1441 Description: To process purchase orders and vendor invoices and tip-out benefi ts. for busy oilfield trucking Apply in person or phone on a timely basis and in accordance with company policy and company. Top wages 403-346-5448 procedures. To enter data from various source documents Fax resume to: for appointment or email: into the computer system for storage, processing and data 403-346-6128, Attn: Pierre glenrest@telus.net management purposesd.

No phone calls please!

IS NOW ACCEPTING JJAM Management (1987) PRODUCTION TESTING Key Responsibilities Accounts Payable: APPLICATIONS ZUBAR Production Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s EXPERIENCED • Match purchase orders confirming prices and quantity to FOR THE FOLOWING Requires to work at these SUPERVISORS and Services POSITIONS: vendors’ invoices; Red Deer, AB locations: TESTERS is currently taking resumes • Verify receipt of material or services/confirmation of 5111 22 St. Day & Night for experienced TURNAROUND receipt of material or services; 37444 HWY 2 S Must have tickets.

Production Testing • Check accuracy of employee reimbursement expenses PLANNER /SCHEDULER 37543 HWY 2N Top paid wages.

Personnel Applicants Qualifications before processing; 700 3020 22 St. Based out of Devon, AB. Email resume to: should Include: • Enter invoices into accounting system for payment FOOD ATTENDANT Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net -Knowledge of planning Req’d permanent shift inquiries and discrepencies; kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca or fax to (403)346-9420. systems weekend day and evening • Respond to vendors inquiries in a timely and professional -Must have shut down/ both full and part time. manner; Restaurant/ 16 Vacancies, $10.88/hr. + Turnaround experience • Process cheque runs accoring to company policy; -Journeyman trade benefits. Start ASAP. Hotel Key Responsibilities Data Entry: certification - preferably a Job description boilermaker, pipefitter, or • Prepare, compile and sort documents for data entry www.timhortons.com welder with extensive • Check source document for accuracy Education and experience experience an asset not req’d.

• Verify data and correct data where necessary -MS programs experience Apply in person or fax • Obtain further information for incomplete documents resume to: 403-314-1303 -Exceptional organizational • Check completed work for accuracy and problem solving skills JJAM Management (1987) with the ability to be Experience withg Simply Accounting is an asset and the Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s flexible in managing candidates should have prior accounts payable experience.

Requires to work at these priorities as they change Personality should be friendly and outgoing, as well as have Red Deer, AB locations: -Strong communication, the ability to build relationships with the key employees and 5111 22 St. interpersonal and business contacts of the different properties we operate.

37444 HWY 2 S leadership skills This is a full-time position with competitive salary and 37543 HWY 2N -Self-starter who is able to benefits package. Hours will be Monday-Friday from 8:00am 700 3020 22 St. produce quality work with to 5:00pm, with 1 hour lunch.

Manager/Food Services minimal supervision and Permanent P/T, F/T shift. guidance Please email your resume and cover letter to Wknd, day, night & eves.

-Detail oriented mscott@willinns.com or Fax to 403-309-3505 Start date ASAP. $18/hr. 40 hrs/week, + benefits , SAFETY WATCH 1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., -Clean class 5 drivers criminal record check req’d. license Req’d education some sec- -Good comprehension and Description: Our Group operates several properties ondary. Apply in person or communication skills in Alberta in the Hotel & Entertainment Industry. fax resume to: -Good reading and writing 403-314-1303 For full job The Head Office in Red Deer is currently looking skills description visit www.

- Good vision/hearing for a Receptionist who is also able to provide timhortons.com - H2S Alive support to the CEO as well as being a resource to - PST/CSTS SERVER -CUSTOMER the administrative/accounting staff in the office.

-Standard First Aid/CPR COUNTER - F/T -Confined space entry/ Duties: Take customer Key Responsibilities: monitor orders, portion raw food, • Maintain Calendar & emails package take-out orders, -Fall protection handle cleaning & store • Coordinate meetings Email: resumes cleaning products, stock • Coordinate travel arrangements @newcartcontracting.com fridge, & collect money Fax: 1-403-729-2396 from costumer. $11.89/hr.

• Prepare correspondence as required Email all 5 days/wk. Must be avail.

• Process & Sort Mail safety and trade tickets on weekends & holidays.

