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MICHENER SAVED! Premier Jim Prentice vows the Red Deer facility will not close on his watch Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

ABOVE: Bill Lough, president of the Society and Friends of Michener Centre, and Lee Kvern, sister of Michener Centre resident Jody Kvern, were all smiles Friday as they celebrated the provincial government’s decision to keep Michener Centre open.

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RIGHT: Newly minted Alberta Premier Jim Prentice leaves a group home in Red Deer while Human Services Minister Heather Klimchuk looks on. The premier and members of his team were in Red Deer to announce that Michener Centre would not close on Friday.

“They had a promise from previous governments and previous premiers that they will be able to live out their lives at the Michener Centre. I intend to make sure that happens,” said Prentice.

Prentice said it is extremely inhumane to relocate severely disabled Albertans from their homes in the “autumn of their lives.”

The news drew a standing ovation from the crowd of about 50 family members, politicians and local community members.

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Michener Centre residents can live out their lives at the place that many have called home for decades.

Premier Jim Prentice made the announcement at a news conference at Michener Centre on Friday morning.

Prentice vowed that the facility will not close on his watch. He said he will continue to protect the most vulnerable and most disadvantaged citizens in the province for as long as he is premier.

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Two Calgarians face charges in animal abuse case, 92 animals seized CALGARY — Two people in Calgary face criminal charges after dozens of neglected animals seized from a home had to be euthanized.

The Calgary Humane Society says 92 rabbits and hamsters had to be removed from a home in August due to lack of space, unsanitary conditions and medical neglect.

About 25 per cent of the animals had to be destroyed.

Officials say Anthony and Chris Berry each face 92 counts of causing pain, suffering or injury to an animal under the Criminal Code of Canada.

They are also each charged with failing to provide adequate food, water and shelter to animals under their care.

The Humane Society is now trying to find homes for the seized animals that survived.

“We are just thankful we were able to remove these animals from a very bad situation and there will be accountability for their suffering,” Brad Nichols, a society spokesman, said in a release Friday.

Edmonton hospital continues to hunt for source of buzzing flies in clinic EDMONTON — Administrators of an Edmonton hospital are dealing with a fly problem.

Covenant Health, the Catholic healthcare organization that operates the Misericordia Hospital, says they’ve had pest control come in to check it out.

They’ve determined that the flies don’t pose any health risk and that they’re just a nuisance.

Covenant Health says pest control isn’t sure where the flies are coming from, but they’re planning to do a full treatment of the clinic this weekend to get rid of them.

The flies are only in the family medicine centre, which is separate from the rest of the hospital.

The 45-year-old facility was scheduled to be replaced or at least rebuilt six years ago.

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MICHENER: Closure plan triggered an outpouring of protest In March 2013, the government headed by former premier Alison Redford announced the gradual closure of the facility, sending shock waves across the province. Eighty-two residents were assigned to move into new group homes and seniors residences.

The closure plan triggered an outpouring of protest, with rallies in Red Deer and Edmonton.

Thousands put up lawns signs in support of Michener and Keep Michener Open supporters marched in Red Deer’s Westerner Days parade in July 2013 and 2014. A variety of public groups, including Red Deer city council, asked the province to keep the centre open.

Calls to halt the closure became more vehement after reports this summer that five Michener Centre residents died within months of their transfers.

“The families that have stood together and fought to keep Michener Centre I think they will be pleased by the decision,” said Prentice. “I think they will see this is a new Progressive Conservative government.

I look forward to working with them to make sure their loved ones are taken care of properly.”

The 46 residents who have already left the facility and those who were waiting for new homes can return or stay in the new accommodations.

Part of the reason Michener Centre was slated to close was the dilapidated state of the decades-old buildings on the north site. The 13 residents who live on the north site will move to the south site. The north site will ultimately close.

In a letter to families and guardians, Naresh Bhardway, associate minister of persons with disabilities, said the government remains steadfast in its belief and commitment to community living and inclusion.

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Lethbridge police issue arrest warrant for a man charged with murder LETHBRIDGE — Police are searching for a man wanted in the death of a 37-year-old southern Alberta woman.

Lethbridge police have charged Lucien Maurice Bill Lough, Society of Friends and Family of Michener Centre president, said he is absolutely elated that the province took a firm position to keep Michener open and respect the wishes of those who wanted to remain.

“I think that has been our cry for years under the Moving Ahead report that no one would be forced to leave Michener,” said Lough. “And now this is being recognized and respected. It will bring a great amount of relief to a lot of families.”

But Lough has heard the promises before, including from former premier Ed Stelmach.

“Politicians move accordingly,” he said. “But I do feel that there is sincerity in the approach Premier Prentice has taken. ... As long as we have open and honest dialogue with families at Michener, then we can move forward. There are no assurances. We know that.”

Wildrose Human Services and Seniors critic Kerry Towle called the decision a monumental victory for the families and residents of Michener Centre.

She said 18 months ago the PC government made a terrible and wrong decision on all levels.

“While I am appreciate today, the victory goes to the families who fought for this,” said the InnisfailSylvan Lake Wildrose MLA. “The decision could have been made right so many months ago.”

Red Deer North PC MLA Mary Anne Jablonski did not hold make her emotions when she addressed media about a cause that has been close to her heart since the closure was 18 months ago.

“I am pleased,” said Jablonski. “(Premier Prentice) gets it. This is about the people. These people were promised they could live their lives out here or they could choose to leave. It’s about choice, too. Our premier understands that. What good does it do if you make this a great province but you don’t care for the vulnerable in a good way?”

Prentice said he made his decision after spending time at Michener Centre with residents and family members in August. Prentice visited residents in one of the group homes in Westlake after Friday’s news conference.

“These are people who do not have the opportunities that the rest of us have in life,” said Prentice.

“The least we can do is ensure that they are comfortable, that they are in a family setting, that they are in a setting they know and where they feel at home.

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These are people who do not have the opportunities that the rest of us have in life. The least we can do is ensure that they are comfortable, that they are in a family setting, that they are in a setting they know and where they feel at home. That’s what today’s decision is about.

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Alberta Infrastructure is working closely with the community on future site planning.

Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer said this was a good day for the families and residents in Michener Centre.

Veer also said Michener Centre is an important community resource. The city worked closely with local MLAs to fight the closure. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Hurricane honeymoon NEWLYWEDS FROM RED DEER TAKE COVER FROM CATEGORY 3 STORM Last Sunday, Brie and Nathan Schmidt were very frightened but calm as they dragged a boxspring up against their hotel room window. On top of that, they quickly piled furniture, then grabbed bedding and hid behind an inner half-wall.

The newlyweds huddled together and waited for the destruction that would soon arrive on their doorstep.

Category 3 Hurricane Odile was minutes away from smashing into MARY-ANN the Mexican reBARR sort where the honeymooning couple from Red Deer were staying — in Cabo San Lucas in the Baja California peninsula.

They had just had a fantastic week of sun and relaxation.

They had checked on their return flight, scheduled to leave on Sunday, and everything was a go. But when they awoke at 5 a.m. that day, they learned their flight had suddenly been cancelled.

And what turned out to be the strongest hurricane on record to hit Mexico’s southern Baja California peninsula was well on its way. In its path were thousands of tourists largely oblivious to the danger, as were the locals, it seems.

As the storm over the ocean began to develop, locals told the Schmidts not to worry. It was no big deal. There hadn’t been a serious hurricane for decades — mostly they petered out before ever making landfall.

Hurricanes are measured on a scale from 1 to 5. Odile was a Category 4 (wind speeds of 209 to 251 km/h) but just before it made landfall it was downgraded to a Category 3 (178 to 208 km/h). Category 3 and higher is considered a major hurricane.

Brie, 28, and Nathan, 27, were married on Sept. 6 in Gull Lake before flying to Mexico for their honeymoon.

They have a five-year-old daughter (Nathan’s daughter, Brie’s stepdaughter), Lexie, who stayed home.

Now when Brie looks back, the fact they were told not to be concerned about the hurricane was, as she plainly puts it, “Just bonkers.”

One of the best decisions they made, she says, was to follow direction and leave the resort and head to a hotel near the airport on Sunday before the storm arrived.

It wasn’t as fancy as their resort but the Best Western Aeropuerto was closest to the airport and six storeys of solid concrete, with small windows.

It was built to withstand hurricanes.

That was their good luck, says Brie.

That evening, the couple tried to find out more about the hurricane but no local television stations were doing any live coverage, They ended up following the storm’s progress on social media, via Twitter, following a storm chaser who was in a hotel 15 minutes ahead of them.

As Josh Morgerman (Twitter handle @iCyclone) tweeted live that windows and doors were being blown out at his hotel, they knew what to expect and they began to barricade themselves in their room.

When the hurricane intensified, they could actually see some of the windows at their hotel bowing from the force, with water pouring in. The hotel suffered considerable damage.

“The hurricane made landfall at 10:45 p.m. that night, but the weather started getting really crazy around 7 or 8 p.m. I looked at my husband and said, ‘Oh my goodness, if it’s this bad now ... and the hurricane’s still not even here.’ ”

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BRIEFS Man dead after car plunges into Abraham Lake A 22-year-old man is dead after the car he was driving plunged into Abraham Lake in the West Country.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP said a car westbound on Hwy 11 on Wednesday afternoon left the road and hit the lake, located about 45 km southwest of Nordegg.

Passersby arrived at the scene shortly after the 4:15 p.m. crash. They tried to reach the driver but the car was completely submerged.

An RCMP dive team was able to pull the car from the lake on Thursday. The driver was found inside.

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“We were really scared. We had never been in any kind of a weather event like that before. Our only reference is when you see the really, really bad storms on the news.”

“You could feel that it was so strong that it was shaking the entire building.

You could feel the building moving.”

They began to try to figure out what they would need to do if the hotel collapsed. Fortunately, that never happened and as the hours passed, so did the hurricane.

“When we went outside (Monday) and looked around, it was absolute devastation. Everything was destroyed.”

Brie believes she and Nathan were among a very small minority who realized what was happening. Part of that was due to people being told there was nothing to worry about and, also, everyone was in vacation mode, not paying attention.

On Monday, there was no means of communicating with family in Alberta to let them know they were OK. That was a special concern to Brie.

Earlier this year, on Jan. 6, Brie’s 19-year-old brother Damian Pannenbecker and five friends were in a terrible head-on vehicle crash just outside of Olds. The crash between their minivan and SUV on Hwy 27 killed Damian as well as another young man, age 20, and a 56-year-old woman. Four others were injured, three of them critically.

Brie knew her family would be very worried about them. But they had no way of contacting them because phones and power were out.

On Monday, people didn’t know what to do or where to go. The airport building nearby was a mess, unusable.

Then on Tuesday, the Mexican military and police arrived.

“You guys need to go and you need to go now,” they were told. They eventually made their way to the airport where hundreds or tourists and Mexican nationals were lined up outside in the open air, in 34C weather, no water available.

“People were just pouring into the airport,” said Brie. “My husband and I actually almost ended up getting separated, but we managed to stay together.” of kin are notified.

Police continue to investigate the cause of the collision and are working with the medical examiner.

Rocky RCMP are asking that anyone who witnessed the crash or events leading up to it to call them at 403-8452882.

Luck was again with them — they only had to wait three hours before an Aeroméxico plane, compliments of the Mexican government, arrived to take them to Mexico City.

As soon as they arrived there on Tuesday, they began to get in touch with much-relieved family members who immediately booked them a flight home.

They arrived on Wednesday at Calgary International Airport, family delighted to see them.

Because of her brother’s death, everything was that much more stressful for her family, says Brie. “They didn’t know what was going on ... but they got through it and they were really happy that we were home. We were really happy that we were home!

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“We were very lucky that we made the decisions that we did because there are still people stuck there ... and it sounds like the situation is deteriorating really quickly.

“We’ve definitely learned our lesson about vacationing during hurricane season,” Brie says.

Now she wants trying to remind people that those who live in the hurricane area have lost absolutely everything and are going to need help to rebuild.

She doesn’t want the local victims of Hurricane Odile to be forgotten.

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One of the best decisions Brie and Nathan Schmidt made was to follow direction and leave the resort and head to a hotel near the airport on Sunday before the storm arrived. It wasn’t as fancy as their resort but the Best Western Aeropuerto was close to the airport and six storeys of solid concrete, with small windows. It was built to withstand hurricanes. Hurricane Odile still stripped the exterior bare.

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Local Scots on pins-andneedles during referendum

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BRIEFS Stretch of Rural Route 272 closed starting Wednesday

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

SCOTLAND

Phew!

That’s how unity-minded members of Red Deer businesswoman Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer’s clan in Scotland reacted to Friday’s No vote in an independence referendum.

Watkinson-Zimmer keeps in regular contact with about a dozen relatives in Scotland, the birth home of her mother, and vicariously experienced the pins-and-needles-atmosphere that surrounded the history-making vote.

The owner of downtown’s Comforts the Sole donned her plaid skirt on Friday in celebration of the vote in favour of remaining part of the United Kingdom, preserving a 300-year-old union.

Her relatives — most of whom are in the Glasgow area — were split on the question, she said.

“Some have been really adamant Yes side and some No. “My cousin’s son works for the Bank of Scotland and he was told they would lose their jobs (with a Yes vote) because the bank would move to London.”

Red Deer’s Mary Smith was born and raised in Glasgow and came to Canada as a war bride in 1946. Despite the years and distance, she holds her home country dear.

“It’s just a special place in my heart always,” said the 88-year-old.

She would have voted No if she was there, she said.

“I couldn’t see them giving up all of the things our forefathers fought for,” she added.

Growing up in Scotland, she always felt a second-class citizen compared with the English, she said.

“I always felt they were just that better off than I was growing up in a tenement building in Glasgow.”

Many Scots have felt they were not well represented in parliament.

Despite that, Smith believes Scotland made the right choice.

“Everybody I talked to that have come from Scotland had said no.”

Smith still collects a small pension from her birth country and had heard those would have been cancelled under a separate Scotland. While it was not a lot of money for her, it could have meant a big loss to others who had worked many years in Scotland before emigrating.

She hopes the vote will lead to some positive moves.

“I think it was a rude awakening to Westminster (British parliament).

“There will be big changes. I think the Yes did a good job of bringing Scotland to the front to let England see, hey we’re here.”

Margaret Baxter came to Canada in 1963 and is happy they chose to stay part of the United Kingdom.

“I think it would be hard for Scotland to go on its own,” said Baxter, who was born and raised in Bathgate, half way between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Baxter, 81, said she’s been away too long to know all of the issues and politics behind the referendum.

“When we left there was too much class distinction. You were either very rich or very poor.”

She knows unemployment remains a big problem in Scotland.

“But I don’t think going it alone would help that.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

A road north of 67th Street and west of 30th Avenue in Red Deer will be closed until construction season ends for winter.

Starting on Wednesday, a 1.5-km stretch of Rural Route 272 will be closed north of 67th Street.

Contractors will be installing underground utilities to allow for the growth of northeast Red Deer.

Traffic will be rerouted to the east along either RR 271 or RR 270.

RR 272 is the road that is normally used to access River Bend Golf Course.

Motorists are asked to obey road signs and to follow detour routes.

The 67th Street/30th Avenue Expansion Project involves the extension of two km of roadway on 30th Avenue and approximately one km of roadway on 67th Street.

Utilities will be extended along these roadways, which will be paved and upgrade to facilitate future development.

A roundabout will be ultimately be constructed north of the current 67th Street and 30th Avenue intersection.

After phasing in the new intersection, the current intersection will be removed.

For more information about the project, visit www.reddeer.ca/constructionseason.

School placed on alert after a report of an armed man A downtown school was placed on alert briefly on Friday morning after a report of a man nearby with what was

believed to be a weapon.

Central Middle School was placed in a hold and secure mode, where they have a higher level of security but are able to go about their daily routine.

Red Deer RCMP, with the help of surveillance video, determined the report to be unfounded.

Once police were satisfied there was no threat to students or staff, the hold and secure order was lifted at the school.

Students and staff were never in any danger, police said.

The report came in at 8:30 a.m.

Sylvan Lake RCMP hunting robbery suspect Sylvan Lake RCMP are looking for a suspect who robbed the Booster Juice in Ryders Ridge Plaza in the town early Tuesday evening.

Police say a lone suspect walked into the store shortly after 8 p.m. and demanded money from the till.

He fled with a undetermined amount of cash in an unknown direction.

The suspect reportedly had a weapon but police did not disclose the type.

The suspect The suspect is described as a white male in his late 20’s or early 30’s approximately 1.78 metres (5-foot-10) inches tall.

At the time of the robbery, the suspect was wearing a black long sleeve T-shirt, a black toque and dark sun glasses.

Police are asking anyone with any information that may assist to identify the suspect to please call Sylvan Lake RCMP at 404-858-7200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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NDP force debate on aboriginal women

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — An aboriginal MP delivered a powerful plea Friday for a national inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women, recalling his own brother’s death as a five-year-old in a residential school 60 years ago.

Romeo Saganash, an NDP member from northern Quebec’s Nunavik region, implored the Conservative government to call an inquiry after the New Democrats successfully moved a motion allowing them to raise the issue in the House of Commons.

“The violence that is perpetrated against indigenous women is the violence against the environment today, and the same violence that assaulted parents and grandparents in residential schools,” Saganash told the chamber.

During the debate, Conservative MP Susan Truppe defended the government’s record on murdered and missing aboriginal women. So too did Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq, a Nunavut MP. “I’m an aboriginal woman who went to a residential school,” she said. “I came to this House to help aboriginal women.”

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Two of the fleet’s three destroyers, HMCS Iroquois and Algonquin, and both supply vessels, HMCS Preserver and HMCS Protecteur, have made their last voyages and will be decommissioned, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman said Friday.

Norman, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, said the retirements have been in the cards for some time, but other developments speeded up the plans.

In addition to general wear and tear from four decades at sea, Algonquin and Protecteur both were involved in serious accidents recently. Given that they were slated for retirement shortly, there was no point in repairing them.

Algonquin was in a collision in 2013 and Protecteur suffered a major engine room fire last February and had to be towed home from Hawaii. Serious corrosion problems were found in Preserver in recent months.

Iroquois had been slated for retirement next year anyway.

“All of the ships are at or approaching the end of their effective and productive service lives and any further expenditure of time or money in these ships no longer makes sense,” Norman said.

The navy is essentially left with a single destroyer, HMCS Athabaskan, 12 Halifax-class frigates and some smaller, coastal defence vessels. The frigates are going through a modernization process and some of them will be docked over the next few years.

of grief over his brother, Jonish, provided the most poignant moments of the unexpected debate.

“He was five years old. He never came back. Apparently, he died the first year he arrived at the residential school,” Saganash said.

Their mother never knew where her son had been buried, Saganash added. Forty years later, his sister learned of the burial spot, filmed it and showed Saganash’s mother the footage.

“The day she saw that video — I had never seen her cry that way. That was closure. That is what we call closure .... This is what indigenous families in this country need. That is what they want. That is why they are calling for this national inquiry.”

The NDP billed Friday’s debate as a victory over a government that was “asleep at the switch,” saying they took advantage of scant Tory attendance after the daily question period to take control of the House agenda.

Conservative MPs who were in the House, such as Bob Zimmer and Ryan Leef, opted to vote with the opposition, later using their Twitter feeds to say they supported the motion that triggered the debate.

“The government is unable to stop us because of our numbers,” NDP House leader Peter Julian said afterward.

“When they realized that we had the majority in

the House, they backed off and changed their vote, but you could see the panic on their faces as they ran into the House trying to block the NDP’s attempt to put forward this debate today.”

The Conservatives, however, dismissed the NDP’s version of events.

“The vote had no impact on whether the debate happened,” government House leader Peter Van Loan said in a statement.

“We had no reason to block debate. You will note that Conservative members, including the minister of the environment and the parliamentary secretary for the status of women, actively participated.”

In remarks that earned a rousing standing ovation from his NDP colleagues, Saganash pointed out that aboriginal women are much more likely to fall victim to violence than non-native women.

He said an inquiry needs to examine the root causes at play.

“Where is the Canada we used to know, Mr. Speaker, the one that has the history of upholding high standards of human rights and social democratic values in this country?” he said.

“It is no longer here.”

Calls are growing ever louder for a public inquiry into Canada’s hundreds of murdered and missing native women.

The date was finalized Friday just after selection of the final jurors.

Magnotta, 32, has pleaded not guilty to five charges, including first-degree murder, in connection with the May 2012 of Chinese engineering student Lin, 33.

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

In all, 16 people have been plucked from an initial group of 1,600 who were summoned to court.

They are made up of 14 bilingual jurors — six men and eight women — and two alternate jurors who will be let go on Sept. 29 if no problems arise with any of the other 14 by then.

The alternate jurors are a female geologist and a male auditor, while jurors 13 and 14 are two women: a translator and an administrator in a butcher’s shop.

Twelve of the 14 will deliberate at the end of the trial and come up with a verdict.

The process of finding bilingual and impartial jurors lasted eight days.

Before the selection process began, the parties had been concerned it could take up to three weeks to find suitable jurors.

Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer

will oversee the trial, which is expected to last between six and eight weeks.

Calgary army officer convicted in fatal training accident wins appeal CALGARY — A Calgary soldier convicted for his part in a deadly training accident in Afghanistan has won his appeal and hopes that a “long and difficult process” is finally over.

The Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada has entered a finding of not guilty on Lt. Darryl Watts’s conviction for negligent performance of duty. It has also ordered a new trial on a conviction of unlawfully causing bodily harm and a second count of negligent performance of duty.

The Canadian Forces is reviewing the Appeal Court ruling and will determine whether to go ahead with another prosecution.

“I don’t know that vindicated in the right way to put it,” Watts said Friday. “This has been a long and difficult process for me and my family. I recognize the duty of the Canadian Forces to fully investigate the injuries and death of any of its members.

“That said nothing can lessen the impact that Cpl. Josh Baker’s death has on his family or those of us who served with him.”

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Rob Ford’s brother to launch campaign Saturday TORONTO — Rob Ford’s brother plans to launch his election campaign this weekend for Toronto’s top job, which he put off Friday so he could spend some time with his ailing sibling as he undergoes treatment for a rare cancer.

Coun. Doug Ford threw his name in the ring a week ago when his brother dropped his re-election bid, but postponed the official launch while doctors conducted tests on a tumour that was discovered in the mayor’s abdomen.

Ford had previously announced he would kick off his campaign Friday, but his staff said it was delayed so he could spend more time with his younger sibling in hospital and go to meetings.

Chemotherapy is “tough” for his brother, Ford said as he entered the hospital Friday.

But he plans to start hitting the hustings Saturday in the family’s home turf in Toronto’s west end — a ward his brother held for a decade before becoming mayor in 2010.

Rob Ford is running as city councillor again, though it’s unclear whether he will be able to campaign given the debilitating medical treatments he’ll undergo ahead of the Oct. 27 vote.

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Coalition of the unwilling “If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons,” said Winston Churchill in 1941, defending his decision to regard Stalin as an ally after Germany invaded the Soviet Union.

If the brutal fanatics of ISIS and their new “Islamic State” in parts of Iraq and Syria were really an existential threat to the United States, then President Barack Obama, using the same logic, would now be treating the governments of Syria and Iran as allies. But he isn’t.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has just ended a recruiting tour of the Middle East, signing up Arab states and Turkey for a new coalition that will allegedly “deGWYNNE grade and ultimately destroy DYER (ISIS).” Moreover, it must do so without ever requiring U.S. “boots on the ground”: the American public would not stand for any more of that.

The U.S. will happily provide air strikes if others will do the dying on the ground, of course, and the Iraqi government will go along with that deal since it has just lost a third of its national territory to ISIS. But it will take a long time to rebuild the Iraqi army after its recent collapse — and the only other US allies who are willing to die to stop ISIS are the Kurds.

Jordan will supply intelligence services.

Turkey will make it harder for would-be jihadis to cross its borders with Syria and Iraq (the route by which most of ISIS’s foreign recruits have traveled), but it will not let the U.S. use Turkish air bases for military operations. Egypt murmurs words of encouragement but makes no specific commitments.

Almost all the Gulf states, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait included, have promised to stop the large flow of donations from wealthy individuals to the various jihadi outfits in Syria (including, at least until recently, ISIS). The United Arab Emirates reportedly even offered to carry out air strikes against ISIS. But it’s hardly a mass mobilisation, and it doesn’t involve any “boots on the ground.”

There are plenty of boots available if Washington wants them, but they are on the wrong feet. The Syrian Army has been fighting the jihadis for almost three years now, and after its initial losses it has managed to hold its own against them everywhere except in eastern Syria.

Elsewhere, it has actually been gaining back ground for more than a year now.

Then there is Iran, a big, industrialized country whose armed forces do know how to fight. Iran provided the key support for the local Shia militias that stopped ISIS from sweeping into Baghdad last summer, and it has been providing indispensable support to the Syrian government for years.

Finally, there are the “wrong” Kurds. The Kurds of Iraq can be part of the coalition, because they have their own self-governing region and are legitimate recipients of American military aid. But the Kurdish nationalist forces of northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey, who have lots of combat experience and have been holding their own against ISIS, are classed as “terrorists” by Washington and so can-

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not be part of the gang.

But Washington has not asked these major players to join its new coalition. Indeed, it has invited everybody in the Middle East to join except those who are actually willing to fight ISIS on the ground. How peculiar.

There are reasons for this odd behaviour, of course.

The obsessive American mistrust of Iran goes back to the hostage crisis of the late 1970s, and is reinforced by Israel’s paranoia about Iran.

Turkey would go ballistic if the United States started arming the Kurdish rebels of the PKK, who have fought a long and brutal war (currently in remission) against the Turkish state.

And it’s just too abrupt a U-turn for Obama to start doing business with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, whom he was getting ready to bomb just one year ago.

Maybe a rebuilt Iraqi army can drive ISIS out of Iraq eventually, although ISIS has lots of local sup-

port in the Sunni Arab parts of Iraq. But where does Obama think the troops will come from to drive ISIS back in its Syrian heartland?

His only answer is to build a new “Free Syrian Army” composed of “moderates” who will fight on two fronts, defeating ISIS while also overthrowing Assad.

But that’s ridiculous, since the old FSA has almost all been absorbed into the various jihadi groups in Syria. There is nothing left to build on.

For added comic effect, this new Free Syrian Army will be trained in Saudi Arabia, the principal supporter and paymaster of those same jihadi groups until ISIS scared it into hedging its bets.

One is tempted to think that Obama is not really all that worried about ISIS as a strategic threat. One is further tempted to speculate that he has learned not to care too much about what happens in the Middle East any more.

But those are subjects for another day.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

More judges needed for justice to be served Two years ago, an Ontario Superior Court Justice slammed the Canadian justice system, saying lengthy court delays are eroding our rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

But apparently nobody was listing — and still is not listening, as witnessed Monday in Red Deer’s Court of Queens’s Bench when Justice Monica Bast entered a stay of proceedings in a case of three people charged in a home invasion.

Lawyers for brothers Zachariah and Christopher Nwarbie, and a girlfriend to one of RICK the brothers, Meagan Nicole ZEMANEK Gaalaas, successfully argued that their clients were denied their rights to a speedy trial.

And based on precedent-setting cases by the Supreme Court of Canada, Bast was justified in her decision.

Canada’s courts are bulging at the seams with a logjam of cases, frustrating judges, defence lawyers and Crown prosecutors, leading to multiple cases being scrubbed.

And the key culprits, say experts, are our governments. They lack the will to open up the purse strings to ensure the justice system conforms to the Charter — and protects the public.

Monday’s case took more than two years to finally come to court. Lawyers Patty MacNaughton, Michael Scrase and Andrew Phypers blamed the delay on a lack of Court of Queen’s Bench justices in Red Deer.

“Their charter rights were violated,” argued MacNaughton, citing Section 11(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, “which is the right to be tried within a reasonable time.”

Scrase said “We’re suffering as a result of the lack

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of resources at this point.” He said there have been suggestions of adding another justice in the Red Deer circuit, but nothing has materialized. This city currently has three Queen’s Bench justices.

Justice Garry Trotter of Ontario’s top court said two years ago that the court system in his province is stretched to the limits, undermining the right of some accused to a speedy trial.

“This regular occurrence diminishes the quality of justice and causes frustrations for the judiciary, counsel, witnesses and, most importantly, accused persons.”

Trotter continued: “It’s troubling that 30 years after proclamation of the right to a speedy trial, that right remains precarious in some jurisdictions.”

Canadian Press reports that dozens of criminal cases have been scrubbed across Canada.

And Alberta is hurting big time.

The Red Deer trio were charged after a May 27, 2012, home invasion in the city. Charges included break and enter, assault, robbery and assault with a weapon.

Those charges can carry a sentence of 10 years in prison.

Twenty-seven and half months after their arrest, they finally made it to Queen’s Bench. The Advocate reported the three were scheduled for a trial starting on Oct. 1, 2013, but were double booked with another trial. The earlier booking proceeded and the homeinvasion case was set over for another year.

Alberta needs 12 more Court of Queen’s Bench justices just to be on par with British Columbia, said Josh Stewart, press secretary for the Alberta Justice minister. Stewart told the Advocate that “Alberta has the fewest Queen’s Bench judges per capita in Canada, with only one Queen’s Bench judge per 61,925 people.”

In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada established guidelines for judges to determine if an accused person’s rights “to be tried within a reasonable time” under Section 11(b) of our Charter of Rights and

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In the precedent-setting Askov v. R judgment, the Supreme Court ruled, in part: “A quick resolution ... also has important practical benefits, since memories fade with time, and witnesses may move, become ill or die.

