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AUC urged to review decision CITY BACK PINES RESIDENTS ON POWER LINE PLACEMENT

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The City of Red Deer will ask the Alberta Utilities Commission to review its power line route through the Pines neighbourhood.

Mayor Tara Veer announced the city’s intention to formally ask the commission (AUC) to reconsider its decision in a meeting with more than two dozen Pines residents on Monday afternoon.

“I can say we’ve heard you and weighed various

options,” said Veer.

A group representing Pines residents has already made its own application for a review of the AUC’s decision to allow AltaLink to use an existing right-ofway behind Pines homes for a higher-capacity 138-kilovolt line strung along taller unipole transmission towers.

Residents have lobbied to move the power lines below the escarpment, a position the city endorsed before AUC hearings on $350 million worth of transmission upgrades for Central Alberta began in March.

The announcement the city would make its own application for review and variances was greeted with loud applause by residents, who gathered in a city conference room in the Professional Building downtown.

“We’re just really, really, really pleased. We’re just glad that the city came through for us,” said Ashley Meyers, who is the mother of two young children and concerned about the health impacts of a higher voltage line so close to her home.

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City backs spending for school site servicing WISHES PROVINCE WOULD PAY ITS SHARE OF COSTS

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer city council thinks the province should pay its share for servicing for school sites.

At Monday’s meeting, council approved close to $9 million in spending for sanitary and storm trunk servicing for new development in the city’s northeast.

Council has already approved $7.9 million in the 2013 capital budget for servicing projects in the area, including the North Highway Connector project.

Part of the reason for the additional cost of the projects was the faster than anticipated approval of a high school in the Emerson quarter near 30th Avenue.

The long-term is for three high schools, public, Catholic and francophone, to be established in the area, and to ultimately share facilities — including community sports fields — in a “campus style” development in northeast Red Deer.

That vision is set out in a proposed Northeast High Schools and Play Fields Area Structure Plan, which was endorsed in August by the city’s municipal planning commission.

The plan area consists of nearly 56 acres of cityowned land northeast of where 67th Street and 30th Avenue will intersect following their future realignment. The eastern portion of the parcel would be earmarked for high school construction, which is expected to occur over the next 10 to 25 years.

Work on a new Red Deer Regional Catholic School Division high school is expected to begin next year, with Red Deer Public School District anticipating another public high school by around 2020. A high school for Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord likely won’t be required for 20 years or more.

Although the three schools would share some facilities, they’d each also have private space to ensure their identities are maintained, said Planning Department documents.

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Afternoon traffic was disrupted in the intersection of Gaetz Avenue at 74th Street on Monday after a motor vehicle collision. Here City of Red Deer fire-medics load a patient in preparation for transport to hospital.

NDP leadership hopefuls take aim at energy sector, public services

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Ideas of rethinking energy royalties and eliminating the energy regulator and the flat tax dominated the Alberta NDP leaders forum in Red Deer, all with the goal of better providing public services for Albertans.

The party known for defending public services such as health care and education spent the twohour forum advocating pushing back and expanding these services to better serve the energy and cash rich province.

All three candidates and about 40 Central Alberta residents packed into the Snell Auditorium at the Red Deer Public Library Monday evening. The field includes Rod Loyola, NDP candidate and president of the non-academic staff association at the University of Alberta, and MLAs Rachel Notley and David Eggen.

The vote is scheduled for Oct. 18 with a leadership convention as current leader Brian Mason is set to retire after 10 years at the helm.

“There is a myth that if you vote for anybody but

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Loyola said the energy regulator was designed to be as far from a crown corporation as possible and stacked with PC “cronies.”

“That needs to be turned upside down,” he said, advocating a move to renewable energy.

“We can’t turn our back on oil and no one is suggesting it. We need to diversify, need to start a transition.”

He talked about developing a 15-year plan to transition, not completely, to a renewable resource economy.

Notley, Edmonton-Strathcona MLA, talked about the need to better understand the impacts of fracking on public water supply before a proliferation of the controversial form of energy extraction. She pointed to the primrose site near Cold Lake that is leaking into a water supply last year. She also talked about phasing out coal, developing a climate change strategy and developing energy efficiency strategy.

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Council approves Evergreen area structure plan

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s newest northeast neighbourhood — Evergreen — is gaining ground.

City council passed a bylaw amendment cementing the Evergreen Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan on Monday.

The neighbourhood is located northeast of the 67th Street and 30th Avenue intersection.

It will boast natural areas, mixed land uses, connectivity and eight different housing types.

Coun. Dianne Wyntjes said she is looking forward to watching the area develop and to see what the next chapter of this growth brings to the city.

The Evergreen community will have the option to allow a Home Owners Association (HOA). This would be the a first in Red Deer for an entire community.

An association would provide a level of service or maintenance of the community that are above the city standards.

Coun. Tanya Handley raised concerns about the impact a HOA would have on future planning for neighbouring sites.

She noted that having a HOA might limit who moves into this community because of the added fees.

If an association is formed, the city and the HOA would hammer out a deal to determine responsibility for services.

Director of Planning Kim Fowler used Calgary as an example to illustrate a scenario.

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as we get closer to that area.”

Brodsky said if the AUC chooses to review the route, “we will certainly participate in that process.

“But we’re currently under the direction the project is going ahead and we’re working to the schedule as approved by the AUC.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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POWER LINE: Buoyed by support from neighbours Meyers was buoyed by the strong support from neighbours at the gathering.

“We’re all in it together. It’s not just one or two people leading it,” she said. “We’re passionate about it. We don’t want it in our backyard. We want our beautiful area to stay beautiful.”

Residents are hoping that their proposed alternate route will be put back on the table. It would move the power lines to the bottom of the escarpment and leave more than 50 homes outside a 150-metre zone around the power line.

That route was not considered by the AUC. Instead, the panel considered — but dismissed — an AltaLink-proposed alternate route that would have moved a shorter stretch of line below the escarpment.

AltaLink’s alternate is considered a second-best option by residents.

Paul Goranson, the city’s director of corporate services, said the municipality will argue that the AUC misinterpreted how the power lines impact on residents should be measured.

In making its decision, the AUC suggests that since the upgraded line would follow an existing route with transmission towers, the impact on residents is virtually “nil.”

The City of Red Deer disagrees and will argue that an alternate route should be chosen.

Parsons Close resident Tom Conroy is not happy that AltaLink has already been tagging trees for trimming and removal along the existing right-of-way even before the appeal period is over.

“It makes it seem like this thing was decided a long time ago and that all these steps we’re taking are just meaningless.”

That shows a lack of respect for residents, he said.

AltaLink spokesman Peter Brodsky said the company has been given approval to complete the transmission upgrade and is in the process of beginning right-of-way clearing.

Work is underway on other parts of the project and he didn’t have a specific date when brush and tree crews might be in the Pines area.

“I know we have signage in the area. We will update that signage and any information for residents

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NDP: Focused on switch to SERVICES: Province creates renewable energy challenges for city At last week’s Alberta Urban Municipalities Association’s annual convention in Edmonton, Red Deer sponsored a resolution calling on the province to pay its share for school site servicing.

Coun. Ken Johnston said the projects would have gone forward anyway, and the city will save on inflationary costs. He said the projects allow to build for the future, while pointing out there is a broader issue.

“It reminded me of me telling the kids that they were responsible for shovelling the driveway but they had to buy their own snowblower,” said Johnston. “It does reflect the realities in our province — downloading responsibility without resources.”

Mayor Tara Veer said growing communities always appreciate and welcome provincial announcements of new schools, but they create challenges for municipalities.

Coun. Lawrence Lee said the city continues to grow and they must meet needs — and in order to do that, they must spend the money.

Council approved $3.5 million for the North Highway Connector 30th Avenue Storm Trunk from Northland Drive to the South Quarter Line, but an additional $6.5 million is needed because of the elevated construction of the school site and reorientation of the proposed school site near 30th Avenue to 67th Street.

It was also found that the trunk needs to be buried an additional three to four metres and the subgrade material was unsuitable for road construction.

The developer of the Evergreen development plans to start construction of the neighbourhood storm pond before winter.

The sanitary trunk extension project needs an additional $2.3 million. Council approved $4.4 million in funding previously for two sanitary offsite projects for the Timberlands subdivision. The south quarter line to 67th Street requires an additional $150,000 and the North Highway Connector (30th

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Eggen, Edmonton-Calder, talked about investing the current non-renewable energy wealth into developing a new renewable energy wealth, with the inclusion that the province raise energy royalties. He advocated upgrading bitumen in province, instead of relying on pipelines to ship raw bitumen to upgraders and refineries outside of Alberta. He said Alberta should not be extracting more bitumen than it can upgrade, and by building capacity to do so it could better regulate the extraction of the raw crude.

All three candidates focused on the importance of preparing the province for a transition to using renewable energy.

Alberta’s flat tax and corporate tax rate came under fire during the forum, with all three expressing frustration with the regime.

“We’ve been through the flat tax experiment for more than a decade and no other province seems to be trying this asinine idea. We need a reasonable tax structure that pays for the services people want to have,” said Eggen.

Loyola said a progressive tax regime would go a long way to mitigate the province’s boom-bust cycle it rides under the current royalty and flat tax system.

“Important we have a system where people who aren’t making as much don’t pay as much and people who make more and are benefiting from the system, pay a little more.”

Eggen said they are seeing a dynamic change in how the province is being run and a change in the character and beliefs of the people who live there.

“You get drawn into the salaries here, but when you need the child care, education or eventually seniors care you see how expensive things are in the province.”

Eggen talked about recent victories for the party, including the announcement about two weeks ago that the Michener Centre would stay open.

“It’s not like Jim Prentice made that decision out of the goodness of his heart, he made that decision because we forced him to.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Four byelections called for Oct. 27 PREMIER RUNNING IN CALGARY-FOOTHILLS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alberta Premier Jim Prentice announced Monday he will put himself and his mandate to the test on Oct. 27 in one of four byelections.

“We’ve begun to shape a new Progressive Conservative government with essentially new leadership, new voices and a new way of doing things,” Prentice told a news conference. “We’re ready to hit the doors and to engage every voter in these constituencies.”

Three of the byelections will be in Calgary and one in Edmonton. The Tories hold 57 of 87 seats in the Alberta legislature, so the results won’t affect the balance of power.

Prentice, who won the Progressive Conservative party leadership on Sept. 6, will run in Calgary-Foothills, in the city’s northwest.

The constituency adjoins the federal riding of Calgary Centre-North, which Prentice won handily three times when he served as a Conservative MP from 2004 to 2010.

Prentice, a 58-year-old Calgarian, said his home is in north Calgary and that is where he wanted to run.

The riding came open just hours earlier Monday when Independent legislature member Len Webber

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announced he was resigning. Webber, a three-term MLA, won the federal Conservative nomination on the weekend to run in Calgary-Confederation.

He left the PC caucus in March to protest what he called the bully tactics and tantrums of then-premier Alison Redford. Redford resigned soon after as caucus and party discontent mounted over her leadership style, lavish travel and office expenses.

Also Monday, backbencher Ken Hughes quit his riding of Calgary-West to return to the private sector, allowing Prentice to introduce Calgary police Sgt. Mike Ellis as the party’s standard-bearer in that byelection.

Hughes, a former Conservative MP and cabinet minister under Redford, said in a news release he wanted to help Prentice with his agenda for government renewal.

Gordon Dirks, a former chairman of the Calgary Board of Education, was brought into cabinet by Prentice to be education minister and was acclaimed last week as the PC candidate for the byelection in Calgary-Elbow, which is Redford’s old constituency.

Dirks said he’ll focus on the future, including getting schools built for a rapidly growing population.

“I’m not focusing on the opposition. I’m not focusing on the past.”

Former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel was apBrock Myrol and Leo Johnston were guarding a Quonset hut on Roszko’s property on March 3, 2005, as part of a marijuana grow-op and automobile chopshop investigation.

Roszko ambushed the officers before he was shot and wounded, then killed himself.

Hennessey was granted day parole on Sept. 23.

Man convicted in Alberta RCMP deaths held on drug charge released from jail EDMONTON — One of two men convicted in the deaths of four Alberta Mounties who pleaded guilty to a drug charge this month has been released from jail.

Dennis Cheeseman was fined $1,000 on Sept. 9 for having prescription drugs that were not in his name.

Cheeseman was released from prison last November after serving two-thirds of his sentence for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of the RCMP officers at a farm in Mayerthorpe in 2005.

The conditions of his release included abstaining from drugs and alcohol until his entire sentence expires on April 13, 2016.

Sources tell The Canadian Press that Cheeseman was released back into the community from a federal prison Sept. 17 on the same conditions.

The Correctional Service of Canada declined to comment, citing federal privacy laws.

Cheeseman and his brother-in-law, Shawn Hennessey, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for giving James Roszko a rifle and a ride to his farm where the Mounties were gunned down.

Constables Peter Schiemann, Anthony Gordon,

Ranchers to conserve huge tract of native grassland CALGARY — Southern Alberta ranchers have banded together to preserve a huge swath of almost untouched native grassland that some call a prairie Serengeti.

“Everything — everything — that was there when Columbus arrived is still there,” said Larry Simpson of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, which helped put the deal together. “That’s what makes this area so special.”

The 72 members of the Waldron Grazing Co-op have agreed to sign a conservation easement on more than 12,000 hectares of rolling prairie and foothills that their group has owned since 1962. The land, located on either side of Highway 22 south of Longview, Alta., was being eyed by developers and could have been sold for at least $75 million, said Simpson.

Instead, the ranchers agreed to easements that forbid subdividing, draining of wetlands, or cultivation of the land.

“We’re not in it for the money, we’re really not,” said rancher Tim Nelson from Stavely, Alta., chairman of co-op board.

pointed health minister by Prentice two weeks ago.

He has been acclaimed to run for the Tories in Edmonton-Whitemud. That riding opened up recently when Dave Hancock, who took over as premier after Redford, announced he was leaving public life.

Since taking the top job, Prentice has been on a whirlwind tour of announcements: he has put the government air fleet up for sale, axed changes to public-sector pensions and cancelled a redesign of the province’s licence plate.

The opposition is urging voters not to let the Tories off that lightly.

“Mr. Prentice can probably fix up some of the corruption and the scandals that plagued the Redford government, but he can’t run away from the government’s record on health care or education or on the development of our natural resources,” said NDP Leader Brian Mason in Edmonton.

“Those are the issues that we’re going to be taking to voters in these byelections.”

The Opposition Wildrose party is running its campaigns under the slogan: “Help Send the PCs a Message.”

Prentice had promised the byelections would be out of the way before the legislature resumes sitting on Nov. 17. A general election must be held by law in the spring of 2016.

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COUNCIL: Other news She said the HOA would be responsible for plowing the boulevards (middle sections between roads) and the city would be responsible for its standard snow clearing and road maintenance.

In other council news: ● One councillor wants the city to look at options for reducing air conditioner noise.

Coun. Paul Harris introduced a notice of motion asking the city to advocate for changes to the Alberta Building and Safety Codes. The notice of motion will be considered in two weeks. ● Red Deer had a strong presence at the last week’s Alberta Urban Municipalities Association convention in Edmonton.

Its temporary foreign worker resolution was passed unanimously as an emergency resolution by the delegation on Friday. The resolution calls on the province to lobby for changes to the federal government that address the abuses in the program.

“I think this has been one of our most productive AUMA meetings,” said Mayor Tara Veer. “Historically we have always been strong participants but I think the receptivity from the premiers office and the cabinet portfolio tells me we are making significant headway in positioning Red Deer’s role as third largest city and capitalizing on the influence that we have.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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We are living in the dark GOVERNMENTS NEED OUR TRUST – BUT THEY DON’T HAVE IT AND HAVEN’T EARNED IT What should we make of the tearstained apology given by the prime minister’s parliamentary secretary for his bizarre behaviour last week in the House during question period?

Was Paul Calandra’s apology sincere or an attempt to downgrade his circus performance into mere soap opera?

However his little two-act play was scripted, we simply can’t believe the performance was GREG genuine. And the NEIMAN very real public suspicion that we are being played for fools with our money and our very lives infects not only the current zoo in Parliament, but every aspect of our lives.

When you can’t trust the government — chiefly because they won’t tell you the truth, or anything at all — the authority of government is badly compromised.

That affects more than you think.

Bottom line: government needs our permission to operate. They need our support on everything from a mandate to go to war, to trust that oilsands and pipeline megaprojects are safe, to whether we should allow a highvoltage power line near our homes, to whether anyone really cares about aging and severely handicapped people at Michener Centre.

Canada is about to commit hundreds of millions of dollars in equipment and Canadian service people’s lives in a conflict against an enemy Canadians don’t even know. We’ll be sending personnel into a mission that has not been defined and therefore has no goals.

We’ve been promised a public debate this week on a U.S. request that free nations unite against a terrorist group seeking to set up a medieval caliphate in the Middle East.

Canadians definitely support stopping them. But it would be nice to know what the expectations are of us in helping that effort.

Two weeks ago, we were training Kurdish troops and giving humanitarian aid to refugees displaced by the fighting in Iraq. Now, it seems we’re dropping bombs.

Next, will we be invading Syria, in the same way our troops went to Afghanistan? How’s that worked out?

The problem is, our own government won’t tell us what they’re plan-

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ning. Prime Minister Stephen Harper surprised everyone during an interview in New York with the Wall Street Journal by saying that he is considering Canada’s taking on an active fighting role in Iraq.

Previously, Canadian troops were to be advisors and humanitarian assistants. They were to be there for 30 days and then we’d decide what comes next.

We don’t even know that for sure, because no such announcement was ever made in Parliament.

That set up the circus with Calandra last week. Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair was simply doing his job when he asked in the House if Canada’s commitment to sending troops to Iraq ended on Oct. 5, 30 days after they were sent in.

With Harper absent, Calandra went off on a rant about a tweet sent by an NDP MP about Israel a whole month earlier.

Nonplussed, Mulcair pressed on, with both Calandra and other govern-

ment MPs, for an answer about our role in Iraq, only to hear the same rant repeated over and over again.

An appeal to Speaker Andrew Scheer ended with a rebuke to Mulcair and no more questions from him would be allowed.

Despite the hooting from the backbenches, even Conservative MPs were later reported to be infuriated by this blatant contempt for Parliament. On national TV later, Calandra was unrepentant, and when asked by a reporter if he had an obligation to answer a question in the House, Calandra went off on the same rant again.

Since then, CBC News learned that Calandra was ordered by the “kids in short pants” in the PMO to answer every question about Iraq in this way.

So what to make of Calandra’s weeping apology days later? He absolved the PMO of interference and said he took complete responsibility to for his clownish behaviour.

Sorry? Really? If you’re sorry, then

answer the damn question.

Canadians appear to support the mission against terrorism, but they are beginning to doubt whether they are being told the truth about what the mission is supposed to entail. We don’t even know, after years of budget cutbacks for military maintenance, if our equipment is up to the task.

Harper got his mandate by promising open, transparent government.

Since being elected, he has given us anything but.

It’s one thing to believe politicians lie. That’s just a standing joke.

It’s a whole new order of things when we begin to believe we’re being played for fools. That’s when local organizers, from pipeline protesters, to power line critics and the Occupy movement decide the authority to act lies with them at home.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

Hong Kong protests test China’s resolve The crowds of protesters in the streets of Hong Kong continue to grow, and they have spread beyond Central (the business district) to Kowloon and Causeway Bay. The police are already using tear gas and pepper spray, and rubber bullets will be next.

It’s not exactly Armageddon, but it’s the most serious organized protest that China has seen since the pro-democracy movement on Tiananmen Square was drowned in blood 25 years ago.

Hong Kong isn’t exactly China, of course, in the sense GWYNNE that it doesn’t live under the DYER same arbitrary dictatorship as the rest of the country.

While it has been under the ultimate control of the communist regime in Beijing since Britain handed the territory back to China in 1997, the deal London made before the hand-over guaranteed Hong Kong’s existing social system, including freedom of speech and the rule of law, for another 50 years.

Indeed, the “one country, two systems” deal even stipulated that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region would get more democratic as time went on. There was already an elected Legislative Council when the British left, but by 2017, Beijing promised, there would also be a democratically elected chief executive. (The holder of that office is now chosen by a 1,200-person Election Committee that is packed with pro-Beijing members.)

But free elections for the chief executive turned out to be more democracy than the Beijing regime

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could swallow, mainly because it’s terrified of the example spreading to the rest of China. So it broke its promise: late last month the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing declared that it will allow only three candidates to run for chief executive, and that all of them must be approved by a nominating committee chosen by the regime.

That’s what triggered the current wave of demonstrations. As Martin Lee, founding chairman of the Democratic Party, said at a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong: “What’s the difference between a rotten orange, a rotten apple and a rotten banana? We want genuine universal suffrage, not democracy with Chinese characteristics.”

Li Fei, deputy secretary-general of the NPC standing committee that wrote the new rule, said that opening up nominations would cause a “chaotic society,” and that the chief executive must “love the country and love the party.”

It’s the classic communist mind-set and it left Hong Kong democrats with no options other than surrender or popular protest. Now thousands of people are out in the streets.

Where does it go from here?

This confrontation comes at a particularly unfortunate time for Hong Kong’s pro-democratic movement, because the relatively new supreme leader in Beijing, President Xi Jinping, cannot afford to make any concessions.

Since he came to power two years ago, Xi has launched a massive anti-corruption purge that has made him a lot of enemies. At least 30 senior officials and hundreds of their family members and associates have been put under investigation or taken into custody. Thousands of other officials might also face arrest (and rightly so) if the purge spreads.

About 70 officials have actually committed suicide in the past year and a half.

The campaign against corruption is necessary and

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long overdue, but it is widely resented by those who fear that they and their families might also be caught in the net (including the family and associates of former presidents Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin). The resentment is all the deeper because Xi Jinping’s own family and associates are magically untouched by the purge.

Many powerful people in the communist hierarchy would therefore be greatly relieved if Xi lost power, or at least was forced to end the anti-corruption campaign. If he were to surrender to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, he would be giving those people an excuse to unite against him in defence of the Communist Party’s monopoly of power, and not just of their own personal interests.

Using excessive force to quell the protests, up to and including massacres, would also leave Xi open to criticism, of course, but mainly to criticism from abroad. As we saw in the suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, in the end Communist Party cadres will usually support the use of violence in defence of their power and privileges.

As for the general public in China, the events in Hong Kong are already represented in the state-controlled media (to the extent that they are reported at all) as the anti-patriotic actions of people who are being manipulated by hostile foreign powers. Many ordinary Chinese people won’t believe that, but they probably won’t risk much to support of the people of Hong Kong. (If the protests spread to the mainland, of course, it’s a whole different game.)

Xi Jinping would doubtless prefer to win his confrontation with Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement peacefully, but he will use as much violence as necessary to suppress it. Massacres would do great damage to China’s relations with the rest of the world, but he knows where his priorities lie.