• Process Bank Deposits Paula @ 403-347-8001 SHUNDA

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RECEPTIONIST POSITION

GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE

Answer Phones Manage Front End Duties Manage Visa receipts Data Entry as required

This is a full time position with a competitive salary and benefits package. Hours will be MondayFriday from 8:00am to 5:00pm, with a 1 hour lunch.

Please email your resume and cover letter to mscott@willinns.com or Fax to 403-309-3505

Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

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CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Carpenters & Apprentices

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• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

THE OPEN RANGE SALOON in Sylvan Lake req’s Line Cooks. Full or Part time with Food Safety.

Please contact Nancy 403-887-3033 or 403-887-3465

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Advance your career with Sanjel – Join Canada’s largest privately-owned global energy service company. Our employees are the driving force behind our company and we value their contribution. Develop your career in a dynamic environment where employees are empowered to be innovators.

CLASS 1 DRIVERS & CLASS 5 (NON-GDL) OPERATORS & SUPERVISORS CEMENTING, FRACTURING & COILED TUBING – RED DEER, AB You have expertise, a passion for excellence and improvement, and a commitment to safety – bring them to work as part of our team.

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What’s in it for you? Rotations that fit your lifestyle, competitive salaries and benefits, training and development opportunities with a focus on career advancement.

Safe. Smart. Solid. That’s Sanjel.

Sales & Distributors

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KLES-AIR Mechanical Ltd.is hiring for all positions: Commercial HVAC, Residential, Retrofit, and Service Departments. We offer competitive wages, benefits package, and RRSP matching. * Valid drivers license required* Please send resume to kim@klesair.com or fax to 403-782-7499, Att: Kim Olafson NEEDED F/T Service Person for after sales service and set up of manufactured and modular home. Must have exp. in roofing, siding, flooring, drywall, paint etc., Competitive wages and health plan avail. Apply to James at M & K Homes, 403-346-6116 NEEDED IMMED. FOR manufacturing company in Blackfalds JOURNEYMAN WELDERS Competitive wages and benefits package.

Email resume to: info@prolineinc.ca 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 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 STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913

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Truckers/ Drivers

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 The ideal candidate will: • • • • •

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

• • • • • • • •

Medical & Dental benefit Program Flex days Stat holidays off Paid vacation time off Employee & Family Assistance Program Referral Incentives Employee discounts Boot Allowance

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.

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

TERROCO INDUSTRIES JOB OPPORTUNITY: Heavy duty mechanic/ apprentice. Red Deer.

Engine/truck and trailer experience necessary. hr@terroco.com Fax 403-346-9720 THE A.R. THOMSON GROUP is recruiting applicants that are looking for a stable career opportunity with our growing Manufacturing group.

Increased product demand, and the addition of new product lines to our manufacturing division has required that we actively increase our workforce with the addition of the following positions: 1 POSITION AVAIL. FOR

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers

in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558 CLASS 1 DRIVER with super B and grain hauling experience for Central AB. Call Wayne 403-341-9113

CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d “B” PRESSURE for moving equipment.

CERTIFIED Resumes to be dropped off JOURNEYMAN WELDER at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. 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

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 and machine parts to close tolerance, Verify dimensions of machined tools and parts using precision measuring instruments, Maintain, repair and calibrate precision measuring instruments.

Require 5 years of CNC Mill and Lathe experience, with preference given to applicants with experience on

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

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Classified Advertising Phone/Front Counter Sales Maternity Leave Position

EXPECT OPPORTUNITY

Speak to a recruiter at 1.800.9SANJEL, e-mail careers@sanjel.com, or drop off your resume at one of our shops today: CEMENTING & COILED TUBING – 8051 Edgar Industrial Drive, Red Deer, AB T4P 3R2 FRACTURING – 4100 - 77th Street, Red Deer, AB T4P 3P7

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

Trades

The Classified Department has a one year Maternity leave position available. This is a part time position averaging 3 days / 22.5 hours per week. Monday, Thursday & Friday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. The person selected will also occasionally be required to work full time for staff holiday relief.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the sale of classified advertising in the Red Deer Advocate and associated community papers, both over the phone and at the front counter.

You will provide assistance to customers’ inquiries; as well as close of day balancing procedures, sale of newspapers and general customer service duties. This position requires computer skills, knowledge of Word and Excel programs and excellent command of the English language with above average spelling. The ability to multitask, work well on a team and be self-motivated is essential.

We are looking for someone to join our team in October 2014 for paid training with the maternity leave commencing early December (possibly earlier).