Victims, too, have a special interest in having criminal trials take place within a reasonable time, and all members of the community are entitled to see that the justice system works fairly, efficiently and with reasonable dispatch.”

The top court continued: “The failure of the justice system to do so inevitably leads to community frustration with the judicial system and eventually to a feeling of contempt for court proceedings.”

According to Precedent Magazine, an Ontario publication for young lawyers, six months following the top court’s Askov ruling, “the federal government threw out over 34,000 charges, many of them drugrelated cases.” And in Ontario, it was reported that 47,000 criminal charges were stayed or withdrawn over the course of a year.

Last year, the Addario Law Group from Toronto, a firm specializing in constitutional law, took the federal government to task over alleged lack of spending that it claimed was eroding our constitutional rights.

The group said: “Although there is a right to a speedy trial in Canada, its enforcement is an empty promise. For the last quarter century, police and prosecution budget increases sent more and more criminal cases into the court system.”

The comment continued: “The justice system began bulging at the seams. Government responded with a shrug, making the business decision to spend money elsewhere.

The result was not enough courts, judges or resources to handle all the cases.”

As Martin Luther King Jr. once wrote: “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”

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Smarter government needed As the lead-into the 2015 federal servative long-term goal of small and election campaign, the Harper govern- diminished government. ment is counting on next year’s budget In a recent profile of Oliver in Maand its array of goodies in the hope clean’s magazine, the finance ministhat we’ll show our gratiter is quoted as telling a tude by re-electing ConserConservative fundraiser vative MPs. that the election budget But next year’s budget will “reduce taxes for hardsurplus is only possible working, middle-class Canabecause of current and dians” but there will be “no past constraints in federal reckless spending spree.” spending, with the Harper As Oliver put it, “you’re government choosing less better off making decisions growth and more unemployabout your money — where ment now to have a surplus you spend it, where you for an election-year budget. save it, than some social enThe consequence of this gineer or bureaucrat in Otdecision is a slower retawa.”

DAVID covery from recession and Oliver appears to view weak job-creation this year. spending on public goods as CRANE But this has not deterred Fisomehow inferior, by definance Minister Joe Oliver. nition, to spending on priIn response to a C.D. vate goods, forgetting that Howe Institute paper urgin an advanced economy, ing a three-year delay in balancing the like Canada, the private economy canbudget to boost growth and more jobs not prosper without public goods, just now, Oliver snapped back, “our govern- as the public sector needs a successful ment will not open the taps on reckless private sector. spending.” This is disingenuous since Businesses need public investment those calling for continued stimulus in education, research and infrastrucare not urging “reckless” spending but ture. There would be no Internet or needed investments such as infrastruc- smart phone but for public investment ture. in early, high-risk research.

Next year’s election is an opportuAs societies grow richer, their appenity, of course, to hold the Harper gov- tite for public goods — from education, ernment to account. But it will also be health care, infrastructure and social an opportunity to challenge the Con- equity to job training, a clean environ-

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ment and research and development — increases. According to the OECD, the richest countries have the highest share of GDP allocated to government spending — just over 50 per cent in Sweden and 39 per cent in Canada, but only 20 per cent in Mexico and 19 per cent in China.

The concept of public goods goes back to Adam Smith and his great work, The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776. Smith distinguished between private goods, which are supplied by companies or individuals, and public goods, which are supplied by governments. He laid out three essential duties for government, all of which entailed the provision of public goods for the proper functioning of the economy and a stable society.

First, government should facilitate commerce since it was through commerce that the wealth was created that would improve living standards.

Spending on defence and justice, along with institutions and infrastructure, were all necessary public goods.

Second, the role of government was to uphold the rule of law as an essential public good. This was the basis for a free society and essential for a market economy since this not only protects citizens from arbitrary action by the state but also enforces contracts and protects private property, enabling a market system to function.

The third duty of government, Smith

said, was “erecting or maintaining those public institutions and those public works, which, although they may be in the highest degree advantageous to a great society, are, however, of such a nature that the profit could not repay the expense to any individual or small number of individuals, and which it cannot be expected that any individual or small number of individuals should erect or maintain.”

In other words, the market cannot meet all of our needs.

Canada cannot sustain itself as an advanced economy without major investments in public goods, from education, health, social insurance, research and development, and infrastructure to job training, public safety, clean water and air and a stable financial system.

All are essential for a prosperous private sector, an equitable society and environmental sustainability.

Without public goods, our market economy would not deliver prosperity, our society would be less stable and safe, our environment would be dirtier, and our level of knowledge and skills would be lower and our health poorer. This is something every finance minister should understand. We need smarter government, not smaller government.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

When and where to throw a snit Travel log: Sept. 3, 2014 Wednesday, 6 a.m.: Alarm clock sounds. I am heading to Sarnia, Ont., of all places, carrying five bags of photo gear. Extra baggage charges give me a stomach ache.

8 a.m. Red Deer: I board a cigar-tube puddle jumper and fly to Calgary. I am travelling on an airline that, for legal reasons, shall remain anonymous (hint: it begins with ‘Air’ and ends with ‘Canada’).

10 a.m. Calgary: Get on plane for Toronto. Take seat. Since it’s a HARLEY 4.5-hour flight, HAY so I can stretch sore knees etc.

I’ve “upgraded” at a cost that makes my stomach ache some more.

This seat, however, has a large monolith directly in front with even less legroom than a regular seat. Turns out to be flight attendant jump seat.

10:20 a.m.: Captain announces a “small problem” with the cabin pressure warning light.

11 a.m.: Airplane towed back to gate.

I’m still in worst seat on the plane.

Throw minor snit at flight attendant.

11:30 a.m.: Flight attendant relocates me to “better seat” and says: “Sir, I hope you prefer more leg room than watching TV.” A beat. “Because the TV at this seat doesn’t work.”

Noon: After two hours sitting in a motionless plane, we finally take off.

3:30 p.m.: Meals are delivered. Mine is missing. “But I have a prepaid food voucher,” I say. “Unfortunately,” they say, “You are not on our list.”

4:10 p.m.: They find my name, which was under my former seat number, and bring me ‘food’ just before I pass out from low blood sugar.

6 p.m. Toronto: Late arrival. Flight attendant tells me I can still make connection to puddle jumper flight to Sarnia “If I really hurry.” Good, I think, I have hotel and car rental reservations in Sarnia and I will be at the location at 9 a.m. ready to videotape a fitness video.

6:06 p.m.: Staff at Arrival Desk stop me. “We’ve cancelled your connecting flight, and rebooked it for tomorrow morning. Here’s your Toronto hotel voucher. Pick up your bags at carousel

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No. 133” (which is 1.5 km away). “What a.m. I supposed to do with five heavy bags of equipment?” I say.

6:50 p.m.: Forty minutes later, still no baggage at carousel. Approach Baggage Counter. Call the manager. He looks at my baggage tags. “What are you doing here?” he says.

“You don’t need to be here. Your bags will be in Sarnia on whatever flight you take.” I pull a medium snit.

7 p.m.: Shuttle bus stop at muggy, dusty airport pickup road. Waiting for shuttle to hotel. Attempt to cancel Sarnia hotel and car reservations. Nope.

8 p.m.: One hour later, still waiting at bus stop. Every hotel shuttle in Toronto, except mine, has gone by at least three times.

8:05 p.m.: Phone hotel as listed on flight cancellation documents. “He will be there in 20 minutes.”

8:35 p.m.: Phone hotel again. “He will be there in 20 minutes,” she says again. I pull a big snit. “He hasn’t even left yet, has he?” I squawk. She says: “Air Canada is supposed to let us know when passengers need a shuttle, but they never call us.”

9:05 p.m.: After two hours, small shuttle van arrives. I’m almost too depressed to throw much more snit.

11 p.m.: (18 hours of travel) Finally have supper in hotel café, retire to room without luggage, clothes, ablutions, etc. Pass out face down on bed (may or may not have crawled under the covers first).

Thursday, 6 a.m.: Alarm clock.

7 a.m.: Pearson Airport, Toronto.

Mayhem and a million people. Rebooked flight document won’t scan in check-in machine thingy. Ticket agent says: “Line up over there.”

7:40 a.m.: Finally at counter. Counter agent: “You didn’t need to line up here! This document is your boarding pass and you should have gone directly to Gate A163, which is boarding now.

You are late,” he says, handing me back my paper. He looks me right in the eye and says, loudly: “Next!”

8:45 a.m., Sarnia: Car rental — check.

Bags and gear — check (a miracle!). Directions to site — wrong!

10:30 a.m.: Arrive at site of shoot, 90 minutes late. Shoot schedule in shambles.

In spite of it all, shoot goes extremely well. Spend rest of time avoiding the muggy sweat-fest of the 31C, humid Ontario weather. Air conditioned hotel and car are favoured.

Friday, 3 p.m.: After muggy non-airconditioned puddle jumper flight from Sarnia to Toronto, I board flight to Calgary and find my upgraded Exit Aisle seat ($50 extra!). Captain announces:

“Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize that our air condition isn’t currently working. …” Many of us are convinced we are melting like the Wicked Witch of the West.

3:30 p.m.: Captain: “Folks, we’ll be late departing as the ground crew is having trouble closing the cargo doors.

We are also working on getting you some air conditioning.” Too worn out by now to pull a snit.

4 p.m.: We take off late.

5 p.m.: “Sorry sir, you aren’t on our food voucher list.”

5:40 p.m.: “We found your name on our list. Here’s your cold cardboard pizza. By the way, sir, are you passing out?”

7:30 p.m.: Calgary arrival. Flight to Red Deer isn’t until 9:40. Find airport beverage establishment.

9:05 p.m.: Boarding time, sit at Gate A1 in ugly airport basement.

9:35 p.m.: PA announcement: “We apologize Red Deer passengers, we can’t locate our pilots at this time.” (I

swear I am not kidding.)

10 p.m.: Announcement: “We have found our pilots, but they are currently parked at the wrong gate.”

10:15 p.m.: Announcement: “Unfortunately the flight to Red Deer currently has no fuel. There has been a mix-up and no one ordered a fuel truck.”

10:16 p.m.: I throw a seriously major snit.

Midnight (2 a.m. Toronto time): Arrive home. Six flights in three days, approximately 650 hours of travel.

All I can think of is when every flight attendant announced proudly that Air Canada had just been voted Best Airline in North America for the fifth year in a row.

I cry myself to sleep.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Music can both destroy and build We live on a very busy road with lots of traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian. This gives me a great opportunity to observe people as they walk by, mostly kids on their way to school.

Often there are small groups and also twosomes who will walk by chatting with each other.

Their faces are animated and they seem to be CHRIS quite happy as SALOMONS they go on their way.

Then there are the solo walkers, many of whom have a device plugged into their ears, with an expression on their face that suggests that they are engrossed in what they are listening to.

This is also what I observe at the kitchen: Many come in by themselves wearing some kind of listening device.

One particular morning as I was working in the yard, lots of young peo-

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ple walked by on their way to school.

As usual, the groups, both small and large, were busy talking and enjoying each other’s company while others by themselves walked by expressionless while listening to whatever they were plugged into.

What really intrigued me with one individual was his involvement with what he was hearing. Judging by the expressions he was making, it could have been rap because he was singing along with it. Most notable were his actions and the words coming from his mouth. The language was foul and his actions were like he was constantly striking something or someone.

Whatever it was, I felt like he was displaying almost an extreme anger; I was tempted to stop him and ask what he was hearing, but common sense prevailed. My thoughts almost immediately turned to what I was hearing on the news about the seduction of many of our young people to join jihads in various countries.

Maybe I’m overreacting, but at times it surprises me how music can be a contributing influence to the social attitudes of people in such a negative way. Music has always been an expression of the hearts and minds of the

writers, and so the words would tell the world what was going on in different segments of society.

Maybe I’m all washed up but the music has changed.

The majority of music was usually expressive of affectionate sentiments that we held dear, while a minor part would express negative feelings such as anger, disappointment and so on.

But now it seems that all I hear is music expressing anger, gender abuse and even a rage against society.

Nowhere is that more evident than on the street.

As they walk into the kitchen, many remove the earbuds (while others don’t bother), but what they were listening to is still governing their minds.

They often have an aggressive, inyour-face attitude. More so amongst the younger set, and it takes a while for their mindsets to change.

In both Canada and the United States, there was a lobby that tried to have certain types of movies and also some ‘music’ curtailed, because it influenced the hearts and minds of our youth.

The movie and music industry cried foul and so the lobby was told that curtailment amounted to censorship and

that was not allowed. Freedom of expression, you know — besides, there was really no proof of any kind of influence!

So here we are many years later with a large percentage of youth finding ways more drastic than music to express themselves while the rest of society scratches their heads wondering why a perfectly healthy and sane young man would abandon family and friends to join a jihadist movement in order to kill someone.

I guess the cliché ‘You reap what you sow’ is appropriate here.

I have been told before that my logic was skewed but this is what I observe.

And that young man who was singing and acting along with what he was hearing, I just hope and pray that once he removes the earbuds, that he can turn off that negative expression.

In the circles that I live in, there is music that does not destroy; rather it builds and encourages, and prompts me and those listening to it to view life as a gift to be cherished and revered and enjoyed.

This then is my choice.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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On the second day of my stay at At first I was disappointed that the Esperanza Resort in none of the other people Los Cabos, I made plans showed up for the class, with a group of fellow but then I realized that travellers to meet the their absence and the next morning at 7 a.m. absence of other resort for the sunrise yoga class guests meant that I had provided free of charge the opportunity for a prion the beach in front of vate one-on-one yoga sesthe resort. Another memsion with Blanca. ber of the group suggestA highly qualified and ed the early morning acfully certified yoga intivity and the rest of us structor, Blanca was able all agreed to be there. to suggest some yoga poWhat I didn’t realsitions that would help DEBBIE ize was that while I was with some of the musOLSEN sleeping, the rest of the cle tightness I get from group was clubbing in my lifestyle as a writer. downtown Cabo San LuSince then, I have used cas. When morning came, the techniques Blanca I was the only person taught me to help live a who was able to stand — or at least healthier and more productive life.

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ABOVE: Modern cruise ships and high-end resorts have a wide range of equipment to help people be active during their vacation. Surf machines have become a popular addition to the offerings in recent years.

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The Esperanza Resort in Los Cabos Mexico has a modern fitness facility, a good spa and free fitness classes. I participated in the sunrise yoga class with Blanca, who is pictured here. Being the only one in the class that morning meant a oneon-one session catered just to me.

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Health Retreats like the Anamaya Resort in Costa Rica offer a focus on health and wellness that includes healthy meals, yoga and meditation classes, activities like guided hikes and surfing, and spa treatments. The idea is to help visitors kick-start a more healthy lifestyle.

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When all-inclusive means more More travellers are looking to stay fit while on vacation and most modern resorts have recognized the growing demand for fitness facilities, but all resorts are not all created equal. Some resorts have a tiny fitness room in an out-of-the-way corner, while others have state-of-the-art fitness facilities with personal trainers and free classes.

Holidays are a great time to test out new fitness activities and I experienced my first real yoga class while on vacation at the LeBlanc Spa Resort (www. leblancsparesort.com) in Cancun, Mexico and my first anti-gravity aerial yoga class at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess (www.fairmont.com/scottsdale) in Scottsdale Arizona. In both cases, the classes were included free of charge with my stay.

The two resorts mentioned above have expansive fitness facilities with modern equipment, personal trainers and instructors that offer a variety of classes. They both also have amazing spa facilities with unique treatments. In the case of the LeBlanc Spa Resort, all hotel guests can enjoy a guided hour-long spa hydrotherapy circuit treatment free of charge at the resort.

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Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer. If you have a travel story you would like to share or know someone with an interesting travel story that we might interview, please email: DOGO@telusplanet.net or write to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9.

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A waitress serves a cheese and sausage pizza to participants on a pizza tour at Pizano’s in Chicago. Chicago is one of a handful of cities across the United States, like Boston, Milwaukee and New York, with companies that offer tours of the local pizza scene.

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GREENFIELD, Mass. — Whether you’re visiting the region’s many colleges or just playing tourist, Western Massachusetts is an interesting destination.

There are towns dating back three centuries, main streets that seem simultaneously old-fashioned and trendy, and lots of bucolic rural scenery, from small farms to fall foliage.

The area is about a two-hour drive from Boston and three hours from New York City.

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place an older wooden one, honours Frederick Tuckerman Goddard, a “gifted solitary poet” who studied nature and was “admired by Emerson, Hawthorne and Tennyson.”

Located on Mountain Road, it’s a bit tricky to find.

Look for a small parking lot by the side of the road with a partly obscured sign at the trailhead. You can park there and walk in, or drive the paved path and park at the tower.

Bridge of Flowers

Historic Deerfield

This lavishly landscaped pedestrian bridge over the Deerfield River in Shelburne Falls was built in 1908 for a trolley and became the Bridge of Flowers in 1929. Blooms in early fall include dahlias, hibiscus, allium and echinacea in a riot of purple, pink, yellow and orange. The bridge closes right before Halloween and reopens in spring.

Just around the corner, visit a local “geological wonder”: naturally round potholes ground out of granite during the glacial age by stones gyrating in whirlpools of water.

Poet’s Seat Tower

This stone tower in Greenfield offers a 360-degree panoramic view from the top, especially lovely when autumn colours peak. Arched openings offer additional views as you climb several flights up.

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So why is Western Massachusetts nicknamed the Pioneer Valley? Well, long before 19th-century pioneers settled the American Midwest, colonists from New England headed to a 17th-century frontier here, 100 miles west of Boston.

This wilderness was also a setting for the French and Indian War. One of the most famous attacks took place in Deerfield on Feb. 29, 1704.

The settlement was destroyed, dozens of settlers — including children — were killed and more than 100 were taken captive by Indians and marched to Canada.

Today Historic Deerfield is dotted with markers commemorating the massacre, including a mass grave in the old cemetery for 48 men, women and children that bears the words “The Dead of 1704.”

You’ll have to pay admission to see a “hatchet-hewn” doorway that bears scars of the attack and is now displayed amid other treasures in Memorial Hall, and

you’ll also have to buy tickets to tour Old Deerfield’s 18th-century buildings. But you can soak up plenty of chilling history and historic architecture just by walking around, visiting the cemetery and reading the markers. Also free is the Channing Blake Footpath past a working farm with pigs and cows.

In nearby South Deerfield at 25 Greenfield Road, Yankee Candle’s massive flagship store houses a candle museum, Bavarian Christmas village, animatronic elves and a mini-Black Forest where snow falls every few minutes.

Botanic Garden of Smith College

Northampton is known for its hippie vibe and funky downtown strip. It’s also home to Smith College, where a small but lovely botanic garden includes landscaped paths, a pond with a heron sculpture and a Victorian greenhouse called Lyman Conservatory at 16 College Lane. Lyman hosts a chrysanthemum show Nov. 1-16.

The Belle of Amherst

Many famous writers and artists have lived in the region, including the reclusive 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson. You can tour her home in Amherst for a fee, but it costs nothing to pay your respects at her grave in West Cemetery on Triangle Street. Look for the Dickinson family plot in the middle of the cemetery surrounded by fencing.

Her tombstone reads, “Called back,” a phrase she used shortly before her death and one that suggests she was never entirely of this world.

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Rebels open with a loss

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Ice 5 Rebels 3 The Red Deer Rebels got caught watching the puck in the danger zone and didn’t get a lot of help from goaltender Taz Burman while dropping their Western Hockey League seasonopener Friday at the Centrium.

The Kootenay Ice roared back from a 3-2 deficit after 40 minutes to virtually steal a 5-3 victory over their hosts in front of 5,382 fans.

“It’s the first game and obviously there are some things we have to work on and get better at,” said Rebels GM/ head coach Brent Sutter.

Defensively, the Rebels could have been somewhat better. Offensively, there was plenty to like.

“We did some really good things, we created some offence. I thought we generated some really quality scoring chances,” said Sutter.

Indeed, the Rebels outshot their guests 31-24, but Ice netminder Wyatt Hoflin, in his third WHL season, outshone the relatively inexperienced Burman.

The Rebels struck first when Brooks Maxwell took a fine feed from Adam Musil at the Red Deer blueline, took off on a short-handed breakaway and beat Hoflin with a great move five minutes into the contest.

The visitors answered just past the midway point of the opening frame as Austin Vetteri chipped in a rebound, and moved in front at 16:16 when Bryan Allbee directed a long-range shot that Burman mishandled. Zak Zborosky, on the doorstep, batted home the loose puck.

The go-ahead goal came just seconds after Hoflin robbed Meyer Nell and Rebels rearguard Kayle Doetzel struck the post while looking at a wideopen net.

“In the first period we got caught turning pucks over just outside their blueline and not getting pucks past their defence,” said Sutter. “But then we got going and had a really good second period.”

Defenceman Brett Cote drew the Rebels even late in the middle with a low laser from the top of the faceoff circle and Nell cashed the rebound of a Cote shot two minutes later to give Red Deer a 3-2 lead after 40 minutes.

But that was it for the home side.

The Ice, meanwhile, struck three times in the final frame to run the Rebels’

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Kootenay Ice player Jon Martin slides past Red Deer Rebel goaltender Taz Burman after being tripped up by Rebel Kayle Doetzel during first period action at the Centrium Friday. For his part Doetzel drew a two-minute tripping penalty on the play. season-opener.

Zborosky, parked at the edge of the crease, had a shot deflect off him and past Burman a mere 17 seconds into the period. From there, Jon Martin potted the eventual winner with five minutes remaining, squeezing a puck through Burman’s pads, and Luke Philp, with a blind shot, scored an empty-netter with 21 seconds left.

“All their goals were scored from around our net. We didn’t do a very

good job of boxing out tonight, we weren’t strong around our net,” said Sutter. “And Taz . . . there’s a couple there he should have had.”

The Rebels coaching staff was well aware of the possibility that goaltending could be a work in progress this season, especially with Burman getting little playing time behind 2013 CHL netminder of the year Patrik Bartosak last winter and second stopper Rylan Toth being a WHL rookie.

“It’s a long year and we have to be patient with our goaltenders, and we know that,” said Sutter. “We have to develop these young kids.”

Sutter reiterated that he wasn’t putting all the blame on Burman.

“You’re up 3-2 going into the third and turn the puck over five to 10 seconds into the period at the offensive blueline,” said the Rebels boss.

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Alouettes host Stampeders in Hall of Fame game

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Toronto Argonauts’ Shane Horton, left, and Nick Rosamonda, right, tackle Calgary Stampeders’ Jon Cornish, during first half CFL football action in Calgary, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes’ storied past will be feted but a reminder of their mortality awaits on the field when they face the first-place Calgary Stampeders.

The Alouettes (3-8) host Calgary (101) in the Hall of Fame game Sunday afternoon at Percival Molson Stadium.

Three former Alouettes — receiver Ben Cahoon, offensive tackle Uzooma Okeke and linebacker/punter Wally Buono, now the B.C. Lions vice-president and GM — are among seven who’ll be inducted in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame this weekend.

“The good thing is we’re at home and hopefully we can feed off the crowd and the Hall of Fame game and keep it simple, get first downs and then rely on our defence and get a win,” said Alouettes offensive lineman Josh Bourke.

Buono won three Grey Cups as Calgary’s head coach from 1990 to 2002 so the Stampeders will have some of their own history at the game as well.

Calgary beat Montreal 29-8 in the season opener for both teams June 28 at McMahon Stadium. But the Stam-

peders will be minus some key pieces in the rematch, including quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, running back Jon Cornish, receiver Marquay McDaniel and rush end Charleston Hughes.

All were injured in last week’s 4033 victory over the Toronto Argonauts, a game that saw Calgary rally from a 26-point deficit. But the Stampeders’ offence didn’t miss a beat in the second half when Drew Tate went in after Mitchell suffered knee and ankle injuries.

Cornish rushed for 174 yards in that game won’t play Sunday due to nagging injuries unrelated to the concussion that forced him to miss time in July and August.

The Alouettes don’t expect their opponents to be very much different from usual, however.

“They had some injuries last week and their quarterback’s banged up, but Drew Tate has a lot of experience in the CFL so it’s not going to get any easier,” said Bourke. “They do a good job of rolling the next guy in if someone goes down.

“They always have quality backups.

So it’s going to be a challenge.”

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NFL Commissioner breaks silence on handling of players accused of crimes

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — More defiant than contrite, Roger Goodell announced no sweeping changes in his first public statements in more than a week of turmoil surrounding the NFL’s handling of players accused of crimes.

The commissioner was definitive about one thing: He has not considered resigning.

Goodell was short on specifics Friday as he discussed how he would address the rash of domestic violence incidents in the league. He said the NFL wants to implement new personal conduct policies by the Super Bowl.

“Unfortunately, over the past sev-

eral weeks, we have seen all too much of the NFL doing wrong,” he said in his opening statement. “That starts with me.”

The league has faced increasing criticism that it has not acted quickly or emphatically enough. The commissioner reiterated that he botched the handling of the Ray Rice case.

“The same mistakes can never be repeated,” he said.

Goodell said he would meet with NFL Players Association chief DeMaurice Smith next week, and they would work with outside experts to evaluate the league’s policies.

Among the areas that will be examined is Goodell’s role in discipline.

The commissioner now oversees all

personal conduct cases, deciding guilt and penalties.

He will establish a committee to review NFL personal conduct, seeking experts in the area of domestic abuse and violence to serve on it. Goodell’s role with such a committee was not directly addressed.

“Nothing is off the table,” he said.

One of the key questions is how to balance the league’s desire to take a stance against violent acts with the due process requirements — and the sometimes slow pace — of the legal system. Goodell indicated the league is considering becoming “engaged” in the investigation process while law enforcement is still handling its probes.

Goodell said he believes he has the

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support of the NFL’s owners, his bosses.

“That has been clear to me,” he said.

The commissioner and some NFL teams have been heavily criticized for lenient or delayed punishment of Rice, Adrian Peterson and other players involved in recent domestic violence cases. Less than three weeks into the season, five such cases have made headlines.

Vikings star running back Peterson and Carolina defensive end Greg Hardy are on a special commissioner’s exemption list and are being paid while they go through the legal process.

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Ticats QB confident ahead of rematch with Esks

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HAMILTON, Ont. — Zach Collaros isn’t losing sleep thinking about what happened the last time the Hamilton Tiger-Cats faced the Edmonton Eskimos.

The Ticats’ quarterback was knocked out of Edmonton’s 28-24 win July 4 after taking a hit from defensive lineman Odell Willis. Willis was fined by the CFL but Collaros was forced to miss five games with concussion-like symptoms.

The two teams meet again Saturday night at Tim Hortons Field and Collaros said there’s no hard feelings.

“It’s football. It’s what we signed up for, it’s part of the game,” Colloras said. “The league deemed it a dirty hit, but he’s just trying to do his job . . . It’s how people play the game.

“If I was his teammate I’d probably

say: ’Hey, great job. You just knocked the quarterback out, to.”

Colloras returned in time for Hamilton’s Labour Day showdown against the Toronto Argonauts and is 2-1 over that span. The Ticats (3-7) have won both of their previous games at Tim Hortons Field, including an impressive 28-3 victory over the defending Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders last weekend.

Hamilton faced a Saskatchewan team with backup Tino Sunseri under centre in place of injured incumbent Darian Durant. But the Ticats defence won’t be so lucky against Edmonton (8-3) as Mike Reilly will make a second straight start after missing the club’s two previous games against the Calgary Stampeders.

Reilly was 22-of-32 passing for 271 yards and also ran for 56 yards and two TDs in leading Edmonton past Montreal 33-16 last weekend. All three of

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the Eskimos losses this year have been to the Stampeders.

“He’s mobile and strong,” Ticats head coach/GM Kent Austin said of Reilly. “He’s not just going to pull the ball down and run.

“He breaks tackles. He gets out of a lot of trouble and that’s an issue for us.”

The Ticats will also have to account for Adarius Bowman, the CFL’s leading receiver with 75 catches for 997 yards and six TDs. “When he’s called upon, he makes plays,” said Austin. “He’s a playmaker so it’s a challenge for us with him.”

Edmonton’s offence is ranked second in the CFL in scoring (26.7 points per game) and tops in time of possession, controlling the ball, on average, for more than half of the game (30 minutes 59 seconds).

Defensively, the Eskimos are second overall in sacks with 33, something

Collaros and his offensive line must consider. But Edmonton head coach Chris Jones said his gameplan isn’t simply letting Willis and Co. ’loose’ on Hamilton’s offence.

“We’re just trying to get here and play good solid football,” Jones said.

“We want to physical, get in and out of the huddle, play fast and come out of here with a win.”

And Jones said Hamilton’s offence will present Edmonton’s defence with challenges.

“Zach Collaros is back and seems a lot more in tune offensively,” Jones said. “He’s getting the ball out of his hands.

“Certainly (slotback) Andy Fantuz may have something to do with that.

The fact he’s back, they seem to have a very good connection right now and we hear No. 32 (running back C.J. Gable) is possibly practising. He would certainly be a big weapon.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kings shut out in loss to Generals

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Bentley 4 RDC 0 Injuries caught up to the Red Deer College Kings in their first game at the SAIT pre-season men’s hockey tournament, as they lost 4-0 to the Bentley Generals.

Jason Lundmark, Curtis Austring, Brock Nixon and Taylor Stefashen all scored for Bentley while goalie Travis Jonkman stopped all 22 shots he faced.

Mike Salmon started in net for the Kings and stopped all four shots he faced before pulling his groin 12 minutes into the first period. Kraymer Barnstable came in and played well for the Kings, stopping 22 shots.