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LETTERS AltaLink ignores residents in Pines power line dispute Re: AltaLink power line route through Pines neighbourhood It’s been smoke and mirrors from the start. AltaLink never had any intention to do anything other than what they wanted from the very beginning of the power line upgrade project through the Pines subdivision.

Yet AltaLink spokesman Peter Brodsky states, “We feel we did right by the Pines residents in terms of addressing their concerns.” (Red Deer Advocate, Sept. 17) The Pines residents group proposal to move the power lines to a less intrusive location, taking every residence out of the way, was never given any consideration.

Over 90 per cent of the affected residents were contacted and signed a petition supporting the alternate route with support unanimously endorsed by the City of Red Deer.

AltaLink clearly dismissed this proposal, since during their portion of formal review by the Alberta Utilities Commission board they didn’t even mention the residents’ proposal of an alternate route.

AltaLink wanted their higher, uglier, increased voltage towers to go through the existing right of way and that was that. Without listening or caring about residents concerns, the AUC has approved the project.

An application for review has been filed by the Pines group to the AUC and AltaLink is aware of this.

Instead of respecting the process when an appeal has been submitted, AltaLink responded on the same day as the application was filed by erecting signs in the neighbourhood announcing “power line construction” and marking their chosen path with spray paint and taping trees they intend to remove.

How is this “doing right by the Pines residents,” Mr. Brodsky?

Arlene and Randy Hjertaas Red Deer

Pines power line project leaves many questions This will effect many of us even if you are not on the existing power line route.

I without a doubt and have spoken with several other experienced Realtors who agree this will greatly hurt our property values.

I am resident and Red Deerian on a unique lot. I have a view of the city, Red Deer River and in a community that strives to keep their homes in tiptop shape.

I am asking fair market value and know that I am going to need to reduce significantly should AltaLink move forward with its power line project in the Pines.

Above the concern of money, as many of these homes are like anyone’s part of their retirement, there is the concern for electromagnetic fields (EMFs). There is solid scientifically proven documentation saying it is

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dangerous and unhealthy for you but AltaLink has “experts” saying it’s all fine.

At one point we thought asbestos and tobacco were fine and more recently the plastic additive BPA was also considered fine.

If we truly knew EMF was fine for us, why are they making the power line clearances higher? Because there are engineering guidelines for safe distances for exposure.

Why in a rural area will AltaLink go around one residence but here is an opportunity to go around 50 residences in an urban setting and they won’t?

Just because they don’t have to and they have an existing right of way.

The city unanimously supports the Pines Group alternate route and is willing to swap land to provide the required right of way.

Why is the Alberta Utilities Commission deciding to say no, there would be too much tree clearing? The difference between the two are minimal. They neglect any reforestation that could be done to narrow the path along the existing route.

When you read the decision from AltaLink, it is clear that AUC did not understand our points, they never toured the route, asked questions and they just took whatever AltaLink said as fact. How can AUC issue permits for construction to AltaLink when they know it is the appeal process?

The process is flawed to say the least!

I was beside myself to see the signs up for clearing the paths many residents in Red Deer use daily and I had no clue they we were moving ahead. Is this a scare tactic?

Karrie-Anne Brewster Red Deer

Hwy 2A through region must be upgraded How long are residents going to have to deal with the dangerous fiasco of the Hwy 2A corridor between Penhold and Lacombe?

I have seen numerous close calls and accidents on this section of highway.

It’s unbelievable that a busy rail line still exists south of the Blindman River and it is a major traffic snarl.

Traffic gets backed up for miles!

I have heard stories of semi drivers waiting 40 minutes to make a safe left turn onto Hwy 2A from around the Precision Drilling area. It’s so congested.

Alberta Transportation continues to drop the ball year after year.

This problem should have been fixed years ago.

Travis Beebe Blackfalds

We need Alberta solution for shortage of workers I am so proud and happy with our city councillors for “pushing the dialogue between the provincial and federal governments.”

The Temporary Foreign Worker Program possibly works in other prov-

inces but Alberta is totally unique in its labour needs.

I understand how and why the new rules set out can work in other parts of Canada where the jobs are not so plentiful.

So my personal thanks to city councillors for making the effort to truly see what is good for our city and province.

Gail VanMale Red Deer

Gravel pit proposal should have been approved I have made applications for a gravel pit on my land over the last few years. Each time, the Red Deer County administration reviewed our application and recommended approval with conditions. Each time, councillors on the Municipal Planning Commission and then the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board refused to listen to the recommendations of county administration and turned my application down.

With this last application, the commission and the board both turned the application down because of environmental issues. These issues will be dealt with by Alberta Environment and the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans under provincial and federal laws and by experts who are qualified to rule on these issues. I don’t understand why the commission and the board are dealing with environmental issues when they are not qualified to do so.

I asked the board to come out and see my land and the surrounding for themselves. They would not do so. Had they done so, they would have understood the true situation. Instead, they refused my application based on speculation and emotion. The board was influenced by a group who call themselves environmentalists and yet many of these “environmentalists” engage in activities that are far more harmful to the environment than the proposed gravel pit, such as cattle farming directly adjacent to (and sometimes in) the Medicine River. They express concerns about preservation of agricultural land and yet many of them live on acreages. Once the gravel was mined from the gravel pit, my land would have been put back into its agricultural state; the acreages will never be used for agricultural production.

The individuals who opposed the application told the board that river floods every year and covers my property. In the over 10 years that I have owned the property, I have only seen it flood once. When it did flood, the Medicine River was not in the proposed gravel pit area and the water simply dissipated when the river went down.

Since then, I have built a road to my cabin that will act as a berm so there is no way for the Medicine River to flood the proposed gravel pit area.

The opposition complained about noise and dust and yet the closest residence is 580 metres away, through several layers of brush and heavy spruce

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on the other side of the Medicine River. The next closest other residences are 800 to 900 metres away. I have seen crushers in cities and towns operating much closer to hundreds of people.

Two of the individuals who opposed the application run river boats on the Medicine River. Anyone who has heard the river boats knows how much noise they make and yet these individuals complained about noise from the gravel pit.

The gravel pit that I was trying to get approved was only 11 hectares. It would serve the needs of the local area. Once the gravel was mined, I would have to reclaim the land. I planned to plant trees and create two small lakes.

I was going to leave a buffer zone for wildlife and shade for the spawning walleye. It would be a win-win situation.

I am not the greedy developer. I am just a retired farmer who would like to supplement his income in the summer months. I cannot believe that a small group could have so much power as to be able to stop me from using my land in a way that was not going to bother any of them and was not going to harm the environment.

Wendell Miller 6M Holdings Red Deer County

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Magnotta not criminally responsible: lawyer

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Luka Rocco Magnotta is schizophrenic and was not criminally responsible when he killed Chinese student Jun Lin in 2012, his lawyer told jurors on Monday.

Magnotta has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and there is a history of schizophrenia in his family, Luc Leclair said on the first day of his client’s highly publicized first-degree murder trial.

“I intend to show to you that at the time of the events, he was not criminally responsible,” Leclair told the eight women and six men who will hear the evidence.

His comments capped a stunning morning in the courtroom that began with Magnotta, 32, entering fresh not-guilty pleas to five charges, including murder.

Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer then advised the jurors that Magnotta had admitted to committing the crimes and that their task over the next six to eight weeks would be to determine his state of mind at the time.

“I have to tell you, Mr. Magnotta admits the acts or the conduct underlying the five offences he’s

charged with,” Cournoyer said. “Your task will be to determine whether the Crown has proven he has committed the five offences with the required state of mind for each offence.”

Leclair revisited the matter as he spoke to the jurors.

“Mr. Magnotta has admitted the physical acts for each of the offences,” he told them. “The other part to each charge is the mental part — so the defence will be focusing on that.”

The defence lawyer provided the jury with snapshots of Magnotta’s life, including several visits to psychiatrists and a hospitalization in a psychiatric ward in Miami.

Leclair also made mention of a meeting with a Toronto reporter about an allegation he had been dating killer Karla Homolka.

He said he hopes several of Magnotta’s relatives will testify, including his father, Donald Newman, who also has a history of schizophrenia.

Leclair took the unusual step of addressing the jurors before the Crown had presented the outline of its entire case. He said he wanted to ensure the jury didn’t think it was simply “wasting its time.”

The lawyer said a large number of medical files will be presented.

Earlier, Crown prosecutor Louis Bouthillier told jurors he expects to show them the crimes were pre-

meditated.

“The two words you should have in mind while listening to the evidence are ’planned and deliberate,”’ he said.

Magnotta was impassive as Bouthillier said the testimony of a journalist from England will indicate Lin’s murder had been in the works for six months.

He said the reporter and his media organization received an email in December 2011 that shows Magnotta was intending to kill a human and film the event.

“This email makes it clear that Mr. Magnotta was planning to kill a human being and that he was going to make a movie,” Bouthillier told the jurors.

He also said they will see Lin’s last moments alive, images that were captured by a surveillance video at a Montreal apartment.

Lin’s body was later found cut up: hands and feet were mailed to political offices in Ottawa and schools in Vancouver. The rest of the body was found in the trash behind the apartment.

His head was found in a Montreal park one month after his slaying.

The jury is expected to hear testimony from about 60 witnesses, including some from France and Germany who were interviewed by Canadian authorities.

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Cabinet to debate expanding air war

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OTTAWA — The federal cabinet is poised to consider the possible deployment of CF-18 jetfighters and CP-140 Aurora surveillance aircraft in the everexpanding air war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

But there is concern within National Defence and among critics about the wear and tear of yet another combat mission on the veritable fighter-bombers, which are well into middle age, and about how the aircraft will be used.

The expectation that Canada will contribute a combat detachment is running high in the international community, as allies have already offered specific airfield space in the region.

Before that happens, though, the Harper government has promised to hold a vote in Parliament — a pledge Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird repeated.

“We have been asked to do more by the Obama administration,” Baird told the House of Commons.

“I can assure the member opposite, clearly no decisions have been taken.”

He went on to state that “if there were to be a combat mission, we would seek to bring it before Parliament as a matter of confidence.”

Declaring the vote to be a matter of confidence, which if lost could technically defeat the government, smacks more of pre-election bravado than political drama, since the Conservatives have more than enough votes to carry the motion.

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B1 Habs still Canada’s best hope

TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2014

CANADIENS HAVE BEST ODDS TO END CANADA’S STANLEY CUP DROUGHT THIS SEASON

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS During last season’s playoffs, Canadiens players couldn’t help but wonder how Montreal might respond if the team won the Stanley Cup. “The way the city reacts when we win one playoff round, it’s almost shocking,” Max Pacioretty said. “We joke around like, ’Could you imagine winning a Stanley Cup there and what the reaction would be?”’

P.K. Subban has thought about it.

“It’s scary,” the 2013 Norris Trophy winner said. “It’s scary in a great way. How passionate those fans are, the province, it’s scary.”

Oddsmakers think the current landscape across Canada is scary in a bad way and are betting that the country’s Stanley Cup drought will extend to 21 seasons. But among the seven teams, the Canadiens have the best odds of ending it at 18 to 1, according to the online sportsbook Bodog.ca, which is no surprise given they were the only club to make last season’s playoffs.

The Vancouver Canucks (33-1), Toronto Maple Leafs (40-1), Edmonton Oilers (501), Ottawa Senators and Winnipeg Jets (66-1) and Calgary Flames (75-1) aren’t inspiring much confidence to bring the trophy back to Canada for the first time since the Habs did it in 1993.

Montreal came the closest in last year’s playoffs by reaching the Eastern Conference final before losing to the New York Rangers. Beating the rival Boston Bruins to get there was what Pacioretty called the

best feeling he’s had in hockey to this point.

Pacioretty knows winning a Cup would be the pinnacle.

The stage is set for the Habs to at least be in the running to get back to the same spot with goaltender Carey Price healthy, Subban locked up to a long-term contract and the East looking as wide open as ever.

Before now, the longest title drought in franchise history was 12 seasons, between 1931 and 1944.

Subban, now one of the Habs’ four alternate captains along with Pacioretty, centre Tomas Plekanec and defenceman Andrei Markov, doesn’t feel the pressure of 1993, but definitely has since 2010.

“I think we’re responsible for the time that you’re here,” Subban said. “You’re responsible for the time that you wear the jersey to do everything you can to help the team win.”

Despite wholesale changes — a new president in Trevor Linden, general manager in Jim Benning and coach in Willie Desjardins — the Canucks don’t think they’re far off from being back in contention.

“We felt like we made some good changes in the summer and got a little bit stronger, got a little bit younger, got deeper,” defenceman Kevin Bieksa said. “But the same pieces are still in place that were successful two years ago and for the five, six years prior to that.”

Daniel and Henrik Sedin will begin new four-year contracts at the age of 34, but they’re two of just six players left from the 2011 team that lost to the Bruins in the Cup

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Montreal Canadiens players celebrate after defeating the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime in Game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs Eastern Conference finals, May 22, 2014, in New York.

During last season’s playoffs, Canadiens players couldn’t help but wonder how Montreal might respond if the team won the Stanley Cup. final. Bieksa, Alex Edler, Alex Burrows and Jannik Hansen are the others.

Gone are Cory Schneider and Roberto Luongo, but the Canucks signed Ryan Miller to bring back some goaltending stability.

“It solidifies us,” Bieksa said of Miller. “To have an experienced guy who’s been around, who’s not going to get flustered, he’s won a lot of big games, he’s played on the big

stage, that helps us.”

As much as the Canucks’ season went off the rails in 2013-14, the Leafs had a bigger thud by losing eight straight and 12 of their final 14 to fall out of playoff contention.

Since, there has been much more talk about changing the “culture” in Toronto than about 1967 or anything about the Cup. When commissioner Gary Bettman said that a hypothet-

ical second team in Toronto would struggle to gain a foothold if the Leafs won the Cup, new “Hockey Night In Canada” host George Stroumboulopoulos said what most were thinking: “That’s a big hypothetical.”

It might be difficult for Leafs players to think that far ahead, given the day-to-day spotlight they’re in.

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Hall scores pair to lead Oilers Charles leads Chiefs to big win over Patriots past Jets in preseason action

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 3 Jets 1 EDMONTON — Taylor Hall looks like he is ready to get the regular season going.

Hall, who has finished in the top 10 in NHL scoring the past two seasons, scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night in pre-season play.

“I feel good. I don’t want to be that guy who says ‘I’m in the best shape of my life and I never felt better,’ but I feel good,’’ Hall said. “For me, my stick handling, my shot, my skating is always there at the start of the year. It’s just my thinking of the game and the way I process it that takes a while to get up to speed. So that’s probably been my focus throughout training camp.’’

Mark Fayne also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 3-2 in exhibition play.

“I thought we played a pretty solid game,’’ said Oilers centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who had a pair of assists for four points in three exhibition games. “Winnipeg always plays hard, they played us hard in Winnipeg too. It’s good that we seem to be able to get a lead and hold on to that. That’s something when it comes to regular season we have to be better at for sure.

It starts in exhibition and I thought a few games in exhibition have been good in that sense.’’

Mathieu Perreault replied for the Jets, who fell to 1-3.

“You want to win no matter what, because we are competitive as professionals, but at the same time you have to learn from these games and do better in the next one,’’ said Jets defenceman Mark Stuart, who made his pre-season debut. “We did do some good things and threw some good shots on net, it was just not quite the emotional effort that you want.’’

Winnipeg head coach Paul Maurice said that one positive was the play of Perreault, who signed a three-year deal as a free agent this summer after splitting last season between Washington and Anaheim.

“Mathieu Perreault is a really good player for us,’’ said

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Edmonton Oilers Darnell Nurse (74) and Taylor Hall (4) celebrate a goal against the Winnipeg Jets during second period NHL action in Edmonton, on Monday.

Maurice. “He is going to fit really well and bring a lot fiveon-five and five-on-four. I really like what he has. He can handle and move the puck and create some open space.

“It’s good to have (Stuart) back and have some strength on that blue-line as well.’’

Edmonton got on the board first, scoring on their first shot of the game three minutes into the first period. Junior-aged training camp invite Vladimir Tkachev continued his strong play as he seeks a contract, making a cross-ice pass to Fayne that he blasted high to the glove side past Winnipeg goalie Michael Hutchinson. It was Tkachev’s third assist in three games for the Oilers.

Edmonton looked to have taken a two-goal lead on the power play with six minutes left in the opening period, but Tyler Pitlick’s goal was called back due to incidental contact with the Jets’ goalie.

Winnipeg had a glorious

chance to tie the game with two minutes left in the first with several whacks during a scramble in front of the Oilers net, but couldn’t manage to get one past Edmonton starter Viktor Fasth.

Edmonton went up 2-0 two minutes into the second on a power-play goal as Nugent-Hopkins threaded a long saucer pass through a maze in front to hit Hall on the fly.

He scored his first of the preseason on a shot that Hutchinson got a piece of, but couldn’t stop.

“It was great pass, it’s a new look on the power play for us,’’ Hall said. “It was really created by Pitlick getting open and attracting guys to him. It worked out tonight, I would have liked to get a few more chances on the power play to work on it but that will come as the pre-season wears on’’.

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Chiefs 41 Patriots 14 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It made sense that Andy Reid spoke in baseball metaphors after Kansas City whipped the New England Patriots on Monday night, with the Royals poised to end a long playoff drought just across the parking lot from Arrowhead Stadium.

He may have stretched things a bit when it came to Jamaal Charles, though.

“It’s a heck of a thing to bring 25 off the bench as a relief pitcher,” Reid said.

“That’s a pretty good player.

To add him back to the mix is something.”

Relief pitcher? How about staff ace.

Charles returned from an ankle injury to score three touchdowns, Tom Brady was picked off twice by the opportunistic Chiefs, and Kansas City routed New England 4114 to hand Bill Belichick one of his worst losses as coach of the Patriots.

Charles, who missed last week’s win in Miami with a sprained ankle, ran for 92 yards and a score.

The Pro Bowl running back also caught two short touchdown passes from Alex Smith, who had 248 yards passing and three touchdowns in a sharp performance before a raucous crowd.

“Coach said he was going to look for me, and see how it feels during the game,” Charles said, “and I guess I started feeling like myself. He didn’t want to take me out.”

The Chiefs (2-2) ended a four-game skid at Arrowhead Stadium dating to last season by making things miserable on Brady, who had one of his two picks returned for a touchdown.

Brady also was strip-sacked and finished 14 of 23 for 159 yards and a touchdown.

“It was just a bad performance by everybody,” Brady said.

“We need to make sure we never have this feeling again.

We’ve got to figure out what we have to do better.”

With the game out of hand, the Patriots gave rookie quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo a chance to play. He threw a late touchdown pass to Rob

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Gronkowski to complete the scoring.

“Just wanted to play everybody,” Belichick said.

The Chiefs forced the Patriots to air it out by stuffing Shane Vereen and Stevan Ridley. And when Brady dropped back, their front seven ran roughshod over New England’s suspect offensive line.

It hardly helped the Patriots’ offence that it was trying to operate on the same night Chiefs fans were trying to reclaim the record for loudest outdoor sports venue. The record was set in the first half, when Guinness World Records noted a noise level of 142.2 decibels — breaking the mark of 137.6 that the Seattle Seahawks’ fans had set last season.

“My ears are still ringing,” Reid said with a smile.

The crowd included several members of the Royals, who made the walk across the parking lot from Kauffman Stadium to watch the start of the game on the sidelines.

The Royals will play their first post-season game since 1985 against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.

Knile Davis added 107 yards rushing for Kansas City, forming a potent one-two punch with Charles in the backfield.

Tight end Travis Kelce had eight catches for 93 yards and a score.

“Some nights things come together,” Smith said. “Guys execute and you take advantage.”

Charles was executing right from the start, giving the Chiefs a lead with his firstquarter touchdown plunge. He then extended the lead with a 5-yard TD catch in the second quarter.

Cairo Santos added a 22-yard field goal just before halftime for a 17-0 lead.

The field goal came after the Chiefs were bailed out by a defensive penalty. They had been stopped short on a pass play with 8 seconds left, but the penalty gave them a second chance.

Kansas City had 303 yards of first-half offence, the most against any Belichick-coached team.

Charles added his third touchdown of the game early in the second half, taking a short pass in the flat and stumbling into the end zone.

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Simpson, MacPhaden named athletes of the week Innisfail’s Riley Simpson was named Boston Pizza Red Deer College men’s athlete of the week on Monday.

Simpson, a forward with the Kings hockey team, scored one goal in each of the King’s first two games of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season, both losses to the University of Alberta Augustana Vikings.

Simpson is in his third year of the Electrical Energy Technology program at the school.

Alyssa MacPhaden, meanwhile, was named the female athlete of the week for her terrific defensive play for the Queens soccer team on the weekend in a pair of 1-0 wins over the SAIT Trojans and Olds College Broncos.

The Lloydminster native is in her third year of study in the Kinesiology program at RDC.

RDC finish well back at ACAC golf championship It was a tough day for Red Deer College at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference golf championships at the Cardiff Golf Club on the weekend.

The men finished eighth out of eight colleges while Bennett Williams was their top golfer, finishing 23rd overall with a two-day score of 18-over-162, 16 shots behind individual champion Justin Wood (71-74-146) from Lethbridge College.

Also for Red Deer, Tim Hannebury shot a 166 (8284-166) followed by Joel Carroll (92-84-176) and Tanner Shapka (95-81-176), Logan Crawford (92-94-186) and Chandler McLaren (95-101-196).

RDC had one women’s golfer competing, Rochelle French, and she finished 10th out of 12 golfers with a final score of 216. Lisa Reid of Lethbridge won the women’s title with a 161.

The team titles were decided by taking the top four out of five scores from each school.

MacEwan University took the men’s team title with a 606, two shots better than Lethbridge at 608.

Medicine Hat College was third at 626 while RDC shot a combined 680.

MacEwan also won the women’s title with a 311 and were the only school with a full team competing.

RDC finishes third at third ACAC cross-country Grand Prix Red Deer College finished third overall in the third Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Grand Prix on Saturday in Red Deer, hosted by RDC and Hunting Hills High School.

RDC’s Mitch DorÊ was the sixth ACAC runner to finish the eight kilometre course and 19th overall at 29 minutes and 12 seconds, while his teammate Noah Arychuk was close behind in seventh at 29:21. Austin Midkiff was 17th at 32:58 and Jonathan Allan (35:33) was 29th.

Keenan Viney from the Running Room Athletic Club was the top overall finisher at 25:26, while Lethbridge College’s Edwin Kaitany was the top ACAC finisher at 26:13 — third overall.

Lethbridge won the team title with 17 points, SAIT was second with 32 points and RDC took the bronze with 59 points— team standings are based on the top four finishers from each school.

RDC finished fourth in the women’s race with 65 points, behind Lethbridge (21), SAIT (32) and NAIT (36).