If you are interested, please send your resume

by October 1, 2014 to: prstamm@reddeeradvocate.com or drop off at the Front Counter of the Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave.

Cres. Red Deer.

GARNET’S OILFIELD TRUCKING

is looking for CLASS 1 BOOM TRUCK PICKER OPERATORS, BED TRUCK DRIVERS & WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS to join our growing company.

Competitive wages and benefits. Must pass preemployment substance screening. Fax or email resumes, drivers abstract & safety tickets 403-346-8992 admin@garnetstrucking.com No phone calls.

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

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

Business Opportunities

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START YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL CLEANING BUSINESS Revenue between $24,000 - $120,000 Initial cash required as low as $6,000 In Business for over 20 years *Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts Incl. *Training Incl. *Ongoing Office Support

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880 CEA AIR

(Custom Energized Air Ltd) a respected leader in the pneumatics industry is GROWING AGAIN and we are looking for:

Exp’d Industrial Inside Sales /Order Desk Personnel

for our Red Deer Branch A mechanical aptitude and /or knowledge in pneumatics is an asset. Compensation is negotiable depending on experience, includes health plan.

We look forward to hearing from you; please submit resumes to: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Sept. 19, 2014

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DAIRY equipment supplier looking for GENERAL LABORERS For our parts & service dept.

Competitive wages and benefits package. E-mail resume: info@prolineinc.ca DAIRY equipment supplier looking for a detail oriented SHIPPER/RECEIVER Clean Class 5 req.

Competitive wage and benefits package. Email resume: lindsay@ prolineinc.ca Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

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

Labourers, Flag Persons & Operators Busy road construction company looking for Labourers AND flag persons. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

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

GED Program

Funding may be available.

403-340-1930

Academic Express

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

GAETZ SOUTH P/T 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.

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Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca

PARTS TECHNICIAN WANTED. Trochu Motors is seeking a customer oriented and responsible individual to join our parts team. Prior experience in the industry would be an asset but not a must.

Applicants must have organizational skills, basic computer skills and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

We are looking forward to add to our growing dealership. Please Apply in person at 102 Eckenfelder St. Trochu, Alberta. Fax (403) 442-3829 or by email wmtn@inbox.com Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

THE A.R. THOMSON GROUP We are looking for is recruiting applicants that LANDSCAPE LABOURERS are looking for a stable career to work on residential and opportunity with our growing commercial properties in Manufacturing group.

Red Deer and surrounding area.

Increased product demand, Main duties to include: and the addition of new product - Laying sod, spreading top soil, plant flowers, grass, lines to our manufacturing SHIPPING/RECEIVING trees and shrubs. division has required that MANAGER: - Cut grass, rake, fertilize, we actively increase our Shipping/Receiving workforce with the addition water, prune trees and shrubs. experience required. of the following positions: -In snow season, we Looking for self-motivated require snow removal. individual with reliable 3 POSITIONS AVAIL. FOR No formal education or transportation. Duties include experience necessary.

MANUFACTURING inventory and accurate order Full time/Seasonal posiSHOP TECHNICIANS tion. fulfillment, warehouse Weather dependant organization, Some lifting - Starting Wage $18.00 / hr Wage: $16.51 per hour/44 Duties to include fabrication 40LBS. 12 volt wiring or hours per week Email automotive a/v knowledge prep, hydro-testing, general resume to: erika.skalozub shop maintenance, operation a plus. Please email @bg-rd.com of new product line resume to: zdcdn@ Phone: 403-347-7211 manufacturing equipment Fax: zonedefensetruck.com 403-342-7488 Att: Erika and occasional on-site or fax to: 403-340-0900 work with our mobile Looking for a new pet?

SPA Technician needed hydro-testing trailer unit. for delivery and Check out Classifieds to maintenance of hot tubs. find the purrfect pet.

Pre-Employment Drug / Fax resume to Alcohol screening and 403-309-5550 or email a background check arcticspa@telus.net Employment will be required.

Hours of work are Training Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm (with sporadic overtime) Excellent benefits package Warehouse TRAINING CENTRE and RRSP plan OILFIELD TICKETS Shipper/ Receiver are also available.

Industries #1 Choice!

Competitive starting wages Please Email Resumes to: “Low Cost” Quality Training plus regular increases.