Bentley lead 1-0 after 40 minutes, but pulled away in the third period with a three goal outburst in the first 10:47.

“We had a depleted lineup and were rolling three centremen through and we basically just ran out of gas,” said Kings head coach Trevor Keeper.

“They started moving the puck around better and got some chances on the power play ... and just ran us down.”

The Kings take on the Simon Fraser University Clan today at 3 p.m. while the Generals play the host Trojans at 7 p.m.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Elite national team members of the Catalina Swim Club in Red Deer got a chance to learn from one of the top coaches in Canada Friday. Ben Titley, who was the British national team coach during the London Olympics in 2012 and now works at the National Sports Centre in Toronto, paid a visit to the club during a training session at the Michener Centre Swimming pool.

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REBELS: Ugly win “They come down and generate a scoring chance off it and score a goal. We didn’t give up a lot of scoring chances but the ones we did killed us.

“You have to bear down with a lead, there’s a lot of tight games in this league and you have to find ways to win games in the third. You can’t make those detailed mistakes that ultimately cost us.”

The Ice were only too happy to take the two points and get back on the road.

“It was an ugly win obviously, but we’ll take it,” said Kootenay assistant coach and former Rebels forward Jay Henderson. “We have a lot of areas we need to improve in and it was nice to get the win. They’re tough to come by in this league.”

The Ice are in Edmonton tonight and play seven of their first eight games away from Cranbrook.

“So obviously we have to be a good road team this year, especially out of the gate,” said Henderson. “That’s going to be important and it’s nice to get that first win out of the way.”

The Rebels will look for their initial victory of the season when they travel to Calgary today to engage the Hitmen in a 7 p.m. contest at the Saddledome.

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CFL: Offence stalled The Stampeders lead the CFL in scoring (332 points), touchdowns (34), first downs (239) and net yards gained (4,083).

Montreal, whose offence stalled this season with the retirement of all-time passing leader Anthony Calvillo, leads only the expansion Ottawa Redblacks in those categories.

Calvillo, whose No. 13 jersey will be retired later this season, was the kingpin of Montreal teams on which Cahoon and Okeke both flourished.

The diminutive Cahoon was Calvillo’s most trusted receiver with 1,017 career catches for 13,301 yards.

“He had amazing hands but the thing that comes to mind is toughness,” receiver Eric Deslauriers said of 42-year-old Cahoon, who retired in 2011. “He’d catch about 15 balls a game and I think he got lit up 14 times a game.

“He always found a way to get hit hard, but he’d just bounce back up. He was probably the strongest receiver in the lineup and he was about 175 pounds.”

Okeke, 44, joined Montreal in 1996 and was a six-time CFL all-star before retiring in 2006. He is now the team’s football operations assistant and a scout.

Buono won two Cups as an Alouette from 1972 to 1981. He went on to post a record 254 regular-season wins as a

coach in Calgary and B.C. He will go into the Hall as a builder.

Alouettes coach Tom Higgins faced Buono, both as a player and coach.

“Three well deserved nominations,” said Higgins.

Also to be inducted are former Ottawa offensive lineman and kicker Moe Racine, running backs Charles Roberts and Neil Lumsden and former Western Mustangs head coach Larry Haylor.

The unveiling of the busts will be held Saturday with the inductees will honoured Sunday at the game.

But the game has plenty of importance for Montreal, which enters weekend action tied for first in the East with Hamilton and Toronto. Still, it’s a strange position for the Alouettes to be in given the franchise has traditionally been a conference powerhouse, appearing in eight Grey Cup games since its relocation from Baltimore in 1996.

Buono was a part of the franchise’s greatness before ’96 while both Cahoon and Okeke were integral members of its success following its return.

“In my mind, the beasts of the East are always here,” said Deslauriers, who will sit out with an injury. “I still think we can get there.

“We are getting better and we’re doing the right things. It’s maybe not

the best season for the Montreal Alouettes, but we’re still working hard every day to get to where we need to be and where we used to be.”

NFL: Under pressure Arizona running back Jonathan Dwyer was placed on the reserve/nonfootball illness list, meaning he can’t play for the team again this season.

Ray McDonald, a defensive end for San Francisco, continues to practice and play while being investigated on suspicion of domestic violence.

Groups such as the National Organization of Women and league partners and sponsors have come down hard on the NFL to be more responsive in dealing with them. Congress also is watching to see how the NFL reacts.

NOW President Terry O’Neill reiterated her calls for Goodell to resign.

“NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell today did nothing to increase confidence in his ability to lead the NFL out of its morass,” O’Neill said in a statement. “What Mr. Goodell doesn’t seem to understand is that he should be aiming to make fundamental changes in the organization.”

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Ellsbury lined a leadoff double to the wall, Jeter followed with a hard single and the Yankees beat Buehrle for the 12th straight time over a decade-plus, sending Toronto to its season-worst sixth straight loss, 5-3 Friday night.

The Yankees won their third in a row to preserve their faint playoff hopes. They began the day five games behind Oakland for the second AL wild-card spot, with Seattle and Cleveland also in the way.

“End strong, see what happens,” Adam Warren said after earning a save.

Ellsbury homered, doubled and drove in three runs, but made an early exit. He hustled to beat a double-play relay as the Yankees took a 5-2 lead in the fourth inning, and left before the fifth with a strained right hamstring.

Manager Joe Girardi said he doubted Ellsbury would play Saturday against the Blue Jays and said it was a “distinct possibility” that he was done for the season.

The cheers for Jeter kept getting louder and louder during his final homestand, and fans chanted his name throughout the ninth inning.

Jeter delivered two singles, including one where he carried the shattered-off bat handle all the way to first base, and posted back-to-back multihit games for the first time since late July.

The retiring captain later hit a long fly that really got the crowd hollering before it was caught on the warning track.

The 40-year-old shortstop also alertly tricked speedy Jose Reyes off second by bluffing a throw to first, trapping him in a rundown.

Buehrle (12-10) is winless in 17 starts against the Yankees since April 2004.

His losing streak against New York is the longest by any pitcher against a single opponent since Bobby Witt dropped 12 in a row to Cleveland from 1991-99, STATS said.

Buehrle, who has 198 career victories, fell to 1-14 lifetime against the Yankees.

“That is the way it goes, it is almost getting to the point where you want to laugh it off,” he said.

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Canucks new coach learning the ropes

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B.C. Lions cornerback Cord Parks tackles Toronto Argonauts slotback Andre Durie during the first half of a CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday. The Argos defeated the Lions 40-23.

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NHL TRAINING CAMP

WHISTLER, B.C. — Willie Desjardins went to great lengths — and travelled great distances — to learn more about his Vancouver Canucks.

After the 57-year-old was hired as the franchise’s 18th head coach in June, he hit the road to meet with members of a veteran core that will need to rebound in a big way following a miserable 2013-’14 campaign that ended with the Canucks missing the playoffs for the first time in six seasons. “It’s important to me because the players are such a main part of what’s going to happen, and you have to find out where they’re at and where they’re coming from,� said Desjardins, who is getting his first chance to lead an NHL club. “I really wanted their feedback — where they saw the team, what they believed could happen. It’s just a good opportunity. You get to see them in a business (setting), and then you get to see them in their setting a little bit. “It just helps me to get to know the players a little bit and see their passion.�

Desjardins set out across Canada to meet with defencemen Dan Hamhuis (Smithers, B.C.) and Kevin Bieksa (Toronto), as well as forward Alexandre Burrows (Montreal) on their turf before travelling to Sweden to link up with Daniel and Henrik Sedin.

Desjardins said what struck him most was how badly that group wants to return to the level they were at in the 2011 Stanley Cup final, which the Canucks lost in seven games. “It’s not about them. There wasn’t one time that I talked to those leaders that they said ’Well I need this,’ � said Desjardins. “It was always about the team — ’This is what we want to do.’ “They basically said ’The game’s been really good to us and that we just want to be successful here.’ That’s their most important thing.�

The Climax, Sask., native led the Texas Stars to the AHL’s Calder Cup title last season and is the Canucks’ third head coach in three years. As

he conducts his first training camp in Whistler, B.C., Desjardins can probably be best described as falling somewhere in middle of the coaching spectrum between the laissez-fair Alain Vigneault and fiery John Tortorella. “I’m the coach. That’s what it is,� said Desjardins. “I won’t get into (the players’) personal stuff, very little.

That’s theirs.�

Hamhuis said he appreciated that new coach took time to visit his family in the off-season, with Desjardins even getting a tour of the property from the defenceman’s young children. “We also had a chance to sit down and look through some things — his philosophies on coaching and what he sees for our team this year,� said Hamhuis. “I think that goes a long way when you have that care in the dressing room. “A lot of times people like to say that we’re a family, but I think when a coach, as a leader of our team, really demonstrates that it really goes a long way.�

Daniel Sedin agreed the meetings really struck a chord, adding it’s the first time he and his brother had been visited by a coach in the summer. “That shows how much he cares. He wants us to do well. He wants the team to do well,� said Sedin. “He just wanted to meet the guys and get a view of how we are and what we think. It was talking things out and getting to know each other.�

Derek Dorsett — acquired by Vancouver from the New York Rangers in June — played for Desjardins when he was coaching the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers and said the visits shouldn’t have come as a surprise. “He doesn’t just think of you as a hockey player, he gets to know you as a person,� said the gritty forward. “He wants to know about your family. “He respects you, and when things aren’t going your way he’ll talk to you about it in a nice manner. He’s honest with you, he gives you respect, and that’s one of the most important things you can ask from a coach.�

With goalie situation in flux, Wild turn to ex-Rebel KUEMPER SIGNS TWO-YEAR $2.5 MILLION CONTRACT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild have started the season with the same big question as they finished the last one: Who can they count on in the net?

As training camp began, the Wild took their first step toward trying to build off the potential displayed last spring with their upset of Colorado in the playoffs. To advance past the second round this time, stability in the crease will be critical. So the fact that Niklas Backstrom was the only goalie with significant NHL experience under contract and on the ice for the first day of practice Friday was not the most promising sign. “Unfortunately it’s one of the story lines again, but that’s the way it is right now,� left wing Zach Parise said.

Darcy Kuemper was finally signed the night before. He has a two-year contract worth $2.5 million and was the top goalie down the stretch last season when Backstrom and Josh Harding were unavailable. “I definitely am in camp to try to prove to the coaches and to the management that I can be that guy, and I’m going to do the best that I can to earn that spot,� said the 24-year-old Kuemper, one of four goalies who started 19 or more games last season including the playoffs. “But I know that I will have to earn it.�

Kuemper got a one-way deal, meaning he’ll be paid the same whatever he league he’s in, NHL or AHL. Negotiations with the restricted free agent were accelerated when the Wild learned Harding has a broken right foot, suffered Sunday in an unspecified off-the-ice incident. Harding has been placed on a suspended list, meaning he won’t be paid or count against the salary cap while he’s out. “This is not by any means we’re just throwing this guy aside and getting rid of him, but we needed to do something and now our focus is on the guys here,� coach Mike Yeo said after practice.

Harding thrived last year when Backstrom was ailing, until illness related to his multiple sclerosis condition forced him out after December. Backstrom was bothered by midsection injuries, didn’t play after January and had surgery in March. That month, the Wild traded for Ilya Bryzgalov, who played well down the stretch last season when Kuemper was out

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Kuemper was 3-1 with a 2.03 goals against average in victory over the Avalanche, but he was hurt again in the seventh game of that series. In the next round against Chicago, Bryzgalov was back in.

Whew. “Knock on wood, but I don’t think it can get really any worse than what it was last year. So obviously, a tough start to it,� said right wing Jason Pominville, referring to Harding’s injury, “but I think we’ll keep

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our calm and hopefully we have the guys in place to step up.�

Backstrom has returned at full strength, but he’s 36 with career statistics that were a lot better his first three seasons with the Wild than the last five.

He’s been dominant at times in the past, but his days as an undisputed starter might be done. “Us goalies grow up knowing that only one guy is going to play, so you pretty much have that competition since you’re 6 or 7 years old,� Backstrom said.

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 2014

Hockey

Today

● 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.

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Swift Current 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 Kootenay 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 Brandon 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 Prince Albert 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 Medicine Hat 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lethbridge 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 Regina 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 Saskatoon 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 Red Deer 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 Moose Jaw 1 0 1 0 0 0 6

Pt 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Everett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kamloops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelowna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prince George 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spokane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Friday’s results Brandon 4 Regina 2 Medicine Hat 3 Lethbridge 2 Kootenay 5 Red Deer 3 Prince Albert 5 Saskatoon 3 Swift Current 6 Moose Jaw 0 Victoria at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

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

ATHLETICS U.S. ANTI-DOPING AGENCY — Announced American sprinter Wallace Spearmon Jr. accepted a three-month sanction, retroactive to Aug. 27, after testing positive for a prohibited substance.

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Philadelphia RHP Shane Watson (Lakewood-SAL) 50 games for a second positive test for a drug of abuse in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Reinstated RHP Edwin Jackson from the 15-day DL. Agreed to a player development contract with Eugene (NWL) through the 2016 season.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Extended their player development contract with Lake Elsinore (Cal) through the 2016 season. Signed a player development contract with Tri-City (NWL) for the 2015-16 seasons.

Can-Am League ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Exercised 2015s option on RHPs Bo Budkvics, Joe Donino, Stephen Harrold, Charlie Law, Fray Martinez, Chad Robinson, Nathaniel Roe and Luis Sanz; LHPs Shawn Gilblair, Richard Salazar, Andrew R. Taylor and Greg Terhune; Cs Mike Fischer and Marcus Nidiffer; INFs Stephen Cardullo, Joe Maloney, Sean O’Hare and Giuseppe Papaccio; and OFs Jerod Edmondson, Carlos Guzman and Ryan Stovall.

Frontier League LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Sent RHP Adam Maxon to San Angelo (United) to complete an earlier trade.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Reduced the one-year suspension of Cleveland WR Josh Gordon to 10 games. Suspended Miami DE Dion Jordan four games for a violation of the league’s substance abuse policy. Fined N.Y. Jets DL Muhammad Wilkerson $20,000 and Sheldon Richardson $8,268, Packers TE Andrew Quarless $8,268, St. Louis LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar $16,537, N.Y. Giants LB Jameel McClain $8,268 and San Francisco QB Colin Kaepernick $11,025 for their actions during last week’s games.

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed LB John Abraham on injured reserve. Re-signed P Dave Drew Butler. Released RB Chris Rainey from the practice squad. Signed RB Kerwynn Williams to the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS — Released WR Greg Herd from the practice squad. Signed LB Terrell Manning, WR Chris Williams, TE Blake Annen and DB Jordan Sullen to the practice squad.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Released DB Pierre Warren from the practice squad. Signed LB Todd Davis to the practice squad.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Released DE Shelby Harris. Placed LB Kaelin Burnett on the waivedinjury settlement list.

HOCKEY National Hockey League FLORIDA PANTHERS — Renewed their affiliation agreement with Cincinnati (ECL) for the 2014-15 season.

American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Named Aaron Gogishvili senior director of public relations, Justin Dickie manager of communications and Matt Holmes play-by-play announcer/communications co-ordinator.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Suspended Colorado M Nick LaBrocca and fined him an undisclosed amount for serious foul play during a Sept. 13 game.

COLUMBUS CREW — Named Steve Tashjian high performance director.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Signed D Onyekachi Apam.

National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Re-signed D CoCo Goodson.

Announced D Kendall Johnson signed a 2014 contract with Western Sydney (W-League, Australia).

North American Soccer League FORT LAUDERDALE STRIKERS — Announced the sale of the franchise to Paulo Cesso, Ricardo Geromel and Rafael Bertani.

COLLEGE DELAWARE — Named Brian Payne men’s and women’s diving coach.

GUILFORD — Named Justin Tereshko men’s golf coach.

MISSISSIPPI — Signed baseball coach Mike Bianco to a contract extension through the 2018 season.

Penalties — Nell RD (high-sticking) 3:49, Doetzel RD (tripping) 17:16.

Second Period 4. Red Deer, Cote 1 (Doetzel, Chorney) 15:39.

5. Red Deer, Nell 1 (Cote, Johnson) 17:42.

Penalties — Fafard RD (hooking) 18:22, Alfaro Koo (elbowing) 19:44.

Third Period 6. Kootenay, Zborosky 2 (Murray, Martin) :17.

7. Kootenay, Martin 1 (Fleury) 14:56.

8. Kootenay, Philp 1 (Cable, Overdyk) 19:39 (-EN).

Penalties — Cable Koo (roughing) 16:46, Maxwell RD (roughing) 16:46, Dixon RD (slashing) 20:00.

Shots on goal by Kootenay 6 10 8 — 24 Red Deer 7 14 10 — 31

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Ice 5, Rebels 3 First Period 1. Red Deer, Maxwell 1 (Musil) 4:59 (short-handedSH).

2. Kootenay, Vetterl 1 (Allbee, Murray) 10:21.

3. Kootenay, Zborosky 1 (Overdyk) 16:16.

Goal — Kootenay: Hoflin (W, 0-0-0); Red Deer: Burman (L, 0-1-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Kootenay: 0-3; Red Deer: 0-1.

Referees — Matt Cassidy, Fraser Lawrence.

Linesmen — Chad Huseby, Cody Huseby.

Attendance — 5,382 at Red Deer.

Baseball American League East Division W L Pct 92 61 .601 79 74 .516 77 76 .503 74 80 .481 67 87 .435 Central Division W L Pct 85 68 .556 83 69 .546 79 74 .516 70 83 .458 66 87 .431 West Division W L Pct 95 58 .621 84 69 .549 83 70 .542 67 87 .435 60 92 .395

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

GB — 13 15 18.5 25.5 GB — 1.5 6 15 19 GB — 11 12 28.5 34.5

x-clinched division

Boston 5, Baltimore 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Tampa Bay 3 Minnesota 5, Cleveland 4, 10 innings Detroit 10, Kansas City 1 Seattle 10, Houston 5 Oakland 3, Philadelphia 1 Texas at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

Today’s Games Detroit (Scherzer 16-5) at Kansas City (Shields 147), 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia (Je.Williams 3-2) at Oakland (Pomeranz 5-4), 2:05 p.m.

Toronto (Stroman 10-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 2-3), 2:05 p.m.

Boston (R.De La Rosa 4-7) at Baltimore (Tillman 12-5), 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Noesi 8-10) at Tampa Bay (Archer 9-8), 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland (House 3-3) at Minnesota (May 3-4), 5:10 p.m.

Seattle (C.Young 12-8) at Houston (Keuchel 11-9), 5:10 p.m.

Texas (Lewis 10-13) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 17-8), 7:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct x-Washington 89 64 .582 Atlanta 76 77 .497 Miami 74 79 .484 New York 74 80 .481 Philadelphia 70 84 .455 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 86 68 .558 Pittsburgh 83 70 .542 Milwaukee 79 75 .513 Cincinnati 71 83 .461 Chicago 68 86 .442 West Division W L Pct z-Los Angeles 88 66 .571 San Francisco 84 68 .553 San Diego 71 81 .467 Colorado 63 91 .409 Arizona 62 92 .403

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Carolina Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay

Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 2 1 1 1

Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

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Friday’s Games

Transactions

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

Prince George at Portland, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Everett at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

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

Sunday’s games Prince George at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.

Friday, September 26 Saskatoon at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Regina at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

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

Portland at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

GB — 13 15 15.5 19.5 GB — 2.5 7 15 18 GB — 3 16 25 26

z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division ———

Friday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 14, Chicago Cubs 5 Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 2 Washington 3, Miami 2 N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 0 Colorado 15, Arizona 3 St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1 Oakland 3, Philadelphia 1 San Francisco at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

Today’s Games L.A. Dodgers (R.Hernandez 8-11) at Chicago Cubs (Doubront 2-1), 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia (Je.Williams 3-2) at Oakland (Pomeranz 5-4), 2:05 p.m.

Arizona (Cahill 3-11) at Colorado (E.Butler 0-1), 2:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 8-8) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 12-7), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 8-11) at Atlanta (Minor 6-11), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 12-5) at Miami (Cosart 4-2), 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 11-12) at St. Louis (Wacha 5-6), 5:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Y.Petit 5-4) at San Diego (Cashner 4-7), 6:40 p.m.

Football Hamilton Toronto Montreal Ottawa

GP 10 11 11 10

Calgary Edmonton Sask.

B.C. Winnipeg

GP 11 11 11 11 12

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

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 40 B.C. 23 Saturday, September 20 Edmonton at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

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

Ottawa at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m

Buffalo Miami

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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.

PA 44 27 38 60 PA

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

Golf YOKOHAMA TIRE CLASSIC At Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator Prattville, Alabama Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,599; Par 72 Second Round Paula Reto Mi Jung Hur Stacy Lewis Sydnee Michaels Alison Walshe Moriya Jutanugarn Jane Park Christina Kim Cydney Clanton Brittany Lang Brittany Lincicome Thidapa Suwannapura Katie M. Burnett Sun Young Yoo Ayako Uehara Ai Miyazato Julia Boland Heather Bowie Young Giulia Molinaro Karlin Beck Austin Ernst Perrine Delacour Amelia Lewis Mika Miyazato Beatriz Recari Kris Tamulis Karin Sjodin Becky Morgan Mina Harigae Chella Choi Jacqui Concolino Jodi Ewart Shadoff Ilhee Lee Caroline Westrup Louise Friberg Tiffany Joh Haru Nomura Stacey Keating Morgan Pressel Sarah Jane Smith Jane Rah Amy Anderson Stephanie L Meadow Ji Young Oh Sue Kim Christel Boeljon Haeji Kang Marina Alex Kathleen Ekey Jennifer Johnson Kim Kaufman Katherine Kirk Joanna Klatten Hanna Kang Angela Stanford

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Moira Dunn Brooke Pancake Paola Moreno Jennifer Rosales Sandra Changkija Haley Millsap Brianna Do Dewi Claire Schreefel P.K. Kongkraphan Lisa McCloskey Jenny Shin Jennifer Song Jenny Suh Yueer Cindy Feng Hannah Collier Cristie Kerr Reilley Rankin Lizette Salas Alena Sharp Ryann O’Toole Julieta Granada Failed to Qualify

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WEB.COM TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP At TPC Sawgrass, Dye’s Valley Course Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $1 million Yardage: 6,847; Par 70 Partial Second Round Derek Fathauer Sung Joon Park Whee Kim Tom Gillis James Nitties Jason Gore Tyrone Van Aswegen Wes Roach Richard H. Lee Bronson La’Cassie Tommy Gainey David Lingmerth Adam Hadwin Andrew Putnam

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WALES OPEN At Celtic Manor Resort (Twenty-Ten Course) Newport, Wales Purse: $2.33 million Yardage: 7,378; Par: 71 Second Round Shane Lowry, Ireland 68-65 — Joost Luiten, Netherlands 65-69 — Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium66-68 — Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand68-67 — Edoardo Molinari, Italy 72-63 — Ricardo Santos, Portugal 68-68 — Tommy Fleetwood, England68-68 — Gregory Havret, France 69-67 — Patrik Sjoland, Sweden 69-67 — Marc Warren, Scotland 70-67 — Phillip Price, Wales 71-66 — Jamie Donaldson, Wales 70-67 — Mark Foster, England 69-69 — Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 71-67 — Robert Rock, England 67-71 — Adrian Otaegui, Spain 70-69 — Danny Willett, England 72-67 — Robert-Jan Derksen, Netherlands 73-66 139 Lucas Bjerregaard, Denmark71-68 — Richie Ramsay, Scotland 69-70 — Peter Uihlein, United States71-68 —

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FRONT NATURALISTS TALK BIRDS AT BANQUET Birds will be the theme at the Red Deer River Naturalists’ fall banquet on Sept. 26. Special guest speaker is Gerald Romanchuk, who will talk about his quest to find 300 species of birds in Alberta in one year. Romanchuk is a longtime member of the Edmonton Bird Club and Edmonton Nature Club and will talk about his birding adventures from Fort Chipewyan to Waterton. Tickets to the banquet cost $30 and must be purchased in advance at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. The banquet starts at 6 p.m. at River Bend Golf Course.

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 2014

Kin Kanyon reviewed LONG-TERM CHANGES PROPOSED FOR CITY PARK

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Retaining a water feature and making Kin Kanyon more senior friendly were among the ideas floated at an open house on a long-term plan for the park.

An information-gathering session drew about 17 residents to Ecole LaPrairie on Thursday.

Trevor Poth, the city’s parks superintendent, said residents were excited to hear about the proposed changes.

Kin Kanyon is considered as two sections of park north of 34th Street and east of 47th Street. It has been welcoming users for more than 50 years. A concept plan was developed in 2010 that included several changes.

The 2014 concept plan takes into account the newly-built francophone school, the building of the Blue Grass Sod Farm Central Spray & Play near Golden Circle (instead of at Kin Kanyon as it was originally recommended) and the new Kin Kanyon playground and washrooms within the park.

HIKE AND BIKE FOR MEDICINE RIVER WILDLIFE

A report on the changes, with community feedback, is expected at council in the next four to six weeks.

Poth said the seniors who attended asked the city to explore enhancing the area with seniors in mind, suggesting things like a fitness park or disc golf. “We’re going to sit down and take a little a look at the options and see what we can do.”

The current plan recommends removing the existing water feature when it reaches its lifespan and replacing it with a family feature such as a picnic gazebo.

Attendees wanted the city to maintain some sort of water feature. Poth said the 1980s water feature has five to 10 years left in its lifespan.

A replacement for the South Hill Community Centre was in the 2010 plan but now Parks and Recreation staff recommend demolishing it. Plans for a spray park were also erased. Poth said they no longer needed a spray park in Kin Kanyon with the addition of the spray park downtown.

“The top portion of the Kin Kanyon will be converted to a more neighbourhood park standard where we still have the rinks and the recreation amenities,” said Poth. “Most

of the regional type of amenities will be focused in the main park area itself.”

Poth said the footprint boundaries in the plan changed when the new school was built on the south end of the site. As well the spray park was built earlier than originally planned.

The new plan also suggests adding another playground and a sport field.

The sports field would be added behind the new francophone school after the old building is taken down.

Under the new concept plan, only one boarded rink and one rink with no boards will be installed. Until now, two boarded rinks were erected next to the old community hall and these were often used for pond hockey tournaments.

The old francophone school and the community centre will come down as early as this winter. Once the buildings are removed and the abatement work is completed, the city will begin moving the playgrounds and building the new playground and sports field.

No cost estimate was available for the project. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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RDC

Culture Days events planned

Medicine River Wildlife Centre’s first annual Hike and Bike happens on Oct. 4 at Sheiling Mountain Lodge of Nordegg.

Participants will spend the day hiking or mountain biking at the level of their choice and enjoying the mountain scenery west of Nordegg. Camping and accommodations are available nearby or onsite. Registration is $100 per person with a minimum $400 in pledges.

Space is limited. For more information, visit www. mrwc.ca, or the wildlife centre’s Facebook page, or call the wildlife centre at 403-728-3467.

PLAYGROUND WORK BEE As the Nova Chemicals Imagination Grove at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre nears completion, some volunteer help is required. On Oct. 6, the nature centre in Red Deer will unveil the naturebased playground. The structures and all the construction work will be completed by Sept. 28.

The only remaining job is to spread 183 cubic yards of cedar mulch and public help is sought to get the job done. A work bee on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. needs volunteers to move, dump and rake mulch so that all the surfaces in the playground are ready to open. The nature centre staff will host a barbecue for all work bee participants. If you have shovels, dirt rakes, and/ or wheel barrows, you are asked to bring them.

Call the nature centre at 403-346-2010 to let them know if you can lend a hand or to get more information. The nature centre is at 6300 45th Ave.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Walkers and cyclist should keep an eye out as they make there way along the trail system in Red Deer. This red-sided garter snake was spotted sunning itself on the bike path near the Kerry Wood Nature Centre this week. Garter snakes are small and slender and are said to be the most beautiful and most common snakes in Alberta. Three varieties of garter snakes call Alberta home: the wandering garter snake, the plains garter snake and the red-sided garter snake. They can all be found in a wide variety of habitats throughout the province, but are most often encountered along the margins of wetlands, rivers and other bodies of water.

Red Deer College presents three days of music, visual arts and film events during Alberta Arts and Culture Days next weekend.

Events included: ● The Expressive Landscape, an exhibit of prints, paintings and drawings by visual arts students on the theme of fall landscapes is showing at the City Centre Stage Gallery from Friday to Sunday, Sept. 26 to 28. Free admission. ● Internationally renowned pianist Colleen Athparia, of Calgary, will perform selections from Mozart, Clara Schumann, Chopin and others at her Dancing Fingers recital on Friday, Sept. 26, at the RDC Arts Centre. Tickets to the 8 p.m. concert presented by the Alberta Piano Teachers’ Association are $22.60 ($17.35 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. ● On Saturday, Sept. 27, the college will show 10 “incredible” short films from the National Film Board from 1 to 5 p.m. at the City Centre Stage Theatre.

The award-winning films include The Cat Came Back (1988), Wild Life, (2011), Aboriginality (2007), and The Lion and the Mouse (1976).

The event is free, and so is the popcorn. ● Also on Saturday, the RDC Big Band will perform a nostalgic evening of swing favourites at City Centre Stage from 7 to 9 p.m.

No admission charge. ● On Sunday, Sept. 28, Hollywood’s often bizarre depictions of native people will be examined in the documentary Reel Injun, which will be screened from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the City Centre Stage Theatre. Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond looks at how the mythical “injun,” as shown on the silver screen from the silent era to today, has influenced the world’s understanding — and misunderstanding — of aboriginal people. The screening is free, but is rated PG for violence, coarse language and mature subject matter.