RDC was led by Jordanna Cota finished the five kilometre course in 21:42 and placed 18th overall and ninth in the ACAC, Samantha Debree was 17th in the ACAC at 23:33, Anna Duda (24:23) was 19th, Lauren Friesen (24:25) was 20th, Celine deWit (25:06) was 24th, Melissa Ray (28:42) was 31st and Laura McKenzie (31:36) was 36th.

SAIT’s Sara Hewitt (19:56) was the top ACAC finished, coming in fourth place, while Jessica O’Connell (19:01) took the overall title, four seconds ahead of former RDC runner and Canadian Colleges Athletic Association champion Jodi Nesbitt.

Blue Jays hope to have popular infielder Kawasaki back next year

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — He may not be the answer to the Blue Jays’ problems but general manager Alex Anthopoulos hopes to have popular Japanese infielder Munenori Kawasaki back next year.

The 33-year-old Kawasaki brings more than a bat and glove to Toronto.

Anthopoulos, at his end-of-season media session Sunday, said all you need to do is watch Kawasaki in the dugout. “(The) different people he sits beside during the game and the different backgrounds, knowing he can’t speak English, just shows you how he can connect to anybody,� said Anthopoulos. “It’s amazing.�

Manager John Gibbons agrees. “He’s a special guy,� said the Texan. “That’s not what the game is all about, but he’s good for our team.�

Jays fans love Kawasaki for his quirky mannerisms, from stretching in the field inbetween plays to bowing to teammates. Despite his limited English, he even won a sponsorship with a local car dealership.

He spent all but three games in April and May with triple-A Buffalo, returning to Toronto in midJune. In 82 games, he hit. 258 with 17 runs batted in.

Wearing No. 66, he struck out 49 times in 240 at-bats but prolonged more than a few of those at-bats with his plate coverage, making things difficult for the pitcher. And he can play anywhere on the left side of the infield. “You feel good when he goes to the plate or if there’s a play he’s got to make on the field, you think he’s going to get it done, and he normally does,� said Gibbons. “He’s been a pleasure. I mean, he’s an uplifting guy. We’ve got some extreme personalities in that clubhouse. He’s a guy that everybody kind of gravitates to and has fun with.�

Kawasaki, who signed a minor-league deal with the Jays this year, played in Japan from 2000 to 2011 before joining the Seattle Mariners in 2012. The next year he joined Toronto. He sealed his part in Jays lore in May 2013 with a game-winning double in a 6-5 walkoff win against Baltimore.

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Munenori Kawasaki slides into home plate to score against the Seattle Mariners during a baseball game in Toronto on September 24, 2014.

In a memorable post-game TV interview, an excited Kawasaki said “Thank you very much. My name is Munenori Kawasaki, I come from Japan, I am Japaneeeeese.�

He then consulted some notes. “My teammates gave me an opportunity, so I wanted to do something about it,� he added.

He got no further as he was pied by a teammate and doused in Gatorade.

Asked Sunday if he wants Kawasaki back in 2015, Gibbons said: “I love the guy. I don’t know what’s going to happen with the team, but he’ll be playing somewhere. I know that.�

Anthopoulos went further. “I think we’ll look to bring him back. I think that goes without saying,� said the GM. “I haven’t talked to him. I don’t know what his desires are. I don’t think the finances have ever been an issue for him.

My understanding is he can make more money in Japan, but he’s wanted to play here. We’ll see. I don’t know what his goals are for the off-season, but at some point we’ll sit down with him.�

Lions lose leading rusher Harris for rest of season with ankle injury

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions lost more than just a key West Division game Saturday night to the Calgary Stampeders.

The Lions announced Monday running back Andrew Harris and receiver Bryan Burnham had been placed on the six-game injury list following B.C.’s 147 loss to Calgary at McMahon Stadium.

Harris will undergo surgery Tuesday to repair a dislocated left ankle while Burnham is out with a lacerated spleen. Both are expected to miss the remainder of the regular season.

The loss of five-foot-11, 213-pound Harris is a significant one for a B.C. team already missing starting quarterback Travis Lulay. The Winnipeg native is ranked fifth in CFL rushing with a team-high 652 yards and is averaging a solid 5.3 yards per carry. He has also run for two touchdowns.

But Harris is also a solid receiver, having recorded 46 catches for 529 yards (11.5-yard average) with four touchdown grabs.

Harris rushed for 76 yards on 12 carries against

Calgary and added six catches for 29 yards.

Harris, in his fifth CFL season, was hurt in the fourth quarter Saturday and required assistance to leave the field.

With the loss of Harris, Stefan Logan is expected to get the start when the Lions (7-6) visit the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday. Logan has rushed for 508 yards and a touchdown this season.

Hamilton (5-7) is tied for first in the East Division and has won three straight and four of its last five games since the return of starting quarterback Zach Collaros from concussion-like symptoms.

B.C., which has lost two straight, is currently fourth in the West Division standings, four points behind both the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Edmonton Eskimos, who are tied for second with identical 9-4 records.

Calgary leads the way with a CFL-best 11-2 record while the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6-7) are last in the West Division.

The six-foot-two, 195-pound Burnham is in his first season with the Lions. The former Tulsa star has six catches for 113 yards and a TD so far this year, registering one reception for 23 yards against the Stampeders.

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The Leafs look like the biggest wild card in the NHL, let alone in Canada, because of sweeping changes in the front office and on Carlyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff.

There might be enough talent to be a legitimate playoff team or enough problems that another top-10 draft pick is on the horizon.

Edmonton has had six straight years of top-10 picks and no playoff appearances to show for it. The core of Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Ryan NugentHopkins hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to make that leap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is frustrating having to answer â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Why?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2122;What is the next step?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; all the time, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the way it goes when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on a team thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done the way we have,â&#x20AC;? Hall said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about having a year that lives up to expectations. Whatever they may be, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no set-in-stone expectation.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly not the Cup for the Oilers. Not yet.

The same can be said for the Senators, who are now without long-term captain Daniel Alfredsson and last-season captain Jason Spezza. Defenceman Erik Karlsson remains, and he said recently this is the best pre-season vibe he has felt in Ottawa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no doubt that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be a better team this year than we were last year,â&#x20AC;? Karlsson said.

In order to defy the odds and return to the playoffs, Ottawa will need a strong season from goaltenders Craig Anderson and Robin Lehner.

Goaltending remains a question for the Jets, who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made the playoffs in three seasons since the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg from Atlanta.

Among goalies with at least 100 games played over that time, starter Ondrej Pavelec has the lowest save percentage (.904), and his backup is unproven rookie Michael Hutchinson. Just making the playoffs in an impossibly difficult Western Conference would be a boon for the Jets.

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Picking up where they left off TORONTO RAPTORS OPEN CAMP WITH HOPE TO REPEAT LAST SEASON’S SUCCESS TORONTO — The agonizing image of Kyle Lowry’s blocked shot at the Game 7 buzzer has played itself over and over in the Raptors’ minds all summer, like a bad song stuck on repeat.

The point guard who’d carried Toronto through their first playoff appearance in six years was blocked by Paul Pierce at the buzzer, ending their season as the Brooklyn Nets moved onto the second round.

Rather that bury that heartbreaking image, the Raptors have harnessed it.

“I think about it all the time because we’re going to need that to feed off of, honestly, and understand how bad that hurt, that feeling of losing Game 7 and coming so close, losing by one point,” said guard DeMar DeRozan. “We’ve got to carry that starting tomorrow for training camp, have that hunger and that edge to do the same thing all over again this year.”

The Raptors held their traditional season-opening media day on Monday and talked about picking up where they left off. Toronto went a club-record 48-34 last season to win the Atlantic Division title before being eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs.

The sting of that loss lingered long for all of them. Patrick Patterson estimated it probably took him a month and a half to get over it.

“Just people back home talking about it, friends talking about it, family talking about it, still seeing it in the media,” he said. “I felt like we should’ve won it. We should’ve advanced, but unfortunately it didn’t go our way. It was definitely a tough loss, a bad taste in my mouth. It took a while for me to get over it.”

DeRozan wouldn’t watch the Nets play the Miami Heat in the second round of the playoffs.

“I probably watched the first game and I couldn’t even watch anymore, honestly, because I knew we could’ve been there. And it sucks. I’m (at home) in L.A. and they’re in Miami playing against a team we should’ve been playing against,” DeRozan said. “It was tough. It was tough. That whole time, I couldn’t wait for (the Nets) to lose, honestly, just to feel better about myself.”

Five months later, the Raptors are

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Toronto Raptors Kyle Lowry, left, and DeMar DeRozan laugh while posing for photos at the team’s media day at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Monday. eager to get going. They open the preseason Sunday in Vancouver against the Sacramento Kings.

Monday’s media day came the morning after they went bowling, a team bonding exercise. Chuck Hayes claimed to have bowled a team-high score of 136.

There was a palpable difference, said DeRozan, from media days past.

“Hell, yeah,” said the all-star guard.

“Just the energy and the positivity of everything, and not the ’What ifs’ so much. It definitely do feel different.”

The positive vibe comes not just as a carry-over from the Raptors’ thrilling playoff run, but also in the fact that the club retained its core — starting with Lowry, who signed a multi-year deal with Toronto in the off-season.

“We feel continuity is big for us.

Consistency is really big for winning teams,” said GM Masai Ujiri. “That formula has proven to work. We hope that it works for us. These guys, they like each other. We have a chemistry.

TENNIS NATIONALS QUALIFYING Five local tennis players took their first steps towards qualifying for junior nationals on the weekend, competing in the U10, U14 and U18 championships at the Tennis Academy in Calgary.

Innisfail’s Charver Vincent Dael, 15, defeated Fernando Araujo of Spain to win the U18 boys’ title, Tereza Simonova, 15, of Sylvan Lake beat Jai Yi Tan of Calgary to win the U18 girls’ title, and Red Deer’s Michael Robinson, 12, topped Ryan Murphy of Calgary to take

the U14 boys’ consolation title. Also, Red Deer’s Ella Collins, 11, fell to Mia Kupres of Calgary in the U14 consolation quarter-final and Red Deer’s Isaac Aspinall lost out in the second round of the U10 consolation to Calgary’s Nolan Cherneski.

There are a series of four qualifying tournaments with the top four overall from those tournaments will go to nationals while the top eight overall from the first three events will also go to provincials.

They compete. They go out there and play for each other. We’re not a selfish team. The young guys continue to grow and the platform continues to be there — I think that’s very important for us.”

Key off-season additions include nine-year NBA veteran Lou Williams and James Johnson, who starts a second stint with the Raptors.

Lowry said with last year’s recordbreaking campaign comes loftier expectations for this season. He gladly shoulders his share of responsibility.

“Just knowing from the jump it’s a lot of pressure on me, which you expect, which you want, which I want,” Lowry said.

“Every day I have to be mentally prepared and physically prepared to be the best player I can be. Even if I’m not doing my best, I have to make sure my teammates, pump them up to do their best.

“Last year we were trying to figure out how to win games, now we have to know how to win games. Know for a fact how to win games that are closer games.”

The 28-year-old was finally able to enjoy an off-season without injuries, and Ujiri marvelled at the “unbeliev-

able shape” his star point guard is in.

Rather than rest on his new contract, Lowry worked harder.

“The worst thing is getting yourself out of shape and trying to get back in shape,” he said. “Me, I like to work, I like to actually put work in, it’s fun. I mean, this is my job. I like to get in the gym, I like to lift weights, I like to play basketball, I like to do everything, I like to just get better.

“Those people who thought I would (return out of shape), they’re idiots.

People that expected me to come back in shape, they’re smart,” Lowry added laughing.

The Raptors returned from an offseason training and playing at various points abroad. DeRozan and Jonas Valanciunas played in the FIBA World Cup, with DeRozan helping the Americans to a gold medal.

Valanciunas, also spent time working with Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon and a running coach in Oregon “running on the track. . . doing some special exercises how to use less energy, be lighter on your feet, all the terms,” he said.

While the Raptors are coming off a strong season, coach Dwane Casey said critics might call them a “oneyear wonder.”

He wants his players to keep a chip on their shoulder.

“Going through the playoffs is a confidence builder. But this is a new year, so we’ve got to take that experience, add it to the work in the summer and get that two-by-four on our shoulder, because again, we still don’t have the total respect of the NBA, we’ve got to make sure we gain that respect and keep that respect,.” Casey said.

The goal, said Casey, is to repeat as division champions. Asked if the franchise’s first 50-win campaign could come this season, Casey wouldn’t bite.

“I don’t know if we’re in the conversation where we can say, hey we’re a 50-win team or a 55-win team,” Casey said. “Will we be an improved team?

Yes. Whatever number that is, that’s not my job to put a number on it. My job is take make sure we get back and get up running again and get that chip back on our shoulder from last year.”

The Raptors will practise in Toronto on Tuesday before departing for Vancouver, where they’ll work out all week until Sunday’s exhibition game.

Their first pre-season game in Toronto is Oct. 10 versus Boston. They open the regular-season at home on Oct. 29 versus the Atlanta Hawks.

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Pt 8 4 4 4 2 0

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL Edmonton 3 3 0 0 0 Medicine Hat 4 3 1 0 0 Red Deer 3 2 1 0 0 Calgary 3 1 2 0 0 Kootenay 3 1 2 0 0 Lethbridge 3 0 3 0 0

GA 4 7 7 10 14 17

Pt 6 6 4 2 2 0

GF 11 13 14 12 8 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 3 3 0 0 0 21 Vancouver 3 3 0 0 0 13 Kamloops 4 2 1 1 0 18 Prince George 4 1 3 0 0 10 Victoria 5 1 4 0 0 13

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 4 4 0 0 0 21 Prince Albert 3 2 1 0 0 11 Swift Current 4 2 2 0 0 14 Regina 4 2 2 0 0 14 Moose Jaw 4 1 3 0 0 10 Saskatoon 4 0 4 0 0 8

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U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Everett 3 3 0 0 0 12 5 6 Spokane 2 2 0 0 0 7 4 4 Tri-City 4 2 2 0 0 14 8 4 Seattle 3 1 2 0 0 5 5 2 Portland 5 0 5 0 0 12 26 0 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Sunday’s results Calgary 9 Lethbridge 2 Vancouver 5 Victoria 3 Everett 6 Portland 4 Tuesday’s games Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

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Wednesday’s games Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s games Red Deer at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

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GAA 1.00 4.04

WHL Scoring Leaders G 6 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Jay Merkley, SC Tyson Baillie, Kel Cole Sanford, MH Carson Stadnyk, Eve Cole Ully, Kam Matt Revel, Kam Ryan Pilon, Bra Nick Merkley, Kel Graham Millar, Eve Jesse Gabrielle, Bra Colton Heffley, Kel Riley Stadel, Kel Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Parker Bowles, TC Brian Williams, TC Joel Hamilton, Van Kris Schmidli, Kel Travis Brown, Vic Matt Needham, Kam Sawyer Lange, P.A.

A 2 4 7 4 4 4 4 5 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4

Pts 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

4

5

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Toronto 7 4 2 1 9 Detroit 5 3 1 1 7 Montreal 4 3 1 0 6 Boston 4 2 1 1 5 Ottawa 4 2 1 1 5 Tampa Bay 3 2 1 0 4 Buffalo 4 1 2 1 3 Florida 4 0 2 2 2

GF 21 10 9 11 11 10 8 9

GA 18 8 8 9 11 6 10 15

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts 6 5 1 0 10 4 3 1 0 6 5 3 2 0 6 4 2 1 1 5 6 2 3 1 5 3 2 1 0 4 5 2 3 0 4 3 1 2 0 2

GF 19 11 12 10 15 14 7 7

GA 12 10 11 12 20 9 11 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Dallas 5 4 1 0 8 20 Nashville 5 3 2 0 6 9 Minnesota 4 2 1 1 5 11 Chicago 4 2 2 0 4 10 Winnipeg 4 1 3 0 2 8 St. Louis 4 0 3 1 1 12 Colorado 5 0 4 1 1 7

GA 18 9 9 8 11 17 17

Columbus N.Y. Islanders Washington New Jersey Philadelphia N.Y. Rangers Pittsburgh Carolina

Sv% .947 .826

1

B4

Thursday

Monday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 6, Philadelphia 3 Detroit 3, Toronto 0 Minnesota 4, Pittsburgh 1 Columbus 3, Nashville 0 Dallas 5, Florida 4 Edmonton 3, Winnipeg 1 Arizona 4, Vancouver 2

● High school football: Camrose at Ponoka, 4 p.m.; Lacombe at Notre Dame, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● College women’s preseason hockey: Edge Academy at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Red Deer at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Elks at Lacombe, 7:15 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Carolina at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Friday

Wednesday’s Games Washington at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Monday’s summary

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Arizona 6 4 0 2 10 21 15 Los Angeles 4 3 0 1 7 16 13 Vancouver 5 3 2 0 6 14 12 Edmonton 5 3 2 0 6 9 10 Calgary 6 3 3 0 6 9 13 San Jose 4 2 1 1 5 11 9 Anaheim 6 2 3 1 5 15 17 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sunday’s Games Toronto 3, Buffalo 2, SO Chicago 5, Edmonton 0 Washington 2, Montreal 0 New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 1 Calgary 2, Colorado 1 Los Angeles 4, Anaheim 2

Oilers 3, Jets 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Fayne 1 (Tkachev, Nikitin) 2:44.

Penalties — Yakimov Edm (hooking) 1:50, Frolik Wpg (holding) 1:57, Stuart Wpg (hooking) 3:46, Cormier Wpg (fighting) 9:13, Pinizzotto Edm (fighting) 9:13, Peluso Wpg (delay of game) 13:48.

Second Period 2. Edmonton, Hall 1 (Nugent-Hopkins, Hunt) 2:08.

3. Winnipeg, Perreault 1 (Lowry, Ellerby) 6:34.

4. Edmonton, Hall 2 (Nugent-Hopkins) 9:12.

Penalties — Lowry Wpg (holding) 0:39, Albert Wpg (holding) 10:08, Nurse Edm (roughing) 16:50, Cormier Wpg (high-sticking) 19:40.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Westgarth Edm (interference) 1:58, Morrissey Wpg (hooking) 7:31, Musil Edm (tripping) 9:39, Pinizzotto Edm (holding) 14:08, Pinizzotto Edm (fighting) 16:22, Peluso Wpg (fighting) 16:22, Peluso Wpg (unsportsmanlike conduct) 16:22.

Shots on goal Winnipeg 9 17 2 — 28 Edmonton 10 5 2 — 17 Goal — Winnipeg: Hutchinson (L, 1-2-0); Edmonton: Fasth (W, 1-1-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Winnipeg: 0-5; Edmonton: 0-8.

Football Ottawa

Football Alberta High school rankings (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis) Tier 1 1. (1) Calgary Notre Dame, 3-0 2. (2) Calgary St. Francis, 3-0 3. (3) St. Albert Bellerose, 4-0 4. (4) Lethbridge Collegiate, 4-0 5. (5) Calgary Henry Wise Wood, 2-1 6. (6) Sherwood Park Salisbury, 4-1 7. (7) Sherwood Park Bev Facey, 4-1 8. (8) Calgary Bishop O’Byrne, 1-2 9. (—) Edmonton Harry Ainlay, 2-2 10. (10) Red Deer Lindsay Thurber, 2-1 Tier 2 1. (1) Grande Prairie St. Joseph’s, 6-0 2. (2) St. Albert Paul Kane, 4-0 3. (3) Medicine Hat, 4-1 4. (4) Okotoks Foothills, 4-3 5. (5) Red Deer Hunting Hills, 2-2 6. (6) Calgary St. Mary’s, 2-0 7. (7) Edmonton Austin O’Brien, 2-3 8. (8) Lethbridge Catholic Central, 2-2 9. (9) Airdrie George McDougall, 1-1 10. (10) Okotoks Holy Trinity, 3-2 Tier 3 1. (1) Cardston, 5-0 2. (2) Cochrane, 4-1 3. (3) Calgary Rundle College, 2-1 4. (5) Medicine Hat Crescent Heights, 5-0 5. (9) St. Albert, 2-1 6. (5) Lethbridge Winston Churchill, 2-1 7. (6) Whitecourt, 3-1 8. (7) Olds, 3-2 9. (8) Taber, 3-1 10. (10) Sylvan Lake, 2-2 Tier 4 1. (1) Lloydminster Holy Rosary, 6-0 2. (2) Claresholm, 3-1 3. (3) Cold Lake, 2-2 4. (4) Sexsmith, 1-1 5. (6) Ardrossan, 2-2 6. (9) Coaldale, 1-1 7. (7) Cochrane Bow Valley, 1-1 8. (5) Drumheller, 1-3-1 9. (8) Rocky Mountain House, 1-1 10. (—) Wainwright, 2-2

Montreal Hamilton Toronto

GP 13 12 12

CFL East Division W L T PF 5 8 0 245 5 7 0 262 4 8 0 308

Calgary Edmonton Sask.

B.C. Winnipeg

12 GP 13 13 13 13 13

1

11

0

West Division W L T 11 2 0 9 4 0 9 4 0 7 6 0 6 7 0

180

308

2

PF 361 341 296 275 304

PA 239 252 289 250 324

Pt 22 18 18 14 12

Week 14 Saturday’s results Hamilton 16 Winnipeg 11 Calgary 14 B.C. 7 Week 15 Friday, October 3 Winnipeg at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Friday, October 3 Calgary at Saskatchewan, 10 p.m.

Saturday, October 4 Edmonton at Toronto, 4 p.m.

B.C. at Hamilton, 7 p.m.