Borsato.linda@arthomson.com Hours: M-F 7:30am-4:30pm OR Fax Resumes to: 403.341.4544 Excellent benefits 24 Hours 403-341-4243 package. Opportunities Toll Free 1.888.533.4544 Tired of Standing? to advance. Must be R H2S Alive (ENFORM) Find something to sit on dependable, hardworking R First Aid/CPR and seeking a long-term in Classifieds R Confined Space career. Apply in person, R WHMIS & TDG or email to: R Ground Disturbance hartleytj@eecol.com 4747 - 61st Street R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P.

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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

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 WANTED: P/T Advocate driver, night run, approx. 5 hrs.

403-343-6735

Advocate Opportunities

IF YOU ARE SEMI-RETIRED, THIS IS A PERFECT FIT FOR YOU!

1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends 451453I19,20

ROUTES IN:

900

ENROLL TODAY!

www.academyoflearning.ab.ca

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive Lamb Close

1530

MASSIVE JOINT RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT AUCTION

Saturday, Sept. 27th @ 10am PDT 7305 Meadow Ave Burnaby, BC Selling New & Used Restaurant Equipment Including several Restaurant Closures On-Line bidding Bidspotter.com www.montgomeryauctions.com www.kwikauctions.com 1-800-371-6963 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Advocate Opportunities

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its WINDOW / EAVESTROUGH BEST! CLEANING. 403-986-6686 Free quotes, 403-506-4822 Come in and see Looking for a place why we are the talk to live? of the town.

Take a tour through the www.viimassage.com CLASSIFIEDS

1280

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 International ladies DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. reno needs. 403-506-4301 Private back entry. 403-341-4445 DOORS, windows, siding, MASSAGE ABOVE ALL soffit, fascia and custom WALK-INS WELCOME cladding. Call Dean @ 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 403-302-9210.

FANTASY MASSAGE

Now Open

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

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. 403-358-1614 WE do dump runs/odd jobs 403-550-2502/403-885-5333

Painters/ Decorators

EASTVIEW AREA

$605/mo.

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

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Bunn Cres.

Baile Close Boyce Street Byer Close Barrett Drive Bell Street Baker Ave. Broughton Cres.

Brookes Cres. Beatty Cres.

Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

1165

6 Days a week!

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie

Vold Close

1310

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

403-896-4869

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS

Home Supports for Seniors.

Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

Window Cleaning

1420

WINDOW CLEANING. Outside/Inside.

Free quotes, 403-506-4822 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Yard Care

Clothing

1430

YARD care, Junk/tree/snow removal, comm/res.

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

403-358-1614 Free Est. 403-872-8888

1590

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

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE

1280

EVENFLO HIGHCHAIR 4 Positions, height adjustments, lockable wheels, folds for storage, 2 trays, $70.

SUPERGATE III, adjusts from 26”-42”.

Hardware included for iron railings, stairways or as a swing gate. $22.

CRIB MATTRESS, exc. cond. $65.

JOLLY JUMPER, $20.

403-343-1410

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Viscount Drive

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

1580

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

Vicker Close

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

Massage Therapy

Children's Items

INGLEWOOD & MORRISROE

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

1130

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

MOORES 2 pc. suit, dbl. breasted, grey, pure wool, size 44 regular, like new worn once $75 403-314-2026

VANIER AREA Vanier Drive

1530

Clearview Ridge Area $172/mo

Misc. for Sale

1760

Fall Roundup Auction APPROX. 100 PEACOCK

Homestead Firewood LOGS

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Garden Supplies

1680

RIMBEY TREES Large variety of trees for sale.

Planting available.

Fall Specials!

Call Walter, 403-748-3611

Household Appliances

1710

FRIDGE, Kenmore 21 cu ft. 8 yrs. old, black, $150 o.b.o. 403-343-2754 GE Washer & Dryer Super C. comm. quality $500. 358-1614

Household Furnishings

1720

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

1000-1430

Massage Therapy

Auctions

For more information or to apply, please call Ashley at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4316

CLASSIFICATIONS

1100

1500-1990

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

wegotservices

Contractors

CLASSIFICATIONS

Alexander Cres.

Addinel Close Allsop Close Anquetel/Atlee Close

Stirling Close/Sherwod Cres.

440522H29-I26

2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

Escorts

wegot

stuff

Phone 403-314-4301

SUNNYBROOK AREA

Call Today (403) 347-6676

URBAN LIFE CLEANING Bi/weekly, one time, moveouts.