Native centre permit still up in air GIVE US A CALL The Advocate invites its readers to help cover news in Central Alberta. We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages. Call 403-3144333.

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

ASOOAHUM CENTRE

The fate of the Asooahum Centre will be decided in the coming weeks following an appeal hearing on the denial of a development permit.

The Red Deer Native Friendship Centre Society’s application was turned down by the development officer because the development was within 300 metres of a disposal area of a landfill. That is not permitted under the Municipal Government Act Subdivision and Development Regulations.

The society plans to build a cultural centre and two eight-plexes at 4615 Riverside Drive, east of Lions Campground. The project has been many years in the making.

The Subdivision and Development

Appeal Board met to hear arguments on Wednesday. All landowners within 100 metres of the site were notified of the meeting.

There were no opposing arguments.

Tanya Schur, Friendship Centre executive director, said the law says you cannot build on a 300-metre setback.

“There have been appeals in the past,” she said. “We have no indication whether it will be approved or not.”

Schur said they will continue to work on the project as they wait for the decision.

She did not say what would happen if the application is denied for a second time.

According to city documents, the proposed development will have no basements and the foundations will consist of steel

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

piles. The entire building footprint will be backfilled with clay. There will be no use of groundwater from the development.

City administration recommends reversing the initial decision with conditions.

They ask the applicant provide a detailed site plan including stormwater management plan, drainage for the entire site, erosion control and location of planned utilities. As well, no usable floor area within the proposed development will be less than 60 cm above the one- and 100-year flood elevation.

The society has roughly $4.5 million in the bank from the provincial government to build the affordable housing units. The cultural centre portion will take another estimated $5 million to build. A fundraising campaign is underway. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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RELIGION

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 2014

Accept the things you cannot change

BY FATHER JOHN MORRIS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Jake introduced himself to me by cussing me out. I had never seen him before and, for him, I was just some guy in a clerical collar. Jake wasn’t mad; he just had a lot to say about what my collar stands for and why it was all wrong.

The G-rated version of his rant went like this: “You stand behind religion because you don’t have the courage to face the reality that life sucks unless you squeeze every bit of fun out of it.

And you and your type have the gall to tell us that all the fun stuff is actually bad. What a bunch of idiots!”

Jake’s passion intrigued me.

In part because I didn’t know what else to say and in part because I was late for an appointment, I suggested we get together soon for a beer. Two hours didn’t pass before I saw an email from Jake. Two days later, we were sitting at a corner high-top table in an Irish Pub where I’m sure Jake is usually the life of the party. But today Jake wasn’t interested in small talk.

He spilled his guts to me with a litany of family and personal tragedies. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Jake’s drinking buddies taking up the center of the bar and sneaking a look in our direction. They were laughing at the scene of Jake with a priest. Jake didn’t seem to care.

He finished his life story by reminding me of our first encounter. “Now do you get why I think you’re an idiot? I can’t change all of this crap in my life, so the only way I survive is by having fun. Makes sense, right?” I stayed

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mostly silent, sensing he wasn’t looking for an answer just yet.

That day was the start of a friendship that has been a real blessing in my life.

At the core of Jake’s point is the difficult truth that life is full of hard and often tragic things we sometimes cannot change: broken marriages, wayward children, life-altering illnesses, terrible personal decisions, lost fortunes, and the list goes on.

I came to learn that Jake’s choice to never look back and to seek every pleasure still available to him was not entirely irrational. In his mind, God didn’t exist, or if he did, he wasn’t good or he wasn’t powerful. I came to agree with Jake — with that worldview, it’s logical to conclude that pleasure here and now, for yourself and perhaps for your loved ones, is the priority.

Our budding friendship moved me to question more deeply how I deal with the negative, unchangeable things in my life and in the lives of those I love. I began to see what a radical notion it is to believe that an all-powerful and all-loving God knows what he permits and why he does so. If I truly believe this, and if I do my part, it makes sense to be serene about the past and filled with hope for the future that all will work out for the good. It is a rational confidence that all the important things in my life are going to be okay because God is on my side and wants only the best for me.

Why, then, am I sometimes still anxious, fearful, and overwhelmed? Is my faith that weak? Maybe. But I think there is another spiritual principle that needs to be activated if our faith is to transform our lives — including

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our emotions — as we would hope. It is the action of “acceptance” of our unchangeable past and present.

When I began writing The Way of Serenity, based on the famous “Serenity Prayer,” I had the blessing to meditate regularly on what it means “to accept the things we cannot change.”

Because “acceptance” sounds passive, it’s easy to think God wants us to “give up” on the things we cannot change, to “forget about them,” or to “just move on” and then somehow to get some serenity from that.

But I don’t think that’s it at all. Spiritual “acceptance” is not resignation.

When we pray for the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, we are praying for a transformation of our mind and heart. This interior transformation of grace will then transform the way we live with our painful circumstances.

“To accept,” then, is an action verb, in response to God’s constant grace. It is the willful and loving embrace of the unchangeable realities of our lives as truly part of God’s plan for my life now, even if he didn’t will them or cause them.

The soul that gets to this point of deep belief in God’s power and providence and spiritual acceptance — embrace — of hard realities as part of God’s master plan is a grateful soul.

And a grateful soul is joyful, serene, and a whole lot of fun.

I’m not yet a grateful soul, but I am grateful to Jake for sending me down this road. I’m grateful for his friendship.

Fr. Jonathan Morris is author of The Way of Serenity. He is a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of New York

Today Yard/Bake Sale Fundraiser for St. John’s Champion Children’s Home orphanage in Kenya will be held at Sylvan Lake Apostolic Lutheran Church on Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone 403-755-6368.

Sunday Seniors Church meets at 11 a.m. on Sundays at Bower Kin Place for hymns and gospel preaching. Phone 403-347-6706.

Gaetz Memorial United Church will kick off the fall program on Sept. 21, 10:30 a.m. Fall church activity fair and Gaetz Kids Sunday School registration will be presented.

For more information call 403-3472244. Everyone is welcome.

Upcoming events Crystal Clear Ministries, with Herb and Crystal Taylor, will celebrate 20 years with a fundraising banquet and silent auction on Oct. 4, 5:30 at Balmoral Bible Chapel. Entertainment by Jordan Echoes. Individual tickets are available for $30 or $200 for a table of eight, either at the door or reserve by calling 403312-7357 or 403-317-5450. For more information visit www.crystalclearministries.com

Schedule of Services

The Anglican Church of Canada

Balmoral Bible Chapel 403-347-5450

Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.)

Sunday, September 21

LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF RED DEER

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL

Sunday, September 21

WELCOME YOU

“A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769

10:30 am Worship Service Speaker: Bob McKenzie “Power to Provide” Mark 6:30-44

11:00 a.m.

Celebration Service

www.stleonardsonthehill.org

Officiant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Sunday School/Nursery 2:00 p.m. St. Paul’s Hillsdown Service

Sunday School Ages 2 1/2-Grade 5 www.balmoralchapel.ca

JOIN US THIS SUNDAY - EVERYONE WELCOME! September 21 - 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:30pm

Not by Bread Alone

#3 Obedience & CrossRoads Kids (infant to grade 6) SW Corner of 32 Street & Hwy 2, Red Deer County

WWW.CROSSROADSCHURCH.CA AFFILIATED WITH THE EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH OF CANADA

Rev. Valentine Owen

Holy Communion at all Services Everyone Welcome

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA

Saved by grace - called to serve

Sunday, September 21

MOUNT CALVARY

Established 1898

4718 Ross St. • 403-346-4560 Minister: The Rev. Wayne Reid

(LC-C)

“The Ever Caring God” 10:30 am Worship Service Helping people encounter the goodness of God Corner of 55th St & 46th Ave 10:30 am Contemporary Worship

streamschurch.com 403.342.7441

Streams Christian Church afÀliated with the PAOC

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA GAETZ MEMORIAL

Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Church Activity Fair Children’s Programs Weekly 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 1X2 403-347-2244 “Sharing Faith, Serving Community” website: www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

Sunnybrook United Church Caring - Dynamic - Proactive - Inclusive 12 Stanton Street 403-347-6073

10:30 a.m. Worship Service “Labyrinth: A Meditative Prayer” Guest Speaker: Wilma Giesbrecht Babyfold, Toddler Room, Sunday Club www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, Toddler Room Sunday Club www.sunnybrookunited.org

West Park Presbyterian 3628-57 Ave.

403-346-6036

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11:00 am WILLOW VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN

403-340-1022 Rev. Dr. Marc Jerry

Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday School Youth & Adult Forum 10:30 a.m. Worship

www.cslreddeer.org #3 - 6315 Horn Street

KNOX

GOOD SHEPHERD 40 Holmes St.

#18 Selkirk Blvd. Phone 403-346-3798

Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. DIVINE SERVICE 10:15 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL 7:00 p.m. DIVINE SERVICE Kings Kids Playschool www.mclcrd.org

Growing in Faith Through Word and Sacrament

Living Faith Lutheran Church

10:00 a.m.

Pastor Glen Carlson

26016-HWY 595 (Delburne Road)

Bethany Collegeside 99 College Circle RDC

Everyone Welcome

Rooted in the word of God. Growing in the likeness of Christ, Reaching out by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Speaker: Rev. Reg Graves

Everyone Welcome

Sunday Services Services Sunday 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

9:00a.m. & 11:00a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Ministries 7:00p.m.

Passion for God, Compassion for People.

2020 40th Ave, Red Deer www.livingstones.ab.ca 403.347.7311

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

Sundays at 9:30 am and 11:15 am

SUNDAY SCHOOL & SERVICE — 11:00 A.M. 2nd Wed. each month - Testimonial Meetings noon Christian Science Reading Room: Wed., 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Thurs., 12 Noon-3:00 p.m.

4907 GAETZ AVE. 403-346-0811 For more information on Christian Science visit christianscience.com

YOUTH

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 2014

Date gets turned on, turned down Dear Harlan; I went on a date with a marry a virgin rather than someone friend I’ve known for a while. We had a who has been sleeping around. I have great time. a wonderful daughter-in-law who was a He told me he wanted to move slow- virgin when she married my son at 39. ly because he’s been hurt in the past.

They have raised two children who The next night, we went on another have good morals and are contributing date. He asked me if I to our society. Don’t put anywanted to have sex. I told one down for being a virgin. him no.

It is God’s plan for humanI explained that I didn’t ity that both the man and want to make the mistake woman be virgins when they of moving too fast. Now marry. — Joan he’s not talking to me. I’m Dear Joan; I agree with you. so confused.

And really, anyone can have One day he tells me sex. It’s easy to find. You can he wants to move slowly, ask for it, pay for it (legally) but the next day he wants or put yourself in a room with to have sex with me. Can desperate people looking for you help me out? — Mixed it.

Messages Sex is available for all.

Dear Mixed Messages; The idea of waiting is very atHe got turned on. You tractive. “Still a Virgin” is deHARLAN turned him down. He got sirable and dateable.

COHEN embarrassed. If he can’t I was speaking at a college handle NO, he’s not ready the other day, and a girl asked for YES. if men will be turned off beAssume he’s extremely embarrassed cause she’s a virgin. I explained that and unsure how to move forward. He guys looking for sex might be — but thinks he blew it. If you’re still inter- that’s perfectly fine. ested, make it easy for him to fix his Being a virgin can be exciting and overexcited, embarassing mistake. interesting. She still can get close to Approach him face to face (no tex- someone without having sex. In fact, ting). Tell him something like, “I really she can be sensual and sexual. Not enjoyed our date, but going slow is im- having sex also will mean getting to portant to me.” know someone. It gives her time to figAsk him if he’s honestly OK slowing ure out if someone wants to get to know it down like he communicated. Feel her or just have sex with her. free to ask him to clarify the mixed If someone wants sex, he can find messages. See how he responds. If he it from someone else or go at it alone. listens, respects you and slows down, Time filters out the users and abusthere could be a future here. Other- ers. She came up to me after the event wise, it’s over. and thanked me. She said it made her Dear Harlan; I wanted to give you feel much more comfortable — it just my two cents about virgins. I agree that seems like everyone is having sex. We “Still a Virgin,” who wrote to you in live in a world where everyone thinks a recent column, needs some help in sex is just what you do — but not havorder to learn how to trust men, but I ing sex also is something to do. think she should be proud of the fact Virgins should be loud, proud and that she is a virgin. comfortable sharing the truth and There are many men who want to themselves with the right partner.

HELP

Dear Harlan; My roommate’s snoring wakes me up in the middle of the night and prevents me from going back to sleep. Is plugging my ears and trying to ignore her old-man snoring the only option? — Sleepless Dear Sleepless; I snore. At least, I’ve been told. I’m asleep when it happens.

My wife wakes me up.

She tells me to turn over. So, I turn over. Turning stops it. My wife doesn’t have a problem waking me up. I never wake her up. She gets mad. I don’t like to make her mad.

I’d rather work through the problem on my own. That’s the kind of relationship we have.

We’ve established boundaries and a communication style. That’s what you need to do with your roommate. Talk to her when she’s awake.

Ask her if she is aware that she snores. Then ask if she’s cool with you asking her to turn over. Set the ground rules so you know what you can do this is setting boundaries.

If the problem persists, try some white noise or headphones. You also can suggest she see a doctor. But you don’t plug your ears too the point you can’t hear anything.

You want to still hear the fire alarm or the loud neighbors next door making passionate love.

Dear Harlan; There’s a guy who is clearly interested in me. I’m not interested in him at all. I see him all the time and don’t want him to hate me.

How can I politely turn him down? — Not Interested Dear Not Interested; People who stink at rejecting hate getting rejected.

You hate it because it hurts and it’s humiliating. You think you’re flawed or defective.

But rejection doesn’t have to be so dangerous. Reframe it.

Here’s how - think of rejection as choosing one good thing over another good thing. Assume that a man who ap-

proaches you knows he’s a good thing.

Rejecting him means giving him an opportunity to date someone who can appreciate his good thing.

It allows him to redirect his efforts in better places where people can be more receptive.

When you reject a man use the sandwich approach. Start nice (the bread).

Then share the truth (the meat). Then I finish with something nice again (other piece of bread).

It goes something like this, “I’m flattered. No thank you. I really appreciate your honesty.” If someone is upset by the truth, it’s not your problem.

Give him permission to feel whatever he needs to feel.

If he still doesn’t respect your boundaries, make it clear that he’s making you uncomfortable. Be direct and firm. If he doesn’t stop, go to the authorities.

Dear Harlan; I just moved to a new city and don’t have a lot of close friends. I’m finding that people here are a lot less accepting of me. How do you approach close-minded men when it comes to homosexuality? — CloseMinded Dear Close-Minded; Don’t worry about approaching close-minded men right now.

Take care of yourself. You need people to talk to and places to find connections.

Once you’re grounded, you can approach close minded-men without wanting anything from them.

Once you don’t need these men to accept you, it will be easier for you to be patient and tolerant. And patience and tolerance will enable them to be more open-minded.

Write Harlan at harlan@helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters submitted become property of the author. Send paper to Help Me, Harlan!, 3501 N. Southport Ave., Suite 226, Chicago, IL 60657.

Get your face in the game with the new Toronto FC midfielder instalment of the NBA 2K series Dominic Oduro

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — NBA 2K15 is angling for a slam dunk with an innovative new way to put players in the game.

The developers of the interactive basketball franchise are adding the option for gamers to digitally graft lifelike 3-D renditions of their faces onto virtual players in the series’ latest installment, set for Oct. 7. The process uses the camera for either the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One game consoles to create faces for wannabe Kobe Bryants and Kevin Durants.

“It’s all done using the processing power of the next-gen systems,” said Jeff Thomas, vice-president of sports development at NBA 2K developer Visual Concepts. “We’ve been talking about doing this for a number of years, but it really wasn’t possible until we knew the processing power of the nextgen machines. It took some time to get it right.”

The technology utilizes the stereoscopic cameras for Sony’s PS4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One consoles to amass several angles of gamers’ faces. It then renders photorealistic 3-D models on screen that can be tweaked and placed onto the bodies of virtual players in the game’s career and online modes.

The process requires a well-lit room and takes about three minutes.

“That doesn’t sound like a lot of time,” said Thomas. “But if you think of things in milliseconds like you do when you make games, with the computer processing power inside that box, three minutes is like an eternity.

That just shows how much math and things are required to compute these points in 3-D space, then construct a model that looks like you.”

The face mapping marks the latest effort by a game creator to add virtual representations of players in a game, following similar endeavours, like EA Sports crafting virtual athletes based on still images of players’ faces, and developer Rare harnessing Microsoft’s Kinect camera to fashion cartoony avatars for its motion-detecting title “Kinect Sports Rivals.”

has speed to burn in FIFA 15

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A video monitor displays a 2K Sports’ 3D face-capturing technology processing a scanned face in real-time, with the help of a stereoscopic camera attached to a Sony PS4 video console, to build a realistic 3D model of the user’s face to be included in the video game, in Los Angeles. The NBA 2k15 upcoming basketball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports releases Oct. 7.

When demonstrated for The Associated Press with a PS4 camera and console, the process required two attempts to generate an accurate hairless model, which was then further detailed with skin textures, hair and eye colour.

The available modifications are based on Visual Concept’s own library of facial features of actual NBA and Euroleague players.

“That means there can’t be any more alien players,” said Thomas.

“You used to be able to pull and tug players’ faces and create crazy noses and stuff. Because we’re referencing real people, it only allows you to create human-looking players. I think that’s a big deal. The combination of these techniques will give you a really solidlooking image of yourself.”

For privacy-minded players who don’t want their console capturing a map of their face or those without a PS4 or Kinect camera, Thomas said

they’ll still be able to create players from scratch using the game’s customization system, as in past editions of the series. He also noted that while the system can scan female faces, the game — like the basketball league — doesn’t include female bodies.

Thomas expects the proprietary technology to evolve in the future and is hopeful it will be implemented in other games from 2K Games, which also publishes the NHL 2K and WWE 2K series, as well as the BioShock and Borderlands first-person shooter franchises.

“This is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Thomas. “I think in the future that every triple-A title is going to want to have some sort of tech like this. It’s so much more engaging to actually look at yourself when you’re playing a video game compared to some random character.”

Online: https://www.2k.com/games/ nba-2k15

Canadian singles chart adds streaming to formula

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Taylor Swift’s fizzy smash Shake It Off has topped the firstever Canadian Billboard Hot 100 chart to incorporate streaming data.

Nielsen Entertainment compiled information from streaming providers including YouTube, Rdio and Slacker for the chart released Thursday.

Streaming plays now factor in alongside sales data, radio airplay and digital downloads.

One of the biggest beneficiaries of the new system was colourful rapper Nicki Minaj, whose new single Anaconda jumped from No. 18 to the third spot on the chart, no doubt thanks to the song’s notorious video.

Other tunes to dramatically benefit from the new formula included Pharrell’s infectious Happy (which hopped

from the 39th slot to No. 25) and Iggy Azalea’s Fancy, which leapt 10 spots to No. 20.

And in general, the newly accurate formula offers varying degrees of rewards to artists of different genres, said David Bakula, senior vice-president of industry insights with Nielsen Entertainment.

“The places you’re going to see the biggest benefits are the pop genres, the R&B crossover-type genres, hiphop, the things that are being really consumed heavily,” he said in a telephone interview Thursday.

Thus, perhaps greater chart positions are possible for such YouTubefriendly Canucks as Justin Bieber — presuming he eventually returns to actually making music — and Drake?

“Drake, absolutely, fits into that group of artists that I think should benefit,” said Bakula.

Generally speaking, comparing Canada’s streaming numbers to that of the U.S. is difficult given that Spotify was until recently unavailable here and hugely popular there.

And similar to the way that country fans were slower to adopt to purchasing music digitally, so too were Canadians.

“Right now we’re seeing the same type of things in Canada vs. the U.S. when digital downloads too hold,” he observed. “As you get streaming a little bit more engrained in the general population, I think you’re going to see that go up very quickly and maybe surpass them — because Canada, they’re great consumers of music.”

If the new formula provides advantages to certain kinds of music, it stands to reason some unfortunate souls are going to be bypassed by those chart-hiking pop acts.

TORONTO — Move aside Michael Bradley and Jermain Defoe. Dominic Oduro is taking his place on the world stage in the latest FIFA 15 video game ratings.

The Toronto FC attacking midfielder is the fifth-fastest player in the world, according to the hit made-inVancouver game.

Mathis Bolly of Fortuna Dusseldorf is rated the fastest, ahead of Arsenal’s Theo Wolcott, Parma’s Jonathan Biabiany and Borussia Dortmund’s PierreEmerick Aubameyang.

Oduro comes in slightly ahead of Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale, a Welsh speedster who cost the Spanish powerhouse 85 million pounds (C$152 million).

Others behind Oduro on the pace front include Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Arjen Robben.

“It’s good to get that recognition,” Oduro, a 29-year-old attacking midfielder from Ghana, said Tuesday with a smile “It’s good you get appreciated for the little things that you do.”

Oduro calls the video game ranking all “fun and games” but said it was good recognition for MLS. Kekuta Manneh of the Vancouver Whitecaps ranks ninth on the FIFA speed chart. Other MLS players in the top 20 were No. 19 Obafemi Martins and No. 20 DeAndre Yedlin, both of the Seattle Sounders.

Ironically Oduro says he is “really bad” at the FIFA game.

“Any time I play, obviously I try to use myself and I try to pass the ball myself every time,” he said.

Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney knows all about Oduro’s speed and looks for his player to use his talent to get past and behind defenders.

“Dom is fast,” he said.

In the game’s overall player ratings, Messi is No. 1 with a 93 score followed

by Ronaldo (92), Robben (90), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (90) of Paris Saint-Germain and Manuel Neuer (90) of Bayern Munich.

The MLS does not figure in the overall top 50 and EA Sports has yet to release the league ratings. But reports have Seattle Sounders striker Clint Dempsey as the top-ranked MLS player with an 81 score, followed by Bradley and Defoe (both 80), and Robbie Keane of the Los Angeles Galaxy and Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls (both 79).

Ignacio Piatti is the top Montreal Impact player while Pedro Morales tops the Vancouver Whitecaps, both at 76.

Oduro’s overall ranking score is 64.

Jelle Van Damme of Belgium’s Standard Liege tops the video game rankings for most physical player while Adebayo Akinfenwa of England’s AFC Wimbledon is No. 1 when it came to strength.

Neuer tops the goalkeeper category.

FIFA 15 comes out next Tuesday.

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Molecule developed to help treat leukemia ing a suitable donor is more difficult.

For some people with blood-related cancers like leukemia, myeloma and TORONTO — Canadian researchers lymphoma, getting a stem cell transhave found a way to boost the number plant to replace their own blood sysof stem cells in umbilical cord blood so tem is often the treatment of last remore patients with leukemia and other sort.

But the biggest hurdle for doctors is blood-related cancers could receive finding enough cord blood stem cells potentially life-saving transplants.

The key to the breakthrough tech- that are a compatible match and won’t nique is a molecule developed at the cause severe rejection symptoms in Universite de Montreal, coupled with recipients, he said. Typically, there a bioreactor designed at the Univer- are not enough stem cells in a single cord blood unit to resity of Toronto, which generate an adult’s allows scientists to sig‘THIS NEW blood system; only five nificantly expand the MOLECULE, per cent of cord blood number of stem cells from a single unit of COMBINED WITH THE bank units can be used large adults. cord blood.

NEW BIOREACTOR for“And there’s another “Basically it’s going to give access to about TECHNOLOGY, WILL reason why this is becoming more of a prob10 times as many cords in (cord blood) banks,” ALLOW THOUSANDS lem, because we have more and more ethnic OF PATIENTS said Dr. Guy Sauvageau, groups in our society principal investigator AROUND THE and these people’s acof stem cell genetics WORLD ACCESS TO cess to a matched unat the Institute for Redonor is more search in Immunology A SAFER STEM CELL related limited than for most and Cancer at the MonTRANSPLANT.’ Caucasians.” treal university. “It’s as That was the case for if you were to multiply — DR. GUY SAVAGEAU, Mai Duong of Montreal, by 10 today the number PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR OF STEM who is fighting her secof cord blood units in CELL GENETICS AT THE INSTITUTE the world.”

FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNITY AND ond bout of leukemia.

The molecule, called CANCER AT MONTREAL UNIVERSITY The 34-year-old mother had made a desperate UM171, was discovered online plea and a globserendipitously. It had been created by a chemist at the insti- al search for a donor of either bone tute working on another program but marrow or cord blood stem cells for didn’t work for its intended purpose, a transplant. On Tuesday, doctors an“so they just threw it in what we call a nounced an unidentified woman had library of compounds,” Sauvageau said donated her infant’s umbilical cord to the Vietnamese-Canadian to help save Thursday from Montreal.

When his research team began test- her life.

Ironically, Duong is being treated ing compounds from among thousands in the library, UM171 “was the only at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, where the bioreactor created by Peter one that really worked.”

Stem cells from donated umbilical Zandstra in Toronto will be housed to cord blood are able to give rise to all generate stem cells for a clinical trial the types of cells that make up blood, set to start in December to assess their including the immune cells that pro- safety.

Three centres — in Montreal, Quetect the body and fight infection. The same is true of bone marrow, but find- bec City and Vancouver — will be inBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

volved in the transplant study.

“She would have been very eligible (for the study) because her chance of getting a better match would increase and her chance of getting a faster recovery of her blood count would be multiplied significantly,” Sauvageau said of Duong.

The ability to magnify the yield of stem cells from cord blood would increase a patient’s likelihood of finding a suitably tissue-matched donor, say researchers, whose report on UM171 was published Thursday in the journal Science. And having a greater pool of donor stem cells to transplant in a patient would mean fewer complications and faster recovery.

“Simply, the more stem cells you give, the faster the recovery after transplant. So instead of taking 25 days, they can probably do it in 10 days,” predicted Sauvageau, whose lab has spent 19 years searching for the means to amplify stem cell numbers. “And this is a very precious time because that’s the time when people are extremely sensitive to infection.”

Achieving as close a match as possible between donor and recipient is critical to prevent chronic rejection problems, which can result in devastating illness and months in hospital. It is also fatal in 10 to 40 per cent of cases.

“So that’s very important,” he said.

“And having this molecule will allow us to perfectly match a significant proportion of adults now.”

Sauvageau, paying tribute to his team of collaborators from across Canada, believes UM171 could be a gamechanger in the stem-cell transplant field.

“This new molecule, combined with the new bioreactor technology, will allow thousands of patients around the world access to a safer stem cell transplant. Considering that many patients currently cannot benefit from a stem cell transplant for lack of matching donors, this discovery looks to be highly promising for the treatment of various types of cancer.”

Mick Bhatia, director of the Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute at McMaster University, agreed UM171 looks promising because it appears to overcome the challenge of getting cord blood stem cells to regenerate and renew themselves outside the body, in a lab dish.

“That’s been very tricky,” said Bhatia, a blood stem cell scientist who was not involved in the research.

“So this drug, this molecule, that they’ve got seems to provide some magic potion to put into the culture dish and increase the number of blood stem cells they started with,” he said from Hamilton.

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Moderation in all things COMIC STEVE PATTERSON BRINGS HIS FAMILY-AND-POLITICS-BASED HUMOUR TO RED DEER

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Comic Steve Patterson intends to send a message to all big jerks when his stage show This is Not Debatable hits Red Deer.

“The show’s overall theme will be ‘Don’t be an arsehole,’ because there’s a lot of them in this world,” said Patterson, who performs at the Memorial Centre on Saturday, Sept. 27. “They seem to be making the news lately.”

The Toronto resident has been immersed in articles about the upcoming municipal election in that city. Controversial Rob Ford had been running for re-election against more politicallycorrect rivals, including Jack Layton’s widow, Olivia Chow, until he opted to step out of the mayoral race and try for a council seat instead. Now his brother Doug Ford is running for mayor.

Patterson is getting tired of all the drama and feels “there’s a lot of negative campaigning” in the election — although he’s hardly been in Rob Ford’s camp, despite his tumour scare.

The comic holds Toronto’s just-outof-rehab former mayor in contempt because “he’s taking comedians’ jobs away from them” every time he opens his mouth. “All you have to do is hold (Ford’s) picture up now and people will laugh, you don’t have to go any further.”

Politics always provide abundant material for jerk-related jokes, said Patterson — but then so does family life.

Up to now, Patterson has mostly picked on his own ill-fated childhood for kid-related comedy, but that’s changed with the birth of his two-weekold daughter.

Now Patterson can get beyond stories about his stingy Irish father (who taught him that “giving a kid the best day of his life means setting expectations very low”) and focus instead on his concerns for his little girl.

The stand-up comic, who’s best known for moderating CBC’s The Debaters show, admitted he’s already thinking ahead about how to keep his daughter away from all the little boys, “who are arseholes. ...

“I have to teach her how to fend for herself against those little buggers.”

Patterson got married three years ago, on exactly the same day Prince William wed Kate Middleton. “We chose our day and then that arsehole decided to choose the same day,” he recalled.

In contrast to the very public Royal wedding, Patterson and his wife decided to skip out to the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean to get hitched.

But they still couldn’t avoid throngs of people.

“Unlike most people who go to St. Lucia to get married, we didn’t want a beach wedding,” he said, “We wanted to do it in a Catholic church.” All the local St. Lucians were so thrilled with this novelty, “they turned out to line the streets for us.”

It was very nice wedding, added Patterson, “but I’m not sure it’s legal in Canada. ...”