PA 313 272 325

Pt 10 10 8

Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders TD C FG S Pt Waters, Tor 0 29 27 8 118 Paredes, Cgy 0 37 26 2 117 Whyte, Mtl 0 20 28 13 117 Medlock, Ham 0 24 28 6 114 McCallum, BC 0 23 29 3 113 Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 26 26 6 110 Milo, Sask 0 27 25 4 106 Shaw, Edm 0 21 23 7 97 Maher, Ott 0 17 18 5 76 Grigsby, Wpg 9 0 0 0 54 Allen, Sask 7 0 0 0 42 Arceneaux, BC 7 0 0 0 42 Ford, Sask 7 0 0 0 42 O’Neill, Edm 0 12 7 5 38 Bowman, Edm 6 0 0 0 36 A.Harris, BC 6 0 0 0 36 Tate, Cgy 6 0 0 0 36 x-Cornish, Cgy 5 2 0 0 32 Fuller, Cgy 5 0 0 0 30 Steele, Tor 5 0 0 0 30 Barnes, Tor 4 0 0 0 24 D.Carter, Mtl 4 0 0 0 24 Gable, Ham 4 0 0 0 24 LeFevour, Ham 4 0 0 0 24 Marsh, Mtl 4 0 0 0 24 McDaniel, Cgy 4 0 0 0 24 Miles, Ott 4 0 0 0 24 Mitchell, Cgy 4 0 0 0 24

Owens, Tor Walker, Ott x-Dressler, Sask Banks, Ham Cunningham, Cgy Guyton, Edm Kelly, Wpg Kohlert, Wpg Marve, Wpg Parker, Cgy Rodgers, Mtl Slaton, Tor T.Smith, Sask Tasker, Ham Watson, Wpg

4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

24 24 20 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 79 Miami 2 2 0 .500 96 New England 2 2 0 .500 80 N.Y. Jets 1 3 0 .250 79 South W L T Pct PF Houston 3 1 0 .750 87 Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 136 Tennessee 1 3 0 .250 60 Jacksonville 0 4 0 .000 58 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 3 0 0 1.000 80 Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 103 Pittsburgh 2 2 0 .500 97 Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 74 West W L T Pct PF San Diego 3 1 0 .750 102 Denver 2 1 0 .667 75 Kansas City 2 2 0 .500 102 Oakland 0 4 0 .000 51 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Philadelphia 3 1 0 .750 Dallas 3 1 0 .750 N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 Washington 1 3 0 .250 South W L T Pct Atlanta 2 2 0 .500 Carolina 2 2 0 .500

PA 75 97 90 96 PA 67 95 110 152 PA 33 60 99 77 PA 63 67 79 103

PF 122 115 103 95

PA 104 86 91 109

PF 131 73

PA 113 96

New Orleans Tampa Bay

1 1

Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago

W 3 2 2 2

Arizona Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

W 3 2 2 1

3 3 North L 1 2 2 2 West L 0 1 2 2

0 0

.250 .250

95 72

110 119

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .500 .500 .500

PF 85 92 91 92

PA 62 96 84 100

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .667 0 .500 0 .333

PF 66 83 88 56

PA 45 66 89 85

Sunday’s Games Green Bay 38, Chicago 17 Houston 23, Buffalo 17 Indianapolis 41, Tennessee 17 Baltimore 38, Carolina 10 Detroit 24, N.Y. Jets 17 Tampa Bay 27, Pittsburgh 24 Miami 38, Oakland 14 San Diego 33, Jacksonville 14 San Francisco 26, Philadelphia 21 Minnesota 41, Atlanta 28 Dallas 38, New Orleans 17 Open: Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle, St. Louis Monday’s Game Kansas City 41, New England 14 Thursday, Oct. 2 Minnesota at Green Bay, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 5 Cleveland at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

Houston at Dallas, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Carolina, 11 a.m.

St. Louis at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

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

Buffalo at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Arizona at Denver, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at New England, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Miami, Oakland

x-Baltimore New York Toronto Tampa Bay Boston

x-Detroit y-Kansas City Cleveland Chicago Minnesota

GB — 12 13 19 25

Central Division W L Pct 90 72 .556 89 73 .549 85 77 .525 73 89 .451 70 92 .432

GB — 1 5 17 20

West Division W L Pct x-Los Angeles 98 64 .605 y-Oakland 88 74 .543 Seattle 87 75 .537 Houston 70 92 .432 Texas 67 95 .414 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card Saturday’s Games Boston 10, N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 4, Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 2, Cleveland 0 Minnesota 12, Detroit 3 N.Y. Mets 2, Houston 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 4 Texas 5, Oakland 4 Seattle 2, L.A. Angels 1, 11 innings Sunday’s Games Cleveland 7, Tampa Bay 2 Baltimore 1, Toronto 0 Detroit 3, Minnesota 0 N.Y. Mets 8, Houston 3 N.Y. Yankees 9, Boston 5 Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Oakland 4, Texas 0

Milwaukee Cincinnati Chicago

Seattle 4, L.A. Angels 1 End of Regular Season

GB — 10 11 28 31

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Altuve Hou 158 660 85 VMartinez Det 151 561 87 Brantley Cle 156 611 94 Beltre Tex 148 549 79 JAbreu CWS 145 556 80 Cano Sea 157 595 77 MiCabrera Det 159 611 101 LCain KC 133 471 55 MeCabrera Tor 139 568 81 Eaton CWS 123 486 76

H 225 188 200 178 176 187 191 142 171 146

Pct. .341 .335 .327 .324 .317 .314 .313 .301 .301 .300

Home Runs NCruz, Baltimore, 40; Carter, Houston, 37; JAbreu, Chicago, 36; Trout, Los Angeles, 36; Bautista, Toronto, 35; Ortiz, Boston, 35; Encarnacion, Toronto, 34.

Runs Batted In Trout, Los Angeles, 111; MiCabrera, Detroit, 109; NCruz, Baltimore, 108; JAbreu, Chicago, 107; Pujols, Los Angeles, 105; Ortiz, Boston, 104; Bautista, Toronto, 103; VMartinez, Detroit, 103.

Pitching Scherzer, Detroit, 18-5; Weaver, Los Angeles, 18-9; Kluber, Cleveland, 18-9; Shoemaker, Los Angeles, 16-4; WChen, Baltimore, 16-6; PHughes, Minnesota, 16-10; Lester, Oakland, 16-11.

x-Washington Atlanta New York Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 96 66 .593 79 83 .488 79 83 .488 77 85 .475 73 89 .451

GB — 17 17 19 23

x-St. Louis y-Pittsburgh

Central Division W L Pct 90 72 .556 88 74 .543

GB — 2

82 76 73

80 86 89

.506 .469 .451

8 14 17

Monday, Oct. 6 Seattle at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

West Division W L Pct x-Los Angeles 94 68 .580 y-San Francisco 88 74 .543 San Diego 77 85 .475 Colorado 66 96 .407 Arizona 64 98 .395 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card

GB — 6 17 28 30

Saturday’s Games Cincinnati 10, Pittsburgh 6, 10 innings Washington 5, Miami 1 San Francisco 3, San Diego 1 Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 2 Milwaukee 2, Chicago Cubs 1 N.Y. Mets 2, Houston 1 Arizona 5, St. Louis 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 5, 12 inning

147 134

534 528

85 58

156 154

.292 .292

Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 37; Rizzo, Chicago, 32; Duda, New York, 30; Frazier, Cincinnati, 29; JUpton, Atlanta, 29; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 27; LaRoche, Washington, 26.

Runs Batted In AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 116; Stanton, Miami, 105; JUpton, Atlanta, 102; Howard, Philadelphia, 95; Duda, New York, 92; LaRoche, Washington, 92; Desmond, Washington, 91.

Pitching Kershaw, Los Angeles, 21-3; Cueto, Cincinnati, 20-9; Wainwright, St. Louis, 20-9; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 18-10; Greinke, Los Angeles, 17-8; WPeralta, Milwaukee, 17-11; Fister, Washington, 16-6.

Postseason x-if necessary WILD CARD Tuesday, Sept. 30: Oakland (Lester 16-11) at Kansas City (Shields 14-8), 6:07 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 1: San Francisco (Bumgarner 1810) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 13-7), 6:07 p.m.

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets 8, Houston 3 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1 Washington 1, Miami 0 Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 2 San Francisco 9, San Diego 3 L.A. Dodgers 10, Colorado 5 St. Louis 1, Arizona 0 End of Regular Season NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Morneau Col 135 502 62 JHarrison Pit 143 520 77 AMcCutchen Pit 146 548 89 Posey SF 147 547 72 Revere Phi 151 601 71 Span Was 147 610 94 Lucroy Mil 153 585 73 Puig LAD 148 558 92

Werth Was SCastro ChC

DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5) American League Los Angeles vs. Oakland-Kansas City winner Thursday, Oct. 2: Oakland-Kansas City winner at Los Angeles Baltimore vs. Detroit Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit (Scherzer 18-5) at Baltimore (Tillman 13-6) H 160 164 172 170 184 184 176 165

Pct. .319 .315 .314 .311 .306 .302 .301 .296

National League Washington vs. San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner Friday, Oct. 3: San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner at Washington (FS1) Los Angeles vs. St. Louis Friday, Oct. 3: St. Louis (Wainwright 20-9) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 21-3) (FS1)

Raiders fire coach Dennis Allen following team’s 10th straight loss

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oakland Raiders fired coach Dennis Allen on Monday night four games into his third season.

The decision was announced soon after the Raiders (0-4) returned from London, where they lost their 10th straight game dating to last season, 34-14 to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.

The firing was first reported by Fox Sports.

Allen was the first head coach hired by Oakland after the death of longtime owner Al Davis. His 8-28 record is the worst for the franchise since before Davis arrived in 1963. His contract was set to run through next season.

An announcement on the interim coach will come Tuesday, with offensive line coach Tony Sparano and offensive co-ordinator Greg Olson the most likely options.

Allen is the third coach fired during the season by Oakland since Davis arrived. Mike Shanahan was fired after four games in 1989 and Lane Kiffin was let go four games into the 2008 season.

The Raiders have had 11 straight seasons without a winning record or a playoff berth. Oakland will now have its eighth coach since 2003.

Allen and general manager Reggie McKenzie were hired after the team finished 8-8 under coach Hue Jackson in 2011, falling one game short of a playoff bid.

Saturday

● College women’s volleyball: iHotel Wild Rose Classic at RDC — Matches at 9:30 and 11 a.m., 12:30, 1:45, 3:15, 4:30, 6 and 7:15 p.m. ● Peewee football: Red Deer Hornets at Olds, 10:30 a.m.; Lacombe at Sylvan Lake, 11 a.m.; Strathmore at Innisfail 11 a.m.; Rocky Mountain House at Stettler 11 a.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Northstars at Red Deer White, noon, Arena. ● Peewee AA hockey: Lacombe at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Red Deer Parkland at Sylvan Lake, 3:30 p.m. ● Bantam football: Lindsay Thurber at Hunting Hills, 1 p.m., Great Chief Park; Sylvan Lake at Stettler, 1 p.m.; Strathmore at Innisfail, 1 p.m.; Springbank at Rocky Mountain House, 1:30 p.m.; Ponoka at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Red Deer Northstar, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Senior AAA hockey: Innisfail Eagles Chinook League Classic — Stony Plain vs. Okotoks, 4 p.m.; Bentley vs. Fort Saskatchewan, 7 p.m. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kin City B. ● Midget AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Lacombe at Sylvan Lake, 5:45 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

(The Drive). ● College men’s hockey: Concordia at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

AJHL: Spruce Grove at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Foothills at Red Deer Elks, 7:30 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Medicine Hat at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Cochrane at Three Hills, 8 p.m., Trochu.

Sunday

Baseball American League East Division W L Pct 96 66 .593 84 78 .519 83 79 .512 77 85 .475 71 91 .438

● High school football: Stettler at Sylvan Lake, 4 p.m.; Rocky Mountain House at Wetaskiwin, 4 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber at Hunting Hills, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● College women’s volleyball: iHotel Wild Rose Classic at RDC — Matches at 4:30, 5:45, 7 and 8:15 p.m. ● AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, 7 p.m.

Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Northstar at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Senior AAA hockey: Innisfail Eagles Chinook League Classic — Okotoks vs.

Innisfail, 8 p.m.

They were expected to steady a franchise that ran into disrepair during Davis’ final years as owner. Instead, the team has only gotten worse.

The two were hamstrung their first two seasons by a lack of premium draft picks and a difficult salary-cap situation due to bad contracts handed out by Davis.

But after spending their first two years tearing down the team, owner Mark Davis expected the Raiders to be much more competitive this season after having ample salary cap room in the off-season and a near full complement of draft picks.

Instead, the Raiders have looked overmatched at times. They fell behind 27-0 after three quarters of their only home game against Houston and trailed by 31 points after three quarters against the Dolphins.

In all, Allen had more losses by at least 20 points (nine) than wins. It was performances like those that Davis said he no longer wanted to see in Allen’s third season and ultimately led to his downfall.

Allen was a former defensive co-ordinator in Denver who was expected to modernize a defence that ran what were considered outdated schemes under Al Davis’ watch.

The defence, instead, has gotten worse. Allen has overseen two of the three highest-scoring seasons by opponents in franchise history.

The Raiders have yielded 27.8 points per game since the start of the 2012 season, allowing opponents to complete 67.6 per cent of their passes with a 101.6 passer rating.

● College women’s volleyball: iHotel Wild Rose Classic at RDC — Matches at 9:30 and 11 a.m., 12:30 and 2 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer TBS, 11:30 a.m., Kin City A. ● Senior AAA hockey: Innisfail Eagles Chinook League Classic — Fort Saskatchewan vs. Stony Plain, 1 p.m.; Bentley vs. Innisfail, 4 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Lacombe, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Ramada, 2 p.m.; Airdrie at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Southside at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Strathmore at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Regina, 6 p.m. (The Drive).

Soccer English Premier League GP W D L GF GA Pts Chelsea 6 5 1 0 19 7 16 Southampton 6 4 1 1 11 4 13 Manchester City 6 3 2 1 12 7 11 Arsenal 6 2 4 0 11 7 10 Swansea 6 3 1 2 8 6 10 Aston Villa 6 3 1 2 4 7 10 Man. United 6 2 2 2 11 9 8 Tottenham 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 Crystal Palace 6 2 2 2 10 10 8 West Brom 6 2 2 2 7 7 8 Stoke 6 2 2 2 5 5 8 Leicester City 6 2 2 2 9 10 8 West Ham 6 2 1 3 10 10 7 Liverpool 6 2 1 3 8 9 7 Everton 6 1 3 2 12 14 6 Hull City 6 1 3 2 9 11 6 Sunderland 6 0 5 1 5 6 5 QPR 6 1 1 4 4 13 4 Newcastle 6 0 3 3 5 12 3 Burnley 6 0 3 3 1 8 3 Saturday, Sept. 27 Liverpool 1, Everton 1 Chelsea 3, Aston Villa 0 Crystal Palace 2, Leicester City 0 Hull City 2, Manchester City 4 Manchester United 2, West Ham 1 Southampton 2, Queens Park Rangers 1 Sunderland 0, Swansea 0 Arsenal 1, Tottenham 1 Sunday, Sept. 28 West Brom 4, Burnley 0 Monday, Sept. 29 Stoke 1, Newcastle 0 England Championship GP W D L GF Norwich City 9 6 2 1 20 Nott. Forest 9 5 4 0 17 Wolverhampton 9 5 3 1 11 Watford 9 5 2 2 17 Ipswich 9 5 2 2 13 Derby County 9 4 4 1 17 Middlesbrough 9 5 1 3 13 Charlton Athletic 9 3 6 0 12 Sheffield Wed. 9 4 3 2 9 Blackburn 9 4 2 3 16 Reading 9 4 2 3 14 Brentford 9 4 2 3 11 Leeds 9 4 1 4 10 Bournemouth 9 3 3 3 14 Cardiff 9 3 3 3 12 Millwall 9 3 2 4 9 B & H Albion 9 2 3 4 8 Wigan Athletic 9 2 2 5 10 Roth. United 9 2 2 5 6 Hudd. Town 9 2 2 5 9 Birmingham 9 1 4 4 8 Bolton 9 1 2 6 7 Fulham 9 1 1 7 8 Blackpool 9 0 2 7 4 Saturday, Sept. 27 Birmingham 1, Fulham 2 Blackburn 2, Watford 2 Blackpool 1, Norwich City 3 Bolton 0, Derby County 2 Bournemouth 2, Wigan Athletic 0

GA Pts 8 20 7 19 6 18 10 17 7 17 10 16 7 16 9 15 6 15 16 14 14 14 13 14 12 13 11 12 12 12 10 11 10 9 12 8 12 8 19 8 16 7 15 5 20 4 13 2

BUSINESS

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TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2014

Watchdog calls to cut roaming rates COMPETITION BUREAU WANTS TO SEE MORE REGULATIONS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GATINEAU, Que. — Canada’s competition watchdog says consumers would benefit from the introduction of a new national wireless carrier.

But the Competition Bureau says regulators need to do more than simply capping roaming rates to prevent the big three wireless carriers from stifling any new competition.

The bureau was the first to appear at public hearings that began today into the health of Canada’s wholesale wireless market.

The CRTC is examining whether more regulation is

needed to taper or cap the wholesale rates cellphone carriers charge other wireless companies to allow their customers to roam outside of their home networks.

And while the commission is not examining the roaming rates consumers pay, bureau senior economist Patrick Hughes told the hearings that wholesale and retail markets are inherently linked.

As the hearings got underway, at least one think tank questioned whether the CRTC should do anything at all to affect the wholesale roaming market.

The Montreal Economic Institute says, despite the impression of some Canadians

that they pay among the highest cellphone roaming rates, consumers in many other countries pay more.

Still, the Competition Bureau told the CRTC there is evidence that the profit margins of the major wireless carriers are higher than they should be.

The Harper government has repeatedly tried — so far unsuccessfully — to entice a fourth national player to set up a wireless service in Canada to compete against Bell, Rogers and Telus.

The government’s argument has been that more competition would result in lower consumer prices.

The Competition Bureau

Loonie barely changed following series of jolts

agreed, saying a fourth national carrier would increase choice and reduce retail wireless prices by about two per cent.

Quebecor Inc. has suggested the wholesale roaming rates it pays to piggy back on a major carrier’s cellphone towers may prevent it from expanding its mobile business.

Other smaller carriers have also said roaming rates are a major factor affecting their ability to compete.

But Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B), BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) and Telus Corp. (TSX:T) maintain that further regulation would hinder their ability to invest in improvements to their own

wireless networks.

Ottawa has already passed legislation capping the rates carriers can charge on a wholesale basis at no more than what they charge their customers at the retail level, pending the outcome of this week’s hearings.

Montreal-based Cogeco Cable Inc. (TSX:CCA), which is hoping to offer wireless services without building its own cell tower network, is expected to ask the CRTC to adopt new rules to allow for the creation of what are known as mobile virtual networks, effectively giving smaller carriers access to large players’ spectrum and cell towers.

SIGNING UP STAFF

GREENBACK STRENGTHENED ON SPECULATION ABOUT WHEN THE U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE MAY START TO RAISE INTEREST RATES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed little changed Monday after sustaining a series of jolts as the greenback strengthened on speculation about when the U.S. Federal Reserve may start to raise interest rates.

The loonie was up 0.01 of a cent to 89.66 cents US following a loss of 1.7 per cent last week. The currency has tumbled about two U.S. cents this month, pushing it to its lowest levels since the end of March.

Markets have generally looked for the Fed to raise rates around the middle of 2015.

The greenback also found support as revised official data on Friday showed the world’s largest economy expanded at an annual rate of 4.6 per cent in the spring — the fastest pace in more than two years.

But traders are looking for reassurance that job growth is also showing similar strong advances.

Markets are looking Friday for the U.S. government to report that the economy created about 210,000 jobs during September. And it is possible that the disappointing August report will also be revised upward.

Canadian job figures for September come out Oct. 10.

Traders also focused on the latest reading on the health of the Canadian economy.

Statistics Canada is expected

to report Tuesday that gross domestic product rose 0.3 per cent during July.

A major deal in the energy sector could also prove to be a weight on the Canadian currency in the coming weeks.

Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) is buying Athlon Energy in a US$7.1-billion deal that will give the Canadian gas producer access to a major Texas oil play and speed up its shift towards more liquids production.

The deal includes assumed debt but most of the value is from US$5.93 billion in cash that Encana will pay to acquire Athlon’s shares.

Camilla Sutton, Chief FX Strategist, Managing Director Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, said the deal “could imply a large Canadian dollar negative flow leading into mid-December when the deal is expected to close.”

The commodity-sensitive Canadian currency has also been pressured by commodity prices that have weakened because of the rising U.S. dollar.

A stronger greenback makes it more expensive for holders of other currencies to buy oil and metals which are U.S.-dollar-denominated.

Commodity prices advanced Monday as the November crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained $1.03 to US$94.57 a barrel, December bullion climbed $3.40 to US$1,218.80 an ounce and December copper was up two cents to US$3.06 pound.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

A sign outside the new McDonalds Restaurant at Clearview Market Square in Red Deer indicates the location is hiring staff ahead of its opening. The fast food restaurant, located beside The Canadian Brewhouse is a 5,279-square-foot building seating 94 with a dual drive-through lane.

Qantas puts the world’s largest passenger plane on the longest airline route

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH, Texas — Qantas is putting the world’s biggest passenger plane on the world’s longest airline route.

A Qantas Airbus A380 touched down Monday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport about 15 hours after leaving Sydney, Australia, on the 8,578-mile journey.

The double-deck, fourengine jet was greeted with a water-cannon salute, then taxied to a two-story gate that was configured just for the behemoth. The inaugural flight carried a full load of 484 pas-

sengers, according to a Qantas spokesman.

DFW is a large airport with connecting flights throughout the U.S. and Latin America, making it ideal for the plane and the route. But the A380’s size also limits its appeal.

Smaller planes such as Boeing’s latest, the 787, are more economical on many routes.

Qantas previously flew the Sydney-Dallas route with the Boeing 747, which required a stopover in Brisbane, Australia.

“The 747 served us really well, but it doesn’t have the range of the A380,” said Qantas Senior Vice-President

Vanessa Hudson. “The A380 is much bigger, so we can actually now provide 10 per cent additional capacity.”

For travellers wishing to fly the new route, it won’t be cheap. Hudson said tickets are roughly $1,900 in economy; double that for the roomier seats in premium economy; $7,000 for business class; and $12,000 to $13,000 for first class, where the airline tosses in a set of pyjamas and a sheepskin mattress. The special A380 gate at DFW will be used again on Wednesday, when Gulf airline Emirates begins flying the huge plane between Dallas and Dubai.

Encana speeds up liquids push with acquisition of Athlon

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Encana Corp. is speeding along plans to shift its focus toward lucrative liquids with a US$7.1-billion deal to buy Athlon Energy Inc., giving it an entry into the oil-rich Permian formation in Texas.

The acquisition of Athlon Energy announced Monday includes nearly US$6 billion in cash and the assumption of more than US$1 billion in debt.

The transaction brings Encana’s earlier target of deriving three quarters of its cash flow from liquids by 2017 two years closer, said CEO Doug Suttles.

“In some ways we’re almost pinching ourselves how quickly we’ve gotten here.

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We’re very, very pleased,” said Suttles, a former BP executive who unveiled a sweeping overhaul to Encana’s strategy nearly a year ago. “I don’t think it was a predictable outcome at this pace. I think it was something we thought would take a number of years.”

The Calgary-based company (TSX:ECA) has been eyeing a deal in the Permian for roughly a year. It considers the region — where Suttles noted his oilman grandfather plied his trade back in the 1930s — one of the top resource plays in North America.

This is the second big oil deal Encana has done this year in Texas, following a US$3.1-billion deal with Freeport-McMoRan for acreage in the Eagle Ford shale announced in May. Encana had been known as

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a natural gas-centred player, a challenging strategy amid a prolonged price slump. But with Suttles’ arrival last year, the focus shifted to more valuable oil and natural gas liquids.