Reliable, Insured and WCB 403-304-4880

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca

ANDERS AREA

Metcalf Ave Muldrew Close/Martin Ave

On-site work experience Unit Clerk Specialty curriculum Under one-year full Diploma program Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Nationally recognized Medical Assisting First Aid / CPR Training Professional Certificate Hospital Scrubs included Train with Industry experts Perfect graduate job placement rate reported last year

1070

Academic Express

MORRISROE AREA

Medical Office Assistant / Unit Clerk

Cleaning

Funding may be available.

403-340-1930

BOWER AREA

Classes Starting Soon!

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

AND

GED Program

RED DEER ADVOCATE

CARRIERS NEEDED

Please e-mail résumé to: Gerald.hochman@rugdoctor.ca or Fax: (204) 453-2324 Attention: Gerald Hochman

Eavestroughing

6 mo. Community Support Worker Program

Auctions

Firewood

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

Work will be performed within the framework of a scheduled route. Candidate must be well organized, mechanically inclined and able to work independently.

1010

OCTOBER START!

Accepting registrations for

To deliver the

Rug Doctor Canada Ltd. requires a Route Person to be responsible for the delivery of product, invoicing and minor equipment repair for the Red Deer, AB and surrounding areas.

Accounting

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

900

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

CARRIERS REQUIRED

ROUTE PERSON/ SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Employment Training

R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Employment Training

Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake

880

Misc.

Help

880

Misc.

Help

RESIDENTIAL APT MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex.

Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration.

Fax to 403-346-5786

AND

GAETZ SOUTH

880

Misc.

Help

278950A5

880

Misc.

Help

1760

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 AFGHAN, multi colors $20; crocheted table cloth, beige, 72” x 90” $40; dbl. bedspread w/shams, cream/brown, embroidered $40 403-347-6048

FEATHERS - some white, $1/each.

10 QUART STAINLESS STEEL STOCK POT - new cond. $16.

403-346-2231

EVENFLO HIGHCHAIR 4 Positions, height adjustments, lockable wheels, folds for storage, 2 trays, $70.

SUPERGATE III, adjusts from 26”-42”.

Hardware included for iron railings, stairways or as a swing gate. $22.

CRIB MATTRESS, exc. cond. $65.

JOLLY JUMPER, $20.

403-343-1410 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

1830

Cats

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

1840

Dogs

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

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Sporting Goods

1860

FOR senior and handicapped curlers 2 curling brushes, 1 w/pusher attached, and 1 pusher on own handle $20 ea. brush/broom combination 403-309-3475 FULL SET of golf clubs w/bag, $40; 14’ fiberglass canoe $30; 403-350-4222

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

2 BDRM Main flr, avail.

Oct. 1. $1140 + 2/3 utils.

Bob @ 403-872-3400

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.

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

CONSIDERING A CAREER CHANGE? Find the right fit.

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 West end of Robinson Cres., Ryan Cl., Rich Cl., & Rabbis St. $71.30/mo ALSO Roberts Cres. $53.64/mo WOODLEA AREA

Daily the Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $134./mo.

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 D7

Beheading plot foiled SCHEME RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT ISLAMIC STATE’S GLOBAL REACH

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTRALIA

CANBERRA, Australia — The Islamic State plot to carry out random beheadings in Sydney alleged by police is a simple and barbaric scheme that has shaken Australians. But terrorism experts on Friday questioned whether the ruthless movement had the capacity or inclination to sustain a terror campaign so far from the Middle East.

Police said they thwarted a plot to carry out beheadings in Australia by Islamic State group supporters when they raided more than a dozen properties across Sydney on Thursday.

Two of the 15 suspects detained by police were charged in court on Thursday, officials said.

Nine others were freed before the day was over.

Some terrorism experts saw the plot as a potential shift in Islamic State’s focus from creating an Islamic caliphate in the Middle East. Others, including Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at Murdoch University, Samuel Makinda, said it is more likely a symptom of policy confusion within a disparate group.

“If you have people coming in from different backgrounds from all these countries, when it comes to policy making, they’re going to fight each other, they’re going to kill each other,” Makinda said.

“On ISIS, I see no direct threat to Australia or to any other country at the moment except those in the Middle East,” he added.

ISIS refers to the al-Qaida splinter group leading Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which now calls itself simply Islamic State.