The comedian who was chosen Best Male Comic at the 2011 and 2013 Canadian Comedy Awards may never have found his life’s calling if he hadn’t been fired from his copywriting job in advertising some 16 years ago.

He didn’t talk about what happened for many years, but now feels enough time has passed to reveal details.

A company he will only describe as “a Mickey Mouse organization” wanted to advertise the 25th anniversary of one of its roller-coasters.

Patterson dutifully made up some real advertising proposals and one in-house joke version he intended to share only with friends around the office.

Unfortunately, a prankster stuck this version in with the real proposals and, suffice it to say, representatives from the client company were not amused.

His joke copy? It stated the rollercoaster’s anniversary would give middle-aged dads another chance to ride a 25-year-old.

“There’s no real ‘funny’ in advertising,” Patterson concluded with a sigh.

Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. show are $47 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Comic Steve Patterson, best known for moderating CBC’s The Debaters show, will be performing in Red Deer at the Memorial Centre on Sept. 27.

A not-so-funny family plot THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU LEAVES OUT THE COMEDY This Is Where I Leave You Two stars (out of four) Rated: 14A In This Is Where I Leave You, a couch becomes a comedy war zone for members of the dysfunctional (and fictional) Altman clan. They must sit shiva for their recently deceased father, who lived as an atheist but wanted to die as a Jew. “You’re all grounded!” widowed mother Hilary (Jane Fonda) commands her estranged and warring offspring PETER Judd (Jason HOWELL Bateman), Wendy (Tina Fey), Paul (Corey Stall) and Phillip (Adam Driver).

Rabbi Grodner (Ben Schwartz), aka childhood pal “Boner,” barks out shiva mourning protocol: “Seven days: no work, no travel, your ass is in those seats. Those are the rules.”

The prospect of watching such a brainy and bigmouthed ensemble battle it out in close quarters summons hope that they might match or improve on the familial fireworks of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? or August: Osage County.

Alas, this shiva doesn’t sit, it plotzes. It’s more in line with the sitcom schticking of Cheaper by the Dozen and the wearisome frenzy of Night at the Museum, just two of many previous confections by director Shawn Levy.

The ass-in-seats conceit is dropped almost from the get-go by Levy and screenwriter Jonathan Tropper, who adapts his own novel. The Altmans roam and rage through house and town, following several narrative threads that get increasingly ridiculous, almost to the point of begging for both laughter and empathy. Hilary is a celebrity shrink and author with an unfettered libido, a new set of fake boobs and a new self-help tome, Cradle & All, that is uncomfortably too tell-all for her brood, who are all taxed with life issues big and small. Unhappy New York radio producer Judd, the main character and middle son, is dealing with sudden marital meltdown and unemployment, after discovering his wife

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This photo released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows, from left, Kathryn Hahn as Annie Altman, Tina Fey as Wendy Altman, Corey Stoll as Paul Altman, Jane Fonda as Hillary Altman, and Jason Bateman as Judd Altman, in a scene from the film This Is Where I Leave You. (Abigail Spencer) in bed with his shock jock boss (Dax Shepard).

His sister Wendy, an overstressed mom, has two bumptious youngsters and an absentee hubby. Corey, the tooserious older brother, is trying to keep the family sporting goods store going while also failing to start a family with his frustrated wife (Kathryn Hahn).

Phillip, the rebel stoner younger bro, has an older girlfriend (Connie Britton), who’s obviously too smart for him.

“Everybody’s sad or angry or lying or cheating,” Judd wearily observes of the scenario, which also includes Timothy Olyphant as a brain-damaged former beau of Wendy’s and Rose Byrne

as Judd’s former high school flame.

Judd is right, but what’s wrong about this supposed comedy is how unfunny and uninvolving much of it is.

Levy and Tropper figure it’s enough to just throw stuff out there, much like the flying feces of the potty-training child who pops into view a few times too many.

A large cast that looks great on paper becomes unwieldy on the screen, with talented people struggling to stay with a story and a camera that relentlessly skips from scene to scene.

Judd’s quest to find new meaning in love and life is reduced to Hallmark card moments set to Cyndi Lauper’s

sappy ballad Time After Time and a direct visual steal from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. There are a few good moments, most of them delivered by Fonda, who clearly revels in the chance to play the naughty mama.

And there’s the occasional good line, such as when Judd shouts “I am an adult!” while wrestling his brother on the front lawn, exhibiting no evidence of maturity whatsoever. The film’s 103-minute running time eventually starts to feel as onerous as that sevenday shiva obligation, which everybody seems to have forgotten about.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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Bull Skit returns next weekend Bull Skit is back, starting with two sexually charged season-opening shows next weekend.

The naughty singing-comedy duo The Dirrty Show will be featured musical guests at the local improvsketch comedy shows that runs Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27, at the Scott Block in Red Deer.

As well, watch for new sketches about awkward situations, deadly diseases (the funny side!), and a hot cop who knows how to make an impression in a uniform.

Of course, new rounds of fly-by-your-the-seat-ofyour-pants improvisational comedy will also hit the stage, as well as a newly choreographed musical dance number.

“Who knows what you will get when we all make it up on the spot?” says artistic director Jenna Goldade.

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What’s that falling on Chicken Little? Find out at the season-opening Calf Skit show next weekend.

The Calf Skit gang will present a unique version of the Chicken Little story at a family-friendly afternoon stage presentation on Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Scott Block in downtown Red Deer.

Kids in the audience can get involved in this version of the classic fairy tale about Chicken Little, Foxy Loxy, Ducky Lucky and Henny Penny.

In this production, the animal friends want to share their new dance with the world — but Chicken Little insists on dancing to his own drummer, as he really wants to be a detective. His big chance comes when he has to figure out why the sky is falling.

Come to the 2 p.m. show and see if Chicken Little gets to follow his dreams.

Tickets are $20 per family and are only available at the door. Doors open at 1:45 p.m. Kids get free popcorn. For more information, see www.BullSkitComedy.com.

Mother Mother here on Nov. 4 West Coast alt-rockers Mother Mother will stop

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 C7 in Red Deer to put on a show during a cross-country tour late this fall.

One of the most played acts on alternative radio, Mother Mother will perform on Friday, Dec. 5, at the Memorial Centre.

The five-piece Juno-nominated Vancouver outfit is best known for the singles The Stand, Bit By Bit, Let’s Fall in Love and Get Out The Way. Mother Mother is putting out a new album, Very Good Bad Thing, on Nov. 4.

The group is planning to tour from Halifax to Vancouver, with 20 shows across Canada late this year.

Tickets to the 7 p.m. Red Deer concert are $42 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Kryosphere here on Sept. 27 Edmonton death-metal rockers Kryosphere will perform in Red Deer during their West Koast Katastrophe Tour.

The old-school death-metal crusaders will play at Murph’s Bar on Saturday, Sept. 27, along with other head-banger bands Leave the Living, Armifera and Cryptosis.

Kryosphere put out two EPs, SOL and Six Feet Under, and is described as making music that combines memorable riffs with powerful vocals, a thumping bass, and inventive drums beats.

There’s a $10 cover charge for the 9 p.m. show.

Doors open at 8 p.m.

Rob Ford musical satire goes ahead nel Ford on stage, said he hoped the at-times raucous and raunchy romp through the mayor’s recent past would do the family justice.

“We’re having some fun, but we’re also being respectful at the same time,” Bergstrom said minutes after completing the premiere performance.

“We did not want a kick a man when he’s down.”

Jessica Herbert, an avid supporter of the mayor, admitted to some pangs about attending the show given the mayor’s poor health but said he would see the humour in it.

“I don’t think he’d have a problem with this,” Herbert said. He’d probably laugh along if he was sitting in the audience.“ Dubbed as “gravy train meets the crazy train” in reference to Ford’s campaign promise to cut waste at city hall, the “unabashed, take-no-prisoners comedy” traces Ford’s rise to notoriety, starting with reports in May last year of a cellphone video apparently

showing him smoking crack cocaine.

Brett McCaig, who co-wrote and produced Rob Ford the Musical: Birth of a Ford Nation ,slated to run through Sept. 28, said he wanted to bring a human quality to a man who had become a “two-dimensional cartoon character.”

“Sometimes, I just can’t help myself,” the main character laments, while other characters remind the audience, “There’s a little Rob Ford” in all of us.

While it’s unlikely to happen now, Bergstrom said he had hoped Ford would have been in the audience at some point and leave “feeling that he was given a fair shot.”

The show also features several characters who played roles in the mayor’s scandal-plagued year, including Ford’s brother played by Justin Bott.

Between them, Bergstrom and Bott create a convincing sense of the Fords’ sibling dynamic, the rivalry and the mutual support.

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Actor Sheldon Bergstrom plays the part of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in Rob Ford the Musical: Birth of A Ford Nation. Thee new musical about Toronto’s mayor opened despite Rob Ford’s cancer diagnosis — but the creators scrapped a planned party and red carpet.

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TORONTO — Close to 200 people turned out for Thursday’s premiere of a musical satire about Toronto’s infamous mayor just hours after a cancer-stricken Rob Ford thanked well wishers from his hospital bed for their support.

Organizers made some minor changes to the ending, pulled a planned red carpet, and dimmed the marquee out of respect for Ford’s situation.

But they decided the show had to go on in light of contractual obligations to cast, crew and theatre staff.

Some patrons admitted to feeling a touch uncomfortable at watching a show based on the notorious foibles of a man whose substance abuse and often offensive conduct made him a celebrity, a laughing stock and object of scorn.

“It’s bad timing that it’s opening just as he became ill,” said Patricia Ribbans-Hryciw, one of those in the near full house. “(But) it made Rob Ford look even more likeable than he is.”

Her husband, Nicholas Hryciw, had no qualms about going to see a funny show about Ford.

“It’s not about the illness, it’s about the show,” he said.

“I loved every minute of it. Everybody was absolutely incredible. I laughed so hard.”

In a nod to the mayor’s situation, audience members were asked to donate money to cancer research — something they can do at each show.

Earlier Thursday, Ford issued a recorded statement in which he pledged to face his health challenge head on.

He also urged voters to rally behind his brother Doug, who entered the mayoral race after the cancer forced him to withdraw.

Lead actor-singer Sheldon Bergstrom of Prince Albert, Sask., said word of the mayor’s illness struck a personal chord — his mother died of cancer just six weeks ago.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s top court has restored a Quebec trial judge’s decision that penalizes five banks for failing to meet provincial disclosure requirements when they charged currency-conversion fees to their credit card customers.

The banks had argued that Quebec’s Consumer Protection Act didn’t apply to them because of the constitutional division between provincial and federal powers — a position rejected by the Supreme Court of Canada and the lower courts.

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tawa and Quebec have detailed rules about the way in which credit card charges must be computed and disclosed but the two sets of rules are not inconsistent with each other.

The court said the banks were seeking “a sweeping immunity” from provincial laws but decided “there are many provincial laws providing for a variety of civil causes of action that can be potentially raised against banks.”

The Canadian Bankers Association, which was chosen to speak on behalf of the industry, said the decision would require “further study to determine what the implications will be for consumers.”

“Banks take the protection of their customers very

seriously,” the CBA said. “The federal consumer protection requirements of the Bank Act ensure that credit cardholders across Canada benefit from a clear, comprehensive and consistent set of rules that guarantee clear and simple disclosure of credit card terms and costs, and strong consumer protection monitored by the federal consumer protection regulator, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC).”

The class action suit that sparked the court battle with the banks was launched in April 2003 with Real Marcotte as the representative plaintiff.

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Tutu, Gladwell highlight speaker list at conference

DOING THE GROUND WORK

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Speakers from the list of who’s who in the world will speak during a conference of the Leadership Centre of Central Alberta on Monday and Tuesday.

Speakers include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel laureate and a human rights activist; Malcolm Gladwell, an award-winning journalist and best-selling author; Randall Wallace, screenwriter, director, producer and songwriter; Meg Wheatley, an organizational consultant, professor and author; and Barbara Bush, former First Lady in the U.S. Many of the 17 speakers will appear via video conference or computer link.

The second annual conference, called Engaging Minds, Inspiring Action, is at the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer.

The conference kicks off on Monday morning with keynote speaker Wheatley, who has written and lectured widely on leadership and resilience. She has challenged leaders to find creative solutions. Her topic on Monday is Engaging Minds in the Age of Distraction.

For more details about the conference, the speakers or their topics, go to http://conference.theleadershipcentre.ca/speakers,

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Ground work is well underway in one of Red Deer’s newest subdivisions. Just north of the Timberlands district in the city’s north east crews have broken ground with heavy machinery moving topsoil in preparation for the installation of services.

Homebuilders earn national recognition

Keystone XL cost surged while in limbo: TransCanada

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Costs for the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline will likely balloon from US$5.4 billion to as much as US$10 billion, TransCanada Corp. confirmed Friday, as the project marked its sixth year in regulatory limbo.

CEO Russ Girling told the Wall Street Journal that the price tag could rise to a “number that gets you into the high single digits to a 10 number.”

Company spokesman Shawn Howard confirmed the remarks.

“It is worth noting that increased project costs mean higher costs for refiners and consumers — and those costs will likely be passed on to all of us as consumers,” he added.

TransCanada (TSX:TRP) marked Friday what it called an “unfortunate milestone” for Keystone XL — six years precisely since it applied for a U.S. permit to build the pipeline.

Keystone XL would link 830,000 barrels per day of mostly oilsands crude to an existing network that feeds into the lucrative U.S. Gulf Coast refining market.

Environmental concerns over the project range from a potential spill’s impact on drinking water to the enabling of further oilsands development and its accompanying increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

Backers of the project say it would create construction jobs and displace crude imports to the U.S.

from unfriendly regimes.

“Our goal is to have more oil moving through pipelines which are safer, produce fewer emissions and provide safe, secure and reliable supplies of oil to American refineries,” said TransCanada president of development Alex Pourbaix.

Meanwhile, Reuters reported this week that U.S. hedge funds are eyeing a restructuring of TransCanada.

TransCanada, commenting on “significant trading activity” in its shares, said Friday it’s expected to generate significant cash flow, earnings and dividend growth in its current form.

“With its commercially secured $38 billion capital program and ongoing growth in its three core businesses, the company is well positioned to create significant shareholder value,” it said.

“Since 2000, TransCanada has delivered a 16 per cent annualized return to its shareholders including an average increase in dividends of seven per cent per annum.”

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Global Business Forum in Banff, Alta., TransCanada’s former CEO, Hal Kvisle, said a break-up of TransCanada would be “wild speculation.”

Kvisle, now Talisman Energy Inc.’s CEO, said TransCanada’s portfolio today “makes a ton of sense.”

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF Central Alberta homebuilders figured prominently in the list of winners of 2014 Awards of Excellence in Housing, which was announced Friday.

Falcon Homes of Sylvan Lake, and Sorento Custom Homes, Abbey Master Builder and True-Line Contracting of Red Deer were all recognized at the annual conference of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association — Alberta.

Falcon Homes received the award for Best Single Family Home Under $245,000, Sorento Custom Homes the award for Best Estate Home Between $1,000,000 and $1,750,000, and Abbey Master Builder the award for Best Multi-family Apartment Over $325,000. True-Line Contracting took home the Award of Merit for the Central Alberta region.

Awards of Excellence in Housing were presented in 23 categories, with three Builders of the Year and five regional Awards of Merit also handed out.

“Winning entries ranged from under $245,000 to more than $1.75 million,” said Jim Rivait, CEO of CHBA — Alberta.

There were a record 417 entries this year, with 156 judges selecting the winners. They considered curb appeal, layout, functionality, finishes, special features and value, said a release issued by CHBA — Alberta.

First impressions count: make your resumé shine Dear Working Wise: I read your recent employer job search tips article and I wondered if the employers said anything about resumés? I’m a recruiter and I see a lot of poor quality resumés.

— Inquisitive Interviewer Dear Inquisitive: The employers at the job-search presentation did touch on resumés briefly. What they said lined up with what I heard at another employer panel discussion that was specifically focused on resumés.

Here are some resumé tips straight from employers: CHARLES ● Always put your best foot STRACHEY forward — don’t assume employers will accept a sloppy WORKING resumé just because you’re applying for an entry-level WISE job. ● Resumés should be typed and two pages or less in length. ● Don’t scratch out errors — update and reprint your resumé.

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they want to meet. ● Include how long you worked for each of your previous employers, to the month — employers are wary of job-hoppers, because training and orienting staff is expensive. If you have jumped around a lot in the past, you might want to explain why in your cover letter.

Retail and restaurant employers receive hundreds of resumés a week.

Stand out from the crowd by dressing up and visiting the business in person. Ask to speak to the supervisor or manager and hand them your resumé in person. Retail and food-service businesses are open long hours and weekends.

The fastest way to get an employer’s attention in these kinds of industries is to include in your cover letter or resumé: “Available for all shifts, able to start work quickly/immediately.” For help writing or improving your resumé, check out the Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) website at http://alis. alberta.ca and put their resumé tip sheets and free online resumé review service to work for you.

Working Wise is compiled by Charles Strachey, a manager with Alberta Human Services, for general information. He can be contacted at charles.strachey@gov. ab.ca.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 101.89 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.26 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.38 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.89 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.51 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.95 Cdn. National Railway . . 81.25 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 226.27 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.50 Capital Power Corp . . . . 27.35 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.31 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.49 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 56.48 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 32.36 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.57 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.94 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.24 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.22 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 52.50 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 72.07 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.08 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.07 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 61.38 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 117.00 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.65 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.70 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 57.90 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market pulled back sharply, weighed down by metals and mining, gold and financials stocks.

The S&P/TSX composite index dropped 200.19 points to 15,265.35. The Canadian dollar unchanged 91.35 cents US. Metals and mining was the leading decliner on the Toronto market, down 4.03 per cent even as December copper was flat at US$3.09 a pound.

The gold sector followed, down by 2.39 per cent as December bullion lost $10.30 to US$1,216.60 an ounce. Meanwhile, the November crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 33 cents to US$91.65 a barrel and the energy sector faded 1.87 per cent.

The big decline in the Toronto exchange came despite optimism in most global markets following Scotland’s decision to remain part of the United Kingdom. Fifty-five per cent of Scots voted against independence in the referendum Thursday, compared with 45 per cent in favour of separation.

Meanwhile, U.S. markets were mixed amid the stability from the vote and the blockbuster IPO debut of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba.

The Dow Jones industrials was

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.32 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.45 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 86.47 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.84 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 32.47 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 17.10 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.97 First Quantum Minerals . 21.61 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 25.91 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.93 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.86 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.82 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 38.68 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.56 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 21.94 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 30.53 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 27.02 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 67.74 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.92 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 59.60 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.07 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.91 Canyon Services Group. 14.00 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.41 CWC Well Services . . . 0.8900 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 23.79 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.56 ahead 13.75 points at 17,279.74, to hit another record high. The Nasdaq dipped 13.64 points at 4,579.79 and the S&P 500 index was relatively flat, losing 0.96 of a point to 2,010.40.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Friday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,265.35, down 200.19 points Dow — 17,279.74, up 13.75 points (record high) S&P 500 — 2,010.40, down 0.96 of a point Nasdaq — 4,579.79, down 13.64 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.35 cents US, unchanged Pound — C$1.7843, down 0.81 of a cent Euro — C$1.4053, down 0.88 of a cent Euro — US$1.2837, down 0.81 of a cent Oil futures: US$91.65 per barrel, down 33 cents (November contract) Gold futures: US$1,216.60 per oz., down $10.30

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 97.12 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 66.51 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.05 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 32.00 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 54.46 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.06 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.01 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.075 Precision Drilling Corp . . 12.14 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 41.99 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 10.06 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.61 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 8.50 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 66.05 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 84.39 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 71.56 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.95 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 40.17 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.33 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.04 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . . 5.69 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.68 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.12 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 53.01 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.03 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 81.80 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.85 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.56 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.373 oz., down 76.7 cents $654.99 kg., down $24.66 ICE FUTURES WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $8.90 lower $397.50; Jan ’15 $8.30 lower $404.50; March ’15 $7.20 lower $411.70; May ’15 $5.90 lower $418.20; July ’15 $4.60 lower $423.70; Nov ’15 $3.20 lower $418.60; Jan. ’16 $3.20 lower $422.10; March ’16 $3.20 lower $425.90; May ’16 $3.20 lower $425.90; July ’16 $3.20 lower $425.90; Nov. ’16 $3.20 lower $425.90.

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.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 603,620 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 603,620.

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BANKS: Ruling upholds trial judge’s decision

the relevant provisions of the CPA to banks would impair the core federal banking power. We disagree,” the Supreme Court said in its decision on Bank of Montreal vs Marcotte.

“While interjurisdictional immunity remains an extant constitutional doctrine, the court has cautioned against excessive reliance on it. . . . We note that there is no precedent for the doctrine’s application to the credit card activities of banks.”

It says the Quebec’s Consumer Protection Act does affect how banks carry out certain activities but that the rules don’t amount to impairing federal powers and it is hard to imagine how these provisions would force Parliament to pass legislation to countermand them.

“For these reasons, we conclude that the Court of Appeal was correct in holding that interjurisdictional immunity is not engaged,” the unanimous decision says.

Investors relieved Scotland decided to stay

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Scotland’s decision to reject independence from the United Kingdom gave British markets a shortterm lift Friday but worries over future constitutional changes kept a lid on the relief rally.

The No campaign won 55.3 per cent of the votes cast in Thursday’s referendum against 44.7 per cent who backed independence. The margin was wider than expected — most opinion polls on the eve of the vote were predicting a narrower 4-point victory for proponents of the union with England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Investors breathed a sigh of relief that a host of thorny economic issues were not triggered by a Yes vote. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares ended up 0.3 per cent at 6,837.92 but had been higher earlier in the session.

As well as worries over what currency an independent Scotland would use, investors had concerns over how the U.K.’s 1.3 trillion pounds ($2.1 trillion) debt would be split. There were even fears that a Yes vote may have triggered a bank run. The uncertainty was so great that Bank of England Governor Mark Carney flew back early from a summit in Australia.

“It might not have been financial meltdown territory, but the markets almost certainly would have been in turmoil if the Scots had voted yes,” said Dennis de Jong, managing director at UFX.com.

Those companies with Scottish connections outperformed the general market. Among them, Royal Bank of Scotland PLC closed up 2.5 per cent, while Lloyds Banking Group PLC rose 1.3 per cent.

Royal Bank of Scotland, which is majority-owned by the U.K. government since receiving a bailout during the financial crisis in 2008, said it was abandoning a contingency plan that included moving its head office down south to England.

“That contingency plan is no longer required,” the bank said in a statement. “Following the result it is business as usual for all our customers across the U.K. and RBS.” In the currency markets, the pound suffered a bit of a reverse Friday as

traders raked in profits accumulated over the past week when the currency rallied strongly on growing expectations of a No vote.

Having earlier risen to a two-year high of 1.2817 euros, the pound settled around the 1.27 euro mark, down slightly on the day. Against the dollar, the pound was down 0.8 per cent at $1.6320, but still over two cents higher than it was ten or so days ago when the Yes campaign looked like it could win.

Uncertainty over the pound was likely a key element in the No campaign’s victory. A key concern had been what currency an independent Scotland would use.

The Yes campaign had hoped it would still use the pound through a currency union with what’s left of the U.K. but the main British political parties insisted that wasn’t going to happen.

Now that the independence issue has been resolved, the focus in markets is swiftly moving on. Late on in the campaign, Scotland, which has its own Parliament responsible for a wide array of policies such as health and education, was promised further devolved powers from London.

Cameron’s statement to create a “balanced settlement, fair to people in Scotland and importantly to everyone in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as well” suggests more reforms are likely to be proposed as part of a broad-based constitutional rejig in the U.K. “Precisely what this will entail may be unclear for some time, but it adds an additional coating of uncertainty to that provided by the 2015 general election that could keep the pound firmly on the back foot for the remainder of the year,” said Neil Mellor, senior currency strategist at Bank of New York Mellon.

Moody’s Investor Services later maintained its “Aa1” rating and stable outlook on the U.K.’s governmentbacked bonds.

“While the political process going forward will likely lead to further devolution of powers to Scotland and some changes in the fiscal transfers, the rating agency does not anticipate that these will have a material impact on the quality of the U.K.’s institutions, or its financial strength,” Moody’s analyst Sarah Carlson said.

Inflation unchanged in August: StatsCan

seven per cent for the past year, PeMarcotte had Bank of Montreal and

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS tramala noted, and prices that are Desjardins credit cards, but the class normally tied to economic conditions action was filed on behalf of similar OTTAWA — Canada’s annual infla- showed some signs of decelerating in customers at nine banks and Quebec’s tion rate held steady at 2.1 per cent August. largest credit union, Desjardins.

The central bank forecasts for inflain August, according to new Statistics Marcotte later filed a separate class tion to be about two per cent for the Canada figures released Friday. action against the provincially reguBut many observers were caught off next two and a half years, and for core lated Desjardins after the federally guard by an unexpected jump in an- underlying inflationary pressures to regulated banks indicated they’d make other key indicator that helps the Bank remain below the two per cent target a constitutional challenge. of Canada decide if it should raise or until 2016.

Another class action against Amex The bank’s key interest rate has lower interest rates. was filed on similar grounds to inCore inflation, the number the cen- held at one per cent for four years, and clude non-consumer card holders who tral bank closely monitors and which the consensus among economists is weren’t covered by Quebec’s Consumer excludes some items from the volatile that it’s not expected to edge upward Protection Act. energy and food categories, was 2.1 per until closer to mid-2015.

The trial judge found that five of the “The unexpected rise in the officent, after an increase of 1.7 per cent nine banks and Desjardins had viocial core inflation rate, mainly due to in July. lated the provincial rules for disclosEconomists had expected a gain of recent price hikes in household coming how foreign exchange fees were 1.8 per cent, according to Thomson Re- munications, doesn’t appear to reflect calculated. any tightening in domestic economic uters.

But that four of the nine banks had The spike in core inflation had a lot conditions and therefore won’t change disclosed the information in accorto do with the higher cost of cigarettes the Bank of Canada’s neutral interest dance with the Quebec Consumer Proand beer, according to Statistics Can- rate outlook,” David Madani of Capital tection Act and federal rules — a posiada’s monthly consumer price index. Economics wrote in an investors’ note. tion upheld on appeal.

Meanwhile, Statistics Canada says However, Quebec’s appeal court “The market wants yield, they want It also cost more than it did a year ago prices were higher in all 12 categories overturned the judge’s punitive dam- reliable companies that pay strong div- for telephone and Internet services.

Diana Petramala of TD Economics it looks at. ages against Amex Bank of Canada, idends and they want strong manageAs well, prices were up in every Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO), Citibank ment teams and TransCanada’s got all said the jump in core inflation was a bit of surprise, but consistent with the province, with Saskatchewan seeing and National Bank (TSX:NA). It upheld of that.” the highest gain and Prince Edward punitive damages against Toronto-DoPhil Adams, an analyst at indepen- recent pick up in the economy.

“Still, we are inclined not to get Island the smallest. minion (TSX:TD). dent corporate bond research firm On a seasonally adjusted basis, inThe Supreme Court of Canada par- Gimme Credit, said TransCanada worked up over one-month of data.

There is still evidence of a significant flation was up 0.1 per cent in August tially disagreed with the appeal court should stay as-is. and restored the trial judge’s decision “We agree with management that amount of slack in the Canadian econ- compared with the previous month, when it fell by 0.1 per cent. that held all five banks should pay pu- a strong balance sheet is critical for omy,” she wrote in a note to investors.

The unemployment nitive damages — about $25 per affect- tackling an enormous list of growth rate has held at around ed cardholder — for failing to disclose projects,” he wrote in a report. the currency conversion charges to their cardholders.

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Apple tightens security

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Apple has tightened its technological security so not even the company can pry into a password-protected iPhone or iPad, a move meant to reassure the millions of people who are increasingly storing vital pieces of their lives on the devices.

The additional safeguard is part of Apple’s latest mobile software, iOS 8, which the Cupertino, California, company released Wednesday. Apple Inc. revealed the stronger protection in a new section of its website that is prefaced with a letter from CEO Tim Cook who emphasized the company’s “fundamental” commitment to privacy and security.

“Our commitment to protecting your privacy comes from a deep respect for our customers,” Cook wrote. “We know that your trust doesn’t come easy.

That’s why we have and always will work as hard as we can to earn and keep it.”

Apple is highlighting its heightened security following a mortifying episode that unfolded earlier this month after computer hackers broke into the online accounts of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities who stored copies of personal photos on the company’s iCloud service.

Nude photos of Lawrence and other female stars were posted on various websites, causing some secu-

rity experts to question whether Apple had taken adequate precautions to thwart hackers trying to break into user accounts.

Since the nude photos appeared, Apple has been stressing the need for its users to rely on passwords that are difficult to guess. It has also recommended the adoption of a security feature known as two-step verification that requires a special code sent to mobile phones to be entered along with a password to log into accounts.

Apple’s inability to unlock password-protected smartphones and tablets could frustrate law enforcement officials who sometimes obtain court orders to vacuum personal data off the phones for potential evidence in criminal investigations.

The personal information will be blocked on more than just Apple’s newest mobile devices, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, that go on sale Friday. That’s because Apple is giving away iOS 8 to anyone with devices dating back to 2011. The software can be downloaded to devices as old as the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2. That covers hundreds of millions of devices already in use.

The number of legal requests that Apple gets for personal data off devices is relatively small. Apple provided some data in nearly 6,500 of the roughly 9,600 requests that law enforcement agencies around the world submitted for devices during the first half of this year, according to the company’s own account-

ing. Apple says the requests came in most cases after a device was stolen.