With the Athlon deal, Encana aims to produce 250,000 barrels per day of liquids by 2017, a sharp increase from the 50,000 barrels per day it churned out last year.

Athlon’s shareholders are being offered US$58.50 per share cash, for a total of US$5.93 billion.

Shares in the company (NYSE:ATHL) jumped about 25 per cent on Monday, rising $11.59 to US$58.32 on the New York Stock Exchange. In Toronto, Encana’s shares closed up 47 cents at C$24.06.

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of about 30,000 barrels of oil per day of production focused in the Midland Basin, part of the Permian formation. It says that can grow substantially, with 5,000 possible drilling locations and up to three billion barrels of resource potentially in the ground.

The company intends to invest at least US$1 billion in the play and ramp up production to at least seven horizontal rigs by the end of 2015.

Last week, Encana sold its remaining stake in PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (TSX:PSK) for about $2.6 billion to a syndicate of underwriters.

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“The strengthened balance sheet provides Encana ’dry powder’ to act opportunistically to accelerate its liquids focused strategy,” CIBC World Markets analyst Arthur Grayfer wrote in a note to clients ahead of Monday’s announcement.

Suttles said Monday one did not have anything to do with the other.

“The timing is just fortuitous,” he told reporters.

The CEO did not rule out Encana doing more deals to bolster its portfolio, but declined to give specifics.

“An oil and gas company in my view at least has to always pay attention to its portfolio.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 113.10 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.25 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.50 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 55.75 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market added to a string of sharp losses Monday as traders continued to opt for caution amid Chinese economic data that kept concerns elevated about global economic strength and the timing of U.S. rate hikes.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed off the lowest levels of the session, coming back from a 174-point tumble to lose 49.85 points to 14,976.92 after falling 1.55 per cent last week.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.01 of a cent from Friday’s close to 89.66 cents US. U.S. indexes also finished the session off the worst levels of the day wth the Dow Jones industrials down 41.93 points to 17,071.22 after losing one per cent last week. The Nasdaq fell 6.34 points to 4,505.85 and the S&P 500 index declined 5.05 points to 1,977.8.

TSX miners led decliners after China reported a 0.6 per cent fall in industrial company profits in August, indicating economic growth might be declining further. Despite improved September manufacturing data, analysts said declining industrial production, lower property prices, weaker imports and pressure on factory prices are pointing to softening economic conditions.

Markets are set to exit September trading lower as investors wonder if the U.S. central bank will move before the middle of next year to raise rates from near zero, where they have been since the 2008 financial collapse.

Worries about the pace of global economic growth have also made for volatility during September. However, markets have been labouring under these interest rate and economic growth worries for months.

“I don’t think a whole lot has really changed,” said David Wolf, a portfolio manager in the Global Asset Allocation group at Fidelity Investments.

“We have been worried about China for some time from a longer-term point of view. But we have also generally been of the view that the government has the tools it needs to manage the excesses in the financial and property sectors. And on the Fed side, people tend to want to see things between the lines and conspiracy theories and little nudges and winks that for the most part really aren’t there.”

September also has a reputation as the worst trading month of the year.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.05 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.53 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 88.28 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.08 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 31.20 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 16.71 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.99 First Quantum Minerals . 21.72 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.03 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.62 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.75 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.99 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 38.96 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.49 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 21.08 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 29.50 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.04 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 66.16 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.33 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 57.30 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.05 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.00 Canyon Services Group. 13.14 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.31 CWC Well Services . . . 0.8700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 24.06 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.48 The TSX is down about four per cent for September, led by drops in the energy and mining sectors. The showing has left the main Toronto index still up almost 10 per cent year to date.

Worries about slowing Chinese growth pushed the base metals component down 1.7 per cent while December copper was ahead two cents at US$3.06 a pound. HudBay Minerals (TSX:HBM) ran up 30 cents or three per cent to $9.62.

The gold sector faded one per cent while December bullion gained $3.40 to close at US$1,218.80 an ounce.

Financials were also weak, down 0.7 per cent with Royal Bank (TSX:RY) down 87 cents to $79.57.

The energy segment gained 0.4 per cent amid a major acquisition. Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) is buying Athlon Energy in a US$7.1 billion friendly takeover deal that will give the Canadian gas producer access to a major Texas oil play and speed up its shift towards more liquids production. Encana shares gained 47 cents to $24.06.

The November crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange climbed $1.03 to US$94.57 a barrel.

Also adding to market caution were escalating pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, raising concerns that business in this Asian financial hub might be disrupted. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in a challenge against Beijing’s decision to limit political reforms.

“There are worries out there in the market and people are slightly skittish and when you get news flow like that, it’s going to reinforce that kind of sentiment,” added Wolf.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Monday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,976.92, down 49.85 points Dow — 17,071.22, down 41.93 points S&P 500 — 1,977.80, down 5.05 points Nasdaq — 4,505.85, up 6.34 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 89.66 cents US, up 0.01 of a cent Pound — C$1.8116, down 0.04 of a cent Euro — C$1.4153, up 0.04 of a cent

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 94.43 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 65.61 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.95 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 31.08 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 53.55 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.93 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 7.65 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.060 Precision Drilling Corp . . 12.42 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 40.23 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.75 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.53 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 8.59 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 67.69 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 82.31 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 69.18 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.40 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 39.39 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.31 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.20 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 48.45 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.41 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.63 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 51.06 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.80 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 79.57 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 40.94 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.91 Euro — US$1.2690, up 0.06 of a cent Oil futures: US$94.57 per barrel, up $1.03 (November contract) Gold futures: US$1,218.80 per oz., up $3.40 (December contract)

Next version of Windows software crucial for Microsoft’s future SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft plans to offer a glimpse of its vision for Windows this week, as its new CEO seeks to redefine the company and recover from missteps with its flagship operating system.

Although the new software won’t be formally released until next year, analysts already consider its success crucial for Microsoft and Satya Nadella, who has made mobile devices and Internet-based services priorities since becoming CEO in February.

With its tablet-like touch controls, Windows 8 had been Microsoft’s answer to slumping sales in personal computers amid a rising demand for mobile devices.

But the company alienated many users by forcing radical behavioural changes. Research firm IDC even blamed Windows 8 for accelerating a decline in PC sales in the first full quarter following the system’s release in October 2012.

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Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 785,240 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 785,240.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s broadcast regulator is hitting the ’delete’ button on Netflix and Google, telling the online video services their submissions at hearings into the future of television will be ignored.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission wrote to the companies Monday, saying it will remove presentations made by the two companies from the public record.

As well, any information or statements from the companies would not be considered in the CRTC’s conclusions on whether television industry regulations need to be changed.

The letters were a response to the refusal of Netflix and Google to provide supporting evidence to back their claims that Canadian content is thriving online.

Effectively, it’s as though the companies never offered any comments or appeared before the CRTC panel that has been looking into how Canadians receive and pay for TV programming.

The CRTC had promised both companies the same confidential treatment for their data as it gives all other sensitive information provided to it by other companies.

But Netflix in particular said it had concerns that its sensitive corporate information could eventually be made available to its competitors to exploit under a public interest test.

CRTC secretary general John Traversy said the companies’ refusal to provide any supporting evidence means it cannot evaluate the strength of their arguments. And he said it undermined the authority of the regulator.

“The Commission views such actions as a direct attempt to undermine its ability to serve Canadians, as well as impair the procedural fairness owed to all participants,” Traversy said in a letter to Netflix global public policy director Corie Wright.

analytics firm Net Applications estimates that five out of six Windows users are still using something other than Windows 8.

The next major release will be the company’s chance to regain its footing and show that Microsoft can embrace mobile devices without sacrificing the traditional computing experience.

“It’s one of the most important launches that they will ever have,” said Patrick Moorhead at the research firm Moor Insights and Strategy. “It’s very important they get it right.”

Microsoft is expected to give an early look at some new features Tuesday during an event the company has billed as a discussion about “what’s next for Windows.” The company hasn’t said what it plans to call the new Windows version.

The San Francisco event is geared toward the business market. Separate sessions focused on home computer users and others will be held in the coming months.

Analysts say the sessions are part of an effort by Microsoft to gather feedback and avoid the stumbles it made with Windows 8.

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Shooting haunts victim SHOOTING DURING FAS GAS ROBBERY LEAVES CLERK WITH ‘CATASTROPHIC’ INJURIES, SENTENCING HEARING TOLD

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Sentencing recommendations were heard on Monday for the robber who shot a clerk in the face and hand with a sawed-off shotgun last September.

Jaysen Arancon Reyes was working at West Park Fas Gas when the armed robbery happened in the evening of Sept. 11, 2013.

He had turned over the cash from his drawer when the shotgun was fired, severely injuring him.

In August, Jeffrey Lyle Geary, 31, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to charges of robbery, possessing a loaded prohibited weapon, manufacturing

a prohibited weapon and aggravated assault.

Crown prosecutor Ed Ring recommended an eight-to-10-year prison sentence with a lifetime firearms prohibition for Geary.

Geary was addicted to drugs at the time of the offence.

Ring said the shooting caused injuries to Reyes’ eye, face, teeth, skull and “catastrophic” injuries to his right thumb and ring finger when he raised his hand to protect himself.

Some metal bits from the shotgun pellets are still in his face.

Reyes also suffered a minor heart attack before one of his surgeries. His most recent surgery was two weeks ago.

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“Mr. Reyes understands full recovery is not certain,” Ring said.

Ring said Reyes’ vision is still limited.

He has decreased mobility in his hand.

Injuries have affected his employability and Reyes is now unemployed.

Reyes, who was 26 at the time of the shooting, was in the country as a temporary foreign worker. He came to Canada from his home in the Philippines the previous May. “This really changed my whole life,” said Reyes in his victim impact statement.

Ring said Reyes continues to suffer mentally and physically, and “bears scars and disfigurement.”

Defence lawyer Patty McNaughton recommended a five-to-eight-year prison sentence for her client.

She said the robbery wasn’t planned and no money was taken. Geary turned himself in and the case was “never ever” going to trial.

Geary has spent one year and two weeks in custody in remand and should get credit for one and a half years, she said.

Geary told the court he takes full responsibility for the shooting and was “deeply sad for the pain and suffering he caused.”

Judge Darrel Riemer will sentence Geary on Monday in Red Deer provincial court. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sidewalks, water slides and canoe launches were among the ideas tossed about Lacombe residents for budget consideration this year.

In a first-time initiative, council put out a call to residents to propose projects for possible inclusion in the budget. Nineteen submissions came in by the August deadline, and those were whittled down to seven budget prospects.

City staff will now cost out the ideas and bring a report back to council next month. Priority items will become part of the budget debate.

Mayor Steve Christie was pleased with the experiment, which formalizes the input council routinely gets as it is out and about in the community.

“It’s kind of neat to look and see what people are actually thinking and what they would pay possibly extra taxes or higher taxes for, and what they are not willing to support.

“It’s kind of interesting.”

Some items suggested were new, such as a water slide at the city’s pool. Others, an observation deck, boardwalk and canoe launch at Cranna Lake, were talked about years ago and have now been revived.

Other ideas that council will consider include: a new park, walk-through entrance to Heritage Park, sidewalks and a stop sign on Fairway Drive, crosswalks lights at 54th Avenue and 58th Street and the potential to employ local youth for trail maintenance.

Also being considered in this year’s budget will be strategic priorities outlined in the Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan adopted by council in January 2013.

Among priorities was pursuing a hotel, an initiative that has borne fruit with the announcement earlier this month that Best Western is planning to build.

Another initiative focused on making higher-density downtown housing more viable. The city is looking at tapping into the Alberta Main Street Program, which provides cash to upgrade buildings, and to consider in this year’s budget a patio program to make downtown more desirable.

Preserving the community’s enviable heritage resources was also recommended and was backed up by a $20,000 Heritage Program this year. It is recommended the funding continue for 2015.

City council is expected to pass its budget in December. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer City Councillor Diane Wyntjes speaks with Zainab Mohamoud during a Freedom Lunch to aid Somalians at the HUB in Red Deer on Monday. Those taking part in the lunch had a taste of Somalian culinary fare Monday and helped to raise money to build a school in the country.

Mohamoud who organized the meal is trying to raise $20,000 to build a school, buy furniture, books and supplies and pay staff salaries in Somalia. For anyone wanting to contribute to the campaign visit www. iniegogo.com and search Education for Somalian.

Long list of charges whittled down A two-week drug trafficking trial started in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday.

Ahmed Nur, 31, faces one count each of trafficking crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of property obtained by crime or proceeds of crime exceeding $5,000.

Nur originally faced 34 charges following a preliminary hearing that wrapped up last year. A total of 31 charges were dismissed on Monday.

School bus driver shortage becoming ‘fairly urgent’

BY MARY-ANN BARR RED DEER ADVOCATE The wheels on the buses may not go round and round like they should, thanks to Alberta’s healthy economy.

It seems Alberta’s economic blessings have led to fewer people wanting to be school bus drivers.

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools needs 10 to 15 more school bus drivers.

Prairie Bus Lines, which serves, among others, the Red Deer Public School District, is also in need of drivers but the situation is not as serious.

“I would say it’s getting to be fairly urgent for us,” said Ken Jaeger, Red Deer Catholic supervisor of support services.

At this point, the school district hasn’t had to cancel any routes but Jaeger said it could be a possibility if they don’t get more drivers.

“We encounter this when the economy gets busy.”

A couple of hours of work in the morning and a couple in the afternoon makes it tough to compete because they can’t pay the same wages as the oilpatch, Jaeger said.

The Catholic district has 75 to 80 drivers, for about 50 routes. It also does a lot of charters during the day.

“It’s funny because we used to get a lot of spouses ... generally the wives, taking a bus driving job when the husband’s in the oilfield. When the oilfield is slower, the bus driving helps to supplement incomes,” said Jaeger.

But then when it picks up, the spouse who works in the oilfield is gone more and “so then the mom ... says ‘I need to be home with the kids.’ ” “If we didn’t have the oilpatch, we would have lots of drivers but no kids,” he said, chuckling.

Jaeger said the district ran into the problem about seven years ago when the Alberta economy sizzled practically overnight. Today’s healthy economy isn’t quite as hot as then.

But the shortage of bus drivers “is kind of coming back.”

Drivers make a base rate and then are paid a perkilometre rate.

Scott Hucal, general manager of Prairie Bus Lines, said besides the economy creating a labour shortage, there’s also the fact that several new schools have opened and there are more routes, so spare drivers have been taken up.

“A little bit more growth in student population means a little bit more busing.

“We probably could use another four or five drivers.

“It’s not a critical situation but there’s definitely a driver shortage in the area,” said Hucal.

“By no means are we in a position right now that we have to cancel routes.”

Prairie Bus Lines operates about 100 routes.

Hucal describes school bus driving as a lifestyle that suits someone who is not the main income earner in a household, rather a stay-at-home parent, or perhaps someone who is retired and looking for a little extra income. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

Charges stemmed from a RCMP raid on two homes in Red Deer, as well as on a storage unit in Edmonton in July 2011.

At the time, Red Deer RCMP reported that they seized more than $60,000 worth of drugs, $65,000 in cash and eight firearms.

On Monday, all 34 charges against co-accused Raed Abdulla, 32, were stayed by Crown prosecutor Patricia Giroux of Edmonton.

The trial is before Justice C.S. Anderson.

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Students and parents of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools can now use their smart phones to get up-to-date information on cancelled or delayed buses by way of a downloadable application (app).

The Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools Bus Status App is available on iOS or Android operating systems.

Ken Jaeger, Red Deer Catholic supervisor of Support Services, said an opportunity arose when the school district switched Internet providers.

Bus route status can be viewed at the district’s website, and anyone can download the Bus Status App on their smart phone for free.

It’s always a struggle trying to communicate to parents in a timely fashion regarding bus route changes, he said.

The district uses local radio but not everyone hears the message. They’ve used direct phone calls but by the time they get halfway down the list, drivers should have been picking students up.

They’ve also used texting, with moderate success, said Jaeger.

Hence the new bus app, developed by an Edmonton firm, Box Clever Inc. The district will continue to use Twitter and notify radio stations, he said.

Parent and students can mark the routes they care about as favourites. They will get push notifications (messages that come through the phone automatically) if a bus is late or cancelled, with a short explanation.

While the app hasn’t been downloaded a lot, Jaeger expects interest to increase significantly once bad weather moves in.

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

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BRIEFS Knifepoint holdup in Eastview investigated Red Deer RCMP are searching for three suspects who robbed a man at knifepoint in Eastview on Sunday morning.

Police say a man was walking to work about 7 a.m. near 39th Avenue and 44th Street when he was approached by three knife-wielding men.

One of them threatened him with a knife and punched the victim once.

The three stole the victim’s backpack, cellphone and wallet before running east on 44th Street.

Police searched the area but could not find the men.

The victim was not injured in the attack.

The suspects are described as wearing black pants, black winter jackets and balaclavas. They are between fivefoot-six and five-foot-eight (1.69 to 1.73 metres), with skinny builds and are between 16 and 19 years old.

Anyone with information should call RCMP at 403-343-5575 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Autopsy scheduled after body found in vehicle

Rimbey RCMP seize drugs, weapons, make arrest Pursuing a vehicle heading towards Rimbey led RCMP to a car filled with drugs and weapons.

One man is now in custody.

Rimbey RCMP Sgt. Mark Groves said officers were tracking the car on Hwy 20 leaving Sylvan Lake towards Rimbey on Friday about 10:30 p.m.

A vehicle stop was initiated and police say they found a sizable amount of narcotics, including methamphetamine, oxycodone and cocaine.

Several prohibited weapons were also found, police say, including brass knuckles, a knife and an imitation firearm made to look like a Glock handgun. Also found was an undisclosed quantity of cash and drug paraphernalia.

Groves said a 29-year-old Eckville male has been charged with obstruction of justice and possession of prohibited substances for the purpose of trafficking.

“The Rimbey RCMP have made numerous seizures of meth and cocaine over the last year,” said Groves, adding they are tackling the illegal drug problem in the community.

“It’s a problem really everywhere, but it has made its way into Rimbey.”

CUC seeks input on changing name Canadian University College in Lacombe is going to change its name.

But first it will hold a community focus group to gather input and new name suggestions from city residents.

The focus group, led by professional facilitator Brenda Beck, will meet on Friday at 1 p.m. in the County Room of the Lacombe Memorial Centre. The

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The last two days of mud bogging at Central Alberta Raceways in Rimbey on the weekend drew enthusiastic drivers and spectators, despite the chilly conditions and brisk wind. Needless to say, cleanliness was not a goal. The raceway also features drag racing, IMCA modified racing and other events through the summer months. meeting is open to everyone.

Recently the college received permission from the Alberta government to drop the word “college” from its name.

The “university college” name is not understood by many employers and graduate school admission committees, CUC president Mark Haynal said.

In Canada alone, there are three definitions of a university college — being able to offer college diplomas and undergraduate degrees, an educational institution that cannot grant degrees or, as in Alberta, an independent post-secondary institution with its own board and authority to grant tertiary degrees in its own name.

Haynal said that because CUC can grant degrees, it is a university in the thinking of most people.

“Dropping the word ‘college’ from our current or new name will clear up much confusion,” he said.

It’s hoped that the process to adopt a new name will take no longer than a year.

The president said CUC will take into consideration the advice and opinions of alumni and friends.

Four other faith-based post-secondary institutions were recently given permission by the province to drop the work “college” from their names.

These include Concordia University College and The King’s University College in Edmonton, and Ambrose University College and St. Mary’s University College in Calgary.

Three public schools join for literacy project The Red Deer Public School District hopes to encourage family reading, bringing three elementary schools together to read the same book.

The One Book, Three Schools project was launched on Monday evening.

Each family involved will be given a copy of The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. Families will be asked to read one chapter each night together

and then it will be followed up with inschool activities the next day.

“We want to build a community of readers,” said Della Ruston, Westpark Middle School principal. “What a great way for families to connect, spending quality time together, reading a wonderful story.”

Students at Westpark Middle School, West Park Elementary School and Mattie McCullough Elementary School and their parents are all participating in this reading activity. Those schools were chosen because students from Mattie McCullough and West Park Elementary feed into Westpark Middle.

All students from those three schools, from kindergarten to Grade 8, will read the science fiction novel,

which was chosen because it was accessible to all grades.

Funds raised for diabetes Red Deer will be one of 22 locations across Canada supporting diabetes research when volunteers pedal hard on stationary bikes.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation bike-athon in Red Deer is scheduled for Wednesday at Bower Place, 4900 Molly Bannister Dr. The event starts at 11 a.m. and goes until 2 p.m.

The hope is to raise thousands for research towards a cure for type 1 diabetes. For more information, visit www.jdrf.ca/ride.

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Clarifying Learning to shake the guilt expectations “You not only broke my heart, you broke my expectations of how love is supposed to be.”

— Rashida Rowe, American jazz saxophonist, flautist and pianist

The pressing guilt I had been experiencing all day “I’ll walk him to school, hun,” Jamie said without hadn’t started with the fact that I had slept in. a trace of judgment in his voice from my temper tanNor did it stem from when I cut that trum moments before. This only made me guy off on 60th Street the other day. feel even more ridiculous.

It wasn’t that itching reminder that I knelt down to Lars’s height gave him I’ve been dropping the proverbial ball a hug and once again heard his sadness with friendships lately or that my healthy over our previous debacle. He sobbed eating plan has somehow evolved from deeply into my chest and it was all I rice cakes and cottage cheese to loaded could do to keep my own tears at bay. nachos with salsa and sour cream.

“I’m so sorry I yelled at you Lars — that It wasn’t any of these things that was wrong of me.” caused the mind-numbing, puffy red eyes “That’s OK Mama,” he replied between under dark shades, anxiety-ridden feelcavernously deep breaths. ing that I had been dealing with for the I attempted to remind him of the haplast six hours. py notes he gets to look forward to at No, my guilt today came from quite school, like library class and gymnastics. literally a pair of uncomfortable shorts.

And because Lars is the sweet and sensiLINDSAY Well, that and my bad attitude. tive soul he is, he tried to indulge my efBROWN After the fifth pair of pants I struggled forts with a half-hearted smile. to get on Lars, I began to get a little per- ME PLUS THREE But when it came down to it, I had turbed. He and I both were tottering on single-handedly ruined my son’s morna thin ledge — any abrasive movements ing — a kid who had already been having would result in a mean fall into the oblivanxieties about his new venture into elion of meltdowns and waterworks. I knew this, so I ementary school. tried to stay cool.

My outburst did not help and no amount of happy But it was when we heaved on his last pair of notes could change that. clean shorts and his fingers continued to fiddle with And this is how the Mom-guilt began. I watched the seams, or the bulk of the pockets, or the button the boys walk out the back door towards the school. on the fly, or the fly itself, that I snapped.

Quickly I retrieved the laundry basket of dirty “WHAT’S WRONG NOW?” I yelled. clothes and scurried downstairs to the washing Yes I yelled. room.