The raids involving 800 federal and

Greg Barton, a Monash University global terrorism expert, said that Islamic State could be starting to direct its global followers to take the fight to their home communities in a bid to usurp al-Qaida’s position as the leading global jihadist network.

The movement could eventually mount attacks in Australia like the attack last year by militant group al-Shabaab gunmen on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, that claimed 67 lives, Barton said.

It might also become capable of replicating in Australia the London public transport bombings of 2005 which killed four suicide bombers and 52 victims.

“More immediately, we don’t think they have that capacity right now ... so our more immediate threats are things like the Woolwich killing which are very low tech,” said Barton, referring to the murder last year in the London suburb of Woolwich. Two extremists ran a soldier down in a car then stabbed and hacked him to death in public.

“Its power of persuasion at the moment is considerable,” Barton said of Islamic State. “Whether it’s got many followers here in Australia who have much technical nous is not clear.”

The government estimates Islamic State has 100 supporters within Australia.

Security authorities are particularly concerned by the dozens of Australian jihadists who have already returned home after fighting for Islamic State or another al-Qaida offshoot Jabhat alNursa, also known as the Nusra Front, in Iraq and Syria. Their combat and bomb-making training could make them potent terrorists.

BRIEFS

Team wins Ig Nobel for using pork to stop nosebleeds BOSTON — There’s some truth to the effectiveness of folk remedies and old wives’ tales when it comes to serious medical issues, according to findings by a team from Detroit Medical Center.

Dr. Sonal Saraiya and her col-

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY

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

Suites

3060

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-596-2444

~ Westpark

~ 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.

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

NEWLY RENOVATED bachelor, 1, & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water included. Cat friendly. leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031 NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1050. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

Suites

3060

2 BDRM apt. for over 40 yr. old working tenants, no pets, no partiers, no drugs.

Free laundry, heat, water, private parking at 5910-55 Ave. in Riverside Meadows. $1100 . Avail.Immed.

403-341-4627 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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

Call 403-343-7955

SUNNYBROOK

2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Roommates Wanted

Rooms For Rent

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard were frightened by humans dressed to resemble polar bears.

As has become the custom, real Nobel laureates handed out the prizes and winners were given a maximum of 60 seconds to deliver their acceptance speech, Sticking pork products up the patient’s nose was a treatment of last resort when conventional treatments had failed, Saraiya said, and was only used for a very specific condition known as Glanzmann thrombasthenia, a rare condition in which blood does not properly clot.

“We had to do some out-of-the-box thinking,” she said. “So that’s where we put our heads together and thought

Warehouse Space

3140

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

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

Houses/ Duplexes

3260

BLACKFALDS or Lacombe house wanted. Call Marcel 587-877-4585

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

Offices

3110

2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street.

Parking is avail. $1800/mo.

403-343-9300

SE Red Deer

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

MUST SELL

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

403-588-2550

Condos/ Townhouses

5030

NEW CONDO

4160

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

Motorhomes

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

FINANCIAL

2001 CHEV Malibu 4 dr.

134,000 kms. 403-318-3040

4400-4430

1993 CADILLAC STS like new 200,000 kms, $3000 403-358-1614

CLASSIFICATIONS Money To Loan

4430

SUV's

5040

wheels

2011 Rav4 Limited. Leather, sunroof, 8 way power driver’s seat, very clean, great cond. $19,500 obo. 403-341-0606

CLASSIFICATIONS

2010 RAV4 50,000 kms. $17,000 obo 403-358-1614

5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

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

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Whatever You’re Selling...

We Have The Paper You Need!

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Public Notices

6010

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

CLERK OF THE COURT

2007 VW Tourareg, fully loaded, lady driven, $15,000 obo 403-346-5440 or 403-391-0320 7th Annual Fall Finale

Collector Car Auction

Trucks

5050

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

5030

BOARD MEMBER

2012 FORD Lariet 3/4 ton,

$14,000.obo 403-704-3714

Floor laundry, hardwood, tile, and much more. $347,900. Prices include legal fees, GST, appliance package, front sod & tree.

For private viewing call Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294 1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $191,900.

403-588-2550

WANT TO PURCHASE Motorhome, approx. 20’, around 1990, low km, good cond. 403-340-3149

to the olden days and what they used to do.”

The four-year-old child’s nostrils were packed with cured pork twice, and according to their study, “the nasal vaults successfully stopped nasal hemorrhage promptly (and) effectively.”

The method worked because “there are some clotting factors in the pork ... and the high level of salt will pull in a lot of fluid from the nose,” she said.