Like other technology companies, Apple is trying to depict itself as a trustworthy steward of people’s information after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents revealing government spies’ efforts to snoop on emails and other personal information as part of an effort to identify potential terrorists.

Apple, like its peers, has lashed out at the U.S. government’s digital surveillance programs and stressed that it isn’t co-operating with any of the spying.

Cook is seeking to draw an even bigger distinction between Apple and other prominent technology companies such as Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. that offer free online services financed by ads that are based on the personal preference expressed in emails that are scanned, search requests that are tracked and social media posts that are analyzed.

Apple doesn’t need to resort to those tactics, Cook said, because the company makes its money from the devices and services that it sells.

“A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer,” Cook wrote in his letter. “You’re the product. But at Apple, we believe a great customer experience shouldn’t come at the expense of your privacy.”

Oracle co-founder ends 37-year reign SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is stepping aside as CEO after 37 years at the helm of the business software maker, ending a colorful reign marked by his flamboyant behaviour and outlandish wealth amassed while building one of the world’s best-known technology companies.

With the changing of the guard announced Thursday, Ellison will be handing over his job to his two top lieutenants, Safra Catz and Mark Hurd, who become co-CEOs. Ellison, 70, intends to still play an influential role at Oracle Corp. He is taking over as Oracle’s executive chairman, replacing Jeff Henley in the position, and will oversee the engineering departments as chief technology officer. What’s more, Ellison remains Oracle’s biggest shareholder with a 25 per cent stake in the Redwood Shores, California, company that accounts for most of his $51 billion fortune.

Catz, Oracle’s chief financial officer until Thursday, will be responsible for manufacturing, legal and finance, while Hurd will supervise sales and all services. Both of them will report to Oracle’s board instead of Ellison. Oracle isn’t hiring a CFO to replace Catz.

“I am going to continue to do what I have been doing the past several years and they are going to continue doing what they have been doing the past several years,” Ellison told analysts during a Thursday conference call.

Given that Catz and Hurd are already handling many of the same duties as Oracle’s co-presidents, the new pecking order may not seem like much of a change, especially among investors who worried about the company’s sluggish growth in recent years.

Oracle’s stock slipped 86 cents, or 2 per cent, to $40.69 in Thursday’s extended trading following the company’s announcement. The downturn may have had more to do with Wall Street’s disappointment with Oracle’s fiscal first-quarter earnings, which were also announced late Thursday and missed analyst targets, than with the reshuffling of management duties.

The shake-up comes at a critical point in Oracle’s history. It is trying to adapt to the technological up-

heaval that is causing more of its corporate customers to lease software applications stored in remote data centres instead of paying licensing fees to install programs on machines kept in their own offices.

The shift to Internet-connected software has become known as “cloud computing.”

“While there was some speculation Larry could step down, the timing is a bit of a head scratcher in our opinion and the Street will have many questions,” said FBR Capital Markets analyst Daniel Ives.

Although Ellison has steadfastly insisted that Oracle is well positioned to sell more cloud computing services, smaller rivals such as Salesforce.com Inc. and Workday Inc. have been growing at a much faster clip. Both Salesforce, started by former Oracle executive Marc Benioff, and Workday, founded by longtime Oracle nemesis David Duffield, were created explicitly as cloud computing specialists.

In a post on his Twitter account, Benioff cast doubt about whether Ellison is really relinquishing any control. “There always has been, and always will be, one CEO at Oracle,” Benioff tweeted.

Since he co-founded Oracle with $1,200 of his own money in 1977, Ellison has become has well known for his antics away from the office as his accomplishments as the company’s CEO. Through the years, Ellison has driven fancy cars, flown his own jet, raced yachts, wooed beautiful women and owned ornate homes in San Francisco, Malibu and an exclusive Silicon Valley neighbourhood, where he spent $170 million on a 45-acre compound designed to remind him of Japan and the samurai warriors that he admires. In 2012, he bought his own Hawaiian island by acquiring 98 per cent of Lanai.

Last year, Ellison staged the boating race for America’s Cup in the San Francisco Bay, where a team of professional sailors that he personally financed won the trophy for the second straight time.

Ellison, a close friend of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, has always relished his status as the richest person in the nation’s high-tech heartland, where free-flowing stock options sometimes turned receptionists and cafeteria workers into millionaires.

Money is “a method of keeping score,” Ellison once told an interviewer.

Catz, 52, is a former investment banker who joined

Costco Canada shuffles cards CAPITAL ONE, MASTERCARD TRUMP AMERICAN EXPRESS TORONTO — Costco Wholesale Canada is switching credit card partners at the end of this year.

Capital One says it will offer a co-branded MasterCard on an exclusive basis with Costco Canada, which will end its 15-year-old relationship with American Express on Dec. 31.

MasterCard Canada has also reached an agreement for Costco Canada to accept any issuer’s MasterCard, not just those from Capital One. “We have always believed that success comes from working with outstanding companies that share our motivation to deliver great value, loyalty and an exceptional customer experience,” said Shane Holdaway, president of Capital One Canada.

“Our relationship with Costco and the new Capital One Costco MasterCard represent that philosophy perfectly and aligns with our vision to continue growing our credit card portfolio in Canada.”

The Capital One Canada co-branded MasterCard will double as a Costco membership card, which the retailer requires of shoppers before they can make purchases.

“This is a huge opportunity for MasterCard and Costco to increase membership, offer more value, better benefits and increased savings for cardholders and Costco members,” said MasterCard Canad president Betty DeVita said.

Costco is known for its no-frills warehouse-type stores that require shoppers to sign up for memberships and gives them limited payment choices — primarily debit card, cash and American Express, including a cobranded card.

Costco Canada spokesman Ron Damiani said the retailer’s U.S. stores have a different contract with American Express and will generally continue to accept its cards,

but not the co-branded Costco Amex cards issued in Canada. He said details on its new offering would be announced later.

Leonard Varaksa, Amex’s director of proprietary cards, said Thursday that the company has diversified its retail partners since it began working with Costco in 1999. Amex Canada also recently added two new cash-back cards, which will be offered to its general customer base including Costco members.

“We’ve had strong success in both the U.K. and the U.S. with cash-back and we’ve seen some good data in Canada to suggest that there’s a strong market for cash-back in Canada,” Varaksa.

“We have a multimillion-dollar, multi-channel marketing investment behind these new cash-back cards,” he said. “We built up this aggressive plan to be able to retain these Costco card members with these market-leading cards.”

Oracle in 1999. Hurd, 57, has been with Oracle for four years, but is best known the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. Hurd stepped down from HP in 2010 after that company’s board raised questions about his expense reports and his relationship with a company contractor.

Ellison ridiculed HP for its treatment of Hurd, a close friend, and hired him at Oracle.

“Safra and Mark are doing a spectacular job and deserve the recognition of their new titles,” Ellison told analysts Thursday.

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“Just as the people of Scotland will have more power over their affairs, so it follows that the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland must have a bigger say over theirs,” Cameron said. “The rights of these voters need to be respected, preserved and enhanced as well.”

Turnout in the referendum was just under 85 per cent, the highest level in Britain for more than half a century.

The No campaign won by wide margins in the capital, Edinburgh, and in Aberdeen, the country’s oil centre. The Yes campaign won Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city.

The vote had riveted the world. The strength of Scotland’s pro-independence feeling had concerned leaders of NATO and the European Union — and the result disappointed separatist movements from Catalonia to Italy to Quebec.

“At least the Scots went to the polls,” said Matteo Mognaschi, an observer from Italy’s separatist-minded Northern League who went to Edinburgh to see the vote. “They won’t even let us vote.”

The No vote saved Scotland’s 307-year union with England, bringing a huge sigh of relief to Britain’s economic and political establishment, including Cameron, who faced calls for his resignation if Scotland had broken away. It also kept United Kingdom from losing a substantial part of its territory and oil reserves or having to find a new base for its nuclear arsenal, now housed in Scotland.

In Washington, President Barack Obama welcomed Scotland’s choice and congratulated Scots for their “full and energetic exercise of democracy.”

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who had given 1 million pounds ($1.6 million) to the No campaign, hailed “a huge turnout, a peaceful democratic process: We should be proud.”

The decision spares Britain a prolonged period of financial insecurity. The pound rose to a high of $1.6509 Friday after the result, and London’s FTSE 100 index was also one of the best-performing stock markets in Europe, trading 0.7 per cent higher on the day.

“We have chosen unity over division,” Alistair Darling, head of the No campaign, said Friday.

EDINBURGH — Following a long night that brought floods of relief for some and bitter disappointment for others, Scotland awoke with a hangover Friday after voting to reject independence.

Now, the task was to heal the divide — and use the energy the referendum unleashed to hold London politicians to promises of more powers for Scotland.

The result — 55 per cent to 45 per cent — was more decisive than pollsters had foreseen and prompted Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who led the unsuccessful Yes campaign, to resign.

But it meant almost half of Scotland’s more than 5 million people woke up in a country, the United Kingdom, that they wished to leave.

Queen Elizabeth II, who has kept out of the political debate, said Friday that “all of us throughout the United Kingdom will respect” the result.

In a statement from her Scottish home at Balmoral castle, the monarch said “despite the range of views that have been expressed, we have in common an enduring love of Scotland, which is one of the things that helps to unite us all.”

Still, Yes supporters have first to get over their bitter disappointment.

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Sierra Leone begins Ebola lockdown FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone confined its 6 million people to their homes Friday for the next three days as the Ebola-ravaged West African country began what was believed to be the most sweeping lockdown against disease since the Middle Ages.

In a desperate effort to bring the outbreak under control, thousands of health-care workers began going house to house in crowded urban neighbourhoods and remote villages, hoping to find and isolate infected people.

President Ernest Bai Koroma urged his countrymen to co-operate.

“The survival and dignity of each and every Sierra Leonean is at stake,” he said Thursday night in an address to the nation.

Health officials said they planned to urge the sick to leave their homes and seek treatment.

There was no immediate word on whether people would be forcibly removed, though authorities warned that anyone on the streets during the lockdown without an emergency pass would be subject to arrest.

More than 2,600 people have died in West Africa over the past nine months in the biggest outbreak of the virus ever recorded, with Sierra Leone accounting for more than 560 of those deaths.

Many fear the crisis will grow far worse, in part because sick people afraid of dying at treatment centres are hiding in their homes, potentially infecting others.

However, international experts warned there might not be enough beds for new patients found during the lockdown, which runs through Sunday.

Most people seemed to be taking the order seriously, and there were no immediate reports of resistance.

“It will protect our country from this dangerous virus,” said Ishmail Bangura, a Freetown resident. “Many of our people have died — nurses and doctors, too — so if they ask us to stay home for three days, for me it is not bad.”

Across West Africa, health-care workers have been attacked by villagers who accused them of spreading Ebola. Some citizens have also violently resisted efforts to quarantine them.

As the lockdown took effect, wooden tables lay empty at the capital’s usually vibrant markets, and only a dog scrounging for food could be seen on one normally crowded street in Freetown.

Amid the heat and frequent power cuts, many residents sat on their front porches, chatting with neighbours.

Ambulances were on standby to bring any sick people to the hospital for isolation. The health care workers also planned to hand out 1.5 million bars of soap and dispense advice on Ebola.

“We hope and pray that when we talk to people they will take it as counselling,” said Rebecca Sesay, a community Ebola education team leader.

“That is why we are all out here.”

The World Health Organization said it has no record of any previous nationwide shutdown of this scale and suggested it has not happened since the plague devastated Europe during the Middle Ages.

The closest parallel seems to have been a plague scare in India in 1994, when officials closed off a region around the city of Surat, shutting down schools, offices, movie theatres and banks.

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly on Friday that the UN’s new force to fight Ebola, the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, or UNMEER, will be headquartered in Accra, Ghana and will have offices in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

UNICEF said the government campaign provides an opportunity to tell people how to protect themselves.

“If people don’t have access to the right information, we need to bring lifesaving messages to them, where they live, at their doorsteps,” said Roeland Monasch, UNICEF representative in Sierra Leone.

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With a fireplace as the centrepiece and a bright yellow accented with white, this room is warm and inviting. The room before is below.

Testing the temperature theory CAN THE COLOUR OF PAINT AFFECT THE WARMTH OF YOUR HOUSE? Working, as we do, in the drabbest of homes, we regularly uncover worlds that, while short on style, are high on livable space.

In Britain, traditionally, we have smaller houses (which makes our job as designers more difficult) but in Canada the reverse applies, meaning we have commodious spaces in which to work.

This particular residence was bursting with square footage (as our scandalous “before’’ shot attests) but it positively reeked of days gone by.

On the positive side, its occupants were fun and outgoing ... though they wouldn’t have recognized good design had it COLIN & walked up and slapped them JUSTIN in the face.

Aye, there was work to be done.

Maybe it was the joyous laughter resounding around their home, or the bubbly that popped when we arrived (“a day without champagne is like a day without sunshine,” quipped our clients). But, either way, we were seduced by one of the loveliest broods we’ve ever encountered as our cross-Canadian mission of decorative beautification continues apace.

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Panelling Born of a strict budget, we specified inexpensive beading and picture rail (cut and mitred to size) to create decorative substance.

Painted satin white, it provided a kid-friendly, hard-wearing surface that will endure for years to come.

Let the sunshine in Good decorating, as we see it, pertains to balance.

Minus the paneling, this colour might have been overpowering. Moderated, however, by white and the zesty yellow becomes magical.

If daffodil, for you, is a shade too far, tone down and find your comfort zone.

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Then perhaps duck egg blue, or softest green (set above white) will better serve your decorating predilections.

We rarely suggest following our work to the letter; we’d rather you choose the most relevant elements, and then develop your scheme accordingly.

Balance of power Still on our colour trip, we added mid-grey wing chairs to further tame the punchy yellow.

Grey, when decorating, is a perfect leveler and works well to temper feistier shades.

Try it also with vivid lime, verdant green or even hot orange and prepare to be amazed by its powers of designer redress.

Mix pattern with plain Don’t feel you must be exclusively ‘patterned’ or entirely ‘plain’ — mixing and matching is fun and adds schematic personality.

Here, for example, we employed patterned cushions on a plain sofa, flanked a patterned blind with plain curtains and placed a patterned coffee table on a plain rug.

The plain elements stop patterns from overlapping and keep the design clean and fresh.

Coffee table DIY Armed with a $30 sheet of MDF, we asked our carpenter to make a rectangular MDF box that we subsequently covered using scraps of wallpaper from a previous job.

Topped with glass, it makes a dramatic statement for around $65 in total.

So successful, in fact, was this project that we created an identical structure (albeit with a more subdued paper) for the basement that features as part of our new TV show. All will be revealed when Cabin Pressure (Season Two) airs in spring.

Accessories For final dressing, we exercised restraint with a contemporary aesthetic (mirrors and vases, etc.) in one creamy shade.

If you struggle to find everything you need in your chosen colour, reach for your trusty spray can, press that trigger, and revamp existing items.

As you grapple with chillier prospects, find solace in the fact that décor can help maintain temperatures. Sure, summer’s warmer face may be turning away, but there’s no reason that fall 2014 can’t be similarly warm and inviting. It’s just a matter of appropriate décor, clever balance, and learning to paint a sunny smile!

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Adding a fireplace here, for example, immediately established a much-needed focal point while warming the room into the bargain.

This was easy: our contractor constructed a heat proof (fully lined, built to code) drywall chimney breast before installing a hearth, an electric slot-in fire and dreamy, slate grey tiles.

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Brushed steel paint effect Dear Debbie: I am tempted to try to use metallic paint that I have seen in the store, but before I buy it I’d like to know more about it. Do I dilute the paint? Do I use regular paint tools?

Can I apply it over wood or on a wall? — Kit Dear Kit: Metallic paint is just as versatile as regular paint and has many exciting decoraDEBBIE tive possibiliTRAVIS ties. Metallic paint is available in spray cans as well as paint pots (small) and tins. Today’s preference is acrylic or water-based.

Before you purchase, check the label for the type of metallic paint (water-based or oil) and what it covers.

There are metallic paints that are designed to cover metals as well ones that cover wall and wood surfaces. This paint can be applied by spray, with a roller, a bristle brush or a sponge brush.

As with regular latex paint, you can add glazing liquid to metallic paint to give it a more translucent look; glaze also retards the drying time so that you can work with it for creating paint finishes.

You can easily replicate the look of brushed steel panels with paint. I have applied it to the lower section of the wall shown here.

The base coat is black latex paint in a satin finish.

I mixed two coloured glazes using water-based silver and aluminum metallic paint. The recipe is one part paint to one part glazing liquid.

I taped off three-foot panels, leaving a one-eighth-inch gap in between panels. Working on one panel at a time, the silver glaze is applied with a brush in patches moving horizontally and

vertically, to cover 70 per cent of the black basecoat. The aluminum glaze fills in the gaps. The colours are then blended using the same horizontal and vertical strokes leaving bits of black showing.

With a dry rag, polish the tacky paint, removing more glaze and creating a steel patina.

The upper walls were painted in a rich café au lait, which along with the steel produces a warm, complementary glow that radiates day and night.

Dear Debbie: I’m moving into my first apartment and am looking to create a serene, relaxing environment for my master bedroom that comes off mature and polished. My duvet is a bold pattern, bedding colours are lilac, baby blue and pale green.

Walls and floor are white.

I prefer a dark room to sleep in and am wondering about the colour for the drapes. Do I have to stick with white?

I’d also like to incorporate maps and travel items or wall hangings but not sure how to do this with the bedding having such a bold print.

I look forward to your advice. — Lisa Dear Lisa: The serenity in your room is being developed with your choice of quiet colours. You have enough white.

Choose a darker tone of one of those colours for your drapes and have them lined.

You could also purchase blackout blinds to hang behind the drapes.

The duvet will dominate, but does not have to be the only focal point.

Maps and treasures brought back from travels inspire you to think happy thoughts and dream of adventures to come.

They will heighten your enjoyment of the space. Maps are a big trend right now. Go to flea markets as all the maps from the old school rooms from the 1930s and ’40s are now being sold.

They are roll-down maps on wood dowels. Place travel items on a floating shelf or dresser.

Debbie Travis’s House to Home column is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com. You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter. com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbie’s new website, www.debbietravis.com.

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Small house trend gets bigger When I look at Canadian lifestyles, frames,” explains LaCrosse. “The end finances and home ownership, it’s ob- result looks the same as a wood frame vious that we need more small, attrac- house, but the cost and efficiency adtive, durable and economivantages are better. We pass cal homes. The trick is findthese savings on to our cusing a builder with the vision tomers.” and spunk to buck current So how do LaCrosse and preconceptions and build Turner make a steel-frame small in a world of monster home energy efficient in our houses. A passion for buildcold Canadian climate? ing small is also why I took By using all the best innotice of a couple of guys sulation technologies, that’s creating tiny, modular houshow. es from their home base in Safe spray foam is apsmall-town Canada. And as plied to wall cavities beit turns out, they’re not just tween steel studs before building small, they’re also drywall goes on, with an adbuilding differently. ditional layer of rigid foam Frank LaCrosse and Jib insulation added to the outSTEVE Turner are two very differside of the frame as part of MAXWELL ent men. Lacrosse has 50 the exterior insulation finyears of experience buildishing system. ing everything from resiThis high-performance dential projects to hotels, and Turner stucco-like treatment is generically is the PR side of their business. Com- known as EIFS in the construction ining together in 2009, they share a pas- dustry, and it’s one of the longest lastsion to create full-featured homes in ing, most maintenance-free options the 600-to-1,000-square-foot size. for building exteriors. LaCrosse and Easy to heat, easy to maintain and Turner are the only builders I’ve seen easy to afford are what they think a using EFIS on small homes. Finding sizable number of Canadians want but labour is another challenge Turner can’t find in a home. Meeting this need and LaCrosse face. is why they started Northern Metal “Lack of skills isn’t the main probFraming and www.smallhouseguys. lem because skills can be taught,” says com. But few new ventures are simple, LaCrosse. especially when that venture is innova“The real problem is that too few tive. people are willing to deliver eight “Banks insist that you own a chick- hours of work for eight hours of pay.” en before they’ll consider loaning you This said, passion is the one enduran egg,” laments Turner. ing thing keeps these men going.

“Finding the capital we need for “I’ve listened to retired people in expansion has been one of the big- tears because they’re stuck in a much gest hurdles we face. Part of this re- bigger home than they can afford, but luctance is because we make homes can’t find a small, decent, efficient of a size that haven’t been built in this modern house at a reasonable cost,” country in meaningful numbers since says Turner. “I want to change this.” the early 1950s. We’re also building Will Turner and LaCrosse succeed? in an entirely different way than most I hope so and there are big things other builders, using modular methods working in their favour. A genuine and wood-free frames.” need for small, efficient houses exLaCrosse began his building ca- ists and is growing. The technology reer with wood, but he’s been sold to build modular homes at lower cost on the virtues of building with steel than site-built houses also exists. for decades. Most commercial buildAll that’s needed is for more Canaings these days are made with steel dians and lending institutions to realframes, and that’s the way LaCrosse ize that when it comes to houses, small and Turner build small homes in their is an exceptionally good idea.

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One of the homes built by the Small House Guys. The 800-square-foot living space is ample for many people these days, and the attached garage is something that’s almost never found on tiny houses.

Extended warranties are not always worth it THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Offers of extended warranties or service contracts are becoming the norm, whether you buy a bigticket item like a car or kitchen appliance or a less expensive one like a television or phone.

The plans basically are insurance policies in case something goes wrong, but they come at a price.

Federal Trade Commission staff attorney Svetlana Gans says consumers should research a service plan before deciding whether to buy an extended warranty. But she acknowledges that could be difficult, since many of them are offered at the same time the product is purchased.

The FTC says on its website that a service contract “might not be worth the price.”

And Anthony Giorgianni, associate finance editor of Consumer Reports’ Money Adviser newsletter, says, “You can go broke basically insuring everything you buy.”

So how do you decide whether to purchase one?

“I would definitely look at the duration and when the coverage actually starts,” Gans says. If it begins immediately, does it overlap with the manufacturer’s warranty?

Also, consider whether the service plan costs more than repairs would, she says.

Find out what’s covered and what’s excluded, Gans advises. Does it cover spilling coffee on your computer keyboard, for example, or just defects in the device itself?

And if something goes wrong, where do you file a claim or bring the product for repair? This is important since many service-contract providers are third parties, not the stores where the item was purchased, she says.

One of those providers is SquareTrade, which offers protection plans for a range of smartphones, computers, electronics, home appliances and other products.

Ty Shay, the company’s chief marketing officer, says purchasing a protection plan is “an in-

dividual decision — how you feel about the item and whether you can live without it.”

Shay said the company has sold tens of millions of protection plans, working with retailers like Costco, Sam’s Club and Amazon; you can also buy its plans online.

SquareTrade’s plans are for products bought within the previous 30 days.

They cover accidents, drops, spills and other malfunctions, but not loss or theft. If you have a problem with an iPhone, for example, SquareTrade gives you the option of getting a replacement phone overnight or taking the phone to an Apple store for repairs and then being reimbursed for the cost to fix it.

For repairs on appliances, Square Trade’s protection plans provide in-home service, Shay says.

Consumer Reports’ Giorgianni doesn’t think service contracts are worth the money.

“You’re basically paying a fee on the possibility that the thing may malfunction, break or other ways go bad in ways that will conform to the fine print in that coverage,” he says.

Consumers would be better off, he says, amassing a repair fund should something go wrong. “I love extended warranties and service contracts but only the ones you sell yourself,” he says.

“Look at the price of that contract and put the money in the bank and hold it there.”

Some consumers might have another option: extended coverage through home insurance.

“All personal property under the homeowner policy could be covered, as well as the main systems of the home,” says Rebecca Galovich, assistant vice-president of personal lines at Hartford Steam Boiler, which provides home-systems protection coverage.

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Toilets are one of the most important and misunderstood pieces of equipment in a house. Even though homeowners tend to keep a plunger next to a toilet, it doesn’t mean they know how to fix it when it isn’t working properly.

Troubleshooting common toilet problems

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA — Toilets are one of the most important and misunderstood pieces of equipment in a house. Even though homeowners tend to keep a plunger next to a toilet, it doesn’t mean they know how to fix it when it isn’t working properly.

Clogs seem to be an obvious problem, but Scott Armour, pipe trades instructor at Camosun College in Victoria, says there are other common issues that could cause a toilet to run inefficiently.

“Homeowners often run into leaky flapper valves,” says Armour.

“That is a valve in the bottom of the tank. When you press down your handle it lifts up the flapper valve and lets the water flow from the tank to the bowl.”

When the valve fails, Armour says water will leak from the tank into the toilet bowl.

If a homeowner suspects the flapper isn’t working effectively, he says it is easy to diagnose by putting a bit of food colouring in the tank. If the food colouring turns up in the bowl, the flapper needs to be replaced.

“It is a fairly simple problem to fix,” says Armour.

“You have to identify what type of toilet you have, which can be done by just taking the flapper out. It is just clipped on in two places and attached to the handle with a small chain.”

To figure out which flapper is needed, take the flapper that’s been removed to a plumbing wholesaler, who will be able to match it to a new one that fits the toilet.

“You should just replace it the exact same way you removed it,” says

Armour.

Homeowners should be aware that some repairs may require turning off the water and draining the toilet tank.

Fred Bretzke, instructor at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and columnist for Mechanical Business magazine, says clogs and backedup toilets often need to be dealt with by a professional plumber.

Homeowners can try to remove the clog themselves by using a plunger, but Bretzke says if the backup doesn’t clear or the problem returns, it may be time to call a plumber.

“Hard objects, other than what is supposed to be flushed, fall in and get stuck,” says Bretzke.

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out.”

Bretzke says plumbers often have to drain and remove the tank, then lift the toilet outside where “thumping it” on grass or soft snow — not the sidewalk or asphalt — will cause whatever is stuck to fall out.

To avoid having things fall into the toilet, Bretzke says homeowners should avoid putting things like candles and other objects on the tank or on the vanity near the toilet.

Putting vinegar in the water in the tank is another easy way to keep the toilet flushing properly.

“Sometimes the toilet doesn’t flush right, and the water doesn’t swirl all the way around. That is because calcium is plugging the inside holes around the bottom rim of the toilet,” he says.

“Vinegar in the tank will flush through the holes, helping clear the calcium buildup.”

Make your home safer for those with allergies

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Although the thought of sleeping with millions of dust mites — microscopic arachnids that feast on flakes of skin — is just plain gross, it’s something most people can handle without worry.

After all, our bodies are inhabited by multitudes of bacteria, to which we seldom give a thought.

For the many people who suffer from allergies, though, the allergens in dust-mite feces and body parts can lead to chronic sinus problems and coughing, among other symptoms.

If gone untreated, the problem can escalate to eczema and asthma, particularly in children, according to James Sublett, president-elect of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

“The sooner you intervene, the less likely the problems are to escalate,” he said.

Luckily, homes can be made more livable for allergy-sufferers — and less amenable to dust mites — in just a few steps.

About a quarter of Americans suffer from some sort of allergy and of those one-half to two-thirds are sensitive to dust-mite allergens, according to Sublett, making it one of the most common causes of allergies.

“Around the world, dust mites are the most common indoor allergen,” said Robert Wood, director of the pediatric allergy and immunology division of Johns Hopkins University.

If dust-mite allergies are suspected, the first step is to get tested by an allergist.

While periodically replacing all your bedding might seem to make sense, experts say it’s unnecessary for those without allergies and insufficient for allergy sufferers.

Instead, these tips from allergists can help make any home friendlier to those with indoor allergies, dust mites included: 1. Keep It Dry. “One of the biggest and most common mistakes people make is to install vaporizers and humidifiers,” Sublett said.

“Moisture can and does cause all kinds of problems.” Dust mites can’t survive in less than 50 per cent humidity, so buy a humidity meter and, if needed, a dehumidifier to keep humidity to between 35 per cent and 50 per cent.

“Just three hours above that level of humidity, though, is enough to keep the dust mites alive,” he said.

2. Rip out the rugs and ditch the drapes. Carpet and heavy drapes are a reservoir for allergens like dust mites and should be removed, particularly in bedrooms.

If removing them isn’t an option, the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology recommends frequent vacuuming using a HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filter.

Those with allergies should stay away or wear an N95 particulate mask dur-

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This photo provided by courtesy of Mission: Allergy, Inc. shows the source of dust mite allergen: mite fecal waste particles, viewed through an electron microscope. Although the thought of sleeping with millions of dust mites is just plain gross, for most of us it’s not dangerous. For those with allergies, however, the symptoms can be serious. ing and immediately after vacuuming, since particles can remain airborne for up to two hours.

3. Just Encase. All mattresses, box springs, pillows and comforters should be encased in well-sealed, tightly woven, microfiber “mite-proof” covers from a reputable company, such as Mission: Allergy or National Allergy Supply, and linens and stuffed animals should be washed weekly, allergists say.

“The temperatures and detergents used are much less important than the regularity of washing,” Sublett said.

“Washing in any temperature dramatically reduces the level of allergens.”

4. Opt for smooth. Smooth surfaces that can be wiped clean are generally better for allergy-sufferers than more porous upholstered surfaces on couches, chairs and even car seats, Sublett said.

5. Clear and clean the air.

To help keep indoor allergens of any kind at bay, homes should be smokefree and pets should be kept out of the bedroom.

For the very allergy-prone, use a HEPA air filter in the bedroom with a CADR (clean air delivery rate) adequate for the size of the room.

Install MERV 11 or 12 disposable, high-efficiency filters in the furnace

and air conditioning system that can be changed every few months, according to Sublett.