I could begin typing down all of my excuses for There I let myself cry. I cried over how stupid I yelling at the boy this early morning hour but that felt. I cried out of anger for allowing myself to make would just be futile. Because what it boils down to is my son feel so sad over something as trivial as getthat I yelled over something really, really dumb. He ting dressed. I cried because the guilt had gobbled didn’t answer, he just stared at me with a sad blank up any goodness I tried to summon at that exact molook. ment.

I dug into his pajama pants drawer, threw a pair After a few minutes in my pool of self-pity and of sweats his way and told him he could just wear dirty clothes, I pulled it together. I did my chores that. I reiterated for the 10th time that we were going and ran my errands — all the while not able to get to be late for school so, “hurry up.”

Lars out of my mind.

As I walked out of my son’s room, I heard his cryI wondered how he was doing as I checked cantaing but I didn’t turn back to comfort him. loupes at the grocery store. I revisited the events of Selfishness, annoyance, stubbornness and clearly our terrible morning in my mind over and over again child-like behaviour (on my part) stopped me. as I jogged down the path behind our house.

Lars walked into the kitchen a few minutes later holding his Dad’s hand.

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“Things are not working out,” he said with a heavy sigh. “All we do is fight.”

“What are you fighting about?” I asked. “Is there a common theme?”

“Apparently, I’m not living up to my end of the bargain.”

“And by ‘bargain’ she means your responsibilities?”

“I guess.” He shifted uncomfortably in his chair. “No matter what I do, she’s upset.”

Let’s face it, we’ve all experienced not living up to someone else’s expectations and we’ve all MURRAY had people in our lives who failed to live up to FUHRER our expectations of them.

It seemed to me that my companion and his partner were suffering from a classic case of unfulfilled expectations. Unfulfilled, principally, because they had seldom been shared, discussed or clarified.

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Jim: Let me applaud you for Here’s what I’d recommend: your willingness to bring a needy Call the parents of the child child into your home. As you hosting the event. Explain that may know, Focus on the Fambecause of the influential nature ily’s Adoption and Orphan Care of motion pictures, your family is Initiative was developed to raise very intentional about consumawareness about the plight of ing films that have a positive imorphans and to urge people to pact, and because of this, you’d become involved. With 100,000 like a heads-up on what movies, children waiting to be adopted if any, are being planned for the here in the United States and night. They may appreciate the more than 150 million orphans inquiry because many parents worldwide, it’s clear that there’s have boundaries for their own an opportunity to make a lifekids. If the film being showcased changing difference in these prepresents concerns, politely exJIM cious lives. plain why and offer to send some DALY As one who was orphaned at alternative movies with your a young age, I would wholeheartchild. Should you experience or edly support and encourage famsense a lack of support, you may ilies to welcome any child awaitneed to determine whether or ing adoption with open arms, renot your child should attend the gardless of his or her nationality gathering, or if he or she is trustor ethnic origin. It’s important, however, for worthy and courageous enough to ask to be everyone to be aware of and prepared for excused while others are watching. relational dynamics that might potentially One last thing: Become the “go-to” house have an impact. For example, if someone in for your kids’ activities — slumber parties the neighborhood, or perhaps an extended and all other fun things — as much as posfamily member, harbors racial prejudice sible. Instead of watching movies (which and could possibly display those attitudes takes no creativity whatsoever), help your in front of the child, the prospective parents kids plan a “better than watching a movie” need to be prepared to deal with the situa- slumber party. tion appropriately.

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BROWN: Guilt washed away by smiling child And as I quickly scurried towards his school to pick him up, my anxieties ran high over what I would find when he walked out of those front doors.

Imagination can sometimes be an awful thing, especially in times like these. I imagined my boy exiting that school as a fragile and frail little being — ruined by the confrontation we had that fateful morning.

Instead, the kid ran out with rosy cheeks and a smile from ear to ear on his face.

As we skipped home, he told me about his day and how excited he was for gymnastics that evening. He didn’t mention our morning. It was the farthest thing from his mind.

That’s the thing about guilt, it is an onus made only for remorseful. And it is there to reminds us that when we have a bad day, we must always aim for a better tomorrow.

Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

FUHRER: Be up front “Whether we are dealing with the question of who does what at work, how you communicate with your daughter when you tell her to clean her room or who feeds the fish and takes out the garbage, we can be certain that unclear expectations will lead to misunderstanding, disappointment and withdrawals of trust.”

Covey explains that many expectations are implicit, meaning they are implied though not directly expressed. Couples involved in intimate relationships form implicit expectations of one another.

Although these expectations may never have been discussed or even consciously acknowledged, fulfilling them bring positive returns while violating them brings disaster.

It’s vital for the success of any relationship, notes Covey that expectations be laid on the table. We head down a treacherous path when we assume our expectations are self-evident and therefore clearly understood and shared by those around us.

The best advice? Invest the time and effort up front and clarify expectations. Clarifying expec-

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tations takes courage but doing so will save huge amounts of time and effort down the road. When expectations are not clear and shared, simple misunderstandings compound turning minor clashes into major communication and relationship breakdowns.

I remember a friend complaining about his spouse not fulfilling his ‘needs,’ as it were.

“All right,” I said, taking out my pen and reaching for a napkin. “Let’s have ’em.”

Within a few minutes, we had a list of his expectations on paper.

After confirming that my list represented an accurate accounting of his needs, I posed the question, “How did your partner respond when you presented her with your list of needs?”

My friend’s response was, not surprisingly, an open mouth and a blank stare.

In my experience, many of our personal and business relationships lack a simple, yet essential component to ensure their success: clarity. Without clarity, we are left to assume that all is well. You’ve probably had a job or been involved in a relationship where the modus operandi was “assume you’re doing well until you hear otherwise.” Think about how frustrated you felt when someone accused you of not keeping up your end of the bargain. Unfulfilled expectations damage relationships and affect how we feel about ourselves — our level of self-esteem.

Clear and reasonable expectations move relationships forward, adding an element of accountability.

Unclarified expectations in relationships are like an

unwritten law: one can break the law without knowing it exists, yet still have to face the consequences of frustration, disapproval, or worse, the end of the relationship.

All parties involved in a relationship need to take accountability for its success. When inter-acting with your partner or children, make sure that everyone is clear as to what the responsibilities, expectations, and consequences are and allow room for safe and honest communication.

At work, if your employer appears to have expectations of you that seem unjust or simply unattainable, speak up. As an employer, ensure you roll out your expectations clearly when hiring or reviewing performance, and allow room for an open and honest airing of concerns.

It may seem easier to act as though differences don’t exist or hope that things will just work out, but that — in my experience — is seldom (if ever) the case. It is always better to arrive at a mutually agreeable set of expectations.

Remember, an expectation is a living thing and will need to be addressed and readdressed on an ongoing basis to ensure clarity and avoid hurt feelings, anger or frustration. Get clear about what you need or expect from a relationship and then let the rest of us in on the secret.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator.

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TORONTO — Kirsten Dunst is the only woman in The Two Faces of January, and is caught between two powerful male forces — her fraudster husband Chester (Viggo Mortensen) and mysterious con artist Rydal (Oscar Isaac).

The noir thriller opening Friday is based on a 1964 novel by Patricia Highsmith, who also wrote Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Dunst says she and screenwriter-director Hossein Amini were determined to flesh out the lone female role.

“She in the book is portrayed as a bit of a floozy and a little bit promiscuous. Well, not a little bit, she is,” laughed Dunst.

“I wanted to make her a real woman,” she said. “For me, watching that in a film, where the two guys get to have this interesting dynamic — I wanted her and Chester’s dynamic also to be loaded and just as important.”

The Two Faces of January begins in Athens, where Chester and Colette (Dunst) are on the run from the victims of a scam that made them rich.

They meet and befriend Rydal, a welleducated tour guide with a knack for cheating unsuspecting tourists out of their money.

When Rydal stumbles across Chester trying to move the body of a private detective he has murdered, he agrees to help the couple flee Greece. But as they set out on the journey, Chester becomes increasingly jealous of Rydal’s flirtation with his wife.

“It’s really about this marriage falling apart,” said Dunst. “We had to make (Colette and Chester) as in love as possible and playful with each other so that you really see there’s somewhere to go. And you see them deteriorate.”

Dunst, 32, began her acting career at age six in Woody Allen’s New York Stories. She has since appeared in the blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy, and recently has leaned toward more character-driven fare like Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia and Jeff Nichols’s Midnight Special, opening next year.

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Viggo Mortensen, from left, Oscar Isaac and Kirsten Dunst appear in a scene from ‘The Two Faces of January.’

“If you’re in bigger films it always helps in terms of financing for the smaller ones. (Spider-Man) was a big thing for me. It helped me have the opportunity to be in a movie like Melancholia,” she said.

Dunst was initially drawn to The Two Faces of January by the “beautifully written” script by Amini, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter who also penned Drive. This film marks his first time directing, but Dunst said it never showed.

“He’s such an intelligent man, and such a gentleman, and so in tune with knowledge of emotions. He has a very female side because of that,” she said.

“I think he’s watched enough great directors on sets and he’s written enough beautiful films... (that) he didn’t seem nervous.”

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because her character feels so differently around each. She felt more relaxed acting with her friend Isaac — who Colette also feels more at ease with as her husband descends into a jealous rage.

“I’m a fan of Oscar’s and he’s a friend of mine, so I’ll always support him. I love working with him and he’s a very special actor,” she said. “He’ll be around for a while. He just broke out in a big way.”

She added she doesn’t think the age difference between her and Mortensen, 55, appears jarring on screen (“He’s so handsome, it doesn’t seem off-putting”). He was a laugh riot on set, in contrast with his often moody, dramatic persona in films, Dunst said.

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TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2014 SLEEPY HOLLOW

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Sleepy Hollow was renewed after just three episodes last year, and star Tom Mison, who plays Ichabod Crane, calls the new season “the tricky second album.”

“Last season people were ... expecting us to be terrible,” Mison says of the Fox mythical drama, which airs Monday nights. “Let’s be honest ... (the show’s premise is) quite a bold idea.

Last season: low expectations. This season: high.”

Set in modern day, Crane awakens after being killed in the Revolutionary War. He must adjust to the new time period, battle the headless horseman and prevent the apocalypse with the help of police Lt. Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie). He’s also trying to reunite with his wife, Katrina.

Beharie says Sleepy Hollow will be more character-driven this season.

“This year it’s a lot more personal, and there are a lot of questions about (whether Ichabod and Abbie) can remain loyal to one another and to their cause,” she says.

Some fans are rooting for a romantic link to develop between Ichabod and Abbie. “He’s a guy, I’m a girl, and they’re like, ‘There should be kissing involved,”’ Beharie says with a laugh.

“I didn’t see that happening. Not at all. ... That happens in some shows, but they’re sort of focused on saving the world and the apocalypse, so I don’t see Abbie wanting to fight over the same romantic guy in any way.”

Various Sleepy Hollow-themed books are in the works. The first, The Secret Journal of Ichabod Crane, is now in stores.

Beharie would like to do a pop-up themed episode, where various behind-the-scenes facts about filming appear on the screen during different scenes.

Sleepy Hollow is filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, which Mison says can be “very close to unbearable” when the weather is very humid.

“The noises that I make when the wig comes off and that coat comes off,” he joked. “I’ve never experienced joy like it.”

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Dear Annie: I have been married to wrongdoings. I’ve also made it clear “Phil” for 15 years. that I’m staying only for the kids and Between the two of us, we have don’t love Phil anymore. eight children. Our youngest is still in I suspect neither one of us could school. survive on our own.

The problem is, I’m not happy anyI’m tired of playing “happy famimore. I’ve made mistakes, stupid ones, ly,” living with an obsessive man who including flirting with refuses to understand that other men. Phil isn’t comI’m not the sole cause of our pletely innocent, either, but problems. It’s both of us. he claims if I weren’t talkI’m not looking for anothing to these other men, he er relationship. I’m looking wouldn’t have approached for some peace. Any sugother women. gestions? — Miserable and My oldest daughter Stuck takes Phil’s side and says Dear Miserable: Yes. Get I ruined the family. I don’t counselling with or withthink he should have been out Phil and find out how to running to her to complain cope with the situation. when she was only 16. She’s Married couples who are since moved out, and he’s obviously miserable and MITCHELL now telling our next oldest sniping at each other but & SUGAR daughter, who is 14, about insist on staying together our problems. I think this is for the sake of the children sick and immature. are not providing the lovPhil recently told me he ing, stable environment that was giving me the “opporchildren need. tunity” to leave, although I don’t need And Phil should absolutely not be his permission. confiding in your teenage daughters I’m staying because I refuse to aban- about your marital difficulties. It’s madon my children. I’ve admitted my nipulative and inappropriate. Shame

on him.

Dear Annie: This is for my in-laws, who wonder why we don’t have joint parties with both sides of the family: When your son and I married, I had the crazy notion that our families could get together with the expectation that everyone would get along and behave civilly.

Apparently, you didn’t share that idea. I remember the snide comments, the ridicule about my family and the hurtful jokes made regarding our nationality. You couldn’t even be in the same room without saying something disrespectful.

I tried for 10 years, and then I said never again. For the past 20 years, we’ve alternated holidays, and we’ve seen your family dwindle.

This Thanksgiving, it’s my family’s turn and your kids won’t be around.

Enjoy spending the holidays by yourself. — Had It Dear Had It: Have you or your husband told your in-laws that the reason you no longer include them with your family is because they behave so disrespectfully?

We can’t guarantee that it would make any difference, but sometimes,

ily for you now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Others in your life are very happy today! Join in with the fun, at the moment, as indicated yesterTuesday, Sept. 30 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: day, you will be feeling slightly slowed down and in pause mode. Take the Fran Drescher, 56; Monica Beltime to reflect on work, health, lucci, 49; Barry Williams, 59 and daily life through interacting THOUGHT OF THE DAY: with those who see the posiToday will welcome in a brighttives now! er perspective on your current CANCER (June 21-July circumstances, perhaps some 22): You should be feeling leaps in judgement as well. You very optimistic about the path will feel very optimistic about the of your work, health, and daily future, but will still have to conlife at the moment. There is an tend with the ongoing lessons increased examination of what at play for you. There is a great truly makes you happy and opportunity to push yourself forwhat your innate talents are. ward now, more than ever. It Trust your path forward, it is will lead to greater abundance LARISA MAIRA prosperous and abundant. for you in the long run.

OZOLINS LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If toThere will be reason to celeday is your birthday, this year brate today — other than the will highlight greater indepenfact that you are actively movdence on your part in terms of finances and the will to implement your true ing into a positive direction with more rointentions. There is wonderful planetary pull mance on the agenda, or you simply feel to this year, indicating all is possible if you freer to do as you please now. Trust your start to believe in your heart’s desires and direction; it will lead to great abundance for in yourself. True wisdom will come from dis- you in the future!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today will cussing all that is on your mind and you will highlight a time for joy to be had with family, be rewarded for this.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will those within your home, and with you at a be very joyous today. Your actions and in- soul level. The more you trust your instincts, stinct nature will be in line with creating and the better able to see that your true wishes expressing the future you desire. Lessons and dreams are possible now. Take the time with relationships will be highlighted, but this to review, but do trust your gut instincts.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): OK, so, today will not faze you now, you see possibilities you will be letting everyone know some where there were none before.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are great news! You are feeling quite optimistic seeing the brighter side of not only your right now and this will allow for a new pernature, but of those you have a strong bond spective on your current situation to emerge. with today. There is a pull for you to act This relief will be just what you need to feel more and review later, as your intuition is more balanced and relaxed now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today’s through the roof today. Trust it, but do review any issues going on at home and fam- focus will be on your career and your public

self. You do understand that both relate directly back to your financial situation and with your personal worth. Well, today you’ll feel joyous and abundant and they will all build on each other. Trust your instincts!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There will be no doubt about it — you will be feeling wonderful today! Not only that, you will be feeling very optimistic about your future as well. Move towards your aspirations and feel good about the step you are taking now.

Express your truth now!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your dream life will be very active. I would even listen to dreams that are foretelling the future, write them down for reviewing later on.

There is lots of work to be done behind the scenes now to focus on the prize and your dreams and it will be yours!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You are feeling very optimistic with your future and the direction with friends and work colleagues now. There is a sense that everything will work out for the best. Abundance of blessings are heading your way, you have gained wisdom. It’s time to claim the rewards!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are feeling amazing about your work today. You are very optimistic and feeling absolutely wonderful about the actions you are taking towards future projects with work. Everything is falling into place nicely for you now. Trust this path forward, your world is changing for the better now and this will also trickle into your personal relationships. Enjoy today’s energy!

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

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KENZLE Eileen Dorothy Sept. 4, 1943 - Sept. 25, 2014 Eileen was born to Don and Helen Liddell of of Madden, Alberta.

She lived her childhood years in the Madden, Cremona, and Walter Valley districts. When the family moved to Red Deer in 1958 she attended Central Junior High and Lindsay Thurber. In 1960 Eileen met and married Eddie Stenson.

By that union a daughter was born in 1963. After her divorce she met and married Ivan Kenzle. They divorced a few years ago. Eileen worked for North-West Motors as a bookkeeper, at the Thunderbird Motel, at the Granada Inn as front desk clerk, and lastly at the Eastview Gas & Wash.

Eileen was diagnosed with cancer in 2008 and fought that demon with all her might until finally succumbing at the Didsbury Hospital with her family at her bedside. She leaves to mourn her loving mother of Crossfield, daughter Susan of Red Deer, brother Fred (Doris) of Red Deer, sister Joyce (Mark Lobitz) of Water Valley, niece Leann (Sean Spence) of Edmonton, nephews Adam Liddell of Blackfalds, Jonathan and Mason Klimack of Edmonton, great nephews Kyle and Brandon Spence, great niece Gabriella Liddell, also numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Eileen was predeceased by her sister Joan in 1987 and her father in 2008. At Eileen’s request there will not be a service. Her family would like to give special thanks to Dr. Neil Smit and to all the caring nurses and staff of the Didsbury Hospital who went the extra mile to make Eileen’s last days comfortable.

ROPCHAN Geraldine 1935 - 2014 Mrs. Geraldine Louise Ropchan (nee Guenette) of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, following a courageous battle with cancer, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at the age of 78 years.

Geraldine was born on December 14,1935. She met her high-school sweetheart, Harry at Athabasca High School, Athabasca, Alberta and the couple was married on June 9, 1956. Geraldine was a successful business woman in and around the Red Deer Area for many years. She loved to golf and was a member of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club. Geraldine also loved to entertain and was a gracious and wonderful host for many family get togethers and parties for friends over the years. Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and kind friend will be deeply missed but lovingly remembered and forever cherished in the hearts of her family and many dear friends.

Geraldine leaves to mourn her loving husband of fifty-eight years, Harry Ropchan; her sons and daughter, Dwayne (Wendy) of Calgary, Alberta, Cathy (Steve) Dick, Robert (Janice) and Troy (Terry Lee), all of Red Deer; her beautiful grandchildren, Christopher, Jennifer and Karys; Melissa and Stephanie; Laine and Randi and Kali-Ann; as well as seven beloved great grandchildren and one on the way. She will also be sadly missed by brothers Donnie (Agnes) Guenette of Grande Prairie, Alberta and Gordon (Janet) Guenette of Sherwood Park, Alberta, her sister, Pauline (Gilbert) Calhoun of Edmonton, Alberta, sisters-in-law, Evelyn Guenette of St. Albert, Alberta and Mary Pasula of Edmonton, Alberta, and a brother-in-law, Andy Ropchan of Leduc, Alberta, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Geraldine was predeceased by her parents, Rene and Eleanor Guenette, a sister, Audrey Brown, a brother, Lawrence Guenette and an infant brother, Russell Guenette. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Father Jozef Wroblewski celebrant. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Donations in Geraldine’s honor may be made directly to www.ovariancanada.org.

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SWARBRICK Pearl 1925-2014 Pearl’s final wish was granted as she peacefully passed away at Olds, Long Term Care on September 26, 2014 at the age of 88. On Angel’s wings, a beautiful lady was taken home. May she always wear red, enjoy a good cup of “Timmy’s” coffee, and be remembered for her giving heart. It is with sadness that the family announces the passing of Pearl. Mom to Dick (Sue) and Ellen (Wayne), beloved grandma to Kim, Dean, Shawna and Gayle and gg to Maya, Rowan, Nevin, Lakota, Marshall, Sienna, and Nathan.

She is survived by two brother’s-in-law, two sister’sin-law, and many nieces and nephews. Pearl was predeceased by her husband, Alan, and her five siblings.

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RESTA Rilda Jane Leslie Resta (nee DeWalt) of Red Deer, Alberta, formerly of Rimbey, Alberta, passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at the age of 75 years. Rilda was a beautiful person with grace, class, and an intelligent nature. She had a wonderful sense of humour along with a giving and compassionate heart. Rilda offered a sense of fairness and expected equality for all. She was tender and gentle, but firm. However, she did have a ‘Mama Bear’ side to her. Rilda was hugely committed to her family, and was a doting grandmother and great grandma to many children, always making time for telling or reading a story. Her grandchildren brought great joy and happiness to her life. Rilda was a very social person and made people feel welcome. It seemed the coffee pot was always on with fresh baking just out of the oven. More often than not, these coffee times led to an upcoming mealtime.

Her family was blessed to have a full table with always more than enough to eat. Rilda was always an extremely creative individual. She loved to read, garden, sew (the grandchildren grumbled if their pajamas were not sewn by Grandma), knit, crochet, and many forms of painting. She painted rocks, with many folks having one or two in their gardens. Thinking back, Rilda’s favourite painting was with no paint... just a tiny artist’s brush on the bare backs of her grandchildren as they lay across her lap... imagining that the scene they had requested was exactly the one that Grandma was painting!

Rilda also loved to bake and cook. Through the years, she designed and decorated many a wedding cake for couples from near and far, and was tagged the ‘Wedding Cake Lady’ by many. Rilda always endeavoured to support the activities her children were involved in, which led her to become the first-known female president of a Minor Hockey Association.

Along with raising her family and working so very hard on the farm, Rilda also worked full time in town for Robinson’s Stores and became the store manager. A quote from a granddaughter: “Grandma was a rare gem among all the jewels, and I am privileged to call her my Grandma.” “Our family gives thanks that Mom is in the arms of her Heavenly Father.” Rilda will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her beloved husband of 56 years, Silvio; her two sons, Silvio Jr. (Laurie) Resta; and Jordan (Mary) Resta, both of Red Deer; and her four daughters, JoAnne (Wilfred) Curtis of Red Deer; Judy (John) Ring of Hinton; Jacquie Sullivan of Red Deer; and Karen (Ed) Yetter of Blackfalds; as well as 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. She will also be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her brother, Wilson DeWalt of Williams Lake, B.C.; and five sisters: Isla Miller of Edson; Ella Anderson of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; Frances Courtney of Warren, Manitoba; Sharon (Jim) Potter of Likely, B.C.; and June (Adolf) Lehman of Chase, B.C.; in addition to numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. Rilda was predeceased by her parents, Harry and Ethel; four brothers: Charles, Mickey, Clinton, and Kenny; and two sisters: Dorothy Miller and Ethel Balone. A Celebration of Rilda’s Life will be held at the Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Boulevard, Red Deer on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor Don Hennig and Pastor Peter Van Katwyk officiating.