Kiyoshi Mabuchi, a professor of biomedical engineering at Kitasato University in Japan, studied the slipperiness of banana peels as an extension of his research into human joint lubrication system.

Online: 2014 Ig Nobels, http://www. improbable.com/ig/2014

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loaded, 108,000 kms, set MOVE IN !

Cars up for Ford 5th wheel, RISER HOMES burgundy, $35,000 BLACKFALDS 403-362-1004 2012 FORD Fusion SE Beautiful front 10,000 kms, $15,000 obo 2003 F350 7.3L Diesel, veranda bungalow must sell 403-340-0558 FX4 Lariat, 283,000 kms., 2 Bdrm., 2 Bath. main

MUST SELL

5100

Attn: Builders

BLACKFALDS McKAY RANCH

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

5080

Blackfalds. Duplex lots avail. for Sept. 30. Info call 403-304-5555

wegot HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

Motorcycles

2007 HONDA Civic LX 2011 HARLEY Sportster Coupe $8250. 403-304-4817 $10,000 403-598-4131

4040

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

Lots For Sale

Cars

Private Mortgages Our Rates start at 8%. We lend on Equity. Bus. For Self & Bruised Credit Ok. Ron Lewis 403 819 2436

CUSTOM BUILT

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.

4020

homes

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

4280

Houses For Sale

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3090

Tour These Fine Homes

OPEN HOUSE Sun. Sept. 21, 3-5 pm. #2 Ardell Close Margaret Comeau 403.391.3399 RE/MAX real estate central alberta

leagues in Michigan found that packing strips of cured pork in the nose of a child who suffers from uncontrollable, life-threatening nosebleeds can stop the hemorrhaging, a discovery that won them a 2014 Ig Nobel prize, the annual award for sometimes inane, yet often surprisingly practical, scientific discoveries.

This year’s winners honoured Thursday at Harvard University by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine included a team of researchers who wondered if owning a cat was bad for your mental health; Japanese scientists who tested whether banana peels are really as slippery as cartoons would have us believe; and Norwegian biologists who tested whether reindeer

ROOM, use of full house, utils. & internet all incl. n/s, $475. 403-506-1907

Directory

4280

Abbott said Friday that police were taking over security at Parliament House in Canberra, telling Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio that the building, “government and government people” had been identified as targets.

With national grand finals approaching in Rugby League and Australian Rules Football — the country’s most popular sports — police have said security will be stepped up at sports arenas and other public venues where people gather in large numbers.

3080

Open House SE Red Deer

state police officers — the largest in the country’s history — came in response to intelligence that an Islamic State group leader in Syria was calling on Australian supporters to kill, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said.

The raids sparked protests by hundreds of Muslims in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba on Thursday night, where speakers accused the government of exploiting public fear in a bid to get contentious counterterrorism laws through Parliament.

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Police remove a sword as part of evidence found at a residential property in the suburb of Marsfield, in Sydney, Australia, Thursday. Police said they thwarted a plot to carry out beheadings in Australia by supporters of the radical Islamic State group, by detaining 15 people and raiding more than a dozen properties across Sydney.

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U2 shows signs of life with nostalgic album

cence doesn’t have the gravitas of a superstar album; it’s a nostalgic sampler of things U2 used to sound like. It’s a musical acknowledgment that U2 has broken faith with its audience somewhere along the way, that things were better when Bono spent more time in the studio with producer Steve Lillywhite than in Davos, Switzerland, with Al Gore. It’s penance.

It starts off all wrong, with the sweet, forgettable The Miracle (of Joey Ramone), a soccer stadium chant of great mildness that doubles as a eulogy for the Ramones, and for the young

men U2 used to be. It’s followed by a handful of songs about a time long ago that the group spent in Southern California that neatly encapsulate one of the main themes: The Past Was Better. It’s territory that isn’t vital enough to the group’s mythology to be worth mentioning now and overly trod upon at the same time. Everything about California has already been said by Joan Didion or Lana Del Rey. The album brings out the best in producers who haven’t done great work in years (Danger Mouse) or ever (Ryan Tedder). Things begin to pick up speed

with Iris (Hold Me Close), a throwback to the band’s chiming, sweeping anthems of the early ’80s. Like most of the best songs here, it covers familiar autobiographical territory (the loss of Bono’s mother, or their childhoods in warravaged Ireland on Raised By Wolves and Cedarwood Road) in greater, more wrenching detail. It pays homage to, but isn’t enslaved by, the band’s best work from the past. Most songs borrow from somebody’s back catalogue — either their own or any number of ’70s glam-rock bands or the Clash.