But these steps are less important for those suffering solely from dustmite allergies, since dust mites burrow deep in bedding and dust-mite particles are generally not airborne, according to Wood.

6. Check the units. Allergists suggest that to minimize indoor allergens, heating and air conditioning units be cleaned and serviced every six months, and that gas appliances and fireplaces be vented to the outside and regularly maintained.

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EWING Sherman Jr. 1926 ~ 2014 Sherman Ewing Jr. age 88, of Claresholm, AB passed away peacefully on September 1, 2014 of natural causes. Born July 5, 1926 in Minneapolis, MN Sherm spent his early years in Pleasantville, New York.

He attended high school at the Thacher School in Ojai, CA. and riding the train across the country, he fell in love with the West. Sherm then served in the US Air Force until the end of WWII. He studied economics and agriculture at Yale and Cornell Universities. In August of 1950 he married Clarissa Clement of Buffalo, NY. Together they moved West to begin their lives in the cattle business in California and Montana, and then settled at the SN Ranch in the Porcupine Hills west of Claresholm, Alberta. This is where they raised their three kids, became stewards of the land and spent the best years of their lives. Aviation was Sherm’s passion and he used his wings for business and pleasure.

He loved his family, friends and neighbors, church and volunteered for his community. Sherm played leading roles in ranching organizations such as the Western Stock Growers, The Alberta Beef Cattle Performance Assoc, The Canadian Limousin Assoc, The North American Limousin Foundation, The Stockmen’s Memorial Foundation, The Society for Range Management and helped form the Canadian Property Rights Research Institute. In his retirement in Great Falls, Montana, Sherm authored two books, The Range and The Ranch.

He enjoyed freelance writing, loved tennis and golf, and he and Claire traveled extensively with friends and family. Sherm is survived by his three children, Wanina Ewing (Mike Lindsay) of Claresholm, Charlie Ewing (Sherry) of Claresholm, Leslie Kriz (Wayne) of Rimbey, AB; seven grandchildren and 3 great-granddaughters; sister Nan Bull of Stamford, CT, brothers Truxtun Morrison of Wayzata, MN, Nick Morrison of Boise, ID. He was predeceased by his loving wife Claire, sister Lucia Ewing of Hopkinton, VT, and brother Frank H. Ewing of Denver, Co; father Sherman Ewing Sr. of New York City, NY and mother Mary H. Morrison and beloved stepfather Gen. H. T. Morrison of Wayzata, MN. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00pm on October 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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HANNA Dylan Cordell Hanna left us suddenly in Kindersley, Saskatchewan on Sunday September 14, 2014 at the age of 19. Dylan was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Rick and Sherry Hanna (nee Pirart). Dylan was a kind, caring, helpful young man that will be missed by all who knew him. He attended schooling in Bentley, Alberta, Coldstream Elementary, Kalamalka High school and Marengo High School. He was currently working in Kindersley, Saskatchewan with a pipeline company. Left to mourn him are his parents, Rick and Sherry Hanna, sister Brooke, twin sister Danae, great-grandparents Rita Pirart and Jake and Regina Siemens, grandparents Al and Joanne Hanna, Jim and Dolores Doolittle, Marvin Pirart and Laura Moffatt, Uncles and Aunts Rick and Nola Pirart, Cindy and Walter McLean, Rob Hanna and Susan Luallen, Amber Hanna and Todd Brisbin as well as numerous cousins, extended family and friends. Dylan was the type of man that whether you were a friend or stranger he always took a moment to genuinely listen and care. He had such a memorable smile, gentlemanly nature, caring heart and he will be forever remembered by us all. A celebration of Dylan’s life will be held on Monday September 22, 2014, in Vernon, B.C. at the Pleasant Valley Funeral Home, 4303 Pleasant Valley Rd at 3pm.

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NAIR Parvati 1926 - 2014 It is with deep sadness that the family of Parvati Nair announces her passing at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Monday, September 15, 2014 at the age of 87 years. Parvati will be lovingly remembered by her children; Jagdish Nair, Rukhmani Pillay (Keshwa), Vijay Nair, Madhavi Lingam (Raj), Janki Raman (Anand), Devki Nair, Radha Nandan (Vishwa), Pushpa Khan (Mukhtar), Laxmi Rao (Shri), Sarojini Pillay (Vimal), as well as grandchildren and great grandchildren in Canada, Fiji and Australia. She was predeceased by her husband Narayan Nair Panikar and her son Krishna Nair. The family would like to thank the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and the staff on Unit 33 as well as Dr. Willem Myburgh. A Funeral Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 67A Street, Red Deer (Taylor Drive), on Monday, September 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Parvati’s honor may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation www.heartandstroke.com or the Canadian Arthritis Society www.arthritis.ca.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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NICHOLS Jeannette (Jean) May 26, 1935 - Sept. 18, 2014 On September 18, 2014 Jean passed away suddenly and peacefully at the age of 79 with her family at her side.

Jean was born May 26, 1954 in Serath, SK. to Joseph and Marian Roske. She was predeceased by her son Tom in 2010. Left to cherish Jean’s memory is her husband of 53 years Art, her daughters Christine (Larry) Dwyer, Shelley (Paul) Berrigan and grandchildren, Stephanie, Nikki, Danielle, AJ, Ryan, Liam and Caeley. Jean joined the Air Force in 1954 and where she met her husband Art in Metz, France.

They married September 24, 1960 in Regina, SK and were stationed in North Bay, ON where they started their family they then moved to Ottawa, Calgary and settled in Red Deer in 1970. There she worked for Safeway for many years. She was an active member of the Red Deer Pottery Club, The Red Deer Arts Club, The Red Deer Garden Club and spent many Wednesday mornings gardening in the Wild Flower gardens at Kerry Wood Nature Centre and she was very active in her community. Jean and Art spent many days travelling wherever their whim sent them. They had just returned from a 19 day Alaskan bus tour and were planning their next trip to Jamaica. She had a way to make everyone feel welcome and that they were special... she had a twinkle in her eye and a bounce in her step and will be dearly missed by her family, friends and everyone that met her. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Kerry Wood Nature Centre and The Heart and Stroke Foundation Funeral services will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

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Obituaries SMULAND Lorne May 20, 1934 - Sept.11, 2014 Lorne Dennis Smuland, loving husband of Sharon Rose Smuland, passed away peacefully at Innisfail, Alberta, on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at the age of 80 years.

Lorne was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan and lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Calgary, Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta and Red Deer, Alberta.

Lorne loved spending time with family, friends and was a lover of dogs and cats.

Lorne will always be remembered for his zest for life and nature; as well as his ability to make people laugh, despite his disabilities. Lorne loved German Short-Haired Pointers, all animals, the Legion, his walks, golf, his favorite B.C. Lions, baseball, hockey and his beloved cartoons. He was an amazing chef and baker and his love of good food had a way of bringing family together. Dad would want to be remembered and his life celebrated with a small smash, a glass of red wine, a laugh and tell stories, eat cake or pie, a chocolate bar, a banana split, fish and chips, and a donut. So celebrate his life and accomplishments.

He’s at peace and not suffering any longer. John 16:22 Psalm 16:11 Love always. xo xo “I did it my way.”

Lorne will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Sharon; his three children, Shelly Divorski, grandson, Kalvin Divorski, granddaughter, Ashley Divorski, great grandson, Tycesen and Bailey, the dog; his daughter, Shannon Holowaychuk, son-in-law, Darcy Holowaychuk and grandson, Kyle of Edmonton, son, Lorne Jr. and Sharon (nee Allen). He will also be sadly missed by his sister, June Morris and family of Calgary, his sister-in-law, Lila Smuland of Nanaimo, British Columbia and family, his forever friends, Lynn and Wally Spence and families of Calgary and Ken Angevine and family. Lorne was predeceased by his mother and father, Emily and William Smuland and his brothers, Al and Floyd, his German Short-Haired Pointers, Rusty and Duke and his Siamese cats, Ceasar and Julius.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Ashley Paton, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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ASHLEY & FRIENDS PLAYSCHOOL Accepting Fall Registrations 3-5 yr. olds. Limited Space avail. 403-343-7420 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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Coming Events

HEALTH & WELLNESS WORKSHOP The Benefits of Healthy Selfworth and a Balanced Lifestyle.

Facilitator - Darlene Kneller - Certified Empowerment facilitator Sat. Sept. 27th, 2014 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Red Deer Lodge Cost: $299 To register call Ruth 403-347-9019 Excel Centre for Mental Heath www.excelcentre.com

Have You Had a Spiritual Experience?

Discover how past lives, dreams and Soul Travel can help you understand these. Free workshop Sat. Sept. 20, 1-3 p.m. at Red Deer Library, 4818 49 St. Free Spiritual Experiences Guidebook for all guests. Call 403-314-5353 or visit www.spiritualexperience .org for your free book.

Presented by ECKANKAR CANADA in Alberta.

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THE MONKEY’S UNCLE A used kids clothing and toy sale. Lots of vendors selling used good cond. childrens items. Child and parent related businesses too. Sat. Oct. 4, 10 am-2 pm. Innisfail Legion. Door prizes. Toonie admission for adults. themonkeysuncle @shaw.ca. www.facebook.com/ themonkeysuncle

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LOST: Luggage, including laptop, city hall park, reward, no questions.

(403) 597-9139 after 7:00pm CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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IPOD FOUND in Mountview area. Please call 403-309-2070 to claim TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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Companions

Births

birth of first child youngest son graduated from College

birth of first grandson

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MATHIEU Shane and Thea and siblings Taylor, Jessica, Mary, Zechariah, Sarah and Caleb are thrilled to announce the birth of Elle Anne Alexandra Mathieu born September 18, 2014 at 8:32 am, weighing 10 lbs. 1 oz. Special thanks to Drs. Bunting, Awad, Lukwinski, and Moffatt and the RDRH Unit 25.

ATTENTION LADIES Early 50 yr. old gentleman/regular guy 6’2, blue eyes, fit.

Avail. as your guest for a Christmas party/dinner engagement etc. Ultimate goal: friendship. itisanewday1@ hotmail.com FALL and romance. 58 yr. old farmer seeks honest, sincere very romantic slim lady 48-68 for lifetime commitment of true love and happiness in the Red Deer area. Not looking for a hired hand. Enclose photo and phone number and reply to Box 1096, c/o RED DEER ADVOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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.

Special thanks to Extended Care, Unit 38, her caregivers, family members, friends, and Meaningful Memorials.

Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 Buying or Selling your home?

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COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

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jobs Celebrations LOTTY NINKOVICH (HELEN) Lotty and family would like to invite you to an Open House in celebration of her 80th birthday. Sunday, Sept. 21 from 2-5 pm. at Bower Community Center 85 Boyce St. No gifts please, your gift is your presence.

CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

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Wanted: trained and qualified live in caregiver for elderly disabled lady in Rocky Mtn. House 403-845-3765

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014

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Computer Personnel

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.

IMMED. F/T ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, Req’d for busy Lacombe based Business. This position supports the accounting dept. with general accounting duties, as well as general administrative duties.

Familiarity with ACCPAC, Word & Excel an asset.

Fax resume to 403-342-7447 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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RECEPTIONIST POSITION

Description: Our Group operates several properties in Alberta in the Hotel & Entertainment Industry.

The Head Office in Red Deer is currently looking for a Receptionist who is also able to provide support to the CEO as well as being a resource to the administrative/accounting staff in the office.

Key Responsibilities: • Maintain Calendar & emails • Coordinate meetings • Coordinate travel arrangements • Prepare correspondence as required • Process & Sort Mail • Process Bank Deposits • 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

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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE/ DATA ENTRY CLERK Description: To process purchase orders and vendor invoices on a timely basis and in accordance with company policy and procedures. To enter data from various source documents into the computer system for storage, processing and data management purposesd.

Key Responsibilities Accounts Payable: • Match purchase orders confirming prices and quantity to vendors’ invoices; • Verify receipt of material or services/confirmation of receipt of material or services; • Check accuracy of employee reimbursement expenses before processing; • Enter invoices into accounting system for payment inquiries and discrepencies; • Respond to vendors inquiries in a timely and professional manner; • Process cheque runs accoring to company policy; Key Responsibilities Data Entry: • Prepare, compile and sort documents for data entry • Check source document for accuracy • Verify data and correct data where necessary • Obtain further information for incomplete documents • Check completed work for accuracy Experience withg Simply Accounting is an asset and the candidates should have prior accounts payable experience.

Personality should be friendly and outgoing, as well as have the ability to build relationships with the key employees and business contacts of the different properties we operate.

This is a full-time position with competitive salary and benefits package. Hours will be Monday-Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm, with 1 hour lunch.

Please email your resume and cover letter to mscott@willinns.com or Fax to 403-309-3505

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EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT

IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A CAREER & NOT A JOB...

If you have a vision to help FOR SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT others improve their health...

YOU are the person we EXP’D CLASS 1 are looking for!

CHINOOK’S EDGE SCHOOL DRIVER REQ’D. Wellness Coach DIVISION NO. 73 Class 1 is a must and - Natural Pain Relief Centre invites applications for picker exp. would be an requires energetic health a full-time Educational asset. Oilfield exp. preconscious P/T Administrative Assistant for School ferred. Will require H2S & clinical assistant.

Technology Support in the and First Aid Certificate.

Please drop off convincing Penhold community.

This position is F/T days letter & resume in person The successful applicant only in the Stettler area. will provide basic technology to 30C Gaetz Ave. Crossing, Salary to commensurate Red Deer (Between support to students and staff. with experience. Please Quiznos & Booster Juice) send resumes to: Tuesday through Friday Candidates must have lornemurfitt@telus.net.

Between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. strong interpersonal, communication and F/T position for safety problem solving skills. coordinator/quality control The successful applicant Oilfield asst for a local oilfield will have an understanding const company. Candidate of Windows & Microsoft must be motivated and applications, the ability to have good communication, function in a team, organizational skills, valid a passion for technology, driver’s license & computer and a willingness to learn skills. Email resume to in an evolving technologycccenca@telus.net based environment.

Training will be provided and you will be supported $2500 Bonus by a strong technical team.

Every 100 days Preference will be given to candidates with experience IMMEDIATE OPENINGS supporting technology use in schools.

Oil & Gas Well Testing Supervisors, Night Foremen, This position involves lifting Experienced/ and a reliable vehicle is Inexperienced Growing oilfield company required. Hourly wage range Junior Day/Night req’s F/T seasonal is $16.33- $23.88 per hour, Operators BOILER OPERATORS depending on experience.

Must have H2S, First Aid, for projects in NE. BC, and valid driver’s license.

Central AB. Fly in camp Cover letter and resume, Pre-employment Drug jobs as well as local. Exc. complete with the names screening pay, safety bonuses and and telephone numbers of Competitive Wages. retention bonuses. three current work related Benefit Package Candidates require H2S, references are accepted Please submit resume standard first aid, PST & by email only and should with references to: equivilant and current boilbe forwarded to: apply@wespro.ca er tickets. Equipment exp.

Shawn Russell, Only individuals selected is also an asset. Work Associate Superintendent for interviews will be scheduled to start within - People Services contacted the month. Please forward Chinook’s Edge resumes to CEDA will be holding a School Division No. 73 careers@gtchandler.com Career Fair to find Email: careers or fax 403-886-2223. Sucpermanent Pigging and @chinooksedge.ab.ca cessful applicants will be Decoking Operators and contacted for interview.

Labourers based out of For information on Red Deer. When: Chinook’s Edge NEEDED: Tuesday, September 23rd School Division No. 73, H2S Supervisors, firefightfrom Noon-4:30pm. please check our website ers and medics. Please Where: Alberta Works (www.chinooksedge.ab.ca) email resume and relevant Applications will be accepted Centre, 2nd floor, 4911-51 oilfield tickets to: admin@ Street, Red Deer until 12:00 midnight, tcbsafety.com or call Carl Sunday, September 28, 2014.

403-506-1255 The successful applicant will be required to provide a Criminal Record check and a Child Intervention (Welfare) Record check.

While we thank all applicants DUE to recent significant growth, Alstar Oilfield for their interest, only those Contractors has individuals selected for immediate openings interviews will be contacted. for full time permanent Resumes of individuals JOURNEYMAN not granted an interview WELDERS AND B Now accepting applicawill not be kept on file.

PRESSURE WELDERS tions for LOADER Classifieds...costs so little (NOC 7265) OPERATOR for fly in Saves you so much! at our Hinton location. campwork in NE. BC. Duties include refueling light Duties: towers and generators. No removal.

Working with pipe Dental • Work as part of a and other small tasks. Rig safety oriented team or completion exp. an BOWER DENTAL REQ’S • Fabricate pipe spools asset. Exc. pay, safety • Fabricate structural asF/T ORTHODONTIC bonuses and possibility for semblies ASSISTANT. year round work. Please Position to start immed. forward resumes to Knowledge, Skills and Must be a member of the careers@gtchandler.com Qualifications: College of Alberta Dental or fax 403-886-2223. SucAssociation. Great benefits • Journeyman or Red cessful applicants will be Seal Welder and perks. Email resume to: contacted for interview. sheila@bowerdental.com • B Pressure or CWB certificates would be or drop off resume. an asset Start your career!

• Stainless pipe exSee Help Wanted perience would be an asset • Be able to interpret NOW HIRING drawings Well Testing Personnel Farm Work Experienced Supervisors Compensation: & Operators 4 WHEEL Drive Tractor • Starting at $35.00 per Operator req’d. (Grain hour (based on ex- Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ Cart) for Fall Harvest. 10 perience) testalta.com minutes from Red Deer.

• Matching RRSP Top Wage. 403-872-8486 program • Medical, Dental, ViCustom Farming Operation sion plan in Lacombe, AB is looking • Disability and life for Tractor Operators to insurance haul hard manure and OIL & GAS OPERATOR compost. To start Bearspaw currently has a Apply to: immediately email : position in our Stettler field ludzeholtrop@aol.com Alstar Oilfield Contractors operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants LTD. You can sell your guitar must have experience as a 310 East River Road for a song... heavy duty mechanic or Hinton, Alberta or put it in CLASSIFIEDS journeyman instrument T7V 2G3 and we’ll sell it for you! mechanic and possess www.alstaroilfield.com strong mechanical skills, hr@alstaroilfi eld.com F/T PEN CHECKER be quick learners, motivated Fax: 780 865 5829 &/or TRUCK DRIVER and hard working and live LOCAL SERVICE CO. for large expanding feedlot or be willing to relocate in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. within a 20 minute commute in Sundre.

VACUUM TRUCK Experience necessary, to workplace location. This OPERATOR and Class 3 with air. position offers a challenging Must have Class 3 licence work environment, attractive Fax resume to w/air & all oilfield tickets. benefits with competitive 403-638-3908, or call Fax resume w/drivers 403-556-9588, or email pay and significant room abstract to 403-886-4475 for promotion. dthengs@hotmail.ca Please submit resumes

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Tired of Standing?

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Computer Personnel

Oilfield

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PROVIDENCE Trucking Inc Req’s and experienced

Picker Operator

All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen. We offer exceptional wages and benefits for exceptional people. Fax resume and abstract to 403-314-2340 or email to safety@ providencetrucking.ca

Currently accepting resumes for the following: SENIOR H2S SAFETY SUPERVISORS: Minimum 3 year’s safety experience on Drilling and Service Rigs.

Send resume and certificates to sitesafe@telusplanet.net or fax to: 403-887-8864

Professionals

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Mountview

ONE DAY ONLY! Saturday, Sept. 20, 10 - 4.

Multi-family garage sale, tons of items priced to sell!

118 DRUMMOND CLOSE.

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.

Normandeau 47 NORRIS CLOSE (alley) Fri. 19th 4-7:30, & Sat. 20th 9-2:30 Misc. household; toys; clothes; books; antique sewing machine & dresser

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking LEASEHAND & DRILLER Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: payroll@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

DONT MISS OUT ON ONE OF THE LAST “END OF SEASON” GARAGE SALES.

Oriole Park

117 Dunning Cres.

SEPT. 18, 19 & 20 Thursday, Friday & Sat.

10 am -7 pm

Mom’s Moved In !

We’re on OVERLOAD!

2 ORWELL CLOSE Sept 18th - 20th Thurs. & Fri. 4-7 & Sat. 9-4 MULTI-FAMILY SALE You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Timberland

Morrisroe SWAMPERS

for busy oilfield trucking company. Top wages Fax resume to: 403-346-6128, Attn: Pierre No phone calls please!

77 MCDOUGALL CR. Sept. 20 10-3, Table, dresser, crystal, household misc. etc...

38 TURNER CRES Saturday 20th, 9-5 & Sunday 21st, 8-12.

Sylvan Lake

Sylvan Lake

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfield tickets req’d. Competitive salary and job bonuses. Resume to terry@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

Restaurant/ Hotel

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s SHOP LABOURER for Central Alberta.

Oilfield related work, some long hours req’d. Oilfield tickets are an asset.

Competitive salary. Resume to terry@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

ZUBAR Production Services

is currently taking resumes for experienced Production Testing Personnel Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420.

Professionals

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MANUFACTURERS’ Health & Safety Association SAFETY ADVISOR

Full Time - Red Deer Competition closes Oct 1/14 Please see our website under Jobs for the position profile. Email Resume to lorne@mhsa.ab.ca Please note this position is for our Red Deer location http://www.mhsa.ab.ca/jobs

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Now Hiring GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE • Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

Classified does it all!

WE’RE EXPANDING!

The Red Deer Advocate Classified is the community’s number-one information centre and marketplace.

It serves as the best single source for selling items, seeking jobs, finding housing, meeting new people and more.

Put the power of classified to work for you today.

Ask ab ou t ou Hire r Ne Sta r w te r K inclu it des i t $$ in your pock et!

Class 1 Driver / Operators f Frac - Pump Operators, Frac Supervisors f Coiled Tubing - Experienced Operators, Crane Operators, and Supervisors f Cement & Acid - Fluid Pump Operators f Heavy Equipment Technician– Journeyman (2 positions) f Heavy Equipment Technician—Apprentice 3rd & 4th Apprentice ( 2 positions)

Why Canyon? f Paid technical and leadership training f Career advancement opportunities f RRSP matching program

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Davenport

Canyon Technical Services is a leader in the oilfield service industry, providing customized fracturing and pressure pumping solutions to oil and gas producers across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. At Canyon, our employees are ‘Champions’, dedicated to fulfilling our Vision of “improving the industry one job at a time” - our ‘Champions’ have made Canyon one of the most sought-after providers in our industry. If you are looking for a career within a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then Canyon is looking for you! Canyon is preparing for an extremely busy 2014/2015 and are looking for qualified employees.

We have the right customers We have the right jobs We have the right equipment Are YOU the right fit?

Restaurant/ Hotel

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Deer Park

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SITE SAFETY SERVICES INC.

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N PRODUCTION TESTING 700 3020 22 St. EXPERIENCED FOOD ATTENDANT GLENN’S RESTAURANT SUPERVISORS and Req’d permanent shift NEEDS F/T EVENING TESTERS weekend day and evening EXPERIENCED COOKS Day & Night both full and part time.

Start at $18/hr with bonuses Must have tickets.

16 Vacancies, $10.88/hr. + and tip-out benefits.

Top paid wages. benefits. Start ASAP. Apply in person or phone Based out of Devon, AB. Job description 403-346-5448 Email resume to: www.timhortons.com kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca for appointment or email: Education and experience glenrest@telus.net not req’d.

Apply in person or fax Classifieds resume to: 403-314-1303 Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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Attn: Human Resources email:payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Restaurant/ Hotel

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f Premium compensation package f New Equipment f 15/6 Schedule

To apply for the above positions, in confidence, please email or fax your resume and a copy of a current drivers abstract. We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted.

CALL 309-3300 450822I20

online: canyontech.ca/careers fax: 888 249 3895

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: IS NOW ACCEPTING 5111 22 St. APPLICATIONS 37444 HWY 2 S FOR THE FOLOWING 37543 HWY 2N POSITIONS: 700 3020 22 St. Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift.

TURNAROUND Wknd, day, night & eves.

PLANNER /SCHEDULER Start date ASAP. $18/hr. 40 Applicants Qualifications hrs/week, + benefits , should Include: 1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., -Knowledge of planning criminal record check req’d. systems Req’d education some sec- -Must have shut down/ ondary. Apply in person or Turnaround experience fax resume to: -Journeyman trade 403-314-1303 For full job certification - preferably a description visit www. boilermaker, pipefitter, or timhortons.com welder with extensive experience an asset SERVER -CUSTOMER -MS programs experience COUNTER - F/T -Exceptional organizational Duties: Take customer and problem solving skills orders, portion raw food, with the ability to be package take-out orders, flexible in managing handle cleaning & store priorities as they change cleaning products, stock -Strong communication, fridge, & collect money from costumer. $11.89/hr. interpersonal and leadership skills 5 days/wk. Must be avail. on weekends & holidays. -Self-starter who is able to produce quality work with Paula @ 403-347-8001 minimal supervision and guidance -Detail oriented

SAFETY WATCH

-Clean class 5 drivers license THE OPEN RANGE -Good comprehension and SALOON in Sylvan Lake communication skills req’s Line Cooks. Full or -Good reading and writing Part time with Food Safety. skills Please contact Nancy - Good vision/hearing 403-887-3033 or - H2S Alive 403-887-3465 - PST/CSTS -Standard First Aid/CPR -Confined space entry/ monitor -Fall protection THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for an EXPERIENCED LINE COOK MUST HAVE REFERENCES. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Sales & Distributors

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STORESMART Self-Storage

is now hiring for the following position!

Assistant Manager (Full Time 40 hrs/week)

For job descriptions and how to apply, go to www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs.

No phone calls please.

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Trades

CRYSTAL GLASS needs EXP’ D GLASS INSTALLER. In house training provided. Benefits and company uniforms after 3 months. Drop off resume at: 4706-51 Avenue or fax 346-5390 or email: branch208@crystalglass.ca F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! INT. PAINTERS NEEDED Min. 3 yrs exp. $20-25/hr.

Call 403-342-1441

Sales & Distributors

Email: resumes @newcartcontracting.com Fax: 1-403-729-2396 Email all safety and trade tickets Looking for a place to live?

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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.

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

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Trades

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SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Carpenters & Apprentices

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 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY 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

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

“B” PRESSURE Trail is always looking for people who want CERTIFIED opportunities to grow, take JOURNEYMAN WELDER Duties to include fabrication of A.R. Thomson specialized Stainless Steel Hose Product Line.

Successful applicant will be required to complete certification on ABSA approved production welding procedures.

1 POSITION AVAIL. FOR

JOURNEYMAN CNC MACHINIST

initiative and work well within a team environment.

Launch your career with a well-known and respected company. Become a part of the successful Trail team by submitting a resume to reddeerjobs@ trail-appliances.com or by fax to 403-347-3314.

A security check will be conducted on successful candidates. We thank all interested applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Duties to include: Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, charts and tables, Program computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools, Set up and adjust production machinery, Fit and assemble components and machine parts to close tolerance, Verify dimensions of machined tools and parts using precision measuring instruments, Maintain, repair and calibrate precision measuring instruments.

CENTRAL AB based truckRequire 5 years of CNC ing company requires Mill and Lathe experience, Owner Operators with preference given to applicants with experience on & Contract Drivers in AB. Home the odd night.

Haas CNC Equipment. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558 Pre-Employment Drug / CLASS 1 DRIVER Alcohol screening and with super B and grain a background check hauling experience for will be required.

Central AB. Call Wayne Hours of work are 403-341-9113 Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d (with sporadic overtime) for moving equipment.

Excellent benefits package Resumes to be dropped off and RRSP plan at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. are also available.

Cres. Red Deer.

Please Email Resumes to: Looking for a new pet?

Borsato.linda@arthomson.com Check out Classifieds to OR Fax Resumes to: 403-341-4243 find the purrfect pet.

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

2-GOOD OILFIELD Red Deer.

SERVICES is currently seeking NEED EXPERIENCED CLASS 1 TANK TRUCK Class 1 drivers for short & PRESSURE TRUCK and long haul. Full Time.

OPERATORS. Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba Base salary + bonuses. & BC. Please call Great benefits pkg after 3 mo.

PROMAX TRANSPORT Please fax resume & drivers at 227-2712 or fax resume abstract to: 403-346-3766 w/abstract 403-227-2743

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Advocate Opportunities

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NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

Classified Advertising Phone/Front Counter Sales Maternity Leave Position 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.

Bunn Cres.

Baile Close Boyce Street Byer Close Barrett Drive Bell Street Baker Ave. Broughton Cres.

Brookes Cres. Beatty Cres.

For more information or to apply, please call Ashley at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4316 CARRIERS NEEDED 3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

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

870

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

Ph: 780-468-3232 or 403-290-0866 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

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CEA AIR

(Custom Energized Air Ltd) a respected leader in the pneumatics industry is GROWING AGAIN and we are looking for:

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

Alexander Cres.

Addinel Close Allsop Close Anquetel/Atlee Close

Issard Close MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave

MANUFACTURING SHOP TECHNICIANS

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.

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 AND

GED Program

Funding may be available.

403-340-1930

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca PARTS TECHNICIAN WANTED. Trochu Motors Exp’d Industrial is seeking a customer Inside Sales /Order oriented and responsible individual to join our parts Desk Personnel team. Prior experience in for our Red Deer Branch the industry would be an A mechanical aptitude and asset but not a must. /or knowledge in pneumatics Applicants must have is an asset. Compensation is negotiable depending on organizational skills, basic computer skills and the experience, includes health plan. ability to multi-task in a We look forward to hearing fast-paced environment. from you; please submit We are looking forward to resumes to: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com add to our growing dealership. Please Apply in DAIRY equipment supplier person at 102 Eckenfelder St. Trochu, Alberta. Fax looking for (403) 442-3829 or by email GENERAL LABORERS wmtn@inbox.com For our parts & service dept.