Cremation took place at the Central Alberta Crematorium, Red Deer. Interment will follow at a later date in the West Haven Cemetery, Rimbey. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Rilda’s Memory may be made directly to Loaves and Fishes ~ School Lunch Program, 6002 - 54 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 4M8; or to the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, Box 561, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 5G1.

Condolences to the Family may also be expressed by email to: special_reflections@telusplanet.net Service and Cremation Arrangements for the Late Rilda Jane Leslie Resta (nee DeWalt) entrusted to the care of OBERHAMMER FUNERAL CHAPELS Rimbey, AB. 1-403-843-4445

Card Of Thanks

In Memoriam

BELANGER To our very kind neighbors for helping me through my very hard time of sorrow. ~ Mary

Can deliver your message.

309-3300

Email: classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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ASHLEY & FRIENDS PLAYSCHOOL Accepting Fall Registrations 3-5 yr. olds. Limited Space avail. 403-343-7420 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Coming Events

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MADD RED DEER & DISTRICT CHAPTER will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Oct. 30/2014 @ 7:30 pm at 4728 Ross St., Red Deer Election for executive positions will be held.

Seeking new volunteers and executive members to join our board.

Everyone Welcome.Coffee and donuts will be served.

403-347-9922 For more information Email: maddrd@ telusplanet.net

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LARGE suitcase with photo albums and poem book 403-358-5577 MISSING FROM ALLISON CRESCENT 2013 Ford F-150 4x4 Platinum truck.

Dark black/brown, small dent in upper passenger box panel, license plate number BKP9924.

If you saw anything or have any information please call Red Deer RCMP. 403-406-2300.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

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Clerical

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LOOKING for an energetic, motivated individual to join our team to take on a position of Payroll/Benefits Administrator. This person must have payroll experience as well as be proficient in Simply Accounting and Microsoft Office. This position is 20 hrs. per week with flexible hrs. and will possibly lead into F/T with our rapidly growing company. Only exp’d person need apply with resume to our office at stacyschnepf@ hurricaneenergy.ca

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

Dental CHARLOTTE DAVIDIUK Jan. 31, 1943 - Sept. 30, 2012

“Card of Thanks”

CLASSIFICATIONS

OFFICE assistant/general help req’d for trucking company E. of Blackfalds.

Knowledge of trucking industry/mechanical knowledge of maintenance an asset but willing to train.

Exc. wages/benefits. Fax resume to 403-784-2330 call 403-784-3811

Say Thank You...

A Classified Announcement in our

WHAT’S HAPPENING

In tears we watched you sinking We watched you fade away.

You suffered much in silence You fought so hard to stay.

God saw you getting tired When a cure was not to be.

So He put His loving arms around you And whispered,“Come with me”.

So when we saw you sleeping So peacefully, free from pain, We could not wish you back To suffer that again.

Love Always, Gordon, Craig & Courtney WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

740

BOWER DENTAL REQ’S F/T ORTHODONTIC ASSISTANT. Position to start immed.

Must be a member of the College of Alberta Dental Association. Great benefits and perks. Email resume to: sheila@bowerdental.com or drop off resume.

Legal

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Warren Sinclair is a highly respected Central Alberta business law firm and is one of the largest firms in Red Deer, Alberta. Warren Sinclair is currently seeking full time Legal Assistants for the following areas of law: - Corporate Law; - Real Estate Transactions; - Commercial and Bank Financing.

The successful applicant will display a team player outlook, demonstrate effective communication skills, and will have the ability to multi task and to work in a fast paced environment.

We offer excellent wages and benefits.

Please submit your resume to: #600, 4911-51 Street Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6V4 Fax: 403-343-6069, or email Rhonda Elder, relder@warrensinclair.com

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014

$2500 Bonus Every 100 days IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Oil & Gas Well Testing Supervisors, Night Foremen, Experienced/ Inexperienced Junior Day/Night Operators Must have H2S, First Aid, valid driver’s license.

Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages.

Benefit Package Please submit resume with references to: apply@wespro.ca Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted

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Oilfield

MADDON Oilfield Services is seeking qualified, competent, and professional personnel to join our team. Slickline Operators and Trainees.

Class 3 License, WHIMIS, H2S, First Aid preferred but not limited to. Fax resume to 780-603-2241 Email resume to Paul.Ste. Marie@Maddon.ca

NOW HIRING Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

OIL & GAS OPERATOR

800

Oilfield

EXP’D CLASS 1 DRIVER REQ’D. Class 1 is a must and picker exp. would be an asset. Oilfield exp. preferred. Will require H2S and First Aid Certificate.

This position is F/T days only in the Stettler area.

Salary to commensurate with experience. Please send resumes to: lornemurfitt@telus.net.

EXPERIENCED LABOURERS REQ’D. Must have all safety tickets.

Competitive wages.

Call 403-502-1091 HYDROTESTORS 2000 is currently taking resumes for

TESTING TRUCK OPERATORS Must have class 5 Q endorsement license.

Please provide drivers abstract as well as valid oilfield tickets. Drop off resumes at 7889 49 Ave. Red Deer.

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 NEEDED: H2S Supervisors, firefighters and medics. Please email resume and relevant oilfield tickets to: admin@ tcbsafety.com or call Carl 403-506-1255

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

Sales & Distributors

820

Trades

850

JJAM Management (1987) BRAATT CONST. Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Of Red Deer is seeking Requires to work at these exp’d. carpenters and Red Deer, AB locations: laborers for the 5111 22 St. agricultural industry. Must SERVICE RIG 37444 HWY 2 S have drivers license. Call Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd 37543 HWY 2N Brad 403-588-8588 is seeking 700 3020 22 St. D. LESLIE WELDING LTD. LEASEHAND & DRILLER Manager/Food Services We are currently accepting Locally based, home every Permanent P/T, F/T shift. resumes for 3rd. yr. night! Qualified applicants Wknd, day, night & eves. apprentices and B must have all necessary Start date ASAP. $18/hr. 40 Pressure Welders, valid tickets for the position hrs/week, + benefits , $30-$55/hr.

Valid safety being applied for.

1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., tickets req’d. Fax your Bearspaw offers a criminal record check req’d. very competitive salary Req’d education some sec- resumes to: 403-729-2771 or send by email to: and benefits package ondary. Apply in person or brleslie@telus.net along with a steady fax resume to: work schedule.

403-314-1303 For full job NEEDED F/T Service Person Please submit resumes: description visit www. for after sales service and Attn: Human Resources timhortons.com set up of manufactured Email: and modular home. Must payroll@bearspawpet.com JJAM Management (1987) have exp. in roofing, siding, Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s flooring, drywall, paint etc., Mail to: Suite 5309, Requires to work at these Competitive wages and 333-96 Ave. NE Red Deer, AB locations: health plan avail. Apply to Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 5111 22 St. James at M & K Homes, 37444 HWY 2 S 403-346-6116 37543 HWY 2N NEEDED IMMED. FOR 700 3020 22 St. manufacturing FOOD ATTENDANT company in Blackfalds Req’d permanent shift JOURNEYMAN weekend day and evening WELDERS both full and part time.

Competitive wages and 16 Vacancies, $10.88/hr. + benefits package. benefits. Start ASAP. TR3 Energy is at the Email resume to: Job description forefront of reclamation joel@prolineinc.ca www.timhortons.com and remediation in the oil Education and experience Rattray Reclamation Ltd is & gas industry not req’d.

We are currently currently seeking an Apply in person or fax recruiting for: experienced backhoe resume to: 403-314-1303 operator with a clean and Heavy Equipment valid class 1 license Operators Classifieds...costs so little preferably 3 years Requirements: Saves you so much! experience to work in the Valid Driver’s License Lacombe and surrounding H2S Alive areas. Duties will include Sales & Standard First Aid lease construction, lease WHIMIS and/or cleanups and reclamation.

Distributors CSTS or PST Valid H2s, Ground DisturPre-Access A&D Testing bance, and First aid tickets FIREPLACE PERSON Ground Disturbance Level 11 are a must. required for sales in Red Please e-mail or fax your Competitive wages and Deer. Light office duties. resume to: benefits available Please Must have drivers license. hr@tr3energy.com email resume to Top wages. Call or email Fax: (403) 294-9323 drattray@rattrayrec.com.

John, 1-780-993-2040 www.tr3energy.com Or fax to (403)-934-5235 firegall@telusplanet.net No phone calls please.

Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a DUE to recent significant heavy duty mechanic or growth, Alstar Oilfield journeyman instrument Contractors has mechanic and possess immediate openings strong mechanical skills, for full time permanent be quick learners, motivated JOURNEYMAN and hard working and live WELDERS AND B or be willing to relocate PRESSURE WELDERS within a 20 minute commute (NOC 7265) to workplace location. This at our Hinton location. position offers a challenging work environment, attractive Duties: benefits with competitive pay and significant room Work as part of a for promotion. safety oriented team Please submit resumes Fabricate pipe spools Fabricate structural as- Attn: Human Resources semblies email:payroll@ bearspawpet.com Knowledge, Skills and Fax 403-252-9719 Qualifications: Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Journeyman or Red Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 ZUBAR Production Seal Welder Services B Pressure or CWB is currently taking resumes certificates would be for experienced an asset Production Testing Stainless pipe exPersonnel perience would be an Email resume to: asset rdzubaroffice@telus.net Be able to interpret or fax to (403)346-9420. drawings

Compensation: PROVIDENCE • Starting at $35.00 per Trucking Inc hour (based on exReq’s and experienced perience) Picker Operator • Matching RRSP All candidates must be program • Medical, Dental, Vi- able to pass a pre-employment drug screen. We sion plan offer exceptional wages • Disability and life and benefits for exceptional insurance people. Fax resume and abstract to 403-314-2340 Apply to: or email to safety@ providencetrucking.ca Alstar Oilfield Contractors LTD. 310 East River Road Hinton, Alberta T7V 2G3 www.alstaroilfield.com hr@alstaroilfield.com Fax: 780 865 5829

Restaurant/ Hotel

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

A & W GASOLINE ALLEY Requires to work at these locations: 121 Leva Avenue 61 Gasoline Alley Food Counter Attendants Permanent F/T & P/T shifts, Weekends, day, night & evenings. Starting wage $13/hr. Start date: ASAP, 40 hrs./wk + Blue Cross Benefits.

3 Vacancies. Education & exp. not req’d. Apply in person or at aw.ca or fax to 403-346-6017 SERVER -CUSTOMER COUNTER - F/T Duties: Take customer orders, portion raw food, package take-out orders, handle cleaning & store cleaning products, stock fridge, & collect money from costumer. $11.89/hr.

5 days/wk. Must be avail. on weekends & holidays.

Paula @ 403-347-8001

830

STORESMART Self-Storage is now hiring for the following position!

P/T Customer Service Assistant (for 6-16 hrs./week) For job descriptions and how to apply, go to www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs.

No phone calls please.

Trades

BIG HORN ELECTRIC and CONTROLS LTD. Now Recruiting Electrical and Instrumentation Journeyman and Apprentices Req’d QUALIFICATIONS H2S Alive / First Aid CSTS or PST / Fall Protection Valid Driver’s Licence Oilfield Experience Will Require a Pre-Employment Drug & Alcohol Screening SEND RESUMES TO FAX: 403-638-3688 OR EMAIL: careers@ bighornelectric.com

Truckers/ Drivers

830

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.

850

Required Immediately Parts Delivery Driver / Warehouse Must possess clean drivers abstract, know city well. The individual must be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment. Some heavy lifting is required.

Parts Person Parts person required for rapidly expanding HD Parts Supply Store.

Must be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment.

Have experience in the heavy truck/trailer industry.

Must possess strong customer service skills.

850

Trades

Service Plumbing & Heating is looking for experienced residential and commercial service technician with current Alberta gas/plumbing ticket. Benefit package after 3 months, wages based on experience.

Email: info@serviceplumbing.ca or fax to (403) 342-2025

Shipper/Receiver A local company requires an energetic person for shipper/receiver.

Email resume to mark@aesreddeer.com SHOP HELP AND/OR APPRENTICE MECHANIC REQ’D IMMED. Truck exp. preferred.

8:30-5. 15 mi. E. of Blackfalds. Fax: 403-784-2330 Phone: 403-784-3811

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION requires a

Truckers/ Drivers

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 Skill Metal Fabricators in Bassano, Alberta are looking for operators in the following departments CNC machine shop, sheet metal, powder coating, welding and anodizing. We offer competitive wages and benefit package.

These are full time positions - available immediately. Please email your resume to: resumes@ skillmetal.com or fax to 403-641-3466.

WE are currently looking for experienced

Winch Truck Driver &

Class 3 Driver We offer competitive wages based on oilfield experience, benefits after 3 months. You are required to pass the pre-employment substance screening.

Please email or fax your resume & safety tickets to: humanresources@ phoenixrentals.ca Fax: 403-346-4177 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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880

3 am - 11 am shift.

Need to be physically fit.

Must have reliable transportation.

Please send resume attn: Greg Tisdale gtisdale@ cashcasino.ca or fax 403-346-3101 or drop off at Cash Casino, 6350 - 67 St.

DAIRY equipment supplier looking for GENERAL LABORERS For our parts & service dept.

Competitive wages and benefits package. E-mail resume:joel@prolineinc.ca

Truckers/ Drivers

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

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

Carpenters & Apprentices

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

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558

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 Street, Riverside Industrial District The ideal candidate will: • be able to maneuver merchandise in excess of 100lbs • possess exceptional customer service skills • enjoy working within a diverse team • hold a valid driver’s license and a clear drivers abstract The Company provides a comprehensive and competitive benefit program including such things as: • Medical & Dental benefit Program • Flex days • Stat holidays off • Paid vacation time off • Employee & Family Assistance Program • Referral Incentives • Employee discounts • Boot Allowance Trail is always looking for people who want opportunities to grow, take initiative and work well within a team environment. Launch your career with a well-known and respected company.

Become a part of the successful Trail team by submitting a resume to reddeerjobs@trail-appliances.com or by fax to 403-347-3314.

A security check will be conducted on successful candidates. We thank all interested applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment.

Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling. Email resume with a min. of 2 references to: canpak@xplornet.ca F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

Fluid Experts Ltd.

GAETZ SOUTH P/T Bakery Evening Staff Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

Misc.

Help

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 is seeking a customer oriented and responsible individual to join our parts team. Prior experience in the industry would be an asset but not a must.

Applicants must have organizational skills, basic computer skills and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

We are looking forward to add to our growing dealership. Please Apply in person at 102 Eckenfelder St. Trochu, Alberta. Fax (403) 442-3829 or by email wmtn@inbox.com

RESIDENTIAL APT MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex.

Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration.

Fax to 403-346-5786

880

EXPERIENCED MOTOR COACH DRIVERS

Full time and part time positions available.

Must be willing to work evenings and weekends, and must have previous experience driving either motor coach or semi. Clean Class 1 or Class 2 with air.

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC REQUIRED

Class 1 Operators

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LUBE TECH wanted for busy dealership, possible chance for advancement into apprenticeship.

Must have drivers license.

Fax resume to 341-5066

FRONTIER BUS LINES Ltd.

Of Red Deer is seeking experienced to join our team of drivers hauling clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry.

Home most evenings, scheduled days off, company benefits with exceptional pay structure that includes guarantied salary + hourly when hauling. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision.

Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

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

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

CLASS 1 DRIVER with super B and grain hauling experience for Central AB. Call Wayne 403-341-9113

Labourers, Flag Persons & Operators

A local company requires an enthusiastic person for counter sales.

Email resume to mark@aesreddeer.com

Requires Full Time

860

Hiring students aged 17+ in HS and College. Nonstudent positions available.

Flexible sched. with $17.25 guarranteed base pay, cust. sales/service, no experience necessary, we will train, conditions apply.

Visit www.work4students. ca/rda or call 403-755-6711 to APPLY NOW!

Counter Salesperson

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

We are a growing water purification company proudly serving families across central AB. Average starting base pay of approx. $18/hr. with room for rapid advancement. In house training is provided to qualified applicants.

Applicants should be motivated, reliable, professional, and possess a thirst for knowledge. Call to schedule an interview between 10 am and 7 pm.

403-356-0330

F/T CLEANERS

STUCCO/Plaster & labour needed! Can pay cash. Call /text Chris@4035507237

2-GOOD OILFIELD SERVICES is currently seeking CLASS 1 TANK TRUCK & PRESSURE TRUCK OPERATORS. Above average wages, Base salary + bonuses. benefits package.

Great benefits pkg after 3 mo.

Apply with resume @ Please fax resume & drivers Artic Truck, Email: ron.cain@nfleetsolutions.com abstract to: 403-346-3766 Fax: 403-348-5198

880

CASH CASINO is hiring a

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

860

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HIGH Paying Entry Level Positions

Safety Coordinator to implement, manage and enhance existing safety program for a commercial general contractor. Fax resume and references to 403-343-1248 or email admin@shunda.ca

860

Will consider either full or part time.

Previous motor coach repair experience preferred.

MOTOR COACH CLEANER

Part time position. Shop is located 6 miles from Red Deer. Applicants must have own transportation and be able to work flexible schedule.

Please email or fax resume to:

frontbus@platinum.ca 403-347-4999

880

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Oilfield

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

Eavestroughing

1130

Massage Therapy

1280

GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED. 403-391-2169

FANTASY

VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368

International ladies

WINDOW / EAVESTROUGH CLEANING. Free quotes, 403-506-4822

MASSAGE

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. 403-358-1614

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL Free Est. 403-872-8888 WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

1370

1165

VII MASSAGE BLACK CAT CONCRETE Escorts #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Roofing Garage/Patios/RV pads Pampering at its Sidewalks/Driveways PRECISE ROOFING LTD. BEST! KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* Dean 403-505-2542 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

INDEPENDENT w/own car 403-986-6686 403-896-4869 Come in and see BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 Handyman why we are the talk Seniors’ of the town.

Services DALE’S Home Reno’s www.viimassage.com Services

1200

Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

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

1372

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666

Snow Removal

1380

SNOWPLOWING Comm/Res. Contracts welcome. 403-358-1614

Looking ook oki for a

job? ?

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Window Cleaning

1420

WINDOW CLEANING. Outside/Inside.

Free quotes, 403-506-4822

Yard Care

1430

HELPING HANDS

YARD care, Junk/tree/snow removal, comm/res.

403-358-1614

Home Supports for Seniors.

Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Employers: 1. UPS 2. URS Corp 3. Almita Piling 4. Home Depot 5. BEAR Services 6. Cosmos Group 7. Voltage Wireline 8. Parkland CLASS 9. The Phone Experts 10.Wendy’s Restaurant 11. St Johns Ambulance 12. Sungold Specialty Meats 13. Canyon Technical Services

Mini Job Fair Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 9:30 a.m. - Noon Alberta Works Centre 2nd Floor, First Red Deer Place 4920 - 51 Street, Red Deer Bring your resumé For more info, call 403-340-5353

Government

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Accounting

RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 D3

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We are looking for LANDSCAPE LABOURERS to work on residential and commercial properties in Red Deer and surrounding area.

Main duties to include: - Laying sod, spreading top soil, plant flowers, grass, trees and shrubs.

- Cut grass, rake, fertilize, water, prune trees and shrubs.

-In snow season, we require snow removal.

No formal education or experience necessary.

Full time/Seasonal position. Weather dependant Wage: $16.51 per hour/44 hours per week Email resume to: erika.skalozub @bg-rd.com Phone: 403-347-7211 Fax: 403-342-7488 Att: Erika Start your career!

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Employment Training

900

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 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Employment Training

1640

Tools

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AIR COMPRESSOR, electric, on wheels, 5 h.p. $195.00 403-346-7856

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Children's Items

Firewood

1580

BOYS RUNNERS - Spiderman, size 3, very good cond. $10.

403-314-9603 LEAPSTER L-MAX with extra game, tv cables.

Very good cond. $25 403-314-9603

Clothing

1590

2 PC. man’s suit, dbl. breasted, grey pure wool, size 40R (Moores) worn once, like new $75 403-314-2026 DOWN FILLED HOODED COAT beige colour, knee length, brand new. Size XL, $100.

403-343-1112

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

900

Classes Starting Soon!

On-site work experience Unit Clerk Specialty curriculum Under one-year full Diploma program Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Nationally recognized Medical Assisting First Aid / CPR Training Professional Certificate Hospital Scrubs included Train with Industry experts Perfect graduate job placement rate reported last year

Advocate Opportunities

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

Garden Supplies

1680

RASPBERRY

AFFORDABLE

bushes

avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 want 403-392-8034 RIMBEY TREES CHOPPED POPLAR - free, Large variety of trees for sale. you pick up. Very close to Planting available.

Red Deer. 403-392-8385.

Fall Specials!

Call Walter, 403-748-3611

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Household Appliances

1710

FREEZER. 12 Cu. Ft. $165. 403-346-7856 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / GE Washer & Dryer Super C. Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 comm. quality $500. 358-1614

Advocate Opportunities

For More Information, please call For More informaiton, please call Jamie 403-314-4306 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW AREA Clearview Ridge Area $172/mo.

DEER PARK AREA

MICROWAVE, Kenmore, white, 900 watts. $25.

403-352-8811

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1730

12” COLOR TV w/remote, 2 yrs. old $25 403-314-0804 DS LITE w/19 games, $140.

403-782-3847 GAMEBOY w/1 game $60.

403-782-3847 PS2 w/10 games, $50.

403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

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

CARRIERS REQUIRED

Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

BOWER AREA Bunn Cres.

Baile Close Boyce Street Byer Close Barrett Drive Bell Street Baker Ave. Broughton Cres.

Brookes Cres. Beatty Cres.

For more information or to apply, please call Ashley at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4316

INGLEWOOD & MORRISROE

EASTVIEW AREA

$605/mo.

KITCHEN TABLE & 4 CHAIRS 40” long with 12” wide leaf.

Asking $40. 403-782-7439

Stereos TV's, VCRs

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE 6 Days a week!

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie Phone 403-314-4301 NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

KENTWOOD Kerr Close & Kingston Dr. also Kendrew Dr.

1760

Canon K920 copier, good for small business, exc. cond. $45; 3 clean, wool accent matching carpets, two 2’ x 7’, one hexagon $45/all or will sell individually; LEE Enfield .303 ammo magazine $35 403-352-8811 COMPUTER desk, black, 48”w, 23”d, 30”h, like new.