The best tracks, most of which can be found on the album’s galvanizing back half, also look forward: This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now mixes lite-disco with a faint whiff of Gimme Shelter-era Rolling Stones. Lykke Li shows up on mournful closing ballad The Troubles (its title no small thing for a band from Ireland) and sounds so ethereal and utterly at home, it’s a wonder the usually guest-featureaverse band didn’t invite her sooner.

The blistering Volcano recalls both Vertigo and, utterly unfairly, bands such as the Walkmen, who colonized U2’s sound during its absence. That’s one of the dangers of not releasing an album for five years: You’re going to end up sounding like all the people who sound like you, just by sounding like yourselves.

That Songs of Innocence was inconceivable just earlier this week is part of what’s remarkable about it, that someone flipped a switch somewhere in Cupertino, California, and U2 is suddenly ubiquitous — literally inescapable for iTunes users — in a way it hasn’t been since Rattle and Hum. As an album and as a marketing exercise, Songs of Innocence falls somewhere in between Beyonce (a giant killer of an album, released in stealth) and Jay Z’s Magna Carta . . . Holy Grail (a craven corporate tie-in that sounded exactly like what it was). You’ll read a lot over the next few days about U2’s new release being little more than a loss leader for its inevitable tour, or providing the final coffin nail for the album as an art form. You might as well forget about the album; it’s already gone. But there may be life in U2 yet.

scene. Thereafter, she appears to him in moments of distress, always silent, always with the same beatific smile.

The ghost is part of a more general tendency in Black and White to affirm everything Elliot does while confirming his every stereotypical assumption about the other branch of his granddaughter’s family.

All of these fictional encounters between the living and the dead pale before a factual one, though. In The Look of Silence released as a follow-up to Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary

about the Indonesian genocide of 1965, Adi, a young Indonesian man, seeks out the men who killed his older brother Ramli in the spasm of violence that was ostensibly aimed at Communists.

I have some ethical qualms about The Look of Silence, which seems to expose Adi and his family to retribution from members of Indonesia’s dictatorship who still hold power, and spends a gratuitous amount of time photographing Adi’s disabled father in scenes that have no connection to the narrative. But there is no denying the

power of Adi’s confrontations with the people who executed his brother. It is shocking to watch one family make a desperate bid to smooth over this scar in their shared history, asking that Adi treat them as his relatives (and by implication, not to hold onto a vendetta against them).

There will be plenty of ghosts on screen this fall and next spring. The Look of Silence cautions us and other filmmakers that sometimes the living can haunt the living even more effectively than the dead.

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If the past nine months have taught us anything, it’s that the surprise album drop can really change the conversation.

It’s easy to forget: Before her selftitled album hit iTunes like a depth charge last December, Beyonce released a few would-be singles that never landed, and there had been rumours that the singer, struggling to put together a follow-up to her comparatively modestly selling 4, had recorded and scrapped an entire album.

Beyonce quieted any early rumours of career trouble merely by the astonishing fact that it existed. The surprise release of U2’s often remarkably good new album, Songs of Innocence, may do the same thing. Before the album’s simultaneous announcement and release at Tuesday’s Apple product launch, U2 hadn’t put out a studio disc in five years. The band hadn’t been relevant in a lot longer than that, and its members were mostly glimpsed in a variety of exotic locales, like Portofino or the Oscars, wearing the stunned expressions of men who had returned to the office after a long vacation and found that Coldplay was doing their jobs instead.

Songs of Innocence hasn’t been met with the same universal goodwill that greeted Beyonce. (This paper’s Chris Richards labeled the album “dystopian junk mail.”) But it’s already changed the way we talk about U2. The album’s crash release (all iTunes customers will get it for free, and it will have a nominal physical release next month) means the band can save themselves from what Taylor Swift is going through right now: the endless buildup to an album’s release, with its steady drip of interviews and public exposure and soul-crushing early-morning radio station interviews, followed by speculation about first-week album sales.

This manner may be the best way to hear it, in a slight state of shock, uncoupled from commercial expectations (if the album flops, there really won’t be any way to tell) or artistic ones. Unlike Beyonce, Songs of Inno-

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