Competitive wages and RESIDENTIAL APT benefits package. E-mail MANAGER resume: info@prolineinc.ca 23 suite apt. complex.

DAIRY equipment supplier Live-in role. Responsibilities looking for a detail oriented incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration.

SHIPPER/RECEIVER Fax to 403-346-5786 Clean Class 5 req.

Competitive wage and SHIPPING/RECEIVING benefits package. Email MANAGER: resume: lindsay@ Shipping/Receiving prolineinc.ca experience required.

Looking for self-motivated DISPATCHER REQ’D. individual with reliable Knowledge of Red Deer transportation. Duties include and area is essential. inventory and accurate order Verbal and written fulfillment, warehouse communication skills are organization, Some lifting req’d. Send resume by fax 40LBS. 12 volt wiring or to 403-346-0295 automotive a/v knowledge a plus. Please email resume to: zdcdn@ zonedefensetruck.com or fax to: 403-340-0900 SPA Technician needed for delivery and GAETZ SOUTH maintenance of hot tubs.

F/T P/T MEAT CUTTER. Fax resume to Apply within 403-309-5550 or email 5111 22nd St. Red Deer arcticspa@telus.net

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive

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.

Lamb Close VANIER AREA

Work will be performed within the framework of a scheduled route. Candidate must be well organized, mechanically inclined and able to work independently.

Vanier Drive Vanson Close

451453I19,20

Please e-mail résumé to: Gerald.hochman@rugdoctor.ca or Fax: (204) 453-2324 Attention: Gerald Hochman

- Starting Wage $18.00 / hr Duties to include fabrication prep, hydro-testing, general shop maintenance, operation of new product line manufacturing equipment and occasional on-site work with our mobile hydro-testing trailer unit.

Pre-Employment Drug / Alcohol screening and a background check will be required.

Hours of work are Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm (with sporadic overtime) Excellent benefits package and RRSP plan are also available.

Please Email Resumes to: Borsato.linda@arthomson.com OR Fax Resumes to: 403-341-4243

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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

Warehouse Shipper/ Receiver

Competitive starting wages plus regular increases.

Hours: M-F 7:30am-4:30pm Excellent benefits package. Opportunities to advance. Must be dependable, hardworking and seeking a long-term career. Apply in person, or email to: hartleytj@eecol.com 4747 - 61st Street

We are looking for LANDSCAPE LABOURERS TOO MUCH STUFF? to work on residential and Let Classifieds commercial properties in Red Deer and surrounding area. help you sell it.

Main duties to include: THE RED DEER PUBLIC - Laying sod, spreading top soil, plant flowers, grass, SCHOOL DISTRICT trees and shrubs.

Invites applications for the position of: Head Caretaker - Cut grass, rake, fertilize, water, prune trees and shrubs. at Lindsay Thurber High -In snow season, we School. Regular Work require snow removal.

Hours: 3:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

No formal education or Monday - Friday. experience necessary.

Required knowledge, Full time/Seasonal posieducation, abilities and tion. Weather dependant skills are as per the Job Description (available from Wage: $16.51 per hour/44 hours per week Email Human Resources). Pay resume to: erika.skalozub rate is per the current @bg-rd.com collective agreement with Phone: 403-347-7211 C.U.P.E. Local 1012. For more information about the Fax: 403-342-7488 Att: Erika Red Deer Public School District, visit our web site at: www.rdpsd.ab.ca Deadline Employment for applications will be Noon Training on September 29, 2014.

Application forms may be forwarded to 4747-53 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2E6.

TRAINING CENTRE Fax: 403-342-3780 OILFIELD TICKETS or email: humanresources Industries #1 Choice! @rdpsd.ab.ca “Low Cost” Quality Training

900

SAFETY

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

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

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

6 mo. Community Support Worker Program

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

OCTOBER START!

Accepting registrations for

AND

GED Program

Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca

Advocate Opportunities

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

Advocate Opportunities CARRIERS REQUIRED

INGLEWOOD & MORRISROE

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake

RED DEER ADVOCATE 6 Days a week!

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

Phone 403-314-4301

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

CLEARVIEW AREA

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

EASTVIEW AREA

$605/mo.

For More Information, please call For More informaiton, please call Jamie 403-314-4306

SUNNYBROOK AREA Stirling Close/Sherwod Cres.

ROUTE PERSON/ SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

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: 3 POSITIONS AVAIL. FOR

ANDERS AREA

Illingworth Close

IF YOU ARE SEMI-RETIRED, THIS IS A PERFECT FIT FOR YOU!

WE are currently looking for experienced

GAETZ SOUTH

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FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

Isherwood Close

880

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.

BOWER AREA

INGLEWOOD AREA

Misc.

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880

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GARNET’S OILFIELD TRUCKING

Requires Full Time

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

860

Truckers/ Drivers

KENTWOOD Kerr Close & Kingston Dr. also Kendrew Dr.

Viscount Drive

NORMANDEAU

Vold Close

Northey Ave, Nivens St. & Norwest Cl.

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

Clearview Ridge Area $172/mo GRANDVIEW AREA 3900 to 4400 blocks of 40A Ave., 2 blocks of 41 Ave, and 1 block of 39, 46 & 47 St. $71/mo.

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

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

278950A5

820

Truckers/ Drivers

437627L20

Restaurant/ Hotel

West end of Robinson Cres., Ryan Cl., Rich Cl., & Rabbis St. $71.30/mo ALSO Roberts Cres. $53.64/mo WOODLEA AREA 47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $134./mo.

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 Children's Items

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1530

Auctions

Fall Roundup Auction 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

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

1580

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

Clothing

1590

MOORES 2 pc. suit, dbl. breasted, grey, pure wool, size 44 regular, like new worn once $75 403-314-2026

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

Farmers' Market

1650

FREE spaghetti squash 403-782-3031

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

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

Directory

Tour These Fine Homes

4270

SE Red Deer

4280

OPEN HOUSE Sat. Sept. 20 @ 2 - 4pm.

OPEN HOUSE Sat. Sept. 20 @ 2 - 4pm.

#59 2816 Botterill Crescent

40 ALLSOP DRIVE,

ADULT COMMUNITY half duplex w/att. garage.

Kitchen upgrades, hardwood flooring, custom blinds, all in lovely condition. †Immediate possession! $287,000.

CALL GARRY RAABIS 403-340-6789 Royal Lepage Network

4280

SE Red Deer

OPEN HOUSE Sun. Sept. 21, 3-5 pm. #2 Ardell Close Margaret Comeau 403.391.3399 RE/MAX real estate central alberta

ANDERS ON THE LAKE 2 story executive home, 5 beds, 4 baths. Features include tons of hardwood flooring, granite, and three gas fireplaces.

Immediate possession! $599,000.

CALL GARRY RAABIS 403-340-6789 Royal Lepage Network 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.

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

1680

Garden Supplies

RIMBEY TREES Large variety of trees for sale.

Planting available.

Fall Specials!

Call Walter, 403-748-3611

1710

Household Appliances

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

MISSION OAK STYLE COUCH ~ Dark green upholstery. $100. 403-340-2452

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

401183E9

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

1760

AFGHAN, multi colors $20; crocheted table cloth, beige, 72” x 90” $40; dbl. bedspread w/shams, cream/brown, embroidered $40 403-347-6048 APPROX. 100 PEACOCK 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 HIDEABED $50; home gym, $50; playpen $20; mens size 10 football cleats $30 403-340-1347

1860

Sporting Goods

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

1900

Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1930

Wanted To Buy

WANTED: film of “Good Morning Vietnam “ featuring Robin Williams.

Connie 403-346-8121

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

2 BDRM Main flr, avail.

Oct. 1. $1140 + 2/3 utils. ** RENTED **

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.

SEIBEL PROPERTY

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

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368 WINDOW / EAVESTROUGH CLEANING. Free quotes, 403-506-4822

Escorts

1165

KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, or cutting small trees?

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. www.viimassage.com

CLASSIFIEDS

1300

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Services

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

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

Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. 403-358-1614 401174E9

Moving & Storage

309-3300

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

2007 SATURN AURA. Loaded, 1 owner, exc. cond.

86,000 km. Never winter driven $10,500. 403-391-3820 2007 HONDA Civic LX Coupe $8250. 403-304-4817

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

2006 VW Jetta TDI 137,000 kms, fully loaded,sunroof, diesel, auto, $10,000 403-346-1392 340-9068

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 2001 CHEV Malibu 4 dr. gord.ing@remax.net 134,000 kms. 403-318-3040

Houses For Sale

4020

5040

SUV's

CUSTOM BUILT

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 2011 Rav4 Limited. Leather, GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. www.homesreddeer.com sunroof, 8 way power driver’s apartments, avail. immed, seat, very clean, great cond. rent $875 403-596-6000 MUST SELL $19,500 obo. 403-341-0606 1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $191,900.

2010 RAV4 50,000 kms.

403-588-2550 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. $17,000 obo 403-358-1614 SUITES. 25+, adults only MUST SELL n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-596-2444

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

NEW CONDO

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

SUNNYBROOK

2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

Lots For Sale

4160

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

5050

Trucks

Attn: Builders

Blackfalds. Duplex lots avail. for Sept. 30. Info call 403-304-5555

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

3080

ROOM, use of full house, utils. & internet all incl. n/s, $475. 403-506-1907

Rooms For Rent

3090

BDRM. for rent in Vanier Woods,. $575 + dd, worker, quiet, n/s, 403-588-6268 after 6 pm.

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

Warehouse Space

Houses/ Duplexes

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 4400-4430

Money To Loan

4430

Private Mortgages Our Rates start at 8%. We lend on Equity. Bus. For Self & Bruised Credit Ok. Ron Lewis 403 819 2436

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

3140

3260

Yard Care

3300

MATURE M 55 yr. old professional looking to housesit for snowbirds.

403-318-5150

International ladies

Now Open

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

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

Housesitting Wanted

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

URBAN LIFE CLEANING Bi/weekly, one time, moveouts.

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France joins U.S. with airstrikes in Iraq

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Talks produce agreement on buffer zone

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINSK, Belarus — Participants in Ukrainian peace talks agreed early Saturday to create a buffer zone to separate government troops and proRussian militants and withdraw foreign fighters and heavy weapons from the area of conflict in eastern Ukraine.

The deal reached by representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the Moscow-backed rebels and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe marked an effort to add substance to a cease-fire agreement that was signed on Sept. 5 but has been frequently broken by clashes.

The new deal signed after hours of talks that dragged late into the night envisages setting up a buffer zone that would be 30 kilometres (19 miles) wide. They said after the talks that dragged into the night and ended early Saturday in the Belarusian capital Minsk that all heavy weapons should be withdrawn from that zone.

The negotiators also reached agreement on the withdrawal of all foreign fighters and mercenaries — a diplomatic reference to Russians fighting alongside the rebels.

Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of fueling the insurgency in the mostly Russian-speaking Donetsk and Luhansk provinces in eastern Ukraine with weapons and soldiers. Moscow has denied that, saying that Russians who joined the mutiny did so as private citizens.

Pressed to comment about the agreement on the withdrawal of foreign fighters, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov, who represented Moscow in the talks, said that “those whom we call mercenaries are present on both sides.”

He said that the OSCE should control the pullout of foreign fighters.

Heidi Tagliavini, an OSCE envoy at the talks, said that the group’s monitors will be deployed to the buffer zone to monitor the deal.

The negotiators have left aside the most controversial issue — the future status of the rebel regions.

The Ukrainian parliament this week passed a law giving a broad autonomy to the areas controlled by the rebels, including the power to hold local elections and form their own police force.

Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of rebels in Donetsk, said that Ukraine and the rebels have various interpretation of the law and the talks should continue.

In Donetsk, the largest rebel-held city in east Ukraine, the separatists held a city-wide cleanup day Friday, sending prisoners out to help remove the debris that has piled up after months of shelling.

Throughout the cease-fire, periods of peace have been interrupted by intermittent gunfire. The same was true Friday, when the Donetsk city council said in a statement that one person was killed by shelling during the night.

Col. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for the National Security and Defence Council, told journalists in Kyiv that two servicemen were killed in the past day during the fighting.

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bilized the region and become a lure for jihad-minded youths from France, elsewhere in Europe, and beyond.

Hollande says France is operating independently in Iraq, based on a request for airstrikes from Baghdad and in co-ordination with its allies. The U.S. Central Command said Thursday the U.S. military has conducted 176 airstrikes in Iraq since Aug. 8.

Broadly unpopular at home, Hollande has nonetheless drawn praise for a muscular foreign policy. Iraq is the third country in which he has authorized firepower: French troops largely purged al-Qaida-linked militants from Mali in 2011, and have sought to end sectarian violence in Central African Republic.

In 2011, France and the U.S., as well as Britain, did the heavy lifting in the NATO-led airstrikes in Libya.

Last year, France was ready to join possible U.S. military action against President Bashar Assad’s forces in Syria, before President Barack Obama stopped short. In recent weeks, French authorities have ruefully suggested that the U.S. inaction fostered the rise of jihadists in the region.

On Monday, Hollande hosted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and top diplomats from more than two dozen countries that pledged to help Iraq fight the extremist group, which has drawn widespread condemnation for its brutality — including the beheadings of Western hostages.

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PARIS — France is back at America’s side in conducting military strikes in Iraq.

More than a decade after spurning President George W. Bush’s war against Saddam Hussein, France on Friday became the first country to join U.S. forces pounding targets inside Iraq from the air in recent weeks — this time in pursuit of militants of the Islamic State group.

Flying from the United Arab Emirates, two French Rafale jets fired four laser-guided bombs to destroy a weapons and fuel depot outside the northern city of Mosul, part of the territory the militants have overrun in Iraq and neighbouring Syria, officials said.

An Iraqi military spokesman said dozens of extremist fighters were killed in the strikes. A French military official said a damage assessment had not been completed, while showing reporters aerial images of targets hit. Officials said it was at a former military installation seized by the group.

One analyst said the French action was more symbolic than substantive — France’s military means in the region are limited — but it could give political cover for other allies to join in and show that the U.S. is not acting alone in a country still sown with deadly violence 11 years after Saddam’s ouster.

“We are facing throat-cutters,” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council that was called to show support for Iraq’s government in battling the miolitants. “They rape, crucify and decapitate. They use cruelty as a means of propaganda. Their aim is to erase borders and to eradicate the rule of law and civil society.”

For all his political and economic troubles at home, French President Francois Hollande has again showed he will use force to fight Islamic militants to help a beleaguered government.

Other such operations in Iraq would continue in coming days, Hollande said, “with the same goal — to weaken this terrorist organization and come to the aid of the Iraqi authorities.”

“In no case will there be French troops on the ground: This is only about planes that, in liaison with Iraqi authorities (and) in co-ordination with our allies, will allow for a weakening of the terrorist organization,” he said.

Hollande stressed that France’s actions were limited to supporting the Iraqi military or Kurdish Peshmerga forces, and wouldn’t involve targets in Syria.

Not so long ago, co-ordinated French and U.S. military strikes in Iraq might have been unthinkable. But feeding off sectarian strife in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group has desta-

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LUANN Sept. 20 1984 — Pope John Paul II holds huge outdoor mass on LeBreton flats in Ottawa, finishing up a 12-day Canadian visit.

1977 — Ottawa announces removal of wage and price controls.

1972 — RCMP defuse a letter bomb in a park after removing it from the Israeli Consulate.

At the Israeli Embassy, the RCMP find explosives in one of six envelopes. Arab terrorist

group Black September believed responsible.

1946 — The first Cannes Film Festival premiers. The original premier was delayed in 1939 due to the Second World War, 1943 — German U-boats sink Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix using a new acoustic torpedo.

1917 — Arthur Meighen presents Military Voters Act, giving the vote to soldiers and sailors under 21, and serving women.

1917 — Parliament passes a new tax on income as a ‘temporary measure’ to help pay for the war effort and post-war recovery.

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CAMBRIDGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Canadian-led study about the ability to see famous faces in everyday objects was one of the winners of the Ig Nobel Prize awarded at Harvard University on Thursday.

The annual honours â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a spoof of the Nobel Prize â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are produced by science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research, and celebrate unusual, imaginative and humorous scientific achievements.

Ten Ig Nobel Prizes have been awarded each year since 1991 with several real Nobel Laureates handing out the awards each ceremony.

University of Toronto professor Kang Lee was lead author of the study â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeing Jesus in toast: Neural and behavioral correlates of face pareidoliaâ&#x20AC;? published in the journal Cortex earlier this year.

The research was conducted with partner institutions in China and explored the phenomenon of â&#x20AC;&#x153;face pareidoliaâ&#x20AC;? where individuals report seeing well-known faces in bread, clouds, smoke or rock formations. Lee, a developmental neuroscientist, and his team of researchers found that such recognition is normal and based on how the brain interprets and makes sense of visual stimuli. The buzzed-about study made international headlines including items published by Time Magazine and The Daily Mail and The Independent in the U.K. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize really when we published that there was so much interest in our study,â&#x20AC;? Lee said in a phone interview ahead of the awards ceremony, adding that he spoke with outlets in Brazil, Germany, the U.S. and the U.K. about the research. Lee said he believes the reason the study has resonated with so many people stems from researchers confirming evidence of a phenomenon once dismissed as folly.

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TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; With the deluge of deals and flash sales populating email inboxes and online boutiques, avoiding the urge to spend may require greater restraint than just steering clear of the mall.

A Statistics Canada report released last October found that the value of online orders placed by Canadians reached $18.9 billion in 2012 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a 24 per cent increase from 2010. Among online shoppers, 42 per cent purchased clothing, jewelry or accessories.

U.S.-based Forrester Research expects online retail sales in Canada to reach $34 billion in 2018 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; representing 10 per cent of all total retail transactions in the country.

The 24-hour access to goods may offer convenience and promise of potential savings, but can prove problematic for consumers who have difficulties curbing the volume and frequency of their spending. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Compulsive shoppers often feel that they are saving a lot of money buying into these deals ... but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually more of an illusion,â&#x20AC;? said Sunghwan Yi, associate professor in the department of marketing and consumer studies at the University of Guelph. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These online or emailbased promotions tend to really overwhelm them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People can promise themselves not to go to shopping malls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But even if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go ... youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re receiving these emails constantly or youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re encountering these promotions online â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on Facebook, for example. This can be really, really difficult for people to curb their temptation to buy.â&#x20AC;?

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online purchases also offer the ability for oneclick shopping where purchasing information can be stored on a secure site. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Literally, all you have to do is find the item, one click and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve purchased it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In addition to that, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also suggesting items other people have bought because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve bought this particular item. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to expand your shopping cart as well. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pushing people potentially to spend more than they otherwise would have which really throws the budget into a tailspin pretty quickly.â&#x20AC;?

Penny Lawson, clinical manager of outpatient services and behavioural addictions with Bellwood Health Services in Toronto, said the facility has treated individuals with shopping addiction, and noted that there are â&#x20AC;&#x153;some pretty clear signsâ&#x20AC;? that purchasing habits have become compulsive.

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you are better off separated.

However, if he is truly making an effort, has cut off contact with the old girlfriends and has introduced you to his family, please give him the opportunity to step up.

This takes time, and you could benefit from couples counselling.

But should your relationship not work out, his first priority should be his responsibility to his daughter.

Dear Annie: I take exception to your advice to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Concerned Grandparent,â&#x20AC;? who complained that people drank beer from their cars after Little League games.

What has happened to being social and getting to know the other parents? It is far better than rushing the kids home to sit in front of the computer. Our children need more direct social interaction, not less.

Just because someone enjoys beer doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean he is a drunk. Lighten up. If you want to scurry away from the event with your child, that is fine, but let other people live their lives. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fed Up to Here with P.C. Dear Fed Up: Why must parents drink beer during a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sporting event?

Have an ice cream party. Bring soft drinks.

Save the beer for adult time and instead demonstrate to the kids that socialization doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require alcohol.

And you can bet that at least one of those adults will be driving home mildly impaired.

Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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: Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Dear Annie: Has good taste gone out the window?

I recently received an invitation to a baby shower.

The invitation asks me to bring a gift, of course, but instead of a card, to also bring a book.

I have never met any of the people involved in this shower, including the parents of the new baby or the woman hosting the party.

I barely know the woman who is the new grandmother, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only because she lives in our subdivision.

These blanket invitations went out to many women in the neighbourhood. It is less an invitation to celebrate than it is a request for gifts from toMITCHELL tal strangers. & SUGAR Please ask your readers to limit these gift-giving invitations to friends and family.

After all, gifts are expressions of love and have no meaning if they are from total strangers. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stunned in Texas Dear Stunned: You are right that shower invitations should go only to friends and family. Anyone who wants to meet the neighbours can invite them to a backyard barbecue.

But as with any invitation, you can decline. (We do, however, like the idea of giving books.)

Dear Annie: I am in a relationship with a man I met through an online dating site. I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t known him long when he broke up with me.

But shortly after our relationship ended, I found out I was pregnant. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk much at the beginning of my pregnancy, but things improved by the end.

A month before our baby was due, he suggested we work things out together, and I agreed. One month after our daughter was born, I moved a short distance from my hometown to be with him, but he kept the baby and me a secret from everyone he knew, and it broke my heart.

I also found out he was having rather intimate conversations with other women and was still messaging people on dating sites during the time we were â&#x20AC;&#x153;working things out.â&#x20AC;?

I confronted him but he keeps making excuses.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never gotten an apology.

Now when he tells me he loves me, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know whether I believe him.

Our sex life is pretty much nonexistent. Is this relationship all in my head, or are these subtle ways of showing me he really doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care about me? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Heartbroken in Pennsylvania Dear Pennsylvania: Is he still having intimate conversations and messaging women on dating sites?

Are you still a secret from his friends and family?

If so, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe he loves you, either, and

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The issues that you might be dealing with today are all in your head.

Stay clear to what you need to do, what is your responsibility at work and all will be great. You will accept duties and work related irritabilities with greater determination and will work hard today.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your friends will discourage you, or they will offer you some confrontations now.

It could also be that you simply realize you are not on your proper course towards your dreams, and this might irritate you now.

Look back to past lessons to bring all back in order.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There are obligations you have to your family now that will have to be fulfilled. There could be come conflict between your significant relationship and your mother today.

So do try to accept that sometimes that area of your life will not mesh well.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you have children, then today there will be a reason to accept more responsibility for them. If not, then there will be a need for you to change your perspective of your current situation in order to better express yourself with others.

Communicate from the heart now!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You feel quite financially responsible for something that happens within the home environment and within your family today.

Perhaps it is money owed to your spouse, or someone you have bonds with, that will need to be dealt with.

Past actions will come back to haunt you now!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today is all about communicating with your siblings, or simply expressing yourself with others.

Is there something that you need to write or share and you feel that it is your responsibility?

There is a great opportunity to say exactly what you need to in a practical way.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You will feel responsible for a financial transaction today that will have you expressing yourself in order to move you towards your dreams.

Something you bought in the past, or simply a responsibility at work, to develop more of your assets, a skill set, needs to be confronted now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are feeling very responsible to express your truth to others now.

It will feel like your duty to pull yourself forward towards your dreams. There’s a catch though, past actions that perhaps you don’t value now, could be back to haunt you. Basically learn your lesson now!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Past actions will be re-addressed when it comes to home and your family now.

There will be a keen sense of duty when it comes to your work and your peace of mind at this stage, and this will instigate further developments when dealing with public life and your career.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today you will have to go over any issues with what was expressed or said with friends or within group environments you are part of. You will feel like it is your responsibility to clear the air, and others will come to an understanding and compromise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There will be some fears coming up today. You might feel that you will not be able to reach your desired goals or aspirations.

The responsibility you have towards your work and your career will allow you to overcome all, but do call on help if needed.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The responsibility you have towards being of service to others is admirable. Do realize this does not release you from the past and today past lessons will come up once again to make sure you have addressed them in full. Try to be as level headed as you can now.

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

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Saturday Sept. 20 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You will surCELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: prise those close relationships in your life Sophia Loren, 79; Phillip Phillips, 23; Anne by the proactive and positive steps you took Meara, 84 yesterday.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: You will be Trust that everything will work out with feeling good today. You will crave emotional building your resources and your personal excitement and will actively look value will increase exponentially for new ventures and adventures now. to partake in.

Others will instigate further Today will be one of those excitement with you. times when you decide to do SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): something different and it actuThe actions you took yesterday ally works out fully. If anything are creating even greater benunusual or unpleasant comes up, efits for you on a professional you will most likely laugh it off, level. and good fun and joy will be had This will come as a surprise by all! to you, as you start to underHAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today stand that faith plays an even is your birthday, this year you larger role with your accomplishwill have reason to have an inner ments than you first believed.

LARISA MAIRA smile and glow.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22OZOLINS Any difficulties will be seen as Dec. 21): You, out of anyone an obstacle that you are able to right now, are very optimistic overcome and therefore you will about your future direction. Surbe in high spirits to try everything prisingly, you will be even more and anything new. joyous today.

You will take a practical approach to exNow, the reason for this excitement is plain and converse with others about your more structure in your life through a romantic true passions and this will allow new energy relationship and more of a work and social life into your life. balance.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will be CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The acsurprised today about yesterday’s actions. tions you took yesterday, yes they were beThere was more solid ground covered and hind the scenes and not observed by many, more of a long range implementation with they created huge advances that you might others, business or romantic, than you real- not even fully be aware of today. ized originally.

You can sense this on a deeper level and Feel good, express this to others, allow for this is what is having you feel so great. Have your dreams to manifest deeply! faith in self now!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will be AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The steps surprised by how positive the outcome with you took on the way to your dreams and asothers in your life is. pirations yesterday will have you feeling very There is a sense of surprise to the day that optimistic today. will leave lasting effects with regards to those You will be expressing yourself in a unique relationships, either business or romantic, that and in an even more excited way today. This will have you feeling great and celebratory! will help you align with your goals going forGEMINI (May 21-June 20): Yesterday’s ward. need to assert yourself will translate into toPISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Today, you day’s solid advancements towards your aspi- are very optimistic, anything that bogs you rations and dreams. down will have a quick turnaround, as you This will most likely surprise you as you will be more able to bounce out of and find a realise the ramifications of your actions and solution to any issues now. assertion.

You will find that you might be surprised You’ll feel more structure and confidence by how you come across to others today. now.

Shine Bright!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You will feel more able and more of an authority at work Sunday, Sept. 21 and with how you are expressing yourself CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: today.

Bill Murray, 63; Faith Hill, 46; Stephen King, This will have a direct link with yesterday’s 66 actions.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will emStand in that energy of faith and positivity, phasize duties and responsibilities within relayou’ll get goose bumps with how awesome tionships, either business of romantic. things truly are!

Do not let doubt, or any discouragement LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The actions you from others play a part in your plans going took yesterday will surprise you, as you actu- forward. ally see that your direction forward is very Simply try to explain exactly what your positive indeed. plan is to clear up any issues you might enGreater bonds will be formed with those at counter along the way. home and with your family now that will have There is great opportunity to understand you personally feeling very optimistic and and express what’s in your heart. grateful!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Yesterday’s day, this year will prove to be just what you positive steps forward will have such posi- need in order to communicate and share your tive ramifications that it will most likely even true value with others. surprise you.

If you are in sales, then this year will You will see and will be heard by others prove to be very rewarding especially when today, and you will feel that finally you have dealing with your properties efficiently. the authority to walk your path with dignity Yes, there might be some needless irritatowards your personal dreams! bility with family, but stick to your true values

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Farm and city meet in urban rodeo to raise funds for healthy, greener cities TORONTO — Forty of Canada’s top chefs are joining forces for the Evergreen Urban Rodeo & BBQ fundraiser, designed to bring the city and countryside together with local, sustainable food and drink.

The bounty of the local terroir will be highlighted at food stations featuring country classics made with farm-fresh ingredients. Each dish will be paired with craft beer and spirits.

The rodeo is slated for Saturday, Sept. 27 at Evergreen Brick Works, an environmental community centre in the heart of Toronto’s ravine system.

The Toronto chefs on hand will be Brad Long, Jamie Kennedy and Charlotte Langley. Out-of-town chefs include Dale Mac-

Kay of Ayden Kitchen and Bar in Saskatoon; Todd Perrin of Mallard Cottage, St. John’s, N.L., Danny Smiles of Crown Salts in Montreal; Steve Mitton of Murray Street in Ottawa and John Baltazar of Homage Restaurant in Cambridge, Ont. Several chefs from Stratford, Ont., will be represented, including Jordan Lassaline of the Local Community Food Centre, Rob Rose of Canadian Grub to Go, Sean Collins and Tim Larsen of Mercer Hall Inn and Yva Santini of Pazzo Taverna.

Local bands CATL, Dani Nash, Beams and Zakary Miller will provide entertainment and visitors will be able to take a ride on a mechanical bull, get lasso lessons and try their luck at classic carnival games provided by Evergreen partner, the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

Silent and live auctions are also planned.

“Toronto is not as city slicker as you might think it is,” Arlene

Stein, event producer at Evergreen, said in a statement. “We are surrounded by some of the best farmland in the world, so we thought it would be fun to bring a bit of rodeo swagger to our city. This Rodeo BBQ is a chance to truly celebrate the harvest, hand crafted into delicious meals by some of the country’s greatest chefs.”

Evergreen is a national not-for-profit organization that inspires action to green cities.

For more information visit www.evergreen.ca.

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