Bought at the Brick, was $250 asking $95 403-352-8811 DOWN FILLED HOODED COAT beige colour, knee length, brand new. Size XL, $100.

403-343-1112

ALSO Dumas Cres., Duffy Close, and 2 Blocks of Dempsey St. $80.48/mo.

Northey Ave, Nivens St. & Norwest Cl. For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

CARRIERS NEEDED GRANDVIEW AREA

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

3900 to 4200 Blocks of 41A Ave. and 1 Block of 39 St. MOUNTVIEW AREA 41 Ave. between 33 St. and 35 St., 3 Blocks of 33 St. and 1 Block of 35 St. $62./mo.

ALSO 42 Ave. between 33 and 35 St. and 42A Ave. Close $74./mo.

ANDERS AREA

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS - 2 box fulls Sheets set, afghan, cushions, dishes, glasses, coffee maker & filters, $25.

403-314-9603 RAILRY USED Phillips Food Processor - assorted blades, storage rack, containers, etc. $150 obo.

403-342-2678 please lv msg.

1840

Dogs

ROSEDALE AREA

rentals

Houses/ Duplexes

LACOMBE 2 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, $1295 immed. poss.

403-782-7156 357-7465 NEWLY refinished 3 bdrm. duplex, fenced yard, close to schools, avail. Nov. 1, $1350 + utils, Sylvan Lake Call/Text 780-887-4430 for apt

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

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

~ Westpark

6 Plexes

3050

AVAIL. Oct. 1 recently reno’d 2 bdrm 1.5 bath, 4 appls, water, sewer & garbage incl. No Pets, N/S, $1100.

403-788-3980, 391-2795

CLEARVIEW 2 bdrm. 4-Plex, 4 appls.

Rent $1125. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail. Oct. 1.

403-304-5337

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-596-2444

SUNNYBROOK

4010

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1930

WANTED: Model train set, G or O Scale. Price negotiable. 403-986-2942

2004 DODGE 1/2 ton 4x4 SLT quad cab. New tires, battery, power steering pump. $6000. 403-506-9632

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

Rooms For Rent

4020

CUSTOM BUILT NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550

5070

MUST SELL New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

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

Cottages/Resort Property

4130

2002 CHRYSLER Town N Country, Limited, AWD, leather, very nice cond.

159,000 kms. All avail. options. $6900. 403-598-0682

5150

ATV's

SNOWBIRDS! 1994 Park Model for sale: Yuma, Foothills, AZ. Very good condition in a great park.

Asking $15,000.

(Canadian) obo.

403-347-6466

wegot

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

5030

Cars

1985 HONDA 250 SX Trike 950.00 **SOLD**

Tires, Parts Acces.

2002 CHEV Malibu LS loaded, leather, sunroof, etc. 213,000 kms, $1950 obo 403-340-3462

5180

2- 15” SUMMER RADIALS $25/ea.

2- 15” SUMMER RADIALS & RIMS, $50/ea.

403-358-3865 4 BRIDGESTONE BLIZZAK SNOW TIRES P235/55R17. Take a look, good price. $200 for all 4.

403-342-5118 HITCH - fits Chevy. New. $100. 403-314-0804

TOOL BOXES, (2) UWS truck fender well, $500 for both. 403-343-2058 2001 VOLVO S60. Loaded, very good cond. 182,000 km. $4500 obo. 403-343-2058 1998 Pontiac Sunfire 40+ MPG. Good shape. $1200 obo 403-782-2007 after 1pm 1993 CADILLAC STS like new 200,000 kms, $3000 403-358-1614

SUV's

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

5040

2010 RAV4 50,000 kms. $17,000 403-358-1614

Public Notices

3090

3110

Trucks

5050

3140

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

3150

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

Ernest Murray McEachern who died on June 2, 2014 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by

Oct. 30, 2014

2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street.

Parking is avail. $1800/mo.

403-343-9300

Warehouse Space

1989 1 TON 4x4 with plow, controls inside, & dump. $6350. Good working order.

403-348-9746

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, Vans prices, address, owner’s Buses phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer 2002 TOYOTA Sienna www.homesreddeer.com XLE fully loaded, 201,000 kms, priced to sell immed.

MUST SELL $3950 403-391-8331 1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $191,900.

403-588-2550

2007 VW Tourareg, fully CLEAN, quiet, responsible, loaded, AWD, new windshield, Nokian all season Furn. $575. 403-466-7979 tires, in exceptionally good MOUNTVIEW: Avail Oct. 1. condition. 180,000 kms.

1 fully furn bdrm for rent. $14,750 obo 403-346-5440 $500/$250. Working/Student or 403-391-0320 M only. Call 403-396-2468

Offices

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Club Cab, Magnum V8, 5 speed. 162,000 kms. $4500. obo.

347-3110 after 3 pm

PUBLIC NOTICES

2013 CHEV LTZ full load, sunroof, leather, over $4000 in extras. $41,000. Sliding box cover. 403-348-9746 2011 SILVERADO E/C, 4x4, 75,000 kms., $20,000 403-347-3241

and provide details of your claim with Patricia E.B. MacSween Barrister & Solicitor at 4824 51 Street, Red Deer AB T4N 2A5.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

THE

PROPERTIES FOR LEASE IN SYLVAN LAKE

BUSINESS IS BUILT ON INFORMATION Everything you need to know to keep your business humming . . . every day in the Business Section of the Red Deer Advocate.

LANCASTER AREA

VANIER AREA

4000-4190

3020

Stirling Close/Sherwod Cres.

Lamb Close

CLASSIFICATIONS

CLASSIFICATIONS

Metcalf Ave

Lancaster Drive

homes

2010 DODGE RAM 3500, loaded SLT, white, 4x4, S/B, 60,600 kms., $39,000.

403-347-4896

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

SUNNYBROOK AREA West end of Robinson Cres., Ryan Cl., Rich Cl., & Rabbis St. $71.30/mo.

ALSO Roberts Cres. $53.64/mo.

wegot

2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686 HIGH QUALITY LABRADOODLES and GOLDEN DOODLE pups Long time Breeder, text 306-521-1371 www.furtettishfarm.ca

5050

Trucks

4 MATURE, working, responsible adults want 4 bdrm. house w/garage, for Nov. 1st. Ref’s avail.

587-876-2335/403-877-8055

Realtors & Services

wegot

1830

Garage Space

MORRISROE AREA

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

1810

INGLEWOOD AREA

Issard Close

2140

1770

Wanted To Buy

Illingworth Close

Horses

3060

2 BALINESE KITTENS 2 SNOWSHOE SIAMESE $50/ea. 403-887-3649

3260

2000-2290

TOWER Fans (2), $10.

NEWLY RENOVATED ea.; Canadian made com- bachelor, 1, & 2 bedroom puter speakers, $20 set; suites available in central large area carpet, gently location. Heat & water used, $10; wireless, cordincluded. Cat friendly. less phone, no battery, leasing@rentmidwest.com $10; 2 plant pots (1 with 1(888) 679-8031 stand), $5.; Christmas tree stand for large artificial tree, New, $5; car model kits (2) $5. ea.; older suit- Suites case, $5. 403-986-2942 1 & 2 BDRM APTS in NEW BUILDING. Musical Avail Nov 1. No pets, N/S. Instruments Underground parking.

Great location. 3430-49 Ave. AMPLIFYER for guitar, WoodWalkerVentures RX-100 for beginners, @gmail.com 7 Watt. Asking $30. or 403-782-5781 403-227-2976 2 BDRM apt. for over 40 yr. old working tenants, no pets, no partiers, no drugs.

Pets & Free laundry, heat, water, Supplies private parking at 5910-55 Ave. in Riverside Meadows.

37 TABS 225 mg. Milk $1100 . Avail.Immed.

Thistle for dogs/cats w/liver 403-341-4627 disease. Expires 05/15 Vet cost $85. Asking $50. GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, 403-227-2976 rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only Cats n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

Alexander Cres.

Addinel Close Allsop Close Anquetel/Atlee Close

Isherwood Close

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres.

FERTILIZER spreader 20” ~ Holmes St. hopper $25; part bag of S.D. $1000 OilDri (all purpose absorRent $1245 to $1445 bent $4, metal tamping bar 3 bdrm. townhouses, $5; metal chapin spreader 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, tank 1 1/2 gal $15, 16-20-0 lrg. balconies, no dogs. fertilizer almost full bag N/S, no utils. incl. avail. $10, grass clipper battery Oct. 15 & Nov. 1 operated $20, Lagostina References required.

7L pressure cooker stainSOUTHWOOD PARK less steel easy lock closing 3110-47TH Avenue, $80, 2 stacking chairs 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, metal frame $10, turf edger generously sized, 1 1/2 (reg. $40) $20, 12 bottle baths, fenced yards, wine rack $10 full bsmts. 403-347-7473, 403-314-2026 Sorry no pets.

HIDEABED $50; home www.greatapartments.ca gym, $50; playpen $20; mens size 10 football cleats $30. 403-340-1347 4 Plexes/

NORMANDEAU Dolan Close $49.24/mo.

Houses/ Duplexes

1720

SEGA Genesis w/8 games , $100. 403-782-3847

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

Household Furnishings

to

away, barbless, Homestead Firewood give Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits healthy canes, dig all you

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 452184I26-J24

www.academyoflearning.ab.ca

TRUCK LOAD OF CHOPPED FIREWOOD $50. 403-782-7439

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

Medical Office Assistant / Unit Clerk

2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

1660

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

ENROLL TODAY!

Call Today (403) 347-6676

1660

Firewood

Large 2,400 sq ft plus 1,200 sq ft mezzanine double bay garage for lease complete with mezzanine. Former Town of Sylvan Lake’s Public Works Garage.

Vanier Drive WOODLEA AREA

Vanson Close

47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $134./mo.

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

Vold Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

Large 9,600 sq ft metal shed for lease complete with lights, power and gravel floor. Can be heated. Former Town of Sylvan Lake’s Public Works Shed.

Contact Roger at

587-984-5000

452982I30-J10

Viscount Drive

Call For Home Delivery

314-4300

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

HI & LOIS

PEANUTS

BLONDIE

HAGAR

BETTY

PICKLES

GARFIELD

LUANN Sept. 30 1994 — NHL postpones start of hockey season for at least two weeks to deal with labour strife.

1993 — Statistics Canada reports drunk driving charges dropped 45 per cent between 1981 and 1991. Attributed to tougher laws, more policing, education, lower alcohol sales (down 10 per cent).

1981 — International Olympic Committee votes to give Calgary the 1988 Winter Olympic Games.

1967 — $235-million Great Canadian Oil Sands plant starts to extract oil from Athabasca tarsands.

1875 — First sittings of the Supreme Court of Canada.

1846 — The first anesthetized tooth extraction is performed by Dr. William Morton in Charleston, Mass.

ARGYLE SWEATER

RUBES

TODAY IN HISTORY

TUNDRA

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9.

SHERMAN‛S LAGOON

Solution

FOOD

D5

TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2014

Photo by ATUL BADONI/Freelance

Food for the gods

All-time favourite way to infuse the nutty ghee flavour is in rice and couscous.

INDIA’S ‘GOLDEN OIL’, GHEE IS STEPPING INTO THE SPOTLIGHT With more and more jars appearing in the Asian and the dairy aisle of grocery stores, it is fair to say that ghee or clarified butter is stepping into the spotlight with other healthy oils like coconut, soybean and olive oils.

Made by simmering butter until all the moisture has evaporated and the milk solids have browned, ghee is India’s “golden oil.” It is distinctively aromatic with a nutty, caramel-like flavour. And although it is new to the North American cooking, ghee has always been valued in India — in the kitchen and out.

Ayurvedic practitioners praise ghee because it proMADHU motes good health and longevBADONI ity. Used daily, it is believed to stimulate digestion, support skin glow, enhance memory, increase stamina and help protect the body from various diseases.

Since it is essentially derived from the mother cow, ghee is considered the foods for the gods and it is used in many aspects of religious worship — its purity is even reputed to have powers to ward off evil and negativity.

Its aromatic essence is used as body oil for massages to keep the skin soft and joints limber, while also acting as an ointment to treat infections.

Even though it’s touted for its power, I have to admit I couldn’t find any scientific studies linking ghee to specific health benefits.

However, one quality that I find superior to others oils is its distinctive, fragrant flavour and taste.

To make ghee, gently melt a stick of butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. After melting, the butter will separate into three layers. This should only take a few minutes.

Foam will appear on the top layer, the milk solids will migrate to the bottom of the pan, and clarified butter will float between the two. Let the butter come to a simmer and hold it here until the middle layer becomes fragrant, more golden than when you started.

The milk solids at the bottom will begin to brown.

At this point it is a matter of preference — you can stop now or let things progress a bit further.

Next, carefully pour the golden central layer through a strainer, into a clean glass jar, leaving the milk solids at the bottom of the pan.

There are many advantageous attributes that are unique to ghee.

First, it has a long shelf life. If you were able to remove all the solids when straining, and use only clean and dry utensils in the jar, ghee will keep at room temperature for months or even years.

Secondly, ghee has a high smoke point so you can cook and fry without it smoking and breaking down into free radicals like many other oils.

Finally, you can have the buttery taste without eliciting the dairy allergies because even though ghee is made from butter, the milk solids and the impurities are removed; most lactose and casein intolerant people have no issue with ghee.

So how do you use ghee in recipes?

Besides being the perfect flavour base for all curry dishes, ghee can replace other fats in pastry dough to make the dough flaky.

Since a little ghee goes a long way in taste, you can easily jazz up boring steamed vegetables with a scant drizzle of ghee and herbs.

A few drops of ghee also add a wonderful flavour garnish to unadorned fat-free soup, rice, pasta, or couscous.

You can easily mix it with quality salt and spread on sprouted grain or sourdough breads.

It can also give an instant flavour if drizzled over fish, scallops, or lobster.

FOOD

Illustration by ADVOCATE news services

To make ghee, gently melt a stick of butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat (top left); After melting, the butter will separate into three layers. This should only take a few minutes. Foam will appear on the top layer, the milk solids will migrate to the bottom of the pan, and clarified butter will float between the two (top right and bottom left); Next, carefully pour the golden central layer through a strainer, into a clean glass jar, leaving the milk solids at the bottom of the pan (bottom right). Since it is essentially derived from the mother cow, ghee is considered “the” foods for the gods and it is used in many aspects of temple worship — it is even believed my many to ward off evil and negativity Mixed with herbs and seasonings, ghee can also become a lovely rub for roast chicken.

It can replace other oils when you want to sauté or stir fry veggies, although it doesn’t complement soy-sauce based finishes.

Stir into hot maple syrup before serving with sausage, French toast, pancakes or waffles.

If you use it to fry an omelet or scramble eggs, you will notice that it will add flavour without the characteristic butter browning.

My all time favourite way to infuse the nutty ghee flavour is in rice and couscous.

Curried couscous 2 tablespoon of ghee 1 tablespoon ginger, grated 1 medium onion, chopped 1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped

1 540-ml can garbanzo beans, washed and drained 2 vegetables stock cubes 2 teaspoon curry powder 1/3 cup dried cranberry 1 cup coconut milk plus 1 cup of water 1 1/3 cup brown organic couscous Melt ghee in a saucepan. Sauté ginger, onion and jalapeno for three minutes, until onion is lightly browned. Add garbanzo beans, crumbled vegetable stock cubes and curry powder. Cook for another two minutes. Add cranberry and coconut milk and water.

When it comes to rumbling boil, add the couscous.

Cover and take off heat for five minutes. Fluff with a fork and serve.

Madhu Badoni is a Red Deer-based freelance food writer. She can be reached at madhubadoni@gmail.com or on Twitter @madhubadoni. Watch for Madhu’s Masala-Mix blog on www.reddeeradvocate.com.

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014

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Sun Media apologizes to Trudeau for Ezra Levant’s on-air photo rant OTTAWA — Sun Media apologized on Monday for an on-air rant by its outspoken provocateur, Ezra Levant, about Justin Trudeau and the Liberal leader’s famous parents.

The apology aired at the beginning of Levant’s Sun News Network show. It was read by a narrator; Levant didn’t deliver the mea culpa.

“It is the view of Sun News that this segment was in poor taste and should not have been aired,” the apology’s narrator intoned.

“We understand why many viewers found both the content and language of this segment to be offensive.

We apologize to Mr. Trudeau, his family and to our viewers.”

Levant’s show then began.

The right-wing columnist and on-air personality has been in hot water for a Sept. 15 tirade over a photo of Trudeau kissing a Toronto-area bride on the cheek as her bridesmaids looked on.

In his monologue, Levant maligned Trudeau for the kiss, suggesting he’d forced himself on the wedding party. He also slurred Trudeau’s mother, Margaret, and his late father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

The bride and her father-in-law stated publicly that they asked Trudeau to pose for photos, and encouraged him to kiss the bride. They said Trudeau secured the groom’s OK before planting the kiss.

As a result of Levant’s comments, Trudeau said he would no longer speak to Sun Media reporters until there was an appropriate response from the chain, Canada’s largest newspaper publisher.

The Liberals said they accepted the apology.

Woman who died in CBSA custody had been kicked out of Canada before BURNABY, B.C. — A Mexican woman who hanged herself inside the Vancouver airport jail while awaiting deportation had been ejected from Canada once before, a coroner’s jury heard at the inquest into her death.

Several significant details about Lucia Vega Jimenez popped up in the Canada Border Services Agency database when border agent Josie Perri looked her up before attending a call from transit police.

Jimenez had been stopped for fare evasion at a downtown Vancouver SkyTrain station on Dec. 1, 2013. The inquest heard that suspicions were raised when the 42-year-old woman, who spoke with a noticeable accent, provided two different names to police.

“I discovered that she was in our system,” Perri said. “She had been in Canada previously, three years prior, and had made a refugee claim which was denied and she was subsequently deported at that time.”

The encounter with police, as Jimenez headed home about 10 a.m. from cleaning work at a Vancouver hotel, led to her arrest and detention for transfer back to Mexico. Three weeks later, she attempted to kill herself and was found hanging in a shower at the holding cells in the airport. She died in hospital on Dec. 28.

While in jail, Jimenez had been under watch by a security company subcontracted by the border agency, the inquest heard.

Her death only became public after members of the Mexican community went to media.

A coroner’s inquest was called two months later.

The jury is tasked with making recommendations to prevent similar deaths, but may not place any blame.

Cabinet minister quits after critical report on nixed highway contract ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis spent his first full day on the job accepting the resignation of his transportation minister over the handling of a paving contract that rocked the first Tory leadership round.

Nick McGrath quit Monday just hours after auditor general Terry Paddon’s report into the minister’s decision to cancel a highway contract on March 13.

Paddon repeatedly notes it was the day before nominations closed for the Progressive Conservative leadership race.

Davis said outside the legislature that if McGrath hadn’t resigned, he would have fired him.

“He made decisions in error, and that’s clearly reflected in the report and it resulted in his resignation which I’ve accepted,” said the premier.

The Progressive Conservative government called on Paddon last May to review the contract with Humber Valley Paving after it became a political hot potato. The company was once led by Frank Coleman, who was in line to become Tory leader and premier before he suddenly withdrew from politics in June citing an undisclosed family matter.

McGrath said Monday he hadn’t reviewed the auditor general’s full report, but defended his decision to cancel the contract without penalty.

“I was thinking about the taxpayers of Newfoundland and Labrador,” he told reporters. “It had nothing to do with Mr. Coleman. The timing, I agree, wasn’t very good. But that’s something I have to live with.”

New Democrat bid to improve question period thwarted

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Last week’s controversial series of non-sequitur government answers prompted a renewed Opposition bid for parliamentary reform Monday — a motion the government quickly consigned to certain doom.

Even so, the New Democrat motion — designed to give the Speaker more power to block irrelevant answers — seemed to have at least a temporary impact on the Conservatives, who largely stayed on topic during the cut-and-thrust of the daily question period.

The New Democrats had been hoping to extend the Speaker’s authority in the Commons over not just the relevance of the questions being asked during question period, but also the answers provided by the government.

Speaker Andrew Scheer said last week he was powerless to intervene when Tory MP Paul Calandra answered NDP questions about Canadian soldiers in Iraq by posing his own questions about the Opposition’s Middle East policy.

“The most important part of Parliament isn’t the question, it’s the answer,” NDP House leader Peter Julian said Monday in introducing the motion.

“For the Speaker to not have the ability to intervene on the relevance, or on repetition, of answers to extremely important questions that are being asked

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Toronto-area businessman jailed in Cuba maintains he’s innocent: family VAUGHAN, Ont. — A 74-year-old Canadian businessman sentenced in Cuba to 15 years in prison on corruption-related charges is determined to clear his name, his son said Monday during an emotional plea for his father’s release.

Cy Tokmakjian, who owns the Ontario-based automotive company Tokmakjian Group, and two Canadians working for his company have been sentenced to long prison terms, the firm said, calling them victims of a campaign by Havana’s Communist government to rid the country of what it calls a culture of bribes.

Raffi Tokmakjian said his father is a proud man with the “utmost integrity” who has been doing business in Cuba for over 20 years. While he hasn’t seen his father since he was detained three years ago, they have spoken over the phone.

“Every time he calls he reminds us, he says, ’I’ve done nothing, you know that. Everybody knows that. You cannot stop fighting for what’s right,”’ he said during a news conference with his family in Vaughan, north of Toronto. “’They’ve already taken three years of my life, but I will not admit to anything I have not done.”’

His father, who is currently in a Cuban military hospital due to poor health, has done business for more than 40 years both in Canada and abroad without any problem because he ran his affairs “appropriately in accordance with every single law in the jurisdictions,” he said. The company has offices in Panama, Nicaragua, Barbados, the Dominican Republic and Korea.

Two other Canadians received 12- and eight-year sentences, according to company officials.

in the House of Commons is something that I think most Canadians find aggravating.”

But the majority Conservatives argued the motion goes too far and engaged in a bit of procedural trickery Monday to all but ensure it never comes to a vote.

Government House leader Peter Van Loan said the proposal would hamper the government’s ability to defend itself or question the opposition or compare the approaches of other parties.

He called Canada’s question period the most accountable in the world.

“This NDP motion, which is a one-way street, seeks to fully constrain the government without applying any new standards at all to the opposition to elevate the level of question period,” he said.

“This is simply unfair.”

The Liberals have said they would support the motion. The government’s decision to effectively kill the motion proves the Conservatives realize that Canadians don’t approve of their behaviour in the House, Julian said.

“We see obviously a government that is scared of voting against the NDP motion so instead of voting against it they try to throw in some procedural tricks hoping to hide it from the population,” Julian said.

“They won’t be able to do that.”

Calandra issued a tearful apology Friday for his behaviour in the House — a decision apparently prompted by Conservative constituents and members of cabinet who were angered by the performance.